Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin arrived at Tianhai Stadium after winning first place in the Forging Competition and joined Eastsea Academy’s team for its Trio Team Match against Sea and Land Academy. As the match began, Long Huantian and Zhang Zhenpeng discussed the Tianhai Alliance’s scarce Shrek Academy Inner Court quota, with Zhang seeking one for Sea and Land Academy.

• Tang Wulin rushed into the stadium after winning first place in the Forging Competition, and Fang Yang reminded Eastsea Academy’s team to beware of the opposing sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhang Zhenpeng asked Long Huantian to give Sea and Land Academy an Inner Court Application Quota, but Long Huantian said the Tianhai Alliance had to approve it.
• Zhang Zhenpeng proposed that Long Huantian judge his students’ performances before deciding how to allocate the remaining four quotas, and Long Huantian agreed to watch.
• Tang Wulin, Fang Yang, and their teammate faced Sea and Land Academy’s team, led by Wang Dongqi and including the Zhou Sisters.
• The referee began the Trio Team Match as Long Huantian and Zhang Zhenpeng watched from Box Number One.

Tang Wulin and his teammates defeated Sea and Land Academy in a match marked by two opposing Martial Soul Fusion Skills. Eastsea Academy won after Tang Wulin trapped Wang Dongqi, forcing her to surrender.

• Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi charged at Sea and Land Academy's three fighters as both teams revealed their Soul Rings.
• Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er unleashed Forest of Ice and Snow, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi fused into Dark Eagle Dragon.
• Dark Eagle Dragon overcame the sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er exhausted.
• Tang Wulin used Blue Silver Cage to withstand Wang Dongqi's Thunderous Lightning and then bound her with Blue Silver Grass Entanglement.
• Wang Dongqi surrendered, and the referee declared Eastsea Academy the winner.

After Eastsea Academy’s victory, Long Huantian recognized the students’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill as proof of their talent and encouraged Zhang Zhenpeng to seek Shrek Inner Court Quotas through a demonstration. Wang Dongqi and the Zhou sisters met with the team, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi exchanged contact information with the sisters, and Fang Yang led everyone back to the hotel to report to Teacher Wu.

• Fang Yang congratulated Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi on their victory and praised their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Long Huantian acknowledged that Eastsea Academy’s students merited two Inner Court Quotas and advised Zhang Zhenpeng to present them to the higher-ups for a demonstration.
• Wang Dongqi and the Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er sisters asked to speak with Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi; Tang Wulin declined, and Xie Xie urged the other two to go.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi returned delighted after exchanging contact information with Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er, and thanked Xie Xie for encouraging them.
• Fang Yang led the group back to the Luxury Hotel to report the match to Teacher Wu.

Fang Yang and Class Zero joined Wu Changkong and his junior sister Shen Yi for a meal, where they unexpectedly reunited with Ye Xinglan and met the other Shrek Academy students. After the Shrek students introduced themselves, Wu Changkong urged Class Zero to learn from their achievements.

• A waiter told Fang Yang and Class Zero that Wu Changkong had arranged dinner for them in the hotel restaurant.
• Wu Changkong introduced Shen Yi as his old acquaintance, and she explained that she was his junior sister.
• Ye Xinglan recognized Fang Yang, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan both pinched him after he greeted her warmly.
• The Shrek students introduced themselves and stated their ranks, types, and martial souls.
• Wu Changkong told Class Zero that the Shrek students had defeated the Youth Group champions and urged them to cultivate diligently.

Tang Wulin's team forfeited the Trio Team Match final, giving Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie the championship. At Box Number Seven, Shen Yi invited Eastsea Academy's Class Zero to join Shrek Academy's Outer Court, but Fang Yang declined on the group's behalf.

• Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi forfeited the Trio Team Match final, making Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie champions without a fight.
• Tang Wulin explained that his team had chosen to forfeit because Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie's combination was too strong, while Zhang Yangzi hinted that he and Wang Jinxi had other plans.
• Wu Changkong congratulated the students on their achievements and took them to Box Number Seven, where Shen Yi was waiting.
• Shen Yi invited all of Eastsea Academy's Class Zero students to join Shrek Academy's Outer Court.
• Fang Yang declined Shen Yi's invitation on behalf of Class Zero.

Fang Yang and Class Zero refused Shen Yi’s invitation to join the Tang Sect, choosing to pursue their own paths before celebrating their victories at the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition awards ceremony. The chapter ended with Wu Changkong watching his students accept their awards.

• Fang Yang and Gu Yue declined to join the Tang Sect, while Xu Xiaoyan cited her family’s plans and Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi said they intended to join the War God Temple.
• After leaving Shen Yi and Wu Changkong, Class Zero agreed they did not regret turning down Shrek Academy, and Fang Yang said the Tang Sect did not suit him.
• Class Zero members parted ways before the ceremony, with Xie Xie left behind lamenting that he was always the one who got hurt.
• At Tianhai Stadium, Fang Yang received the singles championship award and Class Zero accepted the trio team championship award.
• Tianhai Academy received the five-person and seven-person team championship awards, and Wu Changkong credited Class Zero’s hard work for their success.

After the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, Eastsea Academy prepared to return home, and Ye Xinglan gave Fang Yang a keepsake and asked him to wait for her at Shrek Academy. As the Soul Guide Bus left Skysea City, Xu Lizhi blamed Fang Yang for Ye Xinglan’s rejection.

• Xie Xie hoped the students would get time off, but Fang Yang joked that Director Long Hengxu would double their training.
• Ye Xinglan asked to speak privately with Fang Yang and gave him the first wooden sword she had used to practice; Fang Yang gave her cultivation pills in return.
• Ye Xinglan asked Fang Yang to shake hands and said she would wait for him at Shrek Academy, while Xu Lizhi watched in anger.
• Ye Xinglan rejected Xu Lizhi and told him not to follow her, and he blamed Fang Yang for driving them apart.
• Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu led Eastsea Academy onto the Soul Guide Bus, which departed Skysea City.

Class Zero returned to Eastsea Academy as champions of the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition and received a public welcome, awards, and three days off. After celebrating together at the East Sea Grand Hotel, the students returned to their dormitories.

• Wu Changkong and Class Zero arrived at Eastsea Academy, where Principal Yu Zhen and the students welcomed them as champions.
• Principal Yu Zhen praised Class Zero, and Fang Yang credited Wu Changkong and the other teachers for their guidance.
• Long Hengxu presented Class Zero with certificates of honor, and the academy announced three days off to celebrate its victory.
• Class Zero gathered at the East Sea Grand Hotel, toasted their victory, and discussed their hopes of becoming Battle Armor Masters.
• After their dinner, the students returned to Eastsea Academy and went to their dormitories.

After the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, Fang Yang discovered the Heavenly Flame Bead had reacted to his progress and decided to pursue its sealed flames. He unsealed the Falling Heart Flame, captured it with the newly revealed Heavenly Flame Pagoda, and began refining it.

• Fang Yang reflected on Class Zero of Eastsea Academy winning the singles, team, and forging championships at the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.
• The Heavenly Flame Bead revealed that devouring all twenty-three Heavenly Flames would awaken its full power, and Fang Yang resolved to fuse them into a new flame called Endless Black Flame.
• Fang Yang chose the Falling Heart Flame as his next target and unsealed it from its Heaven-Reaching Giant Pillar.
• The Falling Heart Flame formed a Formless Fire Python and tried to escape, but the Heavenly Flame Pagoda suppressed it while Fang Yang sealed it with the Heaven Sealing Divine Prohibition.
• Fang Yang learned the tower was called the Heavenly Flame Pagoda, then seized the Falling Heart Flame's Origin Fire Seed with his Black Flame and began refining it.

Fang Yang devoured and refined the Falling Heart Flame, fused it with his four other Heavenly Flames, and discovered that the resulting Endless Black Flame could take the form of a kitten. He named the kitten Little Black and then refined eight Creation Pills to improve Martial Soul quality.

• Fang Yang endured the Falling Heart Flame's intense tempering, successfully devoured it, and raised his Soul Power Level to fifty-five.
• Fang Yang refined the Falling Heart Flame with the Flame Mantra, advancing the Flame Mantra to Heaven Rank Intermediate.
• Fang Yang fused five Heavenly Flames into the Endless Black Flame, which manifested as a black kitten.
• Fang Yang named the kitten Little Black, and it curled up on his shoulder before transforming into black light and entering his body.
• Fang Yang used Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Materials and Void Alchemy to refine eight top-grade fourth-grade Creation Pills for Xie Xie and the others.

After three years of training, Class Zero met Eastsea Academy’s graduation requirements and prepared to take Shrek Academy’s entrance examination. Wu Changkong decided to leave Eastsea Academy and take the students to Shrek City, where Tang Wulin also planned to bring Ouyang Zixin.

• Wu Changkong told Class Zero that they had graduated and praised the students’ progress, noting that Fang Yang’s strength was beyond his evaluation.
• The students celebrated their upcoming Shrek Academy entrance examination, and Tang Wulin admitted that he had discussed bringing Ouyang Zixin to Shrek City.
• Wu Changkong told Principal Yu Zhen that he was leaving Eastsea Academy to take the students to Shrek Academy and refused an offer to become vice principal.
• Wu Changkong predicted that the students would become Battle Armor Masters and agreed that they would return to give Eastsea Academy’s students a lesson.

Class Zero prepared to leave Eastsea Academy, where Wu Changkong rejected the Ye sisters’ confessions and former students gathered to see them off. Fang Yang gave Xu Xiaoyu a pill to help his Martial Soul, and the seven students departed with Wu Changkong for their next journey.

• Xie Xie overslept, and Fang Yang, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi gathered with him to leave with Wu Changkong.
• Ye Yingluo confessed her feelings to Wu Changkong, and he told her he already loved someone; he also refused Ye Yingrong before she could finish confessing.
• Zhou Changxi and the former Class Five students came to thank Wu Changkong and see Class Zero off.
• Xu Xiaoyu warned Fang Yang not to bully Xu Xiaoyan, and Fang Yang gave Xu Xiaoyu a pill intended to help his Martial Soul.
• Wu Changkong led the seven members of Class Zero away from Eastsea Academy as Long Hengxu and Principal Yu Zhen watched them depart.

Wu Changkong brought Class Zero and Bear Lord by Soul Tool Train from Eastsea City to Shrek City, where the students saw the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and the vast city for the first time. After arriving, Wu Changkong checked everyone into a modest hotel near the Soul Tool Station, leaving them settled in unfamiliar surroundings.

• Wu Changkong led Fang Yang and the others onto the Soul Tool Train, and the group slept through the overnight journey.
• The train entered Shrek City, and Fang Yang and the others saw the towering Heaven Spirit Pagoda and the city's expansive landscape.
• The Soul Tool Train arrived at Shrek City's crowded station, and Xie Xie eagerly asked Wu Changkong whether they would go straight to Shrek Academy.
• Wu Changkong chose a small, old-fashioned hotel near the station and assigned rooms to the group.
• Xie Xie sprawled on his bed while Fang Yang went to the window to look at their unfamiliar surroundings.

Wu Changkong brought Fang Yang and the others to Shrek Academy for its entrance examination, then left them in Shen Yi’s care. After touring the academy, the group faced the Black Dragon Hall trial, where they ignored the Golden-eyed Black Dragon King’s spiritual pressure and earned full marks.

• Wu Changkong handed Shen Yi a Hexagonal Metal Plate and left Fang Yang and the others to follow her into Shrek Academy.
• Shen Yi showed the group Spirit Ice Plaza and Shrek Tower, explaining the academy’s history and its Inner Court statues.
• Shen Yi disappeared in Black Dragon Hall, leaving the seven students to face a mural of the Golden-eyed Black Dragon King.
• Fang Yang recognized the mural as their first trial, and Tang Wulin shattered it with Blue Silver Grass Entanglement.
• Shen Yi and Elder Li were stunned that the students resisted the mural’s spiritual pressure, and Elder Li awarded all seven full marks.

Fang Yang and his team defeated four ten-thousand-year Earth Demon Rhinoceroses in the second assessment and each received full marks. Shen Yi led them to the third assessment, where they faced a field of lethal Guillotine Gates and heard the rules before the test began.

• Shen Yi explained that the Colosseum assessment required the students to endure Soul Beast attacks for at least a minute, with extra points for injuring the beasts.
• Four ten-thousand-year Earth Demon Rhinoceroses appeared, and Fang Yang assigned his teammates to confront them in pairs while he faced the leader.
• Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi attacked their assigned rhinoceroses, while Fang Yang burned the leader to nothing with a Black Flame palm.
• The students returned to the hall, where Shen Yi awarded all six of them ten points for the Colosseum assessment.
• Shen Yi led the group to a field of Guillotine Gates and explained the timing, scoring, and dangers of the third assessment.
• Shen Yi called for the guillotines to rise.

Fang Yang and the others passed the Guillotine Gate Formation and began demonstrating their specialties before the assessors. Xie Xie earned full marks, while Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Emperor shocked Cai Yue'er and the other examiners.

• Fang Yang led the group through the Guillotine Gate Formation, and Shen Yi awarded them full marks.
• Shen Yi brought the group to the Main Teaching Building for specialty assessments before Cai Yue'er and two other examiners.
• Xie Xie demonstrated his space-attribute dragon-type Weapon Martial Soul and earned ten points.
• Tang Wulin revealed his Blue Silver Emperor, startling Cai Yue'er and the other examiners.
• Cai Yue'er asked whether Tang Wulin’s surname was Tang, then awarded him ten points after he confirmed his name.

Tang Wulin’s group continued their Shrek Academy assessment, impressing the examiners with powerful abilities and rare talent. Gu Yue demonstrated control over four elements and was offered direct entry to the Inner Court and Cai Yue'er’s mentorship, but she declined because she already had a teacher.

• Tang Wulin’s companions reacted with surprise after his assessment, while Cai Yue'er called Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi forward.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Cai Yue'er gave them full marks.
• Xu Xiaoyan used Star Wheel Chain to restrain Cai Yue'er, passed the assessment, and received full marks.
• Gu Yue formed a flower from earth, water, wind, and fire, impressing Cai Yue'er with her control over four elements.
• Cai Yue'er offered Gu Yue direct entry to the Inner Court and a place as her Direct Disciple, but Gu Yue declined because she already had a teacher.

Gu Yue earned full marks in her assessment, though Cai Yue'er regretted that she had already joined the Spirit Pagoda and studied under Leng Yaozhu. Fang Yang then stunned the examiners with his extraordinary Soul Rings and Black Flame, passed with full marks, and met Sea God Pavilion Master Yun Ming.

• Gu Yue told Cai Yue'er that Leng Yaozhu was her teacher and that she had joined the Spirit Pagoda, then received full marks.
• Fang Yang revealed six powerful Soul Rings, including two with unusual colors, shocking the examiners.
• Fang Yang summoned a Black Flame and shaped it into a giant palm, prompting Cai Yue'er to unleash her Martial Soul before he halted the attack.
• Cai Yue'er awarded Fang Yang full marks, and Yun Ming arrived and asked whether Fang Yang was the Brother Na'er spoke about.
• Fang Yang calmly met Yun Ming's gaze despite feeling the pressure of the strongest person on Douluo Continent.

Yun Ming selected Fang Yang for a personal examination and brought him to Sea God Island. On the way, Fang Yang saw his teacher Wu Changkong reconcile with Zhuo Shi after kneeling at the Inner Court gates.

• Yun Ming praised Fang Yang and announced that he would personally examine him instead of having him complete the remaining entrance examinations.
• Fang Yang told Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin’s group to continue the examination, then followed Yun Ming away.
• Yun Ming brought Fang Yang to the Inner Court gates, where Wu Changkong was kneeling to admit his mistake to Zhuo Shi.
• Wu Changkong apologized to Zhuo Shi, who accepted his apology and supported him as he rose.
• Yun Ming led Fang Yang through the Inner Court and introduced Sea God Island as the core of Shrek Academy.

Yun Ming brought Fang Yang to Sea God Island, where Fang Yang reunited with Na'er before Yun Ming began an assessment to test his strength. The chapter ended as Fang Yang and the rank-99 Limit Douluo prepared to fight.

• Yun Ming took Fang Yang to Sea God Island and led him to Sea God Pavilion, where they met Ya Li.
• Ya Li called Na'er, who excitedly reunited with Fang Yang and told him she had missed him.
• Yun Ming took Fang Yang to an open area on Sea God Island and explained that he wanted to see Fang Yang's true strength.
• Yun Ming raised his nine Soul Rings and challenged Fang Yang to show his limits, while Fang Yang released his flame aura in response.