Chapter Summaries

A burly Soul Saint arrived in a Black-Grade Mecha to take Light Dragon to the Mecha Battalion and secure an explanation from Guang Biao. He struggled to pull Tang Linyuan’s spear from the wall, then left with Light Dragon while Tang Linyuan reclaimed the weapon effortlessly, leaving Xie Xie stunned.

• A burly man arrived in a Black-Grade Mecha, bowed to Tang Linyuan, and offered to take Light Dragon to the Mecha Battalion for an explanation from Guang Biao.
• The burly man tried to pull the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear from the wall but had to activate his Martial Soul and use his Giant Strength Vajra skill.
• The burly man pulled the spear free, causing Light Dragon to collapse unconscious, and carried them both toward Tang Linyuan.
• Tang Linyuan took the spear from the burly man with ease, and it transformed into black light and merged into his body.
• The burly man carried Light Dragon away in his Black-Grade Mecha, and Xie Xie asked if they could now walk sideways through Eastsea City.

After Tang Linyuan and his friends left Li's Braised Beef Shop, Xing Tie brought the injured Light Dragon and Guang Biao to the academy to apologize on Mu Chen's orders. Tang Linyuan refused Guang Biao's compensation and challenged him to a fight without a mecha, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Tang Linyuan stopped Uncle Li from kneeling and promised that Light Dragon would avoid the shop in the future.
• On the way back to the academy, Gu Yue mocked Xie Xie's excuses for losing to Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie backed down when she offered to spar.
• At midnight, Wu Zhangkong confronted three visitors outside the courtyard and sensed that Xing Tie was a powerful Soul Saint.
• Xing Tie identified himself as Mu Chen's guard and explained that Guang Biao had brought Light Dragon to apologize for offending Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin.
• Guang Biao offered Tang Linyuan ten million Federation Credits, but Tang Linyuan refused the money and challenged him to fight without a mecha.

Tang Linyuan fought Mecha Battalion captain Guang Biao and revealed a devastating prototype spear technique that nearly erased Guang Biao’s defenses. The exhausted Tang Linyuan was caught by Tang Wulin as Guang Biao admitted defeat.

• Xing Tie ordered Guang Biao to fight Tang Linyuan seriously, while Tang Wulin and Wu Zhangkong watched from the courtyard’s edge.
• Tang Linyuan overwhelmed Guang Biao with powerful spear strikes, forcing the captain to use his defensive and strength-enhancing soul skills.
• Guang Biao attacked with his fifth soul skill, but Tang Linyuan’s Black Hole prototype swallowed the soundwave and erased a dragon scale on Guang Biao’s chest.
• Tang Linyuan collapsed from the technique’s strain, and Tang Wulin caught him before he fell.
• Xing Tie snapped Guang Biao out of his shock, and Guang Biao acknowledged Tang Linyuan’s victory.

After Tang Linyuan defeated Guang Biao, he accepted an apology payment and made Light Dragon promise to protect the neighborhood around Li's Braised Beef Pot. Xing Tie left to report Tang Linyuan's extraordinary power to the Blacksmith Association president.

• Tang Linyuan accepted ten million Federation Credits from Guang Biao after their fight, then demanded that Light Dragon stop local troublemakers and protect the nearby old district for free.
• Guang Biao agreed to the condition, and Light Dragon apologized, promised to return the money he had extorted, and vowed to guard the street.
• Tang Linyuan warned the brothers to keep their promises, then went inside with Tang Wulin to rest.
• Wu Zhangkong recognized that Tang Linyuan had resolved the crisis and returned to his room without questioning Guang Biao.
• Xing Tie warned Guang Biao that Tang Linyuan could have killed him, then decided to report the boy's strength to the Blacksmith Association president and flew off.

Tang Linyuan recovered from the battle, gave Tang Wulin the money Guang Biao had paid, and spent the night deepening his understanding of his runes. At school, Wu Zhangkong tested Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue in a round-robin before setting them against Tang Linyuan, who challenged them to last five minutes against him without using his Martial Soul.

• Tang Linyuan gave Tang Wulin the bank card containing ten million and warned him to save it for future cultivation resources.
• Tang Linyuan meditated through the night, studying the Devour and Space Runes and reflecting on the power behind his spear strike.
• Xie Xie and Gu Yue bickered over a classroom seat before Wu Zhangkong took the class to the field for technique training.
• Gu Yue defeated Xie Xie with wind and earth techniques, Tang Wulin defeated Xie Xie with his vines and strength, and Gu Yue beat Tang Wulin using light and Space Teleportation.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to fight Tang Linyuan without his Martial Soul or endure for fifteen minutes, and Tang Linyuan challenged them to last five minutes.

Tang Linyuan tested Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue in a training fight, effortlessly evading their coordinated attacks and defeating them one by one. Gu Yue surrendered after he sealed her Spatial Element and stopped just short of touching her.

• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue launched a coordinated attack, but Tang Linyuan evaded their attacks without summoning his Martial Soul.
• Tang Linyuan criticized their flaws, then struck Xie Xie at the neck and knocked him unconscious.
• Tang Linyuan pulled Tang Wulin in with his own Blue Silver Grass and gave him a painful forehead flick.
• Tang Linyuan broke through Gu Yue's ice walls and evaded her elemental attacks as he closed in on her.
• Gu Yue tried to escape using her Spatial Element, but Tang Linyuan sealed it and caused her Soul Power to backfire.
• Tang Linyuan stopped his hand an inch from Gu Yue, and she lowered her head and surrendered.

After Tang Linyuan defeated Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue in under a minute without using his Martial Soul, Wu Zhangkong assigned them daily training against him. Tang Linyuan agreed to spar with them in exchange for fighting Wu Zhangkong at full Soul Power, leaving the group to begin their first session under the new terms.

• Wu Zhangkong woke Xie Xie with a blast of frost, then criticized Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue for losing to Tang Linyuan in fifty-eight seconds.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered the three students to fight Tang Linyuan for two extra hours each day until they could last five minutes.
• Tang Linyuan objected to being used as a sparring partner and negotiated a fight with Wu Zhangkong for every three training matches.
• Tang Linyuan demanded that Wu Zhangkong use his full Soul Power but not his Battle Armor, and Wu Zhangkong agreed.
• Wu Zhangkong forbade Tang Linyuan from using the black vortex he had used against Guang Biao, and Tang Linyuan accepted the restriction.

After three months of punishing training under Tang Linyuan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue faced him in their final battle and showed how much they had improved. Tang Linyuan defeated them but declared that they had graduated, leaving them ready for the Class Promotion Tournament.

• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue recovered after another brutal training session and reflected on how their abilities had grown over the past three months.
• Wu Zhangkong arrived and announced that the final battle would test the trio before the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue coordinated their attacks, using Xie Xie's speed, Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass, and Gu Yue's elemental wheel to trap and challenge Tang Linyuan.
• Tang Linyuan shattered Gu Yue's elemental attack with a punch, broke free of Tang Wulin's vines, and defeated all three students.
• Tang Linyuan praised the trio's progress and told them they had graduated from special training.

Class Five defeated Class Four in seconds, and Wu Zhangkong sent Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to meet Tang Linyuan. Tang Linyuan began awakening the ancient dragon bloodline within Tang Wulin, leaving him facing a mysterious figure in a golden ocean.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue defeated Jialong, Lin Zunyuan, and Mosi without releasing their Martial Souls, and Class Five won the match.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin and Xie Xie that Tang Linyuan had summoned them, while Gu Yue left after learning she was not included.
• Tang Linyuan explained that Tang Wulin's strength came from a sleeping ancient dragon bloodline and said he would stimulate it with Xie Xie's dragon aura and his Spear Intent.
• Xie Xie cut Tang Wulin's wrist and channeled the dragon aura into him as Tang Linyuan used the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear to guide the awakening.
• Tang Wulin lost awareness of the room and found himself before a blurry, majestic figure in a boundless golden ocean.

After Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue survived five minutes of Tang Linyuan’s training, Wu Zhangkong warned them to win the next day’s Class Promotion Tournament or face even harsher training. Tang Linyuan reminded Wu Zhangkong of their unpaid duels, and Wu Zhangkong escaped by claiming he was close to breaking through to Soul Saint.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue completed five minutes of training under Tang Linyuan, while Wu Zhangkong told them to advance through the grades and challenge the fifth grade in the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Wu Zhangkong threatened to let Tang Linyuan use his Martial Soul in the next phase of training if the students performed poorly.
• Tang Linyuan reminded Wu Zhangkong that he still owed him their agreed fights, and Wu Zhangkong recalled how Tang Linyuan’s growing skill had forced him to use increasingly powerful soul skills.
• Wu Zhangkong claimed his rank-seventy bottleneck had loosened and postponed their duels until after he became a Soul Saint.
• Tang Wulin congratulated Wu Zhangkong and asked him to treat them to a meal, giving Wu Zhangkong an excuse to leave the field before Tang Linyuan could respond.

Tang Wulin learned that the Golden Dragon King’s first seal could kill him before his tenth birthday unless he gathered three rare ingredients to break it. Tang Linyuan secured the ingredients through the Blacksmith Association, and the brothers prepared to remove the seal that night.

• Tang Wulin met a mysterious golden figure in a vision, who warned that the Golden Dragon King’s first seal was weakening and that he needed three ingredients before turning ten.
• Tang Wulin woke to find Tang Linyuan and Xie Xie watching over him, then hesitated to share his vision until Tang Linyuan urged him to trust Xie Xie.
• Tang Wulin told Tang Linyuan and Xie Xie about the seal, the threat to his life, and the Century Ice Crystal Fruit, Century Red Flame Fruit, and dragon-type Soul Beast essence blood he needed.
• Tang Linyuan called his uncle Mu Chen, who arranged for the Blacksmith Association to deliver all three ingredients within two hours.
• Tang Linyuan reassured Tang Wulin and said they would remove the seal as soon as the ingredients arrived that night.

Xing Tie delivered the Ice Crystal Fruit, Crimson Flame Fruit, and Earth Dragon blood that Tang Linyuan had arranged for Tang Wulin’s cultivation. Tang Wulin broke the Golden Dragon King’s first seal, and Tang Linyuan used the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear to divide the dangerous power among himself and Xie Xie as all three began transforming.

• Xing Tie delivered the spiritual treasures, and Tang Wulin learned from Old Tang how to combine them and prepare to break the first seal.
• Tang Wulin drank the mixture, and Tang Linyuan used his Soul Power and Spear Intent to control the clashing ice and fire energies.
• The first Golden Dragon King seal shattered, unleashing violent power that Tang Linyuan drew out with the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear.
• Tang Linyuan gave Xie Xie some of the extracted bloodline energy, and Xie Xie began using his Light Shadow Twin Dragons to absorb it.
• Tang Linyuan absorbed the remaining Golden Dragon King essence into his sea of consciousness, where his giant spear crushed its savage will and his body absorbed its power.

Tang Linyuan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin recovered from absorbing the Golden Dragon King’s essence blood, gaining powerful physical enhancements and new abilities. As Xie Xie and Tang Wulin prepared to test their changes in the Class Promotion Tournament, Gu Yue struggled between her growing bonds with them and her mission as the Silver Dragon King.

• Tang Linyuan absorbed and refined the Golden Dragon King’s blood energy, advanced his Primordial Body Casting Chapter, and suppressed the blood’s killing intent with the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear.
• Xie Xie woke and revealed that his Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger had fused into the Light-Shadow Dragon, which could shift between dagger and dragon forms.
• Tang Wulin woke with greatly increased strength and a Golden Dragon Claw that could shatter what it touched.
• Tang Linyuan sent Xie Xie and Tang Wulin to test their new powers in the arena before the Class Promotion Tournament.
• At breakfast, Gu Yue sensed the boys’ changed dragon auras, heard Xie Xie explain their gains, and traded barbs with him as Tang Wulin tried to ease the tension.
• Gu Yue reflected on her warm friendships with the boys and her mission to restore the glory of the Soul Beasts, while fearing Tang Linyuan’s power and wondering whether he could accept her identity.

Tang Linyuan’s classmates dominated the Class Promotion Tournament while he trained his Spear Intent against a typhoon’s waves. The final showdown against Class One was postponed, and Tang Linyuan continued battling the sea under Wu Zhangkong’s watch.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue defeated Class Three’s flying Gu brothers by grounding them with gravity and physical attacks.
• Tang Wulin shattered Class Two’s Turtle Shell Shield with his Golden Dragon Claw, forcing the remaining opponents to surrender.
• A powerful typhoon suspended the tournament and kept students indoors, while Tang Wulin told Xie Xie and Gu Yue that Tang Linyuan had gone to the beach with Wu Zhangkong.
• Tang Linyuan stood on a reef and used his Tyrant Profound Divine Spear to split towering waves without relying on Soul Skills or Soul Power.
• Wu Zhangkong watched from the breakwater as Tang Linyuan’s Spear Intent grew sharper and more condensed in the storm.

After enduring the typhoon for seven days, Tang Linyuan forged his own spear technique and demonstrated a perfected Spear Intent to Wu Zhangkong. Wu Zhangkong escorted him back to Eastsea Academy as the Class Promotion Tournament was about to resume.

• After the storm ended, Tang Linyuan rose from the reef and showed Wu Zhangkong his new strike, Sky-Splitting World-Breaker, flattening the sea into a still mirror.
• Wu Zhangkong recognized Tang Linyuan's perfected Spear Intent and realized Spear Soul was within reach.
• Tang Linyuan thanked Wu Zhangkong for guarding him throughout the storm.
• Wu Zhangkong gave Tang Linyuan his robe and led him back to Eastsea Academy for the Class Promotion Tournament.

Tang Linyuan returned to Eastsea Academy just as Class Five prepared to face Class One in the tournament final. He wagered with Headmaster Yu Zhen that Class Five would win decisively, putting the Class Zero roster and its resources on the line; the match began with Class One unleashing its opening attack.

• Tang Linyuan arrived at the arena with Wu Zhangkong and warned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue to win their final beautifully.
• Yu Zhen proposed creating Class Zero and asked Tang Linyuan how its roster should be chosen.
• Tang Linyuan named himself, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue as the only members, with Wu Zhangkong as their homeroom teacher.
• Tang Linyuan bet Yu Zhen that if Class Five crushed Class One, Class Zero would belong only to the four students and receive the academy's full resource allocation; Yu Zhen accepted.
• The final began, and Zhang Yangzi spread black mist across the arena as Wang Jinxi and Wei Xiaofeng joined him in challenging Class Five.
• Xie Xie dismissed Class One's claim to genius, and the director of studies started the match.

Class Five defeated Class One in the final battle of the first-year Class Promotion Tournament, unveiling a bloodline Martial Soul Fusion Skill that overwhelmed their opponents’ trump card. After the students celebrated, Tang Linyuan reminded the headmaster to handle Class Zero as they had agreed and left with Wu Zhangkong.

• Xie Xie swiftly eliminated Wei Xiaofeng, while Tang Wulin broke Wang Jinxi’s Bone Dragon King armor and Gu Yue countered Zhang Yangzi’s shadowy illusion.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi combined their Martial Souls to summon the Dark Eagle Dragon, their fusion skill.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie joined hands and created the Light-Shadow Golden Dragon, whose Golden Dragon Claw crushed the Dark Eagle Dragon and knocked both opponents unconscious.
• The dean declared Class Five the winner, and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue embraced after the match.
• Tang Linyuan told the headmaster to handle Class Zero as they had agreed, then left with Wu Zhangkong.

Tang Linyuan encouraged Tang Wulin to pursue his first love, Ouyang Zixin, and offered to help him learn about her. The three boys then headed to a temporary grade assembly where the dean was expected to announce their new identities.

• Xie Xie told Tang Linyuan that Tang Wulin had been running and chatting with an upper-year girl, then complained that romance would distract him from cultivation.
• Tang Linyuan flicked Xie Xie on the forehead and explained that affection could motivate someone rather than hinder cultivation.
• Tang Wulin arrived and panicked when Tang Linyuan confronted him, but Tang Linyuan reassured him that he supported him getting to know the girl.
• Tang Wulin revealed that the girl was Ouyang Zixin of Fifth-Year Class One, and Xie Xie recognized her as the Intermediate Division's school beauty.
• Tang Linyuan suggested that Tang Wulin ask Senior Sister Mu Xi, Ouyang Zixin's classmate, for advice, then led the boys to the temporary grade assembly.

Eastsea Academy established Grade One Class Zero and recruited Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Tang Linyuan, offering them exceptional resources. At the Testing Center, their spiritual power assessments revealed increasingly astonishing results, ending with Tang Linyuan’s reading nearly destroying the machine.

• Yu Zhen announced that Eastsea Academy was establishing Class Zero and named Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and three-ring Soul Elder Tang Linyuan as its students.
• Yu Zhen explained that the academy had barred Tang Linyuan from the Class Promotion Tournament to preserve fair competition, convincing Class One’s defeated students that they had no grounds to object.
• The four students signed contracts granting the academy promotional rights in exchange for doubled resources, unlimited nutritious meals, and access to advanced training and Soul Spirits.
• At the Testing Center, Xie Xie measured 155 spiritual power and Tang Wulin measured 403.
• Gu Yue briefly loosened her seal and measured 1250 spiritual power, reaching the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Tang Linyuan’s assessment reached 3999 and nearly burned out the testing machine, prompting him to suggest that the academy replace it.

Class Zero tested its students’ mental power and physical strength, and Tang Linyuan’s extraordinary abilities destroyed both testing machines. Wu Zhangkong was left facing another costly damage report as the class’s testing session ended in silence.

• Tang Linyuan’s mental power reached the tester’s displayed limit of 3999, burning out the machine, while Gu Yue reacted bitterly to his result.
• Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin tested their strength, with Tang Wulin recording 1778 kilograms with his right fist and 3599 kilograms after activating his bloodline.
• Tang Linyuan’s basic punches registered more than 5600 kilograms, with only six kilograms separating his left and right fists.
• Tang Linyuan used a Half-Step Crushing Fist, sent the strength tester sliding, snapped its anchor bolts, and destroyed its control system after the display exceeded its 9999 limit.
• Tang Linyuan criticized the tester’s quality, while Wu Zhangkong considered how to explain the damage to Principal Yu Zhen.