Chapter Summaries

Yue Guan and Qian Renxue investigated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s pursuit of Gu Yi while Hu Liena warned Gu Yi that Sun Chuantao’s powerful grandfather might retaliate. Gu Yi left to deliver Dugu Bo the antidote and discuss their plans.

• Yue Guan killed a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple after learning that Gu Rong had left for Spirit City, then resolved to investigate Gu Rong’s intentions.
• Qian Renxue ordered two Worship Hall elders to keep watch on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and uncover why it was pursuing Gu Yi.
• Hu Liena met Gu Yi at Spirit Hall Academy and asked why he had risked himself to save her; Gu Yi said he had acted to earn a place on the tournament team.
• Hu Liena warned Gu Yi that Sun Chuantao’s grandfather was a red-robed cardinal backed by Salas and might retaliate after Ghost Elder removed Sun Chuantao from the team.
• Gu Yi said he was ready to handle any attack, then left to deliver Dugu Bo the antidote and discuss their future plans.

Gu Yi borrowed poison from Dugu Bo to prepare for a Soul Saint who wanted him dead, then joined his classmates in practical combat training at Spirit Hall Academy. When a fifty-thousand-year Inferno Lion King threatened Hu Liena, Gu Yi killed it with his soul bone skill.

• Gu Yi asked Dugu Bo for poison to use against a hostile Soul Saint, and Dugu Bo warned him that killing a red-robed bishop could bring trouble.
• Gui Mei assigned the students to defeat a fifty-thousand-year Inferno Lion King as combat training.
• Hu Liena controlled the lion with Fox Charm, and the students attacked together until it broke free and blasted them back.
• The Inferno Lion King created three phantoms that pinned down the students and lunged at Hu Liena.
• Gu Yi stepped in front of Hu Liena and killed the lion with Black Dragon Inferno Burst, then asked whether she was all right.

After Sun Chuantao brought Gu Yi to a teahouse to confront him with his grandfather, a red-robed bishop, Gu Yi killed the bishop with hidden bone spikes. Bishop Salas revealed the bishop was dead and turned to question Gu Yi.

• After the morning's Practical Combat Lesson ended, Sun Chuantao stopped Gu Yi outside the Beast Fighting Arena and demanded that he come along.
• Gu Yi reassured Zhu Zhuqing, then followed Sun Chuantao to a teahouse, where Sun introduced him to his red-robed bishop grandfather and Bishop Salas.
• The red-robed bishop pressured Gu Yi to kneel, apologize, and leave Spirit Hall Academy, but Gu Yi mocked him and refused.
• Gu Yi sent bone spikes into the red-robed bishop's chest, and the bishop soon fell dead.
• Sun Chuantao shook his grandfather in disbelief, while Salas confirmed the bishop's death and demanded to know what Gu Yi had done.

Gu Yi intimidated Salas into letting him leave after killing Sun Chuantao, but Gu Rong knocked him unconscious and carried him out of Spirit City. As Gu Rong fled toward the Heaven Dou Empire, Dugu Bo appeared to block his path.

• Sun Chuantao attacked Gu Yi with his Fourth Soul Skill, but Gu Yi redirected the blade light and killed him.
• Salas hesitated to attack, and Gu Yi vanished after warning that he was leaving.
• Salas decided to investigate Gu Yi, while Gu Yi walked away and suddenly lost consciousness.
• Yue Guan reported to Bibi Dong that Ning Fengzhi had sent Gu Rong to find Gu Yi, and Bibi Dong ordered a search of Spirit City.
• Gu Rong revealed that he had knocked Gu Yi unconscious and carried him out of Spirit City toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dugu Bo emerged beside Gu Rong and blocked his path.

Dugu Bo stopped Gu Rong from taking Gu Yi back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, buying time until Gu Yi woke. After Gu Yi explained that Ning Fengzhi had broken his promise to protect Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, he asked Gu Rong whether he believed Ning Fengzhi or his own grandson.

• Gu Rong demanded that Dugu Bo move aside and tried to take the unconscious Gu Yi, but Dugu Bo attacked to stall him.
• Dugu Bo shattered Gu Rong’s restraint, froze time around him, and petrified him long enough to take Gu Yi away.
• Half an hour later, Gu Yi woke and Dugu Bo restored Gu Rong from petrification.
• Gu Rong tried to attack Dugu Bo again, but Gu Yi intervened and refused to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Yi told Gu Rong that Ning Fengzhi had promised to protect Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, but Ning Rongrong had led three Soul Saints against them.
• Gu Yi pointed to Dugu Bo as a witness and asked Gu Rong whether he believed Ning Fengzhi or his grandson.

Gu Yi persuaded Gu Rong to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and stay with him in Spirit City. After Ju Hua Guan surrounded Spirit Hall Academy and threatened Zhu Zhuqing, Gu Rong appeared with Gu Yi, and both agreed to meet Bibi Dong at Pope's Palace.

• Gu Yi refused to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Gu Rong, warning that Ning Fengzhi might keep them from leaving, and persuaded his grandfather to stay in Spirit City.
• Gu Rong chose to trust Gu Yi and remain with him, prioritizing his grandson's safety over his ties to the sect.
• Dugu Bo warned that Ju Hua Guan had followed Gu Rong to Spirit City, and Gu Yi feared for Zhu Zhuqing's safety at the academy.
• Ju Hua Guan surrounded Spirit Hall Academy, questioned Zhu Zhuqing about Gu Yi, and threatened her while waiting for Gu Yi to return.
• Gu Rong appeared at the academy and confronted Ju Hua Guan, then Gu Yi and Gu Rong agreed to go with him to meet Bibi Dong at Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong recruited Gu Rong into Spirit Hall as an elder after Gu Yi urged him to accept, and Gu Yi explained why Ning Fengzhi had pursued him. After learning that Gu Yi possessed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Bibi Dong offered to make him Spirit Hall’s Holy Son in exchange for the herb.

• Bibi Dong offered Gu Rong an elder’s position, and Gu Yi encouraged his grandfather to accept it.
• Gu Rong joined Spirit Hall and pledged to serve Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong asked why Ning Fengzhi had mobilized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to hunt Gu Yi, and Gu Yi explained that Ning wanted his immortal treasure.
• Gu Yi revealed the Aromatic Silk Beauty and described how it could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Bibi Dong offered Gu Yi the position of Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and her personal guidance if he gave her the Immortal Herb.

Gu Yi refused Bibi Dong’s offer to exchange the Aromatic Silk Beauty, insisting it belonged to Ning Fengzhi as repayment for Gu Rong’s debt. Bibi Dong let him keep it and offered him another chance to become Holy Son by outperforming Hu Liena in the Soul Master Competition, while Hu Liena waited at Gu Yi’s dormitory to question him.

• Gu Yi told Bibi Dong that the Aromatic Silk Beauty was promised to Ning Fengzhi to repay Gu Rong’s favor, and rejected her offer of soul bones in exchange.
• Bibi Dong accepted Gu Yi’s decision and offered him the Holy Son position if he performed better than Hu Liena in the Soul Master Competition.
• Ju Hua Guan escorted Gu Rong away as a new Spirit Hall elder, while Gui Mei arrived, learned of Gu Rong’s appointment, and left after arranging to meet Ju Hua Guan that night.
• Gu Yi returned to his dormitory plans after telling Gu Rong he would see him the next day, while Gui Yi headed back to absorb his soul ring.
• Hu Liena stayed in Gu Yi’s dormitory with Zhu Zhuqing, insisting she needed to ask Gu Yi something in person.

Gu Yi told Hu Liena that he would compete against her for Spirit Hall’s Holy Son position, then explained his plans and the day’s events to Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing supported his ambition, and as she went to wait for him in the bedroom, Gu Yi began absorbing a God-Given Soul Ring to grow stronger.

• Hu Liena dragged Gu Yi to the rooftop and asked whether her teacher had harmed him and his grandfather.
• Gu Yi told Hu Liena that his grandfather had become a Spirit Hall elder and that he would compete with her for the Holy Son position in a year.
• Hu Liena vowed that she would never lose to Gu Yi and hurried away.
• Gu Yi returned to Zhu Zhuqing, reassured her, and explained what had happened that day.
• Zhu Zhuqing supported Gu Yi’s ambition to become Holy Son so he could protect her when troubled times came.
• Gu Yi teased Zhu Zhuqing into going to the bedroom, then began absorbing a God-Given Soul Ring to increase his combat strength.

Gui Mei and Ju Hua Guan planned to steal Gu Yi’s Immortal Herb to break through their cultivation bottleneck. After gaining a powerful Second Martial Soul and new rewards, Gu Yi arrived at the Beast Fighting Arena, where Ju Hua Guan confronted him and eyed his Soul Tool.

• Gui Mei told Ju Hua Guan that Gu Yi’s Immortal Herb had given him signs of a breakthrough, and they planned to steal it the next morning.
• Gu Yi discovered that Zhu Zhuqing’s favorability passing one hundred had raised his Soul Power to level fifty-eight, strengthened his soul bones, and granted him a Second Martial Soul called Sacrificial Spirit Death Knell.
• Gu Yi found that Sacrificial Spirit Death Knell had a million-year soul ring and a skill named “Death is the End of All Life,” but he could not activate it.
• Gu Yi flew to the Beast Fighting Arena and found Ju Hua Guan waiting alone.
• Ju Hua Guan approached Gu Yi and said he wanted to borrow something precious, prompting Gu Yi to cover his crotch and refuse.

Ju Hua Guan tried to force Gu Yi to surrender the Immortal Herb, but Gu Yi fled Spirit City and lured him toward Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo appeared just in time to deflect Ju Hua Guan’s attack, though he complained that Gu Yi had dragged him into another fight.

• Ju Hua Guan offered to support Gu Yi’s bid to become Holy Son in exchange for the Immortal Herb, then threatened him when he refused.
• Gu Yi used his Third Soul Skill to flee, but Ju Hua Guan intercepted him with a petal-shaped blade.
• Gu Yi escaped Ju Hua Guan’s reach by flying with his Flight Soul Bone toward the outskirts of Spirit City.
• Gu Yi landed and taunted Ju Hua Guan, who attacked him with his chrysanthemum blade.
• Dugu Bo deflected the blade and complained to Gu Yi for bringing Ju Hua Guan to him.

Gu Yi transported Dugu Bo and Ju Hua Guan into his Endless Bone Domain, which weakened both of their Soul Power and let Dugu Bo fight Ju Hua Guan on more equal terms. With Gu Yi’s interference and a surprise bone spike, Dugu Bo overwhelmed Ju Hua Guan, who finally admitted defeat.

• Ju Hua Guan attacked Gu Yi and Dugu Bo with his fifth soul skill, so Gu Yi activated the Endless Bone Domain and transported all three of them inside.
• Gu Yi explained that the domain had reduced their Soul Power, and Dugu Bo began fighting Ju Hua Guan with his Emerald Scale Serpent Emperor.
• Ju Hua Guan and Dugu Bo clashed their soul skills while Gu Yi sent a Bone Dragon crashing down on Ju Hua Guan.
• A bone spike struck Ju Hua Guan in his vital spot, disrupting his attack and allowing Dugu Bo’s beam to hit him.
• Gu Yi punched Ju Hua Guan in the lower abdomen, and Dugu Bo restrained him and threatened him with poison until Ju Hua Guan surrendered.

Gu Yi used the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Lovesick Heartbreak Red to persuade Ju Hua Guan to serve him, then had Dugu Bo poison him as a safeguard. He asked Ju Hua Guan whether he could persuade Gui Mei to join their camp.

• Dugu Bo asked Gu Yi how he wanted to deal with Ju Hua Guan, and Gu Yi requested a poison that would keep him near death without killing him immediately.
• Ju Hua Guan refused to become anyone's puppet, but Gu Yi showed him the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Ju Hua Guan agreed to follow Gu Yi in exchange for the herbs, and Gu Yi promised to reward him after he completed two tasks within one to four years.
• Dugu Bo injected Ju Hua Guan with a slow-acting poison that required him to return for an antidote.
• Gu Yi asked Ju Hua Guan how likely he was to persuade Gui Mei to join their camp.

Gu Yi discovered that his golden eye could display others’ vitality and Soul Power, and that a low vitality threshold stirred his Second Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Ju Hua Guan returned injured and warned Gui Mei not to target Gu Yi, leaving Gui Mei confused about what had happened.

• Gu Yi sent Ju Hua Guan back to Spirit Hall and asked Dugu Bo to use his sixth soul skill on a tree so he could test his golden eye.
• Gu Yi realized his right eye showed red vitality bars and blue Soul Power bars, and that Ju Hua Guan’s dangerously low vitality had awakened a response from his Second Martial Soul.
• Gui Mei spotted Ju Hua Guan rushing toward the infirmary and followed him, assuming he had obtained the item before noticing something was wrong.
• Ju Hua Guan received healing from the infirmary’s chubby Soul Douluo and told Gui Mei that Gu Yi had defeated him and was not an easy target.
• Ju Hua Guan advised Gui Mei to abandon plans against Gu Yi and promised to explain what happened later.

Gu Yi used Salas to deliver a box and a message to Ning Fengzhi, settling matters between himself and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After learning about Gu Yi’s abilities and schemes, Gui Mei agreed with Ju Hua Guan to stop targeting him and seek his help with Ju Hua Guan’s poison.

• Ju Hua Guan told Gui Mei not to attack Gu Yi until he had explained what happened.
• Gu Yi had Gu Rong bring Salas to him and reminded Salas that he had joined Sun Chuantao’s group in surrounding him.
• Gu Yi accepted Salas’s apology but ordered him to deliver a box and a message to Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Yi told Gu Rong that their business with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was over and that they should wait for an opportunity.
• Ju Hua Guan recounted the day’s events to Gui Mei, who decided that Gu Yi was too dangerous to target.
• Gui Mei agreed to accompany Ju Hua Guan the next day to ask Gu Yi whether he could remove the poison in Ju Hua Guan’s body.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Gu Rong and Gu Yi had joined Spirit Hall, but Salas delivered the Aromatic Silk Beauty as repayment for the sect’s kindness. Ning Fengzhi prepared to absorb the Immortal Herb, while sending Ning Rongrong back to Shrek Academy.

• Ning Fengzhi grew worried when Gu Rong failed to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Salas delivered the Aromatic Silk Beauty and told Ning Fengzhi that Gu Yi and Gu Rong had joined Spirit Hall and would compete for it.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized that the Immortal Herb could help him break through his martial soul’s limits and decided to absorb it immediately.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered that Ning Rongrong return to Shrek Academy and threatened to cut off her pocket money if she refused.
• Ning Fengzhi entered a secret underground chamber with the Aromatic Silk Beauty to cultivate.

After a year of training, Gu Yi had reached Soul Power level sixty-six as the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Great Competition began. Bibi Dong appointed Hu Liena captain at Gu Yi’s suggestion, and Gu Yi decided to travel to Heaven Dou City with Zhu Zhuqing, but Hu Liena insisted on joining them.

• A year passed as Gu Yi advanced to level sixty-six, while Tang San became a four-ring Soul Ancestor through relentless cultivation.
• Bibi Dong asked Gu Yi to captain Spirit Hall’s team, but Gu Yi recommended Hu Liena, and Bibi Dong named her captain instead.
• Hu Liena challenged Gu Yi’s decision to yield the role, and Gu Yi told her to prove herself in the competition, with the Holy Son position at stake.
• Xie Yue asked whether the group would visit the preliminary rounds in Heaven Dou City, and Gu Yi agreed because he wanted to see Xiao Wu and meet someone.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to travel with Gu Yi, and Hu Liena announced that she would go with them.

Gu Yi traveled with Gu Rong to Sunset Forest so he could reunite Xiao Wu with her mother. He reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Xiao Wu bathing in the lake, leaving them both frozen in surprise.

• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue decided to follow Gu Yi to Heaven Dou City, while Gu Yi told Xu Yu and the other boy to remain in Spirit City.
• Gu Yi asked Gu Rong to take him to Heaven Dou City before Hu Liena and the others could catch up, and Gu Rong promised to get him there in less than a day.
• Gu Yi and Gu Rong reached Heaven Dou City and went to Sunset Forest, where Gu Yi entered Dugu Bo's Poison Array alone.
• Gu Yi searched the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for Xiao Wu and found a cottage by the lake.
• Gu Yi arrived at the lake and startled Xiao Wu while she was bathing, and they recognized each other.

Gu Yi reunited with Xiao Wu and told her about the year he had spent away, raising her favorability enough to obtain the last material needed to resurrect her mother. He brought Xiao Wu and Ah Rou into the Endless Bone Domain and prepared to revive Ah Rou.

• Gu Yi accidentally saw Xiao Wu bathing in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then apologized and left so she could dress.
• After Xiao Wu joined him, Gu Yi explained that he had returned to let her see her mother and offered to tell her about his past year.
• Gu Yi recounted his experiences, and Xiao Wu's favorability reached 60%, granting him an Ancient Spirit Beast Inner Core, a God-Given Soul Ring, and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Gu Yi teleported Xiao Wu into the Endless Bone Domain and summoned Ah Rou from the System Warehouse.
• Gu Yi took out the Ten Thousand Year Grade Nine Ginseng King and the Ancient Spirit Beast Inner Core, then told Xiao Wu that he could finally revive her mother.

Gu Yi used the Grade Nine Ginseng King and spirit beast inner core to revive Ah Rou, while Xiao Wu struggled with whether she wanted to stay with her mother or follow Gu Yi into the wider world. Ah Rou was successfully reborn, and Gu Yi left her and Xiao Wu alone to talk.

• Ah Rou rejoiced at the chance to be revived, while Xiao Wu privately wrestled with her desire to stay with Gu Yi and her reluctance to leave her mother.
• Gu Yi used a Titled Douluo Experience Card and the Grade Nine Ginseng King to reconstruct Ah Rou's body, then merged the spirit beast inner core into her.
• Ah Rou's soul rings appeared as her power rose to level sixty, and she awoke in her newly revived body.
• Gu Yi realized Ah Rou was naked, so Xiao Wu gave her clothes while he turned away.
• Gu Yi left Ah Rou and Xiao Wu alone together and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.