Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao fought Dai Huabin, who had promised to defeat him within three moves, and overwhelmed him despite having only one Soul Ring. The spectators were left stunned as Dai Huabin was sent flying across the arena.

• Dai Huabin arrogantly declared that he would defeat Huo Yuhao within three moves, while Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, Yan Shaozhe, and Xian Lin'er watched and discussed the matchup.
• Huo Yuhao rushed at Dai Huabin without using his full speed, baiting him into underestimating him before dodging Dai Huabin's attack and striking him with Great Sumeru Palm.
• Huo Yuhao used Soaring Dragon Movement to attack again, forcing Dai Huabin to counter with White Tiger Light Wave, which Huo Yuhao predicted and evaded using Eye of Illusory Break.
• Huo Yuhao equipped his close-combat Soul Tools and used their speed boost to strike Dai Huabin, sending him flying even after Dai Huabin activated his third soul skill.
• The spectators watched in disbelief as Dai Huabin was completely overpowered by Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao continued to suppress Dai Huabin with Soul Tools, astonishing the spectators and faculty. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu then unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Huo Yuhao and his teammates facing an enormous white tiger as Wang Dong suggested they use their own fusion skill.

• Huo Yuhao kept Dai Huabin on the defensive, and the students in the stands marveled at his strength despite his lower Soul Power Level.
• Bei Bei praised Huo Yuhao's skillful use of Soul Tools, while Tang Ya teased Xu Sanshi for doubting him.
• Xian Lin'er celebrated Huo Yuhao's performance, but Yan Shaozhe argued that Dai Huabin might still turn the fight around with his final trump card.
• Huo Yuhao knocked Dai Huabin back and taunted him for failing to win within three moves.
• Dai Huabin called for Zhu Lu, and the two combined the Evil Eye White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat into their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, creating an enormous white tiger.
• Wang Dong stepped forward and quietly suggested that he and Huo Yuhao use their own fusion skill.

Huo Yuhao transformed with the Knight Driver and used his speed and weapons to wear down Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger. His armor and thrusters overheated, leaving him unable to dodge as both sides unleashed powerful attacks.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu formed the Hell White Tiger with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wang Dong suggested that their group use their own fusion skill.
• Huo Yuhao refused, transformed into a Magenta Mecha knight with the Knight Driver, and charged at the Hell White Tiger.
• Huo Yuhao dodged the Hell White Tiger’s attacks and repeatedly slashed it, weakening its aura and astonishing the audience.
• Xian Lin'er explained to Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao’s armor was a self-made Second-Level Soul Tool that he had created in three months.
• Huo Yuhao’s armor and thrusters overheated, and he countered the Hell White Tiger’s energy sphere with Mechanical Bombardment as their attacks collided in a massive explosion.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger with his Soul Tools, winning the New Student Competition and earning Xian Lin’er’s praise. As Yan Shaozhe left unimpressed, Huo Yuhao received a Golden Dragon Torso Bone and a Primordial Beginning Stone from his system.

• Huo Yuhao’s laser barrage broke through the weakened Hell White Tiger and defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.
• Wang Dong realized why Huo Yuhao had refused to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Xiao Xiao hugged him and celebrated their victory.
• Bei Bei remarked that Soul Tools were becoming essential and worried about the future of the Tang Sect.
• Xian Lin’er reminded Yan Shaozhe of their agreement, and he conceded Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department before leaving.
• Huo Yuhao completed the championship mission and received a Golden Dragon Torso Bone and a Primordial Beginning Stone.

After winning the New Student Competition, Huo Yuhao received a Golden Dragon Torso Bone and a Primordial Beginning Stone as system rewards. He celebrated with his companions and returned to the dormitory, eager to discover what the rewards could do.

• The referee announced Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong as the competition champions, and Huo Yuhao collected the system’s Golden Dragon Torso Bone and Primordial Beginning Stone.
• Xian Lin'er congratulated Huo Yuhao and treated the group to a lavish celebratory meal.
• Tang Ya accepted Wang Dong into the Tang Sect, while Xiao Xiao said she would follow whichever sect Huo Yuhao joined.
• The group discussed the next day's awards, including a Core Disciple slot in the Martial Soul Department, before splitting up at an intersection.
• Back in the dormitory, Huo Yuhao entered the Sea of Spirit to investigate his new rewards and consider absorbing the Golden Dragon Torso Bone.

Huo Yuhao restored a gemstone to the Primordial Beginning Mirror and gained Heaven Veil, which concealed Douluo Star from the God Realm for twenty-four hours. With Tang San unable to monitor the planet, Huo Yuhao left his dormitory to absorb the Golden Dragon Torso Bone, while the God Realm was shaken.

• Huo Yuhao joined the Primordial Beginning Stone to the Primordial Beginning Mirror and learned that the mirror had gained the Heaven Veil skill.
• Huo Yuhao activated Heaven Veil, surrounding Douluo Star with Primordial Beginning Light that blocked outside perception for twenty-four hours.
• Huo Yuhao decided to use the cover to absorb the Golden Dragon Torso Bone and left his dormitory.
• The God Realm was shaken as Heaven Veil took effect.

Tang San and the other God Kings discovered that the Primordial Beginning Shroud had sealed Douluo Star and blocked their Divine Sense. Their combined attacks failed, leaving them determined to learn who created the barrier and why.

• Tang San grew furious after Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, and he considered using more aggressive methods to capture Huo Yuhao.
• The Primordial Beginning Shroud appeared around Douluo Star, and Tang San’s Sea God and Asura attacks were absorbed before the barrier repelled him.
• Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and the others arrived, attacked the barrier with Tang San, and were injured by its rebounding force.
• The God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life, the Goddess of Kindness, and the God of Evil arrived and heard Tang San explain what had happened.
• The God of Destruction proposed that the five God Kings attack the barrier together, and Tang San prepared to strike again.

Tang San and the other God Kings failed to break the barrier around Douluo Star, then agreed that Tang San would monitor the planet and investigate its owner. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory after absorbing the Golden Dragon Torso Bone, unaware that Tang San had gained new authority and planned to target him.

• Tang San and the four God Kings combined their powers to attack the barrier, but it absorbed their divine energy and sent the attack back at them.
• The barrier vanished on its own, and Tang San persuaded the other God Kings to let him monitor Douluo Star while they searched for information about its owner.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San about Xiao Qi, unaware that Xiao Qi's divine consciousness had been split between Wang Dong and the Emperor Auspicious Beast while Xiao Qi herself remained asleep.
• After the others left, Tang San decided his new supervisory authority would help him act against Huo Yuhao, whom he intended to bring under his control.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory after completing his fusion with the Golden Dragon Torso Bone and reflected on what he had gained.

After absorbing the Golden Dragon Torso Bone, Huo Yuhao reached Innate Soul Power Level Fifteen and gained the Golden Dragon Transformation soul skill. He learned that Tang San could openly monitor Douluo Star, then attended the freshman awards ceremony, where his team was honored but he was omitted from the Core Disciples list.

• Huo Yuhao tested his cultivation and discovered his Innate Soul Power had risen to Level Fifteen and his current Soul Power Level was twenty.
• Huo Yuhao found that the Golden Dragon Torso Bone had greatly strengthened his body and granted him Golden Dragon Transformation, which let him wield the Golden Dragon's Ultimate Power.
• The system showed Huo Yuhao the Five Great God Kings attacking the barrier around Douluo Star, and he realized Tang San had gained the right to monitor the planet.
• Huo Yuhao attended Shrek Academy's ceremony, where Du Weilun announced Huang Chutian's team in third place, Dai Huabin's team in second, and Huo Yuhao's team in first.
• Du Weilun awarded the top three teams academy assistance in obtaining a Soul Ring and promised Huo Yuhao's team a confidential special reward.
• Du Weilun named Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, and others as Core Disciples, but left Huo Yuhao off the list.

Huo Yuhao was passed over for a Martial Soul Department Core Disciple position, and Wu Feng claimed he only won the New Student Competition because of Soul Tools. Though Huo Yuhao stayed composed, a system mission promised an A-Rank Blind Box if he returned next semester with such strength that the department begged him to join and he refused.

• Du Weilun announced the Martial Soul Department's Core Disciples without selecting Huo Yuhao, and Wu Feng dismissed his competition victory as dependent on Soul Tools.
• Wang Dong angrily defended Huo Yuhao, but he calmed her and Xiao Xiao and accepted that the academy had its own arrangements.
• Huo Yuhao unlocked a mission to return next semester, prove the department wrong, and refuse its invitation, with an A-Rank Blind Box as the reward.
• Xiao Xiao declared she would reject her Core Disciple position and study Soul Tools, while Wang Dong could not bring herself to say the same because of her aversion to them.
• Huo Yuhao comforted Xiao Xiao and encouraged her not to jeopardize her future, leaving Wang Dong privately wishing she had been the one he patted on the head.

After Huo Yuhao was denied Core Disciple status by the Martial Soul Department, Du Weilun awarded the winning team a soul bone, which Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao gave to Huo Yuhao. Xian Lin'er then made Huo Yuhao a Core Disciple of the Soul Tool Department and promised him exceptional support.

• Du Weilun reassured Huo Yuhao that the Martial Soul Department's decision was not personal, then presented the team with a Void Nether Leopard Left Leg Bone as their championship reward.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao agreed that Huo Yuhao should receive the soul bone, and he accepted it.
• Zhou Yi, Fan Yu, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er met Huo Yuhao and the others downstairs.
• Xian Lin'er told Huo Yuhao that he was now a Core Disciple of the Soul Tool Department and promised him better treatment than the Martial Soul Department offered.

After the Soul Tool Department made Huo Yuhao a Core Disciple, Xian Lin'er arranged his studies and offered to teach him on weekends. The next morning, as he headed to class, the system gave him a mission to craft a Third Level Soul Tool.

• Huo Yuhao felt reassured by Xian Lin'er's support after the Martial Soul Department had denied him Core Disciple status.
• Xian Lin'er told Huo Yuhao to study foundational subjects in the Martial Soul Department through third year, continue learning from Fan Yu on weekdays, and study with her on weekends.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Xian Lin'er, then walked back to the dormitory with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, who congratulated him and envied his treatment.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory and cultivated until the next morning.
• As Huo Yuhao headed to Freshman Class One, the system assigned him a mission to craft a Third Level Soul Tool for a B-Rank Blind Box.

Huo Yuhao received a system mission to create a third-tier Soul Tool, then joined his class’s election for class monitors. After Wu Feng challenged his eligibility, a tied vote led to a proposed no-Soul-Tool spar between them, which Huo Yuhao accepted.

• Huo Yuhao examined the system mission to create a third-tier Soul Tool and believed he could complete it before summer break.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Freshman Class One, where Wang Yan began the class monitor election and seated him between Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Wu Feng objected to Huo Yuhao’s candidacy, arguing that his low Soul Master rank made him unqualified in the Martial Soul Department.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao confronted Wu Feng, but Huo Yuhao calmed them, and Wang Yan held a secret ballot.
• The vote tied between Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng, so Wu Feng proposed they spar without Soul Tools to decide the class monitor position.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to spar with Wu Feng, saying he had long wanted a one-on-one match with her.

Huo Yuhao accepted Wu Feng’s challenge to a sparring match without using Soul Tools, while their classmates placed bets on the outcome. The match began with Wu Feng charging at Huo Yuhao, who calmly provoked her and moved to meet her attack.

• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Yan to take them to the Battle Soul Arena for his match with Wu Feng.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao bet one thousand Gold Soul Coins each on Huo Yuhao, while most of the class—including Dai Huabin—bet on Wu Feng.
• Lan Luoluo, Lan Susu, and Cao Jinxuan also bet on Huo Yuhao, making Zhou Siyu worry that he would lose his money.
• Wang Yan warned Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng not to seriously injure each other, then started the match.
• Wu Feng summoned her martial soul and charged at Huo Yuhao, who stood with his hands behind his back and angered her with his composure.
• Wu Feng threw a furious punch at Huo Yuhao, and he moved to respond.

Huo Yuhao defeated Wu Feng with two Great Sumeru Palm strikes, shattering the bones in both her hands and shocking their classmates. Back in class, an aged figure emerged from the black bead in his Sea of Spirit, and his spiritual force erupted through the classroom.

• Huo Yuhao dodged Wu Feng's punches before meeting one with the Great Sumeru Palm and sending her off the arena with a shattered hand.
• Wu Feng activated Dragon's Fire and Dragon's Wrath, ignored Wang Yan's order to stop, and charged Huo Yuhao again.
• Huo Yuhao struck Wu Feng a second time, broke the bones in both her hands, and won the match; Wang Yan took Wu Feng to the infirmary.
• The students discussed Huo Yuhao's strength, while Zhou Siyu went broke paying off his bets against Huo Yuhao.
• Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu chatted with Huo Yuhao on the way back to class, prompting Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to join them.
• As the class studied, an aged figure emerged from the black bead in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit, and his immense spiritual force spread through the room.

Electrolux’s sudden awakening unleashed Huo Yuhao’s powerful Soul Power in the classroom, prompting Wang Yan to suspect a second awakening of Huo Yuhao’s Original Martial Soul. Inside Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit, Electrolux explained how he arrived there and recognized the Primordial Beginning Mirror as a Holy Artifact.

• Huo Yuhao’s uncontrolled Soul Power overwhelmed the students, and Xiao Xiao went to fetch Wang Yan.
• Wang Yan sensed Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power, told the class to keep their distance, and left to find Xuan Zi after suspecting a second awakening of Huo Yuhao’s Original Martial Soul.
• Electrolux claimed part of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s territory in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit, and the two argued until Huo Yuhao intervened.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that his surviving divine consciousness had entered the Sea of Spirit during Huo Yuhao’s fusion with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and that Primordial Beginning Power had helped him awaken.
• Electrolux identified the Primordial Beginning Mirror as a Holy Artifact and told Huo Yuhao that his fortune and future prospects were extraordinary.

Huo Yuhao gave Electrolux Primordial Beginning Power to help restore his divine consciousness, then pressed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to reveal why he wanted to travel to the Land of the Extreme North. Sky Dream confessed that he hoped Ice Empress would become Huo Yuhao’s martial soul, and the system issued a mission to subdue her.

• Electrolux said Primordial Beginning Power might help restore his divine consciousness, and Huo Yuhao gave him a cluster to refine.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao he had become difficult to understand and offered to help him obtain a second Soul Ring and martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about hiding something from him and said he did not like being deceived.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm confessed that he loved Ice Empress and wanted Huo Yuhao to travel to the Land of the Extreme North so she could become his martial soul and potentially gain eternal life.
• The system issued Huo Yuhao a mission to subdue Ice Empress, with a higher reward if she retained her body and willingly helped him.

Huo Yuhao accepted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s request to save Ice Empress during the vacation two months later, after the system offered a greater reward if she survived with her physical body and willingly helped him. When he woke, Xuan Zi dismissed his potential, but Huo Yuhao’s companions supported him and Dai Huabin mocked him.

• The system gave Huo Yuhao a mission to subdue Ice Empress, with a higher reward if she survived and willingly assisted him.
• Huo Yuhao decided to go with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to the Land of the Extreme North during vacation and hoped to find a way to save Ice Empress without making her his Martial Soul.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gratefully promised to help Huo Yuhao grow stronger and stand up to the Martial Soul Department.
• Xuan Zi examined Huo Yuhao and told Wang Yan that Huo Yuhao’s talent was poor and he had no future.
• Huo Yuhao woke and heard Xuan Zi’s judgment, while Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong reassured him and Dai Huabin mocked him.

Huo Yuhao answered Dai Huabin and Wu Feng’s taunts, then kept up his intensive studies and training. On the weekend, Xian Lin'er guided his Soul Tool forging and corrected a flaw in his hammer technique as he worked on a second-tier Soul Tool.

• Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Huabin to a match, but Dai Huabin and Wu Feng backed down and returned to their seats.
• Huo Yuhao attended Wang Yan’s class, then went to the Soul Tool Experiment Zone to train with Fan Yu as he worked toward becoming a Third Level Soul Tool Master.
• For several days, Huo Yuhao studied Martial Soul theory during the day and practiced Soul Tool crafting after class.
• On the weekend, Huo Yuhao met Xian Lin'er for their scheduled cultivation session, and she gave him a blueprint for a second-tier Soul Tool to forge.
• Xian Lin'er spotted flaws in Huo Yuhao’s hammering posture, demonstrated how to exert force correctly, and watched him finish the Soul Tool’s outer casing.

Xian Lin'er taught Huo Yuhao how to correct his Soul Tool forging and formation-engraving flaws, and he quickly mastered her guidance. Driven by his goal of becoming a Third Level Soul Tool Master and preserving the Ice Empress's physical body, Huo Yuhao practiced late into the night, leaving Xian Lin'er astonished when she found him still working.

• Huo Yuhao forged an inner shell and began engraving a core formation, but Xian Lin'er noticed flaws in his technique.
• Xian Lin'er guided Huo Yuhao's hands through the formation engraving, and he immediately corrected the flaws she identified.
• Xian Lin'er taught Huo Yuhao until four in the afternoon, then told him to return to the Forging Room the next morning.
• Huo Yuhao continued practicing because he needed to become a Third Level Soul Tool Master within two months to pursue his mission involving the Ice Empress.
• At eleven that night, Xian Lin'er found Huo Yuhao still forging and stared at him in shock.