Chapter Summaries

Gu You explained the Second Development Path for Martial Souls, showing Xiao Wu how tactics and creative uses of Soul Skills could shape a Soul Master's fighting style. The group arrived outside the city to prepare Si Si's test, while Gu You told Xiao Wu she was unlikely to become a Control System Soul Master.

• Gu You and Tang San reassured Xiao Wu that they remembered her wish and would help her with the problems involved in reviving someone.
• Gu You explained how Soul Skills such as Xiao Wu's Waist Bow and Tang San's Rooting could be used in unexpected ways, and described their Second Development Path for Martial Souls.
• Xiao Wu realized that Tang San had used tactics and careful observation to control her movements during their sparring matches.
• Gu You outlined how Tang San's observation, mobility, Blue Silver Grass, and Self-Created Soul Skills suited him to the Control System path.
• Tang San and Gu You began assembling equipment outside the city for Si Si's test, while Xiao Wu asked about her own path.
• Gu You told Xiao Wu she was unlikely to become a Control System Soul Master because she had neglected developing Self-Created Soul Skills and lacked self-control.

Xiao Wu confronted her doubts about her training and resolved to become stronger, while Gu You agreed to help her. Back at the Seventh Dormitory, Wang Sheng celebrated reaching level ten and asked Gu You for advice on his first Soul Ring.

• Si Si comforted Xiao Wu, who admitted she felt lazy and inadequate, and Xiao Wu decided she wanted to become stronger than her rivals.
• Xiao Wu apologized to Gu You and asked him to teach her how to improve, and Gu You agreed.
• After returning to the Seventh Dormitory, Gu You and Xiao Wu learned that Wang Sheng had reached level ten.
• Wang Sheng asked Gu You for advice about choosing his first Soul Ring, and Gu You said they needed Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo's approval before choosing from Spirit Hall's information.

Gu You analyzed Si Si’s and Wang Sheng’s Martial Souls and recommended Soul Beasts suited to their abilities. Si Si chose one of his recommendations, and Ma Xiunuo arrived with news to share.

• Ma Xiunuo agreed to let Wang Sheng consult Spirit Hall’s Soul Beast records and join Si Si’s Soul Hunting team, asking him to prioritize joining Spirit Hall after graduation if conditions were equal.
• Gu You explained that Si Si’s Yarn Ball and first Soul Skill were best suited to single-target control, then offered her Lamia and Tentacle Rose as different paths for her next Soul Ring.
• Gu You recommended that Wang Sheng develop as a defensive Power Attack System Soul Master, suggesting a Soul Tiger for his first Soul Ring and tiger-type Soul Beasts for his next two.
• Si Si chose one of Gu You’s proposed Soul Beasts, which was in the same Spirit Beast Forest as the Soul Tiger Wang Sheng needed.
• Ma Xiunuo entered the room and said he had something to tell everyone.

Ma Xiunuo invited Gu You, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to join a soul hunt, and they traveled with Su Yuntao and Si Si to the Spirit Beast Forest. The group began searching for Si Si’s needed Soul Beast, leaving Xiao Wu on watch after Gu You reminded her to stay alert.

• Ma Xiunuo explained that he could not join the hunt and invited Gu You, Tang San, and Xiao Wu instead.
• Gu You, Tang San, and Xiao Wu agreed to go, and the group set off two days later with supplies prepared by Su Yuntao and Si Si.
• During the journey, Gu You explained the rarity of Storage Soul Tools, and the group reached the Spirit Beast Forest after two days of travel.
• Gu You taught Wang Sheng survival and emergency-care advice as they headed east toward the recorded location of Si Si’s needed Soul Beast.
• Su Yuntao called a rest, and Gu You corrected Xiao Wu for letting down her guard; she apologized and climbed a tree to watch for Soul Beasts.

Gu You and the others entered the Tentacle Rose’s area of influence, used Tang San’s medicine to resist its fragrance, and hunted the Tentacle Rose and a Soul Tiger. After the hunt, Gu You warned Xiao Wu that Soul Beasts might eventually disappear from the continent, leaving her shocked.

• Tang San gave the group preventive pills that countered the Tentacle Rose’s flower fragrance, and Su Yuntao organized them to search for and kill it.
• Xiao Wu found a Tentacle Rose fighting a Soul Tiger, and Gu You assigned the group roles to defeat both Soul Beasts.
• The group attacked together, and Si Si and Wang Sheng began absorbing the Tentacle Rose’s and Soul Tiger’s yellow Soul Rings.
• Gu You told Xiao Wu that Soul Beasts might eventually disappear from the continent, and she asked why.

Gu You explained to Xiao Wu that Soul Masters depended on Soul Beasts for power, making their eventual extinction inevitable. Xiao Wu was left troubled by his warning that Soul Masters would ignore the cost as long as hunting offered convenient strength.

• Gu You told Xiao Wu that Soul Spirits had accelerated Soul Master development while worsening the conditions for Soul Beasts.
• Gu You argued that the Soul Master profession was built around Soul Rings and Spirit Bones, then questioned why dead humans did not produce Soul Rings.
• Xiao Wu feared that Gu You had recognized her as a Soul Beast, but he reassured her and explained his concerns about the future.
• Gu You predicted that Hundred-Year and Thousand-Year Soul Beasts would disappear as Soul Masters continued to hunt for power.
• Xiao Wu asked Gu You to publish his ideas, but he said Soul Masters would not care about the distant consequences of hunting Soul Beasts.

Gu You told Xiao Wu that he intended to free humanity from its dependence on Soul Beast Soul Rings by learning to create Self-Condensed Soul Rings. After Si Si and Wang Sheng completed their absorption, the group left the forest as the Star Dou Great Forest’s Fate Power became unusually active.

• Gu You explained to Xiao Wu that humans might learn to condense their own Soul Rings by studying Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that had transformed into humans.
• Xiao Wu decided she would not quit their organization, then joined Gu You in checking on Si Si and Wang Sheng after they absorbed their Soul Rings.
• Si Si confirmed that the Tentacle Rose had granted the Soul Skill Gu You predicted, and Wang Sheng reported that his Soul Skill was defensive.
• Su Yuntao led the group out of the forest before they could discuss the Soul Skills further.
• The Auspicious Beast sensed that the Star Dou Great Forest’s Fate Power had become active and that its source lay outside the forest, so she ordered Scarlet King to take her to Di Tian.

After the group escaped the Spirit Beast Forest, Wang Sheng and Si Si explained their new Soul Skills, and Gu You and Tang San concluded that Soul Masters’ thoughts could influence the skills granted by Soul Rings. The group set out for Nuoding City the next morning but stopped when they learned a nearby village had been wiped out.

• The group reached an inn after fleeing the Spirit Beast Forest, and Wang Sheng described his Tiger Soul Protection Soul Skill.
• Tang San and Gu You warned that Wang Sheng’s full-body defense and air filtration likely consumed a great deal of Soul Power.
• Si Si explained her Entangle and Thread Rose Bloom skills, and Gu You asked her and Wang Sheng to return for further examination.
• Gu You told Tang San that their records supported a link between a Soul Master’s thoughts and the effects of their Soul Skills, though he feared gods might control those effects.
• The group departed for Nuoding City the next morning and learned that everyone in a village ahead had died.

Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Wang Sheng disobeyed Su Yuntao and Si Si’s warning to stay in the carriage, then discovered the village’s people had been drained and killed. Gu You was overwhelmed by the sight, and Su Yuntao confronted the children with the reality of the Soul Master world.

• Su Yuntao called Si Si to help him and told her to keep the children in the carriage.
• Gu You, Tang San, and Xiao Wu wanted to see what had happened, while Wang Sheng left the decision to Gu You.
• Gu You decided they should face the danger and led the others out of the carriage.
• The children saw the villagers’ withered bodies, including a mother and daughter Tang San recognized.
• Wang Sheng and Gu You retched, and Su Yuntao told them they had seen the real world of Soul Masters.

Gu You and the others discovered that a Soul Elder had slaughtered a village to gain power through human blood. Gu You charged at the killer, beginning a fight against the far stronger man.

• Su Yuntao sent Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Wang Sheng back to report the village massacre to the Martial Soul Hall Guard.
• Gu You detected a blood-scented man hiding in the jungle, and the man admitted that he had killed the villagers.
• The man revealed that drinking fresh human blood made him stronger and younger, and said he planned to kill more villages.
• The man declared that people without Soul Power existed to serve Soul Masters, enraging Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Wang Sheng.
• Gu You confronted the man's beliefs and charged at him.

Gu You, Tang San, Wang Sheng, and Xiao Wu fought a corrupted Soul Elder, with Gu You relying on his battle instincts and Tang San's Soul Power to overcome the strength gap. Gu You killed the man with a Rasengan but fell unconscious from a wound to his abdomen.

• The Soul Elder attacked the group with Night Demon Flying Strike, while Wang Sheng shielded Tang San, Xiao Wu fled into the forest, and Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to support Gu You and Wang Sheng.
• Gu You struck the Soul Elder hard enough to send him crashing into a tree, then charged again as the man transformed his bloodied hand into Blood Demon Claws.
• Tang San followed Gu You through the forest and attacked the Soul Elder with Hidden Weapons, but the man kept advancing toward Gu You.
• Xiao Wu remembered Gu You's advice and kicked a large rock into the Soul Elder's wings, diverting his claws from Gu You's chest to his abdomen.
• Gu You grabbed the Soul Elder's hand, pressed his completed Rasengan against the man's face, and killed him before collapsing unconscious.

Gu You regained consciousness after defeating a Three-Ring Soul Elder, while Tang San and the others waited for a healer to treat his wounds. Andy healed Gu You, then warned that he and Tang San had a serious problem.

• Gu You woke after dreaming of Ultimate Conductor Tyranno and learned from Tang San and Wang Sheng that he had killed the enemy, though his injuries still prevented him from moving.
• Tang San explained that he had spent half a day using Blue Silver Grass to sustain Gu You, while Xiao Wu went to fetch a Spirit Hall healer.
• Gu You recalled the battle and the devastation that had driven him to charge at the enemy, and Xiao Wu arrived, relieved to find him awake.
• Andy introduced herself as a Healing System Soul Elder and used her Soul Skills to repair Gu You's wounds and replenish his blood.
• Andy said that Gu You and Tang San had a serious problem.

After recovering from the fight with a Fallen One, Gu You and Tang San rested in a Nuoding City clinic while Tang San resolved to grow stronger. Xiao Wu trained through her guilt, and Wang Sheng chose to join Spirit Hall and returned the Fallen One’s Storage Soul Tool to Gu You and Tang San.

• Andy warned Gu You and Tang San to rest and let Spirit Hall handle the Fallen One investigation, then Su Yuntao and Si Si sent the injured boys to a clinic.
• Tang San read about poisonous plants and vowed to gain strength so he could protect his companions in future battles.
• Xiao Wu returned to the sparring grounds and trained late into the night, blaming herself for Gu You’s injury.
• Wang Sheng told Gu You and Tang San that he planned to join Spirit Hall after graduating from Intermediate Soul Master Academy.
• Wang Sheng returned the Fallen One’s Storage Soul Tool to Gu You and Tang San, saying he had secretly taken it after the battle and had not looked inside.

After Spirit Hall won the tournament, Bibi Dong rejected the editor-in-chief’s plan to bring the Tactical Master to Spirit City after learning he was only six years old and lived elsewhere. She decided to reward Gu You from a distance and ordered Ghost Douluo not to make a move against him.

• The editor-in-chief urged Bibi Dong to recruit the article’s author, but she showed him a letter that changed his mind.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Martial Soul Daily to publish the article alongside news of Spirit Hall’s championship victory.
• Hu Liena argued that the Tactical Master could transform Spirit Hall’s battle tactics, and she learned from the letter that he was only six years old.
• Bibi Dong said Gu You would eventually recognize Spirit Hall as the best place to spread his knowledge.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to give Gu You a Martial Soul Card and Storage Soul Tool, passing them through the Nuoding City Martial Soul Hall if he had gone home, and told him not to make a move.

Gu You discovered that the eerie book in Wang Sheng’s ring was the Evil Book mentioned by the Fallen One and brought it to Spirit Hall with Tang San. As vacation began, Gu You prepared to travel with Su Yuntao for Martial Soul research, while Xiao Wu returned home and Tang San went back to Holy Soul Village with Old Jack.

• Gu You found the eerie book among the contents of Wang Sheng’s ring, recognized it as the Evil Book, and took it with Tang San to Spirit Hall.
• Su Yuntao took charge of the book and the follow-up investigation, then sent Gu You and Tang San back to the infirmary; Gu You lent Tang San the Storage Soul Tool ring.
• Gu You told Tang San he would travel with Su Yuntao to assist with Martial Soul Awakenings, and Tang San recalled Xiao Wu’s letter saying she had gone home to train.
• Gu You promised to arrange for the awakening trip to reach their village last so he could visit Old Jack, and he asked Tang San to look after him.
• Old Jack drove Tang San back to Holy Soul Village, while Gu You headed alone to Spirit Hall.

Gu You planned his second article on how talent should shape Soul Skill selection and battle systems, after realizing most Soul Masters chose skills without a coherent role or strategy. He left determined to explain battle-system principles and improve Soul Masters’ overall fighting ability.

• Gu You decided his second article would rely on theoretical analysis because his research into Soul Power lacked enough experimental samples.
• Gu You titled the article “On How Talent Affects Soul Skill Selection and the Construction of a Battle System—Power Attack System.”
• Gu You criticized Meng Yiran’s mismatched Serpent Cane skills and noted that most Soul Masters selected Soul Beasts without considering their abilities or potential Soul Skills.
• Gu You compared the skill sets of Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhao Wuji, arguing that their battle roles were inconsistent or overly specialized.
• Gu You concluded that explaining how to build battle systems could make Soul Master battles more competitive and raise the profession’s overall standard.

Gu You completed articles outlining combat-system development for Power Attack, Agility Attack, and Control System Soul Masters, hoping his ideas would shape the next generation. Just as he prepared to sleep, Ma Xiunuo brought him to meet Ghost Douluo.

• Gu You wrote recommendations for Power Attack Soul Masters, including how to choose Soul Skills based on their roles and strengths.
• Gu You outlined specialized paths for Agility Attack Soul Masters and advised Control System Soul Masters to include offensive abilities.
• After nearly a week of writing, Gu You finished the three articles and prepared to sleep, but Ma Xiunuo knocked on his door.
• Ma Xiunuo led Gu You into an office, where the sight of a black-robed man and Ma Xiunuo's greeting revealed that the visitor was Ghost Douluo.

Gu You met Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, who praised his article on Soul Master classifications and tactics and asked whether he would join Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with Gu You facing the recruitment offer, followed by an author’s note about the sects’ roles in a hypothetical war.

• Gu You realized Ghost Douluo’s arrival could have put Xiao Wu and Tang San at risk, but both had returned to safety.
• Gui Mei identified Gu You as the author of the article used by the Martial Soul Hall Team and complimented its ideas.
• Gui Mei asked whether Gu You had written the article by himself, and Gu You described his research, reading, and tournament analyses.
• Gui Mei was impressed by Gu You’s extensive work and asked him to join Spirit Hall.
• The author explained their planned alignment of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Clear Sky Sect in a possible war.

Gu You refused Ghost Douluo’s invitation to join Spirit Hall but accepted a reward bracelet and learned that the book he had helped seize was tied to the Holy Spirit Cult. The chapter left Gu You aware that the book corrupted readers and that Xie Lidan had used it to gain power by slaughtering his family and three villages.

• Gu You again rejected Ghost Douluo’s invitation, then received a Storage Soul Tool bracelet containing a Martial Soul Card as payment for publishing his article.
• Ma Xiunuo explained how Gu You and his friends had helped defeat a Fallen One and recover an iron-bound book.
• Ghost Douluo questioned Gu You about reading the book, then destroyed it and warned that only pure Soul Power at the Spirit King level or higher could destroy one.
• Ma Xiunuo identified the book as a Book of Corruption from the Holy Spirit Cult and explained that it had driven Xie Lidan to kill his family and transform his Shadow Bat Martial Soul into a Blood Bat.
• Gu You learned that Xie Lidan’s victims included people in three villages, and Ghost Douluo praised Gu You for resisting the book’s influence.

Gu You received a Spirit Hall token after helping capture Xie Lidan, while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to spread its Books of Awakening. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Sister Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming and headed home.

• Ghost Douluo gave Gu You a token and told him to seek Spirit Hall’s help if he encountered another Fallen One.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s members discussed their awakened recruits and the people Spirit Hall had stopped.
• The Cult Leader summoned many Books of Awakening and ordered the cultists to spread chaos and awaken more people.
• Sister Xiao Wu met Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest, climbed onto his hand, and said they should go home.