Recaps

Huo Yuhao learned about the Holy Spirit Cult's attack on Shrek and Mu En's death while catching up with the girls. Wang Dong'er asked him to accompany her home to learn why her parents had sealed her against using Soul Tools, and they set out together the next morning.

• Zhu Lu told Huo Yuhao that the Holy Spirit Cult had attacked Shrek, badly injuring Mu En and targeting Xiao Tao.
• Ning Tian explained that Mu En had exhausted himself to evolve Bei Bei's Martial Soul, while Le Xuan helped purge Shrek's hidden agents after becoming Sea God Pavilion's vice master.
• Wang Dong'er asked Huo Yuhao to accompany her home so she could confront the mystery of her Soul Tool seal, and he agreed to leave the next day.
• Huo Yuhao discussed preparations with the others in his Spirit Sea, then met Wang Dong'er at the academy gates and set off with her.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er encountered a duchy's rebellion while traveling through the Sun Moon Empire and discovered that Orange was commanding the imperial forces. They attacked the rebel army, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er headed toward Orange's position as the battle intensified.

• Zhu Lu and Gu Qiu'er worried about Huo Yuhao's dangerous trip to the Clear Sky Sect, then went to class with Meng Hongchen and Ning Tian.
• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao she had already reached Soul Emperor and wanted him to accompany her home to learn about her parents.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er spotted a battle between the Sun Moon Empire and a rebellious duchy, and Huo Yuhao recognized Orange commanding the imperial army.
• Orange's forces were surrounded by Zhao Yang's troops, and she held back her generals from attacking the enemy's artillery.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er charged into the rebel army, prompting Zhao Yang to order an attack; the two then flew toward Orange's central position.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Huo Qubing, and Wei Qing routed the rebel forces and confronted King Zhao Xiang. Huo Yuhao exploited Zhao Xiang's weakened mental defenses to kill him, leaving the battlefield's leadership in disarray.

• Huo Qubing charged through the rebel ranks and destroyed their soul cannon formation with Thunder Annihilates the Void Strike.
• Wei Qing halted the enemy force attacking from the rear, ordered Orange to rally the remaining soldiers, and then attacked the enemy troops.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er unleashed their attacks and Martial Soul fusion technique, crushing the rebel army between them.
• Zhao Xiang revealed his seven-ring Soul Saint strength and attacked Huo Yuhao, who temporarily matched his blow with Emperor Starfall.
• Huo Yuhao struck Zhao Xiang's mind with Abyss of the Vast Sea and killed him with Dragon's Dominion of Nine Heavens.

Huo Yuhao defeated Zhao Xiang, left Orange to handle the surrender, and continued with Wang Dong'er to the Clear Sky Sect. There, he met her adoptive fathers Niu Tian and Titan, while they discussed Tang San’s disturbing change in character.

• Huo Yuhao killed Zhao Xiang, whose soldiers surrendered to Orange, then bid her farewell and continued toward the Clear Sky Sect with Wang Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er reached the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain fortress, where Elder Yi recognized the divine aura in the gate inscriptions.
• Wang Dong'er joyfully reunited with Niu Tian and Titan, and Titan tested Huo Yuhao with a burst of pressure before withdrawing it at her protest.
• Niu Tian told Wang Dong'er to take Huo Yuhao to rest and offered to accompany her to obtain her sixth Soul Ring.
• Niu Tian and Titan discussed how Tang San had changed, noting that even his Sea God divine position carried a trace of killing intent.

Huo Yuhao settled into a guest room at the Clear Sky Sect and discovered its bed was made of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. He began using its Ultimate Ice energy to attempt the third revolution of the Nine Revolutions Returning to One Technique, while his companions stood guard.

• Wang Dong'er led Huo Yuhao to a room suited to ice-attribute cultivation, then left to obtain her Soul Ring.
• Ice Empress grew jealous of Wang Dong'er, but Huo Yuhao, Tian Meng, and Elex reassured her and discussed leaving methods for Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao found that the room's bed was made of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Tian Meng recognized its value as a treasure for ice cultivators.
• Huo Yuhao sat on the ice bed and began forming the Small Heavenly Cycles needed for the third revolution of his technique as Xiao He, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing watched over him.
• Elex urged Tian Meng to stop slacking and begin condensing her first Heavenly Cycle.

Huo Yuhao and the others strengthened their cultivation while Xiao He confronted Niu Tian and Titan, and Huo Qubing sparred with Titan. Huo Yuhao then detected and sealed a strand of Sea God's power aimed at Tian Meng and the Ice Empress, leaving him and Elex wary of the Sea God's long-running schemes.

• With Elex's persuasion and the Snow-Treading White Wolf's help, Tian Meng and the others began cultivating and sought enlightenment in China's river of time.
• Niu Tian and Titan confronted Xiao He, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing, and Xiao He accused them of being connected to the god who had targeted Huo Yuhao.
• Niu Tian agreed to speak with Xiao He while Titan sparred with Huo Qubing in the air.
• Huo Yuhao and the others gained Soul Power from the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Huo Yuhao advanced to level fifty-three while improving his Heavenly Cycle cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao detected a strand of Sea God's power heading toward Tian Meng and the Ice Empress and sealed it with his spiritual power and Human Way runes.
• Elex suggested the Sea God had arranged events against Huo Yuhao long ago, and Huo Yuhao resolved to seek the truth when he reached the God Realm.

Elex and his allies fought Niu Tian and Titan after Tang San intervened against Huo Yuhao. Elex suppressed Niu Tian and turned his attention to Huo Yuhao, who remained trapped in his Spirit Sea.

• A golden beam erupted from the Clear Sky Sect's main hall, and Niu Tian blocked Xiao He and Wei Qing from reaching Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao He empowered Wei Qing with a black jade scroll, allowing Wei Qing to battle Niu Tian at full strength.
• Niu Tian fired Azure Divine Thunder toward Huo Yuhao, but Elex's Taiji Diagram blocked the attack and crushed Niu Tian into the ground.
• Titan transformed into a Titan Giant Ape and fought Huo Qubing while Xiao He and Wei Qing held back the Clear Sky Sect's disciples and elders.
• Elex taunted Niu Tian, who blamed Xiao Wu's choice and the Tang Clan's schemes for his sacrifice to Tang San.
• Elex worried that Tang San had trapped Huo Yuhao in his Spirit Sea and told him the rest was up to him.

Huo Yuhao confronted Tang San in his Spirit Sea and wounded the Sea God with the Human Emperor Sword. After Tang San retaliated, Huo Yuhao’s allies broke through the domain and joined him, and Elex prepared to face Tang San.

• Golden divine power engulfed Huo Yuhao and brought him into his Spirit Sea, where Tang San appeared and demanded that he hand over the Human Emperor Sword.
• Tang San’s pressure nearly forced Huo Yuhao to kneel, but the Human Emperor Sword protected him, and Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong appeared within his Spirit Sea.
• Tang San tried to confuse Huo Yuhao with illusory sound, but Huo Yuhao broke free and wounded Tang San’s phantom with the fourth form of the Human Emperor Sword Technique.
• Tang San summoned the Sea God’s Trident and attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao’s teacher, Wei Qing, Brother Huo, and Uncle Xiao arrived and drove Tang San’s consciousness back.
• Elex rose to confront Tang San as Huo Yuhao’s allies gathered around him.

Huo Yuhao’s resolve to forge a human path capable of resisting the gods helped him break through to Level 58 as Elex and his allies defeated Tang San’s divine sense in the Spirit Sea. Huo Yuhao emerged exhausted but determined, then saw a familiar figure waiting outside: Dong'er.

• Huo Yuhao’s Dao Heart solidified around protecting humanity, and he broke through to the Level-58 High-Tier Soul King Realm as the Snow-Treading White Wolf’s light merged into him.
• Elex countered Tang San’s Sea God attacks and summoned a Necromantic Seal Array and an undead legion, while Xiao He strengthened the group with the Atlas of Han's Mountains and Rivers.
• Huo Qubing and Wei Qing combined their attacks to interrupt Tang San, allowing Elex’s undead tide to engulf Tang San’s divine sense.
• Tang San’s divine sense vanished after threatening the group, and Huo Yuhao reaffirmed his determination to slay gods.
• Wei Qing and Huo Qubing supported the exhausted Elex as Huo Yuhao left the Spirit Sea and saw Dong'er waiting before him.

Huo Yuhao revealed his past and his enmity with the Three Douluo Kingdoms to Wang Dong'er, then explained that she was Tang San's daughter and that divine senses were hidden in her mind. Elex guided Wang Dong'er into her Spirit Sea so she could witness its condition herself.

• Wang Dong'er rushed to Huo Yuhao, checked that he was unharmed, and listened as he recounted his past and why he had chosen the Sun Moon Empire.
• Wang Dong'er pleaded for a way for them to be together, and Huo Yuhao explained his hostility toward the Three Douluo Kingdoms and the Sea God ancestor's attempt to control him.
• Wang Dong'er noticed Huo Yuhao was hiding something and insisted on hearing the rest, so he told her about the divine senses in her mind and their suspicion about her identity.
• Wang Dong'er concluded that she was Tang San's daughter, and Elex appeared and offered to show her the state of her Spirit Sea.
• Elex used his power to guide Wang Dong'er's consciousness into her Spirit Sea while Huo Yuhao worried about how she would react.

Wang Dong'er entered her Spirit Sea with Huo Yuhao and recovered memories revealing her origins and a terrifying attack that had split her in two. After she collapsed in fear and exhaustion, Huo Yuhao rejected the Tang Sect and said it no longer needed to exist.

• Wang Dong'er saw the Sea God's trident seal in her Spirit Sea and realized that Tang San was her father.
• Huo Yuhao accompanied Wang Dong'er to the pink figure beneath the seal, where she recovered memories of her childhood in the God Realm and a blood-red sword splitting her in two.
• Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong'er out of her Spirit Sea when the divine seal noticed them, and she clung to him in terror before falling asleep from exhaustion.
• Elex, Tian Meng, the Ice Empress, and Xiao He discussed the cruelty of Tang San and the Tang Sect after receiving the memories.
• Huo Yuhao declared that the Tang Sect no longer needed to exist, then focused on Wang Dong'er's condition.

Wang Dong'er learned that Tang San had used her to bind Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny, and rejected him as her father. Huo Yuhao comforted her after she fled Clear Sky Sect, and the two set off together for home.

• Wang Dong'er woke beside Huo Yuhao and decided that Tang San was no longer her father, resolving to become strong enough to question him.
• Niu Tian revealed that Tang San planned to use Wang Dong'er to bind Huo Yuhao and draw on the Douluo Continent's fate to reach the true God King Realm.
• Wang Dong'er flew away from Clear Sky Sect, and Huo Yuhao freed Niu Tian before chasing after her.
• Niu Tian began to question whether he had been a puppet for ten thousand years, and he and Titan dismissed the sect disciples and returned to the main hall.
• Huo Yuhao caught up with Wang Dong'er, comforted her as she grieved, and promised to give her a home wherever he was.
• Wang Dong'er regained her spirits, and she and Huo Yuhao flew off together toward home.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er encountered three Evil Soul Masters attacking a mother Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear and her cubs, and fought to stop them. The battle escalated when the leader summoned a horde of spirits, and Huo Yuhao challenged his claim to the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er flew toward a burst of wicked Soul Power after contacting Kong Deming.
• Three black-robed Evil Soul Masters tried to capture an injured mother Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear and her two cubs for a ritual.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er confronted the Evil Soul Masters, revealing their Soul Rings and fighting the Soul King and Soul Emperor.
• Huo Yuhao identified the Soul King's sickle as a weapon that absorbed life force, while Wang Dong'er used Light God's Possession to weaken the Evil Soul Masters.
• The seven-ringed leader rang his bell and summoned more than a hundred tortured spirits, prompting Huo Yuhao to mock his Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er fought the Evil Soul Masters, killing one of them and forcing their Soul Saint leader to reconsider the battle. The chapter ended with the leader trying to retreat while Huo Yuhao challenged him to stay.

• Huo Yuhao used the Human Emperor Sword and Soul-Hooking Chains to break through the black-robed leader’s attacks and bind his resentful soul giant.
• The black-robed leader activated his Martial Soul Avatar, using the tortured souls’ cries to attack Huo Yuhao’s mind, while another Evil Soul Master blocked Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er trapped the scythe-wielding Soul King with her light-based attacks and burned him to ash with the Radiant Goddess Butterfly.
• Huo Yuhao broke free and struck the black-robed leader into a crater as the freed Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear drove back the Soul Emperor Evil Soul Master.
• The black-robed leader began ringing the Soul-Seizing Bell to retreat, but Huo Yuhao challenged him before he could leave.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er fought the Evil Soul Masters, while Kong Deming confronted Long Xiaoyao, who had joined the Holy Spirit Cult. The two Ultimate Douluo clashed in the sky, but neither gained the upper hand.

• Huo Yuhao's Emperor Starfall overwhelmed the Evil Soul Masters, and their leader used his companion's body to block the attack before triggering an explosion from the corpse.
• Huo Yuhao protected Wang Dong'er with the Primordial Pearl Umbrella, then found the fleeing Soul Saint and sent Huo Qubing after him while asking Wei Qing to provide support.
• Huo Yuhao sensed reinforcements and saw Kong Deming face Long Xiaoyao, who demanded to take the fleeing man back.
• Kong Deming blocked Long Xiaoyao's dragon-claw strike with the Silver Moon Divine Shield and countered with moonlight slashes, which Long Xiaoyao defended against with black dragon scales.

Kong Deming and Long Xiaoyao fought while Huo Yuhao supported Kong Deming, and Wei Qing killed the fleeing Evil Soul Master. As Kong Deming prepared to discuss the Holy Spirit Cult’s dealings, a blood-red domain appeared and a resentful woman addressed Long Xiaoyao.

• Long Xiaoyao transformed into a dark dragon and attacked Kong Deming, who struggled against Long Xiaoyao’s superior Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao used the Eye of Destiny to support Kong Deming, who fused his Martial Soul with the Silver Moon Divine Shield and unleashed his full strength.
• Long Xiaoyao and Kong Deming released their domains and clashed with dark and silver ultimate techniques.
• Huo Qubing wounded the fleeing Evil Soul Master, and Wei Qing blocked his escape with Ultimate Ice.
• Kong Deming trapped Long Xiaoyao with the Silver Moon Divine Shield, allowing Wei Qing to behead the Evil Soul Master.
• A blood-red domain spread as a resentful female voice told Long Xiaoyao that he was still indecisive.

Ye Xishui joined Long Xiaoyao against Kong Deming, turning the battle against Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er increasingly dangerous. Elex emerged to protect his disciple and defeated Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao with a single attack.

• Ye Xishui arrived and revealed herself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s second Ultimate Douluo, then confronted Kong Deming.
• Ye Xishui unleashed her Blood Demon True Body and attacked Kong Deming, while Kong Deming countered with level-nine Soul Tool shells.
• Long Xiaoyao shielded Ye Xishui from the shells and was badly wounded, prompting Ye Xishui to unleash her ninth Soul Skill, Reaper's Oblivion.
• A black-and-white taiji diagram emerged from Huo Yuhao and blocked Ye Xishui’s sea of blood from reaching him and Wang Dong'er.
• Elex appeared and sent Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao crashing into the mountains with a wave of gray light.

Elex fought Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, using Yin-Yang Power to withstand their combined attacks and nearly subdue them. A bone dragon’s Soul Shock interrupted him, allowing the injured pair to escape, while Elex decided to leave that opponent for Huo Yuhao to face in the future.

• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao joined forces and unleashed their ninth soul skills against Elex.
• Elex used the Taiji Diagram to block both attacks, then formed a giant palm with Yin-Yang Power to suppress the pair and disrupt their Soul Power.
• A bone dragon attacked Elex with Soul Shock, forcing him to recall the Taiji Diagram and giving Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao a chance to counter with their domains.
• Elex broke through the domains with Yin-Yang Power, and the backlash left Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao badly injured as they fled.
• Elex let the bone dragon escape so Huo Yuhao could confront it in the future, while Kong Deming recognized Elex’s formidable strength.

Elex drove back Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, then returned with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. The Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders recovered and plotted their next moves while Huo Yuhao arrived safely and went to rest.

• Elex reassured Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er after the battle, and told Kong Deming that the surprise attacker was likely the Holy Spirit Cult’s second-in-command.
• Di Tian appeared, praised Elex’s strength, and left after confirming the enemy had been driven away.
• Elex cryptically acknowledged his connections with soul beasts, then returned to Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Sea as Kong Deming flew Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er back to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Xishui used their past to keep Long Xiaoyao by her side, while Zhongli Wu resolved to take control of the Holy Spirit Cult after breaking through.
• Kong Deming, Du Bushi, and Jing Hongchen welcomed the group at Mingde Hall, and Jing Hongchen sent the tired Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er to rest.

Huo Yuhao brought Zhu Lu into his Spirit Sea, where Elex accepted her as a disciple and taught her about Self-Condensed Soul Rings. After Zhu Lu learned the method, she began attempting to condense one in Huo Yuhao’s dormitory.

• Huo Yuhao watched Wang Dong'er return to her dorm, then reunited with Zhu Lu and heard that she had broken through to Soul Emperor.
• Elex asked Huo Yuhao to bring Zhu Lu into his Spirit Sea and accepted her as his disciple, giving her two scrolls of Netherworld- and darkness-related spells.
• Huo Yuhao explained Self-Condensed and Blood-Condensed Soul Rings to Zhu Lu, who was shocked by his hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and worried about the danger he had faced.
• Elex taught Zhu Lu the principles of condensing a Soul Ring, and she began adjusting her Soul Power in Huo Yuhao’s dormitory as he stood guard.

Zhu Lu formed a Soul Ring and absorbed a two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast Soul Ring with Huo Yuhao’s help, gaining a powerful new Soul Skill. After recovering, she reunited with Wang Dong’er and the others while Huo Yuhao left to discuss matters with Jing Hongchen.

• Zhu Lu created a Soul Ring, and Elex used Lan Fuzi’s blood to turn it into a two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast Soul Ring.
• Zhu Lu began absorbing the Soul Ring, and Huo Yuhao used Xiao He and his own Soul Power to strengthen her meridians and stabilize her.
• Zhu Lu successfully fused the Soul Ring and gained the sixth Soul Skill, Netherworld Nightwalk, which drew enemies into her Netherworld Realm.
• Huo Yuhao went to the cafeteria the next morning and met Wang Dong’er, Ning Tian, and the others, who had been looking for Zhu Lu.
• Huo Yuhao brought the girls to his dormitory, where Zhu Lu had recovered and was studying a guidebook on fifth-grade Soul Tool formations.
• After Zhu Lu ate breakfast with her friends, Huo Yuhao left to discuss matters with Jing Hongchen and the others.

Huo Yuhao proposed researching engraved Soul Rings with Jing Hongchen and Du Bushi, and the Demon Empress joined their plan to involve ocean soul beasts. Meanwhile, the Asura God's consciousness took control of Tang San and turned its attention to Huo Yuhao's struggle on the Douluo Plane.

• Huo Yuhao showed Jing Hongchen and Du Bushi his fifth Soul Ring and asked them to help research lower-level engraved Soul Rings.
• Du Bushi offered to have Jinpeng capture soul beasts of different ages for the research.
• The Demon Empress arrived at Mingde Hall, and Kong Deming calmed the confrontation so they could discuss Huo Yuhao's plan.
• Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, Huo Yuhao, Du Bushi, and the Demon Empress agreed to manufacture Soul Rings, provide soul beasts, and bring ocean soul beasts into the effort.
• Tang San's killing intent overwhelmed his consciousness, but the Sea God's Divine Core protected him.
• The Asura God's remaining divine consciousness seized Tang San's body and watched Huo Yuhao fight back against Tang San's divine consciousness.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Sun Moon Emperor would hold a Soul Master Tournament in half a year, a plan that could draw powerful sects into a trap. As the group prepared for the tournament, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian returned to Shrek Academy, while Huo Yuhao gave them cultivation methods and promised they would compete again.

• Huo Yuhao sensed a threat while recording his Self-Condensed Soul Ring research, but continued working cautiously.
• Jing Hongchen told Du Bushi and Huo Yuhao that the Sun Moon Emperor planned a Soul Master Tournament open to sect disciples, and they discussed the Sun Moon Empire's strongest candidates.
• Huo Yuhao informed the others about the tournament, and the group discussed returning to Shrek Academy; Zhu Lu chose to leave for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and join the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao and his friends toured Bright Capital together before he saw Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian off at the gates.
• Huo Yuhao gave the three departing girls cultivation methods, and their rivalry with Zhu Lu intensified as they looked forward to the tournament.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy students sparred to demonstrate how much they had improved. Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu’s duel entered its climax inside Zhu Lu’s Netherworld Realm, where they tested her replicas of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.

• Ma Rulong and the other former tournament team members watched the younger students’ battles, including Ji Juechen fighting Xiao Hongchen.
• Zhu Lu pressured Gu Qiu’er with her Chain Blades, then Huo Yuhao challenged her to test her progress.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu exchanged attacks until Zhu Lu trapped him with her sixth soul skill, Netherworld Nightwalk, and pulled him into her Netherworld Realm.
• Zhu Lu revealed replicas of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and Huo Yuhao summoned the real figures to fight them.
• Wei Qing and Huo Qubing praised Zhu Lu’s skill as her duel with Huo Yuhao reached its climax.

Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu pushed their battle to the limit, countering each other’s spatial and soul-based techniques until their clash awakened a mysterious will beneath the ground. They left the arena injured and exhausted, with Huo Yuhao identifying the presence as the Earthly Dao.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to parry Zhu Lu’s Chain Blades, but she concealed her slashes with Netherworld Aura and nearly struck him by surprise.
• Huo Yuhao activated his fifth Soul Skill, Abyss of the Vast Sea, and its space clashed with Zhu Lu’s Netherworld Realm, returning them to the Battle Soul Arena.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu unleashed their strongest attacks, Dragon’s Wrath Incinerates Heaven and Six Paths of Netherworld, destroying the arena as Jing Hongchen and the others raised a barrier.
• Huo Yuhao’s icy dragon gradually overwhelmed Zhu Lu’s Soul-Seizing Chains, and both fighters stopped their attacks, exhausted and injured.
• Zhu Lu told Huo Yuhao that a will beneath the ground had intermittently contacted her, and Huo Yuhao concluded that it was the Earthly Dao.