Recaps

Xu Qing fused with the Cordyceps Soul Spirit, which transformed into a small insect spirit as his Blue Silver Grass changed. He gained a Hundred-Year Soul Ring and discovered his first Soul Skill, Blue Silver Spores, which let him parasitize hosts and recover power from them.

• Yang Tao showed Xu Qing the Cordyceps Soul Spirit inside its Soul Spirit Ball and explained that he had twenty-four hours to fuse with it.
• Zhou Yu gave Xu Qing and Gu Yuena a day off and drove them home, where Xu Qing went to the backyard to begin the fusion.
• As Xu Qing fused with the Cordyceps Soul Spirit, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon tattoo on his back released a strange power that transformed it into a small, eight-limbed Insect Spirit.
• Xu Qing completed the fusion, and his Blue Silver Grass became thicker, more vital, and fragrant as Tang Xue and Gu Yuena watched from nearby.
• Xu Qing saw that his new Soul Spirit had gained a physical body and greater intelligence, then sensed his Hundred-Year Soul Ring and identified his first Soul Skill as Blue Silver Spores.

Xu Qing discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had inherited some medicinal properties from his cordyceps Soul Spirit, which Gu Yuena named Lingrong. After promising to protect Gu Yuena no matter who threatened her, he spent the day with her before they returned home for a celebratory dinner.

• Xu Qing found that eating his Blue Silver Grass produced a faint medicinal effect, and he explained that it had inherited properties from his Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yuena examined the cordyceps Soul Spirit, named it Lingrong, and Xu Qing revealed that his first Soul Skill was Blue Silver Spores and his cultivation had reached rank twelve.
• Tang Xue went to prepare a celebratory meal while Gu Yuena invited Xu Qing to the beach, where he promised to fight anyone who tried to kill her.
• Gu Yuena kissed Xu Qing on the cheek, then she and Xu Qing ate grilled squid at the night market.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena returned home and joined Tang Xue and Xu Yan for a celebratory dinner.

After Xu Qing became a Soul Master, he went to Mang Tian’s Workshop to report his breakthrough and begin learning Thousand Refinement. Mang Tian first tested Xu Qing’s physical strength, which reached 650 kilograms, and reflected on his extraordinary progress alongside Tang Wulin.

• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena meditated among the Blue Silver Grass, where golden specks from Xu Qing nourished the grass and slowly improved Gu Yuena’s bloodline.
• Xu Qing, Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin walked to Red Mountain Academy, and Xu Qing showed Tang Wulin his Soul Spirit, Lingrong.
• After school, Xu Qing told Brother Long that he had become a Soul Master and went to see Mang Tian about learning Thousand Refinement.
• Mang Tian agreed Xu Qing was ready to begin Thousand Refinement but first took him to test his physical strength.
• Xu Qing struck the strength-testing device and recorded a result of 650 kilograms, impressing no one more than Mang Tian had expected.

Xu Qing learned the principles of Thousand Refinement from Mang Tian and spent the day trying to sense metal through forging. That night, he entered Parallel Earth and fought a zombie horde, using Blue Silver Spores to restrain the survivors and coat his saber.

• Xu Qing demonstrated his strength with his right hand, and Mang Tian told him to bring Tang Wulin to the forging room.
• Mang Tian explained Thousand Refinement to Xu Qing and Tang Wulin, then demonstrated the process with adamantine.
• After Tang Wulin left, Xu Qing tried to sense and forge metal on his own until it was time to go home.
• Xu Qing returned home, watched soul television with Gu Yuena, cultivated with her, and later entered Parallel Earth.
• Xu Qing fought zombies with his saber, then summoned his Soul Ring and used Blue Silver Spores to bind the remaining zombies and enhance his blade.

Xu Qing developed a spore-coated Blue Silver Blade that could kill zombies with a single strike, then prepared to attempt Thousand Refinement at Mang Tian's Workshop. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena reunited with Di Tian and revealed her suspicions about the circumstances of her transformation before Xu Qing began forging heavy silver under Mang Tian and Tang Wulin's watch.

• Xu Qing tested his Blue Silver Blade on a zombie, whose body was rapidly pierced and immobilized by growing blue-silver shoots.
• Over the next few days, Xu Qing continued forging and killing zombies, and began a Blue Silver Grass planting plan.
• Gu Yuena met Di Tian and the others on a deserted beach, saying someone had likely plotted against her and that the Golden Dragon King’s origin had been sealed inside a child.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian she had encountered the Auspicious Beast in human form and would remain by his side, while warning that danger prevented them from acting against the child for now.
• At Mang Tian's Workshop, Xu Qing asked to attempt Thousand Refinement, and Mang Tian gave him heavy silver while bringing Tang Wulin to observe.
• Xu Qing heated the heavy silver, tested its condition with a hammer strike, and began forging as Mang Tian and Tang Wulin watched.

Xu Qing completed his first Thousand Refinement forging, transforming heavy silver and setting a record as an eight-year-old rank-three blacksmith. Mang Tian celebrated his achievement, while Xu Qing sensed a profound connection with the finished metal.

• Xu Qing finished Hundred Refinement and continued forging, entering a focused state in which he used Spiritual Power to guide the heavy silver’s grain.
• Mang Tian recognized that Xu Qing had reached the core of Thousand Refinement, while Tang Wulin watched in silence.
• After three hours of forging, Xu Qing delivered the final strike, and the heavy silver erupted in blue light.
• Mang Tian told Xu Qing to add his blood to the metal, and Xu Qing’s drop completed the Thousand Refinement.
• Mang Tian congratulated Xu Qing on setting a record, and Xu Qing sensed a flesh-and-blood connection with the transformed heavy silver.

Xu Qing succeeded in Thousand Refining Heavy Silver, earned a day off, and recovered through meditation among the Blue Silver Grass. After Gu Yuena returned, she asked him to come to her room and revealed an antiquated ring, leaving him waiting to see what she would give him.

• Xu Qing completed his first Thousand Refinement of Heavy Silver, and Mang Tian explained that Thousand Refinement gave metal a spirit before giving him the finished piece and a day off.
• Xu Qing left the workshop, returned home, and meditated among the Blue Silver Grass, recovering as he felt himself merge with it.
• Xu Qing found Gu Yuena eating watermelon, and she asked him to come to her room after he finished.
• Gu Yuena led Xu Qing into her bedroom and held out her hand, revealing an antiquated ring on her index finger.

Gu Yuena gave Xu Qing a massive piece of gold of life and told him to study it before attempting to use it. Back in his fortress, Xu Qing let his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Bloodline act on the crystal, but it devoured the gold of life and triggered a dangerous transformation he could not control.

• Gu Yuena told Xu Qing she had found her family but had refused to leave, then explained that the gold of life could nourish him.
• Xu Qing accepted the gold of life and a storage ring from Gu Yuena, promising to tell her before trying to absorb it and to let her be present.
• Xu Qing returned to his room, traveled to his fortress on Parallel Earth, and took out the gold of life.
• Xu Qing sat down with the crystal on his knees, and his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Bloodline manifested as a golden dragon phantom.
• The dragon phantom sucked the gold of life into its mouth, causing violent energy to surge through Xu Qing and form a golden cocoon around him.

Xu Qing's transformation in the golden cocoon attracted a horde of zombies and mutated beasts, but the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon destroyed them and sent their energy into the cocoon. On Douluo Continent, Gu Yuena covered for Xu Qing's absence by telling Tang Xue and Xu Yan that he was refining a medicinal pill, leaving them to arrange his absence from school and the workshop.

• Xu Qing's golden cocoon released dense vitality that drew countless zombies and mutated beasts to the steel fortress.
• The horde breached the fortress walls and gate, but the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's roar and sacred light destroyed the attackers and turned their crystal cores into energy for Xu Qing.
• Tang Xue and Xu Yan noticed Xu Qing had not come out of his room, and Gu Yuena stopped them from checking inside.
• Gu Yuena searched Xu Qing's room and found no trace of him, suspecting he had absorbed the gold of life.
• When Tang Xue and Xu Yan grew anxious late at night, Gu Yuena claimed Xu Qing was refining a medicinal pill she had given him and asked them to request leave from Red Mountain Academy and the workshop.

After half a month inside the golden cocoon, Xu Qing emerged transformed, with greatly enhanced strength and his cultivation at level 20. He left his ruined fortress and settled into an abandoned villa as a second shelter.

• Xu Qing’s body was remodeled by the Gold of Life and another force, developing golden scales, horns, and a lengthened tailbone.
• The golden cocoon shattered, and the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon carried Xu Qing into the air before dissolving as a golden Soul Ring formed around him.
• Xu Qing panicked at being naked and airborne, fell into the ground, and discovered that he had emerged unharmed and reached level 20.
• Xu Qing found clothes, gathered supplies into Gu Yuena’s storage ring, and noticed his hair and eyes had turned golden and his machete felt much lighter.
• Xu Qing left the damaged steel fortress, encountered no zombies, and claimed a reinforced villa as his second shelter.

After returning from the parallel world, Xu Qing explained his disappearance to Gu Yuena and reassured his parents with a story about refining a pill. His Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had transformed, and he ended the chapter by heading into the backyard to cultivate.

• Xu Qing returned to Aolai City after spending two months in the parallel world, and Gu Yuena confronted him about disappearing for a month.
• Xu Qing told Gu Yuena that his bloodline had absorbed the gold of life, showed her that it remained inside him, and promised not to vanish again.
• Gu Yuena said she had reassured Tang Xue and Xu Qing’s father with a story about a pill, then asked Xu Qing to treat her to barbecue.
• Xu Qing told Tang Xue that refining the pill had changed his hair and eyes and evolved his Martial Soul, then summoned Blue Silver Grass with golden stripes and powerful life force.
• Xu Qing realized his transformed Martial Soul lacked the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, ate the meal Tang Xue prepared, and went to cultivate in the backyard.

After discovering his new dragon abilities and his evolved connection to Blue Silver Grass, Xu Qing condensed a second Soul Ring and reached rank 21. The process also mutated his first Soul Skill into a mind-affecting ability.

• Xu Qing discovered that his golden Soul Ring granted Golden Dragon Battle Armor, while his Dragon Eyes, water control, and brief flight had also awakened.
• Xu Qing sensed that his Blue Silver Grass had evolved and could communicate with nearby grass, whose thoughts addressed him as their king.
• Xu Yan returned home and learned from Tang Xue that Xu Qing had finished his seclusion and was cultivating with Gu Yuena.
• Xu Qing summoned Lingrong and condensed a second Soul Ring, breaking through to rank 21 and gaining the healing Soul Skill Blue Silver Blessing.
• Xu Qing discovered that his first Soul Skill had mutated into Spore Demon Puppet, which could invade and control targets' minds but risked backlash from stronger Spiritual Power.

Xu Qing tested his Spore Demon Puppet skill on a zombie, learning to control its body and direct it from a distance. After fighting a mutated black cat through the zombie, he found a little girl zombie trapped in a shopping cart and could not bring himself to attack her.

• Xu Qing bound a zombie with Blue Silver Grass and used his First Soul Skill to form a mental connection with it.
• Xu Qing shifted his consciousness into the zombie, learned to move its body, and discovered he could return to his own body while controlling the zombie remotely.
• Xu Qing tried to wield his large chopping blade through the zombie but found its body too weak to lift it.
• Xu Qing sent the zombie through an alley and into an underground supermarket, where it killed a zombie and collected its crystal core.
• A mutated black cat attacked the zombie, but Xu Qing stabbed and killed it, then recovered its nearly level-two crystal core.
• Xu Qing found a little girl zombie trapped in a shopping cart but could not bring himself to attack her.

Xu Qing saved a zombie father and daughter from mutant cats, buried them, and reflected on how his years of killing had changed him. At Red Mountain Academy’s graduation, Xu Qing and Gu Yuena received recommendation letters, while Tang Wulin accepted a challenge from Wan Yunchao that ended with Wan Yunchao begging for mercy.

• Xu Qing recognized that the little zombie and the zombie he controlled were father and daughter, then fought off the mutant cats attacking them.
• Xu Qing killed the remaining cats, ended the little zombie’s life without taking her crystal core, and buried both zombies beneath flowers.
• Xu Qing reflected that he had grown used to killing but still believed he remained himself.
• Lin Ximeng gave Xu Qing and Gu Yuena their graduation recommendation letters, while Tang Wulin watched with envy before collecting his own.
• Wan Yunchao challenged Tang Wulin to a match, and Tang Wulin agreed after Wan Yunchao called him a coward.
• After school, Tang Wulin beat Wan Yunchao in the grove, leaving the fatty pleading for him to stop.

Xu Qing forged Thousand Refinement metal at Mang Tian's Workshop, then returned home and entered Parallel Earth to expand his lakeside base. He left the four zombies under his control spreading Blue Silver Spores by the lake while he fished and enjoyed the sun.

• Xu Qing used his Heavy Silver Hammers to complete Mang Tian's forging tasks, relying on their Penetration effect to produce Thousand Refinement metal.
• Tang Ziran told Xu Qing that Tang Wulin had passed out after completing Thousand Refinement, then carried him home.
• Xu Qing greeted Tang Xue and Gu Yuena before entering Parallel Earth, where his home had Blue Silver Grass growing in flowerpots.
• Xu Qing mentally controlled four poisoned zombies and took them to a nearby lake, where they scattered Blue Silver Spores along the shore.
• Xu Qing reflected on clearing most zombies and mutant beasts from town and building a basic electrical system, though he still had no internet.

Xu Qing honored the dead in Qinghe Town, planted Blue Silver Grass, and fished mutated beasts from a lake. He then arrived in Eastsea City with Gu Yuena and headed for Eastsea Academy’s new student registration desk.

• Xu Qing cremated the corpses in Qinghe Town, buried their ashes, and erected a nameless grave marker.
• Xu Qing began planting Blue Silver Grass by the lake and caught a mutated grass carp, extracting its crystal core.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena arrived at Eastsea City by Soul Guidance Train while Tang Wulin waited for a later train.
• Xu Qing asked a station staff member for directions, took Gu Yuena’s hand, and led her to Eastsea Academy’s registration area.

Xu Qing and Gu Yuena enrolled at Eastsea Academy, astonishing the staff with their high cultivation despite their young ages and Xu Qing’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. After reaching campus and being assigned to Class One, Xu Qing found his new dorm room in disarray.

• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena registered with Liu Yuxin, who was surprised to learn they were nine and eight years old and had cultivation ranks of twenty-three and twenty-five.
• Xu Qing revealed his aura to confirm his rank, and Liu Yuxin stamped their recommendation letters and gave them academy entry tags.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena rode the soul bus to Eastsea Academy and completed their enrollment procedures.
• The academy assigned both of them to Class One of the first year, and Xu Qing escorted Gu Yuena to the girls' dormitory before finding his own room.
• Xu Qing entered Room 101 and found the floor littered with the previous year's students' belongings.

Xu Qing explored Eastsea Academy with Gu Yuena before stumbling into the dormitory fight between Tang Wulin and several boys. After Long Hengxu investigated the incident, Tang Wulin was fined for the damage, while Xu Qing was cleared and the other boys were assigned to Class Five.

• Xu Qing cleaned his dorm room, found a hidden map of Eastsea Academy, and memorized it.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena toured the academy together before returning to their dorms.
• Xu Qing sensed danger near the boys' dorm, punched an approaching boy unconscious, and carried him inside.
• Xu Qing found Tang Wulin amid a dormitory fight and later stood up for him when Long Hengxu questioned the boys.
• Tang Wulin explained that Zhou Changxi and Yun Xiao had targeted him, and Long Hengxu assigned them and the aloof boy to Class Five while ordering Tang Wulin to pay for the damage.
• Long Hengxu reviewed Xu Qing's information and wondered how both he and Tang Wulin had advanced so quickly with Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls.

Xu Qing settled into his new dorm room, ate with Gu Yuena, and accompanied Tang Wulin to the Blacksmith Association for their assessments. The receptionist confirmed that Grandmaster Cen Yue was expecting them and offered to take them upstairs.

• Xu Qing learned that he was the only student assigned to Room 101, then tidied his room.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena ate Meal A at the cafeteria, where their large appetites drew attention.
• Xu Qing waited for Tang Wulin, and the two took a soul-powered taxi to the Blacksmith Association.
• The driver’s soul-powered screen showed a private surveillance feed, leaving Xu Qing and Tang Wulin embarrassed during the ride.
• Xu Qing told the receptionist that he and Tang Wulin were students of Mang Tian and had come for blacksmith rank assessments.
• The receptionist called Grandmaster Cen Yue, confirmed he was expecting them, and offered to escort them upstairs.

Xu Qing and Tang Wulin arrived at the Blacksmith Association for rank assessments, where Cen Yue arranged separate testing rooms for them. Xu Qing began purifying Cubic Copper with exceptional hammer control, leaving the assessor and Cen Yue astonished as the test continued.

• A girl brought Xu Qing and Tang Wulin to Cen Yue, who agreed to take them to their blacksmith assessments.
• Cen Yue arranged two testing rooms and assessors after Xu Qing and Tang Wulin completed their registration forms.
• Tang Wulin chose Deep Silver for his assessment while Xu Qing selected Cubic Copper, a metal that demanded precise control of force.
• Xu Qing used twin Thousand Refined tungsten steel hammers to strike the heated Cubic Copper, gradually purifying it as the male assessor watched in amazement.
• Cen Yue listened to the hammering from both rooms and wondered how Mang Tian had found two such gifted nine-year-old disciples.

Xu Qing and Tang Wulin passed the first- and second-rank blacksmith assessments, astonishing Cen Yue with their forging skill. Afterward, Cen Yue called Mang Tian to tell him that both nine-year-old disciples had advanced straight through the second-rank assessment, and Mang Tian calmly credited his own good eye.

• Tang Wulin and Xu Qing passed their first-rank assessments with results that shocked Cen Yue and the evaluators.
• Tang Wulin and Xu Qing each forged a medium-sized component for the second-rank assessment.
• Xu Qing finished first and passed, and Cen Yue led him to observe Tang Wulin's forging.
• Tang Wulin completed his component and passed, and the two boys left the Blacksmith Association with compensation due and badges to collect in two days.
• Cen Yue called Mang Tian and told him both disciples had passed the second-rank assessment, and Mang Tian replied that it proved he had a good eye.

After Xu Qing and Tang Wulin discovered a murder scene, Xu Qing sensed an eerie, evil presence and wondered whether an Evil Soul Master was involved. He returned to Parallel Earth to stabilize his cultivation, then came back to Eastsea Academy refreshed.

• Cen Yue complained to Mang Tian that Xu Qing and Tang Wulin forged more steadily than he did, then scolded his own apprentices for their poor hammering.
• Xu Qing smelled blood while walking with Tang Wulin, and they found a crowd gathered outside a shop on 101 Second Street.
• Xu Qing used Dragon Eyes to glimpse the bloodied murder scene and sensed a cold, eerie presence before leaving with Tang Wulin.
• Xu Qing returned to his dorm and wondered whether the presence came from an Evil Soul Master.
• Xu Qing traveled to Parallel Earth, meditated beside the lake while absorbing crystal cores, and cultivated the Blue Silver Grass with his four zombies.
• After stabilizing his cultivation, Xu Qing returned to Eastsea Academy, washed up, and left the dormitory.

Eastsea Academy held its opening ceremony, and Xu Qing and Gu Yuena were assigned to Freshman Class One under Ye Yingluo. The students began introducing themselves, with Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi revealing they were Soul Grandmasters.

• Dean Yu Zhen delivered the opening address at Eastsea Academy's ceremony.
• Long Hengxu announced the freshmen's class assignments, placing Xu Qing and Gu Yuena in Class One.
• Ye Yingluo led Class One to its classroom and challenged the students to maintain their standing as the strongest class.
• Ye Yingluo asked the freshmen to introduce themselves, and Zhang Yangzi stated that he was a rank twenty-one Soul Grandmaster with the Dark Phantom Demon Eagle Martial Soul.
• Wang Jinxi introduced himself as a rank twenty-one Soul Grandmaster with the Bone Dragon King Martial Soul, drawing admiration from his classmates.

Xu Qing shocked Class One by revealing his rank-twenty-three Soul Power despite having Blue Silver Grass, while Gu Yuena silenced Wei Xiaofeng with her rank-twenty-five strength. After class, Xu Qing and Gu Yuena headed to Eastsea City's snack street, where Gu Yuena eagerly pulled him toward a food stall.

• Wei Xiaofeng introduced himself as a rank-twenty-two Azure Shadow Snake Battle Spirit Master, and the other students followed with their Martial Souls and Soul Power ranks.
• Xu Qing introduced himself as a rank-twenty-three Blue Silver Grass Soul Master, prompting his classmates to question how he had cultivated so quickly.
• Gu Yuena challenged Wei Xiaofeng after he doubted Xu Qing, then revealed her rank-twenty-five Elementalist Martial Soul and made him back down.
• Ye Yingluo praised Class One's talent, announced that lessons would begin the next day, and said the class would elect a monitor.
• Xu Qing agreed to explore Eastsea City with Gu Yuena, and they walked hand in hand to a busy snack street.
• Gu Yuena spotted a food stall and pulled Xu Qing toward it, saying she wanted to eat there.

Xu Qing and Gu Yuena enjoyed a meal at the Pot-Braised Beef Shop before street thugs accosted them. Xu Qing’s killing intent frightened the thugs into retreat, but when their leader reported him to the public security office, the officers dismissed the story as a joke and decided not to investigate.

• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena ate several servings of pot-braised beef at the crowded shop, impressing its owner with their appetite.
• As they continued along the snack street, a thug leader and his followers surrounded them and tried to harass Gu Yuena.
• Xu Qing seized the thug leader’s hand and unleashed killing intent, frightening the group into fleeing.
• The thug leader called the public security office to report Xu Qing, but the officers laughed at his description and chose not to investigate.