Chapter Summaries

Yao Xuan and Gu Yue left the Spirit Ascension Platform to praise from their classmates, while Wu Zhangkong turned away the Spirit Pagoda’s attempt to recruit them. Back at Eastsea Academy, Class Zero discussed the trip, and Wu Zhangkong advised Zhang Yangzi and comforted Wang Jinxi about his ordeal.

• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue used their signal devices to leave the Spirit Ascension Platform, then reunited with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi as Yao Xuan refined leftover Soul Beast soul power.
• A Spirit Pagoda staff member asked Long Hengxu to let Yao Xuan and Gu Yue join the Spirit Pagoda and requested a private meeting with them, but Wu Zhangkong refused.
• After lunch, Wu Zhangkong asked Class Zero to discuss their impressions of the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Zhang Yangzi admitted that arrogance and rashness had led to his defeat.
• Wang Jinxi described his fear after encountering the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Wu Zhangkong reassured him while telling him to stay alert and use the distress signal when in danger.

Wu Zhangkong discussed the students’ Spirit Ascension Platform experiences and encouraged Tang Wulin not to give up despite struggling against Soul Beasts. He ended their platform training and began teaching them about Soul Beasts, explaining how that knowledge would help their cultivation and survival.

• Wang Jinxi thanked Wu Zhangkong for his advice, and Xie Xie described how the forest suited agility-attack Soul Masters and how physical training had helped him.
• Tang Wulin explained that the plant-filled Spirit Ascension Platform boosted his Bluesilver Grass cultivation, then asked to stop training there because he feared holding back his teammates.
• Wu Zhangkong reassured Tang Wulin that the academy would not expel him and urged him to face Soul Beasts using his strengths, including his forging hammer.
• Gu Yue said she used elemental techniques to sense her companions, while Yao Xuan reported that killing four thousand-year Soul Beasts had increased his Soul Spirit’s cultivation by only fifty years.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the Spirit Ascension Platform training and assigned the students to study Soul Beasts, explaining that their soul skills and future opponents were closely connected to them.

Yao Xuan completed Thousand Forgings Rank 1, gained the system status of Fourth-level Forgemaster, and received a new mission to achieve Spirit Forging within four years. Mu Chen recognized his achievement, granted him Fourth-level Forgemaster authority, and advised him to keep the breakthrough private while continuing to train.

• Yao Xuan's Soul Power rose to level 22, his Spiritual Power reached 245 points, and his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline awakening level reached 18.0%.
• Yao Xuan forged Adamantite into Thousand Forgings Rank 1 and received 1000 Golden Evolution Points from the completed Master Forging side quest.
• Yao Xuan accepted the Forging Grandmaster (Part One) mission, which required him to reach Spirit Forging within four years and rewarded him with Golden Evolution Points and mecha experience.
• Yao Xuan showed the Thousand Forgings Rank 1 Adamantite to Mu Chen, who praised his achievement and promised to demonstrate Spirit Forging once a month.
• Mu Chen granted Yao Xuan Fourth-level Forgemaster authority, told him to improve his Thousand Forgings skills, and instructed him not to publicize the breakthrough.

After a month of cultivation, Yao Xuan’s Ancestral Dragon Bloodline neared its next breakthrough, while he and Gu Yue grew closer. In the Spirit Ascension Platform, his Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit evolved into a Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, and he prepared to inspect his upgraded Soul Skill.

• Yao Xuan invested his Golden Evolution Points into his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, raising its progress to 19.6% and his strength to 5,500 kilograms.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue became inseparable after confessing their feelings, while Tang Wulin evolved Golden Light into the hundred-year Soul Spirit Golden Whisper.
• During the group’s sixth visit to the Spirit Ascension Platform, Yao Xuan killed four thousand-year Soul Beasts to provide the energy his Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit needed to evolve.
• Yao Xuan withdrew from the Spirit Ascension Platform, and his Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit transformed over an hour and a half into a Thousand-Year Soul Spirit.
• Yao Xuan emerged with two purple Soul Rings, received congratulations from Wang Jinxi, Tang Wulin, Long Hengxu, and Wu Zhangkong, then used the Eye of Observation to inspect his upgraded Soul Skill.

Yao Xuan examined his newly evolved Thousand-Year Soul Skills and recognized how much they had increased his combat strength. He tested them in the Simulated Combat Space, defeated Wu Zhangkong’s mid-stage Soul Elder illusion, and continued training until most of his Spiritual Power was spent.

• Yao Xuan reviewed the effects of Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike and Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body after his Soul Spirit and Soul Ring advanced to the thousand-year level.
• Yao Xuan estimated that his strengthened abilities let him rival late-stage Soul Ancestors, though he still could not match Soul Kings with Battle Armor.
• After finishing his evening cultivation, Yao Xuan entered the Simulated Combat Space to practice his new Soul Skills against an illusion of Wu Zhangkong.
• Yao Xuan activated Ancestral Dragon Possession, Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body, and Ancestral Dragon Right Claw, then used Absolute Armor Penetration to wear down and defeat the illusion.
• Yao Xuan restored his condition and fought another Wu Zhangkong illusion until he had consumed eighty percent of his Spiritual Power, then returned to the real world.

Yao Xuan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue went to Food Street to celebrate Tang Wulin’s progress in forging, where grateful shop owners treated them to food. After eating their way through more than half the street, they returned to Eastsea Academy, with Xie Xie too full to walk unaided.

• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin returned to Eastsea Academy after forging, and Tang Wulin told Xie Xie he had begun to sense Thousand Forging.
• Xie Xie suggested celebrating at Food Street, and Yao Xuan invited Gu Yue to join them.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue walked hand in hand with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to Food Street.
• A shop owner recognized Yao Xuan for driving Guang Biao away and offered the group a free meal, prompting nearby shop owners to invite them too.
• Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin ate heartily at the shops while Xie Xie became too full to walk.
• The four returned to Eastsea Academy, with Tang Wulin supporting Xie Xie.

Wu Zhangkong announced that Class Zero’s final exam would take place in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, where the six students had to survive for two hours. Yao Xuan organized their tactics and planned to forge protective gear before the assessment.

• Wu Zhangkong explained the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform’s dangers and rules, then assigned Class Zero a two-hour assessment in three days.
• Yao Xuan reassured his classmates that their goal was to survive and collect as much Soul Beast spiritual energy as possible.
• Yao Xuan assigned roles for fighting different Soul Beasts and said their teamwork should let them handle the exam.
• Yao Xuan decided to forge Thousand Forging protective gear for everyone, and Zhang Yangzi agreed it would not count as cheating.

Yao Xuan measured Gu Yue for protective gear and confirmed plans to visit her relatives during winter break. He then joined Tang Wulin at the East Sea Blacksmith Association to begin forging Cloud Titanium armor for their team.

• Yao Xuan asked his teammates for their measurements, and Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xie Xie reported theirs while Tang Wulin planned to forge his own gear.
• Yao Xuan went with Gu Yue to her dormitory and measured her height, weight, and three sizes for her protective gear.
• Gu Yue asked whether Yao Xuan had discussed visiting her family during winter break with his mother, and he said his adoptive mother had agreed.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin went to the East Sea Blacksmith Association and divided the work of making protective gear for their teammates.
• Yao Xuan exchanged Federal Coin for Cloud Titanium and began forging the metal.

Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin finished their Cloud Titanium light armor and received invitation cards from Mu Chen for the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform. The group entered the platform together, where Yao Xuan set a survival-first plan and prepared them for the dangers ahead.

• Mu Chen gave Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin invitation cards for the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform and told them to look after Mu Xi if they met her there.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Wulin returned to Eastsea Academy, where their friends tried on the completed light armor and found that it fit perfectly.
• Yao Xuan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Gu Yue joined hands before their departure.
• The group arrived at the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, where a staff member warned them about powerful Soul Beasts before they entered the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Yao Xuan formed the six into a team and told them to prioritize surviving for two hours near the forest's edge before hunting Soul Beasts to improve their spirit souls.
• Yao Xuan distributed protective armor to his teammates after they arrived inside the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Yao Xuan led Class Zero through the Spirit Ascension Platform during its riot period, using careful teamwork to hunt Soul Beasts and complete their assessment. After two hours of fighting and gathering energy, he ordered the group to venture deeper.

• Yao Xuan had the team equip light armor, then Gu Yue boosted their speed, Tang Wulin linked them with Bluesilver Grass, and Zhang Yangzi sent Little Black Eagle to scout.
• Yao Xuan assigned Zhang Yangzi, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi to kill a six-hundred-year Mad Blasting Ape, which they defeated in fewer than three exchanges.
• Yao Xuan ordered the group to move away from the corpse, and they continued hunting for two hours, defeating around fifty Soul Beasts.
• Yao Xuan and Gu Yue killed an eleven-hundred-year Platypus Fire Python and shared its spiritual energy with the team; Yao Xuan also discovered that Golden Evolution Points dropped three times as often during the riot period.
• After the team completed its basic assessment task, Yao Xuan led them deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform to hunt for more Soul Beast spiritual energy.

Class Zero advanced deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform, where a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed them after destroying Zhang Yangzi’s soul spirit. Zhang Yangzi returned to the real world, while the remaining five prepared to fight the spider, whose web resisted Gu Yue’s wind attack.

• Yao Xuan killed a Thousand-Year Lightning Goose with an Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike while Gu Yue controlled it with elemental attacks.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider killed Zhang Yangzi’s soul spirit, leaving him in severe pain and unable to fight.
• Yao Xuan identified the spider as a seven-hundred-year beast with strength comparable to an ordinary four-thousand- to five-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Zhang Yangzi activated his distress signal and returned to the real world while Yao Xuan, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Wang Jinxi prepared to fight.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider launched a web at the five students, and Gu Yue’s gale barely slowed it.

Yao Xuan and his companions battled a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider, with Yao Xuan destroying its web and breaking one of its forelegs. Watching him protect her awakened Gu Yue’s affection and led her to reconsider whether humans and Soul Beasts could coexist.

• Yao Xuan used Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike to tear apart the Man Faced Demon Spider’s venomous web.
• Gu Yue enhanced Yao Xuan with wind elements and attacked the spider with fireballs, drawing its attention.
• Yao Xuan moved in front of Gu Yue, suppressed the spider with Ancestral Dragon Pressure, and shattered one of its forelegs with his strike.
• Gu Yue realized her feelings for Yao Xuan had returned and questioned her desire to destroy humanity.
• Gu Yue decided not to share her changing views with Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and Zi Ji until she had regained her strength.

Yao Xuan killed the 700-year Man Faced Demon Spider with Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike and shared its Soul Beast spiritual energy with his teammates. Gu Yue absorbed enough energy to evolve her Soul Spirit and returned to the real world to complete its transformation.

• Yao Xuan used Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike to shatter the Man Faced Demon Spider's foreleg and destroy its lower abdomen, killing it while avoiding its toxic fluid.
• Yao Xuan received 50 Golden Evolution Points, bringing him 10 points short of raising his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to 20%.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi praised Yao Xuan, and he offered to share the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Beast spiritual energy with the team.
• Yao Xuan encouraged Gu Yue to use the energy to raise her Soul Spirit to a thousand years while he stood guard.
• Gu Yue refined about half the energy, completed her Soul Spirit's transformation, and returned to the real world.

Yao Xuan helped Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi raise their Soul Spirits before hunting alone in the Spirit Ascension Platform. After killing a Six-Armed Fire Serpent, he was confronted by Xu Xiaoyu, who attacked him for taking the prey, while Xu Xiaoyan watched nervously.

• Yao Xuan shared Soul Beast energy from three thousand-year Soul Beasts with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi, raising their Soul Spirits close to five hundred years of cultivation.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi returned to the real world, leaving Yao Xuan to continue hunting alone.
• Yao Xuan killed a wounded Thousand-Year Six-Armed Fire Serpent and absorbed the Soul Beast energy it left behind.
• Xu Xiaoyu appeared with Xu Xiaoyan and accused Yao Xuan of stealing his prey, demanding that he leave the Spirit Ascension Platform and surrender the energy.
• Yao Xuan mocked Xu Xiaoyu as a humanoid Soul Beast, so Xu Xiaoyu attacked him with Ice Wheel Myriad Blades Cut.

Yao Xuan easily shattered Xu Xiaoyu’s full-force ice attack and countered with a rapid assault. Xu Xiaoyu sent Xu Xiaoyan away and raised three ice shields to defend against Yao Xuan’s Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike.

• Xu Xiaoyu launched Ice Wheel Myriad Blades Cut at Yao Xuan, while observers outside the Spirit Ascension Platform watched the attack.
• Yao Xuan activated Ancestral Dragon Hegemonic Body and shattered every ice wheel with precise claw strikes, resisting their cold.
• Yao Xuan used Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps to charge at Xu Xiaoyu, who sent Xu Xiaoyan out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Yao Xuan appeared behind Xu Xiaoyu and attacked with Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike.
• Xu Xiaoyu summoned three Ice Aegis shields to block Yao Xuan’s strike.

Yao Xuan defeated Xu Xiaoyu, who escaped from the Spirit Ascension Platform, then continued hunting Soul Beasts. He encountered a large Flame Demon Lion pack and chose to fight it for a system mission, leaving the battle yet to begin.

• Yao Xuan shattered Xu Xiaoyu’s three ice shields, but Xu Xiaoyu activated his emergency signal and escaped before Yao Xuan could strike him.
• Yao Xuan absorbed the Soul Beast energy Xu Xiaoyu left behind and received five Golden Evolution Points for defeating him.
• Xu You reprimanded Xu Xiaoyu after hearing his account and learned that Xu Xiaoyan’s Soul Spirit had gained less than ten years of cultivation before they left the platform.
• Yao Xuan continued deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform and killed several more Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Yao Xuan encountered a pack of around thirty Flame Demon Lions and accepted a temporary mission offering Golden Evolution Points for killing them.

Yao Xuan fought the Flame Demon Lion pack in the Spirit Ascension Platform, using the Ancestral Dragon Pressure and Void-Shattering Steps to evade their attacks and strike at isolated lions. After killing one, he fled from the pursuing group to continue using guerrilla tactics.

• Yao Xuan activated his Ancestral Dragon abilities and weakened the Flame Demon Lions with Ancestral Dragon Pressure as the pack closed in.
• The Flame Demon Lions bombarded Yao Xuan with fireballs, but he escaped the blast zone using Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps.
• Yao Xuan appeared behind a weakened male Flame Demon Lion and killed it with Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike, earning 27 Golden Evolution Points.
• The Flame Demon Lion leader sent nearly ten lions after Yao Xuan, who judged that fighting them together would be too dangerous.
• Yao Xuan provoked the Flame Demon Lions and ran off, intending to separate and defeat them one by one.

Yao Xuan lured the Flame Demon Lions away from their weaker members, killed the lionesses and cubs, and used Golden Evolution Points to restore himself before facing the remaining males. He dodged their fireball barrage as the battle continued.

• Yao Xuan led the adult male Flame Demon Lions on a chase, then sped back toward the lionesses and cubs.
• Yao Xuan killed the thousand-year lioness with Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike and slaughtered the rest of the pride, earning Golden Evolution Points and advancing the mission to 18/20.
• The Flame Demon Lions' spiritual energy raised the Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit's cultivation to 1,300 years as the twelve male lions caught up.
• Yao Xuan spent 50 Golden Evolution Points to restore his Soul Power and Bloodline Power.
• The male Flame Demon Lions launched fireballs at Yao Xuan, who used Ancestral Dragon Void-Shattering Steps to evade the central blast zone.

Yao Xuan used guerrilla tactics to wipe out the ordinary Flame Demon Lions and then confronted their 2,400-year-old leader. He landed a powerful Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike that sent the leader crashing through trees and badly injured its right claw, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Yao Xuan escaped the Flame Demon Lions’ explosions and continued drawing the pack into a scattered pursuit.
• Yao Xuan killed two isolated Flame Demon Lions, earning Golden Evolution Points and completing Phase Two of his temporary mission.
• Yao Xuan used guerrilla tactics for an hour and eliminated every ordinary Flame Demon Lion.
• Yao Xuan faced the Flame Demon Lion leader and struck it with Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike.
• The Flame Demon Lion leader was hurled through trees and left with its right claw badly injured.

Yao Xuan killed the Flame Demon Lion leader, completed his mission, and rested after wiping out the pack. Once recovered, he ventured deeper into the forest and encountered a Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear.

• Yao Xuan dodged the Flame Demon Lion leader's final burst of flame and killed it with an Ancestral Dragon Sky-Rending Strike.
• Yao Xuan received 600 Golden Evolution Points, completed the third-stage mission, and raised his Ancestral Dragon Soul Spirit's cultivation to 1,500 years.
• Long Hengxu and Wu Zhangkong watched Yao Xuan's victory in amazement, while his classmates and Gu Yue admired him.
• Yao Xuan rested for half an hour, regained his strength and mental focus, then continued hunting.
• Yao Xuan encountered a Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear deeper in the forest.