Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hongchen crippled Tang San during their match while the Black-Robed Elder and Heavenly Fiend Douluo prevented Shrek from intervening. The Heavenly Fiend Douluo finally stopped Xiao Hongchen and declared the Sun Moon Team victorious, leaving Tang San badly injured and his Martial Soul shattered.

• Xiao Hongchen tightened his grip on Tang San’s Sky-Shattering Hammer, damaging it and causing Tang San’s cultivation to fall.
• Xuan Zi rushed to save Tang San, but the Black-Robed Elder pinned him down with a black sword and warned him to watch.
• The Black-Robed Elder revealed that he wanted everyone to see Tang San’s true face, while soldiers surrounded the Shrek Team’s preparation area.
• Xiao Hongchen shattered Tang San’s Sky-Shattering Hammer, dropping his cultivation to the Soul Ancestor level, then broke through his Spider Lance Battle Armor with repeated punches.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo stepped between Xiao Hongchen and Tang San and declared the Sun Moon Team the winner of the second match.

Xu Jiawei accused Tang San of secretly committing brutal crimes across Star Luo City and presented evidence by showing Tang San devouring a Soul Beast while unconscious. The spectators watched in horror as Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass crushed the creature and drained its vitality.

• Xu Jiawei announced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy Team as the tournament champions, then revealed that an Evil Soul Master had been killing and robbing people in Star Luo City.
• Xu Jiawei claimed the Evil Soul Master had also committed sexual violence and identified Tang San as the culprit, shocking the spectators and Xuan Zi.
• Xu Jiawei presented evidence as Heavenly Fiend Douluo brought an unconscious Soul Beast to Tang San and cut it so its blood entered Tang San’s mouth.
• Tang San instinctively drank the Soul Beast’s blood and wrapped it in Blue Silver Grass, crushing its body as the spectators watched in terror.

At the tournament, Tang San’s public devouring of a Soul Beast convinced the spectators that he was an Evil Soul Master, and witnesses accused him of harming other contestants. He woke to find his Sky-Shattering Hammer gone and his cultivation reduced to level forty-two, then realized he had exposed himself as the crowd attacked him and Dao Jie was brought forward to identify him.

• Spectators watched Tang San devour a Soul Beast, and fear and disgust toward him spread through the arena.
• Xu Jiawei presented evidence and witnesses, including Biyou, who testified that Tang San’s treatment had drained contestants’ vitality and threatened their health and lifespans.
• Tang San woke and discovered that his Sky-Shattering Hammer Martial Soul had vanished and his cultivation had fallen to level forty-two.
• The crowd recognized Tang San as an Evil Soul Master and hurled objects at him while cursing him.
• Tang San remembered devouring the Soul Beast in full view of everyone and tried to flee.
• Dao Jie was brought forward, and Xu Jiawei identified him as the sole survivor who could confirm Tang San was the Evil Soul Master.

Tang San was exposed as an Evil Soul Master and surrounded by Star Luo soldiers, but Xuan Zi intervened and demanded that Shrek judge him. The crowd turned against Shrek as Xuan Zi and the Black-Robed Elder clashed over Tang San’s fate.

• Dao Jie identified Tang San as a monster, and Emperor Xu Jiawei ordered the soldiers to arrest him as an Evil Soul Master.
• Tang San attacked the Soul Ancestors but was driven back by their Soul Guide Cannons, then his Blue Silver King and Blue Silver Grass transformed into a demonic black-red form.
• Huo Yuhao watched as Tang San fainted, and Xuan Zi rushed onto the stage and blasted the surrounding squad away.
• The Black-Robed Elder challenged Xuan Zi for shielding Tang San, while Xuan Zi declared that Shrek would judge its student and released his rank ninety-eight aura.
• The Black-Robed Elder argued that Shrek had no grounds to take Tang San after he killed hundreds of Star Luo citizens, turning the spectators against Xuan Zi and Shrek.

Xuan Zi sent Tang San out of Star Luo City while fighting the Black-Robed Elder, but Huo Yuhao intercepted him and took him to the Undead Demigod Plane. Huo Yuhao decided to plant Tang San in the Holy Spirit Cult to help provoke a united campaign against Shrek and preserve Tang San as a possible future asset.

• Xuan Zi hurled Tang San away from Star Luo City and fought the Black-Robed Elder in the sky.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Dai Hao to capture Tang San, unaware that Huo Yuhao had already intercepted him through a Space Door.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Tang San's escape would give the empires and sects a reason to unite against Shrek, which could no longer hand him over.
• Huo Yuhao considered Tang San's dwindling usefulness but chose to keep him as a contingency against Tang San in the God Realm.
• Huo Yuhao decided the Holy Spirit Cult was the ideal place for Tang San and kicked him through a door into its territory.

After the battle over Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao prepared to return to Sun Moon while Xu Tianzhen resolved to pursue him as a concubine. Meanwhile, Ling Luochen and the others arranged to leave for Shrek as news of the tournament’s upheaval spread.

• Xu Tianzhen clung to Huo Yuhao after the battle, and he soothed her before telling her to pack for their return to Sun Moon.
• Xu Tianzhen concluded that becoming Huo Yuhao’s concubine was possible and resolved to act before Meng Hongchen or Big Juzi got closer to him.
• Ling Luochen and the others presented their Spirit Pagoda tokens, were welcomed by the local branch Tower Master, and began arranging their return to Shrek.
• Wang Dong'er suspected Huo Yuhao had been secretly influencing events after seeing Meng Hongchen’s Battle Armor and Xiao Hongchen’s Mecha.
• Ning Tian arranged for the group to leave with a Spirit Transmission Merchant Association caravan, while Wang Yan held back from searching for the missing Xuan Zi.
• Xu Jiawei spread news of the tournament’s events across the region as teams sought to leave Star Luo City.

As Shrek collapsed under public condemnation and defections, Mu En questioned Huo Yuhao about his treatment of Tang San and his plans for the academy. Huo Yuhao explained his goal of overturning Soul Masters’ opposition to Soul Tools and confirmed that Shrek’s name had to be erased, leaving Mu En to rise and face him.

• The Douluo Three Nations, academies, and sects condemned Shrek and demanded that it hand over Tang San, while Shrek remained silent.
• Shrek’s commerce partners ended their deals, many Outer Academy students left, Inner Academy students applied to graduate, and Elder Xuan remained missing.
• Mu En asked Huo Yuhao why he had acted against Tang San, and Huo Yuhao said Tang San had become an Evil Soul Master by devouring life force.
• Huo Yuhao told Mu En that he wanted to spread Soul Tools and saw Shrek as a leading force suppressing their development.
• Mu En asked whether Shrek’s name had to be erased, and Huo Yuhao said the Spirit Pagoda would take in its remaining students and teachers.
• Mu En rose from his wheelchair, released his aura, and challenged Huo Yuhao to fight.

Huo Yuhao explained to Zhang Lexuan that he had made Muen appear dead to Shrek, while preserving Muen’s soul in a Soul Ring. Zhang Lexuan learned that Muen could eventually recover and thanked Huo Yuhao as she embraced him.

• Huo Yuhao left Muen’s soulless body in Shrek’s Meeting Room, making it appear that Muen had died, and returned to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan that he had gone to see Muen, and she feared that Muen was dead.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Zhang Lexuan that Muen was alive and showed her Muen’s soul sleeping inside a golden Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he would create an awakening device for Muen’s soul and rebuild his body later.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted the Soul Ring, embraced Huo Yuhao, and thanked him.

Zhang Lexuan wrestled with guilt after impulsively embracing Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao tried to distract himself in the laboratory by studying an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone. Ling Luochen burst in and angrily confronted him.

• Zhang Lexuan reflected on her fear that Mu En might die and on the relief that Huo Yuhao had promised Mu En could be revived.
• Zhang Lexuan berated herself over embracing Huo Yuhao and worried about facing Luo Chen afterward.
• Zhang Lexuan called Luo Chen and told her that Huo Yuhao was alone in the laboratory, then continued to feel guilty about the embrace.
• Huo Yuhao examined the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and replayed his lewd thoughts about Zhang Lexuan.
• Ling Luochen kicked open the laboratory door, saw the arm bone in Huo Yuhao's hand, and angrily demanded to know why he had finally come back.

Huo Yuhao comforted Ling Luochen, revealed that his physical age was younger than hers because he was a Deity cultivating anew, and teased her after she asked him to call her sister. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao reminding Ling Luochen that he had promised to awaken her Ultimate Ice, leaving her to realize she had overplayed her hand.

• Huo Yuhao soothed Ling Luochen after she confronted him about his name and asked how old he was.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he was physically younger than Ling Luochen and described himself as a Deity cultivating anew.
• Ling Luochen reconsidered whether Huo Yuhao had deceived her and imagined how he could have exploited her if he had been a bad person.
• Ling Luochen asked Huo Yuhao to call her sister, and he kissed her instead before addressing her as Sister Luochen.
• Huo Yuhao reminded Ling Luochen that he had promised to awaken her Ultimate Ice after returning from the tournament, and she realized she had overplayed her hand.

Huo Yuhao treated Ling Luochen after helping her Martial Soul evolve into Ultimate Ice and gave her a rune that let her learn Ice Explosion Technique without absorbing a soul bone. When he left her room, he found Ice Empress and Tian Meng waiting, and went to comfort them too.

• Ling Luochen woke sore and embarrassed after pushing herself to obtain Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice energy and evolve her Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao healed Ling Luochen's injuries with Life Essence and Ultimate Ice, then explained why absorbing a soul bone would disrupt her new cultivation system.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ling Luochen an Ice Explosion Technique Rune, telling her she was the first person to receive one.
• Huo Yuhao left Ling Luochen to study the rune and found Ice Empress and Tian Meng watching him outside.
• Huo Yuhao decided he needed restraint but went to comfort Ice Empress and Tian Meng so neither felt neglected.

Zhang Lexuan failed twice to reach Huo Yuhao while he was occupied, then met Xu Jiujiu, who was seeking an audience with the Spirit Pagoda Tower Master. Xu Jiujiu left after learning he was unavailable, reflecting that the Star Luo Empire had sent her to secure special soul rings by offering her as a political gift, and noticed envoys from two other empires arriving.

• Zhang Lexuan overheard Tian Meng and Ice Empress with Huo Yuhao, abandoned her attempt to deliver an urgent report, and left again the next morning.
• Zhang Lexuan met Xu Jiujiu in her office and told her that the Tower Master could not see her that day.
• Xu Jiujiu left the Spirit Pagoda with an elderly attendant and guards, then reflected on her imperial brother's order to win the Tower Master's favor and obtain special soul rings for the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jiujiu saw Soul Guide Cars bearing the flags of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Dou Ling Empire arrive at the Spirit Pagoda and realized other empires had sent their own gifts.

Tang San was found unconscious in the Evil Demon Forest by Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters, while Shrek collapsed amid public condemnation, defections, and the deaths and disappearances of its leaders. Yan Shaozhe emerged from self-confinement and asked Huo Yuhao to protect Shrek’s remaining teachers and students.

• Holy Spirit Cult patrols complained that the Soul Reapers and the Sun Moon Empire’s Purification Devices had cut them off from Blood Food and trapped them in the Evil Demon Forest.
• The Evil Soul Masters found unconscious Tang San, recognized him as an Evil Soul Master, and prepared to make him their toy.
• Shrek’s students and teachers deserted after Tang San’s identity and Xuan Zi’s defense of him triggered condemnation from the empires and sects, while Shrek’s business ties and branch contacts collapsed.
• Shrek’s senior officials panicked after learning that Muen had died and Xuan Zi and Tang San had disappeared, leaving the academy nearly deserted.
• Yan Shaozhe ended his self-confinement and asked Huo Yuhao to protect Shrek’s remaining teachers and students.

Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yuhao to protect Shrek’s teachers and students by absorbing them into the Spirit Pagoda and dissolving Shrek. Huo Yuhao agreed to consider it, then told Zhang Lexuan to accept the proposal and begin reorganizing Shrek Academy.

• Yan Shaozhe explained that Shrek had lost its staff, students, and reputation, and that dissolving it and joining the Spirit Pagoda was the only way to protect those who remained.
• Huo Yuhao asked Yan Shaozhe to wait until the next day for his decision, and Yan Shaozhe left the reception hall.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan that Shrek’s removal was inevitable and that its city and institutions would eventually need to be cleared and reformed.
• Huo Yuhao instructed Zhang Lexuan to accept Yan Shaozhe’s proposal, give three people elder positions, and begin rectifying Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan to postpone meetings with the visiting empires’ envoys, saying he would claim to be conducting an experiment for one or two months.

As the Spirit Pagoda smoothly took over Shrek, Huo Yuhao cultivated with the Golden Ancient Tree and helped it gradually turn toward a pure life attribute. The chapter left him caught between Dong'er and Qiu'er while Di Tian, Niu Tian, and Titan looked on disapprovingly.

• Yan Shaozhe announced Shrek Academy's dissolution, and the Spirit Pagoda's generous offers helped quiet protests as it took over Shrek's assets.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Golden Ancient Tree's Power of Light and helped it slowly strip that attribute using Gold of Life.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Gold of Life he extracted from a crippled Golden Tortoise to the Golden Ancient Tree, which thanked him for his help.
• Dong'er and Qiu'er each clung to Huo Yuhao and competed for his attention after he finished cultivating.
• Di Tian saw Huo Yuhao between Dong'er and Qiu'er, then noticed Niu Tian and Titan sharing his disapproving expression.

Huo Yuhao spent the day with Dong'er and Qiu'er before preparing to cultivate at night, but Dong'er joined him in bed and fell asleep in his arms. In the middle of the night, Qiu'er climbed into bed and approached Huo Yuhao with her own intentions.

• Huo Yuhao shared grilled fish and roasted meat with Dong'er and Qiu'er, and they asked him about his recent affairs, including Meng Hongchen.
• Huo Yuhao decided to focus on digesting the Power of Emotion, gathering Power of Faith, and cultivating his divine position.
• Dong'er came to Huo Yuhao's room, embraced him, and asked why he had not found her earlier in this life.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had feared the Divine Sense in his mind, and Dong'er fell asleep in his arms after he comforted her.
• Qiu'er sneaked into Huo Yuhao's bed, pushed Dong'er aside, and whispered that he should know what she wanted.

Qiu'er’s bold encounter with Huo Yuhao woke Dong'er, who watched them and resolved to stop hesitating over her feelings. Dong'er then confronted Huo Yuhao and made up for what she had missed in her previous life, while Qiu'er woke later and found their door locked.

• Qiu'er continued her intimate encounter with Huo Yuhao while Dong'er slept, and Dong'er woke to witness them.
• After watching Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao, Dong'er realized she no longer wanted to remain on the sidelines.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the room, and Dong'er interrupted him with a kiss and declared she was making up for what she had missed in her previous life.
• Qiu'er woke in her own room, went to Huo Yuhao's door, and found it locked while Dong'er and Huo Yuhao were inside.

By the Lake of Life, Huo Yuhao discussed how Wang Dong'er should handle her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul after Tang San's Divine Sense was removed. Dong'er chose Artifact Cultivation, and the chapter ended with Huo Yuhao explaining that his Method of Soul Rings Carrying Soul Cores encompassed all systems.

• Huo Yuhao served grilled fish to Qiu'er and Dong'er, who ate together without fighting.
• Dong'er asked Huo Yuhao about stripping away her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and chose Artifact Cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao offered to merge the Light Goddess Butterfly's origin into the Clear Sky Hammer or replace it with an embryonic Martial Soul.
• Qiu'er asked why Dong'er could not keep two Martial Souls, and Huo Yuhao explained that multiple Martial Souls could cause Imbalance under the new cultivation systems.
• Huo Yuhao recommended merging the replacement into Dong'er's Clear Sky Hammer, and he told her that his Method of Soul Rings Carrying Soul Cores encompassed all systems.

Tang San escaped his captors in the Evil Demon Forest after secretly draining their life force and gaining an Elder’s protection in the Holy Spirit Cult. Huo Yuhao watched his progress, then abruptly opened a Space Door and went through it.

• Tang San recalled accepting the God Examination’s offer to survive, only to wake in the Evil Demon Forest as a captive of Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang San discovered he could drain life force through physical contact, then endured his captors and their visitors until he absorbed enough to regain Soul King cultivation.
• Tang San killed the Evil Soul Masters who had first captured him and vowed to reclaim Xiao Wu and rise to the top of the God Realm.
• A Soul Douluo summoned Tang San to see an Elder, and Tang San went along, confident in the protection he had secured.
• Huo Yuhao observed Tang San’s situation and then, while preparing to strip Dong'er’s Martial Soul, stiffened and entered a Space Door.

Huo Yuhao visited the Undead Demigod Plane’s Material Zone, where Nana told him that a Holy Angel had attacked her during a mission. He found Ye Guyi imprisoned, and after she tried to kill herself rather than fall into an Evil Soul Master’s hands, the chains and Soul Suppressing Ring suddenly loosened.

• Huo Yuhao met Nana in the Material Zone and learned that she had joined the Spirit Pagoda after completing corrective training.
• Nana told Huo Yuhao that a golden-winged Holy Angel had attacked her while she was capturing an Evil Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Ye Guyi inside an Energy Suppressing Cage and confirmed that she had been captured after attacking Nana.
• Ye Guyi called Huo Yuhao an Evil Soul Master and demanded that he kill her.
• Ye Guyi tried to direct her Soul Power into her heart meridian, but her power stalled as the chains and Energy Suppressing Ring loosened.