Chapter Summaries

After awakening an eye Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power Level One, reincarnated Huo Yuhao discovered his Pride Origin could absorb arrogance from people around him. Outside the Duke's Mansion, Dai Huabin ordered an attack on him, and Huo Yuhao fought back, leaving two guards incapacitated.

• Huo Yuhao awakened an eye Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power Level One, while the surrounding onlookers' arrogance awakened his Pride Origin.
• Huo Yuhao left the ceremony and the Duke's Mansion, carrying the White Tiger Dagger his mother had given him.
• Huo Yuhao encountered Dai Huabin and his entourage, and a lackey identified him as Huo Yun'er's son with Level One Soul Power.
• Dai Huabin ordered his lackey to handle Huo Yuhao, and four guards charged at him.
• Huo Yuhao used a burst of dark-blue light to attack the guards, breaking one guard's ribs and stabbing another with the White Tiger Dagger.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin’s guards and brutally injured Dai Huabin, leaving him with a lasting fear of Huo Yuhao. The chapter ended with Dai Huabin unconscious and the young man beside him asking whether Huo Yuhao was also a transmigrator.

• Two remaining guards summoned their Martial Souls and attacked Huo Yuhao, but he killed them with the White Tiger Dagger and his Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao approached Dai Huabin as Dai Huabin froze in fear and threatened him with retaliation from the Duchess and Duke’s Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao punched and stabbed Dai Huabin, telling him that Huo Yuhao would become the third gift shaping his future and the source of his nightmares.
• Huo Yuhao twisted the dagger in Dai Huabin’s palm and kicked his face, knocking him unconscious.
• The young man beside Dai Huabin asked Huo Yuhao whether he was a transmigrator too.

Huo Yuhao exposed Yu Ming as a transmigrator who had arranged to have him killed, then used the Eye of Destiny to discover and test its new power. Yu Ming realized Huo Yuhao would not spare him and raged at him.

• Huo Yuhao revealed his Eye of Destiny, and Yu Ming recognized him as Huo Yuhao rather than a transmigrator.
• Yu Ming tried to flee, but Huo Yuhao seized him, dislocated his limbs, and used necromancy to read his memories.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Yu Ming had transmigrated, gained an evolving ice-attributed Martial Soul, and planned to kill him with Dai Huabin's help.
• Huo Yuhao awakened a new Eye of Destiny ability, saw lines marking Yu Ming's death, and used the White Tiger Dagger to destroy his left arm.
• Huo Yuhao named the ability Predestined Death, and Yu Ming screamed that Huo Yuhao deserved to die.

Huo Yuhao killed Yu Ming and claimed the evolvable Ice Attribute Martial Soul he left behind. After discovering the effects of his newly unlocked Pride Origin, Huo Yuhao found Zhu Lu watching and told her to wait for help, but she offered him money as he prepared to leave.

• Huo Yuhao used the White Tiger Dagger to disintegrate Yu Ming, who cursed him before turning to ash.
• An ice-blue bead fell from Yu Ming's remains, and Huo Yuhao recognized and pocketed the evolvable Ice Attribute Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao assessed Pride Origin's temporary power boost and lasting improvements to his body and soul power, while noting its drawbacks.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Zhu Lu hiding in the woods and told her to stay until someone came for her.
• Zhu Lu guessed Huo Yuhao was leaving the Duke's Mansion and offered him the money in her Storage Bracelet.

Huo Yuhao accepted Zhu Lu’s Storage Bracelet as he prepared to leave the Duke’s Mansion with his mother. Meanwhile, Tang San, reborn in the past as a child in Heaven Dou City, reflected on his betrayal by Huo Yuhao before his father called him inside.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Zhu Lu’s Storage Bracelet and promised to return it when they met again.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to take his mother away from the Duke’s Mansion before the Duchess could oppress them.
• Zhu Lu accidentally kicked a pebble into Dai Huabin’s head, worsening his injuries, and wondered what Huo Yuhao would be like when they met again.
• Tang San recalled how Huo Yuhao had betrayed him in the God Realm and recognized that he had been reborn ten thousand years earlier on Douluo Continent.
• Tang San reviewed the memories of his father, Tang Ba, a disgraced Clear Sky Sect disciple whose blacksmith shop struggled because he rejected Soul Guidance Device work.
• Tang Ba shouted for Tang San to come inside and eat.

Six-year-old Tang San lived in poverty with his abusive, alcoholic father, Tang Ba, and asked when he could awaken his Martial Soul. Tang Ba said awakening it cost money unless Tang San joined the army or served a noble family, leaving Tang San to confront the consequences of Spirit Hall’s destruction ten thousand years earlier.

• Tang San entered the forging room, where Tang Ba complained about him and sent him to fetch wine, but the bottles were empty.
• Tang Ba had only two Silver Soul Coins and served Tang San plain vegetables while eating the dish with a little meat.
• Tang San recalled how his mother had left after years of Tang Ba’s drinking and violence, and how the Tang Sect’s decline had driven their family into poverty.
• Tang San asked Tang Ba when he could awaken his Martial Soul now that he was six.
• Tang Ba explained that awakening cost money, though Tang San could get it for free by serving a noble family or enlisting in the army, and said Spirit Hall had been destroyed ten thousand years ago.
• Tang San realized that the system he had helped create as a Deity had left him facing the cost of awakening his own Martial Soul.

Tang San considered why free martial soul awakenings had been abandoned and struggled with the obstacles facing him after his rebirth. He resolved to become a god and reclaim Xiao Wu by killing the Divine Realm Tang San, while hiding his identity and Golden Trident.

• Tang San reflected that free awakenings had ended because few commoners had Innate Soul Power, their prospects were limited, and awakened soul masters were difficult to recruit into the military.
• Tang San realized he could not afford a paid awakening and would have to find a way to earn the money himself.
• Tang San drew strength from his old teacher’s words and vowed to rise to the pinnacle despite his weak body and low Innate Soul Power.
• Tang San rejected the idea of revealing his identity to Divine Realm Tang San, believing that the other version would try to kill him rather than share a godhood.
• Tang San decided he had to kill Divine Realm Tang San and take Xiao Wu back, but he resolved not to use the Golden Trident where it could expose him.

Huo Yuhao returned to Huo Yun'er after killing a man who abducted him, and she recognized the attacker as a White Tiger Guard. Believing Dai Hao may have ordered the attack, Huo Yun'er decided to leave Duke's Mansion with her son.

• Huo Yuhao reunited with Huo Yun'er and assured her that he was unharmed.
• Huo Yuhao told Huo Yun'er that he had stabbed the black-robed man who abducted him with the White Tiger Dagger.
• Huo Yuhao described the man's white armor and tiger-head emblem, leading Huo Yun'er to identify him as a White Tiger Guard.
• Huo Yun'er realized Dai Hao might have known about Huo Yuhao and allowed or ordered the attempt on his life.
• Huo Yun'er proposed that she and Huo Yuhao leave Duke's Mansion, and Huo Yuhao promised to protect her.

Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er reached Heaven Dou City after fleeing the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and Huo Yuhao considered how to support them while unlocking the Original Sin Sources. He planned to earn money by selling roasted fish and left the powers of the still-locked sins to unfold gradually.

• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er thanked the old carriage driver and parted from him outside Heaven Dou City to avoid drawing attention to him.
• Huo Yun'er reflected on how Huo Yuhao had guided them from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion across the Star Luo and Skysoul Empires.
• Huo Yuhao chose Heaven Dou City because it was safe and offered better opportunities to earn money than smaller towns.
• Huo Yuhao planned to sell roasted fish first and later make Soul Guidance Devices, while his cooking also helped unlock Gluttony Original Sin.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that people could provide energy for different Original Sins and that stronger cultivators yielded more energy, but unlocking each source became harder and riskier.
• Huo Yuhao decided to unlock the Original Sin Sources one at a time and wondered what the Lust Original Sin would do.

Huo Yuhao told Huo Yun'er he wanted to take her surname and take revenge on those who had bullied her. In Heaven Dou City, he watched Tang San leave a dispute at a Blacksmith Shop and then asked the shop owner to make him an oven.

• Huo Yuhao told Huo Yun'er he wanted to be known as Huo Yuhao and promised to make the people who bullied her pay.
• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er came upon Tang San arguing with a Blacksmith Shop owner over his wages and scraps of metal.
• Tang San gave up half his wages as compensation and left, secretly planning to rob the blacksmiths later.
• Huo Yuhao suspected Tang San had been reincarnated, but decided to focus on improving his own strength.
• Huo Yuhao asked the middle-aged blacksmith to commission an oven.

Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er settled into a new home in Heaven Dou City after escaping the Duke's Mansion. Huo Yun'er recognized that Yuhao had suffered in the future, and he broke down in tears as they embraced.

• Huo Yuhao ordered a custom grill and assured Huo Yun'er that his roasted fish business would help support them.
• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er chose a duplex and signed a six-year rental agreement at twelve Gold Soul Coins per year.
• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er moved into their new home and arranged their belongings.
• Huo Yun'er asked Huo Yuhao if he had suffered in the future, then reassured him that she still knew him as her child.
• Huo Yuhao embraced Huo Yun'er and apologized through tears, while she comforted him and thanked him for becoming her child.

Huo Yuhao launched a grilled-fish stall in Heaven Dou City to earn money while continuing his cultivation and Soul Guidance Device work. After pricing his fish at ten Copper Soul Coins each, he faced a vendor’s skeptical challenge about the cost.

• Huo Yuhao woke early, ate breakfast with Huo Yun'er, and left home to buy supplies for his grilled-fish stall.
• At the market, Huo Yuhao bargained for fifty black carp and gathered the ingredients and equipment he needed.
• Huo Yuhao paid Huang Yu a Gold Soul Coin, and Huang Yu guided him to a suitable spot on Snack Street.
• Huo Yuhao set up Little Huo's Grilled Fish and began grilling, drawing attention from the nearby vendors with the aroma.
• Huo Yuhao priced each fish at ten Copper Soul Coins, and a vendor questioned whether the fish skin or meat was made of gold.

Huo Yuhao sold his first batch of roasted fish in Heaven Dou City, drawing a crowd with their irresistible aroma and flavor. After meeting Tang Ya, he asked her where he could find the city’s largest pharmacy.

• A vendor bought Huo Yuhao’s first roasted fish after its smell stirred memories of his first love, then ordered more despite the heat and the two-fish limit.
• Other customers tried to buy fish, and Tang Ya squeezed through the crowd and purchased two.
• Huo Yuhao sold all fifty fish in just over an hour, earning five Gold Soul Coins.
• While packing up, Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya he planned to sell fish around noon each day and asked her where Heaven Dou City’s largest pharmacy was.

Huo Yuhao asked Tang Ya to take him to a Medical Hall and help him find rare metals, hoping to use the Tang Sect’s connections for his Soul Guidance Device work. At the Medical Hall, he spotted the young man he suspected might be Tang San, then listed medicines he needed before the shopkeeper noted that another customer had recently ordered similar herbs.

• Tang Ya took Huo Yuhao from Snack Street toward the best Medical Hall in Heaven Dou City after he promised to treat her to roasted fish.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang Ya about rare-metal sellers and considered using the Tang Sect’s connections to acquire materials and sell Soul Guidance Devices.
• Outside the Medical Hall, Huo Yuhao recognized the young man from the Blacksmith Shop incident carrying medicinal herbs and chose not to tell Tang Ya about him.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Medical Hall and listed medicines for Huo Yun’er’s recovery and for strengthening the body.
• A middle-aged shopkeeper took over from an apprentice and remarked that another customer had ordered similar herbs earlier that day, then asked Huo Yuhao whether he had studied medicine.

Huo Yuhao bought medicinal herbs for Huo Yun'er and himself, then visited a rare-metals shop with Tang Ya. Tang Ya offered to use her Tang Sect connections to help him find cheaper materials, and the two agreed to share roasted fish in the future.

• Huo Yuhao bought dozens of packets of medicinal herbs, spending the money he had earned and more.
• Tang Ya questioned whether Huo Yuhao was really six, then led him to a rare-metals shop.
• Huo Yuhao considered the shop's expensive metals and how his skills and Arrogance Original Sin could help him craft Soul Guidance Devices.
• Tang Ya offered to ask her Tang Sect connections for cheaper rare metals, and Huo Yuhao accepted.
• Huo Yuhao promised Tang Ya free roasted fish when she visited his stall, and Tang Ya said she would come for two each day.

Huo Yuhao crafted a refined-iron glove that converted Soul Power into lightning, then spent the evening with Huo Yun'er and trained. The next day, he refused to sell his last two roasted fish to a customer and left Snack Street looking gloomy.

• Huo Yuhao bought ten kilograms of Iron Essence and an Iron Essence Engraving Knife, then said goodbye to Tang Ya after arranging to meet her the next day.
• Huo Yuhao carved and assembled a metal glove that produced lightning energy and could channel it into the White Tiger Dagger.
• Huo Yuhao estimated that the glove was a Tier 3 Soul Guidance Device, then joined Huo Yun'er for dinner and brewed medicine for them both.
• Huo Yuhao read a strange novel while shopping for Huo Yun'er, then returned to his room to meditate after dinner.
• Huo Yuhao refused to sell his final two roasted fish to a customer because they were reserved for his friends, then packed up and left Snack Street with a gloomy expression.

Huo Yuhao rescued Tang Ya from hiding after the Iron Blood Sect destroyed the Tang Sect and killed her parents. After she accepted his help and handed over the Tang Sect’s rare metals, he asked her to work with him to seek revenge.

• Huo Yuhao told Huang Yu that a friend might be in trouble, then hurried off to find her.
• The Iron Blood Sect’s Sect Master ordered his men to keep searching for Tang Ya after they failed to find her.
• Huo Yuhao confronted two Iron Blood Sect men in an alley and drew his White Tiger Dagger to question them.
• Huo Yuhao found Tang Ya hiding in an alley and gave her the roasted fish he had saved for her.
• Tang Ya gave Huo Yuhao the rare metals from the Tang Sect’s inheritance as payment for the fish.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang Ya if she wanted revenge, then invited her to work with him.

Huo Yuhao brought Tang Ya home after offering her a place to stay and support through the Tang Sect’s channels, and Huo Yun’er welcomed her into their family. A year later, as the Soul Master Competition drew visitors to Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao told Huang Yu that he planned to stop selling grilled fish.

• Huo Yuhao offered Tang Ya cooperation, a share of the Soul Guidance Device profits, and a place to live after learning she had nowhere else to go.
• Huo Yun’er mistook Tang Ya’s arrival for a sign that Huo Yuhao had gotten into trouble, then welcomed Tang Ya after hearing about her murdered parents.
• Huo Yun’er prepared dinner and a room for Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao gave her calming medicine that he had sweetened.
• A year later, Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya visited Huang Yu at Snack Street as Heaven Dou City prepared for the Soul Master Competition.
• Huo Yuhao told Huang Yu that he would stop selling grilled fish once he sold his remaining supply, surprising Huang Yu.

Huo Yuhao unlocked the Gluttony Origin, boosting his ability to gain Soul Power from food and absorb energy, while preparing to negotiate the sale of his Soul Guidance Devices. Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with Rank Eight Innate Soul Power and realized he also had the Clear Sky Hammer; Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya arrived for their meeting with the Skysoul Empire’s royal family.

• Huo Yuhao told Huang Yu he was quitting roasted fish sales, and Huang Yu warned him that a blacksmith shop had recently been wiped out.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, tested at least Rank Eight Innate Soul Power, and left believing he also possessed the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Huo Yuhao ate far more than usual and recognized that the Gluttony Origin let him absorb food energy and could help his Ice Martial Soul evolve by absorbing Ice Attribute Energy.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya left Snack Street to meet the Skysoul Empire’s royal family about his Soul Guidance Devices, and Huo Yuhao reassured Tang Ya that others would assume they had powerful backing.

Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao met with Princess Wei Lina to negotiate selling Tang Sect Soul Guidance Devices to the Skysoul Empire. Huo Yuhao’s bluff made Wei Lina suspect a powerful force stood behind them, and she agreed to discuss the details of cooperation.

• Huo Yuhao encouraged Tang Ya to act confidently before they entered the Skysoul Royal Hotel for their meeting.
• Wei Lina introduced herself and discussed Tang Sect’s sample Soul Guidance Device with Tang Ya, while Huo Yuhao recognized Mu Xue and the empire’s powerful Soul Guidance Device Master.
• Wei Lina asked where the devices came from, and Tang Ya claimed they were old purchases from Tang Sect’s research period.
• Wei Lina suspected Tang Ya was hiding the creator’s identity but concluded the devices came from a powerful backer and abandoned her intention to control Tang Ya.
• Wei Lina proposed discussing the specific terms of their cooperation.