Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao rejected Yan Feng’s attempt to recruit him into the Holy Spirit Cult and faced him in the tournament match. Yan Feng revealed his Bone Dragon Martial Soul and launched a powerful icy attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Chief referee Zheng Zhan introduced Huo Yuhao of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Yan Feng of the Holy Spirit Sect.
• Yan Feng proposed that Huo Yuhao join the Holy Spirit Cult if he lost, but Huo Yuhao refused and said they would settle who was the challenger in combat.
• The spectators cursed Yan Feng, while Zheng Zhan began the match.
• Yan Feng transformed with his Bone Dragon Martial Soul, revealed seven soul rings, and rose into the air.
• Yan Feng activated his first three soul rings and sent a huge dragon skull’s icy breath rushing toward Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao countered Yan Feng’s Ice Evil Power, broke through his Bone Claw Prison, and defeated him with Emperor Sword, Ice Pinnacle Peerless. Yan Feng landed beyond the competition platform, losing the match with severe injuries.

• Huo Yuhao seized Yan Feng’s ice-blue current and used Ultimate Ice to refine it, taking control of the attack.
• Yan Feng trapped Huo Yuhao in Bone Claw Prison and transformed into his Bone Dragon True Body.
• Huo Yuhao froze and shattered the bone claw prison while Yan Feng charged at him with Destructive Sigh.
• Huo Yuhao split Destructive Sigh and Yan Feng’s bone dragon with Emperor Sword, Ice Pinnacle Peerless.
• Yan Feng fell outside the competition platform, losing the match despite his Trigger-Type Defensive Soul Tools reducing his injuries.

Huo Yuhao defeated Yan Feng and the Holy Spirit Sect’s remaining contestants, securing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s championship defense. The chapter ended with Xu Tianran ordering the victory publicized across the Douluo Continent as Huo Yuhao returned to his teammates.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Yan Feng, who was enraged by the spectators’ mockery, and Zheng Zhan declared Huo Yuhao the winner.
• Zhong Liwu ordered the Holy Spirit Sect to send its other contestants against Huo Yuhao while keeping the Blue Silver Saintess out of danger.
• Huo Yuhao defeated all six opponents sent by the Holy Spirit Sect, giving the Sun Moon Team a seven-to-one lead and clinching the tournament.
• Zheng Zhan declared the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the champion, and the spectators celebrated its successful title defense.
• Xu Tianran told the Sun Moon Prime Minister to spread news of the victory throughout the Douluo Continent, while Huo Yuhao’s teammates welcomed him back.

After the Sun Moon Team defended its championship, Huo Yuhao gave a televised interview criticizing Shrek Academy for relying on cheating and explaining Sun Moon's victory through teamwork and fair competition. The interview was then broadcast across the continent with a sensational introduction.

• A Sun Moon reporter asked Huo Yuhao to analyze Shrek Academy's poor results and Sun Moon's championship.
• Huo Yuhao blamed Shrek's tournament failures on Xuan Zi's leadership and the academy's reliance on cheating.
• Huo Yuhao credited the Sun Moon Team's strong foundations and refusal to cheat for its victories over Shrek, the Tang Sect, and the Holy Spirit Sect.
• Huo Yuhao urged Shrek Academy to compete fairly and stop using underhanded tricks.
• The reporter's interview was broadcast after a host introduced Huo Yuhao as bluntly criticizing Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team received rewards from Xu Tianran for defending their championship. Xu Tianran then met Zhong Liwu, who pressed him to honor their agreement to make the Holy Spirit Cult the Nation Protecting Divine Church and appoint him National Teacher.

• Xu Tianran praised the Sun Moon Team and offered each member a Rank 9 defensive Soul Tool from the Imperial Treasury.
• Xu Tianran made Huo Yuhao a hereditary Spirit Eye Duke, granted him an annual stipend of twenty million Gold Soul Coins, and let him choose a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Zhong Liwu summoned Xu Tianran to the Holy Spirit Sect Team’s quarters, and Xu Tianran left the Sun Moon contestants with Jing Hongchen.
• Zhong Liwu asked Xu Tianran to honor their agreement to elevate the Holy Spirit Cult and appoint him National Teacher, while Xu Tianran withheld his answer and sought greater leverage.

Xu Tianran persuaded Zhong Liwu to help stage attacks on imperial relatives and military Soul Tool warehouses, then blame Shrek Academy to turn the Sun Moon Empire against it. Zhong Liwu accepted after Xu Tianran promised the Holy Spirit Cult political influence and a future divine position, and the chapter left Xu Tianran handling imperial affairs the next day.

• Xu Tianran told Zhong Liwu that Shrek Academy would be blamed for assassinating imperial relatives and destroying military Soul Tool warehouses, supported by fabricated evidence and coerced spies.
• Zhong Liwu recognized that Xu Tianran wanted to direct public hatred toward Shrek Academy and strengthen support for the coming war.
• Ju Zi handed Zhong Liwu documents listing the targets, warehouse locations, and methods of entry.
• Xu Tianran promised to seek Zhong Liwu's appointment as National Teacher, establish the Holy Spirit Cult as the Nation Protecting Divine Church, and honor him as a Guardian God after unification.
• Zhong Liwu agreed to carry out the operation and left to gather his people, while planning to ask his mother to extend Dragon Lord's protection of Xu Tianran.
• The next day, Xu Tianran discussed imperial affairs with several ministers in a palace.

Xu Tianran learned that Shrek Academy had been blamed for a deadly attack in Mingdu and ordered preparations for war against Shrek and its allies. At Shrek Academy, Mu En questioned Xu Sanshi’s disappearance, alarming Xuan Zi, who had secretly imprisoned him.

• The captain of the palace guards reported that attackers had killed imperial clan members and civilians and destroyed military Soul Tool warehouses in Mingdu.
• Xu Tianran mobilized the Hand of National Protection, but the search failed; officials claimed the attackers came from Shrek Academy and had evidence and traitors’ testimony.
• Xu Tianran and the ministers called for retaliation, and Xu Tianran announced plans to prepare a campaign against Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Empire, and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had won the tournament and asked where Xu Sanshi was.
• Xuan Zi worried that Mu En would discover he had secretly imprisoned Xu Sanshi.

Xuan Zi misled the Sea God Pavilion elders about Xu Sanshi's disappearance, blaming the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult while concealing his own role. Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to coordinate a rescue and directed the academy to prepare for war.

• Xian Lin'er questioned why Xu Sanshi had left Jiang Nannan and returned to Shrek Academy, prompting an awkward reaction from Yan Shaozhe.
• Xuan Zi claimed Xu Sanshi had returned to the academy early and suggested that the Sun Moon Empire or the Holy Spirit Cult had captured him.
• Old Song supported forming a team to rescue Xu Sanshi, and the other elders agreed that he might still be alive.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to discuss rescue efforts with the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Dou Ling Empire.
• Mu En called for preparations for war with the Sun Moon Empire, and the elders offered suggestions that he selectively adopted.

At the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En ordered Shrek Academy to counter the Sun Moon Empire’s false accusations, which threatened the academy’s reputation. Xuan Zi then volunteered to join Yan Shaozhe’s rescue mission, hoping to investigate whether Yan Shaozhe was colluding with the Sun Moon Empire, while Yan Shaozhe grew suspicious of Xuan Zi himself.

• Old Song told Mu En that Xu Tianran had blamed Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire for the Sun Moon Emperor’s death and other alleged crimes.
• Mu En instructed Xiao Song to arrange for people to refute the Sun Moon Empire’s fabricated accusations.
• Xuan Zi asked Yan Shaozhe to let him join the mission to rescue San Shi and the other captives, intending to investigate Yan Shaozhe while they were away from the academy.
• Yan Shaozhe reluctantly agreed, provided Xuan Zi could persuade Mu En to let him leave.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned how Xuan Zi had escaped the Sun Moon Empire and began wondering whether Xuan Zi had betrayed Shrek Academy.

Yan Shaozhe considered whether Elder Xuan might be a traitor and decided to watch him during a rescue mission. At a God Realm dinner, Tang San told the Shrek Seven Devils that Shrek Academy had fallen to the quarterfinals, and revealed that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had won with help from a genius from the Star Luo Empire who was connected to Dai Mubai.

• Yan Shaozhe worried that Elder Xuan could be passing Shrek Academy secrets to the Sun Moon Empire, but decided to observe him during the rescue operation.
• Tang San hosted a meal with the Shrek Seven Devils, hoping to draw Xiao Wu closer to him.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar confidently assumed Shrek Academy had won the Pan-continental Soul Duel Tournament.
• Tang San revealed that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had won and Shrek Academy had been eliminated in the quarterfinals.
• Tang San said the Sun Moon academy's Star Luo Empire genius had a connection to Dai Mubai.

Tang San explained Huo Yuhao’s rejection of the Dai Clan and his alliance with the Sun Moon Empire, leading Dai Mubai to reconsider his judgment. Tang San then dismissed Huo Yuhao as the Rising Star, though he briefly considered whether a god might be concealing Huo Yuhao’s fortune.

• Dai Mubai asked whether Huo Yuhao was descended from the Dai Clan, and Tang San explained that Huo Yuhao was the son of Dai Hao who had changed his name and joined the Sun Moon Empire.
• Dai Mubai condemned Huo Yuhao for abandoning the Dai surname, while Zhu Zhuqing suggested that hidden circumstances might explain his actions.
• Tang San recounted how Dai Hao and his wife had mistreated Huo Yun’er and Huo Yuhao, and Dai Mubai sympathized with Huo Yuhao’s choice to oppose his father.
• Zhu Zhuqing criticized Dai Mubai for lacking Huo Yuhao’s courage when he had faced Dai Weisi, and Dai Mubai admitted that she was right.
• Dai Mubai asked whether Huo Yuhao was the Rising Star, but Tang San rejected the idea, arguing that Huo Yuhao’s fortune was insufficient and his cultivation had been boosted by pills.

Tang San reasoned that Huo Yuhao was not the Rising Star, then tried to arrange a private visit with Xiao Wu to see their daughter. In the Far North, Huo Yuhao promised to purify the Ice God Bloodline of the gathered soul beasts, who praised him as their god.

• Tang San concluded that Huo Yuhao was not the Rising Star, and Dai Mubai hoped Huo Yuhao would return to the Dai Clan and might become a god.
• Tang San suggested that he and Xiao Wu visit Xiao Qi, but Xiao Wu proposed bringing the Shrek Seven Devils and inviting Destruction and Life as well.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Far North and told the gathered soul beasts that he would purify their Ice God Bloodline to increase their strength and potential.
• The Far North Soul Beasts praised Huo Yuhao as the Ice God, and he understood their words even when they spoke in beast tongue.

Huo Yuhao used the Ice God Divine Fire to strengthen the Far North Soul Beasts and began absorbing their accumulated Faith Power. At Shrek Academy, Mu En considered the threat of a Sun Moon Empire war after it captured the other empires’ competing teams.

• Huo Yuhao drew on the Ice God Divine Fire, whose divinity was gradually assimilating his Sea of Consciousness and could eventually turn his Spiritual Power into Divine Sense.
• Huo Yuhao spread an intense chill across the Far North Core Region, causing the Far North Soul Beasts’ Ice God Bloodlines to respond and their cultivation to increase.
• The Far North Soul Beasts praised the Ice God, strengthening their faith and increasing the Faith Power available to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao began absorbing the Far North Soul Beasts’ vast accumulated Faith Power, but could not take it all in at once.
• At Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion, Mu En concluded that the Sun Moon Empire was preparing for war after capturing the other empires’ competing teams.

Mu En heard Bei Bei’s request to join a mission to rescue Tang Ya from the Sun Moon Empire and agreed to let him take part. He assigned Xiao Song to lead the student team and ordered Xuan Zi to help draw the enemy’s attention instead.

• Xuan Zi told Mu En that Bei Bei wanted to join the rescue mission and offered to go in his place.
• Mu En questioned how Bei Bei had learned about the plan, and Xuan Zi explained that the academy had selected trustworthy students to help rescue the captives.
• Bei Bei pleaded to rescue Tang Ya, explaining that she was controlled by the Holy Spirit Cult and that he could not live without her.
• Mu En agreed to let Bei Bei participate so he would not attempt the rescue alone later.
• Mu En assigned Xiao Song to lead the student rescue team and directed Xuan Zi to join Shao Zhe and the Three Great Empires in drawing the Sun Moon Empire’s attention.

Mu En arranged for Old Song to lead the rescue of Tang Ya and told her to protect Bei Bei and the other students, trusting Long Xiaoyao to watch over them. In the Far North, Huo Yuhao used Faith Power to ignite six Ice God Divine Fires, vastly expanding his Sea of Consciousness.

• Mu En approved Xuan Zi’s plan to investigate Shao Zhe while preparing to rescue the captured contestants, and warned Bei Bei to obey Old Song’s command.
• Mu En told Old Song to let Bei Bei try to save Tang Ya but to take him away if the rescue proved impossible, explaining that he regretted controlling Bei Bei’s father in the past.
• Mu En said Long Xiaoyao remained trustworthy and could help protect the Shrek Students during the rescue operation.
• Huo Yuhao poured Faith Power into the Ice God Divine Fire, ignited six flames, and expanded his Sea of Consciousness until Tian Meng said his Spiritual Power surpassed Tian Meng’s former peak.

Huo Yuhao discussed how Divine Flames determine a godhood’s potential and decided to keep accumulating them rather than form an incomplete godhood. After igniting six flames, he proposed creating subordinate gods to spread the Ice God’s faith, but had not yet explained how he would do it.

• Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux whether accumulating Divine Flames was the key to forming a godhood, and Electrolux said six flames could at most create an incomplete Level Two God godhood.
• Huo Yuhao rejected forming a weaker godhood and raising its level later, arguing that gods had no precedent for advancing their godhood rank and that he should instead aim for a God King Position.
• Electrolux agreed that Huo Yuhao should accumulate as many Divine Flames as possible before condensing a godhood.
• Huo Yuhao said his six Divine Flames had strengthened his control over ice and water and that he could begin establishing subordinate gods.
• Huo Yuhao explained that subordinate gods would spread the Ice God’s authority and faith in exchange for a share of the Faith Power they gathered.
• When Electrolux asked how he would create subordinate gods, Huo Yuhao began explaining that they did not need to ignite Divine Flame through the arduous process required of most beings.

Huo Yuhao proposed splitting the Ice God Divine Fire into sub-fires so ice-attributed Spirit Souls could eventually become lesser gods, while warning them that their lives would depend on his survival. They all accepted, received sub-fires, and emerged from his Sea of Consciousness to test their new strength.

• Huo Yuhao explained that sub-fires could let Spirit Souls cultivate lesser godhood, but that they would die if he perished and the mother flame went out.
• Electrolux agreed to stand guard while Huo Yuhao granted the sub-fires.
• Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Tian Meng, A Tai, Xiao Bai, and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass each chose to accept a sub-fire.
• Huo Yuhao split six sub-fires from the Ice God Divine Fire, and they merged with the six Spirit Souls.
• The six Spirit Souls flew out of Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness to test their new strength, and the Far North Soul Beasts cheered for Snow Empress.

The Snow Empress and the ice-attributed Spirit Souls tested the child flame’s powers, while Huo Yuhao prepared to leave the Far North under A Tai’s management. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Ye Guyi struggled to turn down Ji Juechen’s request for a fight without hurting his feelings.

• The Snow Empress tested the child flame and found that it strengthened her Ultimate Ice, improved her control over ice and water, and let her temporarily remove and restore a Snow Lotus’s attributes.
• Huo Yuhao and the Spirit Souls discovered that the child flame let its bearers stay far from him by consuming Faith Power.
• Huo Yuhao announced that he would leave the Far North temporarily and appointed A Tai to manage it in his absence.
• Ji Juechen challenged Ye Guyi to fight, but she said she was exhausted and wanted to rest.
• Ye Guyi considered refusing Ji Juechen directly but worried that mentioning his past defeat by Senior Yuhao would hurt him, so she decided to find an excuse.

Huo Yuhao asked Ye Guyi to gather people with Angel Martial Souls and bring them into the Spirit Pagoda, hoping to strengthen the organization and uncover clues about the Angel Godhood. Ye Guyi explained that Angel Martial Soul possessors were scattered and rare, and Huo Yuhao learned that her mother also had one.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at the attic and told Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen he had something to discuss with them.
• Ji Juechen proposed that he and Ye Guyi fight Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao said he had not come to spar.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ye Guyi to recruit people with Angel Martial Souls into the Spirit Pagoda and declared that he would make the Angel Clan great again.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that remnants of the Angel Godhood might still exist and could help restore the Angel God.
• Ye Guyi said Angel Martial Soul possessors were rare and scattered across the continent, and that the only other one she had known was her mother.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ye Guyi about her mother.

Huo Yuhao agreed to give a lecture to students from Sun Moon Empire academies and sects after Xiao Hongchen explained that they wanted to hear from the championship team. The students gathered in the academy auditorium, where Huo Yuhao drew most of their attention and some questioned whether the rest of the team had contributed much.

• Ye Guyi explained that her Six-Winged Sacred Angel Martial Soul had awakened through her bloodline, and Huo Yuhao directed her to find Yu Mengdi with Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and a Rank 9 Soul Engineer.
• Xiao Hongchen told Huo Yuhao that academies and sects wanted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team to lecture their students, and Huo Yuhao agreed to participate.
• Xiao Hongchen brought Huo Yuhao to Jing Hongchen, who ordered the lecture venue prepared.
• Students filled the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's grand auditorium and focused on Huo Yuhao, while some wondered whether they could have won by following him onto the stage.