Chapter Summaries

Han Li entered the Spirit Ascension Platform and fought through its Soul Beasts while using the Heavenly Bottle to heal his injuries. He found the thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and began a fierce head-on battle, but the bear’s strength sent him crashing into a tree.

• A staff member activated the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Han Li arrived in a forest and set out to find the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
• Han Li fought his way through numerous Soul Beasts, using the Heavenly Bottle’s Life Liquid to heal his wounds.
• Han Li reached a quiet region of the forest, heard the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear roar, and clashed with it claw to claw.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear wounded Han Li and struck him into a large tree during their ongoing battle.

Han Li killed the thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear in the Spirit Ascension Platform and absorbed its right palm bone, strengthening his Golden Dragon Claw. After Han Li returned to the Spirit Pagoda, the stunned staff member prepared to report what he had witnessed.

• Han Li repeatedly healed his wounds with the Heavenly Bottle and wore down the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear until he struck through its heart.
• Han Li found and absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, an External Soul Bone.
• Han Li combined the soul bone’s power with his Golden Dragon Claw and shattered a large tree with five dark golden slashes.
• Han Li returned to the Spirit Pagoda, where a staff member watched him in disbelief and decided to report his feat.
• Han Li checked that he was unharmed and left the room without speaking to the staff member.

Wu Changkong brought Tang Wulin to challenge Han Li, claiming Han Li’s earlier victory had been unfair. Han Li agreed to fight but refused to stake anything, leaving Wu Changkong flustered as Ye Yingluo mocked the value of his wager.

• Wu Changkong arrived at Class One with Tang Wulin and announced that Tang Wulin had become a two-ringed Soul Grandmaster with a hundred-year Soul Spirit.
• Wu Changkong challenged Han Li to fight Tang Wulin, saying Han Li had won their previous match unfairly.
• Han Li accepted the fight but said Wu Changkong, who had proposed it, should provide the wager.
• Wu Changkong offered a Primary Spirit Ascension Platform Entry Card, but Han Li dismissed it as an inadequate stake.
• Ye Yingluo sarcastically told Wu Changkong to forget the wager if he could not part with the card, and Wu Changkong turned livid.

Wu Changkong wagered Deep Sea Sunken Silver on the match and told Tang Wulin he had to win. Tang Wulin attacked Han Li with his Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass, and Han Li met the hammer with his Golden Dragon Claw as a shockwave engulfed them.

• Wu Changkong hid the true price of the entry cards, then wagered a piece of Deep Sea Sunken Silver worth three million.
• Wu Changkong told Tang Wulin he must win, and Tang Wulin vowed to do so.
• Tang Wulin and Han Li took their places on the field as the students gathered at its edges.
• Tang Wulin charged Han Li with his Clear Sky Hammer, activating a Soul Skill and sending Blue Silver Grass after him.
• Han Li formed his Golden Dragon Claw and struck Tang Wulin's descending hammer, creating a shockwave that filled the field with dust.

Han Li defeated Tang Wulin with one strike, leaving Tang Wulin and Wu Changkong shaken. A week later, Han Li acquired the Millennium Sea Dragon Marrow, completing his collection of four heavenly treasures.

• Han Li sent Tang Wulin flying with one strike, despite Tang Wulin's recent increase in strength.
• Wu Changkong watched Tang Wulin's defeat in silence, while Ye Yingluo laughed at him from the sidelines.
• Tang Wulin picked up the Clear Sky Hammer and followed Wu Changkong away from the training ground as the Class Five students trailed after them.
• Han Li returned to his solitary routine, while Xie Xie failed to befriend him and Gu Yue continued to approach him.
• Han Li received a message that the Millennium Sea Dragon Marrow had arrived, inspected it at the auction house, and paid for it.
• Han Li left the auction house with all four heavenly treasures and rented a hotel room in Eastsea City.

Han Li broke the Golden Dragon King’s second seal, gained the Golden Dragon Body Soul Skill, and returned to the academy. A month and a half later, Tang Wulin lost to Gu Yue in the Class Promotion Tournament, leaving Class Five in second place through his strength alone.

• Han Li combined the Millennium Blue Vein Vine, Earth Dragon Tendon, and Sea Dragon Marrow with the Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit to break his second seal.
• Han Li gained a golden Soul Ring and the Golden Dragon Body Soul Skill, which enhanced his physical abilities by consuming his blood vitality.
• Han Li returned to the academy, where Ye Yingluo did not question his absence, and another month and a half passed.
• Tang Wulin defeated the challengers from Classes Two, Three, and Four to reach Class One in the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Gu Yue defeated Tang Wulin with elemental attacks, allowing Class One to retain its rank and placing Tang Wulin’s Class Five in second place.

The academy established Zero Class for its most outstanding first-year students, but Wei Xiaofeng, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi withdrew, leaving Han Li, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue. Ye Yingluo and Wu Changkong began assessing the four students to plan their training.

• Long Hengxu announced the creation of Zero Class, naming Ye Yingluo homeroom teacher and Wu Changkong assistant homeroom teacher.
• The academy selected Han Li, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Tang Wulin for the new class.
• Wei Xiaofeng declined to join Zero Class, while Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi withdrew together.
• Zero Class was left with Han Li, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue.
• Ye Yingluo canceled practical training and led the four students with Wu Changkong to a room for physical tests.

Ye Yingluo tested Zero Class’s spiritual power, and Gu Yue’s astonishing 153 points stunned the students and teachers. Han Li’s test ended at 697 points, leaving the room speechless.

• Ye Yingluo measured Xie Xie’s spiritual power at 31 points and Tang Wulin’s at 40.
• Gu Yue’s spiritual power climbed to 153 points, shocking Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Ye Yingluo, and Wu Changkong.
• Wu Changkong resolved to nurture the students and bring them to Shrek Academy.
• Han Li took his test, and his spiritual power rose to 697 points, stunning everyone in the room.

Han Li’s spiritual power test revealed an extraordinary 697 points, leaving the others stunned and making Wu Changkong eager to recruit him for Shrek. The group began testing physical strength, where Xie Xie’s results were followed by Gu Yue’s unexpectedly powerful punches.

• Ye Yingluo and the others were shocked when Han Li’s spiritual power measured 697 points, placing him in the Spirit Sea Realm at age nine.
• Han Li suspected his spiritual power came from absorbing the Golden Dragon King Origin and from his higher-dimensional soul essence.
• Wu Changkong became excited at the prospect of bringing Han Li to Shrek, while Han Li remained unconcerned about revealing his power.
• Ye Yingluo started the strength test, and Xie Xie recorded 153 kilograms with his left fist and 164 with his right.
• Gu Yue struck the device with 115 kilograms of force using his left fist and 143 with his right, stunning Xie Xie.

Zero Class tested the students’ strength, revealing Han Li’s superhuman power when he destroyed the first machine and registered over twenty-five thousand kilograms on a stronger replacement. The room was left stunned by the nine-year-old’s results.

• Gu Yue recorded strength far beyond the expected limit, while Xie Xie and the others reacted in disbelief.
• Tang Wulin tested above two hundred kilograms with each fist, a respectable but less striking result.
• Han Li casually struck the testing machine and destroyed it, exceeding its five-thousand-kilogram limit.
• Ye Yingluo left to fetch Headmaster Yu Zhen, who ordered a sturdier machine brought in.
• Han Li registered 25,294 kilograms with his left hand and 29,138 kilograms with his right, leaving everyone speechless.

After Han Li’s strength test revealed that he had not used his full power, he destroyed the machine with a Golden Dragon Claw punch, proving his strength exceeded its one-hundred-thousand-jin limit. Headmaster Yu Zhen decided Han Li’s talent could bring Eastsea Academy and the city great success.

• Ye Yingluo asked Han Li whether he had used his full strength, and Han Li calmly said he had not.
• Yu Zhen urged Han Li to strike without holding back and promised he would not have to pay if the machine broke.
• Han Li formed a Golden Dragon Claw and punched the strength-testing machine, destroying it and filling the room with debris and smoke.
• Yu Zhen recognized Han Li’s extraordinary talent and anticipated that he could dominate the Tianhai Grand Competition.
• Yu Zhen grew eager to seek resources from Eastsea City for Han Li and secure his protection for the future.

Yu Zhen offered Han Li Eastsea Academy’s full support after recognizing his extraordinary potential, while his teachers let him cultivate independently. Half a year later, Han Li reached Soul Power level thirty-two and smoothly absorbed a Twelve-Thousand-Year Plant Soul Beast as his third Soul Ring.

• Yu Zhen praised Han Li’s talent and promised to fulfill his needs to secure his connection to Eastsea Academy.
• Ye Yingluo, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie reacted to Han Li’s talent, and Yu Zhen left after asking Ye Yingluo to watch over him.
• Ye Yingluo and Wu Changkong focused on Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue while Han Li followed his own cultivation plans without interference.
• Half a year passed, and Han Li reached Soul Power level thirty-two, becoming a Three-Ring Great Soul Master.
• Han Li used his Twelve-Thousand-Year Plant Soul Beast as his third Soul Ring and absorbed it more smoothly than expected.

Han Li absorbed a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring and gained the time-attribute Soul Skill Time Manipulation. Ye Yingluo then explained that Zero Class’s final assessment would take place in the dangerous Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, where the four students would test their teamwork.

• Han Li absorbed his third Soul Ring, a ten-thousand-year ring that granted him Time Manipulation and confirmed the Heavenly Bottle’s time attribute.
• Ye Yingluo told Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Han Li that their final assessment would be to survive in the Spirit Ascension Platform for one hour.
• Ye Yingluo explained that the Riot Period made Soul Beasts more numerous, active, and dangerous, and said the academy had secured four entry slots.
• Ye Yingluo said the four students could enter together as a team and warned them that other Soul Masters inside could also be dangerous.
• Ye Yingluo explained that during the Riot Period, absorbed spiritual energy took one hundred seconds to collect, and any remaining energy would pass to the nearest Soul Master if they left.

Han Li accompanied Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue into the dangerous Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, where he was required to protect them without helping them pass their assessment. After secretly observing them from a tree, he watched as the trio began fighting on their own and defeated an Iron-Armored Rhino.

• Ye Yingluo explained that Han Li would protect Tang Wulin and Xie Xie in the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, but any intervention from him would earn them zero points.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie thanked Han Li and promised to pass the assessment through their own strength.
• Ye Yingluo led the group to the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, where a staff member warned them about the Riot Period and sent all four into the Spirit Ascension Platform together.
• Han Li told the others good luck, then hid in a tree to watch Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie from a distance.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie coordinated their attacks and killed a charging Iron-Armored Rhino.

A ten-thousand-year Phantom Crystal Butterfly entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and attacked Tang Wulin and his companions. Han Li stepped in to protect them, revealing a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring and activating Time Control as he faced the guardian.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue encountered a ten-thousand-year Phantom Crystal Butterfly whose spiritual pressure staggered them.
• Spirit Pagoda staff discovered that the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform guardian had entered the Primary region, alarming Ye Yingluo and Wu Changkong.
• The Phantom Crystal Butterfly unleashed a spiritual shockwave, but Han Li appeared between it and the three children and blocked the attack.
• Han Li revealed his purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, shocking the children and the Spirit Pagoda observers.
• Han Li activated his Time Control Soul Skill, asserting control over time within fifteen meters.

Han Li killed the ten-thousand-year Phantom Crystal Butterfly and absorbed its External Soul Bone, gaining a major spiritual-power boost and the Mind Control skill. After rejoining Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue, he left the Spirit Ascension Platform and found Yu Zhen and Elder Chen waiting at the Spirit Pagoda.

• Han Li used time acceleration and control to kill the Phantom Crystal Butterfly, then absorbed the Soul Beast’s spiritual energy.
• A purple right-eye External Soul Bone emerged, and Han Li absorbed it, raising his spiritual power and gaining the Mind Control skill.
• Han Li returned to Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue, who were recovering from the Phantom Crystal Butterfly’s mental attack.
• Han Li asked about their assessment, then led the three out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• At the Spirit Pagoda, Han Li saw Yu Zhen and Elder Chen watching him alongside Ye Yingluo, Wu Changkong, and a staff member.

After Han Li’s display in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Elder Chen invited him to join the Spirit Pagoda, while Wu Changkong tried to steer him toward other paths. The chapter ended with Elder Chen recognizing Wu Changkong and the room tense between them.

• Elder Chen praised Han Li for protecting his companions and killing the ten-thousand-year Phantom Crystal Butterfly.
• Elder Chen invited Han Li to consider joining the Spirit Pagoda, and Han Li greeted him respectfully.
• Wu Changkong urged Han Li not to rush into a decision, making the room fall silent.
• Elder Chen challenged Wu Changkong’s intervention, and Yu Zhen identified him as a teacher at Eastsea Academy.
• Elder Chen recognized Wu Changkong as a former Shrek member but remained unflustered.

Han Li accepted Elder Chen’s offer to join the Spirit Pagoda as a core disciple, despite Wu Changkong’s attempt to steer him toward Shrek. After final exams, Han Li stayed at the Pagoda to cultivate with priority access to its resources.

• Elder Chen and Wu Changkong argued over whether Han Li should decide for himself about joining the Spirit Pagoda.
• Han Li asked Elder Chen what benefits the Spirit Pagoda offered, signaling his interest, and left with him to hear the details.
• Elder Chen offered Han Li core disciple status, which included priority resources and treatment he said surpassed Shrek’s inner disciple benefits.
• Han Li decided that joining the Spirit Pagoda would give him protection from factions drawn to his valuable Soul Bones and provide him with a powerful backer.
• After final exams ended, Han Li stayed at the Spirit Pagoda for summer vacation, where Elder Chen arranged a private cultivation room and priority access to resources.

After reaching level thirty-four, Han Li traveled with Zero Class and Eastsea Academy’s delegation to Skysea City for the Tianhai Grand Competition. While his classmates settled into their seaside hotel and anticipated the contest, Han Li headed to the city’s Spirit Pagoda.

• During the summer vacation, Han Li raised his Soul Power to level thirty-four and his spiritual power to 1,672 points after fusing two External Soul Bones.
• Half a month later, Ye Yingluo and Wu Changkong led Han Li, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan from Eastsea Academy to the Tianhai Grand Competition.
• The Eastsea City delegation boarded Bus Number Six at East Sea Plaza and traveled to host city Skysea City.
• The delegation checked into a luxurious seaside hotel, where Tang Wulin and the others discussed the competition and admired the ocean.
• Han Li left the hotel and headed for Skysea City's Spirit Pagoda.

Han Li arrived at Skysea City's Spirit Pagoda and met Elder Ye as the tournament drew Shrek Academy into conflict with the Spirit Pagoda. After learning Shrek had entered the Tianhai Grand Competition, Qiangu Dongfeng sought a competitor who could defeat its students and humiliate the academy.

• Han Li presented his core disciple token at Skysea City's Spirit Pagoda and was escorted to the top floor to meet Elder Ye.
• Elder Ye welcomed Han Li and praised his bearing.
• Shrek Academy's entry into the Tianhai Grand Competition caused an uproar among the Skysea Alliance, which accepted its application despite resenting the academy's influence.
• The chapter recounted how Long Yeyue had slapped Qiangu Dieting, deepening the feud between Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qiangu Dongfeng searched for someone capable of defeating Shrek's students and making the academy lose face.