Chapter Summaries

Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin received Tang Sect secret techniques, and Tang Linyuan confronted the evolving Xiao Mo in his sea of consciousness. When grilled fish reminded Tang Wulin of Na’er, Tang Linyuan urged him to grow strong enough to reunite with her at Shrek before the brothers headed to the Blacksmith Association and the Heaven Dou Royal Auction.

• Hall Master Zhao gave Tang Linyuan five Tang Sect secret-technique cards and let Tang Wulin choose one, so Tang Wulin took Purple Demon Eye on Tang Linyuan’s advice.
• Tang Wulin recounted Class Zero’s training at dinner, while Tang Linyuan later suppressed the sharp energy leaking from Xiao Mo’s transforming cocoon in his sea of consciousness.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin explored Heaven Dou City and ate grilled fish, which reminded Tang Wulin of Na’er and left him worrying that she was alone.
• Tang Linyuan encouraged Tang Wulin to become strong enough to reunite with Na’er at Shrek, reigniting Tang Wulin’s determination to train.
• Tang Linyuan reminded Tang Wulin that Teacher Zhen Hua was waiting at the Blacksmith Association, and the brothers headed there for the Heaven Dou Royal Auction.

Tang Wulin obtained the Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit, completing the ingredients needed for the Golden Dragon King's second seal, while Tang Linyuan demonstrated his spiritual strength at the auction. Zhen Hua bought three Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform tickets for Tang Linyuan, who planned to use the dangerous training ground to temper his Spear Intent.

• Zhen Hua brought Tang Linyuan, Tang Wulin, and Mu Ye to the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House and offered to buy anything they wanted.
• Tang Wulin spotted the Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit he needed, and Zhen Hua had it removed from the auction and delivered to him.
• A Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Fierce Ape unleashed its killing intent through the VIP room's glass, but Tang Linyuan defeated its spiritual attack with his Tyrant Profound Divine Spear.
• Tang Linyuan considered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform tickets suitable for tempering his Spear Intent.
• Zhen Hua bid ten million Federation Credits for all three tickets and gave them to Tang Linyuan.

During the holiday, Tang Linyuan battled powerful Soul Beasts in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, feeding their spirit energy into the cocoon around the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear. After defeating a Ten-Thousand-Year Diamond Baboon, he returned to the Spirit Pagoda as the cocoon broke and Xiao Mo's evolution completed.

• Tang Wulin trained the Purple Demon Eye under Wu Zhangkong while Tang Linyuan entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Linyuan defeated Millennium Soul Beasts with his physical strength and Spear Intent, directing their spirit energy into the cocoon in his sea of consciousness.
• A Ten-Thousand-Year Diamond Baboon confronted Tang Linyuan, who summoned the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear and wounded it with Calamity Annihilation First Form: Mountain Collapse.
• As the cocoon began to crack, Tang Linyuan killed the Diamond Baboon with Calamity Annihilation Fourth Form: Falling Star and absorbed its spirit energy into the cocoon.
• Tang Linyuan left the Spirit Ascension Platform and entered meditation in the Spirit Pagoda's Stasis Pod as the cocoon shattered and Xiao Mo completed its evolution.

Xiao Mo broke through to the ten-thousand-year level, transforming Tang Linyuan’s soul rings, abilities, armor, and dragon claws. Tang Linyuan entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform’s core region and defeated a powerful Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with his new strength.

• Xiao Mo emerged from its cocoon with dark gold traits after absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s external soul bone, and its three soul rings became ten-thousand-year rings.
• Tang Linyuan tested Xiao Mo’s enhanced soul skills and Armor Transformation, which gave him a pair of Dark Gold Dragon Claws.
• Tang Linyuan restarted the monitoring pod despite a staff member’s warning about his excessive brainwave activity and entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Linyuan confronted a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the platform’s core region and shattered its attacks with his claws.
• Tang Linyuan seized the bear, smashed it into a rock wall, and killed it with a Mountain Collapse strike through its skull.

Tang Linyuan and Xiao Mo rampaged through the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, hunting Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts until the Spirit Pagoda forcibly ejected him. The supervisor confronted Tang Linyuan over the damage, but fell silent when Tang Linyuan revealed the Godsmith Token.

• Tang Linyuan and Xiao Mo killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Blazing Demon Lion and devoured its spiritual power.
• Tang Linyuan and Xiao Mo hunted more Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, overwhelming the platform’s strongest beasts and draining its energy.
• Spirit Pagoda staff detected the ecosystem’s collapse and forcibly ejected Tang Linyuan from the platform.
• The supervisor confronted Tang Linyuan and demanded compensation for the damage.
• Tang Linyuan displayed the Godsmith Token, and the supervisor recognized its authority and turned deferential.

Tang Linyuan accepted compensation from Spirit Pagoda after revealing his Godsmith Token, then used punishing sparring to strengthen Tang Wulin during the final days of vacation. The brothers left Heaven Dou City for the academy as Class Zero’s journey began again.

• After seeing Tang Linyuan’s Godsmith Token, the Spirit Pagoda supervisor apologized and gave him a Soul Spirit Tower climbing slot, which Tang Linyuan accepted.
• Tang Linyuan sparred with Tang Wulin and used controlled Spear Intent to make him endure pain while refining his meridians and spiritual power.
• Tang Wulin recovered at dinner and later found that his meridians had widened and his spiritual power had grown denser.
• Tang Linyuan continued the special training with Tang Wulin through the remaining days of vacation.
• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin said goodbye to Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, then set off for the Soul Guidance Train Station.

On the train back to East Sea, Tang Linyuan tested Xiao Mo’s newly evolved power in his sea of consciousness while Wu Zhangkong sensed how much Tang had changed. Tang challenged Wu Zhangkong to a fight at Martial Arts Arena No. 2 that night, and Wu accepted.

• Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin met Wu Zhangkong at the Heaven Dou City Soul Guidance Train Terminal and traveled with him in a luxury compartment.
• Tang Linyuan entered meditation and fought Xiao Mo, testing its strength after its ten-thousand-year evolution.
• Wu Zhangkong sensed Tang Linyuan’s increased physical pressure and wondered whether Xiao Mo had become a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit.
• Tang Linyuan noticed Wu Zhangkong watching him and challenged him to a battle at Martial Arts Arena No. 2 that night.
• Wu Zhangkong accepted the challenge and reassured himself that his Soul Saint rank and Martial Soul Avatar would secure his victory.

Tang Wulin, Tang Linyuan, and Wu Zhangkong returned to Eastsea City ahead of the academy’s opening assessment. Tang Linyuan tested his refined combat techniques during meditation, while Wu Zhangkong struggled with the prospect of facing him; the three then headed to Eastsea Academy together.

• Tang Wulin meditated on the train and looked forward to reuniting with Xie Xie and Gu Yue at Class Zero.
• Tang Linyuan fought three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors in his Sea of Consciousness, refining his first five Calamity Annihilation forms and absorbing the creatures with Black Hole: Immeasurable.
• Wu Zhangkong failed to settle his mind as he anticipated facing Tang Linyuan in the Martial Arts Arena.
• The train arrived in Eastsea City, where Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin boarded a sedan arranged by the Blacksmith Association.
• Tang Linyuan teased Wu Zhangkong for hesitating to enter the car, and Wu Zhangkong joined the brothers as the sedan drove toward Eastsea Academy.

Tang Linyuan and the others returned to Eastsea Academy, where Principal Yu Zhen introduced Xu Xiaoyan as a potential new member of Class Zero. Tang Linyuan agreed to let her try out, leaving her place in the class to depend on her abilities.

• Tang Wulin reunited with Xie Xie and Gu Yue at the academy gates and compared their vacation training.
• Wu Zhangkong ended their conversation and led them to Class Zero's classroom to meet Principal Yu Zhen.
• Yu Zhen introduced Xu Xiaoyan and explained that her Star Wheel Ice Staff and Absolute Control talent could fill a gap in the team.
• Xu Xiaoyan recognized Tang Linyuan from the Spirit Ascension Platform and recoiled in fear.
• Tang Linyuan said Xu Xiaoyan could join if she passed Class Zero's assessment and kept up with their combat rhythm, and Yu Zhen left the decision to her test.

Xu Xiaoyan demonstrated that her Star Wheel Ice Chain could immobilize even powerful opponents, earning a place in Class Zero. After absorbing the skill’s stellar energy, Tang Linyuan awakened the Star Sundial Rune and ended the chapter by challenging Wu Zhangkong to a fight.

• Xu Xiaoyan explained that her Star Wheel Ice Chain guaranteed immobilization under starlight, and Wu Zhangkong arranged a nighttime combat test.
• Xu Xiaoyan’s chain failed to restrain Tang Linyuan, but its energy was absorbed by his Tyrant Profound Divine Spear and awakened the Star Sundial Rune.
• Tang Linyuan learned that Star Sundial: Karma Severing combined stars, causality, and time, though using its full power risked severe backlash.
• Xu Xiaoyan immobilized Tang Wulin for a second and a half and held Wu Zhangkong for a second, proving her control skill’s value.
• Tang Linyuan welcomed Xu Xiaoyan into Class Zero, then summoned his spear and challenged Wu Zhangkong to the main event.

Tang Linyuan fought Wu Zhangkong in a spar, first overwhelming him with his spear techniques and Xiao Mo’s armor transformation before Wu Zhangkong activated his Martial Soul Avatar and turned the battle around. Both gathered their strength for one final strike to decide the victor.

• Tang Linyuan revealed three Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and used spatial distortion and his Calamity Annihilation spear techniques to force Wu Zhangkong onto the defensive.
• Tang Linyuan summoned Xiao Mo and transformed into dark gold armor, combining spear, claw, and dragon attacks to crack Wu Zhangkong’s ice armor.
• Wu Zhangkong activated his Sky Frost Sword Martial Soul Avatar and drove Tang Linyuan into a defensive struggle with powerful sword strikes.
• Tang Linyuan dodged the sword storm with his footwork and Space Rune while Wu Zhangkong gathered energy for a decisive attack.
• Tang Linyuan stopped dodging and concentrated his power into his spear as both fighters prepared to decide the spar with one final strike.

Tang Linyuan and Wu Zhangkong unleashed their ultimate spear and sword attacks, and Tang Linyuan declared the clash a draw. Wu Zhangkong later admitted to himself that Tang Linyuan had defeated him, and he concluded that the youth belonged at Shrek Academy’s Inner Court.

• Tang Linyuan absorbed Xiao Mo into the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear and struck Wu Zhangkong’s Heaven Frost greatsword with his Sky-Splitting World-Breaker technique.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie braced against the devastating shockwave as the arena was torn apart.
• Tang Linyuan declared a draw, and Wu Zhangkong accepted the result despite his injured right arm.
• Wu Zhangkong dismissed the students and headed back to his room while Tang Linyuan went to recover with Tang Wulin and the others.
• Wu Zhangkong discovered that Tang Linyuan’s spear had badly cracked his Battle Armor and acknowledged that he had lost.
• Wu Zhangkong decided that the Inner Court of Sea God Island was the only worthy place for Tang Linyuan to test his strength.

Wu Zhangkong took Class Zero to test their mental power, where Xu Xiaoyan discovered how far her classmates surpassed her. Tang Linyuan broke through the Spirit Abyss Realm during his test, but the ordeal left Xu Xiaoyan unconscious.

• Wu Zhangkong brought Tang Linyuan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan to the new Testing Center for mental power tests.
• Xu Xiaoyan scored 111, while Xie Xie scored 201, Tang Wulin scored 494, and Gu Yue scored 1500.
• Tang Linyuan asked about the new machine’s limit, then released his mental power and reached its displayed maximum of 4999.
• Tang Linyuan used the Star Sundial Rune and the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear to break through the Spirit Abyss Realm barrier, raising his score to 5001.
• Xu Xiaoyan fainted from shock as Tang Linyuan achieved the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Tang Linyuan achieved the Spirit Abyss Realm and prepared to accelerate Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King seal breakthroughs. After Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan won their team battle, Tang Linyuan waited for his brother’s return to begin the second seal.

• Tang Linyuan scored 5001 on the spiritual power test, reaching the Spirit Abyss Realm, while Xu Xiaoyan fainted from shock and hid behind him after waking.
• Wu Zhangkong paired Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan against Xie Xie and Gu Yue, while Tang Linyuan returned to the courtyard to prepare.
• Tang Wulin charged Gu Yue and broke through her elemental attacks as Xu Xiaoyan used a slanted Ice Shield to unbalance Xie Xie and counter his ambush.
• Wu Zhangkong declared Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan the winners, then criticized the fighters and praised Xu Xiaoyan’s tactical execution while warning her to improve her cultivation.
• Tang Linyuan examined four Millennium spiritual treasures and resolved to use them to help Tang Wulin break through the Golden Dragon King’s first nine seals quickly, then waited for him to return.

Tang Wulin broke the Golden Dragon King's second seal with Tang Linyuan and Xie Xie helping him survive the dangerous transformation. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie endured the power they absorbed, while Tang Linyuan refined most of the extracted essence and the three continued their transformations through the night.

• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie he planned to break the Golden Dragon King's second seal, and Xie Xie pledged to stand by him.
• Tang Linyuan and Xie Xie prepared the four thousand-year spiritual treasures according to Old Tang's instructions, then Tang Wulin entered the medicinal cauldron as Tang Linyuan applied the Sea Dragon Marrow.
• The Golden Dragon King's second seal shattered, flooding Tang Wulin with destructive energy and causing his body to split open.
• Tang Linyuan used the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear and its Devour Rune to draw out most of Tang Wulin's berserk essence, sending ten percent to Xie Xie and absorbing the rest himself.
• When Xie Xie began to collapse under the essence, Tang Linyuan extracted half of it and urged him to absorb the remaining power to strengthen his Light-Shadow Dragon Martial Soul.
• Tang Wulin's body began rebuilding in the cauldron, Xie Xie's Martial Soul grew more powerful, and Tang Linyuan refined the energy as night fell.

Tang Linyuan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin awoke transformed by the Golden King blood essence, and Tang Wulin demonstrated his strengthened abilities and learned what he needed to break his third seal. After vowing to find the rare treasure required, the three rushed to Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony to avoid Wu Zhangkong’s punishment.

• Tang Linyuan and Xie Xie awoke with greatly enhanced physical strength, while Xie Xie’s Light-Shadow Dragon martial soul became more substantial and powerful.
• Tang Wulin emerged from the medicine vat with his strength increased after unlocking his second seal, then showed his Golden Dragon Body blood essence skill and the enhanced abilities of his two soul skills.
• Tang Wulin explained that he needed to reach level thirty and obtain a pure ten-thousand-year heavenly treasure to break his third seal, and Tang Linyuan and Xie Xie promised to help him find one.
• The academy’s broadcast alerted them that the opening ceremony had begun, so Tang Linyuan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin hurried toward the playground to avoid Wu Zhangkong’s punishment.

Class Zero defeated Wu Zhangkong in a sparring match after Xu Xiaoyan’s breakthrough let her immobilize him, while Tang Linyuan reached Soul Ancestor and imprinted three powerful runes onto his divine spear. The competition delegation departed for Skysea City, where an older female student approached Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin on the bus.

• Xu Xiaoyan used Star Wheel Ice Chain to imprison Wu Zhangkong, allowing Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to bring their attacks to his throat and heart.
• Ten days earlier, Tang Linyuan broke through to level forty and became a Soul Ancestor.
• Tang Linyuan endured imprinting the Devouring Singularity, Spatial Crease, and Star Sundial runes onto the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear, revealing the outline of its sixth technique.
• Tang Linyuan and Class Zero boarded the academy bus to travel to Skysea City for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.
• An older female student approached Tang Linyuan and Tang Wulin at the back of the bus.

Tang Linyuan declined Class Zero’s month of special training so he could cultivate alone, revealing that his Soul Power had reached the peak of Level Thirty-Eight and that he intended to become a Soul Ancestor before the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition. In seclusion, he subdued three powerful runes and broke through to Level Thirty-Nine.

• Wu Zhangkong announced that Class Zero would undergo extreme special training for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition in one month.
• Tang Linyuan refused to join the special training, revealed his Level Thirty-Eight peak, and asked for a month of undisturbed cultivation; Wu Zhangkong approved.
• Tang Linyuan returned to his private courtyard and used the Dragon Swallowing Breathing Technique to cultivate while confronting the Devour, Space, and Star Sundial runes in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Tang Linyuan used his fist intent, physical techniques, and Tyrant Profound Divine Spear Intent to subdue all three runes and imprint their power into his spiritual body.
• The resulting surge of energy shattered Tang Linyuan’s Level Thirty-Eight barrier, advancing him to Level Thirty-Nine.

Mu Xi warned Tang Wulin and Tang Linyuan not to reveal their exceptional blacksmithing skills at the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, and Tang Linyuan agreed they would compete only in combat events. After arriving in Skysea City, the Eastsea Academy students received their hotel room assignments, leaving Xie Xie to share a room with Wu Zhangkong on the eve of the competition.

• Mu Xi teased Tang Wulin about disappearing from the track, and he explained that Wu Zhangkong's month of extreme training had left him no free time.
• Mu Xi relayed Mu Chen's warning that revealing the boys' blacksmithing ranks could attract dangerous attention from powerful factions and Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang Linyuan assured Mu Xi that he and Tang Wulin would enter only combat events and keep their blacksmithing skills hidden.
• Eastsea Academy's delegation arrived in Skysea City and checked into Heaven Sea Hotel, where Long Hengxu assigned students rooms based on their bus seats.
• Xie Xie discovered he had to room with Wu Zhangkong, while Tang Linyuan ignored his plea to switch and Tang Wulin struggled to hold back laughter.
• Tang Linyuan told the students to rest before the competition's opening ceremony the next day.

At the Soul Master Tournament's opening ceremony, Tang Wulin befriended the hungry Xu Lizhi by sharing his jerky, but Ye Xinglan rebuked him and was confronted by Tang Linyuan. Tang Linyuan overwhelmed Ye Xinglan with his Spear Intent and left her with a dormant imprint, while she departed shaken and determined to pursue greater mastery.

• Tang Wulin shared his jerky with Xu Lizhi, and the two quickly became friends over their love of food.
• Ye Xinglan found Xu Lizhi eating and scolded him for accepting food from Tang Wulin, calling the gift unsafe.
• Tang Linyuan stepped in and crushed Ye Xinglan's Star God Sword Intent with his Spear Intent, branding her Sea of Consciousness with a black spear-shaped imprint.
• Tang Linyuan told Ye Xinglan the imprint would fade when she learned respect and abandoned arrogance, then led Tang Wulin and the others to assemble.
• After recovering, Ye Xinglan acknowledged Tang Linyuan's overwhelming strength and left with Xu Lizhi, newly resolved to pursue greater skill.