Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao explained how the Spirit Pagoda's Soul Spirit Tower Challenge worked and how Yuanen Yehui could apply to qualify. The revelation that many of the tower’s powerful Soul Spirits came from Soul Beasts killed in the war against the Abyss left the group stunned, while Gu Yuena accepted that becoming a Soul Spirit had spared them from disappearing completely.

• Yuanen Yehui asked Huo Yuhao how to qualify for the Soul Spirit Tower Challenge because she needed a Soul Spirit and did not want to ask her family for help.
• Huo Yuhao explained the tower’s floor ranges, eligibility rules, and challenge procedures, then told Yuanen Yehui she could apply for an assessment through the Dark Division.
• Xie Xie asked whether challengers could obtain Fierce Beast Soul Spirits, and Huo Yuhao warned that defeating a Beast would be extremely difficult even for powerful Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao cautioned the group that some Soul Spirits above one hundred thousand years old came from Soul Beasts that had died in battle, leaving everyone shocked.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao that the group did not know about the Abyss Plane and that becoming a Soul Spirit was better than dying completely.
• Gu Yuena recalled the Abyss invasion more than six thousand years earlier, the Federation’s costly victory, and the deaths that had produced many of the Spirit Pagoda’s powerful Soul Spirits.

Huo Yuhao gave Tang Wulin and several classmates Battle Armor components before the Shrek Academy group arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for the Exchange Competition. The academy prepared a live broadcast and a hostile home crowd, leaving Xie Xie feeling as if they had been cast as the villains.

• Huo Yuhao reflected on the Abyss Plane’s strength and the sacrifices made during its invasion, then agreed with Gu Yuena that they would pay the Abyss back.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Gu Yuena to spar, while Huo Yuhao handed Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi their prepared Battle Armor components.
• Yuanen Yehui considered asking Huo Yuhao to design and make her Battle Armor, but remembered that Na Nali had offered to help.
• Three days later, Luomen led Yue Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, and the Shrek group to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where they saw statues commemorating its past champions and the Silver Moon Douluo.
• Lin Jiayi welcomed the Shrek delegation and told Lin Qinghan that the competition would be broadcast live throughout Mingdu, despite uncertainty about victory.
• Yue Zhengyu and Ye Xinglan saw Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena heading toward the VIP Box, then heard the Sun Moon academy crowd call Shrek outdated; Xie Xie joked that they seemed like villains with every disadvantage stacked against them.

Shrek Academy faced Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in a team match, and Tang Wulin’s decisive strike against Long Chen gave Sun Moon the early advantage. Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie disrupted the opposing team’s control, but Ye Xinglan and Bai Hanying were left surrounded as the battle continued.

• The teams entered the arena, introduced themselves, and revealed their Soul Rings as the match began.
• Long Chen charged Yuanen Yehui, but Tang Wulin met him with his Golden Dragon Claw and knocked him out of the fight in one attack.
• Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui clashed while Xu Xiaoyan’s Blizzard obscured the arena and Xie Xie moved to attack the opposing support fighters.
• Duan Hunxiao’s flute music disrupted Shrek’s advance until Xu Xiaoyan struck him with Mental Shock and Xie Xie engaged him at close range.
• Xie Xie’s taunts kept Duan Hunxiao occupied, while Tang Wulin pressured He Xiaopeng and Ye Xinglan and Bai Hanying faced four opponents.

Xu Xiaoyan used a stored star-power technique to immobilize Ye Xinglan, turning the tide of the battle and forcing Shrek's team to surrender. Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the match, leaving Xie Xie and his teammates relieved that they had earned the victory through their own strength.

• Ye Xinglan fought off Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi while Bai Hanying was held back by Xu Yucheng.
• Xu Xiaoyan used Star Wheel Chain to freeze Ye Xinglan, who surrendered after reflecting on her defeat before Huo Yuhao.
• As the Blizzard faded, Yue Zhengyu saw that Ye Xinglan, Bai Hanying, and He Xiaopeng had been defeated.
• Yuanen Yehui and the others overwhelmed Yue Zhengyu, and he surrendered, prompting Shrek's remaining members to give up.
• The referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner, and Xie Xie and his teammates celebrated their hard-earned victory.

After Shrek’s victory, Tang Yinmeng explained the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s rules and arranged to visit Heavenly Phoenix Madam at the Spirit Pagoda. Gu Ruiqiu then met Zhao Yao, who revealed she knew Ruiqiu was collecting and destroying unofficial histories, and offered to tell Tang Yinmeng the Spirit Pagoda’s legends.

• Tang Yinmeng told Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Gu Ruiqiu about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, its agreement with Shrek, and how chosen people could form contracts with Immortal Herbs.
• Tang Yinmeng asked to visit the powerful figures going to the well, and Gu Ruiqiu offered to take her to see Heavenly Phoenix Madam at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Gu Yuena that Gu Ruiqiu would not cross a line, and the two planned to congratulate Xiaoyan and the others on their victory.
• Gu Ruiqiu met Zhao Yao, who said she had found explosive books about the First Generation Tower Master and knew Ruiqiu was collecting such records to destroy them.
• Zhao Yao began offering Tang Yinmeng a tour of the Spirit Pagoda’s legends, starting with Tower Master Xiong Jun.

Huo Yuhao and the others traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy representatives joined them. They reached a heavily guarded site beyond an illusion, leaving the group to face the strange silver-white wall surrounding the well.

• Zhao Yao told Tang Yinmeng that Spirit Pagoda records described Long Yeyue’s attack a century earlier as an Evil Soul Master’s intrusion, while Gu Ruiqiu focused on clearing out books during Huo Yuhao’s absence.
• Huo Yuhao briefed his companions on the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then departed the next morning with Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, and Sky Phoenix Douluo.
• Lan Muzi, Tang Yinmeng, Ye Xinglan, Yue Zhengyu, and Xu Lizhi joined the Spirit Pagoda group for the journey, and Ye Xinglan apologized to Huo Yuhao for her arrogance two years earlier.
• Sentimental Douluo left Tang Sect headquarters to guide the visitors, while Yun Ming stayed behind as insurance; the groups later met Xiong Jun near Heaven Dou City.
• Sentimental Douluo drove the group through an illusion to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they saw a tall silver-white wall engraved with Soul Guidance runes.

Huo Yuhao and the others entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seek Immortal Herb Soul Spirits, while Sentimental Douluo and the other powerful experts withdrew to ensure the herbs could choose freely. The young group began considering potential contracts, and Huo Yuhao noticed that several Immortal Herbs had grown far stronger than they had in the original timeline.

• Sentimental Douluo led Huo Yuhao's group through the Seven-Colored Poison Mist and into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they met the seven strongest Immortal Herb Soul Beasts.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty agreed to let the children seek contracts, and Snow Empress created a Space Channel so the powerful experts could leave while remaining able to return quickly.
• Yue Zhengyu asked Infernal Delicate Apricot to become his Soul Spirit, but she refused, saying she was a two-hundred-thousand-year Beast.
• Huo Yuhao assessed the Immortal Herbs and realized that several had gained much more cultivation because their essences had not been taken in the past.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty directed the children toward the other Hundred-Thousand-Year Immortal Herbs, while watching Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena because he could not read their strength.

Huo Yuhao identified suitable Immortal Herbs for his companions while Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew chose him as her Contractor. Their fusion raised his Soul Power to Level Sixty and unexpectedly pushed his Spiritual Power beyond the half-step Spirit Domain Realm into the true Spirit Domain Realm.

• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Abyss Realm Spiritual Power to examine the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, revealing his Level Fifty-Seven Soul King cultivation and attracting Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew's interest.
• Huo Yuhao recommended Immortal Herbs for his companions and Gu Yuena, then accepted Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew's offer to become his Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yuena reassured the others that the fusion was safe and stood guard while Huo Yuhao contracted with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew's essence raised Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power to the half-step Spirit Domain Realm and his Soul Power to Level Sixty.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew merged into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, and his Spiritual Power broke through into the true Spirit Domain Realm.

Huo Yuhao reached the Spirit Domain Realm after absorbing Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, then used his Undead Demiplane to isolate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Gu Yuena claimed the awakened Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King as allies, while Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew began persuading the Immortal Herbs to join them.

• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew discovered the powerful beings in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and learned that he planned to seek the two Dragon Souls.
• Huo Yuhao and Evil Emperor discussed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew providing a Soul Ring later, and the Lord of Eternity urged Huo Yuhao to enter the Eternal Domain before reaching seven rings.
• Huo Yuhao used Plane Overlap to isolate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well from Douluo Star and prevent outsiders from detecting what happened there.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena awakened the Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King, whose Dragon Souls emerged from the lake and sided with Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena claimed authority over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the Six Immortal Herbs accepted her claim.
• Huo Yuhao allowed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to persuade the Six Immortal Herbs to join their cause.

Huo Yuhao won the Immortal Herbs’ support and prepared to take them from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while he and Gu Yuena discussed his path toward mastering ice and fire. The chapter ended with Sentimental Douluo learning that Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena had gained extraordinarily powerful treasures, leaving him shocked and resentful over the Tang Sect’s losses.

• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew persuaded the Immortal Herbs that Huo Yuhao was on the path to godhood, prompting Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Earth Dragon Golden Melon, and Ink Jade Divine Bamboo to volunteer as his Soul Spirits.
• Huo Yuhao told the Immortal Herbs to prepare to leave and named herbs he needed for his companions and for reshaping Elder Yi’s body; Infernal Delicate Apricot urged them to take all the rare plants.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena observed that Tang San’s Divine Sense remained dormant, then discussed using Extreme Reversal and Ice and Fire Same Origin to unite Huo Yuhao’s elemental powers and accommodate the two Dragon Souls.
• Gu Yuena delayed setting up the Space-Time Array to let Xu Xiaoyan and the others leave, then began consuming an Immortal Herb while Huo Yuhao protected her.
• Sentimental Douluo learned that the Spirit Pagoda’s youngsters had obtained ten-thousand-year Spiritual Items, while Huo Yuhao had gained Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and Gu Yuena was absorbing the one-hundred-thousand-year Water Vine Jade Muscle Bone.
• Sentimental Douluo was shocked by their gains and blamed Cai Zhen'er for the Tang Sect’s loss of precious Immortal Herbs.

Huo Yuhao used the Water Dragon King's power and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to achieve Ice and Fire Same Origin, evolving his Ice Empress Martial Soul and gaining a new flame. The chapter ended with the Water and Fire Dragon King Souls retrieving two Dragon Bones from the spring eye and presenting them to him.

• Huo Yuhao sealed the Water Dragon King's Spiritual Power and compressed its Extreme Ice origin energy to trigger Extreme Reversal.
• With Elder Yi, Snow Empress, and the Soul Spirits guiding the transformation, Huo Yuhao repeatedly changed Extreme Ice into Ultimate fire and back while Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass balanced their opposing energies.
• After six days, Huo Yuhao completed Ice and Fire Same Origin, forming a Taiji Pattern within the Ice Empress Martial Soul and evolving it to contain both Extreme Ice and Ultimate fire.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that his evolved Martial Soul had created an Ice Devouring Extreme Flame that could absorb and transform ice and fire, though it could not yet affect the Seven-Colored Lotus.
• The Fire Dragon King Soul and Water Dragon King Soul entered the spring eye and returned with two Dragon Bones, which Huo Yuhao recognized as their own.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Fire and Water Dragon Kings’ leg bones, contracted with the Fire Dragon King, and prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Gu Yuena and the Immortal Herbs. The Immortal Herbs chose to leave seeds and spiritual items behind, while Sentimental Douluo learned that no one could enter the spring for a hundred years.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Fire Dragon King's Left Leg Bone and Water Dragon King's Right Leg Bone, strengthening his Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire.
• Huo Yuhao contracted with the Fire Dragon King and awakened the Crimson Gold Profound Flame through the Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao let Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass enter his Sea of Consciousness, where Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew introduced them to the Soul Spirits.
• Huo Yuhao opened a Space Gate for the Immortal Herbs to relocate to his Semi-Plane, and Aromatic Silk Beauty chose to leave seeds and Spiritual Items in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena agreed to let the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well recover, with Gu Yuena accepting Aromatic Silk Beauty's decision.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty barred visitors from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a hundred years, and Sentimental Douluo declined to enter before the Snow Empress closed the Space Channel.

After leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Huo Yuhao and his companions traveled to Heaven Dou City, where a Divine Craftsman's Heavenly Forging provoked a lightning tribulation and prompted Huo Yuhao to consider the restrictions on Soul Beasts becoming Gods. The group left the Immortal Herbs with Xiong Jun, and the chapter ended when Lan Fuzi contacted Huo Yuhao.

• In the darkness, Tong Yu reported Huo Yuhao's rapid cultivation to his lord, who ordered Lan Fuzi to draw closer to Huo Yuhao and persuade him to join the Holy Cult.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Gu Yuena about the benefits of her Immortal Herb contract, and Huo Yuhao planned how Dragon Valley could help her while worrying that the Dragon God Divine Position was a trap.
• Xiong Jun announced that the group would attend the Spirit Ice Ceremony in Mingdu, and he and the others teased Huo Yuhao about worshipping Spirit Ice Douluo.
• A Divine Craftsman's Heavenly Forging triggered a Four Elemental Lightning Tribulation, and Huo Yuhao considered how the Dragon God's laws and possible curses prevented Soul Beasts from becoming Gods.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to leave the Immortal Herbs with Xiong Jun, then received a message from Lan Fuzi on his Soul Tool Communicator.

Huo Yuhao discussed the dangers of Gu Yuena pursuing the Dragon God’s inheritance, then traveled with her and their companions to Mingdu. At the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Qian Gu Dongfeng opened the Spirit Ice Ceremony before the celebration began.

• Lan Fuzi told Huo Yuhao that the Holy Spirit Cult wanted her to bring him into an exchange delegation traveling to Star Luo, where he believed something left by the Dragon God might be found.
• Huo Yuhao warned Gu Yuena that she did not know what the Dragon God’s trial entailed, and persuaded her to postpone taking risks and investigate it first.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena visited Zhen Hua at the Blacksmith Association, where Huo Yuhao sought his insights into Elemental Lightning Tribulations.
• Xiong Jun brought Xiong Da and Xiong Er along with Huo Yuhao and the others as they traveled to Mingdu for the ceremony.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng addressed the crowd at Spirit Pagoda Plaza and announced that the Spirit Ice Ceremony had officially begun.

During the Spirit Pagoda celebration, the characters explored the festivities and reflected on Spirit Ice Douluo’s legacy. The group split up to enjoy different events, while Yuanen Yehui and Shen Xing joined Xu Xiaoyan to watch a promotional video about Spirit Pagoda.

• Leng Yaozhu and Xiong Jun explained the celebration schedule and said the nightly worship ceremony would take place inside Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Lan Fuzi wondered what Spirit Ice Douluo had looked like, then nervously prayed to Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena; Huo Yuhao noticed her from afar.
• Guang Long confronted a passerby who worried that Soul Beasts might cause safety problems, and Guang Biao explained why some people needed time to adjust to living alongside them.
• Guang Long recalled how Spirit Pagoda and Soul Spirits had given him hope, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie stayed with Xiong Da and Xiong Er and sampled food at the celebration.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi watched a Spirit Pagoda promotional video featuring Xiong Da and Xiong Er, then met Yuanen Yehui and Shen Xing, who also honored Spirit Ice Douluo.

Huo Yuhao toured the Spirit Pagoda’s technology exhibition with Gu Yuena and Snow Empress, then joined the gathering of dignitaries before the Spirit Ice Ceremony. Xiong Jun publicly named him the Spirit Pagoda’s next successor and proposed that he be the first to pay respects to Spirit Ice Douluo.

• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Snow Empress sampled biscuits from a prototype that recreated flavors from their memories, and Huo Yuhao promised to make their favorite foods for them.
• Yi Hongchen joined them, discussed the value of Soul Spirits, and asked whether Holy Spirit Douluo would attend the ceremony; Snow Empress said she did not know.
• Xu Xiaoyan reunited with her companions on the First Floor as representatives from across the continent gathered for the ceremony.
• Gu Yuena explained that most branch Tower Masters had sent trusted representatives rather than leaving their territories amid the return of Evil Soul Masters.
• Xiong Jun introduced Huo Yuhao to the gathered dignitaries as the Spirit Pagoda’s next successor and proposed that Huo Yuhao be the first to pay respects to Spirit Ice Douluo.

During the Spirit Pagoda ceremony, Huo Yuhao was publicly recognized as its next Tower Master and led the gathering in honoring the Spirit Pagoda’s founder and its ten-thousand-year mission. The chapter ended with Snow Empress, Gu Yuena, and the others bowing to him, while also honoring everyone who had carried on that mission.

• Xiong Jun explained that his proposal to have Huo Yuhao lead the worship ceremony was meant to strengthen Huo Yuhao’s position, and the faction representatives and Spirit Pagoda leaders approved it.
• Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li arrived, and her presence surprised the gathered representatives; she briefly reacted to Huo Yuhao before joining the group.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng led everyone to the memorial hall, where the assembled Soul Masters and Soul Spirits released their Soul Spirits before the ceremony.
• Huo Yuhao recalled discussing the Spirit Pagoda’s purpose with Elder Yi, then offered incense and bowed before the Spirit Ice Douluo tablet.
• Huo Yuhao praised the predecessors, Soul Spirits, and Soul Beasts who had sustained the Spirit Pagoda, prompting Xiong Jun, Snow Empress, Gu Yuena, and the others to bow.

At the Worship Ceremony, Holy Spirit Douluo honored Spirit Ice Your Excellency by recalling how Spirit Pagoda workers had transformed her impoverished village and inspired her life of service. Afterward, Huo Yuhao spoke with Zhao Chengyuan about his cultivation and secret role, then prepared to meet the guests gathering around him as he worried that Gu Ruiqiu’s unexplained absence might be connected to them.

• Holy Spirit Douluo recounted how Spirit Transmitters developed her village and thanked Spirit Ice Your Excellency for inspiring the path toward a better era.
• After the ceremony, Zhao Chengyuan praised Huo Yuhao’s talent and admitted that he used special methods to advance, while asking Huo Yuhao to keep his Execution Department identity secret from his daughter.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to keep Zhao Chengyuan’s secret, and Gu Yuena joined him after Zhao Chengyuan left with Zhao Yao.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena wondered why Gu Ruiqiu had disappeared and suspected her trouble might involve them.
• As guests approached, Huo Yuhao greeted the Federation Councilor Na Nali and asked whether that was her public identity.

At the Spirit Pagoda, Na Nali asked Huo Yuhao to assess a proposal to let ordinary people obtain Soul Spirits, and he explained why the idea was unsafe and unworkable for now. The Holy Spirit Douluo then questioned Huo Yuhao about his Faith Power and offered to guide him, while privately wondering why some Faith Power from the Worship Ceremony had flowed toward him.

• Na Nali told Huo Yuhao that the Federal Parliament was considering allowing ordinary people to obtain Soul Spirits and asked for his opinion.
• Huo Yuhao argued that ordinary people could not nourish Soul Spirits and warned that wider access could worsen smuggling and create safety and regulatory problems.
• Na Nali admitted Soul Spirit smuggling involved many people and said the issue was too complicated to expose openly.
• The Holy Spirit Douluo asked Snow Empress whether Huo Yuhao's Faith Power meant he was similar to her, and Snow Empress confirmed that his situation was similar.
• The Holy Spirit Douluo explained her own slow advancement through Faith Power, offered Huo Yuhao advice, and wondered why Faith Power from the Worship Ceremony had drifted toward him.

After the Spirit Ice Ceremony, Huo Yuhao uncovered Gu Ruiqiu’s role in writing old unofficial histories and enlisted Xiong Jun to help research Heavenly Tribulation. Five months later, an envoy group from the Star Luo Federation arrived at Skysea City.

• The Holy Spirit Douluo offered to pass on her inheritance to Huo Yuhao after speculating that the Spirit Pagoda planned to use Faith Power to help him become a god.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena confronted Gu Ruiqiu about old books that portrayed Huo Yuhao and Di Tian, and Gu Yuena made Gu Ruiqiu answer for them.
• Huo Yuhao took part in the Spirit Ice Ceremony’s exhibition match, Soul Spirit Contract event, and final Worship Ceremony.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiong Jun to help research Heavenly Tribulation by practicing Heavenly Forging, and Xiong Jun reluctantly agreed to take part.
• Five months after the ceremony, an envoy group from the Star Luo Federation arrived at Skysea City after a two-month sea journey.