Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao hosted Xu Jiujiu at the Star Emperor Hotel, where Leng Yaozhu revealed her formidable strength to attract the Star Luo Imperial Family’s attention. After seeing Leng Yaozhu’s power and discussing Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tools, Xu Jiujiu invited her to become an imperial family consecrated member.

• Xu Jiujiu visited Huo Yuhao, Leng Yaozhu, and Gongyang Mo at the Star Emperor Hotel and hinted that she hoped Huo Yuhao would stay in Star Luo City.
• Leng Yaozhu teased Huo Yuhao about forming a marriage alliance with Xu Jiujiu, and he insisted they were only partners.
• Manyi burst into the reception room after sensing Leng Yaozhu’s powerful aura and moved to protect Xu Jiujiu.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Leng Yaozhu as his teacher, easing Manyi’s alarm, and Xu Jiujiu welcomed Leng Yaozhu.
• Xu Jiujiu showed Leng Yaozhu the Starry Glazed Orb and praised Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tools before inviting Leng Yaozhu to become a consecrated member of the Star Luo Imperial Family.

Huo Yuhao revealed that Leng Yaozhu was a rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo and that his other teacher was a rank ninety-five Super Douluo and Level-nine Soul Engineer. Xu Jiujiu reassessed the Star Luo Imperial Family’s partnership with Huo Yuhao, while Leng Yaozhu encouraged her to call him by his given name, leaving Huo Yuhao privately asking her not to cause trouble.

• Xu Jiujiu tried to recruit Leng Yaozhu and find out whether she had made the Starry Glazed Orb, but Leng Yaozhu declined and said it was not her work.
• Huo Yuhao introduced his Soul Tool teacher as a rank ninety-five Super Douluo and Level-nine Soul Engineer known as Illusion Brain.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Leng Yaozhu was a rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo titled Heavenly Phoenix, shocking Xu Jiujiu and Manyi.
• Leng Yaozhu told Xu Jiujiu that the elders would not interfere with the Spirit Pagoda but would support Huo Yuhao’s cooperation with the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized that Leng Yaozhu’s presence had transformed the balance of the partnership and respectfully agreed to call Huo Yuhao by his given name.
• Huo Yuhao privately asked Leng Yaozhu not to cause trouble after Xu Jiujiu playfully asked whether she could call him Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao recruited Soul Engineers in Star Luo City and established a Soul Tool laboratory with Xu Jiujiu’s support. After twelve days, he and Leng Yaozhu returned from the Undead Plane to Shrek City in the world ten thousand years later.

• Huo Yuhao called Xu Jiujiu “Sister Jiujiu” and asked her to recruit young Level-three-or-higher Soul Engineers for the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xu Jiujiu gathered nearly fifty Soul Engineers and gave Huo Yuhao a former Royal Military Workshop building to use as a laboratory.
• Huo Yuhao trained the expanded team of nearly seventy Soul Engineers in his advanced Soul Tool blueprints and production methods.
• After twelve days in Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao and Leng Yaozhu were pulled back to the Undead Plane, then passed through the light gate to Shrek City.
• Leng Yaozhu marveled at the time-traveling ability, while Huo Yuhao wondered whether reaching the Divine Origin Realm would reveal its secrets.

Huo Yuhao planned the Spirit Pagoda’s early development and delayed a return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while awaiting a trip to Devil Island. At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, he saw Qiangu Zhangting pursuing Gu Yue, who ignored him and brightened when she spotted Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao considered selecting talented Soul Engineers for the Spirit Pagoda and identified its operations as his immediate priority.
• Huo Yuhao noted that Aromatic Silk Beauty could guide him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but decided to postpone the trip.
• Leng Yaozhu communicated with Shrek Academy’s leaders to hasten Huo Yuhao and the others’ trip to Devil Island.
• Qiangu Zhangting invited Gu Yue to a restaurant and offered to show her a rare Beast Spirit Soul, but Gu Yue rejected both approaches.
• Qiangu Dongfeng had encouraged Qiangu Zhangting to pursue Gu Yue as a marriage alliance to protect the Qiangu Clan’s influence.
• Gu Yue spotted Huo Yuhao in the corridor and called out to him with evident delight.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Gu Yue and learned that Qiangu Zhangting was pursuing a Spirit Envoy position. He decided to interfere by pursuing an exceptional route to the position, leaving Gu Yue waiting to see how he would do it.

• Gu Yue ran to Huo Yuhao, and they walked hand in hand toward Qiangu Zhangting, who concealed his jealousy before leaving on a false pretext.
• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Yue whether Qiangu Zhangting had been pestering her, and she said he repeatedly ignored her requests to stop following her.
• Gu Yue told Huo Yuhao that Qiangu Zhangting, whose Soul Power was rank eighty-eight, was aiming to become a Spirit Envoy once he reached Title Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao said he would interfere, and Gu Yue explained that Spirit Envoys normally needed Title Douluo cultivation and approval from current Spirit Envoys and council members.
• Huo Yuhao reminded Gu Yue that someone who made an enormous contribution to the Spirit Pagoda could bypass those requirements, and he said he was confident he could qualify.

Yun Ming warned Leng Yaozhu that Devil Island held divine power and unknown dangers, but Huo Yuhao and the others unanimously chose to go. A week after the semester began, Leng Yaozhu and the group set out for the island, accompanied in secret by Yun Ming.

• Yun Ming told Leng Yaozhu that Shrek Academy did not truly control Devil Island and that one generation of the Shrek Seven Devils had perished there.
• Leng Yaozhu informed the group of the risks, and everyone agreed to go after Tang Wulin consulted Wu Changkong about the island’s recent safety record.
• Leng Yaozhu arranged the trip and left for the Soul Train station with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue one week after the academy reopened.
• Na'er, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan joined them in the VIP room, while Yun Ming entered disguised and told Huo Yuhao not to reveal his identity.

Huo Yuhao and the others traveled by Soul Train toward Devil Island, but Evil Soul Masters bombed the tracks and threatened the passengers. Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu stopped the train and subdued the attackers, while Yun Ming sensed another enemy remained.

• Yun Ming reserved the first-class VIP carriage as his group traveled from Shrek City to North Sea City.
• Xie Xie asked what Devil Island was like, Na'er said she knew nothing, and Huo Yuhao told everyone to rest instead of speculating.
• A blast destroyed part of the tracks, and Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu used their Soul Power to stop the train from derailing.
• Huo Yuhao identified dozens of masked attackers as Evil Soul Masters preparing to shoot the passengers.
• Leng Yaozhu used fireballs to disarm and incapacitate the attackers without killing them.
• Yun Ming spotted another enemy in one of the carriages.

Yun Ming captured Yan Jin, the Evil Soul Master behind the Soul Train bombing, and revealed that Leng Yaozhu was also present. Yan Jin panicked, then attacked Yun Ming after deciding the two powerful Douluos were an illusion; Yun Ming crippled him and left him alive.

• Yun Ming suddenly appeared with Yan Jin in his grasp and threw him before the others.
• Yan Jin activated his Martial Soul Possession and recognized Leng Yaozhu, the Spirit Pagoda's Vice Tower Master.
• Yan Jin prepared to use a forbidden technique to escape, then recognized Yun Ming and abandoned his attempt.
• Yan Jin decided Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu were illusions and charged at Yun Ming.
• Yun Ming pierced Yan Jin's shoulders and hips with four spear strikes, crippling his limbs and leaving him alive.

After two Limit Douluos stopped an Evil Soul Master attack on the Soul Train, Leng Yaozhu and Yun Ming flew Huo Yuhao and the others toward North Sea City. The chapter ends as the North Sea Legion detects two high-energy targets approaching the city at extreme speed.

• Zhao Jin arrived with Wanning City's mecha squad, and Yun Ming handed the captured, crippled Yan Jin over to him.
• Leng Yaozhu and Yun Ming decided to fly the youths directly to North Sea City because the damaged tracks would delay the train.
• Huo Yuhao pointed out that the group's past travel disasters had all involved Evil Soul Masters.
• Leng Yaozhu and Yun Ming enveloped the six youths in Soul Power and carried them northeast toward North Sea City.
• The North Sea Legion's monitoring center detected two fast-moving, energy-level-nine targets approaching the city.

Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu escorted Huo Yuhao and the other students to North Sea City, where they informed the North Sea Legion commander that they were heading to Devil Island. After they departed, Luo Tingxuan ordered the legion to enter Level Three Combat Readiness and watch for unusual activity near the island.

• The North Sea Legion detected two powerful approaching energy signatures, and patrol pilots confirmed they belonged to human Title Douluo rather than a weapons strike unit.
• Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu landed outside North Sea City with Huo Yuhao and the others, then met North Sea Legion commander Luo Tingxuan and major general Shen Xing.
• Yun Ming told Luo Tingxuan he was taking the group to Devil Island, then flew away with Leng Yaozhu and the students.
• Shen Xing asked whether Yun Ming had come only to escort the students, and Luo Tingxuan said the legion could not stop him if he had another purpose.
• Luo Tingxuan ordered the entire North Sea Legion into Level Three Combat Readiness and instructed it to monitor the area near Devil Island.

Yun Ming brought Huo Yuhao and five other youths to Devil Island to begin their trial, where they met the island’s guardian, Po Mie. After passing through the oppressive black forest into a lush valley, Huo Yuhao heard Electrolux warn that the place held the power of a god.

• Yun Ming warned the six youths that they could still refuse the Devil Island trial, but they chose to continue.
• Yun Ming led the group onto Devil Island, where they found heavy air, no Heaven and Earth Vitality, and a black forest.
• Po Mie appeared, greeted Yun Ming, and led the youths through the forest after Yun Ming told him not to trouble the North Sea Legion this time.
• The group passed through a strange transition into a verdant valley filled with rich life aura and a towering purple-black light pillar.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that he sensed the power of a god and urged him to be careful.

Huo Yuhao and the others arrived at Devil Island, where Po Mie and Nightmare Old Demon assessed their abilities and postponed military training until the next day. The students rested in the valley, but after midnight Nightmare began spreading yellow mist over them while Huo Yuhao pretended to sleep and waited to see what would happen.

• Nightmare Old Demon asked the newcomers to introduce themselves, and the group revealed their ages, cultivation ranks, and Battle Armor levels.
• Huo Yuhao announced that he was a fourteen-year-old Seven-Ring Soul Saint and Two-Word Battle Armor Master, stunning Po Mie and Nightmare.
• Po Mie and Nightmare secretly agreed not to hold back during training, then gave the group the day to rest before training officially began.
• Huo Yuhao led the group to eat and rest, while Po Mie and Nightmare watched and debated whether to attack them early.
• After midnight, Nightmare spread yellow mist over the sleeping youths, and Huo Yuhao remained still while secretly waiting to see what would happen.

Huo Yuhao recognized that Nightmare Old Demon had trapped him in an illusion, but his strong spiritual power kept him from falling into a nightmare. Nightmare tried to provoke him by threatening Gu Yue, yet Huo Yuhao remained completely calm.

• Huo Yuhao sensed the illusion around him and realized that the others were trapped in separate dreamscapes.
• Nightmare Old Demon and Po Mie watched the youths' dreams, where their happiest scenes turned into their worst fears.
• Nightmare entered Huo Yuhao's dreamscape and learned that Huo Yuhao's spiritual power had kept him awake.
• Nightmare showed Huo Yuhao Gu Yue surrounded by aphrodisiac mist with Tang Wulin and threatened to expose them to it.
• Huo Yuhao showed no anger or panic, leaving Nightmare unsettled.

Huo Yuhao shattered Nightmare Old Demon's illusion with his Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power and revealed that he belonged to the Spirit Pagoda, not Shrek Academy. Enraged by the news and Shrek's recent defeat, Nightmare drew on the valley's purple-black power and prepared to force Huo Yuhao into a deeper nightmare.

• Huo Yuhao recognized Nightmare Old Demon's threats as an illusion and broke the dream with his Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power.
• Nightmare Old Demon and Po Mie were shocked by Huo Yuhao's power, and Huo Yuhao objected to Nightmare's use of illusions that crossed personal boundaries.
• Huo Yuhao told Po Mie that he would leave Shrek Academy and revealed that he was from the Spirit Pagoda, then explained how Shrek had yielded after losing to his team.
• Nightmare Old Demon reacted with anger and dismay at Shrek's defeat and the Spirit Pagoda's presence on Devil Island, then vowed to show Huo Yuhao Shrek's strength.
• Nightmare Old Demon called down purple-black power from the valley, raising his spiritual power toward the peak of the Spirit Domain Realm as Po Mie warned him against using it.

Huo Yuhao was overwhelmed by Nightmare’s enhanced spiritual power, so Electrolux took control of his body and suppressed Nightmare and Po Mie with ancient soul magic. After the two were imprisoned and weakened, Electrolux’s power receded and Huo Yuhao regained control.

• Nightmare used power from the purple-black light pillar to overwhelm Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Sea and nearly pull him into the Dreamscape.
• Huo Yuhao called on Electrolux, who took control of his body and released an ancient, majestic aura.
• Electrolux chanted an unknown incantation and sealed Nightmare and Po Mie in golden cages that drained their borrowed power and weakened their soul bodies.
• Electrolux taunted the helpless soul bodies, then withdrew and returned control of Huo Yuhao’s body to him.

Huo Yuhao defeated Nightmare, then persuaded Nightmare and Po Mie to reconsider their hostility toward him and freed the others from the trial. After Gu Yue and Na'er revealed they had seen through their illusions, the three set out for the valley’s largest Destruction Fragment despite Po Mie’s warning about its corrosive power.

• Huo Yuhao told Nightmare and Po Mie that their anger stemmed from Shrek Academy’s pride, then released them from his golden seals.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that Gu Yue and Na'er had seen through Nightmare’s illusions, and Nightmare ended their trials.
• Gu Yue told Huo Yuhao that the purple-black light pillar was the only place on Devil Island worth visiting.
• Nightmare declared the three had cleared the trial, and Po Mie warned them that the valley’s largest Destruction Fragment could corrode both body and soul.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Po Mie but chose to approach the fragment with Gu Yue, while warning Nightmare against improper methods of mental training.

Huo Yuhao repeatedly challenged the Destruction aura around the purple-black light pillar, advancing to within thirty meters as it tempered his body and spirit. Tang Wulin awakened from the Nightmare Old Demon's trial and, after learning the others were near the pillar, chose to recover before seeking them out.

• Gu Yue and Na'er recognized the aura as belonging to the God of Destruction, and Gu Yue warned Huo Yuhao to proceed carefully.
• Huo Yuhao reached about a hundred meters from the light pillar before retreating, while Gu Yue stopped at three hundred meters and Na'er continued with him.
• Over the following days, Huo Yuhao repeatedly endured the Destruction aura and advanced from a hundred meters to within thirty meters of the pillar.
• Tang Wulin awoke on the thirteenth day of military training and realized the painful experiences he had endured were trials created by the Nightmare Old Demon.
• Tang Wulin saw that Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan remained asleep, learned Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue, and Na'er were near the light pillar, and began recovering before going to find them.

During Tang Wulin’s awakening, the Kiss of Life triggered a Life Tide that weakened the power of Destruction across Devil Island. Huo Yuhao reached the largest Destruction Fragment and was transported into a strange space where Life and Destruction intertwined, then heard a voice call him the God of Emotions.

• Huo Yuhao sensed the power of Destruction weaken as an emerald-green pillar rose from Tang Wulin, and he ran toward the Destruction Fragment.
• Nightmare and Po Mie watched Tang Wulin’s Life Tide; Old Tang recognized the Goddess of Life’s aura and understood that her Kiss of Life had resonated with the ruin.
• Huo Yuhao crossed the valley and pressed his hand against the purple crystal containing the largest Destruction Fragment.
• Huo Yuhao’s consciousness entered a void where Life and Destruction mingled in a fragile balance.
• A deep voice called Huo Yuhao the God of Emotions.

Huo Yuhao encountered the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life within a Destruction Fragment, where he learned that Tang Wutong was likely Sea God Tang San’s daughter. The Goddess of Life recognized Huo Yuhao’s resemblance to the God of Emotions and left him with the sense that the two were deeply connected.

• A cloaked figure appeared before Huo Yuhao, and he suspected it was a remnant soul of a god when Electrolux did not answer him.
• The figure identified himself as the God of Destruction and questioned Huo Yuhao about his resemblance to the God of Emotions.
• Huo Yuhao asked about the God of Emotions, and the God of Destruction said he was Sea God Tang San’s son-in-law.
• Huo Yuhao connected Tang Wutong, Tang Wulin, and Tang San, and concluded that Tang Wutong might be Tang San’s daughter.
• The Goddess of Life appeared, called Huo Yuhao “Xiao Yuhao,” and said he shared a profound connection with the God of Emotions.
• The Goddess of Life introduced herself and told Huo Yuhao he did not need to reveal secrets he wished to keep.

Huo Yuhao revealed to the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life that he had traveled from ten thousand years in the past, giving them hope that they could alter their fate. Unable to pass on a God Position, the God of Destruction presented his damaged Scepter of Destruction.

• Huo Yuhao explained that he was the young Huo Yuhao from ten thousand years ago and could travel between that era and the present.
• The God of Destruction reacted with disbelief because even God Kings could not cross ten thousand years of time.
• The Goddess of Life believed Huo Yuhao and realized he might carry a warning to the past that could change their deaths.
• Huo Yuhao said his time crossings happened unpredictably and were not under his control.
• The God of Destruction explained that he and the Goddess of Life had perished after exhausting their power to protect the God Realm from Space-Time Turbulence, so they could not pass on a God Position.
• The God of Destruction summoned his damaged Super Divine Tool, the Scepter of Destruction, which had fallen to the rank of an ordinary divine tool.