Chapter Summaries

Gula visited the Spirit Pagoda to choose a spirit and revealed his Groudon Martial Soul, astonishing Zhao Tianyu and tower master Zhou Tianshuo. As Zhou Tianshuo tried to recruit him, Leng Yaozhu arrived and noticed Gula.

• Gula followed a staff member to the Spirit Pagoda and met Zhao Tianyu, who showed him five Spirit Type plant spirits, including an eight-hundred-year Demonic Eye Demon Tree spirit with the Myriad Demon King Bloodline.
• Gula told Zhao Tianyu that his family had suffered persecution and that he had Twin Martial Souls, with his first Martial Soul using directly fused soul rings.
• Gula released his Groudon Martial Soul, triggering the room's alarm and instinctively suppressing Zhao Tianyu's Vigorous Vajra Bear.
• Zhou Tianshuo arrived, detected Gula's extraordinary Martial Soul, and offered him spirits below ten thousand years if he joined the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gula asked for time to consider Zhou Tianshuo's offer, and Leng Yaozhu entered the room and reacted with surprise when she saw him.

Leng Yaozhu accepted Gula as her disciple after discovering his Dual Extreme Martial Souls and extraordinary Spiritual Power. She took him south in her Black Mech to find a suitable Soul Spirit, and he named two rare candidates.

• Zhou Tiansu told Leng Yaozhu that Gula's Martial Soul had triggered the alarm with extreme heat.
• Gula summoned his Celebi Martial Soul, and Leng Yaozhu recognized its unusual Spiritual Power and Space-Time Attribute.
• Leng Yaozhu sent Zhao Tianyu and Zhou Tiansu away, then asked Gula to become her disciple, and he accepted.
• Leng Yaozhu told Gula that Gu Yue would become his junior sister and offered him a Soul Spirit as a disciple-greeting gift.
• Leng Yaozhu tested Gula's knowledge of suitable Soul Spirits during their flight south, and he proposed the Demonic Eye Demon Tree and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

Leng Yaozhu brought Gula to the Spirit Pagoda to seek a Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit for his multi-attribute plant martial soul. She defied Qiangu Dongfeng’s representative and led Gula into the sealed chamber, where he was about to attempt to earn the Soul Spirit’s approval.

• Gula asked Leng Yaozhu about Four Seasons Flower Soul Spirits, and she revealed that the Spirit Pagoda also possessed a rare Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit suited to his martial soul.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit could suppress other plant Soul Spirits and had to acknowledge a Soul Master before it could be fused with them.
• Leng Yaozhu took Gula by Black Mech to the Spirit Pagoda and guided him through its extensive security barriers.
• A representative of Qiangu Dongfeng challenged Leng Yaozhu’s right to take the Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit, but she demanded that Qiangu Dongfeng confront her himself and continued onward.
• Leng Yaozhu brought Gula into the sealed chamber and told him to try to make contact with the Golden Ancient Tree, while the representative expected him to fail.

Gula bonded with the Golden Ancient Tree and gained a twenty-thousand-year Soul Spirit whose three Soul Skills vastly expanded his plant, illusion, and temporal abilities. Leng Yaozhu recognized his extraordinary potential and took him toward Eastsea City after concealing the contract ceremony.

• Gula connected with the Golden Ancient Tree and learned that becoming the Child of Nature required the Seed of Life as well as his existing qualifications.
• Leng Yaozhu performed the Contract Ceremony, bonding Gula with the Golden Ancient Tree as his twenty-thousand-year Soul Spirit and granting him three Soul Rings.
• Leng Yaozhu deleted the sealed chamber’s surveillance footage and flew with Gula away from the Spirit Pagoda in her Black Mech.
• Gula described Endless Forest Sea, which controlled and healed through plants, and Myriad Phenomena of the Forest, which could trap foes with up to ten times his Spiritual Power.
• Gula explained that Vast Forest Sea stored plants and seeds in a space where time moved slowly and could preserve Soul Skills for later use.
• Leng Yaozhu recognized the unusual power of Gula’s three Soul Skills and advised him to keep training.

Leng Yaozhu told Gula how he might replace his first three Soul Rings and brought him into the Spirit Pagoda, where he met his Junior Sister, Gu Yue. Their rivalry led to a duel in the Virtual Arena, which began with both of them revealing their martial souls and ranks.

• Leng Yaozhu explained that Gula could study the Great Sumeru Hammer Profound Truth at Shrek Academy and use his healing ability to replace damaged Soul Rings with hybrid Soul Spirits.
• Leng Yaozhu flew Gula back to the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, where he completed the procedures to become a member.
• Leng Yaozhu introduced Gu Yue as Gula's Junior Sister, and Gu Yue challenged him after hearing that his talent surpassed hers.
• Leng Yaozhu arranged for them to fight in the Virtual Arena, where Gu Yue revealed her rank twenty-one Elemental Envoy martial soul and Gula revealed his rank thirty-five Celebi martial soul.

Gula defeated Gu Yue in a virtual battle by using his Boundless Forest Sea and World Tree to withstand her Four Element Storm. After Gu Yue reluctantly called him Senior Brother, Leng Yaozhu asked her to show him around the Sun Moon Federation.

• Gu Yue sensed an unusual closeness to Gula's nature-aligned aura but focused on preparing her attack.
• Gula unleashed Boundless Forest Sea, while Gu Yue combined Ice and Fire into a powerful blast that cleared the plants around her.
• Gu Yue used a Four Element Storm, and Gula fused the plants into a World Tree that absorbed her attack.
• Gula declared victory and made Gu Yue call him Senior Brother.
• Leng Yaozhu ended the virtual match and told Gu Yue to take Gula around the Sun Moon Federation before he attended Eastsea Academy.

Gula enrolled in Eastsea Academy’s Class Zero, where his three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings stunned the students and impressed Wu Zhangkong. Wu Zhangkong welcomed him and took him to the field to assess his strength.

• Leng Yaozhu arranged for Gula to study a Soul Tool sub-profession, and Gula left the Spirit Pagoda with Gu Yue for Eastsea Academy.
• Dean Long told Wu Zhangkong that a ten-year-old Transfer Student with Level 35 cultivation would join Class Zero, and Wu Zhangkong agreed to accept him.
• Gula completed enrollment and introduced himself to Class Zero, while Gu Yue returned to the group without explaining their relationship.
• Wu Zhangkong challenged Gula to earn his recognition, but Gula revealed three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, astonishing the students.
• Wu Zhangkong welcomed Gula into Class Zero and led him to the field to assess his strength, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie followed to watch.

Wu Zhangkong tested Gula’s abilities in the woods, then assigned him to repair the grounds and help Tang Wulin practice plant control. Gula accepted Tang Wulin’s friendly offer of companionship while privately resolving to thwart Tang San’s plans for him.

• Wu Zhangkong limited himself to Gula’s Soul Power and first four Soul Rings, then attacked with Frost Scar, Frost Mist, and Skyfrost Slash.
• Gula used his plant-controlling Domain Soul Skill and wooden dragon to counter Wu Zhangkong, but admitted defeat before Wu’s ice attack could finish the fight.
• Wu Zhangkong identified Gula’s Domain-type Soul Skill, gave him an advanced Meditation Method, and assigned him to repair the damaged grounds.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin to learn plant control from Gula and warned him not to rely too heavily on his bloodline.
• Tang Wulin offered Gula his hand and asked him for guidance, while Gula resolved not to let Tang San sacrifice him for the Ten Thousand Year Plan.

Gula trained with his companions and demonstrated overwhelming physical strength before choosing to study mecha design under Leng Yaozhu. Leng Yaozhu gave him a first-rank designer assessment, unaware that his Spiritual Power was at the Spirit Abyss Realm.

• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi introduced themselves to Gula, then the group split up to train.
• Gula exercised under thirty-times gravity while carrying a massive piece of Deep Sea Silver, astonishing Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Wu Zhangkong.
• Gula tested his strength and reached 14,800 kilograms, breaking the instrument and offering to pay for its repair.
• Gula followed Gu Yue to Leng Yaozhu, who explained the importance of Sub-professions and asked which one he wanted to study.
• Gula chose mecha design, and Leng Yaozhu gave him a first-rank assessment question, not realizing his Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Gula explored Mech Design, Manufacturing, and Repair before demonstrating extraordinary forging talent at the Spirit Pagoda. He left Loutai stunned after forging Star Silver to a thousand layers and breaking the hammer with his strength.

• Gula rapidly completed a Mech shoulder armor design and improved its Energy Circuit, impressing Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue.
• Gula passed the Level 1 assessments in Mech Manufacturing and Mech Repair using his powerful Spiritual Power and psychokinesis.
• Leng Yaozhu brought Gula to the Spirit Pagoda's Forging Room, where Saint Craftsman Loutai gave him a Forging Hammer and Star Silver to test his skill.
• Gula sensed the metal's voice and forged the Star Silver to Hundred Forgings on his first attempt.
• Gula used psychokinesis to wield two additional hammers and raised the Star Silver to a thousand layers before the hammer handle snapped.
• Gula apologized for using too much force, and Loutai approached the finished metal to inspect it.

Gula impressed Saint Craftsman Loutai with his natural forging talent and began forging a pair of specialized hammers. Their rare resonance gave both hammers spirituality, and Loutai urged Gula to seal them with a Blood Contract.

• Loutai examined Gula's Thousand Refined Star Silver and praised his talent, then offered to teach him forging.
• Gula accepted Loutai's guidance and chose Heavy Mountain Tungsten Steel and Blazing Flame Gold to forge two hammers.
• After three hours, Gula used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique and Future Sight to forge both metals without making a mistake.
• The two hammers resonated as Gula infused them with his soul power, producing the rare phenomenon of Twin Awakening Resonance.
• Both hammers reached Thousand Refined First Grade and developed spirituality, so Loutai urged Gula to perform a Blood Contract.

Gula blood-contracted two Forging Hammers, discovered their combined Hot Pressing effect, and envisioned using them as the foundation for Battle Armor. Loutai persuaded Leng Yaozhu to have Zhen Hua eventually meet Gula, while she decided Loutai should teach him first.

• Gula infused the Heavy Mountain Tungsten Steel Hammer and Blazing Flame Gold Hammer with his blood, raising their spirituality to Soul Forging and integrating them into his body.
• Gula connected the hammers to his Blaze Heart Armor and planned to use them as Battle Armor materials, aiming to become a Two-Word Battle Armor Master before returning to his original space-time.
• Loutai told Leng Yaozhu that Gula had achieved Spirit Forging at ten years old and should study under Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to secretly contact Zhen Hua but first assigned Loutai to teach Gula because his foundation was weak and he needed time to grow safely.
• Gula concealed the hammers’ true spirituality and told Loutai that their Heavy Pressure and Hot Melt effects resonated into a much stronger Hot Pressing effect.

Gula trained in swordsmanship, forging, and Soul Guiding technology while exploring how his abilities connected to the Groudon Clone. He repaired and assembled the Spirit Pagoda’s Frost Raven mecha, then climbed into its cockpit.

• Loutai told Gula to forge three pieces of Thousand Refined Metal each day with his resonating Forging Hammers.
• Gula trained with Wu Zhangkong and considered turning sword intent into Hammer Intent to improve his forging.
• Gula studied mecha technology and other Sub-professions while discussing with the Groudon Clone how they were beginning to sense each other’s abilities.
• Gula assembled and repaired the Spirit Pagoda’s Frost Raven training mecha in one hour.
• Gula jumped into the Frost Raven’s cockpit after its hatch opened.

Gula and Gu Yue were named Spirit Pagoda Core Disciple candidates and told they would undergo special training to qualify. Leng Yaozhu gave them access to discarded and artificial Soul Spirits, leaving Gu Yue pleased and Gula wary of her plans.

• Gula piloted the Frost Raven training mecha with growing skill until Gu Yue interrupted him to say Leng Yaozhu was calling them.
• Leng Yaozhu told Gula and Gu Yue that she had listed them as Core Disciples, but they would need to pass a test to receive the position’s benefits.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that Core Disciples could access resources, authority, and a chance to become Tower Master, then warned Gula not to take on too much himself.
• Leng Yaozhu brought her disciples to a room filled with more than three hundred discarded and artificial Soul Spirits and let them study the spirits.
• Gu Yue sincerely thanked Leng Yaozhu for the gift, while Gula suspected she would use the Soul Spirits to advance her plan to revive soul beasts and resolved to expose Tang Wulin’s bloodline to her.

Gula developed an improved Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste concentrate and set up a pharmaceutical workshop to sell it independently. After drawing interest with an early release, he learned that Splendorous Tang Sect had come to buy out his operation.

• Gula decided to reformulate the Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste and use it to build influence, despite the risks of revealing the recipe.
• Two weeks later, Gula completed the concentrate, secured a farm outside the city, and established a pharmaceutical workshop in Eastsea City.
• Gula ordered Manager Lin to have Extraction Masters sign confidentiality agreements and keep all medicinal materials inside the workshop.
• Gula deployed twelve miniature mechs carrying Soul Spirits and Soul Power Interference Devices, including mechs capable of self-destruction.
• Manager Lin rushed in to report that representatives of Splendorous Tang Sect wanted to buy out the workshop, and Gula agreed to meet them.

Gula met with Manager Tang of the Splendorous Tang Sect Company, who tried to acquire Arceus Company with a large cash offer and access to valuable plant genetic data. Gula refused and delayed a decision by saying he needed to consult his family, leaving Manager Tang uneasy.

• Gula recognized the triangular emblem on Manager Tang as that of a Tang Sect External Affairs Hall deacon and realized he was likely a powerful Title Douluo and mech master.
• Manager Tang offered 300 million Gold Soul Coins and twenty percent of the shares to acquire Arceus Company, but Gula rejected the offer.
• Manager Tang presented Tang Sect plant genetic information, including data on hundred-thousand-year plants, as an additional incentive, but Gula still refused.
• Gula explained that he wanted the Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste to spread broadly rather than be monopolized by one family.
• Gula said he needed to inform his family before deciding, and Manager Tang felt that something had gone wrong.

Gula summoned Leng Yaozhu to protect him from Tang Long and showed her the powerful Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste formula. Leng Yaozhu agreed to help him negotiate its sale and protect his interests within the Spirit Pagoda, leaving them ready to impress its elders.

• Gula called Leng Yaozhu and revealed that Tang Long wanted to acquire Arceus, prompting her to confront the Tang Sect deacon.
• Gula showed Leng Yaozhu the test report for his paste, and she recognized its potential value to major factions.
• Gula proposed selling the formula to several organizations, and Leng Yaozhu advised him to seek a high-priced Federation buyout instead of selling to Heaven Dou or Star Luo.
• Leng Yaozhu suggested that the Tang Sect might trade resources suitable for Gula's Second Martial Soul and discussed securing materials for his Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Leng Yaozhu promised to protect Gula within the Spirit Pagoda, and he gave her concentrated liquid as she called him her Little Fox Sir.

Gula negotiated with Tang Sect for a chance to obtain an immortal herb, then traveled with Zang Xin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The immortal herbs reacted to Gula’s arrival and accused him of breaking their agreement.

• Tang Long rejected Leng Yaozhu’s demand for an immortal herb, then offered Gula a trial slot and Rare Metals resources after consulting his superiors.
• Gula accepted the slot, and Zang Xin wondered whether his request for immortal herbs was planned or coincidental.
• Zang Xin met Leng Yaozhu, Gula, and Tang Long outside Tang Sect Headquarters and personally took Gula through space to the Secret Realm.
• Zang Xin gave Gula ten minutes to earn the approval of the Blazing Apricot Jiao Shu at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The immortal herbs awakened as Gula arrived, and one accused him of breaking their agreement before the appointed time.

Gula revealed his Child of Nature power to the six plant Ferocious Beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, winning their respect. After they introduced themselves and competed to become his chosen immortal herb, they secretly agreed that Gula’s Three Extreme Attributes made him an ideal master and turned hostile toward Zang Xin.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot and the other five Ferocious Beasts appeared and challenged Gula and Zang Xin for attempting to take an immortal herb.
• Gula revealed the Golden Ancient Tree and Celebi, whose god-level aura subdued the plant Ferocious Beasts and identified him as the Child of Nature.
• Zang Xin realized why Gula had sought an immortal-herb slot and wondered why someone so exceptional was not a Tang Sect Disciple.
• Qiluo, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Momo, Xiao Qiu, and Guagua each introduced themselves and described what they could offer Gula.
• Gula asked who had given them their names, then admitted that all six suited him but that he could choose only one.
• The six Ferocious Beasts secretly recognized Gula’s Extreme Earth, fire, and wood attributes as an ideal combination and exchanged hostile looks toward Zang Xin.

Gula used a display of divine power to stop Zang Xin and the beasts from destroying the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then revealed that a god had drawn the Abyss Plane to Douluo Continent as part of a plan for the continent to ascend. Zang Xin learned that the Abyss invasion had been engineered and demanded to know which god was responsible.

• The Water and Fire Dragon Souls attacked Zang Xin while Qiluo and the beasts tried to force him back so they could escape with Gula.
• Zang Xin used Trace Back to evade the dragon souls and attack Qiluo, while Xiao Qiu broke the beasts free of his Sentimental Domain.
• Little Fire threatened to destroy the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Gula's green radiance calmed her and briefly restrained the dragon souls.
• Gula borrowed Groudon's power to appear divine, stopped Zang Xin, and claimed to be a future god.
• Gula explained that a god had drawn the Abyss Plane to Douluo Continent so the Douluo Plane could devour it and ascend, and said the god believed the dead could later be resurrected.
• Zang Xin condemned the god's actions and asked Gula who he was.