Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie examined the unconscious mermaid Liya and discovered that an Evil Soul Master had torn away most of her soul. They offered to search for its missing fragments, leaving the Sea Princess reassured and the rescue effort about to begin.

• Huo Yuhao learned that the Sea Princess's golden tears were valuable Mermaid's Tears, while Xu Jie secretly collected some before returning them under Huo Yuhao's stare.
• The Sea Princess asked Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie to save her child, and Xu Jie requested thirty golden and seventy ordinary Mermaid's Tears as payment.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie examined Liya and found that her body was weak but not the cause of her unconsciousness; only a remnant of her soul remained.
• Xu Jie explained that an Evil Soul Master had stripped away most of Liya's soul, and Huo Yuhao warned against sending a large force ashore toward Dongyang City.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Snow Maiden, who urged the Sea Princess to trust them as they prepared to search for Liya's missing soul fragments.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao infiltrated Dongyang City with the Sea Princess, disguising themselves as country siblings while they waited for signs of Beibei and the Holy Spirit Cult. After spotting Beibei and Xian Lin'er, Huo Yuhao hid the Sea Princess in the Eye of Destiny and brought out the Snow Maiden to follow them unnoticed.

• Huo Yuhao studied the frequencies of Dongyang City's high-altitude detection devices and used Mimicry Soul Skills to disguise himself, Xu Jie, and the Sea Princess.
• Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and the Sea Princess entered Dongyang City before the gates closed, then stayed at an inn until morning.
• The Sea Princess dragged Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao around the city as Huo Yuhao searched with Spiritual Detection.
• At a tea stall, Huo Yuhao recognized the disguised Beibei and detected Xian Lin'er nearby, suggesting they had found a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao decided not to tell the Sea Princess about Beibei and Xian Lin'er, and Huo Yuhao replaced her with the Snow Maiden.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao overheard Beibei and Xian Lin'er discussing a plan to find Tang Ya in Dongyang City. Xu Jie realized that Tang Ya's master, Zhongli Wu, might be there too, and explained that Tang Ya's Evil Soul Master talent was ordinary apart from her devouring ability.

• Huo Yuhao trapped the Sea Princess inside the Eye of Destiny while Xu Jie and he watched Beibei and Xian Lin'er arrive.
• Xian Lin'er and Beibei joined Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and the Snow Maiden at their tea-stall table, where Xu Jie invented names and a story for their disguises.
• Xian Lin'er offered Snow Cake to the Snow Maiden, but Huo Yuhao refused on her behalf and she turned away impatiently.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to overhear Beibei and Xian Lin'er say they would wait for Elder Xuan to draw away the Holy Spirit Cult's forces before searching for Tang Ya.
• Xu Jie told Huo Yuhao that Tang Ya's master, Zhongli Wu, was a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo and might be in Dongyang City with her.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Tang Ya's Evil Soul Master talent was especially good, and Xu Jie said it was ordinary aside from her devouring ability.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao followed Beibei and Xian Lin'er through Dongyang City, suspecting they were trying to draw out the Holy Spirit Cult. At night, Xuan Zi appeared and fought Zhongli Wu while three Evil Soul Masters emerged in the city and Xian Lin'er revealed herself to confront them.

• Xu Jie suspected Tang Ya had been made Holy Maiden because Zhongli Wu believed her martial soul matched Holy Emperor Asura's.
• Beibei and Xian Lin'er left the tea stall, and Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Snow Maiden followed them through Dongyang City.
• Xu Jie concluded that Beibei and Xian Lin'er were wandering without knowing the location of the Holy Spirit Cult's stronghold.
• Xuan Zi appeared over the city, triggering its alarm and defenses, and Zhongli Wu flew up to fight him.
• Three Evil Soul Masters appeared in Dongyang City, and Xian Lin'er shed her disguise, revealed her nine soul rings, and rose to meet them.

Xian Lin'er fought the Myriad Soul Douluo and Abomination Douluo while Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao watched from hiding. When the Myriad Soul Douluo summoned twelve Sea Soul Beast Resentful Spirits, they recognized the Sea Princess's daughter among them and prepared to intervene.

• Tang Ya appeared with the two Titled Douluo Evil Soul Masters and a Soul Douluo, while Beibei watched from hiding, overcome with emotion.
• Xian Lin'er fought the Myriad Soul Douluo and Abomination Douluo with her spear, knocking aside their attacks and forcing the Abomination Douluo back.
• The Myriad Soul Douluo summoned twelve Sea Soul Beast Resentful Spirits from his banner.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao recognized the mermaid Resentful Spirit as the Sea Princess's daughter, and the Sea Princess struggled through their shared Spiritual Detection.
• Eleven Resentful Spirits flew toward Xian Lin'er as the mermaid Resentful Spirit began a mournful chant.

Huo Yuhao intervened in the battle in Dongyang City, freed Xian Lin'er from the Mermaid Resentful Spirit’s paralysis, and dragged the Myriad Soul Douluo and his spirits into the Undead Demigod Plane. There, Huo Yuhao feigned exhaustion as a furious voice emerged from the golden light between his brows.

• Huo Yuhao used the Dark Gold Spirit Staff to free Xian Lin'er and bind the twelve Resentful Spirits summoned by the Myriad Soul Douluo.
• Xian Lin'er drove the Abomination Douluo away from Dongyang City while Beibei approached Tang Ya, unaware that Xu Jie was following him.
• The Myriad Soul Douluo merged with the Myriad Soul Banner and unleashed a domain that darkened Dongyang City and strengthened the Resentful Spirits.
• Huo Yuhao opened the Gate of the Undead and swallowed the Myriad Soul Douluo, the Resentful Spirits, and himself into the Undead Demigod Plane.
• Huo Yuhao pretended to be exhausted, and a furious voice cried out from the golden light between his brows.

Xu Jie intervened when Tang Ya attacked Beibei, restrained her, and used the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe to test her condition. Inside a golden cocoon, he returned a power entrusted to him by Long Xiaoyao, transforming Beibei into a golden dragon before restoring him to human form.

• Beibei flew toward Tang Ya, but she pierced him with Dark Blue Silver vines after briefly hesitating at his voice.
• Xu Jie appeared, restrained Tang Ya, and sealed Beibei inside a Golden Cocoon.
• Xu Jie noticed Beibei’s wounds were not fatal and used the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe to probe Tang Ya’s brow.
• Xu Jie told Beibei that Long Xiaoyao had ordered him to return something, then suppressed Beibei with the aura of the Ancient Dragon Race.
• Xu Jie restored Beibei’s dragon power, transforming him into a golden dragon before he changed back into a healed human.

Xu Jie exposed Tang Ya's apparent hesitation and pain as an act, arguing that she had willingly become an Evil Soul Master, while Beibei struggled to accept his accusation. The chapter ended with Beibei holding Tang Ya and insisting Xu Jie was wrong.

• Xu Jie helped Beibei awaken his Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline, then ordered Tang Ya to kill him.
• Tang Ya attacked Beibei, but hesitated when he called her Xiao Ya; she eventually stabbed him with her Blue Silver Overlord Spear before dropping it and pretending to suffer.
• Xu Jie mocked Tang Ya's performance and prepared to kill her, while Beibei tried to protect her.
• Xu Jie revealed his nine soul rings and argued that Tang Ya had willingly become an Evil Soul Master rather than being controlled.
• Xu Jie accused Tang Ya of acting to deceive Beibei, but Beibei refused to believe that she had chosen to become an Evil Soul Master.

Huo Yuhao purified the Resentful Spirits and helped Liya’s remnant soul regain her senses, then preserved her in a Mermaid’s Tear for the Sea Princess. As he turned his attention to the red Wronged Soul above the black banner, Tang Ya awoke in Beibei’s arms.

• Huo Yuhao used the Undead Fire and the mermaids’ song to purify the Resentful Spirits, while Liya and the Sea Princess sang of the Wronged Souls’ suffering.
• Liya thanked Huo Yuhao and gave him the Sea Princess clan’s blessing; the other purified souls dissipated into white light.
• Huo Yuhao placed Liya’s remnant soul in a Mermaid’s Tear and let the Sea Princess return to his Eye of Destiny with it.
• Huo Yuhao descended beside the black banner and began spreading his Spiritual Power toward the red Wronged Soul above it.
• Tang Ya opened her eyes in Beibei’s arms and asked why he would not let her go.

Xu Jie confronted Tang Ya over her actions as a Holy Spirit Cult Holy Maiden and demanded that she shatter her Martial Soul. As Tang Ya struck at herself, Xu Jie secretly revived Beibei, who woke in time to see her do it.

• Tang Ya accused Xu Jie of harming people, but he insisted he had only killed Evil Soul Masters and reminded her that she knew what he had done in Bright City.
• Xu Jie offered to let Tang Ya live temporarily if she shattered her Martial Soul, while Huo Yuhao arrived and flew off to help Xian Lin'er fight the Abomination Douluo.
• Beibei offered to shatter his own Martial Soul in Tang Ya's place, but Xu Jie blasted him away; Tang Ya found him unharmed and agreed to Xu Jie's demand.
• Tang Ya kissed Beibei, activated Mysterious Jade Hand, and struck at her own forehead as Xu Jie secretly sent golden light into Beibei.
• Beibei woke and cried out when he saw Tang Ya's palm strike her forehead.

Xu Jie told Beibei that fusing a Blue Silver Emperor into Tang Ya's Dark Blue Silver Grass could save her, then flew to attack the Holy Spirit Cult's stronghold in Dongyang City. Huo Yuhao confirmed there were no innocents inside, while Xian Lin'er continued fighting the Abomination Douluo.

• Beibei's stray lightning shattered Tang Ya's phantom Blue Silver Grass, and he begged Xu Jie to save her.
• Xu Jie told Beibei to fuse a Blue Silver Emperor into Tang Ya's martial soul, then left to locate the Holy Spirit Cult's stronghold.
• After Beibei carried Tang Ya away, a speck of purple light left her body and entered his.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that the stronghold contained only Evil Soul Masters, while Xian Lin'er struck the Abomination Douluo with her Azure Flames.
• Xu Jie summoned a crimson Sky Azure Bull Python to attack the stronghold.

Xu Jie burned down the Holy Spirit Cult stronghold in Dongyang City while preventing the flames from spreading to nearby buildings, then reunited with Huo Yuhao and Xian Lin'er. Xian Lin'er recognized Xu Jie and reflected on how Shrek Academy’s past decisions had cost it both Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao as the two left together.

• Xu Jie used Ultimate Fire to burn the Holy Spirit Cult stronghold and knocked escaping Evil Soul Masters back into the flames with his Golden Dragon Spear.
• Xu Jie repelled a flaming Evil Soul Master with Almighty Push, causing a towering pillar of fire to rise over Dongyang City.
• Xian Lin'er killed Abomination Douluo, then noticed Xu Jie's fire pillar as Huo Yuhao complained about the commotion through their connection.
• Xu Jie absorbed the flames into his flame bull python and flew to Huo Yuhao and Xian Lin'er.
• Xian Lin'er recognized Xu Jie and recalled that Shrek Academy had lost him and Huo Yuhao because it had judged them unfairly.
• Huo Yuhao climbed onto the flame bull python with Xu Jie and said farewell to Xian Lin'er.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao left Dongyang City and brought the Sea Princess back to the Ice Sea to stabilize Liya’s condition. After learning that the Sea God’s mark came from Poseidon rather than Tang San, Xu Jie considered investigating the Holy Spirit Cult before Liya’s golden pearl ritual succeeded.

• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao confirmed the Holy Spirit Cult stronghold had been extinguished and flew toward the Extreme North Land, while Beibei and Xian Lin'er escaped Dongyang City with the unconscious Tang Ya.
• Zhongli Wu appeared above Dongyang City after his battle with Xuan Zi and praised Shrek Academy and its Holy Son.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao told the Sea Princess that they did not need soul rings and gave her a tracking stone, promising to send a trusted soul master within a month.
• Xu Jie learned that Poseidon, not Tang San, had left the Sea Princess’s clan its Sea God’s Mark, and he said they might return to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The Sea Princess placed the golden pearl on Liya’s forehead, and Xu Jie used the Dark Gold Spirit Staff to complete the ritual as Liya’s aura stabilized and a voice said, “Thank you!”

Xu Jie brought Vina to the Body Hall, where Du Busi had summoned her to meet Huo Yuhao, while Muxue was refused entry and left the academy. Vina found Huo Yuhao, Du Busi, and the female dean waiting in an ordinary courtyard, and Huo Yuhao told Du Busi to sit down.

• Xu Jie suggested that Xiao Xiao learn Core Array inscription to help control her overflowing Spiritual Power, and then led Vina and Muxue toward the Body Hall.
• Xu Jie refused Muxue entry, explaining that Du Busi had summoned Vina alone, and Vina entered without her.
• An invisible force threw Muxue away from the metal door, and she left for the academy gates.
• Vina entered the courtyard and found Du Busi, Huo Yuhao, and the female dean waiting for her.
• Du Busi said he was only acting as a guard, and Huo Yuhao told him to sit down so it would not look like he was abusing the elderly.

Ju Zi offered Vina protection for the remnants of the Heaven Dou Empire in exchange for strict conditions, and Huo Yuhao demonstrated the Soul Contract System. Vina agreed to the arrangement and was taken to the Ice Sea, where she met the Sea Princess and was offered a golden pearl.

• Ju Zi told Vina that the Heaven Dou Empire was doomed without help and gave her conditions for Canghui Academy to accept its remaining forces.
• Vina objected to the harsh terms until Huo Yuhao summoned Xiao Jin and explained the Soul Contract System, including the plan to save a one-hundred-thousand-year-old Sea Princess.
• Vina agreed to become a liaison between humanity and the Sea Soul Beasts, signed an agreement, and wrote letters explaining her temporary absence.
• Huo Yuhao temporarily deprived Vina of her five senses while Xu Jie transported them to the Ice Sea in the Extreme North Land.
• Vina met the Sea Princess, who called her too weak and offered her a golden pearl.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie left Vina in the Coral Palace for a month to build trust with Liya before their Soul Contract, then traveled to the Undead Demigod Plane after hearing a thunderous disturbance. The chapter ends with two God Officials wondering whether the God-Seeking Instrument will activate again.

• Huo Yuhao gave Vina a Mermaid's Tears pearl and brought her with Xu Jie to meet Liya in the Coral Palace.
• Xu Jie told Vina to spend a month getting to know Liya sincerely and warned her not to seek help for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao left Vina with the Sea Princess, who stayed behind because she was worried about her daughter.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao returned to the Undead Demigod Plane after hearing thunder, which they suspected Ji Juechen had caused near the Proud Sword Sect.
• In the God Realm, the Fat God Official asked the Thin God Official whether the God-Seeking Instrument would activate again.

The God of Destruction discovered that a possible First-Rank God seed from the Douluo Plane had moved beyond the Douluo God Realm’s reach and shifting location. In the Undead Demigod Plane, Ji Juechen faced a lightning tribulation and rose toward the forming sphere of lightning.

• The God-Seeking Instrument identified a seed linked to the Douluo Plane, but the God Officials could not locate it, so the God of Destruction altered the instrument and wondered how the Sea God would explain it.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao arrived at the Proud Sword Sect’s encampment, where Wu Qian told them Ji Juechen had begun a strange phenomenon after comprehending something.
• Xu Jie identified the phenomenon as a tribulation, and Huo Yuhao warned that approaching Ji Juechen would only hinder him.
• Ji Juechen met the descending lightning with Sword Rays, but some lightning struck him and scorched his clothes.
• A transparent soul ring appeared beneath Ji Juechen as he floated upward and charged toward the sphere of lightning with his gray longsword.

Ji Juechen endured the lightning tribulation and achieved Heaven and Earth Resonance through his own Sword Intent and the Yinhan Sword. As the tribulation weakened, he gathered momentum and thrust his sword toward the sky.

• Spherical lightning engulfed Ji Juechen, and the Proud Sword Sect disciples listened as his sword cry drowned out the thunder.
• Ji Juechen cut through the lightning with a gray sword light, then drew Heaven and Earth Elemental Force toward himself.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion explained that Ji Juechen’s Heaven and Earth Resonance showed he might create a godhood, while Xu Jie demonstrated he could gather elemental force himself.
• Huo Yuhao also formed an elemental vortex, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion called him a cheater because he had inherited power from the creator of the plane.
• Ji Juechen concealed his aura as the lightning tribulation weakened, then raised the Yinhan Sword and thrust it toward the sky with a surge of gray light and Sword Intent.

Ji Juechen cleaved through the tribulation clouds with his sword, triggering breakthroughs among the Proud Sword Sect disciples and Xu Jie. Afterward, he stayed behind to nurture his sword while Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao departed, promising to find Xiao Yun'er within half a year.

• Ji Juechen destroyed the gray lightning and cut through the tribulation clouds, shattering the Yinhan Sword as he broke through from rank eighty to rank eighty-two.
• The Proud Sword Douluo, many Proud Sword Sect disciples, and Xu Jie gained breakthroughs after witnessing Ji Juechen's strike.
• Ji Juechen explained that his attack came from harmonizing terrain and weapon, then gave Xu Jie a fragment of his sword for Er Niu.
• Xu Jie promised Ji Juechen they would find Xiao Yun'er within half a year, and Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao left the Undead Demigod Plane.

Xu Jie returned to Canghui Academy with Ji Juechen and four powerful Soul Masters from the Undead Demigod Plane, while Canghui New City and its Soul Guidance Experiment Base continued to take shape. Ji Juechen left to reunite with Jing Ziyan, and Xu Jie prepared for the demands of the coming half year.

• Du Busi and Huo Yuhao waited at Body Hall as the Body Sect members helped build Canghui New City and hollow out Dou Mountain for a Soul Guidance Experiment Base.
• Xu Jie returned from the Undead Demigod Plane with Ji Juechen, Wu Qian, Wu Yifan, Tang Hui, and another Clear Sky Sect disciple.
• Du Busi welcomed Tang Hui and Wu Qian, then showed the returning group around Canghui Academy with Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Jie explained that he had released Tang Hui and Wu Qian to strengthen Canghui Academy before he and Huo Yuhao went to Shrek Academy in half a year.
• Xu Jie told Ji Juechen that his ninth-rank Soul Tool was not ready and sent him to find Jing Ziyan, who had taken leave to see him.
• Ji Juechen left to visit Jing Ziyan, Er Niu, and Qian Ran, while Xu Jie reflected on the difficult and flawed path Ji Juechen was following.