Chapter Summaries

Yao Xuan and his teammates faced the Shrek Academy Team in a three-on-three battle, where he again overwhelmed Ye Xinglan despite her receiving support from Ning Xueqing. The fight left Ye Xinglan injured and weakened while Yao Xuan remained on the offensive.

• Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie activated their martial souls and engaged Ye Xinglan, Jun Xiaoyao, and Ning Xueqing.
• Ye Xinglan combined her Sword God Star and Sword God's Descent skills to bombard Yao Xuan with star power and sword beams.
• Yao Xuan blocked Ye Xinglan's attack with Ancestral Dragon Chaos Aura and used Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps to close in.
• Yao Xuan struck Ye Xinglan's Stargod Sword with Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike, cracking the sword and sending her flying backward.
• Ye Xinglan suffered injuries and lost nearly forty percent of her Soul Power, while the audience praised Yao Xuan for overpowering her again.

Class Zero Team defeated Shrek Academy Team and won the Skysea Alliance Youth Three-Person Team Competition championship. During the award ceremony, a Soul Douluo from the Holy Spirit Cult appeared and threatened to kill everyone, including Class Zero and Shrek Academy students.

• Yao Xuan defeated Ye Xinglan, while Gu Yue defeated Jun Xiaoyao and Ning Xueqing surrendered, securing Class Zero Team's victory.
• Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi that he had finally begun to move on from his sorrow, and she was glad he had found peace.
• Yao Xuan received 2,150 Golden Evolution Points, and Class Zero Team celebrated its championship.
• At the award ceremony, dark clouds, a sudden chill, and the smell of blood spread over Tianhai Sports Stadium.
• A Soul Douluo identifying himself as the Death Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult appeared and declared that the students from Shrek Academy and Class Zero must die.

The Holy Spirit Cult attacked the stadium, and Death Elder led his Evil Soul Masters against the spectators and defenders. Shen Yi confronted Death Elder but realized she could not withstand his Battle Armor-enhanced power, until Wu Zhangkong rose to challenge him.

• Death Elder summoned more than ten Evil Soul Masters and ordered them to kill the stadium spectators.
• Long Huantian called for reinforcements and urged Soul Masters at Soul King rank or above to intercept the attackers.
• Death Elder unleashed his Death's Descent, and Shen Yi used her Two-Word Battle Armor and life energy to block it.
• Death Elder revealed his Death Battle Armor and launched a far stronger attack, overwhelming Shen Yi.
• Wu Zhangkong arrived with an icy longsword and challenged Death Elder.

Wu Zhangkong confronted Death Elder, whose cult had destroyed his life with the death of his wife, Long Bing. After summoning his Sky Ice Battle Armor and breaking through to Soul Saint during the fight, Wu Zhangkong killed Death Elder with one sword strike.

• Wu Zhangkong recalled how Long Bing, the daughter of Dark Hummingbird, died protecting him after she left Shrek Academy with him.
• Wu Zhangkong summoned his Sky Ice Battle Armor and joined Shen Yi against Death Elder.
• Death Elder activated Death True Body and unleashed Death's Descent against Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi.
• Wu Zhangkong broke through to Soul Saint and used Skyfrost True Body and Congealed Frost to counter Death Elder's attack.
• Wu Zhangkong's sword qi struck Death Elder and froze him into an ice sculpture, killing him instantly.

After Wu Zhangkong and the other Soul Masters drove off the Evil Soul Masters, the Skysea Alliance honored the defenders and the individual competition resumed. Yao Xuan and Gu Yue advanced to the final, made a mutual kissing bet, and entered separate passageways for their match.

• Wu Zhangkong killed the Death Elder, and Shen Yi, other Soul Masters, and the Skysea City Mecha Squad helped pursue the fleeing Evil Soul Masters.
• Bi Ji withdrew the Emerald Light Defense she had placed on Yao Xuan after sensing that the danger had passed.
• The Skysea Alliance awarded Wu Zhangkong the title of First-Class Honorary Citizen, while Shen Yi and the other defenders were also commended.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue won their individual competition matches and agreed that the loser of their final would let the winner kiss them.
• The next day, Yao Xuan and Gu Yue wished each other luck, recalled their bet, and entered separate passageways to the Battle Arena.

Yao Xuan defeated Gu Yue to win the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition’s individual championship, then strengthened his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline and returned to Eastsea Academy with Class Zero. Back at the academy, he and Gu Yue fulfilled their bet by sharing kisses.

• Yao Xuan fought Gu Yue without her using the Silver Dragon King’s power and defeated her after a long battle, winning the individual championship.
• Yao Xuan invested his four thousand Golden Evolution Points into his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, raising it to 27.5% and slightly improving Di Tian and Zi Ji’s bloodlines.
• After the closing ceremony and luncheon, Wu Zhangkong led Class Zero back to Eastsea Academy, where the academy increased the class’s resources fivefold and granted the students three days off.
• Yao Xuan asked Gu Yue to fulfill their bet, and she agreed to go with him to his dormitory.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue kissed repeatedly for ten minutes, then exchanged cultivation insights before leaving.

After more than a year of cultivation, Yao Xuan prepared to break through to Soul Elder at the Eastsea City branch of the Spirit Pagoda. He reached Rank 30 and began fusing a 4,500-year Soul Ring, leaving his Soul Elder bottleneck under assault.

• Yao Xuan raised his Soul Power to Rank 29, improved his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, and advanced his Soul Spirit, Spiritual Power, strength, and forging skills.
• Lin Ximeng left the Sun Moon Federation with her boyfriend, a noble of the Star Luo Empire, while the members of Class Zero improved their cultivation ranks.
• Tang Wulin unlocked his first bloodline seal and gained the Golden Dragon Claw, but Gu Yue postponed her plan to take his Golden Dragon King Bloodline after sensing danger.
• Yao Xuan went with Gu Yue to the Eastsea City branch of the Spirit Pagoda and used the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo's token to enter its best cultivation room.
• Yao Xuan broke through to Rank 30 with the help of 100 Golden Evolution Points, then began fusing the 4,500-year Soul Ring provided by his Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit.

Yao Xuan broke through to Level 31 Soul Elder, gaining a new soul skill and Spirit Sea Realm Spiritual Power. After collecting his mission rewards, he received a three-year mission to advance to Soul Ancestor and began examining his new skill.

• Yao Xuan broke through his bottleneck, raising his Soul Power compression to 75% and his Spiritual Power to 523 in the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Yao Xuan's Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul transformed, strengthening his body and raising his physical strength to 30,000 kilograms.
• The system confirmed Yao Xuan had obtained his third soul skill and advanced to Level 31 Soul Elder, rewarding him with Golden Evolution Points and two system abilities.
• Yao Xuan accepted the new mission to reach Soul Ancestor within three years, with rewards including more Golden Evolution Points, system abilities, and Fortune Soul Forging Art.
• Yao Xuan reviewed his updated character information and began examining his new soul skill.

After becoming a Soul Elder, Yao Xuan gained two Ancestral Dragon spear weapons and tested his greatly increased strength. He activated Supernatural Meditation, which improved his spiritual control, strengthened his meridians, and raised his cultivation efficiency.

• Yao Xuan examined his third soul skill, which let him manifest the offensive Ancestral Dragon Saint-Slaying Spear or the defensive Ancestral Dragon Heavenly Protection Spear.
• Yao Xuan washed after his breakthrough and tested his strength in the Simulated Combat Space, finding that he had reached the level of a peak mid-stage Soul Emperor.
• Yao Xuan activated Supernatural Meditation, which began transforming his sea of consciousness and meridians.
• After twenty minutes, the system confirmed that Supernatural Meditation had finished activating, and Yao Xuan sensed Soul Power more easily and felt his meridians had become more open.

Yao Xuan activated Enhanced System Intelligence, named it Xiao Zhi, and learned that creating a Titled Douluo-level spear technique would take far too long without reference materials. After reaching Soul Elder, he reunited with Gu Yue, and she gave him the promised reward with a kiss.

• Yao Xuan activated Enhanced System Intelligence and named the system intelligence Xiao Zhi.
• Yao Xuan learned that creating a Titled Douluo-level spear technique from scratch would take 437 years, or five million, eight hundred and forty thousand Golden Evolution Points to finish within a year.
• Xiao Zhi estimated that using one Titled Douluo-level spear technique as a foundation would take eight years, and Yao Xuan asked it to optimize his combat before leaving the Cultivation Room.
• Yao Xuan told Gu Yue he had advanced to Soul Elder, and she said she expected to reach Soul Elder within a week or two.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue returned to the Class Zero dormitory area, where Gu Yue kissed him as his promised reward.

Yao Xuan broke through to the Third Layer Blood Qi Circulation by raising his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 30%, gaining new abilities after enduring a painful transformation. He returned to Eastsea Academy, where Gu Yue praised his improved scent, and he entered the Simulated Combat Space to test his strength.

• Yao Xuan spent 7,000 Golden Evolution Points to raise his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 30% and begin the breakthrough while Di Tian and Zi Ji guarded him.
• Yao Xuan endured the destruction and rebirth of his flesh as his Third Layer Blood Qi Circulation took shape and his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul transformed.
• Yao Xuan gained Ancestral Dragon Elemental Control, Trunk Ancestral Dragon Transformation, and Beginner Ancestral Dragon Domain, then rested and raised his bloodline to 30.3%.
• Yao Xuan returned to Eastsea Academy, where Gu Yue sniffed his aura and told him it smelled even better.
• Yao Xuan entered the Simulated Combat Space to test the strength he had gained from the breakthrough.

After unlocking the third limit of his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, Yao Xuan reviewed his new abilities and judged himself ready to attempt Spirit Forging. At the Eastsea City Forging Association, he began forging Adamantite under Mu Chen’s watch, and the metal started to transform as the attempt continued.

• Yao Xuan emerged from the system simulation space with greatly increased strength and the new abilities Trunk Ancestral Dragon Transformation, Beginner Ancestral Dragon Domain, and Ancestral Dragon Elemental Control.
• Yao Xuan told Mu Chen that he had reached Soul Elder and wanted to attempt Spirit Forging, and Mu Chen agreed to stand guard despite warning him of the risks.
• Yao Xuan heated Adamantite, completed Hundred Forgings in seven hammer strikes, and achieved Thousand Forgings Rank 1.
• Yao Xuan used his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul and Soul Power to begin Spirit Forging, sensing the Adamantite’s desire for life.
• After half an hour, the Adamantite developed rotating golden spikes and a growing aura as Yao Xuan continued the forging process.

Yao Xuan successfully Spirit Forged Adamantite, became a Level 5 Forgemaster, and gained advanced mecha skills through the system. Mu Chen prepared to teach him Fusion Forging, while Yao Xuan received a new quest whose reward included a Divine Foundation Alloy Formula.

• Yao Xuan completed Spirit Forging of Life on Thousand Forged Adamantite and performed a Blood Sacrifice, binding the improved metal to himself.
• Mu Chen congratulated Yao Xuan on becoming a Grandmaster Forger and explained Spirit Forged Metal, Fusion Forging, and his plans to teach Yao Xuan alloy techniques.
• Yao Xuan returned to his room, where the system awarded him 10,000 Golden Evolution Points and Level 4 experience in mecha design, manufacturing, and repair.
• Yao Xuan accepted the Forging Grandmaster (Part Two) quest, which required him to learn Fusion Forging and forge Spirit Forging Grade One metal within three years.
• Yao Xuan saw that the quest rewards included 100,000 Golden Evolution Points, Level 5 mecha skills, and the Divine Foundation Alloy Formula.

Yao Xuan learned of the legendary Divine Foundation Alloy Formula and resolved to obtain it, while more than two years of cultivation and training brought him close to becoming a sixth-level Forgemaster. By the end, he had made broad but gradual gains and was still progressing toward his next breakthroughs.

• Yao Xuan learned that the Divine Foundation Alloy Formula could enable Divine Forging and accepted the challenge of obtaining it.
• Heavenly Phoenix Douluo sent Yao Xuan ten Titled Douluo-level spear techniques, helping Xiao Zhi shorten the deduction time to two years and nine months.
• More than two years passed, and Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin entered adolescence.
• Yao Xuan advanced to rank 39 Soul Elder, raised his Spiritual Power to 847 points, and increased his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 32.3%.
• Yao Xuan's Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit reached 8,200 years, his strength rose to sixty thousand kilograms, and he completed second-grade Spirit Forging and ten alloy types.
• Yao Xuan came close to becoming a sixth-level Forgemaster and improved to the level of an ordinary Soul Saint without using his Martial Soul Avatar.

Yao Xuan and his classmates prepared to leave Eastsea Academy for Shrek Academy, with Wu Zhangkong assigning them a final assessment in the Spirit Ascension Platform. Yao Xuan and Gu Yue advanced toward the platform’s depths, where he sensed a powerful aura.

• Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin made progress in cultivation and their second professions, while Yao Xuan restrained his relationship with Gu Yue until he could reconcile her with Na'er.
• Wu Zhangkong told Yu Zhen that he would leave Eastsea Academy and accompany Class Zero to Shrek City.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned Yao Xuan and Gu Yue to kill a Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear and tasked Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan with surviving twenty-four hours in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue entered the Spirit Ascension Platform and split from Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan, who followed Tang Wulin's commands.
• Yao Xuan used his Ancestral Dragon Pressure to drive away most Soul Beasts and killed a few powerful ones as the group advanced into the platform’s deepest area.
• After fifteen hours, Yao Xuan sensed an extraordinarily powerful aura ahead.

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue confronted the Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear in the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Yao Xuan killed it with the first form of the Great Desolate Sky-Annihilating Spear. After the beast produced a soul bone, Yao Xuan had his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul refine it, strengthening his bloodline and martial soul.

• Gu Yue used wind to support Yao Xuan as he activated his Ancestral Dragon abilities and summoned the Ancestral Dragon Saint-Slaying Spear.
• Yao Xuan struck the Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear with Shaking Mountains and Rivers, destroying its attack and killing it instantly.
• Yao Xuan received 5,000 Golden Evolution Points, and he and Gu Yue discovered that the beast had become a dark golden arm bone.
• Yao Xuan explained that fusing with the soul bone could contaminate his bloodline, then had his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul swallow and refine it.
• The refined soul bone increased Yao Xuan's Ancestral Dragon Bloodline by 0.3% to 32.6% and further strengthened his martial soul.

Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, and their companions traveled to Shrek City to take Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment, while Tang Wulin broke through his second bloodline seal and Wu Zhangkong reunited with his teacher. The group arrived at Shrek Academy just as the assessment began.

• Yao Xuan explained to Gu Yue that his martial soul could refine soul bones and strengthen his bloodline, then they left the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Wu Zhangkong boarded a train to Shrek City after Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin said farewell to Mu Chen.
• After arriving in Shrek City, Tang Wulin bought a Thousand-Year Green Tendon Vine and broke through his second bloodline seal, gaining a bloodline Soul Ring and the Golden Dragon Body soul skill.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue sought guidance from Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, while Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie explored the city and Wu Zhangkong visited Zhuo Shi with Shen Yi.
• Zhuo Shi made Wu Zhangkong kneel outside before welcoming him and urging him to become a teacher at Shrek Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong led everyone to Shrek Academy for the entrance assessment, and they arrived at its imposing main gate.

Yao Xuan led Class Zero into Shrek Academy for its entrance assessments, where the students faced a test of spiritual power against the pressure of a mural infused with Di Tian’s blood. Yao Xuan protected his struggling classmates and the group proceeded to the next assessment.

• Yao Xuan criticized Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and resolved to reform Shrek Academy when he was strong enough.
• Wu Zhangkong wished the five Class Zero students luck and waited outside the academy while Yao Xuan led them inside.
• Yao Xuan guided the group through Shrek Academy’s plaza and Teaching Building to a hall containing a mural of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
• Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin resisted the mural’s dragon might, while Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie struggled.
• Yao Xuan released Ancestral Dragon Power to shield Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie, and Elder Li awarded the five students scores for their first Spiritual Power assessment.

Yao Xuan and his teammates entered the Beast Arena assessment, where they had to survive a Soul Beast attack and earn points through combat. Yao Xuan killed a three-thousand-year Earth Demonic Rhinoceros almost instantly, earning full marks for himself and high scores for his teammates; the group rested before the next assessment.

• A Shrek Academy student explained that the team had to face a Soul Beast in the Beast Arena and survive its attacks for at least ten minutes.
• The five students entered the arena and encountered a three-thousand-year Earth Demonic Rhinoceros.
• Yao Xuan transformed and used Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike to tear the Earth Demonic Rhinoceros in half, while Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin supported him.
• The team returned to the hall, where the guide reacted with disbelief at Yao Xuan's strength and announced scores of ten for Yao Xuan, nine for Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan, and eight for Xie Xie.
• The guide told the team to rest for ten minutes before following him to the next assessment.

Yao Xuan led Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie through the Guillotine Gates by shielding them with his Ancestral Dragon Chaos Aura, earning full marks. After resting, they arrived at the fourth test, where Yao Xuan decided to demonstrate his spear techniques.

• The guiding student explained the Guillotine Gate test and warned that its real blades could cause serious injury.
• Gu Yue tested the blades and estimated their cutting force at about five thousand kilograms, and Yao Xuan told the group to circle around him.
• Yao Xuan used Ancestral Dragon Chaos Aura to protect the group while Gu Yue accelerated them with wind, and they passed all ten gates in nine seconds.
• The guiding student awarded the group full marks and gave them ten minutes to rest before the next test.
• Yao Xuan decided to demonstrate the Great Desolate Sky-Annihilating Spear for the special-talent test.
• The guiding student led the group to the second floor, where they waited in line outside the fourth test room.