Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan Spirit Forged Sinking Silver by fusing it with the Star Power of the Star Gazing Platform, and Li Zhilong bought the valuable result after Xiao Tiantian and the others withdrew. Tang Wulin then began forging and produced another Spirit Forged Sinking Silver, leaving Li Zhilong stunned and unable to buy it.

• Xu Yuan refined Sinking Silver with nine hammer strikes, then continued forging to awaken and reshape the metal.
• Xu Yuan infused the Sinking Silver with Star Power and successfully Spirit Forged it into a smooth, starlit sphere.
• Li Zhilong explained that the Spirit Forged Sinking Silver was exceptionally valuable, so Xiao Tiantian and the other students withdrew from competing for it.
• Li Zhilong offered to buy Xu Yuan's Sinking Silver, and Xu Yuan agreed to the transaction.
• Tang Wulin used Xu Yuan's hammer and table to Spirit Forge another piece of Sinking Silver by blending his Golden Dragon King Bloodline Power into it.
• Li Zhilong was deeply shaken by Tang Wulin's result and did not offer to buy it because he had spent all his money.

Xu Yuan, Tang Wulin, and Yang Nianxia demonstrated their forging skills in Celestial City before traveling to Three Treasures City for their assessment. There, Chen Feiyang arranged their opponents and offered them a chance to explore the academy’s facilities and local rare metals.

• Yang Nianxia forged Thousand Refined Second Grade metal, then succeeded in forging Thousand Refined First Grade Sinking Silver on his second attempt.
• Xu Yuan, Tang Wulin, and Yang Nianxia each completed another successful Spirit Forging before the group left Celestial City for Three Treasures City.
• Chen Feiyang welcomed the group and explained that three Level 52, Level 53, and Level 58 Forging Grandmasters would serve as their opponents.
• Xu Yucheng accepted the challenge of facing a Soul King, determined to push his limits and narrow the gap with Wu Siduo.
• Chen Feiyang invited the group to exchange forging pointers and purchase rare metals from the Three Great Treasure Mines, and Xu Yuan asked about the academy’s special facilities.

Xu Yuan learned about Three Treasures Advanced Soul Master Academy’s Sea of Elements and watched the Shrek students exchange blows with the academy’s team. As the others entered the Sea of Elements to cultivate, Xu Yuan stayed behind to ask Chen Feiyang how to buy Three Treasures City’s Rare Metals in bulk.

• Chen Feiyang explained that Three Treasures City produced Spirit Crystal, Azure Nether Iron, and Refined Gold, and that the academy used them to build its Sea of Elements for elemental tempering.
• The Shrek students held an Exchange Tournament against Three Treasures Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Xu Yuan and Wu Siduo easily defeated their opponents while Xu Yucheng narrowly beat a Soul King.
• Chen Feiyang criticized Xu Yucheng’s weak physique, and Xu Yuan explained that his Martial Soul’s backlash had weakened his body but that Battle Armor could help compensate for it.
• Chen Feiyang led the students to the Sea of Elements, where Gu Yue entered first and the others followed to temper their bodies.
• Xu Yuan stayed outside with Chen Feiyang and asked how he could purchase Three Treasures City’s Rare Metals in large quantities.

Xu Yuan negotiated with Chen Feiyang to buy large quantities of Three Treasures City's rare metals for his mecha and revealed that he possessed valuable high-fusion Jade Silver. Chen Feiyang agreed to consult his associates about the sale, while Wu Zhangkong realized how wealthy Xu Yuan was.

• Xu Yuan summoned his mecha and told Chen Feiyang he needed ten times the metals to account for forging losses.
• Chen Feiyang said he might be able to gather thirty tons each of the three rare metals, though the purchase would consume their quota for years.
• Xu Yuan showed Chen Feiyang a list of high-fusion Jade Silver, and Chen Feiyang confirmed the mecha's visible parts were made from Jade Silver with fusion rates above ninety percent.
• Xu Yuan retrieved his Storage Soul Guidance Device from Wu Zhangkong and said he could pay for and receive the metals at the same time.
• Wu Zhangkong realized Xu Yuan had enough wealth to afford the enormous purchase, and Chen Feiyang went to consult Zhang and Sun.

Xu Yuan agreed to trade his high-quality Jade Silver for Three Treasures Metal, and Chen Feiyang and the other Forging Grandmasters secured the association’s approval. After Xu Yuan spent the night cultivating in the Sea of Elements, he left to continue the assessment.

• Chen Feiyang and Zhang Sun agreed to exchange thirty pieces of high-quality Jade Silver and three pieces of God Alloy for Three Treasures Metal, while Chen Feiyang asked Xu Yuan if he had other exceptional alloys.
• Xu Yuan explained that he had specialized in Jade Silver and would need more practice to forge other Spiritual Alloys at the same level.
• Chen Feiyang and the other Forging Grandmasters asked the association president, Qian Tong, to advance them thirty tons of Three Treasures Metal each, and Qian Tong approved the deal.
• Qian Tong encouraged Chen Feiyang and the others to sell any Jade Silver they did not need to the association for its young Soul Masters’ One-Word Dou Armor.
• Xu Yuan cultivated overnight in the Sea of Elements, studied how its different elements tempered the body and Mecha, and left when the assessment’s time limit arrived.

Xu Yuan obtained the Jade Silver he needed and began designing a Battle Armor intended to unite his three Martial Souls through three separate cores. After arriving in Mingdu with his companions, he visited the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Luo Guixing reunited with his former teacher.

• Xu Yuan and Chen Feiyang exchanged goods, and Xu Yuan added the Jade Silver to the rare metals needed for his Battle Armor.
• Xu Yuan explained that he planned to build a Spiritual Alloy One-Word Dou Armor and upgrade it quickly into a Two-Word Dou Armor.
• Xu Yuan told Luo Guixing that their next stop was the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and asked him to arrange an exchange; Luo Guixing explained why he had transferred to Shrek.
• Xu Yuan planned three Battle Armor cores corresponding to his Brain Martial Soul, Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear, and lower dantian.
• Xu Yuan and his companions arrived in Mingdu and traveled to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Luo Guixing met Teacher Zhou, who reassured him that leaving the academy had been the right choice for his development.

Teacher Zhou arranged a public Exchange Tournament between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Xu Yuan’s group accepted the challenge. On the morning of the tournament, Xu Yuan assigned fighters and urged everyone to win every match after Cai Yue'er threatened to score their assessment zero if they lost.

• Teacher Zhou told Luo Guixing he would not show Shrek’s students any favoritism and proposed three one-on-ones, two two-on-twos, and one seven-on-seven.
• Xu Yuan accepted Teacher Zhou’s offer to hold the Exchange Tournament in Mingdu the following day, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy rapidly publicized the event.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that Shrek and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy held these tournaments about once every ten years, and Cai Yue'er ordered the students to win every match or receive a zero for their assessment.
• At the tournament venue, Xu Yuan assigned himself and Wu Siduo to one-on-ones, chose Tang Wulin for the third, and paired Xu Xiaoyan with Ye Xinglan for a two-on-two.

Xu Yuan led Shrek’s team into the Seven vs Seven battle against the Sun Moon Royal Battle Team and overwhelmed its front line with his spear. The fight remained underway as Xie Xie circled behind the opposing fighters to attack.

• Xu Yuan chose Gu Yue and Fang Yuan for the earlier matches and reserved himself with the remaining six for the team battle.
• Shrek won all three one-on-one matches and both two-on-two matches before facing the Sun Moon Royal Battle Team.
• Long Chen revealed his Radiant Saint Dragon Martial Soul, while Xu Yuan took up the Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear.
• Xu Yuan’s opening attack briefly sealed Long Chen’s Soul Power, then sent him flying back despite Long Chen unleashing three Soul Skills.
• Xu Yuan’s spear strikes drove Long Dingqi back and knocked Jian Mochen’s shield from his hands as Xie Xie dashed around the frontline to attack.

Xu Yuan’s Shrek Team seized the initiative against the Sun Moon Royal Battle Team, forcing the opposing fighters into a series of difficult matchups. The battle left Xie Xie and Zheng Yiran facing the enemy’s backline while Luo Guixing prepared to support them with spatial transfers.

• Xu Yuan suppressed Long Dingqi, Long Chen, and the other frontliners, while Yang Nianxia pressed Long Dingqi and Long Chen with his bear claws.
• Xie Xie charged toward the backline, but Jian Mochen tried to block him before Xu Yucheng forced Jian Mochen into a fight with the Death God Scythe.
• Zheng Yiran released poison mist as Xie Xie attacked Yan Jingxue, but Xue Liushuang and Mad Zhan Tian countered him with a sword and an axe.
• Luo Guixing teleported Zheng Yiran to the arena’s edge, separating her from Xie Xie and splitting the pressure on the four girls.
• Yan Jingxue strengthened Long Chen, Mad Zhan Tian, Long Dingqi, and Jian Mochen, while Xie Xie targeted her and Luo Guixing prepared another spatial transfer.

Xu Yuan used the Forbidden Arts Seven Absolutes and a series of explosive spear attacks to challenge the Heavenly Tiger formed by Jian Mochen and Mad Zhan Tian. After Xu Lizhi and Luo Guixing supplied him with buns, Xu Yuan’s blood qi surged, and the Heavenly Tiger drew on its Soul Rings as the battle continued.

• Yan Jingxue warned Mad Zhan Tian that Xie Xie was targeting her, and Mad Zhan Tian and Jian Mochen activated their Heavenly Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Yuan suppressed the Heavenly Tiger with the Forbidden Arts Seven Absolutes and pierced its claw with the Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear.
• Xu Yuan broke away from Long Chen and turned his assault toward Long Dingqi while Xu Yucheng moved to block the Heavenly Tiger.
• Xu Lizhi made buns, and Luo Guixing used spatial teleportation to deliver them directly to the team.
• Xu Yuan ate four buns, ignited his blood qi, and forced Long Chen back before aiming his spear at the Heavenly Tiger.
• The wounded Heavenly Tiger roared and summoned faint Soul Ring phantoms behind itself.

Xu Yuan activated his Flame of Life and overwhelmed Heavenly Tiger with a relentless spear attack, then charged toward the opposing backline. He blocked the Ice Snow Goddess’s sword qi and continued his assault.

• Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin merged into the Ice Snow Goddess, who lowered the arena’s temperature and attacked Xie Xie.
• Xu Yuan activated his Fourth Soul Skill, Flame of Life, burning Vital Energy to strengthen his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Xu Yuan battered Heavenly Tiger with repeated spear strikes until the fusion dispersed, leaving Mad Zhan Tian and Jian Mochen injured on the ground.
• Xu Yuan charged toward the enemy backline and blocked the Ice Snow Goddess’s sword qi with his spear.
• Xu Yuan activated Piercing Spear and transformed into a streak of azure and crimson flames.

Xu Yuan led Shrek to a sweeping victory over the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, then returned to Shrek and helped every student in First Grade Class One pass their assessment. After his teachers discussed his recovery and unusual Soul Rings, Xu Yuan resumed cultivation and went to congratulate Mo Jue on breaking through Level 50.

• Xu Yuan pierced the Ice Snow Goddess with his spear, prompting Long Chen to surrender and securing Shrek's victory in the final team battle.
• Shrek won every match in the Exchange Tournament, and the students left Mingdu by Soul Train after their final examinations ended.
• Xu Yuan gave three classmates ten points each so every student in First Grade Class One passed the assessment, while Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi discussed his strength, Vital Energy, and Soul Rings.
• Xu Yuan returned to his normal cultivation routine and congratulated Mo Jue on breaking through Level 50, bringing her closer to becoming a Battle Armor Master.

Xu Yuan asked Mo Jue to let him replicate her Martial Soul and Soul Skills, offering three pieces of high-fusion Spiritual Alloy in return. After Mo Jue agreed and Xu Yuan revealed his Heaven Origin Brush as his third Martial Soul, he completed the replication and asked what material she planned to use for her Battle Armor chestplate.

• Mo Jue questioned Xu Yuan about his greatly increased Soul Power, and he said he had reached level forty-nine.
• Xu Yuan asked to replicate Mo Jue's Martial Soul and Soul Skills, offering to sponsor her with three pieces of Spiritual Alloy with fusion rates above ninety percent.
• Mo Jue accepted the deal, and Xu Yuan took her to a quiet spot in the Outer Courtyard.
• Xu Yuan summoned his Heaven Origin Brush, and Mo Jue was stunned when he revealed it was his third Martial Soul.
• Mo Jue released her Martial Soul, and Xu Yuan's Paper Soul Spirit entered her body and replicated her abilities.
• Xu Yuan finished the replication and asked Mo Jue what Spiritual Alloy she wanted for her Battle Armor chestplate.

Xu Yuan discussed forging Mo Jue’s chest armor from Blue Womb Copper and Spirit Crystal, and Mo Jue offered to supply the scarce metal from her family’s mine. After parting, Xu Yuan returned to his dormitory and reflected on the meaning of his Heaven Origin Brush Martial Soul.

• Xu Yuan told Mo Jue that Blue Womb Copper was essential for top-tier chest armor and estimated that forging the required Spiritual Alloy could take up to three months without a supply of the metal.
• Mo Jue revealed that her family owned a Blue Womb Copper mine and offered to gather the metal for him.
• Xu Yuan identified Spirit Crystal as a suitable metal to fuse with Blue Womb Copper to help Mo Jue’s darkness-attribute Martial Soul.
• Xu Yuan proposed that he could later forge a three-metal Spiritual Alloy using Azure Nether Iron when Mo Jue upgraded to Two-Word Dou Armor, and she agreed to ask him.
• Xu Yuan returned to his dormitory, summoned the Heaven Origin Brush, and realized that he had found its meaning.

Xu Yuan studied Mo Jue’s Black Swan Soul Skills and considered how their devouring power could improve his Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art and Five Elements Spear. After the academy’s vacation began, he flew home to Skysea City to see his returned uncle and meet his younger brother.

• Xu Yuan possessed the replicated Black Swan Martial Soul, tested its Soul Skills, and focused on the devouring effect of Darkness Erosion.
• Xu Yuan connected Darkness Erosion’s devouring power to the Five Elements and added a new direction to the development of his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear.
• Xu Yuan replicated Yang Nianxia’s Dark Gold Bear Martial Soul and found that repeated possession improved his Blood Qi and physical fitness.
• When Tang Wulin invited him to travel home with him and Xie Xie and Xiaoyan, Xu Yuan declined and flew to Skysea City in his Mecha.
• Xu Yuan landed at the Xu Family Courtyard, where Xu Shengqun, Ye Yuan, and a chubby little boy were waiting for him.

Xu Yuan spent two months cultivating in Skysea City before moving on to Heaven Dou City, where he helped Mu Ye pursue a new way to transform Little Red into a Soul Spirit. Mu Ye believed that if the process succeeded, he could reach the Limit within ten years.

• Xu Yuan stayed with Xu Shengqun in Skysea City and used his uncle’s connections to enter the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform regularly.
• After two months, Xu Yuan’s Soul Power remained at Level 49 while his Spiritual Power reached 8,900 points, and he left Skysea City after exhausting much of its Spirit Ascension Platform’s Soul Beasts.
• Xu Yuan arrived in Heaven Dou City and asked Mu Ye whether he had tried gathering Little Red’s spirituality into the Mecha.
• Mu Ye said he could feel the process working and planned to turn Little Red and the Mecha into a Soul Spirit that he could contract with again.
• Mu Ye declared that if Little Red returned smoothly, he would reach the Limit within ten years.

Xu Yuan worried that his cultivation was progressing too slowly to reach the Ultimate Douluo realm within ten years, so he sought new challenges and opportunities. He traveled to Celestial City to study spacecraft technology with academy experts and continue investigating the Star Gazing Platform.

• Xu Yuan calculated that reaching Level 99 within ten years would require an unrealistic average of five Soul Power levels per year, but resolved to keep striving toward the goal set by his teacher, Yun Ming.
• After a month in Heaven Dou City, Xu Yuan remained at Level 49 and saw his Soul Power and Spiritual Power progress slowing, so he decided to seek stimulation elsewhere.
• Xu Yuan requested more leave from Wu Zhangkong and traveled to Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, where Li Zhilong and Zhao Quan welcomed him for a half-month visit.
• Xu Yuan planned to exchange ideas with the academy’s Soul Engineers and Mecha Pilots about developing a Mecha that could transform into a spacecraft, while continuing his research at the Star Gazing Platform.
• Zhao Quan introduced Xu Yuan to cosmology expert Professor Zhang, who expressed interest in collaborating on Xu Yuan’s Starry Sky Mecha concept to improve the Federation’s capacity for exploring space.

Xu Yuan asked Professor Zhang why his arrays could gather Star Power but could not give it the vitality carried by the Star Gazing Platform. Professor Zhang explained that the platform resonated with a group of thirty-six stars, and Xu Yuan left understanding the immense difficulty of recreating that effect without losing interest in the challenge.

• Xu Yuan asked Professor Zhang why his simulated arrays could not make gathered Star Power carry vitality like the Star Gazing Platform.
• Professor Zhang explained that stars had different characteristics depending on their locations and that groups of stars could form structures resembling Soul Guidance Arrays.
• Professor Zhang said the Star Gazing Platform drew vitality-infused Star Power by resonating with a group of thirty-six stars, rather than by using its array alone.
• Professor Zhang acknowledged that the resonance had required the right circumstances and some luck, and Xu Yuan considered the challenge of finding and precisely connecting to the correct stars.
• Xu Yuan understood the difficulty of replicating the Star Gazing Platform but looked forward to pursuing it.

Xu Yuan returned to Shrek Academy after breaking through to Soul King at fourteen, having added a fifth Soul Ring to his Brain Martial Soul. He received full marks for the Mecha assessment, learned his class had passed without anyone being eliminated, and gave Mo Jue a high-fusion Blue Crystal.

• Xu Yuan broke through to Soul King on the Star Gazing Platform and thanked Li Zhilong for opening it to him.
• Xu Yuan piloted his Mecha back to Shrek City after learning he had turned fourteen and that his fifth Soul Ring could only go to his Brain Martial Soul for now.
• Wu Zhangkong told Xu Yuan he was exempt from the Mecha assessment and received full marks, while the class had raised everyone's scores above sixty-five without extra credits.
• Wu Zhangkong advised Xu Yuan to stay at the academy during vacation and ask the Pavilion Master about cultivating as a Soul King.
• Xu Yuan gave Mo Jue a ninety-four-percent-fusion Blue Crystal that he had forged using Replication to guide it toward the darkness attribute.

Mo Jue learned that Xu Yuan had forged Blue Crystal with a 94 percent fusion rate and agreed to seek his help with her Battle Armor in the future. Xu Yuan then visited Yun Ming, who explained why cultivation slowed after level fifty and began teaching him a deeper classification of Soul Power cultivation.

• Xu Yuan corrected Mo Jue’s guess and revealed that his Blue Crystal had a 94 percent fusion rate, astonishing her.
• Mo Jue asked Xu Yuan to help forge Spiritual Alloy for her Battle Armor in the future, and he agreed.
• Xu Yuan gave Mo Jue the Blue Crystal and left the Outer Courtyard for Sea God Island to meet Yun Ming.
• Yun Ming advised Xu Yuan to use Star Power to temper himself without committing to a Star Power cultivation path before breaking past the limit.
• Xu Yuan asked Yun Ming why cultivation had slowed after level fifty, and Yun Ming explained that Soul Kings could absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and began describing the stages of cultivation.