Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao confronted Shrek Academy after devastating its Inspection Corps, declared that he would bring the academy down, and left with the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders. Shrek’s allies withdrew from a fight, while Xu Jiawei hinted that Huo Yuhao’s return could end his reign.

• Jing Hongchen destroyed the red rays fired from Shrek Academy’s side, and his companions mocked Fan Yu and Shrek’s soul-tool research.
• Huo Yuhao denounced Shrek Academy, threatened a final reckoning, and shattered Zhou Yi’s frozen body with the Ice Explosion Technique.
• More than a dozen Titled Douluo arrived to protect Shrek Academy’s people, forcing Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen to abandon their plan to kill them.
• Xu Jiawei told Huang Jinxu that Huo Yuhao might one day return powerful enough to end his reign and asked whether Huang would serve the Star Crown Sect.
• Huo Yuhao displayed the trophy Xu Jiawei had awarded him, challenged Shrek to face him at the next tournament in five years, and flew away with Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng learned that Xiao Xiao would join them in the Sun Moon Empire, while Wang Yan and Ling Luochеn left Shrek Academy to seek out Huo Yuhao. At Shrek, Xuan Zi spread accusations against Huo Yuhao, killed Gong Changlong, and revealed that his power and injuries were recovering as he vowed to kill Huo Yuhao.

• Xiao Xiao told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that her family supported her decision to go to the Sun Moon Empire, while Wang Dong'er had returned to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Wang Yan left Shrek City with copied Soul Master texts, and Ling Luochеn joined him to find Huo Yuhao in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe told Xuan Zi that the Douluo Three Kingdoms had branded Huo Yuhao an Evil Soul Master and issued warrants for his arrest.
• Gong Changlong confronted Xuan Zi over Shrek Academy's treatment of Huo Yuhao, and Xuan Zi killed him with a burst of blood-red power.
• Xuan Zi's Soul Rings darkened and his damaged Soul Core partially recovered, and he vowed to kill Huo Yuhao once he had healed.

Kong Deming brought Huo Yuhao to Mingdu and arranged for him to enroll at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. At the academy, Jing Hongchen learned that three departments were competing to recruit Huo Yuhao, while two others had already withdrawn.

• Kong Deming showed Huo Yuhao Mingdu and explained the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s advancement requirements and the path to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall.
• Kong Deming flew Huo Yuhao toward Mingdu and told him to rest at the Mingshui Hotel before enrolling.
• Jing Hongchen returned to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall and reviewed the affairs that had piled up during his absence.
• Yu Yanghua and several department heads asked Jing Hongchen to decide which department should take Huo Yuhao.
• Huang Xinrong and Liao Wenwen withdrew their departments from consideration, leaving three department heads determined to recruit Huo Yuhao.

The heads of several departments at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy argued over which branch should recruit Huo Yuhao. Jing Hongchen decided that Huo Yuhao would study across the departments, train with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, and learn soul tool design from Xuan Ziwen as his senior brother.

• Tang Shiye, Huang Shilang, and Zhang Muzhi each argued that Huo Yuhao should join their respective soul tool departments.
• Zhang Muzhi offered Ji Juechen as Huo Yuhao’s sparring partner, prompting the other department heads to concede the decision to Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen ruled that Huo Yuhao should study all fields of soul tools rather than choose a single department.
• Jing Hongchen assigned Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to train Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi and Ke Ke to teach him coursework, and Xuan Ziwen to teach him design and construction as his senior brother.
• Elder Yu eased the remaining tension by suggesting that Lin Jiayi treat everyone to a meal, and the gathering laughed together.

Huo Yuhao arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to enroll, carrying a powerful Storage Soul Tool from Kong Deming. After Ju Zi and Ke Ke learned his identity and feared his reputation, Lin Jiayi escorted him to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall for his physical assessment.

• Huo Yuhao left the Mingshui Hotel wearing his Black Combat Outfit and the Level 8 Storage Soul Tool Kong Deming had given him.
• At the crowded enrollment grounds, Huo Yuhao approached Ju Zi and Ke Ke to ask where to register.
• Academy leaders and soul engineers flew into the square, and Lin Jiayi recognized Ju Zi and Ke Ke while asking if they had come to welcome Huo Yuhao.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke learned that the boy they had laughed at was Huo Yuhao and backed away in fear of his violent reputation.
• Huo Yuhao denied loving violence, and Lin Jiayi led him, Ju Zi, and Ke Ke toward the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall for his enrollment physical assessment.

Huo Yuhao underwent a scan at the Soul Tool Research Department, revealing extraordinary physical strength and several rare soul bones. The researchers marveled at his talent and asked how he cultivated, and he answered that he had spent his time selling grilled fish.

• Huang Shilang brought Huo Yuhao and the others to the New Soul Conductor Body Tester Research Room and asked Huo Yuhao to remove his storage soul tool.
• Huang Shilang and Yu Yanghua recognized Huo Yuhao's Level 8 Purple Soul Guardian Ring as a gift from Kong Deming.
• Huo Yuhao stood for the scan, which detected three attached soul bones and an unusual energy response in his eyes that suggested an external soul bone.
• The tester rated Huo Yuhao's bodily resilience near a high-ranking Level 77 Soul Saint and his strength near a Level 81 Soul Douluo, prompting Elder Yu to order the results kept secret.
• The researchers praised Huo Yuhao's potential, and he told Ke Ke that he cultivated by selling grilled fish.

Huo Yuhao settled into his new academy room, trained, and met Jing Ziyan, who was assigned to guide his combat practice. At breakfast, an argument with Tan Yunlong turned to his Martial Soul’s Taotie bloodline, drawing Huo Yuhao’s attention.

• Huo Yuhao reviewed his schedule, trained with his body-tempering technique, and went to the sixth-year dining hall for breakfast.
• Jing Ziyan introduced herself as Ji Juechen’s friend and said she would guide Huo Yuhao’s training that day.
• Huo Yuhao ordered a lavish meal using the department’s complimentary dining card, and Jing Ziyan helped carry it to a table.
• Tan Yunlong mocked Jing Ziyan and insulted her relationship with Ji Juechen, prompting her to challenge him.
• Tan Yunlong explained that his earth god bull Martial Soul carried a trace of the Dragon Clan’s Taotie bloodline, and Huo Yuhao stood up to ask if he had said Taotie.

Huo Yuhao pretended to be a first-year named Gao Qiqiang and baited Tan Yunlong into agreeing to a sparring match with a wager. As the crowd gathered to watch, Ju Zi and Ke Ke arrived and recognized Huo Yuhao.

• Tan Yunlong mocked Huo Yuhao for being a freshman, and Huo Yuhao insulted him by calling him a wild boar.
• Tan Yunlong challenged the onlookers, then offered to test Huo Yuhao's skills; Huo Yuhao agreed and accepted a wager requiring the loser to apologize.
• The crowd followed Huo Yuhao and Tan Yunlong to a nearby sparring ground, where students from other departments gathered to watch.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke joined the spectators and recognized Huo Yuhao in the open space.

Huo Yuhao defeated Tan Yunlong after Tan tried to ambush him, then faced a confrontation with Ling Tian. Ji Juechen and Director Zhang arrived as Ling Tian challenged Huo Yuhao.

• Jing Ziyan started the spar, and Huo Yuhao evaded Tan Yunlong's Soul Cannon before wounding him with his ice sword.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his extraordinary Soul Ring Configuration and used his Carving Knife to destroy Tan Yunlong's defensive Soul Tool.
• Tan Yunlong tried to flee, then attacked Huo Yuhao with a Level 7 Soul Tool; Huo Yuhao dodged and crippled both of Tan's hands.
• Ling Tian arrived, treated Tan Yunlong, and challenged Huo Yuhao, while Jing Ziyan warned Huo Yuhao about Ling Tian's status.
• Ji Juechen appeared, and then Director Zhang arrived as Ling Tian threatened to confront Huo Yuhao.

Zhang Muzhi rejected Ling Tian’s accusation and held Tan Yunlong responsible for attacking Huo Yuhao after losing their spar. Huo Yuhao enforced their wager and humiliated Tan Yunlong, who collapsed after being warned to keep his head down whenever he saw Huo Yuhao in Mingdu.

• Ling Tian asked Zhang Muzhi to punish Huo Yuhao for crippling Tan Yunlong, but Zhang said he had witnessed Tan Yunlong’s sneak attack and blamed him for the fight.
• Zhang condemned Tan Yunlong’s conduct and said he would report him to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall, devastating Tan Yunlong’s prospects.
• Huo Yuhao reminded Tan Yunlong of their wager, and Ling Tian refused to intervene as Tan knelt and kowtowed to him.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Tan before the final kowtow, said he would never accept him as a disciple, and ordered him to keep his head down in Mingdu.
• Tan Yunlong spat blood and collapsed unconscious after Huo Yuhao’s rebuke.

After defeating Tan Yunlong, Huo Yuhao recovered by eating medicinal cuisine and learned that the Tan Family might retaliate. Ji Juechen then challenged him to a controlled spar at the academy’s Soul Tool Arenas.

• Ju Zi and Ke Ke discussed Tan Yunlong’s humiliation and the political shift it could bring, while Ju Zi doubted Huo Yuhao needed protection.
• Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen warned Huo Yuhao that the powerful Tan Family might target him, but he said he understood the risk.
• Huo Yuhao ordered a lavish meal at the Tan Family’s expense and quickly recovered his strength with the medicinal cuisine.
• Ji Juechen led Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Arenas and challenged him to a controlled fight, introducing himself as Sword Obsession.

Huo Yuhao sparred with Ji Juechen, revealing swordsmanship that surprised the Sword Obsession and a killing intent powerful enough to overwhelm Ji Juechen’s sword intent. The duel left Ji Juechen with a new realization about his path.

• Ji Juechen challenged Huo Yuhao to fight him at full strength, and Huo Yuhao accepted the sparring match.
• Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen took the arena, where Huo Yuhao let Ji Juechen make the first move.
• Huo Yuhao used a flurry of real sword strikes to wound Ji Juechen’s legs, and Ji Juechen admitted defeat while asking to show one more move.
• Ji Juechen unleashed his pinnacle sword strike, but Huo Yuhao’s savage killing intent overwhelmed his sword intent.
• Ji Juechen lowered his sword, wrestled with his thoughts, and exclaimed that he understood.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated the power of intent to Ji Juechen, while Jing Hongchen decided the academy would not protect him from the Tan Family. After studying and memorizing a soul tool manual, Huo Yuhao learned that Ling Tian had stopped his friend at the academy gates.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Ji Juechen in a clash of intent and showed him the path toward developing his sword intent.
• Jing Ziyan followed Ji Juechen to learn more about the battle.
• Seven academy directors argued over whether the academy should protect Huo Yuhao, and Lin Jiayi relayed Jing Hongchen's order that it would not help him.
• Jing Hongchen considered Huo Yuhao a river-crossing dragon and wondered what trouble he could stir up in Mingdu.
• Huo Yuhao visited Ju Zi and Ke Ke's laboratory, memorized the soul tool manual, and brought them lunch.
• Jing Ziyan rushed in and told Huo Yuhao that Ling Tian had stopped his friend at the academy gates.

Huo Yuhao rushed to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after learning that Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao were in trouble, and unleashed his hundred-thousand-year soul skill against Ling Tian’s guards. Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin stopped the attack, and Huo Yuhao demanded that the academy uphold justice or face his retaliation.

• Jing Ziyan told Huo Yuhao that Ning Tian and two other girls were at the academy gates, and he flew there with killing intent.
• Ling Tian ordered the Third Prince’s guards to surround Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao, intending to punish them and use them to gain favor.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Incinerating Silence, sending a blue-green fire dragon hurtling toward the guards.
• Ye Yulin used the Sun Moon Divine Needle and a golden barrier to contain the explosion, then landed with a cold-looking companion.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with the three girls and told Ye Yulin that someone else had caused trouble, demanding that the academy uphold justice.

Huo Yuhao left the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after Ling Tian tried to bar his friends from entering, then followed Ling Tian to Sun Lixuan’s clinic intending to kill him. Inside, Tan Yunlong, Ling Tian, and Third Prince Xu Tianyu were caught in the blast of a Level 7 Soul-Breaking Bomb.

• Ye Yulin stopped Ling Tian from provoking Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao left the academy with Ning Tian and the two others.
• Huo Yuhao secretly went to Sun Lixuan’s clinic, where Tan Yunlong and Ling Tian had sought treatment.
• Tan Yunlong pleaded with Third Prince Xu Tianyu to punish Huo Yuhao, and Ling Tian recounted the events at the academy gates.
• Xu Tianyu decided Huo Yuhao had to die because Ju Zi was close to Xu Tianran, then boasted that he deserved the imperial throne.
• Tan Yunlong suddenly activated a Level 7 Soul-Breaking Bomb, and Xu Tianyu and Ling Tian cried out in terror as it began to detonate.

Huo Yuhao used Mental Control to make Tan Yunlong detonate a Level 7 Soul-Breaking Bomb during the attack on Xu Tianyu, then abducted Ling Tian amid the chaos. At a hidden residence, Huo Yuhao revealed his silver flame and prepared to devour Ling Tian’s soul and memories.

• Huo Yuhao controlled the gravely injured Tan Yunlong, who burned his soul and spiritual origins to detonate a Level 7 Soul-Breaking Bomb.
• Xu Tianyu fainted behind his golden barrier as Old Sun Lixuan raised a Defensive Soul Tool, while a black-robed Huo Yuhao shattered Ling Tian’s protective Soul Tools, knocked him unconscious, and carried him away.
• The bomb destroyed the clinic and damaged nearby residences; patrols and Imperial Family guards rescued Xu Tianyu, while Old Sun Lixuan was taken for questioning and the Tan Family found no trace of Tan Yunlong.
• Huo Yuhao brought Ling Tian to a secluded residence and revealed that Ling Tian’s meridians had been shattered, leaving him crippled.
• Huo Yuhao opened his silver vertical eye and engulfed Ling Tian in heavenly flames, intending to devour his soul and absorb his memories of Soul Tool design.

Huo Yuhao returned to the academy and faced Director Lin Jiayi and Tan Yutou, who suspected him of being involved in the incident that killed Tan Yunlong and made Ling Tian disappear. Huo Yuhao refused a search of his Storage Soul Tool unless they accepted his conditions, and Tan Yutou agreed to proceed.

• Huo Yuhao returned to the academy, where Lin Jiayi and Tan Yutou confronted him about Tan Yunlong’s accident and questioned where he had gone.
• Huo Yuhao demanded payment for Tan Yunlong’s unpaid breakfast bet, then explained that he had gone out to buy pastries and displayed twenty boxes as proof.
• Tan Yutou demanded to search Huo Yuhao’s Storage Soul Tool, but Huo Yuhao refused and objected to being sent to the Imperial City’s dungeon.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to allow the search only if they kept his private belongings confidential and paid him tenfold compensation if they found no evidence.
• Lin Jiayi asked Tan Yutou whether he would pay the compensation, and Tan Yutou agreed to the search.

Huo Yuhao let the imperial guards search his storage ring and used its contents to enforce Tan Yutou’s promise of tenfold compensation. He left Tan Yutou collapsed and gave the Tan Family three days to pay an astronomical sum and provide five hundred heads.

• Huo Yuhao handed over his storage ring, and the guards found fifty boxes of lobster pastries, suggestive books, and ordinary cooking supplies.
• Tan Yutou accused Huo Yuhao of planning to flee and tried to attack him, but Lin Jiayi warned him against provoking the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The guards opened Huo Yuhao’s chest and found black-and-gold cards and valuable soul bones, which Huo Yuhao claimed were worth about two and a half billion gold soul coins.
• Huo Yuhao demanded twenty-five billion gold soul coins from Tan Yutou under their wager and added five hundred human heads after showing the gathered skulls.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Tan Family three days to pay before threatening to bring Body Sect experts to collect the debt, then departed.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated advanced metal refining and Soul Tool crafting to assess his skill, astonishing Xuan Ziwen with a Level Six Storage Soul Tool. He left Xuan Ziwen eager to learn his metal-fusing technique, while Huo Yuhao agreed on the condition that Xuan Ziwen stop calling him Grandmaster.

• Xuan Ziwen warned Huo Yuhao that the Tan Family might retaliate after their dispute in Mingdu.
• Xuan Ziwen asked Huo Yuhao to craft a Soul Tool so he could assess his Soul Engineer level.
• Huo Yuhao used heavenly flames to refine sunken silver and heavenly star iron into spirit alloy-star silver.
• Huo Yuhao carved patterns into the alloy, combined it with starlight sapphire, and created the Storage Soul Tool Star Dream Night Sky with roughly a hundred cubic meters of space.
• Xuan Ziwen marveled at the bracelet's capacity and asked Huo Yuhao to teach him the metal-fusing technique.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to teach Xuan Ziwen if he stopped calling him Grandmaster.

Huo Yuhao explained to Xuan Ziwen that the Sun Moon Empire’s reliance on rare metals was unsustainable and proposed refining metals through forging while involving ordinary people in soul tool research and mass production. Xuan Ziwen recognized the potential of Huo Yuhao’s ideas, which were to remain secret for now.

• Xuan Ziwen questioned Huo Yuhao about his metal-fusion method, and Huo Yuhao warned that the Sun Moon Empire’s soul tool technology depended on finite rare metals.
• Huo Yuhao proposed expanding mining and refining rare metals to conserve materials and make soul tools smaller and easier to transport.
• Huo Yuhao explained that forging could refine metals and fuse them with a soul master’s body, then suggested contacting the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City.
• Huo Yuhao argued that ordinary people should participate in soul tool theory, research, and manufacturing, and Xuan Ziwen realized Sealed Milk Bottles could let ordinary people use soul tools.
• Huo Yuhao described how ordinary people could use stamping machines to produce casings and study subjects such as dynamics, materials science, and thermodynamics.