Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen and Yuan Bao'er invited Yun Chen to dinner so they could apologize for Mu Xi once discouraging his forging talent. Mu Chen gave Yun Chen his forging notebook, and the chapter ended with Yun Chen and Mu Xi discussing whether he might become Mu Chen’s or Zhen Hua’s disciple.

• Yun Chen entered Mu Xi’s home and learned from Mu Chen that the family had invited him to apologize for Mu Xi’s past remarks about his talent.
• Yun Chen said he did not blame Mu Xi and credited her advice with helping him grasp Thousand Refinement.
• Mu Chen gave Yun Chen a notebook of his early forging insights and said it was an advance gift for his possible apprenticeship under Zhen Hua.
• Yun Chen accepted the notebook, then shared dinner with Mu Chen, Yuan Bao'er, and Mu Xi.
• Outside the girls’ dormitory, Yun Chen reassured Mu Xi that he had let the past go, and Mu Xi said they would not bring it up again.
• Mu Xi suggested Yun Chen could study under Mu Chen instead, but Yun Chen said he would first consult Mu Ye.

Yun Chen’s Blood Rage Lion Tiger completed Spirit Ascension after absorbing Golden Dragon King essence, transforming and gaining intelligence. He tested his strengthened Soul Skills and went to seek Wu Zhangkong’s help, only to find the teacher waiting outside his dormitory.

• Wu Zhangkong asked Xu Xiaoyan why Yun Chen had missed class, and she said he was in the dormitory dealing with trouble.
• Yun Chen saw that his Blood Rage Lion Tiger had transformed after Spirit Ascension and developed intelligence.
• Yun Chen discovered that his third Soul Ring had no Soul Skill and considered imprinting a Self-Created Soul Skill onto it.
• Yun Chen tested his first two Soul Skills and found they now raised his overall attributes by 360 percent.
• Yun Chen left to ask Wu Zhangkong to test his abilities and found him outside the dormitory.

Wu Zhangkong brought Yun Chen to spar overnight so he could test the strength gained from his Soul Spirit’s Spirit Ascension. By morning, Yun Chen had thrown his most perfect punch yet, fusing his blood essence and Soul Power as his third Soul Ring flickered.

• Wu Zhangkong activated the training room’s protective barrier and suppressed his Soul Power to the Soul Elder level so Yun Chen could attack him freely.
• Yun Chen used his first and second soul skills to boost his attributes and fought Wu Zhangkong head-on, impressing him with his strength.
• Yun Chen’s reddish-gold punch clashed with Wu Zhangkong’s Sky Frost Slash, and their attacks collided again after Yun Chen closed in through the dust.
• Yun Chen sensed a fleeting insight after his punches, so Wu Zhangkong encouraged him to keep fighting and stopped giving him combat pointers.
• Wu Zhangkong defended against Yun Chen throughout the night until Yun Chen delivered his best punch, forming a lion-shaped fist shadow as his golden third Soul Ring flickered.

After sparring with Wu Zhangkong, Yun Chen grasped Fist Intent and entered Deep Meditation for more than half a year. As his classmates awaited his return and continued cultivating, Tang Wulin grew concerned about strange sensations during cultivation and the silence of Old Tang, who was suffering inside the Golden Dragon King's seal.

• Wu Zhangkong ended an all-night sparring session and urged Yun Chen to cultivate his insight into Fist Intent and momentum.
• Yun Chen entered Deep Meditation, which lasted for more than half a year, while Wu Zhangkong reconsidered his plans to make Class Zero a unified team.
• As final exams approached, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Tang Wulin discussed Yun Chen's prolonged meditation and their efforts to catch up to him.
• Gu Yue reached Level 36 and became distant from most classmates, while Tang Wulin gained confidence after improving his Soul Spirit and passing the Level-3 Blacksmith assessment.
• Tang Wulin noticed something unusual during cultivation and considered telling Wu Zhangkong about the golden dragon after failing to contact Old Tang.
• Old Tang endured torment inside the Golden Dragon King's seal as Tang San's divine consciousness reinforced it against the awakened Golden Dragon King Origin.

Wu Zhangkong announced that Class Zero’s first final exam would take place in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform and set different survival requirements depending on whether Yun Chen woke in time. The students learned there would be a second exam subject as well, leaving Xie Xie worried about losing his vacation.

• Wu Zhangkong told Class Zero that their final exam would be held in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, where all seven students would enter together and face increased dangers.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that Yun Chen remained in Deep Meditation but seemed close to waking.
• Wu Zhangkong set a three-hour survival requirement for the six students if Yun Chen was absent, rising to more than five hours if he joined them.
• Xie Xie questioned the higher requirement, and Wu Zhangkong said Yun Chen could last over five hours alone.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed that the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform was only the first of two exam subjects, and Xie Xie lamented the threatened loss of his vacation.

During deep meditation, Yun Chen’s Mental Power surge caused crimson crystals to spread through Class Zero’s dormitory before he shattered them and emerged unharmed. He explained that he had been combining Mental Power with Fist Intent and revealed to Wu Zhangkong that he had touched upon the prototype of a Domain.

• Yun Chen’s violent Mental Power fluctuations awakened the dormitory, and crimson crystals spread around him, forcing Wu Zhangkong to lead Xu Xiaoyan and the others out of their reach.
• Yun Chen roared, shattering the crystals and drawing their remains toward himself as his outburst awakened Eastsea Academy’s residents.
• Wu Zhangkong stopped the arriving teachers from approaching, and Long Hengxu sent them to calm the students before asking what had happened.
• Yun Chen emerged unharmed, reassured Xu Xiaoyan, and told Long Hengxu that he had tried to fuse his increased Mental Power with Fist Intent.
• Long Hengxu realized Yun Chen had mastered Fist Intent and angrily confronted Wu Zhangkong for not reporting it.
• Yun Chen told Wu Zhangkong that he had touched upon the prototype of a Domain.

Yun Chen revealed and demonstrated his newly formed Firmament Blood Domain, impressing his friends and alarming Wu Zhangkong with the burden it placed on Yun Chen’s body. Wu Zhangkong ordered everyone to keep Yun Chen’s abilities secret, while Gu Yue ended the chapter by calling for Di Tian.

• Yun Chen demonstrated how his domain suppressed hostile opponents’ blood and qi and disrupted their Soul Power.
• Yun Chen used the Firmament Blood Domain to create red crystals that restrained Xie Xie, then withdrew it because maintaining it drained his blood and qi.
• Wu Zhangkong warned Yun Chen to use the domain sparingly and told everyone to keep its existence secret.
• Yun Chen agreed to spend the night with Xu Xiaoyan and guide her about domains as the others returned to their rooms.
• Gu Yue watched Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan enter together, then sat by her bed and called out to Di Tian.

Wu Zhangkong sent Class Zero into the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform for their final assessment, where they had to survive and improve their Soul Spirits. Yun Chen led the team through an easy first battle, but a powerful roar from the forest warned them of a new threat.

• Wu Zhangkong told the seven students that surviving five hours was the passing requirement, then the Spirit Pagoda staff sent them into the platform.
• Yun Chen urged the group to focus on gathering energy and assigned combat roles, while leaving Gu Yue to act freely because he still distrusted her.
• The team entered the forest and fought a pack of about thirty Wind Wolves, with Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and the others coordinating their attacks.
• Yun Chen killed the Alpha Wolf, causing the remaining wolves to scatter, and reminded the team that the platform held far more Spirit Beasts than usual.
• A roar sounded from the forest, startling nearby birds and drawing the team's attention.

Yun Chen and his companions defeated a Crystal Bear and learned how its contact-based crystallization ability worked. They then rescued Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyu from six Flame Demon Lions, while Yun Chen stayed behind to watch for more danger.

• Gu Yue warned the group about an approaching Spirit Beast, and Yun Chen recognized the Crystal Bear’s dangerous crystallization ability.
• Xu Xiaoyan froze the Crystal Bear with Star Chain, and Yun Chen killed it with one punch before shaking the crystallized layer off his arm.
• Yun Chen explained the Crystal Bear’s ability, and the group absorbed energy from it and the Wind Wolf pack before continuing through the forest.
• Tang Wulin recognized Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyu as they fled from Flame Demon Lions, and Yun Chen agreed to help them.
• Yun Chen stayed back to guard against further threats while Tang Wulin and the others, aided by Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyu, defeated the six Flame Demon Lions.

After Tang Wulin’s group defeated a Flame Demon Lion, Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyu reunited with Yun Chen and shared how their team had been separated. As the group continued their assessment through the dangerous Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, an approaching battle sent violent tremors through the ground, leaving Yun Chen wary of a possible Super Spirit Beast.

• Tang Wulin felt dejected because his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had been useless against the Flame Demon Lion, and Xie Xie encouraged him.
• Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyu told Yun Chen that they had met by chance after Mu Xi’s team was scattered by a pack of Flame Demon Lions, then left to search for their teammates.
• Xie Xie teased Tang Wulin about Ouyang Zixin, and Tang Wulin denied that they were anything more than friends who ran together.
• Yun Chen’s group continued through the Spirit Ascension Platform and fought other Soul Masters before Xie Xie, exhausted after hours of battles, asked how much time remained.
• Heavy impacts shook the ground as something approached, so Yun Chen ordered Xie Xie and Wang Jinxi to protect Tang Wulin and Xiao Yan while he prepared for battle.

Yun Chen and his companions fought a three-thousand-year Iron-Bristled Savage Bull, using their teamwork to expose its weakness before Yun Chen destroyed it with one punch. With Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xie Xie exhausted, the group decided to rest before continuing through the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Gu Yue identified the charging Iron-Bristled Savage Bull as a three-thousand-year Spirit Beast, and Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to hold it back.
• Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan restrained the bull while Yun Chen prepared to attack, but the bull broke free and sent Wang Jinxi flying.
• Xie Xie stabbed the bull in the eye, then became trapped beneath it; a silver light whisked him away before he could press his emergency exit button.
• Yun Chen struck the bull with Grant You Heavenly Punishment, blasting apart the front half of its body.
• Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xie Xie said they were too exhausted to continue, so Yun Chen suggested that the group rest.

After defeating their enemies, Yun Chen’s group paused to recover, while Tang Wulin’s bloodline stirred and Gu Yue struggled with her plans and feelings. The respite ended when a venomous spider web attacked Gu Yue, and Yun Chen blocked it with a crimson crystal barrier.

• Yun Chen persuaded Zhang Yangzi and the others to recover before the group moved on, despite the danger of staying near the battlefield.
• Xu Xiaoyan teased Yun Chen about his boastful words after his powerful punch, while Gu Yue was unsettled by his reference to Heavenly Punishment.
• Tang Wulin’s blood boiled during the earlier battle, but Yun Chen’s punch abruptly calmed it; Tang San focused on stabilizing the Golden Dragon King’s third seal.
• Yun Chen considered Tang Wulin’s bloodline and suspected Gu Yue might try to seize it, while Gu Yue wrestled with her plans and resolved to speak seriously with Na'er.
• A venomous spider web shot at Gu Yue, and Yun Chen blocked it with a crimson crystal wall before she turned toward the moving black shadow.

Gu Yue and Yun Chen's group traveled through the Spirit Ascension Platform until the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear ambushed them. Yun Chen faced the guardian alone to settle the score from their previous fight, while Gu Yue led the others away.

• Gu Yue trapped and killed an ambushing Spirit Beast, then the group rested before continuing through the forest.
• Yun Chen warned the group away from the guardian's territory, and Gu Yue identified the guardian as a five-hundred-year-old Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• The Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear struck Xie Xie with a dark-gold slash and blocked the group's escape route.
• Yun Chen ordered Gu Yue to take the others away and charged the bear alone, while Gu Yue persuaded Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi not to interfere.
• Yun Chen enhanced his attributes, dodged the bear's slashes, and struck it repeatedly, but the bear's defense held as it raised a claw to counterattack.

Yun Chen fought and killed the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear, then absorbed its Right Palm Bone, which fused with his palm as an External Soul Bone. He reunited with Gu Yue and the others, who were shocked to learn he had defeated the powerful Spirit Beast.

• Yun Chen caught the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear's paw, threw it to the ground, and battled it while Gu Yue urged Zhang Yangzi and the others to keep fleeing.
• After Yun Chen pierced the bear's defenses, he trapped it in his crimson domain and killed it with a crystal spear.
• A Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear's Right Palm Bone fell from the corpse, and Yun Chen absorbed it; its power manifested as crystal blades from his palm.
• Yun Chen found Gu Yue and the others resting after fighting Spirit Beasts, and Xu Xiaoyan noticed his wound.
• Yun Chen told Tang Wulin and the others that he had killed the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear, leaving them astonished.

After the Spirit Ascension Platform assessment, Yun Chen rejected the idea of joining the Tang Sect and reflected on the continent’s major organizations. Gu Yue returned to her dormitory troubled by how easily Yun Chen’s words had swayed her, and worried about what he might do to Spirit Beasts in the future.

• Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi said they had absorbed as much energy as they could, so Yun Chen sent them out of the Spirit Ascension Platform while he continued hunting with Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue.
• Yun Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue hunted several more waves of Spirit Beasts before leaving, where they found Tang Wulin asleep with his head on Xie Xie's lap.
• Wu Zhangkong brought the students back to Eastsea Academy, gave everyone a passing assessment, and postponed their next assessment so they could recover.
• Yun Chen returned to his dormitory and decided he had no interest in joining the Tang Sect, preferring to remain with the Spirit Pagoda and the Body Sect.
• Gu Yue realized Yun Chen's reasoning had influenced her, concluded that Yun Chen himself was terrifying, and worried that he might oppose the Spirit Beasts in the future.

Gu Yue planned to win Yun Chen over while he reflected on his evolving Soul Spirit. The next morning, Tang Wulin appeared seriously unwell, and Gu Yue sensed that the Golden Dragon King's seal inside him had faltered again.

• Gu Yue considered using her ties to the Xu Family and an item Di Tian was preparing to attract Yun Chen.
• Yun Chen visited his Spirit Sea, saw that the Blood Rage Lion Tiger had grown more intelligent and changed, and decided its future evolution might resolve his worries about it.
• Yun Chen rested instead of cultivating and went to sleep.
• The next morning, Tang Wulin emerged from his dormitory looking ill, snapped at Xie Xie, and ran off; Yun Chen suspected the Golden Dragon King's power was involved.
• Gu Yue sensed the Golden Dragon King's aura appear again and realized something had gone wrong with Tang Wulin's seal.

After Tang Wulin’s leaking Golden Dragon King aura disrupted Class Zero’s training, Yun Chen told him to stop cultivating with the others until he resolved the problem. The class split over Yun Chen’s blunt warning, and the chapter ended with Yun Chen arranging to visit Mu Ye during the break.

• Class Zero continued training after the Spirit Ascension Platform assessment, but Tang Wulin’s aura made Xie Xie and Wang Jinxi uncomfortable.
• At lunch, Xie Xie and Wang Jinxi asked Tang Wulin about his aura, and Yun Chen told him to discuss the issue with Wu Zhangkong and temporarily stop cultivating with the class.
• Xie Xie objected to Yun Chen’s harsh words, but Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Gu Yue left, while Tang Wulin thanked Xie Xie and Xie Xie followed him.
• After returning to his dormitory, Yun Chen received a call from Mu Ye and said he would visit him in Heaven Dou City during the break.

Yun Chen agreed to undergo Mu Ye’s dangerous body-tempering method after Eastsea Academy’s break, while tensions in Class Zero continued to grow around Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King aura. Wu Zhangkong then led the students to a secure facility, where a light transported him and the others away as they entered its passageway.

• Mu Ye described the rare treasures and life-threatening risks he had prepared for Yun Chen’s body tempering, and Yun Chen agreed to go to Heaven Dou City after the academy break.
• Yun Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue cultivated in their dormitory while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi avoided the classroom because Tang Wulin’s aura affected them.
• Tang Wulin felt confused and guilty as the class’s unity weakened, and Xie Xie struggled to meditate under the worsening pressure of the aura.
• After three days, Wu Zhangkong took Class Zero to the Eastsea Soul Guidance Technology Park and was greeted as “Little Eastsea Zhangkong.”
• Wu Zhangkong gave the students identification bracelets and led them into a passageway, where a flash of light transported him away.
• Yun Chen took Xu Xiaoyan’s hand and walked forward, and the light transported them as well.

Yun Chen fought through the Hall of Heroes assessment, easily defeating Dai Mubai and Beibei before facing Tang San. He broke Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage, but Tang San prepared to throw a blue-gold spear.

• Wu Zhangkong set Yun Chen’s assessment to intermediate, and Yun Chen defeated Dai Mubai with a single throw.
• Yun Chen shattered Beibei’s Thunder Dragon Head, then knocked him out with two punches to clear the second stage.
• Tang San attacked Yun Chen with Blue Silver Emperor vines, but Yun Chen repelled them with Blood Rage.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Cage to restrict Yun Chen, and Yun Chen tore the cage apart with a spear of crimson crystals.
• Tang San condensed a blue-gold spear and prepared to throw it at Yun Chen.

Yun Chen and Class Zero faced simulated historical Soul Masters in the Hall of Heroes, where most of the students failed to last through the trials. Wu Zhangkong explained that the Hall of Heroes was a Tang Sect training ground and invited them to join, leaving Tang Wulin eager to accept.

• Yun Chen defeated the simulated Tang San with a crimson crystal tide and was teleported out of the virtual space.
• Yun Chen watched as Tang Wulin and the other Class Zero students struggled against their opponents, and Xie Xie and several others were eliminated.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan reached the final stage but were defeated by Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu, respectively.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that the Hall of Heroes contained simulations of historical Soul Masters and could serve as a practical training ground.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed the Hall of Heroes was connected to the Tang Sect and invited Class Zero to join.
• Tang Wulin eagerly declared that he would join the Tang Sect.