Chapter Summaries

Gu You went into debt after absorbing rare Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, then integrated his battle armor and named it Purple Gold Dragon God. Meanwhile, Gu Yue returned to the Spirit Pagoda, where Leng Yaozhu mentioned her mother and began to address her cultivation.

• Leng Yaozhu let Gu You repay the cost of the Soul Beasts over three hundred years without interest, leaving him with a crushing debt.
• Gu You apologized to Gu Yue for being caught unprepared, and she admitted she had lied to him.
• Gu You received his battle armor, fused it with his martial soul, and named it Purple Gold Dragon God.
• Gu Yue traveled to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and wondered whether the prosperous world deserved to be destroyed.
• Leng Yaozhu told Gu Yue that her mother had called, teased her about lying to Gu You, and led her through a metal door to discuss her cultivation.

Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass evolved, and Gu You helped him break the fifth Golden Dragon King seal while absorbing the released essence. Gu You continued absorbing the power in the dormitory as Tang Wulin left, and he realized Tang Wulin’s Martial Soul had become golden vines.

• Gu Yue refused her teacher’s offer to help forge her One-Word Battle Armor and chose to make it herself.
• Wu Changkong told Shen Yi that Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass had evolved, and Tang Wulin returned to the dormitory pleased with its increased attack power and golden color.
• Gu You offered to help Tang Wulin break the fifth seal, and Tang Wulin agreed to trust his method.
• Gu You used Divine Power to crack the seal, and Tang Wulin shattered it, releasing a surge of Golden Dragon King essence.
• Gu You absorbed the released essence as purple-gold scales spread across his body, while Tang Wulin used a golden vine to leave the dormitory.
• Gu You noticed Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass had become thick golden vines and continued absorbing the essence.

Gu You discovered that the Golden Dragon King's fifth seal gave his left Dragon Claw the Tearing Trait and made the collision of his claws briefly enhance his Spiritual Power. Back at school, he learned that his class would hold an exchange competition against sixth-years, and he smiled when Shen Yi returned with two people.

• Gu You tested his enhanced left Dragon Claw and found that it spread cracks through a wall, revealing its Tearing Trait, while his right claw retained its Shattering Trait.
• Gu You discovered that clashing his Dragon Claws produced a chime and purple-gold light that temporarily improved his concentration and Spiritual Power.
• Gu You registered the Three-Harmony Alloy formula and continued studying while worrying about repaying the three hundred billion he owed the Federation.
• Shen Yi announced an all-around competition between the strongest first-year class and sixth-years, with teams of three to seven and the sixth-years fielding one fewer competitor.
• Gu You told Xie Xie to gather their friends into a seven-person team, then smiled when Shen Yi returned to class with two people.

Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi transferred into Shen Yi’s class, where Xu Lizhi joined Gu You’s team and persuaded Ye Xinglan to join as well. Ye Xinglan challenged Zheng Yiran’s pride in the Young Genius Ranking, and Zheng Yiran challenged her to a one-on-one match.

• Shen Yi introduced Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi as transfer students and invited them to join the upcoming match against sixth graders.
• Luo Guixing tried to approach Ye Xinglan, but she ignored him and went to the back of the classroom.
• Xu Lizhi agreed to join Gu You’s team and asked Gu You to let Ye Xinglan join too; Gu You accepted.
• Xu Lizhi persuaded Ye Xinglan to join the team by pointing out that the match would give her a chance to test and strengthen herself.
• Zheng Yiran mocked Gu You for not appearing on the Young Genius Ranking, and Ye Xinglan dismissed the ranking as unimportant.
• Zheng Yiran challenged Ye Xinglan to a one-on-one match, and Ye Xinglan stared at her coldly.

Gu You challenged the sixth-grade students to stop spreading rumors and demonstrated his remarkable forging skill by making Jade Silver with a ninety-five-percent fusion rate. Ye Xinglan claimed the alloy, while its rarity suggested the possibility of forging a Divine Alloy and advancing beyond Limit Douluo toward godhood.

• After Luo Guixing left, Gu You praised Ye Xinglan's improvement and challenged the students to defeat him if they wanted to keep confronting him.
• Shen Yi and Wu Changkong agreed to let the sixth-grade students use battle armor and fight Gu You without reducing their team numbers.
• Gu You forged Jade Silver through fusion forging, astonishing Ye Xinglan with his skill.
• Gu You measured the Jade Silver's fusion rate and found it was ninety-five percent, the lowest rate he had achieved.
• Ye Xinglan took the Jade Silver and said she would pay for the materials, but Gu You offered it to her for free.
• Gu You explained that a nine-metal Spirited Alloy might produce a Divine Alloy capable of helping a Limit Douluo advance toward godhood.

Ye Xinglan discussed her ambition to become a ninth-rank Mecha Manufacturer, while Gu You reflected on his unusual path and her pressure to prove herself. The first-year Class One selection tournament began, with the winning group set to face sixth-year Class One in an exchange match.

• Ye Xinglan told Gu You she would aim to become a ninth-rank Mecha Manufacturer, and he encouraged her.
• Shen Yi told the group that sixth-year students could use battle armor, and the seven-person team of Gu Yue, Gu You, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi was confirmed.
• Shen Yi announced that the internal class selection tournament would be held in actual combat at the sparring arena.
• Shen Yi and Wu Changkong greeted Ya Li, the Holy Spirit Douluo, who told the students to use the matches to improve themselves.
• Wu Changkong explained the single-elimination tournament rules and began the drawing of matches.

Gu You's team reached the final match of the class selection trial after the other teams forfeited, and Gu You agreed to have his cultivation sealed at three rings. The seven-on-seven battle against Yang Nianxia's team began, and Gu You immediately overwhelmed Yang Nianxia, leaving the match underway with both teams deploying their attacks.

• Gu You's group received a bye in the first round, then advanced when their second-round opponents forfeited.
• Luo Guixing's team won its first-round match, received a bye in the second round, and watched the remaining teams withdraw before the final.
• Shen Yi arranged for Gu You's cultivation to be sealed at three rings, and Wu Changkong announced the seven-on-seven final against Yang Nianxia's team.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and the spectators reacted to Gu You's purple-gold Soul Rings and Xu Xiaoyan's ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Yang Nianxia charged Gu You while Wu Sido rushed toward Xu Xiaoyan, but Gu You's Dragon Claw struck Yang Nianxia's fist and sent him rolling into Luo Guixing.
• Zheng Yiran spread green mist across the arena as Xu Yucheng and Wu Sido advanced in a flanking attack.

Tang Wulin and his teammates launched a coordinated assault against Wu Sido’s team, using their Soul Skills to divide and restrain the opponents. Gu You prepared a powerful attack as Xie Xie held Xu Yucheng at bay, leaving the fight poised for a decisive strike.

• Tang Wulin spread his Blue Silver Emperor vines while Xu Xiaoyan unleashed Starry Sky Burst against Wu Sido and Xu Yucheng.
• Wu Sido and Xu Yucheng broke through the meteorites, but Gu Yue slowed Xu Yucheng with Holy Light and Xie Xie engaged him.
• Gu You’s Purple Gold Annihilation Kill missed Wu Sido, while Luo Guixing teleported her away and teamed up with Zheng Yiran.
• Gu You threw Yang Nianxia out of the arena, then used Dragon Might to stun Yue Tian and punch him out of the arena.
• Xie Xie evaded Xu Yucheng’s scythe with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and bought time for his teammates.
• Gu You formed a Destruction Ball empowered by Extreme Ice and unleashed Dragon God's Wrath.

Gu You overwhelmed the Prodigy Team with a rain of Balls of Destruction, but Wu Sido protected herself and Luo Guixing with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, allowing the team to surrender. Later, Ye Xinglan began forging Jade Silver into battle armor, determined to prove she could work with Spirited Alloy.

• Gu You’s Balls of Destruction struck the five remaining members of the Prodigy Team, but Wu Sido’s fusion skill protected her and Luo Guixing from the attack.
• Luo Guixing raised his hand and surrendered, and Ya Li healed the injured with her life force.
• Gu You explained that he had adapted Dragon God's Wrath into an area attack, while Ye Xinglan complained that she had not fought the snake woman.
• Ye Xinglan examined Jade Silver with a ninety-five percent fusion rate and told Xu Lizhi to stand by as she attempted to make One-Word Battle Armor from Spirited Alloy.
• Ye Xinglan entered a state of concentration and used her Stargod Sword to lift the Jade Silver and begin inscribing it with strands of starlight.

Ye Xinglan used the Stargod Sword to engrave the Jade Silver battle armor, exhausting herself as she pushed through the arduous process. Her final nine slashes completed the gauntlet, and Wu Changkong declared the match over, deciding which team would face the sixth-year students.

• Ye Xinglan steadily engraved intricate patterns into the Jade Silver as Gu You watched, eventually falling asleep.
• After seven hours, Ye Xinglan's Soul Power began to run low, so Xu Lizhi supplied her with Recovery Meat Buns every three minutes.
• Too full to eat more Recovery Meat Buns, Ye Xinglan used Xu Lizhi's Bloodthirsty Bean Paste Bun to restore her strength and accelerate the armor's creation.
• As the bun's effects faded and her body trembled, Ye Xinglan forced herself to continue engraving the Jade Silver gauntlet.
• Ye Xinglan unleashed nine final slashes, completing the gauntlet, and Wu Changkong declared the match over.

Gu You completed the Dragon Ascension Stele and cultivated to Level 68 before leading his team into a public friendly match against Shrek’s sixth grade. The chapter left the teams facing off in the arena as their captains began introductions.

• Gu You sent the purple light into the vortex, restored the Dragon Ascension Stele, and drew it into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Gu You cultivated for two days with the stele’s help and reached Level 68.
• Gu You briefed his teammates on the match, warning them to protect their secrets if they could not safely fight at full strength.
• Yang Nianxia told his teammates that Gu You had held back during their earlier defeat, while Luo Guixing said Yue Tian’s Martial Soul seemed shattered.
• Cai Yuer announced special resources as rewards, and both teams entered the packed arena.
• Ye Shihong introduced himself as a Level 63 assault-type Soul Emperor with the Golden Leaf Martial Soul.

The academy verified that Gu You had reached level sixty-eight Soul Emperor cultivation, astonishing the students and teachers gathered for the match. After prominent elders arrived and bickered over watching him, the crowd cheered at the confirmation, while the match itself had yet to begin.

• The crowd doubted Gu You's claim to level-sixty-eight Soul Emperor cultivation, and Ye Shihong challenged him to be honest.
• Holy Spirit Douluo Yali, Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yuer, and other academy teachers arrived to watch the match.
• Blazing Dragon Douluo Feng Wuyu and Crimson Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi arrived arguing, then competed over sitting near Yali until she silenced them.
• Cai Yuer signaled the referee, who confirmed that Gu You's Soul Power had reached level sixty-eight.
• The students' doubts gave way to cheers as they realized they were witnessing a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old Soul Emperor.

Gu You led the first-year team into a seven-versus-seven match against the sixth years, whose captain Ye Shihong struggled to believe Gu You’s strength. The battle began with Gu You charging the opposing formation, but the sixth years’ group-control music disrupted his teammates as Ye Xinglan faced a Soul King attacker.

• Ye Shihong questioned Gu You’s cultivation, and Gu You agreed to the usual seven-versus-seven match format.
• Gu You’s first-year team and Ye Shihong’s sixth-year team formed up, while Ya Li and Cai Yuer watched from the podium.
• Before the match began, Gu You’s aura overwhelmed Ye Shihong’s, though the rest of the first-year team was outmatched in the aura clash.
• At the signal, Gu You charged the sixth years’ control position with his Blood Essence Soul Ring and Purple Gold Dragon Armor, while Ye Shihong raised a Golden Leaf Wall to protect his team.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan unleashed a combined blizzard, Xu Lizhi made buns, and Xie Xie disappeared as Yong Hunxiao’s flute music dazed the first-year team.
• Bai Hanying enhanced the Golden Leaves with cherry blossoms, and Qian Xingmo appeared before Ye Xinglan, who released her One-Word Battle Armor gauntlet to face him.

Ye Xinglan and her companions struggled against Qian Xingmo while Gu You faced Ye Shihong and Bai Hanying’s powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter left Gu You revealing his Two-Word Battle Armor as the attack descended.

• Ye Xinglan used her battle armor gauntlets and the Stargod Sword to hold Qian Xingmo back, while Xie Xie attacked him from behind and was sent flying from the arena.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, and Xu Lizhi encouraged Ye Xinglan as Gu You kept the other six opponents occupied.
• Ye Shihong and Bai Hanying activated their One-Word Battle Armors and unleashed the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Dance of the Peach Blossom and Golden Leaf against Gu You.
• Gu You activated his Purple Gold Dragon Armor and revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings as the fusion attack rushed toward him.
• Gu You summoned his Two-Word Battle Armor, and his aura surged to the level of a Titled Douluo.

Gu You led First Grade, Class One to victory in the team match with a sudden surge of power, then faced a forging challenge against a sixth-grade student. The chapter left him preparing to purify Titanium Crystal, a metal he had never forged before.

• Gu You's aura shattered Ye Shihong and Bai Hanying's fusion skill, and the opposing team surrendered.
• Qian Xingmo conceded after seeing his teammates defeated, and the referee declared First Grade, Class One the winner.
• Gu You felt a sense of loss amid the crowd's cheers, then joined the forging competition as his class representative.
• Feng Wuyu and Zhuo Shi argued over Gu You's forging ability until Ya Li ordered them to stop.
• The referee announced a Titanium Crystal purification challenge, and Gu You realized he had never forged the difficult metal before.

Gu You used an advanced, delicate forging method to purify Titanium Crystal in the forging competition. As the match continued, the crowd and his opponent watched his unusual technique, while the result remained undecided.

• Gu You lost interest in the forging competition’s prizes and began smelting his Titanium Crystal when the match started.
• While his opponent hammered forcefully, Gu You waited with his eyes closed, then brought out two Life Essence Hammers and gently tested the heated ore.
• Gu You launched into a rapid twin-hammer assault, using light, precise strikes that made the Titanium Crystal spin without visibly shrinking.
• Feng Wuyu explained to Zhuo Shi that Gu You was working from the inside out, straightening the metal’s threads and drawing out its life aura.
• Yang Nianxia compared Gu You’s method with He Xiaopeng’s vibration-based forging, while Zheng Yiran watched Gu You with growing disgust.
• Gu You continued forging as the first quarter-hour passed and the match approached its time limit.

Gu You completed an extraordinary Thousand Forgings of Titanium Crystal and began Spirit Forging it under Feng Wuyu’s guidance. The Titanium Crystal shell cracked around the golden core, which shattered and released soft light, leaving the result uncertain.

• Gu You’s opponent finished a high-quality Thousand Forgings First Grade Titanium Crystal, while Gu You continued forging as the deadline approached.
• At the final countdown, Gu You infused his Titanium Crystal with purple-gold energy, producing a five-foot spiritual elevation and shrinking the crystal by a third.
• Feng Wuyu struck Gu You and urged him to continue into Spirit Forging, explaining that success would greatly increase the metal’s value.
• Gu You used his Life Essence Hammers to feed life force into the golden core as the Titanium Crystal shell gradually disappeared.
• Gu You’s final hammer opened a crack across the golden core, which then shattered and released soft light.

Gu You won the forging match by creating spiritually awakened Titanium Gold, then Class One, Grade One learned that its first-semester Final Exam would require each student to travel alone to Mingdu within fifteen days and defeat stronger opponents. The chapter ended with Gu You realizing that, as a near-Soul Sage, he might have to fight nine Titled Douluo.

• Gu You's Titanium Gold gained life and spirituality, bonded with him, and he refused Feng Wuyu's request to take it.
• The referee declared Gu You the winner over He Xiaopeng, and Gu You returned to meditate as Class One applauded him.
• Gu Yue walked onto the platform for the exchange mecha design competition, and the academy's routine resumed afterward.
• Shen Yi announced that five students would be eliminated and explained that students could transfer exam points to classmates.
• Shen Yi said each student had to travel alone to Mingdu within fifteen days, pass through ten cities, and defeat an opponent at least five cultivation levels stronger without resources or outside help.
• Gu You worried that his near-Soul Sage cultivation could require him to fight opponents with the power of Titled Douluo.

As Gu You began breaking through to Soul Sage, the Dragon God warned him that its Evil Thought might escape suppression and force him to fight. Gu You entered a false starry realm and faced a dark double, beginning a battle whose outcome remained unknown.

• Cai Yuer confirmed that Shen Yi had arranged the Final Exam and ordered him to search Gu You thoroughly and take away his belongings.
• Cai Yuer recalled her dispute with Sky Phoenix over Gu Yue and then vanished through the void.
• The Dragon God warned Gu You that its Evil Thought might challenge him during his breakthrough, and Gu You resolved to face it.
• Gu You reached the edge of the Soul Sage threshold and awakened in a starry realm where meteors battered him.
• Gu You discovered a black-scaled version of himself and engaged it in battle, but his double crushed his halberd attack and charged at him.

Gu You defeated the Dark Gu You created in the trial, broke through to rank seventy, and discovered a purple crystal core inside his heart. The chapter ended with Class One, Grade One setting out for Shrek's fifteen-day Final Exam, stripped of their belongings and wishing one another luck.

• Gu You tested Dark Gu You's ability to read his thoughts, then used his new inner heart as a second mind to unleash Dragon Emperor's Destruction: Heaven and Earth Overturned and destroy the false starry sky.
• Gu You returned to his body, advanced to rank seventy, formed his seventh Soul Ring, and found a purple crystal core glowing inside his heart.
• Gu You prepared for Shrek's Final Exam and handed his Soul Guide Storage Ring to Shen Yi before the students underwent strict searches.
• Wu Changkong and Shen Yi led Class One, Grade One out of the academy gates, where Luo Guixing said goodbye to Gu You and the students set off for the fifteen-day exam.