Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan used his newly gained strength and soul skills to overcome Zhang Yangzi’s domain and fight Wang Jinxi head-on. He defeated Wei Xiaofeng and then blasted Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi to the ground with Peerless Sword Dance.

• Lin Xuan unleashed Azure Leaf Sword Formation, trapping Wang Jinxi and Wei Xiaofeng while Zhang Yangzi’s domain remained active.
• Lin Xuan used the grass blades’ shared vision to intercept and kick Wei Xiaofeng out of the formation.
• Zhang Yangzi ended his domain, and Wang Jinxi charged Lin Xuan with Bone Dragon Claw.
• Lin Xuan activated Peerless Sword Dance, boosting his speed and strength, and discovered that Wang Jinxi could turn parts of his body intangible with Bone Soul Conversion.
• Lin Xuan built up his Sword Momentum and unleashed a net of sword lights that overwhelmed Wang Jinxi.
• Lin Xuan detonated the blood-red sword mark on Wang Jinxi’s shoulder, blasting Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi to the ground.

Lin Xuan settled into life with his three roommates and kept up his punishing training routine. During an early-morning run, he encountered Wu Changkong’s group and recognized the white-robed teacher, while an unrelated Recommendation Ticket fantasy followed.

• Lin Xuan made Zhang Yangzi and the others replace his damaged belongings, then learned they were his roommates in Dorm 101.
• Over the next week, Ye Yingluo taught basic knowledge, and Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and their third roommate grew closer to Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan trained before dawn while carrying hundreds of kilograms of weight, using the system’s fluctuating Proficiency bonuses.
• Wu Changkong brought Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue to the playground for special training, adding laps when Xie Xie complained.
• Lin Xuan recognized Wu Changkong as the white-robed man with the blue sword and approached the group.

Lin Xuan sought Wu Changkong’s guidance after demonstrating his swordsmanship and revealing that he had taught himself. Wu Changkong recognized the unusual purity of Lin Xuan’s sword and began teaching him by asking what a sword was and how it should be cultivated.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue put on Iron Armor and began running twenty laps at Wu Changkong’s command.
• Lin Xuan challenged Wu Changkong with a sword strike, and Wu Changkong deflected it but was slightly injured by its sword aura.
• Wu Changkong took Lin Xuan to a secluded clearing and asked him to attack with all his strength.
• Lin Xuan removed his heavy weights and exchanged several dozen sword moves with Wu Changkong, who noticed that Lin Xuan’s swordsmanship was unusually pure.
• Lin Xuan said he had taught himself with only Basic Sword Techniques and had a Plant-type Martial Soul.
• Wu Changkong asked Lin Xuan what a sword was and how one should cultivate it.

Lin Xuan learned from Wu Changkong how the continent’s Way of Sword Intent differed from the technique-based sword path he had described, and decided to cultivate both. As he struggled with creating Self-Created Soul Skills, Mang Tian called and asked him to bring Tang Wulin to the Forging Room at noon.

• Lin Xuan described five stages of sword cultivation, and Wu Changkong explained that this theory followed the Way of Sword Technique rather than the continent’s mainstream Way of Sword Intent.
• Wu Changkong identified Lin Xuan’s current realm as Man-Sword Unity and outlined the Sword Dao realms and the role of Legendary Sword Techniques, or Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Lin Xuan asked about learning Legendary Sword Techniques through a faction, and Wu Changkong confirmed that joining one was necessary before offering to help with future sword cultivation difficulties.
• After Wu Changkong left, Lin Xuan decided that sword technique and Sword Intent complemented each other and that he would cultivate both, though creating Self-Created Soul Skills troubled him.
• Mang Tian called Lin Xuan and asked him to bring Tang Wulin to the Forging Room at noon.

Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin visited Mang Tian’s forging room, where they watched him perform Spirit Forging, before Mang Tian took them to the Blacksmith Association for their assessments. There, Mang Tian introduced them to its President, the Rank 8 Saint Craftsman Mu Chen.

• Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin arrived at Mang Tian’s rundown Eastsea City forging room and watched him Spirit Forge Phoenix Luan Azure Gold.
• Mang Tian finished forging, changed into formal clothes, and took Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin to the Blacksmith Association for assessments and an introduction.
• Mang Tian led them to the association’s thirty-sixth floor and explained how its internal forging rooms were graded.
• Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin entered No. 1 Forging Room and saw Mu Chen instructing a young girl in her blacksmith assessment.
• Mu Chen greeted Mang Tian and joked that he had thought Mang Tian would stand him up again.

Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin took blacksmith assessments at the East Sea Blacksmith Association, where Tang Wulin began forging deep silver and revealed he was attempting Thousand Forging. Mu Chen recognized his talent and sent Mu Xi away so she would not be discouraged by the nine-year-old's skill.

• Mang Tian introduced Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin to Mu Chen, who arranged for their assessments to be held in his room.
• Tang Wulin volunteered to go first and selected deep silver for his forging assessment.
• Mu Xi chatted with Lin Xuan and offered to help him improve, while Lin Xuan said he was slightly better than Tang Wulin.
• After more than an hour of forging, Tang Wulin showed signs of Thousand Forging Spirit Attraction, surprising Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen asked Mu Xi to buy him oranges, keeping her away from Tang Wulin's assessment.

Tang Wulin passed the third-grade forging master exam with a perfect score, and Lin Xuan began attempting the fourth-grade exam. Lin Xuan forged three rare metals at once, astonishing Mu Chen with his self-developed technique.

• Tang Wulin completed Thousand Forging Spirit Attraction, earning ten out of ten and passing the third-grade forging master exam.
• Mu Chen praised Tang Wulin as the continent's youngest third-grade forging master, while Tang Wulin pointed out Lin Xuan's earlier achievement.
• Lin Xuan accepted the fourth-grade exam, which required him to forge three types of Thousand Forged Metal.
• Lin Xuan selected Phoenix Luan Azure Gold, Deep Sea Blue Gold, and Blue Pregnant Copper, then heated and forged all three metals at once.
• Mu Chen recognized Lin Xuan's method as an unprecedented form of Triple Forging, while Mang Tian revealed Lin Xuan had once forged eight pieces simultaneously.

Lin Xuan completed Thousand Forging First Grade during his blacksmith assessment, astonishing Mu Chen and prompting him to conceal the result from the association. Mu Xi fled in tears after realizing she had bragged about her skills to a far more accomplished blacksmith.

• Mu Chen watched Lin Xuan's unconventional forging technique and was stunned when it drew spiritual light from the metal.
• Lin Xuan completed Thousand Forging Second Grade, gained an insight, and then forged all three metal blocks to Thousand Forging First Grade.
• Mu Chen destroyed the Soul Guidance Camera and declared Lin Xuan's assessment passed, promising to handle the missing recording.
• Mu Xi dropped the fruit platter, recognized Lin Xuan's achievement, and ran away crying after calling him a liar.
• Mu Chen apologized for Mu Xi's behavior as Lin Xuan emerged from the Forging Array.

Mang Tian arranged for Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin to become Mu Chen’s disciples while remaining their teacher, and Mu Chen began instructing them in forging. Months later, Lin Xuan struggled to perfect a sword technique at Eastsea Academy as the Class Promotion Tournament approached.

• Mang Tian proposed that Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin also study under Mu Chen, and both boys accepted.
• Mu Chen demonstrated forging techniques to his new disciples and advised Lin Xuan on Thousand Forging.
• Lin Xuan practiced a sword skill inspired by the Azure Leaf Grass Sword Skill but felt his strikes lacked something.
• Gu Yue watched Lin Xuan from a tree, then left after Wang Jinxi mistook her visits for romantic trouble.
• Wang Jinxi brought Lin Xuan lunch and invited him to watch the upcoming Class Promotion Tournament; Lin Xuan said he might attend.

Tang Wulin endured Old Tang’s potion while Tang San considered Lin Xuan an obstacle to his plans. In the storm, Lin Xuan gained a new understanding of his sword skill, advanced it to Level 2, and demonstrated its power.

• Tang Wulin drank Old Tang’s potion and suffered extreme pain as Tang San appeared and urged him to hold on.
• Tang San reflected on his plans for Tang Wulin and the Silver Dragon King, then dismissed Lin Xuan as a minor anomaly.
• At Eastsea Academy, Lin Xuan watched the storm and realized his Azure Leaf Grass Sword Skill needed a resolute will.
• Lin Xuan practiced in the rain, formed nine White Sword Qi, and used them to split a massive boulder.
• Lin Xuan fused the nine sword qis into one slash that cleared a path through the rain, advancing his Azure Leaf Grass Sword Skill to Level 2.

Lin Xuan returned to Eastsea Academy and joined Class Five for the delayed Grade 1 final against Class One. He replaced Wei Xiaofeng and faced Xie Xie’s challenge as the match was about to begin.

• Lin Xuan practiced his two Azure Leaf Grass Sword Skill moves before returning to the dormitory in the rain.
• After the typhoon passed, students gathered to watch Class Five face Class One in the Grade 1 final.
• Long Hengxu announced that each class could field three contestants, and Ye Yingluo selected Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng.
• Lin Xuan arrived and asked to compete, so Ye Yingluo replaced Wei Xiaofeng with him.
• Wei Xiaofeng asked Lin Xuan to beat Xie Xie, and Lin Xuan agreed before trading taunts with Xie Xie onstage.
• Tang Wulin watched Lin Xuan with fighting spirit, confident that his newly awakened cheat would help him in the battle.

Xie Xie’s reckless attack let Lin Xuan knock him out of the arena, leaving Tang Wulin and Gu Yue at a disadvantage. Tang Wulin used his golden right hand to send Wang Jinxi flying, but Zhang Yangzi trapped him in a Dark Light Curtain.

• Xie Xie charged Lin Xuan and was kicked out of the arena, after which Wu Changkong imposed extra training on him.
• Lin Xuan went after Gu Yue while Wang Jinxi blocked Tang Wulin from intervening.
• Lin Xuan deflected Gu Yue’s Wind Blades as Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi fought to a standstill.
• Tang Wulin’s golden right hand briefly froze Wang Jinxi and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Zhang Yangzi dropped a Dark Light Curtain over Tang Wulin, suppressing his senses and trapping him in darkness.

Lin Xuan defeated Gu Yue in the Class Promotion Tournament after she became distracted by Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King aura, then faced her lingering anger in the days afterward. Wu Changkong later invited Lin Xuan to join the Tang Sect.

• Gu Yue froze after sensing Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King aura, and Lin Xuan accidentally touched her chest while stopping his punch; she retaliated with a barrage of elemental attacks.
• Lin Xuan shielded himself with nine streaks of White Sword Qi, then grabbed Gu Yue and threw her off the stage, while Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi defeated Tang Wulin to win for Class One.
• In the following days, Gu Yue silently followed Lin Xuan and glared at him, while Tang Wulin worried that she had grown distant because he had not stopped Lin Xuan.
• Wu Changkong reviewed the tournament, criticized the students’ fighting attitudes, and called Lin Xuan to his office.
• Wu Changkong asked Lin Xuan whether he was willing to join the Tang Sect.

Lin Xuan joined the Candy Sect and passed its Hero Hall trial with a perfect rating, earning the chance to choose three Tang Sect Ultimate Arts. Wu Changkong took him back after telling him to collect his identity credentials in a few days.

• Lin Xuan accepted Wu Changkong’s offer to join the Candy Sect and traveled with him to the East Sea Soul Tool Technology Park for the assessment.
• Lin Xuan defeated Jiang Nannan in the Advanced Assessment, clearing its first two stages.
• Lin Xuan used Peerless Sword Dance to defeat the Three-Ring Jiang Nannan and clear two stages of the Ultimate Assessment with a perfect rating.
• Lin Xuan chose the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eye, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track from the six Tang Sect Ultimate Arts.
• Wu Changkong told Lin Xuan to keep his Temporary Identity Recognizer and return in a few days to collect his credentials.

Lin Xuan reached Spirit Forging but decided to focus on improving his Azure Leaf Grass Sword Skill while he lacked the cultivation to forge at that level. On his way to collect a Tang Sect secret technique, he survived a malfunctioning mecha and met Xu Hao, who compensated him for the accident.

• Lin Xuan achieved Spirit Forging, realized he could not yet forge at that level, and chose to train his Azure Leaf Grass Sword Skill instead.
• Lin Xuan headed to Tang Sect headquarters to collect a secret technique and encountered a malfunctioning Snow White Mecha in the industrial park.
• Lin Xuan evaded the mecha's cannon fire and blade attacks, following a factory worker's instructions to stay close when it switched to long-range fire.
• Xu Hao arrived in a black mecha and disabled the Snow White Mecha by hurling a lightning-charged spear into its core.
• Xu Hao apologized, gave Lin Xuan six hundred thousand Federation Coins and a discount card, then went to deal with the factory manager.
• Lin Xuan continued toward Tang Sect headquarters, newly impressed by mechas and wondering about Battle Armor Masters.

Lin Xuan learned the Tang Sect’s Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye, discovering that the latter let him perceive Soul Power circulation and copy techniques. At Eastsea Academy, Zero Class learned that its students would visit the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform weekly.

• A Tang Sect elder guided Lin Xuan through the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Lin Xuan quickly cultivated it to Level One and broke through to level twenty-three.
• Lin Xuan cultivated the Purple Demon Eye, which mutated and let him see the Mysterious Heaven Skill’s circulation inside the elder.
• Lin Xuan asked the elder to demonstrate Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, then secretly copied its movements and confirmed he had learned the technique.
• Lin Xuan realized his mutated Purple Demon Eye could reveal Soul Power circulation, allowing him to copy many techniques after watching them.
• Wang Jinxi announced that Zero Class would train in the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform once a week, and Wu Changkong arrived to lead the class there.

Lin Xuan encountered Xu Xiaoyan in the simulated forest and repeatedly found Hundred-Year Soul Beasts around her, while she struggled to survive her family’s test. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoyan trapped high in a tree and surrounded by eight Soul Beasts as Lin Xuan rushed toward her cries for help.

• Lin Xuan killed a Flying Ear Rat and several Ten-Year Soul Beasts while searching the forest for stronger prey.
• Lin Xuan spotted Xu Xiaoyan alone on a boulder, where she trapped a Flame Maple Wolf Beast in a pit and filled it with powders and other items.
• Lin Xuan killed the incapacitated Flame Maple Wolf Beast, then refused Xu Xiaoyan’s request to accompany him and left her behind.
• Xu Xiaoyan encouraged herself to endure the day, which her family had made her spend alone in the forest to overcome her fear of Soul Beasts.
• Several hours later, Lin Xuan heard Xu Xiaoyan calling for help and found her clinging to a towering tree above eight circling Soul Beasts.

Lin Xuan killed a pack of Thorn Fang Pigs and agreed to take Xu Xiaoyan with him after she clung to his leg and offered to pay for his protection. He used her as a lookout, and when a five-hundred-year Brilliant Tiger appeared, he rushed to fight it.

• Lin Xuan killed eight Thorn Fang Pigs, including their three-hundred-year leader, and gained spiritual power.
• Xu Xiaoyan clung to Lin Xuan and asked him to take her along, offering to pay him with a Mecha because her family sold them.
• After learning Xu Xiaoyan had encountered more than twenty hundred-year soul beasts, Lin Xuan agreed to take her along if she followed his instructions.
• Lin Xuan placed Xu Xiaoyan high above the ground on an Azure Leaf Sword Grass, claiming it provided double-layer protection.
• A five-hundred-year Brilliant Tiger appeared, and Lin Xuan left Xu Xiaoyan waiting while he charged toward it.

Lin Xuan and Xu Xiaoyan found Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie fighting a Thousand-Year Flame Demon Lion, and Lin Xuan rescued Gu Yue from its attack. As Tang Wulin seemed to gain the upper hand, Wu Changkong spotted that the group had walked into a trap set by a hidden Flame Demon Lion pack led by the Flame Lion King.

• Lin Xuan discovered Xu Xiaoyan had fallen asleep while scouting, then learned she had spotted a Thousand-Year Soul Beast near other people.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie fought the Flame Demon Lion, but Gu Yue remained unusually distant from Tang Wulin.
• The Flame Demon Lion stunned the group with a soundwave and sent fireballs toward Gu Yue, and Lin Xuan pulled her out of their path.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked whether Lin Xuan could beat the Flame Demon Lion, but Lin Xuan declined to interfere because the others had found it first.
• Tang Wulin struck the Flame Demon Lion with his Golden Dragon Claw and sent it crashing into a tree.
• Wu Changkong and a Spirit Pagoda staff member watched the battle as surveillance revealed a hidden pack of Flame Demon Lions and the Flame Lion King closing in.

Lin Xuan and his companions fought a Flame Demon Lion pack by using Zhang Yangzi’s Dark Light Curtain to divide the enemies and defeat them in groups. The mutated Flame Lion King unleashed a devastating golden-flame attack, leaving the group in danger as Lin Xuan rescued Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan and saved Tang Wulin from a direct hit.

• A pack of more than twenty Flame Demon Lions surrounded Lin Xuan and his companions, forcing them to prepare for battle while Xu Xiaoyan still had over an hour left in the trial.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi arrived, and Lin Xuan proposed using Zhang Yangzi’s Dark Light Curtain to isolate and defeat the lions in smaller groups.
• Lin Xuan, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Xie Xie repeatedly attacked the isolated lions while Gu Yue supported them with elemental attacks.
• In the monitoring room, Wu Changkong learned that the Flame Lion King was a mutated experimental soul beast with a powerful bloodline skill.
• The Flame Lion King and the Thousand-Year Demon Lion stunned the group with their attacks, and Lin Xuan carried Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan to safety before kicking Tang Wulin clear of a falling golden flame.