Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao of the Parallel World complained that Shrek Academy delayed Soul Tool studies until second year, prompting Mu En to abolish the rule in the Original Timeline. The screen then returned to the Original Timeline, where Huo Yuhao trained desperately after failing to become a Soul Engineer Department Core Disciple.

• Huo Yuhao of the Parallel World tinkered with his Soul Tools and criticized Shrek Academy for making students wait until second year to study them.
• Jing Hongchen promoted Sun Moon Royal Academy in the Chat Room, while Xian Lin'er and another Soul Engineer Department elder agreed that Shrek Academy's rule was unfair.
• Mu En learned that Xuan Zi had set the rule and abolished it, allowing first-year students to join the Soul Engineer Department.
• Kong Deming noted that the reform affected only the Original Timeline and expected Huo Yuhao of the Parallel World to eventually seek better Soul Tool studies elsewhere.
• The screen switched to the Original Timeline, where Huo Yuhao trained diligently after failing to earn Core Disciple status in the Soul Engineer Department.

The chapter showed Huo Yuhao of the Original Timeline being challenged by Wu Feng after she objected to his nomination for Class Monitor. It left him beaten and bleeding in their spar while refusing to surrender.

• Soul masters criticized Huo Yuhao of the Original Timeline for staying at Shrek Academy despite its treatment of him.
• After the freshman classes were reshuffled, Wang Yan nominated Huo Yuhao and eight other students for Class Monitor and Deputy.
• Wu Feng argued that Huo Yuhao was unqualified because he was only a one-ring soul master, and she challenged him to prove himself.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Wu Feng's challenge despite Wang Yan's attempts to stop him, and the class went with them to the Battle Soul District.
• Wu Feng overwhelmed Huo Yuhao, pinned him down, and struck him until he coughed up blood, but he refused to surrender or apologize.

After Huo Yuhao defeated Wu Feng with refined Spiritual Power, he continued cultivating until he reached Rank 20, prompting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to take him to the Far North Land to awaken a Second Martial Soul. Kong Deming suspected the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had an ulterior motive, since the dangerous trip seemed unnecessary for Huo Yuhao’s current strength.

• Huo Yuhao used precise Spiritual Power control to knock Wu Feng unconscious, and the observers discussed his past and his lack of independent opinions.
• After the incident, Xuan Zi again judged Huo Yuhao unworthy of nurturing, while Huo Yuhao continued cultivating in hopes of earning Shrek Academy’s recognition.
• Huo Yuhao reached Rank 20 after a semester of diligent cultivation, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged him to travel to the Far North Land.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said the trip would help Huo Yuhao obtain a Second Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao accepted without suspicion.
• Kong Deming questioned the trip, reasoning that Huo Yuhao was too weak for the Far North Land and suspecting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had another purpose.

The soul masters criticized Original Timeline Huo Yuhao for blindly trusting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and letting others control his choices. After he gained Ice Empress as his second martial soul and obtained Ultimate Ice, Huo Yuhao reflected on their harsh judgments and recognized that he needed to change.

• Kong Deming argued that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had no good reason to take Huo Yuhao to the Far North Land so early, and the soul masters concluded that Huo Yuhao had been deceived again.
• Original Timeline Huo Yuhao recalled trusting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm completely and admitted to himself that he had acted like a puppet without his own opinions.
• The screen showed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm meeting Ice Empress, who agreed to become Huo Yuhao's companion because she lacked confidence in surviving her final tribulation.
• Huo Yuhao obtained the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion as his Second Martial Soul, absorbed Ice Empress's Torso Bone, and underwent a transformation.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong criticized Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for manipulating Huo Yuhao and questioned his devotion to Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao silently reflected on the criticism and recognized that he had been controlled by others and needed to change.

Original Timeline Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy, where its approval and rewards deepened his loyalty to the school. After winning the Grand Melee Selection Tournament, he listened as Xuan Zi began explaining why fewer than a hundred Inner Courtyard disciples remained, leaving the reason unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao returned from the Far North Land, revealed his Second Martial Soul, and was allowed to cultivate in both Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department and Soul Engineer Department.
• At the Appraisal Conference, Huo Yuhao used the red card Shrek Academy had given him and felt grateful for the chance to repay the school.
• Shrek Academy ordered Huo Yuhao to win the Grand Melee Selection Tournament, and he won it.
• Xuan Zi led Huo Yuhao and the other trainees out of the academy and said that fewer than a hundred Inner Courtyard disciples remained.
• Xuan Zi explained that some disciples left after graduating, but others failed to graduate, prompting the trainees and soul masters to wonder what had happened to them.

Xuan Zi explained that Shrek Academy’s Inner Courtyard existed to train students who would supervise dangerous soul masters, revealing why its disciples sometimes died in battle. As he described the Academy’s limited mission to the reserve disciples, the observers in the Plane Crack questioned his claims and the students’ risks.

• Xuan Zi said some Inner Courtyard students had died fighting for the Academy’s ideals, prompting Jing Hongchen and others to question how students could die in battle.
• Xuan Zi explained that Outer Courtyard students could refuse to enter the Inner Courtyard, while those who joined accepted its responsibility; Huo Yuhao and the others agreed to hear the details and keep them secret.
• Xuan Zi described the continent’s political tensions and the danger that powerful, unrestrained soul masters posed to ordinary people.
• Xuan Zi said Shrek Academy had divided its courtyards about six thousand years earlier so the Inner Courtyard could supervise soul masters.
• Xuan Zi clarified that the Inner Courtyard targeted individuals, including officials, but did not supervise entire nations.

Xuan Zi explained that Inner Courtyard disciples had to complete thirty unpaid inspection missions before graduating, while presenting the work as service to the continent. In the Plane Crack, viewers condemned Shrek Academy for exploiting its students, but Yan Shaozhe defended the policy, and Huo Yuhao agreed to join the Inner Courtyard.

• Xuan Zi described the Shrek Academy Inspection Group and required each Inner Courtyard disciple to complete thirty missions without compensation.
• Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and Du Busi criticized Shrek Academy in the Chat Room for coercing students into dangerous unpaid work.
• The chapter revealed that officials hired Shrek inspectors through special channels and that Shrek Academy had likely kept payments and settlement funds meant for the inspectors and their families.
• Ordinary citizens and soul masters protested, but Yan Shaozhe defended Shrek Academy, and the employers stayed silent to protect their interests.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to join the Inner Courtyard.

The soul masters criticized Original Timeline Huo Yuhao for accepting Xuan Zi’s costly Inner Courtyard demands, then watched the Parallel World footage resume. After a brief recap, the new footage began the following morning as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er headed to Shrek Academy.

• Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue discussed how Shrek Academy had influenced Original Timeline Huo Yuhao and contrasted him with his Parallel World self.
• The Original Timeline screen went dark, and the soul masters turned eagerly to the Parallel World screen.
• The Parallel World screen recapped Huo Yuhao's victories in the Soul Master Competition and his rejection of rewards from Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe.
• Huo Yuhao looked forward to seeing how his Parallel World self would handle events he had experienced.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao woke Wang Dong'er, and they ate breakfast before heading to Shrek Academy together.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er discovered they had been assigned to New Student Class One with Dai Huabin and Wu Feng, then attended Wang Yan's first class. Wang Yan nominated students for Class Monitor and Deputy and began a secret ballot, leaving the class poised to vote.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er confirmed they were in New Student Class One, with Wang Yan as Class Teacher and Mu Jin assisting him.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er sat together, while Dai Huabin and Wu Feng chose seats with dark expressions.
• Wang Yan introduced himself and explained that assault-type and control-type students would alternate as Class Monitor and Deputy each month.
• Wang Yan nominated Wang Dong, Dai Huabin, Zhou Sichen, Huang Chutian, and Wu Feng for the assault-type position, and Huo Yuhao, Cao Jinxuan, Lan Luoluo, and Lan Susu for the control-type position.
• After no one objected to the nominees, Wang Yan told the class to begin voting by secret ballot.

Parallel Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were elected class monitor and vice class monitor after Wu Feng and Dai Huabin stayed quiet. Huo Yuhao found Wang Yan’s lessons too basic and decided to study Soul Tools to advance his strength.

• The students in the Plane Crack watched Wu Feng and Dai Huabin remain silent during the class monitor election, and Huo Yuhao admired Parallel World Huo Yuhao’s strength and resolve.
• Wang Yan held the class election, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong won the roles of class monitor and vice class monitor by an overwhelming margin.
• Wang Yan began teaching, but Huo Yuhao already knew the material and easily answered a difficult question about Rare Soul Beasts and Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao felt dissatisfied with his limited progress in class and the library, and decided to make time to study Soul Tools.

Huo Yuhao decided to pursue Soul Tool studies and asked Wang Yan to help him transfer to the Soul Engineer Department, even if it meant giving up his Martial Soul Department Core Disciple status. Shrek's leaders learned of his request and eagerly prepared to hear what he wanted.

• Soul Masters in the Plane Crack were stunned by Huo Yuhao's rapid progress through Shrek Academy's library, while Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming hoped he would eventually join Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe worried that Huo Yuhao might leave Shrek once he had learned everything, but Xian Lin'er argued that becoming a high-level Soul Engineer would take years and help him settle into Shrek.
• After class, Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan that he wanted to study in the Soul Engineer Department.
• Wang Yan explained that the rules barred a Martial Soul Department Core Disciple from transferring, so Huo Yuhao offered to give up his status.
• Wang Yan agreed to report the request, and Du Weilun brought it to Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi, who eagerly asked what Huo Yuhao wanted.

Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Lao learned that Huo Yuhao wanted to transfer to the Soul Engineer Department, a request that threatened the Martial Soul Department’s hold on him. They decided to refuse the transfer while offering him Soul Tools and Gold Soul Coins to discourage his interest in switching departments.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Lao eagerly asked Du Weilun what Huo Yuhao wanted, then were dismayed when he said Huo Yuhao wanted to study in the Soul Engineer Department.
• Du Busi, Jing Hongchen, and Kong Deming watched the scene and discussed how refusing Huo Yuhao might prompt him to leave Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe insisted that Huo Yuhao could not transfer, but he and Xuan Lao agreed they needed to avoid upsetting him and find suitable compensation.
• Du Weilun suggested giving Huo Yuhao Soul Engineer Department books, but Yan Shaozhe rejected the idea because it could deepen his interest.
• Xuan Lao proposed giving Huo Yuhao Soul Tools and Gold Soul Coins while persuading him that he could use Soul Tools without joining the Soul Engineer Department.
• Yan Shaozhe approved the plan and told Du Weilun to have Wang Yan use that reasoning to dissuade Huo Yuhao from transferring.

Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi tried to discourage Huo Yuhao from joining the Soul Engineer Department by offering him Soul Tools and money, but he rejected their offer and sought out Soul Tool books in Shrek City. Their actions angered Xian Lin'er and Mu En, who warned them of the consequences if Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy.

• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming mocked Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi for misunderstanding Soul Engineer training and doubted their plan would fool Huo Yuhao.
• Xian Lin'er condemned Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi for secretly targeting the Soul Engineer Department, and Mu En warned them he would hold them responsible if Huo Yuhao ran away.
• Du Weilun delivered the higher-ups' decision to Wang Yan, who told Huo Yuhao he could not transfer to the Soul Engineer Department until his second year.
• Wang Yan offered Huo Yuhao Soul Tools and Gold Soul Coins as compensation and urged him to buy equipment instead of learning to make it, but Huo Yuhao declined the offer.
• After class, Huo Yuhao took Wang Dong'er to Shrek City's library to look for books about Soul Tools, shocking Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, and the others watching from the Plane Crack.

Huo Yuhao of the Parallel World taught himself Soul Tool technology and successfully built his first Level Three Soul Guidance Device. The Soul Masters in the Plane Crack marveled at his talent, then watched in disbelief as he used the device despite having less than level thirty Soul Power.

• Huo Yuhao of the Parallel World bought Soul Tool books and spent nearly two months studying them on his own.
• Huo Yuhao forged and assembled a Level Three Soul Guidance Device, then finished engraving its formation.
• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming praised Huo Yuhao's talent and predicted he could become a Rank 9 or even Rank 10 Soul Engineer.
• Mu En angrily blamed Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi for failing to support Huo Yuhao's interests.
• Huo Yuhao used his Level Three Soul Guidance Device with ease despite his Soul Power being below level thirty, leaving Xuan Zi stunned.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er demonstrated that their high-quality Soul Power let them use a Level Three Soul Guidance Device before reaching the usual cultivation requirement. Bibi Dong realized that Wang Dong'er could use Soul Tools because a mysterious Divine Artifact had absorbed the Divine Sense within her, and she mocked Tang San for having once prevented his daughter from using them.

• Jing Hongchen confirmed that Huo Yuhao had made a genuine Level Three Soul Guidance Device, and Kong Deming attributed its early use to Huo Yuhao's unusually high Soul Power Quality.
• Wang Dong'er came to Huo Yuhao's room, learned how to use the device, and activated it despite having only reached Level 27.
• Xiao Xiao pointed out that Wang Dong'er from the parallel world could use Soul Tools, unlike the Wang Dong'er from their world, prompting the Soul Masters to wonder why.
• Bibi Dong inferred that a mysterious Divine Artifact had absorbed the Divine Sense within Parallel World Wang Dong'er, removing her resistance to Soul Tools.
• Bibi Dong mocked Tang San for forcibly preventing his daughter from using Soul Tools.

Tang San faced accusations that he had altered his daughter's preferences with his Divine Sense, while Bibi Dong and the God of Destruction suspected he was hiding more. On the screen, Huo Yuhao outfitted himself and Wang Dong'er with Soul Tools and broke through to Soul Power Level thirty.

• Bibi Dong accused Tang San of manipulating his daughter's thoughts, and the God of Destruction warned him against abusing his authority as a God Realm Enforcer.
• Tang San claimed his Divine Sense had changed his daughter's preferences by accident, though the God of Destruction remained suspicious and Bibi Dong continued to mock him.
• Tang San worried that the screen might reveal his other actions, while Xiao Wu said she could understand him if this was the only matter.
• After becoming a third-rank Soul Engineer, Huo Yuhao made long-range offensive Soul Tools and a defensive Soul Tool for himself, and made defensive and stabilizing Soul Tools for Wang Dong'er.
• After continuing Martial Soul Fusion cultivation with Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao broke through to Soul Power Level thirty.

After Huo Yuhao of the Parallel World reached Level Thirty, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged him to travel to the Far North Land to awaken his Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul. Huo Yuhao saw through the risks and refused, leaving Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s plan thwarted.

• Jing Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao of the Parallel World for his creativity as a Soul Engineer, while Shrek Academy’s higher-ups blamed Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe for their attitude toward Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao of the Original Timeline realized that his Parallel World self had pulled far ahead in cultivation and Soul Tool skills.
• After Huo Yuhao of the Parallel World broke through to Level Thirty, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared in his Sea of Consciousness and eagerly proposed a trip to the Far North Land.
• Huo Yuhao questioned why he needed an ice-type Soul Ring when his Spirit Eyes required a spiritual-type one, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered the promise of an Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that he could wait to add Soul Rings to his Second Martial Soul and refused to risk a dangerous journey for it now.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to persuade Huo Yuhao to go to the Far North Land for an ice-attribute soul ring, but Huo Yuhao recognized his evasions and refused to go along with the plan. When Huo Yuhao said he would hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest instead, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finally confessed his history with the Ice Empress and the danger waiting in the Far North Land.

• Soul masters watching through the Plane Crack laughed at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for failing to fool Parallel World Huo Yuhao, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue discussed what Huo Yuhao might lose by skipping the Far North Land.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm kept urging Huo Yuhao to absorb an ice-attribute soul ring early, arguing that it would help him arrange his future soul rings.
• Huo Yuhao questioned why Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was so determined to send him to the Far North Land and warned that he disliked being lied to.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm denied hiding anything, so Huo Yuhao decided to seek his Third Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest instead.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stopped evading and told Huo Yuhao everything about his history with the Ice Empress, his reason for sending Huo Yuhao north, and the danger of the journey.

After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm confessed that it had hidden its reason for wanting to go to the Far North Land, Huo Yuhao reassured it that he would help and agreed to go. The observers in the Plane Crack recognized that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had become deeply loyal to him, while Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe realized keeping Parallel World Huo Yuhao would be difficult.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm admitted that it had concealed the truth because it feared Huo Yuhao would refuse to help save Bing Bing.
• Huo Yuhao reproached Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for not trusting him and said they should be honest with each other.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to travel to the Far North Land and help Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, moving it to tears and leaving it consumed with guilt.
• Du Busi, Xu Jiawei, and Jing Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao’s handling of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and noted that it would now be loyal to him.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe worried that keeping Parallel World Huo Yuhao would be exceedingly difficult, perhaps impossible.

Parallel World Huo Yuhao prepared to travel to the Far North Land and studied Soul Tools to build a snow-going vehicle. His research revealed that the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool technology far surpassed that of the Douluo Three Kingdoms, leaving him drawn to the Sun Moon Royal Academy and Shrek's higher-ups anxious.

• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue discussed how Huo Yuhao would likely obtain the Ice Empress's martial soul and soul bone in the Far North Land.
• Huo Yuhao decided to prepare supplies and build a transportation Soul Tool before making the long journey north.
• Huo Yuhao bought Soul Engineer books and discovered that most high-quality Soul Tool research came from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao began longing to study at the Sun Moon Royal Academy, exciting Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Kong Deming.
• Shrek Academy's higher-ups grew anxious as they watched Huo Yuhao become interested in the Sun Moon Empire.