Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao opened the Sixth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates and used Morning Peacock—Ice Storm to overwhelm Long Aotian, whose strength had risen close to Soul Douluo level. As Huo Yuhao prepared a final blow, Body Sect leader Du Busi appeared and ordered him to show mercy.

• Du Busi ordered Xuansi and Golden Body to stand ready to protect Long Aotian, while Shrek's recovering contestants watched Huo Yuhao dominate the fight.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu to recruit Huo Yuhao at any cost, and she agreed.
• Long Aotian burned his life essence and Bloodline Power, raised his strength beyond Soul Saint level, and resumed fighting Huo Yuhao in midair.
• Huo Yuhao opened the Sixth Gate, Gate of View, and reached Soul Douluo-level physical power.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Morning Peacock—Ice Storm, piercing Long Aotian's defense and battering him until he was near defeat.
• As Huo Yuhao prepared to finish Long Aotian, Du Busi appeared on the arena and demanded that he show mercy.

Huo Yuhao defeated Long Aotian, but Du Busi tried to recruit him into the Body Sect and seize him when he refused. Huo Yuhao declared his loyalty to Mu En, and Xuan Zi drove Du Busi away.

• Huo Yuhao resisted Du Busi's pressure and spared Long Aotian, who then lost consciousness from rage.
• Golden Body Douluo rescued Long Aotian and confirmed that his life was not in danger.
• Du Busi praised Huo Yuhao's strength, then tried to recruit him and grab him for the Body Sect.
• Xuan Zi intervened, blocked Du Busi, and argued that Huo Yuhao belonged at Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi offered to teach Huo Yuhao the Second Awakening of Martial Soul, but Xuan Zi revealed that Huo Yuhao had taken Mu En as his master.
• Huo Yuhao proclaimed that he would never betray Mu En, and Xuan Zi ordered Du Busi and the Body Sect to leave.

Xuan Zi and Du Busi nearly fought over Huo Yuhao until Wang Xian'er intervened, then Dio Academy conceded and Shrek won. As the teams faced the prospect of a Shrek-Sun Moon final, Jing Hongchen decided to hire Akatsuki to protect his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

• Du Busi and Xuan Zi unleashed their pressure and nearly clashed over Huo Yuhao, injuring spectators and Wei Na.
• Wang Xian'er stopped the confrontation, healed the injured, and credited Huo Yuhao with restoring her youth; Xuan Zi and Du Busi withdrew their auras.
• Wei Na conceded for Dio Academy, and Huang Jinxu announced Shrek Academy as the winner.
• Ma Rulong worried that the Sun Moon Team could not beat Shrek in the final, while Xiao Hongchen insisted they would win if Ma used the Sword of Judgment at the right moment.
• Jing Hongchen feared Du Busi might target the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo he had bought and decided to secretly hire Akatsuki as bodyguards.

After Shrek celebrated Huo Yuhao’s victory, Beibei sank into despair and decided to visit a bar. At the Akatsuki’s ramen shop, Huo Yuhao met Jing Hongchen in disguise, led him to the hidden basement, and gained a new secret technique from the system.

• Zhang Lexuan praised Huo Yuhao for defeating Long Aotian, while Xu Sanshi marveled at his strength and Beibei despaired over his own stagnation.
• Beibei decided to visit Eagle County Bar in Star Luo City that night to escape his worries.
• Yu Mengdi grew frustrated with her ramen-shop assignment and secretly stabbed a homemade Huo Yuhao doll while waiting at Ichiraku Ramen.
• Jing Hongchen arrived seeking the Akatsuki, and Huo Yuhao appeared as Menma to introduce himself.
• Huo Yuhao opened a concealed underground passage and led Jing Hongchen into the basement.
• The system announced that Huo Yuhao had gained 10 percent Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan fusion progress and rewarded him with Secret Technique: Uchiha Reflection.

Huo Yuhao, disguised as Menma, negotiated a lucrative escort contract with Jing Hongchen and secured Mingde Hall Soul Tool blueprints. As the tournament final began, he gave Xiao Xiao a newly made Scientific Ninja Tool and ordered her to use it in their match.

• Yu Mengdi watched Jing Hongchen and Menma enter the basement, then renewed her resolve to complete Akatsuki’s mission and surpass Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao demanded five hundred million Gold Soul Coins and Soul Tool blueprints to escort Mingde Hall’s people safely past the Body Sect, and Jing Hongchen negotiated the price down to three hundred million and a set of blueprints.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Kakuzu to inspect Jing Hongchen’s payment, then told Jing Hongchen that Akatsuki would contact him after the tournament.
• The next day, the final between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy began in Star Luo Plaza.
• Huo Yuhao gave Xiao Xiao a Scientific Ninja Tool and told her to wear it and work with him in the next match.

Huo Yuhao chose Xiao Xiao to test a mysterious new Scientific Ninja Tool in Shrek Academy’s finals battle against the Sun Moon Team. The match began with Xiao Hongchen enraged by Huo Yuhao’s taunt, and Xiao Xiao unleashed the tool’s first attack at Chen Fei.

• Huo Yuhao insisted that Xiao Xiao join the finals lineup, and Xuan Zi gave him authority to choose the roster.
• Huo Yuhao left the injured Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao, along with He Caitou, off the stage and selected Xiao Xiao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Wang Dong'er, Ling Luochen, Jiang Nannan, and himself.
• Xiao Hongchen taunted Shrek and challenged Huo Yuhao, who provoked him by calling him a “Crownless Shockwave.”
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu started the team battle, and Chen Fei charged at Xiao Xiao after seeing her two soul rings.
• Xiao Xiao activated the silver wristguard and released “Wind Release: Great Breakthrough,” unleashing two powerful wind shockwaves.

Xiao Xiao used Huo Yuhao’s scroll-firing Soul Tool to knock three Sun Moon Team members out of the arena before Huo Yuhao sent her back to Shrek’s resting area. Xiao Hongchen accused Huo Yuhao of cheating, but Ma Rulong calmed him and urged the team to continue their plan to strike Huo Yuhao with the Sword of Judgment.

• Xiao Xiao used the bracer to unleash a powerful attack that knocked Chen Fei out of the arena.
• Xiao Xiao fired four more ninjutsu scrolls, and the combined attack eliminated Chen An and Xiao Xiafeng while the remaining Sun Moon Team members defended themselves.
• Huo Yuhao praised Xiao Xiao, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to send her back to Shrek’s resting area, and took over the fight.
• Xiao Hongchen accused Huo Yuhao of cheating, but Huo Yuhao said Xiao Xiao had used a Soul Tool he made and insulted Xiao Hongchen’s talent.
• Ma Rulong stopped Xiao Hongchen from losing his temper and said the Shrek team likely had only one such Soul Tool, while Xiao Hongchen resolved to use the Sword of Judgment against Huo Yuhao.

Ma Rulong charged the Sword of Judgment while Xiao Hongchen challenged Shrek’s team and unleashed his 108-cannon Prince Tactics. Huo Yuhao countered with the Uchiha Gunbai and Majestic Destroyer Flame, swallowing Xiao Hongchen’s barrage and engulfing the Sun Moon Empire team in a sea of fire.

• Ma Rulong began charging the Sword of Judgment and told Xiao Hongchen to create an opening for a decisive strike.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed his rank-53 cultivation and mocked Huo Yuhao, then became enraged when Xu Sanshi called his martial soul a toad.
• Xiao Hongchen assembled 108 fifth-level soul cannons and fired Prince Tactics at Shrek’s team.
• Xu Sanshi and Ling Luochen raised defensive barriers, but Xiao Hongchen’s barrage shattered the first defense and cracked the second.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Uchiha Gunbai and used Majestic Destroyer Flame, fanning his fire into a sea that consumed the barrage and swallowed the Sun Moon Empire team.

Huo Yuhao shattered Lin Xi’s Class 8 Invincible Barriers with an amplified Wind Release attack and knocked him out of the arena. As Ma Rulong launched a surprise attack from behind with the Sword of Judgment, Huo Yuhao turned and raised his Gunbai to use Uchiha Reflection.

• Lin Xi boasted that his Invincible Barriers made him untouchable while Wang Yan and Zhang Lexuan worried and Xuan Zi trusted Huo Yuhao to find a way through.
• Huo Yuhao used Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere against Lin Xi’s barrier, then amplified his attack with Futsu-no-Mitama and fired Wind Release: Super Great Vacuum Serial Spheres.
• Huo Yuhao’s wind bullets cracked and shattered Lin Xi’s two Class 8 Invincible Barriers, then struck Lin Xi and sent him flying from the arena.
• Meng Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao and asked for his autograph, while Wang Dong'er angrily resolved to confront her.
• Ma Rulong teleported behind Huo Yuhao and unleashed the Sword of Judgment, but Huo Yuhao turned and raised his Gunbai to use Uchiha Reflection.

Huo Yuhao used the Uchiha Gunbai to reflect Ma Rulong’s attack, then fought him with twin blades while sensing that the Sword of Judgment might awaken his nameless Zanpakuto. Meng Hongchen rushed toward Huo Yuhao, but Ling Luochen and Wang Dong’er confronted her; after Meng’s poison incapacitated Ling and failed to stop Wang, Ma Rulong targeted Wang Dong’er for her powerful light Soul Power.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed Ma Rulong’s dark Soul Power with the Uchiha Gunbai and reflected it back, forcing Ma Rulong to block it with his Invincible Barrier.
• Jing Hongchen recognized the Gunbai’s unusual power and suspected Huo Yuhao had also created the earlier Soul Tool used by the two-ring girl, considering another assassination contract against him.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a resonance from his nameless Zanpakuto, drew it and White Fang, and drove Ma Rulong back in a twin-blade fight.
• Meng Hongchen abandoned her opponent to approach Huo Yuhao, but Ling Luochen and Wang Dong’er blocked her and argued over him.
• Meng Hongchen released her ice poison, knocking Ling Luochen unconscious, while Wang Dong’er’s right eye flashed blue-gold and dispelled her dizziness.
• Ma Rulong noticed Wang Dong’er’s powerful light Soul Power and decided to attack her instead of trying to land a blow on Huo Yuhao.

Jiang Nannan used her Invincible Golden Body and gravity control to remove Xiao Hongchen from the arena, while Wang Dong'er struggled against Meng Hongchen and Tang Wutong tried to seize control of her body. Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Displacement unexpectedly swapped Meng Hongchen with himself, ruining Tang Wutong's chance, as Ma Rulong attacked Wang Dong'er.

• Jiang Nannan blocked Xiao Hongchen's barrage with her Invincible Golden Body, then crushed him under quadruple gravity and teleported them both out of the arena.
• Wang Dong'er fought Meng Hongchen but repeatedly missed as Meng Hongchen dodged with her Propulsion Soul Tool and taunted her about Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong'er feared Huo Yuhao might be attracted to Meng Hongchen's white hair, and she begged Tang Wutong for help after her attacks failed.
• Tang Wutong prepared to take over Wang Dong'er's body, but Xu Sanshi leaped off the arena and used Black Tortoise Displacement to swap places with Meng Hongchen.
• Ma Rulong activated the Ring of Teleportation and raised the Sword of Judgment toward Wang Dong'er.

Huo Yuhao intercepted Ma Rulong’s Sword of Judgment before it could strike Wang Dong'er, then absorbed its dark Soul Power as Ma Rulong tried to corrupt him. Elsewhere, Meng Hongchen defeated Beibei and Xu Sanshi, while a bloodstained manuscript sent a golden light into Beibei’s Sea of Consciousness; the chapter ended with black-purple flames erupting from Huo Yuhao.

• Ma Rulong attacked Wang Dong'er with the Sword of Judgment, but Huo Yuhao used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear and catch the blade with his bare hand.
• Wang Dong'er believed Huo Yuhao had saved her because he secretly cared for her, while Ma Rulong revealed that the Sword of Judgment’s dark Soul Power was meant to corrupt Huo Yuhao.
• Meng Hongchen used her Ring of Teleportation to return to the arena, then poisoned Beibei unconscious with her ice-based soul skills.
• Beibei’s blood stained a manuscript attributed to Yu Xiaogang, and a golden light from the paper entered Beibei’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Meng Hongchen teleported beside Xu Sanshi and poisoned him unconscious, then turned toward Huo Yuhao and saw black-purple flames erupting from his body.

Black Soul Power triggered the awakening of Huo Yuhao’s Zanpakuto while Ma Rulong’s attack and the spectators’ concern intensified. Huo Yuhao unsheathed Yamato, gained the Uchiha Obito (Wandering Ronin) template, and stood transformed on the arena.

• Ma Rulong’s dark Soul Power invaded Huo Yuhao and provoked purplish-black Amaterasu flames that burned along the Sword of Judgment.
• A black-clad man in the stands recognized Huo Yuhao as a potential holy son of the Holy Spirit Cult and secretly prepared to recruit him.
• Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, Xuan Zi, Xu Jiujiu, and Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er feared for Huo Yuhao and prepared to intervene.
• Huo Yuhao entered his Sea of Consciousness, grasped the dark-purple Zanpakuto, and answered Electrolux’s question with “Instinct!” before unsheathing it.
• Huo Yuhao reappeared unharmed, declared that Ma Rulong’s darkness could not devour his, and called out “Yamato!” as purple flames covered him in dark-purple armor.
• The system announced that Huo Yuhao had comprehended his Zanpakuto’s true name and officially unlocked the Uchiha Obito (Wandering Ronin) template.

After gaining the Wandering Obito template and its new abilities, Huo Yuhao returned to the arena and confronted Ma Rulong. He used Flash Step to appear behind Ma Rulong with Yamato at his throat, while Tang Wutong resolved to accelerate her plan to seize the Auspicious Beast.

• Huo Yuhao gained dark-purple armor, Yamato, Flash Step, Dimension Slash, Void Blade Realm, and Dual Blade Shikai Ability.
• Huo Yuhao teleported Wang Dong'er back to the Shrek spectator seats, leaving her disappointed until she convinced herself he had sent her away to protect her.
• Tang Wutong sensed a trace of the Dragon God's aura from Yamato and decided to hasten her plan to devour the Auspicious Beast and claim her Golden Dragon bloodline and Power of Fate.
• Huo Yuhao told Ma Rulong that the Sword of Judgment's dark Soul Power had given him new strength, then advanced while Yamato silently cut through the arena tiles.
• Huo Yuhao used Flash Step to appear behind Ma Rulong and pressed Yamato beneath his throat.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Ma Rulong in the tournament final, then used White Fang’s second Shikai ability to seize the Sword of Judgment. Ma Rulong was left empty-handed as the stolen weapon vanished into Huo Yuhao.

• Ma Rulong activated the Chapter of Sacrifice and fired a barrage of seventh-level Soul Guidance Rays, but Huo Yuhao blocked them with Yamato’s scabbard.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Void Blade Realm, shattering Ma Rulong’s remaining rays and breaking through one of his Invincible Barriers before the second barrier stopped the strike.
• Ma Rulong completed charging the Sword of Judgment and fired its full-power golden beam at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao released White Fang’s second Shikai ability, Weapon Plunder, severing Ma Rulong’s connection to the Sword of Judgment and drawing the weapon into himself.

Huo Yuhao disarmed Ma Rulong by taking his Sword of Judgment, then defeated him and faced Meng Hongchen in a sword fight. Meng Hongchen survived Huo Yuhao’s powerful Killing Sword Intent with her defensive soul tools, but sensed that his sword energy held something terrifying.

• Huo Yuhao seized Ma Rulong’s Sword of Judgment, leaving Ma Rulong and Jing Hongchen shocked and furious.
• Huo Yuhao struck Ma Rulong with Yamato: Crescent Moon Sword, knocking him off the stage unconscious, then challenged Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen introduced herself enthusiastically before she and Huo Yuhao raised their swords in matching cross-shaped stances.
• Meng Hongchen attacked with Ice Feedback and Ice Toad Cross Slash, but Huo Yuhao’s Killing Sword Intent shattered her sword energy and Invincible Barrier.
• Meng Hongchen’s Red Dust Protection blocked Huo Yuhao’s remaining slash, and she wondered what terrifying power was added to his sword energy.

Huo Yuhao’s swordsmanship forced the Sun Moon Team to forfeit, and Jing Hongchen approached him afterward to recruit him to Mingde Hall. Jing Hongchen argued that Shrek would soon be weakened by Mu En’s impending death and Xuan Zi’s unreliability, leaving Huo Yuhao’s response unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao drained much of Meng Hongchen’s Soul Power with his sword strike and prepared to unleash Dimension Slash before Jing Hongchen intervened.
• Jing Hongchen made the Sun Moon Team forfeit, and Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the team-battle winner.
• Long Aotian watched Huo Yuhao’s display, resolved not to give up on Wei Na, and considered using the Nine Dragons body-tempering drug to catch up.
• Huo Yuhao left the arena and met Jing Hongchen in a secluded passage, where Jing Hongchen confirmed Huo Yuhao had made the Soul Tool used by the two-ring girl.
• Jing Hongchen urged Huo Yuhao to join Mingde Hall and claimed that Mu En was near death while Xuan Zi was unreliable.

Jing Hongchen tried to recruit Huo Yuhao to the Sun Moon Empire with lavish promises, but Huo Yuhao rejected him and mocked his cultivation. Jing Hongchen attacked with his ninth soul skill, but Xuan Zi interrupted it before Jing Hongchen escaped his grasp using a soul tool barrier.

• Jing Hongchen offered to treat Huo Yuhao like his own grandchild, let him keep the Sword of Judgment, and later promised to make him a personal disciple.
• Huo Yuhao refused Jing Hongchen's offers, reasoning that the Sun Moon Empire would not give him the resources he wanted and was too dangerous.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Jing Hongchen for having only rank 94 cultivation, provoking Jing Hongchen to attack with his ninth soul skill.
• Jing Hongchen transformed the corridor into a flesh-lined passage, but Xuan Zi appeared and stopped the skill by grabbing Jing Hongchen's wrist.
• Jing Hongchen activated Red Dust Protection, broke free of Xuan Zi's control, and blasted them apart to create distance.

Jing Hongchen failed to reclaim the Sword of Judgment from Shrek and left after Xuanji Douluo halted their confrontation. Huo Yuhao reunited with Xu Jiujiu, who worried that he had been corrupted by the Evil God Artifact.

• Jing Hongchen demanded the Sword of Judgment, but Xuan Zi claimed it had merged with Huo Yuhao and refused to return it unless Jing Hongchen cured the poisoned Shrek students.
• Jing Hongchen refused to detoxify them, and he and Xuan Zi prepared to fight until Xuanji Douluo intervened and warned them against private combat in Star Luo City.
• Jing Hongchen withdrew and secretly planned to infiltrate Shrek with help from the Holy Spirit Cult and Akatsuki to steal the Sword of Judgment and other treasures.
• Xuanji Douluo invited Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao to meet Xu Jiujiu and Medicine Immortal Douluo, while Xuan Zi worried that other factions would try to recruit Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Xian'er cured Ling Luochen and the other poisoned students but warned they could not fight intensely for several days.
• Xu Jiujiu hurried to Huo Yuhao when he arrived and asked whether the Evil God Artifact had corrupted him.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated that he could control Yamato despite its resemblance to a dangerous Demon Blade, then defended his use of dark power to Xuan Zi. As Xu Jiujiu became fascinated with him and Beibei despaired over his own decline, an unknown voice offered Beibei help from inside his Sea of Consciousness.

• Xu Jiujiu warned Huo Yuhao that an Evil God Artifact could corrupt and kill its wielder, while Wang Xian'er and Xuan Zi urged him to stop using Yamato and explain its origin.
• Huo Yuhao tossed Yamato into the air and let it fall toward his hand, but the blade curved away and struck the floor without harming him.
• Huo Yuhao claimed Yamato was a family heirloom transformed by his dark attribute, challenged Xuan Zi's assumption that dark power made him an Evil Soul Master, and declared that he commanded the blade.
• Xu Jiujiu was impressed by Huo Yuhao and decided she would visit Shrek Academy if he did not stay in Star Luo City after the tournament.
• Beibei lamented that he had become a fallen genius, then heard an unknown middle-aged man offer him help from within his Sea of Consciousness.