Chapter Summaries

Long Xiaoyao came to kill Huo Yuhao, forcing Mu En to defend his disciple despite their history as close friends. Huo Yuhao stepped forward to face Long Xiaoyao, who agreed to test him with ten moves and let the matter rest if he survived them unharmed.

• Huo Yuhao recalled how Mu En, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui’s love triangle had ended their friendship and led Long Xiaoyao to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Xiaoyao revealed that he had come for Huo Yuhao, whose extraordinary talent threatened the Holy Spirit Cult, and Mu En refused to let him harm his disciple.
• Xuan Zi charged at Long Xiaoyao, but Long Xiaoyao shattered his Martial Soul Avatar with one palm and sent him flying.
• Mu En summoned a Holy Dragon to confront Long Xiaoyao’s Dark Holy Dragon, while Zhang Lexuan, Xiaotao, and Wang Dong watched anxiously.
• Huo Yuhao soothed Mu En with healing light, then stepped forward and challenged Long Xiaoyao himself.
• Long Xiaoyao agreed to give Huo Yuhao ten moves and let the matter rest if he remained unharmed.

Huo Yuhao challenged Long Xiaoyao and used his Purple Extreme Life and Death Eye to break the Dark Holy Dragon’s defense and drive him back. After Long Xiaoyao struck him into the mountains, Huo Yuhao returned and unleashed three fused Domains, bringing his aura level with or slightly above Long Xiaoyao’s as their battle continued.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed his Spiritual Power and Soul Impact against Long Xiaoyao’s dark barrier.
• Huo Yuhao’s Purple Extreme Life and Death Eye shattered the barrier and blasted Long Xiaoyao ten thousand meters backward.
• Long Xiaoyao revealed his nine Spirit Rings, countered Huo Yuhao’s pupil light, and struck him into the mountains outside Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao emerged in a blizzard with his Spirit Rings and the Frost Giant Ape’s presence behind him.
• Huo Yuhao activated the Snow Demon Pressing Heaven Domain, Sky-Tearing Earth-Splitting Domain, and Life’s Praise Domain, forcing Long Xiaoyao to face him with solemn attention.

Huo Yuhao faced Long Xiaoyao in their ten-move contest, meeting the Dark Holy Dragon’s overwhelming power with his three domains and powerful soul skills. Trapped in Long Xiaoyao’s claw, Huo Yuhao activated Prison Suppressing Battle Song and began forcing the dragon’s grip open.

• Mu En judged that Huo Yuhao had grown dramatically stronger and predicted Long Xiaoyao might lose the ten-move contest.
• Long Xiaoyao summoned his Martial Soul Avatar, the Dark Holy Dragon, and charged Huo Yuhao through the three domains.
• Huo Yuhao countered the dragon’s claw with Titan Frost Meteor Fist, but Long Xiaoyao’s greater Soul Power eventually overpowered him and trapped him in its grasp.
• Huo Yuhao taunted Long Xiaoyao for being constrained by old grudges, then activated his third soul skill, Prison Suppressing Battle Song.
• As the battle song amplified his strength and battle intent, Huo Yuhao pried open the Dark Holy Dragon’s claw.

Huo Yuhao unleashed his spirit skills against Long Xiaoyao, who admitted defeat after their ten-move agreement. After returning to Shrek Academy with Mu En, Huo Yuhao was confronted by Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong, who asked whose name he had written.

• Huo Yuhao broke free of Long Xiaoyao's dragon claw and attacked with Bear Lord's Sky-Tearing Claw, but Long Xiaoyao countered with his eighth soul skill and sent him crashing through a mountain.
• Bi Ji's Jade Rejuvenation Divine Light restored Huo Yuhao's body and Soul Power, and he prepared to fight again.
• Long Xiaoyao stopped fighting and admitted that he had lost their agreement of ten moves, while Huo Yuhao promised to defeat him within ten moves in the future.
• Long Xiaoyao departed after exchanging words with Mu En, and Mu En praised Huo Yuhao and accepted his promise to cure him.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy with Mu En and kept his origins from Yan Shaozhe for the time being.
• Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong approached Huo Yuhao at Sea God Lake, and Ma Xiaotao asked whose name he had written.

Huo Yuhao invited Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao to join him at Qiankun Asking Heart Valley to clarify their feelings, then faced Wang Dong’s tearful confession and warned her that she might not know who she truly was. He returned to the inn troubled, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reminded him that this life was different because Brother Zhexian would act.

• Huo Yuhao asked Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao whether they truly liked him and proposed they visit Qiankun Asking Heart Valley to understand their feelings.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao accepted and each declared she was not afraid to test her feelings there.
• Wang Dong followed the group and confessed that she liked Huo Yuhao, pleading with him to explain what was happening between them.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Wang Dong’s fate in his previous life, revealed that he had written his own name on the slip, and told Wang Dong she might not know who she truly was.
• Wang Dong insisted she would always be herself and vowed to go to Qiankun Asking Heart Valley.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the inn unable to settle down, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said Brother Zhexian would make a move in this life.

Tang San was wounded by a mysterious sword while trying to spy on Wang Dong, then discovered that the other Gods remembered no God Kings besides him. Li Zhexian revealed that he was keeping Tang San as a challenge for Huo Yuhao, while Wang Dong’s dream left her caught between two conflicting sets of memories.

• Tang San tried to inspect Wang Dong through a water mirror, but a sword flew from it, shattered the mirror, and pierced him through the God Realm and into a barren star.
• Tang San returned to the Temple of God and learned that the assembled Gods remembered no other God Kings in the God Realm, making him suspect that reality and their memories had been altered.
• At the Star Gazing God Hall, Li Zhexian told Feng Buyu and the others that Tang San would serve as a whetstone for Huo Yuhao, and that he would help Huo Yuhao with Qiankun Asking Heart Valley.
• Wang Dong dreamed of Huo Yuhao and their shared hardships, while memories of Tang Wu Tong’s life as a God King’s daughter entered her mind and left her uncertain of her identity.

Huo Yuhao took his companions to Qiankun Asking Heart Valley, hoping its opportunities would help Tang Ya and allow everyone to question their hearts. As they entered the forest, a strange golden tide appeared ahead.

• Huo Yuhao overheard Bei Bei reassuring Tang Ya that she could enter Shrek's inner courtyard and then offered to take them to a place that could improve her talent.
• Huo Yuhao gathered Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong by Sea God Lake and explained the risks of Qiankun Asking Heart Valley.
• The group agreed to go with Huo Yuhao, who carried them into the sky with his ninth-grade golden winged flying Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao led his companions to the forest on the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, recalling how he had entered the valley in his previous life.
• A strange ripple entered Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection, and he saw golden tides surging through the forest ahead.

Huo Yuhao and his companions entered Qiankun Asking Heart Valley, where Tang San ordered Love God to interfere with their trials. Li Zhexian manifested a courtyard in the valley, leaving Tang San determined to use its rules to discover who he was.

• A golden tide swept Huo Yuhao, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and the others into Qiankun Asking Heart Valley and submerged them in its lake.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions awoke on separate platforms and confirmed that everyone had arrived safely.
• Tang San ordered Love God to use her Authority to interfere with the group, despite her warning that the God Realm’s laws forbade meddling in mortal affairs.
• Li Zhexian tapped into the River of Space-Time and manifested a courtyard and himself inside the valley.
• Huo Yuhao bowed to Li Zhexian, while his companions and the God Realm’s observers reacted in shock.
• Tang San decided to use Qiankun Asking Heart Valley’s rules to find out what Li Zhexian was.

Li Zhexian was chosen by Qiankun Asking Heart Valley to answer whether he had a beloved, but he challenged the question and shattered Love God’s Authority. He took control of the valley and left Tang San terrified after destroying the foundation of his Purple Demon Eye.

• An indistinguishable voice asked Li Zhexian whether he had a beloved, and he replied, “Which one are you asking about?”
• Tang San ordered Love God to punish and erase Li Zhexian for violating the valley’s rules about true love.
• Li Zhexian remained untouched as the divine punishment fell, and Love God’s chains of Authority cracked and shattered around him.
• Li Zhexian formed a new God's Authority, took it into his palm, and declared that he would preside over Asking Heart Valley.
• Love God vanished as Tang San tried to stabilize her, and Li Zhexian’s gaze through the World-Gazing Mirror destroyed the foundation of Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye.

Li Zhexian sent Huo Yuhao, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao through mortal lifetimes to reveal that their affection was genuine beyond talent. He then offered Wang Dong a choice about her identity and memories, and she asked whether loving Huo Yuhao would make him suffer again.

• Li Zhexian asked Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao whether they loved Huo Yuhao and whether they admired his heart or his talent.
• Li Zhexian sent the three into a mortal-world trial where Huo Yuhao lived ordinary lives with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao.
• Huo Yuhao, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao returned from the trial, and Li Zhexian said their love was real and their future was theirs to decide.
• Li Zhexian asked Wang Dong whether she believed herself to be Wang Dong or Tang Wu Tong, triggering a painful clash between her memories.
• Li Zhexian offered to erase Wang Dong's memories of Huo Yuhao or separate Wang Dong and Tang Wu Tong into independent individuals.
• Wang Dong asked whether Huo Yuhao would suffer again if she stayed with him and said she would rather he forget her if fate could not be changed.

Li Zhexian separated Wang Dong and Tang Wu Tong by splitting their shared soul origin, then encouraged Huo Yuhao and his friends to face their own relationships. He rewarded them with spirit grasses, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to ask Li Zhexian for another favor.

• Wang Dong received Tang Wu Tong’s memories and understood how much hardship Huo Yuhao had suffered because of her.
• Li Zhexian separated Wang Dong and Tang Wu Tong’s souls, creating Tang Wu Tong as a second girl with Wang Dong’s appearance.
• Li Zhexian told Huo Yuhao to decide how to handle his feelings for Wang Dong and Tang Wu Tong, and urged Xu Sanshi and He Caitou to be honest about their feelings for Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao.
• Li Zhexian sent Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, and Xiao Xiao into a Mortal World to temper their feelings and strengthen their destined bonds.
• Li Zhexian gave Huo Yuhao Spirit Condensing Marrow Grass and offered suitable spirit grasses to Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to ask Li Zhexian for another favor before his projection departed.

Huo Yuhao asked Li Zhexian to help him absorb the Golden Ancient Tree as his Seventh Soul Ring, hoping to heal Mu En and strengthen his cultivation, and Li Zhexian agreed while warning him that he must face his own trials. After the group left Qiankun Asking Heart Valley and traveled toward Shrek, Tang Wu Tong flew ahead alone, resentful of being excluded.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suggested that Huo Yuhao use the Golden Ancient Tree for a God-level Martial Soul Avatar and explained Li Zhexian's own cultivation path.
• Huo Yuhao asked Li Zhexian to help him absorb the Golden Ancient Tree, and Li Zhexian agreed but refused to intervene in future dangers or enemies.
• Li Zhexian gave Spirit Grasses to Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya after their experiences in Qiankun Asking Heart Valley.
• The group left the valley with Li Zhexian and traveled toward Shrek, where they shared a relaxed meal by a stream and learned he came from another world.
• Tang Wu Tong brooded over being ignored and denied Spirit Grasses, then flew alone toward Shrek while vowing to become the leader of the Seven Monsters.

As the group traveled toward Shrek, Li Zhexian’s arrival revealed his extraordinary standing and his close ties to Huo Yuhao’s spirit beasts. When Huo Yuhao asked whether he should devote himself to one path, Li Zhexian used the wind, clouds, and stars to show him that each thing followed its own nature, leaving Huo Yuhao to consider his own Dao.

• Tang Wu Tong left the camp, and Huo Yuhao let her go without protest.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Snow Demon King, Bear Lord, and Bi Ji appeared before the campfire, with three of them kneeling to Li Zhexian.
• Li Zhexian told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor had become God Kings, then explained that he had sent Sky Dream to protect Huo Yuhao and earn merit.
• The group set off toward Shrek, and Huo Yuhao asked Li Zhexian whether he should dedicate himself to a single path.
• Li Zhexian showed Huo Yuhao how wind, clouds, and stars each followed their own nature, and said that all things formed their own Dao.

Li Zhexian helped Huo Yuhao understand that his path did not require imitating someone else, and Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy with his confusion resolved. There, Li Zhexian met Mu En and began helping him heal his old injuries through a fusion with the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Li Zhexian used the night sky and a withered branch to explain to Huo Yuhao that his Dao lay in his own choices and experiences, not in copying another path.
• Huo Yuhao understood Li Zhexian's words and bowed to him, while the Divine Officials Li Youwei and Meng Songgu recorded the scene as “Untangling the Starry Night's Child's Confusion.”
• The group returned to Shrek Academy the next morning, and Huo Yuhao asked Li Zhexian if he had grown accustomed to life there.
• Huo Yuhao and the others crossed Sea God Lake and met Mu En, who was shocked that he could not sense Li Zhexian's presence.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Li Zhexian as the one who had guided him, and Li Zhexian said he would help Mu En fuse with the Golden Ancient Tree and heal his old injuries.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Spirit Condensing Marrow Grass and broke through to level seventy. Li Zhexian transformed the Golden Ancient Tree into a Soul Ring and spirit body for Huo Yuhao, awakening his Seventh Soul Ring and two powerful Martial Soul Avatars.

• Li Zhexian gave Huo Yuhao Spirit Condensing Marrow Grass, and Huo Yuhao absorbed its energy beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Huo Yuhao broke through to level seventy, creating a vast energy phenomenon that drew the attention of Shrek's students and elders.
• Huo Yuhao worried that using the Golden Ancient Tree as a Soul Ring would harm the world, but Li Zhexian assured him it would preserve the tree's origin and the souls within it.
• Li Zhexian separated the Golden Ancient Tree from Sea God Pavilion, transformed its roots into a Soul Ring, and placed the tree spirit and ring with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao's two Martial Souls transformed as his Seventh Soul Ring formed, manifesting a colossal Titan Snow Demon Emperor and an ancient Golden Divine Eye that awed Shrek's teachers and students.

After breaking through, Huo Yuhao used his immense Life Energy to heal Mu En’s injuries and restore his vitality. With Mu En recovered, Huo Yuhao prepared to travel toward the Sun Moon Empire and settle his ten-move agreement with Long Xiaoyao, while Li Zhexian decided to stay and watch.

• Huo Yuhao tested his newly increased strength and resolved to settle his past wager with Long Xiaoyao after treating Mu En.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Li Zhexian, then channeled Life Energy into Mu En to purge the Dragon Pill’s violent aura and heal his old injuries.
• Huo Yuhao grew pale and unsteady during the treatment, but Li Zhexian explained that the process was helping him learn to control his power.
• Mu En recovered his vitality, thanked Li Zhexian alongside Huo Yuhao, and asked Huo Yuhao about his plans.
• Huo Yuhao said it was time to settle the ten-move agreement, and Li Zhexian chose to stay and watch.

Huo Yuhao announced that he would face Long Xiaoyao under their ten-move agreement, drawing attention across the continent. As the duel approached, Ye Xishui pressed Long Xiaoyao to kill Huo Yuhao, while privately resolving to do it herself if he could not.

• Li Zhexian decided to stay and watch Huo Yuhao's challenge, while Huo Yuhao planned to use the duel to settle old grievances.
• News spread that Huo Yuhao would challenge Long Xiaoyao in three days at the border between the Sun Moon Empire and Star Luo.
• Long Xiaoyao told Zhong Liwu that Huo Yuhao was exceptionally gifted but could not defeat him within ten moves.
• Ye Xishui asked Long Xiaoyao whether he was prepared to face Huo Yuhao and whether he would kill him as she wanted.
• Long Xiaoyao recalled seeing the dying Mu En and left after asking Ye Xishui whether she wished to see him again.
• Ye Xishui decided Huo Yuhao had to die and resolved to kill him herself if Long Xiaoyao could not.

Huo Yuhao prepared for his ten-move pact with Long Xiaoyao while Mu En warned him about the Holy Spirit Cult and offered to watch over the battle. Tang Wu Tong confronted Huo Yuhao about the Golden Ancient Tree and Brother Zhexian, and Huo Yuhao threatened to silence her if she disrespected him again.

• Huo Yuhao sparred evenly with Mu En, who praised his combat strength and warned that the Holy Spirit Cult might interfere with his battle against Long Xiaoyao.
• Huo Yuhao refused to rely on Brother Zhexian in the upcoming fight, and Mu En agreed to watch him win against Long Xiaoyao.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated precise control of his strength by pulverizing the leaves’ green tissue while leaving their veins intact.
• Tang Wu Tong arrived and urged Huo Yuhao to choose her, citing her father Tang San and the God Realm, but Huo Yuhao ignored her.
• Tang Wu Tong demanded to know why the Tang family had not been consulted about the Golden Ancient Tree, and Huo Yuhao explained that it belonged to Douluo Star and Shrek had cared for it.
• Tang Wu Tong insulted Brother Zhexian, so Huo Yuhao confronted her and threatened to silence her forever if she did it again.

Huo Yuhao fought Tang Wu Tong after she insulted Li Zhexian, overpowering her despite the protection of the Sea God Trident. He left her pinned at the bottom of Sea God Lake with an icy spear aimed at her throat.

• Huo Yuhao slapped Tang Wu Tong and struck again when the Sea God Trident mark raised a golden barrier to protect her.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Frost Giant Ape and defeated Tang Wu Tong in a clash between its fist and her Golden Trident.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he could defeat Tang San himself, while Mu En told Shrek's elders that the academy did not belong to Tang San or any family.
• Tang Wu Tong rose from the lake and discovered a fracture in her trident, realizing that the true Golden Trident had broken.
• Huo Yuhao struck Tang Wu Tong into the lake again, pinned her in the mud, and formed an icy spear pointed at her throat.

Tang Wu Tong survived Huo Yuhao’s attack and returned to Tang San, who planned to use her to descend to the mortal realm and confront the White-robed Youth. Three days later, powerhouses from across the continent gathered at Cloud Ji Mountain Gorge for Huo Yuhao and Long Xiaoyao’s battle, and the expected arrivals appeared.

• Tang Wu Tong’s Sea God Trident shattered and transported her away just before Huo Yuhao’s ice spike struck, while Huo Yuhao erased the battle’s traces and resumed training.
• Tang San found Tang Wu Tong in the mountains and promised to help her win Huo Yuhao by defeating the White-robed Youth.
• Tang San told Tang Wu Tong to gather Spirit Grass, reach Title Douluo, and summon him with her Ninth Soul Skill so he could overcome the mortal realm’s suppression.
• Tang San considered bringing the Gods down to face the White-robed Youth, then noticed that the God Realm had only 1,020 Temples of God and wondered about the missing deities.
• Three days later, continent-wide powerhouses gathered at Cloud Ji Mountain Gorge for the scheduled battle between Huo Yuhao and Long Xiaoyao, and the crowd fell silent as someone arrived from the north.