Chapter Summaries

After Tang San’s poisoned needle wounded Gu Linyuan, Zhu Zhuqing sucked the poisoned blood from his hand and fainted from the exposure. Gu Linyuan carried her away after rebuking Dai Mubai, while the arena manager promised consequences for those who broke the rules.

• Zhu Zhuqing hurried to Gu Linyuan and found that Tang San’s needle had poisoned his hand.
• Gu Linyuan forced the needle from his palm, but Zhu Zhuqing began sucking the poisoned blood from the wound despite Dai Mubai’s warnings.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished removing the poisoned blood, explained that she had to repay the money she owed Gu Linyuan, and fainted.
• Gu Linyuan picked Zhu Zhuqing up and sent life power into her body as Dai Mubai demanded that he let her go.
• Gu Linyuan called Dai Mubai a coward and told the Great Soul Arena manager to provide a proper resolution to the incident.

After Zhu Zhuqing woke in Gu Linyuan’s room, he gave her a precious life-giving water that healed her hidden injuries and raised her cultivation to Rank 29. Zhu Zhuqing learned the water was a priceless inheritance from Gu Linyuan’s mother and worried that she had squandered it.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke in Gu Linyuan’s arms after he brought her back from the Soul Fighting Platform, where she had sucked poison from him and passed out.
• Gu Linyuan told Zhu Zhuqing that he had scared off the person who tried to stop him and teased her about whether that man was her boyfriend; Zhu Zhuqing denied it.
• Gu Linyuan gave Zhu Zhuqing a cup of fragrant water, and she drank it.
• The water healed Zhu Zhuqing’s hidden injuries, improved her aptitude, and raised her cultivation from Rank 27 to Rank 29.
• Gu Linyuan said the water was a priceless treasure left by his mother and could be worth three to five million Gold Soul Coins, leaving Zhu Zhuqing embarrassed that she had used it.

Gu Linyuan explained the Water of Life and gave Zhu Zhuqing custom claw guards equipped with Soul Guidance Arrays. Zhu Zhuqing cooked for him and began to feel that her life might hold warmth and choices beyond the future arranged for her.

• Gu Linyuan explained that he used diluted Water of Life from his God King mother to cultivate the Source of Life in his second Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing promised to repay Gu Linyuan’s favor by helping him whenever he needed her.
• Gu Linyuan gave Zhu Zhuqing custom black claw guards that fit her hands and strengthened her attacks through Soul Guidance Arrays.
• Gu Linyuan explained how Soul Guidance Arrays worked and said he had studied Soul Tools while unable to advance his cultivation.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to cook for Gu Linyuan and wondered what he liked to eat.
• As she cooked, Zhu Zhuqing felt happy and realized that her life might be different from the cold future others had planned for her.

Zhu Zhuqing thanked Gu Linyuan and hinted that she disliked her fiancé, then returned to Shrek Academy, where Dai Mubai attacked her in anger. She used Gu Linyuan’s claw gauntlets to wound him and walked away, leaving Dai Mubai convinced that Gu Linyuan had turned her against him.

• Gu Linyuan gave Zhu Zhuqing the finished claw gauntlets, and she thanked him before admitting she had a fiancé she did not like.
• Gu Linyuan wondered whether Zhu Zhuqing was asking him to take her away, while Zhu Zhuqing walked back to Shrek Academy thinking about him.
• Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing at the academy gate and demanded to know what she had done with Long Yuan.
• Dai Mubai attacked Zhu Zhuqing, but she used the claw gauntlets to slash his hand and told him her affairs were none of his concern.
• Zhu Zhuqing walked into the academy without looking back, while Dai Mubai blamed Gu Linyuan for giving her the gauntlets.

Ning Rongrong reflected on Gu Linyuan and wondered about Long Yuan, while Gu Linyuan waited for the Shrek group’s next move and decided it was time to obtain his third Soul Ring. Qian Renxue arrived at his room, revealed she knew his divine parentage, and agreed to help him in exchange for a favor.

• Ning Rongrong criticized Dai Mubai, praised Tang San’s decisiveness, and privately compared Long Yuan with Gu Linyuan as she considered winning Long Yuan over.
• A month later, Gu Linyuan learned that Yu Xiaogang had used a Spirit Hall elder’s token to save Tang San from the Great Soul Arena’s punishment.
• Gu Linyuan anticipated that the Shrek group would leave to obtain Oscar’s Soul Ring and mused about Tang San, Ah Yin, and finding a girlfriend.
• Qian Renxue appeared at Gu Linyuan’s window and said she knew his mother was the Goddess of Life and his father was the God King of Destruction.
• Gu Linyuan asked Qian Renxue to help him obtain his third Soul Ring, and she agreed on the condition that he owe her a favor.

Gu Linyuan and Qian Renxue set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to find a high-quality Soul Beast for his next Soul Ring. As they reached the forest’s Core Area, they sensed a powerful ten-thousand-year Soul Beast watching them from the darkness.

• Qian Renxue asked Gu Linyuan to teach her how he cultivated so quickly, and he said he might if she behaved well.
• Gu Linyuan said he planned to hunt one or two ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, and Qian Renxue questioned the danger of doing so without the Goddess of Life.
• Gu Linyuan and Qian Renxue left Suotuo City early in the morning and headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• They passed weaker Soul Beasts without stopping and continued into the forest’s Core Area while Gu Linyuan searched for a Soul Beast with a noble bloodline.
• Gu Linyuan and Qian Renxue sensed a terrifying presence ahead and saw scarlet eyes watching them from the dark forest.

Gu Linyuan and Qian Renxue fought a powerful Dragon Scorpion in the Star Dou Great Forest so he could obtain its Soul Ring. After Gu Linyuan killed it, they joked about Qian Renxue needing a back door to inherit Godhood, and Gu Linyuan nearly revealed what he meant by taking the back door.

• Gu Linyuan identified the Dragon Scorpion as a rare, powerful Soul Beast and planned to attack its head while Qian Renxue drew its attention.
• Qian Renxue attacked the Dragon Scorpion, but its tough scales resisted her strikes and the prolonged fight exhausted her.
• The Dragon Scorpion tricked Qian Renxue into dodging its stinger, then slammed into her and lunged to bite her.
• Gu Linyuan struck the Dragon Scorpion's head with his Scepter of Destruction, weakened it with his skills, and shattered its skull.
• Gu Linyuan apologized to Qian Renxue for leaving her to hold the front line, then criticized her cultivation.
• Qian Renxue flirted about taking a back door to inherit Godhood, and Gu Linyuan nearly explained his suggestive meaning before stopping himself.

After teasing Qian Renxue and giving her medicinal wine, Gu Linyuan left her quietly reflecting on her growing feelings for him. Meanwhile, deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Titan Giant Ape carried off Xiao Wu as Tang San and the Shrek Academy group pursued it.

• Qian Renxue kicked Gu Linyuan after taking offense at his joke about using the back door, and he explained that he had only spoken casually.
• Gu Linyuan gave Qian Renxue his homemade medicinal wine, which helped heal most of her hidden injuries.
• As Qian Renxue watched Gu Linyuan, she admired his strength, talent, and unpretentious manner, then realized her feelings for him were deepening.
• The Titan Giant Ape carried an unconscious-looking Xiao Wu through the Star Dou Great Forest while Tang San and the Shrek Academy group chased after it.

Gu Linyuan reached level thirty-two after absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and revealed that his third soul skill doubled his combat capabilities for a short time. He and Qian Renxue rushed to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Gu Linyuan interrupted Tang San as he claimed a Soul Beast after winning a bet with Meng Yiran.

• Gu Linyuan completed his breakthrough to level thirty-two and showed Qian Renxue the power of his third soul skill, though he initially teased her by refusing to explain it.
• Gu Linyuan told Qian Renxue that his third soul skill briefly doubled his combat capabilities, then asked what had happened while he absorbed his Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue reported hearing a terrifying roar that might have come from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Gu Linyuan hurried toward the disturbance to stop Tang San from obtaining the Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San claimed the Soul Beast after Meng Yiran admitted defeat in their bet, but Gu Linyuan arrived with Qian Renxue and challenged his claim.

Gu Linyuan and Qian Renxue arrived as Tang San claimed the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Gu Linyuan demanded that Tang San give it up. The chapter ended with Gu Linyuan revealing Qian Renxue’s status as Spirit Hall’s Young Mistress and Qian Daoliu’s granddaughter.

• Gu Linyuan appeared with Qian Renxue and told Tang San that the poison that had supposedly killed him had failed.
• The Shrek members and Meng Yiran’s grandparents reacted to Gu Linyuan’s rapid breakthrough to level thirty and his history with Tang San.
• Gu Linyuan challenged Tang San’s claim to the Man Faced Demon Spider and demanded that he hand it over.
• Zhao Wuji listed the powerful families and royal connections backing the Shrek members, but Gu Linyuan asked whether they knew his identity.
• Qian Renxue warned Gu Linyuan not to reveal the truth, but he put his arm around her and identified her as Spirit Hall’s Young Mistress and Qian Daoliu’s granddaughter.

Gu Linyuan confronted Tang San over the Man Faced Demon Spider, while Qian Renxue used Spirit Hall’s influence to claim it. Tang San proposed a hidden-weapon contest to decide ownership, and Gu Linyuan realized his Tree of Life power gave him a decisive advantage.

• Gu Linyuan rested his hand on Qian Renxue’s shoulder, and she blushed but did not push him away.
• Qian Renxue claimed the Man Faced Demon Spider and asked whether anyone objected, prompting Gu Linyuan to accuse Tang San of using power to pressure others.
• Tang San challenged Gu Linyuan to a contest over the Soul Beast, proposing that they throw Soul Breaking Blades at falling leaves and count only blades that stuck in a tree.
• Meng Yiran criticized Tang San for choosing the contest’s terms, and Gu Linyuan noted that his Tree of Life power could make plants respond to him.

Gu Linyuan accepted Tang San’s hidden-weapon challenge and answered his eighteen perfect hits by controlling tens of thousands of leaves with the Source of Life. He left Tang San and the onlookers stunned after embedding a single Soul Breaking Blade in the tree.

• Tang San challenged Gu Linyuan to compete at throwing hidden weapons, and Gu Linyuan agreed despite Meng Yiran and Zhu Zhuqing’s concern.
• Meng Shu shook a tree, and Tang San hit eighteen falling leaves with eighteen Soul Breaking Blades, pinning them neatly to the trunk.
• Gu Linyuan asked Meng Shu to shake the tree again and raised his hand without taking any hidden weapons or watching the falling leaves.
• A faint green glow from Gu Linyuan’s palm made every leaf detach and gather into a wall before him.
• Gu Linyuan took one Soul Breaking Blade from Meng Yiran, sent it through the leaf wall, and embedded it in the tree trunk, silencing everyone.

Long Yuan defeated Tang San in the leaf-cutting contest by using a power that seemed to affect the plants around him, leaving Tang San desperate and the others stunned. As Ning Rongrong fell for Long Yuan and asked Zhu Zhuqing to compete fairly for him, Zhu Zhuqing kept his true identity secret.

• Long Yuan struck more leaves than Tang San, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang realized they had underestimated him.
• Tang San admitted defeat but asked whether Long Yuan had another Martial Soul, while the others wondered if he possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Ning Rongrong became captivated by Long Yuan and reflected that she had been thinking less about Gu Linyuan since Long Yuan appeared.
• Ning Rongrong confessed to Zhu Zhuqing that she had fallen for Long Yuan and wanted to pursue him, knowing Zhu Zhuqing liked him too.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed that she and Ning Rongrong could compete fairly, while both recognized Qian Renxue as a rival.

Gu Linyuan extracted the Eight Spider Lances, an External Soul Bone, from the Man Faced Demon Spider Tang San had killed. Tang San attacked in a rage, but Gu Linyuan deflected his hidden weapons and knocked him down, leaving Tang San injured and still demanding the bones back.

• Gu Linyuan used the Scepter of Destruction to break off the Man Faced Demon Spider's eight legs and uncovered the purple-black bones inside them.
• Gu Linyuan identified the bones as the Eight Spider Lances and said he would remake them into a Destruction God Spear.
• Tang San realized he had lost an External Soul Bone and demanded that Gu Linyuan return it.
• Tang San launched poisoned hidden weapons at Gu Linyuan, but Gu Linyuan's Destruction Soul Power deflected them.
• Tang San charged Gu Linyuan, who struck him in the chest and then kicked him away when he lunged for the Storage Soul Tool holding the Eight Spider Lances.

Gu Linyuan used his Destruction Berserk skill to withstand Zhao Wuji’s attack and reveal physical strength that shocked everyone. Qian Renxue carried the wounded Gu Linyuan away, while Zhao Wuji resolved to have him killed and Tang San despaired at the gap between himself and Long Yuan.

• Meng Yiran accepted that the External Soul Bone belonged to Long Yuan, while Meng Shu recognized how deeply Gu Linyuan had impressed him.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Gu Linyuan to seize the External Soul Bone, unleashing his Vajra Bear Martial Soul and all seven Soul Rings.
• Gu Linyuan activated Destruction Berserk and combined his first two Soul Skills to clash head-on with Zhao Wuji.
• The explosion left Zhao Wuji kneeling with an injured arm and Gu Linyuan bloodied but standing, prompting Gu Linyuan to mock Zhao Wuji’s Soul Saint strength.
• Zhao Wuji decided Gu Linyuan had to be killed, while Tang San felt he might never catch up to Long Yuan.
• Qian Renxue carried Gu Linyuan into the sky and warned Zhao Wuji to be glad he was unharmed.

A dragon at the bottom of the Lake of Life sensed the auras of the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction and ordered Di Tian to watch Gu Linyuan. Meanwhile, Meng Yiran decided to leave home for Heaven Dou City, the Shrek team fractured over Tang San's loss, and Gu Linyuan remained with Qian Renxue.

• A dragon at the bottom of the Lake of Life awakened, told Di Tian to watch Gu Linyuan, and transformed into a beautiful woman.
• Meng Yiran asked to travel beyond Exotic Beast City, and Meng Shu offered to take her to Heaven Dou City and arrange a stay with the Dugu Family.
• At the Shrek campsite, Tang San despaired over losing his External Soul Bone and blamed Gu Linyuan.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong told Tang San that Gu Linyuan had fairly won the Man Faced Demon Spider, leaving the Shrek team on the verge of breaking apart.
• Gu Linyuan held Qian Renxue close until she coyly complained that he had already recovered.

Gu Linyuan teased Qian Renxue until she fled, then absorbed an External Soul Bone and headed toward Heaven Dou City. He planned to seek out the immortal herbs to advance his cultivation.

• Gu Linyuan held Qian Renxue close and teased her despite her embarrassment and protests.
• Qian Renxue pushed Gu Linyuan away, told him to meet her at her Crown Prince Mansion in Heaven Dou City, and fled in shame and anger.
• Gu Linyuan absorbed the External Soul Bone, but his cultivation did not improve.
• Gu Linyuan set out on the official road to Heaven Dou City, thinking about collecting immortal herbs to advance his cultivation.

Gu Linyuan refined his two External Soul Bones with the Origins of Destruction and Life, discovering that both were changing and growing stronger. After returning to Heaven Dou City, he encountered Yu Tianheng, captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

• Gu Linyuan recovered from his injuries and continued refining the Dark Gold Terrorclaw and Eight Spider Lances with the Power of Destruction.
• He observed that the Dark Gold Terrorclaw had gained purple Destruction patterns and that the Eight Spider Lances had fused with him and darkened.
• Gu Linyuan considered cultivating the Dark Gold Terrorclaw through Destruction and the Eight Spider Lances through Life.
• Gu Linyuan walked through Heaven Dou City despite Qian Renxue having told him to find her when he returned.
• Yu Tianheng confronted Gu Linyuan on the street, accompanied by two others.

Gu Linyuan confronted Yu Tianheng, who mocked him for losing Ning Rongrong and being unable to cultivate. After Gu Linyuan repelled Yu Tianheng with Destruction Soul Power, he revealed that he could cultivate again, leaving Yu Tianheng shocked and Meng Yiran recognizing him as Long Yuan.

• Dugu Yan and Meng Yiran joined Yu Tianheng as he confronted Gu Linyuan about his breakup with Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Tianheng taunted Gu Linyuan over losing his cultivation and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's withdrawal of his resources.
• Yu Tianheng slapped Gu Linyuan's shoulder, but Gu Linyuan's Destruction Soul Power struck back and forced him to stagger away.
• Yu Tianheng realized Gu Linyuan could cultivate again, and Gu Linyuan told him he had never considered him a threat.
• Dugu Yan anticipated that Gu Linyuan's return to cultivation would cause a stir, while Meng Yiran connected him to Long Yuan and decided to pursue him.

Gu Linyuan fought Yu Tianheng without using Soul Power and easily overpowered him with his immense physical strength. He left Yu Tianheng behind, who tried to explain away his defeat by deciding Gu Linyuan was born with divine strength.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Gu Linyuan with a series of punches, but Gu Linyuan blocked them without moving.
• Gu Linyuan caught Yu Tianheng's full-strength punch and tightened his grip until Yu Tianheng doubled over in pain.
• Gu Linyuan mocked Yu Tianheng's weakness, released him, and walked away before Yu Tianheng could use his Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianheng asked whether Gu Linyuan was born with divine strength, and Gu Linyuan answered mockingly that he supposed so.
• Yu Tianheng convinced himself that Gu Linyuan's unusual strength, rather than his own inferiority, explained the defeat.