Chapter Summaries

Tang Wu Lin and his companions finished the Hero Hall assessment and learned that its opponents were simulations of famous Soul Masters from history. Wu Zhangkong revealed that the test was actually an invitation to join Hero Hall, leaving the group to consider the organization and its training benefits.

• Tang Wu Lin and Xie Xie compared their results, then Wu Yang Jin, Gu Yue, and Hu Meier emerged; the group learned they had all cleared roughly the same number of rounds.
• Wu Zhangkong brought the five students to his office and explained that Hero Hall's simulated opponents had truly existed, though the simulations showed only part of their strength.
• Wu Yang Jin named several opponents, and the others identified their own as Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Tang San, and Huo Yuhao.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that he had assigned Wu Yang Jin different opponents to test his limits and identified the poison-using opponent as Meng Hongchen, Dream Cold Douluo.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed that the Hero Hall assessment was not a second examination but an opportunity to join its organization and use its training facilities by earning Merit Points.

Wu Zhangkong explained that Hero Hall belonged to the Tang Sect and invited the students to join. Tang Wu Lin, Xie Xie, and Hu Meier chose to join, while Gu Yue planned to join the Spirit Pagoda and Wu Yang Jin asked for more time to decide.

• Wu Zhangkong explained the Tang Sect's history and revealed that Hero Hall was a training system developed by the sect.
• Tang Wu Lin and Xie Xie decided to join the Tang Sect, while Wu Zhangkong advised them to consider the decision carefully.
• Gu Yue said she had already chosen the Spirit Pagoda, and Wu Zhangkong assured her he would arrange her practical combat classes separately.
• Wu Zhangkong reassured Wu Yang Jin that their relationship would not change whatever he chose, and Hu Meier announced she would join the Tang Sect.
• Wu Yang Jin asked for more time to decide, and Wu Zhangkong said Tang Wu Lin and Xie Xie would become outer sect members after completing the paperwork.
• After returning to school, Gu Yue messaged Wu Yang Jin and later quietly opened her door to speak with him.

Wu Yang Jin and Gu Yue discussed the Spirit Pagoda, their future, and his missing sister Na'er before vacation began. Wu Zhangkong took Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin on a trip to Heaven Dou City, where Tang Wu Lin received the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Wu Yang Jin listened to the Tang Sect rules.

• Gu Yue asked Wu Yang Jin whether he wanted to join the Spirit Pagoda, and they discussed possibly founding an organization together when they became stronger.
• Wu Yang Jin told Gu Yue how much he missed Na'er, and Gu Yue encouraged him to find his sister soon.
• When vacation began, Gu Yue and Xie Xie returned home, while Hu Meier left to have fun.
• Wu Zhangkong invited Tang Wu Lin to travel with him and Wu Yang Jin, and the three boarded a Soul Guidance Train to Heaven Dou City.
• On the train, Wu Zhangkong taught Tang Wu Lin the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Wu Yang Jin asked to hear the Tang Sect rules.

Wu Zhangkong and Wu Yang Jin traveled with Tang Wu Lin on the Soul Guidance Train while Tang Wu Lin meditated. When the train reached Heaven Dou City, they brought him to a quiet place to continue cultivating, where he eventually woke feeling refreshed and better able to sustain the Golden Dragon Claw.

• Wu Zhangkong asked Tang Wu Lin whether he could follow the sect rules, and Tang Wu Lin said he could before beginning Mysterious Heaven Skill cultivation on the train.
• Wu Zhangkong learned that the train could not wait for Tang Wu Lin's meditation to end, so he removed Tang Wu Lin's chair from the train and carried him away with it.
• Patrol officers stopped Wu Zhangkong and Wu Yang Jin, but Wu Zhangkong revealed his Soul Emperor strength and asked them to provide a quiet place with food and water.
• Wu Yang Jin chatted with people on his Soul Guidance Communicator and began cultivating while they waited for Tang Wu Lin to wake.
• Tang Wu Lin woke feeling that his body had been refreshed and that he could sustain the Golden Dragon Claw longer, and Wu Zhangkong suggested they get food.

Wu Zhangkong brought Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin to Long Bing’s grave, revealing that Long Bing had been Wu Yang Jin’s sister and his own beloved. After teaching Tang Wu Lin Purple Demon Eyes and spending fifteen days in Heaven Dou City, Wu Zhangkong led the boys to an old residence in the city center.

• Tang Wu Lin ate ninety-one grilled fish while Wu Zhangkong and Wu Yang Jin watched.
• Wu Zhangkong took Wu Yang Jin to Long Bing’s grave and told him she had been his sister and Wu Zhangkong’s beloved.
• Wu Yang Jin and Wu Zhangkong cleaned Long Bing’s gravestone and spoke to her before leaving.
• Wu Zhangkong taught Tang Wu Lin Purple Demon Eyes, and Tang Wu Lin achieved clear results quickly; Wu Yang Jin revealed privately that he had already mastered the technique.
• After fifteen days in Heaven Dou City, Wu Zhangkong took Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin to an old residence and pressed his hand against its vermilion gate.

Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin visited the Tang Sect’s historic courtyard, where Hall Master Zhao confirmed their potential and Tang Wu Lin learned Wu Yang Jin had joined the sect. Wu Zhangkong took them to test their Spiritual Power and planned to bring them to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform after visiting the Heaven Dou Royal Auction.

• Hall Master Zhao guided Wu Zhangkong, Wu Yang Jin, and Tang Wu Lin through the Tang Sect’s historic courtyard and explained its connection to Tang San and Aurora Douluo Long Shuang Han.
• Hall Master Zhao confirmed that Tang Wu Lin could withstand a Soul Ring of up to four thousand years, and Wu Zhangkong said the boys’ Tang Sect badges could be issued.
• Tang Wu Lin excitedly learned that Wu Yang Jin had joined the Tang Sect after their visit to the cemetery.
• Wu Zhangkong took the boys to the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda, where Tang Wu Lin scored 150 Spiritual Power points and Wu Yang Jin scored 320.
• Wu Zhangkong planned to enter the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform with them to help Tang Wu Lin ascend across ranks and have Wu Yang Jin absorb Spiritual Energy.
• Wu Zhangkong brought Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin to the Heaven Dou Royal Auction.

Wu Zhangkong brought Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin to the Heaven Dou Royal Auction, where Tang Wu Lin sought a spiritual fruit he needed and Wu Yang Jin considered bidding on an item. The auction opened with Mystic Ice Grass, and Wu Yang Jin gave up bidding as its price climbed beyond their means.

• Wu Zhangkong paid the deposit and brought Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin into the auction house, where the boys revealed they had earned millions of Federal currency.
• Tang Wu Lin spotted the Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit in the catalogue and told Wu Zhangkong that spiritual objects had helped his growth; Wu Zhangkong agreed to try to buy it.
• Tang Wu Lin explained that he still needed three other spiritual objects, while Wu Yang Jin said he had an item in mind to bid on.
• The auctioneer introduced the thousand-year-old Mystic Ice Grass as the opening item, and Wu Zhangkong began bidding on Wu Yang Jin's behalf.
• As the bids rose past six million Federal currency, Wu Yang Jin decided to stop pursuing the Mystic Ice Grass.

Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin attended the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Hall Master Zhao secretly bought the Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit Tang Wu Lin needed and Mystic Ice Grass for Wu Yang Jin. After the auction, Wu Yang Jin gave the grass to Snow Empress and Ice Empress, leaving Ice Empress stunned.

• Box Number Six bought the thousand-year-old Mystic Ice Grass for ten million, and Wu Yang Jin and Wu Zhangkong discussed its price.
• The Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit appeared, and Wu Yang Jin bid six million before Box Number Six outbid him at seven million five hundred thousand.
• After the auction, Hall Master Zhao revealed himself as the buyer in Box Number Six and gave Tang Wu Lin the Dragon Scale Fruit.
• Hall Master Zhao gave Wu Yang Jin the Mystic Ice Grass and told him and Tang Wu Lin to cultivate diligently and repay the Tang Sect someday.
• Wu Yang Jin gave the Mystic Ice Grass to Snow Empress and Ice Empress as thanks, and Ice Empress was stunned by his explanation.

Wu Zhangkong led Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where the group encountered and defeated a powerful Icefire Demonic Tiger. After absorbing its Spiritual Energy, they continued deeper into the platform and came under attack from dark green spikes.

• Wu Zhangkong took Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and explained that its powerful Soul Beasts claimed territories.
• Wu Zhangkong confronted a four-thousand-year Icefire Demonic Tiger while Wu Yang Jin used Emperor Cold Sky to freeze and slow it.
• Tang Wu Lin delivered the final blow to the Icefire Demonic Tiger, and the group absorbed its Spiritual Energy.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that Tang Wu Lin could continue absorbing energy and that Wu Yang Jin had a higher absorption limit.
• The three continued deeper into the platform, where dark green spikes suddenly shot toward them.

Wu Yang Jin defeated a Poisonous Bristle Porcupine and absorbed its Spiritual Energy, strengthening his Martial Souls. As Wu Zhangkong led the group deeper into the Mixed Zone, they sensed something was wrong and stopped to investigate a sudden rustle.

• Wu Yang Jin volunteered to fight the Poisonous Bristle Porcupine and used his abilities to block its spikes and charge.
• Wu Yang Jin drove the porcupine’s own Poison Stings into its eyes, then struck it with Ice Empress’s Claws and Emperor Palm, defeating it.
• Wu Yang Jin delivered the final blow and absorbed the porcupine’s Spiritual Energy, improving his Black Dragon Martial Soul and Star Eyes Martial Soul.
• Wu Zhangkong warned Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin to stay close because Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beasts could attack in the Mixed Zone.
• Wu Zhangkong noticed the area was unnaturally quiet and halted when a rustling sound came from somewhere nearby.

Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wu Lin confronted a ten-thousand-year Three-Eyed Demon Ape while Wu Yang Jin began a breakthrough. Wu Yang Jin reached Rank Thirty and unleashed his Eternal Frozen Domain, freezing the ape's attack and immobilizing it.

• Wu Yang Jin spotted shadows, and Tang Wu Lin used the Blue Silver Grass to help locate the Three-Eyed Demon Ape.
• Wu Zhangkong attacked the ape, but it evaded him and raised a purple barrier while Wu Yang Jin began his breakthrough.
• The Three-Eyed Demon Ape struck Wu Zhangkong with a spiritual beam, knocking Tang Wu Lin from the tree and leaving Wu Zhangkong bleeding.
• The ape redirected its attack toward Wu Yang Jin, who dodged it after breaking through to Rank Thirty.
• Wu Yang Jin activated Eternal Frozen Domain, freezing the ape's purple light and immobilizing the Three-Eyed Demon Ape.

Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin survived a dangerous hunt after Wu Yang Jin reached Rank 30 and Tang Wu Lin absorbed the Three-Eyed Demon Ape's Spiritual Energy. They returned to Eastsea City with new gains, and Tang Wu Lin visited Mu Chen before the new semester began.

• Wu Yang Jin froze the Three-Eyed Demon Ape with Extreme Ice Domain, and Wu Zhangkong defeated it with Frost Condensation before Tang Wu Lin delivered the final blow.
• Tang Wu Lin struggled to absorb the Ten-Thousand Year Spiritual Energy, but Wu Yang Jin shared the burden while Old Tang used some of his energy to save him.
• After recovering, Tang Wu Lin learned he had reached Rank 18 and gained a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Wu Yang Jin reached Rank 30 and gained new Soul Skills.
• Wu Zhangkong brought the boys back to Eastsea City and gave them three days to relax before school started.
• Tang Wu Lin visited Mu Chen at the Forging Master Association, where Mu Xi arrived and complained that her father had not let her enjoy her vacation.

Wu Yang Jin returned from vacation at level thirty and gave Mu Xi a thousand-year Fire Spirit Fruit before resuming forging practice with Tang Wu Lin. At the start of the new term, Long Hengxu urged Wu Zhangkong to admit Xu Xiaoyan to Zero Class, but Wu Zhangkong refused to be swayed by the academy’s pressure.

• Wu Yang Jin told Mu Chen that he had reached level thirty and showed his three unusual soul rings, surprising Mu Xi.
• Wu Yang Jin gave Mu Xi a thousand-year Fire Spirit Fruit, and she thanked him and promised to help him if he ever needed it.
• Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin accepted Third-Level Forging Master assignments and returned to the workshop as vacation ended.
• Long Hengxu pressed Wu Zhangkong to accept Xu Xiaoyan into Zero Class, citing her Innate Full Soul Power and the class’s recent losses.
• Wu Zhangkong rejected Long Hengxu’s arguments and said students and teachers each had their own choices.

Xu Xiaoyan joined Zero Class on a one-month trial, during which she had to earn Wu Zhangkong’s and her classmates’ recognition, especially the Class Monitor’s. Long Hengxu persuaded the headmaster to send Zero Class out to test its results, while Xu Xiaoyan settled into her dormitory and met Xie Xie.

• Wu Zhangkong gave Xu Xiaoyan one month to earn Zero Class’s recognition or lose her place as his student.
• Long Hengxu convinced the headmaster that Zero Class should go out and demonstrate its training results.
• Wu Zhangkong showed Xu Xiaoyan her luxurious dormitory and warned her that Zero Class’s training was far harsher than other classes.
• Xu Xiaoyan vowed to work hard, especially to win the Class Monitor’s recognition, and recalled how Wu Yang Jin and Gu Yue had defeated her brother.
• Xu Xiaoyan found Xie Xie looking for Wulin and Yang Jin, then told him that no one was in the room he was knocking on.

Xu Xiaoyan joined Zero Class and met Xie Xie and Wu Yang Jin, learning about the team and its members. The group ate together before returning to the academy, where Zero Class gathered for the opening ceremony the next day.

• Xu Xiaoyan introduced herself to Xie Xie, who remembered her as Xu Xiaoyu’s younger sister from the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Xie Xie told Xu Xiaoyan that Tang Wu Lin was the team captain despite having only One Ring, and introduced the other Zero Class students.
• Wu Yang Jin returned to the dormitory, recognized Xu Xiaoyan, and invited her to eat with him and Xie Xie.
• Xu Xiaoyan joined Wu Yang Jin and Xie Xie for Braised Jarred Beef and praised how delicious it was.
• The next day, Hu Meier, Gu Yue, and Tang Wu Lin returned, and Zero Class prepared to attend the opening ceremony.

Wu Zhangkong paired the six Zero Class students and tested their Spiritual Power after the break. Xu Xiaoyan discovered that her new classmates had astonishing scores, and the chapter ended with her staring at Wu Yang Jin in amazement.

• Wu Zhangkong assigned Xie Xie and Tang Wu Lin, Hu Meier and Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Yang Jin as deskmates and future 2v2 partners.
• Xu Xiaoyan introduced herself, and Wu Zhangkong gave her a month to prove she belonged in Zero Class before beginning the students’ assessments.
• Xie Xie scored 60 Spiritual Power, Xu Xiaoyan scored 63, and Tang Wu Lin startled everyone with a score of 215.
• Gu Yue scored 280 Spiritual Power, while Xu Xiaoyan asked to retake her test at night because her score changed then.
• Hu Meier scored 270 and Wu Yang Jin scored 350, leaving Xu Xiaoyan staring at him in amazement.

Wu Zhangkong arranged two-on-two practical combat tests, and Wu Yang Jin teamed with Xu Xiaoyan against Gu Yue and Xie Xie in the first match. The battle began with Wu Yang Jin revealing that he had reached Three Rings, while Xu Xiaoyan blocked Xie Xie's attempted attack with an Ice Shard.

• Wu Zhangkong announced practical combat tests and assigned the students to several two-on-two matches.
• Gu Yue objected to her pairing with Xie Xie, but Wu Zhangkong insisted that the teams would not always be evenly matched.
• Wu Yang Jin discussed their strategy with Xu Xiaoyan and promised to protect her during the first match.
• Wu Yang Jin summoned the Snow Woman, and Xie Xie was surprised to learn that he had reached Three Rings.
• Xie Xie dashed past Wu Yang Jin to attack Xu Xiaoyan, but he crashed into an Ice Shard she had raised in his path.

Wu Yang Jin fought Gu Yue and Xie Xie in a sparring match, using his ice abilities to counter their attacks and win. After Wu Zhangkong ended the match, Wu Yang Jin explained that his domain could enhance Xu Xiaoyan’s ice-attribute Martial Soul.

• Wu Yang Jin shattered Gu Yue’s fireballs and redirected her combined ice-and-fire attack toward Xie Xie, who slipped repeatedly on ice.
• Wu Yang Jin charged Gu Yue, but she vanished and reappeared behind him before Xu Xiaoyan’s blue light disrupted her strike.
• Wu Yang Jin used Eternal Frozen Domain to immobilize Xie Xie and lightly freeze Gu Yue, then grabbed Gu Yue until Wu Zhangkong stopped the match.
• Wu Yang Jin released the Soul Skill and explained that he could control whether it caused cold while restraining movement.
• Wu Yang Jin said he had used his domain to enhance Xu Xiaoyan’s ice-attribute Martial Soul and told Hu Meier that a similar Martial Soul could theoretically receive the same enhancement.

Xu Xiaoyan impressed the class and teachers in the practical battles, earning a temporary place in Zero Class as Wu Zhangkong agreed to enter the students in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition. The students prepared for daily joint training against Wu Zhangkong, while Wu Yang Jin suspected that something more was behind the discussion between Wu Zhangkong and Long Hengxu.

• Xu Xiaoyan helped Wu Yang Jin's team in the first practical battle, and Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan wore down Hu Meier and Tang Wu Lin's team until the second match reached its time limit.
• Long Hengxu told Wu Zhangkong that he would seek more resources for Zero Class and proposed entering the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition; Wu Zhangkong agreed.
• Wu Zhangkong gave the students individual feedback, told Xu Xiaoyan she could temporarily remain in the class, and scheduled daily joint training with himself as their opponent.
• Wu Zhangkong warned that he would use Soul Skills during training, startling the students, and Wu Yang Jin said he felt there was a conspiracy behind the teachers' conversation.

After welcoming Xu Xiaoyan to Zero Class, Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin were summoned to the Forging Master Association, where Mu Chen revealed that their Blue Womb Copper had reached the threshold of Spirit Refinement. He congratulated them on qualifying as Fourth-Level Forging Masters, then prepared them to forge more Blue Womb Copper and hear about another important matter.

• Wu Yang Jin, Tang Wu Lin, Hu Meier, and Gu Yue officially welcomed Xu Xiaoyan to Zero Class and planned a celebratory meal.
• Mu Chen called Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin to the Forging Master Association, where Cen Yue and Mu Xi joined them.
• Mu Chen and Cen Yue showed that the two pieces of Blue Womb Copper the boys forged were among the best Second Grade examples and indicated they had reached the threshold of Spirit Refinement.
• Mu Chen explained that their success qualified them as Fourth-Level Forging Masters, and Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin thanked him.
• Mu Xi warned them that Spirit Refinement was expensive, then Mu Chen took the boys to the forging room and gave each a piece of rare metal to forge.