Chapter Summaries

After the Tianhai Alliance Tournament, Huo Yuhao introduced his silver-haired companion as Gu Yuena in her true appearance, surprising Tang Wulin’s friends. The tournament ended successfully, and two years passed as Eastsea Academy drew attention for its results.

• Xiong Jun spoke with Di Tian about Huo Yuhao’s return and received a method to protect the strand of Divine Sense inside Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin and his friends went to the tournament’s closing feast, where Xie Xie spotted Huo Yuhao holding hands with a beautiful silver-haired girl.
• Xu Xiaoyan and the others worried that Huo Yuhao was courting a girl behind Gu Yuena’s back and tried to intervene.
• Huo Yuhao brought the girl to their table and told them to address her as Na’er; she revealed that she was Gu Yuena, who had restored her true appearance.
• Gu Yuena told Xu Xiaoyan that she had found her a teacher, while the group accepted the revelation and the tournament concluded.
• Eastsea Academy’s teams earned strong results and attracted attention before two years passed.

Huo Yuhao condensed his first Blood Essence Soul Core at Soul King level, strengthening his abilities and completing the Body Sect’s first stage of its Innate Secret Method. As he prepared to leave for Mingdu, news of coordinated Holy Spirit Cult attacks sent Mu Ye back to Heaven Dou City, while Na Nali discovered that the attackers had stolen files on suspected Evil Martial Soul possessors.

• Huo Yuhao condensed a Blood Essence Soul Core with help from Mu Ye, Hua Yichen, and Snow Empress’s Divine Sense, completing the breakthrough in two hours.
• After waking at dawn, Huo Yuhao demonstrated a powerful Sky-Tearing Claw attack and told Snow Empress that his Soul Core made it easier to combine Bloodline Power, Spiritual Power, and Soul Power.
• Mu Ye and Hua Yichen praised Huo Yuhao’s progress, and Huo Yuhao said he planned to travel to Mingdu with Old Li to visit the Mecha Master Association.
• Mu Ye learned that Zhen Hua had been lightly injured in an attack and hurried to Heaven Dou City after hearing that the powerful attacker had escaped.
• Na Nali reported that four Evil Soul Masters above the Super Douluo level had attacked several targets, including a Dark Division branch, where files on suspected Evil Martial Soul possessors were stolen and two personnel went missing.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena prepared to leave Eastsea City for Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, saying goodbye to their friends and colleagues. They departed with promises to return, while the Federation’s unexplained evacuation of children and Soul Masters hinted at trouble ahead.

• Huo Yuhao gave Anya a gift and learned that the Federation had sent children and Soul Masters to Spirit Pagoda for an unknown reason.
• Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Xie Xie and the others, who planned to join him later and hoped to study at Sun Moon Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao gave Luo Yanglu two items, asking him to pass one to Teacher Wu.
• Gu Yuena practiced with the Silver Dragon Spear and demonstrated mastery of its artistic conception before Huo Yuhao arrived.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena held hands and left for the station, where President Li was waiting, after Gu Yuena said goodbye to her teachers and friends.

Hua Yichen organized precautions against the Evil Soul Masters while Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Li Yucheng traveled toward Mingdu. At Star Dou Transfer Station, a blood-mist attack abducted Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and a young passenger, leaving the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to roar over the ruined platform.

• Hua Yichen reviewed the attackers’ identities and ordered Soul Masters whose strength had risen through evil methods to be brought to safety.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Li Yucheng traveled by train, where a reserved young man boarded and quietly meditated.
• At Star Dou Transfer Station, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena watched the Soul Beasts and people sharing the platform in harmony.
• A blast destroyed the station’s dome, and blood mist engulfed the train and seized Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and the young passenger.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear struck at the blood mist, but it vanished with the captives, leaving the bear roaring amid the wreckage.

Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Yuanen Yehui were captured by a Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master who planned to kill the young geniuses and became fascinated by Huo Yuhao’s deathly aura. With the captor temporarily gone, Huo Yuhao privately hinted to Yuanen Yehui that she could escape unnoticed.

• At the shattered platform, Li Yucheng realized the situation was dire and needed to contact the Spirit Pagoda as a gray mist and a figure vanished unseen.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Yuanen Yehui awoke inside blood-colored barriers and were dragged down from the sky by the Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master.
• The Evil Soul Master identified the three by their rankings and explained that killing them would deprive the Federation of future experts.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the captor as the Super Douluo who had targeted the Divine Craftsman, and she revealed her interest in the deathly aura he had released.
• The Evil Soul Master warned the captives to remain still and disappeared, after which Yuanen Yehui apologized and offered to draw her away so Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena could escape.
• Huo Yuhao told Yuanen Yehui privately that the Evil Soul Master had not noticed her and that they could leave.

Yuanen Yehui revealed her concern for Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, while a Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master argued that Huo Yuhao should become the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son. As the Evil Soul Master tried to capture them, Yuanen Yehui revealed that she was Na Nali, a Level 98 Four-word Battle Armor Master ready to fight.

• Yuanen Yehui explained that she had not intended to involve Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, and the three realized they had each been acting.
• The Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master told Qilin that Huo Yuhao’s deathly aura made him an ideal Holy Son and requested support to capture him.
• Yuanen Yehui urged Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena to stay out of danger, but Huo Yuhao used his Spiritual Power to reassure her that they had safeguards.
• Yuanen Yehui apologized and prepared to end her life rather than fall into the Holy Spirit Cult’s hands, but the Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master seized her wrist.
• Yuanen Yehui revealed her identity as Na Nali and summoned her black bell, six black and three red Soul Rings, and Dark Green Battle Armor.

Na Nali ambushed the Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master, whose Blood Escape Technique let her deceive Na Nali and survive. Huo Yuhao found the wounded Evil Soul Master afterward and confronted her, leaving her stunned by the strength of the people she had captured.

• Na Nali used her bell and Mecha to attack the Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master, while Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena retreated using spatial powers.
• The Evil Soul Master fought back with her Battle Armor, but Na Nali's Heavy Ion Ray shattered her arm and forced her to retreat.
• Huo Yuhao explained to Gu Yuena that the Evil Soul Master's Blood Qi and desire for powerful bloodlines had made her mind unstable.
• The Evil Soul Master split into blood-red copies and lured Na Nali away with a Battle Armor-clad clone, then emerged from the ruins in her weakened true form.
• Huo Yuhao appeared beside the Evil Soul Master and revealed that he had discovered her escape, leaving her horrified by the people she had captured.

Huo Yuhao fought the Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master and let Elder Yi take control to interrogate her about the Holy Spirit Cult. Her answers revealed that the cult served a Divine Sense from the God Realm, leaving Huo Yuhao and his Soul Spirits to consider the dangers Old Jin’s war had brought to the Lower Realm.

• Huo Yuhao used his Battle Armor, Body Martial Soul Second Awakening, and Destruction Light to fight the Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master.
• The Evil Soul Master unleashed Blood Prison Thousand Eyes and Ten Thousand Souls Devour, while Huo Yuhao countered with his domain, Star Curtain, and Soul Impact.
• The Evil Soul Master realized Huo Yuhao had a Soul Core and tried to recruit him as the Holy Spirit Cult’s future Holy Son.
• Huo Yuhao called on Elder Yi, who used Soul Control Fire to seize the Evil Soul Master and question her about the cult.
• The Evil Soul Master revealed that the cult sought powerful candidates and Godhead Fragments, and that its leader was preparing a body for a Divine Sense from the God Realm.
• Huo Yuhao and the Soul Spirits concluded that the Holy Spirit Cult was one of the dangers left behind by Old Jin’s slaughter of the Gods.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena helped Na Nali capture a Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master, then accompanied Na Nali and Yuanen Yehui toward Mingdu. As the Holy Spirit Cult planned to keep a low profile and advance its schemes, Huo Yuhao approached a city where Spirit Pagoda leaders and talented juniors were preparing for his arrival.

• Huo Yuhao learned that the Holy Spirit Cult's divine sense likely belonged to a deity with a complete Divine Position, while Elder Yi stopped questioning the captive before her soul collapsed.
• Na Nali regained her original appearance, discovered Huo Yuhao had restrained the Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master, and crippled the captive's Soul Core and cultivation.
• Na Nali thanked Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, arranged to escort them to Mingdu, and brought along Yuanen Yehui, whose identity had been used in the incident.
• Tong Yu spoke with a hidden Holy Spirit Cult leader, who ordered the cult to keep a low profile, delay its plan to seize the God-Slaying Grade Soul Tool Cannonball, and watch Huo Yuhao as a possible Holy Son.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng learned that Huo Yuhao was nearing Mingdu and ordered his subordinates to subdue the arrogant juniors, while several young talents anticipated meeting Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao sat on a train approaching Mingdu and smiled as the city came into view.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena arrived safely in Mingdu, where she invited him to stay at her home. That night, Di Tian appeared and greeted Huo Yuhao after ten thousand years.

• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Na Nali, and Yuanen Yehui arrived in Mingdu, and Na Nali left with Yuanen Yehui after promising Huo Yuhao an apology gift and thanks.
• Huo Yuhao reported their safe arrival to Li Yucheng, who planned to take him to the Mecha Master Association Headquarters the next day.
• Gu Yuena brought Huo Yuhao to her spacious home and offered him a bedroom and workshops prepared to his preferences.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that someone else had recently used the teacups, and Gu Yuena explained that another woman with a key also stayed there.
• That night, Huo Yuhao used Space Power to meet Di Tian, who greeted him and began thanking him for his grace over the millennia.

Di Tian thanked Huo Yuhao for preserving Star Dou and warned him to treat his Master well before asking about Holy Spirit’s god and the God-Slaying Grade Soul Tool Cannonballs. Huo Yuhao learned that Chen Xinjie, one of the cannonballs’ three custodians, belonged to the Sea God lineage, leaving Di Tian concerned about the connection.

• Di Tian bowed to Huo Yuhao and credited him with Star Dou’s survival, then warned him not to hurt his Master.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian that Holy Spirit had a being with Divine Sense at Level Three God or above.
• Di Tian suspected Holy Spirit was targeting the three God-Slaying Grade Soul Tool Cannonballs, and revealed that the Mingde Hall Master, Chen Xinjie, and the Dark Division Minister each guarded one.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian that Chen Xinjie belonged to the Sea God Island lineage and had once guarded the Sea God inheritance.
• Di Tian described Chen Xinjie’s political standing and strength, while Huo Yuhao reflected on the tangled ties between the Federation’s major powers and their shared origins.

Huo Yuhao discussed the God-Slaying Grade Soul Tool Cannonballs and his Temple of War God acquaintances with Di Tian, then reassured Snow Empress that he would rely on his family when he needed help. The next morning, he and Gu Yuena went to the Mecha Master Association, where they found Li Yucheng speaking with an old man and a young man.

• Huo Yuhao warned Di Tian that the God-Slaying Grade Soul Tool Cannonballs could cause immense destruction and offered to meet his old acquaintances at the Temple of War God to help safeguard them.
• Di Tian declined to visit the person at the residence, saying he had come to see Huo Yuhao and wanted Master to rest in peace.
• Snow Empress urged Huo Yuhao to share his burdens, and he took her hand and agreed that he would rely on his family when he needed help.
• Huo Yuhao made breakfast for Gu Yuena, and they traveled to the Mecha Master Association Headquarters in a hovercar.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena found Li Yucheng at the association beside an old man and a young man, while someone asked Li why he had come after neglecting his duties for two years.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena visited the Heaven Dou City Mecha Association, where their reputations impressed President Zhang and Luo Gui Xing. On the upper floor, Level 9 Craftsman Feng Xuan'ang tried to recruit Huo Yuhao as his student before he could meet the chief president.

• Li Yucheng introduced Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena to President Zhang, who recognized Huo Yuhao as the Spirit Messenger and first-ranked Youth Genius List member.
• Luo Gui Xing greeted Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena respectfully, then admitted that the gap between himself and Huo Yuhao was too great to make him want to challenge him.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Power to turn away the crowd's intense gazes, and Gu Yuena kept her arm linked through his.
• Li Yucheng led Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena upstairs, where they encountered Feng Xuan'ang, Xia Haoxuan's teacher and a Level 9 Craftsman.
• Feng Xuan'ang praised Huo Yuhao and invited him to study under him, alarming Li Yucheng.

At the Mecha Master Association, Feng Xuan'ang tried to recruit Huo Yuhao, but Li Yucheng defended their teacher-student bond and revealed his breakthrough to Level 9. Association President Yi Hongchen arrived and decided to personally teach Huo Yuhao, taking him to a manufacturing room.

• Li Yucheng stepped in when Feng Xuan'ang tried to claim Huo Yuhao as a student, and Huo Yuhao affirmed that Li Yucheng was already his teacher.
• Li Yucheng revealed that he had passed the Level 9 Craftsman assessment and completed a Soul Power Amplifier, crediting Huo Yuhao's insights into core Magic Arrays.
• Yi Hongchen arrived, met Huo Yuhao, and ended the dispute by announcing that he would personally teach him.
• Yi Hongchen led Huo Yuhao toward a manufacturing room, while Feng Xuan'ang regretted that Li Yucheng had reached Huo Yuhao first.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena met Mecha Master Association President Yi Hongchen, who discussed Huo Yuhao’s goal of creating a Natal Soul Tool and explained that entering Mingde Hall required its master’s approval. Huo Yuhao considered the extraordinary cultivation of Mingde Hall Master Wang Hongchen, whose metal-devouring methods had also driven Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua away from Mingdu.

• Yi Hongchen welcomed Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, praised their talent, and compared Huo Yuhao to Spirit Ice Douluo.
• Gu Yuena suggested that modern Soul Tool specialization made mastering the entire field more difficult, and Yi Hongchen offered to recruit her into Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao asked about pursuing his Natal Soul Tool, and Yi Hongchen said he could offer help through the Mecha Master Association but only Wang Hongchen could approve his entry into Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Wang Hongchen had reached Limit Douluo by absorbing rare metals, including Heavenly Forged Metal.
• Huo Yuhao remembered that Zhen Hua resented Wang Hongchen’s consumption of Heavenly Forged Metal and had moved the Ascension Platform away from Mingdu partly to avoid him.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated an extraordinary ability to manufacture three Level 6 Soul Tools at once, earning access to Mingde Hall’s resources and drawing Ling Zichen’s interest. He asserted his authority over her before heading to the blueprint storage room, while Di Tian questioned Wang Hongchen about Mingde Hall’s dealings and learned that research into Fierce Beast Lightning Tribulations would proceed.

• Yi Hongchen invited Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena to demonstrate their Soul Tool skills, and Huo Yuhao improved Gu Yuena’s blueprints before examining them.
• Huo Yuhao entered Mind-Body Unity and completed three Level 6 Soul Tools simultaneously in under five minutes, stunning Yi Hongchen and Ling Zichen.
• Yi Hongchen offered Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena access to advanced blueprints, Soul Tools, and instruction in every sub-profession.
• Ling Zichen introduced herself and asked Huo Yuhao to become her assistant, but he told her she was not qualified yet and requested access to the headquarters blueprint storage room.
• Di Tian asked Wang Hongchen about Mingde Hall’s past campaign against Shrek and its research cooperation with an extraterrestrial race, and Wang agreed to support research into Fierce Beast Lightning Tribulations.
• Wang Hongchen received a report about Huo Yuhao’s Mind-Body Unity and three-way focus, and he became intrigued by the technique.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena discussed Di Tian’s message and Gu Ruiqiu’s life in Mingdu before learning that Mingde Hall had invited Huo Yuhao because of his unusual Soul Tool techniques. He left without answering Ling Zichen’s challenge to try a special energy research project.

• Gu Yuena showed Huo Yuhao Di Tian’s message, and they discussed whether Shrek’s willingness to weaken public opinion revealed its true intentions.
• Huo Yuhao saw Gu Ruiqiu call Gu Yuena “little sister,” and Gu Yuena replied to her message about a new dessert.
• Gu Yuena explained that Gu Ruiqiu had chosen her current identity and had no intention of changing back into her Three-Eyed Golden Lion form.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena left the blueprint storage room and encountered Ling Zichen, who told him the Mingde Hall Master had invited him to join Mingde Hall.
• Ling Zichen challenged Huo Yuhao to try the Soul Tool research department’s special energy research project, but he kept walking and left.

Huo Yuhao explained why the Mecha Master Association’s research into metal essence and the Single Source Core mattered, while Gu Yuena agreed not to interfere but warned that the Radical Faction was trying to draw him in. At home, Gu Yuena secretly mentored Xu Xiaoyan online, and the chapter ended as a golden figure rushed through the doorway to meet her.

• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena that the association was researching the forbidden Single Source Core and described how its one-use technology differed from Ling Zichen’s sustainable energy research.
• Gu Yuena agreed not to target the research but resolved to warn the Radical Faction against trying to use Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena skipped the Spirit Pagoda headquarters and returned home, where he watched her secretly guide Xu Xiaoyan’s cultivation as her mysterious teacher.
• A cheerful voice announced that Gu Yuena’s jiejie had returned, and a golden figure charged through the doorway.

Gu Ruiqiu reunited with Gu Yuena and met Huo Yuhao, then told him that powerful Spirit Pagoda candidates were waiting to challenge him. After spending several days studying at the Mecha Master Association and arranging his visit to Mingde Hall, Huo Yuhao finally looked toward central Mingdu, and Gu Yuena and Gu Ruiqiu realized the confrontation was approaching.

• Gu Ruiqiu entered Gu Yuena's room with dessert, greeted Huo Yuhao, and learned he had returned from the dead.
• Huo Yuhao shared pastries with Gu Yuena, while Gu Ruiqiu and Gu Yuena caught up after years apart.
• Gu Ruiqiu told Huo Yuhao that Spirit Pagoda candidates, including herself, were interested in challenging him, but Gu Yuena warned her not to act recklessly.
• Ling Zichen told the Soul Masters waiting at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters that Huo Yuhao had visited the Mecha Master Association and received Mingde Hall's Invitation.
• Huo Yuhao spent several days studying at the Mecha Master Association, confirmed his reporting date at Mingde Hall through Yi Hongchen, and then looked toward central Mingdu after morning training.

Ji Wufeng challenged Huo Yuhao to the duel he had awaited for ten days, but Huo Yuhao defeated him in a contest of intent. Ji Wufeng began meditating on what he had learned as Huo Yuhao entered the Spirit Pagoda.

• Ji Wufeng waited outside the Spirit Pagoda for ten days, hoping to challenge Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao arrived, and Ji Wufeng asked him for a duel; Huo Yuhao agreed despite the Enforcement Squad's warning against fighting there.
• Ji Wufeng unleashed his Sword Intent and Sword Soul, while Huo Yuhao countered with a punch that revealed a far deeper realm of intent.
• Huo Yuhao overpowered Ji Wufeng, who admitted defeat and sat down to meditate on what he had witnessed.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Jue Chen, then headed into the Spirit Pagoda while the Enforcement Squad eyed the damage to the plaza.