Chapter Summaries

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin enrolled at Eastsea Academy and were assigned to the same dormitory, where Tang Wuyang fought Zhou Changxi after he trashed her belongings. A cold, arrogant student knocked Tang Wuyang back, and the chapter ended with Tang Wulin catching her while keeping Yun Xiao bound.

• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin traveled to Eastsea Academy, completed enrollment, and were assigned to Grade One Class Five and Dormitory Room 205.
• The siblings met Zhou Changxi, who ordered them to clean the dormitory, then scattered their belongings and stepped on Tang Wuyang's quilt.
• Tang Wuyang charged Zhou Changxi and punched him through the dormitory window while Tang Wulin restrained Yun Xiao with Blue Silver Grass.
• A cold, arrogant student entered, kicked aside the siblings' belongings, and dodged Tang Wuyang's punch before sending her flying toward the doorway.
• Tang Wulin caught Tang Wuyang and bound Yun Xiao's legs when he moved toward the dormitory.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin fought Zhou Changxi and Xie Xie after the boys damaged Tang Wuyang’s treasured blanket, and the academy assigned the brothers a 34,000 Federation Coin repair bill. The chapter ended with Xie Xie offering to pay the debt if Tang Wuyang fought him.

• Tang Wuyang used his Ice Chains and strength to defeat Xie Xie after Xie Xie destroyed Na’er’s embroidered blanket, while Tang Wulin helped restrain him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Long Hengxu questioned the boys, assigned Zhou Changxi, Yun Xiao, and Xie Xie to Class Five, and cleared Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin of blame while ordering them to pay for the damage.
• Long Hengxu privately told his secretary that both brothers seemed unusual and asked to see their files.
• Back in the dormitory, an academy staff member told Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin that repairs to the bed, window, and wall would cost 34,000 Federation Coins.
• Xie Xie introduced himself, challenged Tang Wuyang to fight outside the academy, and offered to pay the repair bill if Tang Wuyang accepted.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin broke the cafeteria bun-eating record, settled into a more harmonious dorm atmosphere, and paid the fine owed to Xie Xie. They then went to the Forging Master Association to register and take their rank assessment, where they were brought to meet Master Cen Yue.

• Xie Xie paid Tang Wuyang the Federation Coins and arranged to fight him after school the next day.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin joined Yun Xiao and Zhou Changxi for lunch, then set a new cafeteria record by eating one hundred buns and seven bowls of vegetable soup.
• Zhou Changxi cleaned the dorm room after losing his eating bet, while the brothers washed their own clothes and Xie Xie returned with the payment.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin left the academy to visit the Forging Master Association, following Mang Tian's instructions to register and seek work.
• The brothers met receptionist Yun Xiaoling, who escorted them to Master Cen Yue's office on the fifteenth floor.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin took Forging Master rank assessments at the Forging Master Association, where their age and skill astonished Cen Yue and the evaluators. They began purifying Sinking Silver with Thousand Refinements Tungsten Steel Hammers, and their impressive forging continued as the assessment unfolded.

• Cen Yue learned that Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin were nine-year-old disciples of Mang Tian who had been told they could take on association jobs after their assessments.
• Cen Yue arranged separate assessment rooms and discovered the brothers had chosen the same Sinking Silver for purification.
• Tang Wuyang started forging with Thousand Refinements Tungsten Steel Hammers, listening to the metal’s feedback as he struck it.
• Cen Yue and the evaluators recognized the brothers’ focus and hammering as evidence that they had already passed the Level One standard.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin continued forging rapidly, their hammer shadows blurring as the sound of their strikes grew increasingly refined.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin passed their Second Rank Forging Master evaluations after forging Sinking Silver components, then gave Xie Xie the compensation money for the damage from their fight. The chapter ended with Tang Wuyang reflecting on how to improve his combat skills while Xie Xie planned to challenge him again.

• Mu Chen heard expert forging from Rooms Three and Four, learned that nine-year-old Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin were testing under Cen Yue, and went to attend Mu Xi's Second Rank test.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin passed their metal-purification tests, then forged flawless medium-sized Sinking Silver components and earned Second Rank Forging Master evaluations.
• Cen Yue praised the brothers to Mang Tian and tried to recruit them, but Mang Tian refused to hand over either disciple.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin returned to the academy and gave Xie Xie twenty thousand Federation Coins as repayment for the damaged public property.
• Tang Wuyang meditated and considered practicing his Water Element, while Xie Xie brooded over their fight and resolved to challenge him again.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin attended Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony, were assigned to Class Five, and met their cold, formidable homeroom teacher, Wu Changkong. After class, they went with Xie Xie to settle their earlier dispute, but Liu Yuxin stopped them and asked the brothers to take pictures of Wu Changkong for her.

• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin ate breakfast before joining the academy’s opening ceremony and listening to Headmaster Yu’s speech.
• Long Hengxu assigned Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhou Changxi, and Yun Xiao to Class Five.
• Wu Changkong introduced himself as their teacher, defended Tang Wulin from a classmate’s insult, and had the students introduce themselves, including Xie Xie’s Level Eighteen Soul Power.
• After Wu Changkong dismissed the class, Xie Xie reminded Tang Wuyang of their promised fight, and Tang Wulin followed them.
• Liu Yuxin met the brothers in the hallway and asked them to take pictures of Wu Changkong, while Xie Xie listened to her offer to share information about their teacher.

Tang Wuyang fought Xie Xie in East Sea Park, where Xie Xie’s Century Soul Ring gave him the upper hand. After Xie Xie stabbed him, a strange golden power erupted from Tang Wuyang and knocked Xie Xie and Tang Wulin away, leaving Tang Wuyang with a scaled, clawed hand and Xing Yu transformed.

• Liu Yuxin asked Tang Wulin to photograph Teacher Wu Changkong and left to follow him.
• Xie Xie led Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin to East Sea Park for their duel and offered Tang Wuyang a fifty-meter head start.
• Tang Wuyang used his Water Curtain, Ice Shields, and Ice Boxing Gloves, but Xie Xie broke through his defenses and stabbed his shoulder with the Light Dragon Dagger.
• As Tang Wuyang refused to admit defeat, golden light surged from his wound, forced out the dagger, and blasted Xie Xie and Tang Wulin into a tree.
• Tang Wuyang saw that his right hand had grown golden scales and claws, while Xing Yu had enlarged and developed a red glow in its eyes.

Tang Wuyang struggled to understand the golden scales that had appeared during his fight with Xie Xie, while he and Tang Wulin discovered how much strength and warmth the academy’s nutritious meals gave them. The chapter ended with Xie Xie paying for the brothers’ extravagant Meal A feast in exchange for another fight, uncertain whether he had bought himself another defeat.

• Tang Wuyang’s right arm erupted in golden scales and dragon-shaped light before the power faded and he passed out.
• Tang Wulin carried Xie Xie back to Eastsea Academy, where Xie Xie demanded to know what the golden light had been, but Tang Wuyang said he did not know.
• The brothers ate leftover Meal B, noticed its restorative effects, and Tang Wuyang failed to bring the golden scales back through pain, Meditation, or Martial Soul fusion.
• Xie Xie challenged Tang Wuyang again the next morning and promised to buy the brothers Meal A if they fought, so Tang Wuyang immediately accepted.
• Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang ate twenty-four and sixteen portions of Meal A, respectively, while Xie Xie paid the bill and reminded Tang Wuyang to keep his promise.

Wu Changkong began Class Five’s first combat lesson, testing the students in elimination matches. Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin advanced through their fights, and the chapter ended as Tang Wulin faced Tao Liufan in a control-versus-control battle.

• Wu Changkong ordered the students to fight in pairs, and Tang Wulin defeated Zhou Changxi by binding him with Blue Silver Grass that drained his Soul Power.
• Tang Wuyang defeated Yun Xiao with ice attacks, while Wu Changkong recognized Yun Xiao’s useful defensive tool and let him advance.
• Tang Wuyang trapped Li Chushui in Ice Chains and won their match, then Tang Wulin and Xie Xie both advanced against their opponents.
• Wu Changkong selected Tang Wulin and Tao Liufan for the next match, and both boys released their Martial Souls as their control-type battle began.

Tang Wulin defeated his classmates with his physical strength and revealed his second Martial Soul, then lost to Tang Wuyang in the final match. Wu Changkong criticized the class, learned why the brothers studied Forging, and suggested Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass might be a Blue Silver King or Blue Silver Emperor.

• Tang Wulin used his strength and a Blue Silver Grass spear to defeat Tao Liufan, then revealed his second Martial Soul and defeated Xie Xie.
• Wu Changkong ordered Tang Wuyang to take one attack from him before the brothers fought, and Tang Wuyang defeated Tang Wulin with an Ice Arrow.
• Wu Changkong criticized the class’s combat awareness and announced daily physical training, then called Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to his office.
• Tang Wuyang explained that he and Tang Wulin learned Forging to afford Soul Spirits, and Wu Changkong apologized for judging them without knowing their circumstances.
• Wu Changkong examined Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass and suggested it had reached the level of the Blue Silver King and might be the Blue Silver Emperor.

Wu Changkong assigned Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to special training for the Promotion Tournament, where they were to try to raise their class to Class One of First Grade. The brothers returned Liu Yuxin’s camera, then went to the Forging Master Association to collect their badges and tasks, where they were escorted to the top floor.

• Wu Changkong revealed Xie Xie’s Twin Martial Souls and assigned him, Tang Wulin, and Tang Wuyang to challenge their way up the Promotion Tournament after a month of special training.
• Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang returned Liu Yuxin’s camera, and Liu Yuxin’s classmates eagerly competed for the photographs of Wu Changkong.
• The brothers learned Wu Changkong’s advanced Meditation Technique, then hurried to the Forging Master Association to collect their badges and accept Forging Tasks.
• A golden-haired girl arrived at the academy in a black Soul Guidance Car as Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin headed out.
• Mu Xi, upset that two nine-year-old brothers had passed the Second Rank Forging Master examination before her, went to see them at the association.
• Yun Xiaoling greeted Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin and took them to the top floor to receive their rank badges.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin received their Second Rank Forging Master badges and joined the Eastsea City Forging Master Association. They accepted their first forging tasks and left with association equipment and Cen Yue’s advice to keep cultivating their Soul Power.

• Mu Chen welcomed Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin, praised their record-setting assessments, and personally pinned their Second Rank badges onto them.
• Mu Xi challenged the brothers to compete in Forging, but they declined and asked Cen Yue to show them where to accept tasks.
• Mu Chen reprimanded Mu Xi and explained that he wanted to protect the brothers’ confidence while he observed their abilities.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin accepted tasks to refine Heavenly Dragon Iron and Crimson Gold, with materials to be delivered to their listed address.
• Cen Yue gave the brothers Soul Guidance Communicators and lent them Storage Rings on behalf of the association.
• Cen Yue urged Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin to keep up their Soul Power Cultivation, and both agreed.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin registered with the Soul Master Association, then were ambushed by older students led by Mu Xi, who demanded a Forging match. Xie Xie and Wu Changkong intervened, and the chapter ended with the brothers and Xie Xie leaving the academic affairs office together after the older students were disciplined.

• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin received Soul Master Association registration payments and meditated with Wu Changkong’s technique.
• Mu Xi led older students in surrounding Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin outside their dormitory and challenged them to a Forging match.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin fought back with their Martial Souls, but Mu Xi’s powerful Martial Soul overwhelmed them.
• Xie Xie took Mu Xi hostage with his daggers and ordered the older students to leave, but Long Hengxu arrived and brought everyone to the Academic Affairs Office.
• Tang Wulin explained that their father had taught them to fight back against bullies, and Wu Changkong defended the brothers and Xie Xie.
• Wu Changkong escorted the three students away, while Long Hengxu gave the fifth-year students warnings; Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin welcomed Xie Xie as a friend.

Wu Changkong made Class Five run ten laps wearing weighted Iron Armor, then tested Gu Yue’s ability to enroll by having her fight Xie Xie. As Xie Xie’s battle with Gu Yue continued, Tang Wuyang felt an unsettling concern for her that reminded him of Na’er.

• Wu Changkong assigned the class ten laps and made Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie run in twenty-pound Iron Armor.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin supported the exhausted Xie Xie as they ran, and Wu Changkong ordered them to carry him for ten extra laps.
• Gu Yue arrived seeking to enroll at Eastsea Academy, and Wu Changkong agreed to test her by having her fight Xie Xie.
• Xie Xie charged Gu Yue, but she used cyan wind and a fireball to divert his attack and force him to retreat.
• Xie Xie launched his Light Dragon Blade and closed in with a dagger attack, while Tang Wuyang worried that Gu Yue might be hurt and thought of Na’er.

Gu Yue defeated Xie Xie with her six-element Martial Soul and enrolled in Grade One Class Five. As the students discussed the upcoming Promotion Tournament, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin headed to the cafeteria, hungry after training.

• Gu Yue used elemental attacks and a blinding flash to defeat Xie Xie, and Wu Changkong confirmed her enrollment after learning about her Elemental User Martial Soul.
• Wu Changkong apologized to Long Hengxu and secured approval for Gu Yue to join Class Five.
• Gu Yue joined the students' run, spoke with Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin, and clashed verbally with Xie Xie.
• Wu Changkong gave Gu Yue her school supplies and dismissed the class after training.
• Xie Xie warned Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin about the Promotion Tournament, while Zhou Changxi argued that Xie Xie might not make the team.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin left for the cafeteria, focused on getting food after their morning training.

Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue began nightly special training with Wu Changkong, who taught them how to build on their individual strengths before challenging them all at once. The first spar ended with Tang Wuyang's Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammer breaking Wu Changkong's wooden sword, prompting the teacher to halt the fight.

• Tang Wuyang accepted a bun from Gu Yue at lunch, and Zhou Changxi speculated that she liked him.
• Wu Changkong put Class Five through frog-jump training and ordered Tang Wulin, Tang Wuyang, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue to meet him after dinner.
• Wu Changkong announced nightly actual-combat training for the four students and explained how each should improve their abilities.
• Wu Changkong challenged the four to attack him together without using his Martial Soul or Soul Skills.
• Tang Wuyang used his Ice Swords and hammer alongside Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue in their attack on Wu Changkong.
• Tang Wuyang struck Wu Changkong's wooden sword with his Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammer, breaking it and cracking the training-ground floor; Wu Changkong stopped the fight.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin balanced Wu Changkong’s special training with their forging, while their strength and skill impressed their teachers and friends. They returned to Mang Tian’s workshop, completed their forging tasks, and agreed to visit every weekly day off and produce one Thousand-Forged item each month in exchange for using the workshop.

• Tang Wuyang revealed that his Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammer weighed about 180 kilograms and had the Stacking Hammer effect, while Tang Wulin showed his hammer’s Vibration Hammer effect.
• Wu Changkong tested the brothers’ strength and later measured their Spirit Power, finding Tang Wuyang at sixty-two, Tang Wulin at fifty-one, Xie Xie at twenty-nine, and Gu Yue at one hundred and nineteen.
• After a week of training kept the brothers away from Mang Tian’s Workshop, Mang Tian agreed to teach them to use their hammers and let them complete their forging tasks on their day off.
• Xie Xie explained the value of Thousand-Forged mecha components and asked the brothers to forge for him in the future; Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin agreed once they were skilled enough.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin completed their tasks at Mang Tian’s Workshop, received twenty thousand Federation Coins, and agreed to make one Thousand-Forged product each month as payment for using the workshop.

Tang Wuyang and Gu Yue discussed the unusual qualities of his Qilin Martial Soul before Wu Changkong challenged Class Five to defeat Grade Four Class One in the Promotion Tournament. Class Five then opened the tournament by crushing Class Four in a match that lasted less than ten seconds.

• Gu Yue asked Tang Wuyang about his Qilin Martial Soul and Water Element Control, and sensed a peculiar fluctuation when he released it.
• Over two months of training, Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie improved their Soul Power and coordination, and Wu Changkong set them the goal of defeating Grade Four Class One.
• Wu Changkong sent Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie to represent Class Five against Class Four in the Promotion Tournament's opening match.
• Jialong charged Tang Wuyang while Gu Yue disrupted his footing, allowing Tang Wuyang to punch him away; Tang Wulin and Xie Xie eliminated Lin Zunyuan, Mosi, and Jiang Nan.
• Class Five's four competitors subdued all of Class Four in less than ten seconds, prompting cheers from their classmates.

After Class Five easily won its Promotion Tournament match, Tang Wulin, Tang Wuyang, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue went out to eat together. At Xie Xie’s favorite snack shop, he revealed his grief and anger over his mother’s death, then rejoined the others over dinner.

• Class Five defeated Class Four with little effort, and Long Hengxu realized the class’s lineup was stronger than he had expected.
• Xie Xie invited Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang out for dinner, and Gu Yue insisted on joining them.
• The four friends walked to a snack street and ate braised beef at a shop Xie Xie had often visited with his mother.
• Xie Xie explained that his mother died before his busy father could return to see her, and he confessed that he hated his father and his own name.
• Uncle Li told the others how much Xie Xie missed his mother, and Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang comforted him while Gu Yue teased him into eating again.

Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie tried to defend Uncle Li’s Stewed Beef Shop from Guang Long, a powerful Soul Grandmaster who overwhelmed them. After Tang Wuyang was badly hurt, Golden Scales appeared on his body and he charged at Guang Long again.

• The four found Guang Long destroying Uncle Li’s shop and demanding protection money, so they stepped in to defend him.
• Tang Wuyang and his friends coordinated an attack, but Guang Long revealed his Ironclad Dragon Martial Soul and two Soul Rings and defeated them with his strength and defense.
• Guang Long sent Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang flying, and Tang Wulin fainted while Xie Xie and Tang Wuyang crashed to the ground.
• As Gu Yue went to treat Tang Wuyang, heat surged through his body and Golden Scales appeared on his hand and neck.
• Tang Wuyang rose and charged at Guang Long again, while Gu Yue stared at the Golden Scales in shock.