Chapter Summaries

A year later, Huo Yuhao left home with Tang Ya, Gu Yue Na, and Jiang Nannan to register at Shrek Academy, while Tang San arrived in Shrek City intending to enroll. Tang San found the last room at a couples' hotel, but a golden-haired boy entered and claimed it first.

• Huo Yuhao departed for Shrek Academy after arranging for Mother Jiang to live with Huo Yun'er and Jiang Nannan.
• Huo Yun'er watched the carriage leave and reflected on Huo Yuhao's growing connections with powerful women, including Zhang Lexuan.
• Tang San entered Shrek City with a city lord's letter of recommendation and recalled his previous life and his future brothers at Shrek Academy.
• After failing to find a room at several inns, Tang San went to a couples' hotel and learned it had one room left.
• A golden-haired boy accompanied by two middle-aged men entered and said he would take the room Tang San was about to book.

Tang San clashed with Dai Huabin over a hotel room and defeated him with poisoned hidden weapons after Dai launched a sudden attack. Dai’s escorts carried him away for treatment, leaving Tang San to face the hotel attendant’s bill for the damage.

• Tang San recognized Dai Huabin’s distinctive double pupils as Dai Huabin demanded the room Tang San had claimed first.
• Dai Huabin attacked Tang San after Tang San challenged his manners, using his White Tiger Martial Soul and soul skills.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass to block Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Light Wave, then struck him with poisoned Bone-Piercing Needles during the explosion.
• Tang San warned Dai Huabin’s escorts to get him treated quickly, and they carried Dai Huabin away while threatening Tang San.
• The hotel attendant emerged from behind the counter and asked Tang San to pay for the damage.

Dai Huabin arrived at Shrek Academy still bitter over his earlier defeat, but fled in terror when he recognized Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao continued to registration with Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Gu Yue Na, drawing attention from the crowd as a new student approached them.

• Dai Huabin completed his registration and dismissed his two escorts' warnings about provoking Huo Yuhao.
• Dai Huabin saw Huo Yuhao approaching with Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Gu Yue Na, recognized his azure eyes, and panicked.
• Huo Yuhao watched Dai Huabin flee, then told Tang Ya he had seen an acquaintance and continued toward registration.
• Students gossiped about Huo Yuhao accompanying the Outer Court's two famous beauties, while his jealousy-related unlocking progress rose.
• A new student learned that Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan were campus flowers and decided he still had a chance with them, then walked toward Huo Yuhao's group.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na registered at Shrek Academy, where their extraordinary Soul Rings earned them exemptions from the entrance exam. Zhang Lexuan welcomed Huo Yuhao and arranged a private dormitory for him, leaving him surprised by her support.

• A new student tried to flirt with Jiang Nannan, but Tang Ya frightened him off by revealing her four Soul Rings, and Huo Yuhao ushered her away.
• Huo Yuhao showed two purple Soul Rings and reported Level 26 Soul Power, so the registration teacher exempted him from the entrance exam after recognizing Zhang Lexuan's recommendation letter.
• Gu Yue Na revealed three purple Soul Rings, and the teacher exempted her as well before issuing certificates for both of them.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na paid tuition, received uniforms and dormitory keys, and were assigned to Class Five; Huo Yuhao noticed Zhu Lu was listed as Gu Yue Na's roommate.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived to welcome Huo Yuhao, arranged for him to have a private dormitory, and told him the teacher would rely on his guidance.

Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao she would be his homeroom teacher and asked him to help her friend suppress her Evil Fire, which he agreed to do without payment. At the dormitory, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na encountered Wang Dong'er, whose divine sense seal might help Gu Yue Na recover her strength.

• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao she had become his homeroom teacher and asked him to help her friend with her Evil Fire, and Huo Yuhao agreed without compensation.
• Gu Yue Na teased Huo Yuhao about his many connections, then held his hand tightly and asked him for an ice pop.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Mu En was absent near the freshman dormitory, then saw Wang Dong'er walk past them.
• Gu Yue Na sensed a Deity's aura on Wang Dong'er, and Huo Yuhao explained that she carried a Divine Sense Seal from Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na considered whether Tang San's divine sense could help Gu Yue Na recover her strength, and Gu Yue Na said it could because the seal came from a God King.

Huo Yuhao discussed the Divine Sense fragment in Dong'er’s Sea of Consciousness with Gu Yue Na and planned to wait for Electrolux’s advice. Meanwhile, Tang San reflected on his legacy at Shrek, and Dai Huabin spotted him heading to the shower and prepared to attack.

• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yue Na they would wait for Electrolux to wake before deciding how to handle the fragment in Dong'er’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao admitted he did not know whether Dong'er was his friend or enemy, but resolved that Tang San had to die.
• Gu Yue Na announced she would sleep in Huo Yuhao’s room, then left to tidy her own room before dinner.
• Tang San’s roommate praised his talent and effort, and Tang San felt proud of his past role in Shrek’s success.
• Dai Huabin saw Tang San heading to the shower and decided to attack while Tang San had to remove the clothes concealing his hidden weapons.

Dai Huabin took a cultivation-boosting pill and attacked Tang San in the shower room, where Tang San had no hidden weapons or room to use his usual techniques. Tang San fled toward his dormitory to retrieve his hidden weapons as Dai Huabin pursued him.

• Dai Huabin swallowed one of his mother's pills and charged into the shower room to fight Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection and recognized the naked Tang San fighting Dai Huabin in the shower room.
• Dai Huabin's boosted strength broke Tang San's Blue Silver Grass restraints and battered him, leaving blood at the corner of his mouth.
• Tang San chose to retrieve his hidden weapons rather than reveal his Haotian Hammer, then covered himself with a towel and ran past the spectators.
• Tang San hurled toiletries at Dai Huabin with Blue Silver Grass, but Dai Huabin used White Tiger Light Wave against him.

Tang San revealed his Haotian Hammer and defeated Dai Huabin after being ambushed in the bathhouse, while Huo Yuhao recognized him and considered how his presence affected Wang Dong'er’s plans. After dinner, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na returned to his room and fell asleep together.

• Tang San used the Haotian Hammer and Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique to overpower Dai Huabin, who had attacked him in the shower room.
• A teacher stopped Tang San and promised to investigate the fight, while students identified his twin martial souls and spread word of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Tang San and reasoned that Wang Dong'er had enrolled in her original appearance because Divine Realm Tang San wanted to draw in multiple prodigies.
• Gu Yue Na joined Huo Yuhao for dinner, and he ordered every dish from the cafeteria’s most expensive counter.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na returned to his room, agreed to sleep while embracing, and fell asleep together.

Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun discovered that Class Five included the astonishingly gifted Gu Yue Na and Huo Yuhao, then Elder Xuan summoned Yan Shaozhe to an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting over a fight between two new students. At the meeting, Yan Shaozhe saw that Elder Xuan had recovered from his earlier grief.

• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun reviewed Class Five's registration forms and found that Dai Huabin had entered as a Soul Elder.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun were shocked to learn that Gu Yue Na had Level 36 cultivation and three thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Teacher Ma revealed that Huo Yuhao had also arrived with a thousand-year First Soul Ring, and Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilun to keep watch over both students.
• Elder Xuan summoned Yan Shaozhe to an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting, explaining that two new students had fought.
• Yan Shaozhe joined the meeting and observed Elder Xuan eating and drinking cheerfully, unlike his previously grief-stricken state.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, the elders learned that Tang San, a new student with the same Twin Martial Souls as Ancestor Tang San, had defeated Dai Huabin and displayed strength that might surpass the ancestor’s at the same age. The academy chose to observe Tang San and investigate his background, while rumors about his naked fight spread among students and embarrassed Wang Dong’er.

• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion elders that Tang San had Blue Silver Grass and the Haotian Hammer, was already a rank-thirty-two Soul Elder, and had defeated Dai Huabin with an unringed hammer while using dangerous hidden weapons.
• Elder Mu ordered Yan Shaozhe to investigate Tang San’s background and told the elders not to contact him before they had observed him.
• Xuan Zi recommended that Dai Huabin receive no demerit, and Elder Mu approved his handling of the incident while adding rules against fighting in the bathhouse and fighting without clothes.
• Students spread rumors that Tang San’s naked fighting style came from the Clear Sky Sect and had been passed down from Ancestor Tang San.
• Wang Dong’er blushed as she listened to the rumors and decided to keep her Haotian Hammer sealed and report Tang San to Big Daddy and Second Daddy when she returned.

Huo Yuhao returned Zhu Lu’s Storage Bracelet and reunited with her as a classmate, while Dai Huabin entered Class Five still shaken by his defeat. The class’s new homeroom teacher, Zhang Lexuan, introduced herself and revealed her overwhelming Soul Douluo strength.

• Huo Yuhao returned Zhu Lu’s upgraded Storage Bracelet and told her they would be classmates, while she explained what had happened after he left five years earlier.
• Dai Huabin entered Class Five, spotted Huo Yuhao, and suppressed his fear as he chose a seat far away from him.
• Zhang Lexuan introduced herself as Class Five’s temporary homeroom teacher and said she would spend the coming years in the Outer Court.
• Zhang Lexuan displayed her eight Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and warned students to follow academy rules and pass their advancement assessments.
• The students applauded Zhang Lexuan and eagerly welcomed her as their homeroom teacher.

Zhang Lexuan led her students in discussing their aspirations, then asked Huo Yuhao what he wanted to gain through strength. Huo Yuhao said he sought the freedom to refuse what he did not want to do, leaving Zhang Lexuan dazed and Dai Huabin consumed by jealousy.

• Zhang Lexuan began the term with a discussion about what the students hoped to do with their strength.
• Dai Huabin said he wanted to follow his father's path into the military and become a celebrated leader for the Star Luo Empire.
• The students shared aspirations ranging from fame and wealth to power and longevity while Zhang Lexuan listened and encouraged them.
• Zhang Lexuan called on Huo Yuhao to share his purpose in becoming stronger.
• Huo Yuhao explained that freedom meant being able to refuse what he did not want to do instead of being forced by reality.
• Zhang Lexuan appeared dazed by Huo Yuhao's answer, and Dai Huabin clenched his fists in jealousy.

Tang San joined Zhou Yi’s class at Shrek and found Huo Yuhao missing, while Zhou Yi punished the students who had not fought. After recognizing Tang San’s talent, she gave him an extra fifty laps, sending him racing to the plaza.

• Zhou Yi warned the class that she would expel students who failed to meet her standards.
• Tang San wondered why Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er were not in class, then stood up when Zhou Yi asked who had fought since registration.
• Zhou Yi sent everyone except Tang San to run one hundred laps around Shrek Plaza or face expulsion.
• Zhou Yi asked Tang San about his Twin Martial Souls and warned him that his talent would bring stricter training, not special treatment.
• Zhou Yi added fifty laps to Tang San’s punishment, and Tang San dashed toward the plaza.

Zhang Lexuan appointed Huo Yuhao Class Monitor and discussed Ma Xiaotao’s need for his Ice Attribute Martial Soul and the upcoming New Student Assessment. She reassured him that his safety mattered more to her than winning, while Huo Yuhao still wanted to bring her the championship.

• Zhang Lexuan appointed Huo Yuhao Class Monitor and asked him to join her in her office.
• Huo Yuhao saw Tang San and the other students from Zhou Yi’s class running laps around Shrek Plaza.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao that Ma Xiaotao would come to him at night for help with her Ice Attribute Martial Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Huo Yuhao that Tang San was a formidable opponent in the New Student Assessment and urged him not to risk getting hurt.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao he did not need to prove anything to anyone, but Huo Yuhao said he still wanted to win the championship for her.

Zhang Lexuan offered Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na assessments for designated Alternate Team Member status, and Huo Yuhao agreed. Outside the classroom, Tang San recognized Huo Yuhao and confronted him about his past betrayal, leaving Huo Yuhao to repeat the question that had haunted Tang San before his death.

• Zhang Lexuan offered to recommend Huo Yuhao as a designated Alternate Team Member and said she would report Gu Yue Na for assessment too.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the classroom, took Gu Yue Na's hand, and left with her as the male students watched.
• Tang San encountered Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na, recognized Huo Yuhao, and erupted in anger over his past defeat.
• Huo Yuhao denied remembering an ambush and reminded Tang San that he had been told to hold Huo Yuhao back.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang San whether he had smiled while controlling other people's lives.

Tang San challenged Zhou Yi’s praise of Soul Guidance Devices by defending the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons and cultivation methods, but she rebutted him and warned him to stop arguing. The class ended with Zhou Yi urging the students to seek wisdom like Ancestor Tang San’s.

• Tang San reflected on Huo Yuhao’s rebirth and Wang Dong'er, then Zhou Yi began a lesson on attack and defense.
• Tang San explained that Ancestor Tang San used hidden weapons and self-created skills to overcome the limitations of his control-system Martial Soul.
• Zhou Yi criticized the drawbacks of hidden weapons and introduced Soul Guidance Devices as more versatile tools for offense and defense.
• Tang San argued that reliance on Soul Guidance Devices could weaken Soul Masters and disrupt team support, but Zhou Yi countered his points and called his thinking backward.
• Zhou Yi enveloped Tang San in Soul Power and warned him not to talk back; Tang San swallowed his anger and said, “Yes.”
• Zhou Yi told the class that matching Ancestor Tang San’s achievements required wisdom as well as talent and hard work, and the students answered that they understood.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na were summoned to the Soul Duel Zone for a public assessment against Bei Bei and Xu San Shi, while Du Weilun worried that their strength would attract the Soul Guidance Device Department. The chapter ended with Bei Bei asking Xu San Shi how he should address a boyfriend younger than him if that boyfriend were his older sister’s.

• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na that the academy had approved their Pre-determined Assessment, with Huo Yuhao needing to last twenty minutes and Gu Yue Na needing to defeat an opponent.
• Huo Yuhao warned Gu Yue Na to go easy on their future teammates, and she demanded a hug as payment for agreeing.
• A broadcast announced that Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na would challenge Bei Bei and Xu San Shi, drawing Outer Courtyard students to the Soul Duel Zone.
• Du Weilun asked Zhang Lexuan to cancel the public assessment, but she refused because the broadcast had already attracted a crowd.
• Bei Bei asked Xu San Shi how to address a boyfriend younger than him if that boyfriend were his older sister’s.

Xian Lin'er arrived and allowed Huo Yuhao’s assessment match against Bei Bei to proceed. As the match began, Huo Yuhao revealed two purple Soul Rings, astonishing the spectators and showing why Du Weilun had tried to delay the assessment.

• Bei Bei and Xu San Shi discussed how long the argument over Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na might continue.
• Xian Lin'er arrived, told Du Weilun she would take responsibility for overriding Yan Shaozhe, and approved the assessment.
• Huo Yuhao volunteered to fight first, and Bei Bei introduced himself before they entered the arena with Xian Lin'er as referee.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan cheered Huo Yuhao from the stands as the match began.
• Bei Bei readied his lightning-covered dragon claw, and Huo Yuhao revealed two purple Soul Rings, stunning the spectators.

Huo Yuhao defeated Bei Bei in a sparring match by using his Spiritual Eye’s illusions, control, and extraordinary strength. After revealing his detection and simulation skills to Bei Bei and Xian Lin'er, he caught the Soul Guidance Device Department dean’s attention, and she invited him to develop his talents in her department.

• Bei Bei charged Huo Yuhao with his lightning-powered skills, but Huo Yuhao’s phantom caused the attacks to pass through him.
• Huo Yuhao dislocated Bei Bei’s arm while stunning him, then set it back into place to interrupt Bei Bei’s next attack.
• Bei Bei admitted defeat and called Huo Yuhao his little brother-in-law, teasing him about Zhang Lexuan’s interest in him.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his martial soul was the Spiritual Eye and demonstrated Mental Detection Sharing and Simulation to Bei Bei and Xian Lin'er.
• Xian Lin'er invited Huo Yuhao to develop his talents in Shrek Academy’s Soul Guidance Device Department.

Xian Lin'er tried to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Soul Guidance Device Department, but Zhang Lexuan persuaded her to wait until Yan Shaozhe returned. Gu Yue Na then defeated Xu San Shi decisively in the second assessment, leaving Tang San unsettled by her unfamiliar strength.

• Xian Lin'er praised Huo Yuhao’s talent for combining soul skills with Soul Guidance Devices and urged him to join her department.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Xian Lin'er to delay the decision until Huo Yuhao had learned about both departments, and Xian Lin'er agreed to return after Yan Shaozhe came back.
• Gu Yue Na entered the arena with three purple soul rings, while Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei discussed Xu San Shi’s Black Tortoise Shield and Huo Yuhao’s chances against him.
• Gu Yue Na unleashed a barrage of elemental attacks, and Xu San Shi surrendered after being badly beaten.
• Tang San watched Gu Yue Na leave and wondered at the strength of the Silver-Haired Girl he did not recognize.