Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng’s group finished their search for Spirit Rings in Sunset Forest, where Chu Xin and Mei Daizi advanced to three-ring Soul Elders while Liu Daimei remained frustrated with her slow progress. The group set out north toward the sea to fulfill a promise to Xiao Bai, the Silver Moon Wolf King.

• Mei Daizi recovered her former cultivation, contracted the Water-Fire Twin Lotus, and reached level thirty-four with two ten-thousand-year Spirit Skills and Water and Fire Arm Bones.
• With help from the Ghost Wolf pack, Chu Xin found and killed a twenty-five-thousand-year Violet Spirit Wolf-Badger, gaining a group-wide Weakening Spirit Skill and a torso Spirit Bone with Powerful Enhancement.
• Liu Daimei took the wolf-badger’s pelt and complained to Gu Sheng that she still had only one Spirit Ring, while Gu Sheng explained that suitable beasts for her were scarce and the candidates they found were too powerful.
• Gu Sheng’s group prepared to travel north to see the sea with Xiao Bai, the Silver Moon Wolf King, whose rare Silver Wolf species had originated on the Sun Moon Continent.

After learning why White Wolf had become stranded on the Douluo Continent, Gu Sheng and his companions set out to fulfill its wish to see the sea and glimpse its homeland. They traveled northwest through the Tian Dou Empire and entered a mountainous forest, following the route in White Wolf’s memories.

• Chu Xin told everyone that White Wolf had fled its homeland during the Frost Calamity, settled in the Sunset Forest, and later found that humans blocked its return across land.
• White Wolf asked Chu Xin to take it to the sea so it could see the place where it had first arrived and look toward its homeland.
• Gu Sheng and his companions made arrangements for the wolf pack, snake pack, and Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before leaving the Sunset Forest.
• The group traveled northwest through the Tian Dou Empire, repeatedly encountering routes blocked by human settlements and Soul Master forces.
• Gu Sheng’s party left the main road and entered a large mountainous forest, relying on White Wolf’s memories to guide them.

Gu Sheng and his companions were ambushed in the mountain forest by a giant spider that drained three Whinnying Wind Horses through a blood-red web. After identifying it as a possible mutant Man Faced Demon Spider or Crypt Demon Spider, they faced the creature as it rushed toward them.

• Gu Sheng sensed danger and leaped away with Liu Daimei and Mei Daizi as Ryoko and the wolves dodged a web of blood-red tentacles.
• The web trapped the three Whinnying Wind Horses and drained them until their bodies shriveled into corpses.
• Ryoko slashed through part of the web, and a giant blood-armored spider appeared and absorbed the web's remaining blood-colored energy.
• Liu Daimei suspected the spider was a Man Faced Demon Spider, while Gu Sheng noted its appearance and hunting method differed from the known species.
• Gu Sheng considered whether the spider was a mutant Man Faced Demon Spider or a Crypt Demon Spider as it charged at the group.

Gu Sheng, Liu Daimei, and their companions pursued a Bloodthirsty Demon Spider whose blood-based abilities made it a tempting target for Liu Daimei. The spider lured them into its web-filled hunting ground, where Ryoko cut through its overwhelming defenses, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Gu Sheng used his first Soul Ring to burn away the spider’s Bloody Tentacles, and Liu Daimei pursued the fleeing Bloodthirsty Demon Spider with her Hot-Blooded Surge skill.
• Liu Daimei dodged the spider’s blood web after Gu Sheng warned her, then watched it drain energy from its web and kill two Tiger Cats.
• Gu Sheng identified the spider as a roughly thirty-thousand-year-old mutant hybrid, while Liu Daimei said its Soul Bone suited her and prepared to fight it.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Spider revealed that it had lured them into the center of its web-filled hunting ground and sent a mass of Bloody Tentacles after them.
• Ryoko swung her Darkgold Terrorclaws and sent a cross-shaped golden slash through the webs toward the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider.

Gu Sheng and his group battled the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider, whose poison, webs, and ambushes made it difficult to subdue. The spider concealed its aura and began digging underground to escape, while Liu Daimei feared losing the soul beast she wanted.

• Chu Xin struck the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider with Mind Gaze and a weakening skill, while Gu Sheng and the others surrounded it.
• The spider corroded the grass vines, reclaimed its stored energy, and fired blood-soaked silk arrows through a cloud of mist.
• Ryoko cut through the incoming arrows as Liu Daimei drew the spider’s attention from the air, giving Gu Sheng a chance to blast it with fire.
• Liu Daimei dodged the spider’s poisoned spears, and Ryoko teleported behind it to attack, but its Spiderweb Cage stunned her and blocked the strike.
• The group trapped the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider in layers of webs, but Liu Daimei sensed its aura vanish as it began digging underground to escape.

Gu Sheng and Liu Daimei killed a Bloodthirsty Demon Spider whose Soul Ring was over thirty thousand years old, and found a rare trunk Soul Bone. He worried that Liu Daimei could not withstand the Soul Ring’s spiritual shock, but she insisted on trying and began absorbing the Soul Bone first.

• Gu Sheng used an Earth Dragon Turn to knock the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider out of the ground, and Liu Daimei killed it.
• Gu Sheng burned away the spider’s flesh and found a blood-glowing trunk Soul Bone beside its skeleton.
• Gu Sheng warned Liu Daimei that the spider’s Soul Ring, estimated at up to thirty-five thousand years, could overwhelm her with spiritual shock.
• Gu Sheng allowed Liu Daimei to attempt the Soul Ring only after she absorbed the Soul Bone first.
• Liu Daimei accepted the trunk Soul Bone and began absorbing it, determined to risk the Soul Ring so she would not fall behind Gu Sheng.

Liu Daimei absorbed a nearly thirty-five-thousand-year-old Bloodthirsty Demon Spider Soul Ring, surviving its violent energy and nearly losing control. She emerged with powerful new abilities and a mutated External Soul Bone, but the absorption left her weak and struggling with a blood-consuming urge.

• Liu Daimei absorbed the Bloodthirsty Demon Spider's Soul Ring after using its matching Soul Bone to strengthen her body.
• The Soul Ring's violent energy transformed Liu Daimei, and her Blood-Colored Wings mutated into spider-lance-like bones.
• Liu Daimei's Blood Whip Tentacles erupted and drained energy from nearby living things, prompting Gu Sheng to call out and calm her.
• Liu Daimei regained consciousness, told Gu Sheng she had nearly lost herself, and explained the Soul Ring's effects.
• Liu Daimei learned that her tentacles could drain energy and blood, while her mutated External Soul Bone granted her eight growing spider lances.

Gu Sheng and his companions reached a mountain village after following the White Wolf Soul Spirit’s route and discovered signs of a massacre. When Liu Daimei’s blood signal appeared, they rushed to help and fought a pack of Wolf Raiders, leaving the battle underway.

• Gu Sheng spotted a hunting pit, and Liu Daimei flew ahead to scout for a nearby settlement.
• Liu Daimei sent up a pillar of blood as a distress signal, so Gu Sheng led the others toward it.
• Gu Sheng and his companions smelled blood near a village and encountered Wolf Raiders gnawing on corpses in the forest.
• Ryoko charged the Wolf Raiders on her Black Wolf Soul Spirit and cut down more than a dozen of their vanguard.
• Gu Sheng used a Great Fireball to burn through the Wolf Raiders and continued attacking them without mercy.

Gu Sheng and his companions reached a village devastated by Wolf Raiders and joined a routed force of soldiers fighting hundreds of attackers. After Ryoko and the others turned the battle around, Gu Sheng intercepted the Wolf Raiders’ attempted retreat and froze their forces in place.

• Gu Sheng burned the Wolf Raiders ambushing his group, and they entered the village to find mutilated villagers and soldiers.
• Gu Sheng and his companions encountered fleeing soldiers pursued by hundreds of Wolf Raiders, while Liu Daimei and the soul masters held the rear against several powerful leaders.
• Gu Sheng opened a path through the routed troops, and Ryoko charged into the Wolf Raiders’ ranks and beheaded one of their leaders.
• A cyan Wolf Raider Leader halted Ryoko’s attack and surrounded her, but Mei Daizi, Chu Xin, and the regrouped soldiers helped the defenders counterattack.
• Gu Sheng spotted the Wolf Raiders preparing to retreat, rushed into their forces, and froze their feet across the battlefield.

Gu Sheng, Liu Daimei, and Ryoko wiped out the Wolf Raiders and their slippery leader without suffering injuries. While inspecting the leader’s corpse, Gu Sheng discovered a cyan leg bone hidden inside it.

• Gu Sheng buried at least two hundred Wolf Raiders beneath a mound of earth as the Wolf Raider Leader fled.
• Ryoko ambushed the Wolf Raider Leader, severed its left leg, and made it tumble to the ground.
• Liu Daimei used Blood Explosion Art against the bloodthirsty Wolf Raiders, causing their own blood to erupt and kill many of them.
• Gu Sheng struck the injured leader with a fireball, and Liu Daimei caught it and tore out its heart.
• After the battle, Gu Sheng cut open the leader’s thigh and extracted a blood-streaked cyan leg bone.

Gu Sheng discovered a powerful right leg Soul Bone after his group helped defeat the Wolf Raiders, drawing the attention of the surviving soul masters. He secured the Soul Bone as spoils of war with Viscount Pius’s backing, leaving the army’s greed temporarily subdued.

• Gu Sheng found a right leg Soul Bone among the Wolf Raiders’ spoils, and the nearby soul masters eyed it covetously.
• Gu Sheng asked Viscount Pius to confirm that the Soul Bone belonged to his group because they had killed the Wolf Raider Leaders.
• Pius declared that the Soul Bone was Gu Sheng’s group’s spoils of war, reminding the others that they had defeated the Wolf Raiders.
• The surviving soul masters calmed down after Pius’s statement, while Gu Sheng remained wary of their greed.

Gu Sheng gave Liu Daimei the Wolf Raider Soul Bone, and she gained both its Bloodthirsty Berserk ability and a third Soul Ring while absorbing it. With Pius notifying the legion headquarters and news of the Soul Bone spreading, Gu Sheng prepared to leave for the Thunderstorm Zone.

• Gu Sheng recognized the Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg as a Soul Bone whose blood-consuming ability complemented Liu Daimei's Blood Devouring Torso Bone.
• Liu Daimei absorbed the Soul Bone and drew in the Wolf Raiders' blood essence and Soul Power, gaining a third black Soul Ring.
• Liu Daimei awakened Blood Shadow Azure Light, which let her become intangible against most close-combat attacks.
• Gu Sheng learned that Pius had notified the West Hammer Legion headquarters and that a Thunderstorm Zone to the west had become active.
• Gu Sheng packed the group's supplies and prepared to leave before arriving reinforcements and spreading news of the Soul Bone could cause trouble.

Gu Sheng led his companions toward the Thunderstorm Zone, believing Heavenly Secrets Deduction had guided him to a Soul Beast with the ultimate thunder attribute. They reached the barren mountain range at night and prepared to enter the storm the next day.

• Liu Daimei asked why Gu Sheng had brought them to the Thunderstorm Zone, and he said he sensed an opportunity to find a suitable Soul Beast.
• Gu Sheng considered how difficult it would be to find Soul Beasts with the ultimate wind and thunder attributes required for his five-element path.
• Following Pius's guidance, Gu Sheng led the group to the foot of the dark mountain range as lightning flashed across the sky.
• Ryoko recognized the scattered ore as valuable Magnetite, while Gu Sheng noted that mining there would be too dangerous.
• Gu Sheng decided the group would rest until morning before continuing toward the lightning-filled center of Raikage.

Gu Sheng explained that a Thunderclap Hellfire Vine likely caused the Thunder Pool and might be nearing self-destruction, so he entered the dangerous Thunderstorm Zone alone. He reached the Thunder Pool and plunged into its thunder-filled world.

• Gu Sheng told Chu Xin and the others about the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine and his suspicion that it was close to destroying itself.
• Chu Xin and the others remained behind while Gu Sheng advanced alone through the Thunderstorm Zone.
• Gu Sheng reached a ridge and saw a vast lake of lightning in the basin below.
• Gu Sheng used his water, fire, and earth powers to protect himself as he leaped into the Thunder Pool.
• Gu Sheng explored the strange inner world, where countless kinds of thunder and lightning filled the space.

Gu Sheng found the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine in its Thunder Pool and learned that the ancient plant was terrified of its uncontrolled growth. The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine explained that it wanted to absorb lightning but feared the energy would make it explode.

• The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine’s memories revealed how it grew from a sprout into a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast and formed the Thunder Pool.
• The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine recalled losing control at twenty thousand years and realizing that its constant intake of thunder threatened its life.
• Gu Sheng arrived in the Thunder Pool and identified the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine by name.
• Gu Sheng introduced himself as a soul master and explained what a name was to the curious vine.
• The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine told Gu Sheng that it wanted to absorb lightning but feared that even one bite would make its body explode.

Gu Sheng persuaded the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine to attempt breaking through its fifty-thousand-year barrier, promising it could become his Spirit Soul if it failed. As the vine began its breakthrough, a vast storm gathered over the Thunder Pool, and Gu Sheng suspected Heaven's Will was forcing more lightning into it.

• Gu Sheng introduced the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine to Little Blue, Little Red, and Little Yellow, who told it how becoming his Spirit Soul had helped them.
• Gu Sheng explained that the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine's lineage struggled to control its energy and offered it a choice: attempt a breakthrough or become his Spirit Soul if it failed.
• The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine agreed to challenge the fifty-thousand-year Heavenly Barrier, and Gu Sheng's companions saw the storm intensify outside the Thunder Pool.
• Chu Xin relayed Gu Sheng's warning, and Liu Daimei, Liangzi, Mei Daizi, and Chu Xin fled the Thunderstorm Gorge.
• The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine began absorbing a flood of lightning as its body turned purple-gold, and Gu Sheng suspected Heaven's Will was deliberately adding to the danger.

Gu Sheng helped the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine endure its dangerous breakthrough to fifty thousand years, spending much of his fortune to heal it. The vine then became his Thunder Soul Spirit and entered his left arm, leaving Gu Sheng convulsing in the Thunder Pool as it continued to grow within his spiritual consciousness.

• Little Blue, Little Crystal, and Little Red pleaded with Gu Sheng to help the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine, and he used his Healing Beam and fortune to treat it.
• The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine endured violent internal backlash as its face solidified and its power grew.
• The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine completed its breakthrough, drew in the surrounding thunder, and shouted angrily at the sky.
• The Thunderclap Hellfire Vine transformed into a purplish-gold bolt and entered Gu Sheng's left arm as his Thunder Soul Spirit.
• Gu Sheng was overwhelmed by lightning in the Thunder Pool while a purplish-gold cocoon formed in his sea of spiritual consciousness.

Gu Sheng subdued the Thunderclap Hellfire Vine, collected the Thunder Pool, and reunited with the women who had waited for him. The group reached the sea, where the Silver Wolf howled toward its distant homeland.

• Gu Sheng gathered the collapsing Thunder Pool into his Pocket Mirror with Little Purple’s help, adding its thunderous water to the pool from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gu Sheng left Thunderstorm Gorge and reunited with Liu Daimei, Chu Xin, Mei Daizi, and Ryoko, who welcomed him and complained about his absence.
• Gu Sheng shared an intimate reunion with the women, but they teased him and left him wanting more.
• Gu Sheng and his companions rode through the mountains and reached the shore, where the Silver Wolf howled toward its homeland across the sea.

Gu Sheng and his companions admired the sea before deciding to camp and catch fish. He used the remaining Fount of Life to lure sea beasts toward the reef, stirring up a growing commotion in the shallow waters.

• Gu Sheng, Liu Daimei, Ryoko, and the others arrived at the coast and marveled at the unfamiliar sea.
• When their hunger interrupted their sightseeing, Gu Sheng suggested camping, and everyone agreed.
• Gu Sheng placed a jar of leftover Fount of Life on a reef to attract sea creatures.
• Gu Sheng watched the vibrant underwater ecosystem and noted the dangerous soul beasts farther offshore.
• The Fount of Life drew increasing numbers of sea soul beasts into the shallows, where crowding sparked fights and drove ordinary sea creatures from their habitat.

Gu Sheng used the Fount of Life to lure unusual sea creatures for a picnic, but attracted a Demon Soul Great White Shark that tried to steal the jar by frightening him. When its intimidation failed and Gu Sheng revealed his powerful Soul Rings, the shark attacked with icy currents, leaving their confrontation underway.

• Gu Sheng used his aura to drive away weaker sea soul beasts and poured out the Fount of Life to attract unusual creatures as ingredients.
• Gu Sheng caught a large blue lobster and put it in an ice bucket for his picnic.
• Gu Sheng sensed a powerful creature approaching and identified it as a Demon Soul Great White Shark drawn by the Fount of Life.
• The shark lunged at Gu Sheng to scare him into dropping the jar, but Gu Sheng calmly dodged and kept hold of it.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark tried to sweep Gu Sheng off the reef with a wave, and Gu Sheng froze the wave with his Cold Tide ability.
• After seeing Gu Sheng's four black Soul Rings, the shark attacked with a whirlpool of icy currents and launched ice spikes at him.