Recaps

After defeating Long Yue and his companions, Chen Jianshu’s group recovered in the Spirit Ascension Platform and then left a suspiciously quiet area. During Chen Jianshu’s night watch, a Ghostheart Demon Spider ambushed the group, leaving them poised to fight again.

• Long Yue was defeated, and the Dai siblings departed after Dai Yun'er learned that Chen Jianshu had given his name as Tang Wulin.
• Wu Siduo apologized for leading the group into danger, and Chen Jianshu used his Life Slime to help everyone recover from their injuries.
• Weng Daimin sensed a spiritual ambush, but Wu Siduo found no Soul Beast nearby, so the group left the unnaturally quiet territory.
• The group defeated a team of Soul Masters and camped beneath a large tree, with Wu Siduo and Chen Jianshu taking turns on watch.
• Chen Jianshu spotted a Ghostheart Demon Spider during his shift and attacked it, waking the others as it charged at the group.

Chen Jianshu and the others fought a five-thousand-year-old Ghostheart Demon Spider, but its Spider God Possession overwhelmed them and its venom incapacitated Xue Liushuang and Ye Xinglan. Chen Jianshu carried the injured group into the air to escape, but as the spider kept attacking, Ye Xinglan said she could no longer fight and wanted to withdraw.

• Chen Jianshu restrained the Ghostheart Demon Spider with ice chains, and the group wounded it with a coordinated barrage.
• The spider activated Spider God Possession, boosting its strength and speed, and poisoned Xue Liushuang and Ye Xinglan.
• Wu Siduo rescued Ye Xinglan from the spider's attack, and Chen Jianshu teleported them back to the group.
• Chen Jianshu lifted the group into the air to avoid the spider, while Wu Siduo and Wu Bingyu joined them after dodging its attacks.
• Chen Jianshu complained that carrying everyone was too heavy, and Ye Xinglan asked to withdraw because the poison had spread through her body.

Chen Jianshu and the others defeated the Ghostheart Demon Spider and obtained an External Soul Bone, but a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear ambushed them and eliminated Wu Bingyu and Weng Daimin. After escaping with Wu Siduo, Chen Jianshu learned that the Spirit Ascension Platform battle was an assessment for selecting Spirit Pagoda core disciples.

• Ye Xinglan and Xue Liushuang withdrew from the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Wu Siduo helped Chen Jianshu press their eject buttons.
• Chen Jianshu and the others pursued the weakened Ghostheart Demon Spider and killed it, obtaining its Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone.
• Chen Jianshu stored the Soul Bone and converted it into a projected weapon called the Demon Spider Eight Awls.
• A thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear ambushed the group, eliminated Wu Bingyu and Weng Daimin, and chased Chen Jianshu and Wu Siduo away.
• While resting in a cave, Wu Siduo told Chen Jianshu that the Spirit Ascension Platform battle was an annual assessment for Spirit Pagoda core disciples.

Chen Jianshu learned that his Spirit Ascension Platform trial had been part of the Spirit Pagoda core disciple selection, then returned home to claim rewards from his five-star encounter. He saved the multicolored projector for Tang Wulin and gained five new Character Cards, leaving him with more characters to deploy.

• Wu Siduo explained the Spirit Pagoda core disciple selection to Chen Jianshu, and they exchanged contact information before logging out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Di Tian and Leng Yaozhu watched Chen Jianshu defeat Long Yue, and Leng Yaozhu praised his combat ability.
• Chen Jianshu claimed the multicolored projector and other rewards for completing a five-star encounter, then decided to save the projector for Tang Wulin.
• Chen Jianshu opened five blue balls and received Character Cards for Xue Liushuang, Wu Bingyu, Ye Xinglan, Weng Daimin, and Wu Siduo.
• Chen Jianshu noticed that his character roster had expanded and that he could now field four characters.

Chen Jianshu bought Wang Dong’s Character Card and defeated her in a challenge, raising her affection, while Tang Wulin learned about the Spirit Pagoda’s benefits but felt a mysterious resistance when invited to join. The chapter ended with Tang Wulin leaving to consider the offer.

• Chen Jianshu spent currency on cards, including Wang Dong, and upgraded several Slimes to three stars.
• Chen Jianshu placed Wang Dong in his domain, accepted her challenge, and defeated her with the Seven Kill Sword and Lone Bamboo staff.
• Wang Dong conceded and became Chen Jianshu’s underling, while her affection rose to eighty points.
• Tang Wulin asked Bai Bai about Soul Spirit prices and learned about the Spirit Pagoda’s discounts, subsidies, and other benefits.
• Bai Bai invited Tang Wulin to join the Spirit Pagoda, but Tang Wulin felt a mysterious resistance and left to think about it.

During the two and a half years Chen Jianshu trained and built up his abilities, Gu Yuena awakened as the complete Silver Dragon King and resolved to make humanity submit to the Soul Beasts. Gu Yue and Na'er bet on whether Chen Jianshu would accept Na'er's Soul Beast identity, and the chapter ended with Chen Jianshu suspecting Na'er had summoned him to the beach to say goodbye.

• Tang Wulin felt inexplicably sick at the thought of joining the Spirit Pagoda, while his parents supported his choice.
• Over two and a half years, Chen Jianshu reached rank twenty-nine, became a rank-five blacksmith, strengthened his skills and upgraded his Character Cards and Slimes.
• Gu Yuena recovered her memories, rejected peaceful equality with humans, and ordered Di Tian to find a way for her to infiltrate the Spirit Pagoda's upper ranks.
• Na'er argued for peaceful coexistence with Gu Yue, and they bet that Na'er would be free if Chen Jianshu accepted her identity, but would fuse with Gu Yue if he coveted her Soul Ring.
• Na'er asked Chen Jianshu to meet her at the beach, and he noticed that Gu Yue's and Gu Yuena's Affection Points had risen from negative fifty to negative ten.

Chen Jianshu reassured Na'er that transformed Soul Beasts were protected by law, passing the test she had set to decide whether she could stay with him. After learning that Na'er was a silver dragon, he asked to touch her Dragon Horns and Dragon Tail.

• Chen Jianshu and Na'er walked along the beach, and she asked whether humans and Soul Beasts could stay together forever.
• Na'er hugged Chen Jianshu and asked whether he would dislike her for who she was; he mistook her warning about someone else's suspicions for jealousy over her privileged status.
• Na'er revealed that she was a transformed Soul Beast, and Gu Yue took over to ask whether Chen Jianshu coveted Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Chen Jianshu recited the Soul Beast Transformation Protection Law and explained that transformed Soul Beasts had equal rights and legal protection, satisfying Na'er's test.
• Na'er told Chen Jianshu she was a silver dragon, and he eagerly asked to touch her Dragon Horns and Dragon Tail.

Chen Jianshu won his bet with Gu Yue, allowing Na'er to separate from her and gain temporary freedom. Na'er stayed with Chen Jianshu during a thunderstorm, grew closer to him, and accompanied him to Eastsea Intermediate Soul Master Academy, while Zi JI watched over them.

• Chen Jianshu asked to touch Na'er's Dragon Horns and Tail, angering Gu Yue, who separated Na'er from herself after losing their bet.
• Gu Yue set three rules for Na'er, including keeping her identity and plans secret and staying distant from Chen Jianshu, and Na'er agreed.
• Chen Jianshu welcomed Na'er into his home, where she stayed overnight after claiming the rain kept her from going home.
• When thunder frightened Na'er, Chen Jianshu let her sleep beside him, and her Affection Points increased while Gu Yue's fell.
• Na'er accompanied Chen Jianshu to Eastsea Intermediate Soul Master Academy the next morning as Zi JI followed in a black sedan and reflected on the Soul Beasts' peaceful life.

Chen Jianshu reunited with Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng at Eastsea Intermediate Academy, then collected Xu Xiaoyan’s strange package. After spotting Xie Xie confronting Tang Wulin, he witnessed Tang Wulin unleash his dragon might and send Xie Xie flying.

• Chen Jianshu registered at Eastsea Intermediate Academy and found Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng in his dorm room.
• Chen Jianshu received Xu Xiaoyan’s message asking him to collect her package, and Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng teased him until he summoned Iron Swords to scare them.
• Chen Jianshu found Xu Xiaoyan’s human-shaped package at the parcel station, identified it as a doll, and stored it in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Chen Jianshu followed Xie Xie into a grove, where Xie Xie toyed with Tang Wulin after showing off his strength as a two-ring Soul Master.
• Tang Wulin unleashed powerful dragon might when Xie Xie’s Light Dragon Dagger touched him and sent Xie Xie flying two li with an elbow strike.

After copying Tang Wulin, Chen Jianshu projected the Asura Demon Sword and discovered that Na'er had enrolled at Eastsea Academy. As classes began, he met her again, learned Wu Changkong would teach Class One, and watched Tang Yin introduce himself as a student who wanted to join the Tang Sect.

• After Xie Xie and Tang Wulin passed out, Chen Jianshu took them to the infirmary and copied Tang Wulin, obtaining several cards and the Asura Demon Sword.
• Chen Jianshu projected the Asura Demon Sword in a deserted grove, found it consumed most of his Soul Power, and dismissed it to recover.
• Chen Jianshu saw Na'er and Tang Yin on the Class One roster, then attended the academy's opening ceremony the next morning.
• Na'er surprised Chen Jianshu in class by revealing she had enrolled at Eastsea Academy to keep him company, while a soot-faced boy watched them warily.
• Wu Changkong arrived as Class One's homeroom teacher and asked the students to introduce their Martial Souls, Soul Power Levels, and goals.
• Tang Yin introduced himself as a level-twenty-one Blue Silver Grass user whose goal was to join the Tang Sect.

Chen Jianshu demonstrated his Martial Soul’s ability to copy Tool Martial Souls and their skills during class, impressing Wu Changkong and the other students. After the lesson, Xu Xiaoyan learned that Na'er was Chen Jianshu’s younger sister.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er introduced themselves as level-thirty-one Soul Elders, shocking their classmates, before Chen Jianshu described his goal of challenging Soul Masters with Tool Martial Souls.
• Chen Jianshu copied Wu Changkong’s Heavenly Frost Sword and used Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Wheel Chain to briefly control Wu Changkong, then copied several other students’ Martial Souls at once.
• Chen Jianshu copied Na'er’s Silver Dragon Spear, and Wu Changkong assessed his Soul Skill’s heavy Soul Power cost and advised him to strengthen his body before attempting to form a Soul Core.
• Wu Changkong began the school year with a lesson on moral character and peace, while Tang Yin resented the academy’s video for criticizing Shrek Academy.
• After class, Xu Xiaoyan asked whether Na'er was Chen Jianshu’s younger sister, and Chen Jianshu confirmed that she was.

Chen Jianshu took Na'er and Xu Xiaoyan to the cafeteria and then the snack street, where Xu Xiaoyan explained the Gourmet Association and its revered founder. After they witnessed city enforcement officer Guang Long arrest a fraudulent food vendor, Chen Jianshu considered how much the continent’s reforms had changed events he thought he knew.

• Liu Yuxin paid Chen Jianshu to secretly take pictures of Wu Changkong during class.
• Na'er ate an astonishing number of meals while Xu Xiaoyan watched, and news of two enormous eaters spread through the academy.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Chen Jianshu and Na'er about the Gourmet Association and the First Generation Spirit Transmission Douluo as they visited his statue on the snack street.
• Xu Xiaoyan steered Na'er away from an unlicensed stall selling supposedly barbecued Hundred-Year Soul Beast meat.
• Guang Long caught the vendor, exposed his misleading claim, fined him, and confiscated his cart.
• Chen Jianshu recognized Guang Long from the original story and realized that the continent’s changes had made his foreknowledge less reliable.

Xu Xiaoyan led Chen Jianshu and Na'er on a tour of Food Street, where they encountered Xie Xie and Tang Wulin at a restaurant. Na'er and Tang Wulin turned their meal into an eating contest, which Na'er won decisively, leaving Tang Wulin stuffed and defeated.

• Xu Xiaoyan took Chen Jianshu and Na'er to Longjiang Pig Trotter Rice, where Na'er ordered one of everything and announced she was only sixty percent full.
• Xu Xiaoyan brought the group to Yuhao Grilled Fish and then Sealed Pot Beef, where they recognized Xie Xie with a swollen face and found Tang Wulin eating beside him.
• Xie Xie claimed he had fallen, and Xu Xiaoyan teased him while he admitted Chen Jianshu, Xu Xiaoyan, and Na'er were all stronger than he was.
• Tang Wulin learned that Na'er was an even more formidable eater than he was and challenged her to a contest by ordering more sealed pot beef.
• Na'er finished the plates far faster than Tang Wulin, who struggled through his food and needed water after nearly choking.
• Tang Wulin managed to finish his final plate but lost the contest, while Na'er declared herself the peak of the Dao of Eating.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie convinced Long Hengxu that Tang Yin had attacked them, and Tang Wulin helped treat Xie Xie's bruises back in the dorm. The chapter left them watching Tang Yin sweep up the Blue Silver Grass fragments outside after a brief rain.

• Tang Wulin sided with Xie Xie in Long Hengxu's office, and Long Hengxu gave Tang Yin a disciplinary demerit while dismissing the two students without punishment.
• Xie Xie warned Tang Wulin to stay away from Tang Yin, and Tang Wulin agreed after learning what being gay meant.
• Tang Wulin applied ointment to Xie Xie's bruises, and Yun Xiao and Zhou Changxi walked in and mistakenly assumed they had interrupted something intimate.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie looked outside and saw Tang Yin sweeping up the Blue Silver Grass fragments in the rain-soaked entrance.

Xie Xie dumped a tree’s worth of leaves on Tang Yin while he was cleaning, provoking his fury and turning his claims about Tang Wulin into a school-wide scandal. Meanwhile, Wei Xiaofeng’s joke with his dormmates ended with Zhang Yangzi taking it seriously, leaving Wei Xiaofeng horrified.

• Xie Xie used his Light Dragon Storm to shower Tang Yin with leaves while Tang Yin swept the dormitory grounds.
• Tang Yin erupted at Xie Xie, who taunted him and walked away with an arm around Tang Wulin’s shoulders.
• Students at Eastsea Academy spread gossip about the supposed love triangle between Tang Yin, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie, including Tang Yin’s claim that he was Tang Wulin’s older brother.
• Chen Jianshu returned to the dormitory and found Wei Xiaofeng offering to make people laugh for ten coins.
• Wei Xiaofeng told Zhang Yangzi that anyone who did not laugh was gay, and Zhang Yangzi touched his hand, horrifying Wei Xiaofeng.

Wu Changkong’s class held practical fights, where Na’er defeated Xu Xiaoyan by countering her ice skills and Chen Jianshu overwhelmed Xie Xie with a rain of projected swords. Tang Yin then fought Wang Jinxi, using Tang Sect techniques as Wu Changkong began to suspect his origins.

• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi dragged Wei Xiaofeng into the bathroom, prompting Chen Jianshu to reinforce his tent and cultivate through the night.
• Na’er defeated Xu Xiaoyan after using her Silver Dragon True Eyes to dispel Extreme Cold Storm, and Wu Changkong explained that Na’er’s Silver Dragon Spear had superior elemental control.
• Chen Jianshu defeated Xie Xie by projecting three hundred Iron Swords and trapping him in a sword cage.
• Tang Yin used Blue Silver Entanglement against Wang Jinxi, but Wang Jinxi shattered the grass and attacked him.
• Tang Yin evaded Wang Jinxi with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Wu Changkong recognized it as a Tang Sect technique; Tang Yin then used Purple Light to briefly disrupt Wang Jinxi.

Wu Changkong assessed his students’ combat skills and began their physical training, while Chen Jianshu secretly sold photos of him. Na’er feared the Silver Dragon King’s other half had arrived, and Gu Yue transferred into Tang Wulin’s class but was rejected when she tried to sit beside him.

• Wang Jinxi defeated Tang Yin in class combat, breaking Tang Yin’s left hand, and Wu Changkong sent him to the infirmary.
• Wu Changkong criticized the class’s poor fighting skills and warned that students would need to endure harsh training to improve.
• Chen Jianshu took photos of Wu Changkong, sold them to Liu Yuxin, and later joined physical testing as Na’er worried about a sensed divine presence.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Chen Jianshu tried to learn what troubled Na’er, but she stayed silent and eagerly agreed to go out for a meal with Chen Jianshu.
• Gu Yue transferred into Tang Wulin’s class and asked to sit beside him, but Tang Wulin refused because he suspected her of being dangerous.
• Xie Xie agreed that Gu Yue seemed dangerous and led Tang Wulin away to eat on Snack Street.

Tang Yin followed Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, then attacked Chen Jianshu after mistaking Wu Bingyu for Xiao Wu. The group beat Tang Yin and was taken to the Public Security Bureau, where his hidden weapons were confiscated and Guang Long lectured them.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie noticed Tang Yin following them and spotted him outside Yuhao Grilled Fish.
• Tang Yin saw Na'er and then Wu Bingyu, mistook Wu Bingyu for Xiao Wu, and flew into a jealous rage when she took Chen Jianshu's hand.
• Wu Bingyu blocked Tang Yin's poison darts while Chen Jianshu's shields stopped his crossbow bolts from hitting the group.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Na'er, Xu Xiaoyan, Chen Jianshu, and Wu Bingyu confronted Tang Yin, who claimed the attack was a misunderstanding.
• Chen Jianshu restrained Tang Yin, and the group beat him before Guang Long took everyone to the Public Security Bureau.
• Guang Long confiscated Tang Yin's hidden weapons and lectured the group, then let them go without further trouble.

After leaving the public security bureau, Chen Jianshu ate with Wu Bingyu and the others, while Tang Wulin and Wu Bingyu both felt an unexplained familiarity with each other. Wu Bingyu revealed she would transfer to Eastsea Academy, where Chen Jianshu declared the academy’s talented students and Wu Changkong the Eastsea Nine Gates.

• Chen Jianshu wondered how Little Scumbag and Xiao Wu had reincarnated on Douluo Star after leaving the public security bureau.
• At Yuhao's Grilled Fish Restaurant, Wu Bingyu learned Chen Jianshu had used a fake name at the Turbulent Period Spirit Ascension Platform and reproached him for not trusting her.
• Tang Wulin felt a strong, motherly familiarity toward Wu Bingyu, while she also found him familiar without knowing why.
• Chen Jianshu learned Wu Bingyu would transfer to Eastsea Academy and welcomed her as a future classmate.
• Chen Jianshu named the academy's talented students the Eastsea Eight Talents and added Wu Changkong to make the Eastsea Nine Gates.
• Xu Xiaoyan noted Wu Bingyu's level thirty-four Soul Power and three purple Soul Rings as Wu Bingyu left with her mother.

Chen Jianshu broke through to Soul Elder and joined Eastsea Class Zero with his classmates, while Tang Yin and Gu Yue refused the Spirit Pagoda program. In their new classroom, Wu Changkong began the mandatory psychology course on rejecting “love brain,” leaving the students shocked by its historical case studies.

• Chen Jianshu cultivated with Life Slime and broke through to Soul Elder after Tang Yin spent half a month in detention.
• Long Hengxu explained the Spirit Pagoda-funded Class Zero program, and Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Wei Xiaofeng, Chen Jianshu, Xu Xiaoyan, and Na'er joined.
• Tang Yin and Gu Yue refused Class Zero, and Long Hengxu accepted their decisions without pressuring them.
• Wu Changkong led Class Zero to its new classroom, where they met transfer student Wu Bingyu, a Soul Elder.
• Wu Changkong began the required Spirit Pagoda psychology lesson, and Xu Xiaoyan and the others read accounts of Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, Qian Renxue, and Spirit Hall's destruction.

Wu Changkong taught his students about love-brained behavior through scandalous historical gossip, then gave an unusually practical lesson on avoiding punishment for violence. That night, Wu Bingyu, Xu Xiaoyan, Na'er, and Chen Jianshu ambushed Tang Yin and beat him after he followed Wu Bingyu into an alley.

• Wu Changkong described past cases of love-brained behavior, including scandals involving the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy, and warned his students against it.
• After class, Wu Bingyu avoided Tang Yin and joined Chen Jianshu, Xu Xiaoyan, and Na'er for lunch; she asked them to help her beat him.
• During morality and rule of law class, Chen Jianshu joked that people could use their fists if reason failed, and Wu Changkong advised the students to be discreet about plotting violence.
• Xu Xiaoyan proposed a plan after Wu Bingyu spotted Tang Yin following them, and the four lured him into a dark alley on the snack street.
• Chen Jianshu used darkness to blind Tang Yin, Xu Xiaoyan restrained him with Star's Shackles, and Na'er trapped him in a sack.
• Wu Bingyu, Xu Xiaoyan, and Na'er beat Tang Yin for five minutes while Chen Jianshu blocked the sound of his screams.

Wu Bingyu and Xu Xiaoyan recruited Tang Wulin to fight Tang Yin in the Class Promotion Tournament, while Old Tang urged him to accept for his own plans. Tang Yin was denied direct entry to Class Zero and left determined to qualify through the tournament.

• Wu Bingyu, Xu Xiaoyan, Chen Jianshu, and Na'er discussed how to keep Tang Yin from joining Class Zero, and Wu Bingyu and Xu Xiaoyan decided to seek help from Gu Yue.
• Wu Bingyu and Xu Xiaoyan asked Gu Yue to fight Tang Yin, but Gu Yue sent them to recruit Tang Wulin instead.
• Wu Bingyu offered Tang Wulin one hundred thousand Federation Coins to teach Tang Yin a brutal lesson in the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Old Tang told Tang Wulin to accept the offer, hoping he could join Class Zero and defeat Tang Yin; Tang Wulin agreed.
• Tang Yin asked Long Hengxu to let him join Class Zero, but Long Hengxu told him to earn a place through the tournament.
• Tang Yin and Old Tang each resolved to join Class Zero and be with Xiao Wu.

The Class Promotion Tournament culminated in Tang Wulin and Tang Yin fighting for Class Two and Class One, respectively. After Tang Yin revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, Old Tang took control of Tang Wulin’s body, and the two began an escalating hammer battle that left the arena floor cracking.

• Class Four defeated Class Five, and Class Three defeated Class Four before Class Three lost to Class Two’s Tang Wulin and Gu Yue.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue faced Tang Yin and Guang Mo in the tournament’s main event, while Xie Xie cheered Tang Wulin on.
• Tang Wulin and Tang Yin fought fiercely, and Gu Yue drove Guang Mo back with fireballs while watching their duel.
• Tang Yin revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and struck Tang Wulin with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, surprising the spectators with his Twin Martial Souls.
• Old Tang took control of Tang Wulin and matched Tang Yin’s hammer techniques as their repeated clashes cracked the arena floor.

Tang Wulin, possessed by Old Tang, defeated Tang Yin in a brutal hammer clash, but Gu Yue’s attack finished Tang Yin and Guang Mo to secure the two-on-two victory for Class Two. Tang Wulin was taken to the infirmary, where the Emerald Swan treated him and said he only needed to rest.

• Tang Yin shattered his two Blue Silver Grass Soul Rings and unleashed Sumeru Sky-Rending, but his Clear Sky Hammer and Tang Wulin’s forging hammer became locked together.
• Tang Yin’s Clear Sky Hammer knocked Tang Wulin out of the arena, while the effort injured Tang Yin’s arms and left him coughing blood.
• Tang Yin celebrated his apparent victory, but Gu Yue attacked him with a fireball while Guang Mo was unable to help.
• Gu Yue blasted Tang Yin and Guang Mo off the stage, and Long Hengxu announced Gu Yue and Tang Wulin as the winners.
• Xie Xie carried Tang Wulin to the infirmary, where the Emerald Swan treated him and advised him to rest.

Tang Yin brooded over losing his chance to join Class Zero with Xiao Wu, while Old Tang celebrated the outcome inside Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin and Gu Yue both signed agreements to join Class Zero, leaving only a friendly sparring match before they could enter the class.

• Tang Yin blamed Tang Wulin, Old Tang, and Gu Yue for his defeat and plotted to get closer to Xiao Wu while arguing with himself over how to punish them.
• Old Tang rejoiced that Tang Yin had lost and considered Gu Yue a promising subordinate for Tang Wulin.
• Long Hengxu explained Class Zero’s terms to Tang Wulin, who signed the agreement immediately.
• Gu Yue asked for her own agreement, explained that she wanted to prove herself by earning entry through her strength, and signed it.
• Tang Wulin recalled warnings from Mu Xi and Xie Xie about Gu Yue, then walked ahead of her as they headed toward their friendly sparring match.