Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao introduced himself to Class One, attended Wang Yan’s first lesson, and then went to the Soul Tool Department hoping to meet Dean Qian Duoduo. The chapter left him exploring the department’s testing building.

• Wang Yan called on the Class One students to introduce themselves, and Huo Yuhao described his Spirit Eyes and level twenty-two cultivation while Wang Dong introduced her Light Goddess Butterfly.
• Huo Yuhao took notes on his classmates’ Martial Souls, but his notebook disappeared as Wang Yan warned the class about the students who had nearly fought before school began.
• Wang Yan taught the freshmen about Martial Souls and Soul Tools, and Huo Yuhao found the lesson valuable despite having studied the theory in advance.
• Huo Yuhao followed a map to the Soul Tool Department and entered its large, metal testing building to look for Dean Qian Duoduo.

Huo Yuhao arrived at Experiment Zone Number Twelve and met Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu, who were still affected by Zhou Yi’s misconduct. After reading recommendations from Yan Shaozhe and Ning Ge, Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu learned of Huo Yuhao’s unusual Martial Soul and his talent for creating Soul Tools.

• Huo Yuhao used a silver token to enter Experiment Zone Number Twelve and found Qian Duoduo speaking with Fan Yu.
• Fan Yu recalled how Zhou Yi had manipulated students and said he blamed himself for failing to judge her character.
• Qian Duoduo questioned Huo Yuhao’s arrival, but Fan Yu defended him and agreed that exposing Zhou Yi had been right.
• Huo Yuhao gave Qian Duoduo two recommendation letters, one from Yan Shaozhe and one from Ning Ge.
• Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu read that Huo Yuhao had a dual-Ultimate-Attribute Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and had advanced to Rank Two Soul Tool Creator before age ten.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Soul Tool talent to Qian Duoduo, who agreed to take him in while planning to discuss the matter with Yan Shaozhe. After returning to his dormitory and teasing Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao arrived with her at their afternoon physical training class, where Wang Yan gave them forms.

• Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu questioned Huo Yuhao about carving his first Core Soul Guidance Array with a roadside boning knife, and he explained that he used soft Lode Tin Gold.
• Qian Duoduo agreed to take Huo Yuhao into the Soul Tool Department and said he would discuss the arrangement with Yan Shaozhe.
• Fan Yu told Qian Duoduo that Huo Yuhao had defeated Xu Sanshi despite an eighteen-rank Soul Power gap, leaving Qian Duoduo astonished.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory, speculated about Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo's rivalry over Lin Er, and decided not to investigate the gossip himself.
• Huo Yuhao teased Wang Dong before running from the dormitory, and she chased him toward the afternoon physical training class.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived at the training site, where Wang Yan handed each of them a form.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and their classmates prepared for Teacher Wang Yan’s comprehensive physical tests, which would help determine the class monitor and vice monitor. As the tests began, Huo Yuhao steered Wang Dong away from the strike-resistance area and advised her to save it for last.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong helped Wang Yan set up equipment for tests of strength, speed, reaction, strike resistance, and endurance.
• Wang Dong briefly felt irritated and unwell, then recovered and resumed helping.
• Class One students and upperclassmen arranged the testing areas, with the older students volunteering to record results for credits.
• Wang Yan explained that test scores would be adjusted for students’ martial soul types and Soul Power levels when selecting the class monitor and vice monitor.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Teacher Li, a Healing System Soul Saint, at the strike-resistance area and pulled Wang Dong away, warning her to take that test last.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong took the freshmen’s physical tests, where Huo Yuhao broke records in both strength and speed. Wang Dong grew frustrated at being outperformed and wondered whether he was really meant to be the protagonist of his academy life.

• Xiao Xiao saw Huo Yuhao lead Wang Dong away and became irritated that her hoped-for encounter with Wang Dong had been interrupted.
• Song Qinghan managed a fifty-kilogram deadlift, while Wang Dong lifted five hundred jin and Huo Yuhao set a new record by lifting seven hundred jin.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that Jie Chu had to act as a human striking-power tester because Shrek lacked effective strength-testing devices.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong finished the remaining strength tests and moved to the Speed Test Area, where Huo Yuhao topped every ranking.
• Wang Dong blamed his loss on being unable to use his Martial Soul and questioned whether he was the protagonist of his academy life.

During the Reaction Test, Xiao Xiao struggled with the Soul Guidance Ray Gun while Song Qinghan demonstrated exceptional shooting skills and passed the second moving-target level. The testing continued with Song Qinghan stepping down after failing to qualify for the next level.

• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao to go ahead of him, determined to beat his score in the Reaction Test.
• Xiao Xiao hit nine of ten stationary targets but missed too many rapid targets and received a score of zero for target reaction speed.
• Song Qinghan hit every target in the initial test and earned an excellent rating.
• Song Qinghan passed the Level 1 Moving Target Test with a ninety percent hit rate and a 0.22-second average reaction speed.
• Song Qinghan passed the Level 2 Moving Target Test with a sixty-five percent hit rate and a 0.29-second average reaction speed, but could not continue to the next test.

Huo Yuhao dominated the reaction-speed test, earning perfect scores through increasingly difficult fixed and moving target rounds. The chapter ended with his success attributed to his External Soul Bone, whose Inexhaustible Burst skill could further boost his speed but risked burning out his nerve fibers.

• Wang Dong worried about the reaction-speed test, then watched Huo Yuhao earn perfect scores on the fixed-target rounds.
• Huo Yuhao asked to skip levels and achieved perfect scores on increasingly difficult moving-target tests.
• The senior student gave Huo Yuhao two ray guns, and he matched He Caitou's score by hitting ten targets at once.
• Huo Yuhao hit all thirty-six spinning targets and earned a perfect score on the final moving-target test.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that his External Soul Bone had enhanced his reactions and considered its Inexhaustible Burst skill, which imposed a heavy strain on his body.

Huo Yuhao passed the fixed and moving target tests with perfect scores, then faced an exceptionally difficult graduation-level reaction test involving a hidden target behind thousands of moving obstacles. He searched for a clear firing angle but had not fired by the time the chapter ended.

• Huo Yuhao impressed the students by perfectly hitting all the fixed and moving targets without using his Soul Bone Skill.
• The senior student gave Huo Yuhao a heavy soul guidance ray gun and explained that he had to hit a red target behind a hostage without shooting through more than six other targets.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong arrived and reacted to Huo Yuhao taking the graduation reaction test.
• The senior student activated thousands of irregularly moving targets, leaving the red target visible only briefly through narrow gaps.
• Huo Yuhao moved behind the firing line and tried different positions, but could not find a clear firing path.

Huo Yuhao cleared Wang Yan’s reaction tests with reaction speed comparable to a Soul Emperor, while Wang Dong’s strong aversion to soul tools left his condition unexplained. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao eager to experience the Soul Skill granted by his External Spinal Bone.

• Huo Yuhao fired at the moving targets and cleared Wang Yan’s reaction tests, though he hit only one target and three obstacles.
• Wang Dong refused to use the Soul Guidance Ray Gun because it made him feel intensely uncomfortable, prompting Huo Yuhao and Wang Yan to wonder what was wrong.
• Teacher Li suggested Wang Dong might have a condition resembling anorexia, but the discussion produced no explanation or treatment.
• Wang Yan arranged a reaction test that required no soul tools, and Wang Dong recorded an average reaction time of 0.21 seconds.
• Huo Yuhao’s overall reaction time measured 0.11 seconds, which the instructors compared to the typical level of a Soul Emperor.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on how his External Spinal Bone had strengthened his nervous system and said he wanted to experience its Soul Skill.

Wang Yan announced individualized training plans and let Class One vote for its class leaders based on the physical assessments, with Huo Yuhao winning monitor and Wang Dong becoming vice monitor. The days then passed with Huo Yuhao attending classes and visiting the Soul Tool Department, while he continued teasing Wang Dong.

• Huo Yuhao considered the risks of using Inexhaustible Burst, which Qian Daoliu had warned could damage his nervous system.
• Wang Yan gathered Class One, announced that physical training would pause while he prepared individualized plans, and presented the top five assessment results.
• Huo Yuhao's exceptional assessment scores earned him about seventy percent of the votes for class monitor, while Wang Dong was elected vice monitor.
• Huo Yuhao teased Wang Dong about his resilience score and discovered that he was ticklish.
• Huo Yuhao settled into a routine of attending Wang Yan's morning classes and sitting in on second- and third-year lessons in the Soul Tool Department in the afternoons.

Huo Yuhao prepared for Shrek’s first-year assessment and the New Student Tournament, where the rewards and the chance to begin his path as a Soul Master strengthened his resolve. Remembering his oath against his half-brother, he looked toward the revenge he believed was drawing near.

• Wang Dong’s cultivation rose rapidly to Level 23, while Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power approached a breakthrough to Level 23.
• Ma Xiao Tao told Huo Yuhao that he would become a Core Disciple of both departments after the New Student Tournament, with rewards from the Soul Tool Department depending on his results.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to compete for first place and trained harder to keep up with Wang Dong.
• Wang Yan explained that the first-year assessment would begin the next day and handed out recommendations for each student’s development path.
• Huo Yuhao read Wang Yan’s note, accepted that his Spirit System Soul Master path was heading toward Power Attack, and recalled his oath against his half-brother.

Wang Yan announced the New Student Tournament’s importance and provisional groups, while Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao began discussing their team and potential opponents. The trio learned they would compete together and reviewed information about powerful teams from other classes.

• Wang Yan told the class that the New Student Tournament would determine class placement and Core Disciple Slots, then announced provisional groups.
• Students shared rumors that Huo Yuhao was a Sea God Pavilion big shot’s illegitimate son and explained his unusual access to classes and upperclassmen.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao discovered they had been assigned to the same tournament group.
• Xiao Xiao suggested discussing strategy, and Huo Yuhao described formidable opponents, including Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s team and the twin sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• Xiao Xiao asked Huo Yuhao how he had obtained such confidential information.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao compared their abilities and prepared for the Freshman Competition, which began the next day. After spending the day cultivating, they planned to keep Huo Yuhao's strength hidden by having Wang Dong handle weaker opponents alone.

• Huo Yuhao explained that he learned about other teams through conversations at his barbecue restaurant, though he had secretly gathered extensive information on Dai Hua Bin.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that she also had Twin Martial Souls, and she and Wang Dong realized all three teammates possessed them.
• Xiao Xiao returned to her dorm while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong spent the day cultivating ahead of the competition.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao discussed basic tactics, deciding Wang Dong would face opponents without a Soul Grandmaster while Huo Yuhao concealed his strength.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong to use the Clear Sky Hammer rather than the Light Goddess Butterfly when fighting alone.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao entered the Freshman Assessment, where only half of the teams would advance. Their first match began against New Student Class Three, and Wang Dong rushed at Zhao Haochen as he summoned braised Big Chicken Legs.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao arrived at District 33 after meditating in their dormitory.
• Teacher Mu Jin announced that Huo Yuhao's team would face Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen from New Student Class Three.
• At the start of the match, Wang Dong summoned the Clear Sky Hammer while Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao stayed still.
• Zhao Haochen summoned two braised Big Chicken Legs, and Wang Dong charged toward him before he could hand them to his teammates.
• Zhao Haochen swallowed nervously and told Wang Dong he would not eat the chicken legs or fight back.

Wang Dong used Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection and Illusory Eye to defeat all three opposing Soul Masters with her Clear Sky Hammer. The team celebrated their first victory in District 33, and Wang Dong embraced the academy life she had hoped for.

• Zhao Haochen was knocked off the platform before she could finish preparing chicken legs for her teammates.
• Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng caught the chicken legs and used their speed boost to attack Wang Dong together.
• Huo Yuhao activated Mental Detection, sharing a three-dimensional view of the arena with Wang Dong and revealing the opponents’ attacks and openings.
• Wang Dong dodged the coordinated assault, struck Ouyang Junyi, used him to block Chen Junfeng, and defeated both with her Clear Sky Hammer.
• Teacher Mu Jin declared Huo Yuhao’s team the winner, and Wang Dong praised Huo Yuhao’s Soul Skill and celebrated their victory with him and Xiao Xiao.

After their easy victory, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong discussed concealing their strength and investigated whether their Martial Souls could produce a fusion skill. Their contact revealed that Wang Dong carried a hidden, Sacred power, and Qian Daoliu recognized it as a possible source of Huo Yuhao’s sense of crisis.

• Huo Yuhao warned Wang Dong that they should hide some of their strength during the upcoming matches.
• Wang Dong proposed that she and Huo Yuhao test whether they could create a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao that their auras felt compatible and that another power restrained her aura unless their bodies touched.
• Huo Yuhao consulted Qian Daoliu, who suspected Wang Dong’s hidden power was causing the sense of crisis and said he would wake Big Worm for help.
• Huo Yuhao placed a hand on Wang Dong’s shoulder and sensed a trace of Sacred power enter his body.
• Qian Daoliu exclaimed that he had identified the power.

Huo Yuhao and Qian Daoliu discovered that Wang Dong carried a mysterious divine force, which was stopped by Qian Daoliu, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and a gray orb in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit. Qian Daoliu suspected Wang Dong was an unwitting pawn connected to a hidden mastermind, leaving Huo Yuhao ready to hear what he had noticed in history.

• Qian Daoliu detected a strange force entering Huo Yuhao through his hand on Wang Dong’s shoulder and told him to let go.
• Huo Yuhao watched the force head for his Sea of Spirit, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm blocked some of it and a gray orb Devoured another stream.
• Qian Daoliu and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm restrained the remaining five streams and apologized to Huo Yuhao for underestimating the danger around Wang Dong.
• Qian Daoliu said the blue-gold power resembled divine power and Divine Sense, and suggested Wang Dong might be an unwitting pawn.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Daoliu to speak openly and recalled finding an intriguing historical record in the library about the decades around Qian Daoliu’s passing ten thousand years earlier.

Huo Yuhao investigated why no one had achieved godhood on Douluo Continent for ten thousand years and concluded that a god had deliberately erased the path to godhood through faith. He remained unable to explain why that path had been erased when earlier gods had allowed it to exist.

• Huo Yuhao learned that godhood could be attained through an Inheritance Land or a God Trial, while Qian Duoduo, Yan Shaozhe, and Xuan Zi told him that rank 99 was the limit without either opportunity.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Qian Daoliu arguing about whether Sky Dream or the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was the first Million Year Soul Beast, and heard Sky Dream claim that Huo Yuhao might reach godhood with his help.
• Huo Yuhao searched historical records and found no account of anyone creating a divine position through faith, though the records described inheritance and God Trials.
• Huo Yuhao deduced that a god ten thousand years ago had erased the faith-based path to godhood to monopolize the Power of Faith.
• Huo Yuhao questioned why the path had been erased when Poseidon and other earlier gods had gathered faith without interference, but he could not resolve the contradiction.

Huo Yuhao and Qian Daoliu discussed how the path to godhood had vanished from Douluo Continent and identified the Sea God as a likely beneficiary. Qian Daoliu revealed that he had endured for ten thousand years to protect humanity and asked Huo Yuhao to join him against the Outer God; Huo Yuhao recognized that Wang Dong’s presence meant he was already a target.

• Qian Daoliu told Huo Yuhao that the strange power resembled Bo Saixi’s, the Sea God High Priest he had once fought.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that history had concealed the truth about godhood and suspected the Sea God had benefited from blocking other paths to ascend.
• Qian Daoliu explained that he had remained alive to oppose the Outer God and prevent it from turning humanity into its pawns.
• Qian Daoliu declared that protecting humanity was the Spirit Hall’s duty and asked Huo Yuhao for his answer.
• Huo Yuhao said he had little choice, since Wang Dong’s appearance at his side showed that the Outer God had already targeted him.

Huo Yuhao and Qian Daoliu welcomed a mysterious Gray Orb into their Rebellion Group after it absorbed five strands of Divine energy. The group gained a powerful potential ally, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reluctantly realized he was part of their growing rebellion.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm complained about risking his life against a God-level powerhouse as Qian Daoliu welcomed him as a comrade.
• The Gray Orb appeared in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit and argued with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm before explaining that its remaining Divine Sense had taken shelter there.
• The Gray Orb identified the five strands of energy as nourishment and asked Huo Yuhao to give them over so it could recover faster.
• Huo Yuhao agreed, and Qian Daoliu transferred the five strands to the Gray Orb, which announced its willingness to join the Rebellion Group.
• Huo Yuhao and Qian Daoliu discussed the Gray Orb's unusual strength and the group's improved chances, while Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the rebellion was their group.