Chapter Summaries

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.

After Zhu Lu awakened a connection to the Earthly Dao, Huo Yuhao and his companions traveled to the Extreme North, where the Snow Empress confronted them over the Ice Empress’s condition. Huo Yuhao revealed that Sea God Tang San was watching the Extreme North and sought to claim the plane.

• Xiao He concluded that Zhu Lu’s aura had attracted the Earthly Dao, and Huo Yuhao realized she might be destined to awaken it.
• Du Bushi, Kong Deming, and the others confirmed that Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu were unharmed before the group went to eat.
• Tian Meng, the Ice Empress, Huo Yuhao, and their companions returned to the Extreme North and reached the Snow Empress’s palace.
• The Snow Empress attacked Huo Yuhao, but the Ice Empress intervened and explained her sacrifice and their plan to fight the gods.
• Elex warned that a god was watching the Snow Empress, and Huo Yuhao identified the watcher as Sea God Tang San, who sought to claim the plane.

Huo Yuhao explained that the Sea God had targeted the Snow Empress to seize the Extreme North’s fortune and invited her to help unite the entire Douluo Continent. The Snow Empress agreed to join him as his older sister, Huo Youxue, and Huo Yuhao ended the chapter planning to visit an underground Soul Engineer competition.

• Huo Yuhao showed the Snow Empress a spherical Soul Tool and explained that the Sea God wanted to exploit her coming seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation to seize the Extreme North’s fortune.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he intended to unite the entire Douluo Continent, including soul beasts, and the Snow Empress agreed to join him on the condition that she could live in the human world as his older sister.
• The Snow Empress chose the name Huo Youxue, and Zhu Lu dragged Huo Yuhao away for a lesson after learning he had brought back an older sister.
• The Snow Empress took Huo Yuhao around the Sun Moon Empire, then placed a snowflake mark on his forehead so she could sense danger and rush to help him.
• Huo Yuhao told the Snow Empress that he planned to visit an underground Soul Engineer competition.

Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu entered the Underground Soul Engineer Tournament under the aliases War God and Netherworld. Huo Yuhao won his first match with the Deep Nether Ice Lotus and gave the Soul Tool to Zhu Lu, who prepared to compete.

• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu registered for the tournament, gave their aliases, and watched a contestant lose to a cannon blast.
• Huo Yuhao entered the arena as War God and began crafting a Level Four Soul Tool core formation while his burly opponent made a Level Five Earthshaker Hammer.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration and blocked the opponent’s hammer strike with an invisible barrier.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed the Deep Nether Ice Lotus’s Extreme Ice Dance, shattered the opponent’s defensive barrier, and blasted him off the stage.
• The referee declared Huo Yuhao the winner, and Huo Yuhao gave the Deep Nether Ice Lotus to Zhu Lu as a reward.

Zhu Lu and Huo Yuhao won several arena matches, but Huo Yuhao exposed his necromancy when he turned a Soul-Devouring Array against an Evil Soul Master. Their fight drew the attention of the Xishui Alliance and escalated into a battle between the Holy Spirit Cult and the forces gathered outside the arena.

• Zhu Lu defeated her opponent with a Floating Target-Locking System and reunited with Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao won several matches alongside Zhu Lu, prompting the Xishui Alliance to target him.
• An Evil Soul Master trapped Huo Yuhao in a Soul-Devouring Array, but Huo Yuhao reversed it and dragged his opponent underground with necromancy.
• Ye Guyi demanded an immediate match with Huo Yuhao after witnessing his power.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhu Lu that he had contacted Du Bushi, whose forces were confronting Long Xiaoyao and the Holy Spirit Cult outside the arena.
• Du Bushi and Jing Hongchen attacked Long Xiaoyao while Kong Deming, Ye Yulin, and the others held off the Holy Spirit Cult elders.

Huo Yuhao faced Ye Guyi in a Soul Master battle and revealed his Human Emperor Sword and domain, countering her Angel Martial Soul despite her belief that he was an Evil Soul Master. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao introducing himself as a necromancer, while Long Xiaoyao continued fighting the powerful figures outside.

• Long Xiaoyao overpowered Du Bushi and Jing Hongchen, then clashed with Kong Deming as the battle strained the space around them.
• The arena organizers changed Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi’s match to a pure Soul Master battle, and both fighters released their Martial Souls.
• Ye Guyi attacked Huo Yuhao with her Angel Martial Soul and domain, but his Ultimate Ice, sword energy, and Human Emperor Domain countered her.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself and revealed his face, leaving Ye Guyi confused about his Soul Master techniques.
• Huo Yuhao told Ye Guyi that he was a necromancer.

Huo Yuhao defeated Ye Guyi in a sword fight and introduced her to his teacher, Elex, who offered to take her as his disciple. Ye Guyi heard why Elex was so eager to find an heir, and the chapter ended with her amused and sympathetic toward his misfortune.

• Ye Guyi asked to meet Huo Yuhao's teacher after learning his necromancy could restrain Evil Soul Masters, but first challenged Huo Yuhao to finish their battle.
• Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi clashed with their swords and domains, and Huo Yuhao defeated her with his Ultimate Ice attack.
• Huo Yuhao withdrew the ice trapping Ye Guyi, and she asked him about his strength before teasing him about Zhu Lu.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Elex, who examined Ye Guyi and asked her to become his disciple.
• Huo Yuhao explained Elex's failed attempts to find an heir, leaving Ye Guyi amused and sympathetic.

Huo Yuhao helped Elex take Ye Guyi as a disciple and gave her the Nine Turns to Unity Technique before the survivors regrouped after the battle with the Holy Spirit Cult. The next day, Huo Yuhao used the Snow-Treading White Wolf to draw his companions into China's historical record, while Wei Qing questioned whether sharing it was too risky.

• Ye Guyi accepted Elex as her teacher, received his Light Magic studies, and was given the Nine Turns to Unity Technique by Huo Yuhao.
• Kong Deming and the allied forces drove back the Holy Spirit Cult, while Long Xiaoyao and Kong Deming left the battle injured.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Nine Turns to Unity Technique to Kong Deming, Du Bushi, and Jing Hongchen as a path of retreat before his dangerous journey.
• Huo Yuhao gathered Gu Qiu'er and the others and used the Snow-Treading White Wolf to draw Zhu Lu, Ji Juechen, Meng Hongchen, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Hongchen into a hazy realm to cultivate.
• Wei Qing warned Huo Yuhao against exposing his companions to the China Plane's river of history, but Huo Yuhao insisted that China's history should spread across the myriad worlds.

Gu Qiu'er, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Ji Juechen gained insights and opportunities in separate consciousness spaces, deepening their power through the Laws and cultivation. The chapter left Ji Juechen trying to comprehend a devastating sword strike from a mysterious young man.

• Xiao He explained that Meng Hongchen had grasped the Yin-Yang and Plague Laws, while Gu Qiu'er had glimpsed the Strength and Destiny Laws.
• An elderly Daoist and a green-robed man bestowed their insights upon Meng Hongchen, and the Daoist prepared to aid her with a golden imperial seal.
• A silver-armored man taught Gu Qiu'er about Strength and Destiny, causing her two streams of power to begin converging.
• Xiao Hongchen entered a formation in a Gengjin-filled mountain range, where his Three-Legged Golden Toad absorbed Gengjin Qi and boosted his Soul Power.
• Ji Juechen met a young swordsman in an immortal realm, who demonstrated a sword strike that Ji Juechen tried to memorize.

Zhu Lu entered the Netherworld, met Houtu, and received insight into the Reincarnation Law suited to her. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao visited Kong Deming’s laboratory and saw the Sun Moon Empire testing Self-Condensed Soul Rings of different ages.

• Zhu Lu followed the wandering souls through a gate and helped an elderly woman move her cart at the bridgehead.
• The woman served Meng Po Soup to the souls and explained the Netherworld’s rules to Zhu Lu.
• The woman revealed herself as Houtu, then granted Zhu Lu insight into the Reincarnation Law so she could help her Dao companion.
• Huo Yuhao told Jing Hongchen and the others that Xiaomeng and the others had entered Deep Meditation.
• Jing Hongchen led Huo Yuhao to Kong Deming’s laboratory, where Soul Douluo-level experts and younger students absorbed Self-Condensed Soul Rings of varying ages.
• The Ice Empress and Tian Meng emerged from Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Sea, surprising the elders.

Huo Yuhao revealed Tian Meng’s million-year status and demonstrated how his first Soul Ring could transform into a golden ring. The Self-Condensed Soul Ring method began rolling out among Body Sect and Mingde Hall Soul Masters, while Huo Yuhao learned that Orange sought revenge against the Star Luo Empire and saw her recognize her father’s flavor in his grilled fish.

• Huo Yuhao showed Du Bushi, Kong Deming, and Jing Hongchen his first Soul Ring changing from a hundred-year ring into a golden one, and the Ice Empress revealed that Tian Meng was the world’s first million-year soul beast.
• Jing Hongchen warned that political turmoil and the Holy Spirit Cult made a large-scale release of the Self-Condensed Soul Ring method risky, so the group restricted its initial use to Soul Masters under the Body Sect and Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao ran into Orange and Keke, gave Keke detailed contents of the Mingde Hall examination, and then spoke privately with Orange after Keke left.
• Orange admitted that she worked for Xu Tianran and wanted revenge on the Star Luo Empire because her father died in the army and her mother died from grief.
• Huo Yuhao offered Orange a grilled fish, and she recognized the familiar flavor her father used to make.