Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao entered the Inner Court to investigate a commotion and found Di Qiu'er fighting Dai Yueheng. After learning Dai had tried to approach Di Qiu'er and she had rejected him, Huo Yuhao arrived as she nearly beat him down.

• Huo Yuhao took Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao to the Inner Court after they heard fighting across Sea God Lake.
• Ma Xiaotao told Huo Yuhao that Di Qiu'er had beaten her in a spar because her ultimate attributes suppressed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Dai Yueheng mocked Ma Xiaotao for losing, then tried to ingratiate himself with Di Qiu'er by offering to show her around and invoking his father, Dai Hao.
• Di Qiu'er rejected Dai Yueheng and told him to get lost.
• Di Qiu'er fought Dai Yueheng until his face was bruised and his clothes were torn, while Huo Yuhao arrived and watched.

Di Qiu'er rejected Dai Yueheng and defeated him in a spar, leaving him badly injured while Huo Yuhao and the others watched. Yan Shaozhe arrived as Dai Yueheng prepared to confront the onlookers.

• Di Qiu'er rejected Dai Yueheng's advances, and he angrily challenged her to fight.
• Di Qiu'er beat Dai Yueheng with her Golden Dragon Spear and sent him flying toward Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao pulled Xiao Xiao clear of Dai Yueheng's path, and Dai Yueheng crashed face-first onto Sea God Island's ground.
• Di Qiu'er joined Huo Yuhao, who praised her and thanked her, while Ma Xiaotao also sought his attention.
• Dai Yueheng grew furious at the spectators, but Yan Shaozhe arrived and asked what had happened.

After Dai Yueheng lost to Wang Qiu'er, Yan Shaozhe urged Huo Yuhao to tolerate him until the tournament. Meanwhile, Dai Yueheng arranged to track the Duchess’s hired killers, who prepared to ambush Huo Yuhao outside Shrek Academy.

• Yan Shaozhe stopped Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng from arguing, sent Dai Yueheng to treat his injuries, and asked Huo Yuhao to show restraint toward him.
• Ma Xiaotao urged Yan Shaozhe to remove Dai Yueheng from the team and replace him with Wang Qiu'er, but Yan Shaozhe deferred the decision.
• Dai Yueheng learned that the Duchess had hired eight desperadoes to kill Huo Yuhao, including seven Soul Saints, and told his servant to monitor them without joining the operation.
• The Seven Monsters of Heaven's Turmoil examined Huo Yuhao's photograph and planned to attack him after he left the academy.

Huo Yuhao accepted Ning Tian’s invitation to the Nine Treasures Restaurant, where he learned her sect planned to repair the deserted streets nearby. He arrived at her private room and found a lavish feast waiting for him.

• Wu Feng delivered Ning Tian’s invitation, and Huo Yuhao agreed to meet her that evening.
• Wang Dong'er teased Huo Yuhao about being invited out, and he playfully chilled her before dodging her pursuit.
• Huo Yuhao traveled through the neglected streets north of Shrek Academy to reach the Nine Treasures Restaurant.
• A waiter explained that Ning Tian’s sect had bought the nearby homes and planned to fund repairs, leaving the area temporarily deserted.
• Huo Yuhao entered Ning Tian’s private room, where she welcomed him beside a feast of Soul Beast dishes.

Huo Yuhao shared a meal with Ning Tian at the Nine Treasures Restaurant while Ma Xiaotao and Di Qiu'er secretly watched them. Ning Tian gave Huo Yuhao information about the White Tiger and Netherworld Families, leaving Ma Xiaotao jealous after he accepted a ring from her.

• Huo Yuhao praised the Nine Treasures Restaurant's signature chicken as he dined with Ning Tian.
• Ma Xiaotao and Di Qiu'er hid nearby, used soul-powered telescopes to watch Huo Yuhao, and agreed that Di Qiu'er would fight Ma Xiaotao daily for a month.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ning Tian to fulfill their agreement, and she questioned him about what he knew of the White Tiger and Netherworld Families.
• Ning Tian gave Huo Yuhao a dossier containing key information about both families and handed him a blue ring with the rest of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's records.
• Ma Xiaotao grew jealous when Huo Yuhao accepted Ning Tian's ring, while Di Qiu'er wondered what was wrong.

Huo Yuhao traded for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s intelligence on the White Tiger Family by promising Ning Tian two reserve-team spots and a future offensive Soul Tool. After learning how powerful Dai Hao’s allies were, he steeled himself to take revenge on Dai Xing.

• Huo Yuhao examined Ning Tian’s ring of White Tiger Family intelligence and agreed to help secure reserve-team spots for Ning Tian and Feng Mei.
• Ning Tian learned Huo Yuhao was a Level 4 Soul Engineer and asked him to make an offensive Soul Tool for the sect once he reached Level 9; he agreed.
• Huo Yuhao read the intelligence, recognized the White Tiger Family’s second elder Dai Xing, and vowed not to let him die before he could take revenge.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Hao commanded substantial military strength and had powerful support from the White Tiger and Zhu families, including a Titled Douluo and a suspected connection to the Killer Guild.

Huo Yuhao left the Nine Treasures Restaurant with information on the White Tiger Family after agreeing to make the sect a Level 9 Soul Tool in the future. As he walked back to the academy with Ma Xiaotao and Di Qiu'er, he sensed seven figures surrounding them.

• Ning Yun praised Ning Tian for trading information for Huo Yuhao's promise of a future Level 9 Soul Tool, then urged her and Wu Feng to build a good relationship with him.
• Ma Xiaotao and Di Qiu'er emerged from an alley after following Huo Yuhao from the restaurant, and the three headed back together.
• Di Qiu'er asked what Huo Yuhao had done at the restaurant, and he explained that he had traded with Ning Tian for information on the White Tiger Family.
• Ma Xiaotao worried that Huo Yuhao had made an improper bargain, then objected when she learned the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect wanted a Level 9 Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a faint smell of blood and used his spiritual power to discover seven burly figures surrounding him, Ma Xiaotao, and Di Qiu'er.

Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and Di Qiu'er were ambushed by seven powerful attackers in Shrek City and triggered a massive explosion while surrounded. The blast and distress signals alerted Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi rushed to rescue them.

• Huo Yuhao warned Ma Xiaotao and Di Qiu'er that seven attackers with Soul Power above rank seventy had surrounded them.
• The attackers revealed they intended to kill Huo Yuhao, and Ma Xiaotao struck Seventh Brother with Phoenix Fire Line as the trio tried to escape.
• The leader blocked their path in a giant golden form while the other six closed in behind them.
• Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and Di Qiu'er released tremendous Soul Power, setting off an explosion that shook much of Shrek City.
• Ning Yun and Ning Tian saw the distant mushroom cloud, while Yan Shaozhe spotted the academy’s distress signals and realized the trio was likely in danger.
• Xuan Zi vanished to rescue the students after Yan Shaozhe identified them as Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and their companion.

Huo Yuhao, Di Qiu'er, and Ma Xiaotao fled from the Seven Monsters of Heaven's Turmoil and met Ning Yun and her husband, who offered them shelter at the Nine Treasures Restaurant. Xu Qingsong ambushed them and was sent crashing into a building, but a sudden light and shock wave erupted from its ruins.

• The boss mourned Sixth Brother's death, then ordered the remaining members of the Seven Monsters of Heaven's Turmoil to pursue Huo Yuhao and the two women.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Qiu'er and Ma Xiaotao that he had spent most of his Soul Power on Spiritual Clones and Soul Tool explosives, and Di Qiu'er urged them to hurry onward.
• Ning Yun and her husband met the three and offered to take them to the Nine Treasures Restaurant for protection from their seven Soul Saint pursuers.
• Xu Qingsong appeared after teleporting Ning Tian's uncle away, and Ning Yun identified him as the Xuanming Sect traitor and warned the others about his teleportation Soul Skills.
• Di Qiu'er struck Xu Qingsong with her Golden Dragon Spear, sending him through a building that collapsed around him.
• A light flashed in the ruins, and a shock wave blasted fragments outward.

Huo Yuhao and his companions fought Xu Qingsong’s reinforcements, turning the tide with Xiao Yin’s help and Huo Yuhao’s upgraded Immortal Slaying Flying Knife. The battle remained underway, with Xu Qingsong’s group still engaged against Ma Xiaotao and the others.

• Xu Qingsong summoned his remaining fighters, and Huo Yuhao used his Ceasefire Domain as both sides launched into battle.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Yin disarmed Number Five and destroyed him with an exploding ice figure, though he escaped using the Blood Escape Technique.
• Number Three gave his teammates dried tofu that weakened the Ceasefire Domain’s suppression, putting Ma Xiaotao at a disadvantage until Xiao Yin joined her fight against Xu Qingsong.
• Huo Yuhao asked Di Qiu’er to hold off her two opponents, then used his blue Gourd to fire the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife and decapitate Number Seven.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that he had integrated a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Spirit Bone into the Gourd, greatly increasing the weapon’s power.

Huo Yuhao and his companions fought Xu Qingsong’s group until Old Fourth killed Xu Qingsong and devoured the fallen Soul Saints, transforming into a Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Master. Old Fourth attacked Huo Yuhao, blasted Di Qiu'er aside, and resisted Huo Yuhao’s counterattack, leaving Huo Yuhao to consider a desperate plan involving Ma Xiaotao.

• Di Qiu'er killed one fleeing companion, while Xu Qingsong decided to escape and Old Fourth stabbed him through the chest with his snake tail.
• Old Fourth devoured his companions’ corpses, transformed his Martial Soul, and rose to the Soul Douluo level as Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao that he was strengthening himself.
• Old Fourth demanded that Huo Yuhao surrender, but Ma Xiaotao and Wang Qiu'er stood between them and refused.
• Old Fourth struck Di Qiu'er into an alley wall, then healed the hole Huo Yuhao’s Immortal Slaying Flying Knife blasted in his stomach.
• Huo Yuhao searched for a way to survive and, after ruling out the Golden Dragon Spear, focused on Ma Xiaotao and conceived a reckless plan.

Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao fused their powers into a divine peacock and used Five-Colored Divine Light to strip Old Fourth of his strength and Martial Soul. Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe arrived as the fusion ended, finding Old Fourth captured and the others still standing.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Shock to stun Old Fourth, then joined Ma Xiaotao in circulating their Soul Power together.
• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao transformed into a divine peacock, whose presence forced Old Fourth to the ground.
• Old Fourth attacked the peacock with his saber and a massive wave, but the Five-Colored Divine Light absorbed his power and erased his Martial Soul.
• Di Qiu'er moved to kill the powerless Old Fourth, but Huo Yuhao asked her to spare him for interrogation.
• Old Fourth threatened the group, then Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe arrived; the peacock dissolved as its members warned them to look out.

Di Qiu'er caught the unconscious Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao after their battle, and Mu En arrived to reprimand Yan Shaozhe and order the captured attackers interrogated. The next morning, Huo Yuhao woke up trapped in Ma Xiaotao's embrace, and her embarrassed attempt to explain herself left them both flustered.

• Di Qiu'er caught Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao, who had passed out while embracing, and Yan Shaozhe confirmed they were unharmed.
• Mu En arrived with the captured armored attacker, scolded Yan Shaozhe for arriving late, and checked that the children were safe.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to take the captives to the Sea God's Pavilion for interrogation and told Yan Shaozhe to summon Shi Xing.
• Huo Yuhao woke the next morning in Ma Xiaotao's embrace and asked her to let him go.
• Ma Xiaotao blushed, released Huo Yuhao, and awkwardly clarified that she would seek Elder Zhuang if she had hurt him.

After Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao woke, they discovered that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had greatly increased their Soul Power and could strip other Soul Masters of their Martial Souls. The chapter left the Sea God's Pavilion elders stunned by the skill's power.

• Ma Xiaotao accidentally exposed herself to Huo Yuhao while explaining what had happened, then hurried to get dressed when Di Qiu'er called them to Mu En's meeting.
• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao joined Mu En and the other elders in the Sea God's Pavilion meeting hall.
• The elders noticed that Huo Yuhao's Soul Power had risen to level 45 and Ma Xiaotao's to level 70 after their battle.
• Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao revealed that they had awakened a Martial Soul Fusion Skill called Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Five-Colored Divine Light could strip away a Soul Master's Five Elements Martial Soul and let them absorb the Soul Power within it.

Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Yueheng had been involved in the assassination attempt and ordered Shrek Academy to expel him and demand compensation from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. Afterward, Huo Yuhao stopped Ma Xiaotao from obtaining a Spirit Ring immediately and said he wanted to find a suitable one for her Seventh Soul Ring, prompting Di Qiu'er to ask if he planned for her to absorb a Soul Spirit too.

• Mu En warned Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao to conceal their Martial Soul Fusion Skill's devouring effect, then gave Huo Yuhao the interrogation notes.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Yueheng had ordered Dai Li to monitor the assassins and that Fu Gen might have ties to an Evil Soul Master organization; Fu Gen had exploded during Yan Shaozhe's interrogation before revealing who was behind him.
• Huo Yuhao told Mu En to expel Dai Yueheng and make the White Tiger Duke's Mansion pay compensation, saying he would settle the score at the next year's Continental Soul Master Tournament.
• Yan Shaozhe offered to help Ma Xiaotao obtain a Spirit Ring, but Huo Yuhao advised her to wait and consolidate her cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao he wanted to find a suitable Spirit Ring for her Seventh Soul Ring, and Di Qiu'er asked whether he also wanted Ma Xiaotao to absorb a Soul Spirit.

Huo Yuhao planned to find a Soul Beast with Ultimate Fire for Ma Xiaotao, while Dai Yueheng was exposed and expelled over his family's role in the assassination plot. News that Huo Yuhao had died spread through the academy, leaving Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao devastated as a familiar voice arrived outside their classroom.

• Di Qiu'er questioned Huo Yuhao about who could provide Ma Xiaotao with an Ultimate Fire Soul Spirit, and Huo Yuhao decided to wait for an opportunity.
• Dai Yueheng found Dai Li badly injured by the shore of Sea God Island, where Xuan Zi confronted him with evidence and expelled him over his family's suspected assassination plot.
• Xuan Zi seized Dai Yueheng and Dai Li and disappeared, while rumors about the attempted assassination spread through the Inner and Outer Courts.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao learned that classmates believed Huo Yuhao had been killed by assassins hired by Dai Huabin's family.
• Wang Dong'er resolved to bring her fathers to confront Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, but a familiar voice spoke from outside the classroom.

Huo Yuhao returned to class alive, ending a false assassination rumor and comforting Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi reached the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, threw Dai Li and Dai Yueheng before its elders, and demanded answers over the Duchess's suspected attempt to assassinate a Shrek Academy pavilion master candidate.

• Huo Yuhao appeared at Class One with Zhang Lexuan, startling Zhou Sicheng and bringing Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao to tears of relief.
• Zhang Lexuan explained the rumor, and Huo Yuhao comforted the girls before inviting Class One to a barbecue by Sea God Lake.
• Xuan Zi hurled the unconscious Dai Li through buildings and into the White Tiger Duke's Mansion's martial training square.
• Xuan Zi subdued the eight figures who confronted him, while Dai Qun, the Dai Family's first elder, resisted his oppressive might.
• Xuan Zi accused the Duchess of attempting to assassinate a Shrek Academy pavilion master candidate and threw the interrogation transcript at Dai Qun.

Xuan Zi forced the White Tiger Family to surrender half its property as compensation for its attempt to assassinate Huo Yuhao. Three days later, after Dai Qun delivered the agreed wealth, Xuan Zi demanded half the family's Heavenly Treasures as well.

• Dai Qun read the evidence against the Duchess, and Xuan Zi demanded half the White Tiger Family's property in exchange for dropping the matter.
• The Duchess objected to Xuan Zi's demand, so he slapped her unconscious with Soul Power.
• Xuan Zi gave the kneeling elders three minutes to agree, and Dai Qun finally accepted the demand under his pressure.
• Three days later, Dai Qun brought Xuan Zi more than a dozen Storage Soul Tools containing half the family's property.
• After finding no Spirit Bones among the goods, Xuan Zi ordered Dai Qun to provide half the family's Heavenly Treasures instead.

Xuan Zi left the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion after forcing Dai Qun to hand over Storage Soul Tools, and Dai Qun punished the Duchess and her sons for their botched schemes. At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao tested their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Yan Shaozhe, briefly suppressing and removing his Bright Phoenix before it returned to him.

• Xuan Zi warned Dai Qun and left the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion with the Storage Soul Tools.
• Dai Qun slapped and berated the Duchess, Dai Huabin, and Dai Yueheng for their failed assassination plot and careless surveillance.
• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao fused their Martial Souls into a giant peacock phantom before Yan Shaozhe and the Inner Court students.
• Yan Shaozhe’s Phoenix Sword Slash vanished against the fusion skill, and the peacock’s domain suppressed his abilities.
• Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao’s crimson light removed Yan Shaozhe’s Bright Phoenix, making him fall from the air.
• After about a minute, Yan Shaozhe’s Bright Phoenix broke free and returned to him, restoring his Martial Soul Possession.

After Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill defeated Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi returned with half the White Tiger Family’s savings as compensation for Huo Yuhao. Seven months later, Huo Yuhao completed his first Level Five Soul Tool in Xian Lin'er’s laboratory, leaving her amazed at his progress.

• Ma Xiaotao praised her and Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill to Yan Shaozhe, who admitted it could overwhelm most Soul Masters.
• Xuan Zi arrived with storage rings containing half the White Tiger Family’s savings and gave them to Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi regretted that the Dai Family had absorbed the four Spirit Bones, while Huo Yuhao reassured him and promised to make him more chicken legs.
• Seven months later, Huo Yuhao completed a copper-coin-shaped Level Five Soul Tool after thousands of failed experiments.
• Xian Lin'er praised Huo Yuhao’s achievement and reflected that he was advancing far faster than she had at his age.