Arc 4Tournament Flames and Ice Eggs

Yang Hao used the Star Luo tournament and Shrek’s pursuit to expand his influence, while the Bright Cult devastated the expedition and Huo Yuhao lost his Soul Bone and Martial Soul. The arc ended with Yang Hao beginning to gestate the Ice Empress through Meng Hongchen and preparing for conflict over the Far North.

  • Yang Hao traded Soul Bone Sets and weapons with Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei, then fused the sets with their Star Crown Martial Souls.
  • Yang Hao entered the tournament as Xiao Yan, defeated Shrek’s team, and used the Myriad Calamity Heart Flame to force Shrek to forfeit.
  • Yang Hao helped Xu Jiujiu’s team face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy Team, then defeated Ma Rulong and claimed the champion Soul Bones.
  • Yang Hao and the Bright Cult ambushed the pursuers at Bright Peak, where Ye Xishui killed Xuan Zi and Yang Hao attacked Huo Yuhao’s group.
  • Yang Hao devoured Huo Yuhao’s Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Soul Bone and Martial Soul, but Tang San’s Divine Thought forced him to retreat.
  • Yang Hao began developing the Snow Empress embryo with Ling Luochеn, then arranged to use Meng Hongchen’s bloodline to gestate the Ice Empress.
  • Yang Hao gave Meng Hongchen Soul Armor and an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, introduced Ling Luochеn as her cultivation partner, and brought Xu Tianzhen pastries.
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Ch. 76Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 76

Yang Hao offered Xu Jiujiu a powerful Soul Bone Set in exchange for the Star Luo Imperial Family destroying the White Tiger Duke Mansion and supporting his family’s move to the empire. Xu Jiujiu learned the set could fuse with her Star Crown Martial Soul into a Life Soul Bone, but Yang Hao demanded six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones as payment.

  • Xu Jiujiu suggested a political marriage to preserve the Star Crown lineage, while Xu Jiawei said it was not yet necessary.
  • Wan Hun’s Soul Spirits intercepted the imperial family’s conversation, and Yang Hao decided to offer them a glimmer of hope.
  • Yang Hao presented Xu Jiujiu with six jewel-type Soul Bone Soul Tools, explaining that they formed a set designed to fuse with her Star Crown Martial Soul.
  • Yang Hao, posing as Xiao Yan, claimed that Yuhuan had been killed by the White Tiger Duke Mansion and asked the Star Luo Imperial Family to help him take revenge.
  • Yang Hao offered the Soul Bone Set in exchange for the White Tiger Duke Mansion’s destruction and his family’s support of the imperial family, but demanded six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones in return.

Ch. 77Soul: From the Holy Spirit Cult to Founding the Heavenly Court, Part 77

Yang Hao traded a Soul Bone Set for the Snow Empress embryo and agreed to help Xu Jiujiu defeat the White Tiger Duke’s sons in the Soul Fighting Tournament. He brought the embryo to Ye Xishui, who recognized the Snow Empress’s Soul Power.

  • Yang Hao helped Xu Jiujiu refine the Soul Bone Set, which fused with her Martial Soul and granted powerful armor, weapons, and a Ring Fusion ability.
  • Xu Jiujiu agreed to trade the Snow Empress embryo for the Soul Bone Set after explaining its potential to provide a 100,000-year Soul Ring or a Second Martial Soul.
  • Yang Hao accepted Xu Jiujiu’s plan to join the Star Luo National Academy Team and defeat the White Tiger Duke’s sons on the Shrek Team.
  • Yang Hao took the embryo, called the God-Sealing Platform, and delivered it to Ye Xishui.
  • Ye Xishui recognized the embryo’s Soul Power as belonging to the Snow Empress and asked how it had ended up sealed.

Ch. 78Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court, Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult

Yang Hao planned to use the Snow Empress Embryo to build an alliance with the Far North, then bought several valuable items at the auction, including an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone. After learning the Sun Moon Emperor had died, he prepared to change identities, while Xu Jiujiu revealed a powerful Soul Bone Set to Xu Jiawei and Xu Yun.

  • Yang Hao proposed using Ling Luochеn as a host to help the damaged Snow Empress Embryo complete its transformation, and Ye Xishui approved the plan.
  • Yang Hao ordered Wan Hun to watch Ling Luochеn and bring her to them, then bought whatever caught his interest at the Starlight Auction House.
  • Yang Hao outbid Huo Yuhao and other bidders for the hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, frustrating them.
  • Wan Hun told Yang Hao that the Sun Moon Emperor was dead and that their people had secretly obtained his Martial Soul and soul; Yang Hao decided to leave Star Luo City under the identity Xiao Yan.
  • Xu Jiujiu showed Xu Jiawei and Xu Yun the Soul Bone Set she had acquired through selling the Snow Empress Embryo, and Xu Jiawei asked whether Miss Yuhuan had arrived.

Ch. 79Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult

Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei negotiated with Xiao Yan over weapons, Soul Bone Sets, and a Star Luo treasure, hoping to arm a vast Spirit Master Legion and win his family’s support. Xu Jiujiu offered the treasure in exchange for weapons and two additional Soul Bone Sets, and Xiao Yan learned it was a True Dragon scale containing every element’s power.

  • Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Xiao Yan had confirmed the White Tiger Duke faction was behind Yuhuan’s death, then explained the abilities of her Soul Bone Set.
  • Xu Jiujiu revealed that Xiao Yan had brought 100,000 sets each of battle swords, spears, and shields, along with a poison that could awaken Soul Power in ordinary people at the cost of lifespan and temporary weakness.
  • Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed recruiting commoner Soul Masters, paying for the weapons, and binding Xiao Yan to the Imperial Family; Xu Jiawei agreed to trade their ancestral treasure for the weapons and two more Soul Bone Sets.
  • Xu Jiujiu summoned Xiao Yan at the Starlight Auction House and offered the divine treasure and weapons in exchange for two Soul Bone Sets.
  • Xiao Yan said he intended to become a god, and Xu Jiujiu revealed that the treasure was a scale from the True Dragon containing the power of every element.

Ch. 80Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 80

Yang Hao brought two Soul Bone Sets to the Star Luo imperial family and fused one into Xu Yun, then began transforming the other for Xu Jiawei. He had extracted Xu Jiawei’s Soul Core and fused it with the Head Soul Bone, leaving the emperor’s armor transformation underway.

  • Yang Hao spent five days crafting two Soul Bone Sets from Soul Bones and stored Soul Beast source energy, then strengthened them with Gold of Life.
  • Yang Hao met Xu Jiawei and Xu Yun at the Starlight Auction House and explained how the Soul Bone Sets could form Life Soul Bones.
  • Yang Hao knocked Xu Yun unconscious, fused her Star Crown Martial Soul with the set, and completed her Soul Bone armor.
  • Yang Hao explained that Xu Jiawei’s set could hold multiple Soul Cores and transform into gemstone-type Soul Bones, and Xu Jiawei agreed to proceed.
  • Yang Hao knocked Xu Jiawei unconscious, extracted his Soul Core, and fused it with the Head Soul Bone to create a Life Soul Bone.
  • Yang Hao guided the remaining Soul Bones into Xu Jiawei’s body, where they were cleansed and transformed into armor.

Ch. 81Douluo: Starting the Heavenly Court from the Holy Spirit Cult

Xu Jiawei received Yang Hao’s Soul Bone Set and prepared to enter seclusion, while Yang Hao discovered a powerful scale bearing ancient Asura Divine Power and showed off his elemental domains. The tournament reached the semifinals, where Shrek Academy drew the Star Luo National Academy Team, whose missing seventh competitor remained a mystery.

  • Yang Hao gave Xu Jiujiu the weapons and potions, and she found Xu Jiawei unharmed after the fusion while Xu Yun remained unconscious.
  • Xu Jiawei praised the Soul Bone Set’s effects and left to condense a new Soul Core.
  • Yang Hao opened the sealed box and identified its half-scale as bearing ancient Asura Divine Power and another faint power; Bibi Dong and Ye Xishui warned him not to absorb it yet.
  • Yang Hao explained that he would keep developing the Chaos Eight Wings, then revealed domains for all ten elemental attributes to Ye Xishui and Bibi Dong.
  • The tournament semifinals paired Shrek Academy against the Star Luo National Academy Team, and Dai Yaoheng warned his team about Xu Jiujiu’s Star Crown Martial Soul and the unknown seventh competitor.
  • Dai Yaoheng told Zhu Bing to compete and, if necessary, use a move with Yao Heng.

Ch. 82A Douluo Novel: Founding the Heavenly Court, Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult — Part 82

Yang Hao, disguised as Xiao Yan, joined the Star Luo National Academy Team for its battle against Shrek, but refused to fight while his teammates fell. After Xu Sanshi humiliated him by bursting his milk carton, Yang Hao prepared to show his strength and warned the referee to clear the stage.

  • Zhou Yi chose a Shrek lineup led by Dai Yaoheng and including Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Ling Luochеn, while Zhu Bing joined as another reserve.
  • Yang Hao entered the arena disguised as Xiao Yan, ignored Huang Heyun's objections, and sat at the back drinking milk as the team battle began.
  • Dai Yaoheng wounded Huang Heyun, but the Star Luo team tried to empower Dugu Shangshan with the Nine-Turn Soul-Changing Instrument, only for Xu Sanshi to switch places with him and receive its power.
  • Xu Sanshi's awakened Basaltic Turtle Martial Soul let him shield the Shrek team and stun their opponents; Bei Bei and Zhu Bing injured the group while Ling Luochеn froze Dugu Shangshan.
  • Xu Sanshi burst Yang Hao's milk carton with a Gold Soul Coin and insulted his mother, prompting Yang Hao to demand the referee clear the stage before he used Splendor's Withering, Golden Road.

Ch. 83Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting from the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 83

Yang Hao overwhelmed the Shrek team with his devouring flames and copied combat techniques, defeating several members before Dai Yaoheng and Zhu Bing’s Hell White Tiger briefly pinned him down. The team poured their remaining Soul Power into the Nine-Turn Soul-Changing Instrument to strengthen Huo Yuhao and Tang Wu Tong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the fight poised for their counterattack.

  • Yang Hao swallowed Huo Yuhao’s Golden Road and Bei Bei’s Thunder Dragon Head with his Heaven-Swallowing Demon Flame, then knocked Xu Sanshi out of Martial Soul Possession and shattered his teeth with two slaps.
  • Yang Hao broke Bei Bei’s Thunder Dragon Claw, while Ling Luochеn’s Ice Prison and Dai Yaoheng’s White Tiger Destruction Kill failed to stop his Mysterious Yellow Flame.
  • Dai Yaoheng and Zhu Bing fused their Martial Souls into the Hell White Tiger, but Yang Hao blocked its paw with his Heavy Profound Ruler and struck its skull, forcing them to separate.
  • Ling Luochеn froze Yang Hao long enough for Dai Yaoheng and Zhu Bing to retreat, while Xu Sanshi urged the team to empower Huo Yuhao and Tang Wu Tong.
  • Dai Yaoheng and the other surviving Shrek team members poured their remaining Soul Power into the Nine-Turn Soul-Changing Instrument, which sent Chaos-attribute Soul Power into Huo Yuhao and Tang Wu Tong.

Ch. 84Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 84

Yang Hao defeated Shrek Academy in the semifinal with his Flame Splitting Wave-Parting Ruler, while Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong’s fused hammer strike failed to overcome him. After Star Luo National Academy celebrated its historic victory, Yang Hao joined Xu Jiujiu and watched as the Myriad Calamity Heart Flame afflicted the injured Shrek students.

  • Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong fused their Martial Souls and swung the Heavenly Emperor Hammer at Yang Hao, whose three Soul Rings had been fused into his Heavy Profound Ruler.
  • Yang Hao’s Flame Splitting Wave-Parting Ruler clashed with the hammer, devastating the arena and badly injuring the Shrek students; Xuan Zi dispersed the black flame as Elder Zhuang began healing them.
  • The Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Star Luo National Academy the winner, and Yang Hao offered to remove his pink flame from the injured students before Zhou Yi refused his help.
  • Xu Jiujiu summoned Yang Hao to her viewing stand, where he took a seat beside her and explained that his Myriad Calamity Heart Flame came from a Pink Lady.
  • The Myriad Calamity Heart Flame flared over the injured Shrek students as Elder Zhuang healed them, forcing him to stop channeling life force while Yang Hao watched.

Ch. 85Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court, Beginning with the Holy Spirit Cult — Section 85

Yang Hao demanded Soul Bones from Shrek Academy in exchange for removing the Myriad Calamity Heart Flame that had made the Shrek Team’s injuries impossible to heal. The chapter ended with Yang Hao drawing the flames from the team members while Xuan Zi went to retrieve the remaining Soul Bones.

  • Xuan Zi and the other Shrek experts discovered that the pink flames absorbed blood, qi, and vitality, fused with the body, and resisted healing.
  • Elder Zhuang concluded that the flames had deeply invaded the injured children and that Yang Hao was the only one who could remove them.
  • Zhou Yi reported that Yang Hao demanded one Soul Bone at least fifty thousand years old for each person affected, and Xuan Zi brought eight evil-attributed Soul Bones from Shrek Academy.
  • Yang Hao pointed out that four more Soul Bones were needed because Xuan Zi, Elder Zhuang, Zhou Yi, and two reserve-team students had also been affected while studying the flames.
  • Yang Hao began extracting the Myriad Calamity Heart Flame from the seven Shrek Team members and mocked Ling Luochеn for wetting the bed.

Ch. 86Douluo: Starting from the Holy Spirit Cult to Establish the Heavenly Court

Yang Hao removed the Myriad Calamity Heart Flame from the remaining Shrek students, and Shrek forfeited after losing to him. He later returned to the palace, considered the tournament’s next steps, and punished Princess Xu Yun after she tried to attack him.

  • Yang Hao drew the Myriad Calamity Heart Flame out of the remaining students, while Zhou Yi questioned him about its side effects.
  • Shrek forfeited its matches after its injured team lost to Yang Hao, marking the academy’s first tournament defeat in ten thousand years.
  • Xuan Zi and Zhou Yi accepted responsibility for the loss, while Dai Yaoheng and Xuan Zi encouraged the reserve team to prepare for the next tournament.
  • Huo Yuhao asked about Xiao Yan’s age, and Xuan Zi warned the students that they might face him again in five years.
  • Yang Hao examined the Soul Bones Xuan Zi had brought and planned to defeat the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Team.
  • Xu Yun tried to strike Yang Hao from above with a wooden club, but he caught her and struck her nine times with a bamboo switch.

Ch. 87Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult

Yang Hao trained Xu Yun by fusing her Star Crown Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and Soul Bone Set, then explained his family’s research into evolving Soul Rings and Soul Bones as a potential path to godhood. Xu Jiawei learned that the research could strengthen his family and was left with a tempting reason to keep pursuing it.

  • Xu Yun told Yang Hao that Xu Jiujiu had offered him the three champion Soul Bones in exchange for training her, and he immediately agreed.
  • Yang Hao knocked Xu Yun unconscious and used Martial Soul Fusion to deepen the links between her Star Crown Martial Soul, two Soul Rings, and matching Soul Bones while studying her ability to store starlight.
  • Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu arrived and found Xu Yun unconscious; Yang Hao congratulated Xu Jiawei on reaching level ninety-five and becoming a Super Douluo.
  • Yang Hao confirmed that the Soul Bone Set contained eleven pieces and explained how compatible Soul Rings and Soul Bones could fuse and evolve, including raising Xu Yun’s two Soul Rings to the Ten Thousand Year level.
  • Yang Hao described the Soul Bone Set as part of his family’s unfinished path to godhood, and explained that the Star Crown Martial Soul’s spiritual and star power made Xu Jiawei’s family valuable research partners.

Ch. 88Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court, Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult

Yang Hao explained how the Xu family planned to use Soul Bones and Soul Cores to pursue greater power, strengthening Xu Jiawei's resolve against the White Tiger Duke's branch. Dai Hao arrived in Ming Capital, learned of the political upheaval, and met with Taotie Douluo, who admitted to confronting Giant Strength Douluo.

  • Yang Hao explained that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast hunts could yield chosen Soul Bones and that refined Soul Bones could help restrain Soul Cores and support additional ones.
  • Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei concluded that Mr. Xiao Yan's family had a deep legacy, and Xu Jiujiu told her brother that the White Tiger Duke would arrive the next day.
  • Xu Jiawei welcomed his new allies' support and resolved to defeat Dai Hao's branch and secure the throne for the Xu Clan.
  • Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo discussed the missing Guardian Douluo and Xu Jiawei's expanding army, then agreed to consult Taotie Douluo in Ming Capital.
  • Dai Hao visited Dai Yao Heng, was refused access to Huo Yuhao, and then met Taotie Douluo, who admitted he had taught Giant Strength Douluo Cheng Gang a lesson.

Ch. 89Soul Land: Founding the Heavenly Court, Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 89

Yang Hao tested a flame-fusion attack before joining the Star Luo delegation for the tournament final, where the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy revealed powerful Soul Tool Armor. Xu Jiujiu deployed her Soul Bone Set, but the Sun Moon team’s first counterattack quickly incapacitated five opponents.

  • Xu Jiawei concluded that Dai Hao’s visit to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel confirmed his suspicions that the White Tiger Duke Mansion had allied with Shrek and was moving against his throne.
  • Yang Hao fused three imitation flames into an unstable attack, then absorbed them with his Chaos Eight Wings and considered combining flames with opposing attributes.
  • Yang Hao met Xu Jiujiu, Xu Yun, Xu Jiawei, and Dai Hao before traveling to the competition venue, where Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao exchanged a tense silence.
  • The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy Team entered the final wearing Soul Tool Armor, shocking Shrek’s observers and prompting concern about the balance of power between empires.
  • Xu Jiujiu activated her Soul Bone Set armor and ordered her team to probe the opponents, but Ma Rulong and five teammates absorbed their attacks and knocked five of them out of the match with palm cannons.

Ch. 90Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court, Beginning with the Holy Spirit Cult

Yang Hao and Xu Jiujiu faced Ma Rulong’s team in a battle that revealed the power of the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Guidance Battle Armor and Yang Hao’s unstable, devastating Soul Core attack. Ma Rulong transformed into a flying War Machine to continue the fight, while Yang Hao prepared to counter him.

  • Xu Jiujiu used her apparently 100,000-year Star Guardian Soul Skill to shield herself and Yang Hao from Ma Rulong’s team’s combined Chest Cannon blast.
  • Yang Hao formed a three-colored Soul Core and detonated it, destroying the battle platform and forcing Heavenly Fiend Douluo and the other experts to contain the explosion.
  • The blast injured Ma Rulong’s six teammates, who transferred their remaining Soul Power to him before Heavenly Fiend Douluo removed them from the platform.
  • Shi Xianxian used her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul to treat the injured, prompting Seven Kill Douluo to recognize her as a threat to the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
  • Ma Rulong absorbed his teammates’ Soul Power, transformed into a giant Spirit Ape, equipped his Soul Guidance Battle Armor with external devices, and flew above the platform.
  • Yang Hao casually tossed the exhausted Xu Jiujiu to Nebula Douluo Manyi as Ma Rulong challenged him from the air.

Ch. 91Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult

Yang Hao defeated Ma Rulong in an aerial battle, and the tournament’s powerful factions raced after Ma Rufeng to seize the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Armor technology. As the pursuit began, Yang Hao warned Xu Jiujiu about the Bright Cult, while Huo Yuhao and the Shrek group set out to follow the coming clash.

  • Yang Hao revealed his flame wings, fought Ma Rulong in the air, and won after Ma Rulong exhausted his Martial Soul Avatar.
  • Ma Rufeng carried Ma Rulong away in his Active Storage Soul Tool, and Ye Yulin escorted him as Xuan Zi, Seven Kill Douluo, and other experts gave chase for the Soul Armor technology.
  • Yang Hao warned Xu Jiujiu that the Bright Cult might send a Level 10 Soul Engineer, so she sent Nebula Douluo Manyi after the pursuers with orders to avoid a direct confrontation.
  • Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei asked Zhou Yi to take them to the battle, and Elder Zhuang agreed to carry the Shrek group after them.
  • Yang Hao collected the three champion Soul Bones, said goodbye to Xu Jiawei, and left after judging the Shrek group’s pursuit a death wish.

Ch. 92Soul Land: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 92

Yang Hao left the Star Luo Imperial Family after securing a place as captain in the next Soul Fighting Tournament, then returned to Bright Peak to prepare an ambush and assist Ye Xishui’s experiments. He created a prototype Soul Bone Set from Cheng Gang and a Titan Giant Ant Emperor, intending to use it to strengthen volunteers and eventually cultivate a powerful subordinate.

  • Yang Hao declined Xu Jiawei’s invitation to the victory banquet, misunderstood his question about marriage, and agreed to consider the next tournament, where Xu Jiawei promised him a captain’s place.
  • Yang Hao met Wan Hun and Sleep Nightmare, changed his appearance, and headed with them to Bright Peak to finalize preparations for an ambush against those pursuing him.
  • Yang Hao found Ye Xishui experimenting on Cheng Gang’s remains and suggested strengthening future subjects with a Soul Bone Set.
  • Ye Xishui showed Yang Hao an unconscious eighty-thousand-year-old Titan Giant Ant Emperor that she had captured for his research.
  • Yang Hao fused Cheng Gang’s Martial Soul with the Titan Giant Ant Emperor’s power and exoskeleton to create a prototype Soul Bone Set, which Ye Xishui praised for its combined strength and physical enhancement.

Ch. 93Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting from the Holy Spirit Cult, Part 93

Yang Hao and the Bright Cult prepared an ambush on Bright Peak to seize control of the Mingdou Mountain Range and capture the pursuers chasing Ye Yulin. The trap plunged the attackers into a chaotic battle, while Huo Yuhao recognized that a powerful illusion might be manipulating them and found his group under attack.

  • Yang Hao, Ye Xishui, and Wan Hun discussed the Soul Bone Set and prepared to ambush the force pursuing Ye Yulin, with Yang Hao agreeing to help suppress the attackers.
  • Yang Hao ordered Sleep Nightmare to shut down Bright Peak’s detection devices as Ye Yulin led his pursuers toward the mountain.
  • The Bright Cult fired Soul Guidance Shells at the pursuing force and sent more than a thousand fighters into battle against them.
  • Huo Yuhao sensed an overwhelming mental force and warned that the apparent enemies might be illusions rather than real opponents.
  • Life Douluo Elder Zhuang fled with Huo Yuhao and the others as Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons targeted them, and Huo Yuhao suspected the enemy had singled out his group because of his mental probing.

Ch. 94From Soul Land: Founding the Heavenly Court with the Holy Spirit Cult, Part 94

Yang Hao’s forces attacked the Shrek Team with fixed Soul Cannons, but Electrolux and the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm helped Huo Yuhao’s group escape while Ye Xishui captured Elder Zhuang and Ling Luochеn. At Bright Peak, Xuan Zi and Seven Kill Douluo broke the illusion controlling their allies and identified its source.

  • Yang Hao ordered every reserve fixed Soul Cannon to fire on the Shrek Team, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Electrolux shielded them from the barrage.
  • Electrolux opened a portal to send Huo Yuhao and the others away, while Ye Xishui pinned down Elder Zhuang and Ling Luochеn and took some of the two Soul Beasts’ power of origin for Yang Hao.
  • Yang Hao’s group used detection Soul Tools to search for the escaped Shrek Team, while Huo Yuhao’s group reached a distant area behind Mingdou Mountain Range.
  • Dai Yaoheng considered attacking Huo Yuhao, but Zhou Yi’s watchful gaze made him hold back; she noticed Elder Zhuang and Ling Luochеn were missing.
  • At Bright Peak, Xuan Zi and Seven Kill Douluo burned their life force to overpower the illusion’s influence and awaken the five Super Douluos fighting them.
  • The five Super Douluos realized they had been controlled by an illusion, and one identified its source.

Ch. 95Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court, Beginning with the Holy Spirit Cult

Yang Hao ambushed Huo Yuhao, devoured his Ice Jade Empress Scorpion abilities and first Soul Ring, then fled when Tang San’s Divine Thought intervened. After the attack devastated the expedition, Xu Tianran assessed the Bright Cult’s power and reaffirmed the imperial family’s support for his rule.

  • Ye Xishui used the Rakshasa Demon Scythe to strip the souls from Xuan Zi and the others at the Soul Suppressing Tower.
  • Yang Hao ambushed the teleported group, knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious, and devoured his Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Soul Bone and Martial Soul along with the first Soul Ring on his Spirit Eyes.
  • Tang San’s Divine Thought blocked Yang Hao’s killing strike with a golden trident mark, so Yang Hao escaped through a Portal while Tang Wutong shielded the others from his Soul Tool Bombs.
  • Star-Shattering Douluo and the other distant observers concluded the expedition had been wiped out and flew back to consult His Majesty, while Ye Yulin and Xue Chen also fled.
  • Xu Tianran questioned Kong Deming about countering the Bright Cult’s spiritual power, and Kong Deming advised attacking from a distance without revealing whom he had suspected.
  • Xu Tianran asked whether he was too ruthless, and Kong Deming assured him that the Offering Hall would support him for the Empire’s stability.

Ch. 96Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult

Xu Tianran secured Kong Deming’s support while Yang Hao and Ye Xishui pursued experiments with captured Soul Masters and powerful spirits. At Shrek, Mu En postponed revenge for Xuan Zi, ordered preparations for the coming war, and later asked the weakened Huo Yuhao to explain his strange condition.

  • Kong Deming warned Xu Tianran to limit cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult and revealed that his completed Life Soul Tool could let him contend with a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
  • Yang Hao studied Moon Deer Douluo and Seven Kill Douluo while refining the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s source power, as Ye Xishui experimented on Xuan Zi and investigated Electrolux’s Divine Sense.
  • After hearing of Xuan Zi’s death, Mu En restrained Shrek’s elders from seeking revenge and called for greater Soul Tool research and a mission to obtain the Sun Moon Empire’s battle armor technology.
  • Yan Shaozhe proposed investigating the Star Luo Imperial Family and preparing to support the White Tiger lineage if it was conspiring with the Sun Moon Empire, and Shrek’s leaders agreed.
  • Mu En visited Huo Yuhao in the depths of Sea God Pavilion and asked him to explain his secrets and unusual, deteriorating condition.

Ch. 97Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 97

Huo Yuhao agreed to infiltrate the Sun Moon Empire to obtain Soul Guidance Battle Armor secrets, while Yang Hao harvested Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and began using them to advance his Soul Armor plans. The chapter ended with Yang Hao testing the new armor on Ling Luochеn and handing her a specially designed Soul Tool.

  • Huo Yuhao told Mu En about his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and asked whether Sky Dream and the others were truly dead; Mu En proposed helping him forge a new Second Martial Soul.
  • Huo Yuhao accepted Mu En’s recommendation to infiltrate the Sun Moon Empire and seek its Soul Guidance Battle Armor secrets.
  • Yang Hao mined Ice Extreme Divine Crystals beneath the Earth Dragon Sect, then knocked out Nan Qiuqiu when she confronted him.
  • Yang Hao spared Nan Qiuqiu, placed her in his Active Storage Soul Tool, and used Bei Bei’s devoured Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Power to stir conflict between the Earth Dragon Sect and Heavenly Dragon Sect.
  • Yang Hao returned to Bright Peak, forged Ice Extreme Divine Crystal Soul Armor for Ling Luochеn, and had her refine it to help nurture the Snow Empress Embryo.
  • Ling Luochеn approached Yang Hao affectionately, and he gave her a special Soul Tool with nine settings.

Ch. 98Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 98

Yang Hao and Ye Xishui found a way to gestate the Snow Empress externally in an Ice Egg after Ling Luochеn proved too weak to bear her power. Jing Hongchen arrived with Xu Tianzhen and news that the Sun Moon Empire was preparing for war in a month, while Yang Hao sought a convincing pretext for the campaign.

  • Ling Luochеn reached for Yang Hao, but he warned her that he would turn her into a specimen if he fell in love with her; Ye Xishui arrived and gave Ling Luochеn the Soul Tool to ease her physical problem.
  • Ye Xishui judged Ling Luochеn too weak to bear the Snow Empress's power, so she and Yang Hao made an Ice Egg and began gestating the Snow Empress Embryo inside it.
  • Yang Hao suggested Meng Hongchen as a candidate to assist with the Ice Empress's gestation, and Ye Xishui approved.
  • Jing Hongchen arrived with Xu Tianzhen and a large group, explaining that Xu Tianzhen had realized the old emperor's death was suspicious and that His Majesty had ordered her brought away from Ming Capital.
  • Jing Hongchen said the emperor expected to stabilize Ming Capital within a month and was preparing for war; Yang Hao proposed the attack on his academy's tournament team as a possible pretext.

Ch. 99Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court Starting with the Holy Spirit Cult

Yang Hao offered Jing Hongchen a plan to have Meng Hongchen carry the Ice Empress embryo, promising her a chance to gain Ultimate Ice and a second Martial Soul. Meng Hongchen refused because she wanted their first child to be theirs, so Yang Hao revealed an alternative plan to create Ice Empress from her bloodline and genes.

  • Jing Hongchen agreed to establish a Mingde Hall branch at Bright Peak, and Yang Hao showed him the Ice Empress embryo and proposed that Meng Hongchen carry it.
  • Jing Hongchen accepted the proposal in principle, insisted that Yang Hao marry Meng Hongchen, and persuaded her by describing the potential to become a Limit Douluo or even a god.
  • Yang Hao agreed to register his marriage with Meng Hongchen, and Jing Hongchen made him call him Grandpa.
  • After considering the proposal, Meng Hongchen visited Yang Hao and refused to carry Ice Empress because she wanted their first child to be theirs.
  • Yang Hao revealed Plan Two: create Ice Empress using Meng Hongchen's bloodline and genes, though Meng Hongchen would not gain a second Martial Soul.

Ch. 100Soul Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court, Beginning with the Holy Spirit Cult — Chapter 100

Yang Hao and Ye Xishui created an Ice Egg to gestate Ice Empress using Meng Hongchen’s bloodline and power, then Yang Hao equipped Meng Hongchen with powerful Ice Extreme Divine Crystal Soul Armor. He left Meng Hongchen and returned to Xu Tianzhen, whose jealousy over his closeness with Meng Hongchen remained unresolved.

  • Yang Hao knocked Meng Hongchen unconscious, and Ye Xishui fused her bloodline with Ice Empress before sealing the developing body inside an Ice Egg.
  • Ye Xishui planned to accelerate the egg’s gestation with Gold of Life and Meng Hongchen’s Soul Power, while Yang Hao hoped the sisters would help him take control of the Far North.
  • Yang Hao gave Meng Hongchen Ice Extreme Divine Crystal Soul Armor and an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and instructed her to channel Soul Power into the egg and train toward a soulbound armor.
  • Yang Hao introduced Ling Luochеn, under the name Snow Woman, as Meng Hongchen’s future cultivation partner.
  • Yang Hao brought Xu Tianzhen her favorite pastries, and she ate them before leaning against him and accusing him of getting close to Meng Hongchen again.
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