Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao outbid Dai Yueheng for several valuable auction lots before securing the Desperate Land Map for thirty million Gold Soul Coins. Tang Ya watched the map connected to her ancestor pass into Huo Yuhao’s hands, unable to buy it for the Tang Sect.

• Huo Yuhao repeatedly outbid Dai Yueheng for crimson flame demon gold and a Level 7 Soul Tool blueprint, leaving Dai with little money and the blueprint beyond his reach.
• The auction presented the Desperate Land Map, which held little interest for most guests despite its thirty-million-coin starting price.
• Tang Ya recognized the map’s connection to God King Tang and regretted that the impoverished Tang Sect could not afford it.
• Huo Yuhao bid thirty million Gold Soul Coins, and the auctioneer sold him the map as distinguished guest number 333.

Huo Yuhao examined his new three-port medicine cauldron and the Desperate Land Map, which marked the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, before watching Yao Lao begin refining Soul-Nourishing Dew. The chapter ended as Yao Lao ignited the Black Demon Cauldron with Bone Spirit Cold Flame and began the pill refinement.

• Huo Yuhao inspected the three-port medicine cauldron he had commissioned and discussed its cost and construction with Yao Lao.
• Huo Yuhao examined the Desperate Land Map and resolved to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for its immortal herbs and possible dragon-king legacies.
• Yao Lao stored Huo Yuhao's cauldron, brought out the Black Demon Cauldron, and explained that its soul imprint prevented Huo Yuhao from using it.
• Yao Lao summoned Bone Spirit Cold Flame and began refining the Fifth-grade Pill, Soul-Nourishing Dew, while Huo Yuhao watched.

Yao Lao refined the Soul-Nourishing Dew while Huo Yuhao observed and learned his techniques. After using part of the completed dew to strengthen his illusory body, Yao Lao prepared to awaken the being sleeping in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness.

• Yao Lao extracted and purified the Soul-Fusion Fruit’s medicinal essence, then sealed it in a jade bottle with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Lao processed the Three-Leaf Green Ganoderma and Snow Condensation Flower through hours of extraction and purification.
• Yao Lao extracted the spiritual Soul Bone and slowly fused its essence with the other ingredients in the Black Demon Cauldron.
• Yao Lao completed the Soul-Nourishing Dew and divided it in two, using one portion to make his illusory body more solid.
• Yao Lao pointed at Huo Yuhao’s forehead and said they would awaken the fellow sleeping in his Sea of Consciousness.

Huo Yuhao used Soul-Nourishing Dew to strengthen his Sea of Consciousness, which nourished and stabilized Electrolux’s remnant soul. Electrolux offered to teach Huo Yuhao magic and help him develop a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then asked whether Huo Yuhao would become his disciple.

• Yao Lao guided the Soul-Nourishing Dew into Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, nourishing Huo Yuhao and his Wisdom Soul Rings.
• The Soul-Nourishing Dew restored some of Electrolux’s strength and memories, and he appeared before Huo Yuhao and Yao Lao.
• Huo Yuhao, the Ice Empress, and Electrolux introduced themselves with grand declarations while Brother Sky Dream regretted his lack of education.
• Electrolux offered Huo Yuhao a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill if Huo Yuhao agreed to study magic.
• Electrolux explained how Huo Yuhao might fuse his Ice God Martial Soul and Flame God Eyes, then asked Huo Yuhao to become his disciple.

Huo Yuhao accepted Electrolux as another master, and Electrolux brought him and Yao Lao into the Undead Demiplane to seek a Heavenly Flame. The three arrived in the desolate realm and spotted a streak of silver light in the sky.

• Electrolux explained that he wanted to teach Huo Yuhao to help him control his resentment and atone for his own past.
• Yao Lao agreed to Electrolux teaching Huo Yuhao, and Electrolux described how magic could balance Huo Yuhao’s Flame God Eyes and Ice God Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao knelt before Electrolux and asked to care for him in his old age, and Electrolux accepted him as his disciple.
• Electrolux used a gray hexagram to transport Huo Yuhao and Yao Lao into the Undead Demiplane.
• Huo Yuhao examined the dark, barren demiplane, then he and Yao Lao saw a streak of silver light and recognized it as a Heavenly Flame.

Huo Yuhao entered the Undead Demiplane with Yao Lao and Electrolux to search for the Silver Heavenly Flames, learning that their fire could consume spiritual energy. Guided by Xiao Han into a cave, Huo Yuhao encountered a mass of undead creatures that attacked despite Electrolux's protective presence.

• Electrolux explained that he had created the Undead Demiplane and warned that the Silver Heavenly Flames could burn and devour spiritual energy.
• Electrolux taught Huo Yuhao an incantation to enter the demiplane, and Huo Yuhao stored the Keyed Gate in his palm.
• Xiao Han sensed the Silver Heavenly Flames' location and guided Huo Yuhao and the others toward a hill, where hundreds of skeletons parted for them.
• Xiao Han led Huo Yuhao into a vast cave, where he used Soul Power to light the way and saw dense, sinister energy inside holes in the stone walls.
• Countless undead creatures crawled out of the ground and lunged at Huo Yuhao, undeterred by Electrolux's divine consciousness.

Huo Yuhao fought through a horde of undead in the cave, using the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and heavenly flames to weaken and destroy them. After recovering, he followed Xiao Han deeper inside and found the lair marked by silver light.

• Yao Lao explained that the heavenly flame had consumed the undead creatures' souls and warned Huo Yuhao to destroy their bodies completely.
• Huo Yuhao used the Mysterious Heavy Ruler to suppress the undead power, shattering most of the creatures and burning them to ashes.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Han combined the Phoenix Evil Fire and Profound Ice Cold Flame into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, killing the three Abominations, though the blast injured and exhausted Huo Yuhao.
• Yao Lao advised Huo Yuhao on controlling the Fire Lotus's power, and Electrolux told him that no other undead creatures were nearby.
• Huo Yuhao recovered and continued into the cave, where he found a smaller cave with silver light and realized it was the undead creatures' lair.

Huo Yuhao confronted Silver Flame, an intelligent undead flame that planned to devour Electrolux and use Huo Yuhao to unleash an undead scourge on the human world. Huo Yuhao trapped Silver Flame in his cave and destroyed it with a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.

• Huo Yuhao discovered that Silver Flame had assembled undead remains in an attempt to build a body for itself.
• Silver Flame recognized Electrolux and revealed its plan to devour him, control the undead, and invade the human world through Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed immense hidden power, then left the cave with Electrolux as Silver Flame taunted them.
• Huo Yuhao threw a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus into the cave, while Yao Lao sealed the entrance and trapped Silver Flame inside.
• The lotus exploded, destroying Silver Flame's cave, and Huo Yuhao escaped the blast with the Heavenly Net Art.

Huo Yuhao learned that absorbing the silver Heavenly Flame would require an expensive Sixth-Grade Earth Spirit Pill and a ten-thousand-year water-attribute soul bone, so he left the flame untouched while he prepared. At Shrek Academy, he trained with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and endured Burning Blood before someone saw him and cried out.

• Yao Lao told Huo Yuhao that he needed a Sixth-Grade Earth Spirit Pill, four rare ingredients, and a ten-thousand-year water-attribute soul bone to prepare for absorbing the silver Heavenly Flame.
• Huo Yuhao decided not to risk revealing alchemy by selling more pills and left the silver Heavenly Flame where it was until he had gathered the necessary ingredients.
• Huo Yuhao repeatedly slashed at a waterfall with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler until exhaustion forced him to stop.
• Huo Yuhao applied the costly Burning Blood to his body and endured its intense burning sensation.
• Huo Yuhao noticed someone at the entrance to the simulated cultivation area, and a shrill voice shouted, "Pervert!"

Huo Yuhao learned that second-year core disciples would compete in a selection tournament, and Mu Jin told him Dean Yan required him to place in the top seven. Meanwhile, Zhou Yi instructed Cai Tou to eliminate Huo Yuhao in the tournament.

• Huo Yuhao teased Wang Dong after she entered the Mimicry Cultivation Area, then asked about the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone she had absorbed.
• Wang Dong demonstrated the bone's Golden Radiance skill, which enhanced her Light Goddess Butterfly's power, and thanked Huo Yuhao for letting her have it.
• Mu Jin told the Class One core disciples that a selection tournament would take place in three days, with seven winners chosen for a mission.
• After the others left, Mu Jin told Huo Yuhao that Dean Yan expected him to finish in the top seven.
• Zhou Yi told Cai Tou that his task in the selection tournament was to eliminate Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao settled the consequences of Dai Huabin’s attack and joined the second-year core disciples for Shrek Academy’s selection tournament. As the students gathered in the Soul Fighting Zone, a staggering man confronted him about his missing stall.

• Huo Yuhao arranged for an intermediary to buy a water-attribute soul bone and submitted a list of rare herbs to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Shrek Academy expelled Dai Huabin and barred the White Tiger Family from enrolling for a hundred years, while the Star Luo Imperial Family paid compensation that Huo Yuhao split with Shrek.
• Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie apologized to Huo Yuhao and ended their ties with Dai Huabin, so he let them remain at Shrek Academy without honoring their wager.
• Wang Yan led the core disciples, including Huo Yuhao, to the Soul Fighting Zone for the selection tournament, where twenty-seven students gathered.
• Huo Yuhao noticed He Caitou watching him, then heard a staggering man angrily demand to know why he had not set up his stall for days.

Xuan Zi began a chaotic free-for-all to select seven winners from twenty-seven Core Disciples, and He Caitou immediately used his Soul Tools to eliminate Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan. As the students formed alliances and targeted one another, He Caitou fired two Level Three Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at Huo Yuhao’s group.

• Xuan Zi explained the Team Free-for-All rules, then vanished after starting the tournament.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan joined forces, while other students formed smaller groups and Huo Yuhao positioned himself with Wu Feng to protect Ning Tian.
• He Caitou revealed his Soul Tools and fired a volley that eliminated Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan.
• Wang Dong led Xiao Xiao to Huo Yuhao, and they guarded Ning Tian together as other students attacked them.
• He Caitou pretended to target Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, then fired two Level Three Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at Huo Yuhao’s group.

After He Caitou fired a Level Three Fixed Soul Cannon Shell at Huo Yuhao’s companions, Huo Yuhao unleashed his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Fire Annihilation, and struck He Caitou down. Xuan Zi declared the Selection Tournament over after the blast cleared the arena.

• He Caitou’s Fixed Soul Cannon Shell broke through Xiao Xiao’s cauldron defense, and Wu Feng was injured trying to shield Huo Yuhao before Xuan Zi rescued her.
• Huo Yuhao accused Xu He, then unleashed Ice and Fire Annihilation, freezing the shell and kicking it toward He Caitou.
• Huo Yuhao’s flames detonated the shell, and he forced his way through the explosion to break He Caitou’s ribs with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Huo Yuhao’s final blast engulfed the arena, leaving only Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan inside.
• Xuan Zi surveyed the wreckage and declared the Selection Tournament over.

Huo Yuhao's Ice and Fire Annihilation left only seven students standing and injured Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi. After comforting Wu Feng, he confronted Xuan Zi over He Caitou's use of a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell and challenged the academy's claims of fairness by demanding accountability for a past tragedy.

• Huo Yuhao's attack eliminated most of the students, leaving seven winners while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi collapsed and Jiang Nannan remained standing.
• Wu Feng told Ning Tian she wanted to be a reliable companion, and Huo Yuhao thanked her for protecting him and reassured her she was no burden.
• Huo Yuhao moved toward the unconscious He Caitou, but Xuan Zi stopped him and warned him against harming another student.
• Huo Yuhao argued that He Caitou had violated the rules by using a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell and that academy assessments required fairness.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Xuan Zi to explain what punishment the teacher received after eight of twelve Inner Academy students died facing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Xuan Zi explained the dangers of the Inner Academy and revealed that the seven selected students would form Shrek Academy’s reserve team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. He dismissed the group but ordered Huo Yuhao to stay behind.

• Huo Yuhao challenged Xuan Zi, who began warning the students that Inner Academy disciples faced deadly trials and signed life-and-death waivers.
• Xuan Zi used spiritual power to make the students cry, while Huo Yuhao shielded himself and Ning Tian, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao from its effects.
• Xuan Zi dismissed the eliminated students and told Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan about the Shrek Seven Devils and the tournament against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xuan Zi selected the seven as the tournament reserve team, explaining that they would train with him weekly and undergo further assessments to qualify for the Inner Academy.
• Xuan Zi ordered the seven to keep their selection secret, dismissed everyone, and told Huo Yuhao to stay behind.

After Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Spiritual Detection Sharing, Mu En, Xuan Zi, and Du Busi recognized the scale of his abilities. The chapter ended when Huo Yuhao released a golden radiance that they identified as Sea God's Light.

• Ning Tian and the other students left, while Du Busi and Mu En stayed with Huo Yuhao and Xuan Zi.
• Mu En asked Huo Yuhao about the Martial Soul Fusion Skill he had used, and Huo Yuhao explained its three-stage Ice and Fire Annihilation.
• Huo Yuhao released his Spiritual Detection Sharing, allowing Mu En, Xuan Zi, and Du Busi to experience its detailed hundred-meter range.
• Mu En praised Huo Yuhao's potential as a commander and said he would trade ten Inner Academy disciples for him if he could.
• Huo Yuhao released a golden light from his palm, and Mu En, Xuan Zi, and Du Busi exclaimed that it was Sea God's Light.

Huo Yuhao revealed that the Sea God's Light was only a simulation, then rejected Bei Bei's proposal to form a new Shrek Seven Devils and called the tournament his final swan song at Shrek. The chapter ended as the injured He Caitou woke in the infirmary and someone knocked on his door.

• Mu En recognized Huo Yuhao's displayed Sea God's Light as an illusion, and Huo Yuhao explained that he had used Simulation.
• Du Busi dismissed Huo Yuhao and promised to guide his cultivation that night while he continued talking with Mu En and Xuan Zi.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Ning Tian that Wu Feng could shine in the next tournament, then thanked Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan for their support.
• Bei Bei proposed that the group establish a new order of Shrek Seven Devils, but Huo Yuhao refused and said the tournament would be his final swan song at Shrek.
• He Caitou woke alone in the infirmary, badly injured, when someone knocked and asked, "Xu He, how was your rest?"

Huo Yuhao confronted He Caitou about his true identity as Xu He, a Sun Moon Empire prince who had survived his uncle’s coup and sought revenge. Huo Yuhao persuaded him that Shrek Academy might use him as a disposable tool, then proposed an alliance to avenge both their families.

• Huo Yuhao visited the injured He Caitou and revealed that he knew He Caitou was Xu He, a member of the Sun Moon Empire’s royal family.
• Xu He admitted his identity and recounted how his uncle murdered his father, mother, and three elder sisters before taking the throne.
• Huo Yuhao warned Xu He that Shrek Academy’s leaders knew his origins and might use him to provoke a civil war, then abandon him to die.
• Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to influence Xu He and questioned whether Fan Yu and Zhou Yi would truly help him reclaim his birthright.
• Huo Yuhao offered to help Xu He destroy his uncle’s royal branch if Xu He helped him kill the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao.

Huo Yuhao made a deal with He Caitou to help him kill Dai Hao, while preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. The chapter ended as Huo Yuhao arrived late to meet the main and reserve teams.

• Huo Yuhao persuaded He Caitou to help kill Dai Hao in exchange for support in reclaiming his birthright, and He Caitou agreed.
• Over the next two weeks, Huo Yuhao practiced the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and learned basic Alchemy from Yao Lao, but he still lacked the dragon whisker ice-fire fruit needed for the Earth Spirit Pill.
• Huo Yuhao reached the peak of level twenty-nine, while Ning Tian advanced to level thirty-five.
• Xuan Zi brought the main and reserve teams together ten days before the tournament to introduce them and have them learn one another's abilities.
• Ma Xiaotao asked why the next generation of the Shrek Seven Devils had only six members, and Huo Yuhao arrived late.

Huo Yuhao joined the reserve team’s training and met the Inner Academy disciples before Xuan Zi arranged a friendly match. Ma Xiaotao chose Huo Yuhao for her team, and he asked Yao Haoxuan to join them.

• Huo Yuhao arrived late with Earth Demon Bear paws for Xuan Zi, who forgave him and let him join the team.
• Xuan Zi warned the reserve team that losing could cost them the chance to enter the Inner Academy, then had both teams introduce themselves.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao introduced their ranks and abilities.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the other Inner Academy members introduced themselves before Xuan Zi assigned Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to lead opposing teams.
• Ma Xiaotao picked Huo Yuhao as her first reserve member, and Huo Yuhao invited Yao Haoxuan onto their team.