Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into the Legend of the Dragon King era, Lu Chen was taken from the orphanage to Red Mountain Academy for his Martial Soul Awakening. The awakening drew his spiritual power into a dark, blood-soaked space, where the chapter ended.

• Lu Chen woke in a new life and spent six years at an orphanage, where Lin Mengxi pulled him away from a dangerous balcony and reminded him that his Martial Soul Awakening was that day.
• Lu Chen decided to accept his new life and clashed with Ji Shi while the orphanage children headed to the awakening ceremony.
• At Red Mountain Academy, Lu Chen noticed Tang Wulin and felt an uncanny urge to consume him.
• The Spirit Transmitter began Lu Chen's awakening, and Lu Chen's spiritual power was drawn into a dark, blood-soaked world.

Lu Chen awakened an Earth Dragon Martial Soul with level-five Innate Soul Power and discovered that a strange fusion power had granted him the Power of Earth and Mountain. After meeting Fenrir in a dreamlike Nibelungen, he arrived at Red Mountain Academy to begin classes.

• Lu Chen saw a vision of Nidhogg, a World Tree, and a stone tablet that showed 5% fusion progress and granted him the Power of Earth and Mountain.
• Lu Chen awakened an Earth Dragon Martial Soul, but the Soul Power tester measured his Innate Soul Power at level five.
• Lu Chen told Lin Mengxi about his awakening, and she welcomed him as her student; he also sensed his bloodline absorbing something from Tang Wulin.
• Lu Chen dreamed of Nibelungen, where Fenrir asked for food and identified the place; Lu Chen could not get further answers from the dragon or the stone tablet.
• Lin Mengxi took Lu Chen to Red Mountain Academy, where he entered his classroom to meet his classmates.

Lu Chen befriended Tang Wulin at school and discovered he could absorb power leaking from Tang Wulin, then met Na'er and brought her with him. After he protected her from a group of youths, Lu Chen resolved to become stronger, unaware that his eyes had changed into crimson-gold dragon eyes.

• Lu Chen met a chubby classmate who proposed they cultivate together, while Tang Wulin watched enviously and was later mocked for his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Lu Chen defended Tang Wulin, noticed he was absorbing Tang Wulin's blood essence, and discovered that his bloodline was slowly evolving as his cultivation proceeded.
• After class, Lu Chen decided to find a Blacksmiths' Association and encountered a silver-haired girl he recognized as Na'er, who willingly took his hand and followed him.
• Several youths approached Lu Chen and Na'er, but fled when Lu Chen released his Martial Soul and shielded her.
• Lu Chen clenched his fists and vowed to grow stronger as his eyes changed into crimson-gold dragon eyes without his noticing.

Lu Chen brought Na'er to the orphanage after rescuing her from kidnappers, then checked his progress in Nibelungen and found his bloodline awakening had increased. He took Na'er to dinner, where the other children stared at her.

• Lu Chen introduced himself to Na'er, learned she had no parents, and brought her to the orphanage.
• Granny Director agreed to let Na'er stay and arranged for her to share Lu Chen's room.
• Lu Chen entered Nibelungen, gave Fenrir chips, and saw that his bloodline awakening had risen to 5.1%.
• Na'er said she had not eaten for several days, so Lu Chen took her to the dining hall.
• The children's chatter quieted when Lu Chen arrived with Na'er, and they turned to look at her.

Lu Chen cared for Na'er at the orphanage, learned that the director would arrange forging lessons for him, and began a trial apprenticeship with Mang Tian. The chapter left him facing a test at Mang Tian’s workshop: strike a metal block five hundred times with each hand.

• Lu Chen brought Na'er food and gave her most of his meat, then noticed his Soul Power circulated faster than usual while cultivating.
• The director offered to arrange a second profession for Lu Chen, and he chose forging before sensing that she was a Soul Master.
• Lu Chen returned to school, sat beside Tang Wulin, and found that cultivating near him slightly increased his Soul Power growth.
• The director took Lu Chen to Mang Tian’s workshop, where Mang Tian agreed to test him as a potential apprentice.
• Mang Tian handed Lu Chen two forging hammers and ordered him to strike a metal block five hundred times with each hand.

Lu Chen and Tang Wulin completed Mang Tian’s forging tests, impressing him with their innate strength and endurance. After Mang Tian arranged daily lessons for them, Lu Chen returned to the orphanage and reunited with Na’er.

• Lu Chen finished hammering his metal blank and met Tang Wulin, who had completed the same task.
• Mang Tian inspected both boys’ work, saw that each had reached 1000 strikes, and ordered them to keep forging while he assessed their strength.
• Tang Wulin began to falter after 150 strikes, while Lu Chen remained steady until Mang Tian told them to stop.
• Mang Tian praised both boys’ talent and arranged for them to practice forging every day; the principal and Tang Ziran came to collect them.
• The principal brought Lu Chen to his office, where Na’er greeted him and asked to go to the cafeteria to eat.

Lu Chen spent a tender evening with Na'er before studying a dragon-script tablet in the Nibelungen space and learning the Word Spirit Earth Vein Resonance. He tested it at the academy and discovered it consumed spiritual power, then considered developing a defensive rock skill and seeking Fenrir's help.

• Lu Chen took Na'er to the cafeteria, shared a meal with her, and praised her for kindly forgiving a boy who spilled broth near them.
• Lu Chen entered the Nibelungen space that night, where Fenrir gave him a tablet covered in dragon script that Lu Chen suspected contained a Word Spirit from the King of Earth and Mountain's lineage.
• Lu Chen tried to decipher the tablet and asked Fenrir for help, but Fenrir could not explain the words.
• Lu Chen used Earth Vein Resonance in the academy's back garden and sensed the soil, roots, and rock strata while his spiritual power gradually drained.
• Lu Chen realized he needed to strengthen his spiritual power and considered recreating the Solid as a Rock skill, planning to question Fenrir or summon Jormungandr for guidance.

After three years of training, Lu Chen reached ten percent bloodline fusion and awakened the King of Bronze and Fire, revealing a powerful, unfamiliar dragon bloodline. As Na'er prepared to leave, Lu Chen resolved to protect her, though he had saved only enough money for a low-tier Spirit Soul draw.

• Lu Chen spent three years studying and training, using Tang Wulin's presence to accelerate his Soul Power growth.
• In Nibelungen, a pillar of light appeared from the ancient tree, and Dragon Script announced ten percent bloodline fusion and the power of the King of Bronze and Fire.
• Lu Chen's Martial Soul changed as a fiery force surged through him, while Na'er sensed an unfamiliar bloodline and Di Tian recognized its superior pressure.
• Lu Chen opened his golden dragon eyes, startling Di Tian before the glow faded, then reassured Na'er that he would protect her.
• Lu Chen reflected on Na'er's impending departure and his three years of saving, which had left him with only thirty thousand for a low-tier Spirit Soul draw.

Lu Chen went with Mama Director to the Spirit Pagoda to spend his savings on a random Spirit Soul draw. After a Spiritual Power test revealed an astonishing score of 107, the spirit master suspected Lu Chen's Earth Dragon Martial Soul had a spiritual attribute and led him to the Spirit Soul Balls.

• Lu Chen reassured Na'er that he would bring her candied hawthorns and left with Mama Director for the Spirit Pagoda.
• Lu Chen chose the thirty-thousand-federal-coin random Spirit Soul draw, refusing to ask the orphanage for more money.
• The spirit master warned Lu Chen that the draw could yield a defective artificial Spirit Soul, but Lu Chen insisted on proceeding.
• The spirit master tested Lu Chen's Spiritual Power and found it was 107, far higher than expected for a child who was not yet a one-ring Soul Master.
• Lu Chen said his Martial Soul was an Earth Dragon, and the spirit master suspected it might have a spiritual attribute before leading him to the Spirit Soul Balls.

Lu Chen drew a weak ten-year Jiao Snake Spirit Soul, but his blood triggered its transformation and drew him into Nibelungen. There, Fenrir agreed to become Lu Chen’s first Spirit Soul so he could see the outside world, while Constantine offered to help him.

• Lu Chen drew a ten-year Jiao Snake Spirit Soul and returned to the dormitory with the director.
• Lu Chen’s blood awakened the Jiao Snake, which changed and pulled him into Nibelungen.
• Lu Chen met Fenrir and Constantine, and Constantine recognized that Lu Chen smelled like Dad.
• Constantine explained that he or Fenrir could replace the Jiao Snake as Lu Chen’s first Spirit Soul.
• Fenrir eagerly agreed to become Lu Chen’s Spirit Soul so he could leave Nibelungen, while Constantine offered to teach Lu Chen about weapons and alchemy.

Lu Chen fused Fenrir into his soul, gaining a powerful Soul Ring that he disguised as an ordinary hundred-year ring. The next morning, he told Tang Wulin and Lin Mengxi about his plans, and Lin Mengxi gave him a recommendation letter for Eastsea Academy.

• Lu Chen brought Fenrir out of Nibelungen, and Fenrir entered his Sea of Spirit, swallowing the little Jiao Snake and binding himself to Lu Chen's soul.
• The fusion gave Lu Chen a strange gold-and-red Soul Ring and raised his Soul Power to rank thirteen, while the strain shook the dorm room and drew Na'er's attention.
• Lu Chen used a silver veil to disguise the Soul Ring as a pale-yellow hundred-year ring and told Na'er that his Martial Soul and Spirit Soul had mutated together.
• The next morning, Lu Chen repeated his mutation explanation to Tang Wulin, who said he had already reached rank ten and was going to buy his first Spirit Soul.
• Lu Chen went to see Lin Mengxi, who gave him a recommendation letter and said she expected him and Tang Wulin to attend Eastsea Academy together.

Lu Chen prepared to leave Aolai City for Eastsea City, while he and Na'er shared a quiet, emotional walk by the sea. Na'er hinted that she would soon leave, and the chapter ended with Lu Chen bringing her back to the orphanage, where the director and Lin Mengxi had been waiting anxiously.

• Lin Mengxi urged Lu Chen to take care of himself when he left, and Lu Chen embraced her before leaving her office with his recommendation letter.
• Lu Chen ran laps at school to distract himself from his loneliness, while Fenrir emerged from his Spirit Soul space and comforted him.
• After dismissal, Lu Chen picked up Na'er, and she asked him to walk with her by the sea.
• Na'er asked whether Lu Chen would miss her if she had to leave, and he assured her that he would before she embraced him.
• Lu Chen and Na'er returned to the orphanage, where the director and Lin Mengxi had been waiting; Lu Chen apologized for leaving without telling the director.

After Na'er left, Lu Chen received the director's support and went to Mang Tian's workshop for his last forging lesson at Eastsea Academy. He showed such precise control over heavy silver that Mang Tian saw his talent had advanced further.

• Lu Chen woke to find Na'er's bed cold and empty, then sat with her letter while the director comforted him.
• The director gave Lu Chen a Federation bank card containing ten thousand coins and warned him to stay away from the Spirit Pagoda.
• Lu Chen went to Mang Tian's workshop for his final forging lesson before leaving Eastsea Academy.
• Mang Tian asked Lu Chen to forge heavy silver, and Lu Chen hammered it with precise, even strokes.
• Mang Tian watched Lu Chen shape the metal and noticed his control over it had grown stronger.

Lu Chen completed a First-Grade Thousand Refinements and received a Storage Soul Guidance Device from Mang Tian before leaving for Red Mountain Orphanage. In Nibelungen, Constantine examined the device and offered to upgrade it.

• Lu Chen forged a piece of heavy silver to First-Grade Thousand Refinements, and Mang Tian praised his skill while advising him to keep a low profile in Eastsea City and seek out Master Cen.
• Mang Tian gave Lu Chen his forging notes and a Storage Soul Guidance Device, which Lu Chen accepted with deep gratitude.
• Tang Wulin excitedly announced that he had saved thirty thousand and hugged Lu Chen, while Lu Chen left without telling him about the Spirit Soul.
• Fenrir appeared in Lu Chen's bedroom and summoned him to Nibelungen with the Storage Soul Guidance Device because Constantine needed him.
• Constantine examined the device and recognized similarities to his Dragon Clan's Alchemy before declaring that he could upgrade it.

Constantine upgraded Lu Chen’s Storage Soul Guidance Device with Dragon Clan Alchemy, expanding its capacity and allowing it to hold living things. After packing for his move, Lu Chen traveled with Tang Wulin to Eastsea City, where they decided to seek blacksmithing work and get a feast.

• Constantine used Lu Chen’s Dragon King Bloodline power to upgrade the Storage Soul Guidance Device, tripling its space and enabling it to store living things.
• Lu Chen tested the device with his forging hammer, belongings, and a butterfly, then learned it had bonded to his bloodline and could be located if lost.
• Lu Chen considered studying Soul Arrays and Dragon Script to improve his future Battle Armor, then packed his things with help from the director he called Mom.
• Lu Chen boarded a train with Tang Wulin, and they reached Eastsea City safely without incident.
• Short on money, Lu Chen and Tang Wulin planned to look for work at the Blacksmith’s Association and agreed to get a feast first.

Lu Chen and Tang Wulin befriended Xie Xie over an enormous barbecue meal before rushing to the Blacksmith's Association, where Master Cen agreed to house them. The next morning, they arrived at Eastsea Academy and began checking in.

• Lu Chen and Tang Wulin went to a food street, ordered extra-large barbecue, and met Xie Xie, who was astonished by their appetites before leaving in a car.
• After nearly missing closing time, Lu Chen and Tang Wulin presented Mang Tian's recommendation letter at the Blacksmith's Association and asked Master Cen for a place to stay.
• Master Cen took Lu Chen and Tang Wulin home, then drove them to Eastsea Academy early the next morning.
• Lu Chen handed his documents to Liu Yuxin at the new-student reception, and she gave him a registration form and advised him to cultivate hard.

Tang Wulin and Lu Chen enrolled at the school, received a shared dorm room, and met their roommate Wang Hu. When Lu Chen went to watch a dormitory fight, one of the fighters crashed into him, and Dean Long Hengxu ordered everyone involved to come with him.

• Lu Chen asked a senior student for directions, then he and Tang Wulin completed enrollment and received dormitory keys for the same room.
• Tang Wulin and Lu Chen found Room 206 and met Wang Hu, who introduced himself and his Vigorous Vajra Bear Martial Soul.
• Lu Chen chose the lower bunk beside the window and suggested Tang Wulin take the bunk above him.
• Hearing a fight in the corridor, Lu Chen went to watch Zhou Changxi and another student brawl.
• The other student flung Zhou Changxi into Lu Chen, who kicked him back before Dean Long Hengxu arrived and ordered them all to come with him.
• Tang Wulin called anxiously to Lu Chen from the dorm room.

After Lu Chen and the others were assigned to Class Five, they returned to their dorm and got acquainted before racing to the cafeteria when hunger struck. Lu Chen led the group toward the free category C meal counter.

• Lu Chen argued that Zhou Changxi's bullying deserved punishment, and Long Hengxu assigned Zhou Changxi a major demerit while sending Lu Chen, Xie Xie, Yun Xiao, and Chen Meng to Class Five.
• Xie Xie asked to change dorm rooms, then befriended Lu Chen and returned with him to meet Tang Wulin and Wang Hu.
• Lu Chen told his dormmates about the class promotion tournament and predicted that Class Five could surpass the other classes.
• Zhou Changxi and his companions were made to pay for the belongings they had broken and for the school's damages.
• Lu Chen, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wang Hu rushed to the cafeteria, where Lu Chen headed for the free category C meal counter.

Lu Chen and Tang Wulin went to the Blacksmith's Association to take a rank assessment under Cen Yue. Lu Chen refined heavy silver to Second-Grade Thousand Refinements, leaving Cen Yue to declare that he was nearly qualified as a third-rank blacksmith.

• Lu Chen and Tang Wulin arrived at the Blacksmith's Association and asked to take a blacksmith rank assessment with Cen Yue.
• Cen Yue registered the boys and brought them to the assessment room, where each chose a heavy silver ingot weighing about three hundred kilograms.
• Lu Chen sensed the heavy silver's grains and impurities clearly and began forging with precise, controlled strikes.
• After the assessment, the assessor tested Lu Chen's finished ingot and discovered it had reached Second-Grade Thousand Refinements.
• Cen Yue examined the ingot and told Lu Chen he was nearly qualified to be a third-rank blacksmith.

Lu Chen earned money and a rank-three blacksmith badge after forging a mecha component, then learned from Constantine how to communicate with metal through Soul Power. The chapter left Lu Chen preparing to apply Dragon Clan alchemy principles to his future forging.

• Lu Chen forged a precise mecha component at the Blacksmith's Association and received twenty thousand federal credits and a rank-three badge.
• Lu Chen and Tang Wulin returned to school, while Lu Chen privately weighed whether joining the Tang Sect would help him reach Dragon Valley.
• Cen Yue complained to Mang Tian about Lu Chen and Tang Wulin's blacksmith ranks, then failed to persuade Mang Tian to give him one of the boys as a student.
• Lu Chen entered Nibelungen and told Constantine that his Thousand Refinements had left the metal's patterns imperfect and drained his Soul Power.
• Constantine taught Lu Chen to guide metal with Soul Power by sensing its vibrations, and advised him to attune to a metal blank before hammering.