Chapter Summaries

Lin Xingyu and Yuanen Yehui fought their way through the Soul Spirit Tower, taking turns leading and supporting to conserve their strength. At the twelfth trial, Yuanen chose the King Kong Baboon as her Soul Spirit, and Lin Xingyu defeated it before she ended its suffering.

• Yuanen Yehui led the fight against the Flame Demon Lions while Lin Xingyu supported her, and they quickly cleared the second trial.
• Lin Xingyu and Yuanen Yehui swept through the following trials, alternating the lead as stronger Soul Beasts appeared and resting when needed.
• At the eleventh trial, Lin Xingyu used his Thunderclap Hellvine and Magnetic Field Power to disrupt the Thunder Beast before finishing it with a sword strike.
• Yuanen Yehui chose the King Kong Baboon at the twelfth trial because it was highly compatible with her Titan Giant Ape spirit.
• Lin Xingyu wounded the King Kong Baboon with the Blazing Sun Sword, pinned it to the wall with metal spears, and Yuanen Yehui ended its pain with Air Cannon.

Lin Xingyu helped Yuanen Yehui obtain a King Kong Baboon Soul Spirit, and the two later went out to celebrate over dinner. The chapter left them seated together at a restaurant on the academy’s commercial street.

• Lin Xingyu defeated the King Kong Baboon, allowing Yuanen Yehui to fuse with it as her second Soul Spirit and break through to rank forty-one.
• Yuanen Yehui paid thirty million Federal Coins for the King Kong Baboon, and she and Lin Xingyu left the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu watched Lin Xingyu and Yuanen Yehui leave, recognized them as Gu Yue’s friends, and wondered about their relationships.
• Yuanen Yehui invited Lin Xingyu to dinner, and they arranged to meet on the commercial street near Spirit Ice Plaza.
• Yuanen Yehui met Lin Xingyu in women’s clothing, bought him snacks as they walked, and chose a restaurant where they sat by the window.

Lin Xingyu and Yuanen Yehui shared dinner, talked about their backgrounds, and grew comfortable with each other. Their walk afterward was interrupted when Yue Zhengyu appeared to confront Yuanen Yehui, and Lin Xingyu stepped in to speak with him.

• Yuanen Yehui ordered a table of food, and Lin Xingyu added a few dishes before the two talked about his appetite and the Body Sect.
• Yuanen Yehui shared that she lived alone after cutting ties with her family and offered to show Lin Xingyu the good restaurants nearby.
• Lin Xingyu ate the meal while Yuanen Yehui watched, then the two left the restaurant and chatted about his teachers.
• Yue Zhengyu suddenly blocked their path and challenged Yuanen Yehui, who responded with hostility.
• Lin Xingyu restrained Yuanen Yehui and approached Yue Zhengyu, raising a hand toward his shoulder as he asked him to listen.

Lin Xingyu challenged Yue Zhengyu to judge Evil Soul Masters by their actions rather than their Martial Souls, then used close-quarters strength to stop him from taking Yuanen Yehui away. Lin Xingyu and Yuanen Yehui left for his workshop, where he planned to make her Battle Armor components.

• Lin Xingyu asked Yue Zhengyu whether a Soul Master counted as evil because of their Martial Soul or their actions, and Yue Zhengyu insisted Yuanen Yehui should be examined by his clan.
• When Yue Zhengyu tried to take Yuanen Yehui away, Lin Xingyu disrupted his attempt to use Martial Soul Possession and beat him into reconsidering his judgment.
• Lin Xingyu told Yue Zhengyu to think about whether evil depended on a dark Martial Soul or on harming others, then introduced himself and invited Yue Zhengyu to challenge him later.
• Lin Xingyu and Yuanen Yehui went to his workshop, where he planned to make the Battle Armor components she needed.

Lin Xingyu forged Yuanen Yehui a One-Word Battle Armor right-hand component with exceptionally high compatibility, while their growing companionship stirred regret in her over the curse on her body. The chapter ended with Luo Guixing and his group humbled after another defeat, as the students continued their studies and cultivation until the end of the month.

• Yuanen Yehui brought Dark Gold and Blood Sinking Iron to Lin Xingyu, who forged them into a Fusion Forge metal with a compatibility rating of ninety-nine.
• Lin Xingyu used the metal to forge Yuanen Yehui's Battle Armor right-hand component, which she completed by sprinkling her blood onto it.
• Yuanen Yehui thanked Lin Xingyu and left, reflecting on their companionship and regretting that her curse made her fear harming someone else.
• Lin Xingyu learned from Xu Xiaoyan that Luo Guixing and his group had challenged Gu Yue and the others under Wu Changkong's witness and lost.
• Lin Xingyu saw Luo Guixing studying seriously, and the students continued their study and cultivation until the end of the month.

Lin Xingyu continued teaching Xu Xiaoyan and preparing for the upcoming exchange competition while his classmates advanced in their secondary professions and cultivation. At the sparring arena, Yue Zhengyu eagerly focused on Lin Xingyu, determined to challenge him and prove himself.

• Lin Xingyu ended Xu Xiaoyan’s Mecha Repair lesson, and she invited him to the Mimic Training Ground before leaving to cultivate alone.
• Xie Xie made rapid progress by dismantling and rebuilding his Battle Armor component, while Tang Wulin completed Spirit Forging and had Lin Xingyu turn his Divine Alloy into Battle Armor components.
• The next day, Luo Guixing and the other students wished Lin Xingyu victory before First-Year Class One followed Wu Changkong to the sparring arena.
• At the arena, Yue Zhengyu spotted Lin Xingyu and prepared eagerly to challenge him, convinced he had been careless during their previous encounter.

Lin Xingyu assigned Tang Wulin to represent the first years in the Exchange Competition’s opening forging match against second-year He Xiaopeng. He Xiaopeng finished first, but Tang Wulin’s final hammer left the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Holy Spirit Douluo Yali arrived with the Sea God Pavilion elders, and the teachers began arranging the Exchange Competition.
• Lin Xingyu selected Tang Wulin for the first match, a forging contest against He Xiaopeng.
• Shen Yi announced that the competitors would purify Titanium Crystal, with extra Contribution Points awarded if the first years won.
• He Xiaopeng used vibration techniques to reach Thousand Forges First Grade while Tang Wulin steadily purified his metal by hammering.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked whether Tang Wulin was falling behind, and Lin Xingyu told her the match was already won while urging her to study other secondary professions.
• Tang Wulin timed his final hammer strike as the match continued.

Tang Wulin defeated He Xiaopeng in forging and went on to complete Spirit Forging before the arena. Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan won the next two competitions, leaving the second-grade students reeling after three straight losses.

• Tang Wulin defeated He Xiaopeng in the forging match, then continued forging and completed Spirit Forging.
• Lin Xingyu encouraged Gu Yue to compete in the mecha manufacturing exchange, and Gu Yue faced second-year Bai Hanying.
• Cai Yue'er judged Gu Yue's design a level-five drawing, giving her the win over Bai Hanying.
• Ye Xinglan ate two of Xu Lizhi's Recovery Meat Buns and defeated the second-grade Level 4 Mecha Manufacturer.
• The second-grade students fell silent after losing all three matches.

Wu Sidao and Yuanen Yehui drew in the fourth secondary-profession match, ending First Grade’s winning streak at three. The Exchange Competition moved to its final Team Battle, with First Grade choosing how many students would participate.

• Lin Xingyu told Wu Sidao that First Grade had nearly secured the secondary-profession matches, spurring Wu Sidao to resolve to win.
• Yuanen Yehui and Wu Sidao both chose to repair yellow-grade Mecha breastplates, and judges approved both of their repair plans.
• Wu Sidao and Yuanen Yehui completed their repairs at nearly the same time, and the judges declared the match a draw.
• Shen Yi announced that the final match would be a Team Battle, with First Grade deciding the number of participants.

Lin Xingyu’s first-grade team faced Yuanen Yehui’s second-grade team in the final seven-on-seven match of the Exchange Competition. As both sides released their martial souls, Lin Xingyu’s four black soul rings and magnetic field power shocked the second graders, while Yuanen Yehui began executing a plan built around her team’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Lin Xingyu chose to have all seven first-grade students fight in the final team match.
• The two teams took the arena, and Lin Xingyu recognized Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian’er as the twin sisters with the Ice Snow Forest Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shen Yi started the match, and both teams released their martial souls; Yue Zhengyu abandoned his plan to take revenge after seeing Lin Xingyu’s four ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Lin Xingyu used his first soul skill to suppress the second-grade team with invisible magnetic field power, drawing praise from the Shrek teachers.
• Yuanen Yehui charged Tang Wulin, Yue Zhengyu engaged Ye Xinglan, and Wu Sidao faced Wang Dongqi while Ye Xingmo tried to delay Lin Xingyu.
• Yuanen Yehui relied on her team’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill as the key to overcoming Lin Xingyu’s stronger foundation.

Class 1, Grade 1 fought Class Two as Lin Xingyu disrupted Duan Hunxiao and joined Gu Yue in a sweeping elemental assault, while Tang Wulin faced Yuanen Yehui's overwhelming strength. The battle continued with Wu Sidao held at bay by Wang Dongqi's lightning attacks.

• Duan Hunxiao played his flute to control Class 1, Grade 1, but Lin Xingyu's Eye Strike and aura suppressed him.
• Tang Wulin charged Yuanen Yehui with his bloodline power and Golden Dragon Ascends to Heaven, while she activated Tireless Frenzy and met him with her Air Cannon.
• Yuanen Yehui's attack overwhelmed Tang Wulin, forcing him to retreat to the arena's edge and recover.
• Wang Dongqi used her Lightning Sword and lightning skills to keep Wu Sidao at a distance.
• Lin Xingyu and Gu Yue gathered Wind and Fire elements to launch a saturated attack against Class Two.

Lin Xingyu and Gu Yue combined fire and wind elements against Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er, while both teams clashed across the arena. Xu Xiaoyan interrupted the sisters’ buildup, but they unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Forest, and Holy Spirit Douluo Yali intervened as Lin Xingyu’s barrage overwhelmed it.

• Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er combined their ice and wood abilities to oppose Lin Xingyu and Gu Yue’s elemental power.
• Ye Xinglan fought Yue Zhengyu with increasingly focused Sword Intent while his Holy Light Shines Upon strengthened and supported his classmates.
• Lin Xingyu took Duan Hunxiao’s attack and prepared a barrage of explosive fireballs as Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er readied their elemental assault.
• Xu Xiaoyan used Star Wheel Chain and Starlight Feedback to trap and confuse the sisters, disrupting their gathered elemental power.
• Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Forest, but Lin Xingyu’s fireball barrage battered the giant tree.
• As the Ice Snow Forest shrank under the explosions, Holy Spirit Douluo Yali sent a ray of light toward its center.

Lin Xingyu’s counterattack helped First Grade gain control of the arena, while Ya Li assessed the sisters’ powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The remaining fighters continued battling, but Ya Li concluded that the second-year students were headed for defeat.

• Lin Xingyu distributed his remaining attacks across the field, and the first-year fighters blocked them while Xu Xiaoyan helped take Duan Hunxiao out of the fight.
• Ya Li examined Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er after their removal from the arena and judged their martial soul compatibility to be over ninety percent.
• Wu Sidao and Tang Wulin pressured Yuanen Yehui until their combined attacks gradually drove her toward a corner.
• Gu Yue attacked Wang Dongqi with a Water Fire Tornado, while Yue Zhengyu and Ye Xinglan unleashed their strongest attacks against each other.
• Xu Xiaoyan disrupted Yue Zhengyu's attack with starlight, and Xie Xie continued an even fight with Ye Xingmo as Ya Li judged the outcome settled.

The First Grade team overcame the second grade in the team Exchange Competition, with Yuanen Yehui and Tang Wulin exhausting themselves in a fierce clash before the first graders finished off the remaining opponents. Shen Yi announced the First Grade’s victory.

• Yuanen Yehui launched a final attack on Tang Wulin, but Xu Xiaoyan froze her with a beam of goldlight and the Hell White Tiger knocked her off the stage.
• Tang Wulin and Wu Sidao ended their transformed states as Gu Yue prepared an elemental counterattack against Wang Dongqi.
• Wang Dongqi redirected her lightning attack toward Xie Xie, and both fighters vanished from the stage after the opposing attacks collided.
• Ye Xinglan, supported by Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue, eliminated Yue Zhengyu, then joined Wu Sidao in confronting the last opponent, Ye Xingmo.
• Two and a half minutes later, Shen Yi announced the First Grade team had won the team Exchange Competition.

After defeating the Second Grade, Lin Xingyu’s team celebrated their victory and learned that they would face the Third Grade in an Exchange Competition two months later. Wu Changkong told Lin Xingyu to recruit several Second Grade students and prepare Battle Armor for the upcoming match.

• Holy Spirit Douluo Yali healed the competitors, and Yuanen Yehui’s group congratulated Lin Xingyu’s team on their victory.
• The First Grade students celebrated their team’s exceptional Exchange Competition results, and Lin Xingyu treated his teammates to a meal that brought them closer together.
• Wu Changkong told Lin Xingyu that the academy had scheduled an Exchange Competition against the Third Grade for two months later.
• Wu Changkong explained that Lin Xingyu could add three or four Second Grade students to his team and warned him about the Third Grade’s strength and Battle Armor.
• Lin Xingyu agreed to choose suitable recruits and prepare Battle Armor before the next competition.

Lin Xingyu recruited Yuanen Yehui, Zhou Hanyou, and Zhou Tian'er for the upcoming Exchange Competition against Third Grade, promising to help them make One-Word Battle Armor. The three accepted, and Lin Xingyu began forming the team with two months left to prepare.

• Wu Changkong hoped the Third Grade challenge would push Lin Xingyu and Gu Yue's group to show their full potential and attract the academy's attention.
• Lin Xingyu visited Yuanen Yehui and invited her, Zhou Hanyou, and Zhou Tian'er to join the team for the Exchange Competition.
• Yuanen Yehui doubted they could win against Third Grade students, who might include Soul Kings and One-Word Battle Armor Masters.
• Lin Xingyu said two months would be enough to make battle armor for the recruits, convincing Yuanen Yehui to call Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er.
• After seeing Yuanen Yehui's living battle armor and hearing Lin Xingyu's offer of materials and technical help, Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er agreed to join.

Lin Xingyu organized his team for an Exchange Competition against Third Grade and helped them prepare Battle Armor over the next two months. As the competition date arrived, Gu Yue had become a rank-forty Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring, while Lin Xingyu had accumulated six Battle Armor parts.

• Zhou Tian'er and Zhou Hanyou agreed to work with Lin Xingyu, who confidently declared that he was destined to stand at the continent's peak.
• Lin Xingyu told the first- and second-grade students about the competition and explained its likely Contribution Point rewards.
• Lin Xingyu noticed Xu Xiaoyan feeling self-conscious beside Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er and offered her Star Iron.
• Lin Xingyu spent two months helping his teammates make Battle Armor, and the first- and second-grade students learned to cooperate.
• Gu Yue reached rank forty and gained a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring, while Lin Xingyu's sixth Battle Armor part nearly finished being nurtured.
• The Exchange Competition against Third Grade reached its agreed date.

The First Grade and second grade faced the Third Grade in a five-match combat exchange, with Lin Xingyu directing his team’s tactics. Wu Sidao won the opening match, and Gu Yue’s battle against Mo Jue began with Gu Yue displaying overwhelming Light Element power.

• Lin Xingyu assigned Wu Sidao and Gu Yue to the first two individual matches and reserved himself for the third, while the team planned to forfeit the duo match and focus on the team battle.
• Song Lin chose Ye Wu, Mo Jue, and Li Qiankun for the Third Grade’s individual matches, intending to secure early wins with her One-Word Battle Armor Masters.
• Wu Sidao defeated Ye Wu by entering her Hell White Tiger state and knocking him off the stage, giving the First Grade and second grade the first point.
• Wu Sidao compared Ye Wu’s fast, fiery fighting style to Lin Xingyu’s and said Lin Xingyu surpassed him in flames, speed, and strength.
• Gu Yue began her match against Mo Jue, destroyed Mo Jue’s Weakness Curse with Light Element, and gathered Light and Fire Elements as Mo Jue donned her battle armor.

Gu Yue overwhelmingly defeated Mo Jue in the individual match, giving the First and Second Grades another victory. The Third Grade forfeited Lin Xingyu’s match, and Tang Wulin and Xie Xie lost the next bout before Lin Xingyu’s team headed toward the stage for the team battle.

• Gu Yue used her elemental control to break through Mo Jue’s darkness and battle armor, then overwhelmed her with close-range force and a barrage of attacks until Cai Yue'er stopped the match and declared the First and Second Grades victorious.
• Song Lin comforted Mo Jue after her defeat, while Mo Jue promised to win back the loss in the team battle.
• The Third Grade forfeited the third Individual Competition, and Song Lin explained that Li Qiankun would be better suited to fighting in a team.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie fought the fourth match as a spar and were defeated by their older opponents.
• Lin Xingyu walked toward the competition stage with Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhou Hanyou, Zhou Tian'er, and Ye Xinglan.

Lin Xingyu led his team against the seven Third Grade students and overwhelmed them with his Unity of Heaven and Man, Natal Battle Armor, and decisive sword strikes. The match ended with all seven opponents removed from the stage after only seven swings.

• Both teams released their martial souls and donned their battle armor as the match began.
• Lin Xingyu shattered Mo Jue's Weakness Curse with a glance, then Wu Rui failed to copy his Mirror Image and collapsed from the backlash.
• Li Qiankun and Jiang Wenhao combined defensive barriers and amplification, but Lin Xingyu's sword broke through and forced Li Qiankun off the stage.
• Lin Xingyu swept away Mo Jue and Ye Wu, then removed Li Mengyang, Li Mengtian, and Jiang Wenhao with three more strikes.
• The audience watched in silence as Lin Xingyu secured victory with seven sword strikes.