Arc 2Chapters 27–48

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Ch. 27Da Ming, Er Ming, You Wouldn't Want Xiao Wu to...

Gu Chen accompanied Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life, where Da Ming distrusted him and threatened to kill him. Gu Chen demonstrated his spatial ability, forcing Da Ming to recognize that he could not stop him, while the discussion he came to have remained ahead.

  • Er Ming carried Xiao Wu and Gu Chen to the Lake of Life, where Da Ming challenged Xiao Wu for bringing a human into the forbidden zone.
  • Xiao Wu told Da Ming that Gu Chen had saved her from a Titled Douluo and refused to let him attack Gu Chen.
  • Da Ming suspected Gu Chen might be conspiring with the Titled Douluo and warned that he could kill him to protect Xiao Wu and the Soul Beasts.
  • Gu Chen asked whether Da Ming and Er Ming wanted a Titled Douluo to keep targeting Xiao Wu, then demonstrated his Space Mark by vanishing and reappearing beside her.
  • Da Ming recognized Gu Chen's spatial ability and realized he could not prevent Gu Chen from leaving or kill him.

Ch. 28Xiao Wu's Martial Soul Evolves!

Gu Chen secured Da Ming’s agreement to help kill Tang Hao if he could lure him into the Star Dou Great Forest, then evolved Xiao Wu’s Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul into a Void Rabbit. After seeing the evolution succeed, Da Ming and Er Ming became eager to learn whether Gu Chen could evolve Soul Beasts as well.

  • Gu Chen proposed joining forces with Da Ming and Er Ming to kill Tang Hao, and Da Ming agreed to act if Gu Chen brought Tang Hao to the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Gu Chen asked Xiao Wu to obtain a living hundred-year spatial-type Soul Beast so he could evolve her Martial Soul.
  • Er Ming returned with a hundred-year spatial-type Soul Beast, and Gu Chen killed it to form a Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
  • Gu Chen used his evolution power to transform Xiao Wu’s Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul into a Void Rabbit.
  • Da Ming confirmed the Martial Soul had truly evolved, and Gu Chen claimed he could evolve Soul Beasts too, exciting Da Ming and Er Ming.

Ch. 29Da Ming and Er Ming: "Cousin, How Could You Speak to Our Godfather Like That? Get Lost!!!"

Gu Chen revealed that he could evolve Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming into god-tier Soul Beasts, though each evolution required rare materials and carried the danger of Heavenly Tribulations. Da Ming and Er Ming learned that reaching a million years would mean surviving repeated Tribulations, leaving them uncertain whether they could endure the process.

  • Da Ming and Er Ming eagerly offered to acknowledge Gu Chen as their godfather after learning he could help Soul Beasts evolve.
  • Xiao Wu regretted transforming and clung to Gu Chen, asking him to prioritize evolving her Martial Soul.
  • Da Ming asked whether Gu Chen could evolve him and Er Ming, and Gu Chen confirmed that he could.
  • Gu Chen explained that Da Ming needed ten corpses of True Dragon-blooded Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, while Er Ming needed ten with Tai Tan bloodlines.
  • Gu Chen warned Da Ming and Er Ming that evolving to a million years would expose them to a Heavenly Tribulation every hundred thousand years, and they fell silent at the danger.

Ch. 30Can the Body Be Upgraded Too?

Gu Chen struck a partnership with Da Ming, promising to help him overcome the Heavenly Tribulation and become a god in exchange for assistance. While gathering what he needed to upgrade his Blue Silver King Martial Soul, Gu Chen found a Soul Bone that could also let him upgrade his own body.

  • Gu Chen warned Da Ming that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's Heavenly Tribulation would destroy him, then promised to help him become a god if Da Ming partnered with him.
  • Da Ming agreed to help Gu Chen and sent Er Ming to find a ten-thousand-year life-type Soul Beast and its remains.
  • Da Ming brought Gu Chen a large collection of Soul Bones he had gathered over tens of thousands of years.
  • Gu Chen searched the collection and took a ten-thousand-year life-type Soul Bone and a thousand-year life-type Soul Bone.
  • Gu Chen realized the thousand-year life-type Soul Bone could upgrade his mortal body and looked down at himself.

Ch. 31Evolve, My Blue Silver King!!!

Gu Chen fulfilled the conditions to upgrade his Mortal Body by using a ten-thousand-year Evergreen Ivy, a Begonia Flower King, and a life-type Soul Bone. The transformation ended with a completely unfamiliar-looking figure emerging from the Blue Silver Grass cocoon, leaving Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming stunned.

  • Gu Chen recalled the Mortal Body upgrade requirements and identified the Myriad Spirit Fruit as the remaining difficult item to find.
  • Er Ming returned with a ten-thousand-year Evergreen Ivy and the corpses of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
  • Gu Chen upgraded a Crabapple Spirit Flower into a ten-thousand-year Begonia Flower King.
  • Gu Chen killed the Evergreen Ivy and used its corpse and Soul Ring, the Begonia Flower King, and a life-type Soul Bone to upgrade his body.
  • Blue Silver Grass cocooned Gu Chen, then opened to reveal someone who bore no resemblance to him.
  • Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming stared in shock as Gu Chen asked who the unfamiliar figure was.

Ch. 32Ultimate Martial Soul-Golden Tree?!!!

Gu Chen’s Martial Soul evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor, changing his appearance and granting him Innate Full Soul Power and the Blue Silver Domain. He discovered that he could eventually upgrade it into the Golden Tree, but the required Immortal Herbs led him to plan to subdue Dugu Bo and search the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

  • Gu Chen saw that his hair and eyes had turned blue and realized his evolved Martial Soul had also transformed his appearance.
  • Gu Chen summoned his Blue Silver Emperor and explained that his Martial Soul had reached Innate Full Soul Power and awakened the Blue Silver Domain.
  • Gu Chen checked his upgrade panel and learned that the Blue Silver Emperor could evolve into the Golden Tree, an Ultimate Martial Soul with life and light attributes.
  • Gu Chen decided to subdue Dugu Bo and search the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for the Radiant Sun Light Grass, while mistakenly blaming Tang San for taking its Immortal Herbs.
  • Tang San felt as though he had lost something after Gu Chen’s evolution, and Gu Chen’s Blue Silver Emperor stirred an extraordinary storm across the continent.

Ch. 33Ah Yin: "My son has awakened?"

Gu Chen’s Martial Soul evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor, awakening Blue Silver Grass across the continent and stirring Ah Yin, who wondered if the new emperor was her child. Seeking a Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree to support another evolution, Gu Chen learned that Da Ming had one growing on an island in the Lake of Life.

  • The Blue Silver Grass Clan and Blue Silver Grass across the continent cheered as Gu Chen’s Martial Soul became the Blue Silver Emperor.
  • Ah Yin briefly awakened in the cave where Tang Hao had planted her seed and sensed the new emperor’s birth.
  • Gu Chen asked Da Ming where he could find a Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree, explaining that he needed one for evolution.
  • Da Ming pointed out a Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree on an island in the Lake of Life and said its fruit had helped him, Sister Xiao Wu, and Er Ming reach a hundred thousand years of cultivation.

Ch. 34Longevity Body!

Gu Chen accepted the Fortune and Longevity Fruit and asked Da Ming and Er Ming to gather materials for his next evolution. After killing a thousand-year Evergreen Ivy, he upgraded his Mortal Body and awakened the Longevity Body, gaining an immense surge of vitality.

  • Da Ming explained that he had moved the Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree to the Lake of Life and offered Gu Chen its saved fruit.
  • Gu Chen accepted the fruit and asked Er Ming to bring the remains of ten-thousand-year life-type soul beasts and a living thousand-year life-type soul beast.
  • Da Ming asked what kind of soul beast Gu Chen planned to use for his level-ten Soul Ring, but Gu Chen said he had not decided.
  • Er Ming returned with soul beasts, and Gu Chen killed a thousand-year Evergreen Ivy and arranged the materials needed to upgrade his Mortal Body.
  • Gu Chen used his Leveling Cheat to upgrade his body, and Da Ming sensed that Gu Chen's vitality had increased beyond the boost from his Blue Silver Emperor.
  • Gu Chen awakened from the upgrade and recognized that he had gained the Longevity Body.

Ch. 35Pledge Your Loyalty!

Gu Chen discovered that his Longevity Body could eventually become an Undying Physique with a thousand-year lifespan, then upgraded the Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree to ten thousand years. He demanded the tree’s submission in exchange for helping it grow stronger, leaving its response unknown.

  • Gu Chen examined the requirements for upgrading his Longevity Body and learned that an Undying Physique would grant him a thousand-year lifespan.
  • Gu Chen had Da Ming carry him and ten thousand-year life-attribute Soul Beast corpses to the island in the lake.
  • Gu Chen used the corpses to upgrade the Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree into a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast that could produce Ageless Fruits.
  • Gu Chen offered to evolve the tree further if it submitted to him and surrendered everything it produced.

Ch. 36Hundred-Thousand-Year Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree!

Gu Chen upgraded the Ten-Thousand-Year Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, which pledged loyalty and offered him its Longevity Fruits. After cultivating by the Lake of Life, Gu Chen still lacked a life-attribute Soul Bone to upgrade his [Longevity Body] into the [Undying Physique].

  • The Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree offered Gu Chen its nine Ageless Fruits, and he collected them before asking Er Ming to catch ten more Ten-Thousand-Year life-attribute Soul Beasts.
  • Gu Chen cultivated beside the Lake of Life and found that its life force greatly boosted his cultivation speed.
  • Er Ming returned with ten Soul Beast carcasses, but none contained a Soul Bone, leaving Gu Chen without the key material for upgrading his [Longevity Body].
  • Gu Chen upgraded the Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, which began bearing Longevity Fruits.
  • The tree gained the ability to speak, pledged loyalty to Gu Chen, and offered him its nine Longevity Fruits.

Ch. 37Absorbing the Soul Ring!

Gu Chen named the Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree Chang Qing, gave Xiao Wu life-extending fruits, and prepared to absorb his first Soul Ring. After Xiao Wu’s Soul Power rose to level twenty-one, Gu Chen chose a Ten-Thousand-Root Longevity Tree as his Soul Beast target and had Er Ming bring one to him.

  • Gu Chen learned that Chang Qing still depended on the Lake of Life, then promised to help him become a god once he dealt with the restriction on Soul Beasts.
  • Gu Chen named the Fortune and Longevity Fruit Tree Chang Qing, while Xiao Wu suggested San Ming and happily accepted a tanghulu.
  • Da Ming asked when Gu Chen would attack Tang Hao, and Gu Chen said he would act after absorbing his Soul Ring.
  • Gu Chen gave Xiao Wu three fruits to extend her life, and she promised to follow him to the Divine Realm; both of them ate and refined their fruits.
  • Xiao Wu’s Soul Power rose to level twenty-one and she formed her second Soul Ring.
  • Gu Chen chose a Ten-Thousand-Root Longevity Tree for his first Soul Ring, and Er Ming brought him a hundred-year tree near death.

Ch. 38Straight to Level 20, a Prospective Soul Grandmaster! Upgrading the Soul Ring!

Gu Chen killed the Ten-Thousand-Root Longevity Tree and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power Level 20 after only his first ring. He then prepared materials to upgrade the ring’s life-type skill and set out to improve it.

  • Gu Chen repeatedly chopped the Ten-Thousand-Root Longevity Tree until it died, while Xiao Wu laughed at his trouble.
  • Gu Chen absorbed the tree’s Hundred-Year Soul Ring with the Advanced Life Meditation Method and surged to Soul Power Level 20.
  • Gu Chen asked Er Ming to find a suitably young Ten Thousand Leaf Grass Soul Beast for his next Soul Ring.
  • Gu Chen inspected his ring’s upgrade panel, which would improve its earth-based Soul Power recovery skill and slightly heal him.
  • Gu Chen killed ten prepared Blue Silver Grass plants, met the upgrade requirements with a medicinal herb, and chose to upgrade his Soul Ring.

Ch. 39Xiao Wu's Dreams Shattered to Pieces!

Gu Chen evolved his First Soul Ring into a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, leaving Xiao Wu envious but unable to meet the spatial-material requirements for upgrading hers. He then absorbed a Hundred-Year Soul Ring from Ten Thousand Leaf Grass to improve his Blue Silver Emperor’s regeneration.

  • Gu Chen used life-type materials to evolve his First Soul Ring into a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu begged him to upgrade hers too.
  • Gu Chen explained that Xiao Wu needed ten Hundred-Year Soul Rings from spatial Soul Beasts and a hundred-year-old spatial medicinal herb, so she abandoned the idea and focused on evolving her Void Rabbit instead.
  • Gu Chen advised Xiao Wu to seek a thousand-year spatial Soul Beast and the thousand-year spiritual herb Heaven-Containing Leaf to evolve her Void Rabbit into a Space-Rending Rabbit.
  • Er Ming returned with a Hundred-Year Ten Thousand Leaf Grass, and Gu Chen quickly condensed its Soul Ring.
  • Gu Chen guided the Hundred-Year Soul Ring onto his Blue Silver Emperor to gain a Soul Skill that would enhance its regeneration.

Ch. 40This Battle Pitted Space Against Life, and the Advantage Was Mine!

After absorbing and upgrading his Soul Rings, Gu Chen fought Xiao Wu and used his spatial abilities and rapidly growing Blue Silver Grass to defeat her. Xiao Wu ended the chapter bound and bewildered by her loss.

  • Gu Chen absorbed the Ten Thousand Leaf Grass Soul Ring and reached Soul Power Level 25.
  • Gu Chen used ten hundred-year-old Blue Silver Grass plants and a medicinal herb to upgrade his Second Soul Ring to a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
  • Xiao Wu challenged Gu Chen, confident that her space-type Martial Soul would overwhelm his control-type abilities.
  • Gu Chen evaded Xiao Wu's attack with his spatial abilities and bound her with rapidly growing Blue Silver Grass.
  • Xiao Wu used Space Transposition to escape, but Gu Chen kept up the attack until she ran out of Soul Power and was bound again.

Ch. 41Ah Yin, You Wouldn't Want...

Gu Chen and Xiao Wu found Ah Yin, the former Blue Silver Emperor, hidden in a stone chamber behind a waterfall in the Xiling Mountain Range. After seeing how poorly Tang Hao had cared for her, Gu Chen began to threaten her.

  • Gu Chen assessed his strength after defeating Xiao Wu and concluded that he was nearly invincible among Soul Grandmasters.
  • Half a month later, Gu Chen and Xiao Wu entered the Xiling Mountain Range using a scale from Da Ming to keep the Soul Beasts away.
  • Gu Chen used his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul to locate Ah Yin after discovering that the waterfall from his memories was not near Holy Soul Village.
  • Gu Chen used Space Jump to enter Ah Yin's stone chamber, and Xiao Wu followed him inside.
  • Xiao Wu criticized Tang Hao for giving Ah Yin so little sunlight and nourishment, while Ah Yin reacted indignantly.
  • Gu Chen ignored Ah Yin's protest and began threatening her.

Ch. 42Tang San: "Don't Come Any Closer!!!"

Gu Chen captured Ah Yin and claimed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, intending to keep her as Blue Silver Emperor and prevent Tang San from awakening his own. He then went to Nuoding Academy to find Tang Hao, deciding to beat Tang San first to draw Tang Hao out.

  • Gu Chen threatened Ah Yin into cooperating, reasoning that she could block Tang San from claiming the Blue Silver Emperor throne.
  • Xiao Wu mocked Gu Chen's villainous expression, then choked while eating the melon seeds he gave her.
  • Gu Chen searched the stone chamber, found the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and stored it in his Void Ring instead of absorbing it.
  • Several days later, Gu Chen returned to Nuoding Academy to find Tang Hao and decided to beat Tang San to lure him out.

Ch. 43Log In and Get One Hundred Consecutive Lashes!

Gu Chen returned and confronted Tang San, whose anger over past humiliations led him to attack. Gu Chen effortlessly suppressed and captured him, then declared he would whip him one hundred times.

  • Tang San was shocked when Gu Chen appeared after being missing for a month.
  • Gu Chen mocked Tang San and insulted Tang Hao, enraging Tang San.
  • Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and attacked Gu Chen, but Gu Chen's Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver Domain suppressed and destroyed the assault.
  • Tang San fired a Sleeve Arrow at Gu Chen, but Gu Chen dodged it and bound Tang San with Blue Silver Grass.
  • Gu Chen lifted Tang San into the air and announced that he would give him one hundred lashes.

Ch. 44Yu Xiaogang: Thousand-Year Soul Rings? You Have Twin Martial Souls! Gu Chen: Cut the Crap, I'll Treat You to a Hundred Lashes First

Gu Chen continued whipping Tang San while waiting for Tang Hao, then captured Yu Xiaogang when he tried to intervene. Yu Xiaogang realized that Gu Chen had two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, despite being a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.

  • Gu Chen lashed Tang San with Blue Silver Grass well beyond a hundred strikes, saying Tang Hao deserved the extra punishment for his earlier treatment of him.
  • Tang San guessed that Tang Hao had secretly attacked Gu Chen a month earlier and vowed to avenge himself once he grew stronger.
  • Gu Chen wondered whether Tang Hao was absent because he had returned to Ah Yin, but Yu Xiaogang arrived and tried to stop the beating.
  • Gu Chen used his two Soul Skills to capture Yu Xiaogang in dense Blue Silver Grass and called him worthless.
  • Yu Xiaogang sensed Gu Chen's Soul Power and was stunned that both of his Soul Rings were Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Ch. 45Yu Xiaogang: I'll Destroy You at Any Cost!!!

Gu Chen whipped Yu Xiaogang and Tang San after returning with enough strength to take revenge himself. The beating ended with Tang Hao arriving and attacking Gu Chen to defend his son.

  • Gu Chen used ten Blue Silver whips on Yu Xiaogang, then doubled them when Yu Xiaogang kept talking.
  • Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that their attacker was Gu Chen, and Yu Xiaogang recognized him.
  • Yu Xiaogang demanded that Gu Chen release them, kneel, and become his disciple, threatening to destroy him otherwise.
  • Gu Chen mocked Yu Xiaogang's strength and continued whipping him.
  • Tang Hao appeared and swung a Clear Sky Hammer at Gu Chen, accusing him of humiliating Tang San.

Ch. 46Tang Hao Cosplays as the Holy Spirit Cult's Supreme Elder!

Gu Chen confronted Tang Hao after Tang Hao arrived and struck at him, but Gu Chen used Space Jump to dodge while keeping Tang San beside him. Gu Chen challenged Tang Hao over his arrogance and revealed two items from his Void Ring, leaving their significance unresolved.

  • Tang Hao attacked Gu Chen with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Gu Chen used Space Jump to dodge and land beside Tang San, while the hammer's wind sent Yu Xiaogang flying.
  • Gu Chen mocked Tang Hao for arriving with a bitten chicken leg and the smell of alcohol, and Tang Hao warned him to release Tang San.
  • Gu Chen said Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had targeted him first and that he had acted in self-defense, while Tang San seethed at being surpassed.
  • Tang Hao threatened Gu Chen if Tang San was harmed, and Gu Chen criticized Tang Hao's disregard for right and wrong.
  • Gu Chen took two items from the Void Ring and asked Tang Hao whether he recognized them.

Ch. 47Tang San: "What? My mom is a blade of grass?"

Gu Chen stole Ah Yin and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, then used them to provoke Tang Hao and lure him to a waterfall. After returning to Xiao Wu in the Xiling Mountain Range, Gu Chen insisted Tang Hao would come despite knowing it was a trap.

  • Tang Hao recognized Ah Yin and the lead box in Gu Chen's hands and angrily threatened him.
  • Gu Chen revealed that Ah Yin was Tang San's mother, shocking Tang San into accepting that his mother was a blade of grass.
  • Tang San threatened Gu Chen, who whipped him again, and Tang Hao roared at Gu Chen to stop.
  • Gu Chen said he would wait three days beneath a waterfall for Tang Hao to reclaim Ah Yin and the Soul Bone, then vanished with both in his Void Ring.
  • Tang Hao caught the injured Tang San and took him and Yu Xiaogang away for treatment.
  • Gu Chen returned to Xiao Wu and assured her that Tang Hao would come to the trap.

Ch. 48Will They Win? He's Guaranteed to Die!

Gu Chen lured Tang Hao to the Xiling Mountain Range and sprang a trap with Da Ming, Er Ming, and Chang Qing. After Tang Hao arrived to fight them, Gu Chen returned to the Lake of Life and assured Xiao Wu that Tang Hao was guaranteed to die.

  • Gu Chen invited Xiao Wu to return to the Lake of Life, then left her behind and used Space Mark to travel there.
  • Gu Chen explained his plan to Da Ming, Er Ming, and Chang Qing, warned them to stay put, and prepared to monitor the Xiling Mountain Range with Blue Silver Grass.
  • Tang Hao forced Nuoding City's strongest healing-type Soul Master to heal Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then dismissed Tang San's warning and set out alone.
  • Tang Hao arrived at the wondrous spot in the Xiling Mountain Range, where Gu Chen brought Da Ming, Er Ming, and Chang Qing to confront him.
  • Gu Chen returned to the Lake of Life, and when Xiao Wu asked whether the beasts would win, he said Tang Hao was guaranteed to die.
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