Chapter Summaries

Qi Xuan defeated a gang of wolf-type Soul Masters who tried to rob him in the Star Dou Great Forest. After reflecting on his plan to change the Douluo II era, he smelled grilled fish and wondered if Huo Yuhao had arrived.

• Yu Lian and his gang surrounded Qi Xuan and tried to rob him, believing he was a lone rank-ten Soul Master.
• Qi Xuan revealed two purple Soul Rings and broke Yu Lian's claws with a lightning-charged punch.
• Yu Lian's men fled, but Qi Xuan killed them with his first Soul Skill, Crimson Palace Thunder, and Yu Lian soon died as well.
• Qi Xuan looted the gang's bodies and found only twenty Gold Soul Coins.
• Qi Xuan considered his plan to change the story and waited for Huo Yuhao, then smelled grilled fish.

Qi Xuan befriended Huo Yuhao in the Star Dou Great Forest and promised to help him find a suitable Soul Ring. When the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared and prepared to become Huo Yuhao’s Wisdom Soul Ring, a mysterious gray energy arrived, and Qi Xuan recognized it as Electrolux.

• Qi Xuan met Huo Yuhao over grilled fish, became his friend, and agreed to help him find a mental-type Soul Ring.
• Qi Xuan explained that Thunder Method Body Tempering had let him obtain two purple Soul Rings and offered to train Huo Yuhao after he gained his first ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged and overwhelmed Qi Xuan with mental pressure, while Huo Yuhao listened to its offer to become his Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao insisted that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm heal Qi Xuan before they continued, and the creature soothed Qi Xuan’s mind.
• A gray stream of energy rushed toward Huo Yuhao, and Qi Xuan recognized it as Electrolux before a voice challenged him from his Sea of Consciousness.

Qi Xuan spoke with Electrolux in his Sea of Consciousness while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stabilized Huo Yuhao after his Million-Year Soul Ring absorption. Huo Yuhao tested his new Spiritual Detection Sharing with Qi Xuan, and the chapter ended with Qi Xuan asking him to take off his clothes.

• Electrolux appeared in Qi Xuan's Sea of Consciousness, and Qi Xuan revealed that he knew Electrolux's name and that Cai'er and Long Haochen had lived happily together.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stabilized Huo Yuhao, then warned Qi Xuan that Electrolux's aura and an attribute of his were dangerous.
• Huo Yuhao woke, and Qi Xuan told him that friends did not pry into one another's secrets.
• Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Detection Sharing, letting Qi Xuan perceive everything within thirty meters until Huo Yuhao grew exhausted.
• Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao went to an inn, agreed to postpone finding Qi Xuan a soul ring, and settled in for the night.
• Qi Xuan drew the curtains and told Huo Yuhao to take off his clothes.

Qi Xuan tempered Huo Yuhao’s body with lightning, helping him clear his meridians and rapidly increase his soul power. The two then planned to attend an academy so Huo Yuhao could study soul tools, and he asked what Shrek Academy was.

• Qi Xuan covered Huo Yuhao in a woven layer of lightning and struck him with sixteen bolts while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used its power to help expand Huo Yuhao’s meridians.
• Huo Yuhao endured the treatment until he lost consciousness, then woke the next day with his soul power at rank fourteen and his meridians circulating more freely.
• Qi Xuan brought Huo Yuhao food and clothes, then took him to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and said they would go to school so Huo Yuhao could learn to make soul tools.
• Qi Xuan listed five possible academies, and Huo Yuhao ruled out the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Shrek Academy among the remaining options and asked Qi Xuan what it was.

Qi Xuan brought Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy, where they passed admission and registration. After seeing Huo Yuhao assigned to a different dorm, Qi Xuan decided to check out his roommate, Wang Dong.

• Qi Xuan reassured Huo Yuhao that he met Shrek Academy's requirements and took him there by carriage.
• Huo Yuhao passed the entrance assessment despite drawing attention for his ten-year soul ring.
• Qi Xuan shocked the applicants and admissions teacher by revealing two purple soul rings as his first two rings.
• Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao entered the academy and listened to a student describe the statues of the Golden Iron Triangle and the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils.
• The two completed registration, paid their tuition, and received uniforms, dormitory keys, and new-student badges.
• Huo Yuhao learned that he and Qi Xuan had separate dorm rooms, so Qi Xuan decided to visit his roommate, Wang Dong.

Huo Yuhao challenged his new roommate Wang Dong after she tried to impose rules on him, and their dormitory dispute escalated into a dangerous fight. Qi Xuan intercepted the scattered Butterfly God's Light and warned Wang Dong that sparring outside the Soul Fighting Zone was dangerous.

• Huo Yuhao and Qi Xuan reached the dormitory, where the old man assigned them Rooms 108 and 109.
• Huo Yuhao met Wang Dong in Room 108, and she ordered him to follow her rules and do the cleaning.
• Wang Dong attacked Huo Yuhao, then released her Light Goddess Butterfly and threatened him with Butterfly God's Light.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference and Soul Impact to disrupt Wang Dong's aim, but part of her attack struck him and left him badly injured.
• Qi Xuan used Three Thousand Thunderclaps to intercept the stray beams, then warned Wang Dong that fighting outside the Soul Fighting Zone was dangerous.

After a dormitory fight, Qi Xuan exposed Wang Dong as a girl, prompting Du Weilun to move her to the girls’ dormitory and room Huo Yuhao with Qi Xuan. The new semester began with Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao assigned to Freshman Class One, where their homeroom teacher introduced himself as Wang Yan.

• Huo Yuhao took partial responsibility for the dispute with Wang Dong and asked Du Weilun to assign them separate rooms.
• Qi Xuan revealed that Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul belonged to a female soul master, and Wang Dong tacitly admitted she was a girl.
• Du Weilun assigned Wang Dong to share a girls’ dormitory room with Xiao Xiao and moved Huo Yuhao in with Qi Xuan.
• Wang Dong apologized to Huo Yuhao and gave him a Spirit-Moistening Pill before flying away.
• Qi Xuan explained his Three Thousand Thunderclaps movement skill to Huo Yuhao.
• Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao arrived in Freshman Class One, where Wang Yan introduced himself as their homeroom teacher.

Wang Yan explained the Freshmen Assessment Tournament and its rewards, prompting Huo Yuhao and Qi Xuan to seek Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as teammates. Wang Dong agreed to join them, and the four began discussing their team.

• Wang Yan taught the class about Soul Master classifications and praised Huo Yuhao's point that soul tools blurred traditional team roles.
• Wang Yan announced that freshmen would compete in four-person teams, with a round robin followed by an elimination tournament and soul bones among the possible rewards.
• Qi Xuan told Huo Yuhao to recruit Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, arguing that their abilities made a suitable team.
• Qi Xuan persuaded Wang Dong that joining forces would improve their chances of winning, and Xiao Xiao agreed with him.
• Wang Dong accepted the team proposal, and Xiao Xiao suggested they introduce their soul skills.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Qi Xuan revealed their abilities and discussed how to work together as a team. They chose Huo Yuhao as their lead control soul master and ended by pledging to do their best in the freshman tournament.

• Xiao Xiao revealed her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and her second martial soul, the Nine Phoenixes Saluting Flute, while explaining their abilities.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao described their soul skills, and Qi Xuan shared his lightning martial soul abilities.
• Qi Xuan recommended Huo Yuhao as lead control soul master, and Huo Yuhao demonstrated Spiritual Detection to convince Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Qi Xuan encouraged Xiao Xiao to develop her cauldron along a defensive path, hoping she could protect Huo Yuhao in battle.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao about his spiritual attack, and he explained that spiritual martial souls could attack with spiritual power; he also thanked her for the Spirit-Moistening Pill.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Qi Xuan stacked their hands together and pledged to do their best as a team.

Huo Yuhao pushed himself through an exhausting routine of study and cultivation, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao warned him to balance effort with rest. With money running short, Qi Xuan borrowed funds from them and headed to the Shrek Great Soul Arena to earn more.

• Wang Yan continued giving Huo Yuhao private lessons, and Qi Xuan watched as Huo Yuhao maintained a punishing daily schedule.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao cautioned Huo Yuhao about overtraining, but he said he hoped to break through rank eighteen before the assessment tournament.
• After Huo Yuhao left to meet Wang Yan, Qi Xuan asked Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to lend him money so he could fight at a Soul Fighting Arena.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao gave Qi Xuan money and urged him to be careful before the freshman tournament.
• Qi Xuan left Shrek Academy and went straight to the Shrek Great Soul Arena.

Qi Xuan entered a challenge ring at the Great Soul Arena to win its 20,000 Gold Soul Coin prize. He defeated the rank-forty-three Soul Ancestor Shi Meng with overwhelming strength, leaving the referee to announce the result.

• Qi Xuan registered at the Great Soul Arena and asked to challenge a Soul Grandmaster-level ring.
• After learning that the available ring's prize pool held 20,000 Gold Soul Coins, Qi Xuan paid the entry fee to challenge Shi Meng.
• Shi Meng mocked Qi Xuan, then charged at him with all four Soul Skills.
• Qi Xuan revealed two purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings and overpowered Shi Meng in a clash of strength.
• Qi Xuan battered Shi Meng until his rocky armor and Martial Soul transformation crumbled, then asked the referee to announce the result.

Qi Xuan led his team through the freshman assessment with overwhelming wins, advancing undefeated to the knockout rounds. The chapter ended as their first knockout match against Team Huang Chutian began.

• Qi Xuan returned the borrowed money to Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, claiming he had earned it in a fight.
• Qi Xuan, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao entered the freshman assessment, with Qi Xuan as team captain.
• Qi Xuan defeated the first opposing team in under ten seconds while Huo Yuhao supported him with Spiritual Detection Sharing and Soul Impact.
• Most of Team Qi Xuan’s opponents surrendered, and Qi Xuan broke through a defensive team’s formation to secure their eighth win.
• Team Qi Xuan advanced undefeated to the top sixteen, where Qi Xuan’s team faced Team Huang Chutian in the first knockout match.

Qi Xuan's team fought Huang Chutian's team as the Lan sisters used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net, to trap Qi Xuan and cut off Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing. Huang Chutian rushed toward Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, but a brilliant blade appeared in his path.

• Wang Dong attacked first, but Huang Chutian blocked her while Long Xiangyue and the Lan sisters targeted her and the rest of Qi Xuan's team.
• Xiao Xiao used the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to stop Long Xiangyue from reaching Huo Yuhao, but he split his Boomerang into three images and got around her defense.
• Huo Yuhao dodged Long Xiangyue's Boomerang as Qi Xuan wounded Huang Chutian and prepared to return to the rear.
• The Lan sisters embraced and unleashed Heavenly Net, trapping Qi Xuan and cutting off Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Huang Chutian charged toward Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, but a brilliant blade flashed into his path.

Qi Xuan's team defeated their opponents, but the match exposed Huo Yuhao's lack of combat strength and left Wang Yan arguing for him to become a Core Disciple. As the team prepared to adapt its tactics, Qi Xuan suggested Wang Dong carry Huo Yuhao into battle, and their quarterfinal opponents turned out to be four Agility Attack System Soul Masters.

• Xiao Xiao slowed Long Xiangyue with her Nine Phoenixes Saluting Flute, letting Huo Yuhao knock him out with Soul Impact, while Wang Dong drove Huang Chutian off the platform.
• Qi Xuan broke free of Heavenly Net, and Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo fainted after their Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed.
• Xuan Zi named Qi Xuan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao Core Disciples, but gave Huo Yuhao a chance to qualify by winning the Freshman Tournament after Wang Yan pleaded for him.
• The team recognized Huo Yuhao's weak close-combat ability and discussed changing their formation.
• Qi Xuan proposed that Wang Dong carry Huo Yuhao while Xiao Xiao moved to the front with him, but Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao objected.
• Their next quarterfinal opponents were revealed to be four Agility Attack System Soul Masters.

Qi Xuan's team faced a four-member agility attack lineup that used speed and deception to break through their defenses. Yuan Xiaozhao eliminated Xiao Xiao and threatened Huo Yuhao, while Wang Dong carried him to safety and confronted him over a strange sensation.

• Qi Xuan's team began its quarterfinal match against Nanmen Yun'er, Yuan Xiaozhao, Luo Tianlong, and Luo Tianba, whose opening rush Xiao Xiao disrupted with her Nine Phoenixes Saluting Flute.
• Nanmen Yun'er engaged Qi Xuan while the Luo brothers pinned Wang Dong down, and Yuan Xiaozhao slipped past Xiao Xiao's cauldron to attack Huo Yuhao.
• Yuan Xiaozhao used Swallows Fly in Pairs to evade Xiao Xiao's attacks, then secretly approached and eliminated her.
• Huo Yuhao warned Xiao Xiao too late, and Wang Dong broke away from the Luo brothers to carry him out of Yuan Xiaozhao's reach.
• As Wang Dong flew with Huo Yuhao in her arms, a strange sensation spread through her body, and she demanded to know what he had done.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong discovered that physical contact linked their Soul Power, greatly enhancing their recovery and abilities, and used the connection to defeat three opponents. After Qi Xuan finished off Nanmen Yun'er to secure the quarterfinal victory, Wang Yan recognized the pair’s complete Martial Soul compatibility as the prerequisite for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong felt their Soul Power circulate between them, increasing Wang Dong’s recovery and expanding Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection range.
• Huo Yuhao guided Wang Dong’s full-power Butterfly God’s Light toward Yuan Xiaozhao and the Luo Brothers, and the referee disqualified them after intervening to block the attack.
• Qi Xuan revealed his speed could surpass Nanmen Yun’er’s, then defeated her with one punch.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao tested the connection and found it required Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to touch and improved cultivation, recovery, and Soul Skills.
• Wang Yan explained that Martial Soul Fusion Skills required compatible Martial Souls and reacted with shock when Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong described their connection.

Huo Yuhao learned that his and Wang Dong’s martial souls were completely compatible, while Tian Meng revealed that Wang Dong also had twin martial souls. In the semifinals, Qi Xuan faced Xie Huanyue as Huo Yuhao’s team battled the other members of Xie’s team, and the fight continued after Cao Jinxuan revived the unconscious Zhou Sichen.

• Wang Yan explained that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s martial souls were completely compatible, and Tian Meng told Huo Yuhao that Wang Dong had twin martial souls.
• The Freshmen Assessment Tournament semifinals began with Qi Xuan’s team facing Xie Huanyue’s team, including the Soul Elder Xie Huanyue.
• Qi Xuan used Lightning Cascade against Xie Huanyue, who dissipated the force of Qi Xuan’s punch and challenged him to hit harder.
• Cui Yajie used Charm on Huo Yuhao, but he blocked it with his spiritual power, then joined hands with Wang Dong to unleash Soul Impact on Zhou Sichen.
• After Soul Impact knocked Zhou Sichen unconscious, Cao Jinxuan activated his second soul ring and made Zhou Sichen stand back up.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated Cao Jinxuan, Zhou Sichen, and Cui Yajie with a coordinated assault, while Qi Xuan overcame Xie Huanyue by striking from eight directions at once. Qi Xuan's team advanced to the finals.

• Cao Jinxuan used Time Bookmark to restore Zhou Sichen after Huo Yuhao's Soul Impact knocked him unconscious.
• Xiao Xiao trapped Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and Cui Yajie with Three Cauldrons United, allowing Wang Dong to bombard them until the referee eliminated them.
• Qi Xuan explained that simultaneous attacks from opposing directions could overcome Xie Huanyue's defenses.
• Qi Xuan used Three Thousand Thunderclaps to strike Xie Huanyue from eight directions at once and knock him down.
• Qi Xuan's team advanced to the finals.

Huo Yuhao told Qi Xuan that he intended to take revenge on the White Tiger Duke, the duchess, and Dai Huabin, and Qi Xuan promised to support him while making him affirm the limits of his vendetta. The next morning, Huo Yuhao had reached level nineteen and asked Wang Dong to help him defeat Dai Huabin in the final.

• Dai Huabin provoked Qi Xuan before the final, and Inner Court referee Ling Luochеn warned both teams to behave or face disqualification.
• After the teams separated, Qi Xuan accompanied a distraught Huo Yuhao to their dorm, where Huo Yuhao sobbed and told him his story.
• Huo Yuhao named the White Tiger Duke, the duchess, and Dai Huabin as the only people he wanted revenge on, and Qi Xuan pledged to stay by his side.
• Huo Yuhao insisted that he would never abandon his revenge, then slept without cultivating and dreamed of his mother and childhood.
• The next morning, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao found Huo Yuhao in better spirits, and he had advanced to level nineteen.
• Huo Yuhao took Wang Dong's hand and asked her to help him defeat Dai Huabin.

Qi Xuan’s team faced Dai Huabin’s team in the freshman finals, with both sides battling evenly until Ning Tian’s support shifted the balance. Dai Huabin activated his thousand-year White Tiger Vajra Transformation as he prepared for another clash with Qi Xuan.

• Ling Luochеn warned both teams not to injure opponents who could no longer fight, and all eight contestants released their martial souls.
• Qi Xuan charged Dai Huabin while Xiao Xiao disrupted the opposing formation, and Qi Xuan and Dai Huabin’s first clash ended in a draw.
• Wang Dong held Wu Feng back while Xiao Xiao used her cauldrons to drive Zhu Lu away.
• Ning Tian boosted her teammates’ strength, speed, and defense, allowing Zhu Lu and Wu Feng to press Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong.
• Dai Huabin activated his thousand-year soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation.