Chapter Summaries

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.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue joined Class Zero, where Na'er overwhelmed them in a friendly match after Chen Jianshu used Reflection to grant her the power of a complete Golden-Silver Dragon King. Meanwhile, Di Tian decided to bring Tang Wulin’s parents to Eastsea City so he could control the boy’s Golden Dragon King bloodline.

• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue joined Class Zero, and Xie Xie welcomed Tang Wulin into the class group chat.
• Chen Jianshu used his Second Soul Skill, Reflection, to attach Na'er's Character Card and empower her with the Creation Divine Core, the Annihilation Divine Core, and the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Na'er suppressed Gu Yue’s elemental powers and chased her and Tang Wulin with fireballs, winning their friendly match without seriously injuring them.
• During psych ed, Gu Yue kept watching Na'er, while the new classmates settled into their seats and listened to the lesson.
• Di Tian reviewed Tang Wulin’s file and suspected that Tang Yin and Wu Bingyu were reincarnated figures connected to gods.
• Di Tian ordered Dark Two to bring Tang Wulin’s parents, Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, to Eastsea City under the pretext of offering them jobs.

Class Zero watched a Spirit Pagoda film celebrating the First Generation Spirit Transmission Douluo, while Wu Changkong secretly pursued Evil Soul Masters in Aolai City. The attackers were defeated, but another black-clad fighter escaped with Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, and Wu Changkong’s undercover role at Shrek was revealed.

• Wu Changkong left Class Zero with a morality video, and the students watched a film recounting the First Generation Spirit Transmission Douluo’s rise and reforms.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie praised the Spirit Transferring Douluo, and the students watched his recorded message about preserving peace and ensuring everyone had enough to eat.
• Wu Changkong tracked five black-robed Evil Soul Masters to Tang Ziran and Lang Yue’s home in Aolai City and knocked out the attackers when they tried to abduct the couple.
• A second black-robed fighter overcame Wu Changkong with a restraint Soul Tool and escaped with Tang Ziran and Lang Yue; Wu Changkong contacted a woman for help investigating.
• Wu Changkong’s account revealed that he had been sent undercover to Shrek by the Spirit Pagoda and had risen to become the designated successor to the Sea God Pavilion.
• The woman who abducted Tang Ziran and Lang Yue returned them to the Spirit Pagoda, where a golden-haired girl congratulated her on completing the mission.

Long Bing, the Spirit Pagoda’s Dark Division assassin, lived peacefully with her husband Wu Changkong and their daughter Wu Bingyu while hiding their extraordinary identities. Meanwhile, Gu Yue confronted Na’er about the Creation and Annihilation Divine Cores inside her, but Na’er refused to explain unless Gu Yue met her conditions.

• Long Bing recalled how she had been raised by Lan Xiao after her father sent her to infiltrate the Spirit Pagoda, and how she later joined its Dark Division.
• Long Bing and Wu Changkong returned home to Wu Bingyu, and the family shared the appearance of an ordinary, happy household despite their hidden identities and power.
• Gu Yue entered Na’er’s dormitory and sensed that Na’er carried the same Creation Divine Core as she did, along with an Annihilation Divine Core.
• Gu Yue touched Na’er’s lower abdomen to investigate, and Na’er accused her of being a female hooligan before Gu Yue denied having such preferences.
• Gu Yue demanded to know where Na’er’s Divine Cores came from, but Na’er refused to answer.
• Gu Yue asked what Na’er’s conditions were, choosing not to risk exposing herself while Tang Yin and Tang Wulin were at Eastsea Academy.

Na'er tricked Gu Yue into promising not to hurt Chen Jianshu, but Gu Yue declared she would break that promise and threatened him. The next day, Chen Jianshu entered the Spirit Pagoda's Trial Hall, was sent into the Tang Sect Hall of Heroes, and caused its recording system to overload and explode.

• Na'er demanded that Gu Yue never hurt Chen Jianshu, and Gu Yue agreed before admitting she did not know how her divine cores had changed.
• Gu Yue guessed Chen Jianshu was connected to Na'er's power and said she would attack him despite her promise; Na'er went to sleep in Chen Jianshu's room to protect him.
• Wu Changkong's group arrived at the Spirit Pagoda's Trial Hall, where Demon Spirit secretly sent Chen Jianshu into the Tang Sect Hall of Heroes on Di Tian's orders.
• Chen Jianshu fought the enhanced recording of Tang San, whose Blue Silver Emperor, Invincible Golden Body, and three red Soul Rings overwhelmed his attacks.
• Tang San's Sumeru Sky-Rending killed Chen Jianshu's summoned Soul Beasts and overloaded the Hall of Heroes, causing the Tang Sect equipment to explode and burn.

Chen Jianshu and the others were sent back to the Spirit Pagoda Trial Hall and struggled against opponents from an earlier era. Tang Wulin defeated several trial versions of Tang San, improvised Blue Silver Underpants to block a needle attack, and faced another strange opponent as the chapter ended.

• Chen Jianshu returned to the Spirit Pagoda Trial Hall, while Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Xu Xiaoyan fought powerful trial opponents.
• Tang Wulin faced a black-haired opponent resembling Tang San and defeated his Blue Silver Grass with his god-level Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Tang San attacked Tang Wulin with a Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang Wulin knocked him down with Golden Dragon Claw.
• Tang San reappeared and stabbed at Tang Wulin with silver needles, prompting Old Tang to warn him.
• Tang Wulin created Blue Silver Underpants to stop the needles, then smashed Tang San with his Forging Hammer.
• A three-ring Tang San image appeared with four pairs of spider legs, startling Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin and his classmates emerged battered from trials against historical Soul Masters, while Na'er revealed she had cleared the ultimate stage with ease. After comparing opponents and recovering, they left the Trial Hall to meet Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu.

• Tang Wulin was knocked out of the trial by a projection of Tang San and landed on Xie Xie, who was recovering from his own defeat.
• Gu Yue and the other girls came out of their trials battered, while Na'er reported that she had cleared the ultimate stage.
• Chen Jianshu healed Wu Bingyu and thawed Xu Xiaoyan, and the group identified several of their historical opponents.
• The group discussed their defeats and left the Trial Hall after Na'er interrupted Gu Yue thanking Chen Jianshu.
• The students found Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu in the lounge, where Long Hengxu eagerly called them over.

Eastsea Academy's students received their Spirit Pagoda ratings, and Tang Wulin admitted he needed money to buy treasures for breaking his seal. Chen Jianshu led Tang Wulin and Xie Xie into selling Wu Changkong photo sets, and their unexpected success left them agreeing to continue.

• Long Hengxu handed out the Spirit Pagoda ratings: Tang Wulin received an S, Xu Xiaoyan, Wu Bingyu, and Gu Yue each received two S's, and Chen Jianshu and Na'er each received three.
• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie that he needed money because forging was too slow to earn enough for the treasures he needed.
• Chen Jianshu persuaded Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to sell photo sets of Wu Changkong outside Eastsea Academy, where female students and teachers eagerly bought them.
• Xu Xiaoyu accidentally bought a photo set, prompting male students to celebrate him as a pioneer for admiring Wu Changkong.
• Chen Jianshu, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie sold all the photo sets for 750,000 Federation Coins, then Tang Wulin and Xie Xie agreed to help sell more the next day.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie endured a beating from Wu Changkong so Chen Jianshu could sell footage, while Chen Jianshu later entered the Spirit Ascension Platform and fought his way through its enemies. He teamed up with Gu Yue, revealed that his Mirror Copy Card could duplicate summoned Soul Beasts, and continued deeper into the platform.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie challenged Wu Changkong to a private combat lesson, were badly beaten, and complained to Chen Jianshu afterward.
• Chen Jianshu went to the Spirit Ascension Platform with his class, while Wu Changkong and Long Bing separately entered in disguise and mistook each other for allies.
• Long Bing investigated the Tang Sect base fire, which led the Federation and War God Temple to fine the Tang Sect as the Spirit Pagoda launched competing technology and seized market share.
• Chen Jianshu defeated a group of Soul Masters and several Soul Beasts, then summoned a Diamond Mammoth to kill a Crystal Bear chasing Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue followed Chen Jianshu deeper into the platform, where he used his third Soul Skill, Mirror Copy Card, to create four more Diamond Mammoths for a fight against twenty Flame Demon Lions.

Gu Yue asked Chen Jianshu to support her while she fought a thousand-year dark gold terrorclaw bear, but her elemental attacks could not break its defenses. Chen Jianshu copied her into five mirror Gu Yues, whose coordinated attacks brought down the bear and earned them a Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bone.

• Gu Yue asked Chen Jianshu to boost her so she could test his support abilities in battle.
• Chen Jianshu used his second Soul Skill to double Gu Yue’s attributes before she faced the thousand-year dark gold terrorclaw bear.
• Gu Yue dodged the bear’s attacks and used fire and space abilities, but she was injured and admitted she could not defeat it.
• Chen Jianshu used his third Soul Skill, Mirror Copy Cards, to create five Gu Yues and directed them in a coordinated assault.
• The mirror Gu Yues exploited the bear’s weak point and continued attacking until it dispersed, leaving a thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bone.

Chen Jianshu copied the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s external Soul Bone into a Noble Phantasm card and let Gu Yue use its claws before they entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. After Wu Siduo defeated a five-thousand-year Demon Tiger, Chen Jianshu teased Gu Yue about her fighting, and she agreed to face the next Soul Beast herself.

• Chen Jianshu copied the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s right palm bone into a purple Noble Phantasm Card instead of absorbing it.
• Chen Jianshu projected the Dreadclaw’s power for Gu Yue, who tested the claws on her right hand.
• Chen Jianshu and Gu Yue entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where a five-thousand-year Demon Tiger blocked their path.
• Chen Jianshu used Gu Yue’s mirror clones to attack the Demon Tiger, but their fire attacks barely hurt it.
• Chen Jianshu summoned Wu Siduo with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, and she killed the Demon Tiger by striking its neck and evading its counterattacks.
• After Chen Jianshu teased Gu Yue about her combat ability, she boasted that she would defeat the next Soul Beast, then fell silent when a ten-thousand-year Mighty Baboon appeared.