Arc 18The Auspicious Beast’s Sacrifice

Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu’er fought their way out of Rising Sun City’s trap, but Wang Qiu’er sacrificed herself to save him, binding her fate to Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye. As the Star Dou Great Forest mourned its lost Auspicious Beast, Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye faced a powerful Holy Spirit Cult offering.

  • Xuan Zi and seven Super Douluo destroyed Sun Moon Empire surveillance devices and wrecked a military base, prompting Xu Tianran and Juzi to consider how to respond.
  • Huo Yuhao’s group attacked Rising Sun City, where escaped prisoners fled amid explosions and fixed cannon strikes, then Huo Yuhao was trapped with Nan Shui-shui and Nan Qiuqiu by the Third Elder and Fourth Elder.
  • Wang Qiu’er arrived and joined Huo Yuhao in a Martial Soul fusion, but the elders and Wu Yu pressed their attack as Huo Yuhao burned his Sea of Consciousness and unleashed the Haodong Three Ultimates.
  • Huo Yuhao’s final strikes destroyed Wu Yu’s Vengeance Soul and swept him, Wang Qiu’er, Nan Shui-shui, and Nan Qiuqiu away, and he confessed his love to Wang Qiu’er, who revealed she was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
  • Long Zhanye attacked Wang Qiu’er, but she sacrificed herself to restore Huo Yuhao, giving him her life force and soul ring while her spirit and soul entered Long Zhanye, and the Power of Fate divided between the two men.
  • Di Tian learned that the Auspicious Beast had sacrificed herself for a human and ordered other powerful spirit beasts to carry out his command, while Ma Xiaotao searched for Huo Yuhao.
  • Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye recovered and confronted a black-robed Holy Spirit Cult offering who accused Long Zhanye of abducting Cult Master Zhongli Wu and threatened to search his soul.
  • Long Zhanye summoned two identical Puppets, and the offering revealed himself as Magic Brush Douluo before preparing to attack Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye.
Chapters 429–453 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 429Tang Sect's Action, Feint

Xuan Zi led seven other Super Douluo into the Sun Moon Empire to destroy border surveillance Soul Tools and draw the empire’s attention away from Huo Yuhao’s covert mission. After the group escaped a fierce Soul Cannon barrage, Xuan Zi looked toward the northeast, where the Tang Sect members were advancing.

  • Xuan Zi and Elder Song discussed Shrek Academy’s plan to make a disturbance while Huo Yuhao’s group entered the Sun Moon Empire.
  • Xuan Zi crossed into enemy airspace and used his Soul Power to destroy the nearby high-altitude surveillance Soul Tools.
  • The seven other Super Douluo split up and cleared more surveillance devices as the Sun Moon Empire launched an anti-air attack.
  • Xuan Zi and the others rose above the Soul Cannons’ effective range and avoided the barrage.
  • Xuan Zi reflected on the danger posed by the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tools and looked northeast toward the Tang Sect members’ operation.

Ch. 430Executioner, Sea God Pavilion Elder

Xuan Zi and seven Sea God Pavilion elders devastated a Sun Moon Empire border camp after its aerial soul engineers attacked them. When Xu Tianran received the report, he reacted with cold malice while Juzi remained silent beside him.

  • The Sun Moon Empire sent hundreds of aerial soul engineers to confront the eight figures after its detection devices failed to locate them.
  • Xuan Zi appeared before the aerial force and crushed its formation with Gravity Control, sending the soul engineers plunging from the sky.
  • The other seven elders attacked the camp’s Soul Cannon emplacements, granaries, and armories, fighting through the night and leaving the base in ruins by dawn.
  • The two Level 9 Soul Engineers at the camp could not locate or stop the eight Super Douluo, who openly wore Sea God Pavilion badges.
  • Xu Tianran shattered his teacup when he received the battle report, while Juzi lowered her eyes and stayed silent.

Ch. 431Star Dou Great Forest Core Circle

Xu Tianran and Juzi discussed Shrek's attacks on the border troops and chose to use Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells as a deterrent rather than risk starting a war early. The chapter then shifted to the Star Dou Great Forest's Great Fierce Land, where a mysterious woman sat alone amid an explanation of the continent's most powerful soul beasts.

  • Xu Tianran raged over nearly four hundred Soul Engineers being killed or injured and major weapons stores being destroyed, then summoned the State Preceptor.
  • Juzi told Xu Tianran that Shrek was likely attacking to force the release of captured contestants and warned that open retaliation could trigger a premature war.
  • Juzi proposed using reserve Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells to deter Spirit Masters, and Xu Tianran agreed to consider the plan.
  • A mysterious woman sat beneath a giant tree in the Star Dou Great Forest's Great Fierce Land, where nearby large animals avoided her presence.
  • The chapter described how the Ten Great Fierce Beasts' strength increased with cultivation and identified the Snow Empress as a being on the level of Long Xiaoyao.

Ch. 432The Power of Fate, Mastering Fate

Within the Star Dou Great Forest’s Great Fierce Land, a mysterious young woman awakened her golden third eye and sensed the fate of someone she could not forget. Troubled by what she saw, she decided to leave and try to change both his fate and her own.

  • The chapter described how human Spirit Masters’ repeated hunts of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts provoked a devastating beast tide, ending with Shrek Academy leading humans to swear they would not enter the Great Fierce Land.
  • A young woman sitting beneath a tree in the forbidden land trembled as a golden eye opened on her forehead and gazed toward a distant figure.
  • The woman wondered why she could not forget him and lamented that, despite controlling fate, she could not control her own.
  • The woman grew increasingly anxious, then resolved to go help him change his fate and change her own.
  • The woman leapt through the forest canopy like golden lightning, leaving the Great Fierce Land.

Ch. 433Hand of Protecting the Nation, Soul Engineer Corps

The chapter describes the Sun Moon Empire’s soul engineer forces, especially the five elite regiments known as the Hand of Protecting the Nation. It leaves the empire’s military prepared for a future bid for supremacy, though the time to act has not yet come.

  • Rising Sun City was fortified with Soul Guidance devices and guarded by two five-hundred-member soul engineer regiments.
  • The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Regiment was introduced as the empire’s strongest force, loyal to the imperial family and led by Level 9 Soul Engineers.
  • The chapter described the four beast-king-class regiments: Imperial Dragon, Terrorclaw, Fire Phoenix, and Evil Monarch, including their defining traits and commanders.
  • The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Regiment and the four beast-king regiments were identified together as the Hand of Protecting the Nation.
  • The chapter outlined the empire’s other soul engineer regiments and concluded that its military had sharpened its strength but was waiting for the right time.

Ch. 434Shrek's All-Out Sneak Attack

Huo Yuhao’s group exploited Rising Sun City’s detection blind spots to launch a coordinated surprise attack on the Sun Moon Empire’s defenses. The assault devastated the northern position and battered the city walls, leaving the enemy’s defenses in chaos.

  • Huo Yuhao spent a night scouting Rising Sun City and mapped the Soul Engineer regiments’ defenses and detection network.
  • Explosions inside the city distracted the defenders, while Long Zhanye watched from the Clock Tower as the attack began.
  • The attackers temporarily disabled the high-altitude detection tools and lured the defenders’ attention toward decoy blasts.
  • A concealed Level 8 fixed soul guidance cannon shell burrowed beneath the northern position and destroyed it in a massive golden blast.
  • Ninety Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs struck the eastern and western walls, overwhelming their defenses and leaving survivors staggering through the smoke.

Ch. 435Self-Created Combat Skill, Haodong's Three Absolutes

Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi watched the prisoners escape while waiting for Huo Yuhao to appear, and Long Zhanye held back from attacking Ma Xiaotao because the Holy Spirit Cult forces were too strong. When Huo Yuhao arrived with Nan Qiuqiu and Nan Shui-shui, the elders and hidden forces trapped them, and Huo Yuhao revealed a powerful battle technique.

  • Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi watched the fleeing prisoners from a bell tower as Long Zhanye waited for the scene shown by his Heavenly Eye.
  • Long Zhanye recognized Ma Xiaotao among the Holy Spirit Cult forces and restrained himself from attacking her because she was protected by powerful Soul Douluo, Title Douluo, and the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment.
  • Ma Xiaotao led a group in pursuit of the escaped prisoners while the Third Elder and Fourth Elder stayed behind, and Long Zhanye continued waiting for Huo Yuhao.
  • As dawn approached, Huo Yuhao arrived with Nan Qiuqiu and Nan Shui-shui, only to be surrounded by the two elders, the ambushing Evil Soul Masters, and the regiment.
  • Huo Yuhao struck the light barrier with Winter-Longing Fist, Longing Like a Spring, and Long Zhanye realized he had used a battle technique.

Ch. 436A Net of Heaven and Earth, Trapping the Little Thief

Huo Yuhao, Nan Qiuqiu, and Nan Shui-shui were trapped by the Third Elder and the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment, while Wu Yu confronted Huo Yuhao over her twin sister’s death. Huo Yuhao’s illusions were exposed, leaving the three of them caught in the Third Elder’s lightning net with little chance of escape.

  • The Third Elder surrounded Huo Yuhao, Nan Qiuqiu, and Nan Shui-shui with Soul Engineers and Soul Tool positions after Huo Yuhao’s Simulation was dispelled.
  • Nan Shui-shui offered to return with the Third Elder if he let the children go, but he refused and vowed to keep her and Nan Qiuqiu under his control.
  • The Third Elder called Wu Yu forward, and she accused Huo Yuhao of killing her twin sister, whose Vengeance Soul he had destroyed.
  • Huo Yuhao explained that Wu Yu’s sister had been freed from her hatred through death, and Wu Yu broke down in grief.
  • The Third Elder blasted Huo Yuhao’s apparent figures with a lightning dragon, revealed them as illusions, and trapped the real trio in a vast electric net.

Ch. 437A Glimmer of Gold, Dangerously Beautiful

Huo Yuhao was trapped by Third Elder’s lightning web and faced capture by Wu Yu, but his longing for Dong'er triggered a powerful spiritual eruption as a golden dragon appeared in the distance. The Holy Spirit Cult forces turned to meet the new threat, leaving the identity of the golden figure unknown.

  • Third Elder sealed off Huo Yuhao, Nan Shui-shui, and Nan Qiuqiu with a lightning web, while Wu Yu demanded that Huo Yuhao be captured alive and tortured.
  • Huo Yuhao thought of Dong'er and awakened a surge of spiritual power that alarmed Third Elder, Fourth Elder, and Wu Yu.
  • A brilliant golden beam rose in the distance and burst into a dragon-shaped light, drawing the elders’ attention away from Huo Yuhao.
  • The Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment formed ranks and deployed Soul Tools to surround the approaching golden figure.

Ch. 438Eye of Destiny, Gaze of Destiny

Wang Qiu'er appeared in Rising Sun City and fought the Fourth Elder as Huo Yuhao remained trapped in the Third Elder's lightning net. Their Eyes of Destiny awakened together and unleashed the complete Gaze of Destiny, leaving everyone immobilized beneath a vast golden eye as Long Zhanye recognized the vision he had foreseen.

  • Wang Qiu'er destroyed the ground-based soul tool formation before the Fourth Elder's black mist forced her to appear.
  • Huo Yuhao recognized Wang Qiu'er below and withdrew his Eternal Frozen Domain as the Eye of Destiny revived within him.
  • Wang Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao opened their Eyes of Destiny at the same time, drawing the Third Elder and Fourth Elder into their gaze.
  • Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er unleashed the Gaze of Destiny, summoning a giant golden eye that immobilized everyone on the battlefield.
  • Long Zhanye recognized the scene from his Heavenly Eye vision, while Ye Guyi watched Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er.

Ch. 439Companion Space, Nether Sword

Wu Yu roused the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment to attack Huo Yuhao and the others, but their shots inexplicably missed. As the Third and Fourth Elders closed in on Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er, the two exchanged determined looks and activated a mysterious light in their left legs.

  • Wu Yu sensed danger and used her Mental Power to wake the soul engineers, who unleashed a barrage at Huo Yuhao, Wang Qiu'er, Nan Shui-shui, and Nan Qiuqiu.
  • The attacks missed their targets, and the Third Elder ordered the soul engineers to seal off the area while using his lightning net to block some of their fire.
  • Huo Yuhao charged toward the lightning net as Wang Qiu'er rushed toward him, but the Fourth Elder attacked her with his Nether Sword.
  • Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er met each other's gaze across the battlefield, then both activated a faint, hazy light in their left legs, alarming the two elders.

Ch. 440Golden Vertical Pupils, Haoqiu Power

Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er joined hands to unleash their Martial Soul fusion, which they called Haoqiu Power, and escaped the elders' fatal attacks. Their combined power began transforming as the Third Elder rescued Nan Shui-shui and Nan Qiuqiu from the failing lightning net.

  • Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er used the Teleportation Left Leg Bone to evade the Third Elder's lightning net and Fourth Elder's Nether Sword, reappearing together.
  • Huo Yuhao took Wang Qiu'er's hand, and their Soul Powers connected as their Eyes of Destiny blazed.
  • Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er completed a Martial Soul fusion, producing a golden dragon and spreading jade-green ice; Huo Yuhao named their fused power Haoqiu Power.
  • The two Eyes of Destiny projections merged into a single orange-gold vertical eye as their resonating cultivation rose beyond its former limits.
  • The Third Elder steadied the failing lightning net, abandoned his pursuit, and pulled Nan Shui-shui and Nan Qiuqiu to safety.

Ch. 441Fourth Elder, Nether Douluo

Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er battled the Fourth Elder as Wu Yu attacked, and their combined powers wounded the Title Douluo before he countered with his spatial Nether Sword. Surrounded by a storm of blades, Wang Qiu'er stood before Huo Yuhao as their Martial Soul fusion continued to empower her, leaving them poised to face the incoming attack.

  • Wu Yu unleashed her Vengeance Soul at Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er while the Snow Empress's Great Cold Without Snow struck the Fourth Elder through his failed defense, freezing and wounding him.
  • Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock to blast Wu Yu backward as Wang Qiu'er hurled her Golden Dragon Spear at the Fourth Elder.
  • The Fourth Elder manifested twin Nether Swords and used their spatial power to trap and fling away Wang Qiu'er's spear.
  • The Fourth Elder activated Nether Power and Nether Myriad Blades, filling the sky with swords aimed at Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er.
  • Wang Qiu'er moved in front of Huo Yuhao, who released her hand and wrapped his arms around her waist as she summoned her seven soul rings.

Ch. 442Huo Yuhao, Burning the Sea of Consciousness

Wang Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao fought Fourth Elder but realized they could not hold out against him and the surrounding enemies for long. Huo Yuhao prepared to draw their attention and sacrifice himself so Wang Qiu'er could escape, while resolving to pass his inherited powers on to her.

  • Wang Qiu'er revealed that she had become a seven-ring Soul Saint and used her enhanced Golden Dragon skills to shatter Fourth Elder's Nether Sword attacks alongside Huo Yuhao.
  • Third Elder captured Nan Shui-shui and Nan Qiuqiu with Soul Tool chains while Nan Shui-shui watched Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er battle Fourth Elder.
  • Huo Yuhao told Wang Qiu'er through their spiritual link to escape while he drew the enemies away, but she agreed without revealing her intentions.
  • Wang Qiu'er moved behind Huo Yuhao, embraced him, and poured her Soul Power into him as he prepared to make his final stand.
  • Huo Yuhao's Mental Power surged, and he resolved to transfer Electrolux, the Ice Empress, Sky Dream, and the Snow Empress to Wang Qiu'er before he died.

Ch. 443Winter-Longing Fist, Longing Like a Spring

Huo Yuhao burned his Sea of Consciousness to resist the Evil Soul Masters and protect Wang Qiu'er, then fused with Wang Dong'er's image and unleashed the Winter-Longing Fist. The attack stirred buried memories in Fourth Elder, while Long Zhanye watched with growing tension.

  • Long Zhanye declared Huo Yuhao finished as he and Ye Guyi watched him burn his Sea of Consciousness.
  • The Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Snow Empress realized Huo Yuhao was destroying himself but could not stop him.
  • Fourth Elder's Nether Sword attacks could not reach Huo Yuhao as his burning power formed a protective barrier.
  • Huo Yuhao's light merged with Wang Dong'er's image, and Wang Qiu'er sensed his longing for her.
  • Huo Yuhao struck with the Winter-Longing Fist, causing Fourth Elder to lose himself in a buried memory.
  • Long Zhanye watched Huo Yuhao's punch and felt tension rise beside Ye Guyi.

Ch. 444Winter-Longing Sword, Unforgotten Thoughts

Huo Yuhao unleashed the Haodong Three Ultimates, overwhelming his enemies with longing and striking Wu Yu with the Winter-Longing Sword, Never Forget. Wu Yu was left suspended and motionless, her vengeance fading as she sank into longing and confusion.

  • The Fourth Elder activated his Martial Soul Avatar, but Huo Yuhao's Winter-Longing Fist forced the Nether Sword back and overwhelmed the surrounding soul engineers with longing.
  • The Third Elder forgot his attack and looked tenderly at Nan Shui-shui, while Wu Yu was overwhelmed by emotions breaking through her Vengeance Soul.
  • Huo Yuhao focused on Dong'er and raised a vast sword of light into the sky as he unleashed the second move of the Haodong Three Ultimates.
  • Huo Yuhao chose Wu Yu as his target because her spiritual nature and hatred-based Vengeance Soul made her especially vulnerable to longing.
  • The Vengeance Soul emerged to protect Wu Yu, but Huo Yuhao's Never Forget sword tore it apart and passed through her.
  • Wu Yu drifted backward and stopped, her blood-red eyes fading as she became motionless, lost in longing and confusion.

Ch. 445Haodong Palm, Life After Life

Huo Yuhao used Haodong Palm, Lifetime After Lifetime, to escape Rising Sun City with Wang Qiu'er, Nan Shui-shui, and her daughter after killing Wu Yu. Ma Xiaotao realized Yuhao might still have been in the city and rushed back, while the Third Elder and Fourth Elder were left behind.

  • Huo Yuhao's sword intent destroyed Wu Yu, ending the resentment that had consumed her.
  • Ma Xiaotao sensed the battle and its powerful Mental Power fluctuations, then flew back toward Rising Sun City fearing Yuhao was there.
  • Huo Yuhao formed a golden heart with his palm and released Haodong Palm, Lifetime After Lifetime, while calling out to Dong'er.
  • The heart-shaped light swept Huo Yuhao, Wang Qiu'er, Nan Shui-shui, and her daughter away, leaving Thunder God Binding empty.
  • The Third Elder and Fourth Elder watched the group vanish, and the Third Elder's joy turned to rage.

Ch. 446Wang Qiu'er: Yuhao, Kiss Me

The Third Elder and Fourth Elder concluded Huo Yuhao had died after sacrificing his Sea of Consciousness to save the others. As his remaining light faded during their escape, Huo Yuhao admitted he loved Wang Qiu'er as well as Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er asked him to kiss her.

  • The Fourth Elder feared Huo Yuhao's three attacks could have killed him, while the Third Elder said Huo Yuhao was doomed and urged them to leave.
  • Inside the heart-shaped light, Huo Yuhao confessed to Wang Qiu'er that he loved both her and Dong'er and regretted hurting them.
  • Huo Yuhao asked Wang Qiu'er to visit Dong'er and tell her to forget him if she woke from her sleep.
  • Wang Qiu'er said she understood Huo Yuhao's sincerity and that his confession had answered her love.
  • Wang Qiu'er asked Huo Yuhao whether he had kissed Dong'er, then closed her eyes and asked him to kiss her.

Ch. 447Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Wang Qiu'er

As Huo Yuhao’s life and power faded, Wang Qiu’er revealed that she was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion who had transformed into a human after glimpsing his memories of the human world. Long Zhanye arrived as they clung to each other, intent on taking Qiu’er.

  • Huo Yuhao, believing he was near death, kissed Wang Qiu’er and prepared to say farewell to her and Dong'er.
  • Wang Qiu’er held Huo Yuhao close and pressed her Eye of Destiny against his, unlocking memories that revealed her origins.
  • Wang Qiu’er told Huo Yuhao she was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Star Dou Great Forest’s Auspicious Beast, and explained how his and Long Zhanye’s memories had shaped her transformation.
  • Wang Qiu’er said she had left the forest to experience human life and thanked Huo Yuhao for giving her a place in his heart.
  • Long Zhanye arrived at dawn, saw Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu’er together, and fixed his attention on Qiu’er with killing intent.

Ch. 448Sacrifice, Emperor Auspicious Beast

Long Zhanye attacked Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er, but Wang Qiu'er sacrificed herself to save him, revealing her identity as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. As her power transformed Huo Yuhao, Long Zhanye failed to strike his insubstantial body and unleashed a Destruction Sphere at him.

  • Long Zhanye hit Wang Qiu'er with a Weakening Ray, draining her consciousness, Soul Power, and Mental Power.
  • Wang Qiu'er began a sacrifice, dissolving into golden light that fused into Huo Yuhao and restored his strength.
  • Ye Guyi recognized the sacrifice, and Long Zhanye realized Wang Qiu'er was a soul beast—the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
  • Long Zhanye rushed to stop the sacrifice, but his claw passed through Huo Yuhao's insubstantial body.
  • Long Zhanye formed a Destruction Sphere and drove it toward Huo Yuhao, determined to kill him and halt the sacrifice.

Ch. 449The Torrent of Destiny Forges Both Sides

Wang Qiu'er sacrificed herself to save Huo Yuhao, but Long Zhanye's attempt to interrupt the sacrifice entangled all three of their fates and divided her power between the two men. Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye survived with greatly increased cultivation, while Wang Qiu'er's fate and soul were absorbed into them.

  • Wang Qiu'er began her Sacrifice to save Huo Yuhao as Long Zhanye attacked him with a sphere of Chaos Qi.
  • Long Zhanye tried to tear apart Wang Qiu'er's golden light, but his aura became irreversibly entwined with Huo Yuhao's and Wang Qiu'er's.
  • Wang Qiu'er's life force and soul ring flowed to Huo Yuhao, restoring his body and forming a rose-gold Ring of Fate, while her soul and spirit bone entered Long Zhanye.
  • Long Zhanye's rose-gold Head Spirit Bone consumed his Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Eye Demon Tree Skull, and Wang Qiu'er's Golden Dragon bloodline fused with his Qilin Arm.
  • Huo Yuhao reached rank seventy with six soul rings, and Long Zhanye reached rank eighty with seven soul rings as Wang Qiu'er's Power of Fate divided between them.
  • Thunder and fierce winds shook the land as the golden light faded and the two men remained bound by the consequences of Wang Qiu'er's Sacrifice.

Ch. 450The Star Dou Great Forest's Lament

A blood-red phenomenon spread across Douluo Continent and alarmed every spirit beast. In Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian discovered that the Auspicious Beast was losing her life force, and the chapter ended with the beasts listening to his grief-stricken lament.

  • A blood-red light covered the sky above Star Dou Great Forest as powerful spirit beasts emerged from the forest.
  • Di Tian tore open a massive rift in the sky to retrieve the Auspicious Beast, but nothing came through.
  • An emerald-winged woman hurried to Di Tian and asked what had happened.
  • Di Tian told her that the Auspicious Beast’s life force was draining rapidly and that his attempt to seize her back had failed.
  • The woman realized the forest was losing the Power of Fate that had protected it, and Di Tian’s sorrowful dragon cry made every spirit beast lower its head.

Ch. 451Beast God, Di Tian's Wrath

Di Tian learned that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had sacrificed herself for Huo Yuhao and ordered the soul beasts to act against humanity. Huo Yuhao grieved helplessly as Wang Qiu'er’s vitality saved him, while Ma Xiaotao rejected reports that he was doomed and set out to find him.

  • Bi Ji begged Di Tian to send her to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but he said he could not locate her and revealed that she had chosen to sacrifice herself for a human.
  • Di Tian blamed humans for threatening the soul beasts and ordered the King of Ten Thousand Demons, Bear Lord, and Scarlet King to carry out his command.
  • Huo Yuhao stood in a small safe patch amid blood-colored lightning, unable to speak as Wang Qiu'er’s vitality repaired his body and he mourned her.
  • The Third Elder told Ma Xiaotao that Huo Yuhao had burned his Sea of Consciousness and was certain to die.
  • Ma Xiaotao condemned the Third Elder and Fourth Elder for failing to capture Huo Yuhao, ordered a search for him, and flew toward where he had disappeared.

Ch. 452Unknown Expert, Roadblock

After Wang Qiu'er's sacrifice, Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye prepared to fight each other, but a powerful Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Master arrived and demanded they return with him. Long Zhanye refused to team up with Huo Yuhao and stood ready to face the enemy alongside him.

  • Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye recovered from Wang Qiu'er's Sacrifice and released their Martial Souls as they prepared to fight.
  • Long Zhanye sensed a dangerous presence approaching and hid Ye Guyi in his Storage Belt to keep her identity secret.
  • A black-robed old man from the Holy Spirit Cult emerged from the black mist and threatened to take Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye back.
  • Huo Yuhao urged Long Zhanye to join forces against the powerful Evil Soul Master, but Long Zhanye rejected the alliance.
  • The old man accused Long Zhanye of abducting or possibly murdering Cult Master Zhongli Wu and threatened to search his soul.
  • Long Zhanye refused to return to the Holy Spirit Cult and said he could face the old man two against one.

Ch. 453The Holy Spirit Cult, Eleventh Offering

Long Zhanye confronted Huo Yuhao and Jueyan Douluo, revealing three identical selves and engulfing the area in Chaos Qi fog. Jueyan Douluo introduced himself as Magic Brush Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult and prepared to attack, leaving the clash about to begin.

  • Long Zhanye summoned two identical Puppets, making three indistinguishable figures face Huo Yuhao and Jueyan Douluo.
  • All three Long Zhanyes released Chaos Qi, spreading a vast gray fog that swallowed Mental Power and obscured the battlefield.
  • Huo Yuhao activated his Class 7 Flight Soul Guidance Devices and used his Spirit Eyes and Eye of Destiny to search through the fog.
  • Jueyan Douluo released his Divine Brush Martial Soul and identified himself as the Holy Spirit Cult's eleventh-ranked offering, Magic Brush.
  • Magic Brush Douluo recalled how the imperial family crippled his hands and how he became an Evil Soul Master who painted his enemies as vengeful ghosts.
  • Magic Brush Douluo bit down on his brush and prepared to turn Long Zhanye and Huo Yuhao into his next victims.
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