Chapter Summaries

Su Hao and his companions fought the Man Faced Demon Spider instead of fleeing, hoping to defeat it and help Wang Jinxi overcome his fear. After the group trapped and crippled the spider, Wang Jinxi delivered the final blow.

• Gu Yue attacked the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Su Hao urged the group to stand and fight because they could not outrun it.
• The spider surrounded them with poisonous silk, while Tang Wulin’s hammer attack failed to break through its web.
• Su Hao and Gu Yue began an Elemental Storm, and Zhang Yangzi used Shadow Mist to blind the spider so the group could coordinate their attacks.
• The group wounded the spider and froze it with Gu Yue’s Ice Cones after Su Hao dampened its body with the Law of Water.
• Su Hao used Space Cutting to sever the spider’s eight legs, then asked Wang Jinxi to deliver the final blow.
• Wang Jinxi killed the frozen Man Faced Demon Spider with his First Soul Skill.

After Su Hao’s squad killed a century-old Man Faced Demon Spider without anyone being injured, they rested amid its poisonous webs and absorbed Spirit Power from Soul Beasts that died in them. As the webs weakened, Gu Yue warned the group to leave; Su Hao said they had completed the Final Exam and led them out carefully.

• The Spirit Pagoda staff and Wu Changkong watched in astonishment as Su Hao’s team defeated the Man Faced Demon Spider without casualties.
• Su Hao told the exhausted group to rest and meditate inside the spider’s web-covered territory.
• Soul Beasts became trapped in the poisonous webs, and Su Hao and his companions absorbed the Spirit Power released by their deaths.
• Su Hao awoke first and found that his Soul Spirits had reached their absorption limit, while Wang Jinxi explained that the others could not safely absorb as much.
• Gu Yue noticed that the webs were weakening, and Su Hao reported their gains before leading the group out after the Final Exam was complete.

After Tang Wulin lost focus in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Su Hao's group encountered an arrogant youth with an ice staff and his frightened younger sister, then fled when a pride of Flame Magic Lions pursued them. The group escaped the ice-staff siblings' challenge, but ended the chapter running for their lives as the lions closed in.

• Tang Wulin became distracted while the group traveled, so Su Hao suggested telling jokes to help him refocus.
• Su Hao identified a hundred-year Six-armed Fire Snake, but an ice-staff youth killed it with Ice Wheels and approached with his younger sister.
• The ice-staff youth demanded that Su Hao's group surrender their Spirit Power halos, and the group attacked and eliminated him before he could react.
• The little girl voluntarily left the Spirit Ascension Platform, while the eliminated youth angrily threatened to attack Su Hao's group if they met again.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted at least thirty Flame Magic Lions pursuing them, and Su Hao and Tang Wulin led everyone into a run as Gu Yue used wind to increase their speed.

Su Hao and the others fled the Flame Magic Lions, losing teammates one by one as they escaped. After Zhang Yangzi distracted the pursuers, a Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear ambushed Su Hao, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie, leaving Su Hao and Tang Wulin facing the beast.

• Wang Jinxi pressed the Survival Button and left the Spirit Ascension Platform, sharing his remaining Spirit Power among the others.
• Gu Yue unleashed an Elemental Storm to delay the Flame Magic Lions, then used the Survival Button to leave the platform.
• Zhang Yangzi stole an egg from a nest, lured flying Soul Beasts toward the lion pack, and pressed the Survival Button to escape.
• The flying Soul Beasts attacked the Flame Magic Lions, easing the pressure on Su Hao, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Zhang Yangzi.
• A Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear ambushed the group, killing Xie Xie and narrowly missing Su Hao and Tang Wulin.

Su Hao and Tang Wulin encountered a hundred-year-old Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear during the Spirit Ascension Platform Riot Period and fled after Su Hao injured it with an Air Cannon. The bear caught up as they were confronted by a Flame Magic Lion pack, and the chapter ended with it raising a glowing claw at Su Hao.

• Su Hao and Tang Wulin recognized the attacking Soul Beast as a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and decided to flee.
• Tang Wulin threw his Thousand Refined Silver Hammer at the bear, and Su Hao struck it with an Air Cannon that shattered its right hand and injured its chest.
• The wounded bear charged after them as the Flame Magic Lion pack approached, forcing Su Hao and Tang Wulin to run toward the lions.
• Su Hao used Mind Power and a Vine to lift himself and Tang Wulin into the air as the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear rushed in front of the Flame Magic Lion King.
• The Flame Magic Lion King and its pack cowered before the bear, which fixed its gaze on Su Hao and raised its glowing right claw.
• Su Hao sensed danger and pulled Tang Wulin aside to dodge.

Su Hao and Tang Wulin fought the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and Su Hao killed it after Tang Wulin was cut apart. Su Hao absorbed the bear’s External Soul Bone, tested its Dark Gold Dreadclaw ability, and escaped the collapsing cave by leaving the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear attacked Su Hao and Tang Wulin, and Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw clashed with its claw while Su Hao struck the bear with the Law of Strength.
• Su Hao’s blow sent the injured bear crashing to the ground, and he delivered a final strike that killed it.
• Su Hao found a dark gold bone by the bear’s left claw and carried it to a hidden cave, where he confirmed it was an External Soul Bone and absorbed it into his left palm.
• Su Hao transformed his left hand and tested the bone’s Dark Gold Dreadclaw skill, sending five dark gold cracks through the cave wall.
• The cave collapsed, and Su Hao pressed the Survival Button to leave the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Su Hao emerged from the Spirit Ascension Platform after killing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and received permission to absorb its Soul Bone. Back at his dormitory, he began experimenting with separating the electromagnetic field from his Thunder to create a new attack.

• Cao Hongwen praised Su Hao for killing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and promised him the Soul Bone.
• Wu Changkong announced that everyone except Tang Wulin received full marks on the first Final Exam subject, while Tang Wulin lost one point for cheating.
• Tang Wulin carried the injured Xie Xie back toward the academy, then went to Wu Changkong's office while Su Hao took Xie Xie to the dormitory.
• Su Hao considered the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Soul Bone but decided to keep developing an offensive Soul Skill based on electromagnetic force.
• Su Hao spent the night separating the electromagnetic field from his Thunder and barely succeeded by morning.

Wu Changkong questioned Su Hao about his strategy against the Man Faced Demon Spider and learned that Su Hao’s desperate power surge could weaken his Mighty Demonic Bull for days or even years. Several days later, Wu Changkong continued Class Zero’s practical combat training and led the students to a trial ground in the Academy Trial Hall.

• Wu Changkong praised Class Zero’s teamwork and warned the students not to exceed their bodies’ limits while absorbing Spirit Power.
• Wu Changkong asked Su Hao whether he had planned to use the Man Faced Demon Spider’s webs to kill other Soul Beasts, and Su Hao explained his strategy.
• Su Hao explained that overdrawing his Soul Spirit could briefly multiply his strength but carried a low success rate and severe consequences, then showed the weakened Mighty Demonic Bull.
• Wu Changkong warned Su Hao and the others to flee rather than risk their lives against enemies like the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
• Several days later, Zhang Yangzi asked to postpone Practical Combat Class, but Wu Changkong said training would continue and led the six students to the Academy Trial Hall.
• Wu Changkong requested a quiet, fifty-meter trial ground on the third floor and brought the students inside.

Su Hao and the others sparred against Wu Changkong, who suppressed his Soul Power but fought with the Sky Frost Sword and swiftly countered their coordinated attacks. The battle left Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi confused when their Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed, and Wu Changkong asked them to try again.

• Wu Changkong told the six students he would fight them alone, suppressed his Soul Power, and drew the Sky Frost Sword.
• Su Hao organized the team’s attack as Tang Wulin restrained Wu Changkong, Gu Yue bombarded him with Fireballs, and the others charged in.
• Wu Changkong extinguished Gu Yue’s Fireballs, evaded Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass, and redirected Su Hao’s punch to send him flying.
• Tang Wulin warned Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to retreat, but Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi attempted their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and failed.
• Wu Changkong froze Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, asked whether their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had a problem, then withdrew the chill and told them to try again.

Wang Jinxi’s Martial Soul rejected fusion with Zhang Yangzi’s, and Wu Changkong suspected that cultivating with Tang Wulin had triggered a mutation. Wang Jinxi chose to give up cultivating with Tang Wulin to preserve his brotherhood and Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhang Yangzi.

• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi tried to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill again, but Wang Jinxi’s Bone Dragon King rejected Zhang Yangzi’s Dark Demonic Eagle.
• Wu Changkong explained that Wang Jinxi’s Martial Soul had likely mutated and become incompatible with Zhang Yangzi’s, and Wang Jinxi and Tang Wulin suspected that their cultivation together had caused it.
• Su Hao predicted that Wang Jinxi would have to choose between continuing his mutation with Tang Wulin and preserving his brotherhood with Zhang Yangzi, and guessed that the two might transfer schools.
• After two days of keeping his distance from Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi told Wu Changkong he would give up the opportunity to cultivate with him.
• Wang Jinxi said he would continue cultivating with Zhang Yangzi because they were like brothers and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill gave them a greater boost.

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi left Class Zero because Tang Wulin’s bloodline aura affected Wang Jinxi’s cultivation and mind. After saying farewell, the remaining students learned that Xu Xiaoyan might join the class next semester.

• Wang Jinxi told Wu Changkong that he and Zhang Yangzi were transferring schools because Tang Wulin’s bloodline aura suppressed him, and Tang Wulin tried to persuade him to stay.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi said goodbye to their classmates, and Wu Changkong agreed to handle their departure with the academy.
• Tang Wulin grieved their departure, then Senior Ouyang comforted him while Su Hao, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie went out together.
• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie, Su Hao, and Gu Yue that Xu Xiaoyan might transfer into Class Zero next semester.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie went to ask Wu Changkong about the transfer, while Su Hao and Gu Yue returned to the dormitory.

Wu Changkong brought Su Hao, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue to a secret testing facility in the East Sea Soul Tool Technology Park and began their second Final Exam. Su Hao arrived alone in Hero Hall, where the first trial required him to endure for thirty seconds.

• Su Hao and Gu Yue showed little concern after Tang Wulin and Xie Xie told them Wu Changkong had raised the exam difficulty to that of five people.
• Wu Changkong took the four students by bus to the East Sea Soul Tool Technology Park and led them into an unmarked facility.
• A facility voice greeted Wu Changkong as East Sea Little Changkong, and he gave the students wristbands to pass the defense system.
• Wu Changkong led the group through the facility, where a spatial transfer carried them to a testing chamber and started a ten-second countdown.
• Four blue beams transported the students away, and Su Hao arrived alone in a featureless space.
• The system identified Su Hao and announced that his first intermediate trial was to endure for thirty seconds.

Su Hao faced Xu Sanshi through the assessment trials and defeated him with a Super Electromagnetic Cannon. He emerged to find Tang Wulin and Xie Xie battered and Gu Yue pale, then followed Wu Changkong with the others.

• Su Hao bound Xu Sanshi with vines and stopped his charge, passing the first trial before the assessment advanced.
• Su Hao fought Xu Sanshi's four-ring form, evaded his position-swapping skill, and struck him with an electromagnetic coin.
• Su Hao recognized Xu Sanshi and kited him until he could use the Super Electromagnetic Cannon to win the Advanced Assessment's first trial.
• Su Hao emerged and found Tang Wulin and Xie Xie bruised and Gu Yue pale; Xie Xie claimed he had cleared every trial, but Gu Yue exposed his lie.
• Wu Changkong told Su Hao, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue to follow him into a room.

Wu Changkong explained that Hero Hall was a Tang Sect training system where the students fought simulations of historical Soul Masters, and invited them to join the organization. The students recognized several opponents from the Shrek Seven Devils, while Su Hao remained distrustful of the Tang Sect.

• Wu Changkong told Su Hao, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue that Hero Hall's opponents were simulations of real Soul Masters and that Hero Hall could provide combat training after they outgrew the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wu Changkong explained that passing the assessment would allow the students to join an organization and earn merit; Su Hao and Tang Wulin understood that he meant the Tang Sect.
• Xie Xie asked what the organization did, and Wu Changkong revealed that the Tang Sect still operated on the Douluo Continent through Xuan Shi Tang Sect Technology Co., Ltd.
• Wu Changkong said Hero Hall's opponents were members of the historical Shrek Seven Devils, prompting Tang Wulin to identify Xiao Xiao and Xie Xie to identify Jiang Nannan.

Wu Changkong explained the Tang Sect’s recruitment and the choice between it and the Spirit Pagoda. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie joined the Tang Sect, while Gu Yue and Su Hao remained with the Spirit Pagoda, and the friends reassured Tang Wulin they would stay together at Class Zero.

• Wu Changkong told the students that the Tang Sect and Spirit Pagoda were exclusive choices, and Tang Wulin and Xie Xie agreed to join the Tang Sect.
• Gu Yue said she had already chosen the Spirit Pagoda, and Su Hao confirmed he had joined it earlier.
• Wu Changkong explained the organizations’ rules, then ended the test and told Tang Wulin and Xie Xie they would become Tang Sect outer disciples.
• On the bus, Tang Wulin worried that everyone around him would leave, and Xie Xie, Su Hao, and Gu Yue reassured him they were not leaving Class Zero.
• Tang Wulin accepted that they would remain together at the academy for the next few years.

Su Hao traveled with Cao Hongwen to Mingdu to enter the Young Genius Ranking, while Tang Wulin stayed behind to spend the holiday with Wu Changkong. After arriving, Su Hao settled into a room arranged by Jiang Hongtao and meditated as he waited for the competition.

• Tang Wulin declined Su Hao's invitation to travel because he had promised to spend the holiday with Wu Changkong.
• Su Hao left Eastsea City with Cao Hongwen, who explained that the Young Genius Ranking would be held in Mingdu and told him to rest during the journey.
• Su Hao and Cao Hongwen arrived at the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda, where staff gave them Su Hao's qualification documents.
• Jiang Hongtao greeted Cao Hongwen and Su Hao, then took them to a courtyard and arranged a room for Su Hao.
• Su Hao put away the supplies in his room and meditated while waiting to be called.

Su Hao prepared for the Young Genius Ranking, reviewed its format, and explored Mingdu while waiting for his preliminary match. At a roadside stall, his Heavenly Dao Core trembled, leading him to suspect that the mysterious vendor and one of his goods were extraordinary.

• Su Hao chose to cultivate in his room instead of going out with Cao Hongwen and Jiang Hongtao.
• Cao Hongwen took Su Hao to the Young Genius Ranking, where Su Hao checked the competition stages, schedule, and his preliminary match on the third day.
• Su Hao decided to explore Mingdu and judged that most contestants would pose little challenge to him.
• Su Hao wandered through Mingdu and ate at Snack Street, where his Heavenly Dao Core trembled near a stall run by a fully wrapped vendor.
• Su Hao approached the vendor and concluded that the stall might contain a rare treasure and that the vendor could be a hidden expert.

Su Hao bought a Crystal Stone from a con man after his Heavenly Dao reacted to it, then discovered the stone could withstand enormous force. The next morning, the Law Enforcers denied arresting the vendor, leaving Su Hao unsure what had happened.

• Su Hao sensed his Heavenly Dao tremble when he picked up the sixth item at a Snack Street stall and bought the Crystal Stone for thirty thousand Federal Coins.
• Law Enforcers arrested the stall owner as a notorious con man and told Su Hao his payment would be refunded, but he could keep the stone.
• Su Hao failed to damage the Crystal Stone even after applying the Law of Strength to exert seven thousand jin of force, then found his money had been refunded.
• Su Hao went to the Law Enforcement Office the next morning to ask where the stall owner lived, but the Law Enforcers denied having arrested anyone.
• Su Hao apologized to the Law Enforcers and returned alone to Snack Street.

Su Hao defeated Wang Yan in one move in the Preliminary Round, drawing attention from the other Young Genius Ranking contestants. At the Advancement Round draw, he learned that he would face Taino in the first match that afternoon and prepared to fight.

• Su Hao won his Preliminary Round match against Wang Yan with a single move, and the audience celebrated his victory.
• News spread that Su Hao had two thousand-year Soul Rings and had defeated his opponent in one move, prompting other contestants to regard him as a major rival.
• Su Hao searched Mingdu for new clothes, then asked Jiang Hongtao to find a tailor to make an outfit from his own designs.
• Eight days later, Su Hao attended the Advancement Round draw and learned that he would face Taino in the first match of the afternoon.
• Su Hao returned to the venue after lunch and sat quietly in the preparation room to ready himself for the match.

After defeating Wang Yan in one move, Su Hao designed a new outfit while cultivating and preparing Soul Skills. The advancement-round schedule was announced, and Su Hao prepared to face Taino in the first match that afternoon.

• Su Hao defeated Wang Yan in one move, and news of his two thousand-year Soul Rings spread among the Young Genius Ranking contestants.
• Su Hao searched Mingdu's clothing stores, then asked Jiang Hongtao to find a tailor who could make an outfit from his designs.
• A tailor took Su Hao's drafts and notes and promised to deliver the outfit in about ten days.
• At the advancement rounds, the referee congratulated the 164 contestants who passed the preliminaries and announced the match schedule.
• Su Hao learned that he would face Taino in the first match that afternoon, then returned to the venue and quietly prepared himself.