Recaps

Gu Hengzhi absorbed the Mutated Azure Bull’s Soul Ring with the Earth Deity’s help, gaining his first Soul Skill and freeing the Earth Deity from his restriction. The Earth Deity turned the Azure Bull into a spirit pet mount and returned to the God-Sealing Record to recuperate, while Gu Hengzhi began studying his new abilities.

• The Earth Deity withdrew from possession, and Gu Hengzhi delivered the final blow to the Mutated Azure Bull.
• Gu Hengzhi absorbed the Azure Bull’s Century Soul Ring as the Earth Deity shielded him from its resentment and helped him endure the energy.
• After the absorption, Gu Hengzhi found that the Stone Statue Martial Soul had grown stronger and learned that the Soul Ring had freed the Earth Deity to use all his abilities.
• The Earth Deity used the first Soul Ring to transform the Azure Bull into a Stone Statue spirit pet mount, then returned to the God-Sealing Record to recuperate.
• Gu Hengzhi learned that his first Soul Skill, God-Summoning—Earth Deity, had a deity form for ranged earth control and a possession form for close combat.

Gu Hengzhi tested his newly completed God-Summoning soul skill and discovered that the God-Sealing Record had opened a vacant seat for another deity. While returning through the Soul Hunting Forest to find Su Yuntao, he became lost and encountered two fleeing people and a pig.

• Gu Hengzhi used the Earth Deity's powers to create an Earth Wall, then transformed the Stone Statue into armor and a Dragon-Headed Cane with defensive and attack effects.
• Gu Hengzhi found a new page in the God-Sealing Record offering an empty divine seat and considered carving the Thunder Duke and Lightning Mother, Night Patrol God, or Fire Virtue Star Lord.
• Gu Hengzhi headed back to find Brother Tao, but darkness fell and he became trapped in what seemed to be endless circles through the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Gu Hengzhi followed a light and fighting sounds to two Nether Wolf corpses and an abandoned campsite, then tracked an escape route away from it.
• Gu Hengzhi heard a pig crying and spotted two people, one large and one small, fleeing with it.

Gu Hengzhi intervened when Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were threatened by a Mandala Snake, then killed the beast after refusing Yu Xiaogang’s request to let Tang San absorb its Soul Ring. He left with the snake’s body while Tang San vowed inwardly to make him pay.

• Gu Hengzhi trapped the Mandala Snake with Earth Wall Technique and attacked it using his Stone Statue Martial Soul and Dragon-Headed Cane.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang survived the fight, and Tang San declared the 423-year Mandala Snake ideal for his first Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Gu Hengzhi to give the Mandala Snake to Tang San, but Gu Hengzhi mocked him and refused.
• Gu Hengzhi killed the dying Mandala Snake, angering Tang San, then carried its body away through the forest.

Asura God shifted Fate Power and set it back on course, while Tang Hao captured a Mandala Snake for Tang San. The next night, Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to kill a wounded python for its Soul Ring, as Gu Hengzhi returned with materials from the Mandala Snake and deceived Su Yuntao about where he had found it.

• Asura God sensed that Fate Power had shifted and decided to set it back on course.
• Tang Hao captured a Mandala Snake in Spirit Hunting Forest, intending it as Tang San's first Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San continued searching for a soul beast, and Tang San complained that Gu Hengzhi had killed the Mandala Snake they wanted.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San discovered a wounded python, and Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to kill it and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Gu Hengzhi collected the Mandala Snake's skin, gallbladder, and meat, then used a weakened-soul-beast excuse to deceive Su Yuntao.

Tang San discovered Gu Hengzhi’s herb garden and stole its medicinal plants and False Soul Beast grass carp, believing they would help revive the Tang Sect. Gu Hengzhi found the garden stripped bare and received the Earth Deity’s instructions for protecting it with the Mountain-Suppressing Maze Formation.

• Gu Hengzhi registered at Spirit Hall and was confirmed to have Soul Power Level 12.
• Tang San secretly followed Gu Hengzhi to the herb garden and recognized its valuable plants.
• Tang San stole all the useful herbs and the False Soul Beast grass carp, deciding to use them for the Tang Sect.
• Gu Hengzhi discovered the theft and identified Tang San as the most likely culprit.
• The Earth Deity gave Gu Hengzhi an ancient book explaining how to set up the Mountain-Suppressing Maze Formation.
• Gu Hengzhi accepted the book and hurried to arrange the formation around his Spirit Field.

Gu Hengzhi refused Yu Xiaogang’s request to examine his martial soul, then accused Tang San of stealing herbs from the back mountain he owned. Principal Wu looked to Yu Xiaogang and Tang San for an explanation, leaving the theft accusation unresolved.

• Principal Wu told Gu Hengzhi that Yu Xiaogang wanted to question him about his martial soul mutation.
• Gu Hengzhi refused to let Yu Xiaogang study his martial soul or learn details about his soul skills.
• Gu Hengzhi presented the deed proving he owned Nuoding Academy’s back mountain and reported that herbs had been stolen from his garden.
• Gu Hengzhi accused Tang San, citing his absence overnight, Wang Sheng’s testimony, and herb leaves found beside Tang San’s bed.
• Principal Wu turned to Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, waiting for them to explain.

Gu Hengzhi challenged Tang San to a soul duel, wagering that Tang San would post a ten-thousand-word apology if he lost. After Yu Xiaogang prepared Tang San for the match, the duel began before a jeering crowd, which quieted at Tang San’s Century Soul Ring before cheering for Gu Hengzhi’s imposing martial soul.

• Gu Hengzhi proposed a soul duel instead of compensation, and Yu Xiaogang accepted on Tang San’s behalf, setting the match for after school.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Gu Hengzhi relied on spiritual herbs and explained that Tang San’s python soul ring might be connected to a mutating Golden Python.
• Students gathered at the academy grounds, where a teacher announced the rules and gave both competitors a minute to prepare.
• Tang San released his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, drew mockery from the crowd, and then revealed his Century Soul Ring, silencing many of them.
• Gu Hengzhi summoned his Stone Statue martial soul and yellow Soul Ring, prompting the crowd to cheer for him.

Gu Hengzhi and Tang San fought in the arena, where Gu Hengzhi’s earth-based skills overwhelmed Tang San and filled the field with a sandstorm. Tang San secretly resorted to hidden weapons, and Gu Hengzhi narrowly dodged his first volley as the battle continued.

• Yu Xiaogang recognized the strength of Gu Hengzhi’s martial soul and became excited when he saw Gu Hengzhi use a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Gu Hengzhi attacked with Earth Spikes and a barrage of Earth Balls and Spikes, while Tang San dodged with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and used a Silent Sleeve Arrow to deflect a strike.
• Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Grass, but Gu Hengzhi blocked it with an Earth Wall, shattered the wall into a sandstorm, and struck Tang San with Earth Element Bodyguard.
• Tang San decided he could not win without hidden weapons and secretly threw a flying knife at Gu Hengzhi from within the sandstorm.
• Gu Hengzhi narrowly dodged the knife with Earth Vein Acceleration, then struggled to evade Tang San’s follow-up volley using the Earth Wall Technique and his movement technique.

Gu Hengzhi defeated Tang San in the soul battle after the Earth Deity shielded him from the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and lent power to his attack. The referee declared Gu Hengzhi the winner, and his Seven House roommates celebrated as Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu rushed to the unconscious Tang San.

• Tang San fired a hidden Zhuge Repeating Crossbow bolt, but the Earth Deity protected Gu Hengzhi with a barrier.
• Gu Hengzhi used God-Summoning—Form Shift to transform his Stone Statue Martial Soul and overwhelm Tang San with attacks.
• Gu Hengzhi struck Tang San with the Great Desolate Heaven Imprisoning Finger, carefully avoiding his vital areas and knocking him unconscious.
• Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu rushed to Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang vomited blood after his old wound flared.
• The referee announced Gu Hengzhi as the winner, and the Seven House roommates lifted him up in celebration.

After Tang San woke from his defeat, Yu Xiaogang taught him about self-created soul skills and warned him against prematurely cultivating his second Martial Soul. Gu Hengzhi chose the Kitchen God as his second god, completed the summoning, and discovered that the god’s abilities focused on fire sensing and cooking.

• Tang San woke in Yu Xiaogang’s cabin, apologized for losing to Gu Hengzhi, and heard that Gu Hengzhi’s techniques were self-created soul skills.
• Tang San asked about attaching Soul Rings to his other Martial Soul, but Yu Xiaogang warned him of the danger and advised him to wait until he was strong enough.
• Gu Hengzhi chose the Kitchen God of the Eastern Kitchen, Nine-Spirit Primordial King, Fortune-Settling Divine Lord as his second god and carved the deity’s statue.
• Gu Hengzhi prepared food and wine, recited the God-Sealing Record’s incantation, and summoned the Kitchen God, whose portrait appeared on the record’s second page.
• The Kitchen God and Earth Deity greeted each other, while Gu Hengzhi examined the new abilities and found they were Fire Element Affinity and Culinary Grandmaster.

Six years later, Gu Hengzhi had turned the Peace Hotel into a powerful chain and traveled to Soto City to prepare a branch and wait for Tang San. Instead, he met Zhu Zhuqing, who had arrived in search of her fiancé.

• Gu Hengzhi graduated from Nuoding Academy, expanded the Peace Hotel with his soul skills, and established branches across major cities with help from his former roommates.
• Gu Hengzhi arrived in Soto City to open another branch and hoped to keep Tang San from obtaining the Eight Spider Lances, but discovered that Righteous Heaven Academy had also relocated there.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached Soto City after fleeing the Star Luo Empire and searching for news of her fiancé while escaping assassins.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the Peace Hotel and learned that its last private room had been reserved by the owner.
• Gu Hengzhi introduced himself to Zhu Zhuqing and invited her to dine with him and discuss some matters.

At the Peace Hotel, Zhu Zhuqing met its owner, Gu Hengzhi, and shared a meal with him. He offered to take her in disguise to see her fiancé Dai Mubai, and she agreed, determined to learn what kind of person he really was.

• Zhu Zhuqing met Gu Hengzhi at the Peace Hotel and introduced herself.
• Gu Hengzhi served Zhu Zhuqing his egg fried rice, and she eagerly enjoyed the meal with him.
• Gu Hengzhi asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she had come to Soto City to find Dai Mubai, and she confirmed it.
• Gu Hengzhi offered Zhu Zhuqing cloaks and masks and invited her to see Dai Mubai in disguise.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled her painful past, then put on a mask and agreed to go with Gu Hengzhi.

Gu Hengzhi and Zhu Zhuqing visited Shrek Academy, where Gu condemned its admissions and motto before they encountered Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. Ma Hongjun harassed Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu intervened as Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Possession.

• Gu Hengzhi and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy and watched the examiner reject a youth for being nearly thirteen after taking his fee.
• Zhu Zhuqing objected to the academy's treatment of applicants, while Gu Hengzhi criticized its claims, requirements, and motto.
• Gu Hengzhi led Zhu Zhuqing toward Dai Mubai, and they encountered Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returning from a brothel.
• Ma Hongjun tried to grab Zhu Zhuqing, who slapped his hand away, while Dai Mubai watched without intervening.
• Gu Hengzhi struck Ma Hongjun's hand away, and Ma Hongjun retaliated by shouting Phoenix Possession.

Gu Hengzhi overwhelmed Ma Hongjun in their fight, but Dai Mubai intervened to save Ma Hongjun from Gu Hengzhi’s finishing attack. Zhu Zhuqing revealed herself, and Gu Hengzhi summoned another unfamiliar divine statue as the confrontation continued.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Gu Hengzhi with his Evil Fire Phoenix, but Gu Hengzhi blocked the flames and countered with earth-based attacks.
• Gu Hengzhi transformed his Earth Deity Statue into armor and struck Ma Hongjun, sending him stumbling backward.
• Gu Hengzhi launched his Great Wilderness Heaven-Prison Finger, but Dai Mubai stepped in and blocked the blow for Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai ordered Ma Hongjun aside and challenged Gu Hengzhi, while Zhu Zhuqing activated her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu Hengzhi summoned a mysterious divine statue to continue the fight.

Gu Hengzhi fought Dai Mubai, whose White Tiger Vajra Transformation overwhelmed his earth abilities and forced him to summon the Day-and-Night Patrol Gods. Gu Hengzhi unleashed the Great Sun Flame Wheel against Dai Mubai, and their attacks collided with the outcome unresolved.

• Dai Mubai accused Gu Hengzhi of turning Zhuqing against him, and Gu Hengzhi attacked him with an Earth Spike while mocking his behavior.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, tearing through Gu Hengzhi's earth attacks and overpowering his Earth Wall with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Gu Hengzhi narrowly dodged Dai Mubai's enhanced attack and summoned the Day-and-Night Patrol Gods.
• Gu Hengzhi used the Great Sun Flame Wheel against Dai Mubai, who met it with his strengthened soul skills and White Tiger Body Shield.

Gu Hengzhi revealed the Yin-Yang Wheel as his true trump card and unleashed the Day-Night Cycle Tribulation against Dai Mubai. The attack left Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun unconscious, while Gu Hengzhi also collapsed and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to take him away.

• Dai Mubai survived Gu Hengzhi's Great Sun Flame Wheel and declared he would retaliate.
• Gu Hengzhi summoned the Yin-Yang Wheel, drained his soul power, and sacrificed blood essence to power the Day-Night Cycle Tribulation.
• Gu Hengzhi fell unconscious after launching the Yin-Yang Wheel, and Zhu Zhuqing rushed to catch him as he warned her to return to the Peace Hotel before Dai Mubai's teacher arrived.
• The Yin-Yang Wheel bore down on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, leaving them unable to move, while their Shrek Academy teacher threw his staff martial soul to intercept it.
• The collision caused a massive explosion that knocked Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun unconscious and injured them; their teacher gathered them up and furiously demanded to know who had attacked them.

After waking from the battle that left him drained of blood and vitality, Gu Hengzhi asked Zhu Zhuqing to join him at Righteous Heaven Academy, and she agreed. The chapter then introduced the academy and its powerful staff and students.

• Gu Hengzhi woke after being unconscious for one day and two nights, and Zhu Zhuqing told him she had changed his clothes.
• Gu Hengzhi recovered with a meal, then asked Zhu Zhuqing what she planned to do while pursued by Star Luo assassins and disillusioned with her fiancé, Dai Mubai.
• Gu Hengzhi invited Zhu Zhuqing to go with him to Righteous Heaven Academy in Soto City, where he said they would be protected and could challenge Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Gu Hengzhi's invitation to attend Righteous Heaven Academy.
• The chapter described Righteous Heaven Academy's origins, founder Kong Ling, powerful faculty, and accomplished students, including Ye Wuqing.

After recovering for a week, Gu Hengzhi and Zhu Zhuqing enrolled at Righteous Heaven Academy and impressed the staff in their combat tests. Vice Principal Tie Hong offered to help Gu Hengzhi obtain a Soul Ring and proposed eating at the Peace Hotel, only to learn Gu Hengzhi owned it.

• Gu Hengzhi and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Righteous Heaven Academy, where its posted enrollment requirements and rewards impressed them.
• The pair registered and were sent to the practical combat test, where Gu Hengzhi defeated a second-year tiger Soul Master with his Great Sun Flame Wheel.
• Zhu Zhuqing easily lasted through her combat test against a senior, while Tie Hong noticed that Gu Hengzhi had reached level 30.
• Tie Hong offered to help the two find Soul Rings and suggested they eat together weekly at the Peace Hotel.
• Gu Hengzhi told Tie Hong that he owned the Peace Hotel, and Tie Hong laughed at the revelation.

Gu Hengzhi and Righteous Heaven Academy prepared to hunt soul beasts, while the Shrek group traveled to a flourishing satellite city and stopped at Peace Hotel. The two groups were poised to cross paths there.

• Oscar reached level 29, Zhu Zhuqing reached level 30, and Tie Hong organized a Star Dou Great Forest trip for seven Righteous Heaven Academy members, including Gu Hengzhi and Xuan Yue.
• Tie Hong introduced Xuan Yue, the level-40 captain of the reserve candidate team, to Gu Hengzhi, who found him friendly and decent.
• The Shrek group arrived in the satellite city, and Xiao Wu marveled at how prosperous it had become around Peace Hotel.
• Ma Hongjun hoped Zhao Wuji or Dai Mubai would pay for dinner, but both refused because Peace Hotel was too expensive.
• Ning Rongrong offered to treat everyone, so the Shrek group entered Peace Hotel, and Zhao Wuji rented a room for the night.

A meal at the Peace Hotel turned into a violent confrontation after Dai Mubai attacked Azure Radiance Academy students and the hotel staff. Zhao Wuji then clashed with the Peace Guards and Righteous Heaven Academy, leaving the dispute over an earlier student injury poised to escalate.

• Ma Hongjun eyed a girl from Azure Radiance Academy, and Dai Mubai declared that those who dared not cause trouble were mediocrities before attacking one of its students.
• Dai Mubai threw the Peace Hotel waiter into a table, prompting the Peace Guards to arrive and order Shrek Academy to surrender.
• The Peace Guard captain fired a powerful weapon, but Zhao Wuji appeared and struck him hard enough to send him crashing through tables.
• Gu Hengzhi, Tie Hong, and the others from Righteous Heaven Academy descended from the third floor, while Dai Mubai whispered to Zhao Wuji after spotting Gu Hengzhi and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Wuji demanded an explanation from Righteous Heaven Academy over a student who had severely injured a Shrek Academy student, and Tie Hong challenged him to settle it with their fists.

Zhao Wuji and Tie Hong fought at the Peace Hotel after both revealed their powerful martial spirits. Tie Hong’s Spirit Avatar transformed him into a Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf, and Zhao Wuji slowed it with crushing gravity as the battle continued.

• Zhao Wuji summoned his Mighty Vajra Bear martial spirit and revealed that he was a Soul Sage, while Tie Hong answered with his Blood Wolf martial spirit.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Beast Spirit Avatar, and Tie Hong’s Blood Wolf swallowed him and transformed into a massive Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf.
• Gu Hengzhi noticed the wolf’s cunning and growing bloodlust and worried that its killing aura could eventually form a Slaughter Domain.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf summoned eight wolves, but Zhao Wuji knocked them aside and charged the main wolf.
• The wolf evaded Zhao Wuji’s attack with Bloodshadow Flash and wounded his back with Blood-Rending Claw, leaving a bleeding wound.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Compression to weigh down the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf and slow its movements.

Tie Hong’s Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf defeated Zhao Wuji, then fought Gu Hengzhi’s four deities before collapsing from exhaustion. Kong Ling sensed Tie Hong was in trouble and flew toward Soto City’s satellite city.

• Tie Hong’s Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf trapped Zhao Wuji in its Blood Domain Prison and overwhelmed him with its soul skills.
• Zhao Wuji ran out of strength, fell to his knees, and collapsed before the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf.
• The blood gathered into Tie Hong’s Blood River, empowering him and raising his soul power to the limit of level 82.
• Gu Hengzhi summoned the Earth Deity, the Kitchen God, the Day Patrol God, and the Night Patrol God to suppress Tie Hong’s killing intent and fury.
• Tie Hong threw Zhao Wuji and the Shrek group away, then collapsed and returned to human form as Gu Hengzhi caught his breath.
• Kong Ling sensed Tie Hong was in trouble and flew toward Soto City’s satellite city.

Tang San and the Shrek students stabilized Zhao Wuji after his brutal fight, while Gu Hengzhi helped Tie Hong contain his dangerous martial soul. Kong Ling arrived, learned how Gu Hengzhi had intervened, and explained that Tie Hong’s Blood Wolf was mutating toward a Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf with no known permanent cure; the chapter ended with Kong Ling admitting she was stuck at Rank 89.

• Tang San treated Zhao Wuji’s wounds with herbs and told the Shrek students he could only stabilize him, so Dai Mubai proposed waiting until dawn to seek Flender’s help.
• The deities told Gu Hengzhi that Tie Hong’s martial soul could only be suppressed temporarily with a Sun-Moon Prohibition reinforced through daily cultivation at noon and midnight.
• Kong Ling arrived at the Peace Hotel, heard Xuan Yue’s account, and offered to reimburse Gu Hengzhi for the damage, but he declined and suggested hiring students as Peace Guards.
• Kong Ling helped Tie Hong draw back the murderous aura, and Tie Hong woke up pleading with his senior sister for mercy.
• Kong Ling praised Gu Hengzhi’s prohibition and explained that Tie Hong’s mutated Blood Wolf was becoming like the extinct Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf, while she had no way to solve the problem permanently.
• Kong Ling said that even their Rank 95 master had no solution and revealed that her own cultivation had stalled at Rank 89.

Gu Hengzhi and the Righteous Heaven Academy party departed for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts, while Flender rushed the injured Zhao Wuji to Heaven Dou City for treatment. After reaching the forest, the group prepared for its dangers, and Gu Hengzhi led the way on Xiao Qing.

• Flender found Zhao Wuji injured on a stretcher after the Shrek group returned and took him to Heaven Dou City for treatment by a Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Master.
• Led by Headmaster Kong Ling, Gu Hengzhi and the seven other Righteous Heaven Academy members set out for the Star Dou Great Forest in his modified carriage.
• On the journey, Gu Hengzhi considered Soul Beasts suited to his Soul Rings and divine inheritances he hoped Zhu Zhuqing could obtain.
• The group reached the forest, rested, and received recovery delicacies and Soul Skill candy beans from Gu Hengzhi.
• Headmaster Kong Ling assigned the group’s positions and warned them about the forest’s dangerous Soul Beasts.
• Gu Hengzhi summoned his Earth Deity Statue Martial Soul and rode Xiao Qing ahead, clearing a path through the forest’s dense growth.

After securing Soul Rings for the rank-twenty students, Kong Ling led Righteous Heaven Academy deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find thousand-year Soul Beasts. They encountered a five-thousand-six-hundred-year Mirror Shadow Beast suited to Xuan Yue and Ming Ling, and Kong Ling released her martial soul to intercept it.

• Kong Ling announced that the group would venture deeper into the forest to find Soul Rings for Gu Hengzhi, Xuan Yue, and the others.
• Gu Hengzhi warned that they had entered a powerful Soul Beast's territory after the forest fell eerily silent.
• Gu Hengzhi scouted ahead and identified a five-thousand-six-hundred-year Mirror Shadow Beast pursuing a fifteen-hundred-year Scarlet Fire Fox.
• Gu Hengzhi reported that the Mirror Shadow Beast was an ideal match for Xuan Yue and Ming Ling, and Xuan Yue urgently asked Kong Ling to help capture it.
• Kong Ling summoned her Seven-Colored Peacock martial soul and revealed her eight Soul Rings.