Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao reunited with Wang Dong at Clear Sky Peak and introduced her to Snow Girl, his new Soul Spirit. Wang Dong wanted to try fusing with a Soul Spirit herself, and Huo Yuhao said he was nearly certain he could help her.

• Wang Dong returned from flying above Clear Sky Peak and teased Huo Yuhao about whether he had missed her.
• Wang Dong revealed she had obtained a new Soul Skill but kept its details secret.
• Huo Yuhao brought out Snow Girl, and Wang Dong quickly grew fond of the tiny Soul Spirit before learning she was not his daughter.
• Huo Yuhao explained how Snow Girl had become a Soul Spirit and discussed the risks and mental-power costs of forming another Soul Spirit.
• Wang Dong volunteered to be Huo Yuhao's test subject and suggested a Soul Spirit made for her might use only one Soul Ring slot.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong discussed testing Soul Spirit experiments with Clear Sky Sect disciples before parting ways. As Huo Yuhao returned to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and secretly worked on a complex Soul Tool, Wang Dong kept a sealed pouch meant for him, while the imperial succession crisis continued to occupy Jing Hongchen.

• Huo Yuhao agreed that he and Wang Dong would eventually test Soul Spirit experiments with Clear Sky Sect disciples who were nearing Soul Ring bottlenecks.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong said farewell and traveled toward their respective academies; Wang Dong recalled Niu Tian’s instructions and tucked away the sealed blue brocade pouch intended for Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, where Lin Jiayi reported his return to Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen focused on the worsening imperial succession contest and decided to let the exchange program proceed without further schemes.
• Huo Yuhao spent four months crafting with rare metals and researching a complicated Soul Tool, while Xuan Ziwen and Fan Yu noticed his intense work but did not press him for details.

As his exchange program at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy neared its end, Huo Yuhao told Xuan Ziwen he would return to Shrek Academy and promised Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen one last spar. He fell asleep before meeting Xuan Ziwen that night, and the chapter ended as Xuan Ziwen asked what he wanted to discuss.

• Huo Yuhao asked Xuan Ziwen to meet him that night before his exchange program ended.
• Huo Yuhao ran into Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen, told them he would leave in two days, and promised to spar with them before departing.
• Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen left without giving Huo Yuhao the sentimental send-off he requested.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory and slept until Xuan Ziwen's arrival woke him.
• Huo Yuhao apologized for oversleeping, and Xuan Ziwen reflected on his talent before asking what he wanted to discuss.

Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to show Xuan Ziwen a secret creation through projected memories. Xuan Ziwen saw a towering humanoid metal figure appear, but the chapter ended before Huo Yuhao explained it.

• Huo Yuhao reminded Xuan Ziwen of their wager and asked him to critique two of his works.
• Huo Yuhao proposed projecting the first work into Xuan Ziwen's mind, and Xuan Ziwen agreed to lower his mental guard.
• Huo Yuhao projected his memories into Xuan Ziwen's Sea of Spirit, revealing his brilliant azure eyes and a remote rocky landscape.
• Huo Yuhao used the Starlight Sapphire ring to summon a three-and-a-half-meter humanoid metal figure, leaving Xuan Ziwen trembling in shock.

Huo Yuhao showed Xuan Ziwen a demonstration of his compact Humanoid Soul Tool, proving it could fly, move under remote controls, and become far more agile when controlled through Soul Power. Xuan Ziwen was left overwhelmed and demanded that Huo Yuhao tell him the demonstration was fake.

• Xuan Ziwen doubted that Huo Yuhao's three-and-a-half-meter Humanoid Soul Tool could be a true internally operated model because it seemed too small to hold enough core formation arrays.
• Huo Yuhao climbed into the Humanoid Soul Tool, unfolded its wings, and used twelve thrusters to fly it through the air.
• Huo Yuhao operated the controls from the cockpit, making the Humanoid Soul Tool walk, jump, roll, turn, and perform difficult movements for ten minutes.
• Huo Yuhao shifted to controlling the Humanoid Soul Tool with his limbs and Soul Power, then demonstrated its increased agility by performing the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Xuan Ziwen erupted with Soul Power, confronted Huo Yuhao, and demanded that he admit the demonstration was fake.

Huo Yuhao explained how his Humanoid Soul Tool used thirty-two Core Magic Arrays and twelve Level-6 Milk Bottles, while keeping its control system secret. Xuan Ziwen offered to trade his completed Milk Bottle Sealing Method for Huo Yuhao’s design philosophy, leaving the exchange unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Ziwen that the Humanoid Soul Tool used thirty-two Core Magic Arrays and could not reveal how he had recorded its images.
• Huo Yuhao explained that twelve Level-6 Milk Bottles powered the Humanoid Soul Tool without requiring him to inject Soul Power.
• Xuan Ziwen asked how Huo Yuhao controlled the machine’s movement and balance, but Huo Yuhao refused to reveal the secret.
• Xuan Ziwen recognized the potential of Huo Yuhao’s design and offered his Milk Bottle Sealing Method in exchange for its design philosophy.

Huo Yuhao showed Xuan Ziwen an eighth-grade Fixed Soul Cannon Shell as a second invention after his unfinished humanoid Soul Tool. Xuan Ziwen recognized its immense destructive power and questioned the morality of making it, while Huo Yuhao argued that weapons could deter war.

• Huo Yuhao refused Xuan Ziwen's offer to trade for the humanoid Soul Tool and reminded him that he had promised to reveal a second creation.
• Huo Yuhao produced a gigantic red Fixed Soul Cannon Shell, and Xuan Ziwen recoiled in fear at its powerful aura.
• Xuan Ziwen identified the shell as at least eighth-grade and realized it could destroy the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
• Xuan Ziwen touched the shell and sensed its dense, mutated baleful energy, warning that its explosion would bring calamity upon countless lives.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Xuan Ziwen by pointing out Mingde Hall's own weapons and argued that powerful weapons could preserve peace through deterrence.

Xuan Ziwen examined Huo Yuhao’s Ghosts’ Sorrow and was tempted by his Soul Engineering knowledge, though the shell was only a powerless semi-finished product. The next morning, Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen challenged Huo Yuhao to a serious fight at the Soul Tool Trial Grounds.

• Xuan Ziwen studied Ghosts’ Sorrow and judged it to be an unprecedented shell with the potential to reach ninth-grade power against an army.
• Huo Yuhao invited Xuan Ziwen to join his research, and Xuan Ziwen left to think over the offer.
• Huo Yuhao put away Ghosts’ Sorrow, which he knew was unfinished and currently powerless because its core had not been completed.
• After sleeping until dawn, Huo Yuhao prepared to fish at the Mimicry Lake but encountered Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen.
• Ji Juechen named the Soul Tool Trial Grounds as their destination, and Jing Ziyan told Huo Yuhao they were serious about the fight.

Huo Yuhao agreed to fight Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan together for their entire fortunes, then faced their combined attack in the Soul Tool Trial Grounds. He broke through Jing Ziyan’s smoke skills and recognized that Ji Juechen had changed, leaving the sparring match underway.

• Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan agreed to wager their entire fortunes against Huo Yuhao, who invited them to attack him together.
• Jing Ziyan concealed herself and Ji Juechen in Phantom Smoke, then used her Smoke Pill as Huo Yuhao charged into the mist.
• Huo Yuhao activated Ice Empress’s Protection and Permafrost Domain, freezing and dispersing the smoke despite its explosive force.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Ji Juechen’s aura had vanished beneath a gray layer and suspected he had evolved again.
• Jing Ziyan rushed to intercept Huo Yuhao as he retreated, but he struck at her with Ice Empress’s Pincer.

Huo Yuhao defeated Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen in a spar, revealing his overwhelming strength while testing Ji Juechen's domain. Ji Juechen accepted the loss, and Huo Yuhao said he would likely remain at Shrek Academy until the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament.

• Jing Ziyan transformed into smoke to trap Huo Yuhao, but he dispersed the smoke with his power and extreme cold.
• Ji Juechen attacked Huo Yuhao with a silent sword strike, and Huo Yuhao countered with Great Chill Without Snow, shattering the Heavenly Meteoric Iron Sword.
• Ji Juechen followed with his Silence domain, but Huo Yuhao's Peerless Ice Extremity met the attack and left him standing while Ji Juechen was driven back.
• Ji Juechen named his domain Silence, acknowledged Huo Yuhao's superiority, and accepted defeat.
• Huo Yuhao said he would probably stay at Shrek Academy until the next tournament, and Jing Ziyan warned that they would continue challenging him.

As his exchange at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy neared its end, Huo Yuhao visited Jing Hongchen to give him a handmade Soul Tool as a parting gift. After Huo Yuhao left, Jing Hongchen discovered the box could fire iron arrows and ordered Lin Jiayi to bring him back.

• Huo Yuhao told Ji Juechen to follow him to Shrek Academy, and Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan left together.
• Huo Yuhao asked Lin Jiayi to arrange a private meeting with Jing Hongchen before he departed.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Jing Hongchen for his help and presented him with a black metal box he had made himself.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Jing Hongchen tested the box and found that it fired iron arrows into the wall.
• Jing Hongchen realized the gift was more than a crude Soul Tool and told Lin Jiayi to bring Huo Yuhao back.

Huo Yuhao showed Jing Hongchen a hand-triggered Soul Tool mechanism and demanded an outrageous price for its design. Jing Hongchen recognized its military potential but rejected Huo Yuhao’s escalating demands and ordered him to leave.

• Jing Hongchen tried to inspect Huo Yuhao’s black box, but its self-destruct mechanism ruined the internal structure.
• Jing Hongchen summoned Huo Yuhao back and demanded the triggering mechanism’s design, while Huo Yuhao pretended not to understand what he meant.
• Huo Yuhao demanded three Ninth-Level Soul Tools for the design, then raised his price as Jing Hongchen protested.
• Jing Hongchen considered how the mechanism could let ordinary people use charged Soul Tools and strengthen the Sun Moon Empire’s military.
• Huo Yuhao insisted on his final price of seven items, and Jing Hongchen angrily told him to scram.

Huo Yuhao bargained with Jing Hongchen over his Soul Tool trigger mechanism, first demanding nine Ninth-Level Soul Tools before offering an extensive list of rare materials instead. Jing Hongchen rejected the demand and threw the black box back at him, ending the negotiation in anger.

• Huo Yuhao raised his price to nine Ninth-Level Soul Tools after Jing Hongchen damaged and insulted his work, then walked out.
• Jing Hongchen recalled the mechanism's battlefield potential and ordered Lin Jiayi to bring Huo Yuhao back.
• Jing Hongchen offered nine Eighth-Level Soul Tools and five million Gold Soul Coins, then increased the offer to ten Eighth-Level Soul Tools, but Huo Yuhao refused.
• Huo Yuhao reminded Jing Hongchen that he had once given Huo Yuhao's teacher a Ninth-Level Soul Tool, then asked for rare materials equivalent in value to Ninth-Level Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao listed large quantities of precious metals and Silver Dragon Scales, and Jing Hongchen called his device junk, threw the black box back, and ordered him to leave.

Huo Yuhao haggled with Jing Hongchen over rare materials for the black-box design, but they failed to agree on a price. As the Shrek Academy exchange students prepared to leave, Sun Moon Empire Crown Prince Xu Tianran arrived with Imperial Guards and armored Soul Engineers to see them off.

• Huo Yuhao bargained with Jing Hongchen over the materials, insisting on Silver Dragon Scales, while Jing Hongchen refused his demands and ordered him out.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory, determined to keep negotiating for the design materials.
• The Shrek Academy exchange students attended a farewell ceremony led by Fan Yu and Jing Hongchen before preparing to return home.
• Xu Tianran arrived at the ceremony with Imperial Guards and Soul Engineers, greeted Jing Hongchen, and told Fan Yu he had come to see the students off.
• Fan Yu thanked Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen, then asked whether Jing Hongchen would accompany the group as they set out.

Huo Yuhao exchanged the blueprints with Jing Hongchen for valuable materials and a Starlight Sapphire Ring, then returned to the agreed exchange site with the Shrek Academy students. Jing Hongchen and the Shrek deans completed the student exchange, leaving both sides to return home with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen reunited with their grandfather.

• Jing Hongchen accepted Xu Tianran's support for the deal and offered Huo Yuhao fifty percent of the materials, including thirty Silver Dragon Scales.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the Starlight Sapphire Ring and handed Jing Hongchen the blueprints, sealing their agreement.
• Jing Hongchen escorted Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Academy students east toward the exchange site while Huo Yuhao checked the ring's contents.
• Jing Hongchen met Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er at the exchange site, where Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen reunited with their grandfather.

Huo Yuhao warned Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er that Mingde Hall might attack them on the journey back to Shrek Academy to reclaim rare metals and a blueprint. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe agreeing to travel separately with Huo Yuhao and Xian Lin'er and welcoming Huo Yuhao into Sea God's Pavilion as his junior martial brother.

• Jing Hongchen and Yan Shaozhe ended the exchange program, and Jing Hongchen led the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy students away.
• Huo Yuhao privately warned Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er that Mingde Hall might ambush them because he had sold Jing Hongchen a blueprint and obtained a huge haul of rare metals.
• Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe examined Huo Yuhao's Starlight Sapphire Ring and realized the valuable metals could provoke Jing Hongchen to attack.
• Huo Yuhao proposed traveling separately with Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er so they could draw any attack away from the other students, and Yan Shaozhe agreed.
• Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao that the Sea God's Pavilion elders had approved his entry and asked him to call him Senior Brother.

Huo Yuhao learned that Shrek Academy had granted him a place in Sea God's Pavilion for his contributions and revealed that he had reached six rings. As he traveled back toward Shrek with Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, the three waited for a possible attack that had not yet come.

• Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao that his 1,376 Soul Tool blueprints had earned him a place in Sea God's Pavilion, though the academy would keep it secret for his protection.
• Yan Shaozhe said the academy would support Huo Yuhao's future with the Tang Sect and urged him to win the tournament; Huo Yuhao revealed he had reached six rings.
• After lunch, Fan Yu led He Caitou, Ye Xiaosheng, and the other students ahead while Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er traveled more slowly with Huo Yuhao.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er discussed how they would protect Huo Yuhao if enemies attacked, with Xian Lin'er taking the lead in attacking.
• The three used Flight Soul Tools to head toward Shrek Academy, but after entering the Heaven Dou Empire, they had still not encountered the expected attackers.

Zhang Peng, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo, appeared and demanded that Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er hand over Huo Yuhao. Xian Lin'er fought him while Yan Shaozhe explained Zhang Peng's history and warned Huo Yuhao to observe the clash.

• Dark clouds shaped like a tiger approached, and Zhang Peng challenged Yan Shaozhe while demanding that Huo Yuhao be left behind.
• Xian Lin'er transformed, summoned her battle spear, and attacked Zhang Peng, overpowering his initial defense.
• Zhang Peng revealed that he had returned after Mu En's death and denied any connection to the Sun Moon Empire or Mingde Hall.
• Xian Lin'er and Zhang Peng exchanged blows as Yan Shaozhe identified Zhang Peng as an Evil Soul Master called Scorpion Tiger and urged Huo Yuhao to learn from the battle.
• Zhang Peng continued defending against Xian Lin'er's assault, while Yan Shaozhe noted that she was still somewhat weaker than him.

Yan Shaozhe explained True Body Possession and Xian Lin'er’s Azure Flame Dragon Martial Soul as she fought Zhang Peng. Zhang Peng unleashed his beast souls, and Yan Shaozhe exposed a hidden ally who emerged from a crack in midair.

• Yan Shaozhe explained that Super Douluos could use True Body Possession and described its risks and limitations.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Xian Lin'er’s wind-attributed Azure Flame Dragon created destructive azure flames through compressed wind.
• Zhang Peng transformed into his Scorpion Tiger Martial Soul Avatar and released beast souls, including the Twelve Beast Envoys, to overwhelm Xian Lin'er.
• Yan Shaozhe sensed someone hiding nearby and called them out, and an elderly silver-haired man stepped through a crack in midair.

Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao confronted Yan Shaozhe and Huo Yuhao, revealing that he had come under orders to capture them and keep Xian Lin'er. He spared them three attacks to hand over Huo Yuhao’s ring, and after the first strike sent Yan Shaozhe flying, two attacks remained.

• Long Xiaoyao introduced himself to Yan Shaozhe and mourned the death of his old friend Mu En.
• Long Xiaoyao said he owed a great favor and demanded that Yan Shaozhe endure three attacks and surrender Huo Yuhao’s ring, while Xian Lin'er stayed behind.
• Yan Shaozhe moved to protect Huo Yuhao as Long Xiaoyao launched his first attack without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Yan Shaozhe countered Long Xiaoyao’s black-hole strike with his Radiant Phoenix power but was blasted a thousand meters away.
• Long Xiaoyao praised Yan Shaozhe’s Martial Soul and said two attacks remained, while Yan Shaozhe began considering escape.