Chapter Summaries

After his mother Huo Yun'er was killed, Huo Yuhao buried her and vowed to avenge her against the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and the Star Luo Empire. He left the cemetery determined to become a god and revive her, unlike the original Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao mourned at the grave he had dug for his mother, Huo Yun'er.
• Huo Yuhao remembered how the Duchess's abuse and the Duke's neglect had left his mother gravely ill, despite his efforts to improve her health.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that his mother had recovered somewhat after he bought her a medicinal Pill, but guards of the Duke's Mansion later beat her to death.
• Huo Yuhao blamed the Duchess, Dai Hao, Dai Huabin, and the Star Luo Empire for his mother's suffering and death.
• Huo Yuhao bowed to Huo Yun'er's grave, then left the cemetery and vowed to avenge her, become a god, and bring her back to life.

Huo Yuhao traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to encounter Tian Meng and gain the opportunities that would help him escape Tang San’s control. He met Tang Ya and Bei Bei over grilled fish, then continued on alone, still expecting to find Tian Meng soon.

• Huo Yuhao reached a forest near the Star Dou Great Forest and reflected on his mother’s death, his plans, and his need to meet Tian Meng.
• Huo Yuhao grilled fish by a stream, drawing Tang Ya and Bei Bei to him with its aroma.
• Tang Ya eagerly accepted Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, and he shared another batch with her and Bei Bei as they introduced themselves.
• After they ate, Huo Yuhao packed his belongings and left; Bei Bei warned him about the dangers near the Star Dou Great Forest, but Huo Yuhao continued without explaining his destination.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei decided to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect and followed him toward the Star Dou Great Forest. There, Huo Yuhao encountered a Soft Bone Demon Rabbit that broke through his guard with Bewitchment and reached him at close range.

• Tang Ya proposed recruiting Huo Yuhao, and Bei Bei agreed that he might suit the Tang Sect despite his weak Soul Power.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei set off after Huo Yuhao to offer him protection in the forest.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone, preparing for the Wind Baboon attack he expected from the Original Work.
• A Soft Bone Demon Rabbit killed a ten-year Wind Baboon with one kick, and Huo Yuhao recognized it as a threat.
• The rabbit used Bewitchment on Huo Yuhao, who quickly broke free but found it already poised to strike him.

Huo Yuhao was saved by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who began merging with him as his intelligent Soul Ring. A Gray Pearl and a mysterious White Light also appeared in his Sea of Consciousness, and the White Light began breaking Tian Meng’s seals, leaving him afraid Huo Yuhao’s body would not survive.

• Huo Yuhao dodged the Soft Bone Demon Rabbit’s attack before Tian Meng stunned it and emerged from the ground.
• Tian Meng introduced himself to Huo Yuhao and began turning himself into Huo Yuhao’s first intelligent Soul Ring.
• Tian Meng’s spiritual fluctuation briefly dazed Bei Bei and Tang Ya as he poured his power into Huo Yuhao.
• A Gray Stream entered Huo Yuhao and became a Gray Pearl in his Sea of Consciousness, resisting Tian Meng’s spiritual assault.
• The White Light in Huo Yuhao’s mind began absorbing the Gray Pearl’s essence and dissolving Tian Meng’s Ninefold Seal, prompting Tian Meng to warn that Huo Yuhao might burst apart.

The White Light defeated the Gray Pearl, absorbed part of Tian Meng's Spiritual Origin, and returned Tian Meng and Electrolux to Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness to recover. Huo Yuhao awakened, learned what had happened from the Light Spot's memories, and worried that Tian Meng's absence would prevent him from luring the Ice Empress into the god-making plan.

• The White Light used Tian Meng's spiritual power to consume the Gray Pearl, then subdued Tian Meng and absorbed part of his Spiritual Origin.
• The White Light sealed Tian Meng's remaining Spiritual Origin, nourished Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness and body, and returned the sleeping Tian Meng and Electrolux to his mind.
• Huo Yuhao awakened in his expanded Sea of Consciousness and received the Light Spot's memories of the battle and the two spirits' pasts.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed Electrolux's knowledge and Tian Meng's god-making plan, then worried that he could not lure the Ice Empress without Tian Meng.

Huo Yuhao learned that his Golden Finger refreshed one ability monthly and discovered that his current Succubus Physique affected the female Soft Bone Demon Rabbit, which he killed before examining his new strength and soul skills. After testing his abilities, he sensed two figures rushing toward him.

• Huo Yuhao learned that the Light Spot randomly refreshed one ability each month and could permanently solidify an ability by completing its task.
• Huo Yuhao decided to solidify the Succubus Physique after receiving a message from the Light Spot, despite worrying about its effects on men.
• Huo Yuhao realized the Succubus Physique had affected the female Soft Bone Demon Rabbit, moved away from it, and killed it.
• Huo Yuhao examined his improved physical condition, estimated that his Soul Power exceeded level fifteen, and found that Tian Meng's first Soul Ring granted Mental Detection, Mental Sharing, Simulation, and Soul Interference.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to disguise his platinum Soul Ring as yellow and expanded his Mental Detection to more than one thousand meters.
• Huo Yuhao detected two figures rapidly approaching him.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Tang Ya and Bei Bei after killing a Soft Bone Demon Rabbit, then told them he hoped to attend Shrek Academy. Tang Ya offered to recommend him, but Bei Bei interrupted before she could finish.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei found Huo Yuhao and warned him not to enter the Star Dou Great Forest alone.
• Bei Bei rubbed Huo Yuhao's head, and both he and Huo Yuhao privately reacted to the strange feelings stirred by their contact.
• Tang Ya examined the Soft Bone Demon Rabbit and learned that it was nearly a thousand years old; Huo Yuhao said he had killed it while it was unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya and Bei Bei he wanted to study at Shrek Academy but lacked a City Lord Recommendation Letter.
• Tang Ya offered to recommend Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy if he joined the Tang Sect, but Bei Bei interrupted her.

Huo Yuhao rejected Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s invitation to join the Tang Sect, despite their appeal to his loneliness and their offer of a place in the sect. He hinted that his poor impression of the Tang Sect came from more than its decline, leaving Tang Ya’s recruitment effort unresolved.

• Bei Bei asked Huo Yuhao about his family, and Huo Yuhao said he was the only one left after his mother’s death.
• Tang Ya blurted out that this was wonderful, prompting Huo Yuhao to react coldly and Bei Bei to scold her.
• Tang Ya introduced the Tang Sect and urged Huo Yuhao to join, offering its secret arts, support, and a Shrek Academy quota.
• Huo Yuhao pretended to be pleased that only Tang Ya and Bei Bei remained in the sect, then apologized and called them fellow orphans.
• Tang Ya comforted Huo Yuhao and invited him to make the Tang Sect their home, but he refused, saying he had already joined another sect.
• Huo Yuhao said he preferred building his own sect and that his poor impression of the Tang Sect came from other respects, not its decline.

Huo Yuhao criticized the Tang Sect for failing to innovate and suggested its founder, Tang San, had withheld powerful hidden weapons. Tang Ya began to doubt the Tang Sect’s traditions and Tang San as Huo Yuhao pressed her doubts about the sect’s legacy and her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Huo Yuhao argued that Soul Tools had surpassed Tang Sect hidden weapons because the sect had failed to innovate, and said that was why he would not join.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei protested that the Tang Sect had no way to improve techniques passed down by Sea God Tang San, but Huo Yuhao cited legendary weapons that could kill powerful Soul Masters.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei denied that the Tang Sect possessed those weapons, and Huo Yuhao pretended to retract his claims while hinting that Tang San had known of them.
• Tang Ya grew suspicious that Tang San had failed to pass down the weapons that might have saved her parents and the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao questioned the Tang Sect’s tradition of choosing Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters as leaders, and Tang Ya admitted the tradition had left her struggling to keep pace at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao exposed a contradiction in the Tang Sect’s records about Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, shattering Tang Ya’s faith in her sect’s history and worsening the darkness within her. He calmed her with Soul Interference and promised he knew a way to evolve her Martial Soul, and Tang Ya asked to join his Hidden Sect to learn it.

• Huo Yuhao questioned how Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could have been ordinary when it was paired with the Clear Sky Hammer, and Bei Bei realized the records were inconsistent.
• Tang Ya recognized that Tang San himself had written the records and broke down over the possibility that the Tang Sect’s history and teachings were unreliable.
• As darkness stirred in Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao secretly used Soul Interference and comforted her by claiming he knew a way to evolve Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Bei Bei asked Huo Yuhao to share the evolution method, but Huo Yuhao said he needed permission from his Hidden Sect.
• Tang Ya asked whether she could join Huo Yuhao’s sect and offered to risk her life for it after completing one matter.

Tang Ya considered leaving the Tang Sect to pursue revenge, but Bei Bei persuaded her to pause and reconsider. As the three entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt her Third Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao criticized the Tang Sect’s decline, deepening Tang Ya’s anger.

• Huo Yuhao tactfully refused Tang Ya’s request to join his sect because she was the Tang Sect’s leader.
• Tang Ya tried to hand the Tang Sect leadership to Bei Bei, but he urged her to stay and uphold their shared aspiration.
• Huo Yuhao advised Tang Ya to think over her decision, and she agreed to delay leaving the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei set off into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Ring for Tang Ya, and Bei Bei stored the Soft Bone Demon Rabbit for Huo Yuhao to roast later.
• Huo Yuhao told Bei Bei that his sect was called Spirit Pagoda and explained why he would not join the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya wrote down Huo Yuhao’s criticisms of the Tang Sect’s conservatism and poor diplomacy, and his remarks deepened the darkness in her eyes.

Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya encountered a thousand-year Mandala Snake while searching for a Soul Ring, and Huo Yuhao’s Succubus Physique unexpectedly affected Tang Ya. As Bei Bei struggled against the snake, Huo Yuhao moved to intervene.

• Tang Ya rejected Huo Yuhao’s defense of the forces that had abandoned the Tang Sect, while Huo Yuhao secretly used Soul Interference to deepen her darkness.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a Mandala Snake lunging at Tang Ya and threw her out of its path as Bei Bei activated his Martial Soul and struck the beast.
• Bei Bei identified the snake as a thousand-year Mandala Snake and warned Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao about its venomous mist.
• Tang Ya acted as though she had been poisoned, but Huo Yuhao realized his Succubus Physique had caused her to become weak and flushed after he grabbed her hand.
• Bei Bei trapped the Mandala Snake with Thunder Dragon Claw and Thunderous Might, but its poisonous mist disrupted his plan.
• Huo Yuhao offered to help Bei Bei and then took action despite Bei Bei’s warning to stay back.

Huo Yuhao used his layered mental abilities to help Bei Bei defeat a Mandala Snake, then advised Tang Ya against absorbing its Soul Ring and explained how Blue Silver Grass should be strengthened. The three continued searching for a suitable Soul Ring for Tang Ya, while Bei Bei asked Huo Yuhao about his support abilities.

• Huo Yuhao combined Simulation, Mental Sharing, and Soul Interference to deceive the Mandala Snake and guide Bei Bei's attacks.
• Bei Bei knocked the Mandala Snake unconscious, and Tang Ya killed it, but Huo Yuhao advised her not to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Blue Silver Grass's greatest strength was its inexhaustible vitality, and Bei Bei agreed with his reasoning.
• The three resumed their search for Tang Ya's Soul Ring, and Bei Bei asked Huo Yuhao to explain his soul skills.
• Tang Ya joined their conversation suspiciously, and Huo Yuhao quickly moved away from Bei Bei because he worried his Succubus Physique might affect him.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Mental Detection Sharing Soul Skill to Bei Bei and Tang Ya, then helped Tang Ya find a thousand-year Soul-Devouring Grass Soul Ring. Tang Ya gained new powers that could speed her cultivation and secretly absorb life force, leaving the group hurrying out of the Star Dou Great Forest as night approached.

• Huo Yuhao let Tang Ya experience Mental Detection Sharing and secretly teased her by changing the displayed data about her clothes.
• Huo Yuhao told Bei Bei and Tang Ya that his Martial Soul was his eyes and explained the range and limits of Mental Detection Sharing.
• Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya tested the skill before continuing their search for Tang Ya's Soul Ring.
• The three found a Soul-Devouring Grass, and Tang Ya obtained a thousand-year Third Soul Ring that let her absorb Soul Power and heal others through Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Ya realized the Soul Ring also let her absorb life force to accelerate her cultivation, and she resolved to use the ability without draining humans.
• The three hurried toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest before nightfall, and Tang Ya secretly glanced at Huo Yuhao with a smile.

Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy and passed its Soul Power test, but because he lacked a City Lord Recommendation Letter, he had to face a practical combat assessment to earn admission. The assessment began with Huo Yuhao entering the arena to face a Hundred-Year Earth Barbarian Bull.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya brought Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy's admissions station, where Du Weilun registered him and learned his Innate Soul Power had been level one.
• Huo Yuhao tested at Soul Power Level eighteen, but Du Weilun required him to pass a combat assessment because he lacked a City Lord Recommendation Letter.
• Du Weilun set the assessment as surviving five minutes against a Hundred-Year Soul Beast, and he led Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya to the Beast Fighting Zone.
• Huo Yuhao handed Tang Ya his White Tiger Dagger, entered the arena, and used Mental Detection to identify the approaching Earth Barbarian Bull.

Huo Yuhao passed Shrek Academy’s assessment by evading an Earth Barbarian Bull and tricking it into charging into a wall. After receiving his admission information and a Space Soul Guidance Device from Tang Ya, he accompanied Bei Bei through the academy and reflected on its revered founders.

• Huo Yuhao dodged the Earth Barbarian Bull’s attacks with Mental Detection, then used his Soul Skills to make it believe he was still standing at the arena’s edge.
• The Earth Barbarian Bull charged into the Beast Fighting Zone’s stone wall and died, prompting the teacher to note a new rule about fighting it near the edge.
• Du Weilun admitted Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy and learned about his Mental Detection Sharing Soul Skill.
• Tang Ya gave Huo Yuhao a replica of Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night, and he thanked her by offering to cook for her.
• Bei Bei escorted Huo Yuhao to handle his admission procedures and introduced him to the academy’s statues and founders.

Huo Yuhao completed his Titled Douluo contact task by helping Mu En take a walk, then moved into his freshmen dormitory at Shrek Academy. After cleaning and arranging the dusty room, he settled in and went to take a bath.

• Huo Yuhao greeted Mu En outside the freshmen dormitory and helped him walk around to complete his Solidification Task.
• Mu En reminisced about his younger days with Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui as Huo Yuhao supported him under the strain of his crushing weight.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao his room number and praised his physical constitution and spiritual power after the task was completed.
• Huo Yuhao found Room 108, aired out the stale room, and cleaned its furnishings and floor.
• Huo Yuhao made his bed, put away his clothes, and went to take a bath.

Huo Yuhao met his new roommate, Wang Dong, and challenged her to a contest after they argued over the dormitory. He won by holding her hand for thirty seconds, leaving Wang Dong unconscious on her bed and himself heading back to the bathroom.

• Huo Yuhao returned from the bathroom and found Wang Dong unpacking in their dormitory.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong argued over who controlled the room, and Wang Dong challenged him to a duel.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that Wang Dong hold his hand for thirty seconds without using her Martial Soul, and she accepted.
• When Wang Dong touched Huo Yuhao, she lost her strength and began to succumb to the strange sensation affecting her.
• Huo Yuhao carried the unconscious Wang Dong to the balcony, waited out the thirty seconds, and then laid her on her bed.
• After checking that Wang Dong was unharmed, Huo Yuhao went to take another shower.

After Huo Yuhao woke Wang Dong and teased her about the embarrassing state she had been in, they agreed to another match with an unspecified stake. Wang Dong realized she might have exposed her secret and hid her soiled bedding and clothes, even considering starting over at Shrek Academy under a new identity.

• Huo Yuhao poured water over Wang Dong to wake her, and she attacked him with her Clear Sky Hammer before stopping when he warned her about the cost of damaging the door.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao to leave while she bathed, but he reminded her that she had lost their bet and teased her about keeping her promise.
• Wang Dong demanded a rematch, and Huo Yuhao accepted while reserving the right to choose his reward later.
• After Huo Yuhao left to explore Shrek Academy and eat, Wang Dong worried that his strange ability might make her lose control again and expose her secret.
• Wang Dong realized what had caused the stains and smell on her bedding, hid the bedding and clothes in a Space Soul Guidance Device, and considered changing identities and reenrolling.

Huo Yuhao invited Tang Ya to cook in Shrek City and used Mental Detection to refine his cooking technique, entering an epiphany as he practiced. He emerged after using all the ingredients, while Tang Ya—who had waited for hours without tasting anything—demanded compensation.

• Mu En teased Huo Yuhao about his closeness with Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao fled in embarrassment.
• Huo Yuhao invited Tang Ya to shop and cook with him after Bei Bei declined to join them.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to analyze ingredients, but his first dish showed him that his movements and Soul Power could not match his spiritual power.
• Huo Yuhao adjusted his method and made dish after dish, storing each one in his Soul Tool while Tang Ya watched and grew hungry.
• After using all the ingredients and emerging from his epiphany, Huo Yuhao faced Tang Ya demanding compensation.