Arc 3Chapters 52–71

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Ch. 52Undercurrents Stirring

Huo Yuhao continued posing as Xuelian at Shrek’s Inner Academy, where Mu En began teaching him and Ma Xiaotao sought his help suppressing her evil fire. He coordinated Spirit Hall’s reappearance from afar, then sensed Mu En probing the academy and realized he would have to be more cautious.

  • Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao to breakfast, where Yan Shaozhe told him Mu En would personally guide his cultivation at the Sea God Pavilion.
  • Mu En taught Huo Yuhao about fusing Martial Soul power with will and reaching Human-Soul Unity.
  • Ma Xiaotao took Huo Yuhao to her secluded lake and thanked him for suppressing her evil fire during cultivation.
  • Huo Yuhao contacted Myriad Demon King, learned that he and Dugu Bo were heading to Jing Hongchen’s residence, and confirmed Ye Guyi’s progress in the Angel God’s trial.
  • Huo Yuhao ordered preparations for news of Spirit Hall’s reappearance to spread across the continent within half a month.
  • Mu En’s spiritual power swept over Huo Yuhao, who concealed his aura and concluded that Mu En still suspected him.

Ch. 53Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Transformation

Huo Yuhao continued his cultivation at Shrek while Mu En suspected he was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Transformation but accepted him without demanding an answer. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao learning that Inner Academy students would soon be sent to eliminate Evil Soul Masters near the Heaven Soul Empire border.

  • Ma Xiaotao joined Huo Yuhao for breakfast, and Dai Yueheng briefly greeted him.
  • Mu En asked whether Huo Yuhao was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Transformation, then accepted his answer that he had sincerely come to study and assigned him to continue the Iceheart Formula.
  • Ma Xiaotao met Huo Yuhao by the lake and asked whether Mu En had mentioned her.
  • Huo Yuhao learned from Myriad Demon King that preparations for reconstruction were ready to begin and that Ye Guyi was getting along with Meng Hongchen.
  • Ma Xiaotao told Huo Yuhao that Inner Academy students would soon be sent to eliminate Evil Soul Masters near the Heaven Soul Empire border, and he agreed to join her team.

Ch. 54Parallel Tracks

Huo Yuhao sent his puppet to attend Spirit Hall’s rebuilding ceremony in the Sun Moon Empire while traveling with Shrek’s mission to wipe out Evil Soul Masters. The news reached the continent and angered Tang San, while Huo Yuhao remained focused on the steps ahead.

  • Huo Yuhao joined Ma Xiaotao and the other inner courtyard students as Xuan Zi led them east toward the Heaven Soul Empire’s border.
  • Huo Yuhao descended into Puppet Dugu Bo and attended the Spirit Hall rebuilding ceremony with Jing Hongchen in Radiant City.
  • Myriad Demon King and the hidden Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo helped spread news of Spirit Hall’s rebuilding across the continent.
  • At an inn in Green Mountain Town, Ma Xiaotao heard the news and discussed Spirit Hall with Huo Yuhao.
  • Tang San learned that Huo Yuhao had rebuilt Spirit Hall and vowed to find another way to control him.
  • Huo Yuhao sat alone at the inn window and considered how Shrek, the Holy Spirit Cult, and Tang San might respond.

Ch. 55Dawn in Green Mountain Town

A sudden assault by Evil Soul Masters devastated Green Mountain Town while Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao fought to survive. Xuan Zi returned after the attack, and only seven of the sixteen students and accompanying elders remained standing as the survivors faced the journey back to Shrek.

  • Huo Yuhao woke after meditating through the night and discovered that Evil Soul Masters were attacking Green Mountain Town with explosive puppets.
  • Ma Xiaotao rushed Huo Yuhao out of the inn, and he stopped her from charging into the overwhelming enemy force.
  • Huo Yuhao froze an attacker and Ma Xiaotao burned three Evil Soul Masters, but the assault killed or wounded most of the people in town.
  • After the attack ended, Huo Yuhao counted only seven survivors among the students and accompanying elders.
  • Xuan Zi returned and revealed that he had gone outside town for breakfast, while Ma Xiaotao wept over a dead student and Huo Yuhao considered how Shrek would respond.

Ch. 56Giving Up

After the ambush left Ma Xiaotao grieving and Shrek devastated, Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to care for the survivors and announced that Shrek would withdraw from the tournament. Huo Yuhao stayed beside the sleeping Ma Xiaotao as the night settled over Shrek City.

  • Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao whether the students who died had suffered, then mourned the companions she had promised to protect.
  • Huo Yuhao reassured Ma Xiaotao that she had done her best and quietly kept her company as she cried.
  • Xuan Zi confessed to Mu En that his absence had allowed the Evil Soul Masters to attack, killing nine students, two elders, and more than half the town's residents.
  • Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to handle the aftermath and comfort the families of the dead.
  • Mu En decided that Shrek would withdraw from the Continental Elite Tournament rather than risk sending injured survivors or inexperienced students.
  • Huo Yuhao watched over the sleeping Ma Xiaotao and reflected on Shrek's losses.

Ch. 57Undercurrents

Zhongli Wu learned that Ma Xiaotao was the Phoenix Holy Maiden and set out for Shrek with Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui. Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny warned him that danger would come that night, as three figures approached Shrek Academy.

  • An Evil Soul Master told Zhongli Wu that Ma Xiaotao was the Phoenix Holy Maiden, and Zhongli Wu decided to go to Shrek.
  • Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui agreed to accompany Zhongli Wu to see Mu En and assess Shrek's strength.
  • Huo Yuhao told Tianmeng Ice Worm that his Eye of Destiny sensed a coming disaster, but he could not identify or prepare for it.
  • Ma Xiaotao told Huo Yuhao about a dream in which a familiar stranger came to take her away, then asked whether he would remember her if she were gone.
  • Huo Yuhao sensed that the danger would arrive that night, while Ma Xiaotao fell asleep and three figures silently approached Shrek Academy.

Ch. 58The Snipe and the Clam

Zhongli Wu, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui annihilated Shrek’s defenders, including Xuan Zi and Ma Xiaotao, before Mu En forced them to retreat by unleashing Shrek’s inherited power. Huo Yuhao watched the aftermath from the darkness and released Bibi Dong.

  • Zhongli Wu, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui battled Shrek’s defenders, killing or incapacitating the nine Title Douluo.
  • Long Xiaoyao killed Xuan Zi, and Zhongli Wu killed Ma Xiaotao as she charged at him.
  • Mu En attacked the three invaders, then drew on the Sea God Pavilion’s inherited power to reach Half-Step God Rank and threaten to take one of them with him.
  • Long Xiaoyao persuaded Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui to withdraw, leaving Mu En alone among Shrek’s dead.
  • Huo Yuhao watched the battle’s aftermath from the darkness and released Bibi Dong.

Ch. 59The Fisherman

After Shrek Academy fell, Huo Yuhao revealed that Bibi Dong had killed Zhongli Wu, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui, then accepted Mu En’s Dragon Core and inherited Shrek. He planned to use his identity as Xuelian to rebuild the academy and bring both Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire under his control.

  • Mu En mourned Shrek’s destruction as the only survivor, while the wounded Zhongli Wu, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui fled the ruins.
  • Bibi Dong appeared before the three Holy Spirit Cult leaders and killed them with a glance, then carried their corpses into the Undead Demi-Plane.
  • Huo Yuhao returned to Mu En with the three corpses, and Mu En realized Huo Yuhao had waited for both sides to weaken before acting.
  • Mu En gave Huo Yuhao his Dragon Core and entrusted Shrek to him before dying, and Huo Yuhao sent his corpse into the Undead Demi-Plane.
  • Bibi Dong collected the bodies throughout the ruins for puppet-making and nourishment, while Huo Yuhao prepared to claim Shrek as its new Pavilion Master.
  • Huo Yuhao told Tianmeng Ice Worm that he would use the survivors’ gratitude to take over Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire, then walked into the darkness.

Ch. 60Destiny's Chosen

After Shrek’s destruction, Huo Yuhao claimed leadership and vowed to rebuild the academy as its survivors pledged to follow him. That night, he asked Electrolux to help refine puppets and turned his attention toward the Sun Moon Empire.

  • At dawn, the survivors found that the bodies from the ruins had vanished, and Huo Yuhao said he did not know what had happened.
  • Huo Yuhao revealed Mu En’s Dragon Core and said the Dragon God Douluo had entrusted all of Shrek to him.
  • Huo Yuhao promised to lead Shrek to prosperity and asked the survivors to follow him as their new leader.
  • The survivors knelt and accepted Huo Yuhao’s leadership, and he ordered them to rebuild Shrek.
  • That night, Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux to help him refine puppets and looked toward the Sun Moon Empire.

Ch. 61Too Much Information to Title

Huo Yuhao arranged to deter threats against Shrek and secure an alliance with Spirit Hall, while news of the alliance unsettled Tang San in the God Realm. As Huo Yuhao began absorbing Mu En's Dragon Core, a strange force pulled him into a distortion in space and time.

  • Huo Yuhao ordered Myriad Demon King to spread news of the Holy Spirit Cult leaders' deaths, show the Sun Moon Empire's emperor Bibi Dong's Rank 99 strength, and arrange a mutual defense treaty between Spirit Hall and Shrek.
  • Puppet Dugu Bo brought Bibi Dong before the Sun Moon Empire's emperor and Jing Hongchen, who confirmed that she was a different Rank 99 Ultimate Douluo from the one they had encountered before.
  • Spirit Hall's envoy signed a mutual defense treaty with Huo Yuhao, and the alliance caused watching forces to abandon plans against Shrek.
  • Tang San learned about Shrek's destruction, the Holy Spirit Cult leaders' deaths, and Spirit Hall's growing influence, but decided to observe Huo Yuhao rather than interfere.
  • Huo Yuhao began absorbing Mu En's Dragon Core in seclusion, but a strange force dragged him into a distortion of space and time and made him vanish.

Ch. 63The Descent of a God

Huo Yuhao encountered a being who claimed to have written his life and ordered him to kill Su Mo within three years. The being sent Huo Yuhao back, leaving Su Mo marked for a deadly confrontation.

  • Huo Yuhao woke in a gray void with the Dragon Core still in his hand.
  • A disembodied light claimed it had created Huo Yuhao and controlled his thoughts, actions, and past.
  • The light told Huo Yuhao about Su Mo and ordered him to kill Su Mo and take everything he had.
  • The light compelled Huo Yuhao to agree, then sent him back with a three-year deadline.
  • After Huo Yuhao vanished, the light admitted it was targeting Su Mo for fun and disappeared.

Ch. 64At the Beginning, Turning the Azure Silver Emperor into a Puppet: The Protagonist's Death

Huo Yuhao killed Su Mo in the Far Northern Land and claimed his soul bone, Myriad Souls Banner, and remaining luck. After taking Ah Yin, Su Mo, and the Millennium Ice Silkworm into the Undead Demi-Plane, he left and contacted Myriad Demon King.

  • Su Mo and Ah Yin reached an ice valley to hunt a Millennium Ice Silkworm, guided by the old man in Su Mo’s mind.
  • Huo Yuhao appeared in the valley and sent Ah Yin crashing into the ice wall with one strike.
  • Huo Yuhao killed Su Mo, who dissolved into motes of light as the old man fell silent.
  • Huo Yuhao took the Eight Spider Lances and Myriad Souls Banner, then had Electrolux devour the old man’s remnant soul and memories.
  • Huo Yuhao extracted Su Mo’s remaining luck and moved Ah Yin’s remains, Su Mo’s corpse, and the Millennium Ice Silkworm into the Undead Demi-Plane.
  • Huo Yuhao walked away and contacted Myriad Demon King as the narration declared Su Mo dead and the book over.

Ch. 65Devoured Clean

Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux to deal with Su Mo, whose immortality depended on the Myriad Souls Banner and lingering destiny power. Electrolux began fusing Su Mo with Huo Yuhao’s undead puppets, corpses, and treasures to create an external incarnation close to a God King.

  • Huo Yuhao trapped Su Mo with the Eye of Destiny and summoned Electrolux to examine him.
  • Electrolux discovered that Su Mo could resurrect while bound to the Myriad Souls Banner and instructed Huo Yuhao to recall all his Undead Puppets.
  • Huo Yuhao summoned his puppets and laid out the corpses, Soul Bones, immortal herbs, and other treasures he had collected.
  • Electrolux proposed using the Dragon Core to fuse Su Mo with the gathered materials and create a powerful external incarnation.
  • Electrolux began the fusion, drawing on Huo Yuhao’s destiny power and Dragon God Power as Su Mo’s struggles and voice faded away.

Ch. 66The Final Reckoning

Huo Yuhao accepted Electrolux's dangerous plan to fuse his soul with Su Mo's and fight for their powers and fortune. After defeating Su Mo's forces in the Undead Demi-Plane with help from his soul-beast companions, Huo Yuhao received the Myriad Souls Banner and absorbed Su Mo's soul essence.

  • Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao that Su Mo's world fortune strengthened him and proposed fusing their souls for a life-or-death struggle, which Huo Yuhao accepted.
  • In the Undead Demi-Plane, Su Mo summoned the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda and unleashed undead soldiers, mages, knights, and behemoths against Huo Yuhao.
  • Huo Yuhao used his ice, strength, fire, and destiny powers to destroy the first four waves of undead.
  • Su Mo opened the fifth, sixth, and seventh floors, sending undead generals, dragons, and a storm of resentful spirits into battle.
  • Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Ice Bear King Xiaobai, Tianmeng Ice Worm, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion defeated Su Mo's forces.
  • Su Mo conceded defeat and gave Huo Yuhao the Myriad Souls Banner before his soul essence merged into Huo Yuhao.

Ch. 67Feigned Surrender

As Huo Yuhao completed the fusion with the Myriad Souls Banner, Su Mo revealed that he had faked his sacrifice and seized control of Huo Yuhao’s body. Su Mo enslaved Myriad Demon King and the sleeping ferocious beasts, unaware that an ancient aura was awakening within Huo Yuhao.

  • After three days of guarding Huo Yuhao during the banner’s final fusion, Myriad Demon King reported that everything was normal.
  • At the fusion’s final moment, Su Mo’s soul essence erupted, revealing that he had waited for the banner to bind itself more deeply to Huo Yuhao.
  • Su Mo took control of Huo Yuhao’s body and used the Myriad Souls Banner’s chains to trap Electrolux.
  • Su Mo used the Eye of Destiny to overwhelm Myriad Demon King and turn him into a motionless puppet.
  • Su Mo summoned Ditian, Bi Ji, Bear Lord, Red King, and Zi Ji from the Undead Demi-Plane and claimed them as his puppets.
  • As Su Mo boasted of gaining the Dragon God Power and ruling the world, an ancient aura began awakening within Huo Yuhao’s body.

Ch. 68Collapse

The Dragon God awakened within Huo Yuhao and crushed Su Mo, freeing Electrolux and leaving the ferocious beast puppets lifeless. Su Mo’s memories and hatred then merged with Huo Yuhao’s own, and he collapsed into a violent, uncontrolled awakening on the ice field.

  • Su Mo claimed control of Huo Yuhao’s body and prepared to devour Electrolux’s soul.
  • The Dragon God emerged from Huo Yuhao and ripped Su Mo’s soul origin from the Spirit Sea.
  • The Dragon God crushed Su Mo’s soul origin and absorbed its energy and fate into Huo Yuhao.
  • Electrolux broke free when the Myriad Souls Banner lost control, while the ferocious beast puppets remained motionless.
  • Huo Yuhao convulsed as Su Mo’s memories and hatred flooded into him alongside his own painful memories.
  • Huo Yuhao’s eyes turned blood-red as the Eye of Destiny, Ice Wings, extreme cold, and extreme fire erupted uncontrollably around him.

Ch. 69Gone Mad

After Su Mo’s memories merged with his own, Huo Yuhao broke down on the ice field and vowed revenge on Tang San and Dai Hao. He then asked the Dragon God to remove his human bloodline and endured the transformation as Electrolux and the Dragon God watched.

  • Huo Yuhao relived Su Mo’s memories alongside his own and raged against the people he blamed for his mother’s death and his suffering.
  • Huo Yuhao swore to kill Tang San and his family and burn the God Realm, then smashed his reflection in the ice.
  • Huo Yuhao told the Dragon God to remove the human bloodline he inherited from Dai Hao.
  • The Dragon God agreed and surrounded Huo Yuhao with golden and silver light as the painful transformation began.
  • Huo Yuhao promised revenge on Dai Hao and Tang San before falling silent, while Electrolux watched and the ferocious beast puppets remained motionless.

Ch. 70Huo Yuhao: "I'm Not Human Anymore!!!"

Huo Yuhao endured the Dragon God's transformation and absorbed the origins of the fallen savage beasts, gaining their powers and reaching level ninety-nine. He left the ice field headed toward Shrek and the God Realm, warning Tang San and Dai Hao to wait for him.

  • Electrolux explained that the savage beasts' souls had been erased and proposed refining their remaining power into Huo Yuhao while the Dragon God's Bloodline reshaped him, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
  • Electrolux and the Dragon God refined Ditian, Zi Ji, Bi Ji, Bear Lord, Red King, and Myriad Demon King, whose origins became powers and Soul Bones that Huo Yuhao absorbed.
  • Huo Yuhao's Ice Wings fused with Red King's flames to become Icefire Wings, while Soul emerged from the Undead Demi-Plane with an aura close to a God King.
  • Huo Yuhao completed his transformation, reached level ninety-nine, and manifested nine companions bearing eighty-one soul rings.
  • Huo Yuhao declared that he was no longer human, named Tang San and Dai Hao, and walked away from the ice field with the Myriad Souls Banner entering his body.

Ch. 71Finale

Huo Yuhao consumed the world, his companions, and the God Realm to become an existence beyond God Kings and the only being left. Alone, he turned his Void power inward and erased himself, leaving only emptiness.

  • Huo Yuhao absorbed Soul, reached the peak of a First-Level God, and devoured the Far Northern Land, the empires, and the rest of Douluo Continent, including Ye Guyi.
  • Huo Yuhao fused the origins and Soul Bones of powerful beings, reached the peak of a God King, and consumed his companions, the Dragon God, Electrolux, and the Undead Demi-Plane.
  • Huo Yuhao broke into the God Realm, killed Tang San, defeated the four God Kings, and devoured every god until the realm was empty.
  • Huo Yuhao declared himself the only one, then used Void to consume himself until nothing remained but endless emptiness.
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