Chapter Summaries

Xu Jie agreed to meet Dai Hao at the border and learned that the Clear Sky Sect had appeared near Bright City, raising fears of a wider alliance. He spoke with Ju Zi about revenge and war, then Huo Yuhao gave him the White Tiger Dagger to test whether Dai Hao recognized it.

• Xu Tianzhen brought Xu Jie to Ju Zi, who told him Dai Hao had demanded a fight with Xu Jie as the price for withdrawing his troops.
• Xu Jie agreed to meet Dai Hao the next morning, and Ju Zi warned him that the military had found traces of the Clear Sky Sect near Bright City.
• Xu Jie told Ju Zi that his and Huo Yuhao's revenge had begun, and they discussed contacting Huo Yuhao and the possibility of war.
• Xu Jie discreetly connected Huo Yuhao with Ju Zi through Spiritual Detection, allowing them to exchange greetings and catch up remotely.
• After returning to his room, Xu Jie sensed Huo Yuhao enter the Undead Demigod Plane and accepted the White Tiger Dagger Huo Yuhao wanted Dai Hao to recognize.
• Xu Jie asked Huo Yuhao about Ju Zi, but Huo Yuhao admitted he had not confessed his feelings and wanted to take things slowly.

Xu Jie prepared to meet Duke White Tiger at the border and learned that Xuan Ziwen would accompany him. Their delayed departure left Xuan Ziwen astonished to hear that Huo Yuhao had made a tracking Fixed Soul Guidance Missile.

• Du Busi returned to the mountain village and found Ji Juechen withdrawn after Tang Hao shattered his martial soul and sword.
• Du Busi asked Ji Juechen where his sword was and told him a broken sword could still cut people, but Ji Juechen gave no response.
• Xu Jie cleaned and oiled the White Tiger Dagger before setting out to meet Duke White Tiger.
• Xu Jie met Xuan Ziwen at the southern road, and Xuan Ziwen learned Xu Jie had killed Dai Huabin during the tournament.
• Xu Jie described Huo Yuhao's tracking Fixed Soul Guidance Missile, and Xuan Ziwen eagerly asked him to confirm Huo Yuhao's name.

Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen arrived at the Mingdou Mountain Range, where Duke White Tiger Dai Hao confronted the man who had killed his son, Dai Huabin. Dai Hao suspected that Xu Jie might be his son, while Xu Jie learned why Sun Moon Empire soldiers despised the duke.

• Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen flew toward the Mingdou Mountain Range and discussed what Xu Jie had learned about the Fixed Soul Guidance Missile.
• Dai Hao asked Dai Yueheng about Huo Yuhao’s accusation that he would avenge his mother’s murder, while privately recalling that Huo Yun’er’s grave had been moved and that he might have another son.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Soul Engineers to receive Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen, then guarded against Dai Hao as the visitors approached.
• Dai Hao demanded that the killer of Dai Huabin face him, but Jing Hongchen refused to act before the agreed time.
• Xu Jie confirmed to Ji Jieru that he had killed Dai Huabin and learned that Ji Jieru despised Dai Hao for repeatedly provoking border battles.
• Xuan Ziwen asked what was happening, and Xu Jie asked Ji Jieru to explain the situation to him.

Xu Jie confronted Dai Hao over Dai Huabin’s death and revealed the White Tiger Dagger, forcing Dai Hao to recognize him as Huo Yun’er’s adopted son and learn that Huo Yuhao had helped avenge her. Dai Hao withdrew with Dai Yueheng, while Xu Jie remained determined to punish Zhu Ying.

• Jing Hongchen left Xiao Wang in charge of the alert troops and approached Xu Jie, who went to meet Dai Hao after claiming he had recovered.
• Dai Yueheng charged Xu Jie, but Xu Jie defeated him and stopped his Golden Dragon Spear just short of killing him.
• Xu Jie faced Dai Hao with the White Tiger Dagger, and Dai Hao recognized it as the token of love he had given Huo Yun’er and suspected Xu Jie was his missing son.
• Xu Jie condemned Dai Hao for abandoning Huo Yun’er and threatened to kill Zhu Ying for what she had done to her.
• Xu Jie revealed that he was Huo Yun’er’s adopted book servant and that Huo Yuhao had joined him in avenging Dai Huabin; Dai Hao then withdrew with Dai Yueheng.

Huo Yuhao’s Body Sect team advanced to the Bright City Soul Engineer Competition final, where Xu Jie recognized the woman who had taken the Angel Holy Sword and warned Huo Yuhao about her. The chapter left the contest about to begin as Huo Yuhao noticed a scene of Shrek celebrating a victory over the Sun Moon Team.

• Huo Yuhao concealed his connection to Xu Jie when Vina asked whether he knew Apollo.
• Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen returned to Bright City after confirming Dai Hao’s withdrawal, and Xuan Ziwen decided to ask Huo Yuhao about the Fixed Soul Guidance Missile.
• The Body Sect and Shrek both reached the semifinals; the Body Sect advanced easily, while Shrek lost to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao joined Xu Jie, Huang Zheng, and Merck on the way to the Soul Engineer Competition final, where Huang Zheng explained the rules and Merck described the prizes.
• At the western outskirts, Xu Jie recognized a woman in the Ordinary Alliance as the person who had taken the Angel Holy Sword and told Huo Yuhao to watch her.
• Huo Yuhao watched the Tang Sect celebrate Shrek’s apparent victory over the Sun Moon Team and privately judged the match unfair.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie attended the final round of the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Tournament, where the three factions presented their contestants and Ye Yulin unveiled the champion’s prize, the Sun Moon Divine Needle. The competition was about to begin, with Huo Yuhao determined to win and Xu Jie focused on the Ordinary Alliance’s yellow-skirted contestant.

• Xu Jie told Huo Yuhao to seize the Angel Holy Sword if he encountered the yellow-skirted woman, since it might help restore Qian Ran’s martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie arrived at the tournament venue with the Xishui Alliance and observed the three factions, their leaders, and the nine contestants preparing for the final.
• Ye Yulin unveiled the Sun Moon Divine Needle, a ninth-level offensive Soul Tool that became the champion’s prize, and Huo Yuhao resolved to win it.
• Xu Jie asked Nangong Wan to lead the Xishui Alliance contestants onto the stage, then told Shangguan Wei'er he would join her alliance if she gave him the yellow-skirted woman.
• Huo Yuhao studied the rival teams, noting that the Ordinary Alliance had entered three female Soul Engineers dressed in red, blue, and yellow.

Huo Yuhao crafted a hundred Fixed Soul Guidance Missiles for the competition and advanced through the skill assessment, while the Clear Sky Sect sought an audience with Crown Prince Xu Tianran to request Huo Yuhao. The chapter ended with the contestants preparing for the elimination matches.

• Huo Yuhao carved and assembled a hundred Fixed Soul Guidance Missiles, impressing the judges with his precision and the quantity he completed.
• Niu Tian and Titan entered the imperial palace to meet Xu Tianran, who revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had asked for Huo Yuhao.
• Huang Zheng completed a distinctive mechanical-hand Soul Tool, and Ye Yulin ended the crafting period and inspected the contestants' work.
• The contestants completed a nine-part Core Array skill assessment, and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce representative was eliminated.
• Huo Yuhao and the Yellow-skirted Girl advanced to the top four and could not face each other in the first elimination round.
• Ye Yulin announced a five-minute rest before the elimination matches began.

Huo Yuhao advanced to the Soul Engineer final, where Ye Guyi defeated Huang Zheng by revealing her sacred powers and destroying him with her Holy Sword. Xu Jie recognized her as the woman who had taken his Angel Holy Sword and planned to protect her from the Holy Spirit Cult, while Huo Yuhao began their match and Xu Jie contacted Ye Guyi.

• Huo Yuhao defeated his opponent with Fixed Soul Guidance Missiles, and Huang Zheng and Ye Guyi also advanced to the knockout stage.
• Huo Yuhao beat the Aodu Chamber of Commerce contestant to reach the final, while Ye Guyi faced Huang Zheng in the other semifinal.
• Ye Guyi broke Huang Zheng's Soul Stripping with her sacred power, then unleashed her Holy Sword and killed him.
• Xu Jie recognized Ye Guyi as the woman who had taken his Angel Holy Sword and saw Nangong Wan and the Third Elder prepare to target her.
• Xu Jie told Huo Yuhao to steer Ye Guyi toward the stage's edge so he could rescue her, and Huo Yuhao began their match.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie spoke to Ye Guyi through spiritual communication, and Xu Jie demanded that she return his Angel Holy Sword.

Huo Yuhao used spiritual communication and repeated missile attacks to explain the danger Ye Guyi faced and force her onto the defensive. When Ye Guyi counterattacked with her sacred sword, Huo Yuhao copied her angel wings and sword rays with his sixth soul skill, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Ye Guyi realized she had revealed information aloud and resumed attacking Huo Yuhao while Xu Jie criticized her through their spiritual connection.
• Huo Yuhao explained his spiritual abilities and warned Ye Guyi that the Xishui Alliance's Holy Spirit Cult leaders threatened her, but she refused to believe him.
• Huo Yuhao severed the spiritual link, stunned Ye Guyi, and bombarded her with Fixed Soul Guidance Missiles, forcing her to dodge while the freezing blasts weakened her.
• Ye Guyi broke through the missile barrage with a sacred barrier and launched countless Sword Rays at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao used his sixth soul skill to form angel wings and a white sword, then met Ye Guyi's sacred Sword Rays with spiritual attacks.

Huo Yuhao defeated Ye Guyi in the tournament final, securing the championship for the Xishui Alliance. As Xu Jie pretended to thaw Ye Guyi, he opened the Gate of the Undead and dragged her inside while Feng Ling prevented anyone from intervening.

• Huo Yuhao froze Ye Guyi, knocked her unconscious with his soul skills, and was declared the winner by Ye Yulin.
• Nangong Wan announced that the Xishui Alliance had won the tournament and fulfilled its wager, while An Litong and Shangguan Wei'er raised no objections.
• Xu Jie offered to thaw Ye Guyi, and Shangguan Wei'er stepped aside under Feng Ling's pressure.
• Xu Jie turned his flame gray, summoned the Gate of the Undead, and had three black-robed figures block Shangguan Wei'er and Ye Yulin.
• Feng Ling threatened to kill anyone who interfered as chains pulled Ye Guyi into the Gate of the Undead, which closed and transformed into a fanged mouth.

Huo Yuhao claimed the Soul Engineer Competition rewards with the Body Sect protecting him, then agreed to help Shrek infiltrate the Sun Moon Empire’s armory. Xu Jie separately accepted Chen An’s payment to protect a Soul Guidance Metal transaction and secretly followed Huo Yuhao’s group as their mission began.

• Xu Jie’s display of power unsettled Shangguan Wei’er and An Litong, and Huo Yuhao collected the competition’s metal and Sun Moon Divine Needle after Du Busi and the Golden Body Douluo stopped Nangong Wan from interfering.
• He Caitou and Dugu Lu asked Huo Yuhao to help Shrek raid the Sun Moon Empire’s armory, and Huo Yuhao agreed on condition that Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao stay out of the mission.
• Chen An paid Xu Jie to guard a Soul Guidance Metal deal, and Xu Jie agreed to protect him from the shadows when the transaction began at the fifth watch.
• Huo Yuhao prepared by collecting the Body Sect members’ Storage Soul Guidance Devices, while he and Xu Jie each wondered how to contact the other.
• He Caitou, Beibei, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao met Chen An near the academy and received the Storage Soul Guidance Devices containing the goods.
• Xu Jie sensed Huo Yuhao among the group and secretly joined their Spiritual Detection Sharing as He Caitou led the Shrek members toward the armory.

Huo Yuhao helped He Caitou, Beibei, and their companions infiltrate the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s armory while Xuan Zi and Du Busi distracted Long Xiaoyao. After navigating its traps and locks, the group opened a vast warehouse filled with crates of soul engineering materials.

• As Xuan Zi and Du Busi battled Long Xiaoyao in the sky, Huo Yuhao concealed Xu Jie inside his Eye of Destiny with help from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Huo Yuhao’s group used the distraction to enter the courtyard, where Beibei ambushed the guard and Huo Yuhao found the hidden passage into the armory.
• Huo Yuhao decoded the passage’s locks and guided Beibei and He Caitou through a descending elevator and past its guards.
• The group opened the armory’s massive double doors and discovered a warehouse spanning at least ten thousand square meters, filled with categorized crates.

Huo Yuhao and his companions broke through the warehouse’s guarded doors and began looting its rare metals. On the third level, they discovered an enormous stockpile of Soul Tools and weapons capable of equipping several Soul Engineer legions.

• Huo Yuhao used the Blade of Life’s Judgment ability to weaken the door to the second level, transferring its absorbed power into Xu Jie’s Golden Dragon Spear.
• After the door collapsed, Huo Yuhao, Beibei, and He Caitou defeated the Soul Sage guard and entered the second-level warehouse.
• Huo Yuhao began breaking through the third-level door while Beibei and He Caitou loaded valuable rare metals into their Storage Soul Guidance Devices.
• Huo Yuhao opened the third-level warehouse and found it packed with Soul Guidance Cannons, weapons, ammunition, and Sealed Milk Bottles in quantities sufficient to equip at least four Soul Engineer legions.

Huo Yuhao discovered Beibei and He Caitou had planted timed bombs in Bright City’s arsenal and used his Spiritual Power to warn Xu Jie. Xu Jie dismantled every bomb, preventing an explosion that could have killed millions of civilians.

• Huo Yuhao, Beibei, and He Caitou looted the arsenal until their Storage Soul Tools were full, and Beibei and He Caitou planted timed Soul Guidance Bombs before leaving.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to spend some of its origin power to mature his Oviparous Incarnation Method, accepting the risk of permanently losing Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao sent a tiny Spiritual Power clone to Xu Jie and warned him about the bombs while leaving the arsenal with Beibei and He Caitou.
• Xu Jie rushed to the third underground floor and dismantled the bombs one by one under Huo Yuhao’s guidance.
• Xu Jie asked whether Huo Yuhao had helped plant the bombs, and Huo Yuhao denied it, explaining that millions of civilians could die if the arsenal exploded.

Xu Jie warned Huo Yuhao that Ye Guyi was inside the Undead Demigod Plane before going there to confront her. After overpowering her with his solar might, he returned to the armory and began moving its contents into the plane.

• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jie about storage Soul Tools, and Xu Jie revealed he could use the Undead Demigod Plane to hold the armory's contents.
• Xu Jie warned Huo Yuhao that Ye Guyi was inside the plane and might set off the Fixed Soul Guidance Missiles.
• Ye Guyi, searching for an exit while fighting Undead Creatures, sensed Xu Jie's disturbance and flew toward him with Qian Ran's Angel Holy Sword.
• Xu Jie told Ye Guyi he would release her within a week and warned her not to touch the stored items; Ye Guyi demanded to test his strength with one attack.
• Xu Jie overwhelmed Ye Guyi's crimson-gold sword strike with his solar power, leaving her frozen in terror, then returned to the Douluo Plane.
• Xu Jie opened a Gate of the Undead in the armory and began transferring its Soul Tools and Soul Guidance Metals under Huo Yuhao's direction.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao emptied the Sun Moon Empire's armory while Xuan Zi and Du Busi withdrew from Bright City before dawn. Xu Jie escaped suspicion with Nana's help, sent her away, and returned to Qing Se Hotel as he prepared to leave the Holy Spirit Cult after the tournament.

• Long Xiaoyao held off Xuan Zi and Du Busi until dawn approached, and the two Super Douluo retreated from Bright City.
• Xu Jie and miniature Huo Yuhao stole all the Soul Guidance Metal and Soul Tools from the imperial armory, leaving Xu Guozhong to discover the empty warehouse and collapse after reading Xu Jie's mocking message.
• Xu Jie returned to Bright City with Huo Yuhao, recovered the Golden Dragon Spear, and told Huo Yuhao to move the Soul Tools collected earlier into the Undead Demigod Plane for safekeeping.
• Xu Jie sent Nana to the Undead Demigod Plane after she used her soul-body clone to create an alibi for him.
• Xu Jie reached Qing Se Hotel at dawn and reflected that he would leave the Holy Spirit Cult after the tournament.

Xu Tianran investigated the unexplained theft of the Sun Moon Empire’s armory while Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao remained unsuspected and attended the tournament final. The match was interrupted when a powerful stranger crashed into the arena and fixed his attention on Huo Yuhao.

• Xu Tianran rejected Xu Guozhong’s attempt to blame Shrek Academy, ordered his uncle to stay in the palace, and asked Uncle Xue to arrange another meeting with the Clear Sky Sect masters.
• Xu Jie went to watch the finals, where he noticed Xu Tianzhen searching the arena for him ahead of their planned engagement ceremony.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a growing threat and replaced Vina as the Body Sect’s first competitor against Shi Xing.
• A series of tremors interrupted the match, and a burly middle-aged man crashed onto the stage and stared at Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong recognized the newcomer as Second Father as the man revealed nine soul rings, including two red ones.

Niu Tian and Titan attacked the competition in Bright City, targeting Huo Yuhao and forcing Shrek and the Body Sect to flee. Elsewhere, two Clear Sky Sect members sacrificed a newlywed couple to open a mysterious lake, while Xu Jie convinced Long Xiaoyao to carry him after Huo Yuhao.

• Jing Hongchen, Xuan Zi, Du Busi, and other elders protected the contestants and spectators as Niu Tian and Titan unleashed overlapping domains.
• Titan transformed and attacked Du Busi, while Niu Tian appeared with the Azure Ox Python and Huo Yuhao reached for his Reverse Scale pendant.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi led their teams out of Bright City, and Xu Jie tried to join Huo Yuhao before Long Xiaoyao stopped him.
• Two black-clad Clear Sky Sect members forced a newlywed couple to choose who would be sacrificed, killed them, and watched gold-and-silver light spread through the lake.
• Niu Tian and Titan withdrew, and Xu Tianran ordered aid for the injured and sent Jing Hongchen to demand an explanation from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Long Xiaoyao finally carried Xu Jie westward after Huo Yuhao, while Xu Tianzhen searched for Xu Jie.

Huo Yuhao’s group navigated the mist of West Mountain and joined forces with Beibei’s Shrek team while Long Xiaoyao and Xu Jie searched for them. A golden-silver force then swept up Huo Yuhao and several others, carrying them into Sun-Moon Lake in Valley of Asking for Love, where Huo Yuhao realized they had entered the God of Love’s trial.

• Huo Yuhao led the Body Sect through mist that suppressed Spiritual Power, and Beibei arrived with the Shrek team after Xuan Zi and Du Busi had disappeared.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to travel with Beibei’s group, rebuffed Wu Feng, and quietly told Dugu Lu he could join the Body Sect despite his Martial Soul.
• Long Xiaoyao failed to disperse the fog, so Xu Jie led him toward the lake he believed was drawing Huo Yuhao and the others in.
• As the combined groups traveled through the fog, a golden-silver radiance seized Huo Yuhao and the Shrek members while leaving Dugu Lu and the other Body Sect members behind.
• The radiance carried its captives into a magnificent golden-and-silver lake, and Huo Yuhao recognized it as Sun-Moon Lake in Valley of Asking for Love.

Huo Yuhao and eight others began the Valley of Asking for Love’s first trial, where Wu Feng was forced to confront Ning Tian’s rejection and chose to die so Ning Tian could live. Huo Yuhao broke free and disrupted the trial, while Xu Jie discovered that his martial soul could disperse the valley’s fog.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Beibei, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, Zhu Lu, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian appeared on platforms inside the Valley of Asking for Love, and a mysterious voice began the trial.
• Xu Jie questioned Dugu Lu and the Body Sect members outside the valley, warned them that the incident was connected to the Clear Sky Sect, and left; Dugu Lu joined Vina’s group to search for their elders.
• Niu Tian and Titan withdrew after suppressing Du Busi and Xuan Zi, while Di Tian obeyed an ethereal voice telling him to wait before confronting the two traitors.
• The trial revealed that Wu Feng loved Ning Tian, but Ning Tian refused to pretend to love her and said she would die for Wu Feng; Wu Feng then chose to sacrifice herself so Ning Tian could live.
• Huo Yuhao broke free, condemned the trial, and dodged the golden whips sent to punish him; the voice declared Wu Feng and Ning Tian had passed the first trial, while Tang San sensed that Huo Yuhao’s fate had deviated.
• Xu Jie tested the fog barrier with his Golden Dragon Spear, a flame, and a beam from his Sun Imprint, then used his martial soul to make the fog begin to dissipate.