Chapter Summaries

Di Tian showed Gu Yuena a Reverse Scale fused with Huo Yuhao’s bloodline, and she decided to meet him despite Di Tian’s concerns. Di Tian then brought Huo Yuhao down into the Lake of Life to meet her.

• Di Tian presented Gu Yuena with a Reverse Scale, and she recognized it as her own despite her original scale still being intact.
• Di Tian told Gu Yuena that the scale was fused with Huo Yuhao’s bloodline and had protected him, and Gu Yuena insisted on meeting him.
• Di Tian returned to the lake’s surface and ordered the Auspicious Beast to stay away from Huo Yuhao.
• The Auspicious Beast learned that Gu Yuena wanted to see Huo Yuhao and protested that it had never met her itself.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to follow Di Tian, and the two plunged into the Lake of Life.

Huo Yuhao met Gu Yuena, the Lord of Star Dou, at the Lake of Life and learned that Star Dou possessed a Reverse Scale identical to his. After hearing that Gu Yue had given him his scale, he suspected she was descended from Gu Yuena or another transformed Soul Beast, but he had not yet confirmed the connection.

• Di Tian led Huo Yuhao to the bottom of the Lake of Life, where he met Gu Yuena in human form on a Lotus Platform.
• Gu Yuena showed Huo Yuhao the Reverse Scale and asked who had given it to him, and he answered that it came from his friend Gu Yue.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian reacted with surprise to Gu Yue's name and privately discussed how to proceed.
• Di Tian told Huo Yuhao that Star Dou possessed an identical Reverse Scale belonging to a Dragon King and asked what he made of the two scales.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Gu Yue's family might be made up of transformed Soul Beasts and wondered whether she was descended from Gu Yuena.

Huo Yuhao lied to Di Tian about Gu Yue’s whereabouts, then accepted both Gu Yue’s and Di Tian’s Reverse Scales. After leaving Star Dou Great Forest, he learned Di Tian’s scale carried the Power of Heavenly Condemnation, while Electrolux warned that Gu Yuena might be a god-level being.

• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian that Gu Yue came from a reclusive family and he did not know where she was.
• Di Tian offered Huo Yuhao a Soul Bone if he invited Gu Yue to Star Dou for a visit, and Gu Yue’s silver Reverse Scale fused with Huo Yuhao’s bloodline.
• Di Tian gave Huo Yuhao his black Reverse Scale, which also merged into Huo Yuhao’s body after Huo Yuhao added his blood.
• Di Tian and Huo Yuhao left the Lake of Life, while Gu Yuena returned to her silver dragon form and rested to recover from her injuries.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned that Di Tian’s Reverse Scale contained the Power of Heavenly Condemnation, but Electrolux said he could seal or purify it.
• Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao that Gu Yuena was the greater concern and must be god-level, shocking Huo Yuhao and the Spirit Souls.

Huo Yuhao shared his dinner with the hungry Auspicious Beast, which defied Di Tian’s warning and ate all eight dishes. Wanting a name of its own, the Auspicious Beast rejected Huo Yuhao and Di Tian’s suggestions, then prepared to announce the name it chose.

• Huo Yuhao stayed in the Star Dou Core Circle overnight and set out a meal while Di Tian meditated nearby.
• The Auspicious Beast crept over to Huo Yuhao, asked to taste his food, and ate all eight dishes.
• Huo Yuhao brought out more food, but Di Tian rebuked the Auspicious Beast for ignoring his warning.
• The Auspicious Beast told Di Tian it wanted a personal name instead of being called the Auspicious Beast.
• Huo Yuhao suggested Wang Qiu'er, and Di Tian suggested Di Rui, but the Auspicious Beast rejected both.
• The Auspicious Beast looked at its reflection in the Lake of Life, chose a name, and began to announce it.

Huo Yuhao left the Star Dou Great Forest after Jin Li insisted he was different, and Jin Li revealed that his Luck Power was stronger than its own. Back in Shrek City, Huo Yuhao told Leng Yaozhu about the God hidden in Star Dou and voiced his fears that Gu Yue might side with the Soul Beasts.

• Huo Yuhao watched Jin Li accept its new name and spent the night sleeping peacefully beside the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian ordered the Scarlet King to escort Huo Yuhao out of Star Dou, but Jin Li was blocked from following and argued that Huo Yuhao had never deceived it.
• Jin Li told Di Tian that Huo Yuhao’s Luck Power had drawn it to him and was stronger than its own, prompting Di Tian to consider him a human Child of Luck.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek City and told Leng Yaozhu about his experiences, including the God hidden in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao worried that Gu Yue might have Soul Beast blood and eventually oppose humanity, and Leng Yaozhu agreed to investigate her ties to Star Dou.

Huo Yuhao questioned Gu Yue about her family’s ties to the Beasts of Star Dou after someone recognized the True Dragon Reverse Scale she had given him. Gu Yue concealed her identity as the Silver Dragon King, confirmed that her ancestor had been a transformed Soul Beast, and asked whether Huo Yuhao would report her to the Federation.

• Huo Yuhao took Gu Yue outside the classroom to ask whether her family had contact with the Beasts of Star Dou.
• Gu Yue feared that Huo Yuhao had discovered her identity as the Silver Dragon King, but learned he was asking because someone had recognized her True Dragon Reverse Scale.
• Gu Yue suspected a Beast had leaked her secret and decided to have Di Tian investigate.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Gu Yue’s ancestor must have been a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Gu Yue admitted that her ancestor had been a transformed Soul Beast and asked if Huo Yuhao would report her to the Federation.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s treatment of Soul Beasts and agreed they could change things by taking control of it. Gu Yue sensed Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and concluded he was a descendant of the Spirit Ice Douluo, leaving them to promise to keep each other’s secrets.

• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yue he did not hate Soul Beasts and said the Spirit Pagoda’s expansion had driven them from their habitats, against its founding purpose.
• Gu Yue warned that artificial Spirit Souls might eventually make Soul Beasts seem unnecessary, while Huo Yuhao argued that genuine Spirit Souls could not be replaced and the Soul Beast clan would survive.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his teacher’s faction did not hold much hostility toward Soul Beasts, and Gu Yue proposed that they grow stronger and take control of the Spirit Pagoda to change the situation.
• Gu Yue sensed Huo Yuhao’s second Martial Soul and identified it as Ultimate Ice, then guessed he was descended from the Spirit Ice Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed Gu Yue’s guess, and they agreed to keep each other’s secrets.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue kept their identities and intentions hidden from each other, while Na'er urged Gu Yue to kill him before he became a threat to the Soul Beasts. Later, Na'er set out to show Huo Yuhao around Sea God Island, but Xu Xiaoyan rushed to them with news that Xie Xie was in danger.

• Huo Yuhao left Gu Yue after learning part of her identity, and both concealed their guilt and fears as they watched each other depart.
• Na'er confronted Gu Yue and suggested killing Huo Yuhao, but Gu Yue warned her not to act recklessly and said he might be useful to the Soul Beasts.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue continued to act close in public, though both privately felt cautious about their relationship.
• Na'er invited Huo Yuhao to tour Sea God Island and led him and Gu Yue toward the dormitory district to find Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Xu Xiaoyan rushed to them and said Xie Xie was in danger.

Huo Yuhao and the others rushed to the dormitory area after learning that Xie Xie was under attack, where they found him fleeing a battle between a Fallen Angel Soul Master and a winged Angel Soul Master. Huo Yuhao stopped their fight with his spiritual power and forced both to the ground, while Xie Xie remained unable to explain what had happened.

• Xu Xiaoyan led Huo Yuhao, Na'er, and Gu Yue to the dormitory area after warning them that Xie Xie was in danger.
• The group found Xie Xie wounded and fleeing from a red-haired woman with a Fallen Angel Martial Soul, who was fighting a golden-haired Angel Soul Master.
• Gu Yue recognized the woman's Fallen Angel Martial Soul, while Huo Yuhao judged that her clear gaze and aura did not resemble those of an Evil Soul Master.
• Xie Xie could not bring himself to explain what had happened, and Huo Yuhao chose not to press him.
• Huo Yuhao interrupted both Angel Soul Masters' third Soul Skills and forced them out of the air and onto their knees.

Huo Yuhao stopped Yue Zhengyu from attacking Yuanen Yehui, and academy teachers arrived to investigate the conflict. After the teachers took Yuanen Yehui, Yue Zhengyu, and Xie Xie away, Na'er led the others to Sea God Island, where they noticed something was wrong with Huo Yuhao.

• Yue Zhengyu accused Huo Yuhao of interfering while he tried to stop Yuanen Yehui, whom he believed was an Evil Soul Master.
• Two teachers arrived, learned that Yuanen Yehui was not an Evil Soul Master, and questioned her and Xie Xie about the fight.
• Na'er persuaded the teachers to let her, Huo Yuhao, and Xu Xiaoyan go to Sea God Island, while Xie Xie and the others were taken away for questioning.
• Na'er explained that Tang Wulin was already on Sea God Island with Zhuo Shi, then led the group across Sea God Lake.
• After they reached Sea God Island, Na'er, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan noticed that something was wrong with Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao sensed the Golden Tree through the Golden Heart Elder Jin had given him, and the tree unleashed a massive surge of power that gathered into his chest. Shrek Academy’s Elders identified Huo Yuhao as the cause, while Long Yeyue wondered whether the Spirit Pagoda was behind it.

• Huo Yuhao stopped on Sea God Island after the Golden Tree’s Spirit asked why he possessed the Golden Heart.
• The Golden Tree sent a pillar of golden light through the clouds above Shrek City, drawing the attention of the city and Shrek Academy’s Elders.
• The Elders found streams of golden energy flowing from the Golden Tree into Huo Yuhao’s chest.
• Yun Ming told Long Yeyue that the youth was Huo Yuhao and sensed an aura in his chest that shared the Golden Tree’s origin.
• Long Yeyue recalled the trouble Huo Yuhao’s name had brought Shrek Academy and privately asked Yun Ming whether the Spirit Pagoda had plotted this.

Huo Yuhao met Elder Jin within the Golden Heart and learned that the Life Core was nearing its end as the Blue Silver Emperor devoured his life force. Elder Jin also revealed that the Plane Master had sought help three thousand years earlier, and Huo Yuhao suspected Tang San was behind both crises.

• Huo Yuhao entered the Golden Heart's golden space and recognized Elder Jin from their meeting in another world ten thousand years earlier.
• Huo Yuhao explained his time-travel ability, and Elder Jin believed him because they both bore a Golden Heart.
• Elder Jin told Huo Yuhao that the Blue Silver Emperor was consuming his life force and that he was close to being devoured.
• Elder Jin explained that the Life Core and Plane Master were the two pillars sustaining the Douluo Plane, and that the Plane Master had pleaded for help three thousand years earlier.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Tang San was responsible for the Plane Master's crisis as well.

Elder Jin told Huo Yuhao that Tang San may have arranged for the Blue Silver Emperor to devour him to create a God Position for Tang San’s mother, threatening the Douluo Plane. He revealed that Huo Yuhao was the Plane’s Child of Luck and left him resolved to become a god and oppose Tang San’s scheme.

• Elder Jin said he believed Tang San had targeted the Plane Master and Life Core, possibly to obtain a God Position for his mother.
• Elder Jin explained that the Plane Master had failed to create a Child of Luck and had instead granted someone the Plane’s Favor.
• Elder Jin revealed that no Child of Luck had appeared for ten thousand years and said Huo Yuhao carried the luck of the Douluo Planes across both worlds.
• Huo Yuhao decided to interfere with Tang San’s plans and promised Elder Jin that he would cultivate, become a god, and restore the Douluo Plane.
• Elder Jin tearfully thanked Huo Yuhao and said his promise had made everything worthwhile.

After the Golden Tree’s unprecedented disturbance, Yun Ming brought Huo Yuhao to Sea God Pavilion and questioned him about what he had experienced. The Elders debated whether to investigate Huo Yuhao and the Golden Tree, while Huo Yuhao waited outside for their decision.

• The Golden Tree’s golden light faded, and Huo Yuhao awoke as Yun Ming and the other experts gathered around him.
• Yun Ming took Huo Yuhao to Sea God Pavilion to question him, while Gu Yue flew back to the Spirit Pagoda to report the incident to Leng Yaozhu.
• Huo Yuhao told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that he had entered a golden space and felt comfortable, concealing Elder Jin’s existence.
• Yun Ming sent Huo Yuhao outside and asked the Elders to share their views on the Golden Tree’s disturbance.
• The Elders debated investigating the Golden Tree and Huo Yuhao, with some suspecting him and others believing he knew nothing.

Shrek Academy's Elders debated whether to keep Huo Yuhao after his resonance with the Golden Tree, despite his allegiance to the Spirit Pagoda and his refusal to join Shrek. As Long Yeyue pushed to detain him, Huo Yuhao overheard the discussion and was surprised by Aunt Leng's arrival.

• Long Yeyue reminded the Elders that Huo Yuhao had agreed to study at Shrek only as an Outer Court student and remained part of the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ya Li revealed that she had offered Huo Yuhao the future Sea God Pavilion Master position, but he had refused, and Yun Ming confirmed the offer.
• Long Yeyue warned that Huo Yuyao's connection to the Golden Tree could endanger Shrek and urged the Elders to keep him at the academy.
• The Elders backed Long Yeyue's proposal to hold Huo Yuhao in the name of protecting Shrek, while Yun Ming weighed their arguments.
• Huo Yuhao overheard the Sea God Pavilion discussion through his connection to the Golden Tree and saw Aunt Leng arrive.

Leng Yaozhu entered the Sea God Pavilion to take Huo Yuhao back after he resonated with Shrek Academy’s Golden Tree. When the Academy Elders tried to keep him, Yun Ming stopped the confrontation and asked Leng Yaozhu to trust him and let Huo Yuhao remain at Shrek for now.

• Leng Yaozhu arrived at the Sea God Pavilion after Gu Yue told her what had happened and asked Huo Yuhao whether he had caused the pillar of light.
• Huo Yuhao told Leng Yaozhu that Shrek wanted to keep him, and an Elder said he could not leave until the Academy clarified his resonance with the Golden Tree.
• Leng Yaozhu declared that Huo Yuhao belonged to the Spirit Pagoda and released her Phoenix Flame as she prepared to take him away.
• Long Yeyue warned Leng Yaozhu that she would not leave if she fought, and Yun Ming subdued the Elders and Leng Yaozhu with his powerful aura.
• Yun Ming asked Leng Yaozhu to let Huo Yuhao stay at Shrek for now and promised to handle the matter properly, but Leng Yaozhu remained cold and asked whether this was his decision.

Huo Yuhao agreed to stay with Yun Ming for a few days while Leng Yaozhu sought a solution to Shrek’s decision to detain him. After returning to the Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu confronted Tower Master Qiangu Dongfeng and demanded that he stand up for a member of their organization.

• Huo Yuhao asked Leng Yaozhu to leave him with Yun Ming temporarily, and she warned Shrek’s Elders not to let anything happen to him before departing.
• Yun Ming told the Elders to stabilize Shrek Academy and quell rumors, then assured Huo Yuhao that no one would make things difficult for him over the next few days.
• Gu Yue asked Leng Yaozhu where Huo Yuhao was, and Leng Yaozhu told her Shrek had detained him before taking her back to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu barged into Qiangu Dongfeng’s meeting and asked whether he would defend a Spirit Pagoda member who had been bullied.

Leng Yaozhu persuaded Qiangu Dongfeng to confront Shrek Academy over its detention of Huo Yuhao, and they planned to go there together the day after tomorrow. That night, Gu Yue secretly summoned Di Tian to Shrek City for the next day.

• Leng Yaozhu told Qiangu Dongfeng that Huo Yuhao had resonated with Shrek Academy's Golden Tree and was being detained there.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Qiangu Dongfeng that Shrek might gain another Yun Ming and that the Spirit Pagoda would be humiliated if it failed to act.
• Qiangu Dongfeng agreed to negotiate with Shrek Academy and said he would personally visit the day after tomorrow.
• Leng Yaozhu reassured Gu Yue that she would bring Huo Yuhao back and said Gu Yue could accompany her.
• Gu Yue called Di Tian and ordered him to come to Shrek City the next day.

Yun Ming and Shrek Academy’s Elders debated whether Huo Yuhao should remain at the academy, while Huo Yuhao and the Spirit Pagoda’s delegation arrived for negotiations. The meeting ended with Zhuo Shi offering compensation in exchange for the Spirit Pagoda letting Huo Yuhao join Shrek.

• Na'er asked Yun Ming whether Shrek Academy would keep Huo Yuhao, and Yun Ming said the Spirit Pagoda’s arrival might lead to a compromise.
• Qiangu Dongfeng entered a conference room with Leng Yaozhu, Ling Qingxiao, and Da Mo to confront Shrek Academy over Huo Yuhao.
• Qiangu Dongfeng demanded that Shrek release Huo Yuhao, while Shrek’s Elders argued that his connection to the Golden Tree made him a risk to the academy.
• Leng Yaozhu rejected Shrek’s claims and defended Huo Yuhao as both her disciple and a member of the Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhuo Shi proposed that Shrek pay a price if the Spirit Pagoda would let Huo Yuhao become a member of Shrek Academy.

Qiangu Dongfeng rejected Shrek Academy’s demand to keep Huo Yuhao, and Long Yeyue insisted that he must stay. Their dispute escalated into open talk of war between the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy, with both sides’ leaders standing ready to fight.

• Qiangu Dongfeng asked Huo Yuhao where he wanted to stay, and Huo Yuhao chose the Spirit Pagoda without hesitation.
• Qiangu Dongfeng refused Shrek Academy’s proposal, and Long Yeyue declared that Huo Yuhao had to remain at the academy.
• Qiangu Dongfeng warned that Shrek’s reputation would suffer if it kept Huo Yuhao, but Long Yeyue dismissed the threat of public backlash.
• Yun Ming felt shocked and disappointed when Long Yeyue said Shrek could ignore criticism because talented students would still join.
• Qiangu Dongfeng demanded that Huo Yuhao leave with him, and Long Yeyue challenged the Spirit Pagoda to go to war.
• Qiangu Dongfeng accepted the challenge, and Long Yeyue taunted him by recalling that his father had not dared to wage war after she slapped him.