Chapter Summaries

After Huo Yuhao defeated Earth Dragon Gate, Nan Qiuqiu told her mother, Nan Shuishui, about their bet and brought her to meet him. Huo Yuhao asked Nan Shuishui for the treasure beneath Earth Dragon Gate’s Millennium Cold Spring, and she agreed to discuss it after learning about Spirit Pagoda’s work with Soul Spirits.

• Nan Qiuqiu admitted that Huo Yuhao had defeated Earth Dragon Gate and explained that she had promised to introduce him to Nan Shuishui after losing their bet.
• Nan Shuishui agreed to meet Huo Yuhao, while Nan Qiuqiu speculated that he was interested in her mother and Nan Shuishui dismissed the idea.
• Huo Yuhao served Nan Shuishui tea infused with a cold petal, which sharpened her mind and impressed her.
• Nan Shuishui confirmed that Earth Dragon Gate possessed a Millennium Cold Spring, and Huo Yuhao clarified that he wanted the thing beneath it rather than its water.
• Nan Shuishui asked what Spirit Pagoda primarily did, and Huo Yuhao answered that it dealt with Soul Spirits.

Nan Shuishui told Nan Qiuqiu to join Spirit Pagoda so she could assess its technology and report whether Earth Dragon Gate should relocate there. Meanwhile, Jiang Nannan visited Huo Yuhao, and Xuan Zi arrived at Body Sect to seek support against Holy Spirit Church, where Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi agreed that their forces were still insufficient.

• Nan Shuishui told Nan Qiuqiu she had arranged for her to join Spirit Pagoda so she could assess its technology and help decide whether Earth Dragon Gate should relocate there.
• Jiang Nannan visited Huo Yuhao after Tang Ya encouraged her to knock, and Huo Yuhao invited her in for tea.
• Du Busi mocked Xuan Zi for arriving after Shrek had hesitated to join the fight against Holy Spirit Church.
• Xuan Zi explained that his visit was a personal action and said Shrek’s leaders had been misled, while keeping his suspicions about Huo Yuhao to himself.
• Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi agreed that the assembled forces were not enough to defeat Holy Spirit Church.

Xuan Zi warned Du Busi that the Holy Spirit Church’s strength included Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress, making their planned attack on Original Sin City far riskier than expected. Wei Na rallied the alliance to prepare for a final-days assault, while Huo Yuhao reassured Jiang Nannan about her cultivation and she asked if she could sleep at his place.

• Xuan Zi rejected Du Busi’s battle plan and warned that Ye Xishui, Snow Empress, the Holy Spirit Church Master, and possibly Huo Yuhao could make the alliance’s attack disastrous.
• Du Busi accused Long Xiaoyao of concealing the Holy Spirit Church’s strength, but Long Xiaoyao insisted he had already shared what he knew and had called for Shrek to mobilize fully.
• Wei Na urged the alliance to secretly gather more forces and attack during the tournament’s final days, and Du Busi and the others agreed.
• A green-haired man on a nearby rooftop wondered whether Shrek’s actions were because of Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Jiang Nannan that he could help her improve her cultivation after she reached Soul Emperor, and Jiang Nannan asked if she could sleep at his place that night.

Jiang Nannan grew closer to Huo Yuhao and spent the night with him, while he reflected on the life he had chosen. At the tournament, Holy Spirit Church was drawn against the Body Sect in the third elimination round, forcing Huo Yuhao to reconsider his plan to forfeit.

• Jiang Nannan asked Huo Yuhao about his years in Sun Moon, encouraged him to keep choosing a life that made him happy, and told him she wanted to share his burdens.
• Jiang Nannan asked Huo Yuhao to help remove her clothes, and the two became intimate.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Holy Spirit Church could forfeit the third round and still advance, so he planned to avoid a risky match.
• Nan Qiuqiu questioned Huo Yuhao about her mother's support for him and declared that she would never accept him as her little dad.
• The tournament draw paired Holy Spirit Church with the Body Sect, whose competitors mocked the absent Huo Yuhao and provoked the Holy Spirit Church members into reconsidering their surrender.

Huo Yuhao left the Rest Area after the Holy Spirit Church ignored their plan to surrender, and the Body Sect’s Long Aotian fought Lu Genggeng in the first individual match. The Holy Spirit Church Captain appeared just as Long Aotian prepared a potentially fatal blow, conceded the round, and Ju Zi ordered the two teams placed in the same Group Stage group.

• Long Aotian demanded that the absent Holy Spirit Church Captain appear, while Lu Genggeng led six teammates into the Ready Zone to fight.
• Huo Yuhao left for the hotel and instructed Qiu’er to arrange Spirit Pagoda matches, while Wei Na decided the Body Sect could exploit the captain’s absence.
• Long Aotian entered first and revealed his seven Soul Rings as a Soul Saint; Bei Bei told Xu San Shi that Long Aotian had advanced far in combining Spiritual Power and Soul Power.
• Lu Genggeng’s poison mist failed to stop Long Aotian, who wounded him with blade-like arms and knocked him down with a hammer strike.
• Long Aotian raised a battle axe to attack the struggling Lu Genggeng, but the Holy Spirit Church Captain warned him that killing Lu would mean his own death and conceded the round.
• Ju Zi instructed a minister to place the Holy Spirit Church and the Body Sect in the same Group Stage group.

After Huo Yuhao stopped Long Aotian from killing Lu Genggeng, he warned the tournament teams against targeting the Holy Spirit Church and faced down Wei Na. Later, Tang Ya entered the Spirit Pagoda’s match against the Proud Sword Sect, and Tang San recognized his late mother A Yin’s aura in her.

• Huo Yuhao conceded the match to secure Lu Genggeng’s safety, and the referee awarded the Body Sect twelve points after Long Aotian stopped attacking.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Long Aotian’s retreat and warned Wei Na and the other teams that he would kill anyone who exploited the rules to murder a Holy Spirit Church contestant.
• Huo Yuhao ordered his team to fight the Body Sect without restraint if they met again, then declared that anyone who tried to kill his people would have to kill him first.
• Near lunchtime, Qiu’er sent Tang Ya to begin the Spirit Pagoda’s match against the Proud Sword Sect and told her to conceal her ability to restore Soul Power.
• Tang Ya revealed seven Soul Rings, including two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Tang San recognized A Yin’s aura in her.

Tang San deduced that A Yin had secretly awakened Tang Ya’s royal Blue Silver Grass bloodline and planned to strengthen himself after the tournament. Huo Yuhao arrived at the competition to visit Ju Zi, who used his Simulation Soul Skill as cover to tease him.

• Tang San recognized Tang Ya’s dark Blue Silver Emperor traits and concluded that A Yin had awakened her bloodline.
• Tang San reasoned that Huo Yuhao’s attack on the Clear Sky Sect had been retaliation after discovering A Yin’s secret intervention.
• Tang San planned to leave the Clear Sky Sect after the tournament and obtain his eighth Soul Ring to prepare for a confrontation with his Divine Realm self.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the competition platform and joined Ju Zi, who teased him for neglecting his duties.
• Ju Zi asked whether Huo Yuhao’s Simulation Soul Skill could conceal their actions, then reached inside his robes and teased him.

After the Elimination Round, Huo Yuhao discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit business and its rules and fees with Xu Jiujiu. The tournament moved toward the Group Stage as the Spirit Pagoda’s strength and Soul Spirit system drew widespread attention.

• The third Elimination Round concluded, leaving thirty-two teams to rest for three days before the Group Stage.
• Tang Ya and Nana demonstrated Soul Spirits, while the Spirit Pagoda’s formidable lineup made spectators question whether other teams could compete for the championship.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the hotel and met Xu Jiujiu, who confronted him about using another identity and asked how he planned to operate the Soul Spirit business.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Soul Beasts had to consent, Soul Masters would have to follow rules against harming Soul Beasts, and the Spirit Pagoda would offer two ways to obtain a Soul Spirit.
• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiujiu that Soul Masters seeking their first Soul Ring would pay nothing, while Spirit Pagoda assistance in finding a Soul Beast would cost three times the ritual fee, with possible extra charges for higher-level Soul Masters.

Xu Jiujiu learned about Spirit Pagoda’s soul spirit business and negotiated with Huo Yuhao for a compatible Hundred Thousand Year soul spirit in exchange for the Star Luo Empire supporting Spirit Pagoda and Holy Spirit Church. After agreeing to take the proposal to her brother, she kissed Huo Yuhao, and Gu Yue Na later comforted him with a kiss of her own.

• Xu Jiujiu suspected that soul beasts from Star Dou Great Forest backed Huo Yuhao and asked whether Spirit Pagoda could arrange a Hundred Thousand Year soul spirit.
• Huo Yuhao explained the high cost and strict compatibility requirements, then offered Xu Jiujiu a chance to obtain one if she agreed to political conditions.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed to relay Huo Yuhao’s proposal to her brother, which called for the Star Luo Empire to recognize Holy Spirit Church and help enforce Spirit Pagoda’s rules.
• Xu Jiujiu kissed Huo Yuhao and called it a deposit and labor fee before leaving the corridor.
• Gu Yue Na revealed that she had overheard them, drew Huo Yuhao into her arms, and kissed him.

Wang Dong'er overcame her shyness and spent the night with Huo Yuhao, then joked about the experience with Xiao Xiao the next day. Xu Jiujiu later brought Star Luo’s terms for an agreement with the Spirit Pagoda, accepted Huo Yuhao’s counteroffer, and requested to join the organization.

• Wang Dong'er left the bath and joined Huo Yuhao in bed, where the two became intimate after she agreed to try it.
• The next day, Huo Yuhao carried Wang Dong'er back to her room, and she and Xiao Xiao teased each other about the previous night.
• Xu Jiujiu told Huo Yuhao that the Holy Spirit Church and Body Sect had been drawn into the same group, along with Star Luo Royal Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xu Jiujiu conveyed Star Luo’s conditions for an agreement, and Huo Yuhao settled on a fifteen percent discount while refusing to prioritize Star Luo candidates for exceptional Soul Spirits.
• Xu Jiujiu asked to join the Spirit Pagoda, and Huo Yuhao welcomed her.

Spirit Pagoda's team gathered to watch the opening match between the Holy Spirit Church and the Body Sect, while Long Xiaoyao privately pursued his plan to destroy the Holy Spirit Church and win back Ye Xishui. After Du Busi and Ye Xishui traded threats, Huo Yuhao sent the seniors back to their seats and went alone to the ring as the match was about to begin.

• Ma Xiaotao explained that the Holy Spirit Church versus Body Sect match had drawn a huge crowd and reviewed the teams assigned to the tournament's four groups.
• Long Xiaoyao believed the Body Sect could not defeat Huo Yuhao and planned to use the conflict to eliminate the Holy Spirit Church and save Ye Xishui.
• The Holy Spirit Church arrived, and spectators and Spirit Pagoda's team noticed the veiled Golden-haired Woman walking beside Huo Yuhao.
• Ye Xishui teased Huo Yuhao about the match, while he insisted she and the other senior powerhouses should not interfere in the juniors' contest.
• Du Busi challenged Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao tried to persuade her that Xu Tianran had deceived her.
• When the referee called the contestants to the Ready Zone, Huo Yuhao stood and walked alone toward the ring.

Huo Yuhao entered the match alone as the Holy Spirit Church’s sole contestant and revealed that he was an eight-ring Soul Douluo, shocking the Body Sect and the spectators. After he incapacitated Chen Lu with a curse that could only be broken by killing its caster, he forced Wei Na to choose between sending another fighter or watching Chen Lu die.

• Huo Yuhao announced that he would fight the Body Sect alone, while Wei Na stopped Long Aotian from accepting his challenge and sent Chen Lu out first to probe his abilities.
• Huo Yuhao told Chen Lu he was betting on whether Long Aotian would risk his own life for his teammates, then revealed eight strange Soul Rings and was recognized as Huo Yuhao by Xuan Zi and Niu Tian.
• Chen Lu attacked under the influence of Huo Yuhao’s Wrath Soul Ring, then used his Three-Legged Dragon Toad Soul Skill and second awakening to strengthen himself.
• Huo Yuhao struck Chen Lu with Withering Spell, causing him to collapse in agony, and Wei Na immediately declared his surrender.
• Huo Yuhao told Wei Na that Chen Lu would die within ten minutes unless his curse was broken by killing him, and demanded that she send the Body Sect’s next contestant.

Huo Yuhao's Withering Spell left Chen Lu dying, and Wei Na and the Body Sect team chose to continue the match rather than abandon him. Huo Yuhao offered to face all six remaining contestants at once, while Ye Xishui recognized that he intended to kill Long Aotian as well.

• Huo Yuhao warned the Body Sect that Chen Lu's Withering Spell damage was irreversible and taunted Long Aotian over whether he would risk his teammates to continue the match.
• Du Busi threatened the Holy Spirit Church, but Long Xiaoyao persuaded him to stand down, and Ye Xishui warned the crowd not to interfere with Huo Yuhao's match.
• Wei Na failed to heal Chen Lu and explained that the Withering Spell consumed his life force and melted his tissues, while Chen Lu begged Long Aotian to save him.
• Long Aotian and the Body Sect team resolved not to abandon Chen Lu, and Wei Na explained that the other members would fight before Long Aotian to protect him.
• Huo Yuhao offered to fight all six remaining Body Sect contestants together, and Ye Xishui explained to Ye Guyi that he meant to kill Long Aotian.

Huo Yuhao faced the Body Sect’s six fighters alone, summoned an undead army, and overwhelmed Long Aotian while pursuing Gu Tong. After the Wrath Sin made Gu Tong attack again instead of surrendering, Huo Yuhao snapped his neck, leaving the referee and arena stunned.

• The Body Sect’s Long Aotian, Wei Na, Wang Yanfeng, Gu Tong, Jiang Yixi, and Chen Yu entered the arena to fight Huo Yuhao as a team.
• Gu Tong launched a surprise attack, but his energy spheres vanished harmlessly against Huo Yuhao’s Wind Coat.
• Huo Yuhao summoned a skeletal knight and other undead creatures, then ordered them to attack the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao charged at Gu Tong, blocked Long Aotian’s strongest strike with one hand, and pinned Long Aotian’s sword beneath his foot.
• When Gu Tong tried to surrender, Huo Yuhao used the Wrath Sin to make him attack again and snapped his neck.

Huo Yuhao continued his execution of the Body Sect team, surviving Long Aotian’s devastating attack and turning the team’s attempt to endure it into a massacre. As he unveiled a vast domain that absorbed negative emotions and restored his power, he brought Wei Na before him and prepared to deal with her and Long Aotian.

• Huo Yuhao dropped Gu Tong’s corpse and taunted Long Aotian for provoking the Holy Spirit Church, prompting Long Aotian to attack with Mad God Slash and Heaven and Earth Change.
• Long Aotian’s meteor-like strike devastated the arena, but Huo Yuhao emerged unharmed and seized him by the throat.
• Wang Yanfeng died after the surviving undead skewered him, and the remaining Body Sect contestants were left vulnerable after spending their Soul Power on Invincible Shields.
• The Death God Envoy and undead creatures began massacring the Body Sect team as Chen Yu and Jiang Yixi charged at them under the influence of Wrath Sin.
• Huo Yuhao’s Half-finished Martial Soul expanded into a golden domain that absorbed negative emotions, strengthened him, and rapidly restored his Soul Power and Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao drew Wei Na to him with Soul Power and told her and Long Aotian that their turns had come.

Huo Yuhao rejected Du Busi’s offer to end the conflict and demanded that the Body Sect relocate to the Sun Moon Empire and submit to the Holy Spirit Church. When Du Busi refused, Wei Na offered herself to save Long Aotian, and Huo Yuhao bound her to him with a Master-Servant Contract before asking the referee to announce the match result.

• Huo Yuhao refused to release Wei Na and Long Aotian unless the Body Sect relocated to the Sun Moon Empire and submitted to the Holy Spirit Church.
• Du Busi rejected Huo Yuhao’s terms, so Huo Yuhao declared that he was making the Body Sect pay for its actions.
• Wei Na offered to exchange everything she had, including her body, for Long Aotian’s life.
• Huo Yuhao released Wei Na, knocked Long Aotian unconscious, and presented her with a Master-Servant Contract.
• Wei Na signed the contract and bowed respectfully to Huo Yuhao, who asked the referee to announce the match result.

After Huo Yuhao spared the Body Sect and left Wei Na in the Holy Spirit Church’s care, Ye Xishui explained his Principle of Divinity to Ye Guyi. Huo Yuhao admitted he had once planned to destroy the Body Sect because he saw no way to change it without more lives being lost, while Ye Xishui prepared to handle the coming conflict with the Douluo Three Kingdoms herself.

• Huo Yuhao left the competition grounds after telling Ye Guyi that memories had resurfaced and asking her to take Wei Na back to the hotel.
• Wei Na rejected Du Busi’s attempt to reclaim her, saying she had repaid the Body Sect by saving Long Aotian, and followed Huo Yuhao instead.
• Ye Xishui told Ye Guyi that Huo Yuhao treated all living things equally and sought coexistence, though his compassion could still leave him conflicted.
• Long Aotian awoke, learned Wei Na had gone with the Holy Spirit Church, and vowed to save her while continuing the competition as part of Du Busi’s plan.
• Niu Tian, Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, contacted Du Busi and invited him to discuss help against the Holy Spirit Church.
• On the hotel rooftop, Huo Yuhao told Ye Xishui he had intended to wipe out the Body Sect because he could not change its ways without risking more deaths; Ye Xishui said she would confront the Douluo Three Kingdoms’ planned attack on Original Sin City.

Huo Yuhao and Electrolux explained an improved Soul Spirit Contract that could let Soul Beasts keep cultivating and potentially reach Divine Official level with enough Power of Faith. Snow Empress learned she could preserve her physical body through a special fusion with Huo Yuhao, and agreed to proceed.

• Huo Yuhao visited Gu Yue Na and announced that he and Electrolux had made progress improving the Soul Spirit Contract.
• Electrolux explained that studying Tai Tan's body had inspired a contract that could let Soul Spirits cultivate and, with sufficient matching high-level energy, become Divine Officials.
• Electrolux said Power of Faith could provide enough energy for uncontracted Soul Beasts, while Skydream Iceworm volunteered to serve as a test subject for research into improving existing Soul Spirits.
• Electrolux proposed that Snow Empress be the first to try the improved contract and explained that Huo Yuhao could condense two Soul Rings after fusing with her.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that fusing Snow Empress's Soul Bone with the improved contract could let her become his Soul Spirit while retaining her body and separating from him when needed.
• Snow Empress considered the plan, looked toward Qiu'er and Gu Yue Na, and told Huo Yuhao that she was willing.

Huo Yuhao, the Snow Empress, Gu Yue Na, and Old Yi prepared an unprecedented Soul Spirit Ritual, with the Snow Empress planning to condense a second Soul Core before fusing with Huo Yuhao. After seven days away, Huo Yuhao returned to the Spirit Pagoda Rest Area, where his companions noticed he seemed subtly different.

• Old Yi reviewed the ritual's sequence, instructing the Snow Empress to rebuild her body, raise her life level, and reach her peak before removing her soul bones for Huo Yuhao to absorb.
• The Snow Empress asked Gu Yue Na to help her condense a second Soul Core before her fusion with Huo Yuhao, and Gu Yue Na agreed.
• Huo Yuhao chose the Snow Empress's soul bone for his left arm, and learned that her soul bone would also occupy his left palm and left shoulder blade.
• Old Yi began the Soul Spirit Ritual, with Huo Yuhao releasing the Plane Seed and its Power of Faith to help the Snow Empress reconstruct her body.
• At the Spirit Pagoda Rest Area, Nan Qiuqiu worried about Huo Yuhao's disappearance and told Xiao Xiao she had joined the Spirit Pagoda to protect her mother.
• Huo Yuhao appeared after seven days away, knocked Nan Qiuqiu and Xiao Xiao on the head, and left his companions wondering why he seemed different.

Huo Yuhao returned after completing Snow Empress's Soul Spirit Contract and condensing two extraordinarily powerful Seventh Soul Rings. He joined his teammates at the competition and, after Ma Xiaotao worried over the pain he had endured, she demanded that he turn on his Simulation Soul Skill as punishment.

• Huo Yuhao explained that acquiring his Soul Rings had changed his Martial Souls, describing how Snow Empress's contract transformed his Ice Emperor Martial Soul and how he endured the dangerous process of condensing his Seventh Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye Seventh Soul Ring reached about 1.2 million years, while his Ice Emperor Seventh Soul Ring reached 1.35 million years with help from Gu Yue Na's Gold of Life.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the team, greeted Xu Jiujiu, and asked Ma Xiaotao which team Spirit Pagoda would face that day.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Huo Yuhao about returning in time to face Star Luo Royal Academy and questioned where Gu Yue Na and Qiu'er were.
• Ma Xiaotao took Huo Yuhao's hand and asked whether obtaining the Soul Rings had hurt; when he said he was used to it, she told him to warn her next time and declared he had to accept punishment.
• Ma Xiaotao blushed and ordered Huo Yuhao to turn on his Simulation Soul Skill.