Chapter Summaries

After the Heavenly Water Girls failed to defeat their projections, Gu Shenggo punished them with a whip that inflicted pain on both their bodies and souls. He healed them afterward and warned that their next failure would bring harsher punishment.

• Gu Shenggo healed the Heavenly Water Girls after they were defeated by their projections, then scolded them for their poor performance.
• Shui Yue'er tried to explain their failure, provoking Gu Shenggo to unleash his killing intent and force the girls to their knees.
• Gu Shenggo whipped Shui Bing'er once, and she endured the pain through her strong will and spiritual power.
• Gu Shenggo whipped Xue Wu, Yu Hairou, Qiu Ruoshui, and the other girls, causing them to pass out from the pain.
• Gu Shenggo whipped Shui Yue'er until she begged for forgiveness, then stopped when memories of Bibi Dong's punishments resurfaced.
• Gu Shenggo healed Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and the others, and warned them that repeated mistakes would earn harsher punishment.

After punishing Shui Bing'er and the other students, Gu Shenggo went to Dean Leng Qishuang’s office, then used his remaining lottery draw to obtain Formless Realm God Power. He absorbed the power and its inheritances, leaving him confident enough to consider challenging the gods of the God Realm.

• Gu Shenggo dismissed Shui Bing'er, Qiu Ruoshui, and the others after ordering them to reflect on their failure and submit reports the next day.
• After Gu Shenggo left, Shui Yue'er apologized to Shui Bing'er, while Xue Wu, Yu Hairou, and the others considered withdrawing from the elite class.
• Gu Shenggo entered Leng Qishuang’s office and, after setting up a Soul Power barrier, spent the evening with her; she was left unconscious when he departed.
• Back at his residence, Gu Shenggo used his final lottery draw and obtained an ash-white seed containing Formless Realm God Power.
• Gu Shenggo absorbed the seed, converted his Soul Power, and received inheritances that taught him how to wield Formless Realm God Power and perform Tianqi.
• After awakening with his new power, Gu Shenggo believed his strength had risen beyond that of a Limit Douluo and considered fighting the gods of the God Realm.

Gu Shenggo had the Heavenly Water Girls fight their projections again, and Shui Bing'er led her team to victory by targeting Xue Wu first and disrupting the projections’ teamwork. He healed the girls afterward and praised their improvement, while privately planning to give them individual make-up lessons that night.

• Gu Shenggo summoned the Heavenly Water Girls’ projections, and both sides began a prepared battle.
• Shen Liuyu and Qiu Ruoshui attacked Xue Wu’s projection while Shui Bing’er’s Ice Ring Armor protected them from the opposing projections’ attacks.
• Shui Yue’er freed Shen Liuyu and Qiu Ruoshui from Ice Seal, allowing them to strike Xue Wu’s projection and knock it out of the battle.
• With Xue Wu’s projection gone, the real Xue Wu weakened the remaining projections with her wide-area Spirit Abilities, and the Heavenly Water Girls defeated them in eight and a half minutes.
• Gu Shenggo healed the girls with Dragon Emperor’s Saliva, praised their improved teamwork, and planned to give them individual make-up lessons that night.

Gu Shenggo rewarded the Heavenly Water Girls with Eight-Leaf Jade Crystal Flower nectar and taught them the Sword Heart Art by suppressing their senses and sharing spiritual power. After they left to rest, he went to Leng Qishuang’s office, where he took control of the academy exchange roster after she disappeared from view.

• Gu Shenggo gave the Heavenly Water Girls portions of Eight-Leaf Jade Crystal Flower nectar to strengthen their senses, souls, and spiritual power.
• Shui Bing'er and the others absorbed the nectar, then Gu Shenggo deprived them of their five senses and taught them the Sword Heart Art through spiritual communion.
• After two hours, Gu Shenggo restored their senses and told Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to take the exhausted girls back to the dormitory to rest.
• Gu Shenggo appeared in Leng Qishuang’s office and intimidated the dean into submitting to him.
• A female teacher delivered the academy exchange roster to Gu Shenggo, who said Leng Qishuang was eating and took the document.

Gu Shenggo reviewed plans for a Heaven Dou City academy exchange while dwelling on his twisted history with Bibi Dong and continuing to exploit Leng Qishuang. As Bibi Dong trained Shi Qi and plotted revenge, Gu Shenggo considered using Tianqi to create a new God Clan, leaving the Heavenly Water Girls untouched for now.

• Gu Shenggo released the unconscious Leng Qishuang, read about the academy exchange planned for two months later, and noted that the Heavenly Water Girls could excel in it.
• Gu Shenggo recalled his childhood torment under Bibi Dong and his resentment toward Qian Xunji, then left Leng Qishuang after another assault.
• Bibi Dong trained Shi Qi, whose twin martial souls and innate rank-thirty soul power delighted her, while she planned to use her daughter to destroy her enemies and torment Gu Shenggo.
• Gu Shenggo continued teaching the Heavenly Water Girls and sensed the Formless Realm God Power within him.
• Gu Shenggo considered using Tianqi to create a God Clan and decided to experiment on other people before involving Shui Bing'er and the other girls.

Gu Shenggo and Hei Anxue attended Princess Xue Ke’s eleventh birthday banquet at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where Gu Shenggo planned to seize the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Beng. They arrived at Enlightened Hall and gave Xue Ke two valuable pills, while Gu Shenggo’s other self headed to the palace separately.

• Gu Shenggo admired Hei Anxue as they prepared for the banquet, intending to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud by force rather than follow Xue Beng’s scheme.
• Gu Shenggo and Hei Anxue traveled to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, while the Shadow of Time emerged from Dragon Emperor Pavilion carrying the Book of Solomon and headed toward the palace.
• At the palace, Gu Shenggo saw Leng Qishuang with Count Xue Feng and Xue Wu with her mother, Marquise Xue Ya.
• Gu Shenggo and Hei Anxue arrived at Enlightened Hall, where a blue-haired noblewoman conducted the banquet’s musicians.
• Xue Beng greeted Gu Shenggo and Hei Anxue at the gift table, and Gu Shenggo presented Princess Xue Ke with a Mysterious Water Pill and a Lesser Creation Pill.

At a Heaven Dou banquet, Gu Shenggo became determined to possess Tang Yuehua after her music captivated him, while Hei Anxue remained devoted to him. The chapter ended with Gu Shenggo and Hei Anxue drawing admiration for their dance before Xue Beng, Xue Ye, and Xue Ke.

• Hei Anxue rejected a nobleman's invitation to dance, and the nobles recognized Gu Shenggo as Dragon Emperor Douluo and feared they had offended him.
• Tang Yuehua performed music that deeply moved Gu Shenggo and stirred his desire to keep her captive as his personal musician.
• Tang Yuehua sensed Gu Shenggo's possessive spiritual power and left the stage with unease after meeting his intense gaze.
• Gu Shenggo and Hei Anxue danced together at the ball, impressing the nobles with their seamless coordination.
• Xue Beng praised Gu Shenggo and Hei Anxue's dancing in front of Xue Ye and Princess Xue Ke.

Gu Shenggo told Xue Ye that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Heart of the Sea God and warned him that Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire also wanted it. Xue Ye learned that the foreign empire had crossed the ocean and excavated the Dragon King Bones beneath Sunset Forest seven years earlier, and he questioned how Gu Shenggo knew.

• Xue Ye greeted Gu Shenggo, and Xue Ke thanked him for the pills he had given her.
• Hei Anxue took an interest in Xue Ke, while Gu Shenggo spoke privately with Xue Ye about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Gu Shenggo revealed that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Heart of the Sea God, an artifact that could lead its possessor to the Sea God Inheritance.
• Gu Shenggo told Xue Ye that Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire, a country on another continent, also sought the artifact, though Xue Ye said he would not give it away.
• Gu Shenggo said the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineers had arrived seven years earlier and excavated the Dragon King Bones beneath Sunset Forest, prompting Xue Ye to ask how he knew.

Gu Shenggo told Xue Ye that he had spent seven years investigating the Dragon King Bones on the Sun Moon Continent, but Xue Ye refused to hand him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. At a banquet, Gu Shenggo met the Star Luo delegation as they argued with Xue Ye over the missing second prince, while a masked figure appeared near a heavily guarded palace.

• Gu Shenggo explained his seven-year absence and expressed regret that he had not been there when Xue Qinghe was assassinated; Xue Ye agreed to investigate the death but kept the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud under guard.
• Xue Ye invited Gu Shenggo to meet the Star Luo Empire's guests and asked him to keep their conversation secret.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi disparaged Heaven Dou's young nobles until Zhu Xiaofeng warned them to be discreet.
• Xue Ye introduced Gu Shenggo to Zhu Xiaofeng, Zhu Zhuyun, Dai Weisi, and Daisy, who reacted with surprise at the Dragon Emperor Douluo's youthful appearance.
• Zhu Xiaofeng asked Xue Ye to let the Star Luo Empire search for its runaway second prince, but Xue Ye refused, insisting the prince had become a Heaven Dou citizen.
• A figure wearing a Sun Moon Mask appeared near a guarded palace and was ordered to withdraw.

Shadow of Time attacked the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace treasury while Gu Shenggo used the raid to reveal the Sun Moon Empire to the gathered nobles. The chapter ended with Shadow of Time confronting Xue Ye at the banquet and recognizing Gu Shenggo as Dragon Emperor.

• Shadow of Time broke into the imperial treasury, killed a Soul Saint, and blasted open its doors with a boulder.
• At the banquet, Xue Ye learned that the attacker sought the Heart of the Sea God and ordered soul masters to defend the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Gu Shenggo stopped the guards from going to the treasury and said the attacker was already there.
• Shadow of Time flew over the banquet and threatened to slaughter the Heaven Dou Imperial Family unless Xue Ye handed over the Heart of the Sea God.
• Gu Shenggo rebuked Shadow of Time as part of his performance, and Shadow of Time recognized him as Dragon Emperor Gu Shenggo.

Shadow of Time transformed into God Knight Solomon and challenged Gu Shenggo outside Heaven Dou City, while Gu Shenggo used the confrontation to pressure Xue Ye over the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Their battle ended after more than half an hour, with its outcome unknown.

• Shadow of Time revealed the Book of Solomon, prompting Dugu Bo to recognize it as the cause of his Herb Garden's disappearance and unleash poison that Gu Shenggo had to draw from the nobles.
• Shadow of Time transformed into God Knight Solomon and attacked Gu Shenggo, whose nine hundred-thousand-year soul rings and Formless Realm God Power blocked the sword aura.
• Solomon flew outside Heaven Dou City, and Gu Shenggo followed in his Crimson Blue True Dragon form after asking Xue Ye to guard the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xue Ye found the imperial treasury in disarray but discovered that its treasures remained untouched, then entered the secret chamber where the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was kept.
• Gu Shenggo's and Solomon's battle raged outside the city for more than half an hour before ending with no known victor.

Gu Shenggo convinced Xue Ye that the Sun Moon Empire threatened Heaven Dou, then accepted a princely title and took custody of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. He left with the relic, cutting off Tang San’s path to the Sea God position and earning a hidden-mission reward.

• Gu Shenggo told Xue Ye that Solomon had been driven back and warned that the Sun Moon Empire had thirteen Titled Douluo-level Sacred Sword Knights.
• Xue Ye appointed Gu Shenggo Prince Saint Dragon and Imperial Enshrine, with a rank three levels above ordinary officials.
• Xue Ye handed Gu Shenggo the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Gu Shenggo promised to protect it before storing it in his system space.
• Gu Shenggo received a lottery draw for completing the hidden mission, knowing that Tang San could no longer pursue the Sea God trials without the relic.
• Ning Fengzhi promised Xue Ye the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, and Xue Ye told Xue Beng to maintain a close relationship with Gu Shenggo.

Gu Shengge drew the Kif Seal and discussed its use with Hei Anxue, who wanted to create demons to oppose Spirit Hall. At Skywater Academy, he taught his students the Sword Heart Art and began preparing the Seven Girls of Skywater to absorb stronger Soul Rings.

• Gu Shengge drew the Kif Seal, a tool that could forcibly transform living beings into demons, and considered having Void Archive develop a voluntary Demon Contract Seal.
• Hei Anxue became interested in using the Kif Seal to establish a demon cult, but Gu Shengge promised to give it to her only after developing a safer seal and obtaining her promise not to target innocent people.
• The next day, Gu Shengge returned to teaching, while Hei Anxue went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to build a relationship with Xue Ke.
• Gu Shengge told Shui Bing'er, Qiu Ruoshui, and Gu Qingbo that he would take them to the Star Dou Great Forest in ten days to hunt for Soul Rings.
• Gu Shengge taught the students the Sword Heart Art, then gave each of the Seven Girls of Skywater a bowl of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Jelly and instructed them to drink one bowl daily for ten days.

Gu Shenggo asked Prometheus to develop a Demon Contract Seal after learning that its analysis of the Sacred Swords was complete, then reunited with She Mei and the Twin Snake Girls. Meanwhile, Xue Wu and the other girls lost their appetites after eating Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Jelly, and their parents planned to visit Gu Shenggo the next day.

• Gu Shenggo learned that Prometheus had deciphered the eleven Sacred Swords and asked it to analyze the Kif Seal and create a Demon Contract Seal.
• Gu Shenggo released She Mei, She Yan'er, and She Qing'er and spent the evening with them.
• Xue Wu told Marquise Xue Ya that Gu Shenggo had given her Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Jelly, which had left her with no appetite.
• Marquise Xue Ya advised Xue Wu to listen to Gu Shenggo and decided to visit him the next day.
• The other six girls also lacked interest in dinner, and their parents planned to thank Gu Shenggo with visits the following day.

Gu Shenggo gave Shui Bing'er and the other students valuable Three-Revolution Jade Soul Pills and agreed to meet their visiting parents, planning to discuss taking the girls to Sea God Island. Xue Wu’s mother, Marquise Xue Ya, arrived first, and Gu Shenggo openly showed his interest in her.

• Gu Shenggo gave Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the other students Three-Revolution Jade Soul Pills, warning them to refine the costly pills carefully.
• Xue Wu and the other girls told Gu Shenggo that their parents would visit, and he agreed to wait for them in the classroom.
• As he waited, Gu Shenggo considered using Soul Beast factors to mass-produce Demon Contract Seals and create demon soldiers.
• Marquise Xue Ya arrived to thank Gu Shenggo for teaching Xue Wu, and he welcomed her while waiting for the other parents.
• Gu Shenggo studied Marquise Xue Ya and openly gazed at her, while she wondered whether he had taken a liking to her.

Gu Shenggo told his students’ parents that he would take the girls to obtain Soul Rings and later isolate them for two years of cultivation before the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament. He then took Marquise Xue Ya to his office, and she left with a new fascination with him.

• He Xurou and the other students’ parents arrived and respectfully greeted Gu Shenggo.
• Gu Shenggo explained that his students were ready to obtain Soul Rings and that he planned to take them to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Shenggo told the parents he intended to take Shui Bing'er and the others away for two years of cultivation, and they agreed.
• Gu Shenggo invited Marquise Xue Ya to accompany him, collected the parents’ gifts, and led her to his office.
• Gu Shenggo kissed Marquise Xue Ya, and two hours later she emerged saying she entrusted Xue Wu to his care.
• Marquise Xue Ya watched Gu Shenggo leave and realized she had become fascinated with him.

Gu Shenggo took the Seven Girls of Skywater toward the Star Dou Great Forest and told them about the upcoming academy exchange meeting. He promised to take them to Sea God Island for assessments if they impressed him, leaving the girls astonished by his confidence and the possibility of divine trials.

• After ten days of training, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu reached level forty, while the girls' aptitude and physical condition improved.
• Gu Shenggo boarded the carriage with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the others, and told them he would bring them to the Advanced Soul Master Academy Exchange Meeting.
• Gu Shenggo warned the girls not to disappoint him at the exchange meeting and promised rewards if they performed well.
• Gu Shenggo explained that Sea God Island held assessments that could grant rewards or lead a chosen candidate to godhood, and said he would take the girls there.
• Shui Bing'er asked whether Gu Shenggo had taken the Sea God Assessment, and he said he had not because he had his own plans for a divine position.
• Gu Shenggo told the girls that Shui Bing'er had the greatest aptitude among them but might not attract the Sea God's choice for the Nine Trials.

After three days of travel, Gu Shenggo and the Skywater Academy girls arrived in Soul Hunting Town, where they rested before planning to enter the Star Dou Great Forest. As they waited for dinner, Gu Shenggo noticed another group entering the inn.

• Gu Shenggo woke Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and the others when their carriage reached Soul Hunting Town, and Xue Wu teased the sisters for drooling on his clothes.
• Shui Yue'er kissed Gu Shenggo on the cheek, then she and Shui Bing'er linked arms with him as the girls attracted attention in the street.
• At the inn, Gu Shenggo booked one small room for himself and two large luxury rooms for the girls, disappointing Shui Yue'er.
• During dinner, Gu Shenggo explained that his strength made his body naturally fragrant and that the Three-Revolution Jade Soul Pill would give the girls fragrant skin.
• Gu Shenggo noticed a new group entering the inn as he and the girls waited for their food.

Tang San and his companions reached a hotel near the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered Shui Bing'er’s group from Skywater Academy. Ma Hongjun approached Shui Bing'er because her Ice Phoenix martial soul stirred his Evil Fire Phoenix, but Shui Yue'er angrily rejected him.

• Tang San and the others arrived at the hotel after traveling four hundred li, while Zhao Wuji went upstairs to get a room.
• Ma Hongjun sensed his evil fire react to Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix martial soul, and Ning Rongrong explained that the women belonged to Skywater Academy.
• Tang San worried that the altered timing of the trip might keep him from obtaining the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San told his companions that Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix might purify Ma Hongjun’s evil fire, then explained that his teacher had told him about her.
• Ma Hongjun introduced himself to Shui Bing’er’s group and bragged about his Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul and rank, but Shui Yue’er called him a perverted fatty and ordered him to leave.

Ma Hongjun harassed the Heavenly Water Girls, and Shui Yue'er mocked his Evil Fire Phoenix as a grass chicken until Shui Bing'er froze him. As the two groups prepared to fight, Zhao Wuji sensed the hidden Gu Shenggo and respectfully asked him to reveal himself.

• Shui Yue'er rejected Ma Hongjun's advances and mocked his martial soul as a grass chicken, provoking him to use Phoenix Fire Line against her.
• Shui Bing'er summoned her Ice Phoenix and froze Ma Hongjun with Ice Seal, but Dai Mubai shattered the ice and freed him.
• Ma Hongjun insulted the Heavenly Water Girls and called for Dai Mubai and Tang San to join him, while the girls and Shrek's students readied themselves for a fight.
• Gu Shenggo watched from hiding as the two groups faced off, and Zhao Wuji detected his presence and bowed to ask him to reveal himself.