Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng stopped Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire restriction from harming him, repelled Dai Mubai, and then tried to lure Xiao Wu with a rare Mystic Herb. The chapter ended with Tang San shielding Xiao Wu as Gu Sheng invited her to speak with him privately.

• Flender severed the force drawing out Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, leaving Ma Hongjun exhausted on the ground.
• Dai Mubai charged Gu Sheng to free Zhu Zhuqing, but Gu Sheng knocked him down with the power of his left eye and then released Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Gu Sheng teased Xiao Wu and presented a Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, which Tang San recognized as an exceptionally precious treasure.
• Tang San shielded Xiao Wu from Gu Sheng’s invitation to speak privately and confronted him with the Purple Demon Eyes.

Gu Sheng persuaded Xiao Wu to leave with him after recalling how his schemes had deepened the grudge between Tang San and Xue Beng and kept Tang San from joining forces with Heaven Dou. As he departed, he challenged Yu Xiaogang’s plan for developing Tang San’s martial soul, leaving the disagreement unresolved.

• Gu Sheng stopped Liu Erlong’s attack and told Xiao Wu he had no intention of forcing her to go with him.
• Gu Sheng recounted how he had manipulated events around Xue Beng’s assault on Xiao Wu, worsening Xue Beng’s conflict with Tang San and weakening the threat they posed to the Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Wu trusted the Gale Leopard King’s message and agreed to leave with Gu Sheng despite Tang San’s concern.
• As Gu Sheng departed with Xiao Wu and the Gale Leopard, he urged Tang San to reconsider his advice and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s martial-soul development plan.

Gu Sheng challenged Yu Xiaogang’s assumptions about Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and questioned whether Yu Xiaogang truly understood Luo Sanpao. Yu Xiaogang was left unsettled, while Gu Sheng reflected that Yu might have evolved his Martial Soul into the Golden Sacred Dragon if he had pursued a clearer goal.

• Gu Sheng argued that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could not be ordinary because it coexisted with the Clear Sky Hammer, and he criticized Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring plan for prioritizing skills over strengthening the Martial Soul’s essence.
• Gu Sheng explained that Plant-Type Soul Rings could better prepare Blue Silver Grass to evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor, while Tang San’s early skill-focused configuration would become largely useless after its evolution.
• Gu Sheng asked Yu Xiaogang whether he understood his own Martial Soul, then left the rest area.
• Yu Xiaogang panicked over Gu Sheng’s doubts about Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and wondered what secrets Luo Sanpao might hold.
• Gu Sheng reflected that Yu Xiaogang could have pursued a Second Awakening for Luo Sanpao and potentially evolved it into the Golden Sacred Dragon, but his lack of resolve and direction had held him back.

Gu Sheng confronted the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone, using his Susanoo and Xiao Wu to stop its attack. The Sky Azure Bull Python arrived, and a powerful blue beast emerged from Gu Sheng’s ancient mirror to face the two forest kings.

• Gu Sheng displayed his enormous armored Susanoo and drew the Titan Giant Ape’s attention in the Core Zone.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Gu Sheng, but his third Soul Ring’s earth domain slowed it and Susanoo punched it away.
• Gu Sheng held Xiao Wu up as a hostage, revealing why the Titan Giant Ape had rushed to her rescue.
• Little Yellow helped Gu Sheng contend with the Titan Giant Ape’s Gravity Domain.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python arrived amid thunderclouds, and a blue beast emerged from Gu Sheng’s ancient mirror.

Gu Sheng brought Xiao Wu to meet Sky Azure Bull Python Da Ming and Titan Giant Ape Er Ming, revealing that he wanted their blood for a young woman with a Bat martial soul. After seeing Gu Sheng’s powerful Soul Rings, Da Ming and Er Ming cautiously agreed to give him some blood.

• Jade Azure Serpent Qing Ling impressed Da Ming and Er Ming with its chance to transform into a dragon under the laws of The Nine Cauldrons.
• Gu Sheng set Xiao Wu down and offered her Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, then asked Da Ming and Er Ming to show sincerity.
• Xiao Wu accused Gu Sheng of luring her there because he wanted her younger brothers, but Gu Sheng displayed the powerful Soul Beast phantoms behind his seven Soul Rings.
• Gu Sheng explained that he needed high-level Soul Beast blood for a young woman with a Bat martial soul and brought out several large buckets.
• Da Ming and Er Ming exchanged a glance and gave Gu Sheng several drops of their blood, while Xiao Wu bristled at being dismissed as too small to help.

Gu Sheng traded the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng for blood from Da Ming and Er Ming, then shared his Soul Spirit Method and asked them to connect him with the powerful soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone. After leaving the Gale Leopard King with them as bait for Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts, Gu Sheng and Xiao Wu returned near Heaven Dou City.

• Gu Sheng collected blood from Da Ming and Er Ming and gave them the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng in exchange.
• Gu Sheng showed Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming his Soul Spirit Method and asked them to help him meet the powerful soul beasts in the Core Zone.
• Da Ming said that the Core Zone’s powerful soul beasts had previously threatened them and refused contact, while Gu Sheng insisted they could still help arrange a meeting.
• Gu Sheng left the Gale Leopard King with Da Ming and Er Ming to send into the Core Zone and draw out Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts.
• Gu Sheng teleported himself and Xiao Wu to an uninhabited area outside Heaven Dou City and reflected that his spatial travel was less convenient than Kamui.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Gu Sheng and Xiao Wu learned that Shrek had advanced to the finals, while Tang San was struggling after a poor performance against Skywater Academy. Xiao Wu went to find him, and Gu Sheng set off to tour the academy with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Gu Sheng and Xiao Wu returned from the Star Dou Great Forest after Xiao Wu absorbed two treasures and formed her fourth Soul Ring, learning that Shrek had advanced to the finals.
• Liu Erlong welcomed Xiao Wu back and confronted Gu Sheng, but Xiao Wu held her back from attacking him.
• Dai Mubai and the others told Xiao Wu that Tang San had fallen into a rut after Shrek's battle with Skywater Academy and that Dugu Bo was trying to advise him.
• Xiao Wu went into the academy to find Tang San, while Gu Sheng asked Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to show him around.
• Ning Rongrong took Gu Sheng's hand and linked arms with Zhu Zhuqing, while Gu Sheng secretly brushed Zhu Zhuqing's palm as the three walked ahead.

After his defeat by Skywater Academy, Tang San secluded himself and questioned the control-focused path Yu Xiaogang had chosen for him. He realized Blue Silver Grass remained weak and vulnerable despite his powerful Soul Rings, leaving him to face the possibility that he had been misled about how to develop it.

• Tang San remained alone in his cabin, unable to eat or rest as he tried to understand why Skywater Academy had defeated him.
• Tang San recognized that Blue Silver Grass lacked the offensive strength and defenses needed to withstand powerful Martial Souls and elemental attacks.
• Tang San recalled that his victories had depended on studying opponents and planning counters, while Skywater Academy had broken his strategy with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tang San considered Yu Xiaogang's approach of prioritizing restrictive Soul Skills over improving Blue Silver Grass's essence and compatibility with its Soul Rings.
• Tang San reflected that plant-type Soul Beasts such as Wind Bamboo, Volcanic Vine, and Ice Spirit Grass could have strengthened Blue Silver Grass and protected it from fire and frost.

Tang San regained confidence in Blue Silver Grass after Dugu Bo shared his insights, then argued with Gu Sheng about their chances in the competition. Gu Sheng left after dismissing Tang San’s prospects, while Dugu Bo remained wary of him.

• Tang San reflected on whether he should cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer instead of Blue Silver Grass, and his doubts kept him from cultivating for two days.
• Dugu Bo’s advice helped Tang San reconsider Blue Silver Grass and Gu Sheng’s earlier guidance.
• Dugu Bo predicted Tang San might reach the top three but said the Golden Generation had the championship secured.
• Gu Sheng arrived with Xiao Wu and the other Shrek members, and Tang San challenged his claim that Tang San could not defeat him.
• Gu Sheng said Tang San could challenge him once Blue Silver Grass fully awakened, then taunted Dugu Bo about Dugu Yan.
• Gu Sheng recalled how he had forced Dugu Bo to help him obtain the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and had beaten him into believing Gu Sheng’s account of their past.

Gu Sheng considered the conflict between the extreme and balanced schools of soul master cultivation and how the Spirit Hall’s fusion school combined their strengths. He planned to weaken and divide the soul master forces in the Heaven Dou Empire, especially the Upper Three Sects.

• Gu Sheng considered the Five Element Academy’s extreme-school teams and their powerful but easily countered single-attribute tactics.
• Gu Sheng compared the extreme school common in Heaven Dou with the balanced school prevalent in Star Luo, noting the weaknesses of both approaches.
• Gu Sheng described the Spirit Hall’s fusion school, in which individuals cultivated specialties while teams balanced their strengths and weaknesses.
• Gu Sheng explained that the Spirit Hall had delayed promoting the fusion school because it feared resistance from Heaven Dou’s sects and other forces.
• Gu Sheng planned to strike at and divide the soul master forces in the Heaven Dou Empire, particularly the Upper Three Sects.

Zhu Zhuqing came to Gu Sheng for help defeating Zhu Zhuyun, and he promised to train her after she accepted his offer. As the finals approached, Shrek Academy advanced through the competition, while Gu Sheng considered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a potential recruit for Spirit Hall.

• Zhu Zhuqing visited Gu Sheng at night and asked whether he could help her grow stronger and defeat Zhu Zhuyun.
• Gu Sheng offered Zhu Zhuqing professional Soul Skill guidance and instruction on cultivation and the benefits of Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Gu Sheng began personally teaching Zhu Zhuqing about her body and the extraordinary meridians and eight vessels.
• Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy, Barack Academy, Blazing Fire, and Tianshui, appearing to secure a place in the finals.
• Gu Sheng watched Shrek Academy face Thunder Academy and doubted the potential of the Blue Lightning Overlord Sect's training base.
• Gu Sheng considered recruiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall's new system and recognized Ning Rongrong's potential to achieve godhood.

After Dai Mubai’s victory over Thunder Academy, Zhu Zhuqing confronted him while caring for his injuries, explaining why she had lost faith in him and chosen another path. She left him realizing that his change had come too late, while the full cost of her own struggle remained unspoken.

• Gu Sheng assessed Dai Mubai’s performance and judged the Blue Lightning Overlord Sect unlikely to be worth recruiting.
• Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind to care for the badly injured Dai Mubai, but refused his attempt to take her hand.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai she had urged him to become stronger because their arranged marriage and imperial struggle demanded it.
• Dai Mubai insisted he had changed and could now face Dai Weisi, but Zhu Zhuqing said she had already made another choice.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Dai Mubai of abandoning her when he fled Star Luo City and revealed that leaving the city had cost her dearly.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and chose to leave the fate imposed on her by the Star Luo Empire, then went to Gu Sheng, who welcomed her passionately. In Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin waited at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Ning Rongrong and another visitor.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai that his change had come too late and that she planned to leave the Star Luo Empire after the Elite Competition.
• Zhu Zhuqing walked past Tang San and the others as they discussed Feng Xiaotian’s proposed one-on-one match against Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to Gu Sheng’s laboratory and kissed him, and he pulled her into an intimate encounter.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin waited at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Ning Rongrong, whose martial soul had evolved, and another person.

Gu Sheng asked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to support a decision that could turn it against the Tian Dou Empire, then presented records showing that soul beasts and their habitats had declined. Ning Fengzhi and the others examined the evidence, but Gu Sheng’s purpose remained unexplained.

• Ning Rongrong entered the conference hall with Gu Sheng after Shrek Academy secured a place in the finals by Tang San’s victory over Feng Xiaotian.
• Gu Sheng considered the Clear Sky Sect’s strength and its potential threat to his plans with the Spirit Hall.
• Gu Sheng asked Ning Fengzhi what he thought of the Tian Dou Empire, then asked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to support him even if it meant opposing the empire.
• Gu Rong objected and warned Gu Sheng not to pursue Ning Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Sheng to explain his request.
• Gu Sheng handed Ning Fengzhi records about soul beasts, and Ning Rongrong noticed that their species, numbers, and habitats had declined.

Gu Sheng warned Ning Fengzhi that Soul Beasts’ decline could provoke a devastating Beast Tide, then presented his Spirit Soul Method as a way to help both Soul Masters and Soul Beasts. He left Ning Fengzhi to decide whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would support Spirit Hall’s plan, which threatened the influence of nobles.

• Gu Sheng explained that Soul Beasts were declining alongside the rise of Soul Masters and warned that their extinction would harm both groups.
• Gu Sheng showed Ning Fengzhi visions of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, then described the powerful Ferocious Beasts sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Sheng warned that the Ferocious Beasts could launch a Beast Tide if their homeland shrank and their descendants became scarce, frightening Ning Fengzhi.
• Gu Sheng gave Ning Fengzhi a document outlining his Spirit Soul Method and explained how Spirit Souls could provide combat strength to support-type Soul Masters.
• Gu Sheng told Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall and the Lower Four Sects supported promoting the system after the Elite Competition, and urged him to choose between his identity as a Soul Master and his status as a noble.

Gu Sheng returned to Spirit Hall and interrupted Yu Xiaogang’s meeting with Bibi Dong, then traded the Clear Sky Sect’s Papal Order for the secret to cultivating Twin Martial Souls without conflict. The secret left Yu Xiaogang with a path forward, while Bibi Dong and Gu Sheng’s complicated relationship remained on display.

• Gu Sheng left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ning Fengzhi called a sect meeting and asked Ning Rongrong whether she liked him.
• Gu Sheng arrived at the Papal Hall after learning Yu Xiaogang had come to see Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang met, and Bibi Dong told him to address her as the Pope rather than by her old name.
• Gu Sheng entered the Council Hall and demanded Yu Xiaogang hand over the Clear Sky Sect’s Papal Order.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Gu Sheng the Papal Order, and Gu Sheng explained that cultivating one Martial Soul to nine rings would form a Soul Core that could prevent conflict when cultivating the other.

Gu Sheng confronted Bibi Dong about her lingering feelings for Yu Xiaogang, then learned she had accepted their relationship was over. He told her about preparations involving the Star Dou Great Forest and Qian Daoliu, and showed her the Head Soul Bone he had taken from Shi Nian, which he planned to give to a teammate.

• Gu Sheng sent Yu Xiaogang away after explaining Twin Martial Souls, then confronted Bibi Dong about her feelings for him.
• Gu Sheng kissed Bibi Dong, and she said she had already accepted that her relationship with Yu Xiaogang was over.
• Gu Sheng told Bibi Dong he had sent Gale Leopard to the Star Dou Great Forest and Xue'er to speak with Qian Daoliu; Bibi Dong said she could stand against Qian Daoliu.
• Gu Sheng explained that Tang San had killed Shi Nian with poison and revealed that he had taken Shi Nian's Head Soul Bone from Tang San.
• Bibi Dong advised Gu Sheng not to absorb the low-quality Soul Bone, and Gu Sheng said he intended it for one of his teammates.

Gu Sheng brought out two valuable head Soul Bones for his companions, including one intended for Senior Sister Na, and explained how Hu Liena and others had gained Soul Bones through contracted Spirit Souls. The chapter ended with a detailed account of the Reincarnator team's many Soul Bones and their exceptional gains in the Douluo World.

• Gu Sheng emerged from the bedroom to find Liu Daimei and three others waiting, and Liu Daimei teased him about how long he had taken.
• Gu Sheng showed the group a Gem-type Soul Bone from Shi Nian and a Spirit Condensation Charm Head Bone from a Demon Fox, explaining that the latter had been saved for Senior Sister Na.
• Gu Sheng recalled that Hu Liena had gained a powerful Spirit Condensation Charm Head Bone from her contracted Three-Eyed Demon Fox Spirit Soul, while Xie Yue and Yan had also formed contracts for their fifth Soul Rings.
• Gu Sheng explained that Yan's Red Demon Mastiff Spirit Soul had mutated alongside him, awakening its three-headed bloodline and producing an arm bone.
• Gu Sheng listed the Soul Bones held by himself, Chu Xin, Mei Daizi, Liu Daimei, and Ryoko, highlighting the team's remarkable collection.

Gu Sheng gave Liu Daimei two skull Soul Bones and fused them into a new bone that strengthened her hypnotic abilities. He then revamped the Elite Competition finals into televised encounter battles, where Shrek defeated the Star Luo Team before it could use Hell White Tiger.

• Mei Daizi, Ryoko, and Chu Xin declined the two skull Soul Bones because they did not suit their abilities, while Liu Daimei struggled to choose between them.
• Gu Sheng gave both Soul Bones to Liu Daimei and used the system's assistance to fuse them into a new Soul Bone despite the painful process.
• Liu Daimei awakened with enhanced illusion and hypnotic abilities, then embraced Gu Sheng under the effects of her new powers.
• Gu Sheng changed the finals from arena matches to live encounter battles modeled on King's Canyon and broadcast them with Soul Tool cameras and floating screens.
• Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Zhu Zhuyun in Shrek's decisive encounter against Star Luo, and Shrek defeated the Star Luo Team before it could unleash Hell White Tiger.

Gu Sheng altered the tournament’s final rules after Shrek defeated Spirit Hall Second Team, setting up a four-team assault on Spirit Hall Battle Team for three Soul Bones. The final battle began as twenty-eight Soul Ancestors charged the mountain platform, where Hu Liena and Xie Yue faced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger.

• Spirit Hall Second Team nearly defeated Shrek, but Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing helped Shrek win the match.
• Gu Sheng changed the finals so Shrek, Star Luo Empire, Heaven Dou, and the merged Blazing Fire Divine Wind Element Team could jointly challenge Spirit Hall Battle Team.
• Gu Sheng prepared the Mind-Gathering Wisdom Skull for Chu Xin, the Left Leg Bone for Ryoko, and the Blazing Right Arm Bone for Hu Liena.
• Twenty-eight Soul Ancestors from the four teams charged up the mountain to try to hold the platform for thirty minutes and claim the three Soul Bones.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue met the Star Luo Royal Battle Team’s attack first as Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger charged toward them.