Chapter Summaries

Gula revealed to Zang Xin that Tang San had allegedly manipulated Huo Yuhao, drawn in the Abyss Plane, and helped control Douluo Star, while Zang Xin demanded proof and resolved to resist fate. Gula warned that Tang Hao could target Zang Xin outside the secret realm, and Zang Xin asked what Gula wanted in return for sharing the revelations.

• Gula told Zang Xin that Sea God Tang San was responsible for drawing in the Abyss Plane and asked whether Zang Xin would oppose him if the claim were true.
• Zang Xin reaffirmed his oath to the Tang Sect and said he would draw his sword against Tang San if the accusations were proven, but demanded evidence.
• Gula described Tang San's alleged interference in Huo Yuhao's rise, the replacement of Douluo Star's Plane Core and consciousness, and the suppression of Yun Ming's path to godhood.
• Zang Xin recalled that Yun Ming had said there was no road ahead, then vowed to cut through fate's net and made a small breakthrough in spiritual power.
• Gula warned that Tang Hao could easily target Zang Xin outside the secret realm and said Tang San had other plans on Douluo Star.
• Zang Xin asked Gula why he had shared such important information, suspecting that the god wanted something from him.

Gula struck a deal with Zang Xin, warning him of the abyss invasion and the Sea God’s return before taking the immortal herbs to help restore his divine power. He returned to Tang Sect Headquarters temporarily blind, where Leng Yaozhu learned the injury would heal in three months.

• Gula told Zang Xin that the Sea God would return in at least sixteen years and warned that the Blood God Army and those who died indirectly might not be resurrected.
• Zang Xin agreed to let Gula use the Tang Sect’s channels to spread the Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste in exchange for intelligence.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty and the other immortal herbs offered their origins to Gula, and he agreed to take them with him.
• Gula used Celebi’s Authority of the Forest and his Third Soul Ring to move the immortal herbs into a small world.
• Gula’s avatar dispersed, leaving his eyes pitch-black, and Zang Xin brought him out of the secret realm to Tang Sect Headquarters.
• Leng Yaozhu examined Gula, and he reassured her that his sight would return in three months as a side effect of passing the trial.

After Leng Yaozhu returned Gula to Eastsea City, he revealed Aromatic Silk Beauty as his new Soul Spirit and planned how to use the immortal herbs he had obtained. A month of forging passed before Gula and his classmates faced the academy’s Final Exam in the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Leng Yaozhu helped Gula recover, then took him back to Eastsea City while Qiangu Dongfeng watched them and resented their closeness.
• Gula reassured Leng Yaozhu that no one at the Tang Sect had mistreated him and revealed Aromatic Silk Beauty, whom he planned to make his Second Soul Spirit.
• Gula outlined how he would use the immortal herbs to strengthen his Martial Souls and pursue the Spiritual Domain Realm, while Leng Yaozhu agreed to sell his Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste formula.
• Gula returned to his workshop and continued forging, sensing that he could master Spirit Forging before his eyesight recovered.
• A month later, Wu Zhangkong announced that the students had to survive two hours in the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, and Xie Xie feared he would be assigned holiday remedial lessons.

Gula entered the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform for Wu Zhangkong’s assessment and revealed how completely the forest obeyed him. As Gula began hunting Soul Beasts to strengthen his spirit soul, observers realized his power extended far beyond what they had expected.

• Wu Zhangkong explained the Spirit Ascension Platform’s riot period and assigned Gula to survive alone for two hours.
• Gula frightened a mocking Soul Master outside the preparation rooms by making an emerald vine stop beside his eye.
• Gula entered the Spirit Ascension Platform and awakened Celebi’s forest power, spreading his senses across the surrounding area.
• Dean Long was stunned to see Gula wield a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Wu Zhangkong clarified that Gula was already a Spirit Pagoda disciple.
• Gula found that plants submitted to him, killed a pack of Nether Wolves with thorn vines, and absorbed the resulting spiritual power.
• Gula wondered whether he could kill every Soul Beast in the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform and raise his spirit soul to its limit.

Gula slaughtered Soul Beasts across the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform, then defeated the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear and fused with its right palm Soul Bone. He left the battle considering how to turn the Darkgold Dreadclaw into a growth-type weapon.

• Gula used his forest domain and plant Soul Beasts to kill the Lightning Falcons and Ironclad Rhinoceroses drawn to him.
• Gula sensed the approaching Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear and decided to claim its claw for Groudon.
• Gula attacked the bear with an Emerald Sword, then trapped it in a cage of willow leaves and coordinated plant attacks.
• The Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear broke through the cage and nearly struck Gula, but Gula destroyed his two Thousand Year plant Soul Beasts to kill it.
• Gula collected the Darkgold Dreadclaw and fused with its right palm Soul Bone, then considered forging the claw into a growth-type weapon.

Gula encountered Xu Xiaoyu’s group in the Spirit Ascension Platform, spared the timid Xu Xiaoyan, and allowed her to follow him. After a month of success for his Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste, he found Tang Wulin’s team in danger and killed their Man Faced Demon Spider with a leaf.

• Xu Xiaoyu led his group to investigate a disturbance, but Gula’s Poison Vines defeated them and left Xu Xiaoyan alone.
• Gula spared Xu Xiaoyan and told her to leave, but she overcame her fear and followed him.
• Gula reflected on the widespread success of his Body Strengthening and Bone Tempering Paste and the rewards it brought him.
• Gula found Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie struggling against a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang Wulin asked him for help.
• Gula killed the Man Faced Demon Spider by launching a leaf through its carapace, while Tang Wulin briefly felt discouraged before renewing his resolve.

Gula left the Spirit Ascension Platform after gaining spiritual power and received resources and training plans from Leng Yaozhu. Meanwhile, Zang Xin revealed the Ten Thousand Year Plan’s secrets to Cao Dezhi through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the two began making arrangements against the gods’ schemes.

• Gula killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang Wulin’s group split the spiritual power before continuing to explore without him.
• Gula exited the platform, thanked Xie Xie for his gratitude, and told Leng Yaozhu he had obtained the Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bone.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Gula a Storage Soul Tool and explained that the Spirit Pagoda had supplied materials and a laboratory for hybridizing Soul Spirits.
• Leng Yaozhu planned to take Gula to the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform during the holiday and advised him to prepare for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.
• Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to share the secrets of the Ten Thousand Year Plan and learned about the altered sacrifice contract, the sleeping Planar Will, and Tang San’s hidden pieces.
• Cao Dezhi condemned the gods’ use of living beings as chess pieces, and he and Zang Xin decided to keep the army in place and prepare to gamble on the Plane Master reviving their fallen comrades.

Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin warned Shrek Academy about the Golden Tree, while Gula used Future Sight to arrange an attack on Tang Wulin that would force Tang San to act. Tang San blocked the attack, and Gu Yue, Di Tian, and Bear Lord recognized the presence of a human god.

• Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin left the secret realm and headed to Shrek Academy to warn Yun Ming about the Golden Tree and its Heroic Spirits.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that everyone except Xie Xie had passed the assessment and planned to take Tang Wulin to the Tang Sect for vacation training.
• Gula used Future Sight to predict that Di Tian and Bear Lord would meet Gu Yue while Tang Wulin was nearby, then set a time-space attack against Tang Wulin for three days later.
• Gu Yue met Di Tian and Bear Lord at a coffee shop, while Gula's attack struck Tang Wulin and shattered the street's display windows.
• Tang San took over Tang Wulin's body and used the Golden Trident's phantom to destroy the attack, spending one chance to act.
• Gu Yue, Di Tian, and Bear Lord sensed Tang San's God King-level divine sense and identified it as belonging to a human god.

Gu Yue realized Tang Wulin carried the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core as part of Tang San's scheme, and she withdrew with Di Tian before Tang San's Divine Sense faded. She planned to enter Shrek Academy, avoid attacking Tang Wulin for now, and wait for his divine protection to weaken.

• Gu Yue recognized Tang San's plan to use Tang Wulin as a vessel for the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core and fled through a Space Rift with Di Tian.
• Tang San's Divine Sense protected Tang Wulin, searched for the attacker, and vanished; Tang Wulin woke with no memory of the battle and returned to the Forging Room.
• Gu Yue concluded that Tang San's scheme linked Tang Wulin to Na'er and resolved to enter Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda while avoiding Tang Wulin until his divine protection weakened.
• Gu Yue learned that Na'er had become Yun Ming's disciple and decided she might tell Na'er that Tang Wulin was being used as a chess piece.
• Gula relaxed on a beach, chose not to contact Gu Yue, and dove beneath the waves.

Class Zero welcomed Xu Xiaoyan and learned its competition goals and new training regimen, including a medicinal liquid developed by Gula’s company. The chapter left Gu Yue wondering why Gula had made the medicine’s prescription public.

• Wu Zhangkong announced that Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi had withdrawn from school and introduced Xu Xiaoyan as Class Zero’s new member.
• Wu Zhangkong set winning the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition as the class’s goal and signed Tang Wulin and Gula up for the blacksmith competition.
• Xu Xiaoyan’s tests showed strong Spiritual Power but low physical strength, prompting Wu Zhangkong to prescribe body-conditioning training.
• Wu Zhangkong explained the benefits and side effects of Arceus Pharmaceutical Company’s medicinal liquid, and Tang Wulin relayed Old Tang’s questions about its safety.
• Gu Yue realized Gula had founded Arceus Pharmaceuticals and suspected he had a reason for claiming its prescription could not be protected.

Wu Zhangkong assigned medicinal liquids and arranged a battle between Gula and Tang Wulin's team, which began that night. Gula revealed the immense power of his Groudon Martial Soul and activated Land of Ruin, leaving the fight underway beneath a blazing sun.

• Wu Zhangkong explained the numbered Body Forging and Bone Strengthening Medicinal Liquids and assigned them according to each student's physique.
• Gula drank a bottle of Number Eight Medicinal Liquid and said his First Martial Soul had fused with a soul beast's soul ring.
• Wu Zhangkong arranged a battle between Gula and Tang Wulin's team, then agreed to hold it that night at Xu Xiaoyan's request.
• Tang San recognized Gula's Groudon Martial Soul as a God-level power from another plane and encouraged Tang Wulin not to fear the comparison.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin bound Gula with Star Wheel Chains and Blue Silver Grass, while Gu Yue and Xie Xie attacked him.
• Gula raised a Basalt Pillar to stop Xie Xie, then unleashed Land of Ruin, bringing harsh sunlight that strengthened earth and fire skills and negated water skills.

Gula overwhelmed Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan with his Artificial Sun and Gravity Domain, forcing Xie Xie to surrender before Wu Zhangkong stopped the fight. Afterward, Wu Zhangkong criticized Gu Yue and Tang Wulin for relying on brute force and neglecting teamwork and their martial skills.

• Gu Yue tried to fuse the four basic elements, but Gula’s Artificial Sun amplified Fire and disrupted her control.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie attacked Gula together, but his Gravity Domain crushed their assault and trapped them under thirty-seven times gravity.
• Tang Wulin summoned Jinyu, but Gula increased gravity to fifty times, and Xie Xie admitted defeat.
• Wu Zhangkong intervened, and Gula withdrew his Gravity Field, ending the battle.
• Wu Zhangkong told Gu Yue to control the fight and trust her teammates, then urged Tang Wulin to use Blue Silver Grass instead of relying chiefly on his bloodline.

After thirty days of special training, Wu Zhangkong and the students traveled by Soul Tool Train to the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition. The train was attacked by masked winged Soul Masters seeking Gula, and Gula and Wu Zhangkong prepared to fight back.

• Wu Zhangkong reviewed the students’ Soul Skills, arranged body-tempering training with Gula’s Gravity Domain, and ordered Gula to train against him with both Martial Souls.
• The group completed thirty days of special training, during which Gula advanced to rank thirty-seven.
• On the train, Xie Xie explained the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition and its rewards, while Tang Wulin considered entering to earn money.
• Masked winged Soul Masters broke into the carriage and demanded that the passengers hand over Gula.
• Gula warned Wu Zhangkong, who froze the attackers briefly with his Skyfrost Sword as Gula crushed their wings with Seventy Times Gravity Field.

Wu Zhangkong battled Holy Spirit Cult evil soul masters aboard a Soul Tool Train, breaking through to rank seventy and unleashing his Skyfrost True Body. Gula rescued passengers and realized Qiangu Dongfeng had likely used the cult to target him over his medicinal formula.

• The Three-Eyed Evil Soul Master attacked Wu Zhangkong with his Sixth Soul Skill, Soul Punishing Demonic Eye, while the train passengers suffered deadly casualties.
• Wu Zhangkong activated his Two-Word Battle Armor, Heavenly Ice, and fought the attackers as Gula's Gravity Domain weighed them down.
• Wu Zhangkong used his Frost Whisper Ice Wheel and other ice techniques to wound the evil soul masters, while their leader transformed into a Thunder Eagle.
• Under pressure, Wu Zhangkong broke through rank seventy, gained his Seventh Soul Ring, and activated Skyfrost True Body, freezing several train carriages.
• Gula secretly used psychokinesis to save passengers and deduced that Qiangu Dongfeng had arranged for the Holy Spirit Cult to target him for his medicinal formula.

Gula and Wu Zhangkong defeated the Evil Soul Masters who attacked the train, then helped the shaken passengers recover. At Skysea City, the Federation Special Operations Team demanded that Gula return with them for questioning because a passenger claimed the attack targeted him.

• Gula fought the Evil Soul Masters aboard the train while Wu Zhangkong protected the passengers and killed their Soul Douluo leader.
• Wu Zhangkong sealed the breach in the carriage, and Gula used Aromatic Aura and Grassy Terrain to comfort passengers and heal their injuries.
• Wu Zhangkong called his former teacher after watching Gula help the survivors.
• At Skysea City, Tang Wulin and the others waited at the station as Gula helped rescue passengers who had died or been injured.
• Xu Xiaoyan drank Gula's Soul Calming Soup while Xie Xie complained that the attack had ruined his new silk lining.
• The Federation Special Operations Team arrived and ordered everyone on G-307 to stay put, then demanded that Gula return with them for questioning.

After Gula used his connection to Heavenly Phoenix Douluo to end the Federation’s questioning, Zhuo Shi arrived hoping to recruit him, only to learn he already had a teacher. Wu Zhangkong then brought Zhuo Shi to meet Tang Wulin and asked him to reveal his bloodline power.

• Gula told the Special Operations Team captain that the attack might be linked to Arceus Pharmaceutical and the Body Forging and Bone Strengthening Medicinal Liquid, and the captain promised to pursue the Evil Soul Masters.
• Gula and the others reached their hotel, while Gula planned to compensate the injured civilians he had not been able to save.
• Zhuo Shi scolded Wu Zhangkong for failing to check whether Gula already had a teacher, then asked him to find another disciple as compensation.
• Wu Zhangkong brought Zhuo Shi to Tang Wulin and asked Tang Wulin to ignite his bloodline power.
• Gula wondered whether Zhuo Shi had come to recruit Tang Wulin and whether luck had brought them together.

Crimson Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi recognized Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw and took him as a disciple, agreeing to wait until the Skysea Tournament was over to begin teaching him. As the students traveled to Tianhai Stadium, Gu Yue reconsidered the Plane Master’s influence and resolved to test how often Sea God Tang San’s protections could save Tang Wulin.

• Gula examined the failed Spirit Forging metal and wondered why his work had suddenly failed despite his mastery.
• Zhuo Shi sensed Tang Wulin’s powerful dragon bloodline and accepted him as his disciple, but agreed to wait until after the competition to teach him.
• Wu Zhangkong sent his students to Tianhai Stadium and told them their tournament performance would depend on themselves.
• Xu Xiaoyan clung to Gu Yue and worried about another Evil Soul Master attack, while Wu Zhangkong reassured her that security had been strengthened.
• Gu Yue reconsidered how the Plane Master had influenced her memories and plans, then decided to see how often Sea God Tang San could protect Tang Wulin.

Gula entered the single Soul Duel on Arena Seven and faced Ci Ling of Sky Sea Academy, whose Pufferfish Martial Soul filled the arena with poisonous attacks. Gula revealed his Celebi Martial Soul and began dodging while using Parasitic Seed, leaving the match unresolved.

• Gula joined the single Soul Duel after reflecting on how his divine power might affect his future forging.
• The referee announced Gula's match against Ci Ling on Arena Seven.
• Ci Ling possessed his Pufferfish Martial Soul and threatened Gula with poisonous spines and mist.
• Gula possessed his Celebi Martial Soul and scattered Parasitic Seeds as Ci Ling attacked with poisonous Soul Power cones.
• Gula fluttered his light wings and dodged Ci Ling's attack across the arena.

Gula defeated Ci Ling and advanced through four Promotion Matches to the top thirty-two. Meanwhile, he lent his power to his Groudon clone in another world, helping it resist Hoopa Unbound and strike back.

• Gula used the Two-Headed Man-Eating Flower to drain Ci Ling's Soul Power and Life Force, winning in forty-nine seconds.
• Gula won all four Promotion Matches and advanced to the top thirty-two, then agreed to let Xu Xiaoyan cheer for him the next day.
• Gula learned that Hoopa Unbound was trying to control his Groudon clone and shifted his consciousness to watch the battle in another world.
• Gula strengthened Groudon's resistance to Hoopa Unbound's control, and Groudon used Instant Movement and Great Eruption to blast Hoopa Unbound into the ground.

Groudon fought Hoopa Unbound and the controlled Divine Beasts, using sword intent and the city's Earth Vein Network to resist their attacks. Hoopa Unbound controlled Rayquaza and trapped Groudon, but Groudon unleashed a planet-powered strike as the Earth Sword Soul became complete.

• Hoopa Unbound escaped Groudon's magma and joined the controlled Divine Beasts in attacking him.
• Groudon used Gravity Sword Intent and giant stone swords to break Hoopa Unbound's Protect and drive him back.
• Hoopa Unbound abandoned his attempt to control Groudon and placed a Golden Ring around Rayquaza, taking control of it.
• Groudon transformed into a Lava Undying Body as controlled Rayquaza charged with Dragon Ascent and Hoopa Unbound trapped him in Prison Bottle Rings.
• Groudon used the city's Earth Vein Network to strike beneath the five controlled Divine Beasts and lock Hoopa Unbound's rings in place.
• Groudon condensed the city's Earth Vein Energy into a massive sword and completed the Earth Sword Soul.