Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin secured the Federation’s apology and compensation after the incident, then demonstrated his extraordinary strength to Chen Xinjie. Impressed, Chen Xinjie invited him to join the War God Temple.

• The Federation Chairman apologized to Tang Wulin, agreed to pay twenty billion, and announced punishments for the personnel involved.
• Tang Wulin accepted the Federation’s apology, and the gathered representatives considered the dispute settled.
• Chen Xinjie gave Tang Wulin a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Tendon Vine and asked to see his strength.
• Tang Wulin released his Martial Soul and bloodline powers, then struck Chen Xinjie hard enough to make him retreat half a step.
• Chen Xinjie was astonished by Tang Wulin’s power and asked whether he would join the War God Temple.

Tang Wulin refused Chen Xinjie's offer to join the War God Temple but accepted its token, then received gifts from the other powerful allies who had helped secure his release. As Leng Yaozhu took him back to the Spirit Pagoda, Tang Wulin reflected on the factions' united warning to the Federation and planned how to spend his 500 million in compensation on cultivation.

• Chen Xinjie offered Tang Wulin the future leadership of the War God Temple, but Tang Wulin declined to leave his teachers and accepted Chen's token instead.
• Yun Ming, Zhen Hua, Zhuo Shi, and Mu Ye praised Tang Wulin and gave him cultivation resources, forging material, warm jade, and their support.
• Tang Wulin thanked the gathered teachers and vowed to grow strong enough to protect those he cherished.
• Leng Yaozhu took Tang Wulin from Federation headquarters and explained that the factions had united both to rescue him and to warn the Federation against suppressing them.
• Tang Wulin recalled that the Federation had paid him 500 million in damages and planned to use the money to break more of the Golden Dragon King's seals.

Tang Wulin returned safely to Shrek City, where his parents, friends, and teacher welcomed him with relief and scolded him for taking risks. Meanwhile, Qiangu Dongfeng and the Ghost Emperor agreed to prepare an attack on Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect within five years.

• Tang Wulin spent the ride planning how to use his five hundred million and returned to Shrek City with Leng Yaozhu.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue embraced Tang Wulin and expressed their worry, while he apologized for frightening them.
• Gu Yue, Na'er, Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Wu Changkong welcomed Tang Wulin and warned him not to face danger alone again.
• The Ghost Emperor confronted Qiangu Dongfeng over the Spirit Pagoda's cooperation with Shrek Academy, and Qiangu defended protecting Tang Wulin as a valuable talent.
• The Ghost Emperor told Qiangu Dongfeng that the Holy Spirit Cult was nearly ready to steal the Federation's God-Slaying Soul Guidance Shells and proposed bombing Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect within five years.
• Qiangu Dongfeng agreed to the plan while Tang Wulin remained unaware of the conspiracy.

After nine months of cultivation, Tang Wulin broke the sixth Golden Dragon King Seal, reached rank 40, and gained the Golden Dragon Spear. Wu Changkong announced that all six students had reached rank 30 or higher, making them the youngest Soul Elders in Douluo Continent history.

• Tang Wulin consumed rare spiritual items to break the sixth Golden Dragon King Seal and gained six Bloodline Soul Rings.
• Tang Wulin revealed that he had reached rank 40, become a Level Six Blacksmith, and advanced his Body Secret Art to the third stage.
• Tang Wulin summoned the Golden Dragon Spear, recognized it as his reward for breaking the seal, and hurried to class.
• Wu Changkong announced the class's ranks: Tang Wulin at 40, Gu Yue and Na'er at 38, Yuanen Yehui at 35, Ye Xinglan at 32, and Xu Lizhi at 31.
• Wu Changkong told the students they were the youngest rank 30 Soul Elders in Douluo Continent history.

Wu Changkong announced that the Youth Genius Class's final exam would take place on the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where students would increase their soul spirit ages. Tang Wulin accepted a target of twenty thousand years and promised to lead the class through the exam.

• Tang Wulin reflected on the class's progress and resolved that they would become Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and Three-Word Battle Armor Masters within nine years.
• Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Yuanen Yehui discussed how competing with their classmates had pushed them to work harder.
• Wu Changkong announced that students had to pass the final exam to remain in the Genius Class, and that their results would affect cooperation and resource allocation between Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Wu Changkong set soul spirit age targets on the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform: five thousand years for Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Yuanen Yehui; fifteen thousand years for Gu Yue and Na'er; and twenty thousand years for Tang Wulin.
• Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui worried about Tang Wulin's demanding target, but Tang Wulin reassured the class that he would lead them through the exam.

Leng Yaozhu brought Tang Wulin and his classmates to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform for an assessment, while Wu Changkong revealed he had reached level seventy and entered the Advanced platform. In the virtual forest, the group planned to raise their soul ring ages before a Spirit Pagoda group confronted them, and their leader recognized Gu Yue.

• Leng Yaozhu welcomed Tang Wulin and the others at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and explained the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform assessment.
• Wu Changkong handed Leng Yaozhu an admission pass for the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform and told her he had reached level seventy.
• Tang Wulin and the other five appeared in the virtual spirit beast forest, where he assigned their combat roles and set goals for raising their soul ring ages.
• A group of older Spirit Pagoda youths mocked the team's ambitions, prompting Yuanen Yehui and the others to take a defensive stance.
• The group's arrogant leader looked at Gu Yue in surprise and called her by name.

Tang Wulin and his companions entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where Qiangu Zhangting warned them about its dangers and tried to court Gu Yue. The group then fought their way through a pack of soul beasts, with Tang Wulin’s overwhelming strength leaving everyone stunned.

• Qiangu Zhangting introduced himself to Gu Yue and offered to help her group, but Gu Yue and Tang Wulin declined.
• Yuanen Yehui explained that Qiangu Zhangting was Qiangu Dongfeng’s grandson and that his companions were powerful Spirit Pagoda youths.
• Tang Wulin assigned Xu Lizhi to go first in their search for a suitable soul beast, and the group continued deeper into the forest.
• Xu Lizhi distributed enhancement buns as a pack of soul beasts approached, and Tang Wulin led the group into battle.
• Tang Wulin, Na'er, Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi worked together to slaughter the soul beasts, with Tang Wulin’s strength astonishing his companions.

Tang Wulin’s group continued hunting deeper in the forest, but Qiangu Zhangting deliberately redirected an injured Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and Tyrant Dragon toward them to escape. Tang Wulin’s team prepared to fight the two top-tier soul beasts, with Tang Wulin holding off the Tyrant Dragon while the others focused on the bear.

• Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui met their soul-spirit age targets, and Tang Wulin led the group farther into the forest to hunt Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Na'er worked together to control and kill a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, adding to Tang Wulin’s soul-spirit age.
• Tang Wulin’s group encountered Qiangu Zhangting and his injured companions fleeing from a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and a Tyrant Dragon.
• Qiangu Zhangting led his group past Tang Wulin’s team, deliberately drawing both pursuing soul beasts toward them.
• Tang Wulin ordered his companions into battle positions, then teleported in front of the Tyrant Dragon and struck its neck, but its tough hide absorbed the blow.

Tang Wulin activated his Golden Dragon King bloodline and combined it with several abilities to overwhelm the ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon. He struck its head with the Golden Dragon Spear, while Na'er, Gu Yue, and Yuanen Yehui continued battling the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

• Na'er was grazed by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's claws, but got back up and rejoined the fight as Gu Yue and Yuanen Yehui supported her.
• Tang Wulin focused on defeating the Tyrant Dragon before he could help the others, while Gu Yue assured Na'er that he could handle it.
• Tang Wulin combined Golden Dragon Body, Golden Dragon Tyrant Body, the Soft-Boned Enchanting Rabbit's Berserk soul skill, and the Golden Dragon Spear, causing the Tyrant Dragon's dragon bloodline to suppress its strength.
• Tang Wulin teleported above the Tyrant Dragon and smashed its head with the Golden Dragon Spear, injuring it and making it stagger backward.

Tang Wulin defeated the ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon and forced it to submit as a Soul Spirit, then joined the fight against the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. He launched a Golden Dragon Explosive Eight-Stage Throw at the bear, whose reaction revealed that Tang Wulin posed a serious threat.

• Tang Wulin used Teleportation and his Golden Dragon Spear to overwhelm and fatally wound the Tyrant Dragon.
• Gu Yue, Na'er, Yuanen Yehui, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan watched Tang Wulin’s victory in shock as Gu Yue and Na'er sensed his Golden Dragon King Bloodline awakening rapidly.
• The wounded Tyrant Dragon communicated its wish to become Tang Wulin’s Soul Spirit, and he told it to wait while he dealt with the bear.
• Tang Wulin approached the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, ordered Gu Yue and the others to step back, and put away his spear.
• Tang Wulin appeared in front of the bear and seized its neck with his Golden Dragon Claw before beginning the Golden Dragon Explosive Eight-Stage Throw.

Tang Wulin defeated the dark gold terrorclaw bear and discovered an external soul bone, which he began absorbing. As his companions guarded him, the tyrant dragon soul spirit watched from his sea of consciousness in awe.

• Tang Wulin used his strength and Dragon Roar to slam the dark gold terrorclaw bear into the ground until it could no longer resist.
• Tang Wulin absorbed energy from the bear's corpse, then found a dark golden external soul bone beneath it.
• Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Yuanen Yehui agreed that Tang Wulin should keep the soul bone he had earned.
• Tang Wulin began absorbing the soul bone as Gu Yue, Na'er, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui guarded him.
• The tyrant dragon soul spirit appeared in Tang Wulin's sea of consciousness and watched him with awe.

Tang Wulin absorbed the Tyrant Dragon as his second soul spirit and fused the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s external soul bone with his Golden Dragon Claw, gaining a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and a dramatic increase in strength. After recovering, he led the Genius Class to pursue Qiangu Zhangting and settle the score.

• The Tyrant Dragon submitted to Tang Wulin, who absorbed it as his second soul spirit while the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s external soul bone merged into his right arm.
• Tang Wulin awoke with four soul rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, and estimated that his soul power had risen to around rank forty-five.
• Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, Yuanen Yehui, Gu Yue, and Na'er reacted to Tang Wulin’s increased strength as he prepared to leave the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Wulin announced that they would go after Qiangu Zhangting, and he argued that their teamwork and abilities could overcome the rank gap.
• Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Yuanen Yehui agreed to fight, while Gu Yue and Na'er joined Tang Wulin as the group set out after Qiangu Zhangting.

Qiangu Zhangting and his companions celebrated after luring powerful soul beasts toward Tang Wulin's group, then hunted three lone ten-thousand-year soul beasts to improve their soul spirits. As they prepared to divide their spoils, a massive beast tide approached.

• Qiangu Zhangting's companions mocked Tang Wulin and the others, while Qiangu Zhangting dismissed concerns about Leng Yaozhu and resolved to teach Tang Wulin a lesson.
• Qiangu Zhangting led his team in cautiously hunting lone ten-thousand-year soul beasts.
• Qiangu Zhangting's team wounded three soul beasts, each estimated to be between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand years old.
• A huge commotion of charging soul beasts and crashing trees drew closer to Qiangu Zhangting's team.

Qiangu Zhangting and his four companions fought through a small beast tide in the Spirit Ascension Platform, only to be ambushed by Tang Wulin and his team. The ambush left Zhangting’s companions severely wounded, while Zhangting confronted his attackers in fury.

• Qiangu Zhangting and his four companions released their martial souls and battled the charging soul beasts, but the relentless beast tide gradually wore them down.
• Qiangu Zhangting used his sixth soul skill to blast open a path, and the five escaped the encirclement with serious wounds.
• As Qiangu Zhangting’s group rested, Gu Yue’s control skills and Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Roar stunned them.
• Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Na'er attacked the four companions, while Xu Lizhi’s buns boosted the team; all four companions were severely wounded.
• Qiangu Zhangting recognized Tang Wulin and his companions as the ones who had lured the soul beasts and demanded to know whether they knew who he was.

Tang Wulin confronted Qiangu Zhangting after revealing that his team had lured the beast tide to ambush the Spirit Pagoda’s assessment group. When Qiangu unleashed his signature staff technique, Tang Wulin powered up and met him alone, overpowering his first block before Qiangu counterattacked with a net of staff shadows.

• Tang Wulin admitted that his team had lured the beast tide and said Qiangu Zhangting had been caught in their ambush by accident.
• Qiangu Zhangting unleashed the rudimentary Heaven-Shaking Earth-Splitting with his Coiling Dragon Staff, devastating the clearing and intimidating Tang Wulin’s teammates.
• Tang Wulin activated his Golden Dragon and Berserk abilities, summoned the Golden Dragon Spear, and challenged Qiangu to fight him alone.
• Tang Wulin teleported in and struck Qiangu’s staff with enough force to drive him backward and split the skin on his hands.
• Tang Wulin pressed his attack, and Qiangu dodged the spear before spreading layers of staff shadows around him.

Tang Wulin overwhelmed Qiangu Zhangting in battle, surviving his strongest attack and finishing him with the Golden Dragon Explosive Eight-Stage Throw. The chapter ended with Qiangu Zhangting dead and his teammates too late to stop the final blow.

• Tang Wulin used his strength and Teleportation to break Qiangu Zhangting's staff attacks and drive him back, astonishing Ye Xinglan and the others.
• Qiangu Zhangting unleashed his sixth soul skill, Coiling Dragon Heaven-Rending Strike, but Tang Wulin blocked it with Invincible Golden Body without injury.
• Tang Wulin used Taunt to force Qiangu Zhangting to charge at him, then teleported behind him and seized his shoulders.
• Tang Wulin slammed Qiangu Zhangting through the first seven throws, leaving him unable to resist and barely breathing.
• Qiangu Zhangting's teammates shouted for Tang Wulin to stop, but Tang Wulin completed the eighth throw and Qiangu Zhangting died.