Chapter Summaries

After recovering from his blacksmithing exertion, Yao Xuan celebrated his birthday with Na'er and Lin Ximeng while vowing to grow strong enough to protect Na'er and change the future. Noticing signs that Na'er's memories were awakening, he went with her to the seaside at her request.

• Yao Xuan recovered from his physical exhaustion and, after sleeping, celebrated his birthday with Na'er and Lin Ximeng.
• Yao Xuan silently wished to protect Na'er, defeat Tang San's schemes, and create a future where humans and Soul Beasts could coexist.
• Na'er told Yao Xuan that his wish was hers too, while Yao Xuan resolved to gain the strength needed to change their fate.
• Yao Xuan noticed Na'er acting strangely over the birthday cake and suspected that her memories were beginning to awaken.
• After dinner, Na'er asked Yao Xuan to walk with her by the sea, and Lin Ximeng gave them permission to go.
• Yao Xuan took Na'er's hand and led her to the seaside in Aolai City.

Na'er left Yao Xuan in the night after her memories awakened, leaving him a note and a silver-scale necklace. When Yao Xuan learned she was gone, he resolved to grow stronger so he could reunite with Gu Yue Na and change their future.

• Yao Xuan promised Na'er he would protect her and watch the stars with her every year, and Na'er asked whether he would miss her if she left.
• Na'er entered Yao Xuan's room at night, left him a note and a necklace made from one of her silver scales, kissed his forehead, and departed through a silver gate.
• A burly man greeted Na'er outside the city, and she left in a Soul Guidance Sports Car while grieving over her separation from Yao Xuan.
• Lin Ximeng woke Yao Xuan the next morning and told him Na'er was gone.
• Yao Xuan accepted that Na'er would leave because of her identity and resolved to become stronger so he could reunite with Gu Yue Na and change the future.

After Na'er left to reunite with her family, Yao Xuan devoted himself to forging and cultivation. Nine months later, he raised his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 10%, broke its first limit, and unlocked new abilities.

• Yao Xuan found Na'er's farewell note and the protective scale necklace she left for him.
• Yao Xuan told Lin Ximeng that Na'er had recovered her memories and returned to her family, and Lin Ximeng comforted him.
• Yao Xuan spent the following months forging and cultivating until he had enough Golden Evolution Points to raise his bloodline to 10%.
• Yao Xuan used ten Golden Evolution Points to break the first limit of his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline and endured the surge of power by summoning his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yao Xuan completed the breakthrough, strengthening his body and bloodline and unlocking Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps and Right Claw Dragon Transformation.

After enduring the painful unlocking of his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline’s first limit, Yao Xuan tested his new dragon-claw transformation and spatial movement ability. He discovered that Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps let him travel through space, and marveled at the experience.

• Yao Xuan endured an hour of agony to unlock the first limit of his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, increasing his Bloodline Power and physical strength and gaining Right Claw Dragon Transformation and Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps.
• Yao Xuan activated Right Claw Dragon Transformation and found that it greatly strengthened his right arm, covering it in scales and turning his hand into sharp claws.
• Yao Xuan tested his claws on Hundred Forgings Refined Iron, cutting it in two and suffering almost no injury when he stabbed his transformed arm with it.
• Yao Xuan activated Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps at a nearby training ground and found that it boosted his speed and agility.
• Yao Xuan used the ability to vanish and reappear one meter away, realizing that he had traveled through space.

Yao Xuan left Aolai City with Tang Wulin to begin studying at Eastsea Intermediate Academy, saying goodbye to Lin Ximeng after graduating from junior academy. On the train, he discussed his cultivation progress and reflected on the limits of his bloodline abilities as they traveled toward Eastsea City.

• Yao Xuan realized that using the Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps' spatial traversal consumed nearly twenty percent of his Bloodline Power, though he valued its combat benefits.
• Yao Xuan thanked Lin Ximeng and said goodbye to her at the Aolai City Soul Guiding Train Station.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin departed for Eastsea City after receiving recommendation letters to Eastsea Intermediate Academy.
• Tang Wulin told Yao Xuan he was excited to study at an intermediate academy and asked about his Soul Power level.
• Yao Xuan revealed that he had reached Level 18 and would soon break through to Level 19, while his status showed his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline at 10.2%.

Yao Xuan continued making rapid progress in Spiritual Power, physical strength, and forging while Tang Wulin advanced more slowly. The two arrived in Eastsea City, where Liu Yuxin welcomed them as new students and gave them passes to enter Eastsea Academy.

• Yao Xuan's Spiritual Power reached 195 points, his strength reached 2,300 kilograms, and he began forging Thousand Forgings Rank 2 metal.
• Tang Wulin reached level 12 as a Soul Master but had not yet broken through the threshold of Thousand Forging.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin arrived at Eastsea City Soul Guiding Train Station after traveling nearly a thousand kilometers.
• Yao Xuan led Tang Wulin to the Eastsea Academy reception area and presented their letters of recommendation to Liu Yuxin.
• Liu Yuxin checked their information forms, stamped their letters, and gave them metal badges to use before enrollment.

Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin enrolled at Eastsea Academy and were assigned to different classes, so Yao Xuan planned to provoke a fight to get transferred into Tang Wulin’s class. After leaving their dormitory, he waited for Zhou Changxi to bully Tang Wulin and prepared to step in.

• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin registered at Eastsea Academy, where Tang Wulin was assigned to First Grade Class Five and Yao Xuan to the key class, First Grade Class One.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin reached dormitory 205 and met their roommates, Zhou Changxi and Xie Xie.
• Yao Xuan left the room and used his Spiritual Power to watch for a conflict between Tang Wulin and Zhou Changxi.
• Zhou Changxi ordered Tang Wulin to clean the dormitory, then dumped Tang Wulin’s belongings onto the floor and mocked him.
• Tang Wulin confronted Zhou Changxi, and Yao Xuan headed back with a bag of oranges, ready to make his entrance.

Yao Xuan confronted Zhou Changxi after he bullied Tang Wulin and scattered his belongings, then defeated him in a fight. Zhou Changxi apologized to Yao Xuan, and Yao Xuan told him to apologize to Tang Wulin.

• Tang Wulin told Yao Xuan that Zhou Changxi had thrown his things on the floor and insulted him.
• Yao Xuan demanded that Zhou Changxi pick up Tang Wulin’s belongings and apologize, but Zhou Changxi mocked them and claimed he was in charge of the dormitory.
• Yao Xuan punched Zhou Changxi into a wall, and Zhou Changxi summoned his Mighty Ape Martial Soul and attacked him.
• Yao Xuan struck Zhou Changxi again, fracturing his hand, but Zhou Changxi activated his Mighty God Fist Soul Skill and charged once more.
• Yao Xuan knocked Zhou Changxi down and pinned him beneath his foot until Zhou Changxi submitted and apologized to him.
• Yao Xuan accepted Zhou Changxi’s apology and told him to apologize to Tang Wulin.

After Yao Xuan defended Tang Wulin from Zhou Changxi, the students faced discipline at Eastsea Academy. Long Hengxu assigned Yao Xuan, Tang Wulin, Zhou Changxi, and Xie Xie to Class Five, where Xie Xie vowed to prove himself in the upcoming Class Promotion Tournament.

• Zhou Changxi apologized to Tang Wulin, who forgave him, and gathered his belongings.
• Yao Xuan gained Golden Evolution Points for defeating Zhou Changxi and earning Tang Wulin's gratitude.
• Long Hengxu heard the students' accounts and kept Zhou Changxi in Class Five while waiving Yao Xuan's major demerit but assigning him to Class Five.
• Long Hengxu advised Tang Wulin to cultivate diligently and assigned the bystanding Xie Xie to Class Five as well.
• Xie Xie challenged Long Hengxu's decision, then agreed to go to Class Five and promised to show his strength in the Class Promotion Tournament.

After being assigned to Class Five with Tang Wulin, Yao Xuan agreed to fight Xie Xie, who blamed him for losing his chance to join Class One. The two entered Eastsea Academy’s Combat Hall and prepared to battle.

• Long Hengxu watched Yao Xuan and the others leave the Disciplinary Office and approved of placing the level-eighteen students in Class Five.
• Tang Wulin apologized to Yao Xuan for dragging him into Class Five, and Yao Xuan encouraged him to work hard for the midterm Class Promotion Tournament.
• Xie Xie challenged Yao Xuan to a fight, saying Yao Xuan’s grudge with Zhou Changxi had cost him a place in Class One.
• Yao Xuan demanded fifty thousand Federal Coins and medical expenses to accept the fight, and Xie Xie agreed to pay after it.
• Yao Xuan and Xie Xie paid to enter the Combat Hall, introduced their level-eighteen Battle Soul Master abilities, and took their positions to begin the fight.

Yao Xuan defeated Xie Xie in a sparring match with one punch, then demanded the fifty-thousand Federal Coin appearance fee they had agreed on. Xie Xie conceded, and Yao Xuan received seven Golden Evolution Points.

• Xie Xie challenged Yao Xuan, confident that their equal Soul Power levels would not prevent him from winning.
• Yao Xuan activated his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, causing Xie Xie's Light Dragon Dagger to tremble with fear.
• Xie Xie tried to confuse Yao Xuan with his speed and attacked with the Light Dragon Dagger, but Yao Xuan dodged and knocked him down with one punch.
• Xie Xie got back up, admitted defeat, and refused to continue fighting.
• Yao Xuan released his Martial Soul Possession, received seven Golden Evolution Points, and demanded the agreed fifty-thousand Federal Coin appearance fee.
• Xie Xie agreed to pay, and Yao Xuan asked whether he needed to be taken to the School Infirmary.

After befriending Xie Xie, Yao Xuan introduced him to Tang Wulin and then took Tang Wulin to the Eastsea City Blacksmith Association to take a Forging Master rank examination. The chapter left them at the front desk, where an attendant asked whether they had contacted Cen Yue.

• Yao Xuan offered to let Xie Xie pay only half the promised fee, but Xie Xie insisted on paying the full fifty thousand Federal Coins and accepted Yao Xuan's offer of friendship.
• Yao Xuan and Xie Xie returned to the dormitory, and later Yao Xuan brought Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to the cafeteria, where Tang Wulin ate eighty large steamed buns.
• Yao Xuan formally introduced Tang Wulin to Xie Xie, who shook Tang Wulin's hand despite looking down on his martial soul and Soul Power Level.
• After the roommates cleaned their dormitory, Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin left for the Blacksmith Association so Yao Xuan could take a Forging Master rank examination.
• Yao Xuan told an attendant that he and Tang Wulin had come for an examination with Cen Yue, and the attendant asked whether they had contacted Cen Yue beforehand.

Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin took the Level One Forging Master assessment at the Blacksmith Association, impressing Cen Yue and the evaluator with their skill. Mu Chen arrived with Mu Xi for her Level Two assessment, heard the boys forging, and went to investigate.

• Cen Yue welcomed Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin, Mang Tian’s disciples, and arranged their Level One Forging Master assessment.
• Yao Xuan chose Adamantite and Tang Wulin chose Deep Silver for the Hundred Forgings test, then both began forging with Thousand Forgings Tungsten Steel Hammers.
• Cen Yue and the evaluator were astonished by the boys’ strength and judged their skill to be well beyond Level One.
• Mu Chen arrived with Mu Xi for her Level Two assessment and recognized the unusual quality of the hammering sounds.
• Mu Chen sent Mu Xi to prepare and went to see who was forging.

Mu Chen discovered that the nine-year-old Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin were forging prodigies and asked the staff to have them wait so he could meet them. Meanwhile, the boys passed both the Level One and Level Two Forging Master assessments and left the testing room with Cen Yue.

• Mu Chen listened to Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin forging and sensed their unusual harmony with the metal.
• Mu Chen learned that both boys were nine years old and told the staff to ask them to wait at the Blacksmith Association so he could meet them.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin completed Hundred Forging and passed the Level One Forging Master assessment.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin forged medium-sized components and passed the Level Two Forging Master assessment.
• Cen Yue explained that the boys were Mang Tian's disciples, and he led them out of the forging room.

Mu Chen discovered that Yao Xuan had secretly completed Thousand Forging and asked him to become his disciple. Yao Xuan agreed in principle but said he needed Master Mang Tian’s approval, and Mu Chen called Mang Tian to discuss it.

• Cen Yue introduced Mu Chen to Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin, who said they had both passed the Level 2 Forging Master assessment.
• Mu Chen learned that Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin were Mang Tian’s disciples and sensed traces of Adamantite in Yao Xuan’s Spiritual Power.
• Mu Chen privately asked Yao Xuan whether he had completed Thousand Forging, and Yao Xuan confirmed that he had.
• Mu Chen asked Yao Xuan to take him as his master, and Yao Xuan said he would first seek Mang Tian’s opinion.
• Mu Chen called Mang Tian and explained how he had recognized Yao Xuan as a Third-level Forgemaster.

Mu Chen persuaded Mang Tian to let Yao Xuan become his disciple, promising further forging guidance and help treating Mang Tian’s injuries. He also accepted Tang Wulin as a disciple, and the boys met their senior sister, Mu Xi.

• Mu Chen warned Mang Tian that exposing Yao Xuan’s talent could make him a target for the Holy Spirit Cult and asked to take him as a disciple.
• Mu Chen promised that Mang Tian would remain Yao Xuan’s teacher and offered to seek treatment for his injuries, convincing Mang Tian to agree.
• Mang Tian recommended Tang Wulin, and Mu Chen agreed to accept him as a disciple as well.
• Mu Chen asked Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin if they were willing to become his disciples, and both accepted and called him Master.
• Mu Chen introduced his daughter Mu Xi as their senior sister, and she offered to look out for them at Eastsea Academy.

After becoming Mu Chen's disciple, Yao Xuan received guidance and a challenge from Mu Xi, then returned with Tang Wulin to Eastsea Intermediate Academy, where they were assigned to Class Five under Wu Zhangkong. The chapter ended as Wu Zhangkong began having the students introduce themselves.

• Mu Chen gave Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin Soul Guidance Communicators, arranged their forging lessons, and reminded them to cultivate their Soul Power.
• Mu Xi challenged Yao Xuan to a forging contest, and he agreed to compete with her that weekend.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin returned to Eastsea Intermediate Academy, where Long Hengxu assigned them, Xie Xie, and Zhou Changxi to Class Five.
• Wu Zhangkong led Class Five to its classroom, noticed that Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin were unaffected by his cold presence, and introduced himself as their homeroom teacher.
• Wu Zhangkong asked the students to introduce their names, Soul Power, Martial Souls, and aspirations.

Wu Zhangkong welcomed Class Five’s students and promised to train them through demanding combat-focused lessons. The next morning, he began a series of sparring matches, starting with Tang Wulin and Zhou Changxi.

• Tang Wulin introduced himself, and Wu Zhangkong silenced a student who mocked his Bluesilver Grass martial soul.
• Yao Xuan and Xie Xie revealed level-eighteen Soul Power, and Yao Xuan explained that he had been assigned to Class Five after fighting to defend Tang Wulin.
• Wu Zhangkong urged the class to answer with confidence and warned that his training would involve hardship, pain, and possible injury.
• The next morning, Wu Zhangkong ordered the students to pair up for single-elimination combat and told Yun Xiao that even support-type Soul Masters had to fight.
• Tang Wulin faced Zhou Changxi, who threatened to teach him a lesson without Yao Xuan’s protection, and Wu Zhangkong started the match.

Yao Xuan advanced through the class combat rounds and faced Wu Zhangkong, who challenged him to withstand three moves. Yao Xuan dodged Wu Zhangkong’s first sword strike with his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline ability and completed Martial Soul Possession, impressing the teacher.

• Tang Wulin defeated Zhou Changxi with his superior strength and advanced.
• Yao Xuan defeated Li Chushui with one punch, then forced Han Lan to surrender after breaking her stone prison.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin defeated their opponents in the third round, leaving Yao Xuan as the last student to face Wu Zhangkong.
• Wu Zhangkong limited himself to level eighteen Soul Power and his first soul skill, and set the condition that Yao Xuan had to withstand three moves to win.
• Yao Xuan evaded Wu Zhangkong’s first Skyfrost Sword strike with Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps, then completed Martial Soul Possession.
• Wu Zhangkong was impressed by Yao Xuan’s strength and resolved to nurture his talent.

Yao Xuan defeated Wu Zhangkong in a sparring match, earning his acknowledgment and Golden Evolution Points, then advanced to face Xie Xie after Tang Wulin lost to him. Yao Xuan defeated Xie Xie as well, leaving him the winner of the round.

• Yao Xuan used Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike to break Wu Zhangkong's Frost Mark barrier, then blocked his sword with a forging hammer and won their match.
• Wu Zhangkong acknowledged Yao Xuan's victory, and Yao Xuan gained twenty Golden Evolution Points.
• Tang Wulin fought Xie Xie but lost because of his lack of combat experience; Wu Zhangkong stopped Xie Xie's dagger from injuring him.
• Xie Xie asked to surrender against Yao Xuan, but Wu Zhangkong refused and ordered the fight to begin.
• Yao Xuan struck Xie Xie's shoulder after evading his attacks, knocking him to the ground.