Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong made Xue Beng wait on her during the carriage ride because he needed Huo Yuhao’s help, then toured the Fourth Prince’s Mansion with Zhu Zhuqing. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing reflecting on how meeting Huo Yuhao had transformed her view of power and the imperial families.

• Ning Rongrong ordered Xue Beng to massage her legs and fan her while he endured her demands to secure Huo Yuhao’s help.
• Xue Beng rushed into the Fourth Prince’s Mansion and left Ning Rongrong amused by his panicked retreat.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on how Huo Yuhao had changed her life and revealed the influence behind the imperial families.
• Ning Rongrong linked arms with Zhu Zhuqing and showed her around the mansion, including the Spirit Fighting Arena where Xue Beng had once been beaten.
• Ning Rongrong recalled how she, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Xue Ke had attacked Xue Beng before Xue Qinghe arrived to calm them down.

Huo Yuhao visited Xue Xing’s residence, where Xue Xing asked him to support Xue Beng’s bid for the throne and offered him territory. The discussion ended with Xue Beng confessing that he had been slowly poisoning his father, Xue Ye.

• Huo Yuhao and his companions were entertained by maids at Xue Xing’s residence as Xue Xing questioned him about his visit to Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xue Xing and Xue Beng directly what business they had with him, then assured Xue Xing that Ning Rongrong, Qiu'er, and Zhu Zhuqing were trusted allies.
• Xue Xing asked Huo Yuhao to support Xue Beng and offered him territory and cities in return.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Xue Xing’s plan by noting that Xue Ye was still alive, and Xue Beng reacted with panic.
• Xue Beng admitted that he had been slowly poisoning Xue Ye for years and that his father had only a few years left to live.

Xue Beng begged Huo Yuhao for support against Xue Qinghe, offering to make the Heaven Dou Empire serve Spirit Hall if he became emperor. Huo Yuhao agreed while secretly planning to use Xue Beng’s rule to destabilize the empire and advance Spirit Hall’s conquest.

• Xue Beng tearfully claimed that Xue Ye favored Xue Qinghe and that Xue Qinghe had killed his brothers and would soon target him.
• Xue Beng warned Huo Yuhao that Xue Qinghe would wage war against Spirit Hall and described a dream foretelling chaos across the continent.
• Huo Yuhao demanded proof of Xue Beng’s sincerity, and Xue Beng promised to obey him and make Spirit Hall the Heaven Dou Empire’s only ally.
• Xue Beng confessed that he wanted the throne so badly that he dreamed about becoming emperor, and Huo Yuhao considered exploiting his ambition.
• Huo Yuhao planned to place Xue Beng on the throne and use his rule to hasten the Heaven Dou Empire’s collapse, then agreed to support him while demanding further proof of sincerity.

Huo Yuhao secretly traveled to the Crown Prince's Mansion to visit Qian Renxue, where Spirit Hall's Elders hoped she would bear his eldest son. The chapter left Huo Yuhao entering Qian Renxue's room.

• Huo Yuhao confirmed that Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Qiu'er were asleep, then slipped out into Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Yuhao used his Divine Sense to locate the Crown Prince's Mansion and teleported to its entrance with the Myriad Demon King's spatial soul skill.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo greeted Huo Yuhao as the Holy Son and told him Qian Renxue had been thinking of him.
• Snake Lance Douluo hoped Huo Yuhao would understand Spirit Hall's Elders' wish for Qian Renxue to bear his eldest son.
• Huo Yuhao entered Qian Renxue's room as Snake Lance Douluo silently wished for their union and Spirit Hall's future.

Huo Yuhao visited Qian Renxue, who had missed him and resented how long he had kept her waiting. He comforted her and promised they would stay together, leaving them teasing each other about having children.

• Huo Yuhao entered Qian Renxue's room, and she reproached him for taking so long to visit.
• Huo Yuhao apologized and massaged Qian Renxue's feet, easing her resentment.
• Huo Yuhao tickled Qian Renxue's soles and held her as she struggled to escape.
• Qian Renxue asked whether they would always be together, and Huo Yuhao promised they would have eight babies.
• Qian Renxue accused Huo Yuhao of teasing her by calling her a little pig.

Huo Yuhao and Qian Renxue spent the night together, and he stayed in Heaven Dou City to care for her the next morning. He then began discussing a plan for the Nation-Stealing Plan with her.

• Huo Yuhao overpowered Qian Renxue and they spent the night together.
• Qian Renxue woke the next morning sore and embarrassed, then kicked Huo Yuhao awake and confronted him about the mess.
• Huo Yuhao carried the weak Qian Renxue into the living room, where Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo saw them together.
• Huo Yuhao decided to remain in Heaven Dou City with Qian Renxue, trusting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress to protect Ning Rongrong, Qiu'er, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Renxue he had learned about Xue Beng and began explaining an idea for the Nation-Stealing Plan as Snake Lance and Pufferfish listened.

Huo Yuhao left Heaven Dou City with Qiu'er, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing after securing Qian Renxue’s support and half of Heaven Dou’s defense maps from Xue Beng. He laid out a plan to assassinate Dai Weisi and frame Dai Mubai, then arrived at Shrek Academy to draw Dai Mubai into the plot.

• Huo Yuhao departed Heaven Dou City with Qiu'er, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, while Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall celebrated his alliance and strategy.
• Huo Yuhao pressured Xue Beng with threats and spiritual interference until Xue Beng agreed to his conditions and handed over half of Heaven Dou’s defense maps.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Xue Beng to provide two Soul Douluos from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family to help assassinate Dai Weisi, alarming Xue Beng and Xue Xing.
• Huo Yuhao promised that Dai Weisi’s death would let Xue Beng claim the throne, and proposed that he, Xue Beng, and Dai Mubai kill Dai Weisi and frame Dai Mubai.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy to bring Dai Mubai into the assassination plan.

Huo Yuhao and his companions delayed their arrival at Shrek Academy to enjoy breakfast in Suotuo City, where they encountered Yu Xiaogang lecturing Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Odeumwell. The chapter left Huo Yuhao and Tang San wary of each other as Yu Xiaogang rebuked Huo Yuhao for arriving three days late.

• Huo Yuhao led Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qiu'er through Suotuo City and stopped to eat breakfast before heading to Shrek Academy.
• The four arrived at the academy after ten in the morning and saw Yu Xiaogang lecturing Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Odeumwell while Flender watched nearby.
• Tang San shielded Xiao Wu from Huo Yuhao and silently renewed his anger over Huo Yuhao taking his mother.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that Tang San had reached Soul Power Level sixty-nine and had recovered from his previous injuries, and he suspected Tang San had absorbed Soul Beast blood essence.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Huo Yuhao arrive and rebuked him for coming three days after school had started.

Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Xiaogang as he bragged that he had made Tang San a peer of Huo Yuhao and tried to recruit Huo Yuhao as his disciple. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong pointing out that Yu Xiaogang’s own maxim about useless Soul Masters insulted him, leaving him furious.

• Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Xiaogang by announcing that Huo Yuhao had reached Level Sixty-Nine and teasing Yu Xiaogang about his failure to pass Level Twenty-Nine.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that Tang San had also reached Level Sixty-Nine and credited his own teaching for Tang San’s progress.
• Tang San grew furious as Yu Xiaogang claimed credit for his achievements, while Flender silently regretted bringing Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Huo Yuhao to become his disciple, promising to strengthen his Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong laughed and said Yu Xiaogang had insulted himself with his claim that there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters, prompting Xiao Wu to laugh as well.

Ning Rongrong’s mockery drove Yu Xiaogang to relive the humiliations of his past before he fainted, and Tang San secretly damaged his meridians while carrying him to his room. Huo Yuhao then asked about Dai Mubai, who returned to Shrek Academy with Ma Hongjun after their night out, drunk and shouting.

• Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Xiaogang, triggering memories of his humiliations at Spirit Hall, with his family, at Nuoding Academy, and after Huo Yuhao rejected his offer to become a disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang lost control of his emotions and fainted, and Tang San carried him to his room.
• Tang San secretly used the Mysterious Heaven Skill to block several of Yu Xiaogang’s meridians, making future Soul Power cultivation painful and difficult.
• Huo Yuhao asked Flender where Dai Mubai was, and Flender said Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had gone out to deal with Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire and could not get out of bed the next morning.
• Oscar and Li Yusong carried Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun back on a stretcher, while the drunk Dai Mubai loudly told someone to call him Dad.

Huo Yuhao noticed a hidden Star Luo Zhu Family Titled Douluo watching him and marked the group with his Spiritual Power before leading Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Qiu'er back to their room. The Zhu Family Venerable decided to ambush Huo Yuhao and take Zhu Zhuqing back to report to the family.

• Huo Yuhao left the unconscious Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to Oscar and led Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Qiu'er away.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the malicious gaze of a Rank 91 Titled Douluo and several Soul Saints hiding on a mountainside, and recognized them as members of the Star Luo Zhu Family.
• Huo Yuhao secretly marked the concealed group with his Spiritual Power and continued to his room without alerting Zhu Zhuqing and the others.
• The Zhu Family Venerable wondered how Huo Yuhao had noticed him and decided to act before the group could leave.
• The Venerable planned to eliminate Huo Yuhao and take Zhu Zhuqing back to report, while dismissing Dai Mubai as insignificant.

Huo Yuhao lured the Zhu Family's assassins into the academy's rear mountain, where the Shadow Cat Douluo confronted him. Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived to protect him, and Huo Yuhao ended the standoff by challenging the Douluo's confidence.

• Huo Yuhao sensed the approaching Zhu Family Grand Venerable through his soul mark and fled to the academy's rear mountain.
• The masked Shadow Cat Douluo and three high-level Soul Saints emerged and surrounded Huo Yuhao.
• The Shadow Cat Douluo revealed his nine Soul Rings and called for the people hiding nearby to come out.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji appeared in Martial Soul Possession, and Flender warned that Huo Yuhao was Ning Fengzhi's son-in-law and was affiliated with Spirit Hall.
• Huo Yuhao interrupted Flender and asked the Shadow Cat Douluo who had made him so confident that he could kill him.

Zhu Family Venerable dismissed Huo Yuhao’s confidence and ordered his subordinates to engage Flender and Zhao Wuji while he attacked Huo Yuhao. Flender held off the three Soul Saints, but the confrontation took an unexpected turn when Huo Yuhao sent Zhu Family Venerable crashing into a mountain ridge.

• Zhu Family Venerable searched the surroundings for hidden protectors and, finding none, decided to face Huo Yuhao himself.
• Zhu Family Venerable ordered three subordinates to hold back Flender and Zhao Wuji while he dealt with Huo Yuhao.
• Flender took to the air and, with Zhao Wuji’s help, suppressed the three high-level Soul Saints.
• Flender turned toward Huo Yuhao and saw Zhu Family Venerable fly backward into a mountain ridge, leaving everyone stunned.

Huo Yuhao overpowered the Zhu Family Venerable, then used his spiritual power to uncover secrets about the Star Luo Empire and Dai Weisi. After killing the Zhu Family’s other retainers, he asked Flender Dean and Zhao Wuji to keep the incident secret.

• Huo Yuhao punched the Zhu Family Venerable into the marble floor, leaving Flender and the Zhu Family’s Soul Saints stunned.
• Huo Yuhao used a rose-colored light to probe the Zhu Family Venerable’s memories and learn secrets about the Star Luo Empire and Dai Weisi.
• Huo Yuhao’s probing left the Zhu Family Venerable an idiot, and Huo Yuhao considered changing his strategy toward Dai Weisi.
• Huo Yuhao decided to find Dai Mubai and involve him in his plan.
• Huo Yuhao killed the Zhu Family’s other retainers with his Spiritual Power, then asked Flender Dean and Zhao Wuji to keep what happened secret.

Huo Yuhao disposed of the assassins’ bodies and invited Flender and Zhao Wuji to join Spirit Hall, while asking them to keep the incident secret from Zhuqing. After Huo Yuhao left, Zhao Wuji convinced Flender that Spirit Hall’s growing power made joining a matter of survival, and Flender speculated that Huo Yuhao had come to Shrek Academy to recruit its students.

• Huo Yuhao froze, crushed, burned, and buried the remains of the four bodies to erase all traces.
• Flender asked Huo Yuhao why he had come to Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao offered Flender and Zhao Wuji places in Spirit Hall, promising to lift Zhao Wuji’s warrant.
• Flender asked for time to consider the offer because leaving could jeopardize Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao agreed while telling them not to frighten Zhuqing with news of the incident.
• Huo Yuhao left, intending to persuade Dai Mubai and Oscar the next morning and isolate Tang San.
• Zhao Wuji urged Flender to join Spirit Hall, arguing that its growing strength made their survival depend on choosing its side.
• Flender speculated that Huo Yuhao had come to recruit Shrek Academy’s students and warned Zhao Wuji to keep their discussion secret.

Dai Mubai woke from a nightmare in which Dai Weisi killed him and admitted he believed his fate was impossible to escape. Huo Yuhao revealed no reason for his visit, while Dai Mubai confronted him about his despair and the disadvantage he faced against his older brother.

• Dai Mubai woke in terror from a nightmare about Dai Weisi killing him and feared that the dream reflected his future.
• Huo Yuhao spoke to Dai Mubai from his room and claimed he meant no harm, while secretly observing the inner demon he had planted in Dai Mubai's mind.
• Dai Mubai relived the nightmare and begged Dai Weisi not to kill him, offering to cripple his own Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai told Huo Yuhao that he had accepted his fate and defended his drinking and indulgence as comfort after losing his family, friends, and future.
• Dai Mubai complained that Dai Weisi had six more years to cultivate despite their similar talents and asked how he could ever win.

Huo Yuhao pressured Dai Mubai with threats and offered to help him claim the Star Luo Empire’s throne. Dai Mubai hesitantly accepted the possibility, and Huo Yuhao proposed killing Dai Weisi to clear the way.

• Dai Mubai voiced his hatred of Huo Yuhao and threatened to haunt him after death.
• Huo Yuhao used psychological pressure before revealing that he had come to help Dai Mubai deal with Dai Weisi and claim the throne.
• Dai Mubai realized Spirit Hall intended to move against the Star Luo Empire and feared the consequences of refusing Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao threatened to kill Dai Mubai if he revealed their conversation and forced him to choose between obedience and being hunted.
• Dai Mubai asked how Huo Yuhao would help him take the throne, and Huo Yuhao suggested killing Dai Weisi.

Huo Yuhao forced Dai Mubai to choose between helping him obtain the Star Luo Empire’s defense maps and being killed, revealing that he intended to kill Dai Weisi and the Star Luo Emperor. Dai Mubai agreed to cooperate, and Oscar unexpectedly saw them leave together.

• Dai Mubai reluctantly asked Huo Yuhao to state his conditions after realizing he had no safe way to refuse cooperation.
• Huo Yuhao demanded the Star Luo Empire’s defense deployment maps once Dai Mubai became emperor, then proposed killing the Star Luo Emperor as well.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Xue Beng had agreed to help him kill Dai Weisi and the Star Luo Emperor in exchange for the Heaven Dou Empire’s defense map.
• Huo Yuhao transformed to look and sound like Dai Mubai and threatened to kill the three of them and take the Star Luo throne himself.
• Dai Mubai agreed to cooperate, and Huo Yuhao ordered him to go outside before leaving the room.
• Oscar saw Huo Yuhao and Dai Mubai together and asked when they had become so close.

Huo Yuhao convinced Oscar that he and Dai Mubai had reconciled, then asked Oscar to consider joining Spirit Hall. Oscar was intrigued by the invitation, and Huo Yuhao revealed that Flender Dean and Teacher Zhao were considering joining as well.

• Oscar wondered how Huo Yuhao and Dai Mubai had apparently made peace despite their bitter history.
• Huo Yuhao called their feud resolved, and Dai Mubai reluctantly agreed that they were friends now.
• Oscar happily suggested celebrating their reconciliation with drinks, but Huo Yuhao declined and said he needed sleep.
• Huo Yuhao asked Oscar what he thought of Spirit Hall, and Oscar praised its help awakening his martial spirit and supporting him.
• Huo Yuhao invited Oscar to join Spirit Hall, noting that Zhuqing and Rongrong had joined and Dai Mubai was cooperating with it.
• Huo Yuhao told Oscar that Flender Dean and Teacher Zhao were also considering joining Spirit Hall.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Oscar to consider joining Spirit Hall by promising resources and special treatment, then revealed a Soul Tool set that could give Oscar Battle Soul Master combat strength. Oscar eagerly prepared to test it against Dai Mubai.

• Oscar asked Huo Yuhao whether Flender and Zhao Wuji had agreed to join Spirit Hall, and Huo Yuhao said they were still considering it.
• Huo Yuhao described Spirit Hall’s cultivation resources, allowances, rewards, and preferential treatment, making Oscar more interested in joining.
• Oscar asked what special benefits Spirit Hall would offer someone with his talent and Food System Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao presented Oscar with a Level 3 Soul Tool set and claimed it would let him fight like a Battle Soul Master of the same rank.
• Oscar eagerly wanted to try the equipment, and Huo Yuhao suggested Dai Mubai as his opponent; Dai Mubai awkwardly agreed.