Chapter Summaries

After witnessing Tang Linyuan’s Spirit Forging, Zhen Hua took him as his last disciple and gave him a Godsmith Token. Mu Chen then took Tang Wulin as his disciple and gave the brothers a pair of Star Sea Rings, leaving both brothers on paths toward becoming master blacksmiths.

• Zhen Hua offered to teach Tang Linyuan all his smithing skills, and Tang Linyuan accepted while insisting that forging would not compromise his Soul Master cultivation.
• Zhen Hua examined Tang Linyuan and discovered that his Soul Power was level twenty-eight and exceptionally dense for his age.
• Zhen Hua gave Tang Linyuan his Godsmith Token, allowing him to requisition rare metals across the continent.
• Mu Chen noticed Tang Wulin completing his own Thousand Refinement Sinking Silver and offered to take him as his disciple.
• Tang Wulin accepted Mu Chen as his teacher, and Mu Chen gave each brother a Star Sea Ring.

Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin received guidance from their teachers before returning to Aolai City, where they shared a farewell evening with Na'er. The chapter ended with Na'er embracing her brothers on the seaside boardwalk, poised to leave as her Silver Dragon King memories and responsibilities awakened.

• Zhen Hua gave Tang Linyuan a notebook on Fusion Refinement and promised to check his progress, while Mu Chen arranged to train Tang Wulin in Eastsea City.
• Mu Ye sensed the brothers’ powerful bloodlines but left without investigating them further, and Zhen Hua departed with him in a divine mecha.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin returned home and found Na'er waiting beneath their building, saddened by an impending separation that Tang Linyuan understood.
• The three siblings spent the night eating their way through Aolai City, and Na'er told her brothers that their time together had been the happiest days of her life.
• At the seaside boardwalk, Na'er hugged Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin and promised they would always be her brothers as Tang Linyuan silently accepted her departure.

Na'er left her family to return to the destiny awaiting her, but Tang Linyuan saw her off and promised that he and Tang Wulin would grow strong enough to reunite with her. After she vanished, Tang Linyuan awakened the fourth style of the Nine Calamity Annihilation Styles, Falling Star.

• Na'er quietly said goodbye to Tang Wulin and Tang Linyuan before leaving their home in the night.
• Tang Linyuan followed Na'er to the seaside boardwalk and held her as she confessed she did not want to leave.
• Tang Linyuan promised Na'er that he and Tang Wulin would catch up to her and protect her from being forced into anything.
• Na'er accepted her brothers' promise, kissed Tang Linyuan, and vanished in silver light.
• Grieving Na'er's departure, Tang Linyuan awakened Falling Star and struck the sea with a crushing gravitational force.

After Na'er left, Tang Linyuan pushed Tang Wulin to grow stronger and arranged for their parents to move to Heaven Dou City for safety. The brothers departed for Eastsea City to begin their studies, determined to pursue strength without worrying about their family.

• Tang Linyuan told Tang Ziran, Lang Yue, and Tang Wulin that Na'er had returned to her wealthy biological family, and urged Wulin to turn his grief into strength.
• Over the next three months, Tang Linyuan trained Wulin in cultivation and forging, while Wulin reached Level Fifteen and became a Level Four Blacksmith.
• Tang Linyuan asked Zhen Hua to arrange a safe home in Heaven Dou City for their parents, and Tang Ziran and Lang Yue agreed to move there.
• At Aolai City's train station, the brothers said farewell as their parents boarded a special train to Heaven Dou City and they boarded a train to Eastsea City.
• Tang Linyuan told Wulin that their parents were safe and that the brothers could now focus on growing stronger as their train departed.

Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin arrived in Eastsea City, where Tang Linyuan chose to visit Eastsea Academy before meeting Mu Chen. At the principal’s office, they overheard Wu Zhangkong being reassigned to Grade One Class Five, and Tang Linyuan knocked on the door.

• Tang Wulin marveled at Eastsea City while Tang Linyuan dismissed it as less impressive than Heaven Dou City.
• Xie Xie sneered at Tang Wulin, then watched as a Blacksmith Association car arrived to collect the brothers.
• Tang Linyuan directed the driver to take them to Eastsea Academy, explaining that he intended to honor his promise to meet Principal Yu Zhen.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin reached the principal’s office and overheard Wu Zhangkong being transferred to Grade One Class Five after injuring a senior teacher.
• Tang Linyuan decided not to turn back and knocked on the office door.

Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin reported to Eastsea Academy, where Tang Linyuan revealed he was a nine-year-old Soul Elder with three Millennium Soul Rings. He chose to study under Wu Zhangkong in Grade One Class Five, and the brothers were assigned a courtyard beside Wu’s residence.

• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin arrived at Eastsea Academy and presented their Red Mountain Academy credentials.
• Tang Linyuan revealed his three purple Soul Rings, shocking Dean Yu Zhen, Long Hengxu, and Wu Zhangkong.
• After the academy offered him a place in its elite class, Tang Linyuan requested to join Wu Zhangkong’s class instead.
• Yu Zhen assigned Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin to Grade One Class Five and asked Wu Zhangkong to teach them.
• Yu Zhen arranged for the brothers to live in the vacant courtyard beside Wu Zhangkong’s, and the three left the dean’s office together.

Tang Linyuan revealed his connection to Yun Ming and challenged Wu Zhangkong to help temper his spear. After a fierce spar that forced Wu Zhangkong to unleash his full power, Tang Linyuan earned his recognition, and he vowed to push Wu Zhangkong even further next time.

• Wu Zhangkong confronted Tang Linyuan about choosing him, and Tang Linyuan revealed that Yun Ming had given him guidance and a token from the Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Tang Linyuan explained that he had chosen Wu Zhangkong as a worthy opponent and asked to spar, so Wu Zhangkong took him to the Combat Drill Field.
• Tang Linyuan used the first three forms of the Calamity Annihilation Spear Technique, forcing Wu Zhangkong to raise his power from Soul Ancestor to near Soul Emperor level.
• Tang Linyuan unleashed the fourth form, Falling Star, and Wu Zhangkong activated all six Soul Rings and his Heaven Frost Dragon technique to meet it.
• The clash devastated the arena, but Tang Linyuan remained standing, and Wu Zhangkong declared him qualified to be Yun Ming's student.
• Tang Linyuan praised the satisfying fight and vowed that next time he would force Wu Zhangkong to use his Battle Armor.

After settling into the teacher dormitory, Tang Linyuan meditated and discovered that his clash with Wu Zhangkong had awakened a rune on the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear. The rune revealed the fifth form, Black Hole: Immeasurable, which Tang Linyuan began to study.

• Wu Zhangkong gave Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin the keys to their dormitory and told Tang Wulin to be on time for the opening ceremony.
• Wu Zhangkong awkwardly offered to help them with daily troubles, then warned Tang Wulin after he laughed at him.
• Tang Linyuan told Mu Chen that he and Tang Wulin had settled in and postponed their visit to the Blacksmith Association until after school the next day.
• Tang Linyuan meditated and found that a patch of residue had peeled from the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear, exposing a dark golden Devour Rune.
• Tang Linyuan received the information for the fifth form, Black Hole: Immeasurable, and began comprehending the rune.

Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin attended Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony and joined Grade One Class Five under Wu Zhangkong. The class introductions ended with Tang Linyuan revealing his Level Thirty-Two Soul Power, leaving his classmates stunned.

• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin greeted Wu Zhangkong, who silently disapproved of Tang Wulin’s behavior the day before.
• Principal Yu Zhen delivered the opening speech and repeatedly showed Tang Linyuan approval.
• The academy assigned Xie Xie to Class One, Zhou Changxi to Class Three, and Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin to Class Five.
• Wu Zhangkong brought Class Five to its classroom and demanded that students introduce themselves and their goals.
• Tang Wulin introduced himself as a Level Fifteen Soul Master with a mutated Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul who wanted to protect those he cared about.
• Tang Linyuan announced his Tyrant Profound Divine Spear Martial Soul and Level Thirty-Two Soul Power, shocking the class.

After Wu Zhangkong warned Class Five that his training would focus on brutal actual combat, Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin visited the Blacksmith Association, where Mang Tian had joined the East Sea Association and Tang Linyuan revealed his Spirit Forging skill. They left after a celebratory banquet, with Tang Linyuan reminding Tang Wulin to prepare for class the next day.

• Wu Zhangkong dismissed Class Five after warning students to expect punishing actual-combat training beginning the next day.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin visited the Blacksmith Association, where they reunited with Mang Tian, who had moved to the East Sea Association.
• Mu Chen introduced his daughter Mu Xi and asked the brothers to demonstrate their forging skills.
• Tang Wulin forged Sinking Silver to Thousand Refinement Grade One, while Tang Linyuan perfectly Spirit Refined Deep Sea Demon Silver and astonished the gathered blacksmiths.
• At dinner, Mu Xi asked Tang Wulin about Tang Linyuan, and Tang Wulin said his brother's weakness was family.
• Tang Linyuan took Tang Wulin back to the academy and told him to meditate and prepare for Wu Zhangkong's class.

Wu Zhangkong arranged sparring matches to assess Class Five, and Tang Wulin defeated Xie Xie with his Blue Silver Grass and Thousand Refinement Sinking Silver Hammers. After Tang Linyuan revealed their blacksmith badges and defended Wulin’s fighting style, Wu Zhangkong challenged him to a restricted duel, which was about to begin.

• Tang Wulin and Tang Linyuan finished meditating and went to Wu Zhangkong’s class, where he ordered Class Five to spar.
• Wu Zhangkong borrowed Xie Xie from Ye Yingluo’s Class One to provide a sparring partner for Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin used his Golden Emerald Dragon Bind and Thousand Refinement Sinking Silver Hammers to defeat Xie Xie.
• Wu Zhangkong criticized Tang Wulin for relying on forging hammers, and Tang Linyuan defended him and revealed Wulin’s Level Four Blacksmith badge and his own Level Five badge.
• Wu Zhangkong challenged Tang Linyuan to fight without Sword Intent or soul skills, while forbidding Tang Linyuan from using Spear Intent or self-created spear techniques.

Tang Linyuan challenged Wu Zhangkong to a duel, betting that he could force him to use Battle Armor and win an unconditional request. After pushing Wu Zhangkong to raise his Soul Power and unleashing a fused Soul Skill, Tang Linyuan made him reveal one armored gauntlet and won the bet.

• Tang Linyuan wagered that forcing Wu Zhangkong to use any piece of Battle Armor would earn him one unconditional request.
• Tang Linyuan's Tyrant Decision, Void Vibration, and close-range spear techniques forced Wu Zhangkong to raise his Soul Power from level forty to level fifty.
• Wu Zhangkong's stronger attacks overwhelmed Tang Linyuan's defense, so Tang Linyuan fused his first two Soul Rings into his third and launched Tyrant Heaven Strike.
• Wu Zhangkong blocked the fatal thrust with his Sky Ice Battle Armor right arm gauntlet, which the spear tip marked with a small white scratch.
• Tang Linyuan declared victory, and Wu Zhangkong acknowledged the bet and promised to grant a request that did not violate his principles.

After Wu Zhangkong barred Tang Linyuan from the Class Promotion Tournament and ordered Class Five into special training, Tang Linyuan returned to his room to investigate the resonance of his spear. He uncovered the Space Rune, completed the fifth style, Black Hole: Immeasurable, and entered deep enlightenment as space began to distort around him.

• Wu Zhangkong announced that Tang Linyuan would not compete in the Class Promotion Tournament and ordered the rest of Class Five to train for it.
• Tang Linyuan told Tang Wulin to handle the tournament and hurried back to the dorm to investigate the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear's resonance.
• Tang Linyuan entered his sea of consciousness and watched the seal peel away to reveal a Space Rune entwined with the Devour Rune.
• Tang Linyuan learned that the two runes completed the fifth style, Black Hole: Immeasurable, and understood how Space and Devour formed its power.
• Tang Linyuan entered deep enlightenment, causing light and space around his body to bend and distort.

Tang Linyuan reflected on the dangers of mastering the fifth Nine Calamity Annihilation Style before heading to the first day of special training. Xie Xie transferred into Grade One Class Five to follow Tang Linyuan, and Wu Zhangkong led the class out to begin training.

• Tang Linyuan realized the first four spear forms relied on technique, while Black Hole: Immeasurable required immense Soul Power and mastery of spatial structures and the Law of Devouring.
• Tang Linyuan woke Tang Wulin so they could arrive on time for special training with Wu Zhangkong.
• Wu Zhangkong introduced Xie Xie as a new transfer student in Grade One Class Five.
• Xie Xie chose the seat beside Tang Linyuan and admitted he had transferred because Tang Linyuan's battle with Wu Zhangkong had won his admiration.
• Xie Xie offered to treat Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin to braised beef after school, and Tang Wulin eagerly accepted.
• Wu Zhangkong called the class to the field to begin special training.

Wu Zhangkong tested the latecomer Gu Yue by making Tang Linyuan fight her using only physical techniques. Tang Linyuan overcame her elemental attacks and followed her spatial teleportation with a Spatial Jump, and Wu Zhangkong accepted her into Class Five.

• Wu Zhangkong ordered Xie Xie and Tang Wulin to run ten laps wearing twenty-kilogram weighted vests while Tang Linyuan meditated on the Law of Space.
• Gu Yue arrived at the track seeking admission to Wu Zhangkong's class, and Wu Zhangkong asked Tang Linyuan to spar with her in exchange for another fight with him.
• Gu Yue attacked Tang Linyuan with fire, wind, earth, ice, and light, but he broke through her attacks using physical strength and speed without his Martial Soul or soul skills.
• Gu Yue teleported away with her spatial ability, but Tang Linyuan read the spatial ripple and used a Spatial Jump to appear beside her and restrain her.
• Wu Zhangkong accepted Gu Yue into Class Five after her display of ability, despite her loss to Tang Linyuan.

Gu Yue joined Tang Wulin and Xie Xie during their exhausting run and learned that Tang Linyuan had forced Wu Zhangkong to use his Battle Armor. After Wu Zhangkong took her to complete her enrollment, Gu Yue considered Tang Linyuan a possible variable in the restoration of the Soul Beasts.

• Gu Yue ran alongside Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, exchanged names with them, and praised their stamina despite their heavy vests.
• Gu Yue asked about Tang Linyuan, and Xie Xie told her that he had forced Wu Zhangkong, a six-ring Soul Emperor, to use his Battle Armor during a duel.
• Gu Yue reacted with surprise to the story and privately connected Tang Linyuan’s power to his ability to see through her spatial displacement.
• Tang Wulin told Gu Yue that Tang Linyuan was protective of his family and especially good at cooking, while wondering why people kept asking about his brother.
• After the run, Wu Zhangkong ended physical training and took Gu Yue to handle her enrollment procedures.
• Gu Yue looked for Tang Linyuan, found that he had left, and silently considered him a possible variable in restoring the glory of the Soul Beasts.

Wu Zhangkong secured Gu Yue's enrollment in Class Five by claiming she had come to the academy because of Tang Linyuan. After Gu Yue went to settle into her dormitory, Wu Zhangkong reflected on how readily he had invoked Tang Linyuan's influence and went to Class Five.

• Wu Zhangkong presented Gu Yue's file to Long Hengxu and asked him to approve her late enrollment.
• Long Hengxu questioned Gu Yue's unusual Martial Soul and suggested placing her in Class One because of her level-nineteen Soul Power.
• Wu Zhangkong claimed Gu Yue had come because she was close to Tang Linyuan, persuading Long Hengxu to assign her to Class Five.
• Wu Zhangkong gave Gu Yue her dormitory key and school uniform and told her to be on time for afternoon theory class.
• After Gu Yue left, Wu Zhangkong reflected on borrowing Tang Linyuan's influence and headed toward Class Five.

Gu Yue joined Grade One Class Five and tried to sit near Tang Linyuan, while Xie Xie repeatedly blocked her from talking to him. After class, Tang Linyuan welcomed her to join their dinner, and Xie Xie offered to pay for everyone.

• Gu Yue arrived just as the bell rang, and Wu Zhangkong told her to find an empty seat.
• Gu Yue asked Xie Xie to change seats, then sat beside him when he refused.
• Xie Xie kept interrupting Gu Yue whenever she tried to speak to Tang Linyuan during Wu Zhangkong's lesson.
• After class, Gu Yue learned the boys were going to eat braised beef in pot and insisted on joining them.
• Tang Linyuan welcomed Gu Yue as a companion and told her to pay for her own meal, but Xie Xie grandly offered to treat everyone.

Xie Xie brought Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Tang Linyuan to the braised beef shop that held memories of his late mother, and shared his grief over her lonely death. When Light Dragon threatened the shopkeeper, Tang Linyuan killed him with a spear, leaving the group amid the sudden violence.

• Xie Xie led Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Tang Linyuan to Li's Braised Beef Pot, where the four shared a meal.
• Xie Xie told his companions that his mother had loved the shop and died without his father by her side.
• Tang Linyuan urged Xie Xie to turn his grief and anger into strength, and Xie Xie resumed eating.
• Light Dragon and his men entered the shop, demanded an increased protection fee, and threatened Uncle Li.
• Xie Xie rose to defend Uncle Li, but Tang Linyuan threw a black spear that pierced Light Dragon's chest and pinned him to the wall.

Tang Linyuan pinned Light Dragon to a wall after the thug attacked him and Tang Wulin, then called Mu Chen for help when Light Dragon threatened to summon his brother, a Mecha Brigade captain. As Mu Chen sent someone to the shop, Tang Linyuan revealed to Xie Xie that Wulin’s teacher was a powerful Saint Craftsman and Three-Word Battle Armor Master.

• Light Dragon awakened after Tang Linyuan's spear pinned him to the wall, but he and his two lackeys failed to pull it free.
• Light Dragon threatened Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin, claiming his brother Guang Biao commanded the Eastsea City Mecha Brigade.
• Tang Linyuan used Tang Wulin's communicator to tell Mu Chen about the trouble at Li's Braised Beef Shop, and Mu Chen promised to send someone immediately.
• Xie Xie urged the group to leave before Guang Biao arrived, but Tang Linyuan told him to sit down.
• Tang Linyuan explained that Mu Chen was a Level Eight Saint Craftsman, an eighty-ninth-rank peak Soul Douluo, and a Three-Word Battle Armor Master, leaving Xie Xie stunned.