Chapter Summaries

After defeating Chen Zifeng, Huo Yuhao joined the Shrek Seven Devils lineup and gained Mu En’s attention. Mu En tested Huo Yuhao’s Judgment Will with Reign Over the World and prepared to teach him a lesson in true self-created soul skills.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Chen Zifeng with Blade Intent, prompting Chen Zifeng to recognize his shortcomings in swordsmanship.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on how he had fused his Spiritual Power, Soul Power, will, and the Ice Blade Gu’s origin power to create Judgment.
• Yan Shaozhe finalized the Shrek Seven Devils lineup, naming Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Ling Luocheng, and Xixi as the representatives.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Huo Yuhao to Sea God Pavilion, where Huo Yuhao met Mu En and learned that the old dormitory guard was the Master of Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En asked Huo Yuhao to reveal his intent, and Huo Yuhao’s Judgment Will clashed with Mu En’s Reign Over the World as Mu En prepared to teach him.

After Luo Sheng lost his Shrek Seven Devils position, Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo blamed Yan Shaozhe and pinned their hopes on Huo Yuhao and the Extreme Solo Soldier Plan. Huo Yuhao studied how to fuse the Spirit Eyes’ origin power and glimpsed a path toward a domain, while the Reserve Team selection ended with seven familiar students chosen.

• Luo Sheng told Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo that Dai Yueheng had defeated him, and the deans complained that Yan Shaozhe was undermining the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Duoduo said the Soul Tool Department’s hope lay in the Extreme Solo Soldier Plan and sent Luo Sheng to fetch Fan Yu.
• Mu En strengthened his Reign Over the World with Martial Soul Origin Power, prompting Huo Yuhao to investigate how to fuse his Spirit Eyes’ origin power with soul power and Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao used Recall Gu to explore a domain based on Instant, but stopped before completing it and thanked Mu En for his guidance.
• Huo Yuhao left Sea God Pavilion and decided to develop a meditation technique suited to himself, drawing on the Mysterious Heaven Skill and other methods.
• Xuan Zi held a free-for-all to select the Reserve Team, and Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou were the final seven; Xuan Zi then asked why the selection had been a free-for-all.

Xuan Zi explained the deadly trials faced by Inner Court students and revealed that Wang Dong'er’s group had been chosen as the Reserve Team for the next Shrek Seven Devils. After celebrating with Huo Yuhao, He Caitou asked him why he opposed the Extreme Solo Soldier Plan, and Huo Yuhao stood by his refusal.

• Xuan Zi praised the group’s teamwork, warned them about the dangers of Inner Court life, and described how a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had killed eight of twelve students under his charge.
• Xuan Zi explained the political stakes of the Soul Fighting Tournament and announced that the group had become the Reserve Team, though they would still need to pass years of scrutiny and qualify for the Inner Court.
• Xu Sanshi rejoiced at joining the Reserve Team alongside Jiang Nannan, while achievement rewards granted Jiang Nannan a Swift Shadow Gu and Xu Sanshi a Heavenly Canopy Gu.
• Huo Yuhao celebrated the selection with the Reserve Team and considered founding the Spirit Pagoda and eventually incorporating the Tang Sect into it.
• He Caitou asked Huo Yuhao about rejecting the Extreme Solo Soldier Plan, and Huo Yuhao said the plan was meaningless to him and conflicted with his principles.

Huo Yuhao rejected the Extreme Solo Soldier Plan and urged He Caitou to pursue it instead, learning that He Caitou was a Sun Moon Empire prince seeking revenge. Two weeks later, Huo Yuhao’s new Ice Soul Blade Domain overwhelmed Shrek’s tournament teams as the Main and Reserve Teams gathered to prepare for the competition.

• Huo Yuhao argued that the Extreme Solo Soldier Plan was unsuitable for him and told He Caitou that he would be a better candidate.
• He Caitou revealed that he was the nephew of the Sun Moon Empire’s emperor and wanted to gain strength to avenge himself; Huo Yuhao accepted him as a friend.
• He Caitou joined the Tang Sect and volunteered to watch its movements for Huo Yuhao, who planned to take control of it.
• Over two weeks, Huo Yuhao perfected the Ice Soul Blade Domain and used it to defeat Dai Yueheng with one move.
• Xuan Zi brought Shrek’s Main and Reserve Teams together before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament and had them test their teamwork.
• Huo Yuhao dominated the mixed-team battles with his domain and other abilities, prompting Xuan Zi to remind the Reserve Team that they would also need to compete.

Xuan Zi warned the Reserve Team about the stakes of competing, assessed the students after their sparring match, and led the tournament team toward Star Luo City. On the road, he began explaining why Shrek’s Inner Court had so few disciples, ending with Beibei’s answer that it was because of their responsibility.

• Xuan Zi warned the Reserve Team that careless losses could bar them from the Inner Court, then named Beibei captain and Tang Ya the main control Soul Master after excluding Huo Yuhao from the sparring match.
• Xuan Zi praised Tang Ya’s Mutated Blue Silver Grass and the cooperation between Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao before ordering the team to leave for Star Luo City the next morning.
• Dai Yueheng accused Dai Huabin of offending Huo Yuhao, slapped him, and warned him to repair their relationship and follow their mother’s goal.
• Huo Yuhao, the Main Team, the Reserve Team, Xuan Zi, and Wang Yan left Shrek Academy for Star Luo City, and Xuan Zi stopped to question the Reserve Team about the Inner Court’s small numbers.
• Tang Ya guessed that Inner Court standards were high, Xu Sanshi suggested its students might cause trouble, and Beibei answered that the reason was the Inner Court’s responsibility.

Xuan Zi secured the Reserve Team’s agreement to join the Shrek Monitoring Group, then briefed them on their first mission: eliminating the bandit group Death’s Hand in the Ming Dou Mountain Range. As the team prepared to depart, He Caitou demonstrated his cigar-based Food System Martial Soul, leaving everyone laughing and reluctant to try it.

• Xuan Zi explained the Inner Court’s responsibilities and asked the seven Reserve Team members whether they would join the Shrek Monitoring Group, and all seven agreed.
• Wang Yan distributed Inspector’s Rings, and Ma Xiaotao described the mission to kill the roughly three hundred bandits of Death’s Hand and their Soul King-level Evil Soul Master leader.
• Xuan Zi reassured the worried Reserve Team that he would lead the mission, while Ma Xiaotao assigned Inner Court members to help Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao travel quickly.
• Huo Yuhao suggested using He Caitou’s Food System Martial Soul to conserve energy, and He Caitou summoned an enormous cigar after warning everyone not to laugh.
• The students and Wang Yan burst out laughing at He Caitou’s Soul Skill, and Wang Yan volunteered to try the cigar.

He Caitou’s cigar Martial Soul proved to be an unusually powerful source of long-lasting team support, and Huo Yuhao’s group used it on their journey to the Star Luo Empire. After locating the Death’s Hand Bandit Group’s hideout in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, the team prepared to attack, with Xuan Zi revealing that he had been watching over them.

• He Caitou demonstrated that his cigars enhanced Spiritual Power, strength, defense, and Soul Power, and Wang Yan recognized him as a gifted Food System Soul Master.
• The Inner Court students and Reserve Team tested He Caitou’s cigars, and the group relied on their boosts during the journey before enjoying Xiao Huo Barbecue.
• Huo Yuhao met Dai Hao at the Western Legion of the Star Luo Empire, where the group received intelligence about the Death’s Hand Bandit Group.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spiritual Power to track the bandits to a cave in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and Wang Yan assigned the Main Team to attack while the Reserve Team stayed behind.
• Tang Ya and Xu Sanshi worried about Xuan Zi’s absence, but Huo Yuhao said he was protecting them in secret, and Xuan Zi appeared above them and reassured the group.

Shrek’s Inner Court and Reserve Team attacked the Death's Hand Bandit Group, but Death God's Emissary detonated the corpses of the fallen and nearly overwhelmed them. Huo Yuhao protected the others and killed Death God's Emissary, while Xuan Zi arrived late; the survivors were left injured but alive as Huo Yuhao checked his rewards.

• Ma Xiaotao led the Inner Court members into the bandit cave, where they found human skins and a child's corpse and began slaughtering the bandits.
• Wang Yan brought the Reserve Team into the battle, and Beibei led them in defeating the weaker bandits.
• Death God's Emissary triggered chain corpse explosions, and Huo Yuhao used his powers to shield the Inner Court members while the Reserve Team stayed near the outskirts.
• Huo Yuhao teleported to Death God's Emissary and killed him with the Ice Soul Blade Domain, though the explosions continued.
• Xuan Zi arrived and suppressed the remaining blasts and poisonous blood, finding no one dead; Huo Yuhao then watched his achievement notifications.

After the Death God's Emissary’s corpse explosions injured several Shrek disciples, Xuan Zi returned to the academy with the two most seriously wounded while Wang Yan led the remaining team onward. At the reconvened Sea God Pavilion Meeting, the elders discussed replacements for the injured Starting Members and backed Yan Shaozhe’s proposal, pending Mu En’s approval.

• Huo Yuhao received four achievement rewards, including Seven-Fragrance Wine Gu, which could help him compress soul power and pursue early soul-core condensation.
• Xuan Zi assessed the explosion victims: Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng were badly injured and poisoned, while Dai Yueheng, Ling Luocheng, and Xixi had lesser injuries; Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao were unharmed.
• Xuan Zi took Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng back to Shrek Academy for treatment, leaving Wang Yan to lead the others toward the tournament.
• At the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Xuan Zi reported the injuries and accepted responsibility, while Yan Shaozhe and the elders reassured him.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed bringing in other Inner Court students, including Yao Haoxuan or Luo Sheng, to support the Reserve Team, and the elders approved the plan in principle as they awaited Mu En’s decision.

At the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Mu En condemned the Academy’s handling of the Monitoring Task and ordered reforms to integrate the Martial Soul and Soul Tool Departments. In Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao recovered from the mission and went shopping with the Reserve Team while seeking a new achievement target.

• Mu En rebuked Xuan Zi over the injured disciples and ordered every Inner Court disciple to obtain custom Flying and defensive Soul Tools.
• Mu En ordered closer cooperation between the Martial Soul and Soul Tool Departments and an exchange program with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy, while the Elders discussed the threat posed by Sun Moon Soul Tools.
• Mu En rejected sending reinforcements to the tournament and warned Xuan Zi that another failure would bring consequences.
• Huo Yuhao escorted the badly injured Dai Yueheng, who tried to win him over and triggered the “Tough Guy, Tender Heart” achievement, rewarding Huo Yuhao with Straight-Charge Gu.
• After arriving in Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao went shopping with Wang Dong'er and the Reserve Team while looking for the silver-haired Sun Moon team girl who had triggered an achievement target.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek team registered for the tournament, drawing the attention of Sun Moon Royal Academy and the Hongchen siblings. Two days later, the tournament began with Shrek facing Tianling Academy in the first elimination match, and Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong'er onto the stage.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Yan, and the seven Reserve Team members registered Shrek's competitors while Ma Xiaotao cultivated to pursue a breakthrough to Soul Power Level seventy.
• Meng Hongchen fell for Huo Yuhao at first sight, while Xiao Hongchen saw him as a rival and vowed to defeat Shrek.
• The Hongchen siblings argued about Huo Yuhao and Shrek's chances, and Ma Rulong planned to ask Elder Ma to analyze Shrek's team.
• Two days later, the tournament opened with a single-elimination round of seven-versus-seven matches, and Shrek drew Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy for its first match.
• Wang Yan selected Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong'er to represent Shrek as the crowd welcomed them onto the stage.

Shrek Academy’s reserve team crushed Tianling Academy in a brief opening match, revealing Ma Xiaotao’s strength and Huo Yuhao’s extraordinary spirit rings. Their performance alarmed rival teams and caught Emperor Xu Jiawei’s attention, who questioned Elder Xuan Zi about Huo Yuhao.

• Shrek Academy’s lineup stunned the crowd when Ma Xiaotao displayed six spirit rings and Huo Yuhao revealed a yellow, purple, purple, black configuration.
• Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed Tianling Academy with Phoenix Fire Line while Huo Yuhao charged through its formation, and Shrek won in moments.
• Huo Yuhao declined to watch the other matches, and Shrek’s team left the arena for the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Xu Jiawei ordered an investigation into Shrek’s competitors and asked Xuan Zi about Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen discussed Shrek’s strength, with Xiao declaring Huo Yuhao his rival.

Elder Xuan took Ma Xiaotao to obtain a Seventh Soul Ring, leaving Wang Yan to lead Shrek through the Round Robin with the Reserve Team and Huo Yuhao. As Shrek’s first Round Robin match began, the team faced a weak opponent who would not require Huo Yuhao to fight.

• Elder Xuan decided to take Ma Xiaotao hunting for a Seventh Soul Ring so she could advance to Soul Saint.
• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei learned that Shrek’s Starting Members were badly injured, recognized that Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao could not be recruited, and ordered the intelligence kept secret.
• Wang Yan told the team that the Reserve Team and Huo Yuhao might have to compete in the first two Round Robin matches, then assigned formations for the different match formats.
• Ma Xiaotao left with Elder Xuan, while Dai Yueheng, Xixi, and Ling Luocheng continued recovering from their injuries.
• The elimination round ended, and the Round Robin began amid huge crowds as Shrek entered Star Luo Plaza to face a weak first opponent.

Huo Yuhao and Shrek Academy faced Zhengtian Academy in the first match of the Round Robin, with Shrek fielding its reserve members and a powerful opponent led by Ye Wuqing. After the draw selected an Individual Elimination Round, Huo Yuhao rejected the plan to save himself for last and chose to fight first.

• Huo Yuhao arrived with Shrek's reserve team, while spectators and rival academies wondered why Shrek's older starting members were absent.
• Ma Rulong concluded that Shrek was using the Round Robin to train its reserves and conceal its strength.
• Huo Yuhao and Ye Wuqing drew a yellow ball, setting their match as an Individual Elimination Round.
• Wang Yan and Beibei planned to have Huo Yuhao hold the line at the end, but Huo Yuhao noted Ye Wuqing's strength and refused to reveal the team's abilities that way.
• Huo Yuhao announced that he would fight first and sweep through Zhengtian Academy's seven competitors.

Huo Yuhao entered Shrek Academy’s Individual Elimination Round match against Zhengtian Academy and swept aside its first four Soul Masters with precise Soul Shock attacks. As Zhengtian captain Ye Wuqing watched his teammates fall, Shangguan Can took the stage, believing his Spirit-type Martial Soul could counter Huo Yuhao.

• Wang Yan worried Huo Yuhao might have to fight all seven Zhengtian competitors in succession, but Huo Yuhao volunteered to begin the match.
• Blood Wolf charged at Huo Yuhao after transforming, but Huo Yuhao knocked him unconscious with a controlled Soul Shock.
• Yang Yifan and then Yan'er entered the stage and were each defeated before they could land an attack or use a Soul Skill.
• Shangguan Can volunteered to fight after concluding that Huo Yuhao was using Spiritual Power, and he manifested his Soul-Absorbing Bell as the match resumed.

Huo Yuhao defeated Shangguan Can by overwhelming his Spiritual Power, then forced Tang Xiaolei to concede after nullifying all five of his arrows. Shrek Academy took the fifth match, leaving Huo Yuhao poised to continue his one-versus-seven sweep against Zhengtian Academy.

• Shangguan Can used Soul Control on Huo Yuhao, but the spiritual backlash left him unconscious and gave Shrek Academy the win.
• Xu Jiawei recognized the vast gap between Huo Yuhao and Shangguan Can in Spiritual Power and learned that Huo Yuhao was a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor with Twin Martial Souls.
• Zhengtian Academy sent Tang Xiaolei, who fired five arrows from his Purple Brilliance Bow, spending all his spirit rings and Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao caught and crushed Tang Xiaolei's first arrow, then disrupted the space around the remaining arrows and shattered them.
• Tang Xiaolei conceded, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner of the fifth match after Huo Yuhao had eliminated five opponents without moving from his spot.

Huo Yuhao continued his Individual Elimination Round against Zhengtian Academy, using Spiritual Replication to copy Tang Xiaolei’s bow skill and unleash a devastating arrow at Yu Mengdi. The Soul Saint referee blocked the attack, leaving Yu Mengdi defeated and Ye Wuqing to face Huo Yuhao next.

• Huo Yuhao reflected on how the tournament’s varied opponents had helped him develop his combat skills and understand his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul.
• Yu Mengdi took the arena as Zhengtian Academy’s second-to-last contestant and flew upward, planning to keep her distance from Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao used his Fourth Soul Skill, Spiritual Replication, to copy Tang Xiaolei’s Purple Brilliance Bow skill and fire a powerful black arrow at Yu Mengdi.
• Yu Mengdi combined her First, Third, and Fifth Soul Skills to unleash Angel, God-Sealing Slash, but Huo Yuhao’s arrow broke through her attack.
• The Soul Saint referee shielded Yu Mengdi and blocked the arrow with his Martial Soul Avatar, suffering a serious injury in the process.
• Tang Xiaolei was stunned to see Huo Yuhao use a stronger version of his soul skill, while Ye Wuqing realized he would have struggled to stop the attack himself.

Huo Yuhao defeated Ye Wuqing with his Ice Soul Blade Domain and a devastating Ice Soul Blade strike, completing Shrek Academy’s one-vs-seven sweep of Zhengtian Academy. Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy identified Huo Yuhao as a major threat and suspected that he possessed Twin Martial Souls.

• Ye Wuqing unleashed his Golden Leaf storm, but Huo Yuhao’s Ice Soul Blade Domain shredded it without him visibly activating a Spirit Ring.
• Huo Yuhao turned the domain into a powerful Ice Soul Blade attack, and the referee intervened as Huo Yuhao spread and controlled the blow to protect Ye Wuqing.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the crowd erupted in cheers as the damaged arena revealed the force of Huo Yuhao’s attack.
• Xiao Hongchen concluded that Huo Yuhao had Twin Martial Souls, while Ma Rulong called him Sun Moon Academy’s greatest enemy and warned Xiao about the Empire’s Millennium Plan.
• Meng Hongchen remained focused on Huo Yuhao and resolved to trick him into coming to the Sun Moon Empire.

After Huo Yuhao swept Zhengtian Academy, he explained his Ice Soul Blade Domain to the Shrek team and spotted two Body Sect experts who had come to recruit him. Lang Ya and Yu Tao confronted him at the hotel, where Huo Yuhao calmly agreed to talk with them.

• Xiao Hongchen remained convinced that unrestricted soul tools could let him match Huo Yuhao, while Elder Ma warned him and Meng Hongchen that Huo Yuhao would be their archenemy for years.
• Wang Yan praised Huo Yuhao's One-vs-Seven Sweep, and Huo Yuhao explained that the Ice Soul Blade Domain drew on his Spiritual Power and Martial Soul Origin Power.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Lang Ya and Yu Tao watching him from several kilometers away, and the two Body Sect experts decided to approach him.
• Lang Ya used his gaze to daze the Shrek students, but Huo Yuhao snapped his fingers to bring them back to their senses and chose to speak with the visitors.
• Beibei and Wang Dong'er let Lang Ya and Yu Tao hear that Elder Xuan was nearby, then went upstairs while Huo Yuhao sat with the two men in the hotel lounge.

Huo Yuhao declined the Body Sect’s invitation to join, despite its promises of guidance and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone. After Yu Tao tried to force him, Giant Strength Douluo Cheng Gang intervened, and Huo Yuhao later told the Shrek team about the encounter and considered pursuing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lang Ya and Yu Tao identified Huo Yuhao’s eyes as a Body Martial Soul and invited him to return to the Body Sect, promising to help him develop it and obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Huo Yuhao refused to join before graduating, but Yu Tao reached for him, prompting Cheng Gang to appear and confront the Body Sect brothers.
• Yu Tao and Cheng Gang exchanged attacks in the hotel lobby, then left to spar outside while Lang Ya apologized to Huo Yuhao and gave him the brothers’ address.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Shrek team and explained the Body Sect’s offer and Yu Tao’s clash with Cheng Gang; the team discussed the sect’s reputation and Huo Yuhao’s decision.
• Huo Yuhao considered visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after the tournament to accelerate his Body Martial Soul development.