Chapter Summaries

Liu Erlong agreed to help Gu Wuchen support her father’s bid to lead the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Gu Wuchen promised her a path toward greater cultivation. At the Heaven Dou Crown Prince’s residence, Qian Renxue began a campaign to ruin Yu Yuanzhen’s reputation and force him from power.

• Gu Wuchen told Liu Erlong to keep her composure if Yu Xiaogang approached and promised her an Immortal Herb and chances to reach Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo if she helped his plans.
• Ning Rongrong arrived too late to give Gu Wuchen a portrait she had spent two nights painting, then returned to Shrek Academy disappointed.
• At home, Gu Wuchen rested while Ah Yin and Bo Saixi cared for him, and he wondered about Qian Renxue’s progress and the challenges ahead.
• Qian Renxue received evidence of Yu Yuanzhen’s past abuses and ordered Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo to spread further scandals and recruit clan elders to replace him.
• Qian Renxue set a three-day deadline, hoping to remove Yu Yuanzhen and earn Gu Wuchen’s favor.

Qian Renxue’s campaign of exposing Yu Yuanzhen’s corruption plunged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into crisis, and Gu Wuchen brought her to witness the clan assembly. Yu Luomian challenged Yu Yuanzhen for leadership and revealed that he was no longer merely a Soul Douluo.

• Scandals about Yu Yuanzhen spread across the continent, prompting nobles and officials to turn against him and Tang Yuehua to bar the clan’s disciples from Moonlight Pavilion unless he stepped down.
• Qian Renxue told Gu Wuchen she had helped expose Yu Yuanzhen and isolate him, and he promised her a snow jade golden-thread dress as her reward.
• Gu Wuchen revealed that Yu Luomian had already broken through to Titled Douluo and said the clan’s interests would draw him into cooperation with the Gu Clan.
• Gu Wuchen, Qian Renxue, Bo Saixi, and Ah Yin concealed themselves on a rooftop overlooking the clan assembly.
• Yu Yuanzhen defended his leadership by invoking his Titled Douluo status, but Yu Luomian stood up and demanded the clan leader’s seat.
• When Yu Yuanzhen threatened him, Yu Luomian asked who had told him that he was still a Soul Douluo.

Yu Luomian revealed that he had become a Titled Douluo and possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then challenged Yu Yuanzhen for leadership of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After their fight ended in a stalemate, Yu Luomian won the elders and disciples to his side by promising cooperation with the Gu Clan, leaving Yu Yuanzhen’s position as sect master lost.

• Yu Luomian released Titled Douluo-level pressure and revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue realized Gu Wuchen had given Yu Luomian the powerful Soul Ring, while Gu Wuchen explained that the investment would secure the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Luomian challenged Yu Yuanzhen, and the two fought for over a hundred rounds before neither could defeat the other.
• Yu Luomian urged Yu Yuanzhen to stop before their battle destroyed the sect, then promised the elders and disciples extensive cooperation with the Gu Clan if he became sect master.
• The elders and disciples voiced support for Yu Luomian, and Yu Yuanzhen watched his supporters abandon him as his scepter fell to the ground.

Yu Yuanzhen was forced to abdicate as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan chose Yu Luomian as its new clan master, with Gu Wuchen’s machinations securing the transition. Qian Renxue learned that Gu Wuchen knew her secrets and warned her of an unidentified threat, while he planned his next moves against the other sects.

• Yu Luomian, the elders, and the clan disciples demanded Yu Yuanzhen abdicate, citing his scandals and the clan’s losses.
• Yu Yuanzhen relinquished the clan master’s seat and left after warning Yu Luomian that he would settle the score.
• Yu Luomian took the throne, and the clan members congratulated him as their new clan master.
• Gu Wuchen told Qian Renxue that he knew about her identity and struggles with the Heaven Dou Emperor, then challenged her to guess the threat to her plans.
• Gu Wuchen, Qian Renxue, Ah Yin, and Bo Saixi left the clan; Gu Wuchen planned to bring the Seven Treasure Sect and Lower Four Sects under control before confronting the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Renxue told Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo that Gu Wuchen had warned her of an unknown potential threat.

Qian Renxue visited Gu Wuchen to ask about the potential threat he had warned her of, arriving just as his powerful companions clashed in the courtyard. Gu Wuchen revealed that Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing threatened her plans, leaving Qian Renxue shaken by the possibility that Xue Beng had secretly hidden his ambition for years.

• Qian Renxue went to Gu Wuchen's residence with Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo to collect what he owed her and ask about the potential threat.
• The Ice Empress and Bo Saixi argued in Gu Wuchen's courtyard until he stopped them, and Qian Renxue and her companions were stunned by their formidable presence.
• Gu Wuchen identified Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing as hidden threats, explaining that Xue Beng had pretended to be a playboy to avoid the fate of his dead brothers.
• Qian Renxue reconsidered Xue Beng's behavior, while Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo agreed that his long concealment was suspicious.
• Gu Wuchen warned that Xue Beng was waiting for a powerful backer and a chance to strike, leaving Qian Renxue alarmed.

Qian Renxue left after thanking Gu Wuchen, while Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang over Yu Luomian taking control of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Tang Hao then offered Tang San a chance to strengthen his Martial Soul if he became a dark god’s God's Attendant.

• Qian Renxue thanked Gu Wuchen for his warning and hurried away with Pufferfish and Snake Lance Douluo.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that Yu Luomian had become sect master, and rejected his demand that she persuade her father to give the position back to Yu Yuanzhen.
• Liu Erlong reminded Yu Xiaogang that he had abandoned her and the clan, then sent him away and resolved to focus on her future as the clan’s heir.
• Tang Hao visited the shut-in Tang San and said a dark god could help evolve his Blue Silver Grass into Dark Blue Silver Grass if he became the god’s God's Attendant.

Tang San accepted the God of Evil Corruption’s offer and transformed his Blue Silver Grass into Dark Blue Silver Grass to gain power against Gu Wuchen. At the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s renaming celebration, Bibi Dong arrived intending to uncover the secret behind the pagoda’s evolution and came face-to-face with Gu Wuchen.

• Tang San agreed to become stronger by any means necessary, and Tang Hao secretly led him from Shrek Academy to meet the God of Evil Corruption.
• The God of Evil Corruption transformed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass into Dark Blue Silver Grass and made him his God's Attendant, promising to help evolve his Clear Sky Hammer as well.
• Gu Wuchen arrived at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s celebration with Bo Saixi, Ah Yin, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Gu Wuchen, while Ning Rongrong carried a portrait she planned to give him after the ceremony.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the celebration to investigate how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved, then approached Gu Wuchen.

At the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s renaming celebration, Gu Wuchen watched the ceremony and accepted a portrait from Ning Rongrong. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong asking Ning Fengzhi how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved, and Ning Fengzhi attributing it to an Immortal Herb.

• Bibi Dong and Bo Saixi attended the celebration, where Yu Luomian arrived with Liu Erlong as the new clan master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi announced the sect’s renaming, and Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to the guests.
• Ning Rongrong led Gu Wuchen to a secluded garden and gave him a portrait she had painted of him.
• Gu Wuchen praised the portrait, accepted it, and returned to the hall with Ning Rongrong.
• Bibi Dong asked Ning Fengzhi how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved, and he said the sect had found an Immortal Herb.

Gu Wuchen traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest to undertake the Ice God Third Trial. He fused the Ice Dragon King's and Fire Dragon King's souls with his own, defeated the Ancient Ice and Fire Two-Headed Flood Dragon, and passed the trial.

• After the ceremony, Yu Luomian and Liu Erlong thanked Gu Wuchen and left, while Ning Rongrong wished him a safe journey.
• Gu Wuchen told Bo Saixi and the others they were going to Sunset Forest for the Ice God Third Trial at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gu Wuchen jumped into the well and reached an underground altar where the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King appeared.
• Gu Wuchen used the Ice God Power to unite the two dragon souls with his soul and gained control of Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire.
• Gu Wuchen and the two Dragon Kings defeated the Ancient Ice and Fire Two-Headed Flood Dragon, and the Ice God declared the trial passed.

After passing the Ice God's Third Trial, Gu Wuchen reached level seventy and learned that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings could take physical form. The Ice Empress then began sacrificing herself to become his Seventh Soul Ring, confident that she would retain her soul as a Soul Spirit and join him in the Divine Realm.

• The Ice God's trial reward let the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings take physical form, and they pledged to help Gu Wuchen.
• Gu Wuchen returned to shore and told Ah Yin, the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and Bo Saixi that he had passed the Third Trial and reached level seventy Soul Saint.
• The Ice Empress offered to become Gu Wuchen's Seventh Soul Ring, provoking Bo Saixi by pretending that the sacrifice would destroy her soul.
• Gu Wuchen explained that the Ice Empress would remain as a Soul Spirit and could follow him to the Divine Realm, reassuring Bo Saixi and Ah Yin.
• The Ice Empress began her sacrifice as an illusory Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion appeared, then taunted Bo Saixi for claiming not to be afraid.

The Ice Empress sacrificed herself to Gu Wuchen, raising his Soul Power to level seventy-five and granting him a four-hundred-thousand-year torso bone. After fusing it and demonstrating its two powerful skills, Gu Wuchen prepared to travel with Bo Saixi and the others to Sea God Island for his next trial.

• The Ice Empress sacrificed her cultivation to Gu Wuchen, breaking his level-seventy bottleneck and raising him to level seventy-five.
• The Ice Empress left behind a four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Torso Bone, which Gu Wuchen fused into his body.
• Gu Wuchen tested the bone’s Eternal Frozen Domain and Ice Emperor's Wrath, displaying their powerful effects.
• The Ice Empress emerged from Gu Wuchen’s Sea of Consciousness in her Soul Spirit form, and Bo Saixi agreed that he could now face a Soul Douluo head-on.
• Gu Wuchen announced that he would go to Sea God Island to begin the Sea God’s trial, and Bo Saixi offered to lead the group there.

At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing fought Tang San and defeated him despite his corrupted Blue Silver Grass’s ability to drain Soul Power and vitality. Tang San surrendered, while Liu Erlong urged Zhu Zhuqing to prepare steadily to lead the academy toward the Soul Master Tournament finals.

• Tang San defeated Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with his Dark Blue Silver Grass, then challenged Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through Tang San’s defenses with her Netherworld skills and used her Eight Spider Lances to poison and wound him.
• Tang San admitted defeat and surrendered after Zhu Zhuqing’s Eight Spider Lances overwhelmed him.
• Flender praised Tang San but worried about the academy’s team and Xiao Wu’s absence.
• Liu Erlong encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to take her time and aim to lead the academy to the Soul Master Tournament finals.

Zhu Zhuqing resolved to pursue second place in the tournament and planned to discuss Tang San with Gu Wuchen later. Gu Wuchen brought his companions to Sea God Island, where he prepared to begin the Sea God Second Trial: crossing the Ring Sea without harming any Sea Soul Beasts.

• Zhu Zhuqing decided that reaching the finals and claiming the Zhu Family’s victory would be enough, while she postponed speaking to Gu Wuchen about Tang San.
• Ah Yin, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress played in the sea as Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi agreed to rest for two days before traveling to Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi summoned Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan, and Gu Wuchen introduced Xiao Bai to Ah Yin, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress.
• Xiao Bai carried Gu Wuchen’s group to Sea God Island, where the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians welcomed Bo Saixi back.
• Bo Saixi revealed that Gu Wuchen’s second trial required him to cross the Ring Sea guarded by Xiao Bai without harming any Sea Soul Beasts, and Gu Wuchen prepared to start.

Gu Wuchen passed the Second Trial by crossing the Ring Sea despite Xiao Bai’s attempts to stop him, and Bo Saixi told him to rest before the more difficult Third Trial. That night, she invited him to her chambers for a private conversation, where she poured him Sea Dew Wine.

• Gu Wuchen used his ice and fire powers to evade Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, then reached the opposite shore of the Ring Sea.
• The Sea God Pillar confirmed Gu Wuchen had passed the Second Trial and strengthened his affinity with the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi told Gu Wuchen the Third Trial would be Tidal Body Tempering and gave him three days to rest.
• Bo Saixi quietly invited Gu Wuchen to her chambers that night, while the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ah Yin went to catch crabs with Xiao Bai.
• Gu Wuchen visited Bo Saixi’s moonlit chambers, where she served him Sea Dew Wine and said she drank it privately to unwind.

Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi drank together as she confided her loneliness and fears, then shared a drunken kiss and fell asleep together. The next morning, Gu Wuchen fled after saying he knew nothing about the night, leaving Bo Saixi hurt by his words.

• Bo Saixi persuaded Gu Wuchen to drink sea dew wine and asked him not to use Soul Power to sober up.
• Bo Saixi told Gu Wuchen about the burden of guarding Sea God Island and her fears of becoming useless to him.
• Bo Saixi kissed the drunken Gu Wuchen, and they fell asleep together.
• Gu Wuchen woke with Bo Saixi resting on his chest, and they both remembered the kiss.
• Gu Wuchen hurried out, saying he knew nothing about the previous night, and Bo Saixi was left hurt and alone.

After the previous night left Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi awkward with each other, Bo Saixi caught him alone and confessed that she loved him. Gu Wuchen was stunned and could not answer, while Bo Saixi promised to remain at his side until he inherited the Sea God's position.

• Gu Wuchen tried to hide his embarrassment about the previous night from the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, then agreed to join them for a drink.
• Bo Saixi watched Gu Wuchen avoid her during the gathering and worried that what had happened had created a lasting rift between them.
• Bo Saixi stopped Gu Wuchen on his way back to his quarters and took him to the rocks by the sea to speak privately.
• Bo Saixi confessed that she had come to love Gu Wuchen and that he had given her a new reason to live.
• Gu Wuchen stood stunned and could not respond, so Bo Saixi told him she would not force an immediate answer and would stay beside him until he inherited the Sea God's position.

Gu Wuchen began the Sea God's Third Trial, enduring the deep-sea tides on a Sinking Silver Pillar in Raging Wave Despair. After months of training and surviving the first Deep Sea Raging Tide, he advanced his physical strength to the Soul Douluo level.

• Bo Saixi and Gu Wuchen agreed to take their relationship slowly after she confessed her feelings.
• Bo Saixi revealed that Gu Wuchen's Third Trial required him to endure the deep-sea tides for twelve shichen each day on a Sinking Silver Pillar.
• Gu Wuchen endured the ordinary tides for a month until they no longer made him sway, while the Ice Empress urged him to stop and the Snow Empress told her not to disturb him.
• Three months later, Gu Wuchen survived the first Deep Sea Raging Tide by holding onto the pillar and climbing back onto it after being thrown off.
• Gu Wuchen felt his physical strength reach the Soul Douluo level, and Bo Saixi helped heal his injuries.

Gu Wuchen completed the Sea God’s Tidal Body Tempering trial and returned to Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue told him that a beast tide had disrupted the Soul Master Tournament. The tournament had resumed, but the cause of the beast tide remained unknown.

• Gu Wuchen endured the ten-thousand-year tide, completed his third trial, and raised his Sea God Affinity to 25% while reaching Titled Douluo-level physical toughness.
• After resting for three days, Gu Wuchen left Sea God Island with the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and Ah Yin, while Bo Saixi stayed behind.
• Gu Wuchen returned to Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue visited and asked where he had been for eight months.
• Qian Renxue told Gu Wuchen that a beast tide from the Star Dou Great Forest had attacked nearby cities and forced the Soul Master Tournament to suspend play.
• Gu Wuchen questioned what had caused the beast tide, but Qian Renxue said the investigation had found no answers and that the tournament had resumed.

Gu Wuchen learned that Qian Renxue had moved against her rivals for the Heaven Dou throne and that Tang San’s Martial Soul had mutated into Dark Blue Silver Grass. Ah Yin reacted with alarm, while Tang Yuehua reported that Zhu Zhuqing had once temporarily countered Tang San in training.

• Qian Renxue complained that Gu Wuchen’s shops had refused to sell her their top-grade goods, and Gu Wuchen promised to give her priority and send her the latest products.
• Qian Renxue told Gu Wuchen that Shrek Academy had been dominating the Soul Master Tournament and that Tang San’s strength had risen rapidly.
• Tang Yuehua told Gu Wuchen that Prince Xue Xing had died suddenly and Xue Beng had been gravely wounded by assassins, leaving Xue Qinghe as the only imperial heir.
• Tang Yuehua revealed that Tang San’s Martial Soul had mutated into Dark Blue Silver Grass, prompting Ah Yin to question how Blue Silver Grass could become dark and devouring.
• Tang Yuehua said Zhu Zhuqing had once beaten Tang San in an internal training match and that her Eight Spider Lances could counter his Dark Blue Silver Grass, but Gu Wuchen dismissed the effect as temporary suppression.

Zhu Zhuqing warned Gu Wuchen that Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Grass had become sinister and was growing stronger, deepening Gu Wuchen’s suspicions. After Bo Saixi left, the Ice Empress and Snow Empress drugged Gu Wuchen so they could steal kisses while he slept.

• Tang Yuehua left, and Ah Yin worried about Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Grass as Gu Wuchen considered the secrets surrounding him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Gu Wuchen that Tang San’s grass could devour Soul Power, life force, and Soul Skills, and that his strength, healing, and appearance had changed.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress planned to drug Gu Wuchen with Ice Sleep Powder now that Bo Saixi had returned to Sea God Island.
• At dinner, the Snow Empress secretly put the powder in Gu Wuchen’s rice, and he quickly fell asleep.
• The Ice Empress carried Gu Wuchen to his bedroom while the Snow Empress stopped Ah Yin from following.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress argued over who would kiss Gu Wuchen first, and the Snow Empress leaned toward him.