Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Abyssal Spirit Dragon's soul ring, refined its power, and destroyed the Spirit Emperor's divine sense with the Holy Spirit Soul-Eating Flame. His external soul bone transformed and granted him the World-Piercing Eye, and he prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with its treasures.

• Huo Yuhao used Heavenly Flames Incineration to refine the Abyssal Spirit Dragon's energy, while his Twin Cyclops soul bone absorbed some of the power threatening to overwhelm him.
• The Spirit Emperor's divine sense attacked Huo Yuhao in his Sea of Consciousness, but Huo Yuhao burned it away with the Holy Spirit Soul-Eating Flame.
• The divine sense fused with Huo Yuhao's ocular external soul bone, expanding his Sea of Consciousness and enhancing his spiritual power and soul skills.
• Huo Yuhao reached rank fifty-seven and discovered that his fifth soul ring granted the World-Piercing Eye, which revealed weaknesses but rapidly consumed his spiritual power.
• Huo Yuhao said he would move the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and nearby treasures into one of Electrolux's demiplanes, then admitted he had no intention of honoring his promise to let their owners go.

Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng arrived in Gengxin City, the continent’s center of metalworking, where Sun Moon Hall’s mysterious new soul tools had attracted the attention of local powers. After meeting the blacksmith Zhen Hai, Huo Yuhao revealed that his own forging skill might qualify him as a divine craftsman by local standards.

• Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng entered Gengxin City, and Huo Yuhao explained the city’s name and its connection to metal and the Star Luo Empire.
• Wu Feng described Gengxin City as a blacksmiths’ haven and a center for soul guidance technology.
• Zhen Hai told Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng that he was an advanced blacksmith hoping to earn Divine Craftsman Feng Yezi’s approval.
• Wu Feng asked Huo Yuhao about his blacksmith rank, and he said he was a grandmaster smith or possibly a divine craftsman by Gengxin City’s rankings.

Huo Yuhao challenged a blacksmith who falsely claimed his armor came from Divine Smith Feng Yezi’s lineage, then demonstrated forging beyond the Divine Smith rank. The crowd realized his skill was extraordinary, leaving his identity and next move unrevealed.

• Zhen Hai doubted Huo Yuhao’s claim that he was a Divine Smith, and Wu Feng questioned a street seller’s claim to represent Feng Yezi’s disciple.
• Huo Yuhao inspected the Silver-Scale Breastplate and called it poorly made, explaining that it was thin iron fitted with a glass imitation crystal.
• The seller invoked Feng Yezi’s name and demanded Huo Yuhao explain his criticism, while the crowd shouted at Huo Yuhao for his bold words.
• Huo Yuhao used a forging hammer and Heavenly Flames to refine scrap iron with one strike, achieving Thousand Refinement and awakening its spirit.
• The experienced blacksmiths recognized that Huo Yuhao’s feat surpassed what even a Divine Smith could accomplish.

Huo Yuhao exposed the Silver-Scale Breastplate as shoddy and punished the man who had sold it, provoking the man’s brother-in-law, an infantry captain, to attack. As Wu Feng prepared to face the soldiers, the renowned Divine Craftsman Feng Yezi arrived and halted the confrontation.

• Huo Yuhao refined scrap iron into a spiritually enhanced short sword, astonishing the blacksmiths and Soul Masters watching.
• Wu Feng threw aside the salesman who tried to stop Huo Yuhao from reaching the Silver-Scale Breastplate.
• Huo Yuhao exposed the armor’s poor workmanship and cut it in half with his short sword.
• The armor’s seller attacked Huo Yuhao with a dagger, but Huo Yuhao melted it and severely burned the man’s hands.
• The man’s brother-in-law, an infantry captain, arrived with soldiers and ordered them to charge Huo Yuhao, while Wu Feng activated her Red Dragon Martial Soul.
• Feng Yezi arrived and ordered everyone to stop.

Huo Yuhao met Divine Craftsman Feng Yezi in Gengxin City and was invited to the Blacksmith Association to identify a rare metal. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao recognizing it as golden-thread blue water, golden water embracing.

• Feng Yezi arrived after hearing that Huo Yuhao could achieve Thousand Refinement with a single strike, and the soldier captain left with his brother-in-law.
• Feng Yezi approached Huo Yuhao, but Ning Tian and Huang Shilang arrived and revealed Huo Yuhao’s connection to the Sun Moon Hall.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself to Feng Yezi as Gao Qiqiang, owner of the Sun Moon Hall, and invited Zhen Hai to accompany them.
• Feng Yezi led Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, Huang Shilang, and Zhen Hai to the Blacksmith Association and described its five floors.
• Feng Yezi asked Huo Yuhao to identify a pale-blue metal threaded with gold, and Huo Yuhao recognized it as golden-thread blue water, golden water embracing.

Huo Yuhao toured the Blacksmith Association headquarters with Divine Craftsman Feng Yezi and demonstrated his deep knowledge of Soul Tools. The group reached the fifth floor after Huo Yuhao easily unlocked Feng Yezi’s prized ancient Soul Tool door.

• Feng Yezi guided Huo Yuhao and the others through the headquarters’ first- and second-floor trading areas.
• Feng Yezi introduced his disciples Huai Zhen and Bai Qi, who guarded the stairs to the fourth floor.
• Feng Yezi challenged Huo Yuhao to identify the alloy door protecting the upper floors, and Huo Yuhao recognized it as an ancient Soul Engineer lock.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and precisely vibrating soul power to unlock the door, astonishing Feng Yezi, Huai Zhen, and Bai Qi.
• Huo Yuhao and the others entered the fifth floor, where thirty-six private forging rooms stood.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated how to use Golden Water Embracing by forging it with his heavenly flame hammers. His strikes awakened the rare metal and gave it sentience, leaving it drawing in the elements around it.

• Feng Yezi showed Huo Yuhao and Huang Shilang the No. 1 Forging Room and its piece of Golden Water Embracing.
• Huo Yuhao offered to explain how to use the metal, and Feng Yezi agreed to give it to him in exchange for the knowledge.
• Huo Yuhao summoned his heavenly flame forging hammers and sensed that Golden Water Embracing already brimmed with vitality.
• Huo Yuhao struck the metal without heating it, awakening it to spirit with his first strike.
• Huo Yuhao struck again, and Golden Water Embracing formed a blue-gold vortex that drew in the surrounding elements as sentience was born.

Huo Yuhao completed his first Soul Forging of Golden Water Embracing, using his dragon blood and spiritual power to awaken the metal and form it into armor. After witnessing his feat, Divine Craftsman Feng Yezi and his disciples bowed to him in respect.

• Huo Yuhao used the Dragon God's Blood to understand and control Golden Water Embracing's elemental properties.
• Huo Yuhao sacrificed his heart's blood to raise the metal's grade and awaken a soul within it.
• Huo Yuhao invoked the Divine Descent Technique to replenish his strength and completed Soul Forging in a single strike.
• Golden Water Embracing transformed into a small golden dragon, entered Huo Yuhao's body, and formed armor on his skin.
• Feng Yezi, Huai Zhen, and Bai Qi bowed deeply to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao revealed his identity to Feng Yezi and proposed taking control of the Blacksmith Association after impressing its leaders with his forging skill. Feng Yezi realized the proposal could tie the association to the Sun Moon Empire, but the chapter ended before he responded.

• Feng Yezi bowed to Huo Yuhao, praised his forging, and asked him to share his techniques for the sake of the blacksmiths.
• Huo Yuhao asked Feng Yezi whether he had read the Sun Moon Hall product catalog, and Feng Yezi admitted he had dismissed it as a publicity stunt.
• Huo Yuhao sent the others out of the forging room and told Feng Yezi that he wanted the Blacksmith Association.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his name was not Gao Qiqiang but Huo Yuhao, and identified Huang Shilang as a member of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall.
• Feng Yezi asked whether Huo Yuhao wanted the Blacksmith Association to join the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Feng Yezi to cooperate against the Abyssal threat, then visited Shrek Academy’s office in Gengxin City under the identity of Young Master Xuan. He discovered that Zhou Shu had been abusing local women and learned that Zhou Shu had targeted the Blacksmith Association, leaving Huo Yuhao poised to intervene.

• Huo Yuhao revealed the Abyssal Destruction Tiger and explained the Abyss Plane’s threat to Feng Yezi, who agreed to help if Huo Yuhao fulfilled a request.
• Zhou Shu imprisoned a weeping young woman in a hidden chamber after a guard summoned him to meet a Sea God Pavilion Elder.
• Elder Lin introduced Huo Yuhao as Xuan Zi’s grandfather, and Huo Yuhao demonstrated the Godly Taotie Bull martial soul to convince Zhou Shu of his status.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhou Shu that he had come to investigate Sun Moon Hall and displayed five mecha models, including a red one.
• Zhou Shu claimed he had sent men to harass the Blacksmith Association and had injured Feng Yezi’s disciples.

Huo Yuhao explained a plan to provoke the continent’s soul master factions into fighting over martial-soul titles, weakening them so Shrek Academy could benefit. He said the plan depended on taking Gengxin City and ended by telling Zhou Shu that he needed to die.

• Huo Yuhao dismissed Zhou Shu’s slow efforts to control the Blacksmith Association and said Shrek Academy could take it by force.
• Huo Yuhao outlined the continent’s political and soul master factions to Zhou Shu.
• Huo Yuhao proposed a continent-wide martial-soul competition that would pit rival factions against one another over prestigious titles.
• Huo Yuhao said that taking Gengxin City required killing someone and identified Zhou Shu as the target.

Huo Yuhao exposed Zhou Shu’s crimes in Gengxin City and challenged the city lord over the laws and noble privilege that had protected him. As Huo Yuhao questioned the Star Luo Empire’s ruling order, Emperor Xu Jiawei appeared.

• Huo Yuhao dropped his disguise, revealed himself to Zhou Shu, and used Soul Shock to immobilize him as Dai Rui arrived.
• Dai Rui entered the meeting hall and learned Huo Yuhao’s identity while Ji Juechen reported that Zhou Shu had imprisoned and murdered women.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Jing Ziyan from burning Zhou Shu and asked Dai Rui how the Star Luo Empire’s laws would punish him.
• Dai Rui admitted he had known about Zhou Shu’s crimes but lacked the authority to punish him, prompting Huo Yuhao to condemn the nobility and call for a new order.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei appeared in the meeting hall and asked what Huo Yuhao intended to do.

Huo Yuhao explained his vision for a unified Douluo nation governed through three representative houses, then warned Xu Jiawei that he would challenge the Star Luo Empire if it restored Dai Hao to the throne. Xu Jiawei accepted the possibility of relinquishing imperial power and planned to speak with Huo Yuhao after Zhou Shu’s execution.

• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiawei he would execute Zhou Shu by slow slicing in Gengxin City to answer the people’s grievances.
• Huo Yuhao described a peaceful, unified nation and outlined a parliament made up of the Upper House, Lower House, and Soul Master House.
• Xu Jiawei revealed that Xu Tianji had advised the Xu Family to yield the throne to the White Tiger Lineage.
• Huo Yuhao said he would issue the Five Gods' Challenge against the Star Luo Empire if Xu Jiawei abdicated in favor of Dai Hao.
• Xu Jiawei resolved to protect the Star Crown Sect’s legacy and said he would watch Zhou Shu’s execution before discussing something with Huo Yuhao.

The people of Gengxin City gathered at Shrek Academy’s local office to see Zhou Shu executed for years of brutal crimes. Tie Sheng offered to marry Old Liu’s daughter Shuang’er and care for her family, while Zhou Shu was bound on the platform awaiting death by slicing.

• Tie Sheng told Old Liu he wanted to marry Shuang’er and support her family, and he vowed to devote his life to the benefactor who had brought Zhou Shu to justice.
• Victims and their relatives poured into the square outside Shrek Academy’s Gengxin City office, many carrying memorial tablets, urns, or portraits.
• Huo Yuhao’s Soul-Sealing Locks kept Zhou Shu immobilized and unable to use soul power as he knelt on the execution platform.
• Ji Juechen climbed onto the platform, looked down at Zhou Shu, and ordered the execution to begin.
• The crowd demanded Zhou Shu’s death by slicing, while veteran executioner Weiss prepared to carry out the punishment, driven by his own hatred of Zhou Shu.

Huo Yuhao oversaw Zhou Shu’s execution and burned his body and soul to ash. Divine Craftsman Feng Yezi then announced that the Blacksmith Association would relocate, leaving Gengxin City’s people to contemplate what the move meant amid the continent-wide war.

• Old Weiss and the apprentices tortured Zhou Shu through three thousand six hundred cuts until he died.
• Huo Yuhao burned Zhou Shu’s remains and departing soul to ash.
• Over a hundred thousand people gathered as Divine Craftsman Feng Yezi announced that the Blacksmith Association would soon relocate.
• The announcement led the crowd to realize the association might leave the Star Luo Empire, while its blacksmiths and soldiers remained ready to follow Feng Yezi.
• Xu Jiawei watched from the shadows, sighed, and dispersed into starlight.

After warning Xu Jiawei about Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao received Wang Dong'er's letter inviting him to the Clear Sky Sect and traveled there with Ning Tian. As they reached the sect's mountain, Huo Yuhao entered a sudden epiphany.

• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiawei that Shrek Academy's missing elders and students were in danger and advised him to avoid Shrek City and the Sea God Pavilion.
• Ning Tian delivered Wang Dong'er's letter, and Huo Yuhao decided to visit the Clear Sky Sect with her.
• Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire and found the towering mountain hidden among clouds near Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Yuhao flew toward the mountain and stopped to contemplate the sea of clouds, while Ning Tian recognized that he had entered an epiphany.

Huo Yuhao experienced a major breakthrough in his spiritual force while gazing over a sea of clouds, approaching the spirit domain realm. He could now sense minute details across the surrounding mountain range and distinguish the attributes of energy particles, though he had not fully entered the realm.

• The chapter explained the six spiritual-force realms and how spiritual cultivation affected Soul Masters' ability to advance and fuse with soul spirits.
• Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness grew still as golden mist rose from its surface, and he reached the vast realm of the Purple Demon Eye.
• Huo Yuhao's spiritual force began to materialize, changing his understanding of how it differed from soul power.
• A roar sounded in Huo Yuhao's mind, his eyes turned nine-colored, and the Dragon God's Blood surged through them.
• Huo Yuhao perceived the mountain range, the surrounding elements, and minute changes in his body, bringing him close to the spirit domain realm.

Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, where Huo Yuhao's spiritual power annihilated the mist guarding its entrance and revealed a new ability. After Wang Dong'er came to meet them, Huo Yuhao used his enhanced vision to see through the sect's defenses and flew with her and Ning Tian toward the mountaintop.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed spiritual force that annihilated the clouds and mist around the mountain, frightening the avian soul beasts hiding there.
• Huo Yuhao formed three white flowers from mist, then spoke with the Clear Sky Sect patrol leader, who sent Tang Ren to fetch Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er arrived and confirmed the gray-clad guards were her family members before leading Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian into the mist.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to show Wang Dong'er and Ning Tian his clear view through the mist, explaining that his eyes could see through its illusion.
• Huo Yuhao manifested flame wings and carried Wang Dong'er and Ning Tian toward the mountaintop as the nearby soul beasts fled.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Ning Tian reached Clear Sky Castle, where Er Ming tested Huo Yuhao's spiritual strength before welcoming them inside. In a secret chamber, a man received instructions from a powerful Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and planned to put Huo Yuhao on an ice jade marrow bed.

• As they flew toward Clear Sky Castle, Wang Dong'er told Ning Tian that she had never known her birth parents and that her elders were her parents' older brothers.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions reached the castle at the summit, where Wang Dong'er said they were the first guests she had brought home.
• Er Ming emerged and tested Huo Yuhao with his spiritual power, but Huo Yuhao's defenses burned away the attack.
• Wang Dong'er introduced Er Ming as her Second Father, and Er Ming welcomed Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian into Clear Sky Castle.
• In a secret chamber, a man bowed before a powerful Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and said they would put Huo Yuhao on an ice jade marrow bed.

Huo Yuhao arrived at Clear Sky Castle with Wang Dong'er and Ning Tian, and he recognized traces of Tang San's divine arrangements while questioning the sect's history. Da Ming and Er Ming decided to investigate Huo Yuhao, unaware that the Cold Jade Room might help his ultimate ice cultivation.

• Er Ming rejected Wang Dong'er's claim that he was her second uncle and told Huo Yuhao to call him Uncle.
• Wang Dong'er showed Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian around Clear Sky Castle, where Huo Yuhao sensed several Titled Douluos and criticized Tang San in his thoughts.
• Wang Dong'er settled Huo Yuhao in a room and said she would travel with him to the Sun Moon Empire after their visit.
• Huo Yuhao washed his face with the room's icy water and absorbed its chill as soul power.
• Wang Dong'er challenged Da Ming and Er Ming for testing her guests, while the two explained they wanted to vet Huo Yuhao and confirmed they had placed him in the Cold Jade Room.