Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Heaven Dou City, where he planned to make her the first person to gain a Soul Ring through a Soul Spirit Contract. After meeting Tian Meng and the others, Zhu Zhuqing accompanied Huo Yuhao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, overwhelmed by how many people he called family.

• Tang Hao destroyed a remote Spirit Hall Branch and continued plotting around the rabbit and Tang San.
• The Sea Princess stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while she and the others spent their time relaxing and enjoying food in Heaven Dou City.
• Octagonal struggled to keep up with the snow lotus, which rapidly absorbed spiritual energy and grew faster than the other plants.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Heaven Dou City, where Zhu Zhuqing had reached rank thirty and Huo Yuhao had reached rank forty-eight.
• Tian Meng found Huo Yuhao and brought him and Zhu Zhuqing to meet the Snow Empress and the others at a restaurant.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Zhu Zhuqing to his family and took her with them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Huo Yuhao gave Zhu Zhuqing a rare plant and explained his vision for reconciling humans and Soul Beasts through mutual Soul Spirit Contracts. After the others doubted the plan’s chances, he revealed that he also sought the power of faith as a path to godhood.

• Huo Yuhao gave Zhu Zhuqing Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and asked her to represent a new method of obtaining her third Soul Ring, and she agreed before beginning to absorb it.
• Huo Yuhao told the Evil Lord and the others that he wanted to establish the Spirit Pagoda and address the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Huo Yuhao described how humans exploited Soul Beasts and how expanding cities reduced their habitats, arguing that both groups were necessary to Douluo Star’s development.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that humans and Soul Beasts form mutually beneficial Soul Spirit Contracts and cultivate together, but the Sea Princess, A-Jin, the Snow Empress, and the Wolf King doubted the plan could succeed.
• The Evil Lord questioned whether Huo Yuhao had withheld part of his purpose, and Huo Yuhao explained that he sought godhood through inheritance or the power of faith.

Huo Yuhao considered possible divine legacies and alternative ways to pursue godhood, while weighing the dangers posed by Tang San and recalling his painful experience in Qiankun Asking Love Valley. The discussion ended with A-Tai learning that the Ice God did not exist and that the Far North had no Ice God legacy to offer.

• Huo Yuhao told the others he planned to use the Spirit Pagoda to gather faith and explained why he could not safely rely on Sea God Island or confront Tang San.
• Tian Meng suggested Qiankun Asking Love Valley, and Huo Yuhao recalled Wang Dong'er's death there and Rong Nianbing's cryptic response to his questions about the God of Love.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed possible divine legacies at Spirit Hall, Sea God Island, Slaughter City, and Qiankun Asking Love Valley, concluding that most were inaccessible or uncertain.
• A-Tai asked whether they should investigate a clue to the Ice God's legacy in the Far North, and the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, and A Ling explained that no Ice God existed.
• A-Tai struggled to accept the revelation that his clan had no Ice God's bloodline, but the Ice Empress comforted him until he accepted it.

Huo Yuhao and the others discussed how he might become a god, and Elder Yi proposed turning his Undead Demiplane into a complete, independent plane that could serve as a new Divine Realm. The idea excited them, but Elder Yi explained that the demiplane still lacked the living cycles needed to sustain itself.

• Xiao Bai promised A-Tai her share of any future reward, and A-Tai stopped crying after recruiting the Wolf King and A-Jin as witnesses.
• Huo Yuhao and the others discussed God Inheritances and gathering Power of Faith through the Spirit Pagoda as possible paths to godhood.
• Elder Yi asked why they wanted to become gods, and the group described their hopes of escaping Heavenly Tribulations and protecting their people.
• Elder Yi proposed completing his Undead Demiplane so its own laws could free its inhabitants from Douluo Star's rules.
• Elder Yi explained that the demiplane still depended on its user's world and lacked life capable of sustaining an ongoing cycle.

Huo Yuhao and his companions settled on their plans for pursuing godhood and agreed to establish the Spirit Pagoda, then took Zhu Zhuqing to Sunset Forest to find her third soul ring. Huo Yuhao introduced her to Soul Tools and the Spirit Pagoda’s work, and the group sensed something unusual as they traveled through the forest.

• Huo Yuhao and his companions chose to pursue god inheritance and self-created godhood while keeping the Undead Main Plane problem as a possible backup concern.
• Huo Yuhao and the others agreed to present themselves as members of the Spirit Pagoda, which would promote Soul Tools and Soul Spirit Contracts.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke after absorbing the narcissus jade muscle bone, and Huo Yuhao invited her to obtain her third soul ring using their method.
• Huo Yuhao took Zhu Zhuqing, A-Jin, and A-Hua to Sunset Forest and explained the Spirit Pagoda’s purpose along the way.
• Huo Yuhao gave Zhu Zhuqing a Class 5 Soul Tool Shield, which withstood her attack but consumed a substantial amount of soul power.
• Huo Yuhao and the others sensed something unusual through Spiritual Detection Sharing as they walked through Sunset Forest.

Huo Yuhao and his companions encountered a fifty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, which fled after A-Jin struck it. A-Jin then brought a badly injured Night Shadow Cat from a cave, and Huo Yuhao discovered that its damaged soul origin meant healing its body might not restore its ability to control it.

• A-Hua destroyed a Man Faced Demon Spider's web, and the spider attacked Huo Yuhao's group.
• A-Jin and A-Hua revealed their Titled Douluo strength and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and A-Jin punched the Man Faced Demon Spider until it rolled away.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether all the seniors Huo Yuhao had introduced were Titled Douluos, and Huo Yuhao confirmed they were.
• A-Jin entered a cave and returned about half an hour later with a badly injured Night Shadow Cat.
• Huo Yuhao examined the Night Shadow Cat and found its injuries severe, including partial damage to its soul origin that could leave it unable to control its body even if healed.

Huo Yuhao helped Zhu Zhuqing form a Soul Spirit Contract with the dying Night Shadow Cat, giving Zhu Zhuqing a black third Soul Ring and a powerful new skill. The group buried the cat’s former body and returned toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Zhu Zhuqing and her new Soul Spirit, Little Black.

• Huo Yuhao brought the dying Night Shadow Cat to Zhu Zhuqing and explained that she had agreed to become Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Spirit.
• Huo Yuhao guided Zhu Zhuqing and the Night Shadow Cat through the contract, and they completed the first Soul Spirit Contract of the era.
• Zhu Zhuqing gained a black third Soul Ring, rose to rank thirty-six, and named the Night Shadow Cat Little Black.
• A-Jin explained that few healthy Soul Beasts would risk joining an unknown contract, so she had brought back the injured Night Shadow Cat.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others buried Little Black’s former body, then headed back toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated Shadow Strike, which doubled her speed and let her pass through obstacles, while Huo Yuhao explained that the narcissus jade muscle bone had raised her Soul Power.

Huo Yuhao offered Zhu Zhuqing a place as the first person to use his modified Soul Spirit Contract, promising to provide her future Soul Rings and Soul Bones. As he explained the contract’s protections and limits, he reflected on how difficult it would be to overcome human greed and Soul Beasts’ distrust and achieve coexistence.

• Huo Yuhao privately offered Zhu Zhuqing the first Soul Spirit Contract and promised to secure her future Soul Rings and Soul Bones; she accepted without hesitation.
• Zhu Zhuqing guessed that Huo Yuhao’s own Soul Rings came from the contract and that their colors were disguised, and he acknowledged it without explaining further.
• Huo Yuhao cooked for everyone at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Zhu Zhuqing gradually grew comfortable among the Titled Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao’s modified contract let each Soul Spirit retain its body, provide one Soul Ring, and evade heavenly tribulations by hiding its aura beneath its Soul Master’s.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that the contract’s promise of mutual benefit could not by itself overcome Soul Beasts’ distrust, human exploitation, and the longstanding conflict between the two sides.
• Elder Yi understood Huo Yuhao’s frustration but could only comfort her, since neither of them could erase human greed or Soul Beasts’ suspicion.

Huo Yuhao planned to fund the Spirit Pagoda by crafting and selling soul tools, hoping to make the continent accept and develop them. After running short of rare metals, he went to Heaven Dou City to find a supplier and discovered that someone was watching him.

• Huo Yuhao decided that the soul spirit contract could not yet be promoted and that he needed funding and support to establish the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to sell soul tools to encourage their acceptance and development across the Douluo Continent.
• Huo Yuhao crafted soul tools while Zhu Zhuqing cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he told her Little Black would provide her fourth soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao sent Wolf King and A-Jin to search Sunset Forest for rare metals, but they returned with only a small, incomplete assortment.
• Huo Yuhao went alone to Heaven Dou City to seek a rare-metal merchant and sensed that people were following him, with some heading toward the Spirit Hall Branch.
• A carriage blocked Huo Yuhao's way, and he casually opened its door and climbed inside.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Xue Ke, who thanked him for the Mystic Water Pill and explained why orphanages outside Spirit City would be exploited rather than protected. He left the conversation confronting the widespread trafficking and abuse of children, with Spirit Hall’s orphanage as the only limited exception.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to speak privately with Xue Ke, who thanked him for the Mystic Water Pill and said she had reached rank thirty but feared getting a Soul Ring because of the crown prince.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xue Ke why he had found no orphanages outside Spirit City during his travels.
• Xue Ke explained that empires, nobles, and sects had little incentive to fund orphanages and would fight over control and profits.
• Xue Ke said corrupt managers would take benefits from the children, sending talented ones to their backers, attractive ones to brothels, and others into slavery.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed he had encountered slave traders whose buyers were mostly nobles, and Xue Ke said such exploitation already occurred throughout society.
• Xue Ke explained that Spirit Hall could protect its orphanage in Spirit City from outside interference, and Huo Yuhao stared at his tea in silence.

Huo Yuhao reflected on the Divine Realm and the exploitation in the world while sharing tea with Xue Ke, then left her carriage and resumed walking through Heaven Dou City. As several powerful factions learned of his return and moved to meet him, he continued to question how he could change the world.

• Huo Yuhao asked Xue Ke whether she believed in gods, and their conversation led him to compare the Divine Realm's indifference with the suffering in the world below.
• Xue Ke explained that tea farmers and ordinary people were exploited while nobles and powerful groups traded the finest tea to curry favor, leaving Huo Yuhao troubled by how little killing the culprits would change.
• Huo Yuhao gave Xue Ke a level-four Soul Tool Shield and warned her to keep it hidden, while Xue Ke gave him a small rose-gold badge in return.
• Huo Yuhao jumped from Xue Ke's moving carriage and resumed strolling through Heaven Dou City as spies reported his presence to the city's major powers.
• Salas, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi each set out toward Heaven Dou City after learning that Huo Yuhao had appeared there.
• Huo Yuhao studied the Cosmos Hundred Treasure Pouch Dugu Bo had given him and continued walking, unable to find an answer to why the world had become so unjust.

Huo Yuhao acted frightened when Crown Prince Xue Qinghe stopped him, hoping to make Xue Qinghe doubt his assumptions about the faction protecting him. Xue Qinghe was instead captivated by Huo Yuhao’s appearance, leaving the crown prince and his attendants with unexpected impressions of him.

• Xue Qinghe stopped Huo Yuhao and invited him into his carriage, while an attendant reprimanded Huo Yuhao for failing to salute the crown prince.
• Huo Yuhao apologized and remained kneeling, deliberately acting timid to mislead Xue Qinghe about the faction behind him.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Huo Yuhao to rise and helped him up, intending to apologize.
• Xue Qinghe froze when he saw Huo Yuhao’s tearful, frightened expression, and his attendants and hidden guards guessed that their young master was taken with him.
• Huo Yuhao continued his act, unaware that everyone watching found his performance captivating.

Xue Qinghe rescued Huo Yuhao after he fell, invited him into her carriage, and tried to assess whether his fear was genuine while planning to uncover his secrets. In the Sea of Consciousness, Elder Yi explained that Huo Yuhao sensed the Crown Prince’s powerful light aura because he himself had an affinity for light, and Huo Yuhao returned to the carriage conversation still pretending to be unsettled.

• Xue Qinghe helped Huo Yuhao up, apologized, and invited him into her carriage after noticing his frightened behavior.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the invitation after glancing at an attendant, while Xue Qinghe dismissed the other attendants and resolved to control him and investigate his secrets.
• Huo Yuhao and Elder Yi discussed the intense light aura they had sensed from Xue Qinghe and considered how it related to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s swan Martial Soul.
• Elder Yi explained that Huo Yuhao’s light affinity had allowed him to host Elder Yi’s remnant soul and had been strengthened by later gifts and sacrifices.
• Huo Yuhao returned his attention to Xue Qinghe and continued acting uneasy as he dealt with the Crown Prince.

Xue Qinghe took Huo Yuhao to the Crown Prince's Residence, testing whether Huo Yuhao's allies would react while Huo Yuhao hid his own strength behind a timid persona. As several factions headed to the residence, Huo Yuhao noticed signs that Xue Qinghe's disguise was imperfect.

• Xue Qinghe brought Huo Yuhao to the Crown Prince's Residence, claiming he wanted to replace Huo Yuhao's dirty clothes while secretly testing Huo Yuhao's faction.
• Pufferfish and Snake Lance watched from the shadows as spies spread news of the incident to Ning Fengzhi, Prince Xue Xing, Xue Ye, and other factions.
• Ning Fengzhi went to the Crown Prince's Residence, while Prince Xue Xing's faction prepared to accuse Xue Qinghe of abducting a respectable woman.
• Xue Ye ordered a spy to investigate Huo Yuhao's martial soul, cultivation, and family background, and Salas also headed to the residence to maintain appearances for Spirit Hall.
• After changing clothes, Huo Yuhao had tea with Xue Qinghe and noticed stiffness in the Crown Prince's expressions, suspecting that Xue Qinghe was inexperienced at disguise.

Huo Yuhao uncovered Xue Qinghe’s disguise and used an unknown power to suppress her, revealing that the Crown Prince was actually Qian Renxue. After Salas took Huo Yuhao to Spirit Hall, Ning Fengzhi realized he had arrived too late and set out to retrieve him.

• Huo Yuhao noticed Xue Qinghe’s feminine gestures and suspected the Crown Prince was a woman in disguise.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived at the Crown Prince’s Residence, learned that the little girl had left, and discovered that Salas had already taken Huo Yuhao away.
• Ning Fengzhi went to Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City to try to take Huo Yuhao back.
• Qian Renxue, alone with Huo Yuhao, watched the groups outside the residence while he waited for a chance to act.
• Huo Yuhao grabbed Xue Qinghe’s hand, confirmed that she was a woman, and threatened to expose her secret.
• Qian Renxue tried to fight Huo Yuhao, but an unknown power suppressed her Six-Winged Angel, and she saw the gray Vertical Pupil on his forehead.

Huo Yuhao used Elder Yi’s guidance to suppress Qian Renxue, force a pact to keep their secrets, and escape the crown prince’s residence in disguise. After Ning Fengzhi’s fruitless search, Qian Renxue returned to her private room and reflected on her jealousy of Huo Yuhao and her resentment toward the woman who gave her orders.

• Huo Yuhao suppressed Qian Renxue with light-attribute power and persuaded her to keep their secrets from each other.
• Huo Yuhao disguised his face and clothes with nearby materials, then left while Qian Renxue remained immobilized.
• Qian Renxue regained her mobility and told Snake Lance to send Salas away while she handled Ning Fengzhi herself.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived after Huo Yuhao had vanished, mistakenly suspected Spirit Hall had taken him, and left without finding him.
• Qian Renxue returned to her original appearance in her candlelit bedroom and considered her jealousy of Huo Yuhao and her feelings toward that woman.

After failing to find rare metals in Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to wait for Dugu Bo and seek money by offering him soul tools. Dugu Bo realized Huo Yuhao was short on funds, but had not yet decided whether to buy anything.

• Huo Yuhao escaped the Crown Prince's residence in disguise and searched Heaven Dou City's shops for rare metals, but found none.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Zhu Zhuqing trained with A-Jin, and waited for Dugu Bo's expected visit.
• Dugu Bo arrived, and Huo Yuhao gave him Detoxification Pills before leading him to a quiet spot to show him soul tools.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his soul tools and explained why he wanted Dugu Bo to consider buying one or two.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Huo Yuhao was short of money, and Huo Yuhao gave an awkward smile.

Huo Yuhao accepted Dugu Bo’s financial help and discussed rumors about the Heaven Dou Crown Prince as well as the future of Soul Tools. Dugu Bo’s views on the continent’s factions left Huo Yuhao thinking he needed allies, and he returned to meditation.

• Dugu Bo gave Huo Yuhao Black Cards containing at least a million Gold Soul Coins, and Huo Yuhao gave him the Soul Tools he had examined in exchange.
• Dugu Bo told Huo Yuhao that Dugu Yan had often asked about him and had become a Soul King.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Huo Yuhao and the Heaven Dou Crown Prince had taken a fancy to each other, and Huo Yuhao denied it.
• Dugu Bo explained that people were spreading stories about the Crown Prince’s interest in a white-haired girl, while powerful figures suspected a political marriage alliance.
• Huo Yuhao asked Dugu Bo about the Soul Tools’ potential buyers and the continent’s factions, then concluded he needed to understand the factions and find allies.
• After Dugu Bo left, Huo Yuhao resumed meditating to increase his strength.

Rumors that Huo Yuhao had spent the night with Xue Qinghe led Heaven Dou’s factions to maneuver around a presumed alliance. Xue Ye let the court argue over marrying off the crown prince while he planned to speak with Xue Qinghe himself.

• Rumors spread that Huo Yuhao was staying with Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xue Xing concluded that the crown prince might be forming an alliance with her faction.
• Xue Ye learned about the Mystic Water Pill and the factions’ moves, then sent Xue Qinghe tonics that included whale rubber while Qian Renxue continued recovering in seclusion.
• Prince Xue Xing proposed that Xue Qinghe marry soon, and Ning Fengzhi and the crown prince’s supporters backed the idea while each promoted their own candidates.
• Xue Ye watched the factions argue over the crown princess and decided to let them wear one another down before choosing a position.
• Xue Ye ended the court assembly without a decision, citing Xue Qinghe’s meditation, and resolved to speak with him privately.

Xue Ke enjoyed a quiet afternoon while Qian Renxue reflected on how childhood wounds shaped her and Huo Yuhao’s choices. After resuming her Xue Qinghe disguise, she learned that Heaven Dou’s powerful factions were turning their attention to Huo Yuhao and prepared to receive Xue Ye’s secret visit.

• Xue Ke calmly drank tea and considered the court’s turmoil over the crown prince and Huo Yuhao.
• Qian Renxue meditated on how her childhood shaped her drive to surpass her mother and reconsidered her rivalry with Huo Yuhao.
• Qian Renxue connected Huo Yuhao’s rescue of Tian Meng to his own memories of being trapped and losing his mother.
• Qian Renxue changed into Xue Qinghe and heard Snake Lance Douluo report Xue Ye’s gifts and rumors about Huo Yuhao’s influence.
• Xue Qinghe realized Spirit Hall needed to contact Huo Yuhao before other powers and learn what had suppressed the Six-Winged Angel.
• Porcupinefish Douluo reported that Xue Ye was approaching secretly, and Xue Qinghe arranged to appear as though he had just learned of the visit.