Chapter Summaries

After recovering from absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, Huo Yuhao removed its brand from the Scarlet King and told the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts that artificial Soul Rings and Soul Bones might let humans and Soul Beasts coexist. He left for Shrek Academy, while Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena confirmed to Di Tian that Huo Yuhao was the one they had been looking for.

• Huo Yuhao woke by the lake and found that his Flame Mantra had advanced and his Soul Power had reached level forty-nine.
• Huo Yuhao used the Flame Mantra to remove the Green Lotus Core Flame brand from the Scarlet King, who regained consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao discussed the threat of Soul Tools and the possibility that artificial Soul Rings and Soul Bones could end conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.
• Xiong Jun declared Huo Yuhao a friend of Star Dou, and Huo Yuhao flew toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian that Huo Yuhao was the one they had been looking for.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek City and learned that Mu En was near death, so he went to the Sea God Pavilion to see him. Mu En named Xuan Zi his successor and issued final instructions for Shrek Academy, leaving its leadership to prepare for the future.

• Huo Yuhao gave Lao Mo full control of the city’s barbecue businesses before Bei Bei hurried over to tell him Mu En was dying.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Sea God Pavilion, while Zhang Lexuan and the Inner Academy disciples waited outside to mourn Mu En.
• Mu En appointed Xuan Zi as the next Sea God Pavilion Master and ordered Yan Shaozhe to hand the dean position to Zhang Lexuan once she became a Titled Douluo.
• Mu En told Cai Mei'er to promote Zhang Lexuan and instructed her and Yan Shaozhe to cultivate in seclusion together.
• Mu En entrusted the Soul Tool Department to Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo, urged cooperation with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and ordered Shrek to fund the department and let a Level 10 Soul Engineer inherit his position.

Mu En stabilized Bei Bei’s Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline, entrusted Huo Yuhao with his final requests, and said farewell before giving his life to heal Shrek City. His golden dragon form dissolved into Sea God Lake, marking the end of Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

• Mu En stabilized Bei Bei’s martial soul, evolving it into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, then sent everyone except Huo Yuhao from the room.
• Mu En gave Huo Yuhao a storage Soul Tool Ring containing the sea heart flame chart and rewards, and asked him to protect Shrek Academy, help Bei Bei, and oppose the Sun Moon Empire’s conquest.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to Mu En’s requests and played and sang a song as Mu En prepared to die.
• Mu En summoned his soul rings, regained his youthful appearance, and transformed into a golden divine dragon before leaping from the Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En’s golden light healed the people and living things of Shrek City, then his dragon head sank into Sea God Lake as he passed away.

Xuan Zi reshuffled Shrek Academy’s leadership and accused Huo Yuhao of colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult. After Zhou Yi forced Xiao Xiao to recount what she had witnessed, Xuan Zi ordered the Inspection Corps to capture Huo Yuhao and bring him to the Sea God Pavilion.

• Xuan Zi told Xian Lin'er to step down as dean of the Soul Tool Department and appointed Fan Yu in her place.
• Xuan Zi nominated Zhou Yi to instruct the incoming students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and no one objected.
• Xuan Zi ordered Huo Yuhao seized and accused him of being an Evil Soul Master who had colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhou Yi brought a hypnotized Xiao Xiao before the Elders and demanded that she recount what she had seen in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After Xiao Xiao described Huo Yuhao’s gray soul ring and the space he had entered, Xuan Zi ordered the Inspection Corps to capture him and return him under guard.

Xuan Zi hosted Du Busi and the Body Sect elders in the Sea God Pavilion, then revealed that he had poisoned them and trapped them in the Vast Sea God-Imprisoning Array. He planned to capture Huo Yuhao and make him Shrek Academy’s successor, leaving Du Busi and his companions helpless before his scheme.

• Xuan Zi toasted Du Busi for the Body Sect’s intervention against the Holy Spirit Cult, while Du Busi said he had also acted to honor Dragon God Douluo.
• Xuan Zi claimed he had ordered the Shrek Inspection Corps to capture Huo Yuhao, prompting Du Busi, Jin Peng, and Huang Huifeng to rise before the wine’s poison weakened them.
• Xuan Zi explained that the Golden Ancient Tree’s poison could incapacitate even a Limit Douluo, then revealed the Vast Sea God-Imprisoning Array around the Sea God Pavilion.
• Du Busi threatened to detonate his soul core, but Xuan Zi said the array would contain the blast and that he did not intend to kill the Body Sect elders yet.
• Xuan Zi revealed that someone from ten thousand years ago had instructed him to capture Huo Yuhao and that he planned to make Huo Yuhao Shrek Academy’s successor, then have him kill the three Body Sect elders.

Huo Yuhao prepared to leave Shrek City for the Sun Moon Empire, intending to study its soul tool technology and develop battle armor. When three Inner Academy teachers arrived with his graduation certificate, he exposed their hostile intentions and attacked them, leaving Mei Bi at his mercy.

• Huo Yuhao packed his belongings and planned to travel to the Sun Moon Empire to master its soul tool methods and research battle armor.
• Mei Bi, Yuan Zhong, and Pao Hui arrived on the Sea God Pavilion's orders to give Huo Yuhao his graduation certificate.
• Huo Yuhao pretended to bring the teachers tea, then used his ice-blue sword to freeze Yuan Zhong and struck Pao Hui with his palm.
• Huo Yuhao had Xiao Han cripple Mei Bi's meridians, then asked her whether she knew what a human scorpion was.

Huo Yuhao learned that Xuan Zi had ordered the Shrek Inspection Corps to capture him as an Evil Soul Master, and he killed the three teachers sent to lure him out. Yan Shaozhe found their remains and ordered Shrek City sealed, while Shi Xing’s report suggested Huo Yuhao had used a Simulation Soul Skill to escape.

• Huo Yuhao interrogated Mei Bi and learned that Xuan Zi had ordered the operation, with Yan Shaozhe leading it.
• Mei Bi revealed that she and the other teachers had been ordered to lure Huo Yuhao out and capture him alive.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived at the hotel and found Yuan Zhong, Pao Hui, and Mei Bi dead, with a blood-written message blaming Huo Yuhao.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered the city sealed and summoned City Defense Officer Shi Xing.
• Shi Xing said he had seen Yuan Zhong leave Shrek City, and Yan Shaozhe realized Huo Yuhao had used a Simulation Soul Skill and ordered pursuit.

After Shrek Academy ordered the Three Kingdoms to block Huo Yuhao’s escape, Huo Yuhao stayed ahead of its search teams by disguising traps as ordinary places and people. He ambushed Shrek forces across the empires, leaving his pursuers dead and their routes compromised.

• Xuan Zi ordered the Three Kingdoms to establish checkpoints and help Shrek Academy capture Huo Yuhao, while Yan Shaozhe warned that the crackdown could provoke public controversy.
• Huo Yuhao disguised a tea stall and village as a simulated scene, lured in four Shrek searchers, killed them, and left a message naming himself as the killer.
• Huo Yuhao disguised himself as a cavalryman and used an exploding lotus seat to kill a Shrek patrol in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• In the Star Luo Empire, Huo Yuhao disguised himself as Yan Shaozhe and froze a Shrek group’s leader before killing the group with Ice and Fire Annihilation.

Xuan Zi learned that Huo Yuhao had devastated the Inner Academy and ordered Fan Yu and Zhou Yi to join him in pursuing Huo Yuhao. Meanwhile, Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming told Wang Dong'er, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao that three powerful allies were trapped in the Sea God Pavilion’s formation and urged them to seek Bei Bei’s help in breaking it.

• Fan Yu reported that Shrek had lost many teachers and disciples, and that Elder Qin had gone missing after Huo Yuhao attacked near Tianming City.
• Xuan Zi smashed a desk in anger and ordered Fan Yu and Zhou Yi to accompany him to the Mingdou Mountain Range to pursue Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong'er returned to the girls' dormitory and learned from Ning Tian about Huo Yuhao being branded an Evil Soul Master and hunted by Shrek Academy.
• Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming revealed that Du Busi, Jin Peng, and Huang Huifeng were trapped inside the Sea God Pavilion's formation while the academy's leaders pursued Huo Yuhao.
• Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming told the girls to find Bei Bei, who could help them get past Lexuan and attempt to break the formation.

Huo Yuhao met three Shrek Inspection Corps members near Yuming City and explained why he was heading toward the heavily guarded Mingdou Mountain Range. He urged Elder Song and the others to return to Shrek City, leaving his next move—and the fate of the people trapped in the Sea God Pavilion—unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao disguised as a woodcutter approached Elder Song, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo to ask for directions down the mountain.
• Elder Song saw through Huo Yuhao's Simulation Soul Skill, and he revealed his identity while praising her insight.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo reflected on Huo Yuhao as the ultimate solo soldier and the danger he could pose as his cultivation grew.
• Elder Song warned Huo Yuhao that Shrek Academy's Soul Douluo-level experts and Xuan Zi were waiting for him in the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Huo Yuhao said he planned to head straight toward the guarded mountain range and asked the three to return to Shrek City and follow his teacher's instructions.
• Elder Song told Huo Yuhao that Du Busi, Jin Peng, and Huang Huifeng were trapped in the Sea God Pavilion, and Huo Yuhao assured her they would be safe as long as he remained uncaptured.

Bei Bei explained Zhang Lexuan’s history as his child bride and asked her to help the group reach the Vast Sea God-Imprisoning Array. Ning Tian produced Golden Ancient Tree branches from Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong’er’s Sea God’s Light made the array disappear.

• Bei Bei told Ning Tian, Wang Dong’er, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao how Zhang Lexuan had sworn to become his child bride after Ancestor Xuan rescued her.
• Bei Bei and the others went to the Sea God Pavilion, where Zhang Lexuan warned that helping Huo Yuhao could bring ruin to Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that only the Sea God Pavilion Master or someone wielding Sea God’s Light could enter the Vast Sea God-Imprisoning Array and purify the Golden Ancient Tree’s poison.
• Ning Tian revealed that Huo Yuhao had given her branches of the Golden Ancient Tree, which soothed Xiao Xiao’s injuries when she touched them.
• When Wang Dong’er held the branches, a golden Trident phantom appeared on her forehead and Sea God’s Light destroyed the Vast Sea God-Imprisoning Array.

Huo Yuhao encountered Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Xu Jiawei, and their forces while crossing the Mingdou Great Forest, where they had gathered to capture him. Xu Jiawei questioned Shrek Academy’s claim that Huo Yuhao was an Evil Soul Master, pointing to the Sea God’s Light he had witnessed in Star Luo City.

• Huo Yuhao raced through the Mingdou Great Forest toward the mountain summit, but Xuan Zi and the others descended to block his way.
• Xu Jiawei greeted Huo Yuhao with mockery, and Huo Yuhao replied that he had been killing people for amusement.
• Yan Shaozhe accused Huo Yuhao of killing nearly forty Shrek Academy teachers and students, and Huo Yuhao insulted Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi angrily ordered the imperial consecrators to stop laughing, prompting Xu Jiawei to challenge his authority.
• Yan Shaozhe urged Xu Jiawei to help capture Huo Yuhao before he escaped to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiawei questioned how Shrek Academy could call Huo Yuhao an Evil Soul Master when he had unleashed the Sea God’s Light over Star Luo City.

Huo Yuhao confronted Shrek Academy’s leaders and defended killing its people as retaliation for their attempts to capture him. He revealed Elder Qin’s frozen corpse and exposed the Academy’s plan to erase his consciousness, then detonated the ice as Xuan Zi ordered his capture.

• Xu Jiawei challenged Shrek Academy’s claim that Huo Yuhao was an Evil Soul Master, citing his ability to release the Sea God’s Light.
• Xuan Zi accused Huo Yuhao of murdering Shrek teachers and students, and Huo Yuhao said he had killed only those who tried to kill him.
• Huo Yuhao threw a block of ice containing Elder Qin’s corpse toward the Sea God Pavilion Elders.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Elder Qin had confessed Shrek Academy intended to erase his consciousness and make him serve the Academy.
• Xuan Zi ordered the others to seize Huo Yuhao, who commanded the ice around Elder Qin’s corpse to explode.

Huo Yuhao detonated Elder Qin’s frozen corpse with the Ice Explosion Technique, unleashing a devastating blast that tore through the Shrek Academy Elders. Yan Shaozhe contained the central black hole with his phoenix nirvana power, but Huo Yuhao challenged him to say how many times he could repeat the feat.

• Xu Jiawei and Huang Jinxu quietly retreated with the four Consecrators from the Heaven Dou Empire and the Dou Ling Empire following them.
• Huo Yuhao triggered the Ice Explosion Technique inside Elder Qin’s frozen corpse, creating spatial rifts and black holes that killed three nearby Elders and injured the others.
• Xuan Zi used Heaven Mending to try to suppress the explosion, but the Ultimate Ice power tore his technique apart.
• Yan Shaozhe used his phoenix nirvana power to fill the central black hole and stop the explosion, leaving himself pale and weak.
• Huo Yuhao applauded Yan Shaozhe’s defense and asked how many times he could use the move.

Huo Yuhao’s Ice Explosion Technique devastated Shrek Academy’s forces, and he confronted Xuan Zi about the Sea God’s decree before revealing his soul-eating flame and embryonic Ten Thousand Souls Banner. He then gathered the souls of the dead to strengthen himself and formed a four-flame Destruction Fire Lotus to attack Xuan Zi.

• Huo Yuhao’s Ice Explosion Technique killed three Sea God Pavilion Elders, three Titled Douluos, and nearly twenty Inner Academy teachers and students, while Yan Shaozhe limited the blast’s damage.
• Xuan Zi confronted Huo Yuhao, who accused him of following a decree from the Sea God and defying his teacher’s instructions.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Xuan Zi’s accusation that he was an evil soul master and summoned his Holy Spirit Soul-Eating Flame and embryonic Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the souls of the fallen into a Soul Pearl and drew their purified spiritual power into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao fused four flames into a lotus-shaped Destruction Fire Lotus and hurled it toward Xuan Zi.

Huo Yuhao formed a Four-Colored Destruction Fire Lotus and used it to threaten Shrek Academy as the surrounding empires retreated. He escaped Xuan Zi’s trap and detonated the lotus from behind him.

• Huo Yuhao fused four heavenly flames into a Destruction Fire Lotus, whose power frightened even Huang Jinxu and Xu Jiawei.
• Xu Jiawei and Huang Jinxu fled, followed by the Heaven Dou and Dou Ling Empire Consecrators as Shrek Academy’s disciples panicked.
• Xuan Zi ordered the Sea God Pavilion Elders to stop Huo Yuhao, but they struck a Simulation Soul Skill illusion.
• Xuan Zi locked onto Huo Yuhao and trapped him in an earthen-yellow sphere, only for the captive figure to vanish.
• Huo Yuhao appeared behind Xuan Zi and shouted, “Destruction Fire Lotus, explode!”

Huo Yuhao used his Destruction Fire Lotus to devastate the Mingdou Great Forest and clash with Xuan Zi’s Sea God Trident Clone. After emerging from the Undead Demiplane, he faced Xuan Zi again and activated the pendant’s Beast God Di Tian trial mode.

• Huo Yuhao’s clone drew Xuan Zi’s attention while his real body unleashed the Destruction Fire Lotus, vaporizing the pursuing Sea God Pavilion Elders and threatening Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi used the Sea God Trident Clone and its One Way, No Return technique to attack Huo Yuhao’s Destruction Fire Lotus.
• The clash devastated the Mingdou Great Forest, injured Xuan Zi’s soul core, and sent Huo Yuhao into the Undead Demiplane to replenish his soul power.
• Huo Yuhao returned after the spatial fluctuations stabilized, and Xuan Zi charged at him with a bizarre chicken-leg-shaped weapon.
• Huo Yuhao revealed a black pendant and activated Beast God Di Tian Limited-Time Trial Mode.

Huo Yuhao used Di Tian’s reverse scale to channel the Beast God’s power and overwhelm Xuan Zi. After Di Tian spared Shrek Academy from a fatal blow, Huo Yuhao regained control and threatened to leave Xuan Zi humiliated and watch his cultivation fade.

• Huo Yuhao activated Di Tian’s reverse scale, transforming as the Beast God’s power filled his body.
• Di Tian confronted Xuan Zi over his taotie power and the slaughter of soul beasts, then declared that he would protect Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi attacked, but Di Tian’s dragon claw blasted him backward and left him unable to resist.
• The Silver Dragon King warned Di Tian not to kill too many Shrek Academy members, so he weakened his dragon-flame attack and spared Xuan Zi.
• Huo Yuhao regained control and told Xuan Zi he would let his cultivation fade while ensuring he suffered lasting humiliation.

Huo Yuhao defeated and humiliated Xuan Zi, then prepared to cross the Mingdou Mountain Range into the Sun Moon Empire with Du Busi. An army arrived to block their way and accused Huo Yuhao of treason if he crossed the border.

• Huo Yuhao used the power he had received from Beast God Di Tian to defeat Xuan Zi and slap him in front of Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi, Jin Peng, and Huang Huifeng arrived and found Huo Yuhao had already subdued Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi praised Huo Yuhao, refused to kill the defeated Shrek Academy members, and escorted him toward the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao and Du Busi's group walked toward the Mingdou Mountain Range summit as Shrek Academy watched helplessly.
• An army gathered to block the group, and its leader declared that Huo Yuhao would commit treason by entering the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yuhao faced Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng’s army as he tried to reach the Sun Moon Empire, but powerful allies arrived to escort him. He ended the confrontation with Dai Yueheng crippled and Teacher Zhou captured at his feet.

• Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng surrounded Huo Yuhao and his companions with tens of thousands of soldiers, while Du Busi offered to kill Dai Hao.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed dragon might that forced the army’s mounts and beasts to kneel, and Dai Yueheng accused him of betraying the Star Luo Empire.
• Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and other powerful Sun Moon Empire soul engineers appeared on Mingdou Mountain Range to escort Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng to submit to punishment as alleged traitors, and Kong Deming severed Dai Yueheng’s legs.
• Huang Huifeng brought the captured Teacher Zhou to Huo Yuhao, who announced he would use his head to end his journey at Shrek Academy.