Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao, disguised as Madara, manipulated Tang Ya into believing that Tang San and Shrek had engineered the Tang Sect’s decline and her family’s death. Convinced the world was a false stage controlled by gods, Tang Ya joined Akatsuki and renamed the Tang Sect the Root Organization.

• Huo Yuhao claimed the world was fake and that the gods manipulated people’s lives and destinies.
• Huo Yuhao used a Genjutsu to show Tang Ya that Tang San had supposedly ordered Sea God Island’s powerhouses not to stop the continental collision.
• Huo Yuhao blamed Tang San and Shrek for the Tang Sect’s decline and Tang Ya’s parents’ deaths, causing her faith to collapse.
• A Huo Yuhao clone revealed that he had joined Akatsuki, strengthening Tang Ya’s belief in Madara’s claims.
• Huo Yuhao promised Tang Ya power and revenge if she joined Akatsuki, and she accepted.
• Tang Ya declared that the Tang Sect would be renamed the Root Organization and vowed to shatter the fake world.

Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya White Zetsu Cells, and she survived their assimilation by forcing their power to merge with her Dark Blue Silver Grass. She gained a new Martial Soul and pledged to spread the Root of the Divine Tree across Douluo Continent.

• Huo Yuhao offered Tang Ya a syringe of White Zetsu Cells and warned that they could either grant her power or turn her into a mindless tree.
• Tang Ya injected the cells, endured a violent mutation, and resisted their attempt to take control by drawing on her hatred and resolve.
• Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Grass fused with the Wood Release power, creating the Dark Blue Silver Tree and raising her Soul Power to Rank 34.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Tang Ya could disguise her new Martial Soul as ordinary Blue Silver Grass to conceal its devouring abilities from Shrek Academy.
• Tang Ya thanked Huo Yuhao and vowed to spread the Root of the Divine Tree throughout Douluo Continent.

Huo Yuhao used a new Summoning Jutsu contract to restore Electrolux’s strength and joined him in developing a technique to turn the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power into nine controlled summoned beasts. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao naming their creation Nine Mask Svāhā.

• Huo Yuhao sent Tang Ya back to Sea God Lake after making her an outer-circle member of Akatsuki and promising future help against the Iron Blood Sect.
• The system rewarded Huo Yuhao with improved Kamui intangibility and Summoning Jutsu for guiding a key character toward a different fate.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that Electrolux use Summoning Jutsu contract principles to connect his Divine Sense to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux formed the contract, allowing the statue’s life energy to restore Electrolux’s memories and strength.
• Electrolux proposed combining Summoning Jutsu with Soul Spirit magic to divide the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s energy into nine controllable summoned beasts.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux created the technique and named it Nine Mask Svāhā.

Huo Yuhao created the Nine Masked Beasts and learned from Electrolux that they could eventually host contracted Spirit Beast souls as Soul Spirits. Meanwhile, Tang Ya concealed her new strength and knowledge from Beibei, and Huo Yuhao’s punishing training left Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stunned.

• Huo Yuhao shaped his energy into nine Masked Beasts and demonstrated that they could merge into a Soul Beast Cloak for combat.
• Electrolux entered the Grim Reaper Masked Beast and told Huo Yuhao that powerful Spirit Beasts could eventually inhabit the masks as Soul Spirits; he also warned Huo Yuhao not to lose himself to darkness.
• Tang Ya met Beibei by Sea God Lake, pretended to forgive Shrek Academy, and secretly resolved to use what her ancestor had told her against Beibei and Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao continued his intense training on Sea God Lake, fighting four Wood Clones while balancing on the water in heavy weights.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao found Huo Yuhao training and were astonished by the speed and intensity of his combat.

Huo Yuhao crafted first- and second-level Soul Guidance Cores on his first attempt, prompting Fan Yu to invite him to join the Soul Guidance Department, but he postponed his decision. After reaching level twenty, Huo Yuhao arrived at the freshman assessment in Zone 33 just before his team was disqualified.

• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Detection and precise control to craft first- and second-level Soul Guidance Cores with ease.
• Fan Yu recognized Huo Yuhao, apologized for Zhou Yi's treatment of him, and offered him rare metals, blueprints, and core disciple status if he joined the Soul Guidance Department.
• Huo Yuhao declined to decide until after the freshman assessment, preferring to focus his efforts elsewhere.
• With help from his second Mysterious Water Pill, Huo Yuhao broke through to level twenty and needed a soul ring to become a Soul Grandmaster.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao waited anxiously in Zone 33 as the referee prepared to disqualify their team for Huo Yuhao's absence.
• Huo Yuhao arrived on the Soul Fighting Platform with a lightning-assisted Body Flicker Technique just before the deadline and declared that he was not late.

Huo Yuhao dominated the freshman assessment matches, defeating opponents with his clones and elemental techniques while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao watched in shock. After crushing a team using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, he left the arena victorious.

• Huo Yuhao arrived just in time for the assessment, rejected Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s help, and defeated two assault-type opponents with exploding Shadow Clones before their teammate surrendered.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao won four more matches over the following day, with Huo Yuhao relying on Shadow Clones and taijutsu.
• On the third day, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo combined their martial souls to form the Heavenly Net while Huang Chutian attacked Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao used Water Release to flood the arena and wash Huang Chutian out, then used Wind Release to sever the sisters’ hair anchors and blow them off the arena.
• The referee declared Team Huo Yuhao the winner as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stared in astonishment.

After Huo Yuhao demonstrated his water-element control, Yan Shaozhe recruited him to treat Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire. Huo Yuhao sealed it with a Five Elements Seal and secured a promise of five top-grade pills each month, leaving Yan Shaozhe determined to outbid the Soul Guidance Department for his loyalty.

• Yan Shaozhe invited Huo Yuhao to his office after seeing his water-element abilities and offered resources if he could help Ma Xiaotao.
• Huo Yuhao found Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire too powerful to suppress with water alone, but proposed sealing it with a five-element technique.
• Huo Yuhao used the Five Elements Seal to lock Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire away, and she confirmed that its destructive urge had vanished.
• Huo Yuhao warned that the seal would need monthly reinforcement and ongoing resources, then told Yan Shaozhe that Fan Yu had claimed the Soul Guidance Department invested more.
• Yan Shaozhe promised Huo Yuhao five top-grade pills every month to reinforce the seal, and Huo Yuhao agreed to accept the offer.

Huo Yuhao sent a Wood Clone to keep fighting in the freshman assessment while his original body trained and refined pills. On the third day, the clone faced Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian, and had already caught Nanmen Yun'er in an Earth Release technique as the battle continued.

• Huo Yuhao formed a Wood Clone and sent it to the competition grounds while his original body went to train.
• Over two days, the clone defeated its opponents in the freshman assessment, alarming observers with its colder manner.
• The clone faced Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian, whose Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda strengthened Wu Feng.
• Wu Feng attacked with Dragon's Fire, but the clone's Great Fireball Technique pushed her flames back.
• Nanmen Yun'er tried to flank the clone, but it used Summoning Jutsu and Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique to trap her in the arena.

Huo Yuhao’s Wood Clone defeated Wu Feng and Ning Tian with a Wind-Fire attack, prompting Yan Shaozhe to dismiss Wu Feng’s cheating complaint after realizing the clone’s strength. While cultivating, Huo Yuhao planned to punish Dai Huabin and studied a Wood Release technique designed to subdue powerful creatures.

• Huo Yuhao’s two clones combined Wind Release with a Great Fireball, blasting Wu Feng and Ning Tian out of the arena and securing his team’s victory.
• The clones turned into pieces of dead wood, leading Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to realize Huo Yuhao had competed through a clone while his real body stayed away.
• Wu Feng accused Huo Yuhao of breaking the rules, but Yan Shaozhe concealed his excitement about Huo Yuhao’s talent and said the academy would investigate.
• At his training grounds, Huo Yuhao refined the Foundation Strengthening Pill’s power to the level twenty limit and absorbed the memories of his Wood Clone’s battle.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to make Dai Huabin suffer and examined the Wood Release technique Kuan-an Entering the Marketplace with Helping Hands, which could restrain enormous creatures.

Huo Yuhao let Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao fight their opponents while he stood aside, then criticized them for taking too long after their victory. In the God Realm, Tang San expected Xiao Qi’s divine thought to help her form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Child of Destiny and warned the blue-eyed youth would lose everything.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yuhao ten jade bottles of Five Elements Cultivation Pills and urged him to let his teammates participate in the team assessment.
• Huo Yuhao planted his Tachi in the arena and challenged Xie HuanYue, Luo Tianba, and Luo Tianlong to defeat Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao before facing him.
• Wang Dong attacked from the air while Xiao Xiao slowed the opponents with her Sonic Delay Halos, and their team won after Xie HuanYue exhausted his Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao that their victory had taken too long, leaving them disappointed and prompting Wang Dong to resolve to prove their bond.
• Tang San calculated that Xiao Qi’s divine thought would help her form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Child of Destiny and declared that the blue-eyed youth would lose everything.

Huo Yuhao rejected Wang Dong’s proposal to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and entered the freshman finals determined to face Dai Huabin alone. After Huo Yuhao provoked Dai Huabin by insulting his dead mother, the furious opponent prepared to fight him.

• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao she suspected their martial souls could produce a fusion skill, but he rejected the idea and ordered her to leave.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on Tang San’s attempt to bind him to Wang Dong and resolved to resist it.
• Huo Yuhao’s team advanced to the freshman finals, where Dai Huabin eyed him as a stepping stone toward gaining his father’s favor and challenging Dai Yueheng.
• Wang Dong urged Huo Yuhao to join forces against Dai Huabin and the Hell White Tiger, but Huo Yuhao called their team rabble and said he could defeat them alone.
• Huo Yuhao taunted Dai Huabin about his dead mother, driving him into a rage, then opened both of his Three Tomoe Sharingan and vowed to defeat him.

Huo Yuhao turned Cui Yajie's Charm against her with a terrifying genjutsu, then countered Dai Huabin's enhanced attack with a fireball. He covered the fighting platform in dense mist, leaving Dai Huabin unable to see his opponents as hidden murderous intent gathered.

• Cui Yajie's Charm triggered Huo Yuhao's reflected genjutsu, trapping her in a scene from the Night of the Clan Massacre and leaving her mentally shattered.
• Zhu Lu recognized Cui Yajie's condition as mental backlash and warned Dai Huabin not to look into Huo Yuhao's eyes.
• Dai Huabin dismissed the warning, activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and fired his White Tiger Intense Light Wave at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao's Great Fireball Technique met and neutralized Dai Huabin's attack, while Huo Yuhao emerged unharmed from the blast.
• Huo Yuhao used the Hidden Mist Technique to envelop the platform, leaving Dai Huabin unable to see anyone and surrounded by unseen murderous intent.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Dai Huabin with four clones, shattered his pride, and let him reach Zhu Lu. The pair prepared to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Huo Yuhao stood by with an undisclosed plan.

• Huo Yuhao's four clones broke through Dai Huabin's White Tiger Protection Barrier and battered him into a crater.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his attackers were clones and taunted Dai Huabin, who resolved to reach Zhu Lu and use Hell White Tiger.
• Dai Huabin ran toward Zhu Lu as Huo Yuhao followed at a leisurely pace, mocking him for having no options left.
• Zhu Lu rushed to meet Dai Huabin, while Wang Dong warned Huo Yuhao to stop them from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao used the Body Flicker Technique to kick Dai Huabin toward Zhu Lu, then watched them embrace without attacking.

Huo Yuhao allowed Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to unleash their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then faced the beast alone after its roar knocked Xiao Xiao out of the arena. He and four Shadow Clones combined five elemental techniques into the Five Release: Great Barrage Technique and fired it at the Hell White Tiger.

• Huo Yuhao kicked Dai Huabin toward Zhu Lu, and the two fused into the Hell White Tiger.
• Qian Duoduo tried to recruit Huo Yuhao to the Soul Guidance Department while Yan Shaozhe refused to give him up.
• The Hell White Tiger's roar blasted Xiao Xiao out of the arena and left Wang Dong urging Huo Yuhao to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao ignored Wang Dong, summoned four Shadow Clones, and prepared five different elemental attacks.
• Huo Yuhao and his clones unleashed the Five Release: Great Barrage Technique at the Hell White Tiger.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger with his Five Release: Great Barrage, then sealed the fusion and humiliated Dai Huabin on the arena floor. Yan Shaozhe resolved to recruit Huo Yuhao, while Wang Dong wondered if she could ever catch up to him.

• Dai Huabin strengthened the Hell White Tiger’s attack, but Huo Yuhao combined his five energies and overwhelmed it with the Five Release: Great Barrage.
• Huo Yuhao used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the damaged Hell White Tiger and sealed it with Wood Release: Kuan-an Entering the Marketplace with Helping Hands.
• The Hell White Tiger dissolved, leaving Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu weakened; Huo Yuhao grabbed Dai Huabin by the head and forced him face-down onto the arena floor.
• Yan Shaozhe watched Huo Yuhao suppress the fusion and resolved to bring him into the Martial Soul Department.
• Wang Dong watched Huo Yuhao’s victory and felt powerless, wondering if she would ever catch up to him.

Huo Yuhao defeated and publicly humiliated Dai Huabin, then suppressed a surge of Indra Chakra before it could reveal a new power. As Dai Huabin vowed revenge with help from a hidden Soul Emperor, Xuan Zi decided Huo Yuhao was suited to become his secret disciple.

• Huo Yuhao pinned Dai Huabin beneath his foot, kicked him across the arena, and stopped only when the teachers intervened.
• Huo Yuhao sensed Indra Chakra feeding his ocular power, but suppressed it to keep his possible evolution hidden from Shrek's observers.
• Xuan Zi watched Huo Yuhao and resolved to take him from Mu En and raise him as a Root protecting Shrek from the shadows.
• Dai Huabin woke from his injuries and vowed to kill Huo Yuhao, planning to use a six-ring Soul Emperor hidden in Shrek City to assassinate him.

After winning the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan in the Kamui Dimension and discovered that his Indra Chakra had formed a powerful second Soul Ring. He gained Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi, leaving him eager to pursue vengeance with his new abilities.

• Yan Shaozhe announced Huo Yuhao's team as the freshman assessment champions and directly admitted Huo Yuhao as a core disciple with special treatment.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong invited Huo Yuhao to discuss cultivation and celebrate, but he dismissed them as deadweights and left.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Kamui Dimension and released the Indra Chakra he had suppressed since defeating Dai Huabin.
• His left eye evolved into Second Pillar's Mangekyō Sharingan, and his Soul Power surged to level 25.
• Huo Yuhao manifested a red hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring without killing a Spirit Beast and awakened Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi.
• Huo Yuhao tested the techniques, shaping Amaterasu's black flames into a sword and shield, and declared that his eyes showed the path of vengeance.

Huo Yuhao concealed his breakthrough and met Yan Shaozhe, who rewarded him with two ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones. When the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path reacted hungrily to one of them, Huo Yuhao realized it might be able to devour Spirit Bones and other elemental treasures.

• Huo Yuhao used Hashirama Cells to heal the damage from his Mangekyō Sharingan and recognized that repeated use could eventually make him blind.
• Huo Yuhao had Electrolux seal the signs of his breakthrough, hiding his self-condensed soul ring and presenting himself as a Level 20 Soul Master.
• Yan Shaozhe offered Huo Yuhao a Five Spirit Grass, but Huo Yuhao recognized it as the raw material for five Five Elements Cultivation Pills.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yuhao a ten-thousand-year Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger left arm bone and a ten-thousand-year Thunder Beast right leg bone as rewards approved by the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path reacted strongly to the Thunder Beast Spirit Bone, and Huo Yuhao secretly stored both bones while considering whether the statue could devour Spirit Bones.

Huo Yuhao devoured two Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones to strengthen his elemental Chakra, then overwhelmed Wang Dong with his Water Dragon Bullet Technique. As Shrek Academy’s holiday began, he left the city to start Tang Ya’s Akatsuki assessment, unaware that Soul Emperor-led assassins were tracking him.

• Huo Yuhao fed two Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, strengthening his water- and lightning-attribute Chakra without opening its second eye.
• Huo Yuhao trained his ninjutsu and Chidori techniques while increasing his weighted load to a thousand jin.
• Wang Dong challenged Huo Yuhao, but his forty-four-seal Water Dragon Bullet Technique swallowed her attack and sent her crashing into a tree.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek City alone at the start of the holiday to begin Tang Ya’s Akatsuki assessment.
• A group of black-robed soul masters confirmed Huo Yuhao’s identity and prepared to carry out the Young Master’s order to make him suffer.

Huo Yuhao was ambushed outside Shrek City by six assassins but used his White Zetsu form and new lightning techniques to kill four of them. The Soul Emperor leader and the Yellow Sand Soul King remained, preparing to attack him.

• Huo Yuhao detected six disguised assassins surrounding him and identified their ranks, including a Soul Emperor and a Soul King.
• The Yellow Sand Soul King bound Huo Yuhao with quicksand, but Huo Yuhao activated White Zetsu Possession and killed three charging Soul Ancestors with Chidori Current.
• The archer Soul Ancestor shot an arrow at Huo Yuhao, but Kamui let it pass through him.
• Huo Yuhao pierced the archer with Chidori Sharp Spear and exploded lightning spikes inside him, killing him.
• The Soul Emperor leader and Yellow Sand Soul King confronted Huo Yuhao, whose strength had shocked them.