Recaps

At his first morning court as emperor, Huo Yuhao established the Sun Moon Cabinet and appointed Jing Hongchen as its grand secretary after crushing opposition from imperial princes. The court adjourned as Xu Tianci suspected the dramatic proceedings had been planned in advance, marking the start of a major upheaval in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xu Guohai challenged Jing Hongchen's place in the court, while Jing Hongchen refused to yield to him.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the release of Xu Tianran's accomplices except those who remained defiant, then proposed a cabinet with authority over all state and imperial family affairs.
• Xu Guohai and other princes opposed the cabinet, but Huo Yuhao accused Xu Guohai and Xu Guoyi of aiding the coup that had brought the old emperor to power.
• Jing Hongchen captured Xu Guohai and Xu Guoyi, and Kong Deming ordered that their cultivation be stripped while sparing their lives.
• Huo Yuhao established the Sun Moon Cabinet, appointed Jing Hongchen as Cabinet Grand Secretary, and dismissed court.

Huo Yuhao established a Cabinet to govern the Sun Moon Empire while he withdrew from court to cultivate, rejecting calls for war and promising peaceful border talks. The chapter ended as he met Jing Hongchen at the Cabinet’s temporary headquarters.

• Huo Yuhao rejected the ministers’ daily memorials against the Cabinet and announced that it would handle state affairs during his seclusion.
• The Minister of Military Affairs reported that the Duke of Splendor had rebelled in the north, and Huo Yuhao dismissed the offer to double tribute.
• Huo Yuhao said he would send a Diplomatic Mission to the Star Luo Empire and Tianhun to discuss border affairs peacefully, rebuking a War Party minister who demanded a holy war.
• Huo Yuhao assigned foreign relations, national defense, and Military Department affairs to the Cabinet and dismissed court.
• Kong Deming told Ye Yulin that he trusted Jing Hongchen to lead the Cabinet and returned to seclusion to pursue Level 10 Soul Engineer status.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Jing Hongchen as Grand Secretary at the Cabinet’s temporary headquarters.

Huo Yuhao and Jing Hongchen discussed securing control of the Sun Moon Empire’s military and explored a diplomatic strategy to weaken Shrek Academy’s influence. Huo Yuhao restored Illustrious Virtue Hall’s lost research records, while Ju Zi began letting go of revenge and returned to her work.

• Jing Hongchen warned Huo Yuhao that he needed to win the soul engineer corps commanders’ obedience, and they planned to build military influence by sending Illustrious Virtue Hall graduates to suppress the Duke of Splendor’s rebellion.
• Huo Yuhao reaffirmed his peaceful foreign policy and proposed building a jointly run city and academy to draw talent away from Shrek Academy, though Jing Hongchen challenged the plan’s implications for Sun Moon.
• Huo Yuhao suggested calling the campaign against the Duke of Splendor a liberation and said he would oversee it to prevent needless deaths and military abuses.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had secretly copied Illustrious Virtue Hall’s research records, including Plan One, and Jing Hongchen eagerly seized the papers.
• Ke Ke brought Ju Zi food in Illustrious Virtue Hall’s Underground Base, where Xuan Ziwen told Ju Zi that Huo Yuhao’s peaceful rule would bring no more wars and urged her to focus on research.
• Ju Zi accepted the food and told Xuan Ziwen she could finish the new engraving plate that night.

Huo Yuhao oversaw Sun Moon Empire affairs and led a diplomatic mission to negotiate peace with Star Luo. When he met his father, the White Tiger Duke, he declared that he spoke with the Sun Moon Emperor’s authority.

• The new emperor empowered Jing Hongchen’s cabinet and entered seclusion, while Huo Yuhao trained Huo Qiu'er and recruited Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and seven other Illustrious Virtue Hall students for military service.
• Huo Yuhao planned diplomatic visits to Star Luo and Tianhun, followed by a journey north and an investigation of the Holy Spirit Cult’s former headquarters.
• The White Tiger Duke received a Sun Moon Empire armistice proposal, and Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei agreed to receive its diplomatic mission while keeping the Western Army Group on guard.
• Marshal Tian brought the Sun Moon delegation to meet the White Tiger Duke near the Mingdou Mountains, where Huo Yuhao appeared as chief ambassador.
• The White Tiger Duke asked whether the peace offer was sincere, and Huo Yuhao answered that his words were the Sun Moon Emperor’s words.

The Sun Moon Diplomatic Mission arrived in Star Luo City to negotiate peace, while Huo Yuhao traveled with the White Tiger Duke and reflected on their strained relationship. The two empires began historic peace talks, and Huo Yuhao declared he meant to resolve their conflict permanently.

• Emperor Xu Jiawei welcomed the Sun Moon Empire’s peace pledge and planned a banquet, while the Duchess worried that peace could weaken the White Tiger Duke’s command of the armies.
• The White Tiger Duke escorted Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon delegation toward Star Luo City, and Huo Yuhao explained how he had helped the new Sun Moon Emperor take the throne.
• Huo Yuhao told the White Tiger Duke that one generation of peace was not enough and that he intended to end the conflict between the empires for good.
• That night, Huo Yuhao told Huo Qiu'er and his soul companions that Dai Hao’s neglect had caused Huo Yun’er’s suffering, but he struggled to reconcile his resentment with Dai Hao’s virtues as a soldier.
• The Sun Moon Diplomatic Mission reached Star Luo City, where the two empires began peace negotiations after four thousand years of war.

Huo Yuhao led the Sun Moon Diplomatic Mission to Star Luo City, where Emperor Xu Jiawei accepted the proposal for peace and a shared city. At the banquet, Huo Yuhao spoke privately with Xu Jiujiu and Nebula Douluo before an ominous thought about the Duchess caught his attention.

• The Sun Moon Diplomatic Mission arrived in Star Luo City, and the White Tiger Duke led the envoys to the palace.
• Huo Yuhao read the Sun Moon Emperor’s proposal to Emperor Xu Jiawei, who agreed to pursue joint development and help build a shared city.
• The Star Luo court hosted a lavish banquet, where Huo Qiu’er focused on eating and Tian Meng secretly joined her using Simulation.
• Xu Jiujiu and Nebula Douluo thanked Huo Yuhao, and he assured them that the Sun Moon Empire would pose no threat for decades while warning that lasting peace depended on shared interests.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Huo Yuhao to dance, but he turned toward the hall after sensing a thought about getting rid of the Duchess.

At the Star Luo banquet, the Duchess insulted Huo Qiu'er, prompting Huo Yuhao to confront her as the Sun Moon Empire's Chief Ambassador. He framed the incident as a diplomatic matter and warned the Star Luo ministers that their choice was to negotiate or face the consequences.

• Huo Yuhao spotted the Duchess and recalled her cruelty toward Huo Yun'er, but he agreed to avoid confronting her at Xu Jiujiu's request.
• The Duchess noticed Huo Qiu'er and, after learning her name, muttered an insult about Huo Yuhao's mother.
• Huo Qiu'er threw a plate beside the Duchess and demanded that she repeat her insult, drawing the banquet's attention.
• Huo Yuhao approached and identified himself as the Sun Moon Empire's Chief Ambassador, while Xu Jiujiu sent Nebula Douluo to alert Xu Jiawei.
• The Duchess called Huo Yuhao a bastard, and he declared that insulting the diplomatic mission could be treated as a provocation between the two empires.

At a welcoming banquet, Huo Yuhao used the Duchess’s hostility toward peace negotiations to confront her publicly, while his mental suggestion drove her to expose her grievances against him and Dai Hao. The Star Luo Imperial Family stopped the confrontation by declaring her hysterical and placing her under care in the palace, but Huo Yuhao considered her punishment incomplete.

• Huo Yuhao released his pressure against the Duchess, framing her insults as an attack on peace between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao arrived, and Huo Yuhao withdrew his pressure while explaining that some Star Luo nobles were provoking the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Duchess accused Huo Yuhao of being part of a Sun Moon Empire deception, and Dai Hao ordered her to apologize.
• Under Huo Yuhao’s mental suggestion, the Duchess denounced Dai Hao for defending Huo Yuhao and his mother, then dared him to strike her.
• The Hall Master of the Star Luo Empire’s Offering Hall stopped Dai Hao and ordered the Duchess confined in the palace under Medicine Immortal Douluo’s care.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the confinement as a royal response but remained dissatisfied, believing he had yet to grant the Duchess her dignity.

At the Star Luo banquet, Huo Yuhao restrained his anger toward the Duchess during the diplomatic visit and danced with Xu Jiujiu. After receiving Huo Yun’er’s dagger, he hinted that he would arrange the Duchess’s death without killing her himself.

• Xu Jiawei restored the banquet and announced that Star Luo would send a diplomatic mission to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiujiu urged Huo Yuhao not to harm the Duchess during the diplomatic visit, and he promised not to lay a hand on her.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu danced while Huo Qiu'er watched, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress shared a dance in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness.
• After the banquet, Xu Jiujiu gave Huo Yuhao the White Tiger Dagger so he could pay respects to Huo Yun'er.
• Huo Yuhao told Huo Qiu'er that he would not kill the Duchess himself, implying that someone else would provide the offering.

The Duchess died by suicide after Huo Yuhao’s mental illusion made her believe both her sons had died in the war and that Dai Hao had left her a knife. At Huo Yun’er’s grave, Huo Yuhao revealed that he had taken revenge but doubted his mother would have approved.

• The Duchess awoke imprisoned in Qinghe Palace, attacked Ling’er, and was stopped by a barrier before Dai Hao arrived and reprimanded her for endangering peace with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Dai Yueheng visited his mother before departing for the western front, warning that he might not return; later, Dai Huabin told her Yueheng had been killed and left for battle himself.
• Dai Hao returned and told the Duchess that Huabin had also died, then left her a short knife, which she used to kill herself.
• Huo Yuhao revealed to Huo Qiu’er, Tian Meng, and the Ice and Snow Empresses that he had created the Duchess’s terrifying final experience through Mental Illusion and Mental Sensitivity.
• Huo Yuhao placed the bloodstained White Tiger Dagger at Huo Yun’er’s grave and said that enduring bitterness did not make someone rise above others.

Huo Yuhao reflected on Huo Yun'er and explained why he had made the Duchess suffer through an illusion before killing herself. Electrolux awakened at Huo Yun'er’s grave, warned Huo Yuhao against trying to resurrect the dead, and raised disturbing questions about the gods as Huo Yuhao prepared to return to Star Luo City.

• Huo Yuhao told the Ice Empress that his revenge against the Duchess was meant to make her suffer, not merely kill her.
• Electrolux awakened at Huo Yun'er’s grave after more than a month of sleep and spoke with Huo Yuhao about death and resurrection.
• Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao not to try to resurrect his mother and admitted he did not know where souls went after death.
• Electrolux asked whether the Douluo Continent worshiped a god of death, prompting Huo Yuhao to suspect a connection between Sea God Tang San and a Nether God.
• Electrolux approved of Huo Yuhao’s revenge, and Huo Qiu'er reminded him that the Duchess had persecuted him as well as his mother.
• Huo Yuhao left for Star Luo City, planning to finish talks with the Star Luo Empire before traveling to Tianhun.

After securing cooperation treaties with the Star Luo Empire, Huo Yuhao continued north toward the Heaven Dou Empire and agreed to help prevent border conflict. Meanwhile, Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu killed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest to prepare for their Holy Rite.

• Nebula Douluo told Xu Jiujiu that the Duchess had killed herself, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to keep the death secret as her imperial brother ordered.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu discussed his proposal for a joint education program, and Xu Jiujiu explained why cooperation among three nations would be difficult.
• The Sun Moon Diplomatic Mission completed its visit to Star Luo City and headed north toward the Heaven Dou Empire with the White Tiger Duke escorting it.
• The White Tiger Duke asked Huo Yuhao to negotiate with the Heavenly Soul Royal Family about tensions on the northern border, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Huo Qiu'er felt an ominous premonition as the procession traveled north.
• Ye Xishui killed a hundred-thousand-year Rock Giant Crab and ordered Zhongli Wu to claim its beast soul and soul bone while its soul power replenished the Death God Tower.

Shrek Academy’s leaders learned that Xu Tianran had been killed and the Sun Moon Empire’s new emperor had promised peace, then discussed how Shrek should use the respite to rebuild its influence. At a banquet in Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao spoke with Huo Qiu’er about his plans before the Poison Sect Master appeared.

• Yan Shaozhe announced that a coup had killed Xu Tianran, the Sun Moon Empire had promised peaceful coexistence, and the Holy Spirit Cult had withdrawn.
• Xian Lin’er proposed expanding Shrek’s Soul Tool Department and its cooperation with Sun Moon Academy, and the elders approved her proposal.
• Xuan Zi urged Shrek’s deans to prepare a new generation to win the next tournament and discussed helping Ye Guyi obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Ye Guyi discussed the news, and Ye Guyi showed them her new Level 8 Soul Tool, Holy Judgment.
• At a banquet in Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao told Huo Qiu’er he planned to return to Sun Moon and oversee military discipline, then greeted the Poison Sect Master.

Huo Yuhao met Du Busi privately, received the Body Sect’s Secret of the Body to study for three days, and learned that Du Busi considered him the likely next Body Douluo. After Huo Qiu’er requested a positioning soul tool, she left for Star Dou because of an uneasy feeling.

• Princess Vina had Mu Xue keep the royal family and sect members from disturbing Huo Yuhao and Du Busi.
• Du Busi revealed that he had recognized Huo Yuhao as the Sun Moon Empire’s supposed new emperor and gave him the Secret of the Body to borrow for three days.
• Du Busi said Huo Yuhao had a strong chance of achieving a gold-tier second awakening and becoming the next Body Douluo, then left after discussing the possible combination of body martial souls and soul tools.
• Huo Yuhao explained the Body Sect’s history and reflected that he might one day bear responsibility for leading it.
• Huo Qiu’er asked Huo Yuhao for a long-range positioning soul tool and said she wanted to return to Star Dou because she felt uneasy.
• Huo Qiu’er flew east toward Star Dou after Huo Yuhao told her to stay safe.

Huo Yuhao stayed at the Tianhun Imperial Palace after the welcoming banquet and accepted Long Aotian’s challenge. He revealed that he had reached Soul Saint and defeated Long Aotian in a direct clash of strength, leaving the Body Sect disciples stunned.

• Huo Yuhao examined Du Busi’s Secret of the Body after the banquet ended.
• Long Aotian met Huo Yuhao in the hall and challenged him to a match, with Vina agreeing to serve as referee and accept a stake on behalf of the Heavenly Soul Royal Family.
• Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian clashed auras on the training grounds, and Huo Yuhao corrected Gu Tong by revealing that he was already a Soul Saint.
• Long Aotian charged and unleashed a powerful strike, but Huo Yuhao stopped it with one hand as both fighters displayed their silver-tier second awakenings.
• Huo Yuhao forced Long Aotian back across the grounds, and Long Aotian admitted defeat.

Huo Yuhao defeated Long Aotian in a brief spar, then proposed closer cooperation between the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires to Vina. As he left Heaven Dou City, he discussed how his strength had changed his fighting style and recognized speed as his remaining weakness, prompting the Snow Empress to recall a fast soul beast in the Far North.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Long Aotian with a single exchange, and Long Aotian conceded before gaining a new insight into spiritual power.
• Huo Yuhao proposed a Joint Education Plan to Vina and asked her to convey his hope that the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires would resolve border disputes peacefully.
• Vina agreed to relay Huo Yuhao's proposals to Emperor Father, and Huo Yuhao explained that Qiu'er had left early.
• Huo Yuhao walked through Heaven Dou City with the Ice Empress, Tian Meng, and the Snow Empress, and discussed his changing approach to combat.
• Huo Yuhao identified speed as his main remaining weakness, and the Snow Empress recalled a swift soul beast in the Far North.

Huo Qiu'er arrived at Shrek City on her way back to the Star Dou Great Forest, unsettled by a premonition about the Soul Beasts. Meanwhile, Ye Guyi received a special invitation to Shrek's Treasure Appraisal Fair, where she spotted a familiar blue-haired figure and hurried after them.

• Huo Yuhao noticed the direction of the Clear Sky Sect, then asked Tian Meng to copy Du Busi's Secret of the Body over the next two days.
• Huo Qiu'er reached Shrek City, entered through the West Gate, and hoped her vague unease about the Soul Beasts was only her imagination.
• Xian Lin'er gave Ye Guyi a card that let her claim any exhibit at the Treasure Appraisal Fair and pointed out a rare, ancient light-attribute Soul Bone.
• Ye Guyi declined Tang Ya's invitation to join the Tang Sect and said she intended to eradicate every Evil Soul Master on the continent.
• Ye Guyi spotted a familiar blue-haired figure while entering Shrek City with the Tang Sect members and hurried off after them.

Huo Qiu'er entered the woods outside Shrek City at night, where Ye Guyi confronted her and accused her of being a potential evil soul master. After Huo Qiu'er departed, two Holy Spirit Cult spies identified Ye Guyi's Divine Attribute as a threat and planned to report her to their Cult Leader.

• Huo Qiu'er slipped into the woods outside Shrek City, and Ye Guyi followed her from the North Gate.
• Ye Guyi intercepted Huo Qiu'er with her Holy Judgment Soul Tool and demanded to know why she was entering the Star Dou Great Forest at night.
• Huo Qiu'er denied Ye Guyi's suspicions, criticized her for overlooking Ma Xiaotao's dangerous evil fire, and left for the forest.
• Ye Guyi reconsidered her certainty about evil soul masters and returned to Shrek City to attend the Treasure Appraisal Fair.
• Two gray-robed Holy Spirit Cult men emerged from hiding and resolved to report Ye Guyi's Divine Attribute to the Cult Leader so she could be eliminated before she matured.

Two Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters watched Shrek City and planned to report any disturbance, while Huo Qiu'er encountered White-Clothed Men slaughtering Red Fire Monkeys in the Star Dou Great Forest. After one of the men moved to attack her, she killed him and charged at the rest.

• Two Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters watched Shrek City and discussed the Holy Rite and their hope of recovering Ma Xiaotao.
• A sacred aura frightened the younger Evil Soul Master, and the older one ordered him to notify the elders.
• Huo Qiu'er hurried toward the core zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, sensing a large group of soul beasts nearby.
• Huo Qiu'er found White-Clothed Men slaughtering a Red Fire Monkey pack and heard one of them say they should kill any humans they encountered.
• A White-Clothed Man approached Huo Qiu'er, and she pierced his heart with the Golden Dragon Spear before charging at the others.

Huo Qiu'er defeated a group of Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters and learned they were using the Myriad Souls Banner to harvest Soul Rings from slaughtered Soul Beasts. When a Titled Douluo arrived and recognized her as the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden, the danger escalated.

• Huo Qiu'er killed the seven-ring Evil Soul Master and several of his companions with the Golden Dragon Spear, overcoming the Myriad Souls Banner's Vengeful Spirits.
• Huo Qiu'er helped the surviving Red Fire Monkeys defeat the fleeing Evil Soul Masters, then learned their leader and many other ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts had been killed by white-clothed men using a banner to absorb Soul Rings.
• Huo Qiu'er reached for the Myriad Souls Banner, but a powerful newcomer pulled it away and absorbed the Soul Rings from the fallen Red Fire Monkeys.
• A Titled Douluo and two Soul Douluo elders arrived, and the lead elder recognized Huo Qiu'er as the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden.

Huo Qiu'er discovered that the Holy Spirit Cult's Myriad Souls Douluo collected the souls of powerful beasts, including a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and recognized her as the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden. She lured him and two Soul Douluo into the air above the Star Dou Great Forest, where a terrifying crimson beast attacked them.

• Myriad Souls Douluo revealed the spirits stored in his Giant Myriad Souls Banner, including thousands of beast souls and a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Myriad Souls Douluo recognized Huo Qiu'er as the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden and urged her to return to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Myriad Souls Douluo threatened the surviving Red Fire Monkeys, so Huo Qiu'er escaped on a flying board toward the forest's core area.
• Myriad Souls Douluo and two Soul Douluo pursued Huo Qiu'er, and one Soul Douluo slowed her while Myriad Souls Douluo tried to pull her back.
• Huo Qiu'er asked why flying was forbidden above the Star Dou Great Forest, and a massive crimson beast burst from the forest to attack the three pursuers.

After discovering the remains of hunted Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, Di Tian ordered the Star Dou Great Forest to prepare for war with humans. Ye Xishui wounded Scarlet King and disguised her aura as the Bright Phoenix’s, leading Di Tian to blame Shrek Academy and order a Beast Tide against it.

• Di Tian found two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts stripped of their Soul Bones and concluded that humans had hunted them, so he ordered the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts back to the Core Zone.
• Bi Ji agreed with Di Tian that humans had broken the old agreement, while Di Tian suspected a powerful human was responsible and considered Shrek Academy and Du Busi as possibilities.
• Ye Xishui killed a hundred-thousand-year Frenzied Bull and attacked Scarlet King when it arrived, while Zhongli Wu collected the beast’s soul and soul bone.
• As Di Tian approached, Ye Xishui concealed her identity by displaying an aura resembling the Bright Phoenix and escaped, leaving Scarlet King injured.
• Di Tian recognized the lingering bright aura as connected to Mu En and ordered Myriad Demon King and Xiong Jun to pass on his command against Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xishui reached the forest’s outer perimeter and declared that her actions were revenge against Mu En and Shrek Academy.

Di Tian prepared to destroy Shrek City in retaliation for the attack on Scarlet King, while Huo Qiu'er realized the coming beast tide might be manipulated by hidden enemies. She decided to contact Huo Yuhao for help and used the Golden Hawksbill Turtle’s auspicious energy to call for backup.

• Bi Ji healed Scarlet King, who identified the attacker as a female Limit Douluo with a Bright Phoenix martial soul, and Di Tian ordered a beast tide against Shrek City.
• Scarlet King told Di Tian that the Auspicious Beast had left seclusion and nearly been captured by humans, so Di Tian assigned Zi JI to protect Huo Qiu'er.
• Zi JI told Huo Qiu'er about the Bright Phoenix attacker, and Huo Qiu'er feared that a beast tide would serve the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans and lead to war between humans and soul beasts.
• Huo Qiu'er decided Huo Yuhao might be able to stop the conflict, but Zi JI remained on guard and prevented her from leaving the Core Zone.
• Huo Qiu'er discovered a Golden Hawksbill Turtle hiding beneath her pool, persuaded it to release its auspicious energy, and took out Huo Yuhao’s tracking soul tool to call for backup.

Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan defeated the Duke of Splendor’s main force and secured its surrender, while Huo Yuhao watched from afar. With the rebellion in the north under control, Huo Yuhao decided to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters before heading to the Far North.

• Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan led their soul-tool squad into an ambush by the Duke of Splendor’s main army, where Zhao Yang demanded that the Sun Moon Empire allow his father to establish an independent principality.
• Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan dodged the enemy soul engineers’ barrage and reached Zhao Yang, and Ji Juechen killed him with a single sword strike.
• Jing Ziyan announced the emperor’s promise of leniency for those who surrendered, and the rebel army agreed to lay down its weapons.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his Spiritual Detection Sharing had helped Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan evade the barrage, then discussed the rebellion and the end of northern enfeoffment with the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to travel to the Far North with the Snow Empress, but decided to detour to the Evil Demon Forest first to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters.

Huo Yuhao returned to the abandoned Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters and discovered that its real facilities remained underground, where he attacked the last evil soul masters. As their leader invoked the Evil Emperor, a terrifying presence awakened deep in the Evil Demon Forest.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at the ruins of the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters and found them deserted aboveground, though the Ice Empress wondered how the cult had kept soul beasts away.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to discover underground passages where evil soul masters were gathering the last treasures before leaving.
• Huo Yuhao blasted open the ground and attacked the evil soul masters, killing many and stunning their Soul Saint leader with spiritual power.
• The Soul Saint's life-threatening restriction activated, greatly amplifying his spiritual power and driving him into madness.
• Huo Yuhao and the others sensed a terrifying aura awaken in the forest, and the Soul Saint called on Lord Dominator to punish the humans.