Chapter Summaries

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.

First-year Class Zero settled into its new facilities, and Wu Changkong began testing the students’ Spiritual Power. Xu Qing’s result soared to 275 points, stunning his classmates and revealing that he had reached the high-stage Spirit Connection Realm at only nine years old.

• Eastsea Academy gave Class Zero new classrooms and adjacent single dormitories, including a suite for Wu Changkong.
• Wu Changkong led the six students to a testing room and began measuring their Spiritual Power.
• Wang Jinxi scored 36 points, Xie Xie scored 64, Zhang Yangzi scored 82, and Tang Wulin scored 76.
• Xu Qing’s Spiritual Power rapidly climbed past 100 points and settled at 275, placing him in the high-stage Spirit Connection Realm.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie reacted in disbelief, while Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi were left stunned by Xu Qing’s result.

Wu Changkong tested Class Zero’s Spiritual Power and strength, and Gu Yuena’s results rivaled or surpassed Xu Qing’s. The strength test continued with the other students, leaving their measurements far behind Gu Yuena’s.

• Xu Qing scored 275 points in Spiritual Power, and Wu Changkong praised his talent and suggested that his Blue Silver Grass might carry Blue Silver King bloodline.
• Gu Yuena scored 276 points in Spiritual Power, one point higher than Xu Qing, and explained that her Elementalist Martial Soul controlled six elements but could not strengthen any one element through Soul Rings.
• Wu Changkong led the students to the strength test and had Gu Yuena go first; her left and right punches measured 515 and 543 kilograms.
• Zhang Yangzi’s punches measured 61 and 69 kilograms, while Xie Xie’s measured 153 and 164 kilograms.
• Wang Jinxi prepared to take his turn and wondered at the gap between himself and Xu Qing and Gu Yuena.