Chapter Summaries

Gu You and his allies defeated Klein by destroying the Human Skin Book, freeing Spiritomb’s trapped souls and allowing Zhao Jie to deliver the final blow. After the survivors celebrated and received an offer of rewards from the Spirit Hall, Gu You chose the Odd Keystone and suspected its patterns resembled a Soul Tool formation.

• Tang San created a shadow passage so Zhu Zhuqing could reach the guards, and a guard destroyed the Human Skin Book with a punch.
• The Human Skin Book’s destruction freed Spiritomb from its bloodlust, but Klein used Domination Poison Gas to seize control of it.
• The souls inside the Odd Keystone broke free and attacked Klein, giving Zhao Jie the chance to pierce his chest and kill him.
• Gu You and the others helped recover missing Soul Masters and ordinary people, then attended a feast celebrating their survival.
• Rogers offered the team a reward on behalf of the Spirit Hall, and Gu You chose the Odd Keystone after Tang San encouraged him.
• Tang San examined the Odd Keystone at the inn, and Gu You suggested its patterns resembled a Soul Tool formation.

Gu You and Tang San examined Spiritomb’s Odd Keystone and concluded that its pattern might interact with souls, while Xiao Wu struggled with the meaning of the Beast Tide’s deaths. Dai Gaole learned that Zhu Zhuqing had awakened Nether Power, and Ghost Douluo summoned Nightingale to meet Bibi Dong.

• Gu You explained that Spiritomb’s changing colors reflected its normal state and the influence of Klein’s book, poisonous gas, and trapped souls, then he and Tang San failed to find a starting point in the Odd Keystone’s closed-loop pattern.
• Gu You proposed copying the Odd Keystone exactly, clarifying that he hoped to study its ability to contain souls rather than create a Spiritomb.
• Gu You speculated that the Keystone could help him understand souls and perhaps create a Lich’s Phylactery, while Xiao Wu lay awake, troubled by the Soul Beasts killed during the Beast Tide.
• A Zhu Clan guard told Dai Gaole that Zhu Zhuqing’s Second Soul Skill let her travel through shadows and that she had gained Nether Power, prompting him to summon the Head of the Zhu Clan.
• Ghost Douluo confirmed Nightingale’s report about the Zhu Clan’s Second Young Miss and a Spirit King-level Fallen One, then returned and escorted Nightingale to meet Bibi Dong.

Three years later, Gu You and Tang San traveled to the Death Desert so Tang San could find a Soul Ring to strengthen his Blue Silver Grass, while Nightingale watched over them. At the same time, Xiao Wu returned to Di Tian to learn how to conceal her Soul Beast aura and asked about Kushala Daora.

• Gu You and Tang San set out for the Death Desert, leaving Lanta and Meng Yiran to seek Lanta's Second Soul Ring with Chao Tianxiang.
• Gu You explained that he had brought Tang San to find a Soul Beast that could address Blue Silver Grass's weaknesses, and the two arrived at a bustling town on the desert's edge.
• Gu You and Tang San planned to rest in town before entering the desert, while Nightingale left them to explore its local shops.
• Xiao Wu told Di Tian she had found two humans chosen by the Soul Beasts' Heavenly Mandate, then asked to learn how to hide her Soul Beast aura.
• After Di Tian agreed to teach her, Xiao Wu asked whether he knew about the Kushala Daora deep within the Storm Rift.

Gu You and Tang San reached Supply Point No. 23 in the Death Desert and learned that a mysterious Great Desert Feast was underway. After hearing about a thousand-year Firefly Sunflower in the Central District, they rested for the night as an enormous creature moved beneath the sand.

• Gu You led Tang San and Nightingale across the Death Desert, explaining its regions and identifying the harmless Herbivore Beasts they encountered.
• The three arrived at Supply Point No. 23, where Gu You and Tang San ate and later followed singing and dancing to a gathering around a bonfire.
• A burly local Soul Master gave Gu You and Tang San Sea Buckthorn juice and directed them toward a thousand-year Firefly Sunflower in the Central District.
• Gu You told Tang San that the gathering might be the Great Desert Feast, a mysterious event associated with disaster and harvest, and decided to stay within the Central District.
• A huge creature rose and traveled beneath the moonlit sands while Di Tian explained that the named beings were not Soul Beasts.

Gu You and Tang San found a Firefly Sunflower, and Tang San used a newly modified Meteor Dart to cut it down and obtain its Soul Ring. While Tang San absorbed it, Gu You fought and defeated a Golden Lion, revealing the Soul Beast he had chosen for his Third Soul Ring.

• Gu You explained the Firefly Sunflower's unusual Soul Skills, and Tang San tested a normal Meteor Dart against it, triggering explosions without harming the flower.
• Tang San used a modified, spinning Meteor Dart to sever the Firefly Sunflower's stalk and obtained its purple Soul Ring.
• While Tang San absorbed the ring, Gu You gathered sunflower seeds and told Nightingale to wait for his planned Third Soul Ring.
• A Golden Lion approached, and Gu You recognized it as his target before activating Burst Mode and trading blows with it.
• The Golden Lion entered Enraged State and gained the upper hand, but Gu You powered up with both Soul Skills and eventually defeated it with Hyper Beam.
• Gu You collapsed from his injuries, and Nightingale asked whether the Golden Lion was the Soul Beast he had chosen for his Third Soul Ring.

Gu You and Tang San obtained their third Soul Rings, but a gigantic Jhen Mohran rose from the Great Sand Sea and drove them into hiding. Trapped underground with Nightingale as a sandstorm swept over Shelter No. 23, Gu You asked her to identify the enormous Soul Beast.

• Gu You recovered from his battle with the Golden Lion, then absorbed its Soul Ring while Tang San recovered from absorbing the Firefly Sunflower’s ring.
• After Gu You completed his absorption, the three set off for home, but a colossal Soul Beast surfaced from the Great Sand Sea and charged toward them.
• Nightingale recognized the creature as Jhen Mohran and flew ahead while Gu You carried Tang San and raced toward the outskirts.
• Gu You smashed a pit into the ground, and Tang San used steel plates and Blue Silver Grass to seal all three inside as Jhen Mohran struck a cliff and unleashed a massive sandstorm.
• The sandstorm engulfed Supply Point No. 23, and Gu You, Tang San, and Nightingale sheltered underground while Gu You asked Nightingale about Jhen Mohran.

Gu You, Tang San, and Nightingale learned that Jhen Mohran was nature itself, a recurring force that caused sandstorms and left valuable minerals behind. After mining the scattered ores, Gu You and Tang San were invited to Loc Lac City to pursue the title of Brave of Loc Lac.

• Nightingale told Gu You and Tang San that Jhen Mohran had been killed before but produced no Soul Ring or Spirit Bone, and that it was not a Soul Beast.
• Nightingale explained that Jhen Mohran was nature, reappeared after its body turned to sand, and left valuable metals and crystals after its sandstorms.
• Gu You deduced that Jhen Mohran represented the sandstorm and could not be killed, and the trio emerged after the desert stopped shaking.
• Gu You and Tang San collected ores under the moonlight, while Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to blast away surrounding rock; Gu You named his skill Photosynthesis.
• A strong man invited Gu You and Tang San to Loc Lac City for the Jhen Mohran Harvest Season and gave them Jhen Mohran Bracer fragments, hoping they would become Braves of Loc Lac.

After testing and documenting the group’s Martial Souls, Gu You explained how their abilities had developed and proposed that Tang San use a future Soul Ring to pursue Blue Silver Grass’s evolution. He then reviewed his growing research agenda and decided it was time to accelerate his work.

• Gu You compiled Martial Soul research reports for himself, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lanta, while Meng Yiran complained that she had no report because she lacked a Third Soul Ring.
• Gu You explained that Lanta’s Sky Dome Bow had undergone a permanent Martial Soul Evolution, while Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had gained sunlight energy but had not yet evolved qualitatively.
• Gu You told Tang San that he would use the Fourth Soul Ring to investigate what Blue Silver Grass still needed to evolve, and Tang San was moved by the care behind the plan.
• Gu You reviewed his published papers and saw a Martial Soul Daily headline announcing three rising rookies, prompting him to decide to speed up his research.
• Gu You examined proposals on Soul Incantations, Martial Soul Fusion Skills, Martial Soul Evolution, Soul Rings, and Spirit Bones, and acknowledged that plenty of work lay ahead.

Gu You and his companions arrived in Heaven Dou City and visited the Dragon Serpent Family manor while planning to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As they waited for Meng Yiran, Gu You explained that Su Yuntao was preparing to propose to Si Si and revealed the gift he had chosen for them.

• Gu You and his group entered Heaven Dou City, admired its massive streets and Soul Tools, and passed the Spirit Fight Arena.
• Gu You discussed joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Xiao Wu, Lanta, and Tang San, while Nightingale completed her mission and left them.
• Gu You led the group to Meng Yiran's manor, where steward Sebastian welcomed them and told them she would return from the academy in the evening.
• The group discussed their old house in Nuoding City and learned that Su Yuntao planned to reach Level Thirty before proposing to Si Si.
• Gu You revealed that he had prepared a recommendation for Su Yuntao and Si Si's Third Soul Ring as his gift.

Meng Yiran persuaded Gu You and his companions to stay in her manor, then brought them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained its strengths and its unruly noble students. She led them to meet the Education Committee members to secure their admission, while a mysterious young woman arrived at the academy entrance.

• Meng Yiran revealed that buying a suitable manor in Heaven Dou City would cost at least five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, then convinced Gu You and the others to stay by showing them the rooms and facilities she had prepared.
• Gu You wondered why he had never heard of Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against a Title Douluo, then fell asleep.
• Meng Yiran showed the group Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained its powerful teachers, excellent facilities, troublesome noble students, and successful Imperial Dou Team.
• Lanta worried that she would not fit in, but Gu You, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Meng Yiran reassured her that they would stay together and make sure she could enroll.
• Meng Yiran brought the four commoners to the Education Committee to meet the three Soul Douluo leaders, while Gu You eyed the carriage outside.
• A young woman arrived at the academy entrance and told her attendant that she was only looking around at her future academy.

Gu You arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Meng Yiran, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lanta, where Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and the three Education Committee Members assessed them. Xue Qinghe became suspicious that Gu You might be the famous scholar, while Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass impressed the committee.

• In Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong told Gui Mei that Gu You could go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as long as he did not choose Star Luo.
• Meng Yiran brought Gu You and his companions to meet Xue Qinghe and the three Education Committee Members, while Gu You worried about drawing attention from Qian Renxue, who was disguised as the Crown Prince.
• Meng Yiran introduced Gu You as a Level 33 Soul Master, but Gu You said he was twelve, leading the committee members to dismiss the possibility that he was the renowned author with the same name.
• Meng Yiran introduced Tang San as a Level 33 Blue Silver Grass Soul Master, and Zhilin asked him to manifest his Martial Soul after sensing something unusual about him.
• The committee members admired Tang San's crystalline Blue Silver Grass and discussed its potential as a Support System Martial Soul, while Xue Qinghe decided to investigate whether Gu You was the famous scholar.

Meng Yiran brought Gu You, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Lanta to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the Education Committee welcomed them and discussed the Zhu Clan’s Second Young Miss coming to study abroad. She then led the group to meet the Imperial Dou Team, revealing that she was its captain.

• Meng Yiran introduced Xiao Wu, Lanta, and the other newcomers to the Education Committee, which welcomed them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Qinghe told the Education Committee that the Zhu Clan’s Second Young Miss had lost her ability to fuse her Martial Soul with the prince’s and would come to study at the academy.
• Gu You recognized that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and left the Education Committee’s office with Meng Yiran and the others.
• Meng Yiran led Gu You, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Lanta to the Imperial Dou Team’s training field, where Qin Ming welcomed them as recommended Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianheng and two other teammates greeted Meng Yiran as their captain, and she revealed that she currently led the Imperial Dou Team.

Meng Yiran introduced Gu You and his friends to the Imperial Fighting Team and asked Qin Ming to consider them as recruits. Gu You then challenged the team to a match, leaving their strength about to be tested.

• Meng Yiran explained how she became captain of the Imperial Fighting Team after joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy and impressing Qin Ming with her battle sense and Erasure.
• Meng Yiran introduced Yu Tianheng, the Shi Brothers, Yu Feng, and Osler, while Gu You's Predator Aura frightened Yu Feng until Qin Ming stopped him.
• Qin Ming refused Meng Yiran's request to recommend friends for the team, then agreed to assess them after she insisted they were exceptionally talented despite still attending a Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling introduced themselves, and Gu You's group did the same.
• Yu Feng and the others reacted with disbelief to Gu You's Thirtieth-Level Blue Silver Grass, and Gu You challenged the team to a match.

Gu You challenged the Imperial Dou Team to a four-on-seven Spirit Fight, and Meng Yiran accepted despite doubting her team could win. The match began with both sides revealing their Martial Soul forms, leaving Gu You’s oppressive aura weighing on the Imperial Dou Team.

• Yu Tianheng agreed to test Gu You’s group, and Gu You proposed that his four fight seven members of the Imperial Dou Team.
• Meng Yiran accepted the match and set the entire Training Ground as the battlefield, with losing consciousness or leaving the field counting as defeat.
• Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lanta discussed their approach while Meng Yiran arranged the Imperial Dou Team’s tactics; Meng Yiran left Dugu Yan out of the lineup.
• Both teams took their positions and activated their Martial Souls, while Tang San recognized that Dugu Yan had been excluded because her poison would be ineffective and could endanger her allies.
• Qin Ming started the Spirit Fight, and Yu Tianheng roared as he resisted the pressure of Gu You’s Ultimate Conductor Tyranno.

Gu You’s team used Blue Silver Grass and coordinated attacks to split the battlefield, eliminating Osler and Yu Feng while Gu You drew most of the opponents’ attention. With Meng Yiran, the Shi Brothers, and Yu Tianheng still standing against him, Gu You prepared to turn the fight around.

• Gu You pierced the Shi Brothers’ defenses, countered Yu Tianheng’s Thunderbolt Dragon Claw, and hurled the brothers at him before Meng Yiran rescued them from Gu You’s follow-up attack.
• Meng Yiran unleashed Snake Rain, but Gu You shattered the python illusions while Tang San moved through the Blue Silver Grass to support the other fights.
• Xiao Wu used Flare Blitz to match and then surpass Osler’s speed, knocking him out and prompting Qin Ming to announce that Osler and Yu Feng were eliminated.
• Lanta used Yu Feng’s own feathers as arrows, then worked with Tang San to bait him into a Blue Silver Grass blast that left him unable to fight.
• Gu You taunted Meng Yiran for losing track of the battlefield and announced that it was his turn to fight back against her, the Shi Brothers, and Yu Tianheng.

Gu You's team defeated the Imperial Dou Team after he used himself as bait and then overwhelmed Yu Tianheng in a direct clash. Xue Qinghe singled Gu You out for the imperial court, while a young woman watching from the forest decided to recruit him as her underling.

• Gu You revealed his strength by breaking Yu Tianheng's transformed arm with one punch, prompting Qin Ming to end the Spirit Fight.
• Tang San and Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Yu Feng as the Three Education Committee Members and Xue Qinghe arrived.
• Qin Ming accepted responsibility for the loss, while Xue Qinghe praised the students and placed Gu You in his care as a future pillar of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Gu You realized Xue Qinghe had marked him for special attention and hid his unease.
• A young woman watching from the forest rejected the idea of greeting the Crown Prince and decided to make Gu You her number-one henchman.

After the battle, Gu You reviewed Lanta’s mistakes and urged her to accept defeat and adapt her tactics. His discussion with Meng Yiran revealed that the Imperial Dou Team kept its Support System Soul Master stationary, prompting Gu You to question the team’s assumptions about support fighters.

• Gu You let the exhausted group rest and asked Lanta to reflect on her battle against the flying Yu Feng.
• Lanta admitted that her damage was insufficient and that she needed more support, while Gu You explained that each teammate had a role and encouraged her to learn from failure.
• Gu You and Tang San described how Lanta had ignored her assignment and wasted Soul Power trying to hit Yu Feng, and Tang San encouraged her by recounting his own repeated failures.
• Xiao Wu asked Meng Yiran why she had not used Erasure, and Meng Yiran explained that Gu You had kept her line of sight blocked during the battle.
• Gu You questioned why Meng Yiran had stayed still, and she explained that she had been protecting Ye Lingling so the healer could sustain Yu Tianheng’s burst strategy.
• Gu You realized that Imperial Dou Team’s Support System Soul Masters were expected to remain stationary and asked Meng Yiran whether Ye Lingling had ever been made to run with the team.

After receiving an invitation from Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, Gu You and his companions attended a banquet at the Imperial Palace, where Xue Qinghe warmly welcomed them and gave Gu You a personal token. Gu You considered whether to accept Xue Qinghe’s interest and support, but remained uncertain about entering the empire’s political struggle.

• After the group reviewed their battle, Sebastian gave Meng Yiran a letter from Crown Prince Xue Qinghe inviting them to an Imperial Palace banquet, and Gu You reluctantly agreed to attend.
• At the palace, Meng Yiran explained why guards did not inspect their Storage Soul Tools, and Xue Qinghe welcomed Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Meng Yiran, and Lanta.
• Xue Qinghe praised Gu You’s performance in battle and gave him a personal gold token that he could use to seek help at the palace.
• Inside the banquet hall, Xiao Wu, Lanta, and Meng Yiran went to find food while Gu You and Tang San watched the nobles from a quiet corner.
• Tang San urged Gu You to consider Xue Qinghe’s interest as a chance to secure support for his research, while Gu You weighed the benefits against the danger of political involvement.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Gu You unexpectedly met Ning Rongrong and learned that the Speed Clan had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, bringing Bai Chenxiang into Ning Rongrong’s circle. As the academy gathering began, Gu You recognized a mysterious black-haired girl among the dignitaries, and she silently told him she had found him.

• Gu You and Tang San decided to demonstrate their abilities before considering Xue Qinghe’s invitation after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Gu You, declared him her second junior brother, and presented Bai Chenxiang as his senior.
• The chapter explained that the Speed Clan had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after the Clear Sky Sect and other powers failed to offer it support.
• Ning Rongrong went to meet Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe, while Gu You and Tang San discussed her unexpected appearance.
• Xue Ye began addressing the academy gathering alongside Xue Qinghe, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Beng, as a black-haired girl looked at Gu You and mouthed, “I found you.”

Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a student from the Star Luo Empire, having chosen to leave her family’s deadly succession struggle and seek out Gu You. She reunited with Gu You and Tang San at the academy banquet, where Tang San noticed her private message to Gu You and grew wary.

• Zhu Zhuqing reassured Zhu Zhuyun that she was going to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to study, despite her sister’s concern about the rival empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled how Gu You had helped her escape the expected fight against Zhu Zhuyun and explained why she had decided to find him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• At the banquet, Xue Ye introduced Zhu Zhuqing as a student from another empire and praised the academy and the friendship between Heaven Dou and Star Luo.
• After Xue Ye left, Zhu Zhuqing bypassed the nobles and went directly to Gu You and Tang San, greeting them warmly.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Gu You why he had not expected her to attend Star Luo Royal Academy and said she could not explain her complicated reasons.
• Tang San noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s earlier silent words to Gu You and became guarded as Zhu Zhuqing said she was doing well and offered to rely on them at the academy.