Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan met Tree Elder in the Consciousness Space and received the Golden Ancient Tree’s Vital Energy, which strengthened his Martial Souls and helped him become a Triple Martial Soul wielder. As his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear formed a fourth Soul Ring and all four rings changed, Yun Ming and the Pavilion Elders watched in astonishment.

• Xu Yuan spoke with Tree Elder, who praised his Heaven-Earth Resonance and sent green Vital Energy into his body.
• Xu Yuan refined the Vital Energy, strengthening his Heaven Origin Brush, Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear, and blood and qi.
• Yun Ming and the Pavilion Elders saw the Golden Ancient Tree’s accumulated Vital Energy flow into Xu Yuan and celebrated Tree Elder’s apparent choice of him.
• Xu Yuan’s two Martial Souls took shape, making him a Triple Martial Soul wielder, and the Heaven Origin Brush and Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear began alternating above him.
• Yun Ming saw the Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear’s first three Soul Rings turn black as a fourth ring formed with green flecks, while all four rings gained patterns of azure light and crimson blood and qi.

Xu Yuan learned that the Golden Ancient Tree’s Vital Energy had helped his Soul Spirit break through and fused Spirit of Life Gold into his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear. After testing his new abilities, he saw off Xu Shengqun and returned to his cultivation room to examine two jade boxes.

• Xu Yuan told Yun Ming and the Pavilion Elders that Tree Elder had appeared in a white space and that his Soul Spirit’s breakthrough had formed his fourth Soul Ring.
• Xu Yuan explained that Vital Energy had fused new metal material into his Five Elements Spear Spirit, and the elders identified it as Spirit of Life Gold.
• Yun Ming ordered everyone to conceal the incident and kept Xu Yuan behind to test his enhanced Soul Skills.
• Xu Yuan activated his Fourth Soul Skill, Flame of Life, and explained that it drew on the life essence of heaven and earth to replenish the Vital Energy it burned.
• Xu Yuan returned to his dormitory, learned Xu Shengqun and his aunt would go back to Skysea City, and asked his uncle to help obtain Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform tickets.
• After seeing Xu Shengqun off, Xu Yuan returned to the Cultivation Room and took out two jade boxes, one of which radiated a dense aura of life.

Xu Yuan received a Three-Petal Immortal Orchid and three Foundation Nurturing Pills from Yun Ming to repair and strengthen his foundation. He consumed the orchid and his Ink Jade Divine Bamboo together, then saw the Heaven Origin Brush transformed after his recent Martial Soul changes.

• Xu Yuan identified the Three-Petal Immortal Orchid and learned the Foundation Nurturing Pills were designed to strengthen his foundation and nurture his origin.
• Xu Yuan decided to consume the Three-Petal Immortal Orchid and Ink Jade Divine Bamboo first, saving the pills to consolidate his Origin later.
• Xu Yuan chewed the Three-Petal Immortal Orchid and refined its lingering medicinal power with the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art.
• Xu Yuan drank the dew inside the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and ate its bamboo joints, refining it alongside the orchid by morning.
• Xu Yuan released the Heaven Origin Brush and saw its wooden shaft, green patterns, and five-colored brush hairs after its forms separated.

Xu Yuan discovered that his Heaven Origin Brush could materialize lifelike Soul Beasts, including a powerful Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. He planned to have Phantom Star control materialized beasts in battle, leaving Phantom Star reluctant but with Yaoyao curious to try.

• Xu Yuan found that his Heaven Origin Brush had lost its spear-form origin and could wield Heaven and Earth Origin Qi directly.
• Xu Yuan used his Third Soul Skill, Materialization, to create a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and judged that it surpassed Yang Nianxia's Dark Gold Bear physically, though it still needed refinement.
• Xu Yuan considered drawing a clone of himself but decided it would be more useful to create bodies for Phantom Star to control.
• Xu Yuan told Phantom Star to stop practicing the Five Elements Divine Light Shield in the Dream Realm Space and instead learn to control materialized Soul Beasts.
• Xu Yuan explained that mastering unfamiliar abilities would benefit them both through Mental Link, while Phantom Star grew dispirited at the prospect of controlling other species.
• Xu Yuan asked Yaoyao to try controlling the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but Yaoyao lacked the ability to possess a clone, so Xu Yuan urged Phantom Star to give it a try.

Xu Yuan helped Phantom Star test manifested soul-beast bodies and began training him to develop Five Elements techniques, while his split Martial Souls continued adjusting. The chapter ended as Shen Yi announced the first-year final exams, which could eliminate ten students.

• Xu Yuan explained that his manifested Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear lacked soul skills, but Phantom Star could use its innate abilities after possessing it.
• Xu Yuan promised to seek suitable soul beasts and improve the bear body, while Phantom Star agreed to practice with manifested bodies.
• Xu Yuan manifested five beasts with Five Elements abilities and guided Phantom Star in studying the Five Elements Divine Light Shield, the Greater Five Elements Divine Light, and related moves.
• A month after the Martial Soul Split, Xu Yuan still felt no discomfort, though his Martial Souls remained in an adjustment period.
• Shen Yi told First Grade Class One that the final exams were approaching, reminding the students that ten first-year students would be eliminated.

Xu Yuan encouraged the class to help one another meet the final assessment’s passing line and offered to forge Battle Armor materials for his classmates at half the standard fee. Wu Zhangkong then revealed that the students had fifteen days to reach Mingdu while defeating stronger opponents in ten cities.

• Shen Yi explained that students could avoid elimination by scoring at least sixty points, and that classmates could transfer points to those who fell short.
• Xu Yuan promised to provide Thousand Refined First Grade metals quickly and charge half the association’s standard forging fee if the whole class stayed in the Outer Courtyard.
• Xu Yuan asked Tang Wulin to help forge metals, and Tang Wulin agreed to assist his classmates.
• Shen Yi urged the class to meet the passing line, and Wu Zhangkong explained that the assessment required them to reach Mingdu within fifteen days after fighting opponents at least five ranks stronger in ten cities.

Wu Zhangkong announced that the students had to travel alone without money or equipment to challenge opponents, and Xu Yuan found a way to earn money by offering to forge metal. The chapter left Xu Yuan beginning to forge Blue Womb Copper with tools conjured by his Martial Soul.

• Wu Zhangkong ordered the students to leave behind their money, resources, Storage Soul Guidance Devices, and communication Soul Tools, and forbade them from traveling in groups.
• Xu Yuan asked to keep his mecha, and Wu Zhangkong allowed him to use it only in emergencies unrelated to the assessment.
• After the academy confiscated the students' belongings, Xu Yuan offered a senior a piece of Thousand Refined First Grade metal for one hundred thousand Federal Currency.
• Xu Yuan summoned his brush Martial Soul and used his third Soul Ring to materialize forging hammers and a forging table.
• The senior offered Xu Yuan five hundred thousand Federal Currency to forge one piece of Blue Womb Copper, and Xu Yuan began the work as Tang Wulin and the others watched in astonishment.

Xu Yuan forged Thousand Refined Blue Womb Copper, rented equipment to help other students earn travel money, and left for Heaven Dou City to seek Zhen Hua’s assistance with the final examination. On the train, he secretly stopped six armed thugs from attacking the passengers and kept his role hidden.

• Xu Yuan forged a piece of Thousand Refined First Grade Blue Womb Copper in nine strikes and accepted five hundred thousand Federal Currency and two more pieces of copper as payment.
• Xu Yuan rented forging and other sub-profession equipment to students, including Tang Wulin and Yang Nianxia, so they could earn travel expenses.
• Xu Yuan boarded the earliest train to Heaven Dou City, planning to ask Zhen Hua for help with his first city challenge.
• Xu Yuan used his Spiritual Power to disorient six armed thugs on the train and alert the other passengers to their weapons.
• A Soul Grandmaster subdued the thugs, and conductor Mo Lan announced compensation for the passengers while Xu Yuan concealed his part in the incident.

Xu Yuan drew Wu Zhangkong to Mo Wu’s commendation ceremony, where an Evil Soul Master named Plague Bringer attacked the councilman. Wu Zhangkong and Xu Yuan helped stop Plague Bringer’s escape, and the Mecha Brigade surrounded the area as the fight continued.

• Xu Yuan went to the commendation ceremony with Wu Zhangkong secretly following him to protect the Soul Grandmaster hero from possible retaliation.
• Mo Wu ordered Heaven Dou City’s guard units and Mecha Brigade to observe the ceremony in plainclothes after learning the train attack had been organized.
• Wu Zhangkong spotted Plague Bringer attacking Mo Wu and used his Two-Word Dou Armor to confront the six-ring Evil Soul Master.
• Plague Bringer spread poisonous green mist and escaped underground, but Xu Yuan struck the ground with his Mecha and forced him back to the surface.
• Wu Zhangkong pursued Plague Bringer as the Mecha Brigade surrounded the area and prepared to bombard it.

Xu Yuan survived the Plague Bringer’s strange attack during the assessment, while Wu Zhangkong warned Shrek that Evil Soul Masters were stirring again. Xu Yuan continued to Heaven Dou City and found Tang Wulin at the Forging Master Association, where Zhen Hua recognized him as Mu Chen’s disciple.

• Wu Zhangkong identified the Plague Bringer as an Evil Soul Master and killed him, but a dark green beam shot toward Xu Yuan.
• Xu Yuan secretly redirected the beam into the Dream Realm Space and assured Wu Zhangkong that he was unharmed.
• Wu Zhangkong warned Xu Yuan about Evil Soul Masters, then reported the incident to the academy while Xu Yuan resumed his assessment.
• Yun Ming learned of the incident at Sea God Pavilion and suspected the Holy Spirit Cult was preparing to emerge again.
• Xu Yuan arrived at the Forging Master Association and found Tang Wulin completing a Fusion Forging under Zhen Hua’s guidance.
• Zhen Hua praised Tang Wulin and recognized him as Mu Chen’s disciple.

Tang Wulin and Xu Yuan completed their forging assessments with Zhen Hua’s help, then joined Wu Zhangkong and their classmates for a revised group journey after Evil Soul Master attacks changed the assessment plans. Xu Yuan proposed renting Soul Guidance Cars so the fourteen students could travel more efficiently and complete their remaining tasks.

• Tang Wulin admitted that Mu Chen was his teacher, and Zhen Hua brought Tang Wulin and Xu Yuan to his office after Tang Wulin completed Thousand Refinement and Fusion Forging.
• Xu Yuan explained Shrek Academy’s assessment requirements, and Zhen Hua arranged opponents for both students.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin and Xu Yuan that Evil Soul Master incidents had changed the plan, so the students would travel together while completing their individual assessments.
• Xu Yuan learned that several classmates had already completed their tasks, while Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Fang Yuan still needed opponents.
• Xu Yuan brought his classmates to Zhen Hua, who agreed to arrange suitable opponents for them.
• Xu Yuan proposed renting three Soul Guidance Cars so the fourteen students could travel between cities more efficiently.

Xu Yuan explained his plan to find Soul King opponents through the Mech Master Association and shared his ambitious reasons for becoming a Mecha Pilot. The group arrived at the busy West Gate City Mech Master Association, where they would seek suitable opponents.

• Xu Lizhi asked Xu Yuan how he planned to find Soul Kings at least five levels above him, and Xu Yuan said they would approach Mecha Pilots instead of relying on Zhen Hua's Forging Master Association connections.
• Xu Yuan explained that Mecha Pilots might accept payment in money or Thousand Refined Rare Metals in exchange for fighting.
• Xu Yuan told Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Fang Yuan that Mechas had a high ceiling and could someday help Soul Masters explore the universe.
• The group traveled to West Gate City and entered its busy Mech Master Association.

Xu Yuan recruited opponents through the Mech Master Association for the students’ combat assessment, using his forging skills and Thousand Refined metal as payment. After Wu Zhangkong objected to making opponents fight in succession, Xu Yuan asked the association to find more Soul Ancestors, while Tang Wulin realized the assessment might reward flexible use of one’s advantages.

• Xu Yuan announced a combat challenge at the Mech Master Association, offering Thousand Refined First Grade metal to recruit a Soul King and Soul Ancestors.
• Xu Yuan showed Wang Lin his four Soul Rings, including a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and explained that he could forge the challengers’ preferred metals for payment.
• Xu Yuan selected five qualified mecha pilots from the lobby and planned to have the students challenge them one at a time.
• Wu Zhangkong warned that the opponents needed to be in peak condition and that a succession of battles would earn poor scores.
• Xu Yuan asked the receptionist to contact additional Soul Ancestors and paid her with Thousand Refined First Grade Sinking Silver.
• Tang Wulin reflected on Xu Yuan’s approach and realized the assessment might test how well they used their advantages.

Xu Yuan led his group through challenges in seven cities before planning a visit to Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy to use its Star Gazing Platform. The group arrived at the academy and approached its security office to request an exchange tournament.

• Xu Yuan's group completed challenges in seven cities, then returned their rented Soul Guidance Car.
• Xu Yuan told the group they would travel by Soul Train to Celestial City and explained that they would stop visiting Mech Master Associations.
• Xu Yuan presented information about Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy and said its Star Gazing Platform could benefit the group, especially Ye Xinglan and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Xu Yuan proposed challenging the academy to an Exchange Tournament as a way to gain access to the Star Gazing Platform.
• Xu Yuan and the others arrived at Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, where a security guard asked what they wanted.

Xu Yuan led his classmates to meet Li Zhilong and arrange an exchange tournament against stronger opponents. Li Zhilong brought them to the academy’s Star Gazing Platform, where he began explaining its unusual cultivation benefits.

• Xu Yuan told the Security Office that he and his classmates were Li Zhilong’s junior brothers and sisters, and Li Zhilong agreed to meet them.
• Li Zhilong learned that the group sought opponents five levels stronger for their assessment and agreed to arrange suitable matches.
• Xu Yuan revealed that he was at Soul Power Level forty-nine, while Xu Yucheng and Wu Siduo were both at level forty-four.
• Li Zhilong arranged a level-forty-nine Soul Ancestor for Wu Siduo and Xu Yucheng and said Xu Yuan would need to face a teacher, whom he offered to compensate.
• Li Zhilong led the group to the Star Gazing Platform and explained that its Soul Guidance Array enhanced perception of the stars when activated.

Xu Yuan learned how the Star Gazing Platform used Star Power to support cultivation and met Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy’s students for an exchange tournament. Shrek’s team won every match, leaving the opposing students defeated and setting up the opportunity that followed.

• Li Zhilong explained that the Star Gazing Platform drew down Star Power for cultivation and that the academy’s Graduate Student Class consisted of Battle Armor Masters.
• Xu Yuan studied the platform’s patterns and learned from Li Zhilong that generations of experts had built and refined it over a thousand years.
• Li Zhilong introduced the ten visiting students to Xu Yuan’s group, and the students agreed to hold three individual matches followed by a Seven vs Seven Team Battle.
• Xu Yuan, Wu Siduo, and Xu Yucheng declined to participate, and Xu Yuan handed command of Shrek’s team to Tang Wulin.
• Shrek’s students won all three individual matches and the Seven vs Seven Team Battle, leaving Xiao Tiantian and the other students dejected.

Xu Yuan led Shrek’s students through an exchange tournament at Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, where they defeated every opponent. Xu Xiaoyan’s Martial Soul mutated after she cultivated on the Star Gazing Platform, and Xu Yuan learned about the academy’s spacecraft technology as he pursued his Starry Sky Mecha idea.

• Shrek’s students, including Wu Siduo and Xu Yuan, won every match against Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, leaving Xiao Tiantian and the others dejected.
• Xu Xiaoyan’s Martial Soul mutated into the Star Staff after the Star Gazing Platform’s formation drew in dense Star Power.
• Xu Yuan asked Li Zhilong to let Shrek’s students cultivate on the platform for a day and offered to cover the cost and give Xiao Tiantian’s group priority on anything he forged.
• Xu Yuan guided Tang Wulin and the others in using Star Power to temper their Soul Power and Battle Armor.
• Xu Yuan asked Zhao Quan about his Flying Mecha and revealed his goal of developing a Starry Sky Mecha that could fly beyond Douluo Star.
• Zhao Quan said the academy could not develop Mecha flight that far, but its spacecraft manufacturing technology was mature and supplied military satellites and Federation exploration spacecraft.

Xu Yuan visited Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy to learn about its spaceship technology and discuss Starry Sky Mechas with Zhao Quan. After revealing his Spiritual Alloy mecha, he let his companions cultivate on the Star Gazing Platform while he studied how its Star Power affected them.

• Xu Yuan learned about the academy's fast, enduring spaceship designs and explained his idea of compressing spaceship functions into a mecha using Core Array techniques.
• Xu Yuan revealed his mecha, astounding Zhao Quan and the Celestial Team, and explained that he had forged its Spiritual Alloy himself.
• Xu Yuan declined to spend the day cultivating and instead observed the effects of the Star Gazing Platform's Star Power on his companions.
• Ye Xinglan's Stargod Sword grew sharper and purer, while Luo Guixing, Fang Yuan, Wu Zhangkong, and the others also showed distinct improvements as they cultivated.

Xu Yuan studied the vitality carried by Star Power at the Star Gazing Platform and gained a new direction for refining his Starry Sky Chart. Meanwhile, Li Zhilong urged the Celestial Team to gather resources so they could compete for Xu Yuan’s forged Spiritual Alloy, and the students woke the next day.

• Xu Yuan encouraged Wu Siduo and Xu Yucheng to cultivate under Star Power, then studied how the Star Gazing Platform’s formation drew it forth.
• Xu Yuan discovered that the platform and the starry sky gave Star Power a vitality that Dream Realm Space could not preserve, and he resolved to refine his Starry Sky Chart by resonating with the stars.
• Li Zhilong told Xiao Tiantian and the Celestial Team to gather resources after explaining that Xu Yuan had forged the vast amount of Spiritual Alloy in his mecha himself.
• The Celestial Team realized Xu Yuan’s forging might produce valuable works at the Star Gazing Platform and prepared to compete for them.
• The students of First Grade Class One finished cultivating and opened their eyes the next day.

After cultivating on the Star Gazing Platform, Xu Yuan and his companions prepared to continue to Three Treasures City, where Li Zhilong offered them a letter of introduction. Xu Yuan urged Tang Wulin and Yang Nianxia to use the vitality-rich Star Power to improve their forging, and Xu Yuan began forging Sinking Silver.

• Xu Yuan asked Li Zhilong whether Shrek graduates taught at an academy in Three Treasures City, and Li Zhilong offered a letter of introduction to Chen Feiyang.
• Xu Yuan told Tang Wulin that the Star Power’s vitality could help forging, and Tang Wulin grew eager to try Spirit Forging with it.
• Xu Yuan encouraged Yang Nianxia to use the Star Power to attempt a breakthrough to Thousand Refined First Grade.
• Xu Yuan began forging first, materializing his equipment with the Heaven Origin Brush and preparing a piece of Sinking Silver.
• Xu Yuan activated the forging station, heated the Sinking Silver until it softened, and raised his hammer.