Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao’s team faced Huang Chutian and the Lan sisters in an assessment match, and Huo Yuhao revealed his hidden strength by defeating Huang Chutian. The Lan sisters then began using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng recognized Huang Chutian’s team, whose Lan sisters could unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Wu Feng charged the sisters with Ning Tian’s speed enhancement, while Huang Chutian turned to attack Huo Yuhao after mistaking him for an easy target.
• Huo Yuhao caught Huang Chutian’s fists, pried them apart, and kicked him away.
• Huo Yuhao used his boosted speed to strike the back of Huang Chutian’s head and knock him unconscious.
• The Lan sisters joined hands and began unleashing their Heavenly Net Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Huo Yuhao used Wu Feng's Dragon's Fire and his own Phoenix Evil Fire to break the Lan sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leading his team to victory. After winning all ten round-robin matches, he attracted Wang Yan's interest, though Huo Yuhao believed the teacher's goodwill would come to nothing.

• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and trapped Wu Feng, cutting off Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Huo Yuhao borrowed Wu Feng's Dragon's Fire, concealed his Phoenix Evil Fire within it, and shattered the sisters' fusion skill with Eight Extremes Fire Control.
• Wu Feng thanked Huo Yuhao, and the announcer declared his team the winner of the match.
• Huo Yuhao fought alongside Wu Feng and Ning Tian to win their remaining four matches, helping Freshman Class Nine finish the round-robin stage undefeated.
• Wang Yan questioned Huo Yuhao about his eye-type Body Martial Soul and its fire and mental attributes, then left excitedly; Huo Yuhao doubted Wang Yan's efforts to nurture him would succeed.

Wang Yan told Xuan Zi about Huo Yuhao, but Xuan Zi dismissed his potential and agreed to watch the Freshman Assessment knockout tournament. Freshman Class Nine celebrated its unprecedented pass rate and prepared for the tournament, while Huo Yuhao focused on confronting Dai Huabin.

• Wang Yan praised Huo Yuhao to Xuan Zi, who judged Huo Yuhao's poor talent and low-level soul ring would keep him from achieving much.
• Xuan Zi agreed to attend the knockout tournament after Wang Yan urged him to take a closer look.
• Mu Jin announced that all thirty-three teams from Freshman Class Nine had passed the assessment, and the class celebrated its historic result.
• Mu Jin praised Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng for their perfect round-robin record, while Huo Yuhao cheerfully led the class in chanting for the championship.
• Mu Jin reviewed formidable opponents, including Dai Huabin, Xie Huanyue, and Wang Dong, before dismissing the class to prepare tactics.
• Huo Yuhao privately resolved to reclaim what he had lost and set his sights on Dai Huabin.

Huo Yuhao's team advanced through the Freshman Assessment's elimination rounds, and he faced Xie Huanyue's team in the round of thirty-two. Xie Huanyue launched a surprise attack on Ning Tian, leaving the match unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao's team defeated a Freshman Class One team in the round of sixty-four, leaving Wang Dong's team as Class One's only remaining team.
• Mu Jin taunted Zhou Yi about Class One's dwindling chances, and Zhou Yi angrily rebuked her.
• Wang Yan introduced Huo Yuhao to Xuan Zi, who watched the afternoon matches from a raised platform.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to face Xie Huanyue while Wu Feng took on the Luo brothers in the round of thirty-two.
• Xie Huanyue used his first soul ring to leap over Huo Yuhao and hurl himself toward Ning Tian.

Huo Yuhao’s team faced Xie Huanyue’s team in the Freshman Assessment elimination rounds, and Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference and a hidden-force strike to defeat Xie Huanyue. His team advanced after Wu Feng eliminated the Luo brothers.

• The teachers assessed Huo Yuhao’s team as a dangerous opponent, while Xie Huanyue’s team planned to target Ning Tian.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference to redirect Xie Huanyue’s attack away from Ning Tian and toward himself.
• Wu Feng defeated the Luo brothers with Dragon’s Wrath, and the supervising teacher removed them from the arena.
• Xie Huanyue fought Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao clung to his arm and forced him to expend stamina.
• Xie Huanyue unleashed his thousand-year Soul Skill and tried to crush Huo Yuhao, who struck his abdomen with Eight Extremes Collapse, Hidden Force, knocking him unconscious.

Huo Yuhao defeated Xie Huanyue’s team, but Shrek’s leaders dismissed him as a core disciple candidate because of his weak cultivation and ten-year first soul ring. On the second day of the elimination rounds, Huo Yuhao’s team drew Wang Dong’s team, setting up an early clash with Dai Huabin.

• Xuan Zi examined the unconscious Xie Huanyue, praised Huo Yuhao’s Hidden Force, and confirmed Huo Yuhao’s team had won.
• Du Weilun recommended two girls from Mu Jin’s class as core disciples but rejected Huo Yuhao because his cultivation was weak and mental-attribute soul beasts were rare.
• Xuan Zi also rejected Huo Yuhao as a core disciple candidate, citing his age, low soul power, ten-year first soul ring, and lack of a body martial soul mutation.
• The top sixteen teams advanced to the second day of the Freshman Assessment, where Huo Yuhao’s team and Wang Dong’s team drew the same number.
• Zhou Yi nearly collapsed when she learned the teams would face each other, while Huo Yuhao welcomed the chance to settle his grudge with Dai Huabin.

Huo Yuhao’s team faced Wang Dong’s team in the Freshman Assessment quarterfinals, and Huo Yuhao’s tricks gave his side an early advantage. With Wu Feng knocked unconscious and Xiao Xiao’s strongest attack trapping him as Wang Dong closed in, the match’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Huo Yuhao pretended Xiao Xiao’s flute had slowed him before striking Lu Renjia with Eight Extremes Collapse and eliminating him.
• Huo Yuhao sent Wu Feng after Wang Dong, then redirected himself toward Xiao Xiao, but Wang Dong’s second soul skill defeated Wu Feng and left her unconscious.
• Xiao Xiao split the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron around Huo Yuhao and used Cauldron’s Shock to daze him.
• Wang Dong flew toward the trapped Huo Yuhao with her Winged Guillotine as Zhou Yi declared the match nearly over.

Huo Yuhao turned Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’s coordinated attack against them, winning the match and provoking Zhou Yi’s accusations of cheating. Mu Jin then reminded Zhou Yi that she had wagered her position at Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao challenged her claim that she was its best teacher.

• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference to redirect Xiao Xiao’s Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron onto Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong, then struck them with a mental attack that left them unconscious.
• Xuan Zi appeared and asked Huo Yuhao whether his Body Martial Soul had awakened a second time, but Huo Yuhao said he had developed the mental techniques himself.
• Zhou Yi accused Huo Yuhao of cheating and demanded his expulsion, but Huo Yuhao mocked her and tried to leave.
• Mu Jin reminded Zhou Yi that she had bet she would leave Shrek Academy if her class lost, and Zhou Yi refused to honor the wager.
• Xuan Zi tried to persuade Mu Jin to let Zhou Yi stay, while Huo Yuhao ridiculed Zhou Yi’s claim that she was the best teacher in the Outer Academy.

Huo Yuhao challenged Zhou Yi’s teaching methods and exposed how she had expelled most of Freshman Class One to inflate her students’ advancement rate. Wang Dong backed him up with her own account of Zhou Yi’s cruelty, while Xuan Zi fixated on Huo Yuhao’s offer of barbecue.

• Huo Yuhao argued that Zhou Yi’s threats and expulsions harmed students and could drive them toward resentment and evil.
• Huo Yuhao accused Zhou Yi of inflating her Inner Academy advancement rate by expelling most of her class, and Mu Jin praised him.
• Wang Dong joined Huo Yuhao, saying Zhou Yi had expelled eighty-five students, blamed their departures on her, and berated her after a lost bet.
• Wang Dong revealed that she had twin top-tier martial souls and defended herself against Zhou Yi’s insults.
• Huo Yuhao promised to treat Wang Dong to barbecue for a month, and Xuan Zi asked whether he had mentioned barbecue.

After Zhou Yi lost her homeroom-teacher role, Huo Yuhao’s team advanced through the quarterfinals and reached the Freshman Assessment semifinals. Dean Yan Shaozhe arrived to oversee the final day’s draws, leaving the championship matches about to begin.

• Xuan Zi rejected Wang Yan’s appeal to make Huo Yuhao a Martial Soul Department core disciple and said the academy needed to give Fan Yu an explanation.
• Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian persuaded the injured Wu Feng to recover in the infirmary instead of competing in the quarterfinals.
• Huo Yuhao defeated the opposing team’s two agility attack system Soul Masters with single strikes, quickly winning the quarterfinal.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced himself to the twelve semifinalists, praised their class, and began the draws for the final day of matches.

Huo Yuhao’s team drew a semifinal against Freshman Class Ten and defeated them in three seconds, advancing to face Dai Huabin’s team in the finals. As both teams prepared, Huo Yuhao told Wu Feng to trust his plan for the championship match.

• Huo Yuhao drew lot number two, while Dai Huabin drew number one, setting them on course to meet in the finals.
• Huo Yuhao realized Yan Shaozhe had rigged the draw to keep their teams apart in the semifinals.
• Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Zhou Sichen, Long Xiangyue, and Cao Jinxuan in three seconds by disrupting their slow martial-soul releases and knocking them down.
• Wang Yan praised Huo Yuhao’s abilities and regretted that Xuan Zi had dismissed him.
• Dai Huabin’s teacher warned his team about Huo Yuhao’s speed and control, but Dai Huabin vowed to beat him head-on.
• Ning Tian treated Huo Yuhao to medicinal cuisine, and Huo Yuhao urged Wu Feng to follow his plan in the finals.

The Freshman Assessment final began as Huo Yuhao’s team faced Dai Huabin’s team, while the academy’s deans watched and discussed the Soul Tool Department’s student transfers. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao unleashing a terrifying killing intent that shocked Dai Huabin and drew the attention of the academy’s leaders.

• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun watched the final, and Du Weilun favored Dai Huabin’s team while Yan Shaozhe bet on Huo Yuhao’s side.
• Qian Duoduo confronted Yan Shaozhe over the delayed transfer of students to the Soul Tool Department.
• Dai Huabin prepared for the match by studying Huo Yuhao’s team and entered the arena with Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie.
• Huo Yuhao entered with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and the referee announced that contestants could use their full strength but anyone rescued from the arena would be eliminated.
• Huo Yuhao released overwhelming killing intent that made Dai Huabin shudder and caused Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo to focus on the match.

Huo Yuhao faced Dai Huabin’s team in the match and overwhelmed their opening attacks with his spiritual power and enhanced strength. As Dai Huabin and Cui Yajie trapped him between their attacks, Huo Yuhao summoned black Phoenix Evil Fire, startling Yan Shaozhe.

• Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie activated their martial souls and charged, but Huo Yuhao shattered Cui Yajie’s Charm soul skill with his black-gold flames.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu resumed their assault while Wu Feng guarded Ning Tian, who boosted Huo Yuhao’s strength with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao seized Dai Huabin’s claws, hurled him away, and struck his chest, disrupting his soul power circulation.
• Cui Yajie attacked Huo Yuhao from behind with Fox Tail Needle as Dai Huabin fired White Tiger Fierce Light Waves to block his escape.
• Huo Yuhao raised an ink-black flame from his palm, and Yan Shaozhe recognized it as Phoenix Evil Fire.

Huo Yuhao unleashed the dark phoenix’s origin fire and, with Ning Tian’s support, drove Cui Yajie from the match and badly burned Dai Huabin. When Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu used their Hell White Tiger fusion skill, Huo Yuhao drew in Wu Feng’s dragon flame and began combining it with his phoenix fire.

• The referee nearly intervened when Cui Yajie’s attack threatened Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao covered himself in black flames and Ning Tian boosted his speed, strength, and resistance to interference.
• Huo Yuhao’s black fire burned Cui Yajie until Yan Shaozhe carried her out and extinguished the flames.
• Huo Yuhao’s fire tornado struck Dai Huabin, overwhelming his defensive Soul Skills and leaving him badly burned.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, which extinguished the fire on Dai Huabin and pounced toward Huo Yuhao’s group.
• Huo Yuhao drew Wu Feng’s dragon-shaped flame into his left hand while gathering his phoenix evil fire in his right, then began merging the two flames.

Huo Yuhao risked fusing two flames into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus during the Freshman Assessment final, while Ning Tian sacrificed herself to protect him. Du Weilun stopped the lotus and the Hell White Tiger, then declared Huo Yuhao's team the champions.

• Huo Yuhao began fusing two flames despite the danger, and Dai Huabin attacked before he could finish.
• Ning Tian took the Hell White Tiger's blow to protect Huo Yuhao and was carried from the arena unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao formed a red-and-black Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and sent it toward Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Hell White Tiger.
• Du Weilun appeared and blocked both attacks, leaving Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu exhausted and suffering burns to his own chest.
• Du Weilun announced Huo Yuhao's team as the Freshman Assessment elimination tournament champions.

After Huo Yuhao’s team won the championship, he collapsed from the strain of his fire lotus attack and recovered in his Sea of Consciousness. Electrolux awakened and offered Yao Lao a Heavenly Flame in exchange for help refining a body, leaving Yao Lao to consider the deal.

• Wu Feng celebrated the championship beside Huo Yuhao, but her pat sent his overheated body crashing to the ground.
• Mu Jin checked Huo Yuhao and determined he was exhausted rather than in danger, while Dai Huabin silently vowed not to lose again.
• In Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, Brother Sky Dream scolded him for using the dangerous Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus, and Yao Lao praised its destructive power.
• The Gray Pearl shattered and Electrolux’s divine consciousness awakened, resisting Brother Sky Dream and explaining that he had settled in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness after crossing worlds.
• Electrolux asked Yao Lao to help him refine a body and offered to provide a Heavenly Flame in return.

Huo Yuhao and Yao Lao negotiated with Electrolux over his Undead Demiplane and its Heavenly Flame, while Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao not to let revenge harm the innocent. The next morning, Huo Yuhao joined the freshmen awaiting their class assignments and noticed his teachers seemed uneasy.

• Electrolux offered to take Huo Yuhao and Yao Lao to find a Heavenly Flame in his Undead Demiplane if they helped him recover enough power to enter it.
• Yao Lao agreed to refine Soul-Nourishing Dew for Electrolux, and Huo Yuhao promised to find the ingredients at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao that his hatred of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion was spreading toward the innocent people of the Star Luo Empire.
• Electrolux returned to sleep, Yao Lao withdrew into the Black Ring, and Huo Yuhao left Brother Sky Dream alone in the Sea of Consciousness.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao gathered with the freshmen in Shrek Square and noticed that Mu Jin and Wang Yan gave him forced smiles.

Du Weilun announced the Freshman Assessment results, naming Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao as champions, but left Huo Yuhao off the Outer Academy core disciple list. Fan Yu arrived to take students to the Soul Tool Department and unexpectedly declared that it would not accept Huo Yuhao as a core disciple.

• Du Weilun announced Huang Chutian's team in third place and Dai Huabin's team in second before naming Ning Tian's team the champions and promising them a confidential special reward.
• Huo Yuhao let Ning Tian and Wu Feng lead the champions forward, then stared down Dai Huabin when he glared at him resentfully.
• Du Weilun named Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Xie Huanyue as new core disciples, leaving Huo Yuhao off the list.
• Wu Feng challenged Du Weilun over Huo Yuhao's omission, but Huo Yuhao stopped her and apologized on her behalf.
• Du Weilun learned that Fan Yu had come to escort new students to the Soul Tool Department, and Fan Yu said the department would not accept Huo Yuhao as a core disciple.

After the Soul Tool Department rejected Huo Yuhao as a core disciple, he publicly refused the temporary core disciple privileges the academy offered him and challenged its leadership to judge him by his performance. A booming voice then called out to Gao Qiqiang from the distant sky.

• Fan Yu rejected Huo Yuhao as a Soul Tool Department core disciple, while Zhou Yi and Dai Huabin celebrated his humiliation.
• Du Weilun announced temporary core disciple privileges for Huo Yuhao and five other freshmen.
• Huo Yuhao refused the privileges, saying he did not deserve them and would take the advancement examination as an ordinary student.
• Huo Yuhao defended his effort and dignity, criticized the academy's decision, and challenged the core disciples to fight him at the advancement examination.
• A voice laughed at Huo Yuhao's declaration and shouted that it had finally found Gao Qiqiang.

Du Busi led the Body Sect to Shrek Academy and demanded that Huo Yuhao be handed over because of his body martial soul. Xuan Zi refused, and Du Busi transformed into a giant, revealing three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings as Huo Yuhao watched.

• A powerful voice called for Gao Qiqiang, and Du Weilun ordered the teachers to move students indoors while warning Huo Yuhao that the intruder was extraordinarily powerful.
• Xuan Zi confronted the caller, and more than twenty Body Sect experts faced over thirty Shrek Academy experts outside the academy.
• Du Busi accused Shrek Academy of charging five million for information and demanded the return of Gao Qiqiang, whom he identified as Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi confirmed that Huo Yuhao was at Shrek Academy and refused to hand over a student.
• Du Busi threatened Shrek Academy and transformed into a towering giant with three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, stunning Huo Yuhao.