Chapter Summaries

Lin Xingyu completed the first realm of martial arts cultivation in his third life on Douluo Continent and discovered that he could perceive his body and spirit. He ended the night’s practice reassured that the world’s rules allowed him to cultivate martial arts.

• Lin Xingyu finished the Body Cultivation realm’s first step, Nurturing, and celebrated completing the first realm of martial arts.
• Lin Xingyu recalled his previous life on Fengwu Continent, where he died during a battlefield rout after a meteor struck his camp.
• Lin Xingyu reflected on his current life as a six-year-old on Douluo Continent, born to Lin Cheng and Xie Yu and awaiting his martial soul awakening.
• Lin Xingyu resumed cultivation and perceived his bones as mountains, his blood as rivers, his heart as a volcano, and his spirit as an ocean, all connected by red light.
• Lin Xingyu ended his cultivation half an hour later as night fell.

Lin Xingyu prepared for his sixth birthday and martial soul awakening, learning that his parents’ powerful martial souls could give him a chance at Twin Martial Souls. The next morning, Lin Cheng arrived and took charge of awakening his son’s martial soul.

• Grandpa Chen told Lin Xingyu that his parents’ Mysterious Gold Armor and Departing Fire martial souls might allow him to awaken Twin Martial Souls.
• Lin Xingyu reflected on his family background, his mother’s disappearance, and his father’s care in preparing his body for the awakening.
• Lin Xingyu ate thousand-year Blazing Flame Dragon meat, soaked in a Medicinal Bath, and cultivated before his birthday.
• Grandpa Chen dressed Lin Xingyu in formalwear and reminded him that the awakening was a major day in his life.
• Lin Cheng met Lin Xingyu in the living room and said he would personally awaken his martial soul.

Lin Xingyu awakened a crimson gold armor martial soul, which he realized was a top-tier mutation formed by the fusion of Mysterious Gold Armor and Departing Fire. Lin Cheng urged him to test his soul power, confident that he could cultivate.

• Lin Cheng led Lin Xingyu into the awakening room and released his Mysterious Gold Armor martial soul.
• Lin Cheng activated the room's patterns, and Lin Xingyu experienced visions of ancient battles as the awakening began.
• Red light and a powerful aura emerged from Lin Xingyu, making Lin Cheng realize that a top-tier martial soul had awakened.
• Lin Xingyu sensed the fusion of two auras and concluded that his single martial soul had mutated from Mysterious Gold Armor and Departing Fire.
• Lin Xingyu appeared covered in crimson gold armor, and Lin Cheng told him to test his soul power.

Lin Xingyu’s Martial Soul awakening revealed Innate Full Soul Power, Spirit Connection Realm Spiritual Power, and exceptional physical strength. Lin Cheng praised Crimson Gold and promised to find a high-quality Soul Spirit that matched its attributes.

• Lin Xingyu named his three-attribute Martial Soul Crimson Gold and tested at Innate Soul Power level ten.
• Lin Cheng tested Lin Xingyu’s Spiritual Power and discovered it had reached the Spirit Connection Realm at 109.
• Lin Xingyu’s Body Resilience measured level twenty-one, though Lin Cheng said it was not quite enough to withstand a Thousand-Year Soul Spirit.
• Lin Xingyu told Lin Cheng that Crimson Gold gave him courage while keeping his mind rational.
• Lin Cheng arranged for Lin Xingyu to learn the Meditation Method and Soul Master basics from Uncle Chen, and said he would seek a suitable Soul Spirit for him.

After awakening his armor martial soul and discovering his Innate Full Soul Power, Lin Xingyu studied the Meditation Method and began cultivating under Uncle Chen’s supervision. He entered a mysterious inner space and awakened his Golden Finger, High-Dimensional Vision.

• Lin Cheng congratulated Lin Xingyu on awakening his martial soul and asked Uncle Chen to teach him cultivation while he searched for a compatible Soul Spirit.
• Uncle Chen explained how Meditation Methods had evolved and why family traditions tailored them to their martial souls, while Lin Xingyu considered the Mysterious Heaven Skill’s universal approach.
• Lin Xingyu memorized the Meditation Method and entered meditation immediately, surprising Uncle Chen with his talent.
• Lin Xingyu encountered his Crimson Gold armor martial soul in a Dark Red Space and merged his consciousness with it.
• Lin Xingyu awakened High-Dimensional Vision, a power that revealed the hidden details and changes of his body and martial soul.

Lin Xingyu used High-Dimensional Vision to refine his Meditation Method and accelerate his cultivation, reaching the limit of Soul Power level ten. He recognized that he needed a Soul Ring to advance further and reflected on how Meditation Methods differed from fixed Soul Power circulation routes.

• Lin Xingyu sensed High-Dimensional Vision again and used it to observe the points of light merging with his Soul Power and Crimson Gold Armor.
• Lin Xingyu adjusted his Meditation Method during meditation, causing his cultivation to improve rapidly.
• The old butler watched Lin Xingyu enter meditation and nodded in satisfaction.
• After meditating through the night, Lin Xingyu checked his condition and found his Soul Power at level ten, with a small amount accumulated toward level eleven.
• Lin Xingyu concluded that he needed a Soul Ring to raise his Soul Power beyond level ten and considered how Meditation Methods nurtured Martial Souls.
• Lin Xingyu judged that the Mysterious Heaven Skill used a universal meridian-based method unrelated to Douluo humans' Martial Souls.

Lin Xingyu began Blood Replacement cultivation using High-Dimensional Vision and the Star Breathing Technique, reaching the beginner level despite stopping when the pain became unbearable. He estimated he could complete the first Blood Replacement within three months, then replenished himself with a huge breakfast.

• Lin Xingyu used High-Dimensional Vision to circulate the Star Breathing Technique and begin refining his blood.
• Lin Xingyu endured intense pain as his body transformed, then stopped the technique when he reached his limit.
• Lin Xingyu’s cultivation status showed First Blood Replacement at 1%, and he estimated he could finish the first Blood Replacement within three months.
• Lin Xingyu ate a pot of Medicinal Cuisine, a pot of pork ribs, two plates of meat, and seven large buns, astonishing the old butler.

Lin Xingyu planned to unite his Martial Soul and martial-path cultivation while worrying about how he might contend with Tang Wulin. After quickly mastering the Meditation Method and expanding his meridians, he received guidance from Lin Cheng about understanding his Martial Soul.

• Lin Xingyu resolved to focus on cultivation, avoid choosing a dragon-type Soul Spirit, and first aim to become a Martial Saint.
• With the old steward's guidance, Lin Xingyu mastered the Meditation Method in three days and used High-Dimensional Vision to nourish and widen his meridians.
• After half a month, Lin Xingyu met Lin Cheng, who checked his Soul Power circulation and was astonished by his progress.
• Lin Xingyu asked Lin Cheng about his Martial Soul, and Lin Cheng patiently answered his questions.
• Lin Cheng advised Lin Xingyu that Soul Masters had to understand and experience their own Martial Souls to strengthen themselves.

Lin Xingyu chose a rare Metal Soul Spirit created to imitate the Snow Empress and bought it with Lin Cheng at the East Sea Spirit Transmission Tower. Back home, he received the Soul Spirit Orb and prepared to absorb it.

• Lin Cheng described three possible Soul Spirits, including an Artificial Metal Soul Spirit made from Refined Gold and Red Gold to imitate Xue Di.
• Lin Xingyu chose the Metal Soul Spirit, convinced its form and attributes suited his Crimson Gold Armor and martial arts.
• Lin Cheng arranged to buy the Soul Spirit, and the next morning he took Lin Xingyu to the East Sea Spirit Transmission Tower.
• Lin Cheng purchased the Soul Spirit Orb and declined the Spirit Pagoda's offer of a free assessment.
• Lin Cheng gave Lin Xingyu the orb at home, and Lin Xingyu saw the golden-armored young woman inside as he prepared to absorb it.

Lin Xingyu bonded with the Metal Soul Spirit and refined its source power, becoming a Soul Master as his Soul Ring formed. In Deep Meditation, he used High-Dimensional Vision to explore and modify the Soul Spirit’s abilities, then chose Metallurgy Stone as his Soul Skill.

• Lin Xingyu released the Metal Soul Spirit, calmed its sword attack, and accepted it into his body.
• Lin Xingyu refined the Soul Spirit’s source power while combining the Star Breathing Technique with his Meditation Method.
• Lin Xingyu formed a yellow Soul Ring and broke through the Soul Power barrier, officially becoming a Soul Master.
• Lin Xingyu entered the Sea of Consciousness and used High-Dimensional Vision to examine and modify the Metal Soul Spirit’s potential skills.
• Lin Xingyu discarded unsuitable skills and selected Metallurgy Stone.

After fusing with the Metal Soul Spirit, Lin Xingyu gained the First Soul Skill “Metallurgy Stone,” which let him refine metals for permanent traits and sense their spirituality. He named the Soul Spirit Aya, then tested his improved abilities with Lin Cheng.

• Lin Xingyu realized “Metallurgy Stone” could grant him permanent traits from refined metals and let him sense metal spirituality.
• Lin Xingyu considered how his Soul Spirit’s age could improve the skill and how he could raise that age through nurturing or the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Lin Xingyu named the Metal Soul Spirit Aya, and she objected to how casually he chose the name.
• Lin Cheng tested Lin Xingyu’s Soul Power at level twelve and his Spiritual Power at one hundred seventy-five, then celebrated his gains.
• Lin Xingyu showed Lin Cheng his armored form and explained that “Metallurgy Stone” let him refine metals for traits to apply to himself.

Lin Xingyu tested his First Soul Skill and learned that absorbing metals could strengthen his body and Martial Soul, though meaningful improvement required large amounts of Spirit Forging metal. He decided to pursue forging, while Lin Cheng urged him to prioritize Soul Power and arranged teachers to assess his talent in several secondary professions.

• Lin Cheng warned Lin Xingyu to keep his Soul Skill’s ability to sense metal and stone spirituality secret, then helped him test it on metals of different qualities.
• Lin Xingyu found that Spirit Forging metal gave him a weak Toughness ability, while lower-grade metals had little effect.
• Lin Cheng reasoned that increasing the Soul Spirit’s age or absorbing more Spirit Forging metal could strengthen the ability, though the required materials would be costly.
• Lin Xingyu told Lin Cheng he planned to become a Forging Master so he could obtain and work with the high-level metals his Soul Skill needed.
• Lin Cheng urged Lin Xingyu to focus on Soul Power and Martial Soul development first, and arranged teachers to assess his forging and Mecha-related talents.

Lin Xingyu began studying forging and impressed Teacher Yun with his physical strength and ability to sense the patterns in metal. He then settled into an intensive daily schedule of secondary-profession lessons, Soul Master studies, and cultivation as his attributes continued to improve.

• Lin Xingyu checked his progress after morning cultivation and saw that his Martial Soul awakening and Blood Replacement had advanced.
• Lin Xingyu visited Yun Qiwen’s workshop, where Yun Qiwen tested his strength and praised his physique as well suited to forging.
• Lin Xingyu studied metal properties, sensed the patterns in Tungsten Steel, and demonstrated promising forging talent to Yun Qiwen.
• Lin Xingyu began practicing hammer technique and was told to spend two hours a day studying at the workshop.
• Lin Xingyu followed a packed routine of forging, Mecha Design, Mecha Manufacturing, Mecha Repair, Soul Master lessons, meditation, and martial training.

Lin Xingyu discovered that refining natural magnetite with his First Soul Skill, Metallurgy Stone, granted him Magnetic Field Mastery, and he incorporated metal refining into his daily cultivation. After two and a half months of steady practice, he sensed his soul power and body had grown stronger.

• Lin Xingyu realized that naturally occurring magnetite might give him an electromagnetic-field ability when refined with Metallurgy Stone.
• Lin Xingyu asked Grandpa Chen to buy magnetite and collect samples of common metals.
• Lin Xingyu refined magnetite and discovered that he had gained Magnetic Field Mastery, though its power was initially weak.
• Lin Xingyu refined over one hundred jin of magnetite until he reached his limit, then began adding metal refining to his daily lessons.
• Lin Xingyu spent two and a half months cultivating and studying, and sensed that his soul power and body had become stronger.

Lin Xingyu completed his first Blood Replacement, strengthening his body and gaining control over his Bloodline Power. During the process, he glimpsed a fragment of ancient memory that he believed showed the Dragon God’s fall, and his Martial Soul Evolution progress increased slightly.

• Lin Xingyu prepared to complete his first Blood Replacement in his training room and reviewed the stages and purpose of Martial Arts cultivation.
• Lin Xingyu used the Star Breathing Technique, Soul Power, Medicinal Cuisine, and Meditation Method to refine his vitality and Bloodline Power.
• Lin Xingyu’s Martial Soul emerged and resonated with his Bloodline Power as his blood, muscles, bones, and organs underwent transformation.
• Lin Xingyu’s consciousness entered a vision of a primordial continent, where he saw a blazing object crash into a forest amid celestial chaos.
• Lin Xingyu returned to his body with sharper senses and the ability to mobilize his Bloodline Power, and he concluded that the vision was a fragment of the Dragon God’s fall.

Over three years, Lin Xingyu opened and connected the meridians throughout his body, integrating them with his Martial Soul Meditation Method to form a Sea of Qi. The completed cultivation system strengthened his Soul Power, defenses, and Blood Replacement, and he developed a powerful but short-lived state called Blood Qi State.

• Lin Xingyu planned to open his meridians and create a Meditation Method that integrated his Martial Soul and the meridian cycle.
• Over the next three years, Lin Xingyu opened the Twelve Meridians and Eight Extraordinary Meridians, completing the meridian cycle and opening a Sea of Qi after two and a half years.
• Lin Xingyu’s Sea of Qi doubled his Soul Power reserves, improved their purity and recovery, and let his body withstand and disperse external force.
• Lin Xingyu’s linked cultivation of Soul Power and blood and qi advanced his Blood Replacement and Martial Soul Second Awakening.
• Lin Xingyu named the combined, power-enhancing state Blood Qi State, but found he could maintain it for only a dozen or so minutes.

Lin Xingyu enrolled at Eastsea Academy to access its resources and met his three new roommates. After they shared a meal and began bonding, they witnessed a student being thrown from the dormitory during a fight.

• Lin Xingyu completed enrollment at Eastsea Academy, joined the top first-grade class, and received Dormitory 213.
• Lin Xingyu met Wu Lang, Fu Hongtao, and Zhang Yong, his new roommates, and agreed to their shared cleaning schedule.
• Lin Xingyu and his roommates heard students fighting in the dormitory, and one boy fell from the second floor.
• Lin Xingyu and his roommates ate Grade A meals in the cafeteria and learned more about one another.
• Zhang Yong praised Ouyang Zixin, and the four roommates returned to their dormitory after lunch.

Lin Xingyu cultivated his martial soul and Bloodline before attending Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony. The class assignments placed him in Class One, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were assigned to Class Five.

• Lin Xingyu meditated in the dorm, then practiced his Bloodline cultivation on the sports field and ate six portions of grade-A food.
• Lin Xingyu used Glazed True Fire to nurture himself before returning to meditation, then woke early for another breathing exercise.
• Eastsea Academy held its opening ceremony, where Dean Yu Zhen gave a short speech after Long Hengxu introduced him.
• Lin Xingyu, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wu Lang were assigned to Class One, while Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Yun Xiao were assigned to Class Five.

Lin Xingyu and his classmates began their six-year placement at Eastsea Academy, where Class One’s teacher, Ye Yingluo, set high expectations for her gifted students. After revealing his exceptional Soul Power rank, Lin Xingyu left to focus on cultivation, determined to grow strong enough to pursue power and longevity.

• Ye Yingluo introduced herself as Class One’s homeroom teacher, and Lin Xingyu noticed the teachers of the other classes, including Wu Changkong in Class Five.
• Ye Yingluo welcomed Class One, outlined her demanding standards, and had the students introduce their names, martial souls, Soul Power Levels, and goals.
• Wei Xiaofeng announced that his Soul Power was rank twenty-one, and Lin Xingyu stunned the class by revealing his rank-twenty-seven Soul Power.
• Ye Yingluo praised Lin Xingyu, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng as examples before dismissing the class until lessons began the next day.
• Lin Xingyu saw Tang Wulin and Xie Xie talking but chose not to follow them, returning to the dormitory to meditate and build his own strength.

Lin Xingyu sat through Ye Yingluo’s introductory theory lesson before being appointed Class One’s temporary class president. After Wei Xiaofeng challenged the appointment, the class agreed to choose its president through a combat match, and the first bout began with Lin Xingyu facing Wei Xiaofeng.

• Lin Xingyu attended Ye Yingluo’s lesson on Soul Master cultivation paths, though the material was already familiar to him.
• Ye Yingluo assigned the students essays on their cultivation directions and named Lin Xingyu temporary class president.
• Wei Xiaofeng objected, so Ye Yingluo proposed a class-wide combat match to determine the president, and Lin Xingyu agreed to compete.
• The students gathered on the field for the practical class, where Lin Xingyu and Wei Xiaofeng entered the first match.
• Wei Xiaofeng taunted Lin Xingyu with a thumbs-down gesture, and Lin Xingyu decided to beat him.