Chapter Summaries

A confrontation between Long Yeyue and Qiangu Dongfeng nearly erupted into a fight during negotiations over Huo Yuhao, but Yun Ming stopped them. Zhen Hua arrived and revealed that Huo Yuhao was his disciple and a blacksmithing prodigy destined to become the next Divine Craftsman.

• Long Yeyue provoked Qiangu Dongfeng by bringing up her past slap against Qiangu Dieting, and Qiangu Dongfeng summoned his Coiling Dragon Staff and challenged her.
• Long Yeyue used Martial Soul Possession, but Yun Ming intervened with his Qingtian Spear and prevented the two from fighting.
• A Shrek teacher announced that the Divine Craftsman had arrived, and Leng Yaozhu revealed that Zhen Hua was also Huo Yuhao's teacher.
• Zhen Hua entered the conference room and listened as a Shrek Elder argued that Huo Yuhao should formally join the academy because he had resonated with the Golden Tree.
• Zhen Hua declared that Huo Yuhao had become his disciple at six and praised him as a blacksmithing talent who would soon become the continent's next Divine Craftsman.

Zhen Hua and Mu Ye backed Huo Yuhao against Shrek Academy’s attempt to keep him, and Yun Ming ruled that Huo Yuhao could choose his own path after Outer Court. Long Yeyue rejected Yun Ming’s decision and angrily challenged his authority as Sea God Pavilion Master.

• Zhen Hua declared that Huo Yuhao was his disciple, supported his decisions, and would not allow anyone to force him.
• Mu Ye identified himself as the Body Sect Master and Huo Yuhao’s martial uncle, then condemned Shrek Academy for trying to keep him.
• Yun Ming ruled that Huo Yuhao would remain an Outer Court first-year student and could decide whether to stay after graduating.
• Long Yeyue accused Yun Ming of endangering Shrek Academy, and Yun Ming asserted that he was now the Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Long Yeyue warned Yun Ming that he would regret his decision and said he did not deserve to be the continent’s Number One Person.

Di Tian intervened at Shrek Academy to warn its leaders against controlling Huo Yuhao, and Yun Ming ended the dispute by allowing Huo Yuhao to leave with Leng Yaozhu. At Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yuhao asked when he could leave Shrek and learned that his access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Demon Island remained central to Leng Yaozhu’s plans.

• A mysterious pressure swept over Shrek Academy, and Yun Ming and the other experts went outside to confront its source.
• Di Tian appeared and warned Yun Ming that Huo Yuhao was not someone Shrek Academy could manipulate, then left through a spatial rift.
• Yun Ming ended the debate with Long Yeyue, and Leng Yaozhu invited Huo Yuhao to return to Spirit Pagoda with her.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Leng Yaozhu, Mu Ye, and Zhen Hua for helping him, while Qiangu Dongfeng resolved not to forget the humiliation.
• Huo Yuhao asked Leng Yaozhu when he could leave Shrek Academy, and she reminded him that he had joined to gain access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Demon Island.

Huo Yuhao learned from Leng Yaozhu about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Demon Island, then decided to leave Shrek Academy early and establish the Spirit Pagoda. Before he could act on his plan, Wang Dong invited him to watch a powerful girl fight at the academy gates.

• Leng Yaozhu explained that Shrek could arrange for Huo Yuhao to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Demon Island, then leave the academy by graduating early from the Outer Court.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Leng Yaozhu and felt that she cared for him as family rather than treating him as a tool.
• After returning to the past, Huo Yuhao resolved to leave Shrek Academy soon and establish the Spirit Pagoda.
• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao that an uninvited girl was fighting students because she wanted to join the academy.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to go with Wang Dong and watch the fight.

Huo Yuhao recognized Jin Li, the Auspicious Beast he had met in the Star Dou Great Forest, after she defeated a Shrek student and revealed herself as a Soul Emperor. Zhang Lexuan offered her direct admission to the Inner Court, but Jin Li asked whether Huo Yuhao was there.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong reached the Academy East Gate and saw Jin Li defeat Du Wei with a single punch.
• Zhang Lexuan approved Jin Li's admission to Shrek Academy and asked her name and Soul Power level.
• Jin Li named herself, and Huo Yuhao realized she was the Auspicious Beast he had encountered in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Jin Li revealed six Soul Rings, shocking the students, and Zhang Lexuan offered her direct entry into the Inner Court.
• Jin Li pointed into the crowd and asked whether Huo Yuhao was also in the Inner Court.

Jin Li joined Shrek Academy’s Outer Court sixth year and sat beside Huo Yuhao, revealing that she had taken human form to explore the human world and enjoy its food. Huo Yuhao worried that her identity would be discovered, but Jin Li said no one could see through her disguise and that Di Tian was nearby to protect her.

• Jin Li chose to join Grade Six in the Outer Court after spotting Huo Yuhao, and she winked at him as she followed Zhang Lexuan to complete her enrollment.
• Jin Li became the new student in Grade Six Class One and sat beside Huo Yuhao, who questioned her through a voice transmission about taking human form and coming to Shrek Academy.
• Jin Li explained that her status as the Emperor Auspicious Beast made her transformation unusual and concealed her identity even from a Limit Douluo.
• Jin Li told Huo Yuhao that curiosity and a desire to eat human food had drawn her into the human world, and she admitted Di Tian had reluctantly agreed to let her go.
• Jin Li said Di Tian might be watching nearby and could be summoned if she was discovered, easing Huo Yuhao’s concern about her safety.

As rumors spread that Huo Yuhao and Jin Li were a couple, Wang Dong invited him to visit the Clear Sky Sect during the holiday, but he declined and revealed that he planned to apply for early graduation. Huo Yuhao said he would go to Star Luo City after leaving Shrek Academy, and Wang Dong agreed to ask her “sister” to meet him.

• Jin Li became known at Shrek Academy as the “Valkyrie” after defeating Bei Bei, while rumors spread that she and Huo Yuhao were a couple.
• Wang Dong grew jealous of Jin Li and asked Huo Yuhao to visit the Clear Sky Sect with her during the holiday.
• Huo Yuhao refused, explaining that he had holiday plans and that he intended to apply for early graduation.
• Wang Dong reacted with shock and worry when Huo Yuhao said he would leave Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao said he planned to go to Star Luo City and suggested that Wang Dong bring her sister to meet him.
• Wang Dong agreed to ask her sister whether she would meet Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao planned to establish the Spirit Pagoda in Star Luo City, but Electrolux warned him that he needed his own trusted people and powerful allies. The next day, Electrolux revealed that his gift was a Half-Plane and taught Huo Yuhao how to enter it, leaving Huo Yuhao vanished from his home.

• Huo Yuhao considered building the first Spirit Pagoda in Star Luo City and realized he needed a core team and strong experts he could trust.
• Electrolux promised Huo Yuhao a gift but told him to wait until they could meet somewhere safe.
• Wang Dong stayed awake after Huo Yuhao fell asleep, troubled by the day's events.
• Huo Yuhao returned home, set up an isolation Magic Circle, and asked Electrolux about the gift.
• Electrolux revealed that the gift was a Half-Plane he had created and guided Huo Yuhao in forming a connection to it.
• Huo Yuhao used a gray Hexagram Array and disappeared from the room.

Huo Yuhao explored Electrolux’s Half-Plane, learned that it held millions of Undead Creatures and an Ancient Dragon King, and was entrusted with the world as a secret reserve for his plans to establish a Spirit Pagoda. He then went to Sea God Island and greeted Senior Gongyang at his courtyard.

• Huo Yuhao arrived in Electrolux’s dim Half-Plane and wore his newly upgraded Two-Word Battle Armor, Spirit Ice.
• Huo Yuhao flew over the hills and saw hundreds of Bone Skeletons approaching as Electrolux explained that the Half-Plane held as many as a million Undead Creatures.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that the strongest Undead Creature was an Ancient Dragon King with the strength of a Level 95 Title Douluo and entrusted the Half-Plane to him.
• Huo Yuhao worried that openly using the Undead Creatures would make him a public enemy, and Electrolux advised him to keep them secret until he was strong enough.
• Huo Yuhao went to Sea God Island, found Senior Gongyang resting in a courtyard, and called out to him.

Huo Yuhao recruited Gongyang Mo, Xi Xi, and three other Inner Court students to help him establish a force in Star Luo City after leaving Shrek Academy. Gongyang Mo regained hope when Huo Yuhao promised to make him a functional Soul Tool leg, and the recruits became the intended founding elders of the Spirit Pagoda.

• Huo Yuhao visited Gongyang Mo, who had lost his right leg and given up on cultivation, and invited him to join his planned force in Star Luo City.
• Huo Yuhao showed Gongyang Mo a Soul Tool leg that could connect to the nervous system and promised to custom-make one so Gongyang Mo could walk normally again.
• Gongyang Mo agreed to follow Huo Yuhao for the rest of his life if the promised leg worked.
• Huo Yuhao recruited Xi Xi, who readily agreed to join his venture.
• After many other Inner Court students declined, Huo Yuhao recruited three more Inner Court Soul Kings and considered them founding elders of the Spirit Pagoda.

Huo Yuhao returned to Star Luo City with Gongyang Mo to meet Xu Jiujiu and introduce him as a trusted assistant. He began showing Xu Jiujiu Gongyang Mo’s Soul Tool leg, leaving her embarrassed and irritated by the request.

• Huo Yuhao traveled to Star Luo City with Gongyang Mo to build his resources and introduce him to important contacts.
• At the Starlight Auction House, Huo Yuhao showed the attendant an imperial token and asked to see Xu Jiujiu.
• Huo Yuhao told Gongyang Mo that they were meeting Xu Jiujiu, the eldest princess of the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jiujiu arrived, and Huo Yuhao explained that Gongyang Mo might contact her on his behalf in the future.
• Huo Yuhao asked Gongyang Mo to show Xu Jiujiu his Soul Tool leg, embarrassing and irritating her.

Huo Yuhao showed Xu Jiujiu Gongyang Mo’s prosthetic Soul Tool, then revealed his Spirit Soul and explained how the new system could replace traditional Soul Rings. Xu Jiujiu and Gongyang Mo were left stunned by its potential.

• Gongyang Mo revealed his artificial right leg, and Huo Yuhao explained that it was a customized Level 7 Melee Soul Tool that could restore mobility and enhance combat strength.
• Xu Jiujiu considered the prosthetic Soul Tool’s value for the Star Luo Empire’s wounded soldiers and asked whether it could be produced in batches.
• Huo Yuhao said the prosthetics required individual customization but offered to arrange a large number if Xu Jiujiu needed them.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Wangsheng Butterfly, then revealed that the former Ten-thousand-year Soul Beast had become his Spirit Soul.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Spirit Souls could replace Soul Rings, provide multiple rings, and offer Soul Skill choices, then showed that his fifth and sixth Soul Rings came from the same Wangsheng Butterfly.
• Xu Jiujiu and Gongyang Mo were stunned by the new Spirit Soul System.

Huo Yuhao proposed that the Star Luo Imperial Family support the founding of the Spirit Pagoda and offered benefits in return. Xu Jiujiu left to seek her imperial brother’s approval, while Gongyang Mo became excited about the organization’s prospects.

• Xu Jiujiu questioned whether Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Soul system was real, and he confirmed that his teacher had created it.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Star Luo Imperial Family to provide land for the first Spirit Pagoda and presented its construction plans.
• Huo Yuhao promised Star Luo priority in fusing Spirit Souls, two Councilor seats, and priority recruitment in exchange for its support.
• Xu Jiujiu said she needed her imperial brother’s approval and offered Huo Yuhao lodging at the Starlight Auction House while he waited.
• Gongyang Mo learned that the Spirit Pagoda was the faction Huo Yuhao planned to establish and grew excited about its future.

Huo Yuhao reflected on securing Star Luo’s alliance to establish the Spirit Pagoda before refusing to take Shrek Academy’s final examination. He challenged the exam’s practice of sending students to seek out uninvolved Soul Masters, leaving Shen Yi and the class to reconsider the requirement.

• Xu Jiawei agreed to Huo Yuhao’s conditions, and Star Luo formally allied with him to establish the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao stayed in Star Luo City to finalize the alliance contracts, then left Gongyang Mo there to oversee construction with the imperial family.
• Shen Yi explained that students had fifteen days to reach Ming Capital, pass through at least ten cities, and defeat opponents at least five ranks stronger without outside help.
• Huo Yuhao stood up and declared that he would not participate in the final examination.
• Huo Yuhao argued that the exam unfairly forced uninvolved Soul Masters into battles, prompting the students to question the rules and leaving Shen Yi silent and unsettled.

Ya Li took Huo Yuhao and five Class Zero students to meet Zang Xin, who gave Huo Yuhao a Tang Sect Ice and Fire Token and invited them to the Tang Sect Forbidden Grounds. Shen Yi canceled the final examination and resolved to change its format, while Zang Xin and Ya Li discussed Huo Yuhao’s lineage and the limits of his era.

• Ya Li arrived at Shen Yi’s classroom and exempted Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue, Na’er, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie from the final examination.
• Shen Yi voided the examination and decided to announce a new method the next day.
• Ya Li brought the six students to meet Zang Xin, the Vice Hall Master of the Tang Sect’s Douluo Hall.
• Zang Xin gave Huo Yuhao the Tang Sect Ice and Fire Token and told the group to meet him at the academy entrance at eight the next morning for a trip to the Tang Sect Forbidden Grounds.
• After the students left, Zang Xin and Ya Li discussed Huo Yuhao’s resemblance to the Tang Sect Ancestor, his Spirit Eyes martial soul, his bloodline, and his extraordinary talent.

Zang Xin led Huo Yuhao and the others through the Tang Sect’s guarded route to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There, six plant-type Beasts confronted them over the Tang Sect’s agreement limiting entry to one person every hundred years.

• Huo Yuhao and the others traveled from Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou City, then rode in Tang Sect vehicles to a hidden primeval forest.
• Zang Xin guided the group through an illusion formation and a poisonous forest before carrying them down a cliff through deadly seven-colored mist.
• The group reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Huo Yuhao sensed powerful energy in the exotic flowers and herbs surrounding its divided blue and red waters.
• Six plant-type Beasts appeared, and Zang Xin told them the group had come to obtain Immortal Herbs.
• The Beasts’ leader accused Zang Xin of violating their agreement by bringing six people before a hundred years had passed since the last visitor.

Zang Xin brought Huo Yuhao and the others to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to test the Beasts and seek a hundred-thousand-year Immortal Herb for Yuhao. After revealing that Yuhao was Spirit Ice Douluo’s descendant and forcing a confrontation, Zang Xin faced the purple-clad leader as the Beasts unveiled their preparations and the well began to change.

• Zang Xin told the Beasts that the visitors could take Immortal Herbs only if the herbs acknowledged them, then presented Huo Yuhao as someone they knew.
• A red-clad Beast recognized Huo Yuhao as Spirit Ice, and the six Beasts recoiled in fear before the purple-clad leader reminded them that Spirit Ice had ascended to godhood.
• Zang Xin revealed that Huo Yuhao was Spirit Ice Douluo’s descendant, and Gu Yue asked the others to keep the secret.
• Zang Xin demanded an Immortal Herb at least one hundred thousand years old for Huo Yuhao, but the purple-clad leader refused and cited the agreement’s restrictions.
• Zang Xin challenged the leader, who declared that the Beasts had made preparations and released a fragrant purple Origin Qi; the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well then began to change.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a purple-clad man summoned the Dragon Souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King to challenge Zang Xin. Gu Yue and Na'er revealed their bloodline power, causing the Dragon Souls to recognize them and abandon their hostility.

• The purple-clad man revealed that the two dragons above the well were the god-level Dragon Souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Zang Xin donned his four-word battle armor, Love's Sorrow Misty Rain, and rose to face the Dragon Souls.
• Na'er stepped forward and asked Zang Xin not to fight, while Gu Yue took her hand.
• Gu Yue and Na'er released golden and silver energies that began to merge, drawing the Dragon Souls' attention.
• The Dragon Souls dropped the water back into the well, flew to the girls, and circled them excitedly after recognizing their bloodlines.

Gu Yue and Na'er used their Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodlines to end the standoff at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Zang Xin allowed them to investigate what lay beneath it. As Tang Wulin and the others searched for Immortal Herbs, Huo Yuhao revealed his extraordinary cultivation while seeking a suitable Spirit Soul.

• The purple-clad man recognized Gu Yue and Na'er's powerful dragon bloodlines after the dragon souls submitted to them, and the six Beasts abandoned their resistance.
• Zang Xin let the youths seek Immortal Herbs, and Na'er told Ya Li that the dragon souls had found something they needed beneath the well.
• Zang Xin approved Na'er and Gu Yue's descent into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while he urged Huo Yuhao to choose an Immortal Herb.
• The purple-clad man said the well held sixteen heavenly treasures over a hundred thousand years old and offered to recommend one suited to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao told the six Beasts that he was fourteen, had rank seventy Soul Power, and possessed the Spirit Type Spirit Eyes martial soul, astonishing everyone present.

Huo Yuhao accepted Aromatic Silk Beauty as his Spirit Soul after learning it could provide a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring for his Martial Soul Avatar. Elsewhere, Gu Yue absorbed the remaining power of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and asked Na'er for help with something.

• Aromatic Silk Beauty revealed that he was nearing his second Heavenly Tribulation and offered to become Huo Yuhao's Spirit Soul.
• Huo Yuhao considered Aromatic Silk Beauty's age and his own powerful Mental Power, then accepted the offer.
• Gu Yue and Na'er entered a hidden space beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found the Dragon Kings' skeletons and lingering souls.
• Gu Yue summoned the Dragon Souls and absorbed their remaining power, strengthening her origin.
• Na'er warned that Di Tian and the others were intensifying their search, and Gu Yue asked Na'er for help.