Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao used his upgraded Fourth Level Soul Tool armor to defeat Dai Huabin, then helped the Soul Tool Department overwhelm the Martial Soul Department in the selection competition. As students considered joining the Soul Tool Department, Huo Yuhao stopped the dismissal of the crowd to demand that Dai Huabin honor their bet.

• Dai Huabin attacked Huo Yuhao with a Soul Tool sword, but Huo Yuhao's armor took no damage, and Huo Yuhao knocked Dai Huabin down with a punch.
• Huo Yuhao joined the battle and helped the Soul Tool Department defeat the remaining Martial Soul Department students, leaving only Huo Yuhao's group, Bei Bei, and Wang Dong'er standing.
• Impressed by the Soul Tool Department's strength, Ning Tian asked Huo Yuhao to teach her, and he agreed when she offered to call him Senior Brother.
• Xuan Zi tried to end the Selection Competition and send the defeated students away, but Huo Yuhao asked everyone to wait so Dai Huabin could fulfill his promise to kneel and kowtow.

After losing the match, Dai Huabin was forced to kneel and apologize to Huo Yuhao, then planned to have him killed. Dai Yueheng stopped him and warned that Huo Yuhao was too talented to make an enemy of, but Dai Huabin remained furious.

• Xuan Zi asked Huo Yuhao to let Dai Huabin off, but Xian Lin'er insisted Dai Huabin honor his wager, so Dai Huabin knelt, kowtowed three times, and apologized.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the apology, and Dai Huabin left the arena in humiliation before smashing furniture at home.
• Dai Huabin wrote a letter ordering experts from the Duke's Mansion to kill Huo Yuhao, but Dai Yueheng arrived before he could send it.
• Dai Yueheng urged Dai Huabin to stop treating Huo Yuhao as an enemy and explained that his talent, strength, and Soul Tool mastery made him someone the family should win over.
• Dai Huabin protested that Huo Yuhao had humiliated him, so Dai Yueheng slapped him and ordered him to settle down, saying he would handle Huo Yuhao after he joined the academy's reserve team.

Dai Huabin ignored Dai Yueheng’s warning and secretly resolved to kill Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao and his friends celebrated the Soul Tool Department’s victory and selection for Shrek Academy’s reserve team. Back in his dormitory, Huo Yuhao opened the system and received a B-Rank Blind Box for completing his mission.

• Dai Huabin dismissed Dai Yueheng’s advice, sent out a letter, and plotted to eliminate Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions learned that they had passed the selection assessment and would train with Xuan Zi as Shrek Academy’s reserve team.
• Xian Lin'er treated the Soul Tool Department group to a lavish meal, and they thanked Huo Yuhao for helping the department earn respect.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory, opened the system, and received a B-Rank Blind Box as his mission reward.

Huo Yuhao opened a B-Rank Blind Box and obtained a huge block of Life Gold, which he absorbed to transform his body and raise his innate soul power. He forged an Eye of Life and left his Sea of Spirit transformed into a golden ocean.

• Huo Yuhao opened the B-Rank Blind Box, but it contained Life Gold rather than a Primordial Beginning Stone.
• Electrolux recognized the Life Gold and taught Huo Yuhao how to absorb and use it.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Life Gold, strengthening his body and raising his Innate Soul Power to Level Twenty-One.
• Huo Yuhao endured the painful process of forging an Eye of Life, transforming his Sea of Spirit into a golden ocean.

After absorbing the Life Gold, Huo Yuhao’s spiritual power and cultivation rose, and Electrolux offered him magic and his remaining inheritance in gratitude. Huo Yuhao completed his External Incarnation and discovered that he could fuse martial souls with his identical counterpart.

• Huo Yuhao saw that the Life Gold had transformed his Sea of Spirit and raised his Innate Soul Power to level twenty-one.
• Huo Yuhao shared some of the Life Gold’s life force with Electrolux, the Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, helping them recover and grow stronger.
• Electrolux offered to teach Huo Yuhao spells and pass on his remaining inheritance once Huo Yuhao reached Five Rings.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that the Life Gold had nearly completed his External Incarnation and continued cultivating while studying soul tool techniques under Xian Lin'er.
• Huo Yuhao completed his External Incarnation, and he and his identical counterpart confirmed their martial souls and Soul Power were perfectly compatible for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Huo Yuhao joined Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er at the Treasure Appraisal Event in Shrek City, where the organizers treated him as an honored guest. His arrival drew the attention of Dai Huabin, who plotted against him, and Yan Shaozhe, who hoped to bind him more closely to Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Xiao invited Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er to the Treasure Appraisal Event, and Huo Yuhao agreed to go with them.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er traveled to Gathering Treasure Pavilion in Shrek City.
• A White-Clothed Woman welcomed Huo Yuhao and guided the group to the Core Region of the Appraisal Meeting, making Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao jealous of her attention toward him.
• Dai Huabin watched Huo Yuhao from the crowd and entered commands into a Soul Tool as he prepared to make a move against him.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged for the Appraisal Meeting to offer Huo Yuhao its best items on credit, hoping to secure his loyalty to Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao uncovered Dai Huabin’s plan to have him attacked at the Appraisal Meeting and summoned Xian Lin’er, who rushed to protect him. As Huo Yuhao browsed the treasures with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er, he explained why he refused the free item offered through Shrek Academy, leaving Dai Huabin’s scheme unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to discover Yan Shaozhe was observing him and Dai Huabin was arranging an attack.
• Huo Yuhao messaged Xian Lin’er that someone wanted to kill him, and she flew into a rage and hurried to the Appraisal Meeting while Qian Duoduo followed.
• The White-Clothed Woman gave Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er purple cards and presented Huo Yuhao with a red card granting him a free item each year and a forty percent discount.
• Huo Yuhao declined to choose a free treasure, explaining to Xiao Xiao that accepting Shrek Academy’s benefits would leave him owing the school a debt.

Huo Yuhao rejected Shrek Academy’s gifts to avoid owing it a favor, then walked into an ambush arranged by Dai Huabin. Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo intervened to defeat the attackers, and Xian Lin'er demanded to know who had sent them.

• Huo Yuhao explained to Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er why accepting expensive items from Shrek Academy could leave them indebted, and they agreed not to buy anything on credit.
• The White-Clothed Woman reported to Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao and the others had refused every item, and Yan Shaozhe resolved to find another way to bind Huo Yuhao to the academy.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to discover Dai Huabin following them and six Soul Emperor attackers waiting ahead, while Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo secretly protected him.
• Dai Huabin waited for Huo Yuhao to enter the ambush, and Yan Shaozhe stayed hidden to see when intervention would earn the academy the most goodwill.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er stepped in front of Huo Yuhao as the attackers struck, but Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo appeared and subdued the Soul Emperors.
• Xian Lin'er crushed one attacker’s foot and demanded to know who had sent them.

Huo Yuhao’s teachers stopped an assassination attempt in Shrek City, and he revealed that he had known about the plot and Yan Shaozhe’s presence all along. Xian Lin'er arranged to interrogate the captured assassins while Yan Shaozhe escorted Huo Yuhao and his companions back to the academy.

• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo captured the assassins before they could kill Huo Yuhao, leaving Dai Huabin terrified that they would expose him.
• Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er to keep the assassins alive and seal their Soul Power, and she promised to investigate the attack.
• Xian Lin'er called Yan Shaozhe out of hiding and ordered him to escort Huo Yuhao back to the academy.
• Huo Yuhao told Yan Shaozhe that his Spirit Eye had revealed his presence and joked that he might have suspected him of sending the assassins.
• Huo Yuhao explained to Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao that he had known about the planned attack, then thanked them for protecting him.

After Huo Yuhao and his companions were attacked in Shrek City, Mu En ordered a thorough investigation and compensation for the victims. Dai Huabin feared exposure after Dai Yueheng confirmed his involvement and an unknown visitor came to his door.

• Yan Shaozhe escorted Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er back to Shrek Academy, where the attack prompted an emergency Seagod Pavilion Meeting.
• Mu En ordered the culprits severely punished, the victims reassured and compensated, and Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to investigate the captured assassins.
• Mu En reprimanded Yan Shaozhe for failing to prioritize the students' safety, and Yan Shaozhe accepted the criticism.
• Dai Yueheng beat Dai Huabin for arranging the attack, then said he had sent a letter to the Duke's Mansion and warned Dai Huabin not to cause further trouble.
• Dai Huabin feared the academy would arrest him when an aged voice asked for him outside his dorm room.

Xuan Zi visited Dai Huabin to warn him to stay safe while Shrek Academy investigated the assassins, unaware that Dai Huabin was behind the attack. After the academy compensated Huo Yuhao, the system gave him a mission to make the assassins talk, and he went to the prison with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er to try his own method.

• Dai Huabin feared Xuan Zi had come to arrest him, but Xuan Zi only checked on his injuries and warned him to avoid going out while the investigation continued.
• Shrek Academy compensated Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er with three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, while Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo failed to get information from the assassins.
• The system assigned Huo Yuhao a mission to make the Duke's Mansion assassins reveal the truth, rewarding him with a B-Rank Blind Box.
• Huo Yuhao met Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er on his way to the Great Prison, and they joined him there.
• Huo Yuhao whispered his plan to Xian Lin'er, who agreed to try it.

Huo Yuhao used threats of gruesome torture to break the assassins’ resolve and make them confess. By the end, prisoners in multiple cells were willing to talk.

• Huo Yuhao ordered Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to separate the assassins for individual interrogations.
• Huo Yuhao whipped one assassin and poured salt water on his wounds, but the assassin refused to speak.
• Huo Yuhao described ten horrific torture methods, terrifying the assassin with threats of skinning and being torn apart.
• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao that an assassin in another cell was willing to confess, and Huo Yuhao pretended to leave the first assassin to be tortured.
• The first assassin's resolve broke, and he begged Huo Yuhao for a chance to confess.
• Assassins in the other cells also began offering to tell the truth.

After Huo Yuhao tricked the assassins into revealing that Dai Huabin had hired them, Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo brought the evidence to Mu En and the elders. Xian Lin'er named Dai Huabin as the culprit, leaving Xuan Zi stunned and insisting there had to be a mistake.

• Huo Yuhao used false information and pressure to make the assassins confess that Dai Huabin had hired them.
• Xian Lin'er wanted to capture Dai Huabin, but Qian Duoduo warned that his father, the White Tiger Duke, held great power in the Star Luo Empire.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo reported the confession to Mu En, who called for a meeting with the elders.
• Xian Lin'er urged Xuan Zi to recuse himself because the culprit was connected to him, but he demanded to know who it was.
• Xian Lin'er told the elders that Dai Huabin had orchestrated the attack and that the assassins came from the Duke's Mansion, leaving Xuan Zi in disbelief.

Shrek Academy’s elders debated how to punish Dai Huabin after evidence confirmed he had arranged an assassination attempt on Huo Yuhao. Mu En overruled those defending Dai Huabin and declared that the academy would expel him and summon the White Tiger Duke.

• Xian Lin'er presented evidence that Dai Huabin had arranged the attack, but Xuan Zi questioned the testimony and tried to protect his disciple.
• Mu En rebuked Xuan Zi and ordered him to leave the matter to the elders.
• Xian Lin'er called for Dai Huabin’s expulsion, while Yan Shaozhe argued that he should instead be punished and guided.
• After hearing the elders’ divided opinions, Mu En ruled that Dai Huabin was beyond redemption and must be expelled.
• Mu En ordered the academy to notify the White Tiger Duke and have him come collect Dai Huabin.

Shrek Academy expelled Dai Huabin, publicly exposed his misdeeds, and notified the White Tiger Duke, leaving Dai Huabin fearing his father’s reaction. Xian Lin'er also told Wang Dong'er that her short leave to go home had been approved, prompting the others to wonder what had happened in her family.

• Mu En ordered Shrek Academy to announce Dai Huabin's misdeeds and punishment and send a letter to the White Tiger Duke.
• A teacher told Dai Huabin he had been expelled and must stay in his dormitory until his father came to take him home.
• Dai Huabin worried about facing the White Tiger Duke, while Xuan Zi comforted him and reaffirmed their master-disciple bond.
• Xian Lin'er told the Soul Tool Department students that Dai Huabin had been expelled and publicly exposed, and that the White Tiger Duke had been notified.
• Xian Lin'er told Wang Dong'er that her request for short leave had been approved, surprising the students around her.

Wang Dong'er returned to the Clear Sky Sect to investigate the seal in her Sea of Spirit, while Huo Yuhao gained five Soul Power levels and received Electrolux's inheritance. After learning of Dai Huabin's attempt to assassinate Huo Yuhao, the White Tiger Duke went to Shrek Academy and personally apologized to him.

• Wang Dong'er told her friends she had matters to handle, then left for the Clear Sky Sect to investigate the seal in her Sea of Spirit.
• Huo Yuhao opened his B-Rank Blind Box and gained five Soul Power levels, reaching Level 38.
• Electrolux gave Huo Yuhao his inheritance, including the Undead Demiplane and the magic he had learned.
• The White Tiger Duke received Shrek Academy's letter, struck the Duchess, and rushed to Shrek Academy after learning of Dai Huabin's actions.
• Mu En explained Huo Yuhao's Three Lives Martial Soul and three Ultimate Martial Souls to the White Tiger Duke, who bowed and apologized to Huo Yuhao on Dai Huabin's behalf.

Huo Yuhao accepted the White Tiger Duke’s apology and advanced to Level Thirty-Nine while cultivating at Shrek Academy. Wang Dong'er returned to the Clear Sky Sect to question Titan and Niu Tian about the seal in her body, and Titan suspected someone had bullied her.

• The White Tiger Duke apologized to Huo Yuhao, then took Dai Huabin away from Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Shrek Academy’s apology and returned to cultivation, breaking through to Level Thirty-Nine.
• Wang Dong'er reached the Clear Sky Sect and reunited with Titan and Niu Tian, who welcomed her warmly.
• Wang Dong'er reasoned that the seal affecting her was likely connected to her father, then told Titan and Niu Tian she had come to ask about a serious problem.
• Titan thought someone had bullied Wang Dong'er and vowed to kill them.

Wang Dong'er told Titan and Niu Tian about the seal in her Sea of Spirit, and they confirmed Tang San had placed it there to alter her thoughts. Unable to contact Xiao Wu, they summoned Tang San, and Titan confronted him about what he had done.

• Wang Dong'er told Titan and Niu Tian about the seal she had discovered in her Sea of Spirit.
• Titan and Niu Tian examined Wang Dong'er's Sea of Spirit and recognized Tang San's Poseidon Trident Phantom and spells that were changing her thoughts.
• Niu Tian reassured Wang Dong'er and sent her to rest while he and Titan discussed how to confront Tang San and their inability to contact Xiao Wu.
• Titan and Niu Tian secretly went to an altar in the back mountain and summoned Tang San.
• Titan rushed at Tang San and demanded to know why he had sealed Wang Dong'er's Sea of Spirit and whether Xiao Wu knew.

Tang San placated Titan and Niu Tian by claiming Wang Dong'er’s seal was a misunderstanding and promising them divine positions, while privately deciding to kill them. After reassuring Xiao Wu, he went to confront the God of Destruction, whom he planned to deal with before Huo Yuhao.

• Titan angrily confronted Tang San, but Tang San denied knowing about Wang Dong'er's condition and asked the brothers to explain what had happened.
• Tang San claimed he had sealed Xiao Qi’s divinity, removed the seal from Wang Dong'er, and promised Titan and Niu Tian Third Level God positions.
• Titan apologized and praised Tang San, while Niu Tian suspected Tang San had been monitoring them and doubted his explanations.
• After returning to the God Realm, Tang San threatened to kill Titan and Niu Tian and lied to Xiao Wu about Da Ming, Er Ming, and Xiao Qi.
• Tang San left to visit the God of Destruction, deciding to deal with him before turning to Huo Yuhao.

Tang San persuaded the God of Destruction to retrieve the source power of another high-level plane, concealing his plans behind an offer to expand the God Realm. Wang Dong'er returned to Shrek Academy believing Tang San’s explanation, while Huo Yuhao reached rank forty and needed a Fourth Soul Ring.

• Tang San visited the God of Destruction and claimed he had found a high-level plane whose source power could support expanding the God Realm.
• The God of Destruction accepted Tang San’s offer and took the scroll showing the plane’s location.
• Titan convinced Wang Dong'er that Tang San’s seal had been intended to protect her, and she returned to Shrek Academy believing it had all been a misunderstanding.
• Wang Dong'er shared the news with Huo Yuhao, who privately recognized Tang San’s manipulation and resumed cultivating.
• Huo Yuhao broke through to rank forty and realized he needed a Fourth Soul Ring.