Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao entered Spirit Pagoda headquarters and defeated its gathered young clan prodigies to establish his authority. He then met with Qian Gu Dongfeng, who urged him to win the clans’ support, while Huo Yuhao began explaining that Leng Yaozhu and his teacher would nominate him as a Candidate Spirit Envoy.

• Huo Yuhao requested a Training Ground after receiving his Spirit Pagoda identification and access card, and Gu Yuena and Gu Ruiqiu accompanied him.
• Huo Yuhao invited ten young Soul Masters from major clans, including Qian Gu Juechen, to attack him together, then overwhelmed them with Dragon King Pressure, mental interference, and his superior strength.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng learned of Huo Yuhao’s decisive victory and summoned him to the Tower Master’s office.
• While Huo Yuhao waited with Leng Yaozhu, Gu Yuena told her teacher she would help Yuhao reach the top.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng praised Huo Yuhao’s battles and warned that he needed the clan factions’ support, but Huo Yuhao replied that strength was what mattered and began discussing his nominations for Candidate Spirit Envoy.

Huo Yuhao received the chance to undergo the Spirit Pagoda’s Candidate Spirit Envoy assessment while Qian Gu Dongfeng weighed plans involving him and the Source Spring Research. As Huo Yuhao entered the assessment grounds, news spread that he was the youngest Candidate Spirit Envoy in history.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng accepted Huo Yuhao’s assessment opportunity and discussed with a shadowed figure how to advance the Spirit Pagoda’s plans before Huo Yuhao left its headquarters.
• Qian Gu Juechen showed Qian Gu Zhangting a recording of Huo Yuhao’s battle, and Zhangting admitted Huo Yuhao was stronger than he had expected but withheld judgment until the assessment.
• Ji Wufeng challenged Qian Gu Zhangting to a fight so he could test his insights, and Zhangting agreed to go with him before Ji entered confinement.
• Huo Yuhao discussed the Source Spring Research and the Qian Gu Clan with the Snow Empress, asking her to monitor the clan while he handled the research.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Spirit Pagoda’s harsh assessment grounds, and news of the youngest Candidate Spirit Envoy in history spread through headquarters that night.

Huo Yuhao settled into his place at headquarters while teasing Gu Yuena about moving out, and Tang Wulin prepared to break the second seal with Tang San's Divine Sense guiding him. Tang San's Divine Sense feared the Spirit Pagoda's influence was erasing his memories and silently called for his main body to return.

• Gu Ruiqiu cooked fish soup while Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena that Xiaoyan and the others would soon arrive and that housing had been arranged for them.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Gu Yuena that he was not moving out, then assigned research tasks to Ling Zichen and placed Gu Yuena under his command.
• Ling Zichen saw the new tasks on her Soul Tool Light Screen and angrily cursed Huo Yuhao for abusing his authority.
• Tang Wulin entered the Seal Space at the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda branch to break through the second layer of his seal, and Tang San's Divine Sense began guiding him.
• Tang San's Divine Sense worried that the First Generation Tower Master's Admonitions had eroded his memories and personality, then silently urged his main body to return because the family was in danger.

Tang San, Ji Dong, and Lie Yan repaired the God Realm and discussed how to fill the vacancies on the God Realm Committee. After Ji Dong and Lie Yan left, Tang San planned to use the Golden Trident and his remaining connection to the Sea God Godhead to descend upon Douluo Continent and carry out his Ten Thousand Year Plan.

• Tang San, Ji Dong, and Lie Yan used the God Realm Central Hub and Xianling Qi to repair damage caused by the Space-Time Turbulence.
• Ji Dong blamed himself for being absent during the God Realm's crisis, while Tang San reflected that his only shortcoming had been a lack of strength.
• Tang San agreed with Ji Dong and Lie Yan to appoint powerful Level One Gods to fill the God Realm Committee's vacant seats.
• After Ji Dong and Lie Yan left, Tang San took out the Golden Trident and considered who could serve as the vessel for his divine descent to Douluo Continent.

Tang Wulin and his companions traveled to Mingdu, where they learned that Huo Yuhao had become a Candidate Spirit Envoy after a spectacular battle. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao confronting a visitor he recognized as the Abyssal Demon Whale, Lan Fuzi.

• As Tang Wulin broke through the second seal, the Golden Dragon King angrily threatened him, so Tang Wulin decided to explain the First Generation Tower Master's ideas even more often.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xu Xiaoyan waited for Tang Wulin, then the five reunited, ate breakfast, and boarded a Soul Tool Train to Mingdu.
• The group visited Spirit Pagoda headquarters and heard Zhao Yao recount an exaggerated story about a Candidate Spirit Envoy defeating the Sword Maniac with one punch.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he was the Candidate Spirit Envoy and explained that he had completed the assessment to avoid being drawn into headquarters' factional disputes.
• Huo Yuhao gave the group their accommodations and academy documents, then arranged for himself and Gu Yuena to join Mingde Hall as researchers.
• A hesitant visitor arrived to see Huo Yuhao, who identified the figure as the Abyssal Demon Whale and addressed it as Your Excellency Lan Fuzi.

Lan Fuzi recalled how Huo Yuhao had taken a Sea God Godhead Fragment two years earlier, then realized he and Gu Yuena were powerful deities who knew of the Holy Spirit Cult. Huo Yuhao ordered her to obey him, and after she left in fear, he and Gu Yuena discussed how her presence might prove useful.

• Lan Fuzi remembered finding Huo Yuhao with a Sea God Godhead Fragment in the Abyss of the Deep Sea and entering the Spirit Pagoda to search for more fragments.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he knew Lan Fuzi belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult and questioned her about the recovery of its deity; Lan Fuzi said she did not know.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Lan Fuzi to follow him, and Gu Yuena appeared and used silver light to place a mark on her.
• Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao let Lan Fuzi believe they were deities who had prevailed in a God Realm war, and Lan Fuzi left the room terrified.
• After Lan Fuzi left, Gu Yuena teased Huo Yuhao about frightening her, and Huo Yuhao said Lan Fuzi had become a potentially useful piece.

Huo Yuhao invited Ling Zichen to research a mecha powered by a Simulated Soul Core, while he considered using a Single Positive Cycle Source Core to form his third Soul Core. The group traveled to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where statues of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen caught Huo Yuhao’s attention.

• Huo Yuhao gave Ling Zichen a Battle Armor-style mecha blueprint that could let ordinary people wield powerful mechas, and she agreed to research its Simulated Soul Core.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ling Zichen to take precautions with her experiments, then tested rare-metal energy fusion and considered using a Single Positive Cycle Source Core for his third Soul Core.
• Xie Xie asked Huo Yuhao about Gu Ruiqiu and Lan Fuzi, and Huo Yuhao identified them before the group departed for Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Gu Ruiqiu teased Gu Yuena before leaving, and Gu Yuena boarded the flying car with Huo Yuhao and the others.
• At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Huo Yuhao saw statues of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

Huo Yuhao and his companions visited Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Mingde Hall, where they encountered a Fire Host Clan member during a research experiment. Huo Yuhao connected with the Fire Wolf and showed it a memory of the royal Fire Host Clan’s Seven-Colored Lotus Lifebound True Fire.

• Xie Xie identified the statues of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, while Huo Yuhao recalled his past connection with them.
• Lin Qinghan welcomed Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and arranged their registration and visit to Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao discovered an embarrassing romance novel about himself in Lin Qinghan’s office, and Lin Qinghan later hurried to remove the books from the shelf.
• Xu Mo guided the group through Mingde Hall’s Sky Dome Control System and Space Warp System before bringing them to observe a Fire Host Clan Fire Wolf.
• Huo Yuhao formed a spiritual connection with the Fire Wolf and showed it the Seven-Colored Lotus, the Fire Host Clan’s royal Lifebound True Fire.

Huo Yuhao studied the Fire Host Clan with Gu Yuena and Lan Fuzi at Mingde Hall, then met Wang Hongchen, who opened the Hall’s historic Soul Tool collection to him. Huo Yuhao accepted the chance to learn from the records left by the Silver Moon Douluo.

• Fire Wolf agreed to help Huo Yuhao research the Fire Host Clan, and Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi began studying its life essence in Mingde Hall’s laboratory.
• After several hours, Mingde Hall sent Fire Wolf back to the Temple of War God, and Huo Yuhao praised Lan Fuzi’s technical skill.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena entered the lounge and found Na Nali arguing with her former teacher, Wang Hongchen, over a Level 10 Soul Tool.
• Wang Hongchen welcomed Huo Yuhao’s group and granted them access to Mingde Hall’s research facilities and Secret Chamber, including its Soul Tools and records.
• Wang Hongchen explained that the Silver Moon Douluo had established the Secret Chamber as a resource for Soul Engineers, and Huo Yuhao bowed in gratitude to him and the departed senior.

Huo Yuhao borrowed Soul Tool books from Mingde Hall while Wang Hongchen and the Gold Devouring Ant Emperor speculated that he might be descended from the Spirit Ice Douluo. Outside, Na Nali gave Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena compensation and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, prompting Gu Yuena to suspect Huo Yuhao had used the captured Evil Soul Master to pass information to the Dark Division.

• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi explored Mingde Hall’s secret chamber, and Huo Yuhao borrowed several Soul Tool books using access cards from Wang Hongchen.
• Wang Hongchen and the Gold Devouring Ant Emperor discussed Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eye, Snow Empress connection, and Soul Tool talent, concluding he might be the Spirit Ice Douluo’s descendant.
• The Gold Devouring Ant Emperor told Wang Hongchen that Mingde Hall preserved unofficial histories and gossip about the Spirit Ice Douluo alongside records of Soul Tool development.
• Na Nali thanked Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena with two portions of Ten Thousand Year Void Sea Ganoderma and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone taken from the captured Super Douluo.
• Gu Yuena wondered how the captured Evil Soul Master had revealed important information to the Dark Division and suspected Huo Yuhao had conveyed it through him.

Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi settled into their Mingde Hall quarters, where they discovered unofficial histories about Huo Yuhao and his companions. As Huo Yuhao examined a valuable soul bone, Xie Xie faced classmates eager to hear about his past victory over Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao scanned the suite for hidden dangers, and Lan Fuzi suggested they avoid staying at Mingde Hall for long.
• Gu Yuena found a book filled with rumors about Huo Yuhao, and Snow Empress explained that Su Tong had used unofficial histories to obscure official records.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Gu Yuena about his past and teased her for being jealous, while Lan Fuzi found even more outlandish stories about him.
• Huo Yuhao inspected a one-hundred-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca soul bone, and Snow Empress advised him to save it for a possible soul bone fusion.
• Xie Xie found himself surrounded by classmates asking what it felt like to defeat Shrek two years earlier.

Xie Xie and his classmates discussed the notable students in their class, including Xu Yucheng and Shen Xing of the Shen Family, one of the Four Great Military Families. Lin Qinghan welcomed Yuanen Yehui as a new classmate, while Na Nali watched from outside and let him enjoy academy life for now.

• Students questioned Xie Xie about his friends and learned that Huo Yuhao was at Mingde Hall; Tang Wulin drew attention for his blacksmithing talent.
• Xie Xie discussed Xu Yucheng, a Youth Genius List student, with his classmates.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi warned Xie Xie to be careful around Shen Xing, whose family controlled the North Sea Legion.
• Xu Xiaoyan explained the influence of the Four Great Military Families and the Shen Family's place among them.
• Lin Qinghan introduced Yuanen Yehui as a new student, and Na Nali watched from outside before leaving him to academy life.

During Mecha Control Class at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Tang Wulin and his companions discussed their training and met with classmates. Yuanen Yehui asked Tang Wulin to forge Spirit Alloy and invited him and Xie Xie to consider joining an Exchange Competition against Shrek Academy, which might conflict with their planned trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xie Xie showed off how his Legendary Soul Spirit improved his control of a practice mecha, while Zhang Yangzi envied his advantage.
• Xu Xiaoyan joked with Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi about relying on Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin for Battle Armor work, then chatted with Shen Xing.
• Xu Yucheng invited Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi to team up for their next combat class in Virtual Space.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Tang Wulin to forge Spirit Alloy, and he quoted her a processing fee of one hundred thousand Federal Coins per piece.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to arrange a meeting with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, then invited them to join the Exchange Competition against Shrek Academy.
• Xie Xie considered the competition but worried it would conflict with their planned trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Huo Yuhao defeated Xu Mo in a Soul Tool crafting contest and completed Gu Yuena’s One-Word Battle Armor, which she named Hao. After the researchers left, Skyfire arrived to discuss the threat of Evil Soul Masters and the God-Slaying Grade Soul Tool Cannonball, and Huo Yuhao revealed the Seven-Colored Lotus.

• Xu Mo and Huo Yuhao competed to create a One-Word Battle Armor core component, and Huo Yuhao used three carving knives and the Inner Carving Method to craft a double nested array.
• Huo Yuhao placed the finished silver crown on Gu Yuena, completing her Battle Armor and making her a Four-Ring One-Word Battle Armor Master.
• Gu Yuena named her Battle Armor Hao, and Xu Mo gave Huo Yuhao a crystal chip containing research materials as the contest’s stake.
• After the researchers departed, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena discussed future Battle Armor designs before Gu Yuena left him alone behind a Spatial Barrier.
• Skyfire apologized for testing Huo Yuhao, then agreed to help guard the God-Slaying Grade Soul Tool Cannonball against the Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Seven-Colored Lotus in his palm as the finest advance payment for Skyfire’s help.

Huo Yuhao discussed the Fire Host Clan’s homeland and the Federation’s strongest forces with Skyfire, who warned him that Eternal Heaven was likely stored at the Temple of War God. After Skyfire left, Huo Yuhao suspected that Chen Xinjie and Yun Ming had been gathering Sea God Godhead Fragments and growing stronger.

• Huo Yuhao recalled his alliance with the Fire Host Clan, which had traded him a portion of its Seven-Colored Lotus true fire in exchange for his future help finding the Falan World.
• Skyfire told Huo Yuhao that he believed in his potential to Become a God, while Huo Yuhao suggested the Fire Host Clan might someday search for its homeland without relying on him.
• Skyfire warned that Chen Xinjie was the Federation’s foremost Limit expert and that Eternal Heaven was probably stored at the Temple of War God.
• Skyfire explained that the Temple of War God had the Federation’s strongest leadership and forces, while Chen Xinjie’s Divine Origin Realm Spiritual Power set him apart from other Quasi-Gods.
• After Skyfire departed, Huo Yuhao reasoned that Chen Xinjie and Yun Ming might be collecting Sea God Godhead Fragments and had become stronger, especially Chen Xinjie.

Yuanen Yehui apologized to Huo Yuhao and his friends, then explained that she had once planned to join Shrek Academy before Na Nali arranged for her to attend the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. As the group talked, Shen Xing considered how Huo Yuhao might influence the Federation’s factional balance, while the gathering ended with the others discovering Yuanen Yehui was a girl.

• Yuanen Yehui apologized to Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena in the academy cafeteria and explained that she had originally intended to register at Shrek Academy.
• Xie Xie described the conflict between Shrek Academy and their group, and Yuanen Yehui said she would not go easy on Shrek in a future match.
• Gu Yuena told Xu Xiaoyan and Shen Xing that Huo Yuhao had helped her complete her One-Word Battle Armor, astonishing them.
• Shen Xing considered the Federation’s political factions and wondered whether Huo Yuhao could be persuaded to support the Dove Faction.
• The students reacted with shock when they realized Yuanen Yehui was a girl.

Yuanen Yehui and her friends challenged Huo Yuhao and lost, after which Shen Xing explained the Federation’s Hawk and Dove factions and Huo Yuhao agreed to hear more about her family’s views. Later, Huo Yuhao discovered Lan Fuzi’s suspicions about his and Gu Yuena’s identities, then visited Ling Zichen’s Source Core experiment and warned that it was about to explode just before it detonated.

• Yuanen Yehui revealed her real appearance and asked Huo Yuhao for guidance, but she and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi lost decisively to him in a training match.
• Gu Yuena took Xu Xiaoyan away for training, while Shen Xing discussed the Federation’s rival Hawk and Dove factions with Huo Yuhao, who invited her to explain her family’s views.
• Lan Fuzi privately wondered whether Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena were the Life God King and Destruction God King, and Huo Yuhao told her she could inform the Holy Spirit Cult that she had infiltrated the Spirit Pagoda as his assistant.
• Huo Yuhao visited Ling Zichen’s institute to see the Single Positive Cycle Source Core experiment, where Ling Zichen showed him a container of unstable Source extracted from Spirit Forged Metal.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ling Zichen that the Source was about to explode, and it detonated in a blinding flash.

An experiment at Ling Zichen’s Laboratory erupted twice, and Gu Yuena and Pang Fenhai helped contain the danger and protect the researchers. Afterward, Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress discussed plans for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Gu Yuena and Pang Fenhai reunited at home.

• The source core’s first eruption threatened Ling Zichen’s parents and the Laboratory, but Pang Fenhai raised a Star Curtain while the researchers activated the defensive matrix.
• The energy surged again, and Gu Yuena returned to Ling Zichen’s side before proposing that Eight-Character Battle Armor Masters join the research as a safety measure.
• Ling Chentao accepted the proposal, thanked Gu Yuena, and later showed her around the Laboratory as its Energy Stabilizers processed the contained energy.
• Gu Yuena told the Snow Empress that she could not yet set up a Space-Time Array around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in her current state.
• Pang Fenhai met the Snow Empress outside Gu Yuena’s home, embraced her, and invited her inside to discuss their plans.

Huo Yuhao helped Gu Yuena deepen her understanding of the Law of Time and discussed the danger of his coming Godhood Tribulation. As Huo Yuhao prepared for the Spirit Ice Ceremony, Yue Zhengyu and Ye Xinglan arrived in Mingdu with their classmates for the competition.

• Huo Yuhao guided Gu Yuena through his insight into the Law of Time, which she planned to develop further while reconstructing her Spiritual Domain.
• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena he would match and surpass the Godhood Tribulation, and she considered how to help him survive it.
• The Snow Empress noted that Huo Yuhao would return from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in time for the Spirit Ice Ceremony, which would give him an opportunity to act without Shrek Academy intervening immediately.
• Yue Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and their classmates arrived in Mingdu, where Yue Zhengyu reminded Ye Xinglan that he was the team captain.

Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng told Shrek’s seven competitors that their performances in the exchange match could earn them a place at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Huo Yuhao finished helping the Snow Empress get ready and left with Gu Yuena for the Spirit Pagoda.

• Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and their classmates met Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng at the hotel, where the seniors explained that they had come to support Shrek’s team and arrange candidates for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang Yinmeng explained that several students had a strong chance of entering the Inner Court, while Lan Muzi announced that the three top performers in the match would qualify to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yue Zhengyu and Long Chen eagerly vowed to win the match and seize the opportunity.
• Huo Yuhao combed the Snow Empress’s hair, and she told him she would wait at home while he went to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yuena joined Huo Yuhao on his way to the Spirit Pagoda, and he promised to comb her hair later.