Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao established his strength at Spirit Pagoda headquarters by defeating a group of young elites, then met with Qian Gu Dong Feng, who urged him to win the clans’ support. Huo Yuhao insisted that strength ruled the world and began explaining how he would secure the Candidate Spirit Envoy identity.

• Huo Yuhao received his credentials and access card, then headed to the training ground with Gu Yuena and Gu Ruiqiu.
• Huo Yuhao challenged ten young elites from Spirit Pagoda families and overwhelmed them with Dragon King Coercion, spiritual abilities, and precise attacks.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng learned of the defeat and summoned Huo Yuhao, suspecting that the Extreme North Lineage intended to unify the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao waited at Leng Yaozhu’s office, where Gu Yuena told her teacher she would help him reach the top.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng praised Huo Yuhao’s battles and warned him that he needed clan support, while Huo Yuhao replied that strength ruled the world and began discussing his Candidate Spirit Envoy nominations.

Huo Yuhao received approval to take the Candidate Spirit Envoy assessment, while Qian Gu Dong Feng considered how to secure his cooperation and watched the Qian Gu Clan’s plans. Huo Yuhao entered the assessment facility, and news of the youngest Candidate Spirit Envoy in history spread through Spirit Pagoda Headquarters that night.

• Qian Gu Dong Feng accepted Huo Yuhao’s chance to take the assessment and discussed his plans with a figure in the shadows.
• Qian Gu Juechen showed Qiangu Zhangting a recording of his fight with Huo Yuhao, but Qiangu Zhangting withheld judgment until Huo Yuhao passed the assessment.
• Ji Wufeng challenged Qiangu Zhangting to a fight, and Qiangu Zhangting agreed to go with him after Law Enforcement Team members reported Ji Wufeng’s violation.
• Ji Wufeng criticized Qiangu Zhangting’s Staff Soul, and Qian Gu Juechen realized Qiangu Zhangting had learned the technique while fighting Ji Wufeng.
• Huo Yuhao discussed Source Research and monitoring the Qian Gu Clan with the Snow Empress, then entered the assessment facility as news of his historic candidacy spread.

Huo Yuhao stayed with Gu Yuena while assigning research tasks to Ling Zichen and transferring Gu Yuena under his command. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin prepared to break the Second Layer Seal, and Tang San's Divine Sense sent an urgent message to his main body as he feared the Spirit Pagoda's influence was erasing his memories.

• Gu Yuena asked Huo Yuhao about his assessment, and he explained that its final challenge had been a past Tower Master showing affection for her spirit soul.
• Huo Yuhao assured Gu Yuena he was not moving out, then used his new status to assign research tasks to Ling Zichen and transfer Gu Yuena under his command.
• Ling Zichen saw her new workload and furiously cursed Huo Yuhao in the laboratory.
• Tang Wulin entered the Sealed Space to break the Second Layer Seal, and Tang San's Divine Sense guided him while recalling how the First Generation Tower Master's Admonitions had eroded his memories.
• Tang San's Divine Sense feared his personality would change and sent a desperate plea to his main body: the family was in danger and he should return at once.

Tang San, Ji Dong, and Lie Yan stabilized the God Realm with the God Realm Core and discussed filling vacancies on the God Realm Committee. After they left, Tang San used the Golden Trident to consider how he could return to Douluo Continent and carry out his Ten Thousand Year Plan.

• Tang San, Ji Dong, and Lie Yan infused the God Realm Core with divine power and Immortal Spirit Qi to repair damage from the Space-Time Turbulence.
• Tang San told Ji Dong and Lie Yan that the God Realm was stable for now, and they discussed recruiting First Rank Gods to fill committee vacancies.
• Tang San reflected that his past decisions had been right and that losing the Sea God position had earned him prestige and support.
• Tang San took out the Golden Trident and considered using it, along with the Sea God divine core, to contact Douluo Continent.
• Tang San wondered who could serve as the vessel for his divine descent and vowed to return to Douluo Continent to complete his Ten Thousand Year Plan.

Tang Wulin broke through the Second Layer Seal and heard the Golden Dragon King threaten him, then traveled with his friends to Mingdu, where they learned Huo Yuhao had become a Candidate Spirit Envoy. Huo Yuhao recognized the visitor who arrived that evening as Lan Fozi, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale.

• Tang Wulin broke through the Second Layer Seal and heard the Golden Dragon King angrily threaten him through their connection.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xu Xiaoyan waited for Tang Wulin, then traveled with him by Soul Tool Train to Mingdu.
• At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, the group heard an exaggerated account of a battle between the Sword Maniac and a Candidate Spirit Envoy.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he was the Candidate Spirit Envoy and arranged residences and academy registration for the group.
• Lan Fozi arrived at Huo Yuhao's room, and Huo Yuhao identified him as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale.

Huo Yuhao exposed Lan Fozi as a member of the Holy Spirit Sect and made her serve under his orders, while he and Gu Yuena convinced her they were gods involved in the Divine Realm war. Lan Fozi left believing she had become a pawn in a divine conflict, and Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena discussed how her encounter two years earlier had shaped her choices.

• Lan Fozi recalled meeting Huo Yuhao in the Abyss of the Deep Sea two years earlier, when he found a Sea God Divinity Fragment and frightened her into retreating.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he knew Lan Fozi belonged to the Holy Spirit Sect and questioned her about the recovery of its god; she said she did not know.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Lan Fozi to follow his commands, and she accepted, surprised that he did not ask about the Divinity Fragment or her reasons for joining the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yuena entered and used her pressure and silver light to subdue Lan Fozi, while she and Huo Yuhao spoke of the Divine Realm war and the hidden survivors.
• Lan Fozi left in alarm, convinced the Spirit Pagoda was a battleground for gods, while Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena discussed his earlier encounter with her.

Huo Yuhao recruited Ling Zichen to research a mecha with a simulated Soul Core while considering whether a Single Positive Circulation Source Core could form his Third Soul Core. The group traveled to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Huo Yuhao recognized statues of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

• Ling Zichen reviewed Huo Yuhao's Battle Armor Style Mecha blueprints and agreed to join his research into a mecha that ordinary people could fully operate.
• Huo Yuhao tested energy fusion in rare metal and considered using a Single Positive Circulation Source Core to complete his Third Soul Core.
• At Spirit Pagoda Square, Huo Yuhao introduced Gu Ruiqiu and Lan Fozi to Xie Xie and the others before they boarded a flying car.
• The group arrived at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and saw statues of Silver Moon Douluo, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.

Huo Yuhao and his companions visited Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Ming De Hall, where they learned about its advanced technology and encountered a Fire Host Clan member. Huo Yuhao showed Fire Wolf a memory of the Fire Host Clan’s royal Seven-Colored Lotus flame, leaving Fire Wolf stunned.

• Xie Xie identified the statues of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen as champions who had twice defeated Shrek Academy in the All-Continent Spirit Master Competition.
• Lin Qinghan welcomed the Spirit Pagoda students to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and arranged their registration and visit to Ming De Hall without an assessment.
• Huo Yuhao found an embarrassing romance novel about himself in Lin Qinghan’s office and quietly put it back before she returned.
• Xu Mo showed Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fozi Ming De Hall’s Sky Dome Control System and transported them to its underground facilities.
• Xu Mo brought the group to observe Fire Wolf, a Fire Host Clan member, and Huo Yuhao established a spiritual connection with him.
• Huo Yuhao showed Fire Wolf a memory of the royal Seven-Colored Lotus flame, and Fire Wolf’s body trembled in shock.

Huo Yuhao and his companions studied the Fire Host Clan member Fire Wolf at Ming De Hall, then met Wang Hongchen and received access to the hall’s historic soul tool collection. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao honoring Silver Moon Douluo and accepting the chance to build on his research.

• Huo Yuhao asked Fire Wolf to assist Spirit Pagoda’s Spirit Soul research, and Fire Wolf agreed after he mentioned the Seven-Colored Lotus.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fozi studied the Fire Host Clan’s life essence before Fire Wolf returned to War God Hall’s Eighteenth Level of Hell.
• Wang Hongchen corrected Na Nali about the Spirit Pagoda’s role in capturing the Evil Spirit Master, and Na Nali invited Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena to meet her later.
• Wang Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao and offered him first-level researcher resources and access to Ming De Hall’s hidden collection of soul tools and research materials.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Wang Hongchen and bowed in respect to Silver Moon Douluo, whose legacy had helped inspire the collection.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena borrowed Soul Tool books from Ming De Hall, prompting Wang Hongchen and the Gold Devouring Ant Emperor to suspect Huo Yuhao was a descendant of Spirit Ice Douluo. Outside, Na Nali rewarded Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena for helping capture an Evil Spirit Master, while Gu Yuena realized Huo Yuhao might have used the captive to pass intelligence to the Dark Department.

• Huo Yuhao borrowed books on Soul Tool technology from Wang Hongchen, who gave him and his companions access cards to Ming De Hall.
• Wang Hongchen told the Gold Devouring Ant Emperor that Huo Yuhao reminded him of Spirit Ice Douluo, and they concluded Huo Yuhao might be Spirit Ice Douluo's descendant.
• The Gold Devouring Ant Emperor revealed that Ming De Hall preserved accounts and gossip about Spirit Ice Douluo, including unverified stories about his relationships.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Gu Yuena that Wang Hongchen could not confirm his suspicions, then met Na Nali with her and Lan Fozi.
• Na Nali gave Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena Ten Thousand Year Tranquil Sea Spirit Mushrooms and presented Huo Yuhao with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as thanks for helping capture an Evil Spirit Master.
• Gu Yuena inferred that Huo Yuhao may have conveyed important intelligence to the Dark Department through the Evil Spirit Master's words.

Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fozi settled into their Ming De Hall suite and uncovered scandalous unofficial histories about Huo Yuhao and his companions, prompting teasing and a private reassurance to Gu Yuena. Huo Yuhao also examined a valuable soul bone, while Xie Xie was crowded by classmates asking about his supposed victory over Shrek two years earlier.

• Huo Yuhao scanned the suite for anything unusual, and Lan Fozi suggested they avoid staying at Ming De Hall too long.
• Gu Yuena took a rebounded Soul Tool book and found scandalous stories about Huo Yuhao, Su Tong, Snow Empress, and others; Huo Yuhao realized Su Tong had used unofficial histories to obscure official records.
• Huo Yuhao teased Gu Yuena about being jealous and reassured her that he had made no promises to anyone ten thousand years earlier; Lan Fozi began reading another lurid account until Gu Yuena sent her off to clean.
• Snow Empress advised Huo Yuhao to keep the Hundred Thousand Year Evil Spirit Orca Left Leg Bone and consider fusing it with the Evil Orca King's two leg bones later.
• Xie Xie was surrounded by classmates asking what it had felt like to defeat Shrek two years earlier, though he felt he had only been a background prop.

Xie Xie and his classmates learned about influential students at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, including Shen Xing of the Shen Family, before Yuanen Yehui joined their class. Na Nali watched the introduction and let Yuanen live an ordinary academy life for now.

• A student asked Xie Xie about Huo Yuhao, and Xie Xie said Huo Yuhao was at Ming De Hall.
• Xie Xie learned that Xu Yucheng was in their class and thought about the danger posed by his Dark Demon Scythe Martial Soul.
• Wang Jinxi, Tang Wulin, and Zhang Yangzi warned the group to watch out for Shen Xing, a member of the powerful Shen Family.
• Lin Qinghan introduced Yuanen Yehui as a new student, and Na Nali watched from outside the classroom before leaving.

At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Xie Xie showed off his Soul Spirit’s mecha control while his friends discussed their skills and growing interest in Side Professions. Yuanen Yehui asked Tang Wulin to forge Sentient Alloy and invited him and Xie Xie to consider joining an Exchange Competition with Shrek, leaving Xie Xie wary that it might conflict with their planned trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xie Xie demonstrated how his Soul Spirit controlled a training mecha, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi discussed the group’s resources and plans to develop their Side Professions.
• Xu Xiaoyan joked that she could coast by learning maintenance, then chatted with Shen Xing; Xu Yucheng invited Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi to team up for virtual combat class.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Tang Wulin whether he could forge Sentient Alloy, and Tang Wulin agreed to do so for a processing fee of one hundred thousand Federal Coins.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to arrange a meeting with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, then invited them to join the Exchange Competition against Shrek Academy.
• Xie Xie considered the competition and worried that it might overlap with their planned visit to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Huo Yuhao defeated Xu Mo in a Soul Tool crafting contest and completed Gu Yuena’s One-Word Battle Armor, then met Skyfire and revealed the Seven-Colored Lotus. Skyfire agreed to help protect the Godslayer-level Soul Cannon Shell, and Huo Yuhao offered him the clan’s innate true flame as an advance gift.

• Huo Yuhao used three engraving knives and the Inner Engraving Method to create a double-nested array, surpassing Xu Mo in their contest.
• Huo Yuhao placed the finished headpiece on Gu Yuena, completing her One-Word Battle Armor and naming it Yuhao.
• Xu Mo gave Huo Yuhao a Soul Guidance chip containing rare-metal research materials, and Gu Yuena kissed Huo Yuhao on the cheek.
• Gu Yuena left Huo Yuhao alone with Skyfire, who arrived and apologized for testing him with a flaming attack.
• Huo Yuhao told Skyfire about the evil spirit masters and the Godslayer-level Soul Cannon Shell, and Skyfire agreed to help protect it.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Seven-Colored Lotus in his palm as an advance gift to Skyfire.

Huo Yuhao recalled his alliance with the Fire Host Clan and discussed the divine-level threat posed by the Federation’s strongest experts. After Skyfire warned him that War God Hall likely stored the Eternal Heaven Kingdom, Huo Yuhao suspected Chen Xinjie was gathering fragments of the Sea God’s divinity and might have become even more powerful.

• Huo Yuhao remembered how he had promised to help the Fire Host Clan find Fa Lan World in exchange for the Seven-Colored Lotus, and Skyfire said he believed his choice had been correct.
• Huo Yuhao suggested the Fire Host Clan might one day search for their homeland without becoming gods, then Skyfire warned him that War God Hall likely safeguarded the Eternal Heaven Kingdom.
• Skyfire explained that Chen Xinjie possessed Divine Origin Realm Spiritual Power and that War God Hall was the Federation’s strongest direct force.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on the difference between Quasi-Gods and divine-level experts, then considered that Chen Xinjie and Yun Ming might be collecting Sea God divinity fragments.
• Huo Yuhao suspected Chen Xinjie had gained power from the fragments and his Sea God connections, making him look like a boss.

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 Metal Source erupted, then urged them to add a Three-Word Battle Armor Master to the project. The Snow Empress arrived and joined Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Gu Ruiqiu at home, where they began planning for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well expedition and discussed preparing a Time-Space Array.

• Huo Yuhao used Starry Curtain to contain the Metal Source’s eruption until the laboratory’s defensive systems and energy stabilizers brought it under control.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ling Zichen and her parents that their safety measures were insufficient, and Ling Zichen persuaded Ling Chen Tao to apply for a Three-Word Battle Armor Master to join the research.
• Huo Yuhao realized the Metal Source’s second eruption had given him new ideas for advancing the source core research.
• The Snow Empress arrived at Huo Yuhao’s home, and Gu Yuena invited her to stay and discuss the coming Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well trip.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that Gu Yuena, the Snow Empress, and he work together to isolate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and experiment with 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.