Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao battled a cunning Man Faced Demon Spider while Wang Dong was caught in its web, but Huo Yuhao arrived and froze the web with his Netherworld Ice Soul Domain. With Wang Dong safe, Huo Yuhao prepared to face the remaining danger.

• Ma Xiaotao realized the Man Faced Demon Spider had targeted Wang Dong and tried to finish it before the web could kill her.
• Wang Dong was trapped in the air, considered using her hidden weapons and martial skills, and feared she had become a burden.
• Huo Yuhao arrived and froze the surrounding area, causing the Man Faced Demon Spider's web to fall away from Wang Dong.
• Wang Dong reunited with Huo Yuhao and suggested they use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to help Ma Xiaotao.
• Huo Yuhao declined, judging that the Sea God had deliberately arranged the situation.

Huo Yuhao acquired a Space-Time Demon Eye External Soul Bone while rushing to rescue Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao in the Star Dou Great Forest. He helped Ma Xiaotao defeat a Man Faced Demon Spider, which appeared to leave behind something potentially useful.

• Huo Yuhao encountered and defeated a mysterious, roughly two-thousand-year-old Space-Time Demon Eye, then used the Forcible Seizure Gu to obtain its External Soul Bone.
• Tian Meng warned Huo Yuhao that Xuan Zi was nearby, as Huo Yuhao continued toward Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao.
• Huo Yuhao found Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao battling a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider, while Ma Xiaotao fought at roughly Soul Saint strength with his help.
• Huo Yuhao secretly used Soul Shockwave to restrain the Man Faced Demon Spider, giving Ma Xiaotao the chance to kill it.
• Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong scolded Huo Yuhao for going soul-beast hunting alone, and Huo Yuhao noticed the Man Faced Demon Spider had dropped something.

Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong recovered a valuable Man-Faced Demon Spider soul bone and, after both girls declined it, Huo Yuhao accepted it. Meanwhile, Zhang Lexuan searched the Star Dou Great Forest and rushed toward an Inner Court Disciple’s distress signal, unsure whether it came from Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong found a dark right leg soul bone beneath the Man-Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong both declined the soul bone, while Ma Xiaotao said it was shared spoils and that its attributes did not suit her.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the soul bone after Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong both refused it.
• Zhang Lexuan searched the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Zone and reasoned that Huo Yuhao had likely stayed out of the Core Zone.
• Zhang Lexuan sensed an Inner Court Disciple’s distress signal in the Outer Zone and rushed toward it, wondering whether Huo Yuhao had sent it.

Huo Yuhao waited in the Star Dou Great Forest with Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao, grilling Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear meat to lure Xuan Zi. After Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi arrived, Huo Yuhao showed them his simulated Soul Rings and began preparing an advanced grilled dish for Xuan Zi.

• Huo Yuhao grilled Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear meat while Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao recovered and joined him for a meal.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived, accepted Huo Yuhao’s invitation to eat, and urged him to ask the academy for help with his Third Soul Ring if needed.
• Xuan Zi followed the smell of the meat to their camp, and Huo Yuhao explained that he had already absorbed his Third Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to display yellow, purple, and purple Soul Rings, reassuring Zhang Lexuan that he had planned carefully.
• Huo Yuhao earned Zhang Lexuan’s Protect Junior Brother achievement and received Moon Radiance Gu.
• Xuan Zi offered Five-Colored Brocade Chicken eggs, and Huo Yuhao promised to make an advanced version of grilled meat.

Huo Yuhao returned safely to Shrek after earning a new Gu insect, then went to research the Space-Time Demon Eye. Xuan Zi reported the trip to Mu En, including Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Wang Dong’s Twin Martial Souls.

• Huo Yuhao grilled Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear meat for Xuan Zi and earned the Labor Gu achievement reward.
• Huo Yuhao and the others returned to Shrek City, and Huo Yuhao went to the Inner Court Library to research the Space-Time Demon Eye.
• Xuan Zi reported to Mu En that Huo Yuhao and the others had returned safely, and Mu En refused Xuan Zi’s request to take Huo Yuhao as his disciple.
• Xuan Zi told Mu En that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong possessed a remarkably powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xuan Zi revealed that Wang Dong had Twin Martial Souls.

Mu En and Xuan Zi discussed Wang Dong’s Twin Martial Souls and whether they could fuse with Huo Yuhao’s, while Mu En reflected on Shrek’s future and the decline of the Tang Sect. Huo Yuhao then read the Ten Great Fierce Beasts rankings, prompting Ice Empress and Tian Meng to dispute the list as he reached the entry ranked tenth.

• Mu En recalled the Clear Sky Sect’s reasons for sending Wang Dong to Shrek and suspected her connection with Huo Yuhao might be more than coincidence.
• Mu En learned that three new students had Twin Martial Souls and asked Xuan Zi whether Wang Dong’s Clear Sky Hammer could fuse with Huo Yuhao’s Ice Jade Scorpion; Xuan Zi said it could not.
• Mu En reflected on the Clear Sky Sect’s inherited techniques, the Tang Sect’s decline, the rise of Soul Tools, and his limited time left to protect Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao read the Ten Great Fierce Beasts rankings and learned from Ice Empress that they measured cultivation rather than strength and excluded undiscovered and sea Soul Beasts.
• Ice Empress questioned Di Tian’s first-place ranking, Tian Meng claimed she would rank first if humans knew of her, and Huo Yuhao teased her as he reached the tenth-ranked Soul Beast.

Huo Yuhao fused the Space-Time Demon Eye External Soul Bone, which greatly strengthened his Spiritual Sea and helped him absorb more of Tian Meng’s Spiritual Origin. He reached the Soul Douluo level of Spiritual Power but did not break through to Tangible Yet Formless, and Tian Meng and Ice Empress waited for him to wake.

• Huo Yuhao read about the Ten Great Fierce Beasts and recognized that the Space-Time Demon Eye soul bone matched his Spirit Eyes and might be ready to fuse with them.
• Tian Meng advised Huo Yuhao to absorb the soul bone, and he returned to his dormitory’s cultivation room to begin the fusion.
• The soul bone fused painlessly with Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes, forming a blue-gold pattern on his brow and opening a vertical eye within his Spiritual Sea.
• Tian Meng released more of her Spiritual Origin, helping Huo Yuhao expand his Spiritual Sea until his Spiritual Power reached the Soul Douluo level.
• Ice Empress noted that Huo Yuhao had not reached Tangible Yet Formless, while Tian Meng and Ice Empress waited for him to wake and report what he had gained.

After the Space-Time Demon Eye fused, Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Power and Spirit Eyes improved, though he remained uncertain whether his Martial Souls had undergone a Secondary Awakening. He spent two months cultivating at Shrek Academy, then learned from Ma Xiaotao that a teacher might expect him to compete alone in the New Student Assessment.

• Huo Yuhao learned from Tian Meng that his Spiritual Power was near the level of an ordinary non-Spirit-Type Soul Douluo, and Tian Meng predicted he could reach Tangible Yet Formless within three years.
• Huo Yuhao considered whether his Spirit Eyes’ evolution was a Secondary Awakening, but concluded that it might instead be an innate awakening that remained incomplete.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Space-Time Demon Eye enhanced his Spiritual Power cultivation, time-space affinity, and Spirit Eye abilities, while helping him use Instant at triple speed without strain.
• Over the next two months, Huo Yuhao cultivated at Shrek Academy and completed Han Ruoruo’s second Achievement Task, earning a paired Heart Sound Gu.
• As the New Student Assessment approached, Ma Xiaotao told Huo Yuhao that a teacher seemed to want him to form a team by himself.

After reaching level thirty-five, Huo Yuhao stood out among the freshmen while Shrek prepared to assign teams for the New Student Assessment. The chapter left the class awaiting its team assignments, with Huo Yuhao expected to compete alone.

• Huo Yuhao used two External Soul Bones and Origin Stones to cultivate to level thirty-five, though his Ultimate Attribute slowed his progress.
• Freshman Class Nine kept all one hundred students, while Zhou Yi expelled nearly half of Freshman Class One before the Academic Affairs Department reprimanded her.
• Du Weilun crossed Zhou Yi off the list of Class One teachers for the next term and planned to assign Wang Yan and Mu Jin instead.
• Mu Jin explained the New Student Assessment rules and handed out forms for students to state their future cultivation preferences.
• Mu Jin announced that one student would have to form a team alone, and the class looked to Huo Yuhao as he calmly accepted the prospect of fighting three opponents.

Mu Jin assigned Huo Yuhao to compete alone in the New Student Assessment and placed Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er together. Huo Yuhao defended his choice of the Assault System, while Wang Dong worried about facing him and decided to focus on passing the assessment.

• Mu Jin assigned Huo Yuhao to Group One alone and put Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er in the seeded Group Two.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er accepted their team assignment, and Huo Yuhao agreed to compete alone.
• Mu Jin advised Huo Yuhao that his Spirit Eye suited the Control System, but he said he preferred the Assault System and its power.
• Wang Dong saw her assigned teammates and worried that their group could not defeat Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong set aside her earlier promise to beat Huo Yuhao and decided to concentrate on passing the New Student Assessment.

Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan prepared as a team for the New Student Assessment while Huo Yuhao entered the competition alone. The assessment began with Huo Yuhao assigned to Area Eleven, where the other freshmen recognized him and feared facing him.

• Zhou Yi learned that Xiao Xiao had a second Martial Soul and approved her choice to specialize in the Control System, then urged Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan to aim for the championship.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan discussed their Martial Souls and abilities, then practiced together, with Wang Dong defeating the other two without using her Second Soul Skill.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory to cultivate alone, confident he could win the New Student Assessment without teammates.
• The academy prepared more than three hundred teams for the assessment, which would eliminate all but one hundred and fifty groups.
• Huo Yuhao arrived alone in Area Eleven, alarming the other freshmen who recognized him as the student who had defeated Xu Sanshi.
• The academy announced that the assessment was about to begin, and Wang Yan was named the person in charge of Area Eleven.

Wang Yan examined Huo Yuhao’s talents as Huo Yuhao entered the New Student Assessment and defeated three opponents almost instantly. The victory completed an achievement that rewarded Huo Yuhao with a Shadow-Recording Gu, while Wang Yan grew more determined to study him.

• Wang Yan learned from Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao possessed Ultimate Ice and had become an Inner Court Disciple, then arranged to observe him as an examiner.
• Wang Yan introduced the assessment rules and announced Huo Yuhao’s first match against Xu Yuanhao, Sun Jiabing, and Yu Ying.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eye and a fast-acting technique to knock all three opponents away, winning the match in an instant.
• Wang Yan watched Huo Yuhao with intense curiosity, and Huo Yuhao received the Shadow-Recording Gu achievement reward.

Huo Yuhao went undefeated in the Round Robin stage and advanced to the top sixty-four, while Wang Yan learned that his Spirit Eyes skills were auxiliary. Wang Dong’s team also qualified with a perfect record, and she wondered whether she and Xiao Xiao might possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Huo Yuhao’s opponents repeatedly forfeited or conceded, and his team won all ten matches to advance to the top sixty-four.
• Wang Yan asked Huo Yuhao about his Spirit Eyes soul skills, and Huo Yuhao said his first two were auxiliary while his Third Soul Skill granted Teleportation.
• Wang Dong’s team used their Trump Cards to win ten matches, and their battle against Huang Chutian and the Lan Sisters left her impressed by Xiao Xiao’s resilience.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao discussed the Lan Sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wang Dong asked whether they might have one too.

Wang Dong encouraged Xiao Xiao and Bai Yan to stay confident as their team entered the New Student Assessment’s elimination rounds, while hoping for a chance to defeat Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao drew Area Three and met a team led by Huang Chutian, alongside the twin sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.

• Wang Dong grabbed Xiao Xiao’s hands to test for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Xiao Xiao rejected the idea and scolded her.
• After the Round Robin, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan discussed the strong Soul Elder teams and resolved to keep trying for the championship.
• Wang Dong privately saw the elimination round as her only chance to defeat Huo Yuhao, while Ma Xiaotao encouraged Huo Yuhao from the teachers’ platform.
• Du Weilun finished roll call, the sixty-four teams drew lots, and the first elimination matches began across thirty-two arenas.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Area Three and met his opponents, Huang Chutian and the twins Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.

Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Huang Chutian’s team in seconds and advanced through the elimination rounds as the assessment reached the top sixteen. In his next match, Huo Yuyao faced a team led by the time-type soul master Cao Jinxuan, whose opening attack created an opportunity for his teammates.

• Huo Yuhao knocked out Huang Chutian, Lan Luoluo, and Lan Susu with one strike, sending his team into the top thirty-two.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan won their match and advanced, while the unbeaten round-robin teams continued through the elimination rounds.
• Wang Yan greeted Elder Xuan before the top-sixteen matches began, and Huo Yuhao noted that four teams with Soul Elders had been drawn apart.
• Huo Yuhao faced Zhou Sichen, Long Xiangyue, and Cao Jinxuan, whose Time Flies Clock Martial Soul distorted the light around him.
• Cao Jinxuan enveloped Huo Yuhao with his soul rings, and Zhou Sichen and Long Xiangyue attacked together, believing they had found a chance to win.

Huo Yuhao countered Cao Jinxuan’s time-control attack and led his team into the quarterfinals. The draw then paired his Class Nine team against another team from the same class, while Zhou Yi and Mu Jin argued over their classes’ tournament prospects.

• Cao Jinxuan tried to restrain Huo Yuhao so Long Xiangyue and Zhou Sichen could attack, but Huo Yuhao reflected and strengthened the control skill with Illusion—Mirror Heaven Reversal.
• Huo Yuhao used his speed and strength to knock out Cao Jinxuan, Long Xiangyue, and Zhou Sichen, securing his team’s advance to the quarterfinals.
• Wang Yan praised Huo Yuhao’s ability, while Elder Xuan considered his developing self-created soul skill and regretted that he could not take him as a disciple.
• The quarterfinal draw matched Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Class Nine team against Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun’er from Class Nine.
• Mu Jin and Zhou Yi traded taunts about their classes’ chances; Zhou Yi proposed a Spirit Bone wager, but Mu Jin refused and walked away.
• The match between Huo Yuhao’s team and Ning Tian’s team was about to begin.

At the quarterfinals, Huo Yuhuao stunned the crowd by revealing he had reached level 35, then faced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er. The match began with the three launching a coordinated attack, and Huo Yuhuao countered Wu Feng with a punch.

• Yan Shaozhe praised Huo Yuhuao and hinted that his championship reward would remain a surprise.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er introduced themselves before facing Huo Yuhuao in the quarterfinals.
• Huo Yuhuao announced that he was a level-35 Soul Elder, shocking Yan Shaozhe and his opponents.
• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er's speed and strength as they attacked Huo Yuhuao together.
• Huo Yuhuao rushed toward Wu Feng and answered her dragon-claw strike with his Intentional Bombing Fist.

Huo Yuhao defeated Ning Tian's team, while Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan overcame Xie Huanyue's team to advance to the top four. Zhou Yi began looking ahead to a possible next-round match against Mu Jin's Class Nine and planned to claim the Spirit Bone.

• Huo Yuhao knocked out Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er, prompting Ning Tian to concede and completing her Unrequited Love achievement.
• Wang Dong used Butterfly God's Radiance to eliminate the Luo brothers while Xiao Xiao and Bai Yan held off Xie Huanyue.
• Xie Huanyue struck Bai Yan out of the arena, and Xiao Xiao trapped him with Heavy Artifact of the Nation while Wang Dong prepared her ultimate attack.
• Xie Huanyue surrendered when Wang Dong's golden Light Blade was ready, giving Wang Dong's team the victory and a place in the top four.
• Zhou Yi watched her students celebrate and decided she would take the Spirit Bone if she got the chance to face Mu Jin's Class Nine.

The semifinal draw paired Huo Yuhao’s team against Wang Dong’s team, while Dai Huabin’s team drew the other semifinal. As the matches were about to begin, Zhou Yi and Mu Jin wagered a Thousand Year Soul Bone on their teams’ contest, leaving Yan Shaozhe to witness the bet.

• After Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao recovered from their exhausting victory over Xie Huan Yue’s team, Zhou Yi praised them, while Wang Dong worried that her team might have reached its limit.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s dean and announced that he would watch the day’s matches.
• Huo Yuhao drew first, and Dai Huabin drew second; the semifinal pairing put Huo Yuhao’s team against Wang Dong’s team.
• Mu Jin taunted Zhou Yi about their teams’ semifinal, then challenged her to wager a Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Zhou Yi accepted the wager, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to witness it.

Huo Yuhao faced Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan in the New Student Assessment semifinal, where his teammates' assault failed to move him. The chapter left the match in progress as Wang Dong unleashed Butterfly God's Radiance at full power.

• Wang Dong urged Xiao Xiao and Bai Yan to fight Huo Yuhao despite their doubts and exhaustion.
• The elderly referee announced the semifinal rules, and both teams entered the arena.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan attacked Huo Yuhao together with their Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao caught Wang Dong and Bai Yan's attacks and sent them flying toward the arena's edge, then easily deflected Xiao Xiao's cauldrons.
• Wang Dong returned to the fight and unleashed Butterfly God's Radiance at full power, engulfing Huo Yuhao in golden light.