Chapter Summaries

Gu Yang, a transmigrator in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, panicked over his Martial Soul Awakening the next day after his AI predicted a 98% chance of a trash Martial Soul and low innate soul power. Bone Douluo Gu Rong reassured him and promised to oversee the awakening, but Gu Yang went to bed still worried.

• Gu Yang wrote in his diary that his AI predicted his Martial Soul would mutate, with a 98% chance of being trash and a 98% chance of only 0.5 innate soul power.
• Gu Yang feared that poor results would make Bone Douluo and the sect turn away from him, especially after he had twice disciplined Ning Rongrong.
• Bone Douluo entered Gu Yang's room, mistook his worry for ordinary nerves, and promised to personally oversee the awakening and find him a first Soul Ring afterward.
• Gu Yang tried to tell Bone Douluo that Martial Soul quality and innate soul power were not everything, but Bone Douluo urged him to rest before leaving.
• Gu Yang remained anxious until he remembered it was bedtime and went to sleep to avoid the risks of staying up late.

Gu Yang underwent Martial Soul Awakening before Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong, but no Martial Soul appeared at first. After a test revealed Innate Full Soul Power, Bone Douluo drew a bone from Gu Yang’s palm, and Gu Yang discovered he could reshape his bones into weapons.

• Bone Douluo conducted Gu Yang’s Martial Soul Awakening while Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong watched.
• The ritual produced no visible Martial Soul, so Ning Fengzhi suggested testing Gu Yang’s Soul Power.
• Gu Yang touched the crystal ball, which shone brightly and revealed his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Bone Douluo examined Gu Yang and drew a white bone from the center of his right palm, identifying it as his Martial Soul.
• Gu Yang sensed that he could extract and reshape bones from his body, turning one into a sharp bone sword.

Gu Yang demonstrated that his bone Martial Soul could damage Bone Douluo’s defenses, convincing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that he should pursue the Power Attack System route. He learned from his Intelligent AI System that his Martial Soul was Shikotsumyaku and might theoretically develop into All-Killing Ash Bones.

• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo debated whether Gu Yang’s bone Martial Soul belonged to the Defense System or the Power Attack System.
• Gu Yang chose the Power Attack System route but said he would not limit his techniques to swordsmanship.
• Gu Yang struck Bone Douluo’s Bone Dragon Martial Soul and left a damaged, darkened slash mark in its ribs.
• Bone Douluo accepted Gu Yang’s choice, and Ning Fengzhi praised his potential while urging Ning Rongrong to learn from him.
• Gu Yang asked his Intelligent AI System about his Martial Soul and learned it was Shikotsumyaku with a small theoretical chance of becoming All-Killing Ash Bones.

Gu Yang asked Wisdom AI how to evolve Shikotsumyaku into All-Killing Ash Bones and chose to pursue an earth-attribute Soul Ring to strengthen his bones. Bone Douluo took him to Sunset Forest to obtain it, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed Gu Yang’s future role in protecting the sect and Ning Rongrong’s upcoming Martial Soul Awakening.

• Wisdom AI explained that All-Killing Ash Bones required all seven of Douluo Continent’s elemental attributes, though gathering them might not guarantee the evolution.
• Wisdom AI recommended an earth-attribute Soul Ring to strengthen Gu Yang’s bones, and Gu Yang decided to seek an earth-attribute Defense System Soul Beast.
• Bone Douluo questioned Gu Yang’s change of plan, but Gu Yang explained that stronger bones would protect him when he used his Martial Soul, and Ning Fengzhi supported his reasoning.
• Bone Douluo agreed to the choice and carried Gu Yang on his Bone Dragon Martial Soul toward Sunset Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo that Gu Yang could protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then said Ning Rongrong was his remaining hope for the next sect master.

Gu Yang and Bone Douluo entered Sunset Forest to find a suitable first Soul Ring, and Gu Yang killed a 415-year-old King Kong Baboon with a hidden bone spike. As Gu Yang prepared to absorb its ring, a group of at least twenty or thirty King Kong Baboons surrounded them, led by a huge, hostile baboon.

• Bone Douluo brought Gu Yang to the rocky region in the northwest of Sunset Forest, and Gu Yang asked to lead the way so he could practice using his Martial Soul.
• Gu Yang cut down several attacking Soul Beasts with his bone sword before encountering a King Kong Baboon.
• Gu Yang dodged the King Kong Baboon's attacks and pierced it with a bone spike from his back after luring it into striking from behind.
• The King Kong Baboon died, and a pale yellow Soul Ring formed above its body; Bone Douluo confirmed that the 415-year-old Soul Beast suited Gu Yang's requirements.
• As Gu Yang prepared to absorb the Soul Ring, at least twenty or thirty King Kong Baboons appeared in the surrounding trees, led by a much larger baboon glaring at him.

Gu Yang absorbed a 1,675-year-old King Kong Baboon Soul Ring as his first ring, trusting the AI's estimate that his enhanced body could withstand it. He succeeded, shocking Bone Douluo, and explained why he had taken the risk, hoping to gain permission to absorb stronger Soul Rings in the future.

• Bone Douluo drove off the King Kong Baboons, and Gu Yang killed their wounded leader when it charged him.
• Gu Yang saw the leader’s purple Soul Ring had a 100% absorption success rate and learned the AI estimated his first-ring limit at 1,800 to 2,000 years.
• Bone Douluo warned Gu Yang to absorb a weaker baboon’s ring, but Gu Yang began absorbing the leader’s Soul Ring before he could stop him.
• Gu Yang absorbed the 1,675-year-old ring in half an hour, breaking through in Soul Power and the Scripture of Supreme Mystery.
• Bone Douluo was astonished that Gu Yang had survived and succeeded, and Gu Yang explained his reasoning for absorbing the older ring without permission.

Gu Yang demonstrated his first Soul Skill, Bone Armor, after absorbing a 1,600-year-old King Kong Baboon Soul Ring and reaching Soul Power Level sixteen. Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Sword Douluo tested the armor with a rank-sixteen sword strike, but it remained unscathed.

• Gu Yang revealed that Bone Armor formed a protective skeleton around him and said it provided full-circle defense.
• Bone Douluo learned that Gu Yang had reached Soul Power Level sixteen and flew him back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo were stunned when Gu Yang said his first Soul Ring came from a King Kong Baboon over 1,600 years old.
• Gu Yang explained that his Martial Soul allowed him to absorb Soul Rings beyond his level, raising Ning Fengzhi's expectations of his future strength.
• At Bone Douluo's urging, Gu Yang activated Bone Armor so Sword Douluo could test it.
• Sword Douluo suppressed his strength to rank sixteen and struck with sword Qi, but the attack vanished while Gu Yang's armor stayed intact.

Gu Yang’s Bone Armor withstood Sword Douluo’s level-thirty attack and endured strikes up to level forty-nine before cracking, while Gu Yang’s training rapidly brought his Soul Power to level twenty. In Sunset Forest, he found a 7,501-year-old Exploding Bamboo whose explosive trait might let him develop Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets.

• Sword Douluo tested Gu Yang’s Bone Armor with increasingly powerful attacks, damaging it only at level forty and cracking it at level forty-nine.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo praised Gu Yang and discussed his future development, while Gu Yang relied on his own plans and AI.
• Gu Yang followed the AI’s training regimen and cultivated in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s mimicry environment, reaching level twenty in half a year.
• Ning Rongrong awakened her martial soul with level-nine innate Soul Power, delighting Ning Fengzhi.
• The AI estimated that Gu Yang could absorb a second Soul Ring of up to 7,500 years, and Bone Douluo accompanied him to Sunset Forest to find one.
• Gu Yang discovered a 7,501-year-old Exploding Bamboo, and the AI said its explosive trait could theoretically support a Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets-like Soul Skill.

Gu Yang chose a 7,501-year Exploding Bamboo for his second Soul Ring and survived its self-destruction and difficult absorption. Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he demonstrated his explosive ranged Soul Skill to Sword Douluo, leaving the elder’s robes torn and blackened.

• Gu Yang learned that striking an Exploding Bamboo would trigger its self-destruction and decided to claim it as his second Soul Ring.
• Gu Yang used Bone Armor to withstand the Exploding Bamboo’s blast, then absorbed its 7,501-year Soul Ring despite the painful process.
• Gu Yang’s Soul Power Level rose to twenty-five, and he gained a Soul Skill that let him launch bone bullets and make his bones explode.
• Bone Douluo brought Gu Yang back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and sent Sword Douluo to test the new skill.
• Gu Yang’s ten bone bullets struck Sword Douluo’s Seven Kill Sword and exploded, leaving Sword Douluo unharmed but disheveled.

After Sword Douluo praised Gu Yang’s second Soul Skill and urged him to focus on offense, Gu Yang privately resolved to pursue more varied techniques instead. On his eighth birthday, he recorded reaching Soul Power Level thirty and prepared to leave for Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his third Soul Ring, but Ning Rongrong arrived with a birthday gift and brought him to dinner.

• Sword Douluo told Gu Yang that his second Soul Skill could kill anyone below Soul Emperor who failed to evade it, then advised him to develop along the Power Attack System path.
• Ning Fengzhi joined Sword Douluo in urging Gu Yang to strengthen his attacks, while Gu Yang agreed outwardly and kept his preference for varied methods to himself.
• In his diary, Gu Yang recorded reaching Soul Power Level thirty on his eighth birthday and planned to seek a third Soul Ring in Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ning Rongrong entered Gu Yang’s room without knocking, and he told her to knock next time.
• Ning Rongrong gave Gu Yang calcium pills as a birthday present, and he went with her to Ning Fengzhi’s home for dinner.

Gu Yang told Ning Fengzhi he planned to leave the sect to find his third Soul Ring, which he hoped could be a ten-thousand-year ring. Ning Fengzhi gave him a sixty-thousand-year spiritual Head Soul Bone to help him withstand Soul Shock, but Gu Yang suspected an ulterior motive and rejected him when asked what he thought of Ning Rongrong.

• At dinner, Gu Yang told Ning Fengzhi he planned to leave the sect to obtain his third Soul Ring, and said he could withstand a Soul Beast of around fifteen thousand years.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Gu Yang that ten-thousand-year Soul Rings caused dangerous Soul Shock and explained that spiritual power could help resist it.
• Ning Fengzhi presented Gu Yang with a sixty-thousand-year spiritual Head Soul Bone as a birthday gift, and Gu Yang accepted it.
• During the meal, Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Yang what he thought of Ning Rongrong, and Gu Yang immediately said they were not suitable.

Ning Fengzhi planned to send Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy to improve her temper and character, partly hoping she might become a suitable match for Gu Yang. After returning home, Gu Yang absorbed the sixty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone and gained powerful mental abilities.

• Ning Fengzhi admitted that he had spoiled Ning Rongrong and said he planned to send her to Shrek Academy when she was old enough for an intermediate academy.
• After Gu Yang left, Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo that he had been testing Gu Yang's interest in Ning Rongrong and hoped changing her disposition might improve her chances with him.
• Gu Yang returned to his residence and began absorbing the sixty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone.
• The Head Soul Bone fused with Gu Yang, greatly extending his perception and granting him the Light of Piercing Illusions and immunity to mental attacks.
• Gu Yang sensed that absorbing the bone had increased his Soul Power and physical strength, though his Soul Power Level remained capped at thirty until he obtained his Third Soul Ring.

Gu Yang and Bone Douluo entered Star Dou Great Forest to find Gu Yang a third Soul Ring, and encountered a ten-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse with the rare light attribute. Gu Yang chose it as his target, while Bone Douluo warned him to stay cautious because the Soul Beasts were fleeing from something.

• Gu Yang and Bone Douluo discussed the dangers of Star Dou Great Forest and agreed to seek a water- or wind-attribute Soul Beast for Gu Yang’s third Soul Ring.
• Gu Yang told Bone Douluo that his Head Soul Bone granted Light of Piercing Illusions, which revealed disguises and illusions and made him immune to spiritual attacks.
• Gu Yang guessed that Shikotsumyaku had unlocked the Soul Bone’s full abilities, and Bone Douluo considered the possibility.
• A tremendous crash sounded in the forest, sending birds and Soul Beasts fleeing as Bone Douluo moved to protect Gu Yang.
• Gu Yang and Bone Douluo recognized a ten-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse, and Gu Yang chose it for his third Soul Ring.
• Bone Douluo warned Gu Yang that the fleeing Soul Beasts seemed afraid of something.

Gu Yang absorbed a 14,127-year-old Heavenly Dragon Horse soul ring and gained the third soul skill Holy Dragon's Protection, reaching Soul Power level thirty-four. After advancing to level forty, he returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with Bone Douluo to seek a fourth soul ring and felt that something was watching him.

• Bone Douluo brought down the injured Heavenly Dragon Horse, and Gu Yang killed it for his third soul ring.
• Gu Yang absorbed the soul ring and gained Holy Dragon's Protection, which removed negative effects and granted immunity to them; his Soul Power reached level thirty-four.
• At the Star Dou Great Forest's core, two giant beasts discussed Xiao Long's fate and warned that a powerful human threatened the forest's peace.
• Ning Rongrong tried to draw Gu Yang away from cultivation, but he revealed that his Soul Power had reached forty and left to prepare for his fourth soul ring.
• The AI told Gu Yang he could withstand a fourth soul ring of up to 40,000 years, and he set out with Bone Douluo for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• As they headed toward the forest's core, Gu Yang felt an oppressive sensation and told Bone Douluo that something seemed to be watching him.

Gu Yang and Bone Douluo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable fourth Soul Ring, but Bone Douluo left to chase a Golden-Eyed Eagle while Gu Yang stayed behind. A concealed Dark Devil Tiger ambushed Gu Yang, and the chapter ended as Gu Yang trapped its paw and activated his Bone Explosion Technique.

• Gu Yang felt that something was watching him, but Bone Douluo searched the area and found nothing.
• Gu Yang and Bone Douluo continued searching, and Bone Douluo pursued a Golden-Eyed Eagle after it attacked Gu Yang and fled.
• While Bone Douluo was away, Gu Yang butchered a Black Teng Snake and was suddenly struck by a concealed Dark Devil Tiger.
• Gu Yang identified the 44,235-year-old Dark Devil Tiger and fought back, but it dodged his attacks and charged him with a roar.
• Gu Yang bound the tiger's paw with bone spikes and activated his Second Soul Skill, Bone Explosion Technique.

Gu Yang lured out and fought the Dark Devil Tiger, badly injuring both himself and the beast before Bone Douluo intervened. Gu Yang then insisted on killing the tiger himself and absorbing its soul ring as his fourth, despite its age exceeding his known limit.

• Gu Yang used his Bone Armor and explosive bones to trap the Dark Devil Tiger and blast it, badly injuring its right foreleg but failing to kill it.
• The Dark Devil Tiger grew furious and prepared to attack Gu Yang, who was left barely able to move after sustaining severe injuries.
• Gu Yang called for Bone Douluo, who appeared and revealed that he and Gu Yang had used the Golden-Eyed Eagle as bait to draw the hidden tiger out.
• Bone Douluo struck the Dark Devil Tiger several times, leaving it unable to get up, until Gu Yang asked him to stop.
• Gu Yang explained that he wanted to kill the Dark Devil Tiger himself and absorb it as his fourth Soul Ring, despite Bone Douluo warning that it was over forty thousand years old.

After recovering from his injuries, Gu Yang killed the Dark Devil Tiger and risked absorbing its 44,235-year Soul Ring. He survived its assault with help from the Heavenly Dragon Horse’s remnant soul, and the chapter ended as an External Soul Bone began forming around him.

• Gu Yang spent two days recovering from his injuries, then killed the incapacitated Dark Devil Tiger.
• After learning the Soul Ring had a 53% absorption success rate, Gu Yang chose to risk absorbing it.
• The Dark Devil Tiger’s Soul Ring ravaged Gu Yang’s body and mind, so he activated Holy Dragon’s Protection.
• The Heavenly Dragon Horse’s remnant soul intervened and weakened the Dark Devil Tiger’s power, allowing Gu Yang to absorb the Soul Ring.
• Bones grew around Gu Yang, and Bone Douluo recognized the new bone as an External Soul Bone.

Gu Yang gained the Dark Devil Tail External Soul Bone and discovered that it fused with his Head Soul Bone to strengthen his Bone Armor and reduce the Soul Power cost of his skills. After revealing the power of his new Fear Roar Soul Skill, he considered how it might help him awaken All-Killing Ash Bones.

• Bone Douluo recognized Gu Yang's new External Soul Bone as the Dark Devil Tail, which Gu Yang could control with ease under the effects of Shikotsumyaku.
• The Dark Devil Tail, Gu Yang's Head Soul Bone, and Bone Armor unexpectedly connected and transformed, prompting Gu Yang to suspect that they had formed a Soul Bone Fusion Skill.
• Gu Yang found that the fusion strengthened Bone Armor, amplified his skills, and greatly reduced their Soul Power cost; he also identified the Dark Devil Tail's skills as Shadow Assault and Darkness Domain.
• Bone Douluo asked about Gu Yang's fourth Soul Skill, and Gu Yang explained that Fear Roar could stun enemies for nearly two seconds even if their spiritual power was exceptionally strong.
• Gu Yang considered using Fear Roar to immobilize enemies before striking them with All-Killing Ash Bones, and noted that he still needed wind, water, and space attributes to pursue that transformation.
• Bone Douluo reassured Gu Yang and suggested that he practice his new abilities after they returned.

Gu Yang returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after gaining a powerful fourth Soul Ring, an External Soul Bone, and a Soul Bone Fusion Skill. After demonstrating his improved Bone Armor and explaining his gains, he learned from the AI that he had a 100% chance of forming a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and asked his grandfather to try it.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed Spirit Hall's growing influence before a shadow attacked Sword Douluo in the council hall.
• Sword Douluo used his Seven Kill Sword Domain against the intruder, then stopped when someone identified him as Gu Yang.
• Gu Yang endured the remaining force of Sword Douluo's attack with his enhanced Bone Armor as Bone Douluo arrived and explained that he had planned a surprise.
• Gu Yang described obtaining his fourth Soul Ring from a Dark Devil Tiger and gaining three skills, including an External Soul Bone and a Soul Bone Fusion Skill.
• The AI told Gu Yang that he had perfect compatibility for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
• Gu Yang asked Bone Douluo to try forming a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him.

Gu Yang and Bone Douluo successfully formed the Corpse Bone Ghost Dragon, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that combined their powers and abilities. Sword Douluo challenged them, and the chapter ended as his Kill Character Technique collided with the dragon’s attack.

• Gu Yang persuaded Bone Douluo to test whether their Martial Souls could form a fusion, and their resonance produced the Corpse Bone Ghost Dragon.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo witnessed the enormous dragon take shape with all thirteen of Gu Yang and Bone Douluo’s Soul Rings.
• Bone Douluo challenged Sword Douluo, whose Seven Kill Domain failed to weaken the dragon because it used Gu Yang’s third Soul Skill.
• Sword Douluo unleashed his Seven Kill Avatar and Kill Character Technique as Gu Yang and Bone Douluo gathered power for the dragon’s counterattack.
• The Corpse Bone Ghost Dragon and Sword Douluo’s attack shot toward each other and collided in midair.