Recaps

Wu Zhangkong brought Zhong Shenxiu to meet Doctor Liu, a psychologist from East Sea Central Hospital, in the academy infirmary. After Wu left them alone, Doctor Liu asked Zhong Shenxiu about his life before this, and Zhong Shenxiu faced the question in silence.

• Wu Zhangkong led Zhong Shenxiu across campus to the infirmary and took him to Room 303.
• Wu introduced Zhong Shenxiu to Doctor Liu, who said he had come at Wu's request to talk with him.
• Doctor Liu noticed Zhong Shenxiu's wariness and the calluses on his palm as they shook hands.
• Wu left the room, and Zhong Shenxiu sat down with Doctor Liu.
• Doctor Liu asked Zhong Shenxiu to tell him about his life before this.

Zhong Shenxiu told Doctor Liu that he had grown up in an orphanage but did not want to discuss his past or explain his combat skill. The chapter ended with Doctor Liu recognizing Zhong Shenxiu’s quiet refusal as the response of someone who believed he had no right to judge or categorize him.

• Zhong Shenxiu said he had been an orphan raised in a dull orphanage and had nothing to share about it.
• Doctor Liu praised Zhong Shenxiu’s victory in his match and asked how he had become so skilled at combat despite limited training opportunities.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked if Doctor Liu wanted to know, then said he did not want to talk about it.
• Doctor Liu sensed Zhong Shenxiu’s dissatisfaction and realized it reflected the feeling that he had no right to judge or categorize him.

After Doctor Liu apologized for trying to classify him as a patient, Zhong Shenxiu reflected on why he trusted Wu Zhangkong more. Wu Zhangkong offered to be someone Zhong Shenxiu could seek out or challenge, and Zhong Shenxiu warmly said he would challenge him regardless.

• Doctor Liu removed his glasses and sincerely apologized to Zhong Shenxiu.
• Zhong Shenxiu walked with Wu Zhangkong and considered how Wu Zhangkong respected his choices while Doctor Liu had wanted to probe his past.
• Wu Zhangkong told Zhong Shenxiu he could come to him if he needed help or challenge him.
• Zhong Shenxiu smiled warmly and told Wu Zhangkong he would have challenged him even if he had not offered.
• Wu Zhangkong replied that he knew.

Zhong Shenxiu relived his nine years of battles in the Dragon Fighting World in a dream, then woke to find a mysterious Dragon Fighting World card case in his arms. As Class Five continued its winning streak without him, the class prepared to face first-grade Class One after a rest day.

• Zhong Shenxiu watched visions of his battles and victories over the dragons, including the Black Death Dragon, before waking from the dream.
• Zhong Shenxiu found a black-and-white card case bearing the Dragon Fighting World emblem, failed to activate it, and hung it around his neck.
• Gu Yue asked Zhong Shenxiu whether he would fight that day, and he declined, saying his opponents were too weak.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie defeated Class Two of the first grade, giving Class Five its third consecutive victory in the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Class Five prepared to face first-grade Class One after the rest day, a matchup Eastsea Academy had never seen Class One lose.

Gu Yue invited Zhong Shenxiu to visit Eastsea City's auction, enticing him with the chance to see better Soul Tools. The next morning, they arrived at Eastsea Museum and entered its auction exhibition area to look at the items and find out when the auction would begin.

• Gu Yue invited Zhong Shenxiu to an auction, and he agreed to go with her the next day.
• Gu Yue met Zhong Shenxiu at the school gate at 7:55, and they set off together.
• Gu Yue told Zhong Shenxiu that the auction exhibition area was at Eastsea Museum.
• Gu Yue and Zhong Shenxiu reached the museum and entered the auction exhibition area without being stopped by security.

Zhong Shenxiu found a Soul Guidance Energy Conversion Storage Device at the auction house that could help him gather energy, but he lacked enough money to buy it. Gu Yue offered to bid for it, and Zhong Shenxiu asked why she kept helping him.

• Zhong Shenxiu hurried into the Soul Tool section while Gu Yue followed after he left her behind.
• Zhong Shenxiu searched the exhibits for an energy storage device and found a Level Five conversion device scheduled for auction the next night.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Gu Yue he wanted the device but was 73,000 Federal Coin short of its 140,000 starting bid.
• Gu Yue offered to bid for the device for Zhong Shenxiu.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Gu Yue why she kept helping him and what she wanted.

Gu Yue openly told Zhong Shenxiu she wanted him, but he asked her to help bid for an item in exchange for a favor, and she agreed. At the Class Promotion Tournament match against First Grade Class One, Tang Wulin arrived just as Wu Zhangkong was about to choose Class Five’s fighters.

• Gu Yue stepped close to Zhong Shenxiu and told him twice that she wanted him, but he responded calmly by asking her to help him bid for an item in return for a favor.
• Gu Yue accepted Zhong Shenxiu’s offer and stepped away from him.
• The next day, a large crowd gathered to watch First Grade Class Five face First Grade Class One in the fourth Class Promotion Tournament match.
• Xie Xie told Wu Zhangkong that Tang Wulin had been missing since the previous night, and Zhong Shenxiu said he would handle it.
• As Wu Zhangkong prepared to name Class Five’s fighters, Tang Wulin called out from the back of the group and pushed through the crowd.

Tang Wulin returned after breaking the first seal of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and told Wu Zhangkong he could compete. As the match between Class Five and Class One began, Tang Wulin resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside Gu Yue.

• Tang Wulin returned from the Blacksmith's Association, and Wu Zhangkong accepted him as a competitor after he said he could fight.
• Tang Wulin reflected on his breakthrough and set his goal on standing beside Gu Yue rather than remaining in Zhong Shenxiu's shadow.
• Wu Zhangkong and Long Hengxu confirmed that each class would field four competitors, while Ye Yingluo accepted Class One's expected defeat.
• Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Du Zheng took the arena for Class One against Zhong Shenxiu, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie for Class Five.
• Long Hengxu declared the match begun.

Class One’s strategy to withstand Zhong Shenxiu’s opening attack and eliminate his teammates began to collapse as Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi’s fusion caught his spear, while Tang Wulin and Gu Yue defeated Wei Xiaofeng and Du Zheng. Zhong Shenxiu continued charging toward Wang Jinxi as the battle remained underway.

• At the start of the match, Zhong Shenxiu formed a Sky Light Dragon Spear and threw it toward Class One’s formation.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wang Jinxi caught the spear with his Bone Dragon Claw despite sustaining cracks.
• Wang Jinxi called for Wei Xiaofeng and Du Zheng to attack while Zhong Shenxiu charged toward him.
• Wei Xiaofeng tried to poison Xie Xie, but Tang Wulin blocked her strike, pulled her off balance, and knocked her out with a punch.
• Du Zheng fired three ice arrows at Gu Yue, who stopped them in midair, turned them back, and froze him in place.

Zhong Shenxiu awakened his dragon power and defeated Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi with two punches, completing Class Five’s victory over Class One. Tang Wulin watched with new ambition to surpass him, while Gu Yue resolved to win him over.

• Tang Wulin blocked Wei Xiaofeng’s poison strike while protecting Xie Xie, and his Golden Dragon King Bloodline devoured the toxins.
• Zhong Shenxiu confronted Wang Jinxi, whose Bone Dragon Demon Eagle form was overwhelmed by Zhong’s dragon aura.
• Zhong Shenxiu activated Martial Soul Possession, revealing golden scales, dragon claws, horns, and molten-gold eyes.
• Gu Yue felt her Silver Dragon King Bloodline resonate with Zhong Shenxiu’s aura and decided she had to win him over.
• Zhong Shenxiu struck Wang Jinxi with two punches, breaking the fusion form and knocking Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi unconscious.

Zhong Shenxiu led Class 1-5 to a crushing victory over Class 1-1, prompting Long Hengxu to suspend the Class Promotion Tournament and seek the headmaster. As Zhong Shenxiu prepared to leave, Tang Wulin challenged him to a match, but Zhong Shenxiu refused, and Tang Wulin tried to provoke him into agreeing.

• Ye Yingluo ordered the defeated Class 1-1 students carried off the arena after Zhong Shenxiu defeated them in under a minute.
• Long Hengxu declared Class 1-5 the winner, suspended the tournament for a day, and hurried to the headmaster's office.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin celebrated their victory while Zhong Shenxiu anticipated that the academy might create Zero Class and provide its students with resources.
• Tang Wulin blocked Zhong Shenxiu from leaving and challenged him to a match, revealing his renewed confidence after awakening his Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• Zhong Shenxiu refused, saying he had no time, so Tang Wulin suggested he was scared and Xie Xie blurted out, "You're not awake, are you, bro?"

Tang Wulin accepted Zhong Shenxiu’s challenge and agreed to meet him for training with Teacher Wu every morning. As Wu Zhangkong led him into a hidden training ground, Tang Wulin saw someone waiting at its center.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Tang Wulin to find Teacher Wu at six each day if he was not afraid of dying, and Tang Wulin promised to come.
• Xie Xie asked whether Tang Wulin would win, and Tang Wulin firmly declared that he would.
• Long Hengxu proposed creating a Zero Class for the academy’s most talented students, and Principal Yu Zhen approved the plan with Wu Zhangkong as their homeroom teacher.
• At six the next morning, Tang Wulin met Wu Zhangkong and followed him to a concealed indoor training ground.
• Wu Zhangkong opened the training ground, and Tang Wulin was stunned by the person standing at its center.

Tang Wulin watched Zhong Shenxiu practice precise thrusts with a ten-meter spear weighted by heavy silver, then faced him to measure the gap between them. After Zhong Shenxiu invited him to strike first, Tang Wulin charged and began channeling his Golden Dragon King Bloodline into his right arm.

• Zhong Shenxiu repeatedly thrust a weighted spear at the same spot on the training-ground wall while Tang Wulin and Wu Zhangkong watched.
• Zhong Shenxiu noticed Tang Wulin, who admitted he had come to face him, and Wu Zhangkong stepped aside.
• Tang Wulin recognized how hard Zhong Shenxiu had trained and decided to test his own strength against him.
• Zhong Shenxiu took position ten meters away and gestured for Tang Wulin to attack first.
• Tang Wulin charged directly at Zhong Shenxiu and summoned golden scales across his right arm with his Golden Dragon King Bloodline.

Tang Wulin challenged Zhong Shenxiu but was quickly defeated when his Golden Dragon Claw failed to break Zhong Shenxiu’s Radiant King Dragon scales. Zhong Shenxiu then challenged Wu Zhangkong, who declined because the first-years had to gather on the field.

• Tang Wulin examined his transformed Golden Dragon Claw and charged Zhong Shenxiu to test their strength.
• Zhong Shenxiu blocked Tang Wulin’s claw with his scaled left arm, which showed only faint white marks.
• Zhong Shenxiu punched Tang Wulin in the abdomen and kicked him to the ground, ending the fight.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Wu Zhangkong to fight him.
• Wu Zhangkong declined because the first-years were due to gather on the field and said they could fight another time.

Long Hengxu announced that the winning first-year class would be promoted to Class One and rewarded with Grade A Meals, then revealed the new First-Year Zero Class and its seven selected students. Zhong Shenxiu welcomed the opportunity to focus on cultivation instead of making Soul Tools for money.

• Long Hengxu announced that the first-year rankings would be adjusted according to the Class Promotion Tournament rules, making the former Class Five the new Class One.
• Long Hengxu awarded every student in the new Class One one Grade A Meal per day for the rest of the semester.
• Long Hengxu announced the creation of First-Year Zero Class, with Wu Zhangkong as homeroom teacher, and named Zhong Shenxiu, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng as its first students.
• Zhong Shenxiu realized that Zero Class would provide resources such as meals and weekly Spirit Ascension Platform access, freeing him to focus on cultivating and growing stronger.

Zhong Shenxiu welcomed the resources that came with entering Zero Class and listened indifferently as Dean Yu Zhen gave the seven selected students a speech. Yu Zhen then handed them an agreement to sign.

• Zhong Shenxiu reflected on his nine years of dream battles and resolved to bring his honed skills into reality using the resources available to him.
• The other first-year students left the field, leaving Zhong Shenxiu, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng behind.
• Yu Zhen gathered the seven and warned them that talent alone would not make them successful.
• Zhong Shenxiu ignored the dean’s speech, thinking the resources were worth listening for a few minutes.
• Yu Zhen handed each of the seven a written agreement to sign.

Zhong Shenxiu and Gu Yue signed Eastsea Academy’s agreement to remain in Zero Class, while the other students faced Yu Zhen’s pressure to decide. Zhong Shenxiu later returned to his dormitory and began cultivating, relieved that Zero Class would free him from work at the Soul Tool workshop.

• Yu Zhen explained that the academy would prioritize resources for Zero Class and required the students to sign an agreement not to transfer before completing the intermediate academy divisions.
• Xie Xie asked to discuss the agreement with his family, and Yu Zhen told him he would be excluded from Zero Class if he delayed.
• Zhong Shenxiu signed the agreement first, and Gu Yue followed; Yu Zhen then pressed the remaining five students for an answer.
• Gu Yue caught up with Zhong Shenxiu and reminded him about their planned visit to an auction that night.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to the empty dormitory, reflected that Zero Class would free him from workshop work, and began cultivating.

Zhong Shenxiu cultivated the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art, rapidly gathering Soul Power while strengthening his body and drawing closer to becoming a Dragon Fighting Warrior. He stopped at dusk and prepared to leave for the auction, which began at seven.

• Zhong Shenxiu activated the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art and devoured surrounding energies, refining them into Soul Power and bodily strength.
• Zhong Shenxiu continued cultivating through the day and sensed he was only two or three days from reaching level twenty-two.
• Zhao Tiezhu and Wang Hao returned to the dormitory and quietly watched Zhong Shenxiu cultivate.
• Zhong Shenxiu ended his cultivation, asked the time, and learned it was almost six, an hour before the auction began.

Zhong Shenxiu met Gu Yue outside Eastsea Academy and took her to the auction, where they were given a private box. The chapter ended with Gu Yue relaxing on the sofa as the auction was about to begin.

• Zhong Shenxiu finished training while Zhao Tiezhu watched him with envy.
• Gu Yue waited outside Eastsea Academy for Zhong Shenxiu, arriving nearly half an hour early.
• Zhong Shenxiu startled Gu Yue by placing a hand on her shoulder, then told her they were going to the auction.
• A staff member led Zhong Shenxiu and Gu Yue to Box No. 3 at Eastsea Auction House and explained its bidding system.
• Gu Yue entered the private box and stretched out on the sofa.

Zhong Shenxiu and Gu Yue waited in a private auction room for the fifth item, a Soul Tool that Gu Yue had promised to buy for him. Their awkward, flirtatious tension continued until a young woman took the auction platform, leaving the bidding about to begin.

• Gu Yue considered how easily her Federal Black Card could cover the Soul Tool’s 140,000 Federal Coin starting bid and blushed while thinking about Zhong Shenxiu.
• Gu Yue sat up and turned away when Zhong Shenxiu asked what was wrong, prompting him to suspect that she had been provoking him.
• Zhong Shenxiu set aside his suspicion because he needed Gu Yue’s money to bid on the Soul Tool.
• Gu Yue calmed herself with ice-element power, then lay back down as the auction lights brightened.
• A young woman in a dark purple gown stepped onto the auction platform to replace the middle-aged auctioneer.

At the auction, Gu Yue waited for the fifth lot, a rare Level Five Soul Tool capable of storing and converting energy. The bidding climbed past two hundred thousand Federal Coins, with Gu Yue still holding back.

• Su Mu introduced herself as the auctioneer and opened the auction’s seventeen lots.
• The first four lots, including an Ice Heart Orchid, a defensive Soul Tool, meteoric iron, and a lifeless Soul Beast egg, were sold while Gu Yue waited.
• Su Mu presented the fifth lot, a Level Five Soul Guidance Energy Conversion Storage Device with seven conversion modes and a capacity equivalent to a five-ring Soul King’s Soul Power.
• Bidders raised the device’s price from 140,000 to over 200,000 Federal Coins as Gu Yue and Zhong Shenxiu watched without bidding.

Gu Yue helped Zhong Shenxiu win a Level Five Soul Guidance Energy Conversion Storage Device for 310,000 Federal Coin. After inspecting it, Zhong Shenxiu entrusted the device to Gu Yue, who stored it in her bracelet.

• Gu Yue outbid the second-floor box, raising the offer to 310,000 and winning the Soul Guidance Energy Conversion Storage Device.
• Zhong Shenxiu thanked Gu Yue, and the auction staff delivered the device and its documents to their box.
• Zhong Shenxiu inspected the device and confirmed its stored energy was equivalent to the full Soul Power of a five-ring Soul King.
• Gu Yue offered to keep the device, and Zhong Shenxiu agreed without hesitation.
• Gu Yue stored the metal case in her silver bracelet.

Gu Yue and Zhong Shenxiu watched the auction together, and she reflected on the warmth of his trust and quiet companionship. After the auction, she returned the metal case to him and left him with a playful reminder that he owed her a favor.

• Gu Yue stayed to watch the auction with Zhong Shenxiu, who said he was not interested in forging Star Meteorite Iron.
• As the auction continued, Gu Yue thought about Zhong Shenxiu trusting her with the item and understood why Na'er had developed feelings for Tang Wulin.
• After the auction ended, Gu Yue and Zhong Shenxiu walked together to the dormitory buildings.
• Gu Yue used her bracelet to produce the metal case, and Zhong Shenxiu thanked her as he picked it up.
• Gu Yue walked toward the female dormitory and told Zhong Shenxiu that he owed her a favor.

Zhong Shenxiu returned to his dormitory and meditated, entering the starry inner space where he found the ruined altar and its growing motes of energy. He brought a fifth-grade Soul Tool to the altar, whose faded patterns briefly trembled when the box touched it.

• Gu Yue walked toward the girls' dormitory while Zhong Shenxiu headed back to his own dormitory with the metal box.
• Zhong Shenxiu entered his dormitory quietly, set down the box, and meditated while Zhao Tiezhu and Wang Hao slept.
• Zhong Shenxiu entered the starry space within his soul and saw that more energy motes had gathered around the ruined altar's crystal.
• Zhong Shenxiu carried the Soul Guidance Energy Conversion Storage Device to the altar and placed it on the edge, making its dim patterns tremble briefly.

Zhong Shenxiu opened the Dragon Fighting Card Box, releasing Soul Power that the altar absorbed and used to awaken its patterns and the Twelve Star Dragons. As the statues fired a seven-colored beam at him, the box around his neck finally reacted.

• Zhong Shenxiu poured Soul Power into the Dragon Fighting Card Box and opened it, releasing energy equivalent to the full Soul Power of a five-ring Soul King.
• The altar formed a golden net that trapped and devoured the energy, lighting its patterns and replenishing the crystal at its center.
• Golden patterns spread from the altar to the Twelve Star Dragon Statues, and the statues’ eyes lit up in twelve different colors.
• The Twelve Star Dragon Statues fired beams that converged into a seven-colored pillar aimed at Zhong Shenxiu.
• As the pillar neared him, the Dragon Fighting Card Box hanging from Zhong Shenxiu’s neck moved for the first time.