Chapter Summaries

After Huo Yuhao cut ties with Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na’s party, their Guardians secretly pursued him to kill him. Huo Yuhao recognized the ambush and called on Gu Yuena to deal with the two Titled Douluo.

• Huo Yuhao led Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress away after rebuking Granny Manyi for insulting Shrek.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na tried to stop their Guardians from attacking Huo Yuhao, and the four Titled Douluo eventually appeared to relent.
• As the princesses headed back with their Guardians, Wind Granny secretly left to pursue Huo Yuhao alongside Granny Manyi.
• Granny Manyi assured Xu Jiujiu that the two old Titled Douluo would kill Huo Yuhao and his companions.
• Wind Granny and Granny Manyi confronted Huo Yuhao, who realized they had come to hunt him and told Gu Yuena to make them drop loot.

Huo Yuhao and his companions confronted two Titled Douluo who had pursued them, and Huo Yuhao used an illusion to make the women attack each other. With Gu Yuena restraining them again, Huo Yuhao approached with his Ice Jade Scorpion Tail, intending to take their Soul Power and Life Force for it.

• Wind Granny and the other Titled Douluo mistook Huo Yuhao's taunt for evidence that a Shrek Super Douluo was nearby and claimed they had only meant to escort the youngsters.
• Ice Empress mocked Wind Granny, and the two women realized Huo Yuhao had tricked them before unleashing their martial souls.
• Huo Yuhao stepped behind Gu Yuena and Snow Empress, and Gu Yuena stopped the two Titled Douluo from charging.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eye abilities to create an illusion that made the women mistake Gu Yuena for their target and strike each other with their Ninth Spirit Abilities.
• Gu Yuena restrained the wounded women again, and Huo Yuhao approached them with his Ice Jade Scorpion Tail.

Huo Yuhao drained two Titled Douluo, then used undead magic to send their bodies to Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na and frame Shrek Academy for harboring Evil Soul Masters. Gu Yuena warned both women not to reveal the Diary Copy, but they blamed Shrek, leaving Huo Yuhao’s suspicions unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao drained the Life Force and Soul Power of Wei Na’s guardian with his Ice Jade Scorpion Tail, then killed Wind Granny the same way.
• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Yuena where Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na were, then revived the two Titled Douluo as undead and sent them toward the women.
• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress that he intended to pin the Evil Soul Master accusation on Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao’s Diary entry revealed that he had noticed Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na’s suspicious presence and was using the deaths as a test.
• Gu Yuena warned Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na not to expose the Diary Copy, while Wind Granny’s undead body warned Xu Jiujiu that Shrek had Evil Soul Masters.
• Wei Na condemned Shrek Academy and vowed that the Heaven Dou Empire would make it pay.

Wei Na and Xu Jiujiu followed Huo Yuhao’s plan to accuse Shrek Academy of hiding Evil Soul Masters, while Gu Yuena and Snow Empress remained unaware that Huo Yuhao was directing events. The Star Luo and Heavenly Soul emperors seized on the deaths of three Shrek students to launch a public scandal, leaving Shrek at the center of a continent-wide storm.

• Wei Na ordered her guard to return with the corpse and investigate whether Shrek Academy harbored Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na concealed their knowledge of Huo Yuhao’s identity after Gu Yuena warned them not to expose the Diary Copy.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na informed their emperors about the deaths in the Far North, and the emperors secretly investigated Shrek Academy.
• The emperors learned that Teacher Li had called the deaths accidents, offered the families admission exemptions, and threatened them into silence.
• Xu Jiawei and the Heavenly Soul Empire Emperor arranged for the three families to demand an explanation in Shrek City and spread accusations across the continent.
• The three families arrived in Shrek City to accuse the academy of harboring Evil Soul Masters as news of the scandal spread throughout Douluo Continent.

Shrek Academy’s leaders argued over rumors that the academy cultivated Evil Soul Masters and over how to protect Ma Xiaotao. Mu En stopped Xuan Zi from attacking the rumor-spreaders, then revealed that a hidden Evil Soul Master was indeed inside the academy.

• Yan Shaozhe panicked over the rumors and argued with Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo about Ma Xiaotao.
• Xuan Zi threatened to confront the three families and silence the people spreading rumors, but Mu En arrived and ordered him to sit down.
• Mu En rebuked Yan Shaozhe for losing his composure, and Yan Shaozhe defended Ma Xiaotao by explaining that Evil Fire had caused her rampage.
• Mu En said Ma Xiaotao needed an ice-attribute soul master and the Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower to control and transform her martial soul.
• Mu En revealed that he had discovered a deeply concealed Evil Soul Master within Shrek Academy.

Mu En confronted the Sea God Pavilion Elders with the need to answer for the murders of three Shrek students and named Tang Ya as the Evil Soul Master who would take the blame. Yan Shaozhe accepted responsibility for handling the explanation, leaving the Pavilion stunned by the decision to sacrifice the Tang Sect Master to protect Ma Xiaotao and Shrek's reputation.

• The Sea God Pavilion members rejected Mu En's claim that Shrek Academy had an Evil Soul Master, while Mu En warned that rumors had spread across the continent and the three murdered students demanded an explanation.
• Mu En ordered the Elders to admit Shrek had failed to prevent an Evil Soul Master from infiltrating the Academy and to say the culprit had been found.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to handle the public explanation, then revealed that the supposed culprit was Tang Ya.
• The Sea God Pavilion members were shocked that Tang Ya, the Tang Sect Master and Bei Bei's romantic partner, would be named an Evil Soul Master.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to handle the matter and said Shrek would sever its old ties with the Tang Sect rather than tolerate an Evil Soul Master.

Yan Shaozhe confronted Tang Ya and accused her of becoming an Evil Soul Master, while Bei Bei defended her. Tang Ya denied harming anyone and blamed Ma Xiaotao for the burned bodies of three students, but Yan Shaozhe insisted she was guilty.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya encountered Yan Shaozhe outside Shrek Academy, and Tang Ya panicked when he asked to speak with her.
• Yan Shaozhe told Bei Bei that Tang Ya had become an Evil Soul Master, and Bei Bei rejected the accusation.
• Tang Ya admitted her mutated Blue Silver Grass absorbed plants’ life force but denied harming Soul Beasts or humans.
• Yan Shaozhe dismissed Tang Ya’s explanation and accused her of killing three Outer Academy Students.
• Tang Ya pointed to the burn marks on the students’ bodies and accused Ma Xiaotao, Yan Shaozhe’s disciple, of killing them.
• Yan Shaozhe blamed Tang Ya for the students’ deaths and declared that she could not deny the crime.

Yan Shaozhe accused Tang Ya of being an Evil Soul Master to cover for Ma Xiaotao, but Bei Bei’s desperate plea persuaded him to spare her and expel her from Shrek. Tang Ya left with hatred for Shrek and vowed to destroy it someday.

• Yan Shaozhe claimed Tang Ya had killed the three students and used Bei Bei’s doubts to undermine his trust in her.
• Bei Bei realized Mu En might have ordered Tang Ya to serve as Ma Xiaotao’s scapegoat, but stepped in front of Tang Ya when Yan Shaozhe prepared to act.
• Bei Bei begged Yan Shaozhe to spare Tang Ya and promised she would disappear without exposing the truth.
• Yan Shaozhe let Tang Ya live but expelled her from Shrek and threatened her against harming Shrek or spreading unfavorable news.
• Tang Ya rejected Bei Bei’s attempt to speak and vowed to destroy Shrek.

Tang Ya rejected Bei Bei’s pleas and fled toward the Iron Blood Sect, while Shrek blamed her for the deaths of three students and promised to hunt her down. Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena discussed how Shrek’s cover-up might help undermine its reputation, then Huo Yuhao encountered two beautiful women cooking near the border with Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress.

• Tang Ya decided to seek strength at any cost and went to the former Tang Sect site occupied by the Iron Blood Sect.
• Bei Bei begged Mu En to spare Tang Ya, and Mu En agreed; Bei Bei then found their meeting place empty and cried out for her.
• Yan Shaozhe blamed Tang Ya for the three students’ deaths and announced that the Shrek Supervision Group would hunt her down.
• Huo Yuanyu and Gu Yuena discussed how Shrek had shifted blame onto the Tang Sect, and Huo Yuhao said the incident could prepare the way to damage Shrek’s reputation later.
• The Ice Empress returned to Huo Yuhao’s sea of consciousness as he, Gu Yuena, and the Snow Empress reached the border and saw two beautiful women cooking by a campfire.

Huo Yuhao met Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen on their way to the Sun Moon Empire and welcomed them after hearing why they had left Shrek Academy. Their shared meal ended with Huo Yuhao realizing that two more talented women had joined his side, while he wondered what had driven Ling Luochen away.

• Huo Yuhao recognized Zhang Lexuan and suspected she and Ling Luochen had read his Diary.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that she was seeking surviving relatives after learning her rescuer might have orchestrated her clan's destruction, and said Ling Luochen had left Shrek after being treated unfairly.
• Huo Yuhao welcomed Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen to the Sun Moon Empire, and they invited him, Gu Yuena, and Snow Empress to share a meal.
• Zhang Lexuan mentioned her Moon Martial Soul while discussing her search, and Huo Yuhao reacted with surprise before writing in his Diary that the two women had defected from Shrek.

Huo Yuhao and his companions prepared to leave the Extreme North for the Sun Moon Empire, while Zhang Lexuan hoped to learn about a relative who shared her Moon Martial Soul. In Heaven Dou City, Tang Ya began her revenge against the Iron Blood Sect, unaware that Zhang Peng had sealed the sect off to watch her.

• Gu Yuena grew jealous of Zhang Lexuan and chose to set aside her pride and join Huo Yuhao's group more openly.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan that he might know a relative of hers with the same Moon Martial Soul, giving her genuine hope.
• After resting, Huo Yuhao announced that he and the four women would head for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Tang Ya went to the Iron Blood Sect in Heaven Dou City, absorbed Life Force from plants along the way, and entered the sect to begin her revenge.
• Zhang Peng sealed the Iron Blood Sect so no one could escape or hear what happened, then entered to watch Tang Ya and assess her abilities.

Tang Ya attacked the Iron Blood Sect to avenge the Tang Sect, while Zhang Peng watched over her battle with Tie Li. At the Sun Moon Empire Worship Hall, Huo Yuhao brought Zhang Lexuan to Kong Deming and asked whether anyone outside the imperial family could possess Sun and Moon Martial Souls, then invited Zhang Lexuan to demonstrate.

• Tang Ya used her mutated Dark Blue Silver Grass to drain the Soul Power and Life Force of Iron Blood Sect disciples and demanded that Tie Li appear.
• Tie Li arrived with two elders and fought Tang Ya, while Zhang Peng restrained the other disciples and watched her gain the advantage.
• Zhang Peng recalled how Shrek Academy had branded him an Evil Soul Master and decided Tang Ya would be a strong candidate for the Holy Spirit Cult’s Saintess.
• Huo Yuhao brought Zhang Lexuan to Kong Deming’s laboratory, where Kong teased him about the girls around him before hearing his question.
• Kong Deming declared that only members of the Sun Moon Empire Imperial Family could possess Sun and Moon Martial Souls, and Huo Yuhao asked Zhang Lexuan to show him otherwise.

Zhang Lexuan revealed her past to Kong Deming, who recognized her as his great-granddaughter and concluded that Mu En had engineered her rescue to bind her to Shrek Academy. Kong Deming abandoned plans to destroy Shrek City and instead ordered Huo Yuhao to shatter Shrek’s Ten Thousand Year Glory at the upcoming Soul Master Competition.

• Zhang Lexuan revealed her Moon Martial Soul and recounted how Mu En had rescued her after her family was exterminated.
• Kong Deming recognized Zhang Lexuan as his great-granddaughter and explained that her mother had been his only granddaughter.
• Kong Deming accused Mu En and Shrek of arranging the Zhang Family’s destruction so Zhang Lexuan would become bound to the academy.
• Kong Deming threatened to bombard Shrek City with over a hundred Grade 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool Cannon Shells, but Zhang Lexuan stopped him.
• Kong Deming told Huo Yuhao to shatter Shrek’s Ten Thousand Year Glory in the upcoming Soul Master Competition.

Huo Yuhao asked Kong Deming to protect his academy’s talented students from Shrek’s interference, while Kong Deming arranged for Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen to join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. Huo Yuhao then revealed that he had become a Soul King and awakened a powerful second Martial Soul, leaving Kong Deming stunned.

• Huo Yuhao warned Kong Deming that Shrek might try to seize the academy’s students during the Soul Master Competition, and Kong Deming promised to arrange protection.
• Zhang Lexuan asked to join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and Kong Deming offered to appoint her the competition team leader so she could expose Shrek.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Shrek’s leaders had driven Ling Luochen away, and Kong Deming accepted Ling Luochen as a student and offered her a place on the competition team.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his five Soul Rings and announced that he had become a Soul King, shocking Kong Deming.
• Huo Yuhao told Kong Deming that he had awakened a powerful second Martial Soul in the Far North.

Huo Yuhao revealed his newly awakened Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul and demonstrated its Ultimate Ice to Kong Deming and the Rank Nine Soul Engineers. After leaving them stunned by his power, he told Kong Deming that he had also picked up a little sister in the Far North whose Martial Soul was just as powerful.

• Huo Yuhao revealed his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul to Kong Deming, who was shocked that he had awakened a Second Martial Soul after age twelve.
• Huo Yuhao's Ferocious Beast aura drew several Titled Douluo and Rank Nine Soul Engineers into the Laboratory, where Kong Deming explained what had happened.
• The Rank Nine Soul Engineers questioned whether Huo Yuhao's new Martial Soul possessed Ultimate Ice, and he confirmed it by freezing Kong Deming solid.
• Kong Deming broke free from the ice, while the Ice Empress complained that Huo Yuhao was still too weak to keep him frozen.
• Huo Yuhao told Kong Deming that he had picked up a little sister in the Far North whose Martial Soul was on the same level of strength as his.

Huo Yuhao brought Huo Ningxue, the twelve-year-old Soul King with the Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul, to the Sun Moon Empire, where the Worship Hall’s Rank Nine Soul Engineers and Jing Hongchen competed to become her teacher. After Huo Ningxue chose a teacher, her affectionate reunion with Huo Yuhao left the young women watching uneasily.

• Huo Yuhao told Kong Deming and the Rank Nine Soul Engineers that Huo Ningxue was a Far North survivor with Ultimate Ice and asked whether she could join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• The Rank Nine Soul Engineers argued over who would teach Huo Ningxue, while Huo Yuhao insisted that she would decide for herself.
• Huo Yuhao led the eager elders to find Huo Ningxue, and Jing Hongchen joined the rush to recruit her after learning of her talent.
• Kong Deming comforted Ling Luochen and promised she could compete for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy against Shrek.
• A female Rank Nine Soul Engineer won the contest to teach Huo Ningxue, who then tugged Huo Yuhao’s clothes and called him her big brother.
• Gu Yuena, Meng Hongchen, Wang Dong'er, and the other young women watched Huo Yuhao affectionately rub Huo Ningxue’s head and worried that their closeness might become something more.

Huo Yuhao’s Diary described how Snow Empress had successfully posed as his little sister and how Shrek might be blamed for the destruction of her family. The revelation shook Ning Tian and the imperial princesses, leaving them questioning Shrek and considering what its secrets meant for their own factions.

• The Ice Empress raged in Huo Yuhao’s spiritual sea as she watched Snow Empress act affectionately toward him, while the other girls hid their jealousy.
• Huo Yuhao wrote that Snow Empress had become a disciple of a Worship Hall consecrator and a student in New Student Class One, and that Shrek could be blamed for destroying her family.
• Gu Yuena, Meng Hongchen, and the other girls realized Snow Empress’s little-sister strategy was working, while Meng Hongchen decided to befriend her.
• Ning Tian read Huo Yuhao’s claims about Zhang Lexuan’s family and worried that Shrek’s reputation would collapse, prompting her to consider leaving and protect the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na lost faith in Shrek and wondered whether it had secretly destroyed other families in their nations to recruit talented students.

Xu Jiujiu considered how the Star Luo imperial family could weaken the White Tiger Duke's Mansion while Shrek faced a decline in influence. Xiao Hongchen lamented that Meng Hongchen's growth had eclipsed his own, then asked Huo Yuhao to become his brother-in-law.

• Xu Jiujiu reasoned that Dai Hao would have little choice but to endure the imperial family's efforts to weaken the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and hoped he would rebel.
• Xiao Hongchen grabbed Huo Yuhao and asked where he had found the Immortal Herb because Meng Hongchen had become a Soul King with Ultimate Ice.
• Xiao Hongchen complained that Huo Yuhao and the talented students around him had left him feeling outclassed, especially as Meng Hongchen neared his Soul Power Level.
• Huo Yuhao promised to share an Immortal Herb if he found one, and Xiao Hongchen worried about how he could repay Huo Yuhao's help.
• Xiao Hongchen suggested Huo Yuhao become his brother-in-law, and Huo Yuhao suspected Meng Hongchen had sent him to test the waters.

Xiao Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao about Meng Hongchen’s feelings, but Huo Yuhao said he would focus on his revenge and career before experimenting with Soul Tool Guns. His Diary entry exposed Meng’s matchmaking attempt and warned that Ju Zi had once drugged him, leaving the gathered girls suspicious of Ju Zi.

• Xiao Hongchen admitted Meng Hongchen had made him find out how Huo Yuhao felt about her.
• Huo Yuhao said he would not pursue romance before avenging his mother and himself, and Xiao Hongchen promised to help him take revenge on the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen went to the Laboratory to test whether Huo Yuhao could make Soul Tool Guns for the competition team and the Sun Moon Empire’s army.
• Huo Yuhao wrote in his Diary that he liked Meng Hongchen but feared being drugged, recalling that Ju Zi had once drugged him unconscious.
• Di Qiu’er accused Meng Hongchen of scheming, and Meng redirected the other girls’ attention to Ju Zi’s past drugging of Huo Yuhao.

Ju Zi faced suspicion after Huo Yuhao’s Diary described her drugging him, while Snow Empress urged the group to focus on preparing for the gods’ return. Wang Dong'er, Di Qiu'er, Zhang Lexuan, and Gu Yuena committed to opposing Tang San and training the others as Huo Yuhao worked on his Soul Tool concepts.

• Meng Hongchen and the others accused Ju Zi of potentially drugging Huo Yuhao, and Ju Zi denied it before accusing Meng Hongchen of wanting the drug herself.
• Gu Yuena ended the argument by reminding everyone that Huo Yuhao was only twelve and that they should restrain their feelings.
• Snow Empress warned the group not to disturb Huo Yuhao while he developed his Soul Tool concepts and stressed that they needed to grow strong enough to face the gods.
• Wang Dong'er vowed to fight Tang San and become independent, and Di Qiu'er declared that she would fight him too.
• Zhang Lexuan offered to train the girls in combat, and Gu Yuena volunteered to help while promising to control her strength.