Chapter Summaries

The Three Great Underground Forces assembled for the Soul Tool Tournament, and Huo Yuhao became determined to win the Sun Moon Divine Needle, the champion’s prize. After hearing its limitations and the warning that it contained a self-destruction device, he still planned to study the entire Soul Tool.

• Shangguan Wei'er and the other leaders of the Three Great Underground Forces appeared as the sides prepared their equipment and Rare Metals for the competition.
• The judges took their places, and the host introduced Star Douluo Ye Yulin as the chief judge.
• Ye Yulin revealed the Sun Moon Divine Needle and explained its altitude, range, scouting ability, and offensive capabilities.
• The Third Elder described the Soul Tool’s charging and usage limitations, while Nangong Wan warned that it could backfire and must not be dismantled.
• Huo Yuhao decided the Sun Moon Divine Needle could advance his Autogyro Swarm and intended to study both its core formation and self-destruction device.

Huo Yuhao began crafting a Soul Tool in the competition while secretly splitting his Mental Power to arrange for another fighter to take his place in the coming battle. His growing collection of metal shells suggested he was building a Humanoid Soul Tool, though the chapter ended before its purpose was revealed.

• The contestants from the Xi Shui Alliance, Ao Du Commerce Association, and Ping Fan Alliance took the stage, and Nangong Wan warned Huo Yuhao and his teammates not to underestimate the Ping Fan Alliance’s female Soul Engineers.
• Ye Yulin started the competition, and Huo Yuhao immediately began shaping Rare Metal by hand at remarkable speed.
• Shangguan Wei'er stared at Huo Yuhao flirtatiously, nearly distracting him and causing him to spoil a piece of metal.
• Judges suspected Huo Yuhao was using the competition’s Rare Metal to make an oversized Soul Tool, while Ye Yulin noticed that his shells appeared to form a human shape.
• Huo Yuhao split his Mental Power, crafting onstage with one part while using the other to prepare a more suitable fighter for the coming battle.

Huo Yuhao worked on a Humanoid Soul Tool while his allies prepared for a nighttime operation against the Sun Moon Empire. The chapter ended as Long Xiaoyao faced Du Busi and Elder Xuan outside Xu Tianran’s study, alarmed by the possibility that Huo Yuhao had come too.

• Ye Yulin questioned Huo Yuhao’s choice of Pure Amethyst Gold for his Humanoid Soul Tool.
• Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, Na Na, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er waited near the Academy, and the golden Little Skeleton sensed someone approaching.
• A Lich completed a metal transaction with a furtive middle-aged man, and Na Na received confirmation that the transfer was complete.
• Xu Tianran grew uneasy as Ju Zi assured him the Imperial Palace was prepared for an attack.
• Long Xiaoyao confronted Du Busi outside Xu Tianran’s study, and Elder Xuan appeared to support Du Busi.
• Long Xiaoyao searched for Huo Yuhao, while Elder Xuan suggested the young man was not there to fight.

Xuan Zi and Du Busi joined forces against Long Xiaoyao as the decapitation plan began at the Sun Moon Imperial Palace. While the great battle drew the palace’s defenders away, Huo Yuhao opened a hidden route for a transaction, which Li Chong saw succeed.

• Du Busi charged Long Xiaoyao, and Xuan Zi joined him while the other Titled Douluo watched.
• Long Xiaoyao struck both attackers with black palm shadows, which Du Busi tore apart and Xuan Zi shattered before being driven back.
• An elderly powerhouse rallied the allied fighters to attack the Evil Soul Masters and Rank Nine Soul Tool Masters.
• Huo Yuhao opened two linked Gates of the Undead and watched Li Chong’s courtyard as the palace defenders gathered for the battle.
• Li Chong stayed behind to guard the main gate, then saw the Soul Tool Communicator confirm that the transaction had succeeded.

Huo Yuhao infiltrated the Sun Moon Empire's Armory with Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, and the others, using Li Chong's puppet to get past its guards. After disabling the warehouse's warning systems, he set his undead to haul away its enormous stockpile of Rare Metals.

• Huo Yuhao used the Puppet Technique to control Li Chong's corpse, took the Purple Key, and led the group through the hidden passage and elevator.
• Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er killed the two Soul Emperor guards as they emerged from the elevator, and Huo Yuhao took their keys and stored their corpses.
• Huo Yuhao discovered the Armory warehouse held more than ten thousand tons of Rare Metals in thirty-two varieties.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er destroyed the warning-system cores, disabling the Armory's security mechanism.
• Huo Yuhao summoned four Gates of the Undead and ordered Na Na to organize the undead into a team to carry away the Rare Metals.

Huo Yuhao’s group bypassed a fortified armory door by tunneling through its wall, while Huo Yuhao continued crafting a Soul Tool during the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Tournament. Ji Juechen ambushed a Soul Saint guarding the passage with Yaksha Searching the Sea, leaving the guard gravely injured.

• Huo Yuhao froze and dug through the armory wall, creating a passage around the locked door.
• At the tournament, Huo Yuhao produced hundreds of tiny Core Arrays while continuing to craft his Soul Tool, drawing Ye Yulin’s attention.
• Feng Ling watched the tournament with several Evil Soul Master Elders as fighting flared near the Imperial Palace.
• Huo Yuhao sent the Little Skeleton ahead through the wall and signaled Ji Juechen to break through the final layer of metal.
• Ji Juechen struck the middle-aged Soul Saint with Yaksha Searching the Sea, smashing his spine despite the guard’s Level Six Invincible Shield.

Huo Yuhao and his companions discovered vast reserves of rare metals and Soul Tools in the Sun Moon Empire’s underground warehouse, then sent the Undead Army to seize the supplies. Aboveground, Long Xiaoyao continued fighting Xuan Zi and Du Busi, whose battle with him brought them closer to a breakthrough.

• Huo Yuhao and his companions entered the second warehouse level and found rare metals worth several times more than the first level’s stockpile.
• Huo Yuhao led the group to the third level, where they discovered a vast arsenal stocked with weapons and Soul Tools sufficient to equip several Soul Engineer Legions.
• Huo Yuhao opened the Gate of the Undead and sent the Undead Army to move the warehouse supplies.
• Long Xiaoyao fought Xuan Zi and Du Busi in the sky, and the two opponents sensed that the battle had brought them closer to a breakthrough.

The assault on the Ming Capital Imperial Palace intensified as Long Aotian’s strike team fought through the defenses toward Crown Prince Xu Tianran. Zhang Lexuan finally revealed herself, unleashing her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as the battle reached a new turning point.

• Long Xiaoyao fought two rank-98 Super Douluos without fully committing, keeping the strongest fighters occupied while the battle raged below.
• More than ten Super Douluos attacked the palace defenses, while a masked strike team of Soul Douluos stormed inside and disrupted the defenders.
• Long Aotian led the strike team through the Imperial Palace, repeatedly targeting the Evil Soul Masters’ observers and decision-makers.
• The strike team advanced toward the Imperial Study where Xu Tianran was located, while a hidden powerhouse waited in the darkness.
• Zhang Lexuan stepped onto Long Aotian’s arms and launched into the sky, transforming her Silver Moon into a Blood Moon with her final blood-colored soul ring as a Seven-Story Pagoda amplified her power.

Zhang Lexuan’s Blood Moon Eclipse broke through Xu Tianran’s defenses, while Huo Yuhao’s plan unleashed volatile Soul Cores against him. Shadow Douluo Xue Chen sacrificed himself to restrain the explosions, and Xu Tianran was left badly disoriented as he tried to escape with Ju Zi.

• Zhang Lexuan’s Blood Moon Eclipse shattered Xu Tianran’s Level Nine barrier and Ju Zi’s Invincible Shield, destroying the Imperial Study.
• Zhang Lexuan withdrew after forcing Xu Tianran to reveal his Titled Douluo strength and defenses.
• Several unstable Soul Cores appeared and blasted toward Xu Tianran, who activated his defensive tools, soul skills, and palace barriers.
• Shadow Douluo Xue Chen emerged and shielded Xu Tianran from the first explosion by suppressing its force with his own body.
• Xue Chen seized two more Soul Cores as they neared detonation, but they exploded along with the Soul Core within him as Xu Tianran fled with Ju Zi.
• Xu Tianran lost his hearing and struggled to remain conscious, wondering where the Soul Cores had come from and whether they could be stored.

Xu Tianran barely survived the explosion of three Soul Cores, and Jing Hongchen tried to carry him to safety. As Zhang Lexuan ordered Plan Number One, hidden high-level Soul Guidance weapons emerged throughout the Imperial Palace and aimed at the sky.

• Ju Zi called for all defenses and medical help after Xu Tianran was left gravely wounded by the Soul Core explosions.
• Zhang Lexuan regretted that she had not witnessed Xu Tianran's death, while his injuries and failing Soul Power left his survival uncertain.
• Jing Hongchen carried Xu Tianran and Ju Zi toward the Secret Passage to the palace Safe House.
• Hidden rooms in the Imperial Palace opened to reveal massive Soul Guidance cannons, and Zhang Lexuan ordered Plan Number One.
• The cannons began gathering power and aimed at the sky, making the airborne experts sense an imminent fatal threat.

Xuan Zi and Du Busi discovered the Sun Moon Empire’s enormous anti-air defenses and withdrew with the Shrek Academy experts. As the defenses fired, Xuan Zi used twelve God Conferring Balls to trigger a Ninth Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell, whose explosion lit up Ming Capital and shook the sky.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busi saw the cannon array covering the Imperial Palace, and Xuan Zi ordered the Shrek Academy experts to retreat.
• Zhongli Wu stopped his subordinates from pursuing as the Sun Moon Empire’s anti-air array opened fire.
• A Dou Ling Empire Soul Douluo launched a Ninth Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell at the fleeing group.
• Xuan Zi used twelve God Conferring Balls to restrain and rupture the shell, triggering its detonation.
• The shell erupted above Ming Capital in a blinding blast that produced a vast mushroom cloud and a devastating shockwave.

After the assault on Ming Capital, Xuan Zi and Du Busi regrouped with their forces while Ju Zi took command in the Safe House. Xu Tianran remained near death as Huo Yuhao finished assembling the Core Arrays, and the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to trap the retreating forces in the Forbidden Land to the west.

• Ju Zi ordered the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer Regiments to block escape routes and drive the attackers west while she continued to use Xu Tianran's remaining influence.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi split their forces along two reserved routes, and Xuan Zi concluded that the operation had likely bought them three years.
• Ye Yulin mistook the quiet over Ming Capital for an imperial victory, while Nangong Wan expected the Three Great Empires and Shrek Academy to enter the western Forbidden Land and die there.
• Huo Yuhao assembled the prepared Core Array components into finished parts without needing to consult a model.
• Sun Moon Empire healers kept Xu Tianran alive with a respirator, nutrient solution, and healing Soul Tools, but his collapsing Soul Core continued to weaken him.

Mister Ye and Kong Deming saved Xu Tianran’s life by removing his Soul Core, but the explosion left him gravely crippled and destroyed the Sun Moon Imperial Palace. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao finished his unusual Humanoid Soul Tool first and advanced to the Elimination Round, where he prepared to face an Ao Du Commerce Association contestant.

• Mister Ye told Ju Zi that Xu Tianran would live, though his Soul Power had fallen to the Soul Douluo realm and he had lost his limbs.
• Ju Zi saw Xu Tianran wrapped in bandages, while Ye Xishui arrived and the destruction of the imperial family left the Holy Spirit Cult positioned to exploit the succession crisis.
• Huo Yuhao’s Ghost Warrior Great Armor completed itself, and Ye Guyi finished second as five of the nine contestants passed the assessment.
• The judges eliminated an Ao Du Commerce Association contestant, and Ye Yulin announced a five-minute break before the Elimination Round.
• Huo Yuhao prepared to fight the last-place contestant and remotely directed his Little Skeleton to dig beneath Illustrious Virtue Hall.

Huo Yuhao’s Ghost Warrior Great Armor defeated Zhao Shouze in the Underground World’s contest, demonstrating its advanced combat abilities. Meanwhile, Vina and Du Busi escaped through a secret passage beneath the Ming Capital.

• Ye Yulin began the deadly match between Huo Yuhao and Zhao Shouze, who charged forward with his flaming great blade.
• The Ghost Warrior Great Armor fired an explosive arrow that blasted Zhao Shouze backward.
• The armor fused its bow with its gauntlet and unleashed a barrage of Energy Arrows as Zhao Shouze scrambled to evade them.
• The Ghost Warrior Great Armor transformed its spear into a weapon on its arm and aimed it at Zhao Shouze, prompting Ye Yulin to declare Huo Yuhao the winner.
• Ye Yulin noticed a tremor beneath the competition stage as Vina told Du Busi they had nearly been trapped by his attack.
• Du Busi compacted the damaged tunnel and led Vina and the others onward, leaving their enemies waiting at the trap.

Huo Yuhao watched Ye Guyi defeat Huang Zheng with her holy Angel Martial Soul, drawing the Holy Spirit Cult’s hostility. He entered the sealed Soul Duel Stage to face her, and the chapter ended as they prepared to fight.

• Huo Yuhao’s Ghost Warrior Armor defeated its semifinal opponent while Ye Guyi’s holy light overwhelmed Huang Zheng and caused his Evil Servant Martial Soul to recoil.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Ye Guyi’s Angel Martial Soul, and Qian Daoliu confirmed that she was not from his bloodline.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s Vice Sect Leader ordered its elders to wait until after the match, while Shangguan Wei'er sensed the Xi Shui Alliance’s hostility toward Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi declared that she would kill Huo Yuhao, and he stepped onto the stage, blocking the Third Elder from intervening.
• Huo Yuhao asked the judges to conceal the Soul Duel Stage, and Feng Ling raised a barrier that obscured the fight from outside observers.
• Huo Yuhao told Ye Guyi that she had made him break his promise to get Huang Zheng second place, and Ye Guyi vowed to send him to join Huang Zheng.

Huo Yuhao fought Ye Guyi in the Soul Duel Stage, dispelling her holy flames before summoning undead creatures to face her attacks. The chapter ended as a stitched monster emerged from the Gate of the Undead, shocking Nangong Wan, who recognized it as Ji Li.

• Ye Guyi rushed Huo Yuhao with her Seven Stars Sword, and he blocked her strikes before countering with his Ghost Martial Spear and Bow.
• Ye Guyi activated Soul Ascension and unleashed Holy Sword, but Huo Yuhao dispelled its golden flames with a word.
• Huo Yuhao threatened Ye Guyi and summoned seven Corpse Wizards as Feng Ling realized why he had sealed off the Soul Duel Stage.
• Ye Guyi attacked with Holy Spirit Slash while Huo Yuhao and the Corpse Wizards opened a Gate of the Undead.
• A stitched monster crawled from the gate, and Nangong Wan recognized it as Ji Li.

Huo Yuhao summoned golden undead creatures that resisted Ye Guyi’s holy attacks and drained her Soul Power. After warning her telepathically that the arena was her only escape, he entered the Gate of the Undead as she unleashed her full strength, and a gigantic golden eye appeared within it.

• Ji Li’s Abomination swallowed Ye Guyi’s Seven Stars Sword before she blasted it apart, but she received no cleansing power from its destruction.
• Huo Yuhao’s golden undead poured from the Gate of the Undead, overwhelming Ye Guyi as her attacks failed to replenish her Soul Power.
• Nangong Wan praised Huo Yuhao’s performance, while Feng Ling considered how the Holy Spirit Cult might benefit from his victory and talent.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ye Guyi telepathically not to interfere with his plan and told her that letting him kill her in the arena was her only chance to escape.
• Ye Guyi unleashed her Sixth Soul Skill, Angel’s Dance, and burned her Soul Power to destroy the undead as Huo Yuhao entered the Gate of the Undead.
• The arena’s light twisted until outsiders could not see inside, and Ye Guyi saw a mad, phantom golden eye appear within the gate.

Huo Yuhao defeated Ye Guyi and won the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Tournament, while the Holy Spirit Cult mistook his display for proof that he was their prophesied Saint Emperor. The Xi Shui Alliance secured the Rare Metal smuggling rights, and the rival underground factions left intimidated and unwilling to challenge the result.

• Huo Yuhao trapped Ye Guyi in the Gate of the Undead, where chains dragged her inside and the gate devoured her.
• Feng Ling and the Holy Spirit Cult Elders applauded Huo Yuhao and proclaimed him the Saint Emperor they had awaited.
• Ye Yulin announced that Soul Heavenly Cripple of the Xi Shui Alliance had won the tournament, and the other factions did not object.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ye Yulin for his prize as Feng Ling and the four Elders gathered around him, their presence making Ye Yulin fear their power.
• Nangong Wan declared that the Xi Shui Alliance had won the Rare Metal smuggling rights and summoned the rival factions to its headquarters the next day.
• The leaders of the Ao Du Commerce Association and Ping Fan Alliance accepted the outcome, while the Madam of the Ping Fan Alliance considered fleeing.

Huo Yuhao collected the rewards for winning the competition, including the Sun Moon Divine Needle, then faced an attempt by Feng Ling to recruit him into the Holy Spirit Cult. He agreed to consider joining only if the cult could help him obtain Soul Rings from Snow Empress and Di Tian, leaving Feng Ling to counter with the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion instead.

• The spectators fled the Competition Stage as Huo Yuhao received his prizes, including the Sun Moon Divine Needle, and Ye Yulin offered to buy the Humanoid Soul Tool blueprints.
• Huo Yuhao collected the Xi Shui Alliance's rewards and asked Nangong Wan what he wanted to discuss.
• Feng Ling revealed her Evil Phoenix Martial Soul and invited Huo Yuhao to join the Holy Spirit Cult as its long-sought Holy Son.
• Huo Yuhao demanded that the cult help him hunt Snow Empress for his Eighth Soul Ring and Di Tian for his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Feng Ling rejected those targets as impossible and offered the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion as an alternative.

Huo Yuhao and Chen An escaped the Holy Spirit Cult through the Gate of the Undead, leaving Feng Ling a message proposing talks in Xilu Town. In the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran survived the attack but was left without arms or legs; after learning the emperor had died, he began securing his claim to the throne while Ju Zi saw through his public grief.

• Huo Yuhao summoned the Gate of the Undead and took Chen An through it, while Feng Ling feared the power behind the gate and let them go.
• Feng Ling caught Huo Yuhao's note thanking the Holy Spirit Cult and suggesting further cooperation in Xilu Town near Icathia.
• Xu Tianran awoke in the emergency safe zone, permanently crippled by the Soul Core explosion despite the Nine Heart Begonia's efforts to save him.
• An attendant told Xu Tianran that the emperor had died, and Xu Tianran realized he could take the throne.
• Xu Tianran ordered troops and resources gathered, threats to the throne suppressed, and citizens affected by the explosion provided for.
• Ju Zi watched Xu Tianran weep and recognized that most of his grief was an act for the ministers.