Chapter Summaries

After surviving the Titan Snow Demon King's attack, Huo Yuhao explained to Bei Bei how his newly awakened Frost Centipede Martial Soul had helped them endure the Far North. The pair prepared to leave for Shrek Academy, while Bei Bei remained unaware that Huo Yuhao had secretly taken some of his Fortune.

• Huo Yuhao recounted how he had found himself and Bei Bei naked in the snow, made wolfskin coats, and carried Bei Bei out of the Far North.
• Bei Bei realized his Storage Soul Tool, medicinal herbs, and light-attribute crystal were missing, and vowed to have the loss investigated at Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao told Bei Bei that his Frost Centipede Martial Soul had slowed their loss of body heat, and Bei Bei thanked him for saving his life.
• Bei Bei guessed that the threat of death and the extreme cold had triggered Huo Yuhao's martial soul awakening and mutation.
• When Bei Bei asked how Huo Yuhao had roasted the wolf meat, Huo Yuhao used an ice convex lens to focus sunlight and light dry bark.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress sealed the Far North and searched for the thief who stole the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, while Snow Empress agreed to let A Tai attack the human empire. Ten days later, Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek City carrying Bei Bei and looked forward to exploiting Shrek’s fortune.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress trapped the Far North in an ice and snow barrier and sent soul beasts, including Xiao Bai, to search for the missing Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus.
• Snow Empress suspected that a soul beast who already knew about the lotus had stolen it and reasoned that the thief might still be trapped in the mountains.
• Snow Empress agreed that A Tai should lead a Beast Tide against the human empire as retaliation for human attacks in the Far North.
• Ten days later, Huo Yuhao carried the weakened Bei Bei into Shrek City after their journey and welcomed Bei Bei’s promise to help him enter Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that arriving at Shrek was like a mouse entering a granary because he coveted its fortune.

Mu En learned that Huo Yuhao had returned to Shrek with his awakened Ultimate Ice martial soul and summoned Yan Shaozhe, who hoped Huo Yuhao could help Ma Xiaotao. Mu En chose to secure Huo Yuhao for Shrek’s future, even though Ma Xiaotao might not survive long enough to benefit from his abilities.

• Mu En sensed Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei arrive at Shrek, recognized Huo Yuhao’s awakened Ultimate Ice martial soul, and noted that Bei Bei was badly weakened but would recover.
• Mu En reflected on his unsuccessful investigation into Huo Yuhao’s background and decided the young Ultimate Ice soul master had to remain at Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe rushed to Mu En after hearing about Huo Yuhao, desperate to find help for Ma Xiaotao, whose Evil Fire could only be temporarily suppressed by sealing her in ice.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei were at the academy gates, and Yan Shaozhe immediately flew there to meet them.
• Mu En urged Yan Shaozhe to bring them to the Sea God Pavilion and chose Huo Yuhao as a pillar for Shrek, accepting that Ma Xiaotao might not live until he matured.

Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei returned to Shrek Academy, where Dean Yan Shaozhe recognized Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice and brought him and Bei Bei to Sea God Pavilion. Huo Yuhao suspected the academy wanted to use his power to help Ma Xiaotao and prepared Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to teleport them away if things turned dangerous.

• Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei reached Shrek Academy’s gates after ten days of difficult travel, and the guards struggled to recognize the severely weakened Bei Bei.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived and examined Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized Mu En had already detected their return.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to prepare a possible escape, but learned that teleportation would require releasing his sealed spiritual origin and could badly injure him.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice attribute and considered him a possible solution to Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Bei Bei responded coldly when Yan Shaozhe asked about his condition, while Yan Shaozhe chose not to press him.
• Yan Shaozhe took Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei flying toward Sea God Pavilion, saying he wanted Huo Yuhao to meet someone first.

Yan Shaozhe brought Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei to Sea God Island, where Huo Yuhao saw the Golden Ancient Tree and Sea God Pavilion and considered the Fortune he might gain by destroying them. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned him that his proposed mutual-destruction method would kill almost everyone in Shrek City, and Yan Shaozhe then invited him into Sea God Pavilion to meet someone.

• Yan Shaozhe flew Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei to Sea God Island, where Huo Yuhao saw the Golden Ancient Tree and Sea God Pavilion.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Sea God Pavilion's immense Fortune and thought about blowing it up to seize that Fortune and transform his bloodline.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that detonating its spiritual origin could devastate Shrek City and kill them both.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm he was only joking, then said the mutual-destruction option gave him more confidence in Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao that someone was waiting for him inside Sea God Pavilion.

Huo Yuhao met Mu En privately in the Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En tried to calm Bei Bei and asked about Huo Yuhao's trip to the Far North. The meeting ended with Huo Yuhao mistakenly greeting Mu En as his “Senior Grand Ancestor.”

• Yan Shaozhe led Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei to a private room in the Sea God Pavilion to meet Mu En.
• Huo Yuhao found Mu En's appearance startling, but Mu En stopped Yan Shaozhe from reprimanding him.
• Bei Bei broke down in front of Mu En over his recent misfortunes, and Mu En told him to endure the grievance for Shrek and grow stronger.
• Mu En asked Huo Yuhao whether he was the young man who had brought Bei Bei to the Far North Land.
• Huo Yuhao bowed and greeted Mu En as “Senior Grand Ancestor,” prompting Mu En, Bei Bei, and Yan Shaozhe to stare in confusion.

Huo Yuhao met Mu En and revealed his Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul, alarming Yan Shaozhe about its flaws. He demonstrated that its soul ring could shift between ten-, hundred-, and thousand-year power, leaving Mu En astonished as Huo Yuhao explained how it worked.

• Mu En introduced himself to Huo Yuhao, accepted his apology, and let his guarded manner pass without further questioning.
• Mu En asked Huo Yuhao to show his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao summoned the Mutated Frost Centipede.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized the Martial Soul as a mutation and worried that its flaws would prevent it from helping Ma Xiaotao.
• Huo Yuhao showed the White Soul Ring changing between white, yellow, and purple, confusing Bei Bei and startling Mu En and Yan Shaozhe.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his awakened Martial Soul could change the soul ring’s age and skill power, while claiming his body determined its maximum age.

Mu En explained that Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring was a rare Natal Soul Ring that could evolve, then offered him protection if he joined Shrek Academy. Huo Yuhao accepted, gaining the academy’s auspicious fortune cloud, while Mu En and Yan Shaozhe planned to build his trust before asking for help with Ma Xiaotao.

• Mu En explained that Natal Soul Rings could evolve and guessed that Huo Yuhao’s martial soul awakening had helped his ring become a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Bei Bei worried that stimulating Huo Yuhao’s Natal Soul Ring might endanger him, and Mu En promised Shrek Academy would protect him if he joined.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to join Shrek Academy, and the academy’s auspicious clouds merged into his fortune.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to place Huo Yuhao in the Outer Academy’s freshman class and asked Bei Bei to recount his journey to the Far North.
• Mu En privately told Yan Shaozhe to nurture Huo Yuhao’s sense of belonging before approaching him about Ma Xiaotao.

Yan Shaozhe arranged Huo Yuhao’s enrollment at Shrek Academy, gave him a private dormitory, and promised to obtain a Thousand-Year Soul Ring for him. Huo Yuhao settled into his room and grew uneasy about how generously Yan Shaozhe was treating him.

• Yan Shaozhe personally arranged Huo Yuhao’s enrollment, and Du Weilun assigned him to Class Two and gave him a single dormitory.
• Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao to call him Uncle Yan and promised to help him obtain a Second Soul Ring the next morning.
• Yan Shaozhe went to the Beast Fighting Zone to speak with Old Gong about finding a suitable Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Huo Yuhao.
• Du Weilun escorted Huo Yuhao to his dormitory, where Huo Yuhao cleaned the room after declining Du Weilun’s offer to help.
• A school worker delivered Huo Yuhao’s luggage, a Storage Soul Tool, a freshman uniform, and one hundred Gold Soul Coins, leaving Huo Yuhao suspicious of Yan Shaozhe’s generosity.

Huo Yuhao worried that Yan Shaozhe might exploit him, but chose to seek more of Shrek Academy’s luck rather than flee. He retrieved the items hidden inside his heart, then cultivated through the night with his increased luck focused on himself.

• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm he feared Yan Shaozhe might sacrifice him for Ma Xiaotao, but said he wanted to gain more status and Shrek Auspicious Cloud.
• Huo Yuhao put on his Storage Bracelet and cut into his chest to retrieve the Molted Skin and Bei Bei’s Storage Ring, then used the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus to heal himself.
• Huo Yuhao moved the Molted Skin and Storage Ring into his bracelet and kept Bei Bei and Tang Ya’s love letters, along with a crystal containing a sleeping Dragon Soul.
• Huo Yuhao concentrated his increased luck in the middle and lower parts of his martial soul phantom, denying any benefit to Dai Hao.
• Huo Yuhao found that his luck sped up his Demon Buddha Method cultivation, then continued cultivating throughout the night.

Mu En worried about Xuan Zi’s disappearance while Xuan Zi fled Ice Empress through the Far North Land. Huo Yuhao advanced to the Sotapanna Fruit Position Realm and learned what the cultivation realms meant for his growth.

• Mu En learned that Xuan Zi had not returned and decided to send someone to investigate the Far North Land.
• Xuan Zi, badly injured and ravenous, fled Ice Empress after recalling how he had been punished for slaughtering soul beasts and later attacked while she searched for the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus.
• Xuan Zi sensed a more terrifying pursuer closing in behind Ice Empress and pushed toward the edge of the Far North Land.
• Huo Yuhao completed his cultivation and found that his Spirit Eye Martial Soul had gained Ice and Snow Power from his bond with the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus.
• Huo Yuhao reached the Sotapanna Fruit Position Realm, which strengthened his mind, will, and spiritual power while leaving his combat strength mostly unchanged.

Huo Yuhao accompanied Yan Shaozhe to Shrek Academy’s Beast Fighting Zone to obtain his Second Soul Ring. There, Gong Changlong assessed Huo Yuhao’s physical strength and confirmed that he could withstand a soul ring of several thousand years.

• Yan Shaozhe greeted Huo Yuhao and took him on a tour of Shrek Academy, treating him to breakfast in the teachers’ dining hall.
• Yan Shaozhe explained the scale and purpose of the Beast Fighting Zone as he led Huo Yuhao toward its soul-beast-raising area.
• Huo Yuhao used the Qi Observation Technique and saw several Titled Douluo Martial Soul phantoms guarding the Beast Fighting Zone.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced Huo Yuhao to Gong Changlong, who briefly probed Huo Yuhao’s physical strength and praised his ability to withstand a two- or three-thousand-year soul ring.

Gong Changlong and Yan Shaozhe discussed how Huo Yuhao should develop his Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul and choose his Second Soul Ring. Gong Changlong found a suitable soul beast in Shrek Academy’s Beast Circle and led them inside to find it.

• Gong Changlong examined Huo Yuhao’s Mutated Frost Centipede, and Yan Shaozhe explained that it could develop toward the Control System or Power Attack System with ranged skills combining ice and poison.
• Yan Shaozhe suggested a Second Soul Skill that either improved ice control or provided a low-consumption ranged single-target attack, while Huo Yuhao privately favored developing the Poison Attribute.
• Gong Changlong identified a soul beast in the Beast Circle that fit Huo Yuhao’s attributes and requirements, and Yan Shaozhe urged him to take them there.
• Gong Changlong led Yan Shaozhe and Huo Yuhao through the guarded entrance into the Beast Circle, where Huo Yuhao saw the soul beasts housed in separate enclosures.
• Huo Yuhao spotted a five-hundred-year Wind Baboon leading its group atop a rockery, while Gong Changlong and Yan Shaozhe smiled proudly at Shrek Academy’s facilities.

Huo Yuhao absorbed a two-thousand-year Frost Thorn Poison Spider’s soul ring and reached level 25, but the resulting Second Soul Skill did not work as expected. Yan Shaozhe and Gong Changlong were left alarmed by the apparent flaw.

• Gong Changlong showed Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe a Frost Thorn Poison Spider, which Sky Dream Ice Silkworm confirmed was suitable for Huo Yuhao.
• Gong Changlong subdued the spider, and Huo Yuhao killed it with a dagger before absorbing its soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the ring smoothly, gained five levels, and reached level 25.
• Huo Yuhao used his Second Soul Skill, Hidden Profound Poison, but it failed to produce the expected ranged attack, shocking Yan Shaozhe and Gong Changlong.

After Huo Yuhao gained his Second Soul Ring, he discovered that its skill, Hidden Profound Poison, let him imbue attacks and objects with a potent freezing poison. He was then sent to New Student Class Two, where his handsome appearance drew attention and envy from his classmates.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Hidden Profound Poison added cold poison to his attacks or objects, while Yan Shaozhe and Gong Changlong judged the skill unconventional but potentially useful.
• Huo Yuhao realized the Frost Thorn Poison Spider soul ring had strengthened his Mutated Frost Centipede's Poison Attribute and granted it a second, freezing cold poison.
• Yan Shaozhe sent Huo Yuhao to the Outer Academy, where Huo Yuhao introduced himself to New Student Class Two as a rank twenty-five Battle Soul Master.
• Class Two's students admired Huo Yuhao's looks, prompting jealousy among some boys, and teacher Huang Tao seated him in the back row.
• Du Weilun watched Huo Yuhao's placement in Class Two and left after confirming the arrangement had caused no trouble.

Huo Yuhao settled into a comfortable, demanding routine at Shrek Academy, where he studied, trained, and drew attention from his female classmates. During combat practice, he sparred with Xie Huanyue and found Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s unusual centipede form increasingly ridiculous.

• Huo Yuhao learned he had been assigned to New Student Class Two and listened attentively in class.
• After class, the girls surrounded Huo Yuhao with questions and invitations, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned him against getting involved with them.
• Huo Yuhao followed a packed daily schedule of training, lessons, library study, and nighttime cultivation for half a month.
• Huang Tao guided the new students’ training and arranged regular sparring between Huo Yuhao and Xie Huanyue.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Mutated Frost Centipede, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm formed ice Xuanhua Axes before charging at Xie Huanyue.
• Huo Yuhao watched the centipede fight upright and joked that it resembled the Centipede Demon from Calabash Brothers.

Huo Yuhao’s Mutated Frost Centipede defeated Xie Huanyue, drawing the attention of Yan Shaozhe, who decided to personally guide Huo Yuhao’s training. That evening, Huo Yuhao studied in the library while absorbing its ownerless fortune, and the centipede began cultivating by absorbing Moonlight Essence.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fought Xie Huanyue with the Xuanhua Axe, using an awkward style that Huo Yuhao chose not to correct.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun observed the fight, and Yan Shaozhe concluded that the Mutated Frost Centipede thought of itself as human and arranged to personally guide Huo Yuhao’s training.
• The Mutated Frost Centipede won after Xie Huanyue exhausted his Soul Power, and Huang Tao later reviewed both students’ shortcomings.
• Huo Yuhao went to the Outer Academy library, where he read books and absorbed the ownerless fortune drifting among them.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm cultivated through the Mutated Frost Centipede by absorbing Moonlight Essence, following the Demon Cultivation Method.

Huo Yuhao adapted the Black Blood Skill into a cultivation method that used the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus’s healing qi to strengthen his body, blood, and soul power. After leveling up, he named the new method the Medicine Blood Skill.

• Huo Yuhao chose the Black Blood Skill from Pudu Cihang’s memories and modified its principles to suit his needs.
• He replaced the method’s Yin Evil power and filthy substances with healing qi from the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus.
• Huo Yuhao cultivated by circulating the healing qi through his blood, tempering his body and accelerating his soul power growth.
• Huo Yuhao reached Soul Power Level 26 and named his adapted method the Medicine Blood Skill.

Huo Yuhao cultivated the White Tiger Fate Stealing Technique, using Fortune to strengthen his Visualization White Tiger while considering how to obtain more Fortune and money. After training and eating at Shrek Academy, he reflected on its hidden problems and compared Tang Ya's past support unfavorably with Yan Shaozhe's generosity.

• Huo Yuhao invested his Fortune in the Visualization White Tiger, which grew stronger and began circulating the Demon Buddha Method on its own.
• Huo Yuhao considered ways to obtain more Fortune as he ran out of what he had gathered for the day.
• Huo Yuhao trained beside Sea God Lake and used the White Tiger Fate Stealing Technique to draw Fortune from Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao examined the Golden Ancient Tree in Shrek Academy's Fortune and wondered how he could exploit the academy's weaknesses.
• Huo Yuhao ate extra breakfasts because cultivating the Medicine Blood Skill increased his appetite, then calculated how quickly his money would run out.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Tang Ya had provided little support and contrasted her words with Yan Shaozhe giving him one hundred Gold Soul Coins.

Huo Yuhao attended class, then became the center of attention as girls crowded around him. He led them to watch the upper-year matches at the Battle Soul Area, while Xie Huanyue went ahead alone to secure a seat.

• Huang Tao taught Class Two and encouraged the students to watch the upper-year matches at the Battle Soul Area.
• Girls surrounded Huo Yuhao after class, and Xie Huanyue was left behind with Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba consoling him.
• Xie Huanyue rallied his confidence and headed to the Battle Soul Area without eating, believing he could defeat Huo Yuhao in a full-strength fight.
• After lunch, Huo Yuhao left the cafeteria with a group of girls who had followed him there.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that the girls join him at the Battle Soul Area, and they readily agreed.