Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao captured A Yin and received the Plane Seed after the green-dressed woman transformed herself into it and fell into slumber. Five days later, he traveled with the Shrek students to the Star Dou Great Forest, planning to enter its depths with Zhang Lexuan to find a Soul Ring.

• Huo Yuhao sealed A Yin's cultivation and put her unconscious body into the Undead Plane rather than killing her outright.
• The green-dressed woman gave Huo Yuhao the Plane Seed, explaining that she would slumber inside it and that the God Realm threatened her.
• Huo Yuhao ended the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, checked on Qiu'er and Gu Yue Na, and accepted Gu Yue Na's explanation that the Plane Will had trusted him.
• Five days later, Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong'er that he and Zhang Lexuan would head into the Star Dou Great Forest's deeper regions to find a Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao promised Wang Dong'er roasted fish before departing the next morning, and she told him to return quickly.

Around the campfire, Zhang Lexuan recalled the academy’s reaction to Huo Yuhao’s encounter with Snow Empress and privately resolved to protect him from her. After Xiao Xiao arranged for Wang Dong'er to share Huo Yuhao’s tent, Wang Dong'er agreed to join him there later that night.

• Wang Dong'er asked Zhang Lexuan what had happened at Shrek Academy when she submitted her Registration Form, but Zhang Lexuan said she could not disclose the matter.
• Zhang Lexuan privately concluded that Snow Empress had trapped Huo Yuhao during his trips to the Far North Land and resolved to intervene carefully.
• Zhang Lexuan recalled that Mu En had forbidden future Sea God Pavilion Masters from merging everything they had into the Golden Tree after death.
• Huo Yuhao served the roasted fish, and Xiao Xiao asked him to let Wang Dong'er sleep in his tent because she moved around too much in her sleep.
• Huo Yuhao agreed, and Wang Dong'er said she would wait in Xiao Xiao's tent until everyone else had gone to bed before joining him.

Gu Yue Na returned with Soul Beasts suited to Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan, but revealed she had called Huo Yuhao the Soul Beast Matriarch to win their cooperation. After a chaotic night in the tent, the group reached the Great Ominous Land, where Huo Yuhao spotted Zi Ji and an unusual multicolored deer.

• Gu Yue Na slipped into Huo Yuhao's tent and said she had found Zi Ji, a Ferocious Beast, as a potential Soul Spirit for Zhang Lexuan.
• Gu Yue Na explained that Soul Beasts were willing to help Huo Yuhao because she had told them he was the Soul Beast Matriarch.
• Wang Dong'er entered the tent while Gu Yue Na was hiding beneath the blanket, and Huo Yuhao struggled to keep the situation concealed.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived and caught Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na in an intimate embrace before the group set out.
• At the Great Ominous Land, Zhang Lexuan watched Ferocious Beasts bow to Gu Yue Na while Huo Yuhao recognized Zi Ji and noticed a multicolored deer among the Soul Beasts.

Huo Yuhao chose A'lu, a 210,000-year-old Seven-Colored Elk, as his soul spirit, while Zhang Lexuan successfully formed a contract with Zi Ji. A'lu revealed the powerful mental abilities gained through their bond, including the newly enhanced Mental Barrier.

• Gu Yue Na introduced Huo Yuhao and assured the gathered soul beasts that she would protect their clans if they became soul spirits; Huo Yuhao displayed his three extraordinary Soul Rings.
• The soul beasts introduced themselves, and Huo Yuhao selected A'lu for her exceptional Spiritual Power and 210,000 years of cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao and A'lu completed their Soul Spirit Ritual, with A'lu choosing to place her Soul Bone in his skull.
• Zhang Lexuan completed a difficult Soul Spirit Ritual with Zi Ji and collapsed from the strain, but recovered after Huo Yuhao helped her.
• A'lu explained that her Soul Ring granted Mental Amplification and Startling Dream, while her head Soul Bone provided Sea of Consciousness stability and Mental Barrier, which the Eye of Destiny had strengthened.

A'lu explained how she survived her two-hundred-thousand-year tribulation and chose to become Huo Yuhao's soul spirit, while Xiao Xiao returned to Shrek with a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone. One year later, Zhang Lexuan succeeded Mu En as Sea God Pavilion Master, and Huo Yuhao announced that he would leave for the Sun Moon Empire.

• A'lu said she fainted during the first wave of her heavenly tribulation, woke to find it over, and had transformed into a Nine-Colored Deer; she had followed a vague sense of fate to Huo Yuhao and accepted his soul spirit contract.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao returned to Shrek with the group, and Xiao Xiao thanked Huo Yuhao for training that helped her absorb a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone.
• Zhang Lexuan reported the group's safe return and her new strength after becoming a Titled Douluo with Zi Ji as her soul spirit.
• One year later, Zhang Lexuan defeated the Rank-Ninety-Seven Lin Huiqun, and Mu En—whose injuries Gu Yue Na had healed—announced that she would succeed him as Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Huo Yuhao watched Zhang Lexuan's succession ceremony with Wang Qiu'er and Gu Yue Na, then said he was setting out for the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yuhao explained that he intended to infiltrate the Sun Moon Empire’s Evil Soul Masters and give innocents among them a chance to change. After Gu Yue Na encouraged him to pursue his own future, he fought Ma Xiaotao in a spar to prove he could go alone, and left her confused by a dreamlike illusion.

• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yue Na and Qiu'er that he planned to go alone to Mingdu and infiltrate the Evil Soul Masters rather than simply kill them.
• Huo Yuhao described how he had reached Soul Power Level fifty-six and crafted Winter Elegy and a powerful wind coat with Gu Yue Na’s help.
• Huo Yuhao explained to Gu Yue Na that he wanted to save people like Nana and the young man from Auspicious Snow City by offering them a chance to live without doing evil.
• Gu Yue Na encouraged Huo Yuhao to act on his decision and declared that the era belonging to him had begun.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Huo Yuhao with Phoenix Fire Line and Phoenix Meteor Shower, but his Simulation and ice spikes helped him withstand her assault.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Shining Sun struck Huo Yuhao after a mental sting disrupted her, and she came to in his arms, asking why he was still wearing clothes.

Tang San realized that the Silver Dragon King had captured his mother, A Yin, but decided to keep the lower-realm Tang San as leverage and turn him into his own ally. A year after arriving at the Clear Sky Sect, the lower-realm Tang San prepared to resume the Sect Joining Assessment despite lingering soreness.

• Tang San found the Golden Tree Space empty and deduced that the Silver Dragon King had captured A Yin after she fought the Douluo Plane's Plane Will.
• Tang San decided not to exchange the lower-realm Tang San for A Yin, reasoning that he could use the captive as leverage and have Ji Dong and Lie Yan revive his mother if necessary.
• The lower-realm Tang San recalled how his Eight Spider Lances had gained fused venom, corrosive effects, and the Death God Envoy's Corpse Explosion ability.
• At daybreak, the lower-realm Tang San practiced the Purple Demon Eyes and prepared to continue the Sect Joining Assessment at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Ba brought breakfast and asked whether Tang San was well enough to take part in the assessment; Tang San said he should be fine.

Tang San endured Tai Tan’s weekly beatings to help Tang Ba return to the Clear Sky Sect, while growing resentful of Tai Tan’s treatment. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress leaving their hilltop view of a city in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Tang Ba shared breakfast with Tang San and told him he would always be proud of him, whether or not he returned to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San recalled that his own assessment required him to defeat Tai Tan, while Tang Ba’s return depended on Tang San eventually defeating Tai Tan without his Martial Soul.
• Tang San remembered enduring weekly beatings from Tai Tan for more than half a year, and resolved to settle accounts with Tai Tan and Er Ming someday.
• Tang Ba accompanied Tang San to the open ground, where Clear Sky Sect disciples watched and discussed Tang San’s filial persistence.
• Tai Tan punched Tang San before he could finish speaking, then charged after him, eager to continue the beating.
• Snow Empress asked Huo Yuhao whether they were leaving, and Huo Yuhao said they should go.

Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress spent a day exploring Mingdu before sharing an intimate night together, while Huo Yuhao later attacked a Holy Spirit Church branch and freed Nana's parents' souls. The chapter ended with Nana rushing to speak with her purified parents and Huo Yuhao asking her to help him afterward.

• Snow Empress persuaded Huo Yuhao to have a fortune-teller calculate the red string between them, and the pair later spent the night together at their hotel.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his feelings for other women and told Snow Empress that he did not want to become someone who avoided responsibility like Dai Hao.
• Three days later, Nana followed Huo Yuhao to a remote Holy Spirit Church branch and entered after he smashed the gate and attacked the altar.
• Huo Yuhao defeated the Branch Altar Elder, the Great Holy Spirit, and the Second Holy Spirit, then purified Nana's parents' souls.
• Huo Yuhao told Nana to speak with her parents and asked her to find him afterward because he needed her help.

Huo Yuhao freed the Holy Servants’ loved ones, then announced that he would take over the Holy Spirit Church branch altar and offered the servants a choice to stay or leave. Most chose to remain with Nana, while the Church’s Vice Leader ordered the Third Elder to investigate the branch altar during his next visit to Sun Moon Academy.

• Nana and the other Holy Servants thanked Huo Yuhao for purifying their loved ones’ souls, and he introduced himself as Spirit Ice.
• A Holy Servant told Huo Yuhao that the Branch Altar Elder had to report to the Main Altar every six months, prompting Huo Yuhao to explain that he would wait for the Church’s experts and seek to replace the dead elder.
• Nana pledged herself to Huo Yuhao and warned him that the Main Altar’s experts might attack him, but he said he was confident and the other Holy Servants chose to stay.
• Huo Yuhao told the Holy Servants to remain at the branch altar and allowed those with other jobs to request leave before the Main Altar sent someone.
• After the Branch Altar Elder missed his report, the Vice Leader ordered the Third Elder to inspect the branch altar near Sun Moon Royal Academy on his next visit.

Huo Yuhao lured the Holy Spirit Church's Third Elder into attacking him, then used his Soul Skills and a magic array to send the Titled Douluo to the Undead Plane. The Holy Servants remained behind in safety while Huo Yuhao vanished with his enemy.

• After sensing the Third Elder arrive, Huo Yuhao watched as the Titled Douluo's pressure overwhelmed Nana and the other Holy Servants.
• Huo Yuhao threw the Branch Altar Elder's ice-encased corpse to the Third Elder and revealed that he had killed the man.
• Huo Yuhao pulled the Holy Servants behind a golden barrier as the corpse exploded, obscuring the Third Elder's vision.
• Huo Yuhao formed a Six-pointed Star Magic Array and combined Soul Stripping, Soul Impact, and Startling Dream to put the Third Elder to sleep.
• Huo Yuhao stepped into the magic array with the charging Third Elder, and the two disappeared into the Undead Plane.

Huo Yuhao enrolled at Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Device Academy under the identity Spirit Ice, passed a placement assessment as a fifth-level Soul Guidance Device Master, and received a dormitory key. After meeting Xuan Ziwen's students Ju Zi and Ke Ke in the cafeteria, he went to Xuan Ziwen's laboratory and found Ju Zi at the door.

• Huo Yuhao submitted detailed registration information and was welcomed to Sun Moon Academy as Spirit Ice, using an identity supplied by the Third Elder.
• Huo Yuhao tested as a Soul Ancestor with physical fitness comparable to a Soul King and presented a fifth-level Trigger-type Soul Guidance Barrier, earning entry to Sixth Grade.
• Huo Yuhao told the assessment teacher that he already had a teacher in mind, received his dormitory key and certificate, and asked Nana to stop addressing him as her benefactor at the academy.
• Huo Yuhao and Nana ate lunch in the Sixth Grade Cafeteria, where he met Xuan Ziwen's students Ju Zi and Ke Ke; Ju Zi wondered whether she knew him.
• Huo Yuhao tidied his dormitory after lunch and went to Xuan Ziwen's laboratory, where Ju Zi opened the door and recognized him as the boy who had eaten so much.

Huo Yuhao joined Xuan Ziwen’s student team at Sun Moon Academy after impressing him with his soul-guidance knowledge, while his classmates argued over his talent and gossiped about the real Huo Yuhao. Back at the dormitory, he urged Nana to prioritize her cultivation, and she agreed to stay with him while continuing to help him.

• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as Spirit Ice and asked to join Xuan Ziwen’s team, and Xuan Ziwen accepted him without the usual assessment.
• Ke Ke praised Huo Yuhao’s talent, while Wang Shaojie and Zi Mu reacted with jealousy; Xuan Ziwen soon left to register him and get his Access Card.
• Ke Ke described Huo Yuhao as a womanizer, and Huo Yuhao awkwardly defended himself while Ju Zi said she was grateful to him for avenging her.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory and found Nana making his bed, then told her to stay there and focus on cultivation rather than chores.
• Nana embraced Huo Yuhao as she grieved for her parents, and he comforted her before refusing her playful requests to serve or call him Master.

Huo Yuhao joined Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and other students on an expedition to the Jingyang Mountain Range to obtain Soul Rings, where he reunited with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan. As the group camped for the night, Ju Zi cooked for everyone, and Huo Yuhao fed her a skewer of his own grilled meat, leaving her stunned.

• Huo Yuhao demonstrated core carving, and Xuan Ziwen asked him to escort Ju Zi and Ke Ke on their Soul Ring expedition; Nana, Wang Shaojie, and Zi Mu joined as well.
• Huo Yuhao and Nana met Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan at the academy gate, where Ji Juechen awkwardly asked Huo Yuhao to spar and Jing Ziyan gave him bizarre advice.
• The eight students flew to the Jingyang Mountain Range, while Zi Mu warned Wang Shaojie against letting his resentment toward Huo Yuhao worsen.
• At the mountain range's edge, Jing Ziyan suggested that the group camp for the night before entering the mountains the next day.
• Ju Zi prepared dinner and served Huo Yuhao first, then Huo Yuhao grilled meat for her and fed her a skewer, causing her to freeze.

Huo Yuhao shared barbecue with Ju Zi and the others before the Zhongli Three Brothers appeared and threatened the group, then withdrew without fighting. Later, Ju Zi admitted she had chosen to trust Huo Yuhao, and he told her he wanted to save her, leaving her with no answer as she returned to her tent.

• Huo Yuhao's barbecue moved Ju Zi to tears, and she and Huo Yuhao fed each other while Ke Ke and Zi Mu watched; Jing Ziyan urged Ji Juechen to grill for her, but his skewers burned.
• Ji Juechen sensed intruders, and Huo Yuhao moved Ju Zi and the others behind him as the Zhongli Three Brothers appeared and identified the group as students of Sun Moon Academy.
• Zhongli Tian decided the brothers would leave because Sun Moon Academy had ties to them, and Jing Ziyan arranged for the group to finish eating, extinguish the fire, and keep watch.
• Ji Juechen offered Jing Ziyan his charred skewers, then told Huo Yuhao he wanted to spar with him after they returned.
• Ju Zi joined Huo Yuhao during his watch, thanked him for reminding her of a taste from her past, and said she was willing to trust him.
• Huo Yuhao told Ju Zi he wanted to save her, and she returned to her tent without answering.

Huo Yuhao revealed his identity to Ju Zi and rushed alone to intercept the enraged Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast pursuing the Zhongli Brothers. Ju Zi and Nana flew after him while Jing Ziyan organized the others to seek reinforcements and relocate; the chapter ended as the Zhongli Brothers noticed snow falling in the suddenly freezing forest.

• Huo Yuhao warned Ju Zi that the Zhongli Brothers were leading a raging Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast toward them, then revealed that he was Huo Yuhao and charged into the forest.
• Ju Zi equipped her Soul Guidance Devices and, after asking Jing Ziyan not to stop her, flew after Huo Yuhao with Nana.
• Jing Ziyan gave Ju Zi and Nana two Milk Bottles, stopped Ji Juechen from following them, and sent Wang Shaojie to seek military reinforcements while the others relocated.
• Zhongli Tian and his brothers fled with an injured Soul Beast as the Abyssal Magic Panther pursued them toward the camp.
• The temperature plunged as the Zhongli Brothers neared the camp, and Zhongli Tian watched snow begin to fall.

Huo Yuhao used the Snow Empress’s power to defeat the Zhongli Brothers, while Zhongli Tian escaped and killed Wang Shaojie before dying in an explosion. Huo Yuhao then offered Nana the young Abyssal Magic Panther as a potential Soul Spirit.

• Huo Yuhao trapped Zhongli Tian, Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren in the Snow Dance Ultimate Ice Domain and attacked them with a snow lotus.
• Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren sacrificed themselves in an explosion to let Zhongli Tian escape, but the snow lotus petals grievously wounded him.
• Huo Yuhao froze the young Abyssal Magic Panther and offered its parent a choice that could let Nana form a contract with it as her Soul Spirit.
• Zhongli Tian caught Wang Shaojie and tortured him, then the Ultimate Cold Power in his wounds caused an explosion that killed them both.
• Ju Zi and Nana arrived, and Huo Yuhao told Nana the Abyssal Magic Panther could become her Soul Spirit.

Ju Zi, Huo Yuhao, and the other students told Xuan Ziwen about their encounter with Evil Soul Masters and Wang Shaojie’s disappearance, prompting him to seek an early Bright Virtue Hall assessment for them. After Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin learned of Spirit Ice’s extraordinary talents, both set out to meet him and compete to recruit him.

• Huo Yuhao demonstrated how he used his aura-simulating soul skill to frighten the Evil Soul Masters into the path of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast, while Ju Zi described Wang Shaojie’s disappearance.
• Xuan Ziwen told the students to keep to their account and sought an early Bright Virtue Hall assessment to protect them from possible royal-family scrutiny.
• Xuan Ziwen submitted the students’ files to Lin Jiayi, and Jing Hongchen promised to support them after hearing about their encounter with the Evil Soul Masters.
• Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin read Spirit Ice’s file and were stunned by his Soul Ring configuration and Soul Guidance Device Master rank.
• Ye Yulin asked to meet Spirit Ice, and Jing Hongchen joined him as they returned with Xuan Ziwen to the laboratory.
• Outside the laboratory, Jing Hongchen and the others overheard Ke Ke joking about demanding to see the Hall Master if the royal family arrested her; Ke Ke’s smile froze when the door opened.

Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin competed to recruit Huo Yuhao into Bright Virtue Hall, offering him Ninth Level Soul Guidance Devices and extensive support. Huo Yuhao accepted Jing Hongchen’s offer, and the two soul guidance masters left together to discuss taking action against the Holy Spirit Church.

• Ke Ke panicked when Jing Hongchen reprimanded her, then promised she had faith in Mingde Hall.
• Jing Hongchen welcomed Huo Yuhao and offered him instruction from Mingde Hall’s four Ninth Level Soul Guidance Device Masters, resources, and places for his companions to study.
• Ye Yulin offered Huo Yuhao his Sun Moon Divine Needle and the resources of a personal disciple, prompting Jing Hongchen to counter with the Source of Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen promised to improve Huo Yuhao’s companions’ treatment, and Huo Yuhao agreed to join Bright Virtue Hall.
• Ye Yulin gave Huo Yuhao the Sun Moon Divine Needle as a meeting gift, while Jing Hongchen also let him keep the Source of Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen said he would visit the emperor about the Holy Spirit Church, and Ye Yulin agreed to go with him.

Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin reported the Holy Spirit Church’s attack on Sun Moon Academy students to the Old Emperor, while Xu Tianran used the incident to approach the students and ordered an investigation into Xuan Ziwen’s pupils. Three days later, Huo Yuhao and the others entered Bright Virtue Hall, where Meng Hongchen revealed her plan to use a new Soul Guidance Device called Sihao on Huo Yuhao.

• Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin told the Old Emperor and Xu Tianran that the Holy Spirit Church had attacked students, and Xu Tianran offered royal compensation for them.
• Xu Tianran learned that Xuan Ziwen’s missing student was Huo Yuhao and ordered an investigation focused on Ju Zi and Spirit Ice.
• Lin Jiayi brought Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and the others into Bright Virtue Hall after their backgrounds were checked, and explained their work assignments.
• Lin Jiayi told Huo Yuhao that he would receive individual instruction from Jing Hongchen twice a week in addition to team assignments.
• Meng Hongchen showed Xiao Hongchen her dual-sword design, named Sihao, and described her plan to paralyze Huo Yuhao at the next Soul Master Competition.