Chapter Summaries

Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Gu Yue Na learned that a blue-gold Divine Consciousness had tried to possess the Auspicious Beast, and they agreed to seek Huo Yuhao’s help. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao recovered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Evil God Pearl and had Elder Yi erase the soul inside so he could claim its treasures.

• The Auspicious Beast told Di Tian and Bi Ji how the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had attacked her and how Huo Yuhao had driven away the blue-gold light that tried to possess her.
• Gu Yue Na awakened and identified the possession attempt as a clash between god-level auras, then told the others to observe and wait.
• The Auspicious Beast volunteered to win over Huo Yuhao, and Gu Yue Na approved the plan to make use of his help.
• Huo Yuhao brought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s corpse into Kamui Space and restrained its escaping Evil God Pearl.
• Huo Yuhao asked Elder Yi to purify the Evil God Pearl, erasing the tiger’s residual soul before beginning soul ring absorption.

Huo Yuhao recovered from his battle with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, analyzed the limits of his power, and absorbed the beast's Soul Ring as his fifth ring. He gained a major increase in strength and Spiritual Power plus a new offensive skill, then chose to use the Evil God Pearl to produce an External Soul Bone.

• Huo Yuhao explained that his strongest attacks rapidly exhausted his Soul Power and that he might need to condense a Soul Core earlier than planned.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived, saw the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse, and worried that its powerful Soul Ring would be too dangerous to absorb; Huo Yuhao reassured her that its soul had been purified.
• Zhang Lexuan stood guard while Huo Yuhao absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, which took two hours without incident.
• Huo Yuhao's strength, physical quality, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power increased, and he gained the Spirit Eyes skill Spatial Flare.
• Huo Yuhao decided to use the Evil God Pearl to make the corpse produce an External Soul Bone.

Huo Yuhao fused the Evil God Pearl with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s corpse to create an External Soul Bone, the Wings of the Evil God. He tested its powers and reached level fifty-five while Zhang Lexuan watched over him.

• Huo Yuhao used his strong Spiritual Power, Ice Soul Domain, and Five Rank Locking Affection Gu to resist the Evil God Pearl’s corrupting influence as he began fusing it with himself.
• Zhang Lexuan watched Huo Yuhao cultivate and reflected on how he had helped her overcome her guilt over the Inner Court tragedy and inspired her to pursue becoming Deputy Commander of the Monitoring Group.
• Tian Meng teased the Ice Empress about Zhang Lexuan’s feelings for Huo Yuhao, then complained that Huo Yuhao had once sealed off his Spiritual Sea to keep them from watching him.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s corpse and gained the seventy-thousand-year External Soul Bone, the Wings of the Evil God, which raised his Soul Power to level fifty-five.
• Huo Yuhao tested the wings’ wind-and-lightning-enhanced flight, then reviewed their stored-energy abilities, attribute enhancements, and Evil God Transformation.

Huo Yuhao absorbed a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s spirit ring and soul bone, then accepted Electrolux’s complete Necromancy inheritance and the Undead Demigod Plane. He arrived with Tang Ya at the Iron Blood Sect, formerly the Tang Sect, as she faced the home she wanted to reclaim.

• Huo Yuhao showed Zhang Lexuan his Evil God Transformation and demonstrated Spatial Flare, convincing her of the power and danger of his new abilities.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan left the Star Dou Great Forest after discussing his spirit rings and soul skills.
• Electrolux passed Huo Yuhao his Necromancy inheritance, the Undead Demigod Plane, and command of its undead, while warning him that he would need to learn magic through practice.
• Huo Yuhao began studying the runes and calculations needed to open the Undead Demigod Plane and received the Kind Thought Gu for completing Electrolux’s inheritance achievement.
• Huo Yuhao accompanied Tang Ya to the Iron Blood Sect, where she wept at the former Tang Sect’s gate and plaques.

Tang Ya avenged her parents by reclaiming the Tang Sect's former home from the Iron Blood Sect, then decided to close the sect and return to her life at Shrek. Huo Yuhao gained a Mountain Oath Gu from helping her and began considering his plans for future Soul Spirit Contracts and the Snow Empress.

• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao that the Iron Blood Sect had killed her parents and taken the Tang Sect's foundations, and that she had gradually let go of reviving the sect.
• Huo Yuhao isolated the Iron Blood Sect and used his Spiritual Power to gather its members at the entrance.
• Huo Yuhao crippled Tie Li, Tie Tang, and the two elders, then let Tang Ya kill them with Dragon Whisker Needles while sparing the ordinary disciples.
• Tang Ya reclaimed the Tang Sect's foundations, decided to close the sect, and thanked Huo Yuhao before returning to Shrek in her heart.
• Huo Yuhao earned the Mountain Oath Gu and considered bringing the Snow Empress and others to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for Soul Spirit Contracts.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Snow Empress was trapped by the Ice God Inheritance until she completed her second assessment, then traveled to the Extreme North to help her. After testing the Ice Soul Body’s newly awakened power, he met the Ice Bear King and set out to reach the Snow Empress.

• Huo Yuhao learned through the Soul Contract that the Snow Empress needed to reach Rank 40 before she could leave the Ice God Inheritance, and he decided to wait until her breakthrough was near.
• Huo Yuhao refused Wang Dong’er’s request to accompany him to help Tang Ya reclaim the Tang Sect’s former foundation, promising her two servings of grilled fish instead.
• Huo Yuhao activated his Ice Soul Body in the Extreme North and used Mimicry—True Form and Mimicry—Fusion to test its power, astonishing Tian Meng and the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that the Ice Bear King had noticed his arrival and decided to use their meeting to practice his strength.
• The Ice Bear King arrived, greeted the Ice Empress, and carried Huo Yuhao toward the trapped Snow Empress.

Huo Yuhao helped Snow Empress conceal her soul beast and God Trial auras so she could leave the Extreme North, then prepared to travel with her and Ice Bear King Xiaobai. Before departing, they chose a Hundred-Thousand-Year Deep Chill Blue Dragon as the target for Huo Yuhao’s Ice Soul Body’s Third Soul Ring.

• Snow Empress explained that the Ice God's Divine Consciousness would not let her leave the Extreme North until she reached at least Soul Emperor because leaving could expose her soul beast and inheritance auras.
• Huo Yuhao used Secret Crossing Immortal Gu to conceal Snow Empress's auras, allowing her to leave safely and earning the Skyfall Snow Gu.
• Huo Yuhao studied Snow Empress's ice techniques in the Core Zone, and she taught him her insights into her signature skills.
• Snow Empress and Huo Yuhao agreed to leave together, while Huo Yuhao placed Ice Bear King Xiaobai in his Undead Demigod Plane.
• Huo Yuhao and the Ice and Snow Emperors selected a rebellious Hundred-Thousand-Year Deep Chill Blue Dragon with Ultimate Ice as the target for his Third Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress received the Ice God's Third Trial, which required them to suppress a rebellious Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Huo Yuhao killed the Deep Chill Shadow Dragon with one strike, then began absorbing its Spirit Ring while Snow Empress considered the trust he had placed in her.

• Snow Empress entered the Ice God Palace with Huo Yuhao and received the Third Trial: suppress a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that defied the Lord of the Extreme North within one month.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress explained that the Deep Chill Shadow Dragon had betrayed its clan, been banished by Snow Empress, and recently returned to the Extreme North's Core Zone.
• Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress set out with the Ice Bear King and their Soul Spirits to find the Deep Chill Shadow Dragon.
• Huo Yuhao confronted the dragon, suppressed its Ultimate Ice with his Ice Soul Domain, and killed it with Ice Empress's Sword and Limit of Ice.
• Huo Yuhao gave the dragon's left arm Spirit Bone to Snow Empress and began absorbing its Spirit Ring as she accepted the bone and resolved not to disappoint his trust.

Snow Empress joined Huo Yuhao on his return to Shrek after gaining a soul skill and advancing her cultivation, while Huo Yuhao received a special achievement reward from Tang San. At Shrek, Snow Empress enrolled in the Inner Court, where they found the Auspicious Beast undergoing an assessment.

• Snow Empress chose an Extreme North Ice Plains Bear left palm bone from the soul bones she had collected and gained the Snow Concealment skill, while Huo Yuhao absorbed the Deep Chill Blue Dragon soul ring and reached level fifty-six.
• Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress passed the Ice God Third Assessment, and Snow Empress received a fourth assessment to reach level seventy within three years.
• Huo Yuhao triggered a special achievement connected to Tang San and received the Soul Purification Immortal Gu, which could refine immortal- and god-level souls.
• Huo Yuhao brought Snow Empress to Shrek, where Yan Shaozhe readily approved her early entry into the Inner Court.
• Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress reached the Martial Arts Arena and saw the Auspicious Beast fighting Chu Qingtian under Zhang Lexuan's supervision.

Di Qiuer, the Emperor Auspicious Beast transformed into a human, challenged Shrek’s Inner Court Assessment and defeated Chu Qingtian to earn admission. After announcing her name, she recognized Snow Empress and wondered about her closeness to Huo Yuhao, while Snow Empress questioned why Qiuer had come to Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao recognized the golden-haired challenger as the Emperor Auspicious Beast and explained her identity to Snow Empress.
• Yan Shaozhe allowed the Auspicious Beast to attempt the Inner Court Assessment, with enrollment in the Outer Court’s Second Grade as the alternative if she failed.
• Chu Qingtian used Lightning Transformation and several soul skills to fight the Auspicious Beast, but she overwhelmed him with her Golden Dragon abilities and defeated him.
• Zhang Lexuan declared the Auspicious Beast’s assessment passed, and the girl introduced herself as Di Qiuer.
• Qiuer recognized Snow Empress and privately wondered why Huo Yuhao had grown close to her, while Snow Empress questioned Qiuer’s jealousy and motives.

Di Qiuer joined Shrek’s Inner Court, where Snow Empress began her assessment duel against Xu Sanshi and overwhelmed him with Ultimate Ice. Xu Sanshi awakened his Black Tortoise bloodline to counter her, leaving the duel’s outcome uncertain.

• Di Qiuer arrived at the Inner Court and caught the students’ attention with her beauty and strength.
• Huo Yuhao explained Snow Empress’s situation to Zhang Lexuan, who approved her Inner Court assessment.
• Snow Empress faced Xu Sanshi in a duel and suppressed him with her Emperor Sword and Snow Dance Domain.
• Snow Empress vanished using Snow Concealment, and Xu Sanshi chose to activate his Black Tortoise Awakening.
• Xu Sanshi’s Mysterious Turtle Shell Shield evolved into the Black Tortoise Shield and devoured Snow Empress’s domain, making the duel’s outcome uncertain.

Xu Sanshi challenged the Snow Empress in the Inner Court assessment, but her Emperor Palm froze him despite his awakened Black Tortoise Bloodline. Afterward, Huo Yuhao brought Di Qiuer and the Snow Empress back to his dormitory, where Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao were waiting, and invited them to barbecue.

• Xu Sanshi awakened his Black Tortoise Bloodline and unleashed Black Tortoise Roar against the Snow Empress.
• The Snow Empress struck Xu Sanshi with Emperor Palm, Great Cold Without Snow, and froze him into an ice sculpture.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi discussed the new students' strength and the Spirit Pagoda's prospects.
• Huo Yuhao, Di Qiuer, and the Snow Empress went to Huo Yuhao's dormitory, where Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao were waiting for food.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Di Qiuer and the Snow Empress to Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, then invited them to barbecue.

Huo Yuhao shared grilled fish with Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Zhang Lexuan, Di Qiuer, and Snow Empress while considering Wang Dong'er's feelings and the dangers tied to her connection to Tang San. When the group asked about the Spirit Pagoda, he began explaining its Soul Spirit Method and the Innate Skill, which he hoped would expand the ranks of Soul Masters while easing pressure on soul beasts.

• Wang Dong'er asked Zhang Lexuan what realm she and Xiao Xiao needed to reach to enter the Inner Court early, and Zhang Lexuan said they needed to become Four-Ring Soul Ancestors.
• Huo Yuhao served grilled fish to the group, and he reflected that he regarded Wang Dong'er more like a younger sister while remaining wary of the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao considered using a future visit to the Clear Sky Sect to expose Tang San's actions and win over Niu Tian and Titan.
• Wang Dong'er asked Huo Yuhao what the Spirit Pagoda was, prompting him to explain that it was connected to Soul Spirits.
• Huo Yuhao described the basic, advanced, and customized versions of the Innate Skill and said the Soul Master Popularization Plan could increase the number of Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he wanted the Soul Spirit Method to resolve the conflict between Soul Masters and soul beasts, and judged it more reliable than Artificial Soul Spirits.

Huo Yuhao explained the Soul Spirit Contract’s promise of cooperation between soul masters and soul beasts, then met Gu Yue Na in a space where time was nearly stopped and demonstrated the system with Tian Meng. Gu Yue Na declined to help promote it while it remained incomplete, but offered Huo Yuhao a promise.

• Huo Yuhao described the Soul Spirit Contract’s potential to improve relations between soul masters and soul beasts, earning Gu Yue Na’s interest.
• Huo Yuhao used his Time-Space Domain and Spirit Sight to reveal Gu Yue Na, who had secretly been watching near Shrek.
• Gu Yue Na explained that she had come partly to check on Di Qiuer, and Huo Yuhao assured her he would protect Qiuer.
• Huo Yuhao invited Tian Meng into Spirit Sight and demonstrated how a soul spirit contract could benefit both soul beasts and soul masters.
• Gu Yue Na said the contract system was still incomplete and refused to help promote it for now, but offered Huo Yuhao a promise.

Huo Yuhao won Gu Yue Na’s conditional support for the Soul Spirit Contract and received a silver dragon scale that let him contact her. After explaining their meeting to Snow Empress and Di Qiuer, he presented Snow Empress with a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

• Gu Yue Na agreed to support the Spirit Pagoda’s future development if the Soul Spirit Contract proved effective and continued to improve, and she urged Huo Yuhao to visit Lake of Life after his next breakthrough.
• Gu Yue Na thanked Huo Yuhao for helping Di Qiuer, gave him a silver dragon scale, and asked him to care for Qiuer and beware of Tang San’s schemes.
• Huo Yuhao promised to protect Di Qiuer, accepted Gu Yue Na’s warning about godhood, and watched her leave the Spiritual Space.
• After the gathering, Huo Yuhao told Snow Empress and Di Qiuer about Gu Yue Na’s visit and showed them the dragon scale, prompting Di Qiuer to lament that Gu Yue Na had never treated her so generously.
• As Snow Empress was about to return to her dormitory, Huo Yuhao offered her a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, which shocked her.

Huo Yuhao explained how he created imitation Ultimate Profound Ice Marrow from surplus Ice Dragon King power and realized he needed to develop attributes beyond Ultimate Ice. He planned to fuse ice and fire into yin and yang, then test the idea by cultivating with Ma Xiaotao, but found Ling Luocheng waiting in her dormitory.

• Huo Yuhao showed Snow Empress, Tian Meng, and Ice Empress the imitation Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and explained how his Netherworld Ice Soul Body limited his growth in Ultimate Ice.
• Huo Yuhao decided to pursue ice-and-fire fusion as a path toward yin and yang and possibly chaos, using the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' remains and the Silver Dragon King's help.
• Huo Yuhao declined Di Qiuer's request to cultivate together for now and promised to help her form a contract with an immortal herb for a Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth ring when she reached level sixty.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Qiuer he planned to test ice-and-fire fusion by cultivating with Ma Xiaotao, then went to her dormitory.
• Huo Yuhao found Ling Luocheng in Ma Xiaotao's room, and Ling Luocheng blushed as she said Ma Xiaotao had asked her to come.

Ling Luocheng finally acted on her long-held affection for Huo Yuhao, and the two cultivated together. Huo Yuhao then offered her Ultimate Profound Ice Marrow to help her Martial Soul advance toward Ultimate Ice, earning a new Gu reward.

• Ling Luocheng recalled how she had mistaken Ma Xiaotao and Yan Shaozhe's plans for abuse of Huo Yuhao, and how she had grown fond of him while serving as his caring senior sister.
• After Ma Xiaotao proposed switching dormitories, Ling Luocheng accepted the chance to be alone with Huo Yuhao and waited for him in Ma Xiaotao's room.
• Ling Luocheng embraced and kissed Huo Yuhao, and the two cultivated together, prompting Huo Yuhao to reflect on the soul power feedback from their shared ice attributes.
• Ling Luocheng asked whether Huo Yuhao could help her Martial Soul evolve, so he produced the Ultimate Profound Ice Marrow and offered to help her refine it.
• Huo Yuhao earned the Self-Will Gu achievement reward for giving Ling Luocheng her first taste of ice and snow love.

Huo Yuhao discussed helping Ling Luocheng advance toward Ultimate Ice through cultivation, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luocheng competed over him. He calmed their argument, and the three planned to cultivate before having breakfast together.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire had been resolved and agreed to help Ling Luocheng advance toward Ultimate Ice more quickly.
• Ma Xiaotao entered the dormitory and was surprised that Ling Luocheng still had energy, prompting the two women to trade barbs.
• Ling Luocheng challenged Ma Xiaotao to see who could last longer, but Huo Yuhao tried to redirect them toward breakfast.
• Ling Luocheng confessed that she had fallen in love with Huo Yuhao, and Ma Xiaotao declared that she loved him just as much.
• Huo Yuhao soothed Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luocheng, then invited Ling Luocheng to join them for breakfast after he and Ma Xiaotao cultivated together.

Huo Yuhao helped Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luocheng cultivate together, then explained the upcoming exchange program with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy to Di Qiuer. He had agreed to accompany Shrek’s students as a teacher, leaving Di Qiuer to face another separation in a year and a half.

• Ling Luocheng joined Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao in bed, and the three later coordinated their cultivation as Huo Yuhao harmonized their soul power.
• Huo Yuhao left Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luocheng to maintain their cultivation together, then returned to his dormitory the following night.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Qiuer that Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy would begin an exchange program in a year and a half.
• The narration recounted how Mu En warned Jing Hongchen, who agreed to the exchange terms and offered Red Dust's Protection as part of Huo Yuhao's agreement to go.
• Mu En decided that the exchange would begin in two years and last three, with Ning Tian among the students sent to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Di Qiuer that their separation would lead to a better reunion and clarified that he would accompany the students as a teacher, not attend as an exchange student.

Huo Yuhao reassured Di Qiuer that he had to travel to the Sun Moon Empire, then promised they would visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well when she reached Rank 60 to obtain a suitable Soul Spirit. After Qiuer broke through, they arrived at the well, where she marveled at Huo Yuhao’s ability to survive and use its power.

• Huo Yuhao told Di Qiuer he needed to go to the Sun Moon Empire to study Soul Tools, recruit talent, and prepare to deal with Evil Soul Masters, while she worried about Meng Hongchen and wanted to join him.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Qiuer could not accompany the exchange students and reassured her that his space abilities would let him escape danger; he promised they would still have time together before he traveled.
• Huo Yuhao told Qiuer that once she reached Rank 60, they would visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find an immortal herb suited to becoming her Soul Spirit, and Qiuer agreed to cultivate harder.
• With the Power of Hao Qiu aiding her cultivation, Di Qiuer soon reached Rank 60, and Huo Yuhao took her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Di Qiuer sensed the Dragon Kings’ immense power in the well and marveled that Huo Yuhao had absorbed it, while Huo Yuhao urged her to focus on their business there.