Chapter Summaries

Wu Zhangkong trained Long Yuan and the others in mecha theory and combat, then brought them to the Spirit Pagoda to cultivate in the Spirit Ascension Platform. Long Yuan entered a simulated forest and encountered a Unicorn Dragon chasing Xie Xie.

• Wu Zhangkong introduced mechas and Battle Armor, and Long Yuan and Tang Wulin chose forging as their secondary profession.
• Wu Zhangkong trained the six students for two months, while Long Yuan and Tang Wulin studied under Mang Tian and Mu Chen.
• Wu Zhangkong brought the students to the Spirit Pagoda and explained the rules and dangers of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Long Yuan entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, found himself in a forest resembling the Star Dou Great Forest, and explored while staying alert.
• A hundred-year Unicorn Dragon charged toward Long Yuan, and Xie Xie appeared nearby, fleeing from it.

Long Yuan killed Xie Xie's pursuing Unicorn Dragon and absorbed its spiritual energy, then joined Gu Yue and Xie Xie to face a powerful Crystal Bear. The chapter left the three fighting the bear after Long Yuan cracked its head with his Thousand-Tempered Silver Hammer.

• Long Yuan rescued Xie Xie from the Unicorn Dragon, killed it with his Golden Dragon Claw, and absorbed its remaining energy.
• Xie Xie praised Long Yuan, while observers in the monitoring room watched him drain the Unicorn Dragon's spiritual energy.
• Gu Yue fled from a Crystal Bear and stumbled into Long Yuan's arms before he shielded her from it.
• Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie formed a battle formation against the Thousand-Year Crystal Bear.
• Long Yuan used Ice Element Control to rise above the Crystal Bear and struck its head with his Thousand-Tempered Silver Hammer, cracking its skull and knocking it down.

Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie hunted Soul Beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform until a powerful beast forced them to use their rescue devices. After returning to the real world, Long Yuan discovered that his Water Dragon had evolved to the Thousand-Year Level and his Soul Power had reached rank twenty-two.

• Long Yuan froze the thousand-year Crystal Bear, crushed its neck with his Golden Dragon Claw, then absorbed its energy with the Water Dragon after Gu Yue and Xie Xie declined to take it.
• Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie hunted around thirty Soul Beasts together and divided the absorbed energy among their soul spirits.
• The trio encountered a stronger Thousand-Year Level Soul Beast that Long Yuan could not defeat, so they activated their Rescue Signal Device and left the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Spirit Pagoda staff praised the three children's performance, and Wu Zhangkong led them back to Eastsea Academy.
• Long Yuan meditated and found that his Water Dragon had evolved to the Thousand-Year Level and his Soul Power had risen to rank twenty-two, while he and the others suffered nightmares about their experiences.

Class Zero prepared for its final exam in the riot-period Spirit Ascension Platform, where the six students had to survive for an hour while facing Soul Beasts and rival teams. After Mu Chen gave Long Yuan and Tang Wulin extra entry cards, the group entered together, and Long Yuan led them toward a hundred-year Iron Arm Ape.

• Tang Wulin passed the Third-Level Forging Master assessment, while the students continued cultivating and entering the Spirit Ascension Platform each week.
• Wu Zhangkong explained the dangers and rules of the riot-period Spirit Ascension Platform and gave Class Zero three days to rest before their exam.
• Gu Yue chose to meditate, Long Yuan and Tang Wulin went to learn forging, and Xie Xie decided to cultivate instead of going out.
• Mu Chen gave Long Yuan and Tang Wulin invitation cards for another entry into the Spirit Ascension Platform during the riot period.
• Wu Zhangkong led the six students into the platform, where Long Yuan organized them into formation and directed them toward a hundred-year Iron Arm Ape.
• Long Yuan identified the ape's Intimidation ability, confirmed there were no immediate threats nearby, and led the group in surrounding it.

Long Yuan and his companions killed a hundred-year Iron Arm Ape, and Xie Xie absorbed its spiritual energy. They encountered Mu Xi’s team, exchanged brief greetings, and then rested among boulders while continuing their graduation assessment.

• Long Yuan froze the Iron Arm Ape while Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi attacked it from several directions.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin targeted the Iron Arm Ape’s weak point, and the group defeated it; Xie Xie absorbed its spiritual energy.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted three approaching people, and the group hid before recognizing Mu Xi and her companions.
• Mu Xi greeted Tang Wulin and Long Yuan, then led her team away without accepting Zhang Yangzi’s invitation to travel together.
• Long Yuan suggested that the group rest among nearby boulders while they waited out the hour required for their graduation assessment.

Long Yuan led the group through the Spirit Ascension Platform during the Riot Period, where they fought increasingly dangerous Soul Beasts. After a Man Faced Demon Spider killed Zhang Yangzi’s Soul Spirit, the team worked together to defeat it and continued toward passing the Final Exam.

• Long Yuan kept the group moving in formation as they fought successive Soul Beasts and shared the spiritual energy they earned.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed the group, killed Zhang Yangzi’s Soul Spirit Xiao Hei, and forced Long Yuan to shield everyone inside an ice dome.
• Long Yuan opened an escape route, and Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Zhang Yangzi attacked the spider while avoiding its poisonous venom.
• Tang Wulin bound the Man Faced Demon Spider with Blue Silver Emperor Vines, allowing Long Yuan and Gu Yue to engulf it in flames and burn it to ash.
• The group absorbed the spider’s spiritual energy together and recognized that teamwork had made the victory possible.

After completing the Final Exam, Long Yuan’s group set out to hunt more Soul Beasts and strengthen themselves. They encountered the Ice Staff Siblings, who demanded their Spirit Energy Halo, and Gu Yue battled the older sibling as Long Yuan watched.

• The Spirit Pagoda staff praised Long Yuan’s team, but Wu Zhangkong said their goal was Shrek Academy.
• Long Yuan told the group they had completed the Final Exam and warned them not to absorb more spiritual energy than their Spiritual Power could handle.
• The group encountered a Hundred-Year Six-Armed Fire Serpent, which an arrogant three-ring youth killed with ice wheels before absorbing its spiritual energy.
• The Ice Staff Youth demanded that Long Yuan’s group leave the Spirit Ascension Platform and surrender their Spirit Energy Halo.
• Gu Yue countered the Ice Staff Youth’s attack, revealed that she had advanced to Soul Grandmaster, and unleashed elemental attacks against him and the little girl.
• The Ice Staff Youth blocked Gu Yue’s attacks with a blue barrier, formed an Ice Spear, and warned her to stop and hand over the Spirit Energy Halo.

Long Yuan’s group defeated the Ice Staff Youth, drained his Spirit Energy Halo, and continued through the Spirit Ascension Platform. They fled a pack of Flame Demon Lions, but Long Yuan stayed because he hoped to gain power from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

• Gu Yue attacked the Ice Staff Youth with a four-element strike, but Long Yuan pulled him clear with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Long Yuan broke the Ice Staff Youth’s arms to prevent him from escaping, and his group drained his Spirit Energy Halo before sending him out.
• Xie Xie and the others celebrated their gains and continued deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted at least thirty Flame Demon Lions, and Long Yuan led the group in the opposite direction while warning them to use their Rescue Signal Devices if necessary.
• The group chose to keep fighting, while Long Yuan planned to face the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and try to gain its power.

Long Yuan and the others fled the Flame Demon Lions, using their abilities and Rescue Signal Devices to buy time. After a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear appeared, Xie Xie escaped its attack, but Tang Wulin landed directly in front of it.

• Gu Yue used wind elements to help the group run, and Long Yuan decided to keep going despite the approaching Flame Demon Lions.
• Wang Jinxi pressed his Rescue Signal Device when a lion lunged at him, while Long Yuan carried an exhausted Gu Yue onto the Mystic Frost Giant Dragon and flew away.
• Zhang Yangzi lured flying Soul Beasts toward the Flame Demon Lions with a stolen egg, then used his Rescue Signal Device to escape.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yue used ice, fire, and earth elements to slow the lions as the flying Soul Beasts plunged into the forest and disrupted the chase.
• A Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blocked Xie Xie's path, and he escaped by pressing his Rescue Signal Device; Tang Wulin then landed in front of the bear.

Tang Wulin, Long Yuan, and Gu Yue encountered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Long Yuan and Gu Yue barely escaped after fighting it. Back in reality, they were unharmed, though Long Yuan remained shaken by the bear’s strength.

• Tang Wulin failed to save Long Yuan and Gu Yue from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s attack and used his Rescue Signal Device after losing an arm.
• Long Yuan grabbed Gu Yue and fled from the approaching bear, then used the Mystic Frost Giant Dragon and Gu Yue’s elemental power to escape its first attack.
• When the bear caught up, Long Yuan protected Gu Yue while she attacked with four elements, and Long Yuan’s Golden Dragon Claw knocked the bear’s claw aside.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yue pressed their Rescue Signal Devices and escaped as the bear destroyed the spot where they had stood.
• Wu Zhangkong scolded Long Yuan and Gu Yue after they woke up, while Tang Wulin and the others praised Long Yuan for resisting the bear.

After the Spirit Ascension Platform, Wu Zhangkong confirmed Long Yuan's Thousand-Year Soul Spirit and planned to assess his abilities. Gu Yue invited Long Yuan to test whether their martial souls could fuse, and they discovered they had exceptional compatibility, though they were not yet strong enough to use the skill fully.

• Wu Zhangkong told the students they had passed the first subject of their Final Exam and advised them to flee if they encountered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Wu Zhangkong met Long Yuan alone, confirmed that his Soul Spirit had reached the Thousand-Year Level, and asked him to undergo tests for a training plan.
• Gu Yue invited Long Yuan to walk with her and proposed that they try to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yue pressed their palms together and circulated their Soul Power, causing their auras to strengthen and their silver and gold colors to begin merging.
• Gu Yue called for them to stop, and they agreed to try the Martial Soul Fusion Skill again when they were stronger.

Long Yuan refined the Golden Dragon King bloodline, evolving his Martial Soul and raising his Soul Power after his Spirit Ascension Platform gains. Xu Xiaoyu vowed to retaliate against the students who ruined his trip, while Wu Zhangkong began a six-on-one combat exercise with Long Yuan and his classmates.

• Long Yuan cultivated through the night, drawing out the Golden Dragon King bloodline and refining it into his body and Martial Soul.
• Long Yuan's White Dragon Martial Soul evolved into a yellow dragon, his Soul Power rose from Level 23 to Level 24, and his Soul Spirit reached the Thousand-Year Level.
• Xu Xiaoyu blamed the students who had taken his Spirit Energy Halos and vowed to make them pay, while Xu Xiaoyan worried they would be her upperclassmen at Eastsea Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong led Long Yuan and the others to the Trial Hall and challenged all six to attack him together while he suppressed his Soul Power.
• Long Yuan arranged the group in a V-shaped formation, assigned their roles, and led them in a coordinated assault on Wu Zhangkong.

Long Yuan’s Yellow Dragon Martial Soul helped Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leading them to plan to cultivate together. The chapter left them optimistic that Long Yuan’s influence would benefit their cultivation without causing Wang Jinxi’s Martial Soul to mutate.

• Wu Zhangkong fought Long Yuan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi, then praised their improvement after defeating them.
• Long Yuan asked Wang Jinxi whether anything had changed in his Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wang Jinxi said it had become easier and faster.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi tried their fusion again without Long Yuan’s Martial Soul released and found it slower than before.
• Long Yuan released his Yellow Dragon Martial Soul, and Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi’s next fusion was faster.
• Long Yuan explained that his dragon-type Martial Soul likely influenced Wang Jinxi’s, and Wang Jinxi eagerly agreed to cultivate with him.

Wu Zhangkong explained that Long Yuan's Martial Soul had evolved into the Yellow Dragon, astonishing his classmates before dismissing them ahead of the next Final Exam. Later, Long Yuan met Ouyang Zixin at the cafeteria and went with her for barbecue, where a mistaken assumption that they were dating left her embarrassed.

• Wu Zhangkong told the students that Long Yuan's Martial Soul had evolved from the White Dragon into the Yellow Dragon and urged them to keep working hard.
• Tang Wulin wondered whether his Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls meant he was related to Sea God Tang San.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the day's training and reminded the students not to cause trouble before the second part of the Final Exam.
• Long Yuan meditated until night, then met Ouyang Zixin in the cafeteria and agreed to go with her for barbecue.
• Long Yuan ordered a large feast at a stall outside Eastsea Academy, and Ouyang Zixin offered to treat him.
• The stall owner mistook Ouyang Zixin for Long Yuan's girlfriend, and she blushed when Long Yuan did not correct him.

Long Yuan ate barbecue with Ouyang Zixin and tried to avoid Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan, whom he had fought in the Spirit Ascension Platform. After Xu Xiaoyan recognized him as the person who broke her brother’s hands, Long Yuan was left facing a confrontation.

• Long Yuan and Ouyang Zixin shared a large barbecue meal, and she teased him about his enormous appetite.
• Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan arrived, and Long Yuan hid his face with his hair while trying to avoid being recognized.
• Long Yuan quietly served Xu Xiaoyan food, and she thanked him while enjoying the barbecue.
• Ouyang Zixin told Xu Xiaoyu that Long Yuan was a Class Zero student, and Xu Xiaoyu mentioned that Xu Xiaoyan might transfer into the class.
• Long Yuan paid for the meal and tried to leave, but Xu Xiaoyan suddenly recognized him.

Long Yuan avoided a confrontation when Xu Xiaoyan and Xu Xiaoyu recognized him from the Spirit Ascension Platform, while Ouyang Zixin remained puzzled about their history. He returned to his dorm to cultivate ahead of the next portion of the final exam, knowing Xu Xiaoyan would soon join Class Zero.

• Xu Xiaoyan stopped Long Yuan, and Xu Xiaoyu recognized him as the student who had broken both his hands in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Xu Xiaoyu hid their history from Ouyang Zixin and left with Xu Xiaoyan, while Long Yuan made a face at Xu Xiaoyan and walked away.
• Ouyang Zixin caught up with Long Yuan, asked about his conflict with the Xu siblings, and accepted his refusal to explain.
• Long Yuan awkwardly suggested going to his dorm, then parted from Ouyang Zixin and returned to his own dormitory.
• Long Yuan meditated and refined his Golden Dragon King Bloodline to prepare for the second portion of the final exam.

Wu Zhangkong took Long Yuan and the other students to the East Sea Soul Guidance Technology Park for the second part of their final exam. Long Yuan entered the Hall of Heroes alone and began an intermediate trial, where he countered a light-formed girl’s attacks and seized her fist.

• Wu Zhangkong led the six students to the technology park and used spatial technology to bring them to the testing area.
• Wu Zhangkong started the medium-difficulty test without giving the students time to prepare, and blue beams transported them into the Hall of Heroes.
• Long Yuan landed alone and learned that his first trial required him to endure for thirty seconds against a light-formed girl.
• The girl used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and a three-legged cauldron to attack Long Yuan, who dodged while studying her movements.
• Long Yuan grabbed the girl’s fist and pulled her into his embrace, leaving her unable to fight.

Long Yuan passed the Hall of Heroes assessment against increasingly powerful simulations of Xiao Xiao, reaching the Ultimate Level before failing its second round. Wu Zhangkong explained that the Hall of Heroes could serve as their next combat-training ground and that passing the assessment gave them the option to join and earn merits.

• Long Yuan defeated the simulated Xiao Xiao by soaking and freezing her, then striking her ice-covered form with flames, and passed the second stage.
• Long Yuan fought a more mature Xiao Xiao at Soul Elder strength, endured her cauldron attacks, and learned part of her footwork while retreating.
• Long Yuan emerged after barely passing the first round of the Ultimate Level, while Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi had cleared only two levels and Gu Yue had passed two Advanced rounds.
• Wu Zhangkong gathered the students in his office and explained that the Hall of Heroes simulated real historical Soul Masters at around seventy percent of their true strength.
• Wu Zhangkong told the students that the Hall of Heroes could provide practical training after they neared their Spirit Ascension Platform absorption limits, and that passing the assessment allowed them to join and accumulate merits.

Wu Zhangkong introduced the students to the Tang Sect and invited them to join after explaining the Hall of Heroes trial. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie accepted, while Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Gu Yue declined; Long Yuan also refused, leaving Wu Zhangkong to make separate arrangements for the group.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that the Hall of Heroes was a Tang Sect trial system where the students had fought legendary members of the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Tang Wulin joined the Tang Sect, and Xie Xie decided to join as well despite Wu Zhangkong advising him to consult his family.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi declined because they disliked Tang Sect Hidden Weapons.
• Gu Yue refused the Tang Sect and revealed that she had already decided to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Long Yuan about joining, and Long Yuan said he wanted to remain independent and was not interested in the Tang Sect.

Wu Zhangkong tried to persuade Long Yuan to join the Tang Sect, but Long Yuan refused, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie chose to join. During the holiday, Wu Zhangkong took Tang Wulin to Heaven Dou City, and Long Yuan returned to Aolai City to visit Lin Ximeng.

• Wu Zhangkong warned Long Yuan that joining the Tang Sect or Spirit Pagoda would bind him to that organization, but Long Yuan said he had no plans to join either.
• Tang Wulin urged Long Yuan to join the Tang Sect, but Long Yuan refused, and Xie Xie later declared that he wanted to join.
• Wu Zhangkong waited until noon for Long Yuan, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi to sign up, then learned they had already left.
• Wu Zhangkong invited Tang Wulin to travel with him during the holiday, and Tang Wulin agreed.
• On the journey to Heaven Dou City, Wu Zhangkong gave Tang Wulin the Mysterious Heaven Skill and explained the Tang Sect's rules.
• Long Yuan boarded a Soul Tool Bus back to Aolai City to spend time with his adoptive mother, Lin Ximeng.