Chapter Summaries

After exhausting himself defeating the Green Skull attackers, Tang Linyuan returned to the Star Luo Hotel and recovered with Na'er's help. Tang Wulin then arrived late at night, determined to break through the fifth seal of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and asking Tang Linyuan to guide him.

• The five imperial enshrined experts of the Star Luo Empire worked to conceal the crater left by Tang Linyuan's attack as he and Xiao Mo flew back to the Star Luo Hotel.
• Na'er noticed Tang Linyuan's exhaustion, supported him to the couch, and revealed that she had taken Yun Ming's hidden stash of medicinal treasures from Sea God Island.
• Tang Linyuan ate a Millennium Blood Dragon Ginseng and rapidly recovered his strength.
• Tang Wulin arrived at Tang Linyuan's suite and said that Long Yue's strength and the fight against the Green Skull had made him realize he was not strong enough.
• Tang Wulin told Tang Linyuan that he planned to break through the fifth seal of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline that night and asked for his help.

Tang Wulin broke through the Fifth Golden Dragon King Seal under Tang Linyuan’s protection, awakening the Left Golden Dragon Claw and its tearing trait. After the seal’s Destruction Will nearly overwhelmed him, he used the Samsara Rune to contain it and began comprehending the balance between destruction and life.

• Tang Linyuan agreed to guard Tang Wulin as he broke through, and Na'er directed them to a sealed cultivation chamber.
• Tang Wulin shattered the Fifth Golden Dragon King Seal, unleashing its violent bloodline essence and covering his upper body in golden scales.
• Tang Wulin awakened the Left Golden Dragon Claw, whose tearing trait let him rip open space.
• Destruction Will invaded Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness, and Tang Linyuan urged him to awaken the Samsara Rune rather than removing it for him.
• Tang Wulin used the rune to contain the Destruction Will, then began grinding it down and studying how to balance destruction with Blue Silver Emperor life force.

Tang Wulin recovered and shared an affectionate breakfast with Tang Linyuan and Na'er before Class Zero advanced through the Star Luo tournament. In the top-sixteen match, Xie Xie defeated Monster Academy’s Wind King, Lin San, with his Space-Time Dragon powers alone.

• Tang Wulin emerged from cultivation, ate breakfast with Tang Linyuan and Na'er, and called Na'er his sister-in-law before retreating to contact Ouyang Zixin.
• Tang Linyuan and Na'er cultivated Spear Intent while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the other members of Class Zero advanced through the tournament.
• The top-sixteen draw matched six Class Zero members against Monster Academy's great kings, including Xie Xie against Lin San.
• Xie Xie used his Space-Time Dragon abilities to evade Lin San's attacks and destroy his Wind Shadow Clones.
• Xie Xie appeared before Lin San with Time-Space Traversal and knocked him out of the arena with a knee strike, winning without using Battle Armor.

Shrek’s fighters dominated the round of sixteen, defeating Monster Academy’s remaining Heavenly Kings with decisive victories. The Star Luo Emperor discovered Wu Siduo could use the Hell White Tiger fusion skill and ordered an investigation into her origins.

• Gu Yue bypassed Su Mu’s Reversal Halo with a spatially shifted fireball and knocked him unconscious.
• Wu Siduo fused her White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat martial souls into the Hell White Tiger and defeated Dai Yueyan, prompting Dai Tianling to order an investigation into her background.
• Ye Xinglan sensed Teng Teng’s ambush, broke his shadow attack, and struck him out of the arena.
• Yuan'en Yehui used gravity and a Titan Heavy Fist to defeat Hua Lantang.
• Monster Academy’s Four Heavenly Kings were eliminated before releasing their battle armor.

After Shrek Academy claimed seven of the quarterfinal spots, the Star Luo Empire tried to contain the public backlash and announced Tang Wulin would face Long Yue in the opening match. With Tang Linyuan and his friends supporting him, Tang Wulin met Long Yue in the arena, and the referee started their clash.

• The tournament results left seven Shrek Academy students and Long Yue as the eight quarterfinalists, sparking outrage across the Star Luo Empire.
• Star Luo officials blamed the Heavenly Kings' defeats on tactical carelessness and promoted Long Yue as Monster Academy's remaining pillar to calm the public.
• The tournament committee announced Tang Wulin versus Long Yue as the quarterfinals' opening match.
• Tang Linyuan encouraged Tang Wulin before the battle, while Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, and the other Class Zero members offered their support.
• Tang Wulin and Long Yue faced each other in the arena, their Dragon Clan bloodlines and pressure colliding as the referee declared the match begun.

Tang Wulin and Long Yue began their arena battle, trading brutal blows before Long Yue used his Soul Skills to control the terrain and crush Tang Wulin with a mountain phantom. Tang Wulin broke through each attack and charged back at Long Yue, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Long Yue revealed his Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul and waited for Tang Wulin to attack while secretly remaining vigilant.
• Tang Wulin unleashed his Golden Dragon King bloodline, weakening Long Yue, then charged into a fierce physical clash with him.
• After exchanging over a hundred blows, Long Yue used Mountain and River and River to fill the arena with stone spikes and mud.
• Tang Wulin summoned the Blue Silver Emperor, used its vines to escape the mire, and launched himself toward Long Yue.
• Long Yue used Mountain Suppression to drop a massive mountain phantom onto Tang Wulin, who sliced through it with his left Golden Dragon Claw and charged at Long Yue.

Long Yue fused his Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul with his body and nearly overwhelmed Tang Wulin, but Tang Wulin revealed his One-Word Battle Armor and the Law of Destruction to badly wound him. Long Yue then unveiled his Two-Word Battle Armor, leaving the arena facing an even more dangerous clash as Tang Linyuan declared his belief that Wulin would win.

• Long Yue fused his first three Soul Skills into his body, grew into a ten-meter Mountain Giant, and drove Tang Wulin backward with his immense strength.
• Long Yue leaped to crush Tang Wulin with a Mountain and River kick, but screamed when Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw tore through his foot.
• Tang Wulin revealed his One-Word Battle Armor and used the Law of Destruction through his Left Golden Dragon Claw to shatter Long Yue's defenses and severely injure him.
• Long Yue lost control, summoned a heavy Two-Word Battle Armor, and unfurled crystal wings that stirred an earth-yellow tornado.
• Xie Xie worried that Tang Wulin could not withstand Long Yue's advantages, but Tang Linyuan said he believed Wulin would block him and win.

Facing Long Yue’s overwhelming charge, Tang Wulin used his Samsara Rune to summon a manifestation in Tang Linyuan’s likeness, but the move nearly failed until Tang Linyuan’s dormant Spear Intent awakened the Sixth Golden Dragon King Seal. The seal cracked open, and the Golden Dragon Spear appeared in the manifestation’s hand as Long Yue’s attack closed in.

• Tang Linyuan watched from the rest area, confident that Tang Wulin still had a hidden trump card as Long Yue charged across the arena.
• Tang Wulin poured his bloodline, Soul Power, and spiritual energy into the Samsara Rune and formed a towering manifestation resembling Tang Linyuan.
• Dai Tianling, Dai Yun’er, and the Shrek companions recognized the phantom, while Tang Linyuan explained that Wulin had borrowed his appearance as a spiritual totem.
• As Long Yue neared, Tang Wulin struggled to solidify the weakening phantom and found himself unable to withstand the force required.
• Tang Linyuan’s dormant Spear Intent awakened, stabilized the phantom, and its failed attempt to summon the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear struck Tang Wulin’s Sixth Golden Dragon King Seal and opened a gap.
• A golden pillar erupted from Tang Wulin and formed the Golden Dragon Spear in the phantom’s hand.

Tang Wulin’s black-clothed phantom nearly killed Long Yue before En Ci intervened, and Tang Wulin collapsed as the phantom vanished. When En Ci approached the unconscious Tang Wulin, a divine spear appeared and severed part of his little finger, guarding its master.

• Tang Wulin’s black-clothed phantom drove Long Yue back, then pierced his armor and struck toward his heart with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• En Ci broke through the arena barrier and stopped the spear just short of Long Yue’s heart, but the phantom recalled it and prepared to attack again.
• Tang Wulin collapsed from exhaustion, causing the phantom and Golden Dragon Spear to disappear as Long Yue fell unconscious.
• En Ci approached Tang Wulin to investigate his bloodline, but a voice warned him away and the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear struck at his hand.
• En Ci pulled back too late to avoid losing the foremost knuckle of his little finger, and the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear embedded itself beside Tang Wulin.

Tang Linyuan stopped En Ci from pursuing Tang Wulin and accepted En Ci’s apology after revealing overwhelming power. Dai Tianling announced Tang Wulin as the winner and promised compensation, while the crowd celebrated Shrek Academy and Dai Yun’er became captivated by Tang Linyuan.

• Tang Linyuan emerged from a spatial rift, and En Ci recognized him as the one who had defeated Blood Bone Douluo and realized he could not afford to make him an enemy.
• En Ci withdrew his power, apologized for violating the tournament rules, and promised compensation to Tang Wulin and Shrek Academy.
• Tang Linyuan accepted En Ci’s apology, withdrew the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear, and used the Law of Life to heal Tang Wulin.
• Dai Tianling entered the arena, announced Tang Wulin as the winner, and promised rare resources from the imperial treasury as compensation.
• The stadium erupted in cheers for Shrek Academy, while Dai Yun’er watched Tang Linyuan with admiration and longing.

After Monster Academy forfeited the team final, Tang Wulin and Tang Linyuan collected compensation from the Star Luo Imperial Treasury, and Tang Wulin broke through his sixth Golden Dragon King seal. The pair then joined a Tang Sect expedition traveling to Dragon Valley.

• Monster Academy forfeited the team final, and Dai Yueyan accepted that Tang Wulin's strength had made defeat unavoidable.
• Class Zero received the tournament championship, and the Star Luo Imperial Family let Tang Wulin select treasures from its treasury as compensation.
• Tang Wulin used the treasures to break his sixth Golden Dragon King seal and balanced the invading Destruction Will with the laws of Life and Destruction.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin traveled to the Tang Sect branch, where they joined Black One and thirty fighters bound for Dragon Valley.
• The expedition boarded an armored soul-guided bus and set off for Dragon Valley.

The Soul Fighting Hall's elite arrived at a Tang Sect town, where Tang Linyuan chose to share an ordinary room with Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin discovered that his brother had chosen the room so he could secretly put him through an all-night spear-training session.

• Black One assigned the practitioners rooms and told them to gather the next day before departing for the target area.
• Tang Linyuan refused Black One's offer of special accommodations and took an ordinary double room with Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin assumed his brother wanted to share a room because he still cared about him, but Tang Linyuan sealed the room with [Eight Desolations: Absolute Prohibition].
• Tang Linyuan ordered Tang Wulin to summon the Golden Dragon Spear and attacked him, criticizing his crude spear technique.
• Tang Linyuan broke Tang Wulin's bones with a wooden staff, healed him with Law of Life energy, and made him continue training through the night.

Tang Linyuan led the White-Level Dou Practitioners through the mountains to Dragon Valley’s entrance, where Elder Wu required him to prove he could suppress his Soul Power. After Tang Linyuan sealed his aura precisely at Soul Ancestor level, Elder Wu prepared to open the passage.

• Tang Wulin reacted defensively to Tang Linyuan’s ordinary movements, still shaken by their night of spear training.
• Black One led Tang Linyuan, Tang Wulin, and the thirty White-Level Dou Practitioners on foot through the mountains toward Dragon Valley.
• The group reached a snowy mountaintop, where Elder Wu emerged from a stone house and greeted Tang Linyuan with deference.
• Elder Wu asked Tang Linyuan to demonstrate how he would suppress his Soul Power to meet Dragon Valley’s restrictions.
• Tang Linyuan used the Absolute Prohibition rune to lower his aura precisely to the threshold of a forty-ninth-level Soul Ancestor.
• Impressed by the flawless seal, Elder Wu invited the group to follow him as he prepared to open the passage.

Elder Wu opened a passage to Dragon Valley, and Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin entered together. They arrived high above the valley with their Martial Souls and Soul Power sealed, leaving them to rely on their physical strength.

• Elder Wu revealed his Titled Douluo strength and activated an ancient formation at the summit.
• Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Bloodline reacted to the formation, but he suppressed it with the Samsara Rune.
• Elder Wu transformed into his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and opened a spatial passage to Dragon Valley.
• Black One warned the White-Level Dou Practitioners to use their Dragon Pearls to escape fatal danger and sent them into the passage in pairs.
• Tang Linyuan took Tang Wulin by the wrist and pulled him through the passage with him.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin emerged high above Dragon Valley and began falling after the realm's laws sealed their Martial Souls and Soul Power.

Tang Linyuan safely brought Tang Wulin down into Dragon Valley after teasing him with the threat of using him as a cushion. There, Tang Wulin sensed the Dragon God's Legacy calling to him, but learned it would strengthen and stabilize his Golden Dragon King Bloodline rather than remove its dangerous seals.

• Tang Wulin braced for a deadly fall, while Tang Linyuan pretended he might use him as a cushion before safely lowering him to the ground.
• Tang Wulin realized Tang Linyuan had controlled their descent all along, and Tang Linyuan teased him for supposedly not trusting his brother.
• Tang Linyuan asked Tang Wulin to sense Dragon Valley, and Tang Wulin felt an intense call resonating with his Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• Tang Linyuan explained that the Dragon God's core source was calling Tang Wulin from the depths of Dragon Valley.
• Tang Linyuan warned Tang Wulin that the Dragon God's Legacy would not remove his seals but would elevate and stabilize his bloodline, giving him greater control over its destructive power.

Tang Linyuan taught Tang Wulin how Dragon Clouds could nourish dragon bloodlines, then used Wulin’s Golden Dragon King essence blood and the Law of Causality to draw an immense swarm of Dragon Clouds to them. Wulin and Xiao Mo absorbed the energy, leaving Xiao Mo’s power beginning to rise.

• Tang Wulin overcame his disappointment and vowed to subdue the Golden Dragon King bloodline’s destructive will himself.
• Tang Linyuan explained Dragon Clouds’ benefits and used [Black Hole: Immeasurable] to pull several clouds down for Tang Wulin and Xiao Mo to absorb.
• Tang Linyuan found the Dragon Cloud energy barely affected him, so he fed several clouds to Xiao Mo, whose aura showed a slight increase.
• Tang Linyuan persuaded Tang Wulin to give him a drop of Golden Dragon King Essence Blood and used the Law of Causality to spread its aura through Dragon Valley.
• Hundreds upon thousands of Dragon Clouds surged toward Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin, while Wulin absorbed the energy and Xiao Mo eagerly devoured it.

Tang Linyuan violently sorted the Dragon Cloud energy inside Tang Wulin, opening his meridians and strengthening his body while forcing him to confess to secretly eating snacks as a child. The brothers continued toward Dragon Valley’s central burial ground, where the call to Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline grew stronger.

• Xiao Mo consumed the Dragon Cloud in Tang Linyuan’s Sea of Consciousness, then fell asleep as her scales began transforming toward a Spear Spirit.
• Tang Linyuan pressed and struck Tang Wulin’s swollen abdomen to force the congested Dragon Cloud energy through his meridians, causing him intense pain.
• Tang Linyuan questioned Tang Wulin about his past misdeeds, and Tang Wulin confessed to secretly eating snacks and other childhood treats alone.
• Tang Linyuan finished circulating the energy through Tang Wulin’s body, opening his meridians and leaving him stronger and no longer bloated.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin continued toward Dragon Valley’s central burial ground as the Dragon Cloud parted before Tang Linyuan’s Spear Intent and the call to Tang Wulin grew clearer.

Tang Linyuan trained Tang Wulin in Dragon Valley by having him fight Dragon Souls, then summoned a powerful Golden Dragon Remnant Soul to overcome the Golden Dragon King bloodline’s suppression. Tang Wulin defeated it by awakening Rudimentary Spear Intent, and the brothers continued toward the Dragon Clan’s core burial ground.

• Tang Wulin easily smashed several weak Ice-Attribute Earth Dragon Remnant Souls with the Golden Dragon Spear, prompting Tang Linyuan to criticize his spear technique.
• Tang Linyuan sent Xiao Mo to lure a powerful, pure-blooded Golden Dragon Remnant Soul to serve as Tang Wulin’s sparring partner.
• Tang Wulin fought the Golden Dragon Remnant Soul, enduring its attacks as Tang Linyuan called out flaws in his strikes.
• Facing the dragon’s destructive breath, Tang Wulin gathered his resolve and awakened Rudimentary Spear Intent.
• Tang Wulin pierced the Golden Dragon Remnant Soul’s brow, absorbed its golden energy, and earned Tang Linyuan’s praise.
• After resting, Tang Wulin and Tang Linyuan continued deeper into Dragon Valley toward the Dragon Clan’s core burial ground.

Di Tian and four other Fierce Beasts brought the silver-haired Lord into Dragon Valley, where she began searching for an item. Meanwhile, Tang Linyuan led Tang Wulin to the Dragon Clan Graveyard and its Rainbow Dragon Soul, where the Lord appeared and recognized Tang Linyuan as her former class monitor.

• Di Tian and four Fierce Beasts tore open a rift into Dragon Valley and helped the silver-haired Lord enter, with seven days inside equaling three hours outside.
• Tang Wulin fought more than a dozen True Dragon-level Dragon Souls as Tang Linyuan led him to a vast graveyard of dragon bones.
• Tang Wulin roared in grief at the sight of the Dragon Clan Graveyard, and Tang Linyuan took him down into the basin.
• Tang Linyuan led Tang Wulin to the Rainbow Dragon Soul, whose presence made Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Bloodline and sealed barriers react violently.
• The silver-haired Lord appeared beside the Rainbow Dragon Soul, recognized Tang Linyuan, and addressed him as her former class monitor.

Tang Linyuan rejected Gu Yue’s attempt to recruit him into the Soul Beasts’ revival, but agreed not to interfere as long as her plans did not endanger those he cared about. Gu Yue accepted his neutrality and warned him to remember his promise.

• Gu Yue questioned Tang Linyuan about an arrangement, and he nodded while Tang Wulin watched in confusion.
• Tang Linyuan knocked Tang Wulin unconscious before he could ask about Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue removed her veil, revealed her resemblance to Na'er, and offered to marry Tang Linyuan if he helped revive the Soul Beasts.
• Tang Linyuan stopped Gu Yue from touching his chin and bluntly told her that her resemblance to Na'er, not her seduction, had stirred his reaction.
• Tang Linyuan refused to help the Soul Beasts overthrow the existing order but promised to remain a detached spectator unless Gu Yue's plans endangered his people or loved ones.
• Gu Yue accepted Tang Linyuan's position and told him to remember what he had said.