Recaps

Class Zero welcomed Xu Xiaoyan as its newest member, and Wu Changkong began the semester by arranging a team battle to train everyone’s coordination. The chapter ended as Tang Wulin’s squad faced Jiang Mingyuan, whose imposing Martial Soul Possession startled Xu Xiaoyan.

• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi announced that they had reached rank 30 and that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had changed.
• Wu Changkong introduced Xu Xiaoyan as Class Zero’s newest member, and she gave her name, age, Martial Soul, and rank 17 Soul Power.
• Wu Changkong tested the students’ physical fitness and assigned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xu Xiaoyan to fight Jiang Mingyuan.
• The squads took their positions, and Tang Wulin’s team activated their Martial Souls as the match began.
• Xu Xiaoyan saw Jiang Mingyuan’s Martial Soul Possession and was shocked by its dramatic appearance.

Jiang Mingyuan revealed his fiery phoenix form and unusual red soul rings as Tang Wulin’s squad tried to bring him down. After their coordinated attack pulled Jiang Mingyuan to the ground, his mental assault subdued Tang Wulin, leaving the match in his favor.

• Jiang Mingyuan rose into the air in a blaze of phoenix fire, displaying three rows of blood-red soul rings that shocked Tang Wulin and the others.
• Wu Changkong recognized that Jiang Mingyuan’s rings did not have the aura of true 100,000-year soul rings and silently watched the children respond.
• Tang Wulin ordered Xu Xiaoyan to restrain Jiang Mingyuan and Zhang Yangzi to pull him down, while Xie Xie and the others prepared a slingshot using Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi maneuvered around Jiang Mingyuan as Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi pulled the grass taut, yanking Jiang Mingyuan into the sports field.
• Jiang Mingyuan’s strength sent Tang Wulin flying toward him, where a mental fluctuation weakened Tang Wulin’s fighting spirit and drew him into Jiang Mingyuan’s embrace.
• After the dust cleared, Zhang Yangzi saw Tang Wulin sprawled on the ground and cried out in dismay.

Jiang Mingyuan defeated Tang Wulin’s group in a training match, then spent the following month helping them improve their teamwork. Wu Changkong announced that the students would travel to Skysea City to compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.

• Jiang Mingyuan defeated Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi’s bone dragon fusion skill, and Wu Changkong ended the match with Jiang Mingyuan as the winner.
• Wu Changkong carried the injured Xie Xie to the infirmary while Jiang Mingyuan settled Tang Wulin beneath a tree to rest.
• Tang Wulin and the others gradually improved their teamwork over the next month, lasting longer against Jiang Mingyuan.
• Wu Changkong announced that the class would leave for Skysea City to enter the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.
• Wu Changkong assigned Jiang Mingyuan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to one three-person team, and Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xu Xiaoyan to another; Xu Xiaoyan would sit out the five-person competition.

Eastsea City mayor Li Moguang and Eastsea Academy dean Yu Zhen pressed Wu Changkong to enter Class Zero in the prestigious 7v7 event at the Tianhai Grand Competition. Wu Changkong agreed to consider adding a seventh member, and one name on Yu Zhen’s shortlist caught his attention.

• Li Moguang sent vehicles to escort Eastsea Academy’s students to the competition and urged Yu Zhen to lead them.
• Yu Zhen asked Wu Changkong to expand Class Zero’s entries beyond the 3v3 and 5v5 events to include 7v7.
• Wu Changkong warned that Class Zero lacked the teamwork needed for a seven-person team but agreed to discuss the proposal with the students and review a shortlist.
• Yu Zhen gave Wu Changkong a list of promising Eastsea Academy students, and Wu Changkong noticed a name that stood out.

Jiang Mingyuan returned to the hotel to sleep, but his damaged Divine Core began merging with him and transforming his body. Tang Wulin sensed the dangerous surge of soul power, rushed into Jiang Mingyuan’s room, and found him unclothed amid the transformation.

• Gu Yuena wondered how Jiang Mingyuan had gained his ability to manipulate space.
• Jiang Mingyuan went back to the hotel with Tang Wulin and quickly fell asleep in his room.
• Tang Wulin found and read Xie Xie's picture book, then noticed his body reacting to it.
• Jiang Mingyuan's Divine Core began fusing with his spirit and changing his body as the system tried to stabilize the process.
• Tang Wulin sensed Jiang Mingyuan's surging soul power, kicked open his door, and turned away in embarrassment at the sight of him.

After finding Jiang Mingyuan naked in a room filled with charcoal, Tang Wulin accidentally kissed her and then lost control under the influence of his dragon blood, leaving her unconscious and himself consumed by guilt. He feared Jiang Mingyuan would reject him and reached for his own neck as Old Terrifying sensed the Golden Dragon King nearing a breakthrough.

• Jiang Mingyuan woke naked amid a pile of charcoal, while Tang Wulin waited outside the room.
• Tang Wulin fell through the doorway and accidentally kissed Jiang Mingyuan.
• Tang Wulin's dragon instincts took over, and he forced himself on Jiang Mingyuan until she lost consciousness.
• Tang Wulin carried Jiang Mingyuan to his room, apologized, and reflected on wanting their relationship to become more than friendship.
• Tang Wulin feared Jiang Mingyuan would hate him and reached for his neck with the Golden Dragon Claw as Old Terrifying panicked over the Golden Dragon King's seal.

Tang Wulin nearly took his own life under the Golden Dragon King's influence, but Jiang Mingyuan stopped him and helped him regain his will. After they reconciled, Tang Wulin encouraged Jiang Mingyuan to keep his hair long as a disguise.

• The Golden Dragon King's negative influence drove Tang Wulin to cut himself, while Old Tang struggled to restrain the sealed consciousness.
• Jiang Mingyuan slapped Tang Wulin, healed his wound with life energy, and reminded him of their friends and family until he abandoned the attempt.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin embraced and cried, then Jiang Mingyuan gave him a quiet second slap as payback for nearly suffocating him earlier.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Tang Wulin to fetch water and food, then complained privately that he could not change back because of the egg.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Tang Wulin to cut his hair, but Tang Wulin suggested he grow it long to make his disguise easier.

Jiang Mingyuan nearly had his disguise exposed when Xu Xiaoyan noticed his changed height, but Tang Wulin covered for him. As Class Zero faced Tianhai Academy in the seven-person final, Jiang Mingyuan’s blood-red flames countered Zhou Hanyou’s freezing attack, and the match began with both teams ready to clash.

• Xu Xiaoyan noticed Jiang Mingyuan’s longer hair and questioned whether he had become shorter, so Tang Wulin claimed Jiang Mingyuan wore height-boosting insoles.
• Xie Xie teased Jiang Mingyuan about his height, and Jiang Mingyuan punched him while threatening to assign him the next match’s strongest opponent.
• Wu Changkong warned Class Zero that Tianhai Academy’s team was stronger overall, while Jiang Mingyuan stayed back in earlier matches to support his teammates.
• Tang Wulin encouraged Jiang Mingyuan before the final, and the two bumped fists as Eastsea Academy and Tianhai Academy took the stage.
• The teams introduced themselves, and Zhou Hanyou, captain of Tianhai Academy, revealed her ice-element martial soul and rank 32 soul power.
• Zhou Hanyou’s freezing attack swept toward Class Zero, but Jiang Mingyuan’s golden flames turned blood-red and warmed his shivering teammates.

Eastsea Academy’s Class Zero battled Tianhai Academy as Tang Wulin eliminated Liu Fei, while Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian’er prepared and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended with their ice-tree attack threatening Tang Wulin as Jiang Mingyuan’s black Lie Yan engulfed the arena.

• Tang Wulin used his Golden Dragon Claw to overpower Liu Fei while Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng fought Wang Dongqi and Li Xian’er.
• Xie Xie slipped on Zhou Tian’er’s slickened ground and was bound by vines, while Hu Gao injured Zhang Yangzi and Li Xian’er wounded Wang Jinxi.
• Jiang Mingyuan healed Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi with golden flames, revealing another ability.
• Hu Gao joined Liu Fei against Tang Wulin, who switched to his Thousand Refinement Silver Hammers and struck Liu Fei out of the arena with help from Xu Xiaoyan’s Ice Wheel.
• Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian’er activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, summoning an ice-blue tree whose branches thrust toward Tang Wulin.
• Jiang Mingyuan shouted a warning and unleashed black Lie Yan across the arena.

Jiang Mingyuan lost control of his Phoenix Domain during the Tianhai Grand Competition, and Tang Wulin risked the flames to embrace him and draw them back into a strange egg. Eastsea Academy's Class Zero won the competition, and the chapter ended with Jiang Mingyuan awake in the hospital as Ya Li explained that his powerful Martial Soul was beyond his current control.

• Jiang Mingyuan's Phoenix Domain overwhelmed the Arena, and Ya Li and Wu Changkong tried to contain the flames while Tang Wulin approached him through the fire.
• Tang Wulin embraced Jiang Mingyuan, and golden light intertwined with the flames until a patterned egg drew them back inside.
• Tang Wulin rescued Hu Gao from the worst of the fire, while the flames left the Arena devastated and badly injured Hu Gao.
• The Red-Haired Woman arranged for recordings of the incident to be destroyed, and Eastsea Academy's Class Zero emerged as the junior division's winners.
• Hu Gao survived but suffered damage to his Martial Soul and accepted compensation from the Skysea Alliance.
• Ya Li examined the awake Jiang Mingyuan in the hospital and said his Martial Soul was too powerful for him to control completely.

After Jiang Mingyuan recovered, his friends and mentors fussed over him while Gu Yuena grew jealous of his closeness with Tang Wulin. Three days later, Gu Yuena fought for Eastsea Academy in his place, and Xie Xie secured a victory over Shrek Academy.

• Leng Yaozhu advised Jiang Mingyuan to train harder, while Na'er fed him and Gu Yuena quietly grew jealous of his bond with Tang Wulin.
• Wu Changkong assured Jiang Mingyuan's worried friends that he was fine, and Gu Yuena joined Na'er in teasing him at his bedside.
• Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li kept Jiang Mingyuan from competing, while Yun Ming asked Wu Changkong to remain as a teacher at Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yuena overwhelmed Shrek Academy's team with her elemental attacks, and Tang Wulin knocked down their captain while trying to advance.
• A clash of water and fire knocked Tang Wulin down, but Xie Xie landed the decisive blow on Ye Xinglan and won the match for Eastsea Academy.

Jiang Mingyuan returned to his long-neglected home with Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin, who helped him clean before he cooked them egg fried rice. The meal left Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin wondering where Jiang Mingyuan had gotten the egg.

• Wei Xiaofeng left Class Zero, and Gu Yuena joined as the trio traveled to Aolai City for a school holiday.
• Jiang Mingyuan, Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin arrived at Jiang Mingyuan's dusty home, where Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin cleaned while Jiang Mingyuan rested.
• Jiang Mingyuan found no ingredients except rice and scallions, so he used an egg from his Storage Soul Tool to make fried rice.
• Jiang Mingyuan served the fried rice, and Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin praised it as they ate.
• Gu Yuena asked when Jiang Mingyuan had bought eggs, and Jiang Mingyuan blushed without answering.

Jiang Mingyuan reflected on his fading memories of his former life and the dangers ahead, then tried to put his worries aside for the night. He discovered Gu Yuena waiting in his bedroom, where she restrained him and began reading him an erotic story.

• Jiang Mingyuan gave Tang Wulin the guest room and worried that he was becoming less like himself.
• Jiang Mingyuan recalled the threats he would face and resolved to stop worrying and be himself.
• Jiang Mingyuan entered his bedroom and found Gu Yuena waiting for him in a revealing nightdress.
• Gu Yuena used ice and wind to push Jiang Mingyuan onto the bed and held him in her arms.
• Gu Yuena showed Jiang Mingyuan her book and began reading a suggestive story about a green tangerine.

Jiang Mingyuan tried to sleep while Gu Yuena cuddled and teased her, but a mysterious creature crawled inside her clothes during the night. After Gu Yuena pulled it free, the fiery red, winged snake transformed into a chubby little figure resembling Jiang Mingyuan.

• Gu Yuena pulled Jiang Mingyuan close in bed and cuddled her as they went to sleep.
• Gu Yuena secretly teased Jiang Mingyuan while she slept, then woke in alarm when Jiang Mingyuan began crying.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Gu Yuena to turn on the light and revealed that something was wrapped around her inside her clothes.
• Gu Yuena pulled a long, red-scaled creature from Jiang Mingyuan's clothes and realized it was a winged snake.
• The snake transformed into a chubby little figure that resembled Jiang Mingyuan.

Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena discovered that the ancient snake soul beast egg Jiang Mingyuan bought had hatched after absorbing his life force, and the baby called him “Mama.” The next morning, Tang Wulin brought breakfast, and Jiang Mingyuan began to tell him something.

• Gu Yuena questioned Jiang Mingyuan about the red-haired baby, who grabbed his finger and called him “Mama.”
• Jiang Mingyuan explained that he had bought the egg at an Eastsea City auction, and he and Gu Yuena concluded that his life force had revived and changed the hatchling.
• Gu Yuena teased Jiang Mingyuan by calling herself the baby’s Dad, then offered to be Mom if Jiang Mingyuan would be Dad; they argued over the roles.
• Tang Wulin dreamed of meeting a red-haired girl named Jiang Mingyuan at an amusement park and living a happy life with her before waking at 6:00.
• Tang Wulin returned from his morning run with breakfast, and Jiang Mingyuan, exhausted after caring for the baby, started to tell him something.

Jiang Mingyuan named and adopted the child who hatched from the egg, then visited his parents’ graves with her. Two and a half years later, he and Gu Yuena arrived in Shrek City for the academy entrance examination but went separately from Tang Wulin’s group to visit the Spirit Pagoda.

• Jiang Mingyuan decided to raise the child, and Gu Yuena suggested naming her Jiang Xiaoyue.
• Jiang Mingyuan brought Jiang Xiaoyue to his parents’ graves and told them about his life and his new adopted child.
• Two and a half years later, Class Zero arrived at Shrek City station to take the Shrek Academy entrance examination.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena arranged to meet Tang Wulin and the others at the academy entrance the next morning while they visited the Spirit Pagoda.
• Jiang Mingyuan rode his motorcycle with Gu Yuena and Jiang Xiaoyue, and Gu Yuena teased him on the way.

Jiang Mingyuan and his companions surprised the candidates by revealing their high Soul Power levels and Gu Yuena’s status as a Soul King. As the Shrek assessment began, Luo Guixing joined their group and introduced several other Young Genius Ranking candidates.

• Luo Guixing asked to join Jiang Mingyuan’s team and explained that he was ranked seventeenth on the Young Genius Ranking.
• Xie Xie’s surprise revealed that Gu Yuena was a level-fifty-one Soul King, while Jiang Mingyuan disclosed his own level-forty-nine cultivation and his teacher’s position as Spirit Pagoda vice chairman.
• The candidates were summoned to Spirit Ice Plaza, where Wu Changkong and Shen Yi organized them into groups of twenty for the entrance assessment.
• Luo Guixing followed Jiang Mingyuan’s team and introduced the ranking candidates who had gathered behind them: Yang Nianxia, Zheng Yiran, Xu Yucheng, and Wu Siduo.

Jiang Mingyuan and the other examinees toured Shrek Academy and learned about its history before facing a powerful test in the Shrek Building. Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena resisted the pressure of a mural depicting Di Tian, leaving Wu Siduo and the other examinees impressed by their strength.

• Shen Yi guided the examinees around Spirit Ice Plaza and explained Huo Yuhao's legacy and the memorial statues outside the Shrek Building.
• Shen Yi described the building's historical murals, while Gu Yuena grew angry at Shrek Academy's record of fighting the Star Dou Great Forest.
• An immense pressure struck the examinees beneath a mural of Di Tian, causing several of them to collapse as Wu Changkong and Shen Yi disappeared.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena unleashed their auras and forced back the mural's pressure, surprising an observing elder who revealed it had been made with Di Tian's true dragon golden blood.
• Luo Guixing, Yang Nianxia, and Wu Siduo reacted to Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena's strength, and Wu Siduo acknowledged that her aura was weaker than theirs.

Elder Li revealed that the first test measured resistance to Di Tian’s dragon pressure and awarded Jiang Mingyuan, Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Wu Siduo full marks. In the next test, the students faced four powerful soul beasts in a virtual arena, and Jiang Mingyuan assigned teams to fight them as he and Gu Yuena attacked the One-Eyed Giant.

• Elder Li explained the first test and gave Jiang Mingyuan, Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Wu Siduo ten points each.
• Zhuo Shi spoke with a red-haired man about Jiang Mingyuan and the promising students he had trained.
• Tang Wulin bound Class Zero together with his blue silver grass as the students entered a virtual combat arena.
• Jiang Mingyuan gathered the students at the arena’s center and identified four soul beasts emerging from the gates.
• Jiang Mingyuan assigned Yang Nianxia to fight the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, Tang Wulin’s group to face the Earth Demon Rhino, and the other students to battle the King Kong Baboon.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena attacked the One-Eyed Giant with a phoenix strike and a barrage of elemental orbs.