Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao rescued Zhang Youwei and her child from a Slave Hunter Group and learned that officials and Spirit Hall members were helping the traffickers. He decided to investigate the group’s powerful backers, suspecting Prince Xue Xing, before returning to Heaven Dou City.

• Zhang Youwei thanked Huo Yuhao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong for rescuing her and explained that she could not return to her village because the Slave Hunter Group controlled the area.
• Huo Yuhao learned from Zhang Youwei that local city lords had failed to stop the traffickers and that Spirit Hall members were suspected of giving them information about children.
• Ning Rongrong showed the captured burly man her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token, but he refused to answer their questions.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference to make the burly man reveal that the group had more than a hundred members, served an unknown lord, and worked with city lords and much of Spirit Hall.
• Huo Yuhao killed the burly man after questioning him and rejected Ning Rongrong’s suggestion to return to Heaven Dou City immediately.
• Huo Yuhao decided to investigate the city lords and the group’s backers, suspecting Prince Xue Xing and planning to use the matter to gain Qian Renxue’s favor and approach Dugu Yan.

Huo Yuhao abducted Oran’s two Soul Emperors and learned that Prince Xue Xing was behind the Slave Hunter Group. After Huo Yuhao accepted Ning Rongrong into the Spirit Pagoda, Prince Xue Xing received news of the incident and showed it to Xue Beng.

• Huo Yuhao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong infiltrated the City Lord’s Mansion, where Huo Yuhao used the Succubus Physique to disable the female Soul Emperor as Zhu Zhuqing helped attack the male Soul Emperor.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing knocked out both Soul Emperors and escaped with them, then questioned them the next morning.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that the male Soul Emperor was the city lord’s wife and the female Soul Emperor was City Lord Oran, who named Prince Xue Xing as the Slave Hunter Group’s mastermind.
• Huo Yuhao sealed the Soul Emperors’ Soul Power and stored them in a Soul Tool, then agreed to let Ning Rongrong join the Spirit Pagoda after she asked to experience Zhu Zhuqing’s strength.
• Prince Xue Xing read a secret letter about the incident and handed it to Xue Beng.

Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng decided to wait after learning City Lord Oran had been captured, while Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong was traveling with Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing. After arriving in Heaven Dou City, the group planned to visit Xue Qinghe and coordinate against the Slave Hunter Group.

• Xue Beng panicked over news that City Lord Oran had been captured, but Prince Xue Xing reassured him that their political allies would suppress any revelations.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had left Shrek Academy with Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing, and Sword Douluo urged him to investigate Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao's group arrived in Heaven Dou City and booked rooms at an inn.
• Ning Rongrong misread Huo Yuhao's agreement to share a room as a romantic advance, then learned he wanted her help visiting Xue Qinghe.
• Huo Yuhao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong discussed visiting Xue Qinghe and striking at the Slave Hunter Group.

Oscar dealt with the unwanted advances of Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San while caring for the injured Shrek Academy students. When Yu Xiaogang arrived to see Tang San, Oscar took offense at his disregard for the injured Flender and reported the encounter to the headmaster.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun confessed their affection for Oscar, and Tang San drugged him after declaring that he would not let anyone take Oscar away.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and asked Oscar to bring him to Flender, but changed his mind and went to Tang San after learning that his disciple was injured.
• Oscar objected when Yu Xiaogang criticized Flender and left him to find Tang San on his own.
• Oscar told Flender about Yu Xiaogang's behavior, and Flender suggested that their friendship had grown distant during their twenty years apart.

Yu Xiaogang visited Tang San in the hospital and concluded that Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing were Spirit Hall members, planning to tell Tang Hao about them. The next morning, Huo Yuhao persuaded Ning Rongrong to help expose a group that captured young women when they met the Crown Prince.

• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San recovering and asked who had injured him.
• Tang San named Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing, and Yu Xiaogang decided they were likely Spirit Hall members with powerful protectors.
• Yu Xiaogang assured Tang San that the attackers would pay and planned to inform Tang Hao.
• Ning Rongrong woke embarrassed by what had happened with Huo Yuhao the previous night.
• On the way to the Crown Prince Residence, Huo Yuhao persuaded Ning Rongrong to help him take action against the group that captured maidens.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to help, but warned Huo Yuhao she might tell Sword Grandpa about him later.

Huo Yuhao and Ning Rongrong exposed the Slave Hunter Group’s trafficking operation to Qian Renxue, who promised to investigate and punish those involved. Huo Yuhao then presented the captured City Lord Oran, leaving her to reveal Prince Xue Xing’s allies.

• Ning Rongrong visited Qian Renxue’s residence with Huo Yuhao and their friends, asking him to uphold justice after they had nearly been captured by slave traders.
• Ning Rongrong described the Slave Hunter Group’s kidnappings in Oran City and claimed city lords and Spirit Hall members supported it.
• Qian Renxue vowed to round up the perpetrators and confront Spirit Hall over its alleged involvement.
• Ning Rongrong named Prince Xue Xing as the group’s true master, and Huo Yuhao brought out the captured City Lord Oran as evidence.
• Huo Yuhao awakened City Lord Oran and ordered her to tell Qian Renxue which nobles and officials had colluded with Prince Xue Xing.

Huo Yuhao exposed Prince Xue Xing’s network of collaborators to Qian Renxue and persuaded her that Xue Beng might be his intended successor. After declining a place in Qian Renxue’s residence, Huo Yuhao proposed cooperating on an academy and Soul Tool project, setting a trap to draw in her people—and possibly Qian Renxue herself.

• Huo Yuhao used Soul Interference to make City Lord Oran name the nobles and officials tied to Prince Xue Xing’s faction.
• Qian Renxue thanked Huo Yuhao and vowed to report her uncle’s corruption to Xue Ye.
• Huo Yuhao suggested Prince Xue Xing opposed Qian Renxue because he believed Xue Beng would inherit the throne.
• Qian Renxue considered that Xue Beng’s wastrel behavior might be an act and said she would speak with him.
• Qian Renxue invited Huo Yuhao to become an adviser, but he declined and offered to cooperate instead.
• Huo Yuhao proposed founding an academy and teaching Soul Tool crafting in exchange for Qian Renxue lending him people.

Huo Yuhao revealed Soul Tools to Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi, who both recognized their potential and agreed to support his planned academy. He left the negotiations with promises of funding and teachers, while positioning himself to lead the academy and teach its staff Soul Tool techniques.

• Qian Renxue questioned Huo Yuhao about how he had obtained Soul Tool crafting methods and considered how Soul Tools could benefit Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived, and Ning Rongrong hid behind Huo Yuhao while maintaining her spiritual connection with him.
• Huo Yuhao explained Soul Tool levels and functions, then demonstrated several Soul Tools for Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's funding and teachers for Huo Yuhao's academy, and Qian Renxue offered the Heaven Dou Empire's support.
• Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi agreed to cooperate, and Huo Yuhao thanked them and invited them to become honorary deans in exchange for teaching their staff Soul Tool techniques.

Huo Yuhao secured access to Heaven Dou Royal Academy while the group discussed plans for a new academy, then left with Ning Rongrong and Sword Douluo after she revealed Prince Xue Xing’s slave hunters had nearly captured her. Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi considered Huo Yuhao’s talent and the political implications, and Qian Renxue decided to pursue him herself to test whether he had discovered her identity.

• Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi agreed to support Huo Yuhao’s academy plans and discussed its establishment with him.
• Qian Renxue gave Huo Yuhao a golden token granting him access to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong refused to return to the sect and told Sword Douluo that Prince Xue Xing’s Slave Hunter Group had nearly captured and sold her.
• Sword Douluo led Ning Rongrong and Huo Yuhao away to confront the situation, while Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue discussed Prince Xue Xing’s support for Xue Beng.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Huo Yuhao and considered him a possible match for Ning Rongrong, while Qian Renxue resolved to approach Huo Yuhao herself and test whether he knew her true identity.

Sword Douluo confronted Prince Xue Xing in Heaven Dou City over his slave-catching group and its attempt to abduct the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's little princess. Dugu Bo initially defended Xue Xing, but stepped aside after Sword Douluo promised not to kill him.

• Sword Douluo arrived at Prince Xue Xing's residence and publicly challenged him, drawing a crowd that accused Xue Xing of abusing ordinary people.
• Prince Xue Xing confronted Sword Douluo, who attacked him with sword qi until Dugu Bo intercepted it with poisonous mist.
• Huo Yuhao warned everyone about the poison, and Sword Douluo moved him, Ning Rongrong, and the others away before preparing to fight Dugu Bo.
• Sword Douluo announced across Heaven Dou City that Xue Xing had formed a slave-catching group that abducted hundreds of commoners' daughters and had tried to seize the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's little princess.
• Xue Xing denied the accusations, while Dugu Bo realized Sword Douluo would not be talked out of the confrontation.
• Dugu Bo withdrew after Sword Douluo promised he would not kill Xue Xing.

Sword Douluo forced Prince Xue Xing to apologize publicly, while Huo Yuhao used knowledge of Dugu Bo’s secret poisoning to arrange a meeting with him. Back at the hotel, Huo Yuhao comforted Zhu Zhuqing and decided to give her his unused Xuan Water Pill.

• Sword Douluo severed Prince Xue Xing’s hand and foot tendons and demanded he apologize publicly to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the victims’ families.
• A Soul Douluo delivered Xue Ye’s decree ordering Prince Xue Xing to apologize, compensate the sect, and go to the Imperial Palace for punishment.
• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue had Sword Douluo broadcast Prince Xue Xing’s apology throughout Heaven Dou City, confirming his crimes to the public.
• Huo Yuhao revealed symptoms of Dugu Bo’s secret poisoning, prompting Dugu Bo to agree to meet him at his residence the next day.
• At the hotel, Huo Yuhao noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s jealousy and offered to help her cultivate and improve her talent, remembering his unused Xuan Water Pill for her.

Huo Yuhao reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he would support her dreams and help her return to the Star Luo Empire, and she told him she would only have him. After Ning Rongrong interrupted their intimate moment, Huo Yuhao invited both women to cultivate and began teaching them his Soul Power Guidance Technique.

• Huo Yuhao tested Zhu Zhuqing's physical condition while teasing her, and she told him she feared he would become like Dai Mubai.
• Huo Yuhao promised Zhu Zhuqing he would take her future and dreams seriously and help her achieve them.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she would only have Huo Yuhao, and they kissed.
• Ning Rongrong came out of the bathroom, watched them, and compared Zhu Zhuqing's figure to her own.
• Huo Yuhao invited Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to cultivate and used Mental Sharing to teach them the Soul Power Guidance Technique.

Huo Yuhao taught Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong a superior Soul Power Guidance Technique and helped them improve their comprehension. After giving Zhu Zhuqing an Xuan Water Pill, he teased Ning Rongrong until she pounced on him, leaving their playful dispute unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao enhanced Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s mental power, and Ning Rongrong used her soul skills on him while practicing the Distraction Control Method.
• Ning Rongrong mastered the Three Aperture Control Heart, kissed Huo Yuhao’s cheek, then began cultivating the guidance technique he had taught her.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong each found that the new technique increased their cultivation speed, and they teased Huo Yuhao about his lower Soul Power Level.
• Huo Yuhao gave Zhu Zhuqing an Xuan Water Pill, which she swallowed before beginning to refine its medicinal power.
• Ning Rongrong demanded a pill of her own, argued when Huo Yuhao refused, and pounced on him while he watched her vent her frustration.

Huo Yuhao soothed Ning Rongrong’s jealousy over giving Zhu Zhuqing the Xuan Water Pill and offered her advice for improving her strength. Ning Rongrong secured his promise to marry her in the future, easing her worries about their relationship.

• Huo Yuhao explained that the Xuan Water Pill would help Zhu Zhuqing more than Ning Rongrong because Ning Rongrong’s innate soul power was higher.
• Huo Yuhao kissed Ning Rongrong and told her that 10,000-Year Whale Tendon could increase a Soul Master's physical strength and Soul Ring absorption limit.
• Huo Yuhao advised Ning Rongrong to ask her father to buy Whale Tendon for her and Zhu Zhuqing and to share the information with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong asked Huo Yuhao to join her sect, but he refused and said he would protect it because of their future relationship.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether she could tell her father that Huo Yuhao would marry her, and Huo Yuhao agreed.

Ning Rongrong pressed Huo Yuhao to compare his feelings for her and Zhu Zhuqing, then secretly took the initiative with him while Zhu Zhuqing cultivated. When Zhu Zhuqing woke late that night, she noticed nothing, while Ning Rongrong sat nervously by the bed.

• Ning Rongrong asked Huo Yuhao how far he had gone with Zhu Zhuqing and learned he planned to help Zhu Zhuqing break off her engagement.
• Ning Rongrong repeatedly asked Huo Yuhao which of them he liked more, and he told her he liked them both.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Huo Yuhao and secretly became intimate with him while Zhu Zhuqing remained absorbed in cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Zhu Zhuqing and Huo Yuhao had gone as far, and Huo Yuhao said they had not.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke late at night and went to wash, unaware of the change between Huo Yuhao and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong sat obediently by the bed, embarrassed and worried Zhu Zhuqing might confront her.

Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong before visiting Dugu Bo to discuss the symptoms of his self-inflicted poisoning. Dugu Bo threatened him for concealing who had identified the problem, leaving Huo Yuhao facing a dangerous interrogation.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Huo Yuhao that the Xuan Water Pill had raised her Soul Power to Level 28 and doubled its circulation speed.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing he would be away for up to a month, gave Ning Rongrong a powerful ability, and warned both women about threats including Tang Hao.
• Huo Yuhao traveled to Dugu Bo's residence and followed him into a secluded chamber.
• Dugu Bo demanded to know who had recognized his poisoning, threatened him with Bi Lin Snake Venom, and asked whether he could cure it.

Huo Yuhao convinced Dugu Bo to let him devise a cure for the poison afflicting both Dugu Bo and his granddaughter, instead of undergoing a dangerous poison test. Dugu Bo brought him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Huo Yuhao planned to use the medicinal plants there to develop a different treatment.

• Huo Yuhao told Dugu Bo that he could cure the poison in both him and his granddaughter, and Dugu Bo offered to do three things for him if he succeeded.
• Dugu Bo proposed testing Huo Yuhao with three deadly poisons, but Huo Yuhao refused and urged him to judge a treatment plan instead.
• Huo Yuhao warned Dugu Bo about the harm the poison could cause his granddaughter, and Dugu Bo agreed to hear his plan.
• Dugu Bo carried Huo Yuhao to a valley in Sunset Forest, where they found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well surrounded by medicinal plants.
• Huo Yuhao decided against storing Dugu Bo's poison in a Soul Bone and began refining another method to cure him.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, strengthening his body enough to withstand the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He then began using the Dual-World Gate to descend toward the buried Dragon Kings, hoping to reach their remnant souls and claim the Ice Dragon King as his Second Martial Soul.

• After Dugu Bo left, Huo Yuhao picked the Aromatic Silk Beauty to protect himself from the poisonous plants.
• Huo Yuhao harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then swallowed them as their opposing energies merged.
• Huo Yuhao jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and spent the night absorbing nearly half of the herbs' medicinal power.
• After waking, Huo Yuhao discovered that he could withstand the spring's ice-and-fire energy and decided to seek the Dragon Kings' remnant souls below.
• Huo Yuhao used the Dual-World Gate to retreat whenever the pressure overwhelmed him, repeatedly resuming his descent through the well.

Huo Yuhao descended to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and encountered the dragon souls of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, who had noticed the Dual-World Gate and wanted to claim it. The White Light in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness subdued both souls, and he asked them to take human form so they could talk.

• Tang San noticed Huo Yuhao’s destiny reappear and vanish repeatedly, leaving him unsure whether his monitoring Divine Artifact was broken.
• The two Auspicious Beasts endured recurring but weaker headaches as the worlds’ destinies fluctuated.
• Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming argued over who would investigate the Dual-World Gate, each hoping its power could help her.
• Huo Yuhao descended through the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and approached the two Dragon King skeletons using the Dual-World Gate.
• Gu Qingming’s dragon soul entered Huo Yuhao’s brow, and Gu Xuanying’s followed; the White Light subdued and bound them in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao asked the two dragon souls to take human form so they could talk.

Huo Yuhao held the Water and Fire Dragon Kings captive, negotiated oaths that bound them from actively harming him, and offered to restore their remnant souls. The chapter left both dragons startled by his claim and eager to learn whether he could truly bring them back.

• Fire Dragon King demanded that Huo Yuhao release her and Gu Qingming, while Gu Qingming apologized and introduced herself.
• Huo Yuhao refused to free the dragons without safeguards, and Gu Qingming offered their Soul Bones in exchange for their release.
• Gu Qingming swore to become Huo Yuhao's slave and maid if she actively harmed him, and Gu Xuanying reluctantly swore as well.
• After agreeing to release them, Huo Yuhao offered a deal and claimed he could restore their remnant souls.
• The Water and Fire Dragon Kings reacted with shock and fixed their attention on Huo Yuhao.