Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao defeated the Yellow Sand Elder and used Amaterasu to set the fleeing Chisen ablaze with inextinguishable black flames. Chisen struggled as the flames consumed him, while Huo Yuhao remained behind.

• Chisen and the Yellow Sand Elder attacked Huo Yuhao together, but Huo Yuhao passed through Chisen’s strike with Kamui.
• Huo Yuhao pierced the Yellow Sand Elder’s Sand Cube with Chidori Sharp Spear and killed him, studying his sand control in the process.
• Chisen realized he could not complete the mission and fled toward the forest, planning to report back to the White Tiger Family.
• Huo Yuhao awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu on Chisen’s back.
• Chisen tried to extinguish the black flames with his Soul Power and Blazing Body Protection, but the flames consumed his fire and began devouring him.

Huo Yuhao interrogated Chisen with Genjutsu and learned that Dai Huabin had ordered the assassination on behalf of the White Tiger Family. After discovering that he could feed Chisen’s fire-type Martial Soul origin to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Huo Yuhao resolved to develop the power and confront Dai Huabin.

• Huo Yuhao subdued Chisen’s Amaterasu burns and used Genjutsu to force him to reveal that Dai Huabin had sent White Tiger Family death warriors to kill him.
• Chisen identified Dai Hao as the White Tiger Family leader who had assigned the death warriors to protect Dai Huabin, and explained that the clan’s elders lived at its ancestral estate in Star Luo City.
• Huo Yuhao killed Chisen with Kagutsuchi, then sensed the flames resonating with Chisen’s Blazing Demon Tiger Martial Soul origin.
• Huo Yuhao used Kagutsuchi to draw out Chisen’s Martial Soul origin, which the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path devoured before Chisen turned to ash.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that the statue could gain energy from Martial Soul origins and considered obtaining the Tailed Beast Extraction Seal to extract origins of other elements.

After Huo Yuhao defeated the Yellow Sand Elder, Tang Ya revealed that her evolved Dark Blue Silver Tree could heal and restore Soul Power by transferring stored life force. Huo Yuhao began Tang Ya’s Akatsuki assessment by promising to take her to wipe out a clan, and she followed him, resolved to pursue revenge.

• The Yellow Sand Elder’s corpse turned to sand and attempted to ambush Huo Yuhao, but Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Tree drained its remaining life force.
• Tang Ya hurried to Huo Yuhao, checked that he was unharmed, and let him bite her arm to restore his strength with her life force.
• Tang Ya explained that her evolved martial soul let her store life force and transfer it to allies to heal them and restore Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao warned Tang Ya to keep her ability secret and never let anyone else bite her arm.
• Huo Yuhao put on a Fox Mask and announced that Tang Ya’s Akatsuki assessment had begun.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya he would take her to wipe out a clan, and she followed him with renewed resolve for revenge.

Huo Yuhao brought Tang Ya back to Heaven Dou City to investigate the destruction of the Tang Sect and prepare her revenge. After learning that Iron Blood Sect and other forces profited from the attack while Shrek Academy ignored warnings, they stood outside Iron Blood Sect, ready to begin their assault.

• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya the codename Zetsu and a black mask before they traveled to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Ya saw that the former Tang Sect grounds now belonged to Iron Blood Sect and struggled to contain her anger.
• Huo Yuhao used genjutsu to control wealthy merchants, taking their riches and searching their memories for information.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya that Blazing Fire Sect and Giant Strength Sect had shared in the Tang Sect's spoils, while Shrek Academy had ignored reports and a Shrek Inspectorate deacon had allegedly been bribed.
• Tang Ya nearly attacked tea drinkers who mocked the Tang Sect, but Huo Yuhao stopped her and urged her to focus on Iron Blood Sect.
• At night, Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya reached Iron Blood Sect's gates and prepared to launch their attack.

Tang Ya destroyed the Iron Blood Sect and avenged her parents with Huo Yuhao's help. As four nearby sect masters arrived to confront them, the battle threatened to continue.

• Tang Ya attacked the Iron Blood Sect, killed its guards, and used Forest Hell to overwhelm its disciples.
• Tang Ya killed Tie Tang and defeated two Soul King elders, but Tie Li nearly struck her down.
• Huo Yuhao restrained Tie Li with Nine Mask Svāhā and unleashed the Azure Dragon and White Tiger to wipe out the charging disciples.
• Tang Ya killed Tie Li, avenged her parents, and fell to her knees in grief.
• Four nearby sect masters arrived and threatened Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya.

After awakening Uzumaki Menma’s Madara Possession template, Huo Yuhao tested his new power against the Soul Emperors who arrived at the Iron Blood Sect’s ruins. He killed one attacker and moved to stop the remaining three as they fled.

• Huo Yuhao’s system awakened the Uzumaki Menma (Madara Possession) template and rewarded him with Spiraling Ring and Great Spiraling Ring.
• The Blazing Wing Elder charged Huo Yuhao, but Immortal Nandou and Immortal Beidou used Restrict to immobilize him.
• Huo Yuhao seized the Blazing Wing Elder, smashed him into the ground, and killed him with Spiraling Ring.
• The other three Soul Emperors panicked and tried to flee in different directions.
• Huo Yuhao declared that they would all stay and called out to Azure, White, Vermilion, Xuan, Void, south, and north.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya destroyed the Iron Blood Sect and the sects that had helped ruin the Tang Sect, then escaped as his final attack obliterated the eastern district. Heaven Dou's royal consecrators arrived too late and found only a massive crater.

• Huo Yuhao's formation trapped the attackers, and his Masked Beasts and Tang Ya killed the three Soul Emperors and their followers.
• Tang Ya condemned the Heaven Dou Empire for allowing the Tang Sect's destruction, then drained the remaining survivors with her Dark Blue Silver Tree.
• Huo Yuhao collected the sects' treasures and flew away with Tang Ya after recalling the Masked Beasts.
• Huo Yuhao dropped a Great Spiraling Ring into the sect grounds, destroying them and several nearby sects within his barrier.
• Heaven Dou's royal consecrators arrived after the barrier shattered, but Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya had vanished.

In Tianming City, Huo Yuhao made Tang Ya a core member of the Akatsuki organization and assigned her to establish its outpost in Rain Village. Tang Ya accepted her new role and the plan to build the Root Organization as Akatsuki’s covert force.

• Huo Yuhao discovered Rain Village, a remote territory at the junction of three nations, and chose it as the site for an Akatsuki outpost.
• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya a red-character ring and a red-cloud black robe, naming her a core member with the codename Black Tortoise.
• Tang Ya asked Huo Yuhao to treat her as an equal comrade, and he agreed to call her by her name.
• Tang Ya confirmed that she had applied to leave Shrek Academy and said she would devote herself to Akatsuki and the Root Organization.
• Huo Yuhao instructed Tang Ya to establish the Rain Village outpost and recruit wandering soul masters into the Root Organization’s scout and assassination forces.

Huo Yuhao sent Tang Ya to establish a base in Amegakure, then traveled to the Extreme North with Electrolux to capture the Two-Tails. He lured out the Ice Empress, whom he intended to make the second true Soul Spirit for Nine Mask Svāhā.

• Huo Yuhao escorted Tang Ya to Amegakure and left her to establish the base and recruit personnel.
• Tang Ya kissed Huo Yuhao, thanked him, and ran toward Amegakure; Huo Yuhao resumed his journey north, telling himself she was only a piece in his plan.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Grim Reaper Electrolux and asked for his help capturing the Two-Tails, a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Spirit Beast.
• Huo Yuhao used the Celestial Maiden's concealment ribbon and his Soul Beast Cloak to release the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin aura in the Extreme North's core region.
• The Ice Empress appeared in response, and Huo Yuhao recognized her as the target he intended to capture.

Huo Yuhao captured Ice Empress in the Far North with Electrolux’s and the Celestial Maiden’s help, then brought her into the Kamui Dimension. He demanded that she assist with a God-Making Project, but she refused, so he prepared to intimidate her.

• Ice Empress attacked Huo Yuhao after discovering Tian Meng’s aura within him, but Electrolux and the Celestial Maiden intervened to restrain her.
• Huo Yuhao used Kamui to pull Ice Empress into the vortex, then escaped the frozen plains before Snow Empress could arrive.
• In the Kamui Dimension, Huo Yuhao told the bound Ice Empress he needed her help with a God-Making Project.
• Ice Empress refused and threatened Huo Yuhao with Snow Empress’s retaliation, so Huo Yuhao used Golem Chains.

Huo Yuhao forced the Ice Empress to choose between becoming his Soul Spirit and being devoured, then completed the ritual that merged her soul with the White Tiger Masked Beast. The Ice Empress became the new [White Tiger · Ice Empress], while the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path opened part of its second eye.

• Huo Yuhao bound the Ice Empress with Chakra Chains and drained her power, then explained that his Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had devoured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux offered the Ice Empress a chance to become a Soul Spirit, threatening to erase her intelligence if she refused.
• The Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice herself, and her cultivation poured into Huo Yuhao as energy for the statue and a Spirit Bone.
• Huo Yuhao rejected the Ice Empress's Spirit Bone and ordered its energy fed to the Demonic Statue, which opened part of its second eye.
• Huo Yuhao used Electrolux's Necromancy to merge the Ice Empress's soul with the White Tiger Masked Beast, naming the result [White Tiger · Ice Empress].

Huo Yuhao revealed the power of his Nine Masked Beasts and awakened Ice Release after absorbing Ice Empress's origin power. Ice Empress accepted her defeat and began to see following him as a chance to reach godhood.

• Huo Yuhao summoned all nine Masked Beasts, whose power had grown after absorbing Ice Empress's 390,000 years of origin power.
• Electrolux told Ice Empress that he had once been a necromancer who could have become a god, and Ice Empress eased her resentment over losing to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao's Soul Power rose from level 25 to level 28, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's second eye opened halfway.
• Huo Yuhao awakened Ice Release and tested it with Swallow Snowstorm, Black Dragon Blizzard, and One-Horned White Whale.
• Ice Empress praised Huo Yuhao's ice techniques and asked his name, and Huo Yuhao declared that he would wield the power of All-Encompassing Myriad Phenomena.

After strengthening his Wood Release and helping Tang Ya build Amegakure, Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy and deceived Beibei into believing Menma had kidnapped Xiao Ya. He then faced Dai Huabin, who threatened him, and Huo Yuhao planned to use Chisen's belongings as a gift for him.

• Huo Yuhao traveled to Amegakure, where he used Wood Release to raise rows of wooden houses and gave Tang Ya a plan to fund Akatsuki through mercenary work.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy just before registration closed, and Beibei demanded to know where Xiao Ya had gone.
• Huo Yuhao told Beibei that a Masked Man called Menma had abducted Xiao Ya, provoking Beibei to swear he would find Menma and rescue her.
• Huo Yuhao promised to help Beibei rescue Xiao Ya while privately reflecting that she had chosen to be with him.
• Dai Huabin mocked Huo Yuhao and threatened to defeat him in the advancement assessment, while Huo Yuhao planned to give him the belongings left by Chisen and his group.

On the day of the advancement assessment, Huo Yuhao rejected Wang Dong'er’s accidental near-kiss and Ma Xiaotao’s attempts to grow closer, then accepted Ma Xiaotao’s bet over whether he could earn a perfect score. At the Beast Fighting Area, Dai Huabin challenged him to another bet.

• Xiao Xiao accidentally knocked Wang Dong'er toward Huo Yuhao, who punched her away and told her to stay away from him.
• Ma Xiaotao called Huo Yuhao out, but he refused her invitation and said their relationship should remain a transaction.
• Ma Xiaotao bet that Huo Yuhao would not get a perfect assessment score, offering a day of shopping and a chance to touch his head if he lost.
• Huo Yuhao accepted and wagered that Ma Xiaotao would find him an elemental Spirit Bone if he won.
• At the Beast Fighting Area, Dai Huabin confronted Huo Yuhao and challenged him to make another bet.

Dai Huabin scored 145 points after defeating a thousand-year Wind Tiger, then challenged Huo Yuhao to beat his score. Huo Yuhao chose a thousand-year Wind Wolf for his assessment and subdued it with a glance, leaving the arena stunned.

• Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao to a rematch wager in which the loser would kneel and kowtow, and Huo Yuhao accepted without concern.
• Dai Huabin chose a thousand-year Wind Tiger, defeated it, and tore it apart after the examiners ordered him to stop.
• Du Weilun awarded Dai Huabin 145 points and ordered him to compensate the academy for the dead Spirit Beast within ten days.
• Huo Yuhao tried to choose a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast, but the referee explained that second-year students could only choose one between one hundred and one thousand years.
• Huo Yuhao used Genjutsu: Sharingan to make the thousand-year Wind Wolf stop, submit to him, and return to its cage.
• Dai Huabin stared in disbelief as the spectators reacted to Huo Yuhao subduing the Wind Wolf with a single glance.

Huo Yuhao retook his assessment and revealed his newly awakened Ice Release, defeating a thousand-year Blazing Savage Bull in one attack. Yan Shaozhe awarded him a perfect score, leaving Dai Huabin devastated and Ma Xiaotao realizing she had lost their bet.

• Yan Shaozhe made Huo Yuhao retake the assessment so he could demonstrate assault-type combat.
• Huo Yuhao trapped the Blazing Savage Bull inside ice walls with Ice Release Secret Art: Ice Rock Hall.
• Huo Yuhao destroyed the Blazing Savage Bull with Ice Release: Twin Dragon Blizzard, revealing his overwhelming ice-element power.
• Yan Shaozhe awarded Huo Yuhao a perfect 150 points, while Dai Huabin nearly fainted.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Huo Yuhao had reached the level of Ultimate Ice and that she had lost their bet.

Huo Yuhao received a perfect examination score and a Level 3 Soul Engineer badge, prompting Shrek’s Martial Soul and Soul Guidance departments to compete for him. After the examination, Dai Huabin paid off his bet by kneeling and kowtowing to Huo Yuhao, who privately taunted him about his hatred.

• Dai Huabin challenged Yan Shaozhe over Huo Yuhao receiving full marks for killing an examination Spirit Beast, but Yan defended the score and dismissed his objection.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice and resolved that Shrek must keep him.
• Qian Duoduo arrived with Huo Yuhao’s Level 3 Soul Engineer badge, and Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er argued that he belonged to the Martial Soul Department.
• Qian Duoduo declared that Huo Yuhao’s department affiliation would be settled at a Sea God Pavilion meeting, and Yan Shaozhe announced the core disciples before dismissing the crowd.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Dai Huabin from leaving and made him kneel and kowtow to honor their bet.
• Huo Yuhao whispered to Dai Huabin that he was weak because his hatred was not deep enough.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo argued over which department should cultivate Huo Yuhao, whose talents spanned martial souls and soul tools. Mu En ruled that both departments would train him and share resources, leaving Huo Yuhao to choose his path.

• Yan Shaozhe told the elders that Huo Yuhao had the Spirit Eye, a second martial soul called the Elementalist, and had cultivated water to Ultimate Ice.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed making Huo Yuhao a Martial Soul Department core disciple and his personal student.
• Qian Duoduo revealed that Huo Yuhao had independently created a third-rank soul tool core and argued that he should join the Soul Guidance Department.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo clashed over Huo Yuhao's future and each department's merits.
• Mu En ordered both departments to cultivate Huo Yuhao together and share resources, while allowing Huo Yuhao to choose between them later.

Shrek Academy’s elders approved Huo Yuhao as a core disciple of both the Martial Soul and Soul Guidance departments, while Mu En rejected Xuan Zi’s plan to investigate and recruit him through the Shrek Inspectorate. Huo Yuhao refused Wang Dong’s invitation to the Clear Sky Sect, then left the dormitory at midnight to prepare to target Dai Huabin.

• Mu En persuaded the elders to let Huo Yuhao study in both departments and choose his path later.
• Xuan Zi proposed making Huo Yuhao an Inspectorate disciple and using Shrek’s old methods to secure his loyalty, but Mu En forbade it and declared he would personally guide Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi left the meeting room, determined not to give up on Huo Yuhao and convinced that Shrek needed someone to handle its dirty work.
• Wang Dong invited Huo Yuhao to visit the Clear Sky Sect, hoping to introduce him to her older sister, but Huo Yuhao bluntly refused.
• After Wang Dong fell asleep, Huo Yuhao entered the Kamui Dimension, put on a Tiger Mask and black robe, and set his sights on Dai Huabin.

Huo Yuhao disguised himself as a masked ancestor and confronted Dai Huabin in his dorm room after revealing the remains of Chisen and his men. He defeated Dai Huabin with a single punch and pinned him to the wall.

• Dai Huabin grew angry when Zhu Lu delivered a sealed scroll saying Chisen and the others had returned to the family instead of reporting to him.
• Dai Huabin opened the scroll and found Chisen’s dismembered remains inside, then panicked when he could not open the sealed door.
• Huo Yuhao revealed himself outside the room after Zhu Lu disappeared, then entered through the open window wearing a Tiger Mask and claimed to be Dai Mubai.
• Dai Huabin activated his White Tiger abilities and attacked the masked figure, but Huo Yuhao pierced his defense with an Inch Punch and pinned him to the wall.