Chapter Summaries

After awakening a toilet-brush Martial Soul in the Star Luo Empire, Yan Qing used a system loan to obtain the composite Passionate Ruthless Sword and set his sights on joining the Tang Sect. When the Tang Sect learned about his unusual Martial Soul, Hu Jie suspected Yan Qing was connected by blood to the Passionate Douluo and Ruthless Douluo.

• Yan Qing discovered he was stranded in the Star Luo Empire with a toilet-brush Martial Soul and no family or money.
• The system ordered Yan Qing to defeat Tang San, so he planned to enter the Tang Sect and challenge Tang San’s phantom in the Hall of Heroes.
• Yan Qing borrowed the Passionate Ruthless Sword, accepting a ten-year deadline to become a Titled Douluo, and gained Innate Full Soul Power.
• Steward Wang told Hu Jie that Yan Qing’s Martial Soul combined the Passionate Sword and Ruthless Sword.
• Hu Jie broke his communicator and suspected Yan Qing had inherited the bloodline of the Passionate Douluo and Ruthless Douluo.

Hu Jie accepted Yan Qing as his direct disciple, and two years later Yan Qing defeated a Tang San projection in the Hall of Heroes. He chose a forging proficiency reward, then received a new system mission to become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple despite believing Yu Xiaogang had died long ago.

• Hu Jie called Zang Xin to discuss Yan Qing, then accepted Yan Qing as his direct disciple after confirming his Martial Soul.
• Two years later, Hu Jie opened the Hall of Heroes so Yan Qing could test his combat abilities.
• Yan Qing fought and defeated the Tang San projection by using [Once], [Future], and his sword skills.
• Yan Qing chose level-three forging proficiency instead of five Soul Power levels as his mission reward.
• The system assigned Yan Qing a mission to gain Yu Xiaogang’s approval and become his disciple, and Yan Qing wondered how that was possible.

Yan Qing chose the Battle Armor Master path and began studying forging under Saint Craftsman Li Zhuyun, astonishing him with his immediate skill. He left the forging room while considering his stalled system mission and the years remaining on his Martial Soul loan.

• Hu Jie asked Yan Qing to choose between the Battle Armor Master and mecha paths, and Yan Qing chose to become a Battle Armor Master and learn forging.
• Hu Jie brought Yan Qing to Saint Craftsman Li Zhuyun and offered the Tang Sect’s divine-grade metal as tuition.
• Li Zhuyun tested Yan Qing by asking him to forge a heavy-silver shoulder plate, and Yan Qing shaped it to Hundred Refinement quality in minutes.
• Yan Qing hid his true ability by deliberately striking off target, while Li Zhuyun called him a peerless genius and told his friends about him.
• Yan Qing left the forging room and reflected on his stalled system mission and the eight years left on his Martial Soul loan.

Yan Qing began at Star Luo Royal Academy while plotting a way to reach Shrek Academy and find information related to Yu Xiaogang. After revealing his toilet-brush Martial Soul to Class One, he was challenged by Yu Aotian, a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciple, and eagerly accepted.

• Yan Qing decided he needed to smuggle himself to Shrek Academy rather than wait years for Tang Wulin's exchange visit.
• Hu Jie had enrolled Yan Qing at Star Luo Royal Academy and warned him to conceal his Passionate Sword and Ruthless Sword, leaving him to display his toilet-brush Martial Soul.
• Lin Xue introduced herself as Class One's homeroom teacher, and the students began presenting their Martial Souls and Soul Power.
• Yan Qing recognized Lin San as a future member of Monster Academy's Eight Kings, then introduced his toilet-brush Martial Soul and two white Soul Rings to a stunned class.
• Yu Aotian introduced himself as a rank-twenty disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and challenged Yan Qing for a place in Class One.
• Yan Qing welcomed the chance to challenge Yu Aotian and accepted.

Yan Qing defeated Yu Aotian in a spar by using his Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo Martial Soul and a time-reversing ability. The next day, Yu Aotian bragged about an upcoming Soul Power infusion, and Yan Qing recognized a strange black seal on his invitation as a Dark Bell.

• Lin Xue took Yan Qing and Yu Aotian to the arena and warned them not to cause serious injuries.
• Yu Aotian attacked with his Thunder Dragon Claw, but Yan Qing evaded him with Toilet Brush Pole Vault and raised himself above the arena on bamboo stilts.
• Yu Aotian's lightning attack scorched the stilts without breaking them, and Yan Qing reversed time by one second to prevent Yu Aotian from activating his skills before striking him unconscious with his brush.
• Lin Xue sent Yu Aotian to the infirmary, and the next day Yan Qing found him boasting that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's ancestor would give direct-line disciples a Soul Power infusion.
• Yan Qing noticed an eerie black seal on Yu Aotian's invitation and recognized it as a Dark Bell.

Yan Qing realized that Dark Bell Lilina planned to use the Blue Lightning Ceremony to advance by consuming young members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and he followed Yu Aotian to the sect to investigate. He secretly entered the grounds and watched Lilina arrive at the ceremony, leaving him poised to see whether he would intervene.

• Yan Qing weighed whether to warn the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect about Lilina, fearing the Holy Spirit Cult's retaliation and the consequences for Hu Jie.
• After class, Yan Qing followed Yu Aotian's car to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, hoping to find traces of Grandmaster and learn about the ceremony.
• Yan Qing used his toilet-brush Martial Soul to pole-vault over the sect's detection formation and hid on the grounds overnight.
• When the Blue Lightning Ceremony began, Yan Qing found the grounds deserted and made his way to the main venue.
• Lilina emerged through a gateway at the altar and promised the gathered disciples the power they desired.

Yan Qing disrupted Lilina’s attempt to drain the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s disciples, prompting the sect to summon Yu Xiaogang’s projection and drive her away. Yu Xiaogang accepted Yan Qing as his disciple, and the completed mission rewarded Yan Qing with increased levels and a world map.

• Lilina used a formation to drain the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect disciples’ bloodline essence, while Yan Qing scrubbed away some of the altar’s markings.
• The elder and disciples crushed their jade tokens to summon a projection of Yu Xiaogang atop Luo Sanpao, and Lilina escaped through a dark green doorway.
• Yu Xiaogang’s projection found Yan Qing and offered him one request in gratitude for saving the disciples.
• Yan Qing asked Yu Xiaogang to accept him as a disciple, and Yu Xiaogang agreed after Yan Qing praised his reputation.
• The system completed Yan Qing’s mission, raised his Soul Power, spiritual power, and forging level, and awarded him a world map.

Yan Qing used the world map to travel from the Star Luo Empire to Eastsea City, where he unexpectedly appeared beside Mu Xi at the Blacksmith Association. He passed the second-rank blacksmith assessment with remarkable speed and skill, leaving Mu Chen astonished by his talent.

• Yan Qing reviewed his missions, decided to travel to the Douluo Federation using the world map, and left the Star Luo Empire after Hu Jie prepared his documents.
• Yan Qing chose a location in Eastsea City on the map and teleported into the Blacksmith Association, appearing directly beside Mu Xi.
• Yan Qing told Mu Xi he had come to take the second-rank blacksmith assessment, and Mu Chen agreed to evaluate him.
• Yan Qing refined Heavy Silver to a level approaching Thousand Refinement and forged a medium-sized component, passing the assessment.
• Mu Chen was stunned that Yan Qing, who was only eight, had completed the test with a talent comparable to the young Zhen Hua.

Yan Qing passed the Eastsea Blacksmith Association’s second-rank assessment, took on a large batch of forging commissions, and sought admission to Wu Changkong’s class at Eastsea Academy. After seeing Yan Qing’s hidden twin Martial Souls and powerful Soul Rings, Wu Changkong recognized his connection to two Excellencies, but Yan Qing asked him to treat him as an ordinary student.

• Mu Chen certified Yan Qing as the Eastsea Blacksmith Association’s youngest second-rank blacksmith, and Mu Xi learned that he had passed.
• Yan Qing visited Tang Wulin in a forging room, then accepted twenty-one forging commissions at the association’s counter.
• Yan Qing brought Hu Jie’s letter of recommendation to Wu Changkong, who questioned his weak-looking Martial Soul and two white Soul Rings.
• Yan Qing used his Passionate Sword’s first Soul Skill on Wu Changkong, prompting Wu Changkong to take him to the Tang Sect Eastsea Branch.
• Yan Qing revealed the Passionate Sword and Ruthless Sword with two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and Wu Changkong recognized his connection to two Excellencies.

Wu Changkong brought Yan Qing into Class Five, where Yan Qing defeated Tang Wulin and Xie Xie in a spar using his two sword skills. After a month of training, the four students prepared to compete in the promotion tournament, where they faced a taunting teacher from Class Four.

• Long Hengxu reluctantly approved Yan Qing’s transfer to Class Five after Wu Changkong insisted on taking him.
• Wu Changkong introduced Yan Qing to Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue, presenting Yan Qing’s eyes as his second, body-type Martial Soul.
• Yan Qing asked to face Tang Wulin and Xie Xie alone, and Wu Changkong agreed while Gu Yue sat out.
• Yan Qing used “Once” and “Future” to disrupt Tang Wulin and Xie Xie’s attack, causing Xie Xie to strike Tang Wulin and triggering Tang Wulin’s uncontrolled Golden Dragon Claw.
• Wu Changkong declared Yan Qing the winner and selected Yan Qing, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie for the promotion tournament.
• After a month of training, the team arrived at the promotion tournament, where Kong Hanwen taunted Wu Changkong.

Yan Qing helped Class Five defeat Class Four in the promotion tournament before rushing to the Blacksmith Association to finish overdue commissions. While forging, he repeatedly caught Mu Xi as she stumbled, then escaped through a window when Mu Chen entered the room.

• Yan Qing agreed to Wu Changkong's bet with Kong Hanwen, and Class Five defeated Class Four without the opponents activating their Soul Rings.
• Yan Qing declined Tang Wulin's invitation to eat and hurried to the Blacksmith Association to complete his forging orders.
• Yan Qing accidentally caught Mu Xi in the corridor, then began rapidly forging metal while she watched.
• Mu Xi dodged sparks and slipped, and Yan Qing caught her around the waist just before Mu Chen arrived.
• Mu Xi signaled for Yan Qing to hide, so he jumped out the window and told Mu Chen that his clothes had fallen downstairs and he was inside them.

Yan Qing tested the Spirit Ascension Platform and discovered that it could reproduce his Soul Skills but not his Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo’s spirit. He then used his eye technique to defeat Class Three’s quadruplet flyers in the promotion tournament without using a Martial Soul.

• Yan Qing entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, whose technicians patched its records to give his Soul Skills and Soul Rings an eye-type Martial Soul.
• Inside the Star Dou Great Forest, Yan Qing killed an Armor-Piercing Beast with Love-Questioning Slash and found that the spirit-ascension energy strengthened his eyes but could not merge with the Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo.
• Yan Qing raised his Second Martial Soul’s age to his bodily limit during a night of hunting, then withdrew from the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• During the class promotion match, Yan Qing faced the four Gu brothers alone as they took to the air with their wing Martial Souls.
• Yan Qing used his eye technique to daze the Gu brothers, caught and stacked them as they fell, and ended the battle in ten seconds without using a Martial Soul.

After Class Five won its promotion match, Guang Biao led over two hundred men to Eastsea Academy to demand revenge for his brother Guang Long. Wu Changkong defeated Guang Biao and drove his men away, while Guang Long was left behind in the crowd.

• Long Hengxu announced Class Five's victory, and Yan Qing remembered trouble was coming and warned Wu Changkong.
• Guang Biao blockaded Eastsea Academy with his men, accused Long Hengxu of harming Guang Long, and demanded that Tang Wulin and two others be brought out.
• Wu Changkong stepped forward and stopped Guang Biao's attack with his icy power.
• Wu Changkong revealed his Two-Word Battle Armor and Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, then shattered Guang Biao's Martial Soul with a sword strike.
• Guang Biao's men fled with him unconscious, while Guang Long was trampled by the crowd.

After Class Zero was established, Wu Changkong tested the six students’ attributes, revealing that Tang Wulin had immense physical strength while Yan Qing possessed extraordinary spiritual power. The chapter ended with Yan Qing’s result reaching the Spirit Sea Realm at just nine years old, leaving his classmates stunned.

• Wu Changkong reprimanded Yan Qing and the others for their conduct during the encounter with Guang Biao.
• Yan Qing gave Mu Xi a Thousand Refinement accessory for her birthday after accidentally forging it beyond a customer’s requested quality.
• Yan Qing joined Tang Wulin and the others for their promotion match, then helped establish Class Zero with Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi.
• Wu Changkong brought Class Zero to test their attributes, and Tang Wulin’s right-hand strength reached 1,348 kilograms.
• The students’ spiritual power was tested, with Tang Wulin reaching sixty-six points and Gu Yue reaching 153.
• Yan Qing’s spiritual power climbed to 501 points, prompting Xie Xie to exclaim that such a result was frightening.

Yan Qing joined Class Zero on a Spirit Ascension Platform trip and searched for Wang Jinxi, hoping to locate the Man Faced Demon Spider before it could threaten Tang Wulin's group. He found Wang Jinxi fighting Gentle Breeze Wolves and rushed to help him.

• Yan Qing's spiritual power increase had taken him into the Spirit Sea Realm, and Wu Changkong urged Class Zero to keep cultivating.
• Wu Changkong announced that Class Zero would visit the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Yan Qing planned to pursue his mission involving the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• At the Spirit Pagoda, Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu explained the Spirit Ascension Platform's rules and warned the students to withdraw if they faced danger.
• Yan Qing entered the platform, used his map and tree marks to navigate, and searched the Gentle Breeze Wolves' habitats for Wang Jinxi.
• Yan Qing found Wang Jinxi fighting the wolves and called out that he had come to help.

Yan Qing protected Wang Jinxi from a Man Faced Demon Spider in the Spirit Ascension Platform, then let it carry him to its nest while waiting for a chance to pursue the remaining spiders. After escaping from a ten-thousand-year-old spider, he woke to find Wang Jinxi had pledged himself to Class Zero, potentially ruining Wang Jinxi’s future Martial Soul Fusion Technique with Zhang Yangzi.

• Yan Qing joined Wang Jinxi in fighting Gentle Breeze Wolves, then stood guard while Wang Jinxi recovered.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider attacked, and Yan Qing shoved Wang Jinxi aside and held the spider’s fangs with his Mysterious Jade Hands.
• Wang Jinxi charged to help Yan Qing, so Yan Qing used Wang Jinxi’s emergency exit button to send him out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Yan Qing let the spider drag him toward its lair, hoping to find the other Man Faced Demon Spiders, but escaped when a ten-thousand-year-old spider appeared.
• Wang Jinxi thanked Yan Qing and declared him his brother, leaving Yan Qing worried that Wang Jinxi would no longer form a Martial Soul Fusion Technique with Zhang Yangzi.

Yan Qing led Class Zero through the Spirit Ascension Platform’s riot period as part of their final assessment, gathering spiritual power while avoiding dangers. When three Soul Masters targeted the team to steal their gains, Yan Qing pretended to surrender as his teammates prepared their response.

• Wu Changkong assigned Yan Qing as captain and explained the dangers of the riot period, requiring the team to last more than an hour inside the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• After three days of training, Yan Qing organized the six students into scouting, rear-guard, and vanguard roles, then led them to hunt Soul Beasts and accumulate spiritual power.
• Yan Qing’s team encountered Mu Xi, who spotted them and led her team away, before three former lackeys of Guang Biao noticed their spiritual power and decided to attack.
• Xie Xie reported the approaching team, and Yan Qing reviewed a pair of coded commands with his teammates before they confronted the three Soul Masters.
• Yan Qing pretended to surrender and reached for the emergency exit button while the attackers summoned their Martial Souls.

Yan Qing led Class Zero through the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform by overwhelming would-be robbers with Purple Demon Eye, then defeated Tang San in the Hall of Heroes. As the final exams ended, he found that joining the Tang Sect's Soul Fighting Hall required One-Word Battle Armor, which he could not build alone.

• Yan Qing used Purple Demon Eye to drive teams out of the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, and Class Zero gathered a rich haul before Wu Changkong led them out.
• Wu Changkong took the group to the Hall of Heroes, where Yan Qing faced Tang San and cut through his Blue Silver Grass before overpowering his Purple Demon Eye.
• Yan Qing beat Tang San past the thirty-second mark, demonstrated his Soul Skills, and passed the assessment.
• Yan Qing skipped Wu Changkong's Tang Sect introduction because he had already joined, then learned he needed One-Word Battle Armor to enter the Soul Fighting Hall.
• Yan Qing realized that although he had reached Spirit Forging and forged much of his Battle Armor's metal, he still needed partners who could design and manufacture it.

After becoming a One-Word Battle Armor Master, Yan Qing accepted a huge Holy Spirit Cult metal order, then used his world map to flee the Star Luo Continent with the materials. Lilina discovered the missing shipment and ordered a ruthless search, but when her followers found no trace of Yan Qing, she decided to hunt him herself.

• Yan Qing completed a Battle Armor trade with an organization marked by a metal bell and recognized its emblem as the Dark Bell.
• Lilina, overseeing the Holy Spirit Cult's metal orders, approved Yan Qing's request for more than a hundred orders worth nearly ten million Federation coins.
• Yan Qing loaded the delivered materials onto trucks, transported them to his workshop, and escaped through the world map portal to the Douluo Federation.
• Mu Xi found the rare metals in Yan Qing's workshop, and Yan Qing claimed they were an investment in his potential.
• Lilina learned that Yan Qing had vanished with the materials and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to investigate blacksmiths across the Star Luo Continent.
• After the search produced no trace of Yan Qing, Lilina attacked her subordinate and vowed to find him herself.

Yan Qing joined Class Zero for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition and won a team match using a piece of battle armor. He rushed to the forging preliminaries and completed a hundred refinement of blue infused copper in eight seconds.

• Yan Qing returned to the academy, where Wu Changkong introduced Xu Xiaoyan as Class Zero's newest member.
• Wu Changkong announced that Class Zero would enter the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, and Yan Qing formed a team with Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi.
• Yan Qing's team faced three fifteen-year-old opponents, and he used his Soul Skill and a piece of battle armor to secure their victory.
• Yan Qing rushed to the forging preliminaries and began working on blue infused copper with seconds remaining.
• Yan Qing completed a hundred refinement in eight seconds, astonishing the judges.