Chapter Summaries

After the hostages escaped, Xu Tianran questioned the commanders responsible for their security and learned that Huo Yuhao and Shrek had likely orchestrated the rescue. Zhongli Wu arrived with Zhang Peng and Ma Xiao Tao to report the Holy Spirit Cult’s account, including how two of its elders had died.

• Ma Xiao Tao recognized that Zhang Peng had deliberately made himself seem incompetent while shifting blame from himself.
• Xu Tianran learned that all the hostages had escaped and demanded an explanation from the Soul Engineer Troupe commanders.
• The commanders described the escape, and Xu Tianran identified Zhao Yang as a diversion and summoned Zhongli Wu.
• Wang Yihang implicated Huo Yuhao and Shrek, while Xu Tianran recalled Huo Yuhao’s survival and spared the commanders from punishment.
• Zhongli Wu arrived with Zhang Peng, Ma Xiao Tao, and other Evil Soul Masters, who recounted the incident and the deaths of the Third Elder and Fourth Elder.
• Zhongli Wu became furious as Zhang Peng described how foolishly the two elders had died.

Huo Yuhao traveled to the Body Sect with a Shrek exchange delegation while reports spread of Zhao Yang’s attacks in the Sun Moon Empire and growing suspicion about the Golden Ancient Tree. He reached the sect’s heavily fortified mountain, where someone was waiting to greet him.

• Zhao Yang launched simultaneous guerrilla attacks across the Sun Moon Empire, baffling Xu Tianran with reports that placed him in distant locations at once.
• Soul Masters investigated Mu En’s golden Tenth Soul Ring and the Golden Ancient Tree, uncovering signs that historical records had been altered.
• Huo Yuhao traveled with more than twenty Shrek students and teachers to exchange techniques with the Body Sect, while waiting for his senior sister to arrive.
• Huo Yuhao followed Golden Body Douluo Jin Peng’s map to the Body Sect’s mountain stronghold, whose cliffs and surrounding sea made it difficult to attack.
• A man greeted Huo Yuhao and praised the commotion he had caused in Rising Sun City.

Huo Yuhao arrived at the Body Sect, where Du Busi welcomed him and Yan Shaozhe asked about his recent actions. After a banquet, Huo Yuhao reunited with Ma Xiao Tao, who explained how she had secured her position in the Holy Spirit Cult and kept her Martial Soul under control.

• Du Busi sensed Huo Yuhao's growing Mental Power and brought him to meet Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yuhao about Zhao Yang's attacks and the Sun Moon Empire's exposed spies, but Huo Yuhao kept the matter confidential.
• Du Busi invited Huo Yuhao to a seafood banquet, and a Body Sect disciple later led him to his prepared room.
• Ma Xiao Tao rushed into Huo Yuhao's room and told him she had reunited with Yan Shaozhe after returning from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ma Xiao Tao explained that she had volunteered to gather information in Tian Hun and that killing Evil Soul Masters helped satisfy her Martial Soul while the Body Sect technique restrained its Evil Qi.

Huo Yuhao planned to purify Ma Xiao Tao’s flames and remove the Evil Qi left in her body, presenting two rare Immortal Grade treasures to her and Yan Shaozhe. The treatment had not yet begun, but Huo Yuhao had explained how the herbs would be used and what risks Ma Xiao Tao would face.

• Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiao Tao that purifying her flame power could reduce the Evil Qi in her body, and she arranged a high-level Cultivation Room with Yan Shaozhe and the Body Sect.
• Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiao Tao waited eagerly as Huo Yuhao arrived at the Cultivation Room and explained that Yan Shaozhe would witness the procedure.
• Huo Yuhao showed them a Phoenix Chicken Crest Sunflower and instructed Ma Xiao Tao to swallow it whole, warning that her cultivation might temporarily decline during the purification.
• Huo Yuhao gave Yan Shaozhe Red Glue from the Infernal Delicate Apricot and explained that it could eliminate the remaining Evil Qi if Ma Xiao Tao consumed it at the right time.
• Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiao Tao were astonished by Huo Yuhao’s rare treasures, while Yan Shaozhe privately questioned Huo Yuhao’s claim that he lacked good fortune.

Ma Xiao Tao absorbed the Phoenix Chicken Crest Sunflower to purify her Evil Fire and strengthen her flames. After hours of cultivation, she emerged transformed, with her refinement complete.

• Ma Xiao Tao accepted the Phoenix Chicken Crest Sunflower and insisted she would honor her ancestor’s reputation.
• Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe left Ma Xiao Tao to cultivate after Huo Yuhao teased her about the effects of the herb.
• Ma Xiao Tao swallowed the herb and circulated her cultivation method as black-red vapor escaped her body and her soul power was refined.
• Ma Xiao Tao felt her Evil Fire being purged and her Phoenix flames growing stronger despite a slight drop in her Soul Power Level.
• Ma Xiao Tao completed the absorption and emerged amid Phoenix Fire with a reborn phoenix pattern and a more imposing presence.

Ma Xiao Tao purged most of the Evil Qi from her body and gained powerful new flames, though her cooking remained disastrous. Du Busi then brought Huo Yuhao to begin the Body Sect’s entrance test and explained how a Martial Soul’s second awakening differed from evolution.

• Ma Xiao Tao emerged from cultivation with nearly all the Evil Qi in her body purged and said her strength and foundation had greatly improved.
• Ma Xiao Tao accidentally scattered sticky Phoenix Flame around the Cultivation Room and burned a hole through Yan Shaozhe’s trousers while showing off her new fire.
• Ma Xiao Tao proposed cooking a celebratory feast, but Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe avoided her charcoal-like cooking by going to eat at the Body Sect.
• Du Busi summoned Huo Yuhao after the meal and explained that the Body Sect’s entrance test would stimulate his body’s potential.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether the test could trigger a second awakening, and Du Busi explained that any Martial Soul could potentially awaken a second time.

Du Busi tested Huo Yuhao’s physical limits by taking him into the deep sea, where Huo Yuhao endured crushing pressure far beyond the usual threshold. As they descended past four thousand meters, Du Busi broke through to become a Limit Douluo.

• Du Busi warned Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect’s deep-sea training had killed many disciples, then plunged him into the ocean without allowing him to use his Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao remained composed below five hundred meters and used a ripple of spiritual power to urge Du Busi to take him deeper.
• Du Busi continued descending with Huo Yuhao past one thousand meters as the pressure slowed Huo Yuhao’s blood circulation and darkened his vision.
• Huo Yuhao’s Water Breathing Technique absorbed essence from the water and helped him withstand the pressure, while Du Busi struggled to keep descending.
• After taking Huo Yuhao beyond four thousand meters, Du Busi erupted with a terrifying aura and broke through to become a Limit Douluo.

Huo Yuhao endured crushing deep-sea pressure as he tried to break through, while Du Busi completed his breakthrough to Limit Douluo. Huo Yuhao's body liquefied inside a black-and-white chrysalis, beginning a transformation that left Du Busi frightened and unable to reach him.

• Huo Yuhao reached the seafloor 1,360 takeru below the surface, where the pressure pushed his body toward collapse.
• The leftover power of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum surged through Huo Yuhao, helping him withstand the pressure as Du Busi completed his Second Soul Core and became a Limit Douluo.
• Du Busi urged Huo Yuhao to retreat but feared that interrupting his fragile balance would kill him sooner.
• Black-and-white threads emerged from Huo Yuhao and wrapped him in a Giant Chrysalis as his body began to rupture.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized that the extreme pressure had triggered Huo Yuhao's long-awaited metamorphosis, and Huo Yuhao liquefied inside the chrysalis.
• Du Busi sensed a terrifying, cold darkness brewing within the chrysalis, while Huo Yuhao's sealed Mental Power could not reach him.

Du Busi guarded Huo Yuhao’s chrysalis in the deep sea as powerful Sea Soul Beasts gathered, drawn by the fragrance of Huo Yuhao’s transformation. Just as Huo Yuhao began to emerge, the beasts launched a mass attack, leaving Du Busi to defend them alone.

• Du Busi killed a 200,000-year Deep Sea Crab Emperor and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Star King as they attacked near Huo Yuhao’s chrysalis.
• A huge tentacled creature dragged away the Sea Star King’s corpse while a giant shark and its Hundred-Thousand-Year companions debated attacking the power below.
• Huo Yuhao’s chrysalis pulsed with power and fragrance, signaling that he was about to break out.
• Du Busi snapped a charging 90,000-year Swordfish in two, but its attack drew dozens of Sea Soul Beasts toward him and Huo Yuhao.
• Du Busi wondered why Xuan Zi had not arrived as the Sea Soul Beasts charged.

Du Busi fought a horde of Sea Soul Beasts underwater until a giant octopus pinned him, but Elder Xuan arrived in his Taotie Giant Bull form to help. With the octopus trying to flee, Du Busi grabbed one of its tentacles and swung it through the water.

• Du Busi unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and battered the Sea Soul Beasts, but their combined Soul Skills forced him back.
• A giant octopus emerged from the seabed and bound Du Busi with its tentacles, knocking him down and tearing two tentacles when he fought back.
• Elder Xuan arrived in his Taotie Giant Bull form and charged the octopus, forcing it to loosen its hold on Du Busi and try to flee.
• Du Busi seized a withdrawing tentacle and swung the giant octopus through the water.

Xuan Zi and Du Busi fought the Demon Shark Group while a colossal old turtle joined the battle, but the group’s strength and numbers overwhelmed their attempts to protect Huo Yuhao. The Demon Sharks surrounded both experts and charged toward Huo Yuhao, leaving the fight in a perilous state.

• A gigantic old turtle burst from Du Busi’s ink and attacked him and Huo Yuhao, but Du Busi struck it with the giant octopus, and the two creatures began wrestling.
• Xuan Zi transformed his power into a chicken-leg weapon and attacked the Demon Shark Group, whose leader met his blow with a sphere of light.
• Du Busi grew to over a hundred meters tall and struck at the Demon Shark Group, but seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Sharks blocked his attack with water barriers.
• The Demon Shark Group circled around Du Busi’s blockade and lunged toward Huo Yuhao while Xuan Zi knocked four sharks aside and was rammed by the Demon Shark King.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi were surrounded, and they realized that even the younger Demon Sharks had cultivated for at least seventy thousand years.

Demon Sharks seized Huo Yuhao’s cocoon while their king distracted Xuan Zi and Du Busi, but the two elders forced the sharks to return it by capturing their king. The Demon Crab Emperor then snatched the cocoon and fled, only for Huo Yuhao to awaken and freeze the crab.

• Demon Sharks knocked Huo Yuhao’s cocoon away and tried to carry him into the depths while their leader held Xuan Zi back and seven 100,000-year Demon Sharks restrained Du Busi.
• Du Busi broke through the sharks and attacked their king, while Xuan Zi caught its tail and the two forced the Demon Sharks to return Huo Yuhao’s cocoon.
• The Demon Crab Emperor used Demon Crab Molting to survive its earlier fight with Du Busi, then seized Huo Yuhao’s cocoon and escaped through the seabed mud.
• Huo Yuhao awakened inside the cocoon, spread black frost over the Demon Crab Emperor, and burst out a pair of enormous black wings.

Huo Yuhao emerged from his chrysalis and unleashed his power against the Sea Soul Beasts in the dark seabed. After defeating several attackers, he faced a sudden threat from the Demon Crab Emperor’s hardened claw.

• Huo Yuhao’s black wings spread darkness through the seawater as his power surged, and Sea Soul Beasts rushed toward him.
• Huo Yuhao entered a ninety-thousand-year Sea Serpent’s mouth and tore through its insides with his wings and the God Striking Whip.
• Huo Yuhao returned the Electric Ray’s lightning with the whip, freezing the ray and nearby Sea Soul Beasts.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi watched in astonishment as Huo Yuhao rapidly destroyed the attackers around him.
• The Demon Crab Emperor hardened its remaining claw and thrust it at Huo Yuhao, creating a deadly threat.

Huo Yuhao unleashed a massive Ice Explosion beneath the sea and helped Xuan Zi and Du Busi capture Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King. As Xuan Zi prepared to kill her, Huo Yuhao intervened and said she would be useful alive.

• Huo Yuhao froze the sea around the Demon Crab Emperor and detonated the hundred-meter-wide field, devastating the surrounding Sea Soul Beasts and sending huge waves across the surface.
• Xuan Zi carried Huo Yuhao away from the blast while the Demon Sharks followed, and the group captured Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai appealed to the Sea Gods for protection, but Du Busi and Xuan Zi dismissed her pleas and threatened to kill her.
• Du Busi challenged Xiao Bai's belief that the Sea Gods would save her, recalling that neither had taken her to the God Realm.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his face and told Xuan Zi to spare Xiao Bai because she had great use.

Huo Yuhao revealed that his transformation had given him a Second Martial Soul capable of mimicking people he had scanned, including their appearance, Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and Soul Skills. After explaining its power to Du Busi and Xuan Zi, he thanked Du Busi for helping him through the three-day transformation, and Xiao Bai’s subordinates returned with the scattered Soul Bones.

• While Xiao Bai directed the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to search for Soul Bones, Du Busi and Xuan Zi asked Huo Yuhao about the black aura surrounding him.
• Huo Yuhao mimicked Xuan Zi’s appearance, Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and Soul Skill, then changed back and explained the abilities of his Second Martial Soul, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi reacted to Huo Yuhao’s new power, and Xuan Zi accepted that Huo Yuhao was one of Shrek’s people.
• Du Busi sought Huo Yuhao’s acknowledgment for his help, and Huo Yuhao bowed and thanked him for supporting him during the transformation.
• The Demon Soul Great White Sharks returned with more than a dozen Soul Bones, and Huo Yuhao realized they had kicked him around like a ball during his transformation.

After the battle, Huo Yuhao absorbed the Demon Crab Emperor’s 200,000-year Torso Bone and negotiated a lasting alliance with the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan. He surfaced safely and learned that Du Busi had reached Rank 99 and would personally continue his training.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Demon Crab Emperor’s 200,000-year Torso Bone, strengthening his body despite already possessing a Torso Bone.
• Huo Yuhao questioned Xiao Bai and arranged healing support for the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan in exchange for cooperation and knowledge.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi approved of Huo Yuhao’s plan to create shared interests between the clan, the Body Sect, and Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao, Du Busi, and Xuan Zi surfaced after three days underwater, and Huo Yuhao recovered from his burst lungs by forming new ones.
• Du Busi revealed that he had reached Rank 99 and said he would stay with Huo Yuhao until he completed the first stage of training.

Du Busi brought Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect to cultivate and prepare him to inherit the Body Seed, while the sect master worried about the coming war and the future of his sect. After Huo Yuhao helped the young Demon Soul Great White Sharks, Xiao Bai proposed using a Sea God Island God Trial test to intensify his training.

• Xuan Zi left Du Busi in charge of protecting Huo Yuhao and returned to oversee the Spirit Pagoda's construction.
• Huo Yuhao began the Body Sect's dangerous Deep Sea Cultivation Method, which required exceptional vitality and potential.
• Du Busi explained that he needed Huo Yuhao to inherit the Body Seed because the coming war could leave the Body Sect without its inheritance.
• Du Busi increased Huo Yuhao's training depth over several days as Huo Yuhao endured hours underwater and helped treat the young Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Xiao Bai suggested tying Huo Yuhao to Deep Sea Sinking Silver pillars and subjecting him to pounding waves as a Sea God Island God Trial test.
• Du Busi and Xiao Bai agreed to use the trial method to make Huo Yuhao's training even more demanding.

Huo Yuhao continued his extreme underwater training, rapidly cultivating while Du Busi worried that his twin Ultimate Martial Souls showed no signs of a second awakening. Du Busi then proposed a harsher trial using Huo Yuhao’s Sinking Silver Pillar, leaving Huo Yuhao bracing himself for the ordeal.

• Huo Yuhao endured immense underwater pressure and cultivated at a speed that astonished Du Busi.
• Du Busi reflected on how Huo Yuhao’s cultivation talent had grown through years of dangerous training and rare treasures.
• Du Busi worried that Huo Yuhao’s Martial Souls had not awakened despite the pressure and life-threatening trials he had endured.
• Du Busi asked Huo Yuhao about his Sinking Silver Pillar and reassured him that the waves would not damage it.
• Du Busi proposed tying Huo Yuhao to the pillar and making him withstand the waves without using Soul Skills, and Huo Yuhao swallowed nervously.

Xiao Bai took Huo Yuhao to Surging Waves Cliff, where the First Generation Sea God had tempered his body against the waves. Du Busi devised a cheaper training method and cast Huo Yuhao into the raging valley with his fishing rod, leaving him furious and trapped below.

• Xiao Bai carried Huo Yuhao to Surging Waves Cliff and explained how Poseidon had once trained there to strengthen his body.
• Huo Yuhao saw the towering black-rock valley, where enormous waves crashed against the cliffs.
• Du Busi decided to use a Threaded Fine Steel Rod instead of a Sinking Silver Pillar for Huo Yuhao’s body-tempering training.
• Du Busi wrapped Huo Yuhao in a chain and cast him into the valley, declaring his Fishing Rod Training Method a Body Sect secret technique.
• Huo Yuhao realized why the Body Sect’s training methods were so rough and became furious at Du Busi.

Du Busi sealed Huo Yuhao's Soul Power and subjected him to relentless waves as Body Sect training, which Huo Yuhao claimed also condensed Mental Power. Three days later, Long Aotian, Vina, and several Shrek Academy students had endured the same ordeal, while Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei were being dragged into it too.

• Du Busi sealed Huo Yuhao's Soul Power and swung him into the waves, whose repeated impacts left him numb, dizzy, and vomiting.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that the ordeal slightly condensed his Mental Power and asked Du Busi to bring Long Aotian and Vina down to join him.
• Three days later, Long Aotian cursed Huo Yuhao after recovering from the painful training, while Vina and several Shrek Academy students lay unconscious nearby.
• Huo Yuhao tried to defend himself, claiming he had only tricked Vina, as Long Aotian warned that the others would gang up on him.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi held fishing rods above Surging Waves Cliff while Xu Sanshi shouted that he and Bei Bei had been tricked into the training.