Chapter Summaries

Pagoda Master Xu tested Tang San’s spiritual power and discovered that it had reached the advanced Spirit Connection Realm. He offered Tang San a thousand-year soul spirit, but Tang San refused a physical examination to keep his Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone secret.

• Pagoda Master Xu explained the Spirit Pagoda’s spiritual-power test and guided Tang San into a metal room, where Tang San agreed to be examined only for spiritual power.
• Pagoda Master Xu tested Tang San with a soul guidance instrument and measured his spiritual power at 428, placing him in the advanced Spirit Connection Realm.
• Tang San attributed his unusual spiritual power to his Purple Demon Eye having reached the Minute Detail stage.
• Pagoda Master Xu said Tang San could absorb a thousand-year soul spirit, then proposed a physical examination to check whether his body could withstand it.
• Tang San insisted that he could absorb the thousand-year soul spirit and refused the physical examination.

Tang San went to the Spirit Pagoda to find a thousand-year Ghost Vine soul spirit and learned that soul spirits were stored and strengthened in the Spirit Ascension Platform. He chose to enter the platform alone, where he met Long Yue and Imperial Preceptor En Ci before beginning his search.

• Pagoda Master Xu brought Tang San to the Spirit Pagoda's statistics center, where staff said no thousand-year Ghost Vine soul spirits were available and explained that soul spirits could be stored and grow stronger in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• After learning that spirit ascension required payment, Tang San decided to enter the platform himself rather than wait or ask Yu Xiaogang to accompany him.
• Pagoda Master Xu led Tang San underground to the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Tang San encountered Long Yue and Imperial Preceptor En Ci.
• Long Yue asked what soul spirit Tang San wanted, and Tang San said he hoped to find a thousand-year Ghost Vine or another highly poisonous soul beast.

Tang San entered the Spirit Ascension Platform to find a thousand-year Ghost Vine Soul Spirit, while Long Yue unleashed the Mountain Dragon King's aura to draw powerful Soul Beasts toward him. The stampede drove Tang San into the trees, and an enormous figure began descending toward him.

• Tang San surrendered his hidden weapons and entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, where his Soul skills and Soul Bone abilities worked normally.
• Tang San noticed that the forest's rich life energy suited his evolving Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, but decided to search for a thousand-year Ghost Vine first.
• Long Yue headed toward the platform's core, spotted Tang San in the distance, and released the Mountain Dragon King's aura to send Soul Beasts charging toward him.
• En Ci and Pagoda Master Xu explained that Long Yue was using his bloodline to lure the ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon.
• Tang San escaped a stampeding herd by climbing and swinging between trees with Blue Silver Grass, then noticed an enormous figure descending from a branch.

Tang San fought a Man Faced Demon Spider on the Spirit Ascension Platform, but its attacks repeatedly overwhelmed him while his Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone kept healing him. The chapter ended with Tang San and the spider staring at each other as neither could finish the other off.

• Tang San dodged the Man Faced Demon Spider’s web and used Blue Silver Grass to restrain it, but the spider corroded the grass.
• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to deflect a web, then found that his other attacks could not pierce the spider’s carapace.
• The spider trapped Tang San in its venomous web, and his soul bone healed him and let him fly, but the spider caught him and stabbed him repeatedly.
• Tang San tried to play dead, but the Man Faced Demon Spider injected venom into him as it began feeding.
• Tang San’s soul bone purged the venom and healed him again, leaving him and the Man Faced Demon Spider staring at each other.

Lao Jiu announced that the novel would become premium on October 31, 2025, and thanked readers and his publisher. He explained how the story came about, acknowledged its poor performance, and promised to finish it at around a million characters.

• Lao Jiu announced the premium release time and asked readers to subscribe to the first paid chapter.
• Lao Jiu listed the current bonus-chapter tally and explained the monthly-vote and tip bonus rules.
• Lao Jiu described abandoning plans for other fanfics and choosing to write a story about a province transmigrating into Douluo Continent.
• Lao Jiu explained that he wanted to show the meeting of two eras through Long Yue and Tang San's perspectives, but felt his writing had not achieved that aim.
• Lao Jiu apologized to Good Luck for the novel's poor performance and promised not to abandon it, aiming to finish it at around a million characters.

Tang San was repeatedly killed by the Man Faced Demon Spider in the Spirit Ascension Platform and suffered a severe shock, but recovered in the Spirit Pagoda. Pagoda Master Xu gave him an eight-hundred-year Ghost Vine soul spirit as a gift, though Tang San remained unhappy that he could not reenter the platform.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider killed Tang San in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Spirit Pagoda staff revived him with emergency treatment.
• En Ci attributed Tang San’s shock to his lack of experience with the platform’s realistic pain, while Pagoda Master Xu concluded he could not return.
• Pagoda Master Xu recalled his difficult early career and decided to give Tang San a soul spirit as a gift.
• Tang San recovered enough to leave the metal cabinet and asked to reenter the Spirit Ascension Platform, but Pagoda Master Xu refused.
• Pagoda Master Xu gave Tang San a Soul Spirit Ball containing an eight-hundred-year Ghost Vine, and Tang San accepted it with subdued thanks.

Tang San watched Long Yue confront a ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, while Pagoda Master Xu and En Ci observed from outside. Long Yue badly injured the Tyrant Dragon, but its response left its submission uncertain.

• Tang San took the Hundred-Year Ghost Vine's Soul Spirit Ball but watched Long Yue on the Soul Guidance Screen instead of absorbing it.
• Long Yue drew the Tyrant Dragon to him with his Mountain Dragon King Might, but the beast refused to submit or flee.
• Pagoda Master Xu and En Ci watched as Long Yue chose to fight the ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon despite being able to escape the platform.
• Long Yue struck the Tyrant Dragon with Mountain Dragon Terrorclaw and used Mountains and Rivers and Marsh to trap its hind legs.
• Long Yue burst one of the Tyrant Dragon's eyes and repeatedly punched its skull until it broke free and crashed into the trees.
• Long Yue demanded that the Tyrant Dragon submit, and it gave a muffled roar.

Long Yue defeated the ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon and absorbed its soul spirit before reaching six rings, while En Ci concealed how it happened from the Spirit Pagoda staff. Watching Long Yue’s overwhelming progress left Tang San questioning whether he could ever surpass him.

• Long Yue subdued the Tyrant Dragon, which offered itself as his soul spirit, and the beast disappeared as its essence drifted toward him.
• Pagoda Master Xu and the Spirit Pagoda staff panicked when the soul spirit vanished, but En Ci silenced them and claimed responsibility for Long Yue’s ability and the Tyrant Dragon’s capture.
• Long Yue emerged from the metal pod and teased Tang San about the color of his soul spirit, while Tang San held a hundred-year Ghost Vine soul spirit orb.
• Tang San recalled his ambition, his past achievements, and how his first sight of Long Yue had made him compare himself to the stronger soul master.
• As the group left, Tang San followed behind Long Yue and wondered whether he would ever surpass him.

Yu Xiaogang struggled to navigate the Divine Realm Empire, while Tang San absorbed an eight-hundred-year Ghost Vine soul spirit without consulting him. At the emperor’s reception, Yu Xiaogang presented his theories about soul spirits and was advised to learn more about the Spirit Ice Continent’s system.

• Yu Xiaogang failed to enter the library without a Citizen ID and went to Zhuanzhuan, where he bought several books about the continent and Spirit Ice Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the hotel and discovered that Tang San had independently absorbed an eight-hundred-year Ghost Vine soul spirit.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he could strengthen the soul spirit at the Spirit Ascension Platform or buy a thousand-year soul spirit, but both options were expensive.
• A few days later, the visitors from the Douluo Continent traveled to the Divine Realm Imperial Palace for a reception hosted by Emperor Dai Tianling.
• Dai Tianling asked Yu Xiaogang about soul spirits, then told him to read more after Yu Xiaogang described theories that overlooked differences in the Spirit Ice Continent’s soul spirit system.

At the emperor’s banquet, Dai Yun'er told Tang San that he had been granted admission to Monster Academy without an entrance exam, then urged him to take the exam anyway. Tang San was left weighing her challenge and the threat of being ostracized if he relied on his privilege.

• Tang San encountered Dai Yun'er at the banquet, and she teased him about being lucky.
• Dai Yun'er revealed that the emperor had exempted Tang San from Monster Academy’s entrance exam, as he had Long Yue.
• Tang San considered threatening Dai Yun'er with poison after she teased him about telling Long Yue that he had used his full name.
• Dai Yun'er warned Tang San that students might bully him for entering without earning his place and threatened to show them a Camcorder recording of his words.
• Dai Yun'er urged Tang San to take the exam alongside Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai, with Divine Realm Heaven Dou Imperial Academy as his fallback.

Long Yue arranged to spread the news that Tang San would take the Monster Academy entrance assessment, while Tang San prepared to face the press. Tang San publicly declared that he would prove himself through the exam, then left with his companions as a reporter challenged his plans.

• Long Yue told Su Mu and Ye Zhi to publicize Tang San’s decision and instructed Hua Lantang to keep promoting his serialized story about the Qilin Douluo.
• Dai Yun'er’s request and Long Yue’s plan led Tang San to give up his exemption and ask Emperor Dai Tianling to let him take the normal Monster Academy assessment.
• Reporters crowded the Imperial Capital Grand Hotel, where Tang San said he wanted to earn admission through his own strength and show respect for the Divine Realm Empire.
• A reporter questioned whether Tang San would stay at the Monster Academy if he failed, and Tang San said he would do his best.
• A Spirit Pagoda reporter accused Tang San of treating the Divine Realm Heaven Dou Imperial Academy as a backup, and security helped Tang San and his companions board a Soul Tool Bus.

Tang San arrived at Monster Academy for his entrance assessment as reporters prepared to broadcast it live using the Spirit Pagoda’s Hall of Heroes technology. He entered the assessment cabinet amid cheers from the academy’s students, while Long Yue pointed out to Dai Yueyan and the others that Tang San was still only a Grand Soul Master.

• News coverage announced that Tang San’s Monster Academy entrance assessment would be broadcast live using the Hall of Heroes.
• On the bus, Tang San explained what he knew about the assessment, while Dugu Yan and Dai Mubai argued over his conduct and the others’ lack of information.
• Tang San and the other candidates arrived at Heavenly Spring Pool Square, where En Ci and Spirit Pagoda staff were waiting.
• Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Tang San entered the metal cabinets as the giant Soul Guidance Screen displayed the assessment title.
• Cha Weiwei led Monster Academy students in cheering Tang San, who waved to the crowd before entering his cabinet.
• Long Yue told Dai Yueyan, Su Mu, Hua Lantang, and Ye Zhi that Tang San could rally people despite being only a Grand Soul Master.

Long Yue secured support from Su Mu, Hua Lantang, Ye Zhi, and Dai Yueyan by helping advance their interests, while mocking Dai Yueyan’s chances against his favored sister. In the Hall of Heroes, Dai Mubai fought Bei Bei, and Yu Xiaogang realized the ancestor’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon lineage predated his clan by ten thousand years, leaving him humiliated.

• Su Mu, Hua Lantang, and Ye Zhi pledged their support to Long Yue, who had helped Ye Zhi obtain the aromatic silk beauty and promised her the Seven Treasure Family’s backing.
• Dai Yueyan agreed to support Long Yue because Long Yue was backing his bid for the crown prince’s position and the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.
• Long Yue taunted Dai Yueyan by comparing him unfavorably with Dai Yun'er, who had already consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Dai Mubai entered the Hall of Heroes and was matched against Bei Bei, whose Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul dispelled Dai Mubai’s initial mockery.
• Bei Bei used Thunderous Might to counter Dai Mubai’s White Tiger attacks, while Yu Xiaogang learned that Bei Bei had lived ten thousand years earlier than the origins of his clan’s genealogy.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that his clan’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon lineage might be a collateral branch of Bei Bei’s older line, and he felt humiliated.

After Dai Mubai and the others were defeated in the Hall of Heroes, Yu Xiaogang became convinced that Luo Sanpao could evolve into a Radiant Sacred Dragon. Tang San entered his trial expecting to face Huo Yuhao, but his opponent was Tang Wutong, whose name made him wonder if she was his daughter.

• Bei Bei defeated Dai Mubai, and the Spirit Transmitter explained that Bei Bei had a Radiant Sacred Dragon martial soul.
• Yu Xiaogang connected Luo Sanpao's potential to his Golden Sacred Dragon fusion skill and resolved to find a way to evolve it.
• Dai Mubai, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing each suffered a crushing defeat and failed to qualify for the Monster Academy.
• Long Yue revealed that Tang San's opponent would be the Dragon Butterfly Douluo, Tang Wutong, and suggested she might be Tang San's daughter.
• The Hall of Heroes matched Tang San, a level-twenty-three Soul Grandmaster, against Tang Wutong at the same level, and Tang San was startled by her name.

Tang San fought Tang Wutong in a simulated match, using Blue Silver Grass, the Clear Sky Hammer, and hidden weapons against her Light Dragon God Butterfly. Tang Wutong revealed the Golden Dragon Spear and defeated him with a storm of golden strikes.

• Tang Wutong appeared with the Light Dragon God Butterfly martial soul, and Zhang Geyang told Yu Xiaogang that it carried a trace of the Dragon God's bloodline.
• Tang San opened the match with Blue Silver Entanglement, while Tang Wutong cut through his vines with Dragon Wing Guillotine.
• Tang San used Parasitism and the Clear Sky Hammer, then dodged Tang Wutong's Dragon God's Wrath and attacked her with Bat Wing Reincarnation.
• Long Yue explained that Tang Wutong had been given her signature weapon in the simulation, while the students cheered Tang San on.
• Tang Wutong summoned the Golden Dragon Spear, shattered Tang San's poisoned darts, and defeated him with a barrage of golden strikes.

Tang San failed Monster Academy’s entrance assessment, but En Ci announced that he and Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan would be admitted through an exception. Long Yue prepared a satirical article attacking the preferential treatment and arranged for Zhang Geyang’s media outlets to publish it, escalating tensions with the Spirit Pagoda.

• Tang San emerged from the assessment defeated and regretted giving up his exam exemption, while the watching crowd whispered about his failure.
• En Ci sought Emperor Dai Tianling’s instructions as Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan waited to learn their fate.
• En Ci announced that the four candidates would be admitted outside normal requirements, citing the assessment’s limits, their talents, and the importance of relations between the continents.
• Cha Weiwei welcomed Tang San and the others as future juniors, while Zhang Geyang challenged the fairness of admitting them after they had failed the test.
• Long Yue wrote a provocative article condemning the preferential treatment and instructed Hua Lantang to pass it to Zhang Geyang’s people for publication.

Long Yue and the Spirit Pagoda escalated the public-opinion fight over Tang San’s admission to Monster Academy. Tang San remained at the center of the controversy as Long Yue settled into a shared dorm with Dugu Yan and encountered Zhu Zhuqing and Cha Weiwei.

• Long Yue dismissed Dai Yueyan’s suggestion to transfer Tang San and told Hua Lantang to proceed with their plan against him.
• Zhang Geyang ordered the Spirit Pagoda to publish an anonymous article accusing the emperor of granting Tang San unfair preferential treatment, while planning to blame a junior employee if challenged.
• Monster Academy’s broadcast praised Tang San’s performance and announced that he had been admitted despite failing the Hall of Heroes assessment.
• Long Yue explained that he was stirring up public opinion against Tang San to protect his reputation if their conflict turned violent, then left his shared dorm room with Dugu Yan.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Long Yue in the hallway, and Cha Weiwei invited him to visit the girls’ room, surprising Zhu Zhuqing.

Cha Weiwei introduced Zhu Zhuqing to Monster Academy’s coed dorm culture and offered to help her adjust to the Divine Realm Empire. Meanwhile, Long Yue completed his One-Word Battle Armor and faced En Ci’s questions about his schemes against Tang San, ending by suggesting that someone in the Divine Realm might be watching them.

• Cha Weiwei explained the coed dorms to Zhu Zhuqing and invited her to eat with her as a senior study companion.
• Long Yue began fusing with his One-Word Battle Armor while En Ci prepared to question him about his recent actions.
• Long Yue completed his armor and tried to escape, but En Ci stopped him and demanded to know why he was targeting Tang San.
• Long Yue admitted that he had a personal problem with Tang San and argued that the Divine Realm might be watching their world.

Long Yue told En Ci that the Divine Realm had returned but might be deliberately steering events, and argued that Tang San had been spurned by the gods. The Divine Realm’s observers confirmed Long Yue had guessed correctly and decided to keep watching.

• Long Yue reasoned that the Divine Realm still existed, while En Ci explained that the feeling of being called to ascend had returned after Star Luo City transmigrated.
• Long Yue noted that the Ocean Fleet had met no sea soul beasts and proposed that powerful beings had ordered them to stay away so the fleet could reach the Douluo Continent.
• Long Yue asked whether En Ci had heard the words “You and I shall both perish” during transmigration; En Ci had not, leaving Long Yue to realize that only he had heard them.
• En Ci demanded to know why Long Yue wanted to target Tang San, and Long Yue argued that Tang San had been spurned by the gods because he received no divine revelations or inheritance.
• The Divine Realm’s observers said Long Yue had guessed correctly about the imprint left by the Douluo Plane’s Plane Master, then chose to keep watching.

Long Yue visited the Spirit Pagoda to name his battle armor and met Yu Xiaogang, who wanted to learn how Bei Bei’s martial soul evolved into the Radiant Sacred Dragon. Long Yue described the evolution’s stages, then told Yu Xiaogang that his lack of potential meant he was already finished.

• En Ci let Long Yue continue his campaign against Tang San after Long Yue left the Dean’s Office.
• Long Yue decided to name his battle armor “Dragon” and went to the Spirit Pagoda to register it.
• At the Spirit Pagoda, Long Yue reunited with Yu Xiaogang, who asked whether En Ci came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he wanted to understand how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul evolved into the Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Long Yue described Bei Bei’s three martial soul stages, then told Yu Xiaogang that he lacked the potential to evolve.