Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao searched the Extreme North for a fifty-thousand-year Ice Silkworm to absorb as his third Soul Ring, but discovered a mutated Ice Silkworm whose naturally liquefied mental power could greatly strengthen his Sea of Consciousness. He used Ice Empress’s aura to immobilize the fifty-thousand-year target and struck it down, leaving the two silkworms within reach.

• Huo Yuhao decided he could absorb a third Soul Ring of around fifty thousand years and had Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lead him to its kin.
• Huo Yuhao reached an underground ice cave and found a fifty-thousand-year Ice Silkworm among more than a hundred others.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spotted a mutated Ice Silkworm with naturally liquefied mental power beside the fifty-thousand-year one and urged Huo Yuhao to absorb it too.
• Huo Yuhao saw through the target’s illusions, used Ice Empress’s aura to paralyze it, and smashed it into the ice with an Ultimate Ice-coated fist.

After absorbing two Ice Silkworm Soul Rings, Huo Yuhao reached level forty, but Beast God Di Tian confronted him in the Far North. Di Tian offered him a choice between joining the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and dying where he stood.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the fifty-thousand-year-old Ice Silkworm and the mutated little Ice Silkworm, advancing to Soul Elder and reaching level forty.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao to run when the blizzard stopped, but Di Tian appeared and trapped him beneath his pressure.
• Di Tian reflected on Huo Yuhao's rapid growth and considered killing him, then hesitated because Huo Yuhao might help Soul Beasts overcome their inability to become gods.
• Huo Yuhao tried to speak and resist Di Tian's pressure, but he could barely keep himself standing.
• Di Tian gave Huo Yuhao two choices: go with him to the Star Dou Great Forest or die in the Far North.

Di Tian cornered Huo Yuhao in the Extreme North, but a mysterious force disrupted his pursuit and gave Huo Yuhao a chance to hide. With Di Tian closing in, Ghost Demon Venerable offered to save him by temporarily taking control of his body, leaving Huo Yuhao to decide whether to trust him.

• Di Tian threatened Huo Yuhao, who refused to choose between captivity and death.
• The Titan Snow Devil King interrupted Di Tian, and Huo Yuhao used Simulation to flee as a strange force briefly broke Di Tian’s lock on his aura.
• Di Tian struck down the Titan Snow Devil King and continued searching for Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao hid in an ice crevice while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress feared Di Tian would find him.
• Ghost Demon Venerable froze the two Soul Beasts and offered to borrow Huo Yuhao’s body to drive Di Tian back.

Huo Yuhao rejected Ghost Demon Venerable’s offer to take over his body, then bargained with Di Tian to return to the Star Dou Great Forest in exchange for protection when he was eventually allowed to leave. A month later, Huo Yuhao had not returned to Shrek Academy, leaving Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao increasingly anxious as Wang Dong prepared to seek help from her uncles.

• Huo Yuhao refused to let Ghost Demon Venerable use his body, choosing instead to trust that Di Tian could not imprison him forever.
• Huo Yuhao deactivated Simulation to reveal his location, and Di Tian appeared before him.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to cooperate with Di Tian’s research into the law-breaking power if Di Tian and the other fierce beasts promised not to attack him when he left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• A month later, Wang Dong waited outside Shrek Academy for Huo Yuhao, who had missed their promised reunion and could not be reached through the Tang Sect.
• Ma Xiaotao concealed her worry from Wang Dong and hurried to ask Yan Shaozhe whether the academy had news of Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong decided to wait until sunset the next day before asking her Big Uncle and Second Uncle to help find Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao endured Di Tian’s grueling training beside the Lake of Life while Di Tian studied the Heavenly Punishment triggered by his Soul Beast. Di Tian agreed to provide a soul beast and a soul bone for Huo Yuhao’s breakthrough, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm panicked at being back in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Di Tian destroyed the Heavenly Punishment thunderclouds and studied the laws revealed by the lightning.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his exhausting training and the life energy that was strengthening his body and Soul Power.
• Di Tian told Huo Yuhao that his Soul Power had overflowed and arranged a soul beast so he could break through to the fourth ring.
• Huo Yuhao casually asked Di Tian for a soul bone, and Di Tian agreed to provide one.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm panicked after Di Tian left, fearing a return to being drained in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Huo Yuhao used his captivity in the Star Dou Great Forest to cultivate while Di Tian kept his secrets and motives hidden. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion found him and accepted his hand, triggering a burst of Destiny Power.

• Huo Yuhao relied on the hidden barrier in his Sea of Consciousness to keep Di Tian from detecting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress.
• Ice Empress blamed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for bringing Huo Yuhao to the Extreme North, while Huo Yuhao focused on recovering and strengthening himself.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that Di Tian had likely detected Ice Empress but chose not to expose her, and he cultivated the Ghost Killing Art with energy from the Lake of Life.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached Huo Yuhao after hearing of his arrival from Scarlet King and studied him curiously.
• Huo Yuhao offered his hand to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who placed her paw in it, and their contact released the Power of Destiny.

Huo Yuhao met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whose contact with him revealed visions of his future and sparked her curiosity. Di Tian ordered Scarlet King to take her away, leaving her with an unexplained bond to Huo Yuhao and prompting Ice Empress to envy the Star Dou Great Forest's Auspicious Beast.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion touched Huo Yuhao's hand and saw fragmented visions of disasters and a future in which he would overturn the Douluo Continent.
• Scarlet King found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion beside Huo Yuhao and tried to take her away, but she refused and insisted on staying with him.
• Di Tian ordered Scarlet King to remove the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and keep her away from Huo Yuhao.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion obeyed but looked back at Huo Yuhao with curiosity and an inexplicable bond before leaving with Scarlet King.
• Ice Empress remarked that the Auspicious Beast's Power of Destiny could have spared her and Snow Empress from worrying about Heavenly Tribulation, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt dejected.

Huo Yuhao endured days of punishing tribulation training before Di Tian brought him a ninety-three-thousand-year-old Void Nether Beast and a hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone to prepare him for his fourth Soul Ring. After eight hours of agonizing absorption in the Lake of Life, a dark silver hand emerged, its power visibly crumpling space.

• Huo Yuhao continued absorbing the Lake of Life's energy while Di Tian repeatedly used him as a lightning rod, strengthening his body and purifying his Soul Power.
• Di Tian brought Huo Yuhao a ninety-three-thousand-year-old Void Nether Beast and said its pure Mental Attribute would suit his fourth Soul Ring.
• Di Tian revealed a right palm External Soul Bone from a twelve-hundred-thousand-year-old Void Mantis and said it would help Huo Yuhao withstand the Void Nether Beast.
• Di Tian sent Huo Yuhao into the Lake of Life and ordered him to absorb the Soul Bone while he watched.
• Huo Yuhao endured eight hours of being torn apart and healed by the lake's energy as he merged with the bone, until a dark silver hand burst from the water and visibly warped space.

Huo Yuhao absorbed a hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone and a ninety-three-thousand-year Soul Ring, gaining Void Slash, Void Mark, and the Void Domain. After reaching Soul Ancestor, Di Tian immediately ordered him to summon Heaven’s Punishment again, while Shrek Academy’s leaders began to realize something was wrong.

• Di Tian pulled Huo Yuhao from the Lake of Life, and Huo Yuhao discovered that his new Void Touch Soul Bone granted Void Slash and Void Mark.
• Huo Yuhao used Void Slash to kill the struggling Void Nether Beast and absorbed its Soul Ring with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s help against its Spiritual Shock.
• Huo Yuhao reached Soul Ancestor and gained the Void Domain, which enhanced his spiritual recovery and absorbed spiritual attacks for later release.
• Di Tian ordered Huo Yuhao to summon Heaven’s Punishment again, and Huo Yuhao prepared to use the Ghost Killing Art.
• At Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe and the others realized something was wrong.

Sea God Pavilion debated Huo Yuhao’s disappearance after he failed to return to Shrek Academy, and Mu En ordered a continent-wide search. Wang Dong remained worried that the search might not reach wherever Yuhao had gone.

• Yan Shaozhe questioned Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao, who said Huo Yuhao had not told them where he was going.
• Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, Lin Huiqun, and Yan Shaozhe argued over whether Evil Soul Masters or a Soul Beast might have taken Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi blamed himself for not secretly following Huo Yuhao, but Mu En told him to stay and protect Shrek.
• Mu En ordered the Shrek Inspectorate’s agents, merchant guilds, and underground black markets across the continent to search for Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong stayed behind and silently urged her Big Uncle and Second Uncle to answer the letter she had sent.

At Clear Sky Castle, Niu Tian and Tai Tan learned that Huo Yuhao had vanished and was in the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region, beside the Lake of Life. Niu Tian ordered them to go alone, as Di Tian was watching over him.

• Tai Tan raged after Wang Dong’s urgent letter arrived, but Niu Tian explained that she had asked them to find Huo Yuhao, who had overstayed his training trip.
• Tai Tan offered to search for Huo Yuhao, but Niu Tian warned that Shrek’s failure to locate him suggested something serious was happening.
• Niu Tian entered Clear Sky Castle’s innermost chamber to consult that person, then returned two hours later with news that Huo Yuhao was in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Niu Tian told Tai Tan that Huo Yuhao was beside the Lake of Life in the core region and that Di Tian was watching over him.
• Niu Tian told Tai Tan to bring no one else from the sect and prepare to visit an old friend.

Huo Yuhao secretly enjoyed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s visits to the Lake of Life, but his curiosity about her underside earned him a merciless beating. Elsewhere, Bi Ji visited Di Tian and asked about Huo Yuhao.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sneaked to the Lake of Life and demanded that Huo Yuhao pet her.
• Huo Yuhao flipped the Three-Eyed Golden Lion over to examine her underside, and she caught him staring.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion grew furious, beat Huo Yuhao, and left him in a muddy pit.
• Bi Ji visited Di Tian and asked about the human.

Di Tian explained to Bi Ji that Heavenly Punishment was a Divine Realm law suppressing Soul Beasts, and that breaking it required a human God King or the Dragon God’s level of power. Bi Ji proposed raising Huo Yuhao to become their ally, but Di Tian rejected the idea, leaving the Soul Beast Clan’s future uncertain.

• Bi Ji asked Di Tian about Heavenly Punishment and worried that Huo Yuhao might harm the Auspicious Beast, but Di Tian said the Auspicious Beast could do as she pleased.
• Di Tian revealed that Heavenly Punishment was a Divine Realm law that rejected Soul Beasts and said it could only be broken by a human God King or by their Lord reaching the Dragon God’s level.
• Di Tian explained that neither solution was realistically available because human God Kings would not help them and their Lord could not reclaim the Dragon God’s other half from the Divine Realm.
• Bi Ji suggested that the Soul Beasts support Huo Yuhao until he became a god and could help them, but Di Tian doubted he could reach God King level.
• Di Tian reminded Bi Ji that they had tormented Huo Yuhao as bait for Heavenly Punishment, so he would likely seek revenge rather than help them; the two were left without an answer for the Soul Beast Clan’s future.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan confronted Di Tian outside the Star Dou Great Forest to demand Huo Yuhao's release, and Niu Tian warned that keeping him could expose the Lord's presence to the Divine Realm. Di Tian finally ordered them to take Huo Yuhao and leave, while banishing them from the forest.

• Niu Tian stopped Tai Tan from entering the Star Dou Great Forest and sent a Soft Bone Rabbit inside to summon someone.
• The Scarlet King emerged, and Niu Tian demanded to speak with Di Tian after revealing that he knew Huo Yuhao was in the core zone.
• Di Tian appeared and refused to let Niu Tian and Tai Tan take Huo Yuhao, despite Niu Tian's warning that the Divine Realm had its eye on him.
• Niu Tian threatened to reveal the Lord's presence beneath the core zone if Di Tian refused to cooperate.
• Di Tian weighed the danger to the Soul Beast Clan and ordered Niu Tian and Tai Tan to take Huo Yuhao away and never return.

Bi Ji told Huo Yuhao that he could leave the Star Dou Great Forest and escorted him to its outskirts, where Niu Tian and Titan were waiting. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion acted reluctant to see him go, while Huo Yuhao apologized to the two visitors for causing trouble.

• Bi Ji told Huo Yuhao he could leave and led him away from the Lake of Life.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pretended not to care as Huo Yuhao said goodbye, then hid nearby to watch him go.
• Bi Ji escorted Huo Yuhao through the forest and wondered how he had endured Di Tian's ordeals and won the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's favor.
• Huo Yuhao reached the forest boundary and greeted Niu Tian and Titan with an apology.
• Niu Tian checked that Huo Yuhao was unharmed, and both men thanked Bi Ji for bringing him out.

Bi Ji released Huo Yuhao after Niu Tian and Titan intervened, and Di Tian honored his earlier promise not to attack him. As Niu Tian carried Huo Yuhao toward Shrek City, he warned him about Di Tian and told him to reassure Wang Dong, while Huo Yuhao asked the two seniors to help conceal the truth about his recent experiences.

• Niu Tian promised Bi Ji that he and Titan would leave the Star Dou Great Forest with Huo Yuhao and would not provoke trouble there.
• Di Tian told Bi Ji he was honoring his promise not to attack Huo Yuhao, then ordered her to oversee matters while he entered seclusion to study the Heavenly Punishment laws.
• Niu Tian warned Huo Yuhao that Di Tian could easily overpower him and that he should be more careful in the future.
• Niu Tian told Huo Yuhao that Wang Dong had sought help after worrying about his disappearance and urged him not to break her heart.
• Huo Yuhao asked Niu Tian and Titan to cooperate with him in explaining his recent experiences so he would not involve the academy, and Niu Tian agreed.

After Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy, Wang Dong rushed into his arms while Ma Xiaotao struggled to hide her anger and relief. With the reunion over and the awkwardness with Wang Dong’s uncles eased, Mu En asked Huo Yuhao to recount what had happened during his absence, and Huo Yuhao prepared to explain his fourth soul ring.

• An Inner Academy disciple told Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong that Huo Yuhao had returned, and Wang Dong flew straight to Sea God Pavilion.
• Wang Dong burst into the hall and clung to Huo Yuhao, while Ma Xiaotao arrived and silently resolved to punish him for making her worry.
• Niu Tian and Titan watched resentfully as Wang Dong embraced Huo Yuhao before greeting her uncles and trying to placate them.
• Mu En thanked Niu Tian and Titan for rescuing Huo Yuhao, then asked Huo Yuhao to describe his experiences over the past month.
• Huo Yuhao began his account by referring to the last time Niu Tian and Titan had visited the academy.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek and gave the Sea God Pavilion a partly fabricated account of how he gained his second martial soul. After recovering from Ma Xiaotao's three-day welcome, he encountered Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu, who confronted him over Dai Huabin's disappearance.

• Huo Yuhao claimed Niu Tian had helped him awaken a dormant second martial soul in the Far North, and Niu Tian backed up his story before Mu En sent him to rest.
• Three days later, Huo Yuhao left Ma Xiaotao's chamber refreshed and headed for the Inner Academy cafeteria.
• Huo Yuhao found Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu waiting beneath a tree, and realized they had come to ask about Dai Huabin.
• Dai Yueheng recalled that he had learned Dai Huabin was missing after the crippled younger brother failed to return home, and he suspected Huo Yuhao was responsible.
• Dai Yueheng had no evidence but felt compelled by Dai Hao and Zhu Lu to confront Huo Yuhao, despite knowing the academy's elders valued him.

Dai Yueheng confronted Huo Yuhao over Dai Huabin’s death and challenged him to a life-and-death duel, which Huo Yuhao accepted. Yan Shaozhe arrived at the Soul Fighting Zone and was furious that Dai Yueheng had brought the White Tiger Duke Mansion’s grudge into Shrek.

• Dai Yueheng accused Huo Yuhao of killing Dai Huabin and insisted that White Tiger blood made his death unacceptable.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Yueheng to kill him, and Dai Yueheng agreed to duel under a life-and-death contract.
• Dai Yueheng and Huo Yuhao went to the Soul Fighting Zone, where Dai Yueheng demanded that Shrek’s teachers not interfere or favor Huo Yuhao.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived at the arena, saw the signed contract, and angrily confronted the two men.

Huo Yuhao faced Dai Yueheng in a no-referee duel and revealed the power of his Ultimate Ice martial soul. He wounded Dai Yueheng and pushed the six-ring Soul Emperor onto the defensive, leaving him to realize Huo Yuhao truly intended to kill him.

• Yan Shaozhe questioned whether Huo Yuhao should fight Dai Yueheng, but Xian Lin'er ordered him to let the duel proceed.
• Dai Yueheng summoned six soul rings and attacked Huo Yuhao, who revealed that he had reached the four-ring Soul Ancestor realm.
• Huo Yuhao used his Simulation soul skill to trick Dai Yueheng into striking an illusion, then switched to the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Ultimate Ice and used Void Slash to cut through Dai Yueheng's defenses and wound him deeply.
• Dai Yueheng recognized the domineering chill as Ultimate Ice and realized Huo Yuhao meant to kill him.