Chapter Summaries

Tang San sensed divine interference around the Douluo Continent as the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life were swept into an earlier timeline. They appeared in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness after his mother’s death, and the God of Destruction began planning to take him as a disciple.

• Tang San detected Destruction Divine Power, Life Divine Power, and space-time fluctuations around the Douluo Continent, then vowed that those involved had chosen their deaths.
• Huo Yuhao mourned his mother, Huo Yun'er, and swore to take her surname and someday return to destroy those who had mistreated them.
• A bolt of purple-and-green lightning struck Huo Yuhao, bringing the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life into his Sea of Consciousness.
• The God of Destruction recognized Huo Yuhao as the future God of Emotion and decided to take him as his disciple ahead of time.
• The Goddess of Life sensed that Huo Yun'er's soul might still remain nearby.

Huo Yuhao became the disciple of the God of Destruction and received inheritances from him and the Goddess of Life, awakening powerful new abilities. The two gods entered recuperation, leaving Huo Yuhao to train and choose his first soul ring later.

• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life brought Huo Yuhao into his Sea of Consciousness, and the God of Destruction offered to take him as a disciple and help him resurrect his mother.
• Huo Yuhao accepted, and the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life passed their inheritances to him, causing a purple-and-green aura to spread across the continent.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed the God King aura, ordered Di Tian to avoid drawing attention and watch the Auspicious Beast, then left to investigate.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that his Spirit Eyes could use the inheritances of destruction and life, but the abilities exhausted him and the God of Destruction warned him not to use his corrosive power except in a crisis.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life told Huo Yuhao to cultivate with his current martial soul and the Goddess of Life's inheritance, delay choosing a soul ring for about a year, and continue without them while they recovered.

After leaving his mother’s grave and the Duke’s Mansion, Huo Yuhao settled near Shrek City and opened a low-cost clinic, using his abilities to treat patients. As the Xuanming Sect sought a suitable girl for Xu Sanshi’s martial soul evolution, Chen Wen learned that Jiang Nannan might fit the role.

• Huo Yuhao left the Duke’s Mansion and spent more than a month roaming near the Star Dou Great Forest before arriving in a small city near Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao rented a small shop and opened a clinic called “Cures All Illnesses,” treating residents with his limited medical knowledge and the Azure Ruins Eye.
• Huo Yuhao saved a man who had been bitten by a venomous snake and later diagnosed another patient with kidney deficiency, earning praise and payment.
• Huo Yuhao noticed members of the Xuanming Sect coming and going, and learned that the sect controlled much of the town.
• Chen Wen worried about finding a suitable girl for Xu Sanshi’s martial soul evolution and learned that Jiang Nannan was gifted, beautiful, and a Shrek Academy student.

Jiang Nannan sought help for her gravely ill mother and brought her to Huo Yuhao’s clinic. Huo Yuhao stabilized her mother’s condition and arranged daily treatments, asking Jiang Nannan to teach him cultivation and provide meals in return.

• Jiang Nannan watched over her bedridden mother, whose doctors said she might not survive without a rare Black Tortoise Divine Pill.
• Auntie Li recommended a newly opened clinic, and Jiang Nannan went there after hearing Huo Yuhao play the zither.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as Doctor Huo, heard about Jiang Nannan’s mother, and went with her to examine the patient.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes Ruins Eye to stabilize Mother Jiang’s failing heart while Jiang Nannan waited outside.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Nannan that her mother needed daily treatment, then asked her to provide meals and teach him to cultivate instead of paying a fee.

Huo Yuhao reopened the clinic after resting and continued treating Jiang Nannan's mother, then learned Shrek's Soul Power cultivation method from Jiang Nannan. After he began practicing on his own, Jiang Nannan nearly touched his hair but pulled back when he opened his eyes.

• Huo Yuhao reopened the clinic at midday after recovering from the previous night's exhaustion.
• Jiang Nannan brought her recovering mother to see Huo Yuhao, who continued nourishing her damaged heart meridians.
• Jiang Nannan took Huo Yuhao to a quiet clearing and taught him Shrek's method for circulating Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao quickly memorized the method and began cultivating while Jiang Nannan watched him.
• Jiang Nannan reached toward Huo Yuhao's hair, but he opened his eyes before she could touch it, and she pretended she had only meant to tell him to rest.

Huo Yuhao recovered Madam Jiang and trained in close-combat techniques with Jiang Nannan, who grew closer to him over grilled fish and a gentle pat on his head. Encouraged by Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao renewed his resolve to face the Duke's Mansion.

• Huo Yuhao told Madam Jiang that her illness had improved but warned her to avoid overwork and strenuous activity.
• Jiang Nannan rejected the Sunflower Manual and began teaching Huo Yuhao basic close-combat moves, advising him to keep his distance from stronger opponents.
• Huo Yuhao speared and grilled fish for Jiang Nannan, who praised the meal and encouraged him to keep looking forward.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he would not forget his mission and thought of confronting the Duke's Mansion.
• Jiang Nannan brushed charcoal ash from Huo Yuhao's hair and patted his head, while he blushed but let her do it.

Chen Wen tried to use a Black Tortoise Divine Pill to pressure Jiang Nannan into accepting his advances, but she rejected him and shut the door. After hearing that Huo Yuhao’s clinic had helped Jiang Nannan’s family, Chen Wen went to spy on it and planned to cause trouble there.

• Madam Jiang asked Jiang Nannan about her feelings for Huo Yuhao, but Jiang Nannan said she only thought of him as a little brother.
• Chen Wen visited Jiang Nannan and offered a Black Tortoise Divine Pill in exchange for what he wanted from her.
• Jiang Nannan called Chen Wen a lecher and slammed the door, and he left after trying to shame her about her mother’s illness.
• Chen Wen told his tavern associates that Jiang Nannan had rejected his offer, and one of them mentioned Huo Yuhao’s clinic.
• Chen Wen went to the closed clinic and vowed to give it trouble after his own business was handled.

Madam Jiang recovered fully, and Huo Yuhao decided to attend Shrek Academy after Jiang Nannan told him about it. He defeated Jiang Nannan in a spar and used his wager to ask her to call him Huo Yuhao or little brother Yuhao, leaving his second request for later.

• Madam Jiang got out of bed feeling healthy and spoke with Huo Yuhao about Jiang Nannan’s future marriage.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Nannan he planned to attend Shrek Academy, and she explained its admission requirements.
• Jiang Nannan challenged Huo Yuhao to spar, wagering two requests against his agreement to let her call him little brother if he lost.
• Huo Yuhao used successive mental attacks to disrupt Jiang Nannan and tagged her shoulder, winning the spar.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his former name was false and asked Jiang Nannan to call him Huo Yuhao or little brother Yuhao; he saved his second request for later.

After Chen Wen’s plan to sabotage Huo Yuhao failed at the clinic, he hired Soul Masters to ambush Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan. The pair sensed the attackers and fled to a clearing, where they were surrounded and forced to fight.

• Huo Yuhao scolded a parent who had paralyzed a child with self-taught acupuncture, then refused to treat Chen Wen’s complaints and demanded payment for the door Chen Wen broke.
• Chen Wen hired Lu Renjia and several other Soul Masters to abduct Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan, blaming Huo Yuhao for his anger over Xu Sanshi’s failed Martial Soul Evolution.
• Huo Yuhao sensed attackers hiding along the path as he and Jiang Nannan returned from cultivating, so the pair ran toward a clearing.
• Lu Renjia’s group surrounded Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan, and Jiang Nannan used her Waist Bow skill to knock one Soul Grandmaster into a tree.
• Xiao Chou attacked Huo Yuhao with a rust-coated sword skill, and Huo Yuhao drew a dagger in response.

Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan defeated Lu Renjia’s men, killed Chen Wen when he ambushed them, and returned with his stolen Gold Soul Coins. Meanwhile, Chen Shu reported his son missing, and Zhang Lexuan set out to investigate reports of Evil Soul Masters near Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao used the White Tiger Dagger to absorb and return a sword-energy attack, then helped Jiang Nannan defeat Lu Renjia and his lackeys.
• After Lu Renjia swallowed an Explosive Soul Pill, Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Shock let Jiang Nannan finish him off.
• Huo Yuhao tackled Jiang Nannan out of the way of poisoned crossbow bolts and struck the hidden Chen Wen with a destructive Spirit Shock.
• Jiang Nannan proposed burning the bodies, and she carried the exhausted Huo Yuhao home after he found Chen Wen’s Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Shu learned that his son had disappeared and ordered a report about a possible Evil Soul Master, while a servant privately suspected Chen Wen had been killed.
• Zhang Lexuan read news of suspected Evil Soul Masters near Shrek and left to investigate before seeking her Eighth Soul Ring.

Zhang Lexuan searched the town for signs of Evil Soul Masters, then followed Huo Yuhao into the woods and intervened when Xiao La tried to abduct him. She confronted Xiao La after stopping his pursuit with a Moon Blade.

• Zhang Lexuan visited Huo Yuhao's clinic, asked about fighting injuries, and warned him to stay indoors for the next few days.
• Xiao Da discovered that Xiao La had become an Evil Soul Master and turned corpses into powerful Corpse Bombs, but let his younger brother go and severed their relationship.
• Xiao La fled into the woods and spotted Huo Yuhao meditating, deciding to abduct him as prey.
• Huo Yuhao sensed Xiao La and prepared to escape, while Zhang Lexuan secretly followed him into the woods out of concern.
• Xiao La chased Huo Yuhao, but Zhang Lexuan cut off his path with a Moon Blade and confronted him.

Huo Yuhao helped Zhang Lexuan survive an Evil Soul Master's suicide explosion, then received a Shrek recommendation letter and supplies from her. After saying goodbye to Jiang Nannan, he set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a suitable Soul Ring.

• Xiao La detonated himself, but Huo Yuhao warned Zhang Lexuan in time for her to retreat and survive the blast.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao that Xiao La had been an Evil Soul Master and gave him Gold Soul Coins, a Mystic Water Pill, and a Shrek recommendation letter.
• Jiang Nannan packed Huo Yuhao's storage pouches with supplies and asked him to find her when he enrolled at Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Nannan he planned to visit the Star Dou Great Forest, then departed as she watched him leave.

Huo Yuhao encountered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a million-year Soul Beast that began turning itself into his Wisdom Soul Ring. During the fusion, a mysterious remnant soul appeared and entered Huo Yuhao, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm completed the process and vowed to return for revenge.

• Huo Yuhao killed a Wind Baboon and dismissed its ten-year Soul Ring as useless to him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged before Huo Yuhao and announced that it would become his Wisdom Soul Ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began merging with Huo Yuhao and found his physique and spiritual power suitable.
• A mysterious remnant soul appeared amid a terrifying pressure and slipped into the back of Huo Yuhao's head.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finished the fusion as Huo Yuhao fell unconscious, then vowed that Tian Meng would return for revenge.

Tian Meng merged into Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, where he met the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life and received a mission to guide Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao awakened in the Star Dou Great Forest with new powers, while a mysterious white figure sensed an aura like the God of Life.

• Tian Meng encountered the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life inside Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, and they chose Huo Yuhao as their successor.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life gave Tian Meng two items to pass on to Huo Yuhao later and told him to nurture Huo Yuhao and his values.
• Tian Meng celebrated his new advantages and resolved to help Huo Yuhao grow.
• Huo Yuhao awoke in the Star Dou Great Forest and learned from Tian Meng that he had gained a thousand-year Soul Ring, four Soul Skills, and an ice Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that his spiritual power and physique had improved, then meditated to stabilize himself.
• A white figure watched Huo Yuhao and sensed an aura resembling the God of Life.

Gu Yuena sensed the Goddess of Life’s power in Huo Yuhao and decided to plan a chance encounter with him and the Auspicious Beast. After Tian Meng helped Huo Yuhao’s cultivation surge to nearly level twenty, she proposed taking him to the Far North to recruit the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

• Gu Yuena sensed the Goddess of Life’s power and a strong aura of destiny around Huo Yuhao, then decided to gather information and arrange a chance encounter with him and the Auspicious Beast.
• Huo Yuhao swallowed Zhang Lexuan’s Mystic Water Pill and resumed meditating, while Tian Meng infused him with a wisp of divine power to improve his constitution.
• Huo Yuhao expelled impurities, discovered his altered appearance and white hair, and learned that Tian Meng could take human form.
• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng that his Soul Power was nearly level twenty, and she realized his cultivation had advanced far faster than expected.
• Tian Meng proposed traveling to the Far North to recruit the 399,000-year-old Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and Huo Yuhao reluctantly agreed.

Xiao Xiao and her family hunted for a soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest when Huo Yuhao rescued her from a Wind Demon Sparrow and warned them against adding a ring to her second martial soul too early. Xiao Shan accepted his advice, and Xiao Xiao was delighted to learn that Huo Yuhao planned to attend Shrek Academy as well.

• Xiao Xiao accompanied Xiao Shan and other family elders into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a soul ring for her second martial soul.
• Three Wind Demon Sparrows attacked the group, and Huo Yuhao rescued Xiao Xiao from one that charged at her.
• Huo Yuhao warned Xiao Xiao and Xiao Shan that twin martial soul users should wait to add rings to their second martial soul, then explained the advantages of doing so.
• Xiao Shan abandoned his plan to give Xiao Xiao a ring immediately and thanked Huo Yuhao for correcting him.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Xiao that he planned to take Shrek Academy's entrance assessment, and Xiao Xiao happily said they would be classmates.

Huo Yuhao learned a spiritual cultivation method from Tian Meng, who used close contact to help him improve his spiritual power. After Tian Meng recounted her history with the Ice Empress, Huo Yuhao awoke the next day to find her sleeping beside him.

• Huo Yuhao left Xiao Xiao and Xiao Shan and continued toward the Far North without telling them his name.
• Tian Meng teased Huo Yuhao about his farewell and coaxed him into asking for a spiritual cultivation method.
• Tian Meng pressed herself against Huo Yuhao in his Sea of Consciousness and guided his cultivation, improving his spiritual power.
• Tian Meng told Huo Yuhao about her dramatic history with Bingbing, while the little gray ball dismissed the story and flew away.
• The next day, Huo Yuhao opened his eyes in his Sea of Consciousness and saw Tian Meng asleep curled against his arm.

Huo Yuhao traveled into the Far North while Tian Meng lured out and captured the Ice Empress with her spiritual power and shed husk. Afterward, Huo Yuhao stopped in an open area as Tian Meng brought the captive Ice Empress out to begin negotiations.

• Tian Meng woke after secretly sleeping in Huo Yuhao’s arms and reassured herself that her feelings for Bingbing were not compromised.
• Huo Yuhao crossed into the Far North, where Tian Meng used her power to project a golden figure and challenge the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress appeared and attacked Tian Meng, but Tian Meng’s attacks passed through her and she subdued her with a spherical container formed from her shed husk.
• Tian Meng warned Huo Yuhao that the Ice Empress’s kin might arrive, and he ran to a nearby open space while concealed by her spiritual power.
• Tian Meng emerged from Huo Yuhao’s forehead with the captured Ice Empress and taunted her before negotiations began.

Tian Meng persuaded the Ice Empress to join Huo Yuhao by revealing the gods in his Sea of Consciousness, and the Ice Empress fused with him as a Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Huo Yuhao discovered that the Ice Empress’s power had awakened an ice attribute in his heart, while the Ice Empress warmed to him and continued to reject Tian Meng’s advances.

• Tian Meng asked Huo Yuhao to frighten the captured Ice Empress, and his destructive aura convinced her that his attack could kill her.
• Tian Meng explained her plan to create a god, and Huo Yuhao showed the Ice Empress the three powerful beings in his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Ice Empress agreed to become Huo Yuhao’s Second Martial Soul and told him to absorb her torso bone before their fusion.
• After the fusion, Huo Yuhao found that his new ice power came from his heart and proved it with a punch that surpassed Ultimate Ice.
• Huo Yuhao thanked the Ice Empress and patted her head, while Tian Meng tried to do the same and was kicked away.

Huo Yuhao discovered his new Heart of Ice and Snow Martial Soul and met the Snow Empress, agreeing to help her if she faced danger. In the Divine Realm, Tang San worried about a disturbance in the lower realm and his increasingly uncertain conflict with the God of Destruction.

• Huo Yuhao tested his Heart of Ice and Snow Martial Soul and its Simulation Soul Skill.
• The Snow Empress confronted Huo Yuhao after sensing the Ice Empress and Tian Meng, and the Ice Empress explained her choice to invest in him.
• The Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao to stay by the Snow Empress if her plan to cultivate anew failed, and he agreed to return to the Far North in a few months.
• Tang San visited Rong Nianbing and discussed the God of Destruction's push to expand the Divine Realm.
• Rong Nianbing told Feng Nu that Tang San had become more open to expansion, while Tang San privately suspected a disturbance in his lower realm and wondered what to do.