Chapter Summaries

After the Sea God's Fate Blind Date ended, Zhou Huan confessed his love to Zhang Lexuan beneath the moonlight, and she accepted his feelings by taking his hand. Zhou Huan then brought out a plant as a gift for their first day together.

• The Ice Empress told Huo Gua she had sensed the Snow Empress's power and asked him to question Zhou Huan when the opportunity arose.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan finished cleaning up Sea God Lake after the blind date, with only the two of them remaining there late at night.
• Zhou Huan told Zhang Lexuan that being beside her made the night special and confessed that he liked her deeply.
• Zhang Lexuan took Zhou Huan's hand, accepting his confession and making his heart race.
• Zhou Huan said he had a gift for Zhang Lexuan and revealed a plant with leaves white tinged with red.

Zhou Huan explained his views on love to Zhang Lexuan and gave her Lovesick Heartbreak Red as a token of affection. The next afternoon, Huo Gua visited Zhou Huan to ask about his Extreme Ice and its suspected connection to the Snow Empress, but Zhou Huan concealed the truth.

• Zhou Huan gave Zhang Lexuan Lovesick Heartbreak Red and told her he did not believe love required either person to die for the other.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted the Immortal Herb as a token of affection, and the two spent the night talking together beside Sea God Lake.
• The next afternoon, Zhou Huan found Huo Gua waiting outside his dormitory and invited him in.
• Huo Gua asked Zhou Huan about the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North and whether his Extreme Ice was connected to the Snow Empress.
• Zhou Huan claimed he had gained Extreme Ice from an Immortal Herb, while Ice Empress and Electrolux discussed their suspicions with Huo Gua in his Sea of Consciousness.

After Huo Gua left without giving Zhou Huan useful answers, Zhou Huan visited Zhang Lexuan and learned that she would lead an Inner Court Soul Beast hunting expedition to the Star Dou Great Forest. Concerned about the events that might unfold there, he decided to join her and Xiao Xiao’s group.

• Huo Gua left Zhou Huan’s house without resolving Ice Empress’s doubts, and Zhou Huan gained no clues about Electrolux.
• Zhou Huan went to Zhang Lexuan’s house, where Ma Xiaotao hurried away after opening the door.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan ate together, and she told him she had agreed to lead an Inner Court Soul Beast hunting operation in a month.
• Zhou Huan recalled that Wang Qiuer and Huo Gua would face danger and grow closer during the trip, and wondered whether he should interfere.
• Zhou Huan told Zhang Lexuan that he would join the expedition, partly because Xiao Xiao and Old Wen would need their sixth Soul Rings.

Zhou Huan and the others traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings, with Cai Meier and Zhang Lexuan arranging for the group to split into two teams. Zhou Huan wondered whether the separation from Huo Gua was a coincidence or an effect of Destiny Force.

• Zhou Huan met Li Yongyue and Mo Xuan as the group gathered on Sea God Island before setting out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After a day and a half of travel, the group stopped by a river, where Huo Gua served grilled fish and Zhou Huan doted on Zhang Lexuan, drawing teasing from the others.
• Cai Meier proposed splitting into two teams to find Soul Beasts faster and reduce the time spent in the Core Zone.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned Zhou Huan, Xiao Xiao, Wen Xiaoshuai, and Li Yongyue to her team, while Cai Meier took Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiuer, and Mo Xuan with Ma Xiaotao and Han Ruoruo.
• Zhou Huan wondered whether the team arrangement would keep him from encountering the Zhongli Three Brothers and whether Destiny Force had influenced the decision.

Zhang Lexuan led Zhou Huan and the others into the Star Dou Great Forest, where she swiftly defeated a twenty-thousand-year Great Strength Vajra Bear for Wen Xiaoshuai to absorb as his Soul Ring. Afterward, Xiao Xiao teased Zhou Huan about Zhang Lexuan, and he answered with a suggestive joke.

• Zhang Lexuan led her team through the forest’s Outer Zone and into the Mixed Zone while they searched for suitable Soul Beasts.
• On the third night, Zhou Huan sensed a Great Strength Vajra Bear approaching, and Zhang Lexuan identified it as a suitable Soul Beast for Wen Xiaoshuai.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Moon Martial Soul to overwhelm the bear and leave it near death.
• Wen Xiaoshuai delivered the final blow and began absorbing the bear’s Soul Ring.
• Xiao Xiao asked Zhou Huan whether he could handle Zhang Lexuan, and he replied with a suggestive joke.

Wen Xiaoshuai gained a Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Xiao Xiao absorbed a Soul Ring while the group searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Li Yongyue’s. Their search was interrupted when Zhang Lexuan brought them to Cai Meier’s rendezvous point, where they learned Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer had gone missing while pursuing Evil Soul Masters.

• Wen Xiaoshuai absorbed the Great Strength Vajra Bear’s Soul Ring and Left Arm Bone after Xiao Xiao found the bone and Zhang Lexuan assigned it to him.
• After searching the Mixed Zone, Zhang Lexuan led the group into the Core Zone, where she subdued a seventeen-thousand-year Iron Eater Beast for Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao absorbed the Iron Eater Beast’s Soul Ring, gaining Six Cauldrons Town Guard, while Zhou Huan secretly gathered the beast’s remnant soul into the Floating Pagoda.
• Zhang Lexuan discovered a crack in her communication Soul Tool and rushed with the group to the rendezvous point, leaving Li Yongyue’s Soul Ring search unfinished.
• Cai Meier told Zhang Lexuan that three Evil Soul Masters had lured a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear into a battle and escaped, and Wang Dong’er explained that Huo Yuhao had left to stop them while Wang Qiuer disappeared amid the chaos.

After Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer were found unconscious and badly injured, the Shrek group treated them and recovered Soul Bones from the three Wolf Apes. Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer woke, but before the group could leave, a furious roar sounded behind the camp.

• Zhang Lexuan, Cai Meier, and the others followed a Soul Cannon blast east and found Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer unconscious in a tent.
• Wang Dong'er checked Huo Yuhao while Cai Meier treated Wang Qiuer, and both were found alive despite their severe injuries.
• Xiao Xiao and Li Yongyue found matching left-leg Soul Bones on all three Wolf Ape corpses after Zhou Huan guessed they might share identical Soul Bones.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiuer woke after half an hour and began recovering, while Zhou Huan noticed Wang Qiuer's feelings for Huo Yuhao had deepened.
• A furious roar sounded behind the camp, and Cai Meier wondered whether it was the Earthshaker Roar.

Zhou Huan and the Shrek group completed their Soul Beast hunt and returned to the academy, where Huo Gua and Li Yongyue absorbed their new Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. As Shrek prepared for the expanded All-Continent youth Soul Master Competition in Mingdu, Zhou Huan agreed to compete and Zhang Lexuan warned him to stay cautious around the Sun Moon Empire.

• Huo Gua absorbed the Silver Hero Beast's Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Li Yongyue absorbed the Earthshaker Roar's.
• Cai Meier's group left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Shrek Academy, and Zhou Huan went home with Zhang Lexuan before she kicked him out for trying to stay the night.
• Zhang Lexuan told Zhou Huan that sects could now enter the Mingdu competition and that Shrek would send a Tang Sect team as well as a separate Shrek team.
• Zhou Huan agreed to compete with Shrek, and Zhang Lexuan cautioned him not to reveal his strength because Long Xiaoyao and other powerful figures might be involved.
• Zhang Lexuan said Zhou Huan mattered more to her than the competition, then told him to attend Elder Xuan's meeting the next day to select the team captain, main members, and reserves.
• Zhou Huan considered becoming captain so Shrek's team would uphold fair competition rather than resort to cheating.

Shrek and Tang Sect gathered to prepare for the Mingdu Soul Master Competition, and Xuan Zi explained the tournament rules and named Shrek’s main team. Zhou Huan and Wang Qiuer both sought the captaincy, so Xuan Zi sent them to the Soul Fighting Arena to settle it with a match.

• Zhou Huan arrived late and joked with Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan about his work and their nicknames.
• Xuan Zi explained the competition’s individual elimination and seven-person team formats, including the fixed roster for each round.
• Xuan Zi named Wang Qiuer, Wen Xiaoshuai, Zhou Huan, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, and Cao Jinxuan as Shrek’s main team, with Zhou Sichen and the Lan sisters as substitutes.
• Zhou Huan volunteered to be captain, and Wang Qiuer immediately challenged him for the position.
• Xuan Zi ordered Zhou Huan and Wang Qiuer to fight for the captaincy, and everyone headed to the Outer Court Soul Fighting Arena to watch.

Zhou Huan fought Wang Qiuer in the Shrek Soul Fighting Arena to decide who would lead the Shrek Team, revealing overwhelming strength despite posing as a Soul King. After freezing Wang Qiuer and winning her acknowledgment, he was named Captain, and the teams prepared for their Confrontation Match.

• Zhou Huan and Wang Qiuer exchanged powerful blows, and their clash stunned both teams and the spectators.
• Huo Gua recognized Zhou Huan's Titan Snow Demon Fist, while the Ice Empress identified its power as Snow Empress's.
• Zhou Huan kept fighting Wang Qiuer for ten minutes and deliberately showed minor injuries to conceal his defensive strength.
• Zhou Huan moved behind Wang Qiuer, froze her with a palm strike, then released her, and Wang Qiuer admitted defeat.
• Yan Shaozhe named Zhou Huan Captain of the Shrek Team and gave both teams ten minutes to prepare for the Confrontation Match.

Wang Dong'er defeated two Shrek teammates in the individual matches, while Zhou Huan used the losses to prepare his team for stronger opponents. The chapter ended as Wang Qiuer and Wang Dong'er began their long-awaited fight, with Wang Qiuer carrying her Golden Dragon Spear and Wang Dong'er summoning a hammer.

• Zhou Huan sent Zhou Sichen to face Wang Dong'er, who defeated him after overcoming his summons and beating him down.
• Zhou Huan encouraged Zhou Sichen and the Shrek team to learn from the loss and prepare for stronger opponents.
• Cao Jinxuan fought Wang Dong'er for three minutes before losing, but his Fleeting Time Bell consumed some of her Soul Power.
• Zhou Huan sent Wang Qiuer to face Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiuer challenged her to choose a weapon.
• Wang Dong'er summoned a blue-black hammer, and Yan Shaozhe started the match between Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiuer.

Wang Qiuer and Wang Dong'er fought to a draw in a brutal individual match before Yan Shaozhe intervened to prevent serious injuries. Afterward, Huo Gua helped Dong'er, Qiuer thanked Zhou Huan, and the next match was about to begin.

• Wang Qiuer and Wang Dong'er clashed with the Golden Dragon Spear and Clear Sky Hammer, trading blows as their Soul Power steadily drained.
• Wang Dong'er unleashed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Wang Qiuer answered with Golden Dragon Bloodlust, and their final attacks chipped the Clear Sky Hammer and threatened to injure both fighters.
• Yan Shaozhe stopped the weapons just before they struck, declared the exhausted fighters' match a draw, and helped them land safely.
• Xiao Xiao told the Tang Sect members about Huo Gua and Wang Qiuer's history in the Star Dou Great Forest, prompting Xu Sanshi to tease Huo Gua until Jiang Nannan stomped his foot.
• Huo Gua supported Wang Dong'er after she left the stage, while Wang Qiuer returned to the Shrek Team and thanked Zhou Huan as she passed.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that the fourth individual match was about to begin and called for the next participants.

Wen Xiaoshuai defeated He Caitou in the fourth individual match, and Zhou Huan faced Beibei in the fifth. Zhou Huan froze and shattered Beibei’s Thunder Dragon Head, leaving Beibei injured as their battle continued.

• Wen Xiaoshuai charged He Caitou through a barrage of Soul Tool fire and won after closing the distance and forcing Yan Shaozhe to rescue He Caitou.
• Zhou Huan entered the fifth match for Shrek, and Beibei stepped out as the Tang Sect Team’s captain.
• Beibei attacked with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Zhou Huan’s Titan Snow Demon Fist froze and dispelled its lightning.
• Beibei trapped the stage in a lightning web and sent a Thunder Dragon Head at Zhou Huan.
• Zhou Huan evaded the lightning with Ice Step and shattered the Thunder Dragon Head with Emperor’s Palm · Great Cold Without Snow, causing Beibei to bleed.

Zhou Huan defeated Beibei after his Giant Frost Dragon shattered Beibei’s Dragon Emperor’s Domain Shatter in their friendly match. The captains agreed to skip the remaining individual matches and proceed directly to the seven-man Team Battle.

• Beibei’s Dragon Emperor’s Domain Shatter filled the arena with four Holy Light Dragons, but Zhou Huan answered with his Giant Frost Dragon.
• Zhou Huan’s Giant Frost Dragon destroyed all four Holy Light Dragons, and Beibei conceded the match after suffering backlash.
• Beibei acknowledged Zhou Huan’s strength, and the two captains agreed to begin the Team Battle.
• Xu Sanshi praised Beibei as the Strongest Star after watching the captains make peace.

Zhou Huan used a blizzard to split the Tang Sect Team and help the Shrek Team target its members, while Huo Gua countered with his own Extreme Ice domain. Their domains clashed and destroyed the arena, so Zhou Huan and Huo Gua agreed to a draw before the coaches ended the practice match.

• Zhou Huan unleashed Blizzard Dragon Tornado, dividing the Tang Sect Team across the arena as Wang Qiuer, Wen Xiaoshuai, and Zhou Sichen attacked Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Qiuer, Wen Xiaoshuai, and Zhou Sichen defeated Wang Dong'er in five seconds, and Yan Shaozhe removed her from the match.
• Huo Gua activated Eternal Frost Domain to stop the tornadoes, and Zhou Huan answered with Ice Qilin Cold Domain.
• The two domains collided, forcing Yan Shaozhe and Xuanzi to remove the other competitors before the domains exploded and wrecked the arena.
• Zhou Huan proposed a draw, Huo Gua agreed, and Yan Shaozhe criticized both teams for failing to coordinate.

After the battle, Zhou Huan appointed Wang Qiuer deputy captain and arranged a month and a half of combat training for the Shrek Team. He then visited Zhang Lexuan, where they discussed his new role and the Soul Master Competition.

• Beibei and Tang Ya led most of the Tang Sect members back to Shrek City while Xiao Xiao and Wang Qingya returned to the Inner Court.
• Zhou Huan named Wang Qiuer deputy captain and put her in charge of teaching the team combat techniques through training on Sea God Island.
• Zhou Huan told the Shrek Team to gather the next morning for intensive training, promising to handle their meals; the team accepted after he invoked Shrek's honor.
• Zhou Huan went to Zhang Lexuan's home, embraced her, and praised the pastries she had made.
• Zhang Lexuan asked what Elder Xuan had said about the Soul Master Competition, and Zhou Huan told her he had become captain of the Shrek Team and jokingly asked for a reward.

Zhou Huan managed Shrek Team’s training while Wang Qiuer was away with Huo Yuhao, then stopped a confrontation when they returned and found Huo Yuhao badly injured. He walked with Wang Qiuer afterward, challenged her ideas about love and life, and ordered her back to training the next morning.

• Zhou Huan had Wang Qiuer train the Shrek Team, then substituted himself and Wen Xiaoshuai when she stopped appearing.
• Wang Dong'er repeatedly asked Zhou Huan about Wang Qiuer and Huo Yuhao, while he kept their trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret.
• Zhou Huan learned that Wang Qiuer and Huo Yuhao had returned, then intervened when Xu Sanshi blocked Wang Qiuer as Wang Dong'er demanded an explanation.
• Wang Dong'er carried the injured Huo Yuhao to the Sea God Pavilion for treatment, leaving Zhou Huan alone with Wang Qiuer.
• Zhou Huan told Wang Qiuer that life mattered more than unreturned love, then reminded her to attend training or face a pay cut.

Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan discussed using the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to save the unconscious Huo Yuhao, but Zhou Huan explained that Huo Yuhao had already consumed one at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter ended with Wang Qiuer feeling dejected and wondering whether she should return to the Star Dou Great Forest after the Mingdu Soul Master Competition.

• Zhang Lexuan told Zhou Huan she had plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and asked whether it could restore Huo Yuhao.
• Zhou Huan embraced Zhang Lexuan, thanked her, and asked her not to harm herself for his sake.
• Zhou Huan deduced that Huo Yuhao had suffered after drinking the Blazing Sun Spring and had survived by consuming a Lovesick Heartbreak Red, likely one Wang Qiuer had given him.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted Zhou Huan's explanation that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well involved matters beyond their reach and promised to face future problems with him.
• Wang Dong'er cared for the unconscious Huo Yuhao while Wang Qiuer brooded alone and considered leaving for the Star Dou Great Forest after the competition.

The Shrek and Tang Sect teams set out together for Mingdu, with Huo Gua traveling in a wheelchair as the injured competitor. Four days later, they reached a river near the city and stopped for lunch before continuing on foot.

• Huo Gua awakened and persuaded Xuanzi to let him compete in Mingdu despite his condition, while Wang Dong'er cared for him and Wang Qiuer trained the teams.
• The Shrek and Tang Sect teams gathered at Shrek's west gate, where Zhou Huan noticed Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and Ghost Nana among the Tang Sect members.
• Both teams introduced themselves, activated their flying Soul Tools, and departed for Mingdu together.
• On the third day, Jing Ziyan sought guidance from Huo Gua, and the others stopped treating him as merely an injured person after seeing his formidable Spiritual Power.
• The group reached a river about a hundred kilometers from Mingdu, switched to traveling on foot, and had Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and the other girls prepare lunch.

On the road to Mingdu, Zhou Huan’s group met the Heavenly Armor Sect and the Heavy Sky Gate, and Zhou Huan froze the Heavy Sky Gate’s lecherous young master when he harassed Wang Qiuer. The teams resumed their journey toward Mingdu, while Wang Qiuer’s emotional troubles remained unresolved.

• Zhou Huan recalled that the Heavenly Armor Sect and Heavy Sky Gate had appeared on this route before and wondered whether they would meet them again.
• Han Zhanhu introduced the Heavenly Armor Sect to Zhou Huan’s group and showed more enthusiasm toward the Shrek Team than the Tang Sect.
• The Heavy Sky Gate’s young master approached Wang Qiuer, ignored her warning, and Zhou Huan froze him in ice before his companions carried him away.
• Ji Juechen challenged Zhou Huan to a fight, but Zhou Huan postponed it and redirected the group’s attention by teasing Wang Dong’er and Huo Gua.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Zhou Huan how he would help Wang Qiuer, and he said time was the best medicine as the group prepared to continue toward Mingdu.