Chapter Summaries

Mu Xi and her companions attacked Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena to seize their Soul Power, but their combined fire, physical, and spiritual assaults failed. Bai Yuan overwhelmed them and held Mu Xi at swordpoint, revealing two Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings.

• Mu Xi demanded that Bai Yuan leave his Soul Power behind, then ordered her companions to attack when he refused.
• Mu Xi launched fireballs at Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena, but Bai Yuan casually deflected them and Gu Yuena stopped them with a wind barrier.
• Mu Xi used Three Suns Shining Bright while a Heavenly Ape Transformation user charged Bai Yuan and Lao Liu attacked Gu Yuena with his spiritual Soul Skill.
• Gu Yuena's spiritual barrier triggered a devastating backlash that left Lao Liu injured, and Bai Yuan knocked the transformed ape into a boulder with one punch.
• Bai Yuan crushed the remaining fireballs, appeared behind Mu Xi with a greatsword at her neck, and revealed two black Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Bai Yuan asked Mu Xi if she had caused enough trouble and said it was time to end this.

Bai Yuan punished Mu Xi’s group for attacking him, then agreed to spare the students who had not fought. Xu Xiaoyu arrived to intervene, but Mu Xi’s companions defended themselves with crooked arguments, and the confrontation remained unresolved as they called for a group attack.

• Mu Xi offered to apologize and asked Bai Yuan to spare her companions, but he expelled the psychic youth and the burly Heavenly Ape user from the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Mu Xi pleaded for the remaining students, and Bai Yuan agreed to spare those who had not attacked.
• Xu Xiaoyu arrived with other Eastsea Academy students and asked Bai Yuan to release his companions, but Bai Yuan refused to let Mu Xi leave.
• Mu Xi’s companions blamed Bai Yuan and argued that both sides were at fault, prompting Gu Yuena to condemn their reasoning.
• The students urged Xu Xiaoyu to attack Bai Yuan together.

Bai Yuan reminded Gu Yuena that they were leaving for Eastsea City the next morning, then found her watching a television drama about Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils. After Bai Yuan left, Gu Yuena revealed to herself that she was studying Tang San’s propaganda strategy and resolved to keep her insights secret.

• Bai Yuan woke Gu Yuena and told her they were leaving for Eastsea City the next morning to learn about the Spirit Pagoda’s promotion system.
• Gu Yuena continued watching the Tang Sect-produced Douluo Continent drama, and Bai Yuan was surprised she had watched over a hundred episodes.
• Bai Yuan watched the drama with Gu Yuena briefly, warned her not to stay up late, and left her room.
• Gu Yuena turned off the television and reflected that she was studying how Tang San and Shrek shaped public opinion through propaganda.
• Gu Yuena silently acknowledged Tang San’s skill at packaging his story and decided not to tell anyone what she had understood.

Bai Yuan defeated Mu Xi after the other students fled, then let Gu Yuena pursue the remaining students with him. They headed deeper into the forest as Tang Wulin's group spotted Xu Xiaoyu fleeing and decided to investigate the battle.

• The students scattered after Bai Yuan overwhelmed their group, while Xu Xiaoyu escaped with his sister and followers.
• Bai Yuan eliminated Mu Xi when she tried to flee, then told Gu Yuena they would make the students pay.
• Gu Yuena eagerly volunteered to pursue the fleeing students and returned after dealing with the last person in her path.
• Bai Yuan asked Gu Yuena why she had been smiling, but she denied it as they continued after the others.
• Tang Wulin and his four teammates saw Xu Xiaoyu's group fleeing and decided to investigate cautiously.

Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena eliminated Tang Wulin’s classmates in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Tang Wulin confronted them after learning that Mu Xi had been killed. When Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw awakened, Bai Yuan knocked him down with a single punch, leaving Gu Yuena stunned.

• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena sent Xu Xiaoyu and the remaining Eastsea Academy students out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Wulin confronted Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena, but Bai Yuan said their classmates had attacked first.
• A teammate told Tang Wulin that Bai Yuan had killed Senior Brother and Senior Sister Mu Xi, and Tang Wulin charged at Bai Yuan in fury.
• Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw awakened as he attacked Bai Yuan.
• Bai Yuan deflected Tang Wulin’s claw and struck him into a tree with one punch, astonishing Gu Yuena.

Bai Yuan tried to stop Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline from taking control, but ultimately struck him so powerfully that he was eliminated from the trial. Gu Yuena was left questioning Bai Yuan’s extraordinary power as he assured her Tang Wulin would recover.

• Bai Yuan’s first sword strike sent Tang Wulin flying, and Gu Yuena sensed that its destructive power was unlike anything she knew.
• Seeing Gu Yuena’s attention on Bai Yuan, Tang Wulin’s anger intensified and triggered a more violent Dragon Transformation.
• Bai Yuan unfolded a phantom pair of wings and used both Ten-Thousand Year Soul Skills to summon a massive golden sword.
• Bai Yuan’s sword shattered Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King phantom and eliminated him, leaving a deep ravine in the forest.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Bai Yuan had traumatized Tang Wulin, and Bai Yuan said Tang Wulin was not that fragile.

After being expelled from the Spirit Ascension Platform, Tang Wulin regretted attacking Bai Yuan and resolved to apologize to him and Gu Yue. Meanwhile, Bai Yuan helped Gu Yuena obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and the two reached the Spirit Ascension Platform Guardian’s cave, where Gu Yuena prepared to fight.

• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena continued deeper into the forest during the Riot Period to raise Gu Yuena’s Soul Ring.
• Tang Wulin was teleported out of the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Xie Xie and the other expelled students gathered around him.
• Mu Xi apologized to Tang Wulin for attacking first, and Tang Wulin admitted that they had been too weak and that he had acted impulsively.
• Tang Wulin regretted striking Bai Yuan and decided to explain himself and apologize to Bai Yuan and Gu Yue when they returned.
• Bai Yuan helped Gu Yuena obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, then led her to the Spirit Ascension Platform Guardian’s cave.
• A Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear emerged from the cave, and Bai Yuan suggested that Gu Yuena fight it first.

Gu Yuena defeated the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear and obtained its rare right palm Soul Bone. She gave it to Bai Yuan, who absorbed it and gained the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw ability.

• Bai Yuan left Gu Yuena to fight the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear while he watched from a tree.
• Gu Yuena bombarded the bear with elemental attacks until it collapsed, then killed it.
• The bear dissolved into golden motes and left behind its Dark-Gold Dreadclaw right palm bone.
• Gu Yuena offered the Soul Bone to Bai Yuan, who accepted it and absorbed its power.
• Bai Yuan transformed his right hand, manifesting the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw blades.

After Tang Wulin apologized for attacking him, Bai Yuan forgave him and hoped to give him the freedom to choose his own path despite Tang San’s plans. A note from Bai Yuan left Tang Wulin weighing the Spirit Pagoda against Shrek Academy, uncertain which to choose but resolved to grow stronger.

• Tang Wulin bowed to Bai Yuan and apologized for attacking him, and Bai Yuan forgave him and urged him to ask first next time.
• Mu Xi apologized for the group’s attack, while Xu Xiaoyu bowed to Bai Yuan as he left with Gu Yuena.
• Bai Yuan reflected that he wanted Tang Wulin to choose his own path, though he feared Tang San would intervene if Tang Wulin strayed from his plan.
• Tang Wulin found Bai Yuan’s note inviting him to pursue strength at the Spirit Pagoda and considered it alongside Wu Changkong’s praise of Shrek Academy.
• Tang Wulin kept the note close and resolved to become strong, even though he had not yet decided which path to take.

Gu Yuena met with Zi Ji in Eastsea City and learned that Tang Wulin was vulnerable, though the seal on his Golden Dragon King power might trigger the God Realm’s safeguards. She ordered preparations to seize him within days, leaving Zi Ji newly resolved to clear every obstacle in her way.

• Bai Yuan returned to his room and found Gu Yuena had disappeared again.
• Gu Yuena met Zi Ji, who reported that Tang Wulin attended Zero Class at Eastsea Academy and that Wu Changkong was weakened.
• Zi Ji warned that forcibly taking Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King power could activate the seal or alert hidden protections left by the God Realm.
• Gu Yuena dismissed the threat of the gods and ordered Zi Ji to prepare for an operation within the next few days.
• Zi Ji took Gu Yuena’s renewed confidence as a sign of her former ambition and vowed to eliminate every obstacle to her plan.

Bai Yuan agreed to stay in Eastsea City for two more days after Gu Yuena asked him to, while privately planning to use her coming confrontation with Tang Wulin to feed the Worldbearing Coreflame. He believed Tang San’s Divine Sense Imprints would endanger Gu Yuena and the ferocious beasts, but might provide powerful energy for Xiao Bai.

• Bai Yuan sensed the Worldbearing Coreflame reacting to the Golden Dragon King’s power and wondered whether it could serve as a catalyst for Xiao Bai.
• Gu Yuena came to check on Bai Yuan, and he called her stupid and shut the door in her face.
• Gu Yuena pounded on the door, and Bai Yuan reopened it before rubbing her hair and asking what she wanted.
• Gu Yuena asked to stay in Eastsea City for two more days, and Bai Yuan agreed to speak with their teacher.
• Bai Yuan suspected Gu Yuena planned to approach Tang Wulin and decided to exploit the Divine Sense Imprints Tang San had left within him as a tonic for the Coreflame.

Bai Yuan awakened and tested the phantom wings linked to God Calamity, discovering they could grant him powerful movement and interact with his other abilities. After Leng Yaozhu warned him that an unknown force might target the Spirit Pagoda, he set out to find Gu Yue and investigate her plans.

• Bai Yuan manifested his phantom wings in the training room and practiced controlling them, hovering and moving at extraordinary speed.
• Bai Yuan found that the wings were a manifestation of the Twelve Law Patterns and could channel power into abilities such as Eidolon and speed.
• Bai Yuan rushed through Eastsea City before deciding to return on foot to avoid drawing the City Defense System's attention.
• Bai Yuan showed Leng Yaozhu his Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear Palm Bone and told her that its fusion had gone smoothly.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Bai Yuan to keep close to Gu Yue because an unknown force might be targeting the Spirit Pagoda.
• Bai Yuan decided to find Gu Yue and probe her plans, while Leng Yaozhu accepted that he had kept the rare Soul Bone.

Bai Yuan followed Gu Yue after she secretly slipped away from the night market and discovered her meeting with Zi Ji and the Ferocious Beasts. Gu Yuena ordered them to prepare to seize the Golden Dragon King.

• Bai Yuan woke Gu Yuena and brought her to Leng Yaozhu, where Gu Yue nearly exposed herself when Leng Yaozhu mentioned her mother.
• Gu Yue and Bai Yuan went to Eastsea City's night market, where Gu Yue slipped away after leaving him a note.
• Bai Yuan donned the Black Calamity Set and secretly tracked Gu Yue to a secluded building.
• Gu Yuena met with Zi Ji and the gathered Ferocious Beasts, boasting that she had deceived Bai Yuan and Leng Yaozhu.
• Gu Yuena ordered the Ferocious Beasts to prepare to take the Golden Dragon King.

Gu Yuena led Di Tian and several fierce beasts to Eastsea Academy to seize Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline. As they prepared to abduct him, Wu Changkong arrived and challenged them.

• Bai Yuan watched Tang Wulin from the shadows and realized Gu Yuena’s group was approaching the academy.
• Gu Yuena assembled Di Tian, Zi Ji, Bi Ji, Lord Bear, and other fierce beasts, intending to claim Tang Wulin’s bloodline and advance her restoration of the Dragon God.
• Tang Wulin fretted over Bai Yuan and Gu Yue, unaware that the group had surrounded his dormitory.
• The fierce beasts immobilized Tang Wulin and suppressed the Golden Dragon King power surging within him.
• Gu Yuena prepared to order the abduction, but Wu Changkong appeared and demanded to know why they had come for his disciple.

Gu Yuena and her companions came to Eastsea Academy for the unconscious Tang Wulin, and Wu Changkong tried to stop them. After Di Tian defeated Wu Changkong, the group left with Tang Wulin while Bai Yuan secretly followed them by tracking Gu Yuena’s aura.

• Wu Changkong confronted Gu Yuena and her companions as they focused on Tang Wulin, and he sensed that they were far stronger than he was.
• At Gu Yuena’s signal, Di Tian unleashed his dragon’s might, but Wu Changkong stood his ground to protect his student.
• Wu Changkong summoned his Two-Word Battle Armor and attacked Di Tian with Frost Condensation, but Di Tian shattered the ice sword and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Tang Wulin watched Wu Changkong fall and wept, while Di Tian knocked Tang Wulin unconscious and Zi Ji carried him away.
• Gu Yuena ordered her group to leave, and Bai Yuan checked Wu Changkong, helped him wake sooner, then followed the group by tracking Gu Yuena’s aura.

Gu Yuena captured Tang Wulin and tried to extract the Golden Dragon King's power so she could fuse with it and restore the glory of the Soul Beasts. As Tang Wulin neared collapse, a sacred golden light shielded him and an unknown voice threatened Gu Yuena.

• Tang Wulin awoke pinned to a stone platform as Gu Yuena announced her plan to restore the Soul Beasts, and the ferocious beasts knelt before her.
• Gu Yuena suppressed Tang Wulin with her Silver Dragon King Power and attempted to draw the Golden Dragon King's power out of him.
• Tang Wulin called for Old Tang, but Old Tang appeared only as a powerless consciousness and could not save him.
• Desperate to live, Tang Wulin unleashed the Golden Dragon King's power, but Gu Yuena contained its aura and continued extracting it.
• A sacred golden light formed a barrier around Tang Wulin, stopped Gu Yuena's power, and spoke a warning to whoever had disrupted its ten-thousand-year plan.

Tang San appeared as a strand of Divine Sense to protect the unconscious Tang Wulin, but Gu Yuena recognized the God Realm’s trap and rallied the ferocious beasts against him. As their assault intensified, Tang San prepared to expend two strands of Divine Sense to defeat them before Tang Wulin woke.

• Tang San appeared in the stone chamber and threatened Gu Yuena and the ferocious beasts, offering to spare them if they left.
• Gu Yuena laughed at Tang San’s threat, denounced the God Realm, and rallied Zi Ji, Lord Bear, Bi Ji, Di Tian, and the other beasts.
• Tang San calculated that he could spend two strands of Divine Sense fighting Gu Yuena’s group, but needed to preserve his final strand to protect Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yuena attacked Tang San with a sword of silver light, while Di Tian, Zi Ji, Lord Bear, and Bi Ji joined the assault.
• Tang San repelled the first wave with golden light and the projected Sea God Trident, but Gu Yuena and the beasts pressed their attack.
• Tang San resolved to end the fight before Tang Wulin woke and raised his Trident as he vowed to kill the beasts.

Tang San returned with another reserve of divine power and renewed his attack on Gu Yuena and the fierce beasts. Gu Yuena unleashed part of the Silver Dragon King's origin, and she and Di Tian attacked Tang San together as the battle continued.

• After Tang San's first divine consciousness faded, Di Tian ordered the injured fierce beasts to prepare to withdraw while Bi Ji treated Gu Yuena.
• Tang San reappeared in golden light and revealed that he still had a second divine consciousness and the Third Law Pattern.
• Di Tian, Zi Ji, Bi Ji, Lord Bear, and the other fierce beasts stood between Tang San and Gu Yuena, but Gu Yuena refused to leave them behind.
• Gu Yuena released part of the Silver Dragon King's origin, summoned the Silver Dragon Spear, and attacked Tang San.
• Di Tian joined Gu Yuena with the Dragon God Claw, and the two attacked Tang San from opposite sides.

Tang San exhausted his divine consciousness fighting Gu Yuena and the Ferocious Beasts, then vanished after warning them to withdraw. A mysterious aura drove the wounded group away, leaving Bai Yuan alone with the unconscious Tang Wulin, whom he began to treat with golden flames.

• Tang San unleashed the Golden Thirteen Halberds, injuring Gu Yuena and Di Tian as they continued to attack him.
• Tang San used Uncertain Storm to immobilize Gu Yuena, then struck her and drove her into the ruins.
• Tang San’s divine consciousness faded completely, and Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts to wait while she recovered.
• A strange aura spread through the ruins, and Gu Yuena ordered her wounded group to retreat rather than risk fighting its owner.
• Bai Yuan revealed that he had created the aura to make the Ferocious Beasts leave and keep Tang Wulin safe.
• Bai Yuan approached the unconscious Tang Wulin and sent golden threads of Core Flame into his chest.

Bai Yuan confronted Tang-san after the God King's second Divine Sense emerged from Tang Wulin, exposing Tang-san's plan to control the Douluo Plane for his family. Tang-san admitted he regarded its people as livestock and prepared to attack Bai Yuan.

• Tang-san's second trace of Divine Sense appeared from Tang Wulin, and he faced the mysterious Bai Yuan.
• Bai Yuan called Tang-san's ten-thousand-year plan simple and accused him of treating the plane's inhabitants as livestock for the Tang Family.
• Tang-san claimed he had acted to save Douluo Continent, but Bai Yuan accused him of engineering the Abyss invasion to preserve his family's power and prevent others from becoming gods.
• Tang-san admitted that the people were livestock and that dying for the Tang Family was an honor.
• Tang-san revealed his killing intent and told Bai Yuan he would make him stay.