Chapter Summaries

Tang Linyuan returned to Class Zero and heard how the team had advanced their Battle Armor work and won the exchange tournament. He briefed them on the imminent final assessment, and they began planning how to survive and earn resources on the journey to Ming Capital.

• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin welcomed Tang Linyuan back, and Tang Wulin explained that Ye Xinglan had joined the team and that everyone had made progress on their One-Word Battle Armor.
• Na'er recounted Tang Linyuan's Inner Court victories, prompting Ye Xinglan to postpone her challenge until she had completed her Battle Armor and grown stronger.
• Tang Linyuan explained the final assessment: Class Zero had fifteen days to travel to Ming Capital across ten cities, with their assets confiscated and challenges spanning five ranks.
• Tang Wulin pointed out that capturing wanted criminals could earn extra points, and Tang Linyuan suggested using bounties to fund their journey.
• Xie Xie and Gu Yue proposed bounty hunting and challenging academies for resources, and Tang Linyuan told the team to prepare for the assessment to begin the next day.

Tang Linyuan consumed the Nine-Turn Spirit-Tracing Divine Fruit, restoring his five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and awakening Xiao Mo, who could now speak. As he welcomed the little Black Dragon, Na'er arrived outside his bedroom late at night, too bashful to knock.

• Tang Linyuan used the Nine-Turn Spirit-Tracing Divine Fruit to restore his depleted strength and reassemble five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• The Tyrant Profound Divine Spear's dragon patterns transformed into Xiao Mo, who awakened and affectionately greeted Tang Linyuan.
• Xiao Mo surprised Tang Linyuan by speaking for the first time and proudly telling him that she was a girl.
• Tang Linyuan sensed someone outside his bedroom and discovered Na'er standing barefoot in her nightgown, hesitant to knock after missing him.

Tang Linyuan pulled Na'er into his bedroom, where their aggressive kissing left her exhausted and asleep beside him. In the morning, Na'er met Xiao Mo, Tang Linyuan's newly awakened soul spirit, and blushed furiously when it explained why dragon customs did not yet recognize her as his spouse.

• Tang Linyuan caught Na'er outside his door and pulled her inside, pinning her against the wall as Gu Yue sensed what was happening and sealed her bedroom against further perception.
• Na'er boldly kissed Tang Linyuan, and the two spent the night together before she fell asleep beside him.
• Na'er woke to find Xiao Mo, a small black dragon soul spirit, curled around Tang Linyuan's arm and learned that it could speak.
• Na'er told Xiao Mo to call her Matriarch because she was Tang Linyuan's fiancée, but Xiao Mo said dragon customs required mating before it could recognize her as a spouse.
• Tang Linyuan revealed that he had been awake and laughing, and Na'er hid under the quilt in embarrassment.

Tang Linyuan, Na'er, and the other freshmen arrived at the Main Teaching Building for the Final Examination, where Shen Yi announced a grueling journey to Ming Capital under strict new rules. After Teacher Li exposed students hiding money and belongings, the freshmen surrendered everything and set out on the fifteen-day examination.

• Na'er fled Tang Linyuan's room after he warned that Wulin and Xie Xie might catch her there, then avoided his gaze at breakfast.
• Tang Linyuan led Class Zero to the first-year classroom, where Shen Yi announced the examination: students had fifteen days to cross ten cities and defeat opponents at least five cultivation levels above their own.
• Shen Yi ordered the freshmen to surrender their assets, communication devices, and Storage Soul Tools, and warned them against exploiting loopholes.
• Teacher Li used his Perspective Spirit Eye to expose students' hidden coins, cards, and Storage Rings, which they then handed over.
• After Shen Yi locked away the collected belongings and declared the examination underway, the freshmen left to begin their journey.

Class Zero headed to Shrek City’s train station to begin its final assessment journey to Heaven Dou City, but the students had no money for tickets. Tang Linyuan arranged to meet train captain Mo Lan, who arrived at the VIP counter.

• Xie Xie asked Tang Linyuan how the group would travel without money, and Tang Linyuan teased him before Xie Xie and Tang Wulin started playfully sparring.
• Class Zero reached Shrek City’s train station and looked to Tang Linyuan for a way through the ticket gates.
• Tang Linyuan asked station staff to notify train captain Mo Lan that he needed to discuss a matter concerning the train’s safety.
• Mo Lan arrived at the VIP counter and looked directly at Tang Linyuan.

Tang Linyuan and the other Shrek Academy students boarded the train after he secretly warned Mo Lan that armed extremists had infiltrated it. When Mo Lan doubted the young team’s ability to protect fourteen hundred passengers, Tang Linyuan revealed his five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, convincing her to support their operation.

• Tang Linyuan privately informed Train Captain Mo Lan of the imminent attack and asked her not to alert anyone.
• Mo Lan secured the students’ passage onto the train, then led them to a soundproof compartment and requested details about the threat and their plan.
• Tang Linyuan withheld the operation’s specifics and told Mo Lan to keep the train running normally, prompting her to question whether such a young group could stop the criminals.
• Tang Linyuan displayed five blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, overwhelming Mo Lan and dispelling her doubts.
• Mo Lan pledged the train crew’s cooperation, then headed to the control room to arrange the schedule and security patrols.

Tang Linyuan revealed that six armed criminals were hiding aboard the train and organized Class Zero to attack them simultaneously. Na'er missed a place in the assault and stayed behind with Tang Linyuan while Gu Yue headed out to hunt.

• After Mo Lan left, Xie Xie urged Tang Linyuan to flee before the conductor reported their fabricated emergency and unpaid fare.
• Tang Linyuan said danger aboard the train was real, explaining that his spiritual power had detected six armed criminals, including a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Tang Linyuan offered the criminals as a source of travel funds, and six Class Zero students eagerly volunteered to take them down.
• Tang Linyuan assigned each volunteer one target and ordered them to infiltrate separate carriages and attack simultaneously.
• Na'er raised her hand too late to join the attack, leaned against Tang Linyuan, and teased Gu Yue, who ignored her and turned toward the cabin door.

Tang Linyuan used his spiritual power to locate six armed criminals aboard the train and directed Class Zero to capture them before they could attack the passengers. After the group was thanked and fed, Wu Zhangkong revealed he had been secretly observing their assessment, and the train arrived at Heaven Dou City, where Tang Linyuan planned to meet his parents with Na'er and visit Zhen Hua.

• Tang Linyuan identified six armed criminals across the train and secretly assigned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, and Xu Xiaoyan to subdue them.
• Tang Wulin and the other Class Zero members swiftly knocked out their assigned targets and confiscated all six Soul Guidance Lethal Firearms.
• Mo Lan thanked the students, ordered the criminals secured for the authorities, and had a feast delivered to their compartment.
• Tang Linyuan noticed Wu Zhangkong hiding in the corridor, and Wu Zhangkong confirmed that he had recorded the students' assessment points.
• The train announced its arrival in Heaven Dou City, where Tang Linyuan planned to take Na'er to meet his parents and visit Zhen Hua.

After arriving at Heaven Dou City, Tang Linyuan and the others were thanked by Governor Mo Wu for saving his daughter and the train passengers. Tang Linyuan detected a concealed Evil Soul Master and struck him down, leaving the station guards to realize the threat was real.

• Mo Wu reunited with Mo Lan and thanked Tang Linyuan and the Shrek Academy students for saving her and more than a thousand passengers.
• Tang Linyuan sensed a hidden malignant presence near the platform and warned everyone while throwing Mo Wu to Wu Zhangkong for protection.
• Tang Linyuan summoned the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear and used Spatial Profound Meaning to reach the concealed attacker.
• Tang Linyuan's Sea Severing strike shattered the concealment formation and revealed Plague Messenger, an Evil Soul Master preparing to unleash plague toxins.
• Plague Messenger raised his skull staff to block, but Tang Linyuan shattered it and crushed his chest with the spear.

Tang Linyuan killed the Plague Messenger, an Evil Soul Master who had ambushed the group, then declined Governor Mo Wu’s banquet. He accepted a Federation reward card and led Class Zero away to visit an elder in Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Linyuan realized the dead Evil Soul Master was the Plague Messenger, whose exceptional stealth had made him mistake the Soul Emperor for a much stronger foe.
• Federation guards fired on the Plague Messenger’s corpse, and Governor Mo Wu thanked Tang Linyuan for protecting Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Linyuan declined Mo Wu’s banquet, and Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and the other Class Zero students chose to leave with him.
• Mo Wu gave Tang Linyuan a high-tier Federation bank card containing an authorized reward, with further bounty money to be added after verification.
• Tang Linyuan led Na'er and Class Zero out of the station to visit an elder, while Wu Zhangkong followed them.

Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin brought their Class Zero companions to their parents’ home in Heaven Dou City, where the family reunited after years apart. Tang Linyuan then brought Na'er out of hiding, and Lang Yue embraced her long-lost daughter.

• Tang Linyuan invited Xie Xie and the others to stay at his family home, while Wu Zhangkong left to find his own lodging.
• Tang Linyuan led the group to the villa, where Tang Wulin and Tang Linyuan reunited with Tang Ziran and Lang Yue.
• Lang Yue embraced both sons as Tang Ziran welcomed them with tearful relief.
• Tang Linyuan led a nervous Na'er into the living room and introduced her to their parents.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue recognized Na'er, and Lang Yue embraced her as Na'er wept.

Tang Linyuan reunited Na'er with Lang Yue, then welcomed Class Zero into his family home for a lavish dinner prepared by the students. The chapter ended with the family and their guests sharing a joyful meal before the challenges ahead.

• Lang Yue embraced Na'er and shared memories of her childhood, while Tang Linyuan calmed his mother's emotions.
• Tang Linyuan invited the waiting Class Zero students inside and introduced them to Tang Ziran and Lang Yue.
• Lang Yue offered to cook dinner, but Class Zero took over the kitchen and used their Soul Master skills to prepare the feast.
• Tang Ziran welcomed everyone at the table, while Xie Xie recounted the team's academy victories and Na'er shared a warm moment with Lang Yue.
• The family and Class Zero enjoyed the lavish dinner together, ending the evening in cheerful company.

Tang Linyuan and the Class Zero students stayed overnight at his parents’ villa, where Lang Yue learned of Na’er’s feelings for him and Tang Ziran cautioned his son to keep his strength and secrets concealed. After breakfast, Tang Linyuan led the group out toward the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association headquarters.

• Tang Ziran assigned the crowded group rooms, and Lang Yue had Na'er share her room while Tang Ziran slept in Tang Linyuan’s room.
• Xie Xie’s restless sleep kept Tang Wulin awake, so Tang Wulin spent the night meditating by the window.
• Lang Yue teased Na'er about her feelings for Tang Linyuan, and Na'er admitted them and described how their relationship had developed at Purple Bamboo Courtyard.
• Tang Ziran asked Tang Linyuan about his training and dangers, then advised him to keep a trump card and protect himself.
• After breakfast, Tang Linyuan and the Class Zero group left the villa for the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association headquarters.

Tang Linyuan joined Zhen Hua’s public forging lesson at the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association and volunteered to demonstrate Fusion Refinement. He struck five rare metals once and produced a six-foot Saint Grade Thousand Refinement, leaving the hall stunned.

• Tang Linyuan led Class Zero into the Blacksmith Association and stayed in the hall after hearing that Zhen Hua would teach a public lesson.
• Zhen Hua taught the gathered blacksmiths about controlling heat conduction and resonance frequency in multi-metal Fusion Refinement, then invited someone to try the technique.
• Tang Linyuan volunteered, and Zhen Hua welcomed him as his disciple, lending him his first Soul Forging hammers and providing five top-grade rare metals.
• Tang Linyuan used a single hammer blow to refine all five metals, producing intertwined six-foot spiritual lights that signified Saint Grade Thousand Refinement.
• The blacksmiths watched in stunned silence as Tang Linyuan’s five-colored spiritual lights filled the hall.

Tang Linyuan completed a five-metal Spirit Forging fusion before hundreds of blacksmiths, exhausting himself with the feat. Zhen Hua secretly measured the alloy at 99.9 percent fusion but announced a lower figure to protect Tang Linyuan, then took him and his companions to the top floor.

• Tang Linyuan used six hammer strikes to awaken five rare metals, harmonize their spiritualities, and fuse them into a living five-colored alloy.
• The blacksmiths and Zhen Hua were stunned by Tang Linyuan's achievement, and Tang Linyuan collapsed against the Forging Table, drained from the work.
• Zhen Hua tested the alloy at 99.9 percent fusion, then concealed the reading and publicly announced a result of 94 percent.
• The blacksmiths erupted in excitement, and Zhen Hua ended the session and hurried Tang Linyuan toward the private elevator.
• Tang Wulin, Na'er, Xie Xie, and the others followed Tang Linyuan into the VIP elevator to the top floor of the Blacksmith Association.

Zhen Hua revealed that Tang Linyuan had forged Five-Colored Alloy with an unprecedented 99.9 percent fusion rate, though Tang Linyuan intended to use it for his Two-Word Battle Armor. Tang Linyuan arranged for Class Zero to test their strength against seven experienced Soul Kings at the Blacksmith Association, and the group headed to the combat room.

• Zhen Hua showed Tang Linyuan and Class Zero the Five-Colored Alloy and asked Tang Linyuan to estimate its fusion rate.
• Tang Linyuan estimated 99 percent, but Zhen Hua revealed that it had reached 99.9 percent.
• Tang Linyuan said the alloy would be enough to make his Two-Word Battle Armor, leaving Zhen Hua choking on his tea.
• Tang Linyuan asked to use the Association's combat venue and arranged for seven Five-Ring Soul Kings to fight his companions.
• Zhen Hua ordered the Soul Kings to gather at the High-Level Combat Room and led Class Zero there for their battles.

Class Zero challenged seven Five-Ring Soul Kings from the Blacksmith Association's Security Department and defeated them without using Battle Armor. Wu Zhangkong witnessed the simultaneous fights and agreed to record the above-level challenge points.

• Tang Linyuan arranged seven simultaneous fights and asked Wu Zhangkong to witness and record the results.
• Tang Wulin defeated the Ironclad Giant Rhinoceros Soul King with his Golden Dragon Claw, while Na'er struck down the twin-saber Soul King with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• Xie Xie subdued the Flame Leopard Soul King from the shadows, and Gu Yue destroyed the tower-shield Soul King's defense with Elemental Detonation.
• Xu Xiaoyan trapped the Falcon Soul King with Starlight Chain, and Ye Xinglan disarmed the hammer-wielding Soul King with a precise sword strike.
• Wu Siduo fused her Martial Souls into the Hell White Tiger and pinned the Giant Bear Soul King, completing Class Zero's clean sweep.
• Tang Linyuan asked Wu Zhangkong to record the seven victories, and Wu Zhangkong agreed before ending the holographic call.

After Class Zero defeated the Blacksmith Association’s Security Department, Zhen Hua brought the students to meet Mu Ye and persuaded him to teach Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin the Body Sect’s blood essence cultivation. Mu Ye accepted and declared that he would take charge of their training.

• Zhen Hua arranged medical care and doubled the injured Security Department members’ bonuses, then ordered them to train in seclusion after they recovered.
• Zhen Hua led Class Zero to a private dining room, where Mu Ye noticed Tang Wulin’s extraordinary blood essence and sensed that Tang Linyuan concealed power beyond a Soul Saint’s limits.
• Zhen Hua privately proposed that Mu Ye teach Tang Linyuan the Body Sect’s secret arts in exchange for his future help reviving the sect.
• Zhen Hua told Mu Ye that Tang Linyuan was Yun Ming’s chosen successor to the Sea God Pavilion and had severely wounded a Super Douluo with one spear strike.
• Mu Ye chose the Body Sect’s future over its restrictive traditions, sat opposite Tang Linyuan, and announced that he would train Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin in blood essence cultivation.

Tang Linyuan accepted Mu Ye's guidance in exchange for becoming a guest elder of the Body Sect, and Tang Wulin also pledged to train under him. Mu Ye served a lavish meal of rare medicinal cuisine, which left most of the others meditating to control its overwhelming energy while the brothers devoured the feast.

• Tang Linyuan thanked Zhen Hua for negotiating with Mu Ye and agreed to become a guest elder of the Body Sect rather than join it formally.
• Tang Wulin promised Mu Ye he would cultivate with everything he had, and Mu Ye accepted both brothers as students.
• Mu Ye cooked a large feast of rare medicinal dishes and warned everyone except Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin to eat sparingly.
• Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, Xu Xiaoyan, and the others overate and had to meditate to refine the food's powerful energy.
• Gu Yue and Na'er ate comfortably, and Na'er served Tang Linyuan a choice piece of meat.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin consumed most of the feast, restoring their vital energy and leaving Zhen Hua and Mu Ye to watch them with amusement.

After recovering from the medicinal meal, Class Zero accepted a car and funds from Zhen Hua as payment for Tang Linyuan’s forging lecture and set off for their Final Examination. Xie Xie’s embarrassing driving mishap gave way to a smooth departure from Heaven Dou City, while Mu Ye promised further training for Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin.

• Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Linyuan, and Tang Wulin finished absorbing the medicinal meal, and Tang Wulin felt the fourth Golden Dragon King seal begin to crack.
• Zhen Hua offered Tang Linyuan a bank card and car, and Tang Linyuan accepted them as payment for his forging lecture to the Blacksmith Association.
• Mu Ye promised Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin training plans and medicinal meal recipes, requiring them to report their progress each day.
• Xie Xie volunteered to drive the group, stalled the luxury vehicle on his first attempt, then restarted it and drove everyone out of the garage.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye watched the group’s vehicle leave, anticipating the boys’ future progress and the return of Class Zero from the examination.