Chapter Summaries

After the Illustrious Virtue Hall lost more than a dozen Level 9 Soul Engineers, Xu Jiawei celebrated the blow while Jing Hongchen faced ruin and considered seeking Xu Tianran’s protection. Huo Yuhao comforted Meng Hongchen before the tournament match, then told the team to focus on their duties as he prepared to visit the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion that night.

• Xu Jiawei rejoiced over the deaths of the Illustrious Virtue Hall’s Level 9 Soul Engineers, then worried about the mysterious powerhouse behind the attack.
• Jing Hongchen learned that his dispatched soul engineers had died and resolved to seek refuge with Xu Tianran to protect himself and the Hongchen Family.
• Huo Yuhao planned to visit the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion that night and continue his revenge against Dai Hao.
• Meng Hongchen rushed into Huo Yuhao’s arms and cried over Jing Hongchen’s predicament, and Huo Yuhao reassured her.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and the other tournament participants to focus on competing and leave the empire’s affairs to others.

Huo Yuhao’s Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy drew the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy in the two-two-three format, setting up a match against the Body Sect. He planned to shut out their opponents and sent Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to fight first against twin brothers with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Huo Yuhao silenced the other Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students, who had been mocking Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and led them to the arena.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy captain as a Body Sect disciple who was eager to challenge him.
• Huo Yuhao and the Body Sect captain drew the two-two-three format, pairing their academies against each other.
• The Body Sect captain claimed Huo Yuhao’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings were illusions, but Huo Yuhao dismissed the provocation and planned his lineup.
• Huo Yuhao assigned himself to secure one bout, paired Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen as another team, and sent Xiao and Meng out first against twin opponents with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Long Xiaoyao revealed that the Body Sect had secretly prepared to beat the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the opening two-on-two bouts. He used his hidden Blazing Red Lips skill to funnel soul power into Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei, leaving the match poised to begin.

• The Body Sect’s Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei faced Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen in the first bout of the two-two-three format.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy’s team leader confronted Long Xiaoyao for openly identifying the Body Sect, but Long argued that he had not broken their contract.
• Long Xiaoyao dismissed the team leader’s complaints and privately explained that his sixth soul skill, Blazing Red Lips, let him secretly transmit soul power to people he had kissed.
• Long Xiaoyao revealed that he intended to use his support to secure victory in the first two bouts while Huo Yuhao waited for the final match.
• The Blazing Red Lips marks on Zhang Nan’s and Zhang Bei’s buttocks glowed and began replenishing their soul power.

Long Xiaoyao used his damage-transferring ability to secretly protect Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei as they fought Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen. With the two brothers appearing nearly invulnerable and the siblings running out of defenses, Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen prepared to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Long Xiaoyao looked forward to using his secret support to help Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei defeat the Sun Moon Empire siblings.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen activated their martial souls and fought back against the brothers' relentless mental attacks.
• Xiao Hongchen bombarded Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei with soul cannon shells, but Long Xiaoyao transferred most of the damage to himself.
• Meng Hongchen's poison had no effect on Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei, who continued fighting without showing signs of exhaustion.
• With their defensive shields nearly depleted, Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen decided to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei, while Xu Jiawei reflected on the political fallout from Huo Yuhao’s revenge. The Body Sect brothers began a second fusion after the Hongchen siblings attacked, leaving the arena stunned as another battle-changing skill emerged.

• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen fused their martial souls into a giant toad with poison, ice, and metal powers.
• Xu Jiawei considered how the fall of the Hell Spirit Cat Estate and the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion could strengthen the Star Luo Imperial Family, and imagined Huo Yuhao’s powerful allies came from his mother’s hidden clan.
• Several figures from Star Luo Imperial City reinforced the arena barrier as the giant toad’s destructive aura threatened to destabilize it.
• Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei slammed their heads together and began fusing their martial souls, extinguishing the Hongchen siblings’ attack.
• The spectators realized that Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei also possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and were shocked.

Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen fought Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei as both pairs unleashed Martial Soul Fusion Skills, but the Body Sect brothers gained the advantage through their powerful fusion and Long Xiaoyao’s secret soul-power support. Huo Yuhao recognized that someone was cheating but chose not to expose it, and he accepted the likely loss while preparing to defeat them in the finals.

• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen clashed with Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei in a battle between two enormous Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei overwhelmed the siblings with their giant’s strength and Purple Rays, forcing their fusion back and draining its soul power.
• Long Xiaoyao replenished his soul power with Milk Bottles and secretly sustained the brothers’ fusion from outside the arena.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the abnormal soul-power fluctuations and suspected Long Xiaoyao was cheating, but he could not detect how the power was transmitted.
• Huo Yuhao decided not to expose Long Xiaoyao and accepted that Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen would lose, vowing to take revenge in the finals.

Huo Yuhao intervened as Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei threatened to crush Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, stopping their fusion attack with a slash that injured even Titled Douluo Huang Jinxu. The match resumed after the brothers were carried away unconscious, leaving the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy needing to win the second match.

• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen's Martial Soul Fusion Skill collapsed after three minutes, leaving them too weak to escape the Noumenon Brothers' giant's stomp.
• The referee tried to block the giant but was knocked back, and Huo Yuhao's golden slash severed the giant's legs before wounding Huang Jinxu as it flew toward the crowd.
• Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei's fusion skill dissolved, and the brothers lost consciousness from the backlash.
• Long Xiaoyao carried the brothers away after confirming they were alive, then glared at Huo Yuhao.
• The referee returned to the stage after order was restored, and the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy resolved to win the second match.

Ye Guyi and Ma Rulong fought the Body Sect’s Soul King Chengfeng and Soul Emperor Baozi in the second match of the two-two-three format, while Huo Yuhao chose not to intervene. Ye Guyi resorted to a barrage of fixed soul cannon shells to disrupt Chengfeng, and Ma Rulong remained badly pressured by Baozi as the fight continued.

• Huo Yuhao let Ye Guyi and Ma Rulong fight, reasoning that luck and the tournament format were part of the contest.
• Ye Guyi and Ma Rulong released their martial souls and faced Chengfeng and Baozi, the Body Sect’s Soul King and Soul Emperor.
• Chengfeng battered Ye Guyi with rapid attacks and a powerful vibration-based soul skill, leaving her unable to counterattack.
• Ye Guyi took to the air and fired Level 1 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at Chengfeng and Baozi to interrupt their attacks.
• Ma Rulong struggled against Baozi, whose fat body martial soul remained in a state of possession.

Baozi’s damage reflection and healing made him a difficult target for Ma Rulong, but Ye Guyi exposed Chengfeng and then sacrificed herself to wound Baozi. Ma Rulong seized the opening, only for Baozi to unleash a silver-level second awakening that revealed a dramatic rise in power.

• Baozi’s martial soul fusion activated six defensive skills, and Ma Rulong realized his attacks were being reflected and could not safely break through Baozi’s healing fat.
• Ye Guyi’s bombardment hurt her through Baozi’s reflected damage, and her blood revealed the invisible Chengfeng as he tried to attack her.
• Ye Guyi strengthened her Holy Sword and struck Baozi with Super Solar Holy Light Slash, wounding him before the backlash knocked her unconscious.
• Ma Rulong unleashed his strongest soul tools against the injured Baozi, burning away his fat and piercing his actual body.
• Baozi’s body turned silver and shook the arena, while Huo Yuhao recognized the transformation as a silver-level second awakening of a body martial soul.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy lost to the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy after Huo Yuhao identified Long Xiaoyao’s covert soul-power support, and he promised retaliation. Later, Dream Entry carried Huo Yuhao to the Divine Realm, where he entered Zhu Zhuqing’s palace while Dai Mubai cultivated.

• Chengfeng and the injured Body Sect Soul Emperor used silver-level second awakenings to defeat Ma Rulong, costing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy its match.
• Huo Yuhao warned Long Xiaoyao that he had seen through the cheating and later explained the hidden soul-power transfer to his teammates.
• Xiao Hongchen wanted to confront the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy, but Huo Yuhao stopped him and told the team to prepare for the finals.
• Huo Yuhao left to prepare for the finals and planned to wipe out the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion that night.
• Dream Entry transported Huo Yuhao to the Divine Realm, and he entered Zhu Zhuqing’s palace while Dai Mubai cultivated.

Huo Yuhao entered Zhu Zhuqing’s dream to discover why she visited Xiao Wu, while Zhu Zhuqing worried that Tang San might be pursuing Ning Rongrong. In the dream, she learned Tang San was away, while the real Tang San was with Ning Rongrong and promised to help her and Oscar ascend to the Divine Realm.

• Dai Mubai struggled to keep up with Zhu Zhuqing, whose speed and strength had grown greatly after becoming a god.
• Huo Yuhao entered Zhu Zhuqing’s dream and followed her as she traveled with her daughter-in-law to visit Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Wu where Tang San was, then grew concerned when she heard he had gone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Tang San left Ning Rongrong after sleeping with her, but she asked him to help Oscar obtain godhood.
• Tang San promised Ning Rongrong he would help Oscar and bring their companions to the Divine Realm.

Huo Yuhao watched Tang San draw Zhu Zhuqing into his dream world’s events, then restored Qian Renxue’s powers and enabled her to reclaim the Angel God inheritance. After reflecting on Spirit Hall’s destruction, he resolved to unite Douluo Star and rebuild Spirit Hall after returning to reality.

• Tang San returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and invited Zhu Zhuqing to stay for dinner, while Huo Yuhao watched him send Xiao Wu away and pursue Zhu Zhuqing.
• Huo Yuhao left the forest and restored Qian Renxue’s meridians and Angel Wings, causing her cultivation to rise to level one hundred.
• Qian Renxue regained the Angel God inheritance and vanished toward the Divine Realm, while Huo Yuhao made her the Plane Master of Douluo Star.
• Huo Yuhao walked through Spirit Hall’s ruins and reflected on how Tang San and the nobles had led to its destruction and the suffering of ordinary people.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to start a war after the tournament, unify Douluo Star under one empire, and rebuild Spirit Hall with Soul Guidance Robots serving the public.

Huo Yuhao explored Zhu Zhuqing’s dream and discovered that it contained a world where Qian Renhan had died and Qian Renxue had spent three years guarding Spirit Hall’s ruins. After meeting Qian Renxue, he resolved to protect her and kill Tang San.

• Huo Yuhao reflected on Spirit Hall, the Angel God, and his plan to rule Douluo Star and gather faith through his Soul Guidance Robots.
• Huo Yuhao found his former palace and realized Zhu Zhuqing’s dream had merged with the mission world where Qian Renhan had failed and died.
• Huo Yuhao tried to summon the Three Harms System but remembered it could not accompany him into the dream.
• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall after quickly inheriting the Angel Godhood again and encountered Huo Yuhao, whom she could see because he had shared his authority with her.
• Huo Yuhao learned Qian Renxue had guarded Spirit Hall’s ruins and drunk there for three years, then resolved to protect her and kill Tang San.

Huo Yuhao watched Oscar and the other Shrek Seven Devils inherit godhoods, learning that divine artifacts carried the power of faith needed to complete an ascension. He left the dream with a clearer understanding of godhood inheritance and confidence that his Soul Guidance Robots could give him a lasting source of faith.

• Huo Yuhao observed Oscar begin the Food God's Nine Trials after Oscar received the inheritance.
• Oscar completed the trials and refined the Food God's divine artifact, teaching Huo Yuhao how faith passed from a god to a successor.
• Huo Yuhao realized that the divine artifact was a Faith Artifact and that mastering it gave a successor half of a god's power of faith.
• Kindness and the Evil God King sent godhood inheritances to the other five Shrek Seven Devils, and each became a true god.
• Huo Yuhao compared the Sea God's dwindling followers with his reborn Soul Guidance Robots and concluded that their faith could help him form a powerful godhood.

As the Shrek Seven Devils prepared to ascend to the Divine Realm, Ma Hongjun begged Tang San to bring Bai Chenxiang with him, but Tang San refused. Ma Hongjun gave up on ascending for now and secured permission to remain on Douluo Star until Bai Chenxiang’s life ended, while Huo Yuhao watched the exchange from the shadows.

• The Shrek Seven Devils finished settling their affairs before ascending, while Tang San kept his remaining family-entry places unused.
• Ma Hongjun knelt before Tang San and repeatedly begged him to grant Bai Chenxiang a place in the Divine Realm, but Tang San refused.
• Ma Hongjun realized Tang San would not help him, abandoned his pleas, and said he would stay on Douluo Star rather than leave Bai Chenxiang behind.
• Ma Hongjun asked Tang San to arrange ten days of leave in the Divine Realm’s time, allowing him to spend a hundred years with Bai Chenxiang on Douluo Star.
• Tang San agreed to let Ma Hongjun remain until Bai Chenxiang died of old age, and Ma Hongjun thanked him as “Sea God.”
• Huo Yuhao watched the exchange from the shadows and reflected on Ma Hongjun’s devotion and Tang San’s refusal.

In the dream world, Huo Yuhao offered Ma Hongjun a way to bring Bai Chenxiang to the Divine Realm by making him a First-Level God, in exchange for opposing Tang San. Ma Hongjun accepted and signed Huo Yuhao’s contract, and Huo Yuhao awakened a legendary God King-level Phoenix godhood within him.

• Huo Yuhao watched Ma Hongjun remain on Douluo Star with Bai Chenxiang rather than ascend to the Divine Realm without her.
• Huo Yuhao approached Ma Hongjun and offered to help bring Bai Chenxiang to the Divine Realm, prompting Ma Hongjun to ask who he was.
• Huo Yuhao proposed making Ma Hongjun a First-Level God if Ma Hongjun agreed to oppose Tang San, and Ma Hongjun accepted the deal.
• Huo Yuhao produced a contract, and Ma Hongjun signed it in hopes of ascending with Bai Chenxiang and taking revenge on Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao touched Ma Hongjun’s forehead and gave him the legendary God King-level Phoenix godhood, shaking the Divine Realm.

Huo Yuhao empowered Ma Wenjun with the true Phoenix Godhood and sent him to challenge Tang San, then entered Zhu Zhuqing’s dream and spent seven days with her. After leaving the dreamscape, he discovered that he could preserve certain dreams and potentially materialize them into reality.

• Huo Yuhao gave Ma Wenjun the true Phoenix Godhood, making him a First-Level God, and Ma Wenjun vowed to carry out Huo Yuhao’s plans against Tang San.
• Ma Wenjun decided to bring Bai Chenxiang and Flender to the Divine Realm and gloated over his newfound power compared with Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao went to Zhu Zhuqing’s temple, brought her back to Douluo Star, and kept her captive in her dream for seven days.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing left the dreamscape, and Huo Yuhao chose to retain it when the Dream Entry offered him the option.
• The system explained that Dream God Enters the Dream could materialize a manipulated dreamscape into reality, though only reasonable dream worlds might be saved.

Huo Yuhao learned that Dream God Enters the Dream could only be obtained as a mission-world reward, then woke from the dream pleased with the world he had experienced. In the Divine Realm, Zhu Zhuqing awoke from an erotic dream and confronted Dai Mubai after he tried to take advantage of her, leaving their argument unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao learned that Dream God Enters the Dream could only be obtained as a mission-world reward and resolved to keep pursuing it.
• Huo Yuhao woke up pleased with his dream and believed Zhu Zhuqing would be excited by the gift he had prepared for her.
• Dai Mubai entered Zhu Zhuqing's room while she was dreaming and tried to force himself on her, but her divine power blasted him through a wall.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Dai Mubai of trying to molest her in her sleep, while Dai Mubai berated her for their loveless marriage and her erotic dream.
• Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai's past affairs, and he speculated that she had dreamed about Tang San, Xiao Ao, or Ma Hongjun; she said it could never have been him.

Zhu Zhuqing decided to leave Dai Mubai and descend to Douluo Star to find Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao prepared to destroy the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion. He arrived at its gates, determined to punish everyone he held responsible for his and Huo Yun’er’s suffering.

• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and warned him not to bother her again.
• Zhu Zhuqing resolved to descend to the lower realm and find Huo Yuhao, while Dai Mubai decided to seek out Ma Hongjun for a drink.
• Huo Yuhao planned to attack the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion while the White Tiger Duke and his forces were away with the Western Group Army.
• Huo Yuhao planned to cripple the White Tiger Duchess and force her to kneel at Huo Yun’er’s grave before she died.
• Huo Yuhao recovered his spiritual power, teleported to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, and prepared to destroy it.

Huo Yuhao attacked the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to avenge his mother, sealing the estate and directing a massacre while sparing the Second Madam for her past kindness. After revealing that he planned to wage war against the Western Group Army, he left her terrified for her son, Dai Luoli.

• Huo Yuhao ordered his Soul Guidance Robots to kill the mansion guards and sealed the estate with Heaven-Sealing Earth-Locking so no one could escape.
• Huo Yuhao and the Rain Alliance members slaughtered the mansion's inhabitants as he made his way toward the Second Madam's courtyard.
• The Second Madam attacked Huo Yuhao with a dagger, but he caught her wrist and revealed his identity.
• Huo Yuhao told the Second Madam that he would spare her because she had helped him and his mother, but warned her to avoid Dai Hao and the Western Group Army.
• The Second Madam realized Dai Luoli could be in danger when Huo Yuhao said he would wage war against the Western Group Army, and she fell to her knees.