Chapter Summaries

Wu Changkong set a goal for his students to reach Fourth Grade Class One in the Promotion Tournament, and Class Five opened with an easy win over Class Four. After school, Xie Xie and Tang Wulin went out together while Gu Yuena pulled An Ping along for an outing of their own.

• Wu Changkong challenged his students to reach Fourth Grade Class One and promised them his tournament rewards if they succeeded.
• Long Hengxu began the Promotion Tournament, and Wu Changkong chose Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena to face Class Four.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie quickly defeated all three Class Four contestants, winning without Gu Yuena having to fight.
• Long Hengxu announced that Class Five would challenge Class Three the next day, and Wu Changkong dismissed his students for the day.
• Xie Xie persuaded Tang Wulin to go out for dinner, while Gu Yuena took An Ping toward the school gate for an outing she offered to pay for.

An Ping and Gu Yuena spent the day exploring Eastsea City before Wu Changkong summoned them and questioned why they had not bonded with Tang Wulin. The next day, the Promotion Tournament began with Xie Xie sidelined by his injury.

• An Ping and Gu Yuena toured Eastsea City, took photos together, and returned to the academy near nightfall.
• Wu Changkong brought An Ping and Gu Yuena to his office, where Tang Wulin and injured Xie Xie were waiting.
• Wu Changkong sent Tang Wulin and Xie Xie away to rest and asked An Ping and Gu Yuena why they kept their distance from Tang Wulin.
• An Ping said his personality clashed with Tang Wulin's, while Gu Yuena said she simply did not like him.
• The next day, Ye Yingrong brought First Year Class Three to the Promotion Tournament grounds, and Wu Changkong arrived with First Year Class Five, including the injured Xie Xie.

Class Five defeated Class Three when Gu Yuena trapped the Triplets in an ice cage and An Ping evaded their attack. The next day, Tang Wulin led Class Five to victory over Class Two and asked An Ping and Gu Yuena to gather information about Class One.

• Wu Changkong sent An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin to face Class Three's flying Triplets in the second Promotion Tournament match.
• The Triplets dived at An Ping, but Gu Yuena raised an ice cage around them and An Ping escaped with Blink Spell, securing Class Five's win.
• Wu Changkong rejected Ye Yingrong's congratulations and said defeating Class Three was not his goal.
• The next day, Tang Wulin defeated two Class Two cadets, including its Soul Master with a Hundred-year Soul Ring, as Class Five won again.
• Tang Wulin asked An Ping and Gu Yuena to find information on Class One while he went to the Forging Room.

After a typhoon postponed the Promotion Tournament, Tang Wulin began learning how to undo his first seal while An Ping’s cultivation produced a Magic Power Source and triggered a mysterious reaction from Sky of Truth. Gu Yuena sensed the disturbance but could not locate its cause.

• Tang Wulin learned that Class One had three two-ring Soul Masters, but An Ping told him the academy had suspended the Promotion Tournament until the typhoon passed.
• Tang Wulin left to begin breaking his seal, hoping to gain enough strength to face two-ring Soul Masters.
• An Ping cultivated amid the storm and formed his first Magic Power Source.
• Sky of Truth appeared in a hazy glow and sent invisible ripples toward an unknown destination.
• Old Tang sensed something unusual while teaching Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena felt the same presence but could not find its source.
• Martial Soul of Truth's Sky flickered as a sudden mutation occurred in An Ping's dormitory.

An Ping advanced to Official Wizard as Sky of Truth transformed his Source of Magic Power and his Spirit Soul evolved into a white Phoenix. His resonance with a strange fluctuation summoned a Bell Tower Phantom over Eastsea City, and he awoke seven days later to find the typhoon over and classes resumed.

• Sky of Truth changed An Ping's newly formed Source of Magic Power into a book, while his soul transformed ahead of his physical advancement.
• An Ping absorbed the Primordial Energy of Heaven and Earth, became an Official Wizard, and watched his Spirit Soul evolve into a white Phoenix that merged with Sky of Truth.
• An Ping resonated with a fluctuation from the storm clouds, revealing a Bell Tower in his mind and causing a Bell Tower Phantom to appear above Eastsea Academy.
• Soul Masters within a hundred li felt an oppressive force, and Tang San's Divine Sense compared the fluctuation to the Plane Will.
• An Ping awoke after seven days to find Gu Yuena and Xie Xie waiting; Gu Yuena gave him Steamed Buns, and they hurried to class as the typhoon's Bell Tower Phantom became a city legend.

Tang Wulin returned just before the Promotion Tournament final, and Wu Changkong let him join Xie Xie and Gu Yuena against First Year Class One. The match began with the teams facing one another as spectators questioned Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Xie Xie learned that the Blacksmith Association would not reveal Tang Wulin’s whereabouts without official authorization, and Wu Changkong told him to leave the matter alone.
• An Ping told Gu Yuena and Xie Xie that he had reached level twenty-six, while Xie Xie had recently become a Second Ring Soul Grandmaster.
• Wu Changkong led Class Five to the field, where Ye Yingluo and First Year Class One were waiting for the final.
• Tang Wulin arrived late and asked to compete, so Wu Changkong approved him, Xie Xie, and Gu Yuena to face Class One.
• Gu Yuena offered to withdraw in favor of An Ping, but Wu Changkong insisted that teamwork mattered and kept the lineup unchanged.
• Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi faced Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yuena; after hearing spectators disparage his Blue Silver Grass, Tang Wulin resolved to prove himself.

First Year Class Five defeated First Year Class One in the Promotion Tournament and became Class One. After the match, Wu Changkong criticized Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena for failing to coordinate as a team.

• Long Hengxu warned the contestants to avoid injuring one another, then started the match as Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng clashed.
• Tang Wulin struck Wang Jinxi back with his strength, while Gu Yuena used a wind pillar to sweep Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi off the arena.
• Ye Yingluo conceded after two of her students were eliminated, and Long Hengxu stopped Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng before either could win their duel.
• Long Hengxu declared First Year Class Five the winner and promoted it to Class One.
• Wu Changkong rebuked Xie Xie for abandoning the team, Tang Wulin for not using his Martial Soul, and Gu Yuena for moving beyond her teammates' support.

An Ping gathered materials and learned to create Space System Magic Patterns so he could build a Portable Alchemy Laboratory. After a week of practice, he successfully expanded a Mithril suitcase into a spacious laboratory and stored his tools inside.

• An Ping met Gu Yuena at the school gate, and she accompanied him to the Auction House to buy the materials he needed, paying for them herself.
• An Ping spent the rest of the day with Gu Yuena at the amusement park and snack street before returning to his dorm.
• An Ping made a Mithril Magic Pattern Pen and tested it by drawing elemental Magic Patterns.
• An Ping practiced Space Magic Patterns, Extension Magic Patterns, and other inscriptions for a week until he felt proficient.
• An Ping inscribed and activated a Composite Array Pattern inside a Mithril suitcase, creating a space roughly one hundred square meters in area and five meters tall.
• An Ping placed his tools inside the suitcase and completed his Portable Alchemy Laboratory.

An Ping finished organizing his Alchemy Tools and promised Gu Yuena a good-looking Soul Tool before attending the academy assembly. Eastsea Academy announced rewards for First Year Class One and established First Year Class Zero, selecting An Ping, Gu Yuena, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi for specialized training under Wu Changkong; Wei Xiaofeng ultimately refused to join.

• An Ping met Gu Yuena at dinner, confirmed his work was finished, and agreed to make her a Soul Tool that looked good.
• At the assembly, Long Hengxu announced that every cadet in First Year Class One would receive a Grade A Meal daily for one semester.
• Long Hengxu announced First Year Class Zero and named An Ping, Gu Yuena, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi as its selected cadets, with Wu Changkong as their homeroom teacher.
• Yu Zhen warned the selected cadets to put aside their conflicts and work together, then gave them agreements to sign.
• An Ping, Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi signed the agreements, while Wei Xiaofeng refused to join Class Zero.

After becoming Eastsea Academy core cadets, An Ping and his classmates moved into new dormitories, where Gu Yuena discovered that An Ping’s Mithril suitcase contained a livable laboratory. Wu Changkong began their classes by challenging Gu Yuena and An Ping to test their combat skills without relying on Soul Skills, and An Ping attacked him with an invisible Spatial Blade.

• Wei Xiaofeng gave Yu Zhen the agreement and left, while Yu Zhen welcomed the others as core cadets of Eastsea Academy.
• An Ping moved into his new dormitory with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yuena, who recognized his Mithril suitcase as a Space System item.
• An Ping showed Gu Yuena the suitcase’s interior, which he had arranged as a laboratory and could enter with living occupants.
• Wu Changkong began classes and announced that the cadets would train in basic combat without using their Martial Souls.
• Wu Changkong challenged Gu Yuena and An Ping to attack him while he suppressed his Soul Power and used no Soul Skills; he deflected their elemental attacks with a teaching whip.
• An Ping cast the Cutting Technique and sent an invisible Spatial Blade toward Wu Changkong.

Wu Changkong trained Class Zero in combat techniques and tested the students’ physical abilities, while An Ping secretly limited his Spiritual Power result and crafted Gu Yuena a set of elemental-amplifying jewelry. Gu Yuena named the set Phoenix Soaring and took An Ping out to eat.

• Wu Changkong demonstrated combat techniques against An Ping and Gu Yuena, then began training Class Zero through unpowered sparring.
• Wu Changkong tested the students’ Spiritual Power, strength, reaction, and speed; Tang Wulin excelled in strength, while An Ping led in reaction and speed.
• An Ping deliberately capped his recorded Spiritual Power at five hundred points, and Gu Yuena noticed his result without commenting.
• An Ping crafted Gu Yuena a Mithril necklace and bracelets shaped like Phoenixes, with runes that amplified elemental effects by thirty percent.
• Gu Yuena named the jewelry Phoenix Soaring, declared herself satisfied, and pulled An Ping out to eat.

Wu Changkong brought Class Zero to the Spirit Pagoda to cultivate in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, where the cadets entered a simulated realm of Soul Beasts. An Ping explored how the realm worked and discovered that its creatures were formed from souls and energy, while their purified Soul Power could enhance Spirit Souls.

• Wu Changkong explained that the cadets would visit the Spirit Ascension Platform once a week to cultivate and gain combat experience.
• Xie Xie described the Spirit Ascension Platform and its purpose as the cadets traveled to the Spirit Pagoda with Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu.
• Wu Changkong told the cadets about Spirit Ice Douluo and Beast God Di Tian as they viewed the murals, while An Ping noticed Gu Yuena react with hatred.
• Long Hengxu and Wu Changkong led the cadets underground, where staff explained the rules and placed them in metal pods to enter the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.
• An Ping tested the simulated realm with spells, concluded that its bodies were energy projections linked to souls, and began exploring the forest.
• An Ping observed that defeated Soul Beasts left behind purified Soul Power that Spirit Souls could absorb.

Gu Yuena joined An Ping in the Spirit Ascension Platform, where they defeated a Crystal Bear and avoided dangerous Soul Beasts until the group was forced to leave after Tang Wulin’s Spirit Soul evolved. In class, the Cadets discussed their experiences, and An Ping revealed that his Second Spirit Skill, Soul Perception, let him sense Soul Fluctuations and avoid packs.

• Gu Yuena led a pursuing Crystal Bear to An Ping, who killed it with Cutting Technique after pulling her out of its path.
• Gu Yuena asked how An Ping avoided pack-dwelling Soul Beasts, and he explained that he sensed their Soul Fluctuations.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena continued exploring and fighting Soul Beasts until they were awakened because Tang Wulin’s Spirit Soul had evolved.
• Wu Changkong brought Tang Wulin back to his dormitory and stayed beside him, then asked the Cadets in class to describe their Spirit Ascension Platform experiences.
• Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena shared their impressions and lessons from the platform.
• An Ping told the class that his Second Spirit Skill, Soul Perception, allowed him to sense Soul Fluctuations, surprising the other Cadets.

Wu Changkong formed the six students into a squad and intensified their teamwork and Soul Beast studies after evaluating their Spirit Ascension Platform training. As the first-semester Final Exam approached, he announced that their first assessment would take place during the dangerous Riot Period, where they would face both increased Soul Beast threats and other Soul Masters.

• Wu Changkong graded the students’ Spirit Ascension Platform training, named Tang Wulin captain and Xie Xie vice-captain, and told them to focus on team awareness and Soul Beast knowledge.
• Wu Changkong criticized Gu Yuena’s bracelet, and Tang Wulin recognized that it was made of Mithril and wondered whether An Ping had given it to her.
• The six students trained in combat, Soul Beast knowledge, and teamwork, while An Ping and Gu Yuena cooperated to help the squad survive longer in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wu Changkong announced that the first part of the Final Exam would be a team entry into the Spirit Ascension Platform during its Riot Period.
• Wu Changkong explained that the Riot Period would bring more and stronger Soul Beasts, encounters with other Soul Masters, and a risk that opponents could absorb their remaining spiritual energy; Tang Wulin promised to rely on the team.

An Ping used his break before entering the Spirit Ascension Platform to create a rune array that would distort attempts to investigate him. With a gemstone from Gu Yuena, he successfully inscribed the Poem of Illusion Rune Array, though a matching fluctuation briefly appeared on Gu Yuena without either of them noticing.

• Wu Changkong gave the students three days off before they entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Tang Wulin urged them to use the time to cultivate.
• An Ping searched the Spiritual Library for a way to shield himself from the Planetary Will and devised the Poem of Illusion Rune Array.
• An Ping's first attempt at inscribing the array shattered the crystal he was using, and Gu Yuena came to see what had happened.
• Gu Yuena gave An Ping a silver gemstone with Seven-colored Light, and he agreed to make her Soul Tools if she supplied the materials.
• An Ping successfully inscribed the rune array on the gemstone, while an identical fluctuation briefly appeared on Gu Yuena.

An Ping finished a Mithril necklace, then spent two days relaxing with Gu Yuena before returning to the academy. Tang Wulin gave the group lightweight Cloud Titanium vests for the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, and they prepared to visit the Spirit Pagoda the next day.

• An Ping fashioned the silver gemstone into a Mithril necklace after confirming his Alchemy Tool worked.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena spent the rest of the vacation exploring Eastsea City and returned to the academy on its last evening.
• Tang Wulin gave everyone Cloud Titanium vests he had forged to provide extra protection in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Gu Yuena and An Ping declined the vests, and An Ping refused Tang Wulin's request to use his remaining Mithril for armor.
• The group discussed choosing different second professions, then joined hands and agreed to work hard at the Spirit Pagoda the next day.

Wu Changkong sent Class Zero into the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform and ordered them to survive for at least three hours. After encountering several Soul Beasts and Tang Wulin’s senior sister, the group fought and defeated the Man Faced Demon Spider that had once frightened Wang Jinxi.

• Wu Changkong brought Class Zero to the Spirit Pagoda and warned them that they would lose their vacation if they failed to survive three hours in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Wulin and his teammates entered the platform together, formed up, and quickly defeated a century-level Iron Arm Ape.
• An Ping detected three approaching Soul Masters, and Tang Wulin recognized one of them as his senior sister before she and her companions left.
• The group settled into a concealed position, waited through several minor Soul Beast encounters, and prepared when An Ping sensed a large Soul Beast approaching.
• Wang Jinxi recognized the approaching Man Faced Demon Spider, and the group combined their abilities to wound it and bring it down.

After defeating the Man Faced Demon Spider, Tang Wulin’s group recovered and chose to continue exploring the Spirit Ascension Platform. They encountered a senior Soul Master and a young girl, and the senior attacked after demanding their Spirit Power Halos.

• Wu Changkong and the Spirit Receiver watched the group’s victory, and Wu Changkong rejected the idea of deciding whether the cadets should join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Wang Jinxi and Xie Xie argued after the battle, while Tang Wulin ordered everyone to recover and keep watch.
• After three hours, Tang Wulin’s group agreed to continue exploring, and An Ping and Gu Yuena also chose to stay.
• An Ping sensed two approaching Soul Masters, and the group prepared for battle.
• The senior Soul Master demanded that the group leave the Spirit Ascension Platform and surrender their Spirit Power Halos, then attacked Xie Xie with an Ice Wheel.
• Tang Wulin shattered the Ice Wheel with his forging hammer and charged the senior Soul Master, while Xie Xie rushed forward too.

An Ping and Gu Yuena overwhelmed two Soul Masters in the Spirit Ascension Platform, then continued absorbing spirit power after their companions withdrew. They discovered a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear carrying a Soul Bone, and Gu Yuena urged An Ping to obtain it before they trapped the beast in an Ice Prison.

• Wang Jinxi, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, An Ping, and Gu Yuena attacked the young man and girl, who escaped with their Rescue Devices before An Ping and Gu Yuena's combined skills struck.
• The group absorbed spirit power halos, and Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin withdrew after reaching their limits while An Ping and Gu Yuena stayed in the platform.
• Wu Changkong watched An Ping and Gu Yuena remain inside and resolved to recruit them into the Tang Sect.
• An Ping sensed a strange, powerful Soul Beast nearby and led Gu Yuena through the forest to find it.
• An Ping identified the creature as a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with a Soul Bone, and Gu Yuena said she hoped he would obtain it.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena trapped the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear in an Ice Prison, shocking the people watching the screen.

An Ping and Gu Yuena defeated the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, a guardian of the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, and obtained its Soul Bone. After An Ping found he could not absorb the bone, he stored it away, and the pair left the platform to give an official account of what happened.

• An Ping and Gu Yuena used light, spiritual, and elemental spells to weaken the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, then An Ping bound and destroyed it with spatial chains.
• A Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Soul Bone fell from the guardian, and Gu Yuena handed it to An Ping.
• The Spirit Receiver explained that the bear was a guardian created around a Soul Bone and asked Wu Changkong to let An Ping and Gu Yuena join the Spirit Pagoda.
• An Ping failed to absorb the Soul Bone when the Sky of Truth disrupted his connection, so he stored it in his storage space.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena exited the Spirit Ascension Platform, and the Spirit Receiver asked them to make a record of the guardian's death.