Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao led Tang Ya through a Beast Tide, then secretly collected Zheng Zhan’s soul and spoils while she recovered. After Tang Ya brought him to the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters, she was summoned by the cult leader, and Huo Yuhao discovered that something there could block his Qi Observation Technique.

• Huo Yuhao pulled Tang Ya through the Beast Tide, and she reflected on how safe she felt with him despite her doubts about his intentions.
• After escaping the mountain range, Tang Ya gave Huo Yuhao a Class 7 Milk Bottle to help him recover while she replenished her own strength.
• Once Tang Ya left, Huo Yuhao collected the souls of Mu En, Xu Tianyi, Xu Diyi, Zheng Zhan, and many soul beasts, then claimed Zheng Zhan’s corpse and equipment through a Centipede Leg Clone.
• Tang Ya led Huo Yuhao through secret paths to the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters in Fiend Forest, where the unusual atmosphere caught her attention.
• An envoy summoned Tang Ya to meet the cult leader, so she left Huo Yuhao in her palace with one of her tokens.
• Huo Yuhao used his Qi Observation Technique to investigate the headquarters and found that something blocked it.

Huo Yuhao sent ghosts throughout the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters to investigate its secrets while Tang Ya revealed that she and her forces had been chosen to represent the cult in Mingdu. As the cult's factions grew suspicious of one another, Huo Yuhao continued his search and the headquarters became increasingly tense.

• Huo Yuhao used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to send ghosts through the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters and investigate without using Mental Detection.
• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao that the Holy Spirit Cult had partnered with the Sun Moon Empire and would send her and her forces to Mingdu within two days.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Tang Ya worried that Zhongli Wu's faction would exploit her absence to seize resources and tighten control over her and Bei Bei.
• Huo Yuhao refused Tang Ya's two maids and continued exploring the headquarters through his ghosts, marking places blocked by Soul Guidance Barriers.
• Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu each caught a ghost, which exploded and escaped, leaving both men suspicious that other factions were investigating them.

Huo Yuhao searched the Holy Spirit Cult for its hidden foundation and discovered a blood-filled underground chamber beneath Zhongli Wu's palace. Its murals depicted the Dragon God and, deeper inside, a great war in the Divine Realm.

• Huo Yuhao noticed Ye Xishui was absent and decided to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult's secrets instead.
• Huo Yuhao compared the cult's guarded locations and concluded its most important resources were likely hidden beneath Zhongli Wu's palace.
• Huo Yuhao sent Mu En's ghost and Zi Ji's ghost to scout the palace, then had more ghosts search underground and uncover a secret passage.
• Huo Yuhao dug a route underground with his Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul and entered a blood-filled chamber lined with Blood Pools.
• Huo Yuhao examined stone carvings depicting the Dragon God and continued deeper until he saw a great war in the Divine Realm.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the Holy Spirit Cult’s stone statue contained a godhood inheritance and that its conditions matched his own abilities. When the Saint Emperor emerged from the statue to attack him, Huo Yuhao used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to capture him.

• Huo Yuhao examined the Giant Serpent Stone Statue and deciphered the symbols describing the conditions for inheriting godhood.
• Huo Yuhao deduced that the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Sons and Holy Maidens were intended as sacrifices to help someone attain godhood.
• Huo Yuhao decided the inheritance was suited to him and tried to take the statue with Palm Bottle Heaven.
• The Saint Emperor appeared from the statue, blocked Huo Yuhao, and announced his identity.
• Huo Yuhao disrupted the Saint Emperor’s blood-based attack with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and absorbed his soul into it.
• Huo Yuhao considered searching for the Demon Empress in the future.

Huo Yuhao seized the Holy Spirit Cult’s Blood Pool, Giant Serpent Stone Statue, and its hidden souls, then discovered a Beast God’s Godhood Inheritance inside the statue. He passed its noble bloodline and ultimate power assessments, but the final assessment rejected him, leaving him wondering whether his soul was impure.

• Huo Yuhao had the Saint Emperor sent into Electrolux’s Undead World and decided he would serve as a powerful thug rather than a main soul for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Huo Yuhao used the Evil God Spear to absorb the Blood Pool and stored the Giant Serpent Stone Statue in Palm Bottle Heaven.
• Huo Yuhao resisted the statue’s corrupting Evil Power and found the Holy Spirit Cult’s preserved human and Beast Souls, which he fed to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Huo Yuhao discovered the Godhood Inheritance behind a white-light portal and entered its range without being rejected.
• Huo Yuhao passed the noble bloodline and ultimate power assessments, but the final assessment failed when the sacred power scanned his soul.

Huo Yuhao tested whether the Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul could inherit the God of Wisdom’s godhood, and it passed the demanding reviews. The inheritance bestowed vast knowledge and marked the Martial Soul as the future God of Wisdom, though it still needed time to absorb what it had learned.

• Huo Yuhao pressed the Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul against the Giant Serpent Stone Statue and brought its consciousness to the inheritance door.
• The Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul passed the reviews for noble bloodline, ultimate power, and pure soul, despite Huo Yuhao’s presence nearly causing it to fail the last one.
• The inheritance door opened and revealed that the godhood belonged to the Holy Spirit Feathered Serpent, a Level One God and God of Wisdom.
• Huo Yuhao and the Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul received the God of Wisdom’s knowledge, including cultivation, Soul Tool, divine artifact, God Realm, and universal lore.
• Huo Yuhao saw the inheritance mark appear on the Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul and withdrew it into his body while it continued absorbing the knowledge.

Huo Yuhao received the God of Wisdom’s three gifts and examined the thirteen divine skills recorded in the Holy Spirit Feathered Serpent’s feathers. He planned to absorb the feathers as an External Soul Bone, revive the serpent with its blood, and use the Secret Realm as a refuge from the Divine Realm’s perception; he ended by wondering whether his golden core could serve as the source of power for mastering the skills.

• Huo Yuhao entered the Secret Realm and collected thirteen colored feathers, the Holy Spirit Feathered Serpent’s golden blood, and the Wisdom God Tablet.
• Huo Yuhao chose to absorb the feathers as an External Soul Bone, use the blood to revive the Holy Spirit Feathered Serpent, and leave the Wisdom God Tablet in the Secret Realm.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his body, put away the Giant Serpent Stone Statue, and waited while the Evil God Spear continued absorbing the Blood Pool.
• Huo Yuhao examined the thirteen independent divine skills, which corresponded to water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, space, time, stability, kindness, evil, destruction, and life.
• Huo Yuhao learned that attribute seeds and cultivation methods could help him meet the skills’ requirements, and recognized that he already qualified for the water, fire, light, and life skills.
• Huo Yuhao studied how to master a divine skill by forming a mark around a source of power, then wondered whether his golden core could serve as that source.

Huo Yuhao gained a Divine Rank and investigated the Holy Spirit Cult before returning to Mingdu with Tang Ya’s forces. He told Zhang Lexuan and Xian Lin'er that the cult had split into factions and revealed that Bei Bei was likely in the hands of its worships.

• Huo Yuhao left the palace and wandered around the Holy Spirit Cult while Tang Ya’s informant watched him.
• Tang Ya led Huo Yuhao and her forces toward Mingdu after he spent a day in the cult.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Zhang Lexuan and Xian Lin'er at their Mingdu stronghold and reported that Tang Ya’s faction and the elder faction had been exiled there.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Holy Spirit Cult had sent Tang Ya, Netherworld Douluo, five worships, and around three hundred other members to Mingdu.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan and Xian Lin'er that Bei Bei appeared to be in the worships’ custody and had been taken as the Chief Offering’s disciple.

Huo Yuhao learned that Bei Bei was safe and had become the Holy Spirit Cult Chief Offering’s disciple, but Shrek decided not to attempt a rescue until it had more strength. Meanwhile, the Third Prince returned to Mingdu and secured Jing Hongchen and the Hongchen Family’s allegiance, strengthening his position in the coming power struggle.

• Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan that Bei Bei was safe under the protection of the Holy Spirit Cult Chief Offering, and Xian Lin'er hoped Shrek could eventually help the offerings.
• Xian Lin'er argued that Shrek lacked the strength to rescue Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao reluctantly accepted that they would wait until they could return to Shrek with reinforcements.
• Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao planned to leave Mingdu with Xian Lin'er and the four maids after the exchange program, while cutting ties with the White Lotus Sect.
• The Third Prince returned to Mingdu, gained public credit for suppressing the southern unrest, and began preparing for a new reshuffling of power.
• Jing Hongchen knelt before the Third Prince and pledged the Hongchen Family’s loyalty in exchange for protection, giving the Third Prince control over much of the empire’s soul engineer forces.

Ju Zi used a forged-looking but genuine letter from Xu Tianran to hold the crown prince's faction together while building her own power. As the Third Prince's forces swept through Mingdu's underground organizations, Huo Yuhao began his final palace scheme before leaving the Sun Moon Empire.

• Ju Zi used Xu Tianran's letter and seal to rally the crown prince's faction, then asked Na Na to keep recruiting talented students and gathering intelligence.
• Ju Zi revealed that Xu Tianran had secretly returned and reached Titled Douluo, but she doubted his strength and resolved to secure power of her own.
• The Third Prince sent the City Defense Army to raid Ghost Street and other underground organizations, while Tang Ya and Shangguan Wei'er escaped with resources.
• The City Defense Army captured the remaining leaders of Ordinary Alliance as they met to discuss finding Shangguan Wei'er.
• With less than a month before he left the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao went to the Imperial Noble Consort's palace to continue his rear-palace scheme.

Huo Yuhao subdued the Imperial Noble Consort and Xu Tianzhen and used their Phoenix Qi and Fortune to advance his cultivation, then left the palace with the Queen as his next target. At the Holy Spirit Cult’s station, Tang Ya asked him for help as she grew uneasy about the cult’s restricted position in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Huo Yuhao broke into the Imperial Noble Consort’s palace, where she and Xu Tianzhen prepared to defend themselves.
• Huo Yuhao sealed the Imperial Noble Consort’s and Xu Tianzhen’s powers with a single finger and had four consorts assist him in cultivating with them.
• Huo Yuhao gained the Imperial Noble Consort’s Phoenix Qi, bringing Snow Lotus’s domain close to completion, and decided to target the Queen next.
• Huo Yuhao left the Sun Moon Harem and visited the Holy Spirit Cult’s station to let Tang Ya know he was still there.
• Tang Ya explained that the Holy Spirit Cult was under surveillance and barred from expanding, then asked Huo Yuhao to help her with matters she could not handle herself.

Huo Yuhao agreed to help Tang Ya and Bei Bei establish an independent force in Mingdu, recruiting support from the Third Prince and Zhang Lexuan. That night, he went to the rear palace intending to confront the Queen, only to find her attacking the four noble consorts; he quietly entered their palace as the battle outside fell silent.

• Tang Ya asked Huo Yuhao to establish a force for her and Bei Bei, and he agreed for the sake of the Holy Cult.
• Huo Yuhao sent the Third Prince’s aides, Ink Shadow Douluo and Celadon Douluo, to build the organization’s framework.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan about Bei Bei’s injuries and Tang Ya’s plan, and Zhang Lexuan assigned White Lotus Sect members to help.
• Zhang Lexuan thanked Huo Yuhao by joining him with the four maids, and her cultivation advanced slightly afterward.
• Huo Yuhao went to the rear palace, where the Queen launched an assassination attempt against the four noble consorts.
• The four noble consorts resisted the Queen with Soul Tools while Huo Yuhao entered their palace unnoticed and the battle outside abruptly stopped.

Huo Yuhao stopped the Queen’s attack and ended the harem crisis, then gained her Phoenix Qi, allowing Snow Lotus to form the Seven Colors Domain. With the harem targets temporarily exhausted, he turned his attention to targets outside the harem.

• Huo Yuhao restrained the Queen after she attacked the four noble consorts, and she accepted defeat while believing the empire had abandoned her.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the four noble consorts to disarm the Queen, and they carried out his punishment while she threatened them.
• Huo Yuhao, the Queen, the Imperial Noble Consort, and the four noble consorts helped contain the palace turmoil, and the deaths among the servants were covered up.
• Snow Lotus used the Queen’s Phoenix Qi to complete the Seven Colors Domain, a support domain that boosted Huo Yuhao and his allies.
• Huo Yuhao crossed the Sun Moon Harem task off his list and decided to pursue targets outside the harem.

Huo Yuhao oversaw the growth of Shangguan Wei'er’s group and the Lotus Heart Demons while Zhang Lexuan continued her intimate encounters with him. The chapter ended with Zhang Lexuan breaking through in strength.

• Shangguan Wei'er settled in Mingdu under the Third Prince’s protection and brought Luan Fei, Ye Su, and Ye Guyi into Huo Yuhao’s control.
• The three Heavenly Dragon Dragon Girls grew stronger under Shangguan Wei'er’s care and Huo Yuhao’s training, while Huo Yuhao investigated Ye Guyi’s Sacred Angel bloodline.
• Huo Yuhao left Shangguan Wei'er to develop her group in Mingdu and had the Third Prince take in more women as cauldrons.
• The Main Body Clone watched over thousands of Lotus Heart Demons as they absorbed emotions across Mingdu.
• Zhang Lexuan continued her encounters with Huo Yuhao, gradually lowering her inhibitions while maintaining her final boundary.
• After Huo Yuhao finished with Zhang Lexuan, a powerful fluctuation of Soul Power erupted from her and she broke through.

Zhang Lexuan broke through to Rank 90 and condensed a Soul Core, though the Ming King Divine Artifact seed became more deeply bound to her. Huo Yuhao led her and Xian Lin'er to Fiend Forest to seek a ninth soul ring, where he secretly began hunting rare beasts while pursuing his own plans.

• Zhang Lexuan reached Rank 90, condensed a Soul Core, and discovered that the Ming King Divine Artifact seed had merged into it.
• Huo Yuhao congratulated Zhang Lexuan, and she fled to her room in embarrassment after realizing what she had said.
• Huo Yuhao, Zhang Lexuan, Xian Lin'er, and the four maids traveled to Fiend Forest to search for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Zhang Lexuan's ninth ring.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Guidance to steer the group to Fiend Forest, where Xu Tianran was hidden and Huo Yuhao intended to hunt the Evil Eye Tyrant.
• Huo Yuhao used Qi Observation Technique to locate powerful beasts, and his Centipede Leg Clones captured a Devouring Dragon and its prey.

Huo Yuhao strengthened his Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul by devouring Soul Beasts and led Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan safely through the Fiend Forest. At night, Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan discovered a hundred-thousand-year Laurel Tree that was an ideal Soul Beast for Zhang Lexuan.

• Huo Yuhao's Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul digested Mingde Hall, gaining greater physical strength and the acquired Soul Tool Array Pattern ability.
• The Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul devoured a Devouring Dragon and gained Devour Heaven and Earth, while the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear's abilities became its main close-combat techniques.
• Huo Yuhao guided Xian Lin'er, Zhang Lexuan, and the others through the Fiend Forest, finding food and safe routes while steering them toward a suitable hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• After the group made camp, Xian Lin'er woke them when Moonlight Essence streamed into a nearby forest, then took Zhang Lexuan to investigate.
• Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan found a hundred-thousand-year Laurel Tree absorbing Moonlight Essence, and Xian Lin'er recognized it as an ideal Soul Beast for Zhang Lexuan.

Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan discovered a hundred-thousand-year Star River Moon Laurel Tree, an ideal soul ring for Zhang Lexuan, but it attacked them and summoned the surrounding Soul Beasts to pursue them. As Xian Lin'er held off the beast horde, the tree launched a devastating long-range attack that Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao witnessed from afar.

• The Star River Moon Laurel Tree sensed Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan in its territory and attacked them with a Moonlight Ray.
• Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan dodged the attack and fled, pursued by the moonlight-gathering Soul Beasts, including the Moon Ape, Moon Leopard, and Moon Owl.
• The Moon Leopard intercepted Xian Lin'er, but she struck it away and told Zhang Lexuan to keep retreating while she held off the beasts.
• The Star River Moon Laurel Tree tracked Xian Lin'er with its spiritual power and gathered energy for a distant strike.
• The tree unleashed Star River Moonfall as Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao watched the attack from afar.

Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan were driven apart while fleeing the Star River Moon Laurel Tree, and Huo Yuhao rescued the unconscious Xian Lin'er. After waking in a cave, Xian Lin'er learned Huo Yuhao had treated her wounds and reacted with embarrassment.

• The Star River Moon Laurel Tree amplified its beasts and attacked Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan, forcing them to flee under a barrage of Moonlight Meteor.
• A mysterious attacker shattered Xian Lin'er's Martial Soul Avatar, and Huo Yuhao caught her as she fell while Zhang Lexuan escaped with the four maids.
• The attacks separated Zhang Lexuan from Huo Yuhao and Xian Lin'er, and she fled while trusting Huo Yuhao to keep Xian Lin'er safe.
• Xian Lin'er woke in a cave and learned from Huo Yuhao that he had rescued her but had become separated from Zhang Lexuan.
• Xian Lin'er realized Huo Yuhao had treated her wounds, then blushed despite her initial shock and embarrassment.

Huo Yuhao left Xian Lin'er in a hidden cave and went to confront Xu Tianran with the Third Prince. Xu Tianran revealed that his legs had recovered, then attacked the Third Prince.

• Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er that soul beasts were searching for them and that Zhang Lexuan and her group might still be in danger.
• Xian Lin'er admitted her injuries had left her with less than a tenth of her strength, and Huo Yuhao sealed her in the cave before setting out.
• Huo Yuhao secretly kept Zhang Lexuan and her maids under surveillance while heading to pursue his own targets, Xu Tianran and the Evil Eye Tyrant.
• The Third Prince joined Huo Yuhao, and together they reached Xu Tianran's hidden underground cave, which was filled with soul beast corpses and blood.
• Xu Tianran recognized the Third Prince, stood on his mutated, recovered legs, and charged at him.

Huo Yuhao helped the Third Prince defeat Xu Tianran after draining the cavern’s resources and destroying the Ming King Divine Artifact. The Third Prince took Xu Tianran’s Destruction Soul Core, hoping to use it to advance toward rank 99.

• Huo Yuhao used the Evil God Spear to absorb the blood in the cavern, bringing its total to 28 Evil God Blood Rings, while Xu Tianran discovered his resources had been stolen.
• The Third Prince fought Xu Tianran, but Xu Tianran’s many defensive Soul Tools prevented a quick victory despite the Third Prince’s superior equipment and combat experience.
• Huo Yuhao shattered the Ming King Divine Artifact and threw the Evil God Spear through Xu Tianran’s defenses by using spatial methods, killing him.
• Huo Yuhao recalled the Evil God Spear with Xu Tianran’s corpse, and the Third Prince extracted the still-forming Destruction Soul Core from Xu Tianran’s body.
• The Third Prince said he intended to absorb the Destruction Soul Core and later condense a flame Soul Core to pursue rank 99.