Chapter Summaries

After months of cultivation, Huo Yuhao learned Mu En’s Sovereign’s Descent and refined his combat skills before arranging to join a student exchange in the Sun Moon Empire. More than a year later, he demonstrated his strength by easily defeating Ma Xiaotao in the arena, while nearing Soul Emperor rank.

• Huo Yuhao emerged from three months of seclusion with Soul Douluo-level spiritual power and two additional Soul Power ranks, while Mu En recovered after integrating the Gold of Life.
• Mu En taught Huo Yuhao Sovereign’s Descent and explained Soul Cores, after which Huo Yuhao spent four months refining both the technique and the Slaughter Path into his ordinary attacks.
• Jing Hongchen’s representative proposed a student exchange, and Huo Yuhao persuaded Yan Shaozhe to let him go to the Sun Moon Empire to seek answers.
• Huo Yuhao balanced cultivation with daily life and dual cultivation with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luocheng, and Wang Dong, with Wang Dong providing the greatest efficiency.
• More than a year later, Huo Yuhao defeated Ma Xiaotao’s attack with a single punch, revealing that his Soul Power had reached level fifty-nine.

Huo Yuhao discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s demands for its exchange students with Mu En and Yan Shaozhe, proposing that Shrek accept them in return for access to Illustrious Virtue Hall. He left Mu En convinced that Shrek could turn the exchange into a greater gain.

• Huo Yuhao explained that his hundred-thousand-year soul ring gave him Mental Frenzy and Holy Dispel, then defeated Ma Xiaotao in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Yan Shaozhe summoned Huo Yuhao to meet Mu En after the Sun Moon Empire’s exchange student list arrived with demands to visit Sea God Pavilion and Shrek’s core cultivation facilities.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Shrek could let the exchange students inspect the outskirts of Sea God Pavilion without revealing its true foundations.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that Shrek demand reciprocal access to Illustrious Virtue Hall, especially for himself.
• Huo Yuhao assured Mu En and Yan Shaozhe that Jing Hongchen would pay far more than the Sun Moon Empire gained.

Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy with an exchange team bound for the Sun Moon Empire, bidding farewell to Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luocheng, and Wang Dong. At the border, Yan Shaozhe warned Jing Hongchen that Mu En would demand answers if Shrek’s students were mistreated.

• Ma Xiaotao embraced Huo Yuhao and warned him not to get involved with women from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ling Luocheng gave Huo Yuhao a calming sachet, and Wang Dong hugged him and promised him a surprise when he returned.
• Yan Shaozhe led Huo Yuhao and nine Soul Guidance Department students west aboard a flying Soul Tool toward Maple Leaf City.
• Yan Shaozhe privately warned Huo Yuhao that Jing Hongchen might target him and told him to contact Shrek if he faced trouble.
• At Maple Leaf City, Yan Shaozhe confronted Jing Hongchen and warned that Mu En would visit Illustrious Virtue Hall and the Sun Moon imperial family if their students were mistreated.

Huo Yuhao arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in Mingdu, where his extraordinary abilities overwhelmed the physical testing equipment and he was assigned to Xuan Ziwen’s Third Laboratory. The next day, he met Ju Zi there.

• Jing Hongchen softened his attitude after Yan Shaozhe invoked Mu En, and the two sides completed the student exchange.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao ignored him as he joined the Sun Moon Empire’s group.
• During the journey to Mingdu, Huo Yuhao sensed that God King Tang’s jade pendant was pointing toward the Valley of Love Inquiry and planned to wait for the right moment to act.
• Huo Yuhao exceeded the limits of several testing Soul Tools, so the academy teachers ended his physical examination and assigned him to Xuan Ziwen’s Third Laboratory.
• Huo Yuhao examined the Soul Tools in the Third Laboratory, then Ju Zi arrived and entered the room.

Huo Yuhao visited the laboratory, where the half-asleep Ju Zi mistook him for a thief and attacked him with oranges before fleeing in panic. Ke Ke recognized Huo Yuhao as the exchange student, but Ju Zi still had not realized who he was.

• Ju Zi mistook Huo Yuhao for her teacher, then spotted him and shouted that he was a thief.
• Ju Zi hurled Soul Power oranges at Huo Yuhao, who calmly crushed one with Ultimate Ice and ate it.
• Ju Zi misread Huo Yuhao's actions as a threat and ran for the laboratory door.
• Ke Ke entered in response to Ju Zi's scream, and Ju Zi crashed into her, knocking them both to the floor.
• Ke Ke recognized Huo Yuhao, then told Ju Zi that he was the exchange student their teacher had chosen.

Huo Yuhao met his seniors Ju Zi and Ke Ke at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy before joining Shrek’s exchange students at Illustrious Virtue Hall. Jing Hongchen stopped him at the entrance and offered to take him inside himself.

• Ju Zi and Ke Ke introduced themselves to Huo Yuhao after Ju Zi mistakenly thought he was an intruder.
• Huo Yuhao left the Third Laboratory, and Ke Ke admitted she had been frightened by his reputation and strength.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke chatted and joked together while deciding to leave the laboratory cleanup to their teacher.
• That afternoon, Huo Yuhao waited with the other Shrek exchange students to enter Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Jing Hongchen approached Huo Yuhao and offered to take him inside.

Jing Hongchen brought Huo Yuhao into Illustrious Virtue Hall and challenged him to prove he deserved to remain there by making a Soul Tool. Huo Yuhao accepted the assessment, unaware of its exact requirements as the chapter ended.

• Jing Hongchen questioned Huo Yuhao about the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and whether Soul Tools would replace soul masters, and Huo Yuhao said technology would take time to develop.
• Jing Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao's insight and said Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen would likely struggle to surpass him.
• Jing Hongchen led Huo Yuhao through Illustrious Virtue Hall and asked a supervisor to find him an empty workbench for an assessment.
• Jing Hongchen explained that entry qualifications did not guarantee a permanent place and said Huo Yuhao would have to prove his ability by making a Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao asked what requirements applied to the Soul Tool, while Jing Hongchen prepared to personally oversee the challenging test.

Huo Yuhao proved he could create a Class 4 Soul Tool and earned permission to enter and leave Illustrious Virtue Hall freely. After half a year of quiet cultivation and secretly preparing his route to the Valley of Love Inquiry, he sensed the Body Sect arriving beneath the hall.

• Huo Yuhao copied and assembled a Class 4 Soul Tool, convincing Jing Hongchen to give him an identification token and unrestricted access to Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Jing Hongchen considered killing Huo Yuhao but decided against it because Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were still at Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao spent half a year cultivating quietly, reached Rank 67, and grew closer to Ju Zi and Ke Ke during trips into the nearby mountains.
• Huo Yuhao located the Valley of Love Inquiry, mapped a route from Mingdu, and repeatedly reset a Void Mark near the valley.
• Huo Yuhao sensed an unusual vibration from deep beneath Illustrious Virtue Hall and realized the Body Sect had arrived.

The Body Sect attacked Illustrious Virtue Hall, and Huo Yuhao used the chaos to pursue the Snow Empress Embryo through the attackers’ tunnel. He killed the Soul Douluo carrying it in a single encounter, leaving the God Sealing Platform within reach.

• Du Busi and the Body Sect stormed Illustrious Virtue Hall, while Jing Hongchen fought to defend it.
• Huo Yuhao concealed himself with his simulation soul skill and entered the tunnel the Body Sect had dug beneath the hall.
• Huo Yuhao tracked down a Body Sect Soul Douluo carrying the God Sealing Platform containing the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Frenzy and Soul Shock to incapacitate the Soul Douluo, then killed him with a punch.

Huo Yuhao’s attempt to steal the Snow Empress Embryo was interrupted when the battle between Du Busi and Jing Hongchen cracked its God Sealing Platform and awakened the unstable Snow Empress. As the two leaders closed in, Huo Yuhao had the Ice Empress calm her and created two illusions to draw the pursuers away.

• Huo Yuhao picked up the Snow Empress Embryo, but the clash between Du Busi and Jing Hongchen blasted into the tunnel and cracked its God Sealing Platform.
• The Snow Empress’s extreme-cold aura leaked out, alerting Du Busi and Jing Hongchen to the embryo’s presence and sending them toward the tunnel.
• As the awakened Snow Empress prepared to self-destruct, Huo Yuhao called on the Ice Empress to calm her and persuade her to withdraw her aura.
• Du Busi and Jing Hongchen resumed their fight, demolishing the ground above the tunnel as they tried to reach the embryo.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to create convincing illusions of a Body Sect powerhouse and an Illustrious Virtue Hall elder, then sent them toward Du Busi and Jing Hongchen.

Huo Yuhao tricked Du Busi and Jing Hongchen with false self-destructing illusions, then escaped with the Snow Empress Embryo after the two men discovered him. He reappeared ten kilometers away, but the damaged God Sealing Platform and lingering aura meant his pursuers could still track him.

• Two illusions pretended to prepare to self-destruct, frightening Du Busi and Jing Hongchen into retreat before vanishing and revealing the trick.
• Du Busi and Jing Hongchen blasted open the tunnel and found Huo Yuhao holding the God Sealing Platform.
• The Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that the Snow Empress had agreed to cooperate, and the embryo's violent aura subsided.
• Huo Yuhao taunted Jing Hongchen, then used the Void Mark to teleport away with the Snow Empress Embryo as both men attacked.
• Huo Yuhao emerged ten kilometers away, exhausted, and realized the cracked God Sealing Platform and the Snow Empress's lingering aura could lead his pursuers to him.

Du Busi escaped the collapsing Illustrious Virtue Hall and caught up with Huo Yuhao outside Mingdu, intent on taking both him and the Snow Empress Embryo. Huo Yuhao faced Du Busi alone as his remaining time under Mental Frenzy dwindled.

• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to retreat after the embryo vanished, while Jing Hongchen failed to stop them and Illustrious Virtue Hall collapsed.
• Jing Hongchen ordered his surviving Soul Engineers to search all of Mingdu for the attackers.
• Huo Yuhao raced toward the Valley of Love Inquiry while Snow Empress learned from Ice Empress how she had come to rely on him.
• Snow Empress warned Huo Yuhao of an attack, and he dodged Du Busi's strike as the Body Sect master caught up with him.
• Du Busi activated his ninth soul skill to lock onto Huo Yuhao, who had only two minutes of Mental Frenzy remaining.

Huo Yuhao escaped Du Busi’s grasp and Jing Hongchen’s bombardment, then fled toward the Valley of Love Inquiry with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo. Jing Hongchen pursued him while his Soul Engineers pinned down Du Busi, and the Body Sect elders arrived to support their patriarch.

• The Snow Empress broke Du Busi’s Soul Skill restraint and shielded Huo Yuhao with Ultimate Ice, allowing him to retreat.
• Jing Hongchen and his surviving Soul Engineers attacked Du Busi and Huo Yuhao with heavy Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao used Holy Dispel to remove the Soul Tool lock on himself and redirected it onto Du Busi.
• Huo Yuhao escaped through the bombardment and ran toward the Valley of Love Inquiry as Jing Hongchen redirected his forces to pursue him.
• The Body Sect elders arrived while Du Busi remained pinned down by Jing Hongchen’s cannon fire.

Huo Yuhao exhausted his strength while fleeing Du Busi and Jing Hongchen, leaving him cornered with the God Sealing Platform. At the Valley of Love Inquiry, he shattered a jade pendant marked with “Tang,” unleashing divine power that pinned his pursuers and transported all three away.

• Du Busi intercepted Jing Hongchen’s attack on Huo Yuhao, and the two men pursued him while Huo Yuhao used Simulation to evade them.
• Ghost Demon Venerable offered to take control of Huo Yuhao’s body, but Huo Yuhao refused and insisted he would handle the danger himself.
• When Mental Frenzy’s effects wore off, Huo Yuhao collapsed while protecting the God Sealing Platform, and Du Busi and Jing Hongchen cornered him.
• Snow Empress proposed self-destruction as a last resort, while Huo Yuhao noticed the lake behind him and realized they had reached the Valley of Love Inquiry.
• Huo Yuhao raised and shattered the jade pendant marked with “Tang,” releasing divine power that immobilized Du Busi and Jing Hongchen and made all three vanish.

Huo Yuhao awoke in the Valley of Love Inquiry and discovered that Tang San had brought him there to confront the Demon Soul in his Sea of Consciousness. Tang San forcibly pulled Ghost Demon Venerable out, and their battle began as Huo Yuhao watched, hoping it would determine whether he could escape being controlled by others.

• Huo Yuhao awoke in a misty valley, where Du Busi and Jing Hongchen had disappeared.
• Tang San descended and praised Huo Yuhao for luring the Demon Soul to the valley.
• Huo Yuhao told Ghost Demon Venerable to die, and Ghost Demon Venerable realized Tang San intended to eliminate him.
• Tang San used golden divine chains to drag Ghost Demon Venerable from Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, while the world's will protected Huo Yuhao from the clash.
• Tang San attacked with the Sea God Trident and Asura Demon Sword, and Ghost Demon Venerable countered with a giant ghostly claw.
• Huo Yuhao endured the pain and watched their battle, knowing its outcome could decide his future.

Huo Yuhao used Tang San’s battle with Ghost Demon Venerable to gain Snow Empress’s sacrifice, two God-given soul rings, and a Soul Core, then finally escaped the remnant soul’s control. As Tang San returned to the God Realm, he secretly preserved a trace of Ghost Demon Venerable, hoping to use it to prove his worth as a God King.

• Tang San bound Ghost Demon Venerable with Unfixed Storm and struck him down with the Asura Demon Sword while Huo Yuhao prepared to seize an opportunity.
• Huo Yuhao persuaded Snow Empress to sacrifice herself, and Tang San unknowingly accelerated the fusion by lending him divine power.
• Huo Yuhao gained two one-hundred-thousand-year God-given soul rings, reached Soul Sage, and condensed a Soul Core, raising his cultivation to peak level seventy-nine.
• Tang San destroyed Ghost Demon Venerable and sent Huo Yuhao and the others back from the Valley of Love Inquiry.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed the parasitic remnant soul was gone and rejoiced in his freedom.
• Tang San found a faint trace of demonic intent, secretly stored it, and entered the passage to the God Realm.

After Ghost Demon Venerable was erased, Huo Yuhao told his soul beasts that the supposed master had intended to use him as a resurrection vessel, and he could pursue godhood without him. Newly empowered, Huo Yuhao left the battlefield for Shrek before turning toward revenge on Dai Hao.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to save Ghost Demon Venerable, but Huo Yuhao said he could become a god without a master.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Ghost Demon Venerable had planned to take over his body, and Snow Empress recognized that Huo Yuhao had acted to survive.
• Huo Yuhao assessed his greatly increased Soul Power and spiritual power, which had raised his strength to the ranks of a Title Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao saw that Du Busi and Jing Hongchen's auras had vanished and decided not to return to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao planned to visit Shrek before killing Dai Hao, so his revenge would not draw Shrek Academy into the turmoil.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to disguise himself and left the battlefield for the mountain forest.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy to ask Mu En to end their teacher-disciple relationship so his revenge would not implicate Shrek. After Mu En let him go, Yan Shaozhe blocked his way and demanded that Huo Yuhao defeat him before leaving.

• Mu En sensed Huo Yuhao's Soul Core and was astonished that he had gained Title Douluo-level pressure while remaining a Soul Sage.
• Huo Yuhao told Mu En he had returned to say goodbye and asked to be expelled from his tutelage and removed from Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his revenge would bring turmoil and could implicate Mu En and Shrek, and Mu En agreed to let him leave.
• Huo Yuhao left the Sea God Pavilion without visiting Ma Xiaotao and the others, focused on revenge.
• Yan Shaozhe blocked Huo Yuhao on Sea God Island and ordered him to defeat him before leaving Shrek.