Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.