Chapter Summaries

Yun Chuan devoured the Titan Giant Ape’s left arm soul bone, raising his Soul Power to level eighty, then began absorbing its 100,000-year Soul Ring. Tang Hao blocked the approaching Sky Azure Bull Python to protect him, while Tang San and the others woke to find Yun Chuan’s hammer surrounded by seven black Soul Rings.

• Yun Chuan killed the dying Titan Giant Ape with his Golden Hammer and sensed the Forehead Rune reacting to its left arm soul bone.
• Yun Chuan devoured the soul bone, strengthening his body and advancing from level seventy-nine to level eighty.
• Yun Chuan began absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s 100,000-Year Soul Ring, and Tang Hao recognized his seven black Soul Rings and realized he had twin spirits.
• Tang Hao intercepted the Sky Azure Bull Python and fought it with his Slaughter God Domain against its Slow Domain.
• Tang San and the others woke and stared in shock at Yun Chuan’s seven black Soul Rings.

Yun Chuan absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s 100,000-Year Soul Ring while Xiao Wu secretly approached, intending to kill him, but he stopped her and spared her. He led the others away from danger, then used the Goddess of Life to restore Tang Hao during his battle with the Sky Azure Bull Python.

• Tang San and the others realized Yun Chuan had Twin Spirits as Xiao Wu mourned the dead Titan Giant Ape and approached Yun Chuan to interrupt his Soul Ring absorption.
• Yun Chuan opened his eyes before Xiao Wu could attack, recognized her hostility, and chose to spare her out of consideration for Tang Hao.
• Yun Chuan completed absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Ring, reached level eighty-four, and ordered the group to leave before other 100,000-Year Soul Beasts could retaliate.
• Tang Hao’s fight with the Sky Azure Bull Python intensified, and he prepared to use Ring Detonation as his old injuries began to flare up.
• Yun Chuan sent the Goddess of Life to Tang Hao, and she restored his battered body with Blue Silver Grass and a surge of vitality.

Yun Chuan and the others escaped the Star Dou Great Forest while Tang Hao held off the Sky Azure Bull Python. After finding the Titan Giant Ape dead, the Sky Azure Bull Python swore revenge, while Yun Chuan’s group returned safely to Shrek Academy.

• Tang Hao recovered from his old injuries and fought the Sky Azure Bull Python to buy Yun Chuan and the others time to escape.
• Yun Chuan led Tang San and the others out of the forest, then hired two carriages to take the group farther from danger.
• Xiao Wu hid her distress from Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, while Yun Chuan considered seeking immortal herbs to strengthen himself.
• Tang Hao withdrew after delaying the Sky Azure Bull Python, which found the Titan Giant Ape’s charred corpse and vowed to kill its killer.
• Yun Chuan and the others returned to Shrek Academy, where Tang San and the others reflected on the extraordinary events they had witnessed.

As he left Shrek Academy, Yun Chuan agreed to reveal his true appearance after Ning Rongrong guessed that his face was disguised. He sent most of the onlookers away, but Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing watched as he began removing his mask.

• Yun Chuan said farewell to the Shrek Academy group and left, while Flander and the students tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to stay.
• Ning Rongrong called Yun Chuan back and asked to see his true appearance, revealing that she had suspected his face was a disguise.
• Yun Chuan admitted that Ning Rongrong had guessed correctly and told Flander, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to turn around.
• Yun Chuan warned Zhu Zhuqing that his true appearance was frightening, but she and Ning Rongrong chose to keep watching.
• Yun Chuan revealed a Crystal Mask beneath his disguise and began removing it as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing watched.

After revealing his face to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, Yun Chuan left Shrek Academy and was stopped by Tang Hao, who claimed to be his biological father. Yun Chuan remained wary but agreed to follow Tang Hao to see proof of their blood relation.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were captivated by Yun Chuan's appearance, then returned to the academy without explaining what they had seen.
• Tang Hao stopped Yun Chuan on a country road and asked whether he knew his origins.
• Yun Chuan said he was an orphan taken in by Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao claimed he was Yun Chuan's biological father and that Yun Chuan and Tang San were twins.
• Tang Hao showed Yun Chuan his Clear Sky Hammer and explained that Yun Chuan inherited it from him and Blue Silver Grass from his mother.
• Yun Chuan questioned Tang Hao's evidence but agreed to follow him to a place where Tang Hao promised to prove their blood relation.

Tang Hao brought Yun Chuan to the hidden cave where A Yin, Yun Chuan’s mother, remained as Blue Silver Grass. Yun Chuan’s life force revived her enough to grow, and she reached out to both father and son, confirming their bloodline connection.

• Tang Hao led Yun Chuan through the mountains to a hidden chamber behind a waterfall.
• Tang Hao introduced the Blue Silver Grass to Yun Chuan as A Yin, their wife and mother.
• Yun Chuan’s Blue Silver Grass appeared and his Plant Domain filled the chamber with life force, making A Yin grow.
• Tang Hao wept as A Yin’s leaves grew from about one foot to three feet long.
• A Yin’s leaves wrapped around Tang Hao’s hand and Yun Chuan’s finger, and Yun Chuan sensed her affection and recognized her as his biological mother.

Yun Chuan pretended to struggle with the truth about his birth parents before revealing that he could help A Yin regain her human form. He agreed to do so on the condition that Tang Hao teach him how to wield a hammer.

• Yun Chuan ran from A Yin after learning his origins, then sat by the stream while Tang Hao gave him time to process the revelation.
• The next morning, Yun Chuan appeared resolved, and Tang Hao assumed he had chosen to remain loyal to Spirit Hall.
• Yun Chuan told Tang Hao he could help A Yin regain her human form, and Tang Hao eagerly asked if it was true.
• Yun Chuan asked Tang Hao to teach him hammer techniques in exchange for helping A Yin, and Tang Hao agreed while withholding the Clear Sky Sect's most dangerous skills.

Tang Hao taught Yun Chuan blacksmithing fundamentals and the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, then trained him to use it beneath a waterfall. Yun Chuan mastered all eighty-one strikes in a day and blasted the waterfall upward, leaving Tang Hao stunned by his talent.

• Tang Hao explained how to generate power through the calves and demonstrated a full-force forging strike, then Yun Chuan flattened the hot iron with his first attempt.
• Tang Hao taught Yun Chuan the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, which Yun Chuan mastered after half a month of practice.
• Tang Hao challenged Yun Chuan to perform all eighty-one strikes while standing on a boulder beneath a waterfall without using Soul Power.
• Yun Chuan adapted to the waterfall and completed all eighty-one strikes in one day, sending water blasting upward with the technique's accumulated force.
• Tang Hao watched Yun Chuan's display and was astonished that he had mastered the feat far faster than Tang Hao himself.

After mastering the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique with a wooden hammer, Yun Chuan used his Plant Master Spirit and Plant Domain to accelerate A Yin’s growth. He reassured her that the plants supporting her recovery would not be harmed, and she began regaining her cultivation.

• Yun Chuan finished practicing the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique beneath the waterfall and accepted that he could not train with his hammer Spirit because he could not lift it.
• Yun Chuan returned to the stone chamber, told Tang Hao not to disturb him, and entered the initial form of his Life Goddess Spirit Avatar.
• Yun Chuan expanded his Plant Domain across a hundred li and gathered life force from nearby plants to nourish A Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor.
• A Yin worried that the Blue Silver Grass around her might be depleted, but Yun Chuan reassured her that his domain drew only a tiny amount from each plant.
• A Yin’s cultivation rose rapidly as Yun Chuan’s Plant Master authority helped her recover, though he noted that ordinary Blue Silver Grass could not be raised into a 100,000 Year Soul Beast this way.

Yun Chuan helped A Yin absorb life force until she returned to the 100,000 Year level and emerged from her cocoon as a human. A Yin reunited with Tang Hao, but Yun Chuan left without accepting them as family.

• Yun Chuan stopped supplying life force after A Yin's Blue Silver Grass formed a cocoon and reached its limit.
• After half an hour, A Yin broke out of the cocoon, reborn as a beautiful young woman.
• A Yin and Tang Hao reunited, professed their love, and wept together.
• Yun Chuan quietly left the Mountain Cave, but A Yin called out to him.
• Yun Chuan said his name was Yun Chuan, not Tang, and that he had lived well in Spirit Hall, then continued on.
• Tang Hao comforted the sorrowful A Yin, though he doubted Yun Chuan would accept them as family.

After restoring his biological mother, Yun Chuan left the Mountain Cave and traveled to Gengxin City, hoping rare metals would help him break through his body's limitations. The Forehead Rune reacted as he arrived, leading him into a Rare Stone Shop.

• Yun Chuan decided to repay his parents in this life by sparing Tang San's life in the future, though he would cripple him.
• Yun Chuan used his Thunder Wings to travel for three days to Gengxin City, the continent's center of blacksmithing.
• Yun Chuan entered the city and observed its many blacksmith shops and metal-related businesses.
• Yun Chuan followed the trembling Forehead Rune into a Rare Stone Shop where customers bought unrefined ores at marked prices.

Yun Chuan spent half a month gathering Rough Stones in Gengxin City that reacted to his Forehead Rune, then began consuming their rare minerals in a secluded cave to strengthen his physique. After absorbing Gold Filament, he discovered a massive deposit of Cold Heart Iron Essence and began eating it.

• Yun Chuan bought an azure stone that reacted to his Forehead Rune and searched Gengxin City for more treasures over the next half month.
• Yun Chuan carried his collected Rough Stones to a secluded Mountain Cave and prepared to absorb their minerals.
• Yun Chuan cut open a crystal containing Gold Filament and swallowed the golden particles, which strengthened his skin, muscles, and bones.
• Yun Chuan used his Geng Metal Power to break open a massive black ore and discovered that it contained hundreds of kilograms of Cold Heart Iron Essence.
• Yun Chuan sliced off a piece of Cold Heart Iron Essence and placed it in his mouth, where it melted as the rune between his brows reacted.

Yun Chuan used the Forehead Rune to absorb rare minerals and gain water, fire, and wood abilities, completing the Five Elements within his body when he swallowed an earth-attributed crystal. A thunderous transformation began, leaving him on the verge of discovering what the completed Five Elements would bring.

• Yun Chuan swallowed Cold Heart Iron Essence and gained control over water and ice.
• Yun Chuan broke open an azure stone, discovered an unknown fiery red mineral, and gained stronger fire control after swallowing it.
• Yun Chuan swallowed an emerald-green gel found in discarded rubble and gained a wood attribute through his liver.
• Yun Chuan swallowed a yellow crystal extracted from an earthy stone, completing the Five Elements as the aura merged into his spleen.
• Yun Chuan felt a thunderous explosion within his body as a profound transformation began.

Yun Chuan completed the five elements within his five viscera and experienced an enlightenment that transformed his organs into crystal-like forms. After awakening, he saw the world with startling clarity and felt as though he had glimpsed its truth.

• Yun Chuan observed the five elemental lights within his body and studied the ancient runes that appeared on his heart.
• Yun Chuan absorbed the fire runes and experienced the spirit and will of fire, then felt fire-element energy transform his spleen into a crystal-like organ.
• Yun Chuan absorbed the earth runes and experienced earth, while earth-element energy stimulated the metal element in his lungs.
• Yun Chuan's lungs, kidneys, and liver transformed in sequence as metal, water, and wood energies circulated through the five-element ring.
• Yun Chuan's five viscera tempered his body and mind with their elemental powers, strengthening and refining him.
• Yun Chuan opened his eyes and saw the world with newfound clarity, wondering whether this was how immortals and gods perceived it.

After transforming his five viscera into crystal-like organs, Yun Chuan discovered that he had gained a new source of power and lost his soul rings. He realized he had broken free from the Soul Master System and concluded that his new abilities made him stronger than before.

• Yun Chuan found that his crystal-like five viscera produced colorless energy that could transform into Soul Power or life energy.
• Yun Chuan summoned his Supreme Clear Sky Hammer and discovered that his increased strength let him lift it, while its power had become focused on destruction.
• Yun Chuan realized he had lost his soul rings and was no longer constrained by the Soul Master System.
• Yun Chuan considered how to grow stronger without the Soul Master System, then concluded his endless Five Elements cycle could preserve his youth and let him use a wider range of powers.
• Yun Chuan determined that he was far stronger than he had been as a Soul Master.

Yun Chuan renamed his transformed hammer the Clear Sky Hammer and examined the changes to his Life Goddess Spirit. He discovered that his Five Elements Power could absorb the essence of precious ores, strengthening his body and laying the foundation for an Inner World.

• Yun Chuan named his chaos-colored hammer the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yun Chuan summoned his Life Goddess Spirit and saw that her gown had become multicolored and patterned with the Myriad Forms.
• Yun Chuan discovered he could move objects with his thoughts and used Telekinesis to bring a pale purple stone into his mouth, where it melted and fused with his body.
• Yun Chuan used the Five Elements Power from his five viscera to draw the essence out of the remaining ores and absorb it.
• Yun Chuan found that the ores had become ordinary fragments and realized their essence had strengthened his physique and prepared his foundation for opening an Inner World.

Yun Chuan tested whether he could absorb Soul Rings without being a Soul Master and gained the Aurora Bird’s light-speed ability. His first attempt nearly destroyed his body, so he began testing a slower version he called Pseudo Light Speed.

• Yun Chuan killed a 100,000-Year Aurora Bird with a Lightning Spear and found that its Soul Ring could not be added to his Martial Soul.
• Yun Chuan absorbed the Soul Ring with Five Elements Power, then absorbed the golden right leg Soul Bone from the Aurora Bird’s remains.
• Yun Chuan gained the ability to transform into light and move at the speed of light.
• Yun Chuan tried to run at light speed, burst apart from the strain, and recovered as Five Elements Power healed his body.
• Yun Chuan began testing lower speeds to find a limit his body could withstand and work toward Pseudo Light Speed.

Yun Chuan tested his newly mastered speed by hunting an Earth Dragon Rhinoceros and absorbing its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. He gained only a limited Earth Tremor ability, so he decided to focus on developing his light speed and Self-Created Soul Skills.

• Yun Chuan refined his speed and wondered whether absorbing Soul Beasts of other attributes could grant him new abilities.
• Yun Chuan found an Earth Dragon Rhinoceros and killed it with a Light Speed Kick.
• Yun Chuan absorbed the Earth Dragon Rhinoceros's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and gained the Earth Tremor ability.
• Yun Chuan concluded that lower-age Soul Rings provided weaker abilities and that high-age Soul Beasts were too rare to seek casually.
• Yun Chuan abandoned the idea of accumulating low-level Soul Rings and chose to focus on mastering light speed and developing Self-Created Soul Skills.

Yun Chuan turned back to investigate a disturbance and found Ye Congling fleeing a Ten-Thousand-Year Blazing Firebird with the Speed Clan's Little Princess, Xiang Xiang. The bird swallowed Ye Congling and attacked Xiang Xiang, but Yun Chuan arrived in time to make her vanish from its reach.

• Yun Chuan spotted two people being chased and flew back to help them.
• Ye Congling fled with Xiang Xiang as the Blazing Firebird attacked them with fireballs.
• Ye Congling threw Xiang Xiang to safety and stayed behind to fight the bird.
• The Blazing Firebird swallowed Ye Congling and turned on Xiang Xiang.
• Yun Chuan flashed in and removed Xiang Xiang from the bird's path.

Yun Chuan saved a crying girl from a Blazing Firebird, killed the beast, and absorbed its Soul Ring, gaining a skill he considered useless. He learned the girl was Bai Chenxiang, Tang San’s cousin, and wondered whether his presence had caused the danger she faced.

• Yun Chuan rescued the girl from the Blazing Firebird, then struck the beast down with Pseudo Speed Kick.
• Yun Chuan absorbed the Blazing Firebird’s Soul Ring and gained Meteor Fire Rain, which he judged redundant and nearly worthless.
• Yun Chuan comforted the girl and offered to take her home after she grieved for the person who had died.
• The girl introduced herself as Bai Chenxiang and confirmed that her Martial Soul was the Swallowtail Swift.
• Yun Chuan recognized Bai Chenxiang as Tang San’s cousin and suspected his arrival had caused a butterfly effect.