Chapter Summaries

Wu Changkong tested Class Zero’s Spiritual Power and physical strength, revealing extraordinary results from Tang Wulin, Fang Yang, and Gu Yue. The chapter ended with Fang Yang stepping up for his strength test, whose result had not yet appeared.

• Wu Changkong tested Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi’s Spiritual Power, then warned Wang Jinxi to improve his.
• Tang Wulin scored 101 Spiritual Power points, reaching the Spirit Connection Realm and shocking his classmates.
• Fang Yang scored 550 points in the Spirit Sea Realm, and Gu Yue scored 580, prompting Wu Changkong to intensify their Spiritual Power control training.
• Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Tang Wulin each took turns testing their punching strength, with Gu Yue and Tang Wulin producing particularly high results.
• Wu Changkong called Fang Yang to the Strength Tester, but the chapter ended before his result appeared.

Fang Yang stunned the class by demonstrating 108,000 catties of strength with each fist, then Wu Changkong invited him, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to join the Tang Sect. Fang Yang stayed with the Spirit Pagoda, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie agreed to join the Tang Sect.

• Fang Yang struck the Strength Tester with both fists and recorded 108,000 catties each time, shocking Wu Changkong and the students.
• Wu Changkong ended the test and dismissed Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi before taking Fang Yang, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to a soundproof room.
• Wu Changkong revealed that he belonged to the Tang Sect and invited the four students to join.
• Fang Yang explained that he had already joined the Spirit Pagoda and told Tang Wulin that the Tang Sect suited his Martial Soul better.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie accepted Wu Changkong's invitation to join the Tang Sect.

Wu Changkong accepted Tang Wulin and Xie Xie’s applications to the Tang Sect, but Fang Yang and Gu Yue said they had already joined the Spirit Pagoda. The students put aside their organizational differences and later headed to the Spirit Pagoda for their first weekly training session on the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Wu Changkong accepted Tang Wulin and Xie Xie’s applications to the Tang Sect and offered to cover Fang Yang’s losses if he left the Spirit Pagoda, but Fang Yang and Gu Yue declined because they already belonged to it.
• Wu Changkong urged the students to remain friends and teammates despite their different affiliations, and Fang Yang reassured Tang Wulin that their friendship had not changed.
• During the following days, Wu Changkong arranged actual combat training, and the six students grew closer and improved their coordination.
• Wu Changkong announced that the group would visit the Spirit Pagoda and receive one weekly opportunity to train on the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Long Hengxu met Wu Changkong and the students at the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda and explained that only Soul Masters below the fourth rank could enter the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.

Fang Yang entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and encountered a Soft Bone Rabbit Pack, including a powerful Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit. He unleashed a fused Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, whose explosion reduced the surrounding forest to ash.

• Long Hengxu led Fang Yang and the other five students to the Spirit Ascension Platform, where staff explained the survival rules and connected them to the simulation.
• Fang Yang awoke in a primeval forest resembling the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered a pack of Soft Bone Rabbits.
• Fang Yang attacked the pack with Fire Lotus Explosion, but a Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit survived and lunged at him.
• Fang Yang dodged the rabbit's attack and resisted its Charm with his Spiritual Power; the rabbit then used its Invincible Golden Body against his Heavenly Flames.
• Fang Yang fused Profound Yellow Flame and Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame into a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and detonated it, turning every tree within a thousand meters to ash.

Fang Yang’s Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus destroyed the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform’s Area Five, forcing the students to be ejected. After the Spirit Pagoda demanded compensation, Fang Yang showed an identity card that made the staff immediately release him from responsibility.

• Fang Yang’s Fire Lotus Explosion incinerated the Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit and devastated Area Five, destabilizing the simulation system.
• Wu Changkong ordered the trial terminated, and the Spirit Pagoda staff activated the Forced Ejection Program.
• Fang Yang, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the others awoke in the Spirit Pagoda facilities and learned Fang Yang’s strike had crashed the system.
• A technician reported severe damage to Area Five’s Core Soul Tool and estimated losses exceeding tens of millions of federal currency.
• Fang Yang refused to pay compensation, then showed a golden identity card that caused the Spirit Pagoda staff to apologize and let him leave.

Fang Yang and the others restarted their Spirit Ascension Platform trial after the earlier accident. The students encountered different dangers, and the chapter ended as Fang Yang met Gu Yue’s Thousand Year Crystal Bear head-on.

• The Spirit Pagoda staff restarted the trial without using up Fang Yang and his companions’ normal slots.
• Fang Yang cautiously explored the simulated Star Dou Great Forest while Gu Yue entered the platform and defeated several Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yue evaded a Thousand Year Crystal Bear, using wind and space abilities to create cover and escape; Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu praised her composure.
• Wang Jinxi was critically injured by a Hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider and rescued, while Zhang Yangzi was eliminated after provoking a flock of azure birds.
• Xie Xie navigated the platform cautiously, and Gu Yue used the Power of Space to appear behind Fang Yang as the Thousand Year Crystal Bear charged him.
• Fang Yang unleashed Destruction Collapse and struck the Thousand Year Crystal Bear as it barreled toward him.

Fang Yang killed the Thousand Year Crystal Bear with one punch and teamed up with Gu Yue, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were trapped by four Man Faced Demon Spiders. Wu Changkong watched as Fang Yang and Gu Yue approached the fight, but the chapter ended with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie attacking the spiders.

• Fang Yang punched through the Thousand Year Crystal Bear, killing it as Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu watched in shock.
• Gu Yue collapsed from exhaustion, and Fang Yang caught her before the bear's spiritual energy split between them and strengthened their Soul Spirits.
• Fang Yang suggested that he and Gu Yue travel together, and they continued deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie defeated a Hundred Year Horned Dragon, then found themselves surrounded by one Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider and three smaller spiders.
• Wu Changkong saw Fang Yang and Gu Yue nearing Tang Wulin's group and chose to wait before ordering an evacuation.
• Tang Wulin used his Blue Silver Grass skills to restrain the spiders while Xie Xie launched Light Dragon Storm.

Fang Yang and Gu Yue rescued Tang Wulin and Xie Xie from a Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider, then destroyed the surrounding spiders with a combined attack. After absorbing the Soul Beast spiritual energy, the four left the Spirit Ascension Platform together.

• Fang Yang arrived with Gu Yue and used his Flame Dharma Body to block the Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider's attack on Tang Wulin.
• Fang Yang and Gu Yue combined Wind Binding with Fire Lotus Explosion and Elemental Tide to burn all four Man Faced Demon Spiders to ash.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Fang Yang, and Gu Yue absorbed the Soul Beast spiritual energy while Long Hengxu and Spirit Pagoda staff watched their performance.
• Fang Yang agreed with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie that he and Gu Yue would leave the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform with them.
• The four pressed their Rescue Signal Devices and returned to the real world, where Xie Xie vowed to perform better next time.

After Fang Yang rescued Tang Wulin and Xie Xie from the Man Faced Demon Spiders, the Eastsea Pagoda Master summoned him and met Gu Yue, who revealed her connection to Leng Yaozhu. The meeting ended warmly, with Wang Tianyun inviting Fang Yang to visit again.

• Wu Changkong praised Fang Yang for rescuing Tang Wulin and Xie Xie from the spider attack in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• A Spirit Pagoda Staff member told Fang Yang that the Eastsea Pagoda Master wished to see him, and Gu Yue went with him.
• Gu Yue showed Wang Tianyun Leng Yaozhu's Sky Phoenix Token, and Wang Tianyun respectfully acknowledged her status as Leng Yaozhu's Direct Disciple.
• Wang Tianyun asked Fang Yang about his Core Disciple status under Liu Yang and the commotion he caused by blowing up the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wang Tianyun teased Fang Yang about his closeness with Gu Yue, then escorted them out and invited Fang Yang to visit again.

Fang Yang and Gu Yue returned to Eastsea Academy after meeting the Eastsea Pagoda Master, and Wu Changkong appointed them captain and vice-captain of Class Zero’s combat squad. The students reviewed their Spirit Ascension Platform experiences before class ended, with Fang Yang dragging Xie Xie away when he teased them about their bloodline resonance.

• Gu Yue told Fang Yang that her teacher was Sky Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu, vice Pagoda Master of Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, and hurried him back to Eastsea Academy.
• Fang Yang and Gu Yue returned to Class Zero, where Wu Changkong named Fang Yang captain and Gu Yue vice-captain of the six-person combat squad.
• Zhang Yangzi admitted his poor judgment and overconfidence had led to his early elimination, while Wang Jinxi described his fear of the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Xie Xie said the forest suited Agility Attack System Battle Soul Masters and taught him the importance of stamina, while Tang Wulin described how the environment strengthened his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Gu Yue said her bloodline resonance with Fang Yang let them sense each other’s locations, and Fang Yang apologized for blowing up the Spirit Ascension Platform before Wu Changkong dismissed the class.
• Xie Xie teased Fang Yang about his resonance with Gu Yue, so Fang Yang dragged him out of the classroom.

Fang Yang received a Ninth-grade Alchemy Inheritance from the altar that appeared after he devoured the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame, but he lacked the Spirit Materials needed to use it. At the East Sea Museum, Gu Yue offered to buy every Spirit Material exhibit on the first floor after seeing Fang Yang could not afford them.

• Fang Yang entered the Heavenly Flame Bead Inner Space and discovered an Inheritance Altar that had appeared after he devoured the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame.
• Fang Yang touched the altar, received a Ninth-grade Alchemy Inheritance, and realized he needed Spirit Materials to begin refining pills.
• Gu Yue invited Fang Yang for a walk, and he joined her as they went to the East Sea Museum auction exhibition area.
• Fang Yang searched the first-floor Spirit Material section but admitted he could only afford less precious materials.
• Gu Yue asked an attendant to buy out the entire first-floor Spirit Material section and presented a Supreme Black Gold Card.

Gu Yue bought all the Spirit Materials on the Eastsea Auction House’s first floor for Fang Yang, who left with the materials and a bonus vial of Hundred-Year Dragon Soul Beast Blood. Back at the dormitory, Fang Yang and Tang Wulin teamed up to make Xie Xie treat them to a costly meal.

• Gu Yue offered to buy Spirit Materials for Fang Yang, then paid ten million Federal Currency for everything on the first floor.
• The manager gave Fang Yang a custom Storage Soul Tool and a vial of Hundred-Year Dragon Soul Beast Blood as gifts.
• Fang Yang and Gu Yue returned to the dormitory and found Tang Wulin saying goodbye to Senior Sister Ouyang Zixin.
• Fang Yang and Tang Wulin teased each other about their relationships before Xie Xie arrived and drew their attention.
• Fang Yang and Tang Wulin pressured Xie Xie into treating them to a meal at a new roast meat restaurant, demanding the most expensive food and double portions.

Fang Yang devoured the Yin Yang Twin Flames to supply the life force needed for alchemy, then used their power to break through to level 43 Soul Ancestor and refine the Flame Mantra. The chapter ended as he prepared to fuse three Heavenly Flames.

• Fang Yang realized he needed a wood attribute for alchemy and chose the Yin Yang Twin Flames because their Yang Fire carried life force.
• Fang Yang released the Yin Yang Twin Flames from their pillar, sealed them with the Heaven Sealing Divine Prohibition, and refined their Origin Fire Seed.
• Fang Yang devoured the Yin Yang Twin Flames and used their energy to break through to level 43 Soul Ancestor, gaining the Yin Yang Chain and Yin Yang Endless Soul Skills and a million-year flame Soul Ring.
• Fang Yang refined the Yin Yang Twin Flames through the Flame Mantra, advancing it to Earth-tier Intermediate.
• Fang Yang prepared to fuse the three kinds of Heavenly Flames.

Fang Yang fused the Yin Yang Twin Flames with the Profound Yellow Flame and Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame to create the Black Flame, then refined Soul Ascension Pills. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin learned that his parents had returned to their old work and planned to visit him after finishing their business in Aolai City.

• Fang Yang fused the three Heavenly Flames into the Black Flame and named it.
• Fang Yang used Void Alchemy to refine seven Rank 1 Soul Ascension Pills and decided to share them with Gu Yue and the others.
• Fang Yang contacted Xie Xie and asked him to gather everyone, while Fang Yang planned to meet Gu Yue himself.
• Tang Wulin received a call from Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, who apologized for his difficult childhood and revealed that Tang Ziran was a Rank 8 Mecha Designer.
• Tang Ziran told Tang Wulin he had joined an organization, sent him ten million federal currency, and prepared a Battle Armor Design Blueprint for Fang Yang.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue said they would visit Tang Wulin in Eastsea City after finishing their business in Aolai City, leaving Tang Wulin overwhelmed.

Fang Yang gave his companions Soul Ascension Pills he had refined, and they meditated after taking them. Their gains varied widely, and Fang Yang explained that the pills could reveal a Martial Soul’s potential based on how much they raised Soul Power.

• Tang Wulin arrived late, and Fang Yang showed the group six Soul Ascension Pills made from Spirit Materials Gu Yue had helped him buy.
• Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi each took a pill, while Fang Yang said he had already taken one.
• Gu Yue awakened first with a slight increase, while Tang Wulin rose from level 25 to 27, Xie Xie from level 24 to 27, Zhang Yangzi from level 25 to 30, and Wang Jinxi from level 22 to 25.
• Zhang Yangzi left for the Spirit Pagoda to find a Soul Spirit, and Wang Jinxi went with him.
• Fang Yang explained that the pills could test Martial Soul potential: a smaller Soul Power increase indicated greater potential, while a larger increase indicated lower potential.

Tang Wulin gave Fang Yang custom Battle Armor blueprints from his father and repaid the money he owed, then offered to request designs for Gu Yue and Xie Xie as well. After Tang Wulin and Xie Xie left, Fang Yang and Gu Yue discussed his plans to refine pills and agreed to visit each other’s families before Gu Yue revealed her identity to him.

• Tang Wulin gave Fang Yang Battle Armor blueprints designed by his father, a Rank 8 Mecha Designer, and repaid the one million Federal Currency he had borrowed.
• Xie Xie asked Tang Wulin to request Battle Armor designs for him, and Tang Wulin offered to ask his father to design one for Xie Xie and Gu Yue.
• After Tang Wulin and Xie Xie left, Fang Yang told Gu Yue the blueprints would not suit him, and Gu Yue offered to revise them when he forged his Battle Armor.
• Fang Yang told Gu Yue he planned to refine a Soul Ascension Pill, and Gu Yue offered to help him obtain Spirit Materials.
• Gu Yue asked Fang Yang to accompany her home after the semester, and he asked her to visit Aolai City first to meet his mother; Gu Yue agreed.

Wu Changkong announced that Class Zero's final exam would take place in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform during its Riot Period, where they had to survive for an hour amid powerful Soul Beasts and rival Soul Masters. The students had three days to prepare for the team trial, while Fang Yang remained confident in his abilities.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie questioned whether Class Zero needed to take an ordinary final exam, and Wu Changkong revealed he had prepared a special one.
• Wu Changkong explained that the students would enter the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform during its Riot Period, where teams faced stronger Soul Beasts and competed over spiritual power dropped by defeated beasts.
• Fang Yang asked whether the students could steal spiritual power from other Soul Masters, and Wu Changkong warned him to watch out for ambushes.
• Wu Changkong scheduled the exam for three days later and told the students to prepare tactics, warning that failure could cost them their winter break.
• Tang Wulin reassured Xie Xie, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi considered their plans and Fang Yang remained confident in his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.

Class Zero prepared for its Final Exam in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform during the Riot Period, with Tang Wulin planning protective gear and Fang Yang setting out their battle roles. After leaving class, Fang Yang and Gu Yue encountered Xu Xiaoyu, who challenged him and learned that Fang Yang had reached Soul Ancestor rank.

• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi worried about the difficulty of the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform during the Riot Period, while Fang Yang proposed taking spiritual power from other Soul Masters if the rules allowed it.
• Fang Yang assigned Class Zero's battle roles, and Tang Wulin offered to forge Thousand Refinements protective gear for everyone except Fang Yang and Gu Yue.
• The classmates made plans for the three-day holiday, with Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi going around Eastsea City, Tang Wulin heading to see Ouyang Zixin, and Gu Yue taking Fang Yang for a walk.
• Xu Xiaoyu confronted Fang Yang over Xu Xiaoyan and challenged him to fight at the Spirit Ascension Platform in three days.
• Fang Yang revealed his level forty Soul Ancestor aura, told Xu Xiaoyu that Class Zero would enter the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, and left with Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue asked whether Xu Xiaoyan often came to see Fang Yang, and Fang Yang assured her that she was the one he loved most.

Tang Wulin gave Class Zero lightweight Cloud Titanium armor before Wu Changkong led the students into the Riot Period Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform for their Final Exam. The six reunited inside and began moving through the dangerous platform as Wu Changkong watched their progress.

• Tang Wulin distributed Cloud Titanium protective gear to the students and urged them to rest before the Final Exam.
• Wu Changkong brought the six students to the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda, warned them that survival was their only task, and led them into the platform.
• Fang Yang awoke in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform with the other five students and ordered them to gather around him.
• Fang Yang set the goals of lasting one hour and hunting Soul Beasts, while Tang Wulin distributed the Cloud Titanium Light Armor.
• Fang Yang led the group forward in combat formation as they released their Martial Souls, and Wu Changkong watched them through a screen.

Fang Yang's group fought four Thousand-Year Wind Baboons in the Mixed Zone and absorbed their spiritual energy after defeating them. Several teammates' Soul Spirits evolved, while Fang Yang's remained short of the energy it needed, and the group continued resting under guard.

• Fang Yang's group entered the Mixed Zone, where four Thousand-Year Wind Baboons surrounded them and attacked with Wind Blades.
• Tang Wulin trapped the Wind Baboons with Blue Silver Cage, and Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Gu Yue attacked them.
• The group defeated the four Wind Baboons, and Fang Yang told everyone to recover and absorb their spiritual energy while he stood guard.
• Gu Yue took over guard duty so Fang Yang could absorb energy, and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi later reported that their Soul Spirits had evolved.
• Fang Yang's Thousand Year Soul Spirit still needed more energy, and Gu Yue rested in his arms while Tang Wulin and the others watched for danger.