Gui Mei

Appearance

Gui Mei is dressed in black and his face is always covered by a mask which covers his disfigurement. The plates on his shoulders show words.

Personality

He is a ruthless person with tough bearing.

History

He had once died in his childhood, but by chance, his soul was able to reattach to his body, thereby awakening his spirit, producing his unusual martial soul to awaken to be a Ghost. In some sense, his soul was his spirit, and he himself was a living dead.^[2]

Gui Mei spent most of his time with the Chrysanthemum Douluo, spanning over 60 years. Their feelings were quite deep, surpassing blood brothers. ^[3]

Gui Mei has been a long time follower of Spirit Hall and one of its highest ranked members. He takes parts in the battle against Tang Hao which nearly costs him his life.

Plot

Gui Mei's Past (Extra Chapter 10)

Gui Mei's life was marked by suffering and neglect. His mother constantly berated him, calling him weak and useless, while the villagers ignored him, and the other children mocked and mistreated him. One day, taunted by a peer who called him a coward, Gui Mei was dared to jump into the deep lake near their village. Desperate to prove himself, he complied and jumped, slowly drowning in the cold depths.

As he sank, Gui Mei encountered a demon in the lake, initially intent on devouring him. However, the demon sensed that the spirit others deemed useless was actually the Ghost Fire, a rare spirit originating from demonic power. Instead of consuming him, the demon proposed a deal: he would grant Gui Mei immense power if he agreed to kill everyone in the village. Though initially hesitant, the memories of his tormented past led Gui Mei to accept.

The demon fused with Gui Mei, mutating his Combat Spirit and imbuing him with extraordinary power. Consumed by newfound strength and vengeance, he unleashed a devastating inferno upon the village, watching as it was engulfed in flames. As the villagers suffered, Gui Mei's personality seemed to transform. He asserted dominance over the demon, declaring it merely a tool for his ascent to power.

Gazing into the lake one final time, Gui Mei saw the reflection of his former self. The image accused him of murder. Tears streamed down his face as he acknowledged the truth: by embracing the demon's power and exacting his revenge, he had killed the boy he once was. “Yes,” he whispered, “I killed myself.”

Attack in route to Spirit City

He appears at the battlefield which is attacking the Spirit Master envoy in route to Spirit City. Following Dugu Bo's appearance, he also appears in order to restrain him and carry out their mission of killing Tang San. However they are forced to retreat following the appearance of Chen Xin.

Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament

Prior to the finals against Shrek Academy, Gui Mei threatens the Spirit Hall Academy team that if they lose against the Shrek Seven Devils he will punish them by throwing them into the Disorienting Grand Canyon for three years.

He also suggests to Bibi Dong to kill off Yu Xiaogang to which Bibi Dong forbids.

At the finals of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, when the Yearning Heartbroken Red, slips out of Xiao Wu revealing her true aura, she is immediately seen through and upon Bibi Dong's orders Gui Mei attacks her to capture her alive, but is deterred by the appearance of Tang Hao.

Star Dou Forest

Gui Mei is ordered by Bibi Dong to lead a squad of twenty spirit masters, Hu Liena, Xie Yue and Yan to capture Xiao Wu in Star Dou Forest and bring her back for Bibi Dong to kill. Gui Mei along with Yue Guan leads the team. When they meet with Tang San, believing his rouse that Tang San being a renegade Clear Sky Clan member, he makes him stay with them in order to rope him into Spirit Hall.

On seeing Xiao Wu standing on Er Ming's shoulders, he is immediately alert and orders the team to get into formation. He attacks Er Ming, however is repeatedly knocked away. On seeing Da Ming appear from the lake he immediately forms a spirit fusion with Yue Guan that entraps the two great spirit beasts, while ordering the rest of the group to go and capture Xiao Wu. After the spirit fusion is forcefully broken apart by Da Ming and Er Ming, he along with the remaining experts from Spirit Hall escapes while Da Ming and Er Ming grieve Xiao Wu's death with Tang San.

Star Dou Forest Tang San and Bibi Dong's First Fight (Novel)

Ghost Douluo’s body was madly purified by the Sea God’s Light, turning into a wisp of black smoke rising into the air, a black spirit bone falling from his body. The spirit bone is eventually absorbed by Zhu Zhuqing.

Star Dou Forest hunt for Da Ming and Er Ming (Donghua only)

In the Donghua, he and a few other Spirit Empire spirit Masters serving under him discover the presence of Qin Ming who was hunting soul beasts for their soul rings together with students from Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. All the spirit Masters are killed by Qin Ming but despite putting up a hard fight, he is eventually killed by Gui Mei but not before he used his 8th soul skill to leave a mark on Gui Mei. He then remarks that all potential threats in the Star Dou Forest were eliminated and joins Yue Guan, Spirit Kite Douluo, Tuoba Xi, Ci Xue, She Long and Bibi Dong to hunt Er Ming and Da Ming for their rings.

Tang San eventually discovers the mark left by Qin Ming and learns of what happened, vowing to avenge him. Tang San uses his Blue Silver domain to locate the Titled Douluos from Spirit Hall. Just when Gui Mei and Yue Guan were about to perform their spirit fusion to slow down Er Ming and Da Ming, Tang San interrupts the spirit fusion and impales and his body using the Sea God Trident, purifying his body and disintegrating it into light particles. Tang San steals the black spirit bone that fell from his body. Tang San used the spirit bone to show the elders of Clear Sky Clan that he accomplished one of the 3 tasks assigned by second elder, which was to kill one Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall. The spirit bone is eventually absorbed by Zhu Zhuqing.

Final Battle of the two Gods at Jialing Pass (Donghua only)

Gui Mei along with Yue Guan as well as those killed in previous battles are brought back to life as zombies by Bibi Dong using an ancient circular formation, which was a method to becoming the Rakshasa God. Their abilities were amplified and were able to match Qian Jun and Jiang Long. He is tasked with wreaking havoc and killing as much as possible as more deaths would accelerate Bibi Dong's rate of transforming into a God. He is once again killed for good when Dugu Bo sacrifices himself to use Medusa's Despair to turn the zombies to stone, slowing down the pace at which Bibi Dong was becoming the Rakshasa God.

Etymology

His full name Gui Mei literally means "ghost, ghosts and goblins, forces of evil" (鬼魅) altogether.

• Gui means "ghost, spirit, apparition, sinister plot, deuce, dirty trick, terrible, damnable, sly, smart, ulterior, quick, stealthy, surreptitious" (鬼).
• Mei means "charm, enchantment, magic, snark, monster, sorcery, theurgy" (魅).

Trivia

• His name and his spirit are both the same as Gui Mei translates to Ghost Demon.
• He had once died in his childhood, but by chance, his soul was able to reattach to his body, thereby awakening his spirit, producing an extremely unusual spirit, the Ghost . In some sense, his soul is his spirit, and he himself is a living dead. ^{Light Novel Chapter 260}
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan have an unusually close relationship. Along with a rare fusion ability, the two spent nearly 60 years together, their feelings surpassing blood brothers, and they were shown to share a tent together during Spirit Hall's hunt for Xiao Wu.
• In manhua, he was killed by Dugu Bo and Tang San when he made an attempt to kill Tang San and the rest of the residents when Spirit Hall went to Sea God Island to steal a certain treasure.

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