Recaps

Xu Qing learned how the T virus energy and later catastrophes destroyed civilization on Parallel Earth, then rode from Qinghe Town to Shanghe Village in search of its sanctuary. After cutting down the zombies at the entrance, he faced the village’s battered wall.

• Xu Qing reviewed what he had learned about the zombie outbreak, the rise of supernatural beings, and the blood rain that brought civilization to ruin.
• Xu Qing rode his motorcycle out of Qinghe Town and sped past the horde of zombies drawn by its engine.
• Xu Qing reached Shanghe Village and drew his reforged steel cleaver as zombies converged on the entrance.
• Xu Qing killed every zombie at the village entrance and turned his attention to the battered wall inside.

Xu Qing used zombie puppets rigged with homemade bombs to clear a horde inside a village shelter, then fought through the survivors and looted their remains. While searching the corpse pile, he was ambushed by a giant silver mantis that vanished between attacks, leaving him wounded and unsure how it moved.

• Xu Qing entered the ruined village shelter and spotted zombies carrying firearms.
• Xu Qing controlled four zombies, used them to lure a horde, and detonated bombs inside them.
• Xu Qing fought the remaining zombies with his machete and Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, then collected crystal cores, firearms, and grenades.
• A giant silver mantis ambushed Xu Qing from the corpse pile and wounded him with its sudden attacks.
• Xu Qing blocked one strike but watched the mantis vanish again, wondering if it had a spatial ability.

Xu Qing used his Golden Dragon Battle Armor and Spiritual Power to defeat a spatially teleporting Space Mantis and found a purple-striped crystal core. The next day, Ye Yingluo began the class monitor selection with combat matches, and the announcement of the second pair of contestants stunned the students.

• Xu Qing activated Golden Dragon Battle Armor, endured the Space Mantis's attacks, and sensed its position by closing his eyes and spreading his Spiritual Power.
• Xu Qing pursued the injured Space Mantis and killed it with a dragon-powered punch.
• Xu Qing collected the mantis's silver-striped purple crystal core and supplies, then returned to Eastsea Academy and went to sleep.
• Ye Yingluo told Class One that the new class monitor would be selected through combat matches and said Support System Soul Masters also had to defend themselves.
• Ye Yingluo divided the sixteen students into eight pairs for an elimination tournament; the first winner advanced, and the announcement of the second match caused an uproar.

Gu Yuena defeated Wang Jinxi with her control over multiple elements, then Xu Qing faced Ye Xuan and overcame his bronze cauldron with his Blue Silver Grass and strength. The arena was left stunned by Xu Qing’s victory.

• Gu Yuena redirected Wang Jinxi’s Bone Dragon Claw with wind, then attacked with ice and wind before trapping him with earth and threatening him with fireballs.
• Ye Yingluo declared Gu Yuena the winner, and Gu Yuena returned to Xu Qing’s side.
• Ye Yingluo announced Xu Qing’s match against Ye Xuan, who sent his bronze cauldron hurtling toward Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing stopped the cauldron with Blue Silver Grass, then caught its next charge with his bare hands and hurled it back toward Ye Xuan.
• The cauldron crashed into the ground in front of Ye Xuan, and Xu Qing asked Ye Yingluo to confirm his victory as the arena fell silent.

Xu Qing and Gu Yuena advanced through the tournament, with Gu Yuena defeating Wei Xiaofeng before Xu Qing faced Zhang Yangzi. Xu Qing countered Zhang Yangzi’s ambush with his Blue Silver Grass, binding him as he struck at the clone.

• Gu Yuena defeated Wei Xiaofeng by sealing him in ice after evading his illusions and blocking his attacks.
• Xiao Yan beat Lin Tian, and the other second-round match ended soon afterward.
• Xu Qing and Zhang Yangzi began their match, and Zhang Yangzi covered the arena with darkness before attacking with his shadow clone.
• Xu Qing used Dragon Eyes to track Zhang Yangzi and stopped his dive with a net of Blue Silver Grass.
• Xu Qing’s vines bound Zhang Yangzi and absorbed his dark Soul Power, while Xu Qing punched the approaching clone with a bright, sacred presence.

Xu Qing conceded the class monitor match to Gu Yuena, and Ye Yingluo explained the upcoming Class Promotion Tournament to the five students she had summoned. Later, Xu Qing and Tang Wulin went to the Blacksmith Association to receive their badges and met its president, Mu Chen, and his daughter, Mu Xi.

• Xu Qing conceded the final match to Gu Yuena, who became Class One's class monitor.
• Ye Yingluo told Gu Yuena, Xu Qing, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng that they would defend Freshman Class One in the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Xu Qing waited for Tang Wulin after school, and the two went to the Blacksmith Association to collect their second-rank blacksmith badges.
• A receptionist took Xu Qing and Tang Wulin to the top floor, where President Mu Chen and Cen Yue were waiting to award their badges.
• Mu Chen praised the two young blacksmiths, while Mu Xi scrutinized Tang Wulin and Xu Qing.

Tang Wulin and Xu Qing received their second-rank blacksmith badges and went to the mission hall to accept their first forging jobs. The association rewarded them with storage rings and soul communicators, while Mu Xi was left wanting to compete with them.

• Mu Chen pinned second-rank badges on Tang Wulin and Xu Qing and spoke about forging as the creation of life, inspiring both boys.
• Mu Xi challenged Tang Wulin and Xu Qing to a forging contest, but both declined and asked to accept missions instead.
• Cen Yue took the boys to the mission hall and explained that blacksmiths could only accept missions at or below their rank.
• Tang Wulin accepted a mission to purify ten pieces of heavenly dragon iron, and Xu Qing accepted a suitable second-rank forging mission.
• Cen Yue gave both boys storage rings and soul communicators as rewards, and they thanked him and Mu Chen.

Xu Qing used crystal cores and the gold of life to temper his meridians, confirming that his method strengthened them and improved the flow of Soul Power. After completing his workshop missions, he returned to Parallel Earth, where he killed an attacking mutated rat and encountered zombies again.

• Xu Qing replaced his wristband with the soul communicator and reviewed his weapons and crystal core supplies.
• Xu Qing used the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon to absorb crystal cores and temper his hand meridians, enduring the pain as he planned to work toward a greater circulation through his body.
• Xu Qing met Gu Yuena the next morning, ate breakfast with her, and attended Ye Yingluo's lesson.
• Xu Qing completed his missions at Mang Tian's workshop while Tang Wulin attended special training, then returned to school.
• Xu Qing arrived on Parallel Earth, killed a mutated rat that tried to ambush him, and used his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul against the zombies that had reappeared.

Xu Qing entered a ruined building in the shelter and climbed through floors of zombies, killing them with Blue Silver Grass and collecting their crystal cores. On the eighteenth floor, he fought a tier-three zombie with his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Bloodline while Blue Silver Grass vines restrained it and spread parasitic spores through its body.

• Xu Qing stopped advancing through the shelter and entered a tall, ruined building to investigate.
• Xu Qing used Blue Silver Grass to kill three tier-one zombies in the lobby and collected their crystal cores.
• Xu Qing climbed the building, killing tier-one zombies along the way and gathering their cores.
• A tier-three zombie appeared on the eighteenth floor and charged Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing activated his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Bloodline and struck the zombie, sending it crashing to the ground.
• Xu Qing and the tier-three zombie clashed again as Blue Silver Grass vines restrained it and released parasitic spores into its body.

Xu Qing killed a berserk third-tier zombie in Parallel Earth, then returned to academy life as Ye Yingluo trained Class One for the upcoming Class Promotion Tournament. On the students’ day off, Gu Yuena asked Xu Qing to take her out for something delicious, and he agreed.

• Xu Qing bound the third-tier zombie with Blue Silver Grass and spores, then struck it with a powerful punch.
• The zombie triggered a near-death berserk state and lunged at Xu Qing, who threw his machete through its head and extracted its purple crystal core.
• Xu Qing searched an apartment on the twenty-third floor, killed three zombies, secured the door, and returned to his dormitory to rest.
• Ye Yingluo assessed Class One through combat training and learned that Gu Yuena controlled six elements and that Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi could perform a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• When the students’ day off arrived, Gu Yuena asked Xu Qing for something delicious, and he agreed to go eat with her.

Xu Qing and Gu Yuena enjoyed a meal together before discovering that a man was following them. The follower accused Xu Qing of being an Evil Soul Master and summoned a group of mechas, and the two began fighting them.

• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena ate barbecue and pot-braised beef before walking through the busy street.
• Xu Qing noticed someone following them and warned Gu Yuena, who used her Spiritual Power to locate the pursuer.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena hid in an alley, then Xu Qing confronted the follower alone.
• The follower accused Xu Qing of being an Evil Soul Master and fired a flare to summon mechas.
• The thug leader arrived in a yellow mecha and ordered the mechas to attack Xu Qing, who dodged the soul beams and struck the leader's mecha with a chopping saber.
• Gu Yuena emerged from the alley and attacked the other four mechas with a barrage of ice spikes.

Xu Qing and Gu Yuena fought off the gang leader and his four mecha pilots, destroying all five mechas. Xu Qing then confronted the gang leader and demanded to know why they had attacked.

• The yellow mecha attacked Xu Qing while the four white mechas closed in, but Gu Yuena used ice to slow their assault and help Xu Qing evade it.
• Xu Qing revealed his Golden Soul Ring and Five-Clawed Golden Dragon power, then damaged the yellow mecha’s core as Gu Yuena knocked its charged cannon off target.
• Xu Qing destroyed the yellow mecha’s core, disabling it and sending it crashing to the street.
• The remaining four mechas continued firing, but Xu Qing’s Blue Silver Grass and Gu Yuena’s ice immobilized them, allowing Xu Qing to destroy their cores one by one.
• Xu Qing confronted the injured gang leader and demanded to know why he had attacked them.

Xu Qing and Gu Yuena confronted an Evil Soul Master who drained two thugs of their vitality and attacked them with black-mist demons. Xu Qing and Gu Yuena fought back, and Xu Qing’s explosives damaged the enemy’s barrier as the thug leader and his remaining men fled.

• A black-robed Evil Soul Master emerged from the shadows and drained two thugs, leaving their bodies as desiccated corpses.
• Xu Qing moved to protect Gu Yuena, and the Evil Soul Master revealed four Soul Rings before attacking them with black-mist demons.
• Gu Yuena froze and shattered two demons while Xu Qing destroyed another with his golden dragon claw.
• Xu Qing charged toward the Evil Soul Master, then hurled two round objects that exploded and cracked his defensive barrier.
• The thug leader signaled his remaining subordinates, and they escaped under cover of the smoke.

Xu Qing and Gu Yuena fought the Evil Soul Master after he caught up with them, and Xu Qing revealed his Golden Dragon Battle Armor to help defeat the Soul Master's barrier. The Evil Soul Master unleashed Bewitching Mist, and as it clouded Xu Qing's mind, Xu Qing gathered water elements to counter it.

• Xu Qing pulled Gu Yuena away from the black shock wave and fled, but the Evil Soul Master caught them and struck Xu Qing into a wall.
• Xu Qing shoved Gu Yuena out of danger, then summoned his Golden Dragon Battle Armor and charged the Evil Soul Master.
• Gu Yuena attacked the Soul Master's Black Mist Barrier with a storm of icicles while Xu Qing's dragon fist broke through it.
• Xu Qing and Gu Yuena wounded the Evil Soul Master, but he released his Bewitching Mist and warned them with a hallucination-inducing fog.
• As the mist clouded Xu Qing's consciousness, he drew water elements from within a hundred miles toward himself.

Xu Qing defeated the Evil Soul Master with the full force of his golden dragon armor, then collapsed and was carried by Gu Yuena to Eastsea Academy. After waking in the infirmary, he learned that Gu Yuena had asked Teacher Ye to investigate the attackers and discovered their leader was Guang Long, brother of Eastsea City Mecha Brigade captain Guang Biao.

• Icy rain suppressed the Evil Soul Master's black mist, and Xu Qing destroyed his Soul-Devouring Claw with a golden dragon attack that burned him away.
• Xu Qing exhausted his strength and collapsed, so Gu Yuena caught him and carried him to Eastsea Academy.
• Xu Qing woke in the infirmary the next morning and found Gu Yuena had stayed by his bedside all night.
• The school doctor confirmed Xu Qing was mainly suffering from exhaustion and told him to rest before leaving.
• Gu Yuena told Xu Qing that Teacher Ye was investigating the attack and that its leader, Guang Long, was Guang Biao's younger brother.

After Xu Qing recovered from the attack, Ye Yingluo delivered the Federation’s compensation and reported the arrest of Guang Long, while Xu Qing concealed his killing aura and his defeat of an Evil Soul Master. More than two months later, Eastsea Academy’s Class Promotion Tournament began, and Ye Yingluo chose Xu Qing, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi as Class One’s main fighters, with Wei Xiaofeng as substitute and Gu Yuena excluded.

• Xu Qing explained to Gu Yuena that the life gold had awakened his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Bloodline and given him a Golden Soul Ring, water control, flight, and armor.
• Ye Yingluo gave Xu Qing and Gu Yuena ten million Federation coins each and said Guang Long had been arrested for life, while Guang Biao escaped serious consequences.
• Ye Yingluo mentioned Guang Long’s claim that Xu Qing had a killing aura, and Xu Qing pretended not to know what she meant; Gu Yuena said she had kept his fight against an Evil Soul Master quiet.
• More than two months after the attack, Eastsea Academy’s annual Class Promotion Tournament began, with first-year Class Five and Class Four scheduled to compete first.
• Ye Yingluo excluded Gu Yuena from Class One’s tournament roster because of her high cultivation and named Xu Qing, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi as main fighters, with Wei Xiaofeng as substitute.

Xu Qing encountered a third-tier zombie and spotted an enormous crimson tree in the Parallel Earth shelter as a storm began. Meanwhile, Class Five advanced to the Class Promotion Tournament final against Class One, and the typhoon announcement brought both teams to the competition stage for their match.

• Xu Qing appeared in the Parallel Earth apartment, climbed toward the rooftop, defeated a third-tier zombie on the twenty-eighth floor, and took its crystal core.
• Xu Qing reached the rooftop, saw an enormous crimson tree at the shelter's center, and watched it vanish in the heavy rain.
• Xie Xie became a Soul Grandmaster, while Tang Wulin unlocked the Golden Dragon King's first seal, helping Class Five defeat Class Three and Class Two.
• The academy announced an incoming typhoon, canceled classes, and moved the Class One versus Class Five final to that afternoon.
• Ye Yingluo led Class One to the sports field, where she waited for Wu Changkong and anticipated defeating his students.
• Wu Changkong arrived with Class Five, and Ye Yingluo grew furious when he ignored her.

The Class Promotion Tournament match between Freshman Class Five and Freshman Class One began, with Tang Wulin facing Soul Grandmasters despite his weaker Soul Ring. As Wang Jinxi attacked, Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline awakened, overwhelming Wang Jinxi’s Bone Dragon King Martial Soul and transforming Tang Wulin’s right arm into a golden dragon claw.

• Long Hengxu announced that each class would field three students, and Ye Yingluo selected Xu Qing, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi for Class One.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Zhou Changxi entered the arena for Class Five, and Tang Wulin recognized Xu Qing as a fellow native of Aolai City with a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Long Hengxu started the match, and the students released their Martial Souls, revealing that Class One’s fighters had two yellow Soul Rings each while Tang Wulin and Zhou Changxi had one white Soul Ring apiece.
• Wang Jinxi charged at Tang Wulin as Zhang Yangzi went after Xie Xie, but Tang Wulin’s eyes turned golden and his draconic might suppressed Wang Jinxi.
• Tang Wulin stamped through the arena floor and rushed at Wang Jinxi as golden scales and a dragon claw formed over his right arm.

Xu Qing rescued Wang Jinxi, defeated Zhou Changxi, and used Blue Silver Grass to restrain Tang Wulin, while Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi defeated Xie Xie. Long Hengxu announced that Class One retained its rank and Class Five was promoted to Class Two, ending the tournament.

• Xu Qing pulled Wang Jinxi out of Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw, then caught Zhou Changxi's punch and threw him off the stage.
• Xu Qing sent Wang Jinxi to help Zhang Yangzi against Xie Xie and challenged Tang Wulin himself.
• Xu Qing's Blue Silver Grass spear clashed with Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw, then strands of grass drained Tang Wulin's Soul Power and restrained him until Xu Qing declared victory.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi defeated Xie Xie through their combined attacks.
• Long Hengxu announced that Class One retained its number, Class Five was promoted to Class Two, and the remaining classes each moved back one number.

After Class One's victory, Xu Qing prepared for the approaching typhoon while the academy's leaders discussed creating an elite class for the year's gifted students. Back in his dorm, he absorbed a Space Mantis crystal core, but unrefined energy began rampaging through his body.

• Ye Yingluo dismissed the students after the match, and Xu Qing and Gu Yuena parted ways after she said she would return to her clan during the break.
• Xu Qing stocked his storage ring with several weeks of food in preparation for the typhoon.
• Long Hengxu urged Yu Zhen to establish an elite class for the talented new students and proposed Wu Changkong as its homeroom teacher; Yu Zhen said he would bring the proposal to the academy board.
• Xu Qing returned to his dorm and began absorbing the Space Mantis's third-tier crystal core with his golden dragon claws.
• After the crystal core vanished, Xu Qing realized that some energy remained unrefined and was rampaging through his body.

Xu Qing infused tier-three crystal core energy into his Blue Silver Grass, giving it weak space and wind attributes, while his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon bloodline absorbed a blood-type core and granted him the Boiling Blood Soul Skill. After advancing to rank twenty-five, he was left to consider how he might strengthen the grass’s new attributes.

• Xu Qing infused spatial energy into his Blue Silver Grass, which gained a space attribute and powerful cutting ability.
• Xu Qing used another crystal core to give his Blue Silver Grass a wind attribute.
• Xu Qing’s Blue Silver Grass rejected the blood-colored energy from his final crystal core, so his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon phantom absorbed it instead.
• Xu Qing gained the Boiling Blood Soul Skill, which doubled his combat strength by burning his blood essence but left him severely weakened afterward.
• Xu Qing’s Soul Power rose to rank twenty-five, and he recognized that his Blue Silver Grass’s new attributes remained weak.

Xu Qing tested his enhanced abilities on Parallel Earth and discovered a colony of powerful blood-red giant ants near a huge mound. After the ants detected him, he fought their soldier and worker ants, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Xu Qing killed the zombies in the area with Blue Silver vines enhanced by spatial power and collected their first-tier crystal cores.
• Xu Qing approached the mound and spotted a car-sized blood-red giant ant, workers hauling a second-tier zombie corpse, and a soldier ant on patrol.
• A giant ant detected Xu Qing hiding in an abandoned house, and four ants charged him.
• Xu Qing's vines barely dented the soldier ant's hard shell, so he met it head-on with his golden dragon claw.
• Xu Qing grabbed the soldier ant's mouthparts and swung it into three worker ants, then smashed it through a wall; the soldier ant climbed from the rubble and charged again.

Xu Qing killed four tier-two ants, fled when their nest sent a vast swarm after him, and returned to his dorm room. The next morning, he hunted ants along the outskirts, collecting tier-two crystal cores without being surrounded.

• Xu Qing restrained the four ants with Blue Silver Grass and killed them by attacking the weak seams in their shells, then collected their tier-two crystal cores.
• The noise of the battle drew a huge swarm from the ant nest, so Xu Qing flew to a ruined high-rise and left Parallel Earth.
• Back in his dorm room, Xu Qing considered how to obtain weapons powerful enough to fight the ants and thought about studying Soul Tools.
• The next morning, Xu Qing returned to Parallel Earth and planned to hunt along the outskirts of the ant nest.
• Xu Qing killed lone soldier ants and small groups with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, gathering more tier-two crystal cores.

After the typhoon, Xu Qing reunited with Gu Yuena and joined the other first-grade students for an assembly. Long Hengxu announced the creation of First Grade Class Zero, selecting seven students from Classes One and Two for dedicated training.

• Xu Qing returned from hunting with 110 second-tier crystal cores and reunited with Gu Yuena, who noticed traces of space and wind elements in him.
• Ye Yingluo led Class One to an assembly with the other first-grade classes, where Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng discussed the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Long Hengxu announced that the academy would establish First Grade Class Zero, taught by Wu Changkong, with seven provisionally selected students.
• Gu Yuena, Xu Qing, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin were named to Class Zero, leaving the selected students excited and the other students reacting with surprise, envy, and disappointment.

Dean Yu Zhen explained why Eastsea Academy had established Class Zero and had its seven selected students sign agreements to remain at the academy for specialized training. Wei Xiaofeng declined to sign and left, reducing the class to six.

• Yu Zhen announced that Class Zero would train the exceptional first-year students, while Long Hengxu would temporarily teach first-year Class Two.
• Yu Zhen warned the seven students to work hard and remain humble, then gave them agreements committing them to study at Eastsea Academy.
• Xu Qing, Gu Yuena, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi signed their agreements, while Xie Xie questioned whether they should consult their families first.
• Wei Xiaofeng refused to sign because he wanted to discuss his future schooling with his family, and Yu Zhen dismissed him from Class Zero.
• Yu Zhen reassured the six students who signed that the academy would devote its resources to their training and predicted Wei Xiaofeng would regret leaving.