Chapter Summaries

Chu Xin and her companions fled deeper into a mountain while a powerful Evil Eye Tyrant pursued them with mental attacks. As it neared them, a shadowy attacker struck its eye and Ryoko appeared behind it, interrupting its next attack.

• Ryoko teleported Chu Xin and the others into a cave, but the Evil Eye Tyrant tracked them through the mountain and blasted open the passage behind them.
• Chu Xin used her spiritual abilities to resist the Tyrant’s mental attacks while Mei Daizi supported her.
• Liu Daimei saw that their pursuer was a silver-white Evil Eye Tyrant with at least sixteen tentacles as it continued tearing through the winding tunnel.
• Blood-red spider threads and vines obstructed the Tyrant, slowing its pursuit through the mountain’s chaotic magnetic field.
• A black shadow attacked the Tyrant at a bend, striking its pupil with a scorpion-like tail and creating a three-meter black hole.
• Ryoko teleported behind the Tyrant and struck its back with the Darkgold Terrorclaw, disrupting its next skill.

Gu Sheng trapped the Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant in the Life and Death Arena, where the two were forced to fight until one died. He sought to make the Tyrant his seventh Soul Ring as their battle began.

• Ryoko interrupted the Evil Eye Tyrant's skill, and Gu Sheng forced it into the black hole before following it inside.
• Liu Daimei, Chu Xin, and the others fled the Evil Forest as Gu Sheng had instructed.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant's connection to its child weakened, but the gigantic Evil Eye in the forest dismissed the change.
• Gu Sheng and the Evil Eye Tyrant arrived in the Life and Death Arena and learned that only one could leave alive.
• Gu Sheng revealed his plan to claim the Tyrant as his seventh Soul Ring, and the Tyrant attacked with a mental shockwave as Gu Sheng sent a tide of dark evil aura toward it.

Gu Sheng transformed into the Violet Flame Evil Tiger and fought the Evil Eye Tyrant, whose spiritual attacks threatened to overwhelm him. After the tiger broke through the silver barrage and counterattacked, the Evil Eye Tyrant launched its powerful Evil Eye Gaze at the tiger’s head.

• The Evil Eye Tyrant gained the upper hand in a clash of spiritual and evil energy, disrupting Gu Sheng with a storm of Spiritual Energy.
• Gu Sheng appeared as the Violet Flame Evil Tiger, whose aura surpassed the Hundred-Thousand-Year level and threatened the Evil Eye Tyrant.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant fired seventeen silver beams at Gu Sheng, then rushed in to attack with its soul-devouring tentacles.
• The Violet Flame Evil Tiger roared and broke through the silver barrage with purple flames, while Gu Sheng’s Five-Magatama Sharingan blocked the remaining attacks.
• The Violet Flame Evil Tiger swiped at the Evil Eye Tyrant and attacked from behind with its Evil God Hook, but the Evil Eye Tyrant dodged and fired its Evil Eye Gaze at the tiger’s head.

Gu Sheng severely injured the Evil Eye Tyrant, then devoured its body and crystal core despite its threats. As he absorbed its Soul Ring, his Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō, completing his seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar.

• Gu Sheng used his Five-Magatama Sharingan to counter the Evil Eye Tyrant's mental attack, then struck its eye with a powerful punch.
• Gu Sheng pierced the Evil Eye Tyrant's pupil with Ultimate Ice spikes and Ultimate Fire, damaging its Soul Crystal Core.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant's body fell, but its soul remained inside its crystal core, protected by a barrier.
• Gu Sheng ignored the Evil Eye Tyrant's pleas and threats, then used the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's devouring power to consume its body and core.
• Gu Sheng absorbed the Evil Eye Tyrant's Soul Ring as his five Magatama transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan, completing his seventh soul skill.

Gu Sheng absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant’s Soul Ring and eye-shaped Soul Bone, reaching Soul Saint and raising all his Soul Rings to 199,999 years. As he returned to the Dark Mountains, the Evil Eye Tyrant’s furious father sensed its death and unleashed terrifying Spiritual Energy across the Evil Forest, forcing Chu Xin and the others to flee.

• Gu Sheng recognized his Straight Tomoe Sharingan and absorbed the Evil Eye Tyrant’s eye-shaped Soul Bone, strengthening his left eye and clearing his headache.
• Gu Sheng’s six Soul Rings fully unsealed, bringing him to Soul Saint and raising all seven Soul Rings to 199,999 years.
• Gu Sheng considered the risks of increasing the Soul Rings’ years further and decided against provoking a heavenly tribulation while his body was still too weak.
• Gu Sheng returned to the magnetically chaotic Dark Mountains after the alternate space vanished and prepared for danger.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant’s father sensed his son’s death, cried out in rage, and unleashed Spiritual Energy that twisted space and crushed Soul Beasts across the Evil Forest.
• Chu Xin and the others saw the disturbance, fled the Evil Forest, and kept running into a magnetically disordered area of the Jingyang Mountains.

Gu Sheng survived the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord’s attack and faced the Evil Emperor after admitting he had killed its son. The chapter ended with Gu Sheng defending himself as the Evil Emperor’s tentacles struck his barrier.

• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord sensed its dead son’s Spiritual Mark and unleashed a devastating attack that leveled the area around Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng survived the blast in a defensive barrier supported by his seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord arrived, recognized Gu Sheng’s seven Soul Rings and Soul Bones, and demanded to know whether he had killed its son.
• Gu Sheng admitted that he had killed the Evil Eye Tyrant and called becoming his Soul Ring and Martial Soul Avatar an honor.
• The Evil Emperor attacked with its tentacles and Mental Paralysis Rays, but Gu Sheng summoned Susanoo and raised a barrier that withstood the strike.

Gu Sheng fought the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, first stopping its Light of Destruction and then transforming into a much stronger, armored Susanoo. The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord unleashed its costly Time-Space Light, which began spreading over Gu Sheng as he prepared a backup plan.

• Gu Sheng summoned a fifty-meter Susanoo and faced the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord’s attack.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord fired its Light of Destruction, and Gu Sheng used all seven Soul Rings to shoot an arrow that blocked it.
• The blast sent Susanoo flying and dimmed Gu Sheng’s Soul Rings, but he transformed into a flame-wreathed Violet Flame Evil Tiger wrapped in Susanoo.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord prepared its ultimate technique, Time-Space Light, while Gu Sheng readied a backup plan.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord’s deep-blue beam restrained the surrounding space and began spreading over Gu Sheng and Susanoo.

Gu Sheng escaped the Evil Emperor by using a long-distance spatial teleportation, then reached the east coast of the New Continent with Chu Xin and the others. He rested aboard the Ironwood while restoring his strained eyes with Wood Release.

• Gu Sheng used the Evil Emperor's spatial gate to escape, then rescued Chu Xin and the others in the Jingyang Mountains as the Evil Emperor pursued him.
• Gu Sheng unleashed the Time-Space Light beyond the mountains and made an ultra-long-distance jump, leaving the Evil Emperor unable to track him.
• The Evil Emperor arrived too late to catch Gu Sheng and attacked the fleeing humans and soul beasts in its fury.
• Gu Sheng reached a deserted island off Coastal Town and landed aboard the Ironwood, startling Bai Xiuxiu.
• Liu Daimei and the others helped Gu Sheng rest, and he used Wood Release to ease the pain and blurred vision in his eyes.

Gu Sheng recovered from his exhaustion and revealed that his Soul Rings and Soul Bones had reached the peak of Hundred-Thousand-Year power. He explained his evolved Mangekyō Sharingan and left the others knowing that its ability was absolute control, born from his desire to escape the Lord God's control and decide his own fate.

• Chu Xin used an Evil Eye Tyrant core to ease Gu Sheng's headache, and Ryoko and Mei Daizi caught him when he nearly stumbled.
• Bai Xiuxiu asked what Soul Ring Gu Sheng had sought, and he revealed seven bright-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Gu Sheng explained that his Soul Rings and Soul Bones had reached their extreme state, granting him seven Domains to stack.
• Liu Daimei noticed Gu Sheng's changed eyes, and he explained how the Mangekyō Sharingan evolved and gave each user unique abilities.
• Gu Sheng told Chu Xin that his Mangekyō ability was absolute control, reflecting his desire to escape the Lord God's control and choose his own destiny.

Gu Sheng explained how his Mangekyo abilities gave him control over his energy and body, including the power to use the Eight Gates without suffering their usual strain. On the Ironwood, Liu Daimei and Ryoko told him they wanted to stay on the continent and grow stronger, but Gu Sheng took them into the cabin instead of discussing their plans further.

• Gu Sheng explained that his left eye let him control his energy and his right eye let him control his body, allowing him to handle the Eight Gates with far less risk.
• Gu Sheng relaxed on the Ironwood with Bai Xiuxiu when Liu Daimei and Ryoko came to speak with him.
• Liu Daimei told Gu Sheng that she and Ryoko wanted to stay on the continent and become stronger rather than remain dependent on him.
• Gu Sheng reassured Liu Daimei that she had helped him defeat the Evil Eye Tyrant and considered their request.
• Gu Sheng caught Ryoko as she tried to escape, then carried her and Liu Daimei into the cabin while the other girls blushed at the sounds from inside.

After saying farewell to Bai Xiuxiu, Gu Sheng returned to Heaven Dou City with Chu Xin and Mei Daizi. There, he spotted a mysterious Black-Cloaked Man watching Moonlight Pavilion and followed him to a waterfall, where Chu Xin discovered he was hiding behind it.

• Gu Sheng, Chu Xin, and Mei Daizi parted from Bai Xiuxiu, who took Ironwood away from the coast.
• Gu Sheng discussed Spirit Hall’s role in keeping Douluo Continent peaceful and agreed that Liu Daimei and Ryoko should remain on the New Continent to train.
• Gu Sheng used Susanoo to spatially jump with Chu Xin and Mei Daizi to Heaven Dou City, exhausting himself on the way.
• Outside Moonlight Pavilion, Gu Sheng noticed a Black-Cloaked Man watching the building and followed him out of the city with the two girls.
• At a waterfall in a secluded valley, Chu Xin realized the Black-Cloaked Man had disappeared behind it and asked Gu Sheng whether they should enter.

Gu Sheng, Chu Xin, and Mei Daizi found the Blue Silver Emperor hidden behind the waterfall and helped her grow stronger. Mei Daizi received the Blue Silver Emperor’s blessing, and the trio left for a forest full of ancient Blue Silver Grass.

• Gu Sheng led Chu Xin and Mei Daizi back to the waterfall, where Chu Xin opened a hidden entrance behind it.
• Gu Sheng explained that the Blue Silver Emperor was Ah Yin, Tang Hao’s wife and Tang San’s mother, who had sacrificed herself to become Tang Hao’s ninth Soul Ring.
• Gu Sheng used his Mangekyo and a special mixture to nourish the Blue Silver Emperor, and Mei Daizi’s Wood Release helped her grow further.
• The Blue Silver Emperor blessed Mei Daizi, and the three visitors departed as Tang Hao arrived and found Ah Yin alive and flourishing.
• Gu Sheng, Chu Xin, and Mei Daizi appeared in an unknown forest, where Mei Daizi sensed an abundance of old Blue Silver Grass.

Gu Sheng brought Mei Daizi and Chu Xin to an ancient forest, where the Blue Silver King grieved over the Blue Silver Emperor’s fate. Recognizing Mei Daizi’s divine plant inheritance, the Blue Silver King agreed to help her complete her transformation, leaving her in the forest.

• Gu Sheng led Mei Daizi and Chu Xin through an ancient forest where Blue Silver Grass responded to Mei Daizi’s presence.
• The eighty-five-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King welcomed them and asked what had happened to the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Gu Sheng told the Blue Silver King that the Blue Silver Emperor had sacrificed herself and that he had found the plant she was reborn from.
• Mei Daizi revealed her God Tree inheritance, and the Blue Silver King recognized her as the one chosen by the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Gu Sheng asked the Blue Silver King to help Mei Daizi complete her transformation, and it agreed to care for her in the forest.

Gu Sheng successfully restored a transformed Gale Leopard into a living soul beast, completing his research into Spirit Souls that could survive their hosts and be reborn. He believed the method could help preserve soul beasts and reduce the imbalance between humans and beasts, and he left the chapter with the research’s broader benefits in mind.

• Gu Sheng watched a Green Egg hatch into a Gale Leopard and fed the newborn energy crystals until it grew to Ten Thousand Year level.
• Gu Sheng asked the Gale Leopard whether it remembered what came before, and its mental reply confirmed that his experiment had worked.
• Gu Sheng recalled how his studies under Orochimaru had driven him to become a researcher and focus on improving the Spirit Soul Method.
• Gu Sheng devised a reversible contract that would let a Spirit Soul become an energy egg after its host died, then hatch back into a living soul beast.
• Gu Sheng concluded that reborn Spirit Souls could grow rapidly and help address the severe imbalance between human soul masters and soul beasts.

Gu Sheng discovered that the reborn Gale Leopard had become a stronger Spirit Beast with mutations inherited through its bloodline, then Qian Renxue reminded him that the Elite Soul Master Tournament was beginning. They hurried to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena as the Heaven Dou division’s opening ceremony got underway.

• Gu Sheng examined the reborn Gale Leopard and realized its former Soul Spirit contract had made it a stronger Spirit Beast that could serve as a guardian and form another contract easily.
• Qian Renxue arrived at Gu Sheng’s laboratory and reminded him that the Elite Soul Master Tournament preliminary round was about to begin.
• Gu Sheng recognized the Ten Thousand Year Gale Leopard King, swept Qian Renxue into his arms, and set off with her for the tournament.
• The Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena hosted the grand opening ceremony for the Heaven Dou Empire division of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, with seating for eighty thousand spectators.

Heaven Dou City buzzed with the opening of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, and Gu Sheng arrived to a crowd of cheers. He spotted Ma Hongjun and the Shrek team, whose humiliating uniforms drew his scorn.

• Spectators and nobles crowded Heaven Dou City to watch the competition’s opening, while five thousand soldiers helped maintain order.
• Gu Sheng arrived at the Great Soul Arena atop the Gale Leopard King, wearing his Rainbow Crown and White Gold Robe as spectators cheered.
• Gu Sheng recognized Ma Hongjun among the competing teams and observed that he remained debauched and had grown even fatter.
• Gu Sheng saw that Shrek had taken Blue Tyrant Academy’s place and criticized Liu Erlong for yielding it to Yu Xiaogang.
• Gu Sheng mocked Shrek’s shit-green uniforms, monster logo, and sponsorship advertisement, recalling that the uniform had helped dissuade him from attending the academy.

Gu Sheng watched Shrek Academy’s team enter the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition in humiliating green uniforms, while the crowd mocked them. The ceremony concluded with Emperor Xue Ye officially opening the competition.

• Gu Sheng dismounted from the Gale Leopard and stepped onto the platform, while Oscar and the Shrek students reacted to their embarrassing uniforms.
• Nearly thirty qualified academy teams gathered in the Great Soul Arena, where the master of ceremonies introduced Shrek Academy and its slogan, “Champions Without Opponents,” drawing jeers from the audience.
• Gu Sheng sat beside Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, in the first row of the VIP platform, near Emperor Xue Ye, Grand Bishop Salas, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Emperor Xue Ye addressed the arena and declared the Pan-Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition open.

At the Heaven Dou Empire competition, Shrek faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team again, while Gu Sheng visited Shrek’s rest area and unsettled its members. He left Zhu Zhuqing focused on his cultivation advice, as Dai Mubai watched them from the stage in jealous anger.

• Salas drew the first-round matchups, placing Shrek against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team again.
• Shrek selected Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhu, and Tai Long to compete.
• Gu Sheng left the VIP seats after whispering to Qian Renxue and went to Shrek’s rest area.
• Gu Sheng immobilized Ma Hongjun and Oscar, then sat between Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Gu Sheng sparred with Zhu Zhuqing and advised her to use her vibrating-force technique to temper her body.
• Dai Mubai saw Gu Sheng touching Zhu Zhuqing’s leg and grew furious as he prepared for the match.

Shrek Academy faced Gu Sheng’s team in the opening match of the Preliminary Tournament, while Gu Sheng flirted with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing from the VIP seats. The match was underway as Gu Sheng argued that he was a suitable husband for Ning Rongrong, and Oscar watched in frustration.

• The referee began the match, and both teams released their martial souls and Soul Rings, shocking the audience when Tang San revealed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Gu Sheng criticized Tang San’s spider-type Soul Rings, and Ning Rongrong defended Grandmaster’s training plan.
• Gu Sheng flirted with Ning Rongrong while keeping a hand on Zhu Zhuqing’s thigh, leaving both girls flustered and Oscar silently distressed.
• Gu Sheng told Ning Rongrong that he was sincere and argued that marrying her would benefit him and satisfy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s rule requiring her partner to be a powerful Battle Soul Master.

Oscar realized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect expected Ning Rongrong to rely on a powerful Battle Soul Master, leaving him uncertain whether to keep pursuing her. At Shrek’s rest area, Gu Sheng confronted Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong over Ma Hongjun’s condition and argued that enduring his Evil Fire was his last chance to become a phoenix.

• Oscar recalled Ning Rongrong’s distance from him and wondered whether he should give up pursuing her because he could not protect her.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong arrived, and Liu Erlong demanded that Gu Sheng release Ma Hongjun and stop holding his students.
• Gu Sheng restrained Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong and claimed they had agreed to his closeness, while Liu Erlong mistook their inability to resist for consent.
• Gu Sheng explained that Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire could temper his body, criticized Flender for having him vent it, and said enduring the flames might still let him transform into a phoenix.
• Gu Sheng told Yu Xiaogang that Ma Hongjun’s indulgence and damaged foundation had kept him from benefiting fully from a precious spirit herb or reaching Soul Ancestor.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender whether Ma Hongjun could still be saved after hearing Gu Sheng’s account.