Chapter Summaries

Wei Na became obsessed with Huo Yuhao after recalling their encounter and redirected her journey toward Star Luo City to see him again. Meanwhile, Shrek’s team continued toward the tournament, where Ma Xiaotao offered to help Huo Yuhao absorb Whale Rubber.

• Wei Na asked Mu Xue and Mo Yunfei about Huo Yuhao and the purple-clad woman, then insisted they head to Star Luo City so she could meet him again.
• Wang Yan arranged carriages for Shrek’s injured team as they traveled toward Star Luo City.
• Huo Yuhao planned to use the tournament to unlock the Warring States Madara template, achieve Shikai, and acquire the Gold of Life.
• Ma Xiaotao complained that Huo Yuhao had not shown concern for her injuries, but he told her to rest and let him cultivate.
• Ma Xiaotao asked whether Huo Yuhao had absorbed his Whale Rubber and offered to guide him through it after they reached Star Luo City.

Huo Yuhao healed Ma Xiaotao and headed to Star Luo City with Shrek's team, where he dismissed the tournament's opponents and went with Ma Xiaotao to absorb the ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber. He swallowed the molten treasure, unleashing an immense surge of heat inside his body.

• Huo Yuhao used his self-created healing skill to treat Ma Xiaotao, then explained that he needed her help refining the Whale Rubber.
• Wang Dong'er tried to stop Huo Yuhao from absorbing the Whale Rubber with Ma Xiaotao, but he refused to listen.
• After Shrek's team reached Star Luo City, Wang Yan warned the reserve members that the injured official team members would miss the early matches and began reviewing rival academies.
• Huo Yuhao dismissed the rival teams as unworthy of analysis, claimed he would handle them, and left with Ma Xiaotao to absorb the Whale Rubber.
• In Ma Xiaotao's suite, Huo Yuhao reinforced the Five Elements Seal in her, swallowed the Whale Rubber after she melted it with her Phoenix Flame, and triggered a massive eruption of heat.

After absorbing the ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, Huo Yuhao advanced to rank 36, developed Magnet Release by copying the Yellow Sand Elder, and concealed his night with Ma Xiaotao from Wang Dong'er. Meanwhile, desperate to regain power and take revenge, Dai Huabin prepared to sacrifice Zhu Lu to awaken the Evil Eye Holy King.

• Huo Yuhao left Ma Xiaotao asleep after their night together, while she woke and realized her Evil Fire had been reduced by more than half.
• Huo Yuhao discovered the Whale Rubber had raised his Soul Power to rank 36 and strengthened his body enough to open the fourth gate of the Eight Inner Gates.
• In the Kamui Dimension, Huo Yuhao used the Yellow Sand Elder to copy his sand abilities and develop Magnet Release, then used it with Kamui to return to the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Wang Dong'er questioned Huo Yuhao about the Whale Rubber's side effects, and he denied that anything had happened with Ma Xiaotao.
• After learning Huo Yuhao had been named the Sea God Pavilion's next-generation Pavilion Master, Dai Huabin met Zhu Lu in a secluded grove and declared that he would sacrifice her to obtain the Evil Eye Holy King's power.

Dai Huabin stabbed Zhu Lu to gain power from the cursed seal, while Zhu Li rescued her and revealed the clan system behind her suffering. At Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao prepared to use Dai Huabin and the others in a planned clan-extermination scheme as the tournament began.

• Dai Huabin stabbed Zhu Lu and activated the cursed seal, which raised his cultivation to rank 40 while burning his own life potential under Huo Yuhao's surveillance.
• Zhu Lu's body vanished, then reappeared gravely wounded in a forest, where Zhu Li healed her and condemned the Spirit Cat Clan's main-family and branch-family system.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the cursed seal's activation and Zhu Li's success, then planned to stage a clan-extermination play in Star Luo City.
• A white-haired Sun Moon Empire student mocked Shrek Academy's young team and predicted that his own side would win the tournament.

Huo Yuhao brushed aside Shrek’s concerns and entered the elimination match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy alone, vowing to win by himself. As he prepared to face seven opponents, he sensed that the White Tiger Dagger had begun evolving and might soon reveal its true name.

• Ma Rulong’s attempt to probe Huo Yuhao’s spiritual world was shattered by the sight of a terrifying armored giant, while Xiao Hongchen dismissed Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen admired his looks.
• Ma Xiaotao offered to fight Tianling, but Huo Yuhao insisted he would handle the match alone, prompting doubts from Wang Yan, Xu Sanshi, and Beibei.
• Wang Dong’er volunteered to stand with Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao swore that the Sea God and Asura God’s divine seats would collapse if he failed to win by himself.
• Wang Yan accepted Huo Yuhao’s resolve, and Huo Yuhao walked onto the stage as Shrek’s only contestant, declaring that he alone was the entire team.
• Huo Yuhao drew the White Tiger Dagger and sensed that it had begun evolving toward a Zanpakuto, with its true name potentially within reach.

Huo Yuhao defeated the entire Tianling Team in seconds using Spirit Detection, shadow-cloned White Tiger Daggers, and Flying Thunder God. His dagger transformed into a Zanpakuto named White Fang, while Ma Rulong and Xu Jiujiu recognized the threat he posed.

• Huo Yuhao revealed his disguised three-ring cultivation and marked the White Tiger Dagger with Flying Thunder God.
• Huo Yuhao created hundreds of dagger clones and used them as stepping stones to attack and knock out all seven members of the Tianling Team.
• Huo Yuhao caught the dagger as the clones vanished, and the weapon merged into his soul as a Zanpakuto named White Fang.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the spectators erupted in cheers.
• Ma Rulong watched in disbelief and feared Huo Yuhao's strength, while Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that the young man's talent surpassed Shrek's previous geniuses.

After Huo Yuhao instantly defeated Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, he explained that his Elementalist Martial Soul had awakened the Space Element. The victory earned him the title Silver Flash and triggered a system reward: Uchiha Madara’s Mangekyou-exclusive ocular technique, Futsu-no-Mitama.

• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek’s viewing area after eliminating all seven Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy players in an instant.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan and the Shrek team that his Elementalist Martial Soul had awakened the Space Element and could awaken more elements in the future.
• Wang Dong'er resolved to undergo hellish special training so she could keep up with Huo Yuhao, while Ma Xiaotao tried and failed to touch his hair when he teleported away.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Star Emperor Hotel, where the system awarded him the Uchiha Madara template reward for his victory and Silver Flash title.
• Huo Yuhao felt a surge of ocular power flood into his left eye as the system identified the reward as Futsu-no-Mitama.

Huo Yuhao revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and used its genjutsu to overwhelm Xiao Hongchen, then returned to Shrek’s meeting room, where Ling Luochen praised his performance. The chapter left him reunited with his teammates as they discussed tactics.

• Huo Yuhao saw that his left eye had awakened Uchiha Madara’s Mangekyō pattern and identified its ocular technique as Futsu-no-Mitama.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted Huo Yuhao and challenged him to a future match, but Huo Yuhao dismissed him and walked away.
• Huo Yuhao’s genjutsu made Xiao Hongchen experience a collapsing world; Meng Hongchen snapped him out of his daze and he realized he had been caught without noticing.
• Meng Hongchen gushed over Huo Yuhao’s eyes and voice, leaving Xiao Hongchen exasperated.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the meeting room, where Ling Luochen praised his victory over seven opponents in the arena.

Huo Yuhao recruited Jiang Nannan to use her Gravity Control during his weight training, revealing that his cultivation session involved training under triple gravity while fighting Wood Clones. Wang Dong'er arrived, mistook the situation for something improper, then demanded to join and was immediately crushed flat by the gravity.

• Huo Yuhao asked Jiang Nannan to assist his cultivation with Gravity Control, and she agreed after he offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins per session.
• Ling Luochеn offered to join Huo Yuhao's training and pay him, but he refused.
• That night, Jiang Nannan used her third soul skill to impose triple gravity on Huo Yuhao, who trained in heavy armor and created three Wood Clones to spar with.
• Wang Dong'er burst into the room fearing an intimate encounter, learned they were training, and insisted on joining.
• Jiang Nannan applied triple gravity to Wang Dong'er, who was crushed face-first onto the floor before activating her Martial Soul.

Wang Dong'er fainted during gravity training, then woke to find her Soul Power had risen by two ranks. She secretly kissed Huo Yuhao's face in a photo, but he walked in and caught her, then left in disgust.

• Wang Dong'er collapsed under triple gravity, and Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan left her in the room to continue training elsewhere.
• A divine sense awakened inside Wang Dong'er and used blue-gold light to forcefully increase her cultivation.
• Wang Dong'er woke two hours later and discovered that her Soul Power had risen to rank thirty-four.
• Wang Dong'er covered Zhang Lexuan's face in a group photo with black tape and tried to kiss Huo Yuhao's image.
• Huo Yuhao caught Wang Dong'er kissing the altered photo, called her boring, and slammed the door as he left.

Huo Yuhao used Futsu-no-Mitama to unlock Kamui: Anchor and make a costly long-distance leap to Amegakure. There, he reunited with Tang Ya and hinted that he could bring her parents back to life.

• Huo Yuhao tested Kamui in the Kamui Dimension and discovered that Futsu-no-Mitama reduced the cost and amplified the power of his techniques.
• Huo Yuhao used Futsu-no-Mitama to unlock Kamui: Anchor, then leapt from Shrek Academy to Amegakure, leaving himself badly drained and bleeding from his right eye.
• Huo Yuhao descended over Amegakure in a dramatic display with Vermilion Bird and the Golden Snake, startling Akatsuki's recruits.
• Tang Ya greeted Huo Yuhao and reported that Akatsuki had recruited nearly a hundred wandering soul masters and begun taking commissions.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang Ya about her parents' relics, then suggested that she might be able to see them again.

Huo Yuhao used Impure World Reincarnation to let Tang Ya reunite with her parents, who learned she had avenged them and planned to rebuild the Tang Sect. Tang Ya chose to send her parents back, swore loyalty to Huo Yuhao and his cause, then invited him to deepen their fusion with the God Tree’s power.

• Huo Yuhao explained that he could summon the dead using a relic, though they would return in dust-made bodies without warmth or pain.
• Tang Ya gave Huo Yuhao her parents’ sachet, and he used Impure World Reincarnation to bring them back through two captive Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang Ya embraced her parents and told them that the Iron Blood Sect had been destroyed and that she intended to rebuild the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya’s parents thanked Huo Yuhao for helping their daughter, and her mother teased her about whether he was her boyfriend.
• Tang Ya sent her parents back rather than keep them in bodies that could not feel, and Huo Yuhao promised to pursue true resurrection for them.
• Tang Ya swore to follow Huo Yuhao, then locked his door and proposed a deep fusion with the Dark Blue Silver Tree martial soul; Huo Yuhao agreed.

Huo Yuhao left Tang Ya in charge of Amegakure, assigned her to gather the remains of powerful historical figures, and entrusted White Zetsu with protecting the village. He returned to the tournament in Star Luo City, where Shrek’s conduct drew boos and Beibei vowed to rescue Tang Ya from Menma, unaware Huo Yuhao had already taken her in.

• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya to guard Amegakure and collect relics and remains from famous experts across the continent for his plans.
• Huo Yuhao summoned White Zetsu, tasked him with protecting Amegakure while he was away, and departed on the Vermilion Bird.
• Huo Yuhao used Kamui to return to Shrek Academy’s viewing area, where Wang Dong’er confronted him about disappearing overnight and he said he had been cultivating.
• Beibei defeated Ma Yingjun, while Xu Sanshi harassed Shang Yue until she conceded, prompting the crowd to boo Shrek Academy.
• Meng Hongchen suggested that the Sun Moon Empire recruit Huo Yuhao, but Xiao Hongchen dismissed the idea that he would ever leave Shrek.
• Beibei told Huo Yuhao that he would grow stronger and rescue Tang Ya from Menma, while Huo Yuhao privately thought of Tang Ya as his to care for.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy’s lineup and teamed up with Xiao Xiao for the second round against Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy. He unleashed his new Storm Release technique, Laser Circus, and left the story after instantly defeating Guinan through his shield.

• Wang Yan asked Huo Yuhao to fight in the next match, and Huo Yuhao agreed and chose Xiao Xiao as his teammate.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Xiao to do what she could while Situ Yu ordered Guinan to hold them off as he assembled a heavy soul cannon platform.
• Xiao Xiao slowed the Yunluo pair with her first soul skill as Huo Yuhao fused water and Lightning chakra and launched Storm Release—Laser Circus.
• Huo Yuhao redirected the laser waves around Guinan’s shield and struck him from every angle, destroying the shield and knocking Guinan out.

Huo Yuhao used a barrage of elemental ninjutsu to defeat Situ Yu’s heavy soul-guidance cannon platform and astonish the tournament audience. After learning he was Shrek’s Five Spirit King, Xu Jiawei ordered Xu Jiujiu to try to recruit him, and she admitted she was already interested in him.

• Situ Yu fired his level-five heavy soul-guidance cannon platform at Huo Yuhao, who deflected the rays with Wind Style: Cyclone.
• Huo Yuhao combined his wind and fire techniques into a Great Fire Whirlwind, then unleashed attacks using several more elements.
• Situ Yu surrendered as his soul guidance barrier shattered, and the referee intervened to shield him from Huo Yuhao’s attacks.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen were stunned by Huo Yuhao’s elemental abilities, while Meng Hongchen recognized him as Shrek’s Five Spirit King.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu to contact Huo Yuhao and offer him any conditions to join the Star Luo Empire, and she revealed her own interest in him.

After defeating his opponent with ease, Huo Yuhao agreed to let Xiao Xiao join his weighted training, drawing offers from Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Wang Dong'er as well. Princess Xu Jiujiu invited him to the Starlight Auction, where he intended to acquire the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, while Xu Sanshi dragged Beibei and He Caitou toward a night out.

• Xiao Hongchen convinced himself that he could defeat Huo Yuhao with preparation, while Teacher Ma doubted that Huo Yuhao had shown his full strength.
• Huo Yuhao praised Xiao Xiao after the match and returned with her to Shrek's spectator seats using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Xiao Xiao asked to join Huo Yuhao's weighted training, and he agreed as long as she trained at full effort.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Wang Dong'er each offered to train with Huo Yuhao, who told them they had to bring a surprise better than his Wood Clone.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Huo Yuhao and Shrek's teachers and students to the Starlight Auction, and he accepted, intent on obtaining the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.
• Jealous of Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi pulled Beibei and He Caitou toward Yingjun Bar, and Beibei reluctantly agreed while thinking of Tang Ya.

Huo Yuhao pushed through an extreme training session, opened the Fourth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates, and won Ma Xiaotao’s bet by patting Xiao Xiao’s head. His bonds at Shrek Academy softened his outlook briefly, but he refocused on obtaining the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife at the Starlight Auction.

• Huo Yuhao paid Jiang Nannan six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins upfront, and she eagerly resumed training with him and the others.
• Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen subjected Huo Yuhao to intense gravity, shockwave, flame, and frost attacks during training.
• Huo Yuhao opened the Fourth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates, broke through the attacks, and touched Xiao Xiao’s head before the incense burned out, winning the bet.
• Huo Yuhao noted that his Soul Power was nearing rank 38 and that he had gained better control of the Fourth Gate, while Xiao Xiao treasured the head pat and Ma Xiaotao urged her to grow stronger.
• After the girls showed concern for him, Huo Yuhao briefly considered reviving the Spirit Eye clan through warmer bonds, then focused on acquiring the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife at the Starlight Auction.

At the Starlight Auction, the Shrek students traded teasing remarks before Wang Yan began buying Soul Tools for the team. Wang Dong'er rejected a Soul Tool and revealed she only accepted ones Huo Yuhao made, then the auction continued with Wang Yan winning a charging Milk Bottle.

• At the auction, Xu Sanshi teased He Caitou about Qingya, and He Caitou revealed that Beibei had also gone to a bar the previous night.
• The girls confronted Beibei, while Ling Luochеn offered to teach Huo Yuhao about Martial Soul knowledge and Huo Yuhao told Xiao Xiao to stay away from the subject.
• Wang Yan explained that the team needed Soul Tools and won a Class 4 Paralysis Ray Wall for Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er refused the Paralysis Ray Wall and said she only accepted Soul Tools Huo Yuhao made, embarrassing herself when the others teased her.
• Wang Yan won a top-grade Class 4 charging Milk Bottle after bidding, drawing attention away from Wang Dong'er.

At the auction, Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen competed for the cursed Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, driving its price up to one million Gold Soul Coins. Just as Huo Yuhao prepared to bid again, Xu Jiujiu arranged for the auction to be terminated, enraging Xiao Hongchen.

• Xiao Hongchen mocked Shrek's interest in the auction until the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife was revealed as the grand finale.
• After hearing of the knife's curse, Xiao Hongchen resolved to buy it, while Huo Yuhao bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Hongchen entered the bidding at two hundred thousand, and Huo Yuhao raised the price to five hundred thousand.
• Xiao Hongchen bid one million Gold Soul Coins, and Huo Yuhao prepared to continue bidding.
• Xu Jiujiu had Qingya terminate the knife's auction over undisclosed defects, and Xiao Hongchen angrily accused the Star Luo Empire of refusing to accept defeat.

Meng Hongchen urged Xiao Hongchen to summon Jing Hongchen after realizing the Star Luo Imperial Family was favoring Shrek, while Xu Jiujiu privately gave Huo Yuhao the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao telling her his family belonged to a hidden clan of the Star Luo Empire.

• Meng Hongchen recognized Xu Jiujiu at Shrek's box and warned Xiao Hongchen that the Star Luo Imperial Family was intervening, prompting him to contact Jing Hongchen.
• Xu Jiujiu delivered Shrek's auction winnings and asked to speak privately with Huo Yuhao, drawing jealous reactions from Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen.
• Xu Jiujiu showed Huo Yuhao the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife and offered it to him as an investment in his talent.
• Huo Yuhao pretended to hesitate before accepting the carving knife from Xu Jiujiu.
• Xu Jiujiu asked about Huo Yuhao's origins, and he claimed his family was a hidden clan of the Star Luo Empire.