Chapter Summaries

An old man revealed that Huo Yuhao could either accept the Spirit Attribute Soul Beasts’ power or follow a harder path that would bring him into direct conflict with another star. Huo Yuhao chose the second path, intending to confront the enemy openly while protecting his mother and disrupting their plans.

• The old man awakened Huo Yuhao’s Illusory Eye, which let him perceive the true nature of the Pale Shadows.
• The old man offered Huo Yuhao a first path: receive the Soul Beasts’ power and become a supreme spirit attribute Soul Master.
• The old man described a second path that would expose Huo Yuhao to the other star and let him destroy its arrangements on the Douluo Continent.
• The old man asked Huo Yuhao to retrieve his granddaughter’s soul from the God Realm if he won.
• Huo Yuhao chose the second path because hiding could leave his mother vulnerable and prevent him from interfering with the other star’s schemes.

Huo Yuhao accepted the old man's commission to fight the Outer Gods and absorbed the Soul Ring left behind when the old man vanished. The ring cleared his meridians and helped him break through his bottleneck, but its effects were not yet finished.

• Huo Yuhao decided to accept the old man's commission while remaining wary of the Starlight Unicorn and the Spirit Realm.
• The old man repeated Mother of All Souls' oracle, urging Huo Yuhao to return to the Soul Hunting Ground and unleash Star's Power against the Outer Gods.
• The old man vanished into golden mist and left behind a pale yellow Soul Ring, which the Starlight Unicorn urged Huo Yuhao to absorb.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the ring and endured its scorching power as it cleared his meridians and strengthened his Soul Power circulation.
• Huo Yuhao broke through the tenth-rank bottleneck and realized the Soul Ring had increased his cultivation speed, though he suspected its effects were not over.

Huo Yuhao completed absorbing a Soul Ring that contained the lifelong power of a level 99 powerhouse, transforming his body and turning his eyes gold. He discovered that the ring granted him two First Soul Skills, Holy Flame Sword Blade and Dispel.

• The Soul Ring’s power surged through Huo Yuhao’s meridians and eyes, covering him in illusory Golden Flame as a winged golden eye appeared behind him.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his tent at dawn and found his body stronger, taller, and changed by absorbing the ring.
• Huo Yuhao summoned his Soul Ring and watched it briefly turn pure gold before returning to its ordinary yellow appearance.
• Huo Yuhao realized he had become a Level 11 Soul Master with a Hundred Year Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that his ring granted him Holy Flame Sword Blade, which empowered weapons with holy fire, and Dispel, which removed special buffs from targets.

Huo Yuhao tested his new Soul Skill and considered the mysterious conflict with the Outer God, deciding to seek answers before choosing a side. He concluded that entering Shrek Academy was increasingly important, then wondered whether joining the struggling Tang Sect would mean feeding its remaining members.

• Huo Yuhao used his First Soul Skill to coat his katana in Golden Flame and severed a small tree with a Kesa Slash.
• Huo Yuhao activated Dispel to extinguish the flames and discovered that using the Soul Skill consumed more than half his Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao connected the Starlight Unicorn’s warnings and the Mother of All Souls’ prophecy to infer that a Foreign Star might be a traveler from another world facing an Outer God.
• Huo Yuhao decided to observe the conflict from the sidelines until he could uncover the history behind it.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to pursue Shrek Academy for access to ancient records, then considered the remaining long-lived powers and the Tang Sect’s dwindled membership.

After returning to Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao studied detailed intelligence on Shrek Academy as he considered joining it. He learned about Shrek’s influence and its rival Soul Tool academies, leaving with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy’s status as the continent’s sole super first-class academy in mind.

• Huo Yuhao returned to Star Luo City, where Huo Yun'er proudly admired his First Soul Ring.
• After resting at home, Huo Yuhao read the intelligence on Shrek Academy while eating the stuffed pancakes Huo Yun'er had baked.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Shrek’s graduates and allies had made it a powerful political force, especially after its president united the Three Great Empires during the Sun Moon War.
• Huo Yuhao read that Shrek admitted around one thousand students a year, expelled those who failed its annual assessments, and divided its Outer Court between the Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that Shrek’s Soul Tool Department lagged behind the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, which was described as the continent’s only super first-class academy in Soul Tool technology.

Huo Yuhao studied intelligence about Shrek Academy and concluded that its Inspection Group gave it enormous political influence, potentially putting it at odds with the Three Great Empires. He decided to use Shrek to investigate ancient secrets and began cultivating while planning how to enter the Inner Courtyard.

• Huo Yuhao read an intelligence report describing Shrek Academy's history, Inner Courtyard, and Inspection Group.
• Huo Yuhao analyzed how the Inspection Group's power challenged the sovereignty of the Three Great Empires.
• Huo Yuhao decided Shrek's library could help him uncover secrets from ten thousand years ago, but he would likely need to join the Inner Courtyard or reach the Sea God Pavilion to access the most valuable records.
• Huo Yuhao organized his plans and cultivated Soul Power, encouraged by the increase in his cultivation speed.

Huo Yuhao entered his Sea of Spirit and met Qian Daoliu, who explained how his soul had become Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring. Qian Daoliu’s answers raised new questions about the ring’s two Soul Skills and its brief golden glow.

• Huo Yuhao began cultivating and found himself in a pale golden space that Qian Daoliu identified as his Sea of Spirit.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that he was a tenant in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit and said Huo Yuhao could expel him at will.
• Huo Yuhao tested his control over the space by moving the Golden Orb, then allowed Qian Daoliu to explain himself.
• Qian Daoliu said he had been a human with the Holy Angel Martial Soul and had formed a Soul Ring after his soul dispersed in the Spirit Realm.
• Qian Daoliu explained that his Soul Ring was only one hundred and fifty years old because he had lived for just over that long.
• Huo Yuhao asked why Qian Daoliu’s Soul Ring granted two Soul Skills and turned golden briefly when he used them.

Qian Daoliu explained the Million Year Soul Ring and the two Soul Skills he had given Huo Yuhao, revealing how powerful the gift was. He refused to name the Outer God because Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit could not keep the name secret, and urged him to uncover the truth through history.

• Qian Daoliu explained the grades of Soul Rings and how Million Year and God-level Soul Rings differed from ordinary ones.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that his Soul Ring came from breaking through the Hundred-Level Shackle before his death and that its power would grow with Huo Yuhao.
• Qian Daoliu said the Soul Ring could grant many skills, though he had limited Huo Yuhao to the most precious skills of the Holy Angel Martial Soul lineage.
• Huo Yuhao asked who the Outer God was, and Qian Daoliu warned that naming it in Huo Yuhao’s vulnerable Sea of Spirit would expose them both.
• Qian Daoliu told Huo Yuhao to search historical records for the Outer God’s identity, and Huo Yuhao realized Qian Daoliu had not pressured him to choose a side.

Huo Yuhao learned how the Spirit Eye could evolve beyond the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, then prepared to leave Star Luo City with Huo Yun'er for Shrek Academy. They escaped the watched residence and began their journey by Earth Dragon Carriage.

• Qian Daoliu explained that angel Martial Souls had three ranks and nine orders, and that the Spirit Eye could approach the true Seraphim form beyond the human-shaped Holy Angel.
• Huo Yuhao cultivated through the night to stabilize his newly reached level eleven cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao prepared food for Huo Yun'er, packed their belongings, and used a timed Soul Guidance Cannonball to distract the watchers as they left through the back gate.
• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er reached Star Luo City's gate and boarded an Earth Dragon Carriage bound for Shrek Academy, which Huo Yuhao chose for his mother's safety.

Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er traveled toward Shrek City by Earth Dragon Carriage, where Huo Yuhao heard that conditions across the empires were worsening. The carriage reached the outskirts of Shrek City, and Huo Yuhao resolved to stay there unless he needed to hunt soul beasts.

• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er traveled for five days, during which Master Li drove off two groups of bandits with his Soul Rings and Earth Dragon.
• Huo Yuhao asked Master Li about the dangers of carriage work, and Master Li said conditions in Tian Hun and Dou Ling were growing less peaceful.
• Huo Yuhao recalled how information about Ashina's salt shortage had revealed its conflict with the Interior Ministry Army and helped him profit from wartime trade.
• Huo Yuhao considered the worsening conditions across the empires and decided to avoid traveling beyond Shrek City unless he needed to hunt soul beasts.
• Master Li brought Huo Yuhao out of his thoughts and told him that Shrek City was almost there.

Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er arrived in Shrek City during the academy's enrollment season, and Huo Yuhao explored the city while considering how to enter Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with him spotting an impressive young man and girl among the students guarding the East City Gate.

• Huo Yuhao saw Shrek City and learned that Shrek Academy governed the city and carried the responsibilities once held by Spirit Hall.
• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er entered the crowded East City Gate during enrollment season, where Huo Yuhao envied the prospective students who met Shrek's admission requirements.
• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er stayed at an inn, and Huo Yuhao reluctantly paid ten Gold Soul Coins for five days.
• Huo Yuhao explored the area around Shrek Academy, studied its layout and food stalls, and decided enrollment season was his best chance to visit the academy.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the East City Gate and noticed a striking young man and girl among the Shrek Academy students on guard.

Huo Yuhao gained entry to Shrek Academy by pretending to be a young visitor, and Bei Bei and Tang Ya showed him around. At Sea God Lake, Huo Yuhao realized that the two students guiding him were the Tang Sect’s sect master and sole disciple.

• Huo Yuhao pretended to be too young and underqualified to enroll, and Tang Ya offered to pass him off as her relative.
• Bei Bei introduced himself and Tang Ya, then invited Huo Yuhao to tour the academy before the Soul Tool Department’s special exam.
• Bei Bei led Huo Yuhao past the academy’s statues and explained the divisions of Shrek Academy, while Qian Daoliu fell silent at the sight of the old grounds.
• Tang Ya explained that Sea God Lake commemorated Tang San, and Huo Yuhao realized she and Bei Bei were the Tang Sect’s sect master and disciple.

Huo Yuhao toured Shrek Academy with Bei Bei and Tang Ya, learning about the school, its fees, and Soul Tool Master Special Enrollment. The group noticed that Zhou Yi would teach Class 1 of Grade 2, prompting Tang Ya to pity her future students.

• Bei Bei explained Shrek Academy's color-coded teaching buildings, departments, facilities, and graduation system to Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya.
• Huo Yuhao learned that annual tuition cost ten Gold Soul Coins and that successful new students received a dormitory key, uniforms, and a badge.
• Tang Ya advised Huo Yuhao to claim an annual Gold Soul Coin allowance and earn competition prizes, but he said he planned to sell grilled fish and enroll as a First Level Soul Tool Master.
• Bei Bei considered recruiting Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect but held back after noticing Tang Ya's displeasure at his Soul Tool Master status.
• Tang Ya saw Zhou Yi listed as the homeroom teacher for Class 1, Grade 2 and called her an Old Hag, expressing sympathy for the students.

Huo Yuhao finished his tour of Shrek Academy and learned about its Soul Engineer Special Enrollment, shared dormitory, and controversial teacher Zhou Yi. As he left, Qian Daoliu warned him not to bring the life-or-death teaching methods he remembered from Ashina to Shrek.

• Bei Bei explained that Zhou Yi expelled students before exams to keep her class's pass rate high, and said he could speak openly because Huo Yuhao might enter through Special Enrollment.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei hurried off to take their advancement tests, and Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek's East Gate to avoid causing them trouble.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on Shrek's Soul Engineer Special Enrollment policy and its crowded, shared dormitory facilities as he left the academy.
• Qian Daoliu heard Huo Yuhao rationalize Shrek's practices and urged him to trust his judgment that the academy could be at fault.
• After sensing Huo Yuhao's memories of teachers who fought their students, Qian Daoliu warned him not to challenge Shrek's teachers to a fight to the death, and Huo Yuhao agreed.

Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er explored Shrek City, gathered information about its businesses, and decided to start selling grilled fish at the Academy's East Gate rather than rent an expensive shop. The next morning, Huo Yuhao collected his custom grill equipment and headed toward the already bustling gate.

• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er sampled food and visited stalls while she asked vendors about local businesses and rental costs.
• Huo Yuhao mapped Shrek City's Eastern District and learned that shop rents were high, so he chose to sell grilled fish from a stall at the East Gate.
• Huo Yuhao became interested in apprenticing at a secondhand Soul Tool repair shop near the West Gate to learn Soul Tool technology.
• Huo Yuhao collected the grill ovens, skewers, and rack he had ordered from a Blacksmith Shop, lamenting the expense.
• Huo Yuhao headed to the East City Gate and found vendors already filling the streets to sell to Shrek Academy's students.

Huo Yuhao opened a grilled-fish stall near Shrek Academy and drew a huge crowd with his cooking and sales pitch. After selling all two hundred fish, he planned to find work apprenticing at a Soul Tool Repair Shop, and a purple-clad senior offered to take him to one.

• Huo Yuhao set up his grill in a quiet corner near the academy and attracted attention with the aroma of his fish.
• Huo Yuhao sold a grilled fish to a yellow-clad senior, whose delighted reaction drew a crowd that quickly bought the first batch.
• Huo Yuhao grilled and sold all two hundred black carp over the course of the morning while keeping customers in line.
• Huo Yuhao told a purple-clad senior he planned to apprentice at a secondhand Soul Tool Repair Shop and sell other foods after school.
• The purple-clad senior offered to introduce Huo Yuhao to his childhood friend, a skilled repair shop owner, and go with him.

Huo Yuhao met Jie Chu, who took him to a hidden Soul Tool repair shop to meet his friend Ning Ge. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao shocked to learn that the heavily muscled Ning Ge was a Rank 51 Support System Soul King.

• Jie Chu enthusiastically befriended Huo Yuhao, praised his grilled fish, and promised to introduce him to a friend.
• Jie Chu led Huo Yuhao through Shrek City's alleys to Muddleheaded Soul Tool Repair, explaining how he had first found the shop after getting drunk.
• Jie Chu barged into the closed shop, where Ning Ge greeted him with a punch before the two friends embraced.
• Jie Chu introduced Ning Ge as his brother and a Rank 51 Support System Soul King, leaving Huo Yuhao stunned.

Huo Yuhao asked Ning Ge to take him on as an apprentice so he could improve his Soul Tool skills and qualify for Special Enrollment despite his low Soul Power Level. Ning Ge examined Huo Yuhao’s work and was astonished by the precision of his Second Level Soul Guidance Core Arrays.

• Jie Chu brought Huo Yuhao to Ning Ge’s cluttered workshop and explained that the visit concerned the boy.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as a newly qualified First Level Soul Tool Master and asked to apprentice at the workshop while he practiced making and repairing Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao showed Ning Ge two First Level Soul Tools and two Second Level Soul Guidance Core Arrays he had made.
• Ning Ge found the Second Level core arrays nearly flawless, while the First Level tools still contained stray lines, and marveled at Huo Yuhao’s rapid progress.
• Huo Yuhao’s strong hands and the Illusory Eye between his brows helped him engrave core arrays with unusual steadiness and accuracy.

Huo Yuhao became Ning Ge’s paid apprentice at Muddleheaded Soul Tool Repair and learned that Ning Ge belonged to a collateral branch of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After arranging his work around school, Huo Yuhao prepared to expand his stall business to barbecue skewers, with Jie Chu offering to supply the drinks.

• Ning Ge accepted Huo Yuhao as an apprentice, offering him ten Gold Soul Coins per month to learn Soul Tool repair and crafting.
• Huo Yuhao arranged his shop hours around Shrek Academy’s schedule so he could sell food after work.
• Ning Ge revealed that Muddled Treasure Pavilion belonged to his second uncle and that he came from a collateral branch of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed he would begin working at the repair shop the next day and declined Jie Chu’s invitation to visit his family’s bar.
• Huo Yuhao went to buy beef and mutton for barbecue skewers, and Jie Chu offered to supply his alcohol at cost in exchange for a reserved seat each evening.

Three months after arriving in Shrek City, Huo Yuhao opened Little Huo's BBQ, where his popularity among the academy students extended beyond his barbecue. The restaurant filled with customers, and Huo Yuhao hurried into the kitchen to begin cooking.

• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan waited outside Little Huo's BBQ, which had not opened because Huo Yuhao was late.
• When Huo Yuhao arrived, Shrek students teased him by ruffling his hair and making him promise not to be late again.
• Huo Yuhao opened the restaurant, and Huo Yun'er welcomed him and fixed his messy hair.
• Huo Yuhao went to the kitchen to grill for the customers, whose demand had led him to rent a two-story shop with nearly thirty tables.