Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao was reborn at his Martial Soul awakening with the Seed of Emotion and Eye of Destiny intact, then reunited with his mother, Huo Yun'er. He persuaded her to leave the Duke's Mansion with him and vowed to protect her.

• Huo Yuhao awakened with only Level 1 Soul Power while the others mocked him, and he realized he had been reborn with his former powers.
• Huo Yuhao strengthened his frail body by drawing on the Power of Emotion and left the awakening hall to find his mother.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Huo Yun'er and asked her to leave the Duke's Mansion with him.
• Huo Yun'er abandoned her lingering hopes of Dai Hao recognizing them and agreed to leave with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao promised Huo Yun'er that he would protect her from then on.

Huo Yuhao used the Eye of Destiny and the White Tiger Dagger to punish First Madam for her past cruelty toward his mother. After leaving her trapped in a helpless, tormented state, he set out to collect more debts, unaware that the world had noticed his unusual use of Destiny.

• Huo Yuhao recalled how his father-in-law had manipulated him in his previous life and decided to collect old debts.
• First Madam learned that Huo Yuhao had only level-one Innate Soul Power and considered killing him and his mother.
• Huo Yuhao entered First Madam's room and threw in the bloody heads of people who had bullied his mother.
• Huo Yuhao used the Eye of Destiny to sever First Madam's control over her body and promised to leave her trapped until he chose to end her life.
• Huo Yuhao attacked First Madam's Spiritual Sea with Monarch Over Heaven, then severed her destiny thread and left her suffering.
• The world noticed Huo Yuhao's unusual use of the Power of Destiny.

Tang San discovered that a Destiny Barrier had concealed Douluo Star and decided to enter the lower realm to investigate. The Silver-Haired Girl sensed a powerful new Destiny presence and left the Star Dou Great Forest to find it, while Big White Worm tried to escape after another frightening fluctuation.

• Tang San realized the Douluo World's destiny had formed a barrier around Douluo Star, and he decided to go there himself to investigate.
• Rong Nianbing learned that his divine throne had found an inheritor in the Douluo Realm.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Di Tian about a Destiny presence like her own, and the Silver-Haired Girl confirmed sensing it along with two faint Divine Auras.
• The Silver-Haired Girl told Di Tian to oversee the Star Dou Great Forest and departed to investigate the disturbance.
• Big White Worm crept toward the forest's outskirts, but a new terrifying fluctuation made her flee in panic.

After escaping the Duke’s Mansion with Huo Yun’er, Huo Yuhao reached Level 2 and began cultivating in an inn while preparing to travel to Shrek City. His Eye of Destiny sensed the Co-lord of Soul Beasts nearby, and he greeted her as she appeared to watch him.

• Huo Yuhao attached a thread of Spiritual Power to Huo Yun’er’s door, then reviewed how his Seeds of Emotion and Eye of Destiny worked.
• Huo Yuhao recalled using Fate Concealment to escape the Duke’s Mansion with Huo Yun’er and choosing Shrek City as their destination.
• Huo Yuhao gained enough Power of Emotion from First Madam’s fear to advance to Level 2 and decided to cultivate toward Level 10.
• Huo Yuhao began practicing the improved Mysterious Heaven Skill, but the Eye of Destiny sensed someone nearby and interrupted him.
• Huo Yuhao saw the Co-lord of Soul Beasts’ dragon-shaped phantom through the Eye of Destiny and greeted her; she asked whether he knew her.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the Co-lord of Soul Beasts had appeared in his room and that her emotions were rapidly strengthening him. She stayed close to him, sampled human food for the first time, and left Huo Yuhao wondering how to handle his naive visitor.

• The Co-lord of Soul Beasts appeared in Huo Yuhao’s room, inspected him closely, and claimed she was taking a casual stroll.
• Huo Yuhao woke to find his Soul Power had reached Level 3 after the Seed of Emotion absorbed the Co-lord’s curiosity and interest.
• Huo Yuhao considered focusing on the Co-lord to gain emotions and advance quickly, but she vanished when Huo Yun’er entered with breakfast.
• The Co-lord reappeared, ate Huo Yuhao’s breakfast, and admitted she had never tried human food before.
• The Co-lord’s memories revealed that she had spent most of her life asleep to recover from severe injuries and had left the Star Dou Forest because the World Will created a Fortune Barrier.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Gu Yuena to let him guide her through the human world in exchange for cultivation guidance, then traveled with her and his mother for a month. They arrived in Shrek City, where Huo Yuhao planned to buy metal, make Soul Tools, and sell them to fund their new life.

• Huo Yuhao offered to guide Gu Yuena through the human world if she would help him with his cultivation, and she agreed so she could observe him.
• Huo Yuhao brought Gu Yuena along when he and Huo Yun'er left the Duke's Mansion, and his mother accepted the girl as their traveling companion.
• After a month on the road, Huo Yuhao, Huo Yun'er, and Gu Yuena arrived in Shrek City.
• Gu Yuena asked Huo Yuhao for Sugar-coated Hawthorn, and he bought skewers for her, Huo Yun'er, and the Gluttonous Dragon King.
• Huo Yuhao considered how to use the Gold Soul Coins he had taken from the First Madam's Storage Soul Tool and decided to make and sell Soul Tools.

Huo Yuhao rented a guarded villa in Shrek City for himself, Huo Yun'er, and Gu Yuena, while reflecting on his plans to leave Shrek after resolving the danger to Dong'er. That night, he set out with Gu Yuena for the Star Dou Great Forest to retrieve Brother Sky Dream and Elder Yi.

• Huo Yuhao chose a villa near Shrek Academy, and Huo Yun'er agreed to trust his judgment about the expense.
• Huo Yuhao paid two years of rent, arranged the villa's furnishings, and learned about the different levels of security in Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao considered Shrek a temporary stop and planned to take Dong'er away once he had resolved the danger connected to Tang San's Divine Sense.
• After reaching Level 10 by gleaning positive emotions from Gu Yuena, Huo Yuhao waited for her to arrive at night.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena left for the Star Dou Great Forest to bring back Brother Sky Dream and Elder Yi.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Tian Meng, whose voice unexpectedly sounded female, and offered her an improved Soul Spirit Contract that would preserve her body and consciousness while making her his companion and bodyguard. The chapter ended as he explained how the contract worked, before Tian Meng decided whether to sign.

• Gu Yuena brought Huo Yuhao to the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest and took an advance payment of Grilled Fish, leaving after deciding she wanted him to keep cooking for her.
• Huo Yuhao wandered through the forest at midnight, using Spiritual Detection to avoid Soul Beasts while searching for Brother Sky Dream.
• Tian Meng sensed Huo Yuhao's spiritual attribute, collapsed the tree he was sitting on, and emerged from the ground as a million-year Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao realized that Tian Meng's voice was female, then set aside his confusion and began writing an improved Soul Spirit Contract.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the contract would preserve Tian Meng's body and consciousness, give her a dwelling place in his soul ring, and allow her to serve as his bodyguard.

Huo Yuhao formed a Soul Spirit Contract with Tian Meng, brought her into his Spiritual Sea, and turned a portion of her Origin Power into his first golden spirit ring. With Tian Meng now bound to him and Elder Yi’s soul placed in the Eye of Destiny for nurturing, Huo Yuhao prepared to begin condensing a Soul Core.

• Tian Meng agreed to Huo Yuhao’s Soul Spirit Contract and let his consciousness enter her mind.
• The contract brought Tian Meng into Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sea, where she discovered his Eye of Destiny and asked whether he was a Deity.
• Huo Yuhao placed the Little Gray Ball containing Elder Yi into the Eye of Destiny to nurture his soul.
• Huo Yuhao used a portion of Tian Meng’s Origin Power to form a golden spirit ring, which the contract guided into his body.
• Huo Yuhao gained the spirit ring without increasing his cultivation from level ten and prepared to condense a Soul Core.

Huo Yuhao devised a way to use Soul Rings as external Dantians and condensed a blank million-year Soul Ring with Tian Meng’s power, beginning his first Spiritual Soul Core. Gu Yuena watched with growing curiosity, while Di Tian turned back before reaching them, leaving the Three-Eyed Golden Lion eager to see the source of the familiar power of fate.

• Huo Yuhao reasoned that self-condensed Soul Rings could serve as independent hubs for multiple Spiritual Soul Cores, and asked Tian Meng to let him control their shared body.
• Huo Yuhao inscribed Magic Array Inscriptions and twelve rank-nine Soul Guidance Core Arrays into a blank million-year Soul Ring, then began compressing his Spiritual Power to condense a Soul Core.
• Gu Yuena watched Huo Yuhao’s self-made Soul Ring and realized it might offer a way for Soul Masters to advance without killing Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena told the approaching Di Tian to return, so he carried the Three-Eyed Golden Lion away from Huo Yuhao.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked back toward the source of the familiar power of fate and longed to meet its bearer.

Huo Yuhao changed his soul ring into a Soul Core and offered to help Gu Yuena find a way for Soul Beasts to survive. He bound himself with a Destiny Contract and left the choice of trusting him to Gu Yuena.

• Huo Yuhao completed the transformation of his million-year soul ring into a silver ring carrying a Soul Core.
• Gu Yuena asked Huo Yuhao for his Soul Spirit Contract, and he explained that it could not be used by anyone else.
• Huo Yuhao said he would research a method to condense Blank Soul Rings and help the Soul Beast Clan survive.
• Huo Yuhao admitted his past betrayal of the Soul Beasts and swore upon Destiny to solve their plight.
• Huo Yuhao entered a restrictive Destiny Contract that let Gu Yuena bind him if she believed he had broken his promise.
• Huo Yuhao described the contract as a transaction and asked Gu Yuena whether she would trust and help him.

Huo Yuhao reflected that he used the Destiny Contract to secure Gu Yuena’s trust, but Gu Yuena instead swore that the Soul Beast Clan would protect him for life as long as he did not harm them. Back home, Huo Yuhao summoned Tian Meng, who manifested a physical body and eagerly explored its senses.

• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Gu Yuena was easy to trust and that he needed her as an ally now that he could resist her.
• Gu Yuena, confused by her feelings for Huo Yuhao, swore on the Silver Dragon Spear that the Soul Beast Clan would protect him for life unless he harmed them.
• Huo Yuhao returned home with Gu Yuena, ate breakfast with his mother, and went to the basement to summon Tian Meng.
• Tian Meng appeared in a physical body, and Huo Yuhao caught her as she fell.
• Tian Meng excitedly touched and smelled Huo Yuhao until he calmed her with Grilled Fish.
• Tian Meng explained that her appearance had formed from her Soul Beast form and teased Huo Yuhao about her beauty.

Huo Yuhao tested the power of Tian Meng’s new Soul Spirit form and developed Silver Radiance Soul Rings that stored and restored Soul Power. Two years later, he pushed his body to its limit while training with Gu Yuena, who carried him back to rest.

• Tian Meng tested her spiritual power and found that it was powerful but depleted quickly and recovered slowly.
• Huo Yuhao placed the Silver Radiance Soul Ring inside Tian Meng, letting it restore her power and raise her combat potential to the level of a Super Douluo.
• Gu Yuena watched Tian Meng cling to Huo Yuhao and felt jealous, though she told herself Tian Meng was only an insect.
• Two years later, Huo Yuhao used his Silver Radiance Soul Rings during training with Gu Yuena to test the limits of the Soul Power his body could handle.
• After Huo Yuhao collapsed from exhaustion, Gu Yuena lifted him into her arms and carried him back to rest.

Huo Yuhao disguised himself as Master Tianmeng and went to Treasure Pavilion in Shrek City to meet with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. After sensing a young girl, a married woman, and two Titled Douluo waiting for him, he concluded the sect was eager to meet.

• Gu Yuena carried Huo Yuhao home and left, allowing Tian Meng to emerge from his Spiritual Sea and cling to him.
• Huo Yuhao explained Gu Yuena's scent on him, then changed his appearance and soul rings with his Silver Radiance Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his slow cultivation and decided that absorbing emotions from Gu Yuena was more effective than normal cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao disguised himself as Master Tianmeng and entered Treasure Pavilion in Shrek City with Tian Meng beside him.
• Bai Yao escorted Huo Yuhao to a fifth-floor meeting room, where he sensed a young girl, a married woman, and two Titled Douluo waiting.

Huo Yuhao built a reputation in Shrek City by flawlessly completing high-ranking Soul Tool commissions, attracting the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s attention. After delivering twelve Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannons, he heard the sect’s proposed trade and asked what it would cost.

• Huo Yuhao sold Soul Tools under the name Master Tianmeng, and his reputation as a potential Rank 9 Soul Guide Master spread through Shrek City’s factions.
• The Seed of Emotion absorbed the factions’ reactions, strengthening Huo Yuhao’s body and Soul Power cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao delivered twelve Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannons to a noblewoman of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and received the remaining payment and his purchased item.
• The noblewoman said her sect would not recruit Huo Yuhao but wanted to trade with him.
• The noblewoman offered discounted materials, annual purchasing privileges worth one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and a Golden Soul Jade Fruit; Huo Yuhao asked what the price was.

Huo Yuhao accepted the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s offer, agreeing to become an honorary guest and take Ning Tian as his disciple. He shared his Soul Tool insights, requested rare materials, and revealed a Soul Power Storage Core that could expand access to Soul Tool crafting.

• The noblewoman offered Huo Yuhao priority purchasing rights, an honorary guest position, and Ning Tian as a disciple, and he accepted.
• Ning Tian performed the tea ceremony and told Huo Yuhao she knew Level 1 Soul Engineer fundamentals and had Soul Power Level 17.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ning Tian his notes, told her to focus on cultivation until she gained a second Soul Ring, and agreed to begin teaching her afterward.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to prepare rare materials for his return in a month and help promote his invention across the continent.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated a Soul Power Storage Core that could hold Soul Power up to the Soul Emperor level, explaining that Soul Engineers could use it while crafting Soul Tools.

Huo Yuhao offered the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect Soul Power Storage Core blueprints and supplies, then said he intended to join Shrek. The sect’s noblewoman decided to wait until he formally joined before helping distribute the technology, while Ning Tian told Wu Feng about her new teacher.

• Huo Yuhao gave the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect one thousand finished Soul Power Storage Cores, their blueprints, and chips to sell, asking the sect to publish the designs in his name and share the proceeds.
• The noblewoman said she lacked the authority to decide, but Huo Yuhao maintained that their existing agreement stood and prepared to leave.
• When asked which force he would choose as his patron, Huo Yuhao answered Shrek and left without being stopped.
• The noblewoman told Ning Tian she had already agreed to his request but would wait until he joined Shrek before the sect stepped forward, so it would appear to be acting for profit rather than taking sides.
• Ning Tian reunited with Wu Feng and described meeting Teacher Tianmeng, privately recalling that she wanted to lean closer and smell him.

Huo Yuhao returned home early, purified the Spirit Devouring Dagger into Gold of Life, and used it to restore Elder Yi's Divine Sense. He left Tian Meng unsettled by the powerful being emerging from the dagger.

• Huo Yuhao apologized when Tian Meng grew angry about their early return, and she forgave him after securing a promise for another shopping trip.
• Huo Yuhao took a brocade box from the Storage Ring and sealed the room with a high-level barrier.
• Huo Yuhao opened the box, absorbed the vengeful souls with the Seed of Emotion, and purified the Spirit Devouring Dagger's curses.
• The dagger became Gold of Life, and Huo Yuhao guided Elder Yi's recovering Divine Sense into it.
• Tian Meng sensed Elder Yi's godlike aura, hid behind Huo Yuhao, and felt dejected about her place in the household.

Huo Yuhao awakened Electrolux from the Gold of Life and confirmed that the powerful remnant soul was his teacher. He told Gu Yuena he planned to travel to the Extreme North to form a new Martial Soul, leaving her to protect his mother, but her reaction to his closeness with Tian Meng left him cornered on the bed.

• Electrolux awoke as a remnant soul, recognized Huo Yuhao's Power of Purification, and accepted that Huo Yuhao was his disciple.
• Huo Yuhao returned Electrolux to the Gold of Life to recover and felt relieved to have his former teacher's guidance again.
• Gu Yuena appeared and asked who had been present, and Huo Yuhao explained that Electrolux was his teacher.
• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena he intended to go to the Extreme North and asked her to watch over his mother while Tian Meng protected him.
• Gu Yuena glared at Tian Meng until she hid in Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring, then approached Huo Yuhao and caused him to fall backward onto the bed.

Huo Yuhao left Gu Yuena after spending the night as her body pillow, leaving her grilled fish and a note before setting out for the Extreme North. Tian Meng accompanied him and began plotting to recruit the Ice Empress against Gu Yuena.

• Gu Yuena held Huo Yuhao down and asked him to stay, then said she would care for his aunt and insisted on holding him while she slept.
• Huo Yuhao endured a sleepless night as Gu Yuena used him as a body pillow, then switched himself with a pillow and left her a Storage Ring filled with grilled fish and a note.
• Gu Yuena woke after Huo Yuhao left, found his gift, and returned to bed hugging the blanket that carried his scent.
• Outside Shrek City, Tian Meng complained that Gu Yuena had made Huo Yuhao her body pillow, and Huo Yuhao comforted her before preparing to travel north.
• Huo Yuhao flew toward the Extreme North with Tian Meng using a Level Nine Flying Soul Guide, while Tian Meng planned to recruit the Ice Empress to oppose Gu Yuena.