Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to find powerful Soul Beasts for Soul Spirit Contracts. He found a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear suited to Xiao Xiao and approached it, activating his Succubus Physique.

• Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier brought the group to the Star Dou Great Forest and told them they would only intervene in emergencies, with penalties for doing so.
• Huo Yuhao led the group through the forest using Mental Detection Sharing and Simulation to avoid Soul Beasts, while Tang Ya recalled her first meeting with him.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion awoke, sensed Huo Yuhao in the mixed zone, and rushed toward him, determined to get revenge for the headaches he had caused her.
• Huo Yuhao found a five-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that he judged suitable for Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Xiao agreed to trust his assessment.
• Huo Yuhao approached the bear under Simulation and lightly slapped its back as he activated his Succubus Physique.

Huo Yuhao subdued a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and helped Xiao Xiao form a Soul Spirit contract with it, creating the first Soul Spirit on the continent. The Dream God Realm then drew the Soul Spirit inside, revealing that it could shelter and nourish Soul Spirits while growing stronger from them.

• Huo Yuhao used his Succubus Physique to subdue the female Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and persuaded it to become Xiao Xiao's Soul Spirit.
• Huo Yuhao explained the Soul Spirit method to the girls and answered Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier's concerns about its effect on the continent's balance.
• Xiao Xiao agreed to the contract, and Huo Yuhao formed the first Soul Spirit bond on the Douluo Continent.
• The Dream God Realm pulled the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit inside, where Huo Yuhao discovered that Soul Spirits could live there and mutually strengthen the realm.

Huo Yuhao helped Xiao Xiao form a contract with a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit and gave her the matching External Soul Bone. The Soul Spirit helped Xiao Xiao absorb it safely, while Huo Yuhao considered how to spread Soul Spirits after returning to Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Xiao summoned her tiny Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit, which rejected her at first and perched affectionately on Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao explained the two kinds of Soul Spirit Contracts and agreed to find suitable Soul Spirits for everyone.
• Huo Yuhao cut a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Right Palm Bone from the bear's corpse and proposed that Xiao Xiao absorb it because it suited her needs.
• Xian Lin'er warned that Xiao Xiao could not safely absorb the Soul Bone because she had already absorbed a right arm bone.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit calmed the Soul Bone's aura and placed it on Xiao Xiao's palm, helping her absorb it safely.
• Xian Lin'er urged Huo Yuhao to consider his plans for Soul Spirits, and he decided he hoped Shrek Academy would help promote them.

Huo Yuhao helped Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Tang Ya obtain Soul Rings and Soul Spirits in the Star Dou Great Forest, then entered the core region with Ma Xiaotao and the two deans to search for their own. He detected the approaching Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King and prepared a concealed ambush, ordering the others not to harm the Auspicious Beast.

• Xiao Xiao absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, and Huo Yuhao proposed helping the others obtain Soul Rings before entering the core region with Ma Xiaotao.
• Jiang Nannan gained a Silver Moon Rabbit Soul Spirit, reached rank fifty, and obtained an External Soul Bone; she and Wang Dong later gained Light Unicorn Soul Spirits and wings from External Soul Bones.
• Huo Yuhao searched for a life-attribute Soul Beast for Tang Ya, then found a Nine Leaf Jade Heart Grass that supplied her fourth Soul Ring and yielded a right leg bone.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion chased the group to the forest's edge, while Scarlet King wondered why the Auspicious Beast had spent the day searching for them.
• Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Meier entered the core region, where Huo Yuhao detected the approaching Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King and ordered a concealed attack that would capture the lion alive.

Huo Yuhao and the teachers captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and sent Scarlet King to fetch Di Tian, hoping to negotiate support for the Soul Spirit system. Huo Yuhao began Attribute Guidance with the Auspicious Beast, confident that removing Tang San’s Divine Sense had prevented the fate that would have consumed her in the original timeline.

• Huo Yuhao, Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, and Ma Xiaotao ambushed and restrained the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as Scarlet King arrived to protect her.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Water Fire Dragon King’s aura, persuaded Scarlet King not to attack, and sent him to find Di Tian.
• Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er that he wanted to cooperate with the soul beast race to promote the Soul Spirit system.
• Huo Yuhao pressed his third eye against the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s third eye and began Attribute Guidance.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Tang San had planned to place a soul fragment in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but that the fragment could not be created after he dealt with Tang San’s Divine Sense in Dong’er.

Huo Yuhao underwent Destiny Guidance with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, triggering the second awakening of his Spirit Eye Martial Soul and transforming his Sea of Consciousness. The chapter ended with Gu Qingming and Gu Xuanying helping him refine and absorb the new powers.

• Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to shield his memories as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion connected their third eyes and Destiny Guidance began.
• Cai Meier explained to Ma Xiaotao and Xian Lin'er that Destiny Guidance could refine Huo Yuhao's attributes, while Ma Xiaotao questioned Cai Meier's familiarity with him.
• Destiny Power and the Tianwei Gate fragment merged Huo Yuhao's third eye with his Spirit Eye Martial Soul, completing its second awakening with a multicolored aura.
• Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness filled with space-time and Destiny Power, and the sealed Spiritual Origin of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shattered and was absorbed.
• Gu Qingming and Gu Xuanying spread their powers across Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness and told him to compress it and absorb the new powers.

Huo Yuhao completed his spiritual power transformation and began preparing to condense his first Soul Core, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion struggled to understand the changes in her memories and abilities. In the God Realm, Tang San saw that his plan involving Xiao Qi and the Auspicious Beast had failed and decided to send someone to protect Xiao Qi.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed Gu Qingming and Gu Xuanying's Soul Origin until his spiritual power was ready to condense a Spiritual Soul Core.
• Huo Yuhao activated his Enlightenment Boost and began considering how to construct his first Soul Core.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's third eye changed color, and she stared confusedly at Huo Yuhao as Xian Lin'er continued to suppress her.
• Tang San watched a projection of Huo Yuhao and the Auspicious Beast undergoing Destiny Guidance and realized Xiao Qi's divided soul had not merged with the beast.
• Tang San decided to send someone to protect Xiao Qi despite the God Realm's rules, and Xiao Wu arrived asking what had happened to her.

Tang San sought permission to send help to the lower realm after sensing that Tang Wutong’s protections had been triggered, then activated a backup plan when the God of Destruction blocked his preferred approach. At the Clear Sky Sect, Niu Tian and Tai Tan prepared to retrieve Tang Wutong and capture Huo Yuhao, whom Tang San believed was her destined tribulation.

• Tang San calmed Xiao Wu and explained to the Goddess of Life that Tang Wutong’s protective measures had been triggered, but he could not send a god to the lower realm without violating the rules.
• The Goddess of Life proposed sending a god to protect Tang Wutong, but the God of Destruction objected and required his own subordinate to accompany them.
• Tang San instead gained approval to send a Sea God worshipper, then privately cursed the God of Destruction and resolved to activate his backup plan.
• At the Clear Sky Sect, Niu Tian told Tai Tan that Tang Wutong had secretly descended to the lower realm and needed to be brought back to stabilize her soul.
• Niu Tian explained that Tang San had seen a future in which Huo Yuhao harmed Tang Wutong, and that they had to capture him so Tang San could investigate the future and help her overcome her tribulation.
• Tai Tan proposed killing Huo Yuhao, but Niu Tian rebuked him and confirmed they would bring the boy back alive.

Chen Hansheng and Tang San conspired to provoke a war between the Sea Soul Beasts and the Star Dou Great Forest over its Emperor Auspicious Beast. Tang San planned to exploit the resulting turmoil to merge Xiao Qi’s divided soul with the Auspicious Beast and claim the soul beast clan’s fortune and the Golden Dragon Spear.

• Chen Hansheng told Xiao Bai that the Sea God had ordered the Sea Soul Beasts to bring the Emperor Auspicious Beast from the Star Dou Great Forest into the ocean.
• Xiao Bai questioned the plan but left to spread the news among Sea Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old.
• Chen Hansheng ordered several worships to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest while the others guarded Sea God Island.
• Chen Hansheng explained that the Sea Soul Beasts would draw attention while his group gathered intelligence and prepared to strike for the Auspicious Beast.
• Tang San secretly instructed Chen Hansheng to intensify the conflict and seriously wound the Auspicious Beast, giving him the Sea God's Heart as protection.
• Tang San revealed that he intended to exploit the conflict to merge Xiao Qi’s divided soul into the Auspicious Beast and seize the soul beast clan’s fortune and the Golden Dragon Spear.

Huo Yuhao began condensing a Spiritual Soul Core while Xian Lin'er faced Di Tian over the Auspicious Beast. After Gu Xuanying appeared and persuaded Di Tian to wait, Huo Yuhao's multicolored vortex formed and began drawing in spiritual mist, elemental energy, and life force.

• Huo Yuhao's attempt to condense a Soul Core spread spiritual mist around Xian Lin'er, Ma Xiaotao, Cai Mei Er, and the Auspicious Beast.
• Scarlet King returned with Di Tian, who demanded that Xian Lin'er release the Auspicious Beast and leave Huo Yuhao behind.
• Xian Lin'er refused to surrender Huo Yuhao, and Di Tian agreed to wait until he woke after Gu Xuanying appeared and addressed him as the Fire Dragon King.
• Di Tian chose to protect Huo Yuhao as the group waited, while the pinned Three-Eyed Golden Lion lamented that Di Tian was ignoring her.
• A multicolored vortex appeared above Huo Yuhao, resonated with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's third eye, and absorbed spiritual mist, elemental energy, and life force across the forest.

Huo Yuhao completed his Spiritual Soul Core and absorbed the Dream God Realm seed, making the realm his inner spiritual world and opening a path to grow beyond level ninety-nine. Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming emerged as its gods, and Huo Yuhao left their questions about the world—and their soul forms—to address later.

• Huo Yuhao's colorful vortex spread the Light of the Blessing of Fate across the surrounding forest, leaving the Three-Eyed Golden Lion shaken by his power and memories.
• Huo Yuhao formed his First Soul Core and began establishing its cycle in his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Dream God Realm seed fused with Huo Yuhao's Soul Core, becoming an inner world that could strengthen his spiritual power and let him cultivate beyond level ninety-nine as it grew.
• Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming emerged from the seed with soul brands that made them gods of the Dream God Realm.
• Huo Yuhao claimed the brands could help revive the two women, while Gu Xuanying questioned him about the unfamiliar world and he teased her before promising to explain.

Huo Yuhao explained the Dream God Realm’s developing powers to Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming, including spiritual cultivation, support for Soul Spirits, and a virtual space for research and exchange. After discussing how it could gather faith and asking the sisters to support his Soul Spirit Method, he awoke to find Di Tian standing before him.

• Huo Yuhao gave Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming control over a rule governing bodily functions, but removed their authority when they rejected it.
• Huo Yuhao explained that cultivating in the Dream God Realm could restore souls and strengthen the realm, and Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming tested the effect.
• Huo Yuhao described the Dream God Realm as a habitat for Soul Spirits and a virtual place for battles, study, Soul Tool research, and exchanging ideas.
• Gu Qingming suggested that Huo Yuhao use the Dream God Realm to gather faith, and he decided to consider the idea further.
• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming to support his Soul Spirit Method with Di Tian, then woke to find Di Tian and the others beside him.

Huo Yuhao accompanied Di Tian into the Great Evil Land, where he met the powerful soul beasts guarding the Lake of Life and the Water and Fire Dragon Kings revealed themselves. The Dragon Kings reunited with Di Tian and asked about the state of the dragon clan.

• After Gu Qingming said Huo Yuhao could speak for her and Gu Xuanying, Di Tian released the Auspicious Beast and brought Huo Yuhao toward the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian assigned the Scarlet King to protect Xian Lin'er and the others, then took Huo Yuhao beneath the lake into the Stone Forest at the heart of the Great Evil Land.
• Xiong Jun threatened Huo Yuhao, but Di Tian drove him back and warned him not to harm the human.
• Di Tian invited the Water and Fire Dragon Kings to reveal themselves, and Bi Ji, Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, and Ten Thousand Demons King bowed to them.
• Gu Xuanying asked why Di Tian had not become a god, and Di Tian explained that soul beasts had been barred from godhood after the war in the God Realm.
• Gu Qingming asked Di Tian about the current state of the dragon clan.

Huo Yuhao and the Water Fire Dragon Kings learned how badly the dragon clan had fallen and entered Gu Yuena’s hidden sanctuary. Gu Yuena met them, while Di Tian grew anxious over the claim that Huo Yuhao could lead the dragon clan.

• Di Tian told Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming that the Dragon God and the other Dragon Kings had perished, leaving the Silver Dragon King gravely injured and the surviving dragon clan unable to become gods.
• Gu Qingming introduced Huo Yuhao to Di Tian as someone whose importance to the dragon clan matched her own, and promised that she and Gu Xuanying would seek the Dragon Tomb and persuade the other Dragon Kings to become his Martial Souls.
• After an hour, Gu Yuena summoned Di Tian, the two Dragon Kings, and Huo Yuhao into her hidden space behind the stone wall.
• Huo Yuhao saw Gu Yuena emerge from the lake in her human form, and Gu Xuanying said she and Gu Qingming believed he could restore the dragon clan’s former glory.
• Di Tian worried that Gu Xuanying’s words challenged Gu Yuena’s authority as the dragon clan’s ruler.

Gu Yuena tried to inspect Huo Yuhao and urged the Water and Fire Dragon Kings to separate from him, while Huo Yuhao argued that humans and soul beasts were not destined to hate one another. As Gu Yuena decided to keep him captive, Huo Yuhao claimed he could solve the conflict over Soul Rings, and she offered to let him leave if he succeeded.

• Gu Yuena teleported beside Huo Yuhao and tried to probe his Sea of Consciousness, but he evaded her and refused.
• Gu Yuena offered to separate the Water and Fire Dragon Kings from Huo Yuhao, but Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming chose to remain with him.
• Gu Qingming argued that humans could help revive the dragon clan, and Huo Yuhao challenged Gu Yuena's claim that humans alone were responsible for the soul beasts' decline.
• Gu Yuena concluded that humans and soul beasts could not cooperate and said Huo Yuhao would remain with her while she uncovered his secrets.
• Huo Yuhao said he could solve the conflict over humans needing Soul Rings, and Gu Yuena promised to let him leave if he could.

Huo Yuhao explained the Soul Spirit Method to Gu Yuena as a way to ease the conflict between humans and soul beasts. Gu Yuena agreed to help promote it among soul beasts, while Di Tian began considering which beasts could first become Soul Spirits.

• Gu Yuena said she would keep Huo Yuhao unless his solution could let Soul Masters advance without hunting soul beasts, while Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming pledged to protect him.
• Gu Qingming confirmed that Huo Yuhao had a way to resolve the conflict and asked what he would receive in return; Gu Yuena offered him great standing among the soul beasts if his method proved feasible.
• Huo Yuhao transmitted the Soul Spirit Method to Gu Yuena and explained how willing soul beasts could form contracts with humans, provide Soul Rings, and avoid Heavenly Tribulations.
• Gu Yuena recognized that the method could benefit both sides, and Huo Yuhao explained why Soul Spirits needed to form contracts rather than exist indefinitely without humans.
• Gu Yuena agreed to promote the system among soul beasts while Huo Yuhao would promote it among humans, and Di Tian agreed to approach soul beasts nearing the ends of their lives or suffering severe injuries.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Gu Yuena and Di Tian to let him and Ma Xiaotao test the Soul Spirit Method with four 100,000-Year Soul Beasts. Ma Xiaotao agreed to bond with a Flame Crying Luan after declaring her resolve to ascend to godhood alongside Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao volunteered to test the Soul Spirit Method and asked Di Tian to find him three 100,000-Year mental-type Soul Beasts.
• Huo Yuhao persuaded Di Tian to also find a female 100,000-Year fire-type Soul Beast for Ma Xiaotao, and Di Tian agreed.
• Di Tian returned with four 100,000-Year Soul Beasts and Ma Xiaotao, who was relieved to see Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao that the Flame Crying Luan could be her 100,000-Year Soul Ring, and she initially worried that she could not withstand it.
• The Flame Crying Luan said she had chosen Ma Xiaotao in hopes of becoming a god, and Ma Xiaotao declared that she wanted to ascend with Huo Yuhao rather than be separated from him.
• The Flame Crying Luan accepted Ma Xiaotao's resolve and promised to sacrifice herself to help her ascend to godhood.

Huo Yuhao helped Ma Xiaotao form a Soul Spirit Contract with Flame Crying Luan and stabilized her as she absorbed a 100,000-Year Soul Ring. He invited Gu Yuena to see the human world, then began meeting the soul beasts selected to become his Soul Spirits.

• Huo Yuhao used a Soul Spirit formation to turn Flame Crying Luan into a Soul Spirit, and Ma Xiaotao formed a contract with her.
• Huo Yuhao combined his Martial Soul Fusion with Ma Xiaotao and the formation to help her bear Flame Crying Luan's 100,000-Year Soul Ring.
• Gu Yuena questioned Huo Yuhao about human nature, and he challenged Di Tian's descriptions by explaining how rumors could distort the truth.
• Huo Yuhao invited Gu Yuena to visit the human world, but she said her injuries prevented her from traveling for now.
• Di Tian introduced Huo Yuhao to three selected soul beasts, and the 200,000-year-old Demon Eye Magic Tree transformed into a cloaked woman who gave her name as Yao Wan.

Huo Yuhao absorbed several powerful Soul Spirits, gained new abilities, and reached level fifty before obtaining another Soul Ring that raised him to level fifty-four. He also secured Ma Xiaotao’s promise to forgive him for a future wrong, while secretly hoping to prepare her for the truth about his relationship with Cai Meier.

• With Gu Yuena’s guidance, Huo Yuhao absorbed the Illusionary Spirit Butterfly, Lop-Eared Spirit Fox, and Demon Eye Magic Tree Soul Spirits, gaining new soul skills and reaching level fifty.
• Ma Xiaotao told Huo Yuhao she had absorbed the Flame Crying Luan’s Soul Ring and left arm bone, reaching level seventy-four, and promised to forgive him for a future wrong.
• Huo Yuhao privately used the promise to deepen Ma Xiaotao’s suspicions about him and Cai Meier, hoping she would gradually accept their relationship.
• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Yuena for another Soul Ring, and she ordered Di Tian to find him a 100,000-year soul beast.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed a 100,000-year Silver Eagle Beast Soul Ring, gained the Imprint skill, and reached level fifty-four.

After securing Gu Yuena's support and absorbing Gold of Life to nourish the Water Fire Dragon King, Huo Yuhao prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with Ma Xiaotao. Di Tian gave him four Soul Bones and a protective scale, while Huo Yuhao promised to honor the soul beasts' trust and strive to become a God King.

• Gu Yuena returned the Illusionary Spirit Butterfly to Huo Yuhao and explained that Gold of Life had raised its cultivation to around 150,000 or 160,000 years.
• Gu Yuena gave Huo Yuhao a watermelon-sized piece of Gold of Life to nourish the Water Fire Dragon King's remnant soul, and Huo Yuhao absorbed it into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Gu Yuena sent Di Tian to escort Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao out of her small world, then returned to Qingshui Lake.
• Di Tian gave Huo Yuhao four Soul Bones from his Soul Spirits, and Huo Yuhao stored them without absorbing them.
• Di Tian tested Huo Yuhao's strength, gave him a black scale that would summon his aid in a life-or-death crisis, and reminded him of the soul beasts' trust.
• Huo Yuhao promised Di Tian that he would repay the soul beasts' kindness and work toward becoming at least a God King.