Chapter Summaries

Long Yuan and his companions defeated the King Kong Baboon in the Soul Spirit Pagoda after Xu Lizhi’s buns helped them sustain their assault. Yuanen Yehui absorbed the King Kong Baboon Soul Spirit, clearing the twelfth level.

• Xu Lizhi gave the group Lightweight Steamed Buns and Restorative Big Meat Buns so they could keep fighting before the Bloodthirsty Red Bean Bun effect ended.
• Long Yuan led the group’s descent and coordinated a full assault that finally wounded the King Kong Baboon.
• Long Yuan used Wind Element Control and his Golden Dragon abilities to shatter the back of the King Kong Baboon’s skull, while Yue Zhengyu struck it with Holy Light, Judgment and sent it crashing into the wall.
• Yuanen Yehui pinned down the injured King Kong Baboon and, with Gu Yue and Xie Xie, attacked until it died.
• After the twelfth level was cleared, Yuanen Yehui chose the King Kong Baboon Soul Spirit and completed its fusion despite its resistance.

After clearing twelve floors of the Soul Spirit Pagoda, the group returned to the plaza, where Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui faced the cost of their new Soul Spirits. The others learned that Gu Yue’s teacher Leng Yaozhu was a Four-Word Battle Armor Master, and the chapter left them stunned by her standing and power.

• Xu Lizhi shared Restorative Big Meat Buns while the group recovered and decided the King Kong Baboon on the twelfth floor was a sign to leave the tower.
• Two hours after the light gate closed, the group returned to the plaza, and Leng Yaozhu praised their achievement and invited them to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xie Xie declined Leng Yaozhu’s invitation on behalf of the group, explaining that they already belonged to another organization.
• Leng Yaozhu told Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui that their Ice Bear and King Kong Baboon Soul Spirits cost ten million and thirty million Federal Coins, respectively, and gave them a month to pay.
• Gu Yue confirmed that Leng Yaozhu was Sky Phoenix Douluo, and Yue Zhengyu and the others reacted with shock when they realized she was a Four-Word Battle Armor Master.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Long Yuan discussed his concealed strength and spoke with Leng Yaozhu, who asked him to call her Elder Sister. He then proposed using Spirit Alloy for battle armor, and his group agreed after learning he was a Sixth-Level Forging Master.

• Long Yuan told Yue Zhengyu and the others that he had held back during the Tower Challenge so they could train, while Gu Yue noticed his Dragon Kind Martial Soul had evolved again.
• Leng Yaozhu called Long Yuan and asked whether several talented students had joined the Tang Sect; he confirmed they had, and she encouraged him and Gu Yue as Spirit Pagoda disciples.
• Yue Zhengyu asked Long Yuan to forge high-purity Thousand Forged Jade Silver, and Long Yuan agreed at the market price.
• Long Yuan proposed that his group begin their One-Word Battle Armor with Thousand Forged Spirit Alloy and upgrade it as they grew stronger.
• The group initially doubted the plan, but accepted it after Long Yuan showed them his Sixth-Level Forging Master Badge.

Long Yuan and Gu Yue planned Spirit Alloy One-Word Battle Armor while the class prepared for an all-round competition against the second grade. Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi transferred into the class, and Ye Xinglan agreed to join Long Yuan's team.

• Luo Guixing and Wu Siduo chose to make their One-Word Battle Armor from First Grade Thousand Refinements metal, while Long Yuan and Gu Yue planned Spirit Alloy armor for themselves.
• Gu Yue ordered ten tons each of Fine Gold and Heavenly Star Iron, and Long Yuan practiced Spirit Fusion Forging with Feng Wuyu's guidance.
• Shen Yi announced an all-round competition between the first and second grades and invited students to form teams of three to seven.
• Shen Yi introduced Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi as transfer students, and Luo Guixing failed to get Ye Xinglan to join his team.
• Long Yuan invited Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi to join his team, and Ye Xinglan accepted on the condition that Xu Lizhi joined too.

Long Yuan formed a new mecha group after Luo Guixing and Wu Siduo withdrew, then learned that Ye Xinglan could not enter the class selection tournament. The tournament began at the Sparring Arena, where the students met Holy Spirit Douluo.

• Zheng Yiran introduced her team of five Young Talent List members and challenged Long Yuan's group.
• Luo Guixing and Wu Siduo left Long Yuan's mecha group, and Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi joined in their place.
• Long Yuan resolved to rely on his own strength and continued forging in the Forging Room.
• Long Yuan learned that Ye Xinglan was barred from the tournament because the mecha group's Red Star allocation had been approved under that condition.
• Shen Yi announced that the class selection tournament would be held in actual combat at the Sparring Arena.
• The students met Holy Spirit Douluo, whom Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong greeted with respect.

Long Yuan’s team faced Luo Guixing’s team in the class selection tournament final, and Long Yuan overwhelmed their opponents to secure a decisive victory. The match ended in under five minutes, with Long Yuan leaving no doubt about his strength.

• Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li took the role of referee and healer as the class tournament progressed.
• Long Yuan’s team received a bye, then advanced to the final against Luo Guixing’s team.
• Luo Guixing considered conceding, but Wu Siduo insisted that their team still had a chance and refused to surrender.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls and charged when Wu Zhangkong started the match.
• Long Yuan used his Mystic Frost Giant Dragon to suppress Yang Nianxia’s Dark Gold Bear Martial Soul and broke Yang Nianxia’s wrist with an opening strike.
• Long Yuan and his teammates defeated Luo Guixing’s entire group in less than five minutes.

Long Yuan's team crushed Luo Guixing's team, then prepared to represent First Grade Class One against Second Grade Class One. The exchange match began with a forging contest between Long Yuan and He Xiaopeng, and both waited for their Titanium Crystal to finish heating.

• Long Yuan's team defeated Luo Guixing's team in under five minutes, and Long Yuan declined to add Wu Siduo or Luo Guixing to his team.
• Long Yuan ate a large meal, then trained with his teammates for three days before the exchange match.
• Long Yuan reassured Xie Xie and the other teammates as teachers and elders, including Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu, gathered to watch.
• Shen Yi announced that the exchange match would begin with auxiliary professions, starting with a Titanium Crystal purification contest between Long Yuan and He Xiaopeng.
• Long Yuan and He Xiaopeng placed their Titanium Crystals in their forging stations and focused while they waited for the heating to finish.

Long Yuan and He Xiaopeng used contrasting techniques to forge Titanium Crystal in a competition, with Long Yuan’s agile From the Inside Out method producing a brilliant Spirit Ascension. Long Yuan continued refining the golden sphere as his Iterative Hammer rang out, while He Xiaopeng’s forging was still underway.

• Long Yuan heated his Titanium Crystal first and began forging it with nimble, precise strikes from his Spirit Forged Sunken Silver Hammers.
• Feng Wuyu explained to Zhuo Shi that Long Yuan was using the From the Inside Out technique to straighten the Titanium Crystal Threads and draw out the metal’s patterns and life aura.
• He Xiaopeng started forging with heavy dual hammers, using vibration to shake and straighten the threads inside his Titanium Crystal.
• Zheng Yiran and Yang Nianxia discussed the two methods, and Yang Nianxia reassured Zheng Yiran that Long Yuan would not lose.
• Long Yuan’s Titanium Crystal underwent Spirit Ascension, turning golden as a Golden Dragon Head appeared above him and the light rose seven feet.
• Long Yuan continued forging the golden sphere with the Iterative Hammer, infusing each strike with Soul Power.

Long Yuan won the forging match against He Xiaopeng by Spirit Forging titanium crystal, while the exchange competition between the two classes continued through design, manufacturing, and repair. As the final team battle was announced, Long Yuan rose from meditation, ready for the next match.

• Long Yuan used his Golden Dragon King Bloodline to Spirit Forge the titanium crystal, while He Xiaopeng completed a First Grade Thousand Refinements piece.
• Shen Yi declared Long Yuan the winner, and Xu Lizhi gave him steamed buns before he meditated to recover.
• Gu Yue and Bai Hanying drew in the mecha design match, giving First Grade Class One another strong result.
• Luo Guixing lost the mecha manufacturing match to a Level Four Mecha Manufacturer, and Yuanen Yehui defeated Wu Siduo in mecha repair.
• Shen Yi announced the final team battle, and Long Yuan stood up from meditation.

Long Yuan led seven first-year students into a seven-versus-seven match against Second Grade Class One, while teachers marveled at his Soul King strength and evolving Dragon Martial Soul. The match began with Long Yuan facing Yuanen Yehui, and Elder Cai worried that his ties to the Spirit Pagoda might one day put him at odds with Shrek Academy.

• Long Yuan selected himself, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Ye Xinglan, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Xu Lizhi to represent the first-years, leaving Wu Siduo out.
• Yali and Elder Cai discussed the match, and Elder Cai confirmed to the watching teachers that Long Yuan had reached Soul King at level fifty-two.
• Yali agreed to referee as both teams took their positions on the Sparring Ring, where Yuanen Yehui and Long Yuan prepared to face each other.
• The match began, and Long Yuan released his Black Giant Dragon Martial Soul, making Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu marvel at its power and evolution.
• Elder Cai wondered whether Long Yuan's allegiance to the Spirit Pagoda could eventually bring him into conflict with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.

Long Yuan overwhelmed Yuanen Yehui with his Black Dragon bloodline and elemental control, then transformed with his Golden Dragon King bloodline to meet her renewed charge. Meanwhile, both classes fought across the ring, and Duan Hunxiao and Murong Yu’s combined music left First Grade Class One badly disoriented.

• Long Yuan suppressed Yuanen Yehui’s Titan Giant Ape with his Black Dragon aura, knocked her back with a Mystic Frost Giant Dragon, then soaked and froze her before using fire to dry her clothes.
• Yuanen Yehui broke free of the ice and charged again with Vajra Titan, so Long Yuan activated his Golden Dragon King bloodline and Golden Dragon Claw to face her.
• Gu Yue sent a Blizzard across the ring as Xu Xiaoyan supported her, Xie Xie slipped away through the snow, and Xu Lizhi prepared steamed buns.
• Tang Wulin met He Xiaopeng’s hammer with his Clear Sky Hammer, while Ye Xinglan clashed with Yue Zhengyu using her Stargod Sword.
• Ye Xingmo moved past He Xiaopeng toward Xie Xie as Duan Hunxiao played his flute and Murong Yu joined in on her zither, intensifying the dizziness among First Grade Class One.

Long Yuan and First Grade Class One overcame Second Grade Class One in the exchange match, with Long Yuan defeating Yuanen Yehui and breaking through the opposing formation. After Holy Spirit Douluo treated the injured students, Shen Yi confirmed First Grade Class One’s overall victory, and the chapter ended with congratulations and rewards.

• Bai Hanying strengthened Second Grade Class One with her cherry blossom Martial Soul, while Long Yuan disrupted Duan Hunxiao and Qin Xiao Harmony to free his classmates from its effects.
• Long Yuan exchanged powerful blows with Yuanen Yehui, then struck her with Golden Dragon Startles the Heavens and sent her into the ring barrier.
• Long Yuan charged through Second Grade Class One’s formation and knocked down Yue Zhengyu, Ye Xingmo, and the other students.
• Holy Spirit Douluo declared First Grade Class One the winner of the match and healed the injured students.
• Shen Yi announced First Grade Class One’s overall victory, and the students congratulated Long Yuan and the other participants before receiving their rewards.

Long Yuan and his classmates learned that five students would be eliminated in a grueling fifteen-day Final Exam requiring solo travel to Mingdu and challenges against stronger opponents. As the students set out, Long Yuan encouraged them to do their best and promised discounted Spirit Alloy forging next semester.

• After the exchange match, Long Yuan and First Grade Class One returned to their studies, cultivation, and work on their One-Word Battle Armor until the semester ended.
• Shen Yi explained that five students would be eliminated and described the points system, the journey through ten cities to Mingdu, and the requirement to defeat opponents at least five ranks stronger.
• Shen Yi warned that students had to complete the exam alone without outside assistance, while support-type soul masters could choose a Battle Soul Master to accompany them.
• At Spirit Ice Plaza, Wu Zhangkong and other teachers searched the students and confiscated their belongings before the class left Shrek Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that support-type soul masters could take a Battle Soul Master with them, and Long Yuan urged everyone to pass and offered to forge Spirit Alloy for them at half price next semester.

Long Yuan began Shrek Academy’s final exam by traveling without a ticket to Heaven Dou City, hoping to find work or money. When bandits hijacked the train, he revealed that he was a Soul King and joined the response, while the announcement frightened the passengers.

• Gu Yue worried about Long Yuan’s food and safety as the students left Shrek Academy, and Xu Lizhi tried to sell steamed buns while other students failed to borrow money.
• Long Yuan headed to Heaven Dou City and used a gust of wind to slip through the station ticket gate and board the train without a ticket.
• When the ticket inspector approached, an alert reported that six bandits had hijacked Carriage Five, and Long Yuan followed the attendant toward the emergency.
• Long Yuan revealed his Black Dragon Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, explained Shrek Academy’s final exam, and persuaded the attendant to let him help.
• The train announced the hijacking and urged passengers to stay seated, leaving many frightened by memories of an earlier train explosion.

Long Yuan and the train staff confronted four armed criminals who had hijacked a high-speed train and planted bombs in several carriages. As Mo Lan negotiated for more time and offered herself as a hostage, Long Yuan secretly used his Spiritual Power to investigate the hijacked carriage.

• Passengers panicked as train staff reported that four criminals had weapons and bombs aboard the train.
• The Train Conductor ordered Carriages Six through Sixteen detached, but the criminals revealed they had planted bombs in those carriages too.
• The Train Conductor and Security Captain learned reinforcements would take about twenty minutes, and she ordered personnel toward Carriage Six after recognizing Long Yuan might be able to help.
• The train attendant asked Long Yuan to resolve the crisis, and Long Yuan agreed to investigate while the staff stalled the criminals.
• Long Yuan used his Spiritual Power to sense the interior of Carriage Five as the criminals extended their bomb timer to one hour.
• Mo Lan identified herself as Governor Mo Wu’s daughter, offered herself in exchange for elderly passengers, women, and children, and showed herself to the criminals.

Long Yuan used his abilities to rescue the hostages on the train and kill the bandits, including the hidden eighth attacker. After the Time Bombs were disabled, the passengers thanked him for saving them.

• The bandits released ten hostages after Mo Lan agreed to enter Carriage Five, while Long Yuan investigated the carriage and prepared a rescue.
• Long Yuan created a Blizzard, disconnected Carriages Six through Sixteen, and used ice to kill the bandit who tried to force the Train Conductor aboard.
• Long Yuan removed the three Cluster Bombs and killed the bandits in Carriage Five, including the leader who held Mo Lan hostage.
• Long Yuan searched the carriage, found and killed the hidden eighth bandit, then warmed and dried the rescued passengers.
• Mo Lan told Security Captain Li Feng to deactivate the Time Bombs, and the security guards disabled them throughout the train.
• The passengers and train attendants thanked Long Yuan after learning that he had saved them.

After helping resolve the train crisis, Long Yuan got money and a train pass from Mo Lan and reached Heaven Dou City. He defeated the station’s security captain to satisfy his Final Exam requirement, then left to earn money at the Forging Masters Association.

• Long Yuan asked Mo Lan for money and help arranging opponents in ten cities, and she gave him over twenty thousand Federal Coins and a one-month train pass.
• At Heaven Dou City Station, Long Yuan accepted Mo Lan’s offer to treat the money as a reward and ate a huge meal before meeting Wu Peng.
• Long Yuan told Wu Peng that Shen Yi was secretly watching and that he had to defeat him for the Final Exam; Long Yuan then defeated the level fifty-seven Soul King.
• Long Yuan thanked Mo Lan, declined further help arranging opponents, and left for the Heaven Dou City Forging Masters Association to earn money.

Shen Yi encountered the Plague Bringer, an Evil Soul Master, while following Long Yuan, but he escaped into a forest after fighting her and the Mecha Guard. Long Yuan intercepted him and killed him, then hurried on to the Heaven Dou City Forging Masters Association to earn money and replenish his strength.

• Shen Yi followed Long Yuan and confronted the Plague Bringer, who attacked her with green mist and fled when the Mecha Guard arrived.
• Long Yuan sensed the Plague Bringer fleeing into the forest, left his Soul Guidance Taxi, and found the Evil Soul Master fighting the Mecha Guard.
• The Plague Bringer charged at Long Yuan, who struck him with Golden Dragon Startles the Heavens and sent him flying.
• Long Yuan pursued the wounded Evil Soul Master and killed him with a Golden Dragon Claw strike that broke his arms and pierced his chest.
• The Mecha Guard praised Long Yuan, who complained about the fight and rushed toward the Forging Masters Association to earn money.

After losing his Forging Master Badge, Long Yuan sought a way to prove his skill at the Heaven Dou City Forging Masters Association. He caught Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua’s attention and was allowed to demonstrate Spirit Fusion Forging.

• Shen Yi followed Long Yuan after he killed an Evil Soul Master and left in a taxi.
• At the Forging Masters Association, Long Yuan asked to accept a mission, but a staff member refused because he lacked a badge and doubted his claim to be a Fifth-Level Forging Master.
• Long Yuan went to hear Zhen Hua’s lecture on reducing the difficulty of Spirit Fusion Forging and gained new insight from it.
• Long Yuan declared that he understood Zhen Hua’s technique and asked to try Spirit Fusion Forging.
• A staff member tried to stop Long Yuan, but Zhen Hua gave him permission to begin.

Long Yuan borrowed Rare Metals and Zhen Hua’s Cloud Gold Forging Hammers to demonstrate his forging skill before the Forging Masters Association. He began dual forging Sinking Silver and Heavenly Star Iron, and the chapter ended as both metals released brilliant lights during his Spirit Fusion Forging.

• Long Yuan asked Zhen Hua for Sinking Silver, Heavenly Star Iron, and Heavenly Moon Essence powder, explaining that his belongings had been confiscated during his Final Exam.
• Zhen Hua suspected Long Yuan was one of Mu Chen’s genius disciples and ordered staff to bring him the Rare Metals he requested.
• Long Yuan asked to borrow Zhen Hua’s forging hammers, and Zhen Hua lent him his Cloud Gold Spirit Forged Hammers, promising to give them to Long Yuan if he completed Spirit Fusion Forging.
• Long Yuan identified the hammers’ vibration attribute and used it to complete the Hundred Refinements on the Sinking Silver in four strikes.
• Long Yuan began dual forging the Sinking Silver and Heavenly Star Iron, then used Zhen Hua’s technique to start Spirit Fusion Forging.
• Two booming strikes sounded together, and dazzling silver light and starlight rose from the two metals and lingered in the air.