Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao’s Diary entry pleased Meng Hongchen, Wang Dong'er, and Di Qiu'er, who each began planning how to earn more rewards and help him. The next morning, Gu Yuena and Di Qiu'er received their rewards, and Gu Yuena was stunned when she learned Wang Dong'er had received a blessing that could heal any injury.

• Huo Yuhao credited Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen with showing him kindness, while Xiao Hongchen offered pills to help conceal his rapid Soul Power growth.
• Meng Hongchen resolved to help Huo Yuhao obtain his next Soul Ring and claim that day’s rewards, though Xiao Hongchen had already provided him with pills.
• Wang Dong'er and Di Qiu'er saw Huo Yuhao mention their names, received rewards, and declared themselves rivals for future Diary Copy rewards.
• Di Qiu'er tried to reconcile with Gu Yuena, but Gu Yuena ignored her, and neither girl was willing to yield.
• Gu Yuena and Di Qiu'er checked their rewards the next morning; Di Qiu'er laughed at Gu Yuena’s repeated lack of a bonus, while Gu Yuena reacted with surprise to Wang Dong'er's healing blessing.

After receiving a Magical Blessing, Wang Dong'er healed her incomplete soul and realized she was no longer at risk of being replaced by Tang Wutong. She embraced Xiao Xiao as Gu Yuena and Di Qiu'er congratulated her, leaving Wang Dong'er free to begin a new life.

• Gu Yuena rushed to Wang Dong'er's dormitory, hoping to trade for the Magical Blessing that could heal her injuries, but learned Wang Dong'er had already used it.
• Xiao Xiao explained that Wang Dong'er had used the blessing to heal her incomplete soul, and Gu Yuena understood why she had acted so quickly.
• Wang Dong'er ended her meditation, cried out that no one would ever replace her, and broke down in tears of relief.
• Gu Yuena and Di Qiu'er congratulated Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao promised to stand by her and protect her.
• Wang Dong'er embraced Xiao Xiao and wept, finally free from Tang San's plans to replace her with Tang Wutong.

Wang Dong'er grieved over her past before accepting the girls’ support and proposing that they share Diary Copy rewards they did not need. Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen learned that Huo Yuhao was the White Tiger Duke’s son and that the Duke’s household had caused his mother’s death.

• The girls with Diary Copies cleared the dormitory of onlookers and comforted Wang Dong'er as she wept over her tragic fate.
• Xu Tianzhen regretted that she could not use Wang Dong'er's healing blessing to save her ill father, while Gu Yuena offered Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones in exchange for a future healing reward.
• Xu Tianzhen offered to trade for a healing reward, and Wang Dong'er proposed that the girls store and exchange rewards they did not need.
• Meng Hongchen warned the girls not to interfere with her planned Soul Ring hunt with Huo Yuhao, but they all began considering how to join him.
• Lin Jiayi confirmed to Jing Hongchen that Huo Yuhao was the White Tiger Duke’s son and that people in the Duke’s household had caused his mother’s death, prompting Jing Hongchen to vow to thank them in person.

Jing Hongchen recognized Huo Yuhao’s talent as a Soul Engineer and secretly supported his growth, while Huo Yuhao used pills to raise his Soul Power. His seventh-day Diary reward gave him a Soul Bone Absorption Card and a Soul Spirit Contract, leading him to consider seeking a Soul Spirit in the Far North.

• Jing Hongchen told Lin Jiayi that Huo Yuhao had made a First-Level Soul Tool after only a few days of study and deserved support.
• Huo Yuhao continued learning from Xiao Hongchen, then learned that Jing Hongchen had supplied the pills Xiao gave him.
• Huo Yuhao took some pills and raised his Soul Power to level nineteen.
• The Diary rewarded Huo Yuhao for writing for seven consecutive days with a Soul Power increase, a Soul Bone Absorption Card, and a Soul Spirit Contract.
• Huo Yuhao considered going to the Far North to choose one of the Ice and Snow Empresses as his Second Martial Soul and Soul Spirit.

Huo Yuhao planned to bring Gu Yuena with him to the Far North, where he hoped to gain the Ice Empress as a Soul Spirit and pursue a better way for humans and Soul Beasts to grow together. After reading his Diary Copy, the Ice Empress eagerly decided she would keep him in the Far North and claim its rewards.

• Huo Yuhao reasoned that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress might try to keep him in the Far North, so he decided he needed Gu Yuena there to protect him.
• Huo Yuhao wrote in his Diary that he planned to visit the Far North with Gu Yuena and develop a better partnership between humans and Soul Beasts.
• The Diary raised Huo Yuhao's Soul Power to level twenty and gave him a Soul Bone Absorption Card and a Soul Spirit Contract.
• Huo Yuhao decided to hunt for his Second Soul Ring and went to Xiao Hongchen's Laboratory to tell him the pills and medicinal ingredients had helped.
• The Ice Empress read the Diary Copy, became excited that Huo Yuhao planned to visit, and declared she would keep him in the Far North to claim the rewards.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed how to get closer to Huo Yuhao, while Xiao Hongchen learned Huo Yuhao had reached level twenty and prepared to help him hunt a Soul Ring. Meng Hongchen took Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen out, and the chapter ended with Xiao Hongchen discovering that Meng Hongchen’s martial soul had suddenly reached the level of Ultimate Ice.

• Snow Empress warned Ice Empress that Gu Yuena would not allow Huo Yuhao to be kept in the Far North, then offered to become his Soul Spirit instead.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Hongchen that he had reached level twenty, and Xiao Hongchen eagerly prepared to take him to hunt a Soul Ring.
• Meng Hongchen intercepted Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen and quickly dragged Huo Yuhao out, leaving Xiao Hongchen to follow them.
• Xu Tianzhen and the other girls arrived too late, and Gu Yuena advised them to return rather than swarm Huo Yuhao.
• After Meng Hongchen unleashed her martial soul, Xiao Hongchen saw her eyes turn crimson and shouted in shock that it had reached the level of Ultimate Ice.

Meng Hongchen revealed that her Jade Sunny Ice Toad had evolved into Ultimate Ice while retaining its poison attribute, and she suggested that spending time with Huo Yuhao caused the change. Xiao Hongchen begged Huo Yuhao to help his own martial soul evolve, while Meng took Huo Yuhao to search for a suitable soul beast and Xiao trailed behind, baffled by his lack of progress.

• Meng Hongchen froze Xiao Hongchen with her Ultimate Ice, then released him when Huo Yuhao warned her to let him out.
• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen that her Jade Sunny Ice Toad had evolved into Ultimate Ice without losing its poison attribute, and she suspected her time with Huo Yuhao was responsible.
• Xiao Hongchen grabbed Huo Yuhao and pleaded with him to make his martial soul evolve too, but Huo Yuhao said he did not know how Meng Hongchen's transformation had happened.
• Meng Hongchen took Huo Yuhao to search for a soul beast suitable for him, while Huo Yuhao privately worried that his supposed status as a Child of Destiny might draw unwanted attention.
• Xiao Hongchen followed them, wondering why spending time with Huo Yuhao had not caused his Three-legged Golden Toad to change.

Jing Hongchen learned that Meng Hongchen’s Jade Sunny Ice Toad had reached the Ultimate Ice level and that Huo Yuhao’s influence had helped trigger the change. After three months at the academy, Huo Yuhao set out with Gu Yuena for the Far North to seek an Ultimate Ice-attribute Second Martial Soul.

• Meng Hongchen confirmed to Jing Hongchen that her Martial Soul had mutated to Ultimate Ice while retaining its poison attribute.
• Meng Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that Huo Yuhao had reached Soul Grandmaster after absorbing a millennium Soul Ring and that his presence had caused her Martial Soul’s change.
• Jing Hongchen concluded that Huo Yuhao had consumed a legendary Immortal Herb and celebrated him as a lucky star for the Hongchen family.
• Huo Yuhao spent three months studying at the academy and occasionally used his Diary Copy requirements to tease the girls.
• Huo Yuhao invited Gu Yuena to the Far North, and she agreed to travel with him.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena set out for the Far North so he could pursue an Ultimate Ice-attribute Second Martial Soul.

Over three months, Huo Yuhao’s rapid cultivation astonished the Sun Moon Empire’s experts, and Kong Deming accepted him as a disciple. After several other developments, Huo Yuhao began his journey to the Extreme North with Gu Yuena.

• Huo Yuhao concealed that he had reached the Soul Emperor rank while reporting lower cultivation levels to Jing Hongchen and acquiring Soul Rings to advance.
• Jing Hongchen brought Huo Yuhao to Kong Deming, whose examination confirmed the astonishing pace of Huo Yuhao’s growth.
• Kong Deming accepted Huo Yuhao as his disciple, and the Hall of Enshrinement’s Rank Nine Soul Engineers gave him gifts and offered their help.
• Xu Tianzhen gave the Sun Moon Emperor Gold of Life, curing his illness, while Gu Yuena continued seeking a reward that could heal her injuries.
• Huo Yuhao photographed Gu Yuena and began traveling with her to the Extreme North.

Di Qiu'er and the girls complained that Gu Yuena had taken Huo Yuhao to the Far North, then Meng Hongchen pressed them to swear they would not pursue him. In the Far North, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed which of them would become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit, with the Snow Empress insisting she would do it.

• Di Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er complained that Gu Yuena had taken Huo Yuhao away and deprived them of Diary Copy rewards during the journey.
• Meng Hongchen admitted she had feelings for Huo Yuhao and got the girls to agree to Di Qiu'er's vow not to develop feelings for him.
• The girls left the dormitory, and Di Qiu'er wondered whether she had said something wrong.
• The Ice Empress celebrated Huo Yuhao's impending arrival in the Far North and asked whether she should become his Soul Spirit.
• The Snow Empress said she would become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit to help protect the Far North, but the Ice Empress insisted she should take that role instead.

After failing to uncover the truth behind her family’s extermination, Zhang Lexuan headed for the Far North, where Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena had gone. Xu Jiujiu, Wei Na, and Ning Tian also considered pursuing Huo Yuhao, while Yan Shaozhe sought Ling Luochen’s help with Ma Xiaotao’s recurring Evil Fire.

• Zhang Lexuan searched the ruins of her family’s home for nearly three months but found no clues, then resolved to seek answers from Huo Yuhao in the Far North.
• After learning Huo Yuhao had traveled north with Gu Yuena, Zhang Lexuan bought a Flying Soul Tool and set off toward the Far North.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na led their people north, hoping to recruit Huo Yuhao despite Gu Yuena’s overwhelming strength.
• Ning Tian recalled Mu Jin winning a wager against Zhou Yi and considered traveling to the Far North to meet Huo Yuhao.
• Yan Shaozhe pleaded with Ling Luochen to help because Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire had flared up again.

Yan Shaozhe tried to persuade Ling Luochen to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, but Ling Luochen refused because of Ma Xiaotao’s past ingratitude and the deaths of three Outer Academy Students. Yan Shaozhe invoked his authority and forcibly took Ling Luochen to treat Ma Xiaotao.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Ling Luochen to help Ma Xiaotao control her Evil Fire, but she challenged him over Ma Xiaotao’s treatment of her and the academy’s compensation to the victims’ families.
• Ling Luochen recalled how she had exhausted herself suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, only for Ma Xiaotao to scorn her help and refuse to apologize.
• Ling Luochen told Yan Shaozhe that Ma Xiaotao had later mocked her and praised an Outer Academy student as a better candidate to suppress her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe feared Ma Xiaotao would lose her consciousness and become an Evil Soul Master, so he ordered Ling Luochen to help her.
• Yan Shaozhe grabbed Ling Luochen and carried her away despite her refusal.

Ling Luochen was pressured into helping Ma Xiaotao suppress her dangerous Evil Fire, despite the risk to herself. Afterward, she decided that she had repaid Shrek and would leave.

• Yan Shaozhe forcibly brought Ling Luochen to Ma Xiaotao, whose Evil Fire threatened to consume her.
• Xian Lin'er rebuked Yan Shaozhe for dragging Ling Luochen there, while Ling Luochen questioned whether the others understood the harm helping Ma Xiaotao would cause her.
• As Ma Xiaotao's condition worsened, the Shrek elders pressured Ling Luochen to help, and she agreed to suppress the Evil Fire.
• Ling Luochen stabilized Ma Xiaotao but nearly collapsed, then refused treatment and staggered back to her room.
• Ling Luochen decided she no longer owed Shrek anything and resolved to leave.

Gu Yuena explained to Huo Yuhao that she was the Silver Dragon King, that Qiu'er was the Emperor Auspicious Beast, and that a god had targeted him as the Douluo Continent’s Child of Destiny. She believed her confession had earned his trust, while Huo Yuhao continued pretending not to know about the Diary Copies.

• Huo Yuhao wondered why Gu Yuena had become more carefree since they left the academy, and she offered him a candied hawthorn.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao her identity as the Soul Beast Co-Lord, the Silver Dragon King, and revealed that Qiu'er was the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• Gu Yuena explained that a god had tampered with Qiu'er's soul to use her against Huo Yuhao, whom she believed was favored by the Douluo Continent.
• Gu Yuena promised to protect Huo Yuhao and hinted that he would gain something wonderful on the trip to the Far North.
• Huo Yuhao wrote in the Diary that he was the Child of Destiny and uploaded a picture of Gu Yuena enjoying her candied hawthorn.
• Gu Yuena read the Diary Copy and felt relieved by Huo Yuhao's apparent trust, unaware that he had been pretending not to know the copies existed.

Gu Yuena brought Huo Yuhao to the Far North, where Snow Empress and Ice Empress offered to become his Soul Rings, claiming the Ice God had guided them. Huo Yuhao said he could preserve their consciousnesses but needed to choose only one for now, and Snow Empress declared she was better suited to him.

• Gu Yuena unleashed the Silver Dragon King's aura across the Far North, summoned Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and warned them through soul communication not to reveal their Diary Copies.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived and told Huo Yuhao they were prepared to sacrifice themselves and become his Soul Rings, saying the Ice God had guided them.
• Huo Yuhao's Diary entry convinced the three women that he suspected nothing about their Diary Copies and believed the Plane Will was helping him.
• Huo Yuhao said he could preserve their consciousnesses without a sacrifice but could accept only one for now, leaving him unsure whom to choose.
• Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao that she was better suited for him than Ice Empress.

Ice Empress became Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit and fused with his Second Martial Soul, while Huo Yuhao began merging with her spinal Soul Bone. Snow Empress chose to leave the Far North with Gu Yuena and transform into a human.

• Ice Empress competed with Snow Empress to become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit, arguing that her abilities would benefit him more.
• Huo Yuhao chose Ice Empress, who accepted the Soul Spirit Contract and merged with his soul.
• Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao about the spinal Soul Bone she had left behind, and he began fusing with it using a Soul Bone Fusion Card.
• Gu Yuena asked Snow Empress what she planned to do after Ice Empress became Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit.
• Snow Empress decided to leave with Gu Yuena, sealed her origin with a 100,000-Year Snow Lotus, and began transforming into a human.

Gu Yuena watched Huo Yuhao absorb the Ice Empress’s Soul Bone while the Snow Empress transformed into a human to join him in the human world. After Huo Yuhao finished fusing with the Soul Bone, the Ice Empress emerged from his sea of consciousness and discovered the Snow Empress had already transformed too.

• Gu Yuena realized that becoming trusted companions with humans could accelerate Soul Beasts’ growth, but grew jealous when she recognized the Snow Empress as another girl who might draw Huo Yuhao’s attention.
• The Snow Empress completed her transformation into a white-haired, blue-eyed girl and decided to set aside her pride to experience human life and spend time with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao finished fusing with the Ice Empress’s Soul Bone, strengthening himself while remaining outwardly an ordinary four-ringed Soul Ancestor.
• The Ice Empress transformed into a green-haired, twin-tailed girl and emerged from Huo Yuhao’s sea of consciousness to bid farewell to the Snow Empress.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that she had transformed to work alongside Huo Yuhao, then asked her to stop calling her the Snow Empress.

Snow Empress defended her decision to take human form and join Huo Yuhao, while Ice Empress discovered she had an External Soul Bone. After fusing with the scorpion tail, Huo Yuhao set out to find an Ice Silkworm for his fifth Spirit Eye Soul Ring and considered how to present Snow Empress in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Snow Empress explained that she had become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit to help protect the Far North, while Ice Empress angrily tried to attack her.
• Gu Yuena noticed Ice Empress had another treasure, and Huo Yuhao found that her scorpion tail was an External Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao fused with the Ice Jade Scorpion Tail and learned it could drain an enemy's Soul Power and Life Force and return some energy to him.
• Huo Yuhao decided to search for an Ice Silkworm to obtain the Simulation soul skill as his fifth Spirit Eye Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao asked Snow Empress to choose a human name, and she asked him to name her and suggested pretending to be his little sister.

Snow Empress called Huo Yuhao “Yuhao-gege,” provoking the Ice Empress and Gu Yuena, while Huo Yuhao tried to stay focused on his career. Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na competed over recruiting him before they encountered him and his companions in the Far North.

• Snow Empress called Huo Yuhao “Yuhao-gege,” and the Ice Empress angrily challenged her while Gu Yuena questioned her motives.
• Gu Yuena read Huo Yuhao’s diary entry about Snow Empress and worried that she had brought a new rival into their group.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na met on the outskirts of the Far North, traded barbs about their kingdoms, and dismissed their Titled Douluo escorts to speak privately.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na confronted each other over bringing Huo Yuhao to their respective empires, but stopped when Huo Yuhao approached with Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao greeted the princesses and explained that he and his companions were Shrek Academy students hunting Soul Rings without their teachers.

Huo Yuhao pretended to be a Shrek Academy freshman and revealed his Soul King strength, prompting Star Luo and Heaven Dou guardians to compete to recruit him. He ended by furiously confronting them for insulting Shrek, though he knew his talent made them more likely to kill him than spare him.

• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na pretended to be close friends, and Huo Yuhao agreed to travel with them.
• Granny Manyi questioned Huo Yuhao and his companions, while the four Titled Douluo grew suspicious and considered the threat they posed.
• Huo Yuhao claimed to be a Shrek freshman and revealed five Soul Rings, proving he was a Soul King.
• Granny Manyi and Wei Na's guardians offered Huo Yuhao Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and other rewards to join their nations.
• Huo Yuhao angrily accused the guardians of insulting Shrek and its Ten Thousand Year Glory.