Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin learned that the Golden Dragon King's essence was sealed inside him and that he had to find three rare ingredients before turning ten to survive. Two days later, a mysterious girl arrived at Eastsea Academy seeking admission to Freshman Class One, but Wu Zhangkong offered her a place in his own class if she could earn his approval.

• Tang Wulin heard the Divine Sense explain the Golden Dragon King's seal and tell him to find a hundred-year Red Flame Fruit, a hundred-year Ice Crystal Fruit, and ten drops of blood from a hundred-year Dragon Bloodline soul beast before he turned ten.
• Tang Wulin discovered his shoulder wound had healed, carried the unconscious Xie Xie back to Eastsea Academy, and encountered Yu Nanyuan there.
• Yu Nanyuan returned to his dormitory, where Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi teased him about the girl he had met, and the four grew closer while chatting.
• Eastsea Academy's new students began preparing for the Promotion Tournament as classes continued.
• A black-haired girl approached Wu Zhangkong during training and asked to enter Freshman Class One; Wu Zhangkong offered to accept her into Freshman Class Five if she gained his approval, and she agreed.

Yu Nanyuan recognized Gu Yue as the mysterious girl he had met by the sea and went to apologize after class, but her unexpected gesture of taking his hand drew everyone’s attention. Gu Yue gave him her name and left, while Wu Zhangkong, Ouyang Zixin, and Mu Xi also witnessed the encounter.

• Yu Nanyuan spotted Gu Yue enduring Wu Zhangkong’s physical training with Freshman Class Five and left class to find her.
• Xie Xie told Tang Wulin that Gu Yue’s strength threatened his chance to represent Class Five in the Promotion Tournament, but Tang Wulin hesitated when food rewards came up.
• Yu Nanyuan arrived on the playground, and Gu Yue walked over and took his hand in front of the watching students.
• Yu Nanyuan apologized for what happened the previous night, and Gu Yue introduced herself before leaving.
• Zhang Yangzi and the others admired Yu Nanyuan, while Wu Zhangkong, Ouyang Zixin, and Mu Xi also noticed the encounter.

Gu Yue reflected on the prophecy of the Douluo Plane’s final Child of the Plane and her need to find him, while Tang Wulin missed a chance to meet Ouyang Zixin by hurrying to dinner. Yu Nanyuan spoke with Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi, who asked whether any first-year students had learned forging, and the chapter ended with Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng realizing they had underestimated him.

• Gu Yue recalled the prophecy that the final Child of the Plane would end the current era and bring the Douluo Plane into a new epoch, and resolved that she needed to find him for the Soul Beasts’ future.
• Tang Wulin took Xie Xie to the dining hall for a free Grade A Meal and missed Ouyang Zixin.
• Yu Nanyuan watched Gu Yue leave and suspected she had come mainly because of him, though he sensed no hostile intent.
• Ouyang Zixin teased Yu Nanyuan about Gu Yue holding his hand, then went with Mu Xi to help her recover from learning that a nine-year-old boy had become a Second-Level Forgemaster before her.
• Mu Xi asked Yu Nanyuan whether any first-year students had learned forging, but he declined to reveal anything about Tang Wulin.
• Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and the others realized they had misjudged Yu Nanyuan and regarded him as the true grandmaster.

As the Promotion Tournament approached, Yu Nanyuan and his classmates prepared to face Freshman Class Five while Xu Xiaoyan arrived at Eastsea Academy to see him. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoyan inviting Yu Nanyuan into her car.

• Gu Yue continued training under Wu Zhangkong, keeping her distance from most classmates while remaining unusually close to Yu Nanyuan.
• Ye Yingluo trained Yu Nanyuan, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng for the Promotion Tournament and planned to field Yu Nanyuan, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi.
• Yu Nanyuan reached Soul Power Level Twenty-Seven, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi each advanced to Level Twenty-Two.
• After class, Xu Xiaoyan called Yu Nanyuan and demanded that he meet her at the academy entrance, surprising the watching students.
• Xu Xiaoyan waited in a Soul Guidance Car with her brother Xu Xiaoyu, then opened the door and told Yu Nanyuan to get in.

Yu Nanyuan told Xu Xiaoyan about his encounters with Gu Yue while taking her and Xu Xiaoyu to Snack Street. There, Yu Nanyuan kicked away a vicious dog that charged at Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Xiaoyu shielded him from the furious owner as they went on.

• Xu Xiaoyan teased Yu Nanyuan about Gu Yue, then learned about his encounters with her during the ride.
• Xu Xiaoyan revealed that her soul power had reached rank twenty, and Xu Xiaoyu arranged for her to join Freshman Class One with Yu Nanyuan.
• Xu Xiaoyan insisted on eating octopus balls, so Xu Xiaoyu took her and Yu Nanyuan to Snack Street.
• A red curly-haired dog belonging to a wealthy woman wrecked vendors' snacks and charged at Xu Xiaoyan.
• Yu Nanyuan kicked the dog away, and Xu Xiaoyu used his Four-Ring Soul Elder pressure to silence the woman before leading the others into Snack Street.

Tang Wulin began preparing to break through the Golden Dragon King's First Layer Seal, while Tang San's Divine Sense thwarted a Soul Beast attempt to take his bloodline. A week later, Xu Xiaoyan joined Freshman Class One, and the Promotion Tournament began.

• Xu Xiaoyu left Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyan to attend Advanced Division coursework and selection training for the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.
• Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyan saw Tang Wulin comforting Xie Xie at a stew shop and left without disturbing them.
• Tang Wulin asked Xie Xie to request leave from Teacher Wu so he could enter Closed-Door Cultivation and attempt to break through the Golden Dragon King's First Layer Seal.
• Tang San's Divine Sense appeared as Old Tang and guided Tang Wulin, then destroyed a Soul Beast clone that tried to seize his bloodline.
• Gu Yue ordered the injured strange young man to postpone the bloodline extraction plan and join Di Tian and the others.
• Xu Xiaoyan entered Freshman Class One as a transfer student and substitute representative, and the Promotion Tournament began a week later.

Freshman Class Five prepared to face Freshman Class One in the Promotion Tournament’s final match after a storm warning moved the battle up. The match began with Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie facing Yu Nanyuan, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi, while Yu and Gu Yue focused on testing their own theories rather than winning.

• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie led Freshman Class Five through decisive Promotion Tournament victories over Classes Four, Three, and Two, and Xie Xie reached the Two-Ring Great Soul Master realm.
• An emergency broadcast warned that a typhoon would suspend classes for a week and moved the Freshman Class One versus Class Five match to that afternoon.
• Ye Yingluo brought Freshman Class One to the sports field, where students and teachers gathered to watch the showdown.
• Wu Zhangkong arrived with Freshman Class Five and ignored Ye Yingluo, who urged Yu Nanyuan to crush their opponents.
• Wu Zhangkong chose Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie, while Ye Yingluo selected Yu Nanyuan, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi; both teams entered the competition stage.

Freshman Class Five faced Freshman Class One in the freshman tournament’s decisive match, but Yu Nanyuan’s extraordinary strength stunned the spectators and Wu Zhangkong. As Yu Nanyuan urged his teammates to attack, Wu Zhangkong was left confronting painful memories and regret.

• Long Hengxu started the match between Freshman Class Five and Freshman Class One, warning both teams not to deliberately injure their opponents.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi charged forward and released their Martial Souls, while the crowd mocked Tang Wulin’s single white Soul Ring.
• Gu Yue and Yu Nanyuan released their Martial Souls, and Yu Nanyuan revealed two Thousand-Year Soul Rings and overwhelming Soul Power that halted Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
• Wu Zhangkong was deeply shaken by Yu Nanyuan’s talent and recalled painful memories, while Ye Yingluo felt unsettled by his reaction.
• Yu Nanyuan smiled at Gu Yue and her teammates and told Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi to go all out and crush them.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie briefly gained the upper hand against Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, but Yu Nanyuan’s spatial chains overwhelmed them before Gu Yue unleashed a devastating Ice and Snow Storm. With the other students leaving the stage, the chapter ended with Yu Nanyuan facing Gu Yue alone.

• Tang Wulin charged Wang Jinxi with his Golden Dragon Claw, overpowering his Bone Dragon Claw and sending him flying while Xie Xie struck Zhang Yangzi with Light Dragon Blade.
• Yu Nanyuan attacked Tang Wulin and Xie Xie with Void Chains, stopping Xie Xie’s Dual Dragon Storm and forcing Tang Wulin to one knee.
• Gu Yue unleashed a massive Ice and Snow Storm that threatened everyone on the stage, and Long Hengxu rescued Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
• Yu Nanyuan told Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi to leave the rest to him, and they jumped off the stage.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue remained on the stage for the final showdown.

Yu Nanyuan stopped Gu Yue’s Ice and Snow Storm with his Void Chains and then used them to bind her. Gu Yue’s unusual reaction to their closeness left the duel unresolved as Yu Nanyuan restrained her.

• Gu Yue unleashed an Ice and Snow Storm that threatened to engulf the Competition Stage, alarming the spectators and prompting Long Hengxu and Wu Zhangkong to prepare to intervene.
• Yu Nanyuan surrounded himself with the Void Chains Body and used its spatial cutting power to withstand Gu Yue’s storm.
• Yu Nanyuan activated Void Dragon Locking Array and bound the formless storm, stopping it completely.
• Gu Yue attacked Yu Nanyuan with fire, ice, and earth elements, but he crossed through her attacks and approached her.
• Gu Yue blushed and teleported away from Yu Nanyuan, who imprisoned the space around her and bound her with his chains.

Yu Nanyuan defeated Gu Yue in the final freshman promotion match, discovering that his Void Chains could suppress her Silver Dragon King Bloodline and had gained new properties. After the academy announced Freshman Class Zero, Yu Nanyuan began cultivating to explore the changes to his martial soul.

• Yu Nanyuan released Gu Yue from the Void Chains, and Gu Yue left the stage after silently sensing the chains' lingering touch.
• Long Hengxu declared Freshman Class Five's defeat, announced Freshman Class Zero, and told Wu Zhangkong he would teach the new class; Wu Zhangkong accepted and requested its student list.
• Yu Nanyuan told his classmates he had gained insight and would enter closed-door cultivation, while Wu Zhangkong suspected his Void Dragon Locking Array could seal martial soul power.
• Yu Nanyuan released his Void Chains in his isolated cultivation room and found golden light enhancing his physique and strength while rainbow light granted perfect affinity with the Seven Great Elements.

Yu Nanyuan gained lasting physical and spiritual benefits after his Void Chains touched Gu Yue and Tang Wulin, then entered Deep Meditation through the typhoon. After the storm, he and seven other students were selected for Freshman Class Zero.

• Yu Nanyuan sensed that the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodline energy had strengthened his body, Spiritual Power, and affinity for the Seven Great Elements.
• Yu Nanyuan entered Deep Meditation and slept through the typhoon, while Eastsea Academy protected its students with Soul Guidance Barriers.
• Xu Xiaoyu brought Xu Xiaoyan home during the storm, and told her that their father had secured her a place in Freshman Class Zero.
• Xu Xiaoyan imagined being left behind by Yu Nanyuan and found motivation to cultivate harder.
• After the typhoon, Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Wei Xiaofeng, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin went to Yu Zhen's Dean's Office as the students temporarily selected for Freshman Class Zero.

Yu Zhen explained why Eastsea Academy created Freshman Class Zero and demanded that its students sign agreements committing to stay through the Intermediate and Advanced Divisions. The group discovered that Yu Nanyuan was Yu Zhen’s grandson, and Wu Zhangkong was told to show the newly formed class their classroom and dormitory.

• Yu Zhen warned the students that their talents required hard work and said Eastsea Academy would devote resources to training Zero Class.
• Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi signed the academy agreement, while Wei Xiaofeng declined and returned to Class One.
• Xie Xie questioned whether they should consult their families, but Yu Zhen told him he could leave Zero Class if he wanted to wait, so Xie Xie signed.
• Wei Xiaofeng left the office, and Zhang Yangzi asked why Yu Nanyuan had signed so quickly.
• Xu Xiaoyan laughed as Yu Nanyuan revealed that Yu Zhen was his grandfather.
• Yu Zhen welcomed the signers as Eastsea Academy’s core elites and sent Wu Zhangkong to show them their new classroom and dormitory.

Wu Zhangkong took Freshman Class Zero through spiritual power tests after the academy gave its students new classrooms and private dormitories. Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue’s exceptional readings left the others stunned as Wu Zhangkong moved on to testing their strength.

• Donghai Academy moved Freshman Class Zero to a secluded classroom and provided private dormitories for the students and Wu Zhangkong.
• Wu Zhangkong began the students’ physical tests with Wang Jinxi’s spiritual power, measured at thirty-six, and told him to focus on improving it.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Xu Xiaoyan recorded spiritual power values of sixty, eighty-two, and ninety-six.
• Tang Wulin’s spiritual power measured one hundred thirty-two, placing him in the Spirit Connection Realm and surprising his classmates.
• Gu Yue’s reading reached three hundred six, while Yu Nanyuan’s reached four hundred eighty-four, close to the Spirit Sea Realm threshold.
• Wu Zhangkong led the students to the next instrument to test their strength.

Wu Zhangkong led the students through strength, reaction, and soul power tests, revealing Tang Wulin’s extraordinary physical power and Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue’s broad superiority. The chapter ended with Wu Zhangkong announcing that the next day’s practical combat class would take place in the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda’s Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi completed the strength test, with Wang Jinxi recording unusually high results for his level.
• Tang Wulin struck with 1,142 kilograms of force in his left fist and 1,356 kilograms in his right, then raised his right-hand result to 2,700 kilograms with golden scales.
• Yu Nanyuan’s Void Chains secretly absorbed Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline aura and fed energy back to Yu Nanyuan.
• Yu Nanyuan recorded 896 and 932 kilograms in the strength test, then placed first in the reaction test and soul power ranking, while Gu Yue consistently placed second.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the tests were over and scheduled the next day’s practical combat class at the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda’s Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Zhang Yangzi and Xie Xie found their rivalry easing after the results, while both wondered which students Wu Zhangkong had meant when he told some not to feel discouraged.

After the Promotion Tournament, the students learned about their upcoming practical combat class at the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and prepared to visit Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda. The next morning, the group arrived at the Pagoda, where they would face the next stage of training.

• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi marveled that Eastsea Academy had provided seven valuable slots for the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, and Xie Xie explained the platform to Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yue quietly left, while Yu Nanyuan noticed her departure and Xu Xiaoyan clung to him, anxious about fighting Soul Beasts alone the next day.
• Yu Nanyuan invited Xu Xiaoyan to his house to show her something, and she went with him as Zhang Yangzi and Xie Xie reacted with surprise.
• The next morning, the students rode Eastsea Academy's Soul Guidance Bus to Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda.

Tang Wulin and the other students entered the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda’s Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, where Yu Nanyuan demonstrated a precise sense of Xu Xiaoyan’s location. Wu Zhangkong noticed a silver pattern on Xu Xiaoyan’s wrist and suspected it was Yu Nanyuan’s Martial Soul Imprint.

• Long Hengxu led Wu Zhangkong and the seven students into the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda and explained that only Soul Masters below four rings could enter the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Xu Xiaoyan chose Yu Nanyuan’s Electric Rod for protection, and the Spirit Pagoda staff explained how to use the distress signal before placing the students in the entry cabinets.
• The seven students entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and appeared in separate locations on the monitoring screen.
• Yu Nanyuan sensed a direction, rushed through the zone, and killed a ten-year Ghost Leopard with his Void Chains.
• Wu Zhangkong noticed a faint silver pattern on Xu Xiaoyan’s wrist and wondered whether it was Yu Nanyuan’s Martial Soul Imprint.

Yu Nanyuan defeated several Soul Beasts while Tang Wulin killed a Hundred-Year Brute Bull in the Spirit Ascension Platform. Xie Xie found Tang Wulin, but a swift purple figure attacked and collapsed him.

• Yu Nanyuan used his Void Chains to kill a Hundred-Year King Kong Tiger without using a soul skill.
• Tang Wulin encountered a Hundred-Year Brute Bull, caught its charge, flipped it, and battered it to death with his Thousand Refined Heavy Silver Hammers.
• The Brute Bull’s death strengthened Tang Wulin’s Soul Spirit, Little Goldlight, while Wu Zhangkong remained dissatisfied with his performance.
• Xie Xie followed the sounds of Tang Wulin’s fight and found him beside the Brute Bull’s corpse.
• A purple figure struck Xie Xie, whose skin turned deep purple before he collapsed.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were eliminated after a Millennium Purple Shadow Lion ambushed them in the Spirit Ascension Platform. As they considered how helpless they had been against its speed, the remaining students continued their trials.

• The Millennium Purple Shadow Lion paralyzed Xie Xie and wounded Tang Wulin, but Tang Wulin used his Golden Dragon King Bloodline Power to regain enough movement to activate both SOS devices.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie awoke in the Metal Room, discussed the lion’s strength, and heard Long Hengxu say they could not be blamed for encountering it.
• Wu Zhangkong watched Tang Wulin with suspicion, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie reflected that they could not have stopped the lion without a powerful Control System Battle Soul Master.
• Gu Yue continued through the forest, easily killing weaker soul beasts with Elemental Control.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi reunited through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and hunted several hundred-year soul beasts, while Yu Nanyuan hurried toward Xu Xiaoyan.

Yu Nanyuan rescued Xu Xiaoyan from a Hundred-Year Man Faced Demon Spider, while Xu Xiaoyan resolved to become less dependent on him. Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi then faced a Flame Demon Lion Pack as Yu Nanyuan’s voice reached them.

• A Hundred-Year Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed Xu Xiaoyan, but Yu Nanyuan arrived and killed it with his Void Chains and Void Piercing.
• Yu Nanyuan comforted Xu Xiaoyan, who gripped her Star Staff and resolved to grow stronger rather than rely on him.
• Xie Xie watched Yu Nanyuan’s effortless victory and questioned the gap between their abilities, while Tang Wulin stayed focused on his own progress.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted Silver Chains in the distance and hoped to regroup with Yu Nanyuan, but Wang Jinxi warned him that a Flame Demon Lion Pack had surrounded them.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi prepared to use their SOS Signal Device as a familiar voice told Zhang Yangzi to maximize Darkness Canopy.