Chapter Summaries

Qian Gu Dong Feng learned that an unexplained force had disrupted the Spirit Ascension Platforms and arranged with Ghost Emperor to target Shrek Academy’s students while delaying the operation until public scrutiny eased. Tang Hao concealed the truth about a strange Heavenly Tribulation from Ha Luosa, then suspected the Silver Dragon King was behind it as Chen Ming’s ninth life reached godhood and challenged Tang San.

• Researchers traced the Spirit Ascension Platform anomaly to Heaven Dou City, and Qian Gu Dong Feng learned that an unknown force had also prevented some Soul Masters from awakening in their pods.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng asked Ghost Emperor whether he had attacked the Spirit Pagoda, and Ghost Emperor denied it while warning that Yun Ming had encountered an unsuppressed Heavenly Tribulation that could threaten their plans.
• Ghost Emperor proposed purging Shrek Academy’s students, and Qian Gu Dong Feng agreed to prevent Federation interference but urged him to wait until investigations subsided.
• Ha Luosa asked the Plane Spirit whether the Heavenly Tribulation he had sensed could offer a path to godhood, and Tang Hao falsely told him that its power would destroy him.
• Tang Hao searched Douluo Star for signs of Cosmic Law, found none, and suspected the Silver Dragon King had secretly introduced the unusual Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Ming declared that he had succeeded in his ninth life, become the Reincarnation God King, and was ready to kill Tang San.

Nan Liujing learned the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl’s powers and accepted the Thunder God’s inheritance, then cultivated under the Plane Imprint’s influence at Ye Changming’s villa. As the group prepared to visit the Blacksmith Association, Ye Xinglan struggled with whether to call Nan Liujing her brother for Na’er’s sake.

• Ye Changming invited Nan Liujing and Na’er to stay and said he would take them to the Blacksmith Association to receive his final Three-word Battle Armor component.
• After completing the Heavenly Thunder Baptism, Nan Liujing met the Thunder God’s Remnant Consciousness, learned about the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl and Plane Imprint, and accepted the Thunder God’s inheritance.
• Nan Liujing promised to revive the Thunder God if he could, and the Thunder God gave him a God Position Inheritance Mark hidden in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Two days later, Nan Liujing cultivated in the courtyard and entered a state of Unity of Heaven and Man, which Ye Changming noticed.
• At breakfast, Na’er said she wanted to protect Ye Xinglan rather than fight her, and Ye Xinglan considered acknowledging Nan Liujing as her brother so she and Na’er could be real sisters.

Leng Yaozhu learned that Sun Kong’s nephew Nan Liujing was in Heaven Dou City and decided to visit him there. At the Blacksmith Association, Nan Liujing heard Deep Silver’s Instinctual Spirituality, prompting Zhen Hua to recognize his rare affinity for metal and reveal a new theory about forging.

• Leng Yaozhu visited Sun Kong in Ming Capital, identified Nan Liujing from his image, and decided to travel to Heaven Dou City to meet him.
• Ye Changming brought Nan Liujing, Ye Xinglan, and Na'er to the Blacksmith Association, where Zhen Hua welcomed them and discussed the physical toll of Heavenly Forging.
• Nan Liujing heard Deep Silver calling to him and said that the metal was talking, leading Zhen Hua to recognize his unusual ability to sense metal’s Instinctual Spirituality.
• Zhen Hua thanked Ye Changming for bringing Nan Liujing and invited the group to watch his public lesson at the Headquarters Auditorium.
• Zhen Hua told the packed auditorium that metals possessed Instinctual Spirituality and that the spirituality granted through Thousand Forging First Grade could displace it, preventing Heavenly Forging.

Zhen Hua explained how nurturing metal’s Instinctual Spirituality could overcome Heavenly Forging’s failures, then invited Nan Liujing to demonstrate forging. Nan Liujing helped produce Spirit Forged Deep Silver, and Zhen Hua invited his group to lunch afterward.

• Zhen Hua revealed that External Spirituality had been overpowering metal’s Instinctual Spirituality and explained how blacksmiths could nurture it through the forging process.
• Zhen Hua selected Nan Liujing to step in during a Thousand Forging demonstration, and Nan Liujing helped purify Deep Silver and reach Thousand Forging First Grade.
• Nan Liujing asked to experience Spirit Forging, and Zhen Hua assisted him as Heaven and Earth Yuan Power sustained their work.
• Nan Liujing and Zhen Hua completed Spirit Forging, producing Deep Silver with a Thunder Dragon Soul influence; Zhen Hua gave the metal to Nan Liujing.
• After answering questions from eight blacksmiths, Zhen Hua invited Nan Liujing’s group to stay for lunch, and Ye Changming accepted.

Nan Liujing accepted Zhen Hua’s offer to become his forging disciple, and tests confirmed that his metal affinity depended on his Mental Power. Zhen Hua promised him an Evil Eye External Soul Bone to strengthen that power and learned that Nan Liujing also possessed a rare Food System Martial Soul.

• Ye Xinglan told Nan Liujing she had a secret to share after they ate, and Na'er gave him one of her lollipops.
• Zhen Hua called Sun Kong and received permission to take Nan Liujing as his disciple, despite learning that Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu also wanted him.
• After Mu Ye served the group a meal, Zhen Hua asked Nan Liujing to become his disciple, and Nan Liujing agreed while promising to keep the apprenticeship quiet.
• Nan Liujing tested his ability to communicate with several metals, and Zhen Hua concluded that stronger Mental Power would improve his connection to metal spirituality.
• Zhen Hua promised Nan Liujing an Evil Eye External Soul Bone and weekend meals to strengthen his Mental Power, then learned about his Dragon Subduing Staff and Golden Dragon Candy Martial Soul.
• Zhen Hua gave Nan Liujing an Encyclopedia of Metals and said his new talent could help him become a Divine Craftsman sooner.

Ye Xinglan reluctantly called Nan Liujing “Brother,” and Nan Liujing tried to help her open up to others. Meanwhile, Tang San discovered that part of Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline was missing, then attacked Nan Liujing for the suspected theft before Leng Yaozhu intervened.

• Ye Xinglan asked whether Nan Liujing still meant to make her call him “Brother,” and he teased her until she said it while Na'er listened.
• Nan Liujing recorded Ye Xinglan’s reluctant words, then invited her shopping and encouraged her to trust him and Na'er.
• Tang Wulin collapsed as Tang San’s divine consciousness awakened, found the missing Golden Dragon King bloodline, and identified Nan Liujing as its thief.
• Tang San possessed Tang Wulin and used his power to seize Nan Liujing from the food street, demanding that he hand over the Evil Thing.
• Tang San trapped Nan Liujing beneath crushing pressure, but Leng Yaozhu appeared and challenged him; Tang San transformed the plaza into an ocean with his trident.

Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu were trapped by Tang San, but Xia Mi, a former master of the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl, took control of the sea and drove him away. Nan Liujing reunited with Leng Yaozhu and returned to Ye Xinglan and Na'er, though Tang San’s escape left him wary of future danger.

• Tang San trapped Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu in the sea and demanded the treasure linked to Nan Liujing’s Golden Dragon King bloodline.
• Xia Mi took control of Nan Liujing’s body, slapped Tang San, and attacked him with the sea’s authority, but he escaped using spatial power.
• Xia Mi explained that former masters of the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl left divine consciousness inside it to help later masters, then dispersed after using much of her strength.
• Nan Liujing found Leng Yaozhu, concealed what had happened, and learned that she planned to meet him again the next day.
• Nan Liujing answered Ye Xinglan’s call and reunited with Ye Xinglan and Na'er at the food street.

Tang San plotted to kill Nan Liujing by exploiting the Golden Dragon King bloodline in Tang Wulin, while Nan Liujing and Xia Mi discussed how to counter Tang San and control the sea. Leng Yaozhu brought Nan Liujing to Zhen Hua and arranged to become his Soul Master teacher alongside his forging teacher.

• Tang San decided to have his mother bestow a dangerous Life Blessing on Tang Wulin so he could reclaim the Golden Dragon King bloodline and seize the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl.
• Nan Liujing learned from Xia Mi that she could take control of Tang San's mark over the sea with help from a suitable Divine Artifact, and he considered finding the Vast Sea Crystal.
• Leng Yaozhu visited Ye Changming's villa, gave Nan Liujing a Soul Spirit Selection Card, and told him that his great-grandmother Xia Zheng Leng wanted him as a disciple.
• Nan Liujing told Leng Yaozhu that Zhen Hua was already his teacher, so she took him to the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association to meet Zhen Hua.
• Leng Yaozhu persuaded Zhen Hua that Nan Liujing could train as both a Divine Craftsman and a top-tier Soul Master, and Nan Liujing acknowledged her as his teacher.

Nan Liujing advanced rapidly as a blacksmith under Zhen Hua’s instruction, then attempted Spirit Forging before leaving for Shrek City to study under Leng Yaozhu. He successfully brought life to a piece of Thunder Silver, while Na’er’s failed Martial Soul awakening left a strange gleam growing in her eyes.

• Leng Yaozhu asked Zhen Hua to train Nan Liujing for two and a half years and to forge fire-attribute Heavenly Forging Metal for her Four-word Battle Armor.
• Nan Liujing quickly became a Second Grade Blacksmith at six and advanced toward Fourth Grade by solidifying traits in different metals.
• Na’er showed no Martial Soul during her awakening, then clung to Nan Liujing as the gleam in her purple eyes intensified.
• Two years later, Zhen Hua watched Nan Liujing begin a Spirit Forging attempt with Thunder Silver before his departure for Shrek City.
• Nan Liujing used his metal affinity, Soul Power, Bloodline Power, and the Thunderclap Nether Vine Soul Spirit to successfully Spirit Forge the Thunder Silver.

Nan Liujing became the youngest Grandmaster-level blacksmith and traveled to Shrek City, where Na'er’s aunt Bi Ji revealed that Na’er could awaken a powerful Dragon Martial Soul. Na'er left with Bi Ji to return to her clan, while Nan Liujing accepted a life-saving jade box and met the Spirit Pagoda’s unusual representative, Bai Haoze.

• Zhen Hua congratulated Nan Liujing on becoming the youngest Grandmaster-level blacksmith and advised him to keep practicing Spirit Forging and study different metals.
• Nan Liujing traveled south with Ye Changming, Ye Xinglan, and Na'er, and they arrived in Shrek City after aircraft service had been suspended following an Evil Soul Master attack.
• Bi Ji met the group at the station, proved she was Na'er's aunt by temporarily awakening Na'er's Dragon Martial Soul, and gave Nan Liujing a jade box that could save his life once.
• Bi Ji took Na'er back to her clan to awaken her Martial Soul, and Nan Liujing gave Na'er a Life Crystal Stone bracelet and promised she could visit him.
• Nan Liujing met the rough-looking Spirit Pagoda representative Bai Haoze, recognized the name from his past-life memories, and realized Bai Haoze was actually a woman.

Gu Yue confronted Na'er over her attachment to Nan Liujing but agreed to a bet that could determine whether Na'er would merge with her. Meanwhile, Nan Liujing arrived at Leng Yaozhu's residence, received Staff Intent insights from his great-grandfather, and began studying them.

• Gu Yue read Na'er's memories, discovered she could not reclaim her subordinate personality, and argued with Na'er about her bond with Nan Liujing.
• Na'er proposed that Gu Yue make Nan Liujing fall for her in exchange for Na'er's willing merger, and Gu Yue accepted on the condition that Na'er seek Yun Ming's tutelage at Shrek Academy to reach the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Na'er demanded that Gu Yue remove the Silver Dragon Imprint from the scales she had given Nan Liujing, and Gu Yue dismissed her warning.
• Bai Haoze brought Nan Liujing to Leng Yaozhu, who praised his progress, revealed that he had reached Spirit Forging, and gave him a card containing Staff Intent insights from his great-grandfather.
• Nan Liujing exchanged messages with Ye Xinglan about her clash with Shrek Academy students, then activated the card and began comprehending the Staff Intent insights.

Nan Liujing began training in the Spirit Pagoda’s Law Chamber and later explored Shrek’s Inner City with Na'er. At a busy milk tea shop, he recognized Yuan En Yehui and noticed her acting strangely before she left.

• Nan Liujing made Leng Yaozhu a sandwich, which reminded her of her sister and prompted her to ask him to make one every day.
• Leng Yaozhu took Nan Liujing to the Spirit Pagoda’s Law Chamber, where he endured a powerful waterfall and studied its wind and water elements.
• Nan Liujing met Na'er at the Inner City gate, and the siblings rode through the city to find food and drinks.
• Nan Liujing recognized Yuan En Yehui working at the Three Dances' Absolute Love milk tea shop and saw her leave after speaking with the manager.
• Nan Liujing and Na'er shared lemonade and ate hotpot, while he set aside his concern about Yuan En Yehui.

Nan Liujing visited Sea God Lake with Na'er and found Yuan En Yehui suffering as she condensed her second Soul Ring. The Heavenly Tribulation Pearl removed a strange seal from Yuan En Yehui, and the chapter ended with Yun Ming and Long Yeyue examining her altered Fallen Angel Martial Soul.

• Nan Liujing and Na'er visited Sea God Lake, teased each other, and raced their bicycle to Spirit Ice Plaza.
• The Heavenly Tribulation Pearl led Nan Liujing to Yuan En Yehui as she endured the painful formation of her second Self-Condensed Soul Ring.
• Nan Liujing removed a purple-black rune seal from Yuan En Yehui with the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl and destroyed the bloodthirsty aura from her Soul Ring.
• Na'er gave Nan Liujing Black Abyss Fish buns before he left, while Ya Li told her that formal lessons would begin the next day.
• Yun Ming and Long Yeyue inspected Yuan En Yehui's two Soul Rings and noted that her Fallen Angel Martial Soul's darkness had become purer.
• Yun Ming decided to keep Yuan En Yehui's changed Martial Soul under observation before informing the Yuanen Family.

Nan Liujing discovered that his mutated Demon Candy let him summon two powerful Demon Bodies, then received Leng Yaozhu’s task to kill at least two Youth Genius Ranking members in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform. As he prepared to enter with Ye Xinglan, Qian Gu Dong Feng secretly assigned Xu Sheng a task involving Leng Yaozhu’s new disciple.

• Nan Liujing used the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl to mutate his Candy Martial Soul and gained the ability to summon two Demon Bodies with strength matching his own.
• Over the next month, Nan Liujing trained in the Law Chamber and under Leng Yaozhu, rapidly improving his understanding of the elements.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Nan Liujing two entry cards and tasked him with killing at least two Youth Genius Ranking members during the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng noticed Nan Liujing’s entry cards, grew suspicious of Leng Yaozhu’s secretive disciple, and privately assigned Xu Sheng a task concerning him.
• Nan Liujing invited Ye Xinglan to enter the platform with him, and she eagerly agreed while explaining that many geniuses did not value the ranking.

Nan Liujing and Ye Xinglan entered the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, where they fought frenzied soul beasts and confronted Black Mist Xu Sheng. Nan Liujing defeated Xu Sheng in one strike, and Xu Sheng woke in his spirit ascension pod to find Qian Gu Dong Feng beside him.

• Nan Liujing spotted several ranked young soul masters in the lobby and noticed Yu Jiutian conferring with another Shrek Academy student after seeing Ye Xinglan.
• Nan Liujing and Ye Xinglan entered the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform and killed an Iron Arm Ape shortly after arriving in the forest.
• Nan Liujing pulled Ye Xinglan out of the way of an ambushing Corrosive Centipede, and the two destroyed it together.
• Nan Liujing detected Xu Sheng spying on them and crushed him with a lightning-charged attack before catching up and knocking him unconscious.
• Xu Sheng woke in his spirit ascension pod in pain, and Qian Gu Dong Feng grabbed his shoulder.

Ye Xinglan and Nan Liujing encountered Wu Sidao battling a Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider, and Nan Liujing's help let Wu Sidao defeat it. After reuniting, they met Yu Jiutian's group, where Ye Xinglan's old dispute with Yu Weinan led to a rematch being arranged.

• Ye Xinglan drove off a pack of green wolves, then followed a tiger's roar with Nan Liujing.
• Wu Sidao struggled against a Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider until Nan Liujing struck it with his Dragon Subduing Staff and gave her a golden candy.
• Wu Sidao used the candy's power to kill the spider, then collapsed from exhaustion and was caught by Nan Liujing.
• Ye Xinglan learned that Nan Liujing and Wu Sidao had known each other since childhood, and felt unsettled as he helped Wu Sidao recover.
• Yu Jiutian's group arrived, and Yu Weinan confronted Ye Xinglan over their earlier fight; Yu Jiutian arranged a rematch between them.

Ye Xinglan defeated Yu Weinan in a spar after eating a Golden Dragon Candy, revealing the power of her Star God Sword. When Xu Cang challenged her next, Nan Liujing stepped in to fight him, and their match began with Xu Cang launching his Mystic Nether Shield Formation.

• Yu Jiutian had Xu Lizhi prepare recovery buns for Ye Xinglan, but she declined them and accepted a Golden Dragon Candy from Nan Liujing.
• Yu Weinan attacked Ye Xinglan with his Thunder Claw Dragon, but she used the Star God Sword to break down his energy and turn his lightning against him.
• Ye Xinglan pierced Yu Weinan’s defenses and detonated starlight within his body, forcing Yu Jiutian to activate his distress signal and remove him from the spar.
• Xu Cang challenged Ye Xinglan to test his Mystic Turtle Martial Soul against her sword, but Nan Liujing offered to fight him instead.
• Li Qiankun started the match, and Xu Cang summoned his Mystic Turtle Shell Shield and sent its divided blades toward Nan Liujing.

Nan Liujing revealed the Demon Body’s strange darkness powers during a battle with Xu Cang, then killed Xu Cang and drove Yu Jiutian from the Spirit Ascension Platform after they accused or challenged him. He remained calm about the likely fallout as Wu Sidao reunited with him, while she and Ye Xinglan exchanged wary smiles.

• Nan Liujing used the Demon Body’s staff and chains to trap Xu Cang’s Armored Blades and erode his consciousness, prompting Xu Cang to call him an Evil Soul Master.
• Mo Jue and Li Qiankun defended Nan Liujing, but he recalled the Demon Body and Xu Cang vowed to report him to the Spirit Pagoda for inspection.
• Nan Liujing struck Xu Cang with his staff and killed him with lightning, then annihilated several Soul Masters who stepped forward with Yu Jiutian.
• Yu Jiutian’s lightning was overwhelmed by Nan Liujing’s Thunder Dragon Soul, forcing him to use his Rescue Signal Device and leave the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Li Qiankun warned Nan Liujing that Xu Cang’s connections could bring trouble, while Mo Jue advised against confronting him further.
• Wu Sidao joined Nan Liujing after waking, and she and Ye Xinglan exchanged polite, tense smiles.

After Nan Liujing defeated Yu Jiutian and Xu Cang in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Xu Cang planned to accuse him of being an Evil Soul Master and use the Silver Moon Douluo’s painful past against him. Meanwhile, Leng Yaozhu and Xia Zheng Leng watched Nan Liujing with concern as Qiangu Qingfeng left to meet Qian Gu Dong Feng.

• Li Qiankun and Mo Jue left the Spirit Ascension Platform with the remaining students, while Nan Liujing introduced Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidao to each other.
• Xu Cang urged Yu Jiutian to drop the matter, but Yu Jiutian said he would return to the Ancestral Land to strengthen his lightning attribute and challenge Nan Liujing again.
• Xu Cang persuaded Xu Lizhi to join him in accusing Nan Liujing before Silver Moon Crown, promising to help Xu Lizhi get closer to Ye Xinglan in return.
• Xu Cang recalled the Silver Moon Douluo’s past with a man who had possessed an evil ability, and planned to exploit her memories to turn her against Nan Liujing.
• Leng Yaozhu and Xia Zheng Leng watched Nan Liujing talking with Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidao, while Qiangu Qingfeng answered Qian Gu Dong Feng’s call and went to meet him.

Qiangu Qingfeng persuaded Qian Gu Dong Feng to let Nan Liujing study the Unbending Staff Technique, while Nan Liujing competed with Wu Sidao and Ye Xinglan in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform and later secured a future reward from Leng Yaozhu. The chapter ended with Nan Liujing planning to use that reward to gather experts for a Full Soul Forging Mecha.

• Qiangu Qingfeng explained how making Nan Liujing Leng Yaozhu's disciple could strengthen the Qian Gu Family's influence over the Leng Family, then persuaded Qian Gu Dong Feng to give him a record of the Unbending Staff Technique for Nan Liujing to study later.
• Nan Liujing kept score as Wu Sidao and Ye Xinglan competed to hunt Soul Beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and the girls rested beside him after their rivalry eased.
• Wu Sidao said she planned to attend Shrek Academy, reminded Nan Liujing that he owed her real candy, and departed; Nan Liujing then left with Ye Xinglan.
• Nan Liujing visited Leng Yaozhu, completed his assigned task, and asked to save his reward for later, which she agreed to allow.
• Nan Liujing planned to use Leng Yaozhu's promised reward to recruit experts for a Full Soul Forging Mecha that could operate as a living machine.