Chapter Summaries

Shen Yi announced the class officer positions and explained that the class monitor and vice monitors would be chosen through a free-for-all combat competition. Zhao Tao gathered a team with Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin, and recognized Yang Nianxia as the first opponent to appear in the simulated arena.

• Shen Yi announced Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan as professional committee members because each had reached Level Five in a second profession.
• Shen Yi explained that the remaining class officer positions would be decided in a free-for-all, with the final three students standing becoming the class monitor and vice monitors.
• Zhao Tao invited Ye Xinglan to join his team, and she agreed to compete with him for the positions after they defeated the other students.
• Shen Yi and Wu Changkong led the class to simulation pods, and the students entered the virtual Grand Martial Arena.
• Zhao Tao summoned his Time Burial Sword, reunited with Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin, and recognized the approaching Yang Nianxia.

Zhao Tao and Gu Yue defeated Yang Nianxia and the Zheng family trio during the class monitor selection competition. After half the participants were eliminated and the battlefield shrank, they encountered a new three-person team led by a gray-haired young man wielding a giant scythe.

• Zhao Tao used his Time Burial Sword to kill Yang Nianxia in the simulation, and Wu Changkong and Shen Yi agreed Zhao Tao was a leading candidate for class monitor.
• Zhao Tao and Gu Yue encountered Zheng Yiran, Zheng Long, and Zheng Hu, and Zheng Yiran sent the brothers to hold them back while she tried to escape.
• Gu Yue scattered Zheng Yiran's poisonous mist and defeated her while Zhao Tao killed Zheng Long and Zheng Hu.
• Zhao Tao and Gu Yue continued hunting until Shen Yi announced that half the participants had been eliminated and the terrain would shrink by fifty percent.
• After the battlefield changed, Zhao Tao and Gu Yue faced a three-person team led by a gray-haired young man carrying a giant scythe.

Zhao Tao killed Xu Yucheng and let his teammates defeat the two remaining members of Xu’s group while conserving his strength. As the arena narrowed to its final twelve competitors, Zhao Tao’s team faced Luo Guixing’s faction and the lone Wu Sidu.

• Xu Yucheng charged Zhao Tao, but Zhao slowed him with Fleeting Bloom and killed him after Future Body empowered his sword strike shattered the Dark Demon Scythe.
• Zhao Tao restored some of his Soul Power with As If No Time Had Passed, then assigned Ye Xinglan and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan to defeat Xu Yucheng’s two remaining teammates.
• Zhao Tao led his team onward as the arena shrank and the competitors eliminated weaker teams.
• The final contraction left twelve students in the arena, divided between Zhao Tao’s six-person team, Luo Guixing’s five-person faction, and Wu Sidu alone.

Luo Guixing joined forces with Wu Sidu to fight Zhao Tao’s team, while Zhao Tao faced Wu Sidu himself. Wu Sidu unleashed her Self-Martial Soul Fusion Skill, transforming into the Hell White Tiger, and Zhao Tao prepared to meet her attack head-on.

• Luo Guixing invited Wu Sidu to join his team against Zhao Tao, and Wu Sidu agreed.
• Zhao Tao told Gu Yue to lead the fight against Luo Guixing’s team while he faced Wu Sidu.
• Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie engaged Luo Guixing’s teammates across the arena.
• Zhao Tao used Fleeting Bloom and Future Body to slow Wu Sidu and strike at her with his sword.
• Wu Sidu fused her Hell Spirit Cat and Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Souls, transforming into the Hell White Tiger at peak Soul King strength.
• Wu Sidu attacked Zhao Tao with a claw, and Zhao Tao declared that he would face her head-on.

Zhao Tao unleashed his future power to defeat Wu Sidu, then restored his strength and eliminated Luo Guixing’s team. Wu Sidu left the arena determined to marry Zhao Tao, while Zhao Tao and the remaining Class Zero students and Ye Xinglan stood as the last competitors.

• Zhao Tao used his third Soul Skill to gain Soul Emperor-level power and killed Wu Sidu’s Hell White Tiger form with the Time Burial Sword, eliminating her.
• Luo Guixing and his teammates thought Zhao Tao was exhausted, but Zhao Tao used his fourth Soul Skill, As If No Time Had Passed, to recover nearly all his Soul Power.
• Wu Sidu was shocked by Zhao Tao’s strength, admired him, and decided she would marry no one but him.
• Zhao Tao rejoined the battle and helped eliminate Luo Guixing and his teammates.
• Only Zhao Tao, the other five Class Zero students, and the newly joined Ye Xinglan remained in the Grand Martial Arena.

Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie withdrew from the class monitor and vice monitor competition, while Tang Wulin challenged Ye Xinglan and lost. Zhao Tao then defeated Ye Xinglan with one sword strike, before inviting Gu Yue to fight him.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie gave up competing for class monitor and vice monitor.
• Tang Wulin challenged Ye Xinglan, who defeated him in fewer than ten moves.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Zhao Tao after resting, and Zhao Tao defeated her with a single sword strike.
• Zhao Tao invited Gu Yue to fight, beginning their showdown for class monitor.

Gu Yue unleashed her six-element Lotus of Elements against Zhao Tao, but his Future Body and newly acquired As If No Time Had Passed let him survive the explosion and quickly recover. He then activated Future Body again and charged at Gu Yue, leaving their battle poised to continue.

• Gu Yue fused six elements into a Lotus of Elements and sent it toward Zhao Tao.
• Gu Yue teleported away as the lotus exploded, and the blast eliminated Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie.
• Zhao Tao used Future Body to withstand the explosion, though he was left injured with little Soul Power.
• Zhao Tao activated As If No Time Had Passed and restored his condition and most of his Soul Power.
• Gu Yue realized her attack no longer suppressed Zhao Tao and resolved to raise her Soul Power and Spiritual Power.
• Zhao Tao activated Future Body and Fleeting Bloom, then charged at Gu Yue.

Zhao Tao defeated Gu Yue and became class monitor as the first-grade committee positions were assigned. Later, at a drink bar, he intervened when Yue Zhengyu harassed Yuanen Yehui, leaving Yue Zhengyu furious and demanding to know who Zhao Tao was.

• Zhao Tao defeated Gu Yue, and Shen Yi named him class monitor, with Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan as vice class monitors.
• Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Sidu received the four committee posts after several hours of competition.
• Zhao Tao took the Class Zero students and Ye Xinglan to lunch, then led them to a drink bar after Xie Xie suggested exploring the Outer Court.
• Yue Zhengyu pressured Yuanen Yehui for her soul communication number, bought the drink bar, and claimed authority over her as its owner.
• Yuanen Yehui quit and left, but Zhao Tao tripped Yue Zhengyu and told him he had no right to harass others at Shrek Academy.
• Yue Zhengyu angrily demanded to know who Zhao Tao was and where he came from.

Zhao Tao confronted Yue Zhengyu after he harassed someone, and the two agreed to settle their dispute in a Soul Fighting match at Shrek Academy. Yue Zhengyu began to regret challenging Zhao Tao when he saw Zhao Tao’s four Soul Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Yue Zhengyu revealed that he was the heir to the Holy Angel Family and tried to intimidate Zhao Tao.
• Zhao Tao showed Heavenly Phoenix Douluo’s token and refused to back down, prompting Yue Zhengyu to challenge him to a Soul Fighting match.
• Zhao Tao demanded that Yue Zhengyu face the same humiliating penalty if he lost, and Yue Zhengyu accepted.
• Zhao Tao and Yue Zhengyu registered for a match at the Great Soul Arena, where a referee raised the arena barrier.
• Yue Zhengyu released his Holy Angel Martial Soul and three purple Soul Rings, then mocked Zhao Tao for being a first-year.
• Zhao Tao revealed his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul and four Soul Rings—three purple and one black—making Yue Zhengyu regret the challenge.

Yue Zhengyu apologized after realizing Zhao Tao was a powerful Soul Ancestor, but Zhao Tao refused to let the humiliation go and defeated him in the Soul Fighting Arena. Yue Zhengyu was left battered and vowing revenge, while Yuanen Yehui watched from the stands with gratitude and admiration for Zhao Tao.

• Yue Zhengyu saw Zhao Tao's four Soul Rings, including a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and apologized in an attempt to settle their dispute.
• Zhao Tao rejected Yue Zhengyu's apology, used Fleeting Bloom to speed himself up and slow Yue Zhengyu, and knocked Yue Zhengyu's Holy Sword aside.
• Zhao Tao countered Yue Zhengyu's Light Judgment and slapped him twice, publicly humiliating him.
• When Yue Zhengyu refused to admit defeat, Zhao Tao kept striking him until his face was swollen like a pig's head.
• Yue Zhengyu secretly vowed to capture, humiliate, and kill Zhao Tao if he got the chance, while Yuanen Yehui watched from the stands, grateful and admiring.

Zhao Tao defeated Yue Zhengyu and forced him to fulfill their bet publicly, then continued his studies with Gu Yue and their classmates. Yue Zhengyu lost his place as heir and family support, and began plotting revenge against Zhao Tao.

• Zhao Tao threw the defeated Yue Zhengyu out of the arena and made him bark and crawl through his legs in public to honor their bet.
• Zhao Tao woke beside Gu Yue the next morning, and the two went to class together.
• Wu Changkong taught the students about mecha manufacturing and assigned them to build mechas for the final assessment.
• Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Sidu chose to forge Battle Armor, while Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin chose to build mechas.
• Yue Zhengen stripped Yue Zhengyu of his heir status and barred him from family resources for three years after the humiliating video spread.
• Yue Zhengyu decided to seek revenge on Zhao Tao by attacking him from surprise.

Yue Zhengyu prepared to assassinate Zhao Tao with a poisoned Soul Tool dagger after deciding they should die together. Zhao Tao anticipated the attack and slowed the dagger with Fleeting Bloom, then began using further Soul Skills as the dagger closed in.

• Yue Zhengyu chose a level-seven Soul Tool dagger coated in the Holy Spirit Cult’s ultimate poison and spent a week rehearsing his assassination attempt.
• Near Shrek Academy’s Outer Court cafeteria, Yue Zhengyu approached Zhao Tao with a false apology, but Zhao Tao sensed something was wrong and warned him to keep his distance.
• Yue Zhengyu knelt and apologized, then abruptly rose and launched the poisoned dagger at Zhao Tao.
• Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Ye Xinglan shouted a warning as Zhao Tao used Fleeting Bloom to slow the dagger and speed himself up.
• Zhao Tao activated Time Burial Sword and Future Body as the dagger flew toward him.

Zhao Tao stopped Yue Zhengyu’s poisoned dagger attack and brought him before the Sea God Pavilion for judgment. The elders ordered Yue Zhengyu’s cultivation crippled and sentenced him to life imprisonment, and Cai Yue’er carried out the punishment.

• Zhao Tao used the power of his future self and the Time Burial Sword to deflect Yue Zhengyu’s poisoned dagger, exposing the attempted assassination to witnesses.
• An Enforcer detained Yue Zhengyu, collected the dagger, and took him, Zhao Tao, and the witnesses to the Enforcement Hall.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, Ya Li ordered Zhao Tao to pay Yue Zhengyu one thousand Contribution Points for his earlier actions and sentenced Yue Zhengyu to lose his cultivation and spend life in prison.
• Yue Zhengyu rejected the sentence and claimed he had attacked Zhao Tao because he believed him to be an Evil Soul Master.
• Cai Yue’er said the Holy Angel Family had disowned Yue Zhengyu, then destroyed his cultivation with her Soul Power.

After Sea God Pavilion punished Yue Zhengyu for attacking him, Zhao Tao spent time with Na'er, trained in forging, and worked with his team on Battle Armor and mecha. The next day, Shen Yi began the class’s practical combat lessons at the Great Soul Arena.

• Cai Yue'er ordered Yue Zhengyu's cultivation crippled and had him imprisoned, and Ya Li awarded Zhao Tao half of the Yue Family's compensation.
• Zhao Tao visited Na'er on Sea God Island, told her about Yue Zhengyu's attack, and played with her before returning to his forging lesson.
• Feng Wu Yu began teaching Zhao Tao Fusion Forging, and Zhao Tao later forged materials for his teammates' Battle Armor and mechas.
• Zhao Tao cultivated, then went to sleep with Gu Yue after dinner.
• Shen Yi led the first-year class to the Great Soul Arena for practical combat training, where students would face her or Wu Changkong in mecha groups.

Zhao Tao’s team prepared to face Wu Changkong in a class demonstration, using Zhao Tao’s knowledge of his former teacher to plan a coordinated assault. Their opening attacks overwhelmed Wu Changkong’s Frost Sky Slash, leaving the battle underway.

• Zhao Tao chose Wu Changkong as the team’s opponent and explained the team’s tactics to Wu Sidu and Xinglan.
• Shen Yi set the rules and refereed as Wu Changkong began the fight by firing Frost Sky Slash at Zhao Tao’s squad.
• Zhao Tao used his Soul Skills to empower himself and his teammates, while Wu Sidu, Ye Xinglan, Gu Yue, and the others launched coordinated attacks.
• Zhao Tao activated Future Body’s Burst Stance, rose to Soul Emperor strength, and shattered Wu Changkong’s Frost Sky Slash with one strike.

Zhao Tao and his companions pressed Wu Changkong with a coordinated assault, and Zhao Tao used his time-based Soul Skills to break through Wu Changkong’s defenses. The chapter left Wu Changkong forced back several steps while Zhao Tao’s Time Burial Sword pinned down the Frost Sky Sword.

• Zhao Tao used As If No Time Had Passed to restore most of his Soul Power, then joined Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Sidu in attacking Wu Changkong.
• Wu Changkong used Frost Ice Language and Frost Language Ice Wheel to split his sword into nine sub-swords and counter the group’s attacks.
• Zhao Tao activated Future Body and shattered the four sub-swords aimed at him, weakening Wu Changkong.
• Zhao Tao restored his Soul Power with As If No Time Had Passed, then used Gu Yue’s help to appear before Wu Changkong and attack again.
• Wu Changkong used Condense Frost to defend with Frost Ice Language, but Zhao Tao’s Time Burial Sword broke its icy shell and exposed the Frost Sky Sword.
• Gu Yue, Wu Sidu, and Ye Xinglan struck Wu Changkong while Zhao Tao held the Frost Sky Sword in place, forcing Wu Changkong back several steps.

Zhao Tao’s team trained together for three months as Zhao Tao, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Xiaoyan made cultivation breakthroughs and prepared to obtain new Soul Spirits. After receiving permission to enter the Spirit Soul Tower, the team arrived at Spirit Communication Tower Headquarters, where Zhao Tao spotted a familiar figure in the lobby.

• Wu Changkong praised the team’s coordination but defeated them after Zhao Tao ran out of Soul Power, and Zhao Tao encouraged everyone to keep improving.
• Over the next three months, Zhao Tao’s cultivation reached level forty-eight, the team grew more coordinated, and Gu Yue completed Battle Armor designs for Zhao Tao, herself, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Sidu.
• Ye Xinglan reached level forty and Xu Xiaoyan reached level thirty, leaving both needing new Soul Spirits to advance.
• Zhao Tao used his and Gu Yue’s connections to secure Tower Rush qualifications for the team, then led them from Shrek Academy to Spirit Communication Tower Headquarters.
• After the staff registered and cleared the group, Zhao Tao noticed a familiar figure in the lobby.

Zhao Tao offered Yuanen Yehui a Tower Rush slot in exchange for her promise to let him and his companions explore the world connected to her Fallen Angel Martial Soul when she reached Titled Douluo. He intended to use that world’s River of Time to strengthen the Spring Autumn Cicada, avoiding the greater risks of refining Douluo Continent’s River of Time.

• Zhao Tao and Yuanen Yehui recognized each other at the Spirit Pagoda, where she learned that he had Tower Rush slots for his teammates’ Second Spirit Souls.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Zhao Tao for a Tower Rush slot and offered her friendship, but he said he wanted a more valuable exchange.
• In private, Zhao Tao revealed that he knew Yuanen Yehui had a Fallen Angel Martial Soul and was disguised as a boy.
• Zhao Tao asked Yuanen Yehui to let him and his companions explore the other world when she became a Titled Douluo, and she agreed while warning him that it was dangerous.
• Zhao Tao promised to apply for a Tower Rush slot for Yuanen Yehui and considered using the Demon Plane’s River of Time to strengthen the Spring Autumn Cicada.

Zhao Tao added Yuanen Yehui to the Spirit Soul Tower team after she promised to help him explore another world when she became a Titled Douluo. He carried the team through the tower’s stages, helping Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui obtain suitable Soul Spirits, while Ye Xinglan set her sights on the Sabertooth Tiger in the thirteenth stage.

• Zhao Tao told Yuanen Yehui why he wanted her promise, and she agreed to help him explore the other world after reaching Titled Douluo.
• Zhao Tao let Tang Wulin and Xie Xie decide by rock-paper-scissors who would enter the tower, and Xie Xie won while Tang Wulin gave up his place.
• Leng Yaozhu welcomed Zhao Tao’s team to the Spirit Soul Tower, where they began the assessment and Zhao Tao led them through the early stages.
• Zhao Tao killed the four Ice Bears on the ninth stage, and Xu Xiaoyan stayed behind to absorb an Ice Bear Soul Spirit.
• Zhao Tao defeated the Demon Lizard Dragon, Thunder Beast, and King Kong Baboon on the next stages, and Yuanen Yehui stayed behind to fuse with the King Kong Baboon Soul Spirit.
• Ye Xinglan identified the metal-element Sabertooth Tiger on the thirteenth stage as the Soul Spirit she wanted.

Zhao Tao refined Time Sand to evolve his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul again, then helped Ye Xinglan forge his first Battle Armor component. Two months later, his teammates had advanced, and Zhao Tao reached level 50, one Soul Ring away from becoming a Soul King.

• Zhao Tao killed the Sabertooth Tiger so Ye Xinglan could absorb its Soul Spirit, then Leng Yaozhu gave him Time Sand to refine.
• Zhao Tao's Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul evolved again, raising his Innate Soul Power to level 12, his cultivation to level 49, and his Spiritual Power to 2,000 points.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui completed their breakthroughs and gained new Soul Skills before the group returned to Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xinglan engraved Gu Yue's Battle Armor design onto a component, and Zhao Tao fused it to his body using his blood.
• Over the next two months, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin advanced their cultivation, while Zhao Tao reached level 50 and neared the Soul King rank.