Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianran learned that Huo Yuhao had proposed a plan for mass-producing soul tools and ordered Ju Zi to investigate the mysterious Xu Sheng while cautiously considering whether to recruit Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao then traveled with Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu to the Jingyang Mountain Range for field tests, where his cooking impressed Zi Mu and Tian Meng teased him about girls.

• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that Xuan Ziwen's prototype could lead to mass production of Level 8 Soul Tools within twenty years, and Xu Tianran recognized Huo Yuhao's contribution.
• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed the mysterious Xu Sheng, whose genuine Sun Martial Soul had no matching identity in the royal genealogy, and Xu Tianran told Ju Zi to learn more about him.
• Xuan Ziwen sent Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu to the Jingyang Mountain Range to test soul tools and collect rare metals, while Ju Zi hoped to find a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for her fifth soul ring.
• During the flight, Ke Ke and Ju Zi asked Huo Yuhao to handle the group's cooking, and Zi Mu sampled his Grilled Fish and admitted that Huo Yuhao's cooking was better than his.
• Tian Meng asked Huo Yuhao whether he wanted to pursue a girl, and Huo Yuhao said he did not while Tian Meng teased him about his affinity with girls.

Huo Yuhao discussed his complicated feelings for Princess Jiujiu while traveling with Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu to test a metal-detecting Soul Tool in the Jingyang Mountain Range. Their search soon brought them face-to-face with a five-thousand-year-old Golden Tiger.

• Huo Yuhao admitted that he liked Jiujiu but felt their difference in status made a relationship unrealistic.
• Electrolux recalled how the first necromancer developed Undead Magic while trying to keep his deceased wife's soul company.
• Ju Zi explained how the modified Level 3 detector could locate Rare Metal deposits, and Huo Yuhao chose not to reveal that his Spiritual Detection had a much greater range.
• Ju Zi led the group toward an unexplored peak, and the detector suddenly glowed dark gold.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ju Zi that the detector might be reacting to a metallic Soul Beast and spotted a five-thousand-year-old Golden Tiger blocking their path.

Huo Yuhao and the three senior students encountered a Golden Tiger during their survey mission, and Huo Yuhao subdued it with his bare hands. The group continued toward their target peak, newly aware of his extraordinary physical strength.

• Huo Yuhao warned Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu that a Golden Tiger was approaching, and they prepared their Soul Tools to fight it.
• The Golden Tiger dodged their attacks and pounced at Huo Yuhao, who avoided it and pinned it down with his right hand before beating it unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao offered the Golden Tiger to Ju Zi as a possible fifth Soul Ring, but she declined, and Zi Mu and Ke Ke killed it.
• Zi Mu asked whether Huo Yuhao had used a Soul Tool, and Huo Yuhao explained that his physique had been rated at level sixty and that he had learned to fight tiger-type Soul Beasts from a senior surnamed Wu.
• Ke Ke and Huo Yuhao discussed the senior students' use of drugs to raise their soul power, and Ju Zi warned that metal-attribute Soul Beasts were stronger in the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Ju Zi resumed studying the detector as the group continued toward their target peak.

Huo Yuhao noticed a mental-attribute Soul Beast approaching the camp after Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu woke abruptly and insisted on searching for metals. He agreed to follow them while suspecting the beast was influencing their behavior.

• Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu continued searching the mountains for rare metals and camped on an open slope.
• During dinner, Huo Yuhao suggested searching from the air, while Ju Zi warned that flying in Soul Beast territory was dangerous.
• Huo Yuhao took the first watch, and Tian Meng and Ice Empress emerged to spend time with him.
• Huo Yuhao detected a six-to-seven-thousand-year-old mental-attribute Soul Beast approaching the camp, and Tian Meng recognized its attribute before Ice Empress silenced him.
• Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu woke and urged Huo Yuhao to follow them toward a supposed metal deposit, despite Ju Zi's detector showing no sign of one.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to go with them and wondered whether the Soul Beast was controlling them.

Huo Yuhao discovered that a six-thousand-year-old Hypnotic Tapir had hypnotized Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu into searching a cave for ore. Inside, he recognized a detector’s green glow as connected to the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan, though the metal deposit’s identity remained unclear.

• Huo Yuhao resisted the Hypnotic Tapir’s mental suggestion and realized it had led Ju Zi and the others toward a supposed ore deposit.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the creature as a tapir and learned from Tian Meng that its one-sided Mental Suggestion avoided backlash.
• Huo Yuhao decided the Hypnotic Tapir would make his ideal fourth soul ring, but Ice Empress reminded him that he had not yet reached the fortieth rank.
• The Hypnotic Tapir entered a cave where an unknown metal blocked Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection.
• Ju Zi’s detector glowed green outside the cave, and Huo Yuhao recognized the color as resembling the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan and grew excited.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the emerald metal in the cave was likely uranium and realized the cave’s radiation was draining the soul power of its visitors. After Ju Zi and Zi Mu began digging under the Hypnotic Tapir’s influence, Huo Yuhao approached the beast while deciding to spare it until he could return for its Soul Ring.

• Huo Yuhao entered the cave with Ju Zi and Zi Mu, spotted the Hypnotic Tapir, and noticed the beasts’ bones around it.
• Huo Yuhao identified the cave’s energy fluctuations as radiation from the metal, which slowly depleted soul power.
• Ju Zi and Zi Mu began digging, but Ju Zi’s memory faltered under the Hypnotic Tapir’s Mental Suggestion.
• Huo Yuhao turned invisible and approached the Hypnotic Tapir, planning to return for it when he could obtain a fourth Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao broke off a piece of emerald ore and explained that it might be uranium, though the continent lacked the knowledge and resources to make a weapon from it.
• The Hypnotic Tapir rose as Huo Yuhao turned toward it, irritated that it had not stayed passive.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the Hypnotic Tapir was using Mental Suggestion against the others, but his presence frightened it into fleeing. After a Golden Tiger nearly killed the Tapir and Huo Yuhao finished it off, he decided to absorb its Soul Ring that night rather than risk losing it.

• The Hypnotic Tapir tried to use Mental Suggestion to turn Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, and Zi Mu against one another, but Ju Zi recognized the mine's soul-power-draining effect and she and Zi Mu left the cave.
• Huo Yuhao's glare terrified the Hypnotic Tapir, which fled through another passage after realizing its hypnosis had failed.
• The Hypnotic Tapir emerged near a Golden Tiger, which attacked and badly wounded it before Huo Yuhao drove the tiger away with Soul Shock.
• Huo Yuhao ended the dying Hypnotic Tapir's life, and its purple Soul Ring appeared.
• After discussing the risk of the Soul Ring dissipating with Tian Meng, Huo Yuhao told the Ice Empress he would absorb his fourth Soul Ring that night.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Snow Empress’s Snow Dan and gained her support for his God-Making Plan in exchange for helping protect the Far North. Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen dealt with the aftermath of the attack on Illustrious Virtue Hall and began suspecting Huo Yuhao was connected to the Body Sect.

• The Snow Empress agreed to merge with Huo Yuhao, and he absorbed her Snow Dan as the Ice Plain shattered around them.
• Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice evolved toward the Snow Empress’s level, and she agreed to support his God-Making Plan if he helped the Far North.
• The Snow Empress warned the Ice Empress that humans or the absence of their strongest guardians could threaten the Far North.
• Long Xiaoyao told Jing Hongchen that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo had self-detonated, and Jing Hongchen mourned the damage and his dead aide.
• The Sun Moon Emperor imposed a limited punishment on Jing Hongchen, who declined the princes’ offers of support and planned to use Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tool Machine to replace the ruined workbenches.
• Jing Hongchen recalled that Huo Yuhao’s First Martial Soul was his eyes and suspected he belonged to the Body Sect, then erupted with killing intent.

Jing Hongchen suspected Huo Yuhao of helping the Body Sect attack Illustrious Virtue Hall, but Huo Yuhao redirected his suspicions toward a missing Level 8 Soul Engineer. The Snow Empress and Ice Empress then appeared to declare Huo Yuhao a member of the Northern Land, leaving Jing Hongchen eager to win his favor.

• Jing Hongchen asked Lin Jiayi to find Huo Yuhao, then questioned him about the attack on Illustrious Virtue Hall and his body martial soul.
• Jing Hongchen accused Huo Yuhao of possibly belonging to the Body Sect, but Huo Yuhao argued that he had neither access to the hall's layout nor reason to remain at the academy after the attack.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that the most suspicious accomplice would be someone who disappeared after the attack, prompting Jing Hongchen to suspect a missing Level 8 Soul Engineer he had trusted.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress appeared, identified Huo Yuhao as belonging to their Northern Land, and told Jing Hongchen to treat him well.
• Jing Hongchen's suspicions of Huo Yuhao were dispelled, and he resolved to show goodwill toward Huo Yuhao and the Northern Land; Huo Yuhao returned to the teaching building, pleased by the Snow Empress's intervention.

Huo Yuhao secured the Snow Empress’s support and decided to remain in the Sun Moon Empire, while Jing Hongchen learned the imperial family planned a banquet that could draw Illustrious Virtue Hall’s students away. At the Body Sect, a blue-haired girl named Huo Qiu’er joined and insisted that Huo Yuhao was still alive.

• The Snow Empress agreed to support Huo Yuhao and asked him to help protect the Far North when it faced a future crisis.
• Huo Yuhao told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he intended to stay in Sun Moon because he believed fate awaited him there.
• Jing Hongchen received Emperor’s orders granting resources for Illustrious Virtue Hall’s repairs and inviting up to 150 students to a palace banquet, which he suspected a prince had arranged to recruit them.
• Du Busi returned to the Body Sect angry over the failed attempt to seize the soul beast embryo, then approved a blue-haired girl’s entry after she passed the trial.
• The girl said she had joined the Body Sect to find Huo Yuhao, rejected Du Busi’s claim that he was dead, and introduced herself as Huo Qiu’er.

Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen successfully tested a soul tool machine that engraved Class 2 core arrays, while Huo Yuhao explored adapting the Snow Empress’s techniques into spear-based moves of his own. When the Royal Family’s banquet came up, Xiao Hongchen offered Huo Yuhao an invitation, and Huo Yuhao agreed to attend.

• Xuan Ziwen, Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Zi Mu tested a soul tool machine that successfully engraved a Class 2 core array, and Xuan Ziwen praised Huo Yuhao’s idea.
• Huo Yuhao used the Snow Empress’s Emperor Sword to carve metal and told the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Tian Meng that he wanted to develop his own spear-based techniques.
• Ke Ke learned that Ju Zi had an invitation to the Royal Family’s banquet, while Huo Yuhao had not received one.
• Xiao Hongchen entered the laboratory, offered Huo Yuhao an invitation to the banquet, and Huo Yuhao agreed to go with him and Meng.

Huo Yuhao attended a banquet at the Sun Moon Imperial Palace, where he observed the royal family’s rivalries and learned that Crown Prince Xu Tianran had reached Titled Douluo cultivation despite his apparent disability. He asked Tian Meng to lend him power so he could examine Xu Tianran’s legs.

• Huo Yuhao traveled to the Imperial Palace with Jing Hongchen and the Hongchen siblings, suggesting that Mingdu would need wider roads as soul-powered vehicles became common.
• Huo Yuhao entered the banquet hall with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen and learned that someone had specifically requested his presence.
• The princes arrived, and Huo Yuhao recognized Ju Zi pushing Crown Prince Xu Tianran’s wheelchair.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to avoid kneeling before the Sun Moon Emperor, then watched the emperor endorse the empire’s ambition to conquer the continent.
• The Snow Empress revealed that Xu Tianran had reached Titled Douluo cultivation, and Huo Yuhao asked Tian Meng to lend him power so he could inspect Xu Tianran’s legs.

Huo Yuhao secretly discovered that Xu Tianran was not only disabled but also unable to perform sexually, and he realized the secret could be useful without revealing that he knew it. At the banquet, Xu Tianran sensed Huo Yuhao’s mockery and left, while Huo Yuhao learned of the Crown Prince’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult and plans to seize power.

• Huo Yuhao used Tian Meng’s Spiritual Power to confirm that Xu Tianran had no legs and discovered another secret about him, which made Huo Yuhao struggle to suppress his laughter.
• Huo Yuhao decided to keep Xu Tianran’s secret hidden and use it for his own purposes, while also noticing that the Sun Moon Emperor appeared ill.
• The Third Prince apologized to Xiao Hongchen and asked him and Huo Yuhao about Xu Sheng, whom he believed was a member of the Royal Family.
• Xu Tianran confronted the Third Prince and spoke with Huo Yuhao, then left after sensing what he thought was mockery in Huo Yuhao’s eyes.
• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi that he planned to become Prince Regent and establish the Holy Cult as the state religion, while the Imperial Preceptor offered to eliminate his rivals.
• Huo Yuhao withdrew his Spiritual Detection and privately mocked Xu Tianran for his disability and his association with the Holy Spirit Cult.

At the imperial banquet, Huo Yuhao learned more about the Sun Moon Empire’s succession struggle and refused Ju Zi’s attempt to recruit him for Crown Prince Xu Tianran. After uncovering Xu Tianran’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, Huo Yuhao decided to remain in the empire and pursue a plan involving He Caitou.

• Huo Yuhao joked with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen about the princes, then learned that the Seventh Prince could not inherit the throne because he lacked the Xu family’s hereditary martial soul.
• Xiao Hongchen explained that the Third Prince and Fifth Prince had joined forces, while the Hongchen Family planned to avoid openly backing any prince; Huo Yuhao’s suggestion that they need not support anyone struck Xiao Hongchen deeply.
• Ju Zi admitted she served Crown Prince Xu Tianran and invited Huo Yuhao to join him, but Huo Yuhao declined and said he would remain at the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• On the teaching building roof, Huo Yuhao reviewed what he knew: Xu Tianran could not father children, and the Holy Spirit Cult secretly supported him as a hidden Titled Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao told the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Tian Meng that he wanted to stay in the Sun Moon Empire to bring down Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult, and they agreed to support him.
• Huo Yuhao thought of He Caitou and declared that he knew what to do.

Huo Yuhao advanced Soul Tool research and mathematics at Sun Moon Academy while preparing the Star Luo Empire to benefit from his discoveries. As Shrek's exchange students arrived, he was surprised to find Ning Tian and Wu Feng among them.

• Huo Yuhao and the Illustrious Virtue Hall completed a Level 7 Soul Tool Machine that mass-produced Level 3 Soul Tool workbenches, but Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen identified soul-power costs that prompted them to prioritize Sealed Milk Bottle research.
• Huo Yuhao reached level fifty, hunted the Holy Spirit Cult in Mingdu, and introduced mathematics classes at Sun Moon Academy.
• Before the Star Luo students returned home, Huo Yuhao gave Li Hui beginner textbooks and a letter for Jiujiu, along with principles for the Soul Tool Machine and Sealed Milk Bottle.
• Huo Yuhao saw off Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen as they left for Shrek Academy, where Meng planned to bring Wang Dong a gift.
• Xuan Ziwen told Huo Yuhao that Soul Tool Machine research had stalled at Level 4 production and that he would be teaching Shrek's exchange students.
• Xuan Ziwen brought Ning Tian and Wu Feng into the Third Laboratory, where they recognized Huo Yuhao and exclaimed, "It's you!"

Huo Yuhao watched Xuan Ziwen test Ning Tian and Wu Feng as Soul Engineers, and Ning Tian impressed Xuan Ziwen with a creative multifunctional core array. Wu Feng failed and resisted his advice to return to Shrek, prompting Huo Yuhao to confront her.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng recognized Huo Yuhao, while Xuan Ziwen announced that both would have to pass his test to study in his laboratory.
• Ning Tian used a ranked Azure Light Glazed Blade to engrave a titanium-gold core array with three compatible functions, while Wu Feng produced an ordinary Level 3 array.
• Ning Tian explained that her multifunctional design suited her role as a support-type Soul Master, and Xuan Ziwen passed her while warning her to conceal her valuable engraving knife.
• Xuan Ziwen failed Wu Feng, criticized her lack of aptitude for soul engineering, and advised her to withdraw from the exchange and return to Shrek.
• Wu Feng objected to Xuan Ziwen's authority, then turned toward Huo Yuhao when he asked whether she was going to throw a tantrum upon seeing him again.

Huo Yuhao confronted Wu Feng over her weak soul-engineering skills while Xuan Ziwen questioned how she had earned her Level 3 rank and why she had transferred to the Soul Tool Department. Xuan Ziwen accepted Ning Tian as his student and allowed Wu Feng to accompany her into the laboratory, while Huo Yuhao reminded Wu Feng that he had grown far stronger since they last met.

• Huo Yuhao criticized Wu Feng's Core Array work and warned that Xuan Ziwen would decide whether she could study in the Third Laboratory.
• Ning Tian admitted she had used her martial soul to help Wu Feng pass the Level 3 Soul Engineer assessment and explained that Wu Feng had followed her into the Soul Tool Department.
• Xuan Ziwen accepted Ning Tian as his student, assigned Wu Feng to self-study, and allowed her to enter the laboratory when accompanied by Ning Tian.
• After Xuan Ziwen left, Ning Tian noticed Huo Yuhao's Level 5 Soul Engineer badge, and Huo Yuhao said he expected to reach Level 6 soon.
• Wu Feng challenged Huo Yuhao and released her martial soul, but Huo Yuhao overwhelmed her with his chilling aura and made her agree to get along with him.

At the Illustrious Virtue Hall, Xuan Ziwen sought Ning Tian’s support to break through to Level 9, while Jing Hongchen saw a chance to draw the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect closer. Huo Yuhao reunited with Fan Yu and He Caitou but refused to help Shrek copy Sun Moon’s blueprints, then revealed his plan to gain influence and expand Sun Moon’s power without starting a war.

• Jing Hongchen warned the senior Soul Engineers about choosing sides and instructed Lin Jiayi to oversee the Shrek exchange students’ education.
• Xuan Ziwen told Jing Hongchen that Ning Tian could boost a Soul Engineer’s level and planned to seek her help with his Level 9 breakthrough.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Ning Tian and Wu Feng to the Third Laboratory, where he defended his Soul Guidance Game Console and its future potential.
• Huo Yuhao visited Fan Yu and He Caitou, reunited with them, and refused Fan Yu’s request to use Spiritual Detection to copy Sun Moon’s advanced blueprints.
• Huo Yuhao told the Ice Empress that he would keep Sun Moon’s technological advantage and pursue expansion without war by gaining a high position in Sun Moon.

Huo Yuhao agreed to take Ning Tian and Wu Feng to the Jingyang Mountain Range to hunt for their fifth soul rings, hoping to find a rare mental-attribute soul beast for himself. Xuan Ziwen began considering whether support-type soul masters could help Level 8 Soul Engineers overcome the barrier to Level 9, while Ju Zi recognized the political stakes and decided to inform the Crown Prince.

• Xuan Ziwen asked Huo Yuhao about Ning Tian's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and considered using her support abilities to help him reach Level 9 Soul Engineer.
• Huo Yuhao cautioned Xuan Ziwen that Ning Tian might lack the soul power to assist him and reminded him that she was an exchange student, so Xuan Ziwen offered to take her and Huo Yuhao soul-ring hunting instead.
• Ju Zi realized that support-type soul masters might help create Quasi-Level 9 Soul Engineers and decided the Crown Prince needed to know about the possibility.
• Huo Yuhao asked Qian Duoduo for permission to take Ning Tian and Wu Feng soul-ring hunting, and Qian Duoduo approved after seeing Huo Yuhao's strength.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Tian and Wu Feng to prepare their flying soul tools, and the three set off for the Jingyang Mountain Range.

Huo Yuhao took Ning Tian and Wu Feng into the Jingyang Mountain Range, where he demonstrated his strength and offered to teach them about soul tools. During a battle with a five-thousand-year Golden Tiger, he guided Ning Tian to apply her support skills directly to Wu Feng’s soul tool, revealing a new path for her as an all-round soul engineer.

• Huo Yuhao reassured Ning Tian and Wu Feng that he had no plans to harm them, then led them into the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Huo Yuhao repelled a Golden Tiger with a single blow and warned the girls that metal-attribute soul beasts were strengthened in the mountains.
• Ning Tian asked Huo Yuhao to teach her and Wu Feng about soul tools, and he described himself as an all-rounder who used soul tools to cover his martial soul’s weaknesses.
• Huo Yuhao sent Ning Tian and Wu Feng to fight a five-thousand-year Golden Tiger while he watched and prepared to intervene.
• Huo Yuhao guided Ning Tian to apply her support skills directly to Wu Feng’s soul tool, allowing Wu Feng to kill the Golden Tiger with a powerful strike.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Tian that she could become an all-round soul engineer.