Chapter Summaries

After discovering a way to cultivate his body, spiritual power, and soul power separately, Xu Yuan planned to research Soul Spirit contracts and seek the Body Sect’s bloodline methods. A week later, Shen Yi began instructing Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xing Lan and gathered them to explain another matter.

• Xu Yuan studied Ji Juechen’s destroyed sword and devised a plan to make the Heaven Origin Spear a physical Soul Spirit, letting his body gain Soul Rings while cultivating his Brain Martial Soul spiritually.
• Xu Yuan called Mu Ye to request the Body Sect’s bloodline cultivation methods and materials, and Mu Ye said he would return in two months and directed him to his martial uncle for the materials.
• Xu Yuan suspended his Sub-Profession studies and focused on researching Soul Spirit contracts and splitting his Martial Soul’s two forms; Xu Lizhi brought him meals as he worked in the dormitory and Archive Room.
• A week later, Xu Lizhi told Xu Yuan that Shen Yi had arrived to instruct him, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xing Lan in their cultivation.
• Shen Yi learned that Xu Lizhi and Ye Xing Lan had been meditating after association tasks and that Xu Yuan was developing his Martial Soul; she gave them her contact number and announced she had another reason for gathering them.

Shen Yi brought Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to the Sea God Pavilion, where they entered Shrek’s Inner Courtyard and were granted three days to cultivate. Xu Yuan used the opportunity to explore separating his Heaven Origin Brush and Heaven Origin Spear, but his first attempt ended in failure.

• Shen Yi led Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to Sea God Island and told them they could cultivate in the Sea God Pavilion for three days.
• Shen Yi revealed that the Pavilion Master had recently accepted a disciple, prompting Xu Yuan to wonder whether events had already changed from what he expected.
• Elder Cai formally welcomed the three into the Inner Courtyard, assigned Shen Yi as their teacher, and warned them that they would be assessed every six months.
• Xu Yuan entered meditation to study the transformation between his Heaven Origin Brush and Heaven Origin Spear and attempt to separate the two forms.
• Xu Yuan combined Five Elements Power with Devouring Power to draw out the Five Elements Spear Spirit, but the process shattered and left him disoriented.

Xu Yuan refined his plan to merge his spear form into his qi and blood, then learned his father had already researched similar cultivation methods with the Body Sect. He began studying the materials his uncle sent and looked forward to discussing the approach with his martial uncle in Heaven Dou City.

• After meditating for two days in Sea God Pavilion, Xu Yuan realized he could use the Five Elements Spear Spirit and the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art to better perceive his Martial Soul’s spear form.
• Xu Yuan spent his final day in Sea God Pavilion considering how to merge the spear form into his qi and blood, then left with Shen Yi, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan.
• Back at his dormitory, Xu Yuan called Xu Shengqun to explain his plan to use a Soul Spirit contract with qi and blood, and his uncle warned him not to experiment recklessly.
• Xu Shengqun revealed that Xu Yuan’s father had researched the subject with the Body Sect and that Zhen Hua had fused his qi and blood with his Martial Soul, helping it evolve.
• Xu Yuan promised to consult his martial uncle in Heaven Dou City, studied the research materials his uncle sent, and grew more confident in his approach.

Xu Yuan visited Zhen Hua to discuss creating a Vital Energy Martial Soul, and Zhen Hua advised him to develop the idea gradually through a bloodline contract with a Soul Spirit. After returning to Shrek and refining his plans, Xu Yuan was summoned by Mu Ye and found a huge barrel of crimson liquid waiting in a sealed hotel room.

• Xu Yuan traveled to Heaven Dou City and told Zhen Hua he wanted to separate the forms of his Martial Soul and create an alternative Vital Energy Martial Soul.
• Zhen Hua explained how Xu Yuan's father had researched a related idea and advised Xu Yuan to first cultivate Bloodline Power and perfect a contract between it and a Soul Spirit.
• Zhen Hua outlined a gradual path involving the Five Elements Spear Spirit, the Heaven Origin Brush, and eventually a more suitable Soul Spirit, then gave Xu Yuan a storage disk.
• Xu Yuan returned to Shrek, reflected on Zhen Hua's advice, and adjusted his cultivation plan to include studying the bloodline contract without neglecting his regular training.
• Two months later, Mu Ye summoned Xu Yuan to a hotel room, sealed it with Soul Power, and revealed an enormous barrel filled with churning crimson liquid.

Xu Yuan took a Body Sect medicinal bath under Mu Ye’s guidance and condensed his Bloodline Power. The breakthrough also pushed his Soul Power to Level 20, while his Spiritual Power surged and left him eager to develop his Brain Martial Soul.

• Mu Ye explained how Xu Yuan should guide and compress the medicinal power, and warned him to attempt his Qi and Blood Contract later under Zhen Hua’s supervision.
• Xu Yuan entered the medicinal bath and circulated its power through the acupoints Mu Ye had shown him.
• Mu Ye helped Xu Yuan gather and compress the energy in his blood, allowing him to condense his Bloodline Power.
• Xu Yuan sensed an opportunity to advance and broke through from Level 19 to Level 20 without adding a second Soul Ring to his Five Elements Spear Spirit.
• Xu Yuan felt that his Spiritual Power had surpassed three hundred and hoped to reach the Spirit Sea Realm so he could develop his Brain Martial Soul.

Over two and a half months, Xu Yuan focused on cultivating his Brain Martial Soul, and his Spiritual Power rose from 347 to 460. After completing the Body Sect Secret Technique and condensing his brain in the Meditation Space, he broke through 500 Spiritual Power and became eligible to absorb a Soul Spirit.

• Mu Ye arranged for Zhen Hua to obtain a Soul Spirit suited to Xu Yuan while Xu Shengqun helped select one without revealing Xu Yuan's Twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Yuan tested his Spiritual Power at 347 and began training his Brain Martial Soul alongside Bloodline Power and his other cultivation work.
• Over the next two and a half months, Xu Yuan's Spiritual Power increased to 460 as he focused on spiritual cultivation.
• Xu Yuan used the Body Sect Secret Technique to condense his brain in the Meditation Space, where it naturally resonated with the Sea of Spirit.
• Xu Yuan tested his Spiritual Power at 523, then called Mu Ye to say he could fuse with a Soul Spirit.
• Mu Ye told Xu Yuan to come to Heaven Dou City when he had time.

Xu Yuan asked Shen Yi for leave to fuse with a second Soul Spirit, revealing that his Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Sea Realm. In Heaven Dou City, he began fusing with a rare Dream Demon and discovered that it possessed wisdom, leaving him to confront its resistance in his Meditation Space.

• Xu Yuan told Shen Yi he needed leave to fuse with another Soul Spirit, and she learned his Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Shen Yi reported Xu Yuan's progress to Zhuo Shi, who ordered a Spiritual Power assessment for his upcoming evaluation.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye examined Xu Yuan's record-breaking Spiritual Power and gave him a five-hundred-year Dream Demon Soul Spirit.
• Xu Yuan began fusing with the Dream Demon, which raged inside his Meditation Space and spoke through Spiritual Power.
• Xu Yuan realized the Dream Demon possessed wisdom and pinned it down, warning it that it could not escape his control.

Xu Yuan persuaded Dream Demon to become his Soul Spirit and gained two Soul Skills, then prepared to form a Pseudo-Soul Spirit Contract with the Five Elements Spear Spirit. The chapter left him ready to begin the contract after Zhen Hua finished preparing the array.

• Xu Yuan convinced Dream Demon to cooperate and refined its Origin, forming two Yellow Soul Rings.
• Xu Yuan identified his Soul Skills as Mental Link and Dream Realm Space.
• Xu Yuan tested Mental Link with Soul Forged and Spirit Forged metals, and Zhen Hua concluded it could connect him to intelligent beings and faint metal spirituality.
• Xu Yuan reviewed the Qi and Blood Contract arrays while Zhen Hua engraved them in the Forging Room.
• Xu Yuan and Zhen Hua prepared to form a Pseudo-Soul Spirit Contract with the Five Elements Spear Spirit, with Zhen Hua warning Xu Yuan to focus only on incorporating Bloodline Power.

Xu Yuan successfully fused the Five Elements Spear Spirit into his Vital Energy through the Qi and Blood Contract, giving him hope of eventually turning his Vital Energy into a Martial Soul. He stayed at the Forging Master Association to cultivate and learn techniques for fusing Vital Energy and Martial Souls.

• Xu Yuan prepared for the Qi and Blood Contract by modifying his contract with the cooperative Five Elements Spear Spirit and using an external array to combine it with his Bloodline Power.
• Xu Yuan merged the Five Elements Spear Spirit into his Vital Energy and circulated its Five Elements Power through his body with the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art.
• Xu Yuan told Zhen Hua and Mu Ye that the fusion had gone smoothly, and Mu Ye advised him to focus on spear practice and merge the Heaven Origin Spear into the Five Elements Spear Spirit.
• Zhen Hua invited Xu Yuan to remain at the Forging Master Association to cultivate and learn further techniques for fusing Vital Energy and Martial Souls.
• Xu Yuan spent a week cultivating with his Soul Power sealed, refining Mu Ye's medicinal meals with his Vital Energy and strengthening the Five Elements Spear Spirit.

Xu Yuan suggested that Mu Ye broaden the Body Sect’s recruitment by using the Qi and Blood Contract to help other Soul Masters cultivate bloodline power. After preparing to ascend his Soul Spirit, Xu Yuan left for the Intermediate Spirit Pagoda with Zhao Long, who was assigned to assist him.

• Mu Ye acknowledged that Xu Yuan’s Qi and Blood Contract had accelerated his bloodline cultivation, and Xu Yuan suggested expanding the Body Sect’s disciple requirements.
• Mu Ye considered whether the contract and a future Vital Energy Martial Soul could let the Body Sect accept Soul Masters without Body Martial Souls.
• Xu Yuan offered to let the Body Sect teach his Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art, but Mu Ye declined and said disciples could learn it from Xu Yuan directly.
• After a week of cultivation, Xu Yuan told Mu Ye he was ready to ascend his spirit at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhen Hua gave Xu Yuan two Intermediate Spirit Pagoda admission tickets and assigned Zhao Long to help raise Xu Yuan’s five-hundred-year Soul Spirit to one thousand years or, if possible, one thousand five hundred years.
• Zhen Hua also promised Zhao Long that he could ascend his own Second Soul Spirit after assisting Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan and Zhao Long entered the Spirit Ascension Platform so Zhao Long could help raise Xu Yuan’s Soul Spirit’s age. After assessing Xu Yuan’s strength, Zhao Long decided they could hunt Soul Beasts around five thousand years old; the chapter ended with an author’s note explaining a revision to the forging and Battle Armor setting.

• Zhen Hua encouraged Zhao Long that his Second Soul Spirit might still reach the Ten Thousand Year level through Enlightenment Advancement.
• Xu Yuan and Zhao Long discussed how rare Enlightenment Advancement was and how the Spirit Ascension Platform could help Soul Spirits approach the Ten Thousand Year barrier.
• Xu Yuan and Zhao Long entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where Zhao Long asked Xu Yuan to demonstrate his burst power.
• Xu Yuan merged the Heaven Origin Spear’s power into his Five Elements Spear Spirit and displayed Spear Intent, Spear Will, and a strike capable of killing a Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Xu Yuan said his two Soul Rings were five hundred years old, so Zhao Long concluded that two Soul Beasts around five thousand years old could raise them by another five hundred years.
• The author explained that future Battle Armor components would require Thousand Refined First Grade Metal, while ordinary Thousand Refined Metal would be used for practice.

Xu Yuan and Zhao Long hunted Soul Beasts in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, raising Xu Yuan’s Dream Demon Soul Spirit to about fifteen hundred years before he left. Back at the Forging Master Association, Mu Ye began teaching Xu Yuan methods for cultivating Spiritual Power.

• Zhao Long chose to hunt Soul Beasts over two thousand years old so Xu Yuan could steadily raise his Soul Spirit while they completed the mission.
• Zhao Long shielded Xu Yuan when they encountered a Giant Ancient Ape with at least four thousand years of cultivation, but Xu Yuan declined to hunt it.
• Zhao Long fought the Giant Ancient Ape while Xu Yuan retreated to safety and kept watch.
• Xu Yuan hunted hundred-year Soul Beasts on his own, raised his Dream Demon Soul Spirit to around fifteen hundred years, and voluntarily left the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Mu Ye praised Xu Yuan’s progress, said his body could bear about fifteen hundred years for now, and brought him to the rooftop to teach him Spiritual Power cultivation methods.

Xu Yuan learned from Mu Ye how Soul Spirits accelerated Spiritual Power growth and received the Body Sect’s Qi and Blood Furnace Method. Back at Shrek Academy, he heard about an upcoming Mecha Development Discussion Conference and planned to attend after the assessment.

• Mu Ye explained that Soul Spirits acted as both a burden and a weight on Spiritual Power, helping Soul Masters develop it faster.
• Mu Ye gave Xu Yuan the Body Sect’s Qi and Blood Furnace Method, and Xu Yuan left Heaven Dou City after spending more than ten days there.
• Xu Yuan returned to Shrek Academy and learned from Xu Lizhi that the assessment would begin in three days.
• Xu Lizhi told Xu Yuan about the Mecha Development Discussion Conference, which would begin in about a week and bring together practitioners from three Mecha sub-professions.
• Xu Lizhi said that he and Xing Lan planned to attend after the assessment.

Xu Yuan attended a Mech Master Association convention and listened to a debate about advancing Battle Armor without Heaven Forging. He challenged the seniors to consider whether a Mecha Designer could raise Soul Forged Metal to Heaven Forged level.

• Xu Yuan decided to attend the convention, confident that his progress over the past half year had made him ready.
• Yu Yang greeted Xu Yuan and advised him to listen rather than participate because he was only a Second Grade professional.
• Xu Yuan joined a discussion about whether Soul Masters could nurture Three-Word Dou Armor into Four-Word Dou Armor without Heaven Forging.
• A senior dismissed the idea as an exceptional path that depended on rare, personally suited opportunities.
• Xu Yuan suggested using another Sub-Profession and asked whether a Mecha Designer could design Soul Forged Metal into Heaven Forged-level metal.

Xu Yuan discussed whether Mecha Design methods could guide metal toward Heavenly Forging, then learned why the approach was impractical. He and his companions began an assessment against simulated versions of themselves from six months earlier, and Xu Yuan wondered how accurately the Soul Arena could reproduce their abilities.

• Xu Yuan proposed gradually guiding Battle Armor metal toward Heavenly Forging, but a senior student explained that the process could take decades and yield weak armor.
• Yu Yang told Xu Yuan that the convention's opening discussions would not improve his Sub-Profession skills, and Xu Yuan left the Mech Master Association.
• Shen Yi gathered Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan for an assessment against projections of themselves from half a year earlier.
• Shen Yi explained that the Soul Arena projections would have strong combat techniques, including abilities beyond physical constitution and Soul Power foundation.
• Xu Yuan imagined fighting a projection that could use his skills and wondered whether the Soul Arena could simulate a Soul Master's entire Meridians structure.

Xu Yuan, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi took individual assessments in the Soul Arena, where Xu Yuan learned from and ultimately defeated a Projection equipped with advanced techniques and a powerful Spear Will. After passing with full marks, the three prepared for their upcoming team battle.

• Xu Yuan fought a Projection that used advanced elemental techniques, while he observed and copied its methods.
• Xu Lizhi held out for eleven minutes and passed his assessment, and Ye Xinglan defeated her Projection in fifteen minutes.
• Xu Yuan's Projection unleashed a domineering Spear Will that sealed his Spiritual Power, but Xu Yuan used his Bloodline Power to block its attack.
• Xu Yuan trapped the Projection in the Brain Martial Soul's Dream Realm Space and defeated it with a spear strike.
• Xu Yuan told Shen Yi he had passed, and she scheduled the team's battle for half an hour later.
• Xu Lizhi warned Xu Yuan and Ye Xinglan that his Projection could fight well.

Xu Lizhi asked about Xu Yuan’s Projection techniques, and Shen Yi offered to bring him and Ye Xinglan to the Tang Sect to seek instruction in its Ultimate Arts after they passed the assessment. In the Soul Arena, the trio struggled against their Projections as Xu Yuan tried to learn from the fight, which ended with Ye Xinglan confronting her Projection while Xu Lizhi’s Projection attacked her from the side.

• Xu Lizhi asked Shen Yi whether Xu Yuan’s Projection used additional Soul Skills, and Shen Yi said she would take him and Ye Xinglan to the Tang Sect if they passed the assessment.
• Shen Yi activated the team assessment, and Xu Lizhi asked Xu Yuan how his Projection was so strong.
• Xu Yuan directed Ye Xinglan to flank the Projections while he faced two of them, using the Heaven Origin Brush to raise stone pillars and split their formation.
• Xu Yuan battled his Projection with the Five Elements Spear Tactic, while Ye Xinglan attacked her Projection and Xu Lizhi supplied restorative Big Meat Buns.
• Projection Xu Yuan and Projection Ye Xinglan launched simultaneous attacks, while Projection Xu Lizhi used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to strike at Ye Xinglan.
• Ye Xinglan pressed her attack despite the danger, and Xu Yuan sensed that she had touched the threshold of Sword Intent.

Xu Yuan defeated the Projections in the assessment, earning full marks, and continued advancing his mecha-related Sub-Professions and forging skills. Two and a half years later, he was ten and learned that Shen Yi planned to take him, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi to a major competition in the Skysea Alliance; then his eldest uncle called.

• Ye Xinglan's Projection struck her, while Xu Lizhi rushed in and Xu Yuan trapped the boys in a cage before using the Dream Realm Space to endure his injuries and counterattack.
• Xu Yuan's Five Elements Spear Spirit pierced the Projections, ending the battle, and Shen Yi awarded him full marks.
• Xu Yuan advanced three mecha-related Sub-Professions to third grade and completed his first Thousand Refinement after months of forging practice.
• Two and a half years passed, and ten-year-old Xu Yuan learned from Xu Lizhi that Shen Yi was taking the three of them to a major competition in the Skysea Alliance.
• Xu Yuan questioned why Shen Yi had chosen them for the trip, then received a call from his eldest uncle.

Xu Yuan learned that Xu Shengqun had a surprise waiting for him when he visited the Skysea Alliance, then continued cultivating his partially separated Heaven Origin Spear and Heaven Origin Brush. His spear had effectively become a separate Martial Soul, but he still needed a suitable Soul Spirit before formalizing the split.

• Xu Shengqun called Xu Yuan and told him to visit home during the Skysea Alliance tournament, promising a surprise without explaining what it was.
• Xu Yuan suspected that Xu Shengqun's connections to Zhuo Shi had helped arrange Zero Class's resources and that the trip might involve Shrek inspecting Wu Zhangkong's students.
• Xu Yuan cultivated with his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear, whose bloodline and two purple Soul Rings were already distinct from the Heaven Origin Brush in practice.
• Xu Yuan practiced the Five Elements Spear Tactic and speculated that the Five Elements Spear Spirit might advance to Ten Thousand Years as it accumulated spiritual energy.
• Xu Yuan used the Heaven Origin Brush with its single purple Soul Ring, while the Sea God Pavilion remained aware of his incomplete Martial Soul split and had supplied Five Elements treasures to compensate for it.

Xu Yuan developed his Heaven Origin Brush’s Five Elements abilities, organized Core Array research with Yaoyao, and cultivated his Spiritual Power, Bloodline Power, and Soul Power. After three days in seclusion, he emerged when Xu Lizhi called him, having experienced more than ten days of cultivation.

• Xu Yuan considered whether to fuse another Soul Spirit and decided to focus on Spiritual Power while seeking Mental Attribute treasures.
• Xu Yuan practiced the Heaven Origin Brush’s Five Elements Ring, identified a way to make its binding turn into an explosion, and continued trying to adapt Core Arrays into written patterns.
• Xu Yuan entered the Dream Realm Space, asked Yaoyao to organize arrays, and studied how to improve the Five Elements Ring.
• Xu Yuan meditated for three days outside the Meditation Space, cultivating his Soul Power, Bloodline Power, and Spiritual Power.
• Xu Lizhi called Xu Yuan to leave, and Xu Yuan emerged from cultivation after experiencing more than ten days.