Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao used Origin Stones to cultivate while grilling fish, then sold Jiang Nannan an enhanced grilled fish that stirred memories of her father. After she ate it, he received a Green Silk Gu and went home, while Jiang Nannan regarded him with an unexpectedly strange gaze.

• Huo Yuhao revealed that his Ultimate Grilled Fish could support cultivation because energy from Origin Stones had leaked into it as he grilled.
• Huo Yuhao described how the Heavenly Origin Treasure Lotus Gu let him sustain cultivation during ordinary activities.
• Jiang Nannan remembered her father’s grilled fish, his death, her mother’s illness, and the bargain she had made with the Darkwater Sect involving Xu Sanshi.
• Jiang Nannan bought Huo Yuhao’s last grilled fish for one Gold Soul Coin and asked him to make it spicy.
• Jiang Nannan ate the fish and cried, saying it was worth the price, while Huo Yuhao received the Green Silk Gu achievement reward.
• Huo Yuhao finished work and headed home, noticing Jiang Nannan’s gaze seemed strange.

Huo Yuhao visited the Sea God Pavilion with Ma Xiaotao and faced a test from Elder Xuan, demonstrating the power of his Ultimate Ice and Netherworld Ice Soul Domain. Elder Xuan praised his talent, and Huo Yuhao received a Strength Gu before the chapter ended with a book recommendation.

• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao went to the Sea God Pavilion after eating at the Inner Court Cafeteria.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Yan Shaozhe and Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi, while Tian Meng and Ice Empress warned him that Xuan Zi was powerful.
• Xuan Zi tested Huo Yuhao by attacking him with a chicken bone, which Huo Yuhao shattered using Ice Emperor's Protection.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed his Netherworld Ice Soul Domain and met Xuan Zi's strength head-on, impressing the elders present.
• Xuan Zi praised Huo Yuhao's talent, and Huo Yuhao completed the achievement "Xuan Zi's Competitive Spirit Aroused" and received Strength Gu.

After demonstrating his strength to Xuan Zi, Huo Yuhao earned Yan Shaozhe’s admiration and triggered a personal achievement that rewarded him with a Ten-Year Life Gu. As the Sea God Pavilion bathed him in golden light, Elder Mu welcomed him with a nourishing Aura of Light.

• Xuan Zi praised Huo Yuhao’s strength, promised to help him at Shrek, and departed.
• Yan Shaozhe marveled at Huo Yuhao’s many talents and imagined Shrek’s next era of glory, while Ma Xiaotao felt proud of him.
• Huo Yuhao triggered the ‘Hidden Dragon Do Not Use’ achievement and received a Ten-Year Life Gu.
• The Sea God Pavilion shone gold, and Elder Mu’s voice told Huo Yuhao to calm his mind as a warm Aura of Light descended upon him.

Huo Yuhao cultivated under Mu En’s Aura of Light and advanced to Soul Power Level 29, while Mu En considered him a potential successor. Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao to keep studying in the Outer Court and raise his Soul Power before seeking Mu En.

• Mu En used the Aura of Light to help Huo Yuhao cultivate while Yan Shaozhe sent Ma Xiaotao away and stayed to guard him.
• Mu En reassured Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao was not connected to the Body Sect and considered whether he could inherit the Dragon Core.
• Huo Yuhao awakened after reaching Soul Power Level 29 and found Zhang Lexuan waiting beside him.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao he could leave, explained that he needed to find his own will and raise his Soul Power, and offered to help him with cultivation or hunting soul beasts.

Huo Yuhao visited Shrek’s Inner Court Library Pavilion to study Soul Master theory and research rare Spirit Beasts for his future hunt. In the Restricted Book Area, he met Han Ruoruo, who welcomed him as her new Junior Brother.

• Huo Yuhao decided to visit the Inner Court Library Pavilion and study because his Soul Master theory knowledge was weak and he needed to learn about rare Spirit Beasts.
• Huo Yuhao found the first floor of the Library Pavilion empty and reflected on how Inner Court Students prioritized cultivation and combat over reading.
• Huo Yuhao used his school badge to enter the second-floor Restricted Book Area with Red-Level reading authority.
• Huo Yuhao met Han Ruoruo, introduced himself as a new Inner Court Disciple, and learned that Zhang Lexuan had asked her to look after him.
• Han Ruoruo welcomed Huo Yuhao and remarked that she had not expected him to be interested in the Library Pavilion.

Huo Yuhao befriended Han Ruoruo in the Library Pavilion, earned a Gu worm for completing an achievement, and went with her to explore Shrek City. As they discussed Shrek’s demanding student system, he asked her to explain the Inner Court’s rules.

• Huo Yuhao discovered that Han Ruoruo had recorded the Library Pavilion’s access-control notification, and she offered to help him with questions.
• Huo Yuhao read an illustrated soul beast guide and triggered the “Making Friends Through Books” achievement, earning a Heart-Engraving Gu.
• Han Ruoruo invited Huo Yuhao to dinner in Shrek City, and they discussed his cultivation and his plans to reunite with Wang Dong after the New Student Assessment.
• Huo Yuhao and Han Ruoruo talked about the Outer Court’s strict elimination system and the Inner Court’s past assessments.
• Huo Yuhao asked Han Ruoruo to explain the Inner Court’s rules, and she began to answer.

Han Ruoruo explained that the Shrek Inner Court trained Inspectors to handle soul masters who committed evil, and outlined its graduation requirements and Monitoring Tasks. After dinner, Huo Yuhao returned to the Sea God Island dormitories, having given Tang Ya and Wang Dong badges to visit him for grilled fish.

• Han Ruoruo told Huo Yuhao that Inner Court Disciples served as Shrek Inspectors and took on voluntary Monitoring Tasks, many of which involved dangerous Evil Soul Masters.
• Han Ruoruo agreed with Dean Yan that Huo Yuhao should remain in the Outer Court while he was young, then explained the Inner Court's six-year study system and assessments.
• Han Ruoruo said she had stayed at Shrek Academy after essentially graduating because she had deep ties to the academy and no major power to return to.
• After dinner, Huo Yuhao headed to the Sea God Island dormitories and reflected on recent events and the challenges ahead.
• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya and Wang Dong badges that let them enter the Inner Court so they could visit him and eat grilled fish.

Huo Yuhao finished his first month at Shrek by cultivating, building friendships, reaching level thirty, and gaining new Gu. He secretly left for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Spirit Ring, leaving Ma Xiaotao a letter in case he failed to return.

• Huo Yuhao spent his days cultivating and reading, while Freshman Class Nine worked hard under his influence and Zhou Yi reduced Freshman Class One to seventy students through expulsions.
• Huo Yuhao strengthened his friendships with his classmates at weekly barbecue parties and completed Tang Ya's and Ning Tian's Achievement Tasks, earning Sight Gu and Dog Taming Gu.
• Huo Yuhao reached level thirty with the help of Origin Stones and developed powerful attacks using Sight Gu, Righteousness Gu, Soul Shock, and Ice Explosion Gu.
• Huo Yuhao left a letter for Ma Xiaotao saying he had gone alone to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Spirit Ring and asking her to seek help if he was missing for a week.

Huo Yuhao raised his Second Soul Ring to twenty thousand years with Tian Meng’s help, then secretly left Shrek Academy to seek his Third Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. He reached the forest’s Outer Zone confident that Tian Meng and Ice Empress could help him find a suitable soul beast.

• Huo Yuhao asked Tian Meng to raise his Second Soul Ring’s age, and his body proved capable of tolerating twenty thousand years.
• Tian Meng celebrated Huo Yuhao’s rapid growth, while Ice Empress was pleased by his progress.
• Huo Yuhao used his Mimicry Skill to leave Shrek Academy early in the morning and traveled south toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao reached the forest’s Outer Zone after a day of travel and prepared to search for his Third Soul Ring with Tian Meng and Ice Empress as his companions.

Huo Yuhao followed the Fate-Peering Gu’s guidance to the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, suspecting it would help complete a change gestating in his Spiritual Sea. As he searched for a Third Soul Ring, he discussed with Tian Meng and the Ice Empress whether to seek a spatial or time Soul Beast.

• Huo Yuhao used the dormant Fate-Peering Gu for spiritual guidance and received directions to the Mixed Zone, where he suspected the Gold of Life might help complete his Spirit Eyes’ transformation.
• Huo Yuhao traveled invisibly through the Star Dou Great Forest while using Spiritual Detection to scan the area.
• Tian Meng offered to seal part of a Soul Ring’s power so Huo Yuhao could absorb a Soul Beast with up to thirty thousand years of cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng he wanted a Soul Skill with time or spatial attributes, preferably a spatial ability like Instant Teleportation, though he would also consider a suitable Spirit Type Soul Beast.
• The Ice Empress reminded Tian Meng that the Spirit Eyes had awakened time-space attributes when they evolved at Shrek, and Huo Yuhao credited the change to the Immortal Venerable Inheritance.

Huo Yuhao entered the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest to find a soul beast with a Space Attribute and encountered three ten-thousand-year Three-Life Wolf Apes. He began fighting them with Ice Empress's help, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Tian Meng detected a suitable soul beast about five kilometers ahead, and Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao to stay alert.
• Huo Yuhao maintained Spiritual Detection, ruled out seeking the Three-Eyed Auspicious Beast, and prepared to leave the forest after obtaining a Spirit Ring.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that the target was accompanied by two more Three-Life Wolf Apes, each possessing the Space Attribute.
• Huo Yuhao activated Three-Turn Strength Gu and revealed Ice Empress's Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul as the three Wolf Apes charged.
• The leading Wolf Ape attacked with a Dark Attribute skill, and Huo Yuhao shattered its bubbles with a forceful stomp while the other two pounced.
• Huo Yuhao activated Ice Emperor's Protection and covered himself in Diamond Ice Crystal Armor.

Huo Yuhao faced three Three-Life Wolf Apes alone and deliberately endured their attacks until they unleashed their Trinity fusion skill. He froze them with the Ice Empress’s Domains and destroyed them with the Ice Explosion Technique, then wondered whether their Spirit Bones had survived.

• Huo Yuhao relied on his enhanced defenses and mana recovery as the Three-Life Wolf Apes attacked and teleported around him.
• The wolf apes surrounded Huo Yuhao and trapped him inside their Trinity fusion skill, while Tian Meng warned that its power might reach Soul Douluo level.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had been waiting for the wolf apes to use their ultimate move and called on the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao and the Ice Empress unleashed their Domains, freezing all three wolf apes despite the fusion skill’s protection.
• Huo Yuhao activated the Three-Turn Ice Explosion Gu, blasting the frozen wolf apes apart and hoping their Spirit Bones remained intact.

Huo Yuhao defeated the Three-Life Wolf Apes and fused their soul rings, while Ma Xiaotao alerted Zhang Lexuan that he was missing in the Star Dou Great Forest. Zhang Lexuan set out to find him as Ma Xiaotao went to notify Dean Yan and the others.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed a familiar destiny aura near the forest’s outskirts but chose to look for food instead.
• Huo Yuhao killed the Three-Life Wolf Apes, and Tian Meng fused their three soul rings into one for him to absorb.
• Huo Yuhao collected the three wolf apes’ ten-thousand-year Left Leg Bones, which held Teleportation and a Position Swap ability.
• Ma Xiaotao rushed to Zhang Lexuan and warned her that Huo Yuhao had gone alone into the dangerous Mixed Zone to seek a soul ring.
• Zhang Lexuan decided to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Huo Yuhao, while Ma Xiaotao agreed to notify Dean Yan and the others.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Three-Life Wolf Ape’s Soul Ring, gaining two spatial Soul Skills and reaching rank thirty-three. On his way back, he encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who recognized a shared aura of destiny and responded warmly to his touch, while the Ice Empress urged him to act before the Beasts noticed her absence.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Twenty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, rose three ranks, and reached rank thirty-three.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that the Third Soul Ring granted Spatial Movement and Spatial Control, stunning Tian Meng and Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that the spiritual guidance had not disappeared, and Tian Meng warned him that something big was coming.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared, and the Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao that the Emperor Auspicious Beast was powerful despite her relatively low cultivation.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion recognized a familiar aura in Huo Yuhao, then relaxed as he rubbed her head, which made his Soul Power circulate more smoothly.
• The Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could not remain away from the Beasts for long and urged him to think of a plan.

Huo Yuhao befriended the young Three-Eyed Golden Lion by sharing grilled fish and received the Light Rainbow Gu as a reward. When a powerful guardian approached, he fled, leaving the Auspicious Beast wondering why his escape seemed familiar.

• Huo Yuhao introduced himself to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who called herself the Emperor Auspicious Beast and said everyone called her Auspicious Beast.
• Huo Yuhao offered Auspicious Beast grilled fish, and she eagerly ate it and asked for more.
• Huo Yuhao unlocked the Light Rainbow Gu after earning Auspicious Beast’s friendship.
• A powerful guardian approached, and Tian Meng and Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao to escape.
• Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Auspicious Beast and used the Light Rainbow Gu to flee as light.
• Auspicious Beast watched him leave and wondered why his movement felt familiar.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest after Huo Yuhao fled, while he hunted a Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear to test his Forcible Seizure Gu. He killed the bear and found it had dropped a powerful Right Palm Bone, leaving him unable to use the Gu on its corpse.

• Three-Eyed Golden Lion gave up following Huo Yuhao, and Scarlet King returned to take her away from the Mixed Zone.
• Scarlet King tried to turn Three-Eyed Golden Lion against humans with a story, but she asked for grilled fish and kept trusting Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao escaped Scarlet King's pressure using the Third-Turn Light Rainbow Gu alongside the Strength Gu, then decided to test his Forcible Seizure Gu.
• Huo Yuhao found and instantly killed a two-thousand-year Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear with a weakened Soul Shockwave.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that the bear had dropped a dark-golden Right Palm Bone and realized he could not use the Forcible Seizure Gu on its corpse.

Huo Yuhao obtained a Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear’s rare External Soul Bone and successfully fused it into his right palm. He discovered that its five blade-like claws could extend and retract, giving him a powerful new weapon.

• Huo Yuhao recognized the bear’s right palm bone as a rare External Soul Bone capable of evolving with his Soul Power.
• Tian Meng and Ice Empress celebrated Huo Yuhao’s discovery, while Tian Meng privately wondered if he was the Emperor Auspicious Beast among human Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao froze and stored the bear meat, then used his Ice Soul Body and Spiritual Power to withstand the palm bone’s violent energy during fusion.
• The bone transformed Huo Yuhao’s right hand, forming five dark-golden blades that burst from his fingertips and quickly healed the wounds they caused.
• Huo Yuhao made the blades vanish and returned his hand to normal, confirming the fusion had succeeded.

Huo Yuhao tested his Darkgolden Terrorclaw and searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable soul beast, but found none before spotting Shrek students in danger. He rushed toward Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong as Ma Xiaotao fought a massive evil spider.

• Huo Yuhao tested the Darkgolden Terrorclaw's two forms and used Sky-Rending Claw to carve five deep trenches into the ground.
• Huo Yuhao spent a day searching the Mixed Zone for a suitable soul beast but found none and decided to head back.
• Tian Meng warned Huo Yuhao that Shrek people were nearby, and Huo Yuhao rushed toward them with the Light Rainbow Gu.
• Ma Xiaotao told Wang Dong to leave, then attacked a massive evil spider with her enhanced Phoenix abilities while Wang Dong fled and hoped for help.

Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong set out to find Huo Yuhao, but a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider attacked them in the Star Dou Great Forest. Ma Xiaotao fought the spider while Wang Dong sent up a distress signal, and the battle was still underway.

• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe about Huo Yuhao's disappearance, and he decided to seek out Xuan Zi while Zhang Lexuan headed into the forest.
• Wang Dong found Ma Xiaotao, explained that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill gave her a sense of Huo Yuhao's direction, and joined her search.
• Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong encountered a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, and Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike to break its web.
• Wang Dong retreated and fired a Shrek Academy distress signal while Ma Xiaotao engaged the spider.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed enhanced attacks against the spider, which dodged her explosion and pounced at her as she took to the air and lit her fifth soul ring.

Ma Xiaotao battled the Man Faced Demon Spider in Soul Beast Forest, forcing it to burn its cultivation with Spider God Possession. The injured spider targeted Wang Dong, who was trapped by its web as Ma Xiaotao raced to catch up.

• Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike and Phoenix Meteor Shower to attack the Man Faced Demon Spider, which fled and then unleashed Spider God Possession.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider endured the Phoenix Meteor Shower and charged at Ma Xiaotao, but she used her soul bone skill, Acceleration, to evade it.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider turned toward Wang Dong, and Ma Xiaotao warned her before pursuing it.
• Wang Dong flew away, but the Man Faced Demon Spider caught up and blocked her escape with Spider Web Bind.
• Wang Dong activated Butterfly God's Radiance, but the web showed no sign of weakening.