Chapter Summaries

Huo Yutong used her spiritual attack to help Wang Dong'er against the Luo Brothers while Xiao Xiao held off Xie Huanyue. When Xie Huanyue nearly crushed them, Huo Yutong revealed her Ice Dragon King Martial Soul and Ultimate Ice, then froze him and kicked him out of the arena.

• Xie Huanyue bounced away Wang Dong'er's attack with his force-dissipating ability, then Xiao Xiao blocked his counterattack with her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
• Huo Yutong struck Luo Tianba and Luo Tianlong with Soul Shock, giving Wang Dong'er an opening to counterattack.
• Xie Huanyue used his second Soul Skill to knock aside Xiao Xiao's cauldrons and charged at Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao with his third Soul Skill.
• Huo Yutong shoved Xiao Xiao clear, revealed her Ice Dragon King Martial Soul Possession, and caught Xie Huanyue in a dragon claw.
• Huo Yutong froze Xie Huanyue inside a shell of ice and kicked him off the arena.

Huo Yutong revealed her Ice Dragon King martial soul and won her match, while El defeated Lu Renjia’s team after coaching him during their battle. The semifinal draw paired Huo Yutong’s team against Dai Huabin’s, stirring her desire for revenge, and set El against the Ning Tian Team.

• Huo Yutong used her Ice Dragon King form to defeat Xie Huanyue, prompting Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba to surrender and securing her team’s victory.
• El advised Lu Renjia on concealing his second soul skill, then won when Lu Renjia accepted Zhong Yin’s request to save their combined attack for a future match.
• Huo Yutong confirmed that she could precisely control her ultimate ice, and El offered to teach her combat techniques and spiritual power control.
• Ning Tian’s team and Dai Huabin’s team won their quarterfinal matches, and the semifinal draw paired El with Ning Tian’s team and Dai Huabin’s team with Huo Yutong’s.
• Huo Yutong resolved to make Dai Huabin suffer before killing him, while El noticed Wu Feng and remarked that another red dragon had fallen into his hands.

Ning Tian’s team faced El in the semifinals, but Wu Feng’s Red Dragon Martial Soul failed under his pressure, forcing Ning Tian to concede. El ordered Wu Feng to end every sentence with “meow” for the rest of the day, and she found herself obeying despite her protests.

• Ning Tian drew El’s team as her semifinal opponent, and Wu Feng refused to forfeit despite her fear and strange urge to submit to him.
• El greeted Ning Tian’s team before the match, and Ning Tian asked to speak with him after the contest.
• Wu Feng failed to summon her Martial Soul when El’s Dragon Eyes overwhelmed her, leaving her unable to move.
• Ning Tian conceded the match, and the referee declared El the winner.
• El ordered Wu Feng to make every sentence she spoke that day end with “meow,” and she immediately obeyed when she tried to protest.

Huo Yutong faced Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu alone in the arena, while El, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er watched. After Huo Yutong sent Cui Yajie to sleep, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger, but Huo Yutong stopped its charge and threw the giant beast over her shoulder.

• El arrived at the arena as Huo Yutong had just put Cui Yajie to sleep with Soul Shock.
• Huo Yutong's friends and El voiced their confidence that she would defeat Dai Huabin.
• Huo Yutong challenged Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, whose fear prompted them to use their Hell White Tiger fusion skill.
• The Hell White Tiger charged and struck Huo Yutong, but she blocked its attack with her scaled arm.
• Huo Yutong threw the eight-meter-long Hell White Tiger over her shoulder, astonishing Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er.

Huo Yutong defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, crippled Dai Huabin’s cultivation as revenge for her mother’s death, and revealed their past connection. El kept Dai Huabin alive and warned that a Limit Douluo would retaliate if he died, while Yan Shaozhe condemned the White Tiger Duke’s son.

• Huo Yutong used Frost Condensation and River Split to shatter the Hell White Tiger and injure Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.
• Huo Yutong froze Zhu Lu and kicked her off the stage, then crushed Dai Huabin’s ankle and damaged his arms and meridians.
• Dai Huabin recognized Huo Yutong as the daughter of the woman he had helped kill, and Huo Yutong shattered his frozen meridians with River Split.
• Dai Huabin cursed Huo Yutong and her mother, so Huo Yutong broke his chest with a kick and sent him flying off the arena.
• El healed Dai Huabin enough to keep him alive and warned the witnesses to tell Dai Hao that a Limit Douluo would visit the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion if Dai Huabin died.
• Yan Shaozhe excused Huo Yutong’s revenge and condemned Dai Huabin’s conduct as the behavior of an Evil Soul Master.

After Shrek expelled Dai Huabin and publicly distanced itself from the White Tiger family, El faced Huo Yutong’s team in the tournament final. He quickly eliminated Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er, leaving Huo Yutong to face his full Martial Soul Possession as their battle began.

• Yan Shaozhe announced that Shrek would expel Dai Huabin and cut ties with the White Tiger family.
• News of Dai Huabin’s crippling and expulsion spread through the academy, while Dai Yueheng remained unaware and focused on his cultivation.
• El began the final against Huo Yutong’s team and stopped Xiao Xiao’s cauldron before knocking her off the platform.
• Wang Dong'er combined her attacks against El, but he blocked them with his scales and used a lightning hand to toss her off the platform.
• El faced Huo Yutong alone, activated full Martial Soul Possession, and began their battle.

Huo Yutong unleashed Frozen Falls Burial, and El countered with Blazing Fire Lightning Calamity, leaving both fighters standing after their attacks collided. El then overwhelmed her in close combat and urged her to concede, teaching her that survival and growth mattered more than fighting an unbeatable enemy.

• Huo Yutong used Frozen Falls Burial with the Water Dragon King's guidance, filling the arena with freezing energy.
• El activated Cataclysmic Cycle and struck the ice waterfall with Blazing Fire Lightning Calamity, while Yan Shaozhe reinforced the arena's protective barrier.
• El and Huo Yutong remained on their feet after the clash, and El realized the attack had depleted the arena's surrounding natural elements.
• Huo Yutong took a fighting stance despite the strain on her body, and El charged her with a punch.
• El repeatedly outpaced Huo Yutong's Spiritual Detection in close combat, explaining its limits and telling her to flee when she faced an enemy she could not defeat.
• El sent Huo Yutong flying with another punch and told her to concede.

El and Huo Yutong fought to the edge of the platform, where the Water Dragon King’s intervention helped turn the match into a chaotic contest. El won the Freshman Assessment championship by revealing his second martial soul, astonishing the observers and prompting Mu En to prepare to meet him.

• Huo Yutong refused to surrender, so El attacked her with his self-created Chaotic Dragon Fist.
• The Water Dragon King took control of Huo Yutong’s body, dodged El’s punch, and tripped him near the platform’s edge.
• As El started to fall, he manifested a deep-blue second martial soul and used its energy to pull Huo Yutong off the platform.
• El regained his footing on the platform and won the championship, while the spectators recognized that he had twin martial souls.
• Yan Shaozhe and Mu En remarked on El’s extraordinary potential, and Mu En decided to arrange a proper meeting with him.

After El won the Freshman Assessment, Yan Shaozhe brought him and Huo Yutong to his office and presented them with two soul bones as their team rewards. El rejected the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone for himself and suggested trading it to Wang Dong'er, while Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yutong the Secret Art Soul bone to divide with her teammates.

• Yan Shaozhe declared El the Freshman Assessment champion and took him and Huo Yutong to the Principal's Office.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the academy was replacing the top teams' soul-ring rewards with special rewards for El and Huo Yutong.
• Yan Shaozhe presented the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone from a ten-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon King.
• El judged the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone unsuitable for him and suggested selling it to Wang Dong'er.
• Yan Shaozhe presented a Secret Art Soul bone and told Huo Yutong to discuss how to divide it with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.

Yan Shaozhe asked El and Huo Yutong to use their ultimate ice to help Ma Xiaotao control her evil fire, and El agreed in exchange for three promises. Yan Shaozhe offered to escort them back to the outer court, while El privately resented his vague compensation.

• Yan Shaozhe explained that Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire was preventing her from cultivating safely and said ultimate ice could help suppress it.
• Yan Shaozhe asked El and Huo Yutong to help Ma Xiaotao, offering resources or other assistance within his power as compensation.
• El accepted the request and secured three promises from Yan Shaozhe for future help.
• As El and Huo Yutong prepared to leave, Yan Shaozhe offered to escort them across Sea God Lake to the outer court.

After the commendation ceremony, El revealed that the academy had awarded him two Soul Bones and discussed their value with the girls. In Du Weilun's empty office, he advised all three not to absorb the team's Secret Art Soul Bone, especially Xiao Xiao.

• Huo Yutong's team and El became Core Disciples after the freshman commendation ceremony, and the group walked around Sea God Lake afterward.
• El told Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er that he had received a ten-thousand-year dragon-type light-attribute Soul Bone and that their team had received a Secret Art Soul Bone.
• Wang Dong'er asked to inspect El's light-attribute Soul Bone, while Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er both gave up their claims to the team's reward, leaving Xiao Xiao feeling out of place.
• El led the girls to Du Weilun's office, where he handed Wang Dong'er a brocade box and advised them not to absorb the Secret Art Soul Bone.
• El explained that the Secret Art Soul Bone had no active skill and only boosted soul power by five percent, despite possessing a devouring-and-fusing trait.

El explained why Xiao Xiao and the other twin-martial-soul users should save their soul-bone slots for better bones, then negotiated to trade the artificial soul bone for Wang Dong'er's Golden Radiance bone and a promise. He planned to sell the artificial bone to Ning Tian.

• El revealed that Wang Dong'er had a second martial soul, and she admitted it was the Clear Sky Hammer.
• El told Xiao Xiao that her future strength meant she should not settle for the ordinary artificial soul bone, and Xiao Xiao thanked him by hugging him.
• Huo Yutong pulled Xiao Xiao away from El and pinched her cheeks while Wang Dong'er watched and admired her own soul bone.
• Wang Dong'er agreed to trade her Golden Radiance soul bone for the Secret Art Soul bone and promised El a favor as the Clear Sky Sect's young master.
• El said he intended to sell the Secret Art Soul bone to Ning Tian.

El asked Wu Feng to tell Ning Tian that he wanted to sell her a Soul Bone, but Wu Feng mistook his intentions and pleaded for him to spare Ning Tian. After Wu Feng left, El met Huo Yutong, who accepted his explanation and quietly felt relieved that he had not touched Wu Feng.

• El approached Wu Feng after class and asked her to pass a business proposal to Ning Tian.
• Wu Feng panicked at Ning Tian's name, dropped to her knees, and begged El to do whatever he wanted to her instead.
• El clarified that he only wanted to sell Ning Tian a Soul Bone for Gold Soul Coins, then sent Wu Feng to deliver the message.
• Huo Yutong appeared and asked El how the discussion had gone; he said things were proceeding smoothly and that Ning Tian would likely accept.
• Huo Yutong stood beside El and privately took comfort in finding no trace of Wu Feng's scent on him.

El met Ning Tian at the Glowing Jade Pavilion to sell her the Secret Art Soul right arm bone awarded for the Freshman Assessment. Huo Yutong skipped the dinner to continue training, while the Water Dragon King eagerly anticipated future romantic drama.

• Wu Feng told El that Ning Tian had agreed to meet him at the Glowing Jade Pavilion and would welcome him bringing others.
• El invited Huo Yutong, but she declined so she could lend Xiao Xiao her notes and continue her special training.
• Huo Yutong cultivated on the way to the dormitory as the Water Dragon King privately looked forward to a future romantic battlefield.
• El arrived at the private room, where Ning Tian and Wu Feng were waiting.
• El offered Ning Tian the Secret Art Soul right arm bone for Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Tian offered to pay twenty percent above market price.

El sold his Secret Art Soul soul bone to Ning Tian for 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins, and the two discussed future trades involving his family’s soul bones and treasures. Ning Tian mistakenly decided Wu Feng had feelings for El and encouraged her to pursue him, unaware that Wu Feng was frightened of him and that Huo Yutong might be an obstacle.

• Ning Tian paid El 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins for his Secret Art Soul soul bone, explaining that she wanted to build a friendly relationship with him.
• El ate the meal Ning Tian arranged, found the dishes less satisfying than Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, and finished them for their energy.
• El offered to give Ning Tian first consideration on future sales of soul bones and natural treasures from his family, and Ning Tian eagerly agreed.
• Ning Tian noticed Wu Feng’s unusual quietness around El and wrongly concluded that Wu Feng had fallen for him, deciding that this would solve her worries about Wu Feng’s future.
• Ning Tian ordered Wu Feng to see El out, while Wu Feng nervously obeyed and El watched her warily.
• Ning Tian imagined Wu Feng and El becoming close, then resolved to help Wu Feng win against Huo Yutong.

El explained to Huo Yutong why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda trapped its users and why the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect might turn against its divine ancestors for a chance to survive. He revealed that his real target was Oscar, the God of Food, and said he would pursue that goal through broad objectives rather than a detailed plan.

• El sold the items for 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins and told Huo Yutong that his dealings with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect were progressing steadily.
• El described the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's limitations and criticized Ning Rongrong and her husband for leaving their descendants without a Divine Trial to help evolve their martial souls.
• El argued that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect might betray its ancestors to obtain a hundred-thousand-year Aromatic Silk Beauty and strengthen its chances of survival.
• El told Huo Yutong that he was cultivating ties with Ning Tian to target Oscar, whose Mirror Asura Blood Sword could threaten even a weaker First-Level God.
• El declined to give Huo Yutong a specific plan, explaining that he focused on an overall direction and completed intermediate goals as events unfolded.

Mu En visited Dragon City and met Jialong, the Fire Dragon King, while investigating Huo Yutong’s training. He left fearing for the White Tiger Lineage, while Jialong wondered why El had forbidden him from attacking Shrek.

• Mu En sensed a powerful being targeting him as he approached Dragon City and called for them to reveal themselves.
• Jialong emerged and introduced himself as Flame Dragon, claiming to be El’s uncle and Huo Yutong’s aunt’s elder brother.
• Mu En praised Huo Yutong’s self-created soul skill and learned that Jialong’s younger sister had created it and adopted her.
• Mu En departed, concluding that the White Tiger Lineage was doomed and resolving to warn Yueheng.
• Jialong questioned El’s order not to attack Shrek and reflected on El’s intuition that they could not kill them.

El used three immortal herbs to strengthen his Xeno'jiiva martial soul instead of raising his soul power, then planned to build affection with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao. Dai Yueheng emerged from seclusion to learn that Dai Huabin had been crippled and Shrek would not protect his family from Huo Yutong’s powerful relatives.

• El realized the immortal herbs had fed his Xeno'jiiva martial soul without increasing his soul power and resolved to continue his plan despite his conflicting instincts.
• El decided to build affection with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao to make others believe he was joining Shrek’s inner circle.
• Dai Yueheng emerged from seclusion at level sixty-two and encountered Zhang Lexuan, who handed him a letter and an intelligence report.
• Dai Yueheng learned that Dai Huabin had been crippled after causing Old Feng’s death and that Huo Yutong’s family included two Limit Douluos.
• Dai Yueheng read Mu En’s message that Shrek could not help his family and bitterly concluded that everyone had avoided him out of fear.

Dai Yueheng learned that Shrek Academy would not intervene in the conflict threatening the White Tiger Duke's line, while Dai Huabin's resentment toward Dai Huabin's actions deepened. Zhang Lexuan then brought El to meet Mu En, and Huo Yutong learned that Zhang Lexuan carried a faint, pure trace of Radiant Dragon blood connected to the Sun Moon Imperial Family.

• Zhang Lexuan delivered Mu En's letter to Dai Yueheng, making clear that Shrek Academy had ended its ties with the White Tiger Duke's line and would not mediate.
• Dai Yueheng left in despair as Dai Huabin blamed Dai Huabin for endangering the dukedom and its family.
• While Huo Yutong supervised El's overdue schoolwork, Zhang Lexuan arrived and invited El to meet an elderly gentleman.
• The Water Dragon King told Huo Yutong that Zhang Lexuan carried a faint but pure trace of Radiant Dragon blood, leading Huo Yutong to suspect a link to the Sun Moon Imperial Family.
• Zhang Lexuan escorted El to meet Mu En, and El recognized him as the elderly man who often rested outside the dormitories.

El walked with Mu En, who questioned why El's powerful family stayed hidden and why El had entered Shrek. El said he was curious about Shrek and admitted that he wanted to see inside the Sea God Pavilion.

• El realized that the Sun Moon Imperial Family's Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon and his own bloodline could let him claim a large part of the empire.
• Zhang Lexuan brought El to Mu En, who asked her to leave so he could speak with El privately.
• Mu En said Jialong could defeat him and Long Xiaoyao, and noted that El's family also had another Limit Douluo with Ultimate Ice.
• Mu En asked why El's powerful family remained hidden and why El chose to study at Shrek.
• El said he was curious about Shrek and told Mu En he wanted to look inside the Sea God Pavilion.