Chapter Summaries

Gu Chen and the others fought Dai Wuliang until Gu Chen killed him with a sniper rifle, then returned to Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, shadow assassins began killing Shangguan Family members traveling toward Spirit City.

• Lu Yan, Dongfang Po, Xue Youyou, and Jin Zi coordinated their attacks and wounded Dai Wuliang, who unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and prepared White Tiger Meteor Shower.
• Gu Chen shot Dai Wuliang through the brow, killing him and stopping the five golden boulders from forming.
• Gu Chen praised Hua Bu Luo and the others, then led them back to Spirit Hall along their original route.
• A group of black-clad assassins killed a Shangguan Family youth on his way to Spirit City and moved on to their next target.
• Ye Wuyou ambushed a Shangguan Family Soul King east of Spirit City, trapped him in Eternal Night, and killed him with Night Shadow Kill.

Shangguan Wan'er killed Ye He when he tried to assassinate her, then continued toward Spirit City, unaware that Gu Chen and Gu Yuena had been sent to kill her. The chapter ended with her mistaking the two young assassins for children forced into the Shadow organization.

• Shangguan Wan'er used her Thousand Ink Brush to trap and wound Ye He, then killed him with her Explosive Talisman and found a token marked “Shadow” on his body.
• Shangguan Wan'er looked at a photograph of her father, Shangguan Yanfeng, and vowed to avenge him.
• Ye Wuyou reported Ye He's disappearance to Gu Chen, who decided to personally hunt down Shangguan Wan'er with Gu Yuena.
• Gu Chen and Gu Yuena learned Shangguan Wan'er was a level 67 Soul Emperor and traveled beyond Spirit City's northern gate to intercept her.
• Shangguan Wan'er saw Gu Chen and Gu Yuena, mistook them for children, and offered to take them to an academy in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena killed Shangguan Wan'er, then returned to the Star Dou Great Forest after half a year of preparation and rapid cultivation. There, Gu Chen learned that the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor brothers defied his rule and summoned a Golden Striped Ice Silkworm for a conversation.

• Gu Yuena killed Shangguan Wan'er with an earthen spike, and Gu Chen returned with her to Spirit City.
• Gu Chen enslaved the Shadow Guard's high-ranking members and the Title Douluos Thousand Jun and Demon Subduing, then left for Spirit City with his companions to attend the upcoming tournament.
• After the group passed through the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Chen and Gu Yuena entered its core region to condense their soul rings.
• Di Tian told Gu Chen that the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor brothers had refused to submit to his rule and gathered soul beasts outside the core region.
• Gu Chen decided to leave the rebellious soul beasts to their fate and ordered Di Tian to bring out the Golden Striped Ice Silkworm from the Lake of Life.

Gu Chen persuaded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to give him and Gu Yuena half of his spiritual power in exchange for a chance to become a god. He then assigned soul beast leaders to organize armies across several regions, while he and Gu Yuena planned to handle the Far North themselves.

• Gu Chen offered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm a chance to become a god if he gave a quarter of his spiritual power to Gu Chen and another quarter to Gu Yuena.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm transferred the spiritual power, which Gu Chen filtered through the Golden Dragon Spear before absorbing it, while Gu Yuena absorbed her share directly.
• Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, Scarlet King, Zi Ji, and Yao Ling arrived and greeted Gu Chen and Gu Yuena.
• Gu Chen ordered Xiong Jun and Scarlet King to form the Sunset Soul Beast Legion and Zi Ji and Yao Ling to form the Luoyang Soul Beast Legion.
• Gu Chen named the Star Dou forces the Star Dou Soul Beast Legion and assigned Bi Ji and Myriad Demon King to command them temporarily.
• Gu Chen sent Di Tian to recruit the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and organize an Ocean Soul Beast Legion, while Gu Chen and Gu Yuena reserved the Far North for themselves.

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena lifted their sixth seals in the Star Dou Great Forest, greatly increasing their power and Spirit Ring ages. Gu Chen gained an 800,000-year sixth Spirit Ring, while Gu Yuena neared the end of condensing her own sixth ring.

• Gu Chen gave Di Tian a token and asked him and the other soul beasts to conceal the core region while he and Gu Yuena lifted their sixth seals.
• Gu Chen’s Golden Dragon King power strengthened his body, raised the ages of his first five Spirit Rings, and turned two of them red.
• Gu Chen condensed a red sixth Spirit Ring that reached 800,000 years, then wondered whether his seventh ring could become a million-year ring.
• Gu Yuena’s first five Spirit Rings also increased in age, and she began condensing her sixth Spirit Ring after returning to human form.
• Gu Chen checked both character panels and prepared a dress for Gu Yuena as her blood-red sixth Spirit Ring neared completion.

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena returned to Spirit City after gaining new powers, where Qian Xunji confirmed their direct entry into the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament finals and assigned Gu Chen to represent Spirit Hall at the event. The chapter left them preparing to compete as Spirit Hall’s seeded team, with Gu Chen also tasked with leading the delegation.

• Gu Yuena finished condensing her sixth Spirit Ring and told Gu Chen that her fifth and sixth rings granted stronger elemental control and an Element Deprivation Domain.
• Gu Chen said removing his sixth seal had given him the Golden Dragon King’s Power of Destruction, which he condensed onto the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Gu Chen and Gu Yuena left the Star Dou Great Forest and hurried back to Spirit City ahead of the tournament.
• Qian Xunji summoned them, saw their twelve Spirit Rings—including five hundred-thousand-year rings—and suspected they had received divine inheritances.
• Qian Xunji explained that Spirit Hall’s main team would enter the finals directly and outlined the tournament rounds; Gu Chen confirmed the team’s schedule and pledged to pursue the championship.
• Qian Xunji appointed Gu Chen to replace Salas as Spirit Hall’s representative at the tournament, seated beside Xue Ye.

Gu Chen replaced Salas as Spirit Hall’s representative at the tournament’s preliminary rounds, then chose to keep himself and Gu Yuena out of the first four matches so their team could train. At the opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City, he met Tang San’s gaze from the podium.

• Qian Xunji appointed Gu Chen to represent Spirit Hall at the tournament opening matches, and Gu Chen suspected the Pope meant to test or undermine him.
• Gu Chen chose to train his subordinates and reserve himself and Gu Yuena for the final match, then assigned the students to daily combat-training groups.
• Gu Chen traveled to Heaven Dou City, changed into his Holy Son robe, and took his seat beside Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi at Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
• Shrek Academy entered in its bright green uniforms, and Tang San recognized Gu Chen when their eyes met.

Gu Chen opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and drew Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team. Shrek won the first match, but the fight lasted longer than expected because Dai Mubai and Tang San were weaker than they had been in the original story.

• Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi addressed the participating Soul Masters.
• Gu Chen drew the tournament lots, pairing Shrek Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, then threatened spectators who accused him of cheating.
• Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team exchanged insults before the referee began the match.
• Shrek attacked and broke the opposing team's formation, but Dai Mubai and Tang San's reduced strength made the battle last nearly five minutes before Shrek eliminated all seven opponents.

After the tournament, Gu Chen reunited with Tang San and learned that the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe, was secretly Qian Renxue. The chapter ended with Gu Chen revealing that he knew her identity and returning to the tea house with her.

• Gu Chen met Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Fengzhi outside the arena, then agreed to hear news about Tang Hao.
• At the tea house, Ning Fengzhi introduced Gu Chen and Tang San to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue gave Tang San information about Tang Hao, and Tang San later declined her invitation to lunch before leaving.
• Gu Chen declined Qian Renxue's lunch invitation, privately addressed her as Qian Renxue, and used Sound Transmission into Strings to assure her no one else had heard.
• Qian Renxue concealed her alarm and invited Gu Chen back into the tea house.

Gu Chen convinced Qian Renxue to sign a Heavenly Dao Master-Servant Contract by promising her powerful Spirit Rings and godhood. After she became his servant, he gave her God-bestowed Spirit Rings and helped her absorb a hundred-thousand-year ring.

• Qian Renxue questioned Gu Chen about his bond with Tang San and why he had been chosen as Spirit Hall's Holy Son.
• Gu Chen summoned his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and revealed six powerful Spirit Rings, leading Qian Renxue to suspect he had a god's inheritance.
• Gu Chen offered Qian Renxue three Spirit Rings over a hundred thousand years old and the chance to become a god within ten years in exchange for a Master-Servant Soul Contract, and she agreed.
• Gu Chen and Qian Renxue signed the contract, binding her life and obedience to him.
• Gu Chen gave Qian Renxue three God-bestowed Spirit Rings and stood guard as she absorbed one, which became a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring after an hour.

Gu Chen learned that Shi Nian would attack Tang San and killed him before he could finish the assassination. He claimed Shi Nian’s seven-colored head soul bone and decided to give it to Ling Xiaojiu.

• Qian Renxue finished absorbing her soul ring, and Gu Chen returned to Spirit Hall while privately planning to turn more of Qian Xunji’s people into his slaves.
• Gu Chen visited Shrek Academy, revealed that he had reached Soul Emperor, and learned that Tang San’s upcoming matches included Blazing Academy and Canghui Academy.
• Gu Chen followed Tang San out of the tournament arena and searched the forests outside Heaven Dou City for Shi Nian.
• Gu Chen shot Shi Nian with a Kar-98k, breaking the illusion and waking Tang San, then told him to hurry back.
• Gu Chen took Shi Nian’s seven-colored head soul bone from his System Backpack and chose Ling Xiaojiu to receive it.

After Shrek Academy’s match against Canghui Academy left its seven opponents mentally incapacitated, Gu Chen represented Spirit Hall on the tournament committee’s investigation team. The team arrived at Shrek Academy and began taking statements while the academy’s injured students remained under treatment.

• Tang San narrowly led Shrek Academy to victory over Blazing Academy, though Dai Mubai was injured and could not fight for at least a day.
• Tang San defeated Canghui Academy’s seven students, prompting the tournament organizing committee to launch an investigation.
• Gu Chen forced Platinum Bishop Salas to back down, enslaved him, and ordered three red-robed bishops to accompany him as Spirit Hall’s representative.
• Gu Chen joined Ning Fengzhi and the investigation team, and they went to Shrek Academy, where Flender, Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong greeted them.
• Gu Chen asked Flender about the incident, and Flender said six Shrek team members were badly injured while three were in critical condition.
• Gu Chen handed Flender paper and a pen so he could give an official statement.

Gu Chen returned to Spirit City after resolving the Canghui Academy incident and the tournament preliminaries ended. He tested Hua Bu Luo and the others in a team sparring match, where Mo Yun’s poison needle eliminated Jin Zi.

• Gu Chen ruled that Shrek Academy had acted in self-defense, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to report the decision to the organizing committee.
• After the preliminaries ended, Gu Chen returned to Spirit City, leaving Salas in his place after using an Enslavement Talisman to make Salas his ally.
• Gu Chen reunited with Gu Yuena, then gathered Hua Bu Luo and the others to inspect their training and ordered them to spar in two teams.
• Luo Chen gave Youth Fried Rice to Hua Bu Luo, Feng Xiaoyu, and Mo Yun, while Ling Xiaojiu countered its pressure with her spirit ability.
• Feng Xiaoyu failed to strike Ling Xiaojiu and was stunned by Xuan Mo, but Mo Yun hit Jin Zi with his Scorpion Poison Needle.
• Gu Chen carried the poisoned Jin Zi out of the arena and declared her eliminated.

Gu Chen's team defeated Xue Youyou's team, and he gave the fighters guidance before arranging further training. When Luo Chen and Ling Xiaojiu reached Rank 60, Gu Chen took them away from Spirit City and revealed two God-bestowed Spirit Rings.

• Xue Youyou eliminated Feng Xiaoyu, but Hua Bu Luo knocked Xuan Mo off the arena with a Timed Cherry Blossom Bomb.
• Mo Yun held off Xue Youyou while Hua Bu Luo eliminated Ling Xiaojiu, then the two defeated Xue Youyou and won the match with Luo Chen's support.
• Mo Yun removed the Green Scorpion King's poison from Jin Zi, and Gu Chen critiqued the fighters' decisions and assigned Gu Yuena to train their spiritual power.
• After the team's spiritual power improved, Luo Chen and Ling Xiaojiu reached Rank 60, and Gu Chen took them from Spirit City to an inn.
• Gu Chen showed Luo Chen and Ling Xiaojiu two God-bestowed Spirit Rings and said they could grant Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings.

Gu Chen gave Luo Chen and Ling Xiaojiu God-bestowed Spirit Rings, then helped them strengthen their abilities and prepared to conceal their absence from Qian Xunji. The group remained in place for three more days before planning to return.

• Gu Chen gave Luo Chen and Ling Xiaojiu God-bestowed Spirit Rings, and they absorbed them while he guarded them and bought one hundred Beginner Enslavement Talismans from the System Mall.
• Ling Xiaojiu gained Nine-Leaf Time Reversal Grass and Nine-Leaf Fantasy Nightmare Grass, while Luo Chen gained Sliding Tackle Fried Rice and Outlaw Fried Rice.
• Gu Chen gave Ling Xiaojiu a Nightmare Spirit Bone, which she absorbed and used to enhance her illusion skill.
• Gu Chen summoned Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo, then ordered them to say he had taken Ling Xiaojiu and Luo Chen to the Star Dou Great Forest if Qian Xunji asked about their absence.

Luo Chen and Ling Xiaojiu returned to Spirit City with hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings, while Gu Chen learned that Qian Xunji had ordered an assassination attempt on Tang San. As the tournament finals began, Gu Chen prepared Hua Bu Luo and the others for their first match, which began with strict limits on who could use martial souls.

• Thousand Jun Douluo told Qian Xunji that Luo Chen and Ling Xiaojiu had obtained hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings, and Demon Subduing Douluo urged him to eliminate Gu Chen before he became more powerful.
• Qian Xunji rejected Demon Subduing Douluo's suggestion and declared that Gu Chen's talent benefited Spirit Hall.
• Demon Subduing Douluo informed Gu Chen that Qian Xunji had sent Ghost Leopard Douluo to assassinate Tang San, but Gu Chen said Tang San would be fine.
• Gu Chen gave Hua Bu Luo and the others a break before the finals and handed them Weilong Spicy Strips as they prepared for their first match.
• Gu Chen selected Jin Zi, Xuan Mo, Hua Bu Luo, Xue Youyou, Ling Xiaojiu, Luo Chen, and Mo Yun for the match, allowing only Hua Bu Luo, Mo Yun, and Xue Youyou to summon their martial souls.
• Hua Bu Luo led the other six onto the arena to face their opponents.

Spirit Academy overwhelmed its second-round opponents with only three students fighting, then faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the third round without Gu Chen or Na'er taking the field. Spirit Academy gained the upper hand early, but Osler’s attack on Luo Chen was blocked by Xuan Mo as the match continued.

• Hua Bu Luo, Xue Youyou, and Mo Yun defeated the opposing team, sending five students out of the arena and incapacitating the last two.
• Gu Chen drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Spirit Academy’s third-round opponent and told Yu Tianheng that his subordinates would fight instead of him and Na'er.
• Luo Chen revealed a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, shocking Yu Tianheng, before both teams began the match.
• Jin Zi broke Shi Mo’s turtle shell and knocked him unconscious, while Feng Xiaoyu intercepted Yu Feng and injured him with Hurricane Thrust.
• Feng Xiaoyu’s Wind Barrier stopped Dugu Yan’s poison, and Hua Bu Luo sent cherry blossoms and a concealed bomb toward Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
• Xuan Mo used Bulwark Shield to block Osler’s attack on Luo Chen.

Spirit Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy and advanced to the final three, where Gu Chen and the contestants gathered before Pope's Palace for the final round. Pope Qian Xunji announced that the winning team would receive three soul bones.

• Xuan Mo, Hua Bu Luo, Feng Xiaoyu, Xue Youyou, Mo Yun, and Jin Zi eliminated Heaven Dou Royal Academy's fighters until Mo Yun knocked Yu Tianheng out of the arena.
• The referee declared Spirit Academy the winner, and Tang San watched Hua Bu Luo and the others leave the stage, wondering how strong Gu Chen was.
• Gu Chen led Spirit Academy to Pope's Palace for the final round, where the three remaining teams waited for the Pope.
• Qian Xunji emerged from Pope's Palace with Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, Thousand Jun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo, then addressed the contestants.
• Qian Xunji revealed that the competition's victor would receive a fiery-red right arm soul bone, a pale-blue skull soul bone, and a dark-green left leg soul bone.

Spirit Academy secured a place in the tournament final after forfeiting its match against Godwind Academy, while Shrek defeated Godwind in the afternoon. As the championship battle began, Gu Chen and Gu Yuena’s team revealed seven hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings, leaving Shrek stunned.

• Gu Chen accepted Godwind Academy’s offer of a Hurricane Bird Right Leg Bone for Feng Xiaoyu and ordered Hua Bu Luo to forfeit their match.
• Jing Ling drew a bye, then Spirit Academy and Godwind Academy forfeited; Spirit Academy advanced directly to the final.
• Tang San used the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique and the Clear Sky Hammer’s Weapon Spirit True Body to defeat Godwind Academy, and Gu Chen planned the final lineup with Gu Yuena.
• Before the final, Tang San encouraged Shrek Academy while Gu Chen and Gu Yuena prepared to target Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Gu Chen and Gu Yuena released their Martial Spirits, revealing six Spirit Rings each, including three red rings for Gu Chen and two for Gu Yuena; Luo Chen and Ling Xiaojiu also revealed hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Shrek Academy released its Martial Spirits after staring in shock, and the referee began the final.

Spirit Academy defeated Shrek Academy in the tournament final, with Gu Chen and Gu Yuena eliminating Tang San and Xiao Wu early before their teammates overwhelmed the remaining fighters. Qian Xunji declared Spirit Academy the champions and presented the spirit bones, while Xiao Wu's identity remained concealed.

• Gu Chen blocked Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer with Golden Dragon's Restraint, sealed his Soul Power, and threw him out of the arena while Gu Yuena eliminated Xiao Wu with her Dragon Might and teleported her outside.
• Jin Zi injured Dai Mubai, and a cherry blossom explosion sent Dai Mubai and Oscar out of the arena as Feng Xiaoyu defeated Zhu Zhuqing.
• Hua Bu Luo shielded Jin Zi from Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire while Feng Xiaoyu attacked Ning Rongrong from behind and knocked her unconscious.
• Hua Bu Luo blasted the remaining Shrek fighter, Ma Hongjun, unconscious, and the referee declared Spirit Academy the winner.
• Qian Xunji announced Spirit Academy as tournament champions and accepted a tray holding three spirit bones as Gu Chen and his teammates stepped forward.