Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong reunited, caught up on Huo Yuhao’s connection to Ju Zi, and joked and sparred together. Wang Dong invited Huo Yuhao to accompany him home to obtain a soul ring, and Huo Yuhao agreed.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong about meeting Ju Zi and recounted what happened with her in the Jingyang Mountains.
• Wang Dong asked whether Huo Yuhao had considered being with Ju Zi, and Huo Yuhao teased him about wearing women’s clothing before they playfully sparred.
• Wang Dong revealed that he had reached the bottleneck of rank sixty and needed a suitable soul ring.
• Wang Dong invited Huo Yuhao to travel home with him to find a soul beast, and Huo Yuhao readily agreed.
• Huo Yuhao asked about meeting Wang Dong’s sister, and Wang Dong said she was traveling and hoped to test into Shrek Inner Court next semester.

After two years apart, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong reunited and arranged to travel together during the holiday. Huo Yuhao used a light-bending Soul Skill to sneak Wang Dong into the academy, and they ended the night teasing each other about sharing a room.

• Wang Dong talked with Huo Yuhao about the Tang Sect, Shrek Academy, and their cultivation until He Caitou and Fan Yu arrived.
• At dinner, Fan Yu agreed to let Wang Dong travel and train with Huo Yuhao, requiring Huo Yuhao to return once to complete the exchange program procedures.
• Fan Yu reflected on Huo Yuhao's extensive Soul Tool research and the Sea God's Pavilion's decision to grant him a seat.
• Huo Yuhao used his Simulation Soul Skill to make Wang Dong appear like his shadow, allowing the four of them to enter the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy unnoticed.
• Back in the dormitory, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong reminisced about sharing a bed at Shrek, then argued playfully over who would sleep where.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong spent a playful night together, then left the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and headed out of Bright City. On the way, Huo Yuhao revealed a tiny blue Bamboo Dragonfly he had invented as a Flight Soul Tool, leaving Wang Dong doubtful.

• Wang Dong pounced on Huo Yuhao after he teased her about calling him Dad, and they ended up falling asleep together after their playful fight.
• The next morning, Wang Dong sat on Huo Yuhao's back before they washed up, ate, and left the academy.
• Wang Dong praised Bright City's everyday use of Soul Tools, and Huo Yuhao asked about the rare metals he had sent her; she said she had divided them between the academy and the Tang Sect.
• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao that her home was at Cloud Recesses but kept its location mysterious.
• After they left Bright City, Huo Yuhao took out a tiny blue Bamboo Dragonfly and told Wang Dong it was a Flight Soul Tool, which she doubted.

Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a Flight Soul Tool and a storage ring, and Wang Dong flew off to test the new device. After Huo Yuhao unexpectedly appeared ahead of her, the ground began to tremble and distant thunder rumbled.

• Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a fast, maneuverable Flight Soul Tool, and she warned him that her family disliked Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a silver storage ring, which she put on and admired.
• Wang Dong grew upset when Huo Yuhao focused on fishing, then flew off at high speed.
• Wang Dong rested near a stream and discovered Huo Yuhao was already there, fishing and drinking milk tea.
• The ground trembled and distant thunder sounded, prompting Huo Yuhao to stand up suddenly.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong spotted Ju Zi and Keke among a group of Soul Engineers fleeing a much larger army. They flew to help, and Huo Yuhao identified himself to the two women as reinforcements.

• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eye and Mental Sharing to reveal the battle between more than a hundred fleeing Soul Engineers and a pursuing army of nearly ten thousand.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Ju Zi and Keke among the fugitives and told Wang Dong they were acquaintances.
• Wang Dong agreed to follow Huo Yuhao despite the danger, and they flew toward the fleeing group using Bamboo Dragonflies.
• Keke raised her cannon when Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong approached, but Huo Yuhao spoke into Keke's and Ju Zi's minds and identified himself.
• Keke announced that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were allies and reinforcements, while Ju Zi reacted with a complicated expression.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived to help Ju Zi’s beleaguered Soul Engineer squad, then attacked the rebel force surrounding them. Huo Yuhao froze the enemy Soul Engineers and shattered the ice around them, while Wang Dong charged into the formation.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong landed beside Ju Zi and Keke as their squad retreated onto a hill, and Huo Yuhao learned they were trapped by rebel troops.
• Ju Zi explained that the rebels had more than a hundred Soul Engineers, including a Class 5 leader, while her squad had little Soul Power left.
• Huo Yuhao told Ju Zi to keep her squad protected on the hill and said he would handle the enemy Soul Engineers, despite her warning about the danger.
• Huo Yuhao charged the rebel formation and used Permafrost Domain to freeze the front ranks and incoming Soul Tool shells.
• Huo Yuhao detonated the ice with Ice Blast Technique, and Wang Dong followed by cutting through the enemy ranks with Asura’s Blade.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong annihilated more than eighty rebel Soul Engineers, restoring Ju Zi’s troops’ morale and helping them repel the enemy’s first assault. Ju Zi’s reinforcements arrived as her plan to draw in and surround the enemy army began to unfold.

• Huo Yuhao used Blue to swallow the rebel Soul Engineers, their Soul Tools, and the ground around them, stunning both armies.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong returned to the hill, where Keke praised them and Ju Zi ordered her Soul Engineers to prepare for battle.
• Ju Zi’s troops rallied and used Soul Cannons and Soul Rays to suppress the enemy’s first attack, inflicting heavy casualties.
• Ju Zi’s reinforcements arrived from several directions, throwing the enemy army into chaos.
• A bright yellow battle flag rose amid the enemy ranks.

Zhao Yang rallied the Glorious Duke’s rebel army and charged Ju Zi’s hilltop position after revealing that she was the Sun Moon Empire crown prince’s fiancée. Ju Zi confirmed her identity and led the exhausted Soul Engineers in a desperate defense as Zhao Yang prepared to attack; Wang Dong woke and questioned the revelation.

• Zhao Yang identified himself as the Glorious Duke’s heir and grand general, then urged his troops to capture Ju Zi and charged toward the hillside.
• Ju Zi confirmed that she was the crown prince’s fiancée but declared herself a soldier who would live and die with her comrades, inspiring the Soul Engineers to fight on.
• Keke and the Soul Engineers rallied to protect Ju Zi as the rebel army intensified its assault with armored infantry and tower shields.
• Wang Dong woke, asked Huo Yuhao about Ju Zi being the crown princess, and received no explanation.
• Zhao Yang prepared to personally attack the hillside, while the chapter recounted his ambition, his Violent Gold Bear Martial Soul, and the events behind the Glorious Duke’s rebellion.

Zhao Yang led Grand Duke Brilliant’s forces up the hillside to capture Ju Zi and use her as leverage against the Sun Moon Empire. As Ju Zi’s position came under threat, Huo Yuhao appeared and caught Zhao Yang’s tower shields, confronting him with an overwhelming aura.

• Zhao Yang revealed that Grand Duke Brilliant wanted Ju Zi alive as a bargaining chip and planned to surrender if he could preserve his fief and property.
• Zhao Yang drove his banner into the ground, charged up the hillside, and rallied his troops by revealing his seven-ringed Violent Gold Bear Martial Soul.
• Zhao Yang spotted the exhausted Ju Zi and pressed toward the summit while the Imperial army rushed to intercept his forces.
• Keke fired her Thunder Heavy Cannon at Zhao Yang, but he used an armored soldier to absorb the blast and continued forward.
• Huo Yuhao caught the two tower shields Zhao Yang had thrown at Keke and stood before him, radiating an aura that astonished Zhao Yang.

Huo Yuhao used his Weakness Domain to disable the rebel soldiers and protect Ju Zi’s forces, then faced Zhao Yang’s attacks. Zhao Yang activated his Martial Soul Avatar and struck at Huo Yuhao, who remained unfazed.

• Huo Yuhao revealed four crimson Soul Rings and shattered Zhao Yang’s tower shields.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Weakness Domain, incapacitating the rebel soldiers across the mountainside.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s other four Soul Engineer squads attacked from the air, easing pressure on Ju Zi and her forces.
• Zhao Yang used a soundwave Soul Skill that knocked most people down, then charged at Huo Yuhao to remove the battlefield’s powerful controller.
• Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock and Violet Demon Eyes flared as Zhao Yang activated his Martial Soul Avatar and punched at him.

Huo Yuhao defeated Zhao Yang and helped the Sun Moon Empire army crush the rebels. After the battle, Ju Zi discovered Wang Dong’s secret and quietly spoke with her, leaving Wang Dong to agree to something.

• Huo Yuhao sent Zhao Yang flying with a casual blow, and Zhao Yang fled rather than risk fighting him again.
• Huo Yuhao intercepted Zhao Yang and killed him with a shot of Crimson Cursed Energy, prompting the imperial army to wipe out the rebels.
• Wang Dong worried over Huo Yuhao and insisted on examining him, while Ju Zi noticed Wang Dong’s unexpectedly feminine voice.
• Wang Dong confirmed Huo Yuhao was unharmed as the troops gathered around him and praised him as their savior.
• Ju Zi whispered to Wang Dong, who stiffened and then firmly nodded.

Ju Zi brought Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong a carefully prepared meal, then admitted to Keke that she loved Huo Yuhao but believed he loved someone else and that her position and desire for revenge made a relationship impossible. She ordered Keke to send Huo Yuhao away once he recovered, then wept alone over the feelings she could not pursue.

• Ju Zi visited Huo Yuhao with Keke and brought him and Wang Dong an elaborate meal, while concealing her troubled feelings.
• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao that Ju Zi had fallen for him and warned him not to get involved with her.
• Keke questioned Ju Zi about her feelings, and Ju Zi said she was a pawn of the Crown Prince, bound by her parents’ deaths and unable to force her way into Huo Yuhao’s heart.
• Ju Zi ordered Keke not to interfere and to send Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong away once his injuries improved.
• After Keke left, Ju Zi cried alone and recalled Wang Dong’s firm answer, which had ended her last hope.

Huo Yuhao learned that Ju Zi would not see him before he left, and Keke explained how Ju Zi had built her military career while hiding her unhappiness. He agreed to help Ju Zi if they met again, leaving Keke hopeful that she could gradually ease Ju Zi's deep-seated obsession.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong ate breakfast in the military camp and decided to leave after he said goodbye to Ju Zi and Keke.
• Keke told Huo Yuhao that Ju Zi was too emotionally unsettled to see him and had asked Keke to thank him and see him off.
• Huo Yuhao acknowledged that Ju Zi had feelings for him but said she had chosen her own path and that matters of the heart could not be forced.
• Keke described Ju Zi's rise through military service and revealed that, despite her achievements, Ju Zi was unhappy and Keke could not see her future.
• Keke asked Huo Yuhao to help Ju Zi if she needed him, and he agreed, saying no problem was truly a problem to him.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong left the military camp and traveled to Wang Dong’s home in the Heaven Dou Empire. After reaching the cloud-shrouded peak called Cloud Recesses, Wang Dong left Huo Yuhao under guard while she went to see her fathers.

• Ju Zi watched tearfully as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were secretly escorted out of the military camp.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong crossed into the Heaven Dou Empire and followed Wang Dong’s directions toward her home.
• Wang Dong teased Huo Yuhao about meeting her family and warned that they might test his strength and character.
• They reached the steep, cloud-covered peak of Cloud Recesses and flew to its gentle slope.
• More than twenty gray-clothed people surrounded Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong told them to protect him while she visited her fathers.
• Wang Dong returned within half an hour, and Huo Yuhao asked whether the gray-clothed people were her family members.

Wang Dong led Huo Yuhao through Clear Sky Castle’s defenses and brought him to her home, where he learned about her absent parents and met one of her powerful uncles. The chapter ended as the uncle’s spiritual pressure stopped just short of Huo Yuhao.

• Wang Dong led Huo Yuhao through the mist, and he used Six Eyes and Mental Sharing to reveal the mountain range to her.
• Wang Dong explained that flocks of cloud assassins made flying through the clouds dangerous and told Huo Yuhao that her parents had disappeared, leaving her in the care of her First Dad and Second Dad.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao climbed to the summit and arrived at Clear Sky Castle.
• A burly middle-aged man emerged from the castle and pressed Huo Yuhao with immense physical and spiritual pressure, but it stopped forty centimeters from him.

Huo Yuhao arrived at Clear Sky Castle with Wang Dong, met Tai Tan, and was given a room suited to his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul. After Wang Dong joined her First Dad and Second Dad upstairs, the two men reacted with surprise to Huo Yuhao’s assigned room and questioned how much she knew about his background.

• Wang Dong introduced Huo Yuhao to Tai Tan, who welcomed him into Clear Sky Castle after testing his composure.
• Wang Dong showed Huo Yuhao around the castle and revealed that it belonged to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Wang Dong arranged for Huo Yuhao to stay in the Cold Jade Room, and he settled in while she went to see her family.
• Wang Dong argued with her First Dad and Second Dad over their treatment of Huo Yuhao and praised his Twin Martial Souls and Ultimate Ice.
• Wang Dong’s First Dad and Second Dad reacted with surprise to Huo Yuhao’s room assignment, then asked her about his background.

Wang Dong’s First Dad and Second Dad discussed Huo Yuhao’s extraordinary Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and decided to test his character and abilities before accepting him. Huo Yuhao overheard their conversation and remained unconcerned, even after Ice Empress and Tian Meng warned him about the Titan Giant Ape’s immense strength.

• The middle-aged man in white and the short-haired middle-aged man identified Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring as roughly four hundred thousand years old and suspected a soul beast had sacrificed itself for him.
• Wang Dong defended Huo Yuhao and warned her First Dad and Second Dad not to hurt him, while they insisted they would test him before allowing him to be with her.
• After Wang Dong left, the short-haired middle-aged man reported that Huo Yuhao had resisted his aura by controlling space, and the middle-aged man in white said they should judge Huo Yuhao’s character as well as his abilities.
• Huo Yuhao overheard the conversation from his room, finished his pastries, and admired the sea of clouds outside his window.
• Ice Empress and Tian Meng warned Huo Yuhao that the Titan Giant Ape’s spiritual power and strength were terrifying, but Huo Yuhao said neither the Titan Giant Ape nor the Sky Azure Bull Python could harm him.

Huo Yuhao cultivated on the Ice Jade Marrow Bed, absorbing its ice energy to strengthen his Destiny God Bone while the Clear Sky brothers discussed his trust in Dong'er. As his cultivation surged, a golden bead awakened inside him and began devouring his Soul Power.

• Huo Yuhao used the Ice Jade Marrow Bed to absorb ice-elemental energy into his Destiny God Bone—Torso Bone, causing his power and aura to grow.
• The man in white told his younger brother that Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring on his second Martial Soul came from a four-hundred-thousand-year soul beast sacrifice, and that Huo Yuhao had cultivated openly because he trusted Dong'er to protect him.
• The man in white ordered the Clear Sky Sect members not to disturb Huo Yuhao and said they would continue observing his character, abilities, and feelings toward Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao felt his Destiny God Bone’s age increase by another hundred thousand years as he absorbed energy from the Ice Jade Marrow Bed.
• A golden bead in Huo Yuhao’s dantian suddenly spun and devoured his Soul Power, causing the Ice Jade Marrow Bed’s chill to intensify.

Huo Yuhao and the beings in his Sea of Spirit discovered that the Snow Empress’s sealed origin power had been ignited by energy from the Ice Jade Marrow Bed. Electrolux warned that it was becoming an Ultimate Bomb with no known way to stop it, and the Ice Empress began restraining the seal as the others faced imminent destruction.

• The Snow Pill absorbed Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power, the Ice Empress’s sealing power, and energy from the Ice Jade Marrow Bed, triggering the Snow Empress’s sealed origin power.
• Huo Yuhao stayed calm and used the power of the Six Eyes to suppress the Snow Empress’s origin while it continued absorbing energy.
• Electrolux explained that the Snow Empress’s compressed Ultimate Ice was reversing toward Ultimate Fire and expanding into a bomb that could approach the power of a god.
• Electrolux admitted that no one could stop the explosion, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress panicked.
• The Ice Empress apologized to the Snow Empress and released a blinding light that temporarily restrained the seal’s power and slowed the Snow Pill.

As the Snow Pill threatened to explode inside Huo Yuhao, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed his spiritual origin to empower Electrolux and confessed his love to Ice Empress. Just as eight souls burned their origins to face the catastrophe, Huo Yuhao used Six Eyes’ Unlimited Void to freeze everything and stop the crisis.

• Snow Empress lamented that Ice Empress’s sacrifice could not stop the impending disaster, while Huo Yuhao remained confident as the Snow Pill expanded.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered his spiritual origin to Electrolux and confessed his long-held love to Ice Empress.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s golden rings became a staff for Electrolux, and Ice Empress said she would hear his confession again if he survived.
• Snow Demon King, Thousand Illusion Spirit Emperor, and the other souls burned their origins alongside Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Huo Yuhao activated Six Eyes’ Unlimited Void, freezing time and space and stopping the impending explosion.