Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Lan received Rong Nianbing’s divine weapons, then visited Huo Yuhao’s spiritual world and met the transformed Soul Spirits. Huo Yuhao added three new Soul Spirits with mental abilities and revealed his intention to pursue the Dragon God’s position.

• Zhuge Lan received Rong Nianbing’s Ghost Carving Divine Blade and the Seven Luminaries blades, while Oscar angrily vowed to tell the other gods about it.
• Zhuge Lan visited Huo Yuhao’s Second Spiritual World, met the Soul Spirits in their human forms, and told them Rong Nianbing had given him two sets of Super Divine Tools.
• Electrolux declined Zhuge Lan’s offer of a divine position, saying he would rather explore higher dimensions with him later.
• Huo Yuhao entered three newly contracted Soul Spirits into the Second Spiritual World, where the Nianbei Turtle, Spirit Abyss Dream Butterfly, and Thousand-Eyed Snow Owl explained their mental Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhuge Lan that he planned to pursue the Dragon God’s position after speaking with Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King.

Huo Yuhao and Zhuge Lan discussed the divine positions and the deities who had taken an interest in Huo Yuhao. Zhuge Qiu'er revealed that she had taken human form to pursue the Dragon God’s resurrection, then began preparing to cultivate at Shrek Academy.

• Huo Yuhao told Zhuge Lan that he had sensed divine attention, and Zhuge Lan discovered that Rong Nianbing had been the one observing him.
• Huo Yuhao counted the divine positions available to his allies and thanked Zhuge Lan for helping him.
• Zhuge Lan met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who introduced herself as Zhuge Qiu'er and vowed to help resurrect the Dragon God.
• Zhuge Lan told Zhuge Qiu'er to cultivate at Shrek Academy and directed Huo Yuhao to seek a second awakening for his Spirit Eyes at the Body Sect.
• Zhuge Qiu'er asked the Silver Dragon King for a God-bestowed Soul Ring and resolved to obtain a Dragon Soul Spirit and Dragon Soul Bones.

Zhuge Lan went to Tang San’s Sea God inheritance site and became the focus of a contest between Tang San and Rong Nianbing over his divine inheritance. He claimed he could bear two divine positions, then detonated his seven black Soul Rings to force a breakthrough, using Bright Magic Scrolls to keep his body from being destroyed as his Soul Power surged.

• Zhuge Lan sent Hall Master of Light to arrange Black Gold detection Soul Tools with Xu Tianran and discussed possible successors for the Space Dragon King’s inheritance.
• Zhuge Lan reached the Sea God inheritance site, froze the lake to lead other challengers across, and received the Sea God Nine Trials before Rong Nianbing intervened.
• Tang San and Rong Nianbing argued over Zhuge Lan’s inheritance, and Zhuge Lan offered to accept both the Sea God and Emotion God positions by claiming he had two souls.
• Zhuge Lan summoned the Mirror Divine Beast Martial Soul and detonated all seven of his black Soul Rings to break through his level bottleneck.
• Zhuge Lan used successive Seventh Order Extreme Speed Holy Heal scrolls to hold his damaged body together while the violent Soul Power raised his level, stunning Tang San.

Zhuge Lan used Deep Blue Point Allocation to reach Level 80, create 100,000-year Soul Rings, and demonstrate a self-created Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Tang San unable to refute his claim to a divine trial. Tang San granted Zhuge Lan and Meng Hongchen the Sea God Nine Trials, but after they were teleported away, he angrily complained about Rong Nianbing and Oscar.

• Zhuge Lan spent Luck Value to reach Level 80, upgrade his Soul Rings to 100,000 years, and gain an Eighth Soul Skill that let him copy another Martial Soul.
• Zhuge Lan combined with his Mirror True Body wielding a Clear Sky Hammer to perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Tang San unable to challenge his argument for a godly position.
• Tang San weighed the cost of giving Zhuge Lan the Sea God's position against the political risks of refusing, then decided to delay by raising the trial difficulty.
• Meng Hongchen appeared after activating the Sea God Nine Trials, and Tang San granted her and Zhuge Lan the trials, saying the first to finish would receive the Sea God's position.
• The first trial required six soul bones aged at least 99,999 years, and Rong Nianbing pressed Tang San to acknowledge the greater rewards of difficult trials.
• Tang San teleported Zhuge Lan and Meng Hongchen away, then angrily blamed Rong Nianbing and lamented that Oscar had not approached him first.

Zhuge Lan shielded the Sea God's Mark from Tang San's observation and arranged a warning system before helping the Hall of Light God issue a bounty for soul bones. Across the empires, new divine trials and Spirit Pagoda projects reshaped alliances and military power, while Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo began establishing the Sacred Fire Cult's presence in Dou Ling.

• Zhuge Lan used Create permission to dim the Sea God's Mark, then set an alert for unusual movements by either divine consciousness before flying to the Hall of Light God.
• The Hall of Light God announced a Sun Moon Empire-wide bounty for 100,000-year soul bones, and Meng Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that she had received the Sea God Nine Trials.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed that he had received the God of War Nine Trials, and Jing Hongchen suspended the exchange student plan so the siblings could focus on their trials.
• The Star Luo Empire's Spirit Pagodas began matching registered Soul Masters with Soul Beasts for Soul Spirit Equality Contracts, while the Spirit Pagoda and Sacred Fire Cult helped form a Soul Spirit Legion for the empire.
• Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo led Sacred Fire Cult members, including Xu Sanshi, into Dou Ling, where Wang Yan planned to make use of the empire's herbs and access to the Great Sea.

The empires expanded their Soul Pill and Ice God Temple systems, earning Huo Yuhao and Zhuge Lan a surge of Luck Value. After the third clone completed the Sea God's First Trial, Tang San revealed a meager reward and a restrictive Second Trial, while Huo Yuhao discovered that its granted divine skill could be powerful enough to help pass.

• The Dou Ling Empire sent Soul Masters to hunt Sea Soul Beasts and refine their remains into Soul Pills, while the Heaven Dou Empire promoted the Ice God Temple as its state religion and spread the Ice Heart Canon.
• Huo Yuhao celebrated his Luck Value balance surpassing ten million and discussed the Sea God Trials and his upcoming second Body Martial Soul awakening with Zhuge Lan and the others.
• Huo Yuhao projected the third clone's senses into the Second Spiritual World as it completed the Sea God's First Trial and received Sea God and Sea God's Trident affinity, plus the first form of the Golden Thirteen Halberds.
• The group criticized Tang San's reward and the Second Trial's demand that the third clone kill a Titled Douluo without using its Martial Soul, Soul Skills, or Soul Bone Skills.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Unsettling Waves could restrain even a limit Douluo for eight seconds, prompting the group to consider using it against a weaker Titled Douluo.

Zhuge Lan and the Hall Master of Light went to Bright Hall to make Jing Hongchen help them approach the Holy Spirit Cult. Jing Hongchen accepted their demands, but was left wondering what they planned to do with the cult.

• Zhuge Lan and Electrolux considered targeting the Holy Spirit Cult, and Zhuge Lan decided Jing Hongchen could help them find it.
• Jing Hongchen sent Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen away for reinforcements, then confronted the Hall Master of Light and Zhuge Lan at Bright Hall.
• The Hall Master of Light threatened the Sun Moon Imperial Family and offered Jing Hongchen three revival slots in exchange for meeting his demands.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to let two Soul Engineers study Bright Hall's core projects in return for access to Bright Magic Scrolls.
• The Hall Master of Light demanded that Jing Hongchen introduce Zhuge Lan to the Holy Spirit Cult, and Jing Hongchen agreed to take him to meet an elder.

Hall Master of Light and Zhuge Lan confronted Jing Hongchen, who surrendered 112 Soul Cannons and agreed to report Meng Hongchen’s Sea God trials. Jing Hongchen then learned that Xu Tianran would handle the Holy Spirit Cult, while the Hall of Light God prepared to send exchange students to Bright Hall.

• Jing Hongchen threatened Hall Master of Light over Meng Hongchen’s Sea God Nine Trials, but backed down when Zhuge Lan revealed his power and the Hall of Light God’s forces surrounded Bright Hall.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to report each of Meng Hongchen’s divine trials and gave Hall Master of Light 112 Soul Cannons as an apology.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that Meng Hongchen’s first two trials earned her a Sixth and Seventh Soul Ring, and that her next trial required climbing to the 333rd step of Sea God’s Light.
• Xue Chen told Jing Hongchen that Xu Tianran would handle the Holy Spirit Cult, and Jing Hongchen proposed that the emperor protect his grandchildren while planning to eliminate the Hall of Light God.
• The Hall of Light God’s forces marched through the streets, then dispersed after Zhuge Lan granted them half a day off; Ye Guyi asked Hall Master of Light about Brother Lan.

Hall Master of Light visited Tang San at the Sea God inheritance site and challenged his account of Slaughter City and Spirit Hall’s history. Tang San proposed helping him unite the continent in exchange for killing someone, but Hall Master of Light left the target undisclosed as he sought the truth and considered the deal.

• Hall Master of Light traveled to the Sea God inheritance site, received the Sea God Nine Trials, and was brought before Tang San.
• Tang San questioned how Hall Master of Light had crossed the planar barrier, and Hall Master of Light claimed he had come from a greater universe to pursue a divine soul and gather faith.
• Tang San offered the support of six inheritance sites to help Hall Master of Light unite the continent, asking him to kill someone in return and take several gods beyond the Douluo God Realm afterward.
• Hall Master of Light questioned Tang San about Slaughter City’s destruction and whether he could create a refuge for evil soul masters.
• Tang San blamed the destruction of Slaughter City on his Asura inheritance and portrayed Spirit Hall’s Pope as an evil Rakshasa God, but Hall Master of Light challenged his version of history.
• Hall Master of Light said he sought cooperation and asked who Tang San wanted killed, while Tang San remained silent.

Tang San and Hall Master of Light struck a deal: Hall Master of Light would kill Huo Yuhao in exchange for Ultimate Light Seeds and control over access to the six inheritance grounds. After Hall Master of Light returned, Zhuge Lan and Huo Yuhao revealed their scheme, while Tang San began to suspect that Light had concealed a crucial lie.

• Tang San offered Hall Master of Light five thousand Ultimate Light Seeds and authority to screen candidates for the six inheritance grounds in return for killing Huo Yuhao.
• Hall Master of Light swore a magic oath to kill Huo Yuhao once, and Tang San agreed to provide the seeds and restrict entry to those carrying Hall of Light God tokens.
• Hall Master of Light announced that candidates needed to believe in the Goddess of Light to obtain tokens, then flew back to the Hall of Light God.
• Zhuge Lan appeared and praised Huo Yuhao for outmaneuvering Tang San, while Huo Yuhao noted that his oath only required him to kill Huo Yuhao once.
• Tang San told the other gods that Hall Master of Light had likely hidden one crucial lie and asked Oscar whether Blue Bamboo could be turned.

Tang San tried to recruit Zhuge Lan by portraying the Hall Master of Light as an invader and Huo Yuhao as a threat to Douluo Star. Zhuge Lan agreed to spy on the Hall Master of Light while secretly sharing Tang San’s claims with the Second Spiritual World.

• Tang San and the other gods discussed winning Blue Bamboo over, searching for candidates for divine inheritance, and using the Hall Master of Light to help find Xiao Qi.
• After Zhuge Lan arrived, Tang San called the Hall Master of Light an invader and described him as an evil god, while Zhuge Lan broadcast the conversation to the Second Spiritual World.
• The Second Spiritual World’s members joked about Tang San’s claims and discussed learning the Golden Thirteen Halberds’ divine skills.
• Tang San offered Zhuge Lan divine skills and easier examinations if he helped protect Douluo Star, then told him to observe the Hall Master of Light and target Huo Yuhao.
• Zhuge Lan pretended to accept Tang San’s mission and promised to fight evil.

Zhuge Lan learned the Golden Thirteen Halberds from Tang San, then met with Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng to negotiate joining the Holy Spirit Cult in exchange for help with the Sea God Nine Trials. After demonstrating that Death Magic countered Zhang Peng’s Beast Souls, Zhuge Lan offered to fight for the cult and trade Hall of Light God resources.

• Tang San taught Zhuge Lan and Huo Yuhao the first three forms of the Golden Thirteen Halberds before sending them out of the inheritance ground.
• Zhuge Lan encountered Wang Yuguo, then used the Hall Master of Light’s spatial gate to return to the Hall of Light God, where Jing Hongchen was waiting.
• Jing Hongchen escorted Zhuge Lan to Bright Hall to meet Sixth Venerable Zhang Peng, who was interested in recruiting him into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhuge Lan revealed his Sea God’s Mark and explained that he wanted the Holy Spirit Cult’s help to pass the Sea God Nine Trials.
• Zhuge Lan used Death Control to draw Zhang Peng’s Beast Souls out of his body, proving that his Death Magic could counter Zhang Peng’s signature ability.
• Zhuge Lan offered to fight for the Holy Spirit Cult and trade some Hall of Light God resources in return for help with his trials.

Zhuge Lan persuaded Zhang Peng to accept him into the Holy Spirit Cult and explained his replicated abilities and Sea God trial. After Zhang Peng agreed to arrange a defensive close-combat Soul Tool, Jing Hongchen arrived to discuss forging one powerful enough to kill a Titled Douluo.

• Zhuge Lan convinced Zhang Peng that the Hall of Light God secretly worshipped the Holy Necromancer, then joined the Holy Spirit Cult as Zhang Peng questioned him about his abilities.
• Zhuge Lan demonstrated his ability to replicate Dark Blue Silver Grass, draining Zhang Peng's vitality before Zhang Peng broke free and wrecked the office.
• Zhuge Lan explained that his divine trial required him to kill a Titled Douluo without Martial Soul or Soul Bone abilities, and Zhang Peng's eighty-one proposed schemes all failed to meet its conditions.
• Zhuge Lan revealed he could use replicated Self-Created Soul Skills and three Sea God divine skills, but needed a close-combat Soul Tool because his trident was disabled.
• Zhang Peng agreed to request a defensive Soul Tool from Jing Hongchen and left, after which Jing Hongchen arrived and learned the weapon needed to kill a Titled Douluo.

Zhuge Lan pressured Jing Hongchen to forge a powerful close-combat Soul Tool while Huo Yuhao completed a Gold-rank second awakening in the Body Sect. Huo Yuhao prepared to leave for his next training location and decided to teach the sect Ring Detonation before he departed.

• Zhuge Lan threatened Jing Hongchen over delays and quality, prompting him to summon close-combat Soul Tool engineers for an urgent meeting.
• Huo Yuhao's second awakening advanced from silver to gold, and Du Busi discovered that Huo Yuhao had formed a Soul Core in his upper dantian.
• Du Busi offered to make Huo Yuhao a candidate for Sect Master, but Huo Yuhao declined because he was affiliated with the Sacred Fire Cult.
• Huo Yuhao decided to teach the Body Sect Ring Detonation as thanks for their care, and Du Busi gathered the disciples to hear him.
• Huo Yuhao privately explained to Long Aotian how Vina had helped him confirm his relationship with Wang Dong'er, easing Long Aotian's suspicions.

Huo Yuhao shared the Yi Jin Jing, Soul Core condensation insights, and the Great Sumeru Hammer with the Body Sect, earning their support and a huge amount of Luck Value. After disguising himself, he left for Bright Hall to study Soul Tools and pursue his plans there.

• Huo Yuhao taught the Body Sect disciples the first stage of the Yi Jin Jing and warned them not to reveal it outside the sect.
• Huo Yuhao let the senior cultivators experience his Soul Core condensation memories and cautioned them that attempting a Mental Soul Core could be fatal.
• Huo Yuhao shared the Clear Sky Sect's Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation, and Du Busi named him an honorary elder and pledged the Body Sect's backing.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated Ring Detonation and Soul Power control, then gained more than a million Luck Value from the Body Sect's response.
• Huo Yuhao disguised his aura and appearance, received a token from the Hall Master of Light, and flew to Bright Hall to study humanoid Soul Tools and pursue his plans.

Huo Yuhao arrived in Mingdu disguised as Lan Yu, a Hall of Light God exchange student, and secured a secluded residence at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. At Bright Hall, he impressed Jing Hongchen with his claimed Soul Engineer abilities, and Jing Hongchen asked him to become his disciple.

• Huo Yuhao flew into Mingdu openly, using his Hall of Light God token to avoid being stopped by patrols.
• Lin Jiayi welcomed Huo Yuhao as Student Lan Yu, gave him academy supplies, and showed him a secluded villa in the academy grounds.
• Huo Yuhao asked to see Jing Hongchen and requested Xuan Ziwen as his teacher instead of the assigned Soul Engineer, Ai Chen.
• Huo Yuhao met Jing Hongchen in Bright Hall's workshop and said he could independently make Level 6 Soul Tools and assist with Level 7 and Level 8 Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao revealed a staged Brain Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, convincing Jing Hongchen of his talent.
• Jing Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao to take him as his master.

Huo Yuhao studied Bright Hall’s Level 8 close-combat Soul Tool design and directed Jing Hongchen’s engineers to tailor a simpler weapon for Brother Lan. After insisting on meeting Xuan Ziwen to learn more, he arrived at the researcher’s laboratory, where Xuan Ziwen was working.

• Jing Hongchen explained the Level 8 weapon’s design, and Huo Yuhao learned how Bright Hall combined Soul Guiding Arrays.
• Huo Yuhao listed changes to make the weapon suit Brother Lan, and Jing Hongchen agreed to have Bright Hall forge it.
• After a day and night of study, Huo Yuhao finalized the design, and Jing Hongchen sent him out of the testing area.
• Lin Jiayi led Huo Yuhao to Xuan Ziwen and gave him an authentication plaque granting access to most of the academy.
• Huo Yuhao entered Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory, where the middle-aged researcher was operating equipment without looking up.

Huo Yuhao passed Xuan Ziwen’s Soul Engineer test and demonstrated his skill by building a cheap, three-mode Level 3 Soul Tool. He revealed its Soul Fire Burst Mode could pierce powerful defenses, leaving Xuan Ziwen eager to learn his techniques.

• Xuan Ziwen tested Huo Yuhao with a Level 5 Soul Guiding Array, and Huo Yuhao inscribed it rapidly using two carving knives.
• Huo Yuhao revealed he was a Level 6 Soul Engineer who could assist with Level 7 and Level 8 Soul Tools, prompting Xuan Ziwen to ask him to teach.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his knife work by making a metal sphere, then assembled an iron-box Soul Tool using ordinary refined iron.
• Huo Yuhao showed that the Soul Tool’s Mechanism Shot reached Level 4 power, while its traditional Energy Soul Tool Shot reached Level 3.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Soul Fire Burst Mode used sealed explosive fuel to launch an arrow capable of piercing a five-ring Soul King’s defensive Soul Skill.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated a powerful, energy-efficient fixed Soul Tool cannon to Xuan Ziwen, who offered his resources and research in exchange for learning Huo Yuhao’s methods. Xuan Ziwen ultimately asked to become Huo Yuhao’s disciple and join the Hall of Light God.

• Huo Yuhao fired six prepared cannonballs, destroying an alloy wall and demonstrating Level 6 destructive power with the Soul Power cost of a Third Soul Skill.
• Xuan Ziwen examined the cannon’s design and urged Huo Yuhao to continue researching it, offering rare metals and high-level Soul Guiding Arrays.
• Huo Yuhao considered developing the cannon with Bright Hall’s resources and proposed trading his research for Xuan Ziwen’s discoveries.
• Xuan Ziwen offered his Remote Monitoring Soul Device, all-terrain Soul Cannon platform, humanoid Soul Tool research, and nearly finished sealed Milk Bottle.
• Xuan Ziwen asked to become Huo Yuhao’s master and join the Hall of Light God so he could learn Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tool methods and carving technique.

Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen began developing a powerful fixed Soul Tool cannon while Zhuge Lan collected Jing Hongchen’s completed halberd and bargained over inheritance-ground slots. Huo Yuhao’s cannon work earned five million Luck Value, and Zhuge Lan rushed to learn what he had created.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Xuan Ziwen as his disciple and proposed developing the Fire God fixed Soul Tool cannon, keeping them working together for three days and nights.
• Zhuge Lan collected Jing Hongchen’s Level 8 close-combat Soul Tool, a golden bracelet that deployed as a heavy, recallable three-pointed halberd.
• Jing Hongchen told Zhuge Lan that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to help Bone Nightmare become a Titled Douluo and send him to face Zhuge Lan.
• Zhuge Lan refused to grant Jing Hongchen several thousand inheritance-ground slots, but agreed to give him a thousand in exchange for rare metals and access for Lan Yu to the humanoid Soul Tool project.
• After Zhuge Lan received notice that Huo Yuhao had earned five million Luck Value, he flew to the Hall of Light God and entered Huo Yuhao’s Second Spiritual World.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he and Xuan Ziwen had upgraded the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon into a Level Six fixed Soul Tool cannon, using up the stored soul fire to make its ammunition.