Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and the girls shared a dinner before the Freshman Assessment, while the next day Mu Jin prepared Class 9 to choose their future specializations. The chapter left the students considering Mu Jin’s recommendations and writing down their cultivation directions ahead of the assessment.

• At dinner, Ning Tian asked Huo Yuhao what type of Soul Master he planned to become, and he chose control-type.
• Wang Dong'er enthusiastically served Nanmen Yun'er while the girls worried that their group might split after class assignments.
• After returning to Shrek Academy, the girls watched Huo Yuhao ride an ice layer across Sea God Lake toward Lake Heart Island.
• The next day, Mu Jin canceled physical training and reminded Class 9 that the Freshman Assessment would begin tomorrow.
• Mu Jin had Huo Yuhao distribute personalized forms with specialization suggestions and instructed each student to write down a cultivation direction.

Mu Jin explained the Freshman Assessment and assigned the class’s teams, including Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng to Team One. After Ning Tian explained why she had chosen control-type classes, Mu Jin questioned Xiao Xiao about making the same choice.

• Mu Jin outlined the team-battle assessment, its advancement requirements, and the rewards for the top teams.
• Mu Jin assigned Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng to Team One, and Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Nanmen Yun'er to Team Two.
• Ning Tian told Mu Jin that she had chosen control type to improve her understanding of combat and assistance, and Mu Jin accepted her explanation.
• Wu Feng suspected Ning Tian had chosen control type to stay with Huo Yuhao and resolved to expose him by pretending to seduce him.
• Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian discreetly flirted while Wu Feng glared at him.
• Mu Jin asked Xiao Xiao why she had chosen control type despite the Soul-Suppressing Cauldron being primarily a support martial soul.

Xiao Xiao revealed that she had a second martial soul, and Mu Jin encouraged her team to aim for the Freshman Assessment championship. As the assessment approached, the students prepared for team competition, and Mu Jin led Class Nine to the Assessment Area for the team drawing.

• Xiao Xiao told Mu Jin that her second martial soul could provide support and control, surprising everyone except Huo Yuhao, and explained that she had not attached a Soul Ring to it.
• Mu Jin said a strong Freshman Assessment ranking could lead to Core Disciple training and urged the students to prepare for the championship.
• Wang Dong'er took Xiao Xiao and Nanmen Yun'er away to practice team coordination, while Ning Tian welcomed the chance to spend time with Huo Yuhao.
• The next day, Ning Tian greeted Huo Yuhao in class and straightened his collar, while Wu Feng wondered about their closeness.
• Mu Jin announced that the Freshman Assessment would begin that afternoon and led Class Nine to the Assessment Area for the team drawing.

Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng began the Freshman Assessment under Wang Yan’s supervision. Their first opponents surrendered after seeing their Soul Ring configurations, giving Class Nine an immediate victory.

• Wang Yan explained the assessment rules and announced that Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng would face Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen.
• Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, Wu Feng released her Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao revealed two deep purple Soul Rings.
• Zhao Haochen dropped his summoned chicken legs in fright after seeing Huo Yuhao’s Soul Rings.
• Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen surrendered, and Wang Yan declared Huo Yuhao’s team the winner.

Huo Yuhao’s team swept through the Freshman Assessment round-robin stage without difficulty, while Ma Xiaotao waited for him by the lake with a personal request. After the results were announced, Mu Jin’s Class Nine celebrated its strong performance, and Wang Dong’er looked ahead to facing Huo Yuhao in the elimination matches.

• Huo Yuhao’s team kept winning by forfeit as opponents surrendered, and Wang Yan stopped expecting him to fight during the round-robin stage.
• Ma Xiaotao waited for Huo Yuhao beside the lake, and he asked whether she needed help suppressing her Evil Fire.
• Du Weilun praised Mu Jin for Class Nine’s strong assessment results, while Zhou Yi felt confident that her class would win the championship.
• Mu Jin told Class Nine that twelve teams had reached the top sixty-four and two had finished undefeated, prompting the students to applaud.
• Wang Dong’er proudly considered her team’s undefeated record and expected to defeat Huo Yuhao in the elimination matches.

Huo Yuhao’s team advanced through the first elimination match as Xuan Zi questioned Wang Yan about Huo Yuhao’s mysterious soul skill. Wang Dong’er’s team was eliminated after she froze when a strange voice returned, and Huo Yuhao stayed behind to comfort her and ask what happened.

• Mu Jin warned Class Nine to be careful of Tang San’s team and its hidden weapons during the elimination rounds.
• Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng defeated their opponents in Zone Twelve, with Wu Feng ending the match in less than five minutes.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan that Huo Yuhao’s abilities were connected to matters too deep for Wang Yan to understand, and advised him to keep watching.
• Xiao Xiao told Huo Yuhao that Wang Dong’er had frozen during their match against Tang San’s team, causing their elimination.
• Wang Dong’er told Huo Yuhao that a voice had returned and made her feel as if she were no longer herself, leaving her frightened.

Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao that the voice in her mind wanted her to approach Tang San, while Huo Yuhao worried that suppressing it could alert God Realm Tang San. At the tournament, Huo Yuhao drew lot number two, setting up a match between his team and Zhou Yi's seeded team, and Zhou Yi challenged Mu Jin to wager a Soul Bone on the result.

• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao that the voice urged her to approach Tang San, and she asked him to remove it.
• Huo Yuhao worried that destroying the divine sense in Wang Dong'er's Spiritual Sea would give God Realm Tang San a reason to interfere.
• Ning Tian told Huo Yuhao that her search for the Spirit-Devouring Fierce Blade had found no trace of it.
• Huo Yuhao drew lot number two, and Tang San grew furious at the prospect of facing him.
• Mu Jin confronted Zhou Yi about her class's promotion rate, and Zhou Yi wagered a Soul Bone on their teams' match.

Zhou Yi and Mu Jin wagered a Soul Bone and their positions at Shrek Academy on the outcome of their students’ match. Huo Yuhao chose to face Tang San and his two teammates alone, and the chapter ended as the match began.

• Mu Jin challenged Zhou Yi to add resignation from Shrek Academy to their Soul Bone bet, and Zhou Yi accepted.
• Huo Yuhao sensed bloodthirsty spiritual fluctuations from Tang San and told Ning Tian and Wu Feng to leave the match to him.
• Ning Tian pulled Wu Feng off the arena, leaving Huo Yuhao alone to face Tang San, Tai Long, and Yun Xiaopiao.
• Zhou Yi and Mu Jin argued over their wager while Wang Yan and Xuan Zi watched, hoping to see Huo Yuhao reveal another soul skill.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed he would fight alone, and the proctor started the match as Tai Long transformed and Yun Xiaopiao spread white mist across the field.

Huo Yuhao used his spiritual abilities to defeat Tang San’s teammates and trap Tang San in an illusion where he could control the scene and inflict fatal pain. The chapter ended with Tang San reappearing after being torn apart in the illusion, still trapped above the sea.

• Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock to knock Tai Long and Yun Xiaopiao unconscious and disperse the white mist.
• Wang Yan and Xuan Zi recognized Huo Yuhao’s exceptional spiritual power, and Xuan Zi decided he should take Huo Yuhao as a disciple.
• Huo Yuhao used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to pull Tang San into an illusion where Tang San could not sense his Soul Power.
• Tang San wrongly concluded that Huo Yuhao needed his cooperation and confidently asked Huo Yuhao to appear.
• Huo Yuhao’s illusion tore Tang San apart, then restored him above the sea as the countdown ended.

Huo Yuhao defeated Tang San by exploiting the Divine Trident’s influence during an illusion, then withdrew and won the assessment. As Huo Yuhao suffered spiritual backlash, Ice Empress told Tian Meng to anchor him to humanity by invoking his basic desires.

• Tang San repeatedly died in Huo Yuhao’s illusion, and his terror triggered the blood-red power within his Trident.
• Huo Yuhao sealed Tang San’s memories of the illusion, severed their spiritual connection, and left a vertical-pupil mark on the Trident.
• Tang San collapsed on the assessment grounds, and the referee declared Huo Yuhao the winner.
• Mu Jin reminded Zhou Yi of her promised Soul Bone and resignation letter, and Zhou Yi stormed off.
• Ning Tian offered help from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect after noticing Tang San’s condition.
• Ice Empress warned Tian Meng that Huo Yuhao was suffering backlash and told her to act as his anchor to humanity.

Tian Meng transferred her spiritual origin to Huo Yuhao to stabilize his mind, and he later confronted Tang San in the infirmary after defeating him. Huo Yuayo warned Tang San that he might not remain himself, then explained to the Ice Empress and Tian Meng that he wanted to drive Tang San mad.

• The Ice Empress told Tian Meng to pass her spiritual origin to Huo Yuhao, and Tian Meng embraced him to stabilize his mind.
• Huo Yuhao stroked Ning Tian's hair and reassured her, then tried to soothe Wu Feng, who left in a jealous huff.
• Tang San woke in the infirmary, remembered nothing of his defeat, and found Huo Yuhao waiting nearby.
• Tang San accused Huo Yuhao of betraying him, while Huo Yuhao challenged Tang San's account of his treatment of him and Xiao Qi.
• Tang San asked Huo Yuhao to cooperate against a shared enemy, but Huo Yuhao warned him to worry about himself and hope he would still be himself next time.
• The Ice Empress and Tian Meng questioned Huo Yuhao's warning, and he said he intended to drive Tang San mad because greater problems awaited him.

Huo Yuhao’s team advanced through the Freshman Assessment semifinals and prepared to face Dai Huabin’s team in the final, while tensions over Huo Yuhao surfaced among several girls. The final began with both teams charging, and Ning Tian boosted Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng as Dai Huabin refused to use his Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ma Xiaotao joined the drowsy Huo Yuhao at Sea God Lake and gently massaged his temples.
• Yan Shaozhe oversaw the semifinal draw, which paired Huo Yuhao’s team against Huang Chutian’s team and Dai Huabin’s team against Xie Huanyue’s team.
• Wu Feng nearly burned Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo’s hair during their semifinal match after noticing their interest in Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao controlled the situation.
• Dai Huabin’s teacher advised him to use his Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Huo Yuhao’s team, but Dai Huabin rejected the plan and ordered Zhu Lu to target Ning Tian instead.
• Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin’s teams entered the final, and the referee explained the rules before starting the match.
• Dai Huabin’s team charged without activating its Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Ning Tian used her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to boost Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng.

Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Dai Huabin’s team in the Freshman Assessment elimination tournament after Zhu Lu unexpectedly formed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Huo Yuhao. The Three-Eyed White Tiger overwhelmed Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao’s team was declared champion.

• Huo Yuhao blinded Cui Yajie with his spiritual ability while Wu Feng and Ning Tian kept her and Zhu Lu occupied.
• Huo Yuhao outmatched Dai Huabin in close combat, knocking him down and resisting his White Tiger attacks.
• When Dai Huabin called for Zhu Lu to perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Huo Yuhao’s spiritual influence redirected her toward him.
• Zhu Lu and Huo Yuhao fused into a Three-Eyed White Tiger, astonishing the teachers and leaving Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Martial Soul trembling in fear.
• The Three-Eyed White Tiger pinned Dai Huabin and struck him with golden light, after which he fainted from rage and Soul Power exhaustion.
• The referee announced Huo Yuhao’s team from Freshman Class 9 as the tournament champions.

After waking in the infirmary, Dai Huabin attacked Zhu Lu, who left with Cui Yajie and joined Huo Yuhao’s victory gathering. Huo Yuhao offered Zhu Lu a future independent of her engagement and Martial Soul Fusion, while others around them plotted, worried, or competed for his attention.

• Dai Huabin woke, accused Zhu Lu of being unworthy after her Martial Soul Fusion with Huo Yuhao, and slapped her when she stayed silent.
• Cui Yajie entered, condemned Dai Huabin, and took Zhu Lu to celebrate with Huo Yuhao and the others.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Zhu Lu’s injured cheek, treated it, and apologized for what had happened during the match.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhu Lu his teacher had offered to dissolve her engagement, but he had refused and wanted her to choose an independent path; Zhu Lu agreed to think about it.
• Wu Feng overheard Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu’s conversation, while Tian Meng worried about his growing romantic interest and Ice Empress considered the possibility.
• Ning Tian resolved to pursue Huo Yuhao and considered drawing Wu Feng into her plans, as Wang Dong’er welcomed Cui Yajie into the Anti-Huo Yuhao Alliance.

Ma Xiaotao arrived at Huo Yuhao’s gathering and used her apparent Evil Fire flare-up to provoke the other girls and stake a claim on him. Ning Tian met her challenge, and the two ended up speaking together while Huo Yuhao was sent to tend the barbecue with Wu Feng.

• Ma Xiaotao sat beside Huo Yuhao and leaned against him, so he secretly suppressed her Evil Fire with his ice-element energy.
• Ma Xiaotao implied that spending the night with Huo Yuhao had caused her condition, making the girls suspect she was deliberately provoking them.
• Ning Tian put her arms around Huo Yuhao’s neck and asked him to introduce Ma Xiaotao to everyone.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as a level-sixty-six Inner Court Soul Emperor, surprising the girls and making Zhu Lu feel intimidated.
• Ning Tian and Ma Xiaotao began speaking together while Huo Yuhao moved to the barbecue, and Wu Feng elbowed him when she realized the two women had not let him off easily.

Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao to her dormitory to control her flaring Evil Fire, but Ice Empress intervened after Ma Xiaotao lost control. Ice Empress then turned her attention to Huo Yuhao, leaving him in an even more compromising situation.

• After Ning Tian and the others left, Ma Xiaotao took Huo Yuhao by the hand and carried him toward Sea God Island.
• Ma Xiaotao said her Evil Fire was getting out of control and brought Huo Yuhao to her dormitory.
• Huo Yuhao used his extreme cold to help Ma Xiaotao, but their clash of heat and cold left her clothes torn and her desire overwhelming her.
• Ice Empress appeared beside the bed and froze Ma Xiaotao unconscious before pulling her away from Huo Yuhao.
• Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that she had also knocked Tian Meng unconscious, then pressed herself onto him.

Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er argued over Huo Yuhao's studies until Mu En advised the academy to let him pursue both Soul Tools and martial-soul cultivation without pressure. After spending the morning with Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao attended the Freshman Assessment awards, where his team was named champion.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi urged Xian Lin'er to move Huo Yuhao from the Soul Guidance Department, but she defended his choice to study Soul Tools.
• Mu En told the three to leave Huo Yuhao's future alone and provide him with a relaxed environment, then reflected that he might soon meet an old friend.
• Ma Xiaotao woke with no memory of the previous night, teased Huo Yuhao in the kitchen, and said she wanted his cooking for life; he promised to support her for life.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that Tang San had fled far from Shrek City, while the students gathered for the Freshman Assessment awards.
• Du Weilun announced Huang Chutian's team in third place and Dai Huabin's team in second; Huo Yuhao recognized that Dai Huabin's fate deprivation was taking effect.
• Du Weilun named Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng the Freshman Assessment champions, and the students cheered enthusiastically.

Huo Yuhao’s team received its championship rewards, including a rare Flame Fire Dragon Soul Bone that Huo Yuhao gave to Wu Feng, while Mu Jin gave him a Secret Soul Bone. Back in the newly formed Class 1, Huo Yuhao was elected class monitor, and he agreed to visit Pavilion Master Ning that weekend, leaving several girls surprised.

• Du Weilun announced that the top three teams would receive academy assistance in obtaining suitable limit Soul Rings, then led Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng to collect their special reward.
• Yan Shaozhe presented the trio with a ten-thousand-year Flame Fire Dragon right arm Soul Bone, and Huo Yuhao gave it to Wu Feng because it suited her Red Dragon Martial Soul.
• Mu Jin gave Huo Yuhao a Secret Soul Bone she had won from a bet, explaining that it could improve the fusion of two similar Soul Bones.
• Wang Yan held a secret ballot for Class 1’s monitors, and Huo Yuhao was elected class monitor while Wu Feng became vice monitor.
• Ning Tian invited Huo Yuhao to visit Pavilion Master Ning that weekend, and he accepted as Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, Zhu Lu, and the other girls reacted with surprise.

Dai Huabin ordered a White Tiger Duke Mansion agent to assassinate Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao defeated the attackers and summoned Shrek Academy’s authorities. Later, the girls gathered at Ning Tian’s chamber, where Wu Feng’s planned maid-outfit surprise went awry and she blamed Huo Yuhao.

• Dai Huabin ordered Uncle Li to arrange an attack on Huo Yuhao as he left Shrek City.
• Six assassins ambushed Huo Yuhao on a rainy road, but he trapped them in an illusion and made them collapse.
• Zhu Lu, Cui Yajie, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao learned that Dai Huabin was likely behind the ambush, and Huo Yuhao sent up Shrek Academy’s distress signal.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, sealed the attackers’ Martial Souls and Soul Power, and ordered the law enforcement team to interrogate them.
• At Ning Tian’s chamber, Wu Feng arrived in a cat-ear maid outfit, fled in embarrassment, then returned and stomped on Huo Yuhao’s foot.

Yan Shaozhe learned that Huo Yuhao was the White Tiger Duke’s illegitimate son, and Xuan Zi ordered Dai Huabin expelled while keeping the academy out of the duke family’s succession dispute. The next morning, Huo Yuhao woke surrounded by girls at Ning Tian’s room, where Wu Feng proposed a truth-or-dare card game with medicinal wine as punishment.

• Xuan Zi told Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao was the White Tiger Duke’s illegitimate son and asked whether Shrek Academy should help him claim the inheritance.
• Xuan Zi ordered Dai Huabin expelled and barred White Tiger Duke descendants from Shrek Academy for a hundred years, leaving Huo Yuhao to handle future matters himself.
• Huo Yuhao woke in Ning Tian’s bedroom with Wu Feng, Zhu Lu, Cui Yajie, and a golden-haired girl beside him, while Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao slept on the Sofa.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Wu Feng had broken the awkward silence the previous night by suggesting Emperor’s Game and offering Flame Sea Nectar as a punishment.
• Wu Feng warned Huo Yuhao not to use Spiritual Detection to cheat, then spread the cards across the coffee table as everyone agreed to play.