Chapter Summaries

Fors and Wu Changkong fought in the arena, and Fors used Nan Fusheng’s help to unleash a powerful new technique that sent Wu Changkong crashing into the barrier. The fight ended with everyone rushing to check on Changkong.

• Wu Changkong activated his Sixth Soul Skill, Frost Condensation, and charged at Fors with the enhanced Skyfrost Sword.
• Fors teleported in front of Nan Fusheng and Xu Xiaoyan, then met Wu Changkong’s charge with a six-colored attack.
• Nan Fusheng slowed Wu Changkong with his ability, but Wu Changkong combined his soul skills and struck Fors’s Spatial Barrier.
• Fors broke through Wu Changkong’s defense with a Five Elements punch and sent him flying back.
• Nan Fusheng lent Fors his power as she struck her Book of Records with the move she named Fist of Truth, launching Wu Changkong into the Soul Guidance Barrier.
• The arena fell silent before the students and Shen Yi called out to Changkong and Teacher Wu.

Fors defeated Wu Changkong with a space-based punch that injured him, earning full marks for her group’s practical combat exercise. With Wu unable to continue, Shen Yi took over the remaining matches, and the other groups were soundly beaten.

• Fors used the Fist of Truth to strike Wu Changkong through a space passage, leaving him injured by her attack and its Five Elements energy.
• Wu Changkong ended the match and awarded Fors’s group full marks, despite her limited teamwork with her teammates.
• Nan Fusheng invited Xu Xiaoyan to leave with him, and Xu Xiaoyan silently resolved that she had not lost to Fors yet.
• Shen Yi took over the remaining practical combat exercises while Wu Changkong rested, and all six groups lost to her.
• Yang Nianxia endured Shen Yi’s Mimosa whips, leaving the arena covered in red marks.

After Combat Practice Class, Nan Fusheng helped Group Two with their mecha designs and traded kicks with Zheng Qiaran under the table. That night, Tang Wulin and the others asked him to help Xiaoyan obtain a Soul Spirit, and Nan Fusheng explained how the Soul Spirit Tower worked.

• After class, Group Two discussed mecha design while Nan Fusheng worked out how to manufacture their White-rank Mecha.
• Nan Fusheng and Zheng Qiaran secretly kicked each other beneath the table until another student noticed the table shaking.
• Nan Fusheng answered his classmates' questions before they dispersed to cultivate.
• At the dormitory, Tang Wulin and the others asked Nan Fusheng to help Xiaoyan obtain a Soul Spirit.
• Nan Fusheng described the Soul Spirit Tower's floors, discounts, and increasingly powerful Soul Spirits, including the Ferocious Beasts kept on its top nine floors.

Gu Yue organized a seven-person team to challenge the Soul Spirit Tower, and the group discussed whom to recruit while balancing their friendships and competitive concerns. As the students continued their demanding studies at Shrek Academy, Nan Fusheng learned about Soul Ferry, a cultivation room built to train Spiritual Power.

• Gu Yue explained the Soul Spirit Tower’s team rules and asked the group to find two more members, and Nan Fusheng agreed to ask Fors.
• Xu Xiaoyan said she wanted to avoid recruiting classmates so they would not learn about her Star Wheel Ice Staff before the Final Exam.
• Tang Wulin agreed to ask Yuanen Yehui first and Yue Zhengyu if she refused, while Xie Xie hoped the invitation would help mend his relationship with Yuanen Yehui.
• The students continued their busy routine of classes, cultivation, and secondary professions while earning and spending Contribution Points.
• Nan Fusheng learned that Soul Ferry was a special room made from Dread Magic Dragon skulls that could train a Spirit Master’s Spiritual Power.

Nan Fusheng told the group that Fors would help them rush the tower, while Gu Yue secured an additional slot for Yuanen Yehui. On their day off, the group gathered to head out, with Fors and Yuanen agreeing to cooperate under Tang Wulin's direction.

• Nan Fusheng told Tang Wulin and the others that Fors would help them, concealing that she had made no request.
• Tang Wulin said Yuanen Yehui would join them if she received a Tower Rushing slot, and Gu Yue agreed to seek one.
• Gu Yue returned the next evening with news that the Spirit Pagoda had approved Yuanen Yehui's slot.
• On the day off, Xu Xiaoyan watched Fors cling to Nan Fusheng while Yuanen Yehui and Xie Xie kept their distance from the group.
• Tang Wulin asked Fors and Yuanen Yehui for suggestions, and both agreed to follow his arrangements for Tower Rushing.

Gu Yue led Tang Wulin, Nan Fusheng, and their companions into Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where her teacher Leng Yaozhu escorted them to the Soul Spirit Tower. The group entered the tower and encountered the beginning of its ancient, illusory landscape.

• Gu Yue guided the group through Spirit Pagoda Headquarters using an upper-echelon elevator and introduced them to her teacher, Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yaozhu led the seven visitors to the Soul Spirit Tower and warned them that its dangers were real, promising to monitor them.
• The staff activated the Soul Spirit Tower, and Nan Fusheng and the others passed through its Golden Light Gate.
• The group arrived in a vast stone hall, where the gate vanished and an illusory tower appeared before them.

Tang Wulin's team advanced through the Soul Spirit Tower, where Fors defeated four powerful Ice Bears in the Ninth Trial. Xu Xiaoyan persuaded the surviving bear to become her Soul Spirit and gained her Third Soul Ring.

• Nan Fusheng controlled the Wind Wolves in the First Trial to make them slaughter one another, and the team continued into the tower.
• Xie Xie, the other teammates, and Yuanen Yehui took turns clearing the next seven trials as the Soul Beasts grew stronger.
• Fors fought the four Ice Bears in the Ninth Trial, killed three with Five-Element Lotuses, and subdued the last one.
• Xu Xiaoyan apologized to the remaining Ice Bear and threatened to kill it, prompting it to transform into a willing Soul Spirit.
• Xu Xiaoyan accepted the Ice Bear as her Soul Spirit and gained her Third Soul Ring.

After Xu Xiaoyan stayed behind with her Ice Bear Soul Spirit, Tang Wulin and the others continued into the Soul Spirit Tower’s second tier, where Tang Wulin defeated a Magic Lizard Dragon and Fors befriended an artificial Thunder Beast. The Thunder Beast offered itself as Fors’s Soul Spirit, but she declined and promised to tell Shenwei about it before the group continued their trials.

• Gu Yue decided the group should continue upward so Yuanen Yehui could find a suitable Soul Spirit, while Xu Xiaoyan stayed behind to absorb the Ice Bear Soul Spirit.
• Tang Wulin led the group into the second tier, where he defeated the Magic Lizard Dragon and Nan Fusheng noticed Tang Wulin seemed to absorb its Bloodline Power.
• Fors countered the Thunder Beast’s lightning with her own, and the Thunder Beast approached her eagerly after recognizing her stronger golden lightning.
• Fors gave the Thunder Beast a small sphere of golden lightning, which made it convulse and convinced Nan Fusheng that it was an incomplete Artificial Soul Spirit.
• The Thunder Beast asked to become Fors’s Soul Spirit, but Fors declined and said she would tell Shenwei about it; the Thunder Beast returned to the gate, clearing the trial without a fight.
• Gu Yue asked whether Fors’s companion was real, and Fors confirmed that Shenwei had been her teammate at the Intermediate Soul Master Academy.

Tang Wulin’s group faced a powerful Golden Baboon in the Twelfth Trial, and Fors restrained it after its Frenzy made it difficult to defeat. When the supposedly weakening beast suddenly attacked Yuanen Yehui, Xie Xie saved her and killed it with a startling display of spatial power, then collapsed.

• Yuanen Yehui chose the Golden Baboon as her Soul Ring target and charged it, but it knocked her and Tang Wulin aside before Gu Yue and Fors intervened.
• The Golden Baboon entered Frenzy, and Fors trapped it in a mud pit with vines and Lightning Element until its rampage began to fade.
• Yuanen Yehui prepared to finish the restrained beast, but the Golden Baboon suddenly shrank, sprang up, and attacked her.
• Xie Xie teleported Yuanen Yehui out of danger, then used the Shadow Dragon Dagger to send the Golden Baboon’s limbs and head through Space Passages.
• The Golden Baboon’s body fell apart, and Xie Xie collapsed after looking toward Yuanen Yehui.

After clearing the Twelfth Trial, the group returned to the plaza, where Leng Yaozhu praised their achievement and invited them to join the Spirit Pagoda. Most declined, but Fors said she would consider it, catching Leng Yaozhu’s interest.

• Xie Xie recovered after killing the Golden Baboon and saving Yuanen Yehui, while Yuanen Yehui absorbed its Soul Spirit.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue wondered about Xie Xie's unfamiliar aura and precise use of spatial power, but chose not to question him.
• The group returned to the plaza after completing twelve trials, and Leng Yaozhu praised their courage and skill.
• Leng Yaozhu invited the group to join the Spirit Pagoda, but Nan Fusheng, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Yuanen Yehui declined.
• Fors said she would consider joining, and Leng Yaozhu showed heightened interest in her abilities.

Fors declined to immediately join the Spirit Pagoda, but accepted Leng Yaozhu's contact information as the group paid for their Soul Spirits. Back at the academy, Nan Fusheng pushed Fors to cultivate, while Tang Wulin's plan to build Battle Armor from Spirit Alloy split his team apart.

• Fors declined to decide immediately about joining the Spirit Pagoda, and Leng Yaozhu gave her a communication number and offered the group discounted Soul Spirit prices.
• The group paid for Xu Xiaoyan's Ice Bear and Yuanen Yehui's Golden Baboon Soul Spirits before Leng Yaozhu left with Yue'er.
• Nan Fusheng urged Fors to cultivate for a month, helping her rise one rank as she called him a devil with no humanity.
• Tang Wulin learned Fusion Forging from Feng Wuyu and sold Spirit Alloy to Yue Zhengyu, then proposed using Spirit Alloy as the foundation for Battle Armor that could be upgraded rather than replaced.
• Wu Sidu and Luo Guixing opposed Tang Wulin's risky Battle Armor plan, while Gu Yue supported him, and the team's divisions led it to disband.

Shen Yi announced an all-around contest against Grade Two and told the class to form teams, while Fors insisted on teaming with Nan Fusheng despite Xu Xiaoyan’s objections. Two transfer students, Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, joined the class, and Shen Yi stayed nearby because she feared Fors might hurt Xu Xiaoyan.

• Shen Yi announced a competition against Grade Two, set team-size rules, and asked Wu Sidu to count the teams after class.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Nan Fusheng to team up with her, but Fors claimed him for a two-person team and put an arm around him.
• Shen Yi introduced transfer students Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi and invited them to join a team for the competition.
• Shen Yi left the classroom but stayed close after noticing tension between Fors and Xu Xiaoyan, fearing Fors might beat Xu Xiaoyan badly.

Tang Wulin invited Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan to join his team for the competition, while Zheng Yiran challenged his confidence and mocked his position as Vice Class Monitor. Ye Xinglan had not yet agreed to join, and Zheng Yiran left after voicing her contempt for Tang Wulin.

• Nan Fusheng agreed to form a team with Xu Xiaoyan and Fors after Xu Xiaoyan hoped to join Tang Wulin's group.
• Luo Guixing tried to recruit Ye Xinglan, but she ignored him and walked away.
• Tang Wulin invited Xu Lizhi to join his team, and Xu Lizhi asked him to include Ye Xinglan as well.
• Tang Wulin urged Ye Xinglan to join by pointing out that the competition would let her face strong opponents, including the year's strongest freshman.
• Zheng Yiran challenged Tang Wulin's confidence and listed her own team members, then mocked his role as Vice Class Monitor before leaving.

Shen Yi and Wu Changkong held First Grade Class One’s selection tournament as live matches at the Sparring Arena, with Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li overseeing the students’ safety. Nan Fusheng’s team advanced without fighting after their opponents forfeited and then received two consecutive byes, drawing suspicion from the class and Ya Li’s interest.

• Shen Yi announced that the class selection tournament would be fought in actual combat, and Wu Sidu led the students to the Sparring Arena.
• Nan Fusheng noticed Ye Xinglan struggling to walk and guessed that she and Xu Lizhi had made progress in producing Battle Armor.
• Shen Yi and Wu Changkong greeted Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li, who took a seat beside the arena and agreed to oversee the matches.
• Wu Changkong explained the single-elimination tournament, which would choose a group to represent the class against Grade Two Class One.
• Ya Li healed injured students during the matches, while Nan Fusheng’s opponents forfeited upon seeing Fors.
• Nan Fusheng’s group received byes in both the second and third rounds, prompting suspicion from the other students and interest from Ya Li.

Fors asked to face both opposing teams despite her group having only three members, but Wu Changkong allowed Wu Sidu’s five-person team to challenge her first. As the teams took the stage, Fors assigned Zheng Qiaran, Yang Nianxia, and Xu Yucheng to herself, leaving Zheng Qiaran worried that his secret would be exposed.

• Fors proposed fighting both teams together, but Wu Changkong rejected the request as against the rules.
• Wu Sidu insisted that her team fight Fors first so she could challenge her at full strength.
• Wu Changkong let the teams choose their order, and Wu Sidu’s five-person team went first.
• Fors’s three-person group and Wu Sidu’s team stepped onto the stage despite the usual limits on team size.
• Fors said she would take Zheng Qiaran, Yang Nianxia, and Xu Yucheng, prompting Zheng Qiaran to fear that he was about to be exposed.

Fors challenged Wu Sidu’s group, and the teams began their match after Nan Fusheng and Xu Xiaoyan revealed their Soul Rings. Wu Sidu’s team launched a coordinated assault, with Luo Guixing’s plan aiming to isolate and defeat Fors’s teammates before surrounding her.

• Fors said she wanted to fight Wu Sidu’s three other teammates, and Nan Fusheng agreed to the challenge.
• Nan Fusheng revealed four Soul Rings, surprising the students and observers, while Xu Xiaoyan showed three.
• Wu Sidu’s group opened the battle with Yang Nianxia charging Nan Fusheng, Wu Sidu and Xu Yucheng targeting Fors’s side, and Zheng Yiran spreading green mist.
• Luo Guixing directed the team to keep Wu Sidu occupied with Fors, eliminate Xu Xiaoyan and Nan Fusheng, then surround Fors, relying on Zheng Yiran’s poison if the fight dragged on.

Fors instantly defeated Xu Yucheng, forcing Luo Guixing's team to change its plan. As Xu Xiaoyan's blizzard covered the platform, Nan Fusheng evaded Luo Guixing's Space Lock, but Yang Nianxia's attack met Fors instead.

• Fors used Great Brightness Fist to defeat Xu Yucheng in one blow, and Wu Changkong carried the injured student away.
• Luo Guixing ordered Zheng Qiaran to target Xu Xiaoyan, Wu Sidu to hold Fors, and himself and Yang Nianxia to attack Nan Fusheng.
• Xu Xiaoyan unleashed Ice Bear Blizzard, filling the platform with snow and limiting Zheng Qiaran's poison.
• Luo Guixing tried to trap Nan Fusheng with Space Lock, but Nan Fusheng used Gate to escape and leave Yang Nianxia's punch swinging at empty air.
• Yang Nianxia attacked again when silver light appeared, but Fors caught his fist, leaving him to realize he had struck her instead of Nan Fusheng.

Fors intercepted Yang Nianxia and defeated him, while Nan Fusheng protected Xu Xiaoyan and used his abilities to bring down Wu Sidu's Hell White Tiger. The chapter left Luo Guixing dodging the Underworld White Tiger Piercer Nan Fusheng had redirected at him.

• Fors teleported into Nan Fusheng's place, caught Yang Nianxia's punch with Five Elements Divine Light, and struck him down.
• Wu Sidu attacked Xu Xiaoyan, but a black barrier blocked her claws and Nan Fusheng's swords forced her to change course.
• Wu Sidu approached Nan Fusheng and activated Hell White Tiger to resist his Spirit Body Threads, but her sluggishness remained.
• Wu Sidu fired Underworld White Tiger Piercer at Nan Fusheng, who absorbed it with Gate and sent it toward Luo Guixing.
• Luo Guixing used Space Teleportation to evade the incoming projectile.

Nan Fusheng's team defeated Wu Sidu's team after the Holy Spirit Douluo saved Luo Guixing from Nan Fusheng's attacks. The final Selection Tournament match between Nan Fusheng's team and Tang Wulin's team began, with Ye Xinglan challenging Fors.

• The Holy Spirit Douluo teleported Luo Guixing away from Nan Fusheng's Ice Spear and Sharp Swords, eliminating him from the match.
• Nan Fusheng infected the bound Wu Sidu with the Mourning Rage Virus through his Spirit Condensing Matter tentacles.
• Fors unnerved Zheng Qiaran at close range, and Wu Changkong ended the match by declaring Nan Fusheng's team the winner.
• The Holy Spirit Douluo rescued Wu Sidu and the unconscious Yang Nianxia, and Wu Changkong announced the final match against Tang Wulin's team.
• Xu Xiaoyan greeted Tang Wulin playfully, and Nan Fusheng explained that he had advanced recently.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Fors, who accepted, shifting the friendly atmosphere between the teams.

Tang Wulin and his teammates launched their final match strategy, with Tang Wulin using Battle Armor and a newly completed Golden Dragon Shocks the Heavens against Fors. As their clash filled the platform with light, Ye Xinglan attacked Nan Fusheng and Xie Xie pushed toward Xu Xiaoyan.

• Tang Wulin took buns from Xu Lizhi, and the team used them to boost their strength as they charged Fors and split into flanking attacks.
• Fors rushed toward Tang Wulin, who revealed Battle Armor made from Spirit Alloy and unleashed Golden Dragon Shocks the Heavens.
• Fors met Tang Wulin's attack with a punch, and their collision flooded the Competition Platform with blinding light.
• Ye Xinglan used the light as cover to attack Nan Fusheng, blocking his swords with Sword God Net before advancing with Sword Star Fall.
• Xie Xie dodged and shattered Xu Xiaoyan's Ice Wheel attacks as he moved toward her.