Chapter Summaries

Gu You prepared to forge his battle armor with the two remaining pieces of Starfall Ore while Feng Wuyu agreed to find four rare spiritual herbs for him. Feng Wuyu left him to work, and Gu You began a three-way fusion forging with Starfall Iron.

• Feng Wuyu told Gu You that he had searched the Shrek Blacksmith Association and found only two pieces of Starfall Ore, then offered him two months to focus on forging.
• Gu You asked Feng Wuyu to find four spiritual herbs, including a Thousand-Year Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, and Feng Wuyu said he would try to obtain them within two months.
• Feng Wuyu arranged for an eighth-rank Soul Guidance Array Designer to install Gu You's battle armor array after the armor was complete, then asked whether Gu You had caught something outside.
• Gu You watched Feng Wuyu leave and used extreme heat to melt the battle armor into Spirit Forging mixed ore while burning a piece of Life Essence Ore.
• Gu You set out Starfall Iron and two other ores, heated them, and prepared to begin a three-way fusion forging.

Gu You forged three ores into an alloy, using his Life Essence Hammer, Soul Power, and then blood energy to overcome the metal’s Abyss Absorption. The alloy reached Thousand Forgings with Spirit and then displayed Fusion Forging Spirit Awakening, confirming the forging’s success.

• Gu You combined the Long Yuan Meteorite Ore with the other two ores, creating a mixed mass with an Abyss Absorption effect.
• Gu You used his Spiritual Power and Life Essence Hammer to forge the alloy, switching between Soul Power and physical strength as he worked.
• After three hours, the ore drained nearly all of Gu You’s Soul Power, so he activated Purple Gold Dragon Armor and used his blood energy to continue.
• Gu You’s alloy reached Thousand Forgings with Spirit, raising a black light six feet above it.
• Dragon-shaped phantoms appeared and purple-black light rose another three feet, marking the alloy’s successful Fusion Forging Spirit Awakening.

Gu You completed a Spirit-Forged Alloy Battle Armor and returned to Shrek with four spiritual herbs for Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin began consuming them to attempt to break the fourth Golden Dragon King seal, and golden light appeared as the process started.

• Gu You tested the alloy’s fusion at ninety-six percent and spent half a month forging a Battle Armor closely approaching Three-Word Battle Armor.
• Gu You handed the armor to Feng Wuyu to have offensive Soul Guidance Arrays inscribed and learned that people at Shrek had been waiting for him.
• Gu You returned to Shrek and gave Tang Wulin four spiritual herbs to strengthen his foundation and help him break the next seal.
• Tang Wulin prepared the herbs in water, ate six Thousand-Year Sheng Sheng Fruit, and drank the mixture.
• Golden light appeared on Tang Wulin as he began breaking the fourth seal, while blue radiance gathered around his head.

Tang Wulin used four spiritual treasures to break the fourth Golden Dragon King Seal while Gu You connected their bloodlines and absorbed the power of the third and fourth seals. Gu You gained a fourth Blood Essence Soul Ring and grew stronger as Tang Wulin’s strength drained away.

• Tang Wulin sat down to break the seal after swallowing the four spiritual treasures, and Gu You linked their bloodlines to absorb the seal’s power.
• Gu Yue arrived outside the room, sensed the medicinal fragrance, and recognized that Tang Wulin was absorbing the seal.
• Tang Wulin endured the herbs’ effects as Gu You absorbed the third seal’s power and struggled to suppress the Golden Dragon King’s rage and resentment.
• The medicinal potency battered the cracked fourth seal, and Tang Wulin’s body briefly filled with golden power before Gu You absorbed it.
• Purple-gold scales spread across Gu You, a fourth Blood Essence Soul Ring formed, and his height, blood essence, and Soul Power increased.

Gu You’s blood essence and Soul Power resonated as he entered deep meditation and met the Dragon God, who revealed that merging true destruction with true Genesis would bring a choice. After awakening, Gu You discovered that his Martial Soul had evolved into the divine-grade Purple Gold Destruction Dragon Emperor, while Gu Yue and Tang Wulin recovered from the herbs; the chapter ended when Gu You sensed someone nearby.

• The Dragon God told Gu You that his absorbed power was real and that combining true destruction with true Genesis would bring a choice tied to an invincible power.
• Gu Yue woke after a night of cultivation with purified bodily impurities and more than twice the energy in her bloodline seal, then went to bathe.
• Tang Wulin woke with benefits from the herbs, recognized that Gu You was in deep meditation, and left without disturbing him.
• Gu You revealed that his Martial Soul had undergone a second evolution into the Purple Gold Destruction Dragon Emperor and demonstrated the three-second invincibility of Purple Gold Shining World.
• Gu You assessed the enhancements of his four Golden Dragon King Seals, including immense strength, defense, and damage absorption.
• Gu You sensed someone nearby, recognized the visitor, and asked whether they had arrived long ago.

Gu Yue explained the Spirit Pagoda’s Tower Rush to Gu You, who decided to join the group and pursue its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. The students set out for the tower, though Tang Wulin was absent and Xie Xie found himself squeezed beside Yuan En Yehui.

• Gu Yue told Gu You that the Spirit Pagoda’s 108-floor Spirit Soul Tower let approved teams challenge Soul Beasts for Soul Spirits, with the top nine floors holding Ferocious Beasts.
• Gu You eagerly agreed to go after hearing about the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, despite Gu Yue questioning how he could use them at his current cultivation.
• Gu You returned to the Work-Study Student Dormitory, caught up with Xie Xie and the others, and gave Yuanen a pair of gauntlets.
• The group gathered in the morning to leave for the Tower Rush; Tang Wulin was missing, while Xu Lizhi and the others joined them.
• Yue Zhengyu arranged a business van, and Xie Xie sat beside Yuan En Yehui, who warned him not to entertain improper thoughts.

Gu You and his companions traveled to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where Gu Yue led them through restricted areas using her access. They entered a room to meet Leng Yaozhu, who rose to welcome them.

• Xie Xie denied thinking anything about Yuan En Yehui, and she pinched his thigh while the others reacted to their cramped seating.
• Gu You and Gu Yue blushed as they sat pressed together during the drive to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Gu Yue explained that the Spirit Soul Tower was a virtual facility inside headquarters and led the group there.
• The group registered at the entrance, and Leng Yaozhu was told that Gu You had arrived.
• Gu Yue took the group up in a red elevator reserved for Spirit Pagoda's upper management and led them to Leng Yaozhu's room.
• Leng Yaozhu stood and smiled as the group entered.

Leng Yaozhu escorted Gu Yue, Gu You, and their companions into the Soul Spirit Tower, where Gu You led the group into its first trial. The chapter ended after he swiftly killed the Wind Wolves that emerged from the tower’s eight gates.

• Leng Yaozhu introduced herself as Gu Yue's teacher and led the group to the Soul Spirit Tower.
• Leng Yaozhu activated the tower, and Yue Zhengyu remembered who she was as the group entered through its golden gate.
• Inside the tower, Gu You told the others to stay behind him and prepared to face the trials alone.
• Eight doors opened, releasing over a hundred Wind Wolves into the hall.
• Gu You attacked the Wind Wolves with his Dragon Claw, leaving blood on it as metallic smoke filled the hall.

Gu You used his Dragon God Soul Collapse Domain to clear the Soul Spirit Tower’s stages and persuaded four defeated Snowfield Lion Kings to join him. At the fortieth floor, he prepared to find a suitable Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul for Yuan En Yehui as a gigantic door began to open.

• Gu You opened his Dragon God Soul Collapse Domain and continued through the tower without choosing the Wind Wolf Soul Spirit.
• Gu You and his companions advanced through twenty-six stages as the Soul Beasts grew stronger.
• Gu You killed four Snowfield Lion Kings with his domain, then offered them freedom and merged their souls into his mind.
• Gu You asked whether anyone needed a Soul Ring, and Yuan En Yehui requested one; he proposed helping her absorb a suitable Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul.
• At the fortieth floor, Gu You and his companions entered a circular hall where a massive metal door began to open.

Gu You killed a ten-thousand-year Demon Lizard Dragon, then subdued its soul and brought it into his spiritual world under restrictions. At the entrance to the next trial, a sudden lightning attack struck him, and he activated his Purple Gold Dragon Armor.

• A ten-thousand-year Demon Lizard Dragon emerged, and Gu You decided to tame it rather than let Yuan En Yehui absorb its soul ring.
• Gu You's Dragon God roar made the Demon Lizard Dragon fall from the air, and he killed it with his Purple Gold Dreadclaw.
• Gu You persuaded the Demon Lizard Dragon's soul to follow him, then brought it into his spiritual world and assigned it to protect the Tree of Life while forbidding it from killing Soul Beasts indiscriminately.
• Gu You and the others opened the shared door for the fiftieth and sixtieth floors, where a bolt of lightning struck them without warning.
• Gu You activated his second Blood Essence Soul Ring and formed his Purple Gold Dragon Armor, dispelling the numbness from the lightning.

Gu You defeated the ten-thousand-year Lightning Beast guarding the space between levels fifty and sixty, then faced a wind-attributed Diamond Baboon on level seventy. Yuan En Yehui chose the Diamond Baboon as her target, and Gu You struck it with his Bloodthirsty Dreadclaws.

• The Lightning Beast attacked Gu You with lightning, but his defenses rendered its attacks ineffective.
• Gu You crushed the Lightning Beast with a palm strike and absorbed its phantom.
• On level seventy, Yuan En Yehui recognized the wind-attributed Diamond Baboon and asked Gu You to help her absorb it.
• Gu You agreed and charged the Diamond Baboon with his Purple Emperor Dreadclaws.
• The Diamond Baboon swatted at Gu You, who struck it with Bloodthirsty Dreadclaws and triggered the Shatter effect.

Gu You defeated the Diamond Baboon, allowing Yuan En Yehui to absorb its Soul Spirit and gain a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. After the others left the trial, Leng Yaozhu invited them to join the Spirit Pagoda, and Yuan En Yehui and Yue Zhengyu accepted.

• Gu You grievously wounded the Diamond Baboon, then killed it after it entered a berserk state.
• Yuan En Yehui chose to absorb the Diamond Baboon Soul Spirit while Gu You continued toward the next stage.
• Gu You told the others they could leave, but said he intended to face the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast at the top.
• Two hours later, Yuan En Yehui successfully absorbed the Soul Spirit and gained a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Leng Yaozhu invited the group to join the Spirit Pagoda, and Yuan En Yehui and Yue Zhengyu agreed.

Leng Yaozhu explained that Soul Spirits earned in the Spirit Soul Tower still had to be purchased, while the students learned she was the powerful Heavenly Phoenix Douluo. The chapter ended with a brief account of humanity’s rise to power and the historic figures who shaped Soul Masters, including Tang San and Huo Yuhao.

• Leng Yaozhu told Xu Xiaoyan that her Ice Bear Soul Spirit cost ten million Federation Coins, and Xu Xiaoyan declined her offer to waive the fee in exchange for joining the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu sent the students to wait while she returned to observe Gu You’s Tower Rush.
• Yue Zhengyu identified Leng Yaozhu as the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo and revealed that she was a Four-Word Battle Armor Master.
• The students learned about the rise of Titled Douluo, Super Douluo, and Limit Douluo, and how Tang San surpassed that pinnacle before becoming a god.
• The account recalled that the original Shrek Seven Devils became legendary and that Huo Yuhao later revitalized the Tang Sect and founded the Spirit Pagoda.

Gu You entered the Spirit Pagoda’s ninety-ninth floor and encountered a colossal Hundred-Thousand-Year Mandala Snake, while Leng Yaozhu recalled the Spirit Pagoda’s discovery of a vast underground region beneath the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter left the snake’s origins and the underground area’s secrets unexplained.

• Yue Zhengyu recognized Heavenly Phoenix Douluo and excitedly told Gu Yue he would treat her as his big sister.
• Gu You explored the ninety-ninth floor, sensed an approaching presence, and blasted a huge creature into the air.
• Gu You and his companions saw that the creature was a giant red Mandala Snake with horns, and Yue Zhengyu and Xu Xiaoyan reacted with disbelief and fear.
• The chapter described how Mandala Snakes grew and changed as they cultivated, along with the hundred-thousand-year snake’s resilience, speed, and deadly venom.
• Leng Yaozhu reviewed Spirit Pagoda records and recalled that staff had discovered a vast underground area beneath the Star Dou Great Forest before its exploration was postponed.

The author thanked readers, discussed the book’s reception, and urged support for its first paid chapter before the story explained the Spirit Pagoda’s discovery of a Dragon Bone and an evolved Mandala Snake. Leng Yaozhu watched Gu You on a screen, left wondering how much he was hiding.

• The author described the book’s differing reception on Qidian and QQ Reading, acknowledged criticism, and thanked readers and the editor.
• The author urged readers to support the first paid chapter and ended the note by expressing hope that his ambitions would come true.
• The Spirit Pagoda detected a giant Dragon Bone and a thousand-meter serpent beneath the Star Dou Great Forest, then sent six Titled Douluo to investigate.
• The Spirit Pagoda’s team found the calm serpent absorbing the Dragon Bone’s aura and captured it after receiving orders from its leaders.
• Researchers concluded that the serpent had evolved into a Mandala Dragon through the Dragon Bone’s energy, and the Spirit Pagoda sealed the Dragon Bone and concealed the discovery.
• Leng Yaozhu silently watched Gu You on a screen and considered the secrets he was hiding.

Gu You defeated the Hundred-Thousand-Year Mandala Snake on the Spirit Soul Tower’s ninety-ninth floor and learned it had been promised a mysterious stone tablet. He suspected the tablet was connected to the Dragon Ascension Pillar and resolved to search for it.

• The Mandala Snake ambushed Gu You from underground and swallowed him, but he unleashed destructive power from inside its stomach and made it explode.
• The system announced that Gu You had passed the ninety-ninth floor and could absorb the special Hundred-Thousand-Year Mandala Snake.
• Gu You asked the Mandala Snake to come with him, but it refused because someone had promised it a useful stone tablet.
• Gu You recognized that the tablet might be the Dragon Ascension Pillar, a Super Divine Artifact that could enhance Soul Beasts’ bloodlines, cultivation, and talent.
• Gu You decided he would have to search for the Dragon Ascension Pillar, then considered what he could do about the stone tablet.

Gu You persuaded the little Mandala Snake to join him and continued through the Spirit Pagoda, where Qingu Dongfeng decided to negotiate rather than let him claim the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. On the next floor, Gu You encountered a supposedly extinct Nine-Colored Profound Nether Deer and tried to connect with it.

• Gu You promised to search for the Mandala Snake's stone stele, and the little Mandala Snake agreed to follow him.
• After learning Gu You had reached the hundredth floor, Qingu Dongfeng ordered his staff to stop him from taking the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Qingu Dongfeng learned that Gu You's Martial Soul resembled a closely guarded one and chose to offer him conditions rather than become his enemy.
• Qingu Dongfeng questioned Break Evil Dragon, received only a vague reply, and decided to meet Gu You himself.
• Gu You spotted a Nine-Colored Profound Nether Deer beside a lake and recognized it as an extinct auspicious Soul Beast.
• Gu You approached the deer and tried to establish a connection through their Spiritual Powers.

Gu You defeated the Nine-Colored Profound Nether Deer on the hundredth stage and absorbed it, but was ejected from the Spirit Soul Tower as he entered the next gate. The Spirit Pagoda staff confronted the disruption, and Pagoda Master Qingu Dongfeng arrived while Gu You lamented losing his chance to absorb another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• The Nine-Colored Profound Nether Deer attacked Gu You with a nine-element divine light, but his purple Divine Might beam destroyed it and pursued it when it tried to escape.
• Gu You trapped the Nine-Colored Profound Nether Deer in a giant palm and absorbed it before heading for the next light gate.
• Gu You blacked out upon passing through the gate and woke outside the Spirit Soul Tower, while the staff realized someone had forced him out.
• Leng Yaozhu angrily demanded to know who had ejected Gu You and considered how his unlimited absorption could force the Spirit Pagoda to change its rules.
• Qingu Dongfeng revealed that he had intervened, and Gu You recognized him as the Spirit Pagoda's Pagoda Master.

Gu You reflected on Qingu Dongfeng’s ambition and past crimes before demanding an ancient stone slab from him. When Qingu Dongfeng threatened Gu You, Leng Yaozhu stepped in to protect her disciple, leaving her allegiance to the Spirit Pagoda in question.

• Gu You recalled Qingu Dongfeng’s past schemes against Shrek and the Tang Sect, his eventual fall from power, and his final sacrifice for humanity.
• Qingu Dongfeng told Gu You the Spirit Soul Tower was temporarily closed and offered him any condition in compensation.
• Gu You demanded the stone slab that had accompanied the Mandala Snake, and Yue Zhengyu identified Qingu Dongfeng as the Spirit Controlling Douluo, a Four-Word Battle Armor Master.
• Qingu Dongfeng objected to Gu You’s demand and threatened to teach him a lesson, but Leng Yaozhu dispelled his pressure and warned him not to harm her disciple.
• Leng Yaozhu declared that Gu You was her disciple and raised her aura as Qingu Dongfeng questioned whether she stood with the Spirit Pagoda or an outsider.

Gu You recovered memories of the Star Dragon Emperor when he touched the Dragon Bone Stele and absorbed it into his Sea of Consciousness. Back at the Spirit Soul Tower, Leng Yaozhu demanded four hundred billion Federation Coins for the Soul Spirits Gu You had taken, leaving him unable to pay.

• Qingu Dongfeng agreed to let Gu You take the stele on the condition that Gu You never enter the Spirit Soul Platform again.
• Qingu Dongfeng brought Gu You underground to a facility filled with contained Soul Beasts and showed him the Dragon Bone Stele.
• Gu You touched the stele, saw memories of the Star Dragon Emperor and the Torso Soul Bone, and recovered his memories.
• Gu You drew the Dragon Bone Stele into his Sea of Consciousness, and Qingu Dongfeng let him leave without attacking.
• Leng Yaozhu demanded four hundred billion Federation Coins from Gu You for half the price of the Soul Spirits, and Gu You admitted he could not afford it.