Recaps

After leaving Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao discussed his suspicions about the Sun Moon Empire with Xu Jiujiu and Nebula Douluo Manyi, then was summoned with them to an urgent meeting. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi confronted Star Luo’s Guardian Douluos and demanded that they find Huo Yuhao within four hours, while a voice in the Imperial City asked for opinions about him.

• Wang Dong asked Wang Yan whether Huo Yuhao would return, then left Star Luo City with the Shrek group.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jiujiu about transferring to Star Luo Royal Academy, and she proposed that he train with its Soul King class.
• Huo Yuhao warned Xu Jiujiu and Manyi that the Sun Moon Empire might be secretly raising evil soul masters and sending them into other empires.
• A flashing communication soul tool prompted Manyi to take Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu to an urgent meeting.
• Xuan Zi told Star Luo’s Guardian Douluos that Huo Yuhao had gone missing and gave them four hours to find him, threatening to turn Star Luo City upside down.
• An unidentified commanding voice in the Imperial City asked what the others thought of Xuan Zi.

At the Royal Offering Hall, Elder Tian argued that Shrek Academy had gained too much influence and proposed limiting its student recommendations. Before Xu Jiawei could go speak with Taotie Douluo, a powerful voice rang across Star Luo City, startling Huo Yuhao and the officials.

• Elder Tian dismissed the idea of handing Huo Yuhao over to Taotie Douluo and questioned Shrek Academy's influence over Star Luo's officials and military.
• Elder Tian proposed reducing the recommendations that major cities and intermediate Soul Master Academies sent to Shrek Academy.
• Elder Tian sent Xu Jiawei to sound out Taotie Douluo's attitude toward the proposal.
• A powerful voice called out to Xuan Zi across Star Luo Plaza, and the Royal Offering Hall retainers rushed out to investigate.
• Huo Yuhao was startled by the voice, and Tian Meng warned that its owner was nearly as powerful as the old man they had seen by the dormitory entrance.

Xuan Zi and Du Busi confronted each other over Huo Yuhao, each claiming him as a missing disciple, while Elder Tian tried to protect Star Luo City's authority. After Du Busi threatened the city with a force of Body Sect experts, Huo Yuhao appeared and agreed to go with him.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busi faced off above Star Luo Imperial City as Xu Jiujiu told Huo Yuhao that both had come to recruit him.
• Elder Tian intervened and learned that both Xuan Zi and Du Busi claimed Huo Yuhao as their missing disciple.
• Du Busi argued that Huo Yuhao belonged with the Body Sect because of his body martial soul and said Mu En had told him Huo Yuhao should choose his own path.
• Du Busi threatened to tear down the Imperial Palace and summoned more than twenty Body Sect experts, prompting Elder Tian to order Manyi to hand Huo Yuhao over.
• Huo Yuhao appeared above the Imperial City and said he would go with Du Busi.

Du Busi took Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect after Huo Yuhao agreed to leave with him, and Shrek Academy struggled with the loss. As they crossed into the Heaven Dou Empire, Du Busi tested Huo Yuhao’s arrogance by nearly driving him into the ground.

• Huo Yuhao agreed to go with Du Busi after demanding that the Body Sect stop damaging Star Luo City, and the sect departed with him.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao told Zhou Yi that Huo Yuhao had withdrawn, while Fan Yu lamented the setback and He Caitou became the sole candidate for the Ultimate Soldier Project.
• Ning Tian decided to join the Soul Tool Department, and Wu Feng accompanied her to meet Fan Yu.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En told Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao had his own path and that the academy would handle Ma Xiaotao’s situation without relying on him.
• Wang Dong mourned Huo Yuhao’s departure from their dormitory, while Huo Yuhao traveled with Du Busi into the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Du Busi dismissed Huo Yuhao’s soul tool and nearly slammed him into the ground, warning him that he needed strength to support his arrogance.

Du Busi tested Huo Yuhao’s spiritual skill and ultimate ice while laying out his plans to train him and provide soul rings. The Body Sect party arrived at Heaven Dou City, where Du Busi still expected Huo Yuhao to impress him during his second awakening.

• Du Busi asked Huo Yuhao to share Spiritual Detection, then forcibly severed it and warned him not to reveal his soul skills casually.
• Huo Yuhao refused to use Ice Emperor's Protection at first, citing Du Busi’s own creed, but demonstrated it after Du Busi ordered him to.
• Du Busi overwhelmed Ice Emperor's Protection and promised to obtain soul rings for Huo Yuhao’s second martial soul, including Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Du Busi noticed Huo Yuhao had fused with a soul bone and said he would personally teach him if his second awakening impressed him.
• The Body Sect party arrived at Heaven Dou City.

Du Busi took Huo Yuhao through Heaven Dou City and challenged his resentment toward the Body Sect. He carried Huo Yuhao into the mountains and plunged with him into a vast lake.

• Du Busi drove off the Soul Engineers guarding Heaven Dou City's airspace and took Huo Yuhao into the city.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the Iron Blood Sect, and Du Busi explained that its members bullied people but the Body Sect did not interfere in other sects' affairs.
• Du Busi told Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect was the Heaven Dou Empire's guardian sect and explained why its members sometimes entered the world.
• Du Busi pressured Huo Yuhao until he called him an old bastard, then grabbed him and flew toward the mountains.
• Du Busi and Huo Yuhao plunged into a vast lake hidden among the mountains.

Du Busi plunged Huo Yuhao into a deep lake to test him, but Huo Yuhao unleashed his Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone’s powers and nearly destroyed the lake. After Du Busi rescued him, Huo Yuhao woke in an unfamiliar room as Du Busi confronted him about trying to kill him.

• Du Busi dragged Huo Yuhao hundreds of meters underwater, where Huo Yuhao used the Ice Empress’s power to shield himself from the pressure.
• Du Busi shattered Huo Yuhao’s ice armor, prompting Huo Yuhao’s external soul bone to emerge and unleash the Eternal Frozen Domain and Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• Huo Yuhao prepared an Ice Explosion, so Du Busi seized him and carried him out of the lake before the frozen water erupted for twenty seconds.
• Huo Yuhao regained consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness, learned that Du Busi had saved him, and apologized to the Ice Empress and Tian Meng for risking his life.
• Huo Yuhao woke in an unfamiliar room, where Du Busi asked whether he had been trying to kill him.

After surviving Du Busi’s deadly initiation trial, Huo Yuhao learned the Body Sect’s rules and its system for awakening body martial souls. Du Busi promised to train him and take him to the Far North for a soul ring, while revealing that Huo Yuhao would face more near-death trials to complete his second awakening.

• Huo Yuhao challenged Du Busi about nearly drowning him, and Du Busi explained that the deep-water ordeal was the Body Sect’s initiation trial.
• Du Busi recognized Huo Yuhao’s Ice Explosion skill and soul bones, then praised his performance and promised to teach him personally.
• Huo Yuhao surveyed the Body Sect’s remote mountain base and asked what duties and rules membership involved.
• Du Busi described the sect’s lenient rules, offered help obtaining soul rings and soul bones, and said he would take Huo Yuhao to the Far North.
• Du Busi explained the four tiers of a body martial soul’s second awakening and revealed that repeated near-death trials were needed, leaving Huo Yuhao alarmed at the prospect.

Du Busi introduced Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect and brought him to meet its younger disciples in Heaven Dou City. Huo Yuhao learned about their varied body martial souls before an announcement that the princess had arrived.

• Du Busi told Huo Yuhao that his second awakening would wait until he had four rings, then introduced him to the Body Sect’s elders and members.
• Du Busi brought Huo Yuhao to a training ground in the Tianhun Imperial Palace and announced that he had joined the sect.
• Long Aotian welcomed Huo Yuhao and introduced himself as the strongest member of the younger generation, with a skin martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao met Gu Tong, whose martial soul was his eyes, and learned that Long Aotian and other disciples had martial souls such as hands, lower legs, and wings.
• A voice announced that Her Highness the Princess had arrived.

Huo Yuhao met Princess Vina and other Body Sect disciples, who welcomed him but rejected his interest in soul tools. After leaving the Imperial Palace to explore Heaven Dou City, he encountered Tang Ya.

• Vina introduced herself as a Body Sect disciple and invited Huo Yuhao to join her when she went to obtain her fourth soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao asked about high-level soul engineers and explained that developing soul tools helped his cultivation, but Long Aotian and Vina defended the sect's opposition to relying on them.
• Long Aotian told Huo Yuhao he could explore Heaven Dou City, and Mu Xue gave him a token and a signal flare before accompanying him out of the Imperial Palace.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on the Body Sect's prejudice against soul tools and admitted to Tian Meng and the Ice Empress that he had wanted to escape but felt too embarrassed to do so.
• Huo Yuhao brushed past a familiar figure in Heaven Dou City and turned to see Tang Ya.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Tang Ya in Heaven Dou City and learned that she had withdrawn from Shrek Academy and planned to close the struggling Tang Sect temporarily. After discovering she had left the sect’s manuals and money with him, he followed her and uncovered her grief and desire for revenge, then confronted her about whether Bei Bei knew she had withdrawn.

• Huo Yuhao met Tang Ya in Heaven Dou City, where she said she had failed Shrek Academy’s assessment and returned to her hometown.
• Tang Ya brought Huo Yuhao to the Tang Sect’s small house, ate his grilled fish, and told him she had recruited no new disciples and could no longer keep the sect running.
• Tang Ya gave Huo Yuhao a Storage Soul Tool containing Tang Sect manuals and Gold Soul Coins to deliver to Bei Bei, then said she would earn money before rebuilding the sect.
• After Tang Ya left for the outskirts, Huo Yuhao inspected the bracelet, grew suspicious, and followed her using Simulation.
• In a grove, Tang Ya used her blue-black vines to drain nearby plants and vowed to avenge her parents before Huo Yuhao asked whether Bei Bei knew she had withdrawn.

Huo Yuhao learned that Tang Ya planned to avenge her parents by attacking the Iron Blood Sect, and he discovered signs that her plant Martial Soul had become an evil devouring ability. He decided to stop her and reconsidered what drove people toward evil, but a powerful black-robed old man suddenly confronted him.

• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao that the Iron Blood Sect murdered her parents and seized the Tang Sect's property, and she announced that she would seek revenge the next day.
• Tang Ya asked Huo Yuhao to pass her Tang Sect Secret Arts to Bei Bei, then left as Huo Yuhao debated whether to support her.
• Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao that revenge could lead to terrible mistakes and revealed that he had once commanded an undead army of more than a million.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Tang Ya's devouring ability had withered the surrounding plants and wondered whether she had become an Evil Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao decided to stop Tang Ya and act for Bei Bei's sake, but a black-robed Soul Douluo arrived and asked whether Huo Yuhao had withered the plants.

Huo Yuhao escaped a Holy Spirit Cult member whose dark red Soul Tool repelled the Ice Empress’s attack. After returning safely to the imperial palace, he resolved to keep a lower profile and went to look for Princess Vina.

• A black-robed old man mistook Huo Yuhao’s power for devouring and tried to recruit him into the Holy Spirit Cult, urging him to prey on people.
• Huo Yuhao used an illusion to evade the old man, and the Ice Empress seized him before his triggered Soul Tool unleashed a blast that leveled the woods.
• Huo Yuhao and the Ice Empress escaped the explosion, though the old man’s fate remained unknown.
• The Ice Empress worried that she might not be able to protect Huo Yuhao from powerful enemies, and Huo Yuhao told her he could flee or hide instead of relying on her.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial Palace, decided to keep a lower profile, and went to find Princess Vina.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Heavenly Soul Royal Family had ignored the Tang Sect’s destruction and persuaded Du Busi to help him punish the Iron Blood Sect. The next day, Tang Ya arrived to find that Tie Li and other perpetrators had been killed and the sect’s survivors had fled.

• Vina told Huo Yuhao that the Iron Blood Sect had destroyed the Tang Sect five years earlier and the Heavenly Soul Royal Family had not intervened.
• Long Aotian explained that the strong ruled the continent and revealed that he was Vina’s fiancé.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he chose righteousness and asked Du Busi to support him in avenging the Tang Sect.
• Du Busi agreed to help, and Huo Yuhao instructed Long Aotian to target those responsible while sparing innocent disciples.
• Tang Ya arrived at the Iron Blood Sect and heard that Tie Li, his son, and several elders had been killed the previous night, while most of the remaining disciples had fled.

After the Iron Blood Sect was destroyed, Tang Ya grieved and left for Shrek City, unsure what to do next. Huo Yuhao reflected on his intervention and resolved to pursue his own ambitions, believing his happiness was the point.

• Tang Ya learned the Iron Blood Sect had been wiped out and broke down over losing her chance to avenge her parents and rebuild the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao returned Tang Ya's bracelet and warned her not to use her evil power again, and Tang Ya promised she would leave for Shrek City.
• As Huo Yuhao walked toward the Imperial Palace, he defended his decision to help Tang Ya and considered whether his intervention had any point.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that acting according to his own likes and dislikes made him happy, and declared that he would become strong enough to intervene whenever he chose.
• Huo Yuhao said Tang Ya's wish to rebuild the Tang Sect was small compared with his own ambition and continued toward the Imperial Palace.

Huo Yuhao traveled with Vina and Mu Xue toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings and warned them about the Holy Spirit Cult. After learning that the Star Dou Great Forest was their destination, he grew anxious because Tian Meng feared returning there.

• Vina told Huo Yuhao that he, she, and Mu Xue would obtain soul rings together, and Du Busi decided to accompany them with Mo Feiyun.
• On the way to the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao told Vina and Mu Xue about encountering an evil soul master in Heaven Dou City and urged them to investigate the threat.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had twin martial souls and suggested they go to the Far North instead, but Vina explained why they planned to search the Star Dou Great Forest first.
• Tian Meng warned Huo Yuhao that he feared the Star Dou Great Forest and told him to run if danger arose, leaving Huo Yuhao worried about their destination.

Huo Yuhao and his companions searched the Star Dou Great Forest for suitable Soul Beasts, but found no mental-attribute candidates. After hearing about the Evil Eye Clan in the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao detected an ongoing battle and discovered Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu struggling against a powerful black tiger.

• Mu Xue defeated a group of thousand-year Soul Beasts with Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing supporting her.
• The Ice Empress recalled the Snow Empress, while Tian Meng nervously suggested recruiting her to their plan.
• Vina told Huo Yuhao that the Evil Demon Forest housed the mental-attribute Evil Eye Clan, though it lay in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao detected several humans fighting nearby and asked Vina’s permission to approach them.
• Huo Yuhao found Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu fighting a black tiger estimated to be four or five thousand years old.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing reached the struggling group.

Huo Yuhao helped Wang Dong, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Xiao Xiao defeat a black tiger Soul Beast, then tried to avoid being recognized. Xuan Zi confronted him and attempted to take him back to Shrek Academy, but Du Busi intervened and claimed Huo Yuhao as his personal student.

• Huo Yuhao guided Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Wang Dong to defeat the black tiger with the Hell White Tiger, and the Soul Beast left behind a purple Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao told Vina and her companions they did not need to help, while Wang Dong searched for him and called his name from the air.
• Xuan Zi appeared and tried to pull Huo Yuhao away, but Du Busi descended and stopped him.
• Du Busi said the Dragon God Douluo had entrusted Huo Yuhao to him for personal teaching, and Xuan Zi withdrew his pressure after Huo Yuhao asked them to settle the matter peacefully.
• Wang Dong spotted Huo Yuhao behind Du Busi and called out to him.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he revealed that he had joined the Body Sect. After catching a Tiger Demon Cat for Zhu Lu to absorb, he sensed a ten-thousand-year Tiger Demon Cat approaching.

• Du Busi stopped Xuan Zi from attacking Huo Yuhao and allowed Huo Yuhao to meet his old friends.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Huabin had taken his place among the next generation of the Shrek Seven Devils and that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had reached new cultivation levels.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu that he had joined the Body Sect and had come to obtain his third Soul Ring.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao to visit her home someday, and he promised he would if he had the chance.
• Huo Yuhao subdued a two-thousand-year Tiger Demon Cat and gave it to Zhu Lu to absorb as her Soul Ring.
• As Zhu Lu began absorbing the Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao sensed a ten-thousand-year Tiger Demon Cat rapidly approaching.

Huo Yuhao and his companions encountered Wang Dong, Dai Huabin, and the others in the Star Dou Great Forest, where a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear yielded a valuable soul bone for Dai Huabin. After parting from Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao became interested in obtaining a Dark Gold Dreadclaw of his own and hinted at targeting an ancient beast in the forest once he was strong enough.

• A ten-thousand-year Tiger Demon Cat charged at Zhu Lu while she absorbed her soul ring, but Xuan Zi struck it down before it could reach her.
• A Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear appeared and devoured the wounded Tiger Demon Cat, then Xuan Zi captured the bear for Xiao Xiao to kill and absorb its soul ring.
• Xuan Zi found a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right palm bone, and Dai Huabin received it after Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao declined; Dai Huabin absorbed it and tested its cutting power.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao parted, and Huo Yuhao returned to the Body Sect group while thinking about the Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that he might eventually seek the ancient Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the Star Dou Great Forest for its soul bone, surprising Tian Meng and the Ice Empress.

Huo Yuhao and his companions searched the Star Dou Great Forest for suitable soul beasts, and they found a ten-thousand-year Purple Spirit Wolf for him. Before he could absorb its soul ring, a distant roar frightened Tian Meng, who warned Huo Yuhao to run.

• Du Busi asked Vina, Mu Xue, and Huo Yuhao what soul beasts they needed, then flew off to search while Mo Feiyun guarded them.
• Vina told Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect had once hunted seven hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, causing a beast tide that it and Shrek Academy eventually stopped.
• Huo Yuhao admitted that he had once nearly triggered a beast tide, but Vina and Mu Xue laughed and explained what a true beast tide meant.
• A Purple Spirit Wolf appeared, and Mo Feiyun subdued it and handed it to Huo Yuhao as a suitable mental-attribute soul beast.
• A tremor and a furious roar came from the distance, and Tian Meng urgently told Huo Yuhao to run.

Huo Yuhao and the Ice Empress confronted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after Tian Meng revealed that he had injured her with his Spiritual Shock on Huo Yuhao’s orders. The Ice Empress helped Huo Yuhao escape her golden flames, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion pursued them toward the forest’s outskirts.

• Tian Meng revealed that he had used his origin Spiritual Power to injure the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Huo Yuhao admitted he had told him to do it.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion abandoned her pursuit of the Twin Cyclops after sensing Huo Yuhao’s familiar Spiritual Power.
• Mo Feiyun hid Vina and Mu Xue as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached, while Huo Yuhao split away to draw her off alone.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion blocked Huo Yuhao’s escape with a wall of golden fire, but the flames went out when he charged toward them.
• The Ice Empress appeared, grabbed Huo Yuhao, and fled toward the outskirts as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion pursued them.

The Ice Empress fled with Huo Yuhao while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion pursued them, and Du Busi’s arrival drew the Scarlet King away from the area. Once hidden in a cave, the Ice Empress demanded an account of Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng’s encounter with the Emperor Auspicious Beast, and Huo Yuhao defended their actions.

• The Ice Empress neutralized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s attacks and escaped with Huo Yuhao while Tian Meng tried to conceal their auras.
• Du Busi and a ferocious beast released powerful pressure over the forest, giving the Ice Empress time to lead Huo Yuhao to a cave and seal its entrance with ice.
• Du Busi intercepted the Scarlet King, who accused him of violating their agreement, but allowed him to search for younger soul beasts after Du Busi promised not to hunt hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.
• The Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao to explain his encounter with the Emperor Auspicious Beast, and he told her how he had fought back while Tian Meng was pursued.
• The Ice Empress condemned Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng for provoking the Emperor Auspicious Beast, but Huo Yuhao insisted they had done nothing wrong.

Huo Yuhao used Soul Freeze to subdue the Three-Eyed Golden Lion without harming her, then escaped the Star Dou Great Forest with Ice Empress. He had barely recovered when Du Busi arrived and presented the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as a soul beast for him to absorb.

• Huo Yuhao argued with Ice Empress about whether they should fight or flee, then agreed to leave the Star Dou Great Forest without hurting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• As the Three-Eyed Golden Lion melted the ice sealing the cave, Huo Yuhao borrowed power from Tian Meng and Ice Empress and froze her with Soul Freeze.
• Ice Empress carried Huo Yuhao to the forest outskirts, where he rested and considered how useful Soul Freeze could be.
• Du Busi arrived with Vina and the other two, then offered Huo Yuhao the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as a mental-attribute soul beast to absorb.

Huo Yuhao touched the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s third eye to help Electrolux recover, awakening her and triggering an exchange of memories and destiny power. Electrolux sensed a powerful thread of soul power approaching and drove it away.

• Vina restored Huo Yuhao’s spiritual power while Mu Xue and Mo Feiyun questioned why he had split from the group.
• Du Busi explained that the immobilized Three-Eyed Golden Lion was alive, and urged Huo Yuhao to absorb her soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao decided the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could not die and approached her under the pretense of identifying her species.
• At Electrolux’s request, Huo Yuhao touched the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s vertical eye, awakening her and prompting her to attack before Du Busi restrained her.
• Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion exchanged memories as her innate destiny power began flowing into him.
• Electrolux sensed a high-level thread of soul power approaching them and drove it back.