Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan'er became a rank ninety-two Titled Douluo and was appointed an elder of Spirit Hall after Gu Wuchen helped her advance. Bibi Dong tried to recruit Gu Wuchen as her student, but he rejected her and discussed the Gu Clan’s upcoming products instead.

• Gu Wuchen and Ye Yuan'er arrived at the Pope's Palace with Qian Daoliu, and Qian Daoliu announced Ye Yuan'er's promotion to elder.
• Ye Yuan'er revealed her Blazing Fire Phoenix and nine Soul Rings, confirming her rank ninety-two cultivation and evolved martial soul.
• Ye Yuan'er told Bibi Dong that Gu Wuchen had helped her advance with an Immortal Herb, leaving Bibi Dong astonished.
• Bibi Dong asked Gu Wuchen to accept her instruction, but he refused and said Qian Daoliu knew more than she did.
• Gu Wuchen told Bibi Dong that the Gu Clan would send new products and warned that poor sales could cost Spirit Hall access to the next product.

Gu Wuchen provoked Bibi Dong during a business discussion, then reunited with Qian Daoliu at the Elder Hall and received an eighty-thousand-year ice-attribute Soul Bone. He left with Ye Yuan'er to absorb it, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed his reaction.

• Gu Wuchen used Xue Qinghe as leverage in his business negotiations with Bibi Dong, angering her before he left the Pope's Palace.
• Ye Yuan'er told Gu Wuchen that she had received her Elder Token, and they returned to the Elder Hall to meet Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu gave Gu Wuchen an eighty-thousand-year ice-attribute left arm bone from an Extreme Ice Abyss Sacred Mark Saber-Toothed Dragon.
• Qian Daoliu urged Gu Wuchen to absorb the Soul Bone soon, and Gu Wuchen left the Elder Hall with Ye Yuan'er.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo remarked to Qian Daoliu that Gu Wuchen seemed to like the gift.

Gu Wuchen absorbed the Ice Abyss Sacred Mark Sabertooth Dragon's right arm bone and gained powerful new abilities, while the Snow Empress's secret visits made the Ice Empress suspicious. After completing the absorption, Gu Wuchen welcomed Hu Liena, who challenged him to test her improved charm ability.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo suggested that Gu Wuchen might be a suitable match for Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu agreed they could ask the young people when Wuchen was older.
• The Snow Empress emerged from Gu Wuchen's spiritual sea, teased him, and stood guard as he absorbed the Soul Bone.
• The Ice Empress discovered that most of the Snow Empress's spirit was absent from her main body and questioned what she had been doing.
• The Snow Empress returned to her main body and pushed the suspicious Ice Empress out of the palace.
• Gu Wuchen completed the absorption and gained the Sacred Ice Wuchen Slash and Ice Saint Wuchen Protection skills.
• Hu Liena arrived and challenged Gu Wuchen to face her improved charm ability.

Gu Wuchen defeated Hu Liena again, overcoming her improved charm and coordinated soul skills with his Dustless Ice Heart and sword. He sent her away and prepared to challenge the other members of the Golden Generation, while the Snow Empress praised him and offered a reward.

• Hu Liena challenged Gu Wuchen, confident that her improved skills would let her win this time.
• Hu Liena used Fox Charm, Fox Fire, and Fox Shadow Clone to attack Gu Wuchen, but his Dustless Ice Heart nullified her illusion.
• Gu Wuchen shattered Hu Liena’s clones and fire snakes, then held his sword to her neck and declared her defeated.
• Gu Wuchen told Hu Liena he would challenge Xie Yue and Yan next, and she left determined to train harder.
• The Snow Empress emerged from Gu Wuchen’s Sea of Consciousness, praised his victory, and offered him a reward.

Gu Wuchen rejected the Snow Empress’s offer to choose a reward, so she decided to spend the night with him and helped him awaken his ultimate ice power. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong scolded Hu Liena for losing to Gu Wuchen and doubted he could defeat Yan and Xie Yue.

• The Snow Empress threatened to spank Gu Wuchen when he refused a reward, then chose to sleep with him that night.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Hu Liena for secretly challenging Gu Wuchen and ordered her not to seek him out again without permission.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Gu Wuchen planned to challenge Yan and Xie Yue, but Bibi Dong dismissed his chances against the Golden Generation.
• That night, the Snow Empress released the restriction on Gu Wuchen’s origin power, causing extreme cold to freeze the room and courtyard before she contained it with a barrier.
• Gu Wuchen awakened his Innate Extreme Cold Physique and shaped the power into dozens of ice swords, impressing the Snow Empress, who offered him a kiss.

Golden Crocodile Douluo visited Gu Wuchen to teach him the Golden Body Tempering Technique, hoping to strengthen his physical foundation and pass on his legacy. After explaining its five realms and powerful benefits, he told Gu Wuchen that reaching its ultimate realm would take time but might be possible with his talent.

• The Snow Empress praised Gu Wuchen for controlling his extreme cold and returned to his Sea of Consciousness when Golden Crocodile Douluo called at his door.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo entered Gu Wuchen's room and offered to teach him the Golden Crocodile King Body Tempering Technique.
• Gu Wuchen brewed Golden Crocodile Douluo Ice Lotus tea and listened as he explained the technique's five realms, benefits, and three core moves.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo admitted he had not reached the technique's ultimate realm and encouraged Gu Wuchen to pursue it with his exceptional comprehension.

Gu Wuchen mastered the Bronze Skin Initiation Realm of the Golden Body Tempering Technique overnight and went to challenge Yan and Xie Yue. Bibi Dong agreed to the challenge on the condition that Gu Wuchen become her disciple if he lost.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo gave Gu Wuchen the Golden Body Tempering Technique and left.
• With the Snow Empress watching, Gu Wuchen cultivated through the night and completed the Bronze Skin Initiation Realm.
• Gu Wuchen asked Qian Daoliu to arrange a challenge against Yan and Xie Yue, and Golden Crocodile Douluo celebrated his rapid progress.
• Qian Daoliu took Gu Wuchen to the advanced academy, where Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were meditating.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether a Soul Grandmaster could challenge Soul Elders and demanded that Gu Wuchen become her disciple if he lost.

Gu Wuchen defeated Xie Yue in a duel, overcoming his Self-Created Soul Skill with a Soul Bone Skill and leaving Bibi Dong shaken by his strength. Yan remained to fight, and Bibi Dong insisted he could still win.

• Bibi Dong chose Xie Yue to fight Gu Wuchen first, with Yan held back as the final challenger.
• Gu Wuchen revealed two Thousand-Year Soul Rings and gained the upper hand against Xie Yue with his speed, swordsmanship, and powerful defenses.
• Xie Yue unleashed his Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon, but Gu Wuchen countered with Soul Bone Skill, Sacred Ice Wuchen Slash.
• Xie Yue admitted defeat, while Qian Daoliu praised Gu Wuchen and Bibi Dong wondered how many techniques he had mastered.
• Bibi Dong argued that Yan's dual earth and fire attributes could still defeat Gu Wuchen.

Gu Wuchen defeated Yan in a match, securing the captaincy despite Yan’s fire abilities. When Yan urged Hu Liena to fight next, she embarrassedly revealed that Gu Wuchen had already beaten her twice and fled.

• Hu Liena avoided discussing a possible match with Gu Wuchen, while Yan stepped forward to challenge him for the captaincy.
• Yan attacked with his Flame Lord Martial Soul, but Gu Wuchen dodged his magma rush and froze Yan’s lava armor with his ice blade.
• Yan used his granite armor and Hell Flames, but Gu Wuchen’s Sacred Ice Wuchen Slash froze the arena and left a sword at Yan’s neck.
• Yan admitted defeat, and Bibi Dong was left furious as Gu Wuchen had beaten two members of the Golden Generation in succession.
• Yan and Xie Yue urged Hu Liena to fight, so Gu Wuchen teased her until she admitted he had beaten her twice before.
• Hu Liena glared at Gu Wuchen and fled, leaving him to deny responsibility for her embarrassment.

After breaking through to Soul Elder, Gu Wuchen returned to the Far North to obtain his Third Soul Ring. He and the Snow Empress killed a ten-thousand-year Ice-Toothed Tiger, while the Ice Empress grew suspicious of their secret communication.

• Bibi Dong announced Gu Wuchen as captain of the Spirit Hall Academy Team, and he began secluded cultivation at the Elder Hall.
• Two months later, Gu Wuchen reached Soul Elder and flew back to the Far North on the Dustless Sword.
• The Snow Empress left the palace to meet Gu Wuchen, while the Ice Empress followed and questioned her about hiding something.
• A ten-thousand-year Ice-Toothed Tiger attacked Gu Wuchen, but the Snow Empress's sovereign presence made it submit.
• The Snow Empress wounded the Ice-Toothed Tiger, and Gu Wuchen killed it with the Dustless Sword to obtain its black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• The Ice Empress suspected that the Snow Empress and Gu Wuchen had been communicating through their souls and resolved to investigate.

Gu Wuchen absorbed a sixteen-thousand-year Soul Ring, gained four Soul Power levels, and tested his Third Soul Skill before the Snow Empress and Ice Empress accompanied him to Ice Arrival City. He received a mysterious summons to visit the Ice God Hall after reaching Soul King, then reunited with his mother at the Gu Clan residence.

• The Ice Empress questioned the Snow Empress about secretly staying in contact with Gu Wuchen, but their conversation was interrupted when he finished absorbing his Soul Ring.
• Gu Wuchen's Soul Power rose from level thirty to level thirty-four, and his Third Soul Skill struck with both sword power and a mental shock.
• The Snow Empress admired Gu Wuchen's Soul Skill, and the Ice Empress asked to visit his home; Gu Wuchen invited both women to come.
• A mysterious voice told Gu Wuchen to reach Soul King and then find it at the Ice God Hall.
• Gu Wuchen, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress traveled to Ice Arrival City, where Shen Suwei embraced her returning son and welcomed his companions to the Gu Clan residence.

Gu Linchuan asked Gu Wuchen to resolve a dispute with the Dai and Zhu families over their share of the Gu Clan’s new products, and Gu Wuchen agreed to negotiate in the Star Luo Empire. After dinner, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress took Gu Wuchen to his room, where the Ice Empress confronted the Snow Empress about entering his Sea of Consciousness and demanded the same access.

• The Ice Empress enjoyed the Gu family’s home and tea while Shen Suwei prepared dinner.
• Gu Linchuan returned, met the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and praised Gu Wuchen for reaching Soul Elder.
• Gu Linchuan explained that the Dai and Zhu families were protesting their allocation of new products and asked Gu Wuchen to negotiate.
• Gu Wuchen agreed to handle the dispute in the Star Luo Empire, and Shen Suwei served dinner to the guests.
• After the meal, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress led Gu Wuchen to his room, where the Ice Empress revealed she knew the Snow Empress had entered his Sea of Consciousness and asked to enter too.

Gu Wuchen prepared to travel to the Star Luo Empire with new Ice Lotus Body-Tempering Liquid samples, while Shen Suwei revealed her connections there and chose to accompany him. They arrived in Star Luo City, where the Gu Clan’s emblem secured them immediate passage through the gates.

• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress settled into Gu Wuchen’s Sea of Consciousness, argued over him, and asked him to bring pastries on his trip.
• Gu Linchuan gave Gu Wuchen samples of the Gu Clan’s newly developed Ice Lotus Body-Tempering Liquid and entrusted him with decisions about selling it in the Star Luo Empire.
• Shen Suwei said she would accompany Gu Wuchen to visit the Zhu Family’s matriarch and revealed that Bo Saixi was an old acquaintance whom Gu Wuchen should call Auntie.
• Gu Wuchen set off with Shen Suwei, packed pastries for the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and reached Star Luo City a few days later.
• The guards recognized the Gu Clan’s Ice Lotus emblem on their carriage and let Gu Wuchen and Shen Suwei pass through the city gates without questioning them.

Gu Wuchen confronted the Zhu and Dai families over their demands for larger quotas of the Gu Clan’s new product. After warning that the Gu Clan could withdraw from the Star Luo Empire, he left the family leaders wary and facing his rebuke.

• Li Mu welcomed Shen Suwei and Gu Wuchen to the Gu Clan’s Star Luo City branch and reported that the Dai and Zhu families had repeatedly pressured her for larger product quotas.
• Gu Wuchen ordered Li Mu to summon the Zhu Family matriarch and Dai Family head, then told Shen Suwei that he would handle the business negotiations.
• Dai Tianheng and Zhu Qingyan arrived expecting to meet Gu Linchuan and were surprised to find Gu Wuchen leading the meeting.
• Gu Wuchen presented the Ice Lotus Soul-Tempering Liquid, explained its grades, and warned that the Gu Clan could withdraw its business from the Star Luo Empire.
• Gu Wuchen criticized the families’ greed, and Zhu Liuyan stood and apologized to him.

Gu Wuchen met with the Dai and Zhu family heads over business before Dai Mubai and three others barged in. Dai Mubai challenged Gu Wuchen and accused him of pursuing his fiancée, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun rejected his claims.

• Gu Wuchen warned Zhu Qingyan about risking the families’ business, and Dai Tianheng apologized for the pressure their side had applied.
• Dai Weisi, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing forced their way into the courtyard and found Dai Tianheng and Zhu Qingyan bowing to Gu Wuchen.
• Dai Mubai criticized his father for bowing and demanded that the Dai Family receive more goods because it ruled the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai accused Gu Wuchen of seducing Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, but both sisters stepped forward to rebuke him.
• Zhu Zhuqing called Dai Mubai disgusting and confronted him over his drinking and carousing in Star Luo City.

Gu Wuchen confronted Dai Mubai after the young royal accused him of favoring the Zhu Family and pursuing his fiancée. Dai Mubai’s outburst exposed his own hypocrisy, and Zhu Zhuqing rebuked him as the argument continued.

• Zhu Qingyan admitted that Gu Wuchen far exceeded her expectations, while Shen Suwei prevented the adults from interrupting the dispute.
• Gu Wuchen warned Zhu Qingyan that the Gu Clan could stop doing business in the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Tianheng apologized for the families’ pressure over the trade agreement.
• Dai Weisi, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing barged into the courtyard and found Dai Tianheng and Zhu Qingyan bowing to Gu Wuchen.
• Dai Mubai accused Gu Wuchen of disrespecting the Dai Family and favoring the Heaven Dou Empire, then claimed Gu Wuchen had seduced both Zhu sisters.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun defended their right to admire Gu Wuchen, and Zhu Zhuqing berated Dai Mubai for indulging in wine and women.

After settling the Star Luo City business dispute, Gu Wuchen returned to Spirit Hall and devoted himself to cultivation for four years. Now a level forty-six Soul Ancestor, he accepted an invitation to a ball in Heaven Dou City while preparing to use Ah Yin to reach the Soul King realm.

• Gu Wuchen left Star Luo City with Shen Suwei, while Zhu Zhuqing watched him depart and wondered if she would see him again.
• Gu Wuchen returned to Spirit Hall and cultivated for four years, reaching level forty-six.
• Gu Wuchen discussed business with Bibi Dong and provoked her by mentioning that Qian Renxue had invited him to a ball.
• Gu Wuchen left for Heaven Dou City, intending to use Ah Yin as the key to breaking through to the Soul King realm.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress asked Gu Wuchen to let them dance at the ball, and he promised to treat them equally.

Gu Wuchen attended Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s annual assessment with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, where he reunited with Ning Fengzhi and met Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Rongrong. When Qian Renxue greeted him, Gu Wuchen deliberately ignored her, leaving her furious.

• Dugu Bo invited Gu Wuchen to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s annual assessment, and Dugu Yan eagerly encouraged him to come.
• Gu Wuchen arrived at the academy with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan and met Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Gu Wuchen to Yu Yuanzhen, who praised his cultivation, while Ning Rongrong shyly greeted Gu Wuchen.
• Qian Renxue approached the group and greeted everyone, but Gu Wuchen turned his back on her and left her hand hanging.
• Gu Wuchen finally turned around and pretended to be surprised to see His Highness the Crown Prince, making Qian Renxue furious.

Gu Wuchen attended the Heaven Dou Royal Academy sparring event, where his presence unsettled Qian Renxue and captivated Tang Yuehua. The first match began with Dugu Yan revealing her evolved Jade Phosphorous Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo credited Gu Wuchen for helping her achieve it.

• Gu Wuchen deflected Qian Renxue’s complaint about being ignored, then greeted Tang Yuehua, who lost her composure during their handshake.
• Xue Ye welcomed Gu Wuchen and reprimanded Xue Qinghe for failing to invite him to the event.
• Meng Shenji announced the rules and called Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to the sparring platform.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, then Dugu Yan revealed her evolved Jade Phosphorous Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen reacted with shock, while Dugu Bo credited Gu Wuchen with purifying Dugu Yan’s bloodline and enabling her Martial Soul’s evolution.

Gu Wuchen watched Dugu Yan defeat Yu Tianheng with her evolved Jade Phosphorous Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, establishing herself as the standout contender for team captain. After the matches, Qian Renxue demanded to know how the evolution happened, but Gu Wuchen tricked her and fled without revealing the grass that had caused it.

• Gu Wuchen explained that Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Snake had evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Dragon Emperor, astonishing the gathered guests.
• Dugu Yan defeated Yu Tianheng with her Dragon Sovereign's Furious Strike, and Meng Shenji declared her the winner.
• Dugu Yan emerged as the strongest participant in the assessment, prompting consideration of whether she should replace Yu Tianheng as captain.
• Qian Renxue stopped Gu Wuchen after the matches and asked how Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had evolved.
• Gu Wuchen made Qian Renxue say he was the most handsome man under heaven, then pretended to explain the method before escaping and revealing that a stalk of grass had caused the evolution.