Chapter Summaries

Yan Qing turned down offers from two blacksmith association presidents, then spent three years preparing for his departure from Eastsea City. On his last day, he killed the Man Faced Demon Spider in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and received confirmation that Tang San would not obtain the Eight Spider Lances.

• Duan Xuan and the Westsea City president offered Yan Qing membership and rewards, but he refused because he already had a master.
• Yan Qing and Mu Xi left the forging grounds together, and Mu Xi won the forging championship while Yan Qing stopped at the team competition semifinals.
• Three years later, Yan Qing checked his Tang Sect contribution points and prepared to leave Eastsea City for the Shrek City assessment.
• Yan Qing entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and challenged the Man Faced Demon Spider with his four Soul Rings and One-Word Battle Armor.
• Yan Qing killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, strengthened his fourth Soul Ring, and received a reward for preventing Tang San from obtaining the Eight Spider Lances.

Yan Qing led Class Zero through Shrek Academy's entrance assessments, earning top scores with his powerful spiritual abilities and clever teamwork. During the specialty assessment, Cai Yue'er recognized that his displayed abilities did not match his Martial Soul and demanded to know who he really was.

• Yan Qing raised his spiritual power to the Spirit Abyss Realm, turned his Soul Rings purple with Simulation, and traveled to Shrek City with Class Zero.
• After Tang Wulin unlocked a seal and delayed their arrival, Wu Changkong secured seven budget-version assessment spots for the group.
• Yan Qing excelled in the portrait assessment, helped the group defeat a thousand-year Soul Beast, and guided them through the scythe-gate challenge.
• Yan Qing passed the professional assessment by demonstrating his fifth-rank blacksmithing skill and forging a first-grade Thousand Refinement piece.
• During the specialty assessment, Yan Qing used paired Soul Skills against Cai Yue'er, who recognized his Spirit Abyss Realm power and questioned whether his eyes were truly his Martial Soul.
• Cai Yue'er separated Yan Qing from the others and demanded that he reveal his identity.

Yan Qing secured compensation from Yun Ming after revealing his Passionate Sword, then continued through Shrek’s entrance trials. His fourth Soul Skill struck his opponent in the eighth trial, whose body suddenly transformed beneath black light.

• Cai Yue'er’s pressure knocked Yan Qing down, but Yun Ming intervened and apologized on the academy’s behalf.
• Yan Qing requested more than a dozen spirit herbs as compensation, then revealed his Passionate Sword and asked Yun Ming to keep his identity secret from Amorous and Heartless.
• Yan Qing returned to the examination venue, where Tang Wulin and Gu Yue failed the eating trial while Tang Wulin finished all the food for the group.
• Yan Qing, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie completed the endurance trial, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan skipped the squats and pull-ups.
• For the eighth trial, Yan Qing chose a skinny young man and used his fourth Soul Skill, causing the opponent to tremble before transforming into a winged, armored figure.

Yan Qing led his team through the final Shrek entrance assessments, earning a perfect score and securing their admission as work-study students. After moving into the dilapidated dormitory, he spotted Yuanen Yehui nearby and decided he needed to find a way to move out.

• Yuanen Yehui revealed her Fallen Angel Martial Soul, changed into her Titan Giant Ape form, and was knocked unconscious by Yan Qing.
• Yan Qing directed his team through the ninth assessment, and they fled with an unconscious Three-Eyed Golden Lion rather than claim its Soul Ring or Soul Bone.
• The team earned full marks in the survival round, and Yan Qing received five thousand contribution points after the academy rejected his request for a hundred million federation coins.
• Yan Qing and the others enrolled at Shrek as work-study students and moved into the rundown dormitory.
• Yan Qing spotted Yuanen Yehui watching him from a nearby café and resolved to move out before she could take revenge.

Yan Qing raised startup capital for a battle armor blind-box business by joining the Blacksmith Association and recruiting Tang Wulin as his supplier. After the shop took off, he began classes at Shrek and prepared for a free-for-all to choose class officers.

• Yan Qing impressed Feng Wuyu with flattery, became his personal disciple, and earned five thousand contribution points by joining the Blacksmith Association and selling him test metals.
• Yan Qing hired Tang Wulin to produce Fusion Forged metals, offering better prices than working-student missions paid.
• Yan Qing launched battle armor blind boxes featuring guaranteed Thousand Refined metal and chances at Fusion Forged alloys; Feng Wuyu's endorsement helped sell out the presale.
• Yan Qing attended his first class with Wu Changkong and Shen Yi, where Shen Yi announced a simulated-combat free-for-all to choose class officers.
• Tang Wulin hoped to compete for class president, while Yan Qing accepted Yang Nianxia into their team.

Yan Qing’s team advanced through the simulated arena while Yang Nianxia questioned their chances and considered abandoning them. When Xu Yucheng and Luo Guixing’s teams surrounded them, Yan Qing revealed a startling transformation and declared that no one would leave.

• Xie Xie was ambushed by Zheng Yiran’s team, but Yan Qing’s group fought back until Zheng ordered a retreat, leaving two of her teammates behind.
• Yang Nianxia studied his teammates’ strength and weighed his prospects of claiming a class officer position against Yan Qing, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue.
• The group encountered Xu Yucheng, a highly ranked fighter with a Dark Demon Scythe, before the arena’s terrain changed and placed them between Xu’s team and Luo Guixing’s team.
• Xu Yucheng and Luo Guixing joined forces against Yan Qing’s group, and Yang Nianxia asked to withdraw in exchange for staying out of the fight.
• Yan Qing stopped Yang Nianxia from leaving, then transformed into a ten-meter-tall Dark Gold Bear and vowed that no one would escape.

Yan Qing used his Simulation Soul Skill to create a terrifying illusion that eliminated nearly all the other students, leaving Luo Guixing and Class Zero standing. After recovering his strength, Yan Qing prepared for the final battle, while Wu Changkong predicted he would be the last one standing.

• Xu Yucheng and Yang Nianxia were frightened by Yan Qing’s illusion of a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and both were eliminated.
• Luo Guixing escaped the illusion’s range by repeatedly teleporting, while Xu Yucheng was struck down by the illusion and eliminated.
• The remaining students panicked and eliminated themselves, leaving only Luo Guixing and Class Zero in the field.
• Yan Qing revealed to Class Zero that he had used Simulation with his Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power to create the illusion, then sat down to recover.
• Shen Yi questioned Wu Changkong about who would win the selection, and Wu Changkong predicted Yan Qing would be the last one standing.

Luo Guixing escaped a powerful threat but was attacked while recovering, while Wu Siduo entered the arena and faced Yan Qing’s team after uncovering his disguise. She defeated Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie with her Hell White Tiger, but Yan Qing revealed that the fighters she had beaten might not have been their real bodies.

• Luo Guixing used spatial teleportation to escape a blade attack, then heard a voice and saw a Jade Spirit Venomous Snake emerge behind him.
• Wu Siduo searched the forest, was teleported to the final arena, and found Zheng Yiran’s team facing Yan Qing’s four-person group.
• Shen Yi warned that Shrek was under attack and suspended the assessment, but Wu Siduo exposed the disguised Yan Qing after he posed as Wu Changkong.
• Yan Qing invited Wu Siduo to fight Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie together, and she accepted the challenge.
• Wu Siduo unleashed her Hell White Tiger and eliminated all four of Yan Qing’s teammates, leaving only herself and Yan Qing standing.
• As Wu Siduo’s Hell White Tiger lunged at him, Yan Qing clapped and suggested that the people she had defeated were not their real bodies.

Yan Qing defeated Wu Siduo with an illusion, and the students settled Class One’s committee positions before he returned to selling Battle Armor blind boxes. He agreed to help Xu Xiaoyan challenge the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit Tower, and the seven-person group set off for the headquarters.

• Yan Qing revealed that Wu Siduo’s fight against his team had been an illusion, and Wu Siduo accepted defeat and was eliminated.
• Shen Yi ended the selection early, and Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Wu Siduo became Class One’s class president and vice presidents.
• Yan Qing’s Battle Armor blind boxes sold out quickly, and Yuanen Yehui bought one before recovering two defective boxes and demanding a refund.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Yan Qing that she had reached rank thirty and wanted to challenge the Spirit Pagoda’s tower to obtain her third Soul Ring at a discount.
• Yan Qing joined Xu Xiaoyan’s team, which recruited Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu to reach seven members, and they headed to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

Yan Qing climbed the Soul Spirit Tower, where he discovered that his Martial Soul could absorb Lone Bamboo Soul Spirits and gained an eleven-thousand-year Soul Ring. After he left the tower, Qiangu Dongfeng tried to recruit him into the Spirit Pagoda, but Yan Qing refused and learned he owed two hundred million Federation Coins for the Soul Spirit.

• Leng Yaozhu led Yan Qing and the others into the Soul Spirit Tower, where they began climbing by fighting Soul Beasts in coordinated groups.
• Yuanen Yehui helped Xu Xiaoyan obtain an Ice Bear Soul Spirit, then found a King Kong Baboon Soul Spirit for herself on the twelfth floor.
• Yan Qing climbed alone, using Simulation to imitate Soul Beast ancestors and defeat opponents until he reached the twentieth floor.
• Yan Qing fought and defeated an eleven-thousand-year Lone Bamboo, absorbed its Soul Spirit, and reached rank forty-three.
• Qiangu Dongfeng offered to make Yan Qing a reserve Spirit Envoy and his disciple, but Yan Qing refused and revealed his Soul Fighting Hall medal.
• Leng Yaozhu told Yan Qing that his Lone Bamboo Soul Spirit cost two hundred million Federation Coins, prompting him to wonder if he could leave the Tang Sect.

Yan Qing expanded his Battle Armor business with promotions that sent Shrek Outer Court into a buying frenzy. After two transfer students joined Class One, Year One, he challenged Ye Xinglan to a match, and his Heart Prison illusion engulfed her as the duel began.

• Yan Qing launched Battle Armor blind-box promotions, group discounts, and collectible cards, drawing huge crowds and boosting students’ Battle Armor ownership.
• Tang Wulin questioned whether the card exchange scheme could lose Yan Qing money, and Xie Xie explained that some cards were much rarer than others.
• Shen Yi introduced Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi as new students, and Wu Changkong announced a practical exchange between the first and second years.
• Luo Guixing invited Ye Xinglan to join his team, but she ignored him until Yan Qing offered to fight her; she agreed to join his team if he won.
• Yan Qing and Ye Xinglan faced off in the arena, where Yan Qing used Heart Prison to trap her in an illusion of dazzling white light.

Ye Xinglan relived the childhood trauma of her Ye Clan elders’ cruelty and broke free of it by protecting her younger self. Back in the arena, she awakened her Stargod Sword a second time and struck Yan Qing, but acknowledged defeat when he survived.

• Ye Xinglan watched her younger self endure harsh sword training, then saw the second elder destroy her mother’s wooden sword and slap her.
• The younger Ye Xinglan spoke to Ye Xinglan, who promised to take her away and blasted open the courtyard gates with the Stargod Sword.
• Ye Xinglan faced the Ye Clan elders and declared that she was her own sword, while she and the younger girl joined their sword strikes to tear apart the illusion.
• The Heart Prison illusion shattered, revealing that Ye Xinglan was fighting Yan Qing in the Shrek Outer Court arena, where her Stargod Sword awakened for a second time.
• Ye Xinglan’s strike destroyed Yan Qing’s One-Word Battle Armor, but when he remained standing, she said that she had lost.

Yan Qing's squad defeated Luo Guixing's team in the first-year selection final and earned the right to face the second years. Later, Yan Qing exposed a customer who tried to exchange counterfeit Battle Armor cards for a complete set, and the customer demanded proof.

• Yan Qing expanded his squad to seven with Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, then agreed to field five members in the selection tournament final.
• Yan Qing's team used Simulation to disguise Ye Xinglan as Xu Lizhi and bait Luo Guixing into swapping her into the enemy formation.
• Ye Xinglan defeated Xu Yucheng, Wu Changkong removed Luo Guixing and Xu Yucheng from the arena, and the remaining opponents conceded.
• Yan Qing's squad won the first-year final and secured the chance to represent the first years against the second years.
• A long-haired man opened a blind box and tried to exchange a counterfeit helmet card and other cards for One-Word Battle Armor.
• Yan Qing tore the helmet card and called it fake, and the man demanded proof.

Yan Qing rejected Li Qiankun’s demand for a stake in his shop and exposed his fake redemption card during a livestream. With the final exams requiring students to travel penniless and earn their own expenses, Yan Qing followed Tang Wulin onto a train to exploit his knowledge of upcoming events, then reported him for fare evasion so he could act without being recognized.

• Yan Qing refused Li Qiankun’s demand for a forty-percent stake, exposed his counterfeit card, and livestreamed their confrontation, forcing Li Qiankun to flee.
• Yan Qing learned that the final exam required students to travel from Shrek City to Mingdu, fight stronger opponents, and pay their own expenses, while Wu Changkong confiscated his money and belongings.
• Yan Qing rejected Tang Wulin’s invitation to travel together, then decided to follow him to profit from events he remembered from the original plot.
• Yan Qing used his Simulation Soul Skill to create a snake that helped Tang Wulin evade ticket inspection and board the train.
• Yan Qing handed a note to a train attendant, leading security guards to remove Tang Wulin for riding without a ticket.

Yan Qing warned conductor Mo Lan that Evil Soul Masters had seized the first five train carriages, and Mo Lan negotiated with them to protect the passengers. After Mo Lan exchanged herself for the hostages, a mounted soul cluster bomb unexpectedly began speaking.

• Yan Qing detected criminals in the first five carriages and alerted Mo Lan, who activated the train's highest-level alarm.
• Mo Lan ordered the attendants to confront the criminals and told the driver to detach the carriages behind the fifth.
• The criminals demanded the release of their imprisoned comrades, then demanded one million Federation Coins, which Mo Lan and the attendants provided.
• Mo Lan traded herself for the elderly people, women, and children held in the first five carriages.
• A soul cluster bomb mounted on the wall spoke, startling the criminals.

Yan Qing stopped the train hijacking by turning the bandits against each other, then took the box of Federation Coins and considered how to find a Soul King for his final exam. Nearby, Dark Bell tried to recruit a Holy Spirit Cult subordinate, who survived her attack and reported her betrayal to the Underworld Emperor.

• Yan Qing used tricks to make the bandits shoot one another, freeing Mo Lan and the hostages in carriage five.
• Yan Qing took the box containing a million Federation Coins and left after law enforcement officers took control of the train.
• Yan Qing noticed Mo Lan nearby and considered her as a possible Soul King opponent for his final exam.
• Dark Bell confronted the thin, small man whose subordinates had hijacked the train and demanded that he follow her instead of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The thin, small man refused, but Dark Bell knocked him unconscious; after recovering, he called the Underworld Emperor to report that Dark Bell had betrayed the cult.

Yan Qing disguised himself as a prophet and offered Zhen Hua four timed prophecies in exchange for the embryonic form of god-grade armor. The first prophecy identified Tang Wulin as a forging prodigy and warned that an Evil Soul Master would soon attack him, leaving Zhen Hua to wonder what the remaining pouches contained.

• Yan Qing reached Heaven Dou City after defeating Dark Bell and devised a plan to profit from Zhen Hua’s interest in prophecy.
• Disguised in black robes, Yan Qing met Zhen Hua and Mu Ye at the Heaven Dou Blacksmith Association and offered four sealed prophecies for divine foundation metal.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye opened the first pouch early and read that Tang Wulin could approach the threshold of a Divine Craftsman; its reverse warned that an Evil Soul Master would soon attack him.
• Yan Qing discarded his disguise and watched Tang Wulin enter the association, while Zhen Hua invited the boy to demonstrate his forging at a lesson.
• Tang Wulin’s Spirit Forging impressed the audience, and Zhen Hua recognized his name from the prophecy and wondered about the remaining pouches.

Yan Qing led his team to Tian Ding Starry Sky Academy for their final exam challenge after their earlier trip went awry. The match began on the academy’s Star Observation Platform, where the team faced seven flying opponents and Yan Qing charged forward with an elongated weapon.

• Yan Qing joined Wu Changkong, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan for the journey, and Wu Changkong watched Yan Qing’s recording of his Dark Bell illusion.
• After the Holy Spirit Cult disrupted train service, the group’s overcrowded car exploded during a chase, and Wu Changkong intervened before the Spirit Pagoda could detain them.
• Wu Changkong ordered the students to challenge Soul Master Academies, so Yan Qing’s team confronted Tian Ding Starry Sky Academy and used his illusion of 999 white Soul Rings to prove they were from Shrek.
• Yan Qing assigned roles for the battle, told Xu Xiaoyan to meditate after reading the night sky, and led the team onto the Star Observation Platform.
• Tian Ding Starry Sky Academy sent seven students who took flight and avoided Yan Qing, while Xu Lizhi prepared buns and Xu Xiaoyan meditated; Yan Qing charged them with an elongated weapon.

Lilina’s attempt to confront the thief ended when Tong Yu overwhelmed the Holy Spirit Cult’s Star Luo branch and took its rare metals. Yan Qing returned to the Federation with the loot, and the Amorous Douluo questioned him about his Martial Soul after noticing a familiar presence.

• Lilina ordered her subordinates to bring in the captured thief, but Tong Yu unleashed his power, killed two cultists, and shattered Dark Bell’s life-bound bell.
• Yan Qing showed Tong Yu that he had filled the designated warehouse with rare metals and told him Tang Ziran’s location and impending danger.
• Tong Yu solemnly left to hone his cultivation and seek a chance to make amends to Tang Ziran.
• Yan Qing transported the stolen resources back to the Federation and brought them to the Tang Sect’s Soul Fighting Hall to exchange them for contribution points.
• Hall Master Guo began assessing Yan Qing’s vast haul after the Amorous Douluo approved the exchange.
• The Amorous Douluo told Yan Qing that his presence reminded him of a stubborn acquaintance and asked what his Martial Soul was.