Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao killed Ye Canshang with a light-and-healing array that the State Preceptor identified as a genuine One Hundred Thousand Year soul ring, then faced Meng Hongchen in the next match. Meng Hongchen opened with her Ice Poison as she tried to defend against him.

• The State Preceptor recognized Huo Yuhao’s array as the power of a genuine One Hundred Thousand Year soul ring, leaving Xu Tianran stunned.
• The referee blamed Huo Yuhao for Ye Canshang’s death, but Huo Yuhao argued that the referee had failed to intervene in time and left the arena.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen decided to send a Soul Emperor to test Huo Yuhao, and Meng Hongchen entered the stage.
• Meng Hongchen released her martial soul and six soul rings, then spread her Ice Poison against Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao countered Meng Hongchen’s enhanced Ice Toad Poison by controlling the wind and turning her poison into a devastating attack. His Poison Wind Tornado broke through her defenses and engulfed her, leaving the duel’s outcome unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao rushed Meng Hongchen without using Ultimate Ice, while she prepared to strike with her Ice Toad Poison, Ice Poison Ring, and Ice Feedback.
• Meng Hongchen released her strengthened poison, but Huo Yuhao used Wind Manipulation to sweep it into a gale he controlled.
• Huo Yuhao condensed the poisoned wind around his blade and unleashed his new techniques, Awaken Storm and Storm Blade.
• The Poison Wind Tornado shattered the Soul Duel Stage and tore through Meng Hongchen’s Defensive Soul Tools.
• The Poison Wind Tornado reached Meng Hongchen’s Invincible Shield and engulfed her as its wind blades battered the barrier.

Huo Yuhao’s Poison Wind Tornado overwhelmed Meng Hongchen’s Invincible Shield, forcing her to surrender, then struck the referee when he tried to intervene. Meng survived and treated the unconscious referee while Huo Yuhao reflected on how attacks could be turned into greater power.

• Huo Yuhao’s Poison Wind Tornado corroded Meng Hongchen’s Invincible Shield and drained her Soul Power until she surrendered.
• The referee tried to shield Meng Hongchen, but the tornado shattered his defense and blasted both of them away.
• Jing Hongchen saw that Meng Hongchen had survived, while the referee was left unconscious with Ice Toad Poison freezing his wounds.
• Huo Yuhao recognized a possible connection between Poison Wind Tornado and Lightning Reversal and began to consider how to turn opponents’ attacks against them.
• Xiao Hongchen stopped Meng Hongchen from leaving, and she knelt beside the referee to detoxify him.

After Huo Yuhao defeated Meng Hongchen and badly damaged the Soul Duel Stage, the Sun Moon team sent agile fighter Ding Xiaobu to face him. The next duel began with Ding Xiaobu charging at Huo Yuhao, and the outcome remained undecided.

• Meng Hongchen realized her Ice Toad Poison had brought down the referee and collapsed in relief when the Grand Head Judge confirmed he was alive.
• The Grand Head Judge awarded the second duel to Shrek and suspended the third while the Soul Duel Stage was repaired.
• Xiao Hongchen carried his shaken sister away and chose an agile fighter to test Huo Yuhao rather than take the stage himself.
• The Grand Head Judge oversaw repairs to the stage and announced the start of Huo Yuhao's next duel against Ding Xiaobu.
• Ding Xiaobu lunged at Huo Yuhao with Soul Guidance Thrusters and two glowing Daggers.

Huo Yuhao unveiled a swarm of remotely controlled rotorcraft against the cautious Ding Xiaobu, revealing their precision and power to the stunned spectators. As the rotorcraft chased Ding Xiaobu across the stage, they fired a volley of Soul Guidance Rays at his back.

• Huo Yuhao released his five Soul Rings and overwhelmed Ding Xiaobu with his cold Killing Intent.
• Huo Yuhao produced more than a dozen rotorcraft carrying level 5 Sealed Milk Bottles, alarming Jing Hongchen with their elegant design.
• Huo Yuhao raised his arms and used his Mental Power to fly the rotorcraft in tightly coordinated formations.
• Ding Xiaobu turned to flee as the rotorcraft pursued him through unpredictable flight paths.
• The rotorcraft extended their kinetic barrels and fired Soul Guidance Rays toward Ding Xiaobu's back.

Huo Yuhao defeated Ding Xiaobu by remotely controlling a swarm of autogyros, revealing a new kind of Soul Tool that alarmed the Sun Moon Empire and the other empires. Xu Tianran ordered an immediate investigation into Huo Yuhao and the technology.

• Huo Yuhao's autogyros fired on Ding Xiaobu, but the chief judge intervened before the Soul Guidance Rays could hit him.
• The chief judge declared Huo Yuhao the winner of the third match, giving Shrek Academy a point and raising Huo Yuhao's total to three.
• Xuan Zi and another veiled elder discussed the autogyros' origins and argued over whether Shrek Academy deserved credit for Huo Yuhao's innovations.
• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tianran recognized that Huo Yuhao's remotely controlled autogyros could transform warfare and threaten the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tianran ordered his spies to investigate Huo Yuhao and the autogyros throughout the Three Great Empires and Shrek Academy.

After Huo Yuhao’s Drone Array forced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy to concede, Xu Tianran focused on uncovering Shrek’s technology and postponed the planned war. The third elimination round ended with widespread casualties as sect disciples fought without restraint.

• Jing Hongchen conceded the match and kept Xiao Hongchen in reserve after Huo Yuhao’s display convinced him further fighting would bring humiliation and losses.
• Xu Tianran ordered an investigation into Huo Yuhao, Soul Hall, and Shrek’s technologies, and postponed the continental war until the empire had gathered more information and weapons.
• Ju Zi worried about public reaction to the defeat, but Xu Tianran said the empire had already prepared the people for possible losses.
• The third elimination round left six dead and more than twenty seriously injured, prompting teams to question the referees’ ability to control the matches.
• The account blamed the high casualty rate partly on sect disciples, who were accustomed to the dangers and ruthless rules of the Soul Master world.

Huo Yuhao reflected on the ruthless nature of the Soul Master world before returning to the Green Hotel for the Black Market Soul Engineer competition. He collected his winning bet and prepared to enter the competition, while Chen An revealed that he had consulted a famous master of Calculation Tools.

• Huo Yuhao considered how sects and businesses survived through ruthless competition, and why Xu Sanshi and Jie Chu could be valuable to Tang Sect and Soul Hall.
• The Sun Moon Empire officials announced that stronger referees would oversee upcoming matches to reduce tournament casualties.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the Green Hotel with Na Na, and Chen An escorted them to a VIP room with pre-match information.
• Huo Yuhao learned that his bet on the number of qualifiers had won, turning five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins into five million.
• Chen An told Huo Yuhao that another Soul Engineer skilled in Calculation Tools had given him the winning number, but he had revealed nothing about Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao went all-in on another bet and learned that the grand finals offered Rare Metal rewards, though not the rare materials he wanted. At the competition, he looked for ways to cause trouble and noticed that even the Green Hotel’s enforcers were unusually powerful.

• Huo Yuhao told Chen An to bet the returned five million Gold Soul Coins and reminded him that he wanted controlled Rare Metal, not money.
• Chen An explained that the grand-final champion could claim a share of the factions’ income and choose Rare Metals from a list, but the materials Huo Yuhao wanted were unavailable.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to follow Chen An to Diophantus, a Rank Nine Soul Tool Master he had met before.
• Huo Yuhao entered the competition area, inspected the materials and contestants, and considered how to interfere with the contest.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that the Green Hotel’s enforcers were far more powerful than he expected.

Huo Yuhao began the next Soul Engineer competition while planning to visit the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well after the tournament. As he observed the contestants, he noticed two unfamiliar competitors wielding powerful Ranked Engraving Knives.

• Huo Yuhao reviewed records from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and planned to retrieve water from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well after the competition.
• Chen An started the competition and assigned ten timekeeping supervisors to ensure fair timing.
• Huo Yuhao began shaping a piece of silver-white metal and used Mental Detection to watch the other Soul Engineers.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Soul Engineers Number Ninety-Six and Number Ninety-Eight carving with unusual Ranked Engraving Knives.
• Huo Yuhao suspected the two unfamiliar contestants were reinforcements from the Holy Spirit Cult.

Huo Yuhao astonished the Soul Engineers by carving and finishing a Level Four Storage Soul Guidance Device with his bare hands in under a quarter hour. After the device passed inspection and he left the workshop, he rested in the VIP room, where he injured Number Ninety-Eight with his Mental Power.

• Huo Yuhao used his Eternal Freeze Hands to shape Rare Metal and engrave a Core Array at the same time, leaving Number Ninety-Six and Number Ninety-Eight stunned.
• Huo Yuhao completed a Storage Soul Guidance Device in under a quarter hour, and the appraiser declared it passed.
• Huo Yuhao left the workshop, while Chen An defended the device against gamblers demanding an inspection and warned them not to cause trouble.
• Huo Yuhao rested in the VIP room as Number Ninety-Six and Number Ninety-Eight entered, and Number Ninety-Six greeted him politely.
• Number Ninety-Eight glared at Huo Yuhao, who struck him with his Mental Power and made blood stream from his eyes.

Huo Yuhao overpowered Number Ninety-Eight, Number Ninety-Six, and their guards after they confronted him in the VIP Room, then left with Na Na. The brothers mistook him for Soul Hall’s young master and decided to report the faction to their teacher rather than seek revenge.

• Huo Yuhao used his Mental Power to force Number Ninety-Eight to his knees and knock out the guards who appeared.
• Number Ninety-Six apologized and warned Huo Yuhao that he was in the Xi Shui Alliance, but backed down when Huo Yuhao revealed his Ice Burst Hand Bone Staff and Killing Intent.
• Huo Yuhao spared Number Ninety-Six because he had come to cooperate, then left with Na Na and asked her to tell Supervisor Chen that he could handle the arrangements if his bet won.
• Number Ninety-Eight and Number Ninety-Six wondered whether Na Na was the Soul Emperor who had swept seven opponents in the first match and concluded that Huo Yuhao belonged to the powerful Soul Hall.
• After questioning a staff member about Number Sixty-Six, Number Ninety-Six decided to report Soul Hall to their teacher and avoid provoking it until they learned more about its background.

The Holy Spirit Cult reconsidered its hostility toward Soul Hall after learning about its hidden strength and its connection to the Soul Offering Old Shop. It accepted blame for the Angel of Death’s Envoy’s death and chose to pursue cooperation, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er continued to trouble the Saint Spirit Sect in the tournament.

• Number Ninety-Six told Number Ninety-Eight that the Holy Maiden was at Mingyue Hotel, and Number Ninety-Eight backed down rather than risk confronting her.
• Wang Qiu'er used the Golden Dragon Lance to kill a Saint Spirit Sect Evil Soul Master, and Huo Yuhao’s Giant Buff Array then forced the sect to surrender.
• Number Ninety-Eight and Number Ninety-Six reported that Na Na and the Soul Offering Old Shop were connected to Soul Hall, which had rescued her and was using the shop as a base in the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders inferred that Soul Hall was a powerful faction with techniques for commanding Soul Beast souls and a strength comparable to the Body Sect.
• The Holy Spirit Cult decided to seek cooperation with Soul Hall despite its past raids, accepting blame for the Angel of Death’s Envoy’s death to avoid jeopardizing the alliance.

Huo Yuhao used a spatial gate to transfer water from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well into the Undead Demiplane, then brought a Bone Dragon back to the well. He collected a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum for his next step in strengthening his body.

• Huo Yuhao opened gates from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and filled pools in the Undead Demiplane with Yang Spring Water and Cold Spring Water.
• Huo Yuhao brought the Bone Dragon out of the Cold Spring Water, and it emerged complaining about the freezing cold.
• Huo Yuhao praised the Bone Dragon and told it to cultivate by the Yin-Yang Well if it wanted to remain in the main world.
• Huo Yuhao considered the springs' possible uses and Electrolux's theory that another creation at the well accelerated plant growth.
• Huo Yuhao asked You You for a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and You You plucked one while leaving its roots intact.

Huo Yuhao consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, strengthening his body and balancing the ice and fire powers within him before reaching Soul Power Level sixty. In Ming Capital, he then pressed Chen An to provide better Rare Metal in exchange for his enormous gambling winnings.

• Huo Yuhao entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, whose medicinal force strengthened his body and raised his Soul Power Level to sixty.
• The herb balanced the powers within Huo Yuhao, allowing Ultimate Darkness Power to gather and completing his Indestructible Body.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er walked through Ming Capital and met Chen An at the Green Hotel.
• Huo Yuhao complained that Chen An's Rare Metal was too low-grade to forge a Level Six Soul Tool.
• Chen An explained that Huo Yuhao's twentyfold payout on a 5.1-million-Gold-Soul-Coin bet had won him over one hundred million, making it difficult to gather enough high-grade Rare Metal.

Huo Yuhao learned the rules for the Xi Shui Alliance’s new elimination format, while Chen An pledged to help him obtain more Rare Metals. As the contestants gathered, Number Ninety-Six and Number Ninety-Eight avoided confronting Huo Yuhao, and the competition was about to begin.

• Chen An told Huo Yuhao that three Soul Tool Creators would referee the competition and warned that the Xi Shui Alliance’s leaders were investigating their identities.
• Wang Dong'er threatened anyone who challenged the Soul Hall, and Chen An promised to contact his old friends for more Rare Metals.
• Chen An explained that the forty-eight remaining contestants would compete in pairs, craft Soul Tools within two shichen, and then fight with those tools, with no guarantee of survival.
• Huo Yuhao mocked the competition rules and encouraged Chen An to carry out his task in exchange for a way out in the future.
• Number Ninety-Six and Number Ninety-Eight avoided Huo Yuhao as the contestants entered the Golden Hall and took their places around the central platform.

Huo Yuhao faced Gao Da Lou in a Soul Tool crafting match at the Xi Shui Alliance competition, where the winner would advance and claim valuable Rare Metals. After the two competitors began selecting materials, Huo Yuhao chose Flame Sun Iron while Gao Da Lou focused on a black metal speckled with silver.

• Huo Yuhao saw that the Golden Hall was full and examined the suspended rectangular platform prepared for the Soul Engineers’ competition.
• The chief judge announced a two-hour match in which each Soul Engineer had to defeat the opponent drawn for them to advance.
• Huo Yuhao learned that victory would earn two kilograms of each of the thirty-two Rare Metals provided at the crafting tables.
• Gao Da Lou introduced himself to Huo Yuhao and asked him to go easy, wary of Huo Yuhao’s impressive performance in the previous round.
• The match began, and Gao Da Lou took a black, silver-speckled Rare Metal while Huo Yuhao summoned a piece of valuable Flame Sun Iron.

Huo Yuhao crafted a Class 5 Short Spear from Flame Sun Iron by shaping and engraving the metal directly, drawing mixed reactions from the judges. He finished first and left the judges stunned by the speed and skill of his work.

• Huo Yuhao shaped Flame Sun Iron into a Short Spear and engraved its Soul Guidance Core Array directly into the metal.
• Spectators and Soul Tool Referees questioned his unusual design, while the chief judge suspected the weapon had more purpose than it appeared to.
• Huo Yuhao used Wind Manipulation to clear metal debris from the spear, then declared the Soul Tool complete after only half an hour.
• Huo Yuhao submitted the Short Spear to the Referees, who realized he had completed a Class 5 Melee Soul Tool at extraordinary speed.

Huo Yuhao and Gao Da Lou entered the Combat Zone for the first battle between two Soul Engineers, each limited to the Soul Tool he had just completed. The confrontation began with Gao Da Lou holding his Shock Cannon, while the judges watched to see how Huo Yuhao’s ancient technology would fare.

• Number Ninety-Six submitted a Level 5 Soul Tool after working for exactly one shichen.
• Gao Da Lou completed a Level Four Shock Cannon with an explosion effect, designed to keep Huo Yuhao from closing in.
• Huo Yuhao emerged from the VIP Room and took his Short Spear, and the chief referee explained that the fighters could use Soul Power but no Soul Skills or other Soul Tools.
• The judges discussed Huo Yuhao’s use of technology from thousands of years ago and noted that Gao Da Lou had a Ranked Engraving Knife.
• Huo Yuhao and Gao Da Lou entered the Combat Zone, and the chief referee started their confrontation.
• Gao Da Lou raised his silver-white Soul Guided Cannon without summoning his Martial Soul.

Huo Yuhao used a Rifle Spear to counter Gao Da Lou’s Shock Cannon in their Soul Tool match. His second shot detonated Gao Da Lou’s cannonball beside him, leaving him paralyzed as Huo Yuhao wondered whether the weapon was a Level Four Soul Tool.

• Gao Da Lou fired a Concussion Bomb toward the ground beneath Huo Yuhao, intending to wear him down with nearby explosions.
• Huo Yuhao fired his Rifle Spear and detonated Gao Da Lou’s first cannonball in midair.
• Soul Engineers in the audience recognized Huo Yuhao’s Short Spear as an antique Rifle Spear that combined melee features with a flintlock firearm.
• Gao Da Lou fired again, but Huo Yuhao’s Armor-Piercing bullet struck first and triggered the cannonball beside him.
• The explosion paralyzed Gao Da Lou, and Huo Yuhao wondered whether the weapon was a Level Four Soul Tool.