Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao Team gained the upper hand in the final match by countering Cui Ya Jie's Charm and pressuring Dai Hua Bin's team. After the referee eliminated Cui Ya Jie and Xiao Xiao ran out of Soul Power, Dai Hua Bin activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and broke free of Xiao Xiao's control.

• Cui Ya Jie's Charm rebounded against Huo Yuhao, while Xiao Xiao revealed her Nine Phoenixes Arriving Flute and slowed Dai Hua Bin's team.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection Sharing and his mechanical spear to hold off Zhu Lu, while Xiao Xiao attacked Dai Hua Bin and Wang Dong went after Cui Ya Jie.
• Huo Yuhao struck Cui Ya Jie with Mental Confusion, allowing Wang Dong to overpower her with the Wing Guillotine.
• Xiao Xiao trapped Dai Hua Bin with Cauldron Tremor and Cauldron Ripple, while the Referee Teacher removed Cui Ya Jie from the arena.
• Xiao Xiao exhausted her Soul Power, and Dai Hua Bin activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation to break free.

Huo Yuhao continued to suppress Zhu Lu with his Mechanical Spear, while Dai Hua Bin fought Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao. As Huo Yuhao drew a katana instead of pursuing Zhu Lu, Mu En and Xuan Zi discussed his potential to advance in both martial souls and soul tools, leaving Xuan Zi stunned by Mu En’s prediction that he could reach the Super Douluo and Tenth Level Soul Tool Master realms.

• The referee rescued Xiao Xiao from Dai Hua Bin’s attack as Dai Hua Bin activated the White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Huo Yuhao used his Mechanical Spear to keep the injured Zhu Lu at bay, repeatedly switching its length and leaving her unable to close in.
• Zhu Lu caught one of Huo Yuhao’s thrusts with her bloody claws, then fled when Huo Yuhao put away the spear and drew a katana instead of chasing her.
• Mu En watched the fight with Xuan Zi and said Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu might struggle to recover if Huo Yuhao crushed their fighting spirits.
• Xuan Zi questioned Mu En’s belief in Huo Yuhao’s potential, and Mu En suggested he could pursue both martial soul and soul tool paths.
• Xuan Zi realized Mu En believed Huo Yuhao might become a Super Douluo and a Tenth Level Soul Tool Master.

Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu fused into Hell White Tiger and attacked Huo Yuhao, who met the beast with his flaming katana. The fight continued as Huo Yuhao wounded Hell White Tiger and unleashed a wind-driven wave of Golden Flame against it.

• Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and became the enormous Hell White Tiger.
• Wang Dong dodged Hell White Tiger's charge while Huo Yuhao advanced with his katana and released his Killing Intent.
• Hell White Tiger struck Huo Yuhao, but he blocked its claw and scorched its wounds with Golden Flame.
• Huo Yuhao evaded Hell White Tiger's next attack and slashed three wounds into its abdomen.
• Huo Yuhao combined a gale with Golden Flame to send a powerful blade of Sword Qi into Hell White Tiger, engulfing it in a scorching blast.

Huo Yuhao unleashed his Ashina Cross Slash against Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, nearly killing them before a mysterious fiery-red hand blocked his final strike. His katana was knocked from his grasp, leaving the duel’s outcome unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao’s Sword Qi badly wounded the Hell White Tiger, but Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu’s fusion skill remained standing.
• Huo Yuhao prepared his Ashina Cross Slash as the Hell White Tiger charged at him, refusing to retreat.
• Huo Yuhao’s One-Handed Left Uphill Cut sheared away half the Hell White Tiger’s face, and his Kesa Slash followed with lethal force.
• Du Weilian, Qian Duoduo, Yan Shaozhe, and the referee rushed to stop Huo Yuhao, but a fiery-red hand appeared and blocked the slash.
• The blocked strike knocked Huo Yuhao’s katana out of his hand.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu by breaking their Hell White Tiger fusion with two Ashina Cross Slashes, and Elder Mu named Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao the Freshman Assessment champions. Huo Yuhao celebrated with his teammates as Dai Hua Bin faced the reality of his loss.

• Huo Yuhao, Dai Hua Bin, and Zhu Lu collapsed from exhaustion and injuries after Huo Yuhao broke their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Wang Dong caught Huo Yuhao, and teachers treated all three fighters while Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu woke and feared Huo Yuhao.
• Elder Mu arrived with Elder Xuan and praised Huo Yuhao, who explained that his final attacks were his crude version of the Ashina Cross Slash.
• Elder Mu announced Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao as the champions of the Freshman Assessment Elimination Round.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao celebrated with Huo Yuhao as Dai Hua Bin broke down over his defeat.

Huo Yuhao celebrated his team’s Freshman Assessment victory, drew Mu En’s interest in his saber technique, and reunited with friends for a feast. At the Sea God Pavilion, the Martial Soul and Soul Tool Departments argued over how much time he should spend studying Soul Tools.

• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong celebrated by tossing Huo Yuhao into the air, and Xuan Zi caught him and praised his slash.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao that his saber technique reminded him of Mu En’s Reign Over The World and invited him to seek guidance.
• Huo Yuhao’s friends brought rare ingredients and Jie Chu brought stolen wine to celebrate the team’s tournament victory.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin Er, and Qian Duoduo argued at the Sea God Pavilion over Huo Yuhao’s study schedule.
• Xian Lin Er demanded more Soul Tool study time for Huo Yuhao and sharply rebuked the Martial Soul Department’s representatives.

Mu En settled the dispute between the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department over Huo Yuhao’s studies, ruling that both must let him choose his own direction and support him when asked. After the others left, Mu En told Elder Xuan not to pry into Huo Yuhao’s secrets and reflected that people had to experience life’s trials to understand them.

• Mu En stopped Lin Er and Xuan Zi from continuing their argument over Huo Yuhao and asked Wang Yan to report on his study habits.
• Wang Yan described Huo Yuhao’s demanding schedule before enrollment and reported that his Soul Power had risen from Level 22 to Level 25 by the end of the New Student Tournament.
• Mu En ruled that neither department could assign Huo Yuhao study tasks or interfere with his chosen focus, and ordered them to provide teachers and knowledge when he requested them.
• Mu En instructed the teachers not to disturb Huo Yuhao or interfere excessively with his life, and the meeting ended.
• Elder Xuan raised concerns about Huo Yuhao’s killing intent and techniques, but Mu En told him not to investigate unless Huo Yuhao endangered the academy.
• Mu En told Elder Xuan that he would have to take over the burden of leadership someday, after gaining experience through life’s struggles.

Shrek Academy announced the Freshman Assessment results and named Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao the champions, granting them a special reward. Huo Yuhao was also appointed a dual core disciple of the Martial Soul and Soul Tool Departments as the freshmen received their class assignments.

• Du Weilian announced that Huang Chu Tian's team placed third, Dai Hua Bin's team placed second, and Huo Yuhao's team won the Freshman Assessment.
• Du Weilian awarded the top three teams academy assistance in obtaining a suitable Soul Ring and told Huo Yuhao's team they had earned an additional confidential reward.
• Du Weilian announced Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Dai Hua Bin as Outer Court core disciples, with Huo Yuhao receiving dual core disciple status through Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo's wager.
• Du Weilian assigned Wang Yan and Mu Jin to lead Class One and instructed Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to accompany him to collect their reward.

Du Weilian announced that the academy had granted Huo Yuhao unusual freedom to direct his studies, then awarded him, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao Soul Bones for winning the freshman championship. Huo Yuhao received the right arm bone of the legendary Soul Master Hunter Sagros, which Ma Xiao Tao had killed.

• Du Weilian announced Mu En’s resolution allowing Huo Yuhao to choose his studies freely and access academy secrets outside Sea God Pavilion.
• Du Weilian gave each of the three students a Soul Bone as a reward for winning the championship.
• Wang Dong received the Void Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone, and Xiao Xiao received a ten-thousand-year Wailing Giant Bear Left Arm Bone.
• Huo Yuhao received Sagros’s cyan Right Arm Bone, and Du Weilian revealed that Ma Xiao Tao had killed the legendary Soul Beast.

Huo Yuhao received a high-quality Soul Bone and a Soul Power-concealing pouch as rewards, while Shrek’s Soul Tool Department considered making him the focus of its Ultimate Solo Soldier Plan. He returned to class with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, where the students watched them curiously.

• Du Weilian explained that the academy gave Huo Yuhao the Soul Bone to encourage him to study the Soul Bone Fusion Rectification Soul Tool Fabrication Method, and Huo Yuhao recognized its potential as a high-level Melee Soul Tool.
• Du Weilian gave Huo Yuhao a pouch that concealed Soul Power fluctuations and told him and his companions to keep their Soul Bones confidential; Wang Dong then suggested they celebrate with a meal at Window 8.
• Xian Lin Er urged Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu to consider Huo Yuhao for the Ultimate Solo Soldier Plan, arguing that He Caitou could better serve in a support role.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao returned to Wang Yan’s classroom, where their classmates watched them and Wang Yan told them to take their seats.

Wang Yan appointed Huo Yuhao Class Monitor after nobody challenged him, then took the class to the Soul Duel Zone to settle the Deputy Class Monitor contest. Dai Hua Bin and Wang Dong began their unfinished duel as Wang Dong prepared to reveal more of her strength.

• Wang Yan called for candidates for Class Monitor, but the students stayed seated because they feared challenging Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan appointed Huo Yuhao Class Monitor, and several students stood for Deputy Class Monitor when Dai Hua Bin rose.
• Wu Feng, Huang Chu Tian, the Lan Sisters, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao rejected Dai Hua Bin’s bid, and Dai Hua Bin’s taunt further angered them.
• Wang Yan took the class to the Soul Duel Zone and set the rules for the duel between Wang Dong and Dai Hua Bin.
• Dai Hua Bin threatened Wang Dong, who answered with a faint smile while Huo Yuhao considered how much of her strength she had concealed.

Wang Dong fought Dai Hua Bin for the vice class monitor position, using her Clear Sky Hammer and Light Goddess Butterfly to outmaneuver him and make him strike his own face. Dai Hua Bin lost his temper and attacked wildly, while Wang Dong evaded his claws and mocked his fighting skills.

• Wang Yan started the duel between Wang Dong and Dai Hua Bin.
• Dai Hua Bin charged Wang Dong, but she dodged and counterattacked with her Clear Sky Hammer.
• Wang Dong avoided Dai Hua Bin’s White Tiger Light Wave and used her Light Goddess Butterfly to rush in with another hammer strike.
• Wang Dong shattered Dai Hua Bin’s White Tiger Protective Barrier and forced his own hands into his face, bloodying his nose.
• Dai Hua Bin flew into a rage and slashed at Wang Dong, who evaded his attacks while comparing them unfavorably to Huo Yuhao’s.

Wang Dong defeated Dai Hua Bin after he lost his composure and took her Thousand Year Soul Skills head-on. After waking, Dai Hua Bin was left hollow and confused as his confidence and sole source of self-worth collapsed.

• Dai Hua Bin angrily fired his White Tiger Light Wave at Wang Dong, who countered it with her Thousand Year Soul Skill and struck him with a series of golden explosions.
• Wang Dong swung the Clear Sky Hammer into Dai Hua Bin's chest, knocking him down and causing him to spit blood.
• Wang Yan concluded that Dai Hua Bin had lost because taunts made him abandon his composure, and he considered using the duel as a lesson for the students.
• Healing System Soul Masters treated Dai Hua Bin, and he slowly regained consciousness for the second time in three days.
• Dai Hua Bin realized that Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao had shattered his sources of pride, leaving him unable to find value or purpose in himself.

After Wang Dong defeated Dai Hua Bin, the class unanimously supported her as Deputy Class Monitor, and Huo Yuhao visited the Soul Tool Department to discuss a way to make Soul Bone-type Melee Soul Tools without smelting the Soul Bone into them. The chapter left Qian Duoduo and the others considering Huo Yuhao’s proposal.

• Wang Dong celebrated her victory over Dai Hua Bin, whom the treatment teacher diagnosed with Soul Detachment Syndrome and sent to rest.
• Wang Yan held a vote, and the class unanimously chose Wang Dong as Deputy Class Monitor.
• Wang Yan’s lesson covered Soul Duel techniques and used Wang Dong and Dai Hua Bin’s match to discuss trash talk.
• Huo Yuhao visited the Soul Tool Department, where Qian Duoduo introduced him to Fan Yu’s student He Caitou.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Soul Bone-type Melee Soul Tools could be made with removable Soul Bones rather than smelting the bones into the tools, prompting the group to consider the idea.

Huo Yuhao secured research funding from Qian Duoduo and learned that Ning Ge had returned as an assistant instructor to support his work. Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu then prepared to test Huo Yuhao’s unusual Soul Skill with a Ranged Soul Tool.

• Qian Duoduo approved five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for Huo Yuhao’s Soul Bone research project.
• Ning Ge explained that he had regained his student status and become an assistant instructor tasked with supporting Huo Yuhao.
• Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu asked Huo Yuhao to demonstrate how his Second Martial Soul’s Soul Skill worked with Ranged Soul Tools.
• Ning Ge urged them to judge the skill by seeing a test, and Qian Duoduo sent He Caitou and Huo Yuhao to the testing grounds.
• He Caitou produced and loaded a Fixed Soul Device, explaining that the test would focus on practical research value.

Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection helped He Caitou accurately fire a Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell, leading He Caitou to invite him into the Ultimate Solo Soldier Project. Huo Yuhao agreed to join as He Caitou's spotter and immediately plotted to secure more funding and ammunition.

• Huo Yuhao shared his Mental Detection with He Caitou and demonstrated how it could expand the range and direction of his perception.
• He Caitou used the enhanced detection to hit a fast-moving disk with a Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell, impressing Huo Yuhao with its destructive power.
• Huo Yuhao let Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu experience his Mental Detection, and He Caitou invited him to join the Ultimate Solo Soldier Project Team.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to help He Caitou as a bodyguard and spotter, then suggested they obtain more funding and cannon shells for training.
• He Caitou changed the subject after Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu signaled him not to reveal Huo Yuhao's true role in the project.

Huo Yuhao discussed his Soul Bone fusion research with Wang Dong, whose knowledge of Soul Bones helped him find a promising new approach. He left excited to pursue the idea that limb Soul Bones could be removed and replaced.

• Huo Yuhao brought Wang Dong food and thanked her for helping him in their Battle Soul against Dai Hua Bin.
• Wang Dong said she was cultivating hard so she could break through Rank 30 and keep ahead of her peers.
• Huo Yuhao explained his project to make Soul Bones in Melee Soul Tools freely replaceable.
• Wang Dong pointed out that absorbed limb Soul Bones could potentially be removed and replaced, unlike most Soul Bones.
• Huo Yuhao realized her insight could guide his research and called Wang Dong an absolute genius.

Huo Yuhao made major progress on his replaceable Soul Bone project while following an intense study and research routine. Ning Ge brought him a mysterious Engraving Knife that damaged a Storage Ring and radiated a fierce, chilling aura.

• Huo Yuhao kept up his demanding routine of classes, Soul Tool research, and late nights in the Laboratory, impressing its teachers and senior brothers.
• A month later, Huo Yuhao celebrated a breakthrough by successfully removing a Soul Bone in his Laboratory.
• Ning Ge visited Huo Yuhao and showed him the ruined Storage Ring that had been damaged by the Engraving Knife.
• Ning Ge gave Huo Yuhao the Engraving Knife, explaining that its baleful aura chilled anyone who touched it and that it had to be kept in a Flame Sun Refined Iron box.
• Huo Yuhao opened the box and examined the ancient-looking, dark Engraving Knife.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the Soul Devouring Evil Blade was forged from Gold of Life and used his golden First Soul Ring to begin purifying it. In his Sea of Spirit, Electrolux awakened and offered to teach Huo Yuhao how to protect his memories.

• Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection was cut by the engraving knife's sharpness, and he realized it was an extraordinary object.
• Electrolux awakened after sensing Huo Yuhao's Mental Power being cut, recalled that he had been called the Holy Necromancer and Undead Scourge, and identified the knife as tainted Gold of Life.
• Electrolux offered to teach Huo Yuhao how to encrypt his Sea of Spirit and advised him to purify the knife with his First Soul Skill.
• Huo Yuhao grasped the Soul Devouring Evil Blade, resisted its attempt to devour his Soul Power, and released his golden Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao sent golden flames into the blade, making it tremble and cry out as Qian Daoliu remarked that someone had infused the Gold of Life with Evil Thought and curses.

Huo Yuhao purified the Soul Devouring Evil Blade, vastly increasing its value, while Ning Ge recognized the market-changing potential of their modular Soul Bone-type Melee Soul Tool technology. They prepared to show their research to a teacher and seek more funding.

• Huo Yuhao used the Sacred Sword Blade Soul Skill to purge the Soul Devouring Evil Blade of its evil aura and enchant it with Golden Flame.
• Ning Ge examined the purified blade and said its quality now ranked among the top nine engraving knives and its value rivaled a 200,000 Year Level ferocious beast Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ning Ge his technical documents on modular nesting improvements for Soul Bone-type Melee Soul Tools and proposed asking their teacher for more funding.
• Ning Ge explained that the technology could make Soul Bone-type Melee Soul Tools easier to disassemble, replace, and upgrade, potentially transforming the market and challenging the Sun Moon Empire.