Recaps

Huo Yuhao stopped a group of troublemakers from disrupting the Blacksmith Association and met Si Long, who agreed to take him and Zhu Zhuqing to see Lou Gao. Si Long explained that Bishop Miles’s harassment was tied to Gengxin City’s competing interests in the ironware business, and they reached the top floor to meet the Divine Blacksmith.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Power to force the troublemaking leader to kneel silently, and the gang left after pulling him back to his feet.
• Si Long thanked Huo Yuhao and agreed to take him and Zhu Zhuqing to meet Lou Gao, though he warned them they might have to wait a long time.
• As they climbed to the top floor, Si Long said Spirit Hall-backed thugs came every few days to harass the Blacksmith Association without causing damage.
• Si Long explained that Miles wanted control of the ironware business and that other powerful groups in Gengxin City were allowing his harassment for their own interests.
• Huo Yuhao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Si Long reached the top floor while discussing the Blacksmith Association’s predicament.

Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Lou Gao complete a forging, sparking Lou Gao’s interest in him and his Soul Skill. After seeing the Eight Treasures Wishful Soft Armor’s unusual properties, Huo Yuhao became eager to investigate it despite remembering his reason for coming to Gengxin City.

• Huo Yuhao watched Lou Gao forge and sensed an unclear insight related to Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to guide Lou Gao, who finished forging with renewed excitement.
• Lou Gao rushed to Huo Yuhao and asked him to teach the technique, then sent Si Long away to speak with him.
• Lou Gao invited Huo Yuhao to join the Blacksmiths' Guild and showed him the Eight Treasures Wishful Soft Armor.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the armor’s malleability and ability to regain its shape, which awakened his curiosity as a Soul Engineer.

Huo Yuhao recognized the advanced metalworking behind Lou Gao’s Eight Treasures Wishful Soft Armor and praised his effort to combine metals. Lou Gao found a kindred spirit in Huo Yuhao and brought him to his workshop, while Zhu Zhuqing and Si Long waited outside.

• Huo Yuhao examined the Eight Treasures Wishful Soft Armor and deduced that Lou Gao had refined and melted several metals together.
• Huo Yuhao praised Lou Gao’s method as an important path for the future of forging, and Lou Gao was delighted that someone understood his research.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on how combining metals and other materials could offer alternatives as rare metals became scarce.
• Lou Gao pulled Huo Yuhao into his workshop to continue their animated discussion, leaving Zhu Zhuqing and the armor in the corridor.
• Si Long returned with refreshments, put away the armor, and watched his teacher enjoy a conversation with Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao read Lou Gao’s records of metal experiments and discussed ways to improve metal purification and smelting. He then explained that he had come to Gengxin City to secure a stable, continuous supply of rare metals, leaving Lou Gao silent.

• Lou Gao gave Huo Yuhao his extensive experimental records, and Huo Yuhao read them and recognized the promise of the metal-processing research.
• Huo Yuhao and Lou Gao discussed metals while Zhu Zhuqing and Si Long listened, and Lou Gao eagerly recorded Huo Yuhao’s knowledge.
• Lou Gao offered Huo Yuhao the Eight Treasures Wishful Soft Armor and asked him to become his assistant, but Huo Yuhao declined both offers.
• Huo Yuhao told Lou Gao that he needed help finding a steady source of rare metals, and Lou Gao fell silent.

Huo Yuhao learned that Gengxin City and the continent could not supply the rare metals needed to develop advanced Soul Tools, and heard how corruption had weakened the city. He left with Zhu Zhuqing, agreed to learn alchemy from Elder Yi, and then encountered a group led by someone who called Zhu Zhuqing his little sister.

• Si Long and Lou Gao told Huo Yuhao that the continent lacked enough rare metals for his plans and warned him about corruption and shoddy equipment in Gengxin City.
• Si Long explained that the Blacksmith Association had little influence over military contracts or the city’s powerful merchants, leaving Zhu Zhuqing troubled by the empire’s decline.
• Huo Yuhao said farewell to Lou Gao and encouraged him to continue his smelting experiments before following Zhu Zhuqing out of the city.
• Elder Yi offered to teach Huo Yuhao alchemy, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• A group emerged from the woods near Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing, and their leader addressed Zhu Zhuqing as his little sister.

Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing faced Dai Weisi and his forces after Zhu Zhuyun found them in the Star Luo Empire. As the battle began, the Star Luo Emperor and empress watched from a distance, concerned about the Zhu Family’s loyalties.

• Zhu Zhuyun revealed that she had tracked Zhu Zhuqing and told Huo Yuhao that he was the target of their visit.
• Dai Weisi accused Zhu Zhuqing of betraying the Star Luo Empire, then ordered twenty-four Soul Masters to attack.
• Huo Yuhao revealed simulated Soul Emperor rings, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun activated their martial souls and charged.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Huo Yuhao to handle the other attackers while she fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• The Star Luo Emperor and empress watched the fight from a hilltop and discussed their suspicions about the Netherworld Zhu Family.

Huo Yuhao used his skills and domains to break through a disciplined group of twenty-four Soul Masters and defeat their Soul Emperor without killing them. After sensing danger near Zhu Zhuqing, he revealed his Ice Feather Wings and flew to her aid.

• Huo Yuhao used Illusory Bubbles to evade the Soul Masters’ opening barrage, then attacked their Soul Emperor with Spiritual Storm and Instant Teleportation.
• The Soul Emperor blocked Huo Yuhao’s strike with his arms and counterattacked, while a healer stopped his bleeding and the group restored its formation.
• Huo Yuhao turned invisible, knocked eight Soul Elders unconscious, and watched the remaining Soul Masters form a defensive circle around their leader.
• Huo Yuhao combined Tian Meng’s Domain, Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and Power of the Stars before striking the formation with Reign Over the World, knocking everyone down.
• Huo Yuhao sensed danger near Zhu Zhuqing, revealed his Ice Feather Wings, and flew toward her at full speed.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, overcoming their Hell White Tiger fusion skill and defeating them. After Zhu Zhuyun hinted that the tiger and cat should have won together, Huo Yuhao carried both sisters away just before an explosion struck the battlefield.

• Zhu Zhuqing dodged Dai Weisi’s attack and drove him back with a fierce barrage, forcing him to take her seriously.
• Zhu Zhuyun joined Dai Weisi, and the two used their Hell White Tiger martial soul fusion skill against Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing evaded the Hell White Tiger’s attacks, then used Shadow Form and her other soul skills to break apart its defenses and defeat it.
• Dai Weisi charged Zhu Zhuqing after the fusion skill ended, but she kicked him into a crater and went to the unconscious Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that they should have won together before passing out, and Zhu Zhuqing wept as she questioned what had happened.
• Huo Yuhao carried Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun away, and an explosion erupted where they had been.

Huo Yuhao confronted his hatred of the Star Luo Dai Family and recognized that evil came from people’s actions, not their bloodline or Martial Souls. As the Star Luo Emperor advanced, Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing began a new Martial Soul Fusion Skill, revealing a transformed Hell White Tiger.

• The Star Luo Emperor and empress descended after the Hell White Tiger broke apart, and the empress stabilized Dai Weisi with a pill.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered Zhu Zhuqing and Huo Yuhao to surrender, while Zhu Zhuqing asked why events had come to this.
• Huo Yuhao realized he had misdirected his hatred toward the white tiger and resolved to confront both the Dai Family’s crimes and the broader oppression of living beings.
• Huo Yuhao refused Elder Yi’s help and joined hands with Zhu Zhuqing to complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xue Ke awoke in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace as a black-and-white, golden-winged Hell White Tiger appeared before the Star Luo Emperor.

Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing fought the Star Luo Emperor with their Hell White Tiger until the Evil Lord intervened and ended the clash. Above them, Bibi Dong and her companions encountered the Evil Lord, Snow Empress, and Sea Princess, then agreed to descend together after recognizing the danger below.

• The Star Luo Emperor fought Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing's Hell White Tiger, but its sacred attack injured him and left him struggling.
• The Star Luo Empress joined the Star Luo Emperor, and the two prepared their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Huo Yuhao's strength began to fail.
• The Evil Lord struck the Star Luo Emperor and empress's Hell White Tiger apart, then Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing released their fusion and passed out.
• The Evil Lord met Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong used the Eye of Reality to discover that he, the Sea Princess, and the Snow Empress were soul beasts.
• After sensing a sacred angelic aura from the Hell White Tiger below, Bibi Dong proposed that they all go down together, and the Sea Princess and Snow Empress agreed.

After the battle, the three groups rested in Gengxin City while Huo Yuhao considered how to address injustice without harming the innocent. Elder Yi warned him that Bibi Dong carried a god’s presence, and Huo Yuhao left the room prepared to meet her.

• The Evil Lord agreed to rest in Gengxin City after Elder Yi prompted him, and the Star Luo Emperor arranged the accommodations.
• Bibi Dong questioned Miles, recognized his unease, and later had Ghost Douluo escort him away; Miles disappeared and the local Spirit Hall was reshuffled.
• Huo Yuhao told Elder Yi he would punish only those responsible for his mother’s suffering and wondered how to change injustices he could not see.
• Elder Yi told Huo Yuhao that Bibi Dong likely had a God Inheritance and advised him to observe her without revealing too much.
• Huo Yuhao woke, learned Zhu Zhuqing had left, and went to open the door after the Snow Empress promised they would take him away if anything went wrong.

Huo Yuhao met Dai Weisi, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, the Star Luo Emperor and Empress, and Bibi Dong after leaving his room. He rejected the Emperor’s attempt to claim a connection with him and left Zhu Zhuqing’s future to her, then approached Bibi Dong.

• Dai Weisi told Huo Yuhao that Zhu Yun wanted to speak privately with Zhu Zhuqing and that the Star Luo Emperor wished to meet him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan stopped Huo Yuhao, praised his appearance, and escorted him to meet Bibi Dong and the Star Luo Emperor and Empress.
• The Star Luo Emperor and Empress suspected Huo Yuhao was connected to their family, while Bibi Dong struggled to explain his powers, his golden-winged Hell White Tiger, and his powerful Soul Beast companions.
• The Star Luo Emperor asked Huo Yuhao about his parents, and Huo Yuhao said he had taken his mother’s surname and would kill his father if he ever met him.
• The Empress asked what Huo Yuhao intended to do about Zhu Zhuqing, and he replied that her opinion was his before walking over to Bibi Dong.

Huo Yuhao met Bibi Dong, who was astonished by the immense life energy and mysterious power within her, and the two began discussing Spirit Hall over the Mystic Water Pills. Huo Yuhao agreed to continue their conversation in Spirit City, while remaining cautious about sharing soul tool technology and reflecting on how wars harmed ordinary people.

• Bibi Dong used the Eye of Reality to examine Huo Yuhao and was shocked by her vast life energy and the greater power within her.
• Huo Yuhao studied Bibi Dong and sensed unusually pure negative emotions but found no sign of the Angel God's inheritance.
• Bibi Dong revealed a Mystic Water Pill and invited Huo Yuhao to Spirit City; Huo Yuhao acknowledged the pills were hers and accepted.
• Huo Yuhao considered Spirit Hall's benefits and abuses and hesitated to give any power soul tool technology that could fuel war.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on the wars she had witnessed and concluded that ordinary people had little power to stop them.

After Zhu Zhuqing awoke, she confronted Zhu Zhuyun about the plots and pursuit that had driven her from the Star Luo Empire. Zhu Zhuyun admitted her role and explained that, unlike Zhu Zhuqing, the Netherworld Zhu Family had no freedom to escape its fate.

• Bibi Dong offered to work with Huo Yuhao on cultivating her twin martial souls, while the Star Luo Emperor and Dai Weisi failed to draw Huo Yuhao into a conversation.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke and learned from Sea Princess that Huo Yuhao was safe, then left to see Zhu Zhuyun.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuqing that Zhu Zhuyun was awake and asked about Dai Mubai; Zhu Zhuqing said he was living comfortably with several girlfriends.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zhu Zhuyun, who admitted arranging traps, framing her, and sending assassins after her while allowing her to escape.
• Zhu Zhuyun explained that Zhu Zhuqing could choose freedom, but the Netherworld Zhu Family had no choice but to remain bound to the Dai Family, leaving Zhu Zhuqing drained and troubled.

After learning that Star Luo was far more corrupt than she had believed, Zhu Zhuqing chose to leave her family’s position and travel the world alone. Huo Yuhao accepted her decision and left with his companions for Spirit City, while Zhu Zhuqing set out into the wilderness and accepted the ethereal voice’s offer.

• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on Star Luo’s decay and told Zhu Zhuyun she would not challenge her position, choosing instead to see the world.
• Huo Yuhao asked Zhu Zhuqing to travel with his group, but she said she wanted to go alone; he let her keep the Soul Tool he had given her.
• Huo Yuhao told Evil Lord and the others they would go to Spirit City to investigate Bibi Dong’s power and the Angel God’s inheritance.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions met Bibi Dong, the Chrysanthemum Titled Douluo, and the Ghost Titled Douluo, then flew toward Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuqing left Gengxin City and, walking through the wilderness by moonlight, answered the ethereal voice: “I accept.”

Huo Yuhao and his companions arrived in Spirit City, where Bibi Dong hosted them while considering their strength and the danger they might pose. Qian Daoliu noticed Huo Yuhao, and Qian Renxue returned to the Worship Hall, leaving a meeting between the two men anticipated.

• Huo Yuhao and his companions entered Spirit City and accepted Bibi Dong's offer to rest at a villa.
• Bibi Dong told Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to watch the Worship Hall, then weighed the threat posed by Huo Yuhao and the three powerful soul beasts accompanying him.
• Qian Daoliu sensed Bibi Dong's return and observed Huo Yuhao, while Qian Renxue came back to the Worship Hall to absorb a soul ring and discuss Huo Yuhao with her grandfather.
• Qian Daoliu kept Huo Yuhao's arrival from Qian Renxue and planned to meet Huo Yuhao himself to investigate the attribute suppression she had described.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions settled into the villa Bibi Dong had arranged for them.

Huo Yuhao explored Spirit City and met Cat Girl, while the city’s devout worship of the Angel God left him with an unexplained sense of discord. After Cat Girl left to buy more snacks, the old man who had been watching Huo Yuhao sat down across from him.

• Huo Yuhao cooked breakfast for Evil Lord and the other two, then went out to explore Spirit City while they rested.
• As Huo Yuhao walked through the city, Elder Yi warned him that a powerful person was watching him, and Huo Yuhao noticed the crowds’ reverence for the Angel God made him uneasy.
• Huo Yuhao reached the Spirit City Orphanage and met Cat Girl, who recognized him and offered to show him around.
• While strolling and eating snacks with Cat Girl, Huo Yuhao sensed suffering among the worshippers, and Cat Girl told him she did not believe the Angel God had saved her because Huo Yuhao had freed her from her cage.
• Cat Girl went to buy more snacks, and the watching old man sat across from Huo Yuhao and asked if he could join him.

Huo Yuhao debated the Angel God's role in Spirit City's suffering with Qian Daoliu, who believed her return could save the world. After Qian Daoliu vanished, Huo Yuhao considered whether divine intervention or unification through war could end the continent's turmoil, but remained uncertain.

• Qian Daoliu secretly followed Huo Yuhao through Spirit City and sat down to speak with him, sensing a trace of Angel Clan aura from him.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Daoliu that Spirit City's worship of the Angel God soothed people's pain but did not resolve their suffering.
• Qian Daoliu defended faith in the Angel God, while Huo Yuhao acknowledged Spirit Hall's work against evil Soul Masters but questioned whether its statues and worship could solve the people's problems.
• When Qian Daoliu asked what could deliver the world from suffering, Huo Yuhao admitted he did not know, and Qian Daoliu insisted the Angel God's return would bring deliverance.
• Qian Daoliu vanished before Cat Girl returned, leaving Huo Yuhao to wonder whether the Angel God's descent or a continent-wide war could truly end the turmoil.

After reflecting on Spirit Hall and the suffering that shaped Evil Soul Masters, Huo Yuhao concluded that entrenched grievances would inevitably bring war again. He left the street without finding an answer, choosing to return to the people waiting for him and continue fulfilling his promises.

• Huo Yuhao sat alone after Cat Girl left and considered whether Spirit Hall’s systems could be preserved alongside his other plans.
• Huo Yuhao told Elder Yi that Spirit Hall’s awakening, stipend, and monitoring systems helped ordinary people and Soul Masters, while later societies’ neglect helped create Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Tang Ya’s abandonment after the Tang Sect’s destruction made her fall inevitable and that society would keep rebuilding the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that accumulated suffering across the empires would bring war, and Elder Yi reflected that humanity had never remained united without a common enemy.
• Huo Yuhao got up to return to the people waiting for him, still determined to take them to the Divine Realm and fulfill his promises.

Huo Yuhao met Bibi Dong in a garden to discuss joining Spirit Hall, while he recognized that war between Spirit Hall and the two empires was inevitable. He declined to commit, sold her twenty Mystic Water Pills, and left considering escape before someone stopped the group near the Papal Hall.

• Bibi Dong privately invited Huo Yuhao and his companions to join her faction within Spirit Hall, hoping to gain their power and eventually secure control of the organization.
• Bibi Dong offered support from Spirit Hall's branch halls, the possibility of replacing the Upper Three Sects, help against the Dai Family, and a method for cultivating twin martial souls.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that Bibi Dong's offers confirmed his suspicions about the future conflict and concluded that killing key individuals would not prevent the war.
• Huo Yuhao asked for time to decide and offered twenty Mystic Water Pills as a goodwill gesture, selling them to Bibi Dong for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
• Huo Yuhao left the garden with his companions, thinking of taking the money and fleeing to seek a god's inheritance, but someone stopped them near the Papal Hall.

Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Huo Yuhao was in Spirit City, and she eagerly agreed to meet him. Light Feather Douluo then invited Huo Yuhao to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu wanted to question him about a possible connection to the Angel Clan.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Huo Yuhao was in Spirit City, and she said she wanted to find him.
• Qian Daoliu stopped Qian Renxue and said he would have someone bring Huo Yuhao to the Worship Hall.
• Light Feather Douluo approached Huo Yuhao and invited him to meet the Great Enshrined, but the Snow Empress, the Evil Lord, and the Sea Princess threatened him when he reached for Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao stopped his companions and agreed to go with Light Feather Douluo, telling the others to return and rest.
• Huo Yuhao flew with Light Feather Douluo toward the Worship Hall.

Huo Yuhao climbed the Worship Hall’s punishing steps and met Qian Daoliu, who restored his strength and introduced himself as Spirit Hall’s Great Enshrined. The chapter left Huo Yuhao facing a blonde girl whose hostility and familiar appearance puzzled him.

• Light Feather Douluo led Huo Yuhao up the Worship Hall steps, where increasingly heavy pressure tested his soul power.
• Huo Yuhao completed the climb despite nearly exhausting himself, while Light Feather Douluo marveled at his endurance.
• The Worship Hall doors opened, and Qian Daoliu quickly approached Huo Yuhao, helped him recover, and sent Light Feather Douluo away.
• Qian Daoliu introduced himself as Spirit Hall’s Great Enshrined and greeted Huo Yuhao more warmly than he had before.
• Huo Yuhao noticed a blonde girl behind Qian Daoliu and sensed that she was hostile toward him, though her face seemed familiar.

Huo Yuhao climbed the Sacred Mountain, drawing Qian Daoliu’s attention as evidence of his Angel Clan connection. When the Angel God’s power offered him the Angel Eight Tests, Huo Yuhao refused, leaving Qian Daoliu bewildered.

• Qian Daoliu watched Huo Yuhao climb the steps alone and absorb light element, while Qian Renxue’s competitive spirit flared.
• Qian Daoliu restored Huo Yuhao’s soul power and brought him into the Worship Hall, where he sensed a powerful force within Huo Yuhao.
• Elder Yi recognized divine power in the Angel God Statue as Huo Yuhao approached it.
• The Angel God’s divine consciousness began bestowing the Angel Eight Tests on Huo Yuhao, confirming Qian Daoliu’s belief about his identity.
• Huo Yuhao asked Elder Yi to help him refuse the tests, and Elder Yi made the emerging forehead mark shatter.
• Huo Yuhao opened his eyes after the trial’s light vanished and saw Qian Daoliu staring at him in bewilderment.

Huo Yuhao refused the Angel Eight Tests and explained to Qian Daoliu that he wanted to change things through action rather than worship. As he prepared to leave, Qian Renxue challenged him, and the two faced off in Spirit Hall's Soul Fighting Arena.

• Huo Yuhao refused the Angel Eight Tests and told Qian Daoliu he had promises to fulfill and believed change required more than praying to a god.
• Qian Renxue challenged Huo Yuhao for supposedly disrespecting the Angel God, and Qian Daoliu allowed the fight to proceed.
• Bibi Dong led Evil Lord and the other two to the arena, where they joined Qian Daoliu to watch.
• Qian Renxue noticed Bibi Dong watching her, then activated her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and introduced herself as a Level 61 Soul Emperor.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to Qian Renxue's request for a fair fight at his strongest.

Huo Yuhao fought Qian Renxue using only his Snow Woman martial soul and defeated her after a blizzard exhausted her defenses. As he kept them inside Cold Lotus Ice Court, he reflected on the power she had released during the battle.

• Huo Yuhao concealed his six black soul rings with Simulation and challenged Qian Renxue to a fair fight, drawing the attention of Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue attacked at high speed, but Huo Yuhao blocked her strikes and then trapped her in a blizzard, using repeated attacks to wear down her defenses.
• Huo Yuhao surprised Qian Renxue with an attack from above; she answered with Angel's Roar and escaped the blizzard, but its shock wave sent her tumbling.
• Qian Renxue became desperate to defeat Huo Yuhao, while a dark figure appeared in her Sea of Consciousness and urged her to abandon everything for victory before she lost consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao trapped Qian Renxue in Cold Lotus Ice Court, dodged her weakened attack, and knocked her unconscious, winning the battle.
• Huo Yuhao left Cold Lotus Ice Court in place and pondered the soul power Qian Renxue had released.