Chapter Summaries

Han Yu spoke with the Ice Empress in his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, checked on the sleeping Snow Empress, and planned to seek Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow in Dragon City. At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Lin Jiayi welcomed the Shrek students and led them to a physical test, where Ye Xiaosheng volunteered to go first.

• Han Yu told the Ice Empress to wait until they reached Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy before emerging, and she returned to sleep as her cultivation recovered.
• Han Yu visited the Snow Empress's ice coffin and resolved to obtain Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow in Dragon City to help her awaken and strengthen the soul beasts.
• Jing Hongchen introduced the students to Lin Jiayi, who handed out school uniforms and lodging keys and explained that the Shrek students would undergo physical testing.
• Han Yu studied the academy map and layout, then followed Lin Jiayi and the others to the Physical Test Room.
• Lin Jiayi explained the testing procedure and asked for a volunteer, and Ye Xiaosheng stepped forward to go first.

Shrek Academy students underwent physical testing at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Han Yu’s astonishing results caused the examination device to malfunction. He denied responsibility and returned to Zhang Lexuan, leaving the others shocked by his strength.

• Ye Xiaosheng and the other Shrek students completed their physical tests, and He Caitou’s exceptional strength and torso Soul Bone drew special attention.
• Han Yu handed his Three-Eyed Golden Lion fur belt to Zhang Lexuan and stepped onto the testing device.
• The device recorded Han Yu’s extraordinary physical stats and then reported data disorder before emitting smoke and breaking down.
• Lin Jiayi found the device’s Core Arrays ruined, while Han Yu denied responsibility and joked that Shrek Academy could pay if compensation was needed.
• Zhang Lexuan praised Han Yu’s physical fitness and blushed when he teased her, while the Shrek students wondered where he had come from.

Han Yu’s strength test ended with him destroying the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s tester using his newly developed Boil Release technique. He then exploited the reaction test’s design and kept all its squares lit, leaving the examiners stunned.

• Lin Jiayi explained the strength test, and He Caitou earned the maximum level seventy evaluation with a single punch.
• Han Yu used Boil Release, Peerless Monstrous Strength, and wrecked the strength tester, leaving Lin Jiayi devastated over its cost.
• Han Yu began the reaction-speed test and repeatedly slapped the squares fast enough to keep every light from going out.
• After ten minutes of playing, Han Yu asked Lin Jiayi whether the reaction test could finally end.

Han Yu earned full marks in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s tests, then settled into his dormitory and spent time with the Ice Empress. Afterward, he began crafting a civilian Class 1 refrigerator while Jing Hongchen heard Lin Jiayi’s report on the Shrek students.

• Han Yu stopped testing the machine, and Lin Jiayi marked his file with full marks and the note “Monster and Scourge.”
• Han Yu tried on the academy uniform in his dormitory, and the Ice Empress emerged from his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
• Han Yu kissed the Ice Empress, and they spent an hour together before she fell asleep.
• Han Yu took out metal materials and began making a refrigerator using the Life Engraving Knife, planning to use low temperature, a Milk Bottle, and ice.
• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that He Caitou had Soul Sage-level strength, Soul Emperor-level physical quality, and a Class 6 soul engineer rank.

Jing Hongchen learned that Han Yu had destroyed two testing devices at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and realized Han Yu was connected to the Body Sect as well as Shrek Academy. After hearing Meng Hongchen’s feelings for Han Yu, he began considering using their relationship to draw the Body Sect toward the Sun Moon Empire.

• Lin Jiayi reported that Han Yu’s strength and mysterious treasure had ruined the Physical Examination Device and Strength Testing Device.
• Jing Hongchen recognized Han Yu from Meng Hongchen’s earlier description and suspected he was a Body Sect member attending with Shrek Academy.
• Jing Hongchen sent Lin Jiayi away, told him to focus on He Caitou, and asked him to call Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen eagerly asked where Han Yu was and described him as handsome, strong, and a good person.
• Meng Hongchen complained that Han Yu was already dating someone, prompting Jing Hongchen to consider using her feelings to draw the Body Sect to the Sun Moon Empire.

Jing Hongchen tried to use Meng Hongchen’s feelings for Han Yu to draw him into the Sun Moon Empire and strengthen the Hongchen Family’s inherited martial souls. Meanwhile, Han Yu joined Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory as a student, revealed his exceptional mental power, and was asked to demonstrate his soul-tool skills.

• Jing Hongchen offered to arrange an opportunity for Meng Hongchen to grow closer to Han Yu and persuade him to join the Sun Moon Empire; Meng Hongchen eagerly imagined having children with him.
• Han Yu completed a basic cooling soul tool, noticed its Milk Bottle consumed Soul Power too quickly, and left the refinement to his Shadow Clones.
• Han Yu ate at the cafeteria, brought the sleeping Ice Empress a chicken, and then went to meet his assigned teacher at the sixth-year teaching building.
• Han Yu discovered that his teacher was Xuan Ziwen and told him he was a self-taught soul engineer and a Mental Soul Master.
• Han Yu showed Xuan Ziwen his Sharingan and powerful Spiritual Power, convincing the teacher to keep him as a student.
• Xuan Ziwen asked Han Yu to make the soul tool he was best at, and Han Yu said he could handle attack, defense, and civilian tools.

Han Yu studied soul engineering under Xuan Ziwen and created a refrigerator, then tracked Na Na to a hidden Holy Spirit Cult branch altar in Radiant City. He defeated the Second Holy Spirit and attacked the First Holy Spirit, who tried to negotiate.

• Han Yu used lightning to carve a refrigerator soul tool, earning Xuan Ziwen's approval and beginning his studies in the laboratory.
• Han Yu sent a Shadow Clone to study while his true body found and controlled Na Na, who led him to the Holy Spirit Cult's hidden branch altar.
• Han Yu entered the altar with Na Na and confronted its two Soul Emperor leaders, the First Holy Spirit and the Second Holy Spirit.
• Han Yu used Amaterasu to burn the First Holy Spirit's summoned skeletons to ash.
• The Second Holy Spirit transformed into a giant skeleton and attacked Han Yu, but Han Yu summoned Susanoo and punched him through a wall.
• The First Holy Spirit tried to stop Han Yu and negotiate, but Han Yu's iron fist was already bearing down on him.

Han Yu killed the Second Holy Spirit, then faced a Black-Robed Man, an Evil Soul Douluo who trapped him in a blood river and conjured an army of blood men. Han Yu’s Yasaka Magatama shattered the attackers, but the Black-Robed Man formed a giant blood man to challenge Susanoo.

• Han Yu killed the First Holy Spirit with a punch, then shot the Second Holy Spirit through the chest with Susanoo’s bow.
• A Black-Robed Man appeared, confirmed the Second Holy Spirit was beyond saving, and vowed to avenge his disciples.
• The Black-Robed Man explained how revenge against nobles had driven him to become an Evil Soul Master, then activated his eighth soul skill, Blood River Grand Formation.
• The Black-Robed Man trapped Han Yu in rising blood and summoned more than a hundred powerful blood men to attack him.
• Han Yu summoned armored Susanoo and used Yasaka Magatama to destroy the blood men, but the Black-Robed Man blocked the attack with more of them.
• The Black-Robed Man combined his power into a giant blood man comparable to Susanoo and sent it toward Han Yu.

Han Yu destroyed Holy Spirit Cult branch altars, gained new abilities from treasure chests, and developed Wood Release before challenging Ji Juechen. The chapter ended as Han Yu’s Wood Dragon Technique descended on Ji Juechen at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Han Yu killed the Black-Robed Man and his blood man, then asked Na Na for the locations of other Holy Spirit Cult branches.
• Han Yu destroyed seven branch altars, completing his hunt and earning two purple treasure chests and one black treasure chest.
• Han Yu chose wind and earth attributes, the Ten Fists Sword, and Sage Mode from the treasure chests.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Zhang Peng to help Huo Yuhao advance toward Soul Sage or Soul Douluo, even if that meant targeting people in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Han Yu’s Shadow Clone studied Soul Tools with Xuan Ziwen and became a fifth-level soul engineer while Meng Hongchen visited Han Yu’s dormitory often.
• Han Yu accepted Ji Juechen’s challenge and unleashed Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique as Ji Juechen charged at the wooden dragon.

Han Yu defeated Ji Juechen with his Wood Dragon, then discovered Meng Hongchen had reached rank sixty by relying on medicine. He warned her that the drugs could damage her future cultivation, and the chapter ended with Meng Hongchen admitting she had taken them because she feared falling behind him.

• Ji Juechen fought Han Yu's Wood Dragon, which regenerated from damage and drained his Soul Power, until he conceded.
• Han Yu dispersed the Wood Dragon and left for his dormitory while Ji Juechen vowed not to give up.
• Meng Hongchen visited Han Yu and asked him to help her hunt a Soul Ring now that she had reached rank sixty.
• Han Yu checked Meng Hongchen's Soul Power and realized that taking medicine had made its circulation unstable.
• Han Yu warned Meng Hongchen that continued medicine use could severely hinder her future cultivation, and she admitted she wanted to keep up with him.
• Han Yu acknowledged that he knew Meng Hongchen liked him, leaving her surprised.

Han Yu agreed to accompany Meng Hongchen to the Jingyang Mountain Range so she could hunt a soul beast for her Sixth Soul Ring. After they reached the mountain range and made camp, Meng Hongchen called Han Yu into her tent, and he discovered Lin Jiayi had been keeping watch nearby.

• Meng Hongchen persuaded Han Yu to travel with her to the Jingyang Mountain Range, and he agreed to leave the next morning.
• Meng Hongchen used her special flying soul tool to carry herself and Han Yu toward the mountain range while Lin Jiayi followed them in secret.
• During a break, Han Yu reflected on his Sage Body’s power to help others grow stronger and its dangerous effect on those with weak physiques.
• Han Yu and Meng Hongchen reached the edge of the Jingyang Mountain Range before dark, ate together, and settled in for the night.
• After Meng Hongchen cried out from inside her tent, Han Yu rushed in, and a bone dragon knocked Lin Jiayi unconscious before taking over watch.

Han Yu and Meng Hongchen encountered Huo Yuhao and Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng while hunting for Meng Hongchen’s Sixth Soul Ring. Huo Yuhao challenged Han Yu to a fight over the Poisonous Thorn Demon Spider, and the chapter ended as both prepared to battle.

• Meng Hongchen recovered after Han Yu’s treatment, and Han Yu searched for a suitable soul beast for her Sixth Soul Ring.
• Han Yu and Meng Hongchen followed an explosion to a valley, where they found a Poisonous Thorn Demon Spider and met two Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhang Peng revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and identified Huo Yuhao as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Han Yu and proposed a duel, offering to give up the spider if Han Yu won.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his rank as a level 62 Battle Soul Emperor, while Han Yu announced that he was a level 58 Battle Soul King.

Huo Yuhao revealed his mutated Evil Eye Purple Tiger Martial Soul and fought Han Yu, who summoned a forest and the Fire Dragon King. After Zhang Peng was drawn away to battle the dragon, Huo Yuhao activated a powerful life-draining transformation and began damaging Han Yu’s Susanoo.

• Huo Yuhao explained that devouring Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Martial Soul had evolved his Spirit Eye into the Evil Eye Purple Tiger, then attacked Han Yu with a beam combining physical and mental force.
• Han Yu withstood Huo Yuhao’s attack and used Wood Release, Advent of a World of Trees to cover the valley in a forest whose thorny vines wounded Huo Yuhao.
• Zhang Peng tore through the vines to protect Huo Yuhao, but Han Yu summoned the Fire Dragon King and sent it to fight Zhang Peng away from the battlefield.
• Huo Yuhao activated his Fifth Soul Skill, Purple Tiger Dual God Transformation, which greatly boosted his attributes and made him immune to control at the cost of his life force.
• Huo Yuhao rushed Han Yu and struck his Susanoo repeatedly, managing to open a small crack in its purple skeleton.

Han Yu used his Wood Clone to fight Huo Yuhao, letting him believe he had finally defeated his rival. Huo Yuhao discovered the deception after Han Yu appeared unharmed, leaving him to face another crushing defeat and the severe effects of his Fifth Soul Skill.

• Han Yu unleashed Susanoo's Fire Release and used burning trees and vines to wear Huo Yuhao down.
• Huo Yuhao used his Sixth Soul Skill, Purple Tiger Destruction Slash, to break Susanoo and pierce Han Yu, then celebrated what he believed was victory.
• From a nearby mountain, Han Yu watched with Meng Hongchen and Lin Jiayi, revealing that he had been using a Wood Clone.
• Han Yu and Meng Hongchen went to the forest, where Han Yu's exhausted clone turned into a piece of wood before Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao realized he had fought a clone and lost again, while Han Yu pointed out that Huo Yuhao's Fifth Soul Skill had left him weakened and gray-haired.

Han Yu revealed that Huo Yuhao had fought his clone, acknowledged Huo Yuhao’s strength, and prepared to kill him for becoming an Evil Soul Master. Huo Yuhao offered a plan to attack Shrek, and Han Yu agreed to hear more and participate when it began.

• Han Yu explained that Huo Yuhao had fought his clone, then praised Huo Yuhao’s strength while condemning his path as an Evil Soul Master.
• As Han Yu summoned Susanoo to kill him, Huo Yuhao stopped him by proposing a deal and revealing his plan to attack Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao said he would enlist Holy Spirit Cult powerhouses, including a Limit Douluo, to hunt Shrek’s Soul Masters and gather corpses for his cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao said he would begin the Shrek Collapse Plan after advancing to Soul Sage and after the All-Continent Soul Master Competition.
• Han Yu agreed to be notified when the plan was ready, and Huo Yuhao vowed to challenge him again after reaching Soul Sage.

Han Yu and Huo Yuhao discussed weakening Shrek Academy before the Fire Dragon King returned with an injured Zhang Peng. Han Yu then guarded Meng Hongchen as she absorbed a Soul Ring and gained an External Soul Bone, and the chapter ended with her saying Jing Hongchen wanted to meet him.

• Han Yu let Huo Yuhao leave with the badly injured Zhang Peng after the Fire Dragon King brought Zhang Peng back.
• Meng Hongchen asked whether Han Yu would join Huo Yuhao's plan against Shrek Academy, and Han Yu reassured her while she prepared to absorb a Soul Ring.
• Meng Hongchen killed the wounded Poisonous Thorn Demon Spider and spent the night absorbing its thirty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring as Han Yu stood guard.
• Meng Hongchen succeeded and gained an External Soul Bone that manifested as eight poisonous spider legs.
• Meng Hongchen told Han Yu that Jing Hongchen wanted to meet him after they returned, making Han Yu uneasy.

After Meng Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that she had willingly become Han Yu’s partner, Jing Hongchen accepted their relationship and invited Han Yu to join Mingde Hall. Han Yu left to prepare to move in, but Wang Shaojie confronted him over Meng Hongchen and attacked, ending with Han Yu’s new Soul Tool blasting Wang Shaojie away.

• Meng Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that she and Han Yu had encountered Evil Soul Masters in the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Jing Hongchen pressed Han Yu about his relationship with Meng Hongchen, and Han Yu promised to give her a good home and serve Mingde Hall.
• Jing Hongchen invited Han Yu to join Mingde Hall and personally teach him about Soul Tools.
• Meng Hongchen urged Han Yu to move in that night, and Han Yu headed back to pack.
• Wang Shaojie confronted Han Yu and warned him to stay away from Meng Hongchen, whom he called his goddess; Han Yu declared that she was his woman.
• Wang Shaojie fired a Soul Guidance Cannon, but Han Yu countered with his new Soul Tool and left Wang Shaojie badly injured in the storm.

Han Yu entered Mingde Hall, where Jing Hongchen proposed cooperation with the Body Sect and revealed the danger posed by Meng Hongchen’s Martial Soul. After Han Yu promised to solve the problem, Jing Hongchen deduced that he had been the one to defeat Di Tian.

• Han Yu entered Mingde Hall and met Jing Hongchen, who asked about the Body Sect’s objectives and offered to supply it with Soul Tools.
• Han Yu declined to commit to cooperation, explaining that he could not decide matters between the Body Sect and Mingde Hall.
• Jing Hongchen described the Hongchen Family’s origins and explained that Meng Hongchen’s Ice Toad Poison could threaten her and their future descendants.
• Han Yu assured Jing Hongchen that he could solve Meng Hongchen’s problem, and Jing Hongchen said he believed him.
• Jing Hongchen bluffed Han Yu into revealing his surprise, then explained that his investigation linked Han Yu’s Susanoo and other clues to the purple giant that fought Di Tian.

Jing Hongchen proposed an alliance between Mingde Hall and the Body Sect, asking Han Yu and Meng Hongchen to leave a child with the Hongchen Family. The next day, Han Yu killed Wang Shaojie and the Royal Family Enforcers who tried to arrest him, drawing him into the Third Prince’s faction’s conflict.

• Jing Hongchen asked Han Yu to father an heir with Meng Hongchen who could inherit Mingde Hall, then discussed a risky alliance with the Body Sect.
• Han Yu returned to Meng Hongchen’s villa, and she asked about her grandfather’s request.
• Wang Shaojie and six Royal Family Enforcers confronted Han Yu and tried to arrest him for attacking a royal family member.
• Han Yu protected himself with Susanoo and used Amaterasu to burn the enforcers and Wang Shaojie to ashes.
• Lin Jiayi arrived, learned Han Yu had killed them, and hurried to Jing Hongchen’s office after identifying the dead man as Xu Mochen, a supporter of the Third Prince.

After a year of cultivation, Han Yu reached rank sixty and traveled to the Far North Land to obtain his sixth soul ring from Ice Bear King Xiao Bai, while hoping to help Snow Empress recover. On the way into the Core Area, he used the Ten Fists Sword to seal attacking soul beasts and continued deeper with Ice Empress guiding him.

• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that Han Yu had killed Xu Mochen, and Jing Hongchen decided to handle the matter himself and visit the First Prince.
• A year later, Han Yu broke through to rank sixty and learned from Ice Empress that Snow Empress had awakened and was recovering.
• Han Yu told Meng Hongchen and Zhang Lexuan he was leaving, then set out alone for the Far North Land the next day.
• Han Yu met Ice Empress on the way into the Core Area, and she guided him toward Xiao Bai’s territory while planning to visit her clan later.
• Han Yu rode a sled pulled by Snow Demon Dogs and used Susanoo and the Ten Fists Sword to seal a fifty-thousand-year-old white tiger that blocked his path.
• Han Yu continued through the Mixed Area, sealing other soul beasts that attacked or obstructed him and storing their corpses in the Undead Demiplane.