Chapter Summaries

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena settled into Spirit City and began preparing for their plans within Spirit Hall. After exploring the city, Gu Chen commissioned a blacksmith shop to forge Paper Cranes and fine black iron wire for his secret techniques.

• Demon Subduing Douluo and Thousand Jun Douluo told Gu Chen that Hu Liena had become Spirit Hall's Saintess, advised him to be wary of her, and gave him an Elder Token.
• Gu Chen told Gu Yuena their next approach was to eliminate dissidents and win hearts, then used the system's draws to obtain a low-level Enslavement Talisman and learn the requirements for higher-level versions.
• Gu Chen drew a design on parchment while Gu Yuena changed clothes, then the two explored Spirit City's food street and shopping district.
• Gu Chen commissioned the Spirit Blacksmith Shop to forge five hundred black iron Paper Cranes and five thousand meters of fine black iron wire, paying a deposit and arranging to collect them the next day.

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena punished Pulite after he harassed Gu Yuena and attacked them with his guards. When Pulite’s father Plante arrived and threatened Gu Chen, a token revealed Gu Chen’s authority in Spirit Hall, and Plante fled after losing an arm.

• Pulite tried to force Gu Yuena to accompany him and summoned his Soul Ancestor guards when she refused.
• Gu Chen ordered Gu Yuena to act, and she kicked Pulite while Gu Chen’s puppet and her elemental attacks defeated the guards.
• Gu Chen confronted Pulite, who wet himself and called for his father, Plante.
• Plante arrived with six spirit rings and threatened Gu Chen, but Gu Chen’s token made him kneel and address Gu Chen as Lord Hall Master.
• Gu Chen cut off Plante’s right arm, and Plante thanked him for sparing his life before fleeing.

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena enrolled at Spirit Academy and were assigned to Heaven Character Class One. Gu Chen met his roommate Luo Chen, discovered the value of his Fried Rice spirit ability, and agreed to team up with him for combat training.

• Thousand Jun Douluo brought Gu Chen and Gu Yuena to Spirit Academy, where Dean Juesheng enrolled them directly in the Heaven Character Class.
• Gu Chen met his roommate Luo Chen, a Level 29 Soul Grandmaster whose Food System Spirit was Fried Rice.
• Luo Chen demonstrated Delicious Fried Rice, which helped interrupt spirit abilities and rapidly restored Soul Power, and Gu Chen praised its potential.
• Teacher Lin assigned Gu Chen and Gu Yuena to Heaven Character Class One, which had only nine students.
• Luo Chen invited Gu Chen to team up for the class's practical combat training, and Gu Chen agreed.

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena joined Heaven Character Class One, where Gu Chen clashed with Bibi Dong loyalists Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan before meeting their neutral classmates. At practical combat class, the students revealed their Spirit Rings, and Gu Chen and Gu Yuena shocked everyone with their ten-thousand-year rings.

• Luo Chen brought Gu Chen to Heaven Character Class One, where Hu Liena mocked him and Luo Chen for their ties to the Pope, while Xie Yue and Yan joined her in challenging them.
• Gu Chen traded insults with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, refusing to be intimidated by their threats.
• Gu Yuena arrived with her roommate Feng Xiaoyu, and Gu Chen introduced Feng Xiaoyu and Luo Chen; Gu Yuena silenced Hu Liena and the others with a chilling glare.
• Teacher Lucy Mei summoned the eleven students to the training grounds for practical combat class and had them introduce themselves.
• Gu Chen and Gu Yuena introduced themselves as level forty-one Soul Sects and released their Spirit Rings alongside the other students.
• Hu Liena cried out in shock when she saw the ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings behind Gu Chen and Gu Yuena.

Gu Chen and Luo Chen defeated Hu Liena and Xie Yue after Gu Chen broke through their Bewitching Charm with his Golden Dragon abilities and Luo Chen's fried rice. After Gu Chen revealed he had killed a Soul Emperor, Lucy agreed to arrange a stronger sparring partner, then began a full-strength match against Gu Yuena.

• Lucy assigned the teams, and Hu Liena and Xie Yue immediately activated their Bewitching Charm Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Gu Chen and Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen used Secret Fried Rice and Delicious Fried Rice to clear Gu Chen's mind and shield him from the charm's mist.
• Gu Chen shattered Xie Yue's Moon Blade, struck Bewitching Charm with his spirit abilities, and ended the fusion skill with a restrained Golden Dragon Claw Strike.
• Lucy declared Gu Chen and Luo Chen the winners and agreed to ask the Dean of Studies to arrange a spar with Teacher Lin, a level seventy-three Soul Sage, after Gu Chen said he had killed a Soul Emperor.
• Gu Yuena asked Lucy to fight at full strength, and the spar began with Gu Yuena teleporting behind Lucy and thrusting a Light Sword toward her neck.

Lucy sparred with Gu Yuena, gave her cultivation advice, and arranged more team training before introducing Teacher Lin as Gu Chen's sparring partner. Gu Chen endured Teacher Lin's powerful Annihilation Ray, and Teacher Lin ended the test and asked Lucy to measure Gu Chen's maximum speed and strength.

• Gu Yuena defeated Lucy by countering her elemental attacks and confining her with Spatial Confinement, then accepted Lucy's advice to train at the Great Soul Arena and Dragon Valley Mimic Cultivation Ground.
• Lucy assigned Hua Bu Luo and Feng Ming to different teams, and Xue Youyou's group won a three-on-three sparring match.
• Lucy brought Teacher Lin to meet Gu Chen and identified him as a level 73 Weapon Soul Sage with the Light Annihilation Holy Sword Martial Soul.
• Gu Chen's Golden Dragon Spear siphoned Soul Power from Teacher Lin's sword, and Gu Chen followed with Golden Dragon Claw Strike.
• Teacher Lin repelled Gu Chen's attack and struck him with Annihilation Ray, but Gu Chen endured it with his Golden Dragon King's defenses.
• Teacher Lin ended the test and told Lucy to take Gu Chen to the training room to measure his maximum speed and strength.

Hu Liena lured Gu Chen and Gu Yuena outside Spirit City for a meal, where four Title Douluo ambushed them on Bibi Dong’s orders. The chapter ended as one attacker restrained Gu Chen and drove a claw toward his heart.

• Lucy advised Gu Chen to train daily at the Great Soul Arena and Dragon Valley, and tests showed his strength and speed were near Soul Douluo level.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan discussed removing Gu Chen and Gu Yuena, and Hu Liena persuaded Bibi Dong to kill them.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to lure Gu Chen and Gu Yuena out of Spirit Academy so she could eliminate them herself.
• Hu Liena invited Gu Chen and Gu Yuena to Wangqing Pavilion, and they left Spirit City with her, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Gu Yuena sensed four powerful Title Douluo following them, and Hu Liena secretly signaled Bibi Dong after Gu Chen grew suspicious.
• A Title Douluo restrained Gu Chen and stabbed toward his heart as a terrifying pressure struck him and Gu Yuena.

Gu Chen escaped Bibi Dong’s ambush with help from his guardians and accepted Qian Xunji’s order to assassinate Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan. He left the Pope’s Palace promising to finish the mission in one day, while Qian Xunji ordered White Armor Douluo to kill Yu Xiaogang.

• Bibi Dong attacked Gu Chen with her Death Spider Emperor, but Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo rescued him and Gu Yuena.
• White Armor Douluo arrived, drove Bibi Dong away, and escorted Gu Chen to meet Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji ordered Gu Chen to assassinate Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, and Gu Chen accepted the mission.
• Gu Chen selected a system mission to assassinate all three classmates in exchange for unlimited Paper Cranes and Steel Wire.
• After Thousand Jun Douluo explained that Bibi Dong had tried to kill Gu Chen and Gu Yuena, Qian Xunji ordered White Armor Douluo to kill Yu Xiaogang.
• Gu Chen declared that he would complete his assassination mission in one day and left the Pope’s Palace.

Gu Chen used a disguised puppet and the Night Cloak to deceive Hu Liena’s allies and reach her dormitory. He killed Hu Liena and left the academy, while Xie Yue and Yan were still expecting to meet the impostor.

• Gu Yuena reassured Gu Chen that they did not need to apologize to each other, then left the boys’ dormitory.
• Gu Chen used the Night Cloak to evade Thousand Jun Douluo and went to a cave, where he sent out a puppet disguised as Hu Liena.
• The puppet persuaded Xie Yue that an assassin organization could kill Gu Chen and arranged to meet him, then tricked Yan into waiting in the small forest.
• Using another disguise, Gu Chen entered Hu Liena’s dormitory and revealed a metal puppet that restrained her with threads.
• Gu Chen used a Paper Crane to pierce Hu Liena’s heart, then recalled the puppet and left the dormitory.

Gu Chen killed Xie Yue with his Scorpion Pistol and arranged for spirit beasts to devour Yan, completing his assassination mission. He then told Qian Xunji that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were dead, shocking the Pope.

• Gu Chen shot Xie Yue to death in a deserted alley and left with his pistol stored in the System Backpack.
• Gu Chen used his Dragon Might to command the spirit beasts in Spirit Academy’s small forest to attack Yan.
• The Nether Wolves, Vampire Bats, and Ghost Vines killed and devoured Yan, completing Gu Chen’s mission.
• Gu Chen learned that the System would replenish the five sets of Paper Cranes and steel wire in his System Backpack whenever he used them.
• The next morning, Gu Chen visited Qian Xunji and announced that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were dead.
• Qian Xunji reacted with shock to Gu Chen’s announcement.

Gu Chen earned Qian Xunji’s approval after confirming he had killed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, and received the qualifications and resources to compete for the Holy Son position while Gu Yuena could compete for Saintess. At Dragon Valley, Gu Chen’s bloodline strengthened and he and Gu Yuena won the submission of all 113 dragon-type soul beasts.

• Qian Xunji verified that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were dead, and Gu Chen claimed he had used medicinal powder to attract soul beasts to Yan.
• Gu Chen chose to leave his reward to Qian Xunji, who granted him and Gu Yuena qualifications to compete for Holy Son and Saintess and increased Gu Chen’s resources and stipend.
• Qian Xunji told Gu Chen that the selection would likely begin the next month, and Gu Chen went to the Dragon Valley Mimic Cultivation Ground with Gu Yuena.
• Gu Chen chose to elevate the Dragon Valley soul beasts, gaining a slight increase to his Golden Dragon King bloodline and four low-level Enslavement Talismans in total.
• Gu Chen summoned the 113 dragon-type soul beasts, and they prostrated themselves before him and Gu Yuena in submission.

Gu Chen strengthened the Dragon Valley soul beasts with his blood, then looked after Luo Chen and recognized his potential. A month later, Gu Chen and Gu Yuena joined the Holy Son and Saintess selection, and Gu Yuena formed a team for the Saintess team competition.

• Gu Chen fed his blood to the Dragon Valley soul beasts, evolved their bloodlines, and suppressed their cultivation to keep them safe.
• Gu Chen reassured Luo Chen about Hu Liena and the others’ deaths, shared Weilong Spicy Strips and cultivation resources with him, and decided Luo Chen was worth nurturing.
• A month passed, during which Luo Chen obtained his third Soul Ring and Gu Chen and Gu Yuena advanced to level 42.
• The Holy Son and Saintess selection began, with Gu Chen and Gu Yuena among the candidates granted places by the Pope.
• Gu Yuena formed a team with Gu Chen, Luo Chen, Feng Xiaoyu, Xue Youyou, Hua Bu Luo, and Xuan Mo for the Saintess team competition.
• Luo Chen demonstrated his third Spirit Ability, Talent Fried Rice, which increased all attributes by twenty percent.

Gu Chen’s team learned one another’s abilities and planned their match against Ling Xiaojiu’s team, an offensive lineup with two Soul Ancestors. The match began with Xuan Mo shielding Luo Chen as Luo Chen rapidly prepared spirit rice.

• Feng Xiaoyu, Hua Bu Luo, Xuan Mo, and Xue Youyou described their spirit abilities to Gu Chen.
• Gu Yuena drew Number Three, setting her team against Ling Xiaojiu’s Number Four team.
• Feng Xiaoyu shared details about Ling Xiaojiu’s team, and Gu Chen assigned his teammates targets and defensive roles.
• Gu Chen’s team entered the arena, and Xuan Mo formed a bulwark around Luo Chen as Luo Chen produced three kinds of spirit rice.

Gu Chen and his teammates overwhelmed Ling Xiaojiu’s team in the arena fight, eliminating nearly every opponent. Ling Xiaojiu surrendered after becoming the last one standing for her side.

• Luo Chen’s fried rice restored Gu Chen, who charged at the Sperm Whale Blade sisters while his teammates attacked the other opponents.
• Gu Yuena, Hua Bu Luo, Feng Xiaoyu, and Xue Youyou injured or eliminated several opponents, though the Unfalling Bow Soul Master knocked Xue Youyou unconscious.
• Gu Chen defeated the older Sperm Whale Blade sister, while the younger sister vanished using Stealth.
• Ling Xiaojiu removed control effects from two teammates, but Gu Yuena eliminated the Blood-Weeping Saber Soul Master and Xuan Mo knocked the Soul-Seizing Spear Soul Master out of the arena.
• The younger Sperm Whale Blade sister ambushed Hua Bu Luo, but Feng Xiaoyu injured and eliminated her before she could reach Luo Chen.
• With only Ling Xiaojiu left on her team, she surrendered and prepared to leave the arena.

After winning their semifinal, Gu Yuena's team planned tactics for the finals against Muella and Mu Yu's support-heavy team. Their dinner was interrupted by Pulite, whom Gu Chen beat and warned to leave Spirit City.

• Gu Yuena's team defeated Ling Xiaojiu's team, and Muella and Mu Yu's team defeated Yan Xiaoli's team, setting up the final for the next day.
• At dinner, Luo Chen and Gu Yuena shared information about Muella and Mu Yu's team, and Gu Chen's group planned how to counter their support and control Soul Masters.
• Xue Youyou worried that Tan Qi could control her, so Gu Yuena revised the battle plan and assigned herself to defeat Tan Qi.
• Pulite forced his way into the tavern private room, where Gu Chen slapped and punched him before warning him to leave Spirit City.

Gu Yuena’s team took an early lead by eliminating the opposing support Soul Masters, but Cao Yuejiao’s rescue ability and Muella’s counterattack turned the battle around. The chapter ended with Gu Yuena, Gu Chen, Xuan Mo, and Luo Chen facing Muella, Cao Yuejiao, and the Bellflower Soul Master after three of their teammates were knocked out.

• Gu Yuena kicked the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master out of the arena, while Hua Bu Luo and Xuan Mo restrained Mu Yu and Luo Chen supplied food boosts to his teammates.
• Feng Xiaoyu eliminated the opposing Chicken Leg Martial Soul Soul Master, but Cao Yuejiao used Full Moon Night to pull four teammates out of danger and break the enemy team’s control.
• The Bellflower Soul Master boosted her team, and Tan Qi sent energy snakes against Gu Yuena’s side; Feng Xiaoyu and Hua Bu Luo cleared the snakes before Gu Yuena defeated Tan Qi.
• Mu Yu weakened Xue Youyou, but Hua Bu Luo’s Cherry Blossom Petal Fall exhausted Mu Yu’s Soul Power, and Xue Youyou kicked her out of the arena.
• Muella knocked Feng Xiaoyu, Hua Bu Luo, and Xue Youyou out of the arena, reversing the fight and leaving Gu Yuena’s team with four fighters against the remaining three opponents.

Gu Yuena won the Saintess Selection Tournament after defeating Mu Yu and severely injuring Yan Xiaoli, then became Spirit Hall's Saintess. As the Holy Son selection approached, Jin Zi asked Gu Chen to team up against the other candidates, whose fathers served under Bibi Dong.

• Gu Chen and Gu Yuena defeated Muella's team, and the candidates' scores were updated before the individual matches began.
• Gu Yuena eliminated Mu Yu, while Yan Xiaoli defeated Muella and advanced to the next round.
• Ling Xiaojiu surrendered her matches, and Gu Yuena defeated Yan Xiaoli with powerful attacks, leaving her severely injured.
• Gu Yuena reached 19 points and became Spirit Hall's Saintess; Ghost Leopard Douluo let the matter rest because she was favored by Qian Xunji.
• Jin Zi asked Gu Chen to team up for the Holy Son selection after learning that the other candidates planned to join forces against them.

Gu Chen formed a team with Jin Zi and Ling Xiaojiu to face Bibi Dong’s candidates in the Holy Son selection match. The preliminary round began as the final round, and both teams clashed with Ye Wuyou hidden nearby.

• Gu Chen and Jin Zi agreed to team up, with Gu Chen leading, and Jin Zi brought Ling Xiaojiu onto their side in place of Xuan Mo and Xue Youyou.
• Jin Zi described the opposing candidates’ Martial Souls and warned that Ye Wuyou was a level fifty-eight Soul King brought in to hold the line.
• Gu Chen arranged a Five-Pointed Star Formation and assigned Feng Xiaoyu to leave the formation and target the enemy healers.
• The Holy Son selection match began, and both teams released their Martial Souls as Feng Xiaoyu used Wind Escape to leave the formation.
• Ling Xiaojiu and Luo Chen strengthened Gu Chen and Jin Zi, while Ye Wuyou vanished using Stealth and Gu Chen blocked Yu Jiu.
• Jin Zi fought Ci He through Ci Yu’s Bomb Pig attack, while Hua Bu Luo used Thousand Cherry Blossoms to restrain Ci Yu.

Gu Chen's team defeated Ye Wuyou's team in the Holy Son selection team battle, with Gu Yuena and Gu Chen stopping Ye Wuyou after his Eternal Night domain eliminated several teammates. The next day, the individual matches began, and Gu Chen and Jin Zi each reached eight points while Ci Yu earned three.

• Gu Chen's team and Ye Wuyou's team traded eliminations as Ye Wuyou used Eternal Night and shadow attacks to knock out several of Gu Chen's teammates.
• Gu Yuena and Gu Chen defeated the opposing Healing Scepter Soul Master and Ye Wuyou, securing victory for Team Gu Chen.
• The team battle scores gave Gu Chen and Jin Zi five points each, while Lu De, Yu Jiu, Ci He, and Ci Yu had zero.
• Ci Yu defeated Ci He in the first individual match, and Jin Zi beat Lu De in the second.
• Yu Jiu conceded his match against Gu Chen because his Martial Soul had not recovered, leaving Gu Chen and Jin Zi with eight points and Ci Yu with three.

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena became Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and Saintess, built a close circle of friends, and rapidly increased their cultivation. When Qian Xunji revealed that their friends would face a deadly Death Training Camp, both Gu Chen and Gu Yuena agreed to enter it as well.

• Gu Chen defeated every candidate and became Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, while Gu Yuena became its Saintess.
• Thousand Jun Douluo gave Gu Chen a storage bracelet, and Demon Subduing Douluo gave Gu Yuena a spiritual-power-boosting pendant.
• Gu Chen and Gu Yuena held a dinner gathering with their friends, and Jin Zi and Ling Xiaojiu joined their circle.
• Qian Xunji formally conferred the titles of Holy Son and Saintess on Gu Chen and Gu Yuena, who moved into adjoining residences.
• Over the following months, Gu Chen, Gu Yuena, and their friends advanced in cultivation, with Gu Chen and Gu Yuena reaching Rank 45.
• Qian Xunji told Gu Chen and Gu Yuena that their friends would enter the Death Training Camp, and both agreed to participate when it began in a month.