Vol. 2New Rings and Revelations

Gu You and Tang San gained new Soul Rings, joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and built influence amid rising political attention. Gu You exposed Qian Renxue, helped Tang San face the truth about his family, and began exploring artificial Soul Rings and Spirit Bones.

  • Gu You gained Burst Mode from the Jade Bead Beast’s Soul Ring, while Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass began evolving after he absorbed Aromatic Rosemary’s ring.
  • Gu You and Lanta tested their group’s new abilities and discussed preserving and selling Tang San’s fragrance.
  • Gu You and his companions destroyed Klein’s Human Skin Book scheme, freeing Spiritomb and allowing Zhao Jie to kill Klein.
  • Tang San gained a Soul Ring in the Death Desert, and Gu You defeated a Golden Lion for his Third Soul Ring before the group traveled to Heaven Dou City.
  • Gu You’s group defeated the Imperial Dou Team, and Xue Qinghe gave Gu You a personal gold token.
  • Qin Ming named Gu You captain and Tang San vice-captain, and Gu You began training the Imperial Dou Team for Spirit Fights.
  • Gu You exposed Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue, who agreed to help Tang San find the informant behind Spirit Hall’s knowledge of Ah Yin.
  • Gu You showed Tang San evidence linking Soul Rings to Soul Tool Arrays, and they began preparing experiments with artificial Soul Rings and Spirit Bones.
Chapters 103–203 Read from ch. 103

Arc 5Second Soul Rings

Gu You and Tang San hunted for their second Soul Rings, leading Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to begin evolving and granting him a field of fragrance-based effects. Back in Nuoding City, the group tested their new abilities and recorded their progress, while Gu You and Lanta considered how Tang San’s fragrance might be preserved and sold.

  • Gu You obtained the Jade Bead Beast’s Soul Ring in Venomous Grudge Swamp and gained Burst Mode, while Tang San helped him recover after the hunt.
  • In Fragrant Garden, Tang San defeated Meng Yiran, and Gu You advised her to pursue a Snake-Head Guardian’s rare Erasure ability before accepting payment from Chao Tianxiang.
  • Gu You and Tang San found Aromatic Rosemary guarded by a Rouge Soft-Muscle Python, and Tang San absorbed the plant’s Soul Ring as Gu You kept watch.
  • Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass became crystalline and began evolving toward the Blue Silver Emperor, while his new Soul Skill provided strengthening, healing, weakening, and resistance effects.
  • Tang Hao secretly followed Tang San, recognized signs of his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline awakening, and decided Gu You deserved equal priority in protecting his son.
  • Back in Nuoding City, Gu You, Tang San, and Xiao Wu tested their new abilities in a Battle Royale, where Tang San used Fragrant Garden and Gu You shattered his Clear Sky Hammer before both were injured.
  • Lanta assessed the group’s abilities, and ten days later Gu You and Lanta presented reports on their evolved Martial Souls and Soul Skills.
  • Lanta suggested preserving Tang San’s fragrance for use when the group was apart, and Gu You proposed selling it to noble young ladies after explaining that nobles controlled Fragrant Park and its rare plants.
Chapters 103–127 Summaries Read

Arc 6Desert Rings and New Beginnings

Gu You and his companions pursued Lanta’s first Soul Ring, uncovered and defeated Klein’s scheme in the Shadowy Land, then ventured into the Death Desert, where Tang San and Gu You gained new Soul Rings. The group arrived in Heaven Dou City and prepared to seek admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

  • Gu You helped Lanta choose the Moonlight Flower, whose ring gave her the power to seal an enemy’s Soul Ring at the cost of disabling a teammate’s, while Zhu Zhuqing gained Nether Power from a Shadow Lizard ring.
  • Gu You and his companions investigated Zhao Wei’s disappearance, uncovered Klein’s Human Skin Book and poison scheme, and destroyed the book, freeing Spiritomb and allowing Zhao Jie to kill Klein.
  • Gu You chose the Odd Keystone as his reward and began studying its pattern with Tang San, while Zhu Zhuqing’s new abilities drew attention from her clan and the Spirit Hall.
  • Gu You and Tang San traveled to the Death Desert, where Tang San gained a Firefly Sunflower Soul Ring and Gu You defeated a Golden Lion to obtain his Third Soul Ring.
  • Gu You, Tang San, and Nightingale survived Jhen Mohran’s sandstorm, collected valuable ores, and received an invitation to Loc Lac City for the harvest season.
  • Gu You prepared research reports for his companions and planned to use Tang San’s Fourth Soul Ring to investigate what Blue Silver Grass needed to evolve.
  • Gu You brought Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Lanta to Heaven Dou City, where Meng Yiran welcomed them and arranged their stay at her manor.
  • Meng Yiran showed the group Heaven Dou Royal Academy, reassured Lanta about fitting in, and brought the four commoners to meet the Education Committee as a young woman arrived at the academy entrance.
Chapters 128–153 Summaries Read

Arc 7The Imperial Dou Team

Gu You and Tang San joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Gu You earned the Imperial Dou Team’s captaincy and pushed its members to rethink their battle roles. As political powers took notice of him, he began training the team and brought them to the Great Soul Arena for Spirit Fights.

  • Gu You and his companions arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Qinghe took an interest in Gu You and Meng Yiran introduced them to the Imperial Dou Team.
  • Gu You’s group defeated the Imperial Dou Team in a seven-on-four Spirit Fight, and Xue Qinghe gave Gu You a personal gold token while marking him for special attention.
  • Gu You accepted that politics could not be avoided and decided to build his reputation by winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
  • Gu You challenged Qin Ming’s class trial with Tang San, and their Tyrant Purple Dragon—Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon forced Qin Ming to defend himself with his Fifth Soul Skill before naming Gu You captain and Tang San vice-captain.
  • After Gu You and Tang San knocked Xue Beng unconscious, Qian Renxue investigated Gu You, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect discussed recruiting him and Tang San.
  • Gu You’s team battle exposed the limits of conventional support tactics, and he trained Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling in practical combat after Ning Fengzhi ordered Ning Rongrong to learn from him and Tang San.
  • Qin Ming made Gu You responsible for the Imperial Dou Team’s tactics, and Gu You began studying the team’s Martial Soul reports before the academy arranged Spirit Fights in Suotuo City.
  • Qin Ming took the students to the Great Soul Arena to register, where Gu You assigned their titles and Tang San and Ning Rongrong entered one-on-one Spirit Fights despite their support-type Martial Souls.
Chapters 154–178 Summaries Read

Arc 8Revelations and New Paths

Gu You reunites with Gu Rong, exposes Qian Renxue’s identity, and helps Tang San confront the truth about his parents. As Shrek Academy negotiates its move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Gu You and Tang San begin pursuing ways to create artificial Soul Rings and Spirit Bones.

  • Gu You encouraged Ning Rongrong to fight, defeated Flame Tiger with one punch, and watched her win her first Spirit Fight using Murasame.
  • Gu You met Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, resisted Gu Rong’s pressure, and learned that Gu Rong recognized his pendant as one he had given his younger brother.
  • Gu You told Tang San that Old Jack, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lanta were his real family, then trained the group and organized the Fur Hire Team’s arena debut.
  • Gu You led the Fur Hire Team to an easy victory, then confronted Xue Qinghe, who revealed herself as Qian Renxue after he exposed her disguise.
  • Qian Renxue explained how Spirit Hall learned of Ah Yin, and Tang San agreed to cooperate with her if she helped find the informant.
  • Gu You gave Tang San a story about humans killing Soul Beasts for power, and Tang San agreed to help find a way to end that cycle.
  • Yu Xiaogang negotiated Shrek Academy’s move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and his students lost a three-on-three match against Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, and Ye Lingling.
  • Gu You showed Tang San evidence that Soul Rings and Soul Tool Arrays shared a structure, and they began preparing to experiment with artificial Soul Rings and Spirit Bones.
Chapters 179–203 Summaries Read
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