Chapter Summaries

After returning from six years away, Huo Yuhao reunited with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, whose recovered memories led them to draw him into the cultivation room. While Bibi Dong and Huo Yun'er waited downstairs, Gu Yuena confirmed that Huo Yuhao would not come down that night.

• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress approached Huo Yuhao in the cultivation room, and the Ice Empress activated its defenses while the Snow Empress began to undress him.
• Huo Yuhao gave up resisting as he and the two Empresses pursued the achievements tied to their memories.
• Bibi Dong waited downstairs for Huo Yuhao, but Di Yan'er and Gu Yuena told her he would not come down that night.
• Gu Yuena warned Bibi Dong that Huo Yuhao prioritized their race's development, and Bibi Dong left after forcing down her jealousy.
• Huo Yun'er returned home hoping to see Huo Yuhao, learned he had gone upstairs with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and wondered whether he would make it to dinner.

Huo Yuhao reunited with his mother, then visited Qian Xunji and revealed a letter foretelling the birth of Qian Renxue and the cost of her Angel God trial. He reassured Qian Xunji that he would find another way for Qian Renxue to become a god without sacrificing Qian Xunji’s father, while Qian Xunji still hoped to match his daughter with Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao left Snow Empress and Ice Empress, reunited with Huo Yun'er, and joined her and the others for breakfast.
• Huo Yuhao went to Pope's Palace, where Qian Xunji complained about his ongoing training under Golden Crocodile.
• Qian Xunji told Huo Yuhao that Yan Xi was pregnant, and Huo Yuhao handed him a letter revealing their daughter would be Qian Renxue.
• Qian Xunji learned that starting Qian Renxue's final Angel God trial would require his father's sacrifice and became distressed.
• Huo Yuhao promised Qian Xunji he would prevent that sacrifice and suggested Qian Renxue could inherit a different divine throne.
• Qian Xunji joked that he had planned to betroth Qian Renxue to Huo Yuhao, then claimed he would let them fall in love freely.

Huo Yuhao told Qian Xunji about the future of Spirit Hall, Shrek Academy, and the Clear Sky Sect, then explained his plan to deal with Tang San. He left Qian Xunji ready to rely on him and wary of traitors who let love cloud their judgment.

• Huo Yuhao told Qian Xunji that Clear Sky Academy had become a top academy and that Shrek Academy had once led the continent, with Tang San and several companions becoming gods.
• Qian Xunji learned that Spirit Hall would be wiped out and wanted Huo Yuhao to destroy the Clear Sky Sect, but Huo Yuhao argued that Tang San's rise was inevitable and that they should wait.
• Huo Yuhao said Tang San had coveted his fortune and planned to turn him into a servant, so he intended to reverse their positions and use Xiao Wu to keep Tang San in line.
• Qian Xunji accepted Huo Yuhao's plan and continued asking about the future.
• Huo Yuhao recounted the love triangle between Mu En, Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao, then warned Qian Xunji not to spare traitors who acted irrationally for love.

Huo Yuhao visited Yue Guan to entrust him with the Immortal Herbs, then entered Electrolux’s Half-Plane to investigate Dai Hao and discovered Tang San’s divine sense hidden inside him. Tang San appeared before Huo Yuhao, who confronted him about his plans to find and capture him.

• Qian Xunji urged Huo Yuhao to learn the Pope’s official duties, but Huo Yuhao escaped to visit his teacher.
• Huo Yuhao asked Yue Guan to care for the Immortal Herbs, and Yue Guan eagerly agreed.
• Huo Yuhao entered Electrolux’s Half-Plane and found Dai Hao, Dai Huabin, and the Duchess suffering in bone cages.
• Electrolux extracted a divine sense from Dai Hao, and Huo Yuhao recognized it as Tang San’s.
• Tang San appeared before Huo Yuhao, who accused him of using Dai Hao to track him and laid out his suspected plans.
• Tang San bristled at Huo Yuhao’s insults and claimed that a mortal had no right to insult him.

Huo Yuhao and Electrolux made Tang San merge with the memories of another version of himself, revealing how Huo Yuhao had changed the world. Tang San realized Huo Yuhao had come from ten thousand years in the future, and Huo Yuhao promised to keep him powerless and watching from the sidelines.

• Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Tang San's divine consciousness with his spiritual power, while Electrolux revealed he had preserved another fragment of Tang San's memories.
• Electrolux released the blue memory orb, and its phantom merged with Tang San, forcing him to relive a life with a different upbringing, enemies, and companions.
• Tang San rejected the memories as fabricated, but Huo Yuhao challenged him to recognize that they belonged to another version of himself.
• Tang San deduced that Huo Yuhao had come back from ten thousand years in the future and changed the world, and Huo Yuhao confirmed his suspicion.
• Tang San threatened Huo Yuhao, but remained trapped and powerless as Huo Yuhao said he would have to watch from the sidelines.

Yu Xiaogang came to Spirit City seeking a way to fix his mutated Martial Soul, but after being denied access to Spirit Hall’s library, he registered as a Spirit Hall Spirit Master. Huo Yuhao recognized him and warned Qian Xunji about his future reputation, leaving Qian Xunji stunned by the claim that the weak Spirit Master would become a Grandmaster who taught a god.

• Huo Yun'er worried that Huo Yuhao was overexerting himself and offered to find medicine, but he insisted he was healthy.
• Yu Xiaogang entered Spirit City and hoped its advanced Soul Tools and extensive library could help solve his Martial Soul problem.
• A library guard refused Yu Xiaogang entry because only Spirit Hall Spirit Masters could use the library, so he decided to join Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji learned of Yu Xiaogang’s registration and planned to publicize an Upper Three Sects disciple joining Spirit Hall.
• Huo Yuhao warned Qian Xunji that Yu Xiaogang would become a famous theoretical Grandmaster and claim to have taught a god, leaving Qian Xunji incredulous.

Huo Yuhao warned Qian Xunji that Yu Xiaogang was a poor choice to represent Spirit Hall, while Qian Xunji planned to wait for evidence before arresting him. Yu Xiaogang searched Spirit Hall’s library for a way to improve his Martial Soul, but was blocked from entering the second floor and learned he needed a powerful sponsor.

• Huo Yuhao told Qian Xunji that Yu Xiaogang’s famous Martial Soul theory contradicted his own lifelong insecurity and that Yu Xiaogang had ties to Mu En and Tang San.
• Qian Xunji considered arresting Yu Xiaogang, but Huo Yuhao advised waiting until Yu Xiaogang provided evidence of wrongdoing so they could also extort Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Xiaogang used his new Identity Card to enter Spirit Hall’s library and searched its books for a way to evolve his Martial Soul.
• After several days of reading without finding an answer, Yu Xiaogang tried to reach the second floor and was cut by a guard’s thrown weapon.
• The guard told Yu Xiaogang that only a Deacon or someone accompanied by an Elder, the Holy Son, or the Pope could enter the second floor.

Yu Xiaogang tried to reach Huo Yuhao, hoping to gain access to Spirit Hall and its books. Huo Yuhao arranged a meeting to see how Yu Xiaogang would approach him, and Yu Xiaogang presented his book, Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

• Yu Xiaogang paid a Spirit Hall Spirit Master for information about Huo Yuhao's whereabouts.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that Yu Xiaogang wanted books and had targeted him, then told the Spirit Master to direct Yu Xiaogang to the Thousand Flavor Pavilion.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Thousand Flavor Pavilion dressed to look like an unrecognized scholar and identified Huo Yuhao as the Holy Son.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself to Huo Yuhao and presented his book, Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

Yu Xiaogang presented Huo Yuhao with his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, believing the collection of basic Spirit Master knowledge to be a groundbreaking theory. After reading it, Huo Yuhao recognized how commonplace it was, while Yu Xiaogang asked for access to Spirit Hall’s library to refine it.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Huo Yuhao his draft and urged him to help promote the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao read the points and realized they were basic knowledge already taught at Junior Soul Master Academies.
• Huo Yuhao noted that the draft omitted Yu Xiaogang’s theory about Soul Ring age limits, which Yu Xiaogang could not research in the library’s restricted upper floors.
• Yu Xiaogang explained each point as the product of his own research, convinced that his theory would transform the Spirit Master world.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Huo Yuhao to let him study in the upper floors of Spirit Hall’s library so he could complete and improve the theory.

Huo Yuhao gave Yu Xiaogang a menial library job and limited access to books, then met with Bibi Dong, whose arrival revealed her jealousy and devotion to her Martial Uncle. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong dismissing Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul theory as common knowledge.

• Huo Yuhao offered Yu Xiaogang a job cleaning and organizing the library’s second floor, where he could read its books in his spare time.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the Thousand Flavor Pavilion and found Yu Xiaogang meeting with Huo Yuhao.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to ingratiate himself with Bibi Dong, but she told him to get lost.
• Bibi Dong sat beside Huo Yuhao and questioned why he was meeting Yu Xiaogang alone.
• Bibi Dong read Yu Xiaogang’s papers and criticized his research as common knowledge, earning Huo Yuhao’s approval.

Yu Xiaogang tried to impress Huo Yuhao and Bibi Dong with his theories, but Bibi Dong mocked his ignorance and Huo Yuhao sent him to work in the library. While Yu Xiaogang studied and plotted to get closer to Bibi Dong, Huo Yuhao and Bibi Dong shared a warm meal.

• Huo Yuhao told Yu Xiaogang to report to the library, but Yu Xiaogang tried to delay leaving by asking about Soul Ring colors.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Yu Xiaogang had ever gone to school, and Huo Yuhao explained that clan disciples rarely studied at ordinary academies.
• Yu Xiaogang left Thousand Flavor Pavilion humiliated but resolved to keep visiting Huo Yuhao and pursue Bibi Dong.
• After Yu Xiaogang left, Bibi Dong warned Huo Yuhao not to see him again, and Huo Yuhao reassured her while serving her lamb.
• While sweeping the library's second floor, Yu Xiaogang studied its books and plotted to win Bibi Dong's favor so she might help him break through level 29.

Huo Yuhao learned that Yu Xiaogang was pursuing Bibi Dong and reassured Qian Xunji that she disliked him. In the garden, Bibi Dong confessed her love to Huo Yuhao, who questioned whether she understood her feelings and hesitated to accept her.

• Huo Yuhao told Qian Xunji that Yu Xiaogang had asked whether Bibi Dong was visiting, revealing his interest in her.
• Qian Xunji grew furious at Yu Xiaogang, and Huo Yuhao assured him that Bibi Dong found Yu Xiaogang repulsive.
• Qian Xunji suggested dismissing Yu Xiaogang, and Huo Yuhao agreed that it was time to let him go.
• Bibi Dong waited outside the Pope's Palace for Huo Yuhao and led him to the garden.
• Bibi Dong confessed that she had loved Huo Yuhao since childhood and asked him to give her a chance.
• Huo Yuhao cautioned Bibi Dong not to mistake a passing feeling for love, leaving her confession unanswered.

Huo Yuhao delayed answering Bibi Dong’s confession until she was older and had traveled beyond Spirit City, leaving her convinced that Yu Xiaogang was scheming to get close to her Martial Uncle. Huo Yuhao then met Yu Xiaogang at the library and encouraged him to leave and test his theories in the wider world.

• Huo Yuhao told Bibi Dong that she might be mistaking youthful feelings for love, but promised to give her an answer once she was older and understood her feelings.
• Bibi Dong accepted Huo Yuhao’s promise and decided to find a way to bring it to a conclusion soon.
• After Huo Yuhao left to meet Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong blamed him for interrupting her confession and suspected he wanted to pursue her Martial Uncle.
• Huo Yuhao found Yu Xiaogang revising Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul in the library, and Yu Xiaogang showed him the manuscript while hoping to see Bibi Dong.
• After hearing Yu Xiaogang explain his theory, Huo Yuhao encouraged him to leave the library and test his ideas in practice.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Yu Xiaogang to leave Spirit City by inflating his confidence in his theories, but Yu Xiaogang regretted agreeing and sought Bibi Dong's help. When he finally encountered her, she reacted with intense hostility and killing intent.

• Huo Yuhao encouraged Yu Xiaogang to pursue his dream of becoming a Grandmaster and convinced him to leave Spirit City.
• After leaving the library, Yu Xiaogang realized he had surrendered his chance to stay and decided to seek Bibi Dong's help.
• Yu Xiaogang headed for the Pope's Palace, rehearsing how to persuade its guards to let him see Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang ran into a crimson-robed man and found Bibi Dong with him.
• Yu Xiaogang called Bibi Dong “Dong'er,” and Bibi Dong demanded to know who had given him the right before turning her killing intent on him.

Bibi Dong accused Yu Xiaogang of coveting Huo Yuhao and interfering in her relationship with him, while Yu Xiaogang tried to explain that he loved her. After realizing Huo Yuhao had rejected Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang saw that she blamed him and feared for his life.

• Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang, accused him of coveting Huo Yuhao, and demanded to know why he kept approaching her Martial Uncle.
• Yu Xiaogang confessed that he loved Bibi Dong and had used Huo Yuhao to get closer to her.
• Bibi Dong blamed Yu Xiaogang for Huo Yuhao's rejection and accused him of coming between them.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Bibi Dong's feelings for Huo Yuhao had become obsessive and decided to stick to his story to survive.
• Bibi Dong kicked Yu Xiaogang into a wall, and he pleaded that he was only there to say goodbye before leaving Spirit City the next day.

Bibi Dong had Wei Cheng imprison and torment Yu Xiaogang, while Huo Yuhao discovered what had happened to him. Yu Xiaogang was left numb and despairing as Bibi Dong planned to keep him until he could witness her feelings for her Martial Uncle.

• Bibi Dong handed Yu Xiaogang over to Wei Cheng and told him not to make things comfortable for him.
• Wei Cheng took Yu Xiaogang to a secret chamber, drugged him, and began tormenting him.
• Huo Yuhao searched Spirit City for Yu Xiaogang and discovered Bibi Dong near him.
• Bibi Dong explained that the medicine would permanently take away Yu Xiaogang's ability to fantasize.
• After days of imprisonment and torment, Yu Xiaogang became numb and despairing, and Bibi Dong decided to keep him until she had taken care of her plans.

Bibi Dong lured Huo Yuhao to her cultivation room under the pretense of a problem with her Second Martial Soul, then used a drugged soup to make a move on him. She confessed that she could not wait any longer to prove her feelings and kissed him.

• Bibi Dong took Huo Yuhao to her cultivation room, claiming her Second Martial Soul had been acting strangely.
• Bibi Dong prepared soup for Huo Yuhao, and he noticed its effects after drinking it.
• Bibi Dong embraced Huo Yuhao and began undressing him, while he asked what she had put in the soup.
• Bibi Dong admitted she wanted him to be hers and kissed him fiercely.

Bibi Dong and Huo Yuhao became lovers, and she later told Yu Xiaogang that Huo Yuhao belonged to her. She ordered Wei Cheng to take Yu Xiaogang out of Spirit City and warned him never to appear before Huo Yuhao or return to the city.

• Huo Yuhao indulged Bibi Dong's desire, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Bibi Dong declared that Huo Yuhao belonged to her, while he warned her to understand the lifelong consequences of their relationship.
• Two days later, Bibi Dong visited Yu Xiaogang in the secret chamber and told him that she and Huo Yuhao were together.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Yu Xiaogang's protest about their relationship and ordered Wei Cheng to take him out of Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong spared Yu Xiaogang because Huo Yuhao had promised to do so, but threatened to kill him if he returned to Spirit City or appeared before Huo Yuhao again.

Qian Renxue was born safely to Yan Xi, delighting Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu. Huo Yuhao held the newborn and reassured Bibi Dong about Qian Xunji’s hopes that Qian Renxue would become his future wife.

• Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu waited anxiously as Yan Xi gave birth in the Pope's Palace.
• Ye Jinshu announced that Yan Xi had delivered a healthy daughter, and Qian Xunji held the newborn and named her Qian Renxue.
• Qian Xunji called Qian Renxue Huo Yuhao’s future wife, prompting Qian Daoliu to take him away for a beating.
• Huo Yuhao held Qian Renxue while Bibi Dong reacted with jealousy and learned that the proposed betrothal was not settled.
• Yan Xi took her daughter back, and Qian Xunji returned with Qian Daoliu, still boasting about choosing Qian Renxue’s name.

Huo Yuhao learned that Su Yuntao had been born in Holy Son Village and heard that Yu Xiaogang was trying to publish a book using his authorization. He sent Bibi Dong to Qingyun City to oversee Yu Xiaogang’s plans and make sure his mission would not go smoothly.

• Huo Yuhao reviewed reports on the Clear Sky Sect’s decline and planned to find Tang Xiao and Tang Hao before they met Ah Yin.
• A Spirit Hall bishop reported that Su Yuntao, born with level 2 Innate Soul Power and a Lone Wolf Martial Soul, had been born in Holy Son Village.
• Another bishop reported that Yu Xiaogang had claimed Huo Yuhao’s authorization to publish Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao ordered the bishop to demand proof.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Yu Xiaogang had visited a branch with a man with a hooked nose and decided to bring him to Spirit City.
• Huo Yuhao dropped Huo Yun'er off in Holy Son Village, then took Bibi Dong to Qingyun City and assigned her to oversee Yu Xiaogang without killing or crippling him.
• Bibi Dong accepted the mission and asked Huo Yuhao for her reward in advance.