Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao helped Jiang Nannan absorb a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, while she misunderstood his relationship with Gu Yuena and imagined he had sacrificed himself to obtain the Immortal Herbs. After he explained their true source, Jiang Nannan confessed how fortunate she felt to have met him and moved closer to him.

• Jiang Nannan brought Huo Yuhao Silver Ear Red Date Soup, then absorbed a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone under his guidance.
• After the absorption, Jiang Nannan massaged Huo Yuhao and mistook the claw marks on his back as proof that Gu Yuena had abused him in exchange for the Immortal Herbs.
• Jiang Nannan tearfully asked Huo Yuhao whether Gu Yuena had given him the herbs, and he explained that they came from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Jiang Nannan asked whether Huo Yuhao was happy with Gu Yuena, and he said he was happy with her and everyone else.
• Jiang Nannan told Huo Yuhao she felt fortunate to have met him, then kissed him and resolved not to leave even if he later tried to drive her away.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena fought another playful spear battle outside Heaven Dou City before heading to the Undead Semi-Plane for a picnic. There, they discovered that the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were facing a lightning tribulation, and the Aromatic Silk Beauty asked Huo Yuhao to help the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone survive it.

• Gu Yuena challenged Huo Yuhao with the Silver Dragon Spear, but she won their tenth consecutive battle.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao she wanted lunch, and he suggested bringing Tang Ya and the others out of the Undead Semi-Plane for a picnic.
• Huo Yuyao sensed Tang Ya's anxiety and entered the Undead Semi-Plane with Gu Yuena, where storm clouds and lightning threatened the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty asked Huo Yuhao whether he could help the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone survive its lightning tribulation.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to destroy the heavenly tribulation threatening the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, then discussed the Spirit Pagoda and their plans for human cultivation. In the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu considered the White Tiger Duke Mansion’s troubles and planned to recruit Grandmaster Spirit Ice.

• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena fused into a nine-colored Valkyrie, whose spear strike swallowed the lightning and tribulation clouds threatening the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao that the Spirit Pagoda preparations and Elder Yi’s Artificial Soul Spirit project were progressing, while Huo Yuhao considered using Shrek Academy and the Body Sect to support his plans.
• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Dai Huabin was crippled, his martial soul origin shattered, and the White Tiger Duke Mansion had failed to repair its relationship with Shrek Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu reported that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect could arrange a meeting with Grandmaster Spirit Ice during the Soul Fighting Tournament, and Xu Jiawei ordered her to secure him for the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• After Xu Jiujiu left, Xu Jiawei studied the strategic sand table and wondered aloud whether he and Dai Hao could ever truly have been good brothers.

Wang Dong'er returned to Shrek Academy after breaking through to the Soul Elder realm, while Niu Tian and Tai Tan came to confront Huo Yuhao about his relationships with her. The brothers waited at the Sea God Pavilion to meet him, then spotted a silver figure beside a gentle young man and realized Mu En's recovery might be connected to a powerful presence.

• Niu Tian and Tai Tan worried that Wang Dong'er had fallen in love and planned to judge whether Huo Yuhao was worthy of her.
• Wang Dong'er asked to take the Cold Ice Jade Marrow Bed or treasures from the sect vault for a classmate, then left Clear Sky Castle with her fathers.
• Wang Dong'er arrived at Shrek Academy, delighted that her diligent cultivation had raised her to the Soul Elder realm.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan visited Mu En and agreed to wait at the Sea God Pavilion until Huo Yuhao arrived, though Tai Tan threatened to tear down the academy if they were deceived.
• Several days later, Niu Tian and Tai Tan saw a silver figure beside a gentle young man and trembled as Niu Tian realized how Mu En's injuries had been healed.

Gu Yuena questioned Niu Tian and Tai Tan about their loyalty and hinted that Wang Dong'er was in danger, sending them to seek answers from Di Tian. Back at Shrek Academy, Han Ruoruo visited Huo Yuhao, cooked for him, and refused the precious leaves he offered her.

• Gu Yuena asked Niu Tian and Tai Tan to share information about the God Realm and said a future battle with Tang San was inevitable.
• Gu Yuena suggested that Wang Dong'er had a hidden problem and told Niu Tian and Tai Tan to find Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan decided to seek Di Tian because they wanted to protect Xiao Wu and Wang Dong'er, then tore open space and left.
• Han Ruoruo entered Huo Yuhao's pavilion and found him shirtless, leaving him awkward as she stared at him.
• Han Ruoruo tidied Huo Yuhao's room and prepared lunch, then he gave her a jade box containing precious leaves.
• Han Ruoruo recognized the leaves as a valuable treasure and returned the box, saying she could not accept it.

Wu Ming discovered Han Ruoruo kissing Huo Yuhao and learned that his unusual glasses had caused her to lose control of her feelings. After Huo Yuhao offered Wu Ming a precious Primordial Immortal Herb leaf, the story shifted to Di Tian meeting Niu Tian and Tai Tan, who questioned whether Huo Yuhao was connected to the sealed Golden Dragon King.

• Wu Ming arrived at Huo Yuhao's pavilion and found Han Ruoruo pressing him down and kissing him.
• Wu Ming removed Han Ruoruo's glasses, and Han Ruoruo and Huo Yuhao explained how the glasses had affected her behavior.
• Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about her feelings for Huo Yuhao, while Han Ruoruo said she wanted to wait until the next Sea God Fate before deciding what to do.
• Huo Yuhao gave Wu Ming a jade box containing a leaf from the Primordial Immortal Herb, and Han Ruoruo explained its power to aid Soul Power cultivation and Soul Core condensation.
• Di Tian met Niu Tian and Tai Tan beside the Lake of Life, and Niu Tian asked whether Huo Yuhao could be the Golden Dragon King sealed in the God Realm.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena discussed the Dragon Clan Law Blade and the hidden motives behind the ancient God Realm war before reaffirming their bond. After seeing the Spirit Pagoda’s research, Niu Tian and Tai Tan decided to investigate the effects of Tang San’s memory seal and soul split on Wang Dong’er.

• Di Tian told Niu Tian and Tai Tan that Huo Yuhao had become the Soul Beast clan’s consort and led them through a spatial rift.
• Wang Dong’er grew envious when she learned that Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Zhu Lu had made greater gains through Huo Yuhao’s Immortal Herbs.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena reasoned that the Asura God may have pushed the ancient God Realm war to protect his authority from the Dragon Clan Law Blade.
• Gu Yuena questioned Huo Yuhao about sparing Niu Tian and Tai Tan, and he said they should rely on each other as one heart and one body.
• After touring the Spirit Pagoda, Niu Tian and Tai Tan considered using death-row prisoners to test Elder Yi’s claims about Wang Dong’er’s sealed memories and divided soul.

Huo Yuhao gave Xiao Xiao and Cui Yajie Immortal Herbs, while Wang Dong'er proposed a chess game with clothing-related punishments that left the players disheveled. Xiao Xiao and Cui Yajie awakened with strengthened cultivation and changed appearances, and Cui Yajie sensed that her bloodline had become unusually responsive to Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao found that Wang Dong'er had accumulated too much medicinal power from herbs eaten during her break, then gave Xiao Xiao a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Cui Yajie an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.
• Wang Dong'er started a Four-Nation Army Chess game with clothing-related rewards and punishments, and Huo Yuhao watched as she, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Zhu Lu played.
• Gu Yuena lost interest after one round and returned to eating pastries while Huo Yuhao watched the others play.
• Xiao Xiao awoke feeling that she had reached level thirty, embraced Huo Yuhao, and asked whether she could join the chess game too.
• Cui Yajie awoke with altered hair, eyes, and fox fur, sensed her bloodline responding strongly to Huo Yuhao, and told Xiao Xiao that she was fine.

After Cui Yajie reacted strongly to Huo Yuhao’s scent and the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Gu Yuena explained the cause and teased Huo Yuhao about it. At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En approved Ma Xiaotao’s tournament participation, appointed Gu Yuena team leader, and urged Yan Shaozhe to accept change while Xuan Zi investigated an Evil Soul Master organization.

• Cui Yajie collided with Huo Yuhao in the corridor, kissed him, and responded to his touch before returning to the teahouse room.
• Gu Yuena explained that Huo Yuhao’s scent and the Immortal Herb had triggered Cui Yajie’s fox bloodline, then asked Huo Yuhao to do the same things with her that night.
• Mu En approved Ma Xiaotao’s participation in the upcoming tournament and named Gu Yuena team leader with Zhang Lexuan assisting.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned Gu Yuena’s appointment, and Mu En criticized his fear of change and his opposition to Soul Tools.
• Yan Shaozhe reported that Xuan Zi had reached the Sun Moon Empire to investigate an Evil Soul Master organization, and Mu En warned him to act cautiously.

Huo Yuhao joined his friends at the Treasure Appreciation Fair, where Dai Yueheng approached him with an offer to discuss Huo Yuhao's mother. Huo Yuhao agreed to hear him out, then asked how Dai Huabin was faring at the Duke Mansion.

• Ning Tian invited Huo Yuhao and the others to the Treasure Appreciation Fair, and Wang Dong'er boasted that she had brought five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhu Lu asked Huo Yuhao to accompany her to the fair, and he agreed to go with the group.
• After Gu Yuena chose to stay behind, Huo Yuhao and his friends traveled to Shrek City and entered the crowded Treasure Gathering Pavilion district.
• Dai Yueheng introduced himself as Dai Huabin's older brother and asked Huo Yuhao to speak with him privately, prompting Wang Dong'er and Wu Feng to challenge his intentions.
• Dai Yueheng said he wanted to discuss Huo Yuhao's mother, and Huo Yuhao sent his friends inside before agreeing to talk.
• Huo Yuhao asked Dai Yueheng whether Dai Huabin was doing well in the Duke Mansion, then remarked that the Duchess and White Tiger Duke would know better than he did.

Huo Yuhao rejected Dai Yueheng’s attempt to offer a false reconciliation on behalf of the White Tiger Duke, then joined his friends at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion. There, Wang Dong’er became fascinated by an expensive Soul Bone, and Huo Yuhao pointed out an unremarkable black crystal to test her knowledge.

• Dai Yueheng told Huo Yuhao that Dai Hao had punished his mother and would welcome Huo Yuhao and Aunt Huo back to the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao denounced Dai Yueheng’s offer and demanded that Dai Hao personally kneel and apologize to his mother.
• Huo Yuhao joined Wang Dong’er and the others at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where he teased Wang Dong’er and Wu Feng before sharing a flirtatious exchange with Ning Tian.
• Wang Dong’er fixated on the Golden Earth Dragon King’s left arm bone, which cost nine and a half million Gold Soul Coins, and Wu Feng explained its properties.
• Huo Yuhao pointed to a dull black crystal in a nearby display case and asked Wang Dong’er to identify it.

Huo Yuhao bought Wang Dong'er the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone and identified a piece of weathered ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber at the exhibition. The group then discovered the Heart of the Ice God, a gemstone that drew the urgent interest of the Ice Empress and Gu Yuena, and learned it had defeated several attempts to use or sell it.

• Huo Yuhao recognized the black Whale Rubber as a rare ten-thousand-year variety and bought it along with the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone for Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er struggled to calculate how she could repay Huo Yuhao, then asked Zhu Lu for ideas about a thank-you gift.
• Wang Dong'er and Zhu Lu discussed buying new clothes and arranging a date with Huo Yuhao as a possible gift.
• Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and the others continued through the exhibition, where the Ice Empress and Gu Yuena urged him to examine a gemstone.
• Ning Tian explained that the Heart of the Ice God emitted near-Ultimate Ice, had killed a Title Douluo who touched it, and had repeatedly failed to sell because its energy seemed unusable.

Huo Yuhao bought the Heart of the Ice God, which Gu Yuena refined into a tool to suppress the Godhead of Ruin within him. She used it to gain the upper hand during their night together, but Huo Yuhao removed the Dragon Core’s restrictions and reversed their positions, leaving their contest to continue until dawn.

• Huo Yuhao bought the Heart of the Ice God for twenty million Gold Soul Coins and arranged for it to be delivered to Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yuena refined the Heart of the Ice God into an icy-blue light cluster to suppress the Godhead of Ruin within Huo Yuhao.
• Gu Yuena visited Huo Yuhao that night and fed him the light cluster, causing its chill to merge into his Silver Dragon Scale.
• The Ice Empress had Tian Meng use a hidden passage to watch Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, then cursed Gu Yuena for using the Heart of the Ice God that way.
• Gu Yuena initially took the lead, but Huo Yuhao removed the restrictions on his Dragon Core and reversed their positions.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena continued their battle until dawn.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Gu Yuena to lead the reserve selection for the Soul Master Tournament using a free-for-all format, giving more students a chance to compete. As the selection began, Yan Shaozhe confirmed Huo Yuhao would join the official team, while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi discussed their relationships and uncertain plans for the tournament.

• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena woke together, and Gu Yuena told him Mu En had asked her to lead the Soul Master Tournament reserve selection.
• Huo Yuhao proposed a free-for-all selection so students with overlapping Soul Master roles could compete fairly, and Gu Yuena agreed in exchange for a reward.
• Three days later, Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao that Mu En wanted him on the official team, and he approved Gu Yuena's free-for-all format for selecting reserves.
• Jiang Nannan joined Huo Yuhao at the Soul Fighting Zone, while Bei Bei asked Xu Sanshi whether he had moved on from Jiang Nannan.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi discussed Tang Ya leaving the academy, Xu Sanshi's return to the Black Tortoise Sect, and Bei Bei's planned visit to the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

Huo Yuhao watched the academy’s reserve-team selection match as the students formed alliances and battled with unexpected tactics. Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were eliminated, leaving the chaotic melee to continue among the remaining students.

• Gu Yuena teased Huo Yuhao about his protective nature and warned him that Han Ruoruo’s matriarchal reading might threaten his personal safety.
• Yan Shaozhe began the selection melee, and Ning Tian’s group joined forces while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi stayed together at the center.
• Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Tremor, but Cui Yajie’s defensive rings neutralized it before her Charm Aura threw the other students into chaos.
• Cui Yajie’s charm made students pursue Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, while the affected contestants attacked one another and Yan Shaozhe removed those eliminated.
• Xu Sanshi displaced himself toward Xiao Xiao, but her Soul Guidance Shield let her strike Bei Bei with Dark Gold Terrorclaw, prompting Yan Shaozhe to eliminate Bei Bei.
• Jiang Nannan restrained Xu Sanshi as Wang Dong'er, Wu Feng, Zhu Lu, and Ning Tian attacked him, and Yan Shaozhe finally pulled him from the field after he surrendered.

Huo Yuhao’s reserve team was selected, and he joined the Inner Court students preparing for the Soul Master Tournament. When Dai Yueheng challenged him to test his strength, Huo Yuhao accepted, leaving their match about to begin.

• Yan Shaozhe recognized the seven girls who survived the free-for-all as Huo Yuhao’s close companions and assigned their training to Gu Yuena.
• After nearly half a month of training, Huo Yuhao arrived to meet Zhang Lexuan and the seven Inner Court students who would compete with him for official team positions.
• Dai Yueheng challenged Huo Yuhao to a match, hoping to test him while earning the support of the other Inner Court students.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen confronted Dai Yueheng, but Zhang Lexuan told them to let Huo Yuhao decide for himself.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Dai Yueheng’s challenge, and the others gathered around the platform to watch.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Yueheng in a Soul Fighting Platform match, using his Ice Dragon King abilities and Eternity in an Instant. After Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng left, Huo Yuhao joined the main team’s coordination training, and Zhang Lexuan sent him with the reserve members to Star Luo City ahead of the tournament.

• Dai Yueheng attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao’s Ice Dragon Claw overpowered him and spread Ultimate Ice through his body.
• Dai Yueheng used White Tiger Annihilation Kill, but Huo Yuhao evaded it and froze him in place with Eternity in an Instant before knocking him down with a golden-lit punch.
• Zhang Lexuan declared Huo Yuhao the winner, and Dai Yueheng struggled to speak as Chen Zifeng gave up his main-team position and left; Dai Yueheng followed him.
• Zhang Lexuan told the team to follow Huo Yuhao’s commands when he was on the field, and Huo Yuhao linked everyone with Spiritual Detection during their coordination training.
• After training, Zhang Lexuan told the reserve members and Huo Yuhao to go with her and Teacher Gu Yuena to Star Luo City, while Ma Xiaotao was warned to stay vigilant on the Inspection Team mission.

Mu En advised Zhang Lexuan to live for herself rather than sacrifice everything to the academy, while the Shrek team departed for an inspection mission near the Star Luo Empire’s western border. After arriving, Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng went to meet the Western Army Group and obtain intelligence on the Death Hand Bandit Group.

• Mu En asked Zhang Lexuan what she thought of Huo Yuhao, and she described his strong desire to protect others.
• Mu En urged Zhang Lexuan not to spend her life being the sun for others and to make choices she could face without shame.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the academy gates carrying a sleepy Gu Yuena, and Yan Shaozhe announced that the Outer Court reserve members would accompany the team as observers.
• Yan Shaozhe led the group by flying Soul Tools to the Star Luo Empire’s western border, where Zhang Lexuan had already arranged their camp.
• Yan Shaozhe sent Dai Yueheng to meet the Western Army Group for intelligence on the Death Hand Bandit Group, and Chen Zifeng asked to go with him.
• Dai Yueheng signaled the approaching Black Armored Soldiers, whose seven-ringed commander led them down to meet the team.

Dai Yueheng learned that the Death Messenger’s Corpse Explosion Soul Skill threatened the Shrek students and recruited Chen Zifeng to help sabotage them so Chen could reclaim his tournament place. At the team’s camp, Huo Yuhao served dinner while the girls discussed the tents and their plans for the night, leaving him confident that Gu Yuena would keep watch even as she prepared for another private encounter with him.

• Du Leisi told Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng that the Death Messenger was an Evil Soul Master whose Corpse Explosion Soul Skill could rival a Soul Saint’s power under certain conditions.
• Dai Yueheng persuaded Chen Zifeng that they could injure the Shrek students and make Chen a substitute on the tournament roster, and Chen agreed.
• Huo Yuhao prepared dinner for the group while Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er discussed whether they had enough tents for everyone.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Xiao that Gu Yuena would not sleep in her tent, and Xiao Xiao hinted that she wanted to share Huo Yuhao’s tent instead.
• Gu Yuena signaled Huo Yuhao that she would not seek him out that night, though she privately intended another exhausting encounter, while Wu Feng promised to help the blonde young lady.

Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Wu Feng spent an awkward night together after Wu Feng won a match for Ning Tian, while Gu Yuena revealed that she was helping Wu Feng develop the bloodline needed to inherit the Fire Dragon King's Godhood. The next morning, Yan Shaozhe prepared the group to travel to the Mingdou Mountain Range, unaware that Dai Yueheng concealed hostile intentions.

• Wu Feng entered Huo Yuhao's tent after winning the match, and Gu Yuena pulled her inside despite her attempts to leave.
• Gu Yuena frightened Wu Feng with her Silver Dragon King aura until a golden mark appeared on Wu Feng's brow, then explained that she was strengthening Wu Feng's bloodline for the Fire Dragon King's Godhood.
• Gu Yuena invited Wu Feng to acknowledge her as Lord and offered to lend Huo Yuhao to her one night a week, but Huo Yuhao objected and Wu Feng remembered her loyalty to Ning Tian.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Wu Feng squeezed into the tent for the night, and Wu Feng woke refreshed while Huo Yuhao looked exhausted.
• Yan Shaozhe heard Dai Yueheng's report about the Death Hand Bandit Group and announced that the group would set out for the Mingdou Mountain Range after breakfast.
• Dai Yueheng agreed with Yan Shaozhe while hiding a cold, sinister gleam in his eyes.