Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin worried that his weak talent would keep him from becoming strong, and Tang San reassured him while privately doubting Blue Silver Grass could help. Meanwhile, Di Tian watched Tang Wulin for Jiang Yan, who planned to strip away his advantages, before Qian Renxue asked whether Battle Armor could enhance gods.

• Tang Wulin doubted he could become powerful with Innate Soul Power of level three, and Tang San encouraged him by promising he could become a formidable expert.
• Tang San privately reflected that Blue Silver Grass was useless and hoped Tang Wulin would endure until his grandparents found him.
• Di Tian observed Tang Wulin at Eastsea Academy, held back from attacking, and reported his surveillance to Jiang Yan.
• Jiang Yan decided to target Tang Wulin because he belonged to the Tang Family and intended to take away his Golden Dragon King's Bloodline and Tang San's divine consciousness.
• Qian Renxue asked Jiang Yan whether Divine-Level Battle Armor could enhance her and Sister Dong'er.

Jiang Yan explained Battle Armor and promised to make some for Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, who competed over whose he would forge first. Three days later, he designed an extravagant growth-type set as a gift while Zhen Hua fumed that Jiang Yan was drawing Battle Armor instead of forging.

• Jiang Yan explained how Battle Armor differed from divine armor and offered to make sets for Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong teased Qian Renxue about who would receive her Battle Armor first, and the two agreed to leave it to fate.
• Gu Yuena moved closer to Jiang Yan while he meditated, then resumed cultivating.
• Three days later, Zhen Hua complained that Jiang Yan was discussing Battle Armor design with Mu Ye instead of forging at the Blacksmith Association.
• Jiang Yan continued designing an elaborate, growth-type One-Word Battle Armor as a gift, determined to make it worthy of its intended wearer.

Jiang Yan designed Battle Armor for Gu Yuena and other projects at Zhen Hua’s workshop before being persuaded to forge. Back home, he found Gu Yuena secretly drawing, and Di Tian revealed her hidden hobby as Jiang Yan went to cultivate with her.

• Jiang Yan completed a winged Battle Armor design for Gu Yuena, then began work on two more blueprints, frustrating Zhen Hua.
• Mu Ye noticed the design’s angel features and asked whether Jiang Yan’s friend belonged to the Angel Clan; Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong wondered who the golden Battle Armor was for.
• Zhen Hua eventually got Jiang Yan to forge more than ten pieces of metal before letting him leave.
• Jiang Yan returned home and found Gu Yuena hiding what she had been doing; she claimed she had been studying an idiom dictionary and invited him to meditate.
• Di Tian told Jiang Yan that Gu Yuena had actually been drawing.

Jiang Yan learned that Gu Yuena was secretly making him a mecha as a surprise, and he decided to pretend he knew nothing while preparing a gift of his own. At Eastsea Academy, his classmates discussed the Class Promotion Tournament, and Wu Changkong’s fear of Jiang Yan triggered a special achievement that rewarded Jiang Yan with an ice battle armor blueprint and a God-level Ice Element Core.

• Di Tian told Jiang Yan that Gu Yuena had been secretly studying mecha design so she could make him a mecha, and Jiang Yan ordered him to keep the discovery secret.
• Gu Yuena privately hoped to finish her mecha gift for Jiang Yan, unaware that he had learned about her plan.
• Xie Xie, Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi discussed the Class Promotion Tournament, while Jiang Yan said advancing to higher grades was unimportant to him.
• After class, Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng asked Wu Changkong about the tournament, and Wu Changkong worried that Jiang Yan could overwhelm Eastsea Academy.
• Jiang Yan received the special achievement reward of a Heaven Frost Dragon Ice Battle Armor design blueprint and a God-level Ice Element Core.

Jiang Yan examined the God-level Ice Elemental Core he had obtained from Wu Changkong and planned to reserve it for Na'er's future Battle Armor. At home, Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu admired Gu Yuena's powerful Martial Soul and asked the children what they thought of Shrek Academy.

• Jiang Yan learned that the God-level Ice Elemental Core could imbue an item with the Ice God's power and decided to save it for Na'er's Battle Armor.
• Wu Changkong told Jiang Yan, Xiao Feng, and Xie Xie that Director Long had asked them to await the principal's plans and continue as usual.
• Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena returned home and found Leng Yaozhu visiting with Jiang Luochuan.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Gu Yuena to reveal her Martial Soul, then listened as Gu Yuena described her Elemental Tide Soul Skill and its elemental abilities.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena what they thought of Shrek Academy.

Leng Yaozhu told Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena that the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda planned to establish Class Zero to train young talents to claim all seven positions among the Shrek Seven Monsters. Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena agreed to lead the effort, and Leng Yaozhu learned that Jiang Yan had already defeated a Two-Word Battle Armor Master.

• Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena described Shrek Academy as a powerful, sect-like organization rather than a true academy.
• Leng Yaozhu proposed creating Class Zero with the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda and Eastsea Academy to train talented children from Eastsea City.
• Leng Yaozhu challenged Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena to claim all seven Shrek Seven Monsters positions for Spirit Pagoda disciples.
• Jiang Yan agreed to lead the effort, and Gu Yuena said she would stand by him.
• Gu Yuena revealed that Jiang Yan had smashed the Battle Armor of a Two-Word Battle Armor Master during a spar with their homeroom teacher.

Leng Yaozhu decided to keep Wu Changkong as a teacher after Jiang Yan explained that his strength suited the children’s training, then arranged for Bai Longyue to be involved. At Eastsea Academy, Yu Lian announced a Spirit Pagoda-sponsored Class Zero for the city’s young talents, and Wu Changkong questioned what the academy would owe in return.

• Leng Yaozhu considered replacing Wu Changkong, but Jiang Yan argued that his strength made him useful for sparring and combat practice, so she let him stay.
• Gu Yuena silently resolved to defeat Wu Changkong, while Leng Yaozhu decided to contact Bai Longyue about helping teach the children.
• Long Hengxu woke Wu Changkong at five in the morning and brought him to the principal’s office after warning that the matter concerned the academy’s future.
• Yu Lian announced that the Spirit Pagoda would sponsor a new Class Zero as part of a Supergenius Development Plan, with Jiang Yan, Gu Yuena, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng among its members.
• Wu Changkong questioned what Eastsea Academy would have to give in exchange for the Spirit Pagoda’s support.

Yu Lian explained that the Spirit Pagoda would take the lead in developing Eastsea Academy and that Wu Changkong would become Zero Class’s assistant homeroom teacher. Lu Li arrived as the class’s primary teacher, and Wu Changkong learned that his old rival had reached rank eighty-one.

• Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu learned about Zero Class’s resources and the Spirit Pagoda’s plan to lead Eastsea Academy’s development.
• Yu Lian told Wu Changkong that he would remain with Zero Class as assistant homeroom teacher while a Spirit Pagoda expert became the primary teacher.
• Wu Changkong challenged the incoming teacher’s authority, saying he would only accept him if he proved stronger.
• Yu Lian introduced Lu Li, and Wu Changkong recognized him as Bai Longyue’s disciple and a rival who had beaten him in their youth.
• Lu Li revealed that he was an Earth Dragon King Soul Douluo at rank eighty-one, leaving Wu Changkong stunned.

Lu Li met Wu Changkong and agreed to lead Eastsea Academy’s Zero Class, joking about Wu’s cultivation while warning him not to underestimate Jiang Yan. He introduced himself to the students as their new homeroom teacher, and his gaze lingered on Jiang Yan as though he recognized him.

• Lu Li questioned Wu Changkong’s stalled cultivation, and Wu explained that he had his reasons and turned the conversation to leading Zero Class.
• Lu Li complained that teaching for four hours and eating two meals left him only nineteen hours for himself, while Wu reacted with disbelief.
• Lu Li dismissed Wu’s concern about Jiang Yan, boasting that his Earth Dragon King had never feared anything and declaring his goal of becoming a Limit Douluo.
• Wu Changkong introduced the students to Zero Class and told them he would serve as assistant homeroom teacher.
• Lu Li entered the classroom, introduced himself as an eighty-first-rank Soul Douluo with the Earth Dragon King martial soul, and became Zero Class’s homeroom teacher.
• Lu Li’s gaze paused on Jiang Yan, who privately wondered why the teacher seemed to recognize him.

Lu Li introduced himself as Zero Class’s new Soul Douluo teacher and taught the students about battle armor. After class, he asked Jiang Yan to give him ten minutes, prompting Gu Yuena to shield Jiang Yan and demand to know what he wanted.

• Jiang Yan read Lu Li’s information and was impressed by his rare Heaven Rewards the Diligent trait and his years of intense cultivation.
• Wei Xiaofeng and the other students were shocked to learn that Lu Li was a Soul Douluo, while Wu Changkong resolved to become a Titled Douluo himself.
• Lu Li joked that the students could go home, but Wu Changkong threatened to report him, so Lu Li instead began a lesson on battle armor.
• Lu Li lectured for more than three hours, then dismissed the class at noon.
• Lu Li returned to ask Jiang Yan for ten minutes, and Gu Yuena pulled Jiang Yan behind her and demanded to know what Lu Li wanted.

Jiang Yan accepted Lu Li’s challenge to test the strength of his physical Martial Soul, and his Dragon God power overwhelmed Lu Li’s Earth Dragon King Martial Soul. The spar ended on a shocking note when Jiang Yan’s three-ring attack broke Lu Li’s defenses and visibly damaged his Three-Word Battle Armor.

• Lu Li explained that he wanted to spar with Jiang Yan and see the quality of his physical Martial Soul, while Gu Yuena and the students questioned his intentions.
• Jiang Yan accepted the challenge after receiving a mission to face a Soul Douluo, and the group went to the training arena.
• Lu Li revealed his Earth Dragon King Martial Soul and eight Soul Rings, while Jiang Yan summoned the Dragon God and caused Lu Li’s Martial Soul to tremble under its bloodline pressure.
• Jiang Yan activated all three Soul Skills and warned Lu Li that his claw contained his full strength, then charged at him.
• Lu Li used his first three Soul Skills to defend himself, but Jiang Yan shattered his barrier and struck his Three-Word Battle Armor, leaving a clear claw mark.

Jiang Yan stunned Lu Li by damaging his Three-Word Battle Armor during their spar, then left with Gu Yuena as his classmates and grandfather reacted to his strength. That night, Lu Li reflected on the gap between himself and true geniuses while Wu Changkong kept him company.

• Jiang Yan damaged Lu Li's Three-Word Battle Armor with his Soul Skill, and Lu Li conceded that the spar did not need to continue.
• Jiang Yan left the arena with Gu Yuena, while Xie Xie joked about Wu Changkong's damaged Battle Armor and earned extra training.
• Jiang Luochuan learned that Jiang Yan had damaged a Soul Douluo's armor and marveled at his grandson's power.
• Lu Li sat beneath the stars, reconsidered his place among powerful Soul Masters, and told Wu Changkong that coming to Eastsea City had been the right choice.
• Wu Changkong brought Lu Li coffee, listened to him joke about their rivalry, and left with the empty cup.

Jiang Yan’s fight with Lu Li stunned Spirit Pagoda’s leaders and left Bai Longyue worried about his disciple. Meanwhile, Qian Gu Dongfeng fretted over his grandson Qiangu Zhangting’s slow progress, while Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena remained in Eastsea City.

• Wu Changkong reflected on Jiang Yan’s strength and wondered how the young Soul Elder could challenge opponents far above his rank.
• Leng Yaozhu heard Jiang Yan explain that bloodline suppression had helped him defeat Lu Li, then received Qian Gu Dongfeng at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng visited Bai Longyue, who concealed his worry after learning Lu Li had been overwhelmed by Jiang Yan.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng lamented that Qiangu Zhangting was only a five-ring Soul King at eighteen and feared Jiang Yan would outpace him.
• Jiang Yan sneezed in Eastsea City, reassured Gu Yuena, and Qiangu Zhangting sneezed at the Qian Gu Clan residence.

Jiang Yan reassured Qian Renxue about the Battle Armor she wanted, while Eastsea Academy opened Zero Class and Tang Wulin was offered a chance to join. The chapter ended with Director Long Hengxu questioning why Tang Wulin had been brought to him and reminding him about his unpaid debt.

• Qian Renxue praised Jiang Yan's three-ring Battle Soul Douluo feat and hinted that she wanted Battle Armor, but Jiang Yan told her not to rush.
• Jiang Yan asked the system about the parallel world and reflected on the family members who cared about him, including Gu Yuena.
• Eastsea Academy announced Zero Class, and Tang Wulin envied the students selected for it.
• Bai Xiaobai offered to recommend Tang Wulin for Zero Class because he was a Third-Level Blacksmith, despite his poor Martial Soul talent.
• Tang Wulin accepted the chance to join Zero Class, but Long Hengxu questioned Bai Xiaobai's recommendation and asked Tang Wulin whether he had paid his debt.

Tang Wulin faced rejection from Zero Class after Long Hengxu criticized his talent and unpaid debt, but Bai Xiaobai defended him and covered what he owed. Tang Wulin left encouraged, while Tang San urged him to befriend Jiang Yan, whom he believed was the world's final Child of Fortune.

• Long Hengxu rejected Tang Wulin from Zero Class after Tang Wulin offered to repay only ten thousand first.
• Bai Xiaobai defended Tang Wulin, praised his Third-Level Blacksmith skill, and promised to take responsibility for him.
• Long Hengxu agreed to investigate Tang Wulin's potential and give him a chance to join Zero Class.
• Bai Xiaobai gave Long Hengxu two hundred thousand to cover Tang Wulin's debt and told Tang Wulin to regard it as an investment in goodwill.
• Tang Wulin thanked Bai Xiaobai and told Old Tang he hoped things would improve for him.
• Tang San urged Tang Wulin to get close to Jiang Yan, whom he believed was the world's final Child of Fortune.

Tang San urged Tang Wulin to take Jiang Yan’s bloodline, believing Jiang Yan was a Child of Fortune, while Tang Wulin hesitated and chose to postpone the decision. Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena learned of the father and son’s plans and decided to let Tang Wulin apply for Zero Class, confident they could turn the situation to their advantage.

• Tang San told Tang Wulin that Jiang Yan was a Child of Fortune and encouraged him to take Jiang Yan’s bloodline to strengthen himself.
• Tang Wulin questioned whether taking another person’s bloodline was right, then put off deciding and said he hoped to rely on himself.
• Tang San sensed that someone was watching Tang Wulin and wondered if his own parents were involved.
• Di Tian reported to Gu Yuena and Jiang Yan that Tang San had mistaken Jiang Yan for a Child of Fortune and that Tang Wulin was applying to join Zero Class.
• Gu Yuena wanted Jiang Yan to have Tang Wulin rejected, but Jiang Yan chose to let the application proceed and see whether Tang Wulin could qualify.

Tang Wulin joined Zero Class as a special talent student because he was a third-rank forger, despite the class doubting his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and low cultivation. As practical combat class began, he felt intimidated by his powerful classmates but took heart after Tang San pointed out that Gu Yuena was also a Soul Master.

• Long Hengxu introduced Tang Wulin to Zero Class and explained that his forging talent had earned him admission.
• Xie Xie, Wei Xiaofeng, Lu Li, and Wu Changkong questioned whether Tang Wulin belonged in the class because of his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and level-fourteen cultivation.
• Long Hengxu clarified that Tang Wulin was a third-rank master-level forger, and the teachers accepted the explanation before taking the class to practical combat.
• Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena teased Lu Li about sparring with them, so Lu Li suggested that he challenge Wu Changkong instead.
• Tang Wulin worried that he was too weak to keep up with Zero Class, but Tang San encouraged him and revealed that Gu Yuena was also a Soul Master, restoring Tang Wulin's confidence.

Tang Wulin regained his confidence after Tang San encouraged him, then entered Zero Class's training and was swiftly defeated by Wei Xiaofeng. He challenged Gu Yuena after learning she was a Soul Master, while Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena had already discussed eliminating him.

• Tang San reassured Tang Wulin that cultivation alone did not determine genius, and Tang Wulin resolved to prove himself.
• Gu Yuena asked Jiang Yan whether they could kill Tang Wulin, and Jiang Yan told her they would deal with him later while secretly assigning Xue'er and Dong'er to watch for trouble.
• Wu Changkong started Zero Class training by pairing Xie Xie against himself, then assigned Wang Jinxi to Lu Li and Wei Xiaofeng to Tang Wulin.
• Wei Xiaofeng dodged Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Entanglement and knocked him aside with one punch.
• Tang Wulin protested that Wei Xiaofeng was a Soul Grandmaster and challenged Gu Yuena instead, prompting her to regard him with disdain.

Tang Wulin challenged Gu Yuena in Zero Class and was swiftly defeated, losing all his hair to her flames. Upset by the loss, he found reassurance in Tang San’s promises that he would grow stronger, then brightened when a senior girl visited him on the training field.

• Tang Wulin challenged Gu Yuena, believing they were both Soul Masters, and she accepted while Jiang Yan and the others watched.
• Gu Yuena destroyed Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass with a flame, burned off his hair, and froze him before ending the match.
• Tang Wulin complained that Gu Yuena had bullied his hair, then later told Tang San that Zero Class students were unreasonable.
• Tang San admitted Tang Wulin had been reckless but reassured him that Zero Class was only a beginning and promised his Martial Soul and bloodline would evolve.
• Tang Wulin thanked Tang San for supporting him and asked whether he could truly become stronger; Tang San promised that Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena would not surpass him.
• A senior girl arrived at the training field and greeted Tang Wulin, who immediately perked up.

Tang Wulin met Ouyang Zixin and felt encouraged, while Jiang Yan and Gu Yuena discussed Tang San’s surprising success. Zero Class then headed to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where Tang Wulin eagerly hoped to raise his Soul Ring cultivation and Xie Xie’s group set a more cautious goal.

• Ouyang Zixin comforted Tang Wulin about feeling out of place at Eastsea Academy, told him her name, and invited him to run with her.
• At Jiang Yan’s home, Gu Yuena questioned Tang Wulin’s lack of apparent talent, and Jiang Yan, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue discussed Tang San’s rise to power.
• Lu Li and Wu Changkong announced that Zero Class would enter the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Wu Changkong explained how killing Soul Beasts could increase Soul Ring cultivation.
• Jiang Yan brought Na'er along to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, while Lu Li and Wu Changkong warned Tang Wulin not to expect an easy thousand-year Soul Ring.
• As the students prepared to enter the Soul Beast Forest, Xie Xie, Wei Xiaofeng, Yangzi, and Jin Xi agreed that their goal was not to get one-shotted.