Recaps

Huo Yuhao examined the powers granted by the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, then set out to obtain a fourth Soul Ring for his Double Pupils Martial Soul. After Electrolux found and captured a suitable Evil Eye Tyrant, Huo Yuhao killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring, which unexpectedly brought him a surprise.

• Huo Yuhao tested the Ice Empress Armor and learned about its Soul Skills and the powers sealed within his Ice Master Martial Soul.
• The Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao that another Soul Skill would manifest once their origins had fully fused.
• Huo Yuhao decided to seek a roughly fifty-thousand-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant for his Double Pupils Martial Soul's fourth Soul Ring.
• Electrolux found a suitable Evil Eye Tyrant and used spatial magic to carry it away without drawing the Evil Emperor's attention.
• Huo Yuhao killed the Evil Eye Tyrant and began absorbing its fourth Soul Ring, which surprised him in an unexpected way.

After a year and a half of secluded cultivation, Huo Yuhao remained stuck at level forty-nine and accepted Du Busi’s offer to represent the Heavenly Soul Empire in the tournament. He hoped to confront Tang Yuhao and learn whether the lookalike had his memories, but Shrek Academy was devastated by the strongest Soul King’s Corpse Explosion before he could meet his teammates.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Tyrant and gained the Domain of Double Pupils, a spatial domain that weakened enemies and could confine them.
• His Soul Power reached level forty-five and a half, and he returned with Electrolux to the Body Sect for secluded cultivation.
• After a year and a half, Huo Yuhao was stuck at level forty-nine when Du Busi proposed that he compete for the Heavenly Soul Empire to clear his name.
• Huo Yuhao agreed, intending to investigate Tang Yuhao, whose resemblance to him and Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul had left him deeply unsettled.
• Before Huo Yuhao could meet his Di'ao Academy teammates, the strongest Soul King unleashed Corpse Explosion at Shrek Academy, causing devastation.

The Death Messenger abducted Tang Yuhao after killing four Shrek inner court disciples, while Wang Dong blamed Xuan Zi for failing to stop him. Huo Yuhao tracked the undead power and reached the cave just as a golden light from Tang Yuhao struck the Death Messenger, confirming Tang Yuhao was connected to Huo Yuhao’s original body.

• The Death Messenger defeated the Shrek group, killed Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, and Xi Xi, and carried off Tang Yuhao.
• Wang Dong berated Xuan Zi for arriving too late and failing to stop the Death Messenger, so Xuan Zi set off in pursuit.
• The Death Messenger brought Tang Yuhao to a cave and prepared to turn him into a corpse slave.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Star Luo Empire with the Heaven Dou Imperial Soul Master Academy expedition and chose to focus on finding Tang Yuhao rather than confronting Dai Hao.
• Electrolux sensed the Death Messenger’s undead power, and Huo Yuhao followed it to the cave.
• A golden light erupted from Tang Yuhao and engulfed the Death Messenger; Huo Yuhao recognized Tang Yuhao as the person he had been seeking.

Huo Yuhao witnessed the original Tang Yuhao’s resurrection and tried to learn whether he had kept his memories. He discovered that Tang Yuhao’s memories had been reset, leaving him convinced that a future confrontation was unavoidable.

• After the Death Messenger died, golden light faded from Tang Yuhao, and he stood up confused about where he was.
• Huo Yuhao had Electrolux create an illusion so he could meet Tang Yuhao in a curtain of light.
• When asked who he was, Tang Yuhao instinctively answered that his name was Tang Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao realized Tang Yuhao’s memories had been reset and judged him to be a puppet and an unavoidable obstacle.
• Tang Yuhao sensed that something belonging to him had been taken away as Huo Yuhao left, and Huo Yuhao wondered whether Tang Yuhao still had hidden power.

Huo Yuhao concluded that Tang Yuhao’s soul had been hollowed out and decided to use the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son training to try to awaken his buried memories, while withholding judgment about the God King’s influence. After following the Heaven Dou team to the tournament hotel, Huo Yuhao was shocked to find that Xiao Xiao had joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that Tang Yuhao’s Martial Soul concealed an undeveloped devouring talent, and Huo Yuhao decided to consider putting him through the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son training before resorting to killing him.
• Tang Yuhao sensed an uncanny connection to Huo Yuhao and grew more determined to investigate the feeling.
• Xuan Zi found Tang Yuhao and brought him back to the group, where Wang Dong expressed relief and Wang Yan treated the injured Ma Xiaotao and others.
• Wang Yan urged Xuan Zi to ask the academy for more students because the injured team members would likely miss the finals, and Xuan Zi left to raise the matter with the Sea God Pavilion.
• Huo Yuhao followed the Heaven Dou Imperial Soul Master Academy to the hotel and was stunned to see Xiao Xiao among the Sun Moon Empire’s reserve team.

Xiao Xiao told Huo Yuhao how his advice had helped her choose the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and find her path as a defensive counterattack-type, battlefield-control Soul Engineer. After the two parted, Tang Yuhao heard about Huo Yuhao and wondered whether the man who resembled him was his missing older brother.

• Xiao Xiao explained that Huo Yuhao’s words had helped her question whether she needed to attend Shrek Academy, and she convinced her family to let her study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xiao Xiao told Huo Yuhao she had become the academy’s first defensive counterattack-type, battlefield-control Soul Engineer, and he recognized how well her Martial Souls suited that role.
• Xiao Hongchen introduced himself to Huo Yuhao and promised to make his exit dignified in their upcoming fight, while Meng Hongchen greeted him politely.
• Meng Hongchen teased Xiao Xiao about liking Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao blushed before glancing back toward him after they parted.
• After seeing Tang Yuhao arrive with Shrek Academy, Xiao Xiao privately asked whether he had an older brother named Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Yuhao denied having an older brother, then remembered a similar-looking figure and asked Xiao Xiao where Huo Yuhao was.

Tang Yuhao searched for Huo Yuhao, then confronted him in the hotel corridor, hoping to understand their resemblance and similar names. Huo Yuhao denied feeling any connection, evaded Tang Yuhao’s attempt to stop him, and warned him not to provoke him again.

• Tang Yuhao asked Xiao Xiao where Huo Yuhao was staying, but the receptionist refused to disclose private lodging information.
• Wang Yan sent Shrek’s reserve team into the competition because three main-team members were injured and four were dead.
• Shrek’s preliminary team won its opening match, while Huo Yuhao sat out Di'ao Academy’s victory and focused on obtaining the Ice Explosion Technique Soul Bone.
• Tang Yuhao waited in the hotel corridor and asked Huo Yuhao about his name, Martial Soul, and whether he felt a strange connection between them.
• Huo Yuhao said he felt no connection, slipped away when Tang Yuhao tried to grab him, and threatened to kill him if he provoked him again.

Huo Yuhao threatened Tang Yuhao after he questioned him about their resemblance, while Tang Yuhao and Wang Dong won a difficult match against Zhengtian Academy through a strange blood-devouring change in Tang Yuhao’s Blue Silver Emperor. Shrek’s reinforcements helped the team reach the top four, just as the Starlight Auction began.

• Huo Yuhao threatened Tang Yuhao for questioning him, and Tang Yuhao left without learning why they looked alike.
• Tang Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Zhengtian Academy, but their opponent broke free and Bei Bei struggled to defeat the strongest enemy.
• Tang Yuhao’s Blue Silver Emperor absorbed blood and restored his strength, allowing him and Wang Dong to win the match.
• Wang Yan warned Xuan Zi that the Shrek students could die if they kept fighting without help, so Xuan Zi hurried back to Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi brought Gou Xiaotian and Liu Sanlong as reinforcements, and Shrek advanced to the top four before the Starlight Auction began.

At the auction, the Star Luo Empire presented a weakened Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Hawksbill Turtle whose life was being drained by the Gold of Life inside him, and bidding between the Body Sect and Illustrious Virtue Hall surged past a hundred million. Huo Yuhao considered intervening after the Body Sect stopped bidding, but was called away to complete the handover of his Soul Bone.

• Electrolux showed Huo Yuhao the Golden Hawksbill Turtle imprisoned on the God Sealing Platform, where the Gold of Life continued to consume his vitality.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that the turtle carried a vast life-energy treasure that could extend lifespan and might be refined by a powerful Soul Master.
• Lang Ya, Yu Tao, and Huo Yuhao recognized the value of the turtle and the Gold of Life as the auction bids climbed above a hundred million.
• The Body Sect and Illustrious Virtue Hall continued bidding, but Lang Ya eventually stopped as Illustrious Virtue Hall outmatched them financially.
• Huo Yuhao suspected Lang Ya and Yu Tao might attempt a sneak attack and considered whether he could risk angering the Sun Moon Empire.
• An attendant told Huo Yuhao that his Soul Bone had arrived and asked him to complete the handover.