Recaps

Ye Guyi and Su Tong discovered Huo Yuhao’s tournament history and questioned him about the Fire God, while Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress reaffirmed their bond. On Dou Ling Continent, Electrolux negotiated with the Demon Empress over the Holy Spirit Cult’s godhood plan and explained how the Demon Plane’s Plane Master had gained intelligence, easing her suspicions about him.

• Ye Guyi searched for Gu Yuena and remarked to Su Tong that her appearance resembled Snow Empress, while Huo Yuhao overheard them.
• Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao she was jealous of his time with Gu Yuena, and they kissed and promised to stay together after becoming gods.
• At dinner, Su Tong and Ji Juechen asked Huo Yuhao about his tournament appearances, the Fire God rumors, and the fifth Spirit Pagoda expert who had touched God Rank.
• Electrolux met the Demon Empress and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to attain godhood with the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array, fueled by ten million souls.
• Electrolux exchanged his account of how he cultivated the Demon Plane’s Plane Master’s intelligence for information about the array, and the Demon Empress’s suspicions that he came from elsewhere largely faded.

Electrolux traded with the Demon Empress for information about the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array and suggested she might be a vessel for a god’s return. The Demon Empress grew suspicious of the Sea God Divine Spark but continued to pursue the array, while Rong Lingji reported Electrolux’s presence to Huo Yuhao.

• The Demon Empress gave Electrolux part of the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array’s information in exchange for his plan, and he learned the Holy Spirit Cult had developed it with an evil god’s help.
• Electrolux warned the Demon Empress that the array might be intended to create a True God who could serve as a vessel, prompting her to suspect Tang San might be behind both the array and the Sea God Divine Spark.
• The Demon Empress concluded the timing made it unlikely that Tang San was the Holy Spirit Cult’s evil god, but decided to set the Sea God Divine Spark aside while continuing with the array.
• Electrolux noticed someone watching him but left without confronting them, and Rong Lingji escaped to report that a God Rank demon was inside the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao received Rong Lingji’s report and reflected that the situation had become an unexpected case of mistaken identity.

Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress discussed using Electrolux as a covert safeguard for their coming campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult in Dou Ling. Before departing the Extreme North, the Snow Empress reunited with its Soul Beasts through a solo dance that moved Huo Yuhao deeply.

• Huo Yuhao instructed Rong Lingji to observe the Holy Spirit Cult discreetly and keep the intelligence from the Dark Department.
• Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress discussed how Electrolux could protect the God of Slaughter and strengthen their plan during the Dou Ling campaign.
• Su Tong asked the Snow Empress to gather the Extreme North's Soul Beasts before they left, then teased her about pursuing a closer relationship with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao kissed the Snow Empress, and they left the Spirit Pagoda together after speaking about their past and their future.
• The Snow Empress danced across the ice plain, drawing the Extreme North's Soul Beasts to her as Huo Yuhao watched.

Huo Yuhao reunited with the Snow Empress and welcomed the Extreme North’s soul beasts, using his God Rank power to reward them and discussing his research into powerful bloodlines. The Sea Princess pledged to lead her clan under Huo Yuhao and the Spirit Pagoda’s direction.

• The Snow Empress finished her dance, and Huo Yuhao explained how it had guided Su Tong and others toward insight into the Laws of Ice.
• The Extreme North’s soul beasts gathered to honor the Snow Empress and recognize Huo Yuhao, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm complained that they were ignoring him.
• Huo Yuhao welcomed the beasts back, thanked them for helping build the Spirit Pagoda, and showered them with spiritual snow that healed injuries and advanced their cultivation.
• The Titan Snow Demon King congratulated Huo Yuhao on his relationship with the Snow Empress, joked about the Ice Bear King calling Huo Yuhao Dad, and donated blood for Huo Yuhao’s research into the Ice God bloodline.
• The Sea Princess told Huo Yuhao that she had accepted the Snow Empress’s summons and would lead her clan under his direction and the Spirit Pagoda.

Huo Yuhao reunited the Sea Princess with Li Ya and brought her clan into preparations for the Spirit Pagoda’s attack on the Holy Spirit Cult. He returned to Mingdu with his companions for his Tower Master succession, while officials began questioning whether three people beside him were the Spirit Pagoda’s ancestors reborn or preserved.

• The Sea Princess reunited with Li Ya, who explained that Huo Yuhao’s advancement had strengthened her and helped her conceal herself.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Sea Princess to join the planned attack on the Holy Spirit Cult in Dou Ling, and she agreed to follow his lead and travel to Mingdu.
• Gu Yuena developed Light and Dark Divine Thunder, decided to wait for Huo Yuhao before drawing it into her body, and began researching Seven Colors Divine Lightning.
• Huo Yuhao arrived in Mingdu with Gu Yuena, the Snow Empress, the Sea Princess, Ye Guyi, Su Tong, Ji Juechen, and the Extreme North soul beasts, then headed to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters for the succession meeting.
• Hua Yichen and Ji Xuanqiu learned that people resembling Su Tong, Ye Guyi, and Ji Juechen had appeared in the Extreme North and considered whether they could really be the ancestors from ten thousand years earlier.

Ji Xuanqiu and the Spirit Pagoda’s leaders gathered for a meeting and were stunned when the long-lost founders Su Tong, Ye Guyi, and Ji Juechen appeared alive. Huo Yuhao revealed himself as Ling Bing, the Spirit Ice Ancestor, and the Spirit Pagoda welcomed him back as its founder.

• Ji Xuanqiu, Hua Yichen, and the other leaders arrived at the conference room, where they learned the three founding members had returned from the Extreme North.
• Ji Juechen tested Ji Xuanqiu’s swordsmanship and praised him for surpassing the previous generation, after which the Spirit Pagoda members greeted the three ancestors.
• The leaders noticed the unusual seating arrangement and waited for Huo Yuhao to arrive, while Ji Xuanqiu and Soul Suppressing Douluo suspected a historic revelation was coming.
• Su Tong called Huo Yuhao her Teacher, and Huo Yuhao took the central seat and revealed that he was Ling Bing, the Spirit Ice Ancestor.
• Huo Yuhao summoned his nine Soul Spirits, and Qian Gu Dong Feng led the gathered leaders in welcoming the returned ancestor.

Huo Yuhao resumed leadership of the Spirit Pagoda, introduced his Soul Spirit companions, and explained how Su Tong and the others had survived ten thousand years. As Leng Yaozhu nominated Gu Yuena to succeed her as deputy pagoda master, the gathered leaders began to suspect that Gu Yuena had once been the true ruler of Star Dou Great Forest.

• Huo Yuhao declared that he would take charge of the Spirit Pagoda again, and its leaders pledged to obey him.
• Huo Yuhao introduced his Soul Spirits as companions and founding contributors to the Spirit Pagoda, then credited his absent teacher as the true founder of the Soul Spirit System.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Su Tong, Ye Guyi, and Ji Juechen had survived ten thousand years in a sealed state, and told Qian Gu Qingfeng they could discuss his longevity research later.
• Leng Yaozhu offered to pass her deputy pagoda master position to her disciple, Gu Yuena.
• Ji Xuanqiu and others considered Gu Yuena's place among the Star Dou faction and wondered whether she had been Star Dou Great Forest's true ruler and Beast God.

Gu Yuena revealed herself as the Co-Lord of Star Dou’s Soul Beasts and took over the faction’s authority within the Spirit Pagoda, while Huo Yuhao organized an expedition to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult on the Dou Ling Continent. The group planned to depart in three days, and the Soul Suppressing Douluo hurried home to confront his daughter over the rumors she had shown him.

• Gu Yuena declared herself Star Dou’s Co-Lord, and Di Tian and the other powerful Soul Beasts bowed to her as their sovereign.
• Huo Yuhao appointed Gu Yuena Deputy Pagoda Master, with Di Tian remaining Star Dou Branch Pagoda Master, and ordered her identity kept secret from outsiders.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to sacrifice the people of the Dou Ling Empire and open the Abyss Passage, then announced that he would lead Spirit Pagoda experts to destroy the cult.
• Huo Yuhao assigned combat and headquarters duties, explained that the Federation would incorporate Dou Ling after the campaign, and set the departure for three days later.
• The Soul Suppressing Douluo rushed home, determined to teach his daughter Zhao Yao a lesson for showing him unofficial histories and rumors.

After Huo Yuhao revealed himself as the Spirit Ice Ancestor, Spirit Pagoda leaders discussed his return and watched Ji Juechen leave to pursue a sword challenge. In a meeting with his allies, Huo Yuhao reassured them about the expedition’s security, then told Tang Wutong he would spare her fathers if she could persuade them to abandon their opposition.

• Han Tianyi, Fist Emperor Douluo, and Hua Yichen discussed Huo Yuhao’s revealed identity and his cautious resemblance to the historical Spirit Ice Ancestor.
• Ji Juechen left with Ji Xuanqiu to visit the Ji Clan, and Fist Emperor Douluo and Han Tianyi followed to observe his Sword Dao.
• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, Di Tian, Qian Gu Dong Feng, and Qian Gu Die Ting that he had contingencies to protect the Federation during the expedition, and summoned Tang Wutong’s divine consciousness avatar.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng mistook Huo Yuhao for a God King, while Huo Yuhao confirmed to Tang Wutong that he had lived in her era and once watched her lose a match.
• Huo Yuhao warned Tang Wutong that he might send her fathers into reincarnation, but offered to spare them if she persuaded them to stop opposing his side.
• Tang Wutong accepted the chance to speak with her fathers, then asked Huo Yuhao why he was offering them mercy.

Tang Wutong asked Huo Yuhao about removing the Golden Dragon King God Core from Tang Wulin, who had advanced to the tenth seal. Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena planned to extract it after the twelfth seal and discussed how Gu Yuena could use its power while avoiding the dangers of the Dragon God’s legacy.

• Huo Yuhao explained that sparing Da Ming and Er Ming could earn him a favor from Oscar and help his research into Creation.
• Tang Wutong asked how Huo Yuhao would handle the Golden Dragon King God Core inside Tang Wulin, and he said they would extract it after Tang Wulin broke through further seals.
• Tang Wutong reported that Tang Wulin had reached the tenth seal after absorbing Abyss energy and forming a third Soul Spirit, and Huo Yuhao promised to check on him.
• Gu Yuena said she planned to recover to the Half-step God King level before absorbing the Golden Dragon King God Core’s power.
• Huo Yuhao warned Gu Yuena to avoid Dragon Valley and to absorb the Dragon God’s powers slowly, while Gu Yuena agreed.

Huo Yuhao returned as Tower Master, while Su Tong and Ye Guyi confronted Gu Ruiqiu over her stories and Zhao Yao was punished by her father. Huo Yuhao explained the dangers of Gu Yuena inheriting the Dragon God's Divine Position, and three days later the Spirit Pagoda was still reeling from his appointment under the title “Ling Bing.”

• Su Tong recruited Ye Guyi to confront Gu Ruiqiu over stories Gu Ruiqiu had written about Ye Guyi and Huo Yuhao, and the two cornered and slapped Gu Ruiqiu in the Cultivation Room.
• Zhao Yao's father trapped her in his study and beat her with a Ruler, while Huo Yuhao left the meeting room to take up his Tower Master's duties.
• Gu Yuena followed Huo Yuhao to his office, delegated its work to her Divine Consciousness Clone, and cultivated the Light and Dark Divine Thunder with him.
• Gu Yuena asked Huo Yuhao about the risks of inheriting the Dragon God's Divine Position, and he outlined the pressures of the trial, its enormous energy demands, and the danger posed by the Cosmic Laws.
• Gu Yuena gave up on trying to resolve the dangers immediately, and three days later the Spirit Pagoda learned that Huo Yuhao had become Tower Master under the title “Ling Bing.”

Ji Juechen returned to the present era and reached the Sword God realm after exchanging insights with Ji Xuanqiu, then sought Huo Yuhao’s confirmation of his path. Huo Yuhao affirmed that Ji Juechen could forge sword intent into something like laws, and departed to meet the Titled Douluos gathering at the Spirit Pagoda.

• Spirit Pagoda members debated Huo Yuhao’s use of the title Spirit Ice, while Dark Phoenix Douluo concluded that he was likely the Spirit Ice Ancestor.
• Ji Feihong returned to the Ji Clan and learned that Ji Juechen had come back after ten thousand years.
• Ji Juechen awakened his Sword God realm after three days of exchanging insights with Ji Xuanqiu, breaking through his bottleneck toward rank ninety-eight.
• Ji Juechen asked what path sword cultivators could follow after reaching god rank, and Ji Xuanqiu proposed making sword intent rival laws.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that Ji Juechen could prove his Dao through the sword, while warning that he would have to forge the road ahead himself.
• Ji Juechen chose to remain at the Spirit Pagoda, and Huo Yuhao left to meet the arriving Titled Douluos.

Huo Yuhao revealed to Tang Wulin and the Spirit Pagoda’s Titled Douluos that he was the long-lost Spirit Ice Douluo, then led them to war against the Holy Spirit Cult. As the force arrived above Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao attacked the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array’s core with Seven Colors Divine Lightning.

• Tang Wulin and the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Spirit recognized Huo Yuhao as Spirit Ice Douluo, leaving Tang Wulin stunned by his friend’s identity.
• Huo Yuhao sent Tang Wulin to find a surprise, where Tang Wulin encountered Ji Juechen.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his identity to the assembled Titled Douluos and ordered them to march on Dou Ling Continent to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.
• In Heaven Dou City, Evil Spirit Masters discussed their nearly completed plan and trusted that the God of Slaughter would protect them.
• A spatial rift opened over Heaven Dou City, and Huo Yuhao’s divine voice declared the Holy Spirit Cult must be destroyed as Seven Colors Divine Lightning struck the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array’s core.

Huo Yuhao led the Spirit Pagoda into Dou Ling, destroyed the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array’s central node, and confronted the God of Slaughter, Xiupu Ruosi. The battle erupted between the Spirit Pagoda and the Holy Spirit Cult, with Huo Yuhao and Xiupu Ruosi clashing while Gu Yuena and the others attacked the cult’s forces.

• Huo Yuhao’s Seven Colors Divine Lightning destroyed the array’s central node and killed the Evil Spirit Masters nearby.
• The Demon Empress confronted Huo Yuhao, then froze when the Spirit Pagoda’s experts and more than a hundred Titled Douluos emerged behind him.
• Huo Yuhao sent Di Tian and twenty others to help destroy the array and the Holy Spirit Cult branch in Dou Ling City.
• Xiupu Ruosi attacked Di Tian, but Huo Yuhao intercepted the blood-colored sword Qi with a seven-colored divine sword.
• Xiupu Ruosi mistook Huo Yuhao for the Fire God’s successor and attacked him, while Huo Yuhao blocked his killing aura.
• Gu Yuena ordered the Spirit Pagoda’s forces to attack, and the Demon Empress engaged Gu Yuena as the two sides began fighting.

Xiong Jun defeated Dark Eagle Douluo, whose desperate attack with the Demon God Sword failed because Xiong Jun had been warned about the Holy Spirit Cult’s Divine Tools. As the Spirit Pagoda crushed the Holy Spirit Cult across the battlefield, Xiong Jun noticed that Xuan Qiu had also encountered a worthwhile opponent.

• Dark Eagle Douluo burned his life and Battle Armor to attack Xiong Jun, then detonated his Soul Cores to drive the Demon God Sword at him.
• Xiong Jun blocked the Demon God Sword with a protective barrier, disarmed Dark Eagle Douluo, and killed him with a slap.
• Xiong Jun explained that Huo Yuhao had warned the Spirit Pagoda about the Demon God Sword and its lethal curse.
• Xiong Jun surveyed the battlefield as the Spirit Pagoda overwhelmed the Holy Spirit Cult, whose cornered fighters resorted to self-detonation.
• Xiong Jun saw that Xuan Qiu had found a powerful opponent and remarked that he had hit the jackpot too.

Ji Xuanqiu fought Xue Wuhen, whose swordsmanship came from the God of Slaughter, and gained a breakthrough after facing the God of Slaughter's bestowed Sword Intent. He killed Xue Wuhen and reached the Quasi-God level, then discussed the battle with Xiong Jun.

• Ji Xuanqiu defeated Xue Wuhen's blood-red Sword Intent and learned that Xue Wuhen had modeled his swordsmanship on the God of Slaughter.
• Ji Xuanqiu rejected Xue Wuhen's invitation to join the Holy Spirit Cult and criticized him for following another's path.
• Ji Xuanqiu severed Xue Wuhen's right arm with a sword strike, but Xue Wuhen unleashed the God of Slaughter's bestowed Sword Intent.
• Ji Xuanqiu understood Sword Intent like Laws, broke through to Quasi-God, evaded the worst of the attack, and killed Xue Wuhen.
• Xiong Jun arrived and teased Ji Xuanqiu before realizing that he had advanced to Quasi-God.

The Spirit Pagoda forces overwhelmed the Holy Spirit Cult in Heaven Dou City while Ji Xuanqiu stayed to face Dou Ling's leaders and Xiong Jun left to purge other bases. Huo Yuhao fought the stronger God of Slaughter, who realized that Huo Yuhao was enduring his attacks and steadily improving.

• Xiong Jun and Ji Xuanqiu assessed the battlefield, and Xiong Jun left with teams to eliminate Evil Spirit Masters elsewhere while Ji Xuanqiu remained to deal with Dou Ling's leaders.
• Dou Ling's army stayed in its camp as the Spirit Pagoda defeated the Holy Spirit Cult, while the imperial palace raised a barrier and aimed Soul Tools at the attackers.
• Snow Empress and Gu Yuena watched Huo Yuhao struggle against the God of Slaughter, and Gu Yuena continued holding off the Demon Empress.
• The God of Slaughter's attacks failed to seriously injure Huo Yuhao because of his powerful body, rapid recovery, armor, and ability to weaken killing intent.
• The God of Slaughter noticed Huo Yuhao was mastering divine power more quickly as they fought and wondered what kind of opponent he faced.

The God of Slaughter deduced that Huo Yuhao was probably a powerful person born on the Douluo Plane rather than a reincarnated god, though he remained uncertain about Huo Yuhao’s origins. As the God of Slaughter prepared to unleash a stronger attack, Huo Yuhao trapped him in a mental world with Divine Consciousness Forbidden Domain, setting the stage for a battle fought through spiritual power.

• The God of Slaughter compared Huo Yuhao’s abilities to the Silver Dragon King’s, then concluded that Huo Yuhao was likely a fortunate native of the Douluo Plane rather than a reincarnated god.
• Huo Yuhao dismissed the God of Slaughter’s speculation and attacked with Creation Awakening and Eternal Light of Destruction, but the God of Slaughter cleaved the attack apart with his sword.
• The God of Slaughter noticed Huo Yuhao learning from their exchanges and decided to stop holding back, while Huo Yuhao used Reincarnation Domain to interrupt his attack.
• Huo Yuhao activated his ninth soul skill, Divine Consciousness Forbidden Domain, and pulled the God of Slaughter into a mental world where time outside stood still.
• The God of Slaughter recognized that the mental battlefield favored Huo Yuhao’s stronger spiritual power, but reasoned that the space would weaken Huo Yuhao and leave him without his formidable body.

Huo Yuhao drew the God of Slaughter into a Spiritual Space and used the fight to hone his abilities, gradually overpowering him. With the nine Soul Spirits joining the battle, Huo Yuhao shattered the space with a combined ice-and-fire attack, leaving the God of Slaughter’s Divine Consciousness grievously damaged.

• The God of Slaughter attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao blocked his sword strike and pierced his defenses with Spiritual Shock.
• Huo Yuhao used Absolute Zero and Thorn Halo to slow the God of Slaughter and reflect his attack, then struck him with the power of seven elements.
• Huo Yuhao continued pressing the God of Slaughter, learning from his techniques and forcing him to defend himself inside the unstable Spiritual Space.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, Evil Emperor, Li Ya, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Ice Dragon King, and Fire Dragon King to assist him.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon King blocked the God of Slaughter’s attempt to attack the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm while the other Soul Spirits empowered Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao froze the God of Slaughter with Light of Time and Space and struck him with Ice and Fire-Limitless, shattering the Spiritual Space and grievously damaging the God of Slaughter’s Divine Consciousness.

The God of Slaughter wounded Huo Yuhao’s divine consciousness but failed to overpower him, and Huo Yuhao’s trump cards turned the battle against him. The God of Slaughter discovered Huo Yuhao had not truly become a god, then immobilized his enemies and began a devastating attack that could destroy Dou Ling Continent.

• Gu Yuena blasted the Demon Empress back with a seven-colored elemental lotus as the Demon Empress prepared to retreat.
• The God of Slaughter attacked Huo Yuhao and Heaven Dou City with Bloodbath of the Eight Desolations, but Huo Yuhao blocked the strike with Yin Yang Heaven Burning Transformation.
• Huo Yuhao gained the advantage in their clash, and the God of Slaughter realized Huo Yuhao was still a mortal whose battle armor had raised him to a false-god realm.
• The God of Slaughter used the God-Subduing-Art to paralyze Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, the Snow Empress, and everyone nearby.
• The God of Slaughter began God-of-Slaughter-Possession, drawing on the full power of his divine position and accepting the risk of destroying Dou Ling Continent to kill Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao defeated the God of Slaughter, but Electrolux intervened and joined forces with him and the Demon Empress to escape. The God of Slaughter used Heaven Dou City's statues to delay Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and the Snow Empress, allowing the three to teleport away.

• Huo Yuhao escaped the God-Subduing Art with Reincarnation Domain, then used Undulating Storm and the Heavenly Burning Divine Pestle to gravely wound the God of Slaughter.
• The God of Slaughter acknowledged Huo Yuhao's victory, but Electrolux appeared and struck Huo Yuhao with Light of Corrosion.
• Electrolux and the Demon Empress tried to protect the God of Slaughter, while the Snow Empress helped Huo Yuhao press their attack.
• Electrolux rescued the God of Slaughter and joined the Demon Empress, but Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao's side pursued them.
• The God of Slaughter activated an array powered by his statues across Heaven Dou City, creating a barrier that held off Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and the Snow Empress.
• Electrolux used a teleportation array and Plane-confinement to escape with the God of Slaughter and the Demon Empress.

The Spirit Pagoda secured victory in Heaven Dou City despite the escape of God of Slaughter and Demon Empress, while Huo Yuhao's hidden plan remained on track. Rong Tianling confronted Dou Ling's leaders, revealed her blood connection to Xue Yunlong, and secured his agreement to help calm the population without shielding him from judgment.

• Soul Suppressing Douluo linked the Demon Plane's intervention to the Holy Spirit Cult's suspected capture of Yehui, while Hua Yichen affirmed that the cult's main forces and the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array's core had been destroyed.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Gu Dong Feng not to devote excessive effort to pursuing God of Slaughter, and Snow Empress confirmed that their plan had succeeded pending word from Old Yi.
• Huo Yuhao headed to rest while Heaven Dou City's residents struggled to reconcile their fear of the Spirit Pagoda with its protection of their city.
• Ji Xuanqiu, Rong Tianling, and Rong Lingji breached the imperial palace as Xue Yunlong and his officials faced defeat and blamed one another.
• Rong Tianling rejected Xue Yunlong's claim that Dou Ling had no choice but to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult, citing its failure to curb Evil Spirit Masters and its complicity in a planned mass sacrifice.
• Rong Tianling revealed her blood connection to Xue Yunlong but refused to protect the officials, and Xue Yunlong agreed to help her reassure Dou Ling's people before facing their judgment.

After the destruction of the Holy Spirit Cult’s Dou Ling base, the Demon Empress and Electrolux persuaded the recovering God of Slaughter to plan an attack on the Blood God Legion’s headquarters and the Abyss Passage. In Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao finished consolidating his gains and prepared to return to the Federation to advance his cultivation and confront the Demon Plane.

• The Demon Empress negotiated with Electrolux to renew their cooperation, agreeing to provide sacrifices or God Rank secrets in exchange for his help.
• Electrolux proposed exploiting the Federation’s divided forces to attack the Blood God Legion and break the seal on the Abyss Passage.
• After recovering for half a day, the God of Slaughter approved the plan but delayed the attack until he healed, while the Demon Empress resolved to rebuild the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the power of Chen Xinjie’s undead body and assessed the cultivation he could reach by combining his accumulated strength and resources.
• The Snow Empress reported that Rong Tianling had stabilized Heaven Dou City and Di Tian had destroyed the array; Huo Yuhao appointed the Sea Princess acting Branch Pagoda Master and decided not to leave additional forces behind.
• Huo Yuhao told the Snow Empress he would return to the Federation, absorb his past cultivation, and prepare to devour the Demon Plane.

After returning from Dou Ling, Huo Yuhao refined the power of faith until both lives’ spiritual power reached the peak Divine Origin Realm, then began merging their accumulated strength outside Mingdu. He briefly attained the mid-stage third rank god level before sealing his transformation to avoid confronting the plane’s suppression, leaving him stronger and more confident about facing the Demon Plane’s Plane Master.

• Su Tong confronted Gu Ruiqiu about unofficial histories of Huo Yuhao and Di Tian, then spotted Huo Yuhao and the others returning to Mingdu.
• The Federation Speaker learned that Huo Yuhao’s forces had crushed the Holy Spirit Cult in Dou Ling, wounded the God of Slaughter, and helped secure Dou Ling’s surrender as the campaign against the Star Luo Empire advanced.
• Huo Yuhao used crimson gold profound flame to refine the power of faith, bringing this life’s spiritual power to the peak Divine Origin Realm and filling his second spiritual sea.
• Outside Mingdu, Huo Yuhao released the power sealed within the Ice Empress, Evil Emperor, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Li Ya, then merged the strength of his two lives.
• Huo Yuhao’s spiritual seas expanded and his Chaos Soul Core transformed into a Divine Core, briefly raising him to the mid-stage third rank god level.
• Huo Yuhao used the plane’s suppression to seal his divine power and Chaos Soul Core, devoured a warning bolt of tribulation lightning, and completed a further sublimation of his divine body and consciousness.

After reaching an alternative form of godhood, Huo Yuhao traveled to the Demon Plane with Gu Yuena, the Snow Empress, and Di Tian to confront its consciousness. He forced open a passage toward the Plane Core, but the plane retaliated with powerful lightning, and humanoid lightning figures appeared as the battle escalated.

• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian that he had become a god by an alternative method but still could not withstand a plane’s suppression directly.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, the Snow Empress, and Di Tian arrived on the Demon Plane, where Huo Yuhao ordered Alba to evacuate the nearby demons.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his full power and endured the Demon Plane’s Seven Colors Divine Lightning without injury.
• Huo Yuhao traced the lightning to the Plane Core and opened a spatial passage with the Heavenly Burning Divine Pestle.
• The Demon Plane sent lightning dragons at Huo Yuhao, who burned them away with divine fire and devastated the surrounding wasteland.
• Several humanoid lightning figures appeared amid the storm, startling Di Tian.