Chapter Summaries

Gu Yue led a Thousand-Year Crystal Bear to Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, and the three worked together to defeat it before Xiling arrived. As Blue Wolves surrounded the exhausted group, Xiling stopped them all with a snap of his fingers.

• Gu Yue evaded the Thousand-Year Crystal Bear and drew it toward Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, while Xiling followed her trail.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue coordinated their attacks and struck the Crystal Bear's vulnerable neck, defeating it.
• The Crystal Bear released a burst of yellow light at Tang Wulin, but Gu Yue teleported him to safety.
• Xiling revealed himself and praised the three before dozens of Blue Wolves surrounded them.
• Xiling snapped his fingers, freezing the Blue Wolves and causing their heads to explode.

Xiling left the Spirit Ascension Platform early and returned home, where he confronted Di Tian, who had come to warn him to stay away from Gu Yue. Gu Yue arrived to find them together, and Xiling reassured her that he was not angry with Di Tian.

• Xiling finished his Spirit Ascension Platform run and left before Gu Yue and the others woke up.
• Xiling detected Di Tian hiding in his home and explained that Di Tian's use of spatial power had revealed him.
• Di Tian warned Xiling to stay away from Gu Yue, but Xiling argued that Gu Yue had approached him and questioned Di Tian about the soul beasts' decline.
• Xiling summoned Benares, whose dragon bloodline shocked Di Tian.
• Gu Yue returned, ordered Di Tian to explain himself, and apologized to Xiling after he said he did not take offense.

Gu Yue told Di Tian that Xiling was the reincarnation of a God King, and Wu Zhangkong prepared Zero Class for finals in the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform. The students received three days to prepare, and Xie Xie asked whether Xiling would join them this time.

• Gu Yue told Di Tian that Xiling was a reincarnated God King who could recover his strength, and Di Tian accepted her judgment.
• Wu Zhangkong questioned the students about their Spirit Ascension Platform experience and warned them that they had survived largely because of luck and Xiling's help.
• Xiling defended Gu Yue when Wu Zhangkong questioned how she had found Tang Wulin, and Wu Zhangkong later advised Xiling not to speak up for her.
• As finals approached, Gu Yue reached rank nineteen, Tang Wulin rank fifteen, Xie Xie rank twenty-two, and Xiling rank thirty-five.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the final exam required the five students to survive one hour in the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, where soul beasts and other soul masters posed dangers and spiritual energy took longer to absorb.
• Wu Zhangkong gave the class three days off, and Xie Xie asked Xiling whether he would enter the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform with them.

Xiling joined Zero Class for the riot-phase Spirit Ascension Platform exam and led them through their first encounter. After the group met Mu Xi and she left, a yellow-green net suddenly fell on them.

• Wu Zhangkong took Zero Class to the East Sea Spirit Pagoda and warned them that surviving the riot phase was their only task.
• Xiling led the group through the forest and killed a seven-hundred-year Iron-Arm Ape with his Subspace Spear, allowing the others to absorb its spirit energy.
• Xiling blocked a red-light attack from a group approaching through the woods, and Tang Wulin recognized Mu Xi among them.
• Mu Xi left with two boys after briefly greeting Tang Wulin, while Zhang Yangzi teased him about her.
• As Xiling led everyone toward their next stop, a yellow-green net dropped over them.

Xiling killed a Human-Faced Demon Spider, then used spatial power to draw in and annihilate a massive soul beast tide so his companions could absorb its spiritual power. As Zero Class prepared to absorb the gains, a young man with a staff confronted them and demanded they leave the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Xiling killed the Human-Faced Demon Spider moments after it appeared, and the others absorbed the spiritual power it left behind.
• Xiling spread Spatial Tremor across the forest, forcibly drawing countless soul beasts toward Zero Class.
• Gu Yue warned Xiling that the beast tide was dangerous, but he reassured her and patted her head.
• Xiling froze the incoming horde and used Spatial Strangulation to destroy the soul beasts, leaving spiritual power for his companions to absorb.
• A young man carrying a crystal-topped staff demanded that Zero Class leave the platform and surrender the spiritual power halo, while a braided, light-blue-haired girl stood behind him.

Xiling defeated the ice staff youth who challenged him in the Spirit Ascension Platform, then reunited with Xu Xiaoyan and teased Gu Yue about being jealous. After the group absorbed as much spiritual energy as they could, they left the area, where a dark golden flash appeared ahead.

• Xiling crushed the ice staff youth’s attack and warned him, but the youth fired his Ice Fury spear after assuming Xiling had exhausted his soul power.
• Xiling’s Subspace Spear shattered the ice spear and pierced the youth, who pushed Xu Xiaoyan out of harm’s way before vanishing from the platform.
• The group absorbed the spiritual energy released by the youth, while Xu Xiaoyan fled after Xiling looked her over; Xiling then teased Gu Yue about her jealousy and noticed she had reached Rank 20.
• Tang Wulin and the others finished absorbing as much spiritual energy as they could, and Xiling led the group away from the area.
• A dark golden flash appeared and vanished ahead of the six as they continued through the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Xiling protected Xie Xie from a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and destroyed it with a powerful spatial technique. After recovering, the group heard that their final examination still had a second test.

• Xiling blocked the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's attack before it could hit Xie Xie.
• Xiling evaded the bear's dark-gold claw strike with Spatial Folding, alarming Gu Yue and the others.
• Xiling used ultimate Spatial Imprisonment to lock the bear in place and crush it through spatial compression.
• Xiling collapsed from the effort, and Gu Yue rushed to support him as he recovered.
• The examiner announced that everyone except Xiling scored ninety points on the first part of the final examination and that a second test remained.

Wu Zhangkong reprimanded the Zero Class students for relying on Xiling and explained why Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears had been hunted nearly to extinction. Xu Xiaoyu brooded over his defeat by Xiling and feared his sister Xu Xiaoyan would soon have to face him as a senior at Eastsea Academy.

• Wu Zhangkong told the Zero Class students that Xiling had earned their exam scores and warned them to rely on themselves and prioritize survival.
• Xie Xie asked what to do if they encountered a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and Wu Zhangkong told them to run or accept death.
• Xiling explained that humans hunted Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears for their valuable Soul Bones, despite the Spirit Pagoda's efforts to ease human-Soul Beast relations.
• Xu Xiaoyu regretted challenging Xiling and learned that his timid sister Xu Xiaoyan might become Xiling's junior at Eastsea Academy.
• Xu Xiaoyu recalled that Xu Xiaoyan had the rare Star Wheel phenomenon and that their father had secured her a Riot Spirit Ascension Platform slot, then vowed that Xiling's companions might not be as fortunate.

Zero Class took its second final exam at East Sea Soul Guidance Technology, where the students were sent into the Hall of Heroes for individual trials. Xiling defeated Bei Bei in two rounds, and the trial continued.

• Wu Zhangkong led Zero Class to East Sea Soul Guidance Technology for their second final exam.
• Wu Zhangkong registered six participants and sent them into the Hall of Heroes without preparation time.
• The Hall of Heroes set Xiling's first trial as surviving for thirty seconds against Bei Bei.
• Xiling annihilated Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Claw and cleared the first round in under a second.
• Bei Bei returned with four spirit rings and attacked with Thunderous Force and Thunder Dragon Head, but Xiling tore him apart with spatial turbulence.

Xiling and the others completed their trials in the Hall of Heroes, where Xiling fought a simulated Bei Bei and earned a draw after holding out for thirty seconds. Wu Zhangkong explained the Hall’s purpose and revealed that joining it would let them train and earn merits, then asked whether they had heard of the Tang Sect.

• Xiling faced Bei Bei’s seven-ringed Soul Sage form and used spatial abilities to withstand his attacks until the trial ended in a draw, passing the final assessment.
• Xiling returned to the group and told Xie Xie that he had passed two rounds, while the others waited bruised and battered.
• Wu Zhangkong transported the six students to an office and explained that the Hall of Heroes simulated real historical soul masters at about seventy percent of their strength.
• Wu Zhangkong said the students had reached their Spirit Ascension Platform absorption limits and could use the Hall of Heroes for realistic combat training by joining and earning merits.
• Xie Xie asked what the organization did, and Wu Zhangkong named the Tang Sect, startling Tang Wulin and the others.

After joining the Tang Sect, Tang Wulin met Xiling in Eastsea Park to begin resolving the Golden Dragon King issue. Xiling brought Na'er there, and she recognized him as her brother after three years apart.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that the Hall of Heroes belonged to the Tang Sect, and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi joined while Gu Yue declined.
• Xiling told Tang Wulin he would help resolve the Golden Dragon King issue that night, and Tang Wulin agreed.
• Xiling arranged to meet Tang Wulin at Eastsea Park, where he knocked Tang Wulin unconscious to begin the treatment.
• Gu Yue arrived with Di Tian and the ferocious beasts, who brought Na'er to the clearing.
• Xiling called Na'er his little sister, and she turned to him in disbelief, recognizing her brother.

Na'er reunited with Xiling as Gu Yue tried to draw the Golden Dragon King's Origin from Tang Wulin, awakening Tang San, who accused Xiling of disrupting his plans and attacked. Xiling stood against him and summoned the Void Core, leaving Tang San’s trident strike frozen as a mysterious voice announced the King of Space.

• Na'er rushed into Xiling’s arms, and he told her he would explain his presence later.
• Gu Yue began extracting the Golden Dragon King’s Origin from the unconscious Tang Wulin.
• Tang San possessed Tang Wulin, reclaimed most of the Origin, and blasted Gu Yue away.
• Tang San confronted Xiling over interfering with his plans, while Xiling accused him of seeking control over Douluo Star for his family.
• Tang San attacked Xiling with the Golden Thirteen Halberds, Third Form—No Return, but Xiling’s Void Core stopped the strike and a voice announced the King of Space.

Xiling revealed his overwhelming Herrscher of the Void power and seized control of the body possessed by Tang San. Tang San was dragged toward Xiling’s hand, unable to resist.

• Xiling’s spatial authority froze the Golden Trident and silenced the battlefield, horrifying Tang San.
• Xiling manifested ten purple-gold Soul Rings, shattered them into light, and transformed into his Herrscher form.
• Di Tian trembled in fear, while Gu Yue wondered if Xiling surpassed a God King and Na'er stared in amazement.
• Xiling reached through the void and pulled Tang San’s possessed body toward him, overcoming Tang San’s divine power.
• Xiling clenched his hand as Tang San remained helplessly caught in his grasp.

Xiling annihilated the Far North with Honkai Energy, alarming the Federation and Shrek, then prepared a devastating attack on the Abyssal Plane. The Plane Spirit stopped him to protect Douluo Star, and Xiling rejoined Gu Yue, Na'er, and the others with one eye turned golden.

• Xiling reduced everything across a thousand-mile area of the Far North to nothingness, leaving a forbidden zone of life.
• Guo Zhenfeng and Zhang Huanyun ordered their forces to heighten vigilance and reported the anomaly, while Yun Ming sensed power beyond the mortal realm.
• Xiling began forming a world-destroying Subspace Spear aimed at the Abyssal Plane.
• The Plane Spirit appeared and pleaded with Xiling to stop, warning that Douluo Star could be destroyed too, so Xiling lowered his hand.
• The Plane Spirit left to torment Tang Hao, and Gu Yue gave the half-dressed Xiling new clothes while Na'er and the others reacted to his appearance.
• Xiling emerged dressed, and Gu Yue and the others noticed that one of his azure-blue eyes had turned golden.

Xiling and Gu Yue extracted the Golden Dragon King's bloodline from Tang Wulin, whose body recovered and awakened new power through the Life Goddess's blessing. Xiling then promised Na'er they would retrieve the Dragon God's Heart and use it to stabilize her origin.

• Gu Yue extracted the Golden Dragon King's bloodline from Tang Wulin while Xiling stored it in a dark red cube.
• The Life Goddess's blessing healed Tang Wulin, raised his Soul Power Level to twenty-two, and awakened his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiling gave the cube to Gu Yue, and Di Tian restrained his desire to claim the bloodline.
• Gu Yue sent Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts back to Star Dou Forest through a spatial passage.
• Na'er asked why Xiling had brought her, and he explained that he wanted to protect her and promised to retrieve the Dragon God's Heart for her.
• Na'er embraced Xiling and cried after he said they would use the Dragon God's Heart to stabilize her origin.

Xiling returned the unconscious Tang Wulin to Wu Zhangkong, then reflected on his transformation and the humanity he might have lost. The next day, he traveled to Shrek City to meet Leng Yaozhu at the Spirit Pagoda, arriving amid curious stares and promptly vanishing from the station.

• Xiling delivered the unconscious Tang Wulin to Wu Zhangkong, who found Tang Wulin's vital signs stable and his Soul Power at level twenty-two.
• Xiling examined his altered appearance at home and worried that becoming a Herrscher had cost him some of his humanity.
• The Demon Empress discovered the destruction of the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters and considered harnessing the power left in the purple-black mist to take revenge on the Sea God.
• Xiling boarded a train to Shrek City after giving Tang Wulin guidance on cultivating his life attribute and choosing a soul spirit.
• Leng Yaozhu called Xiling and asked him to come to the Spirit Pagoda when he arrived in Shrek City.
• After reaching Shrek City, Xiling drew attention at the station and vanished when people approached to ask for his contact information.

Xiling visited Leng Yaozhu at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where he reunited with Gu Yue and became her fellow disciple. After seeing Leng Yulai at Leng Yaozhu’s villa, he asked his teacher to accompany him to Shrek Academy, hoping its Golden Ancient Tree could restore her life origin and help her reach rank ninety-nine.

• Xiling explained to Leng Yaozhu that his changed appearance came from releasing his martial soul’s power, then discovered Gu Yue was the person Leng Yaozhu planned to take as a disciple.
• Leng Yaozhu made Xiling and Gu Yue fellow disciples, and the three shared a meal before Gu Yue left.
• Xiling followed Leng Yaozhu to her villa, where he encountered Leng Yulai tending the garden and exchanged words with her about her new life.
• Leng Yaozhu showed Xiling a guest room, and he asked her to go with him to Shrek Academy the next day so the Golden Ancient Tree might restore her life origin and help her break through to rank ninety-nine.

Xiling persuaded Leng Yaozhu to accompany him to Shrek Academy, then challenged all of its students under twenty to fight him. Shrek students accepted his provocation, and the confrontation was about to begin.

• Leng Yaozhu initially refused Xiling's plan to use the Golden Ancient Tree, but agreed to go with him after he assured her he could handle Shrek.
• Xiling hung a banner at Shrek Academy's gates challenging its students under twenty to fight him without any limit on their numbers.
• When the guards threatened to remove him, Xiling taunted Shrek for supposedly lacking students brave enough to face a ten-year-old.
• Four Shrek students arrived, condemned Xiling for insulting the academy, and accepted his challenge.

Xiling challenged Shrek Academy and defeated a five-ring Soul King with a single move. Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yue'er confronted him over his remarks about Shrek, and Xiling prepared for a possible fight.

• Xiling refused the Soul King's offer of three free moves and told him to attack first.
• The Soul King unleashed his Wind-Splitting Palm, but Xiling stopped the attack with a fingertip and sent him flying with one strike.
• Xiling dismissed Shrek's students as unimpressive and began taking down his challenge banners, prompting the remaining students to move against him.
• Cai Yue'er arrived, rebuked the defeated student, and accepted the loss while warning Xiling not to disparage Shrek Academy.
• Cai Yue'er threatened to test Xiling's strength if he continued insulting Shrek, and Xiling recognized her as Silver Moon Douluo and welcomed the prospect of a fight.

Xiling challenged Cai Yue'er’s defense of Shrek’s glory after defeating its students, and she attacked him when he refused to apologize. Leng Yaozhu stopped her and demanded that Shrek’s Pavilion Master, Yun Ming, judge the dispute.

• Xiling argued that Shrek’s glory was cheap if a few truthful remarks could shake it, and Cai Yue'er unleashed her Super Douluo pressure against him.
• Cai Yue'er demanded that Xiling apologize and accept an invitation to study at Shrek, but he criticized the academy’s students and its elders for supporting them.
• Cai Yue'er fired a blade of silver moonlight at Xiling, but an unseen voice stopped the attack before it could hit him.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived, shielded Xiling, and challenged Cai Yue'er’s right to bully a junior; Cai Yue'er proposed asking Pavilion Master Yun Ming to judge the matter.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to consult Yun Ming, while Benares landed on Xiling’s shoulder and he said he would rely on it next.