Chapter Summaries

Di Tian and Mu En argued over the history of human attacks on Soul Beasts before turning to negotiations over a new treaty. Di Tian demanded that Titled Douluo stay out of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Mu En objected that the restriction would leave Soul Masters vulnerable.

• Xiong Jun grew angry when Mu En ignored him, but Di Tian's aura silenced him.
• Di Tian accused humans of breaking their agreement and killing Soul Beasts, while Mu En insisted Xuan Zi's actions were a misunderstanding and challenged Di Tian to war.
• Huo Yuhao doubted that Mu En could stand against Di Tian and worried about how the confrontation would end.
• Di Tian admitted that Shrek had survived because he had shown restraint, then announced that he wanted a new treaty governing humans and Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian demanded that no human Titled Douluo enter the Star Dou Great Forest, threatening war if one did; Mu En called the condition too extreme.

Di Tian forced Mu En to accept a pact restricting Soul Masters from hunting Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, then demanded a person in exchange for Xuan Zi. The chapter ended with Di Tian naming Huo Yuhao as the person he wanted.

• Di Tian’s threat left Mu En with little choice but to negotiate, as Shrek could not withstand the Beast God’s power.
• Mu En agreed to a pact limited to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Di Tian accepted the condition.
• Mu En asked Di Tian to return Xuan Zi, but Di Tian said the captive’s release required a separate price.
• Di Tian demanded that Shrek offer one person in exchange for Xuan Zi.
• Huo Yuhao realized he was in trouble when Di Tian named him as the person he wanted.

Di Tian demanded that Shrek hand over Huo Yuhao, but Mu En refused until Huo Yuhao agreed to meet the Beast God. Mu En brought him to the ground between Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian arrived in human form.

• Di Tian insisted that he wanted only Huo Yuhao, while Mu En refused to surrender any Shrek student and declared Huo Yuhao his disciple.
• Mu En and Di Tian reached a compromise: Di Tian would meet Huo Yuhao to learn about the event that had drawn Heaven’s Punishment.
• Mu En appeared beside Huo Yuhao and asked whether he was willing to go with him; Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Mu En and Huo Yuhao appeared between Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest, and Mu En called Di Tian down to talk.
• Di Tian descended from the clouds and transformed into human form before Mu En and Huo Yuhao, whose first direct encounter with the Beast God filled him with pressure.

Huo Yuhao negotiated with Di Tian for a suitable Soul Beast so he could break through before demonstrating Heavenly Punishment again. Di Tian agreed, and the chapter ended as Scarlet King brought Huo Yuhao a mirror-winged butterfly that Mu En identified as a Mirror Heart Butterfly.

• Di Tian questioned Huo Yuhao, while Mu En demanded that he release Xuan Zi as agreed.
• Di Tian returned the barely breathing Xuan Zi, and Mu En sent him to Shrek for treatment.
• Huo Yuhao asked Di Tian to let him break through first so he could summon Heavenly Punishment twice, offering an extra chance for Di Tian to observe it.
• Di Tian agreed to provide a Soul Beast, and Huo Yuhao requested a high-quality, roughly three-thousand-year-old Soul Beast with the Mental Attribute.
• Scarlet King brought a mirror-winged butterfly, and Mu En asked whether it was a Mirror Heart Butterfly.

Huo Yuhao absorbed a Mirror Heart Butterfly Soul Ring and gained the Image Refraction skill, then used his killing intent to create a Soul Beast and provoke Heaven’s Punishment. Di Tian destroyed the visible lightning, but an unseen force of law erased the Soul Beast as well.

• Mu En explained the Mirror Heart Butterfly, and Di Tian pressured it into offering no resistance before Huo Yuhao killed it.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Soul Ring, reached Soul Power Level twenty-five, and gained the Image Refraction skill.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Nine Nether Prison and formed a Soul Beast from condensed killing intent while Mu En watched Di Tian warily.
• Heaven’s Punishment descended, and Di Tian crushed its lightning bolt without looking up.
• An invisible force of law appeared with the punishment and erased Huo Yuhao’s Soul Beast, which Di Tian noticed but could not clearly perceive.

Di Tian discovered that Huo Yuhao’s summoned Soul Beast was affected by a law resembling the shackles that kept Soul Beasts from godhood, then tried to recruit him to the Star Dou Great Forest. Huo Yuhao refused and proposed cooperation to prevent war, and Di Tian withdrew with the Soul Beasts as Mu En prepared to take Huo Yuhao back to Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao summoned a second nearly intelligent Soul Beast, and Di Tian noticed its power resembled the law shackles restricting Soul Beasts from ascending to godhood.
• Di Tian proposed that Huo Yuhao leave Shrek and join the Star Dou Great Forest, promising Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and protection.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Di Tian’s offer, saying he was human and would only cooperate to prevent war between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian accepted Huo Yuhao’s refusal but left the offer open, then departed with the retreating Soul Beasts.
• Mu En called Huo Yuhao a great hero and said his senior brother would treat them when they returned.

After Shrek’s crisis ended, Huo Yuhao asked to join the Shrek Inspectorate and revealed his breakthrough to Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao. Half a month later, Xuan Zi awakened and learned that Huo Yuhao had helped save Shrek, while Mu En ordered him to remain at the academy and recover.

• Yan Shaozhe refused Huo Yuhao’s request to join the Shrek Inspectorate at first, but agreed to discuss it with Mu En after Huo Yuhao insisted.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had become a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster with a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring, then told Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao what had happened.
• Ma Xiaotao grew more wary of Huo Yuhao and resolved to use her secret weapon the next time he helped stabilize her Evil Fire.
• Half a month later, Xuan Zi woke in the Life Ancient Tree, and Mu En told him that Huo Yuhao had helped resolve the crisis.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to focus on recovering and stay at Shrek unless an urgent matter arose, and Xuan Zi accepted.

Huo Yuhao joined the Shrek Inspectorate and went with Ma Xiaotao to hunt an Evil Soul Master, while Zhang Peng moved to capture Ma Xiaotao for the Holy Spirit Cult. After Huo Yuhao killed the target, Zhang Peng attacked them, and Yan Shaozhe intervened.

• The Sea God Pavilion approved Huo Yuhao’s request to join the Inspectorate, requiring a Titled Douluo to secretly accompany him on missions.
• Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao into the Star Luo Empire’s mountains to hunt a low-level Evil Soul Master.
• Zhang Peng watched Ma Xiaotao and decided to seize her for the Holy Spirit Cult when her Evil Fire showed no sign of worsening.
• Ma Xiaotao sensed danger and signaled Huo Yuhao to retreat, but he killed the fleeing Evil Soul Master before racing back to her.
• Zhang Peng attacked Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao with a mass of dark clouds, but Yan Shaozhe arrived and tore through the attack.

Yan Shaozhe arrived to protect Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao, then fought Zhang Peng after the Evil Soul Master attacked them. Zhang Peng unleashed his Soul Path, and Huo Yuhao recognized the opening as the clash continued.

• Yan Shaozhe appeared and shielded Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao from Zhang Peng.
• Yan Shaozhe accused Zhang Peng of betraying Mu En and vowed to kill him for attacking his students.
• Huo Yuhao suspected the Holy Spirit Cult had targeted Ma Xiaotao because her Evil Fire had been stabilized.
• Yan Shaozhe attacked Zhang Peng, who struggled to withstand his power and then transformed into a giant black tiger.
• Zhang Peng summoned a horde of Soul Beasts and challenged Yan Shaozhe to break his Soul Path, prompting Huo Yuhao to smile.

Huo Yuhao seized control of Zhang Peng’s Beast Souls and helped Yan Shaozhe defeat him. After Zhang Peng fell, Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire flared up beside Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao persuaded Ma Xiaotao to help him approach Yan Shaozhe and Zhang Peng’s battle.
• Huo Yuhao used the Soul Path to take control of Zhang Peng’s Beast Souls, weakening their attacks and blocking Zhang Peng’s escape.
• Three Beast Souls turned on Zhang Peng, and Huo Yuhao then made all the Beast Souls near him explode.
• Zhang Peng charged at Huo Yuhao, but Yan Shaozhe struck with his Ninth Soul Skill, Phoenix Descent, and reduced Zhang Peng to ash.
• Yan Shaozhe collected Zhang Peng’s Soul Bones, while Ma Xiaotao’s eyes turned pink as her Evil Fire flared up.

Yan Shaozhe returned to Shrek with Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao after killing Zhang Peng, whose evil aura had triggered Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire. At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe reported that Zhang Peng had targeted Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul and might have belonged to a powerful, hidden Evil Soul Master organization.

• Yan Shaozhe found Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire flaring after Zhang Peng’s attack, and she insisted on returning to the academy before Huo Yuhao helped her stabilize it.
• A day later, Yan Shaozhe presented Zhang Peng’s Soul Bones at an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting and recounted the encounter.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Zhang Peng had likely wanted to turn Ma Xiaotao into an Evil Soul Master because of her Martial Soul.
• Yan Shaozhe told the Elders that Zhang Peng’s survival suggested a powerful Evil Soul Master organization had been hiding beyond Shrek’s reach.

Yan Shaozhe and the Shrek elders prepared to keep the Inspectorate’s missions going while guarding against a growing Evil Soul Master organization. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao completely stabilized Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, but she used the pills she had given him as an excuse to pursue him, and they became intimate.

• Yan Shaozhe told the Shrek elders that Zhang Peng’s actions and other gatherings pointed to a powerful Evil Soul Master organization, so Mu En advised discreet preparation.
• Yan Shaozhe asked the elders to accompany Inspectorate missions in rotation, and Qian Duoduo and the others agreed to help protect the students.
• Huo Yuhao returned with Ma Xiaotao to her cultivation chamber and helped her clear the Evil Fire from her body, leaving her able to control it completely.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Huo Yuhao two pills, identified as Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, and took two herself before they began treating her Evil Fire.
• After the treatment, Ma Xiaotao pressed close to Huo Yuhao and kissed him, while he realized what the pills were and eventually stopped resisting her advances.

After spending the night with Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory, where Wang Dong confronted him about another woman and decided to join his missions. He then discovered that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had slept through recent dangers and continued to mistake the Ghost Demon Venerable for a benevolent demigod.

• Ma Xiaotao woke beside Huo Yuhao, savored their night together, and smugly decided she had to have him.
• Wang Dong noticed Ma Xiaotao's perfume on Huo Yuhao and grew jealous, but became worried when he told her about Zhang Peng and his missions against Evil Soul Masters.
• Wang Dong decided to ask Mu En to let her join the Shrek Inspectorate and accompany Huo Yuhao, then warned him to stay with her that night.
• Huo Yuhao entered his Sea of Consciousness and found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm timing how long he had been gone.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm admitted it had been sleeping and might not have sensed Zhang Peng, then boasted that the Ghost Demon Venerable could protect Huo Yuhao.

After a year at Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao had grown stronger while hunting Evil Soul Masters and planned to obtain a powerful third Soul Ring in the Far North. He said goodbye to Wang Dong and set out alone, as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm eagerly anticipated meeting Bingbing and beginning its plan.

• Ling Luochen wondered why Huo Yuhao spent so much time with Ma Xiaotao, and Ma Xiaotao teased her about being an older unmarried woman.
• Over the next eight months, Huo Yuhao hunted Evil Soul Masters with Wang Dong, advanced his Slaughter Path, and reached an estimated Soul Power level of thirty-six or thirty-seven.
• Huo Yuhao delayed absorbing his third Soul Ring so he could conceal his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and pursue a planned, exceptionally powerful Soul Beast in the Far North.
• At the academy gates, Wang Dong tearfully said goodbye to Huo Yuhao and made him promise to return in one month.
• Huo Yuhao set off alone for the Far North as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shouted that it was coming to Bingbing and could begin its plan.

Huo Yuhao traveled to the outskirts of the Extreme North to cultivate his Soul Path and prepare to obtain the Ice Empress as his Second Martial Soul. As he searched for Soul Beasts, Dai Huabin appeared and followed his trail.

• Huo Yuhao bought supplies in a frontier town, then killed a group of bandits who tried to rob him.
• A weary stranger found the bandits’ frozen corpses and continued onward despite considering turning back.
• Huo Yuhao spent two days searching the outskirts for a thousand-year Soul Beast to use in Soul Path experiments.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm admitted it might have mistaken the area, leaving Huo Yuhao without the Soul Beasts he had sought.
• Huo Yuhao looked toward the approaching Dai Huabin, who was limping after him.

Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Huabin in the Extreme North and refused to grant his plea for a quick death, letting summoned Soul Beasts kill him instead. Afterward, Huo Yuhao resolved to continue his revenge against the White Tiger Duke bloodline, including Dai Hao.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Huo Yuhao why Dai Huabin had followed him, and Huo Yuhao explained that his Soul Path Mark had tormented Dai Huabin and drawn him there to die.
• Dai Huabin’s history revealed how his ruined Martial Soul, lost status, family’s rejection, and Zhu Lu’s relationship with Dai Yueheng had driven him to seek death at Huo Yuhao’s hands.
• Dai Huabin knelt before Huo Yuhao and begged him to kill him personally, but Huo Yuhao summoned Soul Beasts instead.
• The Soul Beasts tore Dai Huabin apart while Huo Yuhao watched, and he then dismissed them.
• Huo Yuhao left through the snow, vowing to eradicate the entire White Tiger Duke bloodline, including Dai Hao.

Huo Yuhao refused the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s plea to abandon their plan and called out the Ice Empress in the Extreme North’s core region. The Ice Empress appeared and attacked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, leaving Huo Yuhao facing the start of their confrontation.

• Huo Yuhao traveled deeper into the Extreme North wearing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s shed skin for protection.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to turn back, but Huo Yuhao insisted he needed the Ice Empress’s power and would not leave without confronting her.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm agreed to proceed and projected a golden phantom to challenge the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress appeared in her jade-green scorpion form and threatened to eat the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to survive her coming Heaven Tribulation.
• The Ice Empress transformed into emerald lightning and charged at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s phantom.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm captured the Ice Empress and brought her consciousness into Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness. The chapter ended with Ice Empress trapped and demanding to know what Huo Yuhao wanted, as Sky Dream prepared to explain.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his spiritual power to trap Ice Empress in a golden bead, despite her furious resistance.
• Huo Yuhao hurried to a hidden ice cave and recovered before opening the bead’s seal.
• Ice Empress’s consciousness entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and found itself trapped inside Sky Dream’s cocoon.
• Huo Yuhao told Ice Empress she could not escape, while she struggled against the Sea of Consciousness’s powerful barrier.
• Sky Dream tried to speak to Ice Empress, who rejected his familiar address and demanded to know Huo Yuhao’s purpose.

Huo Yuhao negotiated with Ice Empress over joining his God-Making Project, agreeing to include Snow Empress in exchange for Ice Empress serving him as Master. Ice Empress finally submitted after Huo Yuhao threatened to erase her consciousness and invoked her concern for Snow Empress.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Ice Empress to join Huo Yuhao's God-Making Project, but she demanded to speak with Huo Yuhao alone.
• Huo Yuhao sealed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm behind a barrier in his Sea of Consciousness, and Ice Empress asked him to include Snow Empress in the plan.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to Ice Empress's condition, then demanded that she call him Master.
• When Ice Empress refused, Huo Yuhao used the Soul Refining Method to threaten her consciousness and warned she might never see Snow Empress again.
• Ice Empress reluctantly called Huo Yuhao Master, and he demanded that she say it louder.

Huo Yuhao endured the fusion of Ice Empress's four-hundred-thousand-year origin power and emerged with greatly strengthened Soul Power and Ice Empress as his master-servant partner. He left the chapter at level thirty-nine, considering how to obtain his next Soul Ring and eyeing the Black Cyclone where Ghost Demon Venerable's remnant soul remained hidden.

• Ice Empress agreed to merge her origin power into Huo Yuhao but demanded that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stay away from her.
• Huo Yuhao released Ice Empress's sealed origin power, and the violent fusion began to tear through his body.
• Ice Empress helped control her power, allowing Huo Yuhao to endure the fusion and complete the tempering.
• Huo Yuhao emerged with a four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Empress Soul Ring, Ice Empress's scorpion tattoo, and Soul Power at level thirty-nine.
• Ice Empress told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm not to speak to her without Huo Yuhao's orders, leaving it devastated.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that Ghost Demon Venerable's remnant soul had remained hidden inside the Black Cyclone.