Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao argued that Soul Tools could let ordinary Soul Masters work together as a powerful team, giving Xian Lin'er a new plan for the Soul Guidance Department. Elsewhere, Xuan Zi agreed that Huo Yuhao might have an exceptionally rare second awakening of his Body Martial Soul and decided to watch the Freshman Assessment.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Soul Tools could strengthen individual Soul Masters and help coordinated teams rival more powerful opponents.
• A Shrek student challenged Huo Yuhao by pointing out that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy had never beaten Shrek in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.
• Xian Lin'er invited Huo Yuhao and the other students to visit the Soul Guidance Department and imagined forming a well-equipped Soul Engineer team.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi about Huo Yuhao's thousand-year Soul Rings, Spirit Eye Martial Soul, and victory over Xu Sanshi.
• Xuan Zi judged Huo Yuhao's eye-and-spirit Body Martial Soul to be top-tier and possibly second-awakened, then asked Wang Yan to reserve him a seat at the Freshman Assessment.

Huo Yuhao took Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao to visit the Soul Guidance Department’s Testing Area Thirteen using the token Dean Xian Lin'er had given him. They arrived at Xian Lin'er's workbench, where she welcomed them.

• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao asked Huo Yuhao to let them accompany him to the Soul Guidance Department.
• Huo Yuhao thought about Wang Dong'er’s transfer and the danger of sharing a dormitory with her, then agreed to take the girls along.
• Huo Yuhao led the group through the Soul Guidance Department to Testing Area Thirteen and used his silver token to open its door.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to find the largest section of the Testing Area and led the others to Xian Lin'er.
• Xian Lin'er greeted Huo Yuhao and the girls, and they bowed before taking seats at her workbench.

Xian Lin'er introduced Huo Yuhao and the girls to Soul Tool basics, then tried to recruit Huo Yuhao to the Soul Guidance Department with generous promises. After Huo Yuhao demonstrated Spiritual Detection Sharing, Xian Lin'er was so impressed that she begged him to become her disciple.

• Ning Tian explained the three main categories of Soul Tools to Xian Lin'er.
• Xian Lin'er demonstrated basic Soul Tools and let the students try using them.
• Xian Lin'er offered Huo Yuhao resources, Soul Bones, and help finding powerful spiritual-attribute Soul Rings if he joined her department.
• Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Detection Sharing and let Xian Lin'er experience his perception across an eight-hundred-meter radius.
• Xian Lin'er excitedly begged Huo Yuhao to become her disciple and promised he could become a Title Douluo within twenty years.

Huo Yuhao impressed Xian Lin'er by crafting a third-tier Soul Guidance Shield in fifteen minutes and earned her approval for a badge and rare metal quota. He gave the snowflake-shaped Soul Tool, which he named Heart of Ice and Snow, to Xiao Xiao, while Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xian Lin'er misread their interaction.

• Huo Yuhao forged a snowflake-shaped Soul Tool and carved its Core Array with exceptional speed and precision.
• Huo Yuhao activated the shield, and Xian Lin'er examined it, praised its craftsmanship, and promised to apply for his third-tier Soul Engineer badge and approve his rare metal quota.
• Huo Yuhao gave Xiao Xiao the Soul Tool, named Heart of Ice and Snow, and explained its three Core Arrays.
• Huo Yuhao privately advised Xiao Xiao not to spend time learning Soul Tool crafting because she had Twin Martial Souls, and said the gift was for accompanying him.
• Xiao Xiao felt disappointed that the gift was not a token of affection, while Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xian Lin'er drew mistaken conclusions about Huo Yuhao's intentions.

Huo Yuhao discussed Wang Dong'er's disguised identity with Ning Tian and the others, then returned to the dormitory to find Wang Dong'er had moved in. Their teasing conversation ended when Wang Dong'er learned that the girls' dormitory had private bathrooms.

• Ning Tian questioned Huo Yuhao about his attention to Wang Dong, and he hinted that Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly revealed she was a girl.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao reacted to the revelation, while Huo Yuhao said he would report Wang Dong'er and find somewhere else to sleep that night.
• After dinner, Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory and found Wang Dong'er settled in with new bedding.
• Wang Dong'er teased Huo Yuhao for spending time with the girls and objected when he began taking off his jacket.
• Wang Dong'er stopped protesting when Huo Yuhao mentioned that the girls' dormitory had private bathrooms.

Huo Yuhao left the dormitory after reporting Wang Dong'er’s disguise to the staff, then went to Sea God Island to ask Ling Luochen for a place to stay. He explained his predicament and stayed on the island to be near Ma Xiaotao in case her Evil Fire made her lose control.

• Wang Dong'er worried about being exposed as a girl disguised as a boy while Huo Yuhao packed his belongings and left the dormitory.
• A dormitory staff member told Wang Dong'er that Huo Yuhao had reported her disguise, and Wang Dong'er angrily realized he had set her up.
• Huo Yuhao crossed Sea God Lake on ice and showed Ling Luochen’s badge to an elder on Sea God Island.
• Ling Luochen met Huo Yuhao and took him to her loft after changing out of her pajamas.
• Huo Yuhao explained Wang Dong'er's disguise and his need for somewhere to stay, then said remaining on Sea God Island would help him respond if Ma Xiaotao lost control of her Evil Fire.

Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochen cultivated together in an ice-attribute Mimicry Cultivation Ground, where his Ultimate Ice overwhelmed her and left her temporarily weakened. After Huo Yuhao helped remove the excess chill, Ling Luochen recovered and wondered whether they might one day stand together as powerful Soul Masters.

• Ling Luochen imagined Huo Yuhao might be interested in her, then set aside the thought and invited him to cultivate together.
• Ling Luochen led Huo Yuhao to an ice-attribute Mimicry Cultivation Ground and explained that they would guide each other’s Soul Power by pressing their palms together.
• Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice took control of their cultivation, froze the room, and drew energy from the cold spring into a small tornado.
• Ling Luochen became pale and began trembling, so she asked Huo Yuhao to stop; she then collapsed into his arms.
• Huo Yuhao drew the excess ice energy out of Ling Luochen, and as she recovered, she wondered whether they might one day reach the heights of powerful Soul Masters together.

Ling Luochen grew closer to Huo Yuhao after he carried her back to her dormitory, but she was left puzzled when he departed without noticing her romantic interest. Later, the Ice Empress confronted Huo Yuhao about his feelings for Wang Dong'er and the Snow Empress, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Ling Luochen asked Huo Yuhao to carry her to her dormitory, and he brought her back while soothing her injured body with blood qi.
• Huo Yuhao tucked Ling Luochen into bed and left to resume cultivating, while she woke and wondered why he had not responded to her advances.
• The Ice Empress questioned Huo Yuhao about keeping his distance from Wang Dong'er and accused him of fearing she might be Tang Wutong.
• Huo Yuhao said he liked Wang Dong'er as she had been at Shrek Academy, then admitted without hesitation that he liked the Snow Empress.
• The Ice Empress remarked that the Snow Empress seemed to hold a higher place in Huo Yuhao's heart, then rested against his chest without asking her next question.

The Ice Empress confessed her jealousy to Huo Yuhao, kissed him, and claimed him as hers after marking his shoulder. The next morning, Huo Yuhao went to the Inner Court Canteen, where Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about him and called him over.

• The Ice Empress said she wanted to become stronger and kissed Huo Yuhao, admitting she was jealous of his feelings for Wang Dong'er and the Snow Empress.
• The Ice Empress bit Huo Yuhao's shoulder and declared that he belonged to her, while Huo Yuhao did not push her away.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao left the Mimicry Cultivation Ground and headed to the Inner Court Canteen to eat and bring food back for Ling Luochen.
• Wu Ming noticed Huo Yuhao and teased Han Ruoruo that he suited her tastes.
• Wu Ming called Huo Yuhao over, and Han Ruoruo blushed as he approached their table.

Huo Yuhao chatted with Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming before returning to Sea God Island with a lunchbox for Ling Luochen. When Ma Xiaotao charged at him, Ling Luochen stepped in to protect him, and Huo Yuhao sent an extraordinary chill into her body.

• Wu Ming questioned Huo Yuhao about his background, and he explained that he had stayed in the Inner Court with Ling Luochen.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about taking an interest in him, while Han Ruoruo teased Wu Ming in return.
• Ling Luochen spotted Huo Yuhao carrying a lunchbox and prepared to greet him, but Ma Xiaotao suddenly rushed toward him.
• Ling Luochen used her ice abilities to stop Ma Xiaotao and shield Huo Yuhao, then urged him to flee.
• Huo Yuhao placed a warm palm on Ling Luochen's back and sent a frigid chill through her, transforming her sense of her ice-element Martial Soul.

Ling Luochen combined her power with Huo Yuhao’s to freeze Ma Xiaotao after she lost control, revealing the chilling strength of Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice. When Dean Yan Shaozhe arrived, Ling Luochen demanded an explanation and compensation, while Huo Yuhao wondered why she had called him her younger brother.

• Ma Xiaotao broke free and attacked Ling Luochen and Huo Yuhao with her rampaging Phoenix Flame.
• Ling Luochen used Huo Yuhao’s power to overwhelm Ma Xiaotao’s flames and freeze her and her Fire Phoenix phantom in a massive ice crystal.
• Ling Luochen embraced Huo Yuhao and praised him after they suppressed Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, recognized the ice as Ultimate Ice, and asked Huo Yuhao to thaw Ma Xiaotao.
• Ling Luochen called Huo Yuhao her younger brother, challenged Yan Shaozhe over Ma Xiaotao’s loss of control, and demanded compensation; Yan Shaozhe accepted responsibility and promised it.

Huo Yuhao freed Ma Xiaotao from the ice and Yan Shaozhe discovered that her Evil Fire had stabilized. Yan Shaozhe then convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting to discuss Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice martial soul and how to secure his place at Shrek Academy.

• Huo Yuhao melted the ice crystal around Ma Xiaotao, and Yan Shaozhe caught her and examined her condition.
• Yan Shaozhe saw that Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire had stabilized and decided to convene a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• At the meeting, Yan Shaozhe told the elders that Huo Yuhao possessed an Ultimate Ice martial soul and had stopped Ma Xiaotao from losing control.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Huo Yuhao was Ling Luochen's younger brother and might develop a negative impression of Shrek because of Ma Xiaotao's actions.
• Xuan Zi proposed moving Huo Yuhao into the Inner Court early and arranging for him to spend time with Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed that Shrek should compensate Huo Yuhao and suggested making him Ma Xiaotao's partner to bind him to the academy.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, the elders approved early Inner Court admission for both Ma Xiaotao’s intended partner and Xian Lin’er’s disciple. Later, Ling Luochen kissed Huo Yuhao and admitted she wanted a future with him beyond being his older sister.

• Xian Lin'er challenged Yan Shaozhe for deciding Ma Xiaotao’s future without asking her, and Cai Mei'er defended Yan Shaozhe’s authority as her teacher.
• Xian Lin'er demanded early Inner Court admission for her twelve-year-old disciple, a Level 3 Soul Engineer, and Mu En approved both students’ admissions while warning Yan Shaozhe not to force Ma Xiaotao.
• On a path in the Outer Court, Huo Yuhao asked Ling Luochen why she had called herself his older sister.
• Ling Luochen kissed Huo Yuhao on the cheek and told him she wanted more than an older-sister relationship and hoped for a future with him.

Wang Dong'er challenged Huo Yuhao to a duel in Class Nine, but Mu Jin stopped the confrontation before class began. Ma Xiaotao woke after her Evil Fire was suppressed and learned that Huo Yuhao had helped save her, leaving her curious about him.

• Wang Dong'er confronted Huo Yuhao in Class Nine and challenged him to fight at the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Ning Tian and Xiao Xiao tried to calm Wang Dong'er, while Mu Jin arrived and sent everyone back to their seats.
• Ma Xiaotao woke in the Sea God Island secret chamber and realized she could not remember losing control of her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe reprimanded Ma Xiaotao for failing to warn him that her Evil Fire was becoming uncontrollable.
• Cai Mei'er comforted Ma Xiaotao and explained that Ling Luochen and Huo Yuhao had stopped her in time.
• Ma Xiaotao asked who Huo Yuhao was, and Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er exchanged smiles.

Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er persuaded Ma Xiaotao to approach Huo Yuhao for help controlling her Evil Fire, then Yan Shaozhe offered Huo Yuhao Inner Court status and compensation. Huo Yuhao was left considering the offer, which still required him to pass the academy's official assessment to join the Inner Court.

• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er told Ma Xiaotao that Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice could suppress her Evil Fire, and Ma Xiaotao reluctantly agreed to get to know him.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Huo Yuhao to his office after class and praised his abilities and talent.
• Yan Shaozhe offered Huo Yuhao advance Inner Court benefits, personal guidance, and the prospect of becoming a Title Douluo before forty.
• Yan Shaozhe presented Huo Yuhao with an Inner Court badge, a Soul Ascension Pill, and a fifty-thousand-year Ice Plain Wolf King right leg bone as compensation.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Huo Yuhao still had to pass the academy's official assessment to become a full Inner Court disciple.

Yan Shaozhe tried to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Martial Soul Department, but Xian Lin'er arrived and took her disciple away with the offered compensation. Huo Yuhao settled into academy life, and on his day off he gathered with friends for a lakeside barbecue.

• Yan Shaozhe offered Huo Yuhao an Inner Court position and valuable Soul Bones, but Xian Lin'er stormed in and claimed him as her personal disciple.
• Xian Lin'er handed Huo Yuhao the pills and Soul Bone, then took him from Yan Shaozhe's office; Yan Shaozhe decided to call another Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Huo Yuhao learned that he now possessed two Inner Court Student Badges, while Wang Dong'er grew quieter after he defeated her in a spar.
• Huo Yuhao settled into a routine of classes, Soul Guidance Department study with Ning Tian, and helping Xian Lin'er with Soul Tool ideas.
• On his seventh day at Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao hosted a barbecue beside Sea God Lake with Ning Tian, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and Wu Feng.
• Wu Feng burned a skewer while trying to barbecue, and Huo Yuhao teased her about her lack of practice.

Huo Yuhao taught Wu Feng and Ning Tian to control their Soul Power while Tang Ya lamented the Tang Sect’s decline and tried to recruit Wang Dong'er. Suspecting Tang San was influencing Wang Dong'er through her Spiritual Sea, Huo Yuhao took Tang Ya aside, leaving Wang Dong'er uncertain about joining.

• Huo Yuhao guided Wu Feng’s hand at the grill and helped her control her Soul Power more clearly.
• Tang Ya told Jiang Nannan that she doubted she could revive the Tang Sect and avenge her parents.
• Wang Dong'er asked Tang Ya about the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya invited her to join and learn its techniques.
• Huo Yuhao sensed an unusual Spiritual Power fluctuation around Wang Dong'er and suspected Tang San was influencing her.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang Ya to speak privately, while Jiang Nannan secretly followed them.
• Wang Dong'er told Xiao Xiao she would think about joining, though she still felt an inexplicable urge to enter the Tang Sect.

Huo Yuhao revealed Wang Dong'er's identity and Tang Ya's hidden history and sealed talent, hoping to keep her from repeating the path that led to becoming an Evil Soul Master. Tang Ya's fear triggered her devouring talent, and Huo Yuhao used a golden power to contain the outbreak while Jiang Nannan watched anxiously.

• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya that Wang Dong'er was the Clear Sky Sect's young sect master.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Tang Ya about the Iron Blood Sect's crimes and the true nature of her Blue Silver Grass talent.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Tang Ya had ever told Bei Bei the truth, causing her to fear that Bei Bei had ulterior motives.
• Tang Ya broke down, and her sealed devouring talent activated as the grass around her turned deep blue-black.
• Huo Yuhao pressed a hand to Tang Ya's head and enveloped them in rose-gold halos, while Jiang Nannan watched from outside.

Huo Yuhao used a mysterious power to stop Tang Ya’s devouring talent from running wild and considered helping her control it instead of suppressing it. Three months later, Ning Tian successfully carved a first-class Soul Tool core without his spiritual assistance.

• Electrolux briefly awakened in Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sea and suggested guiding Tang Ya to control her unusual talent.
• Huo Yuhao’s forehead eye dispelled the corrupt aura around Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan caught her as she collapsed.
• Huo Yuhao explained Tang Ya’s devouring talent to Jiang Nannan and reassured her that he could help Tang Ya control it.
• Tang Ya privately wondered why Shrek Academy had arranged for Bei Bei to approach her.
• Nearly three months later, Ning Tian carved a first-class Soul Tool core on her own and teased Huo Yuhao about being her teacher.

After three months of Huo Yuhao’s instruction, Ning Tian independently inscribed a first-class Soul Tool Core Array and hoped to celebrate with him alone, but he invited their friends along. On the way into Shrek City, the group passed Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie, who noticed Huo Yuhao and drew Dai Huabin’s resentment.

• Ning Tian successfully inscribed a first-class Core Array after three months of studying Soul Tools with Huo Yuhao.
• Ning Tian took Huo Yuhao’s hand and asked him to treat her to a meal, but he suggested inviting Wu Feng and Xiao Xiao as well.
• Huo Yuhao’s six-member team, including Nanmen Yun'er, headed toward Shrek City to celebrate their hard work.
• The group passed Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie on the lakeside path.
• Cui Yajie praised Huo Yuhao’s looks to Zhu Lu, while Dai Huabin grew even more displeased.