Chapter Summaries

Nan Fusheng led Zero Class out of the webbed shelter after they discussed the limits of their Soul Spirits and the risks of absorbing too much Spirit Power. In the forest, they encountered a Soul Elder who had swiftly killed a Six-Armed Fire Snake and absorbed its Spirit Power.

• Wang Jinxi explained that his Spiritual Power limited how much Spirit Power his Soul Rings could absorb, while Nan Fusheng estimated how much each member had gained.
• Nan Fusheng warned everyone to use their rescue signal devices if their Soul Spirits approached their limits, then led the group out as their protective webbing weakened.
• The six members of Zero Class avoided Venomous Spider Silk and returned to the forest, where they heard Soul Beasts and Spirit Masters fighting.
• Nan Fusheng identified a century-old Six-Armed Fire Snake ahead of them, but a young Soul Elder killed it with his Strange Ice Wheels and absorbed its Spirit Power.

Nan Fusheng tested a new spatial technique against an Ice Staff Spirit Master and his younger sister, Xiaoyan, on the Spirit Ascension Platform. After redirecting the youth’s attacks and evading his strongest strike, Nan Fusheng asked whether he admitted defeat.

• The Ice Staff youth demanded that Tang Wulin and the others leave the Spirit Ascension Platform and surrender their Spirit Power halos, then attacked Xie Xie when he refused.
• Nan Fusheng used his spatial ability to absorb the Ice Wheel and sent it back at the youth, then used Steal to stop his counterattack.
• Xiaoyan knocked her brother down, saving him from being beheaded by his own Ice Wheel.
• The Ice Staff youth summoned his Thousand-Year Spirit Skill, Ice Wrath, and fired an Ice Spear at Nan Fusheng.
• Nan Fusheng swallowed the Ice Spear with a spatial ripple and revealed that his new technique was Flying Thunder God Space-Time Barrier, also called Flying Thunder God Guided Thunder.

Nan Fusheng defeated the Ice Staff wielder, but a Flame Demon Lion Pride interrupted the encounter. After rescuing Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan and seeing them off, Nan Fusheng's group fled from the pursuing lions.

• Xu Xiaoyu surrendered to Nan Fusheng, but a Fireball and approaching roars revealed that Soul Beasts were nearby.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted at least thirty Flame Demon Lions closing in on the group.
• A Flame Demon Lion crept up on Xu Xiaoyan, and Nan Fusheng killed it with an Ice Spear before it could attack her.
• Xu Xiaoyu thanked Nan Fusheng, introduced himself and Xu Xiaoyan, and used their SOS Signal Devices to leave with his sister.
• Nan Fusheng ordered his teammates to run, and Gu Yue boosted their speed as the Flame Demon Lion Pride chased them.

Nan Fusheng and his companions fled the Flame Demon Lions, losing teammates one by one as they tried to distract the pursuing beasts. When a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear appeared and severed Nan Fusheng’s leg, he urged Tang Wulin to escape while he held it back.

• Nan Fusheng ordered the group to flee, and Wang Jinxi and Gu Yue pressed their Rescue Signal Devices as the Flame Demon Lions caught up.
• Gu Yue unleashed an Ice Storm that briefly slowed the Flame Demon Lions, but a flock of Blue Birds descended on the group.
• Zhang Yangzi lured the Blue Birds toward the Flame Demon Lions and escaped with his Rescue Signal Device, drawing the beasts into a clash.
• Nan Fusheng kicked Xie Xie out of the path of a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s attack, but the strike severed Nan Fusheng’s leg and Xie Xie’s left hand.
• Nan Fusheng told Xie Xie and Tang Wulin to use their Rescue Signal Devices, then insisted that Tang Wulin escape while he held back the bear.

Nan Fusheng lured out and parasitized a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, then left Tang Wulin to fend for himself while the bear pursued him. Tang Wulin faced the bear and the Flame Demon Lion Pride in a tense standoff.

• Nan Fusheng explained that he had used his controlled Soul Beasts to drive Zero Class deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform and draw out the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Nan Fusheng used Parasitism to control the bear, then pressed his SOS Signal Device and left it behind.
• Tang Wulin fought through the Flame Demon Lion Pride as he tried to survive and absorb Spirit Power.
• Tang Wulin charged the Flame Demon Lion King, then changed direction as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear appeared.
• The Flame Demon Lion Pride prostrated themselves before the bear, which fixed its gaze on Tang Wulin and the Lion King.

In the Spirit Ascension Platform, Tang Wulin tested his Golden Dragon Claw against the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear before being killed, while Nan Fusheng absorbed the Spirit Power he left behind. Outside the platform, Nan Fusheng recovered quickly, and the group gathered around the injured Xie Xie, who thanked him for saving him.

• The Flame Demon Lion King retreated, and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear attacked Tang Wulin with a strike that tore through the forest.
• Tang Wulin threw his Thousand-Refined Heavy Silver Hammer, then clashed his Golden Dragon Claw with Nan Fusheng's Dark Gold Terrorclaw.
• Nan Fusheng felt the Golden Dragon King's bloodline suppress his Behemoth bloodline, but Tang Wulin's Soul Power ran out and the bear killed him before absorbing his Spirit Power.
• Nan Fusheng awoke outside the Spirit Ascension Platform with only temporary numbness, while Tang Wulin was found physically unharmed despite his apparent death inside.
• Xie Xie thanked Nan Fusheng for kicking him out of danger and apologized for getting him injured, then promised to treat the group to a feast.

After Zero Class earned high marks in the first Final Exam subject, Wu Changkong reviewed their performance and warned them about the dangers of overexertion. Nan Fusheng considered how to obtain the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s External Soul Bone without arousing suspicion, while the team awaited the second exam subject.

• Wu Changkong gave five students perfect scores and Tang Wulin ninety-nine points for helping others cheat with protective equipment.
• The group returned to the Academy, where Xie Xie recovered from the Spirit Ascension Platform’s aftereffects and teased Tang Wulin about jogging with a senior schoolmate.
• Nan Fusheng considered ways to claim the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s External Soul Bone without drawing the Spirit Pagoda’s attention.
• Wu Changkong praised Zero Class for working as a team, announced that they would undergo physical tests, and began reviewing their battles.
• Wu Changkong praised Tang Wulin’s control tactics but criticized his loss of composure, then warned Nan Fusheng against recklessly risking himself and becoming careless.

Wu Changkong warned the students that survival mattered more than the gains from hunting Soul Beasts, while Nan Fusheng privately accepted that profit could justify slaughter. Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan discussed their defeat in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Xu Xiaoyan hoped to meet Nan Fusheng again and thank him.

• Wu Changkong told the students to flee or accept death if they encountered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, explaining that humans hunted them for their valuable Spirit Bones.
• Nan Fusheng privately decided that sufficiently great profits could make him willing to slaughter Soul Beasts.
• Xu Xiaoyu worried about explaining to his family that he and Xu Xiaoyan had gained little from their Spirit Ascension Platform trip.
• Xu Xiaoyu suspected that the group who defeated them were students from Eastsea Academy, and Xu Xiaoyan recalled Nan Fusheng saving her.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Xu Xiaoyu to tell her if Nan Fusheng came looking for him so she could thank him, leaving Xu Xiaoyu hoping never to see him again.

Wang Jinxi chose to preserve his friendship with Zhang Yangzi rather than continue cultivating with Tang Wulin, then decided that he and Zhang Yangzi would transfer schools to escape Tang Wulin's influence on his Martial Soul. The two left Zero Class, leaving Tang Wulin, Nan Fusheng, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue to face the Final Exam.

• Wang Jinxi told Wu Changkong that he would give up the chance to cultivate with Tang Wulin and remain with Zhang Yangzi.
• Wang Jinxi announced that he and Zhang Yangzi would transfer schools, and Wu Changkong agreed to handle the academy arrangements.
• Wang Jinxi apologized to his companions and said he hoped they would meet again as stronger challengers.
• Tang Wulin embraced Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi, while Xie Xie asked to join and Gu Yue refused.
• Wu Changkong postponed the Final Exam until the next day, and Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi left after packing their things.

Wu Changkong took Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue to the Hall of Heroes for their second Final Exam, where they fought simulations of historical Spirit Masters. After the students reported their results, Wu Changkong explained that the simulated opponents had used around seventy percent of their real strength, leaving Nan Fusheng skeptical.

• Nan Fusheng noticed Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi were gone and considered Xu Xiaoyan a possible future Parasitism target.
• Wu Changkong led the four students to a high-tech facility in Eastsea Soul Technology Park and sent them into the Hall of Heroes.
• Nan Fusheng evaded Thunderbolt Beibei's attacks and used Steal to paralyze the simulated opponent, passing two rounds at advanced difficulty.
• Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue emerged from the trial and compared their results.
• Wu Changkong told the students that their opponents had been simulations of real historical Spirit Masters fighting at about seventy percent strength, and Nan Fusheng doubted the claim.

Nan Fusheng fought Huo Yuhao’s Hall of Heroes data and suspected the Tang Sect had exaggerated its capabilities. After Wu Changkong explained the Hall of Heroes and its Tang Sect ties, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Nan Fusheng chose to join.

• Nan Fusheng faced Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao in the Hall of Heroes, where Huo Yuhao overwhelmed him despite supposedly having only Two Rings.
• Wu Changkong explained that the Hall of Heroes offered realistic combat training and that passing its assessment allowed students to join and earn access through merits.
• Wu Changkong revealed that the Hall of Heroes belonged to a Tang Sect subsidiary and used historical Shrek Seven Devils as opponents.
• Wu Changkong identified Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and Huo Yuhao as the opponents who had defeated Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Nan Fusheng, and Gu Yue.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Nan Fusheng decided to join the Tang Sect organization.

Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie joined the Tang Sect, while Gu Yue chose the Spirit Pagoda but promised Tang Wulin she would stay with Zero Class. That night, Nan Fusheng reached level twenty-two and read news that made Soul Train travel seem exceptionally dangerous.

• Gu Yue declined to join the Tang Sect because she had already decided to join the Spirit Pagoda, while Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie chose to join the Tang Sect.
• Gu Yue reassured Tang Wulin that her choice of organization would not make her leave Zero Class or her companions.
• After joining the Tang Sect, Nan Fusheng digested his Dream Stealer Potion and reached level twenty-two.
• Nan Fusheng browsed news reports about frequent Soul Train attacks, including one hijacking stopped by an unnamed Shrek Inspector.
• Nan Fusheng read about proposed Soul Train insurance and a life-and-death contract, whose commenters angrily objected to the risks of riding.

Nan Fusheng joined Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue for a meal on Snack Street, where they tried a vendor’s supposedly meat-free starch sausages. Nan Fusheng recognized them as possibly contaminated products from a factory reported in the news, but stayed quiet as the others ate and the vendor explained he was leaving to see the wider world.

• Xie Xie invited Nan Fusheng and Tang Wulin to a meal, and Gu Yue joined them as they headed to Snack Street.
• The group ordered food along the street, and Tang Wulin bought several starch sausages from a vendor who claimed they used only starch and a secret sauce.
• Nan Fusheng recalled a report about a factory that added bone paste to starch sausages and spotted a box suggesting the vendor’s sausages came from that factory.
• Nan Fusheng chose not to warn the others as Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue ate the sausages.
• The vendor said he was closing his stall because he wanted to visit Heaven Dou City and Shrek City, while Nan Fusheng suspected he was really fleeing.

Nan Fusheng traveled through several cities, then narrowly escaped a terrorist attack on a Soul Train by teleporting to Heaven Dou City. He returned to the wreckage to investigate and help while trying to stay out of sight.

• After the semester ended, Nan Fusheng traveled by Soul Train and left Time Worm markers in seven cities.
• During the journey from Sunrise City to Sun Moon City, Nan Fusheng sensed danger and spotted Fixed-Shell Soul Guidance Cannons approaching the train.
• The cannons overturned the Soul Train, and Nan Fusheng teleported to Heaven Dou City using a Worm of Star marker.
• Nan Fusheng suspected the attackers were the terrorists mentioned in the news and considered their purpose and the trouble the attack might bring him.
• Nan Fusheng used Gate to return to the wreckage and searched for cover as injured passengers cried out around him.

Nan Fusheng confronted an Evil Soul Master who was slaughtering the injured passengers from the overturned Soul Train. He used Steal to incapacitate the attacker and killed him with a Soul Guidance Gun.

• Nan Fusheng sensed an Evil Soul Master approaching the wreck and gauged the strength of the fighters battling farther away.
• The Heart-Eating Fox Soul Master killed and devoured injured passengers, then noticed Nan Fusheng and lunged at him.
• Nan Fusheng pretended to panic and revealed his two Soul Rings as the attacker charged.
• Nan Fusheng used Steal to blank the Soul Master’s consciousness, then shot him with a Soul Guidance Gun.

Nan Fusheng used his hidden Soul Guidance Gun against an attacker aboard the train, then moved through the cars and found Soul Kings and Spirit Emperors fighting Evil Soul Masters. Fu Huai'an killed one Evil Soul Master but was caught in a Wraith swarm, and a sudden attack from the sky forced him to rely on an Invincible Barrier.

• Nan Fusheng used Stealing consciousness and his hidden Soul Guidance Gun to defeat an attacker, then headed toward the other train cars.
• Nan Fusheng found Evil Soul Masters slaughtering passengers and moved toward the strongest battle, where two Evil Soul Masters were suppressing a Battle Armor Master.
• Fu Huai'an summoned a Green Bamboo Sword Formation to restrain the Wraiths and used Green Bamboo Slash to cut down an Evil Soul Master.
• The Evil Soul Master survived by using Wraith Substitution, leaving Fu Huai'an surrounded by Wraiths as the magic formation continued summoning them.
• Two streaks of light crashed down from the sky, and Fu Huai'an blocked a black-red ray with a Level-7 Invincible Barrier after an earth-yellow barrier briefly slowed it.

Nan Fusheng used Sefirah Castle and Uniqueness to test the power of a higher Sequence while Evil Soul Masters attacked a Federation Soul Train. His Mythical Creature Form killed two Soul Kings and overwhelmed everyone who saw it, leaving the battle halted as Nan Fusheng examined his transformed body.

• Demon Scorpion revealed her Soul-Snatching Needle and fought Old Zhao while Fu Huai'an struggled against the Evil Soul Emperor's Wraiths.
• The Evil Soul Emperor sent two Soul Kings to attack the train's ordinary passengers and ordered them to bring the others back to help him.
• Nan Fusheng decided to fight rather than teleport away and drew on Sefirah Castle and Uniqueness to borrow higher Sequence abilities.
• The two Soul Kings collapsed and died after seeing Nan Fusheng's Mythical Creature Form, and the other combatants stopped as dread overtook them.
• Semi-transparent worms with twelve rings appeared before the remaining fighters, whose minds were overwhelmed by incomprehensible knowledge as Nan Fusheng examined his form.

Nan Fusheng used borrowed Time Worm power to kill the Evil Soul Masters attacking the Soul Train and absorb the power left behind by the dead. After reading the attackers’ memories, he suspected their target, Fu Huai'an, and his trade links with Shrek Academy might be connected to a larger plot.

• Nan Fusheng’s Mythical Creature Form overwhelmed four attackers with knowledge, and his time power aged them into dust, leaving behind four Time Worms.
• Hundreds of other Time Worms gathered, and Nan Fusheng absorbed them along with the life force and Spiritual Power they had collected.
• Nan Fusheng withdrew from his Mythical Creature Form, exhausted, and noted that he had left several dozen Soul Train passengers alive.
• Nan Fusheng read the memories of two Soul Saints and two Spirit Emperors, learning that an assassin organization had ordered them to target Fu Huai'an.
• Nan Fusheng recalled that Fu Huai'an managed Sunrise City’s exports to Shrek Academy and suspected the attack might be connected to Evil Soul Masters infiltrating Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.

After recovering in Sun Moon City from the Soul Train attack, Nan Fusheng absorbed some of the power sealed within him and returned to Eastsea Academy. He realized he had lost valuable loot from the Evil Soul Masters and arrived at school devastated over his dwindling funds.

• Nan Fusheng recovered in Sun Moon City while absorbing sealed power that raised his Soul Power to level 25 and strengthened his physique and Spiritual Power.
• Nan Fusheng returned to Eastsea City by Soul Train and spent most of the journey meditating.
• Nan Fusheng realized he had forgotten to loot the Evil Soul Masters, whose bodies and Storage Soul Tools had been destroyed when he aged them to death.
• Nan Fusheng worried that Sun Moon City's guards might have taken his spoils and lamented that he had only about 160,000 Federal Coins left.
• Nan Fusheng returned to Eastsea Academy at the start of term looking so dazed that his former classmates hesitated to greet him.

Nan Fusheng returned to Zero Class still grieving, where he met the new student Xu Xiaoyan, whom he had saved on the Spirit Ascension Platform. At the term’s opening tests, his strength astonished Wu Changkong, while Xu Xiaoyan proved weak physically but showed respectable Spiritual Power.

• Nan Fusheng began cultivating in his dormitory until Xie Xie brought Xu Xiaoyan to thank him for saving her.
• Xu Xiaoyan offered to repay Nan Fusheng’s kindness, and he told her to ask her brother for help instead if she needed anything.
• Tang Wulin arrived late to the Opening Ceremony, and Wu Changkong introduced Xu Xiaoyan to Zero Class with a one-month trial period.
• Wu Changkong tested the students and found that Nan Fusheng’s punch strength had risen to nearly three thousand jin, while Tang Wulin and the others had changed little.
• Xie Xie’s Spiritual Power measured sixty-nine, and Xu Xiaoyan’s measured eighty-one, placing both in the upper tier of the Spirit Origin Realm.