Chapter Summaries

Wu Yang Jin and his friends returned to the academy after Wu Zhangkong resolved the dispute, then quickly won the second Promotion Tournament. That night, Tang Wu Lin met Jin Ying in a dream and learned about the dangerous Golden Dragon King power within him, while Jin Ying became intrigued by Wu Yang Jin.

• Guang Biao apologized and compensated the people on Snack Street, while Wu Zhangkong told Wu Yang Jin and his friends to stay alert and avoid leaving the academy at night.
• Old Long, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress discussed Wu Zhangkong’s abilities, and Wu Yang Jin told them Tang Wu Lin had reacted strangely when Wu Zhangkong drew his sword.
• Wu Yang Jin’s group instantly defeated the three students from Class Two and won the second Promotion Tournament.
• Tang Wu Lin dreamed of meeting Jin Ying, who explained that the Golden Scales came from the Golden Dragon King and that Tang Wu Lin needed three rare ingredients to control the dangerous power.
• Jin Ying sensed an unexpected aura, then asked Tang Wu Lin about Wu Yang Jin and whether he had dragon bloodline or an unusually powerful Martial Soul.

After Jin Ying urged Tang Wulin to make the Dragon Bloodline his own, Tang Wulin went with his friends to an auction where Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit and Hundred-Year Crimson Flame Fruit were being sold. The group entered the auction house, but Tang Wulin had not yet explained why he wanted the Spiritual Objects.

• Jin Ying told Tang Wulin to obtain the item and break through the first seal before sharing everything with Yang Jin, and privately wondered whether Yang Jin was someone she had encountered before.
• Tang Wulin learned that Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit and Hundred-Year Crimson Flame Fruit could cost several million, then decided to attend an auction where both were available.
• Wu Yang Jin explained that he wanted to buy sweets for his missing little sister Na'er, and Gu Yue and Hu Meier joined the outing while Xie Xie arranged a ride and ordered sweets for him.
• Tang Wulin, Wu Yang Jin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Hu Meier entered Eastsea City's auction house after showing their Soul Master identification.
• Wu Yang Jin asked Tang Wulin why he wanted the Spiritual Objects, and Tang Wulin said he had seen them before and wanted to take a look.

Tang Wu Lin and his friends toured the auction house’s spiritual fruit display, where he learned that the century-old fruits he needed were far beyond his means and that access to higher floors required costly qualifications. After his friends offered support, Tang Wu Lin decided that he and Wu Yang Jin could pursue Third-Level Forging Master exams to gain access, while he remained hesitant to explain his troubles.

• Xie Xie showed Tang Wu Lin and the others the spiritual fruit section, where Tang Wu Lin found the displayed fruits too expensive and too young to meet his needs.
• Xie Xie explained that century-old fruits were displayed on higher floors, which required nonrefundable fees of one hundred thousand or one million Federal currency for bidding qualifications.
• Xie Xie said third-level professionals could browse the higher floors freely, and Wu Yang Jin noted that he and Tang Wu Lin could take the Third-Level Forging Master exam.
• Wu Yang Jin, Hu Meier, and Gu Yue urged Tang Wu Lin to tell them if he faced difficulties, but he hesitated to explain his situation.

Wu Yang Jin reflected on Spirit Pagoda’s treatment of Soul Beasts while touring the exhibition with his friends, then the group returned to the academy and discussed gathering information on Class One. Their conversation ended when a student from Class One insulted them.

• The group toured the exhibition, where Wu Yang Jin questioned whether Spirit Pagoda still followed its founders’ goal of peaceful coexistence between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Wu Yang Jin and Gu Yue discussed the fate of Soul Beasts and the history of Huo Yuhao, Long Shuang Han, and Long Qiu'er.
• The group visited the auction house’s other sections, then returned to the academy for lunch and planned to gather information about Class One.
• Xie Xie joked that Gu Yue was unnecessary for gathering information, so Gu Yue attacked him with fire and water before letting him go.
• A student with center-parted hair confronted the group and mocked the students of Class Five.

Wei Xiaofeng provoked Tang Wu Lin’s team, but Wu Yang Jin mocked him and revealed his powerful Snow Woman Martial Soul. After Wei Xiaofeng left, the team prepared for the Promotion Tournament, while Tang Wu Lin went to meet Mang Tian at the forging room.

• Wei Xiaofeng taunted Tang Wu Lin and challenged Class Five to prove themselves in the Promotion Tournament.
• Wu Yang Jin ridiculed Wei Xiaofeng, transformed with his Snow Woman Martial Soul, and displayed two white-gold soul rings.
• Wei Xiaofeng left in anger, and the team agreed to rest and prepare for the tournament.
• Tang Wu Lin resolved to grow stronger for his teammates, family, and friends, and to obtain the Ice Crystal Fruit and Scarlet Flame Fruit.
• Mang Tian asked Tang Wu Lin to come to the forging room alone, while Wu Yang Jin stayed behind to prepare for the tournament.

Tang Wu Lin told Wu Yang Jin that his parents had left after being targeted by forces connected to Tang Zi Ran's past as a Mecha Design Master. After reading Tang Zi Ran's letter, the boys vowed to grow stronger and find Tang Wu Lin's parents.

• Tang Wu Lin woke Wu Yang Jin and told him Tang Zi Ran and Lang Yue had been taken away.
• Tang Wu Lin explained that Mang Tian had given him Tang Zi Ran's letter after approving his and Wu Yang Jin's Third-Level Forging Master assessments.
• Tang Wu Lin read that Tang Zi Ran planned to return to his former profession and warned his son not to search for his parents until they were safe.
• Tang Wu Lin blamed himself for his parents' departure, and Wu Yang Jin comforted him.
• Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin vowed to work hard, grow stronger, and find Tang Zi Ran and Lang Yue.

Wu Yang Jin comforted Tang Wu Lin over the disappearance of his parents, while the friends learned that Class One posed a serious challenge in the Promotion Tournament. A typhoon suspended classes and the tournament, and Tang Wu Lin hurried off with Wu Yang Jin to prepare for an urgent task.

• Wu Yang Jin and the others wondered whether the Holy Spirit Cult or Spirit Pagoda had taken Tang Wu Lin's parents.
• Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Hu Meier told Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin that Class One had three strong Soul Grand Masters with unusual Martial Souls.
• Gu Yue and Hu Meier explained that the academy had restricted Promotion Tournament matches to each grade and was considering letting Class One skip grades.
• The academy announced that a typhoon would suspend classes and the Promotion Tournament for more than a week.
• Tang Wu Lin left after dinner to deal with the approaching typhoon, and Wu Yang Jin followed him.
• Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin prepared to contact Cen Yue and seek three items from the Forging Master Association.

Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin asked to take the Third-Level Forging Master assessment, and Mu Chen approved their late-night request. They passed by using Layered Hammering on Heavy Silver, earning their Third-Level Forging Master titles.

• Tang Wu Lin called Cen Yue and asked whether he and Wu Yang Jin could take the Third-Level Forging Master assessment that night.
• Cen Yue obtained Mu Chen’s approval, and Mu Chen brought Mu Xi to witness the assessment.
• Yun Xiao Ling was surprised when Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin revealed they were the candidates.
• Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin began forging Heavy Silver with Layered Hammering as Mu Chen, Cen Yue, and Mu Xi watched.
• Mu Chen congratulated both children after they passed and became Third-Level Forging Masters.

Tang Wu Lin gathered the spiritual fruits and dragon blood needed to break his First Seal, while Wu Yang Jin secretly gave him a dragon scale and blood from Old Long. After Tang Wu Lin endured the painful transformation and awakened, Old Tang recognized the scale and asked him about it.

• Mu Chen congratulated Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin, and Tang Wu Lin asked to borrow spiritual fruits and dragon-blooded Soul Beast blood from the association.
• Wu Yang Jin gave Tang Wu Lin a dragon scale and a bottle of blood, which he had obtained from Old Long.
• Tang Wu Lin followed Old Tang's instructions to combine the Ice Crystal Fruit, Crimson Flame Fruit, blood, and scale, then drank the mixture.
• Tang Wu Lin endured extreme heat and cold as the scale protected him, and he broke his First Seal.
• Old Tang asked Tang Wu Lin whether he had a dragon scale, and Tang Wu Lin realized that Wu Yang Jin's gift had helped him.

Tang Wu Lin learned that Yang Jin's dragon blood and scale had helped him break the first seal, while Wu Yang Jin awakened his Light Bloodline. As Class Five prepared for the Promotion Tournament final, both Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin were missing.

• Old Tang identified Yang Jin's blood and dragon scale as powerful aids for Tang Wu Lin's seals and asked to meet Yang Jin.
• Old Long told Wu Yang Jin that his Light Bloodline had awakened and would develop further as he grew stronger.
• Wu Yang Jin and Xie Xie finalized Class Five's plan for the Promotion Tournament final and resolved to compete for victory despite Tang Wu Lin's absence.
• On the day of the final, Class Five students and spectators gathered while rumors spread about Class Five facing the powerful Class One.
• Xie Xie, Hu Meier, and Gu Yue worried when Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin failed to appear or answer their communicators.
• Kong Hanwen watched the crowd from beneath the stage with a sinister sneer.

Ye Yingluo confronted Wu Zhangkong before the delayed Promotion Tournament match between First Grade Class Five and First Year, Class One. Tang Wu Lin returned and Wu Yang Jin appeared despite being sick, leaving both classes set to send four students into the match.

• Kong Hanwen and Ye Yingrong waited for Wu Zhangkong, while Ye Yingluo led First Year, Class One to the tournament venue.
• Ye Yingluo challenged Wu Zhangkong, but he ignored her and led Class Five to its designated spot.
• Long Hengxu announced that Class Five would face Class One in the fourth Promotion Tournament match and asked Wu Zhangkong to send out students.
• Tang Wu Lin returned and learned that Wu Yang Jin was sick, then Wu Yang Jin arrived and insisted on competing.
• Wu Zhangkong selected Wu Yang Jin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wu Lin, and Long Hengxu told Ye Yingluo to send four students as well.

Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin’s Class Five faced Ye Yingluo’s Class One in the promotion tournament final, where their team quickly gained the upper hand. Wu Yang Jin revealed his Snow Woman Martial Soul while still fighting through an unexplained illness.

• Ye Yingluo sent Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Lu Renyi to compete against Wu Zhangkong’s team of Wu Yang Jin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wu Lin.
• Xie Xie used Light Dragon Storm and Light Dragon Strangulation to catch Wei Xiaofeng off guard, but Zhang Yangzi rescued him and activated Dark Sky Curtain.
• Tang Wu Lin intercepted Wang Jinxi’s Bone Dragon Claw and knocked him back with a powerful punch.
• Wu Yang Jin used ice to launch Lu Renyi into the air, then struck him out of the arena with a palm.
• The fighters noticed Wu Yang Jin’s orange-white soul ring, and he identified his Martial Soul as Snow Woman while privately worrying that his recent fever and weakness might be linked to the dragon scales and blood taken from him.

Wu Yang Jin and his teammates fought Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi, with Gu Yue breaking through their Dark Sky Curtain and the fight turning against Wu Yang Jin when he shielded Tang Wu Lin. Tang Wu Lin disrupted the opponents’ formation with his Blue Silver Grass, leaving all three stumbling out of the darkness.

• Wang Jinxi attacked Wu Yang Jin but was sent flying by the combined force of Wu Yang Jin’s Ice Empress’s Claws and Black Dragon Claw.
• Gu Yue fused light and fire elements to destroy Zhang Yangzi’s Dark Sky Curtain, revealing the three opponents.
• Wang Jinxi admitted that he felt afraid near Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin as Zhang Yangzi prepared to demonstrate their coordination.
• Zhang Yangzi used Dark Sky Curtain and sent Bone Dragon Claws and Shadow Avatars toward Gu Yue and Tang Wu Lin.
• Wu Yang Jin protected Gu Yue from the Bone Dragon Claws, then pulled Tang Wu Lin away from the Shadow Avatars and took their attack himself.
• Tang Wu Lin drove his Blue Silver Grass into the black mist and poured in Soul Power, forcing Zhang Yangzi and the others to stumble out.

Gu Yue’s Ice and Snow Storm left Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng badly frostbitten, so Long Hengxu ended the match and declared First Grade Class Five the winner. Refusing to accept defeat, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wang Jinxi attacked Gu Yue as Tang Wu Lin tried to stop him.

• Gu Yue unleashed an Ice and Snow Storm enhanced by the Ice and Snow Emperors, overwhelming Zhang Yangzi and the other two.
• Long Hengxu stopped the match and declared First Grade Class Five the winner, and Gu Yue checked on Wu Yang Jin as her classmates celebrated.
• Zhang Yangzi rejected the result and fused with Wang Jinxi to form the Dark Bone Dragon King.
• Wang Jinxi struck Xie Xie, who was caught by Wu Zhangkong, then charged at Gu Yue.
• Tang Wu Lin confronted Wang Jinxi, but Wang Jinxi slipped past him and attacked Gu Yue.

During the Promotion Tournament, Tang Wu Lin lost control of the Golden Dragon King’s power after Wang Jinxi’s team injured Wu Yang Jin and Xie Xie. Wu Zhangkong stopped Tang Wu Lin before he could kill Wang Jinxi, and the injured students were taken for treatment.

• Wang Jinxi’s attack injured Wu Yang Jin, prompting Gu Yue to rush to his side and try to heal him.
• Wang Jinxi taunted Tang Wu Lin, who charged at him and unleashed the Golden Dragon Claw with overwhelming force.
• Tang Wu Lin attacked Wang Jinxi again while out of control, but Wu Zhangkong intervened and stopped the potentially fatal blow.
• Long Hengxu ended the match and ordered the injured students, including Wu Yang Jin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi, to be taken for treatment.
• Wu Yang Jin challenged Ye Yingluo for her students’ conduct, and Wu Zhangkong warned her before carrying Wu Yang Jin away.
• Old Tang told Tang Wu Lin that his outburst came from the Golden Dragon King’s power and urged him to learn to control it.

After Wu Yang Jin woke from his injuries, his friends told him the match had been halted, while school officials discussed the freshmen’s extraordinary abilities and proposed giving them special treatment. Wu Yang Jin later revealed to Tang Wu Lin that he also had a powerful dragon within him.

• Wu Yang Jin woke in the infirmary and learned that the match had been halted, though his friends thought their side had probably won.
• Tang Wu Lin rushed to hug Wu Yang Jin, hurting his injuries, and Xie Xie thanked him for protecting him during the match.
• Hu Meier suggested that the freshmen might receive a special reward because of their unusual abilities.
• Long Hengxu explained the match’s escalation to Yu Zhen and proposed special treatment for the freshmen, which Yu Zhen asked him to report on.
• After recovering, Wu Yang Jin guessed that Tang Wu Lin’s Golden Dragon Claw came from the Golden Dragon King and revealed that he also had a powerful dragon he called Old Long.

Wu Yang Jin promised to help Tang Wu Lin find the thousand-year Spiritual Objects needed to lift his second seal. While running, Wu Yang Jin met a playful Senior Sister who challenged him to a race, leaving him reluctantly trying to keep up.

• Wu Yang Jin showed Tang Wu Lin his dragon claw, and Tang Wu Lin explained that lifting his second seal required four thousand-year Spiritual Objects.
• Wu Yang Jin promised to search for the items and ask his older brother for help.
• While running, Wu Yang Jin noticed a pretty Senior Sister, who joined him and warned him not to get distracted.
• The Senior Sister asked Wu Yang Jin about his worries and name, then teased him by pinching his cheek.
• The Senior Sister challenged Wu Yang Jin to race ten laps in exchange for telling him her name, and he tried to keep up despite not wanting to race.

Wu Yang Jin met Ouyang Zixin while running, then learned from Xie Xie that she was the school’s top beauty and heard that a major announcement about post-tournament arrangements was coming. First Grade Class Five gathered on the field for a year meeting, where Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin discussed the danger of escalating their earlier conflict with classmates.

• Wu Yang Jin ran a full-speed lap for Ouyang Zixin, who introduced herself as a fifth-grade student before they parted.
• Wu Yang Jin encountered Xie Xie, who explained Ouyang Zixin’s popularity and mentioned that Tang Wu Lin had noticed her before.
• Xie Xie told Wu Yang Jin that the students would hear an important announcement about arrangements after the Promotion Tournament.
• Wu Yang Jin and Xie Xie found Tang Wu Lin, ate breakfast together, and went to class before all first-year students were summoned to the field.
• Wu Zhangkong led First Grade Class Five to the gathering, where other students watched them closely.
• Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin agreed that retaliating too harshly against their classmates could change the nature of their earlier conflict.

Eastsea Academy established first year Zero Class and selected eight students, including Wu Yang Jin and his friends, to study under Wu Zhangkong. Dean Yu Zhen told them to sign agreements committing to the academy, while Xie Xie asked to consult his family and was warned he could lose his place in the class.

• Wu Yang Jin, Gu Yue, Tang Wu Lin, Hu Meier, and Xie Xie agreed to visit Uncle Li's restaurant while Wang Jinxi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Zhang Yangzi brooded over their defeat and injuries.
• Long Hengxu announced that the winning class would not continue in the Promotion Tournament and that the former First Grade Class Five had become First Year, Class One.
• Yu Zhen announced the new first year Zero Class, led by Wu Zhangkong, and named Wu Yang Jin, Gu Yue, Tang Wu Lin, Hu Meier, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng as its members.
• Yu Zhen warned the selected students to behave and work hard, then presented agreements requiring them to continue studying at the academy.
• Xie Xie asked to discuss the agreement with his family, and Yu Zhen said he would have to leave Zero Class if he did so.

Tang Wu Lin, Wu Yang Jin, and their companions signed agreements to become Eastsea Academy’s core elite students, establishing first year Zero Class under Wu Zhangkong. The academy provided them with upgraded rooms and cultivation facilities, and classes began after a day of preparation.

• Tang Wu Lin, Wu Yang Jin, Gu Yue, Hu Meier, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi signed the academy’s agreement, while Wei Xiaofeng declined because his family might send him to the Advanced Section.
• Yu Zhen announced that the academy would invest heavily in Zero Class and hoped at least five students would qualify for Shrek Academy by age fifteen.
• Yu Zhen assigned Wu Zhangkong a suite near the students and gave the injured students time to recover before classes began.
• Eastsea Academy moved the students into individual rooms beside one another and provided Zero Class with an exclusive classroom, combat room, cultivation facilities, and generous meal benefits.
• After a day of preparation, Zero Class began classes, with Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi seated apart from Wu Yang Jin and the others.