Chapter Summaries

Gu Yi persuaded Dugu Bo to let him try removing the poison afflicting him and Yan Zi, then used Dugu Bo’s herb garden to consume two rare plants and endure the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After recovering, Gu Yi began searching for more treasures to take.

• Dugu Bo threatened Gu Yi, but relented when Gu Yi offered to prove he could remove the poison and warned that Yan Zi would otherwise die.
• Dugu Bo took Gu Yi to his cave in Sunset Forest and gave him one day to make an antidote using the herbs there.
• Gu Yi harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with metal and the Infernal Delicate Apricot with jade, then ate them and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gu Yi lost consciousness in the pool and woke the next morning restored to peak condition.
• Gu Yi decided to gather the other rare herbs in Dugu Bo’s garden as payment for saving Dugu Bo and Yan Zi.

Gu Yi endured Dugu Bo’s poison tests and convinced him that he could treat the poison in his body by transferring it into his soul bones. Dugu Bo agreed to return with Gu Yi to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving the treatment to unfold over the next six months.

• Dugu Bo tested Gu Yi with poisonous mist and a Nine Section Jadeite bite, but Gu Yi remained unharmed.
• Dugu Bo struck Gu Yi with his Life-Bound Snake Venom, and Gu Yi used pollen from the Aromatic Silk Beauty to help expel the poison.
• Gu Yi proposed slowly transferring Dugu Bo’s poison into his soul bones with medicinal agents over no more than half a year.
• Dugu Bo gave Gu Yi his Inner Core as a condition of treatment, and Gu Yi swallowed it.
• Gu Yi said he would gather medicinal herbs before returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Dugu Bo.

Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi for help winning Gu Yi back, then schemed to kill Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu during a soul-beast hunt. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu left for Sunset Forest with three Soul Saint-level stewards, unaware that Ning Rongrong was following them with murderous intentions.

• Ning Fengzhi reassured Ning Rongrong that he would help her reunite with Gu Yi and send Zhu Zhuqing away after Gu Yi returned with the herbs.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether she could bully Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Fengzhi warned her not to provoke Gu Yi before the herbs arrived.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu asked Ning Fengzhi for help hunting soul beasts after Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty, and he arranged three Soul Saint-level stewards to protect them.
• Ning Rongrong asked to join the hunt, but Ning Fengzhi refused and ordered her to stay and cultivate.
• Ning Rongrong chased after Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, planning to kill them during the hunt and make their deaths look like accidents.

Ning Rongrong ordered three deacons to kill Zhu Zhuqing and restrain Xiao Wu during their soul-ring hunt in Sunset Forest. Zhu Zhuqing was badly injured protecting Xiao Wu, then charged Ning Rongrong to buy her time as Ling Tian’s freezing mist closed in.

• Ning Rongrong joined Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu’s trip to Sunset Forest and secretly told the three deacons to arrange Zhu Zhuqing’s death.
• Ling Tian, Ling Feng, and Ling Yun trapped a wounded thousand-year Sword Tiger and weakened it for Zhu Zhuqing to kill.
• Ling Feng and Ling Yun released the Sword Tiger and shifted their restraining pressure onto Zhu Zhuqing, allowing it to strike and severely injure her.
• Xiao Wu rushed to help Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing shoved her out of the way of Ling Tian’s ice spike.
• Ning Rongrong ordered the deacons to kill Zhu Zhuqing and restrain Xiao Wu, then said she would deal with Xiao Wu herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing charged Ning Rongrong with Hell Stab to give Xiao Wu time to escape, but Ling Tian unleashed Ice Age as Zhu Zhuqing said farewell to Gu Yi.

Gu Yi rescued Zhu Zhuqing from Ning Rongrong and three Soul Saint stewards, then ordered Dugu Bo to kill those responsible. Dugu Bo killed the stewards but refused to attack Ning Rongrong because of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Gu Yi decided to kill her himself.

• Gu Yi arrived in time to save the badly injured Zhu Zhuqing and comforted her.
• Gu Yi demanded that Dugu Bo kill everyone involved except the rabbit-eared girl, and Dugu Bo agreed to help.
• Dugu Bo turned the three fleeing stewards to stone and smashed them to pieces.
• Ning Rongrong threatened Dugu Bo with retaliation from Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so Dugu Bo refused to kill her.
• Gu Yi laid Zhu Zhuqing beneath a tree, then faced Ning Rongrong and declared that he would kill her.

Gu Yi nearly killed Ning Rongrong for attacking Zhu Zhuqing, but Dugu Bo poisoned him unconscious before he could finish. Ning Rongrong fled after Zhu Zhuqing slapped her, and Dugu Bo left Zhu Zhuqing with instructions for Gu Yi to visit him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Ning Rongrong begged Gu Yi to spare her as he grabbed her by the throat and began choking her.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged Gu Yi not to kill Ning Rongrong, warning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could retaliate against him and his grandfather.
• Dugu Bo poisoned Gu Yi and knocked him unconscious just as Ning Rongrong was close to losing consciousness.
• Zhu Zhuqing slapped Ning Rongrong and ordered her to leave, and Ning Rongrong ran away.
• Dugu Bo told Zhu Zhuqing that Gu Yi would recover and asked her to send him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after he woke up.

After recovering from Dugu Bo’s poison, Gu Yi considered leaving Heaven Dou City for a dangerous place but could not find a safe way to bring Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu decided to return to the Star Dou Great Forest and wait for him there.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing waited beside the unconscious Gu Yi while Zhu Zhuqing killed the wounded Sword Tiger and absorbed its thousand-year soul ring.
• Gu Yi woke and learned from Xiao Wu that Dugu Bo had spared Ning Rongrong and told him to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Gu Yi decided to leave Heaven Dou City and considered using the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to conceal Xiao Wu’s aura.
• Xiao Wu could not choose whom she loved most and told Gu Yi she could not activate the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Xiao Wu offered to return to the Star Dou Great Forest and cultivate there until she reached maturity.

Gu Yi prepared to take Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to find him. Meanwhile, Flender decided to disband Shrek Academy and take its remaining members to Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Wu agreed to wait in Sunset Forest while Gu Yi took Zhu Zhuqing to absorb her Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Gu Yi had discovered her attempt to kill Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Fengzhi ordered his disciples to find Gu Yi and bring him back.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing her Thousand-Year Soul Ring and reached level thirty-three.
• Gu Yi gave Zhu Zhuqing three Immortal Herbs and gave Xiao Wu the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then teleported them into his Domain Space and flew toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that he would disband Shrek Academy and take its remaining members to Heaven Dou City.

Gu Yi and Dugu Bo traveled to Spirit City, evading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s search, while Zhu Zhuqing cultivated in Gu Yi’s domain. After Zhu Zhuqing reached rank forty-six, Gu Yi brought her to the city and approached Spirit Hall Academy, where a guard challenged them.

• Gu Yi confronted Dugu Bo over interfering with his attempt to kill Ning Rongrong, then told him to come to Spirit City for the antidote.
• Dugu Bo agreed to accompany Gu Yi, and the two traveled from Heaven Dou City toward Spirit City while Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples searched for Gu Yi.
• Gu Yi found Zhu Zhuqing still absorbing the Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma in his domain, and she finished at rank forty-six.
• Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing entered Spirit City, and Gu Yi planned to gain Spirit Hall’s attention by excelling at its academy.
• A guard stopped Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing as they approached Spirit Hall Academy and demanded to know who they were.

Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing sought to join Spirit Hall Academy after admissions had ended, and Hu Liena offered them two assessments. After they displayed their Soul Ancestor strength and accepted a deadly test against two thousand-year soul beasts, Hu Liena summoned Gui Mei at the Beast Fighting Arena.

• Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing asked to enroll at Spirit Hall Academy, and Hu Liena offered them two assessments despite admissions having ended.
• Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing revealed four Soul Rings each, astonishing Hu Liena and the gate guards with their Soul Ancestor strength.
• Hu Liena led them to the Beast Fighting Arena and set a second assessment requiring them to fight two thousand-year soul beasts without protection.
• Gu Yi accepted the dangerous assessment, and Zhu Zhuqing showed she would stay with him.
• Hu Liena entered the Beast Fighting Arena with them and summoned Gui Mei, a Level 95 Titled Douluo.

Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing faced Gui Mei’s assessment at Spirit Hall Academy, where they swiftly defeated two thousand-year Soul Beasts. Hu Liena declared that they had passed and would join the academy’s Advanced Class.

• Hu Liena asked Gui Mei to arrange two thousand-year Soul Beasts for Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing, explaining that both youths had Soul Power above level forty.
• Gui Mei summoned a tiger and a hedgehog, then learned that Gu Yi had a Bone Dragon Martial Soul, a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, and Gu Rong as his grandfather.
• Gu Yi used Space Transfer and Dark Bone Blooms to kill the hedgehog with its own quills.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Soul Skills and five clones to cut the tiger in half.
• Hu Liena announced that Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing had passed the assessment, joined Spirit Hall Academy, and should report to the Advanced Class the next day.

After Gui Mei accepted Gu Yi’s explanation for leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Hu Liena helped Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing enroll at Spirit Hall Academy and arranged a shared dormitory. A green snake then delivered Gu Yi a note summoning him outside Spirit City.

• Gu Yi told Gui Mei that he had left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because its people wanted to kill the person he loved most, and Gui Mei left to investigate.
• Hu Liena led Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing through the academy, questioned Gu Yi about his rapid cultivation, and learned that they were lovers.
• Yan and Xie Yue arrived, and Hu Liena introduced Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing as new geniuses whose Soul Power was only five or six levels below hers and Yan’s.
• Hu Liena completed Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing’s enrollment and, at Gu Yi’s insistence, assigned them a dormitory with two separate rooms.
• A small green snake appeared with a note telling Gu Yi to meet ten li outside Spirit City’s eastern gate.

Gu Yi met Dugu Bo to learn how the elder kept tracking him, then heard Dugu Bo’s advice on how to gain Bibi Dong’s favor and become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. Dugu Bo revealed he was choosing to back Gu Yi amid an impending struggle over the Heaven Dou Empire, and Gu Yi left with the offer as a possible fallback.

• Gu Yi flew to meet Dugu Bo, who explained that the resonance of his Inner Core inside Gu Yi let him pinpoint Gu Yi’s location.
• Dugu Bo suggested Gu Yi recruit his grandfather into Spirit Hall or replace Hu Liena to attract Bibi Dong’s attention.
• Gu Yi questioned Dugu Bo’s motives, and Dugu Bo said he wanted to secure a safe position for himself and Yan Zi before the continent’s upheaval.
• Gu Yi guessed that Dugu Bo was referring to Xue Qinghe and Xue Ye, startling Dugu Bo with his knowledge.
• Gu Yi accepted Dugu Bo’s offer of help as a last resort, then flew back toward Spirit City.

Bibi Dong confirmed Gu Yi’s identity and ordered Gui Mei to monitor him while he joined Hu Liena’s group on a Soul Beast hunt. After a fruitless morning in the forest, Gu Yi offered to find Hu Liena a suitable Soul Beast and asked everyone to wait where they were.

• Gui Mei reported to Bibi Dong that Gu Yi was Bone Douluo’s grandson and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was searching for him, and Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to watch Gu Yi at the academy.
• Gui Mei led Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing to meet Hu Liena’s group, then announced that their hunt would serve as an assessment for places on the team.
• Hu Liena led the group into the Soul Beast Forest, where they searched unsuccessfully for a suitable fox-type Soul Beast until noon.
• Gu Yi offered to find a Soul Beast within half an hour and told the group to stay still regardless of what they heard, and Hu Liena agreed.

Gu Yi used the Ten Thousand Year Grade Nine Ginseng King to lure soul beasts and hoped to draw Gui Mei into a trap, but Gui Mei stayed cautious. When a horde charged, Gu Yi isolated a Fire Cloud Fox inside his Endless Bone Domain, leaving Gui Mei unable to track him.

• Gu Yi left Zhu Zhuqing with Hu Liena and traveled away from them before taking out the Ten Thousand Year Grade Nine Ginseng King as bait.
• Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Xu Yu and the others when they mocked Gu Yi after he left.
• Gui Mei watched Gu Yi from a nearby tree and considered stealing the treasure, but hesitated because he suspected a trap.
• More than a dozen Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and nearly a hundred Thousand-Year Soul Beasts charged toward Gu Yi, drawn by the treasure's fragrance.
• Gu Yi put away the ginseng, flew toward a thirteen-thousand-year Fire Cloud Fox, and took it with him into his Endless Bone Domain.
• Gui Mei lost track of Gu Yi and concluded that Gu Rong must have intervened to protect him.

Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue left camp to investigate the strange fragrance and found Soul Beasts searching frantically for Gu Yi. After a venomous snake bit Hu Liena, Gui Mei arrived and realized Gu Yi might be able to save her.

• Hu Liena ignored Zhu Zhuqing's warning and ordered Xu Yu and the other three to protect her before setting off with Yan and Xie Yue.
• The trio reached the Soul Beasts and hid nearby, where an emerald-green snake sprang from a tree and bit Hu Liena in the chest.
• Yan killed the snake, but its venom left Hu Liena collapsing with purple lips and black blood seeping from her wound.
• Gui Mei arrived and said Hu Liena could not survive the time it would take to return her to Spirit Hall for treatment.
• Gui Mei spotted Gu Yi returning with a dying giant crimson fox and called out for the others to stop him, believing he could save Hu Liena.

Gu Yi used his blood to suppress the snake venom poisoning Hu Liena, then offered to suck the remaining poison from her chest. When Yan and Xie Yue argued over who should do it, Gu Yi warned that the venom could kill them and walked away, leaving Hu Liena's poison spreading again.

• Gui Mei called Gu Yi over and begged him to use his treasure to save the poisoned Hu Liena.
• Xie Yue explained that a ten-thousand-year snake-type soul beast had poisoned his sister and pleaded for Gu Yi's help.
• Gu Yi cut his palm and fed Hu Liena his blood, which began easing her symptoms.
• Gu Yi said someone had to suck the remaining poisoned blood from Hu Liena, but Yan and Xie Yue argued over who would do it.
• Gu Yi warned that the venom could kill anyone who touched it, then walked away as Hu Liena's poison began spreading again.

Gu Yi returned to heal Hu Liena after Xie Yue pleaded for help, while Yan watched in helpless rage. After saving her, Gu Yi hurried back to Zhu Zhuqing and found her safe with Xu Yu and the others, who accused him of failing to find Hu Liena and the promised soul beast.

• Xie Yue begged Gu Yi to save Hu Liena, and Gui Mei restrained Yan while Gu Yi agreed to help again.
• Gu Yi used his blood and mouth to draw the poison from Hu Liena as Yan watched angrily, and Hu Liena regained consciousness.
• Gu Yi confirmed Hu Liena was free of poison, told Xie Yue to finish off the Fire Cloud Fox, and vanished to search for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Gu Yi found Zhu Zhuqing with Xu Yu and the other three, and she embraced him, pleased that he had returned early.
• Xu Yu and the others accused Gu Yi of failing to find Hu Liena and the soul beast, then mocked him for deceiving the group.

Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing were attacked by Xu Yu, Sun Chuantao, and Li Kai after mocking them, but Gu Yi and Hu Liena’s group quickly turned the fight around. The group returned to the academy, where Sun Chuantao was punished, and Hu Liena asked to meet Gu Yi that night.

• Xu Yu, Sun Chuantao, and Li Kai attacked Gu Yi and Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhang Ping held back.
• Gu Yi used black holes to redirect Li Kai and Sun Chuantao’s attacks, then blood-red blades sent Sun Chuantao flying.
• Hu Liena and the others returned, and Xie Yue confronted Sun Chuantao for attacking Gu Yi.
• Gui Mei barred Sun Chuantao from the Grand Competition and expelled him from the Advanced Class.
• Xie Yue thanked Gu Yi and relayed Hu Liena’s request to meet him by the academy flowerbeds that night.
• Hu Liena secretly looked at Gu Yi, and his system rewarded him with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and a higher Soul Ring age limit.

After Gu Yi secretly gained a ten-thousand-year soul bone and reached Soul Power Level forty-eight, Gu Rong concluded he might be in Spirit City and set out to find him. Ning Fengzhi sent Gu Rong to bring Gu Yi back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, unaware that his attempt to mislead Gu Rong might be exposed.

• Gu Yi received a ten-thousand-year Fallen Soul Demonic Dragon head soul bone, and his Soul Power Level rose to forty-eight.
• Gui Mei removed Sun Chuantao and Zhang Ping from the Spirit Hall Team, then arranged treatment for Na Na and planned to help her absorb a soul ring.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Gu Yi had not been found and ordered the search in Heaven Dou City intensified.
• Gu Rong ruled out the Star Luo Empire because Gu Yi had killed a prince with the surname Dai, and identified Heaven Dou City or Spirit City as likely hiding places.
• Gu Rong volunteered to search Spirit City, and Ning Fengzhi ordered him to bring Gu Yi back to the sect for questioning.
• Gu Rong agreed and departed for Spirit City.