Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuyun worried about Zhu Zhuqing’s move to Heaven Dou, while Gu You reconsidered his place in the continent’s political struggles and decided to pursue influence through the tournament. He realized his team lineup made him the replacement for Dai Mubai, leaving him alarmed that he might become the lecherous tiger.

• Dai Weisi reassured Zhu Zhuyun that Zhu Zhuqing was safe in Heaven Dou and explained why she could not attend Spirit Hall or Star Luo academies.
• Gu You wondered why Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong were joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy and recognized that the Speed Clan had sought protection from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu You accepted that he could not avoid the political struggle and decided to build his reputation by winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Gu You compared the factions courting him and judged that Qian Renxue’s side seemed safer than Bibi Dong’s.
• Gu You counted the likely tournament lineup and realized he would fill Dai Mubai’s role as the team’s power attacker.

Gu You attended Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s opening ceremony, then learned that he had been placed in Imperial Dou Class 1 with Tang San and several other promising students. After Qin Ming introduced the class and the Imperial Dou Team, Gu You declared that he would become team captain because he was the strongest student.

• Gu You watched Xue Qinghe address the academy and considered the prince’s charisma and hidden identity, while Tang San and the others noticed Gu You’s changed bearing.
• Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Lanta, Ning Rongrong, Bai Chenxiang, and Zhu Zhuqing discovered they had been assigned to Imperial Dou Class 1.
• Ning Rongrong offered Gu You one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to become her little brother, but Gu You refused her offer.
• Qin Ming introduced himself as the class’s homeroom teacher and explained that the class included geniuses and strong students who could qualify for the Imperial Dou Team.
• The Imperial Dou Team members and the new students introduced themselves, after which Gu You announced that he would be captain because he was the strongest student present.

Qin Ming tested Gu You’s claim to the Imperial Dou Team captaincy by challenging him to withstand two incense sticks. Gu You and Tang San chose to face Qin Ming together and launched an attack as the trial began.

• Qin Ming released his Soul Emperor aura, prompting Gu You, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Lanta, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing to prepare for battle.
• Qin Ming led everyone to the Training Ground and set a trial in which each teammate added another incense stick to the required survival time.
• Gu You and Tang San agreed to face Qin Ming alone, while Xiao Wu stopped Ning Rongrong from joining them.
• Qin Ming began the trial by lighting the incense and activating his Blazing Blue Wolf Martial Soul.
• Gu You charged at Qin Ming with lightning surging around him as Tang San spread Blue Silver Grass across the Training Ground and boosted Gu You’s vitality.

Gu You and Tang San tested Qin Ming in a fierce spar, revealing Tang San’s ability to weaponize accelerated plants with his Green Star techniques. After Qin Ming overwhelmed Gu You despite their tricks, Tang San confirmed he had stored enough energy for their next move, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Gu You charged Qin Ming while Tang San attacked with a seed-grown Tentacle Rose, but Qin Ming burned the plant away.
• Tang San used Explosion Star, and Gu You slammed Qin Ming into a Gunpowder Herb, triggering a powerful blast that forced Qin Ming to reveal his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Qin Ming explained through his fighting style how Gu You’s writing had helped him understand his role as an Armor-Piercing Power Attack System Soul Master and find a suitable team.
• Qin Ming battered Gu You with a rapid assault, but Tang San helped him escape with Pepper Stars that blinded Qin Ming and overwhelmed his sensitive nose.
• Tang San said he had stored substantial energy in Blue Silver Grass, and Gu You decided they should pursue victory with their next move.

Gu You and Tang San completed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Tyrant Purple Dragon—Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon, and tested it against Qin Ming. The dragon unleashed a final purple-gold beam before its energy ran out, leaving Gu You and Tang San collapsed as Qin Ming charged to meet the attack.

• After experiment 147 failed, Gu You revised the Soul Incantation, and experiment 148 successfully fused Ultimate Conductor Tyranno with Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Gu You and Tang San became the Tyrant Purple Dragon—Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon, whose presence impressed the onlookers and alarmed Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Qin Ming attacked the fused dragon, which restrained him with the Domain of the Tyrant and fought his Flame Giant Wolf with its strength and enhanced Blue Silver Grass.
• The Tyrant Purple Dragon's Blue Silver Grass penetrated Qin Ming's flames, but Qin Ming burned away the grass covering the Training Ground, prompting the dragon to gather its remaining energy.
• The Tyrant Purple Dragon fired a purple-gold beam at Qin Ming, then reverted to Gu You and Tang San, who collapsed as Qin Ming charged into the attack.

Gu You and Tang San exhausted themselves fighting Qin Ming, who named Gu You captain and Tang San vice-captain of the Imperial Dou Team. After recovering, they encountered Xue Beng and his followers, defeated them, and Gu You knocked out Xue Beng, leaving Tang San worried about the consequences.

• Gu You and Tang San's Tyrant Purple Dragon—Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon forced Qin Ming to defend himself with his Fifth Soul Skill, and Qin Ming declared Gu You the new captain and Tang San the vice-captain of the Imperial Dou Team.
• Gu You woke in the infirmary and learned from Tang San that they had been judged on how long they endured against Qin Ming, not on whether they won.
• Gu You and Tang San left the infirmary and encountered Xue Beng, who mistook them for intruders and ordered his followers to break their legs.
• Gu You and Tang San quickly defeated Xue Beng's followers, then Gu You knocked Xue Beng unconscious with a punch.
• Tang San worried that attacking an imperial prince would cause trouble, but Gu You planned to explain it as a conflict between academy students.

Qian Renxue reviewed a report on Gu You and began to suspect that he was the mysterious figure known as “Gu You,” but she missed evidence that the Pope had assigned Nightingale to protect him. Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong revealed that her new classmate Gu You had fought alongside Tang San against Qin Ming, shocking Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.

• Qian Renxue questioned Snake Lance Douluo She Long about Gu You’s history, including his encounters with Fallen Ones, his childhood reading, and his advice on Soul Skills.
• Qian Renxue suspected that Gu You might be the mysterious “Gu You” and sent She Long to ask the Pope, while overlooking the report that Nightingale had been assigned to protect him.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect excitedly, and Gu Rong and Chen Xin asked about her new friends and academy life.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Gu You as a twelve-year-old close-combat Stall-Type Power Attack System Soul Master with the Ultimate Conductor Tyranno Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong recognized the name Gu You, and Ning Rongrong told them that Gu You and Tang San had used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Qin Ming and blasted off his sleeve.

After learning about Gu You and Tang San’s powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ning Fengzhi and the two Title Douluo decided to recruit them into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi also considered Gu You as a possible partner for Ning Rongrong, but chose to let their relationship develop naturally.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Gu You and Tang San’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill had forced Qin Ming to use his Fifth Soul Skill.
• Chen Xin praised Gu You’s Ultimate Conductor Tyranno and his self-created techniques, while Gu Rong admired Tang San’s innovative use of Blue Silver Grass.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong agreed to make every effort to recruit Gu You and Tang San as successors who could protect the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi raised the possibility of Gu You and Ning Rongrong becoming a couple, and Chen Xin supported the idea while Gu Rong objected that Rongrong was only twelve.
• Ning Fengzhi decided not to force a match and said they would let Rongrong and Gu You’s relationship develop on its own.

Gu You and Tang San led opposing seven-person teams in a training battle at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where their choices and tactics put the students’ teamwork to the test. Meng Yiran erased Ning Rongrong’s amplification, and the fight ended with Ning Rongrong under Gu You’s control as he asked Tang San whether he wanted to continue.

• Qin Ming brought the fifteen students to the Sports Field and had Gu You and Tang San take turns choosing teams, leaving Bai Chenxiang out.
• Gu You’s team formed a 133 formation, while Tang San’s team formed a 232 formation before Qin Ming began the battle.
• Gu You charged the Shi Brothers as Ning Rongrong strengthened them, while Yu Feng dispersed Dugu Yan’s poison and Yu Tianheng attacked Tang San.
• Osler and Zhu Zhuqing pressured Xiao Wu as Tang San restrained Yu Tianheng, while Meng Yiran slipped behind Tang San’s team and used Erasure to cancel Ning Rongrong’s amplification.
• Tang San pulled Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling away from Meng Yiran, but Meng Yiran struck both Support System Soul Masters, and Ning Rongrong then amplified Gu You.

Gu You condemned Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling for standing still during the team fight, then berated the whole team for ignoring basic tactics. His criticism made Yu Tianheng reconsider how Soul Masters should fight, while Ning Rongrong left furious and Tang San later asked Gu You whether he had been too harsh.

• Gu You called Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling deadweights, grabbed Ning Rongrong after she kicked him, and criticized both women for remaining stationary during battle.
• Gu You told Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuqing that they should have targeted the two Support System Soul Masters instead of engaging opponents one-on-one, then left the Training Ground.
• Ning Rongrong refused Bai Chenxiang’s help and stormed away, while Yu Tianheng agreed that he should have attacked Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling during the fight.
• Yu Tianheng and Xiao Wu comforted Ye Lingling, who explained that Support System Soul Masters had always fought without moving, prompting the others to question that convention after recalling Tang San’s mobility.
• Qin Ming asked Meng Yiran about Gu You’s tactical ideas, and she claimed Gu You admired a researcher with the same name to protect his secret.
• Tang San found Gu You beneath a tree and asked whether his treatment of Ning Rongrong had been too harsh.

Gu You explained to Tang San that their staged Spirit Fight was meant to expose the weaknesses of traditional Support System Soul Masters, then went with him to the library. After Ning Rongrong reported Gu You to her father, Ning Fengzhi recognized the flaws in her approach and ordered her to apologize and learn a new way to support her team.

• Gu You reassured Tang San that offending the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was a minor problem and explained why he had arranged for Tang San to target the enemy support Soul Masters.
• Gu You outlined the vulnerabilities of Support System Soul Masters and revealed that he and Tang San had staged their team choices to teach their teammates to attack support and fight more actively.
• Tang San accepted Gu You's apology for the plan's effect on his reputation, and Gu You proposed that they visit the library instead of returning to training.
• Ning Rongrong rushed to Ning Fengzhi's office and demanded that he punish Gu You for choking and humiliating her during the Spirit Fight.
• After Ning Rongrong and Bai Chenxiang recounted the day's events, Ning Fengzhi recognized the weaknesses in traditional support tactics and ordered Ning Rongrong to apologize to Gu You and learn from Gu You and Tang San.

After Ning Rongrong reconsidered her actions, Gu You began training her and Ye Lingling to fight despite being Support System Soul Masters. The chapter ended as he prepared to put them through real combat training.

• Ning Fengzhi demanded that Ning Rongrong apologize to Gu You, but she refused and ran from the room; he asked Bai Chenxiang to let her reflect and later help her learn from Gu You and Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong spent the night talking with Bai Chenxiang, realized she had acted foolishly, and changed into practical clothes before returning to class with a renewed determination to prove her strength.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Gu You to make her stronger, and he led her, Bai Chenxiang, and Ye Lingling out of class; Tang San stayed behind to explain their absence to Teacher Qin Ming.
• Gu You explained that a Support System Soul Master's fighting style depended on their thoughts and resolve, then ordered Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to pick up greatswords and cut a tree.
• After watching them struggle with the swords, Gu You announced that he would teach them real combat training.

Gu You trained Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling in practical combat, showing them that support-type Soul Masters could fight with weapons while using their Martial Souls. He returned to class convinced that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could support a broader martial-arts tradition, while the girls left with a new hint from him.

• Gu You pulled the sword from a tree, gave it to Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, and began their practical combat lesson.
• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling coordinated their attacks, but Gu You dodged them and knocked them down; both girls got back up determined to continue.
• Qin Ming arrived and stopped the training, then sent Gu You back to class while Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling healed and changed with Bai Chenxiang's help.
• Gu You reasoned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could make support-type Soul Masters especially suited to developing Self-Created Soul Skills and martial arts.
• Back in the classroom, Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that the fight had hurt a lot, leaving Lanta and Zhu Zhuqing deep in thought.

Qin Ming gave Gu You responsibility for the Imperial Dou Team’s tactics, and Gu You began analyzing the team’s Martial Souls. After the academy accepted an invitation to Suotuo City, Gu You asked to stay behind and continue his research.

• Qin Ming announced that Gu You would be responsible for the Imperial Dou Team’s tactics after seeing Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong demonstrate their abilities as Support System Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong confirmed to Snake Lance Douluo She Long that Gu You was the person Qian Renxue had guessed, and told him to relay that she was looking forward to Qian Renxue’s choice.
• Gu You and Lanta reviewed the team’s Martial Soul reports and planned to spend a week in the Library developing a new tactical system.
• Qin Ming told the team that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had accepted the nobles’ invitation to participate in Spirit Fights in Suotuo City.
• Gu You asked Qin Ming if he could stay behind in Suotuo City, saying his tactical research was unfinished.

Gu You and the others began training at the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena, where Qin Ming arranged their registration and urged them to prioritize safety. They chose arena titles and entered one-on-one matches, leaving Supervisor Xiong worried about the support-type Soul Masters Tang San and Ning Rongrong.

• Qin Ming kept Gu You and five others at the academy because they lacked Spirit Fight Badges, then sent them to train at the arena with the rest of the team.
• Qin Ming explained the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena's rules and brought the group there to learn how to judge opponents and handle sudden battles.
• Qin Ming introduced the group to Supervisor Xiong and asked him to register the new Imperial Dou Team members, emphasizing that their safety came first.
• Gu You chose the title Terrifying Beast for himself and assigned titles to Tang San, Xiao Wu, Lanta, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Bai Chenxiang.
• Tang San and Ning Rongrong registered for one-on-one Spirit Fights despite their support-type Martial Souls, prompting Supervisor Xiong to plan to have them rescued at the first sign of danger.

Ning Rongrong feared entering the Spirit Fight Arena, so Gu You reassured her by sharing his own fear and history of hard-won growth. After Tang San and Xiao Wu won their debut fights and felt their opponents were too weak to provide combat experience, Gu You entered the arena to face Flame Tiger, who began the fight confident he could defeat him.

• Ning Rongrong asked Gu You whether she should forfeit, and he comforted her by explaining that he was afraid of battle too and had grown stronger through repeated fights.
• Tang San defeated a burly Iron-Armored Rhino Soul Master by using Blue Silver Grass to suffocate him unconscious, while Xiao Wu and Lanta also won their fights.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lanta felt empty after their easy victories, and Gu You told Ning Rongrong she was qualified to compete in the arena.
• Gu You was called to fight Flame Tiger, who was seeking his eleventh consecutive victory and mocked Gu You for being young.
• Flame Tiger activated his Flame Tiger Martial Soul as the referee began the Spirit Fight.

Gu You instantly defeated Flame Tiger in the Spirit Fight Arena, then watched Ning Rongrong win her first one-on-one match with Murasame. The chapter ended with Green-Faced Wolf conceding and predicting that Glazed Blade would become famous across the continent.

• Gu You unleashed his power and defeated Flame Tiger with one punch, ending the Bronze Spirit Fight veteran's ten-match winning streak.
• Ning Rongrong entered the arena as Glazed Blade and revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Murasame, surprising the spectators and Green-Faced Wolf.
• Ning Rongrong sought sword training from Chen Xin, and Ye Lingling later joined her in his tutelage.
• Ning Rongrong used her swordsmanship and Soul Power enhancements to steadily overpower Green-Faced Wolf.
• Ning Rongrong spared Green-Faced Wolf, who admitted defeat and said he would remember her wound and expected her name to resound across the continent.

Ning Rongrong won her first arena match with Cursed Blade Murasame, a blade Gu You had commissioned Tang San to forge and secretly planned to sell. After Ning Rongrong paid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for it, Gu You and Tang San turned serious over Tang San’s discovery that the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena used Arrays in Soul Tools.

• Ning Rongrong defeated the Green-Faced Wolf Soul Master, and Xiao Wu and the others congratulated her on her first victory.
• Gu You asked Tang San to inspect Murasame, and Tang San confirmed that the blade was undamaged and its cleaning Array still worked.
• Gu You told Tang San he had added the cleaning Array to make Murasame appealing to buyers, then shared the invented legend of Rain and the cursed blade with Ning Rongrong.
• Gu You claimed Murasame was worth one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Rongrong paid him despite glaring at him.
• Gu You told Tang San they had made a fifty-thousand-coin profit, and Tang San revealed that the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena was using Arrays within Soul Tools.

Gu You and Tang San discovered that the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena’s platforms were likely protected by powerful Soul Tool Arrays, leaving Gu You puzzled about their energy source and origin. After the students celebrated their Spirit Fight victories, Ning Rongrong invited Gu You to meet her family, but he declined; a week later, a stranger called out to Gu You and Tang San outside the Library.

• Tang San and Gu You examined the Spirit Fight Platform’s faint damage and concluded its array likely used energy protection to reduce damage rather than simply harden the stone.
• After considering how the Arena’s different platforms might have arrays suited to different battle strengths, Gu You wondered where the arrays got enough Soul Power and how they had survived the loss of Soul Tool civilization.
• Qin Ming praised the students’ performances, and Ning Rongrong felt proud that her Spirit Fight victory had earned recognition for her own effort.
• Qin Ming announced a trip to Suotuo City, and Ning Rongrong invited Gu You to meet her father and Sword Grandpa; Gu You politely refused.
• Two days later, Qin Ming took the eight students to Suotuo City, and Gu You resumed his routine of studying, training, and earning money at the Spirit Fight Arena.
• A week later, a gentle male voice called out to Gu You and Tang San as they left the Library.

Gu You explained to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong why Support System Soul Masters needed battlefield awareness and close-combat skills. Ning Fengzhi approved of Gu You and hoped he would marry Ning Rongrong, while Gu You began explaining how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's famous elders could help train her.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong approached Gu You and Tang San, and Gu You identified the three leaders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi greeted Gu You and Tang San warmly, asked them to call him Uncle Ning, and privately approved of Gu You as a potential match for Ning Rongrong.
• Chen Xin asked Gu You why he had advised Ning Rongrong to learn swordsmanship, and Gu You described the battlefield weaknesses of Support System Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled Ning Rongrong's Innate Soul Power Rank Nine and his hope that she could advance the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda beyond its limits.
• Gu You argued that Support System Soul Masters needed battlefield judgment and close-combat skills to survive if enemies broke through their defenses.
• Gu You began explaining that Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong were the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's most famous figures.