Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao rapidly advanced as a Soul Engineer and completed his first Class 2 core, while Fan Yu encouraged him to focus on cultivation. Before Wang Dong left for the holiday, they shared grilled fish and cultivated together, as Huo Yuhao looked ahead to obtaining his Second Martial Soul on Soul Beast Planet.

• Huo Yuhao completed his first Class 2 core after quickly becoming a Class 1 Soul Engineer, and Fan Yu praised his progress.
• Fan Yu advised Huo Yuhao to improve his cultivation so he could engrave higher-level formations, while Huo Yuhao planned to obtain his Second Martial Soul on Soul Beast Planet with Yu Tianjun.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong grilled fish together beside Sea God Lake before Wang Dong left for the holiday.
• Wang Dong urged Huo Yuhao to make the most of their remaining time together, and they began circulating Haodong Power on her bed.

Yu Tianjun brought Huo Yuhao to Soul Beast Planet to find a soul beast for his Second Martial Soul, while Yu Tianjun secured the Ice Jade Scorpion clan’s place in the plan. Huo Yuhao reached a vast iceberg in the planet’s northern ice field, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a powerful Ice Jade Scorpion.

• Yu Tianjun transported Huo Yuhao to Soul Beast Planet and explained that the spatial passage from Douluo Planet was closed.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed many powerful soul beasts on the planet and guided Huo Yuhao north to seek a suitable Second Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianjun met Di Tian, Ice Empress, and the other soul beast experts, then chose an Ice Jade Scorpion for Huo Yuhao’s Second Martial Soul despite other clans lobbying for the opportunity.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm led Huo Yuhao across the northern ice field, hoping to find a powerful Ice Jade Scorpion and perhaps see Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao reached an enormous crystalline iceberg after two days of travel.

Huo Yuhao entered an ice cave on Soul Beast Planet and persuaded the Ice Jade Scorpion to become his Second Martial Soul. After the fusion raised his cultivation to level thirty, Yu Tianjun returned him to Douluo Planet as Shrek Academy reopened.

• Huo Yuhao entered the ice cave and met the Ice Jade Scorpion, asking it to become his Second Martial Soul.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared and persuaded Scorpion Emperor to join Huo Yuhao, while concealing that the agreement had already been arranged.
• Scorpion Emperor merged with Huo Yuhao, awakening his second Martial Soul, granting him a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and raising his cultivation to level thirty.
• Scorpion Emperor discovered Electrolux's divine consciousness imprint in Huo Yuhao's spiritual world and agreed to make the best of the arrangement.
• Yu Tianjun arrived and told Huo Yuhao that more than a month had passed, then returned with him to Douluo Planet as Shrek Academy reopened.

Huo Yuhao revealed his second Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Scorpion, to Zhou Yi and Fan Yu after describing how he had reached the Extreme North and encountered one. Fan Yu and Zhou Yi agreed to keep the discovery from the Martial Soul Department so Huo Yuhao could continue studying Soul Tools.

• Huo Yuhao told Zhou Yi and Fan Yu that his Martial Soul had guided him north while he sought a third Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao described waking beneath the snow near a dead Ice Jade Scorpion and sensing a new force within his body.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, its intense icy power, and its thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Zhou Yi prepared to report Huo Yuhao's discovery, but Fan Yu stopped her, warning that the Martial Soul Department might take Huo Yuhao away from Soul Tool training.
• Fan Yu explained that Huo Yuhao's second Martial Soul was a powerful ice-attribute Beast Martial Soul and advised him to keep the discovery from the department.

Fan Yu explained the choice between becoming a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department or the Martial Soul Department, then asked Huo Yuhao to demonstrate his third Spirit Eye soul skill. After seeing its powerful group weakening effect, Huo Yuhao chose to continue studying Soul Tools with Fan Yu.

• Fan Yu told Huo Yuhao that becoming a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department would prevent him from becoming one in the Martial Soul Department, and advised him to focus on his Spirit Eye.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his third Soul Ring and explained that he had gained a torso Spirit Bone related to the Ice Jade Scorpion and absorbed a mental-type Soul Beast's ring after mistaking it for a white tiger.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated Mass Weakness, briefly weakening both Fan Yu and Zhou Yi.
• Fan Yu asked Huo Yuhao to choose a department, and Huo Yuhao agreed to continue studying Soul Tools with him.

Huo Yuhao continued his rapid growth at Shrek Academy and joined the reserve roster of the Shrek Seven Devils, while Yu Tianjun worried that the tournament journey might endanger the students. As the teams set out from the academy, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong began sparring along the way.

• Huo Yuhao left Zhou Yi's office after concealing that his third Spirit Eye Soul Ring was ten thousand years old, and he continued studying Soul Tools and cultivating with Wang Dong.
• After Huo Yuhao reached rank thirty-eight and joined the reserve roster, Yu Tianjun became concerned about Xuanzi leading the students to the Soul Master Tournament and decided he might need to intervene personally.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, Yao Haoxuan, Xuanzi, and Wang Yan departed Shrek Academy with the official and reserve teams.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his progress, his demanding Soul Tool studies, and his ambition to become strong enough to seek revenge.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that he and Wang Dong practice while walking, and Wang Dong agreed to spar without using Spiritual Detection.

Huo Yuhao and the others practiced their combat skills while traveling with Elder Xuan, and Xu Sanshi continued to pursue Jiang Nannan despite her rejection. Xuanzi assigned the Shrek Inspector Group a mission to eliminate bandits near the border of Star Luo Province and Sun Moon Province before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.

• Huo Yuhao used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to disrupt Wang Dong's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track practice, while Beibei explained the technique to He Caitou and Xiao Xiao.
• Xu Sanshi suggested that Jiang Nannan practice throwing techniques on him, but she rejected him and told him to use her full name.
• Beibei teased Xu Sanshi about his pursuit of Jiang Nannan, and their suggestive banter made Elder Xuan spit out his wine.
• Huo Yuhao and the other six reserve members agreed to join the Shrek Inspector Group.
• Xuanzi assigned the group to find and eliminate a brutal bandit gang hidden in the mountains near the border between Star Luo Province and Sun Moon Province within three to four days.

Shrek’s monitoring team reached the Death Hand bandits’ hidden cave and began a lethal assault, with Ma Xiaotao leading the Inner Court fighters and Wang Yan guiding the reserve team. As Huo Yuhao entered the bloodied cave with his companions, Yu Tianjun appeared and spotted Xuan Zi watching from a nearby tree.

• Ma Xiaotao warned the students that their mission was to wipe out the Death Hand bandits, then led the group toward the Mingdou Mountain Range with Wang Dong beside her.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection located the bandits’ cave, and the Shrek Inspectors put on their gear before Ma Xiaotao led the assault team forward.
• The reserve team followed Wang Yan to the cave, where they found dead bandits at the entrance and heard fighting inside.
• Wang Yan sent the reserve team into the cave and told Huo Yuhao to use Spiritual Detection at full strength as they advanced through the bloodshed.
• Yu Tianjun arrived outside the cave and saw Xuan Zi sitting on a tree branch, eating a chicken leg.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek students joined the inner courtyard team in fighting the cave bandits, but a Death God Envoy triggered explosions from the corpses. Yu Tianjun erased the exploding corpses and the Evil Soul Masters, leaving the Shrek group alone in the cave.

• Wang Yan sent the reserve students into the battle after the inner courtyard disciples had driven the bandits back.
• Wang Dong attacked the bandits with Butterfly Goddess's Light, while Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock to kill a one-ring bandit and Xiao Xiao vomited at the sight.
• The Death God Envoy threatened to turn everyone into Corpse Slaves, and Huo Yuhao warned the group as the corpses began to explode.
• Yu Tianjun erased the exploding corpses and the Evil Soul Masters, ending the battle and leaving only the Shrek students in the cave.

Yu Tianjun saved the Shrek students from the Evil Soul Masters, then recognized Xuanzi’s negligence and challenged him to survive three minutes. After Yu Tianjun sent Xuanzi flying with one shoulder strike, Xuanzi rose and unleashed his devouring domain as Yu Tianjun stomped the ground.

• Yu Tianjun killed the Evil Soul Master leader with a single blow and dismissed Ma Xiaotao’s thanks before leaving.
• Xuanzi entered the cave, recognized Yu Tianjun, and was dragged outside for nearly letting the Shrek Seven Devils die.
• Yu Tianjun told Xuanzi to survive three minutes to avoid punishment, and Xuanzi released his Taotie Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xuanzi attacked, but Yu Tianjun struck him with one shoulder and sent him crashing through the mountain wall into a crater.
• Yu Tianjun gave Xuanzi two minutes and fifty seconds to continue, and Xuanzi rose and deployed his devouring domain.
• Yu Tianjun stomped the ground as Xuanzi’s domain spread beneath him.

Yu Tianjun decisively defeated Xuanzi in a three-minute trial, leaving him gravely injured but declaring that he had passed. The Shrek students regrouped and prepared to continue the tournament without Xuanzi, while Huo Yuhao realized the man looked exactly like Brother Yu.

• Yu Tianjun battered Xuanzi with overwhelming physical force and shattered his Taotie phantom when Xuanzi fought back.
• Yu Tianjun told the wounded Xuanzi that he had passed the trial, and Xuanzi lost consciousness.
• Wang Yan and the Shrek students examined Xuanzi’s injuries, and Yu Tianjun warned them not to neglect their duties again.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that Yu Tianjun looked exactly like Brother Yu.
• Wang Yan sent Dai Yueheng and others to escort Xuanzi back to Shrek Academy and told the remaining students to compete in the tournament.

Shrek Academy prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament in Star Luo City, where it would compete without its strongest Inner Court students. The chapter ended with the tournament set to begin the next day and Seagod Pavilion focused on Yu Tianjun.

• Star Luo City filled with visitors as it prepared to host the tournament, and Shrek Academy's team gathered at the Star Emperor Hotel for a mobilization meeting.
• Wang Yan assured the team that Shrek Academy could add late-arriving contestants to its registration list because of its special privileges.
• Wang Yan explained that 133 academies would compete, beginning with a seven-versus-seven elimination round before later group stages with randomly selected match formats.
• Wang Yan told the students that Ma Xiaotao and the other Inner Court students were forbidden from competing, leaving the Outer Court team to handle the first round.
• Seagod Pavilion's attention remained focused on Yu Tianjun rather than the tournament.