Chapter Summaries

Ma Hongjun rejected the God of Lust’s offer to betray Tang San, but her claims about Tang San’s past interference in his inheritance made him doubt his loyalty. He agreed to join the God of Destruction’s side and offered to expose Zhou Weiqing as Tang San’s spy.

• Tang San hoped Ma Hongjun would cultivate his Phoenix godhood into a Level One God and worried about losing control of the Divine Realm Central Hub.
• Ma Hongjun left Tang San’s residence and brooded alone in a magma lake over his separation from Bai Chenxiang.
• The God of Lust approached Ma Hongjun and tried to recruit him by offering a path to revive Bai Chenxiang and strengthen his godhood.
• Ma Hongjun resisted the God of Lust’s influence and defended Tang San, but he became uncertain when she questioned Tang San’s regard for him.
• The God of Lust claimed Tang San had secretly sabotaged Ma Hongjun’s inheritance of the Fire God’s godhood, and Ma Hongjun agreed to join her side.
• Ma Hongjun said he would report Zhou Weiqing as Tang San’s spy before joining.

The God of Lust reported Ma Hongjun’s suspicion that Zhou Weiqing was an undercover agent to the God of Destruction, who ordered a secret investigation and planned to exploit the possibility. Meanwhile, Tang San lamented losing the Divine Realm Central Hub and began considering how to reclaim it despite being unable to defeat the God of Destruction.

• Ma Hongjun told the God of Lust that Tang San had once gone to the Lower Realm to save Zhou Weiqing, leading him to suspect Zhou was an undercover agent, though he had no evidence.
• The God of Lust decided to report Ma Hongjun’s suspicions to the God of Destruction and warned Ma Hongjun to hide his betrayal from Tang San.
• The God of Destruction ordered the God of Lust to secretly watch Zhou Weiqing and said he would use Zhou as a channel for false information if the suspicion proved true.
• The God of Destruction said he expected Tang San to try to reclaim the Divine Realm Central Hub and planned to surprise him with their preparations.
• Tang San complained that losing the Divine Realm Central Hub had slowed his cultivation and blamed the God of Destruction, Ji Dong, Lie Yan, and the Goddess of Life.
• Tang San considered fighting the God of Destruction to seize the Divine Realm Central Hub but concluded that he could not defeat him.

Tang San planned to challenge the God of Destruction through the Divine Realm Committee, while the Body Sect tunneled beneath Mingde Hall to seize the Soul Beast Embryo. When the Body Sect attacked, Huo Yuhao organized the researchers' evacuation through a secret passage.

• Tang San decided to ask Zhou Weiqing to find the God of Destruction's violations so he could challenge him in the Divine Realm Committee and reclaim the Divine Realm Central Hub.
• Du Busi and the Body Sect used a Drilling Soul Tool to tunnel beneath Mingde Hall and began their operation to seize the 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo.
• Huo Yuhao inspected Mingde Hall's defenses, knowing the Body Sect might attack, and returned to his worktable.
• The Body Sect's attack caused four explosions that deformed Mingde Hall's outer walls, alarming the researchers inside.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection Sharing to warn the researchers and led them toward a secret passage to evacuate with the laboratory's Soul Tools.

Huo Yuhao evacuated Mingde Hall’s researchers through a secret passage after the Body Sect attacked, while Electrolux revealed he could enter the Underworld and retrieve souls. Du Busi prepared to break through Mingde Hall’s defenses himself so his disciples could seize the 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo.

• Huo Yuhao calmed Mingde Hall’s researchers and led them through the secret passage, and Xuan Ziwen told them Huo Yuhao had advised Jing Hongchen to strengthen the defenses.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that his strength had recovered enough to enter the Underworld and quickly bring souls out, and Huo Yuhao considered retrieving Du Bisi’s soul to influence the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao met Jing Hongchen outside the passage and explained the attack, prompting Jing Hongchen to fly toward Mingde Hall with several Soul Engineer Legions.
• Du Busi realized the Body Sect’s Soul Guidance Cannon Shells could not break Mingde Hall’s reinforced walls and ordered his disciples to seize the 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo after he drew the defenders’ attention.
• Du Busi surged out of the tunnel with green light and an inky green phantom around him.

Du Busi attacked Mingde Hall, where Jing Hongchen and the Royal Dragon Soul Engineer Legion moved to contain him until reinforcements arrived. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux to retrieve Huo Yun'er and Du Bisi from the Underworld, and Electrolux returned with both souls.

• Du Busi broke through Mingde Hall's metal wall and confronted Jing Hongchen, who warned that the Sun Moon Empire would stop him.
• Xu Tianyuan arrived with the Royal Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, and Jing Hongchen explained that they needed to stall Du Busi until Old Kong and the consecrated elders arrived.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Undead Demiplane and asked Electrolux to retrieve the souls of his mother and Du Bisi, hoping to win Du Busi and the Body Sect as collaborators.
• Electrolux opened a rift to the Underworld and returned with the souls of Huo Yun'er and Du Bisi.

Huo Yuhao used the Life Guardian Blade to restore Huo Yun'er’s and Du Bisi’s fading souls, then offered Du Bisi a chance at resurrection in exchange for cooperation with the Body Sect. Du Bisi learned that Huo Yuhao’s teacher was a godlike being and considered the proposal.

• Electrolux explained that Huo Yun’er’s and Du Bisi’s souls were fading and that the Life Guardian Blade could nourish them.
• Huo Yuhao used the Life Guardian Blade to restore Huo Yun’er’s awareness, and she recognized him as Yuhao.
• Du Bisi mistook Huo Yuhao for an Evil Soul Master and tried to attack him, but Electrolux suppressed him.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Bisi that resurrection was possible and identified Electrolux as a god using an avatar.
• Huo Yuhao proposed cooperation with the Body Sect, and Du Bisi asked what they wanted from him.

Du Busi agreed to cooperate with Huo Yuhao, who then went to Mingde Hall and found the Body Sect’s raid had been based on false intelligence. Du Busi forced the Sun Moon Empire’s defenders to let his disciples leave, but the effort severely damaged his foundation and left him with an estimated ten years to live.

• Du Bisi agreed to advance cooperation between the Body Sect and Huo Yuhao, who concealed himself in a black robe and flew toward Mingde Hall.
• A Body Sect disciple reported that Mingde Hall had no 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo, and Du Busi accused Xu Jiawei of giving him false intelligence.
• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect members to withdraw while he stayed behind to intercept Jing Hongchen’s Soul Tool Cannon Shells.
• Kong Deming and four Rank 9 Soul Engineers confronted Du Busi, who used Death Feast and threatened to self-destruct his Soul Core.
• Kong Deming allowed the Body Sect to leave, and Du Busi extinguished his Burning Life Flame after damaging his foundation and reducing his estimated lifespan to ten years.

Poison Busi and the Body Sect disciples fled Mingdu, but Huo Yuhao appeared in their path and offered cooperation. Poison Busi rejected him until Du Bisi emerged as a soul and urged his younger brother to respect Huo Yuhao, leaving Poison Busi and the disciples stunned.

• Poison Busi led the Body Sect disciples away from Mingdu by air, believing the Sun Moon Empire would not pursue them.
• Huo Yuhao appeared through a spatial rift and blocked their path, prompting Poison Busi to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Huo Yuhao told Poison Busi that he wanted to cooperate with the Body Sect, but Poison Busi refused and threatened to treat him as an enemy.
• Du Bisi emerged behind Huo Yuhao as a soul and told Poison Busi to show Senior Xiao respect.
• Poison Busi and the Body Sect disciples recognized Du Bisi and reacted with shock, questioning how the dead Sect Master had returned.

Du Bisi helped Huo Yuhao persuade Du Busi to cooperate with the Body Sect by offering Soul Spirits in exchange for regular prayers. Meanwhile, Elder Zhao confronted Xu Jiawei over false intelligence that had led the Body Sect to attack Mingde Hall and suffer heavy casualties.

• Du Bisi revealed that Huo Yuhao and Electrolux had revived his soul, and Du Busi learned that Huo Yuhao claimed to be a reincarnated deity.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated the Snow Empress Soul Spirit and offered to introduce Soul Spirits to the Body Sect in exchange for regular prayers to him and his teacher.
• Du Busi agreed to cooperate with Huo Yuhao and the Body Sect.
• At the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Elder Zhao told Xu Jiawei that the Body Sect had found no 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo at Mingde Hall and had suffered heavy casualties.
• Xu Jiawei insisted that his intelligence had placed the embryo inside Mingde Hall, while Elder Zhao said the sect leader had flown into a rage over the failed operation.

After the failed attack on Mingde Hall, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu reconsidered Star Luo’s reliance on a Sun Moon informant, while Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to investigate a traitor and continue cultivating Huo Yuhao’s trust. Huo Yuhao studied the Body Sect’s Second Awakening method and wondered why the sect lacked a body-tempering technique.

• Elder Zhao rejected Xu Jiawei’s hope of continuing cooperation with Star Luo and urged him to investigate the empire’s intelligence agencies.
• Xu Jiujiu warned Xu Jiawei that the Sun Moon Rank 9 Soul Engineer might provide false intelligence, and Xu Jiawei considered cultivating Star Luo’s own spies.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to investigate the high-ranking traitor who had revealed the 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo’s location and asked about her progress with Huo Yuhao.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that Huo Yuhao trusted her and accepted his praise, while privately viewing Huo Yuhao with genuine fondness.
• Huo Yuhao studied Du Busi’s Secrets of the Body, reviewed the Second Awakening method, and questioned the Body Sect’s lack of body-tempering methods.

Huo Yuhao planned to use the Body Sect’s Deep Sea Training Method to trigger Martial Soul Second Awakenings and recruit people from the academy. He went to Jing Hongchen to request manpower, leaving the dean stunned by his claim.

• Huo Yuhao reviewed the Body Sect’s dangerous Deep Sea Training Method and decided to try it to awaken Martial Souls a second time.
• Huo Yuhao planned to contact Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming and bring trusted academy members out to sea for the training.
• Jing Hongchen discussed the Body Sect’s attack on Mingde Hall with Meng Hongchen and credited Huo Yuhao’s warning with preventing casualties.
• Huo Yuhao told Jing Hongchen that he had mastered a method for triggering Martial Soul Second Awakening and needed manpower.
• Jing Hongchen stood up in astonishment at Huo Yuhao’s announcement.

Huo Yuhao told Jing Hongchen that he had a risky method for inducing Martial Soul Second Awakening, and Jing agreed to gather candidates for the procedure. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Hongchen complained about losing a series of Soul Duels, while Lin Xi warned that his taunts had made their hosts unwilling to treat their injuries.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Martial Soul Second Awakening could cause immense pain and death, so candidates needed strong willpower and powerful guardians.
• Meng Hongchen volunteered for the awakening plan, hoping to help the Sun Moon Empire retain the Soul Duel Tournament championship.
• Jing Hongchen promised to screen candidates and bring Xiao Hongchen and the others back, while Huo Yuhao offered to retrieve them quickly with spatial power and asked him to bring Old Kong.
• At Shrek Academy, bruised Xiao Hongchen claimed he had lost only because Shrek students took turns fighting him and vowed to defeat them in the tournament.
• Lin Xi rebuked Xiao Hongchen for insulting Shrek Academy and warned that their hosts could make life difficult for the exchange students.

Huo Yuhao gathered the Sun Moon Exchange Students and teleported them to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for an extended training method. In the Divine Realm, Tang San tried to enlist Zhou Weiqing against the God of Destruction’s plans, but Zhou Weiqing refused to betray his lord.

• Huo Yuhao healed Xiao Hongchen and Lin Xi, then asked them to bring the Sun Moon Exchange Students away from Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen told Shrek Academy that the students were visiting their families, and Huo Yuhao used the Plane Consciousness to teleport them to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Tang San thought about having another child with Xiao Wu and naming a son Tang Wulin before returning to his study.
• Tang San met Zhou Weiqing and warned that the God of Destruction’s effort to control the Divine Realm Central Hub threatened the Divine Realm’s future.
• Zhou Weiqing defended the God of Destruction’s plan to expand the Divine Realm and told Tang San he could not betray his lord.

Tang San tried to persuade Zhou Weiqing to spy on the God of Destruction, but Zhou Weiqing asked for time to consider it. Meanwhile, the God of Destruction arranged to test Zhou Weiqing, and Huo Yuhao prepared his group to undergo Martial Soul Second Awakening in the deep sea.

• Tang San asked Zhou Weiqing to report on the God of Destruction, but Zhou Weiqing recalled Tang San's broken promise and requested a few days to decide.
• The God of Lust reported that she had seen the Destruction God enter Tang San's residence.
• The God of Destruction ordered the God of Greed to bring back the previous Destruction God to test Zhou Weiqing and potentially reclaim his godhood.
• On Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao told Xiao Hongchen that the group would descend into the deep sea to undergo Martial Soul Second Awakening under life-or-death pressure.
• Huo Yuhao planned to have the Plane Consciousness protect the group and seal memories of their escape route to help stimulate their potential.

Huo Yuhao explained that the Martial Soul Second Awakening would require several days in the deep sea, where danger and Sea Soul Beast attacks would push the participants to their limits. As Huo Yuhao’s group arrived, Kong Deming urged Jing Hongchen to tolerate Huo Yuhao’s expanding Spirit Pagoda and ordered that only four people enter the sea at a time.

• Meng Hongchen teased Xiao Hongchen about being afraid, and Huo Yuhao learned that Xiao Hongchen had not been told how the awakening would work.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the participants would dive into the deep sea and face possible Sea Soul Beast attacks to stimulate their potential.
• Xiao Hongchen reacted with alarm but agreed to prepare to enter the sea with Huo Yuhao.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen discussed the chance that awakening could help Kong Deming reach level ninety-five and become a Rank 10 Soul Engineer.
• Kong Deming told Jing Hongchen to turn a blind eye to Huo Yuhao’s efforts to build his power, including Ju Zi’s recruitment through the Spirit Pagoda.
• Kong Deming saw Huo Yuhao’s group arrive and ordered everyone to keep watch while limiting each dive to four people.

Huo Yuhao agreed to Ji Juechen’s renewed challenge, but postponed their fight until after the Martial Soul Second Awakening. The four candidates entered the sea for the procedure, where Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen soon had to return to the surface while Ji Juechen and Huo Yuhao endured the pressure.

• Kong Deming asked Jing Hongchen to choose another student for the Martial Soul Second Awakening, and Jing Hongchen selected Ji Juechen.
• Ji Juechen challenged Huo Yuhao to a rematch, and Xiao Hongchen objected until Meng Hongchen confirmed Ji Juechen had once lost to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Ji Juechen’s challenge but said they would fight after the Martial Soul Second Awakening.
• Huo Yuhao notified the Plane Consciousness, sealed away his memories concerning the way out, and jumped into the sea with Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ji Juechen.
• Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and the other Rank 9 Soul Engineers pushed the four candidates deeper underwater, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen eventually returned to the surface while Ji Juechen and Huo Yuhao held on.

Huo Yuhao’s bloodlines and Martial Souls reacted as he endured the deep sea to stimulate his potential, but he had not yet achieved a second awakening. Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen awakened on the twentieth and twenty-second days, gaining stronger abilities and cultivation, while Ji Juechen’s awakening remained uncertain.

• Huo Yuhao’s Eye of Destiny and Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion appeared as his potential was stimulated, and Kong Deming released his suppression when Huo Yuhao neared his limit.
• Huo Yuhao swam to the surface, recovered, and planned to continue his deep-sea training, estimating that his second awakening would take over forty days.
• Meng Hongchen emerged from the sea on the twentieth day with an awakened Vermillion-Eyed Ice Toad, faster and stronger poison, improved ice abilities, and level fifty-eight cultivation.
• Xiao Hongchen achieved his second awakening on the twenty-second day, gaining stronger control over metal and the ability to absorb power from any metal.
• Xiao Hongchen wondered whether Ji Juechen had a hidden bloodline because his Martial Soul had still not awakened.

Ji Juechen’s sword transformed into the Seven Kill Sword, while Huo Yuhao continued his Second Awakening training. On the forty-ninth day, his Eye of Destiny began shining gold, signaling a Golden Grade Second Awakening, as a curious Demon Soul Great White Shark approached.

• Ji Juechen’s Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron sword shattered and revealed the Seven Kill Sword, which Huo Yuhao identified as a powerful martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao resumed his training, while Xiao Hongchen worried that Ji Juechen’s new martial soul could make him too strong for Huo Yuhao.
• On the forty-ninth day, Huo Yuhao asked Kong Deming to take him deeper into the sea to stimulate his potential.
• As the pressure and pain intensified, Huo Yuhao’s Eye of Destiny glowed rose-gold and a golden phantom appeared behind him.
• Kong Deming recognized Huo Yuhao’s Golden Grade Second Awakening, while an eighty-thousand-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark princess swam closer to investigate the golden seawater.

After both of Huo Yuhao’s martial souls underwent a second awakening, Kong Deming brought him back to the ship, where he prepared to fight Ji Juechen. The duel began with Ji Juechen unleashing a powerful wave of sword qi from his Seven Kill Sword.

• Bai Xiuxiu noticed the growing golden light and swam toward it.
• Kong Deming used the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to rescue Huo Yuhao, who revealed that his Ice Jade Scorpion martial soul had also undergone a second awakening and that he had reached level fifty-five.
• Ji Juechen waited on deck with his evolved Seven Kill Sword as Huo Yuhao returned and rested before their promised fight.
• Huo Yuhao told Ji Juechen to begin, and Ji Juechen activated his six soul skills before sending a massive sword-qi character for “Kill” toward him.

Huo Yuhao defeated Ji Juechen by using his Golden Grade Second Awakening and repeated mental soul skills, leaving Xiao Hongchen shaken by the gap between them. Meanwhile, Bai Xiuxiu found no treasure in the sea but discovered a huge ship and wished she could travel to the human world.

• Huo Yuhao activated his Golden Grade Second Awakening and blocked Ji Juechen's sword aura with ice.
• Huo Yuhao shattered Ji Juechen's Mental Defense Soul Guidance Device with Soul Impact, then wore him down with repeated Soul Impacts and Spirit Burning until he collapsed unconscious.
• Kong Deming declared Huo Yuhao the winner and cautioned that his fighting style required exceptional strength and abundant Soul Power.
• Xiao Hongchen admitted that Huo Yuhao's combat strength surpassed his, while Meng Hongchen teased him about being the number two genius.
• Bai Xiuxiu found no Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures at the source of the golden light, then discovered an enormous ship and wished she could ride it to the human world.