Chapter Summaries

After Yao Xuan defeated Xie Xie, Wu Zhangkong criticized the class’s poor fitness and selected Yao Xuan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin to represent Class Five in the upcoming Class Promotion Tournament. He then questioned Yao Xuan about his unusual Martial Soul and forging, and the chapter ended with Wu Zhangkong suggesting other technical professions might suit a Soul Master better.

• Wu Zhangkong announced Yao Xuan’s victory over Xie Xie, then criticized the class’s physical fitness and ordered special morning training.
• Wu Zhangkong selected Yao Xuan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin as Class Five’s participants in the Class Promotion Tournament and set a goal of defeating at least Third Grade Class One.
• Wu Zhangkong dismissed Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, then asked Yao Xuan to reveal his Martial Soul.
• Yao Xuan released his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, which Wu Zhangkong could not identify, and Wu Zhangkong promised to consult knowledgeable friends.
• Wu Zhangkong asked about Yao Xuan’s forging hammer, and Yao Xuan explained that he learned forging to fund his cultivation and future Battle Armor.

Yao Xuan chose to continue forging under Mu Chen while Wu Zhangkong began punishing physical training for Class Five and preparing its tournament representatives. Gu Yue arrived seeking admission, and Wu Zhangkong offered her a place if she could prove herself against Yao Xuan.

• Yao Xuan told Wu Zhangkong that he wanted to continue forging as Mu Chen’s disciple, and Wu Zhangkong supported his choice while warning him not to neglect Soul Power cultivation.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered Class Five to run ten laps and assigned Yao Xuan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie weighted vests for extra training ahead of the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Yao Xuan led the run despite carrying a vest five times heavier than those worn by Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, while many classmates struggled.
• Gu Yue arrived at Eastsea Academy seeking admission and watched Yao Xuan as Wu Zhangkong questioned her.
• Wu Zhangkong told Gu Yue to prove her ability by fighting Yao Xuan, and she accepted the test.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue began their sparring match, and his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul made Gu Yue suspect he carried the Dragon God's aura. The battle continued as both fighters demonstrated their abilities, with Gu Yue evading Yao Xuan's first Soul Skill.

• Wu Zhangkong gave Yao Xuan ten minutes to rest before ordering him and Gu Yue to begin their match.
• Yao Xuan summoned and possessed his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, and Gu Yue sensed an aura she mistook for the Dragon God's.
• Gu Yue recalled living with Yao Xuan as Na'er and reasoned that his aura explained why she had once felt drawn to him.
• Gu Yue attacked Yao Xuan with a fireball, but he dodged it using the Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps.
• Yao Xuan charged with Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike, but Gu Yue switched her halo to cyan and used increased speed to evade him.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue fought to a draw, and Gu Yue demonstrated her control over multiple elements. After explaining her Elemental Envoy Martial Soul to Wu Zhangkong, she was accepted into First Grade Class Five.

• Gu Yue trapped Yao Xuan with earth and attacked him with ice, but he shattered her Ice Cone and broke free.
• Gu Yue launched a barrage of elemental attacks, and Yao Xuan shattered them as he advanced; their intensified fight left neither able to gain the upper hand.
• Wu Zhangkong stopped the battle and declared a draw, while Yao Xuan received 20 Golden Evolution Points.
• Gu Yue asked to enroll, handed Wu Zhangkong her recommendation letter, and explained her Elemental Envoy Martial Soul and its Elemental Tide skill.
• Gu Yue demonstrated her space-element movement, and Wu Zhangkong accepted her into First Grade Class Five.

Gu Yue officially joined Class Five and replaced Tang Wulin in the Class Promotion Tournament lineup, while he became a substitute. At lunch, Gu Yue asked to speak with Yao Xuan and forced Xie Xie to move aside by threatening him with an Ice Cone.

• Wu Zhangkong sent Gu Yue to run ten laps with Class Five, where she and Yao Xuan praised each other's abilities.
• Wu Zhangkong completed Gu Yue's enrollment and announced that she would compete in the Class Promotion Tournament alongside Yao Xuan and Xie Xie, with Tang Wulin as the substitute.
• The four students accepted the lineup change, though Tang Wulin showed disappointment, and Wu Zhangkong assigned them more afternoon and evening training.
• Yao Xuan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie went to the cafeteria for lunch, and Gu Yue asked to sit with Yao Xuan.
• When Xie Xie refused to move, Gu Yue pressed an Ice Cone against his neck, and he reluctantly gave up his seat.

Yao Xuan grew closer to Gu Yue and encouraged Tang Wulin, while Wu Zhangkong put the students through grueling afternoon strength training. The chapter ended with Wu Zhangkong summoning Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin to his office that evening.

• Gu Yue sat beside Yao Xuan at lunch, and they discussed their appetites as she recalled her past with him and her wager with Na'er.
• Back in Dormitory 205, Yao Xuan told Xie Xie he had fallen for Gu Yue, then encouraged Tang Wulin to make the most of Wu Zhangkong's special training.
• Tang Wulin said he believed Yao Xuan would win Gu Yue over, and Yao Xuan took his words as a sign that Tang Wulin's karmic bond with Gu Yue Na had ended.
• Wu Zhangkong put Class Five through several hours of demanding afternoon strength exercises, pausing for relaxation before the second round.
• Wu Zhangkong dismissed the students and ordered Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin to report to his office at seven-thirty that night.

Yao Xuan cultivated with the Fortune Soul Forging Art, then led Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to meet Wu Zhangkong for their first special training session. Wu Zhangkong replaced Tang Wulin with Gu Yue for the upcoming tournament but offered to train Tang Wulin so he could earn his place back.

• Yao Xuan cultivated in Dorm 205, increasing the surrounding soul power density and reaching 95.1% cultivation progress.
• Yao Xuan woke Xie Xie, then told Tang Wulin he could cultivate alongside him to improve faster.
• Yao Xuan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue arrived at Wu Zhangkong's training ground for nightly special training.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin that Gu Yue would replace him in battle because she was stronger.
• Wu Zhangkong offered Tang Wulin special training and said he could still compete if he reached the required standard, and Tang Wulin vowed to prove himself.

Wu Zhangkong explained how he planned to develop Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin through evening combat training. He began their first session by making all four students fight him while he limited himself to the Soul Power of a level 21 Soul Grandmaster and no soul skills.

• Wu Zhangkong said the students' special training would focus on actual combat and identified Yao Xuan's lack of combat experience as his main weakness.
• Wu Zhangkong advised Gu Yue to pursue fusing multiple elements and told Xie Xie to improve his fitness, manage his stamina, cultivate Spiritual Power, and keep his second Martial Soul as a trump card.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin to master his mutated Bluesilver Grass Martial Soul and develop as a control-type Soul Master.
• Wu Zhangkong declared himself the opponent for all four students, limited his Soul Power to level 21, and thrust his Skyfrost Sword toward Xie Xie.

Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin teamed up against Wu Zhangkong, who raised his strength and launched a serious attack. The battle continued as Wu Zhangkong targeted Yao Xuan and the others counterattacked together.

• Xie Xie tried to evade Wu Zhangkong's sword, while Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin joined the fight with their soul skills.
• Wu Zhangkong shattered Tang Wulin's Bluesilver Grass and Gu Yue's Ice Cones, then blocked Yao Xuan's Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike with Frost Mark.
• Wu Zhangkong thrust at Xie Xie, who barely dodged with Gu Yue's wind acceleration, before Wu Zhangkong turned his next attack on Yao Xuan.
• Wu Zhangkong sent a web of sword energy toward Yao Xuan, who dodged toward its weakest opening and activated Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike again.
• Gu Yue flashed Wu Zhangkong with Elemental Tide, Xie Xie attacked his back with the Light Dragon Dagger, and Tang Wulin swung his Thousand Forgings Tungsten Steel Hammer at Wu Zhangkong's thigh.

Yao Xuan and the others faced Wu Zhangkong in intense special training, and Yao Xuan endured his sword qi while impressing him with his strength and defense. After the training ended, Yao Xuan gained Golden Evolution Points and awakened more of the Ancestral Dragon’s combat instincts.

• Wu Zhangkong disrupted Gu Yue’s and Xie Xie’s attacks and evaded Tang Wulin’s strike while directing sword qi at Yao Xuan.
• Yao Xuan’s Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike shattered four streams of sword qi, and his scales withstood the remaining blow, though the attack froze his arm.
• Wu Zhangkong praised Yao Xuan’s talent and resumed the assault, while Yao Xuan shattered the ice and charged back into the fight.
• After half an hour, Wu Zhangkong ended the training, leaving Yao Xuan and the others exhausted.
• Yao Xuan gained fifteen Golden Evolution Points and developed his combat instincts through the battle.

After Yao Xuan and his classmates completed their first combat training, Yao Xuan spent Golden Evolution Points to strengthen his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline and continued training with Wu Zhangkong the next day. That night, Wu Zhangkong led Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin into another academy building.

• Wu Zhangkong reviewed the group's battle and criticized Tang Wulin for splitting his attention between cultivation and forging until Yao Xuan explained Tang Wulin's talent and connection to Master Mu Chen.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the training and scheduled a Spiritual Power test for the next evening; Yao Xuan and Gu Yue praised each other's performance before saying goodbye.
• Yao Xuan spent 120 Golden Evolution Points to raise his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline concentration to 11.2%, increasing his strength and reinforcing his meridians and dantian.
• Wu Zhangkong exempted Yao Xuan from ordinary physical training and instead gave him combat practice, earning Yao Xuan twelve more Golden Evolution Points.
• After many students collapsed during afternoon physical training, Wu Zhangkong moved physical training to mornings and announced that afternoons would be used for practical combat classes.
• That night, Wu Zhangkong led Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin into another tall academy building.

Wu Zhangkong tested his students’ Spiritual Power, and Yao Xuan’s result stunned everyone by reaching 195 points, the peak of the early Spirit Connection Realm. Wu Zhangkong then asked Yao Xuan when he had reached that realm and what the breakthrough had felt like.

• Wu Zhangkong tested Xie Xie first, whose Spiritual Power measured 29 points.
• Tang Wulin scored 38 points, surpassing Xie Xie and reaching the middle Spirit Origin Realm.
• Yao Xuan’s Spiritual Power passed 100 points and continued climbing as the others watched in shock.
• Yao Xuan’s result stopped at 195 points, while Wu Zhangkong recognized the exceptional achievement and resolved to nurture him.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Yao Xuan when he had entered the Spirit Connection Realm and what the breakthrough had felt like.

Wu Zhangkong tested Gu Yue’s Spiritual Power and the students’ strength before continuing their special training, then gave them Sunday off. Yao Xuan took Tang Wulin to the Blacksmith Association to collect his Forging Master badge and meet Mu Chen.

• Gu Yue’s Spiritual Power test reached 201 points, surpassing Yao Xuan’s result and shocking Wu Zhangkong, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin.
• Yao Xuan recorded right- and left-hand strength of 2,620 and 2,480 kilograms, while Tang Wulin exceeded 500 kilograms, Xie Xie reached 120 kilograms, and Gu Yue’s strength nearly matched Xie Xie’s.
• Gu Yue wondered whether Yao Xuan might be a remnant soul of the Dragon God because of his aura and unusual strength.
• Wu Zhangkong put Yao Xuan and the others through more tests and combat training, then the students returned to their regular schedule with special training at night.
• On Sunday, Yao Xuan took Tang Wulin to the Blacksmith Association to collect his Forging Master badge and receive Mu Chen’s instruction.

After four days of training, Yao Xuan reached Soul Power level nineteen and increased his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 11.7%. At the East Sea Blacksmith Association, Mu Chen awarded Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin their second-level Forging Master badges, taught them about Thousand Forging, and discovered Yao Xuan could already perform Thousand Forgings Rank 2.

• Yao Xuan reflected on his training gains as he and Tang Wulin arrived at the East Sea Blacksmith Association to meet Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen awarded Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin second-level Forging Master badges and lent them Spatial Soul Tools.
• Mu Chen explained the principles of forging and demonstrated Thousand Forging, setting a goal for them to forge a Thousand Forgings Rank 1 work before age fifteen.
• Mu Chen gave Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin booklets and instructed them to practice at the association for half a day each week.
• After Tang Wulin left, Yao Xuan told Mu Chen he could perform Thousand Forgings Rank 2 with a low success rate, and Mu Chen urged him to master Rank 1 before learning Spirit Forging.

Yao Xuan competed with Mu Xi in forging Adamantite and produced a superior-grade result, then shared his approach to forging. He revealed that he could already perform Thousand Forging, leaving Mu Xi in awe of his talent.

• Mu Chen reminded Yao Xuan to cultivate his Soul Power before Yao Xuan left to train.
• Mu Xi challenged Yao Xuan to a forging contest, and Yao Xuan chose Adamantite.
• Mu Xi forged Excellent-grade Hundred-Forged Adamantite, while Yao Xuan forged Superior-grade Adamantite with all impurities removed.
• Yao Xuan explained that forging meant commanding metal particles and arranging them according to a blueprint.
• Yao Xuan told Mu Xi he could already perform Thousand Forging but had been told by Mu Chen to wait two years before taking the assessment.
• Mu Xi's competitive spirit faded as she realized Yao Xuan was a nine-year-old Third-level Forgemaster.

Yao Xuan reviewed his progress after two and a half months of training, nearing Soul Grandmaster while improving his bloodline, forging, and teamwork. He entered a special cultivation room at the Blacksmith Association and began breaking through, with his Soul Power battering the bottleneck.

• Mu Xi thanked Yao Xuan for his forging advice, and he answered her questions before leaving for a forging room prepared by Mu Chen.
• Yao Xuan spent two and a half months training with Wu Zhangkong, studying, and forging with Tang Wulin, steadily improving his abilities and team coordination.
• Yao Xuan's Soul Power reached 99.5% of the way to Soul Grandmaster, his Spiritual Power rose to 207, and his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline increased to 14.5%.
• Yao Xuan noticed that Gu Yue kept some distance despite wanting to be close to him, while Gu Yue restrained herself because his aura strongly attracted her.
• Yao Xuan went to the Blacksmith Association's special Cultivation Room, where Mu Chen provided rare incense, and began cultivating to break through his bottleneck.

Yao Xuan broke through to Soul Grandmaster by advancing to Level 21 and fusing his second Soul Ring, which further awakened his Ancestral Dragon bloodline. He received a new Soul Skill and system rewards, while Gu Yue sensed his strengthened Dragon God aura and reconsidered her plan.

• Yao Xuan spent ten Golden Evolution Points to break through the Level 20 bottleneck and reached the Soul Grandmaster threshold.
• Yao Xuan summoned his Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit, fused its 400-year Soul Ring, and triggered another surge in his Soul Power.
• Yao Xuan's Ancestral Dragon bloodline awakened further as a nine-colored lattice formed in his body and his Martial Soul transformed.
• Gu Yue sensed Yao Xuan's stronger Dragon God aura and concluded that her original plan needed to change.
• Yao Xuan completed his advancement at Level 21, gained the Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body Soul Skill and system rewards, and reviewed his updated status.

After reaching Soul Grandmaster, Yao Xuan accepted a mission to break through to Soul Elder and examined his newly unlocked system ability, Supernatural Condensation. He found that its most valuable items cost far more Golden Evolution Points than he could afford and prepared to activate another ability.

• Yao Xuan advanced to Soul Grandmaster, increasing his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, strength, and system storage space, and earned 1,000 Golden Evolution Points.
• Yao Xuan accepted the mission to reach Soul Elder within three years, with a reminder to raise his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 20% before reaching level thirty.
• Yao Xuan activated Supernatural Condensation, which allowed him to spend Golden Evolution Points to create items listed by the system.
• Yao Xuan inspected the item list and found that even its least costly treasures were poor uses of his current Golden Evolution Points.
• Yao Xuan left the condensation page and turned to activate another system ability.

Yao Xuan activated the Simulated Combat Space and tested his Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body in a battle against an illusion of Wu Zhangkong. He defeated the illusion and returned to the space’s starting room.

• Yao Xuan activated the Simulated Combat Space and explored its environments and enemy simulations.
• Yao Xuan checked the effects of his Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body, which greatly increased his combat abilities and resistances.
• Yao Xuan created an early-stage Soul Elder illusion of Wu Zhangkong in a Battle Arena and began a simulated fight.
• Yao Xuan activated his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul and Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body, then fought Wu Zhangkong’s illusion with his Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike.
• Yao Xuan shattered the illusion’s Skyfrost Sword, tore the illusion apart, and won the battle.

Yao Xuan analyzed the limits of the Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body and used the Simulated Combat Space to improve his fighting skills. He strengthened his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, formed the Second Layer Blood Qi Circulation, and left the Cultivation Room ready for the Class Promotion Tournament.

• Yao Xuan reviewed his battle against Wu Zhangkong's illusion and concluded that the Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body was powerful but consumed Soul Power rapidly.
• Yao Xuan read the Simulated Combat Space's battle analysis and found that the fight had consumed only ten percent of his Spiritual Power.
• Yao Xuan spent 960 Golden Evolution Points to raise his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline unlock level from 14.7% to 16.3%.
• Yao Xuan's Bloodline Power formed the preliminary Second Layer Blood Qi Circulation, becoming denser, purer, and easier to control.
• Yao Xuan's base strength rose to five thousand kilograms, and he left the Cultivation Room to await the Class Promotion Tournament.