Chapter Summaries

Gu You planned to travel to the Blazing Archipelago for a dangerous Fourth Soul Ring, despite warnings about the Dragon Slayer and Odogaron. Three days later, Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation to depart.

• Gu You asked Meng Yiran to have the Skull Labyrinth evaluate her Terror Serpent Cane, and it called the cane promising but immature.
• Gu You told Meng Yiran he planned to hunt for his Fourth Soul Ring in the Blazing Archipelago, and she agreed to oversee training while he was away.
• Xiao Wu questioned why Gu You would not hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he revealed he intended to choose between a Dragon Slayer and an Odogaron.
• Sebastian warned that both spirit beasts were exceptionally dangerous and said Sword Douluo Chen Xin had been the last soul master known to hunt a Dragon Slayer successfully.
• Gu You assured Meng Yiran and the others that he had made arrangements, then Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and set out with Xue Qinghe.

Xue Qinghe negotiated with Salas to secure Zhao Wuji’s freedom and deepen cooperation between the empire and Spirit Hall. Gu You then oversaw Ma Hongjun and Oscar’s exhausting run and reviewed their martial soul research reports.

• Xue Qinghe told Salas that Spirit Hall planned to recall him, and Salas laughed before agreeing to let Zhao Wuji enter and leave Spirit Hall freely.
• Xue Qinghe promised that Blue Tyrant Academy would participate in the competition and proposed broader cooperation between the empire and Spirit Hall.
• Gu You considered how Xue Qinghe could build an independent force to withstand pressure from Emperor Xue Ye and Marshal Ge Long.
• Qin Ming brought the exhausted Ma Hongjun and Oscar to Gu You after they ran from Heaven Dou City under his speed requirements.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun ate recovery sausages, bickered, and were ordered to rest while Gu You reviewed their martial soul reports.

Gu You and Dugu Bo discussed Oscar’s misused soul skills and learned that Yu Xiaogang had led Shrek Academy before it merged with Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After ten days of harsh travel training, Gu You, Qin Ming, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar reached Seaside City, the departure point for the Blazing Archipelago, and planned to gather information before setting out.

• Gu You reviewed Lanta’s report on Oscar’s soul skills, and Dugu Bo became furious after learning Yu Xiaogang had overseen Oscar’s training.
• Dugu Bo recognized Yu Xiaogang’s name and vanished, leaving Gu You to be grabbed by Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Gu You led Qin Ming, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar through ten days of wilderness travel, improving the two students’ survival skills and strengthening their bond with him.
• The group entered Seaside City, where Qin Ming explained its port trade and how ships used colored flags to signal their destinations in the Blazing Archipelago.
• Gu You chose a hotel for the group and proposed resting overnight, gathering information in the morning, and deciding when to depart that night.

Gu You and his companions settled into Seaside City, planned their sightseeing, and followed a hotel attendant’s recommendation to the hidden Sailor Club. After meeting its owner, Fang Qi, Gu You asked him to take them to Flame King Island.

• Qin Ming left to visit friends, while Gu You booked rooms for himself, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar and covered the cost.
• The hotel attendant recommended the Sailor Club, and Ma Hongjun reflected on the wilderness-survival skills Gu You had taught him.
• Gu You and the others studied a city map and agreed to visit the Sailor Club before exploring separately and meeting again that night.
• The three found the Sailor Club concealed behind a shabby facade and were led inside by its wary bartender.
• Gu You ordered the remaining shrimp and mussels, then asked the owner, Fang Qi, to take him to Flame King Island.

Gu You learned from Fang Qi that the Blazing Archipelago’s islands were linked by shifting underwater paths and that Flame King Island was packed with powerful soul beasts. He rejected Fang Qi’s offer to visit Cannon Island and set his sights on Dragon Slayer and Odogaron before heading to the Seaside Great Soul Arena.

• Gu You met sailor Fang Qi at the Sailor Club and learned that Fang Qi had lost his leg and could no longer sail to Flame King Island.
• Fang Qi warned Gu You, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun that Flame King Island and five other large islands held dangerous ten-thousand-year soul beasts, and explained that tidal passages connected the islands.
• Fang Qi offered to arrange a trip to Cannon Island, but Gu You said he wanted to hunt Dragon Slayer and Odogaron instead.
• After sharing a meal at the Sailor Club, Gu You told Ma Hongjun he had discovered interesting information and headed for the Seaside Great Soul Arena, while Oscar went to gather information at the beach and docks.

Gu You and Ma Hongjun visited the Seaside Great Soul Arena to study sea battles before entering a two-on-two Spirit Fight. They faced the experienced Spray Team under the deliberately unassuming name Pink Fluffy Rabbit Team, and the match was about to begin.

• Gu You and Ma Hongjun watched matches at the arena and learned that outsiders used its floating platforms to prepare for sea combat.
• After Ma Hongjun admitted he could not swim, Gu You still insisted they sign up for a match.
• Gu You named their team Pink Fluffy Rabbit, and the host announced they would challenge the rank-forty-nine Spray Team despite Ma Hongjun being only rank thirty-four.
• Gu You landed confidently on a floating platform, while Ma Hongjun fell onto all fours and drew laughter from the audience.
• Bai Lang introduced himself and his teammate Hua Hongrui, then told Gu You they should finish the fight quickly.

Gu You and Ma Hongjun fought Sea Soul Masters Bai Lang and Hua Hongrui in a Spirit Fight, with Gu You taking the underwater battle and Ma Hongjun attacking from above. Ma Hongjun unleashed his Noble Phantasm, O Eclipse, Turn into Desolation, just as Gu You surfaced, forcing Gu You to summon Ultimate Conductor Tyranno and defend himself.

• Gu You and Ma Hongjun introduced themselves before the Spirit Fight began, while Bai Lang and Hua Hongrui revealed their Flying Fish and Wave-Turning Oar martial souls.
• Gu You threw Ma Hongjun toward Hua Hongrui and assigned him to attack above the water while Gu You confronted Bai Lang below it.
• Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Line broke through Hua Hongrui's Vortex Water Pillar, and Hua Hongrui retaliated with Water Flow Chain as Gu You plunged underwater.
• Bai Lang attacked Gu You underwater but was beaten unconscious after Gu You lured him close and fought him in the water.
• Ma Hongjun burned through Hua Hongrui's attacks and released O Eclipse, Turn into Desolation, while Gu You surfaced carrying Bai Lang.
• Gu You saw Ma Hongjun's black fireball bearing down on him, activated Ultimate Conductor Tyranno, and summoned Thunder Arm.

Gu You helped Ma Hongjun contain and redirect the dangerous black flames of his new Noble Phantasm, then studied what the experiment revealed about developing simplified Noble Phantasms. The chapter ended with Gu You back in the private room, asking Yuan Yifan for a place to eat.

• Gu You pierced Ma Hongjun’s shoulder with Thunder Arm, used Ultimate Ice to suppress his unstable black flames, and ordered him to fire Phoenix Fire Line into the sky.
• Ma Hongjun released the flames as a black rose that went out before reaching the stands, and Gu You treated his injury with a recovery potion.
• Hua Hongrui surrendered before fighting Gu You, who complained to Ma Hongjun about the Spirit Fight Arena’s rules.
• Gu You analyzed how simplified Noble Phantasms differed from moves built by combining Soul Skills and suspected that Soul Beast Soul Rings were key to their development.
• Gu You returned to the private room, found Ma Hongjun talking with Yuan Yifan, and asked Yuan Yifan to recommend an inexpensive, filling place to eat.

Oscar reported that Qi Xiaofeng controlled Sailor’s Home and its ships to the Blazing Archipelago, while Gu You and his companions prepared to attend Seaside City Auction House. At the auction house, they witnessed Qi Tao and his friends ride in and whip the welcoming girls.

• Oscar explained that ships to the Blazing Archipelago were managed by Sailor’s Home, which secretly funneled its profits to city lord Qi Xiaofeng.
• Oscar identified twenty Red Flag Ships and three Black Flag Ships whose captains shared the Qi surname, linking them to Qi Xiaofeng’s family.
• Gu You told Oscar and Ma Hongjun to eat, change clothes, and attend Seaside City Auction House for their planned event.
• Gu You presented a Martial Soul Card with ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to qualify for entry to the auction house.
• A group of young men rode through the auction house’s doors and whipped the welcoming girls, and Gu You learned their leader was city lord’s son Qi Tao.

Gu You and his companions entered Seaside City Auction House, where Supervisor Qi tried to extort them but backed down after Gu You revealed the Crown Prince’s token. From the auction office, Gu You learned that Qi Tao was related to Supervisor Qi and saw slaves being sold; he decided to take Wu Juanjuan and visit Qi Tao’s father the next day.

• Wu Juanjuan led Gu You, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar through the wrecked auction house to Supervisor Qi’s office.
• Supervisor Qi demanded extra Gold Soul Coins and threatened the group, but Gu You presented the Crown Prince’s token and forced him to submit.
• Gu You ordered Wu Juanjuan to massage his shoulders while Ma Hongjun and Oscar watched the auction from the office’s crystal window.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar spotted Qi Tao among the auction’s guests, and Gu You learned that Supervisor Qi, Qi Langhai, was Qi Tao’s uncle.
• After watching enslaved women sold at auction, Gu You said he would take Wu Juanjuan and visit Qi Tao’s father the next day.

After Gu You rescued Wu Juanjuan from the auction house, Ma Hongjun escorted her home and learned why she remained in the slums despite the city’s slave trade. Meanwhile, Qi Xiaofeng mistook Gu You for a corruptible envoy and prepared money and women for him, while Gu You set a transformation plan in motion.

• Gu You sent Ma Hongjun to escort Wu Juanjuan home, and Ma Hongjun questioned her about the auction house’s slave trade and the empire’s failure to intervene.
• Wu Juanjuan explained that poverty and her sick mother kept her trapped in the slums, then thanked Ma Hongjun and returned home with two Gold Soul Coins.
• Wu Juanjuan told her mother she had made three new friends, while Ma Hongjun returned to the hotel without waking Gu You.
• Qi Langhai reported the auction house incident to Qi Xiaofeng, who decided Gu You was an envoy seeking favors and ordered money and women prepared for him.
• Gu You watched the City Lord’s Mansion with Nightingale and Dugu Bo, ordered Nightingale to protect Wu Juanjuan, and said the stage for his plan was ready.

Gu You and his companions visited Qi Xiaofeng at Seaside City, where Gu You posed as an arrogant Heaven Dou noble while seeking information about Dragon Slayer and Odogaron. He planned to hunt them for his Fourth Soul Ring the next morning, leaving Qi Xiaofeng eager to win his favor and worried about his dangerous expedition.

• Gu You introduced himself and his companions to Qi Xiaofeng, criticized the castle, and listened as Qi Xiaofeng described Seaside City's supposed troubles.
• Qi Xiaofeng showed the group portraits of Qi Family heads and privately mistook Gu You for a gullible, self-serving noble he could eventually replace.
• Qi Langhai gave Gu You a Soul Tool containing twenty and handed Martial Soul Cards to Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Gu You asked for Dragon Slayer and Odogaron's whereabouts and revealed he intended to use one as his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Gu You refused Qi Xiaofeng's offer to lead the expedition, demanded a ship and information, then left with Ma Hongjun and Oscar to find Qin Ming before departing the next morning.

Gu You gathered reports at Sailor's Home and used sailors’ accounts to map the Blazing Archipelago’s routes and identify a promising island. He chose Water Beast Island, where Dragon Slayer and Odogaron sightings had been reported recently, and prepared to investigate after dinner.

• Gu You told Qin Ming to meet the group the next morning, while Qin Ming prepared to resume his challenge toward the Blazing Archipelago with his friends.
• Gu You took Ma Hongjun and Oscar to Sailor's Home, dismissed its staff, and gathered reports about Dragon Slayer and Odogaron.
• Dugu Bo appeared and assured Oscar that no one else could overhear them, after which Gu You assigned the group to organize the reports.
• Gu You used sailors’ departure records and the group's reports to chart the archipelago’s routes and circled Water Beast Island as their target.
• Gu You explained that recent sightings of suitable Dragon Slayer and Odogaron had occurred on Water Beast Island, then announced that the group would eat before proceeding.

Gu You led his group across Water Beast Island, studying the Royal Ludroths and searching for the Dragon Slayer or Odogaron as a Soul Ring target. At Mirror Lake, they found Odogaron dead, but Gu You chose to keep pursuing the Dragon Slayer and said he would endure three more days until he became a Soul Ancestor.

• Gu You observed the Royal Ludroths and, with Dugu Bo's help, concluded that the wary fifty-thousand-year beast had been wounded by the Dragon Slayer.
• Gu You led Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Qin Ming, and Dugu Bo through the rainforest toward Mirror Lake after they found no further Dragon Slayer tracks.
• The group reached Mirror Lake and discovered that Odogaron had been brutally killed and dismembered.
• Dugu Bo identified the dead Spirit Beast as the twenty-thousand-year Odogaron, while Gu You had Oscar and Ma Hongjun wash its claws for him.
• Gu You rejected finding another target and decided to continue pursuing the Dragon Slayer, saying he would endure three more days until he became a Soul Ancestor.

Gu You ambushed the Hellblade Dragon Slayer as it prepared to leave Water Beast Island, using his knowledge of Soul Beasts to predict its route. Their opening clash cracked the Dragon Slayer’s tail blade but badly injured Gu You, and the battle continued into a second round.

• The Hellblade Dragon Slayer left its canyon after defeating Water Beast Island’s strongest Soul Beasts and set its sights on new opponents.
• Gu You explained to Dugu Bo and the others that the Dragon Slayer would pass through the canyon on its way to Baron Island.
• Gu You leaped from the cliff and struck the Hellblade Dragon Slayer with his four-hundred-thousand-horsepower Tyranno Blast Fist.
• The Hellblade Dragon Slayer countered with its tail blade, and the clash shook the island and filled the canyon with dust.
• Gu You survived with severe injuries while the Hellblade Dragon Slayer discovered cracks in its tail blade, and Gu You declared the first round a draw.

Gu You fought Hellblade Glavenus in a destructive battle that lasted through the day and night, finally killing it by clinging to its back and repeatedly using Hell Stab. Afterward, he began absorbing its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring while Dugu Bo guarded him.

• Dugu Bo sent Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Qin Ming away as Gu You faced Hellblade Glavenus alone.
• Gu You pierced Glavenus's face with a boosted Disorder Splitting Wind Claw Blade, then deflected its explosive tail strike with a left hook.
• Gu You climbed onto Glavenus and stabbed into gaps in its carapace with Hell Stab while it thrashed and smashed itself against the cliffs.
• After a day and night of fighting, Glavenus exhausted itself and died, and Dugu Bo kicked Gu You off its corpse.
• Gu You cleaned himself, called over Glavenus's ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and asked Dugu Bo to protect him as he began absorbing it.

Gu You survived absorbing the Hellblade Dragon Slayer’s Soul Ring and woke on Yaksha Island with a new Fourth Soul Skill. He met Hanuman, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who introduced himself as the Teostra Candidate ruling the island.

• Wu Juanjuan woke bound in a torture room, where her captor said the Qi Family had ordered her death for witnessing something she should not have seen.
• Dugu Bo sent up a signal flare, then encountered a powerful, fur-covered stranger who asked how the Hellblade Dragon Slayer had died.
• While unconscious in the darkness, Gu You found the Hellblade Dragon Slayer in its Blast-Heat State and watched Ultimate Conductor Tyranno reach for it.
• On the seventh day, Gu You woke after completing his Fourth Soul Skill as a storm gathered over the island.
• Hanuman introduced himself as the Teostra Candidate who ruled Yaksha Island and commanded the Infernape clan, and Gu You introduced himself in return.

Gu You tried to convince Hanuman that killing Hellblade Glavenus had not been a bid to become the Fire King, but Hanuman instead invited him to inherit Yaksha Island and train as a Teostra Candidate. As Hanuman explained the Blazing Archipelago and its rulers, he identified Scarlet King as the current Flame King and recognized its scent on Gu You.

• Hanuman believed Gu You wanted to become the Fire King and urged him to come to Yaksha Island, while Gu You insisted he had only hunted for a soul.
• Oscar asked Dugu Bo about Hanuman, and Dugu Bo explained that Hanuman was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Infernape with immense speed and destructive power.
• Gu You asked Hanuman about the Blazing Archipelago, and Hanuman described its islands, rulers, and his own rise to lead Yaksha Island.
• Hanuman explained that Flame King Island was a sacred land where only the strongest Fire Attribute user could rule, and that Teostra Candidates were exceptional individuals with limitless potential.
• Hanuman sensed the Flame King's scent on Gu You and named the ruler of the Blazing Archipelago as Scarlet King, leader of the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dogs.

Hanuman recognized Scarlet King’s aura on Gu You and declared him a candidate to become Teostra, then sparred with him as Gu You tested his Fourth Soul Skill. Gu You rejected Hanuman’s reasoning and questioned why the Teostra candidates did not choose one of their own.

• Hanuman tapped Gu You’s left hand, triggering Ultimate Conductor Tyranno’s flames, and praised the purity of Gu You’s fire.
• Gu You used his Fourth Soul Skill, Blade Sharpening, to turn his tail into a Glavenus greatsword and challenged Hanuman.
• Gu You entered Meteor Omen Dragon Form and attacked Hanuman, who effortlessly blocked and dodged his strikes while testing Gu You’s flame.
• Gu You ended his Martial Soul Possession and asked Hanuman whether his strength was enough for Flame King Island; Hanuman said Gu You could defeat Soul Beasts below thirty thousand years with ease.
• Hanuman explained that Teostra candidates had to win one-on-one battles and claimed Gu You had been chosen by Scarlet King because he defeated Hellblade Glavenus and carried Scarlet King’s aura.
• Gu You denied ever meeting Scarlet King and asked Hanuman why the living Scarlet King did not become Teostra himself.

Gu You agreed to help Hanuman challenge the Scarlet King, but persuaded him to return to Flame King Island later so he could gain combat experience elsewhere. Before leaving, Gu You and the others found an External Soul Bone in the Hellblade Glavenus’s corpse.

• Hanuman admitted that he wanted Gu You to defeat the Scarlet King and become the next Teostra, hoping to claim the position afterward himself.
• Gu You agreed to return eventually but convinced Hanuman that he needed to go home and grow stronger through battles elsewhere, then swore on his Martial Soul that he would come back.
• A storm broke over the island, and Hanuman suggested that Gu You inspect the Hellblade Glavenus’s corpse before leaving.
• Qin Ming found a dark red External Soul Bone near the Glavenus’s tail, and Dugu Bo identified it as a pelvis bone formed from several connected bones.
• Gu You named the bone the Hellblade Glavenus Pelvis, and Dugu Bo urged him to absorb it before returning home.