Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen competed for Huo Yuhao’s affection after Ling Luochen confessed her feelings, and the three spent the following weeks in an increasingly awkward arrangement. They left for Xingluo City to join the Soul Master Competition, drawing Zhang Lexuan’s suspicions.

• Ma Xiaotao arrived at Huo Yuhao’s dorm to suppress her Evil Fire, where Ling Luochen revealed that she had feelings for him and wanted to get to know him.
• Ma Xiaotao kissed Huo Yuhao in front of Ling Luochen, who agreed to stay with them despite Ma Xiaotao’s challenge.
• Over the next two weeks, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen repeatedly competed for Huo Yuhao’s attention during their visits.
• On the morning of their departure for Xingluo City, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen accompanied Huo Yuhao to the academy gates, where Zhang Lexuan watched them suspiciously.

Huo Yuhao’s team gathered for the trip to Xingluo City, while Xuan Zi explained the duties and risks of the Shrek Surveillance Group and announced a mission for the Inner Courtyard disciples. He barred Huo Yuhao from joining the mission and ordered Zhang Lexuan to take him ahead; Gu Yue Na then refused to participate.

• Zhang Lexuan sent Huo Yuhao back into formation, and he reflected on his rapid cultivation gains and the team’s progress.
• Xuan Zi arrived with Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan, explaining that they would accompany the group on a separate mission rather than compete in the Soul Master Competition.
• Xuan Zi told the students that Inner Courtyard disciples accepted a responsibility to protect the continent and introduced the Shrek Surveillance Group.
• Xuan Zi offered the alternate team members the choice to join the dangerous mission or continue to Xingluo City with Zhang Lexuan, while requiring secrecy.
• Xuan Zi excluded Huo Yuhao from the mission because he had once let an Evil Soul Master escape and ordered Zhang Lexuan to take him to Xingluo City.
• Gu Yue Na said she would not participate in the mission.

Xuan Zi tried to assemble a mission team, but most of the alternate team members and Qiu’er withdrew in protest over Huo Yuhao being excluded. Xuan Zi personally led the reduced team, reassuring Tang San as they prepared to confront an Evil Soul Master.

• Gu Yue Na, the alternate team members, Qiu’er, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen refused to join the mission after Xuan Zi excluded Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao gave Soul Guidance Barriers to Gongyang Mo and Xi Xi, who agreed to participate, while Chen Zifeng criticized their caution.
• Xuan Zi recalled personally persuading Tang San to join and resolved that Tang San would take part regardless of what happened to the others.
• Xuan Zi announced that he would personally lead the mission and told Tang San to stay safe while the others took the lead.
• Tang San agreed respectfully while inwardly questioning whether Xuan Zi could be trusted.

Shrek’s mission to eliminate a bandit group in the Ming Dou Mountain Range turned into a disaster when the Death God Envoy detonated poisoned corpses, killing Chen Zifeng and gravely injuring the others. Xuan Zi confronted the Soul King but was tricked, and the Death God Envoy escaped with Tang San as a hostage.

• Du Leisi gave Chen Zifeng and the Shrek students meager information and an inhospitable welcome at the military camp, prompting arguments among the group over Dai Yueheng and the mission.
• After a day of searching, Elder Xuan located the bandits’ cave, and Chen Zifeng assigned the team their roles before they entered.
• Tang San noticed poison on the slain guards, but the group pressed into the cave and encountered the Death God Envoy’s corpse explosions.
• Tang San pulled Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan in front of himself to survive a second blast; Chen Zifeng died, Yao Haoxuan was left with half his body, and Gongyang Mo and Xi Xi were injured.
• Xuan Zi arrived and attacked the Death God Envoy, who tricked him with a false third explosion and fled as black mist.
• The Death God Envoy seized the disoriented Tang San at the cave entrance and escaped with him.

Tang San killed the Death God Envoy by draining his life force, then struggled against the Envoy’s twelve Corpse Slaves until Xuan Zi rescued him. Huo Yuhao arrived afterward and released the defeated Corpse Slaves’ souls, while Tang San remained unconscious and full of hatred for Xuan Zi.

• Xuan Zi pursued the Death God Envoy while protecting the unconscious Gongyang Mo and Xi Xi, then destroyed the cave and its surviving bandits.
• Tang San awakened during the escape, struck the Death God Envoy with Purple Demon Eyes, and pierced him with the Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San drained the Death God Envoy’s life force and Soul Power, but the freed Corpse Slaves attacked him before he could recover from the Corpse Poison.
• Tang San fought the twelve Corpse Slaves with his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer, killing one before Xuan Zi crushed the other eleven and caught him as he collapsed.
• Xuan Zi sealed Tang San’s meridians against the poison and carried him, Gongyang Mo, and Xi Xi toward Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na arrived after Xuan Zi left, and Huo Yuhao used pale flames to release the Corpse Slaves’ souls.

After an Evil Soul Master attack killed two Shrek disciples and injured three others, Mu En removed Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe from their posts and reorganized the academy’s leadership. Shrek reached Xingluo City for the Soul Master Competition, where Huo Yuhao caught Meng Hongchen’s attention.

• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion that the Death God Envoy’s Corpse Explosion had killed Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan, seriously injured Tang San, and sidelined Gongyang Mo and Xi Xi.
• Xuan Zi admitted that he had underestimated the mission and explained that Huo Yuhao’s Soul Guidance Barriers had protected Gongyang Mo and Xi Xi.
• Mu En stripped Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe of their positions, appointed Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier to new roles, and ordered greater cooperation between the Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Device Departments.
• Xian Lin'er joined Zhang Lexuan and the team in Xingluo City, where Huo Yuhao registered as Shrek Academy’s captain for the competition.
• The Shrek group encountered the Sun Moon Royal Academy delegation, and Meng Hongchen stared at Huo Yuhao before he wondered what was wrong with her.

Huo Yuhao and Shrek’s team encountered the Sun Moon team’s unfamiliar captain, Xiao Lixuan, whom Huo Yuhao suspected of harboring hostile intentions and planned to assess during the tournament. After a rowdy game with the girls left his lips swollen, Huo Yuhao entered the competition venue, where Emperor Xu Jiawei watched him and considered whether he was worthy of an apology from the Star Luo royal family.

• Huo Yuhao met Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen during registration, while Xiao Lixuan’s presence as Sun Moon’s captain caught his attention.
• Huo Yuhao and Qiu'er discussed Xiao Lixuan’s suspicious hostility, and Huo Yuhao arranged for Qiu'er to display her strength so he could gauge Xiao Lixuan’s reaction.
• The girls gathered in Huo Yuhao’s room and played a dice game with rewards and punishments, leaving Huo Yuhao with swollen lips by morning.
• Xian Lin'er questioned Huo Yuhao about his swollen lips, and Wang Dong'er teased Xiao Xiao about the previous night.
• Xu Jiawei watched Huo Yuhao arrive at the competition and said he would judge whether Huo Yuhao merited an apology from the Star Luo royal family.

Qiu'er entered the tournament's opening team match alone and stunned the crowd by revealing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. As she overwhelmed Tianling Academy with a single attack, Huo Yuhao recognized Xiao Lixuan's hostile interest in him and the Gold of Life.

• Qiu'er announced that she would fight Tianling Academy alone and revealed six soul rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Lixuan recognized Qiu'er as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and concluded that Huo Yuhao had taken Skydream Iceworm and might possess the Gold of Life.
• Xiao Lixuan planned to use the competition to assess Huo Yuhao and possibly kill him to seize the Gold of Life, while Huo Yuhao sensed his greed and jealousy.
• The referee started the match, and Qiu'er charged into Tianling Academy's formation with Golden Dragon Body and Dragon's Strength.
• Qiu'er's attack shattered the arena floor and sent all seven Tianling Academy contestants flying.

Qiu'er defeated Tianling Academy with Golden Dragon Roar, while the Sun Moon Battle Team argued over Shrek and Huo Yuhao. After Xu Jiawei noticed the girls’ reactions to Huo Yuhao, he summoned Xu Jiujiu; she later appeared at Huo Yuhao’s hotel room, surprised that he recognized her.

• Qiu'er unleashed Golden Dragon Roar, incapacitated all seven Tianling Academy competitors, and secured Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen argued about Shrek’s strength and whether Huo Yuhao should be recruited into Mingde Hall.
• Xiao Lixuan recognized Qiu’er’s challenge as directed at him and resolved to test their strength.
• Xu Jiawei watched Huo Yuhao embrace Qiu'er, reconsidered his assessment of Huo Yuhao, and ordered Xu Jiujiu to meet him after the Star Luo Team’s match.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the hotel, fell asleep, and opened his door to find Xu Jiujiu waiting outside.

Xu Jiujiu brought Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan to meet Emperor Xu Jiawei, who apologized for the assassination attempt and offered compensation from the Star Luo treasury. Huo Yuhao chose an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone with Ice Burst, revealed his extraordinary martial souls, and secured the Soul Devouring Evil Knife as a personal gift from Xu Jiawei.

• Xu Jiujiu invited Huo Yuhao to meet Xu Jiawei, who was waiting with tea and welcomed him and Zhang Lexuan.
• Xu Jiawei accepted responsibility for the assassination attempt by Cheng Gang and offered Huo Yuhao a Soul Bone from the Star Luo treasury as compensation.
• Huo Yuhao selected the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone after Ice Empress explained the value of its Ice Burst skill.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul and ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, then showed his First Martial Soul and its three purple Soul Rings, surprising Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu.
• Xu Jiawei offered Huo Yuhao another Soul Bone as a personal gift, but Huo Yuhao instead asked for the Soul Devouring Evil Knife from Xingluo City's auction house.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to have Xu Jiujiu deliver the Soul Devouring Evil Knife to Huo Yuhao along with the Soul Bone.

Huo Yuhao gave Xu Jiawei a powerful Soul Guidance Device and discussed his plans for dealing with the Duke's Mansion. After revealing that he was Huo Yun'er's son, he asked Xu Jiawei to investigate whether Dai Huabin was Dai Hao's biological son.

• Huo Yuhao presented Xu Jiawei with his sixth-level Shield of Judgement and Control, demonstrating how it absorbed physical attacks and restrained close-combat Soul Guidance Devices.
• Xu Jiawei accepted the shield for Xu Jiujiu and explained why he could not openly move against the Duke's Mansion, while Huo Yuhao confirmed he intended to pursue revenge.
• Huo Yuhao showed Xu Jiawei Dai Hao's White Tiger Dagger and revealed that his mother was Huo Yun'er, Dai Hao's former personal maid, and that she was still alive.
• Xu Jiawei realized Huo Yuhao's revenge could be treated as a family dispute and eagerly asked when he planned to act against the Duke's Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jiawei to investigate his suspicion that Dai Huabin was not Dai Hao's son, and Xu Jiawei agreed.

Xu Jiawei concluded that Huo Yuhao represented a powerful force capable of making Shrek compromise, and he considered acting against the Duke's Mansion. Zhang Lexuan confronted Huo Yuhao about his intimacy with Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, then invited him into her room and brought him inside.

• Xu Jiujiu praised Huo Yuhao's talent but criticized his promiscuity, while Xu Jiawei teased her about being interested in him.
• Xu Jiujiu asked whether the Star Luo Empire would move against the Duke's Mansion, and Xu Jiawei said Huo Yuhao had given them an opportunity not to oppose him.
• Xu Jiawei reasoned that Shrek's unusual actions meant it feared a powerful force behind Huo Yuhao.
• Zhang Lexuan confronted Huo Yuhao about kissing Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen and passionately kissed him in the corridor.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to sleep in Zhang Lexuan's room, and she kissed him as she led him inside.

Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together, and she was left exhausted by the morning. After he left her room, Xu Jiujiu delivered breakfast and the items they had discussed.

• Zhang Lexuan restrained Huo Yuhao and said she would teach him more, while the Silver-Haired Girl briefly woke in the next room before falling asleep again.
• The following morning, Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan bathed together, and she told him to return to his own room.
• Xu Jiujiu delivered Huo Yuhao's breakfast and handed him a Storage Ring containing the Soul Bone and the Engraving Knife.

Huo Yuhao received the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and Life Engraving Knife, then fused and enhanced them into a growing Sword of Life with copied Golden Dragon Spear traits. Five days later, as the tournament entered its round-robin stage, Sun Moon Battle Team captain Xiao Lixuan arranged to attend an auction under the watch of Ma Lao.

• Xu Jiujiu delivered Huo Yuhao the soul bone and Life Engraving Knife, gave him a ring for contacting the Star Luo imperial family, and warned him to beware of the Sun Moon Battle Team.
• Gu Yue Na caught Huo Yuhao after Xu Jiujiu left and stayed with him while he absorbed the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and purified the Soul Devouring Evil Knife.
• Huo Yuhao fused the Life Engraving Knife with Gold of Life, copied the Golden Dragon Spear and Silver Dragon Spear traits onto the resulting Sword of Life, and was pinned down by Gu Yue Na as she demanded compensation for the previous night.
• After the first round-robin match, the Sun Moon Battle Team discussed its plans, and Xiao Lixuan announced that he would attend an auction focused on Soul Guidance Devices.
• Ma Rulong questioned Xiao Lixuan's reason for attending, and one of the Team Leader Teachers agreed to accompany him.

Xiao Lixuan recalled why he defected from the Body Sect and planned to use the tournament to win Jing Hongchen’s trust, only to suspect Huo Yuhao had already claimed the Life Engraving Knife. The next day, Huo Yuhao agreed to face Shen Ce’s Qianling team in a team battle, while An Lengye felt an inexplicable fear of him.

• Xiao Lixuan reflected on his defection from the Body Sect, the bounty that led Jing Hongchen to distrust him, and his plan to expose his strength against Shrek and eliminate Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Lixuan and Ma Lao entered the Star Luo Auction House, where Xiao Lixuan failed to sense Huo Yuhao or any Shrek members and realized Huo Yuhao might already possess the Life Engraving Knife.
• Tang Ya visited Huo Yuhao to absorb Life Energy, prolonged her goodnight kiss, and was caught by Qiu'er, who reproached him for not wiping his mouth before explaining.
• Huo Yuhao met Shen Ce at the arena, drew a team battle against Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and agreed to take the field at Shen Ce’s request.
• An Lengye saw Huo Yuhao and felt a deep, unexplained fear despite him not releasing his aura.

Huo Yuhao revealed his two-ring Martial Soul and decisively defeated Thousand Spirit Academy’s Shen Ce and Fei Yu Yan, shocking the tournament audience with his speed and Ultimate Ice. The chapter left Xiao Hongchen weighing Huo Yuhao’s strength while insisting that his own team still had a chance with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Huo Yuhao took the field for Shrek Academy, and the teams and spectators watched as he revealed silver-white vertical pupils, dragon scales, and two black Soul Rings.
• An Lengye reinforced Thousand Spirit Academy’s Rhinoceros Shield formation with Frost Shield while Shen Ce and Fei Yu Yan prepared to face Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao struck Shen Ce’s incoming Thousand Strike Spear aside with Ice Empress’s Claw and a short blade, then seized the spear and froze its flames with Ultimate Ice.
• Huo Yuhao put his blade to Shen Ce’s neck, prompting Shen Ce and Fei Yu Yan to concede; An Lengye recognized Huo Yuhao’s familiar aura, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Xu Jiawei received confirmation about his investigation and ordered his aide to tell Xu Jiujiu to cooperate fully with Huo Yuhao.
• Meng Hongchen teased Xiao Hongchen about Huo Yuhao’s strength, and Xiao Hongchen argued that his team could still contend using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Xuanji Douluo urged Dai Hao to reconcile with Huo Yuhao and Shrek, warning that another attempt on Huo Yuhao could destroy the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. Dai Hao agreed to consider a public apology and possibly handing over Dai Huabin, but the Duchess fled with her ailing son and encountered Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu outside the city.

• Xuanji Douluo explained Huo Yuhao's extraordinary strength and warned Dai Hao that attacking him again could bring Shrek's full wrath upon the Duke's Mansion.
• Dai Hao agreed to seek reconciliation after the competition finals, while Xuanji Douluo suggested he might hand Dai Huabin over to Huo Yuhao as part of the apology.
• The Duchess heard Dai Hao considering the suggestion and secretly decided to flee with Dai Huabin rather than risk her husband's choice.
• The Duchess told Dai Huabin that Dai Hao was dealing with Shrek and left the Duke's Mansion with him and two guards, carrying the family's portable belongings.
• Outside the city, the Duchess and her party ran into Xu Jiujiu and Huo Yuhao, whom the Duchess recognized and angrily confronted.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu confronted the Duchess as she tried to flee with Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao revealed his hidden power to fight her and her guards. After he obliterated two Soul Emperors with a devastating attack, he decided to take the unconscious Duchess and Dai Huabin and leave before anyone arrived.

• Xu Jiujiu joined Huo Yuhao at the Duke's Mansion, where they intercepted the Duchess and Dai Huabin as they prepared to escape.
• Dai Huabin woke at the sight of Huo Yuhao, panicked, and was knocked unconscious by the Duchess.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Sword of Life and raised his cultivation near Soul Emperor level, while Xu Jiujiu supported him with Star Radiance Art.
• The Duchess released her Martial Soul, and her two Soul Emperor guards joined the fight after she threatened them into attacking Xu Jiujiu.
• Huo Yuhao crippled Lao Si with spiritual attacks, then used Emperor's Palm, Great Cold, No Snow to make him explode and kill the second guard in the blast.
• The explosion knocked the Duchess unconscious, and Huo Yuhao rescued Xu Jiujiu before telling her to take the Duchess and Dai Huabin and leave.

After Dai Hao learned that Zhu Ying had fled the Duke's Mansion with Dai Huabin and its treasury, he assumed Shrek had intercepted them and stopped investigating. Huo Yuhao imprisoned the Duchess and Dai Huabin in the Undead Plane, tormented them, and forced the Duchess to agree to help him act against Dai Hao.

• Dai Hao learned that Zhu Ying had taken Dai Huabin and emptied the Duke's Mansion treasury, then ordered his men to stop investigating the crater.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Undead Plane and found the Duchess guarding the unconscious Dai Huabin.
• The Duchess accused Huo Yuhao of being an Evil Soul Master, and he stabbed her palm with the Sword of Life to demonstrate its life-draining power.
• Huo Yuhao seized Dai Huabin and inflicted the same palm injury he had suffered as a child, forcing the Duchess to beg for her son's life.
• Huo Yuhao offered the Duchess and Dai Huabin quick deaths if she agreed to his demand; she accepted when he revealed that he intended to move against Dai Hao rather than inherit the Duke's Mansion.

As the semifinalists gathered for the draw, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen argued over Huo Yuhao and the creator of Shrek’s Exoskeleton Soul Guidance Devices, while Xiao Lixuan secretly prepared to target Huo Yuhao. Shrek drew Sun Moon Academy, but Xiao Lixuan forfeited the team battle and planned to face Huo Yuhao in the individual matches.

• Xiao Hongchen admitted he was nervous about facing Shrek, and Meng Hongchen tried to reassure him by discussing Shrek’s formidable lineup and its Exoskeleton Soul Guidance Devices.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen made a bet about Huo Yuhao’s Soul Guidance Device ability, and Shrek’s team overheard them as it came downstairs.
• The teams gathered for the semifinal draw, where Xu Jiujiu drew with Huo Yuhao; their numbers paired Shrek against Sun Moon Academy and Di'ao Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Xiao Lixuan provoked Huo Yuhao with a hostile glare, then froze under an unseen threat while Jing Hongchen watched from concealment and wondered about his concealed strength.
• Sun Moon Academy forfeited the team battle, and Xiao Lixuan planned to use the individual matches to cripple Shrek’s competitors and kill Huo Yuhao.