Chapter Summaries

Di Tian accepted Zi Ji’s decision to eventually sacrifice herself for Huo Yuhao, while insisting she wait until his fourth soul ring reached the required strength. As Huo Yuhao studied imprinting and maintained careful, transactional ties with the Star Dou Great Forest’s beasts, Di Tian affirmed his caution but warned that some obligations could not be avoided.

• Zi Ji agreed to sacrifice herself for Huo Yuhao’s future, and Di Tian approved her choice while requiring her to wait until Huo Yuhao’s fourth soul ring reached the necessary level.
• Huo Yuhao continued learning imprinting from the Silver English Beast, which corrected his mistakes and helped him understand the technique.
• Di Tian told Huo Yuhao that Xiong Jun would delay challenging him until he had refined the Sky-Rending Claw further.
• Myriad Demon King and Scarlet King brought Huo Yuhao a spiritual fruit and Scarlet Flame Dragon Lizard meat, while Huo Yuhao kept his suspicions about the Golden Tree to himself.
• Myriad Demon King recognized that Huo Yuhao would not learn his Instant Millennium Domain without a fair exchange, and Di Tian praised Huo Yuhao’s caution before warning that some things could not be avoided.

Huo Yuhao advanced to Quasi-Soul Ancestor at the Lake of Life and received the Silver Dragon King's Scale to conceal his Soul Rings and strengthen his Martial Soul. Di Tian then carried him toward the other two continents to hunt for Soul Rings.

• Huo Yuhao focused on the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and reached level forty with Bi Ji's help.
• The Star Dou Ferocious Beasts discussed Huo Yuhao's talent and agreed to keep his ten-thousand-year First Soul Ring secret.
• Di Tian gave Huo Yuhao the Silver Dragon King's Scale, which merged into his chest and could disguise his Soul Rings and aid his cultivation.
• Di Tian transformed into his Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King form, and Huo Yuhao climbed onto his back.
• Di Tian flew off with Huo Yuhao toward the other two continents to hunt for Soul Rings.

Huo Yuhao and Di Tian traveled to an overseas continent, where Huo Yuhao discovered valuable unmined resources and learned more about the Dragon Clan. They then found Holy Spirit Cult forces attacking Sea God Island survivors and learned that the Sea God High Priest’s soul was gone.

• Di Tian told Huo Yuhao about Sea God Island’s suppression of sea Soul Beasts and the Dragon Clan’s defeat in the war between beasts and human gods.
• Di Tian landed with Huo Yuhao on an undeveloped overseas continent, where Huo Yuhao detected rare metal veins and spirit gold crystal deposits.
• Huo Yuhao discussed finding Gold of Life with Electrolux, who needed it to build and stabilize a portal to the undead demiplane.
• Huo Yuhao and Di Tian discovered the Holy Spirit Cult fighting Sea God Island soul masters and moved closer to observe.
• A Holy Spirit Cult soul saint defeated a Sea God Island soul saint and revealed that the Sea God High Priest’s soul was gone.
• Huo Yuhao asked Di Tian to save the survivors so they could extract information, then suggested exterminating the Holy Spirit Cult attackers.

Huo Yuhao and Di Tian tested whether the Holy Spirit Cult was connected to Long Xiaoyao by disguising Di Tian as the Dark Sacred Dragon. After the plan exposed Di Tian's identity, Huo Yuhao posed as Tang Yao of the Clear Sky Sect to gain the Sea God Island survivors’ trust, and they began telling him what had happened.

• Huo Yuhao explained that he wanted information from both the Sea God Island Soul Masters and the Holy Spirit Cult, and planned to use Di Tian’s Silver Dragon Scales to imitate Long Xiaoyao’s Dark Sacred Dragon.
• Di Tian manifested the Dark Sacred Dragon, and the Holy Spirit Cult members knelt and called him Chief Priest, confirming to Huo Yuhao that Long Xiaoyao was closely connected to the cult.
• When Di Tian spoke, the Holy Spirit Cult members realized he was not their Chief Priest and fled, but Di Tian quickly intercepted them.
• Huo Yuhao approached the Sea God Island survivors and claimed to be Tang Yao of the Clear Sky Sect, using a simulated Clear Sky Hammer and Sea God mark to earn their trust.
• Lan Ming introduced himself as a Blue Family deacon, and the Sea God Island survivors tearfully recounted the attack on their island to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao recovered by using the Great Desolation Scripture to draw power from the earth, then discussed with Di Tian how to undermine Shrek Academy and investigate Sea God Island. As they continued across the New Continent, Huo Yuhao worried that the Holy Spirit Cult and Tang San would grow stronger and resolved to strike at Tang San’s other allies first.

• Di Tian gave Huo Yuhao refined spiritual fruit energy, and Huo Yuhao recovered by drawing power from the earth and turning Ultimate Ice rain into a force of vitality.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian he planned to spread rumors about Mu En, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui to make people question Shrek Academy and Long Xiaoyao.
• Huo Yuhao decided he would defeat the Shrek Team openly at the Soul Master Tournament and leave Ma Xiaotao’s choices to her.
• Huo Yuhao worried that the Holy Spirit Cult was growing stronger after destroying Sea God Island, while Shrek Academy neared ruin and Clear Sky Castle might soon reappear.
• Di Tian flew Huo Yuhao to inspect another soul beast king’s territory, and Huo Yuhao concluded there was no suitable Yang Water dragon soul beast there.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Tang San had been injured by the Martial Scripture and resolved to kill Tang San’s other allies before Tang San recovered.

After failing to find a suitable Yang Water soul beast on one continent, Di Tian took Huo Yuhao to another, where they found a powerful Yang Water dragon at a Yin-Yang Lake. Huo Yuhao absorbed its soul ring and gained a new skill, then cultivated at the lake while Long Teng arrived and began evolving his martial soul.

• Di Tian and Huo Yuhao traveled to a new continent after finding no suitable soul beast, and shared a relaxed evening together on Sacred God Mountain.
• Di Tian discovered a vast Yin-Yang Lake and found a seventy-three-thousand-year Yang Water dragon whose power also contained Yin Water.
• Huo Yuhao killed the dragon and absorbed its soul ring, while Electrolux preserved the dragon's remnant soul in Huo Yuhao's Niwan Palace.
• Huo Yuhao gained the fourth soul skill Dawn-Born Wandering Dragon, which converted some incoming damage into healing or rebounded it, and reached a powerful dragon-man state he called the Small Martial Soul Avatar.
• Huo Yuhao began cultivating at the lake, and ten days later Long Teng arrived, entered the water, and began evolving his earth dragon martial soul toward a mountain dragon.

Huo Yuhao investigated the ruined Sea God Island and suspected Tang San had taken Chen Fuhai’s soul, while Shrek Academy prepared Ma Xiaotao for the tournament and considered seeking Sea God Island’s aid. The Demon Empress agreed to infiltrate Shrek as its High Priest, but secretly kept her power in a whale pearl and planned to use it against the Sea God if he descended.

• Huo Yuhao and Di Tian surveyed the ruined Sea God Island, and Huo Yuhao suspected Tang San had taken Chen Fuhai’s soul and that Mu En might have been changed.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, told Gu Mingxi and the beasts about his discoveries, and demonstrated his strength by trading punches with Gu Mingxi.
• Ah Yin told Chen Fuhai that Tang Hao had transferred light power from the Sea God Martial Soul, leaving Chen Fuhai with a defective martial soul that could still suppress most soul masters.
• Yan Shaozhe urged Shrek to let Ma Xiaotao become a soul saint and proposed seeking the Sea God High Priest’s aid; Xuan Zi said the plan required Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion’s approval.
• Tang Hao answered Ye Xishui’s call for help while fighting the Douluo Planet’s will, and the will struck him as he assisted her.
• Ye Xishui arranged for the Demon Empress to impersonate the Sea God High Priest and return with Shrek’s delegation, while the Demon Empress secretly kept the whale pearl and vowed to use it against the Sea God if he descended.

Xu Jiawei struggled to contain a scandal linking Shrek Academy’s Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui to Evil Soul Masters, while weighing Star Luo’s precarious position among the empires. He ordered Dai Hao to warn Shrek that its aid would be cut off unless it explained the scandal at the tournament, which was due to begin the next day.

• A rumor about Mu En, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui spread through Star Luo City, and Wang Xian'er confirmed to Xu Jiawei that its insinuations were true but deliberately left out crucial context.
• Xu Jiawei considered how the scandal and other political rumors could threaten Star Luo, Shrek, and the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, while noting the powerful leaders attending the tournament and Dou Ling's weak representation.
• Xu Jiawei complained that Dou Ling was keeping Sky Sun at home and forcing Star Luo to help protect its team during the tournament.
• Xu Jiawei summoned Dai Hao and sent him to tell Shrek that Star Luo would cut off its supplies unless the academy clearly addressed Ye Xishui's connection to Evil Soul Masters at the tournament.

Xue Heng and Du Busi laid out Heaven Dou’s plan to weaken Xu Jiawei’s trust in Dai Hao through public rumors and engineered discord between the White Tiger Guards and the Northern Army Group. The chapter ended with the plotters preparing to use a staged military death to force Xu Jiawei to question Dai Hao’s command.

• Xue Heng explained that Heaven Dou intended to exploit rumors about Xuanji Douluo and He Caitou’s identity to make Star Luo citizens doubt Dai Hao.
• Du Busi described how the rumors tied Xuanji Douluo to Dai Hao and could make Xu Jiawei suspect Dai Hao of colluding with Sun Moon.
• Xue Heng warned Xue Yu to unsettle Xu Jiawei without pushing Star Luo into premature chaos, while Xue Yu reported preparations involving the Fuyao Camp and White Tiger Guards.
• Du Busi and Xue Yu outlined how an infiltrating Body Sect disciple would provoke a conflict with Du Lei’s White Tiger Guards and stage the death of a military squad leader.
• Du Busi offered his Life and Death Tribulation Poison to make the disciple’s feigned death convincing, and Xue Yu predicted the resulting investigation would deepen suspicion of Dai Hao.

Dai Hao questioned Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin about Long Xiaoyao and urged his sons to cooperate during the tournament, while their rivalry over the White Tiger Duke title remained unresolved. Outside the Star Emperor Hotel, Dai Hao encountered Huo Yuhao and the Di'ao Academy group, where Nan Qiuqiu provoked him over rumors about Long Xiaoyao.

• Dai Hao summoned Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin and asked whether Long Xiaoyao's identity was questionable.
• Dai Yueheng described Long Xiaoyao's training and Shrek Team's strength, while Dai Huabin boasted that he and Zhu Lu would restore the Dai Family's glory with the Hell White Tiger.
• Dai Hao told the brothers to cooperate and prioritize their safety, then left without addressing Dai Huabin's implied challenge to Dai Yueheng's inheritance.
• Dai Hao encountered Huo Yuhao and the Di'ao Academy group outside the Star Emperor Hotel, and Huo Yuhao greeted him calmly while concealing his hatred.
• Nan Qiuqiu called Dai Hao the adopted son of a traitor Douluo and said Star Luo City's residents had spread the rumors, prompting Dai Hao to clench his fists as Nan Shuishui and Yu Longmo stepped forward.

Huo Yuhao publicly challenged Dai Hao’s authority and defended the Heaven Dou teams, turning the dispute outside the Star Emperor Hotel into a humiliating exchange for the White Tiger Duke. After the teams returned to the hotel, Huo Yuhao reaffirmed his plan to kill the Dai Family Brothers during the tournament.

• Dai Hao threatened to expel the Di'ao team for disturbing public order, but Huo Yuhao questioned why the many teams discussing the matter would not face the same punishment.
• The Heaven Dou teams silently backed Di'ao Academy, while the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders watched and Kong Deming assessed Di'ao’s members and their chances against his academy.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Hao’s authority over relations between Heaven Dou and Star Luo, then rebuked Dai Huabin for interrupting their conversation without a noble title.
• Dai Yueheng apologized for his younger brother, and Huo Yuhao sarcastically mocked the Dai family’s harmony and influence over the Western Army Group.
• The teams dispersed after Dai Hao addressed the onlookers, and Nan Qiuqiu complained to Nan Shuishui after being dragged back into the hotel.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed his concealed Imprinting Soul Skill and vowed to ensure the Dai Family Brothers died during the tournament.

Huo Yuhao explained how the team planned to exploit the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy’s political vulnerabilities, while considering an attack on Shrek’s Golden Tree. As the tournament began, Di'ao Second Team gathered with a major funding promise from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and set out to prove itself.

• Huo Yuhao explained why Xu Tianran would not expose He Caitou as Xu He or brand him an Evil Soul Master, and how the news about Long Xiaoyao could weaken Shrek’s ties with the Star Luo Empire.
• Long Aotian said Ma Xiaotao’s return to the Shrek Team would make her Evil Fire a liability, while Huo Yuhao reviewed plans involving Dai Hao and the Star Luo Empire with Tian Meng.
• Tian Meng proposed using Fixed Soul Cannon Shells against Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao considered whether they could obtain shells from the Sun Moon Empire after the tournament.
• At sunrise, Huo Yuhao found the Di'ao Second Team waiting outside his room, and Ning Tian revealed that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would pledge ten percent of last year's total revenue to the Heavenly Body Ring if they won.
• Huo Yuhao put away the funding contract and led the team out to compete in the tournament.

The tournament opened in Star Luo City under heavy security as Xu Jiawei oversaw a manual draw for the elimination round. Huo Yuhao’s Di'ao Second Team drew Tianling Academy, while Shrek’s opening opponent turned out to be Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.

• Dai Hao’s Public Security Team sealed the streets around Star Luo Plaza and deployed thousands of soldiers to prevent a repeat of the previous tournament’s stampede.
• The competing academies marched to the arena, where the Snow Empress and Di Tian’s presence drew attention to Di'ao Academy and Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Jiawei announced the elimination-round draw, and Shrek Academy received the opening-match position as the previous champions.
• The captains drew their numbers by hand, and Di'ao Second Team drew Tianling Academy while Huo Yuhao’s team number was eight.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that Shrek Academy’s opening opponent was Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament opened with Shrek Academy facing Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy, but rumors about Shrek Academy, Long Xiaoyao, and Evil Soul Masters overshadowed the match. Huo Yuhao’s allies helped inflame the accusations, and the arena descended into a riot as the chapter ended.

• Xu Jiawei welcomed the spectators and officially opened the tournament, then the announcer drew Shrek Academy against Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy in the first elimination match.
• An anonymous voice questioned Long Xiaoyao’s relationship with Ye Xishui, and the crowd began debating whether Shrek Academy had ties to Evil Soul Masters.
• Long Xiaoyao remained silent, while Kong Deming and Xu Jiawei recognized the political consequences of the rumors and watched the crowd grow more hostile.
• Huo Yuhao exchanged a signal with Jin Peng, and Lang Ya publicly pressed Long Xiaoyao for an explanation before disappearing with Hong Yue.
• Spectators began fighting over rumors about Long Xiaoyao, Mu En, Ye Xishui, and Xuanji Douluo, while Huo Yuhao and his allies blamed Dai Hao for failing to control the stands.
• The Public Security Team’s attempt to suppress the unrest enraged spectators and pickpockets, and the brawl spread into a full-scale riot.

A riot at the Soul Master Tournament was violently suppressed, and Xu Jiawei ordered the opening match to continue with Dai Hao as referee. Shrek and Mingdu’s clash escalated into a devastating battle that left the arena destroyed and the Mingdu team unconscious.

• Long Xiaoyao tried to quell the spectator riot with his pressure, but the Snow Empress, Di Tian, and Jin Peng confronted him and left Xu Jiawei to handle the situation.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Dai Hao to execute the detained ringleaders, then appointed him referee for the opening match between Shrek Academy and Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed her Soul Saint strength as Shrek launched a fierce attack, and the Mingdu team answered with six Six-Barrel Small Soul Cannons.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Phoenix True Body, and Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen broke the defensive barrier to intervene as the attacks collided.
• The Star Luo Empire's Guardian Douluos contained the blast, but the arena was devastated and every Mingdu contestant lost consciousness.

The opening match ended with the Mingdu team disqualified, but its cannon attack terrified spectators and demonstrated the power of military Soul Tools. As Di'ao Academy's Second Team prepared to restore confidence in traditional Soul Masters, Gu Mingxi entered alone to face Tianling Academy and vowed not to use her martial soul.

• The Mingdu team’s prohibited cannon barrage injured Yao Haoxuan, and the judges disqualified the team after Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming prevented any deaths.
• Huo Yuhao, Di Tian, and the Snow Empress recognized how military Soul Tools could threaten Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, while Xu Jiawei ordered the Royal Soul Engineer Corps to replace the Public Security Team.
• Huo Yuhao and Xingyan changed Di'ao’s plan, deciding that Huo Yuhao and the others should demonstrate the strength of ultimate martial souls rather than reveal the Mind-Soul Forging Research Institute.
• The announcer called the eighth match between Di'ao Academy's Second Team and Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and spectators cheered for Di'ao’s renowned members.
• Gu Mingxi entered the arena alone and declared that Tianling would have to make her use her martial soul to defeat her; Dai Hao confirmed the wager and started the match.

Gu Mingxi defeated Tianling Academy’s team with a single Nine Resonance Fist before the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won its match. After the Di'ao Second Team returned to the Star Emperor Hotel, Huo Yuhao set a plan in motion to create a chance to kill Dai Huabin.

• Gu Mingxi knocked out two Tianling Academy Soul Masters with her punch and forced the others to concede, winning without using her martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao praised Gu Mingxi’s Nine Resonance Fist and told her to develop its tenth resonance herself.
• Xiao Hongchen chose to fight alone against the Star Luo Empire team, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won.
• Huo Yuhao led the Di'ao Second Team back to the Star Emperor Hotel and told its members to begin carrying out his instructions.
• The Di'ao Second Team set out to create an opportunity for Huo Yuhao to kill Dai Huabin outside the tournament.

Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng deceived Xu Jiawei’s spies by disguising themselves as Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng, then made Zhu Lu believe the two had secretly met with the Nether Duke. Zhu Lu panicked and went to find Dai Huabin, while Huo Yuhao returned to the Star Emperor Hotel before the real Dai Hao arrived.

• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng used false trails and changing disguises to draw Xu Jiawei’s spies away from their route to the Nether Duke’s Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng entered the mansion disguised as Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng, then made a maid see them near Zhu Lu’s quarters.
• The maid told Zhu Lu that Dai Hao had taken Dai Yueheng to meet the Nether Duke, and Zhu Lu feared the White Tiger Family might change her marriage arrangement.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng slipped out of the mansion and returned to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion before the real Dai Hao left.
• Dai Hao returned to the Star Emperor Hotel with Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin and found Zhu Lu waiting at the entrance, looking distracted.

Huo Yuhao and his companions discussed Bei Bei’s bloodline and the unresolved danger surrounding Ma Xiaotao while Xu Jiawei grew suspicious of Dai Hao and weighed the rise of a talented Northern Army recruit. Dai Huabin, fearing Dai Yueheng would overtake him as heir, planned to use Tang Yi to pass a deceptive alliance offer to Huo Yuhao and gather intelligence on the Di'ao Second Team.

• Huo Yuhao, Yu Tianlong, Nan Qiuqiu, and Su Tong discussed Bei Bei’s mixed dragon bloodline and Ma Xiaotao’s danger as they watched the tournament.
• Xu Jiawei reviewed reports about Dai Hao and ordered a promising Northern Army recruit promoted while continuing to observe him.
• Xu Jiawei suspected Dai Hao might be maneuvering to protect his family or challenge the throne after hearing he had met Dai Yueheng and the Nether Duke.
• Dai Huabin grew alarmed that Dai Hao might favor Dai Yueheng and searched for a way to prove his own value.
• Dai Huabin decided to have Tang Yi approach Xingyan with a false message about Clear Sky Castle seeking an alliance with Heaven Dou, hoping to obtain information on the Di'ao Second Team.

Huo Yuhao prepared the Heaven Dou teams for their round-robin match against Shrek, while Di Tian revealed that the Demon Empress had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult and planned to join Shrek as Sea God's High Priestess. The chapter left Huo Yuhao confronting the threat posed by the Demon Empress and the still-living Limit Douluo Ye Xishui.

• Huo Yuhao learned from Tang Yi's intelligence that Wang Dong had refused Dai Huabin's plan to use Clear Sky Castle for espionage.
• Huo Yuhao led a meeting with the Di'ao and Tianzheng Academy teams, outlining tactics to exploit Shrek's likely lineup and preserve Tianzheng Academy's strength.
• Gu Mingxi brought Huo Yuhao to meet Di Tian, who reported that the Demon Empress had arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest to discuss cooperation.
• Di Tian told Huo Yuhao that Ye Xishui was alive at Limit Douluo cultivation and that the Demon Empress had joined the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Di Tian revealed that the Demon Empress would join Shrek Academy as Sea God's High Priestess after refining Chen Fuhai's martial soul.