Chapter Summaries

Tie Long reunited with Tie Xin and Tie Hu, and A Wu apologized for Xiao Wu’s harm to their family before they chose to move on. Meanwhile, Tian Hao helped seize New Slaughter City and wound Tang Chen’s family; afterward, Tang Chen fused Ning Rongrong’s head soul bones into a resonant set of armor, leaving her with a complete soul-bone set.

• Tie Long brought Tie Xin and Tie Hu to meet A Wu, who apologized for Xiao Wu’s actions, and Tie Xin agreed to let the matter end.
• Tian Hao reflected on Fate, the Dragon God’s powers, and his cultivation while Ning Rongrong was taken to New Slaughter City for an examination.
• Gai Zongheng and Chen Xin entered New Slaughter City with a sword guided by Ning Rongrong’s soul bone, and Tian Hao fought Tang Zhen, Tang Xiao, and Tang Chen as Chen Xin’s domain eroded the city.
• Tang Chen transferred his group away after Tian Hao grievously wounded Tang Zhen and Tang Xiao and severed Tang Chen’s arm, while Ning Fengzhi kept the guiding soul bone.
• Tang Chen examined the soul bone and fused it with Ning Rongrong’s existing head soul bone, causing her five other gem soul bones to resonate into a complete set of armor.

Tian Hao protected Ning Rongrong’s development by confronting Gu Rong and warning Yu Xiaogang not to treat the Shrek students as tools for his ambitions. As the Shrek Team began its first team battle against the Berserker Team, Tian Hao watched Ma Hongjun’s growing arrogance and planned to use it to separate Flender from Yu Xiaogang.

• Tian Hao, disguised as the Holy Spirit Sword Saint, captured Gu Rong, while the Old Yue Avatar told him not to interfere with Ning Rongrong’s training or let her accept a god’s power before becoming a god.
• Tian Hao revealed that the Old Yue Avatar was his clone and reflected on how he had planted a hidden trap in the Purple Haze inheritance given to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang began team training at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena, but Tian Hao challenged his motives and took over training the students after Yu Xiaogang admitted that he needed to reflect.
• Zhu Zhuqing kicked Mad Rhino out of the lounge when he tried to touch her, and Tian Hao warned Tang San and Xiao Wu to control themselves or face expulsion and a fine if they caused another death.
• The Shrek Team entered the arena to face the Berserker Team, and Ma Hongjun drew attention with his fourth, black Soul Ring as Spider Woman chose Zhu Zhuqing as her opponent.
• Tian Hao watched Ma Hongjun’s pride grow and planned to use him to drive a wedge between Flender and Yu Xiaogang, then tempt Flender with the God of Greed’s God Position.

The Shrek Team defeated the Berserker Team after using the battle to test their skills, while Dai Mubai and the others reflected on their own growth. Back at Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang and Flender discussed Liu Erlong’s marriage and the Sect’s branch in the Star Luo Empire, leaving Yu Xiaogang alarmed by what the information might mean.

• Tang San tried to bind the Berserker Team’s Support System Soul Master, but Spider Woman rescued him, and the teams became locked in scattered one-on-one fights.
• The Berserker Team used Frenzy to boost its members, but Tang San advised Shrek to avoid a direct clash; Dai Mubai instead chose to face them head-on, and Zhu Zhuqing severed the Spider Silk linking them.
• Dai Mubai’s attacks drove Mad Rhino back, and Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Sky Howl Strike overwhelmed the Berserker Team, securing Shrek’s victory.
• Dai Mubai told the defeated team that Shrek cared more about training than winning, and Tian Hao declined to give the students specific guidance so they could develop their own judgment.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted to Flender that his desire to prove himself had turned his students into tools, while Flender explained that Liu Erlong had given up on Yu Xiaogang and chosen the Purple Lightning Sword Saint.
• After Flender described Liu Erlong’s father’s branch moving to the Star Luo Empire and changing its Martial Souls, Yu Xiaogang recalled the Sect’s internal conflict and became alarmed.

Tian Hao trained Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ao Jiuer in sword arts tailored to their abilities while the Shrek Team advanced to Soul King-level group battles. As the Shrek Team prepared to face the Royal Fighting Team, Xue Qinghe visited Yue to seek guidance on breaking through his Sword Domain bottleneck.

• Tian Hao demonstrated the Giant Sword Art and Void Sword Art to Ning Rongrong, then taught Zhu Zhuqing and Ao Jiuer sword techniques adapted to their Martial Souls.
• The Shrek Team cleared the Soul Ancestor-level teams at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena and entered the Soul King-level group battles.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang examined the Royal Fighting Team's dossier and recognized Yu Tianheng among its members.
• Xue Qinghe assigned opponents for the match, including Yu Tianheng against Dai Mubai and Meng Yiran against Tang San, while Xue Ke joined the team battle.
• Xue Qinghe and Qin Ming visited the Shrek Team's private room, where Xue Qinghe bowed to Yue and asked for guidance on advancing his Sword Domain.

Tian Hao helped Xue Qinghe force a breakthrough in his Sword Path while the Shrek Team battled the Royal Fighting Team in the Main Spirit Arena. The match left Shrek airborne and under threat from Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist, while Tang San discovered Meng Yiran had copied his Purple Demon Eyes.

• Tian Hao identified the conflict between Xue Qinghe’s duty to the Heaven Dou Empire and his pursuit of the stand-in, then used his Sword Domain to help Xue Qinghe temper his sword intent.
• The Royal Fighting Team’s Shi Mo Brothers overpowered Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Meng Yiran attacked Tang San and her armor’s toxin neutralized his Parasite.
• Meng Yiran used her Head Soul Bone to copy Tang San’s Purple Demon Eyes, then took Oscar’s Recovery Sausages before Ning Rongrong helped Tang San deliver more sausages to his teammates.
• Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke were eliminated, and Tang San suppressed his killing intent toward Meng Yiran after sensing Teacher Yue’s warning.
• Yu Tianheng signaled Dugu Yan to release her poisonous mist at the airborne Shrek Team, and Tian Hao sealed it inside the arena with his Sword Domain.

The Royal Fighting Team defeated Shrek after Tang San’s prepared realgar wine countered Dugu Yan’s poison, and Yu Tianheng overwhelmed most of the team. Meng Yiran severed Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances before Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill fell to Yu Tianheng; afterward, Yu Tianheng recognized Yu Xiaogang as his uncle and asked to speak with him.

• Tang San used realgar wine and Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Flame to burn away Dugu Yan’s Azure Phosphorus Purple Poison, then taunted her and drew Yu Tianheng’s ire.
• The Shi Mo brothers increased gravity across the arena, allowing Yu Tianheng to knock down Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and leave Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing standing.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing fused their Martial Souls and fought Yu Tianheng, while Meng Yiran countered Tang San’s hidden weapons and copied his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Meng Yiran charged past Tang San’s hammer and severed all eight legs of his Eight Spider Lances, and Ao Ying declared the Royal Fighting Team the winner after Xiao Wu rushed back into the arena.
• Yu Tianheng outlasted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s fusion, and Tang San said his Eight Spider Lances could regenerate while Yu Xiaogang confronted Meng Yiran.
• Yu Tianheng recognized Yu Xiaogang as his uncle and asked him to step outside for a talk.

Yu Tianheng confronted his uncle Yu Xiaogang over his ties to Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect, then exposed Shrek Academy’s use of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan knowledge and medicinal formulas. Afterward, Meng Yiran copied Tang San’s Eye Training Method and discovered its dawn practice, while Xue Qinghe offered Shrek a place in Heaven Dou Royal Academy; the chapter ended with Xue Qinghe and Yu Tianheng discussing how Tang San might reveal the Clear Sky Sect’s plans.

• Yu Tianheng warned Yu Xiaogang to sever ties with Tang San and stop using the clan’s knowledge, but Yu Xiaogang defended Tang San and blamed Spirit Hall for the Clear Sky Sect’s past troubles.
• Yu Tianheng slapped Yu Xiaogang, accused him of taking the clan’s research and medicinal-bath formula, and told Shrek Academy that further interference would mean a fight to the death.
• Xue Qinghe thanked Tian Hao for helping him develop a Sword Domain, promised to look after Tian Hao’s three disciples, and offered Flender’s Shrek team a temporary place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Meng Yiran revealed that she had copied Tang San’s techniques, tested the Eye Training Method at sunrise, and absorbed a strand of purple energy; she also discovered new spikes on her armor after devouring part of Tang San’s External Soul Bone.
• Xue Qinghe decided the team would return to the academy the next day, then discussed with Yu Tianheng how Yu Xiaogang’s obsession and Tang San’s connection to Tang Hao might expose the Clear Sky Sect’s plans.

Tian Hao prepared to leave Shrek Village, gave Qin Ming a Claw Intent to study, and warned him to protect the students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After Flender and the others departed, Tian Hao left for Blue Tyrant Academy, where he replaced a spy’s identity and began planning how to disrupt the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s cooperation with Shrek.

• Qin Ming warned Flender about the danger of Yu Xiaogang’s methods and the students’ complicated identities, and Flender sent him to meet Tian Hao.
• Tian Hao gave Qin Ming Claw Intent, asked him to watch over the girls and guard against Xue Qinghe, and claimed he was preparing to leave in pursuit of a final breakthrough.
• Flender and the Shrek group departed after Tian Hao carved “Gentleman Village” into the village monument and refused to let Flender take it.
• Tian Hao visited a stinky tofu seller who relayed intelligence about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s decision to support Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek Team through Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Tian Hao recruited Xiao Lang out of his spy identity, took his face and place at Blue Tyrant Academy, and began planning to disrupt the clan’s alliance with Shrek.
• Tian Hao considered cultivating Jiang Zhu as a candidate for the God of Healing’s inheritance and decided to assess her character first.

Tian Hao bought a nearly thousand-year defensive soul skill for Xiao Lang’s Flame Martial Soul and tested its explosive Flame Fusion skill while preparing to lure a little Mermaid. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai deliberately provoked Xue Beng, ruining Shrek Academy’s attempt to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy; Qin Ming left the academy with Shrek despite the Education Committee members’ pleas.

• Tian Hao spent Xiao Lang’s savings to acquire a nearly thousand-year Fire Shield soul skill, added it to the Flame Martial Soul, and tested Flame Fusion on a leaf and a mushroom.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged for Shrek Academy’s students to kill opponents in unrestricted spirit battles, which disturbed Ning Rongrong and the other girls as well as Qin Ming.
• Dai Mubai attacked Xue Beng at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Tang San trapped Xue Beng’s companions in a Blue Silver Cage before Dai Mubai beat Xue Beng.
• Xue Beng told Prince Xue Xing the truth about the confrontation, and Xue Xing brought Dugu Bo to the academy and ordered Shrek Academy to leave.
• Flender led Shrek Academy away, while the Education Committee members learned that Dai Mubai had deliberately provoked Xue Beng to sabotage their admission.
• Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and left with Shrek Academy despite the Education Committee members’ attempts to persuade him to stay.

Tian Hao used Li Mengmeng and Jiang Zhu to develop Vitality Blaze, then began cultivating Jiang Zhu as a possible path to the God of Healing’s God Position. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang gained authority over Blue Tyrant Academy through the Overlord Token, but Yu Suisui resigned rather than serve him, and Yu Xiaogang revealed his plan to train the Shrek Team with a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Technique.

• Tian Hao showed Li Mengmeng the Vitality Blaze he had created by fusing his flames with mushroom Life Energy, and she took the mushrooms to Jiang Zhu for examination.
• Jiang Zhu confirmed the Vitality Blaze’s healing and life-stimulating effects, while Li Mengmeng rapidly lost weight after eating the green mushrooms.
• Jiang Zhu met Tian Hao, supplied her Soul Power for his experiments, and agreed to help him continue developing the Vitality Blaze each afternoon.
• Tian Hao sensed Flender and the others arriving at Blue Tyrant Academy and decided to pursue the possibility of drawing out the God of Healing’s God Position through Jiang Zhu.
• Yu Futu agreed to Yu Xiaogang’s demands and gave him the Overlord Token, which Yu Xiaogang used to order Yu Suisui removed as dean and Flender installed in his place.
• Yu Suisui resigned and condemned Yu Xiaogang, who then told Flender that his research aimed to create a true Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Technique for the Shrek Team.

Yu Suisui disbanded the Blue Tyrant Team and met Xiao Lang, who demonstrated a Vitality Blaze and became Yu Suisui’s disciple. Xiao Lang fused the flame into Jiang Zhu’s Healing Scepter, then began developing new flames for Huang Yuan and Jing Ling, leaving Jing Ling with a newly formed Bone Chill Blaze.

• Yu Suisui announced the Blue Tyrant Team’s dissolution and said Tai Long, Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling might join the academy’s new team as reserves.
• Jiang Zhu told Yu Suisui that Xiao Lang had researched martial soul mutation and evolution, so she led him to the Mushroom Field.
• Xiao Lang showed Yu Suisui the Vitality Blaze, accepted him as his teacher, and explained his Flame Fusion method.
• Xiao Lang fused an imitation Vitality Blaze into Jiang Zhu’s Healing Scepter, giving her the flame and the potential for her martial soul to evolve.
• Yu Suisui brought Huang Yuan and Jing Ling to Xiao Lang, who decided to fuse Huang Yuan’s moonlight and starlight energy and began refining Jing Ling’s chilly soul power into the Bone Chill Blaze.

Tian Hao helped Huang Yuan fuse the Starmoon Fire and Jing Ling form the Bone Chill Blaze, while Yu Suisui planned to reclaim Blue Tyrant Academy and investigate Xiao Lang’s past. As Yu Xiaogang and Flender tightened their control of the academy, Tian Hao prepared to remove Xiao Lang’s identity before Yu Suisui finished his investigation.

• Tian Hao fused the Starmoon Fire with Huang Yuan’s Beast Martial Soul and body, giving him greatly improved moonlight and starlight absorption and storage.
• Yu Suisui examined Xiao Lang’s academy file and decided to investigate his former Junior Soul Master Academy before approaching the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Old Clan Master.
• Tian Hao, Yu Suisui, Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling spent three nights helping Jing Ling form the Bone Chill Blaze within his cemetery cultivation site.
• Yu Suisui instructed Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling not to oppose Yu Xiaogang’s faction, then left to investigate Xiao Lang’s past and seek support from the clan.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Flender to replace academy officials, concentrate resources on the Shrek Team, dismiss most students after the semester, and summon four Blue Tyrant Team members for training.
• Tian Hao anticipated that Yu Suisui’s investigation would take weeks, while Yu Suisui arrived at Xiao Lang’s former academy and found its detailed student records.

Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to unite the Shrek Team with Jiang Zhu’s group turned into a violent, unfair spar that left Xiao Wu injured and Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances shattered. After Jiang Zhu healed Xiao Wu, Tian Hao helped Jing Ling absorb the fragments as new bone weapons and proposed a path toward a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Huang Yuan.

• Yu Xiaogang paired Tang San and Huang Yuan to spar, and Tang San used his knowledge of Huang Yuan’s abilities to gain an early advantage.
• Huang Yuan overwhelmed Tang San with repeated Silver Wolf Claws, damaging the Eight Spider Lances, and Xiao Wu intervened with her Godly Zhuge Crossbow before Jing Ling severed her arm to stop her.
• Jiang Zhu reattached Xiao Wu’s arm, while Huang Yuan confronted the Shrek Team over the poisoned crossbow and Yu Xiaogang ended the training session.
• Tian Hao identified Tang San’s broken Eight Spider Lances as an External Soul Bone and secretly guided Jing Ling to cleanse and fuse several fragments into his limbs.
• Tian Hao proposed that Jing Ling and Huang Yuan develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which might let Jing Ling guide more Spider Leg Soul Bones into Huang Yuan’s body.

Jing Ling defeated Ma Hongjun in a spar, severing his Scorpion Tail Soul Bone and forcing Qin Ming to save him from his own attack. Tian Hao later used the tail to strengthen Jiang Zhu’s Vitality Blaze and Jing Ling’s Bone Chill Blaze, while the chapter left Dugu Bo waiting outside the academy and Ma Hongjun unwilling to give up on Jiang Zhu.

• Flender brought Ma Hongjun to spar with Jing Ling, who cut off Ma Hongjun’s Scorpion Tail Soul Bone and then disabled his wings during Ma Hongjun’s furious counterattack.
• Qin Ming rescued Ma Hongjun and Flender from the resulting magma attack, and Jiang Zhu requested that Qin Ming supervise the Blue Tyrant Team’s training.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar failed to find the severed tail, while Tian Hao secretly recovered it and analyzed the Phoenix Flame within it.
• Jiang Zhu absorbed the Phoenix Flame and completed the transformation of Vitality Blaze, while Jing Ling used Bone Chill Blaze to strengthen his own flame.
• Tian Hao proposed that Huang Yuan might fuse the Scorpion Tail Soul Bone with his wolf tail, and he later noticed Ma Hongjun watching him escort Jiang Zhu back to her dormitory.
• Ma Hongjun resolved to pursue Jiang Zhu despite seeing her with Tian Hao, while Dugu Bo continued waiting outside the academy for an opportunity.

Flender arranged for Ma Hongjun to force Xiao Lang away from Jiang Zhu, but Tian Hao used a controlled clone and Mushroom Bombs to turn the confrontation into a battle with the Shrek Seven Devils. The chapter ended with Tian Hao detonating thirty thousand Mushroom Bombs around the pursuing team, engulfing them in fire and a massive shockwave.

• Flender identified Xiao Lang from the academy archives and ordered Ma Hongjun to drive him away from Jiang Zhu.
• Tian Hao sent a clone to Training Field Number Thirty-Three, where Ma Hongjun attacked him and was lured into Mushroom Bomb traps.
• Ning Rongrong sensed Ma Hongjun fighting, and the Shrek Seven Devils pursued the clone through the woods as its traps injured Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Shrek Seven Devils surrounded the clone, but Tian Hao used Mushroom Bombs, a flame shield, and a flaming Gem Flying Sword to evade their attacks and injure Xiao Wu.
• Tang San rescued Xiao Wu while the clone escaped toward Dai Mubai, then used a swarm of untriggered mushrooms to mislead the team.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted another trap, but thirty thousand Mushroom Bombs detonated and engulfed the Shrek Seven Devils in flames and a shockwave.

Tang San and Ma Hongjun killed Xiao Lang after chasing and attacking him, then the Shrek group discovered he had been a powerful, secretly cultivated student and argued over how to cover up his death. Flender ordered the others to stay silent and advised Ma Hongjun to pursue Jiang Zhu, while Tian Hao and Dugu Bo retained evidence of the killing.

• Tian Hao watched as Tang San trapped Xiao Lang and pelted him with Hidden Weapons, then Ma Hongjun struck him with a fire attack that left him charred.
• Ning Rongrong treated Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Oscar, while Ma Hongjun fled to Flender and confessed that he and the others had killed Xiao Lang.
• Qin Ming confronted Flender and Yu Xiaogang after learning of the killing, then condemned them when he saw Xiao Lang's mutilated body.
• Ning Rongrong rejected Yu Xiaogang's claims about Xiao Lang's supposed hidden power and identified his notes about Strange Fires and his connection to Yu Suisui.
• Flender knocked Qin Ming unconscious, ordered the others to keep quiet, and had Yu Xiaogang take the body away while he stayed with Ma Hongjun to erase evidence.
• Flender told Ma Hongjun to win Jiang Zhu over and have a child with her, while Tian Hao and Dugu Bo kept their covert recordings of the attack.

Yu Xiaogang covered up the apparent death of Xiao Lang, but Dugu Bo and Tian Hao discovered that Xiao Lang had survived. Dugu Bo abducted Tang San, and half a month later Tang Chen arrived to search for him and blamed Yu Xiaogang and Flender.

• Yu Xiaogang hid the charred body and carried the unconscious Qin Ming away, while Dugu Bo watched and Tian Hao later controlled the surviving Xiao Lang clone to escape.
• Ao Jiuer decided to leave Shrek, and the Sword Qi Avatar ordered her, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to earn Jiang Zhu and the others’ forgiveness while keeping them alive.
• Tang San realized Xiao Lang might have survived through the Vitality Blaze, tracked his trail to a river, and was knocked unconscious and abducted by Dugu Bo.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender and Qin Ming that Xiao Lang was alive; Qin Ming accused Yu Xiaogang of trying to silence him, then refused to help search for Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong used her hidden-agent network to report Tang San’s disappearance, and half a month later Gu Rong brought Tang Chen and others to Shrek Academy.
• Tang Chen struck Yu Xiaogang and Flender, then calmed down when Ning Rongrong urged him to focus on finding Tang San.

Tian Hao seized Tang Chen’s arm and Asura Demon Sword after Tang Chen fled, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan confronted the fallout from Tang San and Xiao Lang’s disappearances at Blue Tyrant Academy. Yu Futu restored the academy’s Blue Tyrant identity and pressed Yu Xiaogang to win next year’s Soul Master Competition, then inspected Jiang Zhu and the other students’ strengthened Heavenly Flames.

• Tang Chen fled through a rift after the Asura God’s Will warned him, but Tian Hao pursued him and took his arm and Asura Demon Sword; Bone Douluo escaped with Ning Fengzhi.
• Tian Hao told Ning Rongrong that the Clear Sky Sect had caused the trouble, then met Yu Suisui and explained that Tang Chen had resisted his attempt to reunite Yuehua with her family.
• Yu Suisui learned that Xiao Lang and Tang San were missing and that Shrek had replaced veteran teachers; Yu Zhenlong ordered the clan to reclaim the Overlord Token, search for Xiao Lang, and prepare to win next year’s competition.
• Yu Suisui and Yu Futu agreed that only the Blue Tyrant Team would compete under the academy’s name, while Yu Futu persuaded Yu Xiaogang to accept the change and falsely blamed the Purple Lightning Sword Saint for his father’s death.
• Yu Futu visited Jiang Zhu, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan, examined their improved Heavenly Flames, and told Jiang Zhu that Xiao Lang would be away for a while.

Tian Hao secretly trained Ying Mei and Lan Luan while planning how to develop the academy teams and advance his schemes against the God Realm. He staged a masked attack in Blazing Academy’s sealed magma cave, leaving Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu to refine special flames prepared for them.

• Tian Hao visited Ying Mei and discussed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Royal Fighting Team, and how to train Huo Wushuang and Fire Dance.
• Tian Hao visited Lan Luan and planned Heavenly Flames and other training for Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the Skywater Team.
• Over the next half year, Tian Hao secretly cultivated between the two academies, while Ying Mei, Lan Luan, and their students grew stronger.
• Fire Dance led Huo Wushuang and the Skywater girls into the sealed cave, where Tian Hao appeared atop an imitation Green Lotus Core Flame and overpowered them in disguise.
• Tian Hao sent all five into the magma pool, where special flames protected them and gave them the chance to refine new powers.

After Huo Wu and the Tianshui Team girls refined their imitation Heavenly Flames, Ying Mei explained that Xiao Yan had created them and that he was a student at Blazing Academy. Tian Hao later tested the girls and Huo Wushuang, effortlessly defeating them while demonstrating his control over their flames and techniques; he then prepared to face Xue Wu.

• Huo Wu emerged from the magma and attacked Tian Hao, who tossed her back into the pool before Ying Mei explained that Xiao Yan was a Blazing Academy student and the creator of their imitation Heavenly Flames.
• Huo Wu and the others learned that their flames were embryos they could strengthen through cultivation, then left to wash and recover.
• Tian Hao fished outside Blazing Academy while developing imitation Green Lotus Core Flame, Netherworld Poison Fire, and Fallen Heart Flame, and planning ways to create more flames.
• Huo Wu challenged Tian Hao, but he seized her Karma Red Lotus and used it to swallow her attacks; Huo Wushuang then attacked and was defeated by Tian Hao's transformed Flame Dragon Spear.
• Shui Yue'er used her Sea Heart Flame and Vortex Sword Qi against Tian Hao, but he blocked her technique and defeated her with a counterattack.
• Tian Hao formed two snowflake swords from Xue Wu's stored Soul Power as he prepared to face her.