Chapter Summaries

Gu Changsheng’s array victory over Yan was halted when Bibi Dong sensed a dangerous residual mark, and she took him to a secret chamber to examine similar ancient patterns. She gave him an Ancient Array Scroll to study and ordered him to return in seven days, leaving him suspecting the marks were connected to a greater secret.

• Bibi Dong stopped Gu Changsheng and Yan’s battle, declared Gu Changsheng the victor, and summoned him to the Pope Palace.
• Bibi Dong brought Gu Changsheng to a secret chamber filled with ancient patterns that resembled the Training Ground’s array marks.
• Gu Changsheng told Bibi Dong that the Myriad Heaven Book had detected slaughter, resentment, devouring, contamination, and remnant divinity in the patterns.
• Bibi Dong revealed a matching residual mark and warned Gu Changsheng that the patterns could make him lose himself.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gu Changsheng to visit the chamber every seven days and gave him an Ancient Array Scroll to study before reporting back in seven days.
• Gu Changsheng left the chamber at night, troubled by the connection between the Rakshasa residual mark and remnant divinity.

Gu Changsheng studied the Ancient Array Scroll Bibi Dong had given him and discovered that its patterns could help him record low-level Soul Power trajectories. Hu Liena caught him studying late, tended his wounds, and made sure he went to sleep, leaving him to consider how arrays, Martial Souls, and Mental Power might converge.

• Gu Changsheng sent Hu Liena away, then used the Myriad Heaven Book to analyze the Ancient Array Scroll and learned its incomplete patterns described sealing, pressure-bearing, and circulation.
• Gu Changsheng realized Soul Power could flow through array patterns and received the ability to temporarily record low-level Soul Power trajectories.
• Hu Liena returned, found Gu Changsheng studying with his wounds still open, and ordered him to go to bed.
• Hu Liena covered Gu Changsheng, put out the lamp, and told him he did not have to bear everything alone because she was there for him.
• Gu Changsheng fell asleep thinking about how the Ancient Array, Martial Soul structure, and Mental Power might combine.

Gu Changsheng trained with the Golden Generation while developing his Mental Power, then learned of a possible Soul Book Demon near Star Dou Great Forest. Bibi Dong also showed him information about Tang San, and Gu Changsheng suggested meeting him to discover why he had innately full Soul Power.

• Gu Changsheng trained daily with Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, and the four grew accustomed to one another under Bibi Dong's guidance.
• Bibi Dong summoned Gu Changsheng to Pope Palace and showed him a report about a possible Soul Book Demon near Star Dou Great Forest, promising to arrange an expedition if it was confirmed.
• Bibi Dong gave Gu Changsheng a report identifying Tang San as a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul user with innately full Soul Power and Yu Xiaogang as his teacher.
• Gu Changsheng suggested Tang San might have a mutated Martial Soul or a second Martial Soul, prompting Bibi Dong to question him closely.
• Gu Changsheng said he would need to meet Tang San in person to determine what was unusual about him, and Bibi Dong dismissed him while leaving the matter unresolved.

Gu Changsheng joined Yue Guan, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and two Spirit Saint Guards on a mission to obtain a roughly nine-hundred-year-old Spirit Pattern Demon as his Second Spirit Ring. After Bibi Dong warned him about the beast’s illusions, the team entered the Star Dou Great Forest and found traces that matched the target.

• Bibi Dong assigned Yue Guan to lead Gu Changsheng, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to hunt the Spirit Pattern Demon, with two Spirit Saint Guards providing protection.
• Bibi Dong warned Gu Changsheng that the Mental Attribute beast could create illusions of what he most feared or wanted to avoid, and told him not to trust his eyes.
• The team departed Spirit City the next morning and traveled for several days before entering the Star Dou Great Forest.
• As the team searched deeper in the forest, Gu Changsheng’s Myriad Heaven Book reacted to patterns on a withered Ancient Tree and identified traces matching the Soul Book Demon.

Gu Changsheng and the others followed the Spirit Pattern Book Demon’s traces into ancient ruins, where he discovered remnants of an unknown Blue Silver bloodline with an imperial aura. The thousand-year Spirit Pattern Book Demon triggered a group illusion, showing Gu Changsheng a vision of a godlike Tang San above the burning Pope Palace.

• Gu Changsheng identified deliberate mental patterns leading deeper into the forest, and Chrysanthemum Douluo warned the group to avoid touching them.
• The group reached ancient ruins, where the Myriad Heaven Book detected an incomplete array, mental records, and remnants of an unknown Blue Silver bloodline.
• Gu Changsheng connected the Blue Silver Emperor’s imperial aura to the clues about Tang San but kept his suspicion to himself.
• Silver-gray mist rose as the Spirit Pattern Book Demon awakened in the ruins, and the Myriad Heaven Book identified it as a thousand-year Spirit Beast releasing a group illusion.
• The illusion erased the ruins and showed Gu Changsheng Tang San, now a god, above the burning Pope Palace.

Gu Changsheng resisted the Spirit Pattern Book Demon's illusion by analyzing its mental structure, then absorbed his second Spirit Ring and awakened a new Soul Skill. He emerged with a warning of the future recorded in the Myriad Heaven Book and the ability to interfere with a marked target's soul trace.

• Gu Changsheng rejected the false visions of Bibi Dong and godlike Tang San, recognizing that the real Tang San was still in Nuoding City.
• Gu Changsheng used the Myriad Heaven Book to analyze the illusion and shattered its core, while Chrysanthemum Douluo freed Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena from their illusions.
• Gu Changsheng bound the violent mental patterns in his Soul Sea as his second Spirit Ring merged and the Myriad Heaven Book evolved.
• Gu Changsheng awakened the second Soul Skill, Myriad Heaven Spirit Seal, which let him mark one target, sense its Soul Power flow, and interfere with its soul trace for three breaths.

Gu Changsheng returned to Spirit City with a thousand-year second Soul Ring and demonstrated how his Myriad Heaven Spirit Seal could disrupt an opponent’s attack. Bibi Dong then gave him a secret report about Tang San’s first Spirit Ring and the changes to his Blue Silver Grass.

• Gu Changsheng left the ruins with the Spirit Hunting Team after noticing a hidden trace of the Blue Silver Emperor in the withered Ancient Tree.
• Back in Spirit City, Gu Changsheng showed Bibi Dong his second Soul Skill, Myriad Heaven Spirit Seal, and used it to deflect Yan’s flaming punch.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the others and had a maid give Gu Changsheng a secret letter about Tang San.
• The letter reported that Tang San had obtained a roughly four-hundred-year Mandala Snake Spirit Ring, gained the Bind skill, and developed tougher, paralyzing Blue Silver Grass; Yu Xiaogang was with him.

Gu Changsheng learned that Tang San had appeared in the Heaven Dou Empire and grew increasingly troubled by visions of Spirit Hall’s destruction. Three years later, at age ten and having reached level 30 Soul Power, he confessed his fear to Hu Liena, who moved close and offered to take him somewhere.

• Bibi Dong questioned Gu Changsheng about Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and their possible threat to Spirit Hall, while Gu Changsheng praised her and dismissed Yu Xiaogang.
• Hu Liena read Tang San’s details from the Secret Letter, then stopped herself from discussing Yu Xiaogang and left with Gu Changsheng.
• Gu Changsheng established his place in Spirit Hall through his thousand-year Second Spirit Ring, the Myriad Heaven Spirit Seal, and his analytical abilities, then trained alongside Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan for three years.
• At age ten, Gu Changsheng reached level 30 Soul Power and told Hu Liena he feared Tang San, while his Myriad Heaven Book warned that his fear might develop into a heart demon.
• Hu Liena comforted Gu Changsheng, said he was the best, and invited him to go somewhere with her.

Hu Liena helped Gu Changsheng overcome his fear of Tang San and the fate he believed awaited Spirit Hall, then agreed to accompany him on a dangerous hunt for his third Soul Ring. Bibi Dong approved the hunt and gave Gu Changsheng a special token that could summon a Titled Douluo, while Tang San inexplicably felt a chill from afar.

• Hu Liena brought Gu Changsheng to a hidden lakeside spot and challenged him to confront his fear of failure and Spirit Hall's possible destruction.
• Hu Liena promised to face any coming danger alongside Gu Changsheng, and he regained his resolve.
• Gu Changsheng told Hu Liena he wanted a five-thousand-year Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider for his third Soul Ring, and she offered to join the hunt.
• Gu Changsheng asked Bibi Dong for permission to seek the Spirit Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest and explained why he needed its abilities.
• Bibi Dong warned Gu Changsheng of the deadly risks, then approved the hunt and gave him a token capable of mobilizing a Titled Douluo.
• At Shrek Academy in Tiandou City, Tang San sneezed and wondered why he felt a chill whenever he looked toward Spirit Hall.

Gu Changsheng led Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan through the Star Dou Great Forest, using his mental network to guide them around danger. They defeated three Ghost-Face Wind Civets through coordinated attacks, and Hu Liena checked on Gu Changsheng afterward.

• Gu Changsheng used the Myriad Heaven Book and a mental link to scout the forest and guide the group toward the Mixed Zone.
• Xie Yue asked about Gu Changsheng’s mental range, while Yan complained that they had not encountered a worthy Spirit Beast.
• Gu Changsheng assigned roles for the hunt, with Hu Liena providing mental interference, Xie Yue attacking, and Yan blocking escape routes.
• Gu Changsheng detected three six-hundred-year Ghost-Face Wind Civets and directed the others during their ambush.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena trapped and defeated the three Wind Civets in less than ten seconds.
• Hu Liena checked on Gu Changsheng, prompting Yan to complain that she was paying him too much attention.

Gu Changsheng’s group found the five-thousand-year Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider, while Xiao Wu stumbled into their path after its Spiritual Mist distorted her sense of direction. Gu Changsheng concealed her from Yue Guan, and the group faced the spider as it launched its illusion attack.

• Gu Changsheng used the Myriad Heaven Book to locate the Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider and warned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan about its mental abilities.
• Xiao Wu emerged from the mist, and the Myriad Heaven Book identified her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
• Gu Changsheng concealed Xiao Wu’s aura with the Myriad Heaven Spirit Seal before Yue Guan could detect her, then explained that the spider had misled her to test the group.
• As the Spiritual Mist intensified, Gu Changsheng assigned the group their positions and allowed Xiao Wu to stay close to him.
• The Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider appeared, and Gu Changsheng declared that he wanted its Soul Ring before the spider plunged them into darkness with its illusion.

Gu Changsheng and his companions fought through the Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider’s illusions, with Gu Changsheng using the Myriad Heaven Book to expose and break its illusion core. After the spider launched a dying mental attack that swallowed Gu Changsheng, he faced it inside a pitch-black mental space, where the true clash of minds began.

• The Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider separated the group with fog and corrupted their Mental Link, but Gu Changsheng stabilized the connection and warned everyone not to trust their senses.
• The spider used illusions of Hu Liena and Bibi Dong to exploit Yan’s and Hu Liena’s emotional vulnerabilities, but Gu Changsheng helped Hu Liena break free.
• Gu Changsheng analyzed the spider’s movements and directed Xie Yue, Yan, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu to strike, revealing the spider and its illusion core.
• Xie Yue wounded the spider’s illusion core, while Yan burned its webs and Xiao Wu broke one of its legs as it tried to flee.
• The injured spider unleashed Thousand-Faced Soul Devouring, swallowing Gu Changsheng in a torrent of mental energy.
• Gu Changsheng confronted the spider’s countless faces in a pitch-black mental space as the Myriad Heaven Book opened within his mind.

Gu Changsheng defeated and absorbed the Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider’s remnant soul, then began absorbing its Soul Ring. As he started forming his Third Soul Ring, Xiao Wu stayed to watch, while Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan accepted that she was not an enemy.

• Gu Changsheng used the Myriad Heaven Book to repel the Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider’s mental attacks and devour its remnant soul, extracting traits related to disguise, inducement, and Emotional Projection.
• Outside, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Xiao Wu waited as Gu Changsheng remained wrapped in Black Mist, and Yue Guan arrived and questioned Xiao Wu’s presence.
• Gu Changsheng emerged unharmed, and he and Hu Liena explained that Xiao Wu had been misled by the Spiritual Mist and had helped them, so Yue Guan let her go.
• Gu Changsheng began absorbing the Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider’s five-thousand-three-hundred-year Soul Ring as Xiao Wu stayed to watch his Third Soul Ring take shape.

Gu Changsheng absorbed a five-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained the mutated Third Soul Skill, Minor Thousand-Faced Phantom Realm. After Xiao Wu left the Star Dou Great Forest owing him a favor, Gu Changsheng returned with Yue Guan and the others, anticipating that their paths would cross again.

• Gu Changsheng absorbed the Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider’s Soul Ring as the Myriad Heaven Book purified its mental residue and analyzed the Soul Skill.
• Gu Changsheng awakened Minor Thousand-Faced Phantom Realm, an illusion skill that distorted enemies’ senses and created convincing duplicates of himself.
• Gu Changsheng demonstrated the skill to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Yue Guan, who praised its combat potential and noted its limits against stronger mental defenses.
• Xiao Wu thanked Gu Changsheng for protecting her secret, promised to help him once if he did not ask her to harm her friends, and left for the forest.
• Gu Changsheng returned toward Spirit Hall with Yue Guan, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, believing he and Xiao Wu would meet again at the Spirit Master Tournament.

Gu Changsheng returned to Spirit City after absorbing a five-thousand-year Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider Soul Ring, then demonstrated his new illusion skill to Bibi Dong. She admitted him to Core Training with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan and set their sights on the continental tournament three years away, while leaving her suspicions about the girl in the forest unresolved.

• Gu Changsheng returned to Spirit City with Yue Guan and reported that he had gained a purple third Soul Ring from a Thousand-Faced Phantom Demon Spider.
• Gu Changsheng explained the hunt and demonstrated his Minor Thousand-Faced Phantom Realm, and Bibi Dong praised its compatibility with his Martial Soul while warning him about its limits.
• Bibi Dong placed Gu Changsheng in Core Training with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan and told them to win the continental tournament in three years by overwhelming their opponents.
• Bibi Dong privately questioned Gu Changsheng about the girl in the Star Dou Great Forest, but he described her as an ordinary Spirit Master who had wandered into the mist.
• Gu Changsheng left the Pope Palace and joined Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, resolving to change the outcome of the tournament.

After three years of intensive training, Gu Changsheng and the Golden Generation prepared to lead Spirit Hall Academy into the continental tournament, with Hu Liena as captain and Gu Changsheng as tactical commander. As the tournament began, Gu Changsheng anticipated a clash with Shrek, while Xiao Wu remembered the boy she had met in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Bibi Dong reviewed the team's progress and confirmed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Gu Changsheng as four of Spirit Hall Academy's seven main members.
• Hu Liena reported level fifty-one, Xie Yue level fifty-two, Yan level fifty-one, and Gu Changsheng level forty-seven; Gu Changsheng also described his Myriad Heaven Mirror Body projections.
• Bibi Dong named Hu Liena captain and Gu Changsheng tactical commander, then ordered the team to win the championship decisively.
• As the tournament's opening bell rang, Gu Changsheng thought of Shrek and its members making their way to Spirit City.
• In Tiandou City, Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San and the Shrek team to aim for the championship, and Xiao Wu remembered Gu Changsheng and wondered what he was like now.

Shrek Academy won its first Heaven Dou Division preliminary match, drawing Gu Changsheng’s attention from Spirit City. He identified Tang San as a major threat and began recording Shrek’s strengths, while Xiao Wu sensed a familiar gaze from afar.

• Shrek Academy quickly defeated the Tiandou Royal Academy Second Team, with Tang San controlling the field using Blue Silver Grass.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Shrek’s performance, while Salas focused his attention on Tang San.
• Gu Changsheng watched the match footage with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, then recorded Tang San’s abilities in the Myriad Heaven Book.
• Gu Changsheng warned the Spirit Hall Academy team not to underestimate Tang San and said Shrek’s potential made them a threat to the championship.
• Xiao Wu sensed someone familiar watching her from far away, but shook off the feeling as the Shrek Seven Monsters left the arena.

Gu Changsheng trained the Golden Generation to counter Control System teams and proved his tactics in a four-on-seven battle against the Academy Second Team. Bibi Dong appointed him sole planner of the Spirit Hall Team’s pre-match tactics, while Shrek remained unaware of the growing threat.

• Gu Changsheng used his illusion to simulate Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, showing Yan how control tactics forced opponents into repeated misjudgments.
• Gu Changsheng outlined a plan for Hu Liena to disrupt the enemy controller, Yan to burn the field, and Xie Yue to break the opposing formation’s protective chain.
• Bibi Dong challenged Gu Changsheng’s group of four to face the seven-member Academy Second Team, and Gu Changsheng pledged to finish within one minute.
• Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, and Gu Changsheng dismantled the Second Team’s formation in forty-three breaths, disabling its controller and sealing its counterattack.
• Bibi Dong appointed Gu Changsheng sole planner of the Spirit Hall Team’s pre-match tactics, while Shrek remained unaware of Spirit Hall’s plans.

Shrek Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy, and Tang San began breaking apart its defensive formation. Gu Changsheng arrived in Tiandou City with the Spirit Hall team, reunited eyes with Xiao Wu, and declared that Spirit Hall would now enter the tournament’s stage.

• Shrek prepared to face Elephant Armor Academy, while Gu Changsheng analyzed both teams and predicted Tang San would break the opposing formation.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall team to travel to Tiandou City, and they departed three days later under Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
• Tang San directed Shrek to spread out and used Blue Silver Grass to slow Elephant Armor Academy’s advance.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai attacked together, allowing Tang San to pull one Elephant Armor Academy member away from the formation.
• Gu Changsheng and the Spirit Hall team arrived at the arena, where Xiao Wu recognized Gu Changsheng across the stands.
• Gu Changsheng predicted Tang San would win and said Spirit Hall was ready to officially enter the stage.

After Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy, Gu Changsheng assessed Tang San’s control abilities and met Xiao Wu again in Tiandou City. He warned Shrek that Spirit Hall Academy would not give Tang San time to set up the battlefield, leaving both teams anticipating a future match.

• Tang San led Shrek Academy to victory over Elephant Armor Academy, while Gu Changsheng and the Spirit Hall group watched and assessed his fighting style.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Gu Changsheng was someone she had met in the Star Dou Great Forest three years earlier.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Shrek’s victory but warned Tang San and Xiao Wu about the weaknesses they had revealed.
• Gu Changsheng left the VIP lounge and met Shrek outside the Soul Arena, where he greeted Xiao Wu and introduced himself to Tang San as a Spirit Hall Academy member.
• Gu Changsheng warned Tang San that a team such as Spirit Hall Academy could prevent him from setting up his battlefield, and Tang San accepted that they would meet in the arena.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Gu Changsheng had identified Shrek’s reliance on controlling the rhythm of battle, while Xiao Wu recognized that she and Gu Changsheng now stood on opposing sides.