Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie accepted Wu Zhangkong’s invitation to join the Tang Sect, while Gu Yue, Yun Chen, and Xu Xiaoyan declined or deferred. After leaving the Tang Sect’s technology park, Yun Chen arranged to travel to Heaven Dou City during vacation to train with Mu Ye, upsetting Xu Xiaoyan.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie agreed to join the Tang Sect, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi chose to discuss the decision with their families.
• Gu Yue refused because she was a Spirit Pagoda core disciple, Yun Chen refused because he was also the Body Sect leader’s personal disciple, and Xu Xiaoyan said she would stay wherever Yun Chen went.
• Wu Zhangkong arranged for Yun Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan to leave, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie stayed to complete their applications.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi boarded a soul-guided bus, and Gu Yue drove Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan home in her sedan.
• Yun Chen told Mu Ye he would travel to Heaven Dou City in two days, and Mu Ye offered to pick him up and train him during vacation.
• Xu Xiaoyan complained that Yun Chen would be away, and Yun Chen tried to soothe her by offering to prepare a gift.

Yun Chen returned to the Xu Family before leaving for Heaven Dou City to cultivate, while Gu Yue chose to remain in Eastsea City and pursue Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline. When Mu Ye examined Yun Chen, he discovered that Yun Chen’s body was extraordinarily developed and hinted that it might hold secrets beyond what Yun Chen understood.

• Yun Chen told Gu Yue that he expected to stay in Heaven Dou City for at least twenty days, then went with Xu Xiaoyan to the Xu Family residence.
• Mother Xu welcomed Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan home, and Yun Chen explained that he would cultivate in Heaven Dou City with his teacher.
• Gu Yue weighed following Yun Chen against staying near Tang Wulin, then chose to remain in Eastsea City to pursue the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• Two days later, Mu Ye examined Yun Chen atop the Eastsea Blacksmiths Association building and found his body nearly perfectly developed despite lacking a Second Awakening.
• Yun Chen wondered whether his body concealed secrets after Mu Ye called him a treasure for the Body Sect.

Mu Ye brought Yun Chen to meet Zhen Hua, who tested Yun Chen's forging skills before considering him as a disciple. Yun Chen's impressive forging shocked Zhen Hua, who then learned how Yun Chen had received Mu Chen's notes and laughed at the story behind them.

• Mu Ye brought Yun Chen to the Blacksmith Association's forging room, where Zhen Hua said Yun Chen would have to meet his standards to become his disciple.
• Yun Chen chose ordinary Qianji Copper and began forging it with unrefined hammers, causing Zhen Hua to doubt his ability at first.
• Zhen Hua recognized Yun Chen's careful search for irregularities in the metal as Yun Chen forged with precise, measured strikes.
• Yun Chen produced five feet of Spiritual Light, astonishing Zhen Hua with a result far beyond Thousand Refinement Grade One.
• Zhen Hua asked whether Yun Chen had a teacher, and Yun Chen explained that Mu Chen had given him forging notes after Mu Xi's jealous deception.
• Zhen Hua laughed after Yun Chen recounted how he had obtained the notes and what had happened afterward.

Yun Chen became Zhen Hua’s disciple, received rare metals and advice for upgrading his forging hammer, and shared a nourishing meal with Zhen Hua and Mu Ye. Later, Xu Xiaoyan told him that Gu Yue and her supposed mother, the Purple Dragon Douluo, had visited the Xu Family, leaving Yun Chen surprised and wondering why they had come.

• Zhen Hua enthusiastically accepted Yun Chen as his disciple and gave him Heavenly Refinement Metal as a welcome gift.
• Yun Chen explained why he had not upgraded his forging hammer, and Zhen Hua recommended Star Meteorite Iron and gave him several suitable metals.
• Zhen Hua questioned Yun Chen about forging, grew confident in his potential, and took him to eat a meal Mu Ye had prepared.
• Mu Ye brought Yun Chen to his room after the meal so he could rest and adjust his condition.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Yun Chen that Gu Yue and her mother, the Purple Dragon Douluo, had visited the Xu Family, and Yun Chen asked what they had come for.

Yun Chen worried that Gu Yue’s family was drawing the Xu Family into a dangerous alliance, then began body tempering under Mu Ye’s guidance. The medicinal liquid awakened a power within Yun Chen, leaving Mu Ye concerned that his progress with the Body Secret Technique was happening too quickly.

• Xu Xiaoyan told Yun Chen that Gu Yue’s family had visited her home to establish ties with the Xu Family, and Yun Chen warned that her father should decide how to proceed.
• Yun Chen resolved not to trust Gu Yue or confront her until he was strong enough to protect himself and his loved ones.
• Mu Ye prepared a medicinal bath for Yun Chen and discovered that Yun Chen absorbed the liquid without pain, while impurities left his body.
• Yun Chen’s Spirit Sea stirred and its sphere of light brightened as he absorbed the medicinal liquid.
• Mu Ye realized that Yun Chen’s undeveloped power might have awakened and worried that his Body Secret Technique was progressing too quickly.

After Yun Chen’s training revealed his immense physical strength, Mu Ye brought him to a special training ground to help him control it through combat. Mu Ye attacked without suppressing his power, and Yun Chen’s Firmament Blood Domain produced a crimson crystal that helped block a punch before the fight continued.

• Yun Chen woke from meditation and asked Mu Ye to test his strength with a punch, which Mu Ye estimated carried at least twelve thousand jin of force.
• Mu Ye took Yun Chen to the underground training ground and declared that he would serve as Yun Chen’s sparring partner without suppressing his level.
• Mu Ye struck Yun Chen and sent him staggering backward, then pressed him to keep fighting.
• Yun Chen activated his Firmament Blood Domain and attacked Mu Ye, who easily deflected his blows while watching his rhythm.
• Mu Ye countered and sent Yun Chen flying, but a crimson crystal formed before Yun Chen’s fist and blocked part of the punch’s force.

Yun Chen endured Mu Ye’s brutal training and broke through his limits with a punch that pierced Mu Ye’s defense. After recovering in the Spirit Sea, he woke to a meal Mu Ye had prepared and asked to learn his cooking.

• Mu Ye fought Yun Chen relentlessly, and Yun Chen stayed focused despite his severe injuries, gradually absorbing the battle will within him.
• Yun Chen threw a powerful punch that left a mark on Mu Ye’s robe before collapsing, and Mu Ye carried him back to recover.
• Zhen Hua questioned the intensity of the training, but Mu Ye said Yun Chen could become invincible below Soul Saint if he mastered the state behind his punch.
• A sphere of light in Yun Chen’s Spirit Sea connected to his head, heart, and lower abdomen, restoring him before he woke.
• Mu Ye served Yun Chen a large meal, and Yun Chen ravenously ate before asking Mu Ye to teach him cooking.

Yun Chen asked Mu Ye to teach him cooking, then resumed brutal training that revealed his rapidly growing strength and an unusual power within him. After only a few days of eating, healing, and fighting, Yun Chen had improved so quickly that Mu Ye began anticipating his full awakening.

• Yun Chen explained that proper nutrition mattered to strength and health, and Mu Ye agreed to teach him cooking.
• Yun Chen devoured Mu Ye's nourishing meal, then returned with Mu Ye and Zhen Hua to the training grounds.
• Yun Chen unveiled his domain and trapped Mu Ye with strengthened Crimson Crystals, but Mu Ye broke through the attack and intensified their fight.
• Yun Chen's final strike made a small abrasion on Mu Ye's fingertip before Yun Chen collapsed from exhaustion.
• Yun Chen continued cycling through eating, healing, and fighting, improving until Mu Ye needed combat techniques to defeat him.

Yun Chen continued his intense training in Heaven Dou City while arranging for Xu Xiaoyan to visit Tianting Starry Sky Soul Master Academy and awaken her Martial Soul early. Mu Ye paused their sparring to prepare a more dangerous training stage, and Yun Chen passed the Level 4 Blacksmith assessment under Zhen Hua's guidance.

• Yun Chen called Xu Xiaoyan and invited her to Heaven Dou City, while Tang Wulin learned Wu Zhangkong would arrange special training for him.
• Zhen Hua told Yun Chen that he had arranged for Xu Xiaoyan to visit the Star Observation Platform at Tianting Starry Sky Soul Master Academy.
• Yun Chen sparred with Mu Ye, whose pressure strengthened Yun Chen's combat ability but failed to awaken the hidden power in his body.
• Mu Ye decided to suspend sparring and prepare a more dangerous stage of training to help Yun Chen awaken his hidden power.
• Yun Chen studied forging with Zhen Hua, mastered more Thousand Refinement processes, and passed the Level 4 Blacksmith assessment.

Yun Chen entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, then spent the evening with Xu Xiaoyan in Heaven Dou City. After a Golden Dragon King energy surge revealed his presence, Tang San confronted him and tried to force him to submit.

• Xu Xiaoyan and her mother arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Yun Chen brought them to the Blacksmith Association and introduced Mother Xu to Zhen Hua.
• Yun Chen entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, slaughtered Spirit Beasts for nearly three hours, killed its Titan Giant Ape guardian, and left its thousand-year Spirit Bone unabsorbed.
• Yun Chen took Xu Xiaoyan sightseeing and later talked with her about where they might study in the future.
• A golden pillar of light erupted after Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Seal was triggered, forcing Tang San to expel the third seal's energy from his body.
• Tang San sensed Yun Chen's Golden Dragon King aura, appeared before him, and tried to imprint him into submission; Yun Chen cursed Tang San in defiance.

Yun Chen resisted Tang San’s attempt to control him and awakened the Divinity of Strife, allowing the plane’s Heavenly Sound to judge and destroy Tang San’s Divine Sense projection. The judgment shook the Sea God’s standing across the Douluo Plane, while Tang San’s true body realized his connection to the projection had been severed.

• Tang San tried to imprint the Sea God Mark on Yun Chen, but the radiant sphere in Yun Chen’s Spirit Sea expelled his Divine Sense.
• Yun Chen touched the sphere and summoned the Divinity of Strife, forming a massive greatsword as Tang San prepared to attack.
• The Heavenly Sound condemned Sea God Tang San for plundering the plane’s fortune, and a pillar of light restrained his projection above Heaven Dou City.
• Yun Chen’s greatsword cleaved Tang San’s projection in two and ground away his Divine Sense as people across Heaven Dou City watched.
• In the black hole, Tang San discovered that his connection to the Divine Sense had been severed, then dismissed Dai Yuhao’s question.
• Yun Chen fell unconscious beside Xu Xiaoyan as the clouds cleared, while people across the Douluo Plane began to doubt the Sea God.

While recovering in his Spirit Sea, Yun Chen learned that the Douluo Plane Master had lost its power and was surviving through the protection of the Mother Planet. After hearing that his Martial Soul’s power came from his own wish, Yun Chen chose to shape it himself and face the plane’s future on his own terms.

• Yun Chen questioned the weakened Plane Master in his Spirit Sea and learned it had exhausted its power helping him trap Tang San.
• The Plane Master told Yun Chen that Tang San’s actions had weakened the Douluo Plane and left authority in the Tang Family’s hands.
• The Plane Master explained that the azure Mother Planet had sent Yun Chen to save the world and that the light in his Spirit Sea embodied his wish.
• Yun Chen considered his bonds with his family and companions, then decided to shape his own power and accept Strife as the beginning of rebirth.
• Yun Chen left his Spirit Sea, and the Plane Master’s phantom merged into the ball of light.

After the Heaven Dou City incident was publicly blamed on the Holy Spirit Cult, doubts about Sea God Tang San spread despite efforts to suppress them. Yun Chen recovered from his coma and began considering how Tang San’s absence could affect Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and the plane’s future.

• The Federation, Tang Sect, and Shrek Academy announced that Evil Spirit Masters from the Holy Spirit Cult had caused the Heaven Dou City incident, while Tang Sect and Shrek launched a purge of Evil Spirit Masters.
• The incident’s aftermath weakened faith in Sea God Tang San, while the Federation secretly helped spread the information across the continent.
• Yun Chen woke from his coma and found Xu Xiaoyan asleep on his chest before joining Mu Ye and Mother Xu in the living room.
• Mu Ye confirmed Yun Chen’s vital signs were normal, and Yun Chen explained that his power had awakened after the incident.
• After eating, Yun Chen learned about the Federation’s response and considered how Tang San’s absence could leave Tang Wulin vulnerable and allow Gu Yue to pursue her plan unchecked.
• Yun Chen decided he could no longer ignore the future crises, but chose to focus on cultivation for now.

Yun Chen took Xu Xiaoyan to Tianting Starry Sky Soul Master Academy so she could use its Star Observation Platform to evolve her Martial Soul. As Xu Xiaoyan absorbed Star Power and her staff began to change, Yun Chen wondered whether he could help her reach her potential.

• Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan decided to travel to Tianting City before Eastsea Academy reopened, and Mu Ye offered to accompany them in his God-rank Mecha.
• Mother Xu agreed to ask Eastsea Academy for leave while Yun Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and Mu Ye prepared to depart.
• Mu Ye piloted Xiao Hong to Tianting Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, where the headmaster welcomed them and led them to the Star Observation Platform.
• At Yun Chen's urging, Xu Xiaoyan summoned her Star Wheel Ice Staff as the academy staff activated the platform.
• Xu Xiaoyan drew in an immense amount of Star Power, transforming her staff, while Yun Chen considered whether he could help her evolve further.

Yun Chen helped Xu Xiaoyan complete her Martial Soul evolution by channeling the Star Observation Platform’s starlight into it. Afterward, Tianting Starry Sky Soul Master Academy invited Xu Xiaoyan to study there in the future, while Mu Ye arranged discounts for the academy’s senior Soul Masters.

• Yun Chen entered Xu Xiaoyan’s Spirit Sea and drew its starlight into her transforming Martial Soul.
• Xu Xiaoyan’s Martial Soul completed its evolution, and Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan woke after two days had passed outside.
• Yun Chen told Mother Xu that Xu Xiaoyan’s Martial Soul had evolved, and Mother Xu thanked him for helping her daughter.
• Tianting Starry Sky Soul Master Academy’s headmaster invited Xu Xiaoyan to consider studying there after intermediate academy, and Mother Xu exchanged contact information with him without accepting.
• Mu Ye told the academy’s headmaster that its Soul Saints and higher-ranked Soul Masters would receive discounts on rare metals from the Blacksmith Association.

Xu Xiaoyan named her evolved Martial Soul the Star Scepter and tested its control and purification abilities with Yun Chen. After revealing that he had reached level forty, Yun Chen returned with Xu Xiaoyan to East Sea, where Class Zero learned they would soon be back.

• Xu Xiaoyan showed Mother Xu her evolved Martial Soul, and Yun Chen suggested naming it the Star Scepter.
• Xu Xiaoyan tested her first two soul skills on Yun Chen, demonstrating powerful restraints and Starlight Purification.
• Yun Chen told Xu Xiaoyan and Mother Xu that he had reached level forty and explained that his Blood Rage Lion Tiger could provide another Soul Ring.
• Yun Chen and the others rested in Heaven Dou City for two more days, then boarded a Soul Guidance Train for East Sea.
• Zhang Yangzi told Class Zero that Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan would soon return, easing their worries.
• Tang Wulin said he had obtained his second Soul Ring and become a Soul Grandmaster during the break.

Yun Chen returned to Eastsea Academy with Xu Xiaoyan, whose Martial Soul had evolved during the break, and reunited with Class Zero. After Wu Zhangkong tested the students, Gu Yue’s Mental Power score revealed that she had reached the Spirit Sea Realm.

• Yun Chen brought the exhausted Xu Xiaoyan back to class, where Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi said they had reached Level 28 and Tang Wulin said he had reached Level 21.
• Yun Chen guessed that Xie Xie had slacked off, and Wu Zhangkong fined him for damaging the classroom floor with his dagger.
• Wu Zhangkong tested the students’ physical condition and Mental Power, while Yun Chen declined the strength test because his training had made him too strong for the machine.
• Xu Xiaoyan revealed that she had reached Level 27, and Yun Chen explained that her Martial Soul had evolved during the break.
• Gu Yue scored 534 Mental Power, stunning the class and prompting Zhang Yangzi to identify her as having reached the Spirit Sea Realm.

Yun Chen’s Mental Power exceeded the testing instrument’s limit, and Class Zero began preparing for the Tianhai Alliance Tournament. The chapter ended with Gu Yue offering him a suitable Soul Spirit after asking whether he had reached Rank 40.

• Yun Chen’s Mental Power test overwhelmed the instrument, and Wu Zhangkong confirmed that his score exceeded one thousand points.
• Wu Zhangkong reviewed Class Zero’s progress and later agreed with Long Hengxu that the students should compete in the Tianhai Alliance Tournament.
• Wu Zhangkong required Class Zero to win the seven-versus-seven championship and told the students to decide their other events and teams.
• Yun Chen chose the individual and seven-versus-seven events, while Xu Xiaoyan joined Zhang Yangzi and Jin Xi in the three-versus-three event, and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue formed another team.
• Gu Yue privately asked Yun Chen whether he had reached Rank 40 and offered him a Soul Spirit that suited him.

Gu Yue tried to recruit Yun Chen with an Unyielding Spirit Soul, but he refused her offer and left her uncertain how to bring him under her control. Later, Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan encountered Tang Wulin on Gourmet Street with Ouyang Zixin.

• Gu Yue offered Yun Chen the Cangbing Golden Lion Tiger Soul Spirit, but he refused, saying he trusted his current Soul Spirit and had other plans.
• Gu Yue told Di Tian to monitor Yun Chen and not eliminate him, then planned to find a way to make him work for her revival plan.
• Yun Chen answered Xu Xiaoyan's call and went to meet her at the school gate.
• Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan strolled along Gourmet Street and saw Tang Wulin on a date with Ouyang Zixin.

Tang Wulin explained that he was forging metals for Ouyang Zixin and taking orders to repay his debts, while Yun Chen’s combat skills impressed Wu Zhangkong. As the students prepared to leave for Skysea City and the Tianhai Alliance Tournament, Mu Xi challenged Yun Chen and Tang Wulin to a blacksmithing competition.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Yun Chen teased Tang Wulin about being on a date with Ouyang Zixin, who left after saying that Xie Xie would treat him.
• Tang Wulin told Yun Chen that he had accepted forging orders to repay Mang Tian and Cen Yue, though the work had cut into his cultivation time.
• Wu Zhangkong praised Yun Chen’s improved combat skills and recognized that he had little left to teach him.
• Yun Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and their classmates gathered at Eastsea Academy to depart for Skysea City, where Xu Xiaoyu joined them as part of the academy’s Advanced Division team.
• Mu Xi challenged Yun Chen and Tang Wulin to compete in the blacksmithing event, with the loser paying for a meal.