Recaps

The Sea Princess embraced human food and entertainment while living at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the group’s growing presence in Sunset Forest worried two hidden hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. The Golden Crocodile King and the Demon Flower Mantis King had not decided how to respond to the humans passing through their territory.

• The Sea Princess rejected seaweed and took Tian Meng’s chicken leg, showing Li Ya how much she had changed.
• After dinner in Heaven Dou City, the group flew back toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well through Sunset Forest.
• The Demon Flower Mantis King spotted the group’s trail and reported that increasingly powerful humans were entering the forest in groups.
• The Golden Crocodile King recalled how a heavenly tribulation had gravely injured him and how the Demon Flower Mantis King had saved and supported him.
• The Demon Flower Mantis King estimated that around eight powerful humans were visiting, and the Golden Crocodile King worried about what they should do.

The Ice Empress and her companions discovered the Golden Crocodile King and Demon Flower Mantis King as the pair tried to escape the Sunset Forest. The Ice Empress fought the Golden Crocodile King while the Demon Flower Mantis King fled, and the chapter ended with the Ice Empress confidently approaching her battered opponent.

• The Demon Flower Mantis King urged the Golden Crocodile King to flee to the Star Dou Great Forest, and he agreed to leave that night.
• Tian Meng detected a concealed area, so the Ice Empress, Sea Princess, Li Ya, and Tian Meng went to investigate.
• While the Golden Crocodile King and Demon Flower Mantis King traveled south, the Demon Flower Mantis King sensed the group approaching and attacked them before fleeing.
• The Golden Crocodile King stayed behind to hold off the humans, and the Ice Empress attacked him after he struck at her with his tail.
• The Ice Empress overwhelmed the Golden Crocodile King with physical blows and hurled him through several trees, while the Sea Princess, Li Ya, and Tian Meng watched and cheered.
• The Ice Empress walked toward the Golden Crocodile King after throwing him away.

The Ice Empress defeated the Golden Crocodile King after he used a domain that weakened her, then the Sea Princess subdued the returning Demon Flower Mantis King. The Snow Empress and Evil Lord arrived afterward and saw the two defeated Soul Beasts.

• The Golden Crocodile King used golden light to sink the Ice Empress into the ground, but she activated Eternal Frozen Domain and drove him headfirst into the soil.
• The Demon Flower Mantis King returned and attacked Tian Meng and Li Ya before the Sea Princess stepped in to fight her.
• The Sea Princess trapped the Demon Flower Mantis King in a water cage, but she broke free, grabbed the Golden Crocodile King, and tried to escape.
• The Sea Princess sang the Demon Flower Mantis King unconscious, then asked the others to judge her singing.
• The Snow Empress and the Evil Lord came to investigate and found the Golden Crocodile King and Demon Flower Mantis King defeated.

The Golden Crocodile King and Demon Flower Mantis King joined the Soul Beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after learning that Soul Spirit Contracts could block heavenly tribulations. Huo Yuhao agreed to examine the Golden Crocodile King’s injured back, so seven Soul Beasts set out to meet him in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• The Snow Empress and the others revealed that they were Soul Beasts, and Tian Meng explained how Huo Yuhao’s contract had protected them from heavenly tribulations.
• The Golden Crocodile King and Demon Flower Mantis King asked to join the group, and the others accepted them; the pair took the names A-Jin and A-Hua.
• The Golden Crocodile King described how he had been injured during his first 100,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation, and the Evil Lord contacted Huo Yuhao for help.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Evil Lord to bring the Golden Spirit-Nourishing Fruit and said he would examine the wound in person.
• The Evil Lord, Sea Princess, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Tian Meng, Golden Crocodile King, and Demon Flower Mantis King transformed into human forms and flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

At a hotel near the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao questioned Elder Yi about Tang San before the Shrek students fought Blue Sunshine Academy. After the fight, Huo Yuhao healed their injured students and challenged Ma Hongjun’s use of his Martial Soul as an excuse, while Tang San privately judged him foolish.

• Huo Yuhao discussed his suspicions about Tang San with Elder Yi, who found no clear evidence of divine interference.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Huo Yuhao downstairs, where he found Shrek and Blue Sunshine Academy fighting after Ma Hongjun harassed one of their girls.
• The Shrek students defeated Blue Sunshine Academy’s students and teacher with Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection, and Zhao Wuji struck the teacher down.
• Huo Yuhao questioned whether strength could define right and wrong, then used his healing ability to treat the defeated Blue Sunshine Academy students.
• Huo Yuhao told Ma Hongjun not to use his Martial Soul problem to excuse indulging his desires, while Tang San privately mocked Huo Yuhao’s compassion.

Huo Yuhao questioned his old beliefs after Elder Yi urged him to judge the world through his own experience, and he reached level forty. In the Star Dou Great Forest, the group caught a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, while Huo Yuhao secretly coordinated with the Evil Lord and watched Tang San warily.

• Huo Yuhao asked Elder Yi whether his changed sex had made him indecisive, and Elder Yi told him to examine the world for himself rather than rely on others' teachings.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on Elder Yi's words overnight and reached level forty by dawn.
• Xiao Wu asked Huo Yuhao to cook again, and the group then set off for the Star Dou Great Forest with Huo Yuhao using Spiritual Detection to guide them.
• Zhao Wuji spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suited to Oscar, and Tang San explained the soul beast's traits before the group captured it.
• Huo Yuhao stopped using Spiritual Detection and secretly contacted the Evil Lord, explaining his suspicions about Tang San and deciding against attacking while a god might be watching.
• Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang arrived as Zhao Wuji was about to give the captured serpent to Oscar.

Chao Tianxiang yielded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Shrek after judging that the group’s talent and unknown backing made a dispute too risky. Oscar gained his third soul skill, Tang San and Xiao Wu reached level thirty, and Huo Yuhao spent the night on watch while waiting for the Evil Lord and the others to arrive.

• Chao Tianxiang recognized the exceptional talent among Shrek’s group and left the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar to absorb.
• Chao Tianxiang explained to Meng Yiran why provoking Shrek over one soul beast could bring trouble, and Meng Yiran left after glancing at Huo Yuhao.
• Oscar finished absorbing the soul ring and showed the group his flying sausage skill, while Tang San and Xiao Wu announced they had reached level thirty.
• Huo Yuhao cooked dinner for the group and told the girls he would let them taste it.
• Huo Yuhao volunteered for the first watch so he could meet the Evil Lord and the others, and Zhao Wuji agreed to take the second watch.

Huo Yuhao reunited with the Auspicious Beast and arranged to meet her at the Lake of Life the next day. He left the Star Dou Great Forest’s other residents unharmed for now and returned to his tent after taking over the night watch.

• Huo Yuhao waited by the campfire while the Evil Lord and his group flew toward him after stopping to eat in nearby towns.
• The Auspicious Beast appeared and ate the dinner Huo Yuhao had saved for her, while the exhausted Scarlet King emerged from the forest behind her.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Scarlet King to return with the Auspicious Beast and arrange a disturbance around noon the next day so Huo Yuhao could separate from his group and meet them.
• The Scarlet King agreed, and Huo Yuhao contacted the Evil Lord, who turned toward the Lake of Life with the Snow Empress and the others.
• Huo Yuhao kept watch, changed shifts with Zhao Wuji at midnight, and returned to his tent to meditate.

Huo Yuhao told the Shrek group he had reached rank forty, then waited for a chance to leave them as planned. When the Titan Giant Ape attacked and reached for Xiao Wu, Huo Yuhao pushed her aside and was seized and thrown away instead.

• Huo Yuhao revealed his new rank to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, then told Zhao Wuji he needed a fourth Soul Ring.
• The Shrek group traveled deeper into Star Dou Great Forest while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and waited for the Scarlet King's signal.
• The Titan Giant Ape appeared before the group, and Zhao Wuji ordered Dai Mubai to lead everyone away while he held it off.
• The Titan Giant Ape reached for Xiao Wu, but Huo Yuhao shoved her aside and was caught in her place.
• The Titan Giant Ape tossed Huo Yuhao behind him.

Huo Yuhao escaped the Titan Giant Ape and flew toward the Lake of Life with the Scarlet King, while the Shrek group was left behind with Xiao Wu captured. At the lake, Xiong Jun challenged the Ice Empress to a rematch and was repeatedly blasted as she kept her distance.

• Huo Yuhao severed his Spiritual Detection Sharing link, used his Snow Maiden Martial Soul's Ice Feather Wings to escape, and flew toward the Lake of Life.
• The Titan Giant Ape grabbed Xiao Wu as Tang San and the others tried unsuccessfully to save her; a roar from the forest prompted the ape to carry her away.
• Huo Yuhao met the Scarlet King, thanked him, and followed him toward the Lake of Life.
• Xiong Jun challenged the Ice Empress to another fight, but she kept out of his reach and attacked him with her Ice Explosion Technique.
• The Auspicious Beast watched the fight while the Evil Lord and Snow Empress wondered why Di Tian had not appeared, and Tian Meng cheered for the Ice Empress.

Di Tian and the Star Dou Great Forest’s spirit beasts confronted the Evil Lord and his companions, who had come to the Lake of Life to meet Huo Yuhao. After Di Tian left, Huo Yuhao examined A-Jin’s severe Heavenly Tribulation wound and prepared to treat it.

• Di Tian watched the Ice Empress defeat Xiong Jun, then intervened when she and the others approached the Auspicious Beast.
• Bi Ji healed Xiong Jun and persuaded him to get up, while Di Tian faced the Evil Lord’s group and recognized Tian Meng.
• The Scarlet King brought Huo Yuhao to the Lake of Life, where Di Tian handed the Auspicious Beast to Bi Ji and ordered the visitors to leave when their business was done.
• After Di Tian and the Star Dou Forest group departed, Huo Yuhao greeted the Sea Princess, A-Jin, and A-Hua.
• A-Jin returned to his Golden Crocodile King form, and Huo Yuhao examined the extensive damage from his Heavenly Tribulation wound.

Huo Yuhao healed A-Jin’s injuries with Healing Light and a Golden Spirit-Nourishing Fruit, helping him become a Golden Crocodile Emperor. He then signed Soul Spirit Contracts with the Ice Empress and A-Hua, gaining a fourth Soul Ring and beginning to fill the empty slot on his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul.

• Huo Yuhao cut away A-Jin’s dead flesh, repaired his injuries with Healing Light, and gave him a Golden Spirit-Nourishing Fruit to restore his damaged foundation.
• A-Jin’s scales, claws, and golden color improved, and he announced that his bloodline had advanced from Golden Crocodile King to Golden Crocodile Emperor.
• Huo Yuhao told everyone about his time away, and the group discussed their lives at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the unknown Slaughter City.
• After learning Huo Yuhao had reached rank forty, the Ice Empress signed a Soul Spirit Contract with him, giving him a red fourth Soul Ring and raising his Soul Power to rank forty-one.
• The Sea Princess felt reassured that Huo Yuhao’s method required no sacrifice or pain, while A-Jin and A-Hua asked when he would need another Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao offered the empty Spirit Eyes Soul Ring slot to A-Jin and A-Hua, and A-Jin yielded the opportunity to A-Hua, who signed a Soul Spirit Contract with Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao completed a Soul Spirit Contract with A-Hua and gained a fourth Soul Ring that raised his Soul Power to rank forty-two and granted two skills. After demonstrating Demonic Blade’s Blessing, he left the Lake of Life to return to the Shrek group, while Di Tian remained humiliated by the Evil Lord and his companions.

• Huo Yuhao completed the Soul Spirit Contract with A-Hua and gained a red Soul Ring, drawing attention to his Million-Year Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his new Soul Skills were Swiftness and Demonic Blade’s Blessing, which coated weapons or his hand in sharp purple blades.
• A-Hua explained that Demonic Blade’s Blessing combined Soul Power and spiritual power but consumed them quickly, and A-Jin said she had developed the technique to protect him after he was injured.
• Huo Yuhao decided to return to the Shrek group while the Evil Lord and the others headed back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Huo Yuhao left something beside the Lake of Life before departing, while Di Tian simmered over the Evil Lord and Snow Empress coming and going from his territory.

The Auspicious Beast cried over Huo Yuhao’s departure and the loss of her food, so Di Tian returned with a Storage Soul Tool and a note Huo Yuhao had left behind. After she happily transferred the stored dishes into her necklace, the Scarlet King and Myriad Demon King stood guard outside her nest, unaware that she was beginning to slow down.

• The Auspicious Beast cried inconsolably because Huo Yuhao had left without making her food, while the Ferocious Beasts tried and failed to comfort her.
• Di Tian left to find Huo Yuhao, but found a Storage Soul Tool and a note she had left by the Lake of Life and brought them back to the Auspicious Beast.
• The Auspicious Beast stopped crying after reading Huo Yuhao’s note and began transferring the food she had stored into her necklace.
• Di Tian assigned the Scarlet King and Myriad Demon King to watch over the Auspicious Beast, while the other Ferocious Beasts returned to their duties.
• The Auspicious Beast continued moving the food in her nest, but her movements gradually slowed as the Scarlet King and Myriad Demon King kept watch outside.

Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming, learned that a terrifying battle had made the Star Dou Great Forest dangerous, and received a Human Form Herb from Da Ming to protect her identity. She returned toward Shrek while searching for Huo Yuhao, as Zhao Wuji faced Dragon Duke and Snake Granny after Tang San began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring.

• Er Ming returned Xiao Wu to the lakeside and admitted he had mistakenly grabbed and thrown Huo Yuhao, leaving Xiao Wu worried that he might be badly hurt.
• Er Ming told Xiao Wu that powerful beings had fought in the deepest part of the Star Dou Great Forest, frightening him and Da Ming into hiding beneath the lake.
• Xiao Wu refused Er Ming’s request to stay, condensed her third Soul Ring, and prepared to return to the human world.
• Er Ming gave Xiao Wu a Human Form Herb that Da Ming had found, and Xiao Wu consumed it before leaving to rejoin Shrek and search for Huo Yuhao.
• Zhao Wuji arrived to find Tang San absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring while Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran waited nearby, leaving Zhao Wuji distressed that Shrek had taken their target again.

Zhao Wuji and Meng Shu reached a tense stalemate over Tang San absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, while Zhu Zhuqing worried about Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu. Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and offered compensation, prompting Meng Shu to leave after realizing the Soul Ring was dangerously beyond Tang San's limit.

• Zhao Wuji struggled to answer Meng Shu's implied demand for compensation as Meng Shu considered befriending the powers behind Shrek rather than making enemies.
• Zhu Zhuqing grew anxious that the group was wasting time while Huo Yuhao remained missing and Xiao Wu was in the Titan Giant Ape's grasp.
• Ning Rongrong offered Meng Shu future compensation and revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.
• Meng Shu recognized the Shrek group's connections to powerful forces and noticed that Tang San's Soul Ring came from a Man Faced Demon Spider more than two thousand years old.
• Fearing Tang San would die absorbing the Soul Ring and leave him blamed, Meng Shu took Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang away.

After the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny left, the Shrek group recovered while Zhao Wuji kept watch, and Xiao Wu returned without finding Huo Yuhao. Xiao Wu revealed that Tang San was absorbing a two-thousand-year soul ring, and Zhao Wuji fainted when he realized Tang San might be exceeding his limit.

• Meng Shu explained to Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang why they had left the Shrek group alone and resumed searching for Meng Yiran's soul ring.
• Zhao Wuji thanked Ning Rongrong for helping him handle the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny, while the Shrek students rested and Zhu Zhuqing recovered so she could search for Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Wu followed the Shrek group's scent back to them and lied that she had escaped when the Titan Giant Ape ran off.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether Xiao Wu had found Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu shook her head.
• Xiao Wu noticed Tang San's soul ring was two thousand years old, and Zhao Wuji fainted after realizing the danger of Tang San absorbing it.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others tried to wake Zhao Wuji.

Tang San finished absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and used his Bone-Piercing Needles to wake Zhao Wuji, who had fainted from fright. As the Shrek group recovered and worried that Huo Yuhao was lost, Zhao Wuji led them into the Star Dou Great Forest to search for him.

• Tang San emerged from absorbing the Soul Ring with Eight Spider Spears, reunited with Xiao Wu, and learned what had happened while he was unconscious to the group.
• Tang San drove Bone-Piercing Needles into Zhao Wuji's fingers until Zhao Wuji woke from a nightmare about Tang Hao taking revenge on him.
• Zhao Wuji saw that Tang San was safe and wept with relief, then recovered while discussing Tang San's new Soul Ring and Eight Spider Spears.
• Ma Hongjun fainted after touching one of Tang San's Spider Spears, and Tang San drew the poison back out to save him.
• As the sun set and Huo Yuhao remained missing, Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to search for him.

After the Shrek group feared Huo Yuhao had been killed by the Titan Giant Ape, he returned safely and Zhu Zhuqing embraced him in relief. Her confused, protective feelings toward him surfaced, while Ma Hongjun’s leering behavior earned him a beating from Xiao Wu.

• The Shrek group searched the forest until Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing showed them that he was alive.
• Huo Yuhao emerged, battered and dirty, and Zhu Zhuqing ran to hug him tightly.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on her lonely past and her baffling, protective feelings toward Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao comforted Zhu Zhuqing, then cut off the Spiritual Detection Sharing when the group saw their embrace.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing, so Xiao Wu, boosted by Ning Rongrong, knocked him unconscious.

Huo Yuhao reunited with the Shrek group and explained how he had become a Soul Ancestor after being thrown away by the Titan Giant Ape. He demonstrated his fourth soul skill, Demonic Blade's Blessing, which gave Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong powerful blades, leaving the group astonished.

• Zhu Zhuqing felt a Martial Soul Fusion connection while embracing Huo Yuhao, but he broke free before it could develop.
• Huo Yuhao told the Shrek group that he had awakened in an unknown part of the Star Dou Great Forest and followed a scream to find them.
• Huo Yuhao displayed four simulated soul rings and revealed that he had reached Soul Ancestor rank.
• Huo Yuhao used Demonic Blade's Blessing on Zhu Zhuqing, whose empowered claws cut through a thick tree.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the skill could enhance himself or others with blades that had a twenty-percent armor-piercing effect, though using it on several people consumed much soul power.
• Huo Yuhao empowered Ning Rongrong's hands, exciting her with the prospect of a support soul master gaining offensive power.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao and the Shrek group rested in a nearby town. While exploring alone, Huo Yuhao detected the smell of rotting corpses and secretly entered a house, where he found a hidden passage leading underground.

• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing sat together by the campfire before Zhao Wuji took over the night watch.
• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group safely out of the Star Dou Great Forest and gave them half a day to rest in a nearby town.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing wandered the town, ran into Xiao Wu, and later met Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Huo Yuhao smelled decay near a secluded alley and used his Simulation Soul Skill to investigate a house.
• Huo Yuhao entered through the chimney, found an opening inside a cabinet, and followed the passage underground toward the stronger stench and faint sounds.

Huo Yuhao discovered an underground workshop where workers processed the corpses of people who had died in terrible conditions. As he remained invisible, his hidden Soul Rings stirred fear throughout the chamber, and the workers and Soul Masters stopped to await what would happen.

• Huo Yuhao reached a hidden underground workspace and saw five Soul Masters overseeing forty-eight workers.
• Huo Yuhao watched workers strip flesh from an elderly man's corpse, sort his bones, and soak them in a pool of mixed Soul Beast blood.
• Huo Yuhao saw corpses of people of many ages and conditions stacked in straw mats, including a badly wounded young girl.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that the workers acted from numbness and a need for wages rather than cruelty or enthusiasm.
• Huo Yuhao's nine concealed Soul Rings appeared behind him, and everyone in the chamber felt instinctive terror and stopped working.
• The five Soul Masters activated their Martial Souls as the chamber fell silent, and a strange sound preceded a horrifying sight.

Huo Yuhao used Tian Meng's Domain and Bone Manipulation to make the corpses in the underground processing site attack the workers and five soul masters, then examined the dead men's memories. He found the information he wanted, but what he learned left him conflicted.

• Huo Yuhao activated Tian Meng's Domain and Bone Manipulation, raising the corpses around the underground space as undead fighters.
• The undead corpses attacked the workers, while the five soul masters fought back and found that the bodies kept returning to their original forms unless pulverized.
• The five soul masters tried to flee, but the slowed, relentless undead overwhelmed and killed them.
• Huo Yuhao ended both skills, returned the undead to their original state, and used Time Reversal to inspect the dead men's memories.
• Huo Yuhao found the information he sought in the five soul masters' memories, but felt complicated about what he learned.

Huo Yuhao reflected on the harm caused by hunting soul beasts for soul bones and considered how Spirit Hall’s checks on empires and sects had limited large-scale hunts. He concluded that the fake soul beast bones before him were being manufactured to meet demand for products made from soul beasts.

• Huo Yuhao reconsidered soul-bone hunting from the perspective of soul beasts and recognized why the Ice Empress had been enraged by the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.
• Huo Yuhao recalled his concerns that human greed could drive soul masters, rulers, and even the Spirit Pagoda toward harmful extremes.
• Huo Yuhao assessed the low cultivation of most soul masters and the mutual checks among Spirit Hall, empires, and sects that restrained large-scale soul beast hunts.
• Huo Yuhao noted that soul beast meat, hides, blood, and bones were valuable goods, but carcasses from soul-hunting could not satisfy the market.
• Huo Yuhao faced a place used to manufacture fake soul beast bones.

After uncovering the corpse-based counterfeit Soul Beast bone business, Huo Yuhao struggled with whether its workers deserved death and reflected on the tangled causes and consequences of wrongdoing. He told Elder Yi he could not judge such questions with certainty, but would stop evil whenever he saw it.

• Huo Yuhao learned that workers used stolen corpses to make counterfeit Soul Beast bones and other products under a noble's protection.
• Huo Yuhao questioned whether killing the workers had been a mistake because they had treated the work as a way to earn a living, despite participating in something cruel.
• Elder Yi asked Huo Yuhao to consider whether guilt came from thoughts or actions, and whether wrongdoing was conscious or unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on thieves, soldiers, Evil Soul Masters, Soul Masters hunting Soul Beasts, and his own role in the Mingdu Explosion.
• Huo Yuhao told Elder Yi he could not give a definite answer about guilt but would stop evil without hesitation when it occurred before him.
• Elder Yi sighed and chuckled at Huo Yuhao's answer, recognizing the idealism of youth while valuing his kindness.