Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao formed contracts with the Wolf King and A-Tai, gaining new Soul Skills, and worked with his companions to complete the Ice Extreme God of War Armor. The group prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest and confront its Ferocious Beasts to rescue Sky Dream.

• After reaching level twenty, Huo Yuhao absorbed the Wolf King’s and A-Tai’s Soul Rings, advancing to level twenty-two and gaining four Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao began making the Ice Extreme God of War Armor with help from the group, and completed it five months later as Li Ya and A Ling awakened.
• The group planned how to divide the Ferocious Beasts they would fight while rescuing Sky Dream from the Lake of Life.
• Huo Yuhao told everyone to consolidate their strength, and the group prepared to set out for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.

Snow Empress and her allies invaded Star Dou Forest to demand the release of the imprisoned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Di Tian refused. Their dispute erupted into a battle at the Lake of Life, where Bi Ji joined Di Tian as the fighting continued.

• Tian Meng dreamed of escaping its imprisonment and roaming the Far North, but woke to find only the Auspicious Beast watching it.
• Evil Lord used his spiritual power over the Lake of Life, drawing Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts out of their cavern as Bi Ji flew to investigate.
• Snow Empress and Evil Lord demanded that Di Tian hand over the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Di Tian refused to protect his standing as ruler of Star Dou Forest.
• Snow Empress and Evil Lord attacked Di Tian, while Huo Yuhao and the others engaged the other Ferocious Beasts around the Lake of Life.
• Bi Ji joined Di Tian against Snow Empress and Evil Lord as the conflict intensified and she tried to limit casualties.

The Star Dou Forest battle continued as the Wolf King, Raven, and Li Ya pressured Myriad Demon King, while A-Tai and Xiao Bai wore down the Scarlet King. In the sky, Snow Empress and Di Tian fought until Evil Lord intervened with a mental attack, prompting Bi Ji to warn Di Tian.

• Ice Empress used her explosive ice attacks to injure Xiong Jun and keep him from joining the others.
• The Wolf King used wind and fire while Li Ya's song and Raven's mental attacks disrupted Myriad Demon King's control of the trees, trapping him amid the flames.
• Raven returned soot-covered after Myriad Demon King forced her to retreat, and the Wolf King mocked her before Li Ya comforted her.
• A-Tai and Xiao Bai ambushed the Scarlet King in coordinated turns, leaving him near his limit despite his demands for a fair fight.
• Snow Empress and Di Tian continued clashing in the sky while Evil Lord held Bi Ji back, then sealed off the area and launched a mental attack at Di Tian.
• Bi Ji warned Di Tian and prepared to heal him.

Di Tian was forced to accept the terms after Evil Lord wounded him, while Zi JI’s attack on Huo Yuhao caused her Chaos Energy to erupt. The fighting stopped, and Huo Yuhao was left recovering as Evil Lord went to fetch Bi Ji to examine her.

• Evil Lord struck the exhausted Di Tian, and after Bi Ji healed him, Di Tian agreed to the terms.
• Zi JI maneuvered around A Ling and attacked Huo Yuhao, breaking her arm and shattering the Ice Extreme God of War Armor’s shield.
• Chaos Energy burst from Huo Yuhao’s injury and blasted Zi JI and A Ling away before the Gold of Life helped mend her bone and stop the leak.
• Di Tian ordered the Star Dou Forest forces to stand down and release Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, ending the battle.
• Snow Empress and the others gathered around Huo Yuhao, and Evil Lord left to ask Bi Ji to examine her.

After the Star Dou group recovered from their battle, Bi Ji examined Huo Yuhao and confirmed she was healthy. Di Tian brought the imprisoned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to her, and Huo Yuhao comforted him by promising that no one would hurt him and telling him he was her friend and family.

• The Myriad Demon King, the Scarlet King, and Zi JI confronted Xiong Jun about failing to defeat the Ice Empress, but Bi Ji stopped their argument and treated them.
• The Evil Lord asked Bi Ji to examine Huo Yuhao, and she found that Huo Yuhao was healthy.
• Di Tian went to the cavern and brought the trembling Sky Dream Ice Silkworm outside.
• Huo Yuhao gently comforted Tian Meng, who feared being eaten or having his energy taken.
• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng that she considered him a friend, partner, and member of her family, and he began to regain his confidence.

Huo Yuhao and the others reunited with the rescued Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while Di Tian reluctantly let them stay in Star Dou Forest for a few days. Huo Yuhao gave Sky Dream Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Raven’s attempt to collect his discarded crumbs ended in Wolf King dragging her away.

• Huo Yuhao reassured Sky Dream that he was free, and Sky Dream broke down in tears as the others watched.
• Ice Empress punched Sky Dream to stop his sobbing and scolded him for acting timid despite his Cultivation.
• The Evil Lord told Di Tian that the group would stay for a few days, and Di Tian left after warning them to depart when they were done.
• Di Tian took out his frustration on Xiong Jun, while the Snow Empress and the Evil Lord joked about how he had held back.
• Huo Yuhao gave Sky Dream a pillar of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Raven rushed to gather the crumbs he dropped.
• Wolf King pulled Raven away from the crumbs, and Sky Dream resumed eating while looking at the discarded pieces differently.

Huo Yuhao prepared dinner with Tian Meng and Raven, then secretly brought food to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had been sneaking around hoping to eat Tian Meng. The Auspicious Beast enjoyed his cooking without recognizing him, while Huo Yuhao resolved to let her choose her own name and live freely in the Star Dou Forest.

• Tian Meng gave Huo Yuhao ice shards for Raven, but Raven declined them and told Huo Yuhao to keep them.
• Huo Yuhao cooked dinner beside the Lake of Life, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion secretly stole a handful of food.
• After dinner, Huo Yuhao found the Auspicious Beast hiding in the bushes and offered her food he had prepared especially for her.
• The Auspicious Beast ate plate after plate while Huo Yuhao watched over her, keeping his identity and feelings to himself.
• Huo Yuhao accepted that the Auspicious Beast did not remember him and decided she should choose her own name and live happily without owing him anything.

Huo Yuhao refused the Auspicious Beast’s offer to eat Tian Meng and returned her Power of Fate and the Golden Dragon Spear, accepting that she no longer remembered their past. After the Auspicious Beast returned to Di Tian, Huo Yuhao settled by the Lake of Life, where Tian Meng slept peacefully.

• The Auspicious Beast asked Huo Yuhao when he planned to eat Tian Meng, but Huo Yuhao told her that Tian Meng was family and he would never harm him.
• Huo Yuhao offered to cook for the Auspicious Beast instead, then returned her Power of Fate and the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Snow Empress and Evil Lord questioned Huo Yuhao about giving up the power and joked about his past with the Auspicious Beast; Huo Yuhao said he was glad she could live happily without remembering him.
• Di Tian sent Scarlet King to find the missing Auspicious Beast, and Scarlet King brought her back after she admitted she had gone for a stroll.
• Di Tian noticed the Auspicious Beast had eaten unusually much but let her return to rest, while Huo Yuhao went to the Lake of Life and meditated as Tian Meng slept peacefully.

Huo Yuhao cooked for the Auspicious Beast while secretly meeting her, prompting Di Tian to demand that Evil Lord’s group leave the Star Dou Forest. After they agreed to leave, Huo Yuhao gave the Auspicious Beast a Necklace filled with food and said farewell.

• Ice Empress dragged Tian Meng away to cultivate after he asked for more time to recover.
• Huo Yuhao brought food to the Auspicious Beast, while Di Tian secretly watched and became convinced Evil Lord was trying to lure her away.
• Di Tian confronted Evil Lord and demanded that his group leave the Star Dou Forest, then agreed to let them stay for half a month after Bi Ji intervened.
• Huo Yuhao helped Tian Meng form a Soul Core, and Tian Meng happily agreed to lend him his power when needed.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Auspicious Beast a Necklace containing food, told her he had to leave, and watched her depart.

Huo Yuhao restored Electrolux’s remnant soul and confessed his guilt over the civilians killed in a past war. Electrolux comforted him and shared how his own revenge had devastated a continent, leaving them to face the need to prevent such suffering from happening again.

• Huo Yuhao led the others to a wooded area outside the Star Dou Forest and used Brother Sky Dream’s spiritual power to recreate the conditions that could restore the Undead Demiplane.
• A crack opened in the sky, and Huo Yuhao guided a gray current into his Eye of Life, bringing back Electrolux’s remnant soul.
• Huo Yuhao welcomed Electrolux as his teacher, and Electrolux looked through his memories with permission.
• Huo Yuhao confessed that he caused the deaths of countless civilians and described the remorse that had haunted him.
• Electrolux reassured Huo Yuhao that his remorse did not disappoint him, then recounted how his own revenge had ravaged half a continent.

Huo Yuhao learned how Elder Yi regretted his past and then led his companions to Sunset Forest to retrieve Octagonal from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo mistaking Huo Yuhao for a girl and attacking him with poisonous miasma.

• Elder Yi told Huo Yuhao about his past mistakes and urged him to learn from them, then asked to be called Elder Yi.
• Huo Yuhao rejoined his companions and announced that they were heading to Sunset Forest to retrieve Octagonal.
• Di Tian sensed that the spiritual fluctuation had ended and felt relieved as Huo Yuhao's group flew toward Sunset Forest.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well alone to avoid alarming Dugu Bo and exposing his companions.
• Huo Yuhao found the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, but Dugu Bo arrived and attacked him with poisonous miasma.

Huo Yuhao fought Dugu Bo while the poison in Dugu Bo's body made him lose control, until Elder Yi subdued him. After Dugu Bo woke, Huo Yuhao tried to explain why she had come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began examining him.

• Huo Yuhao used Frost Fury and Ice Feather Wings to evade Dugu Bo's poisoned attacks and countered with Ultimate Ice.
• Dugu Bo unleashed poison in every direction, but Elder Yi stopped and purified it before knocking him unconscious.
• Elder Yi warned Huo Yuhao not to overestimate her strength, and Huo Yuhao accepted the reprimand.
• Huo Yuhao and Evil Lord tied up Dugu Bo, who woke and offered her the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to protect his granddaughter Yanzi.
• Huo Yuhao said she had come for the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then pressed a finger to Dugu Bo's forehead and asked him not to resist.

Huo Yuhao temporarily suppressed the poison in Dugu Bo’s body with her Ultimate Ice, giving him hope and a reason to negotiate with her. After reflecting on the losses caused by his family’s poisonous bloodline and his fear for his granddaughter Yanzi, Dugu Bo asked Huo Yuhao who she was and what she wanted.

• Huo Yuhao used her Ultimate Ice to drive the toxins in Dugu Bo’s meridians into his Poison Core and seal them there temporarily.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the treatment only delayed the poison’s return, and she hoped to win Dugu Bo’s cooperation while remaining prepared to kill him if necessary.
• Dugu Bo wept as the treatment eased his suffering and stirred hope, grief, and fear within him.
• Dugu Bo recalled how the Jade Phosphorous Serpent bloodline had poisoned his family and how his Martial Soul’s rare evolution had only postponed his own decline.
• Dugu Bo continued to protect and train his granddaughter Yanzi despite fearing that his death would leave her vulnerable.
• Dugu Bo asked Huo Yuhao her name and what she really wanted.

Huo Yuhao offered Dugu Bo three ways to deal with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and proved his Detoxification Pill worked. Dugu Bo left to bring his granddaughter Yanzi to Huo Yuhao, hoping she could undergo Martial Soul Evolution and escape the poison.

• Huo Yuhao asked to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, keep his friends' presence secret, and reserve one future request in exchange for helping Dugu Bo.
• Huo Yuhao described three solutions for the poison, including a risky Martial Soul Evolution with a forty percent success rate for Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo asked Huo Yuhao to make a Detoxification Pill, and Huo Yuhao prepared one and gave it to him.
• After the pill relieved his symptoms, Dugu Bo asked to be untied so he could bring his granddaughter Yanzi to Huo Yuhao for help.
• Huo Yuhao let Dugu Bo leave, then went to inspect the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

Huo Yuhao treated Dugu Yan’s poison by evolving her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul into a Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon Emperor, then gave Dugu Bo medicine and instructions to manage his own poisoning. After Dugu Bo left, Huo Yuhao examined the Wishful Treasure Bag he had received and discovered a small green snake inside.

• Huo Yuhao reconnected with Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, who had lost most of its cultivation but agreed to keep living.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Huo Yuhao, who examined her and recommended Martial Soul Evolution to cure her inherited snake poison.
• Huo Yuhao gave Dugu Yan a Detoxification Pill, his life-infused blood, and an Earth Dragon Golden Melon, then guided the melon’s power into her bloodline.
• Dugu Yan awakened with a Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, five more levels of Soul Power, and poison she could control without being harmed by it.
• Huo Yuhao gave Dugu Bo Detoxification Pills and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Dugu Bo gave him a Wishful Treasure Bag before taking Dugu Yan home.
• Huo Yuhao opened the Wishful Treasure Bag, found a small green snake inside, put it back, and went to call in his waiting companions.

Huo Yuhao brought everyone into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they explored the herbs and settled in while he investigated the Chaos Energy sealed within his bones. He also made Soul Tools to hide the Soul Beasts’ identities, then spent the next two days tending to Octagonal and refining pills.

• Huo Yuhao led everyone through the Poison Miasma into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained how to gather its herbs without uprooting them.
• Raven, Xiao Bai, A-Tai, and the others rushed to enjoy the spring and its treasures, while Snow Empress comforted Ice Empress about adjusting to the group.
• Elder Yi told Huo Yuhao that the Gold of Life had fused with his bones and was sealing immense Chaos Energy, which could be dangerous to control; he accepted herbs to stabilize his Divine Soul and granted Huo Yuhao access to the Undead Demiplane.
• Huo Yuhao made Soul Tools that concealed the Soul Beasts’ auras and simulated human Martial Souls and Soul Rings, but Tian Meng could not use his until he learned to transform into human form.
• For the next two days, Huo Yuhao fertilized Octagonal with Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and refined pills from herbs he picked at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Huo Yuhao searched Heaven Dou City for old books but found no bookstore, then ran into Dugu Yan, who offered to take him shopping. Meanwhile, Evil Lord reflected on feeling trapped by his fate before joining Ice Empress and Snow Empress in exploring the city.

• Huo Yuhao, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Evil Lord entered Heaven Dou City and split up to explore.
• Evil Lord helped a servant child who bumped into him, then told Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he saw himself as a failure trapped in a cage.
• Evil Lord cheered up and went to the market, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress headed to a clothing store hand in hand.
• Huo Yuhao wandered half the city looking for books and learned from Dugu Yan that Heaven Dou City had no bookstores.
• Dugu Yan told Huo Yuhao that her grandfather's Soul Power had risen and his hair was no longer green, then offered to buy Huo Yuhao some clothes.
• Elder Yi finished absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and medicinal herbs, stabilizing his Divine Soul somewhat.

Dugu Yan took Huo Yuhao to a clothing store, where the manager dressed her in a blue-and-white outfit and Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Evil Lord joined them. After Dugu Yan covered the bill and invited Huo Yuhao to visit her grandfather, Huo Yuhao agreed while the others headed back separately.

• Dugu Yan brought Huo Yuhao to a clothing store and asked the manager to give her a makeover.
• The manager dressed Huo Yuhao in a blue-and-white dress, and Snow Empress and Ice Empress approved of the outfit.
• Evil Lord arrived, teased Huo Yuhao about wearing a dress, and Snow Empress introduced him and the others to Dugu Yan under human-friendly names.
• Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao for four hundred Gold Soul Coins, so Huo Yuhao asked Dugu Yan to lend her the money and Dugu Yan put the bill on her tab.
• Dugu Yan invited Huo Yuhao to visit her grandfather, and Huo Yuhao accepted before the two groups went their separate ways.

Huo Yuhao visited Dugu Bo’s manor with Dugu Yan, returned the Nine-Section Jade, and offered Dugu Bo Mystic Water Pills to sell. After Dugu Yan tried one, Dugu Bo agreed to help Huo Yuhao sell the remaining pills and arrange a pass to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy library.

• Dugu Yan brought Huo Yuhao to Dugu Bo’s manor, where Dugu Bo thanked him for the Detoxification Pill and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Huo Yuhao returned Dugu Bo’s Nine-Section Jade and showed him the Mystic Water Pills he wanted to sell.
• Dugu Yan took a Mystic Water Pill, absorbed it, and complained about the foul-smelling impurities it expelled.
• Dugu Bo accepted Huo Yuhao’s two remaining pills for sale and gave him a Black Card as thanks.
• Dugu Bo offered to arrange a library pass for Huo Yuhao, and Dugu Yan later invited him to meet her friends at the academy.

Unable to sleep, Huo Yuhao wandered into the garden and found the maids working late, which reminded him of his mother. After calming the frightened maids and treating one’s wound, he returned to his room troubled by their hardship and his inability to help.

• Huo Yuhao asked Elder Yi about the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and went for a nighttime stroll when he could not sleep.
• He watched the maids mending clothes and remembered how his mother had worked late to care for him.
• The maids saw Huo Yuhao outside their window, feared he would report them, and knelt to beg his forgiveness.
• Huo Yuhao promised not to tell anyone, helped the injured younger maid, and learned that the maids worked extra hours to support their families.
• The maids refused Huo Yuhao’s offer of money, and he returned to his bedroom without telling anyone what had happened.