Chapter Summaries

Xie Xie identified Huang Chang as the leader of the wanted Yellow Family Three Ghosts, and Class Zero prepared to fight the trio. As Huang Chang and his brothers surrounded them, Xu Xiaoyan resolved to devote herself to Zhao Tao.

• Xie Xie recognized Huang Chang and warned that Huang Gong and Huang Wei were likely nearby.
• Xu Xiaoyan thanked Zhao Tao and Gu Yue for rescuing her, then secretly resolved to give herself to Zhao Tao.
• Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi called for Huang Chang to be punished for the trio’s crimes.
• Huang Chang revealed four purple Soul Rings, and Zhao Tao summoned his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul as Class Zero formed a battle formation.
• Huang Chang ordered his brothers to attack the students, and two more figures emerged from the shadows to surround them.

The Yellow Family Three Ghosts surrounded Class Zero, and Zhao Tao assigned his classmates opponents before leading the attack. The battle began with Zhao Tao destroying Huang Chang’s Shadowless Ghost Martial Soul, while the other fights continued.

• Huang Gong and Huang Wei revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings as the Yellow Family Three Ghosts prepared to attack Class Zero.
• Zhao Tao assigned Gu Yue to fight Huang Gong, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi to face Huang Wei, and the others to support and protect their classmates.
• Zhao Tao activated Time Acceleration and charged Huang Chang as Gu Yue unleashed elemental attacks, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi fused, and Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie took supporting roles.
• Huang Chang used Shadow Devour to send his Shadowless Ghost after Zhao Tao’s shadow.
• Zhao Tao dodged and pierced the Shadowless Ghost with the Time Burial Sword, destroying it with the Power of Time.

Zhao Tao killed Huang Chang after Xu Xiaoyan restrained him, then used his time abilities to slow Huang Wei as the latter fled. Zhao Tao hurled the Time Burial Sword after Huang Wei with his new Time Flying Blade technique, leaving the attack in flight.

• Zhao Tao damaged Huang Chang's Shadowless Ghost Martial Soul, but Huang Chang re-formed it and began summoning his fourth Soul Skill.
• Xu Xiaoyan bound Huang Chang with Star Wheel Chain, sealing his Soul Power and interrupting his attack.
• Zhao Tao slowed Huang Chang with Fleeting Bloom and decapitated him with the Time Burial Sword.
• Huang Gong froze in shock while Gu Yue continued suppressing him, and Huang Wei fled after realizing the brothers were outmatched.
• Zhao Tao slowed Huang Wei with his time ability and hurled the Time Burial Sword at him using his Time Flying Blade technique.

Zhao Tao and the Class Zero students defeated the Yellow Family Three Ghosts after Huang Wei and Huang Gong fell in battle. They brought the criminals’ heads to Wu Changkong, who was shocked and demanded to know what had happened.

• Zhao Tao killed Huang Wei by piercing his heart with the Time Burial Sword and then severing his head.
• Zhao Tao and Gu Yue defeated Huang Gong after he begged them to spare him, ending the Yellow Family Three Ghosts.
• Zhao Tao praised Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie for their contributions.
• Zhao Tao suggested asking Wu Changkong to help claim the bounty, and the Class Zero students returned to the hotel after cleaning the scene.
• Zhao Tao showed Wu Changkong the three criminals’ heads, and Wu Changkong asked what had happened.

Wu Changkong praised Class Zero for killing the Yellow Family Three Ghosts and agreed to claim their bounty while securing Federation merit for them. Zhao Tao and Gu Yue advanced to the individual finals, while Class Zero’s team reached the semifinals; the chapter ended as Zhao Tao faced a formidable rival from his previous life.

• Zhao Tao told Wu Changkong how Class Zero had killed the Yellow Family Three Ghosts, and Wu Changkong praised their courage.
• Zhao Tao asked Wu Changkong to claim the bounty, and Wu Changkong agreed to obtain Federation merit for the students and deliver their reward.
• Gu Yue confronted Zhao Tao about Xu Xiaoyan’s apparent interest in him, and Zhao Tao reassured Gu Yue of his love and devotion.
• Zhao Tao and Gu Yue won their four-person competition matches, and Class Zero’s Team One qualified for the team final four.
• Zhao Tao and Gu Yue defeated their semifinal opponents and advanced to the individual finals.
• Class Zero’s Team One began its team semifinal, where Zhao Tao encountered a powerful rival from his previous life.

Zhao Tao faced Sea-Land Academy’s Wang Jinqi and the Zhou Sisters, determined to overcome his past defeat. The Zhou Sisters unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Zhao Tao and Gu Yue countered it, but the remaining icy energy still surged toward them.

• Zhao Tao entered the arena with Gu Yue and Xie Xie to face Sea-Land Academy, recalling how he had lost to the Zhou Sisters in his first life.
• Wang Jinqi and the Zhou Sisters introduced themselves, and Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er joined hands to activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er warned the opposing team that they could barely control their attack, but Zhao Tao refused to concede and told Xie Xie to stand back.
• The sisters unleashed the Forest of Ice and Snow, and Zhao Tao summoned the Time Burial Sword while Gu Yue used her elemental control to hurl a blazing fireball at the icy forest.
• Gu Yue’s fireball destroyed more than half the ice forest, astonishing spectators who recognized her Heart of Elements, but the attack’s remaining energy continued toward Zhao Tao and Gu Yue.

Zhao Tao and Gu Yue defeated Zhou Tian'er and Zhou Hanyou to lead Class Zero into the finals, then received rewards and honorary citizenship from Skysea City for helping eliminate the Yellow Family Three Ghosts. On the final day of the competition, Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie faced their first team-match opponents, whose identities startled Gu Yue and Xie Xie.

• Zhao Tao protected himself and Gu Yue from Zhou Tian'er and Zhou Hanyou's Forest of Ice and Snow with a barrage of sword strikes until their Soul Power ran out.
• Zhao Tao and Gu Yue were declared the winners, securing Class Zero a place in the finals, and their classmates congratulated them.
• Wu Changkong brought the seven Class Zero students to meet the Skysea City lord, who thanked them and awarded them a five-million-Federal-Coin reward, merits, and honorary citizen badges.
• Zhao Tao declined the Skysea City lord's offer to settle in the city, explaining that the students hoped to enter Shrek Academy.
• On the final day of the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie entered the arena for their team match and recognized their opponents with alarm.

Ye Xinglan entered the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition as an independent competitor and challenged Zhao Tao to a fair rematch, while Xu Lizhi sought revenge on Gu Yue. The match began with Shrek’s team using powerful support boosts, and Zhao Tao slowed Ye Xinglan with his time abilities before forming the Time Burial Sword.

• Ye Xinglan explained that she and her teammates were competing independently and would not seek rankings or rewards, then challenged Zhao Tao over her previous defeat.
• The referee started the match, and Ning Xiaoyu boosted Ye Xinglan while Xu Lizhi used Lightness Steamed Bun to make her faster.
• Ye Xinglan attacked Zhao Tao with Sword God Net as Xu Lizhi charged Gu Yue, and Xie Xie went after Ning Xiaoyu.
• Gu Yue summoned a growing flame tornado that engulfed Xu Lizhi, while Zhao Tao used Fleeting Bloom to slow Ye Xinglan and speed himself and Gu Yue.
• Ye Xinglan pushed through the time-slowing effect, and Zhao Tao formed the Time Burial Sword as she continued charging toward him.

Zhao Tao defeated Ye Xinglan by exposing flaws in her Star God Net and using the Time Burial Sword’s past afterimage to bypass her Stargod Sword. Gu Yue also defeated Xu Lizhi with a Flame Tornado, leaving him badly burned.

• Zhao Tao shattered Ye Xinglan’s Star God Net and struck her with the Time Burial Sword.
• Ye Xinglan tried to block Zhao Tao’s sword, but it passed through her Stargod Sword and rested against her neck.
• Ye Xinglan conceded defeat and asked about Zhao Tao’s sword, and he explained that it was condensed from the Power of Time and that she had blocked only its past afterimage.
• Gu Yue’s Flame Tornado swept Xu Lizhi inside and set him ablaze.
• Xu Lizhi rolled on the ground in pain as the fire burned him black.

Gu Yue burned Xu Lizhi so badly that he fainted, while Eastsea Academy’s Class Zero Team One won the youth three-person event. Zhao Tao exposed Xu Lizhi’s bullying at a barbecue gathering before the crowd, and Shen Yi promised to seek the Shrek Inner Court dean’s instructions on punishing him.

• Gu Yue extinguished the flames after Xu Lizhi was badly burned, and a healer treated his basic injuries while he was carried away.
• Zhao Tao and Xie Xie defeated Ning Xiaoyu’s team, and the referee declared Eastsea Academy’s Class Zero Team One the champions.
• Zhao Tao asked Ye Xinglan to investigate the truth about the earlier conflict, and she agreed to trust him and summoned Xu Lizhi to explain himself.
• Zhao Tao described how Xu Lizhi had demanded their barbecue and insulted them, then played a recording that revealed Xu Lizhi’s arrogant remarks to the spectators.
• The crowd demanded Xu Lizhi’s expulsion, and Shen Yi apologized on Shrek Academy’s behalf before saying she needed the Inner Court dean’s instructions to discipline him.

After reporting Xu Lizhi’s conduct to Ya Li, Shen Yi apologized to the Skysea Alliance and announced that Shrek Academy had expelled him permanently. Xu Lizhi blamed Zhao Tao for his downfall and threatened to kill him.

• Shen Yi contacted Ya Li and reported what Xu Lizhi had done.
• Ya Li ordered Xu Lizhi expelled from Shrek Academy and permanently barred from readmission.
• Shen Yi apologized to the Skysea Alliance, admitted the academy’s admissions process had failed, and announced Xu Lizhi’s expulsion.
• The spectators applauded the decision and jeered at Xu Lizhi.
• Xu Lizhi accused Zhao Tao of framing him and threatened to kill him.

Xu Lizhi attacked Zhao Tao in a rage, and Zhao Tao crippled him with the Time Burial Sword. The spectators celebrated and pelted Xu Lizhi with trash, leaving him buried beneath it in Sky Sea Stadium.

• Xu Lizhi, despairing over his expulsion from Shrek Academy and his injuries, lunged at Zhao Tao with his Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Zhao Tao stabbed Xu Lizhi's dantian with the Time Burial Sword and used its Power of Time to destroy his cultivation.
• Zhao Tao told Xu Lizhi he had crippled him, and Xu Lizhi's remaining Soul Power vanished.
• The crowd applauded Zhao Tao, while Shen Yi approved and Ye Xinglan looked at Xu Lizhi with disgust.
• Spectators threw socks, shoes, food, and other trash at Xu Lizhi until he was buried beneath it.

Ye Xinglan apologized to Zhao Tao for being deceived by Xu Lizhi, then vowed to challenge Zhao Tao again. Shen Yi approached Zhao Tao and Gu Yue to invite them to Shrek Academy’s Inner Court, while Wu Changkong revealed their extraordinary talents and asked whether they wanted to join now or stay with Class Zero for a future team assessment.

• Ye Xinglan apologized to Zhao Tao for attacking him after believing Xu Lizhi, and Zhao Tao reassured her and encouraged her to keep improving.
• Ye Xinglan promised to challenge Zhao Tao again, and Zhao Tao welcomed the challenge.
• Shen Yi approached Zhao Tao and Gu Yue to speak with them, but Wu Changkong arrived and asked whether she was trying to poach his students.
• Wu Changkong told Shen Yi that Zhao Tao controlled the Law of Time and Gu Yue controlled six elements, and Shen Yi invited them to join Shrek Academy’s Inner Court.
• Wu Changkong explained that he had planned for all of Class Zero to take the next assessment together, then asked Zhao Tao and Gu Yue whether they wanted to join the Inner Court now or stay with Class Zero.

Zhao Tao declined Shen Yi's offer to enter Shrek Academy's Inner Court, choosing to remain with Class Zero and help his companions prepare for the entrance assessment in three years. After Shen Yi accepted his decision, Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie were announced as the Youth Division Three-Person Team Competition champions.

• Gu Yue said she would stay wherever Zhao Tao chose, and Zhao Tao thanked Shen Yi and Wu Changkong before refusing the immediate offer to join Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Tao explained that he wanted to stay with Class Zero and protect Tang Wulin, while privately weighing his relationship with Gu Yue and the risks of reuniting with Na'er.
• Zhao Tao offered to join Shrek Academy if the rest of Class Zero could come too, or otherwise wait three years and take the entrance assessment with them.
• Shen Yi said the academy's assessment was team-based, encouraged Zhao Tao and Gu Yue to lead their companions, and warned them about the character assessment's Rejection Gate.
• Zhao Tao promised Shen Yi they would meet again in three years, and Shen Yi left the platform with Ye Xinglan and Ning Xiaoyu.
• The host announced Eastsea Academy Class Zero Team One as champions, and Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie bowed to the audience.

After Class Zero celebrated its team victory, Xu Lizhi died alone in a landfill from his injuries and the polluted refuse surrounding him. Meanwhile, the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition continued, with Gu Yue and Zhao Tao entering the youth division individual final.

• Zhao Tao celebrated the team victory with Gu Yue and the other Class Zero students, and principal Yu Zhen praised them and promised the academy’s support.
• Badly injured Xu Lizhi was dumped into a landfill, where the garbage buried him as his condition worsened.
• Xu Lizhi regretted his actions and hated Zhao Tao, Class Zero, Shen Yi, Shrek Academy, and the world before he died.
• Rats scavenged Xu Lizhi’s corpse overnight until only a mangled skeleton remained.
• The individual finals began at Sky Sea Stadium, and Gu Yue and Zhao Tao walked onto the arena for the youth division final.

Zhao Tao and Gu Yue began their decisive tournament battle, trading powerful time and space techniques before Gu Yue unleashed a Wind Fire Tornado. Zhao Tao found and struck its elemental balance point, then charged through the explosion toward a startled Gu Yue.

• Zhao Tao and Gu Yue took their places in the arena and prepared to fight.
• Zhao Tao attacked with Fleeting Bloom, but Gu Yue used Space Power to counter the temporal fluctuations and teleported away from his sword strike.
• Gu Yue used Elemental Tide to combine Wind Element and Fire Element into a massive Wind Fire Tornado and sent it at Zhao Tao.
• Zhao Tao found the tornado's balance point and struck it, causing the fused elements to explode.
• Zhao Tao charged through the explosion toward Gu Yue, who looked startled.

Zhao Tao defeated Gu Yue to win the Youth Group Individual Competition, then returned to training with Class Zero after the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition ended. Three years later, Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline had merged with him, while Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi had left Class Zero after their Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed.

• Zhao Tao disrupted Gu Yue’s Extreme Radiance Bomb with the Time Burial Sword, anticipated her Space Teleportation, and won the individual final.
• Zhao Tao and Gu Yue accepted the result, and Zhao Tao was announced as the Youth Group Individual Competition champion.
• Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and the Class Zero students collected their rewards before Wu Changkong led them back to Eastsea Academy.
• After two days of rest, Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and the other Class Zero students resumed training and study.
• Three years later, Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline merged with him, increasing his strength and cultivation speed.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi left Class Zero and Eastsea Academy after their Dark Eagle Dragon Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed.

After three years, Zhao Tao had reached level forty in cultivation, advanced his Spiritual Power to the Spirit Sea Realm, and gained the Future Body Soul Skill. He delayed becoming a Soul Ancestor while waiting to fuse with the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Spirit Soul, the Second Spirit Soul he had chosen.

• Zhao Tao's Innate Soul Power recovered to level nine, and he expected his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul to be fully restored within half a year.
• Zhao Tao gained the Future Body Soul Skill, which let him borrow his future attributes and Soul Power at the cost of heavy energy consumption and bodily strain.
• Zhao Tao's Spiritual Power entered the Spirit Sea Realm and reached twelve hundred points.
• After reaching level forty, Zhao Tao waited to obtain a naturally formed Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul rather than using a Thousand-Year Spirit Soul from Eastsea City.
• Zhao Tao chose the Unbending Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Spirit Soul preserved at the Spirit Communication Tower Headquarters as his Second Spirit Soul.

Zhao Tao had become a twelve-year-old Spirit Forging Grandmaster while Class Zero’s members advanced at different rates under his influence. The chapter ended as Wu Changkong summoned Class Zero to their classroom.

• Zhao Tao raised his Aged Silkworm Spirit Soul to 9,999 years and became a Fifth-Grade Forger after succeeding at Spirit Forging.
• Mu Chen was astonished by Zhao Tao’s talent and believed his disciple had the makings of a Divine Craftsman.
• Gu Yue reached rank thirty-eight and 1,700 Spiritual Power, while Xu Xiaoyan neared rank thirty and Xie Xie reached rank thirty-three without becoming devoted to the Tang Sect.
• Tang Wulin reached only rank twenty-six and became a Fourth-Grade Forger, falling behind his former progress as Zhao Tao intended.
• Wu Changkong summoned the students of Class Zero to their classroom.

Wu Changkong sent Class Zero into the Junior Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform for a twenty-four-hour test, with anyone expelled early barred from going to Shrek City. Zhao Tao led the team into battle against a powerful Flame Demon Lion pack, and the fight was underway when the chapter ended.

• Wu Changkong told Class Zero they had to survive for twenty-four hours in the Junior Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform to qualify for the trip to Shrek City.
• Zhao Tao led the students into the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and arranged them in a formation with Xu Xiaoyan protected at the center.
• Gu Yue scouted ahead with Wind Birds and warned the group that a pack of Flame Demon Lions was approaching.
• Zhao Tao used his Soul Skills to strengthen himself and slow the three-thousand-year Flame Demon Lion King before charging it.
• Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie used their abilities to fight the rest of the pack as Zhao Tao confronted its leader.