Chapter Summaries

After spending more than two years in Slaughter City, Huo Yuhao reached ninety-five Hell Slaughter Arena victories and needed five more to attempt Hell Road. He reflected on his guilt and the nature of Slaughter City, then stood to continue competing so he could leave and fulfill his promises.

• Huo Yuhao won another Hell Slaughter Arena match, bringing his total to seventy-two, and waited increasingly long periods for enough opponents to gather.
• As Huo Yuhao's victories grew, Slaughter City's residents stopped daring to trouble him, while he continued resisting the city's killing aura and questioning its purpose.
• Huo Yuhao recalled how his impulsive actions had led to Qiu'er sacrificing herself and blamed himself for the losses and dangers he had caused.
• After more than two years in Slaughter City, Huo Yuhao reached ninety-five victories using the Ice Crystal God of War Armor and needed five more to qualify to attempt Hell Road.
• Elder Yi watched over Huo Yuhao and noted that someone had been observing him from afar for a long time.
• Huo Yuhao rose from his secluded resting place and prepared to compete again so he could escape Slaughter City and keep his promises.

After winning his hundredth match, Huo Yuhao refused the King of Slaughter’s offer and chose to enter Hell Road. He fought through the passage’s Blood Bats and wounded the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, but Elder Yi warned him of danger behind him.

• Huo Yuhao won his hundredth arena battle, and the King of Slaughter offered him the choice of becoming an honored guest or entering Hell Road.
• Huo Yuhao chose Hell Road, and the King of Slaughter filled the arena with evil mist before opening the path with the blood of the spectators.
• Huo Yuhao arrived on a narrow path above a pool of blood, where Elder Yi warned him about nearby creatures.
• Huo Yuhao fought off Blood Bats, then faced the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King after his attack drew it to him.
• Huo Yuhao injured the bat king with Ice Emperor's Wrath, explosions, and sword strikes, then used cannon shells to expose its heads.
• As Huo Yuhao prepared to finish the wounded bat king, Elder Yi warned him to watch behind him.

Huo Yuhao fought the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and a giant red snake on the narrow path through Slaughter City, refusing to let Elder Yi intervene. He survived the bat but was swallowed by the wounded snake, leaving Elder Yi ready to act if Huo Yuhao lost consciousness.

• The giant red snake coiled around Huo Yuhao as the injured Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King attacked, and Huo Yuhao stopped Elder Yi from helping.
• Huo Yuhao threw a Level 7 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell into the snake's mouth, blasting through its belly and freeing himself at the cost of serious injuries.
• Huo Yuhao used Light of Destruction to reduce the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King to dust, but the snake survived and knocked off his helmet.
• The giant red snake spat poisonous flames, then attacked with a red sphere as Huo Yuhao countered with Ultimate Ice.
• The giant red snake swallowed half of Huo Yuhao, and he again forbade Elder Yi from intervening to avoid exposing him to Slaughter City's unknown power.
• Elder Yi resolved to act if Huo Yuhao lost consciousness, regardless of whether Slaughter City's power discovered him.

Huo Yuhao escaped the giant serpent by using the Ice Explosion Technique after reaching rank thirty-seven, then discovered that his Spirit Eyes had undergone a Second Awakening and become the Pupil of Life. Elder Yi explained that the serpent’s pressure triggered the awakening and that Huo Yuhao’s left eye had fused with the gold of life.

• Huo Yuhao endured the giant serpent crushing him while he waited for his soul power to recover, and his cultivation rose from rank thirty-six to rank thirty-seven.
• Huo Yuhao used the Ice Explosion Technique to blast himself out of the serpent’s mouth, killing the giant serpent in the explosion.
• Huo Yuhao met Elder Yi in his Sea of Consciousness, and Elder Yi urged him to take better care of himself.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that his left eye had turned emerald green and that his Spirit Eyes had changed from bronze to silver and then gold.
• Elder Yi explained that Huo Yuhao’s left eye had fused with the gold of life, transforming his Spirit Eyes into the Pupil of Life, and that the serpent’s pressure had triggered his Second Awakening.

After recovering his Soul Power, Huo Yuhao discovered that his Pupil of Life could release the Gold of Life as a new Self-Created Soul Skill, which he named Healing Light. He continued along Hell Road, escaped Slaughter City, and awakened Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Huo Yuhao recovered his Soul Power and learned to release vitality through his left eye, naming the ability Healing Light.
• Huo Yuhao found a red sphere in the giant snake's corpse and stored it in his Bracelet after Elder Yi said it might be useful later.
• Huo Yuhao traveled the rest of Hell Road without meeting another enemy, then climbed to the cavern ceiling and passed through its white light.
• Huo Yuhao emerged into sunlight outside Slaughter City and discovered a white mark on his wrist that activated Divine Slaughter's Domain, boosting his strength and weakening his opponents by ten percent.
• Huo Yuhao considered the domain's connection to Slaughter City's killing intent and began experimenting with controlling his emotions.

Huo Yuhao tested the Divine Slaughter's Domain and concluded that its murderous aura strengthened him while frightening opponents. After resting and buying clothes in a town, he set out for the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Huo Yuhao discovered that the Divine Slaughter's Domain made insects die from fear and explained its effects to Elder Yi.
• Huo Yuhao left the domain, cleaned himself beside a stream, and promised his mother he would live well.
• Huo Yuhao rested overnight beside the stream before traveling for two days to a small town.
• Huo Yuhao bought new clothes and an undergarment from a shopkeeper who mistook him for a girl.
• Huo Yuhao headed north toward the Heaven Dou Empire.

After reaching Suotuo City, Huo Yuhao saw Dai Mubai enjoying himself with two women and reflected on his own absent father and his responsibilities toward Ju Zi and Yun Han. He then bought broken Storage Soul Tools from a shopkeeper, who recommended Shrek Academy and gave him its address.

• Huo Yuhao finished refining the Left Leg Bone, reached rank 38, and learned he could cultivate his soul power; after a week of meditation, he advanced to rank 39.
• Huo Yuhao arrived in Suotuo City and recognized Dai Mubai walking with two women, which reminded him of his father's treatment of his mother and made him question his own choices regarding Ju Zi and Yun Han.
• Huo Yuhao left Dai Mubai behind, found an inn, and later wandered into a general store to look for damaged Storage Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao bargained with the shopkeeper and bought two broken Storage Soul Tools for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• The shopkeeper asked whether Huo Yuhao was seeking an Intermediate Soul Master Academy, then recommended Shrek Academy and gave him a flyer with its address.

Huo Yuhao followed Flender’s flyer to the remote Shrek Academy, where he encountered its harsh admission rules and dilapidated grounds. After paying the fee and demonstrating his Spirit Eyes and three simulated Soul Rings, he drew the attention of the old admissions examiner, who called for Xiao Ao.

• Flender gave Huo Yuhao a flyer for Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao returned to the inn to make a Class 5 Soul Tool Shield while remembering his past at the academy.
• Huo Yuhao left the inn the next morning and searched until he found Shrek Academy near a village.
• A father warned Huo Yuhao that Shrek charged a nonrefundable ten Gold Soul Coins and demanded unusually high qualifications from applicants.
• Huo Yuhao found Shrek Academy’s battered sign and sparse wooden buildings, then approached the admissions desk.
• The old examiner collected Huo Yuhao’s ten Gold Soul Coins, checked his age, and asked him to show his Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his Spirit Eyes with three simulated Soul Rings, prompting the examiner to call for Xiao Ao.

Huo Yuhao followed Oscar to Shrek Academy’s final test, where she encountered the young Tang San and his companions. She healed Zhu Zhuqing and revived Xiao Wu, who woke asking for Brother San.

• Oscar led Huo Yuhao toward the final test, and she bought one of his sausages while recognizing his name.
• Huo Yuhao joined Oscar at the testing area and identified the burly examiner as Zhao Wuji and the boy with Blue Silver Grass as Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself and explained that Xiao Wu had passed out after a Soul Power backlash.
• Huo Yuhao used Healing Light to heal Zhu Zhuqing’s scrapes and wake Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu opened her eyes and asked Huo Yuhao who she was and where Brother San was.

Huo Yuhao watched Tang San fight Zhao Wuji and became suspicious that a deity had taught Tang San the Tang Sect Secret Arts. After confirming that the others showed no signs of rebirth, Huo Yuhao entered the final test against Dai Mubai to investigate whether the God of War had taught him anything.

• Tang San used the Tang Sect Secret Arts against Zhao Wuji, and Huo Yuhao noticed his skill seemed to require more years of practice than Tang San could have had.
• Huo Yuhao considered whether Tang San had been reborn or was being watched and taught by a deity, then observed the others for signs of rebirth.
• Tang San thanked Huo Yuhao for helping Xiao Wu, and Huo Yuhao found no unusual reactions from Tang San or Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji recovered with Oscar's sausages and asked Dai Mubai to test Huo Yuhao after learning that Huo Yuhao had healing abilities.
• Huo Yuhao entered the arena to spar with Dai Mubai and look for evidence that the God of War had taught him something.

Huo Yuhao sparred with Dai Mubai and used precise dodges and spiritual attacks to overwhelm him. Dai Mubai collapsed screaming, while the incense had not yet finished burning.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Dai Mubai’s challenge, and both revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, astonishing the onlookers with Huo Yuhao’s claimed age and Level 39 strength.
• Huo Yuhao repeatedly dodged Dai Mubai’s attacks, deliberately aggravating him until Dai Mubai began attacking wildly.
• Tang San recognized that Dai Mubai was losing because Huo Yuhao judged the distance of every attack precisely.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, but Huo Yuhao marked him with Dark Night Judgment and enhanced himself with Power of the Stars.
• Huo Yuhao kicked Dai Mubai off target, then struck him with a spiritual attack that made him fall and scream in pain.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Mubai in their enrollment match but failed to make him reveal his hidden trump card, then settled into a shared dorm room with Zhu Zhuqing. As night fell, Huo Yuhao expected trouble from the woods outside Shrek Academy.

• Huo Yuhao stopped attacking Dai Mubai, then choked him until Zhao Wuji ended the match and admitted the girl.
• Huo Yuhao treated Dai Mubai and Zhao Wuji with Healing Light, while Dai Mubai remained shaken by the fight.
• Tang Hao watched from the shadows, judged Huo Yuhao's abilities and mysterious origins, then left to settle accounts with Zhao Wuji that night.
• Zhao Wuji assigned dorm rooms, and Huo Yuhao chose to share with Zhu Zhuqing rather than Ning Rongrong or Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Huo Yuhao to help her train, and he put off the discussion until the next day.
• Huo Yuhao watched the moonlit woods and expected the night to be quiet no longer.

Huo Yuhao investigated the hidden observers at Shrek Academy and healed Zhao Wuji after discovering his severe injuries. He concluded that Tang Hao had likely beaten Zhao Wuji and was watching Xiao Wu, then returned to his dormitory.

• Huo Yuhao evaded Ning Rongrong’s recruitment pitch and used his Simulation Soul Skill to watch her meet a night-clad person, whom he suspected belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Flender and Zhao Wuji, whose bruised and swollen face suggested that a powerful attacker had beaten him in secret.
• Huo Yuhao healed Zhao Wuji with Healing Light and examined the blunt-force injuries, noting that the attacker had held back.
• Huo Yuhao deduced that Tang Hao had likely injured Zhao Wuji and was watching Xiao Wu, then returned to his dormitory for the night.

Huo Yuhao explored Shrek Academy before dawn and helped teacher Shao Xin prepare breakfast, learning why the academy was struggling financially. After eating, he wandered into the nearby village, still wondering where Ma Hongjun was.

• Huo Yuhao left the dormitory quietly and walked through Shrek Academy, choosing not to test Tang San because Tang Hao and possible gods could intervene.
• Huo Yuhao entered the crude canteen and helped Shao Xin knead dough and prepare breakfast.
• Shao Xin told Huo Yuhao that Flender refused the Balak Royal Family’s sponsorship because it required graduates to pledge allegiance, leaving the academy short of money.
• Huo Yuhao and Shao Xin ate the buns, porridge, and pickled vegetables Huo Yuhao had prepared.
• Huo Yuhao left the academy and wandered through the nearby village, wondering whether Ma Hongjun had yet to arrive at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao intervened when Ma Hongjun tried to force Cuihua to stay with him, then learned that their relationship was a mutually accepted arrangement driven by her family’s hopes for a child with soul power. After Ma Hongjun fled to get help, Huo Yuhao and Cuihua waited for him to return so they could talk.

• Huo Yuhao stopped Ma Hongjun from holding Cuihua and threw him aside when he refused to let her go.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Possession and attacked Huo Yuhao with his Phoenix Fire Line, but Huo Yuhao’s spiritual attack made him collapse.
• Ma Hongjun threatened to fetch someone, shoved Cuihua, and ran off; Huo Yuhao caught her before she fell.
• Cuihua explained that she and Ma Hongjun both benefited from their arrangement, but his frequent advances had become too much for her.
• Huo Yuhao and Cuihua stayed nearby and waited for Ma Hongjun to return.

Ma Hongjun sought Dai Mubai’s help after a conflict with Huo Yuhao, but Dai Mubai backed down when he learned Huo Yuhao was the opponent. After Flender introduced the academy and its schedule, he kept Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Huo Yuhao behind.

• Ma Hongjun entered the dining hall, ate Huo Yuhao’s freshly made steamed buns, and asked Dai Mubai to help him after recounting his side of a dispute.
• Dai Mubai and the others followed Ma Hongjun to meet Huo Yuhao, but Oscar warned that neither Ma Hongjun nor Dai Mubai could defeat her.
• Huo Yuhao let Cuihua explain the situation to Ma Hongjun, and Cuihua left after ending their relationship.
• Oscar told Ma Hongjun that Huo Yuhao had decisively defeated Dai Mubai, and Dai Mubai warned Ma Hongjun not to cause trouble again.
• Flender introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s dean, announced the day’s schedule, and kept Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Huo Yuhao behind.

Huo Yuhao completed Flender’s demanding running assignment while Ning Rongrong abandoned the exercise, and Ning Fengzhi learned of Huo Yuhao but chose not to approach him yet. At the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, Flender allowed Huo Yuhao to try Soul Fighting only if he teamed up with someone.

• Flender assigned the three Support System Soul Masters ten laps around the village and added five laps for Huo Yuhao.
• Ning Rongrong complained about the run and left for Suotuo City, while Huo Yuhao and Oscar continued; Huo Yuhao finished his laps quickly.
• Ning Fengzhi heard about Huo Yuhao’s abilities but decided to wait before making contact because he feared the force connected to Huo Yuhao.
• After Ning Rongrong argued with Flender and ran off in tears, Flender took the others to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena.
• Flender told Huo Yuhao he could participate in Soul Fighting only as part of a team, and Huo Yuhao agreed.

Huo Yuhao teamed up with Zhu Zhuqing at the Soul Fighting Arena and used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help her win, while he investigated the mysterious observer he suspected was Tang Hao. Back at Shrek, he avoided Ning Rongrong’s request to kill Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing asked him to teach her.

• Huo Yuhao registered as the “Pupil of Life” and teamed up with Zhu Zhuqing for a match after she lost to Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao linked Spiritual Detection Sharing to Zhu Zhuqing, helping her defeat the woman with the brambles martial soul before he kicked her opponent out of the arena.
• Huo Yuhao left the Soul Fighting Arena and suspected Tang Hao had been watching from the shadows, but later found that the spiritual fluctuations had disappeared.
• Huo Yuhao found Ning Rongrong arguing with Dai Mubai, and she offered him one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to kill Dai Mubai; Huo Yuhao warned her that Flender was nearby instead.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Huo Yuhao she wanted him to teach her so she could become as strong as he was.

Huo Yuhao listened to Zhu Zhuqing explain why she had fled the Star Luo Empire and chose to help her take control of her fate. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing swallowing a Mystic Water Pill beside a stream, while Huo Yuhao warned her to wash and change after waking.

• Huo Yuhao questioned whether Zhu Zhuqing had received divine help and asked why she wanted to become stronger.
• Zhu Zhuqing suspected Huo Yuhao had ties to the Star Luo imperial family after hearing his accent and noticing his resemblance to its members.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Huo Yuhao about her engagement to Dai Mubai, her escape from the Star Luo Empire, and her journey to find him.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that Tang San alone had likely attracted a god's attention and agreed to help Zhu Zhuqing pursue her own destiny.
• Huo Yuhao gave Zhu Zhuqing a Mystic Water Pill and led her to a stream, where she swallowed it and began absorbing its power.

Huo Yuhao helped Zhu Zhuqing take a Mystic Water Pill, then joined the others as Flender tested them by having them eat Oscar's sausages. After Oscar reached level thirty, Flender announced a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Evil Lord surprised Huo Yuhao with a question about treating the injured Golden Crocodile King.

• Huo Yuhao stayed with Zhu Zhuqing while she absorbed the Mystic Water Pill, and she later thanked him for the resulting increase in her cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong insisted she would not leave Shrek, while Xiao Wu and the others joined Huo Yuhao and Zhu Zhuqing for breakfast.
• Oscar announced that he had reached level thirty, and Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai tried to stop him from making sausages in the canteen.
• Flender ordered everyone to eat one of Oscar's sausages, then announced that they would go to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day to hunt a Soul Ring for Oscar.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory to prepare for the trip, where the Evil Lord asked what the Golden Crocodile King should eat to recover from a Heavenly Tribulation's lightning.