Recaps

Xu Yue joined Eastsea Academy’s Class One and stunned his classmates with his Level 35 cultivation, while Ye Yingluo enlisted him to win the coming class promotion competition. Elsewhere, Gu Yue learned that the great celestial upheaval had centered on Eastsea City and ordered the Spirit Pagoda plan to proceed as she investigated.

• At Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony, Xu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng were assigned to Year One, Class One.
• During introductions, Xu Xiaoyan revealed she was a Level 21 Great Soul Master, and Xu Yue shocked the class by announcing he was a Level 35 Soul Elder.
• Ye Yingluo asked Xu Yue to crush Class Five in the class promotion competition, and he promised Class One would win.
• Di Tian told Gu Yue that the great celestial upheaval had centered on Eastsea City, and Gu Yue suspected the plane itself might have caused it.
• Gu Yue ordered Zi Ji to continue the Spirit Pagoda plan and told her followers to prepare to move out.

At the Blacksmith Association, Xu Yue helped Mu Xi recover after she reached fourth-rank blacksmith and accompanied her to share the news with Mu Chen. When Tang Wulin arrived to receive his blacksmith badge, Xu Yue recognized him and was overcome by uncontrollable fury.

• Xu Yue massaged Mu Xi's injured back and learned she had completed a thousand-forged multi-metal fusion and qualified as a fourth-rank blacksmith.
• Xu Yue and Mu Xi visited Mu Chen's office and told him about Mu Xi's achievement, delighting Mu Chen and Cen Yue.
• Mu Chen said a young man was coming to receive a blacksmith's badge, and Yun Xiaoling brought Tang Wulin into the office.
• Xu Yue recognized Tang Wulin and felt sudden, intensifying anger as he looked at his forehead.

Xu Yue abruptly left Mu Chen’s office after seeing Tang Wulin, and Mu Xi rushed after him. Cen Yue explained that Xu Yue was a three-ring Soul Elder and a third-rank blacksmith, leaving Tang Wulin to question how exceptional his own talent really was.

• Mu Chen introduced Tang Wulin to Mu Xi and Xu Yue, and Xu Yue suddenly stood up and left the office.
• Mu Xi hurried after Xu Yue, while Mu Chen had Cen Yue take Tang Wulin through the Blacksmith Association.
• Tang Wulin wondered if Xu Yue had left out of jealousy, but Cen Yue told him Xu Yue was a fellow freshman and a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Cen Yue revealed that Xu Yue had earned a third-rank blacksmith badge a year earlier and might soon become a fourth-rank blacksmith.
• Tang Wulin left the association still thinking about Xu Yue’s achievements and questioning whether his own talent was ordinary.

After storming away from Tang Wulin, Xu Yue struggled with his anger toward Tang San, whom he blamed for his parents’ deaths and the Abyss invasion. He calmed himself enough to comprehend spear intent, then reunited with a worried Mu Xi and rested with her.

• Xu Yue practiced his spear alone in the park, dwelling on Tang San’s responsibility for his parents’ deaths and the Abyss invasion.
• Xu Yue acknowledged that Tang Wulin had not yet committed the future wrongs Xu Yue expected of him, but warned that he would kill him if he made the wrong choices.
• Xu Yue used his self-created Mind Ape: Menogias technique to settle his anger and enter a tranquil state.
• Xu Yue comprehended spear intent and reflected that his Heart Ape Spear Intent still had room to develop.
• Mu Xi found Xu Yue, embraced him in relief, and led him to a bench when he felt weak after standing for an hour.
• Mu Xi insisted that Xu Yue rest with his head on her lap.

Mu Xi told Xu Yue that Principal Yu had recommended her for Shrek Academy, and he reassured her that he might apply as well once Xiao Yan met the requirements. Two months later, Class One learned that the promotion matches had begun, with Class Five challenging Class Four.

• Mu Xi admitted she was afraid that attending Shrek would keep her from seeing Xu Yue for a long time.
• Xu Yue encouraged Mu Xi to accept the recommendation and said he might apply to Shrek too, though Xiao Yan would have to wait for a later intake.
• Mu Xi teased Xu Yue about his arrangement with Zi Xin and warned him not to freely associate with other girls while she was away.
• After two months passed, Ye Yingluo announced that the promotion matches had begun and told Class One that Class Five would challenge Class Four.

Xu Yue went to take Xu Xiaoyan shopping but was called to the promotion tournament, where he discovered that Gu Yue was far stronger than his memories suggested. Gu Yue learned that Xu Yue was a Soul Elder and fourth-rank blacksmith, then followed him, leaving Xu Yue puzzled by the changes to events.

• Xu Xiaoyan persuaded Xu Yue to go shopping, but Wei Xiaofeng hurried over and told them to come see Class Five's match.
• Xu Yue arrived at the arena and recognized Gu Yue, whose Great Soul Master rank and thousand-year soul rings contradicted his memories.
• Xu Yue dismissed the differences as minor and left with Xu Xiaoyan to go shopping.
• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie and the others that Xu Yue was a Soul Elder and fourth-rank blacksmith.
• Gu Yue overheard the information, became interested in Xu Yue, and followed him as he left.

Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan ate braised crock beef when Gu Yue joined them to ask about Xu Yue’s abilities and the coming promotion match. After Xu Yue stepped away, thugs led by Guang Long began wrecking the restaurant, and someone grabbed Guang Long from behind.

• Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan enjoyed braised crock beef at a street-corner restaurant.
• Gu Yue sat with them and questioned Xu Yue about his soul power and martial soul ahead of the promotion match.
• Xu Xiaoyan tried to keep Xu Yue from leaving her alone with Gu Yue by asking him to buy meatballs.
• Several burly men smashed the restaurant owner’s clay pot, prompting Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue to confront them.
• Guang Long introduced himself as the leader and accused the owner of refusing protection money, but an unseen person seized his shoulder.

Xu Yue defeated Guang Long and his lackeys, paid Uncle Li for the damage, and left with Xu Xiaoyan. Gu Yue watched them go before meeting Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie arrived at the damaged shop.

• Xu Yue struck Guang Long unconscious after Guang Long tried to attack him, and Guang Long's lackeys surrendered.
• Xu Yue made the lackeys pay Uncle Li for the damage, gave Uncle Li his contact card, and told them to leave.
• Xu Yue handed meatballs to Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue, then left for the academy with Xu Xiaoyan.
• Gu Yue watched Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan depart, then dismissed Xie Xie's teasing and walked away eating her meatballs.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie found Uncle Li cleaning up outside the shop, and Uncle Li invited them to sit while he prepared their food.

Xu Yue confronted Guang Biao, who had brought a crowd of armed men to surround Eastsea Academy over Guang Long’s injuries. After revealing three thousand-year soul rings, Xu Yue rejected Guang Biao’s attempt to negotiate and charged him with an empowered spear.

• Xu Yue arrived at Eastsea Academy and refused Long Hengxu and Ye Yingluo’s offer to handle the armed crowd gathered at the gates.
• Guang Biao confronted Xu Yue over Guang Long’s injuries, and Xu Yue mocked him for bringing his men without investigating who Xu Yue was.
• Xu Yue revealed three thousand-year soul rings, shocking Guang Biao’s men, Long Hengxu, Ye Yingluo, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Wu Zhangkong.
• Guang Biao tried to call the confrontation a misunderstanding, but Xu Yue invoked his defensive soul skills and charged at him with Vortex Vanquisher empowered by Gravity Domain and Rock Spear Intent.

Xu Yue overwhelmed Guang Biao in a fight outside Eastsea Academy, while Tang San urged Tang Wulin to strengthen himself by breaking the first seal of the Golden Dragon King. Tang Wulin remained hesitant, and Tang San began to explain another factor that could decide a battle.

• Xu Yue attacked Guang Biao and suppressed the Soul Emperor with his powerful spear strikes, leaving spectators stunned.
• Gu Yue recognized Xu Yue's aura and connected him to the strange celestial distortion that had occurred when Na'er split from her.
• Tang Wulin doubted his talent after watching Xu Yue, so Tang San reassured him and urged him to break the Golden Dragon King's first seal.
• Tang San suggested Tang Wulin ask Wu Zhangkong for help obtaining the spirit fruits, since Wu Zhangkong was a Shrek and Tang Sect disciple.
• Tang Wulin said he would think about it, and Tang San warned him that time was short before starting to explain another factor in victory.

Xu Yue drove Guang Biao to the arena’s edge, then accepted compensation after Xu Xiaoyu and Mu Xi intervened and exposed the provocation behind the fight. Guang Biao retreated but secretly recognized Xu Yue’s spear intent, while Xu Yue planned to pursue the matter through the deputy commanders and Wu Zhangkong ordered Tang Wulin’s group to train for their upcoming promotion match.

• Tang San advised Tang Wulin that persistence decided battles, then tried to contact Tang Hao and discovered that Tang Hao and Tang San’s mother did not respond.
• Xu Yue pressed Guang Biao back with four spear strikes, but Guang Biao broke Xu Yue’s Jade Shield and used his dragon claw to send him several meters backward.
• Xu Xiaoyu and Mu Xi confronted Guang Biao, and the two lackeys confessed that Guang Long had provoked Xu Yue.
• Guang Biao apologized and offered compensation, which Xu Yue accepted, then left while concealing that Xu Yue’s spear intent had injured him.
• Xu Yue told Xu Xiaoyu he wanted to involve the mecha battalion’s deputy commanders, and Wu Zhangkong ordered Tang Wulin and the others to train.

Yu Zhen celebrated Xu Yue’s rise and discussed changes to the Skysea Alliance tournament, while a typhoon postponed the promotion matches. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin resolved to seek the Tang Sect’s help finding his parents, and Wu Zhangkong agreed to help him; as the storm intensified, someone left Eastsea Academy for the shore.

• Long Hengxu told Yu Zhen about Xu Yue, and Yu Zhen said Zero Class would launch after the promotion matches under Wu Zhangkong.
• New Student Class Five defeated Classes Three and Two, setting up an eagerly anticipated match against Class One.
• An emergency announcement said a typhoon would suspend classes and postpone all promotion matches for a week.
• Tang Wulin asked Tang San how to find his parents, then decided to follow his advice and join the Tang Sect.
• Wu Zhangkong accepted Tang Wulin’s decision and offered to help find the spirit fruit he needed in exchange for victory in the promotion match.
• As the winds strengthened, someone else left Eastsea Academy and headed toward the shore.

Xu Yue cultivated through the typhoon, using the sea to refine his spear technique and absorb the premium whale jelly. He reached level thirty-six and perfected the Thousand Rock Spear Art’s second form, Spiral Coil: Menogias.

• Xu Yue ate the premium whale jelly Guang Biao had given him as compensation, enduring its foul taste and powerful effects.
• Xu Yue trained against the storm-driven waves, analyzing the limits of Mind Ape: Menogias and shaping a new technique inspired by water.
• Wu Zhangkong watched the sleeping Tang Wulin and considered sending him to Shrek if his Ultimate-Strength Golden Dragon was genuine.
• When the typhoon struck Eastsea City, Xu Yue used Ley Line Draw and gravity to keep the sea calm within a hundred-meter radius as he trained through the night.
• Xu Yue absorbed the whale jelly’s power, broke through to level thirty-six, and completed Spiral Coil: Menogias.

After the typhoon passed, Class One and Class Five gathered for their promotion match, with Xu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wei Xiaofeng facing Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie. Wu Zhangkong arrived just before the deadline, and both teams took their places as the match was about to begin.

• Ye Yingluo led Class One to the training grounds and selected Xu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wei Xiaofeng for the match.
• Xu Yue wondered whether Tang San had intervened in Tang Wulin’s first Golden Dragon King seal and resolved not to tolerate Tang Wulin receiving Tang San’s blessings.
• Xie Xie asked Long Hengxu to wait for Wu Zhangkong, and Long Hengxu warned that Class Five would forfeit if its adviser missed the deadline.
• Wu Zhangkong arrived carrying Tang Wulin and told Long Hengxu that the match could proceed.
• Wu Zhangkong chose Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie, while Ye Yingluo selected Xu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wei Xiaofeng.

Gu Yue’s team faced Xu Yue’s team in the promotion match, where Xu Yue’s immense strength and Wei Xiaofeng’s shield gave Class One an early advantage. Gu Yue used multiple elements and space manipulation to turn the attack back on Xu Yue, ending the chapter with her launching Windfire Wildfire.

• Xu Yue and Gu Yue exchanged words before both teams took their positions and the promotion match began.
• Wei Xiaofeng blocked Xie Xie’s Light Dragon Dagger with his Unbreakable shield, then charged at him.
• Gu Yue’s elemental attacks and support helped Tang Wulin rush toward Xu Xiaoyan, while Xu Yue broke through Gu Yue’s ice walls.
• Xu Yue charged Gu Yue with the Vortex Vanquisher, but she used the space element to teleport out of the way.
• Gu Yue appeared above Xu Yue and combined wind and fire into Windfire Wildfire.

Xu Yue used his Jade Shield and rock spears to withstand Gu Yue’s wind-and-fire attacks, then teamed up with Xu Xiaoyan to trap her in the air and strike her with the Cliffbreaker Sword. After knocking Tang Wulin aside, Xu Yue caught Gu Yue as she fell and declared that she had lost.

• Gu Yue attacked Xu Yue with a fused wind-and-fire tornado, but his Jade Shield blocked the heat and damage.
• Xu Yue fired rock spears at Gu Yue, forcing her to rely on spatial shifts while Wei Xiaofeng and Xu Xiaoyan gained the upper hand in their battles against Xie Xie and Tang Wulin.
• Xu Yue raised a stone pillar toward Gu Yue and called on Xu Xiaoyan, who used Starwheel Chains to immobilize her and slow her soul power.
• Xu Yue struck Gu Yue with the Cliffbreaker Sword, and Tang Wulin failed to stop him when Xu Yue knocked his forging hammer away.
• Xu Yue caught Gu Yue before she hit the ground and told her she had lost.

Xu Yue’s team appeared to have won after Gu Yue and Xie Xie were defeated, but Tang Wulin suddenly attacked with his Golden Dragon Claw and wounded Xu Yue. The Golden Dragon King’s destructive power stirred in both boys, and Xu Yue’s furious command left the match on the brink of disaster.

• Tang Wulin refused Tang San’s suggestion to exploit the moment when Xu Yue’s shield vanished, but remembered his promise to Wu Zhangkong to win the tournament.
• Xu Yue withdrew his Jade Shield as Long Hengxu prepared to declare his team the winner.
• Tang Wulin sprang up and struck Xu Yue from behind with his Golden Dragon Claw, while Gu Yue recognized the power in his arm and reacted with killing intent.
• Xu Yue’s spiritual spear intent clouded Tang Wulin’s awareness, and Eden’s Star blasted him away after the Golden Dragon Claw wounded Xu Yue.
• The Golden Dragon King’s power stirred within both Tang Wulin and Xu Yue, and Xu Yue rose into the air and roared, “Enough. Kneel before me!!!”

Xu Yue unleashed his enhanced Gravity Domain and crushed Tang Wulin under twenty-four times gravity, revealing himself as a Child of the Star to Tang San's divine sense and Gu Yue. After Xu Yue tried to strike the helpless Tang Wulin with a rock spear, Wu Zhangkong intervened, and Xu Yue challenged him to take Tang Wulin's place.

• Xu Yue expanded his Gravity Domain with the plane consciousness's authorization, forcing Tang Wulin to collapse beneath twenty-four times gravity.
• Tang San's divine sense and Gu Yue recognized Xu Yue as a Child of the Star, an existence who could eventually control Douluo Star as its Plane Lord.
• Tang San's divine sense blamed Xu Yue for hurting Tang Hao and disrupting his plans, and resolved that Xu Yue deserved to die.
• Xu Yue hurled a rock spear at the incapacitated Tang Wulin, but Wu Zhangkong intercepted and shattered it with his Frost Sky Sword.
• Wu Zhangkong demanded that Xu Yue stop, but Xu Yue argued that Tang Wulin had not conceded and challenged Wu Zhangkong to fight in his place.

Xu Yue fought Wu Zhangkong in a destructive arena battle, forcing the Shrek graduate to don his One-Word Battle Armor while Tang Wulin was caught in danger. Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan activated Herrscher of Meteoric Ice, but an enraged elder intervened before their clash could continue.

• Xu Yue challenged Wu Zhangkong and struck him with a gravity-enhanced attack, driving him into the arena while Wu Zhangkong shielded Tang Wulin.
• Xu Yue and Wu Zhangkong exchanged increasingly powerful attacks as Xu Yue’s compressed stone pillars threatened both Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin.
• Wu Zhangkong used his battle skills to destroy the pillars, then summoned Azhdaha and unleashed a water tornado against him.
• Wu Zhangkong emerged in his One-Word Battle Armor, Ice, and his aura surged toward the level of a Soul Douluo.
• Xu Yue called to Xu Xiaoyan, and their auras resonated as they activated Herrscher of Meteoric Ice.
• An enraged elder ordered everyone to stop.

Xu Yue accepted Principal Yu Zhen’s punishment after his fight with Wu Zhangkong, then reassured his worried friends and spoke with Gu Yue. The academy halted the first-years’ promotion tournament, while Yu Zhen remained determined to make Wu Zhangkong the teacher of Zero Class.

• Principal Yu Zhen acknowledged that Xu Yue had shown restraint during the promotion match but revoked his preferential treatment in Class One and assigned Tang Wulin an appropriate punishment.
• Xu Yue accepted the punishment and left the principal’s office, where Mu Xi, Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Xiaoyu, and Ouyang Zixin anxiously checked on him.
• Xu Yue reassured Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan that his injury had healed, then thanked Gu Yue when she asked how he was.
• Wu Zhangkong left the principal’s office in anger, and Long Hengxu warned Yu Zhen that the dispute might affect Wu Zhangkong’s appointment to Zero Class.
• Yu Zhen insisted Wu Zhangkong would take the position, ended the first-years’ promotion tournament, and laughed that Eastsea Academy’s prospects were improving.

While Tang Wulin recovered in the infirmary, Di Tian tried to extract his Golden Dragon power, but Tang San’s divine consciousness awakened and drove Di Tian away. Tang San suspected Xu Yue had drawn the soul beasts’ attention and decided Xu Yue had to die before he could claim the position of Lord of the Plane.

• A doctor told Wu Zhangkong that Tang Wulin had suffered bone and organ damage but would recover after several days of rest.
• Di Tian appeared in Tang Wulin’s ward and attacked him to extract his Golden Dragon power for Gu Yue Na.
• Tang San awakened through Tang Wulin, revealed the Sea God Imprint, and clashed with Di Tian using the Sea God’s Thirteen Forms.
• Di Tian countered with Black Dragon World Annihilation, then disappeared, leaving scraps of black cloth behind.
• Tang San wondered whether Xu Yue had alerted the soul beasts and recognized that Xu Yue could become Lord of the Plane.
• Tang San resolved to kill Xu Yue before he grew powerful enough to threaten his control of Douluo Continent.

Gu Yue decided not to target Xu Yue directly and instead planned to win him over, while Eastsea Academy gathered eight talented students to form Zero Class. The students signed the academy agreement and were told to meet in their new classroom, leaving Wu Zhangkong to address the tension between Tang Wulin and Xu Yue.

• Di Tian recovered from the divine-consciousness attack, and Gu Yue forbade the ferocious beasts from harming Xu Yue because the plane's will might retaliate.
• Gu Yue decided to use a softer approach and make Xu Yue willingly support her cause.
• Seven days later, Yu Zhen explained the Zero Class agreement to Xu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Jin Xi, Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie.
• Xu Yue signed the agreement, then encouraged Wei Xiaofeng to sign; Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie also signed.
• Yu Zhen warned Tang Wulin not to dwell on the outcome of one match, and Wu Zhangkong told the students to pack and gather in the Zero Class classroom.
• Yu Zhen asked Wu Zhangkong to talk with the students, especially Tang Wulin and Xu Yue, about their ongoing tensions, and Wu Zhangkong agreed.

Wu Zhangkong brought the Zero Class students together for spiritual power tests, where Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue competed for Xu Yue’s attention and Gu Yue’s exceptional score stunned the class. Xu Yue’s test began with the numbers jumping wildly, leaving the result and its implications unresolved.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue argued over sitting beside Xu Yue, while Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng traded insults.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered the students to follow him to a testing room and began measuring their spiritual power.
• Wang Jinxi scored twenty-one, Xie Xie scored forty-three, Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng remained in the Lingyuan Realm, and Tang Wulin scored sixty-six.
• Xu Xiaoyan scored one hundred and seven, then Gu Yue scored three hundred and twenty-one, astonishing the class.
• Xu Yue took his turn, and the rapidly jumping numbers overwhelmed Wu Zhangkong before his result was revealed.

Xu Yue’s spiritual power test revealed that he had reached 999 points in the Spirit Sea Realm, and Wu Zhangkong attributed his rapid growth to his Spear Intent. After testing the class’s physical strength and outlining future lessons, Wu Zhangkong dismissed everyone except Tang Wulin.

• Xu Yue’s spiritual power reading rose to 999, astonishing the class and prompting Xu Xiaoyan to ask how he had improved so quickly.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that Xu Yue’s Spear Intent had tempered and strengthened his spiritual power, and Xu Yue confirmed that he had learned the Yang Family’s Soul-Breaking Spear.
• Wu Zhangkong led the class through physical strength tests while Xu Yue sat out because the academy’s equipment could not measure his strength; Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw pierced a tester.
• Wu Zhangkong praised the test results, promised future lessons on battle armor, mechas, and techniques, and encouraged everyone to aim for Shrek Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong sent the class to rest and told Tang Wulin to stay behind.

Wu Zhangkong advised Tang Wulin to understand the gap between himself and Xu Yue and consider making peace with him. Tang Wulin decided to speak with Xu Yue privately, while Tang San secretly saw the conversation as a chance to eliminate him.

• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin that he could not have defeated Xu Yue and suggested he clear the air rather than let the promotion match damage their relationship.
• Tang Wulin returned to his dormitory and asked Tang San whether he should make peace with Xu Yue.
• Tang Wulin admitted he thought Xu Yue was a good person and that they might become friends, despite believing Xu Yue disliked him.
• Tang San encouraged Tang Wulin to ask Xu Yue why he disliked him, while privately planning to use the meeting to kill Xu Yue.
• Tang San suggested Tang Wulin speak with Xu Yue in private, and Tang Wulin agreed.