Chapter Summaries

Yao Xuan celebrated Na’er’s sixth birthday by bringing her chocolate and spending the day with her before joining Lin Ximeng for a birthday dinner. Na’er wondered about her upcoming Martial Soul test, and the chapter ended as the family gathered around her birthday feast.

• Yao Xuan arranged a day off from Mang Tian’s Workshop to celebrate Na’er’s birthday.
• Yao Xuan bought Na’er a large box of white chocolate and gave it to her when he got home.
• Na’er asked Yao Xuan about starting school and discovering her Martial Soul, and he explained the upcoming test and classes.
• Lin Ximeng called Yao Xuan and Na’er to the table, where she had prepared a birthday meal and cake for Na’er.

Na'er celebrated her birthday with Yao Xuan and wished to stay with him forever, while he continued protecting her at school. Nearly a year later, Yao Xuan neared Soul Power level 10 and advanced his forging, Spiritual Power, and Ancestral Dragon Bloodline.

• Lin Ximeng, Yao Xuan, and Na'er celebrated Na'er's birthday, and Na'er wished to be with Yao Xuan forever.
• Na'er awakened without a detectable Martial Soul or Soul Power, so she attended ordinary classes while Yao Xuan kept classmates from bullying her.
• Yao Xuan reached a Soul Power bottleneck near level 10 and raised his Spiritual Power to 83 points in the Late Spirit Origin Realm.
• Yao Xuan completed Hundred Forging on ten metals, became a second-rank Forging Master, and received thirty Golden Evolution Points for completing his Side Quest stage.
• Yao Xuan invested his Golden Evolution Points into his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, raising it to 4.8% and increasing his physical strength to 500 kilograms.

Yao Xuan escorted Na'er home, worked alongside Tang Wulin, and cultivated until he broke through to Soul Power level ten. He became a Quasi-Soul Master and planned to obtain a Soul Spirit to reach the Soul Master realm.

• Yao Xuan waited for Na'er after school and walked her safely home.
• Yao Xuan spoke with Tang Wulin at Mang Tian's Workshop, where Tang Wulin said he had reached level seven and envied Yao Xuan's imminent breakthrough.
• Yao Xuan finished his forging work and returned home after Mang Tian inspected his assignments.
• Yao Xuan meditated with the Five Hearts Towards Heaven Art and broke through from level nine to level ten.
• Yao Xuan received 341 Evolution Points and a system notice that he needed a Soul Spirit to become a Soul Master.

Yao Xuan reached Soul Power Level 10 at seven and a half, earning a free ten-year Soul Spirit from Red Mountain Academy. He and Lin Ximeng arrived at the Aolai City Spirit Pagoda, where a Spirit Master began testing Yao Xuan's Spiritual Power before selecting a Soul Spirit.

• Yao Xuan told Lin Ximeng and Na'er that he had broken through to Soul Power Level 10, and they congratulated him.
• Yang Yuzhuo verified Yao Xuan's Level 10 Soul Power, praised his achievement, and awarded him a voucher for a free ten-year Soul Spirit.
• Lin Ximeng took Yao Xuan to the Spirit Pagoda branch in Aolai City, where he vowed to become the strongest person on Douluo Continent and change future tragedies.
• Lin Ximeng presented the voucher to a Spirit Master, who verified it and charged her one hundred Federal Coins for Yao Xuan's Spiritual Power test.
• The Spirit Master led Yao Xuan into a testing room and lowered a metal helmet-like device over his head.

Yao Xuan took a Spiritual Power test and discovered he had an exceptional score despite his modest Innate Soul Power. The Spirit Master prepared a report for him to use at the Intermediate Soul Master Academy and offered to take him to choose a Soul Spirit.

• The Spirit Master explained the six Spiritual Power realms while Yao Xuan recalled what he knew about them.
• The Spirit Master tested Yao Xuan's Spiritual Power twice, and both tests showed 85 points.
• The Spirit Master called Yao Xuan a genius but regretted that his Innate Soul Power was only level five, below the level needed for Spirit Pagoda sponsorship.
• Yao Xuan realized that his lower Innate Soul Power had helped him avoid being taken in by major forces, leaving him free to meet Na'er and connect with Tang Wulin.
• The Spirit Master printed Yao Xuan's test report and said he would take him to choose a Soul Spirit.

Yao Xuan fused with a ten-year Black Rock Snake Soul Spirit to break through to Soul Master. As he advanced, the Ancestral Dragon’s nine-colored energy began transforming his body.

• A Spirit Master recommended that Yao Xuan choose a ten-year Black Rock Snake Soul Spirit because it suited his Lizard Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yao Xuan released the Black Rock Snake from its Soul Spirit ball and followed the Spirit Master to a Cultivation Room.
• Yao Xuan summoned the Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, which absorbed the terrified Black Rock Snake Soul Spirit.
• Yao Xuan fused with the Soul Spirit, broke through the Soul Master bottleneck, and drew Soul Power into his dantian.
• Nine-colored energy spread through Yao Xuan’s body, forming a strange lattice that transformed his cells and strengthened his aura.

Yao Xuan successfully fused the Black Rock Snake Soul Spirit and advanced to Soul Scholar, gaining new system rewards and a mission to reach Soul Grandmaster. After testing his Soul Power and registering his advancement, he left the Spirit Pagoda with Lin Ximeng.

• Na'er sensed a familiar aura at the Spirit Pagoda, while Tang Wulin felt a warm current surge through his body as Yao Xuan advanced.
• Yao Xuan reached Level 11 Soul Scholar, gained system rewards, and saw that his Spiritual Power had risen to the peak of the Spirit Origin Realm.
• Yao Xuan accepted a mission to reach Soul Grandmaster within two years, with a reminder to raise his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 10% before Level 20.
• Yao Xuan told the Spirit Master and Lin Ximeng that his Soul Spirit fusion had succeeded.
• The Spirit Master tested Yao Xuan at Level 11 and registered his advancement, then Yao Xuan and Lin Ximeng left the Spirit Pagoda with his Soul Scholar certificate.

Yao Xuan inherited the first three layers of the Fortune Soul Forging Art and activated Enhanced Meditation, greatly improving his cultivation potential and efficiency. The chapter ended with him satisfied that his combined advantages would let him advance several times faster than an ordinary Soul Master.

• Yao Xuan returned home with Lin Ximeng, entered his bedroom, and received the first three layers of the Fortune Soul Forging Art from the system.
• Yao Xuan learned that the technique could be cultivated to godhood, accelerated Soul Power absorption, strengthened Spiritual Power, and allowed its practitioner to condense up to nine Soul Cores.
• Yao Xuan selected and activated Enhanced Meditation, which enhanced his Spiritual Power’s affinity for Soul Power and strengthened and opened his meridians.
• Yao Xuan sensed that Soul Power had become more accessible and concluded that his cultivation speed would be several times that of an ordinary Soul Master.

Yao Xuan activated the system’s Spatial Storage, then fused the origin crystal of an Infinitely Growing Soul Spirit to create an Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit. He gained his first Soul Skill, Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike, and his physical abilities and Spiritual Power improved.

• Yao Xuan activated Spatial Storage, which formed a concealed five-cubic-meter space bound to his sea of consciousness, and tested storing and retrieving a table.
• Yao Xuan took the nine-colored crystal containing the origin of an Infinitely Growing Soul Spirit from his storage space and began refining it with Soul Power.
• Yao Xuan summoned his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul and used it to shatter the crystal, creating an Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit that entered his sea of consciousness.
• The system confirmed that Yao Xuan had fused the 100-year Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit with unlimited potential and gained the Soul Skill Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike.
• Fusing the Soul Spirit stimulated Yao Xuan’s Ancestral Dragon Power, strengthening his body and raising his Spiritual Power to 94.

Yao Xuan tested his new Soul Skill, Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike, and saw it tear through a steel plate with tremendous force. He then spent his Golden Evolution Points to raise his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline concentration to 6.7%, leaving him with stronger physical qualities and a newly controllable Bloodline Power circulation.

• Yao Xuan simulated Ancestral Dragon possess himself and used Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike to carve deep cracks through a steel plate.
• Yao Xuan learned how his Soul Skill would gain armor penetration, guaranteed hits, annihilation, and ranged attacks as its Soul Spirit cultivation increased.
• Yao Xuan chose to spend 101 Golden Evolution Points on his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline.
• Yao Xuan's bloodline enhancement raised its concentration to 6.7% and formed a controllable nine-colored circulation through his blood vessels and meridians.

After raising his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 5%, Yao Xuan gained greater physical strength and tougher internal organs, then cultivated the Fortune Soul Forging Art. He stopped absorbing Soul Power before it could damage his body and finished refining what remained.

• Yao Xuan raised his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline concentration to 5%, strengthening his organs and increasing his physical strength to around nine hundred kilograms.
• Yao Xuan began cultivating the Fortune Soul Forging Art, which drew ambient Soul Power into his bedroom and made its concentration more than ten times higher.
• Yao Xuan used his Spiritual Power to pull the dense Soul Power into his meridians, compress it, and guide it into his dantian for refinement.
• After an hour, Yao Xuan stopped absorbing Soul Power when his dantian began to feel sore, then spent nearly twenty minutes refining the Soul Power already inside him.

Yao Xuan saw the exceptional gains from cultivating the Fortune Soul Forging Art, then picked up Na'er and told her he had advanced to the Soul Master realm. They headed home to celebrate, with Na'er remarking that his scent had become even more pleasant.

• Yao Xuan reviewed the Fortune Soul Forging Art's rapid Soul Power growth, compressed Soul Power, Spiritual Power gains, and increased Evolution Points.
• Yao Xuan left home after telling Lin Ximeng he was going to pick up Na'er.
• Na'er ran out of the Teaching Building, hugged Yao Xuan, and said his scent seemed more pleasant than before.
• Yao Xuan told Na'er he had become a Soul Master, and she congratulated him.
• Yao Xuan and Na'er walked home as he explained Soul Masters' abilities and described his Soul Skill without naming or demonstrating it.

After becoming a Soul Master, Yao Xuan reported his breakthrough to Mang Tian and tested his forging strength. Mang Tian confirmed that Yao Xuan met the requirements for Thousand Forging and prepared to teach him its secrets.

• Yao Xuan told Brother Long that he had become a Soul Master and wanted to begin learning Thousand Forging.
• Mang Tian tested Yao Xuan's right-hand strength twice, recording 960 and 964 kilograms.
• Yao Xuan tested his left hand and reached 932 kilograms, showing a small difference between his hands.
• Mang Tian declared that Yao Xuan met the requirements for Thousand Forging and brought out a piece of glowing golden metal to begin teaching him.

Mang Tian taught Yao Xuan the principles of Thousand Forging and demonstrated it with Adamantite, setting him the goal of forging Thousand Forged Metal before graduation. Yao Xuan returned to the workshop, told Tang Wulin about his advancement to Soul Master and the lesson, and began catching up on his work.

• Yao Xuan recognized Mang Tian's Adamantite and learned why it was valuable for forging and Soul Tools.
• Mang Tian explained that Thousand Forging required communicating with metal through Spiritual Power and achieving a qualitative transformation.
• Mang Tian demonstrated Thousand Forging on Adamantite, compressing it until it glowed and released a faint white light.
• Mang Tian assigned Yao Xuan to practice with tungsten steel and successfully forge Thousand Forged Metal before graduation.
• Yao Xuan told Tang Wulin that he had advanced to Soul Master and begun learning Thousand Forging, and Tang Wulin vowed to work hard.
• Yao Xuan started forging the day's components so Lin Ximeng and Na'er would not worry.

Yao Xuan used a Golden Evolution Point to break through the Spiritual Power bottleneck and reach the Spirit Connection Realm. His Spiritual Power rose to 106 points, and he successfully lifted a pen with it on his second attempt.

• After a month of cultivation, Yao Xuan reached Soul Power level 12 and raised his Spiritual Power to the Spirit Origin Realm limit of 99 points.
• Yao Xuan cultivated the Fortune Soul Forging Art, but his Spiritual Power could not break the bottleneck to the Spirit Connection Realm.
• Yao Xuan spent one Golden Evolution Point to strengthen his Spiritual Power and shatter the bottleneck.
• Yao Xuan's sea of consciousness expanded, and he completed his breakthrough to the Spirit Connection Realm with 106 Spiritual Power points.
• Yao Xuan used his Spiritual Power to lift a ballpoint pen and make it hover fifty centimeters above the desk on his second try.

On his birthday, Yao Xuan spent the morning with Na'er, who gave him a kiss as a present. The kiss infused him with a mysterious seven-colored force that raised his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 7.9%.

• Yao Xuan reached Soul Power Level 14 and 135 Spiritual Power, then used Golden Evolution Points to raise his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 7.4%.
• Na'er visited Yao Xuan early on his birthday and reminded him that he had promised to take her to the amusement park.
• Na'er asked Yao Xuan to close his eyes and kissed his forehead as her birthday gift to him.
• Yao Xuan sensed a seven-colored force enter his body and merge with his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, increasing its concentration from 7.4% to 7.9%.

On Yao Xuan's birthday, he took Na'er to the amusement park for a happy outing and treated her to lunch. Afterward, he told her he had to study forging with Mang Tian and led her home.

• Na'er told Yao Xuan she wanted her return gift that day, and he kissed her forehead before taking her to breakfast.
• Yao Xuan asked Lin Ximeng for permission to take Na'er to the amusement park, and she agreed while reminding him to be careful.
• Yao Xuan and Na'er changed clothes, left home, and spent the morning riding gentle attractions at the amusement park.
• Yao Xuan and Na'er ate a large lunch at the park's dining center, then Yao Xuan paid the bill.
• Yao Xuan told Na'er he had to study forging with Mang Tian that afternoon, and she held his hand as they headed home.

On his eighth birthday, Yao Xuan attempted Thousand Forging with a block of Adamantite while Mang Tian and Tang Wulin watched. He completed Hundred Forging and entered the state of spiritual resonance needed for Thousand Forging, but the chapter ended before his attempt was decided.

• Yao Xuan told Mang Tian he was ready to formally challenge Thousand Forging, and Mang Tian supplied a block of Adamantite.
• Mang Tian brought Tang Wulin to the workshop while Yao Xuan heated the Adamantite in the forge furnace.
• Yao Xuan tested the heated metal and then completed its Hundred Forging in less than three minutes.
• Yao Xuan's Spiritual Power resonated with the Adamantite as he struck it in a rhythmic pattern.
• Mang Tian recognized that Yao Xuan had found the feeling of Thousand Forging and realized he could break the Blacksmith Association's age record.

Yao Xuan completed his first Thousand Forging of Adamantite, then performed a Blood Sacrifice that bound the metal to him. Mang Tian and Tang Wulin celebrated his record-breaking achievement, and Yao Xuan examined the transformed metal.

• Mang Tian watched Yao Xuan forge and believed he could eventually become a God Craftsman, while Tang Wulin gained insight from observing his hammer strikes.
• Yao Xuan forged the Adamantite for over an hour, purging impurities and infusing it with the Nine-Colored Ancestral Dragon's aura until it neared transformation.
• Yao Xuan delivered the final strikes and completed the Thousand Forging, sending the Adamantite glowing into the air.
• Mang Tian instructed Yao Xuan to perform a Blood Sacrifice, and Yao Xuan cut his arm so his blood could bind him to the Adamantite.
• Mang Tian praised Yao Xuan's record as an eight-year-old Third-level Forgemaster, while Tang Wulin congratulated him and earned Yao Xuan three Golden Evolution Points.
• Yao Xuan inspected the smaller, denser Thousand Forged Adamantite, whose golden interior contained faint nine-colored points of light.

After Yao Xuan achieved Thousand Forging, Mang Tian praised him and warned him and Tang Wulin to keep the accomplishment secret. Yao Xuan accepted a new system mission to become a Level 4 Forging Master within three years, then stored his gifted Adamantite and left Tang Wulin to examine it.

• Mang Tian congratulated Yao Xuan on achieving Thousand Forging and told him and Tang Wulin to keep it secret.
• Yao Xuan claimed 100 Golden Evolution Points and accepted the Master Forging mission, which required him to reach Level 4 within three years.
• Mang Tian gave Yao Xuan the Blood-Sacrificed Adamantite and advised him to forge it into a pair of hammers while resting for a week.
• Tang Wulin told Yao Xuan he expected to reach Level 9 Soul Scholar in a month or two and thanked him for his guidance.
• Yao Xuan placed the Adamantite in his forging room and left, while Tang Wulin stayed to inspect it.