Chapter Summaries

Spirit Hall leaders planned to publish a theory on evolving dragon-type martial souls and pressure the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect for its techniques. After tests confirmed the theory could strengthen some disciples’ martial souls, Yu Yuanzhen struggled to contain the threat and ended the meeting by asking about Yu Tianheng’s pursuit of Poison Douluo’s granddaughter.

• Qian Daoliu approved publishing the theory and said Spirit Hall could pressure Yu Yuanzhen to reveal the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s secrets.
• Seven days later, Spirit Report published the theory, and Yu Yuanzhen angrily destroyed the newspaper after reading it.
• The Second Elder reported that tests had produced little change among Inner Sect Disciples, while three Outer Sect Disciples showed clear changes and one had an evolved martial soul.
• Yu Yuanzhen proposed opening the sect’s core level to other sub-dragon martial souls, but the elders rejected the idea and defended the ancestral laws.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the sect to recruit Lightning Attribute soul masters with Innate Soul Power through Lightning Academy and asked the Third Elder about Yu Tianheng’s progress with Poison Douluo’s granddaughter.

Ning Fengzhi investigated a promising disciple with an Arm Martial Soul and turned to Ning Rongrong to test whether her mysterious friend had a connection to Mr. Oak. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong agreeing to ask about Arm Martial Soul cultivation and Body Martial Soul awakening.

• Yu Yuanzhen urged the Third Elder to encourage Yu Tianheng to pursue Dugu Bo's granddaughter, while the First Elder and Yu Luomian continued to favor Yu Tianxin as Young Sect Master.
• Ning Fengzhi's sect replanned its disciples' Soul Ring choices based on the Martial Soul Evolution Theory, and an elder reported a rank-ten disciple with an Arm Martial Soul whose future was uncertain.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the disciple to receive more Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste, train according to Mr. Oak's paper, and choose from soul beasts with strong forelimbs.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Ning Rongrong and asked whether her friend, who had claimed to be Mr. Oak, might actually know him.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Ning Rongrong from contacting Gula directly and asked her to question her friend about cultivating an Arm Martial Soul and triggering a Body Martial Soul's Second Awakening.

Gula advised Ning Rongrong on training a disciple with an Arm Martial Soul, including a dangerous route to its Second Awakening, while considering how Body Martial Souls might help him investigate Bloodline Power. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong asking whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could also undergo a Second Awakening.

• Zhu Zhuqing suspected Gula was helping her because he wanted her body, while Gula remained absorbed in his connection with nature and reached Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Ning Rongrong called Gula as Da Mu and asked how a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple with an Arm Martial Soul should train.
• Gula recommended strong-forelimbed Soul Beasts as Soul Ring choices and said the disciple could pursue a Second Awakening through a life-and-death crisis around Soul King or Soul Emperor.
• Gula explained that Body Martial Souls might be especially suited to condensing Bloodline Power, a path he hoped to study for himself and his Groudon avatar.
• Ning Rongrong worried about the danger of Second Awakening and asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could undergo one too.

Gula gave Ning Rongrong a detailed right-arm meridian route to pass to a Soul Master in exchange for future help, while hinting that he could help her Martial Soul evolve. Later, he comforted Zhu Zhuqing as she revealed the family and political pressures behind her desperate focus on survival, promising she would have the right to choose.

• Gula told Ning Rongrong that Martial Soul Evolution would take time and asked her to record a right-arm Soul Power route for a Soul Master to cultivate.
• Gula made the route a transaction, promising to develop the Soul Master's Body Martial Soul in return for future help.
• Gula invited Zhu Zhuqing to eat and asked what future she wanted, but she said she only hoped to survive.
• Gula shared his orphaned childhood, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to trust him and describe how her family grew distant after her Martial Soul Awakening.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her father expected her to compete for the throne and kill her sister, and Gula held her as he promised to give her the right to choose.

Gula gave Zhu Zhuqing the Shadow Claw move, and she tested its power before joining him to see the Golden Feather Dragon Eagle Flender had captured for Yu Xiaogang's Third Soul Ring. Gula confirmed the Soul Beast met the requirements, while Flender worried that Yu Xiaogang might not withstand its Soul Ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Gula after he taught her Shadow Claw, and she carved deep marks into a wooden stake with the move.
• Xiao Wu returned with clothes and snacks and told Gula and Zhu Zhuqing that Flender had brought back a Soul Beast for Yu Xiaogang.
• Gula, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu went to the Teacher Dormitory, where Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Tang San waited beside the bound Golden Feather Dragon Eagle.
• Gula used his Appraisal Eye and confirmed that the Golden Feather Dragon Eagle had a Light Attribute and Dragon Race Bloodline.
• Flender explained that the eleven-hundred-year-old Soul Beast had been difficult to capture and asked whether Yu Xiaogang could withstand merging with its Soul Ring.

Yu Xiaogang absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring for Luo Sanpao, partially awakening its Dragon Race Bloodline and changing its appearance. He left hopeful that further cultivation would complete the transformation, though his new Soul Skill still involved farting.

• Gula assessed Yu Xiaogang and judged that his physical foundation could withstand a dragon-blood Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang killed the Golden Feather Dragon Eagle and began absorbing its Thousand-Year Soul Ring for Luo Sanpao.
• After an hour, Yu Xiaogang successfully absorbed the ring, and Luo Sanpao grew slimmer, showed clearer scale markings, and developed two horn-like buds.
• Yu Xiaogang said Luo Sanpao's transformation was incomplete but believed continued effort could make it a powerful Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that his Third Soul Skill, Farting Like Lighting a Lamp, Golden and Brilliant Luo Sanpao, released blinding smoke and burned Dark Attribute enemies.
• Xiao Wu mocked the Soul Skill, and the group ended the discussion amid laughter.

Gula laid out individual combat training plans for Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, then began explaining his own approach to developing soul skills. The chapter ended before he revealed the details of his training.

• Gula learned that Tang San had become proficient at combining Synthesis with his Blue Silver Energy Ring and took Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to the garden.
• Gula told Tang San to practice using Blue Silver Grass to grow and entangle enemies, including by triggering growth beneath their feet.
• Gula assigned Xiao Wu to clear Ginkgo Tree leaves while training her patience and Soul Power Control, and assigned Zhu Zhuqing to hunt attracted insects with her cat claws while dodging the others' attacks.
• When the three asked about his own training, Gula began criticizing Soul Masters for using Soul Skills rigidly and said simply releasing a skill failed to bring out its full power.

Gula explained how to develop soul skills and proposed a new gravity-based attack, while giving Tang San an idea for improving his healing skill. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue continued searching for Da Mu and learned why her cultivation had slowed, leaving her ready to focus on her plan to seize the throne.

• Gula explained that Gravity Control could be developed into Gravity Crush, which would compress an enemy with gravity from multiple directions and potentially reach the power of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Skill.
• Gula suggested that Tang San develop his healing skill to convert an opponent’s soul power into Life Force, and told him the ability might depend on awakening his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.
• Xiao Wu asked how to develop her own soul skill, but Gula told her to finish the first stage of training before he would advise her.
• Qian Renxue asked Ci Xue about the search for Da Mu, and Ci Xue said the many possible candidates and lack of clues meant the screening would take more time.
• After studying Da Mu’s thesis, Qian Renxue understood that her God-level martial soul had compressed her soul power and slowed her cultivation, so she felt reassured and prepared to focus on her Nation Usurping Plan.

Qian Renxue ordered She Long and Ci Xue to keep searching for an Extreme Earth soul master, while Gula exchanged for an Earth Orb and fused it with his External Soul Bone. The fusion transformed the bone into the Blaze Heart Armor and greatly increased Gula’s abilities, leaving him considering ways to achieve and sustain Primal Reversion.

• Qian Renxue told She Long and Ci Xue to keep searching for the hidden Extreme Earth soul master and to report any relevant intelligence immediately.
• Gula exchanged system coupons for an Earth Orb, which strengthened Ground-type and Fire-type moves and restored stamina and Life Force under sunny weather.
• Gula brought the Earth Orb to his heart, where it fused with his External Soul Bone and raised it to a Hundred Thousand Year age.
• Gula’s External Soul Bone became the Blaze Heart Armor, which stored Earth and Fire energy, improved his control of both attributes, and increased his flame temperature.
• Gula concluded that the Earth Orb might enable Primal Reversion but could not sustain it for long, and he considered relying on the system and developing new technology.

Spirit Hall pressured the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to surrender its Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, while Yu Yuanzhen tried to rally allies. Golden Crocodile Douluo and four other Title Douluo invaded Thunderbolt Canyon, and Qing Luan Douluo killed the Fifth Elder to force the sect’s submission.

• Gula vented his increased strength by damming a creek, catching fish, and roasting them.
• Yu Yuanzhen convened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect elders and ordered the First Elder and Second Elder to seek help from the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived at Thunderbolt Canyon with Qing Luan, Lion, Demon Bear, and Ghost Leopard, overwhelming the sect’s disciples with their pressure.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, saying he and his companions wanted to study it to reach rank ninety-nine.
• Qing Luan Douluo killed the Fifth Elder with a casual strike, and Yu Yuanzhen realized Spirit Hall was forcing the sect to surrender or lose its promising elders.

Yu Yuanzhen was forced to give Spirit Hall the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique and its written record, then ordered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect into Sealed Mountain Seclusion. Unable to cultivate the technique themselves, Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others decided to send a copy to Da Mu in hopes he could make it work.

• Yu Yuanzhen recited the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique while Spirit Hall's Title Douluo tested it on captured Core Disciples, and he secretly altered several routes in its final stage.
• Qing Luan Douluo demanded the written record, and Yu Yuanzhen surrendered the Dragon Hide Scroll after realizing his deception had been anticipated.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo spotted errors in Yu Yuanzhen's recitation, but the Spirit Hall group left without attacking the sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to enter Sealed Mountain Seclusion and sent some disciples into the outside world under false names.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others failed to figure out how to cultivate the technique with their own martial souls, so they agreed to send Da Mu a copy and manuscript fee.

Gula’s special training helped Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing improve while his own gravity cultivation strengthened his body. Two months later, Spirit Hall sent Gula the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, and he began analyzing how to adapt it into a general bloodline-stimulation method.

• Tang San practiced controlling Blue Silver Grass, Xiao Wu trained with floating leaves, and Zhu Zhuqing sharpened her claws while disrupting Xiao Wu’s practice.
• Gula cultivated under intense gravity, using Blaze Heart Armor to control his muscles and accelerate his physical training.
• Two months later, Gula received the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique from Spirit Hall and suspected they wanted him to decipher it.
• Tang San admitted he wanted to learn the inherited technique despite his concern for his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, and Gula began studying the scroll.
• Gula identified the technique as a bloodline-activation method and asked Xiao Wu what Soul Beasts knew about sensing their bloodlines.

Gula successfully used the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique to transform through his Groudon Martial Soul, then began devising a modular method to let Soul Masters temporarily evolve their martial souls. He settled on testing the idea with soul beast genes, attribute energy, and a soul bone, but had not yet begun the experiment.

• Xiao Wu admitted she lacked experience because Da Ming and Er Ming had protected her, and Tang San reassured her that they could learn together.
• Gula used the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique and the Earth Orb to transform his body with red rocky shells and a Groudon phantom.
• Gula explained that Dragon Transformation could overwhelm a Soul Master's humanity and cause Martial Soul Backlash, madness, or death without sufficient Willpower.
• Gula compared Dragon Transformation with Mega Evolution and considered using a simplified technique to link Soul Masters with their martial souls.
• Gula devised a modular Mega Evolution Device based on attributes, soul beast races, and combat roles, and chose the Man Faced Demon Spider Left Arm Bone as an experimental carrier.

Gula devised and built a Human-faced Demon Spider Evolution Device by combining an activated soul bone, Soul Power, Mega Evolution Energy, and a mithril shell. He celebrated its completion but could not find a trusted spider-type Soul Master to test it on.

• Gula explained Soul Tools to Tang San and considered using Rare Metals to preserve and connect different bloodlines.
• Gula bought mithril, black iron, and Black Patterned Steel, then asked Tang San to forge mithril into a disk with three internal holes.
• Gula cut a piece from a Five Thousand Year human-faced soul bone and used a Fossil Pokémon Revitalization Machine to activate its genetic potential.
• Gula combined the activated soul bone with Soul Power, a Mega Evolution Energy stone, and Tang San’s mithril shell to create the Human-faced Demon Spider Evolution Device.
• Gula asked Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing to help find a spider-type Soul Master, but they knew no suitable person he trusted to test the device.

Gula made a Mega Evolution Device using a soul bone and learned that Zhu Fugui, a third-grade student with a Spider Martial Soul, could test the Human-faced Demon Spider version. After hypnotizing Zhu Fugui and having him activate the device, Gula began the experiment.

• Gula appraised Xiao Wu’s three feline soul bones and planned three Mega Evolution Device options for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu reported that Zhu Fugui had a Spider Martial Soul, and Gula decided to prepare a thesis warning against misuse of the device.
• Tang San forged the device shell, and Gula assembled the Mega Evolution Device, which produced a black spirit cat phantom and attracted Zhu Zhuqing.
• Gula hypnotized Zhu Fugui and brought him to the garden, where Zhu Fugui released his Spider Martial Soul.
• Gula gave Zhu Fugui the Man Faced Demon Spider Mega Evolution Device and instructed him to activate it.

Gula tested a Mega Evolution Device that temporarily transformed Zhu Fugui’s Spider Martial Soul into a Man Faced Demon Spider, then explained the technology and gave Zhu Zhuqing a device suited to her Martial Soul. The experiment succeeded, but Gula still needed to improve the device and search for rare soul bones to make devices for other Martial Soul types.

• Gula activated the Mega Evolution Device on Zhu Fugui, temporarily evolving his Spider Martial Soul into a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Zhu Fugui struck a piece of black iron with power rivaling a Soul Elder, but the device’s seven-second limit left him drained and unconscious.
• Gula gave Zhu Fugui a potion, dismantled the overheated device, and sent Tang San to return him to the dormitory.
• Gula explained that soul beast genes in soul bones could stimulate a Soul Master’s Martial Soul and produce temporary evolution.
• Gula gave Zhu Zhuqing a Mega Evolution Device suited to cat-type and some Tiger-type Martial Souls, while explaining why devices for other types would take more work.

Gula gave Zhu Zhuqing a Mega Evolution Device, and her spar with Xiao Wu showed how much it could strengthen a Soul Master while rapidly consuming soul power. After discovering that most of a Soul Bone could remain usable when only a small section was used to make a device, Gula decided to write a thesis to prepare major powers for future trades.

• Gula gave Zhu Zhuqing a Mega Evolution Device and explained that Mega Evolution consumed soul power faster when she attacked or defended.
• Gula arranged a spar between Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing used the Tiger Demon Cat form to boost her strength, speed, and defense.
• Xiao Wu defeated Zhu Zhuqing after their close-range clash drained Zhu Zhuqing's soul power, and Gula stopped the match.
• Tang San asked whether Soul Bones could still be fused after part of one was used for a Mega Evolution Device, and Gula found that the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Bone remained usable while three others could not be fused.
• Gula said he would write a thesis to prepare major powers for trading Soul Bones for Mega Evolution Devices, then told everyone to continue training.

Spirit Hall tested Da Mu’s Mega Evolution Device, prompting Bibi Dong to recognize its power and seek a way to reproduce it. She ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to find Da Mu and bring him back to Spirit Hall.

• Lu Hongwen brought Da Mu’s paper and the Mega Evolution Device to Bibi Dong, and two Spider Martial Soul Soul Masters confirmed the device worked.
• Bibi Dong used the device and felt it boost her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul by five percent.
• Bibi Dong considered using her Six-winged Purple Light Wings to make another device, but realized she lacked Da Mu’s production method.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to find Da Mu and bring him to Spirit Hall at any cost.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei accepted the order, and Yue Guan asked Gui Mei to have his subordinates search diligently.

Gula continued developing Mega Evolution for Tool Martial Souls while Tang San struggled to make his Clear Sky Hammer resonate with him. After Xiao Wu offered to demonstrate her evolved ability, Tang San chose to calm down and work through the problem gradually.

• Gui Mei burned another forged Martial Soul Evolution Theory manuscript after two years of searching for Da Mu's identity.
• Gula studied the Clear Sky Hammer and developed Tool Martial Soul Mega Evolution, which required Soul Masters to comprehend their Martial Soul's momentum.
• Gula divided Tool Martial Soul mastery into four stages: Borrowing Sword Momentum, mastering sword intent, comprehending the sword heart, and realizing the sword god.
• Tang San continued training with his Clear Sky Hammer but failed to progress beyond hammer momentum after his Mega Evolution attempt failed.
• Xiao Wu demonstrated her Moonlight Ribbons, an ability she gained through Mega Evolution, and offered to show Tang San the Soft Bone Rabbit's momentum.
• Tang San reflected on his unwillingness to change his fighting style, then meditated and decided to take things one step at a time.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect reacted to the growing impact of Mega Evolution as Ning Fengzhi prepared for political upheaval and Gu Rong planned to display his strength. In Suotuo City, Dai Mubai learned that the Star Luo Empire had replaced its traditional succession system with an assessment based on talent and Mega Evolution compatibility, giving him renewed hope.

• Gu Rong complained that Da Mu had delayed delivering the final Mega Evolution Device design fragment, while Chen Xin spoke of wanting to experience the Sword God realm.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Gu Rong and Chen Xin a half-finished Mega Evolution Device and warned that rising demand for soul bones could fuel an arms race and another continental war.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong to leave the sect and display his strength as a deterrent, and Gu Rong decided to visit Yu Yuanzhen in three days.
• Dai Mubai denounced Da Mu's theories and Mega Evolution after complaining that he could not obtain a soul bone, while Oscar listened in the tavern.
• Ma Hongjun announced that the Star Luo Empire had abolished its traditional Crown Prince succession system in favor of assessing talent and compatibility with Mega Evolution.
• Dai Mubai realized the change could benefit him and celebrated, declaring his love for Da Mu.