Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Dai Yueheng in their life-and-death duel, revealing strength that shocked the spectators and academy leaders. Dai Yueheng begged him to stop and promised to abandon his grievance over Huabin, but Huo Yuhao refused and continued his attack.

• Dai Yueheng used White Tiger Demon God Transformation and White Tiger Meteor Shower, but Huo Yuhao read the barrage, cut through it with Void Slash, and charged forward.
• Huo Yuhao matched Dai Yueheng's enhanced strength, froze him briefly with Ultimate Ice, and wounded him with Void Slash while using Spiritual Shock to weaken him.
• Ma Xiaotao, Xian Lin'er, and Yan Shaozhe were stunned by Huo Yuhao's power, while Qian Duoduo urged Yan Shaozhe not to let the duel end in Dai Yueheng's death.
• Dai Yueheng was driven back and badly injured until he fell to one knee with a deep chest wound.
• Dai Yueheng begged Huo Yuhao to spare him and promised not to interfere in Huabin's matter, but Huo Yuhao ignored him and declared it was too late.

Huo Yuhao killed Dai Yueheng in their life-and-death duel, and Shrek's elders accepted the outcome while Xuan Zi took responsibility. Days later, Dai Hao received the evidence of the duel and learned the name of the man who killed his eldest son.

• Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Dai Yueheng with three stacked domains, then killed him with a combined attack.
• Xuan Zi arrived just as Huo Yuhao beheaded Dai Yueheng, and Yan Shaozhe feared the killing would provoke the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
• Ma Xiaotao checked Huo Yuhao for injuries and nearly tested Dai Yueheng's corpse before Huo Yuhao stopped her.
• Xuan Zi said he would take responsibility, while Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er defended Huo Yuhao and blamed Dai Yueheng's death on his own actions.
• Several days later, Dai Hao received the life-and-death contract and duel footage, then quietly committed Huo Yuhao's name to memory.

After Dai Yueheng died in a duel with Huo Yuhao, Shrek’s elders appointed Huo Yuhao to take his place among the Seven Monsters and assigned Cai Mei'er to lead the team. At the team’s reunion, Huo Yuhao met its members, and Ling Luocheng’s feelings for him surged as they stood face-to-face.

• Shrek sealed the news of Dai Yueheng’s death, and Dai Hao accepted the outcome after receiving the recording and Dai Yueheng’s signed life-and-death waiver.
• Yan Shaozhe and the elders recognized Huo Yuhao’s strength and appointed him to fill Dai Yueheng’s place among Shrek’s Seven Monsters.
• Xuan Zi declined to lead the team, so the elders chose Cai Mei'er, while Yan Shaozhe took over her vice dean duties.
• Cai Mei'er brought Huo Yuhao to the Inner Academy’s Soul Fighting Arena, where Chen Zifeng, Xixi, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo introduced themselves.
• Gongyang Mo teased Ma Xiaotao about her feelings for Huo Yuhao, and Ma Xiaotao angrily told him to stop.
• Ling Luocheng greeted Huo Yuhao, but their closeness made her heart race and stirred her desire to get closer to him.

Cai Mei'er announced that Huo Yuhao would replace Dai Yueheng among Shrek’s Seven Monsters and set a two-against-five match to test him. Huo Yuhao chose Ling Luocheng as his partner instead of Ma Xiaotao, then revealed an emerald-green, intensely cold power to Ling Luocheng as the match approached.

• Ling Luocheng introduced herself as a Level 55 control-type Battle Soul King while struggling to hide her attraction to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he was a Level 40 control- and assault-type Soul Ancestor, shocking the gathered Shrek students.
• Cai Mei'er announced Huo Yuhao’s place among the Seven Monsters and required him to win a two-against-five match to secure it.
• Huo Yuhao chose Ling Luocheng as his partner, angering Ma Xiaotao, who had expected him to choose her.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ling Luocheng to cooperate, then pressed his glowing palm to her shoulder and revealed an intensely pure chill.

Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng used Ultimate Ice and Spiritual Detection to seize control of the match against Ma Xiaotao’s team. Ma Xiaotao remained trapped in an ice maze, while Huo Yuhao eliminated Gongyang Mo and Xixi and turned toward the remaining opponents.

• Huo Yuhao infused Ling Luocheng with Ultimate Ice Soul Power, strengthening her ice abilities before the match began.
• Ma Xiaotao charged at Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng, while Gongyang Mo tried to boost her and Huo Yuhao knocked him out with Soul Shock.
• Ling Luocheng used Ultimate Ice and Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing to trap Ma Xiaotao inside an ice crystal maze.
• Huo Yuhao blocked Chen Zifeng’s attack and struck Xixi with Ultimate Ice and the Ghost Killing Art, prompting Cai Mei'er to declare Xixi out.
• Huo Yuhao turned his attention toward the remaining opponents while Ma Xiaotao remained trapped.

Huo Yuhao proved his strength by defeating Ma Xiaotao’s team in the practical assessment, securing his place on the tournament roster. After half a month of training, the reserve team was selected, and the group prepared to leave for the Star Luo Soul Master Tournament.

• Huo Yuhao used Eternal Frozen Domain and Soul Shock to eliminate Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo, while Ma Xiaotao remained trapped and conceded.
• Cai Mei'er asked whether anyone still objected to Huo Yuhao replacing Dai Yueheng, and the team accepted his participation.
• Huo Yuhao and the others trained under Cai Mei'er for half a month, while Ma Xiaotao watched Ling Luocheng’s growing interest in him.
• Wang Dong joined the reserve-team selection assessment, where she, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng became the seven victors.
• Cai Mei'er named the seven victors reserve team members, and preparations began for the Star Luo Soul Master Tournament.

Shrek's team departed for Star Luo to compete in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament, with Xian Lin'er and Song Yunzhi accompanying them instead of Xuan Zi. On the road, Ning Tian and Ling Luocheng sought Huo Yuhao's attention, but Wang Dong and then Ma Xiaotao intervened.

• Shrek's students left the city for the tournament under Wang Yan, accompanied by Xian Lin'er and Song Yunzhi.
• Ning Tian caught up with Huo Yuhao and complimented his progress while privately admiring his physique.
• Wang Dong wedged herself between Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian and argued that she already cultivated with him through fusion cultivation.
• Ling Luocheng asked Huo Yuhao to help her understand the ice-element insights he had previously shared.
• Ma Xiaotao descended, pulled Huo Yuhao away to scout the road, and dismissed Ling Luocheng's attempt to speak with him.

Huo Yuhao led Shrek’s team against the Hand of Death in the Mingdou Mountain Range, killing the bandits and their leader, the Death Messenger, with ease. After witnessing Huo Yuhao’s overwhelming power, the story left him reflecting that Xuan Zi’s stain could no longer be cleared.

• Ma Xiaotao dragged Huo Yuhao away from Ling Luocheng, while Gongyang Mo, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao reacted to the scene.
• Xian Lin'er accepted a mission to eliminate the Hand of Death, and Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to locate the group’s camp.
• Ma Xiaotao led the attack while Huo Yuhao coordinated the team, and Xiao Xiao hesitated to kill a bandit until he intervened.
• The Death Messenger tried to make the corpses explode, but Huo Yuhao froze them, severed his spiritual control, and killed him with Soul Shock.
• Huo Yuhao was disappointed by how easily the Death Messenger died and thought Xuan Zi should remain the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Huo Yuhao defeated all seven members of Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy with a single use of Soul Shock in the tournament’s opening match. After Shrek’s victory stunned Star Luo City, Du Busi recognized Huo Yuhao’s spiritual-attribute body martial soul and decided to recruit him for the Body Sect.

• Wang Yan assigned rooms at the Star Emperor Hotel, and Huo Yuhao was paired with Wang Dong before Shrek Academy attended the tournament opening ceremony.
• Huo Yuhao entered the opening match alone and told the referee he was enough to defeat Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Huo Yuhao revealed four soul rings and used Soul Shock to incapacitate all seven Tianling team members before they could reach him.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and spectators and Emperor Xu Jiawei reacted in shock to Huo Yuhao’s victory.
• Du Busi recognized Huo Yuhao’s spiritual-attribute body martial soul and resolved to bring him into the Body Sect.

While Shrek Academy continued winning without needing Huo Yuhao, he and Wang Dong discussed the Spirit-Devouring Fierce Blade and his plans to deal with the Ghost Demon Venerable. Ma Xiaotao and then Ling Luocheng arrived unexpectedly, leaving Huo Yuhao trapped in an awkward misunderstanding with Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao.

• Shrek Academy kept crushing its opponents as Wang Yan used the early matches to train the reserve team, while Huo Yuhao stayed at the hotel.
• Wang Dong examined the Spirit-Devouring Fierce Blade, and Huo Yuhao explained that Mu En could purify it after the tournament and use it to extend his life.
• Huo Yuhao worried that the Ghost Demon Venerable was expanding its territory in his Sea of Consciousness and planned to reach the Valley of Love Inquiry after the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao entered Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's room in a revealing dress, and Huo Yuhao claimed he had invited her to discuss tactics.
• Ling Luocheng entered moments later, prompting Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao to confront Huo Yuhao over his claims.

Huo Yuhao planned to use the Spirit-Devouring Fierce Blade to help Mu En and remained wary of the Ghost Demon Venerable. His attempt to cover for Ma Xiaotao was exposed when Ling Luocheng unexpectedly arrived, leaving him trapped between three women.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that Mu En could purify the Spirit-Devouring Fierce Blade after the tournament and use it to extend his life.
• Huo Yuhao worried that the Ghost Demon Venerable was growing stronger in his Sea of Consciousness and planned to visit the Valley of Love Inquiry after the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived at Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's room dressed up to address her Evil Fire, and Huo Yuhao claimed she had come to discuss tournament tactics.
• Ling Luocheng entered the room, prompting Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao to confront Huo Yuhao about his claim that he had invited no one else.

Huo Yuhao attended the Starlight Auction House, where Princess Xu Jiujiu gifted him an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone containing the Ice Explosion Technique. He also drove up the price of the Snow Empress embryo until Xiao Hongchen spent nearly two hundred million to win it, then offered Ling Luocheng compensation for the soul bone she could not absorb.

• Huo Yuhao and his companions attended the auction, where Xu Jiujiu hosted the proceedings.
• Huo Yuhao bid ten million Gold Soul Coins for the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and kept raising his offer.
• Xu Jiujiu paused the auction and gave Huo Yuhao the soul bone as a gift from the Star Luo imperial family to make his acquaintance.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the Snow Empress embryo and helped drive up its price, leaving Xiao Hongchen to win it for nearly two hundred million.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ling Luocheng that the soul bone was too domineering for her to absorb and offered her another form of compensation.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and gained the Ice Explosion Technique. Ling Luocheng then visited him privately to explore whether their Soul Powers could fuse, and they began testing the connection.

• Wang Yan arranged a separate suite for Huo Yuhao to absorb the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone in peace.
• With the Ice Empress suppressing the soul bone’s will, Huo Yuhao absorbed it in under two hours and gained the Ice Explosion Technique.
• Ling Luocheng entered Huo Yuhao’s room and proposed deepening their Soul Power fusion to pursue a Martial Soul Fusion Skill or evolve her ice element into Ultimate Ice.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to test the idea, and he and Ling Luocheng joined hands as his Ultimate Ice Soul Power flowed into her body.

Huo Yuhao successfully absorbed a soul bone and later led Shrek Academy into its semifinal against the Star Luo Royal Team. From the royal box, Dai Hao watched him with barely restrained hatred, while Emperor Xu Jiawei warned him to put Shrek’s importance to the continent above his desire for revenge.

• Huo Yuhao returned to his room after absorbing the soul bone, and Wang Dong accepted his explanation that the process had been slow.
• Several days later, Wang Yan gave Huo Yuhao the roster for Shrek Academy’s semifinal against the Star Luo Royal Team and entrusted him with leading the team.
• Shrek Academy entered the arena to roaring cheers, with spectators eager to see Huo Yuhao compete.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei praised Shrek’s influence as Dai Hao watched Huo Yuhao, the boy who had killed his eldest son.
• Xu Jiawei reminded Dai Hao that Shrek had helped protect the continent and urged him not to let the matter affect Star Luo’s relationship with the academy.

Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Frost Heaven Ice Dome, after Xu Jiujiu isolated them from Shrek's other fighters. Their Ultimate Ice began weakening the Star Crown's protection as the Star Luo team charged to interrupt them.

• Xu Jiujiu used her Star Crown to enhance the Star Luo team, and both sides fought to a stalemate while Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng stayed at the rear.
• Xu Jiujiu separated Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng from Bei Bei and Shrek's other fighters with Star's Protection, revealing that she had anticipated Huo Yuhao's ice attribute.
• Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng joined hands and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Frost Heaven Ice Dome.
• The Ultimate Ice dome broke through Star's Protection and weakened it, prompting Xu Jiujiu to order the Star Luo team to attack the pair.

Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat Xu Jiujiu and the Star Luo Royal Team, securing Shrek Academy’s semifinal victory. Afterward, Xu Jiujiu tried to recruit Huo Yuhao with a private banquet invitation, while he worried about the jealous stares from Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao.

• Ling Luocheng trapped Star Luo’s assault-type Soul Masters and shielded Huo Yuhao with Ultimate Ice, allowing him to defeat the two fighters.
• Ling Luocheng’s Ice Dome Spear shattered Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Protection, and she stopped a second spear just before Xu Jiujiu’s brow.
• Xu Jiujiu conceded, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner of the semifinal.
• Xian Lin'er and Wang Yan were surprised to learn that Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao supported the exhausted Ling Luocheng, then exchanged polite words with Xu Jiujiu as she invited him to a private banquet and sought to recruit him.
• Huo Yuhao declined Xu Jiujiu’s invitation and wondered whether Wang Dong, Ma Xiaotao, or both had been glaring at him.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy studied Shrek’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and decided to target Huo Yuhao in the finals. As the teams faced off, Huo Yuhao sensed the Body Sect watching him and dismissed Xiao Hongchen’s provocation, leaving the match about to begin.

• Ma Rulong warned the Sun Moon team that Huo Yuhao could coordinate Shrek’s fighters and ordered them to eliminate him first in the team battle.
• On the day of the finals, Huo Yuhao detected the Star Luo Imperial Family watching him and sensed the Body Sect’s possessive attention from the stands.
• Huo Yuhao silently circulated the Ghost Killing Art to prepare himself, then focused on facing the Sun Moon team.
• Xiao Hongchen taunted Shrek and demanded that they surrender, but Huo Yuhao ignored him and joked with Wang Dong about his stupidity.

Shrek opened the finals against the Sun Moon Empire team, with Huo Yuhao coordinating their defense and counterattack. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Golden Road, which stripped Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen of their power and knocked them down.

• Ma Rulong ordered the Sun Moon Empire team to focus its Soul Tool fire on Huo Yuhao as the finals began.
• Ma Xiaotao raised a wall of fire to block the barrage while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing, the Void Domain, and Nine Nether Prison to help Shrek counterattack.
• Huo Yuhao directed Chen Zifeng and Xixi to attack the Sun Moon Empire team's left flank, disrupting its formation.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen combined a dark-purple barrage with ice-fire poison, but Huo Yuhao empowered Ling Luocheng to raise ice walls that stopped both attacks.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Golden Road, dispelling Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul Possession and knocking them to the ground.

Huo Yuhao and Shrek defeated the Sun Moon Team to win the Grand Competition, and Huo Yuhao crushed Xiao Hongchen’s hopes of challenging him. Shrek received the championship trophy, while Dai Hao quietly left the square.

• Ma Rulong unleashed the eighth-grade Judgment Sword, but Huo Yuhao caught its blade, froze Ma Rulong’s arms, and knocked him unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock to interrupt Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen as they tried to activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Shrek defeated the remaining Sun Moon Team members.
• Xiao Hongchen vowed to defeat Huo Yuhao someday, but Huo Yuhao told him he would never catch up, leaving Xiao Hongchen devastated.
• Xu Jiawei presented the championship trophy and medals to Shrek, while Dai Hao watched from the shadows and then left.

After Shrek returned from the tournament, Huo Yuhao learned that the Gold of Life had given Mu En and the academy at least ten more years of prosperity. Yan Shaozhe sent Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong into secluded cultivation beneath the Golden Ancient Tree and granted Huo Yuhao full access to the Sea God Pavilion.

• Xu Jiawei offered Huo Yuhao a hereditary marquisate if he joined the Star Luo Empire after graduation, and Huo Yuhao asked him not to forget the offer if no one else would take him in.
• Wang Yan selected three Soul Bones from the royal treasury for Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luocheng and to maximize the reward's value.
• Xian Lin'er and Song Yunzhi returned to Shrek with the group, where Yan Shaozhe told them Mu En was in seclusion and the Gold of Life could extend his life and Shrek's prosperity by at least ten years.
• Ma Xiaotao left to cultivate after the Judgment Sword inspired her to seek a breakthrough in her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe led Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to the core cultivation chamber beneath the Golden Ancient Tree and announced that Huo Yuhao could freely enter and leave any area of the Sea God Pavilion.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong entered the chamber and began secluded cultivation.