Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao defeated Lu Jun of the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy after overcoming his mental defense and aerial attacks with his Ice Empress's Pincer and an unusual flying board. The match ended with Huo Yuhao asking for Lu Jun’s captain, while Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen wondered about the origin of Huo Yuhao’s flying soul tool.

• Huo Yuhao faced Lu Jun, who used a mental defensive soul tool and a flying soul tool to attack from the air.
• Lu Jun’s mental defense blocked Huo Yuhao’s Mental Illusion, but Huo Yuhao dodged his shots and pursued him with the Ice Empress’s Pincer.
• Lu Jun protected himself with an Invincible Shield, and Huo Yuhao froze part of it before Lu Jun broke free with his Flash Strike Cannon.
• Huo Yuhao revealed a longboard that let him fly, caught Lu Jun in midair, and stopped their fall just above the arena floor.
• Huo Yuhao set Lu Jun down and asked for his captain, while Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen discussed whether Huo Yuhao had developed the flying soul tool himself.

Huo Yuhao fought Xu Tianzhen to study and record the Sun Martial Soul, using his Ultimate Ice to withstand her attacks. He secretly interrupted her strongest strike with Soul Shock, leaving her stunned and asking her to concede for the Mingdu team.

• Jing Hongchen and Ju Zi recognized the advantages of Huo Yuhao’s Flying Board, while Xu Tianran reacted bitterly to its foot-operated design.
• Xu Tianzhen challenged Huo Yuhao and wagered that she could borrow his Flying Board if she won.
• Huo Yuhao recorded Xu Tianzhen releasing the Sun Martial Soul and tested its heat by stopping her Sun Divine Light with his hand.
• Xu Tianzhen used Ten Thousand Radiances to create a blazing domain, but Huo Yuhao’s cold qi neutralized its heat as he urged her to unleash her strongest attack.
• Xu Tianzhen began charging Sun Gaze, but Huo Yuhao struck her with Soul Shock, shattering her Spiritual Defensive Soul Tool Necklace and interrupting the attack.
• Huo Yuhao told the dazed Xu Tianzhen to concede defeat on behalf of her team.

Huo Yuhao defeated Xu Tianzhen, forcing Mingdu Academy to concede, and recorded the battle for Soul Tool research. That night, as his sense of destiny troubled him at the Xishui Alliance competition, he reunited in disguise with He Caitou.

• Huo Yuhao won his wager with Xu Tianzhen, and she conceded the match for Mingdu Academy after he refused to lend her his Flying Board.
• Xu Tianzhen returned to her team and vowed to ask Xu Tianran to make Huo Yuhao hand over the Flying Soul Tool, while Huo Yuhao kept a recording of their battle for research.
• Zhongli Wu criticized Xu Tianzhen's tactics, and Xu Tianran hinted at a possible marriage tie between Xu Tianzhen and the Hongchen family, which Jing Hongchen evaded.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen discussed how Xu Tianzhen's Sun Martial Soul countered their abilities, and Xiao Hongchen complained that his back felt itchy.
• At the Xishui Alliance competition, Huo Yuhao reflected on his increasingly active power of destiny after receiving Number Plate ninety-nine.
• He Caitou arrived in disguise with Number Plate eighty-eight, and he and Huo Yuhao acted as strangers.

Huo Yuhao entered the second tournament round while considering how to help He Caitou escape his consuming hatred, and he designed a Soul Tool that reproduced Xu Tianzhen’s Sun Divine Light. He passed the round and prepared a backup plan in case He Caitou did not follow his intentions.

• Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao that He Caitou’s hatred was driving him toward madness and asked him to help his friend find a way out.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to try to help He Caitou, while considering whether to guide him openly or from the shadows.
• Huo Yuhao designed a new Soul Tool based on footage of Xu Tianzhen’s Sun Divine Light, while Huang Zheng and Mo Ke quickly completed their own tools.
• He Caitou submitted a Level 5 Soul Tool and advanced automatically, leaving the competition first.
• Huo Yuhao’s orange-red beam pierced and melted through the test sphere, earning him a pass in the second round.
• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng that reproducing the Sun Martial Soul’s abilities would serve as a backup plan if He Caitou’s choices diverged from his own.

The Round-Robin Tournament neared its end as the Tang Sect Team secured a strong position and Tang Ya grew fearful of her dependence on Bei Bei. Huo Yuhao defeated the Proud Sword Sect’s captain with Soul Shock, advanced to the quarterfinals, and was stopped by Huo Qiu’er, who asked him to identify something.

• Bei Bei led the Tang Sect Team to victory over its latest opponent and discussed the final group match and tiebreaker points with Xu Sanshi.
• Tang Ya worried that Bei Bei had built the Tang Sect and feared she would eventually have to choose between him and her dream of restoring it.
• Huo Yuhao complained about the tournament’s drawn-out format before facing Wu Yifan of the Proud Sword Sect in the final round-robin match.
• Wu Yifan offered to concede for his team if Huo Yuhao defeated him, and Huo Yuhao accepted the wager before knocking him unconscious with Soul Shock.
• Unbreakable Douluo declared the Dragon Tiger Sect the winner, confirming Huo Yuhao’s advancement to the quarterfinals.
• Huo Qiu’er stopped Huo Yuhao as he left the Rest Area and asked him to help identify something.

Huo Yuhao learned that Du Busi planned to raid the Illustrious Virtue Hall after the tournament, then headed to the Soul Tool Combat Tournament while considering how to keep both sides from losing. At the event, he met Gao Dalou, the opponent the Nether Thunder Douluo had chosen so Huo Yuhao could claim his ranked engraving knife, and questioned him about his suspiciously vulnerable circumstances.

• Huo Qiu'er showed Huo Yuhao the Cunning Rabbit, a Level 9 defensive soul tool stolen by Du Busi from the Holy Spirit Cult, and explained that Du Busi planned another raid on the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Huo Qiu'er told Huo Yuhao that Du Busi intended to loot the Illustrious Virtue Hall after the tournament and abduct him, while Huo Yuhao privately considered how to avoid choosing between the two factions.
• Huang Zheng and Mo Ke told Huo Yuhao that the Nether Thunder Douluo had arranged for him to face Number 48, a low-level Soul Engineer carrying a ranked engraving knife, so he could take it after killing him.
• Huo Yuhao rejected their proposal to kill Number 48 and went to learn more about his opponent, Gao Dalou.
• Gao Dalou told Huo Yuhao that his father had died with the family fortune in his storage soul tool, that he spent his earnings on rare metals, and that he had taught himself soul engineering.

Huo Yuhao defeated Gao Dalou in the Soul Tool Combat Tournament by detonating a Necromantic Bomb in his hand and using its Soul Shock to knock Gao unconscious. After the match, he learned Gao had wagered all his savings and rewards on himself, then considered asking him for a favor.

• Huo Yuhao recognized that Gao Dalou was using a Ranked Engraving Knife, then crafted a Level 5 Necromantic Bomb while Gao made a Destruction Cannon.
• Huo Yuhao destroyed the soul tool he had been researching, and the referees approved both contestants' completed weapons for the match.
• When the fight began, Gao Dalou charged his cannon while Huo Yuhao detonated the Necromantic Bomb without throwing it, releasing a Soul Shock that knocked Gao unconscious.
• The Head Referee declared Huo Yuhao the winner, and Gao later learned he had lost all his savings and previous rewards by betting on himself.
• Huo Yuhao checked that Gao had suffered no lasting spiritual damage, invited him to sit down, and considered asking him for help.

Huo Yuhao befriended Gao Dalou after their tournament match, learned that Gao’s Blood Coagulation Engraving Knife could only be used by his family, and recommended him for an Illustrious Virtue Hall assessment. As Huo Yuhao left the Green Hotel, he felt an ominous unease, while the Ordinary Alliance’s final combat match began with Huo Qiu’er facing a blue-dressed contestant.

• Huo Yuhao shared a meal and wine with Gao Dalou, learned about his self-taught soul engineering and family’s Blood Coagulation Engraving Knife, and offered to recommend him to the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Huo Yuhao gave Gao Dalou a letter for Lin Jiayi to arrange an assessment, and Gao celebrated the opportunity by drinking more wine.
• Huo Yuhao told Huang Zheng and Mo Ke that stealing Blood Coagulation would be useless and that Gao’s Illustrious Virtue Hall connection made him a dangerous target.
• Huo Yuhao left the Green Hotel while feeling an unexplained warning from the power of destiny.
• Shangguan Wei’er announced the Ordinary Alliance division’s match between Huo Qiu’er and contestant number fifty-eight, and Huo Qiu’er charged at her as the fight began.

Huo Qiu'er defeated Number Fifty-Eight in the tournament, then was accused by Ye Guyi of being an Evil Soul Master after absorbing her opponent’s life force. Ye Guyi’s holy light harmed Huo Qiu'er not at all, while a white-robed Titled Douluo recognized her as the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden and hurried to report to the Cult Leader.

• Huo Qiu'er overwhelmed Number Fifty-Eight with sweeping blows from her soul tool gun and knocked her down, forcing her to surrender.
• Number Fifty-Eight feigned surrender and attacked Huo Qiu'er with a hidden dagger, but Huo Qiu'er blocked it with the Golden Dragon Spear and impaled her.
• Shangguan Wei'er declared Huo Qiu'er the winner and advanced her to the Top Three, while Ye Guyi accused her of being an Evil Soul Master for absorbing Number Fifty-Eight’s life force.
• Ye Guyi used her holy angel martial soul’s Holy Light Illumination on Huo Qiu'er, but the sacred light restored Huo Qiu'er’s soul power instead of harming her.
• A white-robed Titled Douluo left the arena and hurried to tell the Cult Leader that the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden had descended.

Huo Qiu'er proved to the Ordinary Alliance that her Golden Dragon Martial Soul was not an evil martial soul, won a place in the finals, and left with her reward. Later, she confronted Ye Guyi in an alley and challenged her claims of justice, leaving Ye Guyi to walk away shaken.

• Huo Qiu'er endured Ye Guyi's Holy Light Illumination, and Shangguan Wei'er stopped Ye Guyi from pursuing her accusation and apologized to Huo Qiu'er.
• Shangguan Wei'er recognized Huo Qiu'er's Golden Dragon Martial Soul, gave her a storage ring, and announced that the finals would take place in the Western Suburbs a week later.
• A white-robed man abandoned his plan to seize Huo Qiu'er after the Ordinary Alliance noticed him, then flew toward the Imperial Palace to inform the sect master.
• Huo Qiu'er inspected her reward while walking through Mingdu, noticed Ye Guyi following her, and led her into an alley.
• Ye Guyi challenged Huo Qiu'er with her holy sword, but Huo Qiu'er questioned her about the Ordinary Alliance's crimes and her inaction toward its human traffickers.
• Ye Guyi put away her sword and left the alley in silence, while Huo Qiu'er headed toward the Mingyue Hotel.

Huo Yuhao left the Holy Spirit Team’s suite despite Ma Xiaotao’s suspicions and learned that Star Luo and Tianhun planned to withdraw from Mingdu before Sun Moon’s forces completed their encirclement. As he headed for the Snow Demon Sect’s suite, he realized Shrek Academy might still be trapped in the city.

• Ma Xiaotao confronted Huo Yuhao about his frequent outings, but he left after saying he was going to eat at the restaurant downstairs.
• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiujiu that Sun Moon’s military would soon tighten its encirclement of Mingdu, and she explained that Star Luo planned to forfeit the quarterfinals and escape south with the other remaining sect teams.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that Star Luo and Tianhun had controlled their tournament points to give Huo Yuhao a chance to draw Star Luo and receive a bye if they forfeited.
• Xu Jiujiu warned Huo Yuhao to be careful if he stayed in Mingdu, while the Snow Empress questioned him about his feelings for Xu Jiujiu.
• Huo Yuhao realized that Shrek Academy had not yet arranged an escape from Mingdu.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Body Sect’s inside man, Mister Xiao, had returned with plans for another raid on the Illustrious Virtue Hall, and he sought a way to limit the damage. He also tested whether Huo Qiu’er had seen his memories, leaving her aware that he suspected her identity.

• Huo Yuhao explained that organized soul engineer corps could make Shrek Academy’s escape from Mingdu difficult, then decided he would knock Shrek or the Tang Sect out of the tournament if matched against them.
• Huo Yuhao discovered Mister Xiao meeting Du Busi and overheard him provide updated Illustrious Virtue Hall plans while demanding that the Body Sect destroy it.
• Du Busi welcomed Huo Yuhao, and the Body Sect’s younger members discussed the tournament with him after its experts departed.
• Huo Yuhao tested Huo Qiu’er by leaving a famous saying from his former world unfinished, and she concealed her knowledge of the second half.
• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng that he would ask Gao Dalou for help minimizing the losses from Du Busi’s planned raid.

At the Soul Engineer Tournament finals, Huo Yuhao and He Caitou faced their first opponents while the Xishui Alliance plotted to recruit He Caitou and capture the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden. The chapter ended as the crafting period finished and the referees prepared to inspect the contestants’ soul tools.

• Huang Zheng told Huo Yuhao that Mo Ke would test Number 88, while the Xishui Alliance leaders discussed the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden’s powers and ordered her captured.
• The host revealed that He Caitou was assessed as a Level 7 Soul Engineer, then the draw matched Huo Yuhao against Number 37 and He Caitou against Mo Ke.
• He Caitou began crafting tiny inscribed needles as covert soul-engineered weapons, while Mo Ke prepared his own soul tool.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Xiao, the Body Sect’s inner agent, among the spectators and then returned his attention to the matches.
• The crafting period ended, and the three referees were called to inspect the contestants’ soul tools.

He Caitou defeated Mo Ke in the Xishui Alliance tournament, then revealed his imperial connection and advanced to the finals alongside Huo Yuhao and Huang Zheng. In private, Huo Yuhao discovered that He Caitou intended to use the championship’s Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell to take revenge on the Sun Moon Emperor, but his attempts to dissuade him failed.

• He Caitou overwhelmed Mo Ke with his Thunderclap Heavy Cannon and Sunflare Needles, killing him despite Third Elder’s order to stop.
• He Caitou showed the Eight-Clawed Fire Dragon Token, and the referees declared him the winner after Nangong Wan intervened.
• The head referee announced He Caitou, Number 96, and Number 99 as the Xishui Alliance division’s top three, and Nangong Wan invited He Caitou to represent the alliance in the finals.
• Nangong Wan gave He Caitou a storage ring and assured him that the alliance would not retaliate, while Huo Yuhao noticed He Caitou’s reaction to being identified with the imperial palace.
• Huo Yuhao confronted He Caitou privately and used Mental Suggestion to uncover his plan to use the Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell for revenge.
• Huo Yuhao questioned how He Caitou could deliver the shell to the Imperial Palace, but He Caitou angrily insisted that he could not abandon his revenge against the Sun Moon Emperor.

He Caitou offered to help Huo Yuhao avenge his family, then reunited with Uncle Xiao, a former loyalist of his father who revealed how the coup unfolded and how the Illustrious Virtue Hall abandoned the Late Emperor. He Caitou learned that Uncle Xiao had spent ten years in disguise, seeking a chance to avenge the Late Emperor.

• Huo Yuhao told He Caitou he would help him infiltrate the Imperial Palace and seek revenge, and they agreed to discuss the plan after the tournaments.
• Huang Zheng delivered the Dark Azure Dragon engraving knife to Huo Yuhao as a gift from the Third Elder.
• A middle-aged palace official confronted He Caitou about his Eight-Clawed Fire Dragon Token, removed his mask, and recognized him as Prince He.
• He Caitou recognized the official as Uncle Xiao, and the two reunited in a secret hotel room to share what had happened since the coup.
• Uncle Xiao said Xu Guozhong and other officials had joined the coup, while Jing Hongchen and the Illustrious Virtue Hall refused to protect the Late Emperor.
• Uncle Xiao revealed that he had lived under multiple identities, including as a subordinate of Xu Guozhong, while waiting for a chance to avenge the Late Emperor.

He Caitou and Uncle Xiao resolved to seek revenge by targeting Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, while the teams gathered to draw quarterfinal opponents and discovered He Caitou was missing. The draw set Shrek against the Holy Spirit Sect and Tang Ya’s team against Huo Yuhao’s Dragon Tiger Gate, but Star Luo forfeited, advancing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to the final four.

• He Caitou asked Uncle Xiao about the arsenal’s Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, and they decided to seek more at Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao told the Tang Sect team that He Caitou had not returned from watching the Underground Soul Engineer Tournament, and Xuan Zi promised to help search for him.
• Xuan Zi spotted Huo Yuhao at the drawing ceremony, but their conversation was cut short when the officials began the proceedings.
• Wu Yifan drew the Holy Spirit Sect for the Proud Sword Sect, leaving Shrek to face the Holy Spirit Sect in the quarterfinals.
• Meng Hongchen drew Star Luo Royal Academy as the Tang Sect’s opponent, but Xu Jiujiu forfeited because her team was too injured to compete.
• Zheng Zhan accepted Star Luo’s forfeit and declared the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the first team to reach the final four.

After Shrek and the Body Sect prepared to face each other in the quarterfinals, Huo Yuhao searched Mingdu for the missing He Caitou. His search led him to the Illustrious Virtue Hall, where he found Gao Dalou, but He Caitou remained missing.

• Ma Xiaotao left the banquet hall with the Holy Spirit Team, while Xu Jiujiu warned Xuan Zi that Star Luo would withdraw from Mingdu after the quarterfinals; Xuan Zi refused to leave Shrek behind.
• Xuan Zi questioned Huo Yuhao about his allegiance, and Du Busi defended him before challenging Shrek ahead of the Body Sect's match against them.
• Huo Qiu'er volunteered to lead the Body Sect in the Individual Elimination Match, while Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao that He Caitou had not returned since the previous night.
• Xuan Zi reassured the Tang Sect that He Caitou's inspection ring showed he was safe, then urged them to defend Shrek's glory; Huo Yuhao privately resolved to defeat Shrek and went to search for Caitou.
• Huo Yuhao searched downtown Mingdu with Spiritual Detection, then checked the Illustrious Virtue Hall but found no sign of He Caitou; there he encountered Gao Dalou and revealed his Holy Son disguise.

Huo Yuhao prepared a way to monitor the Illustrious Virtue Hall and searched unsuccessfully for the missing He Caitou. As the quarterfinals began, Shrek reassigned Ning Tian to support the Tang Sect Team against the Body Sect, while Huo Yuhao secretly used Mental Suggestion on her.

• Huo Yuhao asked Gao Dalou to contact him if anything unusual happened at the Illustrious Virtue Hall and left a concealed Space Beacon there.
• Huo Yuhao searched Mingdu for He Caitou but found no trace of him, then returned to the Holy Spirit Team and declined to compete against the Proud Sword Sect.
• Wang Dong told Xiao Xiao that Huo Qiu'er resembled Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao confirmed to Bei Bei that he had not found He Caitou.
• Xuan Zi revealed that the Body Sect had at least three Soul Emperors and a Soul Saint, then assigned Ning Tian to join the Tang Sect Team instead of Shrek's match against the Body Sect.
• Dai Huabin objected to Shrek's decision, but Ning Tian accepted the reassignment and urged him to follow the academy's arrangements.
• Huo Yuhao watched Shrek's preparations and secretly activated Mental Suggestion on Ning Tian.

Star Luo Royal Academy withdrew from the quarterfinals, prompting Xu Tianran to order forces to intercept the team as it fled toward Star Luo. In the next match, Huo Qiu’er of the Snow Demon Sect defeated Dai Huabin and challenged Shrek’s next contestant.

• Jing Hongchen assured Xu Tianran that the Sun Moon Team could defeat Shrek, while Zhongli Wu promised to clear the lower bracket for them.
• Star Luo Royal Academy withdrew, and Ye Yulin reported that the White Tiger Duke was moving through the Mingdou Mountains to escort the Star Luo Princess home.
• Xu Tianran ordered Zhongli Wu and Ye Yulin to send forces south of Mingdu and capture the Star Luo team.
• Huo Qiu’er entered the Individual Elimination Match against Dai Huabin, and Xuan Zi and Du Busi argued over whether she should join Shrek or the Body Sect.
• Huo Qiu’er overpowered Dai Huabin, blocked his Dark Gold Dreadclaw with her Golden Dragon Spear, and defeated him before calling for Shrek’s next contestant.

Huo Qiu'er defeated Shrek’s first two competitors, but Ning Tian defied Zhang Lexuan’s plan to join the Tang Sect Team and entered the individual match. Using her support abilities and a powerful soul tool, Ning Tian stopped Huo Qiu’er and won one bout, prompting Long Aotian to prepare to fight.

• After Dai Huabin lost the opening bout, Zhang Lexuan sent Xie Huanyue out to withstand Huo Qiu’er’s attacks.
• Huo Qiu’er overcame Xie Huanyue’s defense and won the second bout, leaving Shrek at risk of losing all seven matches to her.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Ning Tian to join the Tang Sect Team, but Ning Tian explained her sect’s principle of standing by allies and refused to leave her companions.
• Ning Tian volunteered to fight Huo Qiu’er, and Huo Yuhao praised her resolve while Xuan Zi angrily watched her take the stage.
• Ning Tian blocked Huo Qiu’er with an Invincible Shield and enhanced a Metal Tower Platform’s cannon attack, forcing Zheng Zhan to intervene and award Shrek the bout.
• Long Aotian rose after Huo Qiu’er’s defeat and declared that he would show Shrek true despair.