Recaps

Huo Yuhao reunited with his Soul Beast companions, gained new Soul Rings and abilities, and escaped the Star Dou Great Forest after being separated from Shrek. In a nearby town, he uncovered a counterfeit Soul Beast bone operation and wrestled with the guilt of killing those involved, resolving to stop evil when he encountered it.

• The Demon Flower Mantis King and Golden Crocodile King confronted Huo Yuhao’s companions, were defeated, and joined them as A-Hua and A-Jin after revealing A-Jin’s tribulation wound.
• Huo Yuhao found Shrek fighting Blue Sunshine Academy, treated the defeated students, and challenged Ma Hongjun for excusing his behavior with his Martial Soul problem.
• Huo Yuhao reached rank forty, then used the Titan Giant Ape’s attack on Shrek as cover to escape and meet his companions at the Lake of Life.
• Huo Yuhao healed A-Jin, whose bloodline advanced to Golden Crocodile Emperor, and signed Soul Spirit Contracts with the Ice Empress and A-Hua, gaining two red Soul Rings and new abilities.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek after the Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu later rejoined the group and Tang San survived absorbing a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao reappeared before Shrek, showed his simulated Soul Rings and new rank, and demonstrated how Demonic Blade’s Blessing empowered Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Huo Yuhao followed a foul smell into an underground workshop, raised its corpses as undead, killed the five Soul Masters running the operation, and examined their memories.
• Huo Yuhao learned that the workshop made counterfeit Soul Beast bones from stolen corpses under a noble’s protection, then told Elder Yi he could not settle the question of guilt but would stop evil when he saw it.

Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing and began laying the groundwork for the Spirit Pagoda and Soul Spirit Contracts. After Zhu Zhuqing formed the era’s first contract with Little Black, Huo Yuhao sought support in Heaven Dou City and heard Xue Ke describe how society exploited orphaned children.

• Huo Yuhao purified the wandering souls in the underground cavern, then intervened when Dai Mubai pressured Zhu Zhuqing and began a Martial Soul Fusion with her.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing revealed Netherworld Walker, and Huo Yuhao used their fused power to seize Dai Mubai before Zhao Wuji freed him.
• At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao defeated the Seven Devils and Tang San in training, rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple, and grew disillusioned with the academy.
• Huo Yuhao helped Shrek defeat the Heaven Dou Royal Team, then left the academy with Zhu Zhuqing and gave Flender a Black Card worth two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao reunited Zhu Zhuqing with his companions at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, proposed the Spirit Pagoda and Soul Spirit Contracts, and discussed paths to godhood with the group.
• Huo Yuhao helped Zhu Zhuqing form the era’s first Soul Spirit Contract with the injured Night Shadow Cat, Little Black, giving her a third Soul Ring and raising her to rank thirty-six.
• Huo Yuhao decided to promote Soul Tools while preparing the Spirit Pagoda, sent Wolf King and A-Jin to search for rare metals, then went alone to Heaven Dou City and entered Xue Ke’s carriage.
• Xue Ke told Huo Yuhao that orphanages lacked support because powerful groups sought profit and control, and she described how corrupt managers sent children into exploitation while Spirit Hall protected its orphanage in Spirit City.

Huo Yuhao navigated Heaven Dou City's political interest in him, strengthened his bonds and powers at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and helped Zhu Zhuqing confront her past. The two reached Gengxin City to seek out its Blacksmith Association, where Huo Yuhao faced a troublesome stranger.

• Huo Yuhao met Xue Ke and later encountered Xue Qinghe, whose hidden identity as Qian Renxue he discovered before they agreed to keep each other's secrets.
• Huo Yuhao traded Soul Tools to Dugu Bo for Black Cards, while rumors about his connection to Xue Qinghe stirred Heaven Dou City's factions and marriage maneuvering.
• Huo Yuhao reached rank fifty, contracted with Li Ya and Xiao Xue Lotus, and gained new Soul Rings and abilities.
• Huo Yuhao studied his powers with Elder Yi and condensed his first ice-attribute Soul Core, raising his Soul Power to rank fifty-eight.
• Huo Yuhao confronted his regrets and then contracted with Octagonal and Sea Princess, reaching level sixty-two.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged from Deep Meditation as a Soul Ancestor, and Huo Yuhao offered her disguised Soul Rings and invited her to travel with him.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing crossed the border and entered Gengxin City, where Huo Yuhao found its smithies disappointing and headed for the Blacksmith Association.
• A troublemaker demanded a refund at the Blacksmith Association and called Huo Yuhao a little sister, so Huo Yuhao secretly forced him to his knees.

Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing confronted the Star Luo royals before parting ways, and Huo Yuhao traveled to Spirit City to investigate Bibi Dong and the Angel God. After refusing the Angel Eight Tests, he defeated Qian Renxue in a duel, leaving her mysterious inner presence unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao impressed Lou Gao with his insight into forging and rare-metal research, but learned that Gengxin City could not supply the metals he needed.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun attacked Zhu Zhuqing and Huo Yuhao, and Zhu Zhuqing defeated their Hell White Tiger fusion before joining Huo Yuhao against the Star Luo Emperor and Empress.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing used their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the Star Luo royals, then collapsed when the Evil Lord intervened, and Bibi Dong discovered that the Evil Lord, Sea Princess, and Snow Empress were soul beasts.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zhu Zhuyun about the family’s betrayals, chose to leave and see the world, and parted from Huo Yuhao, who went to Spirit City with his companions to investigate Bibi Dong and the Angel God.
• In Spirit City, Huo Yuhao questioned whether worship of the Angel God could end people’s suffering, while Bibi Dong offered him support and a place in her faction.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Huo Yuhao to the Worship Hall, where the Angel God began bestowing the Angel Eight Tests, but Huo Yuhao rejected them with Elder Yi’s help.
• Qian Renxue challenged Huo Yuhao to a duel, and he defeated her after trapping her in Cold Lotus Ice Court, while a dark figure in her Sea of Consciousness urged her to pursue victory.