Chapter Summaries

Tang San discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had become more life-oriented and that his Second Soul Skill now had four distinct effects. Tang Hao watched the brothers leave and decided Gu You was now as important to his plans as Tang San.

• Tang San examined his changed appearance and crystalline Blue Silver Grass, while Gu You concluded that it had begun evolving toward the Blue Silver Emperor but had not fully awakened.
• Tang San explained that his Second Soul Skill could strengthen abilities, heal wounds, weaken targets, and resist special conditions, then demonstrated three effects on Gu You.
• Gu You and Tang San packed up and left the forest, planning to test the remaining effect and analyze the Soul Skill later.
• Tang Hao revealed that he had secretly followed Tang San and had even massacred Slaughter City after learning Tang San and Gu You were injured by Fallen Ones.
• Tang Hao saw Tang San's changes as signs of the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline awakening and decided Gu You should receive equal priority in protecting and helping his son.

After returning to Nuoding City, Gu You and Tang San reunited with their dormmates, and Xiao Wu discovered that her second Soul Ring had greatly improved her reflexes. Gu You confirmed that Xiao Wu had gained the sensory and danger-prediction ability he expected, easing his worry about her Soul Skills.

• Gu You and Tang San returned safely to Nuoding City, reported to the Spirit Hall, and went back to the academy, where Li Gang welcomed them.
• Gu You and Tang San found Xiao Wu and Lanta asleep in the Seventh Dormitory, then woke the dormitory the next morning as Xiao Wu struggled to recognize Tang San's changed appearance.
• Xiao Wu chased Gu You to their training grounds and showed improved reflexes, but her punches hurt her hands against Gu You's unusually tough body.
• Tang San treated Xiao Wu's fists with Medicinal Oil, and Gu You asked what Soul Skill her second Soul Ring had granted her.
• Xiao Wu said her Six-Eared Rabbit Soul Ring enhanced her senses and danger prediction, and Gu You relaxed because she had not gained Charm.

Gu You arranged a three-person Battle Royale with Xiao Wu and Tang San to test their new Soul Skills. Xiao Wu’s Six-Eared Rabbit senses let her evade Gu You’s Burst Mode and land a powerful kick, but Tang San then used Fragrant Garden to spread his Soul Skill across the training ground and claimed the advantage.

• Gu You proposed a Battle Royale so he, Xiao Wu, and Tang San could test their Second Soul Skills, and Lanta began the match with an arrow.
• Gu You activated Burst Mode, and Xiao Wu’s danger sense warned her of his attack, but she chose to face him instead of fleeing.
• Xiao Wu dodged Gu You’s Hyper Beam and punch, then used Waist Bow to kick him hard enough to leave him dazed.
• Xiao Wu tried to press her attack, but Tang San’s Fragrant Rosemary scent weakened her and revealed that he had transformed the battlefield.
• Tang San revealed Field Magic, Fragrant Garden, which spread the effects of his Blue Silver Grass throughout the training ground, and declared himself the likely winner.

Gu You, Tang San, and Sister Xiao Wu fought a battle royale that ended with Gu You and Tang San incapacitated and Sister Xiao Wu declared the winner. Afterward, the group recovered and Lanta began analyzing how each fighter had improved and what still needed work.

• Gu You used Hyper Beam against the ground to disperse Tang San’s Fragrant Garden, then discovered that the attack had drained the energy he needed for Burst Mode.
• Tang San charged Gu You with the Clear Sky Hammer, and the two exchanged blows until Gu You’s final strike shattered the hammer and left both fighters badly injured.
• Lanta and Sister Xiao Wu helped Gu You and Tang San, who used Blue Silver Grass fragrances to heal each other; Gu You then announced Sister Xiao Wu as the battle royale’s winner.
• The four returned to the Seventh Dormitory, attended class, and later met in Spirit Hall’s underground chamber, where Gu You asked Lanta to assess their improvements.
• Lanta praised Gu You’s increased defense and power but noted reduced flexibility, then told Sister Xiao Wu that her coordination had improved but her pauses and weak attacks remained problems.

Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lanta analyzed their evolved Martial Souls and soul skills, identifying their abilities and limitations. Lanta proposed preserving Tang San’s fragrance for later use, and Gu You saw a chance to turn it into a profitable perfume.

• Lanta identified that Tang San’s Fragrant Storm worked through inhaled floral scents and could be disrupted by strong winds or rain.
• Gu You called off further testing for the day, and Tang San and Xiao Wu rested after their exhausting fight.
• Ten days later, Gu You and Lanta presented reports detailing the evolved Martial Souls and soul skills of Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Gu You.
• Xiao Wu added to Gu You’s report that his soul skill’s maximum effect was limited by his personal strength, teasing him with his own criticism of her.
• Lanta suggested preserving Tang San’s fragrance like perfume so it could be used when the group was separated, and Gu You proposed selling it to noble young ladies.
• Gu You explained that nobles monopolized Fragrant Park and its rare aromatic plants, prompting Xiao Wu to ask why they needed to sell anything after receiving one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Gu You explained how he and Tang San earned one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from Chao Tianxiang and discussed the risks and conditions involved in obtaining the Erasure Soul Skill. The group explored ways to develop their abilities, and Gu You assigned Lanta a project to study her Martial Soul and choose a future Soul Ring.

• Gu You told Xiao Wu and Lanta that he and Tang San had earned the money by advising Meng Yiran about a Soul Ring, and he explained why sharing information about Erasure was safe.
• Xiao Wu asked how they should spend the money, and Gu You reserved it for serious matters before the group returned to developing Soul Skills.
• Xiao Wu suggested new ways to use Gu You's beam attack, and Tang San demonstrated Rasengan before concluding that it consumed too much Soul Power.
• Gu You added Rasengan practice to Xiao Wu's training, while Tang San planned to develop her Neural Probe with echolocation.
• Gu You told Lanta to study her Martial Soul and identify a suitable Soul Beast before she reached Level 10 and chose her first Soul Ring.

Gu You’s paper discredited Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring age theory, drawing widespread attention and leaving Yu Xiaogang furious. Yu Yuanzhen expelled Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect chose to keep watching Gu You.

• Gu You told Old Jack about Lanta’s background, and Old Jack agreed to bring her to Holy Soul Village.
• Soul Masters across the continent discussed Gu You’s paper, which challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring age limits and exposed problems with his research.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily trampled Martial Soul Daily, then reassured Flender and praised his advice for suppressing Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire.
• After Flender left, Yu Xiaogang recognized Gu You’s name in the paper and stomped on the newspaper again.
• Yu Yuanzhen officially expelled Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect decided to focus on Gu You.

Lanta recorded her training, research, and growing closeness with Big Brother as she analyzed her Sky Dome Bow and selected possible Soul Rings. After reaching Rank 10, she prepared to present her findings to Big Brother in the basement.

• Lanta watched Big Brother, third brother, and Sister Xiao Wu test their new Soul Skills and took part in experiments and training exercises.
• Big Brother moved the group from the academy dormitory into a house, where Lanta chose the room beside his.
• Lanta tested her Sky Dome Bow, then revised her report with Big Brother's help and began researching suitable Soul Beasts.
• Big Brother arranged for Meng Yiran to transfer to their academy, and Lanta helped test her Martial Soul and Soul Skill.
• Lanta selected three possible Soul Rings, reached Rank 10, and celebrated with her friends before Big Brother asked her to bring her report to the basement.

Gu You took Tang San to a Soul Tool store and persuaded him to help research Soul Tools, seeing them as a path to technological progress that did not depend on bloodlines. Tang San agreed to study them and use their principles to create stronger Hidden Weapons.

• Gu You and Tang San visited Nuoding City's Soul Tool Specialty Store to spend some of Gu You's money.
• Tang San examined a Soul Pump, and Gu You explained that he did not know how its Soul Power mechanism worked.
• Gu You encouraged Tang San to investigate Soul Tools and apply their principles to Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San resisted Gu You's offer to buy extra Soul Tools until Gu You suggested they might help him surpass the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons.
• Gu You asked Tang San to help him research Soul Tools, and Tang San agreed.

Lanta presented three possible Soul Beast choices for developing her Sky Dome Bow, then revealed a fourth option: Moonlight Flower. Gu You explained that its Soul Skills had unpredictable effects and costs, ending with the account of a twin-blade Soul Master whose Crescent Shield consumed his Soul Ring.

• Lanta described how Divine Bird Smough, Luxray, or Trigger Ice Crystal could shape her Sky Dome Bow’s abilities and combat role.
• Lanta revealed Moonlight Flower as her fourth choice, prompting Gu You to warn her about the unusual Soul Beast.
• Lanta explained that Moonlight Flowers absorbed moonlight for years and were avoided because their Soul Skills were unrelated to the Martial Soul or Soul Master.
• Gu You explained that Moonlight Flower Soul Skills had random effects and costs, then described a twin-blade Soul Master who gained Crescent Shield at the cost of his Soul Ring.

Gu You explained the Moonlight Flower’s unpredictable Soul Skills and the Crescent Shield’s ability to block even a powerful attack at the cost of temporarily disabling a Soul Ring. Lanta revealed she wanted the Moonlight Flower to keep pace with her companions, and Gu You agreed to take the group hunting; that night, Xiao Wu asked him about the Kushala Daora.

• Gu You explained that the Moonlight Flower could grant powerful but unpredictable Soul Skills, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Meng Yiran read an account of the Crescent Shield blocking the Kushala Daora’s attacks.
• Meng Yiran tested her Erasure Soul Skill on Tang San’s Rooting, then tried to determine whether another Soul Ring could pay for one of her own Soul Skills.
• Gu You realized Lanta wanted a powerful Soul Skill to keep up with her companions, and he agreed to support her choice of the Moonlight Flower.
• Lanta told Gu You that Moonlight Flowers had been sighted in a forest east of Nuoding City, where the strongest recorded Soul Beast was a nine-hundred-year Shadow Lurker.
• Gu You planned for the group to leave the day after tomorrow and asked Meng Yiran to invite her grandmother.
• That night, Xiao Wu visited Gu You and asked whether the Kushala Daora was truly a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and how it had gained its power.

Gu You and Tang San gathered information in the Shadowy Land and were mistaken for the people who had taken A-Wei. After a local group surrounded them, Gu You fought its leader while a young woman watched from the inn.

• Gu You and Tang San listened to rumors at a restaurant, including reports of a missing A-Wei and Spirit Hall searching the forest.
• Gu You and Tang San bought unfamiliar herbs and a forest map, then headed toward Spirit Hall with Xiao Wu, Meng Yiran, and Lanta.
• A local group surrounded them and its leader accused them of taking A-Wei, refusing to believe that they had just arrived.
• Gu You and Tang San prepared to fight, with Tang San watching over Lanta as the crowd released its Martial Souls.
• The leader attacked with his Thousand-Year Soul Skill, forcing Gu You backward despite Gu You catching his tusks.
• A beautiful girl watched the confrontation from the inn while her servant told her to rest before seeking her Second Soul Ring.

Gu You defeated Zhao Jie after the Taixun Group leader mistook his party for A-Wei’s kidnappers. After the misunderstanding was resolved, Li Tong began explaining why the Spirit Hall had left town, but the chapter ended before he revealed what happened.

• Gu You outmaneuvered Zhao Jie’s strength, knocked him down repeatedly, and forced him to surrender.
• Zhao Jie explained that A-Wei was his cousin and that he had accused Gu You’s group because A-Wei had disappeared in the Shadowy Land.
• Li Tong arrived, apologized for the misunderstanding, and invited Gu You’s group to the restaurant, where he explained A-Wei’s close bond with Zhao Jie.
• Gu You asked why the Spirit Hall’s people were absent from town, and Li Tong warned the group they could avoid getting involved.
• Gu You’s companions agreed to hear the story, and Li Tong began recounting events from about half a year earlier.

Gu You and his companions learned that Zhao Wei had vanished mysteriously in the Shadowy Land and agreed to search for clues after helping Lanta obtain her Soul Ring. Gu You suspected a Fallen One was behind the disappearances, while a black-robed man continued his work with the Human Skin Book.

• Li Tong and Zhao Jie told Gu You, Tang San, and the others how Zhao Wei disappeared after following a strange firelight into the forest.
• Li Tong asked the group to help search for Zhao Wei, and Gu You agreed on the condition that they prioritize their safety and receive the Taixun Group's information about the forest and Zhao Wei.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Meng Yiran helped Gu You check that no one was watching them, and the group discussed obtaining Lanta's Soul Ring before investigating Zhao Wei's disappearance.
• Gu You reviewed the Spirit Hall's activity and the disappearances, then suspected that a Fallen One was operating in the Shadowy Land.
• A black-robed man laughed over the Human Skin Book while the eyeless bodies of the missing Soul Masters lay at his feet.

Gu You and his companions entered the Shadowy Land to hunt for Soul Rings and search for Zhao Wei, but a surprise attack led him to kill a Soul Beast that Zhu Zhuqing had wounded. After learning her identity and her predicament, Gu You offered to help her and ended the chapter by asking whether she believed in gravity.

• Gu You accepted Li Tong's Taixun Group token and led his companions into the Spirit Beast Forest with strict instructions to stay together.
• Gu You warned the group about the Poochyena pack, Spiritomb, and mysterious lights as they traveled through the Shadowy Land.
• The group stopped to camp, and Gu You killed a Hundred-Year feline Soul Beast that suddenly attacked him.
• Zhu Zhuqing claimed the Soul Beast as her prey, and Gu You offered to help her find a replacement before the group shared a meal and arranged watches.
• During the night watch, Gu You deduced that Zhu Zhuqing was from the Star Luo Zhu Clan, and she revealed her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and her difficulty finding a suitable Soul Beast.
• Gu You asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she believed in gravity.

Gu You persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to abandon the pursuit of the Star Luo throne and awaken the Nether Power of her Hell Spirit Cat, while Lanta successfully absorbed a Moonlight Flower Soul Ring. Zhu Zhuqing chose a new path, and Gu You recommended a Shadow Lizard as her next Soul Beast.

• Gu You explained that Zhu Zhuqing could awaken her Hell Spirit Cat’s Nether Power by giving up the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and her chance to become Star Luo Empress.
• After two days of silence, Zhu Zhuqing told Gu You she was willing to be the first to try a new path and asked which Soul Beast to choose.
• Lanta found the Moonlight Flower, absorbed its Soul Ring, and appeared to do so safely.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized she could give up the struggle for power and still pursue her own future, then smiled as Xiao Wu hugged her.
• Gu You advised Zhu Zhuqing to seek a Darkness Attribute Soul Beast with traits like the Hell Spirit Cat and recommended the Shadow Lizard.

Gu You helped Zhu Zhuqing choose a Shadow Lizard Soul Ring suited to awakening her Hell Spirit Cat’s Nether Power, while Lanta revealed the powerful but costly Soul Skill granted by her Moonlight Flower ring. Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Shadow Lizard ring and gained shadow travel, heightened speed, and perception, then named her Second Soul Skill Shadow Lurking Surprise Attack.

• Gu You explained that Shadow Stealth would let Zhu Zhuqing conceal herself, scout, and launch surprise attacks, and she decided to pursue that path.
• Lanta showed how her Moonlight Flower ring had changed the Sky Dome Bow and granted Light Arrows, then revealed that her Soul Skill could seal an enemy Soul Ring at the cost of disabling one teammate’s Soul Rings.
• Gu You and Tang San used bait and Radiant Bone Piercing Nails to expose the concealed Shadow Lizards, and Lanta immobilized one so Zhu Zhuqing could kill it.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Shadow Lizard Soul Ring and awakened her Nether Power, reaching level 22 Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated that she could hide and move through shadows while gaining speed and perception, and Gu You named the skill Shadow Lurking Surprise Attack.

Zhu Zhuqing joined Gu You and the others in searching for Zhao Wei, while a possible Beast Tide forced Zhao Jie to rally the Taixun Group to defend their town. Gu You’s group discovered that people had been disappearing in the Shadowy Land under a mental influence, followed the affected companions to a cave, and entered it to confront the danger.

• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to help Gu You search for Zhao Wei and repay him for helping her obtain her Soul Ring.
• Zhao Jie heard that a Soul Beast disturbance might become a Beast Tide and sent Li Tong and two young men to organize the town’s evacuation and reinforcements.
• Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Lanta, and Meng Yiran found no traces of Zhao Wei or the Taixun Group searchers at the disappearance site.
• Gu You realized the group had been affected before Tang San used his Second Soul Skill and concluded that people were being made to disappear through a lingering abnormal influence.
• Gu You told the group to relax their minds, and the affected members walked toward a cave before Tang San and Gu You restored their awareness.
• Gu You found a gold Taixun Group token marked with the word “mouth,” then led the group into the cave to prepare for a possible fight.

Gu You and his companions found Zhao Wei among the victims of a mass killing in the cave, where his final message revealed clues about the poison and illusions affecting the Shadowy Land. Meanwhile, Klein revealed himself as the Spirit Hall prelate behind the horrors, and Zhu Zhuqing’s bodyguard confronted him as a Spirit King.

• Gu You’s group discovered a cave full of mutilated corpses, and Gu You identified Zhao Wei by his clothing and clenched expression.
• Zhao Jie and Rogers fought off a soul beast swarm until the prelate, Klein, appeared and revealed his changing face and ability to distort what they saw.
• Zhao Wei’s recorded thoughts revealed that he had endured illusions, lost his sight, and tried to escape by following the smell of the Shadowy Land.
• Gu You found Zhao Wei’s token and a hidden note in his mouth listing clues about the Spirit King, poisonous gas, fear, illusions, and the human-skin book.
• Tang San began preparing an antidote, while Gu You realized the poison had caused the group’s past illusions and smoothed Zhao Wei’s brow in gratitude.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s bodyguard confronted Klein, who opened his human-skin book and revealed five soul rings.

Gu You led the group in a coordinated ambush against Klein, using Lanta’s Arrow of the Titan Seal to suppress his Soul Skills and steal the Human Skin Book that controlled Spiritomb. The guard received the order to destroy the book with pure Soul Power, while Spiritomb remained a threat.

• Klein revealed that he had tortured and killed Zhao Wei to feed Spiritomb, then attacked Zhao Jie and the others with his Soul Skills and poison gas.
• Gu You and his allies ambushed Klein; Lanta’s Arrow of the Titan Seal turned his Soul Rings gray, while Xiao Wu and Gu You pinned him down.
• Xiao Wu kicked the Human Skin Book away, and Zhu Zhuqing caught it while Klein called Spiritomb back to rescue him.
• Gu You explained that the group’s objective was to destroy the Human Skin Book, which likely controlled Spiritomb, and Lanta described how her Soul Skill sealed Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing escaped through Gu You’s shadow with the book and ordered the guard to destroy it with pure Soul Power.