Chapter Summaries

Xu Jie woke after seven days at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and discovered that the Snow Core and Dragon Pellet had stabilized and strengthened him. He and Huo Yuhao left the well with Ju Zi, now disguised as Xu Qiu'er, and returned to Canghui Academy while Snow Maiden and Little White stayed behind to cultivate.

• Xu Jie woke beside Ju Zi, Snow Maiden, and Little White, then found that the half Snow Core was steadily supplying him with Soul Power while the Dragon Pellet helped contain it.
• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jie about releasing captives into the Undead Demigod Plane and borrowing grain for them from Sun Moon Empire depots; Xu Jie dismissed the depot fires as a traditional specialty.
• Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Ju Zi departed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Snow Maiden, Little White, and Octagonal there to cultivate, and traveled toward Shandou City.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao gave Ju Zi the cover identity Xu Qiu'er, Xu Jie's cousin, and prepared a fabricated background for entering Canghui Academy.
• Golden Body Douluo greeted the group at Canghui Academy's entrance, and Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao brought Xu Qiu'er inside.

Xu Jie appointed Ju Zi as Canghui Academy’s dean and revealed his plan to empower commoners through Soul Power cultivation, laying the groundwork for his Noble Soul Master Theory. Ju Zi began organizing his ideas as Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao stayed at the academy to strengthen its defenses and advance their cultivation.

• Huo Yuhao brought Nan Qiuqiu out of the Gate of the Undead and introduced her to Xu Jie and Xiao Xiao at Canghui Academy.
• Xu Jie formally handed the dean’s position to Ju Zi, who quickly brought the academy’s affairs into order.
• Ju Zi questioned the academy’s reliance on commoner students, and Xu Jie claimed he could teach commoners to cultivate Soul Power through Internal Energy.
• Xu Jie explained his Noble Soul Master Theory, arguing that commoners gaining Soul Power could challenge and overthrow the nobility.
• Xu Jie shared his ideas with Ju Zi over the following days, while she began organizing them into a thought course.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao planned to remain at the academy for a month as Xu Jie prepared to ask Di Tian for help obtaining his eighth and ninth soul rings.

Xu Jie returned to Canghui Academy after failing to locate the Angel Godly Armor and discovered that his cultivation had stalled without a Soul Ring. As he prepared to hunt Souls, Xiao Xiao resolved to catch up to him, while Ju Zi agreed to join Huo Yuhao when he confronted Duke White Tiger, intent on making him suffer without killing him.

• Xu Jie and Qian Ran returned to Shandou City without finding the Angel Godly Armor, and Huo Yuhao told them the Ice Pole Battle Armor research had reached the blueprint stage.
• Xu Jie reflected that his cultivation had slowed into a bottleneck after reaching level eighty and concluded that he would need a Soul Ring to progress meaningfully.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao visited Ju Zi in the principal's office, where Xiao Xiao pulled Xu Jie outside after learning he would soon leave to hunt Souls.
• Xiao Xiao admitted she felt the gap between her cultivation and Xu Jie's widening, then vowed to work hard and catch up to him.
• Huo Yuhao invited Ju Zi to accompany him to Duke White Tiger's Mansion, but she refused to let him kill Duke White Tiger and said she had another way to make him suffer.
• Ju Zi decided to accompany Huo Yuhao through the Undead Demigod Plane, embraced him, and teased him about having seized her as his wife.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao traveled to the Clear Sky Sect to hunt the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python for Xu Jie's soul rings. Wang Dong'er welcomed them at the summit, but Huo Yuhao sensed that something was seriously wrong with her mind.

• Wang Dong'er left Shrek's Soul Hunting Team with Beibei to return to the Heaven Dou Empire, while Elder Wang led the unsuccessful team back to Shrek City.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian revealed that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had descended from the God Realm and remained at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Di Tian sent Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao out of the forest and gave Xu Jie a Soul Storage Stone containing the other half of Wang Dong's soul.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao traveled to the Clear Sky Sect, where Wang Dong'er greeted Huo Yuhao and offered to take him to her First Dad and Second Dad.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection on Wang Dong'er and privately warned Xu Jie that she seemed to have a serious mental problem.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie entered Clear Sky Fort, where Niu Tian tried to test Huo Yuhao’s feelings for Wang Dong’er by sending him to retrieve the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Xu Jie revealed that he had already picked the flower and confronted Niu Tian and Titan, leaving them alarmed as he prepared to act.

• Wang Dong’er led Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie through the clouds to Clear Sky Fort, where Titan tested Huo Yuhao’s mental state and brought them inside.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie noticed the Clear Sky Sect had unusually few members and followed Titan to meet Niu Tian.
• Niu Tian told Huo Yuhao to retrieve the Lovesick Heartbreak Red from the Valley of Asking for Love as proof of his love for Wang Dong’er.
• Xu Jie revealed the flower he had already picked, called it Steadfast Grass, and accused Wang Dong’er’s parents of failing to save her despite claiming they loved her.
• Xu Jie called Niu Tian and Titan livestock raised by Tang San, then tightened his grip on a golden crystal as both men demanded to know what he wanted.

Xu Jie used Tang Wutong’s stolen soul as leverage while Huo Yuhao summoned Di Tian and the Star Dou Great Forest’s fierce beasts to Clear Sky Fort. Bear Lord attacked Niu Tian and Titan, and the fighting began to tear the fortress apart as Di Tian joined the battle.

• Xu Jie revealed the golden crystal containing half of Tang Wutong’s soul and said he needed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to break through.
• Huo Yuhao activated the black scale beneath his neck, opening a rift that Di Tian, Bear Lord, Myriad Demon King, and Scarlet King crossed to reach Clear Sky Fort.
• Xu Jie threatened to crush the crystal when Niu Tian and Titan moved to stop the rift, then told Wang Dong'er that Tang San had torn the soul from her body.
• Bear Lord charged through Clear Sky Fort and drove Niu Tian and Titan through the wall and down the mountain, while Di Tian put Wang Dong'er to sleep.
• Bear Lord’s claws split the fortress’s upper section, which Di Tian sent flying into the sky, and Myriad Demon King, Scarlet King, and Di Tian joined Bear Lord’s battle against Niu Tian and Titan.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao captured Niu Tian and Titan after Di Tian and the others defeated them, then learned that Tang Hao and Ah Yin had taken Huo Yuhao’s mother’s reincarnation to Shrek Academy. As Xu Jie prepared to kill the two traitors, Niu Tian asked him to do one thing in exchange for his life.

• Gray-clad members of the Clear Sky Sect gathered to watch Di Tian’s battle without helping Niu Tian and Titan.
• Di Tian and the other soul beasts defeated Niu Tian and Titan, then threw the battered pair before Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Jie called Niu Tian by the name Da Ming, and Huo Yuhao demanded to know where his mother’s reincarnation had been taken.
• Niu Tian said Tang Hao and Ah Yin were responsible for taking Huo Yuhao’s mother’s reincarnation and revealed that they were at Shrek Academy.
• Xu Jie decided to kill Titan, but Niu Tian stopped him and offered to sacrifice himself if Xu Jie would do one thing for him.

Xu Jie agreed to restore the other half of Wang Dong'er's soul to her body, with Niu Tian and Titan accepting sacrifice in exchange. As Wang Dong'er began to change, Di Tian used the Golden Dragon Spear and silver dragon scales to take back what she had acquired, leaving a tiny silver dragon in the air.

• Niu Tian asked Xu Jie to return Xiao Qi's soul half to her body, but Di Tian suppressed the Trident Mark that could let Niu Tian self-destruct.
• Xu Jie agreed to restore the soul, and Huo Yuhao used the Dark Gold Spirit Staff to release the pinkish-blue-haired soul from its golden crystal.
• Xu Jie demanded that Titan also agree to sacrifice himself, and Titan accepted before Huo Yuhao fused the soul with the unconscious Wang Dong'er.
• A golden Trident Mark emerged from Wang Dong'er as her soul returned, and silver light transformed her blue butterfly wings with dragon scales.
• Di Tian took the Golden Dragon Spear and silver dragon scales from Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao, then used them to remove the silver dragon scales from Wang Dong'er and draw out a tiny silver dragon.

After Tang Wutong’s soul was restored, Huo Yuhao discovered that Tang San’s seal prevented him from touching her, while Xu Jie learned that Di Tian had added Wang Dong’er’s Silver Dragon Bloodline to the Golden Dragon Spear. Niu Tian began his sacrifice to Xu Jie, leaving Titan to care for Xiao Qi.

• Di Tian joined the Silver Dragon Bloodline to the Golden Dragon Spear, improving it, and Xu Jie stored it away.
• Wang Dong’er fused with the other half of her soul and became Tang Wutong again, while Huo Yuhao checked that her body was unharmed.
• Niu Tian asked Huo Yuhao to remove Tang Wutong’s spiritual seal, but Tang San’s seal attacked Huo Yuhao and knocked Tang Wutong to the ground.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the seal as one that specifically targeted him, and Xu Jie urged Niu Tian to begin the sacrifice.
• Niu Tian told Titan to care for Xiao Qi, transformed into his azure ox-headed serpent form, and began sacrificing himself amid blood flames.

Xu Jie completed Niu Tian’s sacrifice and reached level eighty-eight before Di Tian brought him a Golden Tortoise to absorb. Xu Jie reached level eighty-nine by drawing on its life force, then passed the Golden Dragon Spear to Huo Yuhao while Di Tian retrieved a piece of Gold of Life from the tortoise’s corpse.

• Niu Tian sacrificed himself, giving Xu Jie a red Soul Ring and a red Soul Bone that raised his cultivation to level eighty-eight.
• Di Tian opened a black fissure, returned with an unconscious Golden Tortoise, and told Xu Jie to kill it for its life force.
• Xu Jie killed the Golden Tortoise with the Golden Dragon Spear and absorbed its life force, while Huo Yuhao absorbed the excess.
• Xu Jie reached level eighty-nine and handed the Golden Dragon Spear to Huo Yuhao to continue absorbing the remaining life force.
• Di Tian cut open the Golden Tortoise’s shell and retrieved a chunk of emerald-green Gold of Life.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Gold of Life into his Blade of Life, while Xu Jie completed Titan’s sacrifice and gained his ninth soul ring. The chapter ended with Xu Jie demonstrating the two soul skills he received: Universal Pull and Almighty Push.

• Di Tian gave Huo Yuhao the Gold of Life, which Huo Yuhao absorbed into his Blade of Life, enlarging and strengthening it.
• Xu Jie told Titan to begin his sacrifice and promised that he would not harm Tang Wutong.
• Titan sacrificed himself to Xu Jie, and his soul bone helped Xu Jie break through to Rank 90 before his soul ring condensed.
• Xu Jie used the red sun’s aura to check that Titan’s and Niu Tian’s soul rings and soul bones held no remnants of their souls.
• Huo Yuhao asked about Xu Jie’s new soul skills, and Xu Jie demonstrated Universal Pull and Almighty Push on broken stones.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao discovered that Tang Hui’s Clear Sky Hammer was missing its bloodline origin and learned that the Clear Sky Sect blamed Niu Tian and Titan for its decline. Xu Jie brought the sect into the Undead Demigod Plane, then he and Huo Yuhao set off toward the Star Luo Empire, leaving Tang Wutong to wake in an empty Clear Sky Fort.

• Di Tian offered to silence the gray-robed witnesses, but Xu Jie asked Tang Hui to explain the Clear Sky Sect’s grudge against Niu Tian and Titan.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao examined Tang Hui’s Spiritual Sea and confirmed that his Clear Sky Hammer lacked its Martial Soul bloodline origin.
• Xu Jie tried to examine the unconscious Tang Wutong, but the Trident Mark repelled his approach with sea-blue divine power.
• Tang Hui agreed to bring the Clear Sky Sect with Xu Jie, and the sect members entered the Gate of the Undead into the Undead Demigod Plane.
• Di Tian and the fierce beasts departed, and Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao headed toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Wutong woke to find Clear Sky Fort empty, with the Clear Sky Sect and her two fathers gone.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie brought Ju Zi to Duke White Tiger’s Mansion, revisited their childhood home, and set the old firewood shed ablaze to draw the household’s attention. Xu Jie then challenged Zhu Ying to come out and die, and the chapter ended as Dai Hao, Zhu Ying, and the mansion’s residents faced the three in the sky.

• Huo Yuhao, Xu Jie, and Ju Zi entered Duke White Tiger’s Mansion through a rusted rear gate, and Huo Yuhao cut its lock with the White Tiger Dagger.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao showed Ju Zi the places where they had lived with Huo Yun’er and recalled their childhood.
• Xu Jie set their abandoned firewood shed ablaze, drawing servants and soul masters from across the mansion.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to find Zhu Ying, Dai Hao, and Dai Yueheng at a banquet, and learned that Dai Luoli and Luoxin were away.
• Xu Jie revealed his nine soul rings and ordered Zhu Ying to come out within ten minutes or he would raze the mansion.
• Dai Hao and Zhu Ying left the reception hall and looked up at Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Ju Zi as the mansion’s residents gathered outside.

Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Hao over Huo Yun’er's death, rejected their shared bloodline, and set out to kill Zhu Ying. When Dai Hao chose not to intervene, an elderly Black Spirit Cat blocked Huo Yuhao and was cut in two by his icy sword strike.

• Dai Hao recognized Huo Yuhao as his son, but Huo Yuhao rejected him and blamed him for failing to protect Huo Yun'er.
• Huo Yuhao destroyed the White Tiger bloodline essence he had removed from himself, leaving a drop of it on Dai Hao.
• Huo Yuhao demanded that Dai Hao stand aside so he could kill Zhu Ying, while Dai Hao pleaded with him to stop.
• Zhu Ying provoked Huo Yuhao, who charged at her as Xu Jie blocked Dai Hao from intervening.
• An elderly man transformed into a Black Spirit Cat and blocked Zhu Ying, but Huo Yuhao froze him with an icy sword strike and split him in two.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie confronted the White Tiger Duke’s household over Huo Yun’er’s death, and Huo Yuhao forced Zhu Ying to admit she was wrong before killing her. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao burning away Zhu Ying’s soul as Xu Jie reduced her body to ash.

• Huo Yuhao killed a Soul Douluo and advanced toward Zhu Ying, but Dai Yueheng knelt before him and begged him to spare their mother.
• Huo Yuhao froze Dai Yueheng and threw him aside, then forced Zhu Ying to her knees and brought out Huo Yun’er’s memorial tablet.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie knelt before the tablet with Ju Zi, while Dai Hao watched without intervening.
• Ju Zi slapped Zhu Ying each time she cursed, and Xu Jie killed a Soul Douluo who tried to stop them.
• Zhu Ying finally admitted she was wrong, and Huo Yuhao stabbed her through the heart with the White Tiger Dagger.
• Huo Yuhao burned Zhu Ying’s soul while Xu Jie burned her corpse, leaving nothing behind.

Xu Jie and Ju Zi helped Huo Yuhao leave Dai Hao alive after Ju Zi stabbed him, and Huo Yuhao broke down while watching a white skeleton recover its missing leg. Elsewhere, Dugu Lu and Qian Ran found an underground tomb containing the angel soul bone Qian Ran had sensed, along with a mysterious scythe.

• Huo Yuhao grieved over Zhu Ying and handed the White Tiger Dagger to Xu Jie, who stopped short of stabbing Dai Hao.
• Ju Zi took the dagger and stabbed Dai Hao, while Xu Jie blinded and disoriented the White Tiger Guards; Huo Yuhao revealed that Ju Zi was pregnant with his child and departed with a gray hexagram.
• Ju Zi told Dai Hao that her name was Xu Qiu'er, and she and Xu Jie left him alive as the White Tiger Guards rushed to treat his wound.
• In the Undead Demigod Plane, Xu Jie used the Dark Gold Spirit Staff to help a one-legged white skeleton reach and retrieve its missing leg bone, prompting Huo Yuhao to weep in Ju Zi's embrace.
• Dugu Lu and Qian Ran dug through a plain and uncovered a tomb slab carved with an angel holding a strange scythe; Qian Ran confirmed the angel soul bone lay beneath it.

Dugu Lu and Qian Ran recovered a golden spinal bone from a tomb, but a purple-black scythe possessed Dugu Lu before mysteriously vanishing. They returned to Shandou City and reunited with Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Xu Qiu'er, where Huo Yuhao released Xiao Jin and concealed it with his Mimicry Soul Skill.

• Dugu Lu broke through the marble tomb floor and retrieved the golden spinal bone while a purple-black scythe released mist that entered his glabella and left a mark.
• Dugu Lu emerged with the bone and gave it to Qian Ran, who stored it to absorb later, preferably after Xu Jie returned.
• Dugu Lu filled in the tunnel and left the plain with Qian Ran, who watched him warily after seeing his strange tender, guilty expression.
• Dugu Lu and Qian Ran reached Shandou City and met Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Xu Qiu'er at the gates.
• Huo Yuhao used his second soul skill as Xiao Jin flew from his glabella, then concealed the golden qilin-like soul beast with his Mimicry Soul Skill.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed something strange but apparently normal about Dugu Lu, so Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie planned to examine him further at the academy. Xu Jie revealed that he had become a Titled Douluo and killed Zhu Ying, then gathered the academy, the Body Sect, and the Dugu Family to hear his explanation and plan their next steps.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion examined Dugu Lu and warned Huo Yuhao that something about him felt wrong, though Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection found nothing unusual.
• Qian Ran and Dugu Lu told Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao they had found a spine soul bone, and Dugu Lu recounted their recent trip as they returned to Canghui Academy.
• Xu Jie told Xiao Xiao and the others that he had become a Titled Douluo and killed Zhu Ying, then displayed his nine soul rings.
• Huo Yuhao shielded the teaching building and Soul Guidance Laboratory from Xu Jie's released power, while the Golden Body Douluo and Dugu Yun reacted in disbelief.
• Xu Jie said he would explain his breakthrough in the meeting room and that the academy, the Body Sect, and the Dugu Family should begin taking action.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao discussed their plans to overthrow the nobility and unify the continent, proposing Ju Zi as their leader. Ju Zi revealed her identity as the Empress War God and announced that she was pregnant with Huo Yuhao’s child, convincing Golden Body Douluo that she trusted them.

• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao recounted their revenge against Zhu Ying and Duke White Tiger, while Golden Body Douluo and Dugu Yun reproached them for acting without their help.
• Xu Jie declared his plan to overthrow the nobility, establish a new empire, and unify the continent to gather faith and become a god.
• Golden Body Douluo and Dugu Yun agreed that their factions could support the plan, but Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao said neither of them was suited to lead the new empire and nominated Ju Zi.
• Huo Yuhao removed Ju Zi’s disguise, and Dugu Lu recognized her as the Empress War God; Golden Body Douluo then asked whether Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao had attacked the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion.
• Ju Zi revealed that she was pregnant with Huo Yuhao’s child and explained her history and loyalty to him, while Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao vouched for her.

Ju Zi presented Canghui Academy’s development plan to the Body Sect and the Dugu Family, gaining their support for training soul masters and using merchant routes. She and Xu Jie planned to finance the academy by selling firearm-type Soul Tools and standardized Soul Guidance Bullets, while the Body Sect and Dugu Family began preparing to return to action.

• Golden Body Douluo accepted Ju Zi’s role in coordinating the Body Sect and agreed to provide one hundred soul masters to study Soul Guidance Knowledge at Canghui Academy.
• Ju Zi asked Dugu Yun to lend the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association’s trade routes, and he agreed.
• Ju Zi showed Golden Body Douluo and Dugu Yun the academy’s firearm-type Soul Tools and explained its plan to earn money by selling weapons and Soul Guidance Bullets.
• Golden Body Douluo and Huo Yuhao left Canghui Academy as the Body Sect began to move, while Dugu Yun gathered the merchant caravans to discuss returning to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Huo Yuhao began selecting Body Sect members for training at the academy, and Xuan Ziwen developed a device to mass-produce Soul Guidance Bullets.