Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao arrived late to the reserve team gathering and was ordered by Zhou Yi to fight Beibei and the others. He revealed overwhelming Soul Power and extraordinary Martial Souls, defeating Beibei and closing in on Wang Dong as the battle continued.

• Zhou Yi threatened to recommend revoking Huo Yuhao's reserve team qualification for arriving late, but Huo Yuhao appeared and apologized for returning late from cultivation outside the city.
• Zhou Yi ordered Beibei and the other five to attack Huo Yuhao, and Beibei and Wang Dong launched their spirit skills.
• Huo Yuhao revealed four Soul Rings, including three black rings, and used Soul Impact to knock Beibei unconscious before smashing Beibei's lightning attack with a punch.
• Huo Yuhao transformed into a towering giant with ice-armored fists and shattered Wang Dong's blades of light.
• Huo Yuhao rushed toward Wang Dong, who looked up at him as he blocked out the sky.

Huo Yuhao defeated the reserve team in a training fight, earning the respect of the main team and meeting Elder Xuan. Elder Xuan ordered the teams to suppress bandits in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and Huo Yuhao feared the mission would repeat the devastating losses of his past life.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Wang Dong with a punch after she attacked him, then overwhelmed Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao with his Titan Frost Meteor Fist.
• Zhou Yi stopped the fight, welcomed Huo Yuhao warmly, and declared the reserve team complete.
• Ma Xiaotao and her teammates praised Huo Yuhao, while Zhang Lexuan greeted him as her junior brother in front of the others.
• Elder Xuan appeared and ordered the two teams to wipe out the bandits in the Ming Dou Mountain Range before the Spirit Master Competition.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that the previous bandit suppression had left the Shrek Seven Devils with four injured, two crippled, and one dead, but hoped his warnings had helped the teachers prepare.

Zhang Lexuan accompanied Huo Yuhao to the Ming Dou Mountain Range, where Shrek’s group searched for a bandits’ hideout. After passing the White Tiger Duke’s military camp without stopping, they tracked the hideout through the forest, and Ma Xiaotao’s team moved ahead to attack.

• Zhang Lexuan flew Huo Yuhao on her moon-white Soul Tool while the others followed, and Wang Dong grew irritated watching them together.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao that Shrek had arranged several contingencies to prevent the tragedy he had foreseen, while Huo Yuhao sensed three concealed Titled Douluo.
• The group flew over the White Tiger Duke’s camp without stopping, and Zhang Lexuan reassured Huo Yuhao that he needed no one’s approval.
• Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to follow Wenlan Trees through the forest and locate the likely vicinity of the bandits’ hideout.
• Ma Xiaotao and her six teammates went ahead to scout and attack, while Huo Yuhao led the reserve team after them.

Huo Yuhao warned Ma Xiaotao’s team about an impending attack during the bandit extermination and helped Xuan Zi prevent the bandits’ corpses from exploding. After the Death Messenger was killed, the group thanked Huo Yuhao, and Zhang Lexuan led the teams toward the Spirit Master Competition in Star Luo City.

• Huo Yuhao reached the bandits’ cave and found human remains and infant corpses inside.
• Zhang Lexuan told Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao had foreseen a calamity, and Xuan Zi agreed to owe him a favor if they avoided it.
• The Death Messenger triggered the corpses to swell with explosive energy, and Huo Yuhao warned Ma Xiaotao’s team.
• Huo Yuhao located the Death Messenger as Xuan Zi shielded the team and blasted the swelling corpses away.
• Xuan Zi dragged out the Death Messenger, who had died from Huo Yuhao’s strike, then thanked Huo Yuhao for saving everyone.
• Zhang Lexuan sent Xuan Zi and three elders back to the academy and led the main and reserve teams toward the Spirit Master Competition.

In Star Luo City, Zhang Lexuan announced that Shrek’s reserve team would lead the Spirit Master Competition, overruling the main team’s objections. Huo Yuhao accepted the assignment and prepared to compete, while Wang Dong came to fetch him for a tactics meeting.

• Zhang Lexuan told the Shrek teams that the reserve team would serve as the tournament’s main force, and Ma Xiaotao and the other main-team members objected.
• Zhang Lexuan confirmed the reserve team would compete even in the elimination rounds, and the main team reluctantly left while the reserves grew uneasy.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Huo Yuhao whether he was confident, and he said he would do his best.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm he would not use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with God King Tang’s daughter and hoped to finish the tournament quickly.
• Wang Dong came to Huo Yuhao’s room and said Beibei and Xu Sanshi had called a tactics meeting, and Huo Yuhao left with her following.

Huo Yuhao joined Beibei and the Shrek reserve team to plan and practice for their upcoming match, then confronted Xiao Hongchen after he attacked Beibei with a bronze cauldron. Huo Yuhao retaliated by sending a heavier cauldron crashing toward Xiao Hongchen.

• Huo Yuhao attended the Shrek reserve team's strategy meeting and let Beibei remain captain, then listened as the group planned their tactics.
• The next day, Huo Yuhao joined Beibei and the others for practical training in the underground grounds.
• Xiao Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Academy reserve team emerged from the neighboring training ground and taunted Beibei's team in the corridor.
• Xiao Hongchen struck a bronze cauldron toward Beibei, who blocked it but staggered back under the impact.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Hongchen it was impolite not to reciprocate and sent a cracked, heavier cauldron hurtling toward him.

Huo Yuhao defeated Xiao Hongchen with one blow and demonstrated his Ultimate Ice before Shrek’s team prepared for the competition. The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition opened in Star Luo Plaza, where Shrek was announced for the first match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Huo Yuhao smashed Xiao Hongchen into a wall, breaking his arms and leaving him badly injured.
• Huo Yuhao repelled the wine-red-haired girl’s chilling attack and revealed that he possessed Ultimate Ice before leaving with Beibei and the others.
• Zhang Lexuan told Shrek’s teams that Beibei would command ordinary matches, but they must obey Huo Yuhao against powerful opponents.
• Xiao Hongchen vowed to defeat Huo Yuhao and erase his humiliation at the next competition.
• The Star Luo Emperor opened the competition, and the host announced the first match between Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao made his first appearance in the competition, revealing eight Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings and defeating the Heavenly Spirit Team almost instantly. Shrek Academy advanced, while the other teams watched Huo Yuhao with fear and reverence.

• Beibei and the other Shrek reserve members entered the elimination match against the nervous Heavenly Spirit Team.
• Huo Yuhao revealed eight Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings, shocking the spectators, rival academies, and the Star Luo Emperor.
• Xiao Hongchen vomited blood and collapsed after seeing Huo Yuhao's spirit rings and Soul Douluo strength.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Impact to knock out all seven Heavenly Spirit Team members before they could fight back.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Huo Yuhao returned to Zhang Lexuan, saying there was no need to watch the other teams.

After Huo Yuhao led the team to victory, he explained that his overwhelming display was a simulation and discussed the tournament strategy with Zhang Lexuan and the others. Wang Dong privately told him that their Soul Power had resonated and suggested their Martial Souls might form a fusion skill.

• Huo Yuhao told his teammates that his apparent Soul Douluo rank and Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings were created by his simulation skill, while Zhang Lexuan said she had recognized his true strength from their master's warning.
• Zhang Lexuan cautioned that other teams might test Huo Yuhao's disguise and said the team would need to coordinate; she also delayed Ma Xiaotao and the others' chance to compete until later in the round-robin stage.
• Huo Yuhao declined to join the others for lunch and returned to cultivate, while Wang Dong followed him after the corridor emptied.
• Wang Dong confronted Huo Yuhao about treating her more distantly than the others, and he let her into his room.
• Wang Dong released her Martial Soul and told Huo Yuhao that their Soul Power had resonated on the arena, suggesting they might be able to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Huo Yuhao rejected Wang Dong’s suggestion of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and turned down Zhang Lexuan’s invitation to Sea God Fate, remaining focused on cultivation. The next day, Shrek Academy drew a one-on-one arena match against Yunluo Academy, and the crowd called for Huo Yuhao to fight alone against seven opponents.

• Huo Yuhao dismissed the possibility of forming a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Wang Dong, then cultivated until she left his room dejectedly.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Huo Yuhao to dinner, and he told her he planned to cultivate in the Golden Ancient Tree and might travel the continent after the competition.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Huo Yuhao to join Sea God Fate, but he declined and said he only wanted to focus on cultivation.
• Zhang Lexuan explained the round-robin match formats to the Shrek Team and warned them to be cautious because other teams doubted Huo Yuhao’s strength.
• Beibei and Yunluo Academy’s captain drew lots, selecting a one-on-one arena match, and the audience chanted for Huo Yuhao to face seven opponents.

Zhang Lexuan kept Huo Yuhao off the field so Shrek could conceal his strength, and Shrek defeated Yunluo Academy without him. Huo Yuhao’s absence left the rival teams uncertain about his abilities as the competition continued.

• Zhang Lexuan decided that Xu Sanshi, Beibei, Wang Dong, and He Caitou would fight Yunluo Academy while Huo Yuhao stayed back as a hidden trump card.
• Xu Sanshi faced Ma Yingjun, a Soul Engineer who nervously asked him to go easy, and defeated him with little difficulty.
• Xu Sanshi defeated Yunluo Academy’s second contestant before tiring in a fierce battle against the third and leaving the arena.
• Beibei, Wang Dong, and He Caitou helped Shrek defeat Yunluo Academy after only four Shrek members fought.
• The spectators were disappointed that Huo Yuhao did not appear, while Old Ma told the Sun Moon Royal Team that Huo Yuhao was bluffing and urged them to fight Shrek without fear.

Huo Yuhao skipped watching the tournament matches to cultivate while Shrek Academy studied its opponents and bought Soul Tools. As Shrek prepared to face the powerful Thousand Spirits Academy, the captains drew lots and the match was set as a team battle.

• Huo Yuhao left the arena without watching the other teams, and Zhang Lexuan told Shrek’s members to study their opponents carefully.
• Zhang Lexuan warned the team that stronger opponents had four-ring Soul Ancestors, five-ring Soul King captains, and powerful Soul Tools, then advised them to buy Soul Tools on the rest day.
• Huo Yuhao declined to shop, cultivated, and learned from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Brother Banished Immortal wanted him to collect this world’s Soul Tool knowledge before ascending.
• Huo Yuhao decided to travel to the Sun Moon Empire after the competition to gather Soul Tool knowledge, while Beibei and the others bought equipment and sparred.
• Zhang Lexuan identified Thousand Spirits Academy as one of the tournament’s strongest teams, and Beibei drew a team battle for Shrek Academy.

Shen Ce and the Thousand Spirits Team launched a coordinated assault on Shrek Academy, breaking through the front line and driving a flame-enhanced spear toward Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao finally opened his eyes and summoned a green-gold blade from his forehead to meet the attack.

• Shen Ce ordered the Thousand Spirits Team to combine its shield formation with ice and fire support as the match began.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou attacked the shield wall, but the shield bearers knocked them back before their shields shattered.
• The Blazing Tiger Soul Master enhanced Shen Ce and his Thousand Strikes Spear with blue-white flames.
• Shen Ce used his Fifth Spirit Skill, Thousand Strikes Break, to thrust at Huo Yuhao while Huo Yuhao stood motionless.
• Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, revealed a vertical slit on his forehead, and sent a green-gold blade toward Shen Ce's spear.

Huo Yuhao single-handedly defeated the Thousand Spirits Team, shocking the tournament and leaving Shrek Academy victorious. He then flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a new soul ring and Soul Spirit before the competition continued.

• Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Shen Ce and the Thousand Spirits Team, breaking their defenses and forcing their remaining members off the arena.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the crowd erupted in cheers for Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Rulong and Old Ma discussed Huo Yuhao's overwhelming strength and urged the Sun Moon Royal Academy team to target Shrek's other members.
• Xiao Hongchen realized he had become afraid to face Huo Yuhao, then tried to convince himself he could still catch up.
• Zhang Lexuan told Shrek's group that Huo Yuhao was going to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm anticipated absorbing a new Soul Spirit and dominating the competition.

Huo Yuhao reached the Lake of Life, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm summoned five dormant savage beasts and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The beasts offered to become Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Souls, and he chose Bear Lord first.

• Huo Yuhao traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest to the Lake of Life.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unleashed its spiritual power, shaking the forest and forcing five savage beasts to emerge from underground.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared and explained that the Creation God had given it a chance to become a god.
• Bi Ji told Huo Yuhao that the beasts could help him become a God King if he proved himself worthy.
• Huo Yuhao chose Bear Lord to become his first Spirit Soul, and Bi Ji asked whether he was certain.

Huo Yuhao endured Bear Lord’s immense power and gained his five-hundred-thousand-year right arm soul bone, the Sky-Tearing Claw. He set out for Star Luo City, while Shrek’s team worried that he would miss the Spirit Master Competition finals.

• Bear Lord erupted in anger when Huo Yuhao chose him, but Huo Yuhao explained that he sought the strongest combat power and accepted the risk.
• Huo Yuhao endured Bear Lord’s power as Lake of Life repeatedly healed his breaking body, and Bear Lord forged his Soul Core into a right arm soul bone.
• After ten days, Huo Yuhao awakened and used the Sky-Tearing Claw to split Lake of Life and tear through space.
• Huo Yuhao decided to return to Star Luo City for the Spirit Master Competition finals.
• Beibei, Zhang Lexuan, and the others waited anxiously at Star Luo Plaza, fearing Huo Yuhao had encountered danger in Star Dou Forest.

Huo Yuhao returned to the finals just before Shrek faced Sun Moon Academy, alarming and impressing everyone with his powerful presence. He replaced Yao Haoxuan and took the stage as the match began, with Sun Moon’s team immediately unleashing a barrage of Soul Tools.

• Zhang Lexuan regretted not accompanying Huo Yuhao to Star Dou and worried about his safety before the finals.
• Spectators and rival academies mocked Huo Yuhao for his absence while Sun Moon Academy prepared to face Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the plaza, drawing the crowd’s attention and surprising Zhang Lexuan with his intimidating pressure.
• Zhang Lexuan let Huo Yuhao replace Yao Haoxuan, and he joined Shrek’s team on the stage.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo began the final, and Ma Rulong led Sun Moon Academy in a coordinated Soul Tool barrage against Shrek.

Huo Yuhao faced the Sun Moon Battle Team alone, weathered their opening Soul Tool barrage unharmed, and refused Ma Xiaotao's offer to help. As the team unleashed its strongest attacks, he summoned the Sky-Tearing Claw, which shattered the arena barrier and left the battle poised for a decisive clash.

• Huo Yuhao charged through the Sun Moon Battle Team's Soul Tool bombardment without being harmed, stunning the spectators.
• He challenged the seven opponents to attack first, while Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen ordered their team to unleash its full power.
• Ma Rulong activated the Sword of Judgment, and the Sun Moon Battle Team combined their Soul skills and Soul Tools into a devastating attack.
• Ma Xiaotao offered to join forces against the attack, but Huo Yuhao refused and raised his right hand.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Sky-Tearing Claw, tearing open the sky and shattering the barrier strengthened by the Heavenly Fiend Douluo.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed the Sun Moon Battle Team and their teacher with a devastating display of Titled Douluo power, winning the Spirit Master Competition. At the banquet that night, the Star Luo Emperor summoned him.

• Huo Yuhao's Dark Gold Claws shattered the Sun Moon Battle Team's attacks and forced Heavenly Fiend Douluo and Old Ma back, leaving the team unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao swept the fighters from the ruined arena, stripped the Sun Moon Battle Team of their Soul Tools, and warned Old Ma not to interfere.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo disqualified the Sun Moon Battle Team from the remaining finals and declared Huo Yuhao the competition's ultimate victor.
• The Star Luo Emperor praised Huo Yuhao's strength, announced the competition's conclusion, and hosted a banquet for the academies.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Huo Yuhao to the banquet, where he drank with the gathered geniuses until a guard summoned him to the Star Luo Emperor.

Huo Yuhao refused the Star Luo Emperor’s offer and hinted to the White Tiger Duke that he was Huo Yun’er’s son, then returned to cultivation rather than confront his father. At Bright Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen punished Old Ma for losing Soul Tools and set out to confront Shrek over them.

• The Star Luo Emperor offered Huo Yuhao imperial support and a hereditary marquisate, but Huo Yuhao declined and said he wanted freedom.
• Huo Yuhao asked the White Tiger Duke whether he remembered Huo Yun’er, leaving the Duke shaken as he recognized a possible connection.
• Huo Yuhao reaffirmed that he would keep the Huo surname and never forgive his father, then cultivated at the Star Emperor Hotel until Zhang Lexuan arrived the next morning.
• Jing Hongchen told Old Ma that Shrek’s genius had benefited Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, but punished Old Ma with a month in confinement for losing the academy’s Soul Tools.
• Jing Hongchen declared that he would retrieve the lost Soul Tools from Shrek and left Bright Virtue Hall, confident that no one there could stop him.