Chapter Summaries

Gu You found himself trapped in a strange place with no exit and searched for the Evil Soul Marks that might let him escape. He discovered a purple-eyed Evil Soul Mark in an antique shop, but his attempt to destroy it drew the attack of a Soul King-level Evil Soul Master.

• Gu You realized the exit had vanished, expanded his spiritual perception, and decided to search for the Evil Soul Marks.
• An Evil Soul Master summoned dried corpses as corpse puppets and ordered them to carry out his task.
• Gu You entered the Antique Old Toys Shop, took a golden toilet and brush, and investigated thudding behind a wooden door.
• Gu You burned a corpse puppet and found a compartment covered in eerie purple eyes, then fired at the largest eye to destroy the Evil Soul Mark.
• An old Evil Soul Master burst into the room, struck Gu You with a giant skull, and threatened to refine him into a puppet as the ground began collapsing.

Gu You fought and killed an evil soul master who had raised corpse puppets, then learned from the man’s memories how cruelty and rejection had driven him to evil. After burying the puppets and burning the old man’s body, Gu You left the chapter resolved to act according to what he believed was right.

• Gu You used his fire blades to destroy the corpse puppets and pierce the evil soul master.
• The evil soul master attacked Gu You with spiritual power, and Gu You saw memories of the man’s childhood rejection and his transformation into an evil soul master.
• The dying evil soul master admitted he had not created the sealed area and asked Gu You to bury the corpse puppets.
• Gu You refused to pity the evil soul master but wished him well in his next life, then buried the puppets and burned the man’s corpse.

After burying the elderly Evil Soul Master, Gu You found a medieval-style town inhabited by people trapped inside a fragment of a fallen deity’s divine position. He learned that the place was controlled by a powerful Evil Soul Master called the Spatial Envoy, then saw a soul-guided artillery shell explode nearby as he continued searching for every Evil Soul Mark.

• Gu You traveled deeper into the abandoned area and discovered that people still lived in its medieval-style houses.
• A middle-aged resident told Gu You that the town was formed from a fragment of a fallen deity’s divine position and that only someone with godlike power could escape.
• The resident revealed that an Evil Soul Master called the Spatial Envoy controlled the place and was likely a peak Soul Sage.
• Gu You resolved to find every Evil Soul Mark and complete his mission rather than surrender to life in the trapped town.
• Gu You saw a powerful soul-guided artillery shell explode in the distance and wondered who had fired it and what was happening ahead.

Gu You discovered that the middle-aged man controlled the true Evil Soul Mark and that his earlier attack had only destroyed a minor node. As Soul Holy Spirit Cult members bombarded the town and hunted its people, Gu You rescued a child and began planning to defeat the attackers one by one.

• The middle-aged man revealed the enormous Evil Eye Formation and explained that he controlled it, while Holly watched Gu You leave.
• Dark figures attacked the town with soul-guided artillery shells, and Gu You shielded a crying child from a fourth-grade shell, taking injuries in the blast.
• Gu You hid the child and learned that nine Soul Ancestors and a Soul King were hunting the townspeople under orders to leave no one alive.
• The Soul King briefly sensed Gu You, but Gu You concealed his aura and avoided detection.
• Gu You slipped through the alleys, intending to take down the attackers one by one.

Gu You confronted Berserk Battle in a hidden alley and used his Creation Unyielding Domain to overpower him. He left Berserk Battle helpless and condemned him to die for the people he had killed.

• Gu You drew Berserk Battle away from the other Evil Soul Masters and sealed their fight inside his domain.
• Berserk Battle transformed with his third soul skill and attacked Gu You, but Gu You pierced his arm with an elemental spear and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Berserk Battle begged his lord for help, then tried to strike Gu You with his fourth soul skill.
• Gu You detonated the elements inside Berserk Battle's arm, destroying one of his hands and interrupting the attack.
• Gu You condemned Berserk Battle for consuming human flesh and blood and declared that he would die that day.

Gu You killed Berserk Battle after learning that the Evil Soul Masters were collecting souls, while Mo Ya confronted their group and tried to destroy the evil eye formation. As the battle escalated, Biluo discovered that Berserk Battle was missing from the power-sharing ritual.

• Berserk Battle told Gu You that his group collected the souls of ordinary people and that he knew nothing about the Evil Soul Marks, then Gu You killed him.
• An enormous evil eye opened in the sky, darkening the world as Evil Soul Masters rose into the air.
• Mo Ya demanded to know where Gu You was and challenged the Evil Soul Masters to let him destroy the formation so he could search for the child.
• Biluo's group attacked Mo Ya, but Mo Ya's Heavenly Chain Bind dispersed the Soul King's corrosive venom and drove the Evil Soul Masters back.
• Biluo activated Biluo's Underworld to draw power from his followers, then realized the boost was incomplete and learned Berserk Battle had not joined them.

Mo Ya fought Biluo, whose attempt to summon the Dark Jade Emperor ended with the serpent consuming him and freeing itself. The liberated Biluo Serpent Emperor then fused with Gu You as a soul spirit, and Gu You accepted the little snake’s wish to follow him.

• Mo Ya attacked Biluo with golden Heavenly Chains, forcing Biluo to unleash his fifth soul skill and transform with his serpent martial soul.
• Biluo summoned the Dark Jade Emperor and ordered it to kill Mo Ya, but the serpent swallowed Biluo instead.
• The remaining Evil Soul Masters fled as Mo Ya watched the Dark Jade Emperor evolve into a liberated Biluo Serpent Emperor.
• The Biluo Serpent Emperor flew away and reached Gu You, whose body and mind suffered through its forced soul spirit fusion.
• In the sea of spirit, Gu You asked the little green snake if it wanted to follow him, then agreed while complaining about the painful fusion.