Chapter Summaries

Tang San sensed that Huo Yuhao’s fate had changed and feared the Tang Sect would lose its chance to rise again. After transmigrating into Huo Yuhao, the newcomer fled the Duke’s Mansion and reached Star Dou Great Forest, where he encountered Tang Ya and Bei Bei.

• Tang San discussed the Tang Sect’s decline with Xiao Wu and planned to test a rising star as a possible successor to his divine position.
• Tang San sensed golden light around the rising star’s altered fate and vowed to stop whoever was interfering with his plans.
• The transmigrator recognized himself as Huo Yuhao and resolved to avoid Tang San’s control, Shrek Academy, and the Tang Princess.
• Huo Yuhao sneaked out of White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, promised to deal with the Duchess someday, and traveled toward Star Dou Great Forest.
• Six days later, Huo Yuhao grilled fish near Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang Ya and Bei Bei approached him.

Huo Yuhao met Tang Ya and Bei Bei while selling grilled fish, then entered the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux. Tang Ya and Bei Bei followed him, with Tang Ya hoping to recruit him into the Tang Sect.

• Tang Ya eagerly ate Huo Yuhao's grilled fish, and Bei Bei joined her after warning that Shrek City's market was competitive.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself to Bei Bei and Tang Ya, then left to search the Star Dou Great Forest for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux.
• Huo Yuhao recalled how Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had helped him and resolved to seek a stronger godhood than the God of Emotion.
• Huo Yuhao headed toward the Wind Baboon's location, where he believed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had appeared.
• Tang Ya told Bei Bei she wanted to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect, and Bei Bei agreed to follow him to protect him from soul beasts.

Huo Yuhao entered the Star Dou Great Forest, killed a Wind Baboon with the White Tiger Dagger, and waited for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to make him its Wisdom Soul Ring. As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, an unknown gray stream of air interrupted them, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm found it could not examine Huo Yuhao’s memories.

• Huo Yuhao entered the Star Dou Great Forest, confident that he could defeat the Wind Baboon with the White Tiger Dagger.
• Huo Yuhao provoked the Wind Baboon into firing a white orb, absorbed its attack with the White Tiger Dagger, and killed it with the returned strike.
• Huo Yuhao ignored the Wind Baboon’s white soul ring and waited for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to find him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm introduced itself and said it wanted to become Huo Yuhao’s Wisdom Soul Ring, while Huo Yuhao sealed his past-life memories with golden light in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm transformed into light and entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, but a gray stream of air rushed toward Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered it could not examine his memories.

Huo Yuhao let Sky Dream Ice Silkworm inspect selected memories and learned about the Wisdom Soul Ring and its promised abilities. After waking, he met Tang Ya and Bei Bei, who invited him to join the Tang Sect and attend Shrek Academy, while Tang Ya praised Tang San.

• Huo Yuhao showed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm memories from his past while concealing his transmigration, and Sky Dream explained his plan to become Huo Yuhao’s Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream told Huo Yuhao that the ring would grant four soul skills and a second, ice-attribute martial soul before sending him out of his Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao woke beside Tang Ya and Bei Bei, then told them he had absorbed the Wind Baboon’s Soul Ring and had a Spiritual Eye martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao said he planned to stay with relatives, so Bei Bei offered him the Tang Sect’s recommendation-free slot at Shrek Academy.
• Tang Ya praised Tang San as a perfect, invincible hero, while Huo Yuhao privately noted that the Tang Sect’s stories ignored anything unfavorable about him.

Huo Yuhao declined Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s invitation to join the Tang Sect, then traveled to Yu Ming City and earned money selling grilled fish while waiting to pass the Sun Moon Empire’s background check. After paying Zhang Jin ten Gold Soul Coins, he was accepted as one of the Sun Moon People and prepared to travel to Mingdu for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s entrance assessment.

• Huo Yuhao refused Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s invitation to join the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya gave him two Gold Soul Coins for travel expenses.
• One month later, Huo Yuhao sold grilled fish in Yu Ming City and became popular with the locals.
• Huo Yuhao visited Zhang Jin at a blacksmith shop and handed over the ten Gold Soul Coins they had agreed on.
• Zhang Jin confirmed that Huo Yuhao had passed his background check and said he could travel to Mingdu to take the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy entrance assessment.
• Huo Yuhao pretended to be innocent as he asked Zhang Jin whether he was truly one of the Sun Moon People.

Huo Yuhao chose the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy over Shrek Academy, believing its focus on spiritual-attribute Soul Masters would give him better early support. After arriving in Mingdu, he began the academy’s entrance examination.

• Zhang Jin promised Huo Yuhao protection as a Sun Moon Person and arranged for him to travel to Mingdu the next morning.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he chose the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for its soul engineering focus and potential support.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao to raise his soul power to rank twenty, then went to sleep.
• Five days later, Huo Yuhao arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in Mingdu, where Teacher Tang began his entrance examination.
• Teacher Tang asked Huo Yuhao to remove his White Tiger Dagger before using a Soul Tool Body Tester, which enveloped him in white light.

Huo Yuhao completed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s entrance tests and officially enrolled, then met Xuan Ziwen, who was intrigued by his rare martial soul but unimpressed by his weak starting abilities. The chapter ended as Huo Yuhao prepared to demonstrate his soul skill to Xuan Ziwen.

• Teacher Tang recorded Huo Yuhao’s physical measurements and test results, which showed mostly ordinary abilities.
• Huo Yuhao punched the Soul Tool Strength Tester and received a strength rating of Level 11.
• Teacher Tang officially enrolled Huo Yuhao and gave him his school supplies, explaining that Xuan Ziwen wanted to meet him.
• Xuan Ziwen examined Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Eye, learned that his Innate Soul Power was Level 1, and became doubtful about taking him as a disciple.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to demonstrate his soul skill after warning Xuan Ziwen not to resist it.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Mental Detection Sharing soul skill, impressing Xuan Ziwen and Jing Hongchen and prompting both to offer to teach him soul tool creation. He chose Xuan Ziwen as his teacher, received two pills, and agreed to begin training the next day.

• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection and Mental Sharing, and Xuan Ziwen recognized their value for making soul tools.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his detection range grew with cultivation, and Xuan Ziwen offered to teach him and accept him as a student if he became a Second Level Soul Engineer within a year.
• Jing Hongchen arrived, tested Huo Yuhao's soul skill, and offered to accept him as a student if he became a Rank 3 Soul Engineer within a year and a half.
• Xuan Ziwen and Jing Hongchen argued over who would teach Huo Yuhao, then let him choose between them.
• Huo Yuhao chose Xuan Ziwen, who gave him a Mystic Water Pill and a Soul Ascension Pill and told him to meet in the experimental zone after class the next day.

Huo Yuhao settled into Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, took the Mystic Water Pill, and began classes as a new student. His teacher Zhao Feng openly criticized Tang San’s reliance on Hidden Weapons, leaving Huo Yuhao to worry about the consequences if Tang San heard him.

• Teacher Tang showed Huo Yuhao his single-room dormitory, and Jing Hongchen considered the academy’s prospects in the next Soul Duel Tournament.
• Huo Yuhao consumed the Mystic Water Pill, purged impurities, and found that his soul power had risen to the peak of Level 12 while his cultivation speed had improved.
• Huo Yuhao joined Class One, Year One and introduced himself as an eleven-year-old Soul Master with a Spiritual Eye martial soul.
• Homeroom teacher Zhao Feng introduced himself as a Fifth Level Soul Engineer with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul and began teaching the class about Soul Tools.
• Zhao Feng condemned Tang San for promoting Hidden Weapons instead of Soul Tools, and Huo Yuhao privately worried that Tang San might retaliate if he heard the criticism.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm debated whether soul guidance devices could eventually kill gods, and Sky Dream decided to push Huo Yuhao to reach Rank 20 so they could seek a second Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao questioning when he could leave the academy, while Sky Dream reconsidered his plan.

• Zhao Feng praised Tang San's strength but argued that sufficiently advanced soul guidance devices could kill gods, inspiring his students.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Rank 9 Soul Cannon Shells could already kill Titled Douluo and that human technology might eventually reach god-killing power.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm became anxious for Bingbing's safety and resolved to supervise Huo Yuhao's cultivation until he reached Rank 20.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said he would take Huo Yuhao somewhere to obtain a second Martial Soul, but Huo Yuhao pointed out that the academy might not let him travel before vacation.

Huo Yuhao studied Soul Tools under Zhao Feng and then followed Xuan Ziwen to a laboratory, where he tested a healing gun on an injured Soft Bone Rabbit. The rabbit recovered, but Xuan Ziwen remained dissatisfied with the gun’s limited healing ability.

• Huo Yuhao agreed to let the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm help him search for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to improve his physical condition.
• During Zhao Feng’s lesson, Huo Yuhao noticed the teacher mixing Soul Tool instruction with Sun Moon Empire propaganda.
• Huo Yuhao met Xuan Ziwen and followed him to the Third Laboratory, where he was warned not to touch anything without permission.
• Xuan Ziwen showed Huo Yuhao an injured Soft Bone Rabbit and asked him to test a First Level Soul Guidance Gun that fired a Healing Ray.
• Huo Yuhao healed the Soft Bone Rabbit, but Xuan Ziwen caught it, locked it in a cage, and said the gun’s healing was inferior to healing soul skills.

Huo Yuhao trained under Xuan Ziwen in Soul Tool forging, metal identification, and Core Array inscription, then took the First-Level Soul Engineer assessment. He completed a compact Soul Tool with four Core Arrays, and Xuan Ziwen acknowledged his talent while preparing to judge the result.

• Xuan Ziwen explained that he hoped to create a Rank 9 Soul Tool usable by ordinary people, and Huo Yuhao encouraged him.
• Xuan Ziwen taught Huo Yuhao to forge metal with a Soul Guidance Forging Device and instructed him in Core Arrays and metal identification.
• After twenty days, Xuan Ziwen told Huo Yuhao that a qualified First-Level Soul Tool would earn him recognition as a First-Level Soul Engineer.
• Huo Yuhao inscribed four Core Arrays into a small silver sphere and declared his Soul Tool complete.
• Xuan Ziwen identified the four arrays and said that fitting them onto such a small piece of metal showed Huo Yuhao had good talent.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated that his Soul Guidance Concussion Bomb could incapacitate living targets, earning praise from Xuan Ziwen and certification as a First-Level Soul Engineer. News of his rapid advancement reached Jing Hongchen, whose grandchildren Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen reacted to the unexpected rival.

• Huo Yuhao used the Soul Guidance Concussion Bomb to knock three Soft Bone Rabbits unconscious without seriously injuring them.
• Xuan Ziwen praised the device’s usefulness for capturing targets alive and certified Huo Yuhao as a First-Level Soul Engineer.
• Xuan Ziwen said he would report Huo Yuhao’s talent to the academy.
• Jing Hongchen was astonished to learn that Huo Yuhao had passed the First-Level examination in twenty days.
• Xiao Hongchen questioned whether Huo Yuhao could keep advancing quickly, while Meng Hongchen teased him about being outdone.

Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen argued over Huo Yuhao’s rapid progress as a Soul Engineer, prompting Jing Hongchen to reward him for breaking the assessment record. Xiao vowed to surpass Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao reached Level 15 after the effects of a Soul Ascension Pill gradually took hold.

• Meng Hongchen proposed betting on how long Huo Yuhao would take to pass the Second-Level Soul Engineer assessment, and Xiao Hongchen insisted his talent was greater.
• Meng reminded Xiao that Huo Yuhao had become a First-Level Soul Engineer in twenty days, and Xiao complained that she always praised an outsider.
• Jing Hongchen told Meng to summon Huo Yuhao and promised him two Rank 4 Soul Tools for breaking the record.
• Jing Hongchen advised Xiao not to obsess over winning, but Xiao vowed to set records Huo Yuhao could never surpass.
• Huo Yuhao broke through to Level 15 as the Soul Ascension Pill’s power spread through his body during cultivation.

Huo Yuhao received money and Soul Tools as rewards for his Soul Engineer talent, while he privately worried about Tang San’s influence and his own vulnerability. Jing Hongchen presented him with two Level 4 Soul Tools, including a triggered defensive chest armor.

• Huo Yuhao worried about his slow cultivation, Tang San’s influence, and the dangers facing him.
• Xuan Ziwen introduced Meng Hongchen, who came to take Huo Yuhao to collect a reward from Jing Hongchen.
• Xuan Ziwen gave Huo Yuhao a card with one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and promised another payment for his Soul Guidance Concussion Bomb.
• Meng Hongchen brought Huo Yuhao to Jing Hongchen, who praised his talent and presented him with a Level 4 Defensive Soul Tool and a Level 4 Storage Soul Tool.
• Jing Hongchen explained that the Red Dust Chest Armor activated automatically when its wearer was attacked, and Huo Yuhao privately compared it to a weaker version of Hongchen Blessing.

Huo Yuhao received two Rank 4 Soul Tools from Jing Hongchen and took a Mystic Water Pill under his supervision. After the pill improved his physique and soul power circulation, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said it was more confident about giving him his second martial soul.

• Jing Hongchen gave Huo Yuhao a Red Dust Chest Armor and a White Cloud Belt, then urged him to focus on soul engineering.
• Huo Yuhao asked Jing Hongchen for a Mystic Water Pill, swallowed it, and underwent its cleansing effects while Jing Hongchen stood guard.
• Meng Hongchen left to avoid the pill’s foul odor, and Jing Hongchen offered Huo Yuhao a bath and spare clothes.
• Jing Hongchen recalled that the Old Hall Master had once selected him, keeping him out of the Worship Hall and giving him room to advance in Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao sensed his improved physique and faster soul power circulation while bathing, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm grew more confident about giving him his second martial soul.

Huo Yuhao attended the Yalan Merchant Guild’s Treasure Appreciating Fair and listened to Teacher Chen Wei promote his book by praising the Sun Moon Empire and predicting victory over its rivals. When a man challenged Chen Wei over his many residences in rival cities, Chen Wei defended them as part of his efforts to understand the enemy.

• Huo Yuhao left Jing Hongchen’s residence and went to the Yalan Merchant Guild to search for rare treasures.
• At the fair, Huo Yuhao learned that the crowd had gathered to hear Teacher Chen Wei promote his new book.
• Chen Wei praised the Sun Moon Empire’s prosperity and soul tools while claiming the other three empires’ people lived in misery.
• A balding man asked Chen Wei why he owned fifty residences in rival cities and spent over one hundred days a year there.
• Chen Wei replied that he lived in those cities to understand the enemy and help the Sun Moon Empire defeat them.

Huo Yuhao walked through the Sun Moon Empire’s Treasure Appreciating Fair as citizens rallied behind calls for Holy War. Ju Zi introduced him to Crown Prince Xu Tianran as a prodigy, and Xu Tianran took notice of him.

• Chen Wei declared his loyalty to the Sun Moon Empire and urged support for the Holy War, prompting citizens to applaud and pledge their possessions.
• Huo Yuhao avoided the cheering crowd and discussed searching for bargains with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who warned him that nearby Titled Douluo made trouble too dangerous.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi to assess Chen Wei’s propaganda, and Ju Zi praised its role in preparing the people for war.
• Xu Tianran denounced the Late Emperor’s peaceful policies and declared his ambition to conquer the continent and become its Eternal Emperor.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that Huo Yuhao had passed the First-Level Soul Engineer assessment in twenty days, then pointed him out at the fair.
• Xu Tianran used his Titled Douluo senses to find Huo Yuhao in the crowd and remarked on how young he looked.

Xu Tianran planned to deepen his alliance with the Holy Spirit Church and have Ju Zi approach Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao searched the Yalan Merchant Guild’s Treasure Appreciating Fair for a worthwhile find. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spotted a misidentified item and directed Huo Yuhao to buy it quickly.

• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi to build a relationship with Huo Yuhao and said he intended to secure the Death God Douluo’s support through further cooperation with the Holy Spirit Church.
• Huo Yuhao found the Treasure Appreciating Fair unimpressive and reflected on the unfair treatment of ordinary students compared with powerful nobles at Shrek Academy.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm detected a valuable item in a shop and guided Huo Yuhao through the fair to its location.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao to stop at the first stand on his right and buy the item as quickly as possible.

Huo Yuhao bought a piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil and learned from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that a costly display item was actually rare Magic Whale Oil that could increase Spiritual Power. As he prepared to bluff the shopkeeper into reserving it, Ju Zi approached and introduced herself as one of Xuan Ziwen's disciples.

• Huo Yuhao recognized the shop's cheap whale oil as Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained its benefits and urged him to buy it.
• Huo Yuhao purchased the Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil and continued searching the shop for bargains.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified a large piece labeled Thousand-Year Whale Oil as Magic Whale Oil from the Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan, explaining that it could increase Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao decided he had to acquire the Magic Whale Oil and prepared to use the Red Dust Chest Armor to persuade the shopkeeper to hold it for him.
• Ju Zi greeted Huo Yuhao and introduced herself as one of Teacher Xuan Ziwen's four disciples, prompting him to recognize her from the original story.