Chapter Summaries

At the freshman top sixteen advancement match, Mu Jin and the opposing team were stunned when Wang Dong revealed a thousand-year Second Soul Ring and Huo Yuhao evaded Nanmen Yun'er's attack with an unfamiliar movement technique. Ye Buqun accepted Wu Feng's provocation and struck back with his Overlord Tiger Roar Fist, sending her flying toward the edge of the arena.

• Ning Tian ordered Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er to focus their attacks on Huo Yuhao while boosting her teammates with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Wang Dong blocked Nanmen Yun'er's Jadeite Slash and revealed a thousand-year Second Soul Ring, shocking Mu Jin and the spectators.
• Nanmen Yun'er redirected her blades toward Huo Yuhao, but he evaded them with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Wang Dong returned to defend him.
• Wu Feng taunted Ye Buqun into promising not to dodge her next attack, then charged him with Dragon's Fury: Dragon's Fire.
• Ye Buqun met Wu Feng's blazing fist with his Overlord Tiger Roar Fist and sent her flying, but Ning Tian caught her before she fell out of the arena.

Ye Buqun revealed a second Martial Soul and used mirror illusions to hold off Ning Tian's team while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong prepared their technique. As the minute ended, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong emerged with changed auras, and their opponents felt an oppressive pressure.

• Ye Buqun knocked Wu Feng back, then drove Nanmen Yun'er away from Wang Dong so Wang Dong could regroup with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuqun revealed his second Martial Soul, a battered mirror, shocking Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and the spectators.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong entered a meditative state while Ye Buqun created countless illusion clones and used mirrors to shield them.
• Ning Tian empowered Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er, who destroyed the mirror formation and exposed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong after one minute.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong opened their eyes with changed auras as Ye Buqun said it was their turn to shine.

Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao used their fusion skill to defeat Ning Tian's team and advance to the round of sixteen. After the match, Ma Xiaotao confronted Ye Buqun, confessed her interest in him, and demanded that he be her boyfriend, but he told her he already had a girlfriend.

• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao used Haodong's Power and the Purple Demon Eye to overwhelm Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er, winning the match and advancing to the round of sixteen.
• Ye Buqun exchanged a smile and wave with Jiang Nannan in the audience while Ma Xiaotao watched him intently.
• Ma Xiaotao stopped Ye Buqun on a lakeside path and said that a strange dream and her instincts made her want to know him better.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Ye Buqun to be her boyfriend, and he replied that he already had a girlfriend.
• Ma Xiaotao's expression darkened when Ye Buqun repeated that he had a girlfriend.

Ye Buqun dodged Ma Xiaotao’s advances and attacks until Huo Yuhao’s group arrived and drove her off. After Xiao Xiao joined the group as a reserve member and Tang Sect recruit, his friends demanded that he explain what had happened.

• Ma Xiaotao confessed her interest in Ye Buqun, grew angry when he said he had a girlfriend, and attacked him as he tried to leave.
• Ye Buqun dodged Ma Xiaotao’s flaming punches and pretended her attacks had forced him to reveal his Fist Gauntlet Martial Soul.
• Tang Ya, Beibei, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao arrived, and Xiao Xiao used Cauldron’s Quake while Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass failed to restrain Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao brushed off Tang Ya, told Ye Buqun she would keep watching him and visit again, then flew away on scarlet wings.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ye Buqun what had happened, and Xiao Xiao introduced herself as the team’s reserve member and said she and Wang Dong had joined the Tang Sect.
• Ye Buqun tried to distract the group by welcoming Xiao Xiao, but Tang Ya and Wang Dong demanded a full explanation.

After Ma Xiaotao’s visit left his friends curious, Ye Buqun avoided explaining their exchange when Zhou Yi arrived and interrupted their questioning. Zhou Yi welcomed Xiao Xiao as their substitute teammate, praised the team’s victory, and arranged for Ye Buqun to obtain his gauntlets’ second soul ring while Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao prepared for the quarterfinals.

• Tang Ya, Beibei, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao pressed Ye Buqun to explain Ma Xiaotao’s words, but he stalled and tried to bluff them.
• Zhou Yi arrived and took Ye Buqun, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao to her office, ending their friends’ interrogation.
• Zhou Yi introduced Xiao Xiao as the team’s substitute, and the students accepted her as their teammate.
• Zhou Yi praised the team’s victory and told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to keep developing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ye Buqun showed Zhou Yi his second martial soul and concealed the true quality of its soul rings with the Concealment Mask.
• Zhou Yi ordered Ye Buqun not to hunt soul rings alone again and planned to help him obtain his gauntlets’ second soul ring; Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao were set to compete in the quarterfinals.

Ye Buqun traveled with Tang Ya, Beibei, and Cai Tou to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable soul ring. When a swarm of Soul Devouring Rats ambushed them, the four fought back.

• Zhou Yi sent Tang Ya, Beibei, and Cai Tou to accompany Ye Buqun on his soul ring hunt.
• Tang Ya pressed Ye Buqun about his relationship with Ma Xiaotao before Cai Tou joined the group.
• The four set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Cai Tou and Tang Ya discussed Soul Tools.
• Ye Buqun used his Eye of Mirror to spot a group of Soul Devouring Rats secretly following them and warned the others.
• Tang Ya bound several rats with her Blue Silver Grass, Cai Tou fired his Soul Gun, and Beibei attacked with Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Ye Buqun used Overlord Tiger Roar Fist against the charging rats.

Cai Tou, Beibei, Tang Ya, and Ye Buqun defeated Soul Devouring Rats, then faced a swarm of Thorn Snake Grass drawn by the blood scent. Their battle collapsed the loosened ground beneath them, leaving the group trapped in an underground pit as Tang Ya explained what had caused it.

• Cai Tou used his Soul Tool Assault Rifle to wipe out most of the Soul Devouring Rats, and the four finished off the rest.
• Ye Buqun and Tang Ya rejected the idea of absorbing a Soul Ring from a rat, while Cai Tou argued that a suitable ring mattered more than its source.
• Cai Tou, Beibei, Tang Ya, and Ye Buqun fought Thorn Snake Grass that swarmed them from the bushes and surrounding woods.
• Ye Buqun created clones to attack the plants, and the group's combined assault caused the ground around them to collapse.
• Cai Tou checked on the others in the underground pit, and Tang Ya explained that the Thorn Snake Grass had loosened the soil beneath them.

Beneath the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Buqun and his companions fought seven powerful Great Soul-Devouring Rats while Cai Tou supported them with cigar-based soul skills and weapons. The chapter also showed Huo Yuhao’s team defending him during their Shrek Academy match, then left the underground battle escalating as Cai Tou revealed a Soul Guided Rocket Launcher and Ye Buqun sensed a familiar aura.

• Cai Tou summoned his cigar Martial Soul and used two soul skills to strengthen and invigorate his teammates against the approaching Great Soul-Devouring Rats.
• The rats roared and attacked, while Cai Tou fired his Soul Tool Assault Rifle and Ye Buqun, Tang Ya, and Beibei fought back.
• At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing and Spiritual Detection as Wang Dong repelled two attackers and Xiao Xiao shielded him from a nunchaku strike.
• Ye Buqun punched one rat with his Overlord Tiger Roar Fist, but it recovered quickly as the seven beasts continued their assault.
• Cai Tou produced a Soul Guided Rocket Launcher, and Ye Buqun paused before using the Sea God Trident after sensing a familiar aura.

In the underground Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Buqun and the others destroyed seven Great Soul-Devouring Rats before a powerful ice-wielding creature attacked them. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao turned the tide of the freshmen quarterfinals with a coordinated attack.

• Cai Tou fired his Soul Guided Rocket Launcher at the Great Soul-Devouring Rats, but flames suddenly consumed all seven, and Cai Tou denied that his weapon had caused them.
• At the freshmen quarterfinals, the Lone Wolf Soul Master knocked Wang Dong down, so Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Interference to disorient the opposing team.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao prepared a counterattack, and Xiao Xiao merged her three golden cauldrons as the sound of a giant bell rang out.
• After the rats died, their soul rings appeared and the underground temperature plunged; Ye Buqun warned that another creature was approaching as an ice blade split the group apart.
• Cai Tou, Tang Ya, and Beibei attacked through the freezing mist, but the hidden creature's ice blades overwhelmed them and cut apart Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass.
• Ye Buqun used Shadow Clone, swept Tang Ya into his arms, and leaped away from the barrage.

Ma Xiaotao rescued Ye Buqun, Tang Ya, Beibei, and Cai Tou from the Ice Frost Silver Horned Dragon, while Ye Buqun insisted on claiming it for his second Soul Ring. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Xiao revealed her second Martial Soul, the Nine Phoenix Auspicious Flute, during the freshman advancement match.

• Ma Xiaotao appeared in the underground cavern and melted the Ice Frost Silver Horned Dragon’s attacks, then glared at Ye Buqun for carrying Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya identified the Soul Beast as an Ice Frost Silver Horned Dragon, and Ye Buqun declared that he wanted it as his second Soul Ring.
• Ma Xiaotao summoned her Phoenix and attacked the dragon with her Fifth Soul Skill, Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike, as the dragon unleashed a wave of cold air.
• During the freshman top-eight advancement match, Xiao Xiao used her three golden cauldrons while the Blue Cat Soul Master rushed toward Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Xiao revealed her second Martial Soul, the Nine Phoenix Auspicious Flute, and used its First Soul Skill, Slowness.

Ma Xiaotao arrived at the freshmen boys’ dormitory dressed up and asked Ye Buqun to come with her. After he tried to avoid her, she took him away to a candlelit place deep in the mountains, where the reason for her visit remained unknown.

• Ye Buqun returned to Dorm 108 late at night and found Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao asleep.
• Ma Xiaotao visited the boys’ dormitory, drawing the freshmen’s attention with her striking appearance.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Huang Chutian to call Ye Buqun, and he went to fetch him.
• Ye Buqun tried to pretend he was not there, but Ma Xiaotao caught the door and persuaded him to come outside.
• Ma Xiaotao flew away with Ye Buqun and brought him to a dark, candlelit spot in the mountains.

Ye Buqun accompanied Ma Xiaotao to her secluded cave, where she confessed her feelings and declared that she would become his second girlfriend despite his relationship with Jiang Nannan. As Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Evil Fire flared out of control, she pulled him into the cave’s lake and kissed him.

• Ma Xiaotao brought Ye Buqun to a private cave she had discovered in the mountains near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ye Buqun that she felt drawn to him and that a dream had reminded her of his aura.
• Ye Buqun said he already had a girlfriend, and Ma Xiaotao identified Jiang Nannan and insisted that he now had two girlfriends.
• Ma Xiaotao grew dizzy as her evil fire intensified, and Ye Buqun supported her.
• Ma Xiaotao pulled Ye Buqun into the cave lake and urged him to use his second soul skill to cool her.
• Ma Xiaotao tried to restrain her flames, then kissed Ye Buqun.

Ye Buqun and Ma Xiaotao grew closer after he helped suppress her evil fire, then he joined Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong for a semifinal match against a team led by the powerful Soul Elder Bisheng. The match remained underway as Ye Buqun dodged Bisheng’s attacks and his teammates fought Fengmei and Li Ershi.

• Ye Buqun used the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to help suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, and she asked him to stay with her.
• A day and a half later, Ma Xiaotao cheered Ye Buqun from the stands, while Jiang Nannan noticed and felt displeased.
• Bisheng introduced himself as a Soul Elder with Soul Power Level thirty-two, surprising the arena before the match began.
• Wang Dong clashed with Fengmei, while Ye Buqun caught and destroyed one of Li Ershi’s light arrows aimed at her.
• Bisheng attacked Ye Buqun with his spear, keeping him from helping Wang Dong as Li Ershi fired five more arrows.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock to halt and scatter the five arrows, while Wang Dong broke free of Fengmei’s attack and Ye Buqun continued dodging Bisheng.

Huo Yuhao's team defeated Bisheng's team in the freshmen's top-four qualifying match, with Ye Buqun revealing a powerful second Soul Skill and a thousand-year second Soul Ring. The three teammates celebrated their advance and headed to the cafeteria, where Huo Yuhao lamented that he still lacked a second Soul Ring.

• Fengmei and Wang Dong traded powerful attacks, while Ye Buqun struck Bisheng with his Overlord Tiger Roar Fist.
• Huo Yuhao used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to rush Li Ershi and knock him down with an uppercut.
• Ye Buqun used Shadow Clone against Bisheng, then revealed his thousand-year second Soul Ring and froze Bisheng with Extreme Ice Dragon Fist.
• Wang Dong fought Fengmei while Huo Yuhao struck him with Spiritual Impact, leaving him unconscious and securing the match for Huo Yuhao's team.
• Huo Yuhao, Ye Buqun, and Wang Dong headed to the cafeteria, where Wang Dong celebrated their victory and Huo Yuhao complained about lacking a second Soul Ring.

After the team advanced to the quarterfinals, Du Weilun praised Ye Buqun, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao but dismissed Huo Yuhao as a core disciple candidate because of his low rank and ten-year soul ring. Huo Yuhao’s friends tried to cheer him up, while Jiang Nannan and Ye Buqun arranged to spend the afternoon alone together, drawing jealous attention from someone watching in the shadows.

• Du Weilun praised Zhou Yi’s students and requested the files of Ye Buqun, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao as potential core disciples.
• Zhou Yi urged Du Weilun to recognize Huo Yuhao, but Du Weilun said Huo Yuhao’s rank and soul ring disqualified him.
• Wang Dong tried to comfort Huo Yuhao on the way to the cafeteria, but Huo Yuhao misunderstood Jiang Nannan’s attempt to speak privately with Ye Buqun.
• Jiang Nannan invited Ye Buqun to eat grilled fish with her by the river, while an unseen observer watched them angrily.
• At the cafeteria, Wang Dong accused Huo Yuhao of deliberately pretending not to understand that Jiang Nannan wanted time alone with Ye Buqun, but Huo Yuhao denied it.

At the Yizhang River, Ye Buqun took Jiang Nannan fishing and caught a herring, but its blood drew a pack of Blue Tigerhead Sharks from the water. The sharks surrounded them, and Jiang Nannan used her second soul skill to immobilize them as Ye Buqun prepared to fight.

• At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong accused Huo Yuhao of staring at Jiang Nannan and warned him not to covet a friend's wife.
• Ye Buqun brought Jiang Nannan to the Yizhang River and wagered that he could spear a fish, using his Eye of Mirror to locate a herring in the murky water.
• Ye Buqun speared the herring, but a Blue Tigerhead Shark leaped from the river, stole the catch, and alerted several more sharks to the blood.
• Ye Buqun warned Jiang Nannan to retreat and summoned his Fist Gauntlet Martial Soul as the sharks emerged and surrounded them.
• Ye Buqun created Mirror Beast clones, while Jiang Nannan activated Gravity Control and pinned the sharks in place.

Ye Buqun and Jiang Nannan defeated Blue Tigerhead Sharks, caught fish, and shared a meal by Yizhang River while Ma Xiaotao watched from a distance. That night, Huo Yuhao dreamed of being bullied as a child by Young Master Dai and his men, just as his mother rushed to help him.

• Jiang Nannan used Gravity Control to restrict the Blue Tigerhead Sharks, and Ye Buqun and his clones defeated them.
• Ye Buqun secretly checked the river, then he and his clones caught fish and grilled them with seasoning from Huo Yuhao.
• Ye Buqun and Jiang Nannan ate together, and Ma Xiaotao saw their closeness before leaving to avoid trouble.
• Ye Buqun rubbed Jiang Nannan's head and touched her rabbit ears, and the two returned to the dormitory late.
• Huo Yuhao dreamed that Young Master Dai and his burly men forced his younger self to kneel and beat him.
• Huo Yuhao's mother arrived and rushed toward him as he warned her to stay back.

Huo Yuhao relived the childhood abuse that led to his mother's death in a nightmare, then told Wang Dong and Ye Buqun what had happened. At the freshman advancement matches the next day, he recognized Dai Huabin, one of the people responsible for his mother's death, and struggled to control his rage.

• Huo Yuhao dreamed of Dai Huabin and his men brutally beating him and his mother, then saw a figure resembling Ye Buqun appear and destroy them with a sword strike.
• Huo Yuhao woke screaming, and Wang Dong and Ye Buqun comforted him as he recounted his tragic past.
• Wang Dong cried as she sympathized with Huo Yuhao, while Ye Buqun patted his shoulder.
• The next day, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and the other top freshman teams gathered for the advancement matches.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Dai Huabin and clenched his fists, struggling to restrain his urge to fight him over his mother's death.

Huo Yuhao controlled his anger when he saw Dai Huabin at the freshman semifinals draw, then resolved to lead his team to the championship after drawing a different opponent. The semifinal began with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ye Buqun facing Zhou Sichen’s team, whose unusual martial souls were revealed as the battle started.

• Huo Yuhao steadied himself after seeing Dai Huabin, and Ye Buqun and Wang Dong supported him as they waited to draw lots.
• Dai Huabin drew number four, and Huo Yuhao drew number two, meaning their teams could meet only in the final if both advanced.
• Huo Yuhao vowed that his team had to become champions, and Wang Dong promised they would win.
• Zhou Sichen’s team drew number one and became Huo Yuhao’s semifinal opponent.
• Zhou Sichen summoned a golden bear and a fire tiger from his Treasure Codex, while Cao Jinxuan revealed his Fleeting Time Clock martial soul.

Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Zhou Sichen’s team in the semifinal after Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used Haodong’s Power to knock Cao Jinxuan unconscious. They advanced to the afternoon final against Dai Huabin’s team, and Huo Yuhao revealed that Dai Huabin was the legitimate son of the White Tiger Duke.

• Ye Buqun used his Shadow Clone and Overlord Tiger Roar Fist to block Zhou Sichen’s summoned beasts while Wang Dong deflected Long Xiangyue’s boomerang.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fused their Soul Power, and Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock knocked Cao Jinxuan unconscious.
• Long Xiangyue enlarged his boomerang and attacked Huo Yuhao, but Wang Dong intercepted it with the Light of the Butterfly God.
• Ye Buqun created more clones and defeated Zhou Sichen and Long Xiangyue, sending Huo Yuhao’s team to the final.
• Huo Yuhao’s team learned that Dai Huabin’s team had also won, setting up a championship match that afternoon.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong and Ye Buqun that Dai Huabin was the legitimate son of the White Tiger Duke.