Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing collected his completed saber from Mang Tian's Workshop and accepted Mang Tian's offer to teach him forging. After practicing with Tang Wulin, he hid the saber at home and asked Gu Yuena to keep it from his mother before they meditated together.

• Tang Wulin told Xu Qing that his saber was finished and that Mang Tian wanted to meet him.
• After school, Xu Qing went with Tang Wulin to Mang Tian's Workshop, tested the heavy saber, and met Mang Tian.
• Mang Tian tested Xu Qing's strength and invited him to learn forging, and Xu Qing accepted.
• Xu Qing and Tang Wulin practiced hammering iron until evening, and Xu Qing advised Tang Wulin to cultivate near plenty of Blue Silver Grass.
• Xu Qing brought the saber home, hid it, and persuaded Gu Yuena not to tell his mother about it.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena meditated together in the backyard among the Blue Silver Grass.

Xu Qing hunted zombies on Parallel Earth, using an explosive to kill a towering zombie and claim its high-grade crystal core while training his saber and gathering more cores. A year later, he had become a skilled fighter, and his Blue Silver Grass had grown strong enough to restrain ordinary zombies.

• Xu Qing ambushed the towering zombie in the police station with an explosive, then extracted its pale yellow crystal core.
• Xu Qing searched the police station, killed ordinary zombies with Blue Silver Entanglement, and collected their gray crystal cores.
• Xu Qing spent the following months studying, forging, cultivating, practicing basic saber movements, and hunting isolated zombies on Parallel Earth.
• Xu Qing discovered that zombie scratches could not infect him because of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
• One year later, eight-year-old Xu Qing used Blue Silver Grass and his saber to kill four zombies in an alley and collect their crystal cores.

Xu Qing broke through to rank ten after absorbing crystal cores, then told his family and went with Gu Yuena to claim the hundred-year Soul Spirit promised by Red Mountain Academy and the Spirit Pagoda. He told Zhou Yu he had reached rank ten, and the principal reacted with disbelief.

• Xu Qing absorbed his saved crystal cores and broke through from the peak of rank nine to rank ten, while his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Bloodline reached nine percent awakening.
• Gu Yuena woke Xu Qing and suggested they tell the principal about his breakthrough.
• At breakfast, Xu Qing told Tang Xue and Xu Yan that he had reached rank ten, and he explained that Blue Silver Grass in the backyard had helped him cultivate faster.
• Xu Qing told his parents he had a target in mind for his first Soul Spirit: a plant-type Soul Spirit with a parasitic ability.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena went to Red Mountain Academy, where Xu Qing told Zhou Yu he had reached rank ten; Zhou Yu reacted with disbelief.

Zhou Yu discovered that Xu Qing had reached Soul Power Level ten and attributed his rapid cultivation to a trace of Blue Silver King bloodline in his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. At the Aolai City Spirit Pagoda, Xu Qing began the process of choosing his first Soul Spirit, starting with a Spiritual Power test.

• Zhou Yu tested Xu Qing's Soul Power and examined his Martial Soul, concluding that it carried a trace of Blue Silver King bloodline.
• Zhou Yu took Xu Qing and Gu Yuena to the Aolai City Spirit Pagoda, where Yang Tao greeted them.
• Yang Tao explained that the branch offered seventy-three kinds of ten-year Soul Spirits and eleven kinds of hundred-year Soul Spirits.
• Yang Tao seated Xu Qing for a Spiritual Power test and explained the six Spiritual Power realms and the Soul Spirits each could support.

Xu Qing tested at 125 Spiritual Power, reaching the spirit connection realm, then chose the artificial Cordyceps Soul Spirit for its parasitic ability despite Yang Tao’s warning. Yang Tao extracted a Soul Spirit Ball, leaving Xu Qing ready to absorb it.

• Yang Tao and Zhou Yu tested Xu Qing’s Spiritual Power, and the reading rose to 125 before settling.
• Yang Tao explained the result and said Xu Qing could submit the test report when he enrolled in an intermediate Soul Master Academy.
• Yang Tao showed Xu Qing Soul Spirit options, including the Mandala Snake, Ghost Vine, Cordyceps, and Golden Dodder.
• Xu Qing asked about plant Soul Spirits with parasitic abilities, and Yang Tao described the three available hundred-year options.
• Xu Qing chose the artificial Cordyceps Soul Spirit despite Yang Tao’s warning about its limitations.
• Yang Tao stopped trying to dissuade Xu Qing and extracted a Soul Spirit Ball from the apparatus.

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.