Chapter Summaries

After Xu Yue recovered from using his bloodline power, Leng Yaozhu confronted him about the transformed island and the crisis behind it. Xu Yue gave her a partial explanation, and Leng Yaozhu left the island without him.

• Xu Yue woke while embracing Leng Yaozhu, who pushed him away and ordered him to get dressed.
• The dark domain cracked apart, revealing a huge cavern whose overwhelming gravity had weakened as Xu Yue recovered.
• Leng Yaozhu twisted Xu Yue's ear and demanded an explanation for raising land and changing the environment.
• Xu Yue said his parents' deaths and events from several thousand years ago had caused the crisis, then described the island's god-level power as a trump card that had been used up.
• Xu Yue admitted concealing the Heavenly Phoenix Mark's signal because it could not resolve the god-level crisis and he did not want to worry Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yaozhu departed in a flash of silver light, leaving Xu Yue behind as he shouted that he had not gotten on the vehicle.

After discovering that his transformation had lasted a month, Xu Yue returned to the Spirit Pagoda and underwent tests with Leng Yaozhu. His improved strength, Gravity Domain, spiritual power, and spear intent stunned her, and she prepared to test his dragon bloodline next.

• Xu Yue and Leng Yaozhu learned from Federation news that a month had passed during Xu Yue's transformation, and Leng Yaozhu refused to let him leave before testing him.
• Xu Yue revealed that his Soul Power had risen from level thirty-six to level thirty-eight, reaching the peak of rank thirty-eight.
• Xu Yue discovered that his Gravity Domain covered a radius of one hundred and sixty meters at sixteen times normal gravity, and he considered how it might grow as he gained soul rings and removed seals from the Golden Dragon King Divine Core.
• Leng Yaozhu measured Xu Yue's physical strength and spiritual power, finding that both had increased greatly, and Xu Yue attributed his spiritual growth to comprehending spear intent.
• Xu Yue demonstrated Menogias's and Bonanus's spear intents with Vortex Vanquisher, impressing Leng Yaozhu, who then prepared to test his dragon bloodline.

Xu Yue tested his awakened Golden Dragon King bloodline and revealed the Rock Dragon King's devastating crystallization and gravitational collapse effect. Leng Yaozhu warned him against losing control again, then asked him to assess a talented girl in Eastsea City while she entered seclusion.

• Xu Yue manifested an amber-gold Blood Essence Soul Ring and dragonized, increasing his left-arm strength to 15.34 tons and his right-arm strength to 16.18 tons.
• Xu Yue struck the testing machine with his dragon claw, crystallizing a two-meter area before triggering a gravitational collapse that left a hole in the device.
• Xu Yue explained that his Rock Dragon King's First Soul Ring enhanced dragonification and increased all attributes by 50%, and Leng Yaozhu judged the result comparable to a Martial Soul Avatar.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Xu Yue not to lose control again, and Xu Yue promised it would not happen.
• Leng Yaozhu said her bottleneck had loosened and asked Xu Yue to assess a talented girl in Eastsea City and accept her as Leng Yaozhu's disciple if she was suitable.

Xu Yue left the Spirit Pagoda after discussing Leng Yaozhu’s impending breakthrough and their awkward teacher-student relationship. He returned to Eastsea Academy, reunited with Zero Class, and concealed the aura of his Rock Dragon King.

• Leng Yaozhu told Xu Yue to look after Gu Yue and suggested she might support him in the future, then sent him out when he hesitated to leave.
• In the elevator, Xu Yue reflected that the misunderstanding had changed his relationship with Leng Yaozhu and decided that time apart would help them both calm down.
• Xu Yue traveled to Eastsea Academy and returned to Zero Class, where Xu Xiaoyan embraced him and told him how much she had missed him.
• Xu Yue thanked his classmates and Gu Yue, while Gu Yue failed to detect the Golden Dragon King aura she suspected he carried.
• Xu Yue explained his absence, and Wu Zhangkong resumed class and told him to take his seat.

Xu Yue kept his distance from Tang Wulin while he and Gu Yue remained wary of Tang San's Divine Sense, and he advanced to level thirty-nine as the semester neared its end. Wu Zhangkong announced Class Zero's final exams, revealing that one would require students to survive for an hour in the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Xu Yue calmed Mu Chen, Yuan Bao'er, and Mu Xi, but the strained class atmosphere persisted as he and Gu Yue avoided Tang Wulin out of caution about Tang San's Divine Sense.
• After a month and a half, Xu Yue reached level thirty-nine and met Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue on the way to breakfast.
• Gu Yue reached level twenty-nine and Xu Xiaoyan reached level twenty-four, while Tang Wulin remained last in Class Zero's Soul Power rankings.
• Wu Zhangkong told Class Zero that their final exams would include the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed that the students had to survive for an hour in the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform to pass.

Wu Zhangkong explained the Spirit Ascension Platform’s riot-period rules and warned Zero Class about the heightened dangers. Xu Yue and the others entered the East Sea Spirit Pagoda for their examination, where Wu Zhangkong asked Xu Yue to look after his classmates.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that soul beasts grow stronger during riot periods, admission slots are limited, and unabsorbed spiritual power remains behind when someone is eliminated.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Xu Yue that her brother had obtained two riot-period slots, and Xu Yue agreed to go with Mu Xi.
• Xu Yue brought Mu Xi, Ouyang Zixin, and Xu Xiaoyu along, and Wu Zhangkong allowed them to join as long as they did not interfere with the students’ examination.
• The group arrived at the East Sea Spirit Pagoda and followed a staff member to the riot-phase Spirit Ascension Platform room.
• Xu Yue caught Gu Yue when she stopped suddenly in the corridor, and she hurried on after receiving a message.
• Before Zero Class entered the devices, Wu Zhangkong asked Xu Yue to pay attention to his classmates, and Xu Yue agreed.

Xu Yue led his classmates through the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform toward Mu Xi’s signal, while Mu Xi, Ouyang Zixin, and Xu Xiaoyu were surrounded by a pack of Black Flame Demon Wolves. Xu Yue’s group arrived in time to break the siege, and the three seniors joined the counterattack.

• Xu Yue surveyed the forest, spotted Mu Xi’s firework signal four kilometers southeast, and led his classmates toward it under the protection of his Sheer Cliffs soul skill.
• Mu Xi, Ouyang Zixin, and Xu Xiaoyu held off a pack of more than thirty Black Flame Demon Wolves, led by a wolf king with over two thousand years of cultivation.
• As the wolf pack charged, Xu Yue’s Rock Spears struck from above, and Wei Xiaofeng, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and the others stormed into the fight.
• Xu Yue’s group wiped out nearly half the wolves in one exchange, and Mu Xi recognized Xu Yue as he arrived.
• Mu Xi, Ouyang Zixin, and Xu Xiaoyu launched their own soul skills against the remaining wolves.

Xu Yue led his classmates through the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform, where he explained the limits on raising soul spirits and helped several students reach their soul-ring limits. After most of the class withdrew, Xu Yue and a smaller group continued deeper into the forest to help Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyu pursue thousand-year soul spirits.

• Xu Yue absorbed the spiritual energy left by the Black Flame Demon Wolves, bringing his three purple soul rings close to ten thousand years, and promised to help Mu Xi raise her soul spirit to a thousand years.
• Xu Yue explained that both spiritual power and physical fitness were needed to bear a thousand-year soul spirit, and Wang Jinxi and the other Zero Class students withdrew after reaching their limits.
• Wu Zhangkong congratulated the class on passing the final assessment but gave them only a passing grade, while Tang Wulin withdrew with an unexplained sense of loss.
• Xu Yue, Mu Xi, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyu, and Ouyang Zixin remained in the Spirit Ascension Platform and continued deeper into the forest.

Xu Yue's group gathered Spirit Power in the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform, helping several members strengthen their Soul Spirits. After most of the group left, Xu Yue and Gu Yue encountered a Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear.

• Xu Yue's group defeated a troop of monkey-type soul beasts and collected their Spirit Power.
• A five-man soul master team tried to claim the Spirit Power, but fled after Xu Yue's group revealed their strength and rings.
• Xu Xiaoyu raised his first Soul Spirit to a thousand years, while Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin also improved their limits.
• Xu Xiaoyu, Ouyang Zixin, and Xu Xiaoyan left the platform, leaving Xu Yue, Gu Yue, and Mu Xi behind.
• A roar drew Xu Yue and Gu Yue's attention, and Xu Yue identified the approaching soul beast as a Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear.

Gu Yue fought the Spirit Ascension Platform’s Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear alone while Mu Xi absorbed spiritual energy, but the guardian’s sudden attack put her in danger. Xu Yue appeared in a dragonified form to intercept the blow, and the chapter ended as everyone waited to see what happened beneath the dust.

• Xu Yue warned Gu Yue that the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear was approaching, and Gu Yue left to face it alone.
• Gu Yue unleashed elemental attacks against the bear, but its fur and dreadclaws tore through them.
• Xu Xiaoyan awoke and learned Gu Yue was fighting the guardian, while the staff member urged Wu Zhangkong to disconnect her.
• The Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear lunged at Gu Yue, and Wu Zhangkong moved to force her out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Xu Yue appeared in a dragonified, amber-gold form and met the bear's falling claws; the impact raised a cloud of dust that left everyone stunned.

Xu Yue protected Gu Yue from the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear and revealed a powerful dragon transformation. He defeated the Spirit Ascension Platform’s guardian with a single punch, leaving Gu Yue convinced that the divine core was inside him.

• Xu Xiaoyan told the others that Xu Yue’s surname connected him to the Sun Moon Xu Family, and Wu Zhangkong concluded that Xu Yue’s martial soul and dragon bloodline had mutated.
• Xu Yue blocked the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear’s claws and threw the beast away from Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue realized that the divine core was inside Xu Yue after sensing the Golden Dragon King’s origin power resonating with her own.
• Xu Yue tested his Rock Dragon King power against the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear and crystallized its paws.
• Xu Yue boosted his strength with his Blood Essence Soul Ring and struck the bear with a golden dragon-headed punch, turning it into a statue that then shattered into golden light.

Xu Yue absorbed the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear’s spiritual energy, raising all three of his soul rings to ten-thousand-year rank and gaining its right palm bone. After leaving the Spirit Ascension Platform, he went with a staff member to register the find, while Gu Yue separately met with a mysterious Spirit Pagoda contact and discovered that it was Xu Yue.

• Xu Yue absorbed the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear’s spiritual energy, transformed his three soul rings into ten-thousand-year rings, and gained the bear’s right palm bone.
• Xu Yue and Gu Yue left the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Wu Zhangkong stopped a staff member who wanted to take Xu Yue to register something.
• Xu Yue told the staff member he would accompany him because the platform’s guardians were different from ordinary soul beasts, making Wu Zhangkong suspect he had joined the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yue left the Zero Class group and went to the Spirit Pagoda’s top floor to meet a high-ranking contact arranged through Zi Ji.
• Gu Yue entered the contact’s room and was shocked when the person behind the chair turned out to be Xu Yue.

Gu Yue discovered Xu Yue was the Spirit Pagoda contact who had assigned her mission, then confronted him over the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear challenge. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoyu learned that the upcoming Skysea Alliance Grand Competition would offer Soul Bones as prizes.

• Gu Yue recognized Xu Yue as Leng Yaozhu's representative and realized he had issued her mission.
• Gu Yue blamed Xu Yue for the dangerous challenge, but he argued that she had chosen to face the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear alone; they teased and tussled before rejoining the others.
• Xu Yue, Gu Yue, the Zero Class students, and Mu Xi returned to the academy, with Xu Yue's bite marks hidden beneath his collar.
• Xu Wei praised Xu Xiaoyu for ascending his spirit to the thousand-year level and urged him to reach Soul Ancestor before the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.
• Xu Wei told Xu Xiaoyu the competition would be watched across the Federation, had a changed format, and would offer Soul Bones.

Xu Yue and Zero Class visited the Tang Sect Technology Park for a spatial technology assessment, where Xu Yue studied the teleportation system. The experience inspired him to consider creating a pocket realm for soul beasts and, eventually, a God Realm of his own.

• Xu Yue invited Xu Xiaoyan to visit an elder with him and Mu Xi during the holiday, while Gu Yue said she had other plans.
• Wu Zhangkong took Zero Class to Xuanshi Tang Sect Technology Co., Ltd. for their assessment.
• The students wore identity-verification wristbands and followed Wu Zhangkong through the facility's security doors.
• Wu Zhangkong vanished into a beam of light, and Xu Yue followed, arriving in a dark-blue space with Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Xu Yue analyzed the spatial technology and imagined using gravity to create a pocket realm for soul beasts, then a God Realm of his own.

Xu Yue easily defeated increasingly powerful Tang San phantoms in the Tang Sect's Hall of Heroes, while the rest of Class Zero completed their tests. Wu Zhangkong then explained that the test was extra and invited the students to join the Tang Sect.

• Xu Yue defeated the three-ring Tang San phantom in nine seconds with Gravity Imprisonment and Cliffbreaker Sword.
• Xu Yue crushed the forty-ninth-level Tang San phantom between two summoned mountains in three seconds.
• Wu Zhangkong watched Xu Yue's rapid victories and upgraded his opponent to a fifty-ninth-level Soul King Tang San with Twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and the other students discussed their test opponents while Xu Yue emerged satisfied.
• Wu Zhangkong told Class Zero that the Spirit Ascension Platform had been their final exam and that the Hall of Heroes test was extra.
• Wu Zhangkong explained the Tang Sect's training and mission benefits, then invited the students to join.

Wu Zhangkong invited the students to join the Tang Sect, but most declined, and the final exam ended with a month-long vacation. Xu Yue then set off with Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan, while Mu Chen arranged a bet with an old acquaintance about Xu Yue’s abilities.

• Wu Zhangkong told the students that Tang Wulin had joined the Tang Sect, and Xie Xie immediately agreed to join as well.
• Xu Yue and Gu Yue said they had joined the Spirit Pagoda, Xu Xiaoyan said she would follow Xu Yue, and Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng declined to join without asking their families.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the final exam and announced a month-long vacation, warning the students to keep cultivating.
• Xu Yue said goodbye to Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue, then Mu Xi confronted him about his closeness with the girls before he explained that Gu Yue was his junior sister.
• The next morning, Xu Yue, Mu Xi, and Xu Xiaoyan boarded a train, while Mu Chen bet an acquaintance that Xu Yue was as talented as he claimed.

Xu Yue, Mu Xi, and Xu Xiaoyan traveled to Heaven Dou City to meet the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua. After welcoming them to the Blacksmith Association, Zhen Hua began assessing Xu Yue’s talent as the chapter ended.

• Xu Yue told Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi that they were traveling to Heaven Dou City to meet Zhen Hua.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi fell asleep against Xu Yue during the train ride, and the three arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Xu Yue, Mu Xi, and Xu Xiaoyan toured the ancient city by taxi and reached the Blacksmith Association using Mu Chen’s token.
• An attendant led the group to a lecture hall where Zhen Hua was teaching forging.
• Zhen Hua noticed the visitors and focused on Xu Yue, intending to test his talent.

Zhen Hua invited Xu Yue and Mu Xi to demonstrate forging before the gathered blacksmiths. As they synchronized their strikes on Heavy Silver, an anomaly appeared above them.

• Zhen Hua called Xu Yue and Mu Xi from the back rows to forge onstage, surprising the audience and irritating Mu Xi.
• Xu Yue and Mu Xi greeted Zhen Hua, took separate forging tables, and summoned their Spirit-Forged Starfall Hammers.
• The gathered blacksmiths questioned the pair’s hammers, while Zhen Hua recognized their unusual Starfall Iron and grew curious about Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue and Mu Xi began refining Heavy Silver, using their hammers’ different effects to remove impurities and control the metal.
• Xu Yue asked Mu Xi to follow his rhythm, and they synchronized their strikes until a sudden anomaly appeared above them.

Xu Yue and Mu Xi combined their martial souls and forged Heavy Silver together, advancing it to Spirit Forging despite Mu Xi’s limited Soul Power. They completed Dual Spirit Forging, creating two living pieces of metal marked by a dragon and a rising sun.

• Xu Yue and Mu Xi synchronized their hammering as Eden's Star and Blazing Sun merged their powers, sharing their martial souls’ gravity and fire effects.
• Their combined forging rapidly purified the Heavy Silver, achieving Hundred Refinements and then Thousand Refinements First Grade.
• As the metal began approaching Spirit Forging, Mu Xi’s Soul Power ran low, but Eden's Star replenished her while Xu Yue continued with his bloodline power.
• Xu Yue and Mu Xi struck the final remnants of Heavy Silver and spat blood onto them, triggering two pillars of golden flame.
• A dragon appeared within Xu Yue’s forged metal and a rising sun appeared within Mu Xi’s as they completed Dual Spirit Forging.

Xu Yue and Mu Xi succeeded in Spirit Forging together, and Mu Xi’s breakthrough raised her Soul Power to Level Thirty-Nine. After Mu Xi kissed Xu Yue in gratitude, Zhen Hua recognized them as Level Five Blacksmithing masters and led them to the association’s lounge for the night.

• The crowd erupted after Xu Yue and Mu Xi completed Spirit Forging, and Zhen Hua praised their achievement.
• Zhen Hua told Xu Yue that Mu Chen had asked him to help, and he agreed to speak to Muye on Xu Yue’s behalf.
• Mu Xi’s Soul Power rose to Level Thirty-Nine, and she thanked Xu Yue by embracing and kissing him.
• Zhen Hua announced that Xu Yue and Mu Xi had officially reached Level Five Blacksmithing master rank and ended the exchange.
• Zhen Hua led Xu Yue, Mu Xi, and Xu Xiaoyan to the association’s lounge and gave them rooms for the night.