Chapter Summaries

Wu Zhangkong reprimanded Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue for their mistakes in the practical battle while praising Xu Xiaoyan. After class, Xu Xiaoyan became smitten with Su Mo when he showed her his Sharingan.

• Wu Zhangkong scolded Tang Wulin for taking Gu Yue's attacks head-on, then rebuked Xie Xie and Gu Yue for their poor decisions in battle.
• Wu Zhangkong praised Xu Xiaoyan's observation and control, explaining that his team arrangement had been designed to give Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan an advantage through their combined control skills.
• Wu Zhangkong dismissed the class, and Tang Wulin admitted to Xie Xie that the criticism was deserved because he had ruined Wu Zhangkong's plan.
• Xu Xiaoyan approached Su Mo and asked to see his Martial Soul.
• Su Mo activated his Sharingan, and Xu Xiaoyan blurted out that he was handsome before blushing and becoming unable to look away.

Su Mo praised Xu Xiaoyan’s performance and learned that she had transferred after her Martial Soul developed the Star Wheel Phenomenon, which led him to suspect her family was connected to the Star Crown Sect and the Star Luo Empire. He agreed to have lunch with Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie, then invited Gu Yue and Tang Wulin to join them.

• Su Mo praised Xu Xiaoyan’s timing and control, easing her nervousness.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Su Mo that her family had transferred her after her Martial Soul developed the Star Wheel Phenomenon.
• Su Mo connected the Star Wheel Phenomenon and the Xu surname to the Star Crown Sect, and suspected the Eastsea Xu Family was tied to the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Xiaoyan invited Su Mo to lunch, and he accepted.
• Xie Xie joined their lunch plans, prompting him and Xu Xiaoyan to trade teasing nicknames.
• Su Mo asked Gu Yue and Tang Wulin whether they wanted to come along.

Su Mo took Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan to the crowded cafeteria, where they met Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin. Tang Wulin’s bashful behavior around Ouyang Zixin exposed his growing affection, while Gu Yue reconsidered what had drawn Na'er to him.

• Su Mo led the group to the cafeteria and found Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin waiting with empty seats upstairs.
• Tang Wulin blushed when Ouyang Zixin teased him about his large meal, and Su Mo suspected he had fallen in love.
• Mu Xi told Su Mo she had improved her cooking and planned to make him new recipes, then proudly introduced him to Ouyang Zixin as the person who had saved her.
• Ouyang Zixin teased Mu Xi about how often she talked about Su Mo, while Tang Wulin watched Su Mo shake her hand and lamented that he had never held Mu Xi’s hand.
• After Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin left, Xie Xie pressed Tang Wulin about his feelings for Ouyang Zixin, and Tang Wulin denied that their morning runs meant anything.
• Gu Yue recalled Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King breakthrough and reconsidered whether Na'er’s encounter with him had been caused by the attraction between their bloodlines.

Gu Yue suspected that someone had secretly arranged her meeting with Tang Wulin and resolved to devour the Golden Dragon King's Bloodline within him after completing her plan. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin struggled to respond to Gu Yue's feelings, and Su Mo's intervention left their relationship tense and unresolved.

• Gu Yue reconsidered how she had met Tang Wulin, recalled that people in Aolai City seemed unable to see her, and suspected someone had orchestrated their encounter.
• Gu Yue decided to uncover the force behind Tang Wulin and then devour his Golden Dragon King's Bloodline, dismissing her bet with Na'er as unimportant.
• Xie Xie asked Tang Wulin whether he and Gu Yue had fought because Gu Yue had not shown jealousy, prompting Tang Wulin to weigh his feelings for her against his affection for Senior Ouyang.
• Su Mo suggested taking the group to a movie, giving Tang Wulin an excuse not to answer Xie Xie's question.
• Su Mo intended his intervention to leave the matter unresolved as a test of Gu Yue, and he anticipated that she might reject being treated as Tang Wulin's backup.

After leaving Tang Wulin’s group, Su Mo chatted online with Ye Xinglan, who revealed she would soon travel to nearby Skysea City and could meet him. Ye Xinglan later tried to hide her excitement from Shen Yi, who teased her about her feelings for her online friend.

• Su Mo said goodbye to Tang Wulin’s group and went home while Xu Xiaoyan learned that he lived off campus.
• Ye Xinglan messaged Su Mo to get online, and the two played a game together.
• Ye Xinglan told Su Mo she had a mission that would take her to Skysea City and hinted they could meet in person in about a month.
• Shen Yi teased Ye Xinglan about being excited to see Tyrannosaurus Warrior, and Ye Xinglan denied that they were anything more than good brothers.

Su Mo attended class as the academy announced that Class Zero would compete in the Skysea Grand Competition. Wu Zhangkong assigned them to the Youth Group Three-Person Team Competition, leaving Su Mo to suspect he had been excluded from the team and placed in the individual competition.

• Su Mo surprised Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue by attending class again.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the academy would enter Class Zero in the Skysea Grand Competition a month later.
• Xie Xie explained the competition’s groups, events, and regional scope after Tang Wulin asked what it was.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned Class Zero to the Youth Group Three-Person Team Competition, prompting Xie Xie and the others to question why all five students would not compete together.
• Su Mo concluded that Wu Zhangkong was isolating him to protect Tang Wulin’s leadership and suspected he had been entered in the individual competition.

Wu Zhangkong assigned Tang Wulin to lead the Three-Person Team Competition and Su Mo to compete individually, but Su Mo negotiated a team with Xu Xiaoyan instead. Xu Xiaoyan declined out of fear of holding him back, then learned how powerful he was and hid in embarrassment.

• Wu Zhangkong named Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue as the main Three-Person Team competitors, with Xu Xiaoyan as their substitute, and set a top-eight goal.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned Su Mo to the individual event, and Su Mo agreed to represent Eastsea Academy.
• Su Mo asked to enter the Three-Person Team Competition with Xu Xiaoyan and one other competitor, and Wu Zhangkong reluctantly agreed.
• Xu Xiaoyan refused to team up with Su Mo because she feared her one-ring strength would hold him back.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue affirmed that Su Mo could defeat the competition alone, leaving Xu Xiaoyan mortified as she hid her face in her desk.

Xu Xiaoyan worried that Su Mo might think she was childish after her emotional declaration, while Su Mo struggled to create Magnet Release through Chakra fusion. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoyan approaching Su Mo as he considered using a Soul Beast as a power source for his experiments.

• Wu Zhangkong sent Su Mo and the others to the training grounds, leaving Xu Xiaoyan alone to fret over what she had said to Su Mo.
• Xu Xiaoyan watched Wu Zhangkong train Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue while Su Mo sat out.
• Su Mo repeatedly failed to fuse wind and earth Chakra into Magnet Release and realized the experiments had consumed a huge amount of Soul Power.
• Su Mo decided to find a Soul Beast to use as a power source and move ahead with his plan to become a Jinchuriki.
• Xu Xiaoyan approached Su Mo and asked why he was not joining the training.

Xu Xiaoyan asked Su Mo to train her and revealed that her Martial Soul gained a powerful immobilizing ability at night. Wu Zhangkong challenged Su Mo to a rematch, and the two prepared to spar with their weapons and Martial Souls.

• Su Mo told Xu Xiaoyan that Wu Zhangkong would not beat him if they fought at the same cultivation level, and Xu Xiaoyan asked him to help her become stronger for the Tianhai Grand Competition.
• Su Mo agreed to train Xu Xiaoyan and gave her his address, then she explained that her nighttime Star Wheel Martial Soul could immobilize even a Limit Douluo for at least one second.
• Xie Xie told Su Mo that Wu Zhangkong wanted to see him, and Su Mo went to the training field with Xu Xiaoyan following.
• Wu Zhangkong challenged Su Mo to a rematch, and Su Mo accepted, summoning his Horizontal Blade as Wu Zhangkong reinforced the Sky Frost Sword.

Su Mo and Wu Zhangkong fought with their Martial Souls and powerful techniques, each trying to suppress the other. Their attacks ended in a massive explosion that forced the onlookers to flee while Gu Yue protected herself and Xu Xiaoyan.

• Su Mo and Wu Zhangkong waited for the other to attack, while Tang Wulin noticed Gu Yue sitting apart from him and focusing on the fight.
• Su Mo countered Wu Zhangkong's opening sword strike and gained the advantage when their weapons clashed.
• Wu Zhangkong trapped Su Mo's Horizontal Blade with frost, but Su Mo used earthen walls and a hidden swamp to catch Wu Zhangkong instead.
• Wu Zhangkong froze the swamp and escaped with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Su Mo disrupted his footing and fired a Vacuum Great Sphere.
• Wu Zhangkong met Su Mo's attack with Sky Frost Slash, causing a violent explosion that sent Tang Wulin and Xie Xie running and prompted Gu Yue to shield herself and Xu Xiaoyan with an earthen wall.

Su Mo defeated Wu Zhangkong by combining elemental control and a surprise attack that buried him in the training field. Afterward, Gu Yue asked about Su Mo’s wind technique, while Tang Wulin felt distressed by her growing distance from him.

• Su Mo used a compressed wind attack to throw Wu Zhangkong off balance, then hid underground and dragged him into the soil.
• Su Mo emerged beside Wu Zhangkong and declared victory as Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan watched.
• Wu Zhangkong freed himself, dismissed the students, and left for the staff dormitories without further comment.
• Gu Yue asked Su Mo how he had shaped the wind element, and he teased her instead of explaining.
• Tang Wulin felt troubled by Gu Yue’s interest in Su Mo, while Xie Xie suspected Tang Wulin had treated Gu Yue as a backup to Senior Ouyang.

Su Mo trained Xu Xiaoyan with increased gravity and invited Mu Xi to join their Three-Person Team Competition. Xu Xiaoyan tried to make Mu Xi misunderstand her relationship with Su Mo, but Su Mo’s voice gave away her plan, and Xu Xiaoyan led Mu Xi to the Underground Training Room.

• Su Mo ended Xu Xiaoyan’s training under triple gravity and criticized her for being unable to endure it.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked whether she was really so weak, and Su Mo bluntly confirmed it.
• Su Mo told Xu Xiaoyan that Mu Xi was coming to join their Three-Person Team Competition.
• Xu Xiaoyan opened the door and tried to make Mu Xi suspect that she and Su Mo were close.
• Su Mo called out from inside, exposing Xu Xiaoyan’s ploy, and she led Mu Xi to the Underground Training Room.

Su Mo made training plans for Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi, then put them under gravity training while he meditated on Magnet Release. Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi competed to endure the strain, and Mu Xi began to respect Xu Xiaoyan’s determination.

• Su Mo finished a training plan for Xu Xiaoyan and promised to make one for Mu Xi as well.
• Su Mo applied ten times gravity to Mu Xi, who struggled to stand but refused to give up.
• Su Mo placed Xu Xiaoyan under triple gravity, then sat down to meditate and research Magnet Release.
• Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan exchanged competitive glares and continued training without asking Su Mo to stop.
• Mu Xi watched Xu Xiaoyan endure the strain and realized she had underestimated her.

Su Mo ended Xu Xiaoyan’s exhausting gravity training, healed her, and promised that the next lesson would focus on technique. Mu Xi’s attempts to get close to Su Mo sparked jealousy in Xu Xiaoyan, who took her away to shower before the lesson began.

• Mu Xi urged Xu Xiaoyan to give up after an hour of training, but Xu Xiaoyan stubbornly refused.
• Su Mo dispelled the gravity technique, treated Xu Xiaoyan with Medical Ninjutsu, and told her to rest before the lesson.
• Su Mo reassured Xu Xiaoyan that the next training would focus on technique, then teased her by kneading her cheek.
• Mu Xi collapsed under tenfold gravity and hurt her butt, so Su Mo removed the gravity and helped her up.
• Xu Xiaoyan pulled Mu Xi away from Su Mo and said she would take her to shower.

Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi argued in the bathroom over their chests, and Mu Xi used Xu Xiaoyan’s insecurity to make her wait on her. Mu Xi eventually shared a secret remedy with Xu Xiaoyan, who immediately changed her attitude again.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi traded insults after entering the bathroom, and Xu Xiaoyan called Mu Xi flat-chested.
• Mu Xi claimed that some things were decided from the beginning, leaving Xu Xiaoyan devastated about her prospects.
• Mu Xi offered a secret remedy, and Xu Xiaoyan agreed to massage her and fulfill her requests in exchange for it.
• Mu Xi gave Xu Xiaoyan the remedy she had selected from highly liked answers and assured her it would work.
• Xu Xiaoyan’s attitude toward Mu Xi changed as soon as she received the remedy, and Mu Xi feigned hurt at her fickleness.

Mu Xi teased Xu Xiaoyan over a breast-enhancement recipe and then tormented her until Su Mo stopped their antics. Su Mo began a lesson on the Rasengan, demonstrating how he formed the Self-Created Soul Skill with Soul Power.

• Xu Xiaoyan learned Mu Xi had casually found the secret recipe online and sulked after Mu Xi teased her.
• Mu Xi tried to bathe and bully Xu Xiaoyan, who clung to Su Mo and pretended to have been ruined.
• Su Mo chopped Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan on the head, then exposed Xu Xiaoyan's act by pointing out her drool on his collar.
• Su Mo began the formal lesson and formed a Rasengan by compressing and spinning Soul Power in his palm.
• Mu Xi reached to touch the Rasengan, and Su Mo slapped her hand away and warned her that it could injure her.

Su Mo demonstrated the Rasengan’s power and agreed to teach it to Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan, who swore not to share the technique without his permission. He began by teaching them to control their Soul Power, and both made their first progress.

• Su Mo dented a thick Tungsten Steel cube with the Rasengan, convincing Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan of the technique’s power.
• Su Mo agreed to teach Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan the Rasengan, and both swore to keep it secret without his permission.
• Su Mo tested their Soul Power control and found that Xu Xiaoyan could gather a little while Mu Xi struggled.
• Su Mo guided them through sensing and directing their Soul Power, and Xu Xiaoyan formed a faint halo in her palm.
• Su Mo calmed Mu Xi’s frustration and told her to guide her Soul Power gently, helping her gather it into a faint glow in her palm.

Su Mo met Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie after Wu Zhangkong announced he was taking the day off, then discussed Xu Xiaoyan’s weekend visit and training with Gu Yue. Gu Yue left upset when Su Mo refused to share his training plans, while Tang Wulin decided to keep clear boundaries with her as he pursued Ouyang Zixin.

• Su Mo received Wu Zhangkong’s message canceling class for the day and encountered Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie outside the teaching building.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin checked the class group and learned that Wu Zhangkong had taken leave.
• Gu Yue asked Su Mo why Xu Xiaoyan had visited him, and Su Mo said they had trained before Xu Xiaoyan went home to meet a cousin.
• Gu Yue questioned whether Xu Xiaoyan’s training could help her improve, but Su Mo refused to reveal his plans.
• Gu Yue walked away, and Tang Wulin declined to follow her, deciding to maintain boundaries because he intended to pursue Ouyang Zixin.

At Eastsea Academy, Xie Xie and Su Mo concluded that Tang Wulin was interested in Ouyang Zixin, and Tang Wulin’s flustered denial only strengthened their suspicion. Later, Su Mo went to the seaside, where he met the violent red-haired Soul Master Wu Sidu, who attacked him.

• Su Mo suggested to Xie Xie that Tang Wulin was keeping Gu Yue at a distance because he favored Ouyang Zixin.
• Xie Xie asked Tang Wulin if he planned to pursue Ouyang Zixin, and Tang Wulin blushed and insisted their daily runs were all they shared.
• Xie Xie decided to support Tang Wulin’s choice, while Su Mo resolved to help bring Tang Wulin and Ouyang Zixin together.
• Su Mo went to the seaside to relax and accidentally stepped on Wu Sidu, who had been lying in the sand.
• Wu Sidu introduced herself, recognized Su Mo as a Soul Master, and lunged at him.

Su Mo exposed Wu Siduo’s private romance-novel interests and used his mental abilities to threaten her, then asked why she had been lying on the beach. Wu Siduo described her family’s harsh expectations and dream of restoring their nation, leaving Su Mo to suspect she was descended from the Dai Family.

• Su Mo revealed that he had used an illusion to uncover Wu Siduo’s secrets, and she realized he was a mental-type Soul Master.
• Wu Siduo began unzipping her clothes, assuming Su Mo wanted her to, but he stopped her and told her to quit imagining things from romance novels.
• Su Mo asked why Wu Siduo was lying on the beach in everyday clothes, and she resisted telling him what was troubling her.
• Wu Siduo asked what gave a person’s life meaning and explained that her family’s affection vanished after her martial soul awakened.
• Wu Siduo said her family expected her to train and fulfill their dream of restoring their nation, leading Su Mo to suspect she was descended from the Dai Family.