Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia joined Class Zero and stunned Wu Zhangkong and the students with his Soul Power rank of 34 and spiritual power of 415 at age nine. Wu Zhangkong challenged him to prove himself in combat, and Jiang Xia proposed that he and Gu Yue fight the other four students together, saying he could boost her.

• Jiang Xia arrived at Class Zero, where Wu Zhangkong questioned his Soul Power rank and learned it was 34.
• Jiang Xia revealed that his spiritual power was 415, astonishing Wu Zhangkong and the other students.
• Wu Zhangkong questioned Jiang Xia's combat ability, and Jiang Xia admitted he lacked direct combat methods.
• Jiang Xia proposed that he and Gu Yue fight Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi together, and Wu Zhangkong agreed.
• Gu Yue told Jiang Xia she could manage two opponents but would struggle against three, and Jiang Xia said he could boost her after learning about their abilities.

Jiang Xia supported Gu Yue with Broken Dream and Spirit Detection, letting her control the elements with greater efficiency as they faced Class Zero in a two-against-four match. Gu Yue and Jiang Xia swiftly eliminated Zhang Yangzi and Xie Xie, leaving Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi wounded and outnumbered.

• Jiang Xia explained how Broken Dream could strengthen Gu Yue’s elemental control and help guide their battle.
• When the match began, Gu Yue used Jiang Xia’s support to combine water, fire, earth, and wind, injuring Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi and obscuring the field with dust.
• Jiang Xia used an illusion to knock Zhang Yangzi unconscious as he leaped over Gu Yue’s earthen wall.
• Gu Yue engulfed Xie Xie in an explosive fire attack, defeating him while holding back enough to avoid serious injury.
• Wu Zhangkong removed Zhang Yangzi and Xie Xie from the field, leaving Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi facing Gu Yue and Jiang Xia.

Wu Zhangkong stopped the match after Gu Yue and Jiang Xia’s team defeated Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi, then ordered the six students to prepare for a practical battle against him. As they planned their tactics, Jiang Xia revealed his wide-ranging elemental buffs and three thousand-year Soul Rings, leaving the group stunned before their fight with Wu Zhangkong.

• Wu Zhangkong ended the match, declared Gu Yue and Jiang Xia the winners, and arranged treatment for the injured students.
• Gu Yue and Jiang Xia explained how their elemental abilities could strengthen the team, including helping Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and empowering Xie Xie’s daggers.
• The group planned to use Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw, with Gu Yue teleporting him close enough to strike Wu Zhangkong.
• Jiang Xia explained that he had hidden his Soul Rings inside Broken Dream and revealed that all three were thousand-year Soul Rings, shocking the others.

Jiang Xia revealed that he had three thousand-year Soul Rings, shocking Class Zero and helping set up their coordinated attack on Wu Zhangkong. Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi completed their Darkness Sky Dragon Martial Soul Fusion and pressed Wu Zhangkong with aerial strikes as Gu Yue prepared a four-element attack.

• Jiang Xia told Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi to seize the right moment when he revealed his Soul Rings.
• Wu Zhangkong began the sparring match, displayed his six Soul Rings, and suppressed his Soul Power to rank 34.
• Jiang Xia used Broken Dream and Spirit Detection to guide Wu Zhangkong's attention, then revealed three purple Soul Rings and stunned him.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi completed their Darkness Sky Dragon Martial Soul Fusion, with Jiang Xia and Gu Yue strengthening them with darkness elements.
• The Darkness Sky Dragon attacked Wu Zhangkong, who defended with the Skyfrost Sword and evaded using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Gu Yue formed and hurled a four-element vortex at Wu Zhangkong, whose expression changed when he noticed the attack.

Gu Yue and Jiang Xia combined their abilities to overwhelm Wu Zhangkong with a coordinated chain of elemental attacks, while Tang Wulin and the others joined the assault. After the fight, Wu Zhangkong assigned Xie Xie extra training, and Gu Yue and Jiang Xia recognized each other’s value.

• Gu Yue used Jiang Xia’s assistance to unleash a powerful four-element vortex that injured Wu Zhangkong and disheveled his robes.
• Wu Zhangkong tried to use the Darkness Sky Dragon as a shield, but Gu Yue teleported another vortex behind him and blasted him again.
• Jiang Xia guided the group’s timing as the Darkness Sky Dragon, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie coordinated attacks that left Wu Zhangkong unable to regain his footing.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the spar by releasing his Soul Power and blasting Tang Wulin and Xie Xie away.
• Wu Zhangkong seized Xie Xie and ordered him to stay for extra training because he had barely contributed to the fight.
• Gu Yue accepted Jiang Xia as an elemental amplifier, while Jiang Xia became eager to learn her Elemental Control techniques.

Gu Yue recognized Jiang Xia’s Broken Dream as a way to amplify her power and decided he was valuable enough to spare in the future. Jiang Xia joined Class Zero and planned to study his classmates’ abilities inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, while Gu Yue stopped him after training to talk privately.

• Gu Yue marveled at how Jiang Xia’s Broken Dream could support her Elemental Control and secretly decided to let him live because of his usefulness.
• Jiang Xia recognized that Gu Yue controlled the elements through resonance and resolved to learn from her techniques.
• Tang Wulin felt inexplicable hostility toward Jiang Xia, then suppressed it when Jiang Xia noticed his feelings.
• Jiang Xia joined Class Zero, and Wu Zhangkong treated him more leniently after failing to assert his authority over him.
• Jiang Xia decided to wait until Class Zero entered the Spirit Ascension Platform to study the powers of Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and the others.
• Gu Yue stopped Jiang Xia after training to speak privately, while Tang Wulin headed toward the Eastsea City Blacksmith's Association and wondered what she was telling him.

Jiang Xia and Gu Yue discussed using his Broken Dream to support her Elemental Control, and Gu Yue offered to teach him her techniques. At the Blacksmith's Association, Jiang Xia demonstrated First-Grade Thousand Refinements, leaving Tang Wulin and Mu Chen astonished by his skill and accomplishments.

• Gu Yue asked Jiang Xia to reconnect so she could better understand how his Broken Dream helped her in combat, and he explained that it could simulate elemental changes he had mastered.
• Gu Yue offered to teach Jiang Xia Elemental Control during their cultivation, and she agreed to let him simulate some of her techniques in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Jiang Xia left the academy and went to the Blacksmith's Association, where Mu Chen introduced him to Tang Wulin as the disciple of the Divine Blacksmith Zhen Hua.
• Mu Chen asked Jiang Xia to demonstrate his forging, and two and a half hours later Jiang Xia achieved First-Grade Thousand Refinements, surpassing Tang Wulin's expectations.
• Mu Chen later received a call from Zhen Hua, who asked him to push Jiang Xia to focus on forging; Mu Chen was incredulous to learn Jiang Xia was also studying mecha design and manufacturing.

Jiang Xia entered the Spirit Ascension Platform to study Gu Yue’s Four-Element Vortex, but discovered that his Broken Dream had changed after absorbing an illusory space. By using Broken Dream to fuse that space with the Spirit Ascension Platform, he gained much greater control and a deeper perception of the elements.

• Tang Wulin reminded himself that Gu Yue was only average-looking and tried to calm his hostility toward Jiang Xia by thinking that Jiang Xia lacked combat strength.
• Jiang Xia consolidated his first-grade thousand-refinement gains at the Blacksmith's Association, then returned to the Spirit Pagoda and entered the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Jiang Xia sensed that his Broken Dream had become more structured after devouring an illusory space at the research institute.
• Jiang Xia found that directly merging the illusory space with the Spirit Ascension Platform reduced his control, but using Broken Dream as a separate medium preserved it.
• Jiang Xia fused both spaces through Broken Dream and gained stronger control, deeper perception of elemental forces, and greater potential for comprehension and Imitation.

Jiang Xia discovered that stacking dream layers strengthened his control over the elements and found that a Soul Spirit could serve as a vessel for adding another illusory space to Broken Dream. He successfully peeled the part of the Spirit Ascension Platform within his reach away from its surrounding space and merged it into Broken Dream using the Mutated Evil Eye.

• Jiang Xia tried to reproduce Gu Yue's Four-Element Vortex but realized his weaker elemental affinity kept the elements from cooperating.
• Jiang Xia concluded that stacking dream layers could strengthen his elemental control and began searching for a way to add another illusory space to Broken Dream.
• Jiang Xia discovered that a Soul Spirit could bind Broken Dream to a new illusory space, and he tested the idea with the Mutated Evil Eye.
• Jiang Xia stacked the two dream layers and struggled to peel the covered section of the Spirit Ascension Platform away from the surrounding space.
• The strain triggered alarms at the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda, ejecting the Soul Masters inside and Jiang Xia as he merged the detached space into Broken Dream.

Class Zero entered the Spirit Ascension Platform for combat training, where Jiang Xia killed a Wind Baboon with a technique Wu Zhangkong could not discern. Tang Wulin and the others fought Soul Beasts in different ways as Wu Zhangkong evaluated them, and Jiang Xia remained a mystery.

• Wu Zhangkong led Class Zero into the Spirit Ascension Platform for practical combat training.
• Jiang Xia noticed a ten-year Wind Baboon approaching and killed it so quickly that Wu Zhangkong could not tell how he had done it.
• Tang Wulin hunted an eighty-year Wind Baboon, struggled against its agility, and killed it with his Golden Dragon Claw and Blue Silver Grass.
• Wu Zhangkong evaluated Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue as they fought Soul Beasts.
• Wu Zhangkong focused again on Jiang Xia, still unable to work out how he had killed the Wind Baboon.

Jiang Xia and Gu Yue teamed up to defeat a Wind Wolf and help Tang Wulin fight off a pack of Flame Lions in the Spirit Ascension Platform. After witnessing Jiang Xia use elemental control and his third Soul Skill, Spirit Ray, Tang Wulin asked how Jiang Xia had gained Elemental Control.

• Jiang Xia killed a ninety-year Wind Wolf with fire and wind blades while Gu Yue watched in surprise.
• Jiang Xia, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin encountered one another as Tang Wulin fled from five Flame Lions.
• Jiang Xia synchronized Spirit Detection with Gu Yue, amplified her, and used water currents to block the Flame Lions while they attacked together.
• Jiang Xia used his third Soul Skill, Spirit Ray, to kill a Flame Lion instantly, and he and Gu Yue quickly defeated another.
• The three of them finished off the remaining Flame Lions, then Tang Wulin asked Jiang Xia how he could use Elemental Control.

Jiang Xia continued exploring the limits of his abilities in the Spirit Ascension Platform and Broken Dream, but failed to imitate the Golden Dragon King's blood essence. As Class Zero began its final exams, Wu Zhangkong announced that the first stage would take place during the Spirit Ascension Platform's unrest period and kept the second stage secret.

• Jiang Xia, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin entered the Spirit Ascension Platform together, with Tang Wulin taking the front while Jiang Xia and Gu Yue attacked with Elemental Control.
• The trio encountered mostly weak soul beasts, and they divided the spiritual power gained according to their contributions; Jiang Xia's Soul Spirits each gained fifty years of cultivation.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Jiang Xia about using Elemental Control in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Jiang Xia said he could not yet use it in reality.
• Over the semester, Jiang Xia practiced his secondary professions and tried to imitate Tang Wulin's Blood Essence Power in Broken Dream, but could not reproduce the Golden Dragon King's blood essence.
• Wu Zhangkong told Class Zero that the first stage of the final exam would take place during the Spirit Ascension Platform's unrest period, where teams could enter and spiritual power absorption would be slower.
• Wu Zhangkong withheld details of the second stage, while Jiang Xia suspected it would take place in the Tang Sect's Hall of Heroes.

Jiang Xia led Class Zero through the Spirit Ascension Platform, where the six worked together to hunt soul beasts and used Gu Yue to lure many into a Man Faced Demon Spider’s poisonous silk. After sharing the resulting spiritual power, they noticed Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan approaching to investigate.

• Wu Zhangkong led all six members of Class Zero into the Spirit Ascension Platform together, and Jiang Xia proposed sweeping through its depths to hunt soul beasts and rob other teams.
• Jiang Xia used Spirit Detection to locate nearby soul beasts, and the group cleared the area before dividing the spiritual power they gained.
• Jiang Xia found a Man Faced Demon Spider and asked Gu Yue to lure nearby soul beasts into its poisonous silk.
• Gu Yue drew the soul beasts toward the spider’s territory, where they were poisoned, and Class Zero collected a large amount of spiritual power.
• Jiang Xia let everyone share the gains, while Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan followed the beasts’ tracks toward the group to investigate.

During the Spirit Ascension Platform riot, Jiang Xia and Class Zero survived repeated attacks before Wu Zhangkong brought them to the Tang Sect for their next assessment. Inside the Hall of Heroes, Jiang Xia faced Huo Yuhao and used elemental control and simulated soul-tool crafting to fight back.

• Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan were killed after Xu Xiaoyu glimpsed the group responsible for the Spirit Ascension Platform massacre.
• Jiang Xia and Class Zero endured repeated soul beast attacks during the riot, then were eliminated by four three-ring Soul Elders who had driven the beasts toward them.
• Gu Yue noticed Jiang Xia's suspicions about the four Soul Elders, but he told her only that they looked familiar.
• Wu Zhangkong took Class Zero to the Tang Sect and sent them into the Hall of Heroes, where the next assessment was to last as long as possible.
• Jiang Xia was matched against Huo Yuhao, whose ultimate ice forced him to evade with wind and ice before he simulated wings, rare metals, and core formations to create soul tools.

Jiang Xia cleared the Tang Sect’s Hall of Heroes assessment and learned how its virtual world modified stats, but declined the Tang Sect’s invitation because he had joined the Spirit Pagoda. On the train to Heaven Dou City, he confronted Wu Zhangkong about Long Bing’s appearance among the evil soul masters connected to his parents’ deaths, leaving Wu Zhangkong to promise an investigation.

• Jiang Xia emerged from the Hall of Heroes after enduring Huo Yuhao’s attacks until his Soul Power was exhausted, and Wu Zhangkong confirmed that he had cleared the assessment.
• Jiang Xia reflected on the Hero Platform’s code for modifying stats and mechanics, while Wu Zhangkong invited the students to join the Tang Sect; Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi accepted, but Jiang Xia and Gu Yue declined.
• On the train to Heaven Dou City, Jiang Xia asked Wu Zhangkong whether he knew Long Bing and explained that she had been named among the evil soul masters connected to the family involved in his parents’ deaths.
• Wu Zhangkong insisted Long Bing could not have been on an evil soul master list under that name, but Jiang Xia refused to trust their relationship over his pursuit of the truth; Wu Zhangkong promised to investigate.
• Tang Wulin entered deep meditation during the journey, and Wu Zhangkong carried him from the train as evil soul masters attacked nearby; after Wu Zhangkong dealt with them, Jiang Xia went to the Blacksmith’s Association.

Jiang Xia began studying the art of turning illusion into reality and asked Gu Yue about creating illusory spaces. Back at Class Zero, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi explained that Tang Wulin’s bloodline had temporarily changed their Martial Soul compatibility, but their fusion skill had returned as Wang Jinxi’s Martial Soul regressed.

• Han Tianyi agreed to teach Jiang Xia the art of turning illusion into reality and suggested that Gu Yue could help him learn about illusory-space technology.
• During winter break, Jiang Xia studied illusion-to-reality techniques along with mecha design and manufacturing, though mastering the technology required advanced ranks in both fields.
• After returning to Class Zero, Jiang Xia asked Gu Yue about creating illusory spaces, and she agreed to let him study the technology alongside her.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi told Wu Zhangkong that Wang Jinxi’s Bone Dragon King evolution had lowered its compatibility with Zhang Yangzi’s Dark Demon Eagle and stopped their Martial Soul Fusion Skill from working.
• Wang Jinxi explained that his Martial Soul had gradually regressed during the month, restoring their compatibility and fusion skill.

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi withdrew from Class Zero to preserve their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Tang Wulin saddened by another parting. Jiang Xia discovered that Tang Wulin had never met Na'er, and the chapter ended with Wu Zhangkong bringing a timid new student, Xu Xiaoyan, to class.

• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi told Wu Zhangkong they were withdrawing, and Wu Zhangkong accepted their decision and accompanied them to the academic affairs office.
• Tang Wulin mourned Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi's departure, while Xie Xie and Jiang Xia tried to comfort him.
• Jiang Xia asked Tang Wulin about a sister named Na'er, learned Tang Wulin had no sister, and privately wondered why Na'er had not approached him.
• Jiang Xia falsely claimed his Broken Dream could pick up thoughts, making Gu Yue wary of him.
• Wu Zhangkong returned with Xu Xiaoyan and announced that she would be joining Class Zero.

Wu Zhangkong tested Xu Xiaoyan’s talent and learned about her Starwheel Ice Staff’s powerful control abilities as Class Zero prepared to fight him. The chapter ended with Wu Zhangkong facing Jiang Xia and the others at night, confident that his knowledge and rank 39 Soul Power would let him defeat them.

• Wu Zhangkong told Xu Xiaoyan that he would judge her talent in a practical combat session before accepting her into Class Zero.
• Xu Xiaoyan reunited with Jiang Xia, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie, and recounted their earlier encounter during the Spirit Ascension Platform riot period.
• Xu Xiaoyan explained that her Starwheel Ice Staff became the Star Staff at night and gave her Soul Skills control effects with absolute certainty.
• Jiang Xia considered recruiting Xu Xiaoyan into the Spirit Pagoda and building his future core team around her powerful abilities.
• Class Zero persuaded Wu Zhangkong to delay their fight until nighttime, when he suppressed his Soul Power to rank 39 and prepared to face them.

Jiang Xia’s Spirit Detection and Xu Xiaoyan’s powerful control helped Class Zero defeat Wu Zhangkong in their training battle, securing Xu Xiaoyan’s place in the class. Wu Zhangkong recognized her talent and ordered Xie Xie to stay behind for a month of extra training.

• Jiang Xia used Broken Dream to share Spirit Detection with Gu Yue and the others while amplifying their elemental abilities.
• Xu Xiaoyan restrained Wu Zhangkong with her Starwheel Ice Staff as Gu Yue teleported Tang Wulin into range, and Tang Wulin struck Wu Zhangkong with a punch.
• Xie Xie hurried into the fight after Tang Wulin’s attack, and Wu Zhangkong broke free of the chains before declaring the battle over and admitting defeat.
• Wu Zhangkong learned about Xu Xiaoyan’s abilities, welcomed her into Class Zero, and considered bringing her into the Tang Sect.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned Xie Xie extra training while Jiang Xia, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan left the field.

Jiang Xia asked Gu Yue to teach him how to create virtual spaces, while explaining how he had learned about Na'er and what he knew about her. Gu Yue accepted his explanation but resolved to guard her secrets from him.

• Xu Xiaoyan diligently adapted to Class Zero's battle training while the class continued its lessons and weekly Spirit Ascension Platform visits.
• Jiang Xia asked Gu Yue to teach him how to create virtual spaces, and she questioned why he wanted to learn.
• Jiang Xia explained that his fear of the story changing had made him lose composure and ask about Na'er.
• Jiang Xia told Gu Yue that he knew she and Na'er shared thoughts, that Na'er was the Sea God Pavilion master's disciple, and that her Silver Dragon Spear was an artifact-grade Martial Soul.
• Gu Yue accepted Jiang Xia's explanation while deciding to guard her secrets, and Jiang Xia returned the conversation to virtual-space technology.