Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• In Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, the Ice Empress and Tian Meng marvel at the strength of the human elder they encountered, though they sense that his body and soul are failing. They also remark on a young person’s formidable cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao is overjoyed when Jiang Ziya and Electrolux, asleep for three years, awaken. They comfort him and promise to stay with him.
• At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao finds his dormitory dusty and poorly equipped, with no private shower. The cafeteria is similarly sparse, and students must eat there because its valuable Soul Beast meat cannot be taken away.
• He cleans the room using his water abilities, makes his bed with bedding Xu Jiujiu gave him, and spends the night meditating instead of sleeping.
• The next morning, his new roommate arrives: a haughty, pink-and-blue-haired boy who assigns Huo Yuhao cleaning duties and announces rules for the room. Huo Yuhao refuses to accept them. The roommate challenges him to a spar, wagering that the loser must follow the other’s rules. Huo Yuhao accepts and asks what the winner gets; the boy dismisses the possibility of losing.

Character development

• Huo Yuhao shows how deeply he values the people who have supported him, while also demonstrating independence, discipline, and patience. He calmly resists his roommate’s bullying rather than being intimidated.
• Jiang Ziya and Electrolux’s return restores Huo Yuhao’s sense of companionship and support.
• The roommate is introduced as entitled and arrogant, treating shared space as though he controls it.

Character interactions

• Tian Meng and the Ice Empress assess the elder and discuss their observations of his power and condition.
• Jiang Ziya and Electrolux warmly reunite with Huo Yuhao, who admits he missed them.
• Huo Yuhao and his roommate clash over cleaning and control of the dormitory, escalating into a challenge to settle their disagreement through a fight.

Significant themes

• Companionship and belonging: Huo Yuhao’s reunion with his elders highlights the comfort he draws from trusted relationships.
• Self-reliance and discipline: He adapts to uncomfortable surroundings and maintains his demanding cultivation routine.
• Pride and authority: The roommate’s attempt to impose rules is met by Huo Yuhao’s insistence on fairness and mutual respect.

Key plot points and events

• Wang Dong challenges Huo Yuhao to a fight outside Shrek’s dormitory, expecting an easy victory.
• Huo Yuhao refuses to release his Martial Soul and lets Wang Dong attack. Wang Dong’s blows fail to hurt him, and he mistakes Huo Yuhao’s resilience for a defensive ability.
• After Wang Dong praises him as “a real man,” the figure he is fighting begins echoing the phrase and trading punches with him.
• The apparent Huo Yuhao is revealed to be an ice puppet. The real Huo Yuhao has been watching with Mu En and recording the fight.
• Onlookers witness Wang Dong brawling with the puppet, and the recording plays back his repeated “real man” boast, leaving him furious and embarrassed.

Character developments

• Huo Yuhao shows confidence, patience, and a mischievous sense of humor. He has developed a sophisticated combination of illusion, clone, and Ultimate Ice techniques.
• Wang Dong is proud and competitive, but also quick to act on assumptions. His embarrassment at being tricked—and at the crowd’s teasing—turns into anger.
• Mu En watches with amusement and reveals that even he cannot control Wang Dong’s choice to enroll as a boy, hinting that Wang Dong may have powerful backing.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Wang Dong mistakes an illusion and puppet for the real Huo Yuhao.
• Pride and humiliation: Wang Dong’s confidence drives him into an absurd fight, and his boast becomes the joke played back to him.
• Skill over brute force: Huo Yuhao wins through planning and layered abilities rather than direct combat.

Character interactions

• Wang Dong begins the encounter by challenging and striking Huo Yuhao, then praises him before the illusion turns the praise into a repeated taunt.
• Huo Yuhao quietly manipulates the fight and records Wang Dong, while Mu En observes and comments on the prank.
• The gathered students’ gossip deepens Wang Dong’s embarrassment; when Huo Yuhao plays the recording, Wang Dong confronts him in anger.

Key plot points and events

• Wang Dong attacks Huo Yuhao with a black Clear Sky Hammer, but his Ice Emperor Bodyguard blocks it and numbs her hand.
• Huo Yuhao reveals his three purple Soul Rings, making clear that Wang Dong cannot defeat him. She reluctantly concedes.
• Huo Yuhao identifies Wang Dong’s Martial Soul as the Light Goddess Butterfly and tells her she belongs in the girls’ dormitory. She admits, embarrassed, that her fathers made her disguise herself as a boy.
• After Wang Dong leaves, Huo Yuhao considers clues that her story and abilities do not add up. His teachers, Jiang Ziya and Electrolux, sense Tang San’s aura on her and reveal that her soul was forcibly split; without divine power, she might have died.
• They suspect Wang Dong is Tang San’s direct descendant and may have been positioned as part of a plan against Huo Yuhao.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yuhao moves from teasing Wang Dong to serious suspicion. He notices flaws in her disguise, uneven movements, and inconsistencies about her cultivation. Learning what happened to her leaves him briefly relieved that his own father’s cruelty did not go as far—but he immediately recognizes that comparing evils is no comfort.
• Wang Dong shifts from aggressive and proud to defeated, then mortified when exposed. Despite the awkward revelation, she and Huo Yuhao end their exchange on a playful, friendly note.
• Jiang Ziya and Electrolux share their suspicions with Huo Yuhao and condemn Tang San’s apparent actions. Their reaction suggests the discovery touches painful memories for Electrolux.
• Mu En watches the commotion with amused detachment.

Significant themes

• Identity and disguise: Wang Dong’s assumed identity hides both her gender and a deeper, more troubling history.
• Suspicion and hidden motives: Huo Yuhao’s observations turn an ordinary dorm dispute into a possible conspiracy.
• Cruelty and moral comparison: Wang Dong’s damaged soul prompts Huo Yuhao to reflect on his own abusive father, while recognizing that one person’s lesser wrongdoing does not excuse another’s.

Key plot points and events

• Shrek Academy’s Martial Soul Department Dean, Yan Shaozhe, learns that freshman Huo Yuhao has two Martial Souls, including the exceptionally rare Ultimate Ice. He sees this as a potential breakthrough for Ma Xiaotao, whose dangerous Evil Fire is becoming harder to control.
• Yan visits Ma Xiaotao while she is cultivating in an ice-filled room. After scolding her for risking another Evil Fire flare-up, he shows her Huo Yuhao’s registration form. Overjoyed at the possibility of a cure, Ma Xiaotao rushes to find him, but Yan stops her and promises to arrange a meeting in a few days.
• On the first day of classes, Huo Yuhao discovers he has been assigned to Freshman Class One, taught by Zhou Yi. He arrives early and takes a seat in the back.
• Wang Dong returns in the girls’ uniform, now going by Wang Dong’er, and sits with her roommate, Xiao Xiao, near Huo Yuhao. Xiao Xiao introduces herself warmly, while Wang Dong’er greets Huo Yuhao with resentment over their earlier sparring match.
• Wang Dong’er recalls how rumors about that match spread through the dormitory. When Xiao Xiao asks whether she knows the boy involved, Wang Dong’er claims he is her younger brother.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Shaozhe is both a stern mentor and a caring, almost fatherly guardian to Ma Xiaotao. His excitement about Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice is tempered by concern for Ma’s safety.
• Ma Xiaotao shifts from anxious, risky cultivation to hopeful excitement when she learns that Huo Yuhao might help cure her Evil Fire. Her impulsive rush to meet him shows how desperately she wants relief.
• Huo Yuhao begins his formal studies and remains composed around Wang Dong’er, lightly addressing her by her new name.
• Wang Dong’er resumes presenting herself as a girl but remains bitter about losing to Huo Yuhao and embarrassed by the rumors. Her “younger brother” excuse shows her determination to hide her involvement.
• Xiao Xiao is friendly and sociable, quickly befriending Wang Dong’er and introducing herself to Huo Yuhao.

Significant themes

• Hope and danger: Ultimate Ice offers a possible remedy for Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, but her condition remains serious.
• Mentorship and care: Yan’s discipline of Ma Xiaotao is grounded in deep affection and fear for her wellbeing.
• Reputation and embarrassment: Gossip about the sparring match shapes Wang Dong’er’s first interactions with her new classmates.
• New beginnings: The start of classes brings Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, and Xiao Xiao together, setting up new relationships and conflicts.

Key plot points and events

• Huo Yuhao reunites with Wang Dong’er, who tells Xiao Xiao that he was once her younger brother Wang Dong’s roommate. Huo Yuhao plays along, hinting that he knows Wang Dong is actually Wang Dong’er.
• Their conversation is interrupted by Zhou Yi, the intimidating homeroom teacher of Freshman Class One. Huo Yuhao recognizes that her wrinkled face is a human-skin disguise but keeps quiet.
• Zhou Yi orders every student who has not fought recently to run 100 laps within one class period, threatening to expel anyone who fails. Only Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er stand up, explaining that they had sparred.
• Although Zhou Yi approves of sparring, she assigns them 20 extra laps as “training.” Huo Yuhao prevents Wang Dong’er from arguing and urges her to avoid provoking a teacher known for expelling students.
• The pair join their classmates on the track. Wang Dong’er challenges Huo Yuhao to race, confident she can beat him despite his greater Soul Power.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yuhao shows restraint and tactical awareness: he protects Wang Dong’er’s secret, conceals his discovery of Zhou Yi’s disguise, and keeps her from antagonizing their teacher. His attendance at Shrek is also tied to plans involving Dai Huabin, the White Tiger Family, and Shrek’s political factions.
• Wang Dong’er remains proud and competitive, but briefly pleads with Huo Yuhao to maintain their cover. She quickly returns to her bold, teasing manner by challenging him to a race.
• Xiao Xiao is curious about Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er’s relationship and later worries when they appear to have been singled out.
• Zhou Yi establishes herself as a harsh, authoritarian teacher whose extreme discipline is paired with a belief in intense training—and whose class is reputed to have both a high expulsion rate and strong advancement results.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er share a playful but wary rapport, built on their earlier sparring and mutual awareness of each other’s abilities.

Significant themes

• Discipline and harsh training: Zhou Yi uses punishment and pressure to test and train her students.
• Secrecy and identity: Wang Dong’er’s connection to Wang Dong remains concealed, while Zhou Yi’s appearance is itself a disguise.
• Ambition and strategy: Huo Yuhao’s reasons for attending Shrek extend beyond study to future revenge and political maneuvering.
• Rivalry and competition: The chapter ends by turning the pair’s interaction into a friendly test of speed.

Plot points

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er turn Freshman Class One’s hundred-lap run into a rivalry, racing from the back of the group to the front. Their pace pushes the rest of the class to keep up.
• Xiao Xiao struggles near the rear, since her two martial souls are support-oriented and her physical stamina is limited. After the run, a teacher uses a plant martial soul to heal the exhausted students.
• With fifteen minutes left in class, Zhou Yi orders Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er to complete twenty more laps. Wang Dong’er offers to carry Huo Yuhao by air, but he reveals that he can fly too.
• Huo Yuhao rides clouds beneath his feet and easily outpaces Wang Dong’er. She reaches the finish exhausted, while he crosses it looking nearly unfazed.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er’s competitive banter grows into a direct test of skill. Wang Dong’er confidently challenges him, then acknowledges his superior flying speed and concedes.
• Huo Yuhao reveals an unexpected ability linked to his unusual martial soul, the Four-Not-Like, surprising Wang Dong’er and drawing Zhou Yi’s attention.
• Zhou Yi approves of the rivalry as a way to motivate students, though her harsh reputation makes the class wary of her.
• Xiao Xiao’s difficulty keeping pace contrasts with the two leaders’ exceptional endurance.

Significant themes

• Competition as motivation: The rivalry drives Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er—and indirectly the class—to push themselves harder.
• Hidden abilities and adaptability: Huo Yuhao’s flight comes from an unexpected source, challenging assumptions about who can fly and how.
• Effort and limits: The students’ exhaustion, Xiao Xiao’s struggle, and Wang Dong’er’s final collapse contrast with Huo Yuhao’s remarkable stamina.

Plot points and events

• After Zhou Yi has Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er healed, she expels Tai Long and the other eight members of the “Nine Great Vajras.” They had failed the required run and tried to challenge her authority; Zhou Yi intimidates them with her power as a Soul Emperor, and they flee.
• Back in the classroom, Zhou Yi makes the remaining students introduce themselves, demanding that Xiao Xiao repeat hers more loudly.
• Huo Yuhao announces that he is a Level 38 Soul Elder with the Spirit Eyes martial soul. His rank and apparent twin martial souls astonish the class.
• Zhou Yi appoints him class monitor without opposition, then begins a lesson on Soul Master combat classifications. She asks why the old division between offensive and defensive roles is becoming less distinct; Huo Yuhao answers that soul tools let traditionally defensive Soul Masters fight offensively.
• The chapter notes Huo Yuhao’s exceptional physical conditioning and his extensive soul-tool expertise, including a stock of Level Four tools that lets him compete with same-level power-attack Soul Masters.

Character developments

• Zhou Yi establishes herself as an uncompromising teacher whose authority is absolute, but also shows that she values confidence and forceful presentation.
• Huo Yuhao is revealed as unusually powerful and well-prepared: his training has made him exceptionally durable, and his soul-tool knowledge gives him strong combat versatility. He takes on the class-monitor role.
• Xiao Xiao is intimidated by Zhou Yi but manages to deliver her introduction with the energy the teacher demands.
• Tai Long remains defiant even when confronted with the consequences of his actions, then retreats when Zhou Yi demonstrates her strength.

Significant themes

• Discipline and authority: Zhou Yi enforces rules harshly and expects students to accept her decisions.
• Adaptation and changing traditions: Soul tools are reshaping conventional ideas about which Soul Masters can attack or defend.
• Strength beyond raw talent: Huo Yuhao’s preparation, training, and equipment broaden what he can do in battle.
• Confidence and presentation: Zhou Yi treats a strong voice and assertiveness as essential parts of a Soul Master’s presence.

Character interactions

• Zhou Yi confronts and expels Tai Long’s group after they dispute her judgment.
• She pressures Xiao Xiao to speak louder, while Huo Yuhao privately finds her reasoning absurd.
• Huo Yuhao’s introduction surprises his classmates and earns him unchallenged acceptance as monitor.
• Zhou Yi tests Huo Yuhao’s understanding in class, and he explains how soul tools blur traditional combat roles.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Yi praises Huo Yuhao’s explanation of how Soul Tools are blurring the traditional divisions among Soul Masters. She considers recommending him to her husband, Fan Yu, for Soul Tool studies, but decides against it because his exceptional Martial Soul talent would make the Martial Soul Department reluctant to let him go. She does not know he is already a peak fourth-rank Soul Engineer.
• After class, Xiao Xiao excitedly asks how Huo Yuhao flew. He explains that his Four-Not-Like Martial Soul forms an Auspicious Cloud beneath his feet and demonstrates it, though it cannot yet carry anyone else.
• On the walk back to the dormitory, Wang Dong’er apologizes for their earlier disagreement. Huo Yuhao accepts, treating it as minor, but privately remains interested in the divine consciousness connected to her.
• Xiao Xiao suggests getting food, and Wang Dong’er offers to treat them as an apology. Remembering the academy cafeteria’s unpleasant restrictions, Huo Yuhao proposes cooking if Wang Dong’er buys ingredients. She doubts his claim that he can cook, but agrees to test him.
• The three head beyond the academy to shop. As they gather ingredients, someone calls to Huo Yuhao from behind: “Little brother Yuhao, is that you?”

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yuhao displays deep knowledge of Soul Tools and an unusual flying ability. He is modest about his cloud’s current limits, but confidently boasts of his cooking. He accepts Wang Dong’er’s apology while keeping his private motives regarding her in mind.
• Wang Dong’er drops some of her pride to apologize and offers to pay for a meal. She remains skeptical and quick to bristle when Huo Yuhao teases her.
• Xiao Xiao is openly admiring and curious about Huo Yuhao, and her hunger conveniently breaks the awkwardness between him and Wang Dong’er.
• Zhou Yi recognizes Huo Yuhao’s promise but decides his Martial Soul potential outweighs the possibility of steering him toward Soul Tool studies.

Significant themes

• Changing boundaries in Soul cultivation: Soul Tools are reshaping the traditional categories of Soul Masters.
• Talent and opportunity: Huo Yuhao’s extraordinary potential may limit which paths the academy allows him to pursue.
• Reconciliation and growing camaraderie: Wang Dong’er’s apology and the shared meal plan ease tensions among the three classmates.
• Hidden motives: Huo Yuhao’s outward acceptance contrasts with his continued private interest in Wang Dong’er’s connection to Tang San.

Key plot points and events

• Huo Yuhao and his classmates Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao meet Tang Ya and Bei Bei, whom Yuhao knew before entering Shrek Academy.
• Tang Ya eagerly persuades Wang Dong’er to let her join their picnic, hoping to eat Yuhao’s cooking again. Bei Bei joins as well, making the group five.
• Asked about Yuhao’s older sister, he explains that Xue’er has returned to the Extreme North to retrieve a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus. She believes it may help her survive her Seventh Heavenly Tribulation.
• At the park, Yuhao prepares fish and meat using an Engraving Knife. Tang Ya recognizes it as a high-quality Soul Tool and asks about his skill as a Soul Engineer.
• Yuhao reveals that he is already a Level 4 Soul Engineer. Tang Ya and Bei Bei are stunned; Xiao Xiao explains the significance to Wang Dong’er, who concludes that Yuhao is “practically Superman.”

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ya’s enthusiasm for Yuhao’s cooking is so strong that she begs Wang Dong’er for permission to attend. Her interest in his Soul Tool abilities also revives her hope of recruiting him to the Tang Sect, though she knows he already belongs to another sect.
• Bei Bei gently restrains Tang Ya’s overexcited pleading and helps prepare the picnic.
• Wang Dong’er welcomes Tang Ya, but is initially skeptical about the importance of Soul Engineers. Xiao Xiao’s explanation changes her view of Yuhao.
• Yuhao is shown as both a skilled cook and an unusually accomplished young Soul Engineer. His old Engraving Knife, once used for Soul Tool work, now serves as a kitchen tool.

Significant themes

• Exceptional talent and ambition: Yuhao’s Soul Tool skill surprises his companions and highlights his extraordinary abilities.
• Friendship and inclusion: The picnic brings classmates and older acquaintances together, with Wang Dong’er welcoming Tang Ya into the group.
• Admiration and playful humor: The others’ reactions to Yuhao’s many talents create a lighthearted contrast with his casual modesty.

Key plot points

• Huo Yuhao grills fish for the group, drawing an enthusiastic comment from Ma Xiaotao, a senior Shrek disciple and Yan Shaozhe’s direct student.
• Ma Xiaotao recognizes Bei Bei and Tang Ya. Her greeting toward Bei Bei is somewhat cool because he left the inner court years ago, upsetting a senior woman there. Bei Bei accepts the implied criticism but stands by his relationship with Tang Ya.
• Ma Xiaotao recognizes Huo Yuhao and reveals she has been searching for him. Excited, she grabs his hand and moves too close, then apologizes when he points it out.
• She explains that she wants his help because his martial soul is ultimate ice. She is struggling with dangerous “evil fire” in her own martial soul, and Yan Shaozhe has stopped her from cultivating to prevent an eruption.
• Huo Yuhao’s companions warn him that Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul seems defective. Using his Spirit Eyes, he sees dark-red energy building inside her like pressure in a volcano.
• He agrees to hear her out but first urges her to calm down and eat. He is also interested in Shrek’s knowledge of ultimate martial souls, hoping to obtain a suitable cultivation method for his own ultimate ice.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yuhao remains cautious and observant, but is willing to help Ma Xiaotao. His interest is partly practical: he hopes Shrek can teach him how to cultivate an ultimate martial soul.
• Ma Xiaotao is shown as powerful but desperate to control her evil fire. Her urgency makes her unusually forward; she hopes resolving the problem will let her reach Soul Saint level and help Shrek win the upcoming tournament.
• Bei Bei accepts responsibility for his long absence from the inner court but does not regret choosing Tang Ya. He quietly recognizes Ma Xiaotao’s self-centered urgency.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei share a small, affectionate gesture, which Ma Xiaotao notices before turning away.

Significant themes

• Power and its risks: Ma Xiaotao’s dangerous inner fire makes her strength a potential threat to herself.
• Self-interest and loyalty: Ma Xiaotao’s urgent request contrasts with Bei Bei’s commitment to Tang Ya and his acceptance of past consequences.
• Seeking knowledge and mutual benefit: Huo Yuhao’s willingness to help is linked both to concern for Ma Xiaotao and to his own need for guidance about ultimate ice.

Plot points and events

• Huo Yuhao shares his grilled fish with Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong’er, and Ma Xiaotao. Everyone loves it, including the initially skeptical Wang Dong’er.
• After the others leave, Ma Xiaotao asks Yuhao to help suppress the dangerous evil fire in her martial soul. He agrees, on two conditions that have not yet been revealed.
• Overjoyed, Ma Xiaotao hugs him, then takes his hand and leads him toward Shrek Academy, saying she can no longer keep the fire suppressed. Yuhao senses her friendly intent and goes along.
• On the way, exaggerated rumors spread that a Shrek student is causing trouble. Ma Xiaotao, protective of the academy’s reputation, rushes toward the commotion.
• They find Xu Sanshi arguing with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan. Tang Ya and Nannan accuse him of persistently harassing Nannan, while Xu Sanshi insists the matter is none of Tang Ya’s business.
• Ma Xiaotao recognizes the situation and scolds Xu Sanshi. He reacts with alarm, knowing her evil-fire suppression often requires him and other students to endure painful backlash.

Character developments and interactions

• Yuhao’s cooking wins over the group, while his calm manner contrasts with Ma Xiaotao’s uninhibited excitement and impulsive affection.
• Ma Xiaotao treats Shrek as home and takes its reputation seriously. Her desperate hope that Yuhao can help her also makes her unusually affectionate toward him.
• Yuhao agrees to help Ma Xiaotao but sets two conditions; their content remains unknown. He trusts her enough to let her lead him.
• Bei Bei shows quiet affection for Tang Ya by wiping grease from her face. After leaving, he unexpectedly feels an urge to release his martial soul.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan unite in confronting Xu Sanshi, who continues pursuing Nannan despite her clear rejection. Ma Xiaotao’s arrival shifts the confrontation and leaves Xu Sanshi intimidated.

Significant themes

• Trust and relief: Yuhao’s ability to help offers Ma Xiaotao hope against a burden that has also cost other students time and caused them pain.
• Boundaries and persistence: Xu Sanshi’s pursuit is portrayed as unwanted harassment, challenged directly by Tang Ya and Nannan.
• Loyalty and reputation: Ma Xiaotao’s fierce defense of Shrek reflects her deep attachment to the academy.
• Warmth and camaraderie: The shared meal brings the group together before the chapter turns to personal distress and conflict.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.