Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan decided to transfer to the Soul Tool Department, and Xu Sanshi followed after learning Jiang Nannan had left. Wang Dong'er rejected the idea despite wanting to join, then began to suspect that something was restricting her choices; Huo Yuhao learned that the others had applied to transfer.

• Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan agreed to apply to the Soul Tool Department, while Tang Ya declined because of her ties to the Tang Sect.
• Wang Dong'er resisted joining despite wanting to be closer to Huo Yuhao, then wondered who or what was controlling her and planned to research the matter in the library.
• Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan submitted transfer applications, but their teachers tried to dissuade them and criticized the Soul Tool Department.
• Xu Sanshi learned Jiang Nannan had transferred and submitted his own application to follow her.
• Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan told Huo Yuhao they had applied, leaving him surprised that all three were joining the Soul Tool Department.

Huo Yuhao helped Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao transfer to the Soul Tool Department, delighting Xian Lin'er. After she approved their applications and welcomed them, Yan Shaozhe learned of the transfers and was furious.

• Xu Sanshi told Huo Yuhao that he, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao wanted to join the Soul Tool Department.
• Huo Yuhao contacted Xian Lin'er and asked her to approve their transfers.
• Xian Lin'er approved the applications and hurried to the Soul Tool Department entrance.
• Xian Lin'er hugged Huo Yuhao, gave the three students proof of their acceptance, and showed them around the department.
• Yan Shaozhe learned about the transfers in the Martial Soul Department dean's office and turned furious.

Yan Shaozhe learned that Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan had applied to transfer to the Soul Tool Department and hurried there to persuade them to stay. Despite his appeal and Xian Lin'er's defense of their right to choose, the students stood by their decision.

• Du Weilun told Yan Shaozhe that Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan had applied to transfer to the Soul Tool Department, and suggested Huo Yuhao might have influenced them.
• Yan Shaozhe went to the Soul Tool Department and found Xian Lin'er showing Xu Sanshi and the others around.
• Xian Lin'er rejected Yan Shaozhe's accusation that she had poached the students and argued that they could choose their own department.
• Yan Shaozhe urged Xu Sanshi and the others to reconsider, claiming the Martial Soul Department was better for their future.
• Xu Sanshi and the others told Yan Shaozhe that they had made their decision and would not change it.

Yan Shaozhe failed to persuade Xu Sanshi and the others to return, then heard Dai Huabin had reached level thirty-nine and expected him to challenge Huo Yuhao soon. Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory and met Ma Xiaotao, who asked him to dispel the evil fire within her body.

• Xu Sanshi and the others rejected Yan Shaozhe's request, and he left in defeat.
• Yan Shaozhe told Xuan Zi about the dispute, embellishing what had happened, but then stopped Xuan Zi from confronting the Soul Tool Department.
• Yan Shaozhe learned from Xuan Zi that Dai Huabin had reached level thirty-nine and predicted he would soon defeat Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Sanshi and the others went to the Soul Tool Department's library, leaving Huo Yuhao without a sparring partner.
• Ma Xiaotao met Huo Yuhao outside the male dormitory and asked him to dispel the evil fire within her body.

Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao to use his Ultimate Ice to suppress the evil fire tormenting her, and they agreed that she would be his daily sparring partner in exchange. As they went to find a place to cultivate, Huo Yuhao received a mission to win her over and recruit her to the Soul Tool Department.

• Ma Xiaotao explained that her Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul accumulated dangerous evil fire and that Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice could suppress it.
• Huo Yuhao pretended to misunderstand her request, then asked what she would offer in return for his help.
• Ma Xiaotao agreed to become Huo Yuhao's daily sparring partner, and they made an arrangement to cultivate together.
• Ma Xiaotao led Huo Yuhao toward a secluded training spot.
• The system gave Huo Yuhao a mission to win Ma Xiaotao over and make her join the Soul Tool Department, with a B-Rank Blind Box as the reward.

Huo Yuhao considered how to persuade Ma Xiaotao to support Soul Tools, then sparred with her at a secluded cultivation field. Ma Xiaotao was impressed by his strength, self-created technique, and concealed spiritual attack, and became increasingly curious about his abilities.

• Huo Yuhao decided that winning Ma Xiaotao over through persuasion and demonstrating Soul Tools was the best way to complete his mission.
• Ma Xiaotao took Huo Yuhao to a secluded cultivation field she had set up and invited him to spar without holding back.
• Huo Yuhao struck Ma Xiaotao with his Great Sumeru Palm, surprising her with his physical strength despite using no Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao followed with a concealed spiritual attack using his Eye of Illusory Break and Soul Impact, which Ma Xiaotao blocked thanks to her superior level and spiritual power.
• Ma Xiaotao was impressed by Huo Yuhao's combat experience and wide range of abilities, and her curiosity about him deepened.

Huo Yuhao tested his Soul Tools against Ma Xiaotao, whose confidence in Yan Shaozhe’s teachings about them quickly crumbled as she experienced their power firsthand. After losing the spar, Ma Xiaotao admitted she had never used a Soul Tool, and Huo Yuhao offered to explain them to her.

• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao continued sparring, and she realized that his combat ability far exceeded his Soul Power Level.
• Huo Yuhao equipped his Knight Driver armor, Mechanical Wings, and Soul Tool Longsword, disappointing Ma Xiaotao, who believed Soul Tools were inferior substitutes.
• Huo Yuhao powered up his Soul Tools with Primordial Beginning Power and overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao with his increased speed, strength, and bombardment.
• Ma Xiaotao summoned her martial soul and used a soul skill to defend herself, but she still lost the spar.
• Ma Xiaotao asked why Huo Yuhao had become so much stronger, then admitted she had never used a Soul Tool because she had resisted them.
• Huo Yuhao offered to explain the principles behind Soul Tools and asked Ma Xiaotao to keep him company and chat.

Huo Yuhao explained to Ma Xiaotao how Soul Tools could complement martial souls and outlined a system for developing Soul Engineers. Ma Xiaotao’s prejudice toward Soul Tools faded, and she was left in awe of Huo Yuhao.

• Ma Xiaotao accepted Huo Yuhao’s invitation to discuss Soul Tools after their sparring match had sparked her interest.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Soul Tools should assist martial souls by strengthening a Soul Master’s abilities and compensating for weaknesses.
• Huo Yuhao described different roles for Soul Engineers, including basic users, researchers, outfitters, and manufacturers.
• Ma Xiaotao reconsidered her views and was stunned by Huo Yuhao’s vision for reforming Soul Tool development across Douluo Continent.

Huo Yuhao discussed the value of Soul Tools with Ma Xiaotao, then used his Ice Dragon Martial Soul to eliminate her evil fire. The next day, he asked Xian Lin'er to craft a Rank 6 refrigeration Soul Tool, prompting her to suspect Ma Xiaotao had bewitched him.

• Ma Xiaotao reconsidered her prejudice against Soul Tools after hearing Huo Yuhao's explanation, while Mu En secretly listened and decided the academy should let Huo Yuhao grow without interference.
• Huo Yuhao treated Ma Xiaotao by absorbing most of her evil fire with his Fire Dragon Martial Soul and freezing away what remained with his Ice Dragon Martial Soul.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao to treat her again, and he left before reviewing their sparring session and working on his External Incarnation.
• Xian Lin'er warned Huo Yuhao that Yan Shaozhe might have ulterior motives in bringing Ma Xiaotao close to him.
• Huo Yuhao gave Xian Lin'er designs for a Rank 6 refrigeration Soul Tool, and she angrily demanded to know what he needed it for.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Xian Lin'er to build a Portable Air Conditioner to demonstrate how Soul Tools could suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and win her over to the Soul Tool Department. As Ma Xiaotao grew more convinced that Huo Yuhao belonged there, the Ice Empress broke through the 400,000-year cultivation mark and worried that the breakthrough might bring trouble.

• Huo Yuhao explained to Xian Lin'er that he planned to use Ma Xiaotao’s evil-fire problem to showcase Soul Tools and attract her to the Soul Tool Department.
• Xian Lin'er agreed to research and build Huo Yuhao’s Portable Air Conditioner, though he told her it could only partially suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire.
• Huo Yuhao continued training with Ma Xiaotao and using Ultimate Ice to ease her evil fire, while she reconsidered Yan Shaozhe’s request to persuade him to return to the Martial Soul Department.
• The Ice Empress absorbed the Primordial Beginning Realm’s energy and broke through the 400,000-year mark.
• Electrolux sensed the Ice Empress’s breakthrough, while she worried that it might trigger an unexpected danger.

Ice Empress broke through the 400,000-year cultivation threshold safely in the Primordial Beginning Realm, while Electrolux recovered further and offered to teach Huo Yuhao his magic. Back at the Soul Tool Experiment Zone, Xian Lin'er finished Huo Yuhao's new Soul Tool, and he planned to use it to lure Ma Xiaotao.

• Ice Empress broke through the 400,000-year threshold and, after waiting for a Thunder Tribulation that never came, thanked Huo Yuhao for helping her cultivate in the Primordial Beginning Realm.
• Huo Yuhao congratulated Ice Empress and assured her that Thunder Tribulations would not trouble her there in the future.
• Electrolux appeared with a stronger aura, thanked Huo Yuhao for saving him, and promised to teach him the magic he remembered once his memories fully returned.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Soul Tool Experiment Zone and continued researching while Xian Lin'er refined the Rank 6 Soul Tool.
• Xian Lin'er delivered the completed backpack-like Soul Tool to Huo Yuhao and suggested he use it to lure Ma Xiaotao away from Yan Shaozhe.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the Soul Tool and told Xian Lin'er to leave the plan to him.

Huo Yuhao gave Ma Xiaotao a custom Rank 6 Soul Tool that released cold air to suppress her evil fire. Ma Xiaotao discovered it could help her whenever he was unavailable, and Huo Yuhao said it could be upgraded as her cultivation increased.

• Ma Xiaotao met Huo Yuhao outside the Soul Tool Experiment Zone while her evil fire was flaring up and hurried him to Sea God Lake.
• Huo Yuhao used his Ice Dragon Martial Soul to suppress some of Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, then stopped once she regained her senses.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ma Xiaotao a Rank 6 Soul Tool that released cold air when she injected Soul Power into it.
• Ma Xiaotao tested the Soul Tool and found that it suppressed her evil fire more effectively than Xu Sanshi’s Water Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had asked Xian Lin'er to custom-make the Soul Tool for Ma Xiaotao and that it could be upgraded as she advanced in cultivation.

Huo Yuhao gave Ma Xiaotao a custom Rank 6 Soul Tool that helped her suppress her evil fire, deepening her appreciation for Soul Tools and her affection for him. After sparring and helping treat her, Huo Yuhao parted from Ma Xiaotao, who then encountered Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe and was asked about recruiting him.

• Ma Xiaotao tried Huo Yuhao's custom Soul Tool and realized it could help her control her evil fire.
• Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao the Soul Tool was a gift and encouraged her to thank Xian Lin'er, who had made it.
• Ma Xiaotao hugged Huo Yuhao, then sparred with him and helped him improve his cultivation.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao to suppress her evil fire in person, and he used his Ice Dragon Martial Soul to treat her.
• Ma Xiaotao encountered Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, and Yan Shaozhe asked how her efforts to persuade Huo Yuhao were progressing.

Ma Xiaotao defended Huo Yuhao's decision to study Soul Tools, arguing that his talent and the Soul Tool he gave her made the Soul Tool Department a better fit. Xuan Zi ordered her to stop seeing Huo Yuhao, but she refused and threatened to join the Soul Tool Department herself.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Ma Xiaotao what she thought about Huo Yuhao studying Soul Tools, and she said she supported his choice.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe reacted with shock, and Xuan Zi accused Ma Xiaotao of betraying the Martial Soul Department's interests.
• Ma Xiaotao argued that Huo Yuhao suited the Soul Tool Department and demonstrated how his Rank 6 Soul Tool could suppress her evil fire.
• Xuan Zi dismissed the Soul Tool as a temporary fix and ordered Yan Shaozhe to guide Ma Xiaotao, while forbidding her from seeing Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Xiaotao refused to obey, insisted she would keep seeing Huo Yuhao, and threatened to study in the Soul Tool Department before leaving.

Ma Xiaotao argued with Xuan Zi over Huo Yuhao, but Yan Shaozhe calmed her and persuaded her to remain in the Martial Soul Department. After half a month of progress in the Soul Tool Department, Wang Dong'er discovered a book suggesting that a restraint in her Sea of Spirit was preventing her from transferring departments.

• Ma Xiaotao stormed off after clashing with Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe soothed the elder before catching up with her.
• Ma Xiaotao apologized to Yan Shaozhe, who persuaded her to drop her threat to join the Soul Tool Department and stop pressing him about Huo Yuhao.
• Over the next half month, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Xu Sanshi learned to use Soul Tools and obtained sets of their own, making Bei Bei and Tang Ya envious.
• Wang Dong'er searched Shrek Academy's grand library for an explanation of why she could not submit a transfer application.
• Wang Dong'er found a book suggesting that someone had placed a restraint in her Sea of Spirit.

After discovering that someone might have placed a restriction in her Sea of Spirit, Wang Dong'er asked Huo Yuhao to inspect it, trusting him enough to let him enter her mind. Huo Yuhao knew Tang San was responsible but kept quiet, and began examining Wang Dong'er's Sea of Spirit.

• Wang Dong'er read that a spiritual-type Soul Master could inspect her Sea of Spirit and decided to ask Huo Yuhao for help.
• Wang Dong'er went to Huo Yuhao's dormitory and told him she suspected someone had placed a restriction inside her.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that Tang San had placed the restriction to prevent Wang Dong'er from learning about Soul Tools, but he concealed what he knew.
• Huo Yuhao warned Wang Dong'er that opening her Sea of Spirit would expose her memories and put her life in his hands.
• Wang Dong'er said she trusted Huo Yuhao, and he entered her Sea of Spirit to search for the restriction.

Huo Yuhao discovered a Poseidon Trident-shaped seal in Wang Dong'er's Sea of Spirit, leading her to suspect someone in the Clear Sky Sect had planted it. Meanwhile, Dai Huabin returned from obtaining his Fourth Soul Ring at level forty-two and prepared to face Huo Yuhao in the next day's Selection Competition.

• Huo Yuhao found a seal suppressing part of Wang Dong'er's thoughts and showed it to her through Mental Sharing.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that the seal was probably placed when Wang Dong'er was young, and she began suspecting people in the Clear Sky Sect while planning to investigate during the break.
• Wang Dong'er thanked Huo Yuhao and left, while Huo Yuhao wondered how learning about the seal might change events before returning to cultivation.
• Xuan Zi and Dai Huabin encountered Yan Shaozhe after returning from the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dai Huabin revealed his four Soul Rings and level-forty-two strength.
• Xuan Zi expected Dai Huabin to defeat Huo Yuhao in the Selection Competition, while Dai Huabin resolved to reclaim his dignity and make Huo Yuhao repay his humiliation.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Selection Competition would determine the Soul Master Competition Reserve Team and accepted the challenge after Dai Huabin proposed their old wager. As the competition was about to begin, Wang Dong'er warned Huo Yuhao that Dai Huabin had reached level forty-two and prepared several Third Level Soul Tools specifically to defeat him.

• Xian Lin'er told Huo Yuhao about the Selection Competition, warned him that Dai Huabin had become Xuan Zi's disciple, and instructed him to notify the other Martial Soul Department Core Disciples.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Xiao and the others, and they arrived together at the Battle Soul Arena to register for the competition.
• Huo Yuhao saw Dai Huabin at the arena, and Dai Huabin challenged him to repeat their wager that the loser would kneel and apologize with three kowtows.
• Xu Sanshi warned Huo Yuhao not to underestimate Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao acknowledged that Xuan Zi's guidance could have made him much stronger.
• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao that Dai Huabin had reached level forty-two and learned to use several Third Level Soul Tools to defeat him.

Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao to a one-on-one fight during a Battle Soul Arena competition, but Huo Yuhao revealed he had reached Level 32 and become a Fourth Level Soul Tool Master. The competition began with the Martial Soul Department students targeting the smaller Soul Tool Department group, and Dai Huabin confronted Huo Yuhao as the battle unfolded.

• Wang Dong'er told her friends that Dai Huabin had reached Level 42, and Huo Yuhao revealed he had reached Level 32 and obtained a third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that Huo Yuhao had also become a Fourth Level Soul Tool Master, prompting Xu Sanshi to tease her about visiting him at night.
• Xuan Zi announced that the last seven students remaining in the arena would win, and the teachers left before the competition began.
• The Martial Soul Department students targeted the Soul Tool Department group, but Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao fought back with their Soul Tools while Bei Bei and Wang Dong'er joined them.
• Dai Huabin summoned his four Soul Rings, rushed toward Huo Yuhao, and challenged him to a one-on-one fight.

Huo Yuhao fought Dai Huabin, using his powerful physical and spiritual attacks to overcome the four-ring Soul Elder’s defenses. The fight left Dai Huabin humiliated after he had to rely on a Soul Tool to block Huo Yuhao’s final strike.

• Dai Huabin summoned his White Tiger martial soul and revealed four Soul Rings, while Huo Yuhao answered with three rings, including an eighteen-thousand-year black ring.
• Huo Yuhao struck Dai Huabin with Great Sumeru Palm, forcing him back and numbing his hand.
• Dai Huabin used his White Tiger skills to block Huo Yuhao’s next palm, but Huo Yuhao’s Soul Impact left him dizzy.
• Dai Huabin unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower, but Huo Yuhao weakened him with Group Weakness and evaded the attack.
• Huo Yuhao feinted a spiritual attack and struck Dai Huabin with Great Sumeru Palm, making Dai Huabin use a Third Level Soul Tool shield to avoid injury.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Dai Huabin for needing a Soul Tool and suggested he transfer to the Soul Tool Department.