Chapter Summaries

Jing Shaoyu discovered his Soul Power Vortex was nearing Soul Core formation and suspected his Origin Spirit Martial Soul could resonate with Gu Yue's. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin began transforming with Old Tang's guidance, and Eastsea Academy considered creating a Special Class for its gifted first-years.

• Jing Shaoyu offered Gu Yue a ride, but she vanished and later wondered why he was a Child of Nature.
• Tang Wulin consumed the Hundred-Year Crimson Flame Fruit, Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit, and Hundred-Year Dragon Soul Beast Blood Essence to begin his first transformation.
• Gu Yue sensed that a nanmu tree was almost a thousand years old, then left the Plant Soul Beasts trembling.
• Jing Shaoyu examined his Soul Power Vortex and considered testing whether his Martial Soul could fuse with Gu Yue's after the typhoon.
• Long Hengxu proposed a first-year Special Class to Yu Zhen, who agreed in principle and said he would submit the plan to the academy board.

After the typhoon, Eastsea Academy announced First Grade Class Zero, a special training class led by Wu Zhangkong, and selected eight outstanding cadets, including Jing Shaoyu. The cadets were asked to sign agreements to remain at the academy, and the chapter ended as they began signing.

• Jing Shaoyu reunited with Xu Xiaoyan when classes resumed after the typhoon.
• Long Hengxu announced that the academy had established First Grade Class Zero under Wu Zhangkong, selecting Jing Shaoyu, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Xu Xiaoyan, Wei Xiaofeng, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin.
• Principal Yu Zhen explained that Class Zero would provide special training and urged the selected cadets to stay humble and work hard.
• Yu Zhen handed the eight cadets agreements requiring them to remain at Eastsea Academy through the Intermediate and Senior Departments.
• Jing Shaoyu signed the agreement, followed by Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue.

First Grade Class Zero began its evaluations under Wu Zhangkong, who tested the cadets’ Mental Power and strength. Jing Shaoyu’s extraordinary results stunned the others and impressed Wu Zhangkong, and the testing continued with Tang Wulin still to take the strength test.

• First Grade Class Zero was established with Wu Zhangkong as homeroom teacher, and Wei Xiaofeng withdrew from the class.
• The seven cadets moved into their new dormitories and followed Wu Zhangkong to the classroom for their first evaluation.
• Wang Jinxi, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Jing Shaoyu took Mental Power tests, with Jing Shaoyu recording the highest score at 456 points.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi took strength tests, and Wang Jinxi recorded 423 kilograms with his left hand and 468 with his right.
• Jing Shaoyu recorded 991 kilograms with his left hand and 1,011 with his right, astonishing the cadets and impressing Wu Zhangkong.

Tang Wulin demonstrated overwhelming strength during Zero Class’s physical tests, while Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue led most other categories. Wu Zhangkong learned about Jing Shaoyu’s powerful healing abilities and asked him to help Gu Yue cooperate with the team.

• Tang Wulin recorded 1,142 kilograms with his left hand and 1,356 with his right, then struck with his Golden Scales for 2,700 kilograms.
• Tang Wulin’s Gold Dragon Claw registered 3,998 kilograms and broke through the testing machine; he explained that the claw had a shattering effect.
• Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue took the top two spots in reaction speed and most later tests, while Jing Shaoyu led Soul Power at level 28 and Tang Wulin ranked last at level 13.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the tests and summoned Jing Shaoyu to his office, where Jing Shaoyu described his single-target and group healing skills, including his ability to regrow limbs.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Jing Shaoyu to help Gu Yue coordinate with the team, and Jing Shaoyu agreed.

Zero Class received weekly access to the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Tang Wulin learned how it could strengthen Soul Spirits. After dinner, Jing Shaoyu took Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue to the beach, where the three watched the sunset.

• Wu Zhangkong announced that Zero Class would visit the Spirit Pagoda and receive one weekly opportunity to train in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Jing Shaoyu explained how the Spirit Ascension Platform let Soul Spirits absorb Spirit Power and potentially evolve.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue each fed Jing Shaoyu at dinner, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi moved away from their table.
• Xu Xiaoyan invited Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue to the beach, and the three traveled there after the others declined to join them.
• Jing Shaoyu, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue watched the sun set over the sea.

Zero Class entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, where the cadets split up and encountered different Spirit Beasts. Jing Shaoyu found Xu Xiaoyan and helped her defeat a Black Snake, while Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi were forced out after facing a Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider.

• Wu Zhangkong led the seven Zero Class cadets to the East Sea Spirit Transfer Pagoda, where Long Hengxu guided them into the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Jing Shaoyu set out with Red Jade, Xu Xiaoyan searched for him, Gu Yue strolled through the forest, and Zhang Yangzi was eliminated after a flock of azure birds attacked him.
• Wang Jinxi and Xie Xie found Tang Wulin cultivating alone, woke him, and traveled with him through the forest.
• Jing Shaoyu found Xu Xiaoyan beside a Hundred-Year Black Snake and trapped it so she could defeat it with her Ice Wheel and a fireball.
• Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Xie Xie encountered a Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider, which eliminated Xie Xie and then Wang Jinxi.
• Tang Wulin attacked the spider in anger but was knocked into a tree, and the staff forcibly removed him before it could strike again.

Jing Shaoyu, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan fought a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider in the Spirit Ascension Platform. They defeated it, with Jing Shaoyu delivering the final blow.

• Jing Shaoyu, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider and recognized that it had cultivated for over two thousand years.
• Jing Shaoyu charged the spider while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan supported him with elemental attacks, wounding it and freezing one of its legs.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider broke off its trapped leg and attacked Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, but Jing Shaoyu protected Xu Xiaoyan with a powerful Water Wave.
• Gu Yue froze the spider with Ice Cones as Jing Shaoyu summoned the Endless Godslaying Spear, and the two attacked together.
• Jing Shaoyu pierced the Man Faced Demon Spider's head, killing it.

Jing Shaoyu, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan killed a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider in the Spirit Ascension Platform and returned to Eastsea Academy. Wu Zhangkong reviewed the cadets’ performance and formed Zero Class into a team, naming Jing Shaoyu captain and Gu Yue vice-captain.

• Jing Shaoyu, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan defeated the Man Faced Demon Spider, then ended their training and left the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wu Zhangkong reprimanded Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Wang Jinxi for their mistakes during training.
• Wang Jinxi explained that Tang Wulin’s aura had affected his martial soul, so Wu Zhangkong summoned both of them to his office.
• Wu Zhangkong advised Xu Xiaoyan to become more independent and praised Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue for their performance.
• Wu Zhangkong appointed Jing Shaoyu captain and Gu Yue vice-captain of Zero Class’s new team.

Three months later, Jing Shaoyu had reached level twenty-nine, and Zero Class prepared for its final examinations. Wu Zhangkong announced that the class would enter the dangerous Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform as a team in three days, where they would have to survive for an hour.

• Jing Shaoyu met Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi outside the dormitory, where they teased Tang Wulin about his morning runs to see Ouyang Zixin.
• Gu Yue joined the group, and Jing Shaoyu took her hand; Xu Xiaoyan then greeted Jing Shaoyu and took his other hand before they went to breakfast.
• Wu Zhangkong told Zero Class that its final examination had two subjects and introduced the Spirit Ascension Platform as the first.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that the team had to remain in the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform for an hour, where stronger Spirit Beasts and other Soul Masters posed serious threats.
• Wang Jinxi confidently agreed that the team could face powerful opponents, and Wu Zhangkong scheduled their entry for three days later and gave them those days off.

Zero Class entered the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform for a one-hour survival exam and fought their way through the forest. After meeting Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi, Tang Wulin learned that Zixin might be considered for an engagement to Xu Xiaoyan’s brother, then continued onward with his team.

• Wu Zhangkong warned Zero Class that everyone in the Rioting Spirit Ascension Platform was an enemy and that failing the exam would cost them their vacation.
• Jing Shaoyu organized the seven cadets into formation, and Gu Yue used the Wind Element to help them move faster through the forest.
• Wang Jinxi and Xie Xie killed a hundred-year Iron Arm Ape, and the team continued defeating Spirit Beasts while remaining in good condition.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted Ouyang Zixin, Mu Xi, and two other Eastsea Academy students, and the two groups met in the forest.
• Mu Xi led her companions away, while Ouyang Zixin greeted Tang Wulin before leaving to follow her.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Tang Wulin that Ouyang Zixin’s family might arrange her engagement to Xu Xiaoyan’s brother, and Jing Shaoyu encouraged Tang Wulin before the team moved on.

Jing Shaoyu's group survived a fierce attack from a Flame Demon Lion pride and passed the one-hour exam requirement. After resuming their hunt, they encountered a Spirit Ascension Platform guardian: a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear whose strength could rival a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

• Jing Shaoyu ordered the group to fight a pride of more than thirty Flame Demon Lions, assigning Zhang Yangzi to protect Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan while he and the others attacked.
• Jing Shaoyu's group killed eight Flame Demon Lions, and the wounded pride retreated to preserve its strength.
• Xu Xiaoyan confirmed that the group had passed the one-hour requirement, and Jing Shaoyu led them back to hunting Spirit Beasts.
• After the group killed a seven-hundred-and-fifty-year Unicorn Horse, a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear emerged from the forest.
• Jing Shaoyu recognized the bear as a guardian with combat power comparable to a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, while Wu Zhangkong watched anxiously from the control room.

Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue stayed behind to face the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear after the others withdrew. When Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi failed to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Wang Jinxi was struck, Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue fused into a seven-colored dragon and brought the bear to its knees.

• Jing Shaoyu sent Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie out of the Spirit Ascension Platform, then stayed with Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to confront the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear.
• Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue attacked the bear to buy time, but Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi discovered they could no longer perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear attacked Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi shoved him clear before being struck and removed from the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Zhang Yangzi withdrew, leaving Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue to face the bear alone.
• Gu Yue and Jing Shaoyu joined hands and fused into a seven-colored dragon, which overwhelmed the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear and left it weakened and terrified.

Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to kill a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, and Jing Shaoyu absorbed its Right Palm Bone. Back at the academy, Wu Zhangkong gave the class full marks but summoned Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi, while Jing Shaoyu suspected the latter two might leave school.

• Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue transformed into the Origin Divine Dragon and killed the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, then Gu Yue left the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Jing Shaoyu absorbed the bear's Spirit Power and fused with its hundred-year Right Palm Bone before leaving the platform.
• The Spirit Transfer Pagoda's Tower Master, Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu, learned about the Soul Bone and arranged for Jing Shaoyu to meet her in a few days.
• Wu Zhangkong gave Zero Class full marks for the Spirit Ascension Platform assessment and called Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi aside.
• Jing Shaoyu told Xie Xie that Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi might transfer schools because they could no longer perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Jing Shaoyu how he and Gu Yue had fused their Martial Souls, and he tried to comfort her.

After Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi left Eastsea Academy, Wu Zhangkong took Jing Shaoyu and the remaining cadets to the Tang Sect's technology facility for the second part of their final examination. The cadets were transported to a strange blue-and-white space, where the exam began as they vanished in beams of light.

• Xu Xiaoyan spent the day with Jing Shaoyu, and he comforted her after their outing.
• Wang Jinxi told Wu Zhangkong he would stop cultivating with Tang Wulin, and he and Zhang Yangzi decided to transfer schools.
• Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi embraced and cried before Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi left Eastsea Academy that night.
• Wu Zhangkong took Jing Shaoyu and the other cadets to a Tang Sect facility in Eastsea City and gave them identity wristbands.
• Jing Shaoyu and the others followed Wu Zhangkong through spatial technology into a deep-blue testing area.
• Wu Zhangkong operated a console, and blue beams enveloped Jing Shaoyu and the other four cadets before they disappeared.

Jing Shaoyu passed the Hall of Heroes trial by defeating Bei Bei's phantom, then healed his injured classmates. Wu Zhangkong explained that the trials featured historical Soul Masters and asked the students to assess their own strength.

• Jing Shaoyu faced Bei Bei's phantom in the Hall of Heroes and passed the first stage by holding out for thirty seconds.
• Jing Shaoyu used his Azure Moon Willow and a massive fireball to defeat Bei Bei's phantom in the second stage.
• Jing Shaoyu returned to find Tang Wulin and Xie Xie bruised, then healed them with Healing Ripple.
• Xu Xiaoyan emerged with bruises and told Jing Shaoyu she had faced a hammer-wielding girl and passed only one stage; Jing Shaoyu healed her.
• Wu Zhangkong gathered the five students in his office and explained that their opponents were historical Soul Masters whose simulated projections had less than seventy percent of their true strength.

Wu Zhangkong introduced the Hall of Heroes as a Tang Sect training ground and invited Zero Class to join the Tang Sect. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie accepted, while Jing Shaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan declined and Gu Yue chose the Spirit Pagoda; the chapter ended with Jing Shaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan joking about founding the Jing Sect.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that the Hall of Heroes trained combat skills and that the assessment determined whether the students could join the Tang Sect.
• Wu Zhangkong identified the legendary Shrek Seven Monsters who had fought the students and revealed that Jing Shaoyu had defeated Bei Bei at the two-ring level.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie agreed to join the Tang Sect, while Jing Shaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan declined and Gu Yue said she had already chosen the Spirit Pagoda.
• Wu Zhangkong took Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to complete paperwork while Jing Shaoyu, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue returned to the bus.
• Xu Xiaoyan teased Jing Shaoyu about disliking the Tang Sect, then jokingly named herself the first Sect Master of the Jing Sect and Jing Shaoyu her bandit husband.

During the academy break, Jing Shaoyu returned home and was summoned to meet Leng Yaozhu, the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo. She revealed her identity, then took him as her personal disciple.

• Jing Shaoyu reassured Tang Wulin that he, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue were not leaving the academy, and Wu Zhangkong announced their month-long break.
• Jing Shaoyu said goodbye to Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, then rode his bicycle home.
• Ji Changming visited Jing Shaoyu and told him that an important person wanted to meet him, assuring him that the Spirit Pagoda would not reclaim the Soul Bone.
• Ji Changming brought Jing Shaoyu to the East Sea Spirit Transfer Pagoda, where he met Leng Yaozhu, the woman he had encountered at East Sea Park.
• Leng Yaozhu showed Jing Shaoyu her nine Soul Rings and asked him to kneel and kowtow; Jing Shaoyu accepted her offer, and she named him her personal disciple.

Leng Yaozhu formally took Jing Shaoyu as her disciple, gave him the Heaven Phoenix Ring, and learned about his extraordinary Martial Souls. She decided to make him surpass Ya Li as the continent’s top healer and hinted at an idea involving other potential teachers.

• Leng Yaozhu set rules for Jing Shaoyu, completed the apprenticeship ceremony, and gave him the Heaven Phoenix Ring.
• Leng Yaozhu asked about Jing Shaoyu’s Twin Martial Souls, and he revealed the Endless Godslaying Spear and Origin Spirit Martial Soul.
• Jing Shaoyu explained the Crown of Nature and its Great Dao Source Stones, while Leng Yaozhu marveled at the Martial Soul’s abilities.
• Leng Yaozhu told Jing Shaoyu to surpass Ya Li as the continent’s top healer because Ya Li had taken the man she wanted.
• Leng Shaoyu joked that Ya Li might not care about the title, and Leng Yaozhu realized that Ya Li and another man might be better suited to teach him before excitedly devising an idea.

Leng Yaozhu took her new disciple Jing Shaoyu to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and tested his abilities before bringing him into the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform. There, she defeated a 50,000-year Light Holy Tiger so Jing Shaoyu could absorb its Spirit Power and strengthen his Soul Spirit.

• Leng Yaozhu drove Jing Shaoyu from East Sea City to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters near Shrek City, assuring him that the visit did not mean he had to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu tested Jing Shaoyu in her laboratory and found that his Soul Power was Level 29, his physical strength was 8,366 years, and his mental power was in the Spirit Connection Realm.
• Leng Yaozhu placed Jing Shaoyu in a Landing Pod and brought him into the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, explaining its secrecy and that its soul beasts had real-world counterparts.
• Leng Yaozhu and Jing Shaoyu traveled through the recreated Star Dou Great Forest until they encountered a 50,000-year Light Holy Tiger.
• Leng Yaozhu killed the Light Holy Tiger with Golden Flame and told Jing Shaoyu to absorb its Spirit Power to advance his Soul Spirit to a five-star purple Soul Spirit.

Jing Shaoyu absorbed Spirit Power from two powerful soul beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform while Leng Yaozhu guided him, then learned more about the Spirit Pagoda's wealth and leadership. The chapter left him dining with Leng Yaozhu at the headquarters and discovering that the food could enhance his physique.

• Leng Yaozhu explained the Spirit Pagoda's nine-star ranks for soul spirits, and Jing Shaoyu absorbed Spirit Power from a Light Holy Tiger, raising his soul ring age.
• Leng Yaozhu killed a 50,000-year Diamond Mammoth, and Jing Shaoyu absorbed its Spirit Power, bringing his two soul rings close to black.
• Jing Shaoyu and Leng Yaozhu left the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Jing Shaoyu suppressed an improper thought after seeing Leng Yaozhu in her Landing Pod.
• Leng Yaozhu showed Jing Shaoyu her private floors and explained the Spirit Pagoda's political neutrality and leadership structure.
• Leng Yaozhu took Jing Shaoyu to dine at the headquarters, where he ate Braised Dragon Meat made from a 50,000-year Deep Sea Flood Dragon and felt its effects on his vitality.