Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yi returned to make contact with Shrek Academy while still intent on avenging Dai Huabin, and Xuan Ziwen made a breakthrough in Core Array research. The chapter ended with Xuan Ziwen contacting Huo Yuhao to share the news.

• Zhou Yi recalled her hatred of Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy, recognizing that her Soul Douluo strength was still insufficient to defeat Rank 98 Super Douluo Xuan Zi.
• He Caitou and Fan Yu arrived to welcome Zhou Yi, who said she had matters concerning Shrek Academy's future to discuss with them and Elder Xuan.
• Xuan Ziwen completed several Core Array prototypes and realized his breakthrough could advance Humanoid Soul Tools.
• Xuan Ziwen used a Soul Guidance Light Screen to ask a white-haired girl to summon Sun Moon Prime Minister Huo Yuhao so he could share his results.

After Xuan Ziwen reported a breakthrough in Core Arrays, Huo Yuhao, Kong Deming, and Jing Hongchen examined the new designs and began developing Battle Armor. They completed initial blueprints and planned to test One-Word Battle Armor on suitable Soul Ancestor and Soul King candidates, with Huo Yuhao preparing a public broadcast.

• Xuan Ziwen summoned Huo Yuhao to Heaven Dou City after making a breakthrough in Core Arrays and asked that the other contributors be rewarded.
• Huo Yuhao arrived with Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen, promised rewards for the contributing Soul Engineers, and inspected Xuan Ziwen's new Core Arrays.
• Huo Yuhao and the others agreed to use the Core Arrays to develop Humanoid Soul Tools, and Huo Yuhao shared Battle Armor designs based on what he claimed to have glimpsed through the Eye of Destiny.
• The four completed Battle Armor blueprints and discussed how rare metals and Core Arrays would affect compatibility and enhancement.
• Jing Hongchen suggested Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen as test candidates, but Huo Yuhao rejected them and requested a Soul Ancestor and a Soul King instead.
• Huo Yuhao planned to forge two sample sets and broadcast their power test to build Faith Power.

Huo Yuhao and his companions began forging battle armor, while Shrek Academy’s alliance with Zhou Yi’s Asura God Position Inheritors nearly fractured over who would command them in the coming war. The dispute was temporarily set aside, and the chapter ended with the battle armor completed in the First Laboratory.

• Huo Yuhao finalized the battle armor candidates and rare metals, then began forging with three companions.
• Xuan Zi argued with Zhou Yi after she insisted that the Asura God Position Inheritors act independently rather than follow his command.
• Zhou Yi reminded Xuan Zi that she had resigned from Shrek Academy, and Fan Yu intervened to keep their alliance against the Sun Moon Empire intact.
• Fan Yu eased the tension by discussing Ancestor Tang San, then left with the Asura God Trial Takers to arrange accommodations.
• Xuan Zi considered how Di Tian and the Asura God Trial Takers could help Shrek Academy in the war two and a half years later.
• The battle armor was completed in the First Laboratory.

Huo Yuhao arranged a live test of the newly forged battle armor at the First Laboratory, with Bai Yuyan and Ye Lan as test subjects. After both women equipped their armor and described its effects, Huo Yuhao asked Bai Yuyan to attack him first.

• Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen praised the completed battle armor, and Kong Deming asked Huo Yuhao whether Six-Word Battle Armor could be made in their lifetime.
• Huo Yuhao assured Kong Deming that it was possible and ordered a live power test with a Soul Ancestor and a Soul King.
• Bai Yuyan and Ye Lan arrived at the First Laboratory and joined the broadcast preparations.
• Huo Yuhao connected Soul Guidance Light Screens across several locations and led the group to the Soul Arena.
• Bai Yuyan and Ye Lan donned their battle armor and reported feeling stronger as the armor became like an extension of their bodies.
• Huo Yuhao asked Bai Yuyan to attack him for the first test, and she hesitated nervously.

Huo Yuhao tested the One-Word Battle Armor on Bai Yuyan, whose strength rose from that of a four-ring Soul Ancestor to a six-ring Soul Emperor. He named her speed-focused armor “Speed” and called for the next test.

• Bai Yuyan prepared to attack Huo Yuhao while soul engineers watched the live broadcast.
• At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Meng Hongchen bet Xiao Hongchen ten million Gold Soul Coins that the armor would raise Bai Yuyan's strength to Soul Emperor level, while Xiao bet it would reach only Soul King level.
• Bai Yuyan used her soul skills and battle armor to launch a high-speed dagger attack at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao caught both daggers with his bare hands, without using a soul skill, Soul Tool, or Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao judged Bai Yuyan's overall strength to be at Soul Emperor level and her speed to rival a Soul Sage, named her One-Word Battle Armor “Speed,” and called for the next test.

Huo Yuhao tested One-Word Battle Armor and showed that it could raise a Soul Ancestor to Soul Emperor strength and a Soul King to Soul Sage strength. He awarded the tested armor to Ye Lan and Bai Yuyan as Soul Engineers across the continent watched in shock.

• Kong Deming, Xuan Ziwen, and Jing Hongchen praised the potential of battle armor, while Xiao Hongchen questioned his own abilities and paid Meng Hongchen their wager with a Storage Ring and a promise of two million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Lan attacked Huo Yuhao with her fifth and fourth soul skills, but neither her star attacks nor her sword strikes harmed him.
• Huo Yuhao assessed Ye Lan as having Soul Sage strength in her One-Word Battle Armor, named 'Star,' and awarded it to her.
• Huo Yuhao awarded the One-Word Battle Armor named 'speed' to Bai Yuyan.
• Soul Engineers watching remotely were astonished by the armor's power, and their desire for battle armor and reverence for Huo Yuhao grew.

Huo Yuhao gained his ninth Divine Flame and transformed all his Spiritual Sense into Divine Sense, bringing him closer to godhood and narrowing the gap between himself and Tang Buddha. After his overwhelming aura shook the Soul Arena and amazed viewers across the continent, the pressure subsided and those nearby asked how powerful his Spiritual Power had become.

• Faith Power from Huo Yuhao's admirers helped him form his ninth Divine Flame, strengthening his control over the Water and Ice Laws.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Plane Consciousness to conceal his aura while his Spiritual Sense transformed into Divine Sense.
• Bai Yuyan, Ye Lan, Xuan Ziwen, Jing Hongchen, and Kong Deming felt the pressure from Huo Yuhao's breakthrough, while the Soul Guidance Light Screen broadcast the scene to countless Soul Engineers.
• The broadcast stirred a fresh surge of Faith Power, and Huo Yuhao realized that his Divine Sense had narrowed the gap between himself and Tang Buddha.
• Huo Yuhao let the pressure recede, and those nearby asked what level his Spiritual Power had reached.

Huo Yuhao announced that Spirit Pagoda Soul Masters would learn forging so they could make battle armor, then privately revealed to Xuan Ziwen, Kong Deming, and Jing Hongchen that he possessed divine consciousness. After he explained that a greater enemy prevented them from tearing up the Peace Treaty, a cloaked woman captured a Great White Shark of the Demon Soul Clan.

• Huo Yuhao described One-Word Battle Armor’s strengths and limits, then ordered Spirit Pagoda Soul Masters to learn forging and pass an assessment.
• Huo Yuhao privately told Xuan Ziwen, Kong Deming, and Jing Hongchen that his Spiritual Power had reached the level of divine consciousness.
• Jing Hongchen proposed using Huo Yuhao’s power to destroy the Dou Ling Empire, but Huo Yuhao explained that a true enemy prevented them from doing so.
• A cloaked woman trapped a Great White Shark of the Demon Soul Clan while it was hunting and said that she had been looking for one.

The Demon Empress tried to kill a Great White Shark of the Demon Soul Clan to avenge her family, but Huo Yuhao intervened and overwhelmed her with his divine sense. He revealed that he knew her identity and her desire to avenge her husband, leaving her focused on her hatred of Tang San.

• The Demon Empress trapped a Great White Shark of the Demon Soul Clan in a vortex and vowed to make the clan and the Sea God Family pay for her family's suffering.
• The Demon Empress tightened the vortex, leaving the fifty-thousand-year soul beast near death.
• Huo Yuhao appeared and shattered the vortex, saving the Great White Shark of the Demon Soul Clan.
• The Demon Empress attacked Huo Yuhao with purple-gold missiles, but his divine sense crushed her aura and dispelled the attack.
• Huo Yuhao told the Demon Empress he had not been sent by Tang San and asked whether she wanted to avenge her husband.
• The Demon Empress steadied herself, her hatred of Tang San clear in her eyes.

Huo Yuhao recruited the Demon Empress to lead a rebellion among sea soul beasts and weaken Tang San’s Sea God Faith in exchange for helping her take revenge. He gave her a list of loyalists to target, kept the Great White Shark of the Demon Soul Clan prisoner, and secretly attached divine consciousness to monitor her.

• The Demon Empress asked Huo Yuhao to help her avenge her husband by taking revenge on Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao told the Demon Empress to raise a rebellion among sea soul beasts and undermine Tang San’s Sea God Faith.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Demon Empress a list of loyal sea soul beasts to target and those she could persuade to join her.
• The Demon Empress asked to examine the Great White Shark of the Demon Soul Clan’s memories, but Huo Yuhao chose to imprison it and recruit allies within its clan instead.
• Huo Yuhao attached a wisp of divine consciousness to the Demon Empress to monitor her.

Sea God Douluo gathered the Sea God Family's guardians to plan a response to the unknown enemy that had destroyed several loyal Sea Soul Beast clans. They agreed to use the Sea God Helmet to detect future attacks, though the effort would greatly drain Sea God Douluo.

• Sea God Douluo told the gathered guardians that the enemy had exterminated several loyal Sea Soul Beast clans and demanded that they protect the ocean.
• Sea Dragon Douluo proposed laying a trap, but Sea Spear Douluo questioned how they could lure in an enemy when they did not know which clan would be attacked next.
• Sea Dragon Douluo urged Sea God Douluo to use the Sea God Helmet to gain the power needed to confront the enemy.
• Sea God Douluo agreed to use the Sea God Helmet for one incense stick's worth of time each day to gain partial control over the Great Sea and detect attacks, despite the heavy strain.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Sea God Family planned to patrol for enemies and arranged for the Demon Empress to exploit the Sea God Douluo’s limited use of the Sea God Helmet. Meanwhile, Wang Dong pressed Xuan Zi about rescuing Xiao Xiao and the others, but he insisted on waiting for negotiations or victory in a future war.

• Sea Dragon Douluo proposed patrols, and the Sea God Douluo approved them while warning the patrols to retreat if they could not fight.
• Huo Yuhao learned of the Sea God Family’s plan through the Plane Consciousness and arranged surprise attacks for when the Sea God Douluo was not using the Sea God Helmet.
• The Plane Consciousness and the Demon Empress agreed to Huo Yuhao’s plan to target distant Sea Soul Beast Clans during the Sea God Douluo’s downtime.
• Wang Dong asked Xuan Zi to help rescue Xiao Xiao and the others, but Xuan Zi said Shrek Academy needed to preserve the peace and pursue negotiations.
• Xuan Zi assured Wang Dong that Xiao Xiao and the others would remain alive and could be recovered through negotiation or victory on the battlefield two and a half years later.

A year after the Spirit Pagoda headquarters was completed, Electrolux decided to become a god, despite Huo Yuhao warning that doing so could make his path to God Kinghood harder. In the Undead Demiplane, Electrolux condensed his divine fires and claimed the authority of death, leaving the plane cracking apart around him.

• A year later, the Spirit Pagoda's towering headquarters stood on the outskirts of Mingdu, publicly presented as a monument commissioned by Sun Moon Emperor Xu Tianzhen.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that he intended to become a god, and Huo Yuhao eventually agreed to support him.
• Electrolux asked Huo Yuhao to guard him in the Undead Demiplane while the Plane Consciousness concealed their auras.
• Electrolux gathered his eleven divine fires and runes, then emerged transformed in black robes with a black scepter.
• Electrolux declared himself the Death God and struck the scepter into the ground, causing cracks to spread through the earth and the black heavens.

Electrolux became the Level One Death God and transformed the Undead Demiplane and its undead through death and rebirth. He and Huo Yuhao entered the Underworld and found Bai Chenxiang's soul, leaving Huo Yuhao asking whether she wanted to reunite with Ma Hongjun.

• Electrolux explained that his Death God authority had destroyed and reborn the Undead Demiplane and its undead, strengthening them and suppressing their other attributes.
• Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux to help find Bai Chenxiang's soul, and Electrolux opened a rift to the Underworld.
• Electrolux called for Bai Chenxiang, gathered the souls that answered, and identified the one who had been Ma Hongjun's wife and possessed a Needle-tailed Swift Martial Soul.
• Electrolux cleansed Bai Chenxiang's soul with Death God Power, restoring her awareness.
• Huo Yuhao asked Bai Chenxiang whether she wanted to reunite with Ma Hongjun and live together forever.

Huo Yuhao challenged Bai Chenxiang’s belief that Tang San had been unable to help her reunite with Ma Hongjun, then brought her to the Spirit Pagoda to hear the Bai Family’s history. Bai Chenxiang learned that the Four Single Attribute Clans had gone without anyone possessing Innate Soul Power after leaving the Tang Sect, and began to wonder whether Tang San had caused their misfortune.

• Bai Chenxiang said Tang San had followed the Divine Realm Rules and could not help her enter the Divine Realm or become a god.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Tang San could have helped her and accused him of being a hypocrite, but Bai Chenxiang refused to believe him.
• Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux to take them to the Bai Family, and Electrolux opened a spatial rift to the Spirit Pagoda headquarters on the Douluo Continent.
• Huo Yuhao summoned core Bai Family members and asked Bai Yuyan to explain why the Four Single Attribute Clans had left the Tang Sect and what they suffered afterward.
• Bai Yuyan described how the clans had never produced another person with Innate Soul Power after leaving the Tang Sect, leading Bai Chenxiang to suspect Tang San might have arranged it.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Bai Chenxiang to help him recruit Ma Hongjun in exchange for reuniting them, then brought her and Electrolux to Ma Hongjun’s remaining statue. Ma Hongjun’s divine sense emerged and recognized Bai Chenxiang, leaving him to ask who Huo Yuhao and Electrolux were.

• Huo Yuhao told Bai Chenxiang that Tang San had restricted the Four Single Attribute Clans and promised to reunite her with Ma Hongjun if she helped recruit him.
• Bai Chenxiang agreed to persuade Ma Hongjun to defect and work for Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao learned from the Plane Consciousness that Ma Hongjun’s hometown statue still held a slumbering strand of his divine sense.
• The Plane Consciousness transported Huo Yuhao, Electrolux, and Bai Chenxiang to the statue, and Electrolux awakened Ma Hongjun’s divine sense.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Bai Chenxiang and asked who Huo Yuhao and Electrolux were.

Huo Yuhao pressured Ma Hongjun to help protect Bai Chenxiang and recruit him to betray Tang San, but learned that Ma Hongjun had already joined the God of Destruction’s faction as a spy. After hearing Ma Hongjun’s account of Tang San’s weakened position in the Divine Realm, Huo Yuhao decided not to contact the God of Destruction directly.

• Huo Yuhao warned Ma Hongjun that Bai Chenxiang could face punishment for being brought back from the Underworld and demanded that Ma Hongjun gather intelligence and betray Tang San.
• Ma Hongjun agreed immediately, explaining that he had already secretly joined the Destruction Faction because Tang San had wronged him.
• Bai Chenxiang was shocked to learn Ma Hongjun had become a spy for the God of Destruction within Tang San’s faction.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ma Hongjun to recount what had happened in the Divine Realm since Tang Wutong descended to the Lower Realm.
• Ma Hongjun told Huo Yuhao that Tang San had lost his Law Enforcer status and the Asura Sword to the God of Destruction.
• Huo Yuhao considered using Ma Hongjun to approach the God of Destruction, then rejected the idea because he could not control a powerful God King.

Huo Yuhao recruited Ma Hongjun to gather intelligence in the Divine Realm and promised to help him reunite with Bai Chenxiang. After Ma Hongjun returned to the Divine Realm, Huo Yuhao and Electrolux went to investigate the God King-level phoenix corpse in the Underworld.

• Huo Yuhao told Ma Hongjun to investigate Tang San, the God of Destruction, and changes in the Divine Realm, and Ma Hongjun agreed in hopes of reuniting with Bai Chenxiang.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as the Ice God and Electrolux as the Death God, then allowed Ma Hongjun to speak with Bai Chenxiang's soul.
• Ma Hongjun promised Bai Chenxiang they would reunite, returned to the Divine Realm, and suspected Huo Yuhao and Electrolux were secretly backed by the God of Destruction.
• Ma Hongjun decided to visit Tang Hao and Ah Yin for information about Tang San and the Divine Realm.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux examined the phoenix corpse in the Underworld, and Electrolux gave Huo Yuhao protective robes before they investigated further.

Electrolux investigated the Phoenix God's corpse and learned that the Underworld was a damaged, faintly sentient Super Divine Artifact connected to it. The Underworld had escaped with the corpse after the Dragon God killed the Phoenix God, and it had spent ages trying to revive its master.

• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux flew into the dark clouds, where the Phoenix God's cries painfully affected Huo Yuhao's spiritual sense.
• Huo Yuhao's Water Dragon King Bloodline stirred, and the cries stopped as the Phoenix God's corpse muttered, "Dragon God... damn it!"
• Electrolux confirmed that the Phoenix God's divine soul was extinguished, though its corpse retained instinct and considerable power.
• Electrolux used his authority of death to investigate the corpse and communicate with the Underworld, discovering that it was a damaged divine artifact with faint sentience.
• Electrolux learned from the Underworld's memories that it had fled with the Phoenix God's corpse after the Dragon God killed the Phoenix God, then tried to revive its master over many years.

Electrolux explained how the Underworld and the Phoenix God's corpse came to rest near the Douluo Plane, prompting Huo Yuhao to seek the Phoenix God's divinity through Ma Hongjun. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao proposing that Ma Hongjun condense a Divinity Seed for him.

• Electrolux explained that the Underworld brought the Phoenix God's corpse near the Douluo Plane, became linked to it, and established the reincarnation system before losing most of its memories.
• Huo Yuhao wondered why the God Kings had not claimed the Underworld and asked Electrolux whether condensing a new divinity meant condensing the Phoenix God's divinity.
• Huo Yuhao suggested Ma Hongjun might offer a shortcut to the Phoenix God's power, and Electrolux took him through a spatial rift to contact Ma Hongjun's divine consciousness.
• Ma Hongjun sensed Huo Yuhao and Electrolux at his statue while he tried to draw information from a drunken Tang Hao.
• Huo Yuhao told Ma Hongjun he needed his divinity, then proposed that Ma Hongjun condense a Divinity Seed instead of passing down the divinity through inheritance.