Recaps

Su Chen waited in Aolai City for Na'er, hoping to photograph her for his Goddess Illustrated Handbook. He found her being abducted near Red Mountain Academy, where Tang Wulin tried to protect her, and the chapter ended with Su Chen recognizing her as Gu Yuena.

• Su Chen explained that he had come to Aolai City to find Na'er and believed rescuing her would spare Tang Wulin years of heartbreak.
• Su Chen's guard reported finding a silver-haired, purple-eyed girl near Red Mountain Academy, and Su Chen hurried there with law enforcers.
• A group of punks tried to abduct Na'er, and Tang Wulin intervened but was kicked to the ground.
• Su Chen arrived with the law-enforcement team, and the punks released Na'er and fled.
• Su Chen examined Na'er and recognized her as Gu Yuena, newly transformed into a human with her memories and cultivation sealed.

Su Chen took Na'er away from Tang Wulin and brought her to his residence, where he fed her and recorded her with his camera. The system recognized Na'er as an SSS-rank target and rewarded Su Chen with an Origin-Rank Martial Soul Draw.

• Su Chen showed Tang Wulin his law-enforcement token and led Na'er away, while Tang Wulin felt a painful closeness to her and watched her disappear.
• Su Chen brought Na'er to his private residence and offered her food.
• Na'er eagerly ate a hamburger and fried chicken while Su Chen took her photograph.
• The system recorded Na'er as Su Chen's first SSS-rank Goddess and awarded him one Origin-Rank Martial Soul Draw.
• Su Chen checked Na'er's profile and saw that her affection was 5%, with higher affection offering him a permanent cultivation speed boost.

Su Chen gained the Origin-Level Void Chrono Dragon Martial Soul and woke to find Na'er watching over him. He took in the amnesiac girl as his younger sister, and her affection for him rose to 30%.

• Su Chen drew and began fusing with the Void Chrono Dragon Martial Soul, then collapsed unconscious.
• Na'er stayed beside Su Chen, sensing a powerful, familiar aura from him, and fell asleep while holding and nibbling his arm.
• Su Chen woke with greatly improved attributes, reassured the embarrassed Na'er, and learned that she had no family or place to go.
• Su Chen invited Na'er to stay with him and asked her to call him Big Brother; she agreed.
• Su Chen checked the Goddess Illustrated Handbook and saw Na'er's affection had risen from 5% to 30%, which he suspected was due to the dragon-type Martial Soul.
• Su Chen explained his camera Soul Tool to Na'er, took a photo of them together, and gave her the picture.

Su Chen tested the Void Chrono Dragon Martial Soul, whose instincts granted him teleportation and time stop, then took Na'er to his home in Eastsea City. After discovering his strength and mental power had surged, he decided to pursue forging.

• Tang Wulin told Lang Yue about meeting Su Chen and Na'er, and Lang Yue said Su Chen was a mild-mannered law enforcer from a prominent family.
• Su Chen summoned and possessed the Void Chrono Dragon, discovering that he could teleport within a hundred meters and stop time.
• Su Chen took Na'er to Eastsea City and introduced her to his mother, Yu Yao, who welcomed her and mistook her for Su Chen's future wife.
• Su Chen tested his strength, recording fourteen tons with Martial Soul Possession, and measured 178 points of mental power.
• Su Chen considered taking up forging as a second profession to make use of his strength.

Su Chen returned to school and attended a graduation party, where he photographed senior students Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin to register them with his system. The registrations gave him Metal Affinity and one Soul Power level, leaving him eager to meet the girls again.

• Su Chen let Na'er sleep beside him and agreed that she could share his bed up to three nights a week.
• Su Chen returned to Eastsea First School and reunited with several friends from prominent families.
• Su Chen attended the third-years’ graduation party and photographed Mu Xi, registering her with the system and receiving Metal Affinity.
• Su Chen photographed Ouyang Zixin and registered her, earning one Soul Power level.
• Su Chen recalled that Ouyang Zixin had been Tang Wulin’s first love and noted that he and the two girls might meet again in Eastsea City.

Su Chen went to the Blacksmith Association to take the Level 1 assessment and astonished everyone by revealing he was only seven. The examiner gave him one hour to forge an item from one of fifteen kinds of metal, leaving Su Chen poised to begin the test.

• Su Chen returned home, reunited with Na'er, and agreed to sleep beside her that night.
• The next morning, Su Chen went to the Blacksmith Association to take a blacksmith assessment.
• A blonde staff member and the people nearby were shocked when Su Chen's form showed he was seven years old.
• The blonde staff member led Su Chen to the forging room, where Master Li instructed him to choose a metal and forge within one hour.

Su Chen took the blacksmith exam and used brute strength and Metal Affinity to purify sinking silver despite his seemingly terrible technique. Mu Chen and the others discovered he had produced superior Hundred-Refinement in five minutes, and Su Chen continued forging toward Thousand-Refinement.

• Su Chen chose three-hundred-kilogram sinking silver and borrowed the heaviest standard hammer despite the examiner's warnings.
• Su Chen hammered the sinking silver with crude technique, but Metal Affinity steadily removed its impurities without cracking the metal.
• Mu Chen, Mu Xi, Cen Yue, and staff arrived after hearing the hammering, and Mu Chen criticized the candidate's technique.
• The examiner pointed out the purified sinking silver, and Mu Chen recognized its superior Hundred-Refinement Patterns.
• The group saw that Su Chen had achieved superior Hundred-Refinement in five minutes, then watched him resume hammering toward Thousand-Refinement.

Seven-year-old Su Chen completed Thousand-Refinement on Sinking Silver, stunning the blacksmiths who had gathered to watch. Mu Chen, president of the Eastsea City branch of the Blacksmith Association, took Su Chen as his direct disciple, and Su Chen accepted for the guidance and backing.

• Su Chen kept hammering the Sinking Silver, and the metal’s spiritual essence began to condense as the blacksmiths watched in awe.
• Su Chen used his final Soul Power to finish the forging, producing third-tier Thousand-Refined Sinking Silver.
• Mu Chen rushed to question Su Chen about his master and forging technique, and Su Chen said he had no teacher and this was his first time forging.
• Mu Xi doubted Su Chen’s claim, but Mu Chen laughed and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Su Chen accepted Mu Chen as his master, and Mu Chen declared him his one and only direct disciple.

Mu Chen assigned Mu Xi to teach Su Chen the basics of forging and helped him perform a blood sacrifice on his first Thousand-Refined Deep Silver. During their lesson, Mu Xi guided Su Chen through hammering by standing behind him and placing her hands over his.

• Mu Chen learned about Su Chen's talent and made Mu Xi his senior apprentice responsible for teaching him basic forging.
• Mu Chen explained the blood sacrifice ritual, then helped Su Chen perform it on his Thousand-Refined Deep Silver and gave the metal to him.
• Mu Xi led Su Chen to the Forging Room and demonstrated how to hammer iron with even strength and coordinated breathing.
• Su Chen copied her technique but struck too hard and ruined the iron ingot, convincing Mu Xi that he had no forging foundation.
• After correcting Su Chen's mistakes, Mu Xi lost patience and stood behind him, guiding his hands on the hammer.

Mu Xi taught Su Chen basic forging techniques, and his talent let him master them by nightfall. She took him to dinner at a grilled fish shop, where he met her friend Ouyang Zixin and challenged both women to a drinking contest.

• Mu Xi guided Su Chen through repeated hammering exercises, and he mistakenly praised her fragrance and softness when she asked how the forging lesson felt.
• After some horseplay, Mu Xi continued teaching Su Chen until he had learned basic forging techniques, impressing her with how quickly his efficiency improved.
• Mu Xi took Su Chen to Yuhao Grilled Fish Shop, where she introduced him to her friend Ouyang Zixin.
• Su Chen promised to forge Battle Armor core components for Ouyang Zixin, and her favorability toward him rose to 20 while Mu Xi's reached 30.
• During dinner, Su Chen challenged Mu Xi to a drinking contest, and Ouyang Zixin agreed to join them.

Su Chen took care of the drunken Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi, then reassured Na'er after returning home. The next day, he practiced forging with Mu Xi before Ouyang Zixin invited him to run, and she accused him of deliberately letting her and Mu Xi get drunk.

• Su Chen took the drunken Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi to a hotel, then returned home and explained his day to Na'er.
• Na'er made Su Chen promise to sleep with her every day that week as punishment for going out without her.
• Su Chen skipped class to practice forging with Mu Xi, who warned him not to tell anyone about the previous night.
• Ouyang Zixin invited Su Chen to run and have dinner with her, and they jogged toward Eastsea Academy's track field.
• Ouyang Zixin brought up Su Chen's alcohol tolerance, and Su Chen explained that his dragon-type Martial Soul strengthened his physique.
• Ouyang Zixin accused Su Chen of deliberately making her and Mu Xi embarrass themselves by getting drunk.

Su Chen went running with Ouyang Zixin, learned that her Martial Soul was the Gale Spirit Colt, and shared a playful evening with her. After they took photos and parted ways, he returned home to Na'er and joined her for dinner.

• Su Chen asked Ouyang Zixin whether someone could ride her during Martial Soul Possession, embarrassing her and earning a playful pinch.
• Ouyang Zixin and Su Chen finished their run, sat together, and she put her socked foot in his lap for a massage as payback.
• Ouyang Zixin teased Su Chen about his massage skills, then took a photo with him and left, saying she would come find him to run again the next day.
• Su Chen showered before going home, where Na'er sniffed him and questioned why he had washed outside.
• Su Chen explained that he had run with Ouyang Zixin, and he and Na'er went to the dining hall to eat.

After months of training and building favorability, Su Chen prepared to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform during its Riot Period with Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin. He assured them he could protect them from the powerful Soul Elders inside.

• Su Chen's favorability bonuses helped him reach level 18, 480 spiritual power, and the skill to easily forge grade-one Thousand-Refinement metal.
• Su Chen decided to upgrade his First Martial Soul Soul Spirit during the Riot Period and planned to wait until the Spirit Sea Realm before upgrading his Second Martial Soul Soul Spirit.
• Su Chen drove to the Blacksmith Association, where Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin waited in combat suits, and the three set off for the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ouyang Zixin thanked Su Chen for buying her a Riot Period quota, and he said friends should help each other.
• Mu Xi asked whether Su Chen could protect them from the three-ring powerhouses inside, and Su Chen confidently claimed he could defeat the Soul Elders with one kick.

Su Chen arrived at the East Sea Spirit Pagoda with Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform. Inside its virtual forest, he revealed his enormous Heavy Profound Ruler just as a hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed them.

• Su Chen, Mu Xi, and Ouyang Zixin reached the East Sea Spirit Pagoda and entered the Spirit Ascension Platform after staff explained its safety precautions.
• The three awoke in a realistic virtual forest, where Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin released their Martial Souls and warned Su Chen to stay alert.
• Su Chen revealed his 23,333-kilogram Heavy Profound Ruler, impressing Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin with his strength.
• A hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider burst from the bushes, and Ouyang Zixin recognized the dangerous Soul Beast.

Su Chen killed a Man Faced Demon Spider with one throw of his Heavy Profound Ruler and guarded Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin as they absorbed its spiritual energy. He then wiped out a team trying to steal the spoils and killed Xu Xiaoyu, leaving the absorption uninterrupted.

• Su Chen killed the Man Faced Demon Spider with a single throw and retrieved his Heavy Profound Ruler unharmed.
• Su Chen told Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin to absorb the spider’s spiritual energy while he kept watch.
• Seven Soul Masters arrived intending to steal the spoils, and Su Chen killed six of them with his Heavy Profound Ruler.
• Su Chen stopped Xu Xiaoyu from using his SOS Device, learned his identity, and crushed his head.

Su Chen killed a team of Soul Masters and a Man Faced Demon Spider in the Spirit Ascension Platform, prompting the Spirit Pagoda to recognize him as an extraordinary talent. Leng Yaozhu went to Eastsea City herself to recruit him.

• Su Chen explained to Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin that the Spirit Ascension Platform was virtual, then led them deeper to hunt stronger Soul Beasts.
• Spirit Pagoda staff sent footage of Su Chen’s victory to headquarters and warned the defeated Soul Masters not to spread cheating accusations.
• Xu Xiaoyu and the other defeated Soul Masters woke in their Connection Pods, shaken and angry about Su Chen’s attack.
• Leng Yaozhu learned Su Chen’s age, abilities, and background, then decided the Spirit Pagoda had to recruit him before other factions could.
• Leng Yaozhu flew to Eastsea City and arrived at its Spirit Pagoda in less than half an hour.

Su Chen faced the Flame Demon Lion Pride in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform and killed the attacking pack without difficulty. After absorbing their spirit energy, his first Soul Ring turned purple and his Soul Spirit evolved to the millennium level.

• Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin reached the limits of their first Soul Rings and rested while Su Chen waited.
• A Flame Demon Lion Pride charged toward the group, and Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin recognized its Millennium Soul Beast leader as a deadly threat.
• Su Chen told the two women to hide and charged at the pride, activating Martial Soul Possession with the Void Chrono Dragon.
• Su Chen punched the Millennium Flame Demon Lion to death, resisted the pride’s flames, and killed the remaining lions.
• The gathered spirit energy raised Su Chen’s first Soul Ring to one thousand years, evolving his Soul Spirit and allowing it to provide three Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Su Chen stayed in the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform after Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin left, seeking to strengthen his Thousand-Year Soul Spirit. He encountered the guardian Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and struck its skull with his dragon claw, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin were astonished by Su Chen's Thousand-Year Soul Spirit and praised his extraordinary spiritual power.
• Su Chen told Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin to leave while he continued hunting, and they used their SOS Devices to exit.
• Su Chen ventured deeper into the platform, hunting Soul Beasts and accumulating their years alone.
• Su Chen reached a special area and recognized the charging guardian as a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
• Su Chen dodged the bear's attack with his teleportation ability and slashed through its fur and muscles, gouging its skull with his dragon claw.

Su Chen killed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, gained a Soul Bone, and chose to leave after clearing the platform. When he emerged from his Connection Pod, he found Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin standing awkwardly beside a formidable woman whose identity was not yet revealed.

• Su Chen used Teleportation to evade the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's attack, then killed it by shattering its brain with a Soul Power shockwave.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear dissolved and left behind a golden Soul Bone, which Su Chen absorbed into his palm as an External Soul Bone.
• Su Chen chose not to enter the forest leading toward the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and used his SOS Device to leave.
• Su Chen woke inside his Connection Pod and noticed Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin standing nearby with their heads lowered and hands folded.
• Su Chen saw a mature woman in a dark-red dress beside him and sensed an immense gulf between them.

Leng Yaozhu invited Su Chen to join the Spirit Pagoda as her personal disciple, and Su Chen accepted after checking with Mu Chen. Back at the Blacksmith Association, Mu Xi worried that Su Chen would leave Eastsea City, though he had no idea why she thought that.

• Leng Yaozhu introduced herself as the Spirit Pagoda's Vice Pagoda Master and offered Su Chen a place in the Spirit Pagoda and a chance to become her personal disciple.
• Su Chen agreed to join the Spirit Pagoda but said he already had a master, and Mu Chen arrived and approved of the opportunity.
• Su Chen bowed to Leng Yaozhu as his teacher, and she gave him a gold identity token and told him to visit the Spirit Pagoda the next day for an examination and training plan.
• Mu Chen explained the token's privileges, then took Su Chen and the others back to the Blacksmith Association after advising Su Chen to rest and adjust to his Spirit Soul Evolution.
• After Ouyang Zixin left and Mu Chen went away, Mu Xi grabbed Su Chen's arm and asked whether he was going to leave Eastsea City, confusing him.

Su Chen reassured Mu Xi that he would stay in Eastsea City, then went to the Spirit Pagoda for physical tests under Leng Yaozhu. His results revealed extraordinary strength and spiritual power, leaving Leng Yaozhu shocked by his potential.

• Su Chen told Mu Xi he would not leave her and Eastsea City to join the Spirit Pagoda, and the two embraced before she returned home.
• Su Chen arrived at the Spirit Pagoda the next day, where Leng Yaozhu began testing his physical abilities.
• Su Chen's punch without using his Martial Soul registered 22,923 kilograms of force, astonishing Leng Yaozhu.
• Su Chen released his Martial Soul and struck the strength tester again, registering 37,829 kilograms.
• Leng Yaozhu tested Su Chen's spiritual power and found it measured 501, placing him in the Spirit Sea Realm and suggesting he could become a Limit Douluo.

Leng Yaozhu recognized Su Chen’s extraordinary talent, agreed to provide him with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, and warned him about the Tang Sect and Yun Ming. After Su Chen took her picture, his collection system rewarded him with Heavenly Phoenix Origin Essence Blood.

• Leng Yaozhu assessed Su Chen’s talent and spiritual power, then promised to prepare a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit for his Second Martial Soul.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Su Chen that the Spirit Pagoda competed with the Tang Sect and told him not to take Yun Ming as his teacher at Shrek Academy.
• Su Chen promised not to join the Tang Sect and joked that he would defeat Yun Ming for Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to let Su Chen photograph her, and his system awarded him Heavenly Phoenix Origin Essence Blood for collecting her.

Su Chen stored the Heavenly Phoenix blood essence inside himself, took a photo with Leng Yaozhu, and agreed to receive her personal instruction each day. When he found Na'er by the sea, she told him she had begun remembering her lost past, leaving Su Chen concerned about what she might recall.

• Su Chen concealed the Heavenly Phoenix blood essence in his body and saw that Leng Yaozhu's favorability toward him had increased.
• Leng Yaozhu pulled Su Chen close and took their first photograph together, then told him to visit daily for her personal instruction.
• Su Chen returned home, found Na'er missing, and teleported to the seaside to look for her.
• Na'er leaned against Su Chen and said she had remembered some of her lost memories and had come to the sea to clear her head.
• Su Chen offered to help Na'er investigate any clues about her past.

Su Chen spent time with Na'er before continuing his studies with Leng Yaozhu, who rewarded his spiritual-power progress with a rare ten-thousand-year Space-Rending Dragon Soul Spirit. He planned to use it as an early aid and later seek or create more powerful Soul Spirits.

• Na'er smelled another woman on Su Chen, and he explained that Leng Yaozhu was his new teacher.
• Na'er described her dream of seeing the sea, while Su Chen said he wanted to marry many wives; they agreed that he would obey her if she ever defeated him.
• Su Chen and Na'er went home together, and he promised to cook for her.
• Over the next month, Su Chen studied soul devices with Leng Yaozhu and told her about his Time Stop and Teleportation abilities.
• After Su Chen's spiritual power reached 600 points, Leng Yaozhu gave him an artificial ten-thousand-year Space-Rending Dragon Soul Spirit.

Su Chen fused with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit in minutes and gained the Void Blade Soul Skill. After sharing a meal with Leng Yaozhu, he asked her to tell him about Yun Ming, leaving their conversation about to begin.

• Leng Yaozhu sent Su Chen to fuse with the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit and stood guard.
• Su Chen completed the fusion in minutes and demonstrated his Void Blade by slicing a metal puppet apart.
• Leng Yaozhu praised the new Soul Skill, then took Su Chen to the dining hall for a meal.
• Leng Yaozhu served Su Chen food and reflected on how much joy he had brought to her life.
• Su Chen asked Leng Yaozhu to tell him about Yun Ming's past.