Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and his companions gathered supplies in the Star Luo Empire's western forests and waited for Shrek Academy's main force to arrive. Xuan Zi told them to stay at the perimeter and watch the Inner Court seniors fight.

• Huo Yuhao's group subdued the soldiers at a small camp, explained they were from Shrek Academy, and took unmarked spare supplies after leaving five Gold Soul Coins as payment.
• Old Ye and Old Wang agreed to explain the missing supplies by blaming rats, and Old Wang noted the money would cover several months of formula for his son.
• Huo Yuhao's group set up camp, ate his cooking, and talked together; Wang Dong said she was excited to be out of school despite Huo Yuhao warning that this might be her last event representing Shrek.
• Two days later, Shrek Academy's main force arrived, and Huo Yuhao sensed blood deeper in the forest.
• Xuan Zi ordered Huo Yuhao and the others to wait at the perimeter and watch the Inner Court seniors fight, and Huo Yuhao anticipated a slaughter.

Huo Yuhao predicted trouble for Ma Xiaotao’s team, then pursued the Death God Envoy after he escaped with Ning Tian. He trapped the envoy in his Ghost Domain and attacked as Ning Tian waited with her eyes closed, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Xuan Zi sent Ma Xiaotao and the others into the forest, while Huo Yuhao stayed behind with Wang Dong and the girls.
• Huo Yuhao warned that trouble might follow, and a poisonous stench and violent disturbance soon came from the mountains.
• The Death God Envoy fled carrying Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao took off after them.
• Huo Yuhao trapped the Death God Envoy in his Ghost Domain, cutting off his call to the Twelve Corpse Slaves.
• The Death God Envoy threatened Ning Tian, but Huo Yuhao approached with ice forming over his hands and refused to back down.
• A fierce gust sounded as Ning Tian closed her eyes, and she opened them after foul-smelling blood splashed across her face.

Huo Yuhao rescued Ning Tian after the Death God Envoy’s attack left Shrek’s team devastated, then challenged Xuan Zi’s insistence that she remain in the tournament. The survivors faced a weakened roster, and Xuan Zi appealed to Huo Yuhao to help the academy as the chapter ended.

• Huo Yuhao killed the Death God Envoy and pulled Ning Tian from his grasp.
• Ning Tian told Huo Yuhao that the explosion had killed Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, and Xi Xi, while Wu Feng’s fate remained uncertain.
• Xuan Zi arrived and said he had preserved Wu Feng’s life force, but her survival depended on treatment and luck.
• Ning Tian asked to return to Wu Feng, but Xuan Zi urged her to stay for the tournament; Huo Yuhao argued that her strength made her a liability in matches.
• Xuan Zi blamed Huo Yuhao for any loss if Ning Tian left, then appealed to him to help the academy instead of standing aside.

Huo Yuhao negotiated for the right to graduate after the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament if his performance proved he was qualified. At the site of the Shrek Inspectorate’s defeat, he discovered the corpses were booby-trapped with explosive poison and helped the survivors escape before they left for the tournament.

• Huo Yuhao agreed to work for the academy in exchange for a chance to graduate after the tournament, and Xuan Zi accepted his condition if his performance was outstanding.
• Xuan Zi led Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao’s group back to the disaster site to see Wu Feng and the other survivors.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the corpses were swelling and stopped Xuan Zi from touching Yao Haoxuan’s body.
• The corpses exploded, spraying corrosive Corpse Poison, but Huo Yuhao protected his group with Ultimate Ice.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Lin had planted a delayed Corpse Explosion trap in the bodies, and Xuan Zi urged the survivors to restore the academy’s honor at the tournament.

In Star Luo City, Wang Yan learned how badly the injured Inner Court members could fight and prepared Shrek Academy's Reserve Team for the tournament's opening elimination round. Huo Yuhao remained wary of their chances as the team arrived at the Soul Fighting Platform and waited for the draw.

• Ling Luochen reported that Huo Yuhao's ice-element Soul Power had helped her recover and that she expected to regain most of her combat strength in eight days.
• Ma Xiaotao estimated that she needed thirteen days to recover, while Dai Yueheng revealed that Corpse Poison could keep him from recovering without an antidote; Huo Yuhao criticized him for staying silent.
• Wang Yan told Ling Luochen to follow the Reserve Team in its first seven-man battle and encouraged the Reserve Team, while Huo Yuhao doubted their chances.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng stayed behind to recover as Wang Yan led the Reserve Team and Ling Luochen to the tournament venue.
• Shrek's team waited with the other academies outside the resting area for the draw that would determine the elimination-round order.

Wang Yan learned how quickly the injured Shrek members could recover and discovered that Dai Yueheng had been poisoned, then led the Reserve Team and Ling Luochen to the tournament’s opening elimination round. The team waited at the Soul Fighting Platform for the draw, with Huo Yuhao warning that he could make no guarantees.

• Ling Luochen reported that she could recover eighty percent of her combat strength in about eight days after absorbing ice-element Soul Power around Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Xiaotao estimated she would need thirteen days to recover seventy percent of her combat strength, while Dai Yueheng revealed that Corpse Poison could leave him unable to recover without an antidote.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Dai Yueheng for hiding his condition, and Wang Yan scolded him before promising to find an antidote.
• Wang Yan assigned Ling Luochen to stay behind the Reserve Team in the first seven-person battle and encouraged the Reserve Team ahead of the opening match.
• At dawn, Wang Yan led the Reserve Team and Ling Luochen toward the Soul Fighting Platform, where they waited for the draw to determine the elimination-round order.

Shrek Academy began its first elimination match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy with an unusual six-person lineup led by Huo Yuhao. The match opened with Huo Yuhao advancing alone while his teammates sat down to play cards, leaving the opposing team and rival academies unsure what Shrek was planning.

• Emperor Xu Jiawei arrived at Star Luo Plaza, and the tournament began after his opening address.
• The announcer announced Shrek Academy's first-round match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, drawing the spectators' attention to Shrek's unusual team.
• Huo Yuhao led five Reserve Team members and Ling Luochen onto the platform, choosing to field only six competitors.
• The Tianling team noticed Shrek's young members and gained confidence, while Shrek's teammates sat in a circle and pulled out playing cards after the match began.

Huo Yuhao fought Tianling Academy alone while his Shrek teammates played cards onstage, with the referee allowing the bizarre match to continue. He had knocked out three opponents as the card game continued, leaving four Tianling students struggling to hold on.

• Wang Dong began a card game with the Shrek team, and Huo Yuhao told the referee that his teammates would lose if their game ended before Tianling Academy was defeated.
• The referee allowed the match to proceed, while Xu Jiawei watched Huo Yuhao and ordered an investigation into his background.
• Huo Yuhao used the Void Eye to confuse the Tianling captain and his teammates, then opened his Ghost Domain and struck down two assault-type students.
• The referee pulled the injured students from the formation as Wang Dong and Bei Bei played powerful card combinations.
• Huo Yuhao defeated a third assault-type student, leaving four Tianling Academy members, including a tearful support-type student, still facing him.

Huo Yuhao defeated Tianling Academy with his own strange techniques while the rest of Shrek’s team played cards, then suggested he had held back. Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy analyzed his abilities and worried that Shrek had brought several unfamiliar young fighters.

• Huo Yuhao used the Eye of Fear to make Tianling Academy’s support-type girl stab her agility-attack teammate, then rescued the wounded Soul Master and defeated the remaining opponents.
• Huo Yuhao declared the match over, dismissed his victory as a personal trick, and led Shrek’s team away from the arena.
• Wang Yan asked whether Huo Yuhao had humiliated Tianling Academy, and Huo Yuhao replied that the match would have ended sooner if he had shown no restraint.
• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy returned to its hotel and held a post-match review, where Ma Rulong concluded Huo Yuhao had used at least two Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Lin Fei warned that Huo Yuhao was a new and potentially future opponent, and Ma Rulong wondered whether Shrek’s unfamiliar lineup had been assembled temporarily.

As the tournament teams reviewed Huo Yuhao’s strength, Shrek Academy’s members gathered to discuss their injured fighters and their chances of defending the championship. Dai Yueheng revealed that his condition had worsened after taking the academy’s antidote, and Huo Yuhao discovered that a second poison was destroying his body.

• Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong discussed Huo Yuhao’s abilities, and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy team leader urged the team to preserve itself in smaller matches for the sake of winning the team battle.
• Wang Yan gathered Shrek Academy’s team members and asked Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen about their injuries.
• Ma Xiaotao reported that her Evil Fire had stopped acting up and that she was recovering, while Wang Yan warned her not to risk worsening her injuries.
• Ling Luochen said she was recovering normally, but Dai Yueheng revealed that the academy’s antidote had triggered a severe reaction and made his pain worse.
• Huo Yuhao examined Dai Yueheng with his spiritual power and discovered that a second, more destructive poison was attacking his meridians and tissues.

Wang Yan examined Dai Yueheng’s mysterious Corpse Poison but postponed dealing with it to focus on the tournament’s round-robin stage. Huo Yuhao argued that Shrek could not hide him because the team lacked enough members, and he insisted that his own strength would carry them through.

• Wang Yan could not identify the cause of Dai Yueheng’s severe Corpse Poison, and Dai Yueheng said the physicians at the ducal manor had also failed to diagnose it.
• Wang Yan set aside Dai Yueheng’s illness and reviewed the round-robin schedule and possible battle formats with the Reserve Team.
• Wang Yan warned that Shrek would be at a disadvantage against stronger opponents but expected the Inner Court seniors to recover as the round-robin progressed.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Wang Yan’s plans to conceal him, pointing out that the team lacked enough members to safely compete in the two-two-three format without relying on him.
• Wang Yan asked how Huo Yuhao would handle opponents who studied his fighting style, and Huo Yuhao replied that he would win through sheer strength.

Huo Yuhao taunted Xiao Hongchen after their teams’ meeting, then led Shrek Academy into the first round-robin match as the tournament crowd and rival observers watched. He took over as Shrek’s captain for the match against Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy.

• Wang Yan dismissed the meeting and told the teams to rest before the tournament matches.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Huo Yuhao, who mocked him, vanished, and embarrassed him by removing his shirt buttons.
• On the first day of the round-robin matches, crowds and powerful observers gathered to watch Shrek Academy and Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy into its well-appointed rest area as the host announced its match against Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao stood to represent Shrek Academy in choosing the match format, while Bei Bei sat back down after exchanging a glance with him.

Huo Yuhao took charge of Shrek’s opening match against Yunluo Academy after the draw selected one-on-one elimination battles. He remained on stage as the first competitor and reassured Ma Yingjun that he would not deliberately hurt him, just as their match began.

• Huo Yuhao ignored Bei Bei’s irritation and Wang Yan’s dissatisfaction as he joined Yunluo Academy’s captain to draw the battle format.
• The draw selected one-on-one individual elimination matches, and Huo Yuhao stayed on the stage instead of returning to Shrek’s waiting area.
• Wang Yan restrained his anger and acted as though Huo Yuhao’s decision had been planned.
• Yunluo Academy sent Ma Yingjun to face Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao promised not to deliberately injure him severely.
• The referee announced the rules and started the match as Ma Yingjun prepared to act.

Huo Yuhao used the Void Eye to evade Ma Yingjun’s barrage and defeat him with a touch that suppressed his Soul Power. After Shrek Academy won the opening match, Shang Yue entered the arena and charged Huo Yuhao with her Soul Tool swords.

• Ma Yingjun armed himself with Soul Tools as Huo Yuhao calmly walked to the arena’s center.
• Huo Yuhao erased himself from Ma Yingjun’s vision, avoided his cannon fire, and suppressed his Soul Power with a touch to his spine.
• Ma Yingjun conceded, and the referee announced Shrek Academy’s victory in the first individual elimination match.
• Yunluo Academy’s captain sent Shang Yue to face Huo Yuhao, and the two exchanged names before the match began.
• Shang Yue charged at Huo Yuhao with her Soul Tool longswords while he stood still.

Huo Yuhao defeated Zhan Yue and then crushed Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy’s captain, Situ Yu, in a brief fight. Situ Yu remained unable to satisfy Huo Yuhao’s demand for a serious challenge as he apologized from the ground.

• Huo Yuhao teleported behind Zhan Yue and froze her Soul Power with an ice strike, winning their match.
• Huo Yuhao warned Zhan Yue to drink something warm to prevent lasting harm from the cold, and she left the stage.
• Situ Yu introduced himself as captain of Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy and asked Huo Yuhao to fight with his full strength.
• After the referee started the match, Situ Yu unfolded his Soul Tools, but Huo Yuhao struck him with a third Soul Skill and sent him crashing into the soul barrier.
• Situ Yu coughed up blood and apologized to Huo Yuhao for being unable to entertain him.

Huo Yuhao defeated Situ Yu and secured Shrek Academy’s victory over Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy, drawing the attention of Emperor Xu Jiawei. Back at the hotel, Huo Yuhao confronted Wang Yan over his tactics and the team’s earlier decisions, then threatened to sit out the next match.

• Situ Yu tried to attack Huo Yuhao with a close-combat Soul Tool, but Huo Yuhao struck him and threw him to the referee, prompting Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy to concede.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy’s victory, while the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy recognized that Huo Yuhao’s ability could disable Soul Tools by petrifying their Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao caught Emperor Xu Jiawei’s attention before returning with Shrek’s team to the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Wang Yan summoned the team to question Huo Yuhao for revealing several abilities, and Huo Yuhao challenged him to find a way to counter any of them.
• Huo Yuhao blamed Dai Yueheng’s concealed report for denying Shrek a stronger Inner Court substitute, and Ma Xiaotao rebuked the senior students for their lack of standing.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan he would not participate in the next match if Wang Yan wanted to demonstrate his own tactics.

Huo Yuhao argued with Wang Yan and withdrew from the next match, then explained to Ling Luochen that he was using the tournament to attract support for his own faction. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao lending Ling Luochen his ice-element power before her next fight.

• Huo Yuhao challenged Wang Yan's motives, and Wang Yan told him he would not fight in the next match.
• Huo Yuhao left the tactical meeting, while Xiao Xiao departed and Wang Dong stayed after Ling Luochen urged them to discuss their roles.
• Ling Luochen met Huo Yuhao on the hotel terrace and questioned his excitement about the tournament.
• Huo Yuhao told Ling Luochen he wanted to display his abilities to attract investment for his faction, and she agreed to fight in the next round.
• Huo Yuhao took Ling Luochen's hand and transmitted a pure force of ice element into her palm.

Huo Yuhao evolved Ling Luochen’s martial soul into Ice Spirit and healed her internal injuries, while Ling Luochen warned Wang Yan against infighting and rigid tactics. The first round-robin matches passed quietly, but Wang Yan continued pushing his plans as Huo Yuhao stopped arguing, leaving Shrek’s unresolved team conflict beneath a calmer surface.

• Huo Yuhao used his ice-element power to evolve Ling Luochen’s martial soul and restore her meridians.
• Ling Luochen revealed her Ice Spirit martial soul to Wang Yan and confirmed that her internal injuries had healed.
• Ling Luochen and Wang Dong challenged Wang Yan’s fixation on authority and urged him to adapt tactics to the contestants.
• The first round of the round-robin ended with teams conserving strength and adjusting their tactics.
• Wang Yan continued holding tactical meetings, while Huo Yuhao stopped arguing and Shrek’s underlying conflict remained unresolved.

Wang Yan brought the Reserve Team to a Star Luo City auction to introduce them to Soul Tools and argue that Shrek should adapt to their growing use. Huo Yuhao agreed to attend but dismissed the Soul Tools available in the three nations as too mediocre to justify buying, and suggested focusing instead on Soul Power pills and treating Dai Yueheng's Corpse Poison.

• Wang Yan led the five Reserve Team members through crowded Star Luo City streets to an auction house.
• Wang Yan explained that more academies were combining Soul Engineers and soul masters, and that Soul Tools had become prominent in this year's tournament.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy's defeat showed the limits of Soul Tools in tournament combat.
• Wang Yan said Soul Tools could be mass-produced and help Huo Yuhao's teammates, then urged him to set an example by attending the auction.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to go but said the available Soul Tools were not worth a large purchase and recommended Soul Power pills and a cure for Dai Yueheng's Corpse Poison.

Huo Yuhao agreed to attend the Starlight Auction House’s Soul Tool auction to pursue the Life Gold carving knife, and persuaded Wang Dong to join the group. The auction began with Qingya introducing the first item, while a mysterious item was promised for the end.

• Huo Yuhao compromised with Wang Yan because he wanted the Life Gold carving knife, and most of the Reserve Team agreed to attend the auction.
• Wang Dong objected to using Soul Tools and tried to leave, but Huo Yuhao persuaded her to stay with him at the auction.
• Wang Yan led the group into the underground Starlight Auction House, where they registered, received number plates and masks, and entered Auction Hall Twelve.
• Wang Dong leaned toward Huo Yuhao as the auction began, and Xiao Xiao placed her hand on his arm.
• Qingya welcomed the audience, announced the first Soul Tool item and a mysterious final item, then had two attendants bring a covered cart onto the stage.