Chapter Summaries

Zhang Fei teamed up with Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to defeat a Golden-Horned Dragon Rhino and absorb its twenty-three-thousand-year Soul Ring. He reached Soul Power level forty-two and tested his powerful fourth Soul Skill, Golden Dragon Head, before the group headed back to the academy.

• Zhang Fei struggled to damage the Golden-Horned Dragon Rhino until Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang restrained it with their Dragon-Snake Combined Strike.
• Zhang Fei used Heaven-Rending Claw to kill the bound Golden-Horned Dragon Rhino and claim its Soul Ring.
• Zhang Fei absorbed the twenty-three-thousand-year Soul Ring after enduring three hours of violent energy, raising his Soul Power to level forty-two.
• Zhang Fei tested Golden Dragon Head by blasting a large mountain rock into fragments with a charged punch.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang praised Zhang Fei's strength, and the four of them set off toward the academy.

After returning to Balak City, Zhang Fei fused the Eight Spider Lances with his body, overcoming their poison and evil aura with his Ice and Fire powers and Golden Dragon bloodline. The bone transformed into the dark-golden Golden Dragon Spear, and Zhang Fei began considering special clothes to accommodate it.

• Zhang Fei returned to Balak City with Meng Yiran, Dragon Duke Meng Shu, and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang after gaining a Golden-Horned Dragon Rhino Soul Ring and the Eight Spider Lances.
• Zhang Fei began fusing the Eight Spider Lances with his spine, enduring severe pain as their poison spread through his body.
• Zhang Fei used the powers of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to neutralize the poison while his Golden Dragon bloodline suppressed the bone’s evil aura.
• The Eight Spider Lances transformed into dark-golden, dragon-scaled limbs that Zhang Fei named the Golden Dragon Spear, which could pierce through a bluestone wall and boost his attributes.
• Zhang Fei found that the fusion had raised his Soul Power without breaking through level forty-three, and he decided to prepare special outfits for using the Golden Dragon Spear.

Zhang Fei switched from gravity training to mastering lance techniques, using a forged weapon to conceal his second martial soul. After three months of training, he reached level forty-three and proved able to contend with powerful Soul Emperors.

• Zhang Fei realized five-times gravity no longer improved his physique and decided to train with a weapon while keeping his Eight-Foot Serpent Spear martial soul secret.
• Zhang Fei commissioned an eight-hundred-jin Black-Gold Serpent Lance at Hundred Weapons Forge and lifted it one-handed when he returned to collect it.
• Zhang Fei studied She Long's nine linked lance forms and trained to unite his body and lance, complementing the weapon's reach with his Golden Dragon's close-combat strength.
• After three months of training, Zhang Fei reached lance mastery and broke through to level forty-three.
• Zhang Fei knocked back a level-sixty-eight Soul Emperor during sparring, showing he could defeat ordinary Soul Emperors and face stronger ones without disadvantage.

Zhang Fei and the Beast Academy team began nightly Soul Battles at the Great Soul Arena in Balak City to prepare for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. The Beast Team defeated the Blood Wolf Team, and the other members then went to register for their one-on-one matches.

• Yang Ming announced that the team would train through Soul Battles each night, with Zhang Fei observing to study his teammates.
• Yang Ming arranged the Beast Team's first seven-person match against the Blood Wolf Team and assigned Li Gang to lead the lineup.
• The Beast Team and Blood Wolf Team released their martial souls and began the third team Soul Battle.
• The Beast Team countered the Blood Wolf Team's opening assault, and Jiang Cong's control skills broke their formation.
• The host declared the Beast Team the winner, and the members went to register for their one-on-one Soul Battles.

After a month of winning streaks in Balak City's Great Soul Arena, the Beast Academy Team accepted a challenge from Heaven Dou City's Emperor Team. Zhang Fei chose to sit out the match so his teammates could test themselves under pressure, and the chapter ended as the team prepared for training and tactics.

• The Beast Academy Team finished the soul battles with five wins and three losses, then continued its training.
• Over the next month, the team won thirty consecutive matches while Zhang Fei raised his Soul Power to level forty-four.
• Manager Liu told Yang Ming that the Emperor Team wanted to challenge them, and Yang Ming accepted the match for the following night.
• Zhang Fei recognized Yu Tianheng on the Emperor Team roster and reasoned that Dugu Yan had been made captain to keep Yu Tianheng in check.
• Zhang Fei declined to fight, urging the team to use the Emperor Team as a test of their limits, and the members agreed to give the match everything they had.
• The next morning, Zhang Fei gathered the team at the training ground, where their Soul Power levels showed they could contend with the Emperor Team.