Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao brought Ah Yin and Xiao Wu to Spirit Hall’s Holy Church in Heaven Dou City, then joined Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and Yu Tianheng at a courtyard gathering. He introduced the two women as disobedient maids after Xue Qinghe wondered about the Green-Clad Girl who had previously accompanied him.

• Huo Yuhao kept Ah Yin and Xiao Wu within a hundred meters of him and used his Simulation Soul Skill to conceal them while considering the danger of Spirit Hall or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect finding them.
• An attendant at Spirit Hall’s Holy Church gave Huo Yuhao Dugu Bo’s address and told him that Xue Qinghe and the others were waiting there.
• Dugu Bo told Xue Qinghe and Yu Tianheng a misleading story about meeting Huo Yuhao in Sunset Forest and described Huo Yuhao’s thousand-year Second Soul Ring as the result of unusual luck.
• Xue Qinghe cautioned that Huo Yuhao’s soul-ring feat was not something ordinary Soul Masters should imitate, and Yu Tianheng grew more determined to improve.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Dugu Bo’s courtyard with Ah Yin and Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo welcomed him warmly.
• Huo Yuhao called the two women disobedient maids, prompting Xue Qinghe to wonder where the Green-Clad Girl who had accompanied him earlier had gone.

Huo Yuhao shared wine with Dugu Bo and gave him three valuable gifts before leaving with Xue Qinghe and the others. After the guests departed, Dugu Bo revealed his clear assessment of Huo Yuhao, Xue Qinghe, and Yu Tianheng to Dugu Yan, urging her to befriend the first two and avoid offending them.

• Huo Yuhao, Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and Yu Tianheng drank together, and the gathering grew more harmonious despite Dugu Yan's frustration at her grandfather's closeness with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao gave Dugu Bo a brocade box containing three valuable items, including a Mystic Water Pill, then left with Xue Qinghe and the others after agreeing to meet Yu Tianheng in the arena.
• After Dugu Yan returned, Dugu Bo revealed that he had not truly been drunk and asked her to inspect Huo Yuhao's gifts.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Huo Yuhao had great potential, Xue Qinghe was a formidable political prospect, and Yu Tianheng's inheritance remained uncertain.
• Dugu Bo urged Dugu Yan to befriend Huo Yuhao and Xue Qinghe and never offend them.

Huo Yuhao left Heaven Dou City and visited Qiu'er in the Star Dou Great Forest before flying to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to see Zi Ling. After giving her more Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, he noticed her concern that he seemed different, while Bibi Dong prepared to return to Spirit City after hearing he had appeared in Heaven Dou City.

• Xue Qinghe boarded the carriage after Huo Yuhao teased her, and Snake Lance Douluo reported that he had lost Huo Yuhao's trail.
• A shadow guard told Bibi Dong that Huo Yuhao had been seen in Heaven Dou City with Xue Qinghe, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan, so she decided to return to Spirit City.
• Huo Yuhao watched Qiu'er chase butterflies in the Star Dou Great Forest, avoided disturbing her, and left after sensing the Ferocious Beasts were asleep.
• Huo Yuhao flew to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Zi Ling showed him the well-tended herbs and said her Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow was nearly gone.
• Huo Yuhao gave Zi Ling more Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and learned that she thought he seemed strange since returning.

Huo Yuhao returned to Spirit City and met Bibi Dong at Pope Hall after completing his trial in Slaughter City. Bibi Dong welcomed him back, asked about his new strength, and invited him to consider entering the Advanced Soul Master Competition.

• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Huo Yuhao collected spiritual herbs from Zi Ling and left her to continue working in the valley.
• After returning to Spirit City, Bibi Dong ordered an investigation into reports that Huo Yuhao had appeared in Heaven Dou City, then summoned him when she learned he had returned.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Yue Guan and Gui Mei outside Pope Hall before meeting Bibi Dong and explaining that he had left Slaughter City more than three months earlier.
• Bibi Dong learned Huo Yuhao had obtained his sixth soul ring and invited him to compete in the Advanced Soul Master Competition.
• Huo Yuhao said he would consider participating, then left Pope Hall to rest.

Bibi Dong received news that Huo Yuhao had met Xue Qinghe and that members of his God Family had appeared in Heaven Dou City. While Huo Yuhao cultivated under Bibi Dong by tending plants alongside Yue Guan, he revealed his botanical knowledge and teased Yue Guan by showing him a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum before putting it away.

• Bibi Dong learned that Huo Yuhao had encountered Xue Qinghe in Heaven Dou City and suspected his two former “maids” were members of the God Family.
• Huo Yuhao visited Flame Hall and advised the Soul Tool researchers to accept repeated failures as they built their foundations in third-tier technology.
• Bibi Dong assigned Huo Yuhao to cultivate by tending the courtyard plants with Yue Guan, who explained that connecting with nature could help him control his murderous aura.
• Huo Yuhao correctly identified Yue Guan’s flowers and plants, impressing him with his knowledge and making Yue Guan regard him as a kindred spirit.
• Yue Guan proposed that he and Huo Yuhao become sworn brothers, then lamented that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum he sought was rare.
• Huo Yuhao produced a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, refused to lend it to Yue Guan, and returned to tending the plants.

Yue Guan traded the Purple Entwining Immortal Herb for Huo Yuhao’s Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, with Bibi Dong witnessing the exchange. Huo Yuhao then chose six Healing Soul Masters for his tournament team and considered recruiting a Nine Heart Begonia user for his plans.

• Yue Guan brought Bibi Dong to witness his offer to exchange the Purple Entwining Immortal Herb for the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the trade, and Yue Guan left delighted with the flower he had long sought.
• Huo Yuhao told Bibi Dong he wanted to lead his own team and choose its members freely, and she agreed.
• Huo Yuhao selected six four-ring Healing Soul Masters, prompting rumors that his team was more cheerleading group than combat squad.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that a girl on the Royal Fight Team seemed to possess the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul and wondered whether he could recruit her or her elders.

Huo Yuhao reviewed the tournament teams and learned that Tang San had revealed his Twin Martial Souls, while Xue Qinghe was escorting the Heaven Dou teams to Spirit City. He questioned Bibi Dong about the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San, then stayed when an outsider bearing an Elder Token requested an audience.

• Huo Yuhao read the tournament dossier, noting Shrek Academy's ranking, Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer, and Meng Yiran's place on the team.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed the Heaven Dou and Star Luo teams, recognized Dai Yun'er among the substitutes, and learned that Xue Qinghe led the Heaven Dou escort.
• Huo Yuhao asked Bibi Dong whether Spirit Hall planned to act against Tang San, and she said her people had already set out.
• Huo Yuhao wondered about the history between Spirit Hall, Tang Hao, and the Clear Sky Sect, then heard that someone bearing an Elder Token sought Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong told Huo Yuhao to remain and ordered the visitor brought in.

Huo Yuhao exposed Yu Xiaogang’s Elder Token as a gift from Tang Hao and accused him of conspiring against Spirit Hall. After Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang expelled, Huo Yuhao beat him, revealed that Spirit Hall had sent Titled Elders after Tang San, and ordered the guards to break Yu Xiaogang’s legs before throwing him out.

• Yu Xiaogang entered Pope Hall and exchanged tense words with Bibi Dong while Huo Yuhao questioned where he had obtained his Elder Token.
• Huo Yuhao used Divine Slaughter’s Domain to frighten Yu Xiaogang into admitting that Clear Sky Douluo had given him the token.
• Huo Yuhao accused Yu Xiaogang of aiding Tang Hao, but Bibi Dong ordered him to take the token and throw Yu Xiaogang out.
• Huo Yuhao struck and kicked Yu Xiaogang, then asked why he had come to Spirit Hall.
• Huo Yuhao said Spirit Hall had sent Titled Elders to intercept and kill Tang San, then ordered the guards to break Yu Xiaogang’s legs and remove him.

Huo Yuhao learned that Spirit Hall’s failed attempt to kill Tang San may have concealed Bibi Dong’s true intentions, then welcomed visiting academy teams to Spirit City. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue returning to Douluo Hall and reuniting with her grandfather, Qian Daoliu.

• Yue Guan told Huo Yuhao that Tang Hao and Ning Fengzhi had disrupted the assassination of Tang San, forcing the Spirit Hall Elders to retreat.
• Huo Yuhao suspected Bibi Dong had staged the failed operation and considered the secrets behind her strained ties with Qian Daoliu and her daughter.
• Huo Yuhao welcomed Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and Dai Yun'er to Spirit City, and Dai Weisi questioned him about the Golden Generation and Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao showed the visiting Heaven Dou Empire team around Spirit City after they arrived, while Xue Wu and Shui Bing'er went sightseeing.
• Qian Renxue returned to Douluo Hall, where Qian Daoliu greeted her warmly.

Huo Yuhao toured Spirit City with Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng while Dugu Bo was abducted from the courtyard. The group encountered Shui Bing'er in an embarrassing outfit, and Dugu Yan headed over to greet her as Dai Yun'er spotted Huo Yuhao nearby.

• Dugu Bo stayed behind while Huo Yuhao took Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng around Spirit City, then two mysterious figures seized him after he brought out his wine.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions discussed Shrek Academy's victories and speculated about why Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer had three ten-year soul rings.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Shui Bing'er trying on a princess dress, and she hurried into a changing room after their eyes met.
• Dugu Yan noticed Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu outside the clothing store and walked over to greet them despite Huo Yuhao's awkward warning.
• Dai Yun'er recognized Huo Yuhao from across the street and called to him, prompting Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to follow her.

Huo Yuhao reunited with old acquaintances in a Spirit City clothing store before Qian Renxue arrived and drew him away with talk of her grandfather. Their teasing banter continued in the street as they headed to meet Qian Daoliu.

• Shui Bing'er changed into a white dress after an embarrassing incident, then reunited with Huo Yuhao when Dugu Yan brought him and Yu Tianheng into the store.
• Dai Yun'er and Dai Weisi arrived and greeted Huo Yuhao, prompting the group to wonder about his connections to them.
• Qian Renxue descended the stairs and asked Huo Yuhao to accompany her to meet her grandfather, Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue implied a scandalous relationship with Huo Yuhao, and he claimed she needed to avoid going out because she might hurt her stomach, stunning everyone.
• Huo Yuhao escorted Qian Renxue away, then argued with her in the street about her teasing, his groundhog nickname, and Qian Daoliu's reason for summoning him.

Huo Yuhao accompanied Qian Renxue to Douluo Hall, where Qian Daoliu revealed that he recognized Huo Yuhao as someone chosen by a god. He asked Huo Yuhao and Qian Renxue to spare each other’s forces if either ascended to godhood first, and Huo Yuhao agreed.

• Huo Yuhao warned Qian Renxue that he had no interest in the Pope’s position or marrying into her family, and he said he would withdraw if anyone tested him.
• Qian Renxue led Huo Yuhao up the White Jade Steps to Douluo Hall and asked him to wait while she went inside.
• Qian Renxue returned and brought Huo Yuhao into Douluo Hall, where he met Qian Daoliu after the Great Offering finished praying before the Angel Statue.
• Qian Daoliu connected Huo Yuhao to a northern legend and said that both he and Qian Renxue had been chosen by gods.
• Qian Daoliu asked Huo Yuhao and Qian Renxue not to act against each other’s forces after ascending to godhood, and Huo Yuhao agreed.

Qian Daoliu welcomed Huo Yuhao as a potential pillar of Spirit Hall and challenged Qian Renxue to defeat him at the Advanced Soul Master Competition before continuing her infiltration mission. After returning to Flowing Cloud Courtyard, Huo Yuhao learned that Dugu Bo had disappeared and set out with Dugu Yan to find him.

• Qian Daoliu offered Huo Yuhao free access to Douluo Hall and support from its elders, and Huo Yuhao accepted his goodwill.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to return to Spirit Hall, then made her continued infiltration mission conditional on defeating Huo Yuhao at the Advanced Soul Master Competition.
• Qian Renxue left Douluo Hall after agreeing to the condition, while Qian Daoliu hoped the rivalry would push her to improve.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Flowing Cloud Courtyard and found Dugu Yan crying as Yu Tianheng comforted her.
• Dugu Yan told Huo Yuhao that Dugu Bo had gone missing, and Huo Yuhao offered to use the Heart Gu in Dugu Bo's sea of consciousness to locate him.

Huo Yuhao helped Dugu Bo reconcile with his old rivals and continued visiting Spirit Hall’s affiliated academies. Qian Renxue asked him to secure a team spot for someone, leaving Huo Yuhao to pass the problem to Yue Guan without learning who would be placed or removed.

• Huo Yuhao found Dugu Bo drinking with Yue Guan and Ci Tun Douluo, while Dugu Yan stormed off and Yu Tianheng followed her.
• Huo Yuhao joined the drinking party and learned that Dugu Bo and Ci Tun Douluo had a past grudge over a soul beast, while Yue Guan had helped Dugu Bo out of brotherhood.
• Huo Yuhao visited Skywater Academy, mediated between Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Academy, and politely visited Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue agonized over her grandfather’s request to join a team that would oppose Huo Yuhao, then asked Huo Yuhao to arrange a team spot for someone.
• Huo Yuhao told Yue Guan to handle Qian Renxue’s request as he saw fit, and Yue Guan asked whom to remove.

The Advanced Soul Master Competition Finals began in Spirit City, where Huo Yuhao led his team against Raven Nest Academy. He revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, leaving the arena and its distinguished guests stunned.

• Bibi Dong opened the Finals as Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Yu Luomian, and the disguised Xue Qinghe watched the teams assemble.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the Shrek team’s anger toward Spirit Hall, while Tang San vowed to avenge the ambush and Yu Xiaogang’s broken legs.
• Huo Yuhao drew number seven and led his team into the opening match against Raven Nest Academy.
• Huo Yuhao revealed six Soul Rings, including a scarlet Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring that terrified his opponents and shocked the VIP guests.

Huo Yuhao revealed a Hundred Thousand Year sixth Soul Ring, shocking the Finals venue and forcing the Black Nest Team to surrender. After he publicly warned Tang San, the Shrek Battle Team rallied around Tang San, who resolved to win by any means necessary.

• Huo Yuhao displayed his Hundred Thousand Year sixth Soul Ring, leaving Sword Douluo, Qian Renxue, and Tang Hao stunned as Tang Hao suspected a Soul Beast had sacrificed itself for him.
• Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring display frightened the Black Nest Team into surrendering, advancing him to the top sixteen without a fight.
• Huo Yuhao warned Tang San that he might kill him if Tang San kept looking at him, drawing the crowd's attention to their enmity.
• Flender, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran stood in front of Tang San, who gave up reaching for his hidden weapons.
• Huo Yuhao left the venue with his six female teammates while Tang San vowed to win by any means necessary, and Huo Yuhao dismissed Tang San's hidden weapons as inferior to Soul Tools.

Huo Yuhao's Spirit Hall Representative Team advanced to the semifinals, where he faced Shrek Academy and transformed into a Hell White Tiger with his sixth soul ring. Bibi Dong recognized the beast as the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had once hunted her.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team with a single Mental Impact, and his Spirit Hall Representative Team advanced to the quarterfinals.
• Xie Yue's Spirit Hall Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang San helped Shrek Academy narrowly beat Star Luo Royal Academy, and Skywater Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Yuhao defeated Godwind Academy by throwing Feng Xiaotian and striking the other six members with flaming dragon heads, then pulled the Platinum Archbishop aside to speak with him.
• Bibi Dong announced a round-robin final among the four remaining teams and displayed three Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bones as the prize for the champions.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to attack Huo Yuhao, who transformed into a six-meter Hell White Tiger with his sixth soul ring.
• Bibi Dong rose in shock when she recognized Huo Yuhao's Hell White Tiger as the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had once hunted her.

Huo Yuhao defeated the Shrek Battle Team at the finals, then struck Tang San with his own Hell King's Decree and Blood Gu. Tang Hao tried to rescue his son and escape Spirit Hall, but Qian Renxue killed him with a golden sword strike as Huo Yuhao protected her; Huo Yuhao then descended toward the gravely stricken Tang San.

• Huo Yuhao transformed into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Hell White Tiger, shattered Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's fusion skill, and drove the Shrek Battle Team from the arena.
• Tang San fired a Hell King's Decree at Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao evaded it, froze Tang San with spiritual power, and struck him with the needle and Blood Gu.
• Tang Hao arrived to save Tang San and fought his way through Spirit Hall's pursuers, while Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Huo Yuhao, and other Titled Douluo chased him.
• Cornered beyond Spirit City, Tang Hao detonated his soul rings, sent Bibi Dong flying, and attacked Qian Renxue, but Huo Yuhao restrained him as Qian Renxue's golden sword cut him in half.
• Huo Yuhao descended toward Tang San, who lay neither dead nor alive after being struck by the Hell King's Decree.

Bibi Dong blamed Ning Fengzhi and detained Shrek Academy after Tang Hao died and Tang San was captured in critical condition. Huo Yuhao declined to continue the final match, while Tang San remained shackled as the Blood Gu fought the poison in his body.

• Bibi Dong confronted Ning Fengzhi over Tang Hao’s attack and accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of conspiring with him.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Ning Fengzhi’s account of the feud and argued that Sword Douluo’s actions had made the sect responsible for Spirit Hall’s casualties.
• Bibi Dong ordered Shrek Academy’s members seized for questioning, and Spirit Hall detained the team, including Ning Rongrong.
• Bibi Dong postponed the competition final for three days and asked Huo Yuhao and Qian Renxue to follow her to Pope Hall.
• Tang San remained bound in Spirit Hall’s underground chamber as the Blood Gu weakened the Hell King’s Decree poison.

Huo Yuhao warned Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue’s emotional wounds could prevent her from becoming a true god, then deduced that Bibi Dong had caused Qian Xunji’s death. He entered the dungeon to visit Tang San, while Qian Renxue reflected on Huo Yuhao protecting her.

• Qian Renxue wondered why Huo Yuhao had risked his life to protect her, and Qian Daoliu came to speak with her.
• Huo Yuhao told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue was vulnerable to emotional manipulation and needed recognition, but Bibi Dong became angry and dismissed him.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Bibi Dong had likely helped cause Qian Xunji’s death and that Yu Xiaogang might be the key to changing Qian Renxue’s understanding.
• Huo Yuhao went to the Spirit Hall dungeon, learned that Shrek Academy’s members had been detained, and asked to see Tang San.