Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao developed a plan to combine Soul Rings, Martial Souls, and Soul Tools, then tested a related technique at Mingde Hall. The experiment succeeded, leaving a Soul Master with a ten-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring that contained the shape of a Rank 5 Floating Soul Guide Cannon.

• Huo Yuhao speculated that Soul Tools could be fused with Soul Rings and Martial Souls, potentially creating armored Martial Soul Avatars.
• Huo Yuhao considered combining Ring Detonation, Ring Fusion, and the Ring Embedding Method to upgrade Soul Rings and attach Soul Tools to Martial Souls.
• Three months later, Kong Deming and Rank 9 Soul Guide Masters observed a four-ring Soul Master activate the Artificial Soul Ring Device at Mingde Hall.
• The Soul Master shaped a newly formed Soul Ring around a Rank 5 Floating Soul Guide Cannon, then fused it with a second Soul Ring until it reached the ten-thousand-year level.
• The Soul Master absorbed the Soul Ring successfully, and its fifth ring appeared with a black sphere shaped like the Rank 5 Floating Soul Guide Cannon.

Huo Yuhao witnessed the Sun Moon Empire’s Ring-Sculpting Soul Guide Method reach the ten-thousand-year level, then learned from Kong Deming why ordinary metals could not merge with Martial Souls. He left considering whether Acquired Sentient Metal could be replicated and mass-produced.

• Kong Deming and the Soul Engineers demonstrated a soul ring shaped into a Floating Soul Guide Cannon, whose power exceeded that of an ordinary Class 5 Soul Guide Cannon.
• Kong Deming ordered the researchers to organize their data and prepare to release the ten-thousand-year version of the Ring-Sculpting Soul Guide Method.
• Kong Deming asked Huo Yuhao about his age and Soul Power Level, then explained that ordinary metals could not merge with Martial Souls.
• Kong Deming described how years of nurturing metal with Soul Power could create Acquired Sentient Metal and explained the rarity of Innate Sentient Metal.
• Huo Yuhao wondered how Acquired Sentient Metal could be replicated and mass-produced.

Kong Deming offered Huo Yuhao a plan to forge and fuse a powerful Soul Tool set called Soul Armor in exchange for protecting the Sun Moon Empire. Later, Huo Yuhao shared grilled fish with Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, who discussed their plans and asked whether he would enter the tournament three years later.

• Kong Deming explained how he would use Innate Sentient Metal to help Huo Yuhao build Soul Armor and eventually fuse it with his Martial Soul and soul rings.
• Kong Deming asked Huo Yuhao to protect the Sun Moon Empire after his death, and Huo Yuhao agreed while privately recognizing the offer as a practical effort to win him over.
• Kong Deming named the armor-like Soul Tool set Soul Armor.
• Meng Hongchen ate five of Huo Yuhao's grilled fish and clung to him, while Xiao Hongchen watched in silence.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen said they planned to study the Engraving Cultivation Method during the break, and Xiao Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao whether he would participate in the tournament three years later.

Huo Yuhao discussed his plans to develop Battle Armor with Xiao Hongchen, then returned to Shrek Academy to check on experiments he had assigned to Tang Ya. Tang Ya was still eating Blue Silver Grass after being recruited into the Spirit Pagoda under pressure from Mr. Sky Dream.

• Huo Yuhao described his idea for armor that could enhance a user's physical abilities and Martial Soul, and Xiao Hongchen offered to test it.
• Meng Hongchen grew jealous as Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen discussed Soul Tools together.
• When the academy break began, Huo Yuhao prepared to return to Shrek Academy while Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen went to cultivate.
• At Huo Yuhao's Shrek laboratory, Tang Ya asked whether eating Blue Silver Grass would aid her cultivation, and Huo Yuhao told her to keep eating.
• Tang Ya recalled how Mr. Sky Dream had recruited her into the Spirit Pagoda by demonstrating her Martial Soul's ability to devour life and warning that Shrek might discover it.

Tang Ya discovered that Huo Yuhao’s 41-2 Life Purification Blue Silver Grass gave her unusually pure life force and could potentially strengthen plant- or life-type Martial Souls. Huo Yuhao examined her Martial Soul as he continued pursuing his larger goal of cultivating Blue Silver Grass that could convert life force or Heaven and Earth Origin Energy into Soul Power.

• Tang Ya reluctantly ate the Blue Silver Grass Huo Yuhao had given her and found its life force pure, nourishing, and unexpectedly pleasant.
• Tang Ya asked Huo Yuhao about the grass, and he identified it as 41-2 Life Purification Blue Silver Grass.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he and the Blue Silver Emperor had developed the grass by cultivating and purifying strains that absorbed the life force of nearby Blue Silver Grass.
• Huo Yuhao described how 41-2 might strengthen and purify plant- or life-type Martial Souls, while he aimed to create grass that could rapidly convert life force or Heaven and Earth Origin Energy into Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya to summon her Martial Soul and examined it with his Eye of Destiny as Tang Ya privately admired his appearance.

Huo Yuhao arranged to take Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for further cultivation, then used the Trident to observe Tang San. Tang San reached rank ten and received his second Sea God Examination, while planning to claim the immortal herbs in Sunset Forest for himself.

• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to pack for a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Jiang Nannan reported that her mother's condition had improved.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Trident and used his newly unlocked Sea God authority to observe Tang San.
• Tang San broke through to rank ten and weighed whether to use an Artificial Soul Ring or seek another source.
• Tang San decided that the immortal herbs in Sunset Forest might sacrifice themselves to give him a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang San's Sea God's Second Examination appeared, filling him with excitement.

Tang San began the Sea God's Second Examination, which required him to forge metal while using an endless supply of Soul Power and stamina. Huo Yuhao secretly designed the test to gather forging data and planned to use its reward to turn Tang San into an Evil Soul Master.

• Tang San accepted the forging examination for its promise of Martial Soul Evolution and arranged for Little Five to stay behind and cultivate in a medicinal bath.
• Tang San rented a forging room in Shrek City, began the examination, and repeatedly hammered Sinking Silver with his forging hammer Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao monitored Tang San's forging from the Spirit Pagoda and intended to keep him working for three months to test whether Soul Power could be forged into metal.
• Huo Yuhao also planned to use the examination reward to corrupt Tang San into an Evil Soul Master and undermine the Glory of Shrek.

Huo Yuhao considered using Tang San as a test subject for methods to evolve Blue Silver Grass, while Ice Empress asked him to speed up the restoration of her Ultimate Ice power. The chapter ended with Ice Empress inviting Huo Yuhao to her room that night and forbidding Tian Meng from joining them.

• Huo Yuhao planned to test Martial Soul Evolution on Tang San in hopes of developing stronger Blue Silver Grass.
• Ice Empress asked how long her body would take to recover, and Huo Yuhao estimated three to five years.
• Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao to spend more time nourishing her body, but he explained that his many duties kept him busy.
• Ice Empress invited Huo Yuhao to her room that night, then told Tian Meng she could not come.

Huo Yuhao told Ice Empress that he recognized her from a past life and recounted how he had lost his mother and loved ones despite gaining great power. He revealed that Deities had deliberately arranged his suffering, leaving Ice Empress with his question: “Why?”

• Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao why he seemed so familiar with her, Tian Meng, and Snow Empress.
• Huo Yuhao admitted that he had experienced their story before and explained that his mother, Huo Yun'er, and others had noticed his unusual familiarity.
• Huo Yuhao described his powerless childhood, his mother's suffering and death, and how he later met Tian Meng, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and the people he loved.
• Huo Yuhao said that his loved ones died, and that he became a Deity but could not protect them.
• Huo Yuhao told Ice Empress that he had discovered Deities had controlled his mother's soul and deliberately arranged his suffering, then asked why.

The Ice Empress comforted Huo Yuhao by holding him as he recalled how she and the others had sacrificed themselves to help him confront Tang San in his previous life. The next morning, Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan waited for Huo Yuhao outside Shrek Academy, and Tang Ya wondered whether he would truly help her destroy the Iron Blood Sect if she asked.

• The Ice Empress hugged Huo Yuhao to comfort him, and he resumed nourishing her body with his Ultimate Ice power.
• Huo Yuhao remembered how the Ice Empress and the others had taken the God Realm's lightning punishment for him after he killed Tang San's companions, enabling him to drag Tang San into spatial turbulence and self-destruct.
• The Ice Empress fell asleep in Huo Yuhao's arms while Tian Meng waited outside the door, envious and unable to hear what was happening.
• The next morning, Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan waited at Shrek Academy's Outer Academy entrance for Huo Yuhao to arrive.
• Tang Ya recalled Huo Yuhao's promise to wipe out the Iron Blood Sect and considered whether he would really do it if she asked.

Huo Yuhao had Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya brought to Spirit Pagoda headquarters, where they found him holding the sleeping Ice Empress. He opened a Space Door to take them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Tian Meng stayed behind to watch the Spirit Pagoda.

• Lin Le invited Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya to Spirit Pagoda headquarters on the Tower Master's orders.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya found Huo Yuhao in the living area with the Ice Empress asleep in his arms and Tian Meng watching enviously.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Ice Empress had fallen into a deep sleep after absorbing his Ultimate Ice power and needed him to keep channeling energy into her.
• Huo Yuhao opened a Space Door, and Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya carried their luggage through it with him.
• Tian Meng asked to go along, but Huo Yuhao persuaded her to stay and watch over the Spirit Pagoda until he returned.

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan returned with Huo Yuhao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang Ya lost control of her devouring talent after seeing the Blue Silver Emperor. Huo Yuhao assigned them roles at the well, then watched Tang San forge metal in secret while investigating whether forging could change its properties.

• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and observed its dense energy and carefully arranged Blue Silver Grass plots.
• Tang Ya's devouring instinct overwhelmed her when she saw the Blue Silver Emperor, but Huo Yuhao calmed her with the Power of Emotion.
• Huo Yuhao assigned Tang Ya to assist the Blue Silver Emperor and Jiang Nannan to cultivate in the well's pure energy, then began absorbing Ultimate Ice to strengthen himself and nurture the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao used the Sea God connection to observe Tang San, who remained absorbed in forging under Simulation and Spiritual Guidance.
• Huo Yuhao examined Tang San's failed Sinking Silver pieces and found that their Soul Power conduction had become chaotic, leaving him to consider how forging might transform metal.

Huo Yuhao weighed his research priorities and decided to keep Tang San forging Acquired Sentient Metal for three more months. Zhang Lexuan completed her final inspection mission, graduated from Shrek, and left to join the Spirit Pagoda.

• Huo Yuhao reviewed his research projects and judged Artificial Soul Bone and Blue Silver Soul Engine more important than Acquired Sentient Metal.
• Huo Yuhao rejected visiting the Clear Sky Sect because Da Ming, Tang San's Divine Sense, and the incomplete Sea God Divinity posed risks.
• Huo Yuhao decided Tang San should continue forging for three months to gather data while Huo Yuhao nurtured metal with Soul Power.
• Zhang Lexuan killed the final Evil Soul Master on her inspection mission and collected his head as proof.
• Zhang Lexuan submitted her completed mission, received her graduation certificate from Elder Song, and left Shrek after saying farewell.

Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Spirit Pagoda to join it and met Lin Le, whose account of Shrek’s treatment of him deepened her doubts about the academy. Lin Le left her outside the Tower Master's office, hoping they could become colleagues, while Zhang Lexuan stood confused about her former home.

• Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Spirit Pagoda, where Lin Le greeted her and showed her the prosthetic arm the Tower Master had provided.
• Lin Le led Zhang Lexuan inside and told her that Sister Minyue could stand again and worked in the Medical Department on life-energy research.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Lin Le whether he truly thought the Spirit Pagoda was better than Shrek Academy.
• Lin Le explained that Shrek had threatened to expel him and Sister Minyue unless they publicly apologized for Xuan Zi, and said he had agreed to protect his family.
• Lin Le said the Spirit Pagoda had given him hope, then left Zhang Lexuan outside the Tower Master's office as she sank into confusion.

Zhang Lexuan took over Spirit Pagoda affairs as Deputy Pagoda Master and proved herself trustworthy and capable. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao focused on his research with the Ice Empress close beside him, until a connection revealed that Master Tang had finally made progress after more than a month of forging.

• Huo Yuhao gave Zhang Lexuan Spirit Pagoda documents and asked her to learn the Deputy Pagoda Master's work, assuring her that he trusted her with its secrets.
• Zhang Lexuan wondered what she now had to strive for after leaving her former efforts for Shrek behind.
• Over a month later, Zhang Lexuan had mastered Spirit Pagoda affairs, managed its funds and expansion, and kept its secrets from former Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Tian Meng celebrated being free of responsibilities and teased the Ice Empress about her feelings for Huo Yuhao, then fled when she threatened him with Ultimate Ice.
• The Ice Empress cuddled up to Huo Yuhao as he followed a connection to a blacksmith shop in Shrek City and sensed that Master Tang's month of forging had finally produced results.

Huo Yuhao examined Tang San’s prolonged forging and classified the resulting metal as Thousand Forgings, while discovering that Tang San’s bloodline power was causing the metal to fuse with his forging hammer Martial Soul. The fusion continued as Huo Yuhao watched, leaving him to investigate the unexpected cause of the Martial Soul’s evolution.

• Huo Yuhao compared Tang San’s forged metal with metal he had nurtured and found that forging improved its strength while removing Soul Power impurities.
• Huo Yuhao named the metal grades Hundred Forgings, Thousand Forgings, and Spiritual Forging, then moved to stop Tang San’s dangerous month-long forging.
• Huo Yuhao saw Thousand Forgings metal fragments enter the cracks in Tang San’s forging hammer Martial Soul and begin fusing with it.
• Huo Yuhao observed Tang San’s body repeatedly tear and heal as blood ran from his hammer hand onto the metal.
• Huo Yuhao identified Tang San’s awakened bloodline power, carried by his blood and tempered into the metal, as the force enabling the fusion.

Huo Yuhao recognized Tang San’s blood-qi as a path for studying Martial Soul evolution and decided to give him an incentive rather than keep him forging for three months. Tang San awoke to find his forging hammer had evolved, completed his Sea God’s Second Examination, and failed to evolve his Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Huo Yuhao considered how blood-qi could be used to develop soul rings, soul cores, and Martial Soul evolution, and dubbed the path “Nine Blood-Qi Rings Forged Golden Body.”
• Huo Yuhao praised Tang San’s experimental value and decided to reward him instead of making him forge for the full three months.
• Tang San awoke after losing consciousness and discovered that forging had changed his hammer Martial Soul into a heavier, bamboo-shoot-shaped weapon.
• Tang San recalled metal fusing into his hammer during forging and concluded that he could evolve it beyond the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San completed the Sea God’s Second Examination and used its reward to evolve his Blue Silver Grass, but the transformation stopped before it became the Blue Silver Emperor.

Tang San realized another Blue Silver Emperor already existed and began plotting around his mother, Ah Yin. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao recruited Bear Lord and hundreds of Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bears to forge metal, developing a contract to accelerate the younger bears’ intelligence.

• Tang San concluded that a Soul Beast had become a Blue Silver Emperor before him and began forming a plan involving Ah Yin.
• Huo Yuhao visited Gu Yuena in the Star Dou Great Forest, embraced her, and cooked grilled fish and rabbit for her and the Auspicious Beast.
• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Yuena to summon Bear Lord and his kin, and Di Tian gathered hundreds of Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bears.
• Huo Yuhao persuaded Bear Lord to lead the clan into metalworking, explaining that their strength, metal affinity, and dreadclaws suited them to forging.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux developed a Spirit Awakening Contract that used Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Power to nurture the younger bears’ intelligence.

Huo Yuhao discussed Artificial Soul Bones with Electrolux, who argued that Soul Rings and Soul Bones could become shackles and proposed that Huo Yuhao learn to condense his own Soul Bones. Meanwhile, the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bears advanced in forging, and the ferocious beasts reflected on how quickly Huo Yuhao and Electrolux were changing their lives.

• The Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bears mastered Thousand Forgings, and Bear Lord began pursuing Spiritual Forging and recording his insights.
• Myriad Demon King and Scarlet King discussed how the ferocious beasts had begun reading, training, and changing under Electrolux's guidance.
• Scarlet King explained that Electrolux's lessons and knowledge had greatly improved his combat strength.
• Myriad Demon King suggested that the Lord had chosen Huo Yuhao because he brought change and hope.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that Artificial Soul Rings and Soul Bones could become shackles and proposed self-condensing Soul Bones.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that his assumptions about Soul Bones had limited his thinking.

Electrolux explained how Soul Rings could be converted into Soul Ring Bone Infusion to steadily strengthen the entire body at the cost of their soul skills. Huo Yuhao expanded the idea into a possible blood-qi cultivation path, leaving them with a new direction to investigate.

• Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux whether he had a method for using Soul Rings to transform the body.
• Electrolux showed Huo Yuhao his two self-created Soul Rings and explained how he used their power to nourish his bones.
• Electrolux revealed that he had observed Soul Bone formation after killing nearly six thousand Soft Bone Rabbits and used Soul Ring Bone Infusion to strengthen his entire body.
• Electrolux explained that the method exchanged Soul Ring abilities for physical strength and prevented its user from fusing with Soul Bones.
• Huo Yuhao proposed using Ring Fusion and Spirit Ascension to stack the method's effects and potentially forge the body into a god.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that empty Soul Rings could store blood-qi, creating Blood Essence Soul Rings to further strengthen the body and aid recovery.