Chapter Summaries

Long Yuan returned to Sea God Island to train under Zhuo Shi and mastered the first two moves of the Crimson Dragon Nine Styles. After spotting Na'er and reuniting with Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li, he encountered someone approaching as he walked back.

• Long Yuan recognized Na'er as the red-clad Sea God Pavilion Master's disciple, but she sailed away before he could speak to her.
• Long Yuan met Zhuo Shi and demonstrated Golden Dragon Startles the Heavens, impressing Zhuo Shi, Wu Zhangkong, and Shen Yi with his power.
• Zhuo Shi taught Long Yuan additional techniques for Golden Dragon Startles the Heavens and the second move, Golden Dragon Shakes the Earth.
• Feng Wuyu arrived and began bickering with Zhuo Shi, so Long Yuan went off to practice on his own.
• Long Yuan came across Ya Li on a swing, and she appeared before him, praised his talent, and rubbed his head before leaving with a handsome young man.
• As Long Yuan walked back, someone approached him from ahead.

Long Yuan reunited with Na'er at Shrek Academy, learned how she had returned to her family and become a disciple, and spent time with her. After they ate on Snack Street, a group of thugs targeted Na'er and blocked their way.

• Long Yuan and Na'er recognized each other, embraced, and shared what had happened since they were separated.
• After Wu Zhangkong called Long Yuan back, Na'er returned to her teacher and promised to meet Long Yuan the next day.
• Na'er explained that her family had taken her home, where her martial soul awakened, before sending her to Shrek Academy to study under her teacher.
• Long Yuan and Na'er reunited the following day, then left Shrek Academy to eat together on Snack Street.
• A group of young men made lewd comments about Na'er, and one reached toward her shoulder after the thugs blocked their path.

Long Yuan and Na'er encountered Shrek Academy-hating thugs, and Na'er used her Silver Dragon Spear to frighten them off. As they drifted across Sea God Lake, Na'er fell asleep in Long Yuan's arms, and he vowed to protect her and Gu Yue from their tragic fate.

• Long Yuan threw aside a thug who grabbed at Na'er, but Feng Ling challenged him because he was a Shrek Academy student.
• Na'er stopped Feng Ling with her Silver Dragon Spear and threatened the group until they let her and Long Yuan pass.
• Long Yuan and Na'er entered Shrek Academy and headed by boat toward Sea God Island, where Long Yuan planned to continue training with Grandmaster Zhuo Shi.
• Na'er showed Long Yuan her Silver Dragon Spear, then rested in his arms and sang “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” before falling asleep.
• Long Yuan remembered Na'er and Gu Yue's tragic fate and vowed to protect them as he gently rowed around Sea God Island.

Long Yuan spent his remaining days on Sea God Island visiting Na'er and training under Zhuo Shi, mastering much of the Crimson Dragon Nine Styles and learning the power of Golden Dragon Overlord Body. When school began, he said goodbye to Na'er and sailed for the Outer Court, promising to grow strong enough to enter the Inner Court and see her again.

• Long Yuan carried Na'er up the hill to her home, and she returned to visit him every day over the following days.
• Under Zhuo Shi's guidance, Long Yuan mastered Golden Dragon Ascends to Heaven and made rapid progress with Golden Dragon Shakes the Earth.
• Long Yuan tested Golden Dragon Overlord Body against Zhuo Shi, absorbing his attack and turning it into a stronger counterattack.
• As school began, Long Yuan told Na'er he would leave Sea God Island and urged her to cultivate diligently in the Inner Court.
• Na'er tearfully embraced Long Yuan, and he promised to become strong enough to enter the Inner Court before sailing to the Outer Court.

After reuniting with Na'er, Long Yuan pushed himself to grow stronger, revealed that he had become a Seventh Level Forging Master, and commissioned a custom Yellow Mecha. The chapter ended with an alluring senior girl stepping in to take his measurements and flirt with him.

• Holy Spirit Douluo Yali comforted Na'er after Long Yuan left and assured her they would meet again soon.
• Long Yuan returned to Shrek Academy, focused on cultivation and forging, and asked Feng Wuyu to help him legally register a combat mecha once he could afford one.
• Long Yuan showed Feng Wuyu his Seventh Level Forging Master badge and explained that Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua had guided him during the break.
• Long Yuan went to the Mecha Association to commission a Yellow Mecha and showed Zhang Yang that he had 3,680,000 Contribution Points.
• A senior girl stepped in to measure Long Yuan and complimented his talent and looks.

Long Yuan arranged a custom close-combat mecha and planned to forge its metals himself. Na’er visited him at school, stunning his classmates, who mistook her for his girlfriend until Long Yuan explained she was his younger sister.

• Long Yuan requested a high-performance close-combat mecha from the Mecha Association and agreed to provide his own rare metals, planning to use Thousand Forging metal.
• Long Yuan encouraged Xie Xie and the others to learn Mecha Control, but they chose to focus on Battle Armor.
• Na’er came to Shen Yi’s classroom looking for Long Yuan, and the students were stunned when she greeted him affectionately.
• Na’er and Long Yuan ate together on Snack Street and stayed close until late, leading their classmates to assume they were dating.
• Long Yuan told his classmates Na’er was his younger sister, and the boys and girls cheered at the prospect of pursuing her or him.

Long Yuan improved his mecha skills, received legal identification for his mecha, and continued his studies while Tang Wulin joined the Tang Sect’s Soul Fighting Hall. The chapter ended with Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua going to meet a Saint Craftsman and his young disciple, who had challenged the Forging Masters Association to a forging contest.

• Gu Yue reacted angrily when classmates suggested arranging a meal with Na'er, then acted gently toward Long Yuan at lunch and accompanied him to his dormitory.
• Long Yuan attended Mecha Practice Classes and steadily learned basic mecha balance and control.
• Guo Xiaoxu invited Tang Wulin to join the Soul Fighting Hall, and Tang Wulin accepted its offer of access to a special cultivation space.
• Feng Wuyu gave Long Yuan an Identity Card that made his mecha legal to use across most of Douluo Continent.
• A visitor told Zhen Hua that a Saint Craftsman and his young disciple had challenged the Forging Masters Association, and Zhen Hua went to meet them.

Long Yuan traveled to Heaven Dou City with Gu Yue after his teacher, Zhen Hua, summoned him to the Forging Masters Association for a forging challenge. He surprised Gu Yue with his custom mecha and took her along for the journey.

• Zhen Hua called Long Yuan and asked him to come to the Forging Masters Association headquarters in Heaven Dou City for a forging challenge.
• Long Yuan invited Gu Yue to travel with him, and she agreed before getting ready to leave.
• Long Yuan met Gu Yue outside her dormitory, praised her appearance, and walked with her to the Mecha Association.
• Long Yuan brought out his yellow custom mecha, revealed himself as its pilot, and invited Gu Yue into the cockpit.
• Long Yuan explained that he had commissioned the mecha earlier in the semester, then teased Gu Yue until she punched him in the chest.

Long Yuan flew with Gu Yue to the Heaven Dou City Forging Masters Association, where Chang Gongyan challenged its young forging masters through his disciple, Lin Yuhan. Zhen Hua accepted, and Long Yuan stepped forward to compete as the chapter ended.

• Long Yuan showed Gu Yue his Yellow-Grade Mecha and flew with her toward Heaven Dou City.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yue arrived at the Forging Masters Association, where Zhen Hua was waiting for them.
• Chang Gongyan introduced his disciple, Lin Yuhan, and challenged any Association forging master under twenty to defeat her.
• Chang Gongyan demanded that Zhen Hua admit defeat if Lin Yuhan won, but Zhen Hua accepted the contest and proposed exchanging knowledge instead if his side lost.
• Zhen Hua ordered two Forging Tables prepared, then Long Yuan stepped forward to compete.

Long Yuan and Lin Yuhan competed in two rounds of purifying metal, beginning with Blue Womb Copper. Long Yuan achieved perfect Thousand Forging first and took the upper hand as their contest continued.

• Long Yuan stepped forward to represent the Forging Masters Association, and Zhen Hua and Chang Gongyan agreed to judge the match through two rounds of metal purification.
• Lin Yuhan chose Blue Womb Copper, and Long Yuan let her select her piece before choosing the other identical piece.
• Lin Yuhan used Spirit Forged Blue Womb Copper Hammers, while Long Yuan chose his own Spirit Forged Sunken Silver Hammers instead of the superior hammers Zhen Hua had given him.
• Both forged without pause and nearly simultaneously completed Hundred Refinements, with Long Yuan using only his physical strength and no Soul Power.
• Long Yuan's Blue Womb Copper flashed first with perfect Thousand Forging, while Lin Yuhan's metal reached a lower grade; they continued forging as Long Yuan held the advantage.

Long Yuan defeated Lin Yuhan in the first forging round by achieving Spirit Forging Creation, then began a second round using Sunken Silver. He completed Spirit Forging Creation again, leaving Lin Yuhan unable to continue and himself drained and hungry.

• Long Yuan revealed that he was a fourteen-year-old Soul King with five soul rings as he and Lin Yuhan began Spirit Forging Blue Womb Copper.
• Lin Yuhan bestowed the trait of lightning on her Blue Womb Copper, while Long Yuan awakened its life force and achieved Spirit Forging Creation with a dragon-shaped manifestation.
• Chang Gongyan conceded that Long Yuan had won the round, and he and Lin Yuhan rested before the next contest.
• Long Yuan chose Sunken Silver and completed perfect-grade Thousand Forging before Lin Yuhan finished her Hundred Refinements.
• Long Yuan used his Spirit Forged Sunken Silver Hammers to achieve Spirit Forging Creation again, and Lin Yuhan stopped forging as he felt drained and hungry.

Long Yuan defeated Lin Yuhan in a forging match, but a concealed assassin attacked Zhen Hua before the gathering could end. Zhen Hua sheltered Chang Gongyan and Lin Yuhan while investigating their connection to the attack, and Mu Ye returned without catching the assassin.

• Long Yuan defeated Lin Yuhan through Genesis Spiritual Forging, and Chang Gongyan conceded the match and praised Zhen Hua's disciple.
• A scarlet sword shot toward Zhen Hua, but Gu Yue teleported him away and Mu Ye seized the weapon before pursuing the attacker.
• Zhen Hua restrained the gathering and brought Long Yuan, Gu Yue, Chang Gongyan, and Lin Yuhan to his office for questioning.
• Chang Gongyan admitted that he and Lin Yuhan were from the Star Luo Continent and said a forging master named Ning Fengzhi had encouraged their challenge.
• Zhen Hua kept Chang Gongyan and Lin Yuhan as guests while he investigated, and Mu Ye reported that the Agility Attack System Super Douluo had escaped.

After discussing the mysterious attacker and the possibility that he was an Evil Soul Master, Mu Ye privately offered Long Yuan the Body Sect’s legacy. Long Yuan accepted Mu Ye as his teacher and then returned to Zhen Hua’s office.

• Zhen Hua questioned Mu Ye about the attacker, and Mu Ye described the man’s strange bloodline-powered Soul Power and unidentified martial soul.
• Mu Ye, Long Yuan, and Chang Gongyan considered whether the attacker was an Evil Soul Master, while Zhen Hua decided to handle the assassination attempt himself.
• Mu Ye told Long Yuan that he was the Body Sect’s Sect Master and offered to pass on the sect’s legacy, explaining that Long Yuan’s bloodline suited its cultivation methods.
• Long Yuan accepted Mu Ye as his teacher, saying that he valued strength and did not intend to follow rigid faction rules.
• Mu Ye told Long Yuan to visit for cultivation lessons and began preparing food, while Long Yuan left to return to Zhen Hua’s office.

Long Yuan learned a new movement technique from Leng Yaozhu and joined Shrek Academy’s exchange group traveling to Star Luo Continent. On the ship, he reunited with Lin Yuhan, while Gu Yue felt jealous of their friendly conversation.

• Long Yuan stayed with Gu Yue at the Forging Masters Association to avoid an Evil Soul Master attack, then returned safely to Shrek Academy with Zhen Hua, who gave him a Storage Ring for his Mecha.
• Zhen Hua told Yun Ming and the Sea God Pavilion elders about the train hijacking and assassination attempt, and they approved cooperation with the Federation to hunt Evil Soul Masters.
• Cai Yue'er announced that Long Yuan, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and six other students would travel to Star Luo Continent with Cai Yue'er and Wu Zhangkong.
• After six months of training with Leng Yaozhu, Long Yuan named his improved movement technique Stealth Shadow Shatter.
• The Shrek group boarded a ship bound for Star Luo Continent, where Lin Yuhan greeted Long Yuan and asked whether he had come to challenge her continent’s Forging Masters Association.

Long Yuan reunited with Lin Yuhan and prepared for a formal reception aboard the Star Luo ocean liner, where he and Gu Yue made a stunning entrance. The pair were immediately named the best-dressed and most attractive guests, and Sima Lanxiao asked where they were from.

• Lin Yuhan told Long Yuan she would challenge him again in forging, then left with complicated feelings about her only loss to him.
• Gu Yue teased Long Yuan about admiring Lin Yuhan, and later brought him several tailored outfits for the reception.
• Long Yuan and his companions dressed for the banquet, where Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Ye Xinglan gathered around him and called him handsome.
• Sima Lanxiao welcomed the delegations and announced the evening's awards and dance activities.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yue entered the hall together under a spotlight, prompting Sima Lanxiao to ask where on the Douluo Continent they came from.

At a formal gathering, Long Yuan and Gu Yue dazzled the guests with their appearances and won the evening’s top attire and beauty awards. After Lin Yuhan danced with Long Yuan and invited him to visit the Star Luo Empire’s Forging Academy, Gu Yue claimed him as her partner for the next song.

• Long Yuan and Gu Yue made a striking entrance, drawing attention from the guests and prompting Xu Xiaoyan to tease Long Yuan about his looks and popularity.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yue won the Best-Dressed Gentleman and Best-Dressed Lady awards, along with the Most Handsome Gentleman and Most Beautiful Lady titles.
• Lin Yuhan asked Long Yuan to dance, pulled him onto the floor, and taught him the steps while inviting him to visit the Star Luo Empire’s Forging Academy.
• After the song ended, Lin Yuhan asked Long Yuan to dance again, but Gu Yue linked her arm through his and said she would be his partner for the next song.

Gu Yue and Long Yuan dazzled the banquet with an acrobatic dance and won the best dance-pair award, while Lin Yuhan watched with jealousy and continued to pursue Long Yuan. Gu Yue made clear that she considered Long Yuan hers, and the group returned to their rooms as the banquet ended.

• Lin Yuhan watched Long Yuan from the stage's edge and admitted to herself that she had fallen for him.
• Gu Yue and Long Yuan performed an elaborate dance that stunned the audience and earned thunderous applause.
• Gu Yue linked arms with Long Yuan and deliberately passed Lin Yuhan, while Xu Xiaoyan praised Gu Yue and Yuanen Yehui rejected Xie Xie's invitation to dance.
• Sima Lanxiao arranged the judging, and Long Yuan and Gu Yue were named the best dance pair before the prize winners received local specialties.
• Lin Yuhan invited Long Yuan to discuss forging the next day, but Gu Yue pinched his waist and he declined; Lin Yuhan left jealous as Gu Yue watched her coldly.
• Long Yuan and the others left the banquet and returned to their rooms to sleep or cultivate.

Long Yuan was attacked by a mysterious dark-golden figure who suppressed his powers and dragged him into the sea. He broke through the sixth seal of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, gained Golden Dragon Roar, and escaped back to the ship, where he recognized his attacker.

• A dark-golden figure seized Long Yuan by the neck and forced him underwater, suppressing his Soul Power and bloodline.
• Long Yuan awakened the Third Bloodline Soul Ring and gained Golden Dragon Roar, which briefly stunned the attacker and let him break free.
• The attacker overwhelmed Long Yuan again and forced him deep beneath the sea before leaving him to struggle toward the surface.
• After reaching the surface, Long Yuan used elemental attacks and a Mystic Frost Giant Dragon to flee toward the giant ship, but the attacker pursued him.
• Long Yuan reached the deck and was suddenly returned to his room, where the dark-golden figure revealed a familiar face.

Mu Ye explained that the deep-sea ordeal was the Body Sect’s entry test, and Long Yuan had passed and become his personal disciple despite resenting him for it. After Long Yuan recovered by eating restorative buns and rare seafood, Mu Ye checked on him and praised his potential, but Long Yuan still blamed him for nearly killing him.

• Mu Ye told Long Yuan that he had tested him by pressing him into the deep sea, and that Long Yuan’s endurance had earned him entry into the Body Sect as Mu Ye’s personal disciple.
• Long Yuan left Mu Ye to join the others for food, then nearly collapsed from exhaustion and ate five Restorative Big Meat Buns with Gu Yue’s help.
• Mu Ye brought Long Yuan rare Deep Sea Millennium Tuna meat and a roasted fish head, which Long Yuan ate before going to sleep.
• Long Yuan woke after a night of surging blood and qi, with clearer Golden Patterns on his skin and renewed strength.
• Mu Ye asked Long Yuan how he felt after eating the Millennium Bluefin Tuna, while Long Yuan insisted he still resented the deep-sea test.

Mu Ye pushed Long Yuan through repeated life-or-death trials in the deep sea to force his Martial Soul’s second awakening. After battling dozens of Demon Soul Great White Sharks, Long Yuan transformed into a giant black dragon, leaving Mu Ye to witness the apparent awakening.

• Mu Ye explained that the Body Sect triggered second awakenings by pushing people to their limits, then repeatedly subjected Long Yuan to harsh deep-sea trials and nourishing food.
• After forty-nine days, Long Yuan’s bones, organs, meridians, and blood had turned bright gold, but his Martial Soul still showed no sign of a second awakening.
• Mu Ye threw Long Yuan into the deep sea among Demon Soul Great White Sharks and poured blood over him to draw them closer.
• Long Yuan used Golden Dragon Roar and Golden Dragon Terrorclaw to fend off the sharks, then used Water Element Control to escape and wash away their blood scent.
• Mu Ye poured sticky Deep Sea Demon Whale blood over Long Yuan, drawing dozens of sharks, and Long Yuan fought them while eating their flesh to regain strength.
• After Long Yuan killed more than thirty sharks and reached the brink of death, a dragon's roar sounded within him and he transformed into a giant black dragon that suppressed the remaining sharks.