Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo realized that Xue Qinghe was Spirit Hall’s Young Master, while Gu Ping'an searched Heaven Dou City for whale rubber and bought several rare pieces from the Seven Treasure Trading Company. As Gu Ping'an and his companions left the city, masked attackers ambushed them and singled him out, revealing what he suspected was a plot by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Dugu Bo recognized She Long from his past and deduced that Xue Qinghe was Spirit Hall’s Young Master, then decided to tell Gu Ping'an what he had learned.
• Gu Ping'an and Dugu Yan visited the Seven Treasure Trading Company and bought whale rubber aged ten thousand, fifteen thousand, twenty thousand, and thirty thousand years.
• Gu Ping'an gave the whale rubber to Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Shui Bing'er, and promised to teach them the Five Elements Rotation Technique.
• She Long noticed that someone was following the group as they headed back from Heaven Dou City.
• More than a dozen masked figures surrounded Gu Ping'an and his companions near the Sunset Forest, and their leader ordered them to kill Gu Ping'an while sparing the others.
• Gu Ping'an suspected the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had sent the assassins because of his recent conflict with Yu Tianheng.

Gu Ping'an used Blue Silver Grass, clones, and his new abilities to fight a masked Soul Saint and his subordinates. After killing two Soul Emperors, he trapped the remaining fire-dragon Soul Saint inside a Time-Space Barrier and left him with no escape but to fight.

• The masked Soul Saint and two Soul Emperors attacked Gu Ping'an, but his Blue Silver Grass bound the weaker members and pulled Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Shui Bing'er away.
• Gu Ping'an ambushed and killed the Soul Emperor Yu Qi with a Five-Colored Rasengan.
• Gu Ping'an killed the sword-wielding Soul Emperor after using a clone to evade his attack.
• The fire-dragon Soul Saint transformed into a giant dragon, resisted Gu Ping'an's Blue Silver Grass, and charged toward Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Shui Bing'er.
• Gu Ping'an blocked the dragon with his Time-Space Barrier, then sealed the area and told the Soul Saint he would have to kill him to escape.

Gu Ping'an defeated a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect assassination team and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Ning Fengzhi deduced that he might be the missing boy with the ability to change his appearance. Gu Ping'an then sent clones out to seek soul beasts for Shui Bing'er and investigate a million-year soul beast and an ultimate wood-attribute soul beast.

• Gu Ping'an trapped and drained the giant fire dragon, killing its martial soul master after taunting him about his wife and daughter.
• Dugu Yan and the others checked on Gu Ping'an, and he said he would settle the score with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect later.
• Ning Fengzhi connected the boy Chen Xin had seen with Dugu Bo in the Star Dou Great Forest to the escaped boy reported at the Seven Treasures Trading Company, and ordered disciples to watch for information about Dugu Manor.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Gu Ping'an noticed that Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu gained less from the Five Elements Rotation Technique than he did.
• Gu Ping'an sent ten clones in two directions to find a soul beast for Shui Bing'er, seek a million-year soul beast, and look for an ultimate wood-attribute soul beast.

Gu Ping'an learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had targeted him partly to use Dugu Yan to influence Dugu Bo, and he warned Dugu Bo about Qian Renxue’s identity and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Three clones returned from raiding Xiong Jun’s lair with seven ancient Soul Bones, leaving Gu Ping'an eager to plunder more ferocious beasts’ collections.

• Dugu Bo told Gu Ping'an about the Star Dou Great Forest’s upheaval and asked whether Xue Qinghe was Spirit Hall’s Young Master; Gu Ping'an confirmed she was Qian Renxue and urged him to cut ties with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Dugu Bo said he would leave the imperial family once he repaid his debt, then relayed that Xue Qinghe wanted to meet Gu Ping'an and offered two resources with strong metal and water attributes.
• Three of Gu Ping'an’s clones returned from the Star Dou Great Forest, reporting that they had raided Xiong Jun’s lair and that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm needed help escaping the ferocious beasts.
• The clones dissipated and left seven ancient Soul Bones behind; Gu Ping'an recognized three as stronger than the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone and the other four as Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Dugu Bo lost interest in raiding Xiong Jun’s lair after learning that the dark gold terrorclaw bear was over four hundred thousand years old, while Gu Ping'an wondered about plundering other ferocious beasts’ collections.

Gu Ping'an met Qian Renxue in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and negotiated a wager for their coming duel. They agreed that if Qian Renxue lost, Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo would swear to follow Gu Ping'an, while she would receive an immortal herb and a faster cultivation method if she won.

• Gu Ping'an sent clones to Skywater City for water-attribute resources and to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for ultimate wood-attribute soul beasts, then traveled to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo.
• Qian Renxue challenged Gu Ping'an to a full-strength fight and proposed that he submit to her if he lost.
• Qian Renxue offered ultimate metal- and water-attribute resources and an Eighty-Thousand-Year Torso Bone, but Gu Ping'an rejected the stakes as insufficient.
• Gu Ping'an proposed wagering Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, and offered Qian Renxue a cockscomb phoenix sunflower and a cultivation method that could increase her progress by roughly fifty percent.
• Qian Renxue accepted the wager, and Gu Ping'an left the palace planning to absorb the Head Soul Bone from Xiong Jun's den.

Gu Ping'an absorbed a Head Soul Bone, reached rank fifty, and discovered that devouring a treant Soul Beast transformed his Blue Silver Emperor and drew the attention of two deities. After Shui Bing'er absorbed a thousand-year second Soul Ring, Gu Ping'an prepared to fetch Dugu Yan and go to Nuoding City to confront Tang San.

• Gu Ping'an absorbed the Head Soul Bone overnight and reached rank fifty, then cultivated his metal and water attributes ahead of the duel.
• Gu Ping'an's returning clones brought an Ice Jade Scorpion and an unknown treant Soul Beast from the Far North and the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Ping'an devoured the treant's life essence, evolving his Blue Silver Emperor's wood attribute and vitality as Xiao Lu and a purple-cloaked deity observed him from the Divine Realm.
• Gu Ping'an gave Shui Bing'er the fifteen-hundred-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion, and she successfully absorbed its thousand-year Soul Ring as her second ring.
• Gu Ping'an told Xiao Wu to prepare for a clone to fetch Dugu Yan before they headed to Nuoding City to deliver Tang San's Soul Bone.

Gu Ping'an returned to Nuoding City, arranged a staged search for six Soul Bones, and brought his companions to Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy to find Tang San. He confronted Yu Xiaogang, then prepared to beat Tang San and make him accept the Soul Bones.

• Gu Ping'an concealed Xiao Wu’s identity, used She Long’s Elder Token to enter Nuoding City's Spirit Hall branch, and ordered Ma Xiunuo to stage a citywide search for six Jade Boxes.
• Gu Ping'an assigned a Clone to oversee the search, explained to Dugu Yan that the Soul Bones were intended as a gift for Tang San, and told everyone to call Xiao Wu “Xiao Rou.”
• Gu Ping'an and his companions entered Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, where Yu Xiaogang challenged them and offered to study Dugu Yan’s martial soul.
• Gu Ping'an mocked Yu Xiaogang’s low soul level, while Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Yu Long laughed at his claim that he could have become a Titled Douluo.
• Gu Ping'an focused the group on finding Tang San and planned to beat him until he would accept the Soul Bones without resisting.

Gu Ping'an confronted Yu Xiaogang with the contradiction in his martial soul theory, then shocked him by revealing he was a Soul Ancestor with a thousand-year second soul ring. Yu Xiaogang and Tang San wrongly concluded Gu Ping'an had taken forbidden drugs and would soon die, and Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to learn the secret before it was too late.

• Gu Ping'an challenged Yu Xiaogang to say whether his martial soul or he himself was useless, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to answer.
• Gu Ping'an revealed his identity to Tang San and displayed four soul rings, including a purple second ring, which caused Yu Xiaogang to stagger away in disbelief.
• Gu Ping'an explained that his rapid cultivation and second ring contradicted Yu Xiaogang's theory, then left with Shui Bing'er and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to his room in distress, while Tang San wondered how Gu Ping'an had cultivated so quickly and absorbed a thousand-year second ring.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Gu Ping'an had taken forbidden drugs and would die within a few years, then told Tang San to ask him how he had surpassed the soul-ring age limit.

Gu Ping'an sparred with Tang San, defeated him, and healed his injuries before the two spoke privately. Gu Ping'an tricked Tang San into believing he had taken forbidden drugs and claimed six stolen soul bones were hidden near Nuoding City; Tang San hurried off to find them, leaving Gu Ping'an to plan how to lure him to the bones.

• Yu Xiaogang arranged a spar between Gu Ping'an and Tang San, who used Blue Silver Entanglement, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and hidden weapons against him.
• Gu Ping'an used a Blue Silver whip to pull Tang San into the air and slam him down, then healed his injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to keep Gu Ping'an company, and Gu Ping'an asked about Grandpa Jack and Yu Xiaogang's health.
• Tang San suggested Gu Ping'an's rapid cultivation came from forbidden drugs that shortened his lifespan, and Gu Ping'an pretended to fear that he was dying.
• Gu Ping'an told Tang San that a soul bone had let him absorb a thousand-year soul ring, then claimed six soul bones stolen from Spirit Hall were hidden near Nuoding City.
• Tang San said he would ask Yu Xiaogang how to help Gu Ping'an and left, intent on finding the soul bones.

Gu Ping'an buried six soul bones near Nuoding City and planned to steer Tang San toward them, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang each pursued their own ambitions. The chapter ended with Gu Ping'an deciding to investigate Yu Xiaogang after noticing his unexpected lack of interest in the bones.

• Gu Ping'an warned Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan not to underestimate Tang San's hidden weapons and said he would develop techniques to counter them.
• Gu Ping'an told Xiao Wu and the others they would hide soul bones and secretly lead Tang San to them.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that soul bones explained Gu Ping'an's ability to absorb soul rings beyond the age limit, but concealed that six bones had been hidden near Nuoding City.
• Tang San noticed Spirit Hall members searching Nuoding City and followed them, hoping to find the soul bones.
• Gu Ping'an buried six jade boxes in the cave behind a waterfall where the Blue Silver Emperor had once been planted.
• Gu Ping'an saw that Yu Xiaogang remained in his room despite the soul bones, realized something was wrong, and decided to check on him.

Gu Ping'an published his Soul Bone method under his own name before Yu Xiaogang could claim it, then confronted Yu Xiaogang when he accused him of plagiarism. Gu Ping'an left Yu Xiaogang wounded in Spirit Hall after Yu Xiaogang demanded the theory and his Soul Bones.

• Gu Ping'an discovered Yu Xiaogang preparing to claim the Soul Bone method as his own and quickly published it under his name with Nuoding City's Spirit Hall.
• Gu Ping'an told Dugu Yan and the others what Yu Xiaogang had planned, then ordered Ma Xiunuo to search near Holy Soul Village without disturbing its residents.
• Tang San searched Nuoding City for a Soul Ring while Yu Xiaogang brought his manuscripts to Spirit Hall to publish his eleventh core competency.
• A Spirit Hall staff member showed Yu Xiaogang that Gu Ping'an had already published the same theory, and Yu Xiaogang accused Gu Ping'an of plagiarizing him.
• Gu Ping'an confronted Yu Xiaogang, who demanded that Gu Ping'an transfer authorship and hand over his Soul Bones in exchange for guidance.
• Gu Ping'an pierced Yu Xiaogang's shoulder with a wooden spear, and Yu Xiaogang shouted that Gu Ping'an had dared to hurt him.

Gu Ping'an forced Yu Xiaogang to confess that he had stolen Gu Ping'an's theory, then lured Tang San toward the Soul Bones hidden behind a waterfall. Tang San found six Soul Bones and fled with them, while Gu Ping'an followed unseen.

• Gu Ping'an took Yu Xiaogang's Pope Token and threatened him until Yu Xiaogang confessed that he had plagiarized Gu Ping'an's theory.
• Yu Xiaogang left Spirit Hall vowing revenge, and Gu Ping'an decided to guide Tang San to the hidden Soul Bones before departing.
• Gu Ping'an used his Blue Silver Emperor's attraction to lead Tang San to a cave behind a waterfall and hid himself with Spacetime Isolation.
• Tang San climbed above the waterfall, entered the cave, and unearthed six Soul Bones from buried Jade Boxes.
• Tang San took the Soul Bones and fled into the wilderness, while Gu Ping'an followed him unseen.