Recaps

Huo Lei confronted Huo Zheng after Huo Zheng took his Fire Spring cultivation spot, and the argument escalated into a planned fight at the academy’s front plaza. Huo Wu joined Huo Lei while Huo Wushuang went to alert their father, and Huo Zheng prepared to face them with malicious intent.

• Huo Zheng interrupted Huo Lei’s meditation and took his cultivation spot, so Huo Lei used his fifth soul skill to stun him and slapped him in front of nearby students.
• Huo Lei and Huo Zheng argued over the academy’s rules, and Huo Zheng summoned his Martial Soul before agreeing to move the confrontation to the front plaza.
• Huo Lei led Huo Zheng and the watching students toward the front plaza, while Huo Lie followed and worried that Huo Wu would think worse of him.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang learned that Huo Zheng had taken Huo Lei’s spot, so Huo Wu ran to support Huo Lei and Huo Wushuang went to notify their father.
• At the front plaza, Huo Wu condemned Huo Zheng and challenged him to fight both her and Huo Lei, while Huo Zheng secretly formed malicious plans against her.

Huo Lei and Huo Wu prepared to fight Huo Zheng, but Huo Feng arrived and ended the confrontation. In the principal’s office, Huo Lei secured thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins as an apology, then felt close to a breakthrough to level fifty-two.

• Huo Lei revealed five Soul Rings and his Soul King cultivation, startling the onlookers and making Huo Zheng consider him a future threat.
• A mysterious Titled Douluo warned Huo Zheng not to harm anyone from Blazing Fire Academy, and Huo Feng arrived to stop the dispute.
• Huo Feng summoned Huo Zheng, Huo Lei, and Huo Wushuang to his office, where he reprimanded Huo Zheng for disrupting the academy.
• Huo Lei demanded a Soul Bone as an apology, then accepted thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins when Huo Zheng said he could not provide one.
• Huo Lei gave the Gold Soul Card to Huo Feng and said he felt close to reaching level fifty-two before returning to his room to cultivate.

Huo Lei broke through to level fifty-two before continuing his cultivation routine. At Shrek Academy, Tang San gave the Shrek Seven Monsters pills to raise their Soul Power, and Xiao Wu chose a fragrant herb she named Forget-Worry Fragrance, which could conceal her soul beast aura.

• Huo Lei reached level fifty-two after cultivating, then spent the following weeks attending classes and cultivating by Fire Spring with his older brother and sister.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and gave the group pills he had refined with Senior Dugu, warning that they could make future major breakthroughs harder.
• Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun each took their bottles, while Xiao Wu declined hers and left it in reserve.
• Tang San gave Xiao Wu three leftover herbs, and she chose the white flower whose fragrance could conceal her aura.
• Xiao Wu named the flower Forget-Worry Fragrance, and Tang San let her keep it without realizing it could hide her identity as a soul beast.

Tang San’s pills helped the Shrek Seven Monsters raise their levels over a month, though he warned them that the pills would make future breakthroughs harder. With the Soul Master Tournament approaching, four teammates took another pill to pursue level forty, while Blazing Fire Academy announced its own tournament selection.

• The Shrek Seven Monsters took Tang San’s pills and cultivated together for a month, gaining levels; Dai Mubai reached level forty-three, while most of the others reached level thirty-eight.
• Tang San warned his companions that the pills could make future major breakthroughs difficult, and Ning Rongrong reassured him that they had chosen the risk themselves.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong each took another pill to try to reach level forty before the tournament; Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu declined.
• Three days later, the four who took another pill had all reached level thirty-nine, and the other six Shrek Seven Monsters began striving toward level forty.
• Huo Feng announced that Blazing Fire Academy would hold a selection the next day to choose its representatives for the Soul Master Tournament.

Blazing Fire Academy began its selection trials for the Soul Master Elite Tournament, and Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Huo Lei all advanced without being challenged. The trials continued as Xie Chong announced Huo Lie as the next participant.

• Huo Feng announced that the selection trials would begin the next morning, and Xie Chong registered the participants.
• Huo Wushuang discussed the tournament’s tough competition with Huo Lei and Huo Wu, including Feng Xiaotian’s strength.
• Huo Feng opened the trials, and Xie Chong explained the free-challenge format for the twenty-three participants.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu entered the arena but received no challenges, so both advanced automatically.
• Huo Lei also advanced without a challenge amid loud cheers from the crowd.
• Xie Chong announced Huo Lie as the next participant.

Huo Lie defeated Meng Xi in a school challenge match after Meng Xi revealed a Century Soul Bone skill but failed to stop Huo Lie’s attack. Huo Yun then entered the field, where a girl volunteered to challenge him.

• Huo Lie and Meng Xi activated their Martial Souls and fought with fire-based Soul Skills, with Huo Lie holding the advantage.
• Meng Xi used his Soul Bone skill, Blazing Fire Claw Blades, to intercept five of Huo Lie’s seven Explosive Seven-Star Flame Bullets, but the other two struck him.
• Huo Wu revealed that Meng Xi had received a Century Soul Bone from his father and had offered it to her, but she refused it.
• Meng Xi conceded, and Xie Chong declared Huo Lie the winner before calling Huo Yun to the field.
• A masked Huo Yun greeted the headmaster and teachers, and a girl stepped forward to challenge him.

The Blazing Fire Academy selection trials concluded, and the next morning the finals narrowed the candidates to eight successful students. With only seven tournament places available, Xie Chong asked Huo Feng how to handle the extra student.

• Lu Lisha challenged Huo Yun, but his third Soul Skill defeated her and earned him a place in the next round.
• Huo Feng announced that thirteen students had advanced from the selection trials and that the finals would determine the academy’s tournament representatives.
• The next morning, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Huo Lei, Huo Yun, Huo Yu, Huo Chui, and Huo Jun passed their finals matches.
• Huo Lie defeated Liu Jie with his Explosive Seven-Star Flame Bullets and secured the eighth place among the successful students.
• Xie Chong asked Huo Feng to decide what to do because only seven students could represent the academy in the tournament.

Two months after Blazing Fire Academy selected its tournament team, Huo Lei persuaded his father Huo Feng to support adding a Soul Ring to his second Martial Soul. He told Jin Shan he would leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to obtain it.

• Huo Feng announced the eight students selected for the Soul Master Elite Tournament and allowed unselected upperclassmen to challenge them before the tournament.
• The eight students trained together for two months, then reported their levels to Huo Feng, who designated Huo Lei as the team's trump card.
• Huo Lei warned Huo Feng that the team's fire-focused lineup was vulnerable to countering teams and proposed using his second Martial Soul to help win the tournament.
• Huo Lei convinced Huo Feng that a roughly twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring was worth adding, and said he planned to obtain it the next morning.
• Huo Lei visited Jin Shan and told him he would set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to add a Soul Ring to his second Martial Soul.

Huo Lei traveled with Jin Shan and Lin Yin into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable lightning-attribute Soul Ring. After defeating a ten-thousand-year Thunder Spider and deciding to wait for stronger prey, the group was struck by a bolt of lightning from above.

• Huo Lei told Jin Shan that he planned to add Soul Rings to his second martial soul, and Jin Shan agreed with the plan.
• Huo Lei, Jin Shan, and Lin Yin traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest in search of a group-targeting soul skill for Huo Lei.
• A ten-thousand-year Thunder Spider attacked, and Huo Lei used his Mental Control and magma attacks to defeat it before Lin Yin secured it.
• Huo Lei rejected the Thunder Spider as a Soul Ring candidate because its cultivation was too low, and the group rested while waiting for stronger prey.
• An eagle cried above the resting group and a bolt of lightning struck down, prompting Jin Shan to shield all three with a golden barrier.

Jin Shan defeated a Thunder Eagle and saved it for Huo Lei to use as the first Soul Ring for his second martial soul. After Huo Lei absorbed the ring and gained a level, Lin Yin found a rare External Soul Bone in the eagle’s wings, and Huo Lei began absorbing it.

• Jin Shan battled the Thunder Eagle, overwhelmed it, and brought it down alive for Huo Lei.
• Huo Lei killed the Thunder Eagle and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching level fifty-four and gaining an area-of-effect attack skill.
• Lin Yin inspected the Thunder Eagle’s corpse but found nothing until Jin Shan told him to search its wings.
• Jin Shan removed a rare External Soul Bone shaped like a pair of wings, and Huo Lei excitedly began absorbing it.

Huo Lei successfully fused with the Thunder Wings and returned to the academy, while Shrek’s students reported their cultivation breakthroughs. With the Soul Master Elite Tournament approaching, Xie Chong explained Blazing Fire Academy’s arrangements and the competition rules, then began outlining its format.

• Huo Lei fused with the Thunder Wings, discovered they could create Lightning Orbs, and set off for the academy with Jin Shan and Lin Yin.
• Oscar, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai reported their levels, and Tang San left to tell the teachers that five students had reached level forty.
• Huo Lei and his companions returned to the academy three days later.
• Huo Feng announced that Xie Chong would lead Blazing Fire Academy’s team to Heaven Dou City for the tournament.
• Xie Chong explained the age and team-size requirements, restrictions against killing opponents, and rules on food, medicine, and weapons before beginning to describe the tournament format.

Xie Chong explained the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament format and led the Blazing Fire Academy Team through tactical training to Heaven Dou City. On opening day, the team entered the crowded Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena and drew attention from spectators.

• Xie Chong explained the tournament rounds, team slots, and Spirit Hall's powerful team to the Blazing Fire Academy competitors.
• Xie Chong guided the eight team members through tactical drills for more than a dozen days.
• Xie Chong led the Blazing Fire Academy Team to Heaven Dou City two days before the tournament opening ceremony.
• The tournament organizers opened the Heaven Dou division at the renovated Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena before a huge crowd.
• Huo Wu and the Blazing Fire Academy Team entered the arena in their uniforms as spectators admired them.

Blazing Fire Academy entered the Soul Master Elite Tournament, and Huo Lei observed the opening ceremony and first-round draw. The tournament began with Shrek Academy drawing Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while the crowd jeered at Shrek.

• Xie Chong confirmed Blazing Fire Academy's registration, and the team entered the arena as the host introduced them.
• Shrek Academy entered in unusual uniforms and drew laughter and jeers from the spectators.
• Lin Yin recognized Shrek Academy and angrily called it a dishonest, trash academy, while Jin Shan asked about his grudge.
• Emperor Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi gave an encouraging speech without naming a favored team.
• Salas drew the first-round matchups, including Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Shrek Academy, prompting more boos from the crowd.
• Huo Wushuang commented on Shrek's poor reception, and Huo Wu called the academy unusual.

Blazing Fire Academy watched as Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek Academy prepared for the tournament’s opening match, while Xie Chong explained the Golden Iron Triangle’s strength. Huo Lei secretly used his Fiery Golden Eyes to see Xiao Wu’s true form before the referee began the match.

• Salas promised tournament finalists direct entry to the Spirit Temple, drawing attention to the growing conflict between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xie Chong recognized Flender as the Flying Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle and judged that Shrek Academy had a strong chance against Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The teams assembled for the opening match, and Huo Lei used his Fiery Golden Eyes to confirm that Xiao Wu was a soul beast.
• The referee announced the start of the first Preliminary Round match between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek Academy.

Huo Lei watched Tang San’s fourth Soul Ring shock the tournament and reflected on his own circumstances before Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in under a minute. Back at the hotel, he reassured his teammates ahead of the round-robin matches, then went downstairs to meet his teacher, Jin Shan.

• Huo Lei saw Tang San’s Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring and privately accepted that his own path and resources had been different.
• Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in less than a minute, drawing astonishment from the audience and tournament teams.
• Xie Chong told the Blazing Fire Academy team that their round-robin matches would begin the next day and identified Shrek Academy and the other elemental academies as key opponents.
• Huo Lei assured his teammates that he would compete against their strongest rivals, then learned that an elderly, golden-haired man was looking for him.
• Huo Lei found Jin Shan drinking tea in a secluded corner of the hotel lobby and asked why his teacher had come to see him.

Jin Shan warned Huo Lei not to reveal his External Soul Bone, while Huo Lei discussed Tang San’s potential and threatened to stop him from growing. At the tournament, Blazing Fire Academy won its opening match, and Huo Lei heard Xie Chong’s story before watching Shrek Academy face Elephant Armored Academy.

• Jin Shan told Huo Lei to avoid using his Thunder Wings unless necessary, and Huo Lei agreed.
• Huo Lei and Jin Shan discussed Tang San’s talent and hidden advantages, and Huo Lei said Tang San would not be allowed to grow.
• Blazing Fire Academy defeated Northern Star Academy in one minute without Huo Wu, Huo Chui, or Huo Jun fighting.
• Huo Lei watched Skywater Academy win and heard Xie Chong recount losing someone he loved after an accident in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• On the third day, Huo Lei watched Shrek Academy face Elephant Armored Academy and spotted Huyan Zhen on the VIP platform.

Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armored Academy, while Blazing Fire Academy defeated Dongyang Academy and reached ten straight victories. Before the eleventh round, Blazing Fire Academy learned it would face Shrek Academy on the central arena, and Huo Wu eagerly anticipated the match.

• Huo Lei watched Dai Mubai and Huyan Li lead Shrek Academy and Elephant Armored Academy into battle, where Huyan Li used his head Soul Bone and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Hell White Tiger knocked Huyan Li unconscious and defeated two more opponents before Shrek Academy defeated the remaining Elephant Armored Academy members.
• Huo Lei observed Huyan Zhen furiously react to Elephant Armored Academy's loss, while Salas sat stunned and Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong smiled.
• Huo Wushuang led Blazing Fire Academy to an overwhelming victory over Dongyang Academy, with Huo Chui and Huo Jun joining the fight while Huo Wu stayed out.
• By the end of the tenth round, Blazing Fire Academy, Shrek Academy, Skywater Academy, Godwind Academy, and Thunderclap Academy all remained undefeated, with Blazing Fire Academy in first place.
• Xie Chong told the Blazing Fire Academy students that they would face Shrek Academy in the eleventh round, and Huo Wu eagerly looked forward to fighting them.

Blazing Fire Academy revealed Huo Lei, a rank-fifty-six Soul King, before facing Shrek Academy, but Tang San refused to forfeit. The match began with Huo Lei holding back while Huo Jun enhanced the other five Blazing Fire fighters, who charged at Shrek.

• Huo Lei asked his teammates to fight Shrek first and told them to retreat when he raised a hand and shouted, “Fall back!”
• Xie Chong chose Huo Chui to step aside so Huo Lei could join the lineup, while Yu Xiaogang advised Shrek to forfeit and Tang San insisted they fight.
• The teams met in the arena, where Huo Wushuang and Dai Mubai traded challenges and Huo Lei’s five Soul Rings shocked the crowd.
• The referee started the match, but Huo Lei withdrew his martial soul and remained still as Shrek’s front line charged with Blue Silver Grass tied around their waists.
• Huo Jun enhanced the other five Blazing Fire fighters with gathered sparks, and Huo Wushuang and Huo Lie rushed forward.

Shrek Academy and Blazing Fire Academy traded attacks as Tang San used his precise control to set a trap, only for Huo Wu to break Shrek’s formation and expose him. Tang San dodged Huo Lie’s flame bullets and closed in on him while Huo Lei watched, preparing to reveal himself as Blazing Fire Academy’s trump card.

• Dai Mubai gained ground against Huo Wushuang, while Tai Long and Huang Yuan pressured Huo Lie until Huo Jun’s support turned the fight in Huo Lie’s favor.
• Tang San coordinated Dai Mubai, Tai Long, and Huang Yuan into a triangle around Huo Wushuang, but Huo Wu used her Repelling Flame Ring to blast them away and break Shrek Academy’s formation.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Yun, Huo Yu, and Huo Lie launched their third soul skills at the exposed Tang San while Huo Jun boosted their attacks.
• Tang San charged toward Huo Lie’s seven flame bullets and used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to weave through them without being hit.
• Huo Lie redirected the bullets toward Tang San’s back, but Tang San continued closing the distance as Huo Lei observed the fight and planned his intervention.

Tang San outmaneuvered Blazing Fire Academy’s opening assault, but Huo Wu unleashed her powerful fourth Soul Skill against him. As Tang San revealed that his Blue Silver Grass was immune to fire, Huo Lei launched a lightning attack toward the Shrek Team.

• Tang San redirected Blazing Fire Academy’s attacks into Huo Lie, then used Blue Silver Grass to help his teammates counterattack.
• Huo Wu used Repelling Flame Ring to blast Shrek Academy’s fighters away, and Jiang Zhu healed them as both teams regrouped.
• Blazing Fire Academy empowered Huo Wu as she gathered her fourth Soul Skill, Flame Dance Blazing Sun, while Tang San approached alone.
• Huo Wu hurled the blazing attack at Tang San, who wrapped himself in Blue Silver Grass and revealed that it was immune to fire.
• Huo Lei appeared beside Huo Wu and launched his Five Thunderbolts attack toward the Shrek Team.

Huo Lei used his second martial soul to defeat five Shrek Academy members, and Blazing Fire Academy won the match after Tai Long and Jiang Zhu surrendered. Back at the hotel, Huo Lei explained why his Twin Martial Souls had been kept secret, but his teammates began tickling him as punishment before a knock at the door interrupted them.

• Huo Lei's lightning attack knocked Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan unconscious, leaving Tai Long and Jiang Zhu to continue for Shrek Academy.
• Tai Long and Jiang Zhu surrendered, and the referee declared Blazing Fire Academy the winner of the eleventh preliminary-round match.
• Blazing Fire Academy returned to the hotel through a crowd of excited fans, then celebrated their victory while recovering from the ordeal.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and the others confronted Huo Lei for hiding his Twin Martial Souls, and Huo Lei explained that their father had kept the secret to protect him.
• Xie Chong and the team began tickling Huo Lei as punishment, but they stopped when someone knocked at the door.

Huo Lei welcomed Jin Shan and Lin Yin to the hotel, where Jin Shan revealed his plan to have Blazing Fire Academy sell clothes and plush toys while the team’s popularity was high. After assigning the students to sell the merchandise, Jin Shan called Huo Lei aside to discuss something privately.

• Huo Lei went to the lobby and brought Jin Shan and Lin Yin upstairs after Supervisor Yali arranged for them to stay in his room.
• Jin Shan and Huo Lei traded jokes as they returned to the room, where the Blazing Fire Academy team welcomed Jin Shan and Lin Yin.
• Jin Shan praised the team’s performances and explained that he had prepared clothes and gifts to sell after their victory over Shrek Academy.
• Lin Yin showed the team a gold-and-red outfit and a red Unicorn Dragon plush, which Huo Wu admired.
• Jin Shan brought out bundles of merchandise, told the students to sell it and split the profits, and then called Huo Lei to his room.

Jin Shan left Heaven Dou City to avoid attracting Dugu Bo’s suspicion, entrusting his remaining goods to Huo Lei. Huo Lei priced Blazing Fire Academy’s dolls and clothes and launched a crowded street sale that quickly sold out its first stock.

• Jin Shan gave Huo Lei more goods to sell, said he would avoid meeting him in public, and left the hotel.
• Huo Lei gave Yali and the front-desk clerk dolls and clothes, then asked Yali to remove Jin Shan’s records and keep his departure confidential.
• Huo Lei persuaded the group to price dolls at five Gold Soul Coins and clothes at two Gold Soul Coins each.
• The Blazing Fire Academy team drew a large crowd on the streets, moved to a plaza, and began selling its limited goods.
• Customers rushed to buy the merchandise, and Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang’s initial stock sold out within fifteen minutes, prompting Huo Chui and Huo Jun to replenish it.

Blazing Fire Academy sold out its uniforms and dolls, earning 46,000 Gold Soul Coins, while other academies reacted to the merchandise. As Shrek Academy faced Canghui Academy, Huo Lei considered Tang San’s progress and the events he believed would ultimately lead to Ning Rongrong’s death.

• Blazing Fire Academy sold out its morning stock, returned that afternoon with more goods, and sold out again.
• Huo Lei and the others counted 46,000 Gold Soul Coins and agreed to divide the proceeds among the academy, its members, and Jin Shan.
• Flender angrily threw a Unicorn Dragon doll down, while Feng Xiaotian told Godwind Academy members to focus on the competition instead of copying Blazing Fire Academy’s sales.
• Shui Bing'er admired the doll and wondered whether Huo Lei had come up with the idea.
• As Shrek Academy began its match against Canghui Academy, Huo Lei noticed Zhu Zhuqing had replaced Jiang Zhu and reasoned that Tang San had still gained enhanced eyesight and strength.
• Huo Lei thought that Ning Rongrong would eventually die because she lacked the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda and the ability to use Revival Divine Light.

Shrek Academy defeated Canghui Academy when Tang San broke their Seven Asura Illusion, leaving Canghui’s seven members mentally incapacitated. Blazing Fire Academy’s rivals then forfeited their matches, and the Preliminary Round approached its final round, with Blazing Fire set to face Cullen Academy and Shrek set to face Skywater Academy.

• Canghui Academy used its Seven Asura Illusion against Shrek Academy, but Tang San struck his six teammates and used his purple eyes to defeat Canghui’s seven members.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and experts determined that Canghui Academy’s team had suffered backlash from its soul skill.
• Xie Chong reported that Canghui Academy’s seven members had lost the ability to think, while Shrek Academy forfeited its next two matches to let its injured members recover.
• Godwind Academy, Skywater Academy, and Thunderclap Academy forfeited their matches against Blazing Fire Academy because Huo Lei was on the team.
• The Preliminary Round neared its end, with Blazing Fire Academy scheduled to face Cullen Academy and Shrek Academy scheduled to face Skywater Academy in the final round.