Recaps

After Tang San slaughtered Huo Yuhao’s allies and tried to force him into submission, a divine punishment reset the attributes of all beings to zero. Pinned in Qiankun Asking Love Valley, Huo Yuhao welcomed the chance to fight back against Tang San and the world.

• Tang San revealed that he had descended in an avatar to seize control of the Douluo Plane, and he offered to spare Huo Yuhao if he accepted a divine imprint.
• Huo Yuhao refused to submit and vowed to destroy the Tang Family rather than live as Tang San’s puppet.
• A universal voice announced that divine interference had triggered a reset of all beings’ attributes to zero.
• Tang San was forced to the ground as his divine power, consciousness, and physical strength were stripped away.
• Huo Yuhao was also pinned beneath the lake’s surface, but he laughed and vowed to slaughter his way through the world.

Huo Yuhao claimed the Asura Demon Sword after Tang San lost control of his avatar, while a golden sky screen appeared across the Douluo Plane and began showing a parallel world. The broadcast revealed an eighteen-year-old Huo Yuhao with Level 89 cultivation declaring that he would bring divine punishment upon the world.

• Huo Yuhao took the Asura Demon Sword after Tang San's avatar shattered.
• Zhou Yi intimidated the students of Freshman Class One, but a golden sky screen appeared over the Douluo Plane and announced a livestream from a parallel world.
• Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed the sky screen as Zhou Yi and Huo Yuhao wondered what their parallel-world selves were like.
• Xuan Zi attacked the sky screen, was struck by golden lightning, and was carried away by Yan Shaozhe after Mu En said he needed time to recover.
• The sky screen showed an eighteen-year-old Huo Yuhao with Level 89 cultivation and a Spiritual Soul Core, declaring that he would become the Child of the Plane and the end of the world.

The sky screen revealed that the parallel-world Huo Yuhao was an eighteen-year-old Child of the Plane, then showed his Soul Rings shattering and his cultivation, spiritual power, and physical strength falling to zero. With the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s body in one arm and the Asura Demon Sword in the other, he announced that the slaughter had begun.

• Du Busi and Jing Hongchen reacted to the claim that all attributes would be reset, while Meng Hongchen admired Huo Yuhao.
• The Star Dou Great Forest’s Ferocious Beasts saw the dead Three-Eyed Golden Lion in Huo Yuhao’s arms, and Di Tian recognized the significance of Huo Yuhao being called the Child of the Plane.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the present world sensed a connection between her fate and Huo Yuhao’s.
• At Shrek Academy, the freshmen and Wang Dong were shocked by the sky screen’s revelation, while Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about being the Child of the Plane.
• The sky screen showed Huo Yuhao’s eight Soul Rings shattering as his cultivation and other attributes fell to zero.
• Huo Yuhao took up the Asura Demon Sword and declared that the slaughter had begun.

Huo Yuhao, carrying the Asura Demon Sword and his lover’s corpse, attacked the Shrek Inspection Corps after divine punishment reduced everyone’s attributes to zero. He revealed that his Soul Bones and a trace of Soul Power still gave him an advantage, then killed three inspectors with the Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless, including Zhou Yi.

• Huo Yuhao appeared before the powerless Shrek inspectors with the masterless Asura Demon Sword, and they questioned how he had survived Tang San’s deathtrap.
• The inspectors decided to attack Huo Yuhao, believing their numbers and surviving Martial Souls would let them defeat him.
• Zhou Yi and Mu En watched the confrontation on the sky screen and wondered why Shrek’s Inspection Corps had targeted Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao used his Soul Bones, remaining Soul Power, and the Asura Demon Sword to overpower the inspectors despite the divine punishment.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Heavenly Snow Woman and unleashed Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless, freezing three inspectors before cutting off their heads; one was Zhou Yi.

In the White World, Huo Yuhao used the Asura Demon Sword and his Soul Bone abilities to slaughter the Shrek Inspection Corps, growing stronger as the sword’s Law of Slaughter intensified his killing intent. In the Black World, Zhou Yi recognized herself among his victims and was so frightened by the scene that she wet herself.

• In the Black World, Zhou Yi saw her dead face on the sky screen and realized that the parallel-world Huo Yuhao had killed her.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that killing Inspection Corps Soul Masters with the Asura Demon Sword increased his Soul Power, while its Law of Slaughter deepened his killing intent.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain, using blood-colored snowflakes to wound and freeze the powerless Inspection Corps members.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress suspected their parallel-world counterparts had died and discussed seeking answers from Beast God Di Tian.
• Huo Yuhao kicked Zhou Yi’s frozen head among the fleeing Inspection Corps members, then exploded it, killing more of them and leaving Zhou Yi in the Black World so frightened that she wet herself.

In the White World, Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes evolved into Eyes of Asura after he slaughtered the Shrek Inspection Corps, while observers in the Black World debated the significance of his Third Awakening. Shrek Academy decided to protect Huo Yuhao and place him in its Soul Tool Department, as Mu En began planning how to secure his loyalty.

• Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes became the Eyes of Asura, and he killed the last Shrek Inspection Corps member, a Sea God Pavilion Elder.
• Du Busi explained the Body Sect’s Second Awakening ranks and ordered his informants to investigate Huo Yuhao so the sect could recruit him.
• Xuan Zi demanded that Shrek capture and kill Huo Yuhao, but Mu En ordered him to recover and argued that the Huo Yuhao in the sky came from a parallel world.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to protect Huo Yuhao, and after Xian Lin'er proposed placing him in the Soul Tool Department, Mu En approved her plan.
• After Yan Shaozhe left, Mu En watched the sky and began forming a plan.

Yan Shaozhe brought Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department and questioned him about his parallel self’s Ultimate Ice, while the sky screen showed that Huo Yuhao slaughtered a Shrek Inspection Corps and reached rank eight before demanding that Xu Tianran meet him. The chapter left Xu Tianran stunned as Huo Yuhao ordered him to abdicate before he had even taken the throne.

• Yan Shaozhe found Zhou Yi disgraced in Freshman Class One and took Huo Yuhao toward the Soul Tool Department for questioning.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yuhao whether he possessed Twin Martial Souls, and Huo Yuhao pretended not to know while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reassured him.
• In the White World, Huo Yuhao reached rank eight after killing the Shrek Inspection Corps and vowed to resurrect his loved ones and take revenge on his enemies.
• Jing Hongchen watched the sky screen reveal a technologically advanced Mingdu and wondered how far its Soul Tool technology surpassed his own.
• The Soul Guidance Heavy Armor Legion barred Huo Yuhao from Mingdu, so he demanded that Xu Tianran come out to meet him.
• Xu Tianran saw his parallel self appear as emperor, then watched Huo Yuhao tell him to abdicate.

Huo Yuhao faced Xu Tianran’s forces outside Mingdu after divine punishment stripped every Soul Master of their cultivation, while battery-powered Soul Tools remained operational. As Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen watched the sky screen, they grasped the significance of Huo Yuhao’s technology and wondered how he would survive; Huo Yuhao’s taunt left the confrontation unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao faced over a thousand Imperial Guard Soul Engineers as purple mechs and Mingdu’s city defenses surrounded him.
• Xu Tianran explained that Soul Guidance Batteries let ordinary people operate Soul Tools despite the loss of Soul Power, and threatened Huo Yuhao with the city’s firepower.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen rushed toward Mingdu, where Kong Deming said they needed to save Xu Tianran rather than Huo Yuhao.
• In Illustrious Virtue Hall, Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen watched the sky screen and discussed the unfamiliar mechs and Soul Guidance Batteries.
• Kong Deming recognized the batteries as an epoch-making technology but believed Huo Yuhao could not withstand the forces arrayed against him.
• Huo Yuhao chuckled and told Xu Tianran he would be better off calling himself Xu Tianzhen.

Huo Yuhao exposed Xu Tianran’s schemes and used a spiritual wave to disable the empire’s Soul Tools, then seized the emperor and announced that he would take the throne and conquer the continent. In the parallel Black World, Shrek, the Northwest Army, and Xu Tianran reacted to his threats, with Xu ordering Ju Zi to investigate Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao revealed that Xu Tianran had colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult, stolen his research, and let Shrek’s Inspection Corps into Mingdu to eliminate him.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed a spiritual wave that dismantled the purple mechas, city-defense cannons, Royal Guard equipment, and Xu Tianran’s prosthetic legs.
• Huo Yuhao threatened the Royal Guards, who knelt as he seized Xu Tianran and dragged him toward the imperial palace.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he would take the Sun Moon throne, crush the Ming Dou Mountain Range, kill the White Tiger Duke, destroy Shrek Academy, and unify the world.
• Xuan Zi raged at Huo Yuhao’s threats while Mu En wondered how Huo Yuhao had disabled so many Soul Tools; Dai Hao’s advisers also condemned him, while Dai Hao watched thoughtfully.
• Xu Tianran reacted angrily to his parallel self’s humiliation and ordered Ju Zi to investigate Huo Yuhao across the continent.

Huo Yuhao dragged Xu Tianran through Mingdu, dismantling every Soul Tool in his path and declaring his intention to take revenge and claim the throne. He set a three-day deadline to purge the capital and hold his coronation, while the sky screen vanished before revealing what happened next.

• Huo Yuhao's arrival left Soul Tools across Mingdu in pieces, and Kong Deming told Jing Hongchen that the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool civilization depended on Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Tianran begged Kong Deming to save him, but Kong Deming turned to Huo Yuhao and asked whether things had to go this far.
• Huo Yuhao told Kong Deming he needed revenge and showed him the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whom he called Qing'er and said Shrek Academy had killed.
• Jing Hongchen pledged Illustrious Virtue Hall's support for Huo Yuhao's revenge and claim to the throne.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Kong Deming's plea to spare lives, vowed to kill everyone in Mingdu who opposed him within three days, and announced his coronation.
• The sky screen disappeared, leaving the Black World's inhabitants wondering what happened to Xu Tianran and what would follow.

After the sky screen vanished, people across the Black World wondered whether Huo Yuhao would ascend the throne, while powerful factions began reacting to his parallel-world counterpart. At Shrek Academy, the young Huo Yuhao passed an interview with the help of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and became a core disciple of both departments after complaining about the dormitory toilets.

• The Body Sect complained that the sky screen had disappeared before they learned whether Huo Yuhao would ascend the throne.
• At the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian predicted bloodshed when the screen reopened, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched and repeated Huo Yuhao's name.
• Kong Deming ordered Jing Hongchen to investigate Huo Yuhao and secure him before the imperial family could find him.
• At Shrek Academy, Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe questioned Huo Yuhao, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm blocked the Soul Tool Department representative's lie detection.
• Huo Yuhao said he was happy at Shrek but complained about the crowded dormitory toilets, prompting Yan Shaozhe to promise renovations and core disciple benefits.
• Xian Lin'er also granted Huo Yuhao core disciple benefits in the Soul Tool Department, leaving him surprised to belong to both departments.

Huo Yuhao entered the Evil Demon Forest and found the Holy Spirit Cult using its secret art to raise a captive Evil Eye Tyrant for its Soul Ring. He confronted the cult in its underground headquarters, declaring that it had become too weak to survive.

• Huo Yuhao walked into the Evil Demon Forest, where his killing intent drove the resentful souls away.
• The Holy Spirit Cult used flesh, resentful souls, and a bone array to raise its members' cultivation and prepare a captive Soul Beast for a Soul Ring.
• Zhongli Wu explained that the cult had captured the Evil Eye Tyrant and intended to slaughter it after raising its cultivation to four hundred years.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant accused Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult of breaking their agreement with his clan.
• Huo Yuhao entered the great hall amid blood-colored snowflakes and told the Holy Spirit Cult that it no longer needed to exist.

Huo Yuhao rejected Ye Xishui’s offer and attacked the Holy Spirit Cult, while Tang San awoke powerless in the village where he had begun his life. Recognizing that every being had been reset to mortal strength, Tang San resolved to use his memories and skills to rise to godhood again and rule the Divine Realm.

• Ye Xishui offered Huo Yuhao the Holy Spirit Cult’s support in ruling the Sun Moon Empire, but he declared he would kill the cult members and take their Soul Beast and secret arts.
• Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui attacked Huo Yuhao, who unleashed the Asura Demon Sword’s slaughtering aura and vowed to wipe out the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Tang San awoke injured in a thatched hut after the divine punishment stripped the gods of their power and scattered them across the Douluo Plane.
• An old villager told Tang San he was in God Soul Village, formerly Holy Soul Village, named after the deity Tang San had become ten thousand years earlier.
• Tang San realized his Martial Souls, memories, and Tang Sect Secret Arts remained, and resolved to cultivate again and become the Divine Realm’s sole ruler.

The Heavenly Screen showed Huo Yuhao invading the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters and killing Evil Soul Masters, alarming both Shrek Academy and the cult. Ye Xishui ordered an investigation into Huo Yuhao, while Xuan Zi planned to recruit the Huo Yuhao of their world before he and Yan Shaozhe reacted in shock to the next image.

• Wang Yan led Freshman Class One to the plaza to watch the Heavenly Screen after Zhou Yi was removed from teaching.
• The Heavenly Screen showed Huo Yuhao beheading Nightmare Douluo and confronting the Evil Soul Masters at the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters.
• Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu recognized that the cult’s formation was nourishing the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator’s child, and Ye Xishui ordered a search for Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi said their world’s Huo Yuhao could join the Inspection Corps and fight Evil Soul Masters, then he and Yan Shaozhe reacted with shock to the next image.

In the White World, Huo Yuhao used Necromancy to raise slain Evil Soul Masters as walking corpses against the Holy Spirit Cult. In the Black World, Electrolux awakened in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, while Mu En argued that Shrek should treat Huo Yuhao with warmth rather than push him toward becoming an Evil Soul Master; the chapter ended as Huo Yuhao ordered an explosion.

• Huo Yuhao rejected Ye Xishui’s offer to join the Holy Spirit Cult and used a Necromancy spell to animate the Evil Soul Masters he had killed.
• Electrolux appeared in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, identified himself as the Holy Necromancer, and explained that he had been drawn into this world and merged with Huo Yuhao.
• Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao that Shrek Academy might mistake Necromancy for Evil Soul Master power, and Xuan Zi demanded that Shrek investigate Huo Yuhao.
• Mu En rejected Xuan Zi’s demand, arguing that Shrek should give Huo Yuhao warm memories instead of treating him as a threat.
• Huo Yuhao’s walking corpses disrupted the Holy Spirit Cult’s formation before the Evil Soul Masters destroyed them.
• Huo Yuhao retreated from the Holy Spirit Cult leaders and ordered the corpses to explode.

Huo Yuhao used the Ice Explosion Technique to devastate the Holy Spirit Cult, then revealed Battle Armor when Zhongli Wu attacked him. In the Black World, Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming recognized the armor’s potential as a humanoid Soul Tool.

• Huo Yuhao triggered the Ice Explosion Technique in the scattered walking-corpse fragments, killing most of the Evil Soul Masters nearby and wounding Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu.
• Ye Xishui lamented the Holy Spirit Cult’s impending destruction and revealed that Huo Yuhao’s influence over the Sun Moon Empire had rendered the cult’s Soul Tools useless.
• Long Xiaoyao refused to help Ye Xishui and challenged Huo Yuhao to a final battle, while Huo Yuhao condemned both him and Ye Xishui.
• Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Feng Ling attacked Huo Yuhao, and Zhongli Wu struck at his back with his black sickle.
• Huo Yuhao’s Battle Armor appeared and stopped Zhongli Wu’s attack; Huo Yuhao explained that he alone in the Illustrious Virtue Hall possessed Spirit Forging-level Battle Armor.
• In the Black World, Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming saw the Battle Armor on the Heavenly Screen and recognized its potential as a humanoid Soul Tool.

Huo Yuhao destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders and raised its dead as undead, then confronted the trapped Evil Eye Tyrant. He revealed a blood-red scepter and asked the creature to become his Soul Spirit.

• Kong Deming grew more determined to take Huo Yuhao as his disciple after hearing about Battle Armor.
• Huo Yuhao killed Feng Ling and wounded Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, while Zhongli Wu summoned the Bone Dragon King and fled with it.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Ye Xishui’s plea, killed her and Long Xiaoyao, and raised the slain Holy Spirit Cult members as walking corpses.
• Huo Yuhao sat on the throne and declared that he would defy fate to bring someone back from death.
• Huo Yuhao approached the trapped Evil Eye Tyrant and asked if it would become his Soul Spirit.

At the Holy Spirit Cult, Huo Yuhao persuaded the dying Evil Eye Tyrant to become his Soul Spirit, promising to avenge it against the Cult. The contract transformed the Tyrant into a sphere that entered Huo Yuhao, granting him a thousand-year First Soul Ring.

• At Shrek Academy, Mu En and the other Sea God Pavilion elders debated whether a Soul Spirit could replace Soul Rings, while Xuan Zi dismissed the idea as heresy.
• Du Busi, Jing Hongchen, and Kong Deming watched the Heavenly Screen and wondered what a Soul Spirit was.
• Huo Yuhao told the Evil Eye Tyrant that a Soul Spirit Contract would destroy its body but preserve its consciousness, memories, and chance to ascend with him.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant agreed to the contract on the condition that Huo Yuhao kill Zhongli Wu and every remaining Holy Spirit Cult member, and Huo Yuhao accepted.
• Huo Yuhao extracted Ye Xishui's memories of the Holy Spirit Cult's secret techniques and broke the formation draining the Evil Eye Tyrant's life force.
• Huo Yuhao performed the contract ritual, turned the Evil Eye Tyrant into a silver-gray sphere that entered his Spirit Eyes, and gained a deep purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his First Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao gained the Evil Eye Tyrant as a Soul Spirit and learned that Electrolux could help him form Soul Spirit Contracts. After the Heavenly Screen revealed the method, Di Tian ordered the Soul Beasts to find Huo Yuhao, while Zhongli Wu declared him the Holy Spirit Cult’s chosen Holy Son and ordered his capture alive.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Spiritual Destruction as his first Soul Skill and said he would take the Holy Spirit Cult’s wealth.
• Electrolux explained how the Soul Spirit Contract combined Contract Magic with the Soul Ring system and promised to help Huo Yuhao contract a Soul Beast.
• At the Lake of Life, Bi Ji realized the Evil Eye Tyrant’s Soul Skill retained the power of its hundred-thousand-year origin and suggested Soul Spirits could reduce Soul Beast deaths.
• Di Tian agreed the method could end the need for humans to hunt Soul Beasts, then ordered the fierce beasts to find Huo Yuhao and learn his identity.
• Zhongli Wu proclaimed Huo Yuhao the Holy Spirit Cult’s chosen Holy Son and ordered the cult’s informants to find him and bring him back alive.

Huo Yuhao explored the Holy Spirit Cult’s hidden treasure chambers and discovered that its Holy Emperor statue depicted Tang San. As he traced the cult’s origins to the survivors of Slaughter City, the revelation sparked a bitter dispute in Shrek Academy over Tang San’s connection to the Evil Soul Masters.

• Huo Yuhao broke into the Holy Spirit Cult’s hidden chambers and found stores of gold, rare metals, herbs, and medicinal pills.
• Huo Yuhao discovered a statue of the Holy Emperor and recognized its face as familiar.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er said the statue resembled Tang San, while Xuan Zi angrily rejected the comparison.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant explained that the Holy Spirit Cult descended from people who escaped Slaughter City after Tang San destroyed it.
• Huo Yuhao identified Tang San as the Holy Emperor and argued that Tang San’s power and history linked him to evil and darkness.
• Mu En said the cult’s worship of the Holy Emperor meant Tang San’s connection to it could not be dismissed, leaving Xuan Zi aggrieved.

After the Heavenly Screen linked Tang San to the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Emperor, both the cult and the Sun Moon Empire mocked Shrek Academy. At Shrek, Mu En questioned Huo Yuhao about Soul Spirits, and Huo Yuhao offered to attempt a contract in exchange for the academy’s support.

• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming discussed how the revelation about Tang San damaged Shrek Academy’s claim to righteousness.
• Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu celebrated the connection between Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult, and Ye Xishui said she wanted Huo Yuhao even more.
• The Heavenly Screen faded as Huo Yuhao left the stone chamber, prompting people across the continent to complain about waiting for its next appearance.
• Mu En summoned Huo Yuhao to the Sea God Pavilion and asked what he knew about Soul Spirits.
• On Electrolux’s advice, Huo Yuhao claimed that a white-bearded old man had taught him magic and that he might understand part of the Soul Spirit contract.
• Mu En offered Shrek Academy’s Soul Beasts, materials, and support if Huo Yuhao tried forming a Soul Spirit contract, then sent him with Xian Lin'er.

Huo Yuhao successfully formed a Soul Spirit Contract between Lin Yuan and a seven-hundred-year-old Lightning-Patterned Leopard, prompting Shrek Academy to commit its resources to his training and keep Soul Spirits secret. Two days later in Mingdu, the newly appointed emperor Huo Yuhao prepared to ascend the throne before a vast crowd.

• Huo Yuhao used Lin Yuan’s cheetah Martial Soul to soothe the Lightning-Patterned Leopard and complete their Soul Spirit Contract, though the effort left him exhausted.
• Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er that his current spiritual power limited him to contracting with Soul Beasts around seven hundred years old.
• Xian Lin'er reported the successful contract to Mu En, who ordered Shrek Academy to give Huo Yuhao its highest training priority and keep Soul Spirits secret.
• Two days later in Mingdu, a vast crowd gathered as the newly appointed emperor Huo Yuhao stood atop the God Ascension Platform to ascend the throne.

As Huo Yuhao ascended the throne in Mingdu, King Zisheng Xu Qian arrived with an army and challenged his claim to the Sun Moon Empire. Huo Yuhao revealed hidden traps in the army’s mechas and weapons, leaving Xu Qian’s forces in chaos as he prepared to demonstrate his own Soul Tools.

• Huo Yuhao began his enthronement ceremony on the God Ascension Platform as the people hailed him and their faith gathered around him.
• Xu Qian arrived with a vast army, accused Huo Yuhao of usurping the Xu family’s empire, and claimed he had replaced the Core Arrays in his weapons.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had hidden safeguards beyond the Core Arrays and made the City Defense Soul Guidance Array Formation aim at Xu Qian’s forces.
• Huo Yuhao triggered the hidden mechanisms in Xu Qian’s mechas, causing them to tear open and explode.
• Huo Yuhao set off the army’s Fixed Soul Cannon Shells and other equipment, devastating its supplies and throwing the forces into chaos.
• Huo Yuhao pointed the Asura Demon Sword toward Xu Qian’s army and announced that he would show them a real Soul Tool.

Huo Yuhao unleashed his AI-controlled black mechas to crush Xu Qian’s rebellion and proclaimed the Sun Moon Empire with himself as emperor. The rebels surrendered, Xu Qian was executed, and the people’s faith flowed into Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao revealed more than a dozen pilotless black mechas controlled by artificial intelligence and ordered them to attack Xu Qian’s forces.
• The mechas adapted to the soldiers’ tactics and slaughtered the rebels, while imperial family members and nobles begged Huo Yuhao for mercy.
• Huo Yuhao rejected the nobles’ pleas and offered the soldiers a quarter of an hour to surrender or face death.
• Huo Yuhao told Xu Qian that the empire no longer needed him, then killed him with the Asura Demon Sword.
• Huo Yuhao proclaimed the Sun Moon Empire and its capital Mingdu, and the people hailed him as emperor as their Power of Faith surged into his body.

Reactions to Huo Yuhao’s autonomous Soul Tools and ruthless battlefield victory spread across the Black World, while Shrek Academy questioned how Divine Punishment affected its revered ancestors. The Heavenly Screen then revealed Sea God Tang San draining a Soul Beast’s life force with Blue Silver Grass, suggesting he had abilities like an Evil Soul Master.

• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming marveled at Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tools, which could think and fight independently.
• Du Busi decided the Body Sect should find Huo Yuhao and side with him, while Zhongli Wu declared him a Holy Spirit Cult member and doubled the bounty on him.
• Di Tian saw Huo Yuhao’s gathering faith as a possible path to godhood and hoped he would help the Soul Beast Clan return to the Divine Realm.
• At Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi condemned Huo Yuhao, Mu En praised his methods, and Yan Shaozhe questioned whether Divine Punishment had reduced Tang San and the original Shrek Seven Devils to ordinary people.
• The Heavenly Screen showed Tang San using Blue Silver Grass to drain a bovine Soul Beast’s life force, then revealed his identity as Shrek Academy’s revered Sea God.