Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin discovered a strange power in his left hand, and Qing Linyun identified it as the Asura God Bloodline. When Tang Wulin summoned the resulting Clear Sky Hammer, its power overwhelmed him and forcibly broke through his level-twenty barrier, leaving him convulsing on the floor.

• Tang Wulin told Qing Linyun that his control over Blue Silver Grass had improved, but a strange sensation had begun moving inside his left hand.
• Qing Linyun probed Tang Wulin and sensed a cold, domineering power that he recognized as the Asura God Bloodline.
• Qing Linyun told Tang Wulin to summon his Blue Silver Grass and open his left hand, triggering a blood-red Clear Sky Hammer to appear in his right palm.
• The hammer's markings flared, and Tang Wulin collapsed as they spread up his arm and the Asura power rampaged through his meridians.
• The Asura power forcibly widened Tang Wulin's meridians and broke through his level-twenty barrier while Qing Linyun realized Tang San had awakened the power without protecting him.

Qing Linyun stabilized Tang Wulin after the Asura energy awakened his Clear Sky Hammer, then considered killing him before deciding to preserve their master-disciple relationship. Gu Yue entered the training room, sensed that the Golden Dragon King Bloodline had become part of Qing Linyun, and was left struggling with what to do.

• Qing Linyun subdued the Asura energy in Tang Wulin's meridians, stabilizing his Soul Power at level twenty-one and awakening his second Hundred-Year Soul Ring before Tang Wulin passed out.
• Qing Linyun realized Tang San had awakened Tang Wulin's Clear Sky Hammer and worried that Tang San might uncover the stolen Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• Qing Linyun raised his hand to kill Tang Wulin but stopped, deciding Tang Wulin was more useful alive and leaving recovery pills beside him.
• Gu Yue entered and sensed the Golden Dragon King Bloodline within Qing Linyun, recognizing that it had completely merged with him.
• Gu Yue silently compared Qing Linyun with the unconscious Tang Wulin, while Qing Linyun asked what she wanted to learn.

Qing Linyun began teaching Gu Yue the theory behind Soul Spirit Technology while Tang Wulin recovered, as Qiangu Dongfeng and the Ghost Emperor discussed Dark Hummingbird’s death and agreed to reassess Qing Linyun before acting. The Ghost Emperor reminded Qiangu Dongfeng that their real priority was taking down Shrek Academy.

• Gu Yue asked Qing Linyun to teach her how to make Soul Spirits, and he began a lesson on gene segment deduction while Tang Wulin remained unconscious.
• Qiangu Dongfeng questioned the Ghost Emperor about Dark Hummingbird, a Level 98 fighter who had died at the hands of a Level 78 Soul Saint.
• The Ghost Emperor said Qing Linyun had either a hidden trump card or powerful backing, and he doubted Shrek had protected him.
• The Ghost Emperor warned Qiangu Dongfeng that their interests were tied together and proposed leaving Qing Linyun alone until they reassessed his strength.
• As Qiangu Dongfeng left, the Ghost Emperor reminded him that their real task was to take down Shrek Academy first.

Qiangu Dongfeng learned that two former Holy Spirit Cult members, Na Nali and Leng Yulai, had become powerful bodyguards for his rival Qing Linyun and had attacked the Ghost Emperor. He was left stunned when his secretary suggested the two women had an improper relationship with Qing Linyun.

• Qiangu Dongfeng brooded over the Heaven-Supporting Pillar cutting into Spirit Pagoda profits and complained about the Holy Spirit Cult’s failed fighters and the Ghost Emperor.
• Qiangu Dongfeng’s secretary reported that the Heaven-Supporting Pillar’s chief, Na Nali, was a Level 99 Quasi-God and former Holy Spirit Cult Heavenly King.
• The secretary identified the Second Knight as Leng Yulai, a Level 99 Demigod and Leng Yaozhu’s younger sister.
• Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Na Nali and Leng Yulai had fought their way into the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and left the Ghost Emperor weakened.
• Qiangu Dongfeng wondered how Qing Linyun had recruited the two former cult members, and his secretary suggested they had an improper relationship with him.
• Qiangu Dongfeng was left speechless and panicked by the suggestion.

Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Leng Yulai had left the Holy Spirit Cult for a fifteen-year-old boy, then considered using Leng Yaozhu’s disciple Gu Yue to obtain the Heaven-Supporting Pillar’s Soul Spirit Technology. He abandoned the idea of forcing Gu Yue into espionage and sent his secretary to invite Leng Yaozhu to discuss the matter.

• Qiangu Dongfeng heard that Leng Yulai had left the Holy Spirit Cult for a fifteen-year-old boy and that Na Nali also liked him.
• Qiangu Dongfeng’s secretary proposed using Gu Yue, Leng Yaozhu’s disciple and a student at Eastsea Academy, to gain access to the Heaven-Supporting Pillar’s Soul Spirit Technology.
• Qiangu Dongfeng realized Leng Yaozhu could block any attempt to use Gu Yue as an undercover agent because of her status and influence in the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told his secretary to invite Leng Yaozhu to discuss the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, Soul Spirit Technology, and Gu Yue.
• After the secretary left, Qiangu Dongfeng wondered whether Leng Yulai’s life would have turned out differently if she had chosen him.

Qing Linyun broke two more Golden Dragon King seals and found the Silver Dragon Spear for sale in the system, but lacked the money to buy it. Meanwhile, Gu Yue felt inexplicably uneasy in class.

• Qing Linyun broke his eleventh and twelfth Golden Dragon King seals, strengthening his body further.
• Qing Linyun found a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice-Attribute Soul Spirit that suited Wu Changkong and decided to buy it for him later.
• Qing Linyun discovered the Silver Dragon Spear listed as a four-billion-Federation-Coin divine weapon and considered buying it to combine with his Golden Dragon Spear.
• Qing Linyun realized he lacked enough personal funds and set out to ask Ye Lingling for money.
• Gu Yue felt uneasy during Wu Changkong's lesson and pressed her temples as he asked what was wrong.

Gu Yue sensed that Qing Linyun was up to something, while Qing Linyun secretly obtained four billion Federation Coins from Ye Lingling and bought the Silver Dragon Spear. He tried to unite it with the Golden Dragon Spear, but the weapons failed to merge.

• Gu Yue felt a growing disturbance and suspected Qing Linyun was behind it.
• Qing Linyun asked Ye Lingling for four billion Federation Coins, claiming he would fund research into Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits.
• Ye Lingling agreed to obtain the money from the Ye Clan and the Angel Legion and gave Qing Linyun a check.
• Qing Linyun asked Ye Lingling to send Wu Changkong a suitable Ten-Thousand-Year Ice-Attribute Soul Spirit for his upcoming breakthrough to the seven-ring level.
• Qing Linyun used the money to purchase the Silver Dragon Spear and tried to merge it with the Golden Dragon Spear, but the two weapons did not unite.

Qing Linyun put the Silver Dragon Spear away and looked forward to showing it to Gu Yue. At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Leng Yaozhu agreed to meet Qiangu Dongfeng to discuss official business and Gu Yue, but she warned that she would leave if he spoke against her disciple.

• Qing Linyun returned both divine spears to his Sea of Consciousness and thought about surprising Gu Yue with the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Qiangu Dongfeng's secretary told Leng Yaozhu that the pagoda master wanted to discuss the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, Soul Spirit technology, and Gu Yue.
• Leng Yaozhu suspected Qiangu Dongfeng had ulterior motives involving Gu Yue, but agreed to meet him to discuss official business and learn whether he had discovered anything about her disciple's background.
• Leng Yaozhu warned the secretary that she would leave if Qiangu Dongfeng said anything against Gu Yue.
• Qiangu Dongfeng prepared to embrace Leng Yaozhu, but she kept her distance, addressed him formally, and sat down to hear what he wanted.

Qiangu Dongfeng asked Leng Yaozhu to have Gu Yue gather information about the Heaven-Supporting Pillar's Soul Spirit Technology in exchange for substantial Spirit Pagoda concessions. Leng Yaozhu accepted only on the condition that Gu Yue could refuse, then left after rejecting Qiangu Dongfeng's invitation to lunch.

• Qiangu Dongfeng asked Leng Yaozhu to use Gu Yue's studies under Qing Linyun to obtain information about the Heaven-Supporting Pillar's Soul Spirit Technology.
• Qiangu Dongfeng offered the Phoenix Clan control over Soul Spirit research at three southern branches and two branch pagoda master positions.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to the terms but insisted she would first ask whether Gu Yue was willing and would not force her.
• Qiangu Dongfeng tried to invite Leng Yaozhu to lunch, but she warned him to keep their relationship strictly to Spirit Pagoda business and left.
• Qiangu Dongfeng cursed to himself and vowed he would never pursue Leng Yaozhu again.

Qing Linyun took Gu Yue out of Eastsea Academy after securing leave from Wu Changkong, then brought her to his office atop Shrek City’s Heaven-Supporting Pillar. The chapter ended with Gu Yue unsettled by the height as Qing Linyun introduced the place where she would take lessons.

• Qing Linyun asked Wu Changkong for half a day of leave for Gu Yue, claiming her aunt had come to visit.
• After Gu Yue left the office, Qing Linyun gave Wu Changkong healing pills for his old meridian injury and a ten-thousand-year Icefield Snow Fox Soul Spirit for his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Wu Changkong accepted the gifts and signed Gu Yue’s leave slip.
• Qing Linyun took Gu Yue by the wrist and used spatial power to bring them to his office atop the Heaven-Supporting Pillar in Shrek City.
• Qing Linyun showed Gu Yue the office and said she would take lessons there, while Gu Yue felt uneasy at the height.

Qing Linyun showed Gu Yue the Heaven-Supporting Pillar’s Soul Spirit production line and demonstrated how it created a ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit. Gu Yue realized the technology could advance the Silver Dragon King’s plan ahead of schedule and considered taking control of it.

• Qing Linyun led Gu Yue through the research facility to a laboratory filled with Soul Spirits and production equipment.
• Qing Linyun explained how researchers extracted genes, injected matching Soul Power, and fused them to create a Soul Spirit.
• Qing Linyun produced a ten-thousand-year Dark Demon Bird Soul Spirit and let Gu Yue hold it.
• Gu Yue sensed that the Soul Spirit had power and spirituality comparable to a real Soul Beast.
• Gu Yue considered obtaining the technology and using her spiritual power to control it so the Silver Dragon King’s plan could move ahead of schedule.

Qing Linyun teased Gu Yue in the laboratory, and Gu Yue agreed to spy on him for Leng Yaozhu before kissing him to appease his feigned anger. Ye Lingling arrived and caught them in an intimate moment.

• Qing Linyun held Gu Yue close while showing her Soul Spirit fusion data, then playfully patted her backside.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Gu Yue to get close to Qing Linyun and report anything she learned about the Heaven-Supporting Pillar's Soul Spirit technology, and Gu Yue reluctantly agreed.
• Qing Linyun revealed that he had overheard the call and confronted Gu Yue about agreeing to spy on him.
• Gu Yue kissed Qing Linyun on the cheek to calm him, and he froze in surprise.
• Ye Lingling entered the laboratory and teased Qing Linyun and Gu Yue about their intimate moment.

Ye Lingling confronted Gu Yue in Qing Linyun’s laboratory and the two traded barbs over their closeness to him. After Qing Linyun took Gu Yue away, Ye Lingling decided to seek allies among Leng Yulai and Na Nali.

• Ye Lingling arrived in the laboratory and teased Qing Linyun and Gu Yue about their intimate-looking lesson.
• Gu Yue revealed a commanding air and challenged Ye Lingling’s assumptions about her relationship with Qing Linyun.
• Gu Yue pointed out that Qing Linyun had never acknowledged Ye Lingling’s place in his life, leaving Ye Lingling speechless.
• Qing Linyun tried to calm the two women, then took Gu Yue by the wrist and left with her for Eastsea City.
• Ye Lingling decided to form an alliance and called Leng Yulai to arrange a meeting with her and Na Nali.

Ye Lingling and Leng Yulai grew angry after hearing that Qing Linyun had been close to Gu Yue, and the three women agreed to unite against him when he returned. Meanwhile, Qing Linyun took Gu Yue back to Eastsea Academy, where she warned him she would not tolerate CEO Ye bullying her again.

• Ye Lingling told Leng Yulai and Na Nali that Qing Linyun had been teaching Gu Yue in the lab while holding her close.
• Leng Yulai joined Ye Lingling in condemning Qing Linyun, and Na Nali suggested tying him to a bed and wearing him out.
• Leng Yulai, Ye Lingling, and Na Nali agreed to work together to pin Qing Linyun down when he came back.
• Qing Linyun brought Gu Yue through a spatial passage to Eastsea Academy, and she accused him of being too close to CEO Ye.
• Qing Linyun apologized for putting his arm around Gu Yue during the lesson, and Gu Yue warned that she would not let CEO Ye bully her again.

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue practiced together before the Class Promotion Tournament, attacking Wu Changkong while he limited himself to one-ring Soul Power. Their coordination and Tang Wulin’s striking progress impressed Wu Changkong, who concluded that Qing Linyun may have changed Tang Wulin’s future.

• Tang Wulin continued to improve his Blue Silver Grass, whose blue-gold sheen and control had grown stronger, while Qing Linyun watched and worried that Gu Yue was still ignoring him.
• Wu Changkong summoned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue for their final joint practice before their match against Class Four and challenged them to attack him under strict limits.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue released their Martial Souls and took the positions Wu Changkong assigned them.
• Tang Wulin opened with Blue Silver Entanglement, Xie Xie followed with Light Dragon Slash, and Gu Yue attacked with fire, ice, and earth through Elemental Tide.
• Tang Wulin used Blue Silver Parasite to catch Wu Changkong off guard, giving Xie Xie an opening for another Light Dragon Slash.
• Wu Changkong reflected on Tang Wulin’s rapid growth and unusual Blue Silver Grass, and considered that Qing Linyun might have given him a chance to enter Shrek Academy.

Qing Linyun watched Gu Yue struggle to focus during training, then deliberately left to see how she would react. Gu Yue’s Elemental Tide became increasingly erratic after he departed, leaving Xie Xie and Tang Wulin convinced she was taking out her anger on Wu Changkong.

• Gu Yue’s delayed Elemental Tide let Wu Changkong dodge Xie Xie’s attack, and Wu Changkong ordered her to focus.
• Qing Linyun’s movements and scent distracted Gu Yue, causing her to misdirect an earth wall and knock Xie Xie down.
• Xie Xie pointed out Gu Yue’s strange behavior to Tang Wulin, while Wu Changkong warned her to concentrate during the final round.
• Qing Linyun announced he was going to the office and left the training ground, prompting Gu Yue to fumble her half-formed fireball.
• Gu Yue watched the door and unleashed increasingly powerful fireballs during training, while Xie Xie and Tang Wulin feared she was taking her anger out on Wu Changkong.

Tang San contacted Tang Hao and Ah Yin from the black hole, claiming Tang Wulin’s lost Golden Dragon King Bloodline had been removed by his own arrangement and telling them Wulin had awakened the Clear Sky Hammer. Ah Yin wanted Wulin brought to her, but Tang San persuaded her to leave him with his teacher; Tang Hao then decided to visit that teacher, while Tang San hoped the visit would reveal who had taken the bloodline.

• Ah Yin worried that Tang San was lost in the black hole, and Tang San appeared to reassure his parents that he was safe.
• Tang San told Tang Hao and Ah Yin that Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline was gone and falsely claimed he had arranged it.
• Tang San revealed that Wulin had awakened the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao eagerly agreed to teach him the Clear Sky Sect’s inherited techniques.
• Ah Yin asked Tang San to bring Wulin to her, but he persuaded her to let Wulin stay with his teacher, and Tang Hao agreed to visit the teacher himself.
• After Tang San’s divine consciousness vanished, Tang Hao promised Ah Yin he would go meet Wulin’s teacher, Qing Linyun.
• Back in the black hole, Tang San resolved to use Tang Hao’s visit to investigate who had taken Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline.

After the Class Promotion Tournament, Class Zero was established with Wu Changkong as its homeroom teacher and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi as students. Qing Linyun reached level eighty and prepared to enter secluded cultivation, leaving the chapter with him telling Wu Changkong he would be away for a while.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue easily defeated Class Four through coordinated attacks during the Class Promotion Tournament.
• The dean and shareholders agreed to fund Class Zero, which Wu Changkong would lead with the academy's best resources.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi joined Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue as Class Zero's five students.
• Qing Linyun broke through the level-eighty bottleneck, and Ye Lingling completed his Three-Word Battle Armor.
• Qing Linyun told Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue he was leaving for secluded cultivation, then went to Wu Changkong's office and said he would be away for a while.

Qing Linyun went to his private cultivation room to test Wuji Heaven, his newly upgraded Three-Word Battle Armor, and revealed the strength it gave him. He then left his Eighth Soul Ring uncondensed as he took Ye Lingling, Na Nali, and Leng Yulai into the inner room.

• Wu Changkong sensed Qing Linyun had grown stronger and let him leave without asking questions.
• Qing Linyun arrived at his cultivation room beneath the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, where Ye Lingling, Na Nali, and Leng Yulai confronted him about his new disciple and classmate.
• Ye Lingling presented Wuji Heaven, a Three-Word Battle Armor with a 135% enhancement, and Qing Linyun summoned it directly from his body.
• Qing Linyun said he was a rank-80 Soul Douluo who could match a rank-99 Limit Douluo at full power and slay a Quasi-God with his special abilities.
• The three women surrounded Qing Linyun, and he carried them into the inner room, leaving his Eighth Soul Ring uncondensed.

Qing Linyun woke beside Ye Lingling, Na Nali, and Leng Yulai, then went to a secret chamber to help his two Soul Spirits grow independently. He summoned the Spirit of Elements and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose playful antics left them both ready to receive the crystals.

• Qing Linyun woke beside Ye Lingling, Na Nali, and Leng Yulai and slipped out of bed without waking them.
• Qing Linyun entered the guarded secret chamber to prepare to increase his Soul Rings and condense his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Qing Linyun placed two crystals on the cushion and summoned the Spirit of Elements and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger repeatedly failed to climb onto Qing Linyun's leg, while the Spirit of Elements teased it with a kick.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lunged at the Spirit of Elements, missed, and bumped into Qing Linyun's arm.