Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao combined their soul skills to suppress Long Zhanye, but he unleashed his Chaos Qi and reversed their advantage. Watching from below, Wang Qiu'er recognized him as the person who had abducted Ning Tian, Zhu Lu, and the others.

• Huo Yuhao, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao used Group Weakness, Gravity Control, and Three Lives Soul Suppressor in a coordinated attack on Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye released Chaos Qi from his Heavenly Eye, shrouding the Tang Sect fighters and disrupting their vision and perception.
• Wang Qiu'er recognized Long Zhanye's distinctive Chaos Qi and realized he was the person who had attacked her teammates and abducted Ning Tian, Zhu Lu, and the others.
• Long Zhanye activated his fifth Soul Skill, Son of Mingling, and spread a Chaos Qi domain across the arena.
• Long Zhanye's domain stripped and assimilated surrounding elemental energy, converting it into Soul Power and dispelling the suppression from Huo Yuhao's team.

Long Zhanye used his Chaos Qi domain to capture Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao, passing his seventh God Trial and earning another God-Bestowed Soul Ring. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er joined forces to unleash Haodong Power as Little Snow Girl and the Goddess of Light fused into a new force, leaving Long Zhanye stunned.

• Long Zhanye's Chaos Qi disrupted Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection and Spiritual Sharing, then let Long Zhanye strike down Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao and store them in his Storage Belt.
• Long Zhanye passed the Seventh Sin Trial and received a ten-percent increase in God of Sin affinity and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Wang Dong'er landed on Huo Yuhao and wrapped them both within her wings, while their Haodong Power pierced the Chaos Qi.
• Huo Yuhao released Little Snow Girl as the Goddess of Light appeared behind him, and the two figures fused into him as Wang Dong'er watched with concern.

Huo Yuhao used the Snow Empress’s Emperor Palm to break free of Long Zhanye’s attack, then revealed his Silver-Grade Body Martial Soul Secondary Awakening. The chapter left Long Zhanye struck by the Eye of Destiny’s golden light and unsettled by its unexplained effect.

• Huo Yuhao fused the Snow Empress’s Great Cold Without Snow with the Goddess of Light and struck Long Zhanye, freezing his right arm and creating room to retreat.
• Long Zhanye recognized the Snow Empress’s aura as the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo stolen from Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao activated his Silver-Grade Body Martial Soul Secondary Awakening, merging its silver vertical eye with the golden Eye of Destiny.
• Long Zhanye accused Huo Yuhao of stealing the Body Sect’s secret, but Huo Yuhao refused to explain his awakening.
• Huo Yuhao directed a beam of golden light from the Eye of Destiny onto Long Zhanye, leaving him with a deep, inexplicable sense of unease.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er underwent a dramatic transformation on the competition stage, merging several powers into a mysterious purple-gold form. Long Zhanye recognized the manifestation as something like a Martial Soul Fusion Skill but could not identify what it was.

• Long Zhanye was driven to attack Huo Yuhao by the spiritual command of Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er released a brilliant gold-and-silver burst that obscured the competition stage.
• Wang Dong'er's wings folded around Huo Yuhao as two golden Goddess of Light figures appeared before and behind him.
• The Goddess of Light, Snow Empress, Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, Light Goddess Butterfly, and Spirit Eye powers fused into a new purple-gold form.
• A purple-gold armored figure with a vertical eye and a gigantic dragon appeared, leaving Long Zhanye shocked by its strength and uncertain nature.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er revealed their three-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skill after Long Zhanye's Mental Tide broke through their disguise. As they prepared to unleash the attack despite being exposed for cheating, Xu Tianran stopped Jing Hongchen from intervening and insisted on seeing its power.

• Long Zhanye unleashed a Mental Tide that exposed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er within the purple-gold phantom and revealed Wang Qiu'er as the third person in their fusion.
• Long Zhanye realized that the three had formed a rare three-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while spectators recognized that Wang Qiu'er was a Shrek member competing for the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao continued the attack with Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er, resolving to risk everything even though their disguise and cheating had been exposed.
• Xu Tianran sensed the Dragon God's aura in the purple-gold phantom, while Jing Hongchen urged Zheng Zhan to stop the match to protect Meng Hongchen.
• Zheng Zhan hesitated to intervene, and Xu Tianran stopped Jing Hongchen from moving forward, saying he wanted to see the strike's power and that the Imperial Tutor would keep them safe.

Long Zhanye faced a devastating attack alone after ordering Meng Hongchen off the stage, then revealed the mysterious Soul-Absorbing Tablet and began its incantation. As the attack loomed, he prepared to use the divine weapon despite the danger of exposing it.

• Zhongli Wu and Jing Hongchen recognized the attack's lethality, while Zhongli Wu plotted to claim Long Zhanye's corpse and Jing Hongchen worried for Meng Hongchen.
• Long Zhanye told Meng Hongchen to leave the stage, and she retreated after he shouted at her to move.
• Meng Hongchen reached safety, easing Jing Hongchen's concern as the audience and the Shrek and Tang Sect spectators reacted to Long Zhanye's decision to stay.
• Long Zhanye summoned a gray iron tablet bearing a strange snake, leaving Jing Hongchen unable to identify it as any known Soul Tool.
• Long Zhanye recited the method Medusa had taught him for using the Soul-Absorbing Tablet, choosing to risk revealing the divine weapon rather than face death unprepared.

Huo Yuhao attacked Long Zhanye with a devastating Soul Shock and a purple-gold palm, but Long Zhanye revealed Medusa’s Despair, a divine skill that petrified the attack. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized a god’s aura on Long Zhanye and regretted choosing Huo Yuhao, while the Ice Empress blamed him for their lost chance.

• Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock clashed with Long Zhanye’s purple Mental Power, and both attacks dispersed without a victor.
• Huo Yuhao’s purple-gold figure rushed Long Zhanye, but Long Zhanye activated the Soul-Absorbing Tablet and summoned Medusa’s Despair.
• Medusa’s blood-red light petrified the figure’s right arm and sealed its energy, shocking Huo Yuhao.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a god’s aura on Long Zhanye and admitted he had misjudged him.
• The Ice Empress struck and reproached the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for choosing Huo Yuhao, then mourned their lost chance to become gods.

Huo Yuhao realized Long Zhanye might be a god’s successor as the mysterious power displayed in the arena shocked the spectators. Zhongli Wu then tried to recruit Long Zhanye into the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xu Tianran used the negotiations to demand action against the Star Luo Empire.

• Huo Yuhao recognized Long Zhanye as a likely successor of a god when he heard the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress speak.
• The purple-gold figure’s right arm crumbled into powder, and its terrifying aura began to weaken.
• Zhongli Wu and Jing Hongchen reacted with shock to the blood-colored power, while Zhongli Wu resolved to recruit Long Zhanye into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhongli Wu asked Xu Tianran to let Long Zhanye join the Holy Spirit Cult and promised to meet any conditions Jing Hongchen demanded.
• Xu Tianran pointed to the Sun Moon Empire’s defeats against the Star Luo Empire, and Zhongli Wu promised to change the Star Luo Empire’s fate within five years.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er's fusion summoned a purple-gold figure that wielded the weather and unleashed an ice-and-snow attack with power that stunned the spectators. The chapter left Zheng Zhan convinced their combined strength had reached the level of a nine-ring Title Douluo.

• A purple-gold figure hovered above the competition platform as the wind stopped and rain gathered into a vast waterfall that became falling snow.
• The figure drew the snow into a huge ice-and-snow vortex, making the arena dangerously cold and frightening Zheng Zhan and the barrier-maintaining Spirit Masters.
• The figure's wings revealed projections of Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er as its unusual Soul Rings blazed with orange-gold light.
• White and jade-green light flashed from the wings, and the snow transformed into ice blades that pierced the rain and surged skyward as a tornado.
• Zheng Zhan recognized the fusion's attack as having nine-ring Title Douluo-level might and wondered how Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er could produce such power.

Huo Yuhao’s Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors shattered Long Zhanye’s disguise, revealing his Heavenly Eye martial soul and an extraordinary seven-soul-ring configuration. Long Zhanye then charged straight into Huo Yuhao’s attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao named his soul skill Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors, and Long Zhanye declared that Huo Yuhao could die.
• Long Zhanye’s mask and robes shattered, revealing his face, gray-white hair, and dormant third eye, the Heavenly Eye martial soul.
• Long Zhanye revealed seven soul rings: three black ten-thousand-year rings, two red hundred-thousand-year rings, a platinum ring, and a gray ring.
• The spectators and powerful figures, including Zhongli Wu, Jing Hongchen, Xuan Zi, Xu Tianran, and Juzi, reacted with shock to Long Zhanye’s soul-ring configuration.
• Huo Yuhao realized Long Zhanye had hidden his true strength and had only used his second martial soul in their fight.
• Long Zhanye charged into Huo Yuhao’s ultimate ice-and-snow attack without retreating or showing fear.

Huo Yuhao unleashed Emperor Cold Heaven, Snow Dance Shining Sun and Ice Explosion Technique against Long Zhanye. Long Zhanye resisted with his sixth Soul Ring skill, God Explosion, and two Level 9 Soul Tools, but the extreme cold left his lower body frozen as he fell from the sky.

• Long Zhanye used the Soul-Absorbing Tablet to petrify the purple-gold figure blocking Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Ice Empress and Snow Empress and unleashed Emperor Cold Heaven, Snow Dance Shining Sun.
• Huo Yuhao used Ice Explosion Technique, covering the arena in extreme cold and setting off explosions around Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye formed and threw God Explosion while Red Dust Protection and Blood Net shielded him from the blasts.
• The explosions and freezing cold tore at Long Zhanye despite his defenses, and he fell with his lower body frozen solid.

Huo Yuhao's team was devastated by Long Zhanye's Chaos attack, which left Huo Yuhao blind and Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er badly injured. Long Zhanye then pinned Huo Yuhao down and attacked the Eye of Destiny on his forehead while the referee refused to intervene.

• Huo Yuhao used Ice Emperor Body Protection against Long Zhanye's God Explosion, but Chaos Power disintegrated his armor, wheelchair, clothes, and the Ice Empress and Snow Empress phantoms.
• The blast destroyed Huo Yuhao's vision and brought him, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er crashing to the arena floor, while Long Zhanye used his wings to slow his own fall.
• Long Zhanye rushed to Huo Yuhao, grabbed his throat, and slammed him into the ground before demanding to know about the vertical eye on his forehead.
• Long Zhanye drove his fingers into Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny, making him scream as Xuan Zi called for the attack to be stopped.
• Zheng Zhan refused to intervene without Xu Tianran's order, while Jing Hongchen watched in silence.

Long Zhanye pulled the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife from Huo Yuhao’s Eye of Destiny and secured victory for the Sun Moon Team, though his own body was near collapse. As the crowd hailed him as a hero, Xu Tianran promised to place the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion under his command once he reached Level 9 Soul Engineer.

• Long Zhanye ripped the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife from Huo Yuhao’s forehead, and Huo Yuhao passed out from his injuries.
• Xu Tianran silently released Zheng Zhan from his restraint, and Zheng Zhan declared the Sun Moon Team victorious.
• Wang Yan and Zhou Yi rushed to treat Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er as Sun Moon supporters crowded around Long Zhanye with clothing, medicine, and Soul Tools.
• Long Zhanye accepted a Level 6 Sealed Milk Bottle and absorbed its Soul Power to recover from the cold and exhaustion.
• Xu Tianran led the stadium in applauding Long Zhanye and told Jing Hongchen he would give him command of the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion when he reached Level 9 Soul Engineer.

Jing Hongchen stripped Tang Sect and Shrek of their tournament results and expelled them from the Sun Moon Empire, while keeping Long Zhanye’s identity as Po Hongchen secret. Long Zhanye was escorted to Mingde Hall for urgent treatment, as the empire’s citizens celebrated Shrek and Tang Sect’s disgrace.

• Zhongli Wu objected to Po Hongchen potentially gaining military authority, but Xu Tianran persuaded him that Po Hongchen could serve both the empire and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hongchen publicly declared Tang Sect and Shrek guilty of cheating, voided their tournament results, and ordered them to leave the Sun Moon Empire within seven days.
• Wang Yan, Zhou Yi, and Xuan Zi watched helplessly as the crowd cursed and pelted the retreating Shrek and Tang Sect members.
• Jing Hongchen praised Long Zhanye and ordered his attendants to take him to Mingde Hall for treatment without revealing that he was Po Hongchen.
• Long Zhanye left the arena wounded, supported by attendants as citizens cheered behind him.

While recovering from his battle with Huo Yuhao, Long Zhanye examined the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and advised the Hongchen siblings on cultivation. He asked Jing Hongchen to obtain a Soul Power-increasing medicine for research, leaving the ward intent on studying how to remove its harmful side effects.

• Long Zhanye failed to fuse the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife with his Heavenly Eye and concluded that the blade had a special connection to Huo Yuhao.
• Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen visited Long Zhanye and brought him rare tonics and nourishing food.
• Meng Hongchen asked how Long Zhanye had defeated Huo Yuhao, but Long Zhanye kept the secrets of his Spiritual Soul Core and Sixth Soul Skill to himself.
• Long Zhanye advised Xiao Hongchen to consume metal-type Soul Beast flesh and essence blood to support his metal Martial Soul and Soul Power Solidification.
• Long Zhanye asked Jing Hongchen to provide the medicine Xiao Hongchen had used to increase his Soul Power, explaining that he wanted to study its side effects and possibly make it safe.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to send the medicine after Long Zhanye promised not to test it on himself, then urged him to focus on recovering.

Sun Moon Team and Holy Spirit Sect reached the finals after crushing Star Luo Royal Academy and narrowly defeating Snow Demon Sect. Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, and Jing Hongchen arranged a fixed match between the finalists, which ended in a draw.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen swept Star Luo Royal Academy, sending Sun Moon Team to the finals without a team battle.
• Long Aotian won three individual matches against Holy Spirit Sect, but its Evil Soul Masters took the next four and put Snow Demon Sect behind.
• Vina used seven Pseudo Sun Moon God Needles to kill three Evil Soul Masters and wound Yan Feng, but she collapsed, and Holy Spirit Sect won after Long Aotian was overwhelmed.
• Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, and Jing Hongchen agreed to protect their interests by arranging a fixed match between Sun Moon Team and Holy Spirit Sect.
• Po Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen fought Tang Ya, Yan Feng, and two Evil Soul Masters in a staged battle, and Zheng Zhan declared the final a draw.

Xu Tianran declared the tournament a shared championship for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the Holy Spirit Sect, then prepared defenses for an expected confrontation. Huo Yuhao woke after six days unconscious, badly injured and surrounded by his Shrek companions.

• Zheng Zhan announced that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the Holy Spirit Sect would share the championship, prompting furious protests from spectators.
• Xu Tianran celebrated the result by declaring ten days of festivities across the nation.
• Long Zhanye sat alone in a Mingde Hall laboratory with the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and medicines from Jing Hongchen.
• Xu Tianran learned that defenses and Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells were ready in all four directions, and hoped his opponents would choose the west.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Dong'er watched over the gravely injured Huo Yuhao as he remained unconscious for six days.
• Huo Yuhao woke in the Tang Sect and Shrek group's room, his Spirit Eyes dim and his forehead still marked by a severe wound.

After waking, Huo Yuhao learned that several Shrek and Tang Sect members had vanished, and Wang Qiu'er identified Po Hongchen as the kidnapper. Huo Yuhao blamed Long Zhanye for his continued suffering, while Wang Dong'er helped calm him; the group planned to return to Shrek and seek the elders' decision.

• Huo Yuhao woke and asked about Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan, but Beibei said they had disappeared without a trace.
• Beibei listed Zhu Lu, Ning Tian, Lan Luoluo, and Lan Susu as earlier members who had also vanished, and said the Sun Moon Empire authorities had not investigated seriously.
• Wang Qiu'er said Po Hongchen had abducted the missing teammates, explaining that she had sensed his gray-white aura near Mingyue Hotel and recognized it from the tournament.
• Huo Yuhao angrily recalled Long Zhanye's hostility, his imprisonment in Mingde Hall, and the loss of his Eye of Destiny.
• Wang Dong'er held Huo Yuhao's hand and told him the group would return to Shrek and consult the Sea God Pavilion elders while continuing to search for their teammates.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er found a warning from Juzi that the west was temporarily safe and the Sun Moon Empire was preparing to attack them. They decided to join the Body Sect and Star Luo Empire in a western breakout, with Huo Yuhao ready to use the Undead Semi-Plane if disaster struck.

• Huo Yuhao detected a note that had appeared on the tea table, and Wang Dong'er helped him open it.
• The unsigned letter warned them to leave quickly and said the west was safe for now; Huo Yuhao recognized Juzi's mark.
• Wang Dong'er teased Huo Yuhao about Juzi, then agreed that the warning showed the danger was serious.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Sun Moon Empire had heavily armed the east, south, and north with Level 9 Soul Engineers and Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• Huo Yuhao decided the Tang Sect should join the Body Sect and Star Luo Empire's western breakout, using the Undead Semi-Plane as a last resort.

After learning that Xu Tianran planned to eliminate the tournament teams, Long Zhanye warned his allies and broke the Seal Lock suppressing his cultivation, rising to Level 77. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran’s “leaked” plan was revealed as a trap meant to lure the resisting forces into an encirclement in the west.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen secretly told Long Zhanye that Xu Tianran had ordered a cleanup operation against the participating teams.
• Long Zhanye sent a Puppet to the Snow Demon Sect’s quarters and found Vina, Long Aotian, and others conferring with Xu Jiujiu and Xuan Zi’s Shrek group.
• Long Zhanye decided the factions could protect one another and sent a Puppet to monitor them while he prepared for danger.
• Long Zhanye broke the Seal Lock at his dantian, releasing his suppressed cultivation and advancing from the peak of Soul Emperor to Level 77 Soul Saint.
• Xu Tianran’s cleanup information was revealed to have been deliberately leaked to frighten his enemies and guide them into an encirclement prepared in the west.