Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao considered new Body Cultivation and Dharma Cultivation paths that could free soul masters from relying on soul bones, while recognizing his control over Artificial Soul Rings gave him power over the changing cultivation system. A month later, Tang Ya evolved her Martial Soul into a Blue Silver King, and Huo Yuhao studied the process with the Blue Silver Emperor, who estimated the first Dark Blue Silver Kings could be ready in six months to a year.

• Huo Yuhao considered using Soul Rings as Soul Power storage devices and developing Body Cultivation and Dharma Cultivation to reduce reliance on soul bones.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to use Artificial Soul Rings as the foundation of new cultivation paths, knowing traditional soul masters would have to adapt or lose access to Soul Rings.
• After nearly half a year of eating specially selected Blue Silver Grass, Tang Ya absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring formed from the Blue Silver Emperor's energy and evolved her Martial Soul into a Blue Silver King.
• Huo Yuhao used his Eye of Destiny to retrace Tang Ya's Martial Soul evolution and shared what he saw with the Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Blue Silver Emperor said it had a fifty percent chance of reproducing the process and estimated the first Dark Blue Silver Kings would be ready in six months to a year.

Huo Yuhao watched Tang San fail to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then sent Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan back to Shrek Academy. At the Spirit Pagoda, he learned that Ling Luochen had reached Level 50.

• The Blue Silver Emperor and Huo Yuhao finalized a method for cultivating a Blue Silver King by combining specially cultivated seeds and nourishing them with life force.
• Tang San arrived at the poison array around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, realized his past self had blocked his way, and left to find another method of obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao laughed at Tang San’s predicament and decided to move the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after the cultivation experiment was complete.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to pack up and return to Shrek Academy, while Tang Ya worried that Jiang Nannan had become too fond of him.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Spirit Pagoda and found Ling Luochen visiting Zhang Lexuan; he sensed that Ling Luochen had reached Level 50.

Huo Yuhao took Ling Luochen to receive a Customized Artificial Soul Ring, while her growing attraction to him made him suspect she had joined the women vying for his affection. The chapter ended as he prepared the device, after learning her body could withstand a soul ring of around twenty-five thousand years.

• Huo Yuhao asked Zhang Lexuan about the Spirit Pagoda, then took Ling Luochen away to absorb a soul ring.
• Ling Luochen grew more affectionate toward Huo Yuhao and hooked her arm through his, while he worried that she had developed feelings for him.
• Ling Luochen decided to pursue Huo Yuhao quickly after learning he already had two close female friends with Titled Douluo-level cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao brought Ling Luochen to a room for Customized Artificial Soul Rings and asked about her maximum tolerable soul ring age.
• Ling Luochen told Huo Yuhao that her body could withstand a soul ring of around twenty-five thousand years.

Huo Yuhao offered Ling Luochen three ways to improve her ice Martial Soul, and she chose a risky prototype Energy Storage Ring that stored his Ultimate Ice power. As she began absorbing it under his close watch, Huo Yuhao considered how to obtain more Evil Soul Masters for his experiments.

• Huo Yuhao explained three Soul Ring options to Ling Luochen, including a prototype Energy Storage Ring that could store Ultimate Ice energy and accelerate her cultivation.
• Ling Luochen chose the Energy Storage Ring, and Huo Yuhao agreed to monitor her at the Spirit Pagoda while she tested it.
• Huo Yuhao created a twenty-five-thousand-year Energy Storage Ring that more than doubled Ling Luochen’s Soul Power limit, though it required him to charge it personally.
• Ling Luochen began absorbing the ring while Huo Yuhao watched her Soul Power for signs of trouble.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that his experimental materials were running low and thought about drawing more Evil Soul Masters into his research.

Huo Yuhao used the energy of two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo to charge his Sacred Soul Core while overseeing Ling Luochen’s absorption of an Energy Storage Ring, which greatly increased her power. Days later, Ling Luochen overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao in a spar, and Mu En assigned Xian Lin'er to negotiate with the Spirit Pagoda over the new ring technology.

• Huo Yuhao filled one Sacred Soul Core halfway with the Soul Power of two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo and considered infiltrating the Holy Spirit Cult to find Ye Xishui.
• Ling Luochen awakened after three hours of absorbing the Energy Storage Ring and discovered that her cultivation had risen to level fifty-three.
• Ling Luochen thanked Huo Yuhao for the ring and privately considered how she might repay him.
• At the Shrek Inner Court Soul Arena, Ling Luochen used her Energy Storage Ring and Ultimate Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao despite Ma Xiaotao’s higher cultivation.
• Yan Shaozhe suggested acquiring the Energy Storage Ring technology through Lexuan, but Mu En rejected the idea and assigned Xian Lin'er to negotiate with the Spirit Pagoda.

Huo Yuhao completed a laboratory examination with Ling Luochen, then traveled to the Sunset Water Alliance headquarters and used his displayed Evil Soul Master aura to draw out the Holy Spirit Cult. He left Dark Cloud’s soul in his grasp and called to the cult members watching below.

• Huo Yuhao refused Shrek Academy’s request to buy the Energy Storage Ring, but promised Xian Lin'er its principles once the technology matured.
• Months later, Ling Luochen finished an examination at the Spirit Pagoda and tried to attract Huo Yuhao’s attention, while he recorded data and invited her to share a meal.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Sun Moon Empire through the Space Door and went to the Sunset Water Alliance headquarters instead of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy.
• Huo Yuhao revealed nine Soul Rings and challenged the hidden Holy Spirit Cult members, prompting Dark Cloud to attack with darkness-element crows.
• Huo Yuhao seized Dark Cloud’s soul and called out to the people watching below, including Zhongli Wu and Nangong Wan.

Huo Yuhao revealed his level 97 cultivation and presented Zhongli Wu with a Purification Device, claiming he had stolen it from the Spirit Pagoda. After seeing it cripple an Evil Soul Master, Zhongli Wu realized the device threatened the Holy Spirit Cult and considered Huo Yuhao’s warning about its spread.

• Huo Yuhao revealed his level 97 cultivation, and Zhongli Wu introduced himself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader and offered him Crow Douluo’s corpse as a gift.
• Huo Yuhao gave Zhongli Wu a Purification Device and claimed it could cleanse negative forces that empowered Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhongli Wu tested the device on a Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Master, whose body and soul were badly eroded while he remained alive but crippled.
• Huo Yuhao claimed he had stolen the device from the Spirit Pagoda and warned Zhongli Wu that its spread could doom Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhongli Wu recognized the threat posed by the Purification Device and decided it could not be allowed to spread.

Huo Yuhao joined the Holy Spirit Cult as an Honorary Elder and arranged to take over the Sunset Water Alliance in Mingdu while secretly marking the cult’s Evil Soul Masters as future targets. After Huo Yuhao left, Zhongli Wu told his mother, Ye Xishui, about the Spirit Pagoda’s Purification Device and sought her counsel.

• Zhongli Wu invited Huo Yuhao to join the Holy Spirit Cult and bring him to its headquarters.
• Huo Yuhao displayed Rank 97 strength, became an Honorary Elder, and requested to take over the Sunset Water Alliance in Mingdu.
• Huo Yuhao secretly marked the Evil Soul Masters and planned to use them as material for cultivation and energy.
• Huo Yuhao and Nangong Wan returned to Mingdu, and Zhongli Wu gave Feng Ling instructions before leaving the headquarters.
• Zhongli Wu visited Ye Xishui’s hidden cultivation site and told her about the Spirit Pagoda and its Purification Device.

Ye Xishui sent Long Xiaoyao to destroy the Spirit Pagoda and the Purification Device, but he instead sought Huo Yuhao’s help with Evil Soul Masters’ Martial Souls. Huo Yuhao refused and had Gu Yuena capture Long Xiaoyao, then left with her to share a promised feast.

• Ye Xishui ordered Long Xiaoyao to eradicate the Spirit Pagoda and anything connected to the Purification Device, and he agreed.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his busy routine while recording experimental data in his laboratory.
• Long Xiaoyao asked whether Huo Yuhao could solve the problem with Evil Soul Masters’ Martial Souls, and Huo Yuhao said he could but would not help him.
• Huo Yuhao called on Sister Nana, and Gu Yuena suppressed Long Xiaoyao and threw his unconscious body through a deathly door.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Gu Yuena and invited her to a feast, while she suppressed her growing desire for him.

Ye Xishui learned that Long Xiaoyao had not returned and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to gather its forces while she raced to complete the Death God Tower before the Spirit Pagoda could finish its Purification Device. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao tested his new Soul Powered Armor on Meng Hongchen, who later defeated Xiao Hongchen during combat trials.

• Ye Xishui learned from Zhongli Wu that Long Xiaoyao had not returned and suspected that powerful experts in Shrek City had killed or captured him.
• Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to recall its forces, conceal its cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire, halve the Blood Food sent to her, and prioritize completing the Death God Tower.
• Huo Yuhao fitted Meng Hongchen with a Prototype Soul Power Armor and recorded her feedback as she tested its functions.
• Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen moved to the testing grounds for combat trials after the armor passed its initial tests.
• Meng Hongchen, wearing the Soul Powered Armor, repeatedly beat Xiao Hongchen despite his higher rank.

Huo Yuhao gathered feedback from Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen on the prototype Soul Powered Armor and considered how it could be improved. Xiao Hongchen proposed a giant Mecha, but Huo Yuhao explained that the materials needed to build one were not yet strong enough.

• Huo Yuhao dismantled Meng Hongchen's damaged Soul Powered Armor while recording an idea about Spiritual Forging metal.
• Meng Hongchen said the armor felt bulky and unbalanced, and suggested reducing its weight while improving its speed and elemental amplification.
• Xiao Hongchen proposed enlarging the armor into a heavily armored Mecha loaded with Soul Guide Cannons and Soul Power Storage Devices.
• Xiao Hongchen teased Huo Yuhao about courting Meng Hongchen and urged him to build the Mecha, but Huo Yuhao said it would require grade-eight or grade-nine metal.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Xiao Hongchen that future advances in Soul Guide Technology and metal forging might eventually make the Mecha possible.

Huo Yuhao removed Meng Hongchen's Soul Powered Armor, and she used the moment to press her romantic advantage and ask him for Grilled Fish. Meanwhile, Kong Deming recognized the potential of Huo Yuhao's Mecha design and ordered Jing Hongchen to give him greater access to Mingde Hall's resources and Humanoid Soul Guide research.

• Huo Yuhao removed Meng Hongchen's armor, covered her with his white coat, and listened as she teased him about taking responsibility for her.
• Meng Hongchen accused Huo Yuhao of being a scumbag and asked him to make Grilled Fish for dinner, which he agreed to do.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen discussed Huo Yuhao's Mecha design and its potential as a lightweight, mass-producible combat Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming ordered Jing Hongchen to let Huo Yuhao use all Rank 8 and below metals in Mingde Hall and give him information on the Humanoid Soul Guide.

Kong Deming offered the Red Dust Family a place in the Hall of Reverence and hinted that Jing Hongchen should bring Xiao back to support the family’s future. Huo Yuhao received complete research on the Humanoid Soul Guide and began considering how to combine it with Thousand Forgings metal to develop mecha.

• Kong Deming told Jing Hongchen that Huo Yuhao would receive an Honorary Elder position once he became a Soul King, and hinted that the Red Dust Family could claim the other vacancy.
• Jing Hongchen decided to bring Xiao back and keep him from disturbing Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen, prioritizing the family’s continuation over the Soul Master Tournament.
• Huo Yuhao cooked lunch for Meng Hongchen, then left their dormitory to visit the laboratory and library while she reminded him to return for dinner.
• Huo Yuhao read the complete Humanoid Soul Guide research materials that Jing Hongchen had given him and realized he could adapt them to Thousand Forgings metal.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that Xiao’s mecha idea could soon become reality and considered how to spread Thousand Forgings throughout the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yuhao completed a preliminary blueprint for a mecha called Unit-01, drawing on the Sun Moon Empire’s research and his own ideas. Ju Zi comforted him as he fell asleep, resolving to offer him support whenever he needed it.

• Huo Yuhao finished the Unit-01 blueprint after two and a half hours of work.
• Ju Zi brought Huo Yuhao water and teased him about openly letting an undercover agent see his research.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Ju Zi had confessed Xu Tianran’s spying order and chosen to work for him instead.
• Ju Zi reflected that she trusted Huo Yuhao to help her get revenge on the Star Luo Empire and hoped she could remain by his side afterward.
• Ju Zi held Huo Yuhao as he fell asleep and decided she could comfort him whenever his burdens became too heavy.

Huo Yuhao used technology he learned in the Sun Moon Empire to build and test a prototype Thousand Forgings Battle Armor with Tian Meng. The test revealed that its components could link together through a Soul Power Joint Augmentation Technique, and Huo Yuhao recognized the technique as his greatest gain so far.

• After returning to the Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yuhao woke Tian Meng and brought her to the laboratory to help test Battle Armor.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spiritual Power to inscribe Soul Guide Arrays on Thousand Forgings Metal and assemble a six-part Battle Armor prototype.
• Tian Meng tested the armor, noting that its components required considerable cultivation and energy to use.
• After equipping the complete set, Tian Meng sensed that Soul Power circulated between its parts, strengthening the armor's physical augmentation.
• Huo Yuhao identified the linking method as the Soul Power Joint Augmentation Technique, a technology he had learned from the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yuhao explained that Thousand Forgings Metal could not support his vision of Battle Armor that merged with and was nurtured by its wearer, while the Golden Big Cat considered trying to forge Spiritual Forged Metal herself. More than half a year later, Tang San enrolled at Shrek Academy, where Dai Huabin recognized his appearance and connected him to the person he blamed for poisoning the Duke's Mansion.

• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng that Thousand Forgings Metal lacked the spirit needed for Battle Armor to merge with its wearer and provide continuous enhancement.
• The Golden Big Cat watched the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bears forge and considered attempting to create Spiritual Forged Metal for Huo Yuhao.
• More than half a year later, Tang San registered for Shrek Academy admissions at age eleven with Level 24 Soul Power and the Blue Silver King Martial Soul.
• Tang San reflected on Shrek Academy's growth and resolved to become its strongest student.
• Dai Huabin saw Tang San and told his attendant that Tang San's appearance matched the person he suspected of poisoning the Duke's Mansion.

Dai Huabin left after threatening Tang San over suspected poisoning, while Huo Yuhao watched events at Shrek and found Wang Dong'er had arrived as a girl and been assigned Xiao Xiao as her roommate. Huo Yuhao then advised Ning Tian about her class placement and gave her evidence concerning Zhou Yi.

• Dai Huabin rejected the middle-aged man's advice, threatened Tang San over the suspected poisoning, and left.
• Huo Yuhao observed Tang San remotely, then sensed Muen beneath the freshman dormitory and found Wang Dong'er arriving at Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao watched Wang Dong'er enter her dormitory room, where Xiao Xiao had been assigned as her roommate.
• Ning Tian asked Huo Yuhao which freshman class would be easier to control, and he handed her an envelope containing evidence concerning Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi threatened to expel her class unless the students ran laps, but Ning Tian challenged her authority and exposed the weakness in her reasoning. Outside the classroom, Huo Yuhao asked Du Weilun whether Ning Tian was trash and should be expelled, leaving the director sweating.

• Zhou Yi ordered the students to run one hundred laps because none of them had fought since registration, threatening to expel anyone who refused.
• A student objected, but Zhou Yi invoked her authority and intimidated the class with her Soul Emperor aura.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng stood up to challenge Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi recognized Ning Tian’s powerful connections.
• Ning Tian argued that Zhou Yi’s standard would make even a Rank 35 Soul Elder like her count as trash, leaving Zhou Yi speechless.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Du Weilun outside the classroom and asked whether his student Ning Tian should be expelled, making Du Weilun break into a cold sweat.

Ning Tian rallied Class One against Zhou Yi's harsh teaching while building her own influence, and Wang Dong'er discovered she could use Soul Tools. After Zhou Yi expelled several students and Wang Dong'er approached Ning Tian as the Clear Sky Sect's young mistress, the chapter left their conversation about to begin.

• Ning Tian gave her classmates gifts and won the favor of most of Class One, while Wang Dong'er found she could use the defensive Soul Tool she received.
• Du Weilun reprimanded Zhou Yi for repeatedly threatening students with expulsion and warned that her conduct could bring consequences for both of them and Fan Yu.
• Zhou Yi returned to class and ordered the students to run laps, but Ning Tian led the class out together, further increasing her prestige.
• Tang San resented Ning Tian for opposing Zhou Yi and for drawing his daughter into the group.
• Zhou Yi expelled several students who failed to complete the laps, but none belonged to Ning Tian's group.
• Wang Dong'er approached Ning Tian after class in her capacity as the young mistress of the Clear Sky Sect.

Huo Yuhao learned that Wang Dong'er was searching for him and struggled with how to face her while worrying about her damaged soul. The Ice Empress confronted him about his feelings for Dong'er and demanded to know whether he liked her.

• Ning Tian told Huo Yuhao that Wang Dong'er had asked about the creator of the defensive Soul Tools and revealed she was the Clear Sky Sect's young mistress.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Dong'er's soul was missing half of itself and feared Tang San's Divine Sense might react if she met him.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Tian to say he was not in Shrek City but to pass along any requests from Dong'er.
• The Ice Empress sensed Huo Yuhao's conflicted emotions and asked whether he still liked the person he had seen; Huo Yuhao admitted that he did.
• Huo Yuhao confessed that he felt guilty because he liked other people too, and the Ice Empress pinned him down and asked whether he liked her.