Chapter Summaries

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi swiftly defeated Zhengtian Academy’s second-round fighters, leaving the final match to Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao. Huo Yuhao revealed himself to Ye Wuqing’s team, then started a Recording Soul Tool and declared that his BGM made him invincible.

• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi knocked Blood Wolf and Tang Xiaolei out of the arena, securing Shrek Academy’s second-round victory.
• Ye Wuqing vowed that Zhengtian Academy would end Shrek Academy’s legend, while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi returned to celebrate with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao entered the arena for the final round, and Ning Tian remembered Wu Feng as Huo Yuhao reassured her they would compete together someday.
• Ye Wuqing introduced himself alongside Shangguan Can and Yan’er, then recoiled when Huo Yuhao revealed his identity despite his round, fat appearance.
• Huo Yuhao switched on his Recording Soul Tool and announced that he was invincible with his BGM playing as music filled the venue.

Huo Yuhao faced Ye Wuqing and Zhengtian Academy in a crucial three-on-three tournament match, provoking Ye Wuqing before the contest began. As Yan'er and Shangguan Can opened their attack, Huo Yuhao revealed his seven Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and declared his dominance over fire.

• Huo Yuhao danced and sang onstage, while the gathered spectators and rival academies recognized the strength behind his antics.
• Xiao Hongchen resolved to defeat Huo Yuhao, while Meng Hongchen cheered for Huo Yuhao instead.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Ye Wuqing, and the referee ordered both teams to take their positions and begin the match.
• Shangguan Can summoned his Soul-Seizing Bell, Yan'er revealed her fireball martial soul, and Ye Wuqing wielded his Golden Leaf.
• Yan'er sent a fireball toward Huo Yuhao as Shangguan Can's bell briefly dazed Ning Tian and Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao's aura surged, and he revealed seven Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings before declaring himself the sovereign of fire.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated overwhelming control over fire and spiritual energy as he faced Zhengtian Academy, defeating Yan'er and Shangguan Can in quick succession. The match continued with his opponents unable to withstand his abilities.

• Huo Yuhao caught Yan'er's fireball, compressed it into a purple flame, and swallowed it.
• Huo Yuhao took control of Yan'er's flames, bound her in fiery chains, and forced her to her knees.
• Shangguan Can attacked Huo Yuhao with his Soul-Seizing Bell, but Huo Yuhao's silver flames turned his spiritual assault against him.
• Yu Tao and Lang Ya discussed the silver flames' ability to suppress spiritual martial souls as they watched the match.
• Shangguan Can severed his spiritual connection to protect his Sea of Consciousness, but Huo Yuhao's flames destroyed his Soul-Seizing Bell and left him collapsed in agony.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Ye Wuqing in the tournament, defeating his attacks while Ning Tian and Xiao Xiao supported him. Ye Wuqing unleashed his ten-thousand-year soul skill, and Huo Yuhao answered with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler as the fight continued.

• Xiao Xiao intercepted Ye Wuqing's attacks while Huo Yuhao devoured Yan'er's flames, then Ye Wuqing scattered his golden net to keep it from striking her.
• Ning Tian boosted Huo Yuhao's speed, and he shattered Ye Wuqing's Golden Left Hand with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xu Jiawei ordered an invitation of the highest rank for Huo Yuhao, while Ye Wuqing confronted him onstage.
• Ye Wuqing unleashed his fifth soul skill, Dance of the Golden Leaves, filling the stage with a torrent of spinning leaves.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Mysterious Heavy Ruler, covered it in silvery-white flames, and launched Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.

Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy to victory over Zhengtian Academy after overpowering Ye Wuqing and forcing the referee to intervene. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy realized Huo Yuhao could threaten their whole team, and Elder Ma concluded they might be in trouble at the next tournament.

• Huo Yuhao erased Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaves with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, then stopped short of striking him when the referee rushed in to protect him.
• Huo Yuhao declared the match won and left the stage with Ning Tian and Xiao Xiao; the referee’s intervention confirmed Ye Wuqing’s elimination and Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Wang Yan celebrated Shrek Academy’s win and reflected that Huo Yuhao had achieved it despite having only three soul rings between his two martial souls.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen discussed Huo Yuhao’s overwhelming strength, and Ma Rulong warned that he could defeat the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team alone.
• Elder Ma suggested studying their opponents for the next Soul Fighting Tournament, then admitted they were in trouble when reminded they might face Huo Yuhao again.

After Shrek Academy finished the round robin undefeated, Wang Yan praised Huo Yuhao and offered his support, while Huo Yuhao invited him to join the Body Sect. The team learned that Dou Ling Royal Academy would be their round-of-16 opponent, and Wang Yan explained why the knockout format favored Shrek.

• Shrek Academy won all seven of its round-robin matches and advanced to the knockout tournament.
• Huo Yuhao’s one-against-seven victory over Changning Academy left four opponents seriously injured, prompting the next three academies to concede.
• Wang Yan praised Huo Yuhao’s abilities and promised to help him with cultivation questions while protecting his secrets.
• Huo Yuhao invited Wang Yan to become a guest professor for the Body Sect, but Wang Yan said he could not leave Shrek Academy.
• Wang Yan announced that Shrek would face Dou Ling Royal Academy, a strong team with five Soul Kings, two Soul Ancestors, and proficient soul-tool users.

Wang Yan explained the knockout-stage rules to Shrek Academy before Qing Ya invited them to the Starlight Auction House’s Top-Level Auction. The group entered the exclusive Auction Hall One, where Huo Yuhao’s interest in the auction was tied to the Snow Empress’s embryo.

• Wang Yan explained that knockout matches combined a team battle with an individual elimination contest, and Huo Yuhao asked how injuries or exhaustion would be handled.
• Qing Ya arrived with invitations from Princess Jiujiu, and Wang Yan described the Top-Level Auction and warned the team not to let it affect their match the next day.
• After dinner, Shrek Academy went with Qing Ya to the Starlight Auction House and entered the hidden passage to Auction Hall One.
• Qing Ya told Huo Yuhao that selling the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife had helped her become a Black-Level Auctioneer, then led the group through door number seven.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek students learned how the Starlight Auction House’s private rooms and Light-Conducting Screen worked before the premier auction began. Princess Jiujiu presented the first item, a powerful Level Eight Soul Tool from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall, whose significance Huo Yuhao explained to his classmates.

• Qing Ya showed the guests the Light-Conducting Screen and explained the private-room bidding arrangements.
• Wang Yan and Qing Ya flirted while Huo Yuhao and the students tactfully gave them space.
• Princess Jiujiu opened the auction and introduced the first item, the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade.
• Jiujiu explained that the blade incorporated a ten-thousand-year-old Tyrant Tiger Soul Bone skill and could help a Soul Saint challenge a Soul Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao described the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall as the Sun Moon Empire’s foremost Soul Tool research institution and a major center of power.

Huo Yuhao bought a Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and a set of rare cannon shells at the auction, then exposed that the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone could only be absorbed by an Ultimate Ice Soul Master. Xu Jiujiu offered to give him the bone, but he refused.

• Huo Yuhao bid one million Gold Soul Coins for the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and won it after no one raised the price.
• Huo Yuhao bought the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall’s twelve Level Five Fixed Soul Cannon Shells for seven hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao skipped several lots, while Wang Yan chose not to bid against him on Shrek Academy’s behalf.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Soul Bone, and Huo Yuhao recognized it as the bone containing the Ice Explosion Technique.
• Huo Yuhao warned that only an Ultimate Ice Soul Master could absorb the bone and demonstrated his Ultimate Ice powers to Qing Ya.
• Xu Jiujiu offered the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone to Huo Yuhao as a gift, and he refused.

Huo Yuhao rejected Xu Jiujiu’s offer to gift him the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, instead proposing that the Star Luo Empire verify his claim before he purchased it. Xu Jiawei recognized Huo Yuhao’s importance and decided to strengthen the empire’s ties with him as tensions with the Sun Moon Empire rose.

• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiujiu that only a Soul Master with ultimate ice could absorb the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone and suggested she seek an appraisal before accepting his offer to buy it.
• Xu Jiujiu realized Huo Yuhao’s proposal let him secure the right to purchase the soul bone without owing the Star Luo Empire a favor, then hurried to report to Xu Jiawei.
• Xu Jiujiu showed Xu Jiawei the Blue Ice Block Huo Yuhao had created, and Xu Jiawei recognized his ultimate ice ability.
• Xu Jiawei condemned Retainer Cheng Gang for endangering the empire and explained that Shrek Academy and the Body Sect could be crucial allies against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiawei decided to meet Huo Yuhao and deliver the favor properly, hoping Huo Yuhao’s Star Luo nationality would foster loyalty to his homeland.

Huo Yuhao watched the auction’s finale and used Yao Lao and Electrolux’s power to inspect the sealed creature, which the Ice Empress recognized as the Snow Empress. He left the story having reached out to her through their spiritual connection, declaring that he had come to save her.

• The Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone sold for thirty million Gold Soul Coins after Huo Yuhao predicted the Starlight Auction House would buy it back.
• Wang Dong joked that the final auction item might be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, startling Huo Yuhao and Qing Ya.
• Yao Lao, Electrolux, and Brother Sky Dream sensed that the final item contained a powerful creature with an aura resembling Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul.
• The Ice Empress panicked at the possibility that the sealed creature was the Snow Empress, and Electrolux asked Yao Lao to help confirm it.
• Huo Yuhao joined Yao Lao’s Soul Force with Electrolux’s Divine Sense and sent his spiritual power through the auction hall’s walls.
• The Ice Empress recognized the creature sealed above the jeweled stand as the Snow Empress, and Huo Yuhao told her he had come to save her.

At the Starlight Auction House, Xu Jiujiu revealed that the auction’s sealed embryo came from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast beginning a new life as a human and explained the risks and potential rewards of fusing with it. Huo Yuhao recognized Snow Empress inside and promised the others he would rescue her soon, while the auction prepared to begin its final sale.

• Xu Jiujiu explained how hundred-thousand-year soul beasts could become ferocious beasts or begin cultivating anew as humans, and revealed that a Level 9 Soul Engineer had sealed the embryo inside a God-Sealing Platform.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Snow Empress’s essence aura in the embryo, and Ice Empress, Brother Sky Dream, and Electrolux discussed the danger of attempting a rescue in the capital.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Snow Empress that he already had a plan to free her.
• Wang Dong objected to the embryo’s forced fusion, but Huo Yuhao challenged her to consider the soul beasts she had killed for soul rings and left her unable to respond.
• Xu Jiujiu warned that fusion required an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and announced a thirty-minute viewing period before the final auction.

Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu offered the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone to Shrek’s team if they won the tournament, while secretly maneuvering to acquire the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and weaken the Sun Moon Empire. As the auction price soared, Yu Tao and Lang Ya prepared to strike against the Star Luo Empire over its treatment of Huo Yuhao.

• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu visited Shrek’s team, thanked Huo Yuhao for warning them, and promised the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone to the team if it won the tournament.
• Xu Jiawei learned that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was selling soul tools to raise money, then ordered Jiujiu to post a future Adventurers’ Guild mission to seize the embryo from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall.
• Bidding for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo reached one hundred and fifty million gold soul coins, and Xiao Hongchen insisted it belonged to his family despite Ma Rulong’s objections.
• Yu Tao watched the bidding with Lang Ya, then admitted two black-robed visitors who vowed to make the Star Luo Empire pay for harming Huo Yuhao and the Body Sect.

Huo Yuhao linked the Body Sect members through Spiritual Sharing and organized a covert raid on the Starlight Auction House to seize a hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo. As the auction ended, an unidentified Holy Spirit Cult member attacked the auction house and confronted the injured Heavenly Fiend Douluo.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to connect the Body Sect members and explained that he wanted them to help take the soul beast embryo without revealing their identities.
• The Body Sect members agreed to Huo Yuhao’s plan and prepared to disguise themselves for the raid.
• Xiao Hongchen and Elder Ma planned to take the embryo back through the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall’s secret channels after winning it for 150 million gold soul coins.
• Four explosions struck the Starlight Auction House, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu was blasted into Room Seven.
• A gray-robed stranger gravely injured Huang Jinxu, revealed that he belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult, and greeted the people in the room.

Huo Yuhao and Du Busi used a tunnel dug by undead creatures to lead the Body Sect into the Starlight Auction House, while Huo Yuhao framed the attack on the Holy Spirit Cult. When Xu Jiawei and two powerful Titled Douluos arrived to rescue Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao ordered the Body Sect to seize the treasures in every auction hall.

• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi that four Titled Douluos guarded the auction house and asked him to hold them off while the group escaped.
• Du Busi, following Huo Yuhao's plan, posed as a Holy Spirit Cult attacker and suppressed the Shrek Academy members.
• Xu Jiawei, the Giant Hammer Douluo, and the Shattered Star Douluo broke into Room Seven and freed the Shrek Academy members from Du Busi's suppression.
• Xu Jiawei confronted Du Busi, who revealed that the Body Sect had entered through a tunnel secretly dug by Huo Yuhao's undead creatures.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the Body Sect to take the treasures from all the auction halls, including the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to guide the Body Sect as it raided the Starlight Auction House, while Du Busi fought Xu Jiawei and the Titled Douluos guarding the auction. The Body Sect stripped the auction house of its treasures, and Yu Tao and Lang Ya took the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo from Xu Jiujiu.

• Huo Yuhao shared a detailed view of the Starlight Auction House with the Body Sect and set a fifteen-minute limit for the raid.
• Du Busi fought Xu Jiawei and the other defenders while Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection helped him keep the advantage.
• Jin Peng and the Body Sect teams looted auction goods, rare materials, Soul Bones, and Soul Tools without disturbing the guests.
• Elder Ma was injured when he tried to leave VIP Room Two, and Meng Hongchen warned Xiao Hongchen not to go outside.
• Yu Tao and Lang Ya frightened Xu Jiujiu into handing over the God-Sealing Platform containing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

Huo Yuhao warned Du Busi that the soul beast sealed in the God-Sealing Platform was too powerful to control, and the Body Sect helped free her during the raid on the Starlight Auction House. The Snow Empress attacked Xu Jiawei and his retainers while Du Busi retreated and unleashed a black bead at them.

• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi that Xu Jiawei had brought the sealed soul beast as part of a trap and warned that even Du Busi might not be able to stop her.
• Yu Tao cracked the God-Sealing Platform, releasing the Snow Empress, who initially attacked the humans in the room.
• The Ice Empress and Tian Meng connected with the Snow Empress through Huo Yuhao and persuaded her to spare the gray-robed Body Sect members and help them escape.
• The Snow Empress rushed into VIP Room Seven and froze the room, overwhelming Xu Jiawei and the two Imperial Family retainers.
• The Body Sect retreated from the Starlight Auction House as Du Busi fled the auction hall and threw a black bead at Xu Jiawei and the others.

After the Holy Spirit Cult robbed the Starlight Auction House, Xu Jiawei learned the scale of the losses and collapsed. Huo Yuhao spoke with the Snow Empress in his Sea of Consciousness, where she explained that her power was fading and questioned whether he could withstand it.

• The Hell Underworld Dragon's breath engulfed VIP Room Seven, and Xu Jiawei, Shattered Star Douluo, and Giant Hammer Douluo contained the blast but suffered injuries.
• Xu Jiawei ordered an investigation into the Holy Spirit Cult and asked Xu Jiujiu about the auction house's losses.
• Xu Jiujiu reported that the Holy Spirit Cult had stolen the auction items, a batch of soul tools, and staff members' space soul tools, causing losses of at least five hundred million gold soul coins.
• Xu Jiawei spat blood and fainted, so Xu Jiujiu and the two Douluo took him to the Imperial Family's Offering Hall for treatment.
• Huo Yuhao connected with the Snow Empress in his Sea of Consciousness, and she explained that her power was draining away after a human sealed her during her recultivation.
• The Ice Empress asked Yao Lao and Elder Yi to save the Snow Empress, and they told her to remember what Huo Yuhao's martial soul was.

Electrolux and Yao Lao prepared to fuse the Snow Empress with Huo Yuhao’s Ice God martial soul, allowing her to keep her intelligence while Huo Yuhao absorbed the power that escaped. The Snow Empress agreed to the fusion, and Electrolux began sealing her origin as Huo Yuhao activated Extreme Refinement to strengthen his body.

• The Ice Empress learned that Huo Yuhao had inherited the Ice God’s power, and Electrolux explained how the Snow Empress could fuse with Huo Yuhao while preserving her intelligence.
• The Snow Empress reassured the Ice Empress and accepted the chance to remain with her, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reacted with surprise to their closeness.
• Electrolux asked the Snow Empress to relinquish her cultivation and fuse with Huo Yuhao, and she agreed after Huo Yuhao promised they would be family.
• Electrolux used Yao Lao’s soul force to create a staff and began sealing the Snow Empress’s origin with golden runes.
• Huo Yuhao sat down and activated Extreme Refinement, circulating silver-white heavenly flames through his meridians.

Huo Yuhao used the Extreme Refinement Dou Technique to temper his body and spiritual power with the Heavenly Flame, enduring intense pain while the Snow Empress's cold power protected him. As his Flame God Eyes evolved and he began refining leftover medicinal power, the Snow Empress's sealed origin power suddenly stirred.

• Huo Yuhao guided the Heavenly Flame through his meridians, balancing its scorching force against the Snow Empress's cold power.
• Yao Lao observed that the Heavenly Flame awakened Huo Yuhao's Flame God Eyes, while his Ice God Martial Soul absorbed more of the Snow Empress's cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao demanded more power and flooded his body with Heavenly Flame, then used spiritual power to see his cells and muscle fibers in detail.
• Huo Yuhao realized he had reached the Mustard Seed realm of the Purple Demon Eye as the Heavenly Flame tempered his spiritual power.
• Yao Lao told Huo Yuhao to refine the leftover medicinal power in his body, and Huo Yuhao began drawing it into his flesh.
• A surge of cold burst from Huo Yuhao, alarming the Snow Empress when her sealed origin power began to stir.