Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao gave Zhang Lexuan a Hundred Thousand Year water-attribute soul bone and a Primordial Essence Pill to support her cultivation and her role in the Spirit Pagoda. The chapter ended with Zhang Lexuan accepting his gifts and affection, while Huo Yuhao considered finding a suitable immortal herb for her future Soul Spirit Contract.

• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao that serving as a teacher, Deputy Commander, and Spirit Pagoda Vice Pagoda Master had kept her busy as the Spirit Pagoda developed.
• Huo Yuhao considered promoting the Spirit Pagoda through the upcoming Soul Master Tournament but decided the organization should develop steadily before making a move.
• Huo Yuhao gave Zhang Lexuan a Hundred Thousand Year water-attribute right arm bone, and she accepted it after he urged her to strengthen her cultivation.
• Zhang Lexuan stayed with Huo Yuhao, and the two kissed and embraced.
• Huo Yuhao gave Zhang Lexuan a Primordial Essence Pill that could accelerate her cultivation and make condensing a Soul Core easier, then revealed that he had already condensed his own Soul Core.
• Huo Yuhao considered which immortal herb might suit Zhang Lexuan for a future Soul Spirit Contract, and she reproached him after their intimacy.

Huo Yuhao gave Han Ruoruo a Primordial Essence Pill, and the two confessed their feelings and began a relationship. Later, after an experimental healing session left him drained, Huo Yuhao hid his growing feelings for Gu Yue Na from Qiu'er and explained only the physical cause of his weakness.

• Huo Yuhao gave Zhang Lexuan a Primordial Essence Pill and promised to arrange a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit for her when she reached Rank 90.
• Huo Yuhao gave Han Ruoruo a Primordial Essence Pill and told her he reserved such gifts for people he cared about.
• Han Ruoruo confessed that her feelings for Huo Yuhao had deepened, kissed him, and later accepted his request for a private lesson.
• After healing Gu Yue Na, Huo Yuhao looked exhausted, and Qiu'er questioned him about his condition.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had used the Effort Immortal Gu during their healing fusion, greatly increasing its efficiency but draining himself, while keeping his feelings for Gu Yue Na to himself.

Huo Yuhao recovered with Fleeting Life Like a Dream, then grew closer to Qiu'er as she boldly kissed and claimed him. Three months later, Zhang Lexuan reached Rank 90 and invited him to spend the night with her, ending as she prepared to teach him a final lesson.

• Huo Yuhao used Fleeting Life Like a Dream to recover his energy, then agreed to continue cultivating with Qiu'er that night.
• Qiu'er kissed Huo Yuhao, declared that she had won, and insisted they would stay together for life; he promised he would not leave her alone.
• Three months later, Zhang Lexuan reached Rank 90, condensed a Soul Core, and asked Huo Yuhao to take her to the Undead Demigod Plane for a ninth soul ring.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Huo Yuhao to sleep with her, and he accepted before they began undressing and kissing.
• Zhang Lexuan pressed Huo Yuhao onto the bed and told him she would teach him one final lesson.

Huo Yuhao spent the night with Zhang Lexuan, helping her improve her martial soul and cultivation before leaving her to recover. He then went with Han Ruoruo for another round of dual cultivation, and the chapter ended with both of them gaining benefits and Huo Yuhao refining his Chaos Body.

• Gu Yue Na told Qiu'er that Huo Yuhao would not be coming home, and Qiu'er decided to stop worrying about being first and focus on leaving the deepest impression on him.
• Huo Yuhao spent the night with Zhang Lexuan, and their repeated encounters left her unable to get out of bed the next morning.
• Zhang Lexuan learned that Huo Yuhao's Second Martial Soul was his original body martial soul, and that his abilities had helped improve her Moon Martial Soul and cultivation.
• After preparing lunch for Zhang Lexuan, Huo Yuhao met Han Ruoruo, who reminded him that she had expected her turn after Zhang Lexuan.
• Huo Yuhao carried Han Ruoruo to her dormitory, where they practiced dual cultivation and he explained his Second Martial Soul's Secondary Awakening.
• Huo Yuhao refined his Chaos Body, while Han Ruoruo gained a martial-soul improvement and he unlocked the Brocade Food Box Gu.

Over the year after returning from the Clear Sky Sect, Huo Yuhao expanded the Spirit Pagoda’s influence, strengthened his allies, and left Duke White Tiger’s household isolated while delaying his revenge for Huo Yun’er. As he prepared to accompany Shrek’s exchange students to the Sun Moon Empire, the continent entered an uneasy calm that he knew would not last.

• Huo Yuhao and Qiu'er earned an achievement after Qiu'er punished him for standing her up, and he received Dragon Strength Gu.
• Shrek and Xu Jiawei pressured Duke White Tiger’s household over its past crimes, while Huo Yuhao allowed Dai Hao and the Duchess to remain alive until he chose to seek justice for Huo Yun'er.
• Huo Yuhao helped Dai Luoli awaken his spiritual attribute and evolve his Martial Soul into a Blood Tiger, and Dai Luoli gave him Blood Qi Gu.
• Huo Yuhao reached Rank 67 and prepared to accompany Shrek’s exchange students to the Sun Moon Empire, while Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao delayed their Inner Court Assessment until his return.
• Qiu'er, Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, Ma Xiaotao, the Snow Empress, and other allies advanced through Soul Spirits, cultivation, or training, while Huo Yuhao supplied Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow to the Snow Empress and Ling Luocheng.
• The Spirit Pagoda drew new sects and former Tang Sect affiliates into its outer forces as the Sun Moon Empire and Body Sect disappeared from view, and Huo Yuhao anticipated a coming storm.

Mu En recounted discovering the Holy Spirit Cult’s vast power and confronting his old friend Long Xiaoyao about aiding Ye Xishui. After Long Xiaoyao confirmed the cult’s alliance with the Sun Moon Empire, Mu En asked him to protect Shrek Academy and Huo Yuhao after his death.

• Bi Ji and Huo Yuhao helped restore Mu En’s health, extending his life and allowing him to remain Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Mu En gave Huo Yuhao a Dragon Core and explained that he had discovered the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters and its many powerful Evil Soul Masters.
• Mu En found that Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui were among the Holy Spirit Cult’s Limit Douluo, then secretly arranged to meet Long Xiaoyao.
• Mu En confronted Long Xiaoyao about supporting Ye Xishui and the Holy Spirit Cult, but Long Xiaoyao said he would remain devoted to her.
• Long Xiaoyao confirmed the Holy Spirit Cult’s alliance with the Sun Moon Empire, and Mu En asked him to protect Shrek Academy and Huo Yuhao after his death.

Mu En gave Huo Yuhao the Dragon Core and warned him about the Holy Spirit Sect’s alliance with the Sun Moon Empire before his exchange study. He then revealed Shrek’s greatest trump card, and Huo Yuhao saw Ah Yin within the Golden Tree.

• Long Xiaoyao promised Mu En that he would protect Huo Yuhao and, if necessary, bring him into the Holy Spirit Sect to keep him safe.
• After returning to Shrek and recovering with Bi Ji’s help, Mu En decided Huo Yuhao should inherit the Dragon Core and recounted how its baleful aura had been removed.
• Mu En handed Huo Yuhao the Dragon Core and shared what he had discovered about the Holy Spirit Sect’s cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire, warning him to stay cautious during his exchange study.
• Mu En encouraged Huo Yuhao to study Soul Tools at Mingde Hall and develop both his soul-master and Soul Tool abilities.
• Mu En led Huo Yuhao beneath the Sea God Pavilion and revealed the Golden Tree as Shrek’s greatest trump card; Huo Yuhao used his abilities to see Ah Yin casting Bluesilver Grass Entanglement within it.

Mu En explained the Golden Tree’s power and tried to teach Huo Yuhao how to use it, but Ah Yin was secretly fighting the Douluo Continent’s Planar Consciousness inside the tree. Huo Yuhao summoned Gu Yue Na and Qiu'er to intervene, leaving Mu En to realize that a battle between gods was about to begin.

• Mu En explained that the Golden Tree held Shrek’s greatest defense and that only someone with Tangible and Substantial Spiritual Power could wield its Demigod-level strength.
• Mu En began demonstrating how to communicate with the Golden Tree, but it failed to respond, and Huo Yuhao sensed that Ah Yin was attacking the Planar Consciousness within it.
• Huo Yuhao realized Tang San had sent Ah Yin to seize the Golden Tree, while the Planar Consciousness was losing ground despite the tree’s assistance.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to find Gu Yue Na and Qiu'er and asked them to come help.
• Gu Yue Na and Qiu'er arrived by crossing space, and Mu En accepted that a battle of gods was about to begin.

Huo Yuhao joined with Qiu'er and Gu Yue Na to enter the Golden Tree's inner space and stop Ah Yin from devouring the Douluo Plane's Planar Consciousness. He sealed Ah Yin and earned a Slave Gu, leaving her captive while considering how to use her without exposing his strength to the God Realm.

• Huo Yuhao shared what he had seen inside the Golden Tree and proposed that Ah Yin's arrival was connected to Sea God Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao and Qiu'er formed Dragon Roar of Destiny, then Gu Yue Na joined them to create the Destiny Dragon God fusion.
• Shrek's experts gathered at Sea God Pavilion, where Elder Mu identified the imposing figure as Huo Yuhao and ordered them not to interfere.
• Huo Yuhao used the Power of Destiny and his space-time abilities to enter the Golden Tree's inner space and ambush Ah Yin.
• Huo Yuhao sealed Ah Yin's divine cultivation and froze her in an Ice Seal, then received the Slave Gu achievement reward.

Huo Yuhao rescued the Planar Consciousness from Ah Yin, who had attacked her on Tang San’s orders, and received the Plane Seed before she fell into slumber. Tang San mistakenly believed Ah Yin’s plan was succeeding, while Huo Yuhao prepared to turn her against him.

• Huo Yuhao stored the unconscious Ah Yin in the Undead Plane and reassured the weakened Planar Consciousness after stopping her attack.
• The Planar Consciousness gave Huo Yuhao the Plane Seed and entered a long slumber inside it.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Gu Yue Na and Qiu'er, and Qiu'er pretended to be tired so she could spend time alone with him.
• Gu Yue Na urged Huo Yuhao and Qiu'er to focus on Ah Yin, and Huo Yuhao agreed to take Tang San by surprise.
• Tang Hao went to Tang San with a bad feeling about Ah Yin, prompting Tang San to contact her through the Golden Tree.
• Tang San received a false report from Huo Yuhao, who was posing as Ah Yin, and assured Tang Hao that the plan was proceeding smoothly.

Huo Yuhao forced Ah Yin into a Master-Servant Contract and used her to tend the Golden Tree and other plants. Before leaving for Sun Moon, he and Qiu'er discussed his feelings for Gu Yue Na and spent the night together, earning him the Mountain Puller Gu.

• Huo Yuhao intimidated Ah Yin into signing a Master-Servant Contract, implanted the Six-Turn Slave Gu, and assigned her Blue Silver Avatars to tend plants while her main body cared for the Golden Tree.
• Qiu'er noticed Huo Yuhao was distracted and teased him about thinking of another woman; he admitted he did not want to give any of them up.
• Qiu'er encouraged Huo Yuhao to be more assertive about his feelings and declared that she and the others still liked him, though she set limits on who could join them.
• Before Huo Yuhao left for Sun Moon the next day, Qiu'er initiated an intimate encounter and challenged him, but he overpowered her.
• Huo Yuhao triggered Qiu'er's achievement and received the Six-Turn strength-path Immortal Gu Mountain Puller.

Huo Yuhao traveled with Shrek Academy’s exchange delegation to Maple Leaf City and met the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy’s group. After the students switched sides, he promised Meng Hongchen he would return to Shrek in a year and received rewards for achievements involving her and Xiao Hongchen.

• Huo Yuhao left Shrek with Yan Shaozhe, Fan Yu, He Caitou, Ning Tian, and seven other students to begin the exchange program in the Sun Moon Empire.
• During the flight, He Caitou reflected on his Soul Tool studies and new combat Soul Spirit, while Huo Yuhao received the Battle Gu achievement reward.
• The Shrek delegation reached Maple Leaf City, rested, and met Jing Hongchen’s delegation the following morning.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Meng Hongchen and promised he would return to Shrek in a year, then Xiao Hongchen challenged him to fight again at the next tournament.
• Huo Yuhao received the Snow-Cleansing Gu and Golden Dragon Gu achievement rewards as the exchange students switched academies.

Shrek’s exchange students arrived at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy in Ming Capital, where Jing Hongchen welcomed them and introduced the academy’s Soul Tool studies. The students began their physical assessments, while Jing Hongchen tried to recruit Huo Yuhao and gave him a token; an achievement reward revealed the token was tied to Jing Hongchen’s marriage-alliance plan.

• Yan Shaozhe departed using Spatial Control, and Jing Hongchen carried the Shrek group toward Ming Capital in his advanced Flying Soul Tool.
• Jing Hongchen welcomed the group, praised Huo Yuhao and Fan Yu, and offered them broad access to Mingde Hall’s studies while keeping its core secrets protected.
• Jing Hongchen brought the group to Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy, where Lin Jiayi explained its grade system and began the students’ physical assessments.
• He Caitou’s assessment revealed exceptional physical strength, flexibility, Soul Power, and Spirit Bone additions, prompting Lin Jiayi to flag him as a priority candidate.
• Jing Hongchen tried to recruit Huo Yuhao, who declined but accepted a token engraved with “Hongchen”; an achievement reward identified it as part of Jing Hongchen’s marriage-alliance plan and granted Huo Yuhao an Effort Gu.

Huo Yuhao settled into the Sun Moon Royal Academy and went to meet his assigned mentor, Xuan Ziwen, after encountering Ju Zi and Ke Ke in the cafeteria. He revealed his Shrek-issued Level 6 Soul Tool Master badge, and Xuan Ziwen began an assessment to judge his skill.

• Huo Yuhao chose to live in the Sixth Grade dormitory and considered his plans to recruit talent, find Xuan Ziwen, and interfere in the Sun Moon Empire's brewing succession struggle.
• Huo Yuhao ate in the cafeteria, where Ju Zi and Ke Ke noticed him and teased each other about his appetite and appearance.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Laboratory Three, where Ju Zi recognized him as the young man from the cafeteria and let him in at Xuan Ziwen's request.
• Xuan Ziwen told Huo Yuhao that he would have to pass a new assessment to study under him.
• Huo Yuhao showed Xuan Ziwen his Purple Grade Level 6 Soul Tool Master badge, and Xuan Ziwen tasked him with making the Core Array of a Level 5 Soul Tool within one hour.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Soul Tool skill to Xuan Ziwen and passed the assessment by crafting a Spirit Machine from Titanium Gold. He revealed his powerful Spirit Eye and spatial abilities, then connected Xuan Ziwen to the Spirit Net, where the chapter left them.

• Huo Yuhao used spatial control to shape Titanium Gold by hand, then carved a complex Core Array while Xuan Ziwen, Ju Zi, and Ke Ke watched.
• Huo Yuhao completed the internal inscription that connected the arrays, impressing Xuan Ziwen, who confirmed that Huo Yuhao had passed the assessment.
• Huo Yuhao called the finished device a Spirit Machine and asked Xuan Ziwen to keep its purpose secret from Ju Zi and Ke Ke.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had twin martial souls, including the Spirit Eye, and explained that its spatial attribute had enabled his earlier feats.
• Xuan Ziwen channeled Soul Power into the Spirit Machine and entered the Spirit Net, where Huo Yuhao greeted him.

Huo Yuhao showed Xuan Ziwen the Spirit Net and tried to recruit him to Shrek Academy by appealing to their shared belief that Soul Tools should benefit ordinary people. Xuan Ziwen agreed to consider the offer over the next year, and Huo Yuhao left him astonished by revealing that ordinary people had also been part of his plans for the Spirit Net.

• Huo Yuhao introduced Xuan Ziwen to the Spirit Net and demonstrated the Soul Master Forum, impressing him with its ability to connect users across the continent.
• Xuan Ziwen asked to join Huo Yuhao's Spirit Net research and offered to take him to Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy, but Huo Yuhao refused and raised the possibility of Xuan Ziwen leaving Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Xuan Ziwen's dream of making Soul Tools accessible to ordinary people was poorly served by Mingde Hall, then invited him to join Shrek Academy and promised he could help him reach the Super Douluo realm.
• Xuan Ziwen agreed to consider Huo Yuhao's invitation over the coming year and asked what Soul Tools meant to him; Huo Yuhao described them as tools for advancing society and said he would shape Shrek's future around that ideal.
• An achievement awarded Huo Yuhao the Man Can Conquer Heaven Gu, and he revealed that his original vision for the Spirit Net had included ordinary people, leaving Xuan Ziwen shocked and asking whether they could log in.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Xuan Ziwen to leave Mingde Hall for Shrek, then discovered Nana was being coerced by the Holy Spirit Cult and attacked its branch. He defeated the branch’s leaders and purified the captive souls, giving Nana a short chance to speak with her parents.

• Huo Yuhao demonstrated how ordinary people could use the Spirit Machine and convinced Xuan Ziwen that Shrek offered the research future he wanted.
• Xuan Ziwen decided to leave Mingde Hall after completing more work on the Sealed Milk Bottle project and handing over some of his findings.
• Nana visited a Holy Spirit Cult branch, where Huo Yuhao had followed her and appeared in the courtyard.
• Huo Yuhao incapacitated the two Holy Spirit disciples, killed the branch elder, and purified the resentful spirits.
• Huo Yuhao told Nana that her parents’ souls had been purified and urged her to find them before they passed away.

Huo Yuhao freed the Holy Servants’ relatives’ souls, welcomed Nana and eight others into the Spirit Pagoda, and sent them to safety. Back at Sun Moon Academy, he quickly defeated Wang Shaojie after Wang tried to provoke him.

• Huo Yuhao told the Holy Servants their relatives’ souls had been purified, and they went below to say their final farewells.
• Nana and the other eight pledged their loyalty to Huo Yuhao, who assigned Nana to lead them and sent them to the Spirit Pagoda under Tang Ya’s care.
• Huo Yuhao cleaned the Holy Spirit Sect branch, left a surveillance contingency, and planned to use the branch as bait to capture an investigator and infiltrate the sect’s upper ranks.
• Nana reported to Huo Yuhao through the Spirit Net that the group had safely reached the Spirit Pagoda, while her disappearance at Sun Moon Academy drew little attention.
• Wang Shaojie confronted Huo Yuhao in the laboratory, and Huo Yuhao knocked him down with Soul Shock, leaving him terrified of Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao defeated Wang Shaojie after Wang Shaojie provoked him, and Xuan Ziwen settled the incident after seeing Huo Yuhao's Hongchen Token. Later, Huo Yuhao joined Ju Zi and Ke Ke for a barbecue, where he began grilling food for them.

• Huo Yuhao used his intimidating aura to knock Wang Shaojie unconscious after Wang Shaojie tried to attack him.
• Xuan Ziwen returned, heard Ju Zi's account, and declared the matter settled between Huo Yuhao and Wang Shaojie.
• Huo Yuhao showed Xuan Ziwen the Hongchen Token, prompting Xuan Ziwen to offer to handle the academy's response to Wang Shaojie's injury.
• Ju Zi invited Huo Yuhao to join her and Ke Ke for a barbecue as an apology, while Zi Mu took Wang Shaojie away.
• Ju Zi grilled chicken for Huo Yuhao and Ke Ke, then Huo Yuhao began cooking his own prepared meat skewers for them.

Huo Yuhao’s cooking reminded Ju Zi of her late father and brought her closer to him, while she later proposed using Huo Yuhao’s conflict with Wang Shaojie to advance Xu Tianran’s interests. Ju Zi reconsidered joining the military, and Huo Yuhao received Gu rewards without knowing why.

• Huo Yuhao grilled meat for Ju Zi and Ke Ke, and Ju Zi recognized her deceased father’s cooking in its flavor.
• Ju Zi told Ke Ke that war had taken her father and that her mother had died from grief; Huo Yuhao shared that he was an orphan too.
• Ju Zi proposed to Xu Tianran that Wang Shaojie’s expected retaliation against Huo Yuhao could help them challenge Xu Moshen and contact Hall Master Hongchen.
• Xu Tianran praised Ju Zi, asked about her cultivation, and agreed to wait for her to qualify for Mingde Hall.
• Ju Zi left the military plan aside for the moment as she thought about Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao received the Sun-Gathering Gu reward during cultivation.