Chapter Summaries

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Qian Duoduo reported that Shrek’s tests confirmed the Soul Power Storage Core let even ordinary people learn to make Soul Tools. He urged Shrek to recruit Tian Meng, but the elders opposed him, and Xian Lin'er argued that the core’s battle applications could give disciples a huge advantage.

• A week after Tian Meng sent the Soul Power Storage Cores to Shrek, Qian Duoduo reported that the cores worked as described and could help ordinary people become Class 1 Soul Engineers.
• Qian Duoduo explained that Tian Meng had sent identical packages to other empires and factions, signaling that he was seeking a powerful backer.
• Qian Duoduo urged the Sea God Pavilion Elders to recruit Tian Meng, but several elders objected to bringing an outsider into Shrek and dismissed Soul Tools as mere external objects.
• Xian Lin'er slammed the table and argued that the cores could replenish disciples’ Soul Power during battle, potentially giving them an extra life.

Shrek Academy’s leaders voted to recruit Tianmeng as vice dean of the Soul Guide Department, while Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng reached the Extreme North to meet the Ice Empress. Tian Meng began explaining her plan, then revealed that it had been disrupted.

• Xian Lin'er argued that Tianmeng might possess powerful Soul Tools and a seventh-grade Soul Power Storage Core, persuading enough leaders to approve his recruitment by a vote of seven in favor, twelve abstentions, and three opposed.
• As major powers debated how to handle Master Tianmeng, their emotions strengthened Huo Yuhao through his Power of Emotion, and Tian Meng remarked that he had become more fragrant.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng arrived at the Extreme North, where Tian Meng called out the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress appeared, suspected that Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng might be setting a trap, and asked Tian Meng why she had summoned her.
• Tian Meng laid out her grand plan to the Ice Empress, then said it had been disrupted.

Tian Meng persuaded the Ice Empress to join Huo Yuhao after he revealed the Divine Artifact at his brow. As they prepared a Soul Spirit Contract, Electrolux proposed using the Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice to transform Huo Yuhao’s unformed ice Martial Soul into a pure Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.

• Tian Meng urged Huo Yuhao to reveal the Eye of Destiny’s Divine Artifact aura, convincing the Ice Empress to agree to the plan.
• Huo Yuhao, Tian Meng, and the Ice Empress moved to a hidden cave, where the Ice Empress prepared to sign the Soul Spirit Contract.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he would use the Ice Empress to condense a soul ring and make her the foundation of his second Martial Soul.
• Electrolux appeared and told Huo Yuhao that the Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice could instead evolve his unformed ice Martial Soul into a pure Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.

Huo Yuhao devised a way to use the Eye of Destiny to separate Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice from her Soul Beast essence, potentially creating a pure Ultimate Ice Martial Soul. As he and Electrolux confirmed the plan was feasible, Ice Empress grew curious about the human who might become her partner.

• Huo Yuhao considered turning Ice Empress’s cultivation into a pure Ultimate Ice Martial Soul but realized her Soul Beast essence had to be removed first.
• Electrolux proposed using a Magic Array to refine Ice Empress’s power, but Huo Yuhao calculated that the process would take ten years.
• Huo Yuhao realized the Eye of Destiny could sever the connection between Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice and her Soul Beast essence.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux discussed the method and agreed it was highly feasible.
• Tian Meng reassured Ice Empress, who dismissed her comfort and began wondering what kind of human Huo Yuhao was.

Huo Yuhao and Elder Yi devised a way to separate the Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice from her Soul Beast essence, allowing Huo Yuhao to absorb the purified power as a new Martial Soul. After enduring the transformation, Huo Yuhao gained an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul that could take on different forms, while his appearance became more refined.

• Huo Yuhao had the Ice Empress sign a Soul Spirit Contract, and Electrolux separated her soul from her body and stripped away her cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao used the Eye of Destiny to sever the connections between the Ice Empress’s Soul Beast essence and Ultimate Ice, leaving behind a pure ice-blue cluster of power.
• After recovering briefly, Huo Yuhao guided the Ultimate Ice into his unformed ice Martial Soul and endured a painful transformation that changed his body and appearance.
• The Ice Empress noticed that Huo Yuhao now resembled the Snow Empress, and Elder Yi explained that their similar attributes caused the resemblance.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated that his new Ultimate Ice Martial Soul could transform into forms including an ice silkworm, an Ice Jade Scorpion, and a White Tiger Dagger.

After reconstructing Ice Empress's body, Huo Yuhao asked her to contact Snow Empress and revealed his plan to seek her help. Snow Empress arrived and learned what had happened, leaving the cave after Huo Yuhao asked her to help him become a god.

• Huo Yuhao supported Ice Empress and used his Ultimate Ice to nourish her frail reconstructed body.
• Ice Empress thanked Huo Yuhao, then agreed to contact Snow Empress when he asked to speak with her.
• Snow Empress arrived through the frozen wind and snow, sensed the Ultimate Ice aura within Huo Yuhao, and asked Ice Empress who he was.
• Ice Empress explained what had happened, and Huo Yuhao revealed the Divine Artifact aura of the Eye of Destiny.
• Huo Yuhao told Snow Empress he wanted her and the strength of the Soul Beasts in the Extreme North to help him become a god.

Huo Yuhao proposed gathering faith in the Extreme North to forge a divine position and promised Snow Empress he would protect the region. Snow Empress agreed to become his soul spirit after the Eye of Destiny bound them with a contract, leaving their futures tied together.

• Huo Yuhao explained that he intended to gather the faith of the Extreme North and forge a divine position for himself.
• Snow Empress considered her approaching Heavenly Tribulation and the danger the Extreme North would face without her or Bing'er to defend it.
• Snow Empress asked Huo Yuhao to promise he would protect the Extreme North after becoming a god, and he agreed.
• Snow Empress asked what she needed to do, suggesting that she become Huo Yuhao's soul spirit, while Ice Empress questioned her trust in him.
• Huo Yuhao vowed to protect the Extreme North whether or not he became a god, and the Eye of Destiny bound him and Snow Empress with a contract.

Huo Yuhao returned home with Ice Empress, whose curiosity about him had grown during their journey. After introducing her to Huo Yun'er, he disguised himself as Tian Meng and went to the Treasure Pavilion to learn what decision Shrek Academy had made.

• Snow Empress stayed in the Extreme North to gather faith and gave Huo Yuhao a blessing that could withstand one fatal blow.
• Ice Empress asked Tian Meng why he trusted Huo Yuhao, then listened as Tian Meng explained his feelings and told her about Huo Yuhao.
• A week later, Huo Yuhao returned home with Ice Empress and Tian Meng, and Huo Yun'er recognized him despite his changed appearance.
• Huo Yun'er welcomed Ice Empress but wondered why Huo Yuhao had brought home another girl, making her the third.
• Huo Yuhao found that the Gluttonous Dragon King had left a protective magic array and a tracking necklace for his mother, then wondered whether Gu Yuena had returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao disguised himself as the Level 8 Soul Engineer Tian Meng and headed to the Treasure Pavilion to inspect Shrek Academy's decision.

Huo Yuhao received competing recruitment offers at the Treasure Pavilion before Qian Duoduo brought him to negotiate with Shrek Academy. After Huo Yuhao set his conditions for joining, Qian Duoduo agreed to them all.

• Bai Yao led Huo Yuhao toward the fifth floor, but representatives from several empires tried to recruit him with offers of rank, wealth, and status.
• Qian Duoduo arrived on behalf of Shrek Academy, pushed aside the other recruiters, and invited Huo Yuhao to become vice dean of the Soul Guide Department.
• Qian Duoduo outlined Shrek’s proposed benefits and obligations, including a leadership position, research resources, and requirements to share Soul Power Storage Core plans and train students.
• Huo Yuhao countered by limiting what he would disclose, retaining ownership of his research, charging market prices for Rank 9 Soul Tools, and demanding control over a dedicated Soul Engineer class.
• Qian Duoduo agreed to all of Huo Yuhao’s conditions.

Huo Yuhao agreed to teach at Shrek and went there with Qian Duoduo, intending to use the position to build his reputation and advance his plans. Muen saw through his disguise, and Huo Yuhao revealed a carefully constructed identity as a twenty-two-year-old Soul Emperor with Ultimate Ice.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Qian Duoduo's offer to become a teacher and agreed to visit Shrek immediately.
• Qian Duoduo brought Huo Yuhao to Shrek's Outer Court and introduced the academy before leading him to the dormitories.
• Muen sent Qian Duoduo away and asked Huo Yuhao to reveal his true appearance.
• Huo Yuhao removed his mask and claimed to be twenty-two, with level sixty-nine cultivation and a Mutated Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his Soul Ring Configuration and Ultimate Ice, while Muen studied his unusual power and young appearance.

Mu En welcomed Huo Yuhao into Shrek, promised him a future Sea God Pavilion seat, and arranged support for his research. After Huo Yuhao tested a teleportation route through the Undead Demigod Plane, he returned home and found Gu Yuena waiting with Tian Meng and the Ice Empress.

• Mu En questioned Huo Yuhao about his reasons for coming to Shrek and whether he would harm the academy, then promised that Shrek’s gates would remain open to him.
• Mu En secured the elders’ agreement to make Huo Yuhao a Sea God Pavilion elder once he became a Titled Douluo, appointed Qian Duoduo as his guide, and ordered funding and secrecy for his research.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er to treat Huo Yuhao well, allocate him research funds, and arrange for him to help Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek and worked with Elder Yi to adapt the Undead Demigod Plane’s Magic Array into a teleportation route between locations.
• Huo Yuhao tested the route to his home and found Gu Yuena sitting across from Tian Meng and the Ice Empress in the living room.

Huo Yuhao calmed Gu Yuena's jealousy by introducing her to the Ice Empress and calling her someone important, then spent a peaceful week balancing life with his companions and work at Shrek Academy. While researching an artificial soul ring device, he received an unexpected visit from Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao.

• Huo Yuhao introduced Gu Yuena to the Ice Empress and Tian Meng, and Gu Yuena's hostility toward them faded when he called her someone important to him.
• Huo Yuhao sent Tian Meng and the Ice Empress back into his soul rings, then embraced Gu Yuena and spent the night with her.
• Huo Yuhao spent the following week tending to Gu Yuena, Tian Meng, and the Ice Empress while working on matters for Shrek Academy and advising Fan Yu.
• Huo Yuhao researched an artificial soul ring device that could create blank soul rings to help soul masters break through bottlenecks.
• Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao arrived at Huo Yuhao's laboratory, and Huo Yuhao recognized Ma Xiaotao as Sister Xiaotao.

Huo Yuhao examined Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and offered to remove it or seal it, explaining the consequences of each treatment. Yan Shaozhe chose a temporary seal, while considering a more intimate solution that could transform Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul.

• Huo Yuhao welcomed Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao into his laboratory and agreed to collect some of her Soul Power as payment for treating her Evil Fire.
• Huo Yuhao examined Ma Xiaotao and found that her Evil Fire was still manageable and had not yet caused severe damage.
• Huo Yuhao offered to remove the Evil Fire at the cost of reducing her Martial Soul’s quality, or seal it and have her return every half month for repairs.
• Ma Xiaotao deferred the decision to Yan Shaozhe, who considered the possibility that merging with a soul master possessing Ultimate Ice could help her gain Ultimate Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe chose to have Huo Yuhao seal Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire for now.

Huo Yuhao suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, then traveled toward Mingdu while Ma Xiaotao returned to Shrek Academy and fought furiously in the arena. Ling Luochen suspected that Ma Xiaotao’s anger came from the suppression itself.

• Huo Yuhao used his Ultimate Ice Soul Power to seal Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, leaving her unable to move as he worked.
• Ma Xiaotao left the laboratory wearing Huo Yuhao’s coat, and Huo Yuhao told Yan Shaozhe that she would recover from the sealing aftereffects.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Undead Demigod Plane, emerged near Maple Leaf City in disguise, and flew toward Mingdu to obtain its spatial coordinates.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao fought two opponents at once, alarming Ling Luochen and Xixi with her strength and fury.
• Ling Luochen noticed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire seemed suppressed and wondered whether that was why Ma Xiaotao was angry.

After Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire seal broke, Huo Yuhao helped her and told her to return weekly for treatment. He then arrived at Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy to register, where a student questioned his admission despite his age and Soul Power meeting the stated requirements.

• Ma Xiaotao’s seal shattered during a Soul Fighting Arena battle, and she rushed to Huo Yuhao for help while overcome by Evil Fire.
• After the Evil Fire subsided, Ma Xiaotao thanked Huo Yuhao, who asked her to visit the laboratory once a week and warned her to restrain herself.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Ling Luochen watching from outside the laboratory, then left through a Light Gate for Mingdu.
• Huo Yuhao joined the admissions line at Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy and told the student registrar that he was eight years old and a Rank 16 Soul Master.
• The registrar hesitated to accept Huo Yuhao and considered asking an instructor for guidance.

Huo Yuhao sought admission to Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy, and Lin Mei discovered he could craft an exceptional Soul Tool despite being only eight. After Lin Mei told Jing Hongchen that Huo Yuhao could make a Rank 3 Soul Guide Array Core, Jing Hongchen went to see the child for himself.

• Huo Yuhao told Lin Mei he wanted to apply to the Soul Guide Department and showed her a Silver Cube that transformed into a Rank 2 Soul Tool.
• Lin Mei recognized innovative Soul Guide Arrays in the tool and took Huo Yuhao to her laboratory to test whether he had made it himself.
• Lin Mei burst into Jing Hongchen's office and reported that Huo Yuhao was an eight-year-old who could make a Rank 3 Soul Guide Array Core.
• Jing Hongchen doubted Lin Mei's claim at first, then agreed to go see Huo Yuhao in the laboratory.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his talent by crafting a Rank 3 Soul Guide Array Core, prompting Jing Hongchen to investigate him and decide to take him as a disciple. After confirming Huo Yuhao’s background seemed harmless, Jing Hongchen offered to enroll him in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy, and Huo Yuhao accepted.

• Huo Yuhao used his remaining Soul Power to complete a Rank 3 Soul Guide Array Core, astonishing Jing Hongchen, who ordered Lin Mei to investigate him and keep him at the academy.
• Jing Hongchen reviewed Huo Yuhao’s sparse background information and decided to personally take him as a disciple.
• Huo Yuhao won over Lin Mei with grilled fish while Jing Hongchen rushed into the laboratory and asked him to become his disciple.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether becoming Jing Hongchen’s student would let him enroll in the academy, and Jing Hongchen promised he could attend classes the next day.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Jing Hongchen as his master, and Jing Hongchen planned for him to study alongside Xiao and Meng.

Huo Yuhao reflected on the Holy Spirit Cult’s threat in Mingdu before meeting Jing Hongchen’s grandchildren, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen. The siblings began taking him to school, and Xiao learned that his new junior master-uncle was only eight years old.

• Huo Yuhao considered the Sun Moon Empire’s strengths and planned to remove Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, Zhongli Wu, and Xu Tianran.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen arrived to take Huo Yuhao to school, as Jing Hongchen had instructed them.
• Huo Yuhao greeted the siblings politely, and Meng Hongchen excitedly asked him to call her Sister Meng again.
• Xiao Hongchen grew suspicious when Meng Hongchen took Huo Yuhao’s side, then asked his age and learned he was eight.
• Meng Hongchen reminded Xiao Hongchen that Jing Hongchen had already told him Huo Yuhao’s age.

After Huo Yuhao demonstrated his skill in crafting a third-tier Soul Guide Core, Xiao Hongchen struggled to accept being surpassed and failed repeatedly while attempting a fourth-tier core. Jing Hongchen urged him to learn from Huo Yuhao and surpass him, leaving Xiao newly motivated.

• After Huo Yuhao explained how he became Jing Hongchen's student, Xiao Hongchen took him to the laboratory and watched him craft a third-tier Soul Guide Core.
• Xiao Hongchen left class for the laboratory, while Meng Hongchen reassured Huo Yuhao and took him on a tour of the academy.
• Late that night, Xiao Hongchen repeatedly failed to inscribe a fourth-tier Soul Guide Core in his private laboratory.
• Jing Hongchen confronted Xiao Hongchen, told him he had lost to Huo Yuhao in Soul Engineering, and challenged him to admit defeat.
• Jing Hongchen showed Xiao Hongchen Huo Yuhao's core and told him to learn from Huo Yuhao, become like him, and surpass him; Xiao Hongchen regained his resolve.

Huo Yuhao taught Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen advanced Soul Power control, revealing a method that reduced his Soul Power consumption. Meng Hongchen learned about his technique and the dangers of her Martial Soul, while Huo Yuhao offered to teach her as he sought to earn her trust.

• Jing Hongchen arranged for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to teach Huo Yuhao instead of having him attend first-year classes.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated engraving a Level One Soul Guide Core with Soul Power and told Xiao Hongchen to learn the method rather than imitate him.
• Xiao Hongchen used his Three-legged Golden Toad's Metal Control to practice controlling Soul Power.
• Meng Hongchen questioned how Huo Yuhao had engraved a Level Three Soul Guide Core while using only a little more than half his Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao explained how he combined Soul Power and Spiritual Power as a lever to reduce his Soul Power consumption by about fifty percent, then offered to teach Meng Hongchen Soul Power control.