Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Jiang Mingyuan confronted Guanglong after he threatened Uncle Li, and Jiang Mingyuan burned him before the group left. The next morning, Tang Wulin heard that a fire had killed more than half the Eastsea City Mecha Brigade, including its captain.

• Guanglong demanded protection money from Uncle Li, then attacked Xie Xie and Tang Wulin when they intervened.
• Xie Xie cut Guanglong's arm, and Guanglong seized Tang Wulin with his strengthened ironclad dragon arm.
• Jiang Mingyuan set Guanglong ablaze, and one of his lackeys accidentally poured oil on the flames before Jiang Mingyuan extinguished them.
• Xie Xie gave Uncle Li two hundred thousand Federation Coins, and Tang Wulin added his remaining five thousand.
• Jiang Mingyuan left after receiving a message from Qin Yu, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie returned to Eastsea Academy and planned to ask Wu Changkong for help.
• Tang Wulin heard that a fire at the Eastsea City Mecha Brigade base had killed more than half its members, including its captain.

Tang Wulin learned that the Eastsea City Mecha Brigade had suffered an inexplicable fire, while Jiang Mingyuan reunited with Na'er, now calling herself Gu Yuena, and met her relatives and teacher. Leng Yaozhu offered to mentor Jiang Mingyuan and take the siblings to Shrek Academy, but he chose to remain at Eastsea Academy with his trusted companions.

• Tang Wulin heard that a fire at the Eastsea City Mecha Brigade could not be extinguished and wondered whether Jiang Mingyuan was involved, while Xie Xie warned him about the incident.
• Jiang Mingyuan arrived at Qin Yu's office and reunited with Na'er, who introduced herself as Gu Yuena and showed him her awakened Martial Soul.
• Gu Yuena introduced Jiang Mingyuan to Zi JI and Leng Yaozhu, who offered to take him and Gu Yuena as students and arrange their entry into Shrek Academy.
• Leng Yaozhu promised to find Jiang Mingyuan a suitable Soul Spirit when he reached rank thirty and invited the siblings to Shrek City the next day.
• Jiang Mingyuan declined Leng Yaozhu's plan because he would not leave his companions at Eastsea Academy.

Jiang Mingyuan agreed to train under Leng Yaozhu during school breaks, while Na'er left with Zi JI for Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. Back at Eastsea Academy, Jiang Mingyuan joined Tang Wulin and Xie Xie for the Class Promotion Competition, where Class Five quickly took control of its match against Class Four.

• Leng Yaozhu offered to let Jiang Mingyuan stay with his companions and receive instruction at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters during breaks, and he accepted.
• Na'er left with Zi JI that evening, while Jiang Mingyuan returned to school and heard rumors that Eastsea City's mecha brigade had burned down.
• Tang Wulin welcomed Jiang Mingyuan back, and Wu Changkong focused special training on integrating Xie Xie into their group.
• Wu Changkong told Jiang Mingyuan to hold back during Class Five's Class Promotion Competition match against Class Four.
• Jiang Mingyuan buffed Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin sent Jialong flying with one punch as Xie Xie confronted Moss.

After Tang Wulin, Jiang Mingyuan, and Xie Xie won their first formal match, Tang Wulin collapsed during the night and encountered a mysterious golden figure in a dreamlike realm. The figure revealed that the Golden Dragon King was sealed inside Tang Wulin and warned that its power could kill him if it broke free.

• Tang Wulin, Jiang Mingyuan, and Xie Xie defeated Class Five quickly, earning praise from Wu Changkong and celebrating their victory.
• Xie Xie told Tang Wulin and Jiang Mingyuan that Uncle Li was safe from further trouble and offered to treat them to a meal.
• That night, Tang Wulin heard dragon roars, grew feverish, and collapsed onto Jiang Mingyuan's bed before losing consciousness.
• Tang Wulin awoke in a dark realm, where he saw an enormous golden dragon with eighteen rings circling a palace.
• A golden figure explained that the Golden Dragon King was sealed inside Tang Wulin, and that its energy could kill him if it erupted.
• The golden figure said he existed to help Tang Wulin grow stronger and avoid the Golden Dragon King's backlash, and Tang Wulin asked how he would do so.

Tang Wulin learned that the Golden Dragon King sealed inside him could kill him unless he absorbed its essence using three rare treasures before he turned ten. After Tang Wulin told Jiang Mingyuan what he needed, Jiang Mingyuan took him to the Eastsea City Museum and Auction House to search for them.

• The Golden Figure explained that Tang Wulin needed to break the first seal before age ten using a Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit, a Hundred-Year Scarlet Flame Fruit, and ten drops of blood from a hundred-year soul beast with a draconic bloodline.
• Jiang Mingyuan woke to find Tang Wulin feverish, cooled him with soul power, and helped him awaken from the Golden Dragon King's inner realm.
• Tang Wulin told Jiang Mingyuan about the Golden Dragon King and the three treasures, and Jiang Mingyuan promised to help him find them at the Eastsea City Auction House.
• The next day, Jiang Mingyuan brought Tang Wulin to the Eastsea City Museum, where an attendant said they needed rank-three professional credentials or a deposit of one hundred thousand Federation Coins to enter the upper exhibition halls.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin bought spiritual treasures at an exhibition, then secretly returned to their dormitory to rest and cultivate. As they slept and meditated, Jiang Mingyuan’s inner spiritual space revealed a mysterious green-glowing skull watching a shattered core beneath a phoenix-lit sky.

• Jiang Mingyuan sensed that a supposedly dead patterned egg was still alive and bought it for 520,000 Federation Coins.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin paid 3.11 million Federation Coins for three spiritual treasures, and Tang Wulin declined to buy a metal he could not yet forge.
• The two encountered Xie Xie on campus and persuaded him not to tell Wu Changkong that they had returned early.
• Jiang Mingyuan flew with Tang Wulin through their open dormitory window, and Tang Wulin prepared to cultivate while Jiang Mingyuan slept.
• Inside Jiang Mingyuan’s spiritual space, phoenixes circled a shattered core as a green-glowing skull watched from a dark corner.

Jiang Mingyuan bought two spiritual treasures for Tang Wulin and arranged to meet the buyer who had reserved the Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit. After comforting Tang Wulin’s doubts about being a burden, Jiang Mingyuan continued browsing the exhibition hall.

• Jiang Mingyuan asked the attendant for a Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit, a Hundred-Year Scarlet Flame Fruit, and fresh blood from a hundred-year dragon-bloodline soul beast.
• The attendant said the Ice Crystal Fruit was reserved for a regular customer, so Jiang Mingyuan offered double for it and requested at least ten drops of dragon-bloodline soul beast blood along with the other fruit.
• Tang Wulin worried that his weak Martial Soul and slow cultivation made him a burden, but Jiang Mingyuan told him he helped because they were friends.
• The attendant brought Jiang Mingyuan the Hundred-Year Scarlet Flame Fruit and the dragon-bloodline soul beast blood, and said he could meet the Ice Crystal Fruit’s buyer the next morning.
• Jiang Mingyuan set the two spiritual treasures aside and continued looking around the exhibition hall.

Jiang Mingyuan defeated Gu Tianri and his brothers, prompting Gu Tianri to confront his feelings and receive support from his classmates. The next morning, Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin began bidding for the Hundred-Year Ice Spirit Fruit, with Jiang Mingyuan immediately raising the price frantically.

• Jiang Mingyuan quickly defeated Gu Tianri and his two brothers, and Three Golden Feathers healed their injuries.
• Gu Tianri cried and wondered aloud what he was feeling, while his classmates comforted him and told him he had been brave.
• Jiang Mingyuan returned to Class Five with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, then dragged both away when Wu Changkong questioned their lateness.
• The next morning, Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin went to the Eastsea City Museum to bid for the Hundred-Year Ice Spirit Fruit.
• When bidding began, Jiang Mingyuan repeatedly jabbed the bidding remote until Tang Wulin urged him to slow down.

Jiang Mingyuan took Tang Wulin to the auction house to find spiritual treasures that could help him, and reassured Tang Wulin when he felt like a burden. They obtained two of the requested items, while the auction house arranged a meeting about the Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit for the next morning.

• Jiang Mingyuan paid the deposit and asked the attendant whether the auction house had a Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit, a Hundred-Year Scarlet Flame Fruit, and blood from a hundred-year dragon-bloodline soul beast.
• The attendant confirmed that all three were available but said the Ice Crystal Fruit was reserved for a regular customer, so Jiang Mingyuan offered to pay double and requested at least ten drops of the dragon soul beast's blood.
• Tang Wulin said he felt useless and guilty for making Jiang Mingyuan spend money on him, and Jiang Mingyuan told him he helped because Tang Wulin was his friend.
• The attendant brought Jiang Mingyuan the Scarlet Flame Fruit and the dragon soul beast blood, and said the interested customer could meet him about the Ice Crystal Fruit the next morning.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked the attendant to leave the two items at checkout while he continued browsing.

After a typhoon suspended classes, Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin stocked up on supplies and prepared to undo Tang Wulin’s seal. Tang Wulin followed Old Tang’s instructions and drank a mixture of spiritual fruits and dragon-bloodline soul beast blood, beginning the process.

• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin heard the typhoon announcement and went to the mall to buy supplies before returning to their dormitory.
• Jiang Mingyuan received messages from Tang Wulin’s parents, Na'er, and Leng Yaozhu, who also sent him a file of soul spirits to consider.
• Tang Wulin contacted the Golden Figure, who warned him about the pain and explained how to prepare the spiritual fruits and soul beast blood to undo the first seal.
• The Golden Figure told Tang Wulin to call him Old Tang and promised to guide him through removing the seal.
• Tang Wulin used Jiang Mingyuan’s thermos to combine the two spiritual fruits with the dragon soul beast blood, then drank the resulting dark purple liquid.

Tang Wulin endured the first stage of breaking the Golden Dragon King’s seal while Jiang Mingyuan waited and tried to hatch an egg. When Tang Wulin awoke, their bloodlines resonated and they discovered a powerful but exhausting Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang Wulin drank the liquid and began breaking the seal as Jiang Mingyuan guarded him through the storm.
• Jiang Mingyuan tried to hatch the egg he had bought at the Eastsea City Museum, but it showed no signs of life.
• On the sixth morning, Tang Wulin awoke with golden eyes, and the two felt their bloodlines resonate when they touched.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin joined hands and Soul Power, creating a golden cocoon that produced a red-winged woman under Jiang Mingyuan’s control.
• Jiang Mingyuan wielded a flame-wreathed greatsword during the fusion, which ended after fifty-four seconds when their Soul Power ran out.
• Jiang Mingyuan fed the exhausted Tang Wulin, who asked whether they had performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin named their Martial Soul Fusion Skill the Phoenix King Annihilation Sword, then faced Class One in the final class promotion match. As the battle began, Jiang Mingyuan took on the two opponents who flew toward him.

• Jiang Mingyuan persuaded Tang Wulin to keep the name Phoenix Blue Silver Transformation private and called their fused sword the Phoenix King Annihilation Sword.
• Jiang Mingyuan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie met Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi in the final class promotion match between Class Five and Class One.
• All three Class One students revealed two yellow soul rings, while Xie Xie surprised them by showing that he had also reached two rings.
• Wei Xiaofeng charged Xie Xie, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi took flight to attack Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin.
• Jiang Mingyuan activated Phoenix Possession, strengthened Tang Wulin and Xie Xie with golden feathers, and flew toward Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin’s team fought Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, who unleashed a powerful martial soul fusion skill. Jiang Mingyuan dispelled their dark canopy, and he and Tang Wulin embraced to begin a counterattack.

• Jiang Mingyuan used his phoenix flames to overpower Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi inside their dark canopy, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie pressured Wei Xiaofeng.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi combined into a dragon-like form and knocked Xie Xie aside before attacking Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin used his golden dragon scales and claw to catch Wang Jinxi’s wrist and blunt his blow.
• Wei Xiaofeng joined Wang Jinxi in attacking Tang Wulin as they tried to defeat him before Jiang Mingyuan escaped the canopy.
• Jiang Mingyuan dispelled the dark canopy, and he and Tang Wulin embraced as Wang Jinxi recognized the start of their martial soul fusion skill.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill overwhelmed first-year Class 1 in the Class Promotion Competition. First-year Class 5 won, but Wei Xiaofeng was badly burned, and Long Hengxu was left facing the consequences.

• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill appeared, and its golden sparks pressured Wang Jinxi and Wei Xiaofeng.
• Wei Xiaofeng charged through the sparks to clear a path for Wang Jinxi, but an explosion blasted him away, and Long Hengxu and Wu Changkong caught him.
• Wang Jinxi charged on all fours, and Jiang Mingyuan’s Phoenix King Annihilation Sword severed the illusory wings sustaining the Martial Soul Fusion Skill before Wu Changkong stopped the slash.
• Wu Changkong declared first-year Class 5 the winner, and Jiang Mingyuan drew back the flames and gave the three boys Golden Feathers.
• Ye Yingluo rushed the badly burned Wei Xiaofeng to the Academy Infirmary, while Zhang Hangxu blamed Jiang Mingyuan, who said Wei Xiaofeng had run into the sparks himself.

Eastsea Academy ended the first-year promotion tournament and formed first-year Class Zero, selecting five students including Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin. After they signed agreements and moved into new single rooms, Tang Wulin struggled to understand his changed feelings toward Jiang Mingyuan.

• Yu Zhen announced that first-year Class Five would become Class One and that the academy was establishing first-year Class Zero.
• Yu Zhen selected Jiang Mingyuan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi for Class Zero, and all five signed agreements to remain at Eastsea Academy through their studies.
• The five students moved into a new dormitory building and received individual rooms.
• Tang Wulin visited Jiang Mingyuan while he was cleaning, then left without explaining why he had come.
• Tang Wulin returned to his room and looked at a family portrait that he had altered to include Jiang Mingyuan, wondering why he could no longer look at him calmly.

Wu Changkong introduced Class Zero to battle armor and tested the students’ spiritual power and physical strength. Jiang Mingyuan’s exceptional spiritual power astonished everyone, and the chapter ended as he struck the strength-testing target.

• Jiang Mingyuan formed a silver gauntlet with an amplification array, and Wu Changkong explained how battle armor differed from basic mecha equipment.
• Wu Changkong tested the students’ spiritual power and explained its levels and importance to soul spirits and mecha piloting.
• Xie Xie scored 60 spiritual power, Zhang Yangzi scored 44, Wang Jinxi scored 18, and Tang Wulin scored 68.
• Jiang Mingyuan’s spiritual power reached 265 points, and Wu Changkong confirmed that the testing machine was working correctly.
• The students began testing their physical strength; Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi struck the target before Jiang Mingyuan hit it with enough force to make it shudder.

Wu Changkong brought Tang Wulin, Jiang Mingyuan, and their classmates to the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda for weekly training on its Spirit Ascension Platform. Tang Wulin entered the simulated forest alone, while Jiang Mingyuan found himself confronted by a crystal-covered giant bear.

• Tang Wulin recorded strikingly high punch strengths, and Wu Changkong gave him separate fire-control practice while training the others.
• Wu Changkong drove the students to the Spirit Pagoda and explained that they would receive one Spirit Ascension Platform session each week.
• A Spirit Pagoda staff member showed the students murals of Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong before leading them to the platform's entry machines.
• Tang Wulin entered the simulated Ancient Soul Beast Forest, searched for Jiang Mingyuan, and sensed the surrounding Blue Silver Grass.
• Jiang Mingyuan found himself perched in a tree as a giant bear covered in orange crystals battered its trunk, and he prepared to fight it.

Jiang Mingyuan led a Crystal Bear on a chase through the forest, then coordinated with Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to weaken it. Xie Xie's strike failed to penetrate the bear's thick hide, but Tang Wulin killed it by snapping its neck with his Golden Dragon Claw.

• Jiang Mingyuan burned and injured the Crystal Bear, then lured it through trees to wear down its strength.
• Jiang Mingyuan led the pursuing bear to Xie Xie, who joined the chase and ran until the bear slowed from exhaustion.
• Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi arrived, and Jiang Mingyuan boosted the group with his Golden Feathers before they surrounded the bear.
• Zhang Yangzi blinded the bear with Black Mist, Tang Wulin poisoned it, and Wang Jinxi and Jiang Mingyuan helped wear it down.
• Xie Xie leapt onto the bear and stabbed its neck, but his Light Dragon Dagger could not penetrate deeply enough.
• Wang Jinxi threw Tang Wulin toward the bear, and Tang Wulin used his Golden Dragon Claw to crush its spine and snap its neck.

Jiang Mingyuan led Class Zero through a dangerous Spirit Ascension Platform session, earning Wu Changkong’s praise and being named squad captain. As the term ended, Wu Changkong announced two special final assessments and took the students to begin the first.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie defeated the Crystal Bear but were trapped by its death-triggered crystal skill, and Jiang Mingyuan freed them.
• Jiang Mingyuan blasted a pack of wolves with Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie absorbed the Crystal Bear’s reward.
• Jiang Mingyuan guided the team through the Spirit Ascension Platform until nightfall, and Wu Changkong praised their performance and appointed him captain with Tang Wulin as vice-captain.
• Wu Changkong trained the students in Soul Beasts, secondary professions, and combat as the term drew to a close.
• Wu Changkong announced two special final assessments and led the students out for the first, while Jiang Mingyuan encouraged a nervous Xie Xie to follow.

Wu Changkong brought Jiang Mingyuan and the other students to the Eastsea City Soul Guidance Technology Park for an assessment in the Hall of Heroes. Jiang Mingyuan passed the first round against Oscar and defeated Dai Mubai in the high-tier second round.

• Wu Changkong led the students into the technology park, gave them wristbands, and brought them to the assessment space.
• Jiang Mingyuan and the others were teleported into the Hall of Heroes, where the first round required them to withstand an opponent's attacks for thirty seconds.
• Oscar appeared with a copied evil fire phoenix and attacked Jiang Mingyuan with Phoenix Fire Line.
• Jiang Mingyuan controlled Oscar's flames and sent them back at him, passing the first round.
• Dai Mubai appeared for the high-tier second round and attacked Jiang Mingyuan with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Jiang Mingyuan blocked Dai Mubai's attacks and guided a missed fireball around to strike and crush him.