Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao began Infernal Delicate Apricot's trial by fighting a humanoid opponent formed from the Blazing Yang Spring, despite the extreme heat suppressing his Ultimate Ice. He left the chapter charging Flame Xiao Wu with his evolved Eternal Freeze Hand against her twin blazing blades.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot set Huo Yuhao's trial as defeating an opponent of equal strength with Ultimate Fire, and barred him from leaving the plant-free area around her.
• Huo Yuhao used two God-level Soul Rings and a triangular Ultimate Ice barrier to split the rushing Yang Spring Water and shield himself.
• Huo Yuhao threatened Infernal Delicate Apricot with a Ninth Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell until she confirmed that the Yang Spring Water figure was his opponent.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot empowered the Fire Woman, who formed twin blazing blades and attacked Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his evolved Eternal Freeze Hand and charged Flame Xiao Wu as she brought her blades down.

Huo Yuhao used Ultimate Ice and illusions to freeze Infernal Delicate Apricot’s Flame Xiao Wu incarnation, but the Blazing Yang Spring restored it. After Infernal Delicate Apricot rejected his victory and accused him of cheating, Huo Yuhao prepared a new attack, unleashing two ancient, terrifying auras.

• Huo Yuhao dodged Flame Xiao Wu’s sword and struck her throat with Ultimate Ice, forcing her to retreat into the Yang Spring Water and re-form.
• Huo Yuhao used Smoke Bomb, Mimicry, and eight false images to distract Flame Xiao Wu while his real body released Breath of Ice from the smoke.
• Huo Yuhao’s icy breath covered Flame Xiao Wu in frost and weakened her flames, but the Blazing Yang Spring restored her by pouring spring water into her.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Infernal Delicate Apricot’s use of the spring water, but Infernal Delicate Apricot insisted her incarnation had not been defeated and accused him of using a trick.
• Huo Yuhao stopped arguing, unleashed Spiritual Shock, and sent his Blue-Gold Soul Ring toward the distant ice spring as two terrifying auras rose.

Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Shock let the Ice Empress and Snow Empress seize control of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, turning the tables on Infernal Delicate Apricot and You You. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu dismissing their threat of Heavenly Punishment and challenging the authority of Tang San.

• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Shock briefly broke Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass’s control of the Yin Spring, allowing the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to seize its water and empower themselves.
• The Ice Empress took control of the Yang Spring from Infernal Delicate Apricot, while the Snow Empress spread Emperor Cold Heaven across the well.
• You You tried to attack Wang Dong’er, but Qian Daoliu appeared and slapped her away, protecting his god-granddaughter.
• The Snow Empress destroyed the Fire Woman and threatened Infernal Delicate Apricot, who warned that harming them would bring Heavenly Punishment.
• Qian Daoliu laughed off the warning and questioned Tang San’s claim to heaven, recalling how Spirit Hall had defied fate under his leadership.

Huo Yuhao and his allies subdued the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well after Infernal Delicate Apricot broke her promise. Snow Empress and Qian Daoliu claimed valuable treasures from the herbs, leaving the others cowed and the negotiations unresolved.

• Qian Daoliu, the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux emerged and overwhelmed the Plant-type Soul Beasts with their pressure.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Infernal Delicate Apricot for breaking her promise, while You You apologized on her behalf and admitted her own fault.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot conceded that Huo Yuhao had passed his trial, and Snow Empress took a fiery-red gelatinous substance from her flower core and sealed it in ice.
• Qian Daoliu demanded a treasure from Aromatic Silk Beauty, which handed him The Book before reluctantly offering a mysterious purple bead.

Qian Daoliu and Huo Yuhao seized resources from the sentient herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and made them sign contracts. Huo Yuhao plucked Lovesick Heartbreak Red without following its supposed requirements, leaving You You and Wang Dong'er astonished.

• Qian Daoliu took Aromatic Silk Beauty's pearl and had the sentient herbs sign Electrolux's contracts to ensure their survival.
• Qian Daoliu told Huo Yuhao to gather non-sentient herbs and extract essence from the sentient ones, while Wang Dong'er read his book and prepared to plant seeds.
• Qian Daoliu scolded You You for serving Tang San, and You You and the other plant-type soul beasts broke into tears.
• Huo Yuhao reassured the herbs, then asked You You to show him Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Huo Yuhao plucked the flower without offering heart's blood, and every flower in the valley bowed toward him.
• Electrolux identified the flower as a Seeking Other Shore Flower, while Wang Dong'er watched Huo Yuhao curiously and thought about making him kneel on a washboard.

Huo Yuhao explained how the Seeking Other Shore Flower tested a person’s will, then recruited plants from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while planning elemental damage for Wang Dong'er. Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass agreed to go with him if he preserved her consciousness.

• Electrolux explained that the Seeking Other Shore Flower could be picked by anyone with sufficiently firm resolve, regardless of what they believed in.
• Huo Yuhao sent a Frost Bone Dragon to carry the flower’s Dark Obsidian Stone back to the Undead Demiplane for Soul Hall.
• Huo Yuhao offered Infernal Delicate Apricot half of its Fire Gel if it came with him, and revealed a Golden Flame to show that he possessed more than Ice Attribute.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Wang Dong'er should pursue a hybrid-damage attribute rather than rely only on strength, combining elemental effects with her hammer attacks.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass asked to leave the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with Huo Yuhao, requesting that he preserve her consciousness in exchange for her help.

Huo Yuhao gained Infernal Delicate Apricot and Aromatic Silk Beauty as followers, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to investigate its powers. The spring waters eased the strain of his conflicting Soul Powers, though he could not find the well’s bottom.

• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass chose to follow Huo Yuhao in pursuit of immortality, and Infernal Delicate Apricot decided to join her.
• Huo Yuhao returned half of Infernal Delicate Apricot’s Fire Gel, and Aromatic Silk Beauty also agreed to follow him.
• Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to teach the plants how to form Wisdom Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao tested the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with his ice and fire powers and found that they merged instead of clashing.
• Huo Yuhao descended into the well, where its waters eased the strain of his conflicting Soul Powers, but his Mental Detection could not reach the bottom.

Huo Yuhao soaked in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, which healed his meridians but erased the Soul Skills in his Million Year Ultimate Ice torso bone. He climbed out lamenting his loss and learned that Electrolux and the others had been discussing Soul Spirits, a new way for Soul Beasts to fight alongside Soul Masters.

• Huo Yuhao relaxed in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well as its spring water healed hidden injuries in his meridians.
• The spring water dissolved the attributes and Soul Skills in Huo Yuhao's Million Year Ultimate Ice torso bone, leaving it with only a physical-strength boost.
• Huo Yuhao climbed out of the well, upset that he had lost several powerful Soul Skills.
• Electrolux explained that Soul Spirits could provide Soul Skills and fight outside their hosts, unlike Wisdom Soul Rings.
• Wang Dong'er described Soul Spirits to Huo Yuhao as an upgraded version of Wisdom Soul Rings, though she admitted she did not understand the details.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the Yin-Yang Well had stripped his torso Soul Bone of its Ultimate Ice attribute, and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass explained that this change had balanced his powers and prevented a future crisis. The group then began preparing for Wang Dong'er to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as a Soul Spirit, though Electrolux warned that no such experiment had succeeded before.

• Huo Yuhao told Electrolux and the others that the Yin-Yang Well had removed the attribute and skill from his torso Soul Bone.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass explained that the attribute-less Soul Bone would protect Huo Yuhao's meridians from conflicting powers that could otherwise cause stagnation or death.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot assured Huo Yuhao that Wang Dong'er would gain protection against conflicting powers when she absorbed the two grasses as Soul Spirits.
• Wang Dong'er sat by the Yin Spring as the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass formed an ice-blue, eight-cornered crystal for her absorption.
• Electrolux asked the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass whether it had chosen to become a Soul Spirit rather than a Wisdom Soul Ring, noting that no Soul Spirit experiment had succeeded before.

Electrolux taught Huo Yuhao about the Soul Spirit System’s significance and performed the conversion ritual for Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. The grass became Wang Dong’er’s Soul Spirit, while Electrolux urged Huo Yuhao to claim the titles of founder of the Soul Spirit System and Lord of the Soul Hall.

• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass gave Wang Dong’er its ten-thousand-year-old Eight-Petaled Mysterious Ice Crystal, and Infernal Delicate Apricot entrusted her with its half of the Fire Gel.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao to establish his own standing as founder of the Soul Spirit System and Lord of the Soul Hall, then instructed him to watch the ritual.
• Electrolux began the Soul Contract ritual, directing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass’s Mental Origin and Soul Power toward Wang Dong’er.
• Wang Dong’er’s Mental Power merged with the grass’s Mental Origin as Electrolux completed the conversion.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass withered, became a small ice-blue Soul Spirit, and fused into Wang Dong’er’s right leg.

Wang Dong'er absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as her Soul Spirit, gaining a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Right Leg Soul Bone. Huo Yuhao then saw two ancient Divine Dragon skeletons beneath the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and realized how far his power still had to grow.

• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass became Wang Dong'er's Soul Spirit and formed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Right Leg Soul Bone.
• Wang Dong'er discovered the new ice-blue grass in her palm and sensed the power it had given her.
• Huo Yuhao used his vertical pupil to look into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and saw two enormous dragon skeletons amid the flames and frost.
• Huo Yuhao realized the dragons might have been God-level beings and felt overwhelmed by how weak he was beside the powerful enemies of the past.
• Electrolux watched Huo Yuhao's reaction and used the Divine Dragons' fate to remind him that even Gods could be killed.

Electrolux completed the bonding rituals for Infernal Delicate Apricot and another Soul Spirit, leaving Wang Dong'er with two crimson One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings. Huo Yuhao returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to train under its crushing pressure, stopping short of the Divine Dragon skeletons and discovering that the well greatly strengthened his body and accelerated cultivation.

• Electrolux completed the Soul Spirit bonding rituals, and Huo Yuhao recovered his drained Soul Power while Wang Dong'er studied her new abilities.
• Huo Yuhao decided to enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well again, hoping to reach the two Divine Dragon skeletons within it.
• Huo Yuhao descended to nearly four thousand meters, where immense pressure forced him to stop before reaching the skeletons.
• Gold of Life nourished Huo Yuhao as the pressure tempered his body, and he chose to retreat rather than risk pushing farther.
• Huo Yuhao resurfaced and realized that training in the well could greatly improve his physical resilience and cultivation speed.

Huo Yuhao returned from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with Lovesick Heartbreak Red and learned it could prolong Mu En’s life but not remove the Dragon Pill Miasma. He showed Mu En the Sky Azure Bull Python’s warning, revealing that the Golden Ancient Tree had a serious problem.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well after gaining powerful treasures and soul abilities.
• Huo Yuhao sold Shrek’s remaining Rare Metal to Xu Jiu Jiu at the Starlight Auction House and discussed the secret Soul Hall with her.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that Lovesick Heartbreak Red could heal Mu En’s body and soul and extend his life, but could not eradicate the Dragon Pill Miasma.
• Huo Yuhao visited Mu En and explained where he had found Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Huo Yuhao transmitted the Sky Azure Bull Python’s warning to Mu En, who trembled as he learned that the Golden Ancient Tree had a huge problem.

Mu En accepted Huo Yuhao’s evidence that Tang San had concealed the path to godhood and suspected another consciousness lurked within the Golden Ancient Tree. He asked Huo Yuhao to reveal what was hidden there, and Huo Yuhao’s Eye of True Sight showed him a vast golden world of tree veins.

• After seeing Huo Yuhao’s memories of the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape at the Clear Sky Sect, Mu En realized Tang San’s deception about godhood had been exposed.
• Mu En recalled clues in Huo Yuhao’s book, "Hierarchy of Angels," and recognized that a line about the Angel’s history had been altered.
• Mu En isolated himself and Huo Yuhao from outside influence, then revealed that he sensed an unfamiliar force attached to the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Mu En asked Huo Yuhao to uncover the hidden presence beneath the Golden Ancient Tree’s shadow, and Huo Yuhao opened his Eye of True Sight.
• Huo Yuhao saw through the Golden Ancient Tree into an empty golden world filled with cross-sections of its veins.

Huo Yuhao traced the Golden Threads through the Golden Ancient Tree and discovered that they came from an enormous Blue Crop beneath Shrek Academy, whose roots were devouring the tree. He realized the sleeping, heart-like being was a God-level Plant-type Soul Beast, though its power appeared constrained by Douluo Continent.

• Huo Yuhao sensed a sorrowful Consciousness Entity at the top of the Golden Ancient Tree, then continued examining the tree below.
• Huo Yuhao found Golden Threads spreading through the tree’s channels and covering its trunk and surface.
• Huo Yuhao saw deep-blue roots with golden patterns encasing the Golden Ancient Tree’s underground roots and consuming their nutrients.
• Huo Yuhao discovered a mountain-sized heart formed from the Blue Crop’s roots and recognized the being as a God-level Plant-type Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that the enormous creature was asleep and reasoned that heaven and earth had suppressed its power.

After Huo Yuhao discovered the God-level plant sleeping beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, he and Mu En concealed a plan while Mu En announced he would pass down his ultimate technique and attempt to reach Level 100 after the tournament. The announcement stirred the continent, and the chapter left young Soul Masters eager to compete for his guidance.

• Huo Yuhao showed Mu En the terrifying heart buried beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, and Mu En kept the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and two God Eaters.
• Mu En's condition improved, but he remained beneath the Golden Ancient Tree while Huo Yuhao taught his Soul Guidance Battle Armor curriculum for three months.
• Shrek's teachers encountered the Evil Soul Master brothers Zhong LiTian, Zhong LiDi, and Zhong LiRen in the Star Dou Forest, but temporary Invincible Shields helped them return with every student unharmed.
• Mu En announced that after the tournament he would teach Reign Over The World to its top three teams and make a final attempt to break through Level 100.
• Huo Yuhao, Qian Duoduo, and Du Busi secretly coordinated Mu En's plan, while young Soul Masters across the continent grew eager to compete for his guidance.

At dawn, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er joined Shrek Academy's leaders and students as Xuan Zi announced the new Tournament rules and confirmed the Tang Sect's participation. The Tang Sect and Shrek Academy would field separate teams, while the teams reflected on how Huo Yuhao's absence had weakened their coordination.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er arrived at the Sea God Pavilion with Xuan Zi, where Shrek's students and the Tang Sect members had gathered.
• Xuan Zi announced that sect representative teams could enter the Tournament, and Bei Bei confirmed that the Tang Sect would compete under its own name.
• Xuan Zi explained that the Tournament would use elimination rounds, group stages, and finals, with individual matches followed by team competitions.
• Shrek's new team gained confidence after Wang Qiu'er nearly defeated the Tang Sect Team in a practice match.
• The Tang Sect members recognized that without Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection Sharing, their coordination had fallen, and they missed relying on his battlefield control.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er reunited with their former classmates before the Shrek team set off for Ming Capital. The expanded tournament promised powerful Soul Tool prizes, and Huo Yuhao suspected the Sun Moon Empire had ulterior motives.

• Huo Yuhao returned his attention to the recovering teams, and Wang Dong'er teased him for staring at Wang Qiu'er.
• Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen recognized Wang Dong'er, learned she had disguised herself as a boy, and joked about her sharing a dormitory with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao kissed Wang Dong'er, embarrassing her and leaving Zhou Sichen regretting his teasing.
• The team finished recovering, shared a farewell feast, and flew toward Ming Capital using Soul Guidance Thrusters.
• The tournament reopened participation to sects and expanded to 168 teams, while the Sun Moon Empire offered Soul Tools as prizes.
• Huo Yuhao read the tournament rules and prizes, suspected the Sun Moon Empire was plotting something, and Wang Dong'er pointed out that they had chosen to come.

In the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial rear garden, Xu Tianran discussed the emperor’s declining health, Dragon God Mu En, and the upcoming Tournament with Ju Zi. Xu Tianran hoped to recruit Shrek Academy’s champions, while Ju Zi silently despised his arrogance and remembered the cost of his alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that the emperor had been frequently losing consciousness and was unlikely to live much longer.
• Xu Tianran dismissed his imperial father as a mediocre ruler and spoke of uniting the Douluo Continent, while Ju Zi reflected on his ambition, paranoia, and dependence on Mu En’s death.
• Ju Zi considered how Mu En’s impending death could reshape the Sun Moon Empire’s power struggles and create opportunities for nobles seeking wealth and military glory.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi whether the Tournament preparations were complete, and she confirmed that everything was proceeding according to plan.
• Xu Tianran asked whether Shrek Academy’s champions had arrived and said he hoped they might serve him, while Ju Zi inwardly mocked him and condemned his pact with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Xu Tianran discussed the Empire’s military and his plans with Ju Zi, while the Shrek Academy party reached the outskirts of Ming Capital and rested in a powerful Earth Dragon Carriage. Their break was interrupted by the approach of fourteen riders on Horned Scale Horses.

• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi not to provoke Shrek Academy and ordered her to wait until he ascended the throne before dealing with generals who refused to submit.
• Ju Zi recalled her failed maneuver during the rebellion two years earlier, and Xu Tianran reassured her before promising to make her Empress and asking her to summon Zhongli.
• Huo Yuhao’s group descended about a hundred kilometers from Ming Capital and rested in the elaborate Earth Dragon Carriage Na Na had prepared.
• The chapter explained that Na Na’s group had captured earth dragons in Devil Forest and used Huo Yuhao’s Soul Contract, the Bone Dragon, and threats to train them as carriage pullers.
• Mental Detection Sharing revealed fourteen black-clad riders approaching on Horned Scale Horses, which Xu Sanshi recognized as valuable Soul Beasts.