Chapter Summaries

Gu Changsheng, Hu Liena, and Xue Qinghe entered the White Tower and rescued villagers and children from its Soul Power furnace, including Shi Xiaoman. Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe then climbed toward the Main Furnace, where Mr. Xue challenged Gu Changsheng to stop the new era he claimed to represent.

• Gu Changsheng used the Chisha Furnace Core and Myriad Heaven Book to reverse the Silver Tower's extraction and preserve the villagers on the first floor, with Hu Liena protecting their Consciousness Seas and Xue Qinghe secretly stabilizing the runes.
• A group of children controlled by Silver Runes attacked, and Gu Changsheng recognized Shi Xiaoman through his father's battered Iron Hammer.
• Gu Changsheng severed the runes controlling Shi Xiaoman and shattered his false Soul Ring, while Hu Liena and Xue Qinghe subdued the other children.
• The Myriad Heaven Book revealed that the White Tower's Main Furnace had activated with 37,621 people counted as fuel, so Hu Liena stayed behind to escort the rescued people while Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe went upstairs.
• Mr. Xue challenged Gu Changsheng to save the countless ordinary people exploited by the White Tower, and Gu Changsheng vowed to kill him first.

Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe confronted Mr. Xue at the White Tower’s Main Furnace, where he planned to use thousands of people as fuel to give ordinary people Soul Power. Gu Changsheng severed the furnace’s links to thirty-seven villages and defeated Mr. Xue as the White Tower collapsed, leaving the villagers alive but without the promised new path.

• Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe found people trapped in silver coffins, and Gu Changsheng rejected using ordinary people’s hopes as fuel for the White Tower.
• At the summit, Mr. Xue revealed that nobles, officials, Spirit Hall agents, and ordinary people had all contributed to his plan to use the Main Furnace to spread Soul Power.
• Gu Changsheng fed a false Chisha Furnace Core into the Main Furnace, causing its silver threads to snap, while Xue Qinghe fought off Mr. Xue’s Silver-Patterned Puppets.
• Mr. Xue attacked Gu Changsheng and argued that destroying the furnace would deprive ordinary people of their only hope, but Gu Changsheng reversed three formations and severed the Main Furnace from the thirty-seven villages.
• Gu Changsheng shattered the Silver Runes powering Mr. Xue, and he and Xue Qinghe escaped as the White Tower collapsed and the villagers survived.

Gu Changsheng and his allies escaped the collapsing White Tower, rescued three survivors, and saw Mr. Xue’s Silver Core flee into the northern snowstorm. As they prepared to return to Spirit Hall with a Soul Guidance System prototype activated, Qian Renxue remained intrigued by Gu Changsheng and the White Tower’s legacy.

• Gu Changsheng, Xue Qinghe, and Hu Liena rescued three surviving Test Subjects before Guimei led them out of the collapsing White Tower.
• Mr. Xue declared that the Silver Runes could rise again, then a Silver Core escaped into the northern snowstorm; Gu Changsheng chose to prioritize saving people over pursuing it.
• Gu Changsheng encouraged Shi Xiaoman to become a blacksmith and possibly forge tools that could help ordinary people protect themselves without devouring lives.
• Xue Qinghe promised Spirit Hall an explanation about Tiandou’s nobles and border army, while Gu Changsheng warned him that desire was harder to control than any tool.
• Gu Changsheng received a Pope Palace order to return with Hu Liena and leave Xue Qinghe’s matter alone; his Myriad Heaven Book activated a Soul Guidance System prototype and warned that it could save or devour the world.
• After Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena departed, Xue Qinghe revealed himself as Qian Renxue and ordered an attendant to report on Gu Changsheng without disclosing everything.

After returning to Spirit City, Gu Changsheng spoke privately with Bibi Dong about the White Tower, his injuries, and the danger of being used by others. Bibi Dong entrusted him with authority and the Chisha Furnace Core, then sent him to hunt a spirit ring in the Star Dou Great Forest with Hu Liena.

• Gu Changsheng entered the Pope Palace alone while Hu Liena waited outside, and Bibi Dong examined his lingering injuries from the White Tower expedition.
• Gu Changsheng told Bibi Dong he sympathized with ordinary people seeking to change their fate but rejected the White Tower's methods, and he promised to stop her if her own path became like theirs.
• Bibi Dong removed her papal crown and asked Gu Changsheng to remind her if she ever forgot who she was; he agreed, and she warned him not to become a blade in someone else's hand.
• Bibi Dong placed the Chisha Furnace Core in Gu Changsheng's custody and gave him a violet-gold command token that granted authority over Spirit Hall's branch halls.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gu Changsheng to hunt a spirit ring in the Star Dou Great Forest with Hu Liena, and Gu Changsheng left the Pope Palace after she urged him to be careful.
• After Gu Changsheng left, Bibi Dong crushed a silver pattern that had reached her fingertips and wondered whether he would truly be able to remind her one day.

Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena encountered Tang San and Xiao Wu while hunting for a spirit ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Mirror Space Spirit Deer forced them to confront their past feelings and divided allegiances. Gu Changsheng acquired his Fifth Spirit Ring and parted from Tang San and Xiao Wu with their next meeting certain to make them enemies again.

• Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena followed the Myriad Heaven Book’s trail and encountered Tang San and Xiao Wu in the forest.
• Gu Changsheng admitted that he had held back against Xiao Wu during the tournament because she and Tang San had once saved him.
• The Mirror Space Spirit Deer trapped the group in Mirror Lake, where its Past Affection Retrospect revealed Xiao Wu’s unspoken feelings and Gu Changsheng’s past silence.
• Gu Changsheng, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena worked together to break the illusion and capture the spirit deer.
• Gu Changsheng absorbed the spirit deer’s Soul Ring, completing his Fifth Spirit Ring and gaining Myriad Heaven Imprint with the Old Shadow Retrospect trait.
• Xiao Wu told Gu Changsheng to stop owing her, and she and Tang San left; Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena agreed to keep the encounter secret.

After Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena reconciled over his decision to let Tang San and Xiao Wu go, they discovered and sealed one of Mr. Xue’s White Tower Residual Cores in the Star Dou Great Forest. They left to report the threat to Spirit Hall, unaware that a golden-haired figure watched them from a distant hill.

• Hu Liena challenged Gu Changsheng about letting Tang San and Xiao Wu leave, and he explained that he had spared her from making the difficult choice himself.
• Gu Changsheng admitted that Xiao Wu’s words had hurt him a little, then told Hu Liena that she was his present while Xiao Wu belonged to the past.
• The Myriad Heaven Book detected a White Tower aura, and Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena found Mr. Xue’s Silver-White Puppet beside a slain Armored Rhinoceros.
• Gu Changsheng identified the puppet’s hidden Silver Core, and he and Hu Liena disabled the puppet and sealed the core inside the Myriad Heaven Book.
• Hu Liena agreed to keep Tang San and Xiao Wu’s encounter secret, while asking Gu Changsheng to confide in her and be less casually gentle with other girls.
• Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena headed back toward Spirit City, while a golden-haired figure in a Tiandou Crown Prince’s outer robe watched them from a distant hill.

After returning to Spirit City with a powerful new Fifth Spirit Ring and a White Tower remnant, Gu Changsheng faced Bibi Dong’s questions about sparing Tang San and Xiao Wu. Bibi Dong kept the encounter secret but confined him to Spirit City, and their tense exchange ended with Gu Changsheng promising to stand by her while stopping her if she went astray; the Worship Hall began watching him closely.

• Gu Changsheng showed Bibi Dong his thirteen-thousand-year-old Mirror Space Spirit Deer Soul Ring and demonstrated how his Fifth Soul Skill projected trajectories and flaws.
• Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena reported finding a White Tower Residual Core, and Bibi Dong secured it for Guimei and Yue Guan to investigate.
• Gu Changsheng admitted that he had met Tang San and Xiao Wu and deliberately let them go because Xiao Wu had once saved his life.
• Bibi Dong examined Gu Changsheng’s memories and learned that Xiao Wu had liked him, but he had not returned her feelings because someone else was already in his heart.
• Bibi Dong kept the encounter out of Spirit Hall’s records and forbade Gu Changsheng from leaving Spirit City without permission.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Gu Changsheng would stand by her if the world opposed her, and he said he would protect her but stop her if she became like the White Tower; the Worship Hall began watching him.

Gu Changsheng revealed that the White Tower Residual Core was a seed capable of taking root in Soul Tool environments, and used that discovery to prevent the Worship Hall from taking it away. Bibi Dong kept the core under the Pope Palace’s control, while Qian Daoliu learned of Gu Changsheng and was expected to seek him out.

• Gu Changsheng used Myriad Image Projection to discover a hidden seed core within the White Tower Residual Core, and Mr. Xue’s lingering echo spoke to him.
• Hu Liena told Gu Changsheng that Yin Feng and Snake Lance Douluo had arrived from the Worship Hall to inspect the core.
• Yin Feng demanded that Bibi Dong hand over the Residual Core, but Bibi Dong refused to let it leave the Pope Palace.
• Gu Changsheng explained that the core could sprout again inside a Soul Tool environment and demonstrated its Seed Rune with Myriad Image Projection.
• Yin Feng left to report to the Great High Priest, while Bibi Dong ordered Gu Changsheng to study the core under protection in the Pope Palace.
• Snake Lance Douluo concluded that Qian Daoliu would want to meet Gu Changsheng, and Gu Changsheng’s name reached Qian Daoliu.

Bibi Dong sent Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena to Heaven Dou City to investigate the White Tower and observe Xue Qinghe, while warning Gu Changsheng to protect himself. At an auction arranged by Xue Qinghe, Gu Changsheng met Ning Rongrong and spotted Tang San among the attendees.

• Bibi Dong told Gu Changsheng that Qian Daoliu had noticed him and assigned him and Hu Liena a mission in Heaven Dou City.
• Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Xue Qinghe welcomed them and invited them to an auction attended by Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong met Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena in Xue Qinghe's private room, and she questioned Gu Changsheng about his Fifth Spirit Ring and Soul Tools.
• Xue Qinghe suggested the auction would reveal whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or Spirit Hall would make the first move.
• Gu Changsheng recognized Tang San, who had arrived at the auction in a simple Academy Uniform.

At the auction, Tang San won the Aromatic Silk Beauty after competing with Ning Rongrong, while a mysterious guest bought the Spirit Bone. Gu Changsheng recognized a faint familiar aura in the final lot, an old Soul Storage Device, and decided he would obtain it.

• Gu Changsheng spotted Tang San and the Shrek group at the auction, while Xiao Wu noticed him and Ning Rongrong joined her teammates.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San competed for the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which Tang San bought for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• A mysterious distinguished guest won the Spirit Bone, leaving Tang San disappointed.
• The auctioneer presented an old Soul Storage Device of unknown origin, and Gu Changsheng sensed a familiar aura inside it.
• Gu Changsheng waited for the bidding to develop because he was determined to obtain the Soul Storage Device.

After the auction, Gu Changsheng sensed a hidden seal inside the Old Artifact Tang San had bought and explained that it concealed something made by unfamiliar, ancient methods. As the group parted, Gu Changsheng concluded that the artifact would soon be opened and set the next events in motion.

• Gu Changsheng reflected on the sealed aura inside Tang San's Old Artifact and discussed it with Hu Liena.
• Gu Changsheng, Hu Liena, and Xue Qinghe encountered Tang San and the Shrek group as they left the Auction House.
• Ning Rongrong approached Gu Changsheng and asked why he had been watching the Old Artifact.
• Tang San asked Gu Changsheng about the Old Artifact, and Gu Changsheng said it contained an ancient concealed seal whose contents might be valuable.
• Gu Changsheng watched Xue Qinghe and concluded that the auction's events had been arranged to provoke reactions and that Tang San would open the artifact.

Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena accompanied Xue Qinghe to the imperial palace, where Xue Ye revealed coordinated disruptions to border grain routes, mining supplies, and military equipment. Xue Ye put Xue Qinghe in charge of stabilizing the situation and ordered Gu Changsheng to help investigate, drawing him into the looming crisis.

• Gu Changsheng and Hu Liena sensed an unusual tension in the palace as they traveled with Xue Qinghe to meet Xue Ye.
• A eunuch told Xue Qinghe that several ministers were waiting with Xue Ye in the Imperial Study.
• Xue Ye reported that grain routes, Northern Territory mining supplies, and two shipments of military equipment had been disrupted or lost.
• Xue Qinghe advised Xue Ye to stabilize Tiandou City before tracing the people behind the attacks, and Xue Ye put him in charge.
• Xue Ye ordered Gu Changsheng to remain and help Xue Qinghe investigate, and Gu Changsheng accepted.

A fire in the Western Palace exposed an inside conspiracy as attackers moved to disrupt the Imperial City's defenses. Gu Changsheng fought a deathsworn warrior and suspected Qian Renxue was behind the upheaval.

• The Imperial Guard Commander reported that a Western Palace fire had covered the disappearance of three Eunuchs and an official, while two patrol teams had been diverted in advance.
• Xue Ye ordered the city and palace gates sealed, but attackers struck the Palace Wall as alarm bells rang.
• Gu Changsheng used Myriad Image Projection to detect attackers splitting toward the Western Palace and the southeast armory, and Xue Ye sent Xue Qinghe to the armory and Gu Changsheng to the Western Palace.
• Gu Changsheng found a disguised attacker in the Western Palace, disarmed and pinned him, but the deathsworn warrior detonated his Soul Power and died.
• Gu Changsheng saw the Western Palace fires intensify and wondered whether Qian Renxue was making her move.

During the palace coup, Gu Changsheng saved Xue Qinghe from a poisoned blade and was wounded in the process. As Xue Qinghe treated his injury in a secluded side hall, the two shared a quieter moment of trust while the chaos continued outside.

• Gu Changsheng spotted an assassin aiming a poisoned Short Blade at Xue Qinghe and knocked the weapon aside.
• Gu Changsheng subdued the attacker, who killed himself by biting through the Poison Sac in his mouth.
• Xue Qinghe noticed Gu Changsheng's wound and led him into a side chamber to treat it.
• As Xue Qinghe bandaged Gu Changsheng, they acknowledged that Gu Changsheng had protected him, and Xue Qinghe said he would remember it.

Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe rushed to the burning Eastern Palace, where attackers tried to kill them and destroy a Black Seal tied to the Old Artifact. They stopped the Spirit Master holding it, but the Black Seal remained on the floor as the palace fire raged.

• Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe discovered that the Eastern Palace fire was a coordinated attack involving spies and disguised forces, and hurried to the palace.
• Gu Changsheng blocked a crossbow bolt aimed at Xue Qinghe, then helped repel black-armored Spirit Masters who charged through the breached gate.
• Xue Qinghe killed the foremost attacker and led Gu Changsheng into the Eastern Palace to confront someone searching its halls.
• A middle-aged Spirit Master revealed a Black Seal bearing patterns linked to the Old Artifact and tried to crush it.
• Gu Changsheng severed the man's wrist tendons, and Xue Qinghe pierced his chest, leaving the Black Seal on the floor.

Xue Qinghe and Gu Changsheng discovered that an unknown force had turned her palace scheme into a trap and was trying to kill them amid the burning Eastern Palace. After the Silver-Faced Man revealed that Xue Qinghe had only been used to ignite Heaven Dou City, Gu Changsheng prepared to fight their way out with her.

• Xue Qinghe realized the Black-Faced Men surrounding the Eastern Palace belonged to an infiltrating force, not her own people.
• Gu Changsheng took an arrow meant for Xue Qinghe, then used Myriad Image Projection to break through the attackers’ ambush.
• Xue Qinghe joined Gu Changsheng in fighting the Black-Faced Men as the Eastern Palace continued to burn.
• The Silver-Faced Man told Xue Qinghe that she had merely been used as a Flame to ignite Heaven Dou City.
• Gu Changsheng told Xue Qinghe to grip her blade as they prepared to kill their way out.

Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe fought their way through the Silver-Faced Man’s trap as the Eastern Palace was set ablaze. Gu Changsheng exposed a weakness in the enemy’s power and forced him back, opening a chance to survive while the danger remained.

• The Silver-Faced Man revealed his ambush and sent Black-Faced Dead Warriors to kill Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe.
• Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe fought off the attackers, and Gu Changsheng disabled a sniper targeting Xue Qinghe.
• The Silver-Faced Man used a Pitch-Black Spirit Ring to spread fire through the Eastern Palace, forcing Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe to flee toward the side gate.
• Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe broke through the side gate, but the Silver-Faced Man intercepted them from the roof.
• Gu Changsheng stopped Xue Qinghe from risking his life, then used Myriad Image Projection to find the weakness in the Silver-Faced Man’s Soul Power and force him back half a step.

Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe confronted the Silver-Faced Man as the Eastern Palace burned, and Xue Qinghe revealed her true identity and Angel Power to him. Gu Changsheng chose to stay and fight beside her as danger gathered around the palace.

• The Silver-Faced Man told Xue Qinghe that her plan to use the palace fire had made her a pawn in someone else’s scheme.
• Gu Changsheng used Myriad Image Projection to fight off the Black-Faced Dead Warriors attacking the Eastern Palace.
• Xue Qinghe revealed her Angel Power and admitted to Gu Changsheng that she was not the Crown Prince and had not started the fire.
• Xue Qinghe invited Gu Changsheng to leave or stay with her after revealing her true self, and Gu Changsheng chose to remain.
• Gu Changsheng sensed the Silver-Faced Man’s Black Flame surge, a sealed Eastern Palace gate loosen, and new footsteps approach as Xue Qinghe invoked Martial Soul Avatar, Six-Winged Angel.

Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe fought their way through the burning Eastern Palace, and their growing trust gave way to a more personal closeness. As the Silver-Faced Man unleashed his Black Flame, they attacked together in a coordinated strike.

• Xue Qinghe warned Gu Changsheng of an incoming Black Arrow and used Angel Power to repel an attacker as they fought toward the side gate.
• Gu Changsheng pulled Xue Qinghe away from a Short Blade, admitted he had worried about her, and she later told him he was not other people as she treated his wound.
• Gu Changsheng and Xue Qinghe continued fighting in sync, and she stepped closer when he told her she could stand farther away if she wanted.
• The Silver-Faced Man sent Black Flame crashing toward them, and Xue Qinghe answered with Angel Power as she and Gu Changsheng attacked him together.

Hu Liena recognized Qian Renxue after she revealed her Angel Power, then confronted Gu Changsheng and Qian Renxue over their closeness. With the Silver-Faced Man still alive, Hu Liena demanded that Gu Changsheng say whose side he was on, leaving his answer unresolved.

• Hu Liena arrived and recognized Qian Renxue after the Angel Power exposed her identity.
• Hu Liena realized Gu Changsheng had known Qian Renxue and accused them of hiding their connection from her.
• Hu Liena and Qian Renxue traded jealous barbs, while Gu Changsheng tried to explain that he had only confirmed Qian Renxue's identity moments earlier.
• Hu Liena asked whether Gu Changsheng had instinctively protected Qian Renxue, and he admitted that he had.
• Hu Liena demanded to know whose side Gu Changsheng was on as Qian Renxue waited for his answer.