Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng encountered a seventy-thousand-year mutated ice-type Demon Soul Great White Shark with Ultimate Ice and a Domain. The shark’s attacks destroyed the reef around him, leaving Gu Sheng facing the raging Sea Soul Beast in a deep trench.

• Gu Sheng recognized the attacking Demon Soul Great White Shark as a rare mutated top-tier Soul Beast with Ultimate Ice.
• The shark grew furious after sensing Gu Sheng’s Ultimate Ice Soul Ring and learning he had hunted several high-ranking Soul Beasts.
• The seventy-thousand-year shark revealed a Domain, which Gu Sheng suspected came from an awakened ancestral bloodline.
• The shark raised walls of seawater around Gu Sheng and fired rows of jagged ice spikes at him.
• Gu Sheng froze the surrounding currents into a barrier, but the shark’s barrage shattered the ice and reefs, splitting the reef bed and creating a deep trench.

Gu Sheng captured the Demon Soul Great White Shark by trapping it on ice and paralyzing it with a lightning net. He threatened to kill it for its Soul Bone and fins, but the shark begged for mercy and explained that it had attacked him only to play.

• Gu Sheng hid beneath the Demon Soul Great White Shark and froze the surrounding sea, forcing it onto the ice.
• Gu Sheng bound the shark in a lightning net and used Cold Tide to prevent it from escaping through the ice.
• Gu Sheng restrained the Demon Soul Great White Shark and considered the Soul Bone and other parts he could take from it.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark spoke to Gu Sheng and begged him not to kill it.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark told Gu Sheng that it had attacked him because it wanted to play while he was fishing.

Gu Sheng intimidated a captured Demon Soul Great White Shark until she stopped resisting and revealed her name and why she had attacked him. Bai Xiuxiu then guessed that his unusually powerful Soul Rings came from a god, but Gu Sheng said they came from the four spirit folk accompanying him.

• Gu Sheng threatened to cut and roast the Demon Soul Great White Shark, who begged him to spare her and acted cute.
• Gu Sheng tested the shark’s obedience by making her jump into a pool, stand up, and blow bubbles.
• The shark identified herself as Bai Xiuxiu and admitted that she also went by the nicknames Bai Whoosh-Whoosh and Bai Paopao.
• Bai Xiuxiu said she had mistaken Gu Sheng for a bad person while he was fishing and attacked to stop him.
• Bai Xiuxiu asked whether Gu Sheng was an envoy of a god because all four of his Soul Rings were over ten thousand years old.
• Gu Sheng denied having ties to a god and explained that his Soul Rings came from the spirit folk who had transformed from soul beasts and formed a bond with him.

Gu Sheng explained his Spirit Souls to Bai Xiuxiu and pressured her into an agreement of mutual assistance, making her his fishing helper and guide. As Bai Xiuxiu told him about her royal family and Sea God Island, Gu Sheng began considering what he might do with her unusual origins.

• Bai Xiuxiu suspected Gu Sheng had deceived four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but Gu Sheng and the Spirit Souls insisted they had willingly become his companions.
• Gu Sheng explained that the Spirit Souls remained alive and could grant Soul Rings through contracts, then introduced their identities and powers to Bai Xiuxiu.
• After Gu Sheng used ice, lightning, and fire to intimidate her, Bai Xiuxiu agreed to help him catch fish, entertain the group, and carry them through the coastal waters.
• Gu Sheng rode on Bai Xiuxiu's back and asked about her family and Sea God Island.
• Bai Xiuxiu revealed that she was born to the royal clan of the Demon Spirit Great White Sharks and that her mother led the clan, while privately questioning Gu Sheng's claim that he was an ordinary nobody.
• As Bai Xiuxiu shared information about her family, Gu Sheng began thinking about the possibilities her origins presented.

Gu Sheng realized other continents might hold Soul Beasts suited to his group and asked Bai Xiuxiu how to reach them. Bai Xiuxiu admitted Sea God Island knew about the continents but concealed the information, and Gu Sheng pressed her for details.

• As Bai Xiuxiu described Sea God Island, Gu Sheng considered its God-given Soul Rings and the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan’s strength.
• Gu Sheng asked Bai Xiuxiu whether she knew a route to the other continents, which he hoped to explore for suitable Soul Beasts.
• Bai Xiuxiu let slip that Sea God Island knew about other continents, then tried to deny it.
• Gu Sheng threatened Bai Xiuxiu with purple electricity until she apologized, then demanded to know what lay across the ocean and whether a route existed.

Gu Sheng rejected Bai Xiuxiu’s scheme to take him to Sea God Island and instead used her to herd fish for his companions. After growing close to Bai Xiuxiu on a coastal island, he told her they would leave the next day and return, leaving her upset and uncertain.

• Bai Xiuxiu offered to guide Gu Sheng to Sea God Island, but Gu Sheng punished her with lightning and decided the island was too dangerous to visit.
• Gu Sheng made Bai Xiuxiu drive schools of fish toward Chu Xin and the others, who crowded around her and discussed making sharkskin goods.
• Gu Sheng and Bai Xiuxiu spent time together on a coastal island, where she played in a sea pool and accepted his head pats and carefully grilled fish.
• Gu Sheng told Bai Xiuxiu that they would leave the next day and go back, and she tearfully tried to persuade him to visit Sea God Island instead.

Gu Sheng and the others returned to Barak Royal City after a year away and went to Balan Spirit Soul Junior Academy rather than risk trouble at the Barak Spirit Main Hall. They reunited with Teacher Ma, who asked where they had been, and Gu Sheng began to explain.

• Gu Sheng reassured Bai Xiuxiu and asked her to find a route to the other continents so they could set sail together when they met again.
• Gu Sheng and his companions arrived at Barak Royal City, where they had returned as much stronger Soul Masters than when they left a year earlier.
• The five entered Balan Spirit Soul Junior Academy first to avoid the political entanglements surrounding the Barak Spirit Main Hall.
• Teacher Ma recognized Gu Sheng and the others, welcomed their safe return, and asked why they had disappeared for a year.
• Gu Sheng sat down with Chu Xin and the others and began telling Teacher Ma what had happened.

Gu Sheng and four companions traveled with a Barak convoy to Spirit City as the kingdom’s five specially approved candidates for the Spirit Hall’s Elite Training Camp. Their selection had displaced powerful nobles’ favored candidates, leaving them conspicuous among the other students.

• A Barak Spirit Main Hall official reported that the candidates had been sent away, and the old man dismissed him while reflecting on the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• A convoy of two hundred people departed for Spirit City, carrying a report and prospective Elite Training Camp students recommended by the Balak Kingdom.
• The chapter explained how the Elite Competition and Elite Training Camp expanded opportunities for talented Soul Masters while strengthening the Spirit Hall’s influence.
• The five of Gu Sheng remained in their carriage as the other students looked at them strangely because they had received the kingdom’s five direct-entry seed quotas.

Gu Sheng spent nearly three months studying in the Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy library while Chu Xin, Liu Daimei, Ryoko, and Mei Daizi trained in the Simulated Training Ground. As the Elite Training Camp’s final spots neared confirmation, its formal courses and instructor assignments were about to begin.

• Gu Sheng and the other specially approved students from Barak Spirit Main Hall entered the inner academy without joining the outer academy’s fierce competition.
• Gu Sheng remained in the library for nearly three months, reading extensively and avoiding the Simulated Training Ground.
• Chu Xin, Liu Daimei, Ryoko, and Mei Daizi focused on improving their strength in the Simulated Training Ground.
• Gu Sheng noted that formal Elite Training Camp courses would begin after the final spots were decided and students were assigned instructors.

At the Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy, Gu Sheng learned that instructors would observe the freshmen in a strength demonstration and that the Training Camp would eliminate its bottom fifty students at year’s end. Tuo Ba Yuan proposed that they team up and draw attention to themselves, leaving Gu Sheng surprised by the boy’s scheming plan.

• During the freshmen’s gathering, Tuo Ba Yuan told Gu Sheng that the Pope and the Golden Generation would attend.
• Tuo Ba Yuan explained that instructors would observe the students during an afternoon assessment in an enclosed Grand Colosseum and that the Training Camp would eliminate the bottom fifty at year’s end.
• Gu Sheng recognized the assessment as a chance to display his abilities and attract the academy’s attention.
• Tuo Ba Yuan asked Gu Sheng to join him in making a big impression, explaining that Yan had earned the Golden Generation’s notice through a similar assessment.
• Tuo Ba Yuan proposed that they praise one another during their introductions while calling each other lifelong nemeses, leaving Gu Sheng astonished.

Gu Sheng learned about the Elite Training Camp’s battle-team challenges and the age limits that left Tuo Ba Yuan discouraged about his prospects. Tuo Ba Yuan explained his plan to challenge opponents in succession, while Gu Sheng considered how to make a name through the competition.

• Gu Sheng rejected Tuo Ba Yuan’s idea of publicly praising each other and asked whether the challenges were individual or group battles.
• Tuo Ba Yuan described past challengers and explained that he and Gu Sheng were only thirteen, leaving them at a disadvantage in the current Elite Competition cycle.
• Tuo Ba Yuan explained that he expected to miss the current cycle and be too old for the next one, so he had given up on joining a battle team.
• Gu Sheng noticed older students with at least three-ring strength gathering to compete for battle-team places.
• Tuo Ba Yuan revealed his plan for himself and Gu Sheng to defeat opponents in succession, hoping to attract mentors’ attention even if they eventually lost.

Gu Sheng teamed up with Tuo Ba Yuan and planned to challenge everyone, then set his sights on the Spirit Hall Battle Team after learning about the Training Camp’s tradition. The new-student assembly began, and Wang Xiong tested the students by unleashing his Soul Saint aura.

• Tuo Ba Yuan explained that students could form teams, and Gu Sheng agreed to work with him after asking why he was so eager to cooperate.
• Gu Sheng told Tuo Ba Yuan to conserve his strength until the higher-ups arrived, then declared that they would take on everyone.
• Wang Xiong arrived as the assembly ended and ordered the gates sealed, while Tuo Ba Yuan pointed out Pope Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Gu Sheng pointed out the Spirit Hall Battle Team, and Tuo Ba Yuan explained that exceptional students could challenge them after the assessment.
• Wang Xiong ordered the students to stand still and released his Soul Saint aura, causing many of them to collapse.

At the Training Camp entrance ceremony, Wang Xiong introduced the mentors and made the new students announce themselves under the pressure of twenty Soul Emperor auras. Eight students stood out, while Gu Sheng and his companions stayed calm and kept their strength hidden.

• Wang Xiong introduced himself as the Training Camp's director and explained the ceremony and its rules.
• Twenty Soul Emperor mentors released their auras and instructed the new students to introduce themselves.
• Huo Xiaomao, Ke Nuoduo, Feng Zang, Cheng Qingquan, and four other students endured the pressure and called out their names, while many students collapsed or retreated.
• Tuo Ba Yuan grew anxious, but Gu Sheng told him to conserve his strength and remained unfazed alongside Chu Xin, Liu Daimei, and the others.
• The eight students traded boastful remarks, making sure everyone on the field heard their names.

The Spirit Hall students’ introductions turned into a chaotic arena-wide melee, and Gu Sheng drew attention by calmly brewing tea while Tuo Ba Yuan defended him. As the fight escalated, Ryoko and Liu Daimei joined in to keep opponents away from Gu Sheng.

• Wang Xiong ended the introductions and told the students to prove themselves on the stage.
• Ke Nuoduo challenged Huo Xiaomao, and the students began testing one another.
• Gu Sheng asked Tuo Ba Yuan for tea and said they would make a big show of things.
• The students broke into a grand melee, and Gu Sheng set up a table and brewed tea while Tuo Ba Yuan guarded him.
• Tuo Ba Yuan knocked away attackers but struggled to defend Gu Sheng from the growing crowd.
• Ryoko swept away attackers from the east with her Bone Blade, while Liu Daimei used spider threads to stop enemies approaching from the west.

Gu Sheng’s group drove the remaining freshmen out of the chaotic melee while he calmly brewed tea, drawing attention from Spirit Hall’s leaders and rivals. As the final opponents charged his team, Chu Xin, Mei Daizi, Ryoko, and Tuo Ba Yuan counterattacked, leaving the battle’s outcome in their hands.

• Gu Sheng’s group used coordinated support and attacks to hold off the freshmen, while Gu Sheng brewed tea in the middle of the fighting.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue commented on Gu Sheng’s composure and the strength of his companions, while Bibi Dong chose to keep watching.
• After more than a hundred freshmen were eliminated, Gu Sheng said the tea was almost ready, and the remaining fighters realized his group was the strongest on the field.
• The remaining opponents charged Gu Sheng, but Mei Daizi’s buffs and debuffs weakened them as Tuo Ba Yuan, Chu Xin, Ryoko, and the others defended the four sides.
• Chu Xin used her Byakugan and Silver Light: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique to strike her opponents’ weaknesses and drive them back.

Gu Sheng's group overwhelmed the new students' melee, leaving only six unharmed, before Gu Sheng challenged the Spirit Hall Battle Team. Yan led four teammates out to accept, leaving Tuo Ba Yuan unsure whether he should join the fight.

• Liu Daimei, Chu Xin, Ryoko, and Mei Daizi eliminated Soul Masters across the arena, while Feng Zang and Huo Xiaomao were knocked out.
• Ke Nuoduo let Tuo Ba Yuan strike him so he could stage a defeat, and Tuo Ba Yuan realized afterward that he had injured him for real.
• The melee ended with only six new students unharmed, and Gu Sheng served Tuo Ba Yuan tea while his companions gathered around him.
• Gu Sheng challenged the Spirit Hall Battle Team to a friendly match, and captain Xie Yue stepped forward to answer him.
• Yan interrupted Xie Yue and summoned his Flame Lord Martial Soul alongside four Battle Team members, while Tuo Ba Yuan struggled to decide whether to fight them.

Liu Daimei, Ryoko, and Chu Xin battled the Spirit Hall Battle Team’s Golden Generation while Mei Daizi and the Holy Light Duo clashed elsewhere. As the three women were pinned down, the remaining opponents charged toward Gu Sheng and Mei Daizi.

• Gu Sheng stopped Tuo Ba Yuan from charging into the battle, while Liu Daimei revealed her Blood Wings and attacked Yan.
• Chu Xin used her Soft Fist techniques to defeat the Spirit Hall team’s turtle-type defensive fighter, and Ryoko engaged a sword wielder with her Bone Blade.
• Mei Daizi’s Wood Release overwhelmed the Holy Light Duo, while Xie Yue joined the fight and clashed with Ryoko.
• Hu Liena tried to charm Gu Sheng, but Chu Xin blocked her and defeated her with a mental attack.
• The Holy Light Duo and the rescued Weapon Soul Master rushed toward Gu Sheng and Mei Daizi while Liu Daimei, Ryoko, and Chu Xin remained occupied.

Gu Sheng overwhelmed the Spirit Hall Battle Team with his abilities and revealed a black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, stunning Bibi Dong and the other Spirit Hall leaders. As Hu Liena and Xie Yue activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Chu Xin and Ryoko, Gu Sheng rushed into the spreading red light.

• Mei Daizi used Wood Release: Tree Grove to hinder the charging Spirit Hall Soul Masters, but Gu Sheng stopped her and advanced himself.
• Gu Sheng revealed his black fourth Soul Ring, shocking Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall leaders, then used earth, fire, and ice abilities to defeat Light Shadow, Light Staff, and Yan.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue coordinated their attacks and activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, spreading a red curtain of light toward Chu Xin and Ryoko.
• Gu Sheng threw Chu Xin and Ryoko behind him and rushed into the red light.

Gu Sheng overwhelmed Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Demon fusion skill because its suppression could not affect his superior power. He badly weakened Xie Yue and defended against his Moon Blade counterattack, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue combined into Demon and attacked Gu Sheng, but he was unaffected by its red-light suppression.
• Gu Sheng drove Demon back with his Flame Dragon and struck Xie Yue from behind using Dragon Raises Head.
• Gu Sheng closed in with his earth-type ability and forced Xie Yue deeper into the ground with a punch.
• Xie Yue launched both Moon Blades at Gu Sheng, but Gu Sheng blocked them with Ultimate Ice and knocked them away with his saber.
• Xie Yue caught the returning Moon Blades and grunted from the impact of Gu Sheng’s deflection.

Gu Sheng countered Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his Sharingan and defeated them after enduring Xie Yue’s Full Moon attack. As he restrained Hu Liena, Bibi Dong appeared and silently fixed him with a murderous gaze.

• Xie Yue abandoned his ricocheting Moon Blades and unleashed his Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon, against Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng used his four-Magata Sharingan to track Xie Yue’s rapid attacks, find openings, and wear down the Enchantress while retreating.
• Gu Sheng broke away and struck the Enchantress with his Fourth Soul Ring attack, ending the fusion and blasting Xie Yue and Hu Liena to the ground.
• Gu Sheng restrained Xie Yue with earth power, punched him into defeat, then dragged Hu Liena toward him and seized her by the neck.
• Bibi Dong appeared beside Gu Sheng and suppressed him with her invisible pressure and murderous gaze.