Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and Xu Xiaoyan worked together to kill the Flame Lion King while Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi defeated a Thousand-Year Demon Lion. After the battle, a strange scorching sensation surged through Lin Xuan when he absorbed the Lion King's spiritual light.

• The Flame Lion King's area attack teleported Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi out of the fight, leaving five people on the field.
• Lin Xuan sent Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi to fight one Thousand-Year Demon Lion, then asked Gu Yue for support and told Xu Xiaoyan to help restrain the Flame Lion King.
• Lin Xuan rushed through the charging Flame Demon Lions and attacked the Flame Lion King, while Xu Xiaoyan used Star Wheel Chains to bind it.
• Gu Yue's ice shields blocked the Century Flame Demon Lions' fireballs, allowing Lin Xuan to split the Flame Lion King in two and finish off the remaining lions.
• Lin Xuan felt a scorching sensation after absorbing the Flame Lion King's spiritual light, and Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi killed the other Thousand-Year Demon Lion.

After leaving the Spirit Ascension Platform, Lin Xuan completed Spirit Ascension at Eastsea Academy, where the Azure Leaf Sword Bamboo became a thousand-year Soul Spirit and absorbed a mysterious golden bloodline power. His soul skills grew stronger, and the chapter ended as the Azure Leaf Sword Bamboo conveyed new information to him.

• Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi left the Spirit Ascension Platform, while Lin Xuan waited with Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue.
• Lin Xuan returned to Eastsea Academy instead of undergoing Spirit Ascension at the Spirit Pagoda, wary that its staff might investigate the golden spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan absorbed the accumulated spiritual power, and the Azure Leaf Sword Bamboo advanced to a thousand-year Soul Spirit.
• Lin Xuan discovered that Azure Leaf Sword Formation gained a sword-qi damage boost, while Peerless Sword Dance gained stronger enhancements and a Soul Devouring effect.
• The Azure Leaf Sword Bamboo absorbed the golden bloodline power, developed golden Cloud Pattern markings, and transmitted a message that delighted Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan tested the golden flame ability he had gained from the Flame Lion King, then heard Wu Changkong critique Zero Class’s performance in the Spirit Ascension Platform. Xu Xiaoyan arrived to take Lin Xuan to collect the Mecha she had promised him, leaving him riding with her uncle, Xu Hao.

• Lin Xuan summoned golden flames and used Heavenly Flame Funeral, then stopped before his power damaged the school’s Back Mountain.
• Wu Changkong gave Zero Class ten out of a hundred for their Spirit Ascension Platform performance and explained their tactical mistakes.
• Wang Jinxi told Xie Xie that cultivating near Tang Wulin strengthened his Martial Soul, and Lin Xuan warned that this could affect Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Grandpa Zhang told Lin Xuan that a girl was waiting for him, and Lin Xuan found Xu Xiaoyan at the school gate.
• Xu Xiaoyan said she had come to take Lin Xuan to collect his Mecha, then introduced him to her uncle, Xu Hao, who thanked Lin Xuan for helping her in the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Lin Xuan visited Xu Hao’s mecha factory with Xu Xiaoyan and browsed its Yellow-tier models. He stopped at the sleek Hummingbird sniper mecha, drawn to its appearance, but had not yet made his choice.

• Xu Hao explained that Lin Xuan had helped him during an accident at the mecha factory, then drove Lin Xuan and Xu Xiaoyan to the Xu’s Mecha Group warehouse.
• Xu Hao used a Soul Tool to store his sports-car mecha and showed Lin Xuan the factory’s metal-forging workshop.
• Xu Hao invited Lin Xuan to choose a mecha, and Xu Xiaoyan told him that she had covered the cost.
• Lin Xuan inspected the Dragon Abyss Yellow-tier mecha before continuing through the warehouse.
• Lin Xuan stopped at the Hummingbird, a compact Yellow-tier sniper mecha with six rear wings and a laser cannon, and admired its design.

Lin Xuan visited Xu Hao’s mecha factory with Xu Xiaoyan, discovered an aptitude for mecha manufacturing, and engraved a formation array on a scrap of Water Blue Gold. Xu Hao gave him a mecha, its registration document, and a notebook of manufacturing insights, leaving Lin Xuan with a new skill to develop alongside Forging.

• Xu Xiaoyan showed Lin Xuan the factory’s production workshop and Xu Hao’s studio, where he examined a Soul Tool Formation Array component and the notes beside it.
• While Xu Xiaoyan slept, Lin Xuan used a scrap of Water Blue Gold to engrave an array, awakening his Mecha Manufacturing skill.
• Xu Hao saw Lin Xuan’s work and learned he was a Forger, then gave him his manufacturing notebook despite deciding not to take him as a disciple.
• Xu Hao handed Lin Xuan the registration document for his chosen yellow-tier mecha and a Mecha Containment Soul Tool holding it.
• Xu Xiaoyan said goodbye to Lin Xuan at the school gate, and he returned to school pleased with his mecha and newly acquired skill.

Lin Xuan and his classmates passed Wu Changkong’s combat assessment after Lin Xuan unleashed his Heavenly Flame Giant Sword. The next day, they entered the Spirit Ascension Platform for a survival assessment, where Lin Xuan appeared alone and was immediately attacked by a Hundred-Year Azure Shadow Wolf.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Lin Xuan fought Wu Changkong in class, and Lin Xuan’s Heavenly Flame Giant Sword scorched the battlefield.
• Wu Changkong gave the group full marks and announced a survival assessment at the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Wulin offered Lin Xuan a Cloud Titanium Vest, but Lin Xuan declined because it could hinder his sword swings.
• Wu Changkong sent Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie in as a team and assigned Lin Xuan to enter alone.
• Lin Xuan appeared in a forest and recognized the Hundred-Year Azure Shadow Wolf that pounced at him.

Lin Xuan slaughtered an Azure Shadow Wolf pack to raise his Azure Leaf Grass Sword Skill proficiency, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue planned to ambush Mu Xi and her companions. Lin Xuan filled the skill’s proficiency gauge, and a voice sounded in his heart.

• Lin Xuan killed an Azure Shadow Wolf with his bare strength, then found a pack gathered in a canyon.
• Lin Xuan broke the canyon’s stone bridge with a Heavenly Flame Giant Sword and slaughtered the wolves while his sword-skill proficiency increased.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue encountered Mu Xi and two companions; after Mu Xi left to search for Lin Xuan, Tang Wulin proposed taking them out first.
• Lin Xuan killed the wolf pack’s adults, leaving only three thousand-year-old wolves, and stood surrounded by powerful Sword Momentum.
• The Azure Leaf Grass Sword Skill reached full proficiency, and a voice rang in Lin Xuan’s heart.

Lin Xuan comprehended Azure Leaf Grass Sword Intent and raced toward a Fierce Beast to test his strength. Meanwhile, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear attacked Tang Wulin, Mu Xi, and Gu Yue, leaving Mu Xi in its sights.

• Lin Xuan cast aside his doubts, transformed his Sword Momentum into Azure Leaf Grass Sword Intent, and killed three Azure Shadow Wolves with one strike.
• Lin Xuan noticed his Deep Blue Greatsword had cracked and estimated he had absorbed around eight hundred years of spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan heard a Fierce Beast’s roar and hurried toward it, eager to fight the platform’s guardian.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear killed Xie Xie as Mu Xi blamed Lu Renyi and argued with Tang Wulin about their earlier ambush.
• Tang Wulin evaded the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear through the forest, while Mu Xi’s fireball failed to stop it.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear abandoned its chase of Tang Wulin and charged at Mu Xi.

Lin Xuan joined the fight against the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, rescuing Mu Xi before unleashing a massive flaming sword and battling the beast. After trading heavy blows, he prepared a final strike whose Sword Intent left Tang Wulin and the others stunned.

• Gu Yue teleported Tang Wulin beside the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, and his Golden Dragon Claw diverted its attack away from Mu Xi.
• Lin Xuan caught Mu Xi as she was thrown back, then leaped into battle after warning Tang Wulin to move.
• Lin Xuan struck the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear with a giant flaming sword, setting the area ablaze and knocking Tang Wulin into a tree.
• Lin Xuan fought the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear in close combat, while Gu Yue recognized his newfound fearless bearing.
• Lin Xuan wounded the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, then released a world-shaking sword strike that awed Tang Wulin and the others.

Lin Xuan defeated the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, claimed its Soul Bone, and gained the Darkgold Dreadclaw soul skill. After demonstrating its power, he embarrassed himself when Mu Xi and Gu Yue noticed his torn clothes.

• Lin Xuan shattered his sword while clashing with the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, then triggered his Sword Intent and destroyed it.
• Wu Changkong told a Spirit Pagoda staff member that Lin Xuan had joined the Tang Sect, and defended his right to claim the Soul Bone.
• Lin Xuan fused with the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear Right Palm Bone after using Sword Intent to overcome its resistance.
• Gu Yue explained that the Spirit Ascension Platform's guardians were powered by real Soul Bones, and defeating them could yield those bones.
• Lin Xuan tested his new Darkgold Dreadclaw soul skill, while Mu Xi and Gu Yue noticed his torn clothes and teased him.

After the Spirit Ascension Platform assessment, Lin Xuan sought a way to forge a sword fused with a Soul Spirit and secured a chance to compete for a Divine Mecha Master's research. He then traveled with Tang Wulin to Aolai City, where Tang Wulin spotted something in the sky.

• Wu Changkong scored the students' assessment, giving Lin Xuan full marks and Tang Wulin ninety points after reprimanding Tang Wulin for using the Cloud Titanium Vest.
• Lin Xuan asked Xu Hao about forging a Soul Spirit into a sword, and Xu Hao explained that a Divine Mecha Master's research on Soul Spirit-mecha fusion would be a prize at the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.
• Xu Hao offered to help Lin Xuan enter the mecha manufacturing competition for Eastsea City if Lin Xuan became a Third-Class Mecha Forger within half a year.
• During vacation, Tang Wulin accompanied Lin Xuan to Aolai City instead of going to Heaven Dou City with Wu Changkong.
• While they waited at the Eastsea City Soul Guide Train Station, Tang Wulin worried about his parents' sudden departure, then pointed excitedly at something in the sky.

Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin confronted an arrogant Mecha Master who tried to drive them from their train seats, and Lin Xuan incapacitated him with a Mental Sword Intent. The train then stopped unexpectedly in the countryside, prompting Lin Xuan to blame Tang Wulin’s notorious bad luck.

• A Yellow-tier mecha arrived at the station, and Tang Wulin admired it while Lin Xuan explained that he could buy one for a few million.
• A young Mecha Master named Mr. Zhang demanded that passengers give up their seats, slapped a woman who refused, and made the other passengers move by boasting about his status.
• Tang Wulin refused to give up his paid seat, caught Mr. Zhang’s hands, and threw him aside when he reached for them.
• Lin Xuan used a flash of purple to knock Mr. Zhang unconscious and make him soil himself, after which the man left with the conductor.
• Tang Wulin recognized Lin Xuan’s Purple Demon Eye, and Lin Xuan explained that he had combined it with his Sword Intent.
• The train screeched to a stop in the countryside, and Lin Xuan sighed that Tang Wulin’s bad luck had overwhelmed his own.

Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin escaped an attack on their train, where a Holy Spirit Cult Mecha Master trapped and slaughtered passengers. As the attacker overwhelmed the train’s defenders, Lin Xuan struck the Giant Bear Mecha from a distant hillside in his Hummingbird Mecha.

• Lin Xuan sensed danger, pulled Tang Wulin out of the train, and escaped into the woods before their carriage exploded.
• The Giant Bear Mecha’s pilot revealed that he had planted Soul Tool Landmines around the train and stopped the fleeing passengers.
• Conductor Mo Lan and a veteran Soul Elder tried to protect the survivors, but the attacker shot down the Soul Elder with a single cannon blast.
• Urinator arrived in a Giant Axe Mecha and charged the Giant Bear Mecha, but sustained heavy damage under its bombardment.
• Lin Xuan fired a cyan Soul Tool Laser from his Hummingbird Mecha and damaged the Giant Bear Mecha’s right-arm cannon.

Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin used the Hummingbird Mecha to defeat the Giant Bear Mecha and save the passengers, then returned to Aolai City. Tang Wulin revisited the childhood place where he and Lin Xuan had drawn, added a final mark, and left it behind.

• Lin Xuan piloted the Hummingbird Mecha with Tang Wulin and evaded the Giant Bear Mecha’s cannon fire while destroying its weapons.
• Lin Xuan charged the Giant Bear Mecha’s cockpit with the Hummingbird’s laser, defeating it and saving Mo Lan and the passengers.
• Mo Lan thanked Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin, and the Federation rescue team later escorted the passengers safely to Aolai City.
• Lin Xuan returned to his empty courtyard and decided to pack because he expected to be away for several years.
• Tang Wulin visited the childhood drawing spot near Red Mountain Academy, added a confused expression to the stone wall, and left into the night.

Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin found Tang Ziran’s Mecha Design notebook and an unfamiliar Badge, then Lin Xuan spent months studying Mecha Manufacturing. At Eastsea Academy, Gu Yue brought Lin Xuan lunch before Wu Changkong paired him with Xu Xiaoyan for combat training, where she enveloped them both in starlight.

• Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin found Tang Ziran’s Mecha Design notebook and a strange Badge hidden in a wall compartment.
• Lin Xuan and Tang Wulin returned to Eastsea City, and Lin Xuan began studying Mecha Manufacturing.
• Gu Yue brought Lin Xuan lunch, and he asked whether she had poisoned it before eating the food she had prepared.
• Wu Changkong called Lin Xuan and Xu Xiaoyan forward for combat training, and Xu Xiaoyan lunged at Lin Xuan with a Bear Hug Pounce.
• Brilliant starlight enveloped Lin Xuan and Xu Xiaoyan as she landed on him.

Lin Xuan and Xu Xiaoyan discovered their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and used it to battle Wu Changkong, who was forced to reveal his sixth Soul Ring. After class, Mu Chen urgently summoned Lin Xuan to the Blacksmith Association and told him to come alone.

• Lin Xuan and Xu Xiaoyan fused into the Starlight Goddess, and Xu Xiaoyan attacked Wu Changkong with a Starlight Longsword.
• Xu Xiaoyan's wild sword barrage briefly suppressed Wu Changkong before he struck her into the air and unleashed nine Frost Sky greatswords.
• Lin Xuan took control, created nine Starlight greatswords to counter Wu Changkong's attack, and pressed him until Wu Changkong used his sixth Soul Ring.
• Xu Xiaoyan celebrated the fusion skill, and Xie Xie asked Tang Wulin whether they could develop one too.
• Mu Chen urgently called Lin Xuan to the Blacksmith Association and told him not to bring Tang Wulin.

Lin Xuan went to the Blacksmith Association, where Mu Chen confronted him about entering the Mecha Manufacturing competition despite being registered for Forging. Lin Xuan demonstrated his Forging ability to show Mu Chen that he could pursue both fields, leaving Mu Chen amazed by his Spirit Formation.

• Mu Xi told Lin Xuan that Mu Chen was furious because Lin Xuan had entered the Mecha Manufacturing competition without telling him, then revealed Mu Chen was arguing with Xu Hao.
• Lin Xuan found Mu Chen and Mang Tian in Mu Chen's office, where Mu Chen warned him against pursuing too many disciplines and urged him to focus on Forging.
• Lin Xuan replied that learning broadly could deepen his understanding, then asked Mu Chen to watch him forge rather than continue arguing.
• Lin Xuan forged a Rare Metal and produced a pillar of pale blue spiritual light containing the outline of a strange fish.
• Mu Chen recognized the effect as Spirit Formation, the sign that Lin Xuan had entered Spirit Forging.

Lin Xuan reached the limit of his forging progress because his soul power was not yet strong enough for Spirit Forging, and Mu Chen accepted his plans to focus on mecha manufacturing. On the way to the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, Lin Xuan drew the attention of Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, and Mu Xi, leaving Mu Xi teasing him about which girls he liked.

• Lin Xuan stopped just short of Spirit Forging, and Mu Chen agreed that he could arrange his other studies as long as he completed his monthly forging assignments.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Eastsea Plaza with Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie for the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, where they discussed his mecha manufacturing entry.
• Xu Xiaoyu confronted Xu Xiaoyan over her closeness with Lin Xuan, but Xu Xiaoyan pulled Lin Xuan onto the Soul Tool Car with her.
• Gu Yue competed with Xu Xiaoyan for the seat beside Lin Xuan, then Mu Xi took the seat and called herself his senior sister.
• Mu Xi asked Lin Xuan which younger girl he preferred, and Lin Xuan countered by asking whether she liked him.

Lin Xuan entered the Skysea Spirit Pagoda to hunt for a Fierce Beast Soul Bone, but a battle between powerful Spirit Beasts sent him plunging off a cliff. He was left falling toward a lake after just entering the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Lin Xuan arrived in Skysea City with the others, while Mu Chen arranged separate villa rooms for him and Tang Wulin.
• Mu Xi took Tang Wulin to meet the Blacksmith Association group, while Lin Xuan went alone to the Skysea Spirit Pagoda.
• Lin Xuan entered the Spirit Ascension Platform hoping to find its guardian and obtain a Fierce Beast Soul Bone.
• A Gorilla Spirit Beast attacked and killed a thousand-year-old Earth Demon Bear on a cliff above a lake.
• The cliff edge collapsed beneath Lin Xuan, and he fell toward the lake.

Lin Xuan defeated a century-old Titan Giant Ape and claimed its Left Arm Bone, impressing Ye Xinglan with his overwhelming Sword Intent. After he refused her challenge as too weak and left the Spirit Ascension Platform, Ye Xinglan was left humiliated.

• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi sensed a powerful Sword Intent and found Lin Xuan fighting a century-old Titan Giant Ape over the lake.
• Lin Xuan countered the Titan Giant Ape’s Titan Skybreaker attacks with Flame Dance and evaded its barrage until it fled toward Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi.
• Lin Xuan’s Sword Intent overwhelmed Ye Xinglan and cut the Titan Giant Ape in half with a single sword strike.
• Lin Xuan refined the Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone while Ye Xinglan waited nearby and rejected Xu Lizhi’s suggestion that they attack him.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Lin Xuan, but he called her too weak, pressed his Distress Beacon, and left the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Ye Xinglan, humiliated by Lin Xuan’s refusal, told Xu Lizhi to stay away and vanished in a streak of light.