Arc 3Freshman Tournament and Rivalry

Huo Yuhao balanced his studies in both Shrek departments, built ties with Ma Xiaotao and his teammates, and advanced through the Freshman Competition. After repeatedly clashing with Dai Huabin, he agreed to settle their rivalry in the final with a wager.

  • Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao to the Golden Ancient Tree, where he sensed two presences, and Yan Shaozhe later agreed to provide him with cultivation manuals and a token for the Soul Tool Department.
  • Huo Yuhao soothed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire with ultimate ice, and their circulating soul power improved their cultivation as Ma Xiaotao began to suspect they could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
  • Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Level 4 Soul Engineer skills to Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu, then made a powerful gourd Soul Tool that prompted Xian Lin'er to offer him a place in the Soul Tool Department.
  • Mu En decided Huo Yuhao could study in both departments, and Huo Yuhao spent three months cultivating before reuniting with Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao for the Freshman Competition.
  • Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Huang Chutian’s team, and Ma Xiaotao later punished Dai Huabin for bullying Jiang Nannan and damaging her grilled fish stall.
  • When Dai Huabin refused to pay for the damage, Huo Yuhao summoned the Snow Empress, who subdued him and demanded that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion pay to retrieve him.
  • Huo Yuhao told his friends about his abuse at the Duke's Estate and his mother’s death, then helped his team defeat Xie Huanyue’s team and Ning Tian’s team.
  • Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao to a final match wager, and Huo Yuhao told Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er he had a surprise prepared for him and Zhu Lu.
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Ch. 51Was Shrek Academy a Gangster Den?

Huo Yuhao agreed to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire in exchange for two conditions, and she led him back toward Shrek Academy. On the way, Ma Xiaotao intervened when a crowd accused a Shrek student of causing trouble and found Xu Sanshi confronting Jiang Nannan, with Tang Ya defending her.

  • Huo Yuhao handed out grilled fish, which Ma Xiaotao, Wang Dong'er, Tang Ya, and the others praised as they ate.
  • After the others left, Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao to suppress her martial soul, and he agreed on the condition that she accept two terms.
  • Ma Xiaotao hugged Huo Yuhao, then took his hand and led him toward Shrek Academy as he observed her friendly aura.
  • When rumors spread that a Shrek student was harassing someone, Ma Xiaotao angrily pushed through the crowd to investigate.
  • Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao found Xu Sanshi arguing with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan, and Ma Xiaotao rebuked him for bothering Nannan again.

Ch. 52The Golden Ancient Tree

Huo Yuhao accompanied Ma Xiaotao to Shrek Academy’s inner court and discovered two opposing currents of goodwill and malice within the Golden Ancient Tree. The chapter ended with him examining the mysterious presence inside the tree.

  • Ma Xiaotao stopped Xu Sanshi from pestering Jiang Nannan, and Jiang Nannan told Xu Sanshi to leave her alone.
  • Xu Sanshi asked Bei Bei about Huo Yuhao and learned that the junior had an ultimate ice martial soul.
  • Huo Yuhao declined Ma Xiaotao’s offer to carry him across Sea God Lake and used auspicious clouds to travel over the water.
  • Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao to the Golden Ancient Tree and explained its importance to Shrek Academy.
  • Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes to sense the Golden Ancient Tree’s vitality and saw one misty presence filled with goodwill and another filled with malice.

Ch. 53Such a Fine Talent, Lost to the Soul Tool Department-What a Sin!

Huo Yuhao discovered a dormant soul connected to Tang San inside the Golden Ancient Tree, then negotiated with Yan Shaozhe for access to Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe lamenting that Huo Yuhao’s talent would go to the Soul Tool Department after learning he was already a Level 4 Soul Engineer.

  • Huo Yuhao consulted Electrolux and Jiang Ziya, who sensed two souls in the Golden Ancient Tree, one connected to Tang San and currently dormant.
  • Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao into the Sea God's Pavilion, where Yan Shaozhe scolded her for leaving while at risk of losing control.
  • Yan Shaozhe thanked Huo Yuhao for helping suppress Ma Xiaotao's evil fire and agreed to provide him with cultivation manuals for ultimate martial souls.
  • Huo Yuhao asked to study in the Soul Tool Department, and Yan Shaozhe gave him a token to take to Qian Duoduo.
  • Yan Shaozhe learned Huo Yuhao was a Level 4 Soul Engineer and lamented that such a talent would go to the Soul Tool Department.

Ch. 54Suppressing the Evil Fire

Huo Yuhao accompanied Ma Xiaotao to her room, where her evil fire suddenly went out of control and he used Four-Not-Like’s ultimate ice to suppress it. As their soul power flowed between them, it was gradually purified and both of their soul power levels began to rise.

  • Ma Xiaotao questioned Huo Yuhao’s interest in Soul Tools, and he argued that they were useful tools for increasing a Soul Master’s fighting power.
  • Ma Xiaotao brought Huo Yuhao to her cold room and explained that her teacher had paid ten million Gold Soul Coins for five cooling Soul Tools.
  • Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire flared up, so Huo Yuhao sat with her and held her hands to channel Four-Not-Like’s ultimate ice into her.
  • Tian Meng woke and tried to speak, but Jiang Ziya gagged him and told him not to disturb Huo Yuhao; the Ice Empress watched with concern as Jiang Ziya said the pair were bound by fate.
  • Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao gradually calmed the evil fire, while their flowing soul power was purified and both of their levels rose.

Ch. 55Martial Soul Fusion Skill?

Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao discovered that refining their soul power together suppressed her evil fire and accelerated their cultivation, suggesting they might share a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Huo Yuhao missed class, and Du Weilun arrived to arrange his leave.

  • Ma Xiaotao woke to find herself embracing Huo Yuhao and realized her evil fire had been soothed.
  • Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao circulated soul power through each other and discovered their cultivation improved, with a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill between them.
  • Huo Yuhao hurried to leave for class, but Ma Xiaotao told him Dean Yan had already arranged his leave.
  • Xiao Xiao told Zhou Yi that a red-haired senior had taken Huo Yuhao away, prompting rumors among the students.
  • Du Weilun visited Zhou Yi's classroom and said he had come to arrange leave for Huo Yuhao.

Ch. 56Ling Luochеn

Yan Shaozhe offered Huo Yuhao special admission to the Inner Court, but Huo Yuhao insisted on entering the freshman tournament to settle a score with an enemy. While exploring the Inner Court with Ma Xiaotao, he met Ling Luochеn, who suspected that his martial soul possessed Ultimate Ice.

  • Yan Shaozhe offered Huo Yuhao a special exemption from the freshman tournament and admission to the Inner Court at rank forty, but Huo Yuhao declined.
  • Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao he planned to enter the tournament to collect a debt from an enemy, and Ma Xiaotao promised to support him.
  • Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao encountered Ling Luochеn, and Huo Yuhao eased the tension between the two women by praising Ma Xiaotao's gratitude toward her.
  • Ling Luochеn felt drawn to Huo Yuhao and later connected his possible ice attribute with Ma Xiaotao's recently suppressed evil fire.
  • Ling Luochеn concluded that Huo Yuhao might possess Ultimate Ice.

Ch. 57No one understands the Soul Tool Department better than I do

Huo Yuhao visited Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department with Ma Xiaotao, where Vice Dean Qian Duoduo eagerly showed him around after learning of his interest. The visit ended with Qian Duoduo stunned when Huo Yuhao revealed he was a Level 4 Soul Engineer.

  • Huo Yuhao explained to Ma Xiaotao that his martial soul’s five elements might keep its attributes from affecting his personality.
  • Huo Yuhao declined Ma Xiaotao’s invitation to return and asked her to take him to the Soul Tool Department instead.
  • Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao entered the department’s teaching building using the token Yan Shaozhe had given him.
  • Qian Duoduo greeted Ma Xiaotao and eagerly took Huo Yuhao on a tour after learning he was interested in the Soul Tool Department.
  • Huo Yuhao told Qian Duoduo he was a Soul Engineer and then revealed he was a Level 4 Soul Engineer, leaving Qian Duoduo astonished.

Ch. 58Explosion Maniac Cheng Shitao

Huo Yuhao proved his Level 4 Soul Engineer status to Qian Duoduo, who took him to the Soul Tool Department’s Laboratory to test his skills. His arrival also caught the attention of Zhou Yi and Fan Yu, leaving Fan Yu curious enough to go meet him.

  • Huo Yuhao showed Qian Duoduo his genuine Level 4 Soul Engineer badge and said Cheng Shitao had taught him, alarming Qian Duoduo with the craftsman’s reputation for adding Explosive Arrays.
  • Qian Duoduo offered Huo Yuhao Core Disciple status if he could make a soul tool above Level 2, but Ma Xiaotao objected that he was poaching a student from the Martial Soul Department.
  • Zhou Yi recognized Huo Yuhao, and he revealed that his Spirit Eyes had seen through her Human-Skin Mask since his first day at the academy.
  • Zhou Yi told Fan Yu that Huo Yuhao was an eleven-year-old new student with a Level 38 cultivation and knowledge of soul tools.
  • Fan Yu grew curious about Huo Yuhao and left the Laboratory to see what he was about.

Ch. 59Blue Spirit Iron

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Level 4 Soul Engineer skills in Qian Duoduo’s laboratory by shaping rare blue spirit iron into a gourd and engraving it with Soul Tool arrays. Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu recognized his talent and suspected his ultimate ice Martial Soul would make it difficult to keep him away from Yan Shaozhe.

  • Qian Duoduo let Huo Yuhao use his laboratory and its rare metals, and Huo Yuhao chose a piece of blue spirit iron.
  • Fan Yu examined Huo Yuhao’s badge and learned that he was a Level 4 Soul Engineer trained by Cheng Shitao.
  • Huo Yuhao used his ultimate ice to shape the heated blue spirit iron into a gourd with his bare hands.
  • Huo Yuhao engraved Level 3 Sealing Arrays on the gourd’s exterior and Level 4 Acceleration and Amplification Arrays inside it.
  • Huo Yuhao finished the gourd by engraving a Soul Power Injection Array, washing away the metal shavings, and asking Qian Duoduo to acknowledge his skill.

Ch. 61Immortal Slaying Flying Knife

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his gourd-shaped Soul Tool, the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, and revealed its devastating power to the Soul Tool Department. Xian Lin'er learned that he was a Level 4 Soul Engineer and offered to make him her direct disciple and admit him to the Inner Court.

  • Huo Yuhao explained that his gourd Soul Tool amplified and accelerated injected soul power before firing it at an enemy.
  • Huo Yuhao charged the gourd with metal-attribute soul power and destroyed a target and the wall behind it with a golden blast.
  • Ma Xiaotao saw the attack and began reconsidering her prejudice against Soul Tools after Huo Yuhao described the power of Level 9 Soul Tools.
  • Xian Lin'er arrived to reprimand Qian Duoduo for the damage, then recognized Huo Yuhao as a promising Soul Engineer.
  • Qian Duoduo revealed that Huo Yuhao was a Level 4 Soul Engineer, and Xian Lin'er offered to take him as her direct disciple and grant him immediate Inner Court admission.

Ch. 62The argument

Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er argued over whether Huo Yuhao should join the Martial Soul Department or the Soul Tool Department, then agreed to let the Sea God's Pavilion decide. Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao he wanted to study both fields and believed Soul Tools could one day surpass gods.

  • Xian Lin'er offered Huo Yuhao special permission to enter the Inner Court, while Ma Xiaotao objected to both deans trying to claim him.
  • Yan Shaozhe arrived, gave Huo Yuhao a cultivation method for ultimate martial souls, and argued that Huo Yuhao should remain with the Martial Soul Department.
  • Xian Lin'er countered that Huo Yuhao was already a Level 4 Soul Engineer and offered him a place in the Ultimate Individual Soldier Plan.
  • Yan Shaozhe promised rare Spirit Rings and increased research funding, while Xian Lin'er said she would seek her mother's help; Qian Duoduo proposed taking the dispute to the Sea God's Pavilion.
  • Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo flew to the Inner Court, and Ma Xiaotao reassured Huo Yuhao that the elders would decide.
  • Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao he wanted to study both martial souls and Soul Tools, and said he believed humans could create Soul Tools that surpassed gods.

Ch. 63Dual cultivation

At a Sea God's Pavilion meeting, Mu En approved Huo Yuhao studying in both the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department, citing his talent and the growing danger posed by Sun Moon Empire soul tools. The elders accepted that he could pursue both paths unless one began to hinder his progress.

  • Yan Shaozhe presented Huo Yuhao's registration form, and Xuan Zi learned that the eleven-year-old had Level 38 soul power, twin martial souls, ultimate ice, and a Star Crown Sect background.
  • Xuan Zi argued that Huo Yuhao belonged in the Martial Soul Department, while Xian Lin'er insisted that his talent as a soul engineer made him important to the Soul Tool Department.
  • Mu En stopped Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er from arguing and agreed that Huo Yuhao could study in the Soul Tool Department.
  • Mu En proposed that Huo Yuhao study in both departments, explaining that the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools had advanced enough to threaten him.
  • Mu En noted that Huo Yuhao had already developed as both a soul master and a soul engineer, and said he could specialize later if one path hindered the other.
  • Mu En asked Lexuan to wheel him away.

Ch. 64The Three Months Were Up

After three months of training at Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao reached level forty and prepared to enter the Freshman Competition with Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao. As Mu En asked whether he was competing because of Dai Huabin, the reason for Huo Yuhao's anticipation remained unresolved.

  • Huo Yuhao received core disciple privileges in both the Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department, and spent three months cultivating and studying under Xian Lin'er.
  • Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao failed another attempt to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, though their earlier phantom proved they possessed one.
  • Ma Xiaotao learned Huo Yuhao would enter the Freshman Competition and promised to cheer him on, while Huo Yuhao looked forward to confronting Dai Huabin.
  • Huo Yuhao met Ling Luochеn, who also offered to cheer him on, then returned to the Outer Court and reunited with Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao.
  • Xiao Xiao invited Huo Yuhao to join her and Wang Dong'er in visiting Tang Ya, but he declined.
  • Mu En asked Huo Yuhao whether he was entering the Freshman Competition because of Dai Huabin.

Ch. 65Team assignments

Huo Yuhao revealed his double pupils to Mu En, who allowed him to pursue revenge as long as he killed no one. On the eve of the Freshman Competition, Huo Yuhao’s team was assigned: he would compete alongside Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao.

  • Mu En saw through Huo Yuhao’s concealment, discovered his double pupils, and warned him not to kill anyone while pursuing revenge.
  • Huo Yuhao recruited more than fifteen hundred expelled Shrek students for the Star Luo Royal Academy through Xu Jiawei.
  • Zhou Yi announced the Freshman Competition teams, assigning Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao to the same team.
  • Xiao Xiao eagerly welcomed the team assignment, while Wang Dong'er confidently said they did not need to work on teamwork.

Ch. 66The Rules Couldn't Be Broken

Huo Yuhao learned that Jiang Nannan had opened a grilled fish stall using the skills he taught her, and he visited with Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao. Jiang Nannan insisted on fair prices, fresh ingredients, and a strict daily limit, while giving Huo Yuhao his share of the profits.

  • Xiao Xiao reminded Huo Yuhao that Jiang Nannan had started selling grilled fish in Shrek City, and Wang Dong'er teased him for not knowing.
  • Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao visited Jiang Nannan's stall and found Xu Sanshi helping her deal with a cheaper competitor.
  • Jiang Nannan refused Xu Sanshi's suggestion to lower her prices, saying her ingredients had fixed costs and the rules could not be broken.
  • Jiang Nannan gave Huo Yuhao a pouch containing his share of the profits, and he accepted it after she insisted.
  • Jiang Nannan told Wang Dong'er she would discard unsold fish rather than serve food left overnight, and she limited sales to thirty fish a day to preserve quality.
  • Lili ordered fifty grilled fish, but Jiang Nannan explained that she would only sell thirty because she feared making more than she could prepare properly.

Ch. 67An Old Man Toys with a Naughty Child

Huo Yuhao's team faced Huang Chutian and the Lan sisters in their next freshman assessment match. After the sisters trapped Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao used an illusion to turn Huang Chutian against them and then knocked him unconscious, securing the match.

  • Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn joined Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao in the stands as they watched the assessment.
  • Huo Yuhao's team took the platform to face Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo.
  • The Lan sisters used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Sky-Encompassing Net, to restrain Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao while Huang Chutian charged Huo Yuhao.
  • Huo Yuhao dodged Huang Chutian, who continued under an illusion and struck down Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
  • Huo Yuhao knocked the illusion-bound Huang Chutian unconscious, ending the match.

Ch. 68Audacity, Plump and Round

Huo Yuhao defeated Huang Chutian with his spiritual abilities, then joined Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn on the way to Jiang Nannan’s grilled-fish stall. There, they learned that a rival vendor had poisoned students with rotten food, and the chapter ended as an arrogant customer challenged Jiang Nannan’s claim that she was sold out.

  • Huo Yuhao returned to the stands after his team’s victory, where Ma Xiaotao hugged him and Ling Luochеn pulled her away.
  • Huo Yuhao suggested grilled fish, and Xiao Xiao told the group that Jiang Nannan had learned his recipe and was selling it.
  • Huo Yuhao and his companions overheard students explain that a rival stall sold rotten, green grilled fish that poisoned customers, and that its owner had previously sold mislabeled, spoiled food at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
  • The group hurried to Jiang Nannan’s stall, which was crowded with students, after hearing an argument break out in the line.
  • Jiang Nannan told a junior that she had already sold her daily limit of fifty grilled fish, but he challenged her because more fish remained on the grill.

Ch. 69Teaching Dai Huabin a lesson

Huo Yuhao stopped Dai Huabin from forcibly taking Jiang Nannan’s grilled fish, and Ma Xiaotao intervened when Dai Huabin confronted the group. After Dai Huabin provoked her, Ma Xiaotao declared she would teach him a lesson on Huo Yuhao’s behalf.

  • Dai Huabin tried to seize Jiang Nannan’s reserved grilled fish, but Huo Yuhao caught his hand and challenged him.
  • Ma Xiaotao, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and the others arrived to support Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi and Tang Ya checked that she was unharmed.
  • Ma Xiaotao suppressed Dai Huabin with her soul power, slapped him, and kicked him into Jiang Nannan’s grilled fish stall.
  • Dai Huabin invoked his eldest brother Dai Yueheng and accused Ma Xiaotao of bullying him, which further angered her.
  • Ma Xiaotao said she would teach Dai Huabin a lesson for forcing people to buy and sell and beating fellow students.

Ch. 70Extortion

Ma Xiaotao stopped Dai Huabin from bullying Huo Yuhao and his companions, and Du Weilun let her go without punishment. Huo Yuhao then blocked Dai Huabin from leaving and demanded 11,800 gold soul coins for the damaged grill and restaurant wall.

  • Ma Xiaotao blasted Dai Huabin through the restaurant wall and pinned Zhu Lu to the ground.
  • Du Weilun arrived, heard Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao explain Dai Huabin’s bullying and attempted theft, then left without disciplining Ma Xiaotao.
  • Dai Huabin apologized to Ma Xiaotao and tried to leave with Zhu Lu, but Huo Yuhao stopped him.
  • Huo Yuhao demanded 1,800 gold soul coins for the damaged grill and 10,000 for the wall, then asked Dai Huabin to pay in cash or by card.

Ch. 71Hissing

After Dai Huabin smashed through the Star Spirit Hotel, Huo Yuhao called on the Snow Empress, who subdued him and demanded that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion pay for the damage. The Snow Empress returned to the hotel with Dai Huabin, while Huo Yuhao's companions learned she was his sister and Xiao Xiao aspired to become a Titled Douluo like her.

  • Dai Huabin argued with Huo Yuhao over the cost of the bricks and refused to take responsibility for damaging the Star Spirit Hotel.
  • Huo Yuhao called for the Snow Empress, who pinned Dai Huabin to the ground with her overwhelming aura.
  • Zhu Lu hissed at the Snow Empress and threatened her, but the Snow Empress pushed Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie aside.
  • The Snow Empress lifted Dai Huabin and dragged him into the hotel, telling the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to collect him after paying enough money.
  • Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn asked about the Snow Empress, and Huo Yuhao introduced her as his sister, Emperor Snow, a Titled Douluo with ultimate ice.
  • Xiao Xiao said she hoped to become a Titled Douluo like the Snow Empress, and Huo Yuhao encouraged her.

Ch. 72Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect

Huo Yuhao told his friends about the abuse he suffered at the White Tiger Duke's Estate and his mother's death, then insisted on taking revenge himself. After his team advanced through the tournament, he met Ning Tian of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and suspected she might be connected to Tang San, though Jiang Ziya detected no trace of Tang San's aura in her.

  • Ling Luochеn asked Huo Yuhao whether he held a grudge against Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao's emotions flared until Ma Xiaotao steadied him.
  • Huo Yuhao told his friends about his life as Dai Hao's illegitimate son, the abuse at the Duke's Estate, and his mother's death; his friends offered to help him retaliate, but he said he wanted revenge himself.
  • Huo Yuhao's team defeated Xie Huanyue's team, with Huo Yuhao using Spiritual Clone and Spiritual Shock to knock out their opponents.
  • Ning Tian introduced herself and her teammates Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er to Huo Yuhao, then said she hoped he would go easy on them in their afternoon match.
  • Huo Yuhao suspected Ning Tian might be one of Tang San's hidden contingencies, but Jiang Ziya told him she carried no trace of Tang San's aura.

Ch. 73Semifinals (Part One)

Ning Tian explained that she hoped to recruit Huo Yuhao for the declining Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, while Wu Feng resented the possibility and insisted she could defeat him. In the semifinal, Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er engaged Nanmen Yun'er and Wu Feng, but Wu Feng demanded that Huo Yuhao face her.

  • Ning Tian told Wu Feng that Huo Yuhao's spiritual power was extraordinary and that his possible second martial soul might have an ultimate ice attribute.
  • Ning Tian revealed that she wanted to see whether Huo Yuhao could be won over to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, while Wu Feng worried that the family might bind him to the sect or arrange a marriage.
  • Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao met Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er on the Arena platform, where Wang Yan refereed the semifinal.
  • Ning Tian summoned her Seven-Tier Glazed Pagoda and used its buffs on Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er as the match began.
  • Xiao Xiao knocked Nanmen Yun'er back with her Cauldron Shockwave, while Wang Dong'er challenged Wu Feng.
  • Wu Feng ignored Wang Dong'er and demanded that Huo Yuhao face her.

Ch. 74Semifinals (Part Two)

Wu Feng challenged Huo Yuhao to prove the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect did not need to rely on Ning Tian’s connections, but Huo Yuhao revealed his domain and defeated her. He left Wu Feng unconscious while the semifinal battle continued around them.

  • Wu Feng threw Wang Dong'er aside and challenged Huo Yuhao, while the Ice Empress recognized that she was jealous of Ning Tian’s interest in him.
  • Huo Yuhao accepted and released his second martial soul, revealing a domain that suppressed his opponents’ attributes and attacks.
  • Xiao Xiao mocked Wu Feng as she fought Nanmen Yun'er, whose speed surged and whose wings clashed with Xiao Xiao’s cauldron.
  • Wu Feng attacked Huo Yuhao with Fire Dragon's Roar and followed through the flames with her dragon claw, but Huo Yuhao blocked her strike with an ice sword.
  • Huo Yuhao counterattacked, slashed Wu Feng’s claws, and sent her flying unconscious.

Ch. 75Semifinals (Part Two)

Huo Yuhao defeated Ning Tian's team, then healed Wu Feng's injuries with his wood element. As he left the arena with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er, Dai Huabin confronted him.

  • Huo Yuhao sent Wu Feng flying with an ice sword slash, and Xiao Xiao knocked Nanmen Yun'er out with her cauldron, eliminating Ning Tian's team.
  • Huo Yuhao healed Wu Feng's hands, and Ning Tian thanked him before apologizing for Wu Feng's earlier rudeness.
  • Wu Feng apologized to Ning Tian and worried Huo Yuhao would refuse recruitment, but Ning Tian revealed she had learned his recommendation letter came from Star Luo City and had given up recruiting him.
  • Huo Yuhao left the arena with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er, then noticed Dai Huabin glaring at him.
  • Dai Huabin approached with Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie, and Huo Yuhao told him that a good dog did not block the road.

Ch. 76The finals (part one)

Huo Yuhao accepted Dai Huabin’s challenge to settle their rivalry in the Freshman Competition finals and planned a secret surprise for him and Zhu Lu. After Huo Yuhao left, Wang Dong’er told Xiao Xiao about her disguised enrollment and her first encounter with him.

  • Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao to bet on the finals, and they agreed that the loser would kneel, admit inferiority, and apologize.
  • Huo Yuhao told Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er to help him deal with Cui Yajie before leaving the stage, because he had a surprise prepared for Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.
  • Huo Yuhao returned to his residence, while Xiao Xiao pressed Wang Dong’er to explain what had happened between her and Huo Yuhao when school began.
  • Wang Dong’er explained that she had enrolled disguised as a boy and had nearly shared a dorm room with Huo Yuhao before he exposed her.
  • Xiao Xiao asked Wang Dong’er about Huo Yuhao’s room and physique, and Wang Dong’er flicked her forehead for her shameless questions.
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