Chapter Summaries

Gu Shenggo planned to pursue human experimentation in the City of Slaughter before becoming a teacher, then cultivated the Great Void Sword Qi. When Bai Yujie and Hu Yun entered his room, he overpowered them and decided to have them both serve him.

• Gu Shenggo abandoned his plan to teach at Skywater Academy for now and chose to go to the City of Slaughter to advance his Gene Warrior research after obtaining his ninth soul ring.
• Gu Shenggo cultivated the Sword Heart Art, trying to still his heart lake and reach the Still Water level.
• Bai Yujie entered Gu Shenggo's room while he cultivated, and his spiritual force knocked her down before his soul-ring pressure pinned her to the floor.
• Gu Shenggo ordered Bai Yujie to lie like a dog, then summoned Hu Yun inside and commanded her to kneel beside her daughter.
• Gu Shenggo said Hu Yun and Bai Yujie would serve him together, shut the door with a wave of his hand, and moved to have them both.

Lan Qingyan found Hu Yun and Bai Yujie in Gu Shenggo’s bed and learned he planned to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Extreme North Ice Plain. Before his departure, he offered to teach Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er the Sword Heart Art, leaving them to ask their mother for permission.

• Lan Qingyan found Hu Yun and Bai Yujie in Gu Shenggo’s bed and concealed her displeasure rather than risk upsetting him.
• Gu Shenggo told Lan Qingyan he would leave for the Extreme North Ice Plain tomorrow to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and asked her to prepare a detailed Soul Beast distribution map.
• Lan Qingyan asked Gu Shenggo to take Shui Bing’er to hunt for her first Soul Ring, but he refused because the trip would be too dangerous.
• Gu Shenggo offered Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er the Sword Heart Art, and both girls said they wanted to ask their mother before learning it.
• Gu Shenggo sent Hu Yun away after telling her he was tired of her.

Gu Shenggo accepted the mission to teach Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er the Sword Heart Art and help them reach Sword Heart Still Water. He began their instruction, observed how Divine Sound affected them, and waited as Shui Bing'er awoke from her first session.

• Gu Shenggo received the Still Water mission, whose reward was the Nether Mirror, and decided to teach Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er the Sword Heart Art.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er told their mothers about Gu Shenggo's offer, and Lan Qingyan and Bai Yujie brought them to him.
• Gu Shenggo postponed his planned trip to the Extreme North Ice Plain and asked the two girls to stay while their mothers left.
• Gu Shenggo named himself their teacher and taught the sisters the Sword Heart Art, causing them to enter a focused, trance-like state under Divine Sound.
• After two hours, Shui Bing'er woke up, and Gu Shenggo asked how she felt.

After Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er awakened from listening to Divine Sound, Gu Shenggo questioned Prometheus about the technique and decided to stop cultivating the Sword Heart Art. While exploring Shui Li City, he offered a young vendor seven hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for her Sixth-grade Jade Ice Lotus, but another buyer interrupted with a higher bid.

• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er woke up dizzy after listening to Divine Sound, and Gu Shenggo sent them back to rest.
• Gu Shenggo asked Prometheus about Divine Sound and learned that the Void Archive had few records of it and lacked its complete version.
• Gu Shenggo decided to stop cultivating the Sword Heart Art and went out alone to explore Shui Li City.
• Gu Shenggo found a Sixth-grade Jade Ice Lotus at a young girl's stall and offered her seven hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for it.
• As the girl reached for his Gold Soul Card, a woman interrupted and offered seven hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for the lotus.

Gu Shenggo bought Qiu Ruoshui’s Ice Jade Lotus and offered to recommend her to Skywater Academy, then escorted her home and stopped several men from robbing her. Back at the City Lord’s Manor, he learned that the cold woman from the market was Leng Qishuang, the headmistress of Skywater Academy.

• A cold, glamorous woman offered 710,000 Gold Soul Coins for the Sixth-grade Ice Jade Lotus, but Gu Shenggo kept it and Qiu Ruoshui accepted 500,000 for it.
• Gu Shenggo learned that Qiu Ruoshui had an Ice Scale Sturgeon martial soul and level-six Innate Soul Power, then offered to recommend her to Skywater Academy.
• Gu Shenggo followed Qiu Ruoshui home and used Ice Thorn Vines to capture several men who were stalking her, stripping them and leaving them in the snow.
• After Qiu Ruoshui reached home safely, Gu Shenggo returned to the City Lord’s Manor and went to meet Lan Qingyan.
• Lan Qingyan introduced her visitor as Leng Qishuang, her good sister and the current headmistress of Skywater Academy.

Gu Shenggo met Leng Qishuang, who agreed to make him Skywater Academy’s vice dean after he finished his affairs. As he returned to his room, Leng Qishuang grew suspicious of Lan Qingyan’s feelings for him, while Qiu Ruoshui’s sick mother supported her decision to attend Skywater Academy.

• Leng Qishuang introduced herself to Gu Shenggo and was shocked by his eight ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Lan Qingyan asked Leng Qishuang to let Gu Shenggo teach at Skywater Academy, and Leng Qishuang offered him the vacant vice dean position instead.
• Gu Shenggo said he might not be able to join Skywater Academy for two to six years, and Leng Qishuang accepted the delay.
• After Gu Shenggo left, Leng Qishuang questioned Lan Qingyan and suspected that something had happened between her and Gu Shenggo.
• Gu Shenggo returned to his room, where Hu Yun waited for him seductively.
• Qiu Ruoshui’s sick mother encouraged her to attend Skywater Academy and become a soul master.

Gu Shenggo left Shui Li City and searched the Extreme North Ice Plain for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. After Snow Empress repeatedly destroyed his Shadows of Time, he took shelter from a blizzard and wondered what she was planning.

• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er advanced to Sword Heart Still Water, while Qiu Ruoshui's mother recovered and left for Skywater Academy with Qiu Ruoshui and Leng Qishuang.
• Lan Qingyan gave Gu Shenggo a map of the Extreme North Ice Plain, and he departed Shui Li City after reminding Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to keep cultivating.
• Gu Shenggo sent sixteen Shadows of Time across the snowfield to search for soul beasts and encountered and devoured several kinds of Extreme North soul beasts.
• Snow Empress killed one of Gu Shenggo's Shadows of Time, and he realized he could not risk going near her.
• As Gu Shenggo pressed deeper into the blizzard in search of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, Snow Empress killed more of his Shadows of Time, so he used the Void Archive to make a shelter and rest.

Gu Shenggo abandoned his search for Ice Empress and killed the Titan Snow Demon King with a time-stopping bullet and repeated sniper shots. As he began absorbing its hundred-thousand-year soul ring, the Titan Snow Demon King’s furious spirit attacked him.

• Snow Empress destroyed nine of Gu Shenggo’s Shadows of Time, prompting him to hide and send his remaining shadows to search for the other Kings of the Extreme North.
• After more than half a month without finding Ice Empress, Gu Shenggo decided to hunt the Titan Snow Demon King instead.
• Gu Shenggo found the sleeping Titan Snow Demon King and froze it in time with Bullet of Seven.
• Gu Shenggo shot through the Titan Snow Demon King’s skull with electromagnetic bullets, killing it before it could resist.
• Gu Shenggo collected the soul bone and began absorbing the hundred-thousand-year soul ring inside Void Archive.
• The Titan Snow Demon King appeared in Gu Shenggo’s spiritual space, roared at him, and swung a huge paw to crush him.

Gu Shenggo suppressed and destroyed the Titan Snow Demon King's soul, absorbed its soul ring, and fled before the Ice Empress and Snow Empress could find him. Half a month later, on the way to Heaven Dou Imperial City, he drew the powerful but dangerous Book of Solomon.

• Gu Shenggo used Mimic: Oath of Judah to bind and erase the Titan Snow Demon King's soul within his mental space.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress sensed the Titan Snow Demon King's death and rushed toward Gu Shenggo.
• Gu Shenggo absorbed the Titan Snow Demon King's soul ring as Kekeddi's ninth ring, raising his Soul Power Level from ninety to ninety-four.
• Gu Shenggo stored the Titan Snow Demon King's corpse and vanished before the Ice Empress and Snow Empress arrived.
• Half a month later, while traveling from Shui Li City to Heaven Dou Imperial City with Hu Yun and Bai Yujie, Gu Shenggo drew the Book of Solomon and decided to avoid using it unless necessary.

Gu Shenggo arrived in Heaven Dou City with Hu Yun and Bai Yujie, carrying plans to evolve his Ice Thorn Vine and restore the Blue Silver Emperor. At the Tianhe Grand Hotel, a receptionist refused him entry until he revealed his eight ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and forced the hall to its knees.

• Gu Shenggo considered using the Myriad Demon King to evolve his Ice Thorn Vine and taking Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for himself.
• Gu Shenggo examined the Blue Silver Emperor seed and thought about using Bullet of Four to reverse its time by six years.
• Gu Shenggo arrived at the Tianhe Grand Hotel with Hu Yun and Bai Yujie, while a guest recognized Hu Yun and hurried away to report what he had seen.
• The receptionist demanded a recommendation and ordered Gu Shenggo to leave when he asked for the hotel's most luxurious room.
• Gu Shenggo summoned eight ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, forcing the nobles and the terrified receptionist to collapse under his pressure.

Gu Shenggo forced the hotel staff to give him a luxurious room overlooking Moonlight Pavilion, and news of his eight ten-thousand-year soul rings spread through Heaven Dou Imperial City. Xue Qinghe and Duke Luo Ya both learned of his arrival, while Duke Luo Ya reacted furiously to hearing that Hu Yun had returned.

• Gu Shenggo used his Soul Douluo pressure to make the hotel staff provide him with the best room, and Kax escorted him and his companions upstairs.
• Gu Shenggo accepted the room for free, then had Hu Yun and Bai Yujie accompany him while he bathed.
• News of Gu Shenggo's eight ten-thousand-year soul rings spread across Heaven Dou Imperial City, drawing the interest of nobles and Spirit Hall.
• Kax reported the incident to Xue Qinghe, who ordered him to watch Gu Shenggo's movements and considered meeting him.
• A minor noble told Duke Luo Ya that Hu Yun had returned to Heaven Dou City, and Duke Luo Ya angrily declared that she was courting death.

Duke Luo Ya learned that Hu Yun had returned to Heaven Dou City and ordered a guard to investigate while avoiding a direct confrontation at the Crown Prince’s hotel. Gu Shenggo took Hu Yun and Bai Yujie to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where he offered a 40,000-Year Golden Thunder Electric Roc Left Leg Bone for auction so he could enter.

• Duke Luo Ya dismissed the viscount who reported Hu Yun’s whereabouts, then ordered a Soul Emperor guard to investigate her.
• Gu Shenggo found an auction catalogue featuring two Snake Women and decided to take Hu Yun and Bai Yujie to the auction.
• Hu Yun and Bai Yujie dressed up to please Gu Shenggo, and he praised them before leaving Tianhe Hotel with them.
• A guard sent by Duke Luo Ya spotted the group leaving the hotel and followed them, but Gu Shenggo noticed and ignored him.
• At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Gu Shenggo presented a 40,000-Year Golden Thunder Electric Roc Left Leg Bone as an auction item and was admitted.

Gu Shenggo brought a forty-thousand-year Golden Thunder Electric Roc left leg bone to Heaven Dou Auction House and arranged for it to be auctioned as the finale item that day. He watched the auction begin from a private room while Hu Yun and her daughter served him.

• Appraiser Number Seven and the other appraisers confirmed the Soul Bone was genuine, and Gu Shenggo identified it as a speed-type bone from a forty-thousand-year Golden Thunder Electric Roc.
• Rajef offered to buy the Soul Bone privately, but Gu Shenggo chose to auction it that day with a reserve price of ten million gold coins.
• Rajef made Gu Shenggo's Soul Bone the finale item and led him and his companions to a private room overlooking the auction hall.
• Auctioneer Sfok opened the auction, and bidders competed for the first item, a stalk of Four-Leaf Spirit Grass.

At the auction, Gu Shenggo outbid the competition for Crimson Spirit Warm Jade and repelled Bone Douluo’s attempt to probe his private room. While waiting for the Snake Woman, he received a system mission requiring him to spend one million Soul Gold Coins, with a Chen Ge Pot as the reward.

• Gu Shenggo bid one hundred and fifty thousand Soul Gold Coins for the Crimson Spirit Warm Jade, ending Ning Fengzhi’s attempt to buy it.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Bone Douluo to identify the bidder in Private Room Number Three, but Gu Shenggo’s spiritual power repelled Bone Douluo’s probe.
• Bone Douluo told Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rou that the person in Private Room Number Three likely was a Titled Douluo, and they planned to apologize after the auction.
• Gu Shenggo promised Hu Yun and Bai Yujie that he would not abandon them if they continued serving him obediently.
• The system activated a monthly welfare mission requiring Gu Shenggo to spend one million Soul Gold Coins at the auction in exchange for a Chen Ge Pot.

Gu Shenggo waited for the twin Snake Girls to appear at the Heaven Dou Auction House and outbid the nobles competing for them. After they were sold to him for 1,060,000 Gold Soul Coins, he looked forward to making them his new pets.

• Gu Shenggo studied the limits of the system’s monthly benefit missions while waiting for the Snake Girls to be auctioned.
• The auctioneer revealed the imprisoned twin Snake Girls, and the nobles began bidding from 300,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Rou bid to save the sisters, but Prince Xue Xing ordered Duke Luo Ya to keep raising the price.
• Gu Shenggo bid 1,060,000 Gold Soul Coins, outbidding everyone and winning the twin Snake Girls.

The auction’s final item, a Forty Thousand Year Golden Thunder Electric Roc Left Leg Soul Bone, sparked a bidding war between Prince Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi before Bone Douluo secured it for eighteen million seven hundred thousand. After the auction, Gu Shenggo collected the Crimson Spirit Warm Jade and the captive Twin Snake Girls, She Yan’er and She Qing’er, and declared himself their master.

• The auctioneer revealed a Forty Thousand Year Golden Thunder Electric Roc Left Leg Soul Bone, and Prince Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi competed for it.
• Prince Xue Xing tried to pressure the occupants of private room number two into withdrawing, but Bone Douluo confronted him and made him back down.
• The soul bone sold for eighteen million seven hundred thousand, and Bone Douluo returned to private room number two.
• Gu Shenggo went to collect the Crimson Spirit Warm Jade and the Twin Snake Girls with Hu Yun and her daughter.
• The silver-dressed young woman identified the red-marked elder sister as She Yan’er and the green-marked younger sister as She Qing’er, and Gu Shenggo told them they were his.

Gu Shenggo collected his auction proceeds and claimed the Twin Snake Girls, but Prince Xue Xing and Duke Luo Ya tried to seize them using imperial law. Gu Shenggo revealed his terrifying soul-ring configuration, killed Duke Luo Ya, and forced Prince Xue Xing to back down.

• Rajef gave Gu Shenggo a gold soul card containing 16.05 million in auction proceeds, completing Gu Shenggo's system mission.
• She Yan'er bit Gu Shenggo's finger, and She Qing'er bit his wrist as they resisted him; Gu Shenggo admired their defiance.
• Prince Xue Xing and Duke Luo Ya arrived with golden-armored soldiers, and Duke Luo Ya ordered Gu Shenggo and his companions arrested for violating the ban on slave trading.
• Gu Shenggo released his Titled Douluo aura and revealed eight black ten-thousand-year soul rings, forcing Prince Xue Xing, Duke Luo Ya, and the others to the ground.
• Duke Luo Ya threatened Gu Shenggo by invoking his rank and Prince Xue Xing's backing, so Gu Shenggo strangled him to death with an Ice Thorn Vine.
• Gu Shenggo asked Prince Xue Xing whether he objected, and the terrified prince said he had no objections and promised to leave.

Gu Shenggo accepted Ning Fengzhi’s apology and gifts after Prince Xue Xing’s failed attempt to seize the Twin Snake Girls. He took the sisters to Tianhe Hotel and tried to reassure them, but they remained terrified of him.

• Ning Fengzhi and his companions encountered Gu Shenggo after Prince Xue Xing fled, and they apologized for Bone Douluo’s earlier spiritual probing.
• Ning Rou offered Gu Shenggo a Sea Dragon Pearl, and Ning Fengzhi invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and gave him a sect token.
• Gu Shenggo declined the invitation, introduced himself, and ordered Rajef to send the Twin Snake Girls to Tianhe Hotel.
• At the hotel, Gu Shenggo told Hu Yun that he had killed Luo Ya because he would not let outsiders hurt someone who belonged to him.
• She Yan’er protected her frightened younger sister, She Qing’er, while Gu Shenggo removed their iron collars and tried to examine them.

Gu Shenggo examined the Snake Woman sisters, replaced their auction-house slave marks with his own, and left She Yan'er struggling to protect her sleeping sister. In the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Ye reviewed Duke Luo Ya’s death as Xue Qinghe arrived to discuss the matter.

• Gu Shenggo used Soul Power to examine She Yan'er, erased her slave mark, and drew his crimson Kekeddi mark on her abdomen.
• Gu Shenggo pulled She Yan'er aside and brought She Qing'er to him; she called him Master and fell asleep as he examined her and replaced her slave mark with a green clock mark.
• She Yan'er stopped struggling so she would not wake She Qing'er and wondered where their mother had fled.
• Xue Ye reviewed a report that Duke Luo Ya had been killed after he and Prince Xue Xing tried to use imperial law against a Soul Douluo with eight ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Xue Qinghe entered the imperial study to discuss the consequences of Duke Luo Ya’s death.

Gu Shenggo settled Hu Yun, Bai Yujie, and the Twin Snake Girls inside the Chen Ge Pot, then traveled to Sunset Forest to confront Dugu Bo. The chapter ended as Gu Shenggo transformed into Divine Knight Solomon and faced the Poison Douluo.

• Gu Shenggo brought Hu Yun, Bai Yujie, She Yan'er, and She Qing'er into the Chen Ge Pot and assigned them rooms in the Bronze Sparrow Terrace.
• She Yan'er rejected her identity plaque, so Gu Shenggo choked her until She Qing'er pleaded for her sister and he let her go.
• Gu Shenggo left the Chen Ge Pot, took a carriage from Heaven Dou City to Sunset Forest, and entered the forest alone.
• Dugu Bo confronted Gu Shenggo at the entrance to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and unleashed his poisonous aura.
• Gu Shenggo activated the Book of Solomon and transformed into Divine Knight Solomon before Dugu Bo.