Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao explored Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy’s cultivation zone and bought a two-year Red Level annual pass after testing its facilities. As he entered the spacious top-floor cultivation area, a young man approached him.

• Huo Yuhao found the academy’s cultivation zone and asked a receptionist about its services.
• The receptionist explained the five cultivation grades and offered him a ten-minute trial of each zone.
• Huo Yuhao sampled all five zones and chose the Red Level zone for its high concentration of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
• Huo Yuhao bought a two-year Red Level annual pass and received a crimson VIP card with daily massage and Medicinal Bath Service benefits.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Red Level zone and saw a young man approaching before he could begin cultivating.

Huo Yuhao met Ji Juechen, a sword-obsessed Soul Emperor, in the Cultivation Zone and fought him with their blades. Ji Juechen’s challenge awakened a dangerous change in Huo Yuhao, who ended the chapter with his Katana sheathed and his gaze sharpened.

• Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen each put down a Gold Soul Coin card before preparing to fight.
• Ji Juechen introduced himself and revealed his sword-fused fighting style and powerful Sword Intent.
• Ji Juechen’s heavy strikes forced Huo Yuhao back as Huo Yuhao defended and sensed a familiar aura.
• Ji Juechen told Jing Ziyan to leave, then repeatedly demanded to know what Huo Yuhao was waiting for.
• Huo Yuhao sheathed his Katana, and his gaze turned as sharp as an eagle’s and as cold as a hungry wolf.

Huo Yuhao dropped his disguise and fought Ji Juechen in a lethal duel with blade and sword. The two pushed each other to the brink, and the battle remained unresolved as their attacks continued.

• After Jing Ziyan left, Huo Yuhao revealed his true bloodthirsty aura, empowered himself, and drew a Paper Katana.
• Ji Juechen activated his Soul Rings, and he and Huo Yuhao charged into a fierce exchange of attacks.
• Ji Juechen used a series of high and low strikes to set up a killing blow, but Huo Yuhao twisted in midair and blocked it.
• Huo Yuhao trapped Ji Juechen's sword and arm and slashed his throat, but Ji Juechen escaped by using his Fifth Soul Ring and suffered a chest wound instead.
• Ji Juechen welcomed the life-or-death pressure as a chance to improve his swordsmanship, and both fighters continued attacking without holding back.
• Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen reached a precarious balance, and Huo Yuhao announced that he was coming in again.

Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen fought a brutal deathmatch that left both severely injured, but Huo Yuhao broke Ji Juechen’s heavy sword and defeated him. Afterward, Huo Yuhao reflected that his ruthless hunger for deathmatches and his genuine affection for friends and family were both real.

• Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen clashed with their blade and sword, trading powerful attacks across the Trial Zone.
• Huo Yuhao struck Ji Juechen’s right leg with an Eavesdropping Hawk Slash, while Ji Juechen injured Huo Yuhao’s ribs with a heavy sword strike.
• Ji Juechen lunged at Huo Yuhao with his remaining strength, but Huo Yuhao dodged and cut the meteorite heavy sword in two with Ichimonji.
• Huo Yuhao pressed his blade to Ji Juechen’s neck, and Ji Juechen collapsed unconscious after declaring the deathmatch exhilarating.
• Huo Yuhao sheathed his blade and reflected that his bloodthirsty nature and his sincere bonds with others were both genuine.

Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen survived their lethal sword duel, and Huo Yuhao used Greater Restoration to heal Ji Juechen. After replacing his damaged katana with the Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Cut, Huo Yuhao paid compensation for the wrecked training zone and left the staff with a reminder to use the designated duel area.

• Huo Yuhao recovered from his injuries and reassured Jing Ziyan that Ji Juechen was still alive.
• Huo Yuhao cast Greater Restoration, healing Ji Juechen's chest and thigh wounds until his breathing steadied.
• Jing Ziyan nervously warned Huo Yuhao against fighting again, and he explained that his katana was damaged and he needed a new weapon.
• Huo Yuhao strapped the Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Cut to his back, and Jing Ziyan asked who had made it.
• Huo Yuhao said Teacher Fan Yu had made the blade and that Dean Qian Duoduo could also craft a high-rank Melee Soul Tool, leaving Jing Ziyan's plan to commission a weapon for Ji Juechen in doubt.
• Huo Yuhao paid compensation for the damage, and a staff member asked him to use the designated Soul Duel Zone in future.

Huo Yuhao spent six months studying Soul Tools with Xuan Ziwen and secretly tried to compress Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into a soul core, but his experiments failed. As he prepared to leave Illustrious Virtue Hall, the Body Sect launched its surprise attack, blasting the experimental base.

• Huo Yuhao reached Soul Power Level 45 while studying theory and making seemingly useless Soul Tools under Xuan Ziwen.
• Director Lin and Jing Hongchen dismissed Huo Yuhao's air cannon after learning its effective range was only fifty meters.
• Huo Yuhao pursued his real goal of compressing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, but Rare Metals could not contain it.
• Huo Yuhao decided to test another material away from Illustrious Virtue Hall and headed for the exit while alone.
• The Body Sect detonated four explosions across the experimental base, killing at least a hundred Soul Tool Masters and devastating the facility.

Huo Yuhao tried to escape the Body Sect’s assault on the Illustrious Virtue Hall by tunneling underground, but accidentally broke into the chamber holding the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. The chapter ended with him falling into the secret chamber and realizing what he had found.

• After the explosion, over a hundred powerful Body Sect members emerged and began slaughtering the Soul Engineers in the underground base.
• Huo Yuhao concealed his Soul Rings, activated Earth Ant Emperor Slash, and dug underground to avoid the attackers.
• Huo Yuhao used the Ice Empress's Claw to tunnel faster, while the Ice Empress complained that he had turned it into a digging tool.
• Huo Yuhao avoided the Body Sect's tunnel and continued digging, unaware that Du Busi and Jing Hongchen had begun fighting above.
• Huo Yuhao's Ice Empress's Claw broke through a Rare Metal wall, and he fell into the chamber containing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

Huo Yuhao hid the God Conferring Platform from Lin Jiayi, then escaped deeper underground while Lin Jiayi fought Right Hand over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. He stumbled into an abandoned laboratory containing a gigantic Soul Tool and a rare Starlight Sapphire.

• Huo Yuhao used the Gate of the Undead to stash the God Conferring Platform and dug away before Lin Jiayi entered the secret chamber.
• Right Hand attacked Lin Jiayi and demanded the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, starting a fight that let Huo Yuhao keep tunneling.
• Huo Yuhao broke through into another underground laboratory and found a fifteen-meter Metal Giant fitted with thousands of Core Arrays.
• Huo Yuhao discovered a large Starlight Sapphire mounted on a platform beside the Metal Giant and realized he might need to travel to the Far North Land.

Huo Yuhao stole the Metal Giant and its research records, then destroyed the laboratory as he fled underground. He discovered a heavily fortified Armory filled with weapons capable of turning the battle against the Three Great Empires.

• Huo Yuhao used the Starlight Sapphire Storage Soul Guidance Device to take the Metal Giant and packed the laboratory's records and blueprints.
• Huo Yuhao fired a Seventh Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell to destroy the laboratory, then dug away from the blast.
• Huo Yuhao found a third underground secret chamber behind a two-and-a-half-meter-thick alloy wall and teleported inside.
• Huo Yuhao discovered an Armory stocked with sixteen Ninth Grade and hundreds of Eighth Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells.

Huo Yuhao stole the Sun Moon Empire’s buried cannon shells, then hid among the wounded as the Illustrious Virtue Hall forces returned to survey the damage. Jing Hongchen was left facing the devastation of the underground base.

• Huo Yuhao sent his undead army through the Gate of the Undead to carry away the eighth- and ninth-grade cannon shells, then scattered ancient undead bones around the emptied chamber.
• Right Hand reported to Du Busi that the tracking signal for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo had vanished, and Du Busi ordered a retreat after sending Jing Hongchen flying.
• Jing Hongchen chased after Du Busi, while Huo Yuhao hid in a hole beneath an experimental table and injured himself to pass as a casualty.
• Illustrious Virtue Hall members dug Huo Yuhao out, and he received treatment before leaving the underground base.
• Jing Hongchen returned to find the underground base wrecked, its ventilation and power systems damaged, and personnel, supplies, and records lost.

After the Body Sect’s attack devastated Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen learned that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, Experiment No. 1, and the contents of No. 1 Secret Vault had all disappeared. He found traces of Evil Soul Master activity and decided to blame the Holy Spirit Cult to protect himself.

• Jing Hongchen led the effort to reinforce Illustrious Virtue Hall’s damaged Underground Base while the Body Sect escaped after Du Busi collapsed a passage.
• Lin Jiayi reported that the warehouse and its high-grade Soul Tools were safe, but said an unknown third faction had taken the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.
• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that Experiment No. 1 and all the equipment and data from No. 1 Secret Laboratory had been stolen, causing Jing Hongchen to collapse.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to keep the theft of Experiment No. 1 secret.
• Lin Jiayi reported that No. 1 Secret Vault had been looted, and Jing Hongchen nearly collapsed again over the missing shells.
• Lin Jiayi showed Jing Hongchen bones bearing deathly energy, and Jing Hongchen decided to pin the theft on the Holy Spirit Cult.

After the attack on Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen ordered a cover-up, a search for the stolen weapons, and emergency repairs while worrying about the Holy Spirit Cult and seeking the Crown Prince’s protection. Huo Yuhao, unharmed and back in his dormitory, faced questioning about what he had seen during the attack.

• Jing Hongchen learned that No. 1 Secret Vault remained intact despite the disappearance of Experiment No. 1 and numerous Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells, and suspected the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to silence witnesses, search auctions for the stolen resources, issue missions against Body Sect members, mobilize healthy Illustrious Virtue Hall members, and rebuild the underground defenses.
• Lin Jiayi reported that Huo Yuhao had hidden beneath the floor during the battle and suffered only minor injuries, while Qian Duoduo and He Caitou had been away from the base.
• Jing Hongchen ordered the Shrek Academy students questioned and compensated, then resolved to seek the Crown Prince’s protection and break with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• A teacher questioned Huo Yuhao about the attack, but Huo Yuhao challenged his intimidating tone and forced him to ask more politely.

Huo Yuhao recounted how he survived the attack on Mingde Hall, then challenged the academy’s demand to inspect his belongings. The inspection uncovered an enormous cache of resources and two fixed-type soul-guided missile shells bearing Mingde Hall laboratory markings.

• Huo Yuhao told the questioning teacher that he had hidden in a hole beneath Mingde Hall during the Body Sect’s attack and was later rescued by the medical team.
• Huo Yuhao objected to the inspection, accused the academy of trying to steal Shrek Academy’s secrets, and threatened to involve his senior brother.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to the inspection but demanded that the academy explain its security failure, and the teacher began scanning him and checking his belongings.
• The teacher discovered a Ninth Grade Defense Soul Tool and a vast amount of resources in Huo Yuhao’s Storage Soul Guidance Devices.
• The teacher found an Eighth Grade and a Ninth Grade fixed-type soul-guided missile shell labeled as products of Mingde Hall’s Second and Fifth Laboratories.

Huo Yuhao kept the compensation and stolen weapons after Jing Hongchen confirmed they were gifts, while the attack on Illustrious Virtue Hall plunged the Sun Moon Empire into political turmoil. In the Undead Demiplane, Electrolux and Huo Yuhao explored how undead might cultivate, with Huo Yuhao proposing that they begin with Soul Cores.

• Huo Yuhao told Lin Jiayi that Jing Hongchen had given him the two Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells and defensive Soul Tool, and Jing Hongchen later sent compensation through Lin Jiayi.
• News of Illustrious Virtue Hall's losses spread, and the Sun Moon Empire issued a kill-on-sight order against the Body Sect.
• Jing Hongchen and Crown Prince Xu Tianran blamed a rival organization, using the undead skeletons to fuel suspicion and turmoil at court.
• Huo Yuhao watched Electrolux, Qian Daoliu, and the Ice Empress conduct research in the Undead Demiplane while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began training to form a physical body.
• Electrolux explained that undead needed Martial Souls and bodies to cultivate, and Huo Yuhao suggested letting them cultivate directly from Soul Cores.

Huo Yuhao agreed to spar with Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and Na Na after hearing why they had come to seek him out. On the Soul Duel Stage, Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen faced off with their weapons and auras, leaving Jing Ziyan and Na Na stunned by Huo Yuhao’s strength.

• Huo Yuhao confronted Ji Juechen for bringing Jing Ziyan and Na Na to challenge him after his long Deep Meditation, and Ji Juechen offered him money.
• Ji Juechen explained that Jing Ziyan wanted to gain insight from sparring with Huo Yuhao, while Na Na sought strength for her own reasons and had asked Ji Juechen to introduce them.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to spar with all three in the dedicated Soul Duel Zone and lent Ji Juechen his Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Cut.
• Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen entered the Soul Duel Stage and revealed their Soul Rings as their sharp auras began clashing.
• Jing Ziyan and Na Na watched in shock as Huo Yuhao displayed his four-ring configuration and formidable aura.

Huo Yuhao’s clash of intent with Ji Juechen forged his sword heart and deepened his understanding of Reign Over The World. After Ji Juechen left with Jing Ziyan, Huo Yuhao began a spar with Na Na, a Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy Soul King.

• Huo Yuhao combined his Sword Intent, Killing Intent, Mental Power, and Soul Power through Reign Over The World, meeting Ji Juechen’s Sword Intent head-on.
• Under the pressure of their clash, Huo Yuhao’s conviction strengthened until his sword heart was forged and Ji Juechen was forced back.
• Ji Juechen realized his Sword Intent lacked fundamental conviction, and Jing Ziyan took him away as he seemed ready to enter Deep Meditation.
• Na Na challenged Huo Yuhao to a spar, revealed her five Soul Rings and unusual Martial Soul, and charged at him.
• Huo Yuhao accelerated beyond the speed of an Agility Attack System Soul Emperor and activated the Soul Bone Skill in the Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Cut.

Huo Yuhao sparred with Na Na, countering her Soul Skills and overwhelming close-range attacks with his swordplay. Na Na remained determined to endure the fight and grow stronger, but Huo Yuhao continued to suppress her.

• Huo Yuhao crossed the Soul Duel Stage in an instant, forcing Na Na to use Ghost Possession to escape his attack.
• Na Na summoned her scarlet short blade and launched a powerful strike, but Huo Yuhao blocked it with the Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Cut and Sacred Golden Flame.
• Huo Yuhao extinguished the Holy Flame and switched to his Second Soul Skill, while Na Na thanked him and renewed her attack.
• Na Na used her speed and duplication skill to attack from three directions, but Huo Yuhao evaded her with the Flowing Water Treading Moon Step and countered her strikes.
• Na Na grew increasingly alarmed as Huo Yuhao suppressed her combat style while holding back his strength.

Huo Yuhao sparred with Na Na, who accidentally created a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill by combining her wind and fire blades. After countering her Wraith soul skill and returning her soul, Huo Yuhao left, while Na Na chased after him with new excitement.

• Huo Yuhao repeatedly overpowered Na Na in their spar, forcing her to draw a second level-5 Melee Soul Tool.
• Na Na combined her wind and fire blades into a devastating Fire Tornado, and both she and Huo Yuhao realized she had created a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Na Na tried to bind Huo Yuhao with her fourth soul skill, Wraith, but he dispelled it and froze her with invisible runes.
• Huo Yuhao warned Na Na about using Wraith against his Holy Flame, then returned her soul and left the Soul Duel Stage.
• Na Na, impressed by Huo Yuhao and excited by what he might be able to do, chased after him.

Na Na came to Huo Yuhao’s dorm late at night and tried to offer herself in exchange for his help, but he stopped her and asked her to explain what was wrong. She began telling him about her family and how her parents met.

• Huo Yuhao returned to his dorm after sparring with Ji Juechen and Na Na and was preparing for bed when Na Na arrived.
• Na Na entered Huo Yuhao’s room and asked him for a favor, then removed her clothes and offered her body in exchange for his help.
• Huo Yuhao wrapped Na Na in a blanket and tried to keep his distance as she attempted to kiss him.
• Na Na dressed and asked Huo Yuhao to listen to her story, and he told her to sit down and explain.
• Na Na said she was born into a Sun Moon Empire noble family and began recounting how her father met her injured mother.

Na Na pledged herself to Huo Yuhao in exchange for his promise to free her parents’ souls and help destroy the Holy Spirit Cult’s branch in Ming Capital. After completing a Soul Contract, Huo Yuhao named her Deputy Hall Master of the Soul Hall and questioned her about the cult.

• Na Na revealed that she had seen a masked Holy Spirit Cult elder enter Illustrious Virtue Hall and offered to serve Huo Yuhao if he helped her parents and destroyed the branch.
• Huo Yuhao tested Na Na’s resolve, promised to restore or reincarnate her parents’ souls, and demanded that she bind her life to his through a Soul Contract.
• Na Na accepted the contract, and Huo Yuhao appointed her Deputy Hall Master of the Soul Hall.
• Na Na described the Ming Capital branch as having a little over twenty members, including a Seven Rings Soul Saint elder, Saint Spirit Disciples, and Holy Servants.
• Na Na explained that the cult’s Spirit Ascension ritual might imprison her soul, and Huo Yuhao reacted with contempt toward the cult’s doctrine.