Chapter Summaries

Ba Erwu and Ba Shisi stepped in to face Long Feng after he provoked Ba Lingba, but Long Feng knocked Ba Erwu unconscious. Ba Shisi’s thorn whip disrupted Long Feng’s charge, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Long Feng taunted the Orphan Born students and challenged Ba Lingba, but Ba Erwu stepped forward to fight him first.
• Ba Erwu introduced himself as Yan Yao, and Long Feng identified himself as a Level Nine Battle Soul Master with a Yuán Jiǎ Shòu Spirit.
• Long Feng’s roar startled Ba Erwu, and Long Feng knocked him unconscious with two punches.
• Ba Shisi introduced himself as Lin Dong and attacked Long Feng with his Ironwood Thorns, striking Long Feng’s guarded arms and breaking his charge.

Long Feng defeated Lin Dong and then gained the upper hand against Niu Chen by exploiting his reckless attacks. The chapter left Niu Chen pinned beneath Long Feng, still refusing to surrender.

• Long Feng grabbed Lin Dong’s Thorn Whip and pulled him into a close-range attack that sent him crashing to the ground.
• Niu Chen charged Long Feng with his Wild Bull martial soul and initially knocked him back, cracking the scales on his arms.
• Long Feng used feints and careful technique to make Niu Chen’s wild attacks miss and gradually wear him down.
• Long Feng blocked Niu Chen’s charge, shifted his weight onto him, and used his momentum to make him fall.
• Long Feng pinned Niu Chen beneath his feet and demanded that he surrender, but Niu Chen refused and struggled to break free.

Long Feng defeated Niu Chen and provoked the Orphan Born faction after Niu Chen erupted and Teacher Ma knocked him out. Ba Shiba stepped in to defend Gu Sheng, leaving the next confrontation poised to begin.

• Long Feng pinned Niu Chen and won their match after Teacher Ma ordered him to get up.
• Niu Chen attacked Long Feng again, then cursed Teacher Ma, who slapped him and used his Horse Bear Spirit to knock him unconscious.
• Lin Dong and Yan Yao helped Niu Chen up as Ba Shiba lamented their poor performance and Long Feng's three consecutive victories.
• Long Feng taunted Ba Shiba and insulted Gu Sheng, prompting Ba Shiba to challenge him before he could target Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng accepted Long Feng’s challenge after the insults stirred the lingering will of Ba Ersan, whose dream was to become a high noble. Gu Sheng defeated Long Feng with one punch and kept him pinned while demanding that he admit defeat, ignoring another student who stepped forward.

• Long Feng insulted Gu Sheng and invoked Ba Ersan’s ambition to become a noble to provoke him.
• Gu Sheng stopped Chu Xin, Mei Daizi, Liu Daimei, and Ryoko from intervening, then accepted Long Feng’s challenge.
• Long Feng charged Gu Sheng, but Gu Sheng dodged and struck him beneath the ribs, knocking him down instantly.
• Gu Sheng planted a foot on Long Feng’s head and demanded that he admit defeat.
• A student resembling Ekesi stepped forward and ordered them to stop, but Gu Sheng ignored him and continued questioning Long Feng.

Gu Sheng easily evaded Long Guang’s enraged attacks while keeping Long Feng pinned underfoot. He declared that he had mastered Long Guang’s movements and accurately predicted his next strike.

• Long Guang attacked Gu Sheng, but Gu Sheng dodged while continuing to pin Long Feng beneath his foot.
• Long Guang activated his martial soul and attacked Gu Sheng with increasingly forceful blows.
• Gu Sheng calmly evaded and countered Long Guang’s attacks, while Long Feng fainted beneath him.
• Gu Sheng predicted that Long Guang’s next left punch would stop one inch from his right shoulder, and Long Guang’s punch did exactly that.

Gu Sheng used his Spirit Eye to predict Long Guang’s attacks and defeat him even after Long Guang activated his first Soul Skill. Teacher Ma accepted Gu Sheng’s request to sit out future combat training unless challengers first defeated Long Guang.

• Gu Sheng predicted Long Guang’s moves and explained how his Spirit Eye let him read and counter attacks.
• Long Guang activated his first Soul Skill, Round Charge, and chased Gu Sheng in a rolling attack.
• Gu Sheng waited until Long Guang’s stamina waned, then struck the Diamond Armor’s weak point and injured him.
• Long Feng helped Long Guang up while the other students backed away from Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng asked Teacher Ma to exempt him from future combat training, and Teacher Ma approved the compromise that challengers had to defeat Long Guang first.

Gu Sheng met Lin Dong, Yan Yao, and Niu Chen in the woods and explained the Lord God Space and their missions. After completing his newcomer-guidance quest and collecting the reward, he dismissed them.

• Gu Sheng led Mei Daizi, Ryoko, Liu Daimei, and Chu Xin through the academy while jokingly showing off, drawing laughter from the teachers and students.
• Lin Dong approached Gu Sheng with Yan Yao and Niu Chen and asked to speak privately about China.
• Gu Sheng led the three newcomers to a clearing in the woods, warning them ominously as they followed.
• Gu Sheng gave the newcomers a general explanation of the Lord God Space, triggering a 500-point guidance-quest reward.
• After receiving the reward, Gu Sheng told the newcomers to leave.

Niu Chen mistook the Lord God Space for a game and provoked Gu Sheng before breaking a rule and incurring a deadly points penalty. Gu Sheng left him behind, while Lin Dong and Yan Yao began to see trouble in their group and Gu Sheng judged Niu Chen doomed.

• Niu Chen complained that Gu Sheng was not guiding the newcomers properly and shouted to the Lord God to file a complaint.
• The Lord God announced that Reincarnator No. 69 had revealed Lord God information to a local, deducted 100 points, and warned that anyone with negative points on return would be erased.
• Niu Chen blamed Gu Sheng for setting him up and attacked him, but Gu Sheng knocked him down with one kick before leaving with the others.
• Lin Dong and Yan Yao helped Niu Chen up, and Niu Chen vowed revenge against Gu Sheng and insulted the others after they were out of earshot.
• Liu Daimei asked whether they should deal with the newcomers, but Gu Sheng said Niu Chen was a dead man and did not merit their anger.

Gu Sheng and his four companions entered the Sunset Forest to scout for a way to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to strengthen their bodies before choosing their first Soul Rings. He abandoned a plan to draw the Spirit Hall into a conflict with Dugu Bo and left the group searching the forest for an opportunity.

• Gu Sheng led his four companions through the dangerous Sunset Forest, where all five were still level-ten soul masters without Soul Rings.
• Gu Sheng explained that stronger bodies and wills could let them absorb Soul Rings beyond the usual age limits, but their physical strength remained insufficient.
• Gu Sheng considered seeking the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to improve their constitutions and obtain its Immortal Spiritual Herbs.
• Gu Sheng considered telling the Spirit Hall about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to provoke a conflict between Dugu Bo and Yue Guan, but rejected the plan because the Spirit Hall might claim the site.
• Gu Sheng chose to scout the Sunset Forest first rather than risk losing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the Spirit Hall.

Gu Sheng and his companions traveled deep into Sunset Forest, where they encountered a millennial Mandrill Serpent. The serpent recognized Azure Spirit’s strength and offered to guide them to a spiritual treasure.

• Gu Sheng crossed Sunset Forest with his companions and relied on Azure Spirit to deter nearby Soul Beasts.
• The group found few powerful Soul Beasts near the imperial capital, until a ten-meter millennial Mandrill Serpent appeared.
• Gu Sheng wondered why the serpent approached despite Azure Spirit’s overwhelming strength.
• Azure Spirit communicated with the Mandrill Serpent and told Gu Sheng it had come to offer a spiritual medicine.
• Gu Sheng learned that the serpent had swallowed a mature treasure, failed to claim territory in the forest’s inner region, and now hoped to submit to Azure Spirit.

Gu Sheng discovered the Serpent Jade Orchid and learned how its petals and dew could strengthen Soul Masters. He decided to rely on Qing Ling to search Sunset Forest for more Heavenly Treasures, then continued into the forest after gathering the orchid.

• Gu Sheng explained that the Serpent Jade Orchid’s petals could increase Soul Power and its dew could strengthen Spiritual Energy and aid Soul Ring absorption.
• Liu Daimei wondered whether the Douluo World’s abundant treasures reflected its greater strength, prompting Gu Sheng to reconsider where he could find resources.
• Gu Sheng concluded that Sunset Forest might hold enough Heavenly Treasures to help his group without provoking Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gu Sheng asked Qing Ling to help search the forest, believing the Jade Azure Serpent could challenge even powerful Soul Beasts.
• Gu Sheng gathered the orchid’s petals and Serpent Orchid Dew before declaring that Sunset Forest’s treasures would become his.

Gu Sheng found a Ten Thousand Year Ghost King Vine occupying an energy node in the Sunset Forest and questioned whether killing it would yield a worthwhile reward. He remained uncertain but followed the system’s guidance in search of an opportunity.

• Gu Sheng and the Mandala Snake reached a waterfall pool deep in the Sunset Forest.
• Gu Sheng spotted signs of dead Soul Beasts and humans among the plants below.
• Gu Sheng used his Three Magataga to identify the Ten Thousand Year Ghost King Vine among the vegetation.
• Gu Sheng observed that the energy node held no other apparent Mystic Herbs and wondered what he could gain by killing the vine.

Gu Sheng identified the Ghost King Vine as a valuable opportunity and refused Liu Daimei’s suggestion that the group absorb weak Soul Rings. After planning with the others, he returned to the vine and approached it at the bottom of a cliff.

• Gu Sheng found no other spirit herbs and recognized that the Ghost King Vine had drained the surrounding plants, then left with the Millennial Mandrill Serpent.
• Gu Sheng returned to camp, where Liu Daimei asked whether she and the others should try absorbing thousand-year Soul Rings because their physical training had stalled.
• Gu Sheng rejected the idea, arguing that weak Soul Rings would limit their development, and decided to return to the Ghost King Vine for its life energy.
• Gu Sheng planned an approach with the girls after they awoke, then walked through Sunset Forest toward the Ghost King Vine the next day.
• Gu Sheng reached the cliffside and chose a spot beside the vegetation covered in vines, finding no obvious sign of danger.

Gu Sheng tested the Ghost King Vine and then ambushed it with his trained snake-type Soul Beasts, hoping to claim the treasure whose fragrance had drawn others to the area. The weakened Ghost King Vine used its spores to fight back and began to flee, while Gu Sheng pursued it by air on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

• Gu Sheng approached the Ghost King Vine, sensed a fragrant treasure nearby, and dodged its sudden vine attack.
• Gu Sheng summoned nearly twenty trained snake-type Soul Beasts to surround the Ghost King Vine and attack its main body.
• The snakes’ cold and fire poisons destroyed many vines, but the Ghost King Vine’s spores pushed back the Mandala Snake.
• The Ghost King Vine consumed the treasure’s energy to weaken its pursuers and prepare to escape.
• Gu Sheng mounted the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and took to the air as the Ghost King Vine’s vines blocked the ground pursuit.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent blocked two dark vines, slowing its flight.

Gu Sheng defeated the Ghost King Vine and discovered that its body contained Essence of Flora, a rare life-giving treasure. He left the vine’s Soul Ring unabsorbed and ended the chapter recognizing the discovery as his greatest opportunity.

• Gu Sheng pulled the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent out of the way of a trap made from emerald vines and removed parasitic Ghost Vine seedlings from its scales.
• Gu Sheng struck down the Ghost King Vine with an azure attack, then waited to ensure it was dead.
• Gu Sheng summoned the Ghost King Vine’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring but returned it to the vine’s body so its soul energy and consciousness would not vanish.
• Gu Sheng investigated the aroma drawing plants and snake-type Soul Beasts to the vine and found pale-green Essence of Flora inside its body.

Gu Sheng returned from taking most of the Ghost King Vine with a supply of Essence of Flora, leaving the plant alive. Back at camp, Liu Daimei, Chu Xin, Ryoko, and Mei Daizi pressed him to let them begin cultivating, and he finally agreed to use the Essence of Flora to strengthen them.

• Gu Sheng sealed and carried away most of the Ghost King Vine, leaving a small sprout alive, and shared spirit liquid with the snake Soul Beasts.
• Gu Sheng returned to camp, where Liu Daimei, Chu Xin, Ryoko, and Mei Daizi were waiting.
• Chu Xin asked Gu Sheng to let them absorb Soul Rings because their bodies had stopped improving and they feared they would not reach the third ring before the mission.
• Gu Sheng refused to let them waste their Soul Beast slots, then revealed that the Ghost King Vine's Essence of Flora could strengthen their bodies and qualify them to enter a certain place.
• Ryoko, Mei Daizi, Liu Daimei, and Chu Xin insisted they did not want to remain burdens, and Gu Sheng agreed to help them use the Essence of Flora.

Gu Sheng used the Ghost King Vine’s Essence of Flora to create Life Flames, rapidly tempering Chu Xin, Liu Daimei, Ryoko, and Mei Daizi’s bodies despite the severe pain and danger. As the four endured the flames in the stone pool, soul beasts gathered around the camp, and Gu Sheng prepared to intervene if their bodies or the guards lost control.

• Gu Sheng warned Chu Xin, Liu Daimei, Ryoko, and Mei Daizi that his untested body-tempering method might fail, but they chose to proceed.
• Gu Sheng placed the Ghost King Vine’s remains in a stone pool, and the four girls sat around it as he released the Water of Life.
• Gu Sheng ignited the Essence of Flora with a semitransparent flame, creating pale green Life Flames that engulfed the pool and caused the four girls intense pain.
• Gu Sheng watched over them as the Life Flames rapidly tempered their bodies, knowing that losing control could cripple or kill them.
• The scent drew increasing numbers of soul beasts toward the camp, and Gu Sheng prepared for trouble as the serpent guards grew restless.

The Essence of Flora drew a growing crowd of Soul Beasts to the Sunset Forest camp, where the Millennial Mandrill Serpent and the other serpentine beasts fought them off. The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent faced a three-thousand-year Earth King, whose powerful attack cleared the area and left it moving toward the pond.

• The Essence of Flora’s scent attracted waves of Soul Beasts, and the Millennial Mandrill Serpent attacked and slaughtered a pack of wolves and other beasts.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent encountered a three-thousand-year snow-white Earth King while defending the camp.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent dodged the Earth King’s attacks and struck it repeatedly, but its armor prevented serious injury.
• The Earth King unleashed Magma Fissure Strike, stunning and burning Soul Beasts in its range while the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent narrowly avoided falling from the sky.
• The Earth King cleared its immediate opponents and began moving toward the pond.

Gu Sheng subdued a gathering of Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest, then led Liu Daimei and the others deeper into the forest to find a hot spring. They discovered poisonous miasma around the spring, while Dugu Bo sensed an unease but did not investigate.

• Gu Sheng enlarged Azure Spirit, whose presence and attacks drove the Soul Beasts to submit, while distant ten-thousand-year beasts roared to assert their territory.
• Gu Sheng used Spirit Communication to demand resources from the Soul Beasts and put those unable to pay to work guarding the forest outskirts.
• After Liu Daimei, Chu Xin, and the others recovered, Gu Sheng continued deeper into Sunset Forest with them, carrying them on a five-thousand-year Mandala Snake.
• Gu Sheng's group found a divided hot spring in a valley and recognized the surrounding oily-green fog as poisonous miasma likely left by Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo sensed a strange unease after Gu Sheng's group left, but found nothing and resumed meditating.

Gu Sheng explained the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Dugu Bo’s threat to the girls, then returned to investigate the poison-shrouded valley. He discovered that the Poison Array dissolved the snakes he sent into it and began testing its strength himself.

• Gu Sheng chose a cave in Sunset Forest as the group’s shelter and told the girls their physical strength could let them absorb powerful Soul Rings.
• Gu Sheng revealed that Dugu Bo, a poison-type Titled Douluo, occupied Hot Spring Valley and that its Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well greatly accelerated the growth of Plant-type Soul Beasts.
• Gu Sheng flew back to the hot spring hollow and saw that a vast Poison Array trapped its Poisonous Miasma around the valley.
• Gu Sheng ordered a Millennial Mandrill Serpent to send venomous snakes into the Poison Array, where they died and dissolved into pus.
• Gu Sheng judged that the Poison Array sealed the hollow without an obvious weakness, landed nearby, and cautiously extended his palm toward it.