Chapter Summaries

Xiao He appeared in Huo Yuhao’s consciousness, helped stabilize his meridians, and urged him to unite the world for its people. After Huo Yuhao vowed to do so, Xiao He guided him through absorbing the 200,000-year Soul Ring, leaving Huo Yuhao with a powerful new skill.

• Xiao He revealed himself to Huo Yuhao and asked what he thought of the world and its treatment of ordinary people.
• Xiao He offered to serve Huo Yuhao if he would establish a unified empire, and Huo Yuhao vowed to protect the people from the suffering his mother had endured.
• Xiao He returned Huo Yuhao to his body and used the State-Pacifying Strategy to guide the 200,000-year Soul Ring’s energy through him.
• Huo Yuhao successfully absorbed the Soul Ring and gained a skill that added water and darkness elements to his spiritual domain, restricting enemies with immense pressure and spatial power.
• Ice Empress, Tian Meng, and the other soul beasts were shocked by Huo Yuhao’s newly gained abilities.

Huo Yuhao showed Elex and the others his newly formed soul skill, then learned that Ji Juechen wanted to challenge him. At the Battle Soul Arena, their sword intent and kingly intent clashed before their fight began, leaving the elders uncertain about Huo Yuhao's future path.

• Huo Yuhao demonstrated an ocean-like spiritual soul skill that summoned the image and cries of a Deep Sea Demon Whale, and Elex stopped the display.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Xiao He to Elex, and Wei Qing and Huo Qubing arrived and greeted Xiao He as their senior.
• Xiao Hongchen told Huo Yuhao that Ji Juechen, a Soul Emperor who focused on martial arts, wanted to challenge him, and Huo Yuhao agreed to meet him.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the Battle Soul Arena and faced Ji Juechen, whose sword intent collided with Huo Yuhao's kingly aura and cracked the stage.
• Jing Hongchen, Du Bushi, and Kong Deming recognized that both youths had reached the realm of intent, while Kong Deming worried over Huo Yuhao's unpredictable kingly path.

Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen fought a sword duel that ended with both entering Deep Meditation after their final attacks collided. During his meditation, Huo Yuhao opened the Twelve Primary Meridians, broke through to level fifty-eight, and completed his third Heavenly Cycle.

• Huo Yuhao matched Ji Juechen's attacks while building up sword intent with the Gale Swift Sword.
• Ji Juechen unleashed his full-power sword attack, and Huo Yuhao answered with the third form of the Human Emperor Sword Technique, Emperor Starfall, using Stellar Power.
• Their sword intents collided and split the arena, blasting both fighters away before Jing Hongchen and Du Busi caught them.
• Jing Hongchen explained to Meng Hongchen and Gu Qiu'er that Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen had entered Deep Meditation, easing their worry.
• Huo Yuhao used the meditation to open the Twelve Primary Meridians, reach level fifty-eight, and complete his third Heavenly Cycle.

After recovering from a month-long deep meditation, Huo Yuhao returned to class and learned that Shrek Academy exchange students had arrived at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. He reunited with familiar Shrek students as Jing Hongchen began showing them around the academy.

• Huo Yuhao woke from deep meditation, took energy essence, and recovered under the care of the medical department, Meng Hongchen, and Gu Qiu'er.
• After returning to classes, Huo Yuhao encountered Ji Juechen, who compared their deep meditation experiences, before Jing Ziyan dragged Ji away.
• Huo Yuhao's instructor summoned the students to the academy gates for the exchange with Shrek Academy, and Meng Hongchen explained why the exchange was still taking place.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Shrek's students to the academy, where Huo Yuhao recognized Zhu Lu, Wang Dong'er, Ning Tian, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan.
• Jing Hongchen led the Shrek students on a tour of the academy's Soul Tools, while the girls noticed Huo Yuhao but held back from greeting him.

Huo Yuhao struggled to advance the Heavenly Cycle formation into a seventh-class Soul Tool core before meeting Zhu Lu and showing her the Primordial Pearl Umbrella. Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, Meng Hongchen, and Gu Qiu'er soon joined them, leaving Zhu Lu wary of Meng Hongchen.

• Huo Yuhao found that the sixth-class Heavenly Cycle formation seemed to be the limit of a single Soul Tool core and could not figure out how to make it seventh-class.
• The Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao to take her back to the Extreme North to visit her clan, and he agreed.
• Huo Yuhao met Zhu Lu and demonstrated that his Primordial Pearl Umbrella could block her powerful strike while replenishing its Soul Power from heaven and earth.
• Wang Dong'er rushed into Huo Yuhao's arms, and Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian told him that Zhu Lu had been taking care of them at Shrek.
• Meng Hongchen and Gu Qiu'er arrived, and Huo Yuhao introduced Meng Hongchen to Zhu Lu, who watched the new arrival warily.

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.