Chapter Summaries

The Dragon God’s consciousness emerged from the Dragon God Core and explained that the Cosmic Consciousness had caused him to lose control during his ascension, leading him to kill the Dragon Clan Crown Prince. The revelation left the group with more questions, and Evil Lord confronted the Dragon God about the curse that had plagued Soul Beasts.

• The Dragon God appeared from the Dragon God Core, recognized Xiao An, and thanked Huo Yuhao for bringing him back, but Huo Yuhao told him to let Xiao An choose his own path.
• The Dragon God recounted how he had sensed a familiar aura in Huo Yuhao and later discovered Xiao An, then revealed himself after Xiao An reacted to the Universe Creation Pill.
• Di Tian greeted the Dragon God, who recalled him and continued his account of the upheaval.
• The Dragon God explained that the Cosmic Consciousness had influenced him during his ascent to a God Star, causing him to lose control and kill the Dragon Clan Crown Prince.
• Evil Lord demanded to know why the Dragon God had placed a curse on Soul Beasts, and Di Tian moved to pull him back.

Huo Yuhao accused the Dragon God of engineering the Soul Beasts’ tribulations and the Dragon Clan’s suffering to ensure that a successor with his bloodline would inherit the Dragon God’s position. The Dragon God avoided confirming or denying the accusation and asked whether Huo Yuhao intended to finish off the recovering figure before him.

• The Dragon God said the curse could be broken when a new Dragon God took his rightful place, prompting disbelief from the Evil Lord, Elder Yi, and the others.
• Elder Yi challenged the Dragon God’s reasoning, but the Dragon God dismissed his ability to understand the method.
• Huo Yuhao argued that the Dragon God had planned to make a pure-blooded successor and had accepted the suffering of Soul Beasts, the Dragon Clan, and other races to secure his bloodline’s rule.
• The Dragon God briefly averted his eyes as everyone watched him, then told Huo Yuhao that the figure recovering before him would thank her for bringing him there.
• The Dragon God questioned whether Huo Yuhao planned to finish the recovering figure off and whether she could stop him once his original power returned.

Huo Yuhao condemned the Dragon God for sacrificing his race to preserve his bloodline’s status, while clarifying that he wanted the curse on Soul Beasts broken rather than the Dragon God’s power. The Dragon God fell silent, and Di Tian began to question the beliefs he had held about the Dragon God and the Dragon Clan.

• Huo Yuhao told the Dragon God he would not interfere with the recovery process, but hoped the curse on all Soul Beasts would be broken afterward.
• Huo Yuhao accused the Dragon God of sacrificing his race to protect his bloodline’s status and compared him to other powerful figures who treated people as expendable.
• The Dragon God asked whether Huo Yuhao would stop the process or claim the power, and warned that he could still cause trouble.
• Huo Yuhao said he wanted no power and had spoken so the others would know the truth about the Dragon God’s past actions.
• Di Tian listened without defending the Dragon God and began to feel that the distinction he had made between the Dragon Clan and Soul Beasts had no meaning.

Huo Yuhao waited in Dragon Valley as Xiao An slowly integrated the Golden Dragon King’s Power, while the Dragon God’s history changed how Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, and Di Tian understood themselves and their past. Huo Yuhao helped Tang Wulin control the Golden Dragon King’s emotions, and Xiao An’s integration remained underway.

• Xiao An spent two weeks integrating the Golden Dragon King’s Power alongside the Silver Dragon King’s power while Huo Yuhao and the others kept watch.
• Gu Yuena learned she was a new soul rather than a fragment of the Dragon God’s Consciousness, and she began to see herself as Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena.
• Tang Wulin and the other Soul Beasts reacted with discomfort to the Dragon God’s past actions, and Di Tian stopped showing the Dragon God’s Consciousness his former respect.
• Tang Wulin gave Huo Yuhao the Dragon God’s Tears Bracelet, and Huo Yuhao examined the Golden Dragon King’s Seal in Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed most of the violent emotions within the Golden Dragon King’s Power, then declined Tang Wulin’s offer of the Ice God Pearl because he could create similar treasures himself.

In Dragon Valley, Huo Yuhao watched Xiao An fuse two powers while Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin returned the Fire Dragon King’s dragon cloud to its resting place. After Qiu’er left, the Dragon God’s Consciousness warned Huo Yuhao that the chaos energy sealed inside him could not be stopped if released, though his warning offered no useful advice.

• The Time Dragon King briefly appeared before the Dragon God’s Consciousness, then hid himself again among the Dragon souls.
• Gu Yuena told Qiu’er that the Fire Dragon King’s return suggested his descendants still lived elsewhere, and she and Tang Wulin left Dragon Valley after burying his dragon cloud.
• Qiu’er sat quietly with Huo Yuhao before leaving, while he continued working on the items in his hands.
• The Dragon God’s Consciousness sensed the chaos energy sealed inside Huo Yuhao and warned that no one could stop it if it escaped or detonated.
• Huo Yuhao and the others regarded the Dragon God’s Consciousness’s warning as obvious and unhelpful.

Huo Yuhao explained to the Dragon God’s Consciousness that the Integration Movement was not meant to last forever, but to help people understand their hardships and work together to change them. After Huo Yuhao finished explaining his approach, the Dragon God’s Consciousness fell silent.

• The Dragon God’s Consciousness asked Huo Yuhao whether the Integration Movement could endure forever.
• Huo Yuhao said that neither the movement nor Integration Star would necessarily last forever, and explained that he had chosen this work because he wanted to help people save themselves.
• Huo Yuhao described how division and misplaced blame kept people from recognizing the forces causing their suffering.
• Huo Yuhao argued that lasting change required social safeguards, education, oversight, and plans for unexpected problems, not just good intentions.
• Huo Yuhao finished the object he had been making as he said he only hoped people would see that seemingly permanent problems could be solved.
• The Dragon God’s Consciousness remained silent, while the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life sensed what made Huo Yuhao different.

Xiao An completed the fusion of the two powers and awakened with a transformed dragon body and aura. After reliving the Dragon Clan Crown Prince’s memories and witnessing the Dragon God’s devastation, he greeted Huo Yuhao and then addressed the Dragon God’s consciousness.

• Huo Yuhao waited with the Dragon God’s consciousness, the God of Destruction, and the Goddess of Life as Xiao An fused the powers within his body.
• The Dragon God’s consciousness recounted the Dragon God’s past, and Huo Yuhao learned that the Dragon Clan Crown Prince’s death had driven the Dragon God’s later actions.
• Xiao An’s dream continued beyond his death, showing him the Dragon God’s rampage, the destruction of the Dragon God Realm, and the Dragon God splitting into the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings.
• Xiao An revisited memories of another version of himself and ended the dream by clasping hands with him.
• Xiao An awakened as his dragon phantom merged into his body, and his new aura stirred Dragon Valley.
• Huo Yuhao congratulated Xiao An, who then turned to the Dragon God’s consciousness and addressed him as the Dragon God.

Huo Yuhao returned the Water Dragon King’s dragon cloud and several items to the Dragon Clan Crown Prince, then shared his feelings and asked him to remove the Curse when he became the next Dragon God. After leaving Dragon Valley, Huo Yuhao returned to Integration Star in a somber mood and silenced Austin Griffin.

• The Dragon God’s Consciousness acknowledged the Dragon Clan Crown Prince’s objections to his past actions and stepped aside with the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Dragon Clan Crown Prince the Water Dragon King’s dragon cloud, which returned to the sky of Dragon Valley after recognizing him.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Dragon Clan Crown Prince the Dragon God Core, the Dragon God's Tears, a Storage Soul Tool, and a set of four-word battle armor, then spoke of his feelings for him.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Dragon Clan Crown Prince to remove the Curse once he became the next Dragon God and urged him to stay safe and take his time.
• Huo Yuhao embraced the Dragon Clan Crown Prince, left Dragon Valley, and returned to Integration Star.
• Austin Griffin questioned Huo Yuhao about his mood, and Huo Yuhao cut off his voice to regain some quiet.

Huo Yuhao and Qiu'er shared a quiet moment of companionship after his powers fused, while he reflected on his changing identity and relationships. Days later, Ling Zichen pleaded with Huo Yuhao to let her study his source equipment as Zhen Hua and Tang Wulin visited to examine his five-word battle armor.

• Qiu'er sat down and let Huo Yuhao rest his head on her lap as they quietly enjoyed each other's company.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that his role as Dragon Clan Crown Prince and future Dragon God meant his relationships had to adjust, though his feelings remained unchanged.
• A few days later at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Zhen Hua and Tang Wulin examined Huo Yuhao's Ice Extreme God of War Armor and learned how it had been forged.
• Ling Zichen pleaded with Huo Yuhao for another chance to inspect his source equipment, while Cao Dezhi, Zang Xin, Tang Wulin, and the others watched awkwardly.
• Huo Yuhao listened to Ling Zichen while reading a report, then looked up at her.

Ling Zichen, Zhen Hua, and the others visited Integration Star to study adaptive soul forging, where they witnessed its production line and the Integration Movement’s use of magic and alchemy. Ling Zichen then discovered an unfinished Soul Tool and began examining its power system, driven by her longstanding interest in the source.

• Ling Zichen, Zhen Hua, and the others visited Integration Star to learn how adaptive soul forging was made, confident that seeing the process would not let them easily reproduce it without understanding magic and alchemy.
• Zhen Hua and the other blacksmiths watched the adaptive soul forging production line and recognized how its output could transform blacksmithing.
• Ling Zichen studied the enchanting applied to metals and considered how it could improve the nanomaterial armor beneath her skin.
• Ling Zichen followed unusual-sized parts from a production line and entered a facility where an unfinished Soul Tool was being built.
• Ling Zichen examined the Soul Tool’s power system before she was caught, explaining that researching the source had long been her own and her late parents’ wish.

Huo Yuhao confronted Ling Zichen about risking her health for Soul Tool research and made her drink healing water before allowing her to join the power-system research. After the others left, he spoke with Yue Ye about his feelings toward Xiao An and asked about her relationship with A Bao.

• Huo Yuhao explained that the Soul Tool’s power system used energy refined from ten pieces of Heavenly Refinement metal and required twenty-five pieces in total, surprising Cao Dezhi, Zang Xin, Tang Wulin, and Zhen Hua.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ling Zichen life-energy water and warned her against sacrificing her health through experiments on her own body.
• Huo Yuhao told Ling Zichen she could join the research only after recovering, and Sidi escorted her away.
• After Tang Wulin and the others left, Yue Ye asked whether Huo Yuhao felt better, and he admitted he was still adjusting to Xiao An’s other identity.
• Huo Yuhao asked Yue Ye how things were going with A Bao, but she avoided answering and left.

Huo Yuhao checked Ling Zichen’s recovery, then visited the War God Temple with Qiu’er to meet Tianhuo and the Fire Host People. Tianhuo asked Huo Yuhao to help them find Falan Star, hoping the Integration Movement could take them home.

• Huo Yuhao sensed that Ling Zichen’s body was slowly recovering and discussed the Source Spring with her before she left.
• Huo Yuhao observed the steady progress of Soul Spirit restoration and Soul Beast City’s construction while Da Ming and Er Ming stayed mostly at Shrek Academy.
• Chen Xinjie told Huo Yuhao that a race in the War God Temple wanted to meet him, so Huo Yuhao and Qiu’er went to its eighteenth underground level.
• Tianhuo met Huo Yuhao and explained that the Fire Host People hoped he would help them find Falan Star.
• Tianhuo believed the Integration Movement’s ability to unite races from different worlds gave the Fire Host People their best chance of returning home.

Tianhuo asked Huo Yuhao to help the Fire Host Clan find Falan Star, and Huo Yuhao gave the clan’s Seven-Colored Lotus Flower Flame to Qiu'er. Later, while weighing the coming conflicts with the Abyss Plane and Holy Spirit Cult, Huo Yuhao received a call from the Ghost Emperor.

• Tianhuo told Huo Yuhao about the Fire Host Clan’s longing to return to Falan Star, and Huo Yuhao promised to search for it when circumstances allowed.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Seven-Colored Lotus Flower Flame to Qiu'er, where it merged into her palm as a flame rune.
• Huo Yuhao left the War God Temple and considered his unease about Dragon Valley, the Abyss Plane, and the missing Holy Spirit Cult.
• Austin Griffin urged Huo Yuhao to visit the Blood God Legion and fight in the Abyss Passage, and Huo Yuhao considered the suggestion.
• Huo Yuhao answered a call on Qiangu Dongfeng’s Soul Guidance Communicator and heard the Ghost Emperor address him as Qiangu Dongfeng.

The Demon Empress used the Blood River God-Slaying Array to reach the threshold of god-level strength and prepared to open the Abyss Passage. As she began, she sensed Douluo Star’s defenses were strangely fragile, but set the concern aside to pursue her revenge on Tang San.

• The Demon Empress absorbed the power and resentment of tens of millions of souls, surpassing the limits of the Quasi-God realm.
• The Ghost Emperor celebrated her breakthrough and privately planned to use the Demon Empress and the Abyss Plane as pawns to create a new Divine Realm.
• The Demon Empress questioned why Douluo Star’s limit had been so easy to cross and recalled how her pursuit of revenge had distanced her from Lan Fozi.
• The Ghost Emperor told the Demon Empress that all preparations were complete, and she agreed to begin opening the Abyss Passage.
• More than a dozen Holy Spirit Cult members channeled the magic arrays as the Demon Empress began warping space, then sensed that Douluo Star’s defenses were unusually fragile.

Lan Fozi watched the Demon Empress grow increasingly changed inside the Blood River God-Slaying Array while Ghost Emperor eagerly awaited the plan to open the Abyss Passage and unleash a war across Douluo Star. He called Qiangu Dongfeng to offer him an “opportunity,” leaving the threat and its details about to be revealed.

• Lan Fozi worried that the Demon Empress was becoming deranged through her pursuit of revenge, but she stayed away because she could not stop her.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s members anticipated the plan’s success, while Na Nali, Leng Yulai, and Ha Luosa each remained preoccupied with their own concerns.
• Ghost Emperor recalled how he and Qiangu Dongfeng had used one another, and imagined a war that would let the Abyss Plane harvest life energy while the Holy Spirit Cult gathered resentment and negative energy.
• Ghost Emperor left the cavern’s main area, called Qiangu Dongfeng, and began to announce the coming new era as an opportunity for his former partner.

Huo Yuhao used Qiangu Dongfeng’s communicator to learn about the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans, then revealed his identity to Ghost Emperor. Ghost Emperor feared the return of Spirit Ice Douluo but proceeded with preparations to open the Sacred Abyss Passage.

• Huo Yuhao realized the caller was Ghost Emperor, who had not heard that Qiangu Dongfeng had been executed.
• Huo Yuhao imitated Qiangu Dongfeng and tried to coax Ghost Emperor into revealing the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans, but Ghost Emperor grew suspicious.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Qiangu Dongfeng was dead and identified himself as Spirit Ice Douluo, challenging Ghost Emperor to come after him.
• Ghost Emperor ended the call and recalled the earlier disturbance to Douluo Star’s Plane Magic Array, but took comfort in the Demon Empress opening the Abyss Passage.
• Ha Luosa found Ghost Emperor shaken, and Ghost Emperor told him to prepare for the Abyss Plane’s arrival and begin their plan.

After learning that the Holy Spirit Cult might be working with the Abyss Plane to open a passage on Douluo Star, Huo Yuhao warned the leaders and organized preparations for a joint response. She located the likely passage site and set out to reach it before the attack began.

• Huo Yuhao inferred from Ghost Emperor’s remarks and the Holy Spirit Cult’s secrecy that it might be preparing an Abyss Passage with the Abyss Plane.
• Huo Yuhao briefed the leaders at Spirit Hall, identified the Douluo Continent as the likely region, and urged them to prepare for an imminent crisis.
• Huo Yuhao offered spatial passages so Dai Tianling and Xue Yuntian could bring troops, while Mo Lan described the difficulties of carrying out reforms.
• Tang Wulin and Yun Ming reflected on Shrek Academy’s destruction as the various forces mobilized troops and supplies.
• Huo Yuhao used reconnaissance and divine sense to identify the Holy Spirit Cult’s chosen site, then prepared to warn the others and reach it ahead of them.

The Northern Legion prepared for an imminent attack on the Far North frontier, but its commander, Guo Zhenfeng, had little understanding of the Abyss Demons the Military Department warned them about. The chapter ended with the legion fully mobilized and anxiously waiting for the enemy to appear.

• Northern Legion soldiers reinforced their defenses and watched the empty snowfields, unsure what threat they would face.
• Guo Zhenfeng asked his staff officer about the situation, and the officer reported that the legion’s fighter aircraft had found nothing unusual.
• The staff officer questioned the scale of the mobilization and asked whether the Abyss Demons were more dangerous than past Beast Tides.
• Guo Zhenfeng recalled the Military Department’s warnings but remained uncertain what Abyss Demons were like or how dangerous they would be.
• Guo Zhenfeng kept the Northern Legion on constant alert while fighter aircraft continued scouting the Far North.

Northern Legion aircraft discovered a vast horde of Abyss Demons advancing through the Far North, and most of the reconnaissance force was destroyed. Guo Zhenfeng ordered the legion to meet the horde at the front line, where the defenders opened fire as the demons charged.

• Northern Legion pilots spotted the Abyss Demons spreading across the Far North, and the dark swarm destroyed over ninety percent of the aircraft sent to investigate.
• Guo Zhenfeng ordered the Northern Legion to prepare for battle, abandon concerns about ammunition, and move to the front line.
• The Abyss Demons emerged across the horizon and advanced toward the legion's defensive positions as soldiers braced for their arrival.
• Guo Zhenfeng piloted his Red-Rank Mecha to the front and ordered the legion to fire at will.
• Northern Legion soldiers, mecha, and soul guidance emplacements bombarded the advancing demons, destroying many as the battle began.

The Northern Legion’s defensive lines were overwhelmed as Abyss Demons surged up the mountain and attacked from the air. Guo Zhenfeng saw another summit position fall, then piloted his Red-Rank Mecha to face the advancing horde.

• A soldier and a veteran retreated from the forward trench as the Northern Legion withdrew toward the summit defensive line.
• A Purple-Grade Mecha officer ordered buried shells detonated, triggering a landslide that briefly buried the leading Abyss Demons before the horde pushed through.
• Northern Legion soldiers fired from the summit while other troops tried to intercept Four-Clawed Bats and Six-Clawed Bats sweeping in from the sky.
• After thirty minutes of fighting, Guo Zhenfeng saw that the first defensive line had fallen and only a few positions on the second remained.
• Guo Zhenfeng watched another summit position explode and its last defenders perish, then piloted his Red-Rank Mecha toward the approaching Abyss Demons.