Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen traveled with the Eastsea Academy students to Skysea City, where he shared a hotel room with Long Tianwu before joining a Blacksmith's Association meeting with Tang Wulin and Mu Xi. At the meeting, Cen Yue introduced the young blacksmiths, while Lu Chen secretly cultivated by absorbing Tang Wulin's bloodline.

• Gu Yue pulled Tang Wulin away from Lu Chen on the bus, while Mu Xi claimed the seat Xie Xie wanted beside Tang Wulin.
• Lu Chen noticed Xu Xiaoyu watching him and Gu Yue, then wondered why his awakened authority had become “Don't die” instead of control over the ocean and water.
• Lu Chen and Gu Yue leaned against each other and fell asleep during the bus ride to Skysea City.
• When the room assignments left Lu Chen without a roommate, he arranged to stay with Long Tianwu, who brought him food at the hotel.
• Zhen Hua invited Lu Chen to the Blacksmith's Association meeting, where Lu Chen met up with Tang Wulin and Mu Xi and entered with them.
• Cen Yue introduced the young blacksmiths and encouraged them before the assessment, while Lu Chen secretly absorbed Tang Wulin's bloodline to cultivate.

Cen Yue explained the junior forging competition’s three stages and the value of its medals, while Lu Chen met Zhen Hua and Long Tianwu before the tournament began. At Skysea Stadium, the opening ceremony drew a huge crowd, and Xu Lizhi noticed Lu Chen and hurried toward him, apparently hoping for food.

• Cen Yue explained that the junior group would compete in a Hundred Refinements screening assessment, a freestyle forging round, and a final round to make a designed product.
• Cen Yue told the competitors that the junior group’s top three would receive Skysea Alliance medals that qualified them to enter the upper circles of the forging world.
• Lu Chen joined Zhen Hua and Long Tianwu for barbecue after Long Tianwu invited them to dinner.
• Lu Chen arrived at Skysea Stadium with the main group and watched the tournament preparations as the crowd gathered for the opening ceremony.
• Xu Lizhi searched the crowd for food, noticed Lu Chen’s rich blood essence power, and hurried toward him.

Lu Chen met Xu Lizhi and learned that Ye Xinglan recognized his communicator as one issued to a War God Hall field-grade officer. After Shrek’s team swiftly defeated the Heavenly Sea Alliance champions, Wu Zhangkong told his students to aim for Shrek’s Inner Court, and Lu Chen prepared for his three events the next day.

• Lu Chen gave Xu Lizhi Soul Beast jerky, and they exchanged names while discussing local food.
• Ye Xinglan recognized Lu Chen’s communicator as belonging to a War God Hall field-grade officer and led Xu Lizhi away.
• Shrek’s team defeated the Heavenly Sea Alliance champions in just a few moves, and Lu Chen identified the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Souls.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed that he had entered Shrek’s Inner Court but never graduated, and Lu Chen offered to return there with him if their group got in.
• Lu Chen complained that competing in three events would leave him rushing between arenas, then went back to rest before the next day’s battles.

Lu Chen and Tang Wulin entered the blacksmithing competition, where Lu Chen’s fifth-rank badge angered the jealous Zheng Tianlin. The junior round began with blue pregnant copper, and Lu Chen stunned the spectators by completing First-Grade Thousand Refinements with a single strike.

• Lu Chen and Xu Lizhi ate together, and Ye Xinglan joined them before Tang Wulin arrived.
• Lu Chen and Tang Wulin went to the blacksmithing competition, where Mu Xi recognized Lu Chen’s fifth-rank badge and Zheng Tianlin mocked him for it.
• Lu Chen revealed Tang Wulin’s badge, rebuked Zheng Tianlin, and walked with Tang Wulin onto the competition platform.
• Zhen Hua secretly watched from the stands as the junior contestants began forging blue pregnant copper.
• Tang Wulin used his Clear Sky Hammer to forge, while Lu Chen struck the metal once and achieved First-Grade Thousand Refinements, astonishing the spectators.

Lu Chen finished an exceptional forging demonstration, then hurried with Tang Wulin to Tianhai Square for the soul combat competition. He instantly defeated his fourth-round opponent with Word Spirit • Emperor and joined his friends, who began planning for the afternoon team battle.

• Lu Chen completed a forging hammer with thousand refinements in a single strike, and Zhen Hua revealed that Lu Chen was his disciple and Tang Wulin his martial nephew.
• Lu Chen and Tang Wulin rushed to Tianhai Square, where Tang Wulin entered the third round and Ye Xinglan registered for the competition.
• Lu Chen entered his fourth-round match and used Word Spirit • Emperor to overwhelm the fire dragon soul master before the fight could properly begin.
• The referee declared Lu Chen the winner and gave him a number plate for the next round.
• Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Lu Chen regrouped, and Lu Chen said that he, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie would fight in the afternoon team battle.

Lu Chen avoided fighting during his team’s easy victory, while Ye Xinglan challenged him to a private match and Xie Xie’s teasing left Gu Yue hurt. After returning to his room and receiving praise and support from Zhen Hua and Long Tianwu, Lu Chen headed with Tang Wulin to the second round of the junior forging competition.

• Gu Yue and Xie Xie defeated their opponents while Lu Chen watched, and Ye Xinglan challenged Lu Chen to fight her privately.
• Xie Xie joked that Gu Yue was jealous and wanted to marry Lu Chen, causing Gu Yue to withdraw and leaving the group’s mood heavy.
• Lu Chen chose not to follow Gu Yue and returned to his room, where Zhen Hua praised his performance and Long Tianwu promised to protect him.
• Tang Wulin also drew attention at the competition for his forging skill and control of Soul Power.
• The next morning, Lu Chen went with Tang Wulin to the junior forging competition’s second round and noticed the heavy silver in Tang Wulin’s hand.

Lu Chen attempted to refine heavy silver during the forging competition and reached half soul refinement, though his spiritual power fell short of completing the process. After exhausting himself, he was caught by Zhen Hua and given food to recover, while Tang Wulin and Mu Xi quietly entered states of enlightenment.

• Lu Chen chose a distant forging station and began hammering heated heavy silver with his new dragon-patterned hammer.
• As Lu Chen’s strikes drew out a faint spirit soul, Zhen Hua and the elders recognized that he was approaching soul refinement, but Zhen Hua insisted they let him continue.
• Lu Chen’s soul power dwindled as his bloodline power and a black dragon sustained him, but he lacked the spiritual power to fully draw out the metal’s spirit soul.
• Lu Chen stopped forging and discovered that the heavy silver had reached half soul refinement, leaving him certain he would win the competition despite his disappointment at not completing the process.
• Tang Wulin and Mu Xi entered states of sudden enlightenment while the onlookers focused on Lu Chen.
• Zhen Hua caught the exhausted Lu Chen, and Mu Ye brought him sashimi to replenish his soul power.

After recovering from the forging competition, Lu Chen joined his friends at Tianhai Square and won his individual match against a three-ring wind sword Soul Master. He advanced to the next round but left the platform exhausted and needing to recover before the afternoon team match.

• Lu Chen recovered most of his Soul Power while Tang Wulin and Mu Xi finished forging, then apologized to Zhen Hua for acting recklessly.
• Lu Chen and Tang Wulin hurried to Tianhai Square, where they regrouped with Gu Yue and Xie Xie before Lu Chen's match was announced.
• Lu Chen used Time Zero, Eye of the Wind King, and Setsuna to evade the wind sword Soul Master's attacks and disarm him.
• Lu Chen defeated the wind sword Soul Master and received a number plate for the next round.
• Lu Chen staggered to Xie Xie and Gu Yue, admitted that he was exhausted, and prepared to rest before the afternoon team match.

Lu Chen recovered from his exhausting battle, advanced in Soul Power, and won the forging competition after the judges awarded him the championship without a third-round trial. He then defeated Ye Xinglan in their sword match, ending with his blade at her shoulder.

• Lu Chen returned to the hotel and cultivated to recover, while Ye Xinglan challenged him through Tang Wulin.
• After recovering overnight, Lu Chen discovered that his Soul Power had broken through another level.
• The judges stopped Lu Chen from forging with the precious Half Soul Refinement metal and declared him the competition’s champion.
• Lu Chen met Gu Yue outside the arena, reassured her that he was well, and faced Ye Xinglan in a sword duel.
• Lu Chen evaded Ye Xinglan’s Soul Skills, counterattacked with his alchemical sword, and touched its tip to her shoulder.
• Lu Chen withdrew his sword and told Ye Xinglan that she had lost.

Shen Yi asked Wu Zhangkong to return, and he promised to go back with his students when they turned twelve, though he doubted there was anything left for him to return to. As the team match began, Lu Chen helped Tang Wulin refuse Duan Xuan’s recruitment offer, then revealed that Duan Xuan was Tang Wulin’s grandteacher.

• Shen Yi asked Wu Zhangkong why he would not return, and he promised to guide his students until they were twelve before going back with them.
• Duan Xuan invited Tang Wulin to join the Tianhai Blacksmith's Association, but Tang Wulin firmly refused to betray his teacher.
• Lu Chen stopped Duan Xuan from pressuring Tang Wulin and led him away toward the team-match arena.
• Lu Chen told Tang Wulin that Duan Xuan was his grandteacher, shocking him.
• Mu Chen warned Lu Chen and Tang Wulin not to be dazzled by Duan Xuan’s offer, then the referee announced that the matches would begin.
• Lu Chen entered the arena, and Tianhai Academy's second team launched the first attack as the barrier rose.

Lu Chen, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie countered three rank-thirty lightning Soul Elders with coordinated elemental defenses and swift attacks. The lightning fighters were left overwhelmed, with all three struggling to defend themselves.

• The three lightning Soul Elders launched coordinated attacks against Lu Chen, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie.
• Gu Yue blocked the charging swordsman with a spatial barrier and destroyed the lightning chains with a wind-and-fire tornado.
• Xie Xie slipped through the lightning spikes and struck the right-side Soul Elder from behind, breaking through his lightning defense.
• Lu Chen withstood the left-side Soul Elder’s lightning punch, then used a precise sword strike to numb his wrist and disrupt his Soul Power.
• Gu Yue restrained the middle Soul Elder with shadow and earth while Lu Chen knocked his sword away.
• Xie Xie continued overwhelming the right-side Soul Elder with alternating light-and-shadow attacks, leaving him unable to counterattack.

Lu Chen, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie decisively defeated three lightning Soul Elders, then prepared to face Zhou Tian'er, Zhou Hanyou, and Wang Dongqi in their next match. Worried that his companions might be injured, Lu Chen considered using Fenrir, but the new battle began before he acted.

• Lu Chen used Time Zero and his Royal Fire sword to suppress the lightning Soul Elder, while Gu Yue and Xie Xie restrained the other two and secured their victory.
• After the match, Lu Chen offered food to Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin watched their changed relationship with envy.
• Lu Chen worried that his friends might be badly hurt in the next battle and decided they would enter together, keeping Fenrir as a possible backup.
• The following afternoon, Zhou Tian'er, Zhou Hanyou, and Wang Dongqi challenged Lu Chen, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie, and the two teams took their positions as the battle began.

Lu Chen, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie defeated Wang Dongqi, Zhou Tian'er, and Zhou Hanyou after Fenrir shattered their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Forest of Ice and Snow. When Zhang Zhenpeng tried to attack Lu Chen after the match, a terrifying killing intent stopped him cold.

• Wang Dongqi, Zhou Tian'er, and Zhou Hanyou attacked Lu Chen and Xie Xie, but Gu Yue and Lu Chen countered their Soul Skills while Xie Xie broke through their defenses.
• Zhou Tian'er and Zhou Hanyou combined their Soul Skills into the Forest of Ice and Snow, while Wang Dongqi charged at the others.
• Lu Chen summoned Fenrir, whose presence shattered the fusion domain and left all three opponents unable to fight.
• Lu Chen, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie left the arena after their victory, and Lu Chen mocked Zhang Zhenpeng when he objected.
• Zhang Zhenpeng secretly gathered Soul Power to strike Lu Chen, but a terrifying killing intent immobilized him.