Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao tested his second Martial Soul and concluded that, left alone, it would likely develop into an ultimate-ice White Tiger-type Martial Soul. Ma Xiaotao attacked them in the throes of an Evil Fire backlash, and Huo Yuhao’s extreme cold drew her attention as Wang Dong tried to protect him.

• Huo Yuhao tested his second Martial Soul and reasoned that his White Tiger genes could shape it into an ultimate-ice tiger-type Martial Soul.
• Wang Dong spotted a crimson figure over Sea God Lake just before Ma Xiaotao fired a blazing attack at them.
• Wang Dong used her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul to knock Huo Yuhao to the ground and shield him from the fireline.
• Ma Xiaotao landed nearby, and Wang Dong stood between her and Huo Yuhao despite the danger posed by Ma Xiaotao’s six-ringed Soul Emperor strength.
• Huo Yuhao released extreme cold from his left palm, stopping Ma Xiaotao and drawing her attention toward him.
• Wang Dong shouted at Huo Yuhao for provoking Ma Xiaotao as the flames around Ma Xiaotao surged.

Ma Xiaotao subdued her evil fire by kissing Huo Yuhao, then carried him away from the jealous Wang Dong to her bathroom. After the two recovered, Yan Shaozhe knocked at the door, leaving Ma Xiaotao panicking over what he might see.

• Wang Dong saw Ma Xiaotao pinning and kissing Huo Yuhao, then charged at them in anger.
• Ma Xiaotao suppressed her evil fire with Huo Yuhao's ice power and flew away with him before Wang Dong could reach them.
• Ma Xiaotao crashed through a door into a bathroom and held Huo Yuhao under cold water until her evil fire and soul power calmed.
• Ma Xiaotao released Huo Yuhao, and the two awkwardly faced each other in the bathroom.
• Yan Shaozhe knocked and called for Ma Xiaotao, leaving her worried he would discover her with Huo Yuhao.

After Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire went out of control, Huo Yuhao suppressed it with his second martial soul, and the two emerged from the incident in an awkwardly compromising state. Yan Shaozhe discovered that Huo Yuhao possessed Extreme Ice, which could suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and his hostility turned to admiration.

• Yan Shaozhe hurried to Ma Xiaotao’s room after learning she had taken Huo Yuhao, then heard her say she had recovered.
• Ma Xiaotao dressed and told Huo Yuhao to hide the marks from their encounter, while offering compensation for what she had done.
• Yan Shaozhe entered, noticed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire had calmed, and saw the marks on Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao’s disheveled clothes.
• Wang Dong refused Du Weilun’s Soul Ascension Pill and left after learning Yan Shaozhe had gone to Sea God Island to check on Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his second martial soul’s cold had suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, then revealed his Extreme Ice ability to Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe ordered a thorough investigation into Huo Yuhao’s origins after learning of his Extreme Ice Martial Soul. Back in the dormitory, Wang Dong grew upset over the marks left by Ma Xiaotao, while Huo Yuhao was handed an enormous questionnaire and Xiao Xiao arrived to see him.

• Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao agreed that Huo Yuhao’s background needed a thorough investigation, though Ma Xiaotao said a relationship with him would not be appropriate.
• Wang Dong confronted Huo Yuhao about the bite marks and red marks on his neck, but he fell asleep without explaining what had happened.
• The next morning, Zhou Yi gave Huo Yuhao a huge investigation form and instructed him to answer every question.
• Huo Yuhao began filling out the form, making up most of his answers.
• Xiao Xiao came to see Huo Yuhao and froze when Wang Dong opened the door wearing only an oversized T-shirt.

Huo Yuhao went to meet Ning Tian and Wu Feng to discuss a major deal between the Spirit Medicine Pavilion and the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect. Ning Tian revealed that the sect wanted to trade rare gemstones for the pavilion’s green jade and Blue Jade Elixir Liquid.

• Xiao Xiao told Huo Yuhao that Ju Zi had personally assigned him to negotiate a major deal at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.
• Huo Yuhao left Wang Dong in the dorm and went with Xiao Xiao toward Shrek City, learning that their prospective partners were from the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect.
• Huo Yuhao met Ning Tian and Wu Feng in the pavilion’s VIP reception room.
• Ning Tian said the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect wanted a long-term supply arrangement to sell rare gemstones to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.
• Ning Tian revealed that the sect had great interest in the pavilion’s green jade and Blue Jade Elixir Liquid.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect’s Glazed Crystal conducted Soul Power with almost no loss, making it valuable for Soul Tools. After negotiations over its price and the Spirit Medicine Pavilion’s production secrets broke down, he decided to investigate the crystal further.

• Huo Yuhao inspected a Glazed Crystal and found that Soul Power passed through it with almost no loss.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Ning Tian’s proposed price and refused to let the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect control the Spirit Medicine Pavilion’s production chain.
• Ning Tian ended the negotiations and left with Wu Feng.
• Huo Yuhao compared the Glazed Crystal with an ordinary sapphire and found that the sapphire lost nearly forty percent of the Soul Power passing through it.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xiao Xiao to investigate Glazed Crystal products sold by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Chamber of Commerce.

Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao spent a week bargaining over Glazed Crystals before reaching a deal that gave the Spirit Medicine Pavilion a cheap supply and the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect access to spirit medicine distribution. At a lakeside barbecue afterward, Wang Dong grew jealous of the girls around Huo Yuhao and claimed all the freshly grilled skewers.

• Ning Tian told Wu Feng that the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect would wait for the Spirit Medicine Pavilion to return with a better offer for Glazed Crystals.
• Over several negotiations, Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian haggled the price down to ten gold soul coins per jin and agreed on crystal supply, medicine purchasing priority, and regional sales rights.
• At the weekend barbecue by Sea God Lake, Wu Feng tried Huo Yuhao's skewers and found them delicious while Ning Tian reflected that she had grown familiar with him.
• Wang Dong noticed the girls gathered around Huo Yuhao, snatched more than twenty freshly grilled skewers, and claimed she was hungry.

Yan Shaozhe investigated Huo Yuhao’s background and, after confirming he was unmarried, proposed a Marriage Agreement between him and Ma Xiaotao. Huo Yuhao was summoned to the dean’s office, where he began listing problems he had found at the academy.

• Yan Shaozhe reviewed Huo Yuhao’s detailed investigation file and confirmed he had no family, sect, or marriage ties.
• Ma Xiaotao cultivated with her Evil Fire suppressed by Huo Yuhao’s Extreme Ice, and Yan Shaozhe told her he planned to arrange a Marriage Agreement between them.
• Ma Xiaotao initially objected to Huo Yuhao’s age but agreed to settle the Marriage Agreement first.
• Du Weilun brought Huo Yuhao from the Outer Court Library to Yan Shaozhe’s office.
• Yan Shaozhe asked how Huo Yuhao had found life at the academy, and Huo Yuhao said he had discovered three major problems.

Huo Yuhao raised concerns about poor facilities in the Outer Court dormitory and cafeteria before Yan Shaozhe proposed a Marriage Agreement between him and Ma Xiaotao. Huo Yuhao refused because he already had a fiancée, and he left after Yan Shaozhe suggested he cancel that engagement.

• Huo Yuhao told Yan Shaozhe that the dormitory restroom was overcrowded and malfunctioning, the bathhouse was cramped, and the cafeteria had no benches.
• Yan Shaozhe said the academy would consider Huo Yuhao's suggestions, though he privately worried about the cost of fixing the facilities.
• Yan Shaozhe presented Huo Yuhao with a Marriage Agreement tying him to Ma Xiaotao in exchange for academy cultivation and his help suppressing her Evil Fire.
• Huo Yuhao refused to sign because he already had a fiancée and began to leave.
• Yan Shaozhe urged Huo Yuhao to cancel his existing engagement and marry Ma Xiaotao, prompting Huo Yuhao to condemn the suggestion and head for the door.

Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that he had rejected an engagement with Ma Xiaotao because he already had a fiancée, prompting Wang Dong to break down and realize she had fallen for him. When Huo Yuhao refused to comfort her, Wang Dong attacked him by biting his cheek.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that Yan Shaozhe had tried to arrange his engagement to Ma Xiaotao, but he had refused because he already had a fiancée.
• Wang Dong panicked at the news of Huo Yuhao's fiancée and began crying when he confirmed it.
• Huo Yuhao continued reading instead of comforting Wang Dong, saying he had no obligation to do so as her roommate.
• Wang Dong realized she had fallen for Huo Yuhao, then grew angry remembering Ma Xiaotao kissing him.
• Wang Dong pounced on Huo Yuhao and bit his cheek.

Huo Yuhao rejected the marriage agreement but reassured Ma Xiaotao that he would still help suppress her evil fire, bringing the two closer. Back at the dorm, Wang Dong’s jealousy and increasingly intimate antics made his academy life a romantic battlefield.

• Wang Dong bit Huo Yuhao, then denied liking him when he told her he had no plans to date.
• Wang Dong climbed into Huo Yuhao’s bed during the night and shared his blanket, startling him when he woke up beside her.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao whether he hated her, and he said he wanted to be close to her but was too young to accept a marriage agreement.
• Huo Yuhao promised Ma Xiaotao he would always help suppress her evil fire, and she embraced him gratefully.
• Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao to her bedroom on Sea God Island, where he used his Ultimate Ice to suppress her evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao repeatedly sought Huo Yuhao’s help, while Wang Dong threatened him and continued her jealous, affectionate behavior in their dormitory.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao easily won their first Freshman Assessment match, and Huo Yuhao gave Xiao Xiao research booklets to deliver to Ju Zi. Ma Xiaotao then seized Huo Yuhao and flew off with him, leaving Wang Dong frustrated but accustomed to her interruptions.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated three students from Freshman Class Three in under half a minute.
• Huo Yuhao instructed Xiao Xiao to send his research booklets to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion and deliver them personally to Ju Zi.
• Wang Dong read the booklet on elemental attributes, struggled with its complex formulas, and argued with Huo Yuhao after he mocked her ability to understand it.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived at Sea God Lake, grabbed Huo Yuhao, and carried him toward Sea God Island.
• Wang Dong watched them leave and, despite her anger, admitted she had grown used to Ma Xiaotao taking Huo Yuhao away.

Huo Yuhao’s experiments with Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire suppression triggered a powerful martial soul resonance, and his Spiritual Link made him experience her overwhelming relief firsthand. After they recovered, Ma Xiaotao asked him to repeat the experiment, leaving Huo Yuhao alarmed.

• Huo Yuhao discovered that repeated Soul Power exchanges with Ma Xiaotao were gradually shaping his second martial soul into the form of her Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao achieved a powerful resonance between Extreme Ice and her Evil Fire Phoenix during a suppression session.
• Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Link to observe the experiment, but the connection shared Ma Xiaotao’s intense sensations with him and overwhelmed them both.
• After half an hour of recovery, Ma Xiaotao pressed a hand to Huo Yuhao’s chest and asked him to do it one more time.

Huo Yuhao analyzed the extreme-cold and extreme-heat Soul Power he had fused with Ma Xiaotao and tried to simulate an evolution of his Ultimate Attribute. The attempt failed because his second Martial Soul was still incomplete, and he realized it would need to change his physiology and supply enough energy to sustain his brain.

• Huo Yuhao recognized that the fused power he had formed with Ma Xiaotao resembled Haodong Power but could not be controlled without her cooperation.
• Huo Yuhao considered using Fortune After Adversity to develop his Ultimate Attribute and began a Spiritual Simulation deduction.
• Huo Yuhao used Mind-Clearing to suppress the pain and enhance his brain as he continued the deduction.
• After twenty minutes, Huo Yuhao's deduction model collapsed because his second Martial Soul lacked a stable form.
• Huo Yuhao realized his brain Martial Soul consumed forty percent of his body's energy and resolved to find a second Martial Soul that could alter his physiology and provide substantial energy.

Huo Yuhao’s team advanced undefeated to the top sixteen, and he spotted Dai Huabin, the enemy he blamed for his mother’s suffering. Their gazes met across the plaza, and Dai Huabin silently called him a bastard.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao quickly defeated their opponents while Huo Yuhao supported them from the back, securing another victory and a place in the top sixteen.
• Wang Dong teased Huo Yuhao for staying out of the fight, and the three teammates headed toward the exit together.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Huabin and recalled how, when they were five, he struck Dai with a wooden stick after Dai insulted him and Huo Yun'er, leading servants to beat Huo Yuhao and injure his mother.
• Huo Yuhao judged Dai Huabin’s strength and anticipated that their groups might meet in the semifinals, while vowing to repay his old grudges.
• Dai Huabin recognized Huo Yuhao, remembered the blow that had knocked out three of his teeth, and stared at him with fury before silently calling him a bastard.

Wang Dong angrily defended Huo Yuhao after a golden-haired boy cursed him, but Huo Yuhao stopped her and invited her and Xiao Xiao to eat grilled meat. Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Cao Jinxuan joined them, and Cao Jinxuan was overwhelmed by the first bite, reliving a happy childhood memory.

• Wang Dong learned that the golden-haired boy had cursed Huo Yuhao and tried to confront him, but Huo Yuhao grabbed her wrist and calmed her down.
• Huo Yuhao invited Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to eat grilled meat, and Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Cao Jinxuan asked to join them.
• Cao Jinxuan studied Huo Yuhao as a mysterious competitor whose single white Soul Ring seemed to help his teammates anticipate their opponents.
• At a grove by Sea God Lake, Huo Yuhao grilled meat for the group, and Cao Jinxuan's first bite brought tears to his eyes as childhood memories filled his mind.

Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Freshman Class Seven in the quarterfinals, then faced Dai Huabin’s team in the semifinals. Huo Yuhao blocked Dai Huabin’s attacks head-on and provoked him, leaving the fight unresolved as Dai Huabin unleashed a furious barrage of punches.

• Huo Yuhao walked up to support-type Soul Master Zhou Ming, dodged his kick, and threw him out of the arena.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao coordinated their attacks to eliminate Freshman Class Seven’s two Soul Grandmasters, securing the quarterfinal victory.
• The semifinal bracket paired Huo Yuhao’s team against Dai Huabin’s team, and Dai Huabin entered the match openly intent on attacking Huo Yuhao.
• Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Radiant Wave struck Huo Yuhao’s telekinetic barrier, which held firm.
• Dai Huabin used White Tiger Vajra Transformation and punched Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao met the blow without retreating.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Dai Huabin, who lost control and began raining punches down on him.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated Dai Huabin's team by eliminating his teammates and using coordinated attacks to keep Dai Huabin airborne. Huo Yuhao pinned Dai Huabin to the ground and called him trash, leaving Dai Huabin burning with resentment.

• Huo Yuhao provoked Dai Huabin and held his attention while Wang Dong defeated Zhu Lu and Xiao Xiao forced Cui Yajie out of the field.
• Huo Yuhao locked himself onto Dai Huabin with the Seven-Day Love Lock as Xiao Xiao interrupted his White Tiger Vajra Transformation with Cauldron Surge.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao kicked Dai Huabin back and forth through the air without letting him land.
• Huo Yuhao slammed Dai Huabin into the ground, pinned his chest beneath his foot, and called him trash.

Huo Yuhao recalled how his mother, Huo Yun'er, refused to leave the Duke's Estate and died there, leaving him with grief and anger. Back in the dormitory, Wang Dong's concern eased his heavy mood slightly, but he remained determined to make the White Tiger Duke's Estate pay.

• Wang Dong noticed Huo Yuhao's cold, withdrawn behavior and asked what had happened.
• Huo Yuhao remembered that Huo Yun'er refused his repeated pleas to leave the Duke's Estate, even after he awakened Spirit Eyes instead of the White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Huo Yun'er continued to endure abuse while hoping Dai Hao would return, and she died asking Huo Yuhao to bury her on the estate's back mountain.
• Huo Yuhao buried his mother and told her that she had deserved what happened because she chose to stay.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the present, concealed his emotions, and resolved to make the White Tiger Duke's Estate pay while Wang Dong questioned him.

Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Ning Tian’s team in the freshman assessment, but Huo Yuhao was left off the Martial Soul Department’s core disciple list. He recognized Yan Shaozhe’s decision as a warning over his refusal to follow Shrek’s arranged path.

• Ning Tian bet that the losing team would have to grant the winners a request, and Huo Yuhao accepted confidently.
• Cao Jinxuan’s Time-Lapse Bell slowed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, while Wu Feng pressed their attack under Ning Tian’s enhancements.
• Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Ning Tian and Cao Jinxuan with a flood of theoretical materials, disrupting their abilities and causing Cao Jinxuan to collapse.
• Huo Yuhao froze Wu Feng’s dragonfire with his Icebound Celestial Phoenix, and Xiao Xiao knocked her out of the arena as Ning Tian conceded.
• Yan Shaozhe announced the freshman core disciples without naming Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao understood the omission as a warning.