Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen heard Soul Guided Cannons and used Mental Detection to discover a large army pursuing a group of Soul Tool users. Xuan Ziwen recognized Ju Zi and Ke Ke among the fugitives, leaving him determined to intervene.

• Huo Yuhao identified the distant barrage as Soul Guided Cannons and equipped his Mechanical Tentacles while Xuan Ziwen prepared his All-Terrain Soul Guidance Vehicle.
• Huo Yuhao shared his Mental Detection with Xuan Ziwen and discovered a fleeing group being encircled by a larger, well-trained army.
• Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen speculated that the clash might be connected to a Northern Duke seeking independence from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xuan Ziwen recognized Ju Zi and Ke Ke among the pursued group, and Huo Yuhao agreed to follow his lead and help them.

Xuan Ziwen and Huo Yuhao reached Ju Zi and Ke Ke, whose Soul Tool Creator squad had been encircled during a rebellion-suppression mission. After learning that reinforcements were on their way, Huo Yuhao took command and ordered the group to hold a hill until they arrived, though the exhausted squad doubted they could survive the assault.

• Xuan Ziwen and Huo Yuhao caught up with Ju Zi and Ke Ke as enemy forces closed around their squad.
• Ju Zi explained that a northern duke had rebelled, and Huo Yuhao criticized her tactic for relying on terrain with little defensible high ground.
• Xuan Ziwen offered to delay the pursuers so his students could escape, but Ju Zi and Ke Ke warned him about the enemy Soul Saint and Soul Tool Creators.
• Huo Yuhao learned that the squad had less than thirty percent of its Soul Power left, while thirty thousand allied troops were expected within half an hour.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Ju Zi and Ke Ke to use a hill as a barrier and hold until reinforcements arrived, as a young Soul Tool Creator protested that they would be overwhelmed.

Huo Yuhao took command of Ju Zi’s battered unit, ordered it to hold the ridge and attack from the reverse slope, then charged toward the advancing enemy army. He intercepted their opening bombardment, while Xuan Ziwen and Ju Zi moved to clear the Soul Tool Creator squad.

• Huo Yuhao ordered the soldiers to split their forces, build reverse-slope positions, hold the ridge observation post, and report on the Soul Tool Creator squad.
• Ju Zi recognized Huo Yuhao’s command ability and led her team to follow his deployment.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xuan Ziwen to help clear a path, and Xuan Ziwen went with Ju Zi toward the high ground.
• Huo Yuhao charged the advancing army and used Mental Shock to knock more than a hundred soldiers unconscious.
• The enemy’s Soul Tool Creators fired hundreds of Soul Guidance Cannonballs at Huo Yuhao, and he destroyed them midair with beams from his Mechanical Tentacles.

Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen used a devastating cannon volley and Huo Yuhao’s overwhelming strength to blunt the enemy assault. Ju Zi’s forces regained hope and held their position, but their continued barrage drained their Soul Power as more enemies advanced.

• Xuan Ziwen fired his only Level 7 fixed-structure Soul Ammunition round while Huo Yuhao dodged and supported the attack with his Mechanical Tentacles.
• The cannon volley killed more than a hundred enemies, and Huo Yuhao’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring terrified the enemy soldiers.
• The Fifth Level Soul Engineer charged Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao evaded him and pierced his shoulder with a Mechanical Tentacle before throwing him from the sky.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke saw their chances of survival improve, and Ju Zi reorganized her forces as the enemy resumed its attack.
• Ju Zi’s Soul Engineers combined cannon fire and precise Soul Guidance Rays to inflict more than five hundred casualties, though the sustained assault rapidly depleted their Soul Power.

Zhao Yang led the Brilliant Duke’s forces in an attempt to break through the encirclement by taking the ridge and capturing Ju Zi. Ju Zi’s resistance helped the Sun Moon Empire’s reinforcements surround the rebels, while Zhao Yang charged at Huo Yuhao.

• Zhao Yang ordered his artillery to suppress the ridge and led a charge toward Huo Yuhao, declaring that capturing Ju Zi was the rebels’ best chance to survive.
• Huo Yuhao and his opponent flew upward to meet, while Ju Zi ordered Ke Ke to take command if she died and led troops to expose the enemy artillery positions.
• Ju Zi’s reports disrupted the enemy’s bombardment, and Soul Masters took turns replacing her at the observation point despite the danger.
• Sun Moon Empire reinforcements arrived from every direction, catching Zhao Yang’s forces off guard and completing Ju Zi’s plan to surround them.
• Zhao Yang concluded that he had to kill Huo Yuhao to capture Ju Zi, as the chapter explained his ambition, his role in the rebellion, and the empire’s decision to crush it.

Huo Yuhao confronted Zhao Yang, a rebel duke who believed he could surrender and keep his wealth, and fought to stop him. Zhao Yang’s Martial Soul Avatar and soundwave attack disrupted Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao recovered as Zhao Yang charged in, setting the stage for Huo Yuhao to reveal his Fourth Soul Skill.

• Huo Yuhao judged that Zhao Yang had badly misread the cost of rebellion and that Xu Tianran would not spare him simply to save Ju Zi.
• Zhao Yang activated his Golden Body and Berserk Soul Skills and lunged at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao struck Zhao Yang with Mental Shock and fired twelve Soul Guidance Rays at his throat, but Zhao Yang used Martial Soul Avatar to endure the attack.
• Zhao Yang unleashed a soundwave Soul Skill that toppled the battlefield fighters and left Huo Yuhao disoriented.
• Zhao Yang charged Huo Yuhao and struck at him, but Huo Yuhao recovered quickly, preparing to use his Fourth Soul Skill.

Huo Yuhao used Thundercloud Avatar to evade Zhao Yang’s strike, then pressed his attack with Dragon Flash and wounded Zhao Yang’s arms. When Zhao Yang countered with a bear-paw blow, Huo Yuhao pierced straight through his paw with a focused thrust.

• Zhao Yang struck Huo Yuhao, but Thundercloud Avatar turned Huo Yuhao into lightning and left Zhao Yang numb and off balance.
• Huo Yuhao circled behind Zhao Yang and slashed at his throat, but Zhao Yang ducked and narrowly avoided the blade.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Dragon Flash, blasting Zhao Yang’s arms until they bled.
• Zhao Yang roared and swung his Raging Gold Bear paw at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao thrust Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Cut through Zhao Yang’s bear paw, punching a hole through it.

Huo Yuhao defeated Zhao Yang in a fierce midair duel and secretly took Zhao Yang's body through the Gate of the Undead. His victory inspired the defenders and the encircling army, while the Rebel Army was left shaken.

• Zhao Yang endured Huo Yuhao's blade wound and struck him away, then unleashed his Terror Demon Dark Gold Fist.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to evade Zhao Yang's redirected punch and reappeared in front of him.
• Huo Yuhao cut Zhao Yang across the waist and severed his neck with a Kesa Slash, killing him.
• Zhao Yang admitted that he had underestimated Huo Yuhao and the people under heaven.
• Huo Yuhao secretly sent Zhao Yang's body through the Gate of the Undead, making it appear that the corpse had vanished.
• Huo Yuhao's victory heartened the defenders and encircling army, while the Rebel Army turned ashen-faced.

After killing Zhao Yang and helping the Sun Moon Empire defeat the Rebel Army, Huo Yuhao recovered and learned more about the campaign from Ju Zi and Ke Ke. He left his tent to find Xuan Ziwen but sensed something wrong near the battlefield.

• The Sun Moon Empire forces wiped out the Rebel Army, while Huo Yuhao meditated on what his fight with Zhao Yang had taught him.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke brought Huo Yuhao a meal, and he asked them about the Rebel Army and their earlier missions against Sea Soul Masters.
• Ju Zi said the military leaders wanted to thank Huo Yuhao but she had declined on his behalf, and she told him Xuan Ziwen was tending wounded soldiers and considering a Soul Tool to stitch their wounds.
• After Ju Zi and Ke Ke left, Huo Yuhao suspected Ju Zi was the Crown Princess and reflected on her ambition and ability.
• Huo Yuhao left his tent to look for Xuan Ziwen and sensed something wrong near the battlefield.

Huo Yuhao suspected Crown Prince Xu Tianran’s faction had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult to exploit the rebellion and massacre, then left the military camp with Xuan Ziwen to show him new soul guidance technology. Xuan Ziwen was captivated by Huo Yuhao’s Mental Power-controlled tentacles and armed autogyro, and agreed to go with him.

• Huo Yuhao considered how Xu Tianran had used Brilliant Duke’s rebellion to gain military control and prestige, and suspected the Crown Prince’s faction was connected to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen left the military camp early the next morning to avoid becoming involved in military affairs.
• Xuan Ziwen tested Huo Yuhao’s Mental Power-controlled Soul Guidance Mechanical Tentacles and found their capabilities impressive.
• Huo Yuhao equipped a Rotorcraft Soul Guidance Drone with a Sealed Milk Bottle and demonstrated its flight, observation, and attack functions to Xuan Ziwen.
• Huo Yuhao described the possibilities of developing precision soul guidance devices, and Xuan Ziwen became so excited that he agreed to go with him after taking time to recover.

Huo Yuhao brought Xuan Ziwen to the Undead Demiplane after Xuan Ziwen signed a contract limiting access to certain technologies. There, Xuan Ziwen reviewed the realm’s projects and agreed to begin by inspecting a giant charging factory that needed his expertise.

• Xuan Ziwen signed Huo Yuhao’s contract, which transformed into a locked symbol and entered his Sea of Spirit.
• Huo Yuhao opened a Gate of the Undead and took Xuan Ziwen to the Undead Demiplane.
• Na Na welcomed Xuan Ziwen with a skull Communicator and explained that it broadcast messages through Soul Fire.
• Huo Yuhao gave Xuan Ziwen a Mission Log listing the demiplane’s construction, research, and Soul Tool projects.
• Xuan Ziwen stopped at the entry for the Ammonite-Sea God giant charging factory, and Huo Yuhao offered to take him there for help with its trial operation.

Huo Yuhao showed Xuan Ziwen the Ammonite-Sea God Workstation and activated its giant shell using Milk Bottles. The machine drew in Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and formed a miniature gray Soul Core, leaving Xuan Ziwen shocked by the breakthrough.

• Huo Yuhao led Xuan Ziwen into the colossal test building and showed him the Deep Sea Sinking Silver Energy Supply Pillar and the enormous Ammonite Shell.
• Huo Yuhao loaded Xuan Ziwen’s Milk Bottles into the pillar and Ammonite’s Energy Supply Chamber, then asked for more power when the first supply proved insufficient.
• Xuan Ziwen handed over a sealed Level Eight Milk Bottle, and Huo Yuhao used it to start Ammonite.
• Huo Yuhao warned the Class A Test Zone personnel to evacuate nearby Undead creatures as Ammonite began venting powerful hurricanes.
• Ammonite rapidly gathered Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, condensed Liquid Soul Power, and formed a spinning gray Soul Core as the Energy Supply Pillar began operating.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated that the Sea God-Ammonite Workstation could use a Soul Core to charge Sealed Milk Bottles without a Soul Master’s power. Xuan Ziwen tested the charged bottles in the Ammonite and saw that they worked.

• Huo Yuhao dropped the grey Soul Core onto the Energy Supply Pillar, which absorbed its power and held it in a force field instead of exploding.
• Huo Yuhao activated the pillar, and it drew in Heaven and Earth Essence Qi before sending energy into the Energy Supply Chambers.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Workstation could charge up to one hundred and twenty Milk Bottles and might also support Artificial Soul Ring and Artificial Soul Core research.
• The Workstation charged twelve Milk Bottles in thirty-four seconds, consuming 1.72% of the Soul Core.
• Xuan Ziwen removed a charged Sealed Milk Bottle and inserted several into the Ammonite’s Energy Supply Chamber, where they were recognized as energy reserves.

Xuan Ziwen realized the Sea God-Ammonite Energy Supply Station could revolutionize the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer Legions, then went to find Huo Yuhao in the Class B Test Zone. There, Huo Yuhao began transforming Zhao Yang into an undead while testing whether resurrection changed a Soul Master’s Martial Soul.

• Xuan Ziwen imagined how the Sea God-Ammonite Energy Supply Station could charge Sealed Milk Bottles for the Sun Moon Empire’s legions, then learned Huo Yuhao was in the Class B Test Zone.
• Huo Yuhao used the Life Engraving Knife to repair Zhao Yang’s body as part of Electrolux’s experiment to preserve Zhao Yang’s consciousness and strip away and later restore his Martial Soul.
• Zhao Yang accepted the transformation to gain a chance at revenge and greater strength, and asked Huo Yuhao whether the Soul Hall and the Undead Demiplane were the Underworld.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Underworld existed elsewhere and urged Zhao Yang to focus on the experiment so he could eventually help fight the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao reconnected Zhao Yang’s nerves, causing an embarrassing accidental fart when Zhao Yang tried to move, then began inscribing Runes to transform him into an undead and remove his Martial Soul.

After transforming Zhao Yang into an undead, Huo Yuhao helped Xuan Ziwen explore the Undead Demiplane and persuaded him to return to the Illustrious Virtue Hall for now. As Huo Yuhao and He Caitou prepared to leave the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, Huo Yuhao reflected on the research and businesses he had built there.

• Huo Yuhao completed Zhao Yang's undead transformation and gave him survival instructions before leaving him on the operating table.
• Xuan Ziwen eagerly tried to take over Huo Yuhao's test zones, but Huo Yuhao persuaded him to return to the Illustrious Virtue Hall until the exchange program ended.
• Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen left the Undead Demiplane, while Xuan Ziwen reflected on his former students and his current graduate student, Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou shared a meal in their dormitory and noted that they would leave the academy the next day.
• Huo Yuhao recalled his progress in research, the Spice Business, and Rare Metal trading, with the metals stored in the Undead Demiplane for delivery after his return.

He Caitou told Huo Yuhao that the financially struggling Tang Sect planned to sell the Tight-Backed Piercing Flower Crossbow Cannon technology to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy. Huo Yuhao recognized that He Caitou’s soul-tool activation method was the valuable innovation and helped him plan which rare metals to demand in payment.

• He Caitou explained that the Tang Sect had failed to recruit and retain disciples, drained its funds, and stalled its development.
• He Caitou said Bei Bei and Tang Ya planned to trade the Tight-Backed Piercing Flower Crossbow Cannon technology to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy for rare metals, then sell the metals for money.
• He Caitou revealed that Bei Bei and Tang Ya intended to give him twenty percent of the profits despite relying on his technical contribution and asking him to handle the deal.
• Huo Yuhao realized that He Caitou’s method of using mechanical hidden weapons to activate soul tools, rather than the weapon designs themselves, was the deal’s most valuable asset.
• He Caitou asked Huo Yuhao to identify scarce rare metals he needed so He Caitou could demand them from the academy.

Huo Yuhao coached He Caitou on negotiating for rare materials, and the Shrek exchange students prepared to leave Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy. Jing Hongchen offered He Caitou a final cache of materials in exchange for a blueprint, leaving the deal awaiting his answer.

• Huo Yuhao advised He Caitou to negotiate for Silver Dragon Scales and rare metals without revealing their bottom line.
• At the farewell ceremony, Xu Tianran arrived with Imperial Guards and a troop of armored Soul Tool Masters, then spoke with Qian Duoduo and Jing Hongchen.
• Xu Tianran privately handed Jing Hongchen something before departing, while Qian Duoduo led the Shrek students aside.
• Jing Hongchen offered He Caitou thirty Silver Dragon Scales, five hundred jin each of Purple Gold Copper and Heavenly Spirit Silver, and eight hundred large Nether Crystals in exchange for the blueprint.

He Caitou traded Jing Hongchen the blueprints for Silver Dragon Scale, and the Sun Moon exchange students returned to Shrek Academy. Jing Hongchen learned that Huo Yuhao had secretly copied extensive soul tool research, while Shrek's deans prepared to welcome the students home.

• He Caitou accepted Jing Hongchen's ring and handed over the blueprints, which Jing Hongchen recognized as genuine and enlightening.
• When Jing Hongchen asked why He Caitou had not inspected the ring, He Caitou mentioned that Mu En was still at Shrek Academy, leaving Jing Hongchen unsettled.
• Jing Hongchen arranged for teachers to escort the Shrek students east toward the agreed exchange location, and they looked forward to returning home after two and a half years away.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin Er met the returning students, and Xian Lin Er regarded Huo Yuhao with gratitude for the soul tool blueprints he had supplied to Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen realized Huo Yuhao had copied every publicly exposed soul tool and gathered research materials and experimental data from Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Yan Shaozhe and Jing Hongchen praised the exchange and discussed the possibility of making it a regular arrangement.

The Shrek exchange students and teachers prepared to return home after the exchange program ended. At a meal with the deans, He Caitou revealed the immense haul of Rare Metals he had obtained, while Huo Yuhao surprised them with his fifth Soul Ring and Level 55 cultivation.

• Jing Hongchen said farewell to the Shrek deans and led the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy group away using their Soul Tools.
• Yan Shaozhe welcomed the returning Shrek students and took them to eat before setting off for the academy.
• He Caitou showed Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin Er his Storage Ring, revealing tons of top-grade Rare Metals, including thirty Silver Dragon Scales.
• Xian Lin Er asked He Caitou to discuss selling the Rare Metals to Shrek Academy with Bei Bei and Xiao Ya, while He Caitou promised to strive for Six Rings before the next Tournament.
• Huo Yuhao revealed five Soul Rings, including a red One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and showed that he had reached Level 55, shocking Elder Xuan and the deans.
• Old Song prepared to escort the other eight exchange students home, while Elder Xuan ate and carried his Vegetable Soup Gourd in place of his Wine Gourd.

Shrek Academy’s powerful group flew home through the Heaven Dou Empire while considering who might attack them. A massive, tiger-shaped cloud appeared before them, and its unseen speaker addressed Yan Shaozhe as an old friend.

• Xian Lin Er told Qian Duoduo to protect Huo Yuhao and He Caitou if enemies attacked, and Qian Duoduo promised he would.
• The group equipped their Flying Soul Tools and flew toward Shrek Academy, with Elder Xuan protecting Huo Yuhao and He Caitou.
• Elder Xuan wondered whether Jing Hongchen would attack, while Yan Shaozhe hoped he would not.
• Elder Xuan and the other deans sensed a fast-approaching mass of dark clouds and prepared for a confrontation.
• The clouds took the shape of a tiger’s head, and a thunderous voice asked Yan Shaozhe whether he remembered his old friend.