Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na passed their assessment to become Alternate Team Members, prompting the Martial Soul Department and Soul Guidance Device Department to compete for them. Yan Shaozhe planned to let the rival department make an extravagant offer for Huo Yuhao while securing Gu Yue Na and Tang San for his own department.

• Tang San wondered why Gu Yue Na displayed strength beyond her apparent level, while Xu San Shi complained to Bei Bei about losing their assessment fight.
• Huo Yuhao left the Soul Duel Zone with Gu Yue Na and met Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan, who invited them to celebrate his first day of school.
• Du Weilun told Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na had passed their assessment and that Xian Lin'er wanted the departments to compete for them.
• Yan Shaozhe decided to concede Huo Yuhao to the Soul Guidance Device Department and focus on keeping Gu Yue Na and Tang San in the Martial Soul Department.
• Yan Shaozhe planned to offer Gu Yue Na and Tang San attractive terms in front of Huo Yuhao so the rival department would spend more to recruit him.

Huo Yuhao defended his decision to spare an Evil Soul Master, arguing with Mu En and Xuan Zi that forced slaughter only perpetuated suffering. After Huo Yuhao left, Mu En reprimanded Xuan Zi, who revealed that Shao Zhe had come to Sea God Pavilion looking for him.

• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na encountered Mu En outside the new student dormitory, and Mu En asked Huo Yuhao why he had let an Evil Soul Master go.
• Huo Yuhao said kindness and integrity should not cause bloodshed, but Xuan Zi argued that killing Evil Soul Masters was necessary to protect society.
• Huo Yuhao distinguished voluntary sacrifice from slaughtering innocent people and argued that the current approach helped create more Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao said he wanted to offer those willing to change a way to survive without committing evil, but would destroy everything if too few sought change.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Mu En apologized for Xuan Zi's remarks and reprimanded him for his arrogance and rashness.
• Xuan Zi told Mu En that Shao Zhe had come to Sea God Pavilion looking for him.

Ma Xiaotao arrived at Huo Yuhao’s dormitory after witnessing his clash with Xuan Zi, but her Evil Fire suddenly flared when she approached him. Huo Yuhao used his Ice Emperor Martial Soul to suppress it, and Ma Xiaotao agreed to let him help further, leaving them heading to the bed in an awkward embrace.

• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself to Huo Yuhao and praised him for standing up to Xuan Zi.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire erupted when she drew close to Huo Yuhao, and he supported her into his dormitory.
• Huo Yuhao released his Ice Emperor Martial Soul to cool Ma Xiaotao and suppress her Evil Fire.
• As Huo Yuhao tried to carry Ma Xiaotao, alternating cold and heat overwhelmed her, and she trembled in his arms.
• Ma Xiaotao wondered whether she had fallen for Huo Yuhao, then agreed to let him guide her Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao clung to Huo Yuhao and asked him not to move, so he carried her toward the bed.

Huo Yuhao woke after enduring the night suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and she helped ease the pain left in his body. He left for class while Ma Xiaotao stayed behind, embarrassed by how intimate their night had become.

• Huo Yuhao recalled using his willpower and a Milk Bottle to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire until exhaustion put him to sleep.
• Ma Xiaotao noticed Huo Yuhao’s soreness, checked that he was not injured, and massaged his aching arm and body while thanking him for freeing her from the Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Huo Yuhao about seeing her naked and threatened to make him support her, then asked whether he meant his joking promise to do so.
• Ma Xiaotao impulsively flicked Huo Yuhao beneath the blanket, and he sprang from the bed in alarm.
• Huo Yuhao dressed and left for class, while Ma Xiaotao stayed behind and privately fretted over how she would face Senior Apprentice Sister.

Yan Shaozhe reported Tang San’s background to Mu En and urged him to keep Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Gu Yue Na in the Martial Soul Department. Mu En declined to endorse Yan Shaozhe’s campaign and instead described Huo Yuhao as arrogant and mad, warning that power could let him bring upheaval to the world.

• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Tang San was the son of former Clear Sky Sect disciple Tang Ba, and that Tang San had learned the Tang Sect’s skills and used its concealed weapons.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Tang San’s talent and similarities to Ancestor Tang San made him a potential genius to nurture, and Mu En told him to find an opportunity to contact Tang San.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En to intervene in his dispute with Xian Lin'er and keep Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na in the Martial Soul Department, claiming the Soul Guidance Device Department could not train them as well.
• Zhang Lexuan frowned as Yan Shaozhe criticized Xian Lin'er, while Xuan Zi’s expression darkened at Yan Shaozhe’s remarks about Huo Yuhao.
• Mu En said he and Xuan Zi had met Huo Yuhao, then called him arrogant and mad and warned that he could cause immense upheaval if he gained power.

Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao could pursue his convictions without regard for the cost, but ordered Shrek to leave the boy alone and abandon its arrogance. He also told Zhang Lexuan she no longer had to live by an old promise to the academy, leaving her to consider her feelings and decide what she wanted for herself.

• Mu En explained to Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao would not stop pursuing his goals even if doing so meant killing on a massive scale.
• Mu En rejected punishing Huo Yuhao for a possible future and criticized Shrek's pride, telling Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi to focus on teaching and keep the academy low-profile.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe he would not interfere in the competition between him and Xian Lin'er to recruit three geniuses, then asked Zhang Lexuan to stay.
• Zhang Lexuan told Mu En she could not judge Huo Yuhao beyond thinking he was special, and Mu En noted that the boy seemed to have improved her state of mind.
• Mu En released Zhang Lexuan from her promise to devote herself to the academy, and she left uncertain about her feelings for Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na met with the Martial Soul Department’s leaders to discuss their enrollment, while Du Weilun tried to delay them. Inside the dean’s office, Huo Yuhao faced Tang San and learned that his Jealousy Origin was close to unlocking.

• Du Weilun tried to persuade Huo Yuhao to join the Martial Soul Department, but Huo Yuhao asked Gu Yue Na which department she wanted, and she said she would follow him.
• Du Weilun panicked when Gu Yue Na took Huo Yuhao’s hand and tried to keep them from entering the dean’s office by claiming Yan Shaozhe was absent.
• Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe’s conversation inside the office exposed Du Weilun’s excuse, and Yan Shaozhe opened the door and welcomed Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na in.
• Huo Yuhao entered the office with Gu Yue Na and saw Tang San, whose concealed killing intent fed Huo Yuhao’s growing Wrath Origin.
• Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that his Jealousy Origin was close to unlocking, and he reassured her that the Original Sin Sources would not harm him if he remained careful.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na attended a meeting about special training and choosing between Shrek Academy’s two departments, while Tang San joined the Martial Soul Department as Yan Shaozhe’s disciple. After Gu Yue Na mysteriously overwhelmed Yan Shaozhe, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na chose the Soul Guidance Device Department and left with Xian Lin'er.

• Yan Shaozhe offered the three freshmen early special training and described the Martial Soul Department’s benefits, including making Tang San his personal disciple.
• Tang San used his Soft Bone soul skill to kneel before Yan Shaozhe and accepted his offer to join the Martial Soul Department.
• Gu Yue Na unleashed a terrifying aura that left Yan Shaozhe trapped in darkness and fearing for his life until Du Weilun called him back to his senses.
• Huo Yuhao warned Gu Yue Na not to act recklessly again, and she agreed.
• Huo Yuhao announced that he and Gu Yue Na had chosen the Soul Guidance Device Department and asked Xian Lin'er to speak with them.
• Xian Lin'er enthusiastically led Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na out, then taunted Yan Shaozhe over his boast about Tang San’s choice.

After Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na chose the Soul Guidance Device Department, Yan Shaozhe worried that the Martial Soul Department had lost the better recruits, but Xuan Zi convinced him to focus on cultivating Tang San. Three months later, Zhang Lexuan announced the first-year combat assessment and its team requirements.

• Yan Shaozhe blamed himself for losing Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na, then suspected Xian Lin'er had secretly offered them better terms and went to consult Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi argued that Mu En's test concerned which department could cultivate its students into powerhouses, not which could recruit more geniuses.
• Xuan Zi persuaded Yan Shaozhe that Tang San's comprehension, Twin Martial Souls, and future prospects gave the Martial Soul Department an advantage, and promised to help train him.
• Three months later, Zhang Lexuan announced that first-year students would compete in three-person team battles, with only the top 150 teams advancing.

Huo Yuhao formed a team with Zhu Lu and Gu Yue Na for the freshmen assessment, then asked Jiang Nannan to help test his redesigned soul guidance armor. Jiang Nannan agreed to come to his dorm that night.

• Huo Yuhao registered Zhu Lu as his Agility Attack System teammate, Gu Yue Na as Assault System, and himself as Control System.
• Zhang Lexuan reminded Huo Yuhao to be careful as he pursued the championship he had promised her.
• Huo Yuhao sent Gu Yue Na to his laboratory and went to the cafeteria to bring her food and popsicles.
• Huo Yuhao met Jiang Nannan, who told him she was grouped with Xiao Ya and wished him luck in the assessment starting the next day.
• Huo Yuhao asked Jiang Nannan to come to his dorm that night to help test his soul guidance armor, and she agreed.

Huo Yuhao tested Jiang Nannan’s legs for his Soul Guidance Armor research, while her expectations of a private encounter gave way to awkward intimacy. The next day, he and Gu Yue Na joined the assessment, where Wang Dong'er challenged him before her teammates pulled her away.

• Jiang Nannan came to Huo Yuhao’s dorm, thinking about sharing the night with him, but learned he had invited her to test his Soul Guidance Device.
• Huo Yuhao gathered movement data from Jiang Nannan’s bare legs, and she said she could sleep in his room if the work ran late.
• At breakfast, Gu Yue Na noticed Jiang Nannan’s scent on Huo Yuhao, who reflected on how the women who slept in his dorm tended to cling to him.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue Na, and their teammate arrived at the Thirty-Three District assessment venue, where other teams recognized them from their Soul Duel Zone victory.
• Wang Dong'er confronted Huo Yuhao with a silent challenge, but her teammates dragged her away; Huo Yuhao also noticed that a girl from his former Class One had replaced his old teammate.

Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Yu Lei were matched against Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue Na, and Zhu Lu in the New Student Assessment, while Tang San watched anxiously. Wang Dong'er charged Huo Yuhao, who blocked her attack and quietly threatened to reveal her Clear Sky Sect identity.

• Wang Dong'er argued with Xiao Xiao about facing Huo Yuhao's team, while Xiao Xiao admitted she found Huo Yuhao handsome.
• Tang San arrived to watch Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong'er blushed as students discussed the Clear Sky Sect's combat style.
• Wang Yan announced that Wang Dong'er's team would face Huo Yuhao's team in the first match.
• Huo Yuhao said he would handle Wang Dong'er, provoking Tang San, who was warned by Wang Yan to stop disrupting the examinees.
• Wang Dong'er released her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and attacked Huo Yuhao with Wingspan Guillotine.
• Huo Yuhao blocked Wang Dong'er's wing strike with his jade-white palm and whispered that she would not want others to learn she was a Clear Sky Sect disciple.

Huo Yuhao exposed Wang Dong'er as a Clear Sky Sect disciple and defeated her by tickling her until she admitted defeat. Tang San left the district furious and planned to confront Huo Yuhao during the New Student Assessment.

• Wang Dong'er denied being a Clear Sky Sect disciple, but Huo Yuhao pulled her into his arms and revealed that he knew her identity.
• Huo Yuhao tickled Wang Dong'er until she laughed and admitted defeat, while Tang San watched in anger and recognized Huo Yuhao's Mystic Jade Hand.
• Tang San left Thirty-Three District, deciding that the New Student Assessment would give him a chance to teach Huo Yuhao a lesson.
• Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao to stop, and Huo Yuhao released Wang Dong'er before catching her as she nearly fell.
• Huo Yuhao tickled Wang Dong'er again until she finally admitted defeat.

After the New Student Assessment’s Round Robin Tournament, Huo Yuhao’s team prepared for the Elimination Round. Wang Dong’er asked Huo Yuhao to beat up Tang San, leaving Tang San stunned and furious as the knockout competition began.

• Wang Dong’er recovered from Huo Yuhao’s tickling attack, teased Xiao Xiao, and insisted she would not lose to him so easily next time.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that twelve teams from their class had advanced and explained the Elimination Round, while Dai Huabin privately resolved to defeat Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that Zhou Yi’s class had lost many students and heard Zhang Lexuan single out Tang San as a strong championship contender.
• Wang Dong’er privately asked Huo Yuhao to beat up Tang San for tarnishing her sect’s reputation, then told him not to risk himself if Tang San’s team proved too strong.
• Tang San overheard Wang Dong’er’s request and concern for Huo Yuhao, then vanished as Huo Yuhao agreed to help and the teams began drawing lots.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na’s team faced Ning Tian’s team in the New Student Assessment elimination round and won in under half a minute. Yan Shaozhe became more determined to recruit Gu Yue Na and began considering how to arrange a match against Tang San.

• Ning Tian introduced her team and planned to use the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun’er against Huo Yuhao’s team.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na revealed their levels, shocking Yan Shaozhe and their opponents when Gu Yue Na showed that she had reached level 38.
• Ning Tian enhanced her teammates, but Gu Yue Na’s stare made Wu Feng collapse before she could attack.
• Huo Yuhao intercepted Nanmen Yun’er, struck her down, and let Zhu Lu pressure Ning Tian into conceding.
• The referee declared Huo Yuhao’s team the winner, while Yan Shaozhe left determined to bring Gu Yue Na into the Martial Soul Department and arrange a match with Tang San.

Yan Shaozhe arranged for Tang San’s team to face Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na’s team, promising him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone if he won the New Student Assessment. Tang San rejected it in favor of the Eight Spider Lances, and Yan Shaozhe promised to help him hunt Man Faced Demon Spiders; as the match began, Zhang Lexuan declared her faith that Huo Yuhao would not lose.

• Yan Shaozhe told Tang San that his team would face Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na’s team that afternoon and urged him to prepare.
• Yan Shaozhe offered Tang San a roughly fifteen-thousand-year Soul Bone as a reward for winning the assessment, but Tang San declined it.
• Tang San asked for the Eight Spider Lances instead, and Yan Shaozhe promised to arrange a Man Faced Demon Spider hunt during the break if Tang San won.
• Yan Shaozhe decided to ask Xuan Zi to escort Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest and help him hunt the spiders.
• At the match, Zhang Lexuan told Yan Shaozhe that she believed Huo Yuhao would not lose.

Xian Lin'er challenged Yan Shaozhe to keep the assessment fair as teachers and students gathered to watch the high-stakes match. Huo Yuhao asked to face Tang San alone, and Gu Yue Na and Zhu Lu conceded, leaving the match poised to become a one-on-three fight.

• Xian Lin'er warned Yan Shaozhe not to undermine the assessment and challenged him to lift the ban on Soul Guidance Devices, but he refused.
• Xuan Zi arrived to watch Huo Yuhao, while teachers and students crowded around the arena for the match.
• Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Tang San, Huo Yuhao, Zhu Lu, and Gu Yue Na introduced themselves before Du Weilun explained the match rules.
• Huo Yuhao called the match a private grievance and asked Gu Yue Na and Zhu Lu to let him handle Tang San alone.
• Gu Yue Na and Zhu Lu conceded, leaving Huo Yuhao to face Tang San, Zhou Sichen, and Cao Jinxuan as Du Weilun felt uneasy.

Huo Yuhao faced Tang San and two teammates alone, swiftly incapacitating Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan before overpowering Tang San. He revealed a powerful ice-blue sword and stopped just short of a lethal strike, leaving the crowd stunned as Du Weilun declared him the winner.

• Huo Yuhao told Tang San they were not on the same starting line before Du Weilun began the match.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Impact to knock out Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan, then pulled them out of the arena with Life Thread Silk.
• Tang San attacked Huo Yuhao with Blue Silver Grass, but Huo Yuhao evaded it and struck Tang San with Reign Over the World before slamming him into the ground.
• Tang San trapped Huo Yuhao with his Third Soul Skill and attacked with the Haotian Hammer, but Huo Yuhao revealed an ice-blue sword and shattered the web.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Ice Extreme Peerless; Du Weilun intercepted the strike and suffered a frost-covered wound, and then declared Huo Yuhao the winner.

After Huo Yuhao crushed Tang San and his teammates in the assessment, Yan Shaozhe worried that Tang San could never catch up. Xuan Zi restored Yan Shaozhe’s confidence by arguing that Tang San’s Haotian Hammer and potential access to the Haotian Sect’s secret techniques could let him challenge Huo Yuhao in the future.

• Huo Yuhao’s final sword beam injured Du Weilun, and the students hailed him as the assessment champion after his overwhelming victory.
• Du Weilun reported that Tang San had suffered only minor internal injuries but seemed mentally shaken by the loss.
• Yan Shaozhe blamed himself for overlooking Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na and for choosing to cultivate Tang San instead.
• Xuan Zi argued that Martial Soul quality alone did not determine a Soul Master’s future and reminded Yan Shaozhe of the Haotian Hammer’s potential.
• Xuan Zi suggested Tang San could learn the Haotian Sect’s Clear Sky Nine Perfections and Ring Detonation techniques, renewing Yan Shaozhe’s confidence in him.
• Yan Shaozhe worried that Tang San might leave Shrek Academy for the Haotian Sect, but Xuan Zi assured him that graduates remained part of Shrek Academy.

Yan Shaozhe learned that Ma Xiaotao had sought out Huo Yuhao for treatment and regretted neglecting her and overlooking Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice. On the way back to the dormitory, Zhu Lu revealed the Duchess’s past connection to Dai Hao’s younger brother, prompting Huo Yuhao to suspect that Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng might not be Dai Hao’s biological sons.

• Xuan Zi reassured Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao’s version of Reign Over the World was not Mu En’s true technique and decided to take Tang San to seek his ancestor’s Eight Spider Lances during the break.
• Ma Xiaotao came to find Huo Yuhao, and Yan Shaozhe realized she had received treatment for her Evil Fire and had likely learned about Huo Yuhao’s Second Martial Soul through Zhang Lexuan.
• Yan Shaozhe set aside his resentment over Ma Xiaotao and went with Du Weilun to comfort Tang San after his defeat.
• Zhu Lu asked Huo Yuhao whether he still intended to seek revenge on the Duchess, and he confirmed that he did.
• Zhu Lu explained that the Duchess had once been very close to Dai Hao’s younger brother, who later died on the battlefield, and that she continued a private connection with him after marrying Dai Hao.
• Huo Yuhao connected the Duchess’s mistreatment of his mother to the younger brother’s death and wondered whether Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng were actually Dai Hao’s sons.