Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and his classmates completed the Martial Soul Department Second Year's Upgrade Assessment, and Huo Yuhao continued practicing his Mimicry Soul Skill. Ma Xiao Tao gave Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong invitations to a Treasure Appraisal Fair, and Huo Yuhao explained how merchants used the event to build ties with promising Core Disciples.

• Huo Yuhao washed off the beast blood after registering his assessment results, while Wang Dong and the other students completed their tests.
• Wang Dong earned an impressive result with her five-thousand-year Third Soul Ring, but complained that Du Weilun had deducted two points.
• Huo Yuhao practiced Mimicry and startled Wang Dong by transforming into a Lava Giant and then a stone table.
• Ma Xiao Tao visited Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, gave them Treasure Appraisal Fair invitations, and rubbed both their heads.
• Huo Yuhao explained to Wang Dong that merchants invited Core Disciples to the fair to forge relationships with future powerful allies.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong discussed the Treasure Appraisal Event and followed their invitation map to the Treasure Pavilion in Shrek City. As Huo Yuhao wondered who Wang Dong liked, they arrived at the entrance and were greeted by a hostess.

• Wang Dong realized that merchants used the Treasure Appraisal Event to curry favor with Shrek Academy’s Core Disciples, and Huo Yuhao explained the academy’s influence.
• Wang Dong paid Huo Yuhao one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins as the remaining payment for the Soul Ascension Pill she had bought from him.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Wang Dong eyeing women’s clothing stores and decided to investigate who she liked by asking their teachers or classmates.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong found the Treasure Pavilion, where a young woman asked whether they had come to attend the Treasure Appraisal Event.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong visited Shrek Academy’s Treasure Pavilion, where Huo Yuhao identified a valuable piece of whale glue and discovered a divine sword fragment bearing a hidden identification. The chapter ended as a staff member announced their credit limits.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong entered the Treasure Pavilion and were shown its lavish reception hall and second-floor exhibits.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection during the credit assessment and noticed the receptionist switch Wang Dong’s card for a black one.
• With Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s help, Huo Yuhao selected a weathered piece of whale glue that could strengthen a Soul Master’s body.
• Huo Yuhao found a radiant fragment labeled as an unidentified Melee Soul Tool and used his brow’s vertical pupil to identify it as a fragment of the Angel Saint Sword.
• A Treasure Pavilion staff member told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that their credit assessment limits had been determined.

Huo Yuhao received a Red Card and bought whale rubber before claiming the Blade Fragment, which responded to his presence and engulfed him in golden flames. In the Treasure Pavilion’s secret chamber, Mu En and the elders watched, and Mu En said the fragment belonged with Yuhao.

• The receptionist gave Wang Dong a Black Card with a yearly credit limit and a 20% discount, and gave Huo Yuhao a Red Card with a free-item privilege and a 40% discount.
• Wang Dong went shopping while Huo Yuhao bought the Thousand-Year Whale Rubber with his Gold Soul Coin card.
• Huo Yuhao asked the attendant to open the case and respectfully lifted the Blade Fragment, which trembled and released a warm, majestic power that covered him in golden flames.
• Old Song and Old Lin discussed Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection and the treasures Mu En might have given him.
• Mu En explained that the Blade Fragment had shown no response in his possession for over a century and said Huo Yuhao could keep it because it was useful to him and he was one of Shrek’s own.

Huo Yuhao gained a level of Soul Power after resonating with a fragment of the Angel Saint Sword, while Qian Daoliu was overwhelmed by guilt upon seeing it. Afterward, Huo Yuhao offered Xu Sanshi an awkward plan to win Jiang Nannan’s heart.

• Mu En, Old Lin, and Old Song discussed Huo Yuhao’s potential to strengthen Shrek and help its Soul Tool Department catch up to Sun Moon as war approached.
• Huo Yuhao’s brow markings changed as the Angel Saint Sword fragment resonated with him, and Qian Daoliu broke down in guilt over Spirit Hall’s failure.
• Electrolux stopped Huo Yuhao from approaching Qian Daoliu and urged him to focus on the fragment’s benefits.
• Huo Yuhao told Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi that a compatible fragment had triggered his Soul Power to rise by one level, concealing its true nature.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that Xu Sanshi invite Jiang Nannan onto the Soul Duel Stage to strengthen their relationship, but Xu Sanshi left to discuss the idea with Bei Bei.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that the Sculptor had refused to let Lady Emma serve as his second, and that Huo Yuhao had granted the Sculptor’s request for a coup de grâce after Asura’s Karmic Fire felled him.

Huo Yuhao helped Wang Dong buy the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, then entered a secret chamber in the Treasure Pavilion to meet Mu En and two elders. Old Song welcomed him with two valuable pieces of Rare Metal as a meeting gift.

• Wang Dong hesitated over the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone because she was short nearly four million Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao paid for the soul bone with his dividends, savings, and academy discount, and Wang Dong offered to repay him.
• Huo Yuhao parted from Wang Dong and entered a secret chamber where Mu En introduced Old Lin and Old Song.
• Old Song gave Huo Yuhao Pure Amethyst Gold and Deep Sea Sinking Silver as meeting gifts.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Old Song with extravagant praise for her generosity.

Huo Yuhao learned the strange customs at Shrek had been imposed by its founders, then returned to the dormitory as Wang Dong prepared to absorb her soul bone. He ate the ten-thousand-year whale glue to strengthen his ability to absorb soul rings, and its heat began coursing through his body.

• Mu En told Huo Yuhao that the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils and Yu Xiaogang had created the Outer Court's harsh living conditions, while Dai Mubai had insisted on the female attendants' outfits.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory and startled Wang Dong by storing her floating Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, then gave it back to her.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his black lump of whale glue was ten-thousand-year-grade, and Wang Dong began absorbing her soul bone.
• Huo Yuhao heated the whale glue with a Golden Flame until it softened and released a rich fragrance.
• Huo Yuhao ate the whale glue, and intense heat spread through his body as his skin reddened and his uniform darkened with sweat.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the whale glue and heard Qian Daoliu explain how his guilt over raising Qian Xunji had begun the chain of events that destroyed Spirit Hall. The next day, Wang Yan announced a selection tournament for core disciples, with seven winners chosen for a special mission.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the whale glue, while Wang Dong began fusing with the Left Arm Bone and appeared to enjoy the process.
• Huo Yuhao spoke with Qian Daoliu in his Sea of Spirit, where Qian Daoliu revealed that his despair over Bo Saixi had led him to raise Qian Xunji too leniently.
• Huo Yuhao promised Qian Daoliu that they would set things right, and Qian Daoliu thanked him and the others for giving him a chance to atone.
• Wang Dong showed off the tail that had appeared after her Soul Bone fusion the next morning.
• Wang Yan told the core disciples that the Outer Court would hold a selection tournament, with seven participants chosen for a special mission.

Xuan Zi set the Core Disciples a no-rules Collective Melee in the Soul Duel Zone, with the final seven declared winners. As the students formed teams, He Caitou opened fire with his soul tools, and Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan were the first eliminated.

• Xuan Zi gathered the twenty-seven Core Disciples in the Soul Duel Zone and explained that anyone who surrendered or was rescued out would be eliminated, leaving seven winners.
• Huo Yuhao activated Mental Detection and grouped with Wang Dong and He Caitou as the students began choosing allies.
• Xie Huanyue and Zhu Lu formed a four-person team with Wu Feng and Ning Tian, while other students formed groups of their own.
• He Caitou revealed his soul tools and unleashed a barrage at the largest group.
• Xuan Zi rescued Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan from the attack and declared them eliminated.

Huo Yuhao used smoke bombs, Mental Detection Sharing, and Mental Shock to help join Bei Bei’s group and coordinate a seven-person team. As the group charged the remaining opponents, Bei Bei’s Thunder Dragon Head appeared to strike Huo Yuhao, leaving the enemy teams confused about their intentions.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fired Heavy Soul Guidance Ray Guns through the smoke, eliminating several students.
• Huo Yuhao joined Bei Bei’s group, and his Mental Detection Sharing gave the seven members a clear view of nearby opponents.
• Bei Bei led the group forward as the remaining students concentrated their attack on the Fourth-Ring team.
• Huo Yuhao’s Mental Shock briefly stunned six third-year students, allowing Bei Bei to charge into their formation.
• Bei Bei unleashed Thunder Dragon Head toward Huo Yuhao at the side of the enemy formation, making the opponents think the allies were attacking one another.

Huo Yuhao’s team used Lightning Reversal and coordinated Soul Skills and Soul Tools to overwhelm the opposing Core Disciples on the Soul Duel Stage. After He Caitou’s bombardment eliminated more than a dozen students, Huo Yuhao and his teammates pursued the remaining opponents.

• Huo Yuhao caught Bei Bei’s Fourth Soul Skill with his katana and returned the lightning, paralyzing the six-person team.
• Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan knocked away the Lion Soul Master, while Xu Sanshi sent the spear-wielding opponent flying with Mystic Tremor.
• Wang Dong bombarded the remaining members of the formation as Huo Yuhao directed Xiao Xiao and He Caitou toward the approaching teams.
• Xiao Xiao slowed the enemy groups, and He Caitou used Fortress Tactics to bombard them and eliminate more than a dozen Core Disciples.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong flew out to shoot the remaining students, Jiang Nannan eliminated Zhu Lu, and Bei Bei’s lightning left Xie Huanyue dazed and collapsed.

Huo Yuhao’s team swept the Soul Duel through his precise coordination, leaving only seven students on the field. As Xuan Zi recalled a deadly past encounter, Huo Yuhao’s Crisis Sense began warning him of danger.

• Xuan Zi recognized that Huo Yuhao had directed the team’s attacks and used Mental Detection Sharing to turn the seven fighters into a coordinated whole.
• The eliminated students woke up confused and indignant, while Xu Sanshi and the others praised Huo Yuhao’s command of the Soul Duel.
• Xuan Zi challenged the students to prove their strength and recounted how eight of twelve Inner Court disciples had died after encountering a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao’s Crisis Sense flashed repeatedly during Xuan Zi’s story, and he touched the Invincible Shield in his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

Xuan Zi explained that Huo Yuhao and the others had been selected as Shrek’s Reserve Team for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament and tested Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection. He recognized Huo Yuhao’s exceptional abilities and predicted that he would lead the team in five years.

• Xuan Zi revealed that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy was Shrek’s main opponent and that the group had been chosen as the Reserve Team, with their places in the Inner Court and future tournament participation still to be earned.
• Xuan Zi ordered the reserve members to keep their selection secret, train with him weekly, and join the current Shrek Seven Devils for a month of preparation; he asked Huo Yuhao to stay behind.
• Xuan Zi asked Huo Yuhao about the technique that had turned Bei Bei’s Fourth Soul Skill back against him, and Huo Yuhao named it Lightning Reversal.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated Mental Detection Sharing, and Xuan Zi was astonished by its range and by Huo Yuhao’s extraordinary Mental Power.
• Xuan Zi praised Huo Yuhao’s talents and predicted that he would lead the Reserve Team in five years, while noting that he had used only a fraction of his strength in the melee.

Huo Yuhao reunited with the other Reserve Team members after their Soul Duel Zone victory, and they credited his Mental Detection Sharing and leadership for their success. The seven arranged their seniority and discussed the Tang Sect, with He Caitou and Xiao Xiao choosing to join while Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao declined.

• Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao waited for Huo Yuhao and thanked him for guiding them through the chaotic melee.
• Wang Dong revealed that she had bought the Golden Light Soul Bone with help from Huo Yuhao's Red Card, then summoned her Clear Sky Hammer and shocked the others by revealing her Twin Martial Souls.
• Bei Bei urged the seven to work toward representing Shrek Academy in the Advanced Soul Master Academy of the Continent Soul Duel Tournament five years later, and they arranged themselves by age.
• Xu Sanshi joked about being third in seniority and gestured toward Jiang Nannan when Bei Bei invited him to join the Tang Sect.
• He Caitou joined the Tang Sect to explore combining Hidden Weapons with Soul Tool crafting, and Xiao Xiao joined to learn Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Wang Dong declined Bei Bei's invitation, and Huo Yuhao also stayed out of the Tang Sect because he wanted to preserve his unaffiliated status.

After joining the Tang Sect, He Caitou privately told Huo Yuhao about his imperial Sun Moon Empire heritage and the blood feud driving him to become stronger. Huo Yuhao promised to help him seek revenge as far as he could, leaving He Caitou stunned.

• Tang Ya accepted Xiao Xiao and He Caitou into the Tang Sect, and the group celebrated together over dinner.
• After dinner, He Caitou asked Huo Yuhao to speak with him alone, and Wang Dong returned to the dormitory ahead of them.
• He Caitou explained that he had joined the Ultimate Solo Soldier Plan and Tang Sect to seize opportunities to grow stronger, and confessed he might have become an Evil Soul Master without Fan Yu's care.
• He Caitou revealed that he was a Sun Moon Empire imperial family member and the current emperor's biological nephew, then described the hatred and blood feud he carried.
• He Caitou asked Huo Yuhao to help him seek revenge when it was safe and within his abilities, offering to support Huo Yuhao's growth in return.
• Huo Yuhao promised to help, and He Caitou was left rooted to the spot in shock.

Huo Yuhao and He Caitou pledged to support each other in pursuing their revenge, though Huo Yuhao privately resolved to face his own greatest enemy alone. As a Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team member, Huo Yuhao continued intense training with his teammates under Xuan Zi, and the chapter left the team improving through grueling combat practice.

• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou shared their grudges and promised to help each other, while Huo Yuhao secretly decided not to expose He Caitou to his own terrifying enemy.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao struggled to balance their studies with the increased cultivation required of Reserve Team members.
• Xuan Zi led the Reserve Team through two weeks of harsh actual combat training and forbade Huo Yuhao from using his One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill.
• Huo Yuhao fought in different team combinations, often taking on the weaker side and using his skills to challenge his teammates.
• Huo Yuhao and the others endured repeated beatings and injuries as their combat ability and understanding of team battles improved.

Elder Xuan introduced the Reserve Team to the Main Team and Substitute Members ahead of the Continent Soul Duel Tournament, warning the reserves that they would compete but must obey the main team. The reserve members presented their abilities, and the Inner Court disciples were surprised by the three second-year Soul Elders and Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tool rank.

• Huo Yuhao noted that intense training had accelerated his cultivation, while Wang Dong broke through to Level 33.
• Elder Xuan gathered the seven Reserve Team members with the Inner Court disciples and explained that they were the tournament’s Main Team and Substitute Members, the new and old Shrek Seven Devils.
• Elder Xuan said the Reserve Team would likely compete against weaker opponents and ordered them to obey the Main Team, warning that defeat could bar them from the Inner Court.
• Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan introduced their cultivation and Soul Tool ranks to the Inner Court disciples.
• Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong introduced themselves as second-year students, surprising the Inner Court with their Soul Elder levels and Huo Yuhao’s Third Level Soul Tool Master rank.

The Inner Court students revealed their cultivation levels, and Xuan Zi arranged a friendly match to help the teams learn one another’s abilities. Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yue Heng began selecting teammates, while Huo Yuhao sensed mysterious threads linking the seniors.

• Ma Xiao Tao introduced herself as a level sixty-nine peak Soul Emperor, and Dai Yue Heng revealed that he was level sixty-four while privately worrying that Dai Hua Bin might still be alive.
• Chen Zifeng, Xi Xi, Ling Luochen, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo introduced themselves as Soul Kings, and Huo Yuhao used his vertical pupil to see gray or black threads connecting to them.
• Xuan Zi announced a friendly match and had Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yue Heng lead opposing teams, with Ma Xiao Tao allowed two Main Team Members and Dai Yue Heng allowed three.
• Ma Xiao Tao chose Gongyang Mo and Huo Yuhao, teasing Wang Dong by addressing Huo Yuhao as “Yuhao.”
• Dai Yue Heng chose Chen Zifeng and Xu Sanshi, then Ma Xiao Tao selected Ling Luochen and He Caitou, and Dai Yue Heng selected Xi Xi and Yao Haoxuan.

Ma Xiao Tao selected her team and laid out tactics for the upcoming spar against Dai Yue Heng’s side, relying on Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection Sharing to coordinate them. The teams took their positions, and Ma Xiao Tao made clear she intended to defeat Dai Yue Heng before she reached Soul Saint level.

• Ma Xiao Tao’s team selected Gongyang Mo, Ling Luochen, He Caitou, Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Xiao Xiao, while Dai Yue Heng’s team included Chen Zi Feng, Xi Xi, Yao Haoxuan, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong.
• Xuan Zi gave both teams ten minutes to plan and ordered the losing side to shout, “I’m a pig.”
• Ma Xiao Tao assigned Bei Bei and Xiao Xiao to hold off Xi Xi and Yao Haoxuan, directed Ling Luochen to restrain Chen Zi Feng, and told Huo Yuhao to share Mental Detection with the team.
• Ma Xiao Tao made Huo Yuhao responsible for relaying battlefield information and commands, and told He Caitou to unleash his full firepower.
• Xiao Xiao asked why the team had no Soul Tool Department student, and Ma Xiao Tao said she preferred another Agility Attack or Support System Soul Master because her team already had enough firepower.

Huo Yuhao and He Caitou revealed a coordinated Soul Tool strategy during the reserve team’s assessment battle against Dai Yue Heng’s team. With Huo Yuhao supporting the team through Mental Detection and Gongyang Mo’s powerful buffs, the fight began with Ma Xiao Tao and Ling Luochen holding off the enemy’s strongest attackers.

• Xuan Zi started the assessment match between the two teams, telling them not to hold back.
• Ma Xiao Tao charged Dai Yue Heng while Ling Luochen engaged Chen Zi Feng, and Huo Yuhao spread Mental Detection across the Soul Duel Stage.
• He Caitou revealed his armored body and dozens of cannon barrels, each coated with Huo Yuhao’s Golden Flame.
• Huo Yuhao directed Gongyang Mo, He Caitou, and Xiao Xiao to begin their coordinated attack as Ma Xiao Tao and Ling Luochen kept the opposing team occupied.
• Gongyang Mo used his Rainbow Dragon Martial Soul to slow the enemies and grant his allies major boosts to strength and endurance.