Chapter Summaries

Xia Yi defeated Wu Siduo in a fierce arena match by exploiting her Hell White Tiger fusion and striking with Dark Gold Terror Claws. He then sat down to recover before Yuanen Yehui’s upcoming challenge.

• Ya Li refereed the match as Xia Yi and Wu Siduo entered their martial soul states, and Wu Siduo opened with the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xia Yi froze the Hell White Tiger, then used his Creation Hammer and controlled retreat to withstand Wu Siduo’s powerful counterattack.
• Xia Yi met Wu Siduo’s tiger palms with his bare fists, surprising the spectators by nearly matching the Hell White Tiger’s strength.
• Xia Yi changed his fist into Dark Gold Terror Claws and pierced Wu Siduo’s left palm; she counterattacked, but the injuries forced her out of Martial Soul Possession and ended the match.
• Ya Li healed Wu Siduo’s hands, and Wu Siduo left after warning Xia Yi she would not trust him again.
• Xia Yi began meditating to recover, while Yuanen Yehui insisted she would challenge him only when he was at full strength.

Xia Yi defeated Yuanen Yehui after she revealed her Fallen Angel Martial Soul, then faced Yue Zhengyu, who used flight and ranged attacks to keep his distance. The battle with Yue Zhengyu continued as he dodged Xia Yi’s Creation Hammers and tried to drain his Soul Power.

• Yuanen Yehui began the match in her Titan Great Ape form, but changed into her Fallen Angel form and used Dark Sky Curtain to hide from Xia Yi’s targeting.
• Xia Yi controlled Yuanen Yehui despite the darkness and defeated her; she asked how his second soul skill locked on and accepted her loss.
• Xia Yi declined to rest, and Yue Zhengyu entered the arena for the next match.
• Yue Zhengyu flew back and attacked Xia Yi with holy light and sword energy, aiming to wear him down from range.
• Xia Yi retreated and sent his Creation Hammers after Yue Zhengyu, who flew higher to evade them.

Xia Yi defeated Yue Zhengyu by using his Fox Mind Technique to disrupt his flight, then Ye Xinglan tested her sword intent against the technique and found it weakened its effect. After resting, Xia Yi faced Wujin, whose imposing presence surprised the observers.

• Xia Yi slowed Yue Zhengyu with the Fox Mind Technique, and Ya Li rescued Yue Zhengyu from a Creation Hammer strike, ending the match.
• Ya Li decided that future matches involving Xia Yi would ban props, while Ye Xinglan stepped forward to test her sword intent against his Fox Mind Technique.
• Xia Yi stopped Ye Xinglan with his second soul skill, and Ye Xinglan concluded that her sword intent could weaken the technique and might eventually break it.
• Xia Yi asked for half an hour to recover before facing Wujin and Gu Yue, then meditated until Wujin entered the arena.
• Xia Yi sensed Wujin's unusual majesty, which made the students perceive him as growing enormous and left Ya Li and Cai Yue'er curious about his apparent realm.

Xia Yi and Wujin fought in the Soul Fighting Arena, where Wujin unleashed the Wraith’s power and overwhelmed him. Xia Yi drew the Wraith’s black mist out of Wujin and swallowed it, leaving himself exhausted as Wujin won the match; Ya Li warned Wujin that his dangerous fusion could kill him.

• Wujin’s Snow Jade Heart and beastly roar gave him the edge in his clash with Xia Yi, and Xia Yi retreated under the impact.
• Xia Yi used the Fox Mind Technique and Absolute Zero to halt Wujin, then attacked with the Creation Hammer before Wujin broke free using a blood-red mist of Soul Beast souls.
• Wujin’s blood-red state intensified his attacks, but Xia Yi used True Fox Mind Technique—One Thought Sweeps Away Three Thousand Troubles to drive black mist from him and swallowed it.
• Xia Yi collapsed from exhaustion, and Ya Li declared Wujin the winner while explaining that Wujin had not needed Xia Yi’s intervention.
• Ya Li warned Wujin to pause his Wraith fusion until he reached five rings, and Wujin left the platform after saying he would consider it.

Ya Li realized that Wujin used a Divine Position Foundation to suppress the resentment of the Wraith he had merged with, and Xia Yi’s Fox Mind Technique could strip resentment from Wraiths. Xia Yi then fought Gu Yue, who trapped him with layered elemental attacks, until he unleashed a freezing technique that sealed the Soul Fighting Arena in ice and froze them both.

• Ya Li recognized that Wujin’s Divine Position Foundation protected him while suppressing the Wraith’s resentment, and saw how Xia Yi’s Fox Mind Technique could lessen the danger.
• Ya Li restored Xia Yi’s Soul Power, and after recovering, Xia Yi entered the Soul Fighting Arena to face Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue surrounded Xia Yi with earthen walls, fire, and repeated spatial teleportation, intending to torment him rather than secure a quick victory.
• Xia Yi realized Gu Yue was playing with him, considered his options, and drank from the Yin-Yang Wine Gourd until he had five tails.
• Xia Yi used his third soul skill to freeze the arena, stopping Gu Yue’s Space Teleportation and freezing her as the cold spread.

After losing to Xia Yi, Gu Yue set aside the burden of the Master of Soul Beasts and cultivated with renewed confidence. As Xia Yi meditated at Shrek Academy, the Ice God's Heart revealed that he was absorbing power from the Golden Ancient Tree, the Child of Nature, and warned that its life force sustained all life on Douluo Planet.

• Gu Yue accepted her loss to Xia Yi, deciding that the Master of Soul Beasts' dignity did not depend on winning minor battles.
• Gu Yue, Xia Yi, and Wujin returned to the Work-Study Student Dormitory and cultivated after the match.
• The Ice God's Heart woke Xia Yi and accused him of secretly absorbing the Child of Nature's power.
• Xia Yi sent his consciousness outside his Spiritual World and saw an ocean of golden life force surrounding him.
• The Ice God's Heart explained that the Child of Nature was the Golden Ancient Tree and that Douluo Planet's life force depended on it.
• Xia Yi refused to share the Golden Ancient Tree's power before investigating and plunged into the golden ocean to look for its roots.

Xia Yi found the Seed of Nature inside the Golden Ancient Tree and learned that it represented the next Child of Nature, but he could not take it without detection. As he considered how to leave and whether to absorb the tree’s power, Yun Ming and Long Yeyue noticed that the Golden Ancient Tree was weakening and discovered Old Jin had fallen asleep.

• Ice God's Heart directed Xia Yi to a golden seed and identified it as the Seed of Nature, the next Child of Nature.
• Xia Yi decided not to touch the seed because the Golden Ancient Tree would detect him, and he considered asking Gu Yue for advice.
• Ice God's Heart suggested Xia Yi keep cultivating to absorb the Golden Ancient Tree's power, but Xia Yi remained suspicious and teased her by calling her Little Ice.
• Yun Ming and Long Yeyue sensed the Golden Ancient Tree's power weakening and went to contact Old Jin.
• Yun Ming discovered that Old Jin had fallen into a deep sleep.

The Golden Ancient Tree’s spirit revealed that an unknown person was draining its power and that the true Child of Destiny might be among Shrek Academy’s students. Yun Ming investigated Tang Wulin and Xia Yi, then confronted Feng Wuyu over whether he would take Xia Yi as a disciple.

• The Golden Ancient Tree’s spirit told Yun Ming and Long Yeyue that someone was secretly devouring its power, then explained that the Plane Master had spoken of a new Child of Destiny and entrusted him with the Seed of Nature.
• The tree spirit said he had recently focused on Tang Wulin and Xia Yi, and Yun Ming suspected Xia Yi was responsible for the power being stolen.
• Yun Ming went to the work-study dormitory and found Xia Yi meditating normally, then located Tang Wulin at the Blacksmith Association absorbing a ten-thousand-year spiritual item.
• Feng Wuyu praised Tang Wulin’s strength and forging talent, but admitted he had rejected Xia Yi as a forging disciple despite the Pavilion Master’s assignment.
• Yun Ming told Feng Wuyu that Xia Yi was already a fifth-rank blacksmith, challenging his claim that Xia Yi lacked forging talent.

Yun Ming told Feng Wuyu to test Xia Yi’s forging ability instead of doubting Ya Li, while the Golden Ancient Tree continued losing power. After Xia Yi appeared in Feng Wuyu’s Forging Room, he agreed to Spirit Forge a Life Crystal Stone for ten thousand contribution points, with payment upfront.

• Feng Wuyu doubted that Xia Yi had Spirit-Forged the Life Crystal Stone, but Yun Ming urged him to ask Xia Yi to forge one himself.
• Yun Ming and Long Yeyue learned that nearly half of the Golden Ancient Tree’s power had drained away, and Long Yeyue suspected Xia Yi had absorbed it.
• Xia Yi woke in a Forging Room and sensed that his martial soul had evolved; the Ice God's Heart said it had gained some of the Golden Ancient Tree’s power and would refine it.
• Feng Wuyu asked Xia Yi to forge a Life Crystal Stone and offered to take him as his disciple if he succeeded.
• Xia Yi demanded ten thousand contribution points instead of becoming Feng Wuyu’s disciple, and Feng Wuyu agreed to pay before the forging.

Xia Yi negotiated with Feng Wuyu to attempt Spirit Forging a piece of Star Meteorite, a rare metal believed impossible to Spirit-Forge. Feng Wuyu agreed to pay Xia Yi one piece if the attempt failed and three if it succeeded, and Xia Yi prepared to begin.

• Xia Yi gave Feng Wuyu a Spirit-Forged Life Crystal Stone, and Feng Wuyu stopped him to request another demonstration in exchange for contribution points.
• Feng Wuyu paid Xia Yi ten thousand contribution points and presented a piece of Star Meteorite for Spirit Forging.
• Xia Yi explained that Star Meteorite could not normally be endowed with life and demanded additional pieces as payment for trying.
• Xia Yi bargained for more Star Meteorite, while Feng Wuyu protested and invoked his Title Douluo aura to pressure him.
• Feng Wuyu agreed to give Xia Yi one piece if the forging failed and three pieces if it succeeded.

Xia Yi attempted to Spirit Forge Feng Wuyu’s Star Meteorite and used a Life Crystal Stone to create an alloy with it. He succeeded with a ninety-percent fusion rate and left Feng Wuyu demanding the alloy while Xia Yi negotiated for another piece of Star Meteorite.

• Xia Yi began Spirit Forging Feng Wuyu’s Star Meteorite, but he and Feng Wuyu sensed that the surrounding life aura was insufficient.
• Xia Yi asked Feng Wuyu for a Life Crystal Stone, then used the Fox Mind Technique to forge it alongside the Star Meteorite while studying Mu Chen’s Forging Notes.
• Xia Yi fused the two metals together despite Feng Wuyu’s warning about the Life Crystal Stone’s low ductility.
• Xia Yi completed Spirit Ascension, and Feng Wuyu’s instrument measured the alloy’s fusion rate at ninety percent.
• Xia Yi claimed the alloy as payment for the additional work, and Feng Wuyu gave him another piece of Star Meteorite.

Xia Yi joined the Shrek Academy Blacksmith Association after demonstrating his talent for alloy Fusion Forging. He told Gu Yue his martial soul had evolved after refining resentment, while Shrek Academy’s leaders suspected he had stolen the Golden Ancient Tree’s power but lacked evidence to confront him.

• Feng Wuyu gave Xia Yi a Blacksmith Association badge and delayed deciding whether to take him as a disciple.
• Xia Yi registered as a member of the Blacksmith Association, and the staff member and Feng Wuyu marveled at his achievements and composure.
• Xia Yi returned to the dormitory and told Gu Yue that his martial soul had evolved and he had mastered alloy Fusion Forging.
• Gu Yue asked how his martial soul evolved, and Xia Yi claimed he had refined resentment from the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Wujin questioned Xia Yi and Gu Yue’s behavior, and Xia Yi joked that a man remained a boy forever.
• Long Yeyue and the other Shrek Academy leaders suspected Xia Yi had stolen the Golden Ancient Tree’s power, but they had no evidence to demand repayment.

Xia Yi attended class as Shen Yi taught the first-years about battle armor and the dangers of choosing incompatible materials. Afterward, he bought a large collection of recorded lessons, planning to study Shrek’s Outer Court curriculum on his own.

• Gu Yue played along with Xia Yi’s explanation for his martial soul’s evolution and followed him and Wujin to class.
• Shen Yi introduced Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi as transfer students, and they took the seats beside Xia Yi.
• A messenger told Shen Yi that Tang Wulin had reached a cultivation breakthrough with Feng Wuyu and would miss class.
• Shen Yi taught the class about battle armor, Spirit-Forged metal, and the risk of backlash from incompatible materials.
• Xia Yi spent nearly ten thousand Contribution Points buying recorded courses on mecha, battle armor, martial souls, and secondary professions.

After giving Gu Yue all his Contribution Points to buy courses for himself and the Beasts, Xia Yi found himself unable to afford food. Yuanen Yehui treated him to a meal and hired him to Fusion Forge alloy, giving Xia Yi a chance to practice and earn Contribution Points.

• Xia Yi transferred all his Contribution Points to Gu Yue, who bought a collection of Shrek Academy courses for him and the Beasts before leaving with Wujin.
• Xia Yi realized he had no Contribution Points left to buy lunch and prepared to leave the cafeteria hungry.
• Yuanen Yehui offered to treat Xia Yi, and he ordered an expensive meal before giving her a piece of Thousand Refinement metal.
• Yuanen Yehui said she had heard from Ye Xinglan that Xia Yi could Fusion Forge, and she asked him to forge alloy for her.
• Xia Yi offered Yuanen Yehui a five percent discount on the academy's prices, and they agreed to go to the Blacksmith Association after he finished eating.

Xia Yi forged Yuanen Yehui’s first Battle Armor gauntlet as Divine Metal, impressing her and alarming Shrek Academy’s leaders with his potential to become a Divine Craftsman. The Sea God Pavilion leaders discussed how to keep Xia Yi from turning against Shrek, while Ya Li promised to repair the damage caused by Shrek’s past actions.

• Yuanen Yehui asked Xia Yi to forge her Battle Armor gauntlet, and he explained how he would strengthen the metal for its Soul Guidance Arrays.
• Xia Yi fused Sinking Silver and Magic Silver into a gauntlet with a ninety-six-percent fusion degree, creating Divine Metal through his second Fusion Forging attempt.
• Yuanen Yehui admitted she lacked enough Contribution Points, and Xia Yi agreed that she could repay him over time with interest.
• Feng Wuyu told Yun Ming that Xia Yi could become the next Divine Craftsman if he reached Title Douluo and received Zhen Hua’s guidance.
• Long Yeyue worried Xia Yi would refuse to make Four-Word Battle Armor for Shrek, while Ya Li said she would negotiate with Heavenly Phoenix Douluo and try to mend Xia Yi’s resentment.

Xia Yi improved his Fusion Forging and visited Leng Yaozhu, who used his Dark Phoenix to assess her sister Leng Yulai’s condition. She concluded that Leng Yulai’s resentment was fading and her dark power was becoming purer, leaving her hopeful that her sister was turning back from becoming an Evil Spirit Master.

• Ya Li worried that Shrek Academy’s elders were worsening tensions with Xia Yi while the Holy Spirit Cult remained active.
• Xia Yi forged six alloy pieces, listed three for sale through the Shrek Academy Blacksmith Association, and went to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu told Xia Yi she believed Leng Yulai had not joined the Holy Spirit Cult, since the Federal Government had found no trace of her.
• At Leng Yaozhu’s request, Xia Yi used his Dark Phoenix, allowing her to sense that Leng Yulai’s resentment had diminished and her Soul Power had changed into pure dark flames.

Leng Yaozhu told Xia Yi that Ya Li had pressured her to marry Yun Ming by threatening to withhold Shrek Academy’s treasures, but learned that Xia Yi’s Martial Soul had already evolved. After Xia Yi asked for help forging Star Meteorite, Leng Yaozhu brought him to the Spirit Pagoda’s core Forging Room, where he began working under a strict deadline.

• Leng Yaozhu suspected Leng Yulai could monitor Xia Yi through his Dark Phoenix, and Xia Yi promised not to anger her for Leng Yaozhu’s sake.
• Leng Yaozhu offered to help Xia Yi obtain a treasure for his Martial Soul Evolution, but Xia Yi revealed that his Martial Soul had already evolved to Four Tails.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that Ya Li had given her one day to agree to marry Yun Ming, threatening to deny Xia Yi any Shrek Academy treasure he needed.
• Xia Yi asked Leng Yaozhu for the method to refine Star Meteorite, and she brought him to a life-rich Forging Room at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xia Yi completed the Thousand Refinement of Star Meteorite in half an hour, and Leng Yaozhu asked him to forge it onto her Crimson Longsword.

Xia Yi reforged Leng Yaozhu’s Mecha Sword by fusing Star Meteorite with Sun Essence Gold, then asked her to help him obtain the method for refining Star Meteorite. Leng Yaozhu agreed only if he swore never to let the method reach the Holy Spirit Cult, explaining that Star Meteorite could make devastating Soul Guidance Shell shrapnel.

• Leng Yaozhu described the rare metals in her Heavenly Phoenix Sword while Xia Yi asked her for Sun Essence Gold.
• Xia Yi used his Fox Mind Technique to control two Forging Hammers and Fusion Forged Star Meteorite with Sun Essence Gold into Divine Metal with a ninety-five percent fusion rate.
• Xia Yi reforged the Divine Metal onto Leng Yaozhu’s sword blade, and she claimed the leftover metal for herself.
• Xia Yi asked Leng Yaozhu to help him obtain the method for refining Star Meteorite so he could gather more for the Beasts of Star Dou Forest.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed on the condition that Xia Yi never give the refining method to the Holy Spirit Cult, warning that Star Meteorite shrapnel made Soul Guidance Shells far more lethal.

Leng Yaozhu negotiated with Xia Yi for the Star Meteorite refining method while concealing her complicated feelings about him and Leng Yulai. At Shrek Academy, Ya Li persuaded Leng Yaozhu to accept marrying Yun Ming, then brought Xia Yi back and ordered him not to tell Leng Yaozhu that his martial soul had evolved.

• Leng Yaozhu asked Xia Yi to forge Spirit Forging Star Meteorite without adding other metals and promised to give him the refining method in two days.
• At Sea God Island, Ya Li found Leng Yaozhu worried about what Leng Yulai, Xia Yi, and the Spirit Pagoda would think of her marrying Yun Ming.
• Ya Li promised Leng Yaozhu equal status and principal-wife wedding etiquette, and Leng Yaozhu agreed to return with her to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ya Li took Xia Yi from the Forging Room back to Shrek Academy after he finished forging the Star Meteorite.
• Xia Yi said he planned to tell Leng Yaozhu about his martial soul evolution, but Ya Li forbade him and claimed Shrek Academy was investigating a missing treasure.

After Shrek Academy announced that Yun Ming would marry Leng Yaozhu in five days, Xia Yi realized Leng Yaozhu had secretly gone into seclusion for a week and expected a public humiliation for Shrek Academy. Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Leng Yaozhu had not agreed to the marriage, then planned to exploit the situation while preparing to attend the wedding.

• Yun Ming suppressed Feng Wuyu and Zhuo Shi, who refused to yield.
• Xia Yi heard that Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu would marry in five days and found Leng Yaozhu's message saying she had gone into seclusion for a week.
• Qiangu Dongfeng confronted Long Yali, who explained that Leng Yaozhu had never agreed to the marriage and had shown no sign of wanting it.
• Qiangu Dongfeng rewarded Long Yali with Spirit Pagoda-funded materials and forging for her Three-Word Battle Armor, and ordered her to keep Leng Yaozhu's seclusion secret.
• Qiangu Dongfeng instructed a subordinate to make negotiations with Shrek Academy difficult without refusing them, and decided to attend the wedding with a congratulatory gift.