Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin led his team into the Soul Spirit Pagoda to fight through its floors and obtain soul spirits. After the team quickly defeated the first floor’s Wind Wolves, Gula stepped forward to handle the Blazing Maned Lions on the second floor.

• Gula thanked Yuanen Yehui for her help and explained he had used his Spirit Pagoda privileges to assist her.
• Tang Wulin formed a rotating seven-person team with Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Gula, Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi.
• The team entered the Soul Spirit Pagoda after staff explained the rules, and Gula quietly helped Xu Xiaoyan recover from the teleportation discomfort.
• Tang Wulin’s team swiftly defeated the first floor’s Wind Wolves, then declined the Wind Wolf soul spirit and entered the next floor.
• Gula stepped forward to fight eight Blazing Maned Lions and unleashed a burst of red light from his fingertip.

Gula and the others cleared the second through fifth floors of the Soul Spirit Tower, with Gula’s battle armor and elemental control making short work of several groups of soul beasts. On the sixth floor, Xu Xiaoyan chose the Ice Bear King as her next Soul Spirit, and Gula prepared to capture it alive for her.

• Gula killed the Blazing Maned Lions with compressed Extreme Fire and Earth Element, clearing the second floor.
• The group defeated the thousand-year Hell Spirit Cats on the third floor, with Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, Xie Xie, and Gula fighting together.
• Gula destroyed five Iron Armored Demonic Bears with an Extreme Fire explosion on the fourth floor.
• Ye Xinglan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie defeated the Shadow Demonic Spiders on the fifth floor while Gula held back to let them practice.
• Xu Xiaoyan chose the Ice Bear King as her Second Soul Spirit, and Tang Wulin told Gula to capture it alive so she could communicate with it before fusing.

Gula and the team advanced through the Soul Spirit Pagoda, helping Xu Xiaoyan contract with the Ice Bear King and overcoming the guardians on the next floors. They reached the eleventh floor, where a golden giant ape waited in an ancient tree.

• Gula and the others subdued four Ice Bears, and Xu Xiaoyan formed a contract with the Ice Bear King as her soul spirit.
• The team passed the seventh and ninth floors, with Tang Wulin's dragon aura suppressing the Magic Lizard Dragons and helping against a powerful Soul Beast.
• Tang Wulin used Blue Silver Golden Light Array to neutralize the Thunder Beast's lightning and lead the team through the tenth floor.
• The team recovered their Soul Power and entered the eleventh floor, where they saw a golden giant ape perched in a towering ancient tree.

Yuanen Yehui fought a five-thousand-year King Kong Baboon to claim it as her soul spirit while Gula received a call from Leng Yaozhu, who offered him several soul spirit candidates. Leng Yaozhu revealed that her strongest recommendation was an Amethyst Behemoth, and Gula had not yet decided whether to accept it.

• Yuanen Yehui challenged the King Kong Baboon alone, meeting its attacks with Titan's Fist and urging it to fight harder.
• The King Kong Baboon activated Berserk, and Yuanen Yehui enlarged herself with Titan's Strength and Vajra Titan to continue the battle.
• Gula answered a communicator call from Leng Yaozhu, who asked what soul spirit he wanted for his First Martial Soul as he approached Soul King.
• Leng Yaozhu said she had reserved a soul spirit for Gula and advised him to visit the Spirit Pagoda regularly to protect his reputation.
• Gula rejected Leng Yaozhu's Tyrannosaurus Rex Soul Spirit suggestion because it could be restrained by Tang Wulin, so she introduced the Amethyst Behemoth as a closer match for his Mutated Martial Soul.

Leng Yaozhu presented Gula with potential Soul Spirits and warned him about the dangers of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, while Gula remained determined to challenge it. Yuanen Yehui fused with the King Kong Baboon Soul Spirit, and the group entered the Twelfth Floor to face a Starry Sky Unicorn.

• Leng Yaozhu showed Gula the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, Mutated Twin-Headed Giant, and Espeon as possible Soul Spirits, and Gula asked about the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was powerful and difficult to fuse with, but Gula insisted he would try to challenge it when he was ready.
• Yuanen Yehui defeated the King Kong Baboon and purchased its Soul Spirit.
• Yuanen Yehui began fusing with the King Kong Baboon Soul Spirit as Tang Wulin urged the others to recover their Soul Power.
• The group entered the Twelfth Floor and saw a Starry Sky Unicorn standing in the center of the room.

Ye Xinglan battled the Starry Sky Unicorn and earned its acknowledgment, fusing with its Soul Spirit. While she underwent the fusion, Tang Wulin and the others followed Gula through a Light Gate to see the Soul Spirit prepared for him.

• Ye Xinglan faced the proud Starry Sky Unicorn alone, and their matching star powers clashed in a fierce battle.
• After their attacks left both injured, Ye Xinglan drew in the room’s starlight for one final sword strike, and the Unicorn chose to yield rather than break its horn.
• The Starry Sky Unicorn acknowledged Ye Xinglan and transformed into a phantom that merged into her chest as her Soul Spirit.
• Tang Wulin stopped Xu Lizhi from interrupting Ye Xinglan’s fusion, then agreed to accompany Gula to the next floor.
• Gula led the group through the Light Gate, promising that the Soul Spirit prepared for him would surprise them.

Gula fought a Mutated Twin-Headed Giant in the cavern and defeated it after it awakened its Gigantified Titan ability. He refused the giant’s soul ring, leaving it available for Yuanen Yehui to claim if she chose.

• Tang Wulin identified the sleeping creature as a soul beast mutated from a Stone Giant, and Gula stepped forward to challenge it.
• Gula awakened the giant with Terra Firma, then avoided its filthy stomp and wounded it with rock spikes.
• Gula formed an Earth Element rock puppet and used it to battle the giant, whose lava wrapped around the puppet as flame armor.
• The giant activated Gigantified Titan, growing larger and gaining lava armor and a faint bronze phantom.
• Gula struck the giant down with the rock puppet and refused its soul ring, leaving it for Yuanen Yehui to attempt to claim later.

Gula secured a contract with the rare ten-thousand-year Espeon on the Soul Spirit Pagoda’s Fourteenth Floor by drawing it to his artificial sun. The group left the tower after learning that Xu Xiaoyan, Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan had also obtained suitable Soul Spirits, and they headed back to Shrek Academy to celebrate.

• Gula passed on the Mutated Giant and continued climbing, while Xu Lizhi followed despite worrying about Ye Xinglan.
• Tang Wulin and the others reached the Fourteenth Floor and found Espeon suspended inside an artificial sun.
• Gula activated his Extreme Fire trait and created a more tempting sun, causing Espeon to form a contract with him.
• Tang Wulin ended their climb, and the group returned to the rest area, where they reunited with Xu Xiaoyan, Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui described their new Soul Skills, while Gula revealed his golden-red contract mark.
• The group left the Spirit Pagoda and headed toward Shrek Academy, planning to celebrate over dinner.

Gula completed a year of intensive forging and reached Soul Power Level 48 before Na'er asked to speak with him privately. After learning from Gu Yue about Tang Wulin’s identity, Na'er asked Gula how he viewed humans and soul beasts, and whether he considered himself human or a soul beast after reincarnating.

• Gula reached Soul Power Level 48 and finished forging Wu Siduo's Abyssal Silver Alloy while Mu Yi helped him.
• Xu Xiaoyan brought Na'er and Bai Yuan to the Forging Room, where Na'er asked Gula to speak with her privately.
• Gula and Na'er went to a secluded bench by the lake, and Na'er told him that Gu Yue had revealed everything to her.
• Na'er thanked Gula for revealing Tang Wulin's identity and asked how he viewed soul beasts and humans.
• Na'er asked whether Gula regarded himself as human or as a soul beast after reincarnating.

Na'er asked Gula for help escaping Gu Yue’s control, and Gula used a Great Ball to make her an independent individual. Na'er gained control over her connection with Gu Yue, while Gula anticipated that Gu Yue would soon confront him.

• Na'er told Gula she feared Gu Yue could forcibly merge with her and asked him how she could resist.
• Gula gave Na'er a Great Ball and told her to press its button without resisting.
• Na'er allowed the Great Ball to capture her, and the system rewarded Gula with several rare items and skills.
• Gula released Na'er, who discovered she could control her connection with Gu Yue and was no longer subordinate to her.
• Na'er thanked Gula and celebrated her freedom, while Gula worried that Gu Yue would learn he had helped her.

Gula chose the Earth Stone Tablet, received the Pulse Engine and learned Time Lock. He began testing whether the new skill could lock onto a target on the other side of the planet.

• Gula selected the Earth Stone Tablet and stored it in the System Space.
• Gula obtained the Pulse Engine, found that he could not equip it, and considered using it in a future mecha.
• Gula learned Time Lock and imagined using its guaranteed-hit effect to disrupt Tang San’s plans.
• Gula began testing Time Lock on an unseen target far beyond Shrek Academy.

Gula launched a surprise attack on an Underground Space where three Evil Soul Title Douluo and their followers were torturing victims in a Blood Pool. He destroyed the Evil Soul Masters and left the desecrated site quiet, with the victims’ remains at peace.

• Gula surveyed the three Evil Soul Title Douluo and planned an attack using the Phoenix Flames and soul skills stored in Forest Sea Space.
• Gula struck the leader with a Phoenix Flame, burning him to ash before the other Title Douluo could react.
• Gula unleashed an Illusion Maze, barriers, earthquakes, stone blades, poison mist, and Qing Liuli’s soul-targeting skill against the Evil Soul Masters.
• Gula killed the two remaining Evil Soul Title Douluo with Eruption and a glassy flame that purified the second one’s soul.
• Gula used Wrath of Nature to drain the surviving Evil Soul Masters’ life force, leaving the Blood Pool dry and the victims’ remains at peace.

After defeating the Evil Soul Masters, Gula used his Time Lock to steal two Storage Soul Tools and recovered from exhausting his Soul Power. Gu Yue arrived after sensing Na’er’s newfound independence, and Gula proposed helping both of them gain complete power; as Gu Yue examined Na’er, Na’er began plotting to draw her into Gula’s protective contract network.

• Gula swapped two herbs for the Storage Soul Tools belonging to the fallen Title Douluo Evil Soul Masters before ending Time Lock, then recovered his Soul Power from the earth and surrounding energy.
• Na’er told Gula that Gu Yue had sensed her change, and Gu Yue appeared, discovering that her connection to Na’er had become blurry.
• Gu Yue accused Gula of making Na’er independent, and he admitted it and offered to help both of them obtain complete power.
• Gu Yue examined Na’er and sensed that her power had become purer rather than weaker.
• Na’er reasoned that Gula’s contract might prevent its partners from harming one another and secretly planned to bring Gu Yue into the contract network.

Gu Yue discovered that Na'er’s Pokémon-altered energy prevented them from fusing, while Na'er argued that Gu Yue needed to cooperate with Gula to stand against the God Realm. Gu Yue reluctantly agreed to trust Gula for now and asked him to show her Na’er's improvement.

• Gu Yue probed Na'er’s Soul Power and found foreign energies spread throughout her body, making fusion impossible.
• Na'er warned Gu Yue that devouring her would not let Gu Yue defeat the Sea God’s faction or the God Realm, and urged her to cooperate with Gula.
• Gu Yue recognized that she had few options against the God Realm and admitted that Na'er had cornered her.
• Gula explained that Na'er had approached him herself and that an item from his hometown had enabled her separation.
• Gu Yue agreed to trust Gula for now and asked him to demonstrate Na’er's improvement.

Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gula ended their tense discussion over battle armor before Shen Yi announced a demanding first-year practical exam. As the students gathered travel money on the first day, Gula opened a stall selling Soul Power Fruits for one million Federation Coins each, drawing a shocked crowd.

• Gula told Gu Yue that his avatars could forge her battle armor, and Gu Yue warned him about repeating her mistake with Na'er.
• Shen Yi announced that students had fifteen days to reach Radiant City, pass through at least fifteen cities, and defeat an opponent five Soul Power Levels above them in each city.
• Bai Yuan applied to join the exam, and the students discussed how to earn money for their journey.
• On the first exam day, Ye Xinglan, Gu Yue, Xu Lizhi, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin tried different ways to raise travel funds at Spirit Ice Plaza.
• Gula displayed cultivated Soul Power Fruits, enhanced their fragrance with soul power, and set their price at one million Federation Coins each.
• A Four-Ring Soul Ancestor squeezed through the crowd at Gula's stall, where students had just reacted in disbelief to the price.

Gula sold specially cultivated fruits to Shrek Academy students, whose remarkable effects quickly emptied his stall and earned him nearly one hundred million Federation Coins. After leaving the academy, he considered turning Arceus Company into a seed company, while wondering whether that suited him as the Child of Nature.

• A senior student challenged Gula’s fruit stall, but bought a Blue-skinned Fruit after Gula named its price as one million Federation Coins.
• A Fourth-Year Student with a Jade Water Swan martial soul bought a fruit, and Gula revealed a Black Soul Ring before cultivating a Jade Water Crystal Fruit for her.
• The senior student found that the fruit greatly increased and purified her soul power, then tried to buy out the stall as other students rushed to purchase the remaining fruits.
• The first senior student tasted his Blue-skinned Fruit and found it boosted his lightning-attribute soul power and helped heal hidden injuries, but the stall had already sold out.
• Gula left Shrek Academy with nearly one hundred million Federation Coins and considered making Arceus Company a seed company after seeing how quickly his crossbred plants grew.

Gula boarded a train to Heaven Dou City and quickly confronted Evil Soul Masters who attacked the passengers. After rescuing a hostage and killing one attacker, he fought the Evil Soul Emperor while Tang Wulin evacuated the passengers; Gula dominated the battle and prepared to finish his opponent.

• Gula boarded the Soul Tool Train to Heaven Dou City and learned that Mo Lan was its conductor and Tang Wulin was aboard.
• An Evil Soul Emperor attacked carriage seven, demanding that Mo Lan appear and his brother be released, while an observing teacher warned Gula that the attacker might have survived an earlier terrorist attack.
• Gula teleported the hostage to safety and killed an Evil Soul King disguised as an old man, despite Tang Wulin warning that the enemy had an accomplice.
• Gula donned his battle armor and told Tang Wulin to evacuate the passengers, then clashed with the Evil Soul Emperor, whose soul attack and bone claws Gula countered with sword intent.
• Gula overwhelmed the Evil Soul Emperor and declared that it was time to end the fight.

Gula and Tang Wulin stopped an Evil Soul Masters attack on the train to Heaven Dou City, earning honorary citizenship from Councilor Mo Wu. Afterward, Gula met Zhen Hua and Mu Ye, who asked him to recommend a disciple to strengthen the struggling Body Sect.

• Gula poisoned the Evil Soul Emperor with hidden spores and killed him with hundreds of strands of sword qi.
• Gula persuaded the observing teacher to count the Evil Soul Emperor as three assessment targets, and the train continued to Heaven Dou City.
• The Special Operations Department identified the attackers as remnants of the Holy Spirit Cult, and Mo Wu presented Gula and Tang Wulin with honorary citizenship badges.
• Gula and Tang Wulin separated to complete their individual Final Exams, then both visited Zhen Hua at the Heaven Dou City Forging Association.
• Mu Ye explained the Body Sect's lack of powerful members and offered Gula a feast if he recommended a suitable disciple.

Gula revealed Mu Yi’s Golden Awakening to Mu Ye, who immediately claimed him as a Body Sect disciple. As Mu Ye demanded to meet Mu Yi, Gula prepared to recall his incarnation from Shrek Academy.

• Gula decided he needed the Body Sect’s secret techniques to keep strengthening himself and judged that joining the sect was necessary to obtain the full inheritance.
• Tang Wulin asked Zhen Hua to find him an opponent for Shrek Academy’s exam, and Zhen Hua scolded him for neglecting his forging lessons before sending him to prepare for an assessment.
• Gula showed Mu Ye a recording of Mu Yi fighting Gu Yue, and Mu Ye recognized the Golden Awakening and demanded to know who Mu Yi was.
• Gula explained Mu Yi’s connection to him, and Mu Ye declared that Mu Yi was a disciple of the Body Sect and demanded to see him.
• Gula used his connection to recall Mu Yi, who stopped forging in Shrek Academy’s advanced forging room.

Mu Ye claimed Mu Yi for special Body Sect training, but Zhen Hua arranged for him to continue forging as well. Gula then faced Chen Yu in a combat match at the Forging Association.

• Mu Yi returned to Mu Ye, who announced that he would train him in the Body Sect Secret Technique.
• Gula reminded Mu Ye that Mu Yi was a Sixth Level Blacksmith, and Zhen Hua insisted that Mu Yi continue forging while receiving cultivation guidance.
• Mu Yi agreed to Mu Ye and Zhen Hua’s plan, and Mu Ye took him away for training and invited everyone to a feast.
• Gula asked Zhen Hua to arrange a combat opponent below rank fifty-five, and Zhen Hua sent him to fight Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu introduced himself as a Fifth Level Blacksmith and attacked Gula with his Crimson Gold Hammer and first soul skill, Heart of Molten Fire.