Chapter Summaries

Fourteen-year-old Long Yuan successfully completed Spirit Fusion Forging with Sinking Silver and Heavenly Star Iron, infusing the resulting Star Silver with his Golden Dragon King Bloodline. Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua learned that Long Yuan was Mu Chen and Feng Wuyu’s disciple and resolved to take him as his own.

• Long Yuan used his Cloud Gold Forging Hammers to begin Spirit Fusion Forging while Zhen Hua and the gathered forging masters watched in astonishment.
• Long Yuan added Heavenly Moon Essence powder and steadily fused the Sinking Silver and Heavenly Star Iron into Star Silver.
• Long Yuan channeled his Golden Dragon King Bloodline into the Star Silver, creating a golden dragon shadow and completing Spirit Fusion Forging with spirit.
• Long Yuan thanked Zhen Hua for the hammers and techniques, then introduced himself as a fourteen-year-old disciple of Mu Chen and Feng Wuyu.
• Zhen Hua recognized Long Yuan as Mu Chen’s prized disciple and decided he would try to take him as his own.

Long Yuan impressed Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua with his forging skill, and Zhen Hua took him as a disciple despite his existing teachers. Zhen Hua called Mu Chen to announce his decision, leaving Mu Chen furious after he hung up.

• Long Yuan told Zhen Hua that he was a fourteen-year-old Sixth-Level Forging Master whose belongings had been confiscated for his Final Exam.
• Zhen Hua offered to take Long Yuan as his disciple, and Long Yuan explained that Mang Tian, Mu Chen, and Feng Wuyu were already his teachers.
• Zhen Hua dismissed the concern about Long Yuan having multiple teachers, accepted him as a disciple, and let him take the Star Silver and Cloud Gold Forging Hammers.
• Zhen Hua brought Long Yuan to his office and called Mu Chen, declaring that Long Yuan was exceptional and that he would become his disciple.
• Mu Chen warned Zhen Hua not to take Long Yuan, but Zhen Hua hung up after insisting that he alone could guide Long Yuan to become a Divine Craftsman.
• Mu Chen smashed his Soul Guidance Communicator in anger, and Mu Xi entered the office and asked what was wrong.

Mu Chen learned that Long Yuan had become Zhen Hua’s disciple and hurried to pursue the Divine Craftsman realm himself. Zhen Hua supported Long Yuan’s Final Exam with money and forging supplies, then discovered just how much his new disciple could eat.

• Mu Chen told Mu Xi not to disturb him while he tried to become a Divine Craftsman, and Zhen Hua also called Feng Wuyu to claim Long Yuan as his disciple.
• Long Yuan explained his Final Exam and money troubles to Zhen Hua, who gave him two million Federal Coins and a Storage Ring stocked with Rare Metal and Spirit Fusion Forging medium.
• Zhen Hua asked Long Yuan to repay him with forged metals, then invited him to eat in his private cafeteria.
• Long Yuan ate his own meal and Zhen Hua’s portion, including ten Red Jade Shrimp that strengthened his blood and vitality, but still was not full.
• Zhen Hua took Long Yuan to the main cafeteria, where Long Yuan ate enough for five or six people and left the diners stunned.

Long Yuan traveled to Heaven Spirit City for his Final Exam, where Shen Yi joined him as his escort. When they heard a woman calling for help, they found an Evil Soul Master attacking her, and Long Yuan charged in to intervene.

• Zhen Hua sent Long Yuan off with an escort and urged him to keep cultivating so he could become a Divine Craftsman.
• Long Yuan reached Heaven Spirit City, bought a Soul Guidance Car, and searched for Soul Masters to fight for his exam.
• Shen Yi caught up with Long Yuan and explained that the Academy had ordered teachers to accompany students because Evil Soul Masters threatened the exam.
• Long Yuan drove Shen Yi through the city, then stopped after hearing a woman cry for help near a forest.
• Long Yuan and Shen Yi identified the attacker as an Evil Soul Master, and Long Yuan rushed toward him.

Long Yuan and Shen Yi rescued a Red-Clothed Woman from an Evil Soul Master, and Long Yuan fought the level-fifty-nine Soul King. Long Yuan tore off the Evil Soul Master's arm, but the enemy's skulls still swarmed him.

• Long Yuan rushed into the woods and struck the Evil Soul Master while Shen Yi rescued the Red-Clothed Woman.
• The woman told Shen Yi that the Evil Soul Master had harmed her elder sister, and Shen Yi promised to protect her.
• The Evil Soul Master revealed his five Soul Rings and threatened Long Yuan and Shen Yi, while Long Yuan revealed his own Soul King cultivation and superior rings.
• Long Yuan summoned his Black Giant Dragon Martial Soul, then activated his Golden Dragon King Bloodline as the Evil Soul Master attacked with skulls and black mist.
• Long Yuan crushed the attacking skulls and tore off the Evil Soul Master's arm, while the remaining skulls swarmed him.

Long Yuan killed an Evil Soul Master who had attacked a Red-Clothed Woman, then escorted her home with Shen Yi and continued his exam journey. He and his classmates later reached the halfway point of their missions, though Tang Wulin and the others had angered law enforcement with their deceptive methods.

• Long Yuan used his Golden Dragon Body and Golden Dragon Claw before burning the Evil Soul Master with fire and finishing him with Earth Swords.
• Shen Yi and the Red-Clothed Woman watched Long Yuan clear the black mist and foul stench with a tornado.
• The Red-Clothed Woman thanked Long Yuan and asked to follow him, but he declined and promised to have the Federation Law Enforcement Team protect her.
• Long Yuan and Shen Yi escorted the Red-Clothed Woman home, then drove toward the next city as Shen Yi explained the Evil Soul Masters and law enforcement response.
• Long Yuan completed half of his exam mission, while Tang Wulin and the others also finished half of theirs through methods that displeased the law enforcement teams.

Long Yuan completed his tasks in Mingdu and Heaven’s Mandate City while traveling with Shen Yi, seeking friendly sparring matches and trying to avoid trouble. When he reached Heaven’s Mandate Starry Sky Academy, he found Tang Wulin and the others carrying out their challenge, entered by claiming to be with them, then headed elsewhere to avoid associating with them directly.

• Long Yuan and Shen Yi enjoyed food and sightseeing in Mingdu, where Long Yuan visited the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and defeated a Soul Emperor in a sparring match.
• Long Yuan and Shen Yi traveled to Heaven’s Mandate City and drove to Heaven’s Mandate Starry Sky Academy for another sparring match.
• At the academy gate, Long Yuan spotted Xie Xie taking down a challenge banner while Tang Wulin, Xu Lizhi, Xu Xiaoyan, and the others stood nearby.
• When a guard demanded proof of identity, Long Yuan claimed he was from Shrek Academy and with the group, allowing him and Shen Yi to enter.
• Long Yuan went in another direction to avoid Tang Wulin and the others while secretly watching what they would do next.

Tang Wulin and his companions reached Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy to seek opponents, where they reunited with Long Yuan and Shen Yi. Long Yuan chose to complete the assessment alone and asked to challenge Li Zhilong, leaving the group shocked when he revealed his Soul King rank.

• Tang Wulin explained to Li Zhilong that his group had come to challenge stronger opponents as part of their training after losing their identification and equipment.
• Long Yuan and Shen Yi arrived, and Gu Yue and the others greeted them; Li Zhilong welcomed the Shrek Academy graduates and offered to find opponents.
• Long Yuan asked to spar with Li Zhilong alone, explaining that he wanted to continue the assessment independently with Shen Yi accompanying him.
• Wu Zhangkong said the teams had already been fixed, but Long Yuan insisted on going alone, and Li Zhilong agreed to consider his request after asking about his strength.
• Long Yuan revealed that he was a level fifty-two Soul King, leaving Li Zhilong frozen in surprise.

Fourteen-year-old Long Yuan challenged Li Zhilong to a spar at Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy’s Star Observation Platform. Long Yuan defeated the nine-ranks-stronger Soul Emperor and left with Shen Yi, while Tang Wulin’s group stayed to face the academy’s students.

• Li Zhilong learned that Long Yuan was fourteen and Rank 52, then agreed to spar with him after arranging a match for Tang Wulin’s group.
• Li Zhilong brought Tang Wulin’s group to the Star Observation Platform, where Long Yuan released his Black Giant Dragon Martial Soul and challenged him.
• Li Zhilong merged with his White-Headed Eagle and attacked, but Long Yuan’s winged Mystic Frost Giant Dragon met his first strike evenly.
• Long Yuan’s Ice Cones and dragon claw tore Li Zhilong’s eagle wing, while Li Zhilong’s sixth Soul Skill briefly staggered Long Yuan.
• Long Yuan used his Spiritual Power to stun Li Zhilong, then held an ice-blue sword to his throat and won the spar.
• Li Zhilong acknowledged Long Yuan’s skill, and Long Yuan left the platform with Shen Yi while Tang Wulin’s group remained behind.

After completing his ninth assessment, Long Yuan went with Shen Yi to Mingdu to challenge the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for extra points. Wu Zhangkong publicly roped Long Yuan and Tang Wulin’s group into the challenge, leaving them at the academy gates as his announcement played on repeat.

• Tang Wulin and the others defeated students from Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, and Xu Xiaoyan evolved her martial soul and Soul Skills with Star Power.
• Long Yuan completed his ninth assessment, then agreed with Shen Yi to challenge the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for full marks and ten extra points.
• Long Yuan sold his Soul Guidance Car and slipped into Mingdu during a Blizzard he created, then reunited with Shen Yi and headed to the academy.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that Shrek Academy’s six students would challenge the academy’s strongest members, then raised the age limit after claiming one of them had reached the Soul King realm.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed Long Yuan’s presence and drew him into the challenge; Long Yuan joined Tang Wulin’s group and crushed the loudspeaker that kept replaying the announcement.

Long Yuan and the others accepted a public youth match against Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy after their challenge was turned into a Federation-wide event. As the teams prepared to enter the Great Soul Arena, the students faced a hostile crowd and the pressure of defending Shrek Academy’s honor.

• Tang Wulin identified his group as Shrek Academy’s First Grade Class One, and the Golden-Haired Middle-Aged Man agreed to arrange a match against students around their age.
• The Golden-Haired Middle-Aged Man insisted that the match be watched by the academy and broadcast on every big screen in Mingdu, despite Tang Wulin’s objection.
• Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi that the public challenge was meant to test the students, and Shen Yi contacted Elder Cai, who prioritized their safe return over winning.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy publicized the event as the Soul Master World Youth Peak Battle and scheduled it for the Great Soul Arena.
• The Golden-Haired Middle-Aged Man led Long Yuan’s group to the arena, where a speaker and the crowd rallied against Shrek Academy before the gates opened for the teams.

Long Yuan and the other Shrek students began their Final Exam battle against Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. When Long Yuan revealed that he was a fourteen-year-old Soul King, the arena erupted, and the match opened with Long Chen charging at him.

• Long Yuan led the Shrek team into the Great Soul Arena, where the hostile crowd watched them face Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Tang Wulin first said they could not represent Shrek, then declared that they would fight for the academy's glory.
• Both teams introduced themselves, took their positions, and released their martial souls and soul rings when the referee started the match.
• Long Yuan revealed five soul rings, and the referee examined him and confirmed he was fourteen, astonishing the arena and the academies' leaders.
• Long Chen, a sixteen-year-old rank forty-nine Soul Grandmaster with the Light Sacred Dragon martial soul, charged at Long Yuan using his Dragon's Roar skill.

Long Yuan used his Black Giant Dragon and Golden Dragon King bloodline to defeat Long Chen and another Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy fighter, despite their joining forces against him. He knocked both unconscious and threw them out of the battlefield while the rest of the match continued.

• Long Yuan's Black Giant Dragon suppressed Long Chen's Light Holy Dragon, and Long Yuan won their first clash without using his Golden Dragon King bloodline.
• Long Chen and a Golden Tiger Martial Soul user teamed up to attack Long Yuan, but Long Yuan's bloodline suppression weakened Long Chen and his Golden Dragon Claw defeated both of their attacks.
• Long Yuan sent Long Chen and his teammate flying, drawing a stunned reaction from the audience as they realized both fighters might be unable to continue.
• You Dingqi attacked Tang Wulin with his meteor hammer, but Tang Wulin blocked him from reaching Long Chen and his teammate.
• Long Yuan punched Long Chen and his teammate unconscious, then hurled them out of the battlefield into the spectator stands.

Long Yuan and the Shrek Academy team defeated Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in a one-sided battle, then escaped the crowd outside with Wu Zhangkong. The academy’s leaders blamed their loss on Long Yuan’s strength and discussed how the match might have gone without him.

• Long Yuan caught Jian Mochen’s shield, shattered it, and knocked Jian Mochen unconscious with a punch.
• Long Yuan and the Shrek team overwhelmed the remaining opponents, securing victory without causing any casualties.
• Shen Yi celebrated the win while Wu Zhangkong remained confident that Long Yuan’s team would prevail.
• Long Yuan thanked Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, then led his teammates out as spectators watched and gathered around them.
• Wu Zhangkong picked up Long Yuan and the others in a Soul Guidance Car and flew them away from the crowd.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s leaders reviewed the defeat and said Long Yuan’s participation had prevented them from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

After Long Yuan’s team defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the academy’s leaders investigated his unusual Black Dragon Martial Soul while Shrek rewarded his team. Long Yuan unlocked the Fifth Seal and grew stronger, but the Tang Sect later discovered that he knew the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and questioned Tang Wulin about it.

• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s leaders concluded that Long Yuan’s Black Dragon Martial Soul had suppressed Long Chen’s Light Sacred Dragon and discussed investigating Long Yuan and the girl who wielded multiple elements.
• Long Yuan and his teammates returned to Shrek, received perfect exam scores, selection spots for the next Shrek Seven Monsters, and other rewards; First Grade Class One earned ten bonus points each, while Wu Zhangkong lost a year’s bonus.
• Long Yuan unlocked the Fifth Seal of his Golden Dragon King Bloodline, gained Golden Dragon Claws on both hands, and advanced to Soul Power level fifty-three.
• After the semester break began, Tang Wulin, Xu Lizhi, and Xie Xie accepted Tang Sect missions and received techniques and Contribution Points as rewards for their victory.
• Steward Guo told Tang Wulin and the others that the Tang Sect had recognized Long Yuan’s use of the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and asked why a non-member knew the secret technique; Tang Wulin said he did not know.

Tang Wulin and his companions left the Tang Sect as its leaders approved their entry into the Battle Soul Hall, while Long Yuan and Gu Yuena discussed his evolving Dragon Martial Soul and the possibility of her future war against humanity. Long Yuan promised to protect Gu Yuena at any cost, and she revealed that her Martial Soul was also a Dragon Martial Soul.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Lizhi worried about Long Yuan's fate as they left the Tang Sect, while Steward Guo and six leaders approved their entry into the Battle Soul Hall and discussed fighting Evil Soul Masters.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yuena noticed that Sea God Lake had grown murky and blamed the pollution on contaminated water discharged into the sea.
• Long Yuan told Gu Yuena that his Martial Soul might evolve into a Golden Dragon or even the Dragon God, and Gu Yuena wondered how that could affect her struggle for the Soul Beast Clan.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Long Yuan would kill her if she became humanity's enemy, and Long Yuan declared that he would slaughter the world to protect her.
• Gu Yuena revealed that her Martial Soul was of the Dragon Kind and that Element Control was only its manifested form.

Long Yuan and Gu Yue unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dragon God Initial Awakening, then parted for the academy break. After returning to Shrek Academy and resuming his training, Long Yuan traveled to Heaven Dou City to study forging with Zhen Hua and encountered Mo Lan on the train.

• Gu Yue revealed that her Seven-Colored Dragon Martial Soul controlled seven elements, including darkness, and proposed that she and Long Yuan try their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Gu Yue and Long Yuan fused their powers into Dragon God Initial Awakening, transforming Long Yuan with seven-colored scales and powerful attacks before the fusion left him drained and starving.
• Gu Yue named their ability Dragon God Transformation and explained that it had nine transformations; she considered Long Yuan's idea that he might use it alone possible.
• Gu Yue left for the academy break, and Long Yuan returned to Aolai City to spend time with his adoptive mother, Lin Ximeng, before going back to Shrek Academy.
• After resuming cultivation and forging, Long Yuan traveled by Soul Guidance Train to Heaven Dou City to study under Zhen Hua and recognized Mo Lan aboard the train.

Long Yuan received an All-Alliance Train Pass from Mo Lan, but a terrorist attack soon struck Carriage Number Nine, where the Gray-Clothed Man tortured her for information. Long Yuan rescued Mo Lan and fought the Gray-Clothed Man, badly wounding him, but the two charged into another clash.

• Mo Lan gave Long Yuan an All-Alliance Train Pass and showed him the train's private compartment.
• After the train jolted, the broadcast threatened to blow it up unless Mo Lan went to Carriage Number Nine.
• Long Yuan found the Gray-Clothed Man holding Mo Lan hostage among the bodies of security personnel and killed the other thugs with Ice Cones.
• Long Yuan freed the injured Mo Lan and sent her away for treatment before confronting the Gray-Clothed Man.
• The Gray-Clothed Man used Magnetic Fire Soul Refining, but Long Yuan resisted it and wounded him with Golden Dragon Terrorclaw.
• The Gray-Clothed Man charged Long Yuan, who met him with another Golden Dragon Terrorclaw attack.

Long Yuan killed the Gray-Clothed Man, an Evil Soul Master who had attacked the train, and Zhen Hua arrived with mecha forces after the battle. Long Yuan stayed aboard to check on the injured conductor, Mo Lan.

• Long Yuan pierced the Gray-Clothed Man with his golden spear, drained his life force, and burned him to ashes.
• The train’s security personnel celebrated Long Yuan’s victory and thanked him for saving them.
• Zhen Hua arrived in crimson battle armor with Liu An and a mecha brigade, then revealed himself as Long Yuan’s teacher.
• Long Yuan asked Zhen Hua to stay on the train so he could visit the injured Mo Lan.
• Long Yuan reassured Mo Lan that he had defeated the Soul Emperor and showed her his flames, surprising Zhen Hua.

After stopping the Evil Soul Masters on the train, Long Yuan trained with Zhen Hua and became a Seventh Level Saint Craftsman. He returned to Shrek Academy and recognized a silver-haired girl arriving at Sea God Island as Na'er.

• Mo Lan thanked Long Yuan for saving her, and Liu An praised him for protecting the train passengers before escorting him and Zhen Hua to Heaven Dou City.
• Zhen Hua trained Long Yuan in forging for ten days, helping him reach Soul Forging and become a Seventh Level Saint Craftsman.
• Long Yuan revealed his five Soul Rings, Level fifty-three Soul Power, and Element Control skill, impressing Zhen Hua.
• Liu An escorted Long Yuan toward Shrek Academy, and Long Yuan exchanged contact information with him after offering to forge Rare Metal.
• Long Yuan returned to Shrek Academy and headed to Sea God Island to learn more of the Crimson Dragon Nine Styles from Zhuo Shi.
• Long Yuan saw a silver-haired girl arriving by boat and recognized her as Na'er.