Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan’s internet cafe in Star Dou Forest finally received a customer when the Auspicious Beast entered, but it was pulled into Monster Hunter: World and quickly overwhelmed by an Anjanath. As the Scarlet King rushed toward the cafe, Lu Yuan prepared to turn the crisis into a sale.

• Lu Yuan welcomed the Auspicious Beast and used the cafe’s invincible domain to stop it from attacking him.
• Lu Yuan offered the broke Auspicious Beast free access to Monster Hunter: World in exchange for defeating a beast and winning Coke.
• Inside the game, the Auspicious Beast became an ordinary human hunter without its cultivation or powers.
• The Auspicious Beast challenged an Anjanath and was kicked aside before it could fight back.
• The Scarlet King sensed the Auspicious Beast’s disappearance and charged toward the cafe, while Lu Yuan readied a membership top-up flyer.

Lu Yuan subdued Scarlet King and persuaded him to try Monster Hunter, where the beast discovered how vulnerable a human body could be and paid to play again. Huo Yuhao arrived looking for work and food, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm burrowed toward the internet café, unaware of what awaited above.

• Scarlet King attacked the internet café, but Lu Yuan stopped his flames and pinned him to the ground with gravity.
• Lu Yuan showed Scarlet King the Auspicious Beast gaming and provoked Scarlet King into trying Monster Hunter.
• In human form, Scarlet King fought Odogaron, suffered a painful defeat, then paid for another attempt.
• Huo Yuhao arrived hungry and asked Lu Yuan for work; Lu Yuan hired him to grill food for the customers in exchange for room and board.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm burrowed toward the café, believing it would be a refuge beyond Di Tian's reach.

Huo Yuhao grilled fish outside Lu Yuan’s internet café, attracting Scarlet King and the Auspicious Beast before Sky Dream Ice Silkworm burst out of the ground and entered Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sea. Lu Yuan stopped Scarlet King from eating the silkworm, imposed conditions on him, and turned him into Huo Yuhao’s gaming assistant, while Bei Bei and Tang Ya arrived and mistook the scene for an attack on the unconscious boy.

• Huo Yuhao grilled fish with Lu Yuan’s seasonings, drawing Scarlet King and the Auspicious Beast to the café entrance.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm escaped underground, surfaced in the café, and fled into Huo Yuhao’s brow to escape Scarlet King.
• Lu Yuan stopped Scarlet King from striking Huo Yuhao and confronted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm inside Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sea.
• Lu Yuan made Sky Dream Ice Silkworm agree not to possess Huo Yuhao and to help him work and play games.
• Lu Yuan persuaded Scarlet King to keep Sky Dream Ice Silkworm alive as a gaming helper, and Scarlet King agreed.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya arrived, saw Scarlet King looming over Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya demanded that it let the boy go.

Lu Yuan stopped Tang Ya and Bei Bei from attacking Scarlet King, then welcomed them into the Origin Internet Cafe, where they joined Scarlet King, the Auspicious Beast, and Huo Yuhao in a Monster Hunter hunt. Their first mixed human-and-beast party entered the game, completing Lu Yuan’s beginner mission and unlocking Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei attacked Scarlet King, but Lu Yuan nullified their techniques and explained that fighting was prohibited in his establishment.
• Scarlet King woke Huo Yuhao and urged him to provide game buffs, while Lu Yuan introduced Huo Yuhao as its new colleague and VIP customer.
• Lu Yuan invited Tang Ya and Bei Bei into the Origin Internet Cafe and explained that its customers could fight monsters in a virtual world with their Soul Power sealed.
• Scarlet King asked Bei Bei and Tang Ya to join its party against Anjanath, and Lu Yuan offered them a free first hour and a reward for defeating the monster.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya put on helmets and joined Huo Yuhao, Scarlet King, and the Auspicious Beast in the game, while Lu Yuan completed his beginner mission and unlocked Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, Scarlet King, and the Auspicious Beast fought an Anjanath in Lu Yuan’s virtual hunting game, where Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spirit-detection support helped them win. Afterward, Bei Bei discovered the game had improved his abilities, while Lu Yuan received new powers and a mission to recruit a Shrek Academy teacher.

• Bei Bei and the others entered a hunt against Anjanath, but found their usual soul powers and skills unavailable and were quickly overwhelmed.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm activated a map-wide spirit-detection skill through Huo Yuhao, revealing Anjanath’s attacks, weak points, and safe routes to the team.
• Following the detection prompts, Tang Ya struck Anjanath’s throat, Scarlet King knocked it down, and the group defeated it together.
• Back at Origin Internet Cafe, Bei Bei discovered his level-thirty bottleneck had loosened and his spiritual power had grown more condensed, while Lu Yuan refused Scarlet King’s request to take game materials into the real world.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya decided to keep the internet cafe secret from the academy and return for training, while Lu Yuan’s system raised his Soul Power to level twelve and assigned him to recruit a Shrek Academy teacher.

After learning to fight by exploiting weaknesses in Monster Hunter, Bei Bei defeated Xu Sanshi and invited him to the Origin Internet Cafe. Huo Yuhao then challenged Wang Dong to settle their impending dormitory fight with a game instead.

• Bei Bei used concentrated lightning and Monster Hunter-inspired tactics to defeat Xu Sanshi by targeting the openings in his defense.
• Bei Bei told Xu Sanshi about the Origin Internet Cafe and invited him to come along that afternoon.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm decided to save money so they could return to the internet cafe.
• Wang Dong confronted Huo Yuhao at the freshman dormitory, and he suggested they settle their dispute with a one-on-one game at the internet cafe.

Bei Bei brought Xu Sanshi to Lu Yuan’s internet cafe, where Xu Sanshi and Wang Dong chose weapons and tried Monster Hunter: World. As they became absorbed in the game, Lu Yuan considered introducing them to a newly unlocked, more difficult game.

• Bei Bei led Xu Sanshi to the Origin Internet Cafe, where Xu Sanshi paid the fee after learning Red King was a regular customer.
• Wang Dong arrived with Huo Yuhao and immediately challenged the Auspicious Beast to a duel in the game.
• Lu Yuan recommended the Gunlance to Xu Sanshi and the Insect Glaive to Wang Dong, and both began the Monster Hunter: World tutorial.
• Xu Sanshi blocked a Great Jagras’s charge and blasted it with Wyvernfire, while Wang Dong used aerial attacks with the Insect Glaive.
• Red King mocked Wang Dong’s flashy fighting, and Wang Dong challenged him to a damage contest.
• Lu Yuan watched the group play and considered having them try Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Wang Dong, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and the Auspicious Beast completed a Monster Hunter quest at Lu Yuan’s internet café, where their gaming and snack purchases brought him a profitable day. The next morning, Huo Yuhao nearly faced expulsion for dozing in class, but Wang Dong defended him by describing their game as extreme combat training, prompting Zhou Yi to demand a demonstration after class.

• Wang Dong ran out of stamina while fighting Anjanath, and Xu Sanshi shielded him from its flames while Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and the Auspicious Beast helped bring the monster down.
• The group received an A rating, then ran out of money after paying for in-game items and buying instant noodles at Lu Yuan’s café.
• Bei Bei warned Wang Dong and Xu Sanshi that their first class would be with Zhou Yi, who had a reputation for expelling students.
• The next morning, Zhou Yi caught Huo Yuhao dozing, and he woke up shouting that Anjanath was about to breathe fire.
• Wang Dong told Zhou Yi that Huo Yuhao was practicing an extreme tactic for tempering his will, and Zhou Yi ordered the two students to stay after class for a personal test.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong proved their Monster Hunter-inspired combat tactics to Zhou Yi, who followed them to Origin Internet Cafe and discovered powerful soul beasts gaming there. Lu Yuan drew her into playing, then spotted Shrek Academy dean Yan Shaozhe approaching the shop.

• Zhou Yi challenged Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to withstand her attacks, and they used coordinated warnings, evasive rolls, and counterattacks to impress her.
• Zhou Yi demanded to see the special training base, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong led her to Origin Internet Cafe near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhou Yi encountered Red King playing a game and learned from Lu Yuan that the cafe offered training and a chance to evolve her mutated martial soul.
• Zhou Yi bought a membership, joined Red King's Monster Hunter team with a longsword, and enthusiastically fought Rathalos.
• Lu Yuan noticed Yan Shaozhe approaching the cafe and anticipated recruiting another important customer.

Yan Shaozhe rushed to the internet cafe expecting to rescue Zhou Yi and the Shrek students from Scarlet King, but found them playing Monster Hunter. After Lu Yuan explained the game’s effects, Yan Shaozhe tried it himself and decided it could help Ma Xiaotao control her Evil Fire, while Lu Yuan unlocked new shop features and anticipated attracting more powerful visitors.

• Yan Shaozhe charged into Origin Internet Cafe to confront Scarlet King, but found Zhou Yi and Scarlet King playing Monster Hunter together.
• Lu Yuan stopped Yan Shaozhe from releasing Soul Power and revealed that he knew about Ma Xiaotao’s worsening Evil Fire.
• Lu Yuan claimed Monster Hunter could help Ma Xiaotao by letting her suppress her Evil Fire in Iceborne and vent her destructive urges safely.
• Yan Shaozhe paid for a computer and tried the game, finding that Hoarfrost Reach’s cold eased his Bright Phoenix Flames and resolving to bring Ma Xiaotao there.
• Lu Yuan received the reward for completing Fame Across Shrek (Stage One), unlocking the shop’s second floor, Dark Souls 3, and Sprite.

Lu Yuan opened the internet cafe’s second floor and recruited the awakened Elex as a technical consultant, pairing him with Huo Yuhao to train through games. The next morning, Yan Shaozhe brought Ma Xiaotao to the cafe in urgent need of help.

• Lu Yuan unlocked the second floor, revealing VIP pods and a holographic simulation area.
• Elex emerged from Huo Yuhao’s brow, recognized the cafe as an independent spiritual world, and accepted Lu Yuan’s offer to serve as a technical consultant.
• Lu Yuan introduced Elex to Dark Souls 3, and Elex agreed to guide Huo Yuhao and teach him spiritual attacks.
• Huo Yuhao promised to study the Monster Hunter bestiary while Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Elex bickered in his mind.
• Xu Sanshi brought Jiang Nannan to the cafe, claiming that games had helped him understand Wyvernfire.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived carrying an overheated Ma Xiaotao and demanded the cafe’s coldest, top-spec machine.

Yan Shaozhe brought Ma Xiaotao to Origin Internet Cafe, where Lu Yuan used the Iceborne expansion’s extreme cold to suppress her Evil Fire. After surviving a battle in Hoarfrost Reach and drinking Sprite, Ma Xiaotao left calmer and healthier, while Electrolux sensed her martial soul might be purified into Ultimate Fire.

• Yan Shaozhe carried Ma Xiaotao into Origin Internet Cafe, and Lu Yuan placed her in a pod set to Hoarfrost Reach’s extreme blizzard conditions.
• Ma Xiaotao fought Beotodus without Soul Power, and the cold and battle stabilized her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe confirmed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire had calmed, and she drank Sprite while Lu Yuan charged him for the experience.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that Ma Xiaotao’s black fire contained fallen death energy and might be purified into Ultimate Fire.
• Jiang Nannan scolded Xu Sanshi after his failed attempt to tank Anjanath’s fire, then the pair watched Ma Xiaotao leave in an unusually calm mood.

Wang Dong challenged Wang Qiuer to a Monster Hunter speedrun duel at Origin Internet Cafe, but she defeated him decisively. Wang Dong paid his forfeit and vowed to master her techniques before their next match.

• Wang Dong arrived at Origin Internet Cafe seeking revenge on the Legiana and found Wang Qiuer, the former auspicious beast, occupying his seat in human form.
• Wang Dong challenged Wang Qiuer to solo an Anjanath, wagering internet fees and snacks, while Lu Yuan set up a fair Arena duel.
• Wang Dong used an Insect Glaive to attack from the air, while Wang Qiuer countered the Anjanath's moves with her Long Sword and quickly built her Spirit Gauge.
• Wang Qiuer defeated the Anjanath in 4 minutes and 32 seconds, while Wang Dong finished in 7 minutes and 15 seconds.
• Wang Dong paid for Wang Qiuer's internet fees, snacks, and a case of green drinks, then vowed to learn Iai and challenge her again.

Yan Shaozhe tried Dark Souls 3, where Teacher Gundyr repeatedly killed him before he finally won and experienced the game’s benefits to his spiritual power and state of mind. Convinced it would humble Shrek’s inner-court students, he planned to make it required training and bring them to the shop.

• Yan Shaozhe paid Lu Yuan to reserve machines for Ma Xiaotao’s treatment and training for the inner-court students, then asked to try Dark Souls 3.
• Yan Shaozhe entered the game as a Knight, dismissed the early enemies, and awakened Teacher Gundyr by pulling out the Coiled Sword.
• Yan Shaozhe struggled against Gundyr, was caught by his transformation into Pus of Man, and died before removing his helmet in shock.
• After Lu Yuan explained the game’s lesson in humility, Yan Shaozhe returned to the game and died repeatedly while learning Gundyr’s attacks.
• Yan Shaozhe finally defeated Gundyr on his eighth attempt and felt his spiritual power and state of mind had grown steadier.
• Yan Shaozhe declared Dark Souls 3 required training for Shrek’s inner-court students and promised to bring Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and the others the next day.

Yan Shaozhe brought Shrek Inner Court disciples to Lu Yuan’s internet cafe for skill training, where Dai Yueheng repeatedly failed to defeat Iudex Gundyr. After Huo Yuhao broke through to level twelve while gaming, the Inner Court disciples rushed to buy memberships, and Lu Yuan considered expanding the cafe.

• Yan Shaozhe led Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and the other Inner Court disciples to Origin Internet Cafe, where Ma Xiaotao revealed that the games had helped suppress her Evil Fire.
• Dai Yueheng accepted Yan Shaozhe’s challenge to defeat Dark Souls 3’s beginner boss for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, but Iudex Gundyr killed him repeatedly.
• Dai Yueheng grew frustrated at his losses, while Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Dong teased him and Yan Shaozhe arranged difficult games for the other Inner Court disciples.
• Huo Yuhao reached level twelve while gaming, prompting Lu Yuan to explain that intense concentration could help Soul Power circulate.
• The Inner Court disciples clamored for membership cards, and Lu Yuan decided that expanding the internet cafe to a third floor should be scheduled.

Chen Zifeng and Dai Yueheng brought strange gaming tactics into Shrek Academy’s sparring, while Lu Yuan expanded Origin Internet Cafe with a Cat Chef and Hunter’s Meal. After the inner court group devoured the food, Elder Xuan challenged Teacher Gundyr and was soon shouting for another serving.

• During sparring, Chen Zifeng deflected Dai Yueheng’s punch with his sword, and Dai Yueheng used a tactical roll to dodge his follow-up strike.
• Elder Xuan questioned the fighters, but Yan Shaozhe defended their improved combat awareness.
• Lu Yuan completed the cafe’s second-floor expansion, summoned the Cat Chef, and unlocked Hunter’s Meal.
• Elder Xuan and the inner court group rushed to eat the Cat Chef’s food, while Elder Xuan offered soul bones to buy the cat.
• Lu Yuan sent Elder Xuan to fight Teacher Gundyr, and Elder Xuan soon yelled for more Hunter’s Meal.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that the meal held beneficial life energy and inspired him to explore undead culinary arts.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong recruited Xiao Xiao, a twin martial soul Grand Soul Master, for their freshman assessment team. At Lu Yuan’s internet cafe, Xiao Xiao tried a Hunting Horn in Monster Hunter: World and proved she could buff her teammates while brutally stunning monsters.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong struggled to find a teammate until Xiao Xiao approached them and revealed her twin martial souls and level twenty-two soul power.
• Wang Dong welcomed Xiao Xiao onto the team and took her to Lu Yuan’s internet cafe for special training.
• Lu Yuan recommended the Hunting Horn to Xiao Xiao, explaining that it could play songs to support teammates and smash monsters.
• Xiao Xiao activated an Attack Up buff for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, then charged the Kulu-Ya-Ku and knocked it unconscious with an Earthshaker strike.
• Xiao Xiao urged Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to attack the stunned monster, while Lu Yuan watched and anticipated their team’s fearsome reputation.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao used Monster Hunter items and coordinated tactics to defeat Rathian, then adapted the strategy for Shrek Academy’s freshman assessment. They won their first match in seconds and prepared to try a Pitfall Trap tactic next.

• Lu Yuan advised Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to use items and tactics against the flying Rathian.
• Huo Yuhao blinded Rathian with a Flash Pod, Xiao Xiao stunned it with her Hunting Horn, and Huo Yuhao trapped it with a Shock Trap while Wang Dong severed its tail.
• After the hunt, Huo Yuhao planned ways to recreate the item-based tactics in the real world using his teammates’ abilities and soul tools.
• At Shrek Academy’s freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao used a homemade flash device to blind Ouyang Junyi’s team, allowing Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to defeat them in under ten seconds.
• Xiao Xiao suggested using a Pitfall Trap in their next match.

After seeing the Gunlance design from Monster Hunter, Fan Yu rushed to Origin Internet Cafe and tested it in the game. He left with several weapon models, determined to study them, while Lu Yuan planned to draw Shrek’s attention during the finals.

• Fan Yu recognized the Gunlance design Xu Sanshi had sketched and learned it came from Monster Hunter at Origin Internet Cafe.
• Fan Yu went to the cafe, bought access from Lu Yuan, and tested the Gunlance in training mode.
• Fan Yu tried its shelling, Full Burst, and Wyvernfire, then asked Lu Yuan to sell him the technology.
• Lu Yuan refused to sell the technology but offered detailed weapon models, and Fan Yu bought them all.
• Lu Yuan watched Fan Yu leave and planned to make Shrek pay attention when Huo Yuhao competed in the finals.

Huo Yuhao's team defeated Dai Huabin in the freshman assessment final by exploiting his attacks and interrupting his Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Dai Huabin went to confront the trainers at Origin Internet Cafe but fainted after Scarlet King frightened him, and Lu Yuan ordered Huo Yuhao to bring him inside so they could charge him.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao dodged Dai Huabin's attacks and endured his White Tiger Radiant Wave behind Xiao Xiao's cauldron.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu began their Hell White Tiger fusion, but Huo Yuhao struck Dai Huabin with Soul Shock and interrupted it.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao beat Dai Huabin until he fainted, and the referee declared Huo Yuhao's team the winner.
• After waking, Dai Huabin learned that Huo Yuhao's team trained at Origin Internet Cafe and went there to confront their instructor.
• Scarlet King awoke at the entrance and frightened Dai Huabin into fainting, after which Lu Yuan told Huo Yuhao to drag him inside and collect gold coins.