Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao met Gu Yue’s father, Di Tian, who was shaken by Huo Yuhao’s resemblance to his younger self and questioned him about his family and future. Huo Yuhao left after an exhausting conversation, believing he had survived a terrifying meeting with his future father-in-law.

• Gu Yue brought Huo Yuhao to meet Di Tian, whose aura erupted when he recognized Huo Yuhao’s resemblance to the young Spirit Ice Douluo.
• Gu Yue’s cough brought Di Tian back to his senses, while Huo Yuhao mistook the outburst for a father-in-law’s show of strength.
• Di Tian invited Huo Yuhao to sit and questioned him about his family, upbringing, teachers, and plans.
• Huo Yuhao said he was an orphan raised by his teachers and answered Di Tian’s questions while keeping his transmigration secret.
• Gu Yue escorted Huo Yuhao out, and he sighed with relief after the grueling meeting.

Gu Yue and Di Tian concluded that Huo Yuhao was mysteriously connected to Spirit Ice Douluo, then decided to seize the Golden Dragon King's power from Tang Wulin that night. As Tang Wulin fell asleep alone at Eastsea Academy, a shadowy figure appeared beside his bed.

• Di Tian told Gu Yue that Huo Yuhao's appearance, temperament, and aura resembled Spirit Ice Douluo, and wondered whether he was the legendary Douluo himself returned.
• Gu Yue dismissed the idea that Spirit Ice Douluo had returned, noting that the God Realm had vanished, but agreed Huo Yuhao must have a close connection to him.
• Gu Yue revealed that she had summoned Di Tian to reclaim the Golden Dragon King's power and ordered him to act against Tang Wulin that night, quickly and with as little suffering as possible.
• Tang Wulin stayed at Eastsea Academy during the holiday, planned to visit Mang Tian the next day, and fell asleep in his empty dormitory.
• A shadowy figure silently appeared beside Tang Wulin's bed as he slept.

Di Tian tried to extract the Golden Dragon King Divine Core from Tang Wulin, but Tang San’s protective Avatar awakened and blasted him through Eastsea Academy. Di Tian escaped, while Tang San’s dwindling Avatar was left furious at the unknown figure who had sent him.

• Di Tian discovered that the Golden Dragon King Divine Core was fused with Tang Wulin’s body and soul, then began probing it with his Soul Power.
• Tang San’s Avatar took control of Tang Wulin, imprisoned Di Tian with its aura, and struck him with Sea God’s Light.
• Di Tian was hurled through the dormitory and left badly wounded in a crater, where he recognized Sea God’s Light.
• Di Tian tore open space and escaped before Tang San’s Avatar could attack again.
• Tang San vowed to destroy the hidden enemy who had ruined his ten-thousand-year plan.

After a devastating blast at Eastsea Academy, Tang Wulin woke unharmed but found his dormitory wall destroyed. Di Tian reported to Gu Yue that the Sea God’s power had repelled him from Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue chose to plan carefully rather than risk her recovery.

• Wu Changkong rushed to the ruined dormitory and found Tang Wulin asleep and apparently unharmed.
• Tang Wulin woke and was shocked to discover that part of his room’s wall had been blown away.
• Di Tian appeared in Gu Yue’s room gravely wounded, with divine power preventing his healing.
• Di Tian told Gu Yue that the Sea God had protected Tang Wulin and identified Tang San as the one behind the Golden Dragon King bloodline’s presence in him.
• Gu Yue concluded that Tang San’s power was limited without the God Realm and decided they could seek an opportunity through careful planning.
• Gu Yue agreed to send Di Tian back to Star Dou for recovery, while telling him not to concern himself with Tang Wulin.

Huo Yuhao and his mother settled in Shrek City, where he reopened his Soul Tool Shop and drew attention as a remarkably young Soul Engineer. When Fan Yu of Shrek Academy’s Soul Guidance Department demanded a demonstration and offered to recommend him, Huo Yuhao refused, insisting he would enter Shrek Academy through his own strength and had no intention of joining the department.

• Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er moved to Shrek City, spending their savings on a residence and shop.
• Huo Yuhao reopened his Soul Tool Shop, and his youth and craftsmanship made him a topic of conversation around the city.
• Fan Yu entered the shop and asked Huo Yuhao to make a soul tool in front of him.
• Fan Yu revealed himself as a Spirit Douluo and a teacher in Shrek Academy’s Soul Guidance Department, offering to recommend Huo Yuhao if his work impressed him.
• Huo Yuhao refused the demonstration and Fan Yu’s offer, saying he would enter Shrek Academy through his own strength and would not join the Soul Guidance Department.

Huo Yuhao rejected Fan Yu’s offer to join Shrek Academy’s Soul Guidance Department, then stood firm against Fan Yu’s threat and pressure. Though his Soul Spirits suggested he seek the Snow Empress instead, Huo Yuhao remained determined to enter Shrek Academy and judge it for himself.

• Fan Yu threatened to stop Huo Yuhao from taking Shrek Academy’s entrance examination after Huo Yuhao refused his recommendation and the Soul Guidance Department.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Fan Yu to attack a child, and Fan Yu withdrew his pressure before leaving the shop in anger.
• Xiao Yin and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm condemned Fan Yu’s conduct, while Huo Yuhao voiced his disappointment in Shrek Academy’s arrogance.
• Ice Empress suggested Huo Yuhao seek the Snow Empress’s protection in the Extreme North instead of joining Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao rejected the alternative and reaffirmed that he would join Shrek Academy to see what it was truly like.

Xu Xiaoyan transferred into Class Zero and joined Tang Wulin and Xie Xie in a combat test against Huo Yuhao, who defeated all three despite being restricted to a sword. Xu Xiaoyan requested a rematch that night, hinting that her Martial Soul had a special effect after dark.

• Wu Changkong introduced Xu Xiaoyan as Class Zero’s new transfer student and led the students to the training ground.
• Tang Wulin introduced Xu Xiaoyan to the others, while Xie Xie teased her about their earlier encounter at the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wu Changkong assigned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan to fight Huo Yuhao, restricting Huo Yuhao to using a sword and forbidding offensive Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao easily defeated the three students, leaving Xu Xiaoyan stunned by his strength.
• Xu Xiaoyan requested another match that night, and Wu Changkong agreed after recognizing that her Martial Soul had a special nighttime effect.

Huo Yuhao faced Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan in a nighttime duel, where Xu Xiaoyan’s Ice Staff gained a powerful starlight ability that briefly bound him. Huo Yuhao broke free and defeated Tang Wulin and Xie Xie again, then asked Xu Xiaoyan what she had to say about his victory.

• Wu Changkong began the nighttime duel after Xu Xiaoyan requested another match against Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie attacked Huo Yuhao together while Xu Xiaoyan supported them with ice wheels.
• Xu Xiaoyan’s Ice Staff drew pale golden light from the night and bound Huo Yuhao with Starlight Ice Chains.
• Huo Yuhao struck Tang Wulin and Xie Xie with Mental Shocks, broke the chains, and cut holes in both of their clothes with his sword.
• Tang Wulin complained about replacing so many outfits, and Huo Yuhao offered to pay for new clothes before asking Xu Xiaoyan what she thought of his win.

After Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Wheel Ice Chain briefly restrained Huo Yuhao, Wu Changkong announced that Class Zero would compete in the Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament, but Huo Yuhao would be excluded from the team event. Huo Yuhao then revealed his blacksmithing experience and arranged with Tang Wulin to apply for membership in Eastsea City’s Blacksmith Association.

• Xu Xiaoyan admitted defeat, and Wu Changkong learned that her nighttime Star Wheel Ice Chain could achieve Absolute Establishment.
• Wu Changkong ordered more practical combat training and announced that Class Zero would compete in the Junior Group team event for the championship.
• Wu Changkong named Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin as the main team, with Xu Xiaoyan as substitute, and excluded Huo Yuhao from the team competition.
• Tang Wulin said he planned to enter the tournament’s Blacksmithing Competition, and Huo Yuhao revealed that he also wanted to compete.
• Tang Wulin offered to help Huo Yuhao join the Eastsea City Blacksmith Association, and Wu Changkong approved their plan to visit it the next day.

Tang Wulin brought Huo Yuhao to the East Sea Blacksmith Association so he could apply to join and qualify for the Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament. Huo Yuyao revealed he was a fifth-rank Forgemaster, and Mu Chen recognized that Zhen Hua had forged his badge and asked if he had come to challenge them.

• Tang Wulin took Huo Yuhao to the association and introduced him to its president, Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen explained that Huo Yuhao had to prove he was a qualified Forgemaster before joining.
• Huo Yuhao produced a badge bearing five stars, stunning Tang Wulin and Mu Chen with his fifth-rank status.
• Mu Chen took the badge and recognized Zhen Hua's forging technique.
• Mu Chen asked Huo Yuhao whether he had come to challenge the association, leaving Huo Yuhao bewildered.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his forging skill to Mu Chen at the East Sea Blacksmith Association, revealing the power of his Spirit Forging Hammers’ Ruyi effect. The chapter ended with Mu Chen astonished by Huo Yuhao’s precise purification of Star Silver.

• Huo Yuhao confirmed that Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua was his forging mentor, and Mu Chen demanded that he prove his abilities before joining the association.
• Huo Yuhao asked Mu Chen to prepare a forging room, then followed him there with Tang Wulin.
• Huo Yuhao chose a piece of Star Silver, heated it, and summoned his Spirit Forging Myriad Soul Hammers.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes and Spirit Detection to study the Star Silver and strike it with precise force.
• Huo Yuhao’s single hammer blow removed more than forty percent of the metal’s impurities, leaving Mu Chen stunned by his skill and the Ruyi effect.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his forging mastery by taking Star Silver from Hundred Refinement through Thousand Refinement to Spirit Forging, astonishing Mu Chen and Tang Wulin. Mu Chen revealed that he was Zhen Hua’s fellow disciple, welcomed Huo Yuhao into the East Sea Blacksmith Association, and sent him with Tang Wulin to complete the membership procedures.

• Huo Yuhao rapidly completed Hundred Refinement and achieved First Grade Thousand Refinement with Star Silver.
• Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power and forging skill to complete Spirit Forging, leaving Tang Wulin and Mu Chen stunned.
• Mu Chen revealed that Zhen Hua was his fellow disciple and told Huo Yuhao to call him Martial Uncle.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Mu Chen’s welcome into the East Sea Blacksmith Association, and Mu Chen sent Tang Wulin to take him downstairs for membership procedures.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin left the Forging Room together, and Mu Chen took out his Communication Soul Tool and made a call.

Mu Chen and Zhen Hua recognized the promise of their disciples, Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao, and agreed to see which boy might become the next Divine Craftsman. A month later, Class Zero arrived at the Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament, where Tang Wulin spotted a hungry little fatty but Huo Yuhao warned him not to intervene.

• Mu Chen told Zhen Hua that his new disciple Tang Wulin was a ten-year-old Level-Four Forgemaster and suggested their disciples could compete to become the next Divine Craftsman.
• Zhen Hua accepted Mu Chen's challenge and said he looked forward to seeing how their disciples developed.
• A month later, Wu Changkong brought Class Zero to Skysea City to compete in the Junior Group's Three-Person Team Battle, aiming for the championship.
• At the tournament opening ceremony, Xie Xie told Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan that Shrek Academy experts would take part in an exhibition match.
• Tang Wulin prepared to give food to a hungry little fatty, but Huo Yuhao stopped him and reasoned that the boy was likely a competitor who had teachers and classmates nearby.

At the Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament venue, Mu Xi gave Xu Lizhi biscuits, but Ye Xinglan snatched them away and accused Mu Xi of meddling. Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao backed Mu Xi and challenged Ye Xinglan, who asked whether they recognized her group’s uniforms.

• Huo Yuhao warned Tang Wulin not to rush to help Xu Lizhi, and Tang Wulin put away his dried fish.
• Mu Xi gave Xu Lizhi cream biscuits, which he eagerly accepted and ate.
• Ye Xinglan arrived, took the biscuits from Xu Lizhi, threw them away, and scolded him for accepting food from strangers.
• Mu Xi confronted Ye Xinglan, who said Mu Xi had meddled in other people’s business.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao stood with Mu Xi, and Huo Yuhao challenged Ye Xinglan’s suspicion that others would target her group.
• Ye Xinglan told them to recognize the clothes her group was wearing.

Huo Yuhao recognized Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi as Shrek Academy students, and their argument over Mu Xi’s biscuits drew students from both academies into a tense confrontation. Shen Yi and Wu Changkong stopped the dispute before it became a fight, leaving the Eastsea students questioning Shrek’s reputation.

• Huo Yuhao identified Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi by their green tracksuits, and Ye Xinglan defended her accusation against Mu Xi with pride in Shrek Academy.
• Mu Xi rejected Ye Xinglan’s assumptions, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the others grew disillusioned with Shrek’s students.
• Xie Xie challenged Ye Xinglan, and Eastsea Academy students gathered as Ye Xinglan called over five Shrek students to back her up.
• Wu Changkong stepped between the groups, and Shen Yi halted Ye Xinglan’s explanation and ordered both sides to return to their teams.
• After the crowd dispersed, Xie Xie recounted the incident to Wu Changkong, and Tang Wulin asked whether Shrek Academy students were all so arrogant.

Wu Changkong explained that Shrek Academy’s arrogance did not represent everyone there, but its youth team defeated the Heaven Sea Alliance champions in a decisive exhibition match. After seeing Ye Xinglan’s skill and learning that Shen Yi was Wu Changkong’s junior sister, Huo Yuhao asked his teacher to arrange a match against Shrek’s students.

• Wu Changkong told the students that Shrek Academy’s long history was built on its predecessors’ sacrifices and that only a minority acted arrogantly.
• The Heaven Sea Alliance champions and Shrek Academy’s youth team entered the arena, and both sides released their martial souls.
• Xie Xie dismissed Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan as two-ring Soul Grandmasters, but Wu Changkong warned the students not to judge them by their Soul Rings alone.
• Xu Lizhi distributed steamed buns to his teammates, while a Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda user strengthened Shrek’s team with her support.
• Shrek’s youth team overwhelmed the champions with coordinated attacks and won, prompting cheers from the stadium.
• Huo Yuhao praised Ye Xinglan’s skill despite her attitude, learned that Shen Yi was Wu Changkong’s junior sister, and asked Wu Changkong to arrange a match against Shrek’s students.

Huo Yuhao rallied Class Zero to challenge Shrek Academy in a five-person team battle after the Exhibition Match. Though the tournament venue made arranging a public match difficult, his classmates agreed to support his plan, and he promised to find a way the next day.

• Huo Yuhao asked Wu Changkong to arrange a public five-on-five match against Shrek Academy, but Wu Changkong explained that the official tournament venue could not easily add an event.
• Huo Yuhao gathered Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie in his hotel room and said he wanted to challenge Shrek Academy after their conduct at the Exhibition Match.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie worried that their team would be too weak, but Huo Yuhao described tactics that gave each of them a vital role.
• Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin agreed to fight, and Gu Yue told Huo Yuhao to go for it and promised to support him.
• Huo Yuhao said he would find a way to make the match happen the next day.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin easily passed the forgemasters' preliminary round at the Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament. Later, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue secretly entered the stadium's broadcast room, where Huo Yuhao publicly challenged Shrek Academy to a five-person team battle and identified himself to the furious tournament officials.

• Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin passed the Hundred Refinement Purification test and left the forging venue early.
• Huo Yuhao used his Simulation Soul Skill to conceal himself and Gu Yue as they made their way through Heaven Sea Stadium.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection to check the broadcast room and found that its occupant was only a Soul Ancestor.
• Huo Yuhao struck the host with Mental Shock while Gu Yue moved him aside, allowing Huo Yuhao to take over the broadcast console.
• Huo Yuhao announced that Eastsea Academy's Class Zero challenged Shrek Academy to a five-person arena battle.
• A tournament official cut the broadcast and confronted Huo Yuhao, who calmly revealed that he was a Class Zero student from Eastsea Academy.

Huo Yuhao’s unauthorized challenge to Shrek Academy brought Class Zero into conflict with tournament officials, but Wu Changkong intervened and revealed his formidable strength. Huo Yuhao then proposed turning the challenge into a closing-ceremony exhibition match, leaving Long Huantian to consider the offer.

• A supervisor accused Huo Yuhao and Class Zero of breaking into the Broadcast Room and disrupting the tournament, while Huo Yuhao defended their challenge request.
• Wu Changkong arrived and nullified the supervisor’s Soul King pressure with his Soul Emperor strength.
• Long Huantian entered, learned Wu Changkong was Class Zero’s teacher, and raised his assessment of him after sensing his strength.
• Wu Changkong refused to let an outsider handle Class Zero’s affairs, prompting Huo Yuhao to explain Wu Changkong’s connection to Shrek Academy and Shen Yi.
• Huo Yuhao proposed staging Class Zero’s challenge against Shrek Academy as an exhibition match at the tournament’s closing ceremony.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Long Huantian to arrange an arena for Class Zero to challenge Shrek Academy at the Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament’s Closing Ceremony. Wu Changkong agreed to help secure Shrek’s participation after Class Zero insisted on winning back its pride.

• Huo Yuhao argued that Class Zero wanted to challenge Shrek for pride, and Long Huantian agreed to prepare an official arena if Shrek accepted.
• Wu Changkong left the broadcast room with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue, while Long Huantian dismissed an aide who questioned his decision.
• Huo Yuhao told Wu Changkong that Long Huantian had agreed to arrange the challenge, and Class Zero’s students confirmed they wanted to fight Shrek.
• Wu Changkong agreed to the challenge but demanded that Class Zero guarantee victory, and Huo Yuhao confidently accepted.