Chapter Summaries

Gu Yue suspected Li Zha had taken the Golden Dragon King's power from Tang Wulin and decided to investigate him. Meanwhile, Li Zha grew stronger, learned about the Body Sect from Han Tianyin, and left Na'er confused about who their teacher was.

• Gu Yue reasoned that Li Zha might have removed the Golden Dragon King's power from Tang Wulin and planned to probe him the next day.
• Li Zha tested his increased strength and drew incense power from the neighbors of Eastsea City's northern snack street.
• Li Zha reflected that Tang San was no longer a threat but that he might eventually have to face the Abyssal Sage King.
• Han Tianyin urged Li Zha to visit the Body Sect, where Mu Ye could offer a second awakening for his other martial soul, and Li Zha agreed to go secretly.
• Na'er woke and asked who Li Zha had been speaking to, then learned that the caller was their teacher, whom she still did not know.

Gu Yue tested Li Zha, then decided to leave Eastsea Academy and cultivate at the Spirit Pagoda after seeing his and Na’er's strength. Her departure left Tang Wulin heartbroken over his unspoken feelings for her.

• Gu Yue secretly checked Li Zha for the Golden Dragon King, but he bit her elbow and claimed he had been dreaming about eating people.
• Na’er woke to find Gu Yue feeding Li Zha, became jealous, and claimed the space between them before cheering up when Li Zha offered to feed her lobster.
• Na’er and Gu Yue read Dragon Race stories online, and Gu Yue wondered whether their author, Jiangnan Meimu, might be a dragon living among humans.
• Gu Yue returned in the evening and told Tang Wulin she had arranged with Tower Master Leng to leave Eastsea Academy and study at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Tang Wulin felt devastated by Gu Yue’s decision and lay awake thinking about his unspoken love and their plan to attend Shrek together.

After Li Zha took the Golden Dragon King’s power from Tang Wulin, Tang Wulin discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had gained a fiery explosive ability and left determined to grow stronger. Leng Yaozhu then announced that Gu Yue would face the Spirit Ascension Platform’s uprising period as her assessment for joining the Spirit Pagoda, prompting Na’er to protest.

• Tang Wulin asked Old Tang how to absorb the Golden Dragon King’s power faster, and Old Tang revealed that Li Zha had taken it from him.
• Tang Wulin chose to trust Li Zha and discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had gained a vivid red line and explosive fire-attribute power.
• Tang Wulin ate Gu Yue’s leftover meal, then left the Spirit Pagoda with Xie Xie to pursue strength and prepare to confess his feelings to Gu Yue.
• Leng Yaozhu told Gu Yue that the Spirit Ascension Platform’s uprising period would serve as her assessment for joining the Spirit Pagoda.
• Na’er objected to Gu Yue being assessed alongside her and Li Zha, and questioned Leng Yaozhu’s decision to take Gu Yue as her student.

Leng Yaozhu tasked Li Zha with winning the Spirit Ascension Platform trial and assessing Gu Yue, while Na'er and Gu Yue argued over Soul Beasts and humans. Two days later, Li Zha arrived at the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform with the girls and drew the crowd's attention.

• Leng Yaozhu told Li Zha to take first place in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and watch Gu Yue for anything suspicious.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that Gu Yue's family member Zi JI, a Titled Douluo, had asked her to take Gu Yue as a disciple.
• Na'er and Gu Yue argued about Na'er's closeness to Li Zha, with Na'er showing Gu Yue a video of Tang San and Xiao Wu together.
• Gu Yue recalled the Star Dou Great Forest's former flourishing state and blamed willful Soul Beasts for humanity's growing power.
• Gu Yue began planning to steal Li Zha away from Na'er.
• Two days later, Li Zha arrived at the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform with Na'er and Gu Yue, attracting the gathered Soul Masters' attention.

Li Zha entered the Spirit Ascension Platform with Na'er and Gu Yue, then set out alone to claim first place in the Soul Beast kill rankings. After he killed a five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, Mu Xi and her group tried to take it from him, and Li Zha attacked them.

• Na'er drove away girls seeking Li Zha's communicator number, while Tang Wulin watched Gu Yue leave and resolved to challenge Li Zha inside the platform.
• Wu Changkong silenced Zhang Yangzi and listened as a staff member explained the dangers of the uprising period; Mu Xi interrupted and urged the staff to open the platform.
• Li Zha, Na'er, and Gu Yue entered the Star Dou Great Forest together, where Li Zha announced he would pursue the top kill ranking and raced away alone.
• Li Zha tracked down and killed a five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, then prepared to absorb its Soul Power.
• Mu Xi arrived with more than ten Soul Masters and demanded that Li Zha surrender the Man Faced Demon Spider; Li Zha charged at them with his spear.

Li Zha slaughtered Soul Masters inside the Spirit Ascension Platform after deciding that eliminating his competitors was the fastest way to take first place. After defeating Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi, he attacked Xu Xiaoyan, while Wu Changkong feared that Tang Wulin and the others would be in danger.

• Li Zha defeated Mu Xi and more than a dozen Soul Masters, then decided to hunt people instead of Soul Beasts so he could claim first place.
• Li Zha spent half an hour roaming the Spirit Ascension Platform and sent several hundred Soul Masters out.
• Li Zha struck down Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, then bound and tore apart their Dark Eagle Dragon Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Xu Xiaoyu confronted Li Zha over his attacks, and he hurled his spear at Xu Xiaoyan.
• Wu Changkong watched the screen and worried that Li Zha's rampage would endanger Tang Wulin and the others.

Wu Changkong recognized Li Zha as a formidable young Soul Master, while Leng Yaozhu shut down the Spirit Pagoda protest and punished those demanding refunds. Inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, Xu Xiaoyan and Xu Xiaoyu tried to stop Li Zha, but he resisted Xu Xiaoyan’s control as Xu Xiaoyu attacked.

• Wu Changkong judged Li Zha’s strength and worried that his students could not defeat him.
• Parents and teachers demanded refunds, but Leng Yaozhu gave them double their fees and permanently blacklisted those who had asked for refunds.
• Leng Yaozhu praised Li Zha for eliminating the other Soul Masters and watched him continue fighting inside the platform.
• Li Zha attacked Xu Xiaoyan, who reflected his Fire-Tipped Spear attacks and then used Star Wheel Chain to immobilize him.
• Xu Xiaoyu struck at Li Zha’s forehead, but Li Zha looked up and challenged Xu Xiaoyan’s ability to control him.

Li Zha defeated Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan, then overpowered Tang Wulin and tortured him with repeated arithmetic questions until he was forced out of the Spirit Ascension Platform. After Gu Yue and Na'er arrived, Li Zha bound Gu Yue with Heaven-and-Earth Silk for an assessment, leaving her unexpectedly flustered by the sensation.

• Li Zha ignored Xu Xiaoyan's Soul Skill, defeated Xu Xiaoyu, and drove Xu Xiaoyan to escape the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Wulin challenged Li Zha, but Li Zha caught his hammer, broke free of his Blue Silver Grass, and knocked him down despite Tang San taking over his body.
• Li Zha confiscated Tang Wulin's escape device and broke his fingers while forcing him to answer subtraction questions, until Tang Wulin passed out and left the platform.
• Xie Xie tried to intervene, but Li Zha pinned him to a tree with his spear, and Wu Changkong said he could not help Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yue and Na'er arrived; Li Zha bound Gu Yue with Heaven-and-Earth Silk, and she felt unexpectedly affected by the sensation.

Li Zha tested Gu Yue by making her try to escape the Heaven-and-Earth Silk, then accepted her as a nominal disciple despite her struggle. Outside, Tang Wulin recovered from the fight and vowed to catch up to Li Zha, while Tang San planned to help him advance faster.

• Na'er threatened Gu Yue with Heavenly Thunder, but Li Zha stopped her and sent her to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yue used multiple elements against the Heaven-and-Earth Silk, then focused her attacks until she snapped it in two.
• Li Zha recalled the silk and told Gu Yue she had failed to escape; he accepted her as a nominal disciple until she reached Soul King rank.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie recovered from their injuries, and Wu Changkong took them back to school.
• Tang Wulin vowed to join Shrek and catch up to Li Zha, while Tang San planned to accelerate his Soul Power growth with immortal herbs and the Golden Tree's energy.

Na'er joined Li Zha and Gu Yue in fighting the Spirit Ascension Platform's powerful guardian beasts, while Li Zha revealed a three-headed, six-armed transformation and defeated a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. The two obtained External Soul Bones, and Na'er and Gu Yue were left flustered by Li Zha's changed appearance.

• Na'er slaughtered the remaining Soul Masters with her Silver Dragon Spear and lightning before Leng Yaozhu released the guardian beasts.
• Li Zha and Na'er split up to fight a three-thousand-year-old earth dragon and a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, while Gu Yue watched.
• Na'er used lightning, her spear, and Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals to defeat the earth dragon as Li Zha built up attack stacks against the bear.
• The Blazing Dragon Spirit taught Li Zha the Three Heads and Six Arms Form, letting him overwhelm the bear and kill it with a stacked spear strike.
• Li Zha obtained and absorbed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, while Na'er received the Earth Dragon's Reverse Scale.
• Na'er and Gu Yue blushed and stared at Li Zha after he dismissed his transformation and appeared taller and more striking.

Li Zha and his companions left the Spirit Pagoda branch after he revealed his forging skill and Leng Yaozhu appointed Gu Yue a provisional honorary core disciple. Despite Leng Yaozhu’s concerns, Li Zha took Na’er and Gu Yue aboard a train to Heaven Dou City for a few days of exploration.

• Na’er absorbed the Earth Dragon Reverse Scale, gaining her first external soul bone, and Mu Xi confronted Li Zha before he identified Leng Yaozhu as his master.
• Mu Chen invited Li Zha to pursue forging, learned that Li Zha had already achieved Thousand Refinement, and compared him unfavorably with Tang Wulin.
• Qiangu Dongfeng questioned Leng Yaozhu about missing soul beasts, then reviewed a spy’s recording of Li Zha and ordered Qiangu Zhangting to train instead of trying to seize the children.
• Leng Yaozhu examined Li Zha’s transformed form, accepted Gu Yue as a provisional honorary core disciple, and agreed to let the trio travel for five and a half days.
• Li Zha, Na’er, and Gu Yue boarded a Soul Guidance Train bound for Heaven Dou City early the next morning.

Li Zha brought Gu Yue and Na'er to the Forging Association, where he met Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua and Body Sect Master Mu Ye. After Mu Ye recognized Li Zha’s transcendent self martial soul, he offered him the Body Sect’s techniques and asked him to become an honorary elder, while Na'er enjoyed Mu Ye’s cooking.

• Li Zha arrived in Heaven Dou City with Gu Yue and Na'er and said he planned to find Zhen Hua and Mu Ye.
• Zhen Hua met Li Zha at the Forging Association, learned he was Leng Yaozhu’s Thousand Refinement student, and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Zhen Hua led Li Zha and the girls to Mu Ye, who recognized Li Zha’s golden lotus martial soul as a transcendent self martial soul and called him the Body Sect’s hope.
• Mu Ye urged Li Zha to join the Body Sect, but Li Zha explained that Leng Yaozhu was already his teacher.
• Zhen Hua reminded Mu Ye that Li Zha could still become a Body Douluo, so Mu Ye offered him access to the sect’s techniques in exchange for an honorary elder title.
• Mu Ye served a feast, and Na'er eagerly began eating.

Mu Ye took Li Zha to the Demonic Soul Sea for the physical training required for his second awakening, while Na'er and Gu Yue accompanied them to provide support. The group flew out in Mu Ye’s Crimson Mecha as the two girls competed over who would help Li Zha with his future mechas and battle armor.

• Mu Ye told Li Zha that second awakening required roughly two months of physical conditioning, and Zhen Hua arranged for Li Zha to stay with him despite Li Zha’s promise to return to Leng Yaozhu in five days.
• Zhen Hua told Leng Yaozhu that Li Zha would study forging with him for two months, and she agreed to pick Li Zha up afterward.
• Mu Ye chose the Demonic Soul Sea for Li Zha’s training, and Na'er and Gu Yue persuaded him to let them stay onshore and support Li Zha with food and medicine.
• Mu Ye flew Li Zha, Na'er, and Gu Yue toward the Demonic Soul Sea in his Crimson Mecha, explaining its power and asking Li Zha whether he wanted one.
• Li Zha asked Na'er to work on his future mechas and battle armor, but Gu Yue offered to design and forge them herself, prompting Na'er to insist she could do it too.

Mu Ye took Li Zha to the Devil Sea for brutal life-and-death training, where Li Zha fought swarms of sea beasts before collapsing. Gu Yue treated his wounds and cared for him on the island, and Na'er returned to find him resting on Gu Yue's thighs.

• Mu Ye brought Gu Yue, Na'er, and Li Zha to the Devil Sea, set up camp, and left Gu Yue and Na'er on the island while he took Li Zha out to sea.
• Mu Ye dropped Li Zha into the water, where Li Zha used his Fire-Tipped Spears to slow his fall and defended himself from a Sea Python on the seabed.
• Mu Ye scattered medicinal powder that drew swarms of sea beasts, and Li Zha fought them underwater until a Sea Python strangled him unconscious.
• Mu Ye rescued Li Zha and left him with medicine on the island, where Gu Yue cleaned his wounds, gave him an antidote, and held him while applying the powder.
• Na'er returned at night, saw Li Zha resting on Gu Yue's thighs, and completely lost her temper.

Na'er and Gu Yue competed for Li Zha’s attention while he recovered from grueling training, and Na'er decided to learn cooking to keep up with Gu Yue. After a month without signs of Second Awakening, Mu Ye increased Li Zha’s training load, while Na'er’s first attempt at cooking ended in an explosion.

• Na'er confronted Gu Yue for letting Li Zha sleep on her lap, but Gu Yue talked her into helping serve dinner.
• Mu Ye told Gu Yue that Li Zha’s exhausting training would continue for about a month and assured her he would watch over him.
• Li Zha woke at midnight with his wounds mostly healed, ate food Gu Yue had saved for him, and Na'er resolved to learn cooking.
• After a month of daily underwater training, Li Zha still showed no signs of Second Awakening, so Mu Ye decided to increase the training load.
• Na'er tried to cook chicken soup, but an explosion destroyed the tent and left her presenting Li Zha with a pot of charred chicken.

Li Zha endured a brutal underwater fight against a ten-thousand-year sea dragon as Mu Ye tried to draw out his physical potential. When the sea dragon trapped him between magma and its attack, golden light erupted from Li Zha, and Mu Ye wondered whether his awakening had finally succeeded.

• Na'er ruined the cookware with her cooking, but Li Zha comforted her and followed her to collect fish.
• Mu Ye sent Li Zha to fight a starved sea dragon beneath the Blackwater Sea, and the dragon recoiled when it saw Li Zha's Three Heads and Six Arms martial soul.
• Li Zha provoked the sea dragon into attacking, then struggled against its powerful strikes and the pressure of the underwater battlefield.
• The sea dragon unleashed magma from the seabed and charged at Li Zha, trapping him in a pincer attack.
• Golden light burst from Li Zha's body, and Mu Ye wondered if his awakening had succeeded.

Li Zha achieved a gold-grade second awakening, tripling all his bodily attributes, and used his new strength to kill a ten-thousand-year Sea Dragon. After returning to Heaven Dou City, he agreed to attend the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition with Zhen Hua.

• Li Zha completed his second awakening at gold grade, tripling his bodily attributes and astonishing Mu Ye.
• Li Zha seized the Sea Dragon's tail, swung it into the seabed, pinned it with six Fire-Tipped Spears, and killed it with another spear.
• Mu Ye praised Li Zha's awakening and flew him back to the island, where Gu Yue and Na'er were astonished by his results.
• Mu Ye, Li Zha, Gu Yue, and Na'er returned to Heaven Dou City, where Zhen Hua praised Li Zha's increased potential.
• Zhen Hua invited Li Zha to the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition in Eastsea City so he could show off his disciple to Mu Chen, and Li Zha agreed.

Li Zha set out for Eastsea City to compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, while Leng Yaozhu wrestled with her feelings for him. At the venue, Na'er insulted Shrek Academy’s green uniforms, provoking Ye Xinglan.

• Li Zha, Na'er, and Gu Yue rejected the idea of joining Shrek Academy, and Gu Yue resolved to destroy it after unifying the continent.
• Mu Ye gave Li Zha the Body Sect’s collection of secret arts, and Zhen Hua flew him and the two girls to Eastsea City in a mecha.
• Li Zha called Leng Yaozhu to report that he was safe and would compete; afterward, she admired his portrait and wondered whether she might have a chance with him.
• Li Zha and his companions arrived at the competition venue, where organizers asked Shrek students to perform in an exhibition match.
• Na'er mocked the Shrek students’ green uniforms, and Ye Xinglan approached Li Zha’s group to confront her.

Li Zha stopped a confrontation between Na'er and Ye Xinglan over Shrek's uniforms, but Yu Yuancheng challenged him and the Shrek students nearly started a fight. Wu Changkong persuaded both sides to leave, and Li Zha headed to register for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition with plans to test Yu Yuancheng's strength.

• Ye Xinglan confronted Na'er over her insult to Shrek's uniforms, and Gu Yue argued with Ye Xinglan after she insulted Na'er.
• Li Zha seized Ye Xinglan's raised hand and tried to end the dispute, but Shrek students gathered and Yu Yuancheng demanded that Li Zha let go.
• Tang Wulin tried to calm the groups, and Wu Changkong arrived and persuaded Shen Yi to take the Shrek students away.
• Wu Changkong recognized Li Zha and warned that he had intervened to keep Li Zha from seriously injuring the Shrek students.
• Li Zha went to register for the competition and told Na'er he planned to test Yu Yuancheng, fifth on the Young Prodigy Rankings.

Li Zha proposed that his group challenge Shrek Academy in the exhibition match, while Leng Yaozhu arranged for them to replace Tianhai Academy’s participants. Shrek accepted the last-minute change, leaving both sides eager to fight.

• Li Zha suggested asking their teacher to enter his group against Shrek, and Na'er welcomed the chance to confront the students who had insulted her.
• Shen Yi reunited with Wu Changkong and apologized for her students’ earlier behavior; Wu Changkong warned her not to underestimate Li Zha.
• Leng Yaozhu ordered the governor to replace Tianhai Academy’s exhibition-match team with her people, offering Tianhai students Soul Spirits and the academy Mechas in exchange.
• Long Huantian accepted Leng Yaozhu’s offer, while the governor worried the new challengers might defeat Shrek.
• Ye Xinglan and Yu Yuancheng recognized Li Zha’s group in the replacement information, and Ye Xinglan agreed to the match while threatening them.