Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao examined the Fate Configurations of Mu En, Bei Bei, Yan Shaozhe, and Xuan Zi, then resolved to find a chance to take Xuan Zi’s Gluttonous Devouring Heavens. After Ma Xiaotao woke, she learned that Huo Yuhao was her young martial uncle and the one who saved her, while Mu En suspected their compatible Martial Souls could produce a fusion skill.

• Huo Yuhao saw that Mu En had True Dragon Fate, Limitless Potential, and Troubled Path of Love, while Bei Bei had inherited those Fate Configurations with Trapped by Love in place of Mu En’s last one.
• Huo Yuhao found that Yan Shaozhe had Phoenix Fate and Rotten Peach Blossoms, and considered turning the latter into Peach Blossom Calamity.
• Huo Yuhao discovered Xuan Zi’s sole Fate Configuration was Gluttonous Devouring Heavens and decided he would find an opportunity to eat Xuan Zi.
• Ma Xiaotao woke and met Huo Yuhao, then learned he was her young martial uncle and the person who had saved her; she decided to pretend their past encounter had been a dream.
• Mu En noted that Huo Yuhao’s displayed cultivation had reached level 48 and Ma Xiaotao’s had risen to level 68, and suspected their Martial Souls might be compatible enough to form a fusion skill.

Ma Xiaotao discovered that her Evil Fire had transformed into a higher-level phoenix martial soul, which she named Rebirth Fire Phoenix. Huo Yuhao spent the day with Bei Bei, then revealed that his golden core let him control Ma Xiaotao, leaving their connection to be explored further that night.

• Bei Bei left after Ma Xiaotao woke, grieving for Tang Ya, while the others chose not to tell Ma Xiaotao that she had hurt someone during her Evil Fire outbreak.
• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that her martial soul had changed, and its flames showed no Evil Qi when she activated it.
• Mu En recognized that Ma Xiaotao's martial soul had gained a noble, kingly aura, and Ma Xiaotao named it Rebirth Fire Phoenix.
• Huo Yuhao took Bei Bei to Shrek City and offered help, privately pleased when Bei Bei was moved by his concern.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Evil Fire had been transferred rather than eliminated, then used his golden core to stimulate his connection to Ma Xiaotao while cultivating that night.

Ma Xiaotao gave in to her transformed Evil Fire and spent the night with Huo Yuhao, who gained a modest boost to his spiritual power and physique. Elsewhere, Huo Yuhao sent a Centipede Leg Clone to Nan Shuishui, directing her to gather rare ice treasures from the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Cave.

• Ma Xiaotao broke into Huo Yuhao's bedroom and, overcome by her Fire of Passion, took the initiative with him.
• Ma Xiaotao woke satisfied, left Huo Yuhao without speaking, and hoped he would not resent her.
• Huo Yuhao estimated that the night had strengthened him and advanced the first soul ring of his Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul by about a hundred years.
• Huo Yuhao explained to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire had transformed into a stronger Fire of Passion that affected her as well.
• A Centipede Leg Clone reached Nan Shuishui at Earth Dragon Gate and instructed her to obtain Ice Pole Divine Crystal and other treasures from the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Cave.

Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao grew closer through their nightly encounters, while Yan Shaozhe assigned them to work together at Shrek Academy's new-student enrollment. Huo Yuhao screened the newcomers for promising martial souls and bloodlines, then secretly collected a bag of Ice Pole Divine Crystal delivered by his Centipede Leg Clone.

• Ma Xiaotao began visiting Huo Yuhao at night and grew increasingly dependent on him, though she remained cold toward him during the day.
• Yan Shaozhe assigned Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao to help with enrollment, where Ma Xiaotao led the staff and kept other students from flirting with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao screened new students and marked two girls from the Dou Ling Empire who had Pink Diamond Mammoth and Golden Crocodile martial souls.
• Huo Yuhao's Centipede Leg Clone returned with a bag of Ice Pole Divine Crystal, which Huo Yuhao secretly took back to Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao refined three Ice Pole Divine Crystals containing ice spirits into his ribs to strengthen his Ultimate Ice attribute and physique, then returned to welcoming new students. On registration’s final day, he met Jin Qiuer, whose extraordinary fortune and Three-Eyed Golden Lion projection left him shaken.

• Huo Yuhao discovered that three of his fifteen Ice Pole Divine Crystals contained ice spirits and fed the ordinary crystals and Snowscale Beast Torso Bone to his Ghost Banner Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao used Pseudo-Buddha's Light, his blood, and the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus to bind and refine the three ice-spirit crystals, merging them into his ribs.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that fusing more Ice Pole Divine Crystals into his bones could eventually create a powerful ice-attribute body.
• Huo Yuhao resumed welcoming and screening new students as registration neared its end.
• Jin Qiuer introduced herself to Huo Yuhao as a rank thirty-two Battle Soul Master with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul, while the fortune above her showed a Three-Eyed Golden Lion confronting him.

Huo Yuhao saw the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, now disguised as Jin Qiuer, arrive to enroll at Shrek Academy and noticed ominous Fate Configurations around her. As the new semester began, he assessed his classmates’ progress and realized Dai Huabin had been strengthened by Duke White Tiger’s Mansion and intended to challenge him.

• Huo Yuhao examined Jin Qiuer’s Fortune, approved her recommendation letter, and sent her to continue the entrance test while she resolved to make him submit.
• The recruitment period ended, and Huo Yuhao found that his female classmates had grown stronger through the Jade Nurturing Art and harvested their increased Fortune.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Dai Huabin’s new fighting spirit and learned through the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Primordial Spirit that Dai Huabin had gained strength by fusing with a Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao deduced that Duke White Tiger’s Mansion was promoting Dai Huabin after Dai Yueheng’s death, while Dai Huabin believed he was ready to defeat Huo Yuhao and become the strongest second-year student.

Huo Yuhao and his classmates returned to Shrek Academy for the new semester and learned about the advancement assessment. Outside their classroom, Zhou Yi tried to expel Jin Qiuer, who fought back, leaving the conflict about to turn physical.

• Zhu Lu sensed a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill resonance with Huo Yuhao and worried about how it might affect her relationship with Dai Huabin and their families.
• Huang Tao and Wang Yan welcomed Second-Year Class One back and announced the advancement assessment, which would pit students one-on-one against soul beasts.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to spot Zhou Yi berating a group of freshmen outside the classroom.
• Zhou Yi tried to expel Jin Qiuer, but Jin Qiuer summoned her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and Golden Dragon Spear and charged at her.

Zhou Yi tried to provoke Jin Qiuer into a fight so she could display her strength and take the gifted girl as her disciple, but Jin Qiuer revealed overwhelming power and stabbed her. The teachers rushed to save Zhou Yi and contained Jin Qiuer, who was taken away as the incident drew the attention of Yan Shaozhe.

• Zhou Yi used her Red Dragon Martial Soul and Soul Emperor strength, expecting to defeat Jin Qiuer and recruit her as a disciple.
• Jin Qiuer pierced Zhou Yi with the Golden Dragon Spear, revealing strength far beyond that of an ordinary three-ring Soul Elder.
• Jin Qiuer threw the badly wounded Zhou Yi aside and mocked Shrek Academy's teachers.
• Teachers rushed to treat Zhou Yi and surrounded Jin Qiuer, while Mu Jin joined them and someone went to find Du Weilun.
• Yan Shaozhe was alerted, and Jin Qiuer was taken away as Huo Yuhao withdrew his Mental Detection.

Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin challenged each other to an advancement assessment wager, each staking a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. The wager was sealed in front of their classmates, and Wang Yan hurried to alert the dean as they headed for the Beast Fighting Zone.

• Wang Yan announced that Class One would take its advancement assessment in the Beast Fighting Zone, and the students gathered around Huo Yuhao as they set out.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu blocked Huo Yuhao at the classroom door, and Dai Huabin challenged him to a contest to settle last year's defeat.
• Huo Yuhao asked Dai Huabin to name a stake, and Dai Huabin blurted out that he would wager a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to stake his own Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Dai Huabin accepted the wager after being goaded about upholding his father's reputation.
• Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin left for the Beast Fighting Zone surrounded by classmates, while Wang Yan recovered and rushed to inform the dean.

The second-year advancement assessment began at the Beast Fighting Zone, where Huo Yuhao stood out and prepared to face a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast. The rules were unexpectedly expanded to allow stronger opponents, and the chapter ended with Huo Yuhao choosing the highest level.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at the Beast Fighting Zone with Class One and greeted Xie Huanyue, whose Fortune had grown after a major opportunity.
• Wang Yan arrived late and told Huang Tao about Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin's wager over a Soul Bone, while Yan Shaozhe had decided not to interfere.
• Du Weilun announced that students could challenge Soul Beasts up to the Ten Thousand Year level, though the passing threshold stayed the same.
• Huo Yuhao stepped forward as Class One's first contestant and chose a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Huo Yuhao entered the advancement assessment against a Ten Thousand Year Golden Lion and revealed his four-ring Soul Ancestor cultivation. He defeated the beast with a rose-and-poison combination technique, leaving it frozen and bound just short of reaching him.

• Du Weilun approved Huo Yuhao's choice to fight a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast and warned him not to kill or cripple it.
• Huo Yuhao entered the beast arena as students cheered, while Dai Huabin and Wu Feng doubted he could face the challenge.
• The Ten Thousand Year Golden Lion emerged, and Gong Changlong secretly arrived to watch over the assessment.
• Huo Yuhao activated his Frost Centipede Battle Armor and revealed four soul rings, including two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao used his Far North Blood Rose External Soul Bone and fourth soul skill to unleash A Thousand Flowers Bloom, Rose Tidal Wave, freezing and binding the Golden Lion before it could strike him.

Huo Yuhao defeated the Ten Thousand Year Golden Lion and passed the assessment, while Dai Huabin accused him of cheating and suffered disciplinary consequences. The chapter left Dai Huabin unconscious and Huo Yuhao determined to continue against Duke White Tiger's Mansion.

• Huo Yuhao bound and froze the Golden Lion, proving his control skills and passing the assessment.
• Dai Huabin accused Huo Yuhao of cheating by using a rose, but Du Weilun confirmed that Huo Yuhao had broken no rules.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that the rose's effects came from his Soul Bone Skill, and Dai Huabin panicked and tried to claim their bet was invalid.
• Du Weilun awarded Huo Yuhao 150 base points and 1,000 bonus points, and said he would report Dai Huabin's conduct for possible punishment.
• Dai Huabin spat blood and collapsed, so Wang Yan carried him to the infirmary while Zhu Lu followed.
• Huo Yuhao declared that his conflict with Duke White Tiger's Mansion had only begun, then used Blood Rose to detoxify the Golden Lion.

After Dai Huabin’s Fortune was plundered, his Fate Configurations weakened while Huo Yuhao’s improved. During the advancement assessment, Huo Yuhao discovered that his Fortune had also benefited Xie Huanyue, and Xiao Xiao’s Fate Configurations left him convinced she was destined for him.

• Dai Huabin’s Fate Configurations changed to Tiger Roars in the Mountains and Forests, Bloodline Marriage, and White Tiger Fate, while Huo Yuhao’s Hidden Dragon in the Abyss and Peach Blossom Fate advanced.
• Gong Changlong took the injured Golden Lion for treatment, and Huo Yuhao stayed to harvest Fortune as the advancement assessment continued.
• Xie Huanyue entered the assessment with four soul rings and a torso soul bone, which Huo Yuhao realized he had indirectly helped him obtain through their Fortune connection.
• Xie Huanyue told Huo Yuhao about the soul bone, and Huo Yuhao called him a brother, leaving Xie Huanyue excited and moved.
• Wang Dong, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao took part in the assessment, and Huo Yuhao examined their Fate Configurations.
• Xiao Xiao’s five Fate Configurations indicated an unusually noble destiny, and Huo Yuhao concluded that she was fated with him.

After Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu withdrew from Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao received the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone Dai Huabin had lost and decided to strike first against Duke White Tiger's Mansion. Meanwhile, the Duchess gave Dai Huabin forces to use against Huo Yuhao and warned him to hide their involvement.

• Huo Yuhao learned from Du Weilun that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had withdrawn from school, and he received Dai Huabin's Fire Attribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao suspected Duke White Tiger's Mansion had deliberately chosen a Soul Bone unsuitable for him and decided to strike first; that night, five Centipede Leg Clones left Shrek Academy.
• At Duke White Tiger's Mansion, Dai Huabin asked the Duchess for help taking revenge on Huo Yuhao, and she agreed to provide two Soul Douluos, five Soul Saints, and ten Soul Emperors.
• The Duchess told Dai Huabin to conceal the forces' involvement if they were caught and to visit the Zhu family the next day to apologize and maintain their support.

Mu En introduced Huo Yuhao to Jin Qiuer, whom he had accepted as his junior disciple and confined to Sea God Island after she assaulted a teacher. Jin Qiuer challenged Huo Yuhao to a spar, and their clash of Ultimate Attributes left him at a disadvantage.

• Mu En explained that he had taken Jin Qiuer as his disciple to keep her at Shrek Academy and prevent her conflict with the Outer Academy from worsening.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Jin Qiuer, but she immediately challenged him to a fight, and Mu En approved the spar.
• Xuan Zi volunteered to referee, and Mu En ruled that neither fighter could use soul skills.
• Jin Qiuer and Huo Yuhao activated their Martial Souls and began fighting without weapons.
• Jin Qiuer's Ultimate Power overpowered Huo Yuhao in their opening punch, but he continued trading blows with her using his Ultimate Ice.
• Mu En watched the two Ultimate Attribute Soul Masters clash and considered what it would mean if both stayed at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao used a spiritual-power-enhanced Mystic Ice Haze Fist to knock Jin Qiuer unconscious, then waited with Mu En for Xuan Zi to return. Xuan Zi came back with Ma Xiaotao and the other members of the Shrek Seven Devils, revealing Ma Xiaotao’s strained outward relationship with her young martial uncle.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed Mystic Ice Haze Fist, making Jin Qiuer’s movements slow and her consciousness blur before striking her forehead and knocking her unconscious.
• Xuan Zi caught Jin Qiuer and carried her away for treatment, while Mu En praised Huo Yuhao’s control of his martial soul’s spiritual power.
• After Mu En mentioned Xuan Zi’s need to pass on his bloodline, Huo Yuhao privately resolved to help his senior brother do so.
• Xuan Zi returned with Ma Xiaotao and five other Inner Court students, the remaining members of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Ma Xiaotao addressed Huo Yuhao as her little martial uncle but acted coldly toward him, while Mu En privately suspected her aloofness was a pretense.

After joining the Shrek Seven Devils, Huo Yuhao proved his strength by defeating Chen Zifeng and began preparing for the Soul Master Competition. He accepted an invitation to the Treasure Appraisal Fair, brought Jin Qiuer along, and sensed that his Centipede Leg Clones had come near Shrek City while watching Dai Huabin.

• Xuan Zi announced that Huo Yuhao would take Dai Yueheng’s place on the Shrek Seven Devils, then ordered Chen Zifeng to test him in a duel.
• Huo Yuhao’s Mutated Frost Centipede poisoned and froze Chen Zifeng, convincing the others to accept him onto the team.
• Huo Yuhao trained with the team and grew close to its members, while Ma Xiaotao continued visiting him at night and Jin Qiuer kept challenging him to spar.
• Xuan Zi gave Huo Yuhao an invitation to the Core Disciples’ Treasure Appraisal Fair, and Jin Qiuer insisted on accompanying him.
• As Huo Yuhao and Jin Qiuer headed toward Shrek City, Huo Yuhao sensed his Centipede Leg Clones nearby and suspected Dai Huabin had come within reach.

Huo Yuhao escorted Jin Qiuer through Shrek City to the Treasure Pavilion for its Treasure Appraisal Fair while waiting for Dai Huabin’s men to attack. They arrived safely, and Huo Yuhao led Jin Qiuer toward the fair on the second floor.

• Huo Yuhao took Jin Qiuer on the long route to Shrek City’s North Gate, using the walk to encourage her to cultivate her mental state.
• Huo Yuhao waited for Dai Huabin’s men to ambush them, but his Centipede Leg Clones reported that Dai Huabin’s group had no Titled Douluo, and no attack came.
• Huo Yuhao and Jin Qiuer entered the bustling Shrek City, where Jin Qiuer marveled at the crowds and the sights of human society.
• Huo Yuhao brought Jin Qiuer to the lavish Treasure Pavilion, and she teased him for not looking at the receptionists.
• Huo Yuhao led Jin Qiuer toward the second floor, where the Treasure Appraisal Fair was being held.

Huo Yuhao brought Jin Qiuer to Shrek Academy’s Treasure Appraisal Fair, where he decided to pursue a valuable Light-attribute Soul Bone. After Jin Qiuer met Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Lan Yin, Huo Yuhao slipped away while the girls continued talking together.

• Huo Yuhao took Jin Qiuer to the Treasure Appraisal Fair and headed to the counter for VIP evaluations.
• Huo Yuhao saw the Golden Light Left Arm Bone and considered acquiring it to give his Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul a Light attribute.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Lan Yin gathered around the Soul Bone, which they could not afford, and Wang Dong greeted Huo Yuhao when he passed by.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Jin Qiuer to the three girls, who recognized her as the girl who had injured Old Witch and warmly thanked her.
• Wang Dong warned Jin Qiuer that Huo Yuhao was a scumbag surrounded by girls, and Xiao Xiao and Lan Yin confirmed it.
• Huo Yuhao slipped away as the girls began criticizing him, and Jin Qiuer chose to spend time with Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Lan Yin.

Huo Yuhao bought a Golden Light Left Arm Bone and a misidentified ten-thousand-year whale tendon at the Treasure Appraisal Fair, then ran into Bei Bei and Xu San Shi examining pills he had invented. He revealed his role in the Four Vajra Pills business and directed Xu San Shi to negotiate with Shrek Academy.

• Huo Yuhao exchanged his VIP privilege for the Golden Light Left Arm Bone, while Jin Qiuer received the same highest rank and tried to buy the bone as a gift for Wang Dong, but learned it had already been sold.
• Wang Dong was touched by Jin Qiuer’s gesture and promised to look after her in the Outer Academy, earning Jin Qiuer more goodwill from Xiao Xiao and Lan Yin.
• Huo Yuhao found a weathered ten-thousand-year whale tendon misjudged as a thousand-year one and bought it for six thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao encountered Bei Bei and Xu San Shi at an exhibit of the Four Vajra Pills and confirmed that he had invented and refined them.
• Xu San Shi asked Huo Yuhao about buying high-grade pills, but Huo Yuhao told him to discuss the deal with Shrek Academy.