Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a Mystic Water Pill, and she accepted it after he threatened to give it to Ning Tian. After class, Wu Feng confronted Huo Yuhao over his closeness to Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao turned to face her with killing intent.

• Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a Mystic Water Pill, which she first refused before claiming it as hers when he said he would give it to Ning Tian.
• The next morning, Wang Dong sat beside Huo Yuhao without picking a fight with Ning Tian, while Ning Tian mistook Wang Dong's pitying look for mockery about her chest.
• Mu Jin held a class monitor election, and Ning Tian became class monitor while Wang Dong became vice monitor after they tied in popularity.
• Wang Dong insisted on walking back to the dormitory with Huo Yuhao, and Wu Feng blocked their path to warn him to stay away from Ning Tian.
• Huo Yuhao told Wu Feng to ask Ning Tian to stay away from him, then stopped and reminded Wu Feng that he had already given her a chance to save face.

Huo Yuhao savagely beat Wu Feng after she insulted him, and his killing intent grew so strong that Ghost Demon Venerable stirred within his Sea of Consciousness. Just as Huo Yuhao was about to kill the unconscious Wu Feng, a disheveled old man appeared and stopped him.

• Huo Yuhao attacked Wu Feng, knocking her into the air before she could summon her Red Dragon Martial Soul, and Wang Dong froze when he warned her not to interfere.
• Wu Feng summoned her Martial Soul and charged, but Huo Yuhao's killing intent suppressed her strength, and his Soul Shock left her vulnerable to a blow to the chest.
• Huo Yuhao grabbed Wu Feng and repeatedly slammed her head into the paving stones until Wang Dong clung to his arm and begged him to stop.
• Angered by Wu Feng's insult and unwilling to back down, Huo Yuhao was empowered by Ghost Demon Venerable and flung Wang Dong aside before preparing to kill Wu Feng.
• A disheveled old man appeared between Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng, blasted Huo Yuhao away, and criticized him for hitting so hard.

Huo Yuhao fought Wu Feng until Xuan Zi intervened, then provoked the Super Douluo by bringing up his past failure. Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to take Wu Feng to the infirmary, while Huo Yuhao refused medical care and insisted on returning to the dorm.

• Xuan Zi recognized Wu Feng's injuries and reprimanded Huo Yuhao for nearly killing her.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Xuan Zi by questioning whether he could protect students from danger, invoking the guilt he carried over the deaths of eight Shrek students.
• Xuan Zi unleashed his Level 98 pressure, and Wang Dong covered Huo Yuhao's mouth before he could provoke him further.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to take Wu Feng to the infirmary, and Xuan Zi left after memorizing Huo Yuhao's face.
• Huo Yuhao refused Wang Dong's offer to go to the infirmary and insisted they return to the dorm.

After realizing Ghost Demon Venerable had caused his Killing Intent Backlash, Huo Yuhao entered his Sea of Consciousness to confront him. Ghost Demon Venerable emerged and revealed that he and Huo Yuhao were both Demons from Beyond.

• Huo Yuhao calmed himself in the dormitory while Wang Dong and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm worried over his loss of control.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that Ghost Demon Venerable had supplied the extra killing aura that caused his Killing Intent Backlash.
• Huo Yuhao entered his Sea of Consciousness intending to confront Ghost Demon Venerable, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm mistook his arrival as interest in its God-Making Project.
• Huo Yuhao provoked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm into displaying Ice Empress in human form, prompting Ghost Demon Venerable to emerge from the Black Cyclone.
• Ghost Demon Venerable put away Ice Empress's projection and told Huo Yuhao that they were both Demons from Beyond.

Ghost Demon Venerable confronted Huo Yuhao with his belief that they were both Demons from Beyond, and Huo Yuhao’s startled reaction confirmed his suspicion. Ghost Demon Venerable argued that Huo Yuhao’s detachment from the world explained his willingness to kill despite the consequences, leaving Huo Yuhao silent under the accusation.

• Ghost Demon Venerable accused Huo Yuhao of being a Demon from Beyond, and Huo Yuhao’s shocked hesitation convinced him he was right.
• Huo Yuhao stopped denying it and asked how Ghost Demon Venerable had figured it out.
• Ghost Demon Venerable explained that Huo Yuhao’s flawless behavior, instinctive reactions, and ability to steer events had exposed him.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Ghost Demon Venerable’s claim that they shared the same loneliness and distance from the world.
• Ghost Demon Venerable cited Huo Yuhao’s insistence on killing her despite knowing the punishment, and claimed Huo Yuhao saw the world as a game and did not care about its people.

Wu Feng woke in the infirmary after losing to Huo Yuhao and asked Mu Jin to keep the fight secret, especially from Ning Tian. In Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, he confronted the Ghost Demon Venerable, who declared that he wanted Huo Yuhao.

• Wu Feng woke in the infirmary and learned that Elder Xuan had brought her there after Huo Yuhao defeated her.
• Wu Feng told Mu Jin that Huo Yuhao alone had injured her, then asked her to keep the fight secret from Ning Tian.
• Mu Jin agreed to keep the matter quiet and took Wu Feng out of the infirmary, while Wu Feng vowed to make Huo Yuhao regret his victory.
• Huo Yuhao challenged the Ghost Demon Venerable to state what he wanted, and the Ghost Demon Venerable pointed at him and said he wanted Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao laughed angrily at the Ghost Demon Venerable’s blunt answer.

Huo Yuhao and Ghost Demon Venerable negotiated a fragile alliance, with each concealing plans to betray the other. After Ghost Demon Venerable released the frozen Sea of Consciousness, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reappeared and asked whether it had arrived at a bad time.

• Ghost Demon Venerable recounted how Ming You became him after witnessing his family’s destruction and slaughtering his clan.
• Ghost Demon Venerable explained that Huo Yuhao had to kill to fully cultivate the Slaughter Path and proposed working together.
• Ghost Demon Venerable asked Huo Yuhao to help him return to the Gu World once Huo Yuhao reached the summit, and Huo Yuhao accepted while privately distrusting him.
• Huo Yuhao demanded that Ghost Demon Venerable stop influencing his emotions and threatened to destroy his body if it happened again.
• Ghost Demon Venerable agreed and released his hold on the Sea of Consciousness, freeing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked whether it had come at a bad time, and Huo Yuhao replied that it had come at just the right time.

After confronting Ghost Demon Venerable, Huo Yuhao returned to his dorm and reflected on their uneasy cooperation while Wang Dong brought him food and urged him not to bottle up his anger. Meanwhile, Niu Tian left a sealed chamber with a Tang jade token and a note naming Shrek, prompting him and Tai Tan to prepare to go there.

• Ghost Demon Venerable reminded Huo Yuhao of his promise, praised the scorpion projection, and returned to the Black Cyclone as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm protested.
• Huo Yuhao woke in the dormitory, checked that his body and Soul Power seemed normal, and worried about Ghost Demon Venerable and Tang San.
• Wang Dong brought Huo Yuhao dinner, questioned his near-lethal attack on Wu Feng, and offered to fight beside him in the future.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Ghost Demon Venerable did not know he understood the demon's history in the Gu World, and resolved to protect that advantage.
• Niu Tian emerged from a sealed Stone Chamber carrying a jade token marked Tang and a note reading Shrek, then told Tai Tan they would go to Shrek.

Huo Yuhao's days remained quiet after Wu Feng suppressed their conflict, while Wang Dong repeatedly blocked Ning Tian from approaching him. The chapter left Wu Feng resolved to defeat Huo Yuhao in a direct fight next time.

• Huo Yuhao suspected Wu Feng had put their dispute behind her and continued cautiously cultivating the Ghost Killing Art because Ghost Demon Venerable remained hidden in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Wang Dong took the seat beside Huo Yuhao before Ning Tian could sit there, then brushed aside Ning Tian's objections in class.
• After class, Wang Dong clung to Huo Yuhao and stopped Ning Tian from inviting him to lunch, insisting that he was busy.
• Ning Tian complained to Wu Feng about Wang Dong's possessiveness, but Wu Feng avoided explaining why she had been distracted.
• Wu Feng remembered her humiliating encounter with Huo Yuhao and resolved to beat him in a head-on fight next time.

Huo Yuhao sold grilled fish with Wang Dong and his friends while Ma Xiaotao’s unexplained absence raised suspicions about her Evil Fire. At Shrek Academy, Wang Yan urged Yan Shaozhe to investigate Huo Yuhao’s unusual abilities, but an urgent report about Xiaotao left Yan Shaozhe alarmed.

• Wang Dong joined Huo Yuhao at his stall to collect money, where Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi came to eat grilled fish.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi wondered why Ma Xiaotao had stopped visiting, and Huo Yuhao suspected her Evil Fire had caused trouble.
• Huo Yuhao considered using the Ghost Killing Art to help Ma Xiaotao and test whether he could overcome God King Tang’s restrictions, though he knew it could attract attention.
• Wang Yan told Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao’s unusual soul power, Martial Soul mutation, and defeat of Wu Feng warranted further testing, but Yan Shaozhe dismissed his concerns.
• An Inner Academy steward rushed into Yan Shaozhe’s office with urgent news, and Yan Shaozhe exclaimed that something had happened to Xiaotao.

Yan Shaozhe rushed to save Ma Xiaotao after her Evil Fire spiraled out of control during seclusion. Refusing his plan to seek help from Xu Sanshi, Ma Xiaotao asked him to find Huo Yuhao.

• Yan Shaozhe learned that Ma Xiaotao had been in seclusion for three days and hurried to the Stone Chamber when its rising heat threatened the defensive arrays.
• Yan Shaozhe broke open the chamber and found Ma Xiaotao suffering from a near-fatal backlash after trying to control her Evil Fire with her Spiritual Power.
• Ma Xiaotao remembered that Huo Yuhao's advice had inspired her attempt to tame the flames herself, but the Evil Fire had overwhelmed her and cut her off from the outside.
• Yan Shaozhe decided to bring Xu Sanshi to use his water-attribute Martial Soul to stabilize Ma Xiaotao, but she refused his help.
• Ma Xiaotao insisted that Yan Shaozhe find Huo Yuhao, leaving him stunned by her request.

Yan Shaozhe rushed to the Outer Academy and took Huo Yuhao to help Ma Xiaotao, whose Evil Fire was worsening. At the fish stall, Wang Dong worried about Huo Yuhao while Tang Ya put Bei Bei to work grilling the remaining fish.

• Yan Shaozhe protected Ma Xiaotao’s heart meridians and hurried to find Huo Yuhao when her Evil Fire intensified.
• Xu Sanshi bought grilled fish for Nannan, while Wang Dong and Tang Ya ate their fill at Huo Yuhao’s stall.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived at the stall, identified Huo Yuhao, and took him away without explaining where they were going.
• Wang Dong feared for Huo Yuhao, but Bei Bei guessed that Ma Xiaotao was in trouble and urged her to wait.
• Tang Ya handed Bei Bei the raw fish and told him to grill them while Huo Yuhao was gone.

Huo Yuhao confronted Yan Shaozhe and entered the Stone Chamber to save Ma Xiaotao from her rampaging Evil Fire. With Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power shielding him, he began using the Ghost Killing Art to suppress her as she recognized him.

• Yan Shaozhe brought Huo Yuhao to Lake Heart Island and demanded to know how he had become involved with Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Huo Yuhao insisted that Yan Shaozhe take him to Ma Xiaotao instead of wasting time arguing, and Yan Shaozhe led him to the Stone Chamber.
• After seeing Ma Xiaotao near collapse, Huo Yuhao ordered Yan Shaozhe to leave the chamber, and Yan Shaozhe reluctantly shut the stone door behind him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shielded Huo Yuhao from the Evil Fire with ice-attribute power as he approached Ma Xiaotao.
• Huo Yuhao enveloped Ma Xiaotao with the Ghost Killing Art’s controlled killing intent, and she shuddered when she saw him.

Huo Yuhao helped Ma Xiaotao suppress the Evil Fire by guiding her through the Ghost Killing Art, leaving her exhausted and clinging to him in a dangerously suggestive state. The chapter ended with Ma Xiaotao gazing at Yuhao and telling him that he smelled good.

• Huo Yuhao realized Ma Xiaotao had tried to suppress years of accumulated Evil Fire all at once and decided to draw out the excess while teaching her to control it.
• Huo Yuhao pressed Ma Xiaotao's hand to his chest so she could sense the Ghost Killing Art, and she struggled to focus when the contact stirred her desire.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed and neutralized Ma Xiaotao's surplus Evil Fire as she followed his guidance and learned to regulate her emotions.
• Yan Shaozhe sensed the Evil Fire weakening from outside the Stone Chamber but anxiously refrained from entering.
• After the last Evil Fire was neutralized, Ma Xiaotao collapsed into Huo Yuhao's arms, and he realized she was naked and still affected by the lingering lustful fire.
• Ma Xiaotao wrapped her arms around Huo Yuhao's neck, gazed at him with unfocused eyes, and told him that he smelled good.

Ma Xiaotao recovered from her Evil Fire crisis after Huo Yuhao helped her through the night, and she said she was beginning to control the power. She took Huo Yuhao to breakfast while Yan Shaozhe, alarmed by their closeness and eager to learn his secrets, ordered Wang Yan to gather information on him.

• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that her Evil Fire had been suppressed and that she could already control it to some extent.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to question Huo Yuhao and grab him, but Ma Xiaotao stopped him and took Huo Yuhao away to eat.
• Yan Shaozhe contacted Wang Yan and demanded every piece of information about Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Xiaotao ordered an extravagant breakfast for Huo Yuhao at the First Canteen, prompting jealous stares from the Outer Academy students.
• Huo Yuhao began eating while Ma Xiaotao watched him with a bright smile.

After Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao kept their intimate night in the Stone Chamber secret, she left Shrek on an urgent Inspectorate mission. Huo Yuhao considered hunting Evil Soul Masters to advance his Ghost Killing Art, while Yan Shaozhe learned that the Clear Sky Sect's leader was coming to visit Shrek.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao not to tell anyone what happened in the Stone Chamber, and he agreed.
• An Inner Academy student summoned Ma Xiaotao for an urgent mission, and she left after telling Huo Yuhao to wait for her return.
• Huo Yuhao decided that killing Evil Soul Masters could help him cultivate the Ghost Killing Art, but he did not know where to find them.
• Yan Shaozhe received a report that the Clear Sky Sect's leader was coming to visit Shrek.

Yan Shaozhe received notice that Clear Sky Sect leaders Niu Tian and Tai Tan would visit Shrek Academy, prompting him to call an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting. Meanwhile, Ma Xiaotao joined Zhang Lexuan and other Inner Court elites on a mission to eliminate rogue Evil Soul Masters.

• Yan Shaozhe reviewed Huo Yuhao's files and wondered how he had suppressed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, but decided not to investigate him by force.
• An Inner Academy steward delivered a letter announcing that Niu Tian and Tai Tan would visit Shrek Academy in one week.
• Yan Shaozhe suspected the Clear Sky Sect might be preparing to return publicly and summoned the Sea God Pavilion Elders for an emergency meeting.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived at a hidden valley and joined Zhang Lexuan, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochеn, and other Inner Court disciples.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that the group would attack rogue Evil Soul Masters led by a Five-Ring Soul King, and assigned Ma Xiaotao to lead the assault.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Ma Xiaotao to control her Evil Fire, then ordered the group to move out.

Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Evil Fire without suffering a backlash and credited Huo Yuhao with suppressing it, drawing the Inner Court disciples’ curiosity. Meanwhile, Zhang Peng decided to let Shrek raise Ma Xiaotao until the Holy Spirit Cult could claim her, and Dai Yueheng went to meet Huo Yuhao at his grilled fish stall.

• Ma Xiaotao’s flames overwhelmed the Evil Soul Masters in the valley, while Zhang Lexuan kept one captive alive as instructed.
• Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, and Ling Luochеn questioned Ma Xiaotao about her controlled Evil Fire, and she praised Huo Yuhao and warned them not to pursue him.
• Zhongli Tian, Zhongli Ren, and Zhongli Di watched the battle with Zhang Peng, who declared Ma Xiaotao a future Saintess and ordered them to wait for her to mature.
• The following evening, Dai Yueheng found Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish outside the Outer Academy and decided to recruit him.

Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Yueheng, the White Tiger Duke's eldest son, when Dai Yueheng tried to buy grilled fish and recruit him. As Dai Yueheng's pressure provoked Huo Yuhao into preparing a lethal counterattack, an angry voice interrupted them.

• Dai Yueheng visited Huo Yuhao's stall after hearing Ma Xiaotao praise the new student and hoped to recruit him for the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao refused three times to sell Dai Yueheng the remaining grilled fish, then openly said Dai Yueheng did not deserve them.
• Wang Dong tried to smooth things over, but Huo Yuhao told her not to make excuses and admitted no one had reserved the fish.
• Dai Yueheng released the pressure of his six-ring Soul Emperor power, and Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong behind him and resisted it.
• Huo Yuhao prepared to let Sky Dream Ice Silkworm take control and attack Dai Yueheng, but an angry shout called Dai Yueheng's name.

Ma Xiaotao stopped Dai Yueheng from pressuring Huo Yuhao, then accepted his challenge to fight in the Soul Fighting Zone. Ling Luochen sensed Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice and hurried after them, stunned by what she had discovered.

• Ma Xiaotao appeared between Dai Yueheng and Huo Yuhao and rebuked Dai Yueheng for bullying a freshman.
• Dai Yueheng claimed he had only meant to teach Huo Yuhao manners, but Ma Xiaotao accused him of trying to save face and challenged him to a fight.
• Dai Yueheng accepted Ma Xiaotao’s challenge, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong joined her on the way to the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Outer Academy students abandoned their stalls and hurried to watch the coming fight.
• Ling Luochen sensed Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice, realized it had made her Ice Element Martial Soul submit, and rushed toward the Soul Fighting Zone.