Chapter Summaries

At the Treasure Appreciating Fair, Ju Zi tried to get closer to Huo Yuhao by offering to lend him money, while Huo Yuhao considered using her to eventually remove Xu Tianran and gain control of the Sun Moon Empire. Ju Zi’s offer ended with a simple request: Huo Yuhao should treat her to a meal.

• Ju Zi’s earlier scheme to conceive a child with Huo Gua was described as a carefully prepared plan involving drugging him and using a special Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao praised Ju Zi’s military talent and discussed how close she had come to defeating the Douluo Three Kingdoms before his return and Tang San’s intervention.
• Ju Zi asked Huo Yuhao what Teacher Xuan had said about her, and Huo Yuhao repeated Xuan’s praise of her diligence and Soul Tool research.
• Ju Zi offered to help Huo Yuhao shop at the Treasure Appreciating Fair, and Huo Yuhao said he lacked money.
• Huo Yuhao refused to agree to an unknown condition, joking that Ju Zi might ask him to kill an innocent person; the mention of a cook reminded Ju Zi of her father’s death.
• Ju Zi softened toward Huo Yuhao and asked him to treat her to a meal.

Huo Yuhao promised Ju Zi a meal of grilled fish and had her buy him expensive whale oil, leaving him in debt to her. Back at the academy, he began heating the oil in the Third Laboratory to consume it with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s guidance.

• Huo Yuhao told Ju Zi he could grill fish, and she arranged to try it in three days.
• Ju Zi agreed to pay for Huo Yuhao’s Magic Whale Oil and a piece of rare metal, leaving him owing her 240,000 Gold Soul Coins after a discount.
• Huo Yuhao declined Ju Zi’s invitation to return to the academy with her and continued searching for bargains, but found none.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Third Laboratory and asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm how to consume the whale oil.
• Huo Yuhao took three Rank Two Flame-Ejecting Soul Tools and began heating the Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil.

After consuming Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil, Magic Whale Oil, and Frost Sky Grass, Huo Yuhao greatly improved his physical constitution and Spiritual Power. He demonstrated his enhanced Mental Detection to Xuan Ziwen, who was shocked and decided to take him to the Hall Master for an examination.

• Huo Yuhao swallowed the heated Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil, endured its intense effects, and used Frost Sky Grass to suppress its restlessness before cultivating to absorb it.
• Over two days, Huo Yuhao consumed Magic Whale Oil and gained strength, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unsealed more power into his body and raised his Soul Rings' effects to around three thousand years.
• Huo Yuhao tested his Mental Detection and discovered its one-way range had reached twelve hundred meters.
• Huo Yuhao sought out Xuan Ziwen and demonstrated his improved soul skill, explaining that the change followed his consumption of whale oil.
• Xuan Ziwen was astonished by Huo Yuhao's increased range, speculated that his Spiritual Eye had mutated, and decided to take him to the Hall Master.

Xuan Ziwen brought Huo Yuhao to see Jing Hongchen about a possible martial soul mutation, but learned the Hall Master was away. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong joined Tang Ya’s Tang Sect and discovered she only accepted Soul Tools modeled after Tang San’s.

• Xuan Ziwen flew Huo Yuhao to Jing Hongchen’s residence so the Hall Master could examine his suspected martial soul mutation.
• Meng Hongchen told Xuan Ziwen and Huo Yuhao that Jing Hongchen had gone to the palace and would return later.
• Wang Dong asked to join Tang Ya’s Tang Sect, and Tang Ya accepted her as its third-in-command.
• Tang Ya offered Wang Dong Tang Sect techniques, Soul Tools, and hidden weapons, but Wang Dong objected to Soul Tools.
• Wang Dong offered Tang Ya three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for replicas of Soul Tools used by Tang San and found she could handle those without discomfort.
• Wang Dong questioned why she accepted Tang San-style Soul Tools but rejected other Soul Tools.

Wang Dong wondered why the consciousness in his mind sought something near the empty dorm bed, while Jing Hongchen weighed the empire’s succession crisis and examined Huo Yuhao’s mutated soul skill. Impressed by its 1,200-meter detection range, Jing Hongchen rewarded Huo Yuhao and named him a reserve member for the next tournament.

• Wang Dong suspected that Tang San’s divine consciousness influenced his dislike of certain Soul Tools and felt it urgently searching for something near the empty bed.
• Jing Hongchen returned from the imperial palace, reflected on the emperor’s failing health and the princes’ attempts to secure his support, and resolved to focus on his family and academy duties.
• Xuan Ziwen brought Huo Yuhao to Jing Hongchen, who tested Mental Detection Sharing and learned that it could detect in one direction up to 1,200 meters.
• Huo Yuhao attributed his soul skill’s change to consuming Whale Rubber, and Jing Hongchen theorized that an inherited bloodline had awakened.
• Jing Hongchen made Huo Yuhao a reserve member for the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament and promised monthly rare metals, an Artificial Soul Bone, Gold Soul Coins, and better meals.

Xuan Ziwen argued that Huo Yuhao should receive a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to enhance his Mental Detection Sharing, prompting Huo Yuhao to propose a jet engine for extending Soul Cannon Shell range. Jing Hongchen rewarded Huo Yuhao and began arranging research, while Tang San wondered who was disrupting his plans in the Divine Realm.

• Xuan Ziwen objected to giving Huo Yuhao an Artificial Soul Bone and recommended a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone that could strengthen his Soul Skills.
• Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen imagined how Huo Yuhao's enhanced Mental Detection Sharing could improve the range and accuracy of Soul Engineer Legions.
• Huo Yuhao proposed using Soul Power and Core Arrays to build a Douluo Continent version of a jet engine for Standard Soul Cannon Shells.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to report the idea to Old Kong, assign Soul Engineers to research it, and discuss the Soul Bone proposal.
• Jing Hongchen gave Huo Yuhao the Mystic Soul Right Leg Bone, four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and access to rare metals as rewards.
• Tang San suspected the God of Destruction or other God Kings of interfering with his plan after Xiao Qi enrolled without meeting the Rising Star.

Tang San decided to test the Rising Star and make him his son-in-law, while Kong Deming promised to search for a soul bone that could enhance Huo Yuhao’s skills. Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish brought Ju Zi to tears as it reminded her of her father, but their quiet meal was interrupted when Meng Hongchen arrived and drew the attention of nearby students.

• Tang San blamed Destruction for interfering with his plans and decided to have Da Ming escort Xiao Qi while Er Ming guarded the Clear Sky Sect.
• Kong Deming praised Huo Yuhao’s jet engine idea and promised to search for a soul bone with the effect he needed.
• Huo Yuhao invited Ju Zi to eat grilled fish after repaying the money she had lent him.
• Ju Zi cried as Huo Yuhao’s cooking reminded her of her father, and she shared her painful past with him.
• Huo Yuhao told Ju Zi that he was an orphan too, and her attitude toward him softened.
• Meng Hongchen approached Huo Yuhao and Ju Zi, asked what he had done to her, and attracted the attention of nearby students.

Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish sparked a dispute between Ju Zi and Meng Hongchen after the students misinterpreted Ju Zi’s tears. Huo Yuhao defused the confrontation by offering to cook more fish, while the watching students continued to suspect he was involved with both girls.

• Students gossiped that Huo Yuhao and Ju Zi had a romantic relationship after seeing her tearful eyes and hearing Meng Hongchen’s teasing.
• Huo Yuhao claimed Ju Zi had cried because his grilled fish was delicious, and Meng Hongchen asked him for five skewers.
• Ju Zi took the plate of fish from Meng Hongchen and insisted that Huo Yuhao had promised the meal to her.
• Meng Hongchen challenged Ju Zi to fight for the fish, but Ju Zi refused and accused her of using her status to take them.
• Huo Yuhao offered to grill more fish, and Meng Hongchen and Ju Zi stopped arguing and ate.
• The watching students wondered whether Huo Yuhao had become involved with both Ju Zi and Meng Hongchen.

Huo Yuhao grilled fish for Meng Hongchen while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked him for advice about winning over the Ice Empress. At the same time, Xiao Hongchen dismissed a report that Huo Yuhao had attracted his sister’s attention.

• Students watching Ju Zi and Meng Hongchen argue over grilled fish speculated that they were competing for Huo Yuhao’s affection.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Huo Yuhao for romantic advice and admitted that he loved the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao declined to advise Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and began grilling fish for Meng Hongchen.
• A lackey told Xiao Hongchen that Huo Yuhao had lured Meng Hongchen away.
• Xiao Hongchen dismissed the report as a rumor and returned to studying.

Huo Yuhao earned money by grilling Soul Beast meat for Meng Hongchen, then prepared for and passed the Second Level Soul Engineer assessment. Xuan Ziwen accepted him as his disciple after seeing the power of his Soul Guidance Electric Rod.

• Meng Hongchen hired Huo Yuhao to grill Soul Beast meat and sold it to Xiao Hongchen for five hundred Gold Soul Coins per skewer.
• Xiao Hongchen ate fifty skewers, paid Meng Hongchen twenty-five thousand Gold Soul Coins, and asked her to watch for Huo Yuhao's Second Level assessment.
• After a month and a half of study and practice, Huo Yuhao began his Second Level Soul Engineer assessment in the Third Laboratory.
• Huo Yuhao crafted a Soul Guidance Electric Rod and demonstrated it by striking a tied-up Soft Bone Rabbit with a powerful burst of electricity.
• Xuan Ziwen judged Huo Yuhao's Soul Tool qualified, passed him as a Second Level Soul Engineer, and officially accepted him as his disciple.

Huo Yuhao prepared for a journey to the Far North, where he encountered the Ice Bear King before Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lured the North Ice Empress into a trap. The North Ice Empress was captured, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed that only his spiritual essence remained.

• Xuan Ziwen praised Huo Yuhao's Soul Guidance Electric Rod and gave him the academy's five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins reward for his Soul Guidance Shock Bomb.
• Jing Hongchen celebrated Huo Yuhao's record-breaking Second Level Soul Engineer examination, while Xiao Hongchen rejected a younger student's suggestion to have Huo Yuhao attacked.
• Huo Yuhao finished preparing warmth-preserving and other Soul Guidance Devices, informed Xuan Ziwen he was returning home, and traveled to the Far North with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Huo Yuhao hid as the Ice Bear King chased a deer-shaped soul beast, then continued flying after the Ice Bear King left.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his cast-off shell and the Snow Empress's aura to lure the North Ice Empress, trapped her, and revealed that he had no physical body.

Huo Yuhao convinced the Ice Empress to join Tian Meng’s plan to create a god, then absorbed her soul bone and made the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor his second martial soul. On his return toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, he encountered corpse slaves and discovered that Electrolux’s divine-consciousness fragment had awakened in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Huo Yuhao persuaded the Ice Empress that joining his plan offered a better chance at survival and godhood than facing future Heavenly Tribulations alone.
• With Tian Meng and the Ice Empress’s help, Huo Yuhao absorbed the Ice Empress’s torso bone and gained the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor as his second martial soul, reaching Level 28.
• Huo Yuhao left the Far North and, near Mingdu, detected corpse slaves linked to the Holy Spirit Cult and chose to avoid them.
• Electrolux awakened in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, introduced himself as the Holy Necromancer, Undead Calamity, and revealed that he was not a god of this world.

Huo Yuhao convinced Tian Meng and Ice Empress that he might be a god reincarnated, while Electrolux recognized a powerful force protecting him in his Sea of Consciousness. In Mingdu, Wang Dong felt an unexplained pull toward the Rising Star as Da Ming followed her.

• Electrolux awoke in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness and sensed a powerful, unconscious force protecting him.
• Huo Yuhao described his dreams of the Divine Realm and claimed his intuition guided him, leading Tian Meng and Ice Empress to believe he might be a reincarnated god.
• Electrolux returned to sleep, and Huo Yuhao resolved to seek Life Spirit Gold and investigate the golden light in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Da Ming brought Wang Dong to Mingdu on Tang San's orders to find the Rising Star and arrange for Wang Dong to meet them.
• Wang Dong felt an urgent, inexplicable desire to search in a certain direction, and Da Ming hurried after her, suspecting she had sensed the Rising Star.

Huo Yuhao tried to avoid Wang Dong and Da Ming in Mingdu, but Da Ming sensed his spiritual cultivation and detained him for a test. Huo Yuhao discovered that the golden light in his Sea of Consciousness could grant him a temporary Power of Fate and conceal him, then left the encounter with Wang Dong offering him one million Gold Soul Coins as compensation.

• Wang Dong followed an unexplained impulse toward the north, while Huo Yuhao recognized her in Mingdu and tried to stay away from her because he feared Tang San's schemes.
• Da Ming appeared, and Wang Dong told him she felt compelled to search for something in the north.
• Da Ming tested the crowd with his pressure, singled out Huo Yuhao for his spiritual cultivation, and stopped him from leaving.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spiritual Power to spread the golden light through his Sea of Consciousness and learned it could temporarily grant him the Power of Fate while concealing him.
• Wang Dong insisted Huo Yuhao was not what she was searching for, so Da Ming released him and she apologized for his interference.
• Wang Dong offered Huo Yuhao a card containing one million Gold Soul Coins to make up for the trouble.

Huo Yuhao accepted Wang Dong’s apology money, then learned from Electrolux that a strange force in his Sea of Consciousness concealed and controlled his Power of Fate. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed her fate being drawn toward a mysterious human youth.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Wang Dong’s card and warned him not to cause trouble again before leaving to show off his Ultimate Ice at the academy.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that golden light in his Sea of Consciousness held some Power of Fate, which a strange force marked by phantom scales restricted and strengthened as he grew.
• Scarlet King refused Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s request to hear human romance books, explaining that the stories had failed review and might influence her badly.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt the Power of Fate within her being drawn and saw a misty vision of a human youth.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed a mysterious human through the Power of Fate, stirring her curiosity despite Scarlet King's warnings. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Huo Yuhao revealed his Ultimate Ice Twin Martial Souls to Jing Hongchen, who promised the empire would nurture him.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed a human's phantom through the Power of Fate, and Scarlet King warned her never to trust humans.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion wondered what human life was like and grew curious about the person she had glimpsed.
• Huo Yuhao went to Jing Hongchen's office and explained that he had gained a second Martial Soul after an incident in the Far North.
• Huo Yuhao displayed his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, and Jing Hongchen recognized its Ultimate Ice attribute and activated a Level 9 Defensive Soul Tool to conceal it.
• Jing Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao's talent and promised to report him to Kong Deming so the Sun Moon Empire could cultivate him.

Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming discussed Huo Yuhao’s Twin Martial Souls and planned how to protect and nurture him. They decided to keep his Ultimate Ice secret, cultivate his Spirit Eye first, and begin surveying the Far North for future resources.

• Jing Hongchen recognized Huo Yuhao’s potential and considered bringing him closer to Meng Hongchen, while promising to arrange his training and keep his Ultimate Ice secret.
• Jing Hongchen told Kong Deming that Huo Yuhao had awakened the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Kong Deming warned that the Holy Spirit Cult might seek to recruit Huo Yuhao as a Holy Son if it learned of his talent.
• Kong Deming advised Huo Yuhao to cultivate his Spirit Eye first and wait until he was stronger before adding Soul Rings to his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.
• Kong Deming directed Jing Hongchen to send research teams to survey the Far North, while avoiding its Three Great Heavenly Kings.

Kong Deming ordered Jing Hongchen to protect and prioritize Huo Yuhao while allowing him to compete in the tournament without revealing his Ultimate Ice. Back at Shrek Academy, Wang Dong struggled to use the restroom while disguised as a boy, and Xiao Xiao mistakenly wondered whether Wang Dong liked her.

• Kong Deming warned Jing Hongchen not to harm Huo Yuhao’s potential and ordered the academy to provide him with resources and protection.
• Jing Hongchen asked whether Huo Yuhao should skip the tournament, but Kong Deming decided he should compete without exposing his Ultimate Ice.
• Kong Deming instructed Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin to accompany Huo Yuhao and guard against Shrek Academy trying to recruit him.
• Wang Dong waited outside the restroom, unsure whether to use the men's or women's facilities while disguised as a boy.
• Xiao Xiao spotted Wang Dong and asked why she was waiting outside the restroom, and Wang Dong claimed she was waiting for someone.
• Seeing Wang Dong blush and hesitate, Xiao Xiao wondered whether Wang Dong liked her.

Xuan Zi agreed to lead Shrek Academy's students on a supervision mission to eliminate Evil Soul Masters, promising that they would all be safe. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Jing Hongchen gave Huo Yuhao a generous allowance and urged him to meet his tournament teammates, while Huo Yuhao resolved to prevent the losses he remembered from the original story.

• Xiao Xiao left for class after telling Wang Dong she had something she wanted to share, and Wang Dong wondered whether Xiao Xiao planned to confess to her.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Xuan Zi to lead Shrek's main and reserve teams on a pre-tournament mission to eliminate Evil Soul Masters, and Xuan Zi accepted confidently.
• Jing Hongchen told Huo Yuhao that Kong Deming valued him and gave him a Mingde Hall card containing ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Jing Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao to get acquainted with his Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy tournament teammates and spoke of defeating Shrek in a future tournament.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Shrek had defeated his academy and killed students in the original story, and resolved not to let those events happen again.

Ma Rulong questioned Jing Hongchen’s decision to make Huo Yuhao a reserve team member, so Jing Hongchen arranged a three-on-three friendly match to assess him. Huo Yuhao agreed to fight alongside Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, with Ma Rulong choosing the opposing teammates.

• Ma Rulong doubted that Huo Yuhao, a Soul Grandmaster, was ready to join the tournament team, while Meng Hongchen vouched for his Mental Detection Sharing.
• Jing Hongchen arrived with Huo Yuhao and introduced him as their new teammate.
• Ma Rulong asked to test Huo Yuhao’s strength, and Jing Hongchen arranged a three-on-three match.
• Jing Hongchen paired Huo Yuhao with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and Ma Rulong agreed to choose two teammates.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to go all out after Jing Hongchen told him the match was a friendly assessment.