Chapter Summaries

Gula defeated Tang Wulin, then challenged ten second-year Shrek students and used their soul power to bring his fifth avatar, a female Mind Type martial soul user, into the world. As Yuanen Yehui attacked the newly awakened avatar, the avatar entered a Heart Lamp state and identified a tiny weakness in Yuanen’s movements.

• Tang Wulin won his battle and withdrew his martial soul.
• Gula challenged ten second-year students at once, and Ya Li approved the match.
• Gula used Parasitic Seeds to ensnare the ten students and drain their soul power.
• Gula used the absorbed energy to bring his fifth avatar into the world, awakening her Pure Glazed Green Lotus Purifying Heart Lamp martial soul.
• Yuanen Yehui attacked the avatar, who entered a Heart Lamp state and detected a slight delay in Yuanen’s right-arm soul power circulation.

Gula's Azure Lotus Avatar defeated the team with powerful mind-based Soul Skills, but Yuanen Yehui's Fallen Angel Martial Soul resisted and nearly overwhelmed it. Yuanen regained control and collapsed, while Gula sensed an unexpected problem with the new avatar that needed prompt attention.

• Gula summoned the Azure Lotus Avatar, whose first Soul Skill overwhelmed the nine team members and weakened Yuanen Yehui's resolve.
• Yuanen Yehui resisted the avatar's mental restraint by recalling the hardships that had strengthened her will.
• The avatar's Glazed Pure Flame incapacitated the other opponents, leaving Yuanen as the Fallen Angel Martial Soul fully manifested.
• Yuanen attacked with Fallen Sky Curtain and Dark Demonic Sword, but the avatar blocked her strike and reflected its flame into her mind.
• Yuanen briefly regained control, switched to her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul, and collapsed as the demonic influence receded.
• The invigilator awarded Gula full marks, and Gula withdrew the avatar after sensing an unexpected condition in it.

After passing Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment, Gula accompanied Tang Wulin to Sea God Island and was taken by Yun Ming beneath the Golden Tree. Gula chose a meditation room suited to his Space-Time and Spirit attributes to develop his Celebi Martial Soul.

• Gula decided to compare Spirit Type Plant Soul Beast seeds after noticing an avatar had acted with unusual autonomy.
• Ya Li healed the unconscious students, and the remaining assessments went smoothly as Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan earned full marks and everyone passed.
• Wu Zhangkong congratulated the group, told Tang Wulin to visit his teacher in the Inner Court, and advised the others to visit the Sub-Profession Association.
• Gula followed Tang Wulin to Sea God Island, where Yun Ming brought them beneath the Golden Tree and explained the meditation rooms.
• Gula asked for a room with Space-Time and Spirit attributes, and Yun Ming directed him to the last room in the seventh corridor.

Gula explored Shrek Academy’s Meditation Room, where he refined his soul rings and met the dying Golden Tree Tree Spirit, the Life Core of Douluo Continent. After asking Gula to replant the Seed of Life once the Abyss Invasion ended, the old man empowered Gula’s Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit and joined it with seven Immortal Herbs, leaving Gula with a powerful, evolving soul spirit.

• Gula found Space-Time soul beast remains and soul bones in the Meditation Room and used their energy to refine his soul rings with Celebi’s help.
• The Golden Tree Tree Spirit appeared to Gula, explained that the Sea God Tang San had helped Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin replace him as Plane Core, and gave Gula the Seed of Nature to replant after the Abyss Invasion.
• The old man poured his origin into Gula’s Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit, helping it break through to the Hundred Thousand Year level and transforming Gula’s four soul rings.
• The old man joined seven Immortal Herbs with the Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit in a symbiotic bond, allowing it to provide Gula with suitable soul rings as it continued to evolve.

Gula completed a month of meditation, absorbing part of the Golden Ancient Tree’s energy and transforming his body, soul ring, and abilities. He discovered his strengthened Soul Skills and resolved to keep growing after Elder Tree warned him to beware the Sea God.

• Gula thanked Elder Tree for helping the Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit evolve and received the traces of seven immortal grass ferocious beasts in its branches.
• Elder Tree warned Gula to beware the Sea God before dissipating, and Gula entered the Space-Time Rift to meditate.
• After a month, the Golden Ancient Tree’s roots spread through Gula’s Sea of Spirit, and its Third Soul Ring formed a miniature ecological forest as its origin and energy strengthened him.
• Gula found that his physical strength had reached about two hundred thousand kilograms and that his Spiritual Power had risen to the peak of the Spirit Abyss Realm.
• Gula sensed that Boundless Forest Sea Domain had gained greater speed and plant generals, while Myriad Phenomena of the Forest could drain enemies and disrupt space and time more powerfully.
• Gula recognized the potential of his two Martial Souls but decided he still needed to grow stronger against the threat of Tang San and the Sea God.

After a month of Golden Tree meditation, Gula discovered that his soul skills had advanced and revealed his Hundred Thousand Year soul rings to Yun Ming. He left Sea God Island to enroll in the Outer Court, where he reunited with Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi and agreed to discuss swordsmanship with Ye Xinglan.

• Gula examined his strengthened soul skills and considered waiting before taking revenge on Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting.
• Yun Ming confronted Gula over the Golden Tree's lost energy, then sent him to the Outer Court with two Inner Court Disciples.
• Gula revealed four black-and-red soul rings, and Yun Ming recognized them as signs of Hundred Thousand Year advancement.
• Gula met Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, introduced himself as a Twin Martial Soul possessor, and showed them his Golden Tree Soul Spirit.
• On the boat to the Outer Court, Ye Xinglan asked to discuss swordsmanship with Gula, and he agreed.

Gula, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi joined Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong’s class a month after the term began. Wu Zhangkong sent the students into the Training Ground to assess Gula and the class, and Gula appeared in a virtual forest.

• Shen Yi explained the class positions and introduced Gula, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi as transfer students.
• Gula, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi declined to seek Class Committee positions, while Tang Wulin told Luo Guixing that Gula was stronger than Wu Siduo.
• Wu Zhangkong changed the morning lesson to a Training Ground assessment and told Gula to catch up on the month of missed lessons.
• Shen Yi activated the Training Ground, and the students entered its virtual forest to compete for eliminations, survival time, and Contribution Points.
• Gula opened his eyes in the Primeval Forest and remarked that it was a pity the setting was virtual.

Gula eliminated students across the forest as Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Luo Guixing gathered their classmates to confront him. The group faced Gula together, while Wu Zhangkong changed the training ground to night without explaining his prediction that Gula would win.

• Gula used his Gravity Domain to crush two Soul Elders and raised his points to 200.
• Luo Guixing met Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin urged him to join forces against Gula.
• Luo Guixing recruited a group of strong classmates and proposed a plan to combine their abilities against Gula.
• Gula's points reached 1,400 as he approached the assembled students and challenged them to attack together.
• Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw appeared instinctively, and he sensed that Gula's Martial Soul rivaled the Golden Dragon King within him.
• Wu Zhangkong predicted that Gula would win, then switched the training ground to night.

Luo Guixing and the students launched a coordinated attack on Gula, but his defenses and plant domain overwhelmed them. Tang Wulin and Yang Nianxia were among the last still fighting as Gu Yue questioned the Soul Beast Tribe’s future.

• Xu Xiaoyan trapped Gula with Star Wheel Chains while Luo Guixing coordinated the students’ attacks.
• Gula blocked the barrage with Endure, shattered Luo Guixing’s Space Lock, and mocked the students’ inability to harm him.
• Gula activated his plant domain, turning the forest into a deadly sea of vines, flowers, and blades that devoured Soul Power.
• Tang Wulin rescued Xie Xie from the poisonous vines, while Xu Yucheng and many other students were eliminated.
• Tang Wulin and Yang Nianxia continued fighting as their Soul Power ran low, and Gu Yue reflected on the Soul Beast Tribe’s future after seeing human Soul Tool Technology.

Gu Yue overwhelmed Ye Xinglan during a training test, then Gula arrived and summoned four plant-based avatars to face the group. As one avatar forced Xu Lizhi to provide food, Ye Xinglan stepped forward to confront the deadly Killing Willow Avatar.

• Ye Xinglan attacked Gu Yue with Sword God Net, but Gu Yue teleported behind her and battered her with Elemental Storms.
• Xu Lizhi tried to help Ye Xinglan, but a Battle Soul Elder warned him that the fight was only a test before he charged in anyway.
• Gula arrived to find Gu Yue fighting Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and the Battle Soul Elder, then surrounded them with his plant avatars.
• The Two-Headed Man-Eating Flower Avatar used Abyss Feast to drain their soul power and made Xu Lizhi feed him Soul Skill steamed buns.
• Gula summoned the Killing Willow Avatar, and Ye Xinglan faced him while Xu Lizhi's Red Bean Buns were swallowed by the Man-Eating Flower Avatar.

Gula had his avatars spar against Ye Xinglan and Gu Yue, displaying their distinct abilities and extraordinary strength. The observers grew suspicious of Gula’s secret, while Cai Yue'er recognized the Abyss Avatar and decided to report what she had seen.

• Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong watched three Gulas fight and wondered how he could display different martial souls at once.
• Gula’s silver-haired avatar pressed Ye Xinglan with agile throwing knives, and she adapted by weaving sword energy into a net.
• Gula sent his green-haired avatar to spar with Gu Yue, whose elemental attacks barely damaged his powerful body.
• Gu Yue marveled at the avatar’s strength and suspected Gula had somehow created exceptionally talented counterparts.
• Cai Yue'er recognized the Abyss Avatar and chose to file a report rather than interrupt the class.

Gula tested the abilities of his four avatars in a Training Ground battle, overwhelming the opposing fighters while teachers and students watched. After digesting the avatars’ insights, he logged out, and Cai Yue'er summoned him to Sea God Pavilion.

• The silver-haired avatar used Ruthless Saber Intent to turn intangible and evade Ye Xinglan’s sword strike, while the Emerald Banyan Tree avatar endured Gu Yue’s Space Cut.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi discussed the avatars’ unusual abilities as Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and the other students watched the battle.
• The Ghost King Avatar planted a seed in the Lightning Leopard Soul Elder and forced him to slap himself, refusing to let him surrender.
• Wu Zhangkong decided to let Gula continue testing his soul skills, and the avatars won the battle.
• Gula absorbed the avatars’ insights, logged out of the Training Ground, and met Cai Yue'er, who told him to come with her to Sea God Pavilion.

Cai Yue'er brought Gula to the Sea God Pavilion, where the Elders questioned him about his unusual abilities and possible connection to the Abyss. The chapter ended with twelve Elders scrutinizing him as he stood in the center of the hall.

• Cai Yue'er agreed to bring Gula before the Sea God Pavilion to discuss the Abyss, and he followed her across Shrek Academy.
• The Sea God Pavilion Elders tested Gula with intense pressure, but he remained calm and unaffected.
• Yun Ming stopped the Elders from suppressing Gula and said they had called him in to ask questions.
• Cai Yue'er showed the Elders a holographic image of Gula's Abyss Avatar and pointed to his Three-Headed Avatar, Parasitic Seed, and cloning ability as suspicious traits.
• An Elder identified the Abyss as the concern, and Gula realized he had underestimated the threat it posed.

Gula defended himself before the Sea God Pavilion elders, explaining that his plant-controlling martial soul and avatar came from Life Energy and a rare space-time skill rather than the abyss. Yun Ming ordered him to summon the avatar, and the chapter ended as the Abyss Aura-filled figure appeared before the silent elders.

• Gula said the Golden Tree had given him twenty percent of its essence and explained that his Soul Spirit and Fourth Soul Skill produced plant-based, space-time avatars.
• Gula claimed his avatar was himself from another Timeline, startling Yun Ming and provoking Elder Xu's disbelief.
• An elder attacked Gula with the Soul Shaking Finger, but Gula's martial soul resisted the spiritual impact without a Soul Skill.
• Yun Ming told Gula to release his avatar after seeing his four black Soul Rings edged with red.
• Gula summoned a burly avatar covered in Dark Red Markings, whose Abyss Aura silenced the Sea God Pavilion.

Gula demonstrated that his Abyss power came from another world and could coexist with sacred power, convincing Yun Ming to let him leave under observation. Back at the Outer Court, Gula separated five avatars from his body.

• Cai Yue'er challenged Gula to prove he had no connection to the Abyss, and his Abyss Avatar showed that it absorbed the Golden Tree's light without being purified.
• The avatar revealed pure darkness within Gula and displayed a mass of silver starlight, while Gula explained that the power came from another world and that he was a special case.
• Yun Ming ended the demonstration, ordered Shrek Academy to keep observing Gula, and warned him to behave in Shrek City.
• Gula left the Sea God Pavilion and privately remarked that even Ancestor Tang San had not always behaved himself.
• Yun Ming dismissed the Elders, then found a trace of black energy in the Golden light and worried that the continent was about to change.
• At the Outer Court training ground, Gula summoned the Abyss Avatar, Killing Willow Avatar, Emerald Banyan Tree avatar, Ghost King Vine avatar, and Azure Lotus Avatar.

Gula assigned names and future specialties to his five Avatars, then arranged for Qing Liuli to study soul spirit manufacturing under Leng Yaozhu. At the Mech Association, Gula examined a scrapped Black Mech and sensed a faint pulse in its metal shell, prompting him to pursue the idea of giving machinery life.

• Gula named the Avatars Bai Yuan, Liu Niandao, Mu Yi, Yin Wansheng, and Qing Liuli and assigned each a specialty and future mission.
• Gula took Qing Liuli to the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, where Leng Yaozhu agreed to teach her soul spirit manufacturing.
• Gula registered at the Mech Association and began imagining a unique mech of his own.
• Gula visited the Training Ground and learned that the scrapped Black Mech had belonged to a teacher who died in a Soul Tool Train attack.
• Gula touched the Black Mech and sensed a faint pulse in its metal shell.

Gula explored mech customization at Shrek Academy, then entered a simulation to test a Purple Shadow-7 mech. The combat test began as enemy mechs appeared across the desert battlefield.

• Gula examined a Battle General Class mech but realized he could not afford it with his 5,023 Contribution Points.
• Gula reviewed mech classes and his company’s finances while considering ways to obtain equipment and evolve his Celebi Martial Soul.
• Lin Mo, a Level Three Assistant Instructor of the Mech Association, advised Gula about mech training and learned that his Spiritual Power was at the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Gula entered a Mech Simulation Pod and selected the Purple Class mech, Purple Shadow-7.
• Gula familiarized himself with the mech’s controls and sensors before more than thirty enemy mechs appeared to begin the combat test.

Gula demonstrated extraordinary skill in his first Purple Shadow Mech simulation, then used his rewards and sold metals to buy advanced mech blueprints. He left with key designs for developing his own mech.

• Gula piloted the Purple Shadow Mech through a battle simulation, destroying 37 mechanical beasts while taking only 12% damage.
• Gula used Fine Snow to cool the overheated Soul Tool core after narrowly evading a charged beam.
• The teaching assistant recommended Gula for the Advanced Mech Master qualification assessment and awarded him 13,500 Contribution Points and resource discounts.
• Gula requested blueprints for a Level 5 Soul Tool Core Power Furnace, a detachable Soul Tool Long Spear, a Wrist-Concealed Soul Tool Ray, and low-lag operating system data.
• Gula sold his Spirit Forged metals through Mu Yi and used the proceeds to purchase the blueprints.

Gula returned to class and joined Wu Siduo's group after negotiating a deal to supply forged metal in exchange for access to the Netherworld Family's rare-metal purchasing channels. The group planned to collaborate on battle armor, while Gula pursued his goal of making a Heavenly Forged Mech.

• Gula returned from the Mech Association and found Wu Siduo's group seeking a core blacksmith after falling out with Tang Wulin over their plans for battle armor.
• Gula asked Wu Siduo what her group could offer and proposed skipping one-word battle armor to forge metal for two-word battle armor instead.
• Luo Guixing questioned whether Gula could forge spirit-forged alloy, and Gula's confidence convinced the group of his extraordinary blacksmithing ability.
• Wu Siduo offered to help Gula purchase rare metals through the Netherworld Family's channels if he supplied thousand-refined metal for their battle armor work.
• Gula agreed, seeing the arrangement as a way to obtain rare metals for his planned Heavenly Forged Mech.

Gula negotiated with Wu Siduo, Zheng Yiran, and Luo Guixing to forge high-quality Sentient Alloys in exchange for Contribution Points or Rare Metals, then arranged a witnessed Spirit Forging demonstration. He prepared for the demonstration in Shrek Academy's Underground Forging Room Number Three.

• Gula rejected Zheng Yiran's request for an exception and offered to forge for the group only in exchange for Contribution Points or Rare Metals.
• Gula promised that at least one-fifth of the Sentient Alloy he forged for them in the second year would have a Fusion Rate above ninety percent.
• Wu Siduo gave Gula a badge containing Black Market Transaction Codes for seven Rare Metals and agreed to bring the group to a Spirit Forging demonstration the next afternoon.
• Gula invited the whole class to seek his forging services, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie discussed whether he could meet the demand.
• Gula arrived two hours early at Underground Forging Room Number Three and invited the others inside.