Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao learned that Shrek’s publicity had split his Golden War God identity from his name and was trying to portray him as an unrelated legend. The chapter ended with Mu En asking Gou Luanshi what he thought of Huo Yuhao’s return to the public image of an Evil Soul Master.

• Huo Yuhao traveled into the Sun Moon Empire and stopped at an inn, where he heard people praising the Golden War God while insisting he could not be Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao paid Know-It-All to explain the rumors, then fled when the man described the Golden War God as a hundred-year-old, three-zhang-tall Demon King.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that Shrek was using public opinion to separate his Golden War God image from his identity and prepare for the coming hostage exchange.
• Mu En asked Gou Luanshi for his thoughts on Huo Yuhao returning to the public image of an Evil Soul Master.

Huo Yuhao kept the captured Xian Lin'er under guard while touring the Sun Moon Empire, whose advanced flying Soul Tools and immense cities impressed her. In the city, Xian Lin'er tried to use an arrogant young noble to escape, but he slapped her before she could get away.

• Huo Yuhao threatened Xian Lin'er, took her Storage Soul Tools and belongings, and learned she understood her predicament.
• Huo Yuhao removed Xian Lin'er's restraints but kept her Soul Power sealed, thwarting her attempt to signal passersby for help.
• Huo Yuhao bought a bionic Flying Soul Tool and took Xian Lin'er sightseeing as they waited for the hostage exchange.
• Xian Lin'er marveled at the Sun Moon Empire's advanced Soul Tool technology and vast, brightly lit cities.
• Xian Lin'er deliberately stumbled toward a wealthy young man, hoping to escape, but he slapped her and scolded her.

Xian Lin'er was captured by Wang Shaojie after she tried to fight back, then taken to the Royal Family Inspection Team's torture room. As Wang Shaojie and his men prepared to assault her, Huo Yuhao watched from hiding and weighed how her condition might affect a future hostage exchange.

• Xian Lin'er evaded Wang Shaojie's kick and held his royal sword to his throat, but his Soul Tool Shield gave the Inspection Team time to overpower her.
• Wang Shaojie ordered his men to take Xian Lin'er to the interrogation room, while Huo Yuhao followed them in secret.
• Xian Lin'er woke handcuffed to an iron frame and told Wang Shaojie she was from Shrek, provoking his anger.
• Wang Shaojie's subordinates tore Xian Lin'er's clothes and gave her a drug as he prepared to assault her.
• Huo Yuhao watched from the shadows, calculating whether Xian Lin'er would be more useful in a future hostage exchange if she remained untouched.

Huo Yuhao slaughtered his way through the inspection squad headquarters while carrying the drugged Xian Lin'er, then escaped with her into his Undead Demigod Plane. There, Xian Lin'er remained under the drug’s influence and kissed him before he could finish reassuring her.

• Wang Shaojie attacked Xian Lin'er, but Huo Yuhao killed him and the other Soul Masters in the interrogation room.
• Huo Yuhao carried the barely clothed Xian Lin'er through the headquarters, cutting down the inspection squad members who tried to stop them.
• Facing a growing force and concentrated Soul Tool fire, Huo Yuhao opened the Gate of Undead and brought himself and Xian Lin'er into the Undead Demigod Plane.
• Xian Lin'er bit Huo Yuhao’s neck, then warned him she would kill him if he took advantage of her once she recovered.
• Huo Yuhao began telling Xian Lin'er that his blade did not battle the old or young, but she kissed him before he could finish.

Huo Yuhao hid with Xian Lin'er in the Undead Demigod Plane while troops bombarded and searched the ruins, then emerged to face Long Xiaoyao. Long Xiaoyao recognized his rapid growth but condemned him as the Holy Spirit Cult's Holy Son.

• Huo Yuhao used Soul Power to ease Xian Lin'er's condition, then restrained her while they waited inside the Undead Demigod Plane as the inspection bureau was bombarded.
• Xian Lin'er attacked Huo Yuhao, and they struggled through the night as troops searched the ruins and eventually withdrew, believing their target had died.
• Huo Yuhao placed Xian Lin'er in a small safe zone and planned to take her to the Holy Spirit Cult as a hostage for Zhongli Yu.
• Huo Yuhao escaped the buried passage with the Soul Cutting Blade and sensed a powerful stranger approaching.
• Long Xiaoyao met Huo Yuhao, praised his potential, and called him an Evil Soul Master and the Holy Spirit Cult's Holy Son.

Huo Yuhao faced Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao and unleashed the Snow Empress’s power and Electrolux’s light-attributed undead magic to withstand his attacks. He opened the Gate of Undead and challenged Long Xiaoyao as Xian Lin’er watched from the Undead Plane.

• Long Xiaoyao confronted Huo Yuhao, criticized his accusations about Ye Xishui, and declared that Huo Yuhao’s death would pave the way for peace.
• Huo Yuhao used the Snow Empress’s Three Absolutes to block Long Xiaoyao’s Dark Dragon Claw, but the techniques rapidly consumed his Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the soul of Cheng Gang, bone claws, seven corpse mages, and an adult bone dragon to hold Long Xiaoyao back.
• Huo Yuhao opened the Gate of Undead as Long Xiaoyao transformed into his Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xian Lin’er saw Huo Yuhao standing before the gate, and Huo Yuhao challenged Long Xiaoyao to see who would be the last one standing.

Huo Yuhao unleashed an enormous undead army against Long Xiaoyao, forcing Long Xiaoyao to prepare his strongest attack. Xuan Zi intervened and overwhelmed Long Xiaoyao, revealing that Huo Yuhao was the Holy Son of his cult and that Xuan Zi served the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Huo Yuhao summoned more than a hundred thousand undead, including a hundred Death Knights, and Long Xiaoyao struggled against their numbers and holy attribute.
• Long Xiaoyao condemned Huo Yuhao and unleashed his ninth soul skill, Dragon Emperor's Annihilation of the Underworld, as Huo Yuhao charged to meet it.
• Xuan Zi appeared as the Godly Taotie Bull and struck between Long Xiaoyao and Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi clashed with Long Xiaoyao and used his superior strength to push him into an overwhelming disadvantage.
• Xuan Zi called Huo Yuhao the Holy Son of his cult, shocking Long Xiaoyao with the implication that Xuan Zi belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Elder Xuan revealed that he had been reborn as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Taotie Douluo after the battle in the Mingdou Mountain Range. His transformation left Long Xiaoyao and Huo Yuhao facing the revelation that Shrek’s former elder had become a Limit Douluo serving the enemy.

• Elder Mu had chosen Elder Xuan as his successor because his Godly Taotie Bull martial soul carried a bloodline that could counter Di Tian.
• Elder Xuan revealed his five hundred thousand-year soul rings and said he had been reborn rather than controlled by the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Months earlier, Elder Xuan had stayed behind in the Mingdou Mountain Range to hold off the Holy Spirit Cult’s experts while Shrek’s tournament team escaped.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the Ten Thousand Soul Douluo to unleash his Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and Elder Xuan devoured its Resentful Spirits as he prepared to self-destruct.
• The Resentful Spirits purified Elder Xuan’s bloodline, transforming his Godly Taotie Bull into Taotie, the Dragon God’s fifth son.
• After regaining consciousness and accepting his new identity, Elder Xuan became the Holy Spirit Cult’s Supreme Elder, Taotie Douluo, and a Limit Douluo.

Huo Yuhao returned to the Holy Spirit Church after Zhongli Wu and Elder Xuan rescued him from Long Xiaoyao, then presented Xian Lin'er to the church and met the imprisoned Ma Xiaotao. Ma Xiaotao accused him of ruining her standing at Shrek and declared their relationship over after biting his neck.

• Zhongli Wu arrived with Holy Spirit Church members and stopped Long Xiaoyao from pursuing Huo Yuhao, while Elder Xuan confirmed Long Xiaoyao was no match for him.
• Long Xiaoyao admitted he had wronged Ye Xishui and left, and Zhongli Wu escorted Huo Yuhao back to the Holy Spirit Church beneath the Demon Forest.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his undead magic to the church and brought the captured Xian Lin'er out of the Undead Demigod Plane.
• Zhongli Wu led Huo Yuhao to a chamber where Ma Xiaotao was chained, and Huo Yuhao asked him to release her.
• Ma Xiaotao embraced Huo Yuhao, bit his neck, and accused him of making her a sinner at Shrek before declaring that all love and righteousness between them were severed.

Huo Yuhao tried to reconcile with Ma Xiaotao and challenge her belief in Shrek, arguing that the academy had overstepped its role and threatened the nations it claimed to protect. Ma Xiaotao resisted him, but their confrontation ended with him taking her by force and a powerful life aura entering her body.

• Ma Xiaotao demanded to sever ties with Huo Yuhao, and he asked Zhongli Wu to leave them alone so he could speak with her.
• Huo Yuhao removed the cloth covering his damaged eyes and explained that he had endured lightning tribulations for one of his soul spirits, briefly easing Ma Xiaotao's concern.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he would eradicate Shrek and argued that its Monitoring Group interfered in other nations' affairs and turned its students against their homelands.
• Ma Xiaotao defended Shrek and said its graduates would answer the academy's call if the nations attacked it, prompting Huo Yuhao to accuse Shrek of cultivating traitors.
• Huo Yuhao forcibly undressed Ma Xiaotao and took her to bed despite her resistance.
• A powerful life aura broke through Ma Xiaotao's defenses and poured into her body.

Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao's souls were drawn into the God Realm, where they met the God of Lust. Huo Yuhao resisted her seduction and asked to speak with the God King of Destruction about Tang San.

• While Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao cultivated, their souls left their bodies and were pulled away by an unknown force.
• A desire-filled aura calmed Ma Xiaotao, and a seductive voice told them they were receiving a gift.
• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao arrived as soul bodies in a beautiful villa and followed a path to a pavilion.
• The God of Lust greeted them and said Ma Xiaotao might be a suitable inheritor, while Huo Yuhao had come because he was her partner.
• Huo Yuhao resisted the God of Lust's ability and asked to discuss Sea God Tang San with the God King of Destruction.

Huo Yuhao learned that the God King of Destruction had brought him to Douluo and that the God of Lust had secretly influenced his romantic attachments to help him begin a new life. He accepted the chance to prove himself worthy of the Seed of Destruction, while an urgent report hinted at trouble involving the Sea God’s family.

• The God King of Destruction and the Life God King appeared, and the God King incapacitated Ma Xiaotao before revealing that he knew Huo Yuhao’s past-life identity.
• The God King of Destruction explained that he had guided Huo Yuhao’s soul to Douluo after choosing him as a potential successor because of his destructive obsession.
• The Life God King and the God of Lust revealed that they had amplified Huo Yuhao’s desire and removed a divine thought, bringing back the rage and grief he had felt over Yezhi.
• The Life God King calmed Huo Yuhao, and the God King of Destruction offered him the Seed of Destruction and promised to limit the Sea God’s interference in Douluo for a little over ten years.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to prove himself worthy of the divine position, then a God Official reported that the Sea God’s injured father had gone to the Sea God’s chambers.

Huo Yuhao warned the God King of Destruction that the Sea God was plotting to control the God Realm, then asked for help locating the Abyss Plane and Crimson Realm. The Life Goddess blessed him before the gods sent him back to Douluo.

• Huo Yuhao told the God King of Destruction that the Sea God had tried to manipulate his fate and planned to remove the Destruction faction from power.
• The God of Lust confirmed Huo Yuhao’s account, and the God King of Destruction acknowledged his warning and offered him one favor.
• Huo Yuhao asked the God King of Destruction to help locate the Abyss Plane and the Crimson Realm so their energy could be used in the future.
• The God King of Destruction agreed, advising Huo Yuhao to wait until he was stronger before entering those dangerous planes.
• The Life Goddess bestowed her blessing on Huo Yuhao, giving him extraordinary resilience, and the God King of Destruction sent him back to the lower plane.

Huo Yuhao emerged from his encounter with Ma Xiaotao after she accepted the God of Lust’s inheritance, while Beibei struggled with Tang Ya’s disappearance and Zhang Lexuan’s hidden love for him. Zhang Lexuan restrained Beibei and set out to find Tang Ya herself, leaving him remorseful and unable to follow.

• Huo Yuhao remembered his encounter with the gods and left Ma Xiaotao after insisting he would not take advantage of her.
• Beibei mourned Tang Ya’s disappearance, while Zhang Lexuan stayed beside him and saw how deeply he suffered.
• Zhang Lexuan confronted Beibei about his suspicion that Tang Ya had become an Evil Soul Master and urged him to stop searching alone.
• Beibei told Zhang Lexuan he loved Tang Ya and regarded her only as a sister, breaking her heart.
• Zhang Lexuan restrained Beibei and left to find Tang Ya for him, and Beibei wept with regret as he could not follow.

Jiang Nannan regretted taking Xu Sanshi for granted when he brought her an immortal herb for her mother and revealed he had cared for her all along. When she tried to rekindle their relationship, Xu Sanshi chose to leave for Tang Wutong, and Jiang Nannan broke down.

• Huo Yuhao continued visiting Ma Xiaotao while powerful members of the Holy Spirit Cult gathered ahead of the approaching hostage exchange.
• Jiang Nannan learned that Xu Sanshi had recovered, reached Soul King rank, and would soon qualify for the inner court.
• Xu Sanshi brought Jiang Nannan an immortal herb from Tang Wutong's family that could cure her mother's illness and revealed he had long arranged for her mother to be cared for.
• Jiang Nannan cried and embraced Xu Sanshi, but he gently pushed her away and said he needed to discuss something with Wutong.
• Jiang Nannan hoped Xu Sanshi would kiss her and take her back, but he refused, so she smashed the pot containing the herb and collapsed in anguish.

Xu Sanshi comforted a grieving Beibei after learning Zhang Lexuan had gone to find Tang Ya, while He Caitou began a dangerous combat test without Huo Hang’s support. Tang Wutong trained beneath the Golden Tree and resolved to stay close to Xu Sanshi as the hostage exchange approached.

• Jiang Nannan broke down after Xu Sanshi delivered her an immortal herb, and he left when she ordered him away.
• Xu Sanshi learned that Zhang Lexuan had gone alone to search for Tang Ya, and Beibei hoped to bring Tang Ya back at the hostage exchange the next day.
• Fan Yu started He Caitou’s limit test, which would send increasing numbers of soul beasts against him until he could no longer fight.
• Tang Wutong cultivated beneath the Golden Tree, determined to grow stronger after Huo Yuhao’s defeat of her Sea God King form.
• Tang Wutong thought about her feelings for Xu Sanshi and decided to remain by his side, while keeping the Brocade Pouch meant for him.

Huo Yuhao prepared to escort Xian Lin'er to a hostage exchange with Shrek Academy, knowing the meeting could turn into a battle. The Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek forces gathered for negotiations, while Mu En resolved to rescue Lin'er and kill Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao left Ma Xiaotao after she asked him to spare Shrek's elders and return unharmed, and her farewell brought him to tears.
• Huo Yuhao joined Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult's forces to escort Xian Lin'er toward Shrek East City for the exchange.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the meeting site near the Star Dou Great Forest would make it difficult for Shrek to ambush them and give them a route to retreat.
• Zhongli Wu asked Huo Yuhao to check Zhongli Yu for a Mental Imprint, and Huo Yuhao promised to protect her.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders assembled with Zhongli Yu in Mu En's grasp, and Mu En ordered them to rescue Xian Lin'er and kill Huo Yuhao.

Shrek Academy gathered a huge force at Shrek City's east gate to destroy the Evil Soul Masters, while Huo Yuhao arrived to exchange Zhongli Yu for Xian Lin'er. The exchange stalled when Huo Yuhao discovered that Shrek had used the Sea God's Light to cleanse and damage Zhongli Yu's Martial Soul, leaving him furious.

• Shrek Academy assembled nearly thirty Titled Douluo and hundreds of Soul Douluo at the east gate, and Yan Shaozhe announced they would eradicate the Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao arrived carrying Xian Lin'er, with Zhongli Wu and other Holy Spirit Cult members accompanying him, while Zhongli Yu remained in Elder Song's custody.
• Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe accused each other of mistreating their captive women as both sides approached the city wall.
• Huo Yuhao sensed Zhongli Yu's condition and learned that Shrek had subjected her to the Sea God's Light, destroying the origin of her Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao cursed Shrek Academy in fury after Yan Shaozhe admitted that Zhongli Yu had been allowed to bathe in the Sea God's Light.

During the hostage exchange, Huo Yuhao rescued Zhongli Yu and kept Xian Lin'er, but Shrek's experts overwhelmed Zhongli Wu and cornered him. As they closed in, an urgent voice told Huo Yuhao to hand over control of his ice mirror.

• Zhongli Wu abandoned Zhongli Yu after learning her Martial Soul had shattered, while Huo Yuhao agreed to leave with him and Xian Lin'er.
• Yan Shaozhe attacked Huo Yuhao and Xian Lin'er as Zhongli Wu tried to retreat, but Huo Yuhao used Lingering Ice Illusion and the All Wood Capturing Hand to seize Zhongli Yu.
• Huo Yuhao rescued Zhongli Yu from Shrek's encirclement, then took Yan Shaozhe's sword through the chest while preserving Xian Lin'er as a hostage.
• A Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo received Zhongli Yu, while Shrek's experts drove Zhongli Wu back and surrounded Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao raised a Myriad Splendor Ice Mirror to defend himself, and an urgent voice told him to transfer control of it.

Ling Luochen used Ice Blast Technique to break the encirclement around Huo Yuhao, but Zhongli Yu’s shattered martial soul and wounded soul left her dying. Huo Yuhao froze her to preserve her life and turned his grief into killing intent as the battle began.

• Ling Luochen detonated Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice mirror with Ice Blast Technique, blasting back dozens of Shrek Titled Douluo and allowing Huo Yuhao to reach the Holy Spirit Cult’s protective circle.
• Ling Luochen told Huo Yuhao that she no longer owed him anything, and he thanked her as she fled after exhausting her soul power.
• Zhongli Yu’s soul imprint activated, and Huo Yuhao rushed to her before calling on Gu Yuena to save her.
• Gu Yuena explained that Zhongli Yu could only be saved by someone with the same martial soul offering its source, so Huo Yuhao froze her and her fading life force.
• Huo Yuhao promised not to forget Zhongli Yu as killing intent gathered around him and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Myriad Demon King awoke.