Recaps

Yuanen Yehui apologized to Huo Yuhao and his companions, then explained that she had joined Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy instead of Shrek Academy. As the group discussed their past conflict with Shrek, Shen Xing considered the Federation’s rival factions and whether Huo Yuhao might support the Dove Faction before someone discovered Yuanen Yehui was a girl.

• Yuanen Yehui apologized for dragging Huo Yuhao and the others into trouble and explained that Na Nali had arranged for her to enroll at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on Shrek’s ties to the Clear Sky Sect and the Yuanen Clan, while Xie Xie told Yuanen Yehui how Shrek’s arrogance had caused the group’s conflict with the academy.
• Yuanen Yehui said she would not hold back against Shrek, and Xie Xie accepted that she was committed to her current academy.
• Gu Yuena revealed that Huo Yuhao had helped her complete her One-Word Battle Armor, shocking Xu Xiaoyan and Shen Xing.
• Shen Xing thought about the Federation’s Hawk and Dove factions and considered winning Huo Yuhao’s support for the Dove Faction.
• Someone cried out in surprise after realizing Yuanen Yehui was a girl.

Huo Yuhao trained with Yuanen Yehui and her friends, spoke with Shen Xing about the Federation’s political factions, and learned that Lan Fozi had been investigating his identity. At Ling Zichen’s research institute, he recognized the danger in an experiment with the Source just before it exploded.

• Yuanen Yehui revealed her true appearance, and Huo Yuhao defeated her and Tang Wulin’s group in a training match.
• Shen Xing explained the Hawk and Dove Factions’ opposing views on war, resources, and the Federation’s Source Research.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Lan Fozi about her contact with the Holy Spirit Cult and told her she could report that she had infiltrated the Spirit Pagoda as his assistant.
• Ling Zichen brought Huo Yuhao to observe the Single Positive Circulation Source Core experiment, where he recognized the Source was about to explode.
• The Source flashed with blinding white light and exploded.

Huo Yuhao saved Ling Zichen’s parents and the researchers when the Source Core erupted, then welcomed Snow Empress as she arrived to join the coming trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The group discussed preparations for the trip, including whether they could use a Time-Space Array.

• Huo Yuhao contained the Source Core’s first eruption with his Starry Curtain, and the researchers activated the Defensive Soul Guidance Matrix and Energy Stabilizers.
• When the energy threatened to erupt again, Huo Yuhao escaped the shield and returned safely to Ling Zichen; he then urged her parents to request a Three-Word Battle Armor Master as a safeguard.
• Ling Zichen’s parents thanked Huo Yuhao, and Ling Chen Tao agreed to submit the request for a Battle Armor Master.
• Huo Yuhao left the laboratory and met Snow Empress outside his home, where they embraced before he brought her inside to greet Gu Yuena and Gu Ruiqiu.
• Gu Yuena welcomed Snow Empress to stay and discussed the upcoming trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xiong Jun would represent Star Dou.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that he and Xue'er separate the space around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so Gu Yuena could try setting up a Time-Space Array.

Huo Yuhao guided Gu Yuena in comprehending the Law of Time and discussed preparing for the Godhood Tribulation before traveling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter then shifted to Mingdu, where Yue Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi arrived for Shrek Academy’s exchange competition with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Huo Yuhao helped Gu Yuena understand the Law of Time as a derivative of Spiritual Power, and she agreed to teach the others the Time-Space Array.
• Gu Yuena asked Huo Yuhao how he would face the Godhood Tribulation, and he said he would match it and surpass it.
• The Snow Empress noted that their trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well would lead into the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony, while Huo Yuhao said the timing would keep Shrek Academy from acting immediately.
• Yue Zhengyu arrived in Mingdu with Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and their classmates for the exchange competition, then argued with Ye Xinglan about following his orders.

Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng offered Shrek’s seven student representatives a chance to earn entry to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well through the upcoming exchange duel. Huo Yuhao left with Gu Yuena for the Spirit Pagoda after combing Snow Empress’s hair.

• Ye Xinglan, Yue Zhengyu, and the others met Luo Meng, Lan Muzi, and Tang Yinmeng at a hotel in Mingdu.
• Tang Yinmeng told the students that Shrek would let suitable candidates enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lan Muzi announced that the three best performers among the seven students in the duel against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would earn the qualification to enter the well.
• Yue Zhengyu and Long Chen vowed to win the opportunity.
• Huo Yuhao combed Snow Empress’s hair, then left with Gu Yuena for the Spirit Pagoda.

Huo Yuhao explained how to qualify for the Soul Spirit Tower Challenge after Yuanen Yehui asked for help obtaining a soul spirit. He revealed that some of the tower’s hundred-thousand-year soul spirits came from the war against the Abyss Plane, leaving the others shocked by the Spirit Pagoda’s wartime losses.

• Yuanen Yehui asked Huo Yuhao how to qualify for the Soul Spirit Tower Challenge because she needed another soul spirit and did not want to seek help from her family.
• Huo Yuhao explained the tower’s qualification rules, floors, soul spirit rewards, and team challenges, and told Yuanen Yehui she could apply for a review through the Dark Department.
• Xie Xie asked whether a challenger could obtain a Fierce Beast soul spirit, and Huo Yuhao warned that defeating one would be extremely difficult.
• Huo Yuhao cautioned everyone not to mention the tower’s hundred-thousand-year soul spirits in front of soul beasts because some had died in battle.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao that the others did not know about the Abyss Plane, while the chapter recounted the Federation’s costly war against the Abyss Creatures and the origin of many inherited soul spirits.

Huo Yuhao gave Tang Wulin and his friends battle armor components while reflecting on the Abyss Plane’s hidden strength. Three days later, Shrek Academy’s team arrived at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for the exchange competition and faced a hostile welcome, leaving Xie Xie feeling as if they had been cast as villains.

• Huo Yuhao recalled the Abyss Plane’s powerful Possession Demons and Spirit Dragons and told Gu Yuena he wanted to pay respects to those who had died defending Douluo Continent.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Gu Yuena to spar, while Huo Yuhao gave Tang Wulin and the others prepared battle armor components; Xie Xie said he wanted to win through his own abilities.
• Yuanen Yehui saw the battle armor components and considered asking Huo Yuhao for help, but remembered that Na Nali had offered to assist her.
• Three days later, Luo Meng led Yue Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, and the Shrek team to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where the students saw statues commemorating past champions who had defeated Shrek.
• Lin Jiayi welcomed the Shrek delegation and arranged for the competition to be livestreamed across Mingdu, while Lin Qinghan confirmed the preparations.
• Yue Zhengyu and the others heard Sun Moon Academy supporters call Shrek outdated, and Xie Xie wondered why they seemed like villains in a storybook.

Shrek Academy faced Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in a team match, where Tang Wulin quickly defeated Long Chen and Xu Xiaoyan’s blizzard and Spiritual Shock helped disrupt the opposing team. The match left Shrek struggling in a six-against-seven fight, with Ye Xinglan and Bai Hanying surrounded and Yue Zhengyu still battling Yuanen Yehui.

• Both academies entered the arena, announced their lineups, and revealed their Martial Souls and soul rings when the match began.
• Long Chen charged Yuanen Yehui, but Tang Wulin intercepted him with his Golden Dragon Claw and sent him flying in a single strike.
• Yue Zhengyu engaged Yuanen Yehui while Xu Xiaoyan spread a blizzard across the field, and her Spiritual Shock interrupted Soul Severing Xiao’s control attack.
• Xie Xie used the blizzard to approach Soul Severing Xiao and Xu Lizhi, then taunted and fought Soul Severing Xiao to prevent him from controlling the field.
• Tang Wulin gained the upper hand against He Xiaopeng, while Ye Xinglan and Bai Hanying were pressured by Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Xu Yucheng.

Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Wheel Chains helped Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeat Shrek Academy, leaving Ye Xinglan to concede and Yue Zhengyu and the remaining Shrek students to surrender. The referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner, and Xie Xie and his teammates celebrated a victory earned through their own strength.

• Ye Xinglan fought off Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi while Bai Hanying tried to hold back Xu Yucheng, but the Shrek team’s attacks kept them pinned down.
• Xu Xiaoyan used Star Wheel Chains to immobilize Ye Xinglan, who reflected on her defeat by Huo Yuhao and conceded.
• As the blizzard faded, Yue Zhengyu saw that Ye Xinglan, Bai Hanying, and He Xiaopeng had been defeated, and Yuanen Yehui and the others overwhelmed him until he admitted defeat.
• Shrek’s remaining two members also surrendered, and the referee announced Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as the winner.
• Shrek’s students left the arena dejectedly while Xie Xie and his teammates celebrated winning through their own strength.

After Long Chen’s defeat, Tang Yinmeng explained the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and arranged to meet the Spirit Pagoda’s crowns before the group’s trip. At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Gu Ruiqiu learned Zhao Yao had found more unofficial histories she wanted to destroy, while Zhao Yao began telling Tang Yinmeng local legends.

• Tang Yinmeng told Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Gu Ruiqiu about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, its rules, and how immortal herbs chose people to contract with.
• Tang Yinmeng learned that Teacher Snow Empress and the Heavenly Phoenix Crown would visit the well, then asked Gu Ruiqiu to arrange a visit with the crowns.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena discussed Gu Ruiqiu’s recent mysterious behavior and agreed to tell Xu Xiaoyan and the others about the well.
• Gu Ruiqiu met Zhao Yao at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where Zhao Yao revealed she had found books about the First Generation Tower Master that Gu Ruiqiu wanted to collect and destroy.
• Zhao Yao welcomed Tang Yinmeng and offered to tell her Spirit Pagoda legends, beginning with Pagoda Master Xiong Jun.

Tang Yinmeng learned that the Spirit Pagoda had retold Long Yeyue’s attack on its headquarters as an Evil Spirit Master incident, while Huo Yuhao prepared his companions for a journey to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The group reached its heavily guarded outskirts near Heaven Dou City, where Huo Yuhao recognized a troubling resemblance to the captive Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhao Yao recounted the Spirit Pagoda’s version of the hundred-year-old attack, and Tang Yinmeng realized it referred to Long Yeyue before joining Gu Ruiqiu in Leng Yaozhu’s office.
• Gu Ruiqiu told Zhao Yao that their priority was the books, which they needed to remove while Huo Yuhao was away at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Huo Yuhao briefed his companions on the trip, then traveled with Gu Yuena, the Snow Empress, Leng Yaozhu, and Shrek Academy’s group toward Heaven Dou City; Ye Xinglan apologized to Gu Yuena for her past arrogance.
• Yun Ming and Passionate Douluo discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s arrival, and Passionate Douluo went to guide the visitors while Yun Ming stayed behind.
• After meeting Xiong Jun near Heaven Dou City, the group rode Tang Sect Combat Vehicles to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they saw a fortified wall beyond an illusion and Huo Yuhao thought of Soul Beasts being raised in captivity.

Passionate Douluo brought Huo Yuhao and the others to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so the immortal herbs could choose whether to become the children’s Soul Spirits. After the powerful guardians left under Snow Empress’s spatial safeguard, the selection began, and Huo Yuhao realized that several immortal herbs had become far older and stronger than they were in the original history.

• Passionate Douluo led the group through the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Aromatic Silk Beauty challenged their unexpected arrival.
• Passionate Douluo explained that the visit was an agreement between Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda and that the immortal herbs would not be forced to make contracts.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty asked the experts to leave, but Xiong Jun refused until Snow Empress created a spatial exit and promised Huo Yuhao could summon her if trouble arose.
• After Snow Empress, Xiong Jun, Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, and Passionate Douluo departed, Aromatic Silk Beauty allowed the children to seek the immortal herbs’ approval.
• Yue Zhengyu asked Infernal Delicate Apricot to become his Soul Spirit, but she refused and revealed that she had survived her second Heavenly Tribulation as a two-hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beast.
• Huo Yuhao assessed the immortal herbs’ unexpectedly high cultivation ages, while Aromatic Silk Beauty pointed the children toward other Hundred-Thousand-Year herbs and suspected Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena were unusual.

Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Abyss Realm Spiritual Power to identify suitable immortal herbs for his companions, while Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew chose him as her Soul Master. After she became his Soul Spirit and raised his cultivation, Huo Yuhao unexpectedly broke through to the true Spirit Domain Realm.

• Huo Yuhao revealed his Spirit Abyss Realm Spiritual Power, impressing the immortal herbs and prompting Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to choose him as her contract partner.
• Huo Yuhao assigned suitable immortal herbs to Gu Yuena, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Jin Xi, and Zhang Yangzi.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew offered to become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit, and he agreed to form the contract immediately.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew merged her foundation into Huo Yuhao, raising his Spiritual Power to the Half-step Spirit Domain realm and his Soul Power to rank sixty.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew merged fully into Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea, and Huo Yuhao broke through to the true Spirit Domain Realm.

Huo Yuhao reached the Spirit Domain Realm after absorbing Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, then used the Undead Demigod Plane to isolate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Gu Yuena claimed the site with the awakened Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King, while Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew began persuading the immortal herbs to join Huo Yuhao.

• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew discovered the powerful beings in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm welcomed her.
• Huo Yuhao discussed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew's future soul ring and his plan to use Soul Devour, while the Lord of Eternity told him to enter the Eternal Domain before Seven Rings.
• Huo Yuhao emerged with six soul rings and Spirit Domain Realm Spiritual Power, then used his Spiritual Interference Domain to hide what he and Gu Yuena were doing from the others.
• Huo Yuhao overlapped the Undead Demigod Plane with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, severing the immortal herbs' connection to the outside world.
• Gu Yuena summoned the Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King, claimed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and received the immortal herbs' submission.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew thanked Huo Yuhao and went to persuade the immortal herbs to join him.

Huo Yuhao gained the allegiance of the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and outlined a path to balance Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire. He left the herbs to prepare for their departure while Gu Yuena began absorbing an immortal herb, and the others emerged to report their gains to Passionate Douluo.

• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew convinced the immortal herbs that Huo Yuhao was on the path to godhood, and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, and Black Jade Divine Bamboo offered to become his spirits.
• Huo Yuhao told the immortal herbs to prepare to leave and select plants for Xu Xiaoyan and the others, as well as for restoring Old Yi's body; Infernal Delicate Apricot suggested taking all the rare flowers and herbs.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena found that Tang San's Divine Sense remained dormant, then discussed Gu Yuena's Time-Space Array and Huo Yuhao's plan to use Ice Fire Harmony to command the seven elements.
• Gu Yuena began absorbing an immortal herb while Huo Yuhao stood guard, and Passionate Douluo waited outside for the group to emerge from the spatial passage.
• Ye Xinglan told Passionate Douluo that she and Yue Zhengyu had gained ten-thousand-year spiritual objects, Xu Lizhi had received thousand-year ones, and Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena had gained especially rare rewards.
• Passionate Douluo learned that Huo Yuhao had signed a contract with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and that Gu Yuena was absorbing a Hundred Thousand Years Narcissus Jade Bone, then blamed Cai Yue'er for the Tang Sect's costly compensation.

Huo Yuhao completed Ice Fire Harmony by transforming the Water Dragon King's Ultimate Ice source into Ultimate Fire and back, evolving his Ice Emperor Martial Soul and gaining the Ice Devouring Extreme Flame. The chapter left him holding two leg bones the Dragon Kings retrieved from beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Huo Yuhao entered the ice spring and used Heavenly Silkworm Transformation to separate and seal the Water Dragon King's Soul Power and Spiritual Power within himself.
• Huo Yuhao compressed the Water Dragon King's source energy, then combined it with the ice spring and the Ice God Pearl to trigger a reversal between Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass joined their powers to stabilize Huo Yuhao's transformation, and after six days he completed Ice Fire Harmony.
• Huo Yuhao's Ice Emperor Martial Soul evolved to wield both Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire, and he gained a growing innate flame he considered naming Ice Devouring Extreme Flame.
• The Fire Dragon King's dragon soul reacted to the Seven-Colored Lotus and Huo Yuhao's new flame, then joined the Water Dragon King's dragon soul in retrieving two leg bones from beneath the spring.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King’s leg bones, gained the Crimson Gold Profound Flame, and prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Gu Yuena and the immortal herbs. He left seeds and spiritual objects behind, while Aromatic Silk Beauty barred visitors from the well for a hundred years.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Fire Dragon King’s and Water Dragon King’s leg bones, strengthening his Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire.
• Huo Yuhao contracted with the Fire Dragon King and awakened its Crimson Gold Profound Flame Soul Bone skill.
• Huo Yuhao let Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass enter his Spiritual Sea, where Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew introduced them to the other Soul Spirits.
• Huo Yuhao offered the remaining immortal herbs the choice to leave, and Aromatic Silk Beauty decided they would leave seeds and spiritual objects behind in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gu Yuena agreed that the immortal herbs should replenish the well, and Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena left through the spatial passage.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty announced that no one could enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a hundred years, and Snow Empress closed the passage after Passionate Douluo declined to negotiate.

After leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Huo Yuhao traveled with Gu Yuena and the others toward Heaven Dou City, where they discussed the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony and a divine blacksmith’s Heavenly Forging tribulation. Xiong Jun agreed to handle the immortal herbs, and Lan Fozi contacted Huo Yuhao as the chapter ended.

• In the darkness, Tong Yu reported Huo Yuhao’s rapid growth to his lord, who ordered Lan Fozi to get closer to Huo Yuhao and test her loyalty to the Holy Church.
• On the way to Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao considered the dangers of Gu Yuena inheriting the Dragon God’s divine seat, while Xiong Jun announced they would attend the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony in Mingdu.
• Xiong Jun teased Huo Yuhao about paying respects to Spirit Ice Douluo, and Xie Xie frightened Xu Xiaoyan with a rumor that the hero’s spirit might appear at the ceremony.
• A Four Element Lightning Tribulation struck near the Blacksmith Association as a divine blacksmith performed Heavenly Forging, and Huo Yuhao theorized that the Dragon God’s rules had made Soul Beast godhood tribulations exceptionally dangerous.
• After the banquet, Huo Yuhao left the immortal herbs with Xiong Jun to handle, then received a message from Lan Fozi.

Huo Yuhao discussed the Dragon God's inheritance with Gu Yuena and persuaded her to investigate the trial rather than risk attempting it, then traveled with his companions to Mingdu. The Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony began at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where Qian Gu Dong Feng opened the celebration.

• Lan Fozi told Huo Yuhao that the Holy Spirit Cult wanted her to help arrange for him to join a future exchange delegation to Star Luo, and Huo Yuhao said the Dragon God had left something there.
• Huo Yuhao questioned Gu Yuena about the risks and unknowns of the Dragon God's inheritance, and she agreed to think carefully before taking any risks.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena visited Zhen Hua at the Blacksmith Association, then returned to Heaven Dou Spirit Pagoda Branch with Xiong Jun and his bear sons Big Bear and Second Bear.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions arrived in Mingdu as crowds, Spirit Souls, and Soul Beasts gathered for the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng delivered the opening remarks and declared the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony officially begun.

During the Spirit Pagoda’s three-day celebration, the group explored the festivities and reflected on Spirit Ice Douluo’s legacy. They planned to attend the memorial at dusk, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie stayed with Big Bear and Second Bear and the others watched a promotional video about the Spirit Pagoda.

• Leng Yaozhu and Xiong Jun explained the celebration schedule and said the memorial ceremony would take place inside Spirit Pagoda Headquarters at dusk.
• Lan Fozi wondered what Spirit Ice Douluo had looked like, then nervously prayed to Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena as Huo Yuhao noticed her.
• Guang Long objected to a passerby’s doubts about Soul Beasts at the celebration, and Guang Biao explained that the visitor’s concern was understandable before Guang Long recalled how the Spirit Pagoda had given him hope.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie stayed to watch Big Bear and Second Bear while enjoying the food stalls, and Tang Wulin decided to greet Guang Long and Guang Biao later.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi watched a Spirit Pagoda promotional video featuring Big Bear and Second Bear, then met Yuanen Yehui and Shen Xing, who came to honor Spirit Ice Douluo.

Huo Yuhao and his companions toured Spirit Pagoda’s technology exhibition before the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony, where the Taste Projection Device recreated foods from their memories. As the ceremony approached, Xiong Jun publicly introduced Huo Yuhao as Spirit Pagoda’s next successor and proposed that he pay respects to Spirit Ice Douluo.

• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Snow Empress sampled biscuits from the Taste Projection Device, which recreated foods Huo Yuhao had made for them.
• Yi Hongchen praised the device and asked Snow Empress whether Holy Spirit Douluo would attend the ceremony, but Snow Empress said she did not know.
• Xu Xiaoyan reunited with her companions as representatives and Spirit Pagoda leaders gathered before the memorial ceremony.
• Xiong Jun introduced Huo Yuhao to the assembled representatives as Spirit Pagoda’s next successor, surprising them with his status as a thirteen-year-old Soul Emperor.
• Xiong Jun proposed that Huo Yuhao pay respects to Spirit Ice Douluo, leaving Huo Yuhao quietly furious.

Huo Yuhao attended the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony, where Pagoda Master Xiong Jun publicly supported him as the Spirit Pagoda’s future successor. At the memorial hall, Huo Yuhao offered sincere thanks to the predecessors, Soul Spirits, and Soul Beasts who had preserved the Spirit Pagoda’s original purpose, and those who knew his identity bowed to him.

• Pagoda Master Xiong Jun explained that having Huo Yuhao pay respects publicly would reinforce his standing as the Spirit Pagoda’s next successor, and the other leaders agreed.
• Zhao Chengyuan and the other Spirit Envoys accepted the proposal, while Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li arrived and briefly reacted with surprise upon seeing Huo Yuhao.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng led the gathering to the memorial hall, where the assembled Soul Masters released their Soul Spirits and Huo Yuhao approached the memorial tablet.
• Huo Yuhao recalled discussing the Spirit Pagoda’s founding with Old Yi, then bowed before the tablet and thanked the predecessors, Soul Spirits, and Soul Beasts who had upheld its purpose.
• Pagoda Master Xiong Jun, the Snow Empress, Gu Yuena, and the others bowed toward Huo Yuhao, recognizing that he was the one they were honoring.

Holy Spirit Douluo honored Spirit Ice Crown by recalling how Spirit Pagoda volunteers transformed her impoverished hometown and how his legacy inspired her work across the Federation. After the ceremony, Huo Yuhao spoke with Zhao Chengyuan, then prepared to face the guests approaching him while wondering why Gu Ruiqiu had been avoiding him.

• Holy Spirit Douluo recounted how Spirit Pagoda volunteers developed her village and thanked Spirit Ice Crown for lighting the way toward a better era.
• After the final worshippers departed, Zhao Chengyuan spoke privately with Huo Yuhao, admitted the Spirit Pagoda had saved him from becoming an Evil Spirit Master, and asked Huo Yuhao to keep his Execution Department identity secret from Zhao Yao.
• Gu Yuena joined Huo Yuhao, and they wondered why Gu Ruiqiu had disappeared and whether her trouble involved them.
• As guests gathered to approach them, Huo Yuhao greeted the Federation councilor Nanalie and asked whether that was her public identity.

Na Nali asked Huo Yuhao whether soul spirits should be made available to ordinary people, and he argued that soul spirits needed soul masters to sustain them and that opening access would create serious risks. The Holy Spirit Douluo then confirmed that Huo Yuhao’s connection to the Power of Faith resembled her own and offered to guide him, while wondering why some faith from the ceremony had flowed toward him.

• Na Nali, speaking as a Federal Councilor, asked Huo Yuhao whether ordinary people should be allowed to obtain soul spirits, and he said the proposal was not feasible because ordinary people could not nourish soul spirits and would be difficult to supervise.
• Huo Yuhao raised the issue of Soul Spirit smuggling, and Na Nali admitted that many people were involved in a complicated practice that could not simply be exposed.
• The Holy Spirit Douluo privately asked the Snow Empress whether Huo Yuhao had an existence like hers, and the Snow Empress confirmed that his situation was similar.
• The Holy Spirit Douluo told Huo Yuhao that she had advanced through Power of Faith, described how her slower cultivation reflected a better world, and offered to advise him.
• The Holy Spirit Douluo wondered why some of the Power of Faith gathered during the ceremony had drifted toward Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao dealt with Holy Spirit Douluo’s suspicions, uncovered Gu Ruiqiu’s old scandalous books, and asked Xiong Jun to help research Heavenly Tribulations during the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony. Five months later, a delegation from the Star Luo Federation arrived in Skysea City.

• Holy Spirit Douluo inferred that the Spirit Pagoda might be preparing to use the Power of Faith to help Huo Yuhao become a god, offered to teach him, and left after giving him her contact information.
• Ling Zichen gave Huo Yuhao documents, and he asked her to find out whether Gu Ruiqiu had been organizing old books.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena confronted Gu Ruiqiu about old unofficial histories she had helped inspire, and Gu Yuena playfully asserted her authority over her disciple.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xiong Jun to assist with research into Heavenly Tribulations by practicing Heavenly Forging, and Xiong Jun reluctantly agreed.
• At the Spirit Ice Grand Ceremony’s closing worship, Qian Gu Dong Feng led humans, Soul Beasts, and Spirit Souls in honoring Spirit Ice Douluo.
• Five months later, a Star Luo Federation delegation arrived by warship at Skysea City after a two-month voyage.