Chapter Summaries

Dai Yun'er and Dai Yueyan struggled to draw the young man who had saved her, while Dai Tianling ordered an investigation into a palace traitor and sought a meeting with Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao entered the Undead Semi-Plane, followed a Mermaid's song, and found a sleeping Mermaid girl at the bottom of a frozen basin.

• Dai Yun'er rejected several of Dai Yueyan's portraits of her rescuer before drawing an unrecognizable picture herself and insisting she only wanted to thank him.
• Zhu Ying reported Huo Yuhao's extraordinary ice-and-fire powers and Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Spirit to Dai Tianling.
• Dai Tianling ordered Zhu Ying to investigate the palace traitor and asked her to invite Huo Yuhao to meet him after the tournament registration.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Undead Semi-Plane and followed a Mermaid's song across its barren landscape.
• Huo Yuhao reached a frozen basin and found an Immortal Herb beside a pool where a Mermaid girl lay asleep on an ice bed.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Liya in the Undead Semi-Plane, where a playful attempt to awaken the sleeping mermaid led to their first kiss. After Liya recovered, she revealed that she had become the Semi-Plane’s Plane Master and described a previous demon invasion, leaving Huo Yuhao concerned about her weakened origin.

• Tian Meng recognized the ice plaque’s fairy-tale ruse, while Liya pretended to sleep on the ice bed.
• Huo Yuhao approached Liya, and she eagerly kissed him before fainting from the excitement; she soon woke in his arms and tearfully told him how glad she was to see him again.
• Liya showed Huo Yuhao a Demon Seed and explained that she and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had repelled an earlier invasion by demons from another Plane.
• Huo Yuhao examined Liya and found her origin weakened but saw no sign of negative-energy erosion; Liya explained that the Undead Semi-Plane had chosen her as its Plane Master.
• Liya said her authority had helped Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass recover, though it had only returned to the level of a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Liya and learned that Snow Empress and the other Soul Spirits were dormant inside the Godhead of Emotions. After it merged with his Godhead of Ruin and he awakened, Tian Meng restored her origin and transformed into a mature form.

• Liya revealed that Snow Empress and the other Soul Spirits had attached themselves to the Godhead of Emotions to preserve their fading vitality.
• The Godhead of Emotions suddenly merged into Huo Yuhao despite his warning that he could not accommodate it, and Tian Meng said he had entered deep meditation.
• Seven days later, Huo Yuhao awoke with the Godheads of Ruin and Emotion fused, and Liya tearfully embraced him.
• Tian Meng consumed the Ice Rain Dew, restored her origin, and transformed into a mature, curvaceous woman.
• Liya questioned Tian Meng's new figure, and Tian Meng claimed that older Soul Beasts had more mature charm.

After absorbing the Godhead of Emotion, Huo Yuhao discovered that his emotional power could affect those around him, though it also let him suppress the negative emotions of the Godhead of Ruin. He summoned Er Bai and restored Xiao Bai’s essence to her original body, leaving her to rest until he could find a way to revive her fully.

• Tian Meng provoked Liya until they argued, and Huo Yuhao explained to the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass that his new emotional power had caused their feelings to spiral out of control.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass offered Huo Yuhao ice jade dew, but he declined and called for Er Bai instead.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Xiao Bai’s and the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s essences needed new vessels now that the Godhead of Emotion had been devoured.
• Huo Yuhao transferred Xiao Bai’s essence into Er Bai’s undead body, restoring her snow-white fur and waking her briefly.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Bai to conserve her strength while he sought a way to bring her fully back to life, and she returned to her dormant state.

Huo Yuhao created a Demon Eye by fusing the Demon Seed with the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s soul origin, giving the origin a new vessel and himself a powerful martial soul. He learned that Brother Sky Dream had left the Godhead to seek a way to revive everyone, and the chapter ended with Huo Yuhao suspecting Sky Dream might be connected to the Demon Plane’s invasion.

• Huo Yuhao stabilized Xiao Bai’s origin in the Ice Bear King’s undead body, then suppressed the Eye of Destiny’s urge to consume the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s remaining soul origin.
• Huo Yuhao combined the Demon Seed, the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s soul origin, and Celestial Spirit Qi to create a black vertical eye that could serve as an External martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao told Sister Tian Meng that Brother Sky Dream had awakened first, sent the Godhead to the Undead Semi-Plane, and left alone to find a way to revive everyone.
• Huo Yuhao and Sister Tian Meng suspected that Brother Sky Dream might have been captured by the Demon Plane and revealed the Undead Semi-Plane’s coordinates.
• Huo Yuhao embedded the Demon Eye in his forehead, manifested four dark-red Soul Rings, and transformed as Liya and Sister Tian Meng argued over Brother Sky Dream.

Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng discussed their plans to return to Douluo Continent and solve Huo Yuhao’s identity problem so he could enter the Soul Master Tournament. Huo Yuhao went to the Blacksmith Association for a rank assessment, where he learned the requirements for becoming a first- and second-rank Blacksmith.

• Tian Meng’s illusion of a voluptuous appearance faded, and Huo Yuhao explained that her depleted origin and weak Ice Rain Dew had limited her transformation.
• Huo Yuhao promised to seek more ice-element treasures and eventually return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, lifting Tian Meng’s spirits.
• Huo Yuhao explained that crossing the ocean was dangerous and that he needed to resolve his undocumented identity before the tournament’s stringent review.
• Huo Yuhao avoided asking the Star Luo princess for help and took a soul tool taxi to the Blacksmith Association.
• Huo Yuhao registered for a Blacksmith rank assessment and was told to reach Hundred Refinement within half a shichen for first rank, then forge a standard small component for second rank.

Huo Yuhao passed the Star Luo City Blacksmith Association’s level two evaluation with an exceptional hundred refinement of cloud copper and received his badge. Lin Yuhan noticed him and called him like a piece of blue pregnancy copper, prompting Vice President Changgong Yan to secretly investigate his registration.

• Huo Yuhao forged cloud copper with his unusual hammer and passed the evaluation with superior hundred refinement.
• Huo Yuhao encountered Vice President Changgong Yan and Lin Yuhan as they arrived after Lin Yuhan passed her level four assessment.
• Lin Yuhan watched Huo Yuhao leave and described him as attractive like blue pregnancy copper, leading Changgong Yan to send Steward Li after his information.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the lobby, received his level two badge and booklet, and headed upstairs to the second floor.
• Steward Li asked the receptionists to retrieve and print Huo Yuhao’s registration information.

Huo Yuhao attended Changgong Yan’s public forging lecture after registering as a Blacksmith, while Changgong Yan and Lin Yuhan learned more about the mysterious young man. The chapter left Changgong Yan weighing Huo Yuhao’s extraordinary talent against the gaps in his history and the possibility that he was tied to the Green Skull organization.

• Huo Yuhao followed the Blacksmiths to the Public Media Hall after hearing that Changgong Yan would give a lecture on Thousand Refinement and introductory Spirit Forging.
• Changgong Yan spotted Huo Yuhao in the audience and recalled discussing Lin Yuhan’s future training with her in his office.
• Lin Yuhan denied being captivated by Huo Yuhao and said she suspected his forging skill could match hers.
• Steward Li reported that Huo Yuhao had achieved One-Hammer Hundred Refinement during his assessment, shocking Changgong Yan.
• Changgong Yan questioned Huo Yuhao’s scant personal history, while Steward Li warned that he might be connected to the Green Skull organization.
• Lin Yuhan defended Huo Yuhao based on her intuition, but Steward Li reminded her of the Empire’s recent purge after Dai Yun’er was attacked.

Changgong Yan addressed the Blacksmiths about advanced forging and invited Huo Yuhao to demonstrate alongside him, while Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng discussed the origins of Thousand Refinement and suspected Tang Hao and Ah Yin. The chapter ended with the crowd bewildered that Changgong Yan had chosen a boy wearing a Level 2 Blacksmith Badge.

• Lin Yuhan argued that Spirit Ice was unlikely to be a Green Skull spy because he appeared to be preparing for the Soul Master Tournament, and Changgong Yan ordered a lecture to test him.
• Changgong Yan explained the nature of Thousand Refinement, Spirit Forging, Soul Forging, and his research into improving Spirit Forging.
• Tian Meng questioned why advanced forging had emerged only recently, and Huo Yuhao attributed the change to the Plane's laws and suspected Tang Hao and Ah Yin were still hiding within it.
• Changgong Yan invited a Blacksmith with an elemental martial soul to forge alongside him, then selected Huo Yuhao.
• The Blacksmiths reacted with confusion when they saw that Huo Yuhao wore a Level 2 Blacksmith Badge.

Huo Yuhao accepted Changgong Yan’s invitation to demonstrate forging, hoping to gain the Blacksmith Association’s support and access to advanced alloy knowledge. After Changgong Yan discovered Huo Yuhao’s extraordinary spiritual power, he tested him with difficult Blue Pregnancy Copper, and Huo Yuhao reached Saint Grade Thousand Refinement in only three strikes.

• Huo Yuhao agreed to join Changgong Yan onstage, seeking a powerful guarantor and a path to learn rare alloy formulas.
• Changgong Yan gave Huo Yuhao a Spirit Forging-grade Gold Crystal Hammer and was stunned to sense his Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power.
• Changgong Yan began forging Blue Pregnancy Copper and challenged Huo Yuhao to match his rhythm.
• Huo Yuhao adapted after his first strike and synchronized his next blows with Changgong Yan’s forging.
• Huo Yuhao and Changgong Yan achieved first-grade Thousand Refinement, while Huo Yuhao’s metal displayed six feet of spiritual light and reached Saint Grade.

Huo Yuhao used alternating ice and fire to perform Creation Spirit Forging on blue pregnancy copper, astonishing Changgong Yan and the gathered Blacksmiths. After gaining a faint wisp of genesis power, Huo Yuhao received Changgong Yan’s treasured Gold Crystal Forging Hammers as a gift.

• Changgong Yan demonstrated Attribute Spirit Forging on blue pregnancy copper, and Huo Yuhao entered a sudden enlightenment.
• Huo Yuhao used his ice power to lull the metal’s newborn spirituality into dormancy, then alternated ice and fire to awaken it and complete Creation Spirit Forging.
• Golden dragons emerged from the finished metal, and Huo Yuhao absorbed a wisp of genesis power that became a drop of black-and-white liquid beside his Dragon Core.
• Changgong Yan recognized Huo Yuhao’s achievement as Creation Spirit Forging and praised his talent.
• Changgong Yan offered Huo Yuhao his pair of Gold Crystal Forging Hammers as a meeting gift.

After impressing Changgong Yan with his forging, Huo Yuhao declined to become his disciple but registered for the Soul Master Tournament under the Star Luo Empire Forging Academy. Half a month later, Lin Yuhan warned him that the imperial family wanted to meet him, and Changgong Yan summoned him alone to his office.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Changgong Yan’s Gold Crystal Forging Hammers, and Changgong Yan invited him to talk in his office.
• Huo Yuhao refused Changgong Yan’s implied offer of discipleship because he expected the War God Temple trials to make the Star Luo Empire hunt him, but accepted tournament registration through the Forging Academy.
• Tian Meng questioned why Huo Yuhao expected to be hunted, and he explained that the War God Temple was connected to Dai Mubai, whose limbs he had broken in the God Realm’s final battle.
• Over the next half month, Huo Yuhao memorized the academy library’s books, while Lin Yuhan visited him and warned that someone from the imperial family had asked to meet him.
• Changgong Yan messaged Huo Yuhao to come to his office without Lin Yuhan, and Lin Yuhan huffed when she read the message.

Huo Yuhao met Dai Yun'er and Zhu Ying at the Blacksmith Association, where he declined the emperor’s invitation to a banquet so he could prepare for the Soul Master Tournament. Afterward, Lin Yuhan worried that he had no Battle Armor, while Zhu Ying tried to calm Dai Yun'er and reassured her that his prospects could help her avoid marrying Long Yue.

• Changgong Yan met with Zhu Ying and Dai Yun'er as they waited for Huo Yuhao, whose identity remained unknown to the Empire’s monitoring system.
• Huo Yuhao entered with Lin Yuhan, and Dai Yun'er reacted with jealousy when she saw them sit together.
• Zhu Ying thanked Huo Yuhao for saving Dai Yun'er and invited him to a court banquet on behalf of Emperor Dai Tianling.
• Huo Yuhao declined the invitation, saying he needed to focus on the approaching tournament, and Zhu Ying escorted the frustrated Dai Yun'er away.
• Lin Yuhan warned Huo Yuhao that he lacked Battle Armor, but he remained confident and explained that his body rejected low-grade armor.
• Zhu Ying reminded Dai Yun'er that Huo Yuhao still had her Storage Soul Tool, then suggested his blacksmithing talent might make him a better marriage prospect than Long Yue.

Dai Yun'er eagerly approached Huo Yuhao at the Soul Master Tournament and offered to help him prepare for the individual matches. Meanwhile, Hu Jie agreed to a Holy Spirit Cult plan to stage a devastating attack in Star Luo City, and the chapter ended as Dai Yueyan and Su Mu watched Yun'er cling to Huo Yuhao.

• Dai Yun'er decided that a God Craftsman could help her persuade her father to stop pressuring her about Long Yue, then hurried toward the imperial palace with Zhu Ying.
• Dark Blood Eye ordered Hu Jie to cooperate with Green Skull in a retaliatory operation meant to damage the Star Luo Imperial Family and Tang Sect while raising Hu Jie's standing.
• Hu Jie learned that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to detonate a Rank 7 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell beneath Tianxing Theater, potentially killing more than one hundred thousand people.
• Three days later, Huo Yuhao entered Star Luo Grand Stadium as the individual elimination matches began, and Dai Yun'er called him over from the competitors' rest area.
• Dai Yun'er led Huo Yuhao to the Eight Heavenly Kings' waiting area and offered to share what she knew about his possible opponents, especially her Fourth Brother.
• Dai Yueyan watched Dai Yun'er cling to Huo Yuhao, while Su Mu teased him about the youth Yun'er had been thinking about.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed his first opponent with a single punch, astonishing Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianling and En Ci, who saw him as a possible pillar of the Empire. Dai Yun'er eagerly pursued Huo Yuhao and secured his agreement to attend a romantic performance with her at Tianxing Theater.

• Dai Yueyan greeted Huo Yuhao and thanked him for saving Dai Yun'er, while En Ci told Dai Tianling that he could not see through Huo Yuhao and sensed an instinctive suppression from him.
• En Ci warned Dai Tianling that Long Yue's War God Trial was harming his mind and leaving him unable to control his Mountain Dragon King bloodline.
• Huo Yuhao defeated a transformed Unicorn Dragon with one punch without using his martial soul, Soul Rings, or Battle Armor, astonishing Dai Tianling and En Ci.
• Dai Tianling proposed marrying Dai Yun'er to Huo Yuhao to bind him to the royal family, while En Ci doubted that their relationship would be so simple.
• Dai Yun'er fussed over Huo Yuhao after his match, accepted VIP tickets from Su Mu for the two of them, and persuaded Huo Yuhao to join her at Tianxing Theater that night.

After the human leaders accepted that their race would have to survive without relying on Xiao Sheng and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, war and Chaos beast attacks engulfed the prehistoric world. Xiao Sheng killed Shen Ni and wiped out the prehistoric beast race with the Dao of Life, then urged the Twelve Ancestral Witches to finish defending their minor world.

• Heavenly Sovereign Fuxi, Human Sovereign Xuanyuan, Earth Sovereign Shennong, and Lady Nuwa agreed that humanity had to rely on itself after its rift with Xiao Sheng and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Wars spread across the prehistoric world, racial civilizations were exterminated, and Chaos beast armies joined the slaughter while Tai Yi stabilized the world's origin.
• Xiao Sheng used the Sword of Ending to destroy the restrained acquired beasts and told Shen Ni that the Chaos Beast Kings had treated him as a pawn.
• Xiao Sheng struck Shen Ni with the Dao of Life, draining his vitality and killing beasts throughout the prehistoric world; Shen Ni died under the backlash of his race's fortune.
• The Chaos Beast Kings and Chaos Divine Demons reacted to the beast race's destruction and Xiao Sheng's growing power, while the Chaos Dao sensed that an enemy had aided Shen Ni.
• Xiao Sheng told the Twelve Ancestral Witches to complete their minor world's defenses themselves, since it was their refuge and the shelter for their clansmen.

At the Tianxing Theater, Dai Yun'er’s attempt to drug Huo Yuhao backfired when she drank the special beverage herself, leaving her intoxicated and clinging to him. Meanwhile, a black-haired woman enthralled the receptionist and summoned Dark Blood Eye, while Dai Yun'er made a heartfelt confession and began drinking again.

• A black-haired woman hypnotized the theater receptionist and ordered her to bring the other managers, then sent a message to Dark Blood Eye.
• Dark Blood Eye received the message while suffering through Blood Sea Soul Refining and left her underground Secret Room to answer it.
• Dai Yun'er realized Huo Yuhao remained unaffected after ten drinks, then drank another cup herself and became intoxicated.
• Dai Yun'er sat on Huo Yuhao’s lap, clung to him, and admitted she liked him and intended to pursue him despite his reservations.
• Dai Yun'er offered to help Huo Yuhao with the burden he carried, then drank another beverage as Huo Yuhao tried to stop her.

Huo Yuhao and Dai Yun'er were interrupted during an awkward misunderstanding by an Evil Soul Master bomb plot beneath Tianxing Theater. After joining their powers through the Thread of Destiny, Huo Yuhao learned that a powerful enemy was coming for Dai Yun'er and prepared to confront the threat.

• Dai Yun'er mistakenly believed that kissing could make her pregnant, and Huo Yuhao began trying to explain the truth.
• Huo Yuhao sensed Evil Soul Masters planting bombs beneath Tianxing Theater and showed Dai Yun'er what was happening through Spiritual Detection.
• Dai Yun'er agreed to trust and help Huo Yuhao, and the Thread of Destiny joined their powers in a powerful Martial Soul Fusion.
• Huo Yuhao used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to stop the bombers and learned that a Super Douluo was approaching with Dai Yun'er as the target.
• Huo Yuhao chose not to flee and merged the Demon Eye into his Golden Vertical Pupil, transforming it into a blood-red Evil Eye that spread its tentacles throughout the theater.

Huo Yuhao lured Dark Blood Eye into the Undead Semi-Plane and trapped her in a vast ice domain, weakening her attempts to escape. As she prepared for a desperate final attack, he decided to test the power of his Golden Dragon King bloodline against her.

• Huo Yuhao used the Evil Eye's powers to prepare a trap while Tian Meng lamented that his Spirit Eye skills had become less useful.
• Dark Blood Eye entered Tianxing Theater through a secret passage and was caught in Huo Yuhao's distorted Small World.
• Dark Blood Eye tried to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Holy Spirit Cult, but he refused and implied he planned to use her against the cult.
• Huo Yuhao, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Liya weakened Dark Blood Eye with an enormous ice-and-snow domain and a spiritual song.
• Dark Blood Eye unleashed a powerful blood-sword strike, then used Blood Escape to flee, but the domain remained around her and forced her to stop.
• Dark Blood Eye prepared a desperate counterattack as Huo Yuhao decided to test his Golden Dragon King bloodline against her.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dark Blood Eye, bound her with a Master-Servant Contract, and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had deeply infiltrated the continent, including the Tang Sect. He questioned why the cult had repeatedly targeted Dai Yun'er, but the reason remained unanswered.

• Huo Yuhao transformed the battlefield with the Golden Dragon Spear and grievously wounded Dark Blood Eye, then sealed her cultivation and senses with the Asura Three-Eye God-Sealing Curse.
• Huo Yuhao gave the unconscious Dark Blood Eye a drop of his blood to keep her alive, while Dai Yun'er fretted over his injured finger and joked that she wanted to suck it too.
• Huo Yuhao offered Dark Blood Eye a choice between signing a Master-Servant Contract and letting the blood in her Spiritual Sea consume her; she signed and accepted him as her master.
• Dark Blood Eye told Huo Yuhao that the Holy Spirit Cult's Four Dark Heavenly Kings served the Holy Emperor and that the cult had infiltrated major factions, including the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao asked Dark Blood Eye why the cult had repeatedly tried to abduct Dai Yun'er, and Dai Yun'er accidentally revealed that her Fourth Brother could be a target instead.