Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao used the Treasure Appraisal Event to bait Dai Huabin into making a move, while Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei plotted to exploit Huo Yuhao’s revenge against the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion. As the event began, Huo Yuhao detected several groups approaching his friends and Dai Huabin, including one whose purpose he could not identify.

• Huo Yuhao arranged for Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to attend the Treasure Appraisal Event ahead of him and spoke with Zhu Lu, anticipating Dai Huabin would target her.
• Xu Jiawei learned that Huo Yuhao was Dai Hao’s son and that Huo Yun’er had been killed by Dai Huabin’s guards.
• Xu Jiawei ordered his agent to cripple Dai Hao’s sons, reveal Huo Yuhao’s parentage to Dai Hao, and use the resulting conflict to weaken the Dai Clan while preserving it.
• Huo Yuhao concealed himself near the event and used Mental Detection to monitor Zhu Lu, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the others.
• Huo Yuhao detected two groups moving toward Wang Dong and Zhu Lu, and a third group moving toward Dai Huabin.

Dai Huabin plotted against Huo Yuhao, but an unknown attacker crippled him before Huo Yuhao captured six men sent to ambush him and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao. Huo Yuhao tracked the assassin’s cleanup efforts and went to Zhu Lu, where he overheard her friend teasing her about her feelings for him.

• Dai Huabin ordered Zhang Lao to arrange a plan against Huo Yuhao, then an unknown attacker pierced his dantian and left him powerless.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to witness Dai Huabin’s attack and found six black-clad Soul Masters approaching Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao knocked the six attackers unconscious with spiritual hammers and told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao that Dai Huabin had sent them.
• Huo Yuhao followed the assassin and saw him die; an old man dissolved the body and was later killed beneath a carriage at Shrek City’s eastern gate.
• Huo Yuhao went to Zhu Lu and overheard Cui Yajie teasing her about falling for him and asking how far their relationship had gone.

Zhang Lao attacked Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie on Dai Huabin’s orders, but Huo Yuhao arrived and defeated him before Shrek Academy intervened. After Cai Meier took charge of Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao joined Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao at the Treasure Appraisal Event, where the three received generous item allowances.

• Zhang Lao confronted Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie and tried to take them to Dai Huabin, so the two girls fought back and were badly injured.
• Huo Yuhao arrived, gave Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie healing pills, and knocked Zhang Lao down with a golden beam.
• Cai Meier arrived with Shrek Academy staff, heard Huo Yuhao's account, and went with him to where Dai Huabin lay unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao left Dai Huabin in Cai Meier's custody and went to the Treasure Appraisal Event, where he reunited with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• The three were evaluated at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and learned that Huo Yuhao could choose two items while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao could each choose one.

Huo Yuhao learned that the moon-patterned mirror at the Treasure Appraisal Event was a damaged, unusable Divine Artifact and exchanged for it. After Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier asked about his grievance with the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, he revealed that it had killed his mother and said he would take revenge himself in the future.

• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Xuanying and Gu Qingming to identify the fifty-million-Gold-Soul-Coin mirror, and Gu Qingming identified it as a severely damaged Divine Artifact containing Moonlight Power.
• Huo Yuhao used the academy's privileges to exchange for the mirror, which the event approved for delivery to his home.
• Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier questioned Huo Yuhao about his grievance with the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao said the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had killed his mother and declined Xian Lin'er's offer to accompany him there, saying he would take revenge himself later.
• Huo Yuhao asked Cai Meier whether she had found the other faction from the previous night.

Xian Lin'er brought Dai Huabin and Chen Lao to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and accused Dai Huabin of arranging attacks on Huo Yuhao and the Young Sect Master of Clear Sky Sect. The Duchess killed Zhang Lao and claimed he had acted alone, leaving the Dai Clan facing Shrek Academy's anger.

• Cai Meier gave Huo Yuhao the silver-white mirror he had bought, and Xian Lin'er prepared to travel to Star Luo City.
• A day later, Xian Lin'er carried Dai Huabin and Chen Lao to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion in a storm that damaged nearly half its buildings.
• Xian Lin'er accused Dai Huabin of ordering assassinations targeting Huo Yuhao and the Young Sect Master of Clear Sky Sect.
• Dai Huabin stayed silent while Zhang Lao claimed responsibility, and the Duchess insisted her son was innocent.
• Xian Lin'er demanded that the mansion deal with Zhang Lao, and the Duchess killed him while declaring him the sole culprit.

After Xian Lin'er forced the White Tiger Duke's family to apologize and compensate Shrek Academy, the Dai Clan elders confronted Dai Huabin and planned further measures. Back at Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao resolved to target the Dai family and entered the Dream God Realm to seek out Dai Loli.

• Xian Lin'er demanded that the White Tiger Duke and Duchess come to Shrek City to apologize to Huo Yuhao, then tossed Dai Huabin to the Duchess and left.
• The Dai Clan elders questioned Dai Huabin about his conflict with Huo Yuhao and blamed him for provoking Shrek Academy and the Clear Sky Sect.
• The elders ordered Dai Hao to return, arranged generous compensation and repairs, and planned to have Dai Huabin examined before assigning him to the military's death squad.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his studies, then decided to begin targeting the Duchess, Dai Hao, and Dai Huabin; that night, he secretly visited Jiang Wan and gave her a pill.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Dream God Realm and shifted his attention to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, intending to find Dai Loli.

Huo Yuhao used the Dream God Realm to give Dai Loli a dream of an entire life, then recreated the Immortal Herb from that dream, awakening Dai Loli’s Martial Soul and advancing his Soul Power. After Jiang Nannan questioned him about finding him with Jiang Wan, Huo Yuhao returned to the Dream God Realm and resolved to help Dai Loli inherit the Duke’s title.

• Huo Yuhao drew Dai Loli into the Dream God Realm and made him experience a life in which he rose to become a Titled Douluo, only to discover Dai Hao had deceived him.
• Dai Loli awoke confused at the Duke’s Mansion, realized his Martial Soul had undergone a second awakening, and hurried to find his mother.
• Jiang Nannan questioned Huo Yuhao about why he had been in Jiang Wan’s room and why they had been hugging without clothes.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had been testing the Dream God Realm and had recreated the Immortal Herb that Dai Loli consumed in his dream.
• Huo Yuhao decided to help Dai Loli claim the Duke’s title and planned to kill Dai Yueheng before the Soul Master Competition.

Dai Hao returned to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, punished Dai Huabin, and decided Dai Loli would train in the military camp after his second Martial Soul awakening. At Shrek Academy, gossip spread about the Duke’s promised apology, while Huo Yuhao and his classmates learned that second-year Core Disciples would compete in a selection tournament.

• Dai Hao slapped Dai Huabin twice, told him to make others see the Dai Clan as right, and arranged to visit Shrek Academy with gifts.
• Dai Hao recognized Dai Loli’s improved cultivation, praised his second awakening, and said he would enter the military camp for training.
• Jiang Nannan required Huo Yuhao to be present whenever he conditioned Jiang Wan, and news of the Duke’s coming apology spread through Shrek Academy and Shrek City.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao glared at Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie as the two showed growing interest in Huo Yuhao during class.
• Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao and the other second-year Core Disciples that they would participate in the academy’s selection tournament the next day.

Wang Yan explained that the selection tournament would choose seven reserves for the next generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, while Huo Yuhao had already been given a place. The tournament began as a free-for-all, leaving the Core Disciples to choose their first moves.

• Wang Yan told the students that losing the tournament carried no punishment and that Huo Yuhao did not need to compete.
• Huo Yuhao explained to his classmates that the tournament would select reserves for the Shrek Seven Devils, making them take the contest seriously.
• Wang Yan brought the Core Disciples to the Soul Duel Zone, where Huo Yuhao met Nan Qiuqiu and the academy's Inner Court students.
• Xuan Zi announced that the last seven students remaining in the free-for-all would win, then abruptly started the fight.
• The students froze briefly, and the girls gathered around Huo Yuhao chose to stick together.

Xuan Zi selected Huo Yuhao as the final official team member for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, then held a chaotic melee to choose reserves. Seven students survived, while the eliminated candidates challenged the fairness of the selection.

• Jiang Nannan and the others formed an alliance during the melee, but rival students focused their attacks on them after Jiang Nannan revealed her five Soul Rings.
• He Caitou unleashed a barrage of metal tubes, and Xiao Xiao blocked it with her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron as the fight continued.
• Xuan Zi summoned Huo Yuhao and announced that he would fill the final official team position; Huo Yuhao revealed that he was level sixty-five and had Twin Martial Souls.
• The Lan Sisters used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and the others used Soul Spirits to turn the melee around.
• Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Nan Qiuqiu, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and Wu Tong remained as the reserve team, while the eliminated students refused to leave and questioned the selection.

Xuan Zi defended the harsh melee assessment by recounting the dangers Inner Court disciples faced, but a student whose sister died in an incident caused by Xuan Zi challenged his account. Xuan Zi declared he would resign and flew to Sea God Island, while Huo Yuhao doubted the academy would punish him.

• Xuan Zi told the Core Disciples that the melee tested their abilities and described the deadly trials Inner Court disciples faced.
• A fifth-year student who had passed the Inner Court assessment challenged Xuan Zi, saying the deaths in his example had resulted from Xuan Zi's mistake.
• The student revealed that Li Yida, one of the eight students who died, was his older sister and accused Xuan Zi of showing no real remorse.
• Xuan Zi admitted fault, said he would resign and relinquish his positions, then flew toward Sea God Island.
• Huo Yuhao doubted the academy would punish a Level 98 Titled Douluo, and Wang Yan dismissed the students and told them they could file complaints.

Dai Hao and the Duchess went to Shrek Academy to apologize, where Huo Yuhao confronted them and revealed the depth of their enmity. After they left, Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er about his past, and she offered him support before he teasingly proposed using his Soul Tools on her.

• Dai Hao and the Duchess visited Xian Lin'er, who demanded a proper apology ceremony and rejected Dai Hao's appeal to old ties.
• Huo Yuhao advised a senior at the arena to seek protection through the Spirit Pagoda, then went to meet Dai Hao and the Duchess.
• The Duchess recognized Huo Yuhao, and he made her bleed from her seven orifices before declaring that they would lose everything.
• Dai Hao took the Duchess away, and Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er about the past grievances between them.
• Xian Lin'er offered to support Huo Yuhao, and he suggested using his Soul Tools on her that night; she scolded him but did not refuse.

Dai Hao tried to secure Huo Yuhao’s forgiveness by apologizing and claiming him as his son, while the Duchess concealed parts of their history. Huo Yuhao rejected Dai Hao’s remorse and told him never to speak of him or his mother again.

• The Duchess told Dai Hao about Huo Yuhao after he warned that the Duke’s Mansion and Dai Huabin were in danger, and Dai Hao decided he could use the revelation to restore the Dai Clan’s fortunes.
• Dai Hao requested an audience with Shrek Academy, signaling to Shrek City’s factions that the White Tiger Family had fallen out with the academy.
• Dai Hao and the White Tiger Family’s group waited in the Soul Tool Department while Huo Yuhao spent the day with Ma Xiaotao and Xian Lin'er.
• Huo Yuhao eventually entered the office, rejected Dai Hao’s familiar address, and listened as Dai Hao claimed he had loved Yun'er and been unable to return home for ten years.
• Huo Yuhao accused Dai Hao of abandoning his mother despite having time for another family, refusing to help when Huo Yuhao sought treatment for her, and faking her grave; he told Dai Hao never to speak of either of them again.

Huo Yuhao rejected Dai Hao’s apology and compensation, then the Sea God Pavilion meeting turned to Elder Xuan’s resignation over an old expedition tragedy. Huo Yuhao admitted that the Soul Hall had exposed the incident, leaving the Elders to confront why the victims’ families knew about it.

• Huo Yuhao accused Dai Hao of neglecting Huo Yun'er, demanded compensation, and vowed that Dai Hao would lose his power and family.
• Dai Hao failed to visit Huo Yuhao again and left Shrek after surrendering gifts worth twenty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Elder Xuan announced that he would resign from his academy posts because he could no longer bear responsibility for the deaths of eight Inner Court disciples.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to persuade Elder Xuan to stay, but Huo Yuhao objected to his defense of Elder Xuan.
• Mu En stopped Elder Xuan from leaving and asked how the victims’ families had learned of the academy-secret incident.
• Huo Yuhao admitted that the Soul Hall had included Elder Xuan on a list of irresponsible teachers and revealed the incident.

At the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Mu En punished Xuan Zi for his past failures and assigned him to lead Shrek Academy’s teams in the upcoming Soul Master Competition. Xuan Zi gathered the main and reserve teams to prepare, while Huo Yuhao learned the reserve members might compete and heard Jiang Nannan introduce herself as a level-sixty Soul King.

• Mu En stripped Xuan Zi of his deputy commander position and ordered him to lead the competition team, warning that he would cripple him if his mistakes harmed students again.
• Xian Lin'er explained to Huo Yuhao why Xuan Zi had avoided punishment before and suggested recruiting the victims’ families into the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er he could easily beat Xuan Zi, surprising her with his strength.
• Two days later, Xuan Zi gathered the seven reserve members and seven main-team members at the Soul Arena and explained their roles in the tournament.
• Xuan Zi warned the reserve members that they could compete but must not lose, then began introductions with Jiang Nannan, who said she was a level-sixty Power Attack System Battle Soul King.

The reserve and official teams introduced themselves and sparred before Huo Yuhao took Wu Tong and the Lan Sisters to consume Immortal Herbs. After Wu Tong awakened, Huo Yuhao became intimate with her and then turned his attention to the Lan Sisters, who were left preparing to share the night with him.

• Jiang Nannan and the reserve team introduced themselves, surprising the Official Team Members with their Soul Power Levels.
• Xuan Zi led mixed-team sparring matches, then barred Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao from the bouts because they were too strong.
• After treating everyone to a meal, Huo Yuhao took Wu Tong and the Lan Sisters aside and explained the Immortal Herbs to them.
• Huo Yuhao gave the three girls pills in an isolated hotel room, and Wu Tong awakened first after consuming an Immortal Herb.
• Wu Tong pounced on Huo Yuhao, and the Lan Sisters awoke to find them entwined together.
• Huo Yuhao drew the Lan Sisters to him, and Lan Luoluo offered to help him hold Lan Susu down.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the Lan Sisters’ Martial Souls showed signs of a second awakening after they took Immortal Herb pills. The next day, he brought a group to the Star Dou Great Forest’s experimental zone, where he learned that Sea Soul Beasts had recently fought Di Tian.

• Huo Yuhao told Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo that their hair Martial Souls might be approaching a second awakening and urged them to cultivate diligently.
• Huo Yuhao brought Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, Wu Tong, and the Lan Sisters to the Star Dou Great Forest to help several people reach their bottlenecks.
• The group saw injured soul beasts living peacefully alongside humans in the experimental zone, and Wang Dong began to understand its temporary harmony.
• Huo Yuhao found many severely injured soul beasts over fifty thousand years old and asked Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Ten Thousand Demons King what had happened.
• The Demon Empress appeared with Lan Fozi, threatened Wu Tong after mistaking her for Xiao Wu, and reminded Huo Yuhao of his promise to help her take revenge.
• The Demon Empress said Sea Soul Beasts had come to the Star Dou Great Forest and fought Di Tian before retreating, and Huo Yuhao asked why they had invaded.

Huo Yuhao helped the Star Dou Great Forest recover from the Sea Soul Beasts’ attack, strengthened Wang Dong, and unlocked a new ability after transforming the Dream God Realm into his inner world. His first Equivalent Exchange target was Tang San, and Huo Yuhao examined the possible trades involving him.

• The Demon Empress told Huo Yuhao that Sea God Island had instigated the Sea Soul Beasts’ attack, and Bi Ji reported that casualties had been low.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to inform Gu Yuena and helped several girls contract Soul Spirits at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, raising her Soul Power to level fifty and helping her obtain her fifth Soul Ring.
• The Auspicious Beast sensed Huo Yuhao nearby and asked Di Tian to let her see him, but Di Tian refused because she remained a target.
• Huo Yuhao refreshed his Solidification Task, causing the Dream God Realm to become his inner world and unlocking the Equivalent Exchange ability.
• Huo Yuhao’s first exchange target was Tang San, and he reviewed the available trades, including the possibility of Tang San creating the Hao Dong Three Wonders.

Huo Yuhao tested an Equivalent Exchange offer with Lan Fozi, then reassured the Demon Empress that he would honor their revenge agreement and not force himself on her daughter. The Demon Empress offered herself to him in front of Lan Fozi, who watched in shock and found herself torn between supporting her mother and her own feelings for Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao rejected trading with Kallen and decided against taking advantage of her potential, then considered Lan Fozi as a possible trading target.
• Lan Fozi agreed to give Huo Yuhao everything she possessed if he helped her and the Demon Empress take revenge, but Huo Yuhao declined the proposed trade.
• The Demon Empress confronted Huo Yuhao for considering Lan Fozi, and he promised to help her take revenge on Tang San without forcing himself on Lan Fozi.
• After hearing the Demon Empress say she would not interfere if Lan Fozi fell in love with Huo Yuhao, Lan Fozi stopped outside the room and overheard them.
• The Demon Empress offered herself to Huo Yuhao while Lan Fozi watched, leaving the girl shocked and conflicted about her mother and her own attraction to him.

Huo Yuhao traded the Hao Dong Three Wonders to Tang San for the Tang Sect’s ultimate arts cultivation progress and gave it to Wang Dong, while Tang San unexpectedly developed a new fist technique from his longing for Xiao Wu. After coordinating with Gu Yue and Na’er against Tang Hao and Ah Yin, Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy with the team for the Soul Master Competition.

• Huo Yuhao traded away the Hao Dong Three Wonders and gave Wang Dong the Tang Sect ultimate arts cultivation progress, helping her master Mystic Jade Hand.
• Tang San lost cultivation progress in his Tang Sect arts, then discovered the Thinking of Wu Fist, Thoughts Like a Spring technique and vowed to save Xiao Wu.
• Huo Yuhao met Gu Yue and Na’er in the Dream God Realm and agreed to help them locate Tang Hao and Ah Yin so they could use the Golden Ancient Tree against them.
• Gu Yue and Na’er returned to the Star Dou Great Forest after Huo Yuhao learned that Sea Soul Beasts had begun probing the forest.
• Ten days later, Huo Yuhao, Xuan Zi, Wang Yan, and Shrek Academy’s Official Team Members and reserve team departed the academy, with Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and the Lan Sisters having grown stronger.