Chapter Summaries

Shrek’s competition team returned to the academy and was brought to Sea God Pavilion, where the elders questioned Huo Yuhao’s status before Mu En intervened. Mu En rewarded the returning students and offered Huo Yuhao and his companions places in the inner courtyard and the title of Shrek Seven Devils, then turned his attention to Huo Yuhao.

• Yan Shaozhe and the other deans welcomed Zhang Lexuan’s team back and took them by boat to Sea God Island for their rewards.
• The team saw the Golden Ancient Tree, whose immense life energy impressed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux.
• At Sea God Pavilion, the elders questioned Huo Yuhao because he had represented Shrek without being a student, and Mu En confirmed that Huo Yuhao was his last disciple.
• Mu En let the Pavilion Elders conclude their meeting and revealed that he was the old man who lounged by the boys’ dormitory entrance.
• Mu En offered Ma Xiaotao and the other six graduating students a choice of paths and one soul bone each, then dismissed them with the four deans.
• Mu En admitted Huo Yuhao and his six companions to the inner courtyard as exceptions and said they would inherit the title of Shrek Seven Devils.

Huo Yuhao tempered his spiritual power in the Golden Ancient Tree and refused to endanger it, until Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained he could safely absorb a small amount of its energy. As Huo Yuhao began devouring the tree’s life energy, Jing Hongchen confronted Shrek Academy over stolen Soul Tools.

• Mu En sent Huo Yuhao to cultivate in a chamber beneath Sea God Pavilion, while Wang Dong’s forehead mark suddenly lit up in the passage.
• Huo Yuhao endured the spiritual assault of the Fear Demon Dragon skulls and refined his spiritual power.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to devour the Golden Ancient Tree, but Huo Yuhao initially refused because destroying it would harm the world and betray Mu En’s trust.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm clarified that Huo Yuhao could absorb energy without harming the Golden Ancient Tree, and Huo Yuhao accepted the plan.
• Huo Yuhao used his Titan Snow Demon Emperor torso bone soul skill, Snow Demon Devour, to draw the tree’s golden life energy into himself.
• Jing Hongchen arrived above Shrek Academy and demanded that those who stole the Sun Moon Royal Academy’s Soul Tools come forward.

Jing Hongchen confronted Shrek to reclaim Bright Virtue Hall’s Soul Tools, and Xuan Zi challenged him as the dispute escalated into a fight. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao absorbed the Golden Ancient Tree’s Life Energy, reached Rank 60, and awakened an even more powerful Eye of Life before leaving the cultivation chamber.

• Jing Hongchen demanded that Shrek return the Soul Tools Huo Yuhao had taken from the Sun Moon Battle Team, while Xuan Zi insisted he wait for Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi and Jing Hongchen exchanged threats and clashed, with a Soul Tool beam intercepting Xuan Zi’s charge before he attacked again.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Golden Ancient Tree’s Life Energy, broke through to Rank 60, and tempered his body into the Ultimate Body.
• The Life Energy transformed Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes into a golden Eye of Life, opening a vertical eye at his brow and manifesting the Blade of Life’s Watch.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux praised Huo Yuhao’s newly enhanced foundation, and Huo Yuhao sensed a connection with the Golden Ancient Tree before leaving the chamber.

Huo Yuhao left the Golden Ancient Tree and learned that Jing Hongchen had come to Shrek to demand the return of Bright Virtue Hall’s Soul Tools. He confronted Jing Hongchen in the sky and declared that he had confiscated them, leaving the two powerful figures facing off.

• Wang Dong emerged from her cultivation chamber, grew angry when Huo Yuhao ignored her, and challenged him to fight.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao that Jing Hongchen had come to Shrek and was battling Xuan Zi, but Huo Yuhao chose to face Jing Hongchen himself.
• A Pavilion Elder reported that Huo Yuhao had absorbed nearly ten percent of the Golden Ancient Tree’s energy, and Mu En promised to vouch for him.
• Xuan Zi fought Jing Hongchen above Shrek while Jing Hongchen demanded that Huo Yuhao appear and return the Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao flew into the battle despite warnings from Xuan Zi, Ma Xiaotao, and Zhang Lexuan, then defended taking the Soul Tools after the Sun Moon Battle Team’s teacher had attacked him.
• Huo Yuhao opened a vertical eye on his brow and told Jing Hongchen that he had confiscated the Soul Tools.

Huo Yuhao challenged Jing Hongchen to a duel over Soul Tools, with Mu En setting stakes on his behalf and allowing Jing to attack as long as he did not kill Yuhao. Jing opened the battle with a devastating barrage that swallowed Huo Yuhao, leaving his fate unclear.

• Huo Yuhao declared that he would confiscate Jing Hongchen's Soul Tool, and Xuan Zi warned Jing not to harm him by revealing that Yuhao was Mu En's final disciple.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Jing Hongchen to a contest and offered three Soul Tools from Jing if he won, while Mu En provided three fifty-thousand-year soul bones and Shrek's cultivation manuals as stakes.
• Jing Hongchen accepted the duel and set the condition that Huo Yuhao had to withstand three attacks to win a Bright Virtue Hall Soul Tool manual.
• Jing Hongchen launched a combined blast from twelve eighth-grade Floating Cannons, and the scarlet beam engulfed Huo Yuhao before boring through a distant mountain.
• Xuan Zi, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Beibei, and the others feared for Huo Yuhao, while Jing Hongchen wondered why Mu En had not intervened.

Huo Yuhao survived Jing Hongchen’s twelve Rank 8 Soul Tools and revealed that the Golden Ancient Tree had evolved his body, Spirit Eyes, and Titan Snow Demon Emperor martial soul. After his Titan Frost Meteor Fist cracked Jing Hongchen’s Mortal World's Protection, Jing Hongchen launched a counterattack with the Purple Blazing Heavenly Dragon Sword as Huo Yuhao awakened a third eye.

• Huo Yuhao emerged from the destructive beam bloodied but unharmed, his body shining with a crystalline luster.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the evolved Titan Snow Demon Emperor and unleashed a blizzard that engulfed Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao struck Jing Hongchen with Titan Frost Meteor Fist, but Jing Hongchen blocked it with Mortal World's Protection, which sustained several cracks.
• Jing Hongchen drew the Level 9 Purple Blazing Heavenly Dragon Sword and charged at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao opened a third eye as violet and gold light intertwined across his eyes.

Huo Yuhao defeated Jing Hongchen in their agreed three-move contest by combining his new Purple Extreme Life Destruction Eye, the Sky-Tearing Claw, and Soul Impact. Mu En appeared beside Huo Yuhao and demanded that Jing Hongchen honor the wager by letting his disciple choose from his Soul Tools.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed the Purple Extreme Life Destruction Eye, and Jing Hongchen destroyed several Soul Tools to break free of its beam.
• Jing Hongchen attacked with his Purple Blazing Heavenly Dragon Sword, but Huo Yuhao countered with the Sky-Tearing Claw and held him in a deadlock.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Impact while Jing Hongchen was occupied, then struck him with the Sky-Tearing Claw and sent him flying.
• Huo Yuhao acknowledged his narrow victory, and Mu En told Jing Hongchen to let Huo Yuhao choose among his Soul Tools.

Huo Yuhao defeated Jing Hongchen and claimed three Soul Tools before returning to Shrek Academy. Mu En then asked him whether he fancied anyone as Sea God Fate approached.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Jing Hongchen, who admitted his loss and agreed to honor their wager.
• Huo Yuhao took the Purple Blazing Heavenly Dragon Sword, Mortal World's Protection, and Jing Hongchen's Level 9 flying Soul Tool.
• Jing Hongchen promised to send the Soul Tool manuals to Shrek before leaving, and the academy celebrated Huo Yuhao's victory.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Sea God Pavilion with Mu En, who praised his performance and asked whether he fancied anyone ahead of Sea God Fate.

Mu En urged Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan to consider romance and kept Huo Yuhao in Shrek City for his birthday. After Huo Yuhao planned a journey to Star Dou, Ma Xiaotao dragged him upstairs to help suppress her evil fire, drawing the attention of a gossiping student.

• Huo Yuhao told Mu En he wanted to focus on cultivation, but agreed to stay in Shrek City for half a month for Mu En's birthday.
• Mu En suggested Zhang Lexuan consider a relationship with Huo Yuhao and encouraged her to think about attending Sea God Fate.
• Huo Yuhao cultivated overnight, considered seeking another ferocious beast Spirit Soul in Star Dou, and planned to find Mu En a birthday gift.
• Ma Xiaotao confronted Huo Yuhao at an inn and pulled him upstairs, insisting he help suppress her evil fire.
• A Shrek student at the inn secretly aimed a Recording Soul Tool at the stairs and speculated about Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao.

Huo Yuhao suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire after she sought his help, and she recovered her composure. After he hurried away, Ma Xiaotao decided she wanted to take part in Sea God Fate.

• Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao into his room and asked him to help suppress her evil fire.
• Huo Yuhao apologized for upsetting Ma Xiaotao and used his Ultimate Ice and Snow to suppress the evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao regained her clarity, apologized for losing control, and teased Huo Yuhao about his shy reaction.
• Huo Yuhao said the suppression would last about a month, then left to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ma Xiaotao watched Huo Yuhao leave and decided to take part in Sea God Fate.

Huo Yuhao chose Bi Ji as his soul spirit and gained her 600,000-year Jade Heart external spirit bone, then prepared to return to Shrek Academy for Mu En’s approaching birthday. He left with a Ten Thousand Year Jade Ginseng as a gift for his teacher.

• Huo Yuhao chose Bi Ji as his soul spirit, and she raised his Soul Power to Level 65 while forming the Jade Heart external spirit bone.
• Bi Ji’s Jade Heart entered Huo Yuhao’s chest, strengthening his physique with unceasing vitality, while the fierce beasts discussed which of them would become his next soul spirit.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm introduced Bi Ji and Bear Lord to mahjong, which they agreed to study seriously.
• After absorbing the soul bone and cultivating for ten days, Huo Yuhao decided to return to Shrek Academy for Mu En’s birthday.
• Huo Yuhao asked Myriad Monster King for a life-extending spirit grass, received a Ten Thousand Year Jade Ginseng, and flew toward Shrek Academy.

As Sea God Fate approached, rumors spread through Shrek Academy that Huo Yuhao was caught between Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan. Ma Xiaotao confirmed she would participate, while Zhang Lexuan prepared to wear a white dress for the event.

• Students formed the Marriage Society and eagerly circulated rumors about Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and Zhang Lexuan as Sea God Fate neared.
• By Sea God Lake, Xiao Xiao read a newsletter about the trio’s absence, while the friends joked about whom Huo Yuhao would choose and Beibei worried that Tang Ya might leave Shrek.
• Ma Xiaotao sparred with Ling Luochen and Xixi, then admitted she had asked Huo Yuhao to suppress her evil fire and said she would attend Sea God Fate.
• Zhang Lexuan recalled her feelings for Huo Yuhao and took a white dress from her wardrobe, deciding to wear it for Sea God Fate.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy and tried to heal Mu En’s old injuries, but the damage proved too severe. He decided to seek power at Qiankun Asking Fate Valley, while Mu En urged him to attend Sea God Fate and find someone to share his life.

• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy, where students gossiped about his looks and the coming Sea God Fate competition.
• Huo Yuhao gave Mu En a White Jade Ginseng and used his Swan Holy Domain, but Mu En’s deep-rooted injuries neutralized the healing.
• Huo Yuhao tried to strengthen the healing, but Mu En and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stopped him and explained that ordinary methods could not save Mu En.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm concluded that devouring the Golden Ancient Tree could heal Mu En, and identified Qiankun Asking Fate Valley as a chance for Huo Yuhao to grow stronger.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao he wanted him to find someone who understood him and handed him the bulletin, telling him to attend Sea God Fate the next day.

Huo Yuhao agreed to participate in Shrek Academy’s Sea God Fate event after discovering rumors that paired him with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao. As the event began, Wang Dong struggled with jealousy while Huo Yuhao planned to help Tang Ya improve her talent after the festivities.

• Mu En showed Huo Yuhao a publication naming him, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao as the most anticipated combination, and Huo Yuhao agreed to attend Sea God Fate.
• Huo Yuhao joined Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou for lunch and confirmed he would participate.
• Huo Yuhao learned Beibei was staying with Tang Ya and resolved to investigate whether Immortal Herbs in Qiankun Asking Fate Valley could improve her talent.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Wang Dong grew troubled by the rumors linking him to other girls but agreed to attend Sea God Fate.
• Shrek Academy students gathered by Sea God Lake, and the Sea God Fate event officially began at six in the evening.

Sea God Fate began at Sea God Lake, where Zhang Lexuan joined the veiled women and disguised herself among them. As the first round started, Huo Yuhao declared he would claim the first water lily and raced ahead with the other contestants.

• Zhang Lexuan welcomed the gathered students and teachers, then explained the five rounds of Sea God Fate and the rules of the first round, Mutual Appreciation.
• Zhang Lexuan transformed her dark robes into white and joined the twenty other veiled women, leaving the crowd unable to identify her.
• The boys recognized that Zhang Lexuan and possibly Ma Xiaotao might be among the women, and their attention focused on Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Sanshi and He Caitou stepped away from Huo Yuhao to avoid drawing the other contestants' attention, while Huo Yuhao said he would claim the first water lily.
• Yan Shaozhe signaled the start with fireworks, and nearly a hundred youths rushed across the lake as Huo Yuhao passed two Soul Sage contestants.

Huo Yuhao dominated the boys’ contest on Sea God Lake, taking first place and setting up the unveiling of the girls’ veils. As his water lily drifted toward a veiled figure, he resolved not to repeat his past mistakes with Tang Wutong.

• Two Soul Sage seniors and nearly a hundred boys attacked Huo Yuhao, but he broke through their assaults without being harmed.
• Huo Yuhao used Bi Ji’s second spirit skill, Jade Tide Sound, to disperse the incoming soul skills, then crossed the lake on an ice path.
• Xu Sanshi tried to swap places with Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao’s spiritual power stopped the skill and he reached the first water lily.
• The contest ended with Huo Yuhao in first place, Xu Sanshi in second, two Soul Sage seniors next, and He Caitou in fifth.
• Yan Shaozhe invited Huo Yuhao to be the first to unveil a girl’s veil, and Huo Yuhao reflected on his past with Tang Wutong before resolving not to repeat his old mistakes.
• Huo Yuhao’s water lily drifted toward one of the veiled girls.

Huo Yuhao faced a test from Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo during Sea God Lake’s Mutual Appreciation event, then watched Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan willingly reveal their faces. When Wang Dong removed her hat and called to him, he asked whether they knew each other.

• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo challenged Huo Yuhao to prove himself worthy of their sisters, and he used his spiritual power to remove the veiled hats of the women on the lake.
• Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan removed their own hats and confessed their feelings for Huo Yuhao through their words and gazes.
• Huo Yuhao praised Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan, then prepared to end the Mutual Appreciation event.
• Wang Dong removed her hat and called out to Huo Yuhao, revealing her ocean-blue hair and face.
• Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong with calm distance and asked whether they knew each other.

At Sea God Fate, Huo Yuhao drew every girl's attention while Wang Dong struggled to reveal her identity and feelings. Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen persuaded Long Xiaoyao to target Huo Yuhao, and Long Xiaoyao departed after recalling Mu En.

• Wang Dong stopped herself from telling Huo Yuhao that she was a girl, and Huo Yuhao returned to his place on the lotus leaves.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced the lantern choices and introductions of Sea God Fate's next segments, and all twenty-one girls lit their lanterns for Huo Yuhao except Wang Dong, who could not extinguish hers.
• At Bright Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen waited for Long Xiaoyao while Old Ma questioned the deference shown to the visitor.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived, and Jing Hongchen offered him three Level 9 Soul Tools and rare metals in exchange for killing Huo Yuhao.
• Long Xiaoyao questioned Jing Hongchen about Huo Yuhao's strength, then looked toward Shrek Academy, recalled Mu En, and vanished.

During the Sea God Fate event’s love-at-second-sight segment, Huo Yuhao introduced himself and displayed his extraordinary martial souls and power. The chapter left the girls and spectators captivated, while Huo Yuhao still had to choose the girl he favored.

• Yan Shaozhe explained the rules for the introductions and final choices, and the male students drew lots to determine their order.
• Chu Qingtian introduced himself with a display of his Electric Mad Leopard martial soul and chose a girl by number.
• The other male students gave their introductions until Yan Shaozhe called Huo Yuhao forward, and Mu En appeared to watch.
• Huo Yuhao looked toward Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao, then introduced himself as a thirteen-year-old level 65 Battle Soul Emperor with the Life God Eye and Titan Snow Demon Emperor martial souls.
• Huo Yuhao displayed his golden eye and icy giant-apelike phantom, freezing part of Sea God Lake and leaving the twenty-one girls and spectators captivated.

Huo Yuhao wrote down the name of the girl he liked during the Sea God Lake event, but a powerful enemy’s arrival interrupted the ceremony. Mu En reunited with Long Xiaoyao, a Rank 99 Dragon Emperor Douluo, while Huo Yuhao and other academy experts rushed into the sky.

• Han Ruoruo realized Zhang Lexuan had fallen in love with Huo Yuhao and noticed Ma Xiaotao’s admiration for him as well.
• Huo Yuhao hesitated over the slip of paper, then wrote down a name while Wang Dong watched and cried.
• Mu En sensed a powerful presence and vanished, and Huo Yuhao followed after sensing it too.
• Xuan Zi warned Shrek Academy that a powerful enemy was approaching, prompting the experts to take action and students to evacuate.
• Mu En reunited with Long Xiaoyao in the sky, and Huo Yuhao arrived and identified him as Rank 99 Dragon Emperor Douluo.