Chapter Summaries

Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao moved to intercept Long Xiaoyao while Wei Na and Ling Luochen blocked the Royal Guards. After Huo Yuhao slaughtered the leaders in the palace and tortured Tianyang Douluo, he killed him and took Du Busi to the Body Sect, where he unleashed another Ice Burst.

• Ma Xiaotao and Ye Guyi pursued the injured Long Xiaoyao as he escaped into the sky.
• Wei Na confronted Captain Huai Yao and urged him to join her, but he charged Ling Luochen's Ice Element constructs after ordering the Royal Guards to serve Wei Na if he died.
• Huo Yuhao killed the palace alliance members, then stopped Tianyang Douluo's attempt to self-destruct and tortured him for targeting Huo Yun'er.
• Du Busi admitted that he had sent people after Huo Yuhao's mother, and Huo Yuhao killed Tianyang Douluo before taking Du Busi to the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao dropped a Snow Lotus into the Body Sect's courtyard and triggered the Ice Burst Technique despite Du Busi's pleas.

Wei Na accepted command of the Royal Guards after Captain Huai died to preserve their loyalty, while Huo Yuhao arranged for her to inherit the Tian Hun throne. Elsewhere, the injured Xuan Zi found Tang San and learned that Sect Master Niu Tian had abandoned him.

• Wei Na ordered the Royal Guards to guard the main hall and arrange Captain Huai's burial, and Ling Luochen explained why Huai had chosen death to protect the Royal Guards' loyalty.
• Huo Yuhao told Wei Na he would disguise himself as the dying Tian Hun Emperor and announce her succession, while she stabilized Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Yuhao gathered his companions, handed the captive Long Xiaoyao to Mu En, and prepared a cover story for the deaths in the hall while noting which royals might resist Wei Na.
• In a forest, the injured Xuan Zi recalled leaving Mingdu after hearing people insult Tang San's ancestor, then sensed someone nearby and rushed to him.
• Xuan Zi found the badly wounded Tang San, gave him a healing pill, and learned that Sect Master Niu Tian had thrown him there.

After Niu Tian abandoned him, Tang San considered how to recover his strength and obtain a Ninth Soul Ring without the stolen Trident. Xuan Zi offered him a place at Shrek Academy, but Tang San ambushed and killed him to devour his life force, leaving Xuan Zi certain that the Evil Soul Master rumors were true.

• Tang San struggled with his injuries and the loss of the Trident, then resolved to find a way to grow strong enough to survive Huo Yuhao and Divine Realm Tang San.
• Xuan Zi explained that his wounds came from the alliance's campaign against Original Sin City and invited Tang San to return to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San refused Xuan Zi's appeal and said he had a simpler way to surpass Niu Tian.
• Tang San stabbed Xuan Zi with his Eight Spider Lances and shot him through the heart with a hidden weapon.
• Tang San devoured Xuan Zi's remaining life force to heal himself as Xuan Zi recognized him as an Evil Soul Master.

Tang San confronted Xuan Zi over Shrek Academy’s failures and revealed that he was the ancestor Tang San before killing him and consuming his power. As he began stripping Xuan Zi’s soul bones, Yan Shaozhe arrived and found him beside the corpse.

• Tang San blamed Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe for abandoning and neglecting him, then revealed that he was the ancestor Tang San.
• Tang San condemned Xuan Zi for failing to protect his students and killed him with an Eight Spider Lance.
• Tang San devoured Xuan Zi’s power, then used poison to decompose his body and remove his soul bones.
• Tang San found a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and prepared to continue stripping the body when Yan Shaozhe arrived.
• Yan Shaozhe saw Xuan Zi’s mutilated corpse and the soul bone in Tang San’s hand, then demanded to know what he was doing.

Tang San killed Xuan Zi and defended the murder as justice, but Yan Shaozhe confronted him and attacked. Tang San used Xuan Zi’s poisoned corpse to trigger a devastating explosion, then escaped without checking whether Yan Shaozhe had survived.

• Yan Shaozhe caught Tang San beside Xuan Zi’s corpse, saw through his lie, and condemned him for killing his teacher.
• Tang San claimed Xuan Zi deserved death for failing to protect Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan, so Yan Shaozhe vowed to kill him.
• Yan Shaozhe’s flames overwhelmed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and melted the Peacock Plume, forcing Tang San to fight back and then flee.
• Tang San threw Xuan Zi’s corpse toward Yan Shaozhe and struck at it with his Clear Sky Hammer, drawing Yan Shaozhe close to protect the remains.
• Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to detonate the poison in Xuan Zi’s corpse, then shielded himself with Xiao Bai’s body and rode the blast away.
• Tang San left without checking Yan Shaozhe’s condition, fearing the explosion would attract other Shrek members.

Huo Yuhao brought his companions to meet his mother, Huo Yun'er, in Heaven Dou City, dreading her reaction to the many women who had come with him. Huo Yun'er welcomed them warmly, and Yuhao finally joined his family and friends at the table, feeling at peace.

• Gu Yue Na revealed that Huo Yun'er and Jiang Nannan's mother were waiting at a restaurant, prompting the women in the palace to insist on joining them.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to bring everyone, and Huo Yun'er and Jiang Nannan's mother waited eagerly for him while ordering food.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan arrived at the restaurant with a large group of Yuhao's companions, leaving Huo Yun'er shocked by how many women had come.
• Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, Zhu Lu, and the others introduced themselves and gave gifts, while Huo Yun'er welcomed them and asked about Yuhao's years away.
• Huo Yuhao entered with Gu Yue Na, Qiu'er, and the Snow Empress, and Huo Yun'er invited them to sit beside the others.
• Huo Yun'er saved Yuhao a seat beside her, and he joined the gathering with a relieved, happy smile.

At dinner, Huo Yuhao panicked when Gu Yue Na’s shared glass of juice drew jealous stares, while Huo Yun'er tried to learn how her son had met the women around him. The conversation exposed awkward hints about Huo Yuhao’s past with some of them and ended with Nan Qiuqiu teasing him after Huo Yun'er offered to protect her.

• Gu Yue Na handed Huo Yuhao a glass of juice she had also sipped, and the silent guests stared at them jealously.
• Huo Yun'er decided she was pleased to have so many potential daughters-in-law and asked Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Ye Guyi how they had met Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Ye Guyi grew embarrassed and struggled to explain their past encounters with Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Xiao explained that she and Wang Dong'er met Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu during the New Student Assessment, then teased Wang Dong'er about losing to Huo Yuhao's tickling.
• Nan Qiuqiu told Huo Yun'er that she had lost to Huo Yuhao in the Soul Master Competition in Mingdu and had been sent to learn from him.
• Huo Yun'er offered to teach Huo Yuhao a lesson if he bullied Nan Qiuqiu, who accepted with a smug look as Huo Yuhao silently plotted to spank her.

Huo Yun'er forgave Zhu Lu and encouraged her to pursue her feelings for Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao considered how to take control of the Battle Soul Empire. Ye Xishui warned him that Gu Yue Na had pulled him back from a dangerous change in his personality, and the chapter ended with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na alone together in her room.

• Huo Yun'er forgave Zhu Lu as a member of the Zhu Family and urged her to trust Huo Yuhao and stop settling for being only his friend.
• Huo Yuhao sent some of his guests to the palace, then asked Wei Na how she might help him control the Battle Soul Empire after its emperor was killed.
• Wei Na advised Huo Yuhao to support someone from the Dou Ling Royal Family, and Huo Yuhao decided to seek help from an insider.
• Ye Xishui told Huo Yuhao that Gu Yue Na had pulled him back from the brink of becoming someone dangerously different, and she criticized his cruel methods of killing.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the villa, found Gu Yue Na awake, and kissed her before she invited him to continue their private encounter.

Huo Yuhao began refining Divine Realm Tang San’s depleted Golden Trident into Wang Dong’er’s Martial Soul after separating and fusing its Ocean Heart with the Sea Princess. In the God Realm, Tang Hao, Posey, and Tang Chen joined Oscar and the others’ planned descent to the lower realm to confront the culprit who threatened A Yin.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Divine Realm Tang San’s Golden Trident had lost its self-awareness and that he had removed its Ocean Heart, which enhanced the Sea Princess and his abilities.
• Wang Dong’er could hold the Golden Trident but could not lift it, while Qiu’er felt scorching heat when she touched it, confirming that it did not reject Wang Dong’er.
• Gu Yue Na thrust the Golden Trident into the seated Wang Dong’er and began refining it into her Martial Soul with multicolored flames.
• Tang Hao apologized to Oscar for Tang San’s actions and asked to accompany Oscar and the others to the lower realm.
• Tang Hao explained that A Yin was safe for now, but he wanted to help defeat the culprit while Tang San was about to be imprisoned.
• Oscar accepted Tang Hao, Posey, and Tang Chen’s help, bringing the number of deities preparing to descend to seven.

Xiao Wu secured the Goddess of Life’s permission to descend to the lower realm and bring Xiao Qi back while Tang San faced imprisonment. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao prepared to reforge Tang San’s Golden Trident with the help of Qiu’er, Gu Yue Na, and Ning Rongrong, leaving Tang San to feel a sudden pain as the process began.

• Xiao Wu asked the Goddess of Life to let her descend and bring Xiao Qi back, and the Goddess of Life agreed on the condition that she returned quickly.
• After Wang Dong’er endured the Trident’s painful fusion, Huo Yuhao froze the other Golden Trident and considered reforging it as a divine artifact for his Judgment Envoy Martial Soul.
• Gu Yue Na proposed that she and Qiu’er use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, with Ning Rongrong’s enhancement, to reforge the Super Divine Artifact.
• Huo Yuhao fused with Qiu’er and Gu Yue Na, while Ning Rongrong empowered him with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao threw the Golden Trident into his multicolored flames, and Tang San suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest from far away.

Huo Yuhao completed Niu Tian’s sacrifice to help Wang Dong’er fuse with the Sea God Trident, then returned with her and Qiu’er to Gu Yue Na. He planned to seek the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal at the Earth Dragon Gate and asked Xu San Shi to introduce him to his mother, a former Battle Soul Empire princess.

• Huo Yuhao awakened Niu Tian and revealed that he had reforged the Sea God Trident into a scythe-like weapon.
• Niu Tian sacrificed himself for Wang Dong’er, offered her his final words, and left his Azure Dragon Core for Qiu’er.
• Wang Dong’er completed her trident fusion, rose to the peak of Soul Douluo, and fainted from exhaustion.
• Huo Yuhao and Qiu’er returned with Wang Dong’er to Gu Yue Na, who was resting after their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao told Qiu’er they would visit the Earth Dragon Gate for the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xu San Shi to introduce him to his mother, who had once been a princess of the Battle Soul Empire.

Huo Yuhao explained to Xu San Shi that he planned to kill those responsible for the Battle Soul Empire’s attack and needed Xu San Shi’s mother to help choose a successor. He then brought Nan Qiuqiu and Ling Luochen to Dragon City, where teasing Nan Qiuqiu led to an awkwardly charged scolding and Ling Luochen’s surprising offer.

• Xu San Shi mistook Huo Yuhao’s request to meet his mother as an attempt to pursue her, so Huo Yuhao explained that he wanted her help choosing a royal successor after his planned retaliation against the Battle Soul Empire.
• Huo Yuhao said he would kill the Douling Emperor and everyone who participated in the attack because they had threatened his mother, and Xu San Shi agreed to help.
• Huo Yuhao, Ling Luochen, and Nan Qiuqiu emerged from a Space Rift near Dragon City, and Huo Yuhao teased Nan Qiuqiu about leading the way.
• Huo Yuhao spanked Nan Qiuqiu for tattling to his mother until she gave in, then carried her on his back when she said her legs were weak.
• Ling Luochen told Huo Yuhao not to bully Nan Qiuqiu again and quietly offered to take Nan Qiuqiu’s place if he wanted to hit someone.

Huo Yuhao returned Nan Qiuqiu to her mother, Nan Shuishui, and secured the Earth Dragon Gate’s decision to relocate to the Spirit Pagoda. He then took Ling Luochen into the Cold Spring to collect its treasures, where Old Yi suggested that the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow might help Skydream Iceworm and the Ice Empress form bodies.

• Nan Shuishui learned that Huo Yuhao had carried Nan Qiuqiu home, and Nan Qiuqiu hurried off to her room after realizing she had been clinging to his back.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he and Nan Qiuqiu had experienced a minor friction on the road, and Nan Shuishui told him to discipline her according to the Spirit Pagoda’s rules.
• Nan Shuishui offered to relocate the Earth Dragon Gate to the Spirit Pagoda, and Huo Yuhao welcomed her proposal.
• Huo Yuhao explained the Cold Spring’s Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to Ling Luochen, then led her into the spring.
• Skydream Iceworm and the Ice Empress discussed whether the marrow could help them reconstruct bodies, and Old Yi suggested Skydream Iceworm might soon become a God Ring.

Old Yi planned for Skydream Iceworm to use the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to reshape his body and advance to godhood, with Huo Yuhao bearing the danger of losing a Soul Ring. After Skydream’s transformation left Huo Yuhao badly injured, Ling Luochen brought him out of the Cold Spring, and Nan Shuishui arranged for him to recover under their care.

• Old Yi explained that Skydream’s million-year cultivation made him the safest first candidate to reshape his body, and Huo Yuhao agreed to the plan.
• Huo Yuhao warned himself against absorbing too much divine power, then prepared Skydream’s Remnant Shell and began the attempt beneath the Cold Spring.
• Ling Luochen kissed Huo Yuhao before entering the cave, while he went to the spring eye to begin the transformation.
• Nan Qiuqiu waited anxiously with Nan Shuishui, and a violent tremor sent them rushing toward the Cold Spring.
• Ling Luochen emerged carrying an unconscious Huo Yuhao and said he had absorbed too much energy; Nan Shuishui arranged for Ling Luochen and Huo Yuhao to rest while she and Qiuqiu watched over him.

Nan Qiuqiu sneaked into Huo Yuhao’s room to care for him, but the Lust Origin’s All Things Affinity fueled her desire to touch him as she undressed him. Nan Shuishui caught her, then succumbed to the same influence and joined her in cleaning Huo Yuhao, leaving both women tending to his injuries and struggling to restrain themselves.

• Nan Qiuqiu persuaded Nan Shuishui to leave her alone with Huo Yuhao, promising not to harm him.
• Nan Qiuqiu entered Huo Yuhao’s dark room, touched his face, and discovered that his body and lips were unnaturally cold beneath bloodied clothes.
• Nan Qiuqiu brought hot water and stripped Huo Yuhao to clean him, while his Lust Origin activated All Things Affinity and intensified her excitement.
• Nan Shuishui returned with medicine, caught Nan Qiuqiu tugging at Huo Yuhao’s waistband, and scolded her before the two women agreed to clean him together.
• Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu wiped Huo Yuhao’s body and began removing his remaining clothes, with Nan Qiuqiu teasing her mother as they continued.

Huo Yuhao briefly regained consciousness while Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu were tending to him, then fell asleep again. After nearly three days, he woke with his injuries partly healed and learned that Ling Luochen had also benefited greatly from the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

• Huo Yuhao briefly woke and saw Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu examining Little Huo before exhaustion pulled him back into sleep.
• Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu continued caring for the unconscious Huo Yuhao, while Nan Qiuqiu eagerly followed her mother's example.
• Ling Luochen cultivated in another room after the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow raised her Mermaid Soul Spirit's cultivation and turned her Sixth through Eighth Soul Rings red.
• Two days later, Huo Yuhao woke beside Ling Luochen and learned that Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu had changed his clothes during his first night unconscious.
• Ling Luochen told Huo Yuhao she was unhurt and asked whether his severe injuries meant he had gained much from the experience.

Huo Yuhao discovered that his enhanced soul skills could detect emotions and predict actions, while Mental Interference could subtly influence emotions. After demonstrating the abilities to Ling Luochen, he said his recovering body could handle light activity, and she asked if she could be on top.

• Huo Yuhao sensed that his first and second soul-ring skills had been enhanced, and he showed Ling Luochen his white-gold soul rings.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to reveal the emotions of people across Dragon City and explained how their emotional changes let him predict their actions.
• Ling Luochen watched an angry customer stab a fruit vendor after the pair argued over an underweight watermelon.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Mental Interference had gained the ability to subtly influence emotions, while his other skills had received straightforward enhancements.
• Ling Luochen asked whether Huo Yuhao's body could move, and after he said light activity was possible, she asked if she could be on top.

After recovering enough to walk, Huo Yuhao attended a quiet farewell dinner with Ling Luochen, Nan Shuishui, and Nan Qiuqiu before preparing to leave Dragon City. He agreed to stay one more night, then carried the sore Nan Qiuqiu toward their departure and used Life Energy to ease her pain.

• Huo Yuhao joined Nan Shuishui, Nan Qiuqiu, and Ling Luochen for dinner, where the guests’ embarrassment and exhaustion left the meal mostly silent.
• Nan Qiuqiu offered Huo Yuhao food out of guilt, and Nan Shuishui scolded her after she made an embarrassing remark.
• Huo Yuhao told Nan Shuishui he would return to Heaven Dou City and asked when the Earth Dragon Gate would relocate to the Spirit Pagoda; she estimated it would take about half a month.
• Nan Qiuqiu chose to leave with Huo Yuhao, but Nan Shuishui persuaded him to stay overnight and summoned her daughter to her room for a talk.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao found Nan Qiuqiu unable to move comfortably after her mother had spanked her, then carried her and used Life Energy to soothe her pain.

Huo Yuhao returned to the Tian Hun Imperial Palace and met Xue Lingxun, who sought to protect the Dou Ling Royal Family after he declared that everyone involved in the plot against him must die. Xue Lingxun offered to rule the Battle Soul Empire, and Huo Yuhao agreed to consider supporting her if she truly meant to accept his terms.

• Huo Yuhao returned to the palace, learned that Little Tao Jie had been summoned back to the academy, and said Huo Yun'er and Aunt Jiang would leave for Shrek City with them.
• A maid told Huo Yuhao that Xue Lingxun was meeting Wei Na, and he went to the Reception Hall to speak with her.
• Xue Lingxun asked about the Skysoul Empire's stance, and Wei Na said she followed Huo Yuhao's lead in all things.
• Huo Yuhao refused to reconcile with the Dou Ling Royal Family and insisted that everyone who participated in or plotted the matter must die.
• Xue Lingxun offered to govern the Battle Soul Empire, arguing that her attachments would keep her from seeking power or defying Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao said her case was worth supporting and asked whether she truly intended to fulfill her promise.

Half a year later, Zhang Lexuan visited Huo Yuhao at the secret experimental base beneath the giant tower outside Shrek City. They reunited, and she told him Yan Shaozhe had recovered, but Mu En and the others still had not found Tang San.

• Zhang Lexuan left her office at Shrek Academy to meet Huo Yuhao, telling a colleague that he was the most amazing person in the world.
• Zhang Lexuan used her access card to enter the hidden underground base beneath the tower, astonishing the Soul Masters who saw the sealed passage open.
• Zhang Lexuan reunited with Huo Yuhao in Experimental Base No. 1, and they embraced and discussed Gu Yue Na.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao that Yan Shaozhe had recovered but that Mu En and the others had found no trace of Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao recalled how Yan Shaozhe had confronted Tang San while Tang San absorbed Xuan Zi's power, then survived Tang San's corpse explosion and poison.