Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Seven Monsters defeated the Super Tyrant with an anti-tank rocket launcher and escaped the collapsing Raccoon City laboratory. Back in Origin Internet Cafe, Lu Yuan congratulated the group, while Tianmeng Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to ask for leave and travel to the Far North.

• The Super Tyrant attacked the exhausted group in the escape elevator, and the Shrek Seven Monsters struggled to survive with no ammunition or soul power.
• An emergency weapons case opened and dropped an anti-tank rocket launcher, which Huo Yuhao used to blast apart the charging Super Tyrant.
• Huo Yuhao led the others out of the ruined elevator and onto a subway train just before the underground laboratory exploded.
• The seven survivors laughed with relief as the train carried them away from Raccoon City.
• Huo Yuhao and the others removed their helmets at Origin Internet Cafe, where Lu Yuan congratulated them on clearing the game.
• Tianmeng Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao his spiritual power was in perfect condition and urged him to ask Lu Yuan for leave to go to the Far North.

After clearing Resident Evil 2, Huo Yuhao decided to use his three-day break to travel to the Far North and obtain his second martial soul, ultimate ice. Lu Yuan warned him that he was unprepared for the cold and challenged him to survive and solo-kill a Barioth in a new game before he would approve the leave.

• Xuan Lao praised the group for surviving Resident Evil 2 and granted them three days off to recover.
• Tianmeng Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that his strengthened spiritual power made him ready to seek ultimate ice in the Far North.
• Huo Yuhao asked Lu Yuan for leave and revealed that he intended to travel north.
• Lu Yuan warned Huo Yuhao that the Far North's core region would freeze him to death and offered him a trial in a frozen game world.
• Lu Yuan challenged Huo Yuhao to survive three days in the game and kill a Barioth alone, and Huo Yuhao accepted and rushed upstairs to begin.

After completing his Barioth hunt, Huo Yuhao received cold-weather gear and supplies from Lu Yuan and traveled into the Far North. He reached the Ice Empress’s territory, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released his aura to draw her out, and the Ice Empress arrived in a deadly attack.

• Huo Yuhao completed the Barioth mission, and Lu Yuan gave him a Master-Rank Cold-Weather Hunter Set and hunting items for his trip to the Far North.
• Huo Yuhao crossed the blizzard-covered outskirts using Hot Drink and his hunter gear to conserve energy.
• Huo Yuhao used a Dung Pod to drive a ten-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon away from the path.
• Huo Yuhao reached the Far North’s core region, drank Demondrug, and prepared to face the Ice Empress with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released his million-year aura, and the Ice Empress charged toward them.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm confronted Ice Empress in the Far North, where Huo Yuhao proposed a pact that could save her from her approaching heavenly tribulation. Ice Empress held back her attack and gave Huo Yuhao ten minutes to convince her.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released his spiritual power and called out to Ice Empress, who arrived in a burst of jade-green light.
• Ice Empress threatened Tian Meng and pressured Huo Yuhao, but he stood his ground and challenged her rather than kneeling.
• Ice Empress became intrigued by Huo Yuhao's defiance and asked what gave him confidence.
• Tian Meng emerged between them and tried to calm Ice Empress, promising that he had brought her a great fortune.
• Huo Yuhao offered Ice Empress a transaction: she could face death beneath her coming heavenly tribulation or join him as a hunter and pursue godhood.
• Ice Empress lowered herself and gave Huo Yuhao ten minutes to persuade her, threatening to kill them if he failed.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Ice Empress to visit Origin Internet Cafe by revealing that Beast God Di Tian was there, giving her a chance to investigate an alternative to death by heavenly tribulation. At the cafe, Ice Empress reunited with Di Tian, who invited her to try a computer.

• Ice Empress rejected Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's proposal to become Huo Yuhao's martial soul and threatened to kill them.
• Huo Yuhao offered Ice Empress a temporary invitation to Origin Internet Cafe and told her that Di Tian was there.
• Tianmeng confirmed that Di Tian was at the cafe, and Huo Yuhao convinced Ice Empress to see the place for herself.
• Huo Yuhao used the invitation to transport himself and Ice Empress to Origin Internet Cafe.
• Ice Empress found Di Tian at the cafe, and Di Tian invited her to try The Elder Scrolls.

Ice Empress tried The Elder Scrolls at Lu Yuan’s internet café and became absorbed in exploring Skyrim. After learning that becoming Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring would leave her unable to play, she refused to sacrifice herself and decided to stay and slay Alduin.

• Di Tian invited Ice Empress to play The Elder Scrolls, and Lu Yuan gave her a membership card and complimentary cola.
• Huo Yuhao helped Ice Empress start the game, where she woke up in a carriage near Helgen with no Soul Power.
• Ice Empress escaped Helgen during Alduin’s attack, discovered she could use magic, and explored Skyrim with growing excitement.
• After her two hours expired, Ice Empress learned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wanted her to become Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring and angrily rejected the sacrifice.
• Ice Empress declared that she would stay at the café and slay Alduin, leaving Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng alarmed.

Lu Yuan offered Ice Empress a job at the internet cafe, protecting her from her heavenly tribulation in exchange for attendant duties, and she accepted so she could keep her body and play games. He then gave Huo Yuhao Velkhana as his second martial soul, and Huo Yuhao left the cafe with his new power.

• Ice Empress rejected Tianmeng Ice Silkworm’s plea to sacrifice herself and insisted she wanted to play games and learn Dragon Shout.
• Lu Yuan gave Ice Empress an employment contract promising protection from her tribulation, frozen lifespan, and free games and Happy Water; she signed and became the cafe’s attendant.
• Tianmeng Ice Silkworm worried that Huo Yuhao would lose his chance at an Ultimate Ice second martial soul, but Lu Yuan revealed a data essence of Velkhana as a replacement.
• Lu Yuan placed Velkhana’s essence in Huo Yuhao, awakening Velkhana as his second martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Lu Yuan and left the cafe while Ice Empress continued gaming and told him to call her Net Cafe Attendant or Sister Ice.

Huo Yuhao returned from the Far North with an ultimate-ice dragon martial soul and demonstrated a tactical new fighting style to his companions. Xuan Lao led the group as they set off for Star Luo City to compete in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Duel Tournament.

• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong worried that Huo Yuhao had not returned from the Far North, but Xuan Lao sensed his arrival.
• Huo Yuhao returned, and Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei sensed a terrifying, high-ranking dragon aura around him.
• Huo Yuhao summoned a giant ice dragon and used ice walls to deflect He Caitou's cannon shells, trap him in a maze, and win their test.
• Huo Yuhao credited the internet café's hunter training for teaching him to think differently in battle.
• Xuan Lao praised the group's combat strength and led them toward Star Luo City for the tournament.

Before the Shrek Academy delegation departed for Star Luo City, Lu Yuan equipped its reserve team with encrypted bone-conduction headsets and gave Wang Yan a book of MOBA tactics. The team set out under Xuan Lao’s command, unaware that Death Messengers were waiting for them in the Mingdou Mountains.

• Lu Yuan gave the seven reserve team members tactical headsets and instructed them to prioritize efficient, coordinated combat.
• Lu Yuan handed Wang Yan a book on MOBA tactics, and Wang Yan praised its unfamiliar strategies for team battles.
• At the Shrek Academy gates, Xuan Lao agreed to let Wang Yan change the team’s style so long as they won.
• Xuan Lao led the delegation toward Star Luo City while Death Messengers hid in the Mingdou Mountains, expecting an easy target.

Shrek Academy's reserve team used disciplined tactics to protect the main team from a corpse explosion and defeat the Death Messenger. Xuan Zi watched in shock as the team prepared to continue their mission.

• Huo Yuhao spotted the corpse-explosion trap and warned the advancing Shrek team, but the blast detonated before the main team could escape.
• Xu Sanshi switched places with Yao Haoxuan and shielded the reserve team while Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao formed additional defenses; the explosion injured the main team, but the reserves survived.
• Huo Yuhao located the Death Messenger, and the reserve team blinded and suppressed him before Bei Bei, Wang Dong, and Xu Sanshi attacked.
• Huo Yuhao froze the Death Messenger in midair and pinned him to the cave wall with ice spikes, while the reserve team confirmed the enemy was dead.
• Ma Xiaotao and the other main team members stared at the reserve team's tactics, while Xuan Zi watched and worried that Shrek's methods would make them a nightmare for other academies.

With Shrek’s main team injured, Wang Yan entrusted the opening tournament match to the reserve team, which prepared to face Sky Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy as a tactical cleanup squad. At Origin Internet Cafe, Lu Yuan, Di Tian, Scarlet King, and Ice Empress watched the livestream as Shrek’s seven hunters entered the arena, ready for the match to begin.

• Wang Yan explained that injuries and lingering toxins had left Shrek’s main team unable to compete in the opening match, so the reserve team had to face Sky Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao prepared for the match, with Huo Yuhao telling Wang Yan to leave the fight to their cleanup squad.
• At Origin Internet Cafe, Di Tian demanded more popcorn while Lu Yuan supplied snacks and showed the tournament through the system’s continent-wide livestream.
• Ice Empress and Di Tian criticized the crude fighting in the early matches, comparing it unfavorably to combat in their games.
• The announcer introduced Shrek Academy and Sky Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Shrek’s seven reserve members stepped onto the stage in matching hunter coats and tactical earpieces.

Shrek Academy used tactical equipment and coordinated attacks to defeat Sky Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy in seconds, leaving the tournament audience stunned. Lu Yuan and the others watched the victory from Origin Internet Cafe and praised the team’s tactics.

• Huo Yuhao confirmed Shrek’s communication channel and ordered the team to carry out a blitz suppression plan.
• Xu Sanshi tossed a Flash Pod at the charging Sky Spirit team, blinding and disorienting all seven opponents.
• He Caitou used Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Detection Sharing to fire paralysis rays at each Sky Spirit member.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi knocked out the paralyzed opponents, ending the match almost immediately.
• The Ice Empress, Di Tian, and Lu Yuan watched the match at Origin Internet Cafe and praised Shrek’s efficient tactics.

Huo Yuhao dominated the tournament match with Velkhana’s ice-based control, while Wang Qiuer criticized his cautious longsword style at Origin Internet Cafe. After Lu Yuan reassured her that her Golden Dragon strength outmatched Huo Yuhao’s, Wang Qiuer vowed to prove she was the cafe’s top longsword user.

• Huo Yuhao used Velkhana’s ice walls and precise attacks to defeat the Qianling Team, drawing cheers from the audience.
• Wang Qiuer criticized Huo Yuhao’s trap-heavy fighting style and complained that Lu Yuan had given him information about an Elder Dragon.
• Di Tian praised Wang Qiuer’s preference for strength, but the Ice Empress mocked him for being launched by a giant in The Elder Scrolls V.
• Lu Yuan reassured the jealous Wang Qiuer that her Golden Dragon strength could break Huo Yuhao’s ice walls and encouraged her to try Sekiro.
• Wang Qiuer returned to Monster Hunter: World, broke a monster’s tail with Spirit Helm Breaker, and vowed to prove she was the internet cafe’s best longsword user.

Lu Yuan remotely guided Shrek Academy through the Starlight Auction, helping them avoid flawed purchases and acquire the cursed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife for a bargain. Huo Yuhao cleansed it into Gold of Life, and Wang Yan left determined to win the championship with Lu Yuan’s support.

• Lu Yuan called Wang Yan during the auction and promised to reimburse Shrek Academy if they bought a defective item.
• Di Tian spotted flaws in the Star Pattern Steel, and Shrek Academy avoided bidding while another academy bought it for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Lu Yuan, the Ice Empress, and Wang Qiuer urged Wang Yan to buy the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and Huo Yuhao won it for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Back at the hotel, Huo Yuhao poured a G Virus Vaccine over the knife while Electrolux consumed its resentful spirit, revealing the Gold of Life beneath.
• Lu Yuan told Huo Yuhao to keep the purified knife and use it to strengthen his Long Sword from Iceborne, then ended the call to watch Wang Qiuer play Sekiro.
• Wang Yan put away the MOBA Tactics Book and vowed that Shrek Academy would win the championship with Lu Yuan as their ally.

As Shrek Academy’s reserve team prepared for the semifinal against Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Lu Yuan warned Huo Yuhao about their coordination and promised to take them into a new game after they won the championship. At Origin Internet Cafe, Lu Yuan unveiled a fully immersive League of Legends preview, and the beasts eagerly claimed roles as he planned an internal match against the human players.

• Wang Yan watched Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy overwhelm its opponents with Soul Tools, while Xu Sanshi and He Caitou dismissed the team’s slow, stationary tactics.
• Lu Yuan told Huo Yuhao that the reserves’ teamwork still had weaknesses and said he would take them into a new world after they won the tournament.
• Lu Yuan launched a closed-beta preview of League of Legends and showed the Origin Internet Cafe regulars Summoner’s Rift and its champions.
• Wang Qiuer chose top lane after seeing Darius, while Ice Empress claimed the ADC role after watching Ashe.
• Di Tian reacted in awe to Aurelion Sol’s cosmic power, and Lu Yuan announced plans to form Origin Team and hold an internal match after Shrek’s team returned with the championship.

Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy through the Sun Moon team’s saturation fire, tracking attacks, and poison using coordinated tactics and Velkhana’s ice. Shrek defeated Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen and damaged the linked defense, but Ma Rulong appeared ready to draw a hidden sword as spectators recognized it as the Sword of Judgment.

• Ma Rulong opened the final with a linked Soul Tool bombardment, but Huo Yuhao raised angled ice walls that deflected and absorbed the attacks.
• Xiao Hongchen unleashed a tracking Metal Storm, and Huo Yuhao guided Shrek’s members along safe paths with Spirit Detection Sharing.
• Meng Hongchen spread poisonous ice mist, but Shrek’s members wore gas masks, and Huo Yuhao froze the mist while smoke and cold disrupted the Sun Moon team’s vision.
• Shrek’s assault team advanced under cover; Xu Sanshui swapped Xiao Hongchen into their formation and knocked him unconscious, while Bei Bei defeated Meng Hongchen.
• Xu Sanshui struck Ma Rulong with his shield, and He Caitou fired an armor-piercing round that cracked the linked defense barrier.
• At Origin Internet Cafe, Wang Qiuer warned that Ma Rulong seemed ready to draw a hidden sword, and Lu Yuan identified it as the Sword of Judgment.

Ma Rulong unleashed the Sword of Judgment against Huo Yuhao after the Sun Moon Empire team lost, but Huo Yuhao purified and broke the forbidden Soul Tool with the Gold of Life and Electrolux’s power. The match ended with Huo Yuhao victorious, and Lu Yuan looked ahead to the tournament’s final crowning moment.

• After Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen fell unconscious, Ma Rulong activated the Sword of Judgment’s Dark Curse and threatened to take Huo Yuhao down with him.
• At Origin Internet Cafe, Wang Qiuer and Di Tian dismissed the sword’s dark aura, while Lu Yuan told Huo Yuhao to absorb it like the carving knife.
• Huo Yuhao stopped his teammates from intervening and caught the Sword of Judgment’s blade with his bare hand.
• With the Gold of Life and Electrolux’s cleansing power, Huo Yuhao purified the sword’s dark aura and snapped the Soul Tool in two.
• Ma Rulong collapsed after losing his connection to the sword, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced the match’s end.
• Lu Yuan praised Huo Yuhao’s victory and declared that the tournament’s final crowning moment was next.

After returning from their championship victory, the Shrek team reunited with Lu Yuan at Origin Internet Cafe and began League of Legends. They selected their heroes, entered Summoner’s Rift, and set out to destroy the enemy Nexus.

• The Shrek team left Star Luo City without attending the victory banquet and returned to Origin Internet Cafe with Xuan Zi and Wang Yan.
• Huo Yuhao presented the championship trophy to Lu Yuan, who dismissed its prestige and announced a new 5v5 game.
• Lu Yuan introduced League of Legends, and the team chose heroes, including Jayce for Bei Bei, Darius for Wang Qiuer, Graves for He Caitou, Twisted Fate for Huo Yuhao, Ezreal for Wang Dong, and Alistar for Xu Sanshi.
• The players entered Summoner’s Rift, discovered that Soul Power was sealed and replaced by mana, and Huo Yuhao ordered everyone to move out and destroy the enemy Nexus.

Lu Yuan watched the Shrek group stumble through their first match of League of Legends, where Wang Qiuer’s Darius dominated despite everyone’s beginner mistakes. After the team lost, Huo Yuhao insisted on playing again to learn the game, and Xuan Zi joined in.

• Wang Qiuer bought six pairs of Boots and killed Bei Bei in top lane after he flashed into a wall.
• Di Tian struggled against Blue Buff while He Caitou complained that Graves’s gun kept reloading.
• Wang Dong dived beneath the enemy turret and was executed while Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao watched.
• The group gathered in mid, where Di Tian flew into the enemy fountain, Wang Qiuer killed Huo Yuhao, and she took three opponents down before dying.
• The Shrek team lost when minions destroyed their base, and Huo Yuhao asked Lu Yuan for another game so he could study the shop.
• Xuan Zi joined the eager players and said he wanted to try Gragas.

Lu Yuan taught the Shrek team about League of Legends mechanics in a 5v5 match, where his Jhin outplayed Wang Dong and Xu Sanshi in lane. After Red Side dominated across the map, Lu Yuan’s final shots killed Wang Dong and showed the team what an ADC should be.

• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei complained about their previous loss, while Huo Yuhao identified resource acquisition as a core part of the game.
• Lu Yuan arranged a teaching match, with Bei Bei, Xuan Zi, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xu Sanshi on Blue Side against Wang Qiuer, Di Tian, Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Lu Yuan on Red Side.
• Lu Yuan’s Jhin dodged Wang Dong’s skillshot, punished him with a precise combo, and cut his health in half.
• Di Tian’s Jarvan IV knocked Xuan Zi’s Gragas into the air, while Wang Qiuer mastered Riven’s quick combo and killed Bei Bei for first blood.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm attached to Ice Empress and taunted Huo Yuhao as she pressured him in mid lane.
• After dodging Xu Sanshi’s ultimate, Lu Yuan used Jhin’s Curtain Call to kill Wang Dong and declared that this was what an ADC should be.