Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao trained relentlessly in Soul Tool crafting and forging, improving his skills and learning new techniques from the Heaven Shaking Hammer Technique. After more than two months, he assembled a new Knight Driver, leaving Fan Yu and He Caitou stunned and asking whether he had made a Third Level Soul Tool.

• Xian Lin'er found Huo Yuhao forging late into the evening and saw that his remade Soul Tool was flawless.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his dorm, meditated after a late-night meal, and arrived early the next morning for Xian Lin'er's guidance.
• Over the next two months, Huo Yuhao trained intensively, improved his Soul Engineer skills, and discovered the Heaven Shaking Hammer, Sky Breaking Hammer, and World Destroying Hammer techniques.
• Huo Yuhao continued practicing the Heaven Shaking Hammer Technique but had not yet reached the Hundred Forging level.
• Huo Yuhao assembled a new Knight Driver in the Twelfth Laboratory, prompting Fan Yu and He Caitou to ask if he had made a Third Level Soul Tool.

Huo Yuhao made history by crafting a powerful Third Level Soul Tool after only five months of study, earning praise and a celebratory feast. Back in his dormitory, he completed his mission and received a B-Rank Blind Box.

• Huo Yuhao successfully crafted a Third Level Soul Tool, stunning Fan Yu and He Caitou.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his upgraded Knight Driver, whose armor had doubled speed and strength and gained new abilities.
• Huo Yuhao promised to make He Caitou a customized Knight Driver in the future.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo arrived, saw Huo Yuhao demonstrate the Soul Tool, and celebrated his achievement with a lavish meal.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory and received a B-Rank Blind Box for completing his mission.

Huo Yuhao opened a B-Rank Blind Box and used its Primordial Beginning Stone to unlock the Primordial Beginning Realm and awaken the Primordial Beginning Mirror’s Artifact Spirit. Learning that the realm could shield its inhabitants from the God Realm, he formed a plan, while the Artifact Spirit revealed that God Kings were insignificant compared with her former power.

• Huo Yuhao opened the B-Rank Blind Box and received a Primordial Beginning Stone.
• Huo Yuhao placed the stone in the Primordial Beginning Mirror, which unlocked the Primordial Beginning Realm.
• The Artifact Spirit introduced herself and explained that Primordial Beginning Stones restored her power and memories.
• The Artifact Spirit told Huo Yuhao that the Primordial Beginning Realm had higher-level rules and could hide its inhabitants from the God Realm’s detection.
• Huo Yuhao considered letting a several-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast enter the realm and formed a plan.
• The Artifact Spirit said a God King was no more than an ant in her original world, but she had less than one hundred-millionth of her former power.

Huo Yuhao spent the night planning how to Subdue Ice Empress, then attended his first-year class’s final day before the holiday. As students learned about the demanding advancement assessment, Xian Lin'er summoned Huo Yuhao after class.

• Huo Yuhao considered how to use his new ability to Subdue Ice Empress and clarified his plan by morning.
• Wang Dong followed Huo Yuhao to breakfast and class while keeping her distance, and Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu invited him to visit during the holiday.
• Wang Yan explained that students needed Rank 20 Soul Power and two Soul Rings to qualify for the second-year Advancement Assessment, which could include fighting a Hundred-Year Soul Beast alone.
• After class, Xian Lin'er arrived with Fan Yu and Qian Duoduo and called Huo Yuhao over, surprising the students.

Huo Yuhao prepared to leave Shrek Academy for the Land of the Extreme North, declining Xian Lin'er's offer to accompany him to obtain his second Soul Ring. After sharing a farewell meal with his friends, he departed the academy eager to see what the journey would bring.

• Xian Lin'er offered to take Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Great Forest to find his second Soul Ring, but he told her he planned to visit his home and his mother's grave first.
• Xian Lin'er gave Huo Yuhao Soul Beast research, hunting advice, and one thousand Gold Soul Coins before wishing him a safe journey.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and the others joined Huo Yuhao for a meal he cooked before he packed for the trip.
• The next morning, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, Bei Bei, and the others saw Huo Yuhao off at Sea God Lake.
• Huo Yuhao looked back at Shrek Academy, reflected on his growth, and set out for the Land of the Extreme North.

Huo Yuhao reached the Land of the Extreme North and prepared with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to lure out Ice Empress. Before the plan began, he used the Heaven Covering Secret Technique again, cutting off Tang San’s Divine Sense and provoking his fury.

• Huo Yuhao traveled north on his Soul Power-powered motorcycle, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm estimated the journey would take four or five days.
• Tang San failed to find the mysterious expert who had used the Heaven Covering Secret Technique, then watched Huo Yuhao and considered forcing Xiao Qi to help subdue him.
• After four days, Huo Yuhao reached the snowy northern border of the Heaven Dou Empire, put away his motorcycle, and followed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm toward Ice Empress in the core region.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm instructed Huo Yuhao to shelter beneath the snow while he released his aura to lure Ice Empress out and negotiate with her.
• As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began his preparations, Huo Yuhao activated the Heaven Covering Secret Technique, enveloping Douluo Star in a golden barrier and severing Tang San’s Divine Sense.
• Tang San reacted with fury and vowed that the unseen person had earned the right to die.

Huo Yuhao sealed Douluo Star from Tang San’s Divine Sense, allowing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to confront and imprison the Ice Empress. Sky Dream brought them into Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit, where Huo Yuhao faced the crucial task of persuading the Ice Empress.

• Tang San failed to break Huo Yuhao’s barrier around Douluo Star and returned to the God Realm, vowing to find the person opposing him.
• Electrolux realized Huo Yuhao had cut off the planet from outside perception and wondered who he was guarding against.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed his spiritual body and called for the Ice Empress, who appeared beneath an emerald-green sky.
• The Ice Empress attacked Sky Dream, but he briefly restrained her with his spiritual power and imprisoned her in his cast-off shell.
• Sky Dream brought the Ice Empress into Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit and told Huo Yuhao that persuading her was the final, decisive step.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to persuade Ice Empress to become Huo Yuhao’s martial soul, explaining that their best hope of surviving was to help him become a god. Ice Empress reluctantly considered the gamble, but Huo Yuhao claimed she had another choice, leaving her eager to hear what it was.

• Huo Yuhao entered his Sea of Spirit as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that he had no physical body left.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself to Ice Empress as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s host and Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recounted his past and explained that he wanted to help Huo Yuhao become a god so they could escape death from their approaching limits.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm persuaded Ice Empress that becoming Huo Yuhao’s martial soul might be her only chance to survive, and she reluctantly considered the plan.
• Huo Yuhao interrupted and told Ice Empress that she had another choice, renewing her interest.

Huo Yuhao told Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm how the God Realm had barred Soul Beasts from becoming gods and subjected them to Thunder Tribulations. He offered to help Ice Empress evade the Thunder Tribulation and asked them to join him in overthrowing the gods and establishing a new order.

• Huo Yuhao recounted the Dragon God's rise and fall, explaining that the Dragon God's death gave rise to Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.
• Huo Yuhao said the God Realm had blocked Soul Beasts from sensing it and created Thunder Tribulations to kill those nearing godhood.
• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt their bloodline memories stir and questioned how Huo Yuhao knew the history, but he refused to explain.
• Huo Yuhao told Ice Empress that he might help her avoid the Thunder Tribulation and asked whether she would follow him to defeat the gods and rule the God Realm.
• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm were stunned by Huo Yuhao's ambition, while Electrolux praised him.

Huo Yuhao brought Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux into the Primordial Beginning Realm to demonstrate that he could protect Ice Empress from the Thunder Tribulation. He revealed that the realm was a complete, powerful plane that surpassed Douluo Star and even the God Realm.

• Ice Empress agreed to consider Huo Yuhao’s proposal but asked him to prove he could protect her from the Thunder Tribulation.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Primordial Beginning Mirror and led Ice Empress into it, followed by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux.
• The group arrived in a vast, thriving realm filled with towering trees and ordinary animals rather than Soul Beasts.
• Electrolux was astonished by the realm’s complete laws, which surpassed those of his Undead Creature Plane.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Primordial Beginning Realm was a separate plane whose rank exceeded Douluo Star and the God Realm.

Huo Yuhao explained that the Primordial Beginning Realm was beyond the God Realm’s reach and offered Ice Empress a chance to cultivate there in exchange for her submission. Ice Empress challenged him and urged Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to help seize the realm, leaving his response uncertain.

• Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux sensed the Primordial Beginning Realm’s abundant spiritual energy, and Huo Yuhao explained that the God Realm could neither detect nor interfere with it.
• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized Soul Beasts could cultivate there without Thunder Tribulations and might become gods.
• Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao for his terms, and he demanded that she submit and remain loyal to him.
• Ice Empress questioned whether Huo Yuhao deserved her submission and threatened to kill him and take control of the realm.
• Ice Empress invited Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to join her, kill Huo Yuhao, and seize the plane, while Huo Yuhao watched him expectantly.

The Ice Empress tested Huo Yuhao by pretending to threaten him, and he used his authority over his world to defeat her. Recognizing his strength and judgment, she pledged her loyalty and offered to become his master.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm defended Huo Yuhao and vowed to protect him from the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao stepped forward and told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the Ice Empress could not defeat him inside his world.
• Huo Yuhao exposed the Ice Empress's lack of killing intent and said they had both been testing each other.
• The Ice Empress attacked Huo Yuhao, but he controlled the world's laws to strike her with lightning and overcome her.
• The Ice Empress accepted Huo Yuhao as her master, pledged loyalty to him alone, and bowed before him.

Huo Yuhao won the Ice Empress’s loyalty and arranged for her and Electrolux to cultivate in the Primordial Beginning Realm, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm remained in his Sea of Spirit. He considered recruiting more powerful beings to build an army capable of confronting Tang San and the God Realm.

• The Ice Empress acknowledged Huo Yuhao as her master after he passed her test, and he urged her to cultivate toward godhood.
• Electrolux asked to move his divine sense into the Primordial Beginning Realm to recover and study its laws, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked to join them, but the Ice Empress objected and Huo Yuhao explained that leaving his host body would make Sky Dream dissipate.
• Huo Yuhao returned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to his Sea of Spirit, where he fell asleep, and assessed the Ice Empress as a powerful new ally.
• Huo Yuhao considered recruiting the Star Dou Great Forest’s great beasts, the remaining beasts of the Land of the Extreme North, the Snow Empress, and Gu Yuena to build a God Army against Tang San.

After overfulfilling his mission, Huo Yuhao opened an A-Rank Blind Box and obtained Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon Martial Souls, strengthening his plans to resist Tang San. As he began absorbing them, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress were shocked by the legendary dragons’ power and the Ice Empress reaffirmed her faith in him.

• Huo Yuhao reflected that he was still too weak to approach Di Tian or Gu Yuena and continued preparing for his future resistance against Tang San.
• The system awarded Huo Yuhao an A-Rank Blind Box for overfulfilling his mission.
• Huo Yuhao opened the blind box and received the Fire Dragon Martial Soul and Ice Dragon Martial Soul, both descended from the lineages of the Dragon Kings.
• Huo Yuhao began absorbing the two Martial Souls, and their powerful energy made his consciousness grow hazy.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke to the dragons’ auras, and the Ice Empress arrived from the Primordial Beginning Realm to witness Huo Yuhao absorbing them.
• The Ice Empress concluded that Huo Yuhao had more hidden power than she had realized and believed he might lead the Soul Beasts toward the light.

Huo Yuhao completed the fusion of the Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon powers, gaining both Martial Souls and testing their abilities. Tang San discovered the fusion, suspected a mysterious figure was interfering with his plans, and resolved to pursue Huo Yuhao more aggressively.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion guarded Huo Yuhao as he nearly finished absorbing the Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon powers.
• Tang San reconnected to Douluo Continent and saw Huo Yuhao fusing the two Martial Souls, prompting him to suspect a mysterious person was obstructing his plans.
• Tang San decided to use harsher methods to secure Huo Yuhao and uncover the hidden figure.
• Huo Yuhao completed the fusion and obtained his second and third Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao tested the Fire Dragon Martial Soul, whose casual breath produced a powerful fireball that melted ice.
• Huo Yuhao switched to the Ice Dragon Martial Soul, and Ice Empress exclaimed at its power and the sense of superior-being suppression.

Huo Yuhao received a mission to evolve his Ice Dragon and Fire Dragon Martial Souls into their King forms by absorbing the powers hidden in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. He postponed the dangerous trip, obtained a Ten Thousand Year Ice Silkworm Soul Ring, and began absorbing it.

• The Ice Empress accepted Huo Yuhao's instruction to stay hidden and cultivate in the Primordial Beginning Realm.
• The system gave Huo Yuhao a mission to absorb the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King powers at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and he accepted it.
• Huo Yuhao decided to delay visiting the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and obtain his second Soul Ring first.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm led Huo Yuhao to a Ten Thousand Year Ice Silkworm, which they suppressed and killed.
• Huo Yuhao sat down to absorb the black Soul Ring and awaited the breakthrough.

Huo Yuhao absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, gained the Simulation skill, and rose to Soul Power Level twenty-six before returning to Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Wang Dong left the Clear Sky Sect with a Jade Pendant and her father's approval to pursue the classmate she liked.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and tested his new Simulation skill.
• Huo Yuhao measured his Soul Power at Level twenty-six, six levels above his previous level.
• Huo Yuhao set off for Shrek Academy, intending to reject Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi's recruitment and complete his A-Rank mission.
• Wang Dong said farewell to Titan and Niu Tian as her vacation ended.
• Niu Tian gave Wang Dong a Jade Pendant from her father and relayed his approval for her to pursue the classmate she liked.

Wang Dong'er returned to Shrek Academy determined to pursue Huo Yuhao after learning her father supported her feelings. She changed into a white dress and stockings to reveal her true appearance, and Huo Yuhao was stunned when she approached him.

• Titan urged Wang Dong to show Huo Yuhao her real appearance and gave her a book of courtship advice, while Niu Tian warned her to ignore Titan's foolish suggestions.
• On the carriage ride to Shrek City, Wang Dong read about white stockings and decided to try the look for Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong bought a white dress and stockings, changed into her female appearance, and attracted attention throughout the clothing store.
• Wang Dong entered Shrek Academy, where students stared at her as she walked toward Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy early and turned when Wang Dong called his name, then froze at the sight of her approaching him.

Huo Yuhao realized Tang San was manipulating Wang Dong'er to win him over, so he rejected her confession and left her heartbroken. Tang San was left stunned and furious that his plan had failed again.

• Tang San watched smugly as Wang Dong'er admired Huo Yuhao and expected him to fall for her.
• Huo Yuhao suspected Tang San had pushed Wang Dong'er to confess early and worried that Tang San might become dangerous.
• Huo Yuhao declined Wang Dong'er's invitation to eat and tactfully rejected her before she could confess.
• Wang Dong'er apologized, turned away, and shed a tear as she left.
• Tang San lost his smug expression and cried out in disbelief that Huo Yuhao had rejected her.

After rejecting Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao kept his distance from her and focused on cultivation, believing it was the only way to protect himself and possibly help her. As the new semester approached, their friends returned to Shrek Academy and arranged a group meal, while Wang Dong'er chose not to attend.

• Above the God Realm, Tang San grew furious over Huo Yuhao's rejection and decided to use a contingency hidden in Wang Dong'er's Jade Pendant.
• Huo Yuhao watched Wang Dong'er leave, reflected that Tang San had made her a disposable tool, and decided to keep away from her for her own good.
• Huo Yuhao passed Wang Dong'er without acknowledging her, and she cried and vowed to forget him while he silently witnessed her distress with Mental Detection.
• Huo Yuhao spent several days converting his Soul Power into Primordial Beginning Power as his friends returned to Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao invited his friends to a meal, and Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and the others discovered that Wang Dong was a girl.
• Tang Ya invited Wang Dong'er to the meal, but Wang Dong'er declined after briefly seeming ready to accept.