Chapter Summaries

Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue completed combat assessments in the Hall of Heroes, where they faced simulations of powerful Soul Masters from the past. Wu Changkong explained that passing the assessment allowed them to join the organization and train there, then asked whether they had heard of the Tang Sect.

• Tang Wuyang survived the Intermediate Assessment’s first two stages against a girl with Twin Martial Souls, then faced her again in the Advanced Assessment.
• Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie emerged from their assessments, and Gu Yue appeared a minute later after clearing two Advanced stages.
• Wu Changkong brought the four students to an office and explained that the Hall of Heroes simulated historical Soul Masters at around seventy percent of their real strength.
• Wu Changkong said the Hall of Heroes offered practical training and that passing the assessment qualified them to join and earn Merit Points.
• Wu Changkong asked whether the students had heard of the Tang Sect.

Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie chose to join the Tang Sect after learning about its history and rules, while Gu Yue postponed her decision. During the holiday, Gu Yue took Tang Wuyang to meet her family, and the chapter revealed that she had identified him as the Auspicious Beast.

• Wu Changkong explained that the Hall of Heroes belonged to the Tang Sect and described its rules and benefits.
• Tang Wulin, Tang Wuyang, and Xie Xie decided to join the Tang Sect, while Gu Yue asked for time to consider the choice.
• Gu Yue invited Tang Wuyang to spend the holiday at her home, and Tang Wulin accepted Wu Changkong's offer to travel with him instead.
• Gu Yue met with Di Tian and revealed that she had found the Auspicious Beast, then introduced him to Tang Wuyang as Uncle Di.
• Tang Wuyang drank the juice and ate the food provided during the journey, while Gu Yue rested against his shoulder and later shared her meal with him.

Tang Wuyang arrived at Gu Yue’s family castle, where his Golden Dragon King’s Second Seal broke through and strengthened his Martial Soul and Auspicious Beast aura. Gu Yue and the Four Great Fierce Beasts learned why he carried the Auspicious Beast’s power, and Gu Yue decided he should remain in the human world under her protection.

• Tang Wuyang and Gu Yue arrived at the Gu Yue Family castle, where Di Tian introduced him to Gu Bi, Gu Zi, and Gu Xiong.
• After dinner, Tang Wuyang meditated in his room and broke the Golden Dragon King’s Second Seal, enduring intense pain as golden patterns spread across his body and Xing Yu grew larger.
• Gu Yue told the Four Great Fierce Beasts that Tang Wuyang carried a powerful dragon clan aura, and the Golden Dragon King appeared and explained its surviving divine consciousness and its deal with Tang Wuyang.
• After the Golden Dragon King vanished, Gu Yue decided Tang Wuyang should stay in the human world and ordered Di Tian to infiltrate the Spirit Pagoda’s human leadership.
• Tang Wuyang learned that the Second Seal granted him a Blood Essence Soul Ring and the Golden Dragon Body skill, while his Martial Soul and Auspicious Beast aura grew stronger.
• Di Tian, Zi Ji, Bi Ji, and Xiong Jun agreed to follow Gu Yue’s plan and observe Tang Wuyang the next day.

Tang Wuyang visited Di Tian's hidden forest space to have his Qilin Martial Soul examined, where he unknowingly restored a depleted lake and transformed his hundred-year Soul Ring into a thousand-year one. As the holiday passed, he grew closer to Gu Yue, then prepared to return to school.

• Tang Wuyang visited Gu Yue to say goodnight, and she teased him by inviting him to sleep with her.
• Di Tian teleported Tang Wuyang, Gu Yue, Xiong Jun, Zi Ji, and Bi Ji to an independent forest space to examine his Martial Soul.
• Tang Wuyang's Martial Soul reacted to the lake, restoring its water and vitality while his yellow Soul Ring turned purple.
• Di Tian said Tang Wuyang's Qilin Martial Soul had likely dispelled misfortune and that the forest had rewarded him with a Soul Ring upgrade.
• Gu Yue touched Tang Wuyang's horns, then kept him in her room overnight while he slept beside her with his tail in her arms.
• Tang Wuyang spent the holiday cultivating and playing with Gu Yue as the forest grew more vibrant, and the school break eventually ended.

Eastsea Academy resumed classes, and Wu Changkong admitted Xu Xiaoyan to Zero Class on a one-month trial. At the opening ceremony, the class gathered with Tang Wuyang arriving late, and Wu Changkong noticed signs that his comprehension had improved.

• Yun Xiao and Zhou Changxi discussed Zero Class, then saw Gu Yue walking with Tang Wuyang and talked about her strength.
• Long Hengxu pressured Wu Changkong to accept Xu Xiaoyan and warned that Zero Class might lose its status; Wu Changkong gave her one month to earn the class’s recognition.
• Wu Changkong showed Xu Xiaoyan her dormitory, where she found a small hole in the wall and plugged it with cloth.
• Xu Xiaoyan met Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, introduced herself as a new Zero Class student, and learned that Tang Wuyang was the class captain.
• At the opening ceremony, Tang Wuyang arrived late after meditating, and Wu Changkong noticed that his eyes showed signs of improved comprehension.

Xu Xiaoyan joined Zero Class on a trial basis as Wu Changkong tested the students’ strength and Spirit Power. During the ensuing sparring match, Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang revealed their newly evolved Thousand Year Soul Spirits, and the fight continued with Tang Wulin advancing toward Gu Yue.

• Xu Xiaoyan introduced herself, and Wu Changkong told her she had a month to prove she belonged in Zero Class.
• The students’ tests showed that Xie Xie had fifty-nine Spirit Power, Xu Xiaoyan had sixty-one, Tang Wulin had two hundred and three, Tang Wuyang had two hundred and fifty-seven, and Gu Yue had two hundred and seventy-eight.
• Wu Changkong split the students into two sparring groups, and Xu Xiaoyan told Tang Wulin that she was stronger at night.
• Gu Yue and Xie Xie exchanged attacks as Tang Wuyang charged Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan; Tang Wulin revealed his Thousand Year Blue Silver Grass Soul Ring, while Tang Wuyang summoned Xing Yu with Ice Crystal Armor.
• Xie Xie used Double Dragon Storm to escape Gu Yue’s attacks, while Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass blocked her elemental barrage.
• Tang Wulin switched Martial Souls and charged toward Gu Yue, aiming to take her out before joining Xie Xie against Tang Wuyang.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin’s group tested Xu Xiaoyan, who earned a place in Zero Class, and Wu Changkong agreed to enter them in the Tianhai Alliance Competition. Later, Mu Chen called the brothers to the Forging Master Association and revealed that their exceptional Blue Pregnant Copper work had brought them to the gate of Spirit Forging.

• Tang Wulin’s team lost their sparring match to Tang Wuyang and Gu Yue, while Xu Xiaoyan’s well-timed support earned Wu Changkong’s approval and a trial place in Zero Class.
• Long Hengxu agreed to seek better meals for the students, and Wu Changkong accepted the academy’s plan for Zero Class to compete in the Tianhai Alliance Competition.
• Wu Changkong assigned the students three daily matches against him using Soul Skills, prompting Tang Wulin to explain Frost Mark and Frost Mist to the others.
• Mu Chen summoned Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin to the Forging Master Association, where Cen Yue and Mu Xi examined the brothers’ forged Blue Pregnant Copper.
• Mu Chen said the brothers’ Second Grade work was close to Thousand Refinements First Grade, or Semi-Spirit Forging, and that their recent tasks qualified them to become Fourth Grade Forging Masters.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin passed Mu Chen’s Fourth Grade Forging Master assessment by forging Blue Pregnant Copper to Thousand Refinements Second Grade. Mu Chen assigned the brothers and Mu Xi to represent the East Sea Forging Association at the under-fifteen Tianhai Alliance Competition, which would begin in about a month.

• Mu Chen explained that the brothers’ Thousand Refinements Second Grade results qualified them for Fourth Grade and said they would each forge two pieces for their assessment.
• Mu Chen invited Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Mu Xi to compete in the under-fifteen forging event at the Tianhai Alliance Competition and tasked the brothers with winning the championship.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin forged Blue Pregnant Copper in the Double Forging Room, using their distinct hammer techniques to reach Thousand Refinements Second Grade on their first attempts.
• Mu Chen ended the assessment and confirmed that the brothers had passed as Fourth Grade Forging Masters, then told them to prepare for the Sea and Sky Feast in about a month.
• Tang Wulin asked about school, and Mu Chen said the association would arrange it and that the brothers would continue studying with him once a week.
• Mu Xi volunteered to return to the academy with Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin.

Mu Xi proposed giving the Tang brothers the Tianhai Alliance Competition’s prize money in exchange for letting her take first place, but they explained they wanted to keep a low profile and save for their unusual Martial Souls. After learning about the competition and discussing their team, Tang Wuyang and the others watched Xu Xiaoyan reveal her powerful Star Wheel ability at night.

• Mu Xi offered Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin the competition’s prize money and Rare Metal rewards if they let her win, then learned about their Twin Martial Souls, golden scales, and need for resources.
• Xie Xie explained the Tianhai Alliance Competition and the All-Federation Competition, while Gu Yue urged the group to aim for the championship despite their age.
• Tang Wuyang asked Xu Xiaoyan to demonstrate why she became stronger at night, and she agreed so the group could understand her abilities.
• Xu Xiaoyan summoned her Star Wheel Ice Staff and used its Star Wheel to immobilize Xie Xie with starlight and Ice Chains.
• Xu Xiaoyan explained that her Star Phase power could immobilize an opponent for at least a second, but she could neither move nor attack while maintaining it.

Tang Wuyang led his team in a nighttime challenge against Wu Changkong and used a carefully planned ambush to make him acknowledge their victory. Wu Changkong then announced that their next training battle would be against his Three Ring strength, leaving the students dismayed as they returned to the Dormitory.

• Xu Xiaoyan released Xie Xie from her Star Wheel Chains, and Tang Wuyang proposed challenging Wu Changkong to a spar.
• Tang Wuyang’s team asked Wu Changkong to suppress his cultivation to Two Rings and fought him together on the dark field.
• Wu Changkong countered their opening attacks, but Tang Wuyang’s Golden Dragon Claw and Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Wheel Ice Chain helped set up the team’s trap.
• Gu Yue used Space Teleportation to send her prepared Ice Fire Dual Heaven behind Wu Changkong while Tang Wuyang attacked from the front, forcing Wu Changkong to unleash greater power and acknowledge their win.
• Wu Changkong asked Tang Wuyang about his Golden Soul Ring, then scheduled another battle with his cultivation raised to Three Rings, and the students returned to the Dormitory in dismay.

Wu Changkong told Zero Class that they would travel to Skysea City to enter the Tianhai Alliance Competition, with Tang Wuyang leading the three-person team and several students also joining individual events. The group set out the next morning, hoping to prove Eastsea Academy’s potential while Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin also pursued prize money.

• Wu Changkong assigned Tang Wuyang, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie to the Youth Group three-person team competition, with Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan as substitutes, and set the championship as their goal.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin asked to enter the individual competition for a chance at prize money, and Gu Yue and Xie Xie decided to enter as well while Xu Xiaoyan chose to focus on supporting the team.
• Tang Wuyang encouraged his teammates to treat the competition as practical training, and they joined hands to promise they would do their best.
• Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu led the students to East Sea Square, where Tang Wuyang saw Xu Xiaoyu and Liu Yuxin among Eastsea Academy’s Advanced Department participants.
• Xu Xiaoyan teased her brother Xu Xiaoyu about his past results, while the group learned that Eastsea Academy hoped the competition would improve the city’s reputation and earn support from officials.

Tang Wuyang and the Zero Class students traveled from Eastsea City to Skysea City for the Tianhai Alliance Competition, where doubts about their chances weighed on him. After arriving at their hotel, Mu Xi came to fetch Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin, leaving her purpose unclear.

• Mu Xi teased Tang Wuyang and Gu Yue at East Sea Square, then questioned whether the younger Zero Class students could survive the competition’s first round.
• Tang Wuyang boarded the bus with Gu Yue and worried about the team’s cultivation gap while Xu Xiaoyu reflected on Gu Yue and his own future as a Mecha Master.
• Gu Yue shared her water with Tang Wuyang, leaned against him, and slept beside him for the journey to Skysea City.
• Tang Wuyang and the Eastsea delegation arrived in Skysea City and checked into a hotel ahead of the competition’s opening ceremony and drawing.
• Mu Xi arrived at Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang’s room and pulled both brothers outside, while Tang Wuyang closed the open door behind them.

Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Mu Xi attended a meeting for the East Sea Forging Master Association, where Cen Yue explained the Forging Master Competition and encouraged them to compete. After the Tianhai Alliance Competition's opening ceremony, the students learned that an exhibition match between Shrek Academy experts and past alliance champions was about to begin.

• Mu Xi brought Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin to a meeting where Cen Yue introduced the young Forging Masters, including Tang Wenhao and Zheng Tianlin.
• Cen Yue outlined the Youth Group's three rounds and explained that the top contestants would earn rewards and places in higher-level competitions.
• Zheng Tianlin praised Mu Xi's chances, while Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin planned to help her reach the championship and keep their own abilities low-profile.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin returned to their room to meditate, and Tang Wuyang worried about their age and cultivation disadvantages in the Soul Master competition.
• The students attended the Tianhai Alliance Competition's opening ceremony at Tianhai Stadium and learned that an exhibition match would pit Shrek Academy experts against the previous generation's Seven-Man Match champions.
• Xie Xie said the exhibition match's enormous gap in strength might discourage students, but Xu Xiaoyan suggested the alliance's leaders had a reason for arranging it.

Tang Wuyang and his friends met Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan before watching Shrek Academy defeat the Tianhai Alliance champions in a brief exhibition match. The team was revealed to be from Shrek Academy’s Outer Court, and Wu Changkong’s remark left the group considering how much stronger Shrek’s Inner Court might be.

• Tang Wulin gave the hungry Xu Lizhi beef jerky, and Tang Wuyang bonded with him over food and exchanged contact details through Tang Wulin.
• Ye Xinglan called Xu Lizhi away and warned him not to accept food from strangers.
• Tang Wuyang and his friends learned that Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan were part of Shrek Academy’s team challenging the Tianhai Alliance champions.
• Shrek Academy overwhelmed the older Tianhai Academy team with a coordinated lightning attack, ending the match in about a minute.
• Gu Yue declared that their group would surpass Shrek Academy, and Wu Changkong arrived and explained that the competitors were only Outer Court students.

Wu Changkong explained that the Shrek students they had seen were Outer Court students and that their youngest members would become future rivals, then sent Tang Wuyang and his companions to prepare for the next day’s competitions. That evening, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin shared an enormous seafood dinner with Xu Lizhi, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan, leaving Ye Xinglan wary of Tang Wuyang even as she enjoyed his food.

• Wu Changkong told Tang Wuyang and the others that the young Shrek representatives were likely future competitors, and revealed that he had entered the Inner Court but failed to graduate.
• Wu Changkong sent the students back to prepare for the next day’s Individual, Team, and Forging Master competitions, and Tang Wuyang urged his companions to rely on themselves.
• Xu Lizhi invited Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin out to dinner; Gu Yue joined them, and Tang Wuyang ordered a lavish spread of seafood.
• Tang Wuyang and Xu Lizhi ate enormous amounts of food until Xu Lizhi admitted defeat and declared Tang Wuyang his Big Brother.
• Ye Xinglan arrived to retrieve Xu Lizhi, but Tang Wuyang cracked open a giant salt-baked Bluefin Tuna and served fish to Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Ye Xinglan.
• Ye Xinglan enjoyed the fish and its cheek meat, while privately suspecting Tang Wuyang had an ulterior motive.

Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue left Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi to settle the restaurant bill after Tang Wuyang paid for his own group. The next morning, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin joined the Forging Master Competition, where they faced a challenging first-round test.

• Tang Wuyang and the others finished eating, but he took Tang Wulin and Gu Yue away after paying half the bill, leaving Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi to face the restaurant Owner.
• Ye Xinglan suspected Tang Wuyang had deliberately approached them, while Xu Lizhi set his communicator to reject messages from him.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin headed to the Forging Master Competition with Mu Xi and Master Cen Yue, concealing their Fourth Grade badges as Mu Chen had instructed.
• Zheng Tianlin questioned whether the brothers could even use forging hammers, then learned they were Mu Chen's direct disciples and challenged them to prove themselves.
• The Youth Group's first round began with Hundred Refinements Purification of Blue Pregnant Copper, a difficult metal that threatened to eliminate many contestants.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin quickly earned High Grade Hundred Refinements results in the forging competition, then made it to Tianhai Stadium in time for the Individual Competition. Tang Wuyang defeated his first opponent and advanced to the second round.

• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin completed Hundred Refinements Purification of their Blue Pregnant Copper, and the Forging World judges recognized both pieces as High Grade.
• Ye Xinglan confronted the brothers over the restaurant bill, but Tang Wuyang defended their decision to pay only for themselves and left with Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin checked in for the Individual Competition, where Tang Wulin won his match before cheering on his younger brother.
• Tang Wuyang entered the Fifth Round and faced a nervous two-ring opponent wielding a Penglong Gun.
• Tang Wuyang overwhelmed his opponent with speed and Dragon Might, won the match, and received a Number Plate for the Second Round.

Tang Wuyang led Eastsea Academy's team to a swift victory in their first Three vs. Three Team Competition match, using their practical combat experience and concealed strength to defeat three older, two-ringed opponents. Afterward, Ye Xinglan revealed that she and Xu Lizhi had joined another academy for the competition and challenged Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin, leaving a future clash looming.

• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin returned to the hotel after winning their morning Individual Competition matches, where Xie Xie and Gu Yue reported that they had also passed the First Round.
• Long Hengxu told Tang Wuyang and the others that the competition served as an assessment for Zero Class and that stronger results would earn the academy more resources.
• Tang Wuyang chose to enter the first team match with Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan, while keeping Gu Yue and Tang Wulin's strength hidden.
• Tang Wuyang and Xie Xie charged without releasing their Martial Souls, and Tang Wuyang used his Purple Soul Ring's Blue Ice Chains to bind Moka, Yu Shi, and Duanmu Lianlian before they could use their Soul Skills.
• After the Eastsea Academy team won quickly, Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi appeared, and Ye Xinglan revealed that they had temporarily joined an academy to compete.
• Ye Xinglan threatened Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin with a future match, and Gu Yue pulled Tang Wuyang away after accepting the challenge.

After breaking the Tianhai Alliance Competition record for High Grade Hundred Refinements, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin prepared for the second round of the Forging Competition. They encouraged Mu Xi to choose Sinking Silver and promised to guide her through forging, while Zheng Tianlin watched them with jealousy.

• Xie Xie's teasing about marriage upset Gu Yue, and Tang Wuyang later comforted her by letting her touch his horns.
• Mu Xi told Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin that they had broken the High Grade Hundred Refinements record with times of one minute and six seconds and one minute and fifteen seconds.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin urged Mu Xi to choose Sinking Silver for the second round and said she could become Champion if she trusted them.
• Mu Xi refused their offer to yield the title, but Tang Wuyang brought her Sinking Silver and Tang Wulin hugged her to reassure her.
• Zheng Tianlin saw Tang Wulin hug Mu Xi and grew jealous, while Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin selected Sinking Silver and told Mu Xi to forge in rhythm with them.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin synchronized their forging with Mu Xi during the second round of the Tianhai Alliance Forging Master Competition, helping her reach a new level and produce Thousand Refinements with Spiritual Light Emission. The chapter leaves the brothers reflecting on how the experience brought them closer to Thousand Refinements First Grade and renewed their goal of mastering every Rare Metal before reaching Three Rings.

• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin entered a focused forging rhythm as the second round began, drawing the attention of Old Duan and other examiners.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin began striking their Sinking Silver in unison, and Mu Xi chose to follow their rhythm.
• The brothers gradually increased their pace, and Mu Xi immersed herself in the feeling of forging and sensed the metal’s feedback.
• Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Mu Xi completed their forging together, and Spiritual Light Emission rose from all three pieces of Sinking Silver.
• Old Duan hurried toward the trio, but Cen Yue stopped him so he would not interrupt their state of enlightenment.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin realized that the forging had brought them closer to Thousand Refinements First Grade and resolved to practice with every Rare Metal they could find.