Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Magic Brush Douluo revealed his Heavenly Eye and fought Long Zhanye while Huo Yuhao used simulated Chaos Qi to disrupt Long Zhanye’s control of the mist. Long Zhanye blocked their attacks and broke Magic Brush Douluo’s ink spear, leaving the three-way fight poised to continue.

• Trapped in Chaos Qi, Magic Brush Douluo painted a ghastly Heavenly Eye that pierced the mist and locked eyes with Long Zhanye’s Sky-Propping Eye.
• Long Zhanye sent his two Puppets after Magic Brush Douluo, but the old Douluo used ink chains and ghost flies to hinder them.
• Magic Brush Douluo painted an Ink Mountain and sent it crashing toward Long Zhanye, who shattered it with Chaos Dragon Claw.
• Huo Yuhao simulated Long Zhanye’s Chaos Qi and made it turn against him, creating a vortex that destabilized Long Zhanye.
• Magic Brush Douluo fired ink spears at the distracted Long Zhanye, who blocked them with Colorless Wall and snapped the final spear in his hand.
• Long Zhanye glared at Huo Yuhao and Magic Brush Douluo and invited them to attack him together.

Huo Yuhao and Long Zhanye joined forces against Magic Brush Douluo, combining mental attacks, ice techniques, and powerful Martial Soul abilities. Magic Brush Douluo transformed into his brush and unleashed his eighth soul skill, but Long Zhanye blocked Huo Yuhao’s Destiny attack with spiritual immunity.

• Huo Yuhao disrupted Magic Brush Douluo with Soul Shock while Long Zhanye wounded his eyeball with Void Bright Slash.
• Huo Yuhao weakened Magic Brush Douluo and attacked with Emperor Sword, while Long Zhanye summoned Thousand-Hand Buddha.
• Magic Brush Douluo used his seventh soul skill to fuse with his brush, then unleashed Hell Under the Brush against Long Zhanye.
• Huo Yuhao fired Destiny’s Sorrow, Soul Deprivation at Long Zhanye, but Long Zhanye’s Destiny Skull granted him spiritual immunity.

Long Zhanye used his Destiny Skull’s fate-based attacks to cripple Magic Brush Douluo, who then unleashed his ninth soul skill, Nightmare. Huo Yuhao countered with Ice Empress Pincer and Snow Dance—Extreme Ice Domain, leaving the battlefield engulfed in extreme cold.

• Long Zhanye launched Fate Verdict and Soul Blast, tearing at Magic Brush Douluo’s soul and forcing him out of his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Magic Brush Douluo recovered enough to unleash his ninth soul skill, Nightmare, filling the battlefield with venomous snakes made of hatred and ink.
• Huo Yuhao charged in and used Ice Empress Pincer to pierce and freeze several of the snakes.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Snow Empress and unleashed Snow Dance—Extreme Ice Domain, spreading sharp snowflakes and an extreme-cold field across the battlefield.

Huo Yuhao unleashed Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors against Long Zhanye and Magic Brush Douluo, but Long Zhanye revealed his domains and Martial Soul Avatar. The chapter ended with Long Zhanye catching and crushing Huo Yuhao’s Ice and Snow Silk Ribbon with his bare hands.

• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress phantoms appeared around Huo Yuhao as he invoked Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors.
• Huo Yuhao sent an Ice and Snow Silk Ribbon toward Long Zhanye and Magic Brush Douluo, while Magic Brush Douluo summoned waves of venomous snakes to stop it.
• Long Zhanye opened Divine Slaughter's Domain and God Eye Domain, disrupting Huo Yuhao’s Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain.
• Long Zhanye activated his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming in gray-white armor as a giant and thirteen vertical pupils appeared behind him.
• Magic Brush Douluo tried to block the attack with his body, while Long Zhanye caught the Ice and Snow Silk Ribbon in one hand.
• Long Zhanye clasped the ribbon between his palms and began crushing it, dispersing the Snow Empress's phantom.

Long Zhanye defeated the Ice Goddess, drove Huo Yuhao away, and killed Magic Brush Douluo before erasing the battle’s traces. As he flew toward Shrek City planning to exploit the Star Dou Great Forest’s coming turmoil, Huo Yuhao headed north to the Evil Demon Forest to obtain his seventh Soul Ring.

• Long Zhanye battered the Ice Goddess until she shattered, forcing Huo Yuhao to flee while too exhausted to pursue him.
• Long Zhanye intercepted Magic Brush Douluo, weakened him with a Soul Tool, decomposed his body, and erased the evidence of the battle.
• Long Zhanye realized Wang Qiu'er had been the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and planned to use the spirit beasts’ expected revenge to hunt for Spirit Bones and advance to Title Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the danger from the Star Dou Great Forest and followed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s advice to seek his seventh Soul Ring at the Evil Demon Forest.
• Long Zhanye flew toward Shrek City while Huo Yuhao flew north, and both disappeared in different directions as dawn broke.

Long Zhanye completed his eighth God-Bestowed Soul Ring after half a month of absorbing it, reaching rank eighty-two at twenty years old. He sensed a possible future in which Ye Guyi became a Title Douluo, then faced her question about where they would go next.

• Long Zhanye endured the God-Bestowed Soul Ring’s transformation until it became a blood-red ring with seven golden lines, reaching seven hundred thousand years.
• Long Zhanye advanced from rank eighty to rank eighty-two and used his spiritual perception to sense everything within a hundred li.
• Long Zhanye glimpsed a blurry possible future in which Ye Guyi had become a Title Douluo, but an invisible force prevented him from seeing his own fate.
• Ye Guyi asked whether they would find Master Kong or return to the Body Sect, and Long Zhanye noticed that her seventh God-Bestowed Soul Ring had reached sixty-eight thousand years.
• Ye Guyi said she was now a Soul Saint and told Long Zhanye not to judge her by his extraordinary standards, while he struggled to stand after his seclusion.

Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest to investigate possible Soul Beast movements, while Shrek City came under threat from a massive airborne Beast Tide. Beibei gathered the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy forces at the South City Wall as the Soul Beasts approached, with Huo Yuhao's whereabouts unknown.

• Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest to investigate the Soul Beasts before seeking Elder Kong.
• Thunder and an unnatural darkness spread over Shrek City as black clouds advanced from the south.
• Beibei recognized that the darkness was tens of thousands of flying Soul Beasts and ordered the Tang Sect to prepare for an emergency.
• Xuan Zi issued Shrek Academy's highest alarm and summoned its inner court disciples to the South City Wall.
• Beibei sent Xu Sanshi to bring the Tang Sect's Soul Tools to the wall and led the others to defend the city.
• Beibei watched the Beast Tide approach, worrying that Wang Dong'er was asleep at the Clear Sky Sect, Huo Yuhao was missing, and Xiao Ya remained trapped in the Holy Spirit Cult.

Shi Xing prepared Shrek City's defenses as tens of thousands of Soul Beasts advanced toward the city in an organized assault. The defenders took their positions, confident in the Shrek Army's record, as the attack approached.

• Shi Xing watched dark clouds approach from the south and recognized the pressure of an impending battle.
• Shrek City's defense army deployed defensive Soul Tools, ammunition, and soldiers across the city walls.
• Three thousand Spirit Masters assembled on the walls, each paired with an auxiliary soldier, while reserves waited to reinforce them.
• Outer academy students and inner courtyard disciples rushed to help defend the city.
• Shi Xing saw tens of thousands of Soul Beasts moving through the clouds toward Shrek City and turned to face his prepared defenders.

A Beast Tide of one hundred thousand Soul Beasts from the Star Dou Great Forest advanced on Shrek City, breaking a century-old understanding between the forest and the academy. Xuan Zi and Shrek’s defenders prepared for a battle more dangerous than the previous Beast Tide as the enemy neared the city walls.

• The Soul Beast army emerged from the south, filling the sky and ground as it advanced toward Shrek City.
• Shi Xing watched the approaching army and wondered what had driven the Star Dou Great Forest’s powerful beings to break their peace with Shrek.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, the Sea God Pavilion elders, and more than forty inner courtyard students arrived at the South City Wall.
• Shrek’s teachers divided among the other three walls to command the outer courtyard students.
• Xuan Zi recalled the destruction caused by the previous Beast Tide and assessed the danger posed by one hundred thousand Soul Beasts.
• Xuan Zi told the defenders that Shrek City had never been defeated in ten thousand years, and they gripped their weapons more firmly.

With Shrek City facing a massive Beast Tide, Xuan Zi realized the Body Sect would not come to help and suspected the attack was connected to the golden light seen above Rising Sun City. He confronted Beast God Di Tian in the sky, and their restrained clash left the city and Soul Beast army untouched.

• Xuan Zi recalled how Mu En and the Body Sect had helped repel the previous Beast Tide, but concluded the Body Sect would not aid Shrek City now.
• Elder Song questioned why the Star Dou Great Forest had broken the peace pact, and Xuan Zi linked the attack to the golden light above Rising Sun City.
• Xuan Zi told Elder Song to command the defense, then flew from the wall to confront Di Tian.
• Xuan Zi revealed his Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul as he rose to meet the dark clouds above the city.
• Xuan Zi and Di Tian clashed in the sky while both held back their power to protect Shrek City and the Soul Beast army.