Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen discovered the exceptional talent of Luo Ze and Tang Wulin after they passed their Level Three blacksmith assessments, then offered to take them as personal disciples. Luo Ze accepted after learning the offer would help him earn money, and Tang Wulin agreed to follow him.

• Mu Chen heard forging from the testing rooms and realized Luo Ze and Tang Wulin were exceptionally talented young blacksmiths.
• Luo Ze and Tang Wulin completed Hundred Forging, with Luo Ze's refinement coming close to Thousand Forging.
• Cen Yue offered Mang Tian one million Federal currency for Luo Ze, but Mang Tian refused to give up his disciple.
• Cen Yue brought the boys to meet Mu Chen, who invited them to become his personal disciples.
• Luo Ze accepted after hearing about the monthly stipend and mission commission, and Tang Wulin agreed to become Mu Chen's disciple as well.

Mu Chen celebrated taking Luo Ze and Tang Wulin as disciples while Mu Xi grew curious about their skill. At Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony, Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie were assigned to Class Five, where their imposing homeroom teacher, Wu Changkong, began introductions and set the class’s goal of becoming the strongest among their peers.

• Mu Chen rejoiced over recruiting Luo Ze and Tang Wulin, while Mu Xi doubted their ability and quietly formed plans of her own.
• Dean Yu addressed Eastsea Academy’s students at the opening ceremony, and the first-year intermediate students stayed behind for class assignments.
• Long Hengxu assigned Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and seventeen others to the poorly resourced Class Five.
• Wu Changkong introduced himself as Class Five’s homeroom teacher for six years and declared that he would make even a class of “trash” the strongest among their peers.
• Yun Xiao and Zhou Changxi introduced themselves, and Xie Xie’s Level 18 Soul Power startled the class.
• Luo Ze introduced himself as a Level 15 control-type Battle Soul Master with a Qilin martial soul and no current goal.

Luo Ze introduced himself as a level fifteen control system Battle Soul Master, and Wu Changkong investigated the unusual abilities of his Kirin Martial Soul. Afterward, Luo Ze reunited with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, who offered to treat them to dinner.

• Luo Ze and Tang Wulin introduced themselves to Class Five, revealing their Martial Souls and Soul Power levels and surprising their classmates.
• Wu Changkong announced that his classes would be demanding, then summoned Luo Ze to his office while Xie Xie questioned Tang Wulin about Luo Ze's real level.
• Luo Ze demonstrated Kirin Pressure, which weakened Wu Changkong's attacks and briefly stunned him despite Wu Changkong's strength.
• Wu Changkong dismissed Luo Ze, and Luo Ze found Tang Wulin and Xie Xie waiting outside the classroom.
• Xie Xie offered to treat Luo Ze to dinner, while Tang Wulin tried to join them and Xie Xie objected.

Xie Xie treated Luo Ze and Tang Wulin to an extravagant cafeteria meal, then Luo Ze was confronted by Mu Xi and her upperclassmen, who challenged him to prove his forging skill. Luo Ze agreed to face her group in a fight first, leaving Xie Xie worried as the match was about to begin.

• Xie Xie treated Luo Ze and Tang Wulin to Meal A, and their enormous appetite emptied his monthly allowance.
• Xie Xie called Luo Ze his partner, but Luo Ze did not understand the meaning behind his words.
• Mu Xi arrived with seven or eight upperclassmen and pointed Luo Ze out as the person she wanted to challenge.
• Luo Ze threw aside an upperclassman with a powerful bear Martial Soul, surprising Mu Xi’s group with his strength.
• Mu Xi demanded a forging competition, and Luo Ze said he would compete if her lackeys fought him first.
• Xie Xie warned Luo Ze that he was outnumbered, but Luo Ze insisted he had never lost a straight fight.

Luo Ze accepted a wager to fight seven Two-ring Soul Masters, while Tang Wulin confidently gathered bets from the crowd. As the upper-grade students surrounded Luo Ze, his Kirin Martial Soul emerged and overwhelmed them with its superior bloodline.

• Tang Wulin reassured Xie Xie that Luo Ze could win, and Luo Ze offered to repay ten times the cost of Meal A if he lost.
• Tang Wulin announced the challenge and collected a total of one hundred thousand in wagers as students and teachers gathered to watch.
• A teacher began the match, and the seven upper-grade Soul Masters released their martial souls and surrounded Luo Ze with Soul Power suppression.
• Tang Wulin predicted the opponents had already lost, and Xie Xie realized Tang Wulin’s eyes had turned gold and showed signs of Beast Martial Soul possession.
• Luo Ze’s Kirin Martial Soul appeared and used its superior bloodline to suppress the seven Senior Brothers, ending the match.

Luo Ze won the match against eight upperclassmen through his Kirin Martial Soul’s overwhelming suppression, leaving students and teachers shocked by his strength. He asked Mu Xi to compete with him in forging, and she ran off blushing before Tang Wulin teased him about Na'er.

• Luo Ze defeated eight two-ring Soul Grandmasters after his Kirin Pressure and Bloodline Suppression left them unable to resist.
• Luo Ze explained his First Soul Skill and bloodline suppression to Xie Xie, while Tang Wulin admitted he had been distracted by their winnings.
• Upperclassmen and teachers questioned how Luo Ze had won, and Class One's homeroom teacher demanded that Director Long transfer him to Class One.
• Luo Ze told Mu Xi he wanted to compete with her in forging, and she blushed and ran off after saying she would find him once she sorted out her feelings.
• Tang Wulin teased Luo Ze that Mu Xi might like him, then brought up Na'er when Luo Ze denied thinking about romance.

Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie began Wu Changkong’s strenuous training for Eastsea Academy’s Promotion Match, while Luo Ze helped Xie Xie endure the run. Gu Yue arrived seeking admission, and Wu Changkong chose Luo Ze to test her combat ability.

• Luo Ze reassured Tang Wulin that he was fine after Tang Wulin brought up Na'er, then the three friends went out to celebrate.
• Wu Changkong assigned Class Five ten laps and gave Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie weighted Iron Chain Clothes for Promotion Match training.
• Luo Ze used his Soul Power to ease Xie Xie’s exhaustion, and Wu Changkong ordered Luo Ze to run twenty extra laps for helping him.
• Gu Yue arrived at the training field seeking admission, and Wu Changkong agreed to let her prove herself.
• Wu Changkong called Luo Ze over and offered to excuse his remaining training if he defeated Gu Yue.

Gu Yue fought Luo Ze in a match at the academy, and their battle revealed the unusual powers of her Elemental Envoy and his Qilin Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Luo Ze breaking free of her trap and smashing her powerful fireball without injury.

• Luo Ze mistook Gu Yue for Na'er because of her violet eyes, but Gu Yue introduced herself and prepared to fight.
• Luo Ze's Qilin Martial Soul made Gu Yue feel bloodline suppression, and he rushed her while she defended with wind and fire.
• Gu Yue trapped Luo Ze's legs with earth, froze the soil with ice, and gathered a huge fireball as the watching students and Wu Changkong reacted.
• Luo Ze activated the Qilin's Sharing form, broke free, and punched Gu Yue's fireball apart without being harmed.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue fought to a draw before Wu Changkong stopped them and accepted Gu Yue into Class Five after learning about her six-element Martial Soul. Gu Yue then questioned Luo Ze about why he had held back, suspecting he had been thinking of someone else.

• Luo Ze blocked Gu Yue's powerful fireball without using a Soul Skill, stunning the students and earning Wu Changkong's approval.
• Gu Yue used her space ability and Luo Ze activated Kirin Pressure, but Wu Changkong stopped their evenly matched fight before it could escalate.
• Gu Yue gave Wu Changkong her recommendation letter and explained that her Elemental Envoy Martial Soul controlled six elements and that her First Soul Skill was Elemental Tide.
• Wu Changkong accepted Gu Yue into Class Five and ordered Luo Ze to run twenty laps for his careless draw.
• Gu Yue caught up to Luo Ze during his run, asked about his hundred-jin iron shirt, and probed him about why he had gone easy on her.

Luo Ze apologized to Gu Yue and offered to buy her a meal, while Wu Changkong secured her enrollment in Class Five. After training, Xie Xie warned Luo Ze that Gu Yue seemed dangerous, but the three boys went to eat together.

• Luo Ze apologized to Gu Yue for mistaking her for his sister, and Gu Yue accepted his offer to treat her to a meal.
• Wu Changkong apologized to Long Hengxu and obtained approval for Gu Yue to enroll in Class Five.
• After morning training, Wu Changkong dismissed the students and asked Gu Yue to stay behind.
• Xie Xie pulled Luo Ze aside and warned him that Gu Yue seemed terrifying and might have ulterior motives.
• Luo Ze agreed to keep his distance from Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin offered to pay for the boys' meal.

Tang Wulin treated Luo Ze and Xie Xie to lunch, but Gu Yue tried to take Luo Ze away for a meal, prompting Tang Wulin to snatch him and run. After afternoon physical training, Wu Changkong summoned Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue to begin special training for the class advancement competition.

• Tang Wulin took Luo Ze and Xie Xie to the cafeteria and ordered thirty portions of Meal A.
• Gu Yue arrived to collect Luo Ze for a meal he had promised her, and she and Xie Xie argued over who would take him.
• Tang Wulin declared that Luo Ze belonged with him, pulled him away, and ran from the cafeteria as Gu Yue teleported after them.
• Wu Changkong put Class Five through afternoon strength exercises after their morning running training.
• Wu Changkong summoned Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue for special training, and Xie Xie protested that he had not recovered his stamina.

Wu Changkong began special training for Xie Xie, Luo Ze, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin ahead of the Promotion Match, testing their teamwork in a battle with his Soul Power suppressed to their level. The match revealed Luo Ze and Tang Wulin’s powerful Beast Martial Souls, and Wu Changkong called on them to show their full strength.

• Xie Xie protested training while weakened, but Luo Ze and Tang Wulin encouraged him, and Gu Yue’s taunts reignited his fighting spirit.
• Wu Changkong brought the four students to the rear courtyard training ground and announced daily special training for the Promotion Match three months away.
• Wu Changkong warned Luo Ze not to hold back, then began the match by attacking the weakened Xie Xie.
• Tang Wulin blocked Wu Changkong with golden scales, while Luo Ze and Gu Yue counterattacked; Wu Changkong split Gu Yue’s fireball and turned his attack toward her.
• Luo Ze used Kirin Possession to shield Gu Yue, and she joined Tang Wulin in setting up a pincer attack against Wu Changkong.
• Luo Ze and Tang Wulin revealed their Divine Kirin and Golden Dragon Martial Souls, prompting Wu Changkong to demand that they show him their strength.

Luo Ze and Tang Wulin teamed up with their classmates to withstand Wu Changkong’s full-strength special training, then Luo Ze carried the exhausted Gu Yue back from the training ground. After Gu Yue woke, Luo Ze asked why her Elemental Emissary Martial Soul did not keep her from tiring, and she hinted that he was not as stupid as he seemed.

• Wu Changkong summoned his Frost Sword Martial Soul, and Luo Ze used Kirin Pressure to create an opening for Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Body attack.
• Wu Changkong’s barrage exhausted all four students, and he ended the special training while praising Luo Ze’s physique and control.
• Luo Ze agreed to carry Gu Yue to the girls’ dormitory, but she fell asleep on his back before they arrived.
• Luo Ze avoided taking the sleeping Gu Yue into either dormitory and rested with her beneath a tree on the training ground.
• Gu Yue woke in the evening, thanked Luo Ze, and blushed when he teased her about looking better asleep.
• Luo Ze asked why Gu Yue still became tired despite her Elemental Emissary Martial Soul, and Gu Yue replied that he was not completely stupid.

Wu Changkong assigned Luo Ze and the others individualized training to prepare for the Promotion Match, then brought them to a testing room. Luo Ze realized they were about to have their Spiritual Power tested.

• Gu Yue thanked Luo Ze and ran into the girls' dormitory, while Tang Wulin told Luo Ze he had carried her for five hours.
• Luo Ze and Tang Wulin ate in the cafeteria and discussed Xie Xie's exhaustion and Wu Changkong's demanding training.
• Wu Changkong assigned Xie Xie endurance training, Gu Yue precision training, Tang Wulin reaction training, and Luo Ze personal breakthrough training.
• After several days, Wu Changkong took Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie to a high-tech testing room.
• Luo Ze recognized the equipment and realized Wu Changkong intended to test their Spiritual Power.

Wu Changkong tested the students’ Spiritual Power, and Luo Ze’s readings stopped at exactly one hundred in all three tests. Tang Wulin realized that Luo Ze had deliberately controlled his Spiritual Power to produce identical results, leaving Wu Changkong and the others to reconsider what the measurement showed.

• Xie Xie scored twenty-nine points in the first test, and Wu Changkong urged him to reach the middle stage of the Spirit Origin Realm before the Promotion Match.
• Tang Wulin scored seventy points, surprising Xie Xie and earning Wu Changkong’s praise.
• Luo Ze used the more precise instrument, which showed one hundred points on each of three tests.
• Wu Changkong wondered why Luo Ze’s readings never varied, while Tang Wulin recalled that Luo Ze had previously scored 172 at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Tang Wulin concluded that Luo Ze had controlled his Spiritual Power so precisely that he produced exactly one hundred in every test, and Gu Yue understood his explanation.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue astonished Wu Changkong with their exceptional Spiritual Power, while Xie Xie struggled to process their results. As Luo Ze saved enough money for the upcoming dragon blood auction, his master Mu Chen warned him not to overwork and set a Soul Grandmaster milestone before he could attempt fourth-rank blacksmithing.

• Luo Ze scored exactly one hundred on each Spiritual Power test, and Wu Changkong learned that his actual level was one hundred and eighty.
• Gu Yue scored one hundred and thirty, leading Wu Changkong to recognize her spiritual-type martial soul and praise her elemental control.
• Luo Ze endured a week of intense training and work, earning 8.2 million Federal currency to prepare for the dragon blood auction.
• Mu Chen questioned Luo Ze about taking twenty blacksmithing jobs in one week, then offered him supplements and warned him not to neglect his health.
• Luo Ze asked Mu Chen to teach him fourth-rank blacksmithing, and Mu Chen told him to take the test after becoming a Two-ring Soul Grandmaster.

Luo Ze bought dragon blood at the Eastsea City auction house to prepare for breaking through his second seal, after teasing his dormmates about Tang Wulin’s blacksmithing talent. The chapter left Luo Ze heading to eat Big Meat Noodles with Gu Yue, who had come looking for him.

• Xie Xie recognized Luo Ze’s Soul Guide Communicator as a rare, prestigious model, and Luo Ze said it had been given to him by a close uncle.
• Luo Ze told Zhou Changxi and Xie Xie that Tang Wulin was a third-rank blacksmith, prompting both boys to pledge themselves to Tang Wulin when he woke up.
• Luo Ze paid for the prepared dragon blood at the Eastsea City auction house and judged it sufficient to challenge his second seal.
• Gu Yue appeared before Luo Ze and said she had searched for him because he had not returned to the academy.
• Luo Ze invited Gu Yue to join him for Big Meat Noodles.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue shared a meal at a hidden noodle shop, growing more comfortable with each other as they held hands. Later, Luo Ze drank the dragon blood and raised his Soul Power to the peak of level nineteen, leaving him just short of level twenty.

• Gu Yue took Luo Ze by the hand and led him to the Big Meat Noodles shop Tang Wulin had recommended.
• Luo Ze and Gu Yue tried the noodles, and Luo Ze ate twenty bowls while Gu Yue affectionately fed him and wiped his mouth.
• After returning to the academy, Luo Ze called Tang Wulin and showed him the dragon blood he had bought.
• Tang Wulin warned Luo Ze that dragon blood could dangerously trigger the seals in his body, but Luo Ze drank the entire vial.
• Luo Ze endured a brief surge of heat and violence, then reached the peak of level nineteen Soul Power to prepare for the seals' growing pressure.

Luo Ze broke through his second bloodline seal and reached Level 19, then endured months of intensified training with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue as they prepared for the Promotion Match. Wu Changkong ordered the team to fight their way to the fourth grade, and the chapter ended with Xie Xie and Tang Wulin preparing to face Gu Yue in training.

• Luo Ze broke through his second seal and reached the peak of Level 19, prompting Tang Wulin to ask him to help accelerate his cultivation.
• After training together, Wu Changkong noticed that Luo Ze and Tang Wulin had both reached Level 19 and increased Luo Ze's training load.
• Over the next two months, Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue trained intensely, while the others also advanced to Level 19 and the team grew more coordinated.
• Wu Changkong told the four students to crush Class Four in the Promotion Match and fight their way up to the fourth grade.
• Wu Changkong sent the exhausted Luo Ze to rest and paired Xie Xie and Tang Wulin against Gu Yue for training.
• Xie Xie taunted Gu Yue, who warned him that he would pay for calling her Little Yueyue.

First-Year Class Five faced First-Year Class Four in the Promotion Match after three months of Wu Changkong’s training. Xie Xie quickly disabled Lin Zunyuan, and Luo Ze immobilized Jialong with his Bloodline Power before landing a powerful punch.

• Wu Changkong and Kong Hanwen exchanged barbs before the Promotion Match began.
• Long Hengxu announced that four students from each class would compete, and Kong Hanwen selected Jialong, Lin Zunyuan, Moss, and Lin Heping.
• Class Four opened with a coordinated attack, using Lin Zunyuan’s enhancement skill to strengthen Jialong while Moss and Lin Heping moved behind Class Five.
• Xie Xie struck Lin Zunyuan with the Light Dragon Dagger and sent him flying.
• Luo Ze used his Bloodline Power to stop Jialong, then punched him in the chest.