Chapter Summaries

Dai Hao arrived at the arena and learned that Sky Shrek Academy had quickly defeated Star Luo Royal Academy in the first match. Wu Siduo then defeated both of Star Luo’s Soul Kings in seconds, leaving Dai Hao wondering whether her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul connected her to the Zhu Family.

• Dai Hao told Xu Jiawei that he expected the Sun Moon Empire to resume trouble after the tournament, and Xu Jiawei invited him to watch the matches.
• Xu Jiawei told Dai Hao that two Sky Shrek Academy students had defeated two Star Luo Royal Academy Soul Kings in under twenty seconds.
• Xu Jiujiu sent Dugu Shangshan and Wang Shiying to face Wu Siduo and Ning Tian in the second match.
• Wu Siduo revealed her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul and defeated Wang Shiying in two seconds before knocking out Dugu Shangshan shortly afterward.
• Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the winner, while Dai Hao wondered whether Wu Siduo was connected to the Zhu Family.

Wang Dong'er defended Shrek Academy after Dai Hao raised the matter of Dai Yueheng's injuries, and Xu Jiawei declared Shrek the winner and ended the match. Dai Huabin vowed to find Dai Yueheng's attacker while privately seeing his elder brother's fall as his chance to rise.

• Dai Hao asked Wu Siduo about her martial soul, and she clarified that she came from the Wu Family and had no connection to the Zhu Family.
• Dai Hao brought up Dai Yueheng's beating, and Wang Dong'er insisted that Dai Yueheng must have been at fault if a Shrek student attacked him.
• Dai Hao apologized for raising the matter, and Xu Jiawei declared Shrek Academy the winner without continuing the remaining matches.
• Wang Dong'er declined Xu Jiawei's palace banquet invitation, and she and the other six girls left the Martial Arts Arena.
• Xu Jiawei questioned Dai Hao about his comments and then assigned him to focus on the front lines while remaining wary of the Dai Family's influence.
• At the White Tiger Duke Mansion, Dai Huabin promised his mother that he would find Dai Yueheng's attacker, but privately welcomed his elder brother's downfall as his own opportunity.

In the God Realm, Tang San discussed the delays to his parents’ plans for Douluo Continent and warned that Sky Shrek Academy was a dangerous variable. He resolved to use the approaching Abyss Plane to test the academy and asked Tang Hao to recruit Huo Yuhao or bring him together with Xiao Qi.

• Tang San learned from Ah Yin that Mu En’s soul had dissipated and his remaining energy had been absorbed by the Golden Tree.
• Tang San explained that the God of Destruction was watching him, slowing his plans to make Tang Hao the Plane Master and Ah Yin the life core.
• Ah Yin warned that Zang Xin was at least quasi-god level, and Tang San cautioned that Tang Hao could be outmatched by Sky Shrek Academy.
• Tang San said he would use the Abyss Plane’s coming attack to test Sky Shrek Academy, and Tang Hao and Ah Yin agreed to leave the matter to him.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao to draw Huo Yuhao to their side or bring him together with Xiao Qi, and Tang Hao agreed.

The Abyssal Sage King decided to investigate Douluo Planet before committing to an invasion, despite suspecting that the mist around it might conceal the Douluo God Realm. Black Empress sent her subordinates to scout while the Abyss Plane prepared a void passage, which would take more than ten days to complete.

• The Abyssal Sage King persuaded the Abyss powerhouses to pursue Douluo Planet’s resources and potential to transform the Abyss Plane into a God Realm.
• The Abyssal Sage King ordered Black Empress to send subordinates to investigate Douluo Planet without alerting its defenders, while the others maintained the void passage.
• The Spirit Emperor warned that Douluo Planet’s exposure might be suspicious, and the Abyssal Sage King agreed that the mist could hide a God Realm or be a trap.
• A messenger reported that the void passage would take more than ten days to complete, and the Abyssal Sage King vowed to retreat if danger appeared.

Huo Yuhao praised Ji Juechen’s persistence after another duel and encouraged him to keep pursuing mastery of the sword. After Xuan Ziwen, a senior Soul Engineer at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy, invited him to discuss Soul Tool technology, Huo Yuhao accepted.

• Ji Juechen lost another duel to Huo Yuhao, then praised Huo Yuhao’s strength and admitted he feared he might not reach the limit of swordsmanship in time.
• Huo Yuhao admired Ji Juechen’s persistence, encouraged him to stay resolute, and said their sparring had strengthened his faith in his own path.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he would not recruit Ji Juechen for Shrek Academy but would answer questions if Ji Juechen showed interest.
• Xuan Ziwen introduced himself as a teacher and chief researcher at Mingde Hall, then invited Huo Yuhao to discuss Soul Tool technology.
• Ji Juechen explained Xuan Ziwen’s role and rank, and Huo Yuhao accepted the invitation.

Huo Yuhao traded his Soul-Guided Car to Xuan Ziwen for the Remote Monitoring Soul Tool and studied it while Xuan Ziwen examined the car. After two days, Huo Yuhao began restoring the Class 8 Soul Tool with remarkable precision, leaving Xuan Ziwen stunned, while a reward system granted the Dean a special student.

• Xuan Ziwen offered his Class 8 Remote Monitoring Soul Tool in exchange for studying Huo Yuhao's Soul-Guided Car, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Xuan Ziwen dismantled and analyzed the car while Huo Yuhao studied the Remote Monitoring Soul Tool in the Third Laboratory.
• After two days, Xuan Ziwen finished analyzing the car and discovered that Huo Yuhao had drawn a complete blueprint of the Remote Monitoring Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao began restoring the device, and Xuan Ziwen watched in disbelief as he reassembled it flawlessly.
• In the Dean's Office, the system announced that Xuan Ziwen's recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy had increased and awarded the Dean the special student Ling Zichen.

Huo Yuhao restored Xuan Ziwen’s Remote Monitoring Soul Tool in two days, impressing him by correcting flaws in its design. Huo Yuhao explained that Sky Shrek Academy used far stricter Soul Engineer rankings, leaving Xuan Ziwen shaken by the standards and the existence of ninth-rank Soul Engineers there.

• Huo Yuhao showed Xuan Ziwen the restored Remote Monitoring Soul Tool, and Xuan Ziwen confirmed it worked flawlessly and had improved on his design.
• Xuan Ziwen questioned how a fourth-rank Soul Engineer could create the device, and Huo Yuhao explained that Sky Shrek Academy used different ranking standards.
• Huo Yuhao said a fifth-rank Soul Engineer at the academy had to independently create five new Soul Tools matching the Remote Monitoring Soul Tool’s level.
• Xuan Ziwen struggled to accept that he might not meet the academy’s fifth-rank standard and declined Huo Yuhao’s invitation to talk over a meal.
• Xuan Ziwen asked whether the academy had ninth-rank Soul Engineers, and after Huo Yuhao confirmed it, Xuan Ziwen collapsed in shock.

Huo Yuhao stepped in when five Soul Masters harassed a shopkeeper in Mingdu, then defeated four of them with Mental Shock after they ambushed him. The Scarred Man invoked the Holy Spirit Cult to threaten him, and Huo Yuhao decided to learn more about the organization.

• Huo Yuhao left the academy to stroll through Mingdu and thought about sending his recently made Soul Tools to Shrek Academy for more metal.
• Huo Yuhao confronted the Scarred Man and his four companions when they demanded money from a shopkeeper, and the five left after he warned them about causing trouble in the capital.
• Huo Yuhao finished his meal and deliberately walked into a secluded alley, where the five Soul Masters ambushed him.
• Huo Yuhao knocked out the four Soul Ancestors with Mental Shock, leaving the Scarred Man terrified and alone.
• The Scarred Man threatened Huo Yuhao by invoking the Holy Spirit Cult, and Huo Yuhao stayed silent as he considered questioning him about it.

Huo Yuhao forced a scarred Holy Spirit Cult member to confess, but Ghost intervened and revealed the cult was made up of Evil Soul Masters. Ghost identified himself as a member of Shrek Academy’s Holy Spirit Execution Department, leaving Huo Yuhao surprised by the unfamiliar organization.

• Huo Yuhao threatened the scarred brute with an ice spike and demanded the truth about the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The scarred brute claimed the cult served justice, but Huo Yuhao sensed he was lying.
• Ghost emerged from the alley and explained that the Holy Spirit Cult was an organization of Evil Soul Masters responsible for terrible crimes.
• Ghost told Huo Yuhao that the scarred brute was an outer member who had murdered many innocent people.
• Ghost identified himself as a member of Shrek Academy’s Holy Spirit Execution Department, and Huo Yuhao confirmed his academy affiliation but wondered why he had never heard of the department.

Huo Yuhao learned that Senior Ghost belonged to the Holy Spirit Execution Department, which used evil methods to fight Evil Soul Masters, then joined him in pursuing the Holy Spirit Cult. Nana witnessed their actions and grew suspicious of Huo Yuhao, while Ghost secretly sent a tracking Soul Tool after her.

• Ghost explained that the Holy Spirit Execution Department recruited students with evil-leaning martial souls and specialized in hunting Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao froze the four Holy Spirit Cult members and shattered them into ice fragments, then ordered the scarred man to lead him and Ghost to the cult's location.
• Ghost threatened to refine the scarred man's soul, forcing him to guide Huo Yuhao and Ghost through the alley.
• Ghost suggested Huo Yuhao could join the department, but Huo Yuhao replied that he belonged to the Body Sect.
• Nana watched Huo Yuhao and Ghost leave, wondered about Huo Yuhao's connection to the Holy Spirit Cult, and prepared to leave.
• Ghost used a Class 8 tracking Soul Tool to follow Nana after Huo Yuhao had noticed her nearby.

Huo Yuhao and Ghost infiltrated a Holy Spirit Cult branch with the Scarred Man and subdued its guards as they approached the black-domed building. They faced the branch’s powerful leaders when a white-robed man emerged to confront them.

• The Scarred Man revealed that the branch had a seven-ring Soul Saint elder and no Soul Engineers, and Huo Yuhao and Ghost decided to proceed cautiously.
• Ghost knocked out the young gatekeeper and used the Blood Light Bead to confirm that he had killed no one.
• The Scarred Man led Huo Yuhao and Ghost through the courtyard, where Huo Yuhao used Mental Shock to incapacitate more than a dozen white-clad guards.
• A white-robed man emerged from the black-domed building with two formidable companions and demanded to know who had invaded the Holy Spirit Cult.

Huo Yuhao and Ghost attacked a Holy Spirit Cult branch, where Huo Yuhao used the Eye of Life and Electrolux’s purification method to destroy the cultists’ undead and weaken their leader. After the battle, Ghost revealed that the Sun Moon Empire likely had deep ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Huo Yuhao wondering whether Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy was involved.

• Three Holy Spirit Cult members transformed into skeletons and prepared to attack Huo Yuhao and Ghost, while Electrolux advised Huo Yuhao to use the Eye of Life.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Ghost and used the golden eye on his forehead to destroy one six-ring Evil Soul Master and purify his ghostly flame.
• The remaining Evil Soul Master unleashed twisted souls with a black flag, but Huo Yuhao used Electrolux’s purification method to free the souls and weaken the cultists.
• The leading elder called Huo Yuhao the Holy Son before attempting to sacrifice himself, but Ghost and Huo Yuhao killed him and the other remaining cultist.
• Ghost told Huo Yuhao that the Sun Moon Empire likely had deep ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, prompting Huo Yuhao to wonder about Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy.

After Huo Yuhao and Ghost destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult branch, Nana thanked them for freeing her parents’ souls and asked to join the Holy Spirit Execution Department. She then revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult was colluding with the Sun Moon Empire and had placed her at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy.

• Huo Yuhao declined Ghost’s invitation to join the Holy Spirit Execution Department, explaining that he belonged to the Body Sect.
• Nana arrived and found the Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders dead; she thanked Huo Yuhao and Ghost for freeing her parents’ imprisoned souls.
• Huo Yuhao told Nana the souls in the underground passage would soon disperse, and Nana went below to say goodbye to her parents.
• Nana asked to join Ghost’s organization, and Ghost agreed to let her try out after she settled matters with Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy.
• Nana told Huo Yuhao and Ghost that she had seen a Holy Spirit Cult elder entering and leaving Mingde Hall and believed the Sun Moon Empire and the academy were working with the cult.

After exposing the Sun Moon Empire’s connection to the Holy Spirit Cult, Huo Yuhao returned to Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy and met Jing Hongchen and the emperor. The emperor offered him the empire’s resources and a hereditary ducal title after graduation, leaving Xiao Hongchen stunned.

• Huo Yuhao asked Nana whether Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy’s students knew about the Holy Spirit Cult, then left the Scarred Man with Ghost and returned to the academy.
• At the academy gates, Xiao Hongchen told Huo Yuhao that Jing Hongchen and the emperor had come specifically to meet him, and Meng Hongchen praised his talent.
• Jing Hongchen welcomed Huo Yuhao and introduced him to the Sun Moon Empire’s emperor, whose sinister gaze made Huo Yuhao wary.
• The emperor offered Huo Yuhao the empire’s resources and a hereditary ducal title if he stayed after graduating from Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen was stunned by the emperor’s generous offer to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao refused the Old Emperor’s offer to join the Sun Moon Empire, reaffirming his loyalty to Shrek Academy while accepting access to Mingde Hall’s Soul Tool blueprints. The chapter ended with the Dean receiving a special teacher template as Huo Yuhao’s recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

• Huo Yuhao thanked the Old Emperor but declined to join the Sun Moon Empire, choosing to remain with Shrek Academy.
• The Old Emperor ordered Jing Hongchen to provide Huo Yuhao with whatever resources he wanted, and Jing opened Mingde Hall’s Soul Tool blueprints to him.
• Xiao Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao’s talent, while Meng Hongchen teased her brother and Jing Hongchen told the siblings to treat Huo Yuhao well.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to study the blueprints and advance as a Soul Engineer, and Huo Yuhao resolved to make the most of the next four months.
• Huo Yuhao’s gratitude and sense of belonging toward Shrek Academy deepened, triggering a system reward for the Dean: the Ha Luosa special teacher template.

Tang Wulin and his companions entered Sunset Forest after sensing miasma that might mark the presence of an Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. In the God Realm, Tang San felt an unexplained foreboding about the belongings he had left in the well.

• Tang Wulin led Xie Xie, Wei Xiaofeng, and Ling Luochen northeast from Heaven Dou City and into Sunset Forest.
• Ling Luochen explained that Sunset Forest had fewer and weaker soul beasts than Star Dou Forest, and the group passed through as the creatures fled from them.
• Tang Wulin sensed miasma deeper in the forest, and Xie Xie wondered whether another Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well lay ahead.
• Tang Wulin summoned his Aromatic Silk Beauty, which cleared the miasma around the group as they ventured onward in search of treasures.
• Tang San felt a vague unease in the God Realm and worried that someone might take the belongings he had left at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Tang Wulin and his companions crossed the poisonous vegetation of Sunset Forest and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As they reached the lake, a pink flower resembling Aromatic Silk Beauty spoke to Tang Wulin and asked how they had found the valley.

• Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng recognized the danger of the poisonous plants and corroded soul beast bones as Tang Wulin led the group deeper into the forest.
• Ling Luochen identified a large field of Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers and concluded that their unusual abundance meant the group was near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• As the flowers released poison, Tang Wulin used Ultimate Ice to weaken them, then Ling Luochen unleashed her Ultimate Ice to freeze them into dormancy.
• Tang Wulin and his companions crossed the flower field and drove back attacking plant-type soul beasts with cold before reaching a colorful valley.
• Tang Wulin recognized the two-colored lake as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then identified a large pink flower as Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• The pink flower spoke to Tang Wulin and asked how he had found his way into the valley.

Tang Wulin introduced his Aromatic Silk Beauty Soul Spirit to Youyou, who sensed a connection to someone from ten thousand years ago. When the Soul Beasts doubted the students’ intentions and Xie Xie claimed Shrek Academy had its own Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang Wulin revealed the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings’ auras, leaving the valley’s plants stunned.

• Youyou recognized Tang Wulin’s Aromatic Silk Beauty Soul Spirit and said he carried the aura of an old acquaintance from ten thousand years ago.
• Tang Wulin explained Soul Spirit conversion, and Youyou warned him not to threaten the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or its Soul Beasts.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot accused the humans of coveting the valley, while Xie Xie defended the group and said Shrek Academy had its own Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xie Xie challenged Tang Wulin to prove the claim, and Tang Wulin revealed the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings’ auras through two Blue Silver Grasses.
• Youyou, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and the other plants were shocked by Tang Wulin’s Dragon God aura; the dean’s system rewarded the host with an unparasitized Golden Ancient Tree.

Tang Wulin revealed his Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King Bloodline to the plant-type soul beasts, who hoped to follow him and become gods. After learning he no longer needed Soul Spirits, Youyou offered Tang Wulin and his companions one unawakened Immortal Herb each.

• Xie Xie bragged about Tang Wulin’s power, and Wei Xiaofeng reminded him that Tang Wulin was the truly impressive one.
• Youyou recognized that Tang Wulin carried both the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King Bloodline and suggested he might become a God King.
• Youyou asked whether the plant-type soul beasts could become gods by following Tang Wulin, and he said it was theoretically possible.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot volunteered to become Tang Wulin’s Soul Spirits, but Tang Wulin explained that his bloodline generated his soul rings automatically.
• Xie Xie displayed his five black soul rings and declared that he could become a god alongside Tang Wulin.
• Youyou offered Tang Wulin and his three companions one Immortal Herb each that had not yet developed intelligence.

After sensing that his control over Douluo Continent had weakened, Tang Hao hurried to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Tang Wulin and three other young intruders there. He declared the well Tang Family territory and threatened to kill them, leaving the four pinned beneath his god-level aura.

• Tang Hao sensed the plane's resistance, grew uneasy, and told Ah Yin he was going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well at Tang San's request.
• Tang Hao found the Poison Miasma had thinned and used his divine consciousness to locate Tang Wulin and three other youngsters inside the well.
• Tang Hao appeared at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and unleashed an aura that suppressed the four youngsters and the plant soul beasts.
• Tang Wulin stood against Tang Hao's pressure and said he had never heard that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well belonged to anyone.
• Tang Hao claimed the well had belonged to his family for ten thousand years and threatened to leave the four intruders there forever.