Chapter Summaries

Qian Yuan challenged Huo Yuhao to a hand-to-hand duel without martial souls or Soul Tools, hoping to exploit his supposed physical weakness. Huo Yuhao accepted, and as Qian Yuan charged, Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power surged through his body.

• Qian Yuan called on Huo Yuhao to fight him without martial souls or Soul Tools, claiming it would be a fair test of strength.
• The spectators and both teams recognized Qian Yuan’s crude provocation, while Huo Yuhao’s teammates knew his physical strength was exceptional.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the challenge and warned Qian Yuan not to blame him if he got hurt.
• The referee approved the unusual match and announced its start.
• Qian Yuan charged at Huo Yuhao with Soul Power hardening his muscles, while Huo Yuhao prepared his body for combat.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Qian Yuan in a barehanded match, leaving the watching academies stunned by his strength. After the referee stopped the bout, Huo Yuhao declared himself a real man, while his opponents wondered how anyone could fight him.

• Huo Yuhao blocked Qian Yuan’s charging punch with one hand without moving his feet.
• Huo Yuhao hurled Qian Yuan into the air and repeatedly slammed him into the arena while humming a song.
• The spectators reacted with disbelief, and Meng Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao while comparing him favorably to Ma Rulong.
• The referee stopped the match, and Huo Yuhao called Qian Yuan weak before Qian Yuan fainted.
• The academies watching, especially Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy and Douling Royal Academy, feared Huo Yuhao’s many abilities and his young age.

Huo Yuhao broke Guzhu Jian’s confidence in the Individual Competition, and the Dou Ling Royal Academy team conceded and withdrew, sending Shrek Academy into the tournament’s top eight. Meanwhile, Old Ma traveled in secret with the God Conferring Platform as a powerful elder flying toward Star Luo City noticed the caravan.

• After seeing Huo Yuhao defeat Qian Yuan, Guzhu Jian asked whether Huo Yuhao was really a twelve-year-old Soul King, then conceded and withdrew Dou Ling Royal Academy from the remaining Individual Competition.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Huo Yuhao’s performance left the other academies’ spectators and his teammates shocked.
• Shrek Academy returned to the hotel, while Old Ma traveled through a caravan toward the Sun Moon Empire with the God Conferring Platform.
• A tall elder flying toward Star Luo City noticed the caravan and sensed that one of its carriages had a Soul Douluo escort.

Du Busi robbed Old Ma of the God Conferring Platform and his storage bracelet, then learned about Huo Yuhao’s extraordinary abilities and went to meet him at the Star Emperor Hotel. Huo Yuhao recognized the Original Body Sect Leader when Du Busi appeared in his room.

• Du Busi secretly approached Old Ma’s carriage, subdued everyone with poisonous mist, and stole the God Conferring Platform and Old Ma’s storage bracelet.
• Old Ma woke to find the carriage empty and cried out in despair over losing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo.
• At an inn near the Star Emperor Hotel, Lang Ya reported Huo Yuhao’s talents to Du Busi, who decided Huo Yuhao should become the Original Body Sect’s successor.
• Du Busi appeared in Huo Yuhao’s room, praised his Spiritual Power and sensitivity, and Huo Yuhao recognized him as the Original Body Sect Leader.

Huo Yuhao deduced why Du Busi had come and used his knowledge of Mu En and the Original Body Sect to steer their conversation. Du Busi became impressed by Huo Yuhao’s talent and intelligence, then asked him to guess what he would do next.

• Huo Yuhao guessed that Lang Ya and Yu Tao had noticed his eye martial soul and alerted Du Busi.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Du Busi and invoked Mu En’s praise of Du Busi and his brother, Du Bisi, to establish his connection to Mu En.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi that Mu En was his nominal teacher, prompting Du Busi to wonder about Huo Yuhao’s standing at Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao correctly guessed that Du Busi had come to take him away and inferred that the Original Body Sect’s spiritual-attribute scouts had identified his eye martial soul.
• Du Busi was impressed by Huo Yuhao’s insight and asked him to guess what he would do next.

Huo Yuhao negotiated with Du Busi over joining the Original Body Sect, using his talent and knowledge to gain leverage. He demonstrated his strength and a Golden Grade Original Martial Soul, then challenged Du Busi to judge whether he could become a God.

• Huo Yuhao correctly guessed Du Busi's plan to recruit him, impress him, and take him away if he refused.
• Du Busi admitted Huo Yuhao was right and demanded that he choose whether to go willingly or be carried off unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Du Busi to consider whether he could find a better heir and lead the Original Body Sect to dominate Shrek or produce a God.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his six Spirit Rings, multiple Soul Bones, Ultimate Ice, and immense Spiritual Power, shocking Du Busi.
• Huo Yuhao manifested a pale golden phantom that Du Busi recognized as a Golden Grade Original Martial Soul, then asked whether he had what it took to become a God.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Du Busi to take him as a disciple while allowing him to remain at Shrek, proposing that he could eventually lead both Shrek and the Original Body Sect. Their agreement took an unexpected turn when Du Busi showed him a strange Soul Tool that Huo Yuhao recognized as a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo.

• Huo Yuhao revealed his extraordinary talent, convincing Du Busi that he was qualified to negotiate.
• Huo Yuhao proposed becoming Du Busi's disciple while staying at Shrek and potentially taking control of both Shrek and the Original Body Sect.
• Du Busi accepted Huo Yuhao as his disciple, and Huo Yuhao bowed to pay respects to the Sect Leader.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi about his five eye Martial Soul Spirit Rings and his interest in Soul Tools.
• Du Busi showed Huo Yuhao a strange gemstone-studded Soul Tool, and Huo Yuhao recognized it as a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo.

Du Busi gave Huo Yuhao the God Conferring Platform, which contained a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo, as a meeting gift. Huo Yuhao prepared to absorb it with help from the powerful beings in his Spiritual Sea.

• Huo Yuhao recognized the God Conferring Platform and realized that Du Busi had obtained it from Old Ma, who had been transporting it back to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the platform contained a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo, and Du Busi decided Huo Yuhao should use it at his Rank 70 bottleneck.
• Du Busi gave Huo Yuhao the Embryo as a meeting gift and offered to protect him while he absorbed it.
• Huo Yuhao consulted Ilyas, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Snow Empress, Ice Bear King Xiao Bai, and Ice Empress in his Spiritual Sea.
• Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao to surround the God Conferring Platform with Ultimate Ice, shatter it, and absorb the Embryo's power.

Huo Yuhao broke the God Conferring Platform and absorbed the energy sealed inside, which Ilyas contained in his Spiritual Sea. Snow Empress recognized the damaged soul beast origin as the Ice Wraith Guard, and Ilyas proposed a way to let it exist in another form.

• Huo Yuhao used Ultimate Ice and his self-created sword skill to crack open the God Conferring Platform.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the escaping energy, and Ilyas sealed it inside a crystal ball in his Spiritual Sea.
• Snow Empress identified the soul beast as the Ice Wraith Guard, a lifeform born from the Ice God Palace's former guards' lingering thoughts.
• Snow Empress realized the Ice Wraith Guard had reincarnated after searching for her, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that its damaged Spiritual Origin could not form a Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Ilyas said he might be able to give the Ice Wraith Guard another form that could let the other Wisdom Soul Rings leave Huo Yuhao and go outside.

Electrolux explained his theory of planes, Plane Rules, and how Spirit Rings fit into a plane’s energy cycle. He left Huo Yuhao and the soul beasts considering why humans benefited more than soul beasts from the Spirit Ring system.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Ilyas to explain his idea, and Ilyas said the Ice Wraith Guard had inspired him to reconsider Soul Spirits and soul beasts’ Spirit Rings.
• Ilyas explained that mature planes could give rise to Gods, whose longevity depended on their plane and its energy.
• Ilyas described how soul power returned to the plane after humans died, while a soul beast’s energy and mental fragments became a Spirit Ring.
• Ilyas proposed that Spirit Rings helped humans and the plane evolve, and Snow Empress said humans had greater intelligence and potential than soul beasts.
• Ice Bear King asked whether that made soul beasts idiots, prompting Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to glare at him.

Ilyas explained how to nurture a Soul Spirit from the Ice Wraith Guard's Embryo and chose to risk replacing its damaged soul with his own. With Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm preparing to assist, Ilyas began the transformation.

• Ilyas explained that the Ice Wraith Guard's preserved Life Essence could form a special life-form connected to Huo Yuhao and independent of Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.
• The Snow Empress warned that the Embryo's damaged soul could make the new life-form mindless, so Ilyas proposed replacing the remnant soul with a complete one and its Spiritual Origin.
• Ice Bear King Xiao Bai volunteered for the dangerous attempt, but the Snow Empress objected and offered herself instead.
• Ilyas revealed that he had prepared to use his own remnant soul, explaining that he had a seventy percent chance of success and hoped to help the other Soul Beasts later.
• Huo Yuhao opened his Spiritual Power, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released some Spiritual Origin as Ilyas began the Soul Spirit transformation.

Ilyas used his Divine Sense to shape the Ice Wraith Guard’s Origin Power into an Origin Embryo, sending it to gestate within the Eye of Life. He separated the remaining Spiritual Consciousness Origin into Spirit Ring Power for Huo Yuhao, then entered the Eye of Life to fuse with the Embryo and prepare for a period of sleep.

• As Ilyas chanted and formed golden runes, the Eye of Life replenished Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Power and kept his consciousness clear.
• Ilyas stabilized and condensed the Ice Wraith Guard’s Origin Power into an Origin Embryo, using a wisp of Huo Yuhao’s heart’s blood to help it settle.
• Ilyas used the Soul Capturing Technique to extract the Ice Wraith Guard’s remaining Spiritual Consciousness Origin, then sent the Embryo through a portal to gestate in the Eye of Life.
• Ilyas explained that the Embryo had fused with Huo Yuhao’s bloodline power and that the separated Spirit Ring Power would grant Huo Yuhao his seventh Spirit Ring and a Spirit Bone.
• Ilyas gave Huo Yuhao the Spirit Ring Power, then entered the Eye of Life to fuse with the Embryo and said he might sleep after Huo Yuhao’s breakthrough.

Huo Yuhao fused the Ice Wraith Guard’s Spirit Bone into his right leg, preparing to absorb its Spirit Ring and break through to Soul Saint. Snow Empress warned that the Spirit Ring’s spiritual power and the level-70 transformation could make the process lengthy, leaving Huo Yuhao unsure whether he could compete the next day.

• Ice Empress told Tian Meng to help Huo Yuhao fuse the Spirit Ring, while Snow Empress arranged for the remaining power to form a right leg Spirit Bone.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his body, swallowed a Bone Fusion Pill, and gave Tian Meng the signal to begin.
• The Ice Wraith Guard’s power entered Huo Yuhao’s right leg, and he endured the strange itching and pain as the Spirit Bone formed.
• Du Busi watched Huo Yuhao’s unusually easy fusion and marveled at his strength.
• After an hour, Huo Yuhao successfully fused the Ice Wraith Guard Right Leg Bone.
• Snow Empress cautioned Huo Yuhao about the Ice Wraith Guard’s spiritual power and the difficult level-70 transformation, and Huo Yuhao worried he would miss the next day’s match.

Huo Yuhao entered Deep Meditation while fusing with the Ice Wraith Guard’s Spirit Ring Power, leaving Shrek without him for the Eight into Four Team Battle against Zhengtian Academy. Beibei rallied the team to fight on their own, while Wang Dong and Wu Feng stayed behind to watch over Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao began absorbing the Ice Wraith Guard’s Spirit Ring Power and entered Deep Meditation as he advanced toward Soul Saint.
• Du Busi left Huo Yuhao’s room to avoid exposing his connection to the Original Body Sect, and Qiu’er found Huo Yuhao meditating when he did not answer her knock.
• Wang Yan confirmed that Huo Yuhao was in Deep Meditation, and Beibei urged the Shrek team to compete without relying on him.
• Wang Dong and Wu Feng stayed behind to guard Huo Yuhao while Wang Yan led the others to Star Luo Square for their match against Zhengtian Academy.
• The Lan Susu sisters worried that Shrek would struggle against Zhengtian Academy’s three Soul Kings without Huo Yuhao.

Zhengtian Academy faced the Yang Yifan Academy Team in the Elimination Tournament quarterfinals after Shrek’s Huo Yuhao was absent, leaving the crowd and Zhengtian’s members convinced that Shrek had dismissed them. As both teams entered the arena, Zhengtian resolved to win while Ling Luochen prepared to direct Yang Yifan’s team.

• Wang Yan named Ling Luochen, Beibei, Xu Bashi, Qiu'er, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, and Ning Tian as Yang Yifan’s lineup, with Ling Luochen directing and Xu Bashi protecting Ning Tian.
• The crowd reacted to Huo Yuhao’s absence, and Zhengtian Academy’s members grew furious at what they saw as Shrek’s contempt.
• Ye Wuqing urged Zhengtian’s team to fight to the death, while the team took its formation with Wu Xiangmin, Blood Wolf, and Yu Mengdi at the front.
• The referee began the match, and both teams released their martial souls.

Zhengtian Academy and Shrek launched their attacks as the team battle began, with both sides matching up their fighters and support skills. Ling Luochen’s ice mist extinguished Yan Er’s fireball, leaving Zhengtian’s attack checked as the fight opened.

• Tang Xiaolei fired one of his Spirit Rings from the Violet Bloom Bow as an arrow toward Shrek.
• Blood Wolf charged forward using Wolf Transformation, while Yan Er sent a fireball at Shrek and Shangguan Can used Soul Ripple to disrupt enemy targeting.
• Ning Tian boosted Shrek with Strength Amplification and Speed Amplification, and Beibei charged Blood Wolf.
• Qiu'er confronted Yu Mengdi, while Jiang Nannan moved to intercept Yang Yifan.
• Ling Luochen spread Icy Mist Netherchill across the field, and the mist extinguished Yan Er’s fireball.

Shrek’s fighters withstood Tang Xiaolei’s powerful arrow as Xu Sanshi protected Ling Luochen, while Jiang Nannan eliminated Yang Yifan with a close-range combination of Spirit Skills. The battle continued as Ye Wuqing launched another attack at Jiang Nannan.

• Xu Sanshi switched places with Ling Luochen and blocked Tang Xiaolei’s arrow, though the impact left him seriously injured.
• Ye Wuqing abandoned his plan to attack Ling Luochen and Ning Tian and sent a golden leaf toward Jiang Nannan.
• He Caitou prepared his Energy Gathering Soul Tool Cannon while Ning Tian supplied him with a cigar to power it.
• Jiang Nannan teleported behind Yang Yifan, used Waist Bow and Gravity Control, and protected herself from his counterattack with Invincible Golden Body.
• The referee eliminated Yang Yifan, and Ye Wuqing immediately targeted Jiang Nannan with Golden Left Hand and Leaf Array.

After Jiang Nannan was injured, Xu Sanshi awakened his Xuanwu bloodline while Beibei evolved into the Golden Saint Dragon and launched a powerful counterattack. The battle continued with Beibei rushing toward Yan Er as Ling Luochen attacked Tang Xiaolei and Ye Wuqing unleashed his fifth Spirit Skill.

• Jiang Nannan was wounded by Ye Wuqing's Golden Leaves, and Xu Sanshi erupted in fury, awakening his Xuanwu bloodline.
• Beibei evolved his Martial Soul into the Golden Saint Dragon and used his Thunder Domain to paralyze Blood Wolf before the referee rescued him from Beibei's attack.
• Beibei charged toward Yan Er, while Ling Luochen fired a Fifth-Grade Assault Cannon at Tang Xiaolei and forced him to dodge.
• Yan Er sent a sea of flames toward Beibei with Fire Tide as Ye Wuqing activated his fifth Spirit Skill, Golden Leaf Dance, filling the stage with Golden Leaves.

Ye Wuqing and Yan Er unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Technique against Beibei, but Xu Sanshi switched places with him and blocked it with his combined Spirit Skills. As Xu Sanshi restrained Zhengtian Academy’s fighters and He Caitou completed his cannon charge, Yu Mengdi launched a powerful attack at Qiu’er and Beibei.

• Ye Wuqing and Yan Er combined their attacks into Blazing Golden Dance and sent it toward Beibei.
• Beibei used Profound Netherworld Displacement to switch places with Xu Sanshi, who combined his first three Spirit Skills and blocked the attack with his Black Tortoise Shield.
• Xu Sanshi’s roar immobilized Ye Wuqing, Yan Er, Shangguan Can, and Tang Xiaolei, while He Caitou completed charging his Super-Concentrated Energy Cannon early.
• Beibei rushed toward Qiu’er and sent hidden weapons at Yu Mengdi as she fought Qiu’er.
• Yu Mengdi activated Angel’s Blessing and God-Sealing Slash, merging her Sacred Twin Swords into a huge blade of light aimed at Qiu’er and Beibei.

Zhengtian Academy turned the fight around with Yu Mengdi’s powerful attacks and Tang Xiaolei’s arrows, forcing the Shrek Team onto the defensive. Beibei and Qiu’er were still trying to withstand Yu Mengdi’s cross slash as He Caitou and Ning Tian were eliminated.

• Beibei and Qiu’er combined their attacks to meet Yu Mengdi’s sword, but she drove them back with Angel God Sealing Slash and left them injured.
• Yu Mengdi used Sacred Purification to free Ye Wuqing and the others from Xu Sanshui’s control and remove Xu Sanshui’s buffs.
• He Caitou fired his Energy Gathering Soul Tool Cannon, while Ye Wuqing and Tang Xiaolei survived behind Invincible Shields and the referee rescued Xu Sanshui, Yan Er, and Shangguan Can.
• Yu Mengdi followed with Saintly Radiance Cross Slash as Tang Xiaolei used the opening in the ice mist to fire three arrows at the Shrek Team.
• Ling Luochen blocked an arrow with her Invincible Shield, but the referee blocked the arrows aimed at He Caitou and Ning Tian, eliminating them from the match.
• Beibei and Qiu’er continued resisting Yu Mengdi’s cross-shaped light blade as the battle swung in Zhengtian Academy’s favor.