Chapter Summaries

Zhong Shenxiu grew up in a welfare institute while enduring nightly battles in Dragon Fighting World, and his Light Dragon Martial Soul awakened with Rank Eight Innate Soul Power. At last, he defeated Black Death Dragon in his three hundred and twenty-seventh challenge, leaving the dream world’s darkness receding over ancient ruins.

• Zhong Shenxiu was taken in by Dongshan Third Children's Welfare Institute and suffered exhausting nightmares in which he fought as a dragon.
• At age six, Zhong Shenxiu awakened a Light Dragon Martial Soul and tested at Rank Eight Innate Soul Power.
• Over the next three years, Zhong Shenxiu studied at elementary Soul Master academy while learning that his dreams were trials in Dragon Fighting World.
• Zhong Shenxiu endured countless defeats against Star Dragons and Black Death Dragon, while his dream battles gradually improved his real-world abilities.
• On the eve of his ninth birthday, Zhong Shenxiu charged Black Death Dragon, pierced its eye, and smashed its skull, causing the dragon to disintegrate as the darkness receded.

After the nine-year nightmare ended, Zhong Shenxiu traveled by train to Donghai Intermediate Soul Master Academy and fell asleep. He awoke in a mysterious star-filled space surrounded by statues of the Dragon Fighting World's Four Great God King Dragons and Twelve Star Dragons.

• Zhong Shenxiu woke after the nightmare and found his Soul Power flowing smoothly as he prepared to leave the orphanage.
• The orphanage director and staff saw Zhong Shenxiu off, and he boarded a Soul Guidance Train bound for Eastsea City.
• Zhong Shenxiu considered his future at Donghai Intermediate Soul Master Academy and wondered whether the Dragon Fighting World in his dreams had been real.
• Zhong Shenxiu fell asleep on the train and awoke in a starry space filled with statues of the Four Great God King Dragons and the Twelve Star Dragons.
• Zhong Shenxiu recognized the dragon statues and exclaimed that they were still chasing him.

Zhong Shenxiu discovered that his nightly battles in the Dragon Fighting World had been a trial created by the plane’s awareness. After passing it, he became master of the Dragon Origin Realm and inherited the potential to awaken the sealed dragons.

• Zhong Shenxiu approached the East Sun King Dragon statue, and the starry space gathered its light into a living ball that entered his brow.
• The plane’s memories showed him how the Black Death Dragon arose from the world’s darkness, corrupted the Twelve Star Dragons, and was sealed by the Four Great God King Dragons at the cost of the plane’s vitality.
• Zhong Shenxiu learned that his nine years of battles and deaths had been a selection trial, and that he was the only one to endure it and defeat the Black Death Dragon Projection.
• The plane’s essence made Zhong Shenxiu master of the dormant Dragon Origin Realm and reforged his Light Dragon Martial Soul with the potential of the Myriad Creation Dragon God.
• Zhong Shenxiu received the Dragon Source Cultivation Method and learned that he could awaken the sealed Twelve Star Dragons and Four Great God King Dragons by growing stronger and supplying enough energy.

After learning that he had inherited the responsibility of reviving the Fighting Dragon Clan, Zhong Shenxiu accepted the mission and returned from the Dragon Origin Realm to the Soul Guidance Train. He arrived in Eastsea City and entered Donghai Intermediate Soul Master Academy, where he planned to grow stronger and find resources.

• Zhong Shenxiu learned that the Dragon Origin Realm and the Myriad Creation Dragon God Martial Soul were real, and resolved to revive the Fighting Dragon Clan and awaken the sleeping dragons.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to the train, discovered his Earth Lizard Soul Spirit had become an Earth Dragon Lizard, and saw that the Dragon Origin Realm was a desolate demi-plane in need of energy.
• Zhong Shenxiu arrived in Eastsea City, considered the Spirit Pagoda's influence and its possible opposition to his future goals, and planned to improve his strength and gather resources.
• Zhong Shenxiu took a bus to Donghai Intermediate Soul Master Academy, presented his admission notice, and entered the expansive campus.

Zhong Shenxiu settled into his dorm at Eastsea Academy and examined the power of his Radiant King Dragon Martial Soul. His new roommate, Lin Xuan, introduced himself and offered to make Zhong Shenxiu his lackey.

• Zhong Shenxiu moved into room 307, unpacked, and stored his ten-thousand Federal Coin allowance beneath his pillow.
• He examined his Level Sixteen Soul Power and used Martial Soul Possession, revealing the Radiant King Dragon's scales, claws, and horns before returning to human form.
• Zhong Shenxiu cultivated with the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art until someone kicked open the dormitory door.
• Lin Xuan introduced himself as the son of the Lin Family Soul Guidance Technology Group and looked down on Zhong Shenxiu's worn clothes.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Lin Xuan his Martial Soul was the Radiant King Dragon and that his Soul Power was Level Sixteen.
• Lin Xuan boasted about his Level Seventeen Ice Soul Spirit Snake and offered Zhong Shenxiu money and protection in exchange for becoming his lackey.

After refusing Lin Xuan’s offer and threats, Zhong Shenxiu focused on cultivating and considered making simple Soul Tools to earn money. He returned to find Lin Xuan and two boys had trashed his belongings and stolen his ten thousand Federal Coins, pushing his restrained rage toward breaking point.

• Zhong Shenxiu refused Lin Xuan’s offer and left despite Lin Xuan threatening to get him expelled from Eastsea Academy.
• Zhong Shenxiu cultivated while eating dinner and felt his Soul Power approaching Level 17.
• Zhong Shenxiu realized his rapid cultivation required more food than he could afford and decided to research making simple Soul Tools for income.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to Dorm 307 and found Lin Xuan with two boys amid his trashed belongings and empty coin box.
• Lin Xuan and the two boys taunted Zhong Shenxiu, while his suppressed rage strained against the chains of reason.

Zhong Shenxiu confronted Lin Xuan and his two accomplices after they trashed his bed and stole his stipend, swiftly overpowering them and reclaiming his money. When he saw the mess they had made, his suppressed violent emotions surged, and he transformed into a dragon-like form as the three boys watched in terror.

• Zhong Shenxiu dragged the chubby boy from his bunk and learned that Lin Xuan had his stolen money.
• Lin Xuan attacked Zhong Shenxiu with Ice-Sealing Touch, but Zhong Shenxiu dodged the soul skill, punched him, and smashed his head into a desk.
• The skinny youth tried to escape, but Zhong Shenxiu shut the door, recovered his ten-thousand-coin stipend from Lin Xuan, and left Lin Xuan's own money behind.
• Zhong Shenxiu saw the ruined bedding and snack-covered mattress, and his suppressed violent emotions broke free.
• Zhong Shenxiu transformed, gaining pale-gold dragon scales, claws, horns, and molten-gold eyes, while Lin Xuan and the other two stared in fear.

Zhong Shenxiu brutally beat the three boys who stole his money and dirtied his bed. Long Hengxu intervened, but Zhong Shenxiu held Lin Xuan and said he was only seeking justice.

• Zhong Shenxiu snapped all five fingers on the chubby boy's right hand.
• Zhong Shenxiu punched the lanky boy until he collapsed unconscious.
• Zhong Shenxiu dragged Lin Xuan across the dormitory and repeatedly slapped him for stealing his money, dirtying his bed, and acting arrogantly.
• Long Hengxu forced the dormitory door open and ordered Zhong Shenxiu to stop and dismiss his Martial Soul Possession.
• Zhong Shenxiu paused but kept hold of Lin Xuan's hair and told Long Hengxu that the boys had stolen his money and dirtied his bed.

After Zhong Shenxiu beat Lin Xuan and his accomplices for stealing his money and dirtying his bed, Long Hengxu investigated and punished all of them. Zhong Shenxiu began his three-day confinement, seeing the solitude as an opportunity to cultivate and attempt a breakthrough to level seventeen.

• Long Hengxu stopped Zhong Shenxiu from continuing to attack Lin Xuan and took both boys to the Academic Affairs Office while Wang Hao and Zhao Tiezhu were sent to the infirmary.
• Lin Xuan denied stealing Zhong Shenxiu's money, but Zhong Shenxiu pointed out that the recovered ten thousand Federal Coins bore the orphanage seal, leaving Lin Xuan unable to answer.
• Long Hengxu gave Lin Xuan, Wang Hao, and Zhao Tiezhu major demerits, probation, compensation, and a public apology, while sentencing Zhong Shenxiu to a demerit and three days of confinement; Long Hengxu agreed to pay the medical expenses.
• Long Hengxu learned that Zhong Shenxiu's Martial Soul was the Radiant King Dragon and wondered about the boy's unusual nature.
• Zhong Shenxiu entered the confinement room and welcomed the quiet, planning to cultivate with the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art and try to reach level seventeen.

Zhong Shenxiu spent his confinement cultivating and broke through to Soul Power level seventeen. Before his confinement ended, Wu Zhangkong arrived to become his homeroom teacher and questioned him about his deliberate attack on fellow students.

• Zhong Shenxiu followed a strict training routine during confinement and broke through to level seventeen on the second day.
• Zhong Shenxiu continued cultivating and training as his physical strength and dragon aura grew.
• Wu Zhangkong entered the confinement room before Zhong Shenxiu's scheduled release and introduced himself as Zhong Shenxiu's new homeroom teacher.
• Wu Zhangkong told Zhong Shenxiu that he had reviewed the incident with the students who bullied him and asked whether Zhong Shenxiu had beaten them deliberately.
• Zhong Shenxiu admitted that he had attacked them to make them remember the pain and fear and think twice before provoking him again.

Wu Zhangkong released Zhong Shenxiu from confinement and tested his strength in a training room, where the boy revealed his Radiant King Dragon martial soul and fought with impressive skill. Wu Zhangkong defeated him quickly, questioned his cultivation, and admitted him to his class starting the next morning.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Wu Zhangkong that weakness invited bullying and strength was the only way to protect himself.
• Wu Zhangkong released Zhong Shenxiu early and brought him to a training room to test his abilities.
• Zhong Shenxiu revealed his Radiant King Dragon martial soul and attacked Wu Zhangkong with Sky Light Dragon Spears.
• Wu Zhangkong parried Zhong Shenxiu's attacks, praised his combat awareness, and stopped him by sealing his Soul Power.
• Wu Zhangkong challenged Zhong Shenxiu's claim that he used the academy's basic meditation method, but let him keep his secret and warned him against rushing his cultivation.
• Wu Zhangkong accepted Zhong Shenxiu into his class and told him to report to the first-year Class Five classroom at eight the next morning.

Zhong Shenxiu returned to Room 307 and accepted money from Lin Xuan’s father as an apology for the beating. He left Wang Hao and Zhao Tiezhu responsible for cleaning the dormitory and warned them not to provoke him again.

• Zhong Shenxiu found Lin Xuan’s bed and belongings gone, while Wang Hao and Zhao Tiezhu feared him after their beating three days earlier.
• Wang Hao told Zhong Shenxiu that Lin Xuan’s father had sent twenty thousand Federal Coin and that he and Zhao Tiezhu had cleaned Zhong’s bedding.
• Zhong Shenxiu accepted the money and ordered Wang Hao and Zhao Tiezhu to clean the dormitory and wash his bedding as their apology.
• Wang Hao offered to treat Zhong Shenxiu to a meal, but Zhong declined and warned the two that another provocation would have worse consequences.
• After Zhong Shenxiu left, Wang Hao and Zhao Tiezhu agreed to behave themselves and avoid him.

Zhong Shenxiu planned how to use his money and improve his abilities, then encountered Tang Wulin and Gu Yue's group in the cafeteria. He studied Soul Tools and Soul Beasts at the library and decided to ask Teacher Wu about applying for a workshop.

• Zhong Shenxiu planned to buy Soul Tool materials, study at the library, cultivate, and learn about his classmates.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and their companions entered the cafeteria, recognized Zhong Shenxiu, and exchanged curious looks with him.
• Zhong Shenxiu went to Eastsea Academy's library and borrowed introductory books on Soul Tools and Soul Beasts, though he could not access books on array formations.
• Zhong Shenxiu studied Soul Tool crafting, Soul Beasts, and Soul Spirit contracts until the library's closing announcement.
• Zhong Shenxiu decided to try making lighting Soul Tools and planned to ask Teacher Wu about applying for a workshop.

Zhong Shenxiu considered how to obtain energy to repair the Dragon Origin Realm and decided he needed to earn money for Soul Guidance Batteries. The next morning, he joined Wu Zhangkong’s class, introduced himself as a Rank 17 Soul Master, and began studying Soul Power compression.

• Zhong Shenxiu circulated the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art in the dormitory and thought about speeding up his cultivation by replenishing the Dragon Origin Realm.
• Zhong Shenxiu inspected the Dragon Origin Realm’s repair requirements and considered buying costly, controlled Soul Guidance Batteries, concluding that he needed to make money.
• Zhong Shenxiu completed his morning training, ate breakfast, and went to Class 1-5.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Zhong Shenxiu to introduce himself, and Zhong Shenxiu announced that his martial soul was the Radiant King Dragon and that he was a Rank 17 Soul Master.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned Zhong Shenxiu a seat in the back row and resumed teaching Soul Power compression techniques, which Zhong Shenxiu studied attentively.

During practical combat training, Zhong Shenxiu accepted Xie Xie's challenge and revealed powerful dragon scales, claws, and horns, quickly suppressing Xie Xie's first attacks. Xie Xie escalated with a coordinated twin-dagger assault, and Zhong Shenxiu began analyzing it as the duel continued.

• Xie Xie challenged Zhong Shenxiu to a match, and Zhong Shenxiu agreed.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue discussed the duel, with Gu Yue admitting she could not see through Zhong Shenxiu.
• Wu Zhangkong began the class's combat training and warned the students not to kill anyone.
• Xie Xie attacked with the Light Dragon Dagger, but Zhong Shenxiu caught its blade radiance with his dragon claw.
• Xie Xie followed with the Dark Dragon Dagger, but Zhong Shenxiu dodged and kicked him several meters away.
• Xie Xie launched a faster crossed attack with both daggers as Zhong Shenxiu calmly studied its trajectories.

Zhong Shenxiu defeated Xie Xie in a sparring match, overcoming his twin-dagger attacks with precise physical strength and a Sky Light Dragon Spear thrust. After the fight, Wu Zhangkong explained that Xie Xie had lost through simplistic tactics and underestimating his opponent.

• Zhong Shenxiu broke through Xie Xie's crossing blade lights and sent him flying with a single unenhanced punch.
• Xie Xie launched his Twin Dragon Blade soul skill, and Zhong Shenxiu countered with the Sky Light Dragon Spear, leaving Xie Xie defeated and lightly wounded.
• Zhong Shenxiu called Xie Xie too weak, then withdrew to the field's edge while Xie Xie struggled with his anger and humiliation.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue remarked on Zhong Shenxiu's strength and unusually extensive combat experience.
• Wu Zhangkong told Xie Xie that he had lost because his tactics were simplistic, he underestimated Zhong Shenxiu, and he lacked sufficient understanding of strength.

Wu Zhangkong paired Tang Wulin and Gu Yue against Zhong Shenxiu to test his limits. Zhong Shenxiu broke through their coordinated attacks, but Gu Yue empowered Tang Wulin as he met Zhong Shenxiu’s spear strike.

• Wu Zhangkong cautioned Zhong Shenxiu against humiliating weaker classmates, then ordered Tang Wulin and Gu Yue to fight him together.
• Gu Yue attacked Zhong Shenxiu with multiple elements while Tang Wulin used Blue Silver Grass to bind him.
• Zhong Shenxiu snapped the vines, summoned the Sky Light Dragon Spear, and scattered the pair’s attacks with a burst of light.
• Zhong Shenxiu charged Gu Yue, but Tang Wulin blocked his blows and endured a spear attack with his awakened Golden Dragon King strength.
• Gu Yue used Elemental Blessing to boost Tang Wulin, who met Zhong Shenxiu’s spear with both fists in a powerful clash.

Zhong Shenxiu defeated Tang Wulin and Gu Yue in a practical combat lesson, then accepted Lin Xuan’s apology and compensation while urging him to become stronger so he would not be bullied. Lin Xuan returned to the academy newly determined to grow stronger, while Zhong Shenxiu headed toward the Soul Tool materials market.

• Zhong Shenxiu defeated Tang Wulin and Gu Yue, and Wu Zhangkong praised their teamwork while pointing out the weaknesses in their fighting styles.
• Xie Xie admitted his defeat to Zhong Shenxiu and vowed to beat him next time.
• Zhong Shenxiu planned to use his twenty thousand Federal Coin to buy materials and tools for making a basic lighting Soul Tool.
• Lin Xuan bowed to Zhong Shenxiu, apologized for his past bullying, and offered twenty thousand Federal Coin as compensation.
• Zhong Shenxiu accepted Lin Xuan’s apology and money but told him that becoming stronger would help him avoid being bullied.
• Lin Xuan returned to the academy with renewed determination, while Zhong Shenxiu continued toward the city’s Soul Tool materials market.

Zhong Shenxiu bought materials and basic equipment to begin making lighting Soul Tools, then sat awake in his dormitory and remembered the countless brutal deaths he had endured during nine years in the Dragon Fighting World. He reflected on finally defeating the Black Death Dragon, though the memories still weighed on him.

• Zhong Shenxiu visited the Hundred Crafts Workshop and compared prices for Soul Tool materials and equipment.
• Zhong Shenxiu bought refined iron, Glimmer Stones, a basic lighting array template, carving knives, and a Soul Power tester.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to his dormitory and quietly arranged his purchases while Zhao Tiezhu and Wang Hao slept.
• Zhong Shenxiu remembered dying repeatedly to the Sagittarius, Leo, and Scorpio Star Dragons and recalled the pain and despair of the battles.
• Zhong Shenxiu recalled that after more than three thousand days and nights of fighting, he had finally defeated the Black Death Dragon.

Zhong Shenxiu chose to continue cultivating and shoulder the promise he had made to revive the Fighting Dragon Clan. The next day, he asked Wu Zhangkong how to rent a workshop for making Soul Tools, and Wu Zhangkong questioned why he wanted to divide his attention from cultivation.

• Zhong Shenxiu recalled the Fighting Dragon Clan and decided that reviving it was a path he had chosen for himself.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to his bed, circulated the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art, and pushed against the barrier at rank seventeen.
• After class, Zhong Shenxiu asked Wu Zhangkong about renting a student workshop to make Soul Tools.
• Wu Zhangkong checked with the Academic Affairs Office and told Zhong Shenxiu to apply through Director Long Hengxu.
• Wu Zhangkong asked why Zhong Shenxiu wanted to make Soul Tools despite his exceptional cultivation talent.