Chapter Summaries

Gu You and Tang San created an artificial ice-attribute Spirit Bone using a Soul Tool Array, Snowlight Metal, an Odd Keystone, and Ice Jade Scorpion blood. Gu You absorbed it himself, survived its freezing effects, and gained Soul Power, leaving him eager to test its abilities.

• Gu You and Tang San traveled outside Heaven Dou City and prepared a remote site with a rock foundation, Snowlight Metal, an Odd Keystone, and Ice Jade Scorpion blood.
• Gu You channeled Soul Power into the materials, but the Odd Keystone absorbed it for the entire day while Tang San replenished him.
• At midnight, the Odd Keystone’s barrier broke, and an ice-blue right-arm Spirit Bone formed.
• Gu You stopped Tang San from interfering and absorbed the Spirit Bone, which froze his body and brought a vision of the Glacier Dinosaur.
• Gu You broke free of the ice, absorbed the chill into his right arm, and discovered that his Soul Power had risen to level thirty-six.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion discovered that half of the soul beasts’ destiny had shifted to Gu You and projected its spirit into Xiao Wu to order her to bring him to Life Lake. Xiao Wu resisted the remote control but was left compelled to carry out the command.

• Di Tian summoned the ferocious beasts after Bi Ji brought back a weakened Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whose loss of power enraged the gathered soul beasts and startled soul masters across Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion revealed that half of the soul beasts’ destiny had vanished and was now tied to a human, then vowed to deal with him itself rather than launch a beast tide.
• After returning from training and a spirit fight, Xiao Wu fell asleep at the Dragon Serpent Family Manor while Gu You was away conducting an experiment.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion used its spiritual power and soul beast destiny to control Xiao Wu remotely, ordering her to bring Gu You back to Life Lake.

Gu You and Tang San tested Gu You’s newly created artificial spirit bone, finding that it produced ice powers and became dramatically stronger when Gu You possessed his Ultimate Conductor Tyranno. Gu You began planning further experiments, offered Tang San a custom spirit bone, and Tang San declined.

• Gu You celebrated creating an artificial spirit bone and later tested its Soul Tool Freezing Right Arm Bone with Tang San.
• Gu You and Tang San found that the Snowlight Metal slowly recovered after the bone’s creation and that the bone’s ice powers surged during Martial Soul Possession.
• Tang San compared the bone with his Frostfall hidden weapon and concluded their ice powers were similar without Gu You’s Martial Soul, but the possessed bone was far stronger.
• Gu You suspected the Glacier Dinosaur had caused the bone’s unusual amplification and explained how Soul Tool Arrays could provide flexible control over an attribute.
• Gu You offered to design Tang San a custom spirit bone, but Tang San refused to absorb one.

Tang San asked Gu You to help him make a Spirit Bone that could aid in reviving his mother, and Gu You agreed to pursue the necessary research. After a breakthrough made Gu You far stronger, he returned to the Spirit Fight Arena, where he encountered the women of Skywater Academy.

• Tang San told Gu You he hoped to revive his mother and asked for help customizing a Spirit Bone once they found a suitable spirit-related array; Gu You agreed without revealing what he knew about Ah Yin.
• Gu You and Tang San returned to the academy, where Gu You announced he had reached Soul Power level thirty-six and challenged everyone to fight him.
• Gu You easily defeated Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing during training, leaving them shocked by how much harder he had become to hurt.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy had come to the Spirit Fight Arena to prepare for the Soul Master Tournament, and she led the group through a side entrance.
• Gu You registered for a Spirit Fight and learned he had earned enough points to receive a Silver Spirit Fight Badge.
• Eight women from Skywater Academy entered the registration hall and approached Gu You, who froze when he saw them.

Gu You met Shui Bing'er and learned about the mysterious Skywater Academy vice-captain Ailijie, whose strength and fighting style intrigued him. He then faced Ailijie in a Silver Spirit Fight as the match began.

• Gu You met Shui Bing'er at the registration counter, and she introduced herself as Skywater Academy's captain before leaving with her team.
• Supervisor Xiong told Gu You about Shui Bing'er and Ailijie, Skywater Academy's powerful vice-captain with an Ice Soul Sword Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong and Lanta explained that Ailijie had never lost a Spirit Fight and used a battle style similar to Gu You's, gradually trapping and overwhelming opponents.
• Gu You entered the Silver Spirit Fight arena and discovered that his opponent was Ailijie, who had broken his record for the fastest promotion.
• The host started Gu You and Ailijie's match.

Gu You fought Ailijie of Skywater Academy and discovered that her Ice Soul Sword drew Ultimate Ice from an Ice-Water Jade Neon Stone rather than from her own attribute. After Ailijie awakened the sword’s full power, she and Gu You charged at each other for their first direct clash.

• Gu You began his Spirit Fight against Ailijie, whose Ice Soul Sword spread freezing mist and created nine mirror images.
• Ailijie’s ice pillars struck Gu You and chilled his body, forcing him to use his Soul Rings and retreat.
• Gu You used Thunder Pool to suppress the ice beneath him, identified Ailijie’s true position, and hit her with a Thunder Light Pillar.
• Ailijie blocked the attack with her Ice Soul Sword, and Gu You recognized the phantom behind her as an Ice-Water Jade Neon Stone.
• Lanta explained that Ice-Water Jade Soul Beasts were said to come from places where extreme cold, pure water, and highly pure metal coexisted.
• Ailijie awakened the Ice Soul Sword by drawing in the arena’s ice, and she and Gu You charged into their first direct clash.

Gu You fought Ailijie in a Spirit Fight, adapting to her Ultimate Ice until he defeated her without seriously injuring her. Afterward, he warned Tang San and Xiao Wu to take Skywater Academy’s captain, Shui Bing'er, seriously and surrender if they could not defeat her.

• Gu You and Ailijie exchanged attacks as her Ice Soul Sword and Ultimate Ice wounded him and froze his claws.
• Ailijie's Time of Awakening and Ice-Water Jade power let her wield ice close to Ultimate Ice, but Gu You gradually adapted to the cold through the Glacier Dinosaur's vitality and resistance.
• Ailijie lost her composure and launched Emerald Aurora, which Gu You blocked before striking her with his tail and knocking her out of the fight.
• Gu You stopped his finishing punch beside Ailijie, and the host declared Terrifying Beast the winner.
• Gu You watched Shui Bing'er and wondered whether her Ice Phoenix had true Ultimate Ice, then warned Tang San and Xiao Wu to surrender if they could not beat her.

Gu You confirmed that Shui Bing'er wielded Ultimate Ice, while Xiao Wu fought her to reveal the full range of her abilities. Xiao Wu lost after Shui Bing'er used her third Soul Skill, then hid in the passage and regretted her defeat.

• Gu You recognized Shui Bing'er as a likely wielder of Ultimate Ice and watched her begin a Spirit Fight against Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu dodged Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal attacks and analyzed her opponent's first and second Soul Skills.
• When Shui Bing'er froze the arena, Xiao Wu used her stored Flame power and Explosive Flame Rabbit Wind Kick to injure Shui Bing'er's wing.
• Shui Bing'er praised Xiao Wu, activated Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, and froze her until the host declared Shui Bing'er the winner.
• Xiao Wu recovered with Tang San's potion, told Gu You she had forced Shui Bing'er to reveal her abilities, then went into the passage and struck the wall in regret.

Gu You researched ultimate attributes at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and traced Ailijie's background to the secretive Ai Family of Winter Snow City. He recorded unanswered questions about ultimate attributes, then returned to the training ground while Lanta stayed behind to read.

• Gu You found only five library records about powers beyond ordinary attributes and focused on the account of the Cursed Cold Heaven Sect.
• Lanta reported that Ailijie likely came from the Ai Family of Winter Snow City, whose leaders had served as city lords for nearly eight hundred years, and gave Gu You a book about the Ice Emperor's Retainer.
• Gu You concluded that Ailijie and Shui Bing'er likely wielded Ultimate Ice and considered how ultimate attributes appeared, could be acquired, and affected Soul Masters.
• Gu You wrote down questions about ultimate attributes, including whether the Ultimate Conductor Tyranno and Blue Silver Grass could obtain them, but left several answers unresolved.
• Gu You returned two books to the library and saw his and his friends' names in the borrowing registry before going back to the training ground.
• Gu You told Xiao Wu that Lanta was still reading, watched Xiao Wu practice aerial movement with flame bursts, and heard a man announce that the others had returned.

After Skywater Academy’s match, Shui Bing'er and Ailijie secretly confronted the Ice-seeking clan’s scheme to make Shui Bing'er their “princess” and vessel for Ultimate Ice. Shui Bing'er drank Ice Jade Scorpion Blood under pressure from Ailijie, who held her mother as leverage.

• Shui Bing'er returned to Skywater Academy with the team after their match, and she offered to take the weakened Ailijie for an examination.
• After the others left, Ailijie used her Pendant to draw a drop of blood into an Ice Bowl made from Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice.
• Ailijie told Shui Bing'er that the clan wanted her to reach Ultimate Ice because her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul made her a natural vessel for it.
• Shui Bing'er accused Ailijie of resenting her for taking the place Ailijie had hoped to claim as the clan’s “princess.”
• Ailijie said Shui Bing'er's mother was being kept as a guest and was waiting to see her reach Soul Power Level 40.
• Shui Bing'er swallowed the Ice Jade Scorpion Blood, while Ailijie left her behind after the painful surge of ice-attributed energy.

Gu You gave Meng Yiran a report on her Serpent Cane Martial Soul and explained how she could build on its poison and Illusion abilities. The chapter ended with him asking which path she would choose for her future development.

• Qin Ming and the Imperial Dou Team returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Gu You postponed training so the exhausted team could rest.
• Gu You presented Meng Yiran with a report assessing her Serpent Cane’s abilities, and she briefly teased him about taking it to her grandmother before agreeing to follow his advice.
• Meng Yiran reflected on how ordinary her Martial Soul seemed compared with her talented peers and wondered whether she could keep up with them.
• Gu You recommended that Meng Yiran abandon close combat and focus on her Martial Soul’s special abilities, then showed her plans for developing either poison or Illusion.

Gu You analyzed Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and challenged him to identify a defining strength, leading Yu Tianheng to embrace lightning as his path and break through to rank forty. Gu You then gave him a booklet recommending Fourth Soul Ring choices focused on lightning, leaving Yu Tianheng free to choose between Gu You’s advice and his clan’s standards.

• Gu You gave Yu Tianheng a report praising the strengths of his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul while noting its potential weaknesses.
• Gu You asked Yu Tianheng what absolute advantage he wanted to rely on, and Yu Tianheng decided that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon’s lightning would overcome every obstacle.
• Yu Tianheng’s resolve triggered a breakthrough to rank forty, making him Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first Quasi-Soul Ancestor.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Yu Feng investigated the room after sensing Yu Tianheng’s breakthrough, then the Imperial Dou Team congratulated him.
• Gu You handed Yu Tianheng a booklet recommending Fourth Soul Ring choices that emphasized lightning while retaining the dragon-bloodline requirement.

Dugu Bo read Gu You’s letter and rushed to confront Meng Yiran, believing she had discovered something important. Gu You and the others protected her until Gu You revealed that he had written the letter himself, leaving Dugu Bo to reconsider his accusation.

• Dugu Yan returned to Dugu Manor and gave Dugu Bo a sealed letter from her captain, Gu You.
• Dugu Bo read the letter, grew alarmed, and left immediately for the restaurant where Gu You and his companions were dining.
• Xiao Wu sensed danger approaching, and Dugu Bo burst into the restaurant and demanded to know what Meng Yiran had discovered.
• Gu You blocked Dugu Bo’s attack and was badly injured, while Tang San pulled Meng Yiran out of reach.
• Dugu Bo threatened Meng Yiran until Gu You admitted he had written the letter and pointed out his signature.
• Meng Yiran said she knew nothing and explained that Gu You had asked Dugu Yan to deliver the letter.

Tang San and Gu You showed Dugu Bo evidence that Dugu Yan’s blood was poisonous and explained their suspicions in the Herb Research Lab. Tang San concluded that Dugu Yan had adapted to the poison, leaving Dugu Bo to consider what the discovery meant for his granddaughter.

• Tang San privately told Gu You that Dugu Yan might be poisoned and showed him Blue Silver Grass damaged by her blood.
• Dugu Bo arrived after receiving Gu You’s letter, and Gu You identified himself as the Imperial Dou Team’s current captain and invited him to see the evidence.
• Gu You led Dugu Bo to Tang San’s Herb Research Lab, where the two researchers dressed in protective suits and explained the lab’s equipment.
• Tang San described noticing Dugu Yan’s unusual green pupils and fingernails, then finding that her blood corroded his Blue Silver Grass after their training match.
• Tang San tested Dugu Yan’s stored blood and explained that its persistent poison had likely penetrated deep into her blood and that she had adapted to it.

Tang San proved that Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison was harming her and revealed that Dugu Bo suffered from the same inherited poison. Dugu Bo confessed how the poison had killed his son and daughter-in-law, then thanked Tang San and Gu You for caring about Yanyan.

• Dugu Bo dismissed Tang San’s warning that Dugu Yan had been poisoned and threatened him after Tang San described his secret symptoms.
• Tang San mixed Dugu Yan’s three poisons into Jade Phosphorous Green Poison and demonstrated that it damaged Blue Silver Grass like the poison in her blood.
• Tang San confronted Dugu Bo with evidence that Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul was poisoning her, and Dugu Bo admitted that he and Yanyan both suffered from Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• Dugu Bo explained that the poison had killed his son and daughter-in-law and had afflicted Dugu Yan since birth.
• Dugu Bo recognized Tang San and Gu You’s concern for Yanyan and praised Tang San’s future potential in medicine and poison.

Tang San demonstrated that he could ease Dugu Bo’s poison and promised to find a cure for Dugu Yan, though he admitted he lacked the herbs to do so yet. Dugu Bo agreed to let Tang San use his Herb Garden, then took him and Gu You to a secluded mountain in Sunset Forest.

• Tang San argued that Dugu Yan’s poison would worsen as she cultivated, while Dugu Bo explained that stopping cultivation would leave her even more vulnerable to the poison.
• Tang San mixed a potion that relieved Dugu Bo’s symptoms, convincing Dugu Bo of his skill with poison.
• Dugu Bo offered Tang San his Poison Art and three favors in exchange for curing Dugu Yan, but Tang San said he first needed more effective herbs.
• Dugu Bo offered access to his Herb Garden, and Gu You asked Meng Yiran to request leave for him and Tang San from Teacher Qin Ming.
• Dugu Bo carried Gu You and Tang San to Sunset Forest, arriving at a steep mountain path near dawn.

Gu You and Tang San followed Dugu Bo into the valley and discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang San believed the rare plants could help treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan's poison. Dugu Bo left them to use the area freely, and Gu You and Tang San settled down to plan how to treat Dugu Yan.

• Gu You and Tang San climbed the mountain and followed Dugu Bo down its sheer cliff using their Soul Skills.
• Tang San recognized the two-colored spring as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained how its medicinal plants could improve their chances of treating the poison.
• Tang San told Dugu Bo that the Well raised the chance of curing Dugu Bo to seventy percent and that he could at least keep Dugu Yan alive; Dugu Bo granted them free use of the area.
• Dugu Bo warned Gu You and Tang San not to touch the springs, then returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San explored the medicinal plants while Gu You examined the Herb Garden and wooden house, then Gu You called Tang San over to discuss Dugu Yan's treatment.

Gu You and Tang San presented Dugu Bo with several ways to treat the poison afflicting him and Dugu Yan, then proposed using a Spirit Bone to contain the excess poison. Dugu Bo agreed to their plan, and Gu You ended the discussion by offering him a new project.

• Gu You and Tang San explained upper, middle, and lower treatment strategies to Dugu Bo, including a cure that would cost him his Poison Art and a slower approach to developing an antidote.
• Dugu Bo rejected the upper strategy because he would not give up his Poison Art and the middle strategy because Dugu Yan might not have enough time.
• Gu You proposed strengthening Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul, while Tang San suggested using a Spirit Bone to absorb poison beyond the Martial Soul’s limit.
• Gu You explained that the two extreme immortal herbs could be used to filter poison into the Spirit Bone, and Dugu Bo agreed to this treatment plan.
• Dugu Bo offered the herbs the brothers could not identify in exchange for the hundred-year Spirit Bone, but Gu You asked whether he wanted to hear about a new project.

Gu You demonstrated that he could create an Artificial Spirit Bone, convincing Dugu Bo of his extraordinary standing by revealing a Five Emperor Order. Dugu Bo agreed to leave matters to Gu You, and Gu You decided to establish a laboratory.

• Gu You warned Dugu Bo that Spirit Bones storing poison might eventually become full and cause the poison to erupt, then offered to show him the Artificial Spirit Bone Project.
• Gu You and Tang San assembled materials and used Gu You’s lightning to create a ten-year Ice Arrow Left Arm Bone, which Dugu Bo took to have tested.
• Dugu Bo questioned Gu You’s identity after witnessing the creation, and Gu You said he was both the scholar and the student known as Gu You.
• Gu You showed Dugu Bo a Five Emperor Order from Spirit Hall, and Dugu Bo recognized its authority and treated him with great respect.
• Dugu Bo entrusted matters to Master Gu You, and Gu You said they would set up the Laboratory.

Gu You planned a Plant Council Laboratory with Dugu Bo, while Yu Tianheng won permission to choose his own Fourth Soul Ring. In Dragon Valley, Yu Tianheng and his guards hunted a Lightning Flash Dragon, but a Valstrax crashed into their area just as he prepared to absorb its ring.

• Gu You asked Dugu Bo for metal, rare materials, Soul Beast information, and venom, then decided to replace Dugu Bo’s little house with the Plant Council Laboratory.
• Yu Yuanzhen approved Yu Tianheng’s request to choose his own Fourth Soul Ring and said he would have to bear the consequences himself.
• Yu Tianheng and guards Yu Guisheng and Yu Guilong tracked a Lightning Flash Dragon through Dragon Valley and lured it out of the river.
• Yu Guisheng and Yu Guilong restrained and killed the roughly nine-thousand-year-old Lightning Flash Dragon, and Yu Tianheng prepared to absorb its Soul Ring.
• A crimson comet struck nearby, knocking the three men down, and Yu Guisheng recognized the figure that emerged as a Valstrax.