Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao stopped Tianmeng Iceworm and Elex from damaging his Sea of Spirit by summoning the Heavenly Creation Cauldron. After Elex returned to slumber, Tianmeng tried to recruit Huo Yuhao for his god-creation plan, but discovered Huo Yuhao already expected to become a god.

• Tianmeng Iceworm and Elex clashed inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit, sending cracks through it with their spiritual power.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Heavenly Creation Cauldron, which calmed the Sea of Spirit and suppressed both beings.
• Elex recognized the cauldron as more unfathomable than the divine artifacts he knew, then returned to slumber because his Divine Sense was incomplete.
• Tianmeng reconsidered the extraordinary host he had chosen and resumed pitching his god-creation plan to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao said he already knew he would become a god and told Tianmeng he needed the million-year soul beast's help.

Huo Yuhao revealed that his disguised ten-year soul ring granted powerful mental abilities, including telekinesis and shared perception, then used them to help Tang Ya and Bei Bei defeat a millennium Mandrake Snake. After Tang Ya absorbed its soul ring, she urged Huo Yuhao to come with them to Shrek Academy.

• Huo Yuhao tested his soul skills and used mental telekinesis to crush a rock.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei found Huo Yuhao and blamed themselves for his having absorbed a ten-year soul ring, but he assured them it was not worthless.
• The group encountered a millennium Mandrake Snake, and Huo Yuhao linked his Spirit Detection with Bei Bei and Tang Ya to reveal the battlefield and the beast's movements.
• Guided by Huo Yuhao's mental information, Bei Bei defeated the Mandrake Snake, and Tang Ya finished it and absorbed its purple soul ring.
• After completing her absorption, Tang Ya seriously invited Huo Yuhao to join them at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao agreed to attend Shrek Academy and arrived in Shrek City with Tang Ya and Bei Bei. He led them to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, where the staff recognized him as the Young Pavilion Master.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya urged Huo Yuhao to attend Shrek Academy, and he readily agreed.
• Three days later, Tang Ya and Bei Bei brought Huo Yuhao to Shrek City to register, but he asked them to visit the Spirit Medicine Pavilion first.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the pavilion’s medicinal liquids as diluted byproducts of Ju Zi’s pills and inferred that Ju Zi had secretly established the business.
• Tang Ya offered to buy Huo Yuhao something at the pavilion, but the waitresses bowed to him and called him the Young Pavilion Master.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei discovered that Huo Yuhao was the Spirit Medicine Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, while Ju Zi publicly claimed him as her fiancé and gave them rare pills. Ju Zi then introduced Xiao Xiao, whom she had arranged to study in Huo Yuhao’s class at Shrek Academy.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei learned from the receptionist that Huo Yuhao was the Spirit Medicine Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, but Huo Yuhao denied knowing anything about it.
• Ju Zi appeared, kissed Huo Yuhao in front of Tang Ya and Bei Bei, and introduced herself as his fiancée.
• Huo Yuhao told Ju Zi he had joined the Tang Sect and would soon go to Shrek Academy, prompting Ju Zi to act heartbroken and give Tang Ya and Bei Bei premium Red Jade Pills and Blue Jade Pills.
• Ju Zi arranged for Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei to wait in a VIP room, where Tang Ya teased Huo Yuhao about hiding his wealth and Bei Bei reconsidered his luck.
• Ju Zi returned with Xiao Xiao and told Huo Yuhao she had arranged for Xiao Xiao to enter Shrek Academy in the same class as him.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao enrolled at Shrek Academy, where Xiao Xiao wondered why Ju Zi treated him so specially. After settling into the dusty freshman dormitory, Huo Yuhao wondered how many plans and allies Ju Zi had already arranged around Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao introduced himself to Xiao Xiao, who revealed that she was a level twenty-eight Soul Grandmaster with the Three Lives Soul-Subduing Cauldron Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xiao recalled how Ju Zi had taken control of her clan, supported it, and become her role model, and she questioned why Ju Zi favored Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei escorted Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao to Shrek Academy, where the two completed their enrollment registration.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei brought the new students to the freshman dormitory, then left them to settle in as classmates.
• Huo Yuhao cleaned his dusty dormitory and wondered how many more arrangements Ju Zi had made around Shrek.

Huo Yuhao studied Shrek Academy’s library to find a way to shape his second Martial Soul without taking the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion form. He returned to the dormitory and met his new roommate, Wang Dong, whose proud introduction left her flustered when Huo Yuhao simply thanked her.

• Huo Yuhao noticed Mu En guarding the Freshman Dormitory but went to dinner without approaching him.
• Huo Yuhao searched the Outer Court Library for Martial Soul and Soul Beast research to learn how to change his second Martial Soul’s form.
• Huo Yuhao spent three days studying Shrek’s scattered scholarship and recognized its disorganized knowledge as a resource he could reorganize.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory and found Wang Dong arranging an elaborate bed in their shared room.
• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao it was his good fortune to share a room with her, and Huo Yuhao thanked her, catching her off guard.

Huo Yuhao met his new roommate, Wang Dong, and recognized her as the disguised Tang Wutong. He exposed her secret, teased her into admitting she was a girl, then threatened to tell a teacher and change dorms, leaving Wang Dong furious and attacking him.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong sized each other up in their freshman dorm room and introduced themselves with their ages, Soul ranks, and Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Wang Dong was actually Tang Wutong and recognized her as a young girl rather than an adult love interest.
• After hearing that Wang Dong had the Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao cited a library book claiming only females could possess it and asked if she was a girl.
• Wang Dong denied it until Huo Yuhao crudely demanded proof, then admitted she was disguised and warned him to keep her secret.
• Huo Yuhao said he would tell a teacher and apply to change dorms, called Wang Dong a tigress, and provoked her into attacking him.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fought under rules that barred soul skills, and he used his precise reactions to evade her attacks before locking her arms behind her. The chapter ended with Wang Dong trapped against him, blushing and demanding that he let her go.

• Wang Dong challenged Huo Yuhao to a fight, and he set rules limiting them to Martial Souls and Soul Power while forbidding soul skills and damage to academy property.
• Wang Dong charged with her Light Goddess Butterfly, but Huo Yuhao dodged and deflected her attacks with careful timing.
• Wang Dong increased the pressure with a series of attacks, while Huo Yuhao evaded and criticized her technique as Xiao Xiao watched in surprise.
• Wang Dong tried to attack from behind, but Huo Yuhao caught both her wrists and used a move he called the Seven-Day Love Lock to pin her arms behind her.
• Wang Dong blushed against Huo Yuhao and shouted for him to let her go.

Huo Yuhao defeated Wang Dong in a fight, but the academy refused to separate their dormitory assignments, leaving them rooming together. The next morning, they went to New Student Class One, where their teacher Zhou Yi opened class by asking who had fought during registration.

• Huo Yuhao restrained Wang Dong until she admitted defeat, then went to report their shared dormitory to the dean.
• The dean told Huo Yuhao that he and Wang Dong had to keep sharing a dormitory because no rooms were available and the academy had verified Wang Dong's records.
• Wang Dong smugly reminded Huo Yuhao that living with her was his good fortune.
• Wang Dong followed Huo Yuhao to class, claiming she needed to keep him from revealing that she was a girl disguised as a boy.
• Wang Dong sat beside Huo Yuhao in New Student Class One and gave a shy classmate curt answers.
• Zhou Yi entered the classroom and asked which students had fought during registration.

Zhou Yi challenged the freshmen to show they could cause trouble, then punished the whole class with a hundred laps around Shrek Square. Wang Dong challenged Huo Yuhao to race, but he finished first with ease and taunted her afterward.

• Zhou Yi scolded the freshmen for being cowards and ordered them to run a hundred laps in one hour or leave the academy.
• Wang Dong challenged Huo Yuhao to race and insisted they compete even after he dismissed her.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong ran without using martial souls or Soul Power, and Huo Yuhao overtook her after more than seventy laps.
• Huo Yuhao finished the hundred laps first, followed by Wang Dong and then Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao mocked the exhausted Wang Dong, who glared at him furiously.

Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a Cold Jade Pill after her run, then went to the Public Bathhouse rather than bathe with her in their dorm. Zhou Yi expelled students who had cheated during the run, taught a lesson on Soul Tools, and called Huo Yuhao to her office at the end of class.

• Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a Cold Jade Pill, which cooled and refreshed her after the run.
• Zhou Yi expelled several freshmen for cutting corners, despite their protests and noble family backgrounds.
• Huo Yuhao explained to Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao that Shrek Academy prioritized selecting talent and cultivating the strong.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong he would use the Public Bathhouse, leaving her confused and angry when she thought he found her unattractive.
• Zhou Yi emphasized Soul Tools in class, and after the lesson she summoned Huo Yuhao to her office.

Huo Yuhao rejected Zhou Yi’s offer to study Soul Tools, then returned to the dormitory and teased Wang Dong after she panicked while changing clothes. Wang Dong reacted to his taunts with anger.

• Wang Dong complained about Zhou Yi keeping Huo Yuhao after class, then hurried out when he teased her about it.
• Zhou Yi praised Huo Yuhao’s spiritual-type Martial Soul and offered to recommend a mentor in the Soul Tool Department, but Huo Yuhao declined.
• Huo Yuhao ate in the cafeteria and knocked before entering the dormitory, where Wang Dong was changing.
• Wang Dong made Huo Yuhao wait while she hurriedly dressed, then tried to hide her disheveled appearance.
• Huo Yuhao teased Wang Dong about her figure, and she angrily challenged him.

Huo Yuhao ignored the class monitor contest until Zhou Yi paired him against Chen Fei in a practical assessment. He defeated Chen Fei in seconds with overwhelming spiritual pressure, drawing Zhou Yi’s startled attention.

• After Wang Dong attacked him over the changing-room incident, Huo Yuhao restrained her again with the Seven-Day Love Lock.
• Zhou Yi announced that Freshman Class One would choose its class monitor through a one-on-one elimination assessment.
• Huo Yuhao watched Ning Tian and Wu Feng spar in Freshman Class Nine and considered Ning Tian’s talent.
• Huo Yuhao faced Chen Fei, whose contempt turned to panic when Huo Yuhao’s second Soul Ring unleashed Mental Telekinesis and pinned him to the ground.
• Chen Fei surrendered, and Zhou Yi recognized the immense spiritual power behind Huo Yuhao’s attack.

Huo Yuhao concealed how he defeated Chen Fei, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao demonstrated their strength in the freshman assessments. Huo Yuhao criticized Wang Dong’s choice of soul skill, and Xiao Xiao decisively defeated Zhang Tai.

• Huo Yuhao returned to the crowd after Chen Fei collapsed, and Wang Dong asked how he had done it, but he refused to explain.
• Wang Dong defeated Li Ming with her Sidewing Guillotine soul skill, impressing the freshmen with her Millennium Soul Ring.
• Wang Dong bragged to Huo Yuhao about her strength, but he criticized her for choosing a close-range attack instead of a soul skill suited to her Light Goddess Butterfly’s Light Element affinity.
• Xiao Xiao revealed her yellow and purple Soul Rings and split her Three Lives Soul-Subduing Cauldron into three cauldrons.
• Xiao Xiao trapped Zhang Tai between the cauldrons, and he surrendered.

Huo Yuhao tested his spiritual soul skills in successive assessment matches, first overwhelming Lin Fei with a flood of information and then defeating another opponent with a blissful illusion. He left the freshmen and Zhou Yi baffled while gaining confidence in the tactical potential of his four spiritual skills.

• Huo Yuhao dodged Lin Fei's ice attacks before using Spiritual Link to overload Lin Fei's mind with information, causing him to collapse and convulse.
• The freshmen, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Zhou Yi watched in shock as Lin Fei was carried away.
• Huo Yuhao faced another freshman, who abandoned his weapon and fell asleep after Huo Yuhao combined Spiritual Simulation with Spiritual Link to send him an illusion.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that the matches had confirmed his combat ideas and showed how his four spiritual skills could support many future tactics.

Huo Yuhao conceded his match against Zhao Ming, then openly challenged Zhou Yi to expel him when she objected. Zhou Yi suppressed her anger and allowed the assessment to continue, leaving Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to face off in the final.

• After Huo Yuhao’s earlier victories made the freshmen wary of him, Zhou Yi called him to fight Zhao Ming.
• Huo Yuhao conceded without releasing his Martial Soul, explaining that he had no interest in becoming class monitor.
• Zhou Yi confronted Huo Yuhao, and he calmly told her to expel him if she wished.
• Wang Dong anxiously tried to stop Huo Yuhao from provoking Zhou Yi, while Zhou Yi recognized his exceptional talent and let the assessment continue.
• The preliminary rounds and semifinals ended, leaving Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to compete in the final.

Xiao Xiao defeated Wang Dong in a battle of attrition and became the official class monitor of Freshman Class 1. After Huo Yuhao helped Wang Dong recover and then dropped her, he quietly asked Xiao Xiao whether she had cultivated the Heavenly Origin Art.

• Xiao Xiao used her Three Lives Soul-Subduing Cauldron and Cauldron Shock to keep Wang Dong at a distance and disrupt her attacks.
• Wang Dong exhausted her soul power and conceded, making Xiao Xiao the winner and official class monitor of Freshman Class 1.
• Huo Yuhao gave the exhausted Wang Dong a Blue Jade Pill, then let go of her and caused her to fall onto the grass.
• Huo Yuhao approached Xiao Xiao and asked whether she had cultivated the Heavenly Origin Art.

After winning the class monitor position, Huo Yuhao invited Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to a barbecue by Sea God Lake. Wang Dong laughed at his explanation for giving Xiao Xiao extra food, while Xiao Xiao silently snapped her skewer in anger.

• Huo Yuhao asked Xiao Xiao whether she practiced the Heavenly Origin Art, and she confirmed that Sister Ju Zi had taught it to her.
• Huo Yuhao invited Xiao Xiao to barbecue, and Wang Dong insisted on coming along despite having just been knocked down.
• Huo Yuhao prepared a picnic barbecue and served the girls skewers and homemade Coke, which made Wang Dong cough and Xiao Xiao belch.
• Wang Dong noticed that Huo Yuhao gave Xiao Xiao more meat and teased him about being in love with her.
• Huo Yuhao said he gave Xiao Xiao extra meat because she was short and might have been malnourished, making Wang Dong burst into laughter and Xiao Xiao snap her skewer.

Huo Yuhao skipped most classes while studying in Shrek’s Outer Court Library, and he developed a theory that Soul Power could transform and assimilate ordinary matter. After two months, he headed to Sea God Lake to test a new idea for his Martial Soul, with Wang Dong tagging along.

• Huo Yuhao defended his repeated absences from theory lessons by using Zhou Yi’s advice about causing trouble, and Zhou Yi let him go because his grades were excellent.
• Over the next two months, Zhou Yi expelled nearly a third of the freshman class while Huo Yuhao continued studying in the Library.
• Wang Dong read a story about a Soul Master turning a stone into gold and dismissed it as made-up nonsense.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the story suggested Soul Power could pollute and transform matter, then decided to test a new Martial Soul idea at Sea God Lake.
• Wang Dong eagerly followed Huo Yuhao out of the dormitory.

Huo Yuhao tested his incomplete second Martial Soul by combining it with Soul Beast essence blood while Wang Dong watched and revealed her Clear Sky Hammer. Elsewhere, Ma Xiaotao lost control of her Evil Fire and flew berserk toward Sea God Lake.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong he was testing his second Martial Soul, and Wang Dong revealed her Clear Sky Hammer while claiming to have Twin Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao summoned an icy, formless Martial Soul and mocked Wang Dong when she asked why it lacked a fixed shape.
• Huo Yuhao tested different Soul Beast essence blood samples, observing temporary beast forms before they collapsed, and also tested the origin with Soul Tool core formations.
• Wang Dong watched Huo Yuhao's experiments at Sea God Lake and felt her heart beat faster as he worked.
• Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire overwhelmed her beneath the Golden Tree, and she transformed into a berserk state and flew toward the shore of Sea God Lake.