Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen and his friends ate pot-braised beef and explored Eastsea Snack Street, where Lu Chen devoured far more than the others while Tang Wulin struggled to finish his meal. As they headed home full and in better spirits, Lu Chen remained unaware that the Nibelungen Domain was filling with power from several sources.

• Xie Xie brought Lu Chen, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin to Uncle Li’s shop, where he recalled his mother’s fondness for its pot-braised beef.
• Lu Chen ordered several extra portions and ate them eagerly, while Tang Wulin found himself unable to finish more than two portions and Lu Chen wondered if his absorption of Tang Wulin’s excess power was affecting his appetite.
• Within Lu Chen’s sea of consciousness, Fenrir and Constantine observed the Nibelungen Domain overflowing with Golden Dragon King, Sea God, and Silver Dragon King power.
• Lu Chen took the group around Eastsea Snack Street and paid for the snacks after insisting that he had promised to cover them.
• The four friends ate until they were full and walked home together, with Tang Wulin teasing Lu Chen about his enormous appetite.

Lu Chen found Guang Long beating Uncle Li and destroyed the shop over unpaid protection money, then stepped in and overwhelmed the two-ring Grand Soul Master. The chapter left Lu Chen still attacking Guang Long as Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin watched.

• Lu Chen saw that Guang Long had wrecked Uncle Li’s shop and injured him over protection money.
• Lu Chen used his speed to shield Uncle Li, gave him healing medicine, and hid his military inspector communicator.
• Guang Long released his Iron Armored Dragon Martial Soul and charged at Lu Chen, but Lu Chen’s punch sent him staggering backward.
• The Nidhogg bloodline awakened more strongly in Lu Chen, and he vowed that Guang Long would pay for his arrogance.
• Lu Chen kicked Guang Long in the stomach and battered him with a flurry of punches as Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin arrived.

Lu Chen defeated Guang Long after Guang Long extorted protection money and attacked Uncle Li, then called Long Tianwu to handle the fallout. He revealed his War God Hall affiliation to reassure Uncle Li, while Gu Yue learned that Lu Chen had joined the organization.

• Lu Chen burned a hole through Guang Long’s chest with Royal Fire, leaving him gravely injured but alive.
• Lu Chen checked on Uncle Li, then called Long Tianwu and reported that Guang Long had been collecting protection money and claimed his brother Guang Biao was a mecha brigade captain.
• Long Tianwu praised Lu Chen and said he was coming to Eastsea Snack Street to handle the matter.
• Lu Chen reassured Xie Xie and Uncle Li, showing Uncle Li his War God Hall communicator and second lieutenant rank.
• Lu Chen told Gu Yue that he had joined the War God Hall because the director mom of his orphanage belonged to it.

After Lu Chen exposed Guang Long’s protection racket, he and Long Tianwu arranged to lure Guang Biao into the open, then Long Tianwu drove Lu Chen and his companions back to Eastsea Academy. The next afternoon, Wu Zhangkong led Class Five to the sports field, where they met Class Three’s teacher, Ye Yingrong.

• Long Tianwu arrived, ordered soldiers to take Guang Long to the military hospital, and had them repair Uncle Li’s shop at the military’s expense.
• Lu Chen suggested using Guang Long to draw out his brother Guang Biao, and Long Tianwu ordered the soldiers to let Guang Biao learn where Guang Long was being treated.
• Long Tianwu drove Lu Chen, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue back to Eastsea Academy and advised them to tell Wu Zhangkong what had happened.
• The next day, the four attended class, and Wu Zhangkong led Class Five to the sports field for their match.
• Ye Yingrong introduced herself to Wu Zhangkong as the homeroom teacher of first-year Class Three, but he only nodded and did not shake her hand.

Lu Chen and Class Five faced Class Three in a first-year arena match, where he quickly neutralized the Gu triplets and threw Chen Yi off the platform. Class Five gained a decisive advantage, though the chapter ended before the match was formally called.

• Xie Xie admired Wu Zhangkong’s cool presence while Lu Chen thought about Wu Zhangkong’s older brother, Chu Zihang.
• Ye Yingrong sent the Gu triplets and Chen Yi onto the platform to face Lu Chen’s Class Five, and Long Hengxu began the match.
• The Gu triplets released their Skyscraping Battle Eagle Martial Souls and flew above the arena.
• Lu Chen secretly had Fenrir use Gravity Squeeze, forcing the triplets to crash onto the platform.
• Gu Yue attacked Chen Yi with a wind blade, but he dodged it before Lu Chen used Time Zero, seized him, and hurled him off the platform.

After Lu Chen and Gu Yue easily won the class match, Guang Biao brought armed men and mechas to Eastsea Academy, demanding that Lu Chen and his friends be handed over. Lu Chen told Wu Zhangkong what had happened, and Wu Zhangkong went to confront the crowd at the school gates.

• Lu Chen and Gu Yue defeated Class Three's team while Xie Xie and Tang Wulin never got a chance to fight.
• Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin joined Lu Chen in cultivating in their dormitory until Wang Hu warned that Guang Biao had brought mechas to the school gates.
• Lu Chen decided Guang Biao should be removed from his position and messaged Long Tianwu about the threat.
• Gu Yue urged the group to find Wu Zhangkong, and Lu Chen explained how he had stopped Guang Long from collecting protection money and how Guang Biao had retaliated.
• Wu Zhangkong praised Lu Chen's sense of justice and headed for the gates, where Guang Biao's crowd of about two hundred people stood behind a banner demanding a life for a life.

Lu Chen confronted Guang Biao outside Eastsea Academy and provoked the Soul Emperor into attacking, using his Word Spirits to withstand and evade several blows. Though outmatched, Lu Chen kept harassing Guang Biao to wear him down and make him angrier, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lu Chen secretly activated his inspector insignia’s recorder and confronted Guang Biao at the academy gates.
• Long Hengxu refused to hand over Lu Chen and warned Guang Biao not to enter Eastsea Academy.
• Lu Chen provoked Guang Biao by accusing him of abusing ordinary people and then challenged him with his Martial Soul.
• Lu Chen used Earth Movement and Bronze Throne to blunt Guang Biao’s punches, taking injuries but staying on his feet.
• Lu Chen used Setsuna and Royal Fire to evade Guang Biao and harass him, successfully provoking him into threatening to kill him.

Wu Zhangkong rescued Lu Chen from Guang Biao with a single sword strike, and Long Tianwu arrived to arrest Guang Biao and his men. Lu Chen later learned Guang Biao had been sentenced to life imprisonment, while Wu Zhangkong sent the students back to cultivate.

• Wu Zhangkong appeared before Lu Chen in his Battle Armor and knocked Guang Biao away with one sword strike.
• Long Tianwu arrived, immobilized the crowd, and ordered War God Hall soldiers to arrest Guang Biao and his men.
• Wu Zhangkong identified Long Tianwu as a level ninety-eight assault-type Titled Douluo, shocking Xie Xie.
• Lu Chen later heard that Guang Biao had been sentenced to life imprisonment, stripped of his honors, and had his Martial Soul crippled.
• Wu Zhangkong told Lu Chen and the other students to return and cultivate.

Lu Chen experienced Nidhogg’s memories as the dragon secretly devoured the first seal on Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline, unknowingly preventing the power from killing him. The next day, Lu Chen accompanied Xie Xie to an auction before returning to school for a meal.

• After Wu Zhangkong left, Xie Xie excitedly praised Lu Chen for keeping Uncle Long’s identity as a level ninety-eight Titled Douluo secret, then hurried off to cultivate with Lu Chen and Tang Wulin.
• While Lu Chen cultivated, he witnessed Nidhogg’s memories of the black dragon’s bloody defeat and sank into despair.
• Nidhogg entered Tang Wulin’s sea of consciousness and devoured the Sea God divine power and Golden Dragon King Bloodline inside the first seal, unknowingly preventing Tang Wulin’s bloodline from overwhelming his body.
• Old Tang watched helplessly as Nidhogg consumed the seal while the Golden Dragon King’s remaining consciousness continued tormenting him.
• The following afternoon, Xie Xie took Lu Chen to Eastsea City’s auction house, but Lu Chen found its wares inferior to what he could obtain through the War God Hall and his connections.
• Back at school, Lu Chen ate voraciously while Xie Xie marveled at how much he could consume.

Lu Chen led Class Five to an easy victory over Class Two, then cultivated through a rainstorm and discovered that his Soul Power had risen to rank eighteen. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin struggled after mysteriously losing strength, and the chapter left him unable to explain his failed Thousand Refinements attempt to Master Cen Yue.

• Wei Xiaofeng mocked Class Five, but Lu Chen stopped Xie Xie from fighting and warned Wei Xiaofeng about their upcoming match.
• Wu Zhangkong barred Lu Chen from competing, and Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin defeated Class Two's four contestants in ten minutes.
• When a storm canceled the tournament, Lu Chen cultivated in Nibelungen and found the World Tree restored and his Soul Power at rank eighteen.
• Lu Chen learned alchemy from Constantine and began practicing the Word Spirit: Emperor, which could suppress those with draconic bloodlines.
• Tang Wulin failed at Thousand Refinements because his strength had diminished, and Master Cen Yue mistook his attempt for rushing ahead before Tang Wulin could explain.

Lu Chen led Class Five into the class promotion tournament final against Class Two after Tang Wulin was removed from the team. He swiftly knocked out Wei Xiaofeng, but Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi trapped him in a coordinated assault and left him wounded.

• Tang Wulin returned to school after failing to explain his loss of strength, and Wu Zhangkong excluded him from the final match because he was mentally unstable.
• Lu Chen, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie faced Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng in the final between Class Five and Class Two.
• Lu Chen used his Word Spirits and alchemical sword to knock Wei Xiaofeng out of the arena in a single attack.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi launched a pincer attack while Gu Yue and Xie Xie tried to protect Lu Chen.
• Wang Jinxi used Bone Soul Conversion and Zhang Yangzi unleashed Shadow Crow Storm, overwhelming Lu Chen and leaving him with several dark-energy wounds.

Lu Chen defeated Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi after their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dark Eagle Dragon, was suppressed by his Word Spirit: Emperor. He exhausted his bloodline power and collapsed, and Gu Yue began healing him.

• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and transformed into the Dark Eagle Dragon, trapping Lu Chen in a dark hurricane.
• Lu Chen activated his Nidhogg bloodline and Word Spirit: Emperor, suppressing the Dark Eagle Dragon’s draconic power.
• Lu Chen used his alchemical sword to shatter the fusion’s bone dragon claws and defeat Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi.
• Lu Chen exhausted his bloodline power and collapsed after the fight.
• Gu Yue caught Lu Chen and channeled light element into him, discovering that he had simply been exhausted.

Long Tianwu arrived after Lu Chen collapsed, condemned Ye Yingluo for teaching Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi a dangerous Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and decided to have her removed from Eastsea Academy. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin awakened a black hammer Martial Soul and rushed toward the sports field, believing he might have Twin Martial Souls.

• Gu Yue wondered why Lu Chen's Word Spirit: Emperor had stirred reverence in her and briefly stalled her elemental power.
• Long Tianwu examined Lu Chen, confirmed he had only fainted from exhaustion, and confronted Ye Yingluo about teaching Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi their dangerous fusion skill.
• Long Tianwu said he would spare Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi but remove Ye Yingluo from Eastsea Academy and report her to the Eastsea Alliance.
• Tang Wulin endured intense pain in the dormitory as a golden light appeared and a small black hammer manifested in his hand.
• Tang Wulin felt his Soul Power rise from rank thirteen to rank seventeen and ran barefoot toward the sports field.

Tang Wulin revealed that he had awakened the Clear Sky Hammer as a second Martial Soul, drawing the field’s attention and reminding Wu Zhangkong and Long Hengxu of Sea God Tang San. Wu Zhangkong went to check on Lu Chen, while Long Hengxu rushed off to deal with Class One’s homeroom teacher after learning Lu Chen’s protector was Emperor Sword Douluo Long Tianwu.

• Tang Wulin ran up to Wu Zhangkong and showed him the Clear Sky Hammer, announcing that he had awakened a second Martial Soul.
• Wu Zhangkong and Long Hengxu recognized the Clear Sky Hammer, and the students and teachers erupted in shock over Tang Wulin’s Twin Martial Souls and increased Soul Power.
• Wu Zhangkong and Long Hengxu connected Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer to Sea God Tang San and recognized his immense potential.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin to make good use of his talent, then said he needed to check on Lu Chen.
• Long Hengxu asked Wu Zhangkong about Lu Chen’s protector and learned that Long Tianwu was Emperor Sword Douluo, the War God Hall’s Second War God and a rank-ninety-eight Titled Douluo.
• Long Hengxu panicked and hurried off to deal with Class One’s homeroom teacher, promising to handle the matter properly.

After recovering from his bloodline’s full eruption, Lu Chen returned to Eastsea Academy with a newly awakened air of dominance. At an assembly, Principal Yu Zhen announced that the first-year class rankings would be changed according to the tournament results, promoting former Class Five to Class One.

• Long Tianwu brought the unconscious Lu Chen to his residence, where Gu Yue watched over him and wondered about his mysterious identity.
• Long Hengxu stripped Ye Yingluo of her duties and expelled her from Eastsea Academy, while Wu Zhangkong checked Lu Chen and concluded that he belonged to the War God Hall.
• After two days, Lu Chen recovered fully and returned to school, where students regarded him with reverence and Tang Wulin watched him with mixed feelings.
• Principal Yu Zhen announced that the first-year rankings would reflect the class promotion tournament results and that former Class Five would become Class One, prompting cheers from its students.

Eastsea Academy rewarded first-year Class One and established Class Zero, selecting seven students including Lu Chen and Tang Wulin. When the students were asked to sign an agreement, Lu Chen invoked Emperor Sword Douluo and revealed his War God Hall rank, leaving the office stunned.

• Dean Yu Zhen announced that every student in first-year Class One would receive one Grade A meal each day for the semester.
• Vice Dean Long Hengxu announced Class Zero, led by Wu Zhangkong, and named Lu Chen, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng as its students.
• Headmaster Yu Zhen warned the students to behave and cultivate diligently, then handed them agreements to sign before joining Class Zero.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie signed, while Gu Yue waited for Lu Chen's decision and Wei Xiaofeng left to consult his family about his future plans.
• Lu Chen told Yu Zhen he might ask Emperor Sword Douluo about the War God Hall's arrangements for him, then revealed that he held the rank of first lieutenant.

Lu Chen joined Eastsea Academy’s elite Class Zero after negotiating away the restriction on changing schools, and Wu Zhangkong began training the class in combat fundamentals. The chapter left Lu Chen blocking Wu Zhangkong’s sweeping strike, his arm numb from the impact.

• Yu Zhen agreed to let Lu Chen change schools if he returned to give a speech someday, and Lu Chen signed the revised agreement.
• Eastsea Academy established First Grade Class Zero and gave its students upgraded dormitories and elite treatment.
• Wu Zhangkong taught the class about mechas, Battle Armor, and choosing a second profession, noting that Lu Chen was already a third-rank blacksmith.
• Wu Zhangkong criticized the students’ poor coordination in the class promotion tournament and identified their weak fundamental combat ability.
• Lu Chen demonstrated his skill by deflecting and countering Wu Zhangkong’s pointer techniques, then blocked a sweeping strike that left his arm numb.

Lu Chen demonstrated his basic combat skills against Wu Zhangkong, then easily evaded Gu Yue and Xie Xie's coordinated attacks during practical training. After ten days of lessons, the class took Spiritual Power tests, where Gu Yue unexpectedly scored two points higher than Lu Chen.

• Lu Chen and Wu Zhangkong exchanged basic sword techniques until Wu Zhangkong stopped the match and explained why mecha pilots needed strong fundamentals.
• Wu Zhangkong split the students into groups to challenge him and Lu Chen, and the students were badly outmatched.
• Gu Yue and Xie Xie attacked Lu Chen together, but he evaded and neutralized their strikes without being touched.
• The class endured ten days of basic combat practice, while Lu Chen easily handled his role as their opponent.
• Wu Zhangkong brought five students to test their Spiritual Power, and Gu Yue scored two points higher than Lu Chen.

Lu Chen dominated the physical tests with his Dragon Bone State and learned that Wu Zhangkong considered his martial soul uniquely powerful. Wu Zhangkong urged him to try for Shrek Academy, then summoned Tang Wulin to ask why his strength had fallen.

• Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and the others completed the strength tests before Lu Chen entered his Dragon Bone State and recorded punches of 3,726 and 3,881 kilograms.
• Tang Wulin's strength test fell short of a thousand jin per arm, and Lu Chen suspected he had absorbed power from Tang Wulin's sealed Golden Dragon King bloodline.
• Lu Chen took first place in the reaction test with Time Zero, while Xie Xie placed second and Tang Wulin third.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Lu Chen about his martial soul and time-controlling power, then explained that the martial soul might have uniqueness and recommended he try for Shrek Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Lu Chen to bring Tang Wulin to him, and Lu Chen delivered the message before returning to his room.

Tang Wulin impressed Zhen Hua by forging to the standard of a third-rank blacksmith, and Mu Chen agreed to take him as his disciple. After both boys gained what they wanted from the visit, Wu Zhangkong announced that the group would go to the Spirit Pagoda.

• Lu Chen agreed to recommend Tang Wulin to Zhen Hua, who invited Tang to demonstrate his forging and promised to find him a teacher if he met the standard.
• Tang Wulin forged with the Clear Sky Hammer while Zhen Hua watched approvingly, and Mu Ye warned Lu Chen to stay alert to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Tang Wulin succeeded in qualifying as a third-rank blacksmith, so Zhen Hua called Mu Chen and secured his agreement to take Tang as a disciple.
• Mu Chen arrived, questioned Tang about forging, accepted him as a disciple, and forged his third-rank badge.
• Lu Chen gained permission to pursue his plan to fuse with Two-Word Battle Armor, and Tang Wulin gained Mu Chen as his teacher.
• After the days passed in routine training, Wu Zhangkong announced that the group would visit the Spirit Pagoda.