Chapter Summaries

Yun Chen meditated on the mysterious light forming in his Spirit Sea, then comforted Xu Xiaoyan after she dreamed he would leave the Xu Family. The next morning, Gu Yue delivered his Spirit Pagoda identity card and told him Leng Yaozhu had plans for them, while her feelings toward Yun Chen grew confusing.

• Yun Chen meditated and watched a faint sphere of light continue forming above his Spirit Sea.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Yun Chen she dreamed he had left the Xu Family and no longer wanted her, and he reassured her until she fell asleep.
• Yun Chen carried the sleeping Xu Xiaoyan back to her room, and she woke there the next morning.
• Gu Yue gave Yun Chen his Spirit Pagoda identity card, which let him collect cultivation resources and enter the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Gu Yue told Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan that Leng Yaozhu had arrangements for them, then paused after leaving as she considered her strange feelings toward Yun Chen.

Gu Yue questioned her lingering fear of Yun Chen and decided it had come from Na'er. At Eastsea Academy, Yun Chen dominated his first sparring match and then met Wang Jinxi in a strength contest that left the class stunned.

• Gu Yue recalled her past fear of Yun Chen and blamed it on Na'er’s lingering influence.
• Zhang Yangzi asked Yun Chen why Gu Yue had approached him, and Yun Chen said she had delivered something for someone else.
• Wei Xiaofeng challenged Yun Chen to avoid losing before they could spar, and Yun Chen revealed that his Soul Power had risen again.
• Yun Chen defeated a Class One student with a single punch, prompting Ye Yingluo to arrange a stronger opponent.
• Ye Yingluo paired Yun Chen with Wang Jinxi, and their first clash ended with Yun Chen holding the advantage despite not appearing to use his Martial Soul.
• Zhang Yangzi exclaimed that Yun Chen had fought Wang Jinxi barehanded, and Wei Xiaofeng reacted in shock.

Yun Chen defeated Wang Jinxi in a class spar using only his physical strength, drawing attention to his abilities before resting with Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue. He then considered how to obtain a second Soul Spirit as he neared Rank 30.

• Wei Xiaofeng and Zhang Yangzi realized Yun Chen was fighting Wang Jinxi without activating his Martial Soul, and Xu Xiaoyan confirmed it.
• Yun Chen outmaneuvered Wang Jinxi with a palm strike and shoulder slam, and Wang Jinxi conceded defeat.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng called Yun Chen a monster, while Ye Yingluo was delighted by his strength.
• Gu Yue left her class's training to rest beside Yun Chen, who then began meditating.
• Yun Chen considered evolving his Blood Rage Lion Tiger Soul Spirit or buying a thousand-year Soul Spirit for his second soul ring.

Yun Chen joined Mu Xi and Tang Wulin at the Blacksmith Association, where Mu Xi shared forging knowledge and Yun Chen demonstrated a natural feel for forging rhythm. The arrival of Mu Chen left him stunned by Yun Chen’s progress and by Mu Xi’s envious closeness to him.

• Yun Chen discussed the Class Promotion Tournament with Wei Xiaofeng, while Ye Yingluo considered possible teams without knowing Yun Chen did not plan to compete.
• Mu Xi invited Yun Chen to the Blacksmith Association to meet an important visitor, and they left Eastsea Academy together.
• Mu Xi and Tang Wulin joined Yun Chen on the way to the Blacksmith Association, where they waited in Mu Xi’s private forging room and discussed forging.
• Yun Chen practiced the rhythm Mu Xi described, and Tang Wulin began to grasp it by listening to Yun Chen’s hammering.
• Mu Chen entered the forging room and froze when he realized Yun Chen had made the rhythmic hammer sounds and saw Mu Xi standing beside him with envy.

Mu Chen welcomed Yun Chen and Tang Wulin to the Eastsea Blacksmiths Association and led them to meet Mu Ye, who was searching for a boy with a blood Martial Soul. Yun Chen turned out to be the person Mu Ye sought, and Mu Ye examined his power.

• Mu Chen praised Yun Chen and Tang Wulin’s forging talent, while Mu Xi admitted she had once underestimated Yun Chen.
• Cen Yue announced Mu Ye’s arrival, and Mu Chen brought Mu Xi, Yun Chen, and Tang Wulin to the rooftop to greet him.
• Mu Ye asked Mu Chen to help locate a boy named Yun Chen with a blood Martial Soul who studied at Eastsea Academy.
• Yun Chen revealed that he was the boy Mu Ye sought and summoned his Martial Soul at Mu Ye’s request.
• Mu Ye examined Yun Chen’s Bloodline Power and exclaimed that he was an excellent seedling.

Mu Ye discovered that Yun Chen possessed extraordinary potential as a Body Martial Soul and took him as his disciple. After preparing a lavish meal to celebrate, Mu Ye began considering Yun Chen’s training, while Yun Chen wondered whether he would have to leave school.

• Mu Ye examined Yun Chen and found his body, blood, meridians, bones, and muscles to be exceptionally suited to becoming a Body Martial Soul.
• Mu Ye called his Martial Uncle to announce that he would take Yun Chen as his disciple, then ended the call and crushed his communication device.
• Yun Chen told Mu Ye that he had no master and agreed to join the Body Sect, while Mu Ye said his grandmartial uncle would handle Yun Chen’s Spirit Pagoda membership.
• Mu Ye asked Mu Chen to lend him the Eastsea Blacksmiths Association kitchen and cooked a lavish meal for Yun Chen and the others.
• Mu Ye explained that he was thinking about a cultivation plan for Yun Chen, who asked whether he would have to withdraw from school and leave with his teacher.

Yun Chen met Mu Ye and agreed to seek his guidance during the next break, while Mu Ye recognized his exceptional potential. The next day, Yun Chen refused to join the Class Promotion Tournament, leaving Ye Yingluo’s response unresolved.

• Mu Ye told Yun Chen to visit him during the next break so he could prepare a training plan, and gave him his Soul Guidance Communication number.
• Yun Chen and Mu Xi agreed to practice forging together during their next break after returning to Eastsea Academy.
• Han Tianyi failed to contact Mu Ye and reflected on the Body Sect’s decline, while Qiangu Dongfeng ordered his staff not to interfere with Leng Yaozhu’s affairs and reprimanded Qiangu Zhangting.
• Ye Yingluo presented the Class Promotion Tournament teams, and Yun Chen told her he would not compete because he was close to Rank 30.
• Ye Yingluo began arguing that Yun Chen should compete for the class’s honor, but Yun Chen sat down before she could finish.

Yun Chen refused to join the Class Promotion Tournament unless his classmates needed him, while Wu Zhangkong noticed Yun Chen’s unusual blood-and-qi fluctuations and reconsidered how strong Tang Wulin’s team would need to become. The chapter ended with Yun Chen sharing Mu Ye’s nourishing food with his friends and choosing not to invite Tang Wulin to join them.

• Ye Yingluo questioned Yun Chen about refusing the Class Promotion Tournament, then agreed not to field him unless Wei Xiaofeng and the others could not handle their opponents.
• Wu Zhangkong sensed unusual blood and qi in Yun Chen as they passed and began assessing Tang Wulin and his teammates’ chances against him.
• Yun Chen told Zhang Yangzi and the others that Ye Yingluo had agreed to keep him out of the tournament if they won their matches.
• Yun Chen shared food prepared by Mu Ye with his friends, who were impressed by its quality and energy.
• Tang Wulin stopped to stare at the food, but Xie Xie pulled him away, and Yun Chen decided not to invite him over.

Yun Chen and Mu Xi struggled to grasp Thousand Refinement until Mu Chen demonstrated it and explained the importance of sensing metal’s feedback. As Yun Chen left with Mu Xi, they encountered Cheng Yue, whom Mu Xi asked Yun Chen to help drive away.

• Yun Chen and Mu Xi practiced Thousand Refinement but could not figure out how to perform it.
• Mu Chen entered the forging room, demonstrated Thousand Refinement, and explained that a blacksmith had to sense the metal’s feedback as well as maintain the right rhythm.
• Mu Chen invited Yun Chen and Mu Xi to eat, but Yun Chen went home instead, leaving Mu Xi disappointed.
• Mu Xi and Yun Chen found Cheng Yue waiting on the first floor, so Mu Xi asked Yun Chen to help get rid of him in exchange for a huge meal.
• Cheng Yue approached Mu Xi and asked if she had come to the association to practice.

Yun Chen left the Blacksmith's Association with Mu Xi after she introduced him as her boyfriend, then returned to the Xu Family home and discussed his approaching Rank 30 breakthrough. As Eastsea Academy's Class Promotion Tournament began, Yun Chen warned his classmates not to underestimate Class Five, and they went to watch its match against Class Three.

• Mu Xi dismissed Cheng Yue and left the Blacksmith's Association with Yun Chen after telling him she had brought her boyfriend to meet her father.
• Yun Chen returned to the Xu Family home, where Xu Xiaoyan teased him and Mother Xu asked about his plans for a Soul Spirit after Rank 30.
• Yun Chen told Mother Xu that Mu Ye would help him look for a suitable Soul Spirit, and she promised the Xu Family's support.
• Class Five defeated Class Four in the opening match of Eastsea Academy's Class Promotion Tournament.
• Yun Chen reminded Wei Xiaofeng and Zhang Yangzi that Class Five had Xie Xie and Gu Yue, prompting them to take the class seriously.
• Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Yun Chen, and Xu Xiaoyan went to watch Class Five face Class Three.

Class Five overwhelmed Class Three and then defeated Class Two, while Gu Yue’s strength unsettled Class One’s Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi. A typhoon suspended the tournament before Class One’s match against Class Five, and Yun Chen planned to practice forging with Mu Xi during the break.

• Gu Yue led Class Five to defeat Class Three in under two minutes, leaving Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi worried about facing her.
• Xie Xie mocked Class One’s students, but Yun Chen’s intimidating stare frightened him; Yun Chen then left with Xu Xiaoyan.
• Class Five defeated Class Two, with Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie all showing their abilities.
• A typhoon warning suspended classes and postponed the Class One versus Class Five match, prompting Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to train at the academy.
• Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan returned to the Xu Family residence, while Yun Chen arranged to practice forging with Mu Xi under Mu Chen’s guidance.

Yun Chen completed Thousand Refinement and became a Level-3 Blacksmith at age nine, while Tang Wulin failed his own Level-3 assessment. Cen Yue and Mang Tian helped Tang Wulin obtain the spiritual items he needed, and Yun Chen learned of the failure that evening.

• Mu Chen watched Yun Chen and Mu Xi forge together and decided their relationship seemed purely focused on blacksmithing.
• Yun Chen completed Thousand Refinement, and Mu Chen congratulated him on becoming a nine-year-old Level-3 Blacksmith.
• Tang Wulin arrived at the Blacksmiths Association and began his Level-3 assessment under Mu Chen and Cen Yue's supervision.
• Tang Wulin made a mistake during forging, failed to complete Thousand Refinement, and failed the assessment.
• Cen Yue questioned Tang Wulin about his urgency, then joined Mang Tian in pooling money with him to obtain the spiritual items he needed.
• Mu Chen told Yun Chen at dinner that Tang Wulin had failed, leaving Yun Chen puzzled by the result.

Tang Wulin drank the mixture to begin absorbing the Golden Dragon King Origin, but Gu Yue and Di Tian’s attack triggered a dangerous surge in his sealed power. Tang San halted the surge temporarily, yet a bolt of golden lightning worsened the fracture in Tang Wulin’s second seal, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan spoke over Soul Guidance Communication as a thunderclap struck during the typhoon.
• Tang Wulin drank the spiritual mixture, and Tang San guided the Golden Dragon King Origin into his bloodline as he writhed in pain.
• Gu Yue ordered Di Tian to attack Tang Wulin, but lightning blasted apart Di Tian’s reaching claw.
• Tang San’s divine consciousness appeared and confronted Gu Yue and the Fierce Beasts, then discovered that Gu Yue’s nearby Silver Dragon King Origin had stirred Tang Wulin’s seals.
• Tang San used Boundless Sea Tide to suppress the surging energy, but a golden lightning bolt struck Tang Wulin and further fractured his second seal.

Tang San removed Tang Wulin’s second seal to save his life, but Gu Yue and her Fierce Beasts escaped before he could attack them. After the Golden Dragon King energy vanished, Gu Yue ordered Di Tian and the King of Ten Thousand Demons to watch Tang Wulin, while Mang Tian and Cen Yue learned that Tang Wulin had been found injured after the typhoon.

• Gu Yue and Di Tian were shocked when lightning struck Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue tried to use the Silver Dragon King’s origin to resonate with his sealed power.
• Tang San removed Tang Wulin’s second seal, releasing its energy and the unrefined energy in his body to preserve his life.
• Di Tian pursued the released Golden Dragon King energy while Tang San threatened Gu Yue, but Gu Yue and the Fierce Beasts retreated into space.
• Di Tian reported that the energy had vanished, so Gu Yue sent him and the King of Ten Thousand Demons to watch Tang Wulin without exposing themselves.
• After the typhoon passed, Mang Tian set out for Eastsea City and asked Cen Yue to inspect his damaged workshop.
• Cen Yue found Tang Wulin being carried out on a stretcher, and a medical worker told him the boy needed immediate hospital treatment.

Cen Yue learned that Tang Wulin’s injuries were severe enough to threaten his future as a Soul Master, while Yun Chen agreed to carry Class One’s hopes in the promotion tournament. The match against Class Five began with Yun Chen revealing a startling third soul ring.

• A healing Soul Master told Cen Yue that Tang Wulin had suffered extensive muscle and bone damage, blood loss, and likely lightning injuries.
• Wei Xiaofeng told Yun Chen that Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi had been injured when their Martial Soul Fusion Skill backfired during cultivation.
• Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan visited Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, and Yun Chen agreed to give his all in the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Cen Yue informed Eastsea Academy that Tang Wulin’s injuries might prevent him from ever reaching the Soul Grandmaster realm, and Wu Zhangkong kept the news from Class Five.
• Wu Zhangkong selected Gu Yue and Xie Xie to face Yun Chen and Wei Xiaofeng in the tournament.
• Yun Chen revealed three soul rings, including a crimson-gold third ring, shocking the spectators and Wei Xiaofeng.

Yun Chen and Gu Yue fought fiercely in the Class Promotion Tournament while Wei Xiaofeng and Xie Xie battled nearby. Gu Yue’s attacks failed to control Yun Chen, and the chapter left them exchanging powerful blows near the center of the arena.

• Wei Xiaofeng turned his frustration toward Xie Xie, and the two began fighting while Yun Chen and Gu Yue initially held back.
• Gu Yue noticed a familiar trace in Yun Chen’s third soul ring but decided it was not formed from the Golden Dragon King Origin’s power.
• Gu Yue froze Yun Chen’s feet, but he broke free and used the Blood Feud soul skill to resist her later control attempts.
• Yun Chen scattered Gu Yue’s wind-and-fire attacks with crimson crystals and punched through her combined elemental blast.
• Gu Yue teleported back onto the stage after their clash and thrust her staff toward Yun Chen’s chest.

Yun Chen’s battle instincts surfaced as he fought Gu Yue in the Class Promotion Tournament, and their escalating attacks forced Wu Zhangkong to intervene. Wu Zhangkong declared his class the loser after Xie Xie’s defeat, while Gu Yue noticed that stopping Yun Chen’s attack had numbed Wu Zhangkong’s arm.

• Yun Chen grabbed Gu Yue’s staff and counterattacked with sudden combat instincts, injuring her with a shoulder strike before she blasted him away with wind and fire.
• Gu Yue gathered four elements for a decisive Elemental Bomb, while Yun Chen activated Boiling Blood and prepared a powerful fist strike.
• Wu Zhangkong appeared and knocked Gu Yue’s Elemental Bomb into the sky while blocking Yun Chen’s Fist Momentum.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the tournament and conceded the match after Xie Xie had lost to Wei Xiaofeng.
• Gu Yue noticed Wu Zhangkong’s hand trembling after he blocked Yun Chen’s attack, and Yun Chen felt an inexplicable emptiness after withdrawing his Martial Soul.

After Yun Chen and Wei Xiaofeng won their Class Promotion Tournament, Wu Zhangkong visited the unconscious Tang Wulin and called his former teacher to ask for a favor. At Eastsea Academy, Yu Zhen and Long Hengxu considered launching the Zero Class Project, while Gu Yue and Yun Chen unexpectedly met on Gourmet Street.

• Yun Chen and Wei Xiaofeng returned to Class One after defeating Class Five, and Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi congratulated them at the infirmary.
• Wu Zhangkong visited Tang Wulin at Eastsea Hospital, then called his teacher and asked for a favor.
• Long Hengxu proposed the Zero Class Project to Yu Zhen, who agreed to consider it under several conditions.
• Gu Yue and Yun Chen ran into each other on Gourmet Street while carrying shopping bags.

Gu Yue ran into Xu Xiaoyan and Yun Chen while buying food, then Yun Chen returned to the academy with Xu Xiaoyan and shared the snacks with Wei Xiaofeng. Meanwhile, Ya Li arrived in Eastsea City to treat Tang Wulin, leaving Cen Yue stunned by the Holy Spirit Douluo’s appearance.

• Xu Xiaoyan greeted Gu Yue on Gourmet Street, and Gu Yue explained that she was buying food for her family before leaving.
• Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan walked around Gourmet Street, where Xu Xiaoyan reminisced about Na'er and fed Yun Chen a meatball.
• Yun Chen returned to the dormitory with food, interrupting Wei Xiaofeng’s meditation, and Wei Xiaofeng eagerly ate the barbecue.
• Ya Li arrived at Eastsea Hospital, where Wu Zhangkong welcomed her and led her to Tang Wulin’s room.
• Cen Yue recognized Ya Li and was astonished that she had come to Eastsea City to save Tang Wulin.

Ya Li treated Tang Wulin and discovered powerful life energy suppressed inside him, while Faith Power entered his body and the sealed figure used it to recover. The next day, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi discussed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with classmates, and Ye Yingluo appeared unhappy as the academy prepared to form Class Zero.

• Ya Li used her life energy to treat Tang Wulin and told Wu Zhangkong, Cen Yue, and Mang Tian that the energy within him would repair his body.
• A figure inside Tang Wulin’s seals absorbed Faith Power to restore its strength and gain another chance to act.
• Ya Li left the hospital wondering about Tang Wulin’s life energy, while Wu Zhangkong returned to give Cen Yue and Mang Tian instructions before leaving for Eastsea Academy.
• Zhang Yangzi explained that he and Wang Jinxi had possessed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill since childhood but could not yet control it well.
• Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan entered the classroom, and the students shifted their attention to Yun Chen before Ye Yingluo arrived looking displeased.
• Yun Chen suspected Ye Yingluo had heard that her class’s talented students would be transferred to the planned Class Zero.