Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cheng, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Yulai fought Cao Dezhi and Yun Ming alongside the wounded Burning Sun Heavenly Dragon, defeating Shrek's two fighters before bringing down the dragon. They claimed its crimson wing bone and absorbed its spirit energy, leaving the trio with a rich haul from the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Cao Dezhi and Yun Ming learned that Guan Yue, Zang Xin, Cai Yue'er, Zhuo Shi, and Feng Wuyu had been eliminated, so they lured the Burning Sun Heavenly Dragon toward Xiao Cheng's group.
• Xiao Cheng refused to retreat, and he, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Yulai advanced to meet Cao Dezhi and Yun Ming as the dragon joined the battle.
• Xiao Cheng fought off Cao Dezhi and Yun Ming, and after Yun Ming's strongest attack failed, Yun Ming and Cao Dezhi admitted defeat and exited the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Xiao Cheng, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Yulai worked together to defeat the weakened Burning Sun Heavenly Dragon.
• Leng Yaozhu picked up the dragon's crimson wing bone, and the three absorbed its spirit energy.

Xiao Cheng cultivated his new Dragon Snake Transformation soul skill for half a year while tensions rose between the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy. Leng Yaozhu visited with Leng Yulai and challenged him to a spar, which began with a clash of spear and sword.

• Xiao Cheng discovered that Dragon Snake Transformation could alter his body and began practicing it by enduring elemental attacks.
• Xiao Ran and Mu Wan congratulated Xiao Cheng on reaching Rank Thirty-One, while the Spirit Pagoda tightened Spirit Ascension Platform supervision and protested to Shrek Academy.
• Over the next six months, Xiao Cheng reached the peak of Rank Thirty-Three, improved his Dragon Snake Transformation, and advanced his forging skills.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai visited Xiao Cheng, and Leng Yaozhu asked to spar with him using her newly developed Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Xiao Cheng and Leng Yaozhu began their spar in the backyard, and her Phoenix Feather struck his Azure Sky Divine Spear.

Xiao Cheng sparred with Leng Yaozhu, who unveiled her self-created skill Heavenly Phoenix Burns the Sun, but he countered it with his spatial power. After the group went shopping and ate on Shrek City's snack street, they saw thugs harassing a young girl, and Xiao Cheng suspected the scene had been arranged to target him.

• Xiao Cheng sparred with Leng Yaozhu and praised her improved swordsmanship and emerging Sword Intent.
• Leng Yaozhu attacked with Heavenly Phoenix Burns the Sun, but Xiao Cheng used Evil God Slash to open a spatial rift and banish most of the flaming phoenix.
• Leng Yaozhu conceded the round, then persuaded Xiao Cheng and Leng Yulai to go shopping with her.
• Leng Yaozhu bought clothes, jewelry, and perfume before the three went to Shrek City's snack street to eat.
• The group saw tattooed thugs harassing a young girl, and Xiao Cheng suspected their behavior was a setup rather than a chance encounter.

Xiao Cheng, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Yulai encountered Ya Li being threatened by thugs in Shrek City, and Leng Yaozhu and Xiao Cheng drove them away. After learning Ya Li had become separated from her family, Leng Yaozhu offered to take her to the Spirit Pagoda to wait safely.

• Xiao Cheng recognized that the thugs had targeted Ya Li and suspected someone had arranged the incident to bring her and Yun Ming together.
• The thug leader disarmed Ya Li, but Leng Yaozhu rushed in and wounded him while Yun Ming arrived too late to intervene.
• Xiao Cheng warned the thugs that the Spirit Pagoda would deal with them, and they fled.
• Ya Li told Leng Yaozhu that she had come to Shrek City with her family and become separated from them.
• Leng Yaozhu offered to take Ya Li to the Spirit Pagoda until her family found her, and Ya Li agreed.

Leng Yaozhu rescued Ya Li from thugs, while Yun Ming met Ya Li and felt drawn to her. After Ya Li left with her guardian Yu Xinlan, Xiao Cheng suspected Shrek Academy had arranged the incident, while Bei Dexun watched Yun Ming and resolved to bring Ya Li under Shrek’s control by any means.

• Leng Yaozhu defeated the thugs and befriended Ya Li, while Yun Ming awkwardly put away his spear after arriving too late to help.
• Ya Li thanked Yun Ming, who introduced himself and offered to help her if she ever had trouble.
• Yu Xinlan found Ya Li, suspected someone had secretly separated them, and thanked Leng Yaozhu, Xiao Cheng, Leng Yulai, and Yun Ming for helping her.
• Yu Xinlan took Ya Li away, and Xiao Cheng told Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai that Shrek Academy was the likeliest culprit behind the incident.
• Yun Ming returned to Shrek Academy thinking about Ya Li, while Bei Dexun watched him and ordered an elder to help secure Ya Li for Shrek.

Yu Xinlan suspected that Shrek Academy had engineered the attempt to seize Ya Li, so she took Ya Li out of Shrek City. A Holy Spirit Cult elder ambushed them on the road, but Sun Chengjun killed him, leaving Shrek Academy under suspicion from both War God Temple and Spirit Pagoda.

• Yu Xinlan concluded that someone had arranged the earlier incidents to capture Ya Li, and Ya Li recalled that an old statue had stirred something in her heart.
• Bei Dexun admitted that Shrek Academy had tried to seize Ya Li and ordered an investigation into her and the Federation's movements.
• Yu Xinlan took Ya Li out of Shrek City, but Mingwu Douluo ambushed their car after sensing Ya Li's angel-type martial soul.
• Yu Xinlan fought Mingwu Douluo until Sun Chengjun arrived and killed him before he could escape or self-destruct.
• Bei Dexun learned of the attack and realized that the incident had heightened tensions between Shrek Academy, War God Temple, and Spirit Pagoda.

Three years after the Evil Soul Master attack, Xiao Cheng had become a powerful young Soul Master and a Level Five Forging Grandmaster. Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai joined him to plan their One-Word Battle Armor, and Xiao Cheng proposed making it from Spirit Metal.

• The major powers discovered the Holy Spirit Cult had more than one Limit Douluo-level Evil Soul Master and quietly began tracking the cult.
• Xiao Cheng practiced with the Azure Sky Divine Spear and reflected on reaching level forty-four and the fourth level of the Dragon Transformation Sutra.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai visited Xiao Cheng, who told them he had passed his Level Five Forger assessment.
• Leng Yaozhu proposed that the three of them make their own One-Word Battle Armor, combining their forging, manufacturing, and design skills.
• Xiao Cheng suggested using Spirit Alloy for their Battle Armor, and Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai agreed to try it with him.
• After the sisters left, Xiao Cheng considered the challenge of forging Spirit Metal and recalled that Zheng Tie had become a Level Seven Saint Craftsman but could not teach him much further.

Xiao Cheng sought an introduction to God Craftsman Yuan Hua and traveled to Heaven Dou City to ask to become his disciple. Yuan Hua tested him by asking him to perform Spirit Refinement, and Xiao Cheng impressed him with his skill as he worked the Sinking Silver.

• Xiao Cheng decided that he needed a more capable forging teacher and asked Mu Wan to help him meet Yuan Hua.
• Mu Wan explained the Body Sect’s close ties to the Blacksmith Association, and Mu Man arranged for Yuan Hua to meet Xiao Cheng.
• Three days later, Xiao Cheng traveled alone to Heaven Dou City, where Mu Man welcomed him and took him to the Blacksmith Association headquarters.
• Yuan Hua asked Xiao Cheng to Spirit Refine a piece of Sinking Silver, promising to accept him as a disciple if he succeeded.
• Xiao Cheng began forging the Sinking Silver, and Yuan Hua was astonished by the boy’s precise, seasoned technique.

Xiao Cheng impressed Yuan Hua by completing Spirit Refinement at eleven and a half, earning the divine smith’s acceptance as his eldest disciple. After studying under Yuan Hua in Heaven Dou City, Xiao Cheng began advancing his Fusion Refinement and learned of the legendary possibility of a nine-metal Divine Alloy.

• Xiao Cheng used Bloodline Power and Soul Power to achieve First Grade Thousand Refinement, then completed Spirit Refinement on the Sinking Silver with his martial soul and first soul skill.
• Yuan Hua was astonished by Xiao Cheng’s forging skill and his four ten-thousand-year soul rings, then accepted him as his eldest disciple.
• Xiao Cheng performed the disciple’s bow, and Mu Man congratulated Yuan Hua and agreed to tell his father about the apprenticeship.
• Xiao Cheng studied advanced forging under Yuan Hua and, within a few months, learned to make alloys with fusion rates above eighty-five percent and occasionally above ninety-five percent.
• Yuan Hua explained that nine-metal Fusion Refinement might produce a Divine Alloy, and Xiao Cheng resolved to work toward that goal.

Xiao Cheng improved his fusion forging under Yuan Hua and learned that his master planned to develop a new alloy formula for his Battle Armor. Outside the Blacksmith Association, he met Mu Man’s girlfriend Su Wanjun and faced Hu Jie, who challenged him to a spar.

• Xiao Cheng forged a Red Copper and Blue Silver Iron alloy with a ninety-four percent fusion rate, and Yuan Hua praised his progress.
• Yuan Hua told Xiao Cheng he would teach him a new alloy formula designed for Xiao Cheng’s space and wind attributes.
• Mu Man introduced Su Wanjun as his girlfriend and Xiao Cheng’s future aunt, and Xiao Cheng teased them about their relationship.
• Hu Jie approached Su Wanjun and showed hostility toward Mu Man, then questioned Xiao Cheng’s age and cultivation.
• Hu Jie challenged Xiao Cheng to a spar, and Xiao Cheng accepted.

Xiao Cheng sparred with Hu Jie at the Body Sect’s training grounds, where his four ten-thousand-year soul rings and powerful enhancements stunned the spectators. He overwhelmed Hu Jie in their opening exchanges, and the fight continued as they clashed hand to hand.

• Hu Jie agreed to spar with Xiao Cheng at the Body Sect training grounds the next morning, while Mu Man expected Hu Jie to lose.
• Hu Jie arrived at the training grounds and taunted Xiao Cheng before revealing his five-ring Soul King cultivation and activating his Belly Martial Soul.
• Xiao Cheng revealed four ten-thousand-year soul rings and combined Dragon Snake Transformation, Power of Empty Green, and Evil God Body to greatly increase his strength.
• Xiao Cheng punched through Hu Jie’s defenses enough to crack their golden sheen, then matched and slightly outperformed Hu Jie’s Mountain-Crushing Charge.
• Xiao Cheng pressed the fight to continue, and he and Hu Jie began an intense hand-to-hand battle.

Xiao Cheng defeated Hu Jie in a training-ground battle after Hu Jie unveiled his hidden-force trap and Second Awakening trump card. As Hu Jie recovered in the medical room, resentment began to grow within him.

• Xiao Cheng steadily outmatched Hu Jie, evading his attacks and resisting the effects of his Soul Skills.
• Hu Jie used Flash Step and Star-Shattering Hammer, but Xiao Cheng dodged the strike and mocked him, then continued to withstand Hu Jie's attacks.
• Hu Jie secretly planted hidden Shockwave force in Xiao Cheng through repeated clashes, then stunned him and unleashed Tornado Mountain-Crushing Charge with his Silver Rank belly and Bronze-level butt awakenings.
• Xiao Cheng used Ten Thousand Tribulations Molting Body to escape the trap and reappear behind Hu Jie, then struck him with Dragon Fist and broke his belly Martial Soul.
• Mu Man ordered a disciple to take Hu Jie for treatment before leaving the training ground with Xiao Cheng and Su Wanjun.
• In a nightmare, Hu Jie heard mocking voices and curled up in darkness as resentment began to take root within him.

After defeating Hu Jie, Xiao Cheng forged Void Spirit Gold with a perfect fusion rate and reached a forging bottleneck, so Yuan Hua sent him back to Shrek City. There, Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai welcomed him with completed Battle Armor blueprints, and the three prepared to begin making his armor.

• News spread through the Body Sect that Xiao Cheng had defeated Hu Jie, while Xiao Cheng focused on forging Void Spirit Gold at the Blacksmith Association.
• Xiao Cheng forged Magic Silver and Void Spirit Iron to Saint-Grade Thousand Refinement, then used his Limit Break hammers to fuse them into Void Spirit Gold with a one hundred percent fusion rate.
• Yuan Hua praised Xiao Cheng's achievement, gave him forging notes, and told him to return to Shrek City to pursue his next steps.
• Xiao Cheng bid farewell to Mu Man and Su Wanjun, then took a Soul Guidance Train back to Shrek City.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai met Xiao Cheng at the station, and Leng Yulai showed him her completed Battle Armor designs.
• Xiao Cheng approved the blueprints, and he, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Yulai agreed to begin making his Battle Armor.

Xiao Cheng, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Yulai began crafting battle armor in a private workshop at the Spirit Pagoda, and Leng Yaozhu successfully engraved and fitted Xiao Cheng’s first piece. The chapter ended with Xiao Cheng leaving the workshop wearing the silver-blue armor on his right hand and forearm, eager to continue.

• Leng Yaozhu led Xiao Cheng and Leng Yulai to a private forging workshop at the Spirit Pagoda and showed them its equipment.
• The three agreed to practice with high-grade alloys and begin by making a simple component for Xiao Cheng’s battle armor.
• Leng Yaozhu used her Phoenix Feather to engrave formations into Taixu Spirit Gold, shaping it into a right-hand gauntlet and forearm guard.
• Leng Yaozhu called Xiao Cheng over, and he used his blood and power to complete the armor’s recognition and binding.
• Xiao Cheng tested the silver-blue armor, which moved like part of his body, and the three left the workshop together.

Xiao Cheng studied the Leng Family’s Phoenix Alloy Compendium and worked with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai to build their Battle Armor and a purple mecha. Qiangu Dieting named the Seven Luminaries Team as the Spirit Pagoda’s representatives for the All-Federation Youth Soul Master Competition and scheduled training before the team chose a captain.

• Leng Yaozhu gave Xiao Cheng the Leng Family’s Phoenix Alloy Compendium, and he studied its alloy formulas before cultivating.
• Leng Yaozhu broke through to Rank 46, and over the following half month the trio forged Battle Armor materials and built a purple mecha framework while Xiao Cheng reached Rank 45.
• Qiangu Dieting gathered the seven team members and announced that they would represent the Spirit Pagoda in the All-Federation Youth Soul Master Competition.
• Qiangu Dieting said the team would train before selecting its captain through performance or a vote.
• Xiao Cheng declared that he would compete for captain, and Qiangu Dongfeng challenged him to prove himself in a contest of strength.

Xiao Cheng and the Seven Luminaries Team completed a comprehensive physical assessment at the Spirit Pagoda, where Xiao Cheng's mental power and strength far surpassed the others. After the tests, the group prepared for the official closed training camp beginning the next day.

• Xiao Ran began the Seven Luminaries Team's assessment with mental power tests, and Xiao Cheng scored 4,999 points, just short of the Spirit Abyss Realm.
• The team tested pure physical strength, and Xiao Cheng's punch registered 7,896 kilograms, far above every other result.
• Leng Yaozhu narrowly beat Xiao Cheng in the speed test, while Xiao Cheng took first place in reaction and body coordination.
• Xiao Ran reassured the team that the results measured only their basic abilities, ended the evaluation, and announced that closed training camp would start the next day.
• Zhang Geyang and Leng Yaozhu questioned Xiao Cheng about his extraordinary stats, while Qiangu Dongfeng resolved to work hard enough to catch up and surpass him.

The Seven Luminaries Team began one-on-one sparring after reviewing their physical and spiritual assessments, and Xiao Cheng quickly defeated Zhang Geyang. The next match began with Leng Yaozhu facing Xia Zhengleng, whose soundwave abilities she invited her to demonstrate.

• Xiao Ran explained the sparring rules, and the Seven Luminaries Team drew lots for their first-round matches.
• Xiao Cheng and Zhang Geyang drew the first match, and Zhang Geyang opened with a powerful combined Nether Flame attack.
• Xiao Cheng shattered Zhang Geyang's attack with a spear thrust, then struck through Zhang Geyang's Nether Transformation with his spear's energy, prompting Zhang Geyang to surrender.
• Xiao Ran recorded Xiao Cheng's victory and called Leng Yaozhu and Xia Zhengleng to the field for the second match.
• Leng Yaozhu and Xia Zhengleng released their Martial Souls, and Leng Yaozhu invited Xia Zhengleng to show her soundwave Soul Skills.

The second round of the Seven Luminaries Team’s sparring ended with Xiao Cheng defeating Qiangu Dongfeng and Leng Yaozhu defeating Qiangu Qingfeng. Leng Yaozhu conceded the final to Xiao Cheng, who became the team captain.

• Xiao Cheng and Qiangu Dongfeng drew each other as opponents, while Leng Yaozhu drew Qiangu Qingfeng.
• Xiao Cheng countered Qiangu Dongfeng’s staff techniques and gravity field, then stopped his spear at Qiangu Dongfeng’s throat and won.
• Leng Yaozhu used her aerial advantage and powerful fire attacks to defeat Qiangu Qingfeng, who conceded.
• Leng Yaozhu conceded the final to Xiao Cheng, ending the competition and confirming him as captain of the Seven Luminaries Team.

Xiao Cheng became captain of the Seven Luminaries Team and led them through a fierce first spar against Zhao Tieshan, forcing the Soul Saint to wear his Two-Word Battle Armor. After three months of intense training, the team had grown into a coordinated fighting force, and the Spirit Pagoda’s leaders decided they were ready for real combat.

• Xiao Ran officially appointed Xiao Cheng captain and assigned the Seven Luminaries Team their battlefield roles.
• Zhao Tieshan began the team’s specialized combat training and challenged them without battle armor.
• Xiao Cheng and his teammates coordinated their attacks, while Leng Yaozhu’s Heavenly Phoenix Burns the Sun forced Zhao Tieshan to activate his Two-Word Battle Armor and concede.
• The Seven Luminaries Team trained under Zhao Tieshan for three months, improving their formations, coordination, and combat ability.
• Xiao Ran, Qiangu Dieting, and Leng Zhaoran reviewed the team’s progress and decided it was time for them to face real combat.

After three months of training, the Seven Luminaries Team accepted an extermination mission against a Holy Spirit Cult force in Tianluo City. The team flew there with Enforcement Team Two, ready to begin its first real combat mission.

• Xiao Ran and Leng Zhaoran told the Seven Luminaries Team that they would eliminate the Evil Soul Masters hiding in Tianluo City and rescue their hostages, while Qiangu Dieting and Xiao Ran warned them of the dangers.
• The seven members agreed to face the mission, and Xiao Cheng explained the true story behind the historical example Xiao Ran had used to warn them.
• The Seven Luminaries Team departed Shrek City with Zhao Tieshan and Enforcement Team Two aboard seven Purple-Grade Mechas.
• During the flight, Leng Yaozhu admitted she was nervous but said she trusted Xiao Cheng to guide and protect the team.
• After about two hours, the mechas reached Tianluo City, where the Holy Spirit Cult force had concealed itself among the busy population.