Chapter Summaries

Yao Xuan defeated Wu Siduo’s Hell White Tiger and won Shrek Academy’s Class Monitor Competition, earning Golden Evolution Points. Wu Siduo joined Luo Guixing’s group with the goal of defeating Yao Xuan, while Yao Xuan appointed Gu Yue and Tang Wulin as vice class monitors.

• Yao Xuan struck Wu Siduo’s Hell White Tiger again, killing it and earning 500 Golden Evolution Points.
• Luo Guixing approached Wu Siduo with Yang Nianxia, Zheng Yiran, and Xu Yucheng, and invited her to join their team to challenge Yao Xuan; Wu Siduo agreed.
• Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan were the last students remaining, and the trial ended with Yao Xuan winning the Class Monitor Competition.
• The students accepted Yao Xuan as Class Monitor without objection, and he earned 2,000 Golden Evolution Points and a daily reward of 50 points.
• Yao Xuan chose Gu Yue as First Vice Class Monitor, and Wu Zhangkong named Tang Wulin Second Vice Class Monitor before announcing the next committee registrations.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue settled into their new class committee roles at Shrek Academy while Wu Siduo challenged Yao Xuan to defeat her. After receiving forging instruction and cultivating together, Yao Xuan and Gu Yue ended the day in their dormitory.

• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue ate lunch together after their first class, while Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie went to register for committee positions.
• Wu Zhangkong confirmed Luo Guixing as Manufacturing Committee Member and Wu Siduo as Repair Committee Member, completing the seven class officer positions among five students.
• Wu Siduo told Yao Xuan she would defeat him, and Yao Xuan welcomed her challenge while thinking about Ye Xinglan.
• Yao Xuan trained with Feng Wuyu at the Forging Association, where Feng Wuyu praised his exceptional forging ability and Yao Xuan considered his path to Level 6.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue ate dinner, cultivated together in the Cultivation Room, and went to sleep after exchanging goodnight kisses.

Yao Xuan and his classmates began their first official classes at Shrek Academy, where Wu Zhangkong assigned team formation and a year-long mecha-building project. After Yao Xuan and Gu Yue decided to forge a One-Word Battle Armor instead of an ordinary mecha, Yao Xuan entered a Dragon Fortress cultivation chamber with Di Tian and Zi Ji to pursue his next bloodline breakthrough.

• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue arrived at the first-year lecture hall and greeted Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie before class began.
• Wu Zhangkong instructed the students to form teams within seven days, report their second-profession levels, and study Introduction to Mecha Manufacturing.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned each student to build a mecha from raw materials, warning that failure meant expulsion and that students would later compete using their own mechas.
• Luo Guixing formed a five-member team of Young Talent Ranking students and challenged Yao Xuan, who accepted.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue decided to forge a One-Word Battle Armor from Spirit Forged Metal, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan chose ordinary mechas.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue visited the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo for guidance, then Yao Xuan followed Di Tian and Zi Ji into a Dragon Fortress cultivation chamber to prepare for a bloodline breakthrough.

Yao Xuan spent 150,000 Golden Evolution Points to raise his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 35.8%, initially forming his Fourth Layer Blood-Qi Circulation and increasing his strength. After returning to Shrek Academy, he went with Gu Yue to Spirit Ice Plaza, where she asked what he thought about the academy’s principles for protecting Soul Beasts.

• Yao Xuan used 150,000 Golden Evolution Points to increase his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline unlock progress to 35.8%.
• Yao Xuan initially formed his Fourth Layer Blood-Qi Circulation, raising his strength to 95,000 kilograms and improving his combat abilities.
• Di Tian congratulated Yao Xuan, and Yao Xuan invited Di Tian and Zi Ji to visit again after his next bloodline breakthrough.
• Yao Xuan returned to Shrek Academy, ate dinner with Gu Yue, and agreed to accompany her to Spirit Ice Plaza.
• Gu Yue asked Yao Xuan why Shrek Academy protected Soul Beasts and what he thought about its rule against killing them unless necessary.

Yao Xuan reassured Gu Yue that humans and Soul Beasts could coexist peacefully, easing her doubts and renewing her hope for their future. The next day, he successfully forged Spirit Forging Grade 1 Adamantite and advanced to Level-6 Forging Grandmaster.

• Yao Xuan told Gu Yue that humans and Soul Beasts should coexist and that he hoped to establish new rules for peace between them.
• Gu Yue shared her desire to develop Artificial Soul Spirits, and Yao Xuan said he admired the love between Xiao Wu and a human.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue returned to the dormitory, cultivated, and fell asleep together.
• Yao Xuan went to the Forging Association and used his powers to forge Adamantite for two hours.
• Yao Xuan succeeded in creating Spirit Forging Grade 1 Adamantite, whose Metal Spirit showed its first trace of intelligence.

Yao Xuan became a level-six Forging Master after forging first-grade Spirit Forged Metal and received rewards, including the Divine Foundation Alloy Formula. Feng Wuyu confirmed his achievement, set out his training requirements before Soul Forging, and began explaining the process.

• Yao Xuan forged first-grade Spirit Forged Adamantite, completed a quest, and received Golden Evolution Points, profession experience, and the Divine Foundation Alloy Formula.
• Yao Xuan received the Saint Craftsman quest, which offered Diamond Evolution Points, advanced profession experience, and Divine Foundation Alloy materials as rewards.
• Feng Wuyu sensed the Spirit Forged Metal, hurried to Yao Xuan's forging room, and confirmed that Yao Xuan had forged it.
• Feng Wuyu told Yao Xuan to practice Spirit Forging and Fusion Forging, meet specific success-rate and variety goals, and study one advanced technique each month before learning Soul Forging.
• Feng Wuyu explained that Yao Xuan might learn Soul Forging at high-rank Soul Ancestor and warned him that it consumed far more resources than Spirit Forging.

Feng Wuyu explained the principles and three stages of Soul Forging to Yao Xuan, describing how a Forging Master could turn metal into a living being. Yao Xuan absorbed the guidance and left with a clearer path toward mastering the craft.

• Yao Xuan thanked Feng Wuyu for clearing up his doubts about Soul Forging.
• Feng Wuyu explained that Soul Forging required a Forging Master to infuse metal with Bloodline Power, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power, and said a Forging Master could achieve perfect fusion with armor made from their own work.
• Feng Wuyu described Soul Forging Resonance as the difficult first stage, requiring a Forging Master's energies to unite and a deep understanding of metal.
• Feng Wuyu explained Soul Forging Solidification, including Life Quake, and said metal that survived it became Quasi-Soul Forged Metal.
• Feng Wuyu described Soul Forging Soul Awakening as a brief final stage in which a Soul Master awakened the metal's soul, and encouraged Yao Xuan to attempt Soul Forging before reaching the Soul Saint realm.
• Yao Xuan listened intently and gained a clearer understanding of the road ahead.

Yao Xuan celebrated becoming a Level Six Blacksmith after completing first-grade Spirit Forging, then shared the news with Mu Chen and Mang Tian. Mu Chen told him that Mu Xi would transfer to Shrek Academy as a second-year student, and Yao Xuan promised to help her.

• Feng Wuyu praised Yao Xuan's first-grade Spirit Forging, advised him to strengthen his foundation before pursuing Soul Forging, and promised him a Level Six Blacksmith badge in a week.
• Yao Xuan called Mu Chen and told him he had completed first-grade Spirit Forging and become a Level Six Blacksmith at fourteen.
• Mu Chen congratulated Yao Xuan and revealed that Mu Xi would transfer into Shrek Academy's second year.
• Yao Xuan promised Mu Chen he would help Mu Xi when she arrived at the academy.
• Yao Xuan called Mang Tian to share his academy admission and forging breakthrough, and Mang Tian urged him to keep working toward becoming a Titled Douluo and God Craftsman.

Yao Xuan raised his mecha manufacturing and repair skills to Level 5, then cultivated with Gu Yue as they both advanced. While Gu Yue absorbed a Soul Ring and became a Soul Ancestor, Yao Xuan completed the Divine Foundation Alloy Formula inheritance and reacted with shock.

• Yao Xuan accepted the Level 5 Mecha Designer inheritance, then raised his Mecha Manufacturer and Mecha Repairer levels to Level 5 as well.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue ate dinner together, then cultivated in their dormitory.
• Yao Xuan broke through to Level 43 Soul Ancestor, while Gu Yue reached Level 40 and prepared to absorb a Soul Ring.
• Yao Xuan began the Divine Foundation Alloy Formula inheritance as Gu Yue absorbed a deep-purple Soul Ring and advanced to Soul Ancestor.
• Yao Xuan completed the alloy inheritance before Gu Yue finished her breakthrough, and he showed a shocked expression.

Yao Xuan learned that Nine-Colored Creation Alloy could produce Battle Armor powerful enough to reach God King level, but forging it required exceptionally rare materials and the skills of a Level 9 God Craftsman. He planned to rely on the Simulated Combat Space to practice forging and treat the alloy as a future trump card against Tang San and the God Realm.

• Yao Xuan reviewed the Nine-Colored Creation Alloy formula provided by the Super God System and learned that it was perfectly compatible with his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yao Xuan learned that the alloy required six rare elemental materials, Ethereal Crystal, Sand of Time, and Fate Divine Stone, many of which were scarce or unavailable on the Douluo Continent.
• Yao Xuan learned that forging the alloy required three stages, culminating in Level 9 God Craftsman skill.
• Yao Xuan decided to use ordinary alloy for his current Battle Armor and rely on the Simulated Combat Space to practice forging Nine-Colored Creation Alloy for the future.

Gu Yue reached Soul Ancestor and gained the Staff of Elements, while she and Yao Xuan developed their Battle Armor plans. The Young Talent Ranking was reshuffled, placing Yao Xuan and Gu Yue first and second, and Tang Wulin twenty-second, as Yao Xuan gained a large reward of Golden Evolution Points.

• Gu Yue completed her breakthrough to Level 41 Soul Ancestor and gained the fourth Soul Skill Staff of Elements, which greatly enhanced her elemental control.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue discussed her new strength, then spent the evening together and went to sleep.
• Over the following week, Yao Xuan chose Dragon Blood Adamantite Alloy for his Battle Armor, while Gu Yue chose Magic Silver.
• A student announced that Yao Xuan and Gu Yue ranked first and second on the Young Talent Ranking, with Tang Wulin at twenty-second, and the class confirmed the news.
• Yao Xuan received 50,000 Golden Evolution Points and a daily increase of 500, bringing his steady daily total to 775 Golden Evolution Points.

Wu Zhangkong introduced practical combat lessons at Shrek Academy and arranged the first group battle against a teacher. Yao Xuan’s team prepared to fight Wu Zhangkong, and the chapter ended as the match was about to begin.

• Wu Zhangkong announced weekly practical combat lessons and sent the students to the Sparring Arena in their mecha teams.
• Shen Yi explained that groups would face her or Wu Zhangkong at full strength and earn full marks by defeating their opponent or lasting ten minutes.
• Yao Xuan assigned roles for his team’s fight against Wu Zhangkong, and Xu Xiaoyan worried that her Star Wheel Ice Staff was less effective during the day.
• Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin entered the arena and chose Wu Zhangkong as their opponent.
• Shen Yi activated the arena’s protective barrier as the team prepared to release their Martial Souls and Wu Zhangkong faced them.

The Class Zero Team faced Wu Zhangkong in a practical combat assessment as the students watched to learn his abilities. Wu Zhangkong summoned his Skyfrost Sword, while Yao Xuan unleashed several Ancestral Dragon powers and raised his strength to near Soul Saint level, leaving the spectators stunned as the battle began.

• Shen Yi started the match, and Wu Zhangkong summoned his Skyfrost Sword, revealing his powerful seven-ring configuration and spreading intense cold across the arena.
• Yao Xuan activated Ancestral Dragon Possession, Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body, and Ancestral Dragon Transformation to strengthen himself.
• Yao Xuan created his Beginner Ancestral Dragon Domain, boosting his own power and enhancing his teammates' circulation of soul power and Bloodline Power.
• The watching students marveled at Yao Xuan's strength, while the Anti-Yao Squad grew dispirited as they reconsidered their chances against him.

Yao Xuan revealed strength comparable to an early-stage Soul Saint and a rudimentary domain, shocking Wu Zhangkong before they began their battle. Wu Zhangkong unleashed Skyfrost Slash, and Yao Xuan countered with his Great Desolate Sky-Annihilating Spear as his teammates supported him.

• Wu Zhangkong sensed Yao Xuan's immense power and Ancestral Dragon Domain, marveling that a Soul Ancestor could possess both.
• Yao Xuan summoned the Ancestral Dragon Saint-Slaying Spear and activated all four enhancements as his teammates prepared for combat.
• Wu Zhangkong used Skyfrost Slash to send a massive frost blade toward Yao Xuan.
• Yao Xuan poured his energies into the spear and countered with Great Desolate Sky-Annihilating Spear: Shaking Mountains and Rivers with One Spear.
• Gu Yue used elemental skills to enhance Yao Xuan, obstruct Wu Zhangkong, and attack him while Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin also supported the fight.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue combined their defenses to withstand Wu Zhangkong’s Skyfrost Slash, impressing the watching students. Wu Zhangkong then blocked Gu Yue’s fireballs and forced Xie Xie’s clones to retreat with Frost Mist.

• Xu Xiaoyan’s ice locks, Tang Wulin’s vines, and Gu Yue’s stone walls weakened Wu Zhangkong’s Skyfrost Slash as it advanced toward Yao Xuan.
• Yao Xuan met the weakened slash with his Great Desolate Sky-Annihilating Spear, and after the two attacks clashed, he shattered the nearly exhausted slash.
• The students watched Yao Xuan and Gu Yue stop Wu Zhangkong’s attack and took Yao Xuan as a goal despite their earlier vow to defeat him.
• Gu Yue sent more than twenty fused light-and-fire fireballs at Wu Zhangkong, who blocked them with his Frost Mark sword shield.
• Xie Xie sent his Light Dragon Clone and Shadow Dragon Clone at Wu Zhangkong, who used Frost Mist to make them dissipate and force Xie Xie to retreat.

Wu Zhangkong unleashed his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill, Frost Whisper Ice Wheel, against Class Zero, forcing Yao Xuan and Gu Yue to mount a desperate defense. The attack reached Gu Yue’s stone-wall barrier just as Yao Xuan formed his Ancestral Dragon Chaos Aura, leaving the collision’s outcome unresolved.

• Wu Zhangkong split his Skyfrost Sword into nine blades and sent Frost Whisper Ice Wheel toward Yao Xuan.
• Yao Xuan ordered Gu Yue to defend and sent Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan to retreat from the attack’s aftershock.
• Gu Yue raised more than a hundred rock walls and reinforced them with ice.
• Tang Wulin took Xu Xiaoyan to the edge of the arena while Yao Xuan formed a five-wisp Ancestral Dragon Chaos Aura and dispersed the attack’s chill.
• Frost Whisper Ice Wheel collided with Gu Yue’s first Ice Condensation Stone Wall.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue blocked Wu Zhangkong’s Frost Whisper Ice Wheel, astonishing the watching students. With much of his strength preserved thanks to Gu Yue’s help, Yao Xuan charged at Wu Zhangkong to counterattack.

• Wu Zhangkong’s Frost Whisper Ice Wheel shattered Gu Yue’s hundred Ice Condensation Stone Walls but weakened as it passed through them.
• The remaining icy sword energies struck Yao Xuan’s Ancestral Dragon Chaos Aura, which absorbed the attack without being breached.
• The students, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and the Anti-Yao Squad reacted with shock and admiration, while Wu Zhangkong praised Yao Xuan and Gu Yue’s strength.
• Yao Xuan thanked Gu Yue for weakening the attack and then charged at Wu Zhangkong with the Ancestral Dragon Saint-Slaying Spear.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue joined forces to attack Wu Zhangkong during their sparring match, forcing him to defend against their powerful techniques. Wu Zhangkong destroyed Gu Yue’s elemental storm, but Yao Xuan reached his sword shield with a devastating spear thrust.

• Yao Xuan unleashed the fifth form of the Great Desolate Sky-Annihilating Spear as Gu Yue began combining wind, water, earth, fire, and spatial elements into a tornado.
• Gu Yue’s Elemental Fusion tornado grew to the strength of a Soul Saint and surged toward Wu Zhangkong alongside Yao Xuan’s spear attack.
• Wu Zhangkong formed a sword-shield barrier with Frost Mark and strengthened it using Congealed Frost before launching Skyfrost Slash at Gu Yue’s storm.
• Wu Zhangkong’s Skyfrost Slash destroyed Gu Yue’s Elemental Fusion storm, though Gu Yue blocked the weakened strike with a soul skill.
• Yao Xuan achieved Man and Spear as One and thrust his Shattering the Sky attack at Wu Zhangkong’s blue sword shield.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue broke through Wu Zhangkong’s Ice Sword Shield during their class battle, earning a score of ninety-nine despite failing to defeat him or last ten minutes. Afterward, Yao Xuan brought Gu Yue to his forging room to begin discussing the preliminary design of her Battle Armor.

• Yao Xuan’s spear attack, aided by Gu Yue’s Elemental Fusion Storm, shattered Wu Zhangkong’s Ice Sword Shield, though Wu Zhangkong blocked the remaining force.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the battle and awarded Yao Xuan and Gu Yue ninety-nine, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan received failing grades.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue left the arena, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan stayed to watch the other groups and improve their strength.
• Yao Xuan told Gu Yue that he had Level 5 skills in Mecha Design, Mecha Manufacturing, and Mecha Repair, attributing his knowledge to an old man who taught him in his dreams.
• Gu Yue offered to show Yao Xuan her preliminary Battle Armor Belt design, and Yao Xuan chose to follow the orthodox design sequence.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue planned their Battle Armor, and Yao Xuan forged and shaped Spirit Forged Magic Silver for her. Later, Wu Zhangkong summoned Yao Xuan to Sea God Island to meet Zhuo Shi, leaving Yao Xuan expecting an opportunity to learn the Nine Dragon God Forms.

• Gu Yue showed Yao Xuan her Battle Armor designs, and they agreed to complete the Soul Guiding Arrays in two weeks and revise them the week after.
• Yao Xuan forged Spirit Forged Magic Silver for Gu Yue, who refined it with her blood and nurtured it with Soul Power and Spiritual Power.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue met fellow students in the cafeteria and learned that every team challenging Wu Zhangkong or Shen Yi had failed, while they had earned a score of ninety-nine.
• Wu Zhangkong called Yao Xuan to Sea God Island because Zhuo Shi wanted to see him, and advised him to be tactful and flattering.
• Yao Xuan followed Wu Zhangkong to Zhuo Shi's cottage, suspecting that the elder intended to teach him the Nine Dragon God Forms.