Chapter Summaries

Ye Xinglan confronted Huo Yuhao about her three-year obsession with challenging him, but seeing that he had become a six-ring Soul Emperor helped her let go of it. With the matter settled, Na'er led the group toward her favorite cafeteria.

• Huo Yuhao asked Ye Xinglan why she was so determined to spar with him, and she admitted that challenging him had become her obsession.
• Huo Yuhao revealed six black Soul Rings, and Ye Xinglan realized he had become a Soul Emperor.
• Ye Xinglan lost her desire to spar, thanked Huo Yuhao, and walked away feeling relieved.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin noticed how much Ye Xinglan had changed.
• Na'er led the hungry group toward the best Outer Court cafeteria and promised to ask the chef for extra dishes.

Huo Yuhao and his companions attended their first-year class at Shrek Academy, where Shen Yi offered him the forging representative position. When Yang Nianxia challenged the lack of an assessment, Xie Xie revealed that Huo Yuhao was a Level 6 Blacksmith, leaving the class stunned.

• Huo Yuhao and the others entered the lecture hall, where students recognized him as the long-reigning top-ranked youth genius.
• Shen Yi and Wu Changkong introduced themselves as the first-year homeroom teachers, and Shen Yi announced that class officers would be selected.
• Shen Yi offered Huo Yuhao the forging representative position and an extra five hundred Contribution Points each month, but he refused.
• Yang Nianxia questioned whether Huo Yuhao needed an assessment to become forging representative.
• Xie Xie announced that Huo Yuhao was a Level 6 Blacksmith, shocking the class and leaving Yang Nianxia speechless.

After Huo Yuhao revealed that he was a Level 6 Blacksmith, Shen Yi insisted that he join the class monitor training so the other students could see what a “true monster” was. Na'er declared that she wanted to be class monitor, and the class entered a simulated forest in the Training Ground.

• Huo Yuhao asked to skip the training and said he was not interested in becoming class monitor, but Shen Yi required him to participate.
• Shen Yi led the class to the Training Ground, where Tang Wulin asked Huo Yuhao about the class monitor position.
• Na'er loudly declared that she wanted to be class monitor, drawing curious and dismissive looks from nearby students.
• Shen Yi activated the Training Ground and explained that it was a simulated environment similar to the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• The students entered the Training Pods and found themselves in a realistic, sprawling forest.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue crossed the Training Ground to find Na'er, who had effortlessly defeated Luo Guixing and his six teammates. Na'er sought Huo Yuhao's praise while Gu Yue watched her with irritation.

• Huo Yuhao surveyed the Training Ground with his mental power and met Gu Yue, who had already defeated a student who attacked her.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue agreed they were not interested in becoming class monitor and headed toward Na'er after sensing she was fighting.
• On the way, a student recognized Huo Yuhao and fled rather than challenge him.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue found Na'er standing over seven defeated opponents, including Luo Guixing, who was stunned that an unranked student had beaten his team.
• Huo Yuhao told Luo Guixing not to put too much faith in the Youth Genius Ranking, then praised Na'er as she sought his approval and taunted Gu Yue.

After Na'er defeated Luo Guixing, Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue, and Na'er waited at the Training Ground’s central battleground for the remaining students. Wu Sidu, a highly ranked student who wanted to test herself against Huo Yuhao, challenged him and discovered how vast the gap between them was.

• Luo Guixing left the Training Ground after Na'er defeated him, and Shen Yi told him that losing to a former Inner Court student was nothing shameful.
• As the Training Ground shrank and students were eliminated, Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue, and Na'er headed to its center and waited for challengers.
• Wu Sidu confronted Huo Yuhao, saying she wanted to measure the distance between herself and the Youth Genius Ranking’s top student.
• Wu Sidu used her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and successive Soul Skills, but Huo Yuhao evaded every attack with minimal movements.
• Wu Sidu realized that Huo Yuhao surpassed her in combat awareness, reactions, timing, and speed by an overwhelming margin.

Huo Yuhao watched Wu Sidu reveal a transformation resembling the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then chose to face its overwhelming power directly. The chapter ended as he summoned his six black Soul Rings and thrust his Soul Guidance Longsword at the charging tiger.

• The shrinking assessment zone forced the remaining contestants to gather and watch Huo Yuhao effortlessly evade Wu Sidu’s attacks.
• Wu Sidu combined her dark and platinum powers and transformed into a transparent White Tiger, which Huo Yuhao recognized as the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao realized Wu Sidu’s attack rivaled a Soul Emperor’s strength but chose not to disrupt her transformation with a spiritual attack.
• Huo Yuhao summoned a Soul Guidance Longsword, revealed six black Soul Rings, and thrust at the charging Hell White Tiger.

Huo Yuhao defeated Wu Sidu with one sword, revealing that he was a thirteen-year-old Soul Emperor and discouraging most students from competing for class monitor. Xu Yucheng challenged Na'er for the position, but Tang Wulin stepped in to fight him instead.

• Huo Yuhao struck down Wu Sidu’s Hell White Tiger, eliminating her from the assessment, and revealed his six Soul Rings to the stunned students.
• Huo Yuhao declined to compete for class monitor, while his display of strength made most of the students hesitate to challenge anyone.
• Xu Yucheng said he needed the five hundred Contribution Points and challenged Na'er for the class monitor position.
• Tang Wulin stepped between Xu Yucheng and Na'er, asking for the chance to fight Xu Yucheng.
• Na'er let Tang Wulin take the fight but insisted that she would not give up the class monitor position.
• Xu Yucheng recognized Tang Wulin as the former Dragon Fist, then raised his four yellow Soul Rings as Tang Wulin considered his fragile body and limited Soul Skills.

Tang Wulin faced Xu Yucheng, whose Dark Demon Scythe and stealth skill let him evade Blue Silver Emperor attacks and launch dangerous counterattacks. After dodging another slash, Tang Wulin charged into close range, preparing to use a powerful offense despite losing his Golden Dragon Claw.

• Xu Yucheng's Dark Demon Scythe failed to cut through Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass, so Xu Yucheng used Dark Demon Stealth to escape its grasp.
• Xu Yucheng vanished with Dark Demon Stealth and attacked Tang Wulin from behind, but Tang Wulin sensed him and lunged away.
• Tang Wulin used Blue Silver Thrust Formation, but Xu Yucheng leaped above the spikes and severed them with Dark Scythe Slash.
• Xu Yucheng pressed Tang Wulin with another scythe attack, and Tang Wulin dodged before charging straight at him to fight at close range.

Huo Yuhao and Electrolux discussed whether Martial Soul fusion could be created by controlling the ratio of Soul Power and spiritual power, and agreed to experiment that night. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin used his Clear Sky Hammer and spiritual attack against Xu Yucheng, interrupting Xu Yucheng’s fourth Soul Skill.

• Electrolux explained that Martial Soul fusion depended on a specific balance of Soul Power and spiritual power, which Huo Yuhao might be able to control through experimentation.
• Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux to guide him in testing a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill that night, and Electrolux agreed.
• Tang Wulin charged Xu Yucheng, then revealed his Clear Sky Hammer as his second Martial Soul.
• Xu Yucheng prepared to use his fourth Soul Skill, but Tang Wulin’s purple-eyed spiritual attack disrupted his consciousness and stopped the skill.

Tang Wulin used the Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to defeat Xu Yucheng in the class monitor competition. After the remaining students withdrew, Na'er challenged them, and no one dared accept.

• Tang Wulin interrupted Xu Yucheng's Soul Skill with a Mental Shock and struck him with his enlarged Clear Sky Hammer, injuring him and cracking the Dark Demon Scythe.
• Xu Yucheng used Dark Demon Stealth to evade Tang Wulin, but Tang Wulin eventually caught him and shattered his martial soul with a final hammer strike, killing him in the Training Ground.
• Shen Yi and Wu Changkong discussed Tang Wulin's Clear Sky Hammer heritage and his use of the Tang Sect's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Na'er praised Tang Wulin and offered to fight him, but he refused and said he did not want to be class monitor.
• Na'er challenged the remaining students, who silently withdrew from the competition.

Shen Yi named Na'er class monitor and Tang Wulin forging representative, while Yang Nianxia abandoned his challenge after learning Tang Wulin was a Level 5 Forgemaster. Later, Huo Yuhao received a love letter, and Wang Dong denied being jealous when he teased her about it.

• Shen Yi appointed Na'er class monitor and Tang Wulin class forging representative.
• Yang Nianxia challenged Tang Wulin's appointment, but backed down after Tang Wulin revealed he was a Level 5 Forgemaster.
• A shy new student gave Huo Yuhao a love letter and hurried away.
• Wang Dong arrived and mocked Huo Yuhao for receiving another love letter.
• Huo Yuhao teased Wang Dong by asking whether she was jealous, and she denied it awkwardly.

Wang Dong invited Huo Yuhao to accompany her to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her fourth Soul Ring, then teased him about meeting her sister during the holiday. At the academy gate, Huo Yuhao found that Elder Xuan had been assigned to protect them, and Dean Xian Lin'er arrived as well.

• Wang Dong denied being jealous of Huo Yuhao's love letters and invited him to join her Soul Ring hunt; Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Wang Dong offered to introduce Huo Yuhao to her sister during the holiday, and Huo Yuhao privately suspected she would reveal her true identity.
• Two days later, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong set out for the Star Dou Great Forest and waited at Shrek Academy's eastern gate for their escort.
• Elder Xuan arrived to accompany them, surprising Huo Yuhao, who had previously refused to travel under his protection.
• Xian Lin'er, dean of the Soul Guidance Department, hurried out of the academy gate and surprised Wang Dong.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xian Lin'er, and Xuan Zi searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable light-attribute Soul Beast for Wang Dong's fourth Soul Ring. After a fruitless search, Huo Yuhao detected a fast-moving light-attribute Soul Beast rushing toward them.

• Xian Lin'er agreed to accompany Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong into the Star Dou Great Forest, with Xuan Zi joining them.
• The four entered the forest and used Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection Sharing to travel safely into the mixed zone.
• Xian Lin'er spotted a Sun-Flame Sparrow, but Wang Dong rejected it because its cultivation was below ten thousand years.
• After searching for more than half a day without finding a suitable Soul Beast, the four stopped to rest and eat.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a fast light-attribute Soul Beast charging toward their location.

Huo Yuhao’s group captured a Radiant Winged Wolf for Wang Dong’s fourth Soul Ring, but discovered it was wounded and being pursued. A golden, three-eyed Soul Beast arrived claiming the wolf as food, and Huo Yuhao recognized her.

• Huo Yuhao detected a thirteen-to-fifteen-thousand-year-old Radiant Winged Wolf that was suitable for Wang Dong’s fourth Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao guided the group to intercept the wolf, and Xuan Zi knocked it unconscious before Wang Dong prepared to kill it.
• Xian Lin'er found a fresh claw wound on the wolf and warned that a stronger Soul Beast might be pursuing it.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the pursuer approaching, and a golden, three-eyed Soul Beast charged through the forest despite Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er's pressure.
• The Soul Beast said the Radiant Winged Wolf was her food, and Huo Yuhao recognized her.

Huo Yuhao and his companions encountered the Emperor Auspicious Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, stirring Huo Yuhao with memories of her future sacrifice for him. Xuan Zi captured her and proposed Fate Guidance for Huo Yuhao, while Scarlet King demanded that he release her; Huo Yuhao appeared angry at Xuan Zi’s plan.

• Huo Yuhao recognized the Auspicious Beast from the records of his future and felt conflicted about the fate that awaited her.
• The Auspicious Beast sensed a familiar fluctuation of fate from Huo Yuhao and warned that no human could withstand her Soul Ring.
• Xuan Zi trapped the Auspicious Beast in an earth-yellow barrier, prompting Scarlet King to rush in and shield her.
• Scarlet King warned Xuan Zi that harming the Auspicious Beast would bring the wrath of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xuan Zi lifted the Auspicious Beast toward himself and proposed using Fate Guidance to benefit Huo Yuhao’s cultivation.
• Scarlet King demanded that Xuan Zi put her down, while Huo Yuhao’s anger at the plan left Xuan Zi confused.

Huo Yuhao stopped Xuan Zi from taking advantage of the Auspicious Beast, but Scarlet King summoned Di Tian, the Beast God, and turned the tense encounter into a potential conflict between Shrek Academy and the Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian confronted the humans, while Huo Yuhao watched him with a strange sense of recognition.

• Huo Yuhao firmly asked Xuan Zi to release the Auspicious Beast, and Xian Lin'er warned that Shrek Academy could not afford to provoke the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xuan Zi released the Auspicious Beast, which landed and hid behind Scarlet King.
• Dark clouds and a tremendous pressure engulfed the Star Dou Great Forest as Di Tian emerged from a spatial rift in the sky.
• Xuan Zi recognized Di Tian as the Beast God, and Scarlet King accused the humans of trying to attack the Auspicious Beast.
• Xuan Zi prepared to hold Di Tian back so Huo Yuhao and the others could escape, while Huo Yuhao remained curious about why Di Tian seemed familiar.

Di Tian’s aura triggered the True Dragon Reverse Scale above Huo Yuhao, revealing that it had recognized him and leaving Di Tian determined to take him to the Lake of Life. Huo Yuhao agreed to go with Di Tian if the others were allowed to leave.

• Di Tian focused his oppressive aura on Xuan Zi, Xian Lin'er, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao to punish them, but the True Dragon Reverse Scale appeared and dispelled the pressure.
• Di Tian rushed to Huo Yuhao and punched Xuan Zi away, then questioned why Lord’s Reverse Scale was protecting a human.
• Xuan Zi invoked Shrek Academy’s power, but Di Tian offered to let the others leave while insisting on taking Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong and Xuan Zi objected, and Di Tian warned that he would kill anyone who tried to stop him.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Di Tian meant to kill him, then agreed to go with him if Di Tian let the others go.

Huo Yuhao agreed to go with Di Tian after Di Tian promised to spare him, allowing Xuan Zi, Xian Lin'er, and Wang Dong to leave safely. As Huo Yuhao followed Scarlet King toward the Lake of Life, the Auspicious Beast sought a name and sensed his immense fortune, concluding that their connection came from destiny's guidance.

• Huo Yuhao reassured Xuan Zi, Xian Lin'er, and Wang Dong that Di Tian had promised not to harm him, and Di Tian affirmed his word.
• Xian Lin'er persuaded Xuan Zi and Wang Dong to leave, while Wang Dong warned Di Tian that the Clear Sky Sect would come if Huo Yuhao did not return within five days.
• Di Tian promised Huo Yuhao would leave Star Dou safely within five days, and Wang Dong departed with Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er.
• Di Tian told Scarlet King to take Huo Yuhao to the Lake of Life, then vanished through a spatial rift.
• The Auspicious Beast told Huo Yuhao it wanted a name of its own and asked whether they had met before.
• The Auspicious Beast opened its third eye, sensed Huo Yuhao's dense power of fortune, and said their familiarity was destiny's guidance.

Huo Yuhao followed Scarlet King to the Lake of Life, where Di Tian questioned him about his True Dragon Reverse Scale. After Huo Yuhao lent it to Di Tian, Di Tian plunged beneath the lake without disturbing its surface.

• Scarlet King escorted Huo Yuhao through the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Circle, keeping other Soul Beasts away with his aura.
• Huo Yuhao reached the Lake of Life and sensed that something beneath it was beyond Electrolux’s perception.
• Di Tian ordered Scarlet King to guard the lake and asked Huo Yuhao where he got his Reverse Scale.
• Huo Yuhao said a friend had given him the Reverse Scale, and Di Tian asked to borrow it.
• Huo Yuhao handed over the Reverse Scale, and Di Tian dove into the Lake of Life without making a ripple.

Huo Yuhao learned from the Auspicious Beast that Di Tian had gone beneath the Lake of Life to consult a mysterious Lord. Below the lake, Di Tian met Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, who asked why he had come.

• Huo Yuhao coaxed the Auspicious Beast into revealing that Di Tian had gone to see Lord beneath the Lake of Life.
• The Auspicious Beast admitted it had never seen Lord and could not explain what kind of being Lord was.
• Di Tian traveled through the Lake of Life to a crystal Lotus Platform surrounded by elemental lights.
• Di Tian bowed and addressed the silver dragon resting on the Lotus Platform as Lord.
• Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, spoke to Di Tian without opening her eyes and asked why he had come.