Chapter Summaries

On Martial Soul Awakening Day, Gu You and the children of Tianhai Orphanage underwent their awakenings, and one seemingly dull boy revealed an eighth-level Soul Power Dragon Martial Soul. When Gu You’s turn came, he saw a vision of dragons fighting before a destructive purple power erupted from him.

• Shen Yue prepared the orphanage children for their Martial Soul Awakening after a Federation volunteer arrived.
• A shy child awakened a small knife Martial Soul with half a level of Soul Power.
• The orphanage’s least clever boy awakened a chubby Giant Dragon Martial Soul with eighth-level Soul Power, stunning Xin Ya and the crowd.
• Gu You underwent awakening and saw a vision of a Purple Dragon Shadow battling a Nine-Colored Giant Shadow.
• Purple light and destructive power burst from Gu You as a dragon’s roar sounded, and Xin Ya released his Martial Soul to contain it.

Gu You awakened the Purple Gold Dragon Emperor martial soul with extraordinary innate full Soul Power, drawing the attention of the Spirit Pagoda and the Federation. He pledged loyalty to the Federation and remained in the hospital, where Xin Ya agreed to teach him basic martial soul knowledge.

• Gu You's awakening unleashed a destructive aura and a purple dragon shadow, and he collapsed after revealing innate full Soul Power.
• Xin Ya caught Gu You, while Shen Yue called the hospital and comforted the frightened children; Yue Tian's arm developed earth-yellow scales and his eyes grew clearer.
• At the hospital, Gu You named his unrecorded dragon martial soul the Purple Gold Dragon Emperor.
• A Spirit Pagoda representative offered Gu You resources and a place at one of its academies, but Chen Shilin offered comparable support and direct admission to Shrek Academy in exchange for loyalty to the Federation.
• Gu You pledged loyalty to the Federal Government, the Douluo Plane, and its people, and Chen Shilin left his business card with him.
• Gu You asked Xin Ya to teach him meditation and basic martial soul knowledge while he recovered in the hospital.

After awakening Innate Full Soul Power, Gu You left the hospital with Xin Ya and learned he could absorb a first Soul Ring at Shrek City. He returned to Tianhai Orphanage before his departure, where Grandma and Shen Yue learned he would be admitted directly to Shrek and came to see him.

• Gu You mastered meditation overnight, then persuaded Xin Ya to take him back after a doctor confirmed he had recovered.
• Xin Ya explained Martial Souls to Gu You, who asked about absorbing his first Soul Ring; Xin Ya recommended choosing one at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters in Shrek City.
• Gu You and Xin Ya returned to Tianhai Orphanage, where Gu You reflected on leaving the home where he had lived for six years.
• Xin Ya told Shen Yue that Gu You had Innate Full Soul Power and direct admission to Shrek, and Shen Yue asked to see him once before he left.
• Grandma and Shen Yue appeared before Gu You, and he froze when Grandma said she already knew about him.

Gu You and Xin Ya arrived in Shrek City so Gu You could choose his first Soul Spirit at the Spirit Pagoda. As staff summoned Long Yali to meet him, Gu You considered choosing a Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirit.

• Xin Ya told Shen Yue that Yue Tian could enroll directly when he returned.
• Xin Ya drove Gu You to Shrek City, where she explained that the Federation had arranged six free Soul Spirits for him and that his admission to Shrek Academy was assured.
• Leng Yaozhu read Gu You's report and decided to arrange to take him as her disciple.
• Gu You and Xin Ya entered the Heavenly Spirit Tower, where a staff member recognized Gu You and hurried away to notify Long Yali.
• Gu You considered choosing a Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirit, then Long Yali approached and greeted him.

Gu You tested his Spiritual Power and Soul Power, then accepted Leng Yaozhu as his master and chose a defective ten-year Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirit. As he absorbed it, he witnessed the suffering it endured in experiments and named it Jiji Ba.

• Long Yali took Gu You to a private room in the Spirit Pagoda and tested his Spiritual Power at 74 and Soul Power at level 12.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived and offered Gu You a selection of hundred-year Soul Spirits, but he rejected them and asked for a Tyrant Dragon.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed she had only defective ten-year Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirits and offered to take Gu You as her disciple in the name of the Leng Clan.
• Gu You accepted Leng Yaozhu's offer, and Long Yali brought him a tiny Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirit.
• Gu You began absorbing the Soul Spirit, experienced the torment it suffered during experiments, and named it Jiji Ba.

Gu You showed Leng Yaozhu his Purple Gold Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and first Soul Skill, then asked her to stop experimenting on the remaining Tyrant Dragon Spirit Souls and let him raise his Soul Ring age. Leng Yaozhu agreed to take him into the Spirit Ascension Platform, where they entered a vision of the Star Dou Great Forest ten thousand years ago.

• Jiji Ba bit off Gu You’s spiritual pinky, and Gu You manifested the Purple Gold Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, whose aura reminded Leng Yaozhu of the Purple Emperor Sky-Destroying Dragon.
• Leng Yaozhu told Long Yali to keep Gu You’s Martial Soul secret and promised to arrange upgrades for Long Yali’s Three-Word Battle Armor.
• Gu You demonstrated Purple Gold Annihilation Kill, and Leng Yaozhu judged its power comparable to a seven- or eight-hundred-year Soul Skill.
• Gu You asked Leng Yaozhu to stop experimenting on the remaining Tyrant Dragon Spirit Souls and to let him raise his Soul Ring age; he explained the suffering he had experienced through his first Soul Ring.
• Leng Yaozhu took Gu You to the Spirit Ascension Platform and entered a device with him, bringing them to the Star Dou Great Forest of ten thousand years ago.

Gu You fought through the Star Dou Forest, defeating Diamond Baboons and their albino leader before confronting a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear. He killed the bear with a desperate attack and reached for the Soul Bone it dropped.

• Gu You charged into the forest and slaughtered a group of Hundred Year Diamond Baboons while Leng Yaozhu watched from above.
• Gu You sensed and defeated an Albino Diamond Baboon, then absorbed the energy left behind by the beasts.
• A Hundred Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear appeared, and Gu You fled before deciding to face it despite his depleted Soul Power.
• Gu You unleashed Purple Emperor Annihilation Kill into the bear's mouth, killing it and causing a black beam to rise through the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• With blood running from his claws, Gu You reached for the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Right Arm Palm Bone.

Gu You risked absorbing a two-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear soul bone inside the Spirit Ascension Platform and survived a beneficial Martial Soul Mutation. After Leng Yaozhu withdrew, Gu You used his new strength to kill two exhausted Soul Elders and claim the energy they left behind.

• Leng Yaozhu warned Gu You that the soul bone was beyond his limits, but agreed to protect him while he tried to absorb it.
• As the soul bone’s violent resentment ravaged Gu You, his Martial Soul mutated, subdued the resentment, and transformed his body.
• Gu You successfully fused with the soul bone, and Leng Yaozhu concluded that his physical strength could withstand a Thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Leng Yaozhu slapped Gu You into the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform’s trial area and withdrew, leaving him to continue alone.
• Gu You killed two exhausted three-ring Soul Elders with Dark Gold Dreadclaw and gained the energy they had left behind.

Gu You left the Spirit Ascension Platform with a rare card from Leng Yaozhu and was escorted to Shrek Academy, where Zhuo Shi recognized his Purple Gold Dragon Emperor as a true dragon Martial Soul. Zhuo Shi offered to take Gu You as his disciple, but Gu You said he already had a master.

• Gu You exited the Spirit Ascension Platform with a new purple soul ring and received a platinum-colored card from Leng Yaozhu.
• Gu You spotted Gu Yue at the Spirit Pagoda, then waited beside Xin Ya until morning.
• Gu You and Xin Ya ate together, and Xin Ya explained that Gu You could enter Shrek Academy while he would return home.
• Shen Yi arrived to take Gu You to Shrek Academy, where Yun Ming and Ya Li discussed the boy and Zhuo Shi met him.
• Gu You summoned his Purple Gold Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, prompting Zhuo Shi to offer to teach him the Nine Forms of Red Dragon Study.
• Gu You declined Zhuo Shi's offer because he already had a master, and Zhuo Shi asked who it was.

Gu You’s new master, Leng Yaozhu, was revealed to Zhuo Shi, but Yun Ming and Ya Li arrived and Ya Li asked to adopt Gu You as her son. Gu You accepted, leaving him caught between his master and his new adoptive family, before Yun Ming examined his Martial Soul and talent.

• Gu You explained that Leng Yaozhu was taking him as her disciple in her personal capacity, and Zhuo Shi accepted the situation.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li arrived to meet Gu You, and Ya Li took him in her arms and asked to adopt him.
• Gu You agreed to Ya Li’s request, while Zhuo Shi revealed that Leng Yaozhu was already his master.
• Ya Li welcomed the connection to Leng Yaozhu and said she would visit her, and Zhuo Shi left.
• Yun Ming asked Gu You to reveal his Martial Soul and was impressed by its Dragon Might and Gu You’s peak Level 13 Soul Power.

Yun Ming brought Gu You to Feng Wuyu to begin training as a blacksmith, and Gu You endured an exhausting test that impressed Feng Wuyu. After collapsing from eight hundred hammer strikes, Gu You rested with a mysterious purple pattern moving across his back.

• Gu You chose blacksmithing as his second profession, and Yun Ming took him to meet Feng Wuyu.
• Feng Wuyu tested Gu You’s unaided punching strength, which measured 166 jin.
• Feng Wuyu made Gu You strike the testing machine with a fifty-jin Life Essence Hammer, and Gu You kept going despite his swelling, aching arms.
• Gu You completed eight hundred strikes before collapsing, and Feng Wuyu praised his talent and offered him provisional membership in the Blacksmith Association.
• Gu You rested in a quiet room as an unseen purple pattern moved across his spine.

Gu You accidentally achieved Thousand Refinement while hammering Tungsten Steel, revealing extraordinary forging talent. Feng Wuyu began teaching him Thousand Refinement, and Gu You started heating Ice Crystal Ore to try forging it.

• Feng Wuyu assigned Gu You to hammer Tungsten Steel a thousand times while listening for impurities.
• Gu You finished in five minutes, and Feng Wuyu discovered that the steel had become Thousand Refinement metal with an ascension effect.
• Feng Wuyu attributed the result partly to the Life Essence Hammers and advanced Gu You's training to Thousand Refinement.
• Gu You agreed to become Feng Wuyu's disciple for his second profession and listened to Feng Wuyu explain Intent Forging.
• Gu You studied Ice Crystal Ore's properties, heated a piece in the forge, and prepared to begin forging it.

Gu You forged Ice Crystal Ore with the Thousand Forging Life Essence Hammers, applying his own method of infusing it with life force as he worked toward Thousand Refinement. After hours of sensing and hammering, the ore began to ascend, leaving Feng Wuyu stunned by the six-year-old's talent.

• Gu You studied the forging knowledge, heated the Ice Crystal Ore, and used a Trial Hammer to test it.
• Gu You began forging, combining his understanding of the ore with life force from the hammers as he repeatedly heated and struck it.
• Gu You completed Hundred Refinement and continued hammering while building a connection with the Ice Crystal and learning its characteristics.
• After three hours, Gu You increased the furnace's heat and began the rapid strikes of Thousand Refinement Ascension.
• Feng Wuyu recognized that Gu You had achieved perfect purification and that the Life Essence Hammers' life force was driving the ore's ascension.

Gu You completed Thousand Refinement on the difficult Ice Crystal Ore, astonishing Feng Wuyu and Yun Ming with his forging talent. The ore entered Gu You’s body, and after he woke, he discovered it was in his Sea of Consciousness with Jiji Ba.

• Gu You forged the Ice Crystal for hours, refining it until Feng Wuyu recognized that he had completed Thousand Refinement.
• Yun Ming arrived at the forging room and watched as Gu You finished the forge, then caught him when he collapsed.
• Feng Wuyu praised Gu You’s talent and explained that the Ice Crystal had gained temporary intelligence and entered Gu You’s body through his blood.
• Feng Wuyu took Yun Ming away to discuss Gu You, while the Ice Crystal appeared in Gu You’s Sea of Consciousness and struck the sleeping Jiji Ba.
• Jiji Ba swallowed Gu You’s phantom, and Gu You woke in reality knowing he could summon the Ice Crystal when needed.

Yun Ming and Feng Wuyu agreed that Gu You would train with Feng Wuyu for three years before seeking Zhen Hua as a master. After completing the training, Gu You prepared to leave for a journey across the world.

• Yun Ming told Feng Wuyu that Gu You would need to seek Zhen Hua himself after gaining experience, rather than having a master chosen for him.
• Feng Wuyu trained Gu You for three years, during which Gu You reached Soul Power rank 25 and became a quasi-five-star blacksmith.
• Gu You demonstrated his strength by striking the testing machine with 2,864 jin of force and eroding its steel with his Dragon Claw and Annihilation aura.
• Feng Wuyu marked the end of Gu You's training with a meal and discussed his next steps with him.
• Gu You left the Shrek Blacksmith Association, ready to begin his journey across the world.

Gu You entered Shrek Academy and drew a crowd after walking through the plaza without a uniform. When Zhou Tian tried to stop him, Gu You defeated him with his overwhelming power, just as the Outer Court Enforcement Team arrived.

• Gu You entered Shrek Academy and made his way toward the Inner Court, reflecting on his forging, cultivation, and desire to become a Divine Craftsman.
• Students at Spirit Ice Plaza questioned why Gu You was not wearing a school uniform, and Zhou Tian grabbed him and demanded that he stay for the Enforcement Team.
• Gu You revealed that he was not a Shrek student and broke Zhou Tian’s arm with a single punch.
• Zhou Tian released his Martial Soul and attacked, but Gu You used Purple Dread's Mighty Gaze to overwhelm him and nullify his Soul Skill.
• Two members of the Shrek Outer Court Enforcement Team arrived and released their pressure over the assembled students.

Gu You was accused of being an Evil Soul Master after a confrontation at Shrek, but Ya Li identified him as her godson and intervened. Shen Yi took him to the inner court, and Gu You left the incident dreaming of founding his own faction and bringing popular products from his previous life to the Federation.

• Yang Qian arrived to investigate the disturbance, and a Shrek enforcer identified Zhou Tian as an Evil Soul Master before Yang Qian demanded Gu You's student ID.
• Shen Yi arrived and defended Gu You, but Gu You challenged Yang Qian and said Shrek was his home.
• Ya Li appeared, stopped the suppression, and revealed that Gu You was her godson before ordering Shen Yi to take him to the inner court.
• Shen Yi dropped Gu You into Sea God Lake after he called her Teacher Mimosa, and she kicked him back underwater when he startled her.
• As Shen Yi carried him toward Sea God Pavilion, Gu You imagined founding a faction and building a business around products from his previous life.

Gu You met with Yun Ming, accepted support for his upcoming trial, and explained his plan to build his own path rather than join the Tang Sect. Ya Li then brought Na'er to meet him, and Gu You welcomed her as his little sister.

• Na'er reunited with Ya Li and recalled the boy who had saved her and taken up forging for her and his parents.
• Gu You told Yun Ming he was willing to face the trial despite having only a fifty percent chance of success at Spirit Forging.
• Yun Ming gave Gu You a four-and-a-half-star Blacksmith Emblem, a Soul Guide Connector, and a Storage Soul Device.
• Gu You declined to join the Tang Sect for now and described his plan to study at Eastsea Academy, become Zhen Hua's disciple, and eventually seek admission to Shrek.
• Ya Li arrived with Na'er and introduced her to Gu You as his little sister; Gu You teased Na'er, prompting Ya Li to protect her.

Gu You and Na'er discovered that their Martial Souls carried an inherited hostility, while Ya Li identified the resentment in Gu You's Soul Skill as the lingering anger of Soul Spirits. The three reunited and went to eat in Shrek City, where Gu You paid Na'er's enormous bill.

• Ya Li examined Gu You's unusual Martial Soul and asked him to release his Soul Rings and Soul Spirit.
• Na'er revealed her Silver Dragon Spear, and its presence triggered bloodline suppression and hostility between her and Gu You.
• Ya Li explained that Gu You and Na'er could gradually resolve their Martial Soul hostility by cultivating near each other.
• Gu You told Ya Li and Na'er that his Soul Spirit's resentment came from witnessing the cruel fusion experiments that created it.
• Ya Li brought Gu You and Na'er to a hotel, where Na'er ate five million Federation Coins' worth of food and Gu You paid with his card.

Gu You comforted the tearful Na'er, then secretly cultivated Purple Emperor's Roar before Yun Ming tested the hostility between their Martial Souls. The clash injured Gu You and left Na'er shaken after Yun Ming explained that Gu You had protected her.

• Gu You found Na'er crying by Sea God Lake and comforted her by reminding her that her brother would be sad to see her upset.
• Gu You secretly cultivated Purple Emperor's Roar before sunrise and found that he could successfully absorb the purple qi into his eyes.
• Yun Ming asked Gu You and Na'er to release their Martial Souls so he could investigate the hostility between them.
• Gu You sensed that Na'er could be seriously hurt, but their auras clashed and blasted him away as he forcibly dispelled his own aura.
• Ya Li healed Gu You, and Yun Ming told Na'er that Gu You had protected her from injury.