Chapter Summaries

Chen Jianshu defended the recovering Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin against Luo Guixing’s group until Wu Bingyu and Ye Xinglan joined the fight. As the battle turned against the attackers, Zheng Yiran poisoned Chen Jianshu, but he showed no fear and prepared to turn her poison back on her.

• Luo Guixing and seven allies surrounded Chen Jianshu, Xue Liushuang, and Weng Daimin, demanding that Chen press the women’s eject buttons.
• Wu Bingyu attacked Luo Guixing with a scarlet sword strike, then joined Chen Jianshu’s side; Ye Xinglan arrived and also challenged the attackers.
• Ye Xinglan used the Star Saint Sword Technique to wound Yang Nianxia, while Wu Bingyu drove Ge Hu onto the defensive.
• Luo Guixing ordered five fighters to attack the middle of the battlefield, and Zheng Yiran sent Zheng Long and Zheng Hu after Chen Jianshu.
• Chen Jianshu used spatial teleportation to kill Zheng Hu, then retreated from Zheng Yiran’s Jade Phosphor Purple Poison.
• Zheng Yiran warned that her poison would bring Chen Jianshu down within a minute, but he remained confident and said he would send it back to her.

Chen Jianshu used his elemental abilities to turn the battle against Luo Guixing’s team, but he exhausted his Soul Power and needed Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin to protect him. Wu Bingyu and Ye Xinglan helped eliminate the remaining opponents, and the survivors thanked Chen Jianshu’s group after the battle.

• Chen Jianshu reflected Zheng Yiran’s poison with wind, but Zheng Long was poisoned to death and his spiritual power went to Chen Jianshu.
• Chen Jianshu fought Tai An and Niu Bai, broke Luo Guixing’s Spatial Imprisonment, and evaded their attacks before Zheng Yiran restrained him.
• Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin intervened to protect Chen Jianshu, while Wu Bingyu eliminated Ge Hu and confronted Luo Guixing.
• Weng Daimin’s blizzard blew Zheng Yiran’s poison away as Chen Jianshu rested; Wu Bingyu killed Luo Guixing, and Ye Xinglan defeated Yang Nianxia.
• Wu Bingyu and Ye Xinglan joined Xue Liushuang to eliminate Zheng Yiran, Tai An, and Niu Bai, ending the battle.
• Weng Daimin and Xue Liushuang thanked Chen Jianshu and his companions, and Chen Jianshu said each group had gotten what it needed.

Xue Liushuang and Ye Xinglan began a sword match while Chen Jianshu reviewed the gains he had made in the Turbulent Period Spirit Ascension Platform. Their gathering was interrupted by a confident girl from Star Luo Royal Academy and her powerful companion, who knocked Wu Bingyu back with a single punch.

• Ye Xinglan recognized Xue Liushuang as an heir of the Xue Family, and Xue Liushuang accepted her challenge to test their sword techniques.
• Chen Jianshu reviewed the Character Cards and Noble Phantasm entries he had obtained while Xue Liushuang and Ye Xinglan fought with their family sword techniques.
• A red-haired girl with black cat ears warned the group that a strong pursuer was nearby, but Wu Bingyu and the others dismissed the warning.
• A blonde girl from Star Luo Royal Academy challenged the group and introduced her companions, including a burly fighter with a powerful Giant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Wu Bingyu attacked the burly fighter, but he shattered her sword and sent her flying with a punch; Chen Jianshu caught her as she spat blood.

Chen Jianshu and his companions fought Long Yue and his allies, using spatial transfers and ice chains to restrain the powerful Mountain Dragon user. After Long Yue went berserk and broke free, Chen Jianshu drew him away and countered his elemental attacks, ending with a volatile seven-element attack falling toward him.

• Long Yue used Mountains and Rivers to separate the attackers, then overwhelmed Xue Liushuang and Ye Xinglan before Chen Jianshu transferred them out of danger.
• Chen Jianshu weakened Long Yue with the Silver Dragon Spear and trapped him in an ice pillar, while Weng Daimin, Xue Liushuang, and Wu Siduo helped hold him in place.
• Dai Yun'er struck the fighters with Mental Shock, but Wu Bingyu, Ye Xinglan, and Weng Daimin attacked Dai Yueyan and Dai Yun'er, and Chen Jianshu's Big Dipper Heart-Piercer wounded Dai Yun'er.
• Long Yue went berserk, shattered the ice chains, and charged Chen Jianshu; Dai Yueyan urged the others to help calm Long Yue, and Chen Jianshu drew him away alone.
• Chen Jianshu changed into his silver-haired, silver-eyed form, took control of Long Yue's Rivers and Quagmire attacks, dodged his strike, and sent a compressed seven-element attack toward him.

Chen Jianshu tried to stop the frenzied Long Yue with his domain and a summoned Beast Tide after Long Yue attacked Dai Yueyan and Dai Yun'er. Long Yue was overwhelmed and trampled by the Soul Beasts, while the Hundred-Year Titan Giant Ape arrived as the battle appeared to be ending.

• Chen Jianshu's Seven-Element Primordial Chaos Cannon blasted Long Yue, but Long Yue saw Dai Yun'er wounded and charged at Dai Yueyan, unable to recognize friend from foe.
• Dai Yueyan fought Long Yue and protected Dai Yun'er, but Long Yue wounded him severely before Chen Jianshu intervened with a Silver Dragon Spear and Iron Swords.
• Chen Jianshu activated his Unlimited Blade Works domain, filling the battlefield with weapons that battered Long Yue after he tried to defend himself with Mountains and Rivers.
• Chen Jianshu used the Gu Yuena and Gu Yue Character Cards alongside the Na'er Character Card to summon a Beast Tide from the Star Dou Forest.
• Long Yue used Rivers to hold back the Soul Beasts briefly, but the tide overwhelmed him and trampled him as a Hundred-Year Titan Giant Ape joined the battlefield.

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.