Chapter Summaries

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin met their new Senior Sister, Mu Xi, and Tang Wuyang later explained to Wang Jinxi that his Martial Soul was being affected by Tang Wuyang's bloodline. Their test revealed that Wang Jinxi's strength changed when he attacked Tang Wuyang, leaving them determined to ask Teacher Wu what was happening.

• Mu Xi met Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin outside the Forging Association and walked back to Eastsea Academy with them, asking about their understanding of Sinking Silver.
• At the dormitory, Tang Wulin stopped Mu Xi from running into Wang Jinxi, who had waited for Tang Wuyang and asked to speak with him.
• Ouyang Zixin joined Mu Xi, and the two teased each other about Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin before going to their room.
• Wang Jinxi told Tang Wuyang that Tang Wuyang's Martial Soul had suppressed his Bone Dragon King Martial Soul and made him doubt his cultivation.
• Tang Wuyang explained that his bloodline, rather than his Martial Soul, was likely responsible and shared how he and Tang Wulin had endured hardship while pursuing cultivation.
• When Wang Jinxi sensed Tang Wuyang's Dragon Might and punched him, Wang Jinxi felt his strength weaken during the attack, so they agreed to ask Teacher Wu for an explanation.

Wu Changkong tested how Tang Wuyang’s Dragon Might affected Wang Jinxi and found that their goodwill caused mutual amplification, with Wang Jinxi briefly developing dragon-like scales. Gu Yue insisted on staying close to Tang Wuyang, and the chapter ended with Tang Wuyang, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin running at the academy track as Ouyang Zixin spoke with Tang Wulin.

• Wu Changkong had Wang Jinxi test his strength under Tang Wuyang’s Dragon Might and found that it amplified him when the two felt goodwill rather than hostility.
• Tang Wuyang and Wang Jinxi meditated together overnight; both felt their cultivation improve, and Wang Jinxi’s Soul Power formed black scales when they clasped hands.
• Wu Changkong concluded that their connection resembled Martial Soul Fusion and told Tang Wuyang to maintain it with Wang Jinxi through Ice Chains while they meditated separately.
• Gu Yue confronted Tang Wuyang about spending the night with Wang Jinxi, then insisted on joining him for cultivation and made him shower before they went running.
• Tang Wuyang and Gu Yue met Tang Wulin and Ouyang Zixin at the track; Ouyang Zixin introduced herself to Tang Wulin while Gu Yue kept Tang Wuyang at a distance from her.

Wu Changkong brought Zero Class to Eastsea City's Spirit Pagoda for their first weekly session in the Spirit Ascension Stage, where the students learned how it could strengthen Soul Spirits. The chapter left them descending underground to enter the Beginner Spirit Ascension Stage without their teacher.

• Wu Changkong told the six Zero Class students that the academy had secured them a weekly opportunity to cultivate in the Spirit Ascension Stage.
• Xie Xie explained that the Spirit Ascension Stage let Soul Masters battle Soul Beasts and could raise a Soul Spirit's cultivation age, though entry was expensive and quotas were scarce.
• Long Hengxu met the group at Eastsea City's Spirit Pagoda, where Wu Changkong described the murals depicting Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao and the beast tide.
• Gu Yue noticed that Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin seemed to resemble Dragon Butterfly Douluo Tang Wutong, and the brothers felt an inexplicable closeness to her image.
• Wu Changkong told the students that only Soul Masters below Four Ring could enter the Beginner Spirit Ascension Stage, then the group descended underground without him.

Tang Wuyang and the other Zero Class students entered the Beginner Spirit Ascension Stage, where Tang Wuyang’s Qilin Martial Soul made a Snow Shadow Cat friendly. Zhang Yangzi attacked an Azure Big Bird, was overwhelmed by a flock, and became the first student to exit; he left embarrassed but eager to try again.

• A Spirit Pagoda Staff member explained the Spirit Ascension Stage’s dangers and told the students to use their Distress Signal Devices when they reached their limits.
• Tang Wuyang entered a realistic primeval forest, sensed his surroundings, and encountered a Snow Shadow Cat that became docile after sensing his Qilin Martial Soul.
• Wu Changkong suggested that Tang Wuyang’s Qilin, an auspicious beast, had caused the Snow Shadow Cat to lose its hostility.
• Zhang Yangzi took to the treetops, spotted an Azure Big Bird, and attacked it with his Soaring Eagle Strike.
• More Azure Big Birds surrounded Zhang Yangzi, so he pressed his Distress Signal Device and returned to the Spirit Pagoda as the first student to exit.
• Zhang Yangzi saw the flock searching for him on the screens and felt embarrassed, but he was excited to enter the Spirit Ascension Stage again.

Xie Xie hunted soul beasts in the Spirit Ascension Stage and killed a Century Long Tailed Rat, while Wang Jinxi was severely traumatized by a Man Faced Demon Spider and rescued by Spirit Pagoda staff. Gu Yue encountered a Thousand-Year Crystal Bear and escaped by using her abilities, but she was running toward Tang Wuyang.

• Xie Xie evaded a group of Crimson Demon Trees, then killed a Century Long Tailed Rat with a feint from his Light Dragon Dagger and a sneak attack from his Shadow Dragon Dagger.
• Wang Jinxi exhausted himself fighting Ten Year Green Wind Wolves, then was trapped and attacked by a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Spirit Pagoda staff treated Wang Jinxi, and a staff member warned Zhang Yangzi that the Spirit Ascension Stage’s realistic sensations could cause fatal mental trauma.
• Gu Yue easily defeated several weaker soul beasts before encountering a Thousand-Year Crystal Bear.
• Gu Yue evaded the Crystal Bear with Elemental Tide, Space Teleportation, and wind that obscured its vision, then ran toward Tang Wuyang.

Xie Xie was nearly killed by a Hundred-Year Horned Dragon, but Tang Wuyang rescued him and defeated the beast with his Golden Dragon Claw. After Tang Wulin joined them, Gu Yue led a Thousand-Year Crystal Bear to the group, and Tang Wuyang charged into battle against it.

• A Hundred-Year Horned Dragon pursued Xie Xie through the trees until Tang Wuyang pulled him out of its path and drove the beast back.
• Tang Wuyang used his Golden Dragon Claw to kill the Horned Dragon, and Little Baize Xing Yu absorbed its faint yellow glow.
• Tang Wulin found Tang Wuyang and Xie Xie, while Gu Yue arrived with a Thousand-Year Crystal Bear pursuing her.
• Tang Wuyang caught the exhausted Gu Yue, then hurled the Horned Dragon's corpse at the Crystal Bear, which caught and shattered it.
• Tang Wuyang charged the Thousand-Year Crystal Bear with his Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammer and Golden Dragon Claw as Xie Xie and Tang Wulin moved to flank it.

Tang Wuyang and his companions defeated a Thousand-Year Crystal Bear, but its crystallizing attack left him trapped while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie fought off a pack of Green Wolves. Tang Wuyang recovered in time to save them, and all three returned from the Spirit Ascension Stage exhausted and injured.

• Tang Wuyang and the others coordinated their attacks, and Tang Wuyang struck the Crystal Bear's weak point with his Golden Dragon Claw, breaking its cervical vertebra.
• The dying Crystal Bear crystallized Tang Wuyang; Gu Yue caught his falling body and was injured, so Tang Wulin sent her out of the Spirit Ascension Stage.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie stayed to guard Tang Wuyang as Green Wolves surrounded them, then fought the pack while Tang Wuyang remained encased in crystal.
• As the crystal faded, Tang Wuyang regained consciousness and killed the Green Wolf about to attack Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
• Tang Wuyang and the others activated their Rescue Signal Devices and returned to the Metal Cabinets, where Tang Wulin and Xie Xie woke up and Tang Wuyang collapsed from exhaustion.

After their first Spirit Ascension Stage battle, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin's Soul Spirits evolved, and Wu Changkong watched over them through the process. They woke with Century Soul Rings and began sensing how their Soul Skills had changed.

• The Spirit Pagoda staff member praised the six children's teamwork, and Wu Changkong formed them into a Combat Team with Tang Wuyang as captain and Tang Wulin as vice-captain and Main Control Soul Master.
• On the way back to the academy, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin became drowsy and collapsed as their Soul Spirits began evolving.
• Wu Changkong explained that killing the Hundred Year soul beasts and the Thousand-Year Crystal Bear had given the brothers enough cultivation energy to evolve their Ten Year Soul Spirits.
• Wu Changkong took the brothers to Tang Wulin's dormitory and watched as their Soul Spirits and Martial Souls underwent positive changes.
• The brothers woke the next day to find their Soul Spirits had evolved into Century Soul Spirits and their soul rings had turned yellow.
• Tang Wuyang sensed his Soul Power had increased, tested his new soul ring with Tang Wulin, and then returned to his dormitory.

After the Spirit Ascension Stage trial, Wu Changkong assessed the six students’ performance and taught them to study Soul Beasts so they could fight and survive more effectively. Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin improved their forging under Mu Chen, while Class Zero continued weekly trials until the first-semester final examinations approached.

• Wu Changkong questioned the six students about the Spirit Ascension Stage, and they described their experiences, mistakes, and teamwork.
• Wu Changkong scored the students, explaining that Tang Wuyang lost points because his lack of knowledge about the Crystal Bear’s final eruption had put his teammates in danger.
• The six students took their studies and cultivation more seriously, and Tang Wuyang found that cultivating with Wang Jinxi through Ice Chains improved their progress.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin studied forging with Mu Chen, whose strict focus on fundamentals helped them increase their Thousand Forging speed by nearly ten percent.
• Class Zero entered the Spirit Ascension Stage every week and fought cautiously, though Tang Wuyang was once badly injured by a fast Thousand Year Soul Beast and forced to leave.
• The final examinations of the First Semester of First Grade drew near.

Wu Changkong announced that Class Zero’s Final Exam would include a dangerous Riot Period Spirit Ascension Stage, where the six students would test their teamwork against increased numbers of soul beasts and powerful Soul Masters. The team received three days to prepare, and Tang Wuyang planned to study Forging and cultivate with Wang Jinxi before the exam.

• Wu Changkong told the students they had to survive for an hour in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Stage and explained its dangers, rules, and the academy’s effort to secure their entry slots.
• Tang Wuyang reassured Wu Changkong that the six students would rely on teamwork, while Wang Jinxi and Tang Wuyang’s complementary cultivation was noted.
• Tang Wuyang suggested the academy wanted their Soul Spirits to evolve to the Thousand-year level, prompting the group to consider their Spirit Power and future Soul Ring potential.
• Tang Wulin chose to cultivate and study Forging with Wuyang, while Gu Yue planned to meditate and Wang Jinxi decided he wanted to follow Wuyang and possibly study Forging.
• Xie Xie chose Mecha Manufacturing as his Second Profession, Gu Yue considered Mecha Repair, and the two bickered before Tang Wuyang broke up the argument.
• After dinner, Tang Wuyang planned to study Forging during the day and cultivate with Wang Jinxi at night during their three days off.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin prepared their Zero Class teammates for the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Stage, forging lightweight protective vests and receiving extra entrance cards from Mu Chen. The group entered the stage together and formed up in the forest, ready to survive the Final Exam and hunt Soul Beasts.

• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin spent three days forging before Mu Chen gave them invitation cards for the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Stage, which they kept as extra entries after explaining that Zero Class already had exam spots.
• Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin gave their teammates Thousand Refined Cloud Titanium vests, and the group tested the armor and pledged to do their best together.
• Wu Changkong led the six Zero Class students to the East Sea Spirit Transmission Tower and warned them that they had to survive the Riot Period or lose their holiday.
• The six students entered the Spirit Ascension Stage together, formed their usual defensive formation, and Tang Wulin used Blue Silver Grass vines to link and support the group.
• The group set survival and hunting goals, used Gu Yue's wind control and Zhang Yangzi's Little Black Hawk for support, and released their Martial Souls.

Tang Wuyang led the group through the Spirit Ascension Stage, where they efficiently killed a Hundred-Year Iron-Armed Ape and then encountered Mu Xi with two companions. Mu Xi left after seeing Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang, and the group settled into a defensive position to endure the Final Exam.

• Wu Changkong assessed the six students’ talents and considered Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin promising candidates for his organization because of their forging ability.
• Tang Wuyang’s group coordinated an attack that let Xie Xie kill a Hundred-Year Iron-Armed Ape, then they moved away before other Soul Beasts arrived.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted three approaching Soul Masters, and Mu Xi fired a red attack toward him before the groups came face to face.
• Mu Xi recognized Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang, showed off her three Soul Rings, and left with her two companions.
• Zhang Yangzi teased Tang Wulin about Mu Xi, while Gu Yue pinched Tang Wuyang’s lower back and he wondered what he had done wrong.
• Tang Wuyang told the group to wait and conserve their strength, and the six students formed a defensive perimeter among the trees.

Tang Wuyang’s group encountered a Hundred-Year Man Faced Demon Spider that killed Zhang Yangzi’s Soul Spirit, Xiao Hei, and trapped them in a poisonous web. Tang Wuyang chose to fight rather than flee, and the chapter ended as their coordinated assault met the spider’s counterattack.

• The group hunted several soul beasts during the Riot Period, sharing their Spiritual Power as Zhang Yangzi remarked that the trial seemed easy so far.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed them from above, killing Xiao Hei and forcing Tang Wuyang to shield the group from its corrosive web.
• Wang Jinxi recognized the spider that had traumatized him before, but Tang Wuyang rallied the team and ordered them to fight it.
• The spider surrounded the group with layers of poisonous web while Tang Wuyang waited and prepared an attack; his thrown hammer became stuck to the web and was corroded.
• Gu Yue raised a Stone Pillar to hold off the spider’s next web, while Zhang Yangzi’s Dark Sky Curtain obscured the group and Tang Wuyang launched Wang Jinxi at the spider.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider cut through the group’s binding attacks and flung a smaller web toward Wang Jinxi as he descended.

Tang Wuyang and the others killed a Hundred Year Man Faced Demon Spider through coordinated tactics, then meditated while its venomous web killed passing Soul Beasts and funneled their Spiritual Power toward them. A Spirit Pagoda staff member warned that the growing influx could make their Soul Spirits evolve beyond what their bodies could withstand.

• Wang Jinxi, Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie coordinated their attacks to restrain and wound the Man Faced Demon Spider, while Tang Wuyang struck its lower abdomen with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider collapsed, and the six members of Zero Class survived without losing anyone; the Spirit Pagoda staff and Wu Changkong watched in astonishment.
• Tang Wuyang told the group to rest and recover, and his teammates accepted him as their Captain after witnessing his leadership in battle.
• Passing Soul Beasts died after running into the Man Faced Demon Spider's venomous web, and the Spiritual Power they released drifted toward the meditating group.
• The Spirit Pagoda staff member said he needed to report the situation and warned Wu Changkong that the accumulated Spiritual Power could push the students' Soul Spirits to a dangerous level.

Tang Wuyang’s group left the Man Faced Demon Spider’s shelter after absorbing a huge amount of Spiritual Power, and Tang Wuyang realized his one-ring status and exceptional physical strength could let him raise his Soul Spirit’s level unusually far. In the Spirit Ascension Stage, they encountered a powerful Ice Staff Soul Master and his younger sister, and Gu Yue revealed that she now had two Soul Rings.

• Tang Wuyang and his Partners woke to find the Man Faced Demon Spider’s venomous silk had killed many Soul Beasts and their Soul Spirits had absorbed large amounts of Spiritual Power.
• Gu Yue estimated how much Spiritual Power the group had absorbed, and Tang Wuyang led them out before the spider silk failed, warning everyone to use their Rescue Signal Devices if they neared their limits.
• Tang Wuyang reasoned that his strength and single Soul Ring could let him absorb enough Spiritual Power to prepare for powerful future Soul Rings, but Xie Xie’s warning interrupted his thoughts when a leopard attacked.
• The group defeated the leopard and then encountered a Six-Armed Fire Snake, which an Ice Staff Youth swiftly killed with his Ice Wheels before demanding that they leave their Spiritual Power behind.
• The Ice Staff Youth attacked Xie Xie with an Ice Wheel, but Gu Yue shattered it with a precise Ice Cone and stepped forward as two Soul Rings appeared beneath her feet.

After breaking through to two Soul Rings, Gu Yue defeated a powerful three-ring Ice Staff Youth and helped Zero Class escape a pursuing Flame Demon Lion Pack. The group was forced to evacuate one by one, leaving Tang Wuyang, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie fleeing as Zhang Yangzi climbed a tree to lure flying Soul Beasts toward their pursuers.

• Gu Yue used light, space, and elemental attacks to defeat the Ice Staff Youth, who activated his Rescue Signal Device to protect his younger sister before Gu Yue knocked him unconscious.
• Gu Yue absorbed most of the Ice Staff Youth's Spiritual Power, and Tang Wuyang realized how greatly her new Soul Ring had increased her strength.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted a pack of at least thirty Flame Demon Lions, and Tang Wuyang led the team in flight as Gu Yue used wind to speed them up.
• Wang Jinxi, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin pressed their Rescue Signal Devices in turn, while Gu Yue used an Ice Storm to help Tang Wuyang, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie escape farther.
• Zhang Yangzi proposed luring flying Soul Beasts down to interfere with the Flame Demon Lions, then climbed a tree using his Eagle Wings.

Zhang Yangzi drew the flying soul beasts away from Tang Wuyang and Xie Xie, but Xie Xie and then Tang Wuyang were attacked by a Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear. After they returned from the Spirit Ascension Stage and recovered, Wu Changkong awarded the team exam scores and announced that a second subject remained.

• Zhang Yangzi stole a flying soul beast egg, lured the flock away from Tang Wuyang and Xie Xie, and used his Rescue Signal Device to leave the Spirit Ascension Stage.
• A Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear appeared and split Xie Xie apart; Tang Wuyang evaded its attacks and briefly clashed with it using his Golden Dragon Claw before being cut down as well.
• Tang Wuyang regained consciousness with little physical aftereffect, while Xie Xie remained temporarily numb but conscious after avoiding a fatal head injury.
• Xie Xie credited the Thousand Refined Cloud Titanium Vest with helping him avoid a worse injury, and Wu Changkong confronted Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang for giving out the vests.
• Wu Changkong gave the other students full marks and assigned Tang Wulin and Tang Wuyang ninety-nine points, then said the team still had a second exam subject to pass.
• Xie Xie recovered enough to sit up after more than an hour of treatment, and the group waited for him.

Tang Wuyang discussed the brothers’ unusual Spiritual Power gains with Wu Changkong, who planned physical tests to determine whether they could withstand two Thousand-year Soul Rings. During the team’s exam review, Wu Changkong warned them against recklessness, and Tang Wuyang resolved to grow stronger so he could fulfill the Golden Dragon King’s request to give soul beasts a home.

• Tang Wuyang asked Wu Changkong whether he and Tang Wulin could reenter the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Stage, but Wu Changkong told them to save their Entrance Cards for a future Riot Period.
• Tang Wuyang explained that he and Tang Wulin might be able to support Thousand-year Soul Spirits because they had strong bodies and only one Soul Ring each, and Wu Changkong agreed to test their physical limits.
• Wu Changkong reviewed the team’s exam performance, praised Tang Wuyang’s tactics against the Man Faced Demon Spider, and criticized the group for becoming careless after their gains in the Spirit Ascension Stage.
• Wu Changkong explained that Dark Gold Fear Claw Bears were hunted for their valuable Soul Bones and that human greed had brought soul beasts close to extinction.
• Tang Wuyang remembered the Golden Dragon King’s request to help soul beasts find a home and resolved to become stronger to fulfill his promise.

Xu Xiaoyu blamed the Eastsea Academy students who had ended his and Xu Xiaoyan’s Spirit Ascension Stage run, while Wu Changkong tested Zero Class in combat and discovered that Tang Wuyang’s bloodline was changing Wang Jinxi’s Martial Soul. Wang Jinxi left to consider whether to keep cultivating with Tang Wuyang despite the likely loss of his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhang Yangzi.

• Xu Xiaoyu complained about the group that had forced him and Xu Xiaoyan out of the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Stage and vowed to find them.
• Wu Changkong took Zero Class to the Trial Hall and challenged all six students while suppressing his Soul Power to their level.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi attempted their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Wang Jinxi’s Bone Dragon King rejected Zhang Yangzi’s Dark Magic Eagle and the fusion failed.
• Wu Changkong concluded that Tang Wuyang’s bloodline was mutating Wang Jinxi’s Martial Soul and likely disrupting its compatibility with Zhang Yangzi’s.
• Wu Changkong explained that Wang Jinxi could separate from Tang Wuyang and possibly regain the fusion, or continue cultivating with him for a potentially greater individual benefit; Wang Jinxi asked for time to decide.

Wang Jinxi decided to leave the academy with Zhang Yangzi because Tang Wuyang’s bloodline aura affected him too strongly, and the two friends departed after saying goodbye to Zero Class. The remaining four students began the second part of their Final Exam at a high-tech facility, where a countdown started as soon as the test was set up.

• Wang Jinxi told Wu Changkong he would stop cultivating with Tang Wuyang, transfer schools with Zhang Yangzi, and leave the academy.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi embraced their classmates, then left to pack their belongings; Wu Changkong postponed the exam until the next day.
• Tang Wuyang and Gu Yue went to eat barbecue, encountered Ouyang Zixin, and later Gu Yue meditated in Tang Wuyang’s dormitory.
• Wu Changkong led Tang Wuyang, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue by bus to the East Sea Soul Guidance Technology Park and into a secured facility.
• Wu Changkong brought the four students through a space-transit system to the exam area and started a medium-difficulty test with a ten-second countdown.