Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao followed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm through underground caverns and emerged in a hidden cave deep in the Far North Land’s Core Zone. He discovered the remains of a gigantic ancient beast and prepared to let Sky Dream release his aura there.

• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to map the cavern passages as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm guided him through them.
• After a day of winding through the caverns, Huo Yuhao felt a breeze and followed it toward an exit.
• Huo Yuhao entered a meadow of Cold Heart Grass and found the enormous remains of a Giant Three-Legged Ammonite.
• Huo Yuhao scanned the beast’s remains but found no Soul Bones and could not fit its shell into his Storage Soul Guidance Device.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that they had reached the Core Zone, where Sky Dream planned to release his aura using his Sloughed Skin.

Huo Yuhao tested the giant spiral shell’s extraordinary hardness and began projecting ways to use it as armor. He then helped Sky Dream Ice Silkworm release its Mental Origin, and Tian Meng called out Ice Empress, demanding revenge.

• Huo Yuhao tried to cut the giant spiral shell with his White Tiger Dagger and Life Engraving Knife, but the shell resisted even the divine artifact.
• Huo Yuhao imagined using the shell as an outer layer of armor but left it behind because he had no way to carry it.
• Huo Yuhao traveled away from the cave and told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm he was ready to begin.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released nine clusters of Mental Origin, which gathered into a humanoid figure resembling Huo Yuhao.
• Tian Meng used the figure to call out Ice Empress and declare that he had returned for revenge, surprising Huo Yuhao.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unleashed his immense Mental Power in the Far North Land, drawing the Ice Empress’s attention. He greeted her with greasy declarations that enraged her, while Huo Yuhao waited within the shrinking area protected by Tian Meng.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed the scale of his Mental Power and detected nearly a third of the Far North Land’s Core Zone.
• The sky turned emerald-green as the Ice Empress arrived and taunted Tian Meng about surviving yet again.
• Tian Meng flirted with the Ice Empress and asked her to become his mate.
• The Ice Empress’s killing intent darkened the sky and shrank Tian Meng’s protected area from a hundred meters to ten.
• Tian Meng continued his declaration while Huo Yuhao endured the greasy speech.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped Ice Empress with Mental Prison while Huo Yuhao escaped the Far North Land at high speed. After confirming they had shaken off pursuit and learning the prison could hold Ice Empress for several more days, Huo Yuhao began cutting through the ice with his shovel.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm provoked Ice Empress, immobilized her with Mental Prison, and captured her before urging Huo Yuhao to flee.
• Huo Yuhao skied down a cliff-like slope to evade the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan and raced toward the outskirts of the Far North Land.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm confirmed that only weak soul beasts were nearby and said his prison could last long enough for Huo Yuhao to return to Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Ice Empress could remain imprisoned for five or six more days, then used his Holy Flame Sword Blade to cut through the ice with his shovel.

Huo Yuhao prepared to absorb Ice Empress while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to persuade her to join the God-Making Plan. After Ice Empress began to waver, Huo Yuhao offered her a stark choice and waited for her to ask about the alternative.

• Huo Yuhao dug an Ice House, restored his Soul Power, and prepared to absorb Ice Empress.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm freed Ice Empress from the mental cage but kept her trapped in her Sloughed Skin, then argued that joining Huo Yuhao offered a better chance at survival than pursuing Million Year godhood alone.
• Ice Empress reconsidered her prospects after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recounted how the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had fallen to human geniuses.
• Huo Yuhao revealed himself to Ice Empress and used his calm gaze and Three-Eyed Golden Lion's power to unsettle her.
• Huo Yuhao said Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could kill Ice Empress and take her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then waited for her to ask for the second choice.

Huo Yuhao revealed his plan to break the barrier to godhood by slaying Gods and persuaded Ice Empress to become a Wisdom Soul Ring. Ice Empress joined him and was stunned by the power gathered within his Sea of Spirit.

• Huo Yuhao offered Ice Empress the choice of becoming a Wisdom Soul Ring and revealed the powerful beings within his mind.
• Huo Yuhao shared memories showing Ice Empress that no one had become a God in ten thousand years and that slaying Gods was their only path forward.
• Ice Empress questioned whether Huo Yuhao could defeat Gods, then agreed to join him because she had little time left and wanted a chance at survival.
• Ice Empress released her origin and connected her consciousness to Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
• Ice Empress saw the vast Sea of Spirit and met Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Qian Daoliu, and Electrolux.

Huo Yuhao and Ice Empress prepared to fuse her Soul Bone, soul, and Soul Ring, with Qian Daoliu, Electrolux, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm advising them. The process began with Ice Empress driving her tail hook into Huo Yuhao’s tailbone, and he endured the pain without speaking.

• Ice Empress greeted Huo Yuhao and accepted him as a comrade after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm introduced Qian Daoliu and Electrolux.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, Qian Daoliu, and Electrolux devised a fusion plan: Huo Yuhao would absorb the Soul Bone first, then Ice Empress’s soul, and finally her Soul Ring.
• Ice Empress examined Huo Yuhao’s strengthened nervous system and concluded he could withstand the Torso Bone reconstruction.
• Huo Yuhao refused Ice Empress’s attempt to numb his pain, saying his will was not an inconvenience.
• Ice Empress revived her corpse and stabbed her tail hook into Huo Yuhao’s tailbone as the fusion began.

Huo Yuhao endured the Ice Empress's Soul Bone fusion as her power transformed his torso and strengthened his entire body. As the God-Making Plan began, the final stage of bone transformation brought him the most intense pain yet.

• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm protected Huo Yuhao as jade-green energy spread through his torso and caused waves of severe pain.
• The Ice Empress began the Bone Replacement, making Huo Yuhao's torso bones endure alternating extreme cold and heat.
• Huo Yuhao felt his bones turn crystalline and rejoiced at becoming stronger, startling the Ice Empress with his smile.
• The Ice Empress's energy nourished Huo Yuhao's body, bringing his physical strength into a realm beyond mortal limits and beginning the God-Making Plan.
• Huo Yuhao's bones shifted between jade-green and dark green as they transformed into Ice Empress Bone, and the itching pain intensified.

Huo Yuhao completed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Soul Bone absorption and gained a dramatically stronger body while Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began their Martial Soul Fusion. After emerging from the snow with a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and surpassing level thirty, Huo Yuhao held off on absorbing another Soul Ring while Electrolux continued researching how to improve his Soul Skills.

• Huo Yuhao finished absorbing the Soul Bone, gaining jade-like skin, broader shoulders, and enough strength to overwhelm Soul Masters of the same level.
• Huo Yuhao fell asleep, and Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began their Martial Soul Fusion to nourish his Second Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao emerged from beneath the snow and tested his enhanced body, leaping more than two zhang into the air.
• Huo Yuhao revealed a blood-red Soul Ring with four golden patterns, formed with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Origin Power to help Ice Empress break through her bottleneck.
• Huo Yuhao's Soul Power surpassed level thirty, but Qian Daoliu and Electrolux advised him to wait before absorbing another Soul Ring.
• Electrolux researched ways to alter Huo Yuhao's Soul Skills so they would better complement his martial arts and avoid weak abilities like Breath of Ice.

Huo Yuhao considered how to learn and alter Spell Models while discussing the uncertain state of his Second Martial Soul with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. As the new semester approached, Wang Dong returned to Shrek Academy as a Three-Ring Soul Grandmaster and found Huo Yuhao’s letter directing her to help at the Freshman Assessment.

• Huo Yuhao reflected that Electrolux's research into re-inscribing Soul Skills was still theoretical and that he needed to learn Spell Models himself.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao to study the Ice Silkworm Clan's Mimicry with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm so he could later build it into a Spell Model.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said that Bingbing's Martial Soul origin had only slightly changed the color and size of Huo Yuhao's Second Martial Soul.
• Wang Dong arrived at the first-year dormitory boasting that she had reached the Three-Ring Soul Grandmaster level, but found Huo Yuhao absent.
• Wang Dong read Huo Yuhao's letter urging her to join him at the Freshman Assessment site to earn Quality Development Credits.

Wang Dong returned to the academy and joined Huo Yuhao in testing new students, where she learned that Dai Loli had witnessed Dai Hua Bin’s death by meteorite and had come to enroll. After discovering Huo Yuhao had reached Soul Elder level but lacked a third soul ring, Wang Dong challenged him to a first-martial-soul duel, but he led her to the Upgrade Exam instead.

• Wang Dong hurried to the New Student Testing Area and began helping Huo Yuhao test and register students.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Dai Loli as his little brother and explained that Dai Loli had witnessed Dai Hua Bin being crushed by a meteorite.
• Wang Dong learned Dai Loli’s mother had been bullied in the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and that Dai Loli’s cultivation had risen after Dai Hua Bin’s death.
• Wang Dong realized Huo Yuhao had reached Soul Elder level and challenged him to a duel using only their first martial souls.
• Huo Yuhao postponed the duel and took Wang Dong to the Upgrade Exam, while she teased him for being afraid.

Huo Yuhao watched Jie Chu and Ning Ge’s brutal spar, gave them Invincible Shields, then fought Wang Dong on the Soul Duel Stage. As Wang Dong attacked, Huo Yuhao summoned Ha Jiang’s spirit to descend upon him.

• Jie Chu knocked Ning Ge unconscious during their close-combat spar, and a Healing System teacher soon helped Ning Ge recover.
• Huo Yuhao gave Jie Chu and Ning Ge level 5 Invincible Shields, learning that they planned to take Inspection Team missions soon.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong paid the Soul Duel fee and began their match on the Soul Duel Stage.
• Wang Dong attacked Huo Yuhao with her Light Goddess Butterfly, and Huo Yuhao summoned Ha Jiang’s spirit to descend upon him.

Huo Yuhao showed Wang Dong his greatly strengthened defense, then returned to Shrek Academy and told Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiao Tao about his Far North Land training. The revelation that he had encountered a hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion left Yan Shaozhe astonished and worried about how he had survived.

• Huo Yuhao caught Wang Dong's Wing Guillotine with his bare hands and beat her after her attacks failed to harm him.
• Huo Yuhao went to the inner courtyard, where he met Ma Xiao Tao and promised to use a new method to suppress her Evil Fire.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Yan Shaozhe and described his dangerous journey through the Far North Land, including the Titan Snow Demon and a Giant Three-Legged Ammonite skeleton.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had encountered a hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion that had failed its tribulation.
• Yan Shaozhe asked whether Huo Yuhao had obtained its Soul Bone and warned him about the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

Huo Yuhao revealed that an Ice Jade Scorpion had sacrificed itself to him, giving him a One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiao Tao struggled to believe him, and the chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe warning him to hide the powers’ secrets.

• Huo Yuhao showed Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiao Tao his Ultimate Ice abilities and a concealed One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, causing Yan Shaozhe to faint in disbelief.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Tattoo and external spine bone on his back, convincing Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiao Tao that they were awake.
• Ma Xiao Tao questioned what the Ice Jade Scorpion had wanted, and Huo Yuhao let her and Yan Shaozhe believe that its sacrifice had erased its soul completely.
• Yan Shaozhe accepted Huo Yuhao’s new Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then warned him to use their Soul Skills sparingly and destroy witnesses’ Image Recording Pearls.

Yan Shaozhe warned Huo Yuhao to conceal the value of his Hundred Thousand Year torso bone and distrust the empires, while Huo Yuhao strengthened Ma Xiao Tao’s control over her Evil Fire and chose two permanent Soul Skills. He continued learning spellcasting from Electrolux, whose harsh assessment made clear that Huo Yuhao’s casting speed remained far too slow for battle.

• Yan Shaozhe warned Huo Yuhao that his Hundred Thousand Year torso bone could attract powerful enemies and advised him to hide its full abilities until he became a Titled Douluo.
• Yan Shaozhe cautioned Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiao Tao not to trust the Sun Moon Empire or the Three Great Empires, and Huo Yuhao sensed that the Sun Moon Empire was preparing something dangerous.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eye Martial Soul and Soul Power to extinguish Ma Xiao Tao’s Evil Fire, giving her about a month of relief if she cultivated normally.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong finished welcoming new students, earning ten and six Innovation and Entrepreneurship Credits respectively, while Huo Yuhao chose Ice Emperor Avatar and Eternal Frozen Domain as his permanent skills.
• Huo Yuhao practiced casting Soul Skills without Soul Rings, but Electrolux criticized his slow preparation and warned that his casting speed would leave him helpless in battle.

Huo Yuhao woke refreshed and brought Wang Dong breakfast, then attended a lesson on the second-grade Upgrade Assessment at Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Teacher Mu Jin sharing practical advice as the students prepared for their afternoon fights against Soul Beasts.

• Huo Yuhao woke rested, brought food to Wang Dong, and froze her awake before offering her breakfast.
• Wang Dong thanked Huo Yuhao as her Honored Godfather for bringing food, then secretly vowed to get revenge for being frozen.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong went to the Yellow Teaching Building, where Teacher Wang Yan explained the Upgrade Assessment rules.
• Teacher Mu Jin gave Class One practical advice for choosing and fighting Soul Beasts in the assessment.

Huo Yuhao visited Shrek Academy’s Beast Fighting Zone and learned from Qian Daoliu how Spirit Hall maintained its Soul Hunting Forests. He wondered why the Three Great Empires later destroyed those forests and hoped they had done so out of ignorance rather than a lack of foresight.

• Mu Jin finished sharing her tips, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong ate the upgraded meal for Core Disciples, with Wang Dong helping finish Huo Yuhao’s portions.
• Huo Yuhao and the other young Soul Masters visited Shrek Academy’s grand Beast Fighting Arena.
• Huo Yuhao asked how Spirit Hall could afford to maintain Soul Hunting Forests across the continent, and Qian Daoliu explained that they were remnants of ancient forests with self-sustaining ecosystems.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Spirit Hall monitored the forests and managed their Soul Beast populations, including using Man Faced Demon Spiders to control prolific species such as Soft Bone Rabbits.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that Shrek’s Beast Fighting Zone cost more than Spirit Hall’s approach and wondered why the Three Great Empires later turned the Soul Hunting Forests into farmland.

Huo Yuhao entered the second-year Upgrade Assessment at Shrek Academy, eager to test his strength after returning from the Far North. He asked about challenging stronger soul beasts, and the chapter ended as he prepared to choose his opponent while the other students watched.

• Huo Yuhao and the other second-year students gathered at the Great Beast Fighting Arena for their Upgrade Assessment, with Du Weilian serving as chief examiner.
• Huo Yuhao stepped forward as the first examinee, intent on using the assessment to test his combat strength.
• Huo Yuhao identified himself as a Power Attack System Soul Master and asked whether defeating a Thousand-Year Soul Beast would let him challenge stronger beasts.
• The Head Referee confirmed that a decisive victory would open challenges against soul beasts from one thousand to ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao stood ready to select his soul beast as the students watched nervously.

Huo Yuhao chose to face a Thousand-Year Soul Beast while still a Soul Grandmaster and killed an Icefield Giant Wolf before it could use a Soul Skill. Teacher Li hurried to heal the wolf, while the watching teachers and students were left stunned by Huo Yuhao’s strength.

• Huo Yuhao selected a Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his challenge, drawing the teachers’ attention.
• An Icefield Giant Wolf emerged from the beast pen and circled Huo Yuhao, searching for an opening.
• Huo Yuhao relaxed his body to confuse the wolf, then launched himself at it when it pounced.
• Huo Yuhao knocked the wolf aside, grabbed it in midair, and cut its throat with a single sword slash.
• Teacher Li scolded Huo Yuhao for the difficult wound and used his Tree of Life Martial Soul to heal the wolf as the crowd reacted in shock.

Huo Yuhao defeated a Thousand-Year Icefield Giant Wolf with a single katana strike and earned a perfect score. When he chose to challenge a Ten Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Bow Lao sensed the overwhelming aura of his disguised Soul Ring and ended the test, offering him free future training instead.

• Huo Yuhao feigned weakness against the Thousand-Year Icefield Giant Wolf, stopped it from using its Soul Skill, and killed it in one strike for a perfect score.
• Huo Yuhao asked to continue the assessment against a Soul Beast with exactly ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Bow Lao arrived with a Black Bear and tested Huo Yuhao by pulling him toward him with a powerful force and intense heat.
• Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring deepened to resemble a Ninety-Nine Thousand Year Soul Ring, frightening Bow Lao and the Black Bear.
• Bow Lao stopped the test, offered Huo Yuhao free training at the Beast Fighting Arena in the future, and dragged away the shaken Black Bear.