Chapter Summaries

Jing Hongchen gave Huo Yuhao the Rank 9 defensive Soul Tool Hongchen Blessing before Ma Rulong selected Chen Fei and Li Yan for the opposing team. As the six contestants prepared to fight, Huo Yuhao shared his Mental Detection with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and Jing Hongchen started the match.

• Jing Hongchen gave Huo Yuhao Hongchen Blessing, a defensive Soul Tool that could be used by soul masters of any level.
• Ma Rulong chose Chen Fei and Li Yan as his teammates, and the other contestants left the arena.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection and Mental Sharing on Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, impressing Xiao with the skill's clear, omnidirectional awareness.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that he would support them rather than confront Ma Rulong's team directly.
• Jing Hongchen flew above the arena and announced that the match had begun.

Xiao Hongchen drew the opposing team’s fire while Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen used his concealment and her enhanced ice to ambush Ma Rulong’s group. After Li Yan was eliminated, Ma Rulong and Chen Fei turned to attack Xiao Hongchen, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Hongchen activated his metal-manipulating Martial Soul and unleashed 128 Fifth-Level Soul Guiding Cannons at Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, and Li Yan.
• Ma Rulong ordered his teammates to focus on eliminating Xiao Hongchen, and the three opponents suppressed him with their cannon fire.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Hongchen to keep drawing their attention while he and Meng Hongchen approached unseen using his Simulated Soul Skill.
• Meng Hongchen attacked Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, and Li Yan with an exceptionally cold wave of ice, forcing them to scatter.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference and Soul Impact on Li Yan, who collapsed in the icy mist and was removed from the arena.
• Ma Rulong and Chen Fei flew toward Xiao Hongchen to attack him, while Huo Yuhao continued enhancing Meng Hongchen’s ice.

Huo Yuhao helped Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen defeat Ma Rulong and Chen Fei, revealing his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and earning Ma Rulong’s respect and a place on the reserve team. Half a month later, he searched the library for study materials for his Rank 3 Soul Engineer examination and books for Elder Yi.

• Huo Yuhao guided Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen in a coordinated counterattack that overwhelmed Ma Rulong and Chen Fei until Jing Hongchen stopped the fight and declared their victory.
• Meng Hongchen revealed that Huo Yuhao possessed twin Martial Souls, including Ultimate Ice, prompting Ma Rulong to apologize and acknowledge Huo Yuhao’s talent.
• Jing Hongchen told everyone to keep Huo Yuhao’s abilities secret, and the team welcomed him after seeing his strength during further tactical practice.
• Half a month later, Huo Yuhao searched the library for Rank 3 Soul Engineer study materials and offered Elder Yi a book about the origin of soul rings.

Huo Yuhao studied Soul Ring theory with Electrolux, became his final disciple, and prepared for his Rank 3 Soul Engineer assessment. After leaving the library, he discovered that Ju Zi had cooked a meal using his seasonings so she could watch him taste it.

• Electrolux discussed improving Wisdom Soul Rings with Huo Yuhao and offered to teach him as his master.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Electrolux as his master, and Electrolux declared him his final disciple.
• Huo Yuhao read Jing Hongchen's book on advancing Soul Tool Core Arrays and felt ready to take the Rank 3 Soul Engineer assessment soon.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Electrolux wanted to conduct a Soul Spirit experiment when he reached Rank 30.
• Ju Zi offered Huo Yuhao food she had cooked with his seasonings, and Ke Ke revealed that Ju Zi wanted to see his reaction when he tasted it.

Huo Yuhao accepted Ju Zi’s cooking and watched a play about Tang San at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. The play’s portrayal of Spirit Hall led him to question the history Shrek Academy had promoted.

• Ju Zi served Huo Yuhao a meal she had cooked, and he praised it while explaining that he still needed the academy’s special meals.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Ke Ke teased Ju Zi about her feelings for him, and the two playfully tussled.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen took Huo Yuhao to watch a student play at the academy auditorium.
• Xiao Hongchen criticized the play’s praise of Tang San, arguing that Spirit Hall should have unified the continent.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the play as a biased account of Tang San’s story and reflected on Shrek Academy’s influence and privileged students.

Huo Yuhao reflected on the noble networks behind Shrek Academy while watching a play, then arrived at Mingde Hall to take his Rank 3 Soul Engineer assessment. His peers offered him materials and favor, aware that the Crown Prince had ordered his subordinates to treat him courteously.

• Huo Yuhao considered how Shrek Academy’s influence drew nobles seeking connections, and how even He Caitou had royal blood.
• Meng Hongchen noticed Huo Yuhao’s reaction to the play, and he explained that its emotions had shaken him.
• Meng Hongchen said the plays praised Shrek’s Original Seven Devils and unfairly portrayed Spirit Hall and Tang San, then returned to watching.
• Two weeks later, Xuan Ziwen praised Huo Yuhao for being ready for the Rank 3 Soul Engineer assessment.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke reacted with amazement at Huo Yuhao’s rapid progress, while Zi Mu and Wang Shaojie offered him materials.
• Wang Shaojie ingratiated himself with Huo Yuhao because the Crown Prince had instructed his followers to treat him with courtesy.

Huo Yuhao rejected Zi Mu and Wang Shaojie's offer of materials, then crafted a third-grade Soul Tool for Xuan Ziwen's assessment. He revealed that the black disc could detect cheating by recognizing Soul Power fluctuations, though it could only store records up to the Soul Emperor level.

• Huo Yuhao turned down Zi Mu and Wang Shaojie's offer, but Wang Shaojie tried to persuade him by mentioning a soul bone.
• Xuan Ziwen told Wang Shaojie and Zi Mu to stop bothering Huo Yuhao, then asked Huo Yuhao to begin his assessment.
• Huo Yuhao crafted a black metal disc, and Xuan Ziwen identified its arrays and confirmed that it could detect Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the disc stored a Soul Master's Soul Power fluctuations and warned of unrecorded fluctuations to expose outside assistance, up to the Soul Emperor level.

Huo Yuhao passed Xuan Ziwen’s assessment and became a Rank 3 Soul Engineer after warning that Shrek Academy might cheat in the tournament. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi watched over the students as they entered the Hand of Death Bandit Group’s cave, confident that their mission would succeed with him nearby.

• Huo Yuhao warned Xuan Ziwen to prepare for possible cheating at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament, then passed his assessment and became a Rank 3 Soul Engineer.
• Wang Shaojie and Zi Mu praised Huo Yuhao after his promotion.
• Xuan Zi ate chicken legs outside the cave and dismissed the bandit group’s Soul King-level leader as no threat to him or the students.
• Wang Dong entered the cave with the reserve members and felt uncomfortable at the sight of human corpses.
• Xu Sanshi offered to protect Jiang Nannan, who rejected him and told him to stay away.
• Wang Yan told the students that Elder Xuan would intervene if their lives were in danger and ordered the reserve members to target weaker enemies.

Shrek Academy’s regular team attacked the Hand of Death Bandit Group while Wang Yan held the reserve team back until the stronger bandits were cleared. The Death God Envoy turned the many corpses into explosives, and the cave erupted as Xuan Zi realized the danger.

• Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao reassured the team that Elder Xuan would keep the mission safe, though Bei Bei privately remained wary of him.
• Wang Yan sent the regular team into the cave and told the reserve team to wait until the stronger bandits were defeated.
• Ma Xiaotao and the regular team slaughtered the bandits, while the Death God Envoy watched and waited for the growing number of corpses to empower Corpse Explosion.
• Wang Yan led the reserve team forward to attack the surviving bandits after the regular team cleared the way.
• The Death God Envoy made the corpses swell and explode, nearly collapsing the cave, and Xuan Zi reacted in alarm from outside.

Xuan Zi arrived too late to prevent a devastating attack that killed several Shrek students, and the Death God Envoy escaped with Wang Dong. Wang Yan challenged Xuan Zi’s promise to keep the students safe, while Xuan Zi accepted responsibility and set out to rescue Wang Dong.

• Xuan Zi found Wang Yan and the students badly injured, with Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, and Xi Xi dead and Chen Zifeng nearly torn apart.
• Xuan Zi discovered Dai Huabin had lost his lower body, and Dai Huabin died before Xuan Zi could save him.
• Zhu Lu blamed and cursed Xuan Zi for failing to protect Dai Huabin and the others.
• Xuan Zi dragged the Death God Envoy toward him, but stopped to contain the threatened corpse explosions, allowing the Envoy to seize Wang Dong and escape.
• Wang Yan confronted Xuan Zi over his promise of safety, and Xuan Zi accepted responsibility and vowed to deal with the Evil Soul Master.

After Xuan Zi left the injured Shrek Academy members, the Death God Envoy tried to turn Wang Dong into a corpse slave, but Tang San appeared to protect his daughter. Tang San decided to spare the Evil Soul Master and use him as a spokesman to influence events in the Lower Realm.

• Xuan Zi killed the remaining bandits and departed, leaving Wang Yan and the others to treat the wounded and gather the dead.
• Zhu Lu blamed Xuan Zi for Dai Huabin's death and vowed to avenge him, while Wang Dong feared the Death God Envoy would kill her.
• The Death God Envoy brought Wang Dong to his corpse slaves and began covering her in black mist to make her a corpse slave.
• Tang San appeared behind Wang Dong, dispersed the black mist, and immobilized the Death God Envoy.
• After hearing that the Death God Envoy called himself the Death God's spokesman, Tang San decided to spare him and ordered him to hunt only evil soul beasts for cultivation.

Tang San sealed the Death God Envoy to restrict him to hunting evil soul beasts, while Shrek’s survivors struggled with Dai Huabin’s death and the depleted tournament team. Wang Yan asked Xu Jiawei to secretly arrange weaker opponents for Shrek, leaving the emperor to weigh the request against the rules.

• Tang San sealed the Death God Envoy, who destroyed his corpse slaves and headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts.
• Xuan Zi abandoned his pursuit of the Death God Envoy to rescue Wang Dong, then ordered the injured Shrek team to keep competing and told Wang Yan to seek weaker opponents.
• Zhu Lu withdrew from the tournament and told Dai Hao that Dai Huabin had died; Dai Hao mourned his son but said Star Luo could not risk its alliance with Shrek.
• Dai Hao told Xu Jiawei about Dai Huabin’s death and Xuan Zi’s actions, prompting the emperor to worry about Shrek’s influence and Star Luo’s dependence on it.
• Wang Yan asked Xu Jiawei to secretly adjust Shrek’s tournament opponents, and Xu Jiawei objected that doing so would break the rules.

Wang Yan asked Xu Jiawei to secretly arrange easier early matchups so Shrek Academy could reach the top four after its team was badly weakened. Xu Jiawei agreed, then urged Xu Jiujiu to use the tournament to strengthen Star Luo’s position and offered her a 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo as a second martial soul.

• Wang Yan asked Xu Jiawei to manipulate the tournament matchups so Shrek Academy could preserve its dignity by reaching the top four.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to steer weak teams toward Shrek Academy, while privately considering the political risks and Star Luo’s chance to win the championship.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that Shrek Academy’s influence among the empire’s nobles and officials posed a threat the imperial family had to consider.
• Xu Jiawei urged Xu Jiujiu to fight for Star Luo’s championship and offered to turn a 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo into her second martial soul.

Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu chose to use the 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo against the Sun Moon Empire rather than cultivate Jiujiu as a Twin Martial Souls Soul Master. Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen brought Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a pure spiritual-attribute soul beast for his third soul ring, and they found Silver Jade Serpents.

• Xu Jiujiu rejected Xu Jiawei’s offer to cultivate her as a Twin Martial Souls Soul Master and urged him to use the 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that his plan could devastate Mingde Hall and ordered her to monitor the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team in Star Luo City.
• Jing Hongchen offered to help Huo Yuhao obtain a third soul ring, but Huo Yuhao declined to seek an Evil Eye because he wanted a purer spiritual-attribute soul beast.
• Jing Hongchen and Huo Yuhao searched the Star Dou Great Forest and passed up unsuitable soul beasts before finding a group of Silver Jade Serpents.
• Jing Hongchen offered to help Huo Yuhao absorb one Silver Jade Serpent’s soul ring and said he would capture the rest to bring back to the Sun Moon Empire.

Xuan Zi grieved over the students killed by Evil Soul Masters and tried to resign, but Mu En kept him in Sea God Pavilion and rejected his plan to manipulate the Soul Duel Tournament. Xuan Zi secretly resolved to secure Shrek a semifinal place by using new students and off-field assistance, while Huo Yuhao successfully obtained a Silver Jade Serpent Soul Spirit.

• Jing Hongchen explained that his special Storage Soul Tools could carry small living Soul Beasts and prepared to help Huo Yuhao obtain a Soul Ring.
• Xuan Zi mourned the dead students and offered to resign from his Sea God Pavilion and Shrek Supervision Group positions, but Mu En ordered him to stay and serve the academy.
• Xuan Zi told the elders he had asked Xu Jiawei to manipulate Shrek's tournament opponents, and Mu En ordered the manipulation stopped while approving new students to fill out the team.
• After the meeting, Xuan Zi told Yan Shaozhe he would keep the manipulation in place and use Mo Xuan and spiritual-attribute graduates to help Shrek reach the semifinals.
• Jing Hongchen brought a Silver Jade Serpent to the brink of death, and Huo Yuhao successfully made it his Soul Spirit with help from Electrolux's and the Ice Empress's auras.
• The Ice Empress examined Huo Yuhao's new Silver Jade Serpent Soul Spirit and praised its advantages, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm jokingly asked her to pinch him too.

Huo Yuhao explained his powerful new third soul skill, Spirit Burning, to Jing Hongchen as they prepared to hunt soul beasts. Meanwhile, Di Tian discovered that Three-Eyed Golden Lion had read the forbidden Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and wanted to know where she got it.

• Ice Empress struck Sky Dream Ice Silkworm after he interpreted her scolding as affection, then continued beating him up.
• Huo Yuhao told Jing Hongchen that his third soul skill, Spirit Burning, depleted enemies’ Spiritual Power and could destroy their Sea of Consciousness.
• Jing Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao’s unusual soul skills, and they agreed to catch soul beasts before returning to Star Luo City for competition preparations.
• Di Tian asked Three-Eyed Golden Lion what was troubling her, and she complained that an Evil Soul Master had killed many of her light-attribute prey.
• Di Tian questioned Three-Eyed Golden Lion about the phrase “Path to Death” when she revealed she had learned it from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion said she had found the book’s hidden-weapon section incomplete, while Di Tian wondered where she had obtained a copy of the forbidden book.

Di Tian learned that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had found a book left by a suspicious Evil Soul Master and ordered Scarlet King to confiscate it. In Star Luo City, Shrek’s injured fighters discussed the next match, while Huo Yuhao revealed his soul spirit to Jing Hongchen.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Di Tian about the Death God Envoy, his strange protection of Soft Bone Rabbits, and the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record she had found.
• Di Tian went to search for the Evil Soul Master and told Scarlet King to confiscate the book, which the Three-Eyed Golden Lion reluctantly handed over.
• Ma Xiaotao insisted she would compete despite her injuries, while Dai Yueheng privately resolved not to risk his life for Shrek Academy.
• Wang Dong revealed that she had Twin Martial Souls and that her second martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Wang Yan to consider new tactics.
• Huo Yuhao showed Jing Hongchen his Silver Jade Serpent soul spirit and began explaining how soul spirits worked.

Huo Yuhao discussed the Soul Spirit System with Jing Hongchen, who mistakenly believed Huo Yuhao had created it and urged him to keep it secret. Their conversation ended when Huo Yuhao recognized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and eagerly wanted to snuggle up to her.

• Huo Yuhao told Jing Hongchen that his teacher had created soul spirits, but Jing Hongchen assumed Huo Yuhao was hiding his own authorship.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao to let Jing Hongchen keep believing the misunderstanding, and Jing Hongchen urged him to keep the Soul Spirit System confidential until they could meet Old Kong.
• Jing Hongchen prepared to take Huo Yuhao back to Star Luo City but stopped when he spotted a Thousand-Year Heavenly Dragon Horse.
• A Golden Lion attacked and ate the Thousand-Year Heavenly Dragon Horse while Jing Hongchen wondered why it did not resist.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the Golden Lion as the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and wanted to snuggle up to her.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Jing Hongchen to help him capture the Three-Eyed Golden Lion so he could form a destiny connection with her. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi sought help from three Shrek graduates, but their demand that Zhou Yi be expelled led to a furious confrontation.

• Huo Yuhao told Jing Hongchen that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Emperor Auspicious Beast and explained his plan to gain benefits from her using his Simulated Soul Skill.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed an unfamiliar fierce-beast aura, while Scarlet King mistook Ice Empress's aura for a possible challenge and became distracted.
• Jing Hongchen subdued the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with Soul Tool chains, and Huo Yuhao approached her.
• In Star Luo City, Xuan Zi asked three elderly Shrek graduates to secretly cheat in the competition, but they demanded that Zhou Yi be expelled and apologize for expelling their grandchildren.
• Zhou Yi defended her teaching decisions, and the fat old man angrily asked how he was supposed to be reasonable.

Xuan Zi secured Zhou Yi’s resignation and the three spiritual-attribute Soul Sages’ help in cheating for Shrek Academy at the competition. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao completed the Attribute Conduit with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, gained a temporary third eye, and faced Scarlet King’s demand to release her.

• Xuan Zi urged Zhou Yi to apologize and persuaded her not to force the academy to expel her.
• Zhou Yi resigned from Shrek Academy and apologized to the three old men for expelling their descendants.
• The leading fat old man agreed that the three spiritual-attribute Soul Sages would cheat for Shrek Academy, while Xuan Zi predicted they could win the competition.
• Huo Yuhao pressed his forehead to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s vertical eye and performed the Attribute Conduit, exchanging memories with her and briefly manifesting a third eye.
• Scarlet King confronted Huo Yuhao and Jing Hongchen, demanding they release the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and warning that Di Tian might unleash a Tide of Beasts.