Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and the Ice Empress gave in to their emotions and spent the night together, while Ling Luochen sensed what had happened when she visited the next morning. Huo Yuhao admitted he would not let go of any of them, leaving Tian Meng conflicted but unwilling to leave him.

• The Seed of Emotion overwhelmed Huo Yuhao and the Ice Empress, and they became intimate.
• Tian Meng eavesdropped outside their room through the night, envious that she had not been included.
• Ling Luochen returned to the Spirit Pagoda after completing her mission and found Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng eating breakfast.
• Ling Luochen asked where the Ice Empress was, heard that she was resting, and left with growing unease.
• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng he would not let go of any of them, and Tian Meng wrestled with her jealousy and desire to stay with him.

The Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao she wanted to become stronger so she could eventually overpower and possess him, and he agreed to help her recover through their intimate bond. At Shrek Academy, Ning Tian kept Wang Dong'er from meeting her supposed teacher and began probing her about the Clear Sky Sect.

• The Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao she wanted to become stronger than him so she could possess him, and eventually become strong enough to contend with the Silver Dragon King.
• Huo Yuhao promised to help the Ice Empress grow stronger, and she asked him to repeat the intimate contact that she said had restored her body.
• Ning Tian's group completed the morning lessons in iron armor without losing a member, while Zhou Yi expelled several students from other groups.
• Wang Dong'er asked Ning Tian about meeting the Soul Tool's creator, and Ning Tian claimed that her teacher, Sky Dream, had left on a long journey.
• Ning Tian promised to pass along any news and began questioning Wang Dong'er about the Clear Sky Sect.

Ning Tian confronted Zhou Yi over her abusive teaching methods and presented evidence of the lasting injuries suffered by Zhou Yi’s students. When Du Weilun stayed silent, Ning Tian challenged Zhou Yi to compete against her in the Freshman Assessment, while two unseen witnesses observed the confrontation.

• Ning Tian accused Zhou Yi of violating teacher regulations and mistreating students, then presented records documenting injuries and forced early graduations among Zhou Yi’s Inner Academy students.
• Zhou Yi threatened to expel Ning Tian for slandering a Shrek teacher and damaging Shrek’s reputation.
• Du Weilun avoided taking a side, fearing that Zhou Yi’s exposure would implicate him and harm Shrek.
• Ning Tian proposed that Zhou Yi teach one group of students while she led another, with the Freshman Assessment three months away deciding whose group performed better.
• Ning Tian considered informing her father and reconsidering cooperation with Shrek, while two figures watched the confrontation from elsewhere.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Muen to expose Shrek’s corruption and pursue sweeping reforms, while secretly planning to use the scandal to strengthen the Spirit Pagoda. Later, Ice Empress sent Tian Meng away and began private cultivation with Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao urged Muen to announce Shrek’s corruption publicly and reform the academy after tracing its internal problems for three months.
• Muen decided to gamble that he could resolve Shrek’s problems before he died, since he no longer trusted Xuan Zi as a successor.
• Huo Yuhao revealed to Tian Meng that he had concealed the Spirit Pagoda’s role in his plan and intended to use the scandal to improve its standing and attract students Shrek had harmed.
• Tian Meng tried to join Huo Yuyao and Ice Empress in the room, but Ice Empress tossed him out and sealed the door with Ultimate Ice.
• Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao it was time to cultivate, and Huo Yuhao took control as their intimate cultivation began.

Huo Yuhao woke beside the exhausted Ice Empress, who went back to sleep in his arms, while Tian Meng lamented being shut out. At Shrek Academy, Zhou Yi questioned Tang San about his concealed strength, and he revealed his evolved Sky-Shattering Hammer Martial Soul.

• Huo Yuhao greeted the Ice Empress after waking, and she murmured that she was too tired before falling asleep again.
• Tian Meng found Huo Yuhao's room locked and privately lamented being excluded from the couple's intimacy.
• Zhou Yi returned to Class One, addressed the remaining students about the upcoming Freshman Assessment, and began assigning teams.
• Zhou Yi confronted Tang San about his unusual endurance and suspected that he was concealing a second Martial Soul or soul bone.
• Tang San summoned his evolved Sky-Shattering Hammer Martial Soul, deciding to reveal part of his strength and attract the academy's attention.

Zhou Yi discovered that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and assigned him strenuous training, while Ning Tian introduced Zhou Yi’s former students to the Spirit Pagoda’s advanced facilities. Ning Tian hoped the students’ reliance on the Spirit Pagoda’s training methods would gradually reshape Shrek Academy, leaving her confident that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had backed the right person.

• Zhou Yi learned that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and praised his potential, but warned him that she would demand more from him.
• Tang San accepted Zhou Yi’s order to run in sixty-kilogram iron armor, and Zhou Yi resolved to push him toward rank thirty before her wager with Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian showed the students the Spirit Pagoda branch’s physical training area, simulated cultivation rooms, and other Soul Tools.
• The students explored the unfamiliar equipment, impressed by its capabilities and testing their strength.
• Ning Tian reflected that students accustomed to safer, more efficient Spirit Pagoda training might help its methods gradually replace Shrek’s traditional practices.

At the Spirit Pagoda laboratory, Huo Yuhao told Ling Luochen that he had gotten together with the Ice Empress and intended to keep Tian Meng as well. Ling Luochen left after realizing he wanted more than the two of them, while Tian Meng reflected on her own place in his life.

• Huo Yuhao assessed Ling Luochen's Energy Storage Ring and predicted she could reach level 67 or 68 before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Ling Luochen confronted Huo Yuhao about his relationship with the Ice Empress and accused him of taking advantage of Tian Meng without taking responsibility.
• Huo Yuhao said he would not let Tian Meng go, then made clear he wanted more than the two of them.
• After calming down, Ling Luochen accused Huo Yuhao of possibly hiding other women and stormed out of the laboratory.
• Tian Meng emerged and agreed that Huo Yuhao's honesty was better than taking advantage of women and refusing responsibility.

Ling Luochen sought Zhang Lexuan’s advice after learning that Huo Yuhao liked several people, but she refused to give him up. The chapter ended with Ling Luochen rushing off to pursue him, while Zhang Lexuan wondered whether love made people irrational and felt a trace of envy.

• Ling Luochen told Zhang Lexuan that her friend had fallen for someone who liked several people, and Zhang Lexuan realized the friend was Ling Luochen herself.
• Zhang Lexuan asked whether Huo Yuhao had confessed and whether Ling Luochen expected him to give up the others; Ling Luochen admitted he probably would not.
• Zhang Lexuan tried to steer Ling Luochen toward giving up, but Ling Luochen took her advice as encouragement to compete for Huo Yuhao.
• Ling Luochen left to pursue Huo Yuhao, and Zhang Lexuan was left stunned and privately envious of Ling Luochen’s feelings.

Huo Yuhao studied Ji Juechen’s Meteoric Iron Sword and hypothesized that its awakened soul represented a forging realm beyond Spiritual Forging. Xiao Hongchen then revealed that Huo Yuhao’s application to join the Soul Master Tournament had been approved, leaving Huo Yuhao unwillingly assigned as a support member.

• Huo Yuhao returned the adjusted Meteoric Iron Sword to Ji Juechen and explained that he believed the sword’s spirit had awakened into a soul, suggesting a new stage called Soul Forging.
• Ji Juechen admitted that he had not reached Hundred Forgings, so Huo Yuhao told him to stop practicing forging and continue trying to refine artifacts into souls.
• Xiao Hongchen arrived and told Huo Yuhao that his application for a Soul Master Tournament spot had been approved.
• Xiao Hongchen said Huo Yuhao would serve as the team’s support, while Huo Yuhao thought about the Sun Moon Empire team’s prospects against Shrek Academy and the uncertain existence of the Death God’s Envoy.

Huo Yuhao dismissed the idea of competing in the Soul Master Tournament, then realized it could help him advertise his inventions. Meng Hongchen brought him to see Ye Yulin testing a complete Sentient Metal Battle Armor, which had been developed from Huo Yuhao’s proposal and earned him extraordinary status and privileges in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Hongchen he probably would not compete in the tournament, and Xiao Hongchen questioned why he did not want fame.
• Huo Yuhao joked about using fame to advertise, then realized the tournament could promote Soul Severing and Energy Storage Ring Law Cultivation.
• Meng Hongchen hurriedly took Huo Yuhao to a laboratory, where Ye Yulin was testing a complete Battle Armor made from Sentient Metal with Kong Deming assisting.
• Jing Hongchen explained that Huo Yuhao’s Battle Armor proposal had led to a successful design that could give a noncombatant Rank 9 Soul Guide Master the strength of a Super Douluo.
• Jing Hongchen told Huo Yuhao he would receive Rank 9 authority in Mingde Hall and the Hall of Reverence, access to the empire’s materials and metals, and honorary elder status.

Ye Yulin tested the Battle Armor and reached the power of a Rank 98 Super Douluo, prompting Kong Deming to order the Sun Moon Empire to develop more Sentient Metal and strengthen its Battle Armor research. Kong Deming credited Huo Yuhao with the breakthrough, revealed his rewards, and told him that the Emperor wanted to introduce him to Naive Princess.

• Ye Yulin activated the Battle Armor, which raised his rank from 94 to 98 and greatly enhanced his physique and Soul Power.
• Ye Yulin reported that the Battle Armor was gradually merging with his body, and Kong Deming ordered a year of observation.
• Kong Deming sealed the laboratory, ordered the Empire's Titled Douluos to nurture Sentient Metal, and called for methods to produce stronger Alloys.
• Kong Deming told Huo Yuhao that the Emperor had awarded him Rank 9 clearance, Honorary Elder status, and the fifth-ranked Engraving Knife, Soul Radiance.
• Kong Deming revealed that the Emperor wanted to introduce Huo Yuhao to Naive Princess, leaving Huo Yuhao startled.

Huo Yuhao declined a possible marriage alliance and received Bright God Soul Gold from Kong Deming, then spent a month researching it. He returned to find Ling Luochen asleep outside his room, where Tian Meng explained she had waited for him all month.

• Huo Yuhao told Kong Deming he could not choose between Battle Armor and Soul Armor, and Kong Deming gave him Bright God Soul Gold to use for himself.
• Huo Yuhao studied the metal for a month, gaining insights into its properties and how he might perfect Soul Armor.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his room late at night and found Ling Luochen asleep outside his door.
• Tian Meng told Huo Yuhao that Ling Luochen had been waiting outside his room for a month and explained that Ice Empress was still asleep while digesting energy.

Huo Yuhao brought the exhausted Ling Luochen to bed, then kissed Tian Meng when she complained about being neglected. He left to rest in the laboratory, while Tian Meng was left flustered and lamenting that she could not compete with Bingbing.

• Huo Yuhao carried Ling Luochen to bed and confirmed that she only needed several days of rest.
• Tian Meng complained that Huo Yuhao had ignored her, and he silenced her with a kiss against the wall.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Seed of Emotion had made him more sensitive to his feelings, then chose to leave Tian Meng and rest in the laboratory.
• Tian Meng reflected on how Huo Yuhao had taken control of the kiss and worried that he would toy with her in the future.
• Tian Meng lamented that Bingbing could have children while she could not.

After Huo Yuhao cared for Ling Luochen when she woke in his room, she confronted him about his other relationships and heard his sincere confession. Ling Luochen then took the initiative and kissed him, leaving Huo Yuhao unable to think.

• Ling Luochen woke in Huo Yuhao's room and learned that he had carried her there after she fainted from a month of waiting.
• Huo Yuhao brought Ling Luochen breakfast, urged her to rest, and apologized for keeping her waiting while he researched.
• Ling Luochen asked how many women Huo Yuhao was involved with, and he admitted he did not know.
• Huo Yuhao told Ling Luochen that he did not want to let her go, and she blushed at his confession.
• Ling Luochen moved close and kissed Huo Yuhao, making him stop thinking.

Ling Luochen kissed Huo Yuhao and considered taking their relationship further, while Huo Yuhao returned to his laboratory to observe Tang San. Tang San gained the Eight Spider Lances from his third Sea God examination and drained a Soul Beast to raise his cultivation to level 25.

• Ling Luochen decided she would not settle for second place beside Huo Yuhao and kissed him, but he stopped before she was ready to go further.
• Huo Yuhao left Ling Luochen resting and returned to his laboratory to check on Tang San and collect experimental data.
• Tang San received the Eight Spider Lances and the Invincible Golden Body skill as rewards for his third Sea God examination.
• Remembering his main body's treatment of Xiao Wu, Tang San vented his resentment by draining a bound Soul Beast with the Eight Spider Lances and Dark Blue Silver King.
• Tang San absorbed the Soul Beast's life force, broke through his bottleneck, and reached level 25.

Tang San reached Level 25 by secretly slaughtering Soul Beasts to absorb their vitality, and resolved to replace his original self. Huo Yuhao revealed that he had used emotion and destiny powers to manipulate Tang San’s drive, then prepared to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Tang San broke through to Level 25 after a month of training and nightly Soul Beast hunts, using Divine Sense to hide his tracks.
• Tang San absorbed a Soul Beast’s vitality, forced its impure residue into his Eight Spider Lances, and justified the killing as punishing an evil beast.
• After considering Zhou Yi’s pills and his chance to surpass his original self, Tang San resolved to cultivate until he became a god and replace him.
• Huo Yuhao used the Eye of Destiny and the Power of Emotion to steer Tang San toward diligent cultivation, treating him as a tool and anticipating the collapse of his achievements.
• Tang San’s resentment toward his original self began to grow, unbeknownst to Huo Yuhao, who prepared to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Huo Yuhao tried to modify a Dark Blue Silver King to produce Soul Power, but the grass repeatedly exploded under the strain. He considered testing the method on Tang San’s mother, a naturally born Blue Silver Emperor sealed inside the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Huo Yuhao cultivated Blue Silver Immortal Herbs by using Dark Blue Silver Kings to purify and channel life force into immortal herbs.
• Huo Yuhao devised a plan to engrave a cultivation method into a Dark Blue Silver King so it could convert life force into Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao modified five Dark Blue Silver Kings, but each exploded while he constructed energy nodes inside it.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that the cultivated Dark Blue Silver Kings were too fragile for the modifications and needed stronger essence or another transformation.
• Huo Yuhao considered experimenting on Tang San’s mother, a Blue Silver Emperor sleeping within the Golden Ancient Tree.

Huo Yuhao continued researching the Blue Silver Soul Engine while Tang San used three pills to raise his Soul Power to level thirty. The chapter left Tang San in danger as the pills’ remaining impurities erupted inside his body and attacked Little Tang San.

• Huo Yuhao marked Tang San's mother, then traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to feed the Gluttonous Dragon King and inspect Bear Lord's progress with forging.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed through their Destiny connection that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was safe, while Gu Yuena suspected something unusual about the Little Scorpion's scent on him.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Spirit Pagoda and spent two months deepening his relationships and studying the Dark Blue Silver Kings.
• With five days remaining before the Freshman Assessment, Tang San swallowed a Profound Water Pill and reached level twenty-seven.
• Tang San took a Soul Ascension Pill and a nameless pill, absorbing their power until he reached level thirty after a day and a night.
• As Tang San tried to suppress the nameless pill's remaining impurities, the blood aura turned berserk and targeted Little Tang San.

Tang San reached level thirty after absorbing a Blood Soul Pill, but a rampaging Soul Beast soul left him mutilated. Zhou Yi urged him to compete in the Freshman Assessment, while Tang San secretly resolved to kill her and hoped to restore what he had lost through his mother Ah Yin’s soul skill.

• A training-room supervisor found Tang San unconscious amid blood and filth, and rumors spread that his bizarre training had raised his cultivation to level thirty.
• In the infirmary, Tang San recalled that the Blood Soul Pill’s remnant Soul Beast soul had attacked his weakness after he absorbed its vitality.
• Tang San concealed his murderous hatred when Zhou Yi visited and apologized, explaining that the pill should not have caused his injury.
• Zhou Yi encouraged Tang San to focus on the Freshman Assessment and defeat Ning Tian, believing he had been persuaded to compete.
• Tang San secretly hoped that regaining his mother Ah Yin’s soul skill would restore what he had lost.

Tang San reached level 32 and arrived at the Freshman Assessment determined to prove himself, only to discover that lurid rumors about him had spread through the Outer Academy. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe reported that a large group of people, including Sea God Pavilion Elders, had been identified and placed under surveillance, awaiting the elderly man's command.

• Tang San decided to endure Zhou Yi's actions while keeping open several ways to restore his body, and Zhou Yi approved of his resolve to focus on cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao observed Tang San and Zhou Yi through his spiritual power, found their reactions absurdly entertaining, and looked forward to the Freshman Assessment.
• Tang San absorbed a four-thousand-year poison Soul Ring, gained the Blood Poison skill, and advanced to level 32.
• At the assessment venue, Tang San heard students spreading crude rumors about how he had supposedly raised his cultivation and struggled to keep his composure.
• Zhou Yi spotted Ning Tian leading students to the Douluo Field and darkened her expression as Ning Tian calmly returned her gaze.
• Yan Shaozhe told the elderly man in a wheelchair that 213 unofficial members, 44 staff members, 13 Outer Academy teachers, 4 Inner Academy teachers, and 6 Sea God Pavilion Elders had been identified and put under surveillance.