Chapter Summaries

Zhu Rong apologized to Lanta for Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang’s attack, compensating her with a Hellfire Stone, while Lanta gave the siblings Recovery Potions. After Xiao Wu woke from completing her Self-Condensed Soul Ring, she confirmed the Technique Formula was intact and recounted seeing her mother during the process, leaving Gu You wondering what could have impersonated her so perfectly.

• Zhu Rong scolded Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, then introduced himself to Lanta and apologized for his students’ actions.
• Zhu Rong gave Lanta a Hellfire Stone as compensation, and Lanta gave Recovery Potions to Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.
• Huo Wu thanked Lanta but vowed to defeat her next time, and Zhu Rong told her to absorb her Fourth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu woke after completing her Self-Condensed Soul Ring, and Gu You confirmed that the Technique Formula blueprint was complete.
• Xiao Wu described seeing her mother twice during the experiment, and Gu You questioned what could have impersonated her mother so convincingly.

Gu You struggled to identify who had affected Xiao Wu’s mind, then forbade Tang San from rushing into the next Soul Ring Imprinting experiment. Nine days later, Lanta returned with Dugu Bo, and Gu You prepared to involve him in the experiment after hearing that Lanta had encountered Blazing Fire Academy’s Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu.

• Gu You and Tang San ruled out Shi Nian and other likely suspects behind Xiao Wu’s vision, then agreed not to tell her about it.
• Tang San said he was ready to test whether humans could use a Soul Beast’s Soul Ring formula, but Gu You angrily refused to let him proceed so soon after Xiao Wu’s awakening.
• Tang San reassured Gu You that he could handle the experiment, and nine days later Dugu Bo returned with Lanta after she passed her trial.
• Lanta asked Xiao Wu why Gu You and Tang San seemed distant, while Xiao Wu promised to reveal a major secret after she finished talking with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo told Gu You that Lanta had encountered Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu of Blazing Fire Academy, and Gu You asked whether he could trust Dugu Bo with a world-changing experiment.

Gu You and his companions prepared a Self-Condensed Soul Ring experiment using Tang San and the Immortal Herb Aromatic Silk Beauty as the subject. After explaining the theory and assigning Dugu Bo to intervene if anything went wrong, they began final preparations and planned to start the experiment in three days.

• Gu You explained Self-Condensed Soul Rings to Dugu Bo, who struggled to follow the lecture while Lanta asked questions about how to keep Soul Beasts from resisting.
• Gu You said persuasion might solve the resistance problem and described how he hoped to win over powerful Soul Beasts, including Bi Ji and Di Tian.
• Tang San revealed that he had prepared the Soul Power battery and Soul Guidance Array base plate, while Gu You identified the Aromatic Silk Beauty as the experiment's target.
• Gu You asked Dugu Bo to serve as a safeguard for Tang San, and the group agreed to begin the experiment in three days.
• Xiao Wu, Lanta, and Dugu Bo confirmed the equipment and their readiness; Gu You gave Tang San his Pendant and told him everything would go according to plan.

Tang San began the Soul Ring Imprinting Experiment with the Aromatic Silk Beauty and absorbed its Brilliant Star Fragment, breaking through to the Forty-Level Stage. As the Soul Guidance Array formed a ring of Soul Power around him, Gu You realized Tang San’s kingly ambition was awakening his Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Gu You explained that the experiment depended on connecting Tang San with the Aromatic Silk Beauty through Soul Power, then Tang San entered the protected array.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to retrieve the Brilliant Star Fragment, whose released aura overwhelmed everyone until Gu You shielded Lanta.
• Tang San swallowed the fragment, and it fueled his Soul Power as his Blue Silver Grass began growing beneath golden light.
• Dugu Bo called out when Tang San reached the Forty-Level Stage, and Lanta activated the Soul Power Battery to feed the array.
• Gu You saw golden patterns spread through Tang San’s crystalline Blue Silver Grass and concluded that a king’s ambition and the recognition of his subjects were key to awakening the Blue Silver Emperor.
• The array’s Soul Power broke free of its restraints and condensed into a ring around Tang San, beginning the Soul Ring formation.

Tang San formed a Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Soul Ring and awakened the Blue Silver Emperor, while Gu You feared that a god might interfere and prepared to protect him. Tang Hao sensed Ah Yin’s reaction and rushed toward Heaven Dou City, and the chapter ended with Tang San showing his changed Martial Soul to his companions.

• Tang San reached Rank 40 and, while absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s power, heard voices calling him their emperor.
• Ah Yin grew rapidly and gestured toward Heaven Dou City, prompting Tang Hao to suspect Tang San was in danger and set out to find him.
• Gu You kept Xiao Wu, Dugu Bo, and Lanta on alert while guarding Tang San against a possible divine intervention.
• Tang San awakened with a black Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Soul Ring and a changed appearance, then learned that his Martial Soul was now called the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San chased the laughing Gu You before displaying his Blue Silver Emperor and its four Soul Rings.

Tang San revealed that his Fourth Soul Skill let him hear and command plants, and he awakened the Blue Silver Domain. The chapter ended with Gu You naming the skill Command of the Emperor.

• Tang San showed off his awakened Blue Silver Emperor, and Gu You tested its strength by tearing one vine apart with both hands.
• Tang San explained that his Fourth Soul Skill let him hear plants, then demonstrated it by identifying problems with herbs in Dugu Bo's garden.
• Tang San expanded the Blue Silver Domain across the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, astonishing Dugu Bo, Gu You, Xiao Wu, and Lanta.
• Tang San used his command to make a Pinellia uproot itself and leap onto Dugu Bo, explaining that the Domain protected plants from spending their vitality.
• Gu You concluded that the Domain sustained plants when they moved and named Tang San's Fourth Soul Skill Command of the Emperor.

Gu You and Tang San left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Xiao Wu, Lanta, and Dugu Bo, while the awakened Immortal Herbs chose Tang San as their new Emperor and prepared to rally behind him. The herbs’ plan to make Tang San the Child of Nature remained hidden from him as he departed.

• Gu You and Tang San told Dugu Bo they were leaving because the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well lacked space for their research, and Gu You rejected Dugu Bo’s offer to give them the treasured land.
• The five travelers packed their supplies, tended the Immortal Herbs, locked the Laboratory, and left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in a Soul Hunting formation.
• Gu You asked Tang San whether he regretted leaving, and Tang San said he mainly regretted losing the chance to study the Immortal Herbs.
• After the group departed, the Immortal Herbs awakened and discussed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew’s choice of Tang San as their candidate.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew explained that Tang San had developed Imprint with Gu You to gain Soul Rings without killing Soul Beasts and was favored by Destiny Attribute.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty announced that Tang San had been chosen as the Immortal Herbs’ new Emperor and called the sleeping herbs to awaken.

Tang Hao arrived in Heaven Dou City, hoping to find his son and feeling guilty about the sister who had helped him. At the Dragon Serpent Family Manor, Gu You and Tang San explained Tang San’s changed appearance to Meng Yiran, then offered her and Lanta two Immortal Herbs intended to help them grow.

• Tang Hao entered Heaven Dou City in disguise, resolved to keep his identity hidden until he knew whether Tang San was safe.
• Meng Yiran stumbled into breakfast and was startled to find Dugu Bo, Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lanta at the manor.
• Gu You and Tang San convinced Meng Yiran that the blue-haired person at breakfast was Tang San, whose Blue Silver Grass had evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Meng Yiran asked whether her Serpent Cane could evolve into a Dragon Staff, and Gu You said it was possible but depended on her.
• Meng Yiran led the group to her weapon-filled Mimicry Cultivation Environment, where Tang San presented her and Lanta with the Immortal Herbs Star Luo Spirit Pearl and Skull Labyrinth.

Tang San presented Lanta and Meng Yiran with the Immortal Herbs chosen for them, warning that Meng Yiran’s Hungry Demon Pill was dangerous and could awaken fear and madness. As Meng Yiran considered whether to consume it, the Skull Labyrinth revealed that it wanted revenge on someone and believed Tang San’s companion could help bring its enemy down.

• Tang San explained the rarity and risks of Immortal Herbs, then gave Lanta the Star Radiance Fruit, which could grant her control over starlight.
• Tang San opened the box containing Meng Yiran’s Hungry Demon Pill, and its appearance frightened her enough to summon her Serpent Cane before he restrained it with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San told the tragic legend behind the Skull Labyrinth and explained that its fruit could grant illusion and fear-manipulating powers, but required its consumer to control their fear.
• Tang San asked Meng Yiran whether she was ready to welcome madness, while Gu You waited for her decision.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty spoke with the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and Skull Labyrinth, and the Skull Labyrinth said it hoped Tang San’s companion would help it take revenge on the person who betrayed her identity as the Child of Nature.

Meng Yiran overcame the Hungry Demon Pill’s fear trial while Lanta absorbed the Star Radiance Fruit in an extraordinary display of power. The chapter left Meng Yiran rejecting the darkness that tried to exploit her fear of falling behind Gu You and the others.

• Meng Yiran overcame her hesitation and accepted the Hungry Demon Pill, while Lanta began absorbing the Star Radiance Fruit.
• Dugu Bo asked Gu You for an Immortal Herb for Dugu Yan, but Gu You warned that using one before her Jade Scale Five Poisons were balanced could endanger her life.
• Gu You teased Dugu Bo with the notebook containing Dugu Yan’s chosen herb and its harvesting instructions, then explained why she needed to wait.
• Lanta drew the Star Radiance Fruit’s starlight into her Sky Dome Bow and first Soul Ring, then absorbed the fruit as Tang San and Gu You watched in surprise.
• Inside the Hungry Demon Pill’s darkness, Meng Yiran recognized that she feared her aptitude would never let her keep pace with her companions.
• Meng Yiran rejected the voice’s offer to turn her fear into power and challenged it for comparing itself with Gu You.

After swallowing the Hungry Demon Pill, Meng Yiran woke to find its spirit, Skull Labyrinth, attached to her Serpent Cane because she had not fully overcome her fear. Lanta and Meng Yiran discovered their Martial Souls had changed, and the chapter ended as a Black-Robed Man approached Tang San and called him “Ah Yin.”

• Meng Yiran awoke with Skull Labyrinth speaking through her Serpent Cane and learned she would need to overcome her fear in reality to obtain its full power.
• Gu You explained that Skull Labyrinth’s consciousness had attached itself to Meng Yiran’s Martial Soul after she failed to complete the Immortal Herb’s trial.
• Lanta revealed that the Star Luo Spirit Pearl had evolved her Sky Dome Bow into a bow that wielded Astral Power, while Meng Yiran described how her new Power of Fear enhanced her illusions.
• Gu You proposed new names for the transformed Martial Souls, and Lanta suggested calling Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane the Terror Serpent Cane.
• Xiao Wu, Lanta, and Meng Yiran declined to return to class, while Tang San persuaded Gu You to join him for fishing that weekend.
• A Black-Robed Man approached Tang San outside the manor and called him “Ah Yin.”

Tang Hao found Tang San in Heaven Dou City and revealed himself, then overwhelmed Dugu Bo and Gu You when they tried to stop him. He took Tang San toward the outskirts, leaving Gu You injured as Tai Tan arrived looking for the hammer-wielding man.

• Dugu Bo sensed that the Black-Robed Man was extraordinarily powerful and moved to shield Gu You and Tang San.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang San’s awakened Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and remembered Ah Yin’s instructions about their son.
• Tang Hao struck Dugu Bo aside, revealed himself to Tang San, and said he had come to take him somewhere.
• Dugu Bo attacked Tang Hao, but Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and launched him out of Heaven Dou City.
• Gu You attacked to stop Tang Hao from taking Tang San, but Tang Hao broke his arm and flew away with Tang San.
• Meng Yiran, Xiao Wu, and Lanta found Gu You, and Tai Tan arrived demanding to know where the hammer-wielding man had gone.

Steward Tang Gui hid his disturbing affection for a skeleton until Aude summoned him to Madam, while Gu You learned that Tang Hao had taken Tang San and confronted Tai Tan. Gu You resisted Tai Tan’s pressure and recognized him as the Strength Clan patriarch, leaving their encounter poised to continue.

• Steward Tang Gui secretly took a skeleton from his Storage Soul Tool, danced with it, and put it away before answering Aude’s summons from Madam.
• Gu You told Lanta, Meng Yiran, and Xiao Wu that Tang Hao had taken Tang San and Dugu Bo had been blasted away, then reassured them that Tang San would return.
• Tai Tan demanded an answer from Gu You and released his pressure when Gu You ignored him.
• Gu You used Haoshoku Haki to shield himself and the others, then challenged Tai Tan for threatening them.
• Tai Tan introduced himself as the God of Strength and patriarch of the Strength Clan, and Gu You asked whether it was under the Clear Sky Sect.

Gu You rejected Tai Tan’s unspoken recruitment offer and fought the Strength Clan after Tai Long targeted Xiao Wu. He defeated Tai Long and froze Tai Tan and Tai Nuo, but the effort left him badly weakened.

• Tai Long recognized Xiao Wu and accused her of being with Gu You, prompting Tai Tan to attack the group with his aura.
• Gu You shielded Xiao Wu and the others from Tai Tan’s pressure, while Tai Tan ordered Tai Long to kill them.
• Tai Long attacked Gu You, but Gu You caught his fist and knocked him down with a devastating counterattack.
• Tai Tan and Tai Nuo released their Great Strength Gorilla Martial Souls and charged Gu You as he declared he would protect what he cherished.
• Gu You unleashed the Glacier Dinosaur’s power and froze Tai Tan and Tai Nuo into ice sculptures, then staggered from the strain.

Gu You unleashed Ultimate Ice to defeat Tai Nuo and injure Titan, but the backlash left him unable to move until Dugu Bo returned and drove Titan back. After Titan tried to claim Gu You’s Soul Bone and invoked the Clear Sky Sect, Gu You ordered Dugu Bo to kill him, and Dugu Bo estimated it would take thirty seconds.

• Gu You’s Ultimate Ice froze Tai Nuo and Titan, but its backlash left Gu You nearly immobilized.
• Tai Nuo collapsed critically wounded while Titan broke free and tried to tear the Soul Bone from Gu You’s arm.
• Meng Yiran and Xiao Wu tried to stop Titan, but Dugu Bo arrived in time to blast him away.
• Dugu Bo returned battered, and Gu You teased him before revealing that he had always known Tang San’s second Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Titan invoked the Clear Sky Sect and asked about the disciple who had just left, but Gu You ordered Dugu Bo to kill him.
• Titan began swelling beneath black light, and Dugu Bo said he would need thirty seconds.

Dugu Bo defeated and killed Titan with poison after Titan attacked him, while Gu You realized the battle had created an opening for Xue Qinghe to seize the throne. At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Emperor Xue Ye demanded to know why Clear Sky Douluo had appeared in the city.

• Titan attacked Dugu Bo with his eighth Soul Skill, but Dugu Bo slipped between his arms and poisoned him.
• Titan collapsed and died despite pleading that he belonged to the Clear Sky Sect, while Gu You and Dugu Bo left him behind.
• Gu You told Dugu Bo to go treat his wounds and said he would wait for the first Heaven Dou Empire official to arrive.
• Gu You concluded that the absent officials had left Xue Qinghe a rare opportunity to ascend the throne and thanked Clear Sky Douluo for creating it.
• Soldiers surrounded the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace in fear of Clear Sky Douluo, while Emperor Xue Ye demanded that his ministers explain why the Douluo had appeared in the city.

Emperor Xue Ye confronted the failures of Heaven Dou City's defenses after Tang Hao appeared and fought Poison Douluo, while Ning Fengzhi explained how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had contained the Strength Clan. The chapter ended with Gu You telling Qian Renxue that Tang Hao's appearance could help her win the ministers' support and begin her ascent.

• Xue Ye demanded an explanation from City Guard commander Cai Peng, but Ge Long defended Cai Peng and urged the emperor to learn why Tang Hao had come.
• Ge Long questioned Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Fengzhi denied contacting Tang Hao; Xue Xing tried to implicate the absent Sword Douluo, but Ning Fengzhi explained that Chen Xin had gone to restrain the Strength Clan.
• Xue Ye learned that Chen Xin had stopped the Strength Clan and thanked Ning Fengzhi for protecting Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue met Gu You in a carriage and revealed her identity while Snake Lance and Pufferfish watched him warily.
• Gu You told Qian Renxue that the ministers might support her if she negotiated with Tang Hao while Xue Ye appeared afraid, and said they could prepare for her ascent.

After Tang Hao took Tang San and Dugu Bo killed Tai Tan, Gu You rejected the idea of yielding to the Clear Sky Sect and challenged Qian Renxue’s belief that Soul Masters stood above ordinary people. He left Qian Renxue recognizing that Soul Masters and commoners were human alike.

• Gu You explained that Tang Hao had taken Tang San and that Dugu Bo had killed Tai Tan, prompting Qian Renxue to consider how Heaven Dou would answer the Clear Sky Sect.
• She Long warned Gu You that the Clear Sky Sect’s power and secret techniques made it too dangerous to dismiss, but Gu You insisted it was no threat.
• Gu You ordered Qian Renxue to have the Spirit Hall army kill any Clear Sky Sect members who left their sealed gates, then criticized her for treating Soul Masters as superior to commoners.
• Gu You handed Qian Renxue the Falling Phoenix Blade and asked her to cut her hand; when she felt pain and bled, he reminded her that she was human before she was a Soul Master.
• Qian Renxue watched a drop of blood fall and concluded that Soul Masters and commoners were the same.

Gu You staged an injury at the palace entrance so Xue Qinghe could earn the Iron Dragon Legion’s sympathy and support. After explaining his plan to Qian Renxue, he entered the throne room and confronted Xue Ye about the people captured by the Clear Sky Douluo.

• Gu You had She Long break his arm and injure him before Xue Qinghe carried him from the carriage and called for a healer in front of the Iron Dragon Legion.
• Chen Fugui healed Gu You’s arm, and Xue Qinghe rewarded him with a token before Gu You pretended to wake in confusion and panic about the Clear Sky Douluo.
• As they ran through the palace, Gu You explained to Qian Renxue that sharing the soldiers’ vulnerability and showing concern for them would win their support over Xue Ye.
• Gu You argued that Qian Renxue also needed the backing of low-level Soul Masters and ordinary civilians, hinting that commoners might one day become Soul Masters.
• Gu You entered the throne room ahead of Xue Qinghe, pointed at Xue Ye, and demanded to know why he remained seated while the Clear Sky Douluo had captured their subjects and people.

Gu You confronted Emperor Xue Ye over his failure to protect Heaven Dou City during Tang Hao’s attack, then defeated the palace guards who tried to restrain him. Xue Ye handed the Scepter of Imperial Power to Xue Qinghe and left the response to him, giving the disguised Qian Renxue authority to act.

• Prince Xue Xing ordered the guards to arrest Gu You for offending Xue Ye, while Ge Long prepared to uphold the emperor’s authority.
• Gu Rong restrained Ge Long, and Gu You broke free of the guards and demanded that Xue Ye answer for his absence during Tang Hao’s attack and the Strength Clan’s threat.
• Gu You defeated the guards without using Soul Power, leaving Xue Ye unable to defend his actions and the watching ministers wary of his leadership.
• Xue Qinghe promised Gu You that the empire would answer for what happened, while Xue Ye reflected that his failing health and lost support threatened the Xue Clan’s rule.
• Xue Ye gave Xue Qinghe the Scepter of Imperial Power and left, and Qian Renxue realized Gu You’s actions had helped her gain authority.
• Xue Qinghe asked Gu You to explain what had happened during Tang Hao’s attack.