Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao defeated Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao in a one-against-two spar without using a soul skill, then revealed his Spirit Eye martial soul and demonstrated Mental Detection and Mental Sharing. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were stunned by his strength and the abilities he had kept hidden.

• Huo Yuhao used a Mechanical Gauntlet to block Wang Dong's Wing Blade and overpower her in a direct clash.
• Huo Yuhao dodged Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron, rushed her, and pinned her and Wang Dong down, declaring that they had lost.
• Huo Yuhao rebuked Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao for treating the spar like a chance to use every soul skill, and they admitted defeat.
• Xiao Xiao praised Huo Yuhao and asked about his martial soul, while Wang Dong listened despite her irritation.
• Huo Yuhao told them his martial soul was the Spirit Eye and demonstrated Mental Detection and Mental Sharing.
• Xiao Xiao realized Huo Yuhao had defeated them without using a soul skill, leaving both girls astonished by his physical strength.

After impressing Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao with his strength, Huo Yuhao prepared with them for the New Student Competition. On the morning of the event, he met Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi, and their warm reunion made him the focus of attention at the venue.

• Huo Yuhao ended the training session, and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao returned to their dormitories determined to cultivate harder; Wang Dong trained through the night.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao arrived early at the Thirty-Third District for their first New Student Competition match.
• Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi arrived to cheer Huo Yuhao on, and he promised to cook them a meal afterward.
• Other students recognized the upper-year students and wondered why they were so close to Huo Yuhao.
• Students in the stands admired Huo Yuhao's appearance, and he became the center of attention throughout the venue.

Huo Yuhao and his friends watched the freshman competition and learned that Dai Huabin's team was a powerful contender with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Teacher Wang Yan then called Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to the arena for their first assessment match.

• Xiao Xiao met Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan, while Wang Dong resented Huo Yuhao's closeness with Jiang Nannan.
• Bei Bei teased Tang Ya that Xiao Xiao liked Huo Yuhao, and Xu Sanshi realized Wang Dong was a girl with the Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul.
• Bei Bei and the others watched Dai Huabin's team defeat its opponents and learned that Dai Huabin was a level-thirty-plus Soul Elder whose team had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Teacher Wang Yan introduced himself to the Thirty-Third District students and warned them not to cripple or seriously injure their opponents.
• Wang Yan called Freshman Class One's Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao and Freshman Class Two's Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen to the arena.

Huo Yuhao led Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao into their first match and defeated all three opponents within seconds, winning before his teammates could act. Fan Yu was impressed by Huo Yuhao’s combat skills and looked forward to his later matches.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei watched Huo Yuhao’s team face Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen, whose Soul Power levels were lower than theirs.
• After Wang Yan started the match, Zhao Haochen summoned chicken drumsticks to strengthen his teammates, and Huo Yuhao ordered Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to end the fight quickly.
• Huo Yuhao used the Soaring Dragon Movement to rush at Zhao Haochen and throw him off the arena.
• Huo Yuhao activated the Eye of Illusory Break, dodged Ouyang Junyi and Chen Yifeng’s attacks, and kicked both of them out of the arena.
• Huo Yuhao’s swift victory stunned the spectators and pleased Fan Yu, while Zhou Yi said Huo Yuhao still had more strength to show.

Huo Yuhao watched Dai Huabin compete, confronted the hatred carried over from his past, and resolved to seek justice for his former self. He returned to the Soul Tool Experiment Zone and completed a belt-shaped Second-Level Soul Tool, while Tang San plotted to make him lose the New Student Competition.

• Huo Yuhao watched Dai Huabin compete, judged him a formidable opponent, and decided to speed up his Soul Tool production.
• Seeing Dai Huabin stirred Huo Yuhao's memories of childhood abuse and intense hatred, which he suppressed with Tian Xuan Gong before promising his former self he would seek justice.
• Tang San concluded that Huo Yuhao's Soul Tools kept him from using Hao Dong Power and planned to arrange a crushing defeat for him.
• Huo Yuhao forged through the night and completed his second Second-Level Soul Tool, a belt with a device that fit into its recessed slot.
• Huo Yuhao fastened the belt, inserted the device, and shouted, "Transform!"

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his transforming Knight Driver to Fan Yu and He Caitou, showing how it enhanced strength, speed, and defense. Fan Yu praised its potential, while Huo Yuhao considered how it might develop into a foundation for future mecha and Battle Armor.

• Huo Yuhao transformed into his magenta Knight Driver armor and demonstrated its handgun mode and Laser Bullets to Fan Yu and He Caitou.
• Huo Yuhao showed the armor’s strength by denting a steel block and its agility by moving quickly without hindrance.
• At Huo Yuhao’s request, He Caitou fired six bullets from a second-tier long-range Soul Tool, and the Knight Driver armor absorbed the hits without cracking.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Knight Driver enhanced its wearer and could be activated or removed with a transformation device and Soul Power.
• Fan Yu questioned its Soul Power consumption, then praised the Knight Driver as a promising Soul Tool concept.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that the second-tier Soul Tool still had room to develop and could help him create mecha and Battle Armor in the future.

Huo Yuhao’s Knight Driver impressed Fan Yu and Qian Duoduo, who secured support and freedom for his research, while Xian Lin'er considered taking him as a disciple. Tang San dismissed Soul Tools and secretly strengthened two sisters with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to face Huo Yuhao in the next match.

• Huo Yuhao left the Soul Tool Experiment Zone to rest before his match, and Fan Yu and He Caitou praised his talent for inventing Soul Tools.
• Fan Yu told Qian Duoduo about Huo Yuhao’s Knight Driver, and Qian Duoduo ordered that Huo Yuhao receive resources and freedom to pursue his research.
• Qian Duoduo reported Huo Yuhao’s progress to Xian Lin'er, who agreed to support him and considered taking him as her disciple.
• Tang San dismissed Soul Tools as inferior to Tang Sect Hidden Weapons and chose two sisters with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to oppose Huo Yuhao.
• Tang San secretly raised the sisters’ Soul Power by several levels and urged them to crush Huo Yuhao in the next match.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao prepared for their final points-round match, while their friends and Soul Tool Department leaders came to watch. The chapter ended as their opponents, Huang Chutian and the Lan sisters, revealed their Martial Souls and Tang San anticipated a good show.

• Huo Yuhao woke Wang Dong and went with her to the Thirty-Third District, where Xiao Xiao teased Wang Dong about being jealous of her closeness to him.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and the others before leading Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to the preparation area.
• Bei Bei explained that Dai Huabin's team and the Lan sisters' team were formidable championship rivals, while Huo Yuhao's team had won all nine of its previous matches.
• Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and the others noticed Zhou Yi, Fan Yu, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Ling'er watching from the audience.
• Huo Yuhao's team met Huang Chutian, Lan Luoluo, and Lan Susu in the arena, and Wang Yan started the assessment.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, revealing Huang Chutian's power and the Lan sisters' unexpectedly strong Soul Power as Tang San watched with anticipation.

Huo Yuhao and his teammates faced Huang Chutian, Lan Luoluo, and Lan Susu, whose strength had been secretly boosted to prepare for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As the twins’ fusion attack overwhelmed Xiao Xiao and threatened the team, Huo Yuhao deployed a pair of Mechanical Wings and prepared to take them on himself.

• Huo Yuhao noticed that Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu’s Soul Power exceeded the information he had gathered and suspected Tang San had forced their growth.
• Huang Chutian attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao dodged and struck him while Wang Dong cut apart the twins’ hair nets and Xiao Xiao knocked Huang Chutian back.
• Huang Chutian called on Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu to use their trump card, and Huo Yuhao warned his teammates that they were preparing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao overpowered Huang Chutian’s first and second soul skills with the Great Sumeru Palm, sending him back toward the twins.
• Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu unleashed their blue-haired Martial Soul Fusion Skill, forcing Xiao Xiao back as Wang Dong moved to protect Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong behind him, activated his Soul Tool, and spread a pair of Mechanical Wings.

Huo Yuhao used a self-made Mechanical Wings Soul Tool in the New Student Competition, astonishing the audience and Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool experts. Xian Lin'er urged Fan Yu to train him well, while Tang San remained confident that the girls he had helped would defeat Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao deployed his Mechanical Wings, surprising the audience because new students could only use Soul Tools they had made themselves.
• Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan realized that Huo Yuhao had advanced unusually quickly and that his Soul Tool was at least Second-Level.
• Qian Duoduo explained to Xian Lin'er that Huo Yuhao had independently built a flying Soul Tool with precise propulsion and eight integrated guns.
• Xian Lin'er praised Huo Yuhao's potential and warned Fan Yu not to hold back in training him.
• Tang San dismissed Soul Tools as scrap metal and expected the girls he had helped to crush Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao used his Mechanical Wings to evade the Lan sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill and defeat them with powerful laser attacks, winning the match for his team. Tang San was enraged by the result but pinned his hopes on Dai Huabin's group and their Hell White Tiger fusion skill.

• Huo Yuhao dodged Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu's attacks with his Mechanical Wings and Soaring Dragon Movement, then slammed Huang Chutian into the ground.
• Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu formed a massive hair net, but Huo Yuhao transformed his Mechanical Wings into a weapon and fired lasers that pierced their defenses.
• Wang Yan rescued the exhausted Lan sisters and declared Huo Yuhao's team the winner.
• Wang Yan, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er were impressed by Huo Yuhao's combat ability and Soul Tool.
• Tang San cursed Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu for losing, then trusted that Dai Huabin's group and their Hell White Tiger fusion skill could win.

After Huo Yuhao's team completed the point matches with ten straight victories, Wang Yan learned that Huo Yuhao possessed an Original Martial Soul. Huo Yuhao invited his friends to celebrate, where Xian Lin'er arrived specifically to watch him, leaving the group surprised by how highly she valued his Soul Tool talent.

• After Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu were defeated, Tang San discarded them and turned his attention to Dai Huabin's team as his next means of defeating Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao's team finished the point matches undefeated and advanced to the Elimination Round, though Huo Yuhao remained wary of Dai Huabin and Tang San.
• Wang Yan asked Huo Yuhao about his Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao revealed that he had the Spirit Eye, an Original Martial Soul, but had not joined the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao invited Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi to celebrate the team's success with a meal.
• Fan Yu, Zhou Yi, and Qian Duoduo introduced Xian Lin'er, the Soul Tool Department's dean, who had come specifically to watch Huo Yuhao's match.

Xian Lin'er joined Huo Yuhao and his friends for a meal, growing increasingly fond of him as she learned more about him and tasted his cooking. During dinner, she asked Huo Yuhao to become her disciple, leaving everyone else stunned.

• Huo Yuhao invited Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Zhou Yi to join a meal he planned to cook for his friends.
• Xian Lin'er paid for the ingredients and joined Huo Yuhao's group at the dormitory, where she noticed the old man resting by the entrance.
• While Huo Yuhao cooked, Bei Bei and the others told Xian Lin'er stories about how they had met him, deepening her interest in taking him as a disciple.
• Huo Yuhao served an elaborate meal, and Xian Lin'er praised his cooking as she ate.
• Xian Lin'er asked Huo Yuhao if he was willing to become her disciple, shocking Bei Bei and the others.

Xian Lin'er accepted Huo Yuhao as her disciple and gave him a rare Heavenly Profound Pill. After refining the pill overnight, Huo Yuhao discovered that his Soul Power was Level 20 and his Innate Soul Power had risen to Level 7.

• Xian Lin'er offered to take Huo Yuhao as her disciple, and he respectfully accepted.
• Xian Lin'er gave Huo Yuhao a Heavenly Profound Pill and a Soul Tool, then left him in Fan Yu's care.
• Huo Yuhao swallowed the pill and spent the night using the Primordial Beginning Power to refine its medicinal effects and expel impurities.
• Huo Yuhao tested his abilities the next morning and found that his Soul Power was Level 20 and his Innate Soul Power was Level 7.

Huo Yuhao’s team advanced to the four-to-two round of the New Student Competition, where he tested a new spiritual attack against Ning Tian’s team. He instantly knocked all three opponents unconscious, leaving the arena in an uproar.

• Huo Yuhao reflected on his stored cultivation energy and his Innate Soul Power having risen from level one to level seven, then put off seeking his second Soul Ring until he learned his blind box reward.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong went to breakfast before their team won three successive elimination matches with ease.
• Huo Yuhao considered combining Mental Shock with the Eye of Illusory Break to create a powerful spiritual attack, and decided to test it in the next match.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao entered the four-to-two round against Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian of Freshman Class Nine.
• Huo Yuhao used a glance of strange golden light to knock Ning Tian and her teammates unconscious before Ning Tian could finish summoning her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference to knock Ning Tian and her teammates unconscious at the start of their match, securing a quick victory for Freshman Class One. Despite his strong performance, Xuan Zi judged Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power too low and decided to focus on Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao instead.

• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference and the Eye of Illusory Break to make Ning Tian and the other two opponents collapse.
• The referee declared Freshman Class One the winner, and Huo Yuhao explained his technique to Xiao Xiao and the others.
• Fan Yu and He Caitou recognized how difficult Huo Yuhao’s surprise attack would be to guard against.
• Wang Yan praised Huo Yuhao’s performance to Xuan Zi, but Xuan Zi dismissed his potential because of his low Soul Power and told Wang Yan to focus on Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.

Wang Yan resolved to nurture Huo Yuhao despite Xuan Zi’s doubts, while Tang San secretly strengthened Dai Huabin and his teammates against Huo Yuhao’s spiritual attack. On the morning of the finals, Huo Yuhao faced Dai Huabin and felt anger rise as memories surfaced.

• Wang Yan decided to devote himself to nurturing Huo Yuhao, believing his talent would eventually change Xuan Zi’s opinion.
• Tang San watched Huo Yuhao defeat the Ning Tian Team and sent golden light into Dai Huabin and his two companions to counter Mental Interference.
• A cloaked man at the edge of the God Realm noticed Tang San’s action but dismissed it as unimportant.
• Huo Yuhao treated Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xiao Xiao, and the others to a meal, then returned to cultivating.
• On the morning of the finals, Huo Yuhao arrived at the preparation area with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao and met Dai Huabin, whose presence stirred anger and memories in him.

Huo Yuhao relived the abuse Dai Huabin inflicted on him and his mother, stirring his killing intent and apparently awakening Electrolux. He then entered the freshman final with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, where the crowd doubted their chances against Dai Huabin’s team.

• Huo Yuhao remembered Dai Huabin ordering his guards to beat him and his mother, whose injuries later led to her death.
• Huo Yuhao comforted the other Huo Yuhao and vowed to make Dai Huabin, the White Tiger Duke, and the Duchess pay for their crimes.
• Electrolux sighed within Huo Yuhao’s spiritual sea, and Huo Yuhao suspected his hatred had begun to awaken him.
• Huo Yuhao planned to obtain Life Gold and protect Electrolux, then joined Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao onstage for the final.
• Huo Yuhao’s team and Dai Huabin’s team announced their identities and summoned their Martial Souls.
• The audience saw Huo Yuhao’s Ten-Year Soul Ring and assumed Freshman Class One would lose.

Huo Yuhao’s team prepared to face Dai Huabin’s stronger lineup in the Freshman Assessment final as spectators and academy officials debated their chances. Xian Lin’er bet Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao’s team would win, securing him for the Soul Tool Department if they did.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao grew angry at spectators who doubted Huo Yuhao and vowed to prove them wrong.
• Xu Sanshi predicted Huo Yuhao’s team would struggle against Dai Huabin’s higher Soul Power, while Bei Bei hoped Huo Yuhao would surprise them.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun judged Huo Yuhao’s team unlikely to win and questioned whether Huo Yuhao deserved an Inner Court place.
• Xian Lin’er challenged Yan Shaozhe to a bet: if Huo Yuhao won, he would join the Soul Tool Department after his lower-year Martial Soul Department courses.
• Yan Shaozhe accepted, saying the Martial Soul Department would not choose Huo Yuhao regardless of the match’s outcome.

Huo Yuhao’s Mental Interference failed against Dai Huabin, so he assigned Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to fight Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie while he faced Dai Huabin. The other two battles reached a stalemate, and Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao to defeat him within three moves.

• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference against Dai Huabin, but a faint golden light dispelled it.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong to fight Zhu Lu and Xiao Xiao to fight Cui Yajie, while he took Dai Huabin as his opponent.
• Wang Dong and Zhu Lu fought evenly, with neither able to gain the upper hand.
• Xiao Xiao and Cui Yajie also battled to a stalemate as Xiao Xiao repeatedly attacked with the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.
• Dai Huabin mocked Huo Yuhao for being a One Ring and declared that he would defeat him within three moves.