Chapter Summaries

At Saint Glory Orphanage, Gu Changsheng awakened the Myriad Heaven Book, innate full soul power, and the Civilization Deduction System. After the book analyzed the orphanage director’s martial soul and revealed its weaknesses, the director sealed the orphanage and went to report Gu Changsheng’s discovery.

• Gu Changsheng entered the awakening formation and manifested the ancient dark-gold Myriad Heaven Book as the Civilization Deduction System bound itself to him.
• The system identified Gu Changsheng’s martial soul and innate soul power as Rank Ten, then assigned him a mission to analyze a Spirit Master.
• Gu Changsheng pressed his hand to the crystal ball, which blazed with light and confirmed his innate full soul power.
• The Myriad Heaven Book analyzed the director’s Wind Falcon martial soul, Rank Twenty-Eight soul power, spirit rings, and weaknesses.
• Gu Changsheng revealed the analysis to the director, who ordered the guards to seal the orphanage and keep the awakening secret.

Gu Changsheng joined Spirit Hall Academy after Instructor Saluo tested his composure and unusual ability to read martial souls. After spending the night recording martial soul data in his Myriad Heaven Book, he arrived at a new test and faced Chrysanthemum Douluo, sent by the Pope to assess him.

• Instructor Saluo confirmed Gu Changsheng's Innate Full Spirit Power and tested him with spirit pressure before bringing him to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Gu Changsheng arrived at the academy and received a room, where the Myriad Heaven Book began recording data from martial soul books.
• While studying, Gu Changsheng recorded information about Blue Silver Grass and thought of Tang San.
• The next morning, Gu Changsheng went to the testing grounds, where he recognized Hu Liena and sensed the Pope's spirit power.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed that the Pope had sent him to test Gu Changsheng and asked if he was ready.

Gu Changsheng passed the Martial Soul identification test and defeated Lin Yan by anticipating his attack and exploiting his weakness. Yue Guan invited him to train in the Pope Palace, where he met Hu Liena as a fellow disciple, before leading him to meet Bibi Dong.

• Gu Changsheng accurately identified the ten Spirit Masters’ Martial Souls and soul power ranks, passing Yue Guan’s first test.
• Lin Yan challenged Gu Changsheng, but Gu Changsheng dodged his attack and struck his weakness, knocking him to his knees.
• Yue Guan stopped Lin Yan from continuing and asked Gu Changsheng how he had seen the flaws in his Martial Soul.
• Yue Guan invited Gu Changsheng to cultivate in the Pope Palace, and Gu Changsheng agreed after asking about access to Martial Soul data.
• Hu Liena introduced herself as Gu Changsheng’s fellow disciple, and the Myriad Heaven Book detected her Demon Fox Spirit and Spiritual Charm trait when they shook hands.
• Yue Guan led Gu Changsheng toward the Pope Palace to meet Bibi Dong.

Gu Changsen met Bibi Dong and revealed that his martial soul could sense her Twin Martial Souls, then asked for spirit data so he could improve Spirit Hall’s cultivation methods. Bibi Dong admitted him to the Pope Palace and assigned Hu Liena to cultivate with him, leaving him poised to begin his new life there.

• Bibi Dong tested Gu Changsen’s ability to see martial souls, and he sensed her Twin Martial Souls before explaining that his martial soul had told him.
• Bibi Dong asked what Gu Changsen wanted, and he requested Spirit Hall’s spirit data to find suitable cultivation paths for its spirit masters.
• Bibi Dong admitted Gu Changsen to the Pope Palace, ordered Yue Guan to arrange his cultivation and grant him access to the Junior Spirit Database, and paired him with Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena walked with Gu Changsen after the meeting, teased him about analyzing her, and told him to call her Senior Sister.
• Gu Changsen reflected on Hu Liena’s future and recognized that his life had only just begun.

Gu Changsheng entered the Junior Spirit Database under Yue Guan’s warning and began studying its books, then analyzed Hu Liena’s charm ability and suggested new ways to use it. The two agreed that he would help strengthen her martial soul, but their conversation was interrupted by Hu Liena’s brother and Yan arriving.

• Yue Guan brought Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena to the Junior Spirit Database and warned Gu Changsheng that he would have to prove his worth in the Pope Palace.
• The guards admitted Gu Changsheng as the database’s master, and he eagerly began reading its collection while Hu Liena watched.
• Gu Changsheng studied Hu Liena’s Fox Demon Spirit and explained that her charm skill could misfire against opponents with stronger mental power or will.
• Gu Changsheng described frontal charm, emotional traction, and false charm, prompting Hu Liena to ask him to focus on researching her martial soul first.
• A silver-haired youth and Yan entered the database, and Hu Liena recognized them as her brother and Yan.

Gu Changsheng demonstrated his Martial Soul insight by exposing flaws in Yan and Xie Yue’s fighting styles, then helped Hu Liena disrupt Xie Yue’s rhythm in a single exchange. After Xie Yue asked for guidance, contact with the Golden Generation triggered a hidden quest to improve their combat system.

• Xie Yue and Yan challenged Gu Changsheng, and he proposed judging their Martial Soul comprehension instead of comparing soul power.
• Gu Changsheng identified Yan’s fire-and-earth potential as a magma path and explained how Xie Yue’s reliance on rhythm weakened his combos.
• Gu Changsheng directed Hu Liena to use her Charm subtly, letting him interrupt Xie Yue’s attack and disarm him.
• Xie Yue accepted his defeat and asked Gu Changsheng whether his rhythm flaw could be fixed.
• Gu Changsheng had Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan touch his hand, triggering the Golden Generation Remodeling quest and a reward of Prototype of Team Martial Soul Resonance.

Gu Changsheng challenged Spirit Academy vice dean Yan Xiu’s doubts by showing that Shi Shan’s supposedly useless short wooden stick martial soul could develop into an Iron Vine Staff. His demonstration impressed Bibi Dong and gave Shi Shan a new path for cultivation.

• Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena argued over who would receive Gu Changsheng’s help until Bibi Dong arrived and asked whether he could guide the Golden Generation.
• Yan Xiu questioned Gu Changsheng’s ability to improve ordinary martial souls and summoned his student Shi Shan as a test.
• Gu Changsheng analyzed Shi Shan’s short wooden stick and explained that its plant attributes had been wasted by training it for hardness instead of toughness and control.
• Gu Changsheng used the Myriad Heaven Book to give Shi Shan a temporary completion imprint, transforming his martial soul into an Iron Vine Staff that could briefly bind an object.
• Gu Changsheng advised Shi Shan to train for binding and choose a vine-type spirit beast for his first soul ring, and Shi Shan bowed to thank him.

Gu Changsheng searched the Spirit Hall’s records for a first spirit ring suited to his Myriad Heaven Book and found a rare candidate, the Phantom Bookworm. He left the chapter preparing to hunt it in Maze Ancient Forest, where a Soul King had once gone missing.

• Bibi Dong ordered Nana, Xie Yue, and Yan to cultivate under Gu Changsheng, then granted him three days to search the intermediate database for Mental Attribute Spirit Beast records.
• Gu Changsheng insisted on choosing his own spirit beast and asked to inspect the records, so Bibi Dong assigned Yan Xiu to escort him on a hunt after three days and allowed Hu Liena to join.
• Hu Liena stayed with Gu Changsheng as he researched four possible spirit beasts, but he remained uncertain about which one could support the Myriad Heaven Book’s abilities.
• Hu Liena accidentally revealed an old record for the rare Phantom Bookworm, and Gu Changsheng chose it as his first spirit-ring target.
• Gu Changsheng read that the Phantom Bookworm had last been sighted in Maze Ancient Forest, an area where a Soul King had once gone missing.

Gu Changsheng traveled with Hu Liena and Vice Dean Yan Xiu to Maze Ancient Forest to hunt a Phantom Bookworm, but he detected signs that the route and bait had been deliberately arranged. After Yan Xiu led the guards away to chase a suspicious Phantom Bookworm, Gu Changsheng waited with Hu Liena for the people plotting to kill him.

• Gu Changsheng explained to Hu Liena that he sought strength so he could control his own destiny, and she insisted she would protect him.
• Yan Xiu warned the group to stay together as they entered Maze Ancient Forest, where Gu Changsheng's Myriad Heaven Book detected spiritual interference and he noticed the mist's flow looked tampered with.
• Gu Changsheng found Beast-Luring Powder, and Yan Xiu quickly dismissed it as residue from another spirit-hunting team.
• A Phantom Bookworm appeared, and Yan Xiu took the two Spirit King guards to pursue it, leaving Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena behind.
• Hu Liena asked what they should do, and Gu Changsheng said they would wait for the people who wanted to kill him.

Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena were ambushed by three masked Spirit Masters, but he used the Myriad Heaven Book and Hu Liena's false Charm to evade them and find the real Phantom Bookworm. As the attackers clashed with the Spirit Beast, Gu Changsheng asked Hu Liena to hold off the remaining two pursuers for three breaths.

• Three masked men emerged from the mist and attacked Gu Changsheng, while Hu Liena stepped in front of him to protect him.
• Gu Changsheng identified the attackers' movements, and Hu Liena used false Charm to make one Soul Elder miss and another stumble.
• Gu Changsheng realized the route back was sealed and led Hu Liena deeper into the forest, where the Myriad Heaven Book revealed the real Phantom Bookworm.
• The Phantom Bookworm emerged from a hollow Ancient Tree and attacked the pursuers' Mental Power, prompting the leading Soul Sect to strike at it.
• Gu Changsheng told Hu Liena to hold off the two Soul Elders for three breaths as he prepared to act.

Gu Changsheng fought to absorb the 840-year Phantom Bookworm’s Soul Ring while Hu Liena and the Myriad Heaven Book helped him survive the black-clad attackers. He overcame the ring’s mental illusion, reached Soul Power level fifteen, and used his new first soul skill against the Soul Sect as the fight continued.

• Hu Liena briefly misdirected two Soul Elders, giving Gu Changsheng a chance to strike the Phantom Bookworm’s weakness and begin condensing its Soul Ring.
• The Phantom Bookworm’s final mental counterattack trapped the attackers, but Gu Changsheng’s absorption drew him into an illusion while the Soul Sect threatened him and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena urged Gu Changsheng to resist, and he rejected the illusion as the Myriad Heaven Book analyzed the Soul Ring’s mental structure.
• Gu Changsheng successfully absorbed the Soul Ring, gained the first soul skill Myriad Burning, and reached Soul Power level fifteen.
• Gu Changsheng used Myriad Burning to divert the Soul Sect’s attack and prepared to retaliate.

Gu Changsheng rescued Hu Liena from the Men in Black, but a Mist Tide forced the pair deeper into the Maze Ancient Forest. They found a ruined ancient stone gate that might shelter them, and the Myriad Heaven Book began connecting to it.

• Gu Changsheng used illusions to free Hu Liena and escape the Men in Black, though he was wounded in the shoulder.
• The black-clad Soul Sect unleashed a large-scale attack, but the Phantom Bookworm's Spiritual Origin triggered a dangerous Mist Tide that destroyed the Shadow Blades.
• The Men in Black retreated from the Mist Tide, while Gu Changsheng refused to follow and was swallowed by the mist with Hu Liena.
• Gu Changsheng held Hu Liena close and struggled to keep her conscious as the Mist Tide disoriented and weakened them.
• Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena reached a ruined ancient stone gate where the mist eased, and the Myriad Heaven Book detected an unknown spiritual ruin and began establishing a connection.

After waking in ancient ruins, Gu Changsheng carried the weakened Hu Liena to a safe chamber and used a Natural Spirit Spring to help her recover. As they tended to each other, a glowing Spiritual Circulation Chart appeared on the wall, and the Myriad Heaven Book began analyzing it.

• Gu Changsheng found Hu Liena unconscious in the mist-shrouded ruins and carried her toward a stone hall.
• Gu Changsheng discovered a Natural Spirit Spring and carefully fed its water to Hu Liena, helping her regain consciousness.
• Hu Liena asked about their location and the spring water, then teased Gu Changsheng before noticing his bleeding shoulder and bandaging it.
• The stone wall began to tremble and glow, and the Myriad Heaven Book detected a damaged Spiritual Circulation Chart.

Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena discovered the Phantom Heart Guidance method in the stone hall and strengthened Hu Liena’s Mental Power. As the mist tide faded and an exit appeared, they prepared to return to Spirit City.

• Gu Changsheng shielded Hu Liena from a mental attack released by the stone wall, worsening his shoulder wound.
• Gu Changsheng urged Hu Liena to stay away from him, but she vowed to protect him from anyone who tried to hurt him.
• The Myriad Heaven Book identified the wall’s Phantom Heart Guidance method and its small stones as a way to improve Mental Power.
• Gu Changsheng explained the method to Hu Liena, who absorbed the mental stones and strengthened her first Soul Skill.
• The mist tide weakened and revealed stone steps, so Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena set out for Spirit City.

After Yan Xiu reported that Hu Liena and Gu Changsheng had vanished in a Mist Tide, Bibi Dong demanded answers and prepared to search for them. The two returned alive, and after Gu Changsheng revealed his unusually powerful first Soul Ring, he spoke up against Yan Xiu in the hall.

• Yan Xiu told Bibi Dong that a Mist Tide had swept Hu Liena and Gu Changsheng away after he was misled by the Phantom Bookworm's false aura.
• Bibi Dong questioned Yan Xiu, while Yue Guan and Guimei raised doubts about his account and Bibi Dong insisted she must see her disciples alive or dead.
• A messenger announced that Hu Liena and Gu Changsheng had returned, shocking the hall and leaving Yan Xiu rigid with fear.
• Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena entered Pope Palace injured but alive, and Gu Changsheng reported that he had reached level fifteen after absorbing his first Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong praised Gu Changsheng's 840-year first Soul Ring and asked Yan Xiu if he had anything to say.
• Gu Changsheng lit his Soul Ring, revealed the Myriad Heaven Book, and declared that he had something to say.

Gu Changsheng exposed Dean Yan as a suspect in the attack on him and Hu Liena, using the Myriad Heaven Book and a mental skill to force Yan Xiu to blurt out that the High Priest was involved. Bibi Dong ordered Yan Xiu taken to the dungeon for interrogation, leaving the High Priest implicated.

• Gu Changsheng told Bibi Dong that three attackers had targeted him after Yan Xiu left, while Hu Liena confirmed the attack and showed the marks on her wrist.
• Gu Changsheng used the Myriad Heaven Book to reveal Beast-Luring Powder matching a trace found on Yan Xiu, though Yan Xiu denied it proved anything.
• Bibi Dong used her Soul Power to force Yan Xiu to his knees as Gu Changsheng secretly influenced his thoughts with a fused Soul Skill.
• Yan Xiu blurted out that the High Priest had ordered the attack, then accused Gu Changsheng of manipulating him.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Guimei to seal Yan Xiu's Soul Power and take him to the dungeon for interrogation.

Bibi Dong summoned Gu Changsheng, treated his injury, and questioned him about how he exposed Yan Xiu. After learning about his copied Phantom Heart Guidance and his desire to grow through study, she gave him a book and permission to access the Intermediate Spirit Database with Hu Liena, then wondered what kind of variable he would become.

• Bibi Dong welcomed Gu Changsheng in private, gave him medicine for his shoulder, and asked how he had made Yan Xiu reveal himself.
• Gu Changsheng explained that he used Bibi Dong's pressure to create a mental flaw in Yan Xiu, then copied Phantom Heart Guidance with Myriad Burning.
• Bibi Dong warned that Gu Changsheng's ability could make him dangerous as he grew stronger, but accepted his honest answer that he did not know or wish to say what he might become.
• Bibi Dong soothed Gu Changsheng's pain with Soul Power and asked what he needed to become stronger.
• Gu Changsheng requested access to more books and Martial Soul records, and Bibi Dong gave him a book and permission to visit the Intermediate Spirit Database with Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong sent Gu Changsheng away and wondered what kind of variable he would bring to This Emperor.

Gu Changsheng visited the recovering Hu Liena, then accompanied her to the Library Pavilion, where the Myriad Heaven Book recorded and analyzed its extensive collection. After they left at dusk, Yan confronted Gu Changsheng for being beside Hu Liena.

• Gu Changsheng checked on Hu Liena, who examined his healing shoulder and asked what Bibi Dong had given him.
• Hu Liena took Gu Changsheng to the Library Pavilion after he revealed that Bibi Dong had granted him access to the first three floors.
• The Myriad Heaven Book recorded the Pavilion's information, and Gu Changsheng learned about Spirit Pattern Book Demons, a rare Spirit Beast with no confirmed hunts in nearly a hundred years.
• Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena left the Pavilion at dusk, where Yan confronted Gu Changsheng and demanded to know why he was beside Nana again.

Gu Changsheng agreed to face Yan at the Training Ground in three days after Yan challenged his place beside Hu Liena. He returned to his residence and began preparing a plan that relied on studying Yan’s fire-element Martial Soul and the Training Ground’s formations.

• Yan confronted Hu Liena and Gu Changsheng, accusing Gu of relying on Hu Liena to survive the Maze Ancient Forest.
• Gu Changsheng challenged Yan to a match in three days, and Yan accepted despite Hu Liena’s objections.
• Xie Yue cautioned Gu Changsheng to reconsider, but Gu said he needed to resolve unavoidable trouble.
• Hu Liena offered to help Gu Changsheng prepare while Bibi Dong learned of the agreement and wondered how he planned to win.
• Gu Changsheng studied Yan’s Flame Lord Martial Soul and planned to use his Myriad Burning skill, the Training Ground’s metal pillars, and its protective formations.

Gu Changsheng used three days to study the Training Ground’s formation and prepare a way to exploit Yan’s fire-based attacks. After drawing Yan into repeated high-intensity bursts, he activated the formation and turned its stored fire power against him, catching even Bibi Dong’s attention.

• Gu Changsheng studied the Training Ground’s formation patterns and planned to use Yan’s attacks against him rather than fight head-on.
• Hu Liena escorted Gu Changsheng to the sparring match and warned him not to risk injury.
• Yan charged Gu Changsheng with repeated fire attacks, while Gu Changsheng subtly redirected them into the formation patterns.
• Xie Yue realized Gu Changsheng was borrowing the formation’s power as Yan’s Soul Power grew unstable.
• Gu Changsheng activated his Soul Ring and the formation briefly released its stored fire power beneath Yan’s feet.
• Bibi Dong rose in surprise and remarked that Gu Changsheng was becoming increasingly interesting.