Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan’s Spirit Creation Academy team fought Tang Wulin’s Shrek group while Lin Xuan taunted and distracted them, even using gravity to redirect Xu Lizhi’s enhancement buns. As the battle continued, Lin Xuan pinned Xu Xiaoyan, who turned the encounter into an embrace, and then targeted Yue Zhengyu with a gravity-driven coin.

• Lin Xuan invited Tang Wulin’s group to join Spirit Creation Academy, then his teammates launched their attack as Tang Wulin warned everyone to watch out for Zhang Yangzi’s Dark Domain.
• Yue Zhengyu pursued Zhang Yangzi, Yuanen Yehui faced Wang Jinxi, and Tang Wulin and Ye Xinglan defended against the Zhou sisters’ vines and ice while Xie Xie attacked Zhou Tian'er.
• Lin Xuan used gravity to send Xu Lizhi’s enhancement buns to Wang Jinxi’s team, and Xu Xiaoyan charged Lin Xuan before he pinned her in place and she clung to him after he released her.
• Lin Xuan watched the fights and sent Wang Jinxi to battle Tang Wulin, while Yuanen Yehui pressured Yun Feng and Setsuna until Zhang Yangzi joined their side against her.
• Lin Xuan called Yue Zhengyu a golden-haired bird, then fired a gravity-propelled Gudora Metal coin at him to pull him down from the sky.

Lin Xuan defeated Yue Zhengyu with his improved Kirin Nine Steps, then left the match as his teammates revealed their Contract Beasts and defeated Tang Wulin's group. When Cai Yue'er accused them of colluding with soul beasts and attacked, Qian Gu Die Ting struck her down and confronted Yun Ming.

• Lin Xuan used Kirin Nine Steps to crush Yue Zhengyu, then dropped rare metal beside him as medical expenses.
• Xu Xiaoyan teased Lin Xuan about being jealous, and Lin Xuan left the match and told Wang Jinxi and the others to finish quickly.
• Zhou Tian'er and the others summoned their Contract Beasts, and their team knocked Tang Wulin, Ye Xinglan, and the others out of the arena.
• Cai Yue'er accused Wang Jinxi and the others of colluding with soul beasts and attacked them.
• Qian Gu Die Ting swatted Cai Yue'er into the ground, then confronted Yun Ming and defended the Spirit Pagoda's results.

Lin Xuan unveiled Spirit Creation Academy’s Life Contract, which let Soul Masters share a Soul Beast’s abilities, Soul Rings, vitality, and physical strength. The announcement won Spirit Pagoda and the academy widespread acclaim, leaving Yun Ming concerned that Shrek Academy had gained a formidable rival.

• Qian Gu Die Ting introduced Lin Xuan as a creator of the Life Contract and invited him to explain Spirit Pagoda’s latest research.
• Lin Xuan described how the Life Contract let Soul Masters gain growing Soul Rings and share a Soul Beast’s vitality and strength.
• Zhou Tian’er fused with her Greenwood Fox and demonstrated her enhanced physical power by cracking the ground with a punch.
• Nangong Yi, who had been held back from advancing by physical weakness, asked whether the contract would be available beyond Spirit Pagoda and heard that academy training was currently required.
• Lin Xuan promised that the academy would eventually open theoretical courses and revealed its agreement with the Soul Beasts, while Nangong Yi praised Spirit Pagoda and stirred the crowd into cheering.
• Yun Ming watched the continent-wide broadcast and worried that Spirit Creation Academy could rival Shrek’s reputation.

Lin Xuan promoted Spirit Creation Academy’s inclusive admissions philosophy, intensifying its public rivalry with Shrek Academy, then entered the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform to cultivate. He arrived in its core region, where Xuan Yue appeared and sensed something delicious.

• Lin Xuan invited Shrek Academy students to visit Spirit Creation Academy and announced that it would welcome applicants with diverse talents, including ordinary people studying mecha design.
• Yun Ming and Qian Gu Die Ting recognized that Lin Xuan’s challenge was a clash of educational ideals that could threaten Shrek Academy’s standing.
• Media attention around Spirit Creation Academy grew, and Lin Xuan gained Power of Faith as the academy prepared to open.
• Lin Xuan entered the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform to raise the Soul Ring ages of his Azure Leaf Sword Grass Martial Soul.
• The platform granted Lin Xuan special entry despite his five-ring cultivation and transported his consciousness to its core region.
• Xuan Yue appeared beside Lin Xuan and sensed that the place seemed delicious.

Lin Xuan and Xuan Yue followed a strange sensation to the simulated Lake of Life in the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, where they encountered a powerful, mysterious Blue Demon Bird. Xuan Yue engaged the bird while Lin Xuan moved toward the center of the lake to investigate the source of the sensation.

• Xuan Yue sensed the strange feeling coming from the depths of the Star Dou Forest's core region, and Lin Xuan flew there with her.
• Lin Xuan and Xuan Yue reached a vast simulated Lake of Life, where Xuan Yue recognized it as the lake from the past.
• Lin Xuan and Xuan Yue found a ring-shaped islet and spotted a dark-blue scaled bird with eight silver markings resting in a tree.
• Xuan Yue confronted the bird after it attacked, while Lin Xuan continued toward the center of the lake.
• Xuan Yue used Sun and Moon Same Sky to reveal the Blue Demon Bird's movements and prepared to examine what it was.

Lin Xuan discovered a hidden cave beneath the Lake Heart Island and encountered a silver dragon phantom that entered his bracelet. The Immortal Spirit Qi it released began restoring Gu Yue’s origin and caused Lin Xuan’s Azure Leaf Sword Grass to grow wildly.

• Lin Xuan found a narrow trench beneath the lake and passed through a barrier into an underground cave.
• Lin Xuan discovered a faint phantom of the Silver Dragon King in the cave.
• The silver dragon phantom sensed Lin Xuan’s bracelet, turned into silver light, and entered it.
• Gu Yue felt Immortal Spirit Qi surge within her and restore part of her weakened origin.
• Lin Xuan became enveloped in cyan light as his Azure Leaf Sword Grass absorbed the Immortal Spirit Qi and grew wildly.

Lin Xuan’s Azure Leaf Sword Grass began reclaiming its origin after absorbing energy tainted with Immortal Spirit Qi, but it still needed a method to fuse its accumulated bloodlines. Xuan Yue found a hidden spatial rift with the Blue Demon Bird, revealing a strange fragment glowing with seven-colored light.

• Lin Xuan’s Azure Leaf Sword Grass transformed under the energy in the cave, but stopped just short of awakening its origin.
• Lin Xuan decided to seek the Body Sect’s expertise in tempering bloodlines.
• Xuan Yue failed to locate the God Realm Shard, then summoned Chaos Heaven and Earth and shook the Spirit Ascension Platform until she found a hidden spot.
• Xuan Yue removed the Blue Demon Bird’s Chaos Seal and ordered it to tear open space.
• The Blue Demon Bird opened a spatial rift, revealing a strange fragment that shone with seven-colored light.

Lin Xuan discovered that a Seven-Colored Fragment powered the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, but refused to let Xuan Yue take it for fear of destroying the platform. He secured the Spirit Pagoda’s approval to request other fragments, then went to the Blacksmith Association to ask Mu Chen to help persuade Mu Ye, where he found Mu Chen talking with several elderly men.

• Lin Xuan stopped Xuan Yue from taking the God Realm Shard and sent her back into Chaos Heaven and Earth in confinement.
• Lin Xuan showed Qian Gu Die Ting how his Martial Soul had mutated near the fragment, and Qian Gu Die Ting agreed to arrange access to fragments in the Spirit Pagoda’s warehouse.
• Lin Xuan left the Spirit Pagoda and went to the Blacksmith Association to ask Mu Chen to help persuade Mu Ye.
• Lin Xuan arrived and saw Mu Chen speaking with several elderly men, and Mu Chen turned toward him.

Lin Xuan returned to Mu Chen and surprised him and several senior Saint Craftsmen by taking the eighth-level forger assessment. After earning his badge, he faced matchmaking offers from the elders, whom Mu Chen angrily chased away.

• Lin Xuan reunited with Mu Chen, who introduced him to several renowned Saint Craftsmen visiting Shrek City.
• Lin Xuan told Mu Chen he wanted to take the forger examination, then clarified that he intended to attempt the eighth-level assessment directly.
• The Saint Craftsmen jointly sponsored Lin Xuan's assessment, and Mu Chen awarded him an eighth-level forger badge after he passed.
• The elders praised Lin Xuan and suggested he marry their granddaughters or disciples, prompting Mu Chen to drive them off.

Lin Xuan and Mu Chen traveled to Heaven Dou City so Lin Xuan could ask Zhen Hua to introduce him to Mu Ye for help with his Martial Soul. Zhen Hua led them to his private dining hall, where Mu Ye immediately noticed Lin Xuan’s powerful vitality.

• Lin Xuan and Mu Chen arrived at the Heaven Dou Blacksmith Association, where onlookers noticed Lin Xuan’s Eight-Star Blacksmith Badge.
• Mu Chen barged into Zhen Hua’s office and revealed that Lin Xuan had completed the Eight-Star Blacksmith assessment.
• Zhen Hua recognized Lin Xuan and agreed to introduce him to Mu Ye, his bodyguard and the Body Sect’s Sect Master.
• Zhen Hua led Lin Xuan and Mu Chen to his private dining hall, where Mu Ye appeared with food and fixed his gaze on Lin Xuan’s strong vitality.

Lin Xuan used his connection with Mu Ye to show him a mech-soul spirit fusion and ask for help examining his martial soul mutation. After seeing Lin Xuan’s Divine Eye Martial Soul and immense blood energy, Mu Ye realized he might have found an exceptional Body Martial Soul and regretted not accepting him as a disciple.

• Lin Xuan enjoyed Mu Ye’s cooking while Zhen Hua and Mu Chen talked, then used Mu Ye’s mecha to begin a conversation about his work.
• Lin Xuan showed Mu Ye the Startling Swan Sword, a soul spirit fused with a mech, and presented Mu Ye’s old mecha-manufacturing notebook as the inspiration behind it.
• Zhen Hua asked Mu Ye to examine Lin Xuan’s martial soul mutation, and Mu Ye agreed to inspect it.
• Mu Ye saw Lin Xuan’s Azure Leaf Sword Grass and guessed that he had another martial soul because the plant spirit could not explain his immense blood energy.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Divine Eye Martial Soul, revealing blood energy that shocked Mu Ye and made him regret refusing too quickly to take Lin Xuan as a disciple.

Lin Xuan accepted Mu Ye as his teacher and learned the Body Sect’s Innate Secret Method to temper the bloodline powers in his Azure Leaf Sword Grass. Mu Ye then began training him with Soul Tool artillery, leaving Lin Xuan to withstand a thousand shots.

• Lin Xuan declined to join the Body Sect because he had already joined the Spirit Pagoda, but Mu Ye decided to teach him anyway after learning he was an Eight-star Saint Craftsman.
• Lin Xuan saluted Mu Ye as his teacher, and Mu Ye examined the Azure Leaf Sword Grass and explained that its bloodline powers were not fully fused.
• Mu Ye transmitted the Body Sect’s Innate Secret Method to Lin Xuan, which included a body-tempering technique and a method for a second awakening.
• Mu Ye brought Lin Xuan outside and enclosed him in a red Mecha shield, ordering him to withstand attacks using only his blood qi.
• Mu Ye fired Soul Tool shells at Lin Xuan, who was driven into the ground as his blood qi drained and warmth rose within him.
• Mu Ye set up more cannon emplacements and told Lin Xuan to endure a thousand shots.

Lin Xuan devised and tested a more efficient version of the Body Sect’s Innate Secret Method, using gravity to temper his body from the outside inward. He named its highest stage the Marrow Refining Realm, but realized the method required a special power to be practical.

• Lin Xuan concluded that the Body Sect’s reliance on external pressure would limit his future cultivation and sought a way to draw out his body’s potential himself.
• Lin Xuan tested concentrating gravity on his body and then his right hand, finding that localized pressure could imitate the tempering effect.
• Lin Xuan entered Chaos Heaven and Earth and used his greater control there to plan a network of routes through his body for gravity to follow.
• Lin Xuan refined the routes around his meridians and created five stages: Skin Refining, Muscle Refining, Tendon Refining, Bone Refining, and Marrow Refining.
• Lin Xuan found that his control let him reach Marrow Refining Realm, a method he estimated was at least a hundred times more effective than the old approach.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the method depended on a suitable tempering power and began considering another way to make it usable.

Lin Xuan tested an assisted cultivation method with Xuan Yue, using her Bloodline Power to strengthen his body. After more than a month of cultivation, his Azure Leaf Sword Grass awakened again, transforming into a flower of sword qi and fire and raising his Soul Power to level fifty-eight.

• Lin Xuan called Xuan Yue and explained his new Innate Secret Method, asking her to help him cultivate.
• Xuan Yue joined palms with Lin Xuan and sent her Bloodline Power into his body, where he guided it along a set route before it returned to her.
• Lin Xuan found the assisted cultivation method more effective than the original and considered how it could help the Body Sect regain prominence.
• More than a month later, Lin Xuan cultivated in a medicinal bath as mysterious origin power emerged and nourished his body and martial souls.
• Lin Xuan's Azure Leaf Sword Grass completed its second awakening, blooming into a flower with sword-qi petals and crimson-gold, dragon-marked stamens.
• Lin Xuan broke through to level fifty-eight and reflected that Twin Martial Souls still gave him a major cultivation advantage.

Lin Xuan returned to Spirit Creation Academy and received approval for Soul Beast Residence Permits, giving contracted soul beasts official identities and freedom to travel. He began planning how to use the permits to raise the academy’s profile, then shared an intimate moment with Qian Gu Ling Hua before Zhou Tian’er and the others arrived at his office.

• Lin Xuan said goodbye to Zhen Hua and returned to Spirit Creation Academy, where Qian Gu Ling Hua gave him the approved Soul Beast Residence Permits.
• Lin Xuan planned to use the permits to boost Spirit Creation Academy’s reputation before the school term began.
• Lin Xuan pulled Qian Gu Ling Hua close in his office, kissed her, and spent an hour alone with her.
• Zhou Tian’er arrived with the others, noticed Gu Yue’s cold expression, and knocked on Lin Xuan’s closed office door.
• Lin Xuan opened the office door to Zhou Tian’er and the others.

Lin Xuan gave his students residence permits and tasked them with visiting advanced academies to promote their soul beast companions and Spirit Creation Academy. He planned to use a Spirit Creation Conference to spread the Life Contract, while worrying about facing Gu Yue after she caught him in an awkward situation.

• Gu Yue confronted Lin Xuan about his private discussion with Qian Gu Ling Hua, who hurried away while Gu Yue warned Lin Xuan not to leave after school.
• Wang Jinxi and the others arrived, and Lin Xuan gave them soul beast residence permits so they could take their companions into public.
• Lin Xuan gave the students invitation letters for advanced academies and asked them to promote their soul beast companions and show Spirit Creation Academy's strength during friendly visits.
• Lin Xuan explained that the invitations were for a Spirit Creation Conference, where talented students could compete and exceptional participants could earn a chance to contract a soul beast.
• Lin Xuan considered hiding at Senior Sister's place to avoid Gu Yue.

Lin Xuan found Na'er in Shrek’s Outer Court, where she was scavenging through garbage with a local gang helping her. After Na'er embraced him and the gang recognized him as their leader, Lin Xuan fled with her, leaving the thugs behind.

• Lin Xuan searched Shrek’s Outer Court for the Inner Court, then spotted Na'er sorting through a garbage pile.
• Xu Kun and his thugs arrived and respectfully helped Na'er, who scolded Xu Kun about his tattoos.
• Xu Kun tried to drive Lin Xuan away, but Na'er ran to him and called him her big brother.
• Xu Kun recognized Lin Xuan as the gang leader and led the thugs in chanting their slogan.
• Lin Xuan restrained the thugs with his Spiritual Power and vanished with Na'er, while Xu Kun decided not to question his reasons.

Lin Xuan reunited with Na'er at Shrek Academy, where they teased each other about their feelings for him. As he left that night, Ye Xinglan challenged him to a fight, but Xuan Yue identified her pendant as an Origin Shard of Outer Stars, and Lin Xuan asked to inspect it.

• Na'er told Lin Xuan how Yun Ming had taken her in, how she had found Gu Yue, and how she had returned to Aolai City to search for him.
• Lin Xuan asked Na'er which sister liked him more, and Na'er countered by asking which one he liked more.
• Lin Xuan declined Na'er's invitation to stay the night and encountered Ye Xinglan as he left Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xinglan demanded a fight, but Lin Xuan refused and Xuan Yue alerted him that her pendant was an Origin Shard of Outer Stars.
• Lin Xuan asked to see Ye Xinglan's pendant, and she pulled out a small golden sword sparkling with starlight.

Lin Xuan agreed to teach Ye Xinglan swordsmanship in exchange for studying the Star God Pendant. After sparring with her, he pointed out the obstacle holding back her Sword Intent and helped her enter meditation, then began studying the pendant’s Star Law.

• Lin Xuan proposed studying Ye Xinglan’s Star God Pendant in exchange for teaching her swordsmanship, and Ye Xinglan agreed on the condition that she be present.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Lin Xuan to spar, and he led her to an open space where she drew her Stargod Sword and attacked with Starfall Sword.
• Lin Xuan used his Azure Leaf Sword Formation and superior swordsmanship to repel Ye Xinglan’s attacks without summoning his own sword.
• Lin Xuan recognized that Ye Xinglan’s impatience had disrupted her Sword Heart, then demonstrated his Sword Intent and sent her Stargod Sword flying.
• Ye Xinglan entered meditation as Lin Xuan left her to seek Sword Intent on her own and began comprehending the Star Law in the Star God Pendant.

Ye Xinglan failed to advance her swordsmanship and grew flustered after Lin Xuan caught her touching his face. Lin Xuan absorbed a God Realm Shard into the Chaos Space, then returned to academy duties as preparations continued and A Ruheng pestered him for a fight; the chapter ended with someone bursting into his office to demand money.

• Ye Xinglan watched Lin Xuan meditate, secretly touched his face, and sprang away when he opened his eyes.
• Lin Xuan returned Ye Xinglan's Star God Pendant, and she hurried back to the dormitory after he suggested they spar again later.
• Qian Gu Ling Hua gave Lin Xuan the Spirit Creation Core, which he recognized as a God Realm Shard and brought into the Chaos Space.
• The shard merged with the Chaos Space, producing spiritual power and spreading Star Law formation chains around the sleeping Xuan Yue.
• Lin Xuan resumed his routine while A Ruheng, Mu Ye's appointed protector, complained of boredom and asked him to spar.
• Someone burst into Lin Xuan's office and announced that they were out of money.