Chapter Summaries

Su Hao tested and named his new Soul Tool Cannonball the Steam Bullet, earning Cao Hongwen’s approval and a chance to continue his Soul Tool studies. After returning to Eastsea Academy, Su Hao met Xie Xie and Gu Yue, and defended Tang Wulin’s potential by describing his hard work.

• Su Hao and Cao Hongwen inspected the Soul Beasts damaged by the Soul Tool Cannonball, and Cao Hongwen approved it for its area damage and ability to leave survivors for questioning.
• Su Hao named the weapon the Steam Bullet, then made three more while Cao Hongwen arranged to report it and secure rewards and contribution points.
• Cao Hongwen gave Su Hao his Access Card and instructions for returning to the Spirit Pagoda for further Soul Tool lessons.
• Su Hao returned to Eastsea Academy and met Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue.
• After Xie Xie questioned the difference between Su Hao’s and Tang Wulin’s class placements, Su Hao explained their differences in talent and praised Tang Wulin’s hard work.

Su Hao continued training in the Spirit Ascension Platform and his Second Profession before Ye Yingluo assigned him and two classmates to stop Class 5 in the Class Advancement Competition. After a typhoon delayed the contest for seven days, the storm passed and Ye Yingluo led Class 1 to the venue for the resumed competition.

• Gu Yue asked Su Hao if anything had gone wrong at the Spirit Pagoda, and he explained that he visited weekly to study as a member.
• Su Hao hunted Soul Beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform, killed four members of a six-person Soul Master team, and was then defeated by the survivors.
• Su Hao spent more than two months training, and Ye Yingluo instructed him, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi to quickly eliminate Class 5 if it reached Class 1.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue defeated Class 4, then advanced through the competition until a typhoon postponed their match against Class 1.
• During the seven-day school closure, Tang Wulin bought medicine to break his seal while Su Hao cultivated; after the typhoon passed, Ye Yingluo led Class 1 to the competition venue.

Su Hao and his teammates faced Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie in the freshman Class Advancement Competition. Tang Wulin quickly overwhelmed their opening attack and threw a hammer at Zhang Yangzi, leaving the match unresolved.

• Wu Changkong announced that Class Five would send three participants after Tang Wulin arrived, and Long Hengxu ordered Class 1 to send three as well.
• Su Hao, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi introduced themselves opposite Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie before Long Hengxu started the match.
• Zhang Yangzi covered the arena with Shadow Mist while Wang Jinxi charged at Tang Wulin using Bone Dragon Claw.
• Gu Yue dispersed the mist with wind, and Tang Wulin used his pressure and Golden Dragon Claw to throw Wang Jinxi and frighten Zhang Yangzi out of the air.
• Tang Wulin hurled a Thousand Refined Silver Hammer at Zhang Yangzi, prompting Long Hengxu to prepare to intervene.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue fought Su Hao’s team as his elemental techniques and puppets trapped Xie Xie and pressured them. After they destroyed Su Hao’s five elemental animals, Gu Yue launched Elemental Storm, sending a towering pillar of wind, ice, and fire toward Su Hao.

• Su Hao raised a refined-iron wall to protect Wang Jinxi, then transformed it into Wood Puppets that bound Xie Xie and countered Gu Yue’s attacks.
• Tang Wulin attacked Su Hao, who used earth, iron walls, gravity, and an Air Cannon to hinder Tang Wulin and Gu Yue.
• Su Hao summoned five elemental animals, but Tang Wulin and Gu Yue destroyed them while Gu Yue evaded their attacks through spatial movement.
• After exhausting themselves, Tang Wulin and Gu Yue coordinated as Gu Yue unleashed Elemental Storm and sent a five-meter pillar of wind, ice, and fire toward Su Hao.

Su Hao and Tang Wulin agreed to settle the class advancement match with one final attack after Gu Yue and the other fighters were unable to continue. Su Hao defeated Tang Wulin and secured the victory for Class One.

• Su Hao used a Stone Statue to extinguish Gu Yue's Elemental Storm and seize Tang Wulin, but Tang Wulin broke free and smashed one of the statue's legs with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Su Hao proposed that he and Tang Wulin decide the match with one full-strength move, and Tang Wulin agreed.
• Su Hao and Tang Wulin charged and struck each other, but Su Hao's fist overwhelmed Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw, broke his right arm, and knocked him unconscious.
• Wu Changkong carried Tang Wulin to the school infirmary, and Dean of Students Long Hengxu announced Class One's victory.

After recovering from his match with Su Hao, Tang Wulin learned that the academy had ended the freshmen’s advancement challenges and created First Year Class Zero for seven top students. The headmaster gathered the new class and required them to sign agreements to remain at Eastsea Academy through their intermediate studies.

• Tang Wulin woke in the infirmary, heard from Xie Xie how the match had ended, and accepted Su Hao’s apology while recovering over Class A Meals.
• Long Hengxu announced that the winning grade one classes would not continue in the Class Advancement Competition and that the class rankings would be adjusted.
• Long Hengxu named Su Hao, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Wei Xiaofeng, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue as the members of First Year Class Zero, with Wu Zhangkong as their homeroom teacher.
• The headmaster reprimanded the seven students for their conduct and injuries during the competition, then handed them agreements requiring them to stay at Eastsea Academy through the Middle School and High School Divisions.

Su Hao and five others joined First Year Class Zero after signing the academy’s agreement, while Wei Xiaofeng chose to return to Class One. Their new classes began with Wu Changkong teaching them about mecha and its development, and the lesson was left ongoing.

• Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng questioned whether they should discuss the agreement with their families, but Su Hao, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi signed it, while Wei Xiaofeng left for Class One.
• The dean praised the new Class Zero students and arranged new classrooms and dormitories for them and their teachers.
• The next day, Su Hao and the others took their seats in Class Zero as Wu Changkong introduced their revised curriculum.
• Wu Changkong began teaching the students about mecha, explaining how Soul Tool mecha developed and became important in modern warfare.

Wu Changkong explained that the strongest mechas were miniaturized Battle Armor, which combined with a Soul Master’s abilities to create true powerhouses. He told Class Zero to choose a mecha-related Second Profession within three years and said they would see Battle Armor after completing the first stage of practical combat training.

• Wu Changkong explained that ordinary mechas and superweapons could not match the strongest individual combatants.
• Wu Changkong described Battle Armor as powerful, miniaturized mechas that let Soul Masters combine their Martial Souls and mechas.
• Wu Changkong urged the students to choose a mecha-related Second Profession, such as mecha design, manufacture, or repair, within three years.
• Wu Changkong indicated that Tang Wulin had already chosen forging as his Second Profession.
• Tang Wulin asked when the class could see Battle Armor, and Wu Changkong said they must first complete the initial stage of practical combat training.

Wu Changkong criticized both teams for their mistakes in the Class Advancement Competition and explained that they lacked basic combat ability and practical techniques. He demonstrated the value of those techniques by defeating Tang Wulin and Gu Yue, then began training the students in combat.

• Tang Wulin admitted his team had lost coordination and that he had underestimated Su Hao, but Wu Changkong called their performance an absolute mess.
• Wu Changkong criticized Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue for abandoning teamwork, failing to coordinate, and showing favoritism, then pointed out mistakes by Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Su Hao.
• Wu Changkong said all five students lacked practical combat experience and basic fighting ability without their Martial Souls, while Gu Yue argued that her elemental control made such training unnecessary.
• Wu Changkong challenged Tang Wulin and Gu Yue to attack him while he suppressed his Soul Power and used no Soul Skills, then defeated them without letting them touch him.
• Wu Changkong explained that basic techniques formed the foundation of combat and began training the students, using Su Hao and the other uninjured students as examples and repeatedly knocking them down with his teaching whip.

Class Zero underwent its first body tests after a week of practical combat training, revealing extraordinary Spiritual Power from Su Hao and Gu Yue and surprising strength from Gu Yue and Xie Xie. Wang Jinxi began his strength test as the chapter ended.

• Tang Wulin recovered and joined Class Zero's punishing practical combat training with Su Hao and the others.
• Wu Changkong brought the students to a testing room and measured their Spiritual Power, with Su Hao scoring 225 and Gu Yue scoring 153.
• Gu Yue's strength test recorded 115 kilograms with her left fist and 143 kilograms with her right fist, astonishing the others.
• Zhang Yangzi recorded 61 and 69 kilograms, while Xie Xie recorded 153 and 164 kilograms.
• Wang Jinxi stepped up to the Strength Testing Instrument and struck it with all his strength.

Wu Changkong tested the students’ strength and reactions, revealing Tang Wulin’s and Su Hao’s remarkable power before asking about Su Hao’s Martial Soul. He then invited Tang Wulin and Su Hao to seek admission to a mysterious organization, but both declined, leaving Wu Changkong to let them go.

• Zhang Yangzi recorded strong results in the strength test, but Tang Wulin’s scaled fist and Dragon Claw proved vastly stronger, with his claw breaking the instrument as Wu Changkong recorded a result of 3,998.
• Su Hao tested his strength, then used the Law of Strength to smash an instrument; Wu Changkong recorded 5,496 kilograms.
• Xie Xie placed first in the reaction test, while Tang Wulin ranked second, ahead of Su Hao and Gu Yue.
• In Wu Changkong’s office, Su Hao explained his Martial Soul, and Wu Changkong invited him and Tang Wulin to seek admission to the organization behind Wu Changkong’s footwork.
• Tang Wulin refused because a mysterious organization had taken his parents, and Wu Changkong assured him it was not the organization he meant.
• Su Hao also refused, explaining that he had already joined the Spirit Pagoda, and Wu Changkong let both students leave.

Su Hao and his classmates visited the Spirit Pagoda, where Wu Changkong explained its murals and arranged for them to enter the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform. Su Hao noticed the murals differed from what he expected, and the chapter ended as the six students prepared to enter the platform.

• Su Hao followed a demanding routine of classes, combat training, Soul Tool study, and cultivation, while Tang Wulin found a new forging teacher and Wang Jinxi moved next door to cultivate with him.
• Wu Changkong brought the six students to the Spirit Pagoda and told them the academy had arranged weekly access to the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wu Changkong explained the murals depicting Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao and his battle with Beast God Di Tian, but Su Hao noticed Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Mermaid were missing and had been replaced by a giant ape and a fox.
• Xie Xie identified Tang Wutong as Huo Yuhao's wife, and Gu Yue remarked that Tang Wulin resembled her; Su Hao decided to investigate historical records after returning to the academy.
• Long Hengxu and a staff member explained the Spirit Ascension Platform's precautions, and Su Hao and the other students lay down in the six metal pods.

Su Hao killed a Shadow Leopard and then defeated a Crystal Bear that was chasing Gu Yue. After the fight, Su Hao and Gu Yue heard a familiar voice and turned toward it.

• Su Hao avoided a flock of green birds and killed a hundred-year Shadow Leopard with controlled roots.
• Tang Wulin sensed a dangerous Soul Beast pursuing Gu Yue and hurried with Xie Xie to help her.
• Gu Yue appeared before Su Hao while fleeing the Crystal Bear, and Su Hao carried her away from its charge.
• Su Hao restrained the Crystal Bear with softened earth, treants, and roots, then killed it with a stone man’s strike to the back of its neck.
• After defending against the Crystal Bear’s crystal spikes, Su Hao and Gu Yue heard a familiar voice and looked toward it.

Su Hao watched over the crystallized Tang Wulin while Gu Yue and Xie Xie recovered, then created a defensive Soul Skill using Space Law. When an Earth Lizard appeared, Su Hao quickly bound and killed it.

• Su Hao explained that Tang Wulin would recover from crystallization in two hours if his body remained undamaged, and the group stayed nearby to guard him.
• Su Hao decided to create a defensive Soul Skill based on Limitless and used Space Law to make leaves stop around him, naming the skill Immeasurable Void.
• A Sharp Feather Sparrow attacked Su Hao, and he pulled it toward him with gravity and crushed it.
• Gu Yue and Xie Xie recovered while Su Hao kept watch, and the three noticed an Earth Lizard emerging from the forest.
• Gu Yue began explaining the Earth Lizard’s strengths and weaknesses, but Su Hao bound it with tree roots and drove a refined-iron spike into its brain.

After the group escaped the Spirit Ascension Platform, Wu Changkong named Su Hao captain of their six-person combat squad and Tang Wulin vice-captain. Tang Wulin then collapsed as his Soul Spirit evolved, and Wu Changkong explained that the energy from the Soul Beasts he had killed had raised it from ten years to a hundred years.

• After Gu Yue and Xie Xie absorbed the Earth Lizard’s Spirit Power, Tang Wulin was freed from crystallization, and the group teleported out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• The Spirit Pagoda staff member praised the children’s performance, and Wu Changkong named Su Hao captain and Tang Wulin vice-captain of their six-person combat squad.
• As they headed back, Tang Wulin grew drowsy and collapsed, while faint gold and blue lights flickered across his skin.
• Wu Changkong recognized that Tang Wulin’s Soul Spirit had evolved and explained that the energy from his kills had raised it from ten years to a hundred years.

After Tang Wulin’s spirit evolved into a Hundred-Year Spirit, he proudly showed it to Su Hao and his classmates. In class, the students reviewed their experiences on the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Su Hao identified his need for a powerful long-range offensive Soul Skill.

• Wu Changkong stayed with Tang Wulin to watch over his spirit’s evolution, and the next morning Tang Wulin told Su Hao that his spirit had become a Hundred-Year Spirit and could help him fight.
• Su Hao congratulated Tang Wulin and took him to the cafeteria for a Class A Meal, where Gu Yue and the others also congratulated him on his evolution.
• Wu Changkong asked the five students to discuss their experiences on the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Zhang Yangzi admitted that his arrogance and poor awareness had led to his elimination.
• Wang Jinxi described his fear after the Man Faced Demon Spider attacked him, and Wu Changkong advised him to use the help button if he encountered it again.
• Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin shared their impressions and mistakes from the platform, after which Su Hao said he needed a powerful long-range offensive Soul Skill.

After the Spirit Ascension Platform trial, Su Hao studied Soul Beasts and investigated the disappearance of the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Mermaid Soul Beasts while continuing his training. As Class Zero’s first-semester Final Exam approached, Wu Changkong announced that its first subject would take place during a Riot Period of the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Wu Changkong scored the six students’ Spirit Ascension Platform performances, giving Su Hao five points, and urged them to study Soul Beasts.
• Su Hao found historical records suggesting that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress had perished beneath Heavenly Tribulation and that coastal Evil Soul Masters had exterminated the Mermaids or driven them into the deep sea.
• Su Hao followed a demanding routine of study, combat training, Soul Guidance research, and Spirit Pagoda visits as the semester progressed.
• Wu Changkong announced that Class Zero would take a Final Exam with two subjects, and the first would be the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Su Hao explained that Riot Periods increased the activity and number of Soul Beasts, and Wu Changkong revealed that the academy had secured five entry slots for the class.

Wu Changkong explained the Riot Period rules for the Spirit Ascension Platform and gave Tang Wulin and his team three days to prepare. On the night before the assessment, Tang Wulin gave everyone Thousand Refinements Cloud Titanium vests to wear inside the platform.

• Wu Changkong explained that teams of up to seven could enter together, Spirit Power took one hundred seconds to absorb, and other Soul Masters could steal it during the Riot Period.
• Wu Changkong warned that opponents could be powerful and announced that the team would enter the Spirit Ascension Platform in three days.
• Su Hao encouraged Tang Wulin and the others to use future visits to evolve their Soul Spirits, while the group discussed their plans for the break and their Second Professions.
• Su Hao revealed his Level 4 Blacksmith medal and Level 3 Mecha Manufacturing repair and design badges, surprising Tang Wulin and the others.
• Tang Wulin spent two days resting and reserved the final day for cultivation before gathering everyone the night before the assessment.
• Tang Wulin gave each teammate a Thousand Refinements Cloud Titanium vest, and the group tried them on and agreed to do their best the next day.

Wu Changkong brought Class Zero into the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform for their Final Exam, where they had to survive among hostile entrants. As the students formed up and entered the forest, Wu Changkong assessed their talents and wondered how far they could go.

• Wu Changkong warned Class Zero that everyone in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform was an enemy and threatened to cancel their vacation if they failed.
• Staff admitted the six students to the Spirit Ascension Platform, where they appeared together in a vast forest.
• Su Hao arranged the group into a formation, while Gu Yue, Su Hao, and Zhang Yangzi used their abilities to support and scout for the team.
• Wu Changkong considered each student's strengths, judging Su Hao the most talented and noting the potential of Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Tang Wulin.

Su Hao and his companions survived the Final Exam’s forest by working together to defeat Soul Beasts and avoid danger. Their progress ended when a Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed them from above, killing Zhang Yangzi’s Soul Spirit and forcing the group to scatter.

• Su Hao’s group killed a Hundred-year Iron Arm Monkey with coordinated long-range attacks, then moved away without absorbing its Spirit Power.
• Tang Wulin and Zhang Yangzi detected approaching people, and Mu Xi arrived with two teammates before leaving in another direction.
• The group continued through the forest, defeating more than a dozen Soul Beasts as the Final Exam passed its halfway point.
• A yellow-green web fell from above and pierced Xiao Hei, causing Zhang Yangzi’s cultivation to drop by more than one-third.
• Su Hao, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin tried to stop the web, but it resisted their attacks and corroded Su Hao’s branches, so the six retreated.
• The group recognized the enormous Man Faced Demon Spider by its black-and-white body, long legs, and human face on its abdomen.