Recaps

Huo Yuhao studied Shrek’s ultimate martial soul manual and developed a plan to use ultimate ice to temper his body and advance the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art. After returning the original scroll, he joined the others as Ma Xiaotao prepared to travel with the Body Sect, while Mu En collapsed from exhaustion.

• Huo Yuhao copied the manual and concluded that ultimate ice should nourish his martial arts cultivation rather than become his primary focus.
• Huo Yuhao devised a way to use extreme cold to temper his body, but decided to wait until his meridians were stronger before trying it.
• Huo Yuhao returned Mu En’s original manual, and Mu En let him keep the copy containing his own insights.
• Mu En urged Xuan Zi to learn from the incident, and Ma Xiaotao said she would not let Shrek down.
• Mu En sent the Body Sect members off, then collapsed and asked Shrek’s people to take him to the Golden Tree.

The Body Sect returned to Heaven Dou City with Xuan Zi captive, while its elders teased Huo Yuhao about marriage. Ma Xiaotao challenged Huo Yuhao to a duel after he defended Du Busi’s treatment of Xuan Zi.

• Du Busi asked Huo Yuhao about his future wife, and the Body Sect members argued over possible matches for him.
• Huo Yuhao released his Azure Sky Profound Ice Dragon Martial Soul to stop the elders’ matchmaking argument.
• Xuan Zi insulted the Body Sect, prompting Du Busi to confront him.
• Ma Xiaotao activated Phoenix Wings Soaring to defend Xuan Zi, and Huo Yuhao used Ultimate Ice to suppress her flames.
• After the group landed near Heaven Dou City, Du Busi and Xuan Zi wrestled while the Body Sect members cheered them on.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged Huo Yuhao to fight her using only her first two Soul Skills.

Huo Yuhao exposed Ma Xiaotao’s hidden phoenix-fire condition and revealed that Elder Mu had offered a steep price for his help. He left the decision to Du Busi, who weighed Shrek Academy’s proposed deal.

• Huo Yuhao refused Ma Xiaotao’s challenge, explaining that the fight would be unfair and meaningless.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Huo Yuhao, but Jin Peng stopped her while the Body Sect elders held back Song Yunzhi.
• Huo Yuhao deduced that Ma Xiaotao’s impure phoenix fire needed his ultimate ice either to suppress its evil fire or trigger a dangerous evolution.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi that Elder Mu had explained Ma Xiaotao’s condition and offered two hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, access to most of Shrek’s materials, and one promise of military aid.
• Huo Yuhao asked Du Busi to decide whether the Body Sect would accept Elder Mu’s offer.

Shrek Academy offered the Body Sect a lavish deal to treat Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Du Busi demanded medicinal herbs as a deposit. Huo Yuhao and Du Busi accepted the advance while suspecting Mu En had broader plans for Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao.

• Xuan Zi outlined Shrek Academy’s offer of rare Soul Beast hunts, access to its materials, and military assistance in exchange for treating Ma Xiaotao.
• Du Busi demanded one mental-attribute herb and one ice-attribute herb as a deposit, and Song Yunzhi agreed to deliver them after Xuan Zi returned to Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao privately told Du Busi that Shrek’s generosity suggested Ma Xiaotao’s condition was severe or that the academy had another motive.
• Du Busi warned that Mu En might be shaping Shrek’s future through Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao, and questioned whether Shrek would honor the deal after Mu En died.
• Huo Yuhao said he would suppress Ma Xiaotao and help the empire root out Shrek’s influence if the academy caused trouble, and Du Busi approved.

Huo Yuhao and the Body Sect arrived in Heaven Dou City, where the Royal Knights escorted them to the imperial palace for a banquet. During the journey, Huo Yuhao and Du Busi debated the strength of Soul Tools, and the chapter ended as the group reached the palace grounds.

• Xuan Zi arrived in Heaven Dou City as a prisoner and reflected on his changed circumstances.
• Commander Mo Feng and the Royal Knights welcomed Du Busi and the Body Sect on the emperor’s orders.
• Huo Yuhao and the others rode toward the palace in carriages, while Xuan Zi and his companions received a less comfortable one.
• Du Busi warned Huo Yuhao against relying on Soul Tools, but Huo Yuhao argued that their technology posed a serious threat.
• Du Busi showed Huo Yuhao a Sun Moon Empire Soul Cannon shell, crushed it before it could explode, and explained the Body Sect’s reliance on physical strength.
• The group arrived at the imperial palace grounds and prepared to disembark.

Huo Yuhao waited in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace while the elders discussed how the emperor might respond to Shrek Academy’s attack on Di'ao Academy. The emperor then summoned Huo Yuhao for a private audience, leaving Ma Xiaotao behind.

• Du Busi took Xuan Zi and Qingying Douluo to meet the emperor and told Huo Yuhao to wait in the Heavenly Star Hall with Xue Yang and Bai Ming.
• Mu Yun escorted Huo Yuhao, Xue Yang, Bai Ming, and Ma Xiaotao to the hall, where Huo Yuhao learned about Mu Yun’s daughter Mu Xue and her friendship with Princess Vina.
• While they waited, Huo Yuhao asked how the emperor might deal with Shrek Academy, and Xue Yang and Bai Ming predicted that Shrek would be monitored and warned.
• Ma Xiaotao angrily defended Shrek, but Bai Ming and Xue Yang challenged her and reminded her that Xuan Zi was awaiting the emperor’s punishment.
• A red-robed attendant delivered the emperor’s decree summoning Huo Yuhao for an immediate audience.

Huo Yuhao met Emperor Xue Heng in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and explained why he planned to cultivate the Ice Dragon Martial Soul first. He left the emperor, Vina, and Du Busi impressed by his ambition to strengthen his body before transforming his Spirit Eyes through talisman-master methods.

• Mu Yun escorted Huo Yuhao to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where Emperor Xue Heng asked about his future cultivation and offered imperial resources.
• Vina urged Huo Yuhao to consider carefully, while Du Busi promised the Body Sect would support whichever martial soul he chose to cultivate first.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that strengthening his physique with the Azure Sky Profound Ice Dragon would prepare him to bear the spiritual power needed to evolve his Spirit Eyes.
• Huo Yuhao announced that he would cultivate the Ice Dragon Martial Soul first, explaining that he expected his Spirit Eyes to evolve and that the Body Sect should be his foundation.
• Du Busi laughed with approval at Huo Yuhao's reasoning, while Xue Heng and Vina reacted with surprise.

Xue Heng granted Huo Yuhao the hereditary Azure Dragon viscount title and named him deputy commander of the reinstated Ring of the Heavens Knight Order. After Du Busi recommended Long Aotian and five other Body Sect disciples for positions, Xue Heng appointed them, then gave Huo Yuhao a starlight sapphire Storage Soul Tool at Vina’s request.

• Xue Heng praised Huo Yuhao’s cultivation judgment, and Du Busi pledged the Body Sect’s support for him before the emperor.
• Xue Heng granted Huo Yuhao the hereditary title of Azure Dragon Viscount and appointed him deputy commander of the Ring of the Heavens Knight Order, tasking him with leading the Azure Dragon Guard against evil soul masters.
• Vina reminded Xue Heng that the order’s commander had not been chosen, and Du Busi recommended Long Aotian for the post along with five Body Sect disciples as captains.
• Xue Heng appointed Long Aotian commander of the Celestial Guard and named Wang Yanfeng, Chen Yu, Chen Lü, Gu Tong, and Jiang Yixi the order’s five captains.
• Du Busi teased Xue Heng about arranging a marriage for Huo Yuhao, and Xue Heng gave Huo Yuhao a starlight sapphire Storage Soul Tool that Vina had asked him to provide.

Huo Yuhao received Xue Heng’s gifts and learned how Heaven Dou had settled its dispute with Shrek. Du Busi arranged for Huo Yuhao to represent Di'ao Academy, pursue Soul Tool research, and begin formal Body Sect training, leaving him with the challenge of leading Di'ao to victory in next year’s tournament.

• Xue Heng gave Huo Yuhao a Starlight Sapphire Necklace containing at least one and a half million Gold Soul Coins and rare ice marrow, while Vina encouraged him to accept their support.
• Du Busi explained that Shrek had to apologize publicly, pay Di'ao’s losses, regulate its conduct in Heaven Dou, and participate in a six-month exchange program.
• Du Busi told Huo Yuhao that Long Aotian and Ma Xiaotao would represent Di'ao in the exchange, and that Huo Yuhao was expected to help monitor Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to represent Di'ao in next year’s Soul Master Tournament and asked to join its Soul Tool Department to explore using the body as a tool and spiritual power as a carving blade.
• Du Busi assigned Lang Ya and Gu Tong to study with Huo Yuhao, warned him to consult Du Busi and Hong Yue before trying his plan, and ordered him to begin formal Body Sect training.
• Du Busi challenged Huo Yuhao to lead Di'ao to the tournament championship, promising to consider him for Young Sect Master if he succeeded and demanding he relinquish his Azure Dragon Noble Title and deputy commander post if he failed.

Huo Yuhao received the Azure Dragon Seal and began studying the Body Sect’s Secret of the Body, learning how its Second Awakening worked. Du Busi set a demanding training plan to strengthen him so he could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring from a Super Soul Beast at rank thirty.

• Huo Yuhao accepted his Azure Dragon Viscount seal and returned to the Body Sect with Du Busi and the others, while Ma Xiaotao was taken back to Di'ao Academy after her Evil Fire was suppressed.
• Xue Xin promised Di'ao Academy would support Huo Yuhao’s growth and arrange for a Soul Tool expert to teach him.
• Du Busi gave Huo Yuhao the Secret of the Body and explained the Body Ancestor’s beliefs, the role of divinity, and how pain and insight could trigger a Body Martial Soul’s Second Awakening.
• Huo Yuhao studied the manual’s meridian diagram, recognized similarities to the Martial Scripture, and quickly learned the Body Sect’s secret arts and combat techniques under Du Busi’s guidance.
• Du Busi ordered Huo Yuhao to remain at the Body Sect until rank thirty, refine ice marrow and medicinal herbs, and undergo lightning baptism when thunderstorms came so he could prepare for a Second Awakening and a powerful Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao tempered his body by absorbing the ice marrow under the Ice Empress's guidance, and his Soul Power increased slightly. The dormant Gray Pearl awakened Electrolux, who introduced himself to Huo Yuhao and revealed that he came from another world.

• Du Busi planned to capture a Sea Dragon for Huo Yuhao's Second Soul Ring and left to search for one.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the ice marrow while the Ice Empress guided its power through his meridians, bones, and skin.
• Huo Yuhao endured the painful tempering until his Soul Power bottleneck broke and his level increased slightly.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rambled to the dormant Gray Pearl, which suddenly trembled and manifested an elderly figure.
• Electrolux introduced himself to Huo Yuhao and said he came from another world, like the Martial Ancestor.

Electrolux recounted his origins and the history of the Shengmo Continent, then explained how magic and Soul Skills worked. Huo Yuhao recognized that Electrolux's insights could help him understand Soul Skills and advance his Spirit Eyes, and listened as Electrolux described Soul Master cultivation as a stage of borrowing external power to reach natural elements.

• Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux about his surviving Divine Sense, and Electrolux explained that his original body had died and that Tian Meng's fusion had drawn him to the Douluo Continent.
• Huo Yuhao trusted Electrolux because he had not harmed him and the Martial Scripture had accepted him; Electrolux expressed gratitude for sharing Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness with the Martial Scripture.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao, the Ice Empress, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about the Shengmo Continent, his break with the Glorious Church, and his transformation into the Undead Scourge.
• Moved by Electrolux's experiences and understanding of life and death, Huo Yuhao bowed to him and thanked him for his guidance.
• Electrolux distinguished magic from Soul Skills, explaining that Soul Skills arose from the resonance between Soul Rings and Martial Souls, while Soul Beast abilities more closely resembled magic.
• Electrolux described Soul Master cultivation as borrowing external power to communicate with natural elements, and Huo Yuhao listened closely for insights useful to his future cultivation.

Electrolux analyzed Huo Yuhao’s Soul Rings and concluded that the Soul Master system relied on external bridges to reach the laws of heaven and earth. After the Martial Scripture revealed a higher realm, Huo Yuhao gained recognition for combining Soul Magic and the Talisman Master system, while Electrolux passed his magical insights to him.

• Huo Yuhao summoned his Soul Rings and let Electrolux examine them firsthand.
• Electrolux explained that Soul Rings were magic arrays containing Soul Power seals, Soul Beast soul fragments, and fragments of laws.
• Electrolux described Soul Masters as relying on Soul Beasts and Martial Souls as crutches, while proposing a progression from borrowed power to creating laws.
• The Martial Scripture shone and showed Electrolux the Above Sovereign realm, while Huo Yuhao gained recognition from the Talisman Master system for his proposed cultivation path.
• Electrolux bowed to the Martial Scripture and passed his magical cultivation insights to Huo Yuhao as an inheritance.

Huo Yuhao continued his intense training and learned that Su Tong had come to Di'ao Academy to see him, prompting his sectmates to tease him. After sparring with them, he demonstrated his new Immovable Ice Dragon Bell, then Jin Peng took him and Gu Tong to meet a Heaven Dou operative.

• Huo Yuhao's sectmates told him that Su Tong had visited Di'ao Academy looking for him and teased him about their relationship.
• Huo Yuhao transformed with his Azure Sky Profound Ice Dragon Martial Soul and fought Wang Yanfeng, Chen Yu, Chen Lü, and Gu Tong.
• Huo Yuhao used Immovable Ice Dragon Bell to block their combined attack, then countered and forced Chen Yu to surrender.
• Huo Yuhao told Jin Peng that Immovable Ice Dragon Bell could likely withstand a full-power attack from a newly promoted Soul King.
• Jin Peng took Huo Yuhao and Gu Tong to meet the Heaven Dou operative embedded in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Tong began studying Soul Tools under Linghu, a Heaven Dou spy and researcher at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Spiritual Detection Sharing and Huo Yuhao’s inventive designs revealed the potential for combining Soul Tools with his other arts, leaving Gu Tong determined to master the fundamentals.

• Jin Peng introduced Linghu as an undercover Level 6 Soul Engineer and asked him to teach Huo Yuhao, Gu Tong, and Lang Ya when he returned.
• Linghu explained that Spiritual Power was vital to Soul Engineering, and Huo Yuhao demonstrated how Spiritual Detection Sharing could help engrave Core Arrays and coordinate Soul Engineers.
• Linghu dismantled an illumination Soul Tool and taught its Core Array principles while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to examine the components.
• Electrolux studied the Soul Tool and offered to help Huo Yuhao combine Talisman Master Artifact Refining, Soul Tools, and Magic Arrays.
• Huo Yuhao sketched ideas for new Soul Tools, including laser, blinding, barrier, illusion, and healing designs, impressing Linghu with concepts beyond the Sun Moon Empire’s existing research.
• Gu Tong recognized Soul Tools’ potential, accepted that Huo Yuhao was far ahead of him, and began studying the fundamentals on his own.

Huo Yuhao proposed combining blacksmithing with soul tool production to create new, stronger materials and potentially spiritual soul tools. Linghu embraced the idea, and Huo Yuhao began assembling Jiang Yixi and Wang Yanfeng to test it.

• After completing lessons with Linghu, Gu Tong went to fetch Jiang Yixi while Huo Yuhao considered how their martial souls suited soul tool work.
• Linghu praised Huo Yuhao for making three soul tools in one day, including a Level 2 Soul Guidance Ray.
• Huo Yuhao suggested applying traditional forging techniques to soul tool materials, and Linghu recognized the idea could help Heaven Dou surpass the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao planned to seek forging knowledge from Clear Sky Castle and the Tang Sect's old site, and proposed using Spiritual Detection and the Body Sect's Heaven-Man Unity Realm in place of a Divine Craftsman.
• Gu Tong returned with Jiang Yixi, and Huo Yuhao told him to fetch Wang Yanfeng to serve as a human-shaped forging hammer.

Huo Yuhao and Linghu tested a method for improving Soul Tool materials by having Wang Yanfeng forge spirit silver iron with his fists. The first attempt showed promise but cracked the metal, and the chapter ended with Jin Peng and the Elders catching the group and punishing them.

• Gu Tong brought Wang Yanfeng, Chen Yu, and Chen Lü to see Huo Yuhao, who explained that Wang Yanfeng could help forge spirit silver iron without needing to understand Soul Tool principles.
• Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yixi explained that specially forged metal might strengthen Soul Tools and help the Body Sect become a holy land for Soul Engineers, persuading Wang Yanfeng to try.
• Wang Yanfeng used the Tiger Roaring Fist method to strike the spirit silver iron while Huo Yuhao guided his power and Jiang Yixi and Gu Tong helped control the forging conditions.
• The spirit silver iron began to glow but cracked, and Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yixi reassured Wang Yanfeng that the experiment had still shown promise.
• Chen Yu and Chen Lü argued over which of them could help the forge, before Jin Peng and several Elders arrived and beat Wang Yanfeng and the two Chen brothers for disobeying orders.
• Jin Peng ordered Jiang Yixi to serve as a target at the training grounds.

Huo Yuhao explained the Mind-Soul Forging Method to Jin Peng and the Body Sect elders, who recognized its promise but found that crude forging skills and low-quality metal blocked progress. Jin Peng assigned the sect several ways to investigate the method and prepared to take Huo Yuhao to Heaven Dou City to inform His Majesty.

• Huo Yuhao told Jin Peng and the elders that Wang Yanfeng's experiment had made Spirit Silver Iron resonate with Martial Soul, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao proposed learning advanced forging techniques and developing Spiritual Power amplification soul tools, while warning that the tools would need to preserve the spiritual connection during forging.
• Bai Ming tried mind-soul forging Spirit Silver Iron but shattered it, concluding that its internal structure needed to be strengthened through Hundred Refinement or Thousand Refinement.
• Jin Peng assigned himself and Huo Yuhao to contact the palace and visit the Tang Sect's former site, sent Ao Tian to investigate Shrek's records, and ordered the elders to seek out blacksmiths and investigate metals in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jin Peng told Huo Yuhao to prepare to travel with him to Heaven Dou City and report mind-soul forging to His Majesty.

Huo Yuhao prepared to present his Mind-Soul Forging insights to the Heaven Dou Empire while continuing to strengthen himself. After breaking through to rank twenty-six, he planned to use the Soul Shock from a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring to attempt the Talisman Seal Transformation of his Spirit Eyes, provided he first mastered the Second Awakening.

• Jin Peng told Huo Yuhao to prepare an account of Mind-Soul Forging and accompany him to the imperial palace the next day.
• Huo Yuhao organized his ideas, reflected on how to innovate upon the Martial Ancestor’s inheritance, and focused on improving his strength.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the remaining energy of the ice marrow and broke through to Soul Power rank twenty-six.
• Electrolux and the Ice Empress discussed how Huo Yuhao’s physical conditioning could reduce the cultivation restrictions caused by his Ultimate Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao proposed attempting his Spirit Eyes’ Talisman Seal Transformation during the Soul Shock from a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Electrolux told him to master the Second Awakening first.

Huo Yuhao went to Di'ao Academy to meet Su Tong, who told him that ultimate martial souls caused cultivation to slow after reaching Soul Elder. The chapter ended with her puzzled that Huo Yuhao was only rank twenty-six despite the support of the Body Sect and Heaven Dou Empire.

• Xue Heng established the Mind-Soul Research Institute, classified the forging method as a top secret, and sent envoys to search for Clear Sky Castle and Strength Clan descendants.
• Huo Yuhao left for Di'ao Academy after learning that Su Tong had been waiting for him on Star-Watching Island.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that Ma Xiaotao had behaved herself under strict supervision at the academy.
• Su Tong told Huo Yuhao that her ultimate martial soul had slowed her cultivation after she became a Soul Elder, and that an old text said this affected all ultimate martial souls.
• Su Tong asked Huo Yuhao's current rank and questioned why he was only rank twenty-six despite his backing from the Body Sect and Heaven Dou Empire.

Huo Yuhao and Su Tong discovered that their ultimate ice martial souls could form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Su Tong agreed to join Di'ao Academy's Azure Dragon Guard. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe secretly met Ma Xiaotao in Heaven Dou City and told her about Shrek Academy's worsening situation and her growing responsibilities.

• Huo Yuhao explained that he had used resources to strengthen his body and shared his ultimate ice insights with Su Tong, who offered her cultivation method in return.
• Su Tong and Huo Yuhao tested their martial souls and found that their ultimate ice could resonate into different Martial Soul Fusion Skills depending on who took the lead.
• Su Tong told Huo Yuhao that her uncontrolled power had caused her parents' deaths, and Huo Yuhao persuaded her to join Di'ao Academy and the Azure Dragon Guard.
• Jin Peng and Hong Yue stopped Xue Xin from interrupting Huo Yuhao and Su Tong, then offered him Body Sect support for Di'ao's special training in exchange for his silence.
• Yan Shaozhe secretly met Ma Xiaotao and explained Shrek Academy's recent troubles, telling her that her responsibilities and Evil Fire problem could no longer wait.

Huo Yuhao and Su Tong unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dragon Hunt Across the Eight Desolations, to defeat Ma Xiaotao after she tried to force Su Tong to return to Shrek. As Huo Yuhao rested and prepared to practice Second Awakening, Du Busi brought a captured sea dragon to the Body Sect for him.

• Huo Yuhao told Xue Xin that Su Tong had joined Di'ao Academy, and Xue Xin briefed him on the imperial family's plans for the Tang Sect's former grounds and the Mind-Soul Research Institute.
• Ma Xiaotao fought Jiang Peng and demanded that Su Tong return to Shrek, but Su Tong refused and reaffirmed that she had joined Di'ao Academy.
• Huo Yuhao struck Ma Xiaotao with the Azure Sky Soul-Shattering Chant, then joined hands with Su Tong to perform Dragon Hunt Across the Eight Desolations.
• Huo Yuhao's fusion attack shattered Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Meteor Shower, froze her Phoenix Martial Soul, and knocked her unconscious against the Dean's Tower.
• Su Tong helped Huo Yuhao recover after the battle, while Xue Xin watched his tower collapse again.
• Du Busi brought a sealed ten-thousand-year sea dragon to the Body Sect and called out for Huo Yuhao.

After using Dragon Hunt Across the Eight Desolations to cripple Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao tried to trigger the Second Awakening of his Spirit Eyes while recovering in the Dean's Lounge. He achieved a silver-level Second Awakening, leaving him with a major increase in combat strength and a path toward completing his Spirit Eyes' Talisman Seal Transformation through Soul Shock.

• Su Tong brought Huo Yuhao to the Dean's Lounge, where he recovered from the enormous drain of Dragon Hunt Across the Eight Desolations and began cultivating his Spirit Eyes.
• With Electrolux guiding him, Huo Yuhao merged his spiritual origin with his Spirit Eyes and absorbed a mental-attribute herb and soul power from a Milk Bottle to force a Second Awakening.
• Huo Yuhao endured the violent pain as golden vortices collided with his Spirit Eyes, and an indistinct radiance began to spread through his martial soul.
• At Di'ao Academy, Du Busi praised Huo Yuhao's decisive attack while Xue Xin explained that Ma Xiaotao would remain bedridden for a month or two and discussed why she had not yet been sent back to Shrek.
• A powerful fluctuation appeared over the lounge, and Du Busi and Xue Xin saw the phantom of enormous eyes as Huo Yuhao completed a silver-level Second Awakening and felt his combat strength double.

After his second awakening, Huo Yuhao discovered that he could control objects with his thoughts and unleash powerful palm strikes, but his testing destroyed the Dean's Lounge. Su Tong became the acting deputy captain of the Azure Dragon Guard, and Du Busi ordered Huo Yuhao to return with him to absorb his soul ring.

• Huo Yuhao discovered that his second awakening enhanced his combat strength and perception, and let him manipulate objects with his thoughts.
• Huo Yuhao tested the Eight Desolations Palm and accidentally brought down the Dean's Lounge; Du Busi said Shrek could rebuild it with the Dean's Tower.
• Du Busi met Su Tong and proposed that she become deputy captain of the Azure Dragon Guard, but she refused the permanent position because she had not earned merit.
• After learning that the Azure Dragon Guard had only two members, Su Tong agreed to serve as its acting deputy captain and handle Huo Yuhao's duties.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Du Busi had caught Sea Dragon, and Du Busi ordered him to return immediately to absorb his soul ring.

Du Busi brought Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect, where Huo Yuhao prepared to absorb a captured Sea Dragon by mastering his Second Awakening and enduring its Soul Shock. The chapter ended with Du Busi freeing the weakened Sea Dragon so Huo Yuhao could face it in battle.

• Xue Xin arranged for Jiang Peng and the Di'ao team to assist Su Tong and the Azure Dragon Guard with patrols, training, and preparation for the Soul Master Tournament.
• Xue Xin warned Su Tong that Evil Soul Masters had appeared near Heaven Dou Auxiliary City, and she agreed to confront the danger.
• Du Busi brought Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect, where disciples restrained the hundred-meter Sea Dragon and Du Busi explained that Huo Yuhao would need to withstand its Soul Shock himself.
• Huo Yuhao trained his Second Awakening with Du Busi, Hong Yue, and others until he could switch states quickly in combat.
• Huo Yuhao approached the restrained Sea Dragon, and Du Busi snapped its chains so Huo Yuhao could fight it.