Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao reunited with Tang Ya in Heaven Dou City and learned that she had withdrawn from Shrek Academy and planned to close the struggling Tang Sect temporarily.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he followed her and uncovered her grief and desire for revenge, then confronted her about whether Bei Bei knew she had withdrawn.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vines to drain nearby plants and vowed to avenge her parents before Huo Yuhao asked whether Bei Bei knew she had withdrawn.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.

Huo Yuhao identified the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as the Auspicious Beast, prompting Du Busi to seize her and face the Star Dou Great Forest’s ferocious beasts. As Xuan Zi tried to mediate, a third, even more powerful ferocious beast arrived to confront Du Busi.

• Huo Yuhao warned Du Busi that killing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could trigger a beast tide, but Du Busi ordered Mo Feiyun to take Huo Yuhao and the others away and carried her off.
• The Scarlet King and Xiong Jun confronted Du Busi, who used the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as a shield while fighting them.
• Huo Yuhao watched the battle through Spiritual Detection as Du Busi fought the two ferocious beasts.
• Xuan Zi arrived and tried to mediate, while Du Busi argued that he had captured only a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
• The Scarlet King explained the Auspicious Beast’s importance and warned that her death could bring another beast tide, but Du Busi refused to back down.
• A third ferocious beast appeared with an aura more savage than the others, and Du Busi became cautious.

Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to advise Du Busi during his confrontation with Di Tian over the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Di Tian recovered the unharmed Auspicious Beast and departed, while she wondered about the other worlds revealed in Huo Yuhao’s memories.

• Du Busi transformed into his giant form to face Di Tian, who arrived with Scarlet King and Xiong Jun to demand the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s return.
• Huo Yuhao sent Du Busi a brief message explaining how to negotiate, and Du Busi offered to return the Three-Eyed Golden Lion while using her as a bargaining chip.
• Xuan Zi proposed an agreement, and Di Tian and Du Busi accepted that the dispute would end if the Auspicious Beast was returned unharmed.
• Di Tian examined the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then left with her, Scarlet King, and Xiong Jun after warning Du Busi not to return to the forest.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked Di Tian about worlds beyond the Douluo Continent and looked back toward the forest as they headed home.

After the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was returned, Huo Yuhao recovered from exhausting his power and learned that his contact with her had given him the power of destiny, while linking their fates. He turned to the Purple Spirit Wolf’s preserved soul ring and questioned why soul masters needed to absorb soul rings to advance.

• Du Busi argued with Xuan Zi over which group had caused the Star Dou Great Forest’s earlier beast tide, then left him behind.
• Du Busi found Vina and her companions, learned Huo Yuhao had collapsed from exhaustion, and ordered them to seek future soul rings in the Far North.
• Huo Yuhao recovered and learned from Tian Meng that Du Busi had returned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion safely.
• Huo Yuhao learned from Electrolux that contact with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had given him the power of destiny and entangled their fates.
• Huo Yuhao approached the Purple Spirit Wolf’s soul ring and asked why soul masters had to absorb soul rings to advance.

Huo Yuhao questioned why humans needed soul beasts to create soul rings and began exploring whether soul rings and soul bones could be made artificially. He linked soul bones to soul tools and settled on studying those first, though he worried the Body Sect would oppose his research.

• Huo Yuhao reasoned that soul beast hunting caused risks and conflict, then asked whether humans could obtain soul rings directly without soul beasts.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Purple Spirit Wolf's ten thousand year soul ring while Tian Meng, the Ice Empress, and Electrolux observed, but they noticed nothing unusual.
• The Ice Empress explained that hundred-thousand-year soul beasts who took human form could condense their own early soul rings, prompting Huo Yuhao to consider whether humans could do the same.
• Huo Yuhao proposed studying what happened to soul rings after death and considered examining a dead soul master, while Electrolux encouraged him to use his spiritual power for research.
• Huo Yuhao compared soul bones to soul tools and decided to study soul tools as a step toward creating artificial soul bones and soul rings.
• Huo Yuhao realized the Body Sect might not welcome his interest in soul tools.

Huo Yuhao developed a soul-powered game console and crafted a pistol that fired an ultimate-ice ray, using his soul-tool research to create weapons suited to his abilities. Long Aotian arrived to take him to the Drill Ground, where an elder would teach him combat skills.

• Huo Yuhao spent his time in the Imperial Palace making a soul-powered Tetris console while Tian Meng played it and the Ice Empress watched.
• Huo Yuhao shifted his research from artificial soul bones to designing original soul tools, secretly using the royal family's metal warehouse and blueprints.
• Huo Yuhao finished a Level 4 soul guidance pistol and fired it at the Ice Empress, who recognized the ultimate-ice attribute in its ray.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had imbued the pistol with his martial soul's attribute to gain a low-cost ranged attack.
• Tian Meng warned Huo Yuhao that someone was approaching, and he and the Ice Empress returned to his Sea of Consciousness.
• Long Aotian came to Huo Yuhao's room and invited him to the Drill Ground for an elder's combat-skills lesson.