Chapter Summaries

The Slaughter King awoke believing he had escaped the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, but his Eighth Asura God Trial failed and Huo Yuhao arrived as the true Divine Slaughter inheritor. Huo Yuhao defeated and killed the Slaughter King, then took his seat on the White Bone Throne.

• The Slaughter King regained control of his body and drew the Asura Demon Sword, but his Eighth Asura God Trial failed.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Asura Divine Hall bearing Divine Slaughter's Domain, and the Slaughter King mistook him for the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King.
• The Slaughter King tried to seal Huo Yuhao's soul rings and attacked him, but Huo Yuhao stopped the Asura Demon Sword with two fingers.
• Huo Yuhao took the Asura Demon Sword from the Slaughter King and struck him down, while the dying Slaughter King remembered the woman on the White Jade Steps.
• Huo Yuhao put away the sword, sat on the White Bone Throne, and looked ahead.

Huo Yuhao took control of Slaughter City and announced reforms to its Law Enforcement Teams, including new victory requirements and divisions organized by profession. He left Black Lotus in charge during his planned absence and anticipated that his reforms would provoke trouble among the captains.

• Huo Yuhao extracted the Slaughter King's six soul bones and ordered Black Lotus to clean up the body.
• Black Lotus presented Huo Yuhao with a Brocade Box containing a golden hammer and a crimson jade chicken-heart conch pendant.
• Huo Yuhao required Law Enforcement Captains to have more than thirty consecutive Slaughter Arena victories and reorganized the divisions by profession, including a Healing Soul Master division without soul ring restrictions.
• Huo Yuhao appointed Black Lotus to handle Slaughter City's affairs during his absence and authorized her to mobilize the Nine Great Enforcement Teams.
• Huo Yuhao considered further reforms to Slaughter City and expected one of the Law Enforcement Captains to cause trouble.

Huo Yuhao helped Brother Sky Dream begin his Silkworm Race transformation, which left him cocooned and asleep in the Sea of Consciousness. Afterward, Black Lotus reported that all the Law Enforcement Captains had left Slaughter City, provoking Huo Yuhao's anger.

• Huo Yuhao learned that Brother Sky Dream intended to form a cocoon and might awaken as a different person.
• Brother Sky Dream explained that the transformation required him to reclaim the power sealed within Huo Yuhao, though Huo Yuhao's third soul skill would remain intact.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux helped Brother Sky Dream gather his power and form a golden cocoon in the Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Asura Divine Hall exhausted, and Black Lotus reported that the Law Enforcement Captains had collectively left Slaughter City.
• Huo Yuhao reacted with killing intent toward the captains, especially their Nine Ring Titled Douluo leader.

Huo Yuhao confronted seven law enforcement captains who tried to flee Slaughter City and killed them after turning them against one another. Black Lotus and the officers arrived to find the captains dead, while Huo Yuhao stood amid the gruesome scene.

• Blood Shadow Douluo led six other law enforcement captains toward the Snake Bone exit, intending to abandon Slaughter City.
• Huo Yuhao appeared and used Divine Slaughter's Domain and Asura's Eye to suppress the captains' Martial Soul Avatars.
• Huo Yuhao defeated Blood Shadow Douluo and killed the plant-system Soul Douluo with the Life Watch Blade.
• Huo Yuhao trapped Blood Shadow Douluo in the Blood-colored Barrier, and the remaining captains attacked him before turning on one another in a bloody fight.
• Black Lotus arrived with law enforcement officers and found all seven captains dead, leaving the officers fearful and reverent toward Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao left Slaughter City after putting undead Law Enforcement Captains on guard and assigning Black Lotus a program of reforms, then traveled to the Far North Land. He reunited with the Ice Empress and learned that Xue Er was asleep as the Snow Empress’s sealed consciousness awakened, while a mysterious Frost Goddess had appeared at Snow Dragon Spine Mountain.

• Huo Yuhao refined the seven dead Law Enforcement Captains into undead guards and decided to leave the Slaughter King's corpse undisturbed.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Black Lotus to search for Healing Soul Masters and gradually carry out reforms in Slaughter City, then departed.
• Huo Yuhao flew to the Far North Land, where the Ice Empress welcomed him and led him to the sleeping Xue Er.
• The Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that Xue Er had awakened once and said the sealed consciousness was stirring, and that she would remain beside her.
• The Ice Empress explained that an Ice and Snow Temple had appeared on Snow Dragon Spine Mountain and that investigating Soul Beasts had vanished; she suspected the Frost Goddess was responsible.

Huo Yuhao learned from Ice Empress and Snow Empress about the Frost Goddess’s ties to the soul beasts of the Far North Land. Snow Empress offered to lead him to the goddess’s inheritance temple, whose entrance had appeared in the center of the Icebound Forest.

• Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that Snow Empress and she had helped the Frost Goddess gather faith from Far North Land soul beasts in exchange for protection and help with their Heavenly Tribulations.
• Ice Empress and Huo Yuhao reunited with Snow Empress, who had awakened on a bed of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Snow Empress offered to take Huo Yuhao to the Frost Goddess’s inheritance temple, noting that his ice-related Second Martial Soul might help him gain the goddess’s favor.
• Snow Empress used an Ice Crystal Glazed Heart to locate the temple entrance and found that it had appeared in the center of the Icebound Forest.

Huo Yuhao and the Ice and Snow Two Emperors entered the Frost Divine Hall and discovered an ancient city buried beneath the ice. Snow Empress revealed that the city’s first lord, whose damaged statue stood at its center, had also been the Frost Goddess.

• Huo Yuhao spotted Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and their Skywater Academy companions below Snow Dragon Spine Mountain but chose not to approach them.
• Snow Empress used the Ice Crystal Glazed Heart to reveal the Frost Divine Hall, prompting Shui Qingyue and her team to climb the mountain toward it.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress led Huo Yuhao through the hall and opened a frozen gate with the Ice Crystal Glazed Heart.
• Huo Yuhao followed them into an ancient, deserted city filled with lifelike ice sculptures and learned that a natural disaster had destroyed it.
• Huo Yuhao asked about the headless statue at the city’s center, and Snow Empress revealed that it depicted the Frost Goddess, once known as the God of War and the Martial Emperor.

Huo Yuhao received the Frost Goddess’s inheritance token from Snow Empress, activating a projection of the goddess in the Frost Divine Hall. The Frost Goddess recognized the Asura God’s aura in his Spiritual Eye Martial Soul but reconsidered when he revealed his second, ice-type dragon Martial Soul.

• Snow Empress explained that ancient human powerhouses cultivated their bodies and Self-Created Soul Skills before the soul ring system existed.
• Snow Empress gave Huo Yuhao the Ice Crystal Glazed Heart, the Frost Goddess’s inheritance token, and he activated it with his Spiritual Power.
• The token summoned a projection of the Frost Goddess into the Frost Divine Hall.
• The Frost Goddess sensed the Asura God’s aura in Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Eye Martial Soul and said her divine position required an ice-type Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his second Martial Soul, a dragon with ice-blue and crimson scales, surprising the Frost Goddess.

Huo Yuhao passed the Frost Goddess's trial by defeating her Frost Phoenix with his Three-Headed Fire Dragon. The Frost Goddess named him her godhood inheritor and left him with an ice-blue divine mark, while the Asura mark also appeared on his brow.

• The Frost Goddess summoned a Frost Phoenix and challenged Huo Yuhao to defeat it.
• Huo Yuhao summoned his Three-Headed Fire Dragon, which fought the Frost Phoenix and smashed it into the hall floor.
• The Frost Goddess declared Huo Yuhao's trial complete and gave him an Ice Soul Bead to aid his cultivation.
• The Ice Crystal Glazed Heart released its power, causing the Asura Divine Mark to appear on Huo Yuhao's brow.
• The Frost Goddess suppressed the Asura Mark, placed her own ice-blue divine mark on Huo Yuhao, and named him her godhood inheritor before fading away.

The Frost Goddess chose Huo Yuhao as her heir and set him a trial to defend Frost City Pass, while the Asura God reacted to the rival inheritance by revealing Huo Yuhao’s next Asura trial. The Snow Empress led Huo Yuhao to the pass, where Frost Giants began gathering for the three-month siege.

• The Frost Goddess decided Huo Yuhao was an interesting potential heir and arranged his first trial to address his unstable cultivation and shaky foundation.
• The Asura God learned that Huo Yuhao had killed his previous heir, obtained the Asura Demon Sword, and accepted the Frost inheritance, so he issued the Asura Demon Sword trial.
• Huo Yuhao received the Frost trial to defend Frost City Pass from Ice Elemental Summons for three months, then saw the Asura Divine Mark appear and learned he had to draw and control the Asura Demon Sword within three years.
• The Snow Empress admitted she had become the Frost Goddess’s Divine Priest, and Huo Yuhao offered to help remove her divine office before she led him to Frost City Pass.
• The Snow Empress summoned Frost Giants outside the pass and explained that Huo Yuhao had to keep them from entering for three months.

Shui Bing'er and her group discovered that the Frost Divine Hall was only a projection and left the Snow Dragon Spine Mountain without finding Xue Wu a Fourth Soul Ring. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang prepared candidate substitutes for the coming tournament, while Tang San and Dai Mubai reflected on Xiao Wu's absence and the secrets their friends kept.

• Shui Bing'er learned that the Frost Divine Hall was an unreachable projection, and Shui Qingyue encouraged her to focus on the upcoming competition.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Qingyue prepared to leave Snow Dragon Spine Mountain, still needing to find a suitable Fourth Soul Ring for Xue Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that selected Blue Tyrant Academy students would join the team as candidate substitutes for the tournament.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai about the new candidates, and Dai Mubai said he wanted to test their strength.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San about Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, then wondered about Tang San's secrets after Tang San left to notify Oscar and Ma Hongjun.

At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang introduced four substitute students to the Shrek Battle Team, and Tai Long challenged Tang San for his place among the official members. The chapter ended with Tang San facing Tai Long on the Training Ground, determined to win with dignity.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu as substitute members, while Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing presented themselves.
• Ning Rongrong arrived late, introduced herself as a Level 36 Soul Grandmaster, and whispered to Tang San about hidden weapons and a meeting.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that the students would be divided into groups for sparring, and Ning Rongrong asked to be grouped with Tang San.
• Tai Long objected to being made a substitute without a combat assessment and challenged Tang San, proposing that the loser become a substitute.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted the challenge and warned Tang San not to kill Tai Long; Tang San faced him on the Training Ground, determined to win.

Tang San fought Tai Long in the training ground while refusing to use his Martial Soul, then summoned it and revealed a mocked ten-year third Soul Ring. He used hidden weapons and Dragon Beard Needles to defeat Tai Long, but Tai Long landed a final headbutt that sent Tang San flying as he lost consciousness.

• Tai Long attacked Tang San with his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul, while Tang San dodged and was driven back without summoning his own Martial Soul.
• Tang San summoned Blue Silver Grass, revealing yellow, yellow, and white Soul Rings, and Tai Long and the onlookers were shocked by his ten-year third ring.
• Tang San used Entanglement and hidden weapons to wound Tai Long, who activated his third Soul Skill and launched a fierce counterattack.
• Tang San used his second Soul Skill to restrain Tai Long, but Tai Long grabbed his ankle and began smashing him toward the ground.
• Tang San used Dragon Beard Needles to cripple Tai Long, then pressed his Godly Zhuge Crossbow against him and declared victory.
• Tai Long grabbed Tang San's leg and headbutted him, sending him flying and leaving him dizzy and losing consciousness.

Tang San faced Yu Xiaogang’s anger after injuring Tai Long with a Dragon Beard Needle, then dismissed his teacher’s advice. A month later, Xiao Wu spoke with Ah Yin in the Star Dou Great Forest and wondered whether to seek out Ghost Eye Judge.

• Tang San removed the Dragon Beard Needles from Tai Long after Shao Xin warned that Tai Long’s condition was serious.
• Yu Xiaogang scolded Tang San for risking Tai Long’s life, using a lethal weapon, and failing to use his martial soul, but Tang San only apologized for his temperament and left unconvinced.
• A month later, Xiao Wu sat on the Titan Giant Ape’s shoulder in the Star Dou Great Forest and reflected on her inability to return to the human world.
• Xiao Wu approached Ah Yin, learned that Ah Yin knew little about the human world, and heard that Ghost Eye Judge had rescued her and restored her hundred-thousand-year cultivation.
• Xiao Wu asked Ah Yin whether she had considered taking the initiative to find Ghost Eye Judge.

While Huo Yuhao endured a three-month trial outside Frost City Pass, leaders and competitors across the empires speculated about his strength and the upcoming Advanced Soul Master Competition. He completed the Frost Goddess’s first divine trial, strengthening his Second Soul Ring, as Ice Empress and Snow Empress came down to meet him.

• At Spirit Hall, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Yan, and their teammates trained for the competition while Yue Guan worried about organizing it in the Pope’s absence.
• Bibi Dong waited with Elder Gui Mei at the exit of Hell Road, wondering why Huo Yuhao had not emerged from Slaughter City.
• Dai Yun’er asked Dai Weisi to let her join the competition as a substitute, and he told her to seek the Empress’s approval first.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan that Huo Yuhao could be a greater threat than Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, while she doubted his strength.
• Huo Yuhao fought Frost Giants outside Frost City Pass for three months, completing the Frost Goddess’s first trial and raising his Second Soul Ring’s age by two thousand years.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress descended from the city pass as Huo Yuhao turned to face them.

Huo Yuhao said farewell to the Ice and Snow Two Emperors and headed south, while Xiao Wu learned that Shrek Academy had moved to Heaven Dou City. After arriving in the imperial capital during the All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Competition, Huo Yuhao went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find Dugu Yan and locate Dugu Bo.

• Snow Empress and Huo Yuhao promised to seek each other out if either encountered trouble, and he asked Ice Empress to watch over Snow Empress and herself.
• Huo Yuhao reassured the upset Ice Empress and gently patted her head before leaving the Far North Land alone.
• Xiao Wu found the old Shrek Academy farmhouse abandoned and decided to go to Heaven Dou City with the Blue Skirt Woman.
• Huo Yuhao traveled south and chose to visit Dugu Bo, planning to contact Spirit Hall if the old man was away.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Heaven Dou City was hosting the preliminary rounds of the All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Competition and headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find Dugu Yan.

Huo Yuhao visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find Dugu Yan and encountered Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue. When Dugu Yan arrived with Yu Tianheng, Huo Yuhao’s presence frightened Yu Tianheng’s dragon-type martial soul.

• Huo Yuhao met Xue Qinghe at Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s gate, and they entered the academy together.
• Xue Qinghe explained that he had come to handle the Advanced Soul Master Competition, while Huo Yuhao said he was looking for Dugu Yan.
• Qin Ming received them and arranged for Dugu Yan to come to the Main Hall.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng ended their cultivation and followed Qin Ming to meet Huo Yuhao.
• Yu Tianheng’s martial soul reacted with fear when he met Huo Yuhao’s gaze, and Huo Yuhao recognized that Yu Tianheng had a dragon-type martial soul.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and agreed to visit her grandfather, Dugu Bo, with Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Xue Qinghe. On the ride to Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao teased Xue Qinghe and asked how his infiltration was progressing.

• Yu Tianheng felt Huo Yuhao's martial soul pressure lift and was left frightened and confused by how easily it had suppressed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Huo Yuhao spoke with Dugu Yan outside the Main Hall, thanked her for the antidote that had helped her grandfather, and vaguely explained his rapid cultivation progress.
• Dugu Yan asked Huo Yuhao about his tournament plans and cultivation, while Yu Tianheng grew hostile after hearing that Huo Yuhao was a Mental Soul Master.
• Yu Tianheng and Xue Qinghe joined Dugu Yan and Huo Yuhao on a visit to Dugu Bo, and Huo Yuhao accepted Xue Qinghe's invitation to ride in his carriage.
• Huo Yuhao teased Xue Qinghe with a nonsensical phrase, then asked how his infiltration work was going and said he might ask the Pope to send him assistance.

Huo Yuhao learned that Xue Qinghe was on a secret mission, then left her carriage to intervene when Tang Hao pursued Ah Yin and Xiao Wu through Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao confronting Tang Hao in the air as Tang Hao attacked him.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Huo Yuhao about how he had learned her identity, and he explained that he had inferred it from the Titled Douluo assigned to protect her.
• Shrek Academy prepared for the Heaven Dou Empire qualifiers, with Meng Yiran joining its team and Tai Long serving as a substitute.
• Ah Yin sensed Tang Hao approaching the qualifiers and fled with Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao tracked them using his ninth soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao sensed Ah Yin and Tang Hao, left Xue Qinghe's carriage, and used his Simulation Soul Skill to disguise himself as the Ghost Eye Judge.
• Ah Yin and Xiao Wu passed Huo Yuhao as he stayed behind to intercept Tang Hao, who recognized him and demanded to know where Ah Yin was.
• Tang Hao attacked Huo Yuhao with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Huo Yuhao defeated Tang Hao and implanted a Blood Gu in him, leaving him alive but under Huo Yuhao’s control. He then confronted Ah Yin and Xiao Wu for following him, but they continued after him into Heaven Dou City, where he warned them he was about to visit a Titled Douluo.

• Tang Hao attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao shattered his Great Sumeru Hammer with the Asura Demon Sword and left him barely alive.
• Huo Yuhao implanted a Blood Gu in Tang Hao, which restrained his life force and made him unable to attack Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao found Ah Yin and Xiao Wu outside Heaven Dou City and scolded them for putting themselves in danger.
• Ah Yin and Xiao Wu followed Huo Yuhao into Heaven Dou City despite his attempts to send them away.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ah Yin and Xiao Wu that he was about to visit a Titled Douluo, and Ah Yin promised they would obey him.