Chapter Summaries

Gu Wuchen brought Bo Saixi to Heaven Dou City, where she eagerly explored the bustling streets and enjoyed the day with him. They returned to his residence, and Bo Saixi settled in for the night, already planning to make Chen'er breakfast the next morning.

• Gu Wuchen agreed to return to Heaven Dou City with Bo Saixi and Dugu Bo, while the Ice Empress and Fire Dragon King argued inside his Sea of Consciousness.
• Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi reached Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Bo left to visit Yanyan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Gu Wuchen showed Bo Saixi the city, bought her candied hawthorns, and accompanied her as they browsed shops and watched street performances.
• Gu Wuchen led Bo Saixi to his residence and showed her the guest room before they went to rest.
• Bo Saixi could not sleep, admired the moon, and decided she would get up early to make breakfast for Gu Wuchen.

The Sea God and Asura God discussed Gu Wuchen’s divine inheritances as the Snow Empress secretly kissed him in his sleep. After the Ice God’s first trial began, Gu Wuchen planned to travel to the Far North with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then set out with Bo Saixi to buy the Four Elements Academy.

• The Asura God learned that Gu Wuchen had inherited the Sea God and Ice God’s powers and considered offering him a third Godhood.
• The Snow Empress kissed Gu Wuchen while he slept, then fled back into his Sea of Consciousness when he stirred.
• The Ice Empress confronted the embarrassed Snow Empress, while the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King went to sleep.
• Bo Saixi brought breakfast to Gu Wuchen, and the Ice God’s first trial instructed him to form a Three-Extreme Ice Core with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress in the Far North within six months.
• Gu Wuchen told Bo Saixi about the trial, then said he wanted to buy the Four Elements Academy and set off with her.

Gu Wuchen went to Blue Tyrant Academy to acquire it for the Gu Clan, promising Liu Erlong continued authority over daily operations and access to the Clan’s resources. Liu Erlong accepted his offer, and Gu Wuchen presented a contract and pledged five million Gold Soul Coins for the academy.

• Gu Wuchen brought Bo Saixi to Blue Tyrant Academy before visiting the Four Elements Academy, intending to make the Gu Clan its controlling party.
• Liu Erlong met Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi in her courtyard, where Bo Saixi’s strength made Liu Erlong wary.
• Gu Wuchen demanded sole control of Blue Tyrant Academy and warned Liu Erlong that refusing could lead to its destruction.
• Gu Wuchen promised Liu Erlong would remain dean and manage the academy, while the Gu Clan would provide cultivation products at low prices and invest five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Liu Erlong agreed to the acquisition after reviewing Gu Wuchen’s terms and contract.

Gu Wuchen acquired Blue Tyrant Academy by persuading Liu Erlong to sign it over to the Gu Clan, and promised funding and protection. Just after he and Bo Saixi prepared to leave, Shrek Academy teachers arrived to apply for jobs, including Liu Erlong’s old acquaintance Yu Xiaogang.

• Gu Wuchen warned Liu Erlong that Blue Tyrant Academy could not withstand Spirit Hall alone and persuaded her to sign the acquisition contract.
• Gu Wuchen gave Liu Erlong a black-and-gold card containing five million Gold Soul Coins and told her to seek his approval for major changes.
• Liu Erlong learned that Gu Wuchen planned to acquire the Four Elements Academies as well and that Bo Saixi was the high priestess of Sea God Island.
• A teacher rushed into Liu Erlong’s office to report that two Soul Saints from Shrek Academy had arrived seeking teaching positions.
• Gu Wuchen recognized Yu Xiaogang among the approaching Shrek teachers and stayed to see what would happen as Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Zhao Wuji, and the others entered.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang brought Shrek Academy’s students to Blue Tyrant Academy and reunited with Liu Erlong, while Dai Mubai and Tang San were forced to apologize to Gu Wuchen. Gu Wuchen introduced Bo Saixi as his aunt, stunning the academy staff, and remained behind after the others left because Liu Erlong likely had more to discuss with him.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang recognized Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy, while Dai Mubai and Tang San confronted Gu Wuchen.
• Flender ordered Dai Mubai and Tang San to apologize to Gu Wuchen, and they bowed before returning to the group.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong greeted Gu Wuchen, who learned they had reached the Soul Ancestor and Soul Elder realms and revealed that he was a Soul Emperor.
• Gu Wuchen introduced Bo Saixi as the High Priest of Sea God Island and his aunt, shocking Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Zhao Wuji, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Liu Erlong arranged accommodations and discussed combining Shrek Academy with Blue Tyrant Academy, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong left with the others.
• After Bo Saixi suggested they leave, Gu Wuchen stayed because he expected Liu Erlong to have more to discuss.

Gu Wuchen explained Liu Erlong’s history with Yu Xiaogang and agreed to let Blue Tyrant Academy merge with Shrek Academy while warning Liu Erlong that he controlled the academy’s major decisions. He and Bo Saixi planned to take over Four Elements Academy next and then travel to the Far North for the Ice God’s First Trial.

• Gu Wuchen told Bo Saixi that Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender had once been the Golden Iron Triangle, and explained why Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had separated.
• Gu Wuchen predicted Liu Erlong would ask to merge Blue Tyrant Academy with Shrek Academy, and Liu Erlong soon returned to make the request.
• Gu Wuchen approved the merger but warned Liu Erlong that he could remove anyone who broke the rules and expected her to report major decisions to him.
• Gu Wuchen told Liu Erlong that the first cultivation supplies would arrive in three days, then left with Bo Saixi to prepare to take over Four Elements Academy.
• After Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi departed, Liu Erlong resolved to enforce the rules against Tang San and Dai Mubai for disrespecting Gu Wuchen.

Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi reached the Far North to begin the Ice God's First Trial, though Bo Saixi's taunts nearly provoked the Snow Empress into a fight. The trial began with Gu Wuchen, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress attempting to fuse their ultimate ice powers, while Bo Saixi waited outside and spoke with the Ice God.

• Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi traveled to the Far North, where Bo Saixi insulted the Snow Empress and Ice Empress in their absence.
• The Snow Empress confronted Bo Saixi when she and the Ice Empress appeared, but Gu Wuchen and the Ice Empress calmed her before a fight began.
• The Snow Empress led Gu Wuchen and the Ice Empress to the Ice God's Extreme Cold Trial Ground, where the Ice God announced the first trial: fuse their powers into a Three-Extreme Ice Core within six months.
• The Ice God sealed Bo Saixi outside the trial ground, and Gu Wuchen, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress began practicing their power fusion.
• Their first attempt failed, but the three then slowly attuned themselves to one another's Soul Power as Bo Saixi waited outside.
• The Ice God appeared to Bo Saixi, who explained that she had come because Gu Wuchen was also the Sea God's inheritor.

Gu Wuchen, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress completed the Ice God’s first trial early and received divine rewards. After they traveled to the Snow Empress and Ice Empress’s palace to rest, the two slipped into Gu Wuchen’s room while he slept.

• The Ice God spoke with Bo Saixi about Gu Wuchen’s ingenuity and Bo Saixi’s willingness to follow him wherever he went.
• Five months later, Gu Wuchen, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress completed the first Ice God trial and earned an excellent evaluation.
• Gu Wuchen’s first five Soul Rings grew stronger, he gained the divine skill Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Li, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress gained enough power to take physical form briefly.
• Gu Wuchen stopped Bo Saixi and the Snow Empress from arguing, then agreed that the group would rest in the Far North before returning to Heaven Dou City.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress led Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi to their ice palace, where Gu Wuchen fell asleep in a guest room.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress quietly entered Gu Wuchen’s room while he slept.

The Ice Empress and Snow Empress took turns kissing Gu Wuchen while he was under hypnosis, and the Ice Empress was flustered after noticing his physical reaction. The next morning, the Snow Empress brought Gu Wuchen spring water that she had prepared, while the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King discussed the night’s events from his Sea of Consciousness.

• The Ice Empress kissed Gu Wuchen first, then reluctantly gave the Snow Empress her turn.
• The Snow Empress kissed Gu Wuchen passionately as the Ice Empress watched and noticed his robe had formed a distinct curve.
• The Ice Empress blushed and struggled to stop thinking about what she had seen before following the Snow Empress away as her hypnosis neared its end.
• The next morning, the Snow Empress gave Gu Wuchen spring water, and he drank it to soothe his dry throat.
• In Gu Wuchen’s Sea of Consciousness, the Fire Dragon King praised the Snow Empress’s passionate kiss, and the Ice Dragon King approved of the empresses’ close bonds with Gu Wuchen.

Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi prepared to leave the Far North for Heaven Dou City while Bo Saixi and the Ice and Snow Empresses clashed over the previous night. After Gu Wuchen departed, the Snow Empress urged the Ice Empress to pursue him openly.

• Bo Saixi teased the Ice Empress about staying up late, and the Snow Empress defended her as their argument escalated.
• Gu Wuchen stepped between Bo Saixi and the Snow Empress before they could fight, then persuaded them to stop arguing because they had to return to Heaven Dou City.
• Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi said goodbye to the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress and left the Far North.
• After Gu Wuchen disappeared from view, the Ice Empress worried that he had discovered what happened the previous night.
• The Snow Empress encouraged the Ice Empress to stop sneaking around and pursue Gu Wuchen, and the Ice Empress eagerly agreed.

Gu Wuchen explained to Bo Saixi that he planned to unify the continent through the Gu Clan’s influence over academies, resources, and alliances rather than through war. In Skywater City, he learned that Dean Xia Qingyue had neither accepted nor rejected his acquisition offer, and he went to meet her.

• Bo Saixi questioned Gu Wuchen about acquiring the Four Elements Academy and his plans to unify the continent.
• Gu Wuchen described using academies and the Gu Clan’s resources to gradually bring the continent’s factions under its influence, while seeking coexistence with the Spirit Hall.
• Gu Wuchen asked Bo Saixi to hand Sea God Island over to the Gu Clan, but she refused.
• Gu Wuchen arrived at Skywater Academy, where Cang Yue reported that Dean Xia Qingyue was keeping the acquisition offer open without accepting it.
• Gu Wuchen told Cang Yue to lead him to meet Xia Qingyue.

Gu Wuchen negotiated the acquisition of Skywater Academy, offering Xia Qingyue funding, resources, and a chance to advance her cultivation. After Xia Qingyue signed the contract, Gu Wuchen summoned Shui Bing'er to discuss strengthening her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, and she challenged him to demonstrate his strength.

• Gu Wuchen entered Skywater Academy with Cang Yue and met Dean Xia Qingyue to discuss acquiring the academy.
• Gu Wuchen offered five million Gold Soul Coins, academy resources, and help for Xia Qingyue to reach Soul Douluo in exchange for control of Skywater Academy.
• Xia Qingyue signed the contract, making Skywater Academy a Gu Clan property, and Gu Wuchen gave her a card containing the funds.
• Xia Qingyue introduced Shui Bing'er as a gifted Ice Phoenix student, and Gu Wuchen recommended training in the Far North and discussed bringing the Shui Family under Gu Clan control.
• Shui Bing'er arrived and asked Gu Wuchen to show his strength, and he agreed to her challenge.

Gu Wuchen impressed Shui Bing'er with his overwhelming strength and went with her to propose that the Shui Family become a vassal of the Gu Clan. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang stormed out of Shrek Academy after Liu Erlong refused to add his theories to its curriculum, and the chapter ended with Shui Yuntao shocked by Gu Wuchen's offer.

• Gu Wuchen revealed four black and two red Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, leaving Shui Bing'er awestruck.
• Gu Wuchen asked Shui Bing'er to take him to the Shui Family, and she agreed after Xia Qingyue encouraged her.
• Liu Erlong refused Yu Xiaogang's request to implement his theories at Shrek Academy because Gu Wuchen had forbidden it.
• Yu Xiaogang argued with Liu Erlong, then threw down his lesson plans and left the academy while Flender questioned Liu Erlong about her behavior.
• Shui Bing'er brought Gu Wuchen, Bo Saixi, and Cang Yue to the Shui Family, where Gu Wuchen offered to make the family a vassal of the Gu Clan.
• Shui Yuntao rose in shock and dropped his teacup when he heard Gu Wuchen's proposal.

Gu Wuchen secured the Shui Family’s allegiance and brought the Four Great Elemental Academies under the Gu Clan’s banner. As he prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, the Sea God and Asura God summoned him and demanded that he pursue the Asura God’s inheritance.

• Gu Wuchen offered Shui Yuntao support and resources in exchange for the Shui Family’s allegiance, and Shui Yuntao accepted.
• Gu Wuchen left the Shui residence with Bo Saixi and spent the next half month bringing the Four Great Elemental Academies under the Gu Clan’s banner, reaching an understanding with Thunder Academy’s dean.
• Yu Xiaogang’s teaching reforms were rejected by Liu Erlong, so he continued giving Tang San private lessons.
• The Sea God and Asura God pulled Gu Wuchen’s consciousness into the Divine Realm and told him the Asura God wanted him as his successor.
• The Asura God told Gu Wuchen to go to Slaughter City and defeat the King of Slaughter to obtain the Asura Demon Sword.

Gu Wuchen learned that defeating Tang Chen and claiming the Asura Demon Sword would complete his Asura inheritance, then woke to find Bo Saixi and the Snow Empress quarrelling over him. He calmed them by explaining that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress had come from the Far North because they sensed something wrong with his soul.

• The Asura God told Gu Wuchen to defeat Tang Chen, explaining that the Nine-Headed Bat King had possessed him and that killing him would complete the Asura trial.
• The Sea God warned Gu Wuchen that the Asura Demon Sword’s accumulated killing intent could overwhelm him, and said the three Godhoods would fuse without conflict.
• Gu Wuchen agreed to deal with Tang Chen, and the Asura God and Sea God departed as Gu Wuchen returned to consciousness.
• The Snow Empress tried to check Gu Wuchen, but Bo Saixi stopped her, and the two argued over who had the right to look after him.
• The Ice Empress explained that she and the Snow Empress had left Gu Wuchen’s Sea of Consciousness after sensing his troubled soul, and Gu Wuchen told Bo Saixi they had come from the Far North.
• Gu Wuchen told Bo Saixi and the Snow Empress to stop arguing, and both fell silent.

Gu Wuchen explained that the Asura God wanted him to inherit his Godhood by going to Slaughter City and defeating the King of Slaughter, Tang Chen. His parents and companions agreed to support the dangerous journey after learning Tang Chen had been possessed by the Nine-Headed Bat King, and Gu Wuchen planned to leave after the Continent-Wide Soul Master Tournament.

• Gu Wuchen lectured Bo Saixi for acting impulsively, and she admitted she was wrong as Gu Linchuan and Shen Suwei arrived.
• Gu Wuchen explained the quarrel between Bo Saixi and the Snow Empress, then told everyone the Asura God had chosen him to inherit his Godhood.
• Gu Wuchen said he would travel to Slaughter City with Bo Saixi, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress to defeat the King of Slaughter and obtain the Asura Demon Sword.
• Gu Wuchen revealed that the King of Slaughter was Tang Chen, who had been possessed by the Nine-Headed Bat King and had fallen below demigod level.
• Gu Linchuan and Shen Suwei accepted Gu Wuchen's decision, and he promised to take them to the Divine Realm once his plans were complete.

Gu Wuchen told his parents he had taken control of the Four Elements Academy and planned to unite the continent through alliances and resources. At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tang San and blamed him and Yu Xiaogang for Xiao Wu’s departure, while Tang San vowed to challenge Gu Wuchen at the Soul Master Tournament.

• Gu Wuchen revealed that the Gu Clan controlled the Four Elements Academy and outlined his plan to bring Heaven Dou City’s smaller clans and factions under its influence.
• Gu Linchuan and Shen Suwei agreed to support Gu Wuchen’s ambitions and secure the Gu Clan’s home front.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tang San at Shrek Academy and rebuked him for opposing her and pressuring Xiao Wu until she left.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Tang San of treating Xiao Wu as a tool and Yu Xiaogang of manipulating him, then warned Tang San not to trouble her again.
• Yu Xiaogang comforted Tang San, who vowed to grow stronger and personally defeat Gu Wuchen at the Soul Master Tournament.

Ning Rongrong secretly drew Gu Wuchen and admitted to Zhu Zhuqing that she admired him. Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, tried to use the Gu Clan’s new products to get even with Gu Wuchen, but his parents left him in charge and he teased her about wanting a skirt.

• Ning Rongrong hid her drawing of Gu Wuchen when Zhu Zhuqing returned, then showed it to her and praised his character.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed that Gu Wuchen was stronger and better than Tang San, and remembered how he had helped her escape the Zhu Family’s control.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, visited Gu Wuchen and complained that the Gu Clan’s new products reached her late.
• Gu Wuchen promised to send her one of each new product, but Gu Linchuan explained that he and Shen Suwei had handed the clan’s affairs over to their son.
• After Gu Linchuan and Shen Suwei left, Qian Renxue realized her plan had failed, and Gu Wuchen teased her about wanting to wear a skirt.

Gu Wuchen struggled to master the sixth move of Dustless Sword Song, Slay Impurity with One Sword, while Bo Saixi and the Ice and Snow Empresses argued over who was closest to him. After ten days of repeated failures, he understood the move’s purpose and formed an immaculate sword blade that purified everything it struck.

• Qian Renxue left after demanding that Gu Wuchen send what he had promised, and Bo Saixi teased him about dressing as a woman.
• Bo Saixi, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress argued over their closeness to Gu Wuchen until he ordered them to stop and began cultivating.
• Gu Wuchen repeatedly tried and failed to fuse his pure intent with his Sword Intent, while the three women kept watch outside his room.
• After ten days, Gu Wuchen realized Slay Impurity with One Sword was meant to purify and protect rather than pursue killing power.
• Gu Wuchen formed an immaculate sword blade that erased a curse mark, a Soul Power connection, and wisps of death Qi.

After mastering Slay Impurity with One Sword, Gu Wuchen received Tang Yuehua, who asked him to help her break through her rank-nine Soul Power. He demanded that she betray the Clear Sky Sect in exchange, and she left to consider his offer for three days.

• Gu Wuchen emerged from seclusion after mastering Slay Impurity with One Sword, and the Snow Empress, Bo Saixi, and Ice Empress welcomed him.
• Tang Yuehua visited Gu Wuchen and said she wanted to break through her lifelong limit of rank-nine Soul Power.
• Gu Wuchen told Tang Yuehua that helping her would require her to betray the Clear Sky Sect and support the Gu Clan.
• Gu Wuchen offered to help Tang Yuehua become a Soul Master, reach Titled Douluo, and represent the Gu Clan in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang Yuehua asked for time to decide, and Gu Wuchen gave her three days before she left.