Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Yu Nanyuan, and Xu Xiaoyan defeated a pack of Flame Demon Lions through coordinated control skills and the Dark Eagle Dragon fusion skill. Afterward, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi began meditating to absorb the Spiritual Energy while Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyan kept watch.

• Zhang Yangzi used Darkness Canopy to blind the Flame Demon Lions, and Xu Xiaoyan followed with Starlight Feedback to throw them into chaos.
• Yu Nanyuan pierced and restrained the lions with Silver Chains while Xu Xiaoyan bound the Flame Lion King with Star Wheel Chains and the Void Dragon Locking Array.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi performed the Dark Eagle Dragon Martial Soul Fusion Skill and killed the restrained Flame Lion King.
• Darkness Canopy dispersed, revealing that all the Flame Demon Lions had been killed, and the exhausted Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi collapsed as the group regrouped.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi began Meditation Cultivation to absorb the pack's Spiritual Energy while Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyan kept watch.

Yu Nanyuan and his classmates impressed Eastsea Academy and the Spirit Transfer Pagoda by defeating a Flame Demon Lion Pack, while Gu Yue faced a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. As the others evacuated, Gu Yue joined Yu Nanyuan and their powers formed a Void Contract.

• Wu Zhangkong and Long Hengxu watched Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi defeat the Flame Demon Lion Pack, impressing the Spirit Transfer Pagoda staff member.
• The Spirit Transfer Pagoda staff member asked whether the Class Zero students would join the Pagoda, while Xie Xie doubted his own strength.
• Gu Yue encountered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and evaded its attack with Instant Movement, refusing to press her Signal Distress Beacon.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear reached Yu Nanyuan's group, and Yu Nanyuan teleported Xu Xiaoyan out before telling Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi to evacuate as well.
• Gu Yue appeared beside Yu Nanyuan and took his hand, causing Void Chains and seven fused elemental powers to manifest as the Void Contract.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue used their combined powers to defeat a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and Yu Nanyuan gained its right palm bone. Afterward, he recognized that their cooperation came from a Void Contract, while Gu Yue seemed strangely flustered.

• Wu Zhangkong and Long Hengxu recognized Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue's combined use of Void Chains and seven elements as a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Xiaoyan felt distressed watching Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue, while Zhang Yangzi awkwardly tried to comfort her.
• Yu Nanyuan used the Void Dragon Locking Array to restrain the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as the Silver Wing Void Piercing Snake attacked it.
• The Silver Wing Void Piercing Snake annihilated the bear with an Absolute Vacuum Domain, and Yu Nanyuan absorbed its Hundred-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone.
• Yu Nanyuan realized a Void Contract had let him draw on Gu Yue's power, then noticed her staring at her lower abdomen with a flushed face.

After the Spirit Ascension Platform battle, Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue left the platform separately, and Wu Zhangkong reviewed the students’ performances back at the academy. Yu Nanyuan then revealed his Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Bone to Yu Zhen, who promised to handle the matter.

• Gu Yue pressed her distress beacon after Yu Nanyuan sensed where his Martial Soul Imprint had been branded, and Yu Nanyuan followed her out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wu Zhangkong led Freshman Class Zero back to the academy, where he reviewed the students’ impressions and warned Tang Wulin about being swayed by emotion and Xu Xiaoyan about relying on Yu Nanyuan.
• Yu Zhen called Yu Nanyuan to his office and advised him to maintain his partnership with Gu Yue for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Nanyuan showed Yu Zhen the Dark Gold Terrorclaw on his right hand and explained that he had absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Bone.
• Yu Zhen asked Yu Nanyuan to recount what happened and whether anyone had witnessed it, then promised to resolve the matter.

Yu Nanyuan’s Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear External Soul Bone caused trouble for the Eastsea Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, but Yu Zhen and Leng Yaozhu arranged a replacement to settle the matter. As the semester neared its end, Freshman Class Zero grew closer and improved, while Leng Yaozhu took an interest in Gu Yue.

• Yu Zhen contacted an unknown number to resolve the danger tied to Yu Nanyuan’s External Soul Bone, while Wu Zhangkong began intensive combat training for Freshman Class Zero.
• Yu Nanyuan’s cultivation rose to level twenty-eight after absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone and completing his Void Contract with Gu Yue.
• Leng Yaozhu told Ji Hongyu not to pursue the lost spirit bone and arranged for a Titan Giant Ape Right Arm Spirit Bone to stabilize the primary Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Leng Yaozhu watched recordings of Gu Yue controlling seven elemental attributes and decided to approach her, while Gu Yue later began visiting the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda on public holidays.
• As the semester neared its end, Yu Nanyuan reached level twenty-nine, Gu Yue reached the peak of level twenty-four, Xu Xiaoyan reached level twenty-three, and Xie Xie and Tang Wulin remained at levels twenty-two and one, respectively.

Tang Wulin struggled with his feelings for Ouyang Zixin as Freshman Class Zero finished the semester and learned the conditions for its Final Exam. The class prepared to enter the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform as a team, where it had to survive for three hours.

• Zhang Yangzi and Xie Xie teased Tang Wulin about his fondness for Ouyang Zixin, then learned she had spent the previous night discussing Mecha Design with Yu Nanyuan.
• Tang Wulin realized Ouyang Zixin might simply be kind by nature, and he became distracted during class.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the Final Exam’s first subject was entering the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, where Soul Beasts and other Soul Masters threatened the students’ Spiritual Energy.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that the seven students could enter as a team and would pass if they survived for three hours.
• Wu Zhangkong forbade Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill unless they encountered a Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape.

On the eve of entering the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, Class Zero prepared for the dangerous expedition and spent the night cultivating. The next morning, Yu Nanyuan led the seven students into the platform and organized their formation as they appeared together in a vast forest.

• Tang Wulin asked Yu Nanyuan whether he had chosen Mecha Design as his Sub-Profession, and Yu Nanyuan revealed that his family knew Sister Zixin’s family.
• Xu Xiaoyan playfully slipped her cold hands under Yu Nanyuan’s clothes, while Tang Wulin felt unexpectedly relieved and Gu Yue soon left for meditation.
• Yu Nanyuan cultivated through the night, maintaining his rapid Soul Power growth with Spiritual Power that had reached the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Wu Zhangkong brought Class Zero to the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda and sent the seven students into the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Yu Nanyuan assigned roles and led the group into formation, while Gu Yue used Wind Element control to lighten them and Zhang Yangzi sent Little Black Eagle to scout.

Zero Class hunted an eight-hundred-year Scaled Armor Beast in the Spirit Ascension Platform and then spotted Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin among a team struggling against a powerful Earth King. The chapter left Yu Nanyuan's group approaching the battle.

• Tang Wulin sensed a threat ahead, and Zhang Yangzi identified an eight-hundred-year Scaled Armor Beast.
• Yu Nanyuan chose to hunt the beast, and Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie worked together to kill it in under ten seconds.
• Yu Nanyuan told Zhang Yangzi to scout, and Little Black spotted Soul Masters fighting a Fire Attribute Soul Beast.
• Yu Nanyuan led the group closer, where they saw Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin among four Soul Masters being driven back by a two-thousand-year Earth King.

Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin’s team fought a two-thousand-year Earth King but were overwhelmed by its power and caught in its strongest soul skill. Yu Nanyuan arrived in time to save them, killing the Earth King with a slash that severed space, while Tang Wulin watched helplessly.

• Mu Xi’s team struggled to damage the Earth King as its attacks exhausted Mu Xi and drove Ouyang Zixin back.
• Mu Xi hesitated to retreat, and the Earth King trapped all four students in the shock wave of Magma Earth Shattering Strike.
• Tang Wulin saw Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin in danger but could not reach them with his abilities.
• Yu Nanyuan used Spiritual Power Projection to teleport in front of Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin.
• Yu Nanyuan fused the Dark Gold Terror Claw Skill and the Power of Spatial Cutting through the Void Chain Wedge, splitting the Earth King in two.

Yu Nanyuan saved Mu Xi, Ouyang Zixin, He Junming, and Ji Yongkang from two thousand-year Earth Kings, then helped them recover before their group parted ways with Class Zero. The six members of Freshman Class Zero went on to complete Wu Zhangkong’s three-hour survival goal, with Xu Xiaoyan and Wang Jinxi nearing their limits from absorbing Spiritual Energy.

• Yu Nanyuan used Severing the Sky to kill two thousand-year Earth Kings and protect Mu Xi, Ouyang Zixin, He Junming, and Ji Yongkang.
• Ouyang Zixin embraced Yu Nanyuan, while Tang Wulin arrived and felt hurt by the closeness between Yu Nanyuan, Ouyang Zixin, and Mu Xi.
• Yu Nanyuan told Mu Xi and the others to recover as Class Zero kept watch and hunted more Soul Beasts.
• He Junming and Ji Yongkang recovered and joined Class Zero, whose members benefited from Ji Yongkang’s support ability.
• After Mu Xi insisted that the groups separate, Yu Nanyuan and the other six completed their three-hour goal, with Xu Xiaoyan and Wang Jinxi nearly at their Spiritual Energy limits.

The Class Zero students reached their limits in the Spirit Ascension Platform, leaving Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin to face a Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape. Tang Wulin was crushed by its attack, and Yu Nanyuan wounded it with his gold-silver edge before the battle continued.

• Xu Xiaoyan killed a Thousand-Year Nether Python, and the group absorbed the Spiritual Energy it left behind.
• Wang Jinxi, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie left the Spirit Ascension Platform as they reached their limits, leaving Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin behind.
• A Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape appeared and crushed Tang Wulin with a devastating strike.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Gu Yue, but Yu Nanyuan struck its back with the gold-silver edge formed from his Void Chain and Dark Gold Terror Claw Right Palm Bone.
• Yu Nanyuan escaped the Titan Giant Ape's Gravity Control Domain and reappeared beside Gu Yue.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue fought the Titan Giant Ape together, showcasing their growing strength and coordination. As the beast unleashed its devastating Titan Sky Cannon, they escaped the Spirit Ascension Platform with their SOS devices.

• Yu Nanyuan wounded the Titan Giant Ape while Gu Yue attacked with elemental skills, and her Soul Rings evolved to the Thousand-Year level after absorbing Spiritual Energy left by Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin watched the battle from outside the Spirit Ascension Platform and regretted that his Soul Spirit had not evolved, while Wu Zhangkong and the others followed the fight on the Soul Guidance Screen.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue continued their coordinated assault, but their attacks failed to inflict substantial damage on the Titan Giant Ape.
• The Titan Giant Ape used Earth Force and expanded its Gravity Control Domain, trapping Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue within range and preventing their Instant Movement.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue activated their SOS Signal Devices just before the Titan Giant Ape fired its Titan Sky Cannon, escaping as the blast devastated the battlefield.

Yu Nanyuan and the others completed the first part of their Final Exam, while Wu Zhangkong questioned Yu Nanyuan’s decision to leave Tang Wulin behind during their Spirit Ascension Platform battle. Tang Wulin asked to use his remaining entry to the Riot Period platform, but Wu Zhangkong recommended saving it to exchange for Intermediate platform entries.

• Yu Nanyuan reflected on his battle with the Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape and decided to plan ahead for a Second Soul Spirit.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the group had passed the first part of the Final Exam and had three days before the second subject; he exempted Gu Yue because she had joined the Spirit Pagoda.
• Wu Zhangkong told Yu Nanyuan that leaving Tang Wulin behind showed he did not trust his teammates, and Yu Nanyuan defended his choice as a realistic assessment of people's abilities.
• Tang Wulin asked Wu Zhangkong whether he could use his remaining Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform entry, but Wu Zhangkong advised him to exchange it for two Intermediate entries and promised to accompany him.

Yu Nanyuan learned that his grandfather wanted him to visit the Earth Dragon Sect’s ancestral ground in Dragon City during vacation. Three days later, Wu Zhangkong led the students to a technology park for the second part of their Final Exam, where a voice greeted him as “Donghai Little Zhangkong.”

• On the bus back to Eastsea Academy, Wu Zhangkong reflected on his disagreement with Yu Nanyuan about cultivation, while Xu Xiaoyan teased Yu Nanyuan.
• Yu Nanyuan returned to meditation cultivation and stabilized his condition after his Soul Rings’ Year Limits increased during the Spirit Ascension Platform trip.
• Yu Zhen told Yu Nanyuan to visit the Earth Dragon Sect’s ancestral ground in Dragon City, explaining that the Rouge Dragon Crystal could grant him entry and that the place could help him break through to level thirty.
• Three days later, Wu Zhangkong led the students to Donghai Soul Guidance Technology Park for the second part of their Final Exam, prompting Xie Xie and the others to wonder if they would encounter mechas.
• At a small dark-blue building, Wu Zhangkong pressed his hand to the entrance, and a voice called him “Donghai Little Zhangkong”; Wu Zhangkong coldly told it to open the door.

Yu Nanyuan and the others entered the Hero Hall for the second assessment of their final exam, where Yu Nanyuan faced a projection of Huo Yuhao. Yu Nanyuan defeated him and passed the ultimate assessment.

• Wu Zhangkong had the six students wear Metal Bracelets to confirm their identities before sending them into the assessment space.
• The Hero Hall began a medium-difficulty test and transported the six students away, while Yu Nanyuan arrived in a separate arena.
• Yu Nanyuan recognized his opponent as Huo Yuhao and attacked with his Void Chains and Void Chain Wedge.
• Yu Nanyuan overpowered Huo Yuhao's ice defenses and withstood his Soul Shock without serious harm.
• Yu Nanyuan struck Huo Yuhao down, and the Hero Hall announced that he had passed the ultimate assessment.

After Zero Class defeated the Hero Hall's historical Shrek Seven Monsters, Wu Zhangkong explained that passing the assessment allowed them to join the Tang Sect and train in the Hero Hall. Tang Wulin chose to join, but Yu Nanyuan and most of the others declined or delayed their decisions, leaving Tang Wulin feeling separated from his classmates as Wu Zhangkong urged him to close the gap in talent.

• Yu Nanyuan returned from his fight and identified his opponent as Huo Yuhao at level twenty-nine, while the others realized they had fought historical Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin learned the identities of their opponents from Wu Zhangkong.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that the Hero Hall assessment was an opportunity to join the Tang Sect and train through combat against historical figures.
• Tang Wulin chose to join the Tang Sect, while Yu Nanyuan refused to join an organization and Xu Xiaoyan said she would not join either.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi cited their clans as a reason to decline, while Xie Xie decided to ask his family before choosing.
• After the others left, Tang Wulin felt a barrier between himself and his classmates, and Wu Zhangkong told him to work hard to keep up with their talents.

After the group returned to Eastsea Academy, Xie Xie invited his friends to a holiday dinner, and Yu Nanyuan persuaded Gu Yue to join them. Their meal at Uncle Li's Stewed Beef shop was interrupted by a frivolous stranger.

• On the Soul Guidance Bus, Xie Xie said he needed to discuss joining the Tang Sect with his family and invited everyone to a casual dinner before the holiday.
• Yu Nanyuan called Gu Yue and told her the group was going to Dongcheng Snack Street, while Xie Xie invited Tang Wulin separately.
• Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xie Xie arrived at the snack street and found Gu Yue waiting for them.
• Tang Wulin joined the group, and everyone went to Uncle Li's Stewed Beef shop to eat and talk.
• As Gu Yue and Yu Nanyuan exchanged glances across the table, a frivolous voice interrupted them and addressed Old Li.

Yu Nanyuan and the others stood up to protect Uncle Li when Guang Long threatened to smash his shop over unpaid protection money. After Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi defeated Guang Long’s two subordinates, Guang Long recognized the group and backed down, leaving Uncle Li’s shop safe.

• Guang Long arrived at Uncle Li’s shop and threatened to smash it unless Uncle Li paid protection money.
• Xie Xie supported Uncle Li while Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi stepped forward to confront Guang Long’s men.
• Tang Wulin sent the Lone Wolf soul master flying with a punch, and Wang Jinxi struck the Dagger Tool Soul Master with a dark palm.
• Guang Long recognized Yu Nanyuan and the others from the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform and ordered his subordinates to stop.
• Guang Long apologized to Uncle Li, waived his protection fees, and left with his subordinates.

After helping Uncle Li, Yu Nanyuan told his friends he would travel to Dragon City for Closed-Door Cultivation during the holiday. On the train north, he met a mysterious old man and girl whose Poison Attribute Martial Soul seemed to make the carriage’s flowers wither.

• Uncle Li thanked Yu Nanyuan and the others for protecting him from Guang Long, and Xie Xie said goodbye to him warmly.
• As the group walked through Eastsea City’s first winter snow, Yu Nanyuan said he planned to leave for Dragon City during the holiday.
• Wang Jinxi explained that Dragon City lay near the Extreme North Land and had a Spirit Ascension Platform that simulated its environment.
• The friends parted, and the next morning Yu Nanyuan boarded a VIP train bound for Dragon City after Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi left for Linghai City.
• At Heaven Dou City, a green-eyed girl and an old man entered Yu Nanyuan’s carriage, and he noticed the flowers withering around them and identified a Poison Attribute Martial Soul.

Yu Nanyuan met Azure Serpent Zheng Yiran while traveling north by Soul Guidance Train, then arrived in Dragon City and was greeted by Night Uncle. Night Uncle brought him to a large estate, where Yu Nanyuan remained silent as memories stirred.

• Zheng Yiran's Hundred-Year Soul Spirit appeared, allowing Yu Nanyuan to recognize her as a Young Talent List soul master.
• Zheng Yiran and her grandfather got off at Northern Spirit City after she introduced herself to Yu Nanyuan.
• Yu Nanyuan continued by train to Dragon City, whose industrial district processed resources from the Extreme North Land.
• Night Uncle met Yu Nanyuan at Dragon City Soul Guidance Station and introduced himself as someone the young man's mother had called Night Uncle.
• Night Uncle drove Yu Nanyuan through Dragon City's streets to a large estate and led him to its rear courtyard.