Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan defeated the attackers in the illusion, then shared a farewell with Zhang Lexuan’s mother before returning to the War God’s plaza. The War God revealed that the reunion reflected Zhang Lexuan’s feelings, leaving Huo Yuhao to consider her affection as he began his Companion Trial Task.

• Zhang Lexuan killed Shadow Douluo Xue Chen with her Blood Moon attack, while Huo Yuhao blocked a Level 9 Powerful Disintegration Ray aimed at her.
• Huo Yuhao joined the battle and used his Spiritual Force Field to weaken the black-clothed attackers, helping the Duke's Mansion Soul Masters turn the fight around.
• Zhang Lexuan returned after killing the Rank 9 Soul Tool Master, and the surviving attackers retreated as Old Master stopped the pursuit.
• Huo Yuhao gave Zhang Lexuan a Dragon Herb Leaf, and she wondered whether their presence could have changed the real attack’s outcome.
• Qu Wanqiu embraced Zhang Lexuan and spoke with Huo Yuhao before the illusion faded and Zhang Lexuan quietly said goodbye to her mother.
• The War God told Huo Yuhao that the reunion reflected Zhang Lexuan’s feelings, and Huo Yuhao asked him to begin the Companion Trial Task.

Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan explored an illusion at Shrek Academy, where they had to identify the occasion that would begin its mission. The wedding decorations on the academy lawn led them to realize that Huo Yuhao’s illusion was about attending his own wedding.

• War God sent Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan into an illusion and warned them that they had to guess its nature before the mission could begin.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao found that the people around them could neither see them nor be heard clearly, and they suspected the blocked conversations held a clue.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan searched the academy, found Purple Smoke Wine, and considered whether Sea God Fate was the occasion he desired most.
• Zhang Lexuan discussed Huo Yuhao’s relationships with Xiaotao, Zhu Lu, and Dong'er, and urged him not to hurt their feelings.
• On the lawn by the Teaching Building, Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan saw the others arranging wedding decorations and realized his illusion concerned his own wedding.

Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan completed an illusion-based Companion Trial Task that revealed unexpected brides in Huo Yuhao’s imagined wedding and left both of them awkwardly reconsidering their feelings. The War God awarded them God-Bestowed Soul Rings and Conquest Qi, and they chose to stay and cultivate.

• Zhang Lexuan identified the wedding as the keyword that began Huo Yuhao’s illusion, where they watched his imagined wedding ceremony unfold.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that Huo Yuhao had five brides, and Ma Xiaotao, Zhu Lu, Dong'er, and Ning Tian appeared in wedding dresses.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan discovered that Zhang Lexuan was also dressed as a bride, and the War God revealed he had intensified her feelings for Huo Yuhao within the illusion.
• After the illusion ended, the War God confirmed that Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan had passed the Companion Trial Task and explained the rewards for companions of the inheritor.
• The War God gave Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan God-Bestowed Soul Rings and offered them Conquest Qi, and both chose to stay and cultivate.

Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan stayed behind to cultivate in the War God’s plaza, where Huo Yuhao discovered he could use the Conquest Qi to advance both his Soul Power and the Sun God Pillar’s Second Star Ring. Elsewhere, Xu Tianran assigned Ju Zi to the Fire Phoenix Soul Tool Master Legion, while Ma Xiaotao’s urgent call interrupted the Shrek Inspection Group in Tianhe City.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed Conquest Qi through his Heavenly Eye, and Electrolux confirmed that the energy could advance the Sun God Pillar’s Second Star Ring.
• Huo Yuhao began diverting part of the Conquest Qi to cultivate his Soul Power while Zhang Lexuan cultivated undisturbed beside him.
• Long Aotian led Elder Song, Elder Jing, and Du Busi through a spatial channel back to the sect after assuring them Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan were safe.
• Xu Tianran learned that the emperor would need at least half a year to awaken, then ordered Ju Zi to leave school and report to the Fire Phoenix Soul Tool Master Legion.
• Zhu Lu told Han Ruoruo that Ma Xiaotao had gone to Haifeng City to gather Spiritual Resonance Sea Urchins for Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Xiaotao called Han Ruoruo with news of a major development and said she was on her way back.

Ma Xiaotao reported strange spatial anomalies and Elemental Storms to the Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En ordered guards sent to the Dou Ling Empire while the academy continued its missions. Meanwhile, Chen Tianhai contacted the Sea God to report Sea God Island’s attack and learned that the statue’s destroyer had used another God’s Power of Faith.

• Ma Xiaotao showed the Sea God Pavilion Elders a recording of bizarre shadows appearing over the sea near the Dou Ling Empire.
• Mu En linked the anomaly to Elemental Storms also reported near the Star Luo Empire and sent Xuan Zi and Old Lin to guard the Dou Ling Empire.
• Elder Song told Ma Xiaotao that Huo Yuhao and Lexuan remained at a Place of Inheritance for a Companion Trial Task.
• Ma Xiaotao and Zhu Lu planned to return to the Dou Ling Empire after resting and set off to find Dong'er on their way to the bathhouse.
• Sea Devil Douluo reported Sea God Island’s repairs to Chen Tianhai, who then invoked the Sea God and reported the attack and the statue’s destruction by a believer of another God.
• The Sea God’s power briefly overwhelmed Chen Tianhai before the Sea God acknowledged his report and the Sea God’s Heart went dark.

Chen Tianhai returned to the Extreme North Ice Sea and erased another layer of its Seal Ring while Tang San plotted against the young man who had shattered his statue. Huo Yuhao reached Level 59, awakened the Sun God Pillar’s Second Star Ring, and gained the skill Sunlight Illumination, which could take life and restore it.

• Chen Tianhai left six Super Douluos to guard Sea God Island, then returned to the Extreme North Ice Sea and erased another layer of the Seal Ring.
• Tang San watched memories of the attack on his statue, suspected the young man was the Son of Fortune backed by the God of Destruction, and decided to send someone to kill him.
• Huo Yuhao reached Level 59 while cultivating in War God Square and passed the time playing cards with the Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux.
• Chen Tianhai erased another layer of the Extreme North’s Seal Ring, driving the soul beasts into greater violence, while news of Elemental Storms drew attention across the empires.
• After two months, Huo Yuhao awakened the Sun God Pillar’s Second Star Ring and received Sunlight Illumination, whose two waves of light first restrained monsters and then transformed them into a thriving forest.

After awakening his Second Star Ring, Huo Yuhao learned that the Third required faith from at least one million Believers and decided to spread the Sun God Canon. Elsewhere, Snow Empress faced a Titled Douluo during her God's Examination and burned her origin to protect the young Soul Beasts of the Extreme North.

• Huo Yuhao renamed his Second Star Ring skill Corona God Light after learning it could grant life or strip it away, though he could use it only once a day and only during the day.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that the Third Star Ring required at least one million Believers, and he planned to spread the Improved Mysterious Heaven Skill while seeking a way to give Artificial Soul Rings stable Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao adopted Ice Empress's suggestion to rename the Improved Mysterious Heaven Skill the Sun God Canon, then turned to cultivating toward Level 60 Soul Power.
• Snow Empress confronted a Titled Douluo whose strength had been raised for her God's Examination, and she refused to abandon the young Soul Beasts she was sworn to protect.
• Snow Empress blocked the Armored Woman's first attack despite severe injury, while the young Soul Beasts joined her side.
• When the Armored Woman unleashed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Snow Empress burned her origin and entrusted Bing'er with the future of the Extreme North.

Snow Empress sacrificed herself to defeat the Armored Woman and protect the Soul Beast cubs, only to awaken in the Ice God Palace after completing the Third God's Examination. As Chen Tianhai gave the Extreme North's Soul Beasts one month to submit to the Sea God or face destruction, Snow Empress heard Xiao Bai praying and called to him.

• Snow Empress used her life-burning final strike to erase the Armored Woman, then appeared to die after saving the Soul Beast cubs.
• Chen Tianhai removed the fourth protective layer around the Extreme North and told the assembled Soul Beasts they had one month to submit to the Sea God or be wiped out.
• The Ice Bear King left the other Soul Beasts to return to Ice Bear Valley, hoping to find Snow Empress, while they feared she had died or been trapped.
• Snow Empress awoke in the Ice God Palace, learned that her sacrifice had completed the Protection trial, and received five Soul Power levels and twenty percent more Ice God Affinity.
• The Ice Bear King prayed alone at the Frozen Throne, and Snow Empress finally called out to him.

Snow Empress ordered the Ice Bear King to make the Extreme North’s Soul Beast clans surrender temporarily while she completed the Ice God’s Fourth Trial, Heart Inquiry. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone and a God-Bestowed Sixth Soul Ring, reached the peak of Level 64, and left for Shrek Academy with Zhang Lexuan.

• Snow Empress told the Ice Bear King that the Extreme North faced a threat from Sea God’s followers and ordered the clans to surrender for now while preserving their strength.
• Snow Empress began the Ice God’s Fourth Trial, where she had to defeat an illusory version of herself within a month.
• Huo Yuhao broke through to Level 60, absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Demonic Whale Left Leg Bone, and erased its lingering Resentment with the Sun God Pillar’s power.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring as his Sixth Soul Ring, which reached roughly 130,000 years, and used the remaining energy to rise to the peak of Level 64.
• The War God opened a Teleportation Gate and sent Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan to Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek Academy, where they learned that strange spatial anomalies had appeared in the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires. Huo Yuhao decided to investigate the Dou Ling anomaly, while Yan Shaozhe told him the Medicine Immortal Douluo remained in seclusion.

• Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan toured Shrek City aboard a Tracked Soul Power Vehicle, and Huo Yuhao greeted excited Outer Court students in his Inner Court Uniform.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan met Ye Guyi, who explained that many Inner Court students had gone on Inspection Group Missions to the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires.
• The three met Yan Shaozhe, who showed them footage of an anomaly at sea; Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that another plane was approaching Douluo Plane.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that anomalies had appeared in both empires, and Huo Yuhao learned that Wang Dong'er was safe in the Star Luo Empire with Tai Tan.
• Huo Yuhao decided to travel to the Dou Ling Empire, while Zhang Lexuan agreed to handle academy duties and Yan Shaozhe reported that the Medicine Immortal Douluo had not emerged from seclusion.

The Ant King began sending Abyssal Creatures through a dangerous spatial tunnel toward the Douluo Continent, while Huo Yuhao prepared to travel to the Dou Ling Empire amid growing political unrest. Zhu Lu’s patrol team reached an Elemental Storm site and watched treasure seekers rush in as the storm subsided.

• The Ant King reported the strong Spatial Barrier to his Master, who ordered him to send Abyssal Creatures through as a vanguard and confirmed that the Plane had lost its God Realm’s protection.
• The Ant King dispatched Mud Flesh Rats and other Abyssal Creatures through a Spatial Rift, where the Space Tunnel’s Friction Force killed some of them.
• Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao that the Sun Moon Old Emperor had fallen seriously ill and Xu Tianran was taking control amid rebellions; Huo Yuhao suspected the collapse was abnormal.
• Huo Yuhao left for the Dou Ling Empire with Ye Guyi, while Zhu Lu joined a patrol team tasked with monitoring Elemental Storm regions and guarding against troublemakers.
• Zhu Lu’s team reached an Elemental Storm site outside Tianhe City, and treasure seekers surged into the area after the storm subsided.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Ma Xiaotao, Han Ruoruo, and Ye Guyi at Tianhe Inn after arranging for Wu Ming to alert the Dou Spirit Imperial Family about Xue Leng's parentage. As Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao headed out, he sensed that Xiao Lu was in danger, and they rushed toward the outskirts of Tianhe City.

• Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi arrived at Tianhe Inn, where staff recognized their Shrek Academy Inner Court status and escorted them to the courtyards.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Xue Leng had improper intentions toward Ma Xiaotao and Han Ruoruo, then told Wu Ming to inform the Dou Spirit Imperial Family that Xue Leng was the son of Xue Kui.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Wu Ming, Ma Xiaotao, and Han Ruoruo, and used Spiritual Power to fill out Ma Xiaotao's Soul Guiding Envelopes in minutes.
• Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao that his cultivation had reached Rank 64 and his Sixth Soul Ring was at the Hundred Thousand Year level, then warned her about an unknown plane drawing closer.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that Xiao Lu was in danger, and he and Ma Xiaotao flew toward the outskirts of Tianhe City.

Chu Qingtian’s patrol team entered the Elemental Storm’s central forest to gather rare herbs, but they were caught in a coordinated attack by unknown monsters. As a massive rat monster nearly struck Zhu Lu, Yuhao appeared and froze the battlefield with his Domain of Eternal Freeze.

• Chu Qingtian led the patrol team into the central forest after the Elemental Storm subsided, and Qian Yuan found a Dragon Blood Ganoderma that had already been ruined by bite marks.
• Zhu Lu heard screams nearby, and the team discovered monsters attacking Soul Masters, including Spray Lizards and Six-clawed Monsters; the team joined the fight and killed the ambushers.
• Four-clawed Bats, Moss Halflings, and Swollen Monsters arrived and surrounded the group, while giant Rat Monsters emerged from a pit and killed several Soul Elders.
• Chu Qingtian ordered a retreat as Qian Yuan and Lonely Bamboo Sword led the team through the encirclement, while Zhu Lu used her clones to protect the weaker members.
• A larger Rat Monster ambushed Zhu Lu with its tail, but Yuhao appeared and froze the monster and the surrounding area with his Domain of Eternal Freeze.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the monsters in the Elemental Storm came from the Abyss Plane, a dangerous realm whose creatures threatened Douluo Continent. After alerting Shrek Academy and the Heaven Spirit Royal Family, he began considering how to protect the Extreme North as well.

• Huo Yuhao killed a rat monster attacking Zhu Lu, and his Heavenly Eye absorbed the Gray Airflow released by its body.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived and burned away the pursuing Four-clawed Bats and the other monsters, then Huo Yuhao led everyone back to Tianhe City as the Elemental Storm stirred again.
• Huo Yuhao explained to Xuan Zi and the others that the monsters came from the Abyss Plane, described its layers and creatures, and warned that it threatened Douluo Continent.
• Xuan Zi flew to Lingdou City to alert the Royal Family, while Huo Yuhao began writing down the information for Shrek Academy.
• After Ma Xiaotao mentioned that the Extreme North's seal was nearly broken, Huo Yuhao resolved to try to save it from the Sea God Family.

The Ant King discovered that the advance party had been destroyed by the Space Tunnel’s Friction Force and sought help to prepare an invasion of the Douluo Continent. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao gave Zhu Lu an improved Soul Tool and spent the night with her and Ma Xiaotao; the next morning, Xuan Zi’s group found signs that another Plane was approaching.

• The Ant King found scattered traces of the lost advance party, repaired the Spatial Rift, and ordered his King Level Abyssal Creatures to locate safer Spatial Nodes.
• Ant Demon reported that the Wind King’s advance party had also been wiped out by a human, prompting the Ant King to contact the Holy Monarch and call for the other low-ranking Emperors.
• Huo Yuhao presented Zhu Lu with the Heartguard Mirror, which could provide either a single-use Invincible Mode or a reusable Tough Mode, then spent the night with Zhu Lu and Ma Xiaotao.
• Xuan Zi told Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and Han Ruoruo that the Royal Family had sent Soul Masters to investigate the Elemental Storms, then took them to the site of Huo Yuhao’s previous battle.
• Huo Yuhao located a concealed cave, and Xuan Zi found unstable space and Spatial Ripple Remnants at its end before concluding that another Plane was approaching the Douluo Continent.

Huo Yuhao reported the Abyss Plane’s threat to Shrek Academy and urged the major empires to prepare for an invasion. After learning that Tai Tan and his brother had joined the God of Destruction’s faction, Huo Yuhao asked Tai Tan to take him to meet Beast God Di Tian.

• Xuan Zi confirmed that the Abyss Plane had shut down its Spatial Channel, and Huo Yuhao linked its appearance to the weakening Elemental Storms and planned to warn the Four Great Empires.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy, reunited with Wang Dong'er, and learned that Tai Tan had encountered Abyssal Creatures in the Star Luo Empire.
• Huo Yuhao explained the Abyss threat to Mu En, Tai Tan, and the other academy leaders, who arranged a Sea God Pavilion meeting and warnings for the empires.
• Tai Tan revealed that he and his elder brother had secretly joined the God of Destruction’s faction, and Huo Yuhao urged him to alert Niu Tian about the Abyss.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tai Tan to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to meet Beast God Di Tian.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Tai Tan to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest so he could ask Di Tian to help save the Extreme North. Wang Dong’er’s idea about turning the Abyss’s energy against it excited Huo Yuhao, and the chapter ended as Di Tian confronted them.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Di Tian or the Demon Empress might be able to help the Extreme North, and Tai Tan agreed to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.
• Wang Dong’er encouraged Huo Yuhao about the Abyss and suggested devouring its energy in reverse, inspiring him to consider letting his Believers absorb Abyssal Energy.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er encountered Tang Ya and Beibei, who told them about a partly completed Moon Language Stone ring in Zhang Lexuan’s office.
• Huo Yuhao spent the night in Wang Dong’er’s loft, and she kissed him before he left in the morning.
• Tai Tan tore open space and brought Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian warned that humans could not enter the Land of Great Evil at will.

Huo Yuhao asked Di Tian to help protect the Extreme North and demonstrated his progress toward creating Artificial Soul Rings, convincing Di Tian that humans and Soul Beasts could cooperate. Di Tian agreed to assist when the final Seal Ring broke and proposed sending the Auspicious Beast to Shrek Academy, where Huo Yuhao named her Wang Qiu'er.

• Tai Tan brought Huo Yuhao to meet Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the Auspicious Beast at the Life Lake, where Di Tian acknowledged Huo Yuhao's past favor to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao asked Di Tian to help the Extreme North and explained that he had developed half of an Artificial Soul Ring as an alternative to hunting Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian said he would go to the Extreme North when the final Seal Ring broke, though he could only ease the crisis temporarily, and confirmed that the Star Dou Great Forest's favor to Huo Yuhao remained available.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji proposed that the Auspicious Beast take human form and stay at Shrek Academy, offering two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones if she enjoyed her time there; Huo Yuhao accepted and asked to choose the soul bones.
• After Di Tian and Tai Tan left to talk privately, the Auspicious Beast asked Huo Yuhao to show her the human world, and he named her Wang Qiu'er.

Di Tian agreed to protect Huo Yuhao while the Planar Consciousness revealed that the Douluo Plane was under invasion and needed a new way to survive. Huo Yuhao devised a plan to make the Golden Ancient Tree its vessel and hurried to investigate Ah Yin’s Divine Soul Seed, while Mu En sent Beibei and Tang Ya to deal with the Iron Blood Sect.

• Er Ming asked Di Tian to protect Huo Yuhao until he became a god, and Di Tian agreed in exchange for Er Ming asking the God of Destruction about Soul Beasts’ restrictions.
• The Planar Consciousness told Huo Yuhao that it could no longer hide from the invading force and proposed giving him the method for Artificial Soul Rings to gain Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that the Planar Consciousness become the Core of Life through the Golden Ancient Tree, then proposed exchanging Ah Yin’s dormant Divine Soul Seed with another vessel using Planar Power.
• The Planar Consciousness gave Huo Yuhao a mark and three days to check whether Ah Yin’s Divine Soul Seed had begun Soul Possession.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Huo Yuhao agreed to help Beibei and Tang Ya deal with the Iron Blood Sect, and Mu En opened a passage for him into the Golden Ancient Tree.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Divine Soul Seed would sprout within half a year and raced to arrange for the Planar Consciousness to safeguard the Nine Treasures Tree. After helping Beibei and Tang Ya prepare to take revenge on the Iron Blood Sect, he secured Ning Guanqing’s permission to empower the tree and left for Heaven Dou City.

• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that the Divine Soul Seed would sprout in less than half a year, so Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou City with Beibei and Tang Ya.
• Huo Yuhao asked Vina to restrict the guards near the Iron Blood Sect while Beibei and Tang Ya pursued revenge for the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao visited Ning Guanqing and offered an Aromatic Silk Beauty in exchange for permission to inspect the Nine Treasures Tree; Ning Guanqing agreed and suggested Huo Yuhao give the herb to Xiao Tian.
• Huo Yuhao had the Planar Consciousness inject its source power into the Nine Treasures Tree, creating a Divine Aura that would assimilate the Divine Soul Seed and bring it under his control.
• Huo Yuhao left the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to rejoin Beibei and Tang Ya in Heaven Dou City.