Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao met Xu Jiujiu in her private lounge, where she teased and kissed him before revealing her interest in him. The auction had not yet begun, and Xu Jiujiu invited him to do anything he wanted to her.

• Wang Dong'er worried that Xu Jiujiu was pushing Huo Yuhao around, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng reassured her.
• Qing Ya led Huo Yuhao to Xu Jiujiu’s private lounge and eagerly hoped their meeting would benefit the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jiujiu flirted with Huo Yuhao and kissed him after he tried to leave.
• Huo Yuhao accidentally touched Xu Jiujiu beneath her nightgown, and she guided his hand back while he praised her.
• Xu Jiujiu curled into Huo Yuhao’s arms and invited him to do anything he wanted before the auction began.

Huo Yuhao learned that Xu Jiujiu wanted to bind him to Star Luo both for political advantage and because she had feelings for him, while the Starlight Auction began without him in the other VIP room. The auction’s finale was revealed to be a pair of synthesized Nether Ghost Tiger leg bones, and Huo Yuhao recognized the costly technique behind their transformation.

• Xu Jiujiu told Huo Yuhao that she wanted him as Star Luo’s prince consort for political reasons and admitted that she also regarded him as a potential boyfriend.
• Wang Dong’er, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xiao Xiao, Cui Yajie, and Jiang Nannan worried about Xu Jiujiu’s encounter with Huo Yuhao as the auction began.
• Auctioneer Wan’er opened the Starlight Auction and presented an eighth-grade Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade as the first item.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Huo Yuhao to bid on auction items, but he declined while Zhang Lexuan spent heavily on behalf of Shrek Academy.
• Auctioneer Wan’er presented a pair of thirty- to forty-thousand-year-old Nether Ghost Tiger leg bones and hinted that their unusual value came from an experiment.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that the bones had undergone Soul Bone Synthesis, a dangerous process that could destroy every bone involved.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu discussed the Star Luo Imperial Family’s efforts to win him over as the auction revealed synthesized Soul Bones ideally suited to Zhu Lu. As the bidding approached, Ning Tian offered to buy them for Zhu Lu, who refused, while Huo Yuhao’s intentions remained unstated.

• Xu Jiujiu offered Huo Yuhao the Star Luo Imperial Family’s treasury as her dowry if he agreed to become her prince consort, and Huo Yuhao teased her about it.
• Auctioneer Wan'er explained that the synthesized Nether Ghost Tiger Soul Bones carried the Void skill and were especially suited to darkness- or nether-attributed Soul Masters like Zhu Lu.
• Huo Yuhao suspected that Xu Jiawei had deliberately arranged the Soul Bones to appeal to Zhu Lu, and Xu Jiujiu confirmed that her brother used multiple plans to win him over.
• Xu Jiujiu mistook Huo Yuhao’s Nine Treasures Glazed Sect gold card for a gift from Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao explained that he had earned its credit himself.
• Zhang Lexuan recognized the Soul Bones’ value and suspected the Star Luo Imperial Family had put them up for auction with a purpose.
• Ning Tian offered to bid on the Soul Bones for Zhu Lu, but Zhu Lu refused because she felt she could not repay Huo Yuhao’s earlier kindness.

Zhang Lexuan stopped Ning Tian from bidding on the Nether Ghost Tiger Soul Bones, while Huo Yuhao won them for thirty-two million Gold Soul Coins. The Body Sect chose not to interfere with the auction, and Xu Jiujiu teased Huo Yuhao after the sale.

• Cui Yajie teased Zhu Lu about having kittens with Huo Yuhao, and Zhang Lexuan told the group that Huo Yuhao would bid for the Soul Bones.
• The bidding for the Nether Ghost Tiger Left and Right Leg Bones climbed to thirty-two million Gold Soul Coins as Wei Na declined to bid further.
• Yu Tao and Lang Ya offered to seize the Soul Bones by force, but Wei Na and Du Busi insisted that the Body Sect avoid trouble and focus on Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao won the Soul Bones, and Xu Jiujiu celebrated her auction commission before pulling him into her arms and calling him her little brother.

At the Starlight Auction’s final lot, Huo Yuhao felt a strange resonance with a stone linked to an ancient True Dragon, and the silver dragon scale on his chest began to glow. Gu Yuena arrived through a spatial rift, reclaimed him from Xu Jiujiu, and left Xu Jiujiu alarmed by her immense, inhuman power.

• Xu Jiujiu teased Huo Yuhao after their intimacy, while the auction resumed and Wan'er introduced a rare item connected to a True Dragon.
• Huo Yuhao felt sorrowful resonance when Wan'er revealed the cracked Stone Curved Blade, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo activated it with dragon-blooded Soul Beast blood.
• The Stone Curved Blade released a devastating dragon aura that forced Heavenly Fiend Douluo back despite his defensive barrier.
• Xu Jiujiu noticed Huo Yuhao’s silver dragon scale glowing, and Gu Yuena emerged from a spatial rift and pulled him away from her.
• Gu Yuena questioned Huo Yuhao about his scent, and he reassured her that he had missed her; Xu Jiujiu learned that Gu Yuena possessed power comparable to a Limit Douluo and an aura that was not human.

At the Starlight Auction, Gu Yuena revealed the Dragon Slaying Blade’s origins and explained its relevance to Huo Yuhao, while Xu Jiujiu grew increasingly certain Gu Yuena was the Lord of Soul Beasts. The final auction was about to begin, and Xiao Hongchen resolved to acquire the blade for the Hongchen Family despite Elder Ma’s concerns.

• Gu Yuena identified the Dragon Slaying Blade and told Huo Yuhao that they would discuss her earlier promise after returning.
• Xu Jiujiu offered to give Huo Yuhao the blade and asked Gu Yuena why she knew its name and history.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Dragon God forged the blade from his own horn and that the Light Dragon King used it to judge guilty dragons, including some who possessed Godhood.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao that the blade could temper itself against his Golden Dragon Spear, while its resentment from fallen Dragon Souls would harm rather than benefit her.
• Auctioneer Wan'er announced the final auction’s starting price as ten Class 8 Soul Tools made by Mingde Hall or a heavenly treasure at least thirty thousand years old.
• Xiao Hongchen urged Elder Ma to acquire the blade, then said the Hongchen Family would buy it if Mingde Hall could not; Meng Hongchen kept quiet about his motive.

The Dragon Slaying Blade’s auction drew no bids until Xiao Hongchen offered a Ninth-Level Soul Tool and ten Level 8 Soul Tools, but Huo Yuhao outbid him with a ninety-thousand-year-old natural treasure. The Body Sect resolved to find the bidder and obtain the treasure to strengthen Long Aotian’s prospects of inheriting the Seed of Inheritance.

• After ten minutes of deliberation, the auction began with no bids for the Dragon Slaying Blade until Xiao Hongchen offered eleven Level 8 Soul Tools and another guest countered with a fifty-thousand-year-old natural treasure.
• Xiao Hongchen bid a Ninth-Level Soul Tool and ten Level 8 Soul Tools, alarming Elder Ma, who warned that imperial law forbade Ninth-Level Soul Tools from passing to the other three countries.
• Huo Yuhao entered a bid of a ninety-thousand-year-old natural treasure, silencing the auction house and ending Xiao Hongchen’s hopes of winning the Dragon Slaying Blade.
• Xiao Hongchen abandoned his bid for the blade and became eager to ask the winning bidder about exchanging for a high-aged medicinal herb, while Elder Ma was relieved the Ninth-Level Soul Tool had not changed hands.
• Lang Ya ordered a Black Level auctioneer to identify the bidder, and Yu Tao said the treasure might allow the Body Sect to use the Innate or Acquired Secret Technique to improve Long Aotian’s inheritance prospects.
• Du Busi decided to find the bidder and seize the treasure if its properties suited the Acquired Secret Technique, so Long Aotian could qualify to inherit the Seed of Inheritance.

Huo Yuhao gave Xu Jiujiu a Star Luo Spirit Pearl at the auction, while Gu Yuena asserted her claim on him before returning to the Star Dou Great Forest. After Gu Yuena left, Xu Jiujiu drew Huo Yuhao into her bedroom, and the two returned to the Star Emperor Hotel late that night.

• Xu Jiawei ordered all information about Huo Yuhao and his auction win kept secret, leaving the probing factions without answers.
• Huo Yuhao presented Xu Jiujiu with the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, which was exceptionally compatible with her Star Crown Martial Soul and could help her form a Soul Core.
• Gu Yuena kissed Huo Yuhao possessively, told him she would return with the Auspicious Beasts, and warned him that Di Tian knew about him.
• After Gu Yuena departed through a spatial rift, Xu Jiujiu teased Huo Yuhao and pulled him into her dark bedroom to help her change.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu left the auction house through a secret passage and returned to the Star Emperor Hotel late at night.

Huo Yuhao repelled Lang Ya’s mental attack and met Du Busi, the Body Sect’s sect master, at the Star Emperor Hotel. He agreed to speak with Du Busi about his martial soul, while Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na remained together in the lounge and Wei Na decided Huo Yuhao was destined to be her future husband.

• Xu Jiujiu shielded Huo Yuhao when Lang Ya and Yu Tao confronted them in the hotel lobby.
• Huo Yuhao struck back with his spiritual power, leaving Lang Ya badly hurt.
• Star Cloud Douluo Manyi confronted the two men, but Du Busi arrived and overpowered her pressure with his own aura.
• Du Busi introduced himself as the Body Sect’s sect master and invited Huo Yuhao to discuss his martial soul, and Huo Yuhao accepted.
• Xu Jiujiu offered to accompany Huo Yuhao, but Wei Na persuaded her to join her in the lounge instead.
• Wei Na privately decided that Huo Yuhao was her destined future husband and expected to pursue him at the Body Sect.

Wei Na helped Du Busi speak with Huo Yuhao, but Xian Lin'er intervened when Du Busi tried to take him by force. Huo Yuhao revealed his Silver-Grade Secondary Awakening, leaving Du Busi astonished by how early he had achieved it.

• Wei Na stopped Xu Jiujiu and encouraged Du Busi to ask Huo Yuhao for a private conversation.
• Du Busi told Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect could awaken his Body Martial Soul, while Huo Yuhao considered the sect's secrets already familiar to him.
• Xian Lin'er joined Huo Yuhao, defended him against Du Busi's recruitment pitch, and challenged the Body Sect's rejection of Soul Tools.
• Du Busi unleashed his aura and threatened to take Huo Yuhao, so Xian Lin'er raised a shield and Huo Yuhao stopped her from escalating the confrontation.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi he would not accept being bound by the Body Sect and revealed a Silver-Grade Secondary Awakening, shocking Du Busi.

Huo Yuhao offered Du Busi a partnership, proposing that the Body Sect use its expertise to develop a cultivation technique that could help ordinary people generate Soul Power. Du Busi left to consider the deal, while Wei Na stayed behind, prompting Xian Lin'er to question Huo Yuhao about her interest in him.

• Huo Yuhao revealed his Silver Grade second awakening and proposed that the Body Sect cooperate with the Spirit Pagoda to find candidates with Body Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to show Du Busi a complete cultivation technique and asked the Body Sect to refine it and make it easier to practice.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the technique could let people with zero innate Soul Power cultivate, and Du Busi wondered whether he sought to become a Deity through faith.
• Du Busi departed with two disciples to discuss the Body Sect's future, while Wei Na stayed to watch the Soul Master Tournament and visit Xu Jiujiu.
• Xian Lin'er questioned Huo Yuhao about Wei Na's unusual interest in him, and he said he wanted her to bring her teacher to the Spirit Pagoda for exchanges.

Xian Lin'er asked Huo Yuhao to cultivate with her, believing his Golden Dragon form could help her Azure Flame Dragon martial soul advance. Their first Soul Power fusion overwhelmed her with an unprecedented sensation, but she insisted they continue.

• Xian Lin'er explained that her martial soul seemed connected to the Golden Dragon bloodline and asked Huo Yuhao to cultivate with her in her room.
• Xian Lin'er brought Huo Yuhao to her room, where he waited while she bathed and then changed into a pink bathrobe.
• Xian Lin'er revealed that she had washed Huo Yuhao's clothes, prompting him to worry about disrupting the laundry schedule shared by his companions.
• Xian Lin'er and Huo Yuhao sat facing each other and began fusing their Soul Power by pressing their palms together.
• The fusion caused Xian Lin'er's martial soul to undergo an intense sublimation, but she refused to stop and offered her hands to Huo Yuhao again.

Xian Lin'er attempted to absorb Huo Yuhao's bloodline power but collapsed from its overwhelming heat, prompting Gu Yuena to suggest another way to help her grow stronger. Xian Lin'er persuaded Huo Yuhao to stay with her, and they fell onto the bed as she began explaining why her figure looked different unclothed.

• Xian Lin'er fused her Soul Power with Huo Yuhao's bloodline, became overwhelmed by the heat, and collapsed into his arms.
• Gu Yuena explained that Xian Lin'er could not withstand direct bloodline fusion and suggested absorbing what left Huo Yuhao's body instead.
• Huo Yuhao hesitated because Xian Lin'er was his teacher, but Xian Lin'er insisted she trusted him and urged him not to suppress himself.
• Xian Lin'er called Huo Yuhao a rebellious disciple, then pulled him onto the bed and held him close.
• Xian Lin'er asked whether Huo Yuhao wondered why her figure seemed different when she was unclothed.

Xian Lin'er revealed her true appearance and explained how Huo Yuhao’s influence let her sustain it, then drew him into another kiss. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena wondered whether she could develop further after comparing herself with the women around Yuhao.

• Xian Lin'er asked Huo Yuhao to kiss her in exchange for revealing the secret she had kept from Yan Shaozhe, and he kissed her.
• Xian Lin'er explained that she helped Shrek Academy develop Avatar possession and that her true appearance could only be maintained briefly because of her bloodline.
• Xian Lin'er transformed into her mature true appearance and said that meeting Huo Yuhao had awakened her desire to improve her bloodline.
• Xian Lin'er pulled Huo Yuhao into another kiss before he could finish protesting.
• Gu Yuena struck the Dragon Slaying Blade repeatedly with the Dragon God Spear until the Three-Eyed Golden Lion complained about the noise.
• Gu Yuena asked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion whether she could develop further, comparing her figure with the women around Huo Yuhao.

Gu Yuena met the twin dragon spirits Gu Xiyue and Gu Moxin inside the Dragon Slaying Blade and sought their help finding the Dragon Graveyard. After Gu Yuena’s brutal attempt to stabilize their Dragon Souls, she called Qiu'er out to discuss a plan concerning Huo Yuhao.

• Gu Yuena complained about other women’s figures while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion resolved to avoid Huo Yuhao, and Qiu'er recognized Gu Yuena’s selfish advice about the Auspicious Beast’s human form.
• The Dragon Slaying Blade revealed Gu Xiyue and Gu Moxin, who explained that their parents had placed their Dragon Souls inside the blade to keep them away from the Deities’ conflicts.
• Gu Yuena asked the sisters to use the blade to locate the Dragon Graveyard, where their parents’ Dragon Souls might remain.
• Gu Xiyue asked how Gu Yuena could stabilize their weakened Dragon Souls, and Gu Yuena joked that she would need to strike the blade a thousand times.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion knocked the Dragon Slaying Blade toward Gu Yuena, who struck it repeatedly until Gu Xiyue returned to the blade.
• Gu Yuena questioned whether the Dragon God Spear alone could stabilize the sisters’ Dragon Souls, then called Qiu'er out to discuss something concerning Huo Yuhao.

After spending the night with Xian Lin'er, Huo Yuhao learned that she had no romantic history with Qian Duoduo and that she was saving her first time to protect his cultivation. He finally left her room late in the morning and found Gu Yuena waiting outside his door.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched Gu Yuena and the golden-haired girl whisper about Huo Yuhao, then wondered whether she should take human form and follow Gu Yuena.
• Huo Yuhao healed Xian Lin'er with the gold of life after their night together, and she explained that their dual cultivation benefited his Soul Power and her bloodline while she held back her virginity for his sake.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xian Lin'er about her relationship with Qian Duoduo, and she clarified that she had been single since Yan Shaozhe left her and that nothing romantic had happened with Qian Duoduo.
• Xian Lin'er told Huo Yuhao that her first kiss and all her other firsts belonged to him, then drew him close again when he teased her about it.
• Huo Yuhao finally left Xian Lin'er's room late in the morning and found Gu Yuena waiting by his door.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Gu Yuena, who explained that they needed the Dragon God Power to stabilize the Dragon Souls within the Dragon Slaying Blade and that Qiu'er's condition depended on finding the Dragon Graveyard and Dragon God Heart. The chapter then moved to the Soul Master Tournament semifinals, where Xu Jiujiu appeared in Shrek Academy's resting area.

• Gu Yuena welcomed Huo Yuhao back, then embraced him and insisted on cleansing the scents of other women from him before they discussed serious matters.
• Afterward, Gu Yuena explained that she had tried to extract Dragon God Power to stabilize the Dragon Souls in the Dragon Slaying Blade, while locating the Dragon Graveyard and Dragon God Heart could resolve Qiu'er's problem.
• Gu Yuena proposed placing the Dragon Slaying Blade in Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny so the Dragon Souls could receive Dragon God Power during cultivation, and Gu Moxin reluctantly agreed to the plan after Gu Xiyue woke.
• The Soul Master Tournament reached its semifinals after a three-day rest, and the Star Luo Imperial Family expanded the Soul Guidance Shield around Star Luo Square.
• Xu Jiujiu arrived at Shrek Academy's resting area after successfully absorbing the Star Luo Spirit Pearl.

Xu Jiujiu escorted Huo Yuhao to the semifinal drawing ceremony after personally supervising the construction of eight Soul Guidance Pillars. Back at Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao persuaded Ling Luochen to join her plan to take turns pursuing Huo Yuhao, while the chapter ended with Xu Jiujiu teasing him about a reward.

• Xu Jiujiu pulled Huo Yuhao from the Shrek team and took him toward the preparation area for the semifinal drawing ceremony.
• Wang Dong'er complained about Xu Jiujiu's repeated visits, while Ma Xiaotao explained that Huo Yuhao needed to attend the drawing and urged the women to wait for a chance to face Xu Jiujiu in the matches.
• Ma Xiaotao suggested that Xian Lin'er and Huo Yuhao were drawn together by their Golden Dragon bloodlines, and Ling Luochen reacted with disbelief before accepting Ma Xiaotao's explanation.
• Ma Xiaotao proposed that she and the other women take turns with Huo Yuhao because none of them could endure him alone, and Ling Luochen agreed to join her plan.
• Xu Jiujiu told Huo Yuhao that she had supervised the completion of all eight Soul Guidance Pillars and teased him to reward her.

Huo Yuhao reassured Xu Jiujiu that he was prepared to capture Xuanji Douluo, while Meng Hongchen watched them together and argued with Xiao Hongchen about Huo Yuhao. At the Final Four draw ceremony, Huo Yuhao and Ma Rulong both drew number one, pairing their teams in the semi-finals and leaving Di'ao Academy pleased with its apparent matchup.

• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiujiu that Phantom Brain Douluo's help gave him ninety-eight percent certainty in his plan against Xuanji Douluo.
• Meng Hongchen watched Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu together, and Xiao Hongchen warned her to stop focusing on him before bragging about Red Dust Protection.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei opened the Final Four draw ceremony and appointed Xuanji Douluo to referee the remaining matches.
• Ma Rulong and Jiang Peng snatched draw balls from the air, while Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu caught the two that remained.
• Huo Yuhao and Ma Rulong both drew number one, setting up their teams as semi-final opponents and delighting Jiang Peng.

Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy forfeited its team match against Shrek, but arranged individual duels between Ma Rulong and Shrek’s captain and between Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao accepted the challenge, and after Xiao Hongchen rushed him at the match’s start, Huo Yuhao stopped his kick with one arm, leaving Xiao Hongchen preparing to show off his ranged soul tools.

• Ma Rulong announced Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy’s forfeit and proposed that the remaining team members abstain if its two individual challengers lost.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the proposed individual matches, and Xu Jiawei moved them to that day, scheduling Huo Yuhao against Xiao Hongchen first.
• Xiao Hongchen angrily confronted Huo Yuhao and warned him to stay away from Meng Hongchen, while Meng Hongchen silently urged Huo Yuhao to beat her brother.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen released their martial souls when Xuanji Douluo started the match.
• Xiao Hongchen charged and kicked at Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao blocked the blow with his dragon-clawed arm and sent Xiao Hongchen recoiling into the air.