Chapter Summaries

Meng Xinghe examined Tang Wulin and confirmed that the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core was sealed inside him, then proposed helping him safely break the first seal in exchange for its bloodline essence. Tang Wulin accepted, and Meng Xinghe selected four century-old spiritual items to support the process.

• Huo Yuhao confirmed to Tang Wulin that the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core was inside him and warned him to watch and wait.
• Meng Xinghe examined Tang Wulin and found eighteen seals containing the divine core's power; Gu Yuena explained that the seals had kept Tang Wulin alive.
• Meng Xinghe proposed supplying spiritual items to protect Tang Wulin while Gu Yuena took the bloodline essence released from the first seal.
• After considering his family's situation, Tang Wulin agreed to the exchange, and Gu Yuena also accepted the plan.
• Meng Xinghe ordered Century-old Purple Cloud Lingzhi, Century-old Stalactite Milk, Century-old Azure-veined Vine, and Century-old Life Fruit for Tang Wulin.

Meng Xinghe bought four expensive spiritual treasures and refined them into a pill to help Tang Wulin break his first seal. After the Golden Dragon King bloodline essence emerged, Gu Yuena subdued it, leaving it safely contained in her hand.

• Gu Yuena paid more than fifteen million Federation credits for four spiritual treasures while Tang Wulin marveled at their cost.
• Meng Xinghe explained that he would refine the treasures into a pill, then used his Sky Flame to make one as Tang Wulin questioned his many talents.
• Tang Wulin swallowed the pill and meditated while Meng Xinghe guided its medicinal energy through his meridians and broke the first seal.
• Meng Xinghe extracted the Golden Dragon King bloodline essence from Tang Wulin before it could merge with his own bloodline.
• Gu Yuena used her Silver Dragon King bloodline pressure to suppress the essence, which settled obediently in her hand.

Tang Wulin felt transformed after taking Meng Xinghe’s pill, while Meng Xinghe and Gu Yuena discussed her developing second martial soul, revised Battle Armor plans, and a self-created combat technique. Gu Yuena approved the blueprint and explained that the Seven-Colored Essence Slash grew stronger by absorbing energy, though it worked best with a sword or saber.

• Xie Xie noticed Tang Wulin’s changed appearance, and Tang Wulin said he had cultivated at the Spirit Pagoda and felt refreshed after taking Meng Xinghe’s pill.
• Gu Yuena told Meng Xinghe that the first seal’s Golden Dragon King essence had only formed a prototype of her second martial soul, though it had strengthened her body and showed signs of evolving her bloodline.
• Meng Xinghe gave Gu Yuena his revised Battle Armor blueprint, and she approved it, assigning simpler parts to Xiao Yan and keeping the rest for herself.
• Gu Yuena told Meng Xinghe that the Seven-Colored Essence Slash had worked well in her trials but lost power when performed with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Seven-Colored Essence Slash absorbed elemental power and the surrounding world’s essence, allowing its power to grow as it traveled.

Gu Yuena asked Meng Xinghe to turn her Silver Dragon Spear into a sword so it could suit the Seven-Colored Essence Slash, and he agreed to reforge it with the Golden Dragon Spear. After class, Meng Xinghe helped his classmates with their questions while Gu Yuena and Xu Xiaoyan followed him out.

• Gu Yuena chose to keep the Seven-Colored Essence Slash and asked Meng Xinghe to reshape her Silver Dragon Spear into a sword.
• Meng Xinghe agreed to combine the Silver Dragon Spear with the Golden Dragon Spear and reforge them into a divine weapon, reassuring Gu Yuena that he had a way to do it.
• Gu Yuena promised to make Meng Xinghe a one-word Battle Armor, and he encouraged her with a warm response.
• After class, Meng Xinghe answered his classmates' questions, then left with Gu Yuena and Xu Xiaoyan following him.
• Wei Xiaofeng teased Xie Xie for not joining Meng Xinghe's circle, and Xie Xie claimed he wanted to stay with Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie strengthened their friendship as Xie Xie learned that his chance of entering East Sea Academy’s genius class depended on breaking through to Soul Grandmaster. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena decided she wanted Long Yue as a follower because he possessed the Mountain Dragon King bloodline, while she continued to assess Xie Xie.

• Tang Wulin felt moved by Xie Xie's friendship, and the two shared an awkward exchange over Xie Xie's name.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi urged Xie Xie to break through to Soul Grandmaster, explaining that his cultivation rank could affect his admission to the genius class.
• Xie Xie realized his father had arranged matters to force him to change his careless habits, and he resolved to cultivate harder before the promotion matches ended.
• Meng Xinghe told Gu Yuena about Long Yue, a fifteen-year-old from the Star Luo Empire with a pure Mountain Dragon King martial soul.
• Gu Yuena decided to take Long Yue as a follower and said she would continue observing Xie Xie before deciding whether to invite him too.

Tang Wulin reunited with his parents at East Sea City station, only for Dark Earl of the Evil Spirit Cult to reveal that he had come to capture them. Dark Earl rejected Tang Ziran’s offer to surrender in exchange for the boys’ freedom, leaving the family and Xie Xie trapped.

• Tang Wulin waited with Xie Xie at the station for Tang Ziran and Lang Yue to arrive.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue arrived, and Tang Wulin joyfully reunited with them while Xie Xie hid his tears.
• Tang Wulin introduced Xie Xie to his parents, then asked the elegantly dressed man if the person he was waiting for had arrived.
• Dark Earl revealed that Tang Wulin’s family were the people he had come for and identified himself as one of the Evil Spirit Cult’s Four Heavenly Kings.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue shielded Tang Wulin and Xie Xie when Dark Earl threatened to drink Tang Wulin’s blood.
• Tang Ziran offered to go with Dark Earl if he released the boys, but Dark Earl refused and said he would eliminate anything imperfect.

Tang Wulin and his family were rescued from the Dark Count by Nana Li and Long Yuheng, who had cleared the station and confronted the evil Soul Master. The Dark Count fled from Long Yuheng, while Nana Li escorted the family to safety.

• Huo Yuhao reassured Tang Wulin that East Sea City had hidden protectors and promised to act if needed.
• Nana Li rang her bell to daze the Dark Count as Long Yuheng evacuated Tang Wulin, his parents, and Xie Xie from the station.
• Nana Li and Long Yuheng revealed themselves as Rank 98 Titled Douluos working against the Evil Spirit Cult, and the Dark Count fled when Long Yuheng pursued him.
• Nana Li showed Tang Ziran her Federal Investigation Bureau identification and took responsibility for the family's safety.
• Tang Wulin's group left the station and saw that the East Sea City Mecha Brigade had sealed off the area, with Guanglong among those waiting outside.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie reunited with their teachers after Long Yuheng saved them, while Long Bing revealed that the rescuer was her father. Elsewhere, Long Yuheng pursued the Dark Count, who encountered Dai Mao and discovered that the cardinal bishop was a hidden Limit Douluo.

• Nana Li questioned Tang Ziran and Lang Yue about the attack and scanned their identities.
• Wu Changkong and Long Bing arrived in Battle Armor and checked that Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were safe.
• Long Bing told Tang Wulin that Long Yuheng was her father and explained how their different martial souls came from their parents.
• Long Yuheng found a dead Dark Gold Bat and realized the Dark Count had escaped by splitting into nine bats.
• Dai Mao confronted the Dark Count and revealed his Limit Douluo cultivation by manifesting the power of the Great Light Heavenly God Scripture.

Meng Xinghe controlled the unconscious Dark Earl while discussing the value of undercover agents with Gu Yuena. At the Federal Investigation Bureau, Director Shi Xing used his time-based Martial Soul to review the attack on Tang Wulin’s family and pointed to Tang Ziran’s past in the Star Luo Empire as the next lead.

• Meng Xinghe explained to Gu Yuena that he wanted to control the Dark Earl because one could never have too many undercover agents.
• Long Bing told Tang Wulin that the Federation needed his parents to analyze a medicine they had developed, while Tang Wulin wondered whether the real reason for their capture was the Golden Dragon King’s God Core.
• Shi Xing arrived at the East Sea Branch and used his pocket watch to show the events surrounding the Evil Spirit Cult incident in reverse.
• Tang Wulin noticed Shi Xing’s extraordinary Soul Ring configuration, which included six red rings and three orange-gold rings.
• Shi Xing revealed that Tang Ziran had immigrated from the Star Luo Empire as a child under the guardianship of a clan chief and said they needed to investigate his past.

After the Federal Investigation Bureau discovered the danger of Tang Ziran and Lang Yue’s sedative, Tang Wulin resolved to become strong enough to protect his family. The Dark Earl fell under Meng Xinghe’s control, while Tang Wulin looked to the Blue Silver Conference as a chance to upgrade his Spirit Pagoda contract.

• The drug analysis revealed that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue’s unfinished sedative was extraordinarily potent, so Shi Xing ordered it reported and classified as a prohibited experimental project.
• Shi Xing gave Tang Ziran and Lang Yue protective time-stasis pocket watches, and Long Yuheng promised to take responsibility for Tang Wulin’s safety.
• Long Yuheng reported that the Dark Earl had escaped after splitting into nine clones, while Meng Xinghe awakened the captured Dark Earl and bound him to the Holy Spirit Cult with a Seed of Faith.
• Tang Wulin told his parents he understood why they had hidden their identities and resolved to become strong enough to protect them.
• Tang Wulin decided to seek an S-rank Talent Contract by proving his soul-master potential at the winter Blue Silver Conference, where he hoped his Blue Silver Grass would evolve into the Blue Silver King.

After a month of nightmares and diligent cultivation, Xie Xie broke through to Rank 20 and went with Long Bing to the Spirit Pagoda to seek a new Soul Spirit. There, Gu Yuena invited him to become her follower, leaving him stunned by the revelation about Xu Xiaoyan and Meng Xinghe.

• Xie Xie woke from his recurring nightmare, resumed meditating, and broke through to Rank 20 Soul Power.
• Xie Xie told Wu Changkong about his breakthrough and requested leave to obtain a new Soul Spirit.
• Wu Changkong approved the leave and arranged for Long Bing to accompany Xie Xie to the Spirit Pagoda.
• At the Spirit Pagoda, Gu Yuena took Xie Xie to a private room and invited him to become her follower.
• Xie Xie accepted the comparison to Xiao Yan and realized that Xu Xiaoyan was Meng Xinghe's follower.

Xie Xie became Gu Yuena’s follower by signing a blood pact, which fused his twin daggers into a stronger Space-Time Dragon martial soul. Gu Yuena learned she could not form a blood pact with Meng Xinghe, while he explained how his contracts would help him reach godhood.

• Gu Yuena persuaded Xie Xie to become her follower, and he signed a two-way blood pact that strengthened his body and elemental affinities.
• Xie Xie told Long Bing he was no longer a Soul Master with twin martial souls of the same type, then revealed his fused silver-white dragon martial soul.
• Gu Yuena asked Meng Xinghe to form a blood pact with her, but he explained that merging their bloodlines would compromise their purity.
• Meng Xinghe explained how his one-way blood pacts and Heavenly God Contracts would boost his power and support his plan to become a god.

Meng Xinghe reflected on the powerful gods he might face and insisted he needed to ascend as a God King. He reforged a sword and scabbard for Gu Yuena, then sparred with her using Sima Jinchi’s Dragon Clan Magic Saber, whose rapidly shifting elemental seals disrupted her attacks.

• Meng Xinghe weighed the God Kings and realms that might oppose him and resolved that his initial divine rank had to be at least God King.
• Meng Xinghe gave Gu Yuena a divine-artifact scabbard and a quasi-Super Divine Artifact sword that could become a Super Divine Artifact when her bloodline evolved into Dragon God bloodline.
• Gu Yuena proposed a spar and asked Meng Xinghe to use a weapon matching her sword’s grade.
• Sima Jinchi transformed into the Dragon Clan Magic Saber, and Meng Xinghe used it to seal Gu Yuena’s spatial power.
• Meng Xinghe repeatedly switched which elemental power the saber sealed, disrupting Gu Yuena’s attacks and leaving her questioning the weapon’s purpose.

Meng Xinghe explained how his Soul Skills, Heavenly God Body, and Heavenly God Bloodline let him outlast and withstand Gu Yuena during their fight. The battle ended with Gu Yuena exhausted, while Meng Xinghe’s carefully planned abilities left him prepared for future threats.

• Meng Xinghe used Earthly Fiend Return to Acupoints to maintain his Soul Power advantage over Gu Yuena.
• Meng Xinghe defended against Gu Yuena’s newly forged divine sword while secretly holding back and letting her test it.
• Meng Xinghe used Star Signs and Fiendish Qi Shaping to withstand Gu Yuena’s Seven-Colored Essence Slash.
• Meng Xinghe explained that Heavenly God Revival strengthened his Heavenly God Bloodline and that his Heavenly God Body supplied his other planned Soul Skills.
• Meng Xinghe compared his choices with Gu Yuena’s Silver Dragon Revival, which strengthened her Silver Dragon King Bloodline.

As Class Two prepared to challenge Class One in the Class Advancement Tournament, Wu Changkong used a lottery to choose Class One’s three representatives. Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi were selected, leaving Meng Xinghe surprised by how the changed circumstances had altered the expected lineup.

• Class Five lost to Class Four, Class Four lost to Class Three, and Class Three narrowly lost to Class Two in the advancement matches.
• Wu Changkong and Long Bing told Class One that Class Two would challenge them and that only students at Soul Grandmaster rank or above would be considered.
• Wu Changkong ruled out Meng Xinghe, Gu Yuena, and Xu Xiaoyan, then set up a lottery among Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng for three places.
• Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng drew the two zeros, so Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi were chosen to represent Class One.
• Meng Xinghe noted that Tang Wulin had replaced Wei Xiaofeng in the lineup and that Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline now belonged to Gu Yuena.

Class One defeated Class Two in the first-year promotion tournament, and Tang Wulin reunited with Wan Yunchao. Meng Xinghe planned to use Tang Wulin’s bloodline in his research and his Sea God bloodline to reclaim authority over the seas, while Class One considered whether to challenge higher grades.

• Meng Xinghe told Gu Yuena he planned to develop a bloodline purification agent for Tang Wulin and extract his Sea God bloodline to support his plan to reclaim Douluo Planet’s authority over the seas.
• Meng Xinghe explained that a health checkup at Bi Ji’s hospital could provide Tang Wulin’s blood sample, and Gu Yuena offered to help research the agent.
• Tang Wulin chose Wan Yunchao as his opponent, while Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi took the other Class Two students; Class One won the three duels.
• Tang Wulin invited Wan Yunchao to lunch, and Xie Xie felt left out as the old friends walked away together.
• Ye Yingrong urged Ye Yingluo to give up on Wu Changkong, while Long Bing stayed beside her husband and discussed business with him.
• Class One was given the option to challenge higher grades, but the academy’s leaders urged the students to keep a low profile.

Wu Changkong and Long Bing agreed that Class One would not challenge a higher grade, and Eastsea Academy officially established Class Zero for eight gifted students. After signing agreements that tied them to the Spirit Pagoda and barred them from joining the Tang Sect, the students learned the academy hoped they would reach the Young Prodigy Rankings and qualify for a once-in-five-hundred-years event.

• Wu Changkong and Long Bing told Long Hengxu that Class One would not challenge a higher grade.
• Eastsea Academy announced the eight members selected for Class Zero: Meng Xinghe, Gu Yuena, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng.
• Yu Zhen presented six students with Class Zero agreements, and Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng signed them despite the ban on joining the Tang Sect.
• Yu Zhen urged the students to work toward the Young Prodigy Rankings within five years and said they could qualify for a grand event held once every five hundred years.
• The students were stunned by the goal of reaching Soul King-level combat power by age fourteen, while Xie Xie wondered about the event.

Dean Yu and Meng Xinghe explained the Three Powers Championship, its role in organizing the nations’ contributions against the Abyssal invasion, and the qualifications for the next tournament. The boys resolved to earn places in the youth group, and Class Zero prepared to begin studying at the Spirit Pagoda.

• Dean Yu explained that the Three Powers Championship was a three-nation soul master competition whose total points determined which nation received tributes from the others.
• Meng Xinghe explained that the Douluo Federation had created the championship to justify resource contributions from the Star Luo Empire and Dou Ling Empire toward resisting the Abyssal invasion.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and the other boys resolved to reach the Young Prodigy Rankings within five years so they could represent the Federation.
• Gu Yuena reflected on the shared responsibility of resisting the Abyssal invasion, while Meng Xinghe’s Soul Tool allowed the Federation to absorb energy from defeated Abyssal creatures.
• After the students moved into the dormitories, Wu Changkong and Long Bing told Class Zero they would take them to study at the Spirit Pagoda and gave Spirit Transmission Bracelets to Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng.

Class Zero joined Long Bing on a visit to the Spirit Pagoda, where she explained its origins and answered questions about the Angel Family and the Holy Spirit Cult. The chapter ended with Long Bing clarifying that the Cult’s three dioceses operated independently despite sharing the same faith.

• Wei Xiaofeng decided to join the Spirit Pagoda, and Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi followed his lead.
• Long Bing led Class Zero to the Spirit Pagoda while Wu Changkong stayed behind to teach Class One.
• Long Bing explained that the dome mural showed Huo Yuhao, Ye Guyi, Di Tian, the Heavenly Snow Woman, and the Evil Emperor at the Spirit Pagoda’s founding.
• Long Bing told Wang Jinxi that Ye Guyi had left no descendants and that the Yue Family’s Sacred Angel martial soul was a coincidence.
• Long Bing explained that the Holy Spirit Cult’s Federation, Star Luo, and Dou Ling dioceses shared a faith but otherwise operated independently.

Long Bing explained why the Spirit Pagoda had established overseas branches, then brought Class Zero to test their talents. The results revealed striking differences among the students, with Meng Xinghe receiving the highest overall rating.

• Tang Wulin asked whether the Holy Spirit Cult had three popes, and Long Bing confirmed that each national branch had its own pope.
• Long Bing explained that the Spirit Pagoda had established branches in the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires to promote peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts, with Xu Yunhan's approval.
• Long Bing took Class Zero to an underground testing room and had Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng test first; Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi received A ratings, while Wei Xiaofeng received a B.
• Wang Jinxi's spiritual power measured only thirty-eight, far below the level needed to contract with a thousand-year soul spirit before reaching Rank 30.
• The remaining students were tested: Xie Xie earned S+, Tang Wulin A+, Xu Xiaoyan SS+, Gu Yuena SSS, and Meng Xinghe SSS+.