Recaps

After the attack on his family, Tang Wulin decided he needed the strength to protect them and went to the Spirit Pagoda to join. His parents remained in the hospital, while Guang Biao warned them that the Evil Spirit Masters might strike again.

• Tang Wulin thanked Guang Long for saving his parents, and Guang Long admitted he had envied their close family.
• Gong Lingyao examined Tang Ziran, Lang Yue, Tang Wulin, and Guang Long, confirming that the Evil Spirit Master's attack had left no hidden effects.
• Guang Biao questioned Tang Ziran about the attack and learned that it might involve a mecha blueprint or the couple's Mental Medicine research.
• Guang Biao advised Tang Ziran and Lang Yue to join the authorities or a major faction, then told Tang Wulin not to waste his talent and opportunities.
• Tang Wulin remembered the people who had encouraged him and left his parents with a promise to return.
• Tang Wulin entered the Spirit Pagoda and declared that he wanted to join.

Tang Wulin joined the Spirit Pagoda and learned that it could provide his family with a safe home and arrange forging training for him. Meanwhile, Hua Yichen questioned why the Holy Spirit Cult’s higher-ups remained hidden and suspected they were developing beyond the Federation.

• Tang San's Divine Sense realized Tang Wulin had joined the Spirit Pagoda and worried that his own plans and allies might not be enough to deal with an unknown enemy.
• Tang Wulin received a Portable Soul Guidance Light Screen, searched for spiritual items, and found their prices too high.
• The receptionist told Tang Wulin that his family could settle near the Spirit Pagoda and that he could train in its Forging Department despite already having a teacher.
• Hua Yichen received Guang Biao's message that an Evil Spirit Master had been apprehended, then considered reports that the captured base was fake and yielded only a Soul King.
• Hua Yichen wondered whether the Holy Spirit Cult was developing in the ocean, Star Luo, or Heaven Dou, and questioned whether Tang Ziran's research had truly drawn its attention.

After Gu Yuena exhausted herself forging rare metal, Huo Yuhao showed her concern and later explained that he would treat Tang Wulin as a classmate unless they became enemies. While meditating, Huo Yuhao was summoned into the Eternal Domain, where the Eternal Angel appeared to give him a trial.

• Gu Yuena completed her ninth forging attempt, and Huo Yuhao escorted her to her room before bringing her three Class A meals.
• Gu Yuena browsed Soul Tool Network advice about growing closer to Huo Yuhao and felt encouraged by his concern.
• Huo Yuhao learned Tang Wulin had joined the Spirit Pagoda and told the Ice Empress he would not target him unless their relationship changed.
• Electrolux sensed a new ripple in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea and reacted with a smile.
• During meditation, Huo Yuhao entered the Eternal Domain and learned from Electrolux that the Throne of Eternity and Creation had summoned him.
• The Eternal Angel appeared before Huo Yuhao, while Brother Sky Dream joked about her dramatic entrance.

Huo Yuhao entered the Throne of Eternity and Creation’s assessment and faced the Eternal Angel, who restricted both his resources and her own strength. The battle began with her using an ability Huo Yuhao recognized from the Star Crown.

• The Eternal Angel introduced herself as guardian of the Eternal Domain and confirmed that Huo Yuhao would take the assessment.
• Huo Yuhao asked to use his companions and equipment, then prepared a cannon barrel and eight Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannon Shells with Electrolux’s help.
• The Eternal Angel forbade external assistance and objects, while Tian Meng, the Ice Empress, and Electrolux argued that Huo Yuhao’s tools and allies should be allowed.
• The Eternal Angel transformed her strength to match the Douluo cultivation system and limited herself to one rank above Huo Yuhao, while ordering him to put away his Storage Ring.
• Huo Yuhao charged as the Eternal Angel conjured starlight chains and a golden pillar; he recognized her ability as a Star Crown soul skill.

Huo Yuhao defeated Eternal Angel by exploiting her unfamiliarity with soul skills and chaining Spiritual Power attacks into an ice-sword strike and Ice Blast. Eternal Angel conceded and offered him her staff, which Tian Meng and the Ice Empress recognized as a divine tool.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Power to interrupt Eternal Angel's Starry Sky Chains, then fooled her with a false body and struck her with Ukiyo-e Frost.
• Huo Yuhao questioned Eternal Angel's reliance on soul skills and attacked with Empress Sword, Unparalleled Chill, freezing her into an ice sculpture.
• Huo Yuhao retreated before Eternal Angel triggered Ice Blast, whose explosion devastated the surrounding area.
• Eternal Angel restored her strength, admitted she had been careless, and conceded the match.
• Eternal Angel let Huo Yuhao keep her staff, and Tian Meng and the Ice Empress suspected it was a divine tool.

The Lord of Eternity granted Huo Yuhao the Power of Stars and a Divine Tool through the Throne of Seal, strengthening his foundation as he meditated. After he returned to his room, Gu Yuena came to check on him when their connection briefly vanished.

• The Lord of Eternity explained that Huo Yuhao’s influence on the world had prompted Him to draw Huo Yuhao into the trial.
• The Eternal Angel described the Eternal Domain and granted Huo Yuhao recognition of the Power of Stars.
• Starlight gathered around Huo Yuhao, and a Divine Tool staff merged into him as the Power of Stars reshaped his second soul ring.
• Tian Meng, the Ice Empress, and Electrolux examined the staff in Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sea, where Electrolux moved it beside the Eye of Life.
• Gu Yuena went to Huo Yuhao’s room after losing their connection, then met his starlit gaze when the connection returned and the door opened.

Huo Yuhao showed Gu Yuena the star-power divine tool Star's Favor and explained its abilities, then trained with her to test how the Power of Stars had transformed his second soul skill. Their sparring ended with Gu Yuena escaping his Star Chains through the Space Element.

• Huo Yuhao thanked Gu Yuena for checking on him and brought her outside to show her Star's Favor.
• Huo Yuhao used Star's Favor to draw in the Power of Stars and considered how its power might alter the Eye of Life.
• Huo Yuhao invited Gu Yuena to train with him, and they both revealed their unusual soul rings.
• Gu Yuena attacked with dual-attribute Ice Cones, while Huo Yuhao's star-infused second soul skill formed a wall that withstood them for one second.
• Huo Yuhao disrupted Gu Yuena with Mental Interference and caught her with a Star Chain, but she escaped using the Space Element.

Huo Yuhao assessed the defensive, offensive, and control uses of his star-powered Divine Shaping of All Forms, while Xu Xiaoyan worried about being forced into the Xu Family heirship. At Eastsea Academy, class three defeated Wu Zhangkong’s class five and prepared to challenge class two.

• Huo Yuhao concluded that Divine Shaping of All Forms could provide one second of absolute defense and could also serve as an offensive and control skill, though he believed it could be developed further.
• Huo Yuhao jokingly asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for more soul skills, then used Star's Favor to draw in the Power of Stars while meditating.
• Xu Xiaoyan recalled how the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor chose her as the Xu Family's heir after her Martial Soul mutated, despite her wish for her brother to inherit the role.
• Xu Xiaoyan reflected on being placed in class two and becoming a candidate for the Promotion Match before quietly going to sleep.
• Class three, led by Ye Yingrong's three Gu brothers, defeated Wu Zhangkong's class five in the Promotion Matches and prepared to challenge class two.

Luo Yanglu introduced the Class Zero program and its contracts to four students, while Wei Xiaofeng refused to join because he wanted to attend Shrek Academy. Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi accepted after learning about the Spirit Pagoda’s powerful resources, and the chapter ended with Xie Xie reflecting that his father had made the right call.

• Luo Yanglu selected Wang Jinxi, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng to discuss the upcoming match and explained the academy’s Class Zero proposal.
• Wei Xiaofeng refused the academy’s agreement because his family expected him to study at Shrek Academy, but Luo Yanglu clarified that the decision did not affect the match.
• Xie Xie recalled his father advising him to cooperate with the Spirit Pagoda, then agreed to join Class Zero.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi also agreed to join, and the three drew lots to determine the match participants.
• Luo Yanglu showed the three students the Spirit Pagoda’s agreement, which offered a suitable Ten Thousand Year Soul Spirit and advanced training resources to members who met its terms.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena watched Mu Xi forge so Gu Yuena could study the craft, then discussed the Soul Beast Saint Craftsmen and the path to Heavenly Forging. Gu Yuena left with a better understanding of forging and a growing sense of ease beside Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to help Mu Xi notice and correct mistakes while forging, and Gu Yuena studied her technique.
• Zheng Tianlin asked Mu Xi to take on extra forging work, but she refused and identified Huo Yuhao as a Level Three Mecha Manufacturer and her collaborator.
• Zheng Tianlin apologized and left, and Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena departed with the forged metal.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao that Di Tian and Xiong Jun were Saint Craftsmen, and that Xiong Jun had spent a thousand years learning to forge under Di Tian.
• Huo Yuhao offered to help Gu Yuena if she became stuck at Heavenly Forging, and Gu Yuena watched Soul Masters and Soul Spirits together with a gentle smile.

Huo Yuhao earned his level-four Mecha Master badges, while Tang Wulin revealed his forging talent and became a Level Three Blacksmith. After returning to his family, Tang Wulin realized he had to buy spiritual items for the Golden Dragon King Seal and worried about explaining the purchase to the Spirit Pagoda.

• Xia Haoxuan persuaded Huo Yuhao to take the level-four exam, and Huo Yuhao designed and manufactured a level-four Soul Tool to earn two professional badges.
• Zheng Tianlin and Mu Xi heard that Tang Wulin had completed Thousand Refinement and received a Level Three Blacksmith badge, leaving both of them unsettled by the other young talents around them.
• Tang Wulin recalled how Wu Yu and Mang Tian had encouraged him to stop hiding his abilities after joining the Spirit Pagoda, and he resolved to use his future earnings to help his teachers and friends.
• Tang Wulin returned to the Spirit Pagoda family housing, where Tang Ziran offered to help him buy anything he needed.
• Tang Wulin remembered the Golden Dragon King Seal, calculated that he could afford the spiritual items he needed, and worried about what to tell the Spirit Pagoda seniors.

Tang Wulin bought the materials to break through his Golden Dragon King seal, while Tang San worried about the place he chose to do it. At the Promotion Match, Class One narrowly defeated class two, and Luo Yanglu decided it was time to speak with Wu Zhangkong about establishing Class Zero.

• Tang Wulin reassured Tang Ziran that he had enough money, then bought spirit items and dragon blood at the Spirit Pagoda and entered a Meditation Room to call for Old Tang.
• Tang San awakened, realized Tang Wulin planned to break through the seal inside the Spirit Pagoda, and decided he needed to begin educating him soon.
• Before the Promotion Match, Gu Yuena recognized the weak Golden Dragon King aura in Tang Wulin, and Huo Yuhao explained he planned to draw its bloodline power from Tang Wulin's soul spirit.
• Gu Yuena moved behind Huo Yuhao for protection, while Huo Yuhao wondered why their roles had reversed.
• Class One defeated class two in a friendly three-on-three match, though Tang Wulin's bloodline suppressed Wang Jinxi and the victory was close.
• Luo Yanglu considered Tang Wulin's dragon bloodline and decided to talk with Wu Zhangkong about establishing Class Zero.

Eastsea Academy established Class Zero for seven talented students, with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena exempt from signing the academy agreement. After the students moved into the single dormitories, Luo Yanglu and Wu Zhangkong introduced themselves as their cultural and combat teachers.

• Long Hengxu announced the creation of Class Zero and named its initial candidates.
• Yu Zhen offered the five students besides Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena places in Class Zero, and all five agreed.
• The seven students moved into the single dormitories, where Xu Xiaoyan chose a room beside Gu Yuena.
• Luo Yanglu and Wu Zhangkong introduced themselves as Class Zero's teachers, and Wu Zhangkong said he still needed to assess four students' strength.

Wu Zhangkong arranged a night battle in which Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie faced Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena. As the fight began, Huo Yuhao revealed a powerful spiritual domain, astonishing Wu Zhangkong.

• Wu Zhangkong assigned the five students to fight Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena so he could assess their abilities.
• Xie Xie asked Huo Yuhao to go easy on them, while Xu Xiaoyan learned that Gu Yuena was a rank twenty-eight Soul Grandmaster and Huo Yuhao was around rank thirty-five.
• The students discussed their abilities and formed their teams at the training ground under the moonlight.
• Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi charged at Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena as both sides released their martial souls and soul rings.
• Zhang Yangzi spread darkness across the training ground, but Gu Yuena illuminated it with the Light Element.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed an expansive spiritual domain, leaving Wu Zhangkong stunned by his talent.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena defeated their opponents in a team battle by using spiritual interference and their formidable abilities. Wu Zhangkong recognized their exceptional talent and decided to test them himself and improve their combat skills.

• Gu Yuena teleported behind Xu Xiaoyan, but Xie Xie intercepted her while Xu Xiaoyan used Star Wheel Chains on an illusion created by Huo Yuhao's spiritual domain.
• Gu Yuena overwhelmed Xie Xie with elemental attacks and sent Xu Xiaoyan out of the arena.
• Huo Yuhao manipulated Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi into attacking each other, then defeated them and redirected Tang Wulin's attacks before knocking him out of the arena.
• Wu Zhangkong resolved to test Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena himself and guide their practical combat training, while Luo Yanglu warned that Huo Yuhao did not need his guidance.

Tang San’s Divine Sense tried to teach Tang Wulin that strength and troublemaking ruled the world, but Wulin defended kindness and refused to accept that lesson. The next morning, Huo Yuhao’s cooking drew Gu Yuena and the others to the kitchen, leaving Xu Xiaoyan wondering about their relationship.

• Tang Wulin argued that strength did not give anyone the right to bully others, and Tang San’s Divine Sense could not refute him.
• Tang San’s Divine Sense reviewed the God Realm’s calamity, the Golden Dragon King’s escape, and the flaws in Wulin’s seal before deciding he could not yet trust Wulin with that power.
• Gu Yuena woke to the smell of breakfast and eagerly ate Huo Yuhao’s soup dumplings.
• Huo Yuhao served Gu Yuena another plate, and Xu Xiaoyan asked Xie Xie whether the two were usually like that.

Luo Yanglu taught the students about mecha and Battle Armor, and Wu Zhangkong urged them to pursue Battle Armor mastery. The class learned that Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena, and Huo Yuhao already had strong Side Profession credentials before Wu Zhangkong led them to combat training.

• Luo Yanglu served the students a breakfast enriched with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, which Tang Wulin eagerly ate.
• Luo Yanglu explained mecha and Battle Armor, including their history and the advantages and tradeoffs of each path.
• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie he wanted to become a mecha master, but Wu Zhangkong insisted the students should aim to become Battle Armor Masters.
• Tang Wulin revealed he was a Level Three Blacksmith, Gu Yuena said she was a Level Three Designer, and Huo Yuhao disclosed he was a Level-four Manufacturer.
• Wu Zhangkong praised their potential and led the students to the training field for combat training.

Wu Zhangkong tested Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena’s combat abilities, but the two overwhelmed him despite his suppressed cultivation. He then raised his strength and challenged all seven students, while Luo Yanglu watched the lesson end with Wu Zhangkong admitting he could not teach Huo Yuhao.

• Wu Zhangkong brought the students to the training field to assess their unarmed combat skills and challenged Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena.
• Luo Yanglu warned Wu Zhangkong to keep his cultivation higher and told Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena to go easy on their teacher.
• Huo Yuhao disrupted Wu Zhangkong with Spiritual Shock while Gu Yuena attacked with elemental powers, and the pair defeated him with a coordinated strike.
• Wu Zhangkong raised his strength and challenged all seven students, while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to coordinate their fight.
• After the battle, Wu Zhangkong told Luo Yanglu that Huo Yuhao was perfect and that he could not teach him.

After seeing Huo Yuhao coordinate his team’s victory, Wu Zhangkong learned more about the students’ powerful mentors and their prospects in the Spirit Pagoda. Luo Yanglu brought the students to the Spirit Pagoda, where they viewed murals of its origins before heading underground for tests prior to training on the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Wu Zhangkong recognized that Huo Yuhao had directed the students’ attacks through Spiritual Detection Sharing and learned that Gu Yuena was Heavenly Phoenix’s disciple while Huo Yuhao was being sent to headquarters.
• Luo Yanglu told the students they could enter the Spirit Ascension Platform every day for training, exciting Xu Xiaoyan.
• The students entered the Spirit Pagoda and studied a mural depicting the First Generation Tower Master contracting with the Snow Empress and Di Tian.
• Tang Wulin explained the mural’s significance, and Huo Yuhao looked at the Snow Empress before turning away.
• Luo Yanglu led the group underground to a testing room, where he and Wu Zhangkong planned to assess their physical fitness and Spiritual Power.

The students tested their Spiritual Power and physical constitutions, revealing Tang Wulin’s and Xu Xiaoyan’s unusual potential and Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Sea Realm. After the others left for the Spirit Ascension Platform, Xu Xiaoyan joined the Spirit Pagoda and confirmed her plan to bond with the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor.

• Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie scored 38, 83, and 62 in Spiritual Power, while Xu Xiaoyan scored 106 and Tang Wulin scored 135.
• Gu Yuena scored 400, and Luo Yanglu said Huo Yuhao was already in the Spirit Sea Realm without testing him.
• Luo Yanglu asked Huo Yuhao about his Soul Spirit plans, and Huo Yuhao said he would fuse with the Evil Eye Tyrant Soul Spirit first.
• Luo Yanglu advised Tang Wulin to wait before raising his first Soul Spirit to a thousand-year level, and Tang Wulin agreed.
• Luo Yanglu sent the other students with Wu Zhangkong to the Spirit Ascension Platform and asked Xu Xiaoyan to stay, then told her that the rest of Class Zero had joined the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xu Xiaoyan joined the Spirit Pagoda and affirmed her plan to fuse with the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor, which would let her use the Star Wheel Ice Staff’s Astrological and Ice Attribute soul skills.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Xie Xie in the Spirit Ascension Platform and revealed that its spiritual energy came from a fragment of the Divine Realm. Outside, Wu Zhangkong and Luo Yanglu noticed Gu Yuena meeting them and grew wary of what might follow.

• Luo Yanglu put Xu Xiaoyan into the Spirit Ascension Platform while Wu Zhangkong watched Xie Xie flee from Huo Yuhao’s Evil Eye Tyrant.
• Huo Yuhao stopped the Evil Eye Tyrant from chasing Xie Xie and learned that Xie Xie had approached the Isolation Zone out of curiosity.
• Huo Yuhao told the Evil Eye Tyrant to return to guarding the Isolation Zone, while Wu Zhangkong and Luo Yanglu noticed Gu Yuena approaching Huo Yuhao and Xie Xie.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena fought simulated Soul Beasts and discussed the Spirit Ascension Platform’s spiritual energy and the Divine Realm.
• Huo Yuhao revealed to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the Spirit Ascension Platform was a fragment of the Divine Realm.

Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and the others left the elementary Spirit Ascension Platform and learned about the Spirit Pagoda’s rewarding Virtual Battlefield. After hearing Gu Yuena mention Huo Yuhao repeatedly, Leng Yaozhu wondered whether to visit Eastsea and meet him herself.

• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena absorbed spiritual power in the elementary Spirit Ascension Platform, then left safely with the others.
• Luo Yanglu explained the Virtual Battlefield and gave the students Soul Guidance Screens displaying its difficult challenges and valuable rewards.
• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena he had tried the Virtual Battlefield before and hinted that its simulated opponents were unusual.
• Luo Yanglu told Hua Yichen about Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, but they decided not to interfere in the juniors’ relationship.
• Gu Yuena called Leng Yaozhu and spoke about Huo Yuhao, prompting Leng Yaozhu to consider visiting Eastsea to meet him.

Luo Yanglu introduced the group to the Spirit Pagoda’s Virtual Battlefield, where assessments could earn them resources and the attention of powerful mentors. Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao entered purple-level trials and found they would face simulated historical figures, including versions of themselves.

• Luo Yanglu led the group through the Gate of Space and explained the Virtual Battlefield’s difficulty levels, rewards, and Black Level requirement for greater resources and mentorship.
• Huo Yuhao told the group that clearing the third Black Level round could attract a Super Douluo Branch Pagoda Master, while completing Red Level could draw the attention of a Limit Douluo or Deputy Pagoda Master.
• Gu Yuena chose the purple-level assessment and found herself facing a simulated Frost Douluo Su Tong, the Spirit Pagoda’s Second Generation Pagoda Master.
• Huo Yuhao entered his trial and found himself facing a simulated version of himself, whose battle experience seemed implausibly enhanced.

Huo Yuhao passed the Spirit Pagoda’s Virtual Battlefield assessment by defeating a simulated version of himself and revealed that his Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm. After his classmates struggled against their opponents, Luo Yanglu explained that Ji Juechen had risen from rank-three Innate Soul Power to become a rank 97 Super Douluo, inspiring Tang Wulin and the others.

• Huo Yuhao defeated the simulated First Generation Tower Master with his Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual attack and passed the assessment.
• Luo Yanglu and Wu Zhangkong realized Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, and Wu Zhangkong reconsidered his earlier defeat.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie emerged from the Virtual Battlefield after losing to powerful opponents, while Gu Yuena remained inside.
• Luo Yanglu told the students that Ji Juechen had rank-three Innate Soul Power but had become a rank 97 Super Douluo.
• Tang Wulin resolved to make Ji Juechen his goal, and the other students recovered their fighting spirit.

Leng Yulai learned that someone had passed the Extreme North Branch’s red-level assessment, while Class Zero’s semester drew to a close and Tang Wulin was summoned to the Spirit Pagoda over an incident involving Wang Jinxi. The chapter left Tang Wulin heading to find out what had happened to his companion.

• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Yuena about her assessment, and she revealed that a Soul Tool using Elemental Stripping had defeated her.
• Leng Yulai saw that someone had passed the red-level assessment at the Extreme North Branch and wondered who could overcome its formidable difficulty.
• The Snow Empress told Leng Yulai to accompany her to Heaven Dou City after she arranged matters in the Extreme North.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi entered a cooperative Virtual Battlefield match and attempted their Dark Eagle Dragon Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xie Xie found Tang Wulin and told him Teacher Luo had sent for him because something had happened to Wang Jinxi, then led him toward the Spirit Pagoda.