Chapter Summaries

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament began in Star Luo City, with Huo Yuhao and Shrek Academy among the competitors. After the Star Luo Emperor welcomed the academies, he officially opened the tournament.

• Star Luo City’s soldiers secured the area around the imperial competition platform as spectators and academy teams gathered.
• Huo Yuhao arrived with Shrek Academy’s seven other competitors, wearing his own black clothes rather than the academy uniform.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen watched Huo Yuhao from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s group.
• The Star Luo Emperor arrived, greeted the representatives of all 133 academies, and declared the tournament officially open.

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament began, Huo Yuhao calmed Shrek Academy’s Reserve Team and vowed to turn the crowd’s expectations into a weapon against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy. In the stands, Emperor Xu Jiawei summoned the disabled Dai Yueheng and praised his sacrifice in a battle against an Evil Soul Master.

• The announcer introduced the first-round knockout match between Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy, and the crowd erupted in support of Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Wang Yan and the Reserve Team that he would enter the stage alone and use his opponents’ fear against them.
• Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy’s nervous team took the stage, and Xu Sanshi’s joke about one competitor’s borrowed trousers eased the Reserve Team’s tension.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei asked the prime minister to bring Dai Yueheng to his seat, and White Tiger Guards wheeled him over.
• Xu Jiawei praised Dai Yueheng for holding out against a powerful Evil Soul Master until Shrek’s reinforcements arrived, and Dai Yueheng bitterly recalled that nearly all his fellow students had died.

Shrek Academy covered up the losses in the Mingdou Mountain Range and sent Huo Yuhao to fight alone in its opening match. His arrival as a student of both Shrek Academy and the Body Sect stunned the audience, and his killing intent engulfed Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy's team.

• Yan Shaozhe and Shrek Academy's leaders recast the Death Messenger as a powerful Evil Soul Master and concealed the truth about the students' deaths.
• Shrek Academy compensated those affected and ordered the survivors to keep silent, while Dai Yueheng accepted the cover story before Xu Jiawei.
• Xu Jiawei invited Dai Yueheng to watch Shrek Academy's opening match, where they saw Huo Yuhao appear as its sole competitor.
• The announcer revealed that Huo Yuhao studied at both the Body Sect and Shrek Academy, shocking Xu Jiawei, Dai Yueheng, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen questioned Meng Hongchen about Huo Yuhao's cultivation, then doubted that a young Soul Grandmaster could face seven stronger opponents.
• Huo Yuhao fixed his gaze on Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy's team and overwhelmed them with his killing intent.

Huo Yuhao began the opening match alone against Tianling Academy and used a terrifying display of power to frighten his opponents and shock the spectators. The chapter left the arena enveloped in the golden light of the Sea God's Light.

• Huo Yuhao unnerved Tianling Academy's team by asking whether he could kill them without breaking the rules.
• The referee began the match as Tianling Academy's seven students formed up and released their Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao revealed seven blood-red Soul Rings, shocking Xu Jiawei and the spectators.
• Dai Yueheng recognized Huo Yuhao's Soul Skill Simulation, then fell from his wheelchair when he saw the sea-blue phantom and enormous trident behind Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao raised the trident and unleashed the Sea God's Light across Star Luo Plaza.

Huo Yuhao unleashed the genuine Sea God’s Light across Star Luo City, astonishing the spectators and overwhelming Tianling Academy’s team. After winning the match, he invited all Body Martial Soul owners to join the Body Sect.

• Xu Jiawei wondered how Huo Yuhao could wield the Sea God’s Light and summon a phantom of the Sea God.
• Electrolux used his divine sense to connect with the Divine Realm, causing Tang San to send back a burst of the Sea God’s Light.
• The light spread across Star Luo City and shattered the competition platform’s protective barrier, leaving Xuan Zi stunned.
• Huo Yuhao told Electrolux not to contact the Divine Realm again, then swept Tianling Academy’s seven competitors off the platform.
• Huo Yuhao declared that Body Martial Soul owners could join the Body Sect, then left the platform as the crowd reacted in shock.

Huo Yuhao left the competition after defeating seven opponents and shielding Yue Shan from public humiliation, while his display of simulated Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and the genuine Sea God's Light bewildered the academies and Xu Jiawei. Back at Shrek's conference room, he faced a barrage of questions before Xuan Zi arrived and insisted that he stay at Shrek Academy.

• Huo Yuhao gave Yue Shan his black robe to cover the wet patch on his trousers, and Yue Shan thanked him.
• Huo Yuhao boasted to the other academies before leaving the venue, while Wang Yan and the Shrek team pretended not to be surprised by his performance.
• Xu Jiawei ordered an investigation into Huo Yuhao after recognizing the genuine Sea God's Light, and Dai Yueheng reacted with disbelief.
• Xiao Hongchen resented Huo Yuhao for stealing the spotlight and feared that his apparent power might be real.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Star Emperor Hotel, where Wang Yan, Bei Bei, and Ling Luochеn questioned him about his origins and abilities.
• Xuan Zi entered the conference room and declared that Huo Yuhao had to stay at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao rejected Xuan Zi's demand that he remain at Shrek Academy, arguing that the academy had failed to support him and that its oversight missions put students at needless risk. He confronted Xuan Zi with the deaths of five Inner Academy students and ended by distributing chicken soup made from the Lanqiu Chickens that had prompted the disastrous mission.

• Huo Yuhao ignored Xuan Zi's questions about the Sea God's Light and said he would leave Shrek Academy because he had joined the Body Sect first.
• Huo Yuhao reminded Xuan Zi and Wang Yan that Shrek had rejected him as a core disciple, while the Body Sect had welcomed him.
• Huo Yuhao questioned Ling Luochеn about the Inner Academy's lack of classes and extra resources, and she admitted she had mostly been away on oversight missions.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that the chicken soup had been made from Lanqiu Chickens caught in the Mingdou Mountain Range and blamed Xuan Zi's command for the deaths of five Inner Academy students.
• Huo Yuhao handed bowls of soup to Gongyang Mo, Xixi, Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, and Ma Xiaotao, demanding that they eat.

Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy after confronting its members over the deaths of his former companions, then told Ning Tian about his past and his plans to challenge the White Tiger Duke. Ning Tian promised that she and Wu Feng would accompany him to the Sun Moon Empire and that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would support him.

• Huo Yuhao used the chicken soup and pointed remarks about the dead to silence Xuan Zi, Wang Yan, Ling Luochen, and the other Shrek Academy members.
• Huo Yuhao left the conference room with Ning Tian and confirmed that he planned to leave Shrek Academy, possibly for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ning Tian revealed that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had learned Huo Yuhao belonged to the Body Sect and was Dai Hao's son.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Tian how the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had abused his mother and how he intended to take revenge by defeating Dai Hao on the battlefield.
• Ning Tian said she had arranged the assassination of the servants who bullied Huo Yuhao and promised that she and Wu Feng would go with him, with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect backing him.

Huo Yuhao challenged Wang Yan’s suggestion to exploit tournament rule loopholes, prompting Wang Yan to apologize and reaffirm fair competition. After the meeting, Xiao Hongchen declared that he would defeat Huo Yuhao, who teased him by sniffing his notebook.

• Wang Yan gathered Shrek Academy’s team, praised Huo Yuhao’s performance, and explained the round-robin formats and match plans.
• Wang Yan asked Huo Yuhao to use Spiritual Detection during other members’ matches, and Huo Yuhao accused him of endorsing cheating.
• Huo Yuhao threatened to quit, and Wang Yan bowed and apologized for losing sight of fair competition.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Wang Yan’s apology and helped him stand, explaining that he had wanted to steer his teacher back toward fairness.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Huo Yuhao in the corridor, and Huo Yuhao sniffed Xiao Hongchen’s notebook and called it juicy.

Huo Yuhao returned Xiao Hongchen’s soul engineering notebook, only for Meng Hongchen to take it as a collectible and leave her brother feeling aggrieved. Meanwhile, the tournament’s knockout round ended, and Star Luo City prepared for the round-robin stage amid packed crowds and the fallout from deadly matches and gambling.

• Huo Yuhao returned Xiao Hongchen’s notebook after memorizing its soul tool theories and blueprints, and Xiao Hongchen vowed to defeat him in the arena.
• Meng Hongchen took the notebook from Xiao Hongchen, delighted that Huo Yuhao had returned it, and said she would keep it as a collectible.
• The tournament’s knockout round ended after injuring nearly two hundred contestants and killing more than a dozen students.
• Star Luo City’s spectators flocked to the upcoming round-robin matches, while the Star Luo Empire raised admission prices and sold match reports for extra revenue.
• The Star Luo Empire arrested or executed people who caused trouble after losing money gambling on the tournament, and Huo Yuhao felt no sympathy for them.

Huo Yuhao faced Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy in Shrek Academy’s first round-robin match and stayed in the arena for the one-on-one elimination format. He defeated their first competitor in a single move, leaving the rest of Yunluo Academy to face him.

• The tournament drew a huge crowd eager to see Huo Yuhao fight as Shrek Academy entered Star Luo Plaza.
• Huo Yuhao and Yunluo Academy’s captain drew the yellow ball, setting their match as one-on-one individual elimination.
• Huo Yuhao remained on the arena and asked Yunluo Academy who would face him first.
• Ma Yingjun introduced himself and asked Huo Yuhao to go easy, then was stunned to learn Huo Yuhao was only in his second year.
• Ma Yingjun deployed his Soul Tools, but Huo Yuhao moved behind him and knocked him unconscious in one move.

Huo Yuhao defeated Yunluo Academy’s Ma Yingjun and Shang Yue in quick succession during the individual knockout tournament. He revealed the Mysterious Heavy Ruler to Yunluo Academy’s captain and hinted that he would use it again shortly.

• Huo Yuhao knocked Ma Yingjun unconscious with a light blow, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner of the first match.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Yunluo Academy’s next fighter, and Shang Yue took the stage with her twin sabers.
• Huo Yuhao criticized Shang Yue’s fighting style, but she charged at him with enhanced speed and strength.
• Shang Yue crashed into Huo Yuhao’s Mysterious Heavy Ruler, and Huo Yuhao pushed her off the stage.
• Yunluo Academy’s captain asked what the Mysterious Heavy Ruler was, and Huo Yuhao called it a marvelous little tool he would use shortly.

Huo Yuhao defeated Situ Yu with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and the Eight Extremes Fire Control technique, impressing the tournament crowd without using his martial soul. He declared himself a member of the Body Sect and invited soul masters with body martial souls to join it.

• Huo Yuhao called the Mysterious Heavy Ruler a divine artifact and challenged Yunluo Academy's next competitor, Situ Yu.
• Situ Yu asked Huo Yuhao to fight seriously and announced that Yunluo Academy would concede if he lost, but Huo Yuhao said every opponent was too weak to make him use his full strength.
• Situ Yu deployed Soul Tool Turret tactics and unleashed waves of soul-tool attacks at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao used the Eight Extremes Fire Control technique to draw in the attacks and strike Situ Yu, sending him off the stage.
• The referee rescued Situ Yu, then declared Shrek Academy the winner after Huo Yuyao forced him back despite his Soul Douluo strength.
• Huo Yuhao took the referee's Sound-Transmitting Soul Tool and announced that he belonged to the Body Sect, inviting soul masters with body martial souls to join.

After Huo Yuhao’s victory, Xuan Zi tried to remove him from Shrek Academy’s next match, and Huo Yuhao accepted the break without protest. He and Ning Tian went to an underground auction, where Princess Xu Jiujiu greeted them.

• Ma Rulong acknowledged Huo Yuhao’s overwhelming strength, while Elder Ma hoped Shrek Academy’s internal conflict would give the Sun Moon team an advantage.
• Xuan Zi confronted Huo Yuhao for promoting the Body Sect instead of Shrek Academy, but Huo Yuhao demanded Soul Bones as advertising fees and walked away.
• Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to replace Huo Yuhao with the recovering Ling Luochеn in the next match, and Wang Yan reluctantly agreed.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Tian he welcomed the chance to rest and cultivate before showing her an invitation to an auction with two items he wanted.
• Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian entered Star Luo City’s underground auction house using their invitation and were introduced to Princess Xu Jiujiu.

Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian attended a soul-tool auction at the Starlight Auction House, where Xu Jiujiu welcomed them and tried to win Huo Yuhao’s favor. Huo Yuhao learned that the Dragon whisker ice-fire fruit was being auctioned elsewhere and revealed his hostility toward the Star Luo Empire over his mother’s murder.

• Xu Jiujiu welcomed Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian to Hall Twelve and explained the auction’s rankings and mask system.
• Qing Ya opened the soul-tool auction and presented a Level 3 paralysis ray that drew bids from Wang Yan and other Shrek Academy members.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jiujiu where the Dragon whisker ice-fire fruit was being auctioned, and she said it was in Hall Three and offered to give it to him.
• Huo Yuhao refused Xu Jiujiu’s gift and regarded the Star Luo Empire as his enemy because the duke’s wife, a member of the Xu Family, had murdered his mother.

At the Starlight Auction, Huo Yuhao bought the cursed Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, a ranked carving knife forged from gold of life. After its vicious soul recoiled from the Profound Ice Cold Flame, Electrolux revealed that the blade would be useful once Huo Yuhao absorbed the Silver Heavenly Flames.

• Ning Tian sent a sect member to buy the Dragon Whisker Ice-Fire Fruit, while Wang Yan bought several Soul Tools for Shrek Academy.
• The auction’s final lot was revealed as the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, a cursed ranked carving knife that had ruined its previous owners.
• Huo Yuhao bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and bought the blade, while the other guests declined to bid.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection on the blade, but the Profound Ice Cold Flame drove its vicious soul fluctuations back inside.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao to keep the gold-of-life blade for a future use involving the Silver Heavenly Flames, and Yao Lao said Huo Yuhao would understand after he refined the Earth Spirit Pill.

While Shrek Academy prepared to face Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, Huo Yuhao secretly entered the Undead Demiplane to absorb the Silver Heavenly Flames. He provoked the flames into attacking him, and the chapter ended as he reached into their enormous silver maw.

• Wang Yan learned that Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy had a Soul King captain and six Soul Ancestors, making it stronger than Shrek Academy's lineup.
• Ning Tian told Wang Yan that Huo Yuhao planned to sleep through the match after returning late from the auction.
• Huo Yuhao met Yao Lao in the Heavenly Flames Cave, where they found the Silver Heavenly Flames still lacked a new consciousness.
• Yao Lao warned Huo Yuhao that the Silver Heavenly Flames would be difficult to absorb because they were powerful and countered spiritual power.
• Yao Lao and Huo Yuhao trapped the Silver Heavenly Flames in layers of ice, but the flames erupted, broke free, and lunged at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao resisted the pain in his Sea of Consciousness and reached into the Silver Heavenly Flames' maw.

Huo Yuhao captured the Silver Heavenly Flames' Source Flame and began refining it with the Profound Ice Cold Flame. Just as the process seemed to be going smoothly, the flames' original consciousness revealed that it had been luring him into a trap and planned to seize his body.

• Huo Yuhao caught the Silver Flame Eye, collapsing the Silver Heavenly Flames' giant maw, and pulled the Source Flame into his body.
• The Silver Heavenly Flames surged toward Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, but Electrolux's Divine Sense frightened them away.
• Huo Yuhao used the Profound Ice Cold Flame to corral the Silver Heavenly Flames into a vertical eye at the center of his brow.
• The Silver Heavenly Flames resisted and pleaded for mercy as Huo Yuhao slowly eroded their consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao realized the refining was suspiciously easy, and the Silver Heavenly Flames' original consciousness appeared and declared it would take over his body.

Huo Yuhao trapped a remnant soul from the Fierce Blade Spirit Devourer between himself and the silver heavenly flames, forcing them to fight instead of possessing him. Meanwhile, Qianling Academy launched its strongest attack against a helpless Shrek Academy, leaving the match on the brink of defeat.

• The silver heavenly flames revealed their plan to possess Huo Yuhao, but he released the evil soul master's remnant soul from the Fierce Blade Spirit Devourer.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the remnant soul to attack the silver heavenly flames and used the Black Ancient Ring to block its escape, trapping the two threats in a fight.
• Fei Yuyan empowered Shen Ce with Lie Yan Ring, while An Lengye's Frost Storm immobilized the Shrek Academy team.
• Shen Ce infused his Thousand Strike Spear with fire and hurled it at Xu Sanshi, as the spectators feared Shrek Academy would lose.

Ling Luochеn unleashed a devastating blood-and-ice Soul Skill to secure Shrek Academy’s victory over Qianling Academy, but the backlash left her gravely injured. Bei Bei sent Ning Tian to find Huo Yuhao and declared that Xuan Zi should be replaced as the tournament team’s leader.

• Ling Luochеn recalled her fallen teammates and told Bei Bei to find Huo Yuhao and ask him to help Shrek Academy win the championship.
• Ling Luochеn used Ring of Ice and Snow, freezing Qianling Academy’s fighters, their Soul Powers, and the referee in blood-colored ice.
• Xu Sanshi pushed Qianling Academy’s frozen members off the arena, securing Shrek Academy’s victory as Ling Luochеn collapsed into Ning Tian’s arms.
• Xuan Zi examined Ling Luochеn and said that she had overdrawn her life force and spiritual power, then hurried the referee into announcing Shrek Academy as the winner.
• Bei Bei ordered Wang Yan to take Ling Luochеn to the infirmary and sent Ning Tian to find Huo Yuhao before the next match.
• Bei Bei told Xu Sanshi that Xuan Zi should no longer be in charge of the academy’s tournament team.