Recaps

After defeating Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao challenged her pride and explained why strength could shift between the strong and weak. Back in their room, they shared grilled fish, apologized, and agreed to get along as roommates.

• Huo Yuhao lectured Wang Dong after their fight, and an old man told her that the gap between them was too great for her to win.
• Huo Yuhao grilled black carp in their room while reflecting that he had struck Wang Dong harder than necessary.
• Wang Dong resisted Huo Yuhao's offer of fish but gave in to her hunger and asked politely for a second one.
• Wang Dong apologized for acting overbearing, and Huo Yuhao said they should keep their shared room clean together.
• Huo Yuhao invented a story about the Huo Family Fist as they chatted over the fish, and the two agreed to be roommates from then on.

In his Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao learned that his ice Martial Soul was absorbing Tian Meng’s sealed million years of power and discussed how to accelerate his growth. Tian Meng proposed evolving the Martial Soul into Ultimate Ice, and Huo Yuhao agreed to the dangerous plan, confident they would succeed.

• Huo Yuhao explored his frozen Sea of Consciousness, where he could create ice objects using spiritual power but could not take them outside.
• Tian Meng explained that Huo Yuhao’s ice Martial Soul was absorbing his sealed power, though the process was slow.
• Tian Meng proposed raising the ice Martial Soul’s tier to increase its absorption rate.
• Tian Meng revealed his plan to evolve Huo Yuhao’s ice Martial Soul into Ultimate Ice, warning that failure could kill them.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to the risky plan and reaffirmed his promise to take Tian Meng all the way to godhood.

Huo Yuhao explored Shrek Academy and Shrek City, arranged a supply of black carp for his barbecue business, and searched for a suitable shop location. Watching ordinary people live peacefully together, he challenged Tian Meng to choose between humanity and Soul Beasts, and Tian Meng chose Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao explored Shrek Academy, then entered Shrek City with Tian Meng, who appeared beside him despite Huo Yuhao's concerns about being discovered.
• Huo Yuhao arranged for a supplier to deliver black carp to the academy cafeteria and took Tian Meng through the marketplace to look for a future shop location.
• Huo Yuhao compared the peaceful cooperation of humans with the constant predation among Soul Beasts, and Tian Meng agreed that Soul Beasts could not build human society.
• Huo Yuhao said he disliked Soul Beasts and asked Tian Meng to choose a side; Tian Meng declared that he was on Huo Yuhao's side.

Huo Yuhao opened a barbecue stall outside Shrek Academy, attracting customers with his grilled fish and drawing a crowd after Tang Ya and Bei Bei stopped by. After closing for the afternoon, he recruited Tian Meng to help manage payments at the stall.

• Huo Yuhao set up his stall outside Shrek City's eastern gate and prepared and grilled black carp while using the work to aid his cultivation.
• A student named Xu Bo bought a fish, but Tang Ya arrived, took it from him, and ate it; Bei Bei offered to pay for Xu Bo and ordered five fish.
• Other students recognized Bei Bei and crowded around Huo Yuhao's stall, where he sold fish through the morning.
• After selling fifty or sixty fish, Huo Yuhao tallied his earnings and realized some customers had underpaid him.
• Huo Yuhao left the stall and returned with Tian Meng, asking her to help look after it.

Huo Yuhao’s stall at Shrek Academy welcomed Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, and Dai Huabin accused it of being a fake Brother Hao’s Barbecue branch before recognizing Huo Yuhao. Their reunion led into a flashback to the White Tiger Duke’s decision four years earlier to make Dai Huabin live with Huo Yuhao, ending with Huo Yuhao defeating him and claiming the role of his older brother.

• Tian Meng started serving customers at Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall while Huo Yuhao napped.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu arrived, bought grilled fish, and Dai Huabin questioned whether the stall was a legitimate franchise.
• Huo Yuhao revealed himself, told Dai Huabin to keep calling him Brother Hao in public, and asked him not to disclose their relationship.
• Four years earlier, Dai Huabin angrily rejected the White Tiger Duke’s decision that he live with Huo Yuhao and stormed out of the hall.
• Dai Huabin attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao defeated him and declared that he was now Dai Huabin’s older brother.

After Dai Huabin lost to Huo Yuhao, the White Tiger Duke made him apologize and warned the Duchess to control her household. Years later, Dai Huabin reunited with Huo Yuhao at Shrek Academy, where Huo Yuhao asked him to conceal his identity and martial souls.

• Dai Huabin refused to apologize until the White Tiger Duke ordered him to listen to his father, then ran off in anger.
• The White Tiger Duke warned the Duchess and the servants who had mistreated Huo Yuhao and his mother to behave.
• Huo Yuhao offered Dai Huabin grilled fish, and a recollection described how Huo Yuhao had gradually influenced Dai Huabin over the years.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu asked why Huo Yuhao had come to Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao said he had entered through Dai Hao's connections.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Tian Meng as his distant cousin and told Dai Huabin to keep his background and martial souls secret at the academy.
• Dai Huabin paid Huo Yuhao for the grilled fish before leaving with Zhu Lu, who asked him for more food.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong attended their first day in Freshman Class One, where their homeroom teacher Zhou Yi revealed her fierce disciplinary style and questioned them about their earlier fight. Zhou Yi defended student fighting as a way to encourage competition, but Huo Yuhao challenged her reasoning.

• Huo Yuhao arrived early and took a conspicuous seat in the center of the classroom, and Wang Dong sat beside him and learned he claimed to be an orphan.
• Freshmen warned one another that Zhou Yi was a harsh teacher before she arrived and introduced herself as their homeroom teacher.
• Zhou Yi ordered the class to run a hundred laps, then exposed her six Soul Rings and sent the students to the Sports Field.
• Zhou Yi kept Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong behind because they had fought, and Wang Dong admitted Huo Yuhao had beaten her.
• Zhou Yi explained that Shrek Academy encouraged student fights, but Huo Yuhao criticized her for praising troublemaking.

Huo Yuhao challenged Zhou Yi’s motto and was ordered to run a hundred laps alongside Wang Dong. After Huo Yuhao edged Wang Dong across the finish line, he reminded her that she had lost twice in a row.

• Huo Yuhao argued that Zhou Yi’s motto about stirring up trouble demeaned honest people, and Zhou Yi sent him and Wang Dong to run a hundred laps.
• Huo Yuhao quickly overtook the other students and lapped the main pack twice, while Wang Dong kept pace with him.
• Huo Yuhao discussed his anger with Tian Meng as the pair led the freshmen through the grueling run.
• On the final lap, Huo Yuhao sped ahead, and Wang Dong revealed her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul to fly after him.
• Huo Yuhao stopped near the finish and moonwalked across half a second before Wang Dong, then told her she had lost twice in a row.

Huo Yuhao impressed Zhou Yi with his Spiritual Detection Sharing, and she summoned him to meet after class. Zhou Yi then confronted nine students who had skipped laps, made them admit their misconduct, and ordered them to run extra laps before class began.

• Huo Yuhao told Zhou Yi that his martial soul was Demon Eyes and his soul power was level eleven, then demonstrated Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Zhou Yi told Huo Yuhao to meet her after class, while Wang Dong vowed to beat him next time.
• Zhou Yi called nine students forward and accused them of skipping laps and being dishonest.
• Tai Long initially denied skipping a lap, but admitted his mistake after Zhou Yi challenged him about his military family.
• Zhou Yi ordered the nine students to run ten extra laps, with Tai Long running twenty, and sent the other students to class.

Zhou Yi appointed Huo Yuhao class monitor and Wang Dong deputy, then taught Freshman Class One about soul master combat, soul tools, and the importance of physical training. After class, she carried Huo Yuhao into the sky and took him somewhere she called nice.

• The nine students who finished their punishment laps returned, and Zhou Yi warned the class not to cut corners again.
• Zhou Yi appointed Huo Yuhao class monitor and Wang Dong deputy, then announced that students could challenge them for their positions.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his soul power was only level eleven, prompting Zhou Yi to invite the class to challenge him.
• Wang Dong gave a conventional answer about soul master systems, while Huo Yuhao argued that the power attack system could fulfill nearly every role.
• Zhou Yi explained how soul tools blurred the distinctions between combat systems and announced three months of physical training before the freshman assessment.
• After class, Zhou Yi took Huo Yuhao flying to an unknown destination.

Zhou Yi brought Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department's experiment area, where his Spiritual Detection Sharing impressed Fan Yu and helped He Caitou hit a moving target with a fixed-installation soul cannon. Fan Yu invited Huo Yuhao to join the Soul Tool Department, but Huo Yuhao chose the Martial Soul Department and left Fan Yu stunned by a small object he tossed to him.

• Zhou Yi introduced Huo Yuhao to Fan Yu as a mental-attribute soul master with the abilities Fan Yu had been seeking.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his first soul skill, allowing Fan Yu to perceive the experiment area in detail.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help He Caitou fire a fixed-installation soul cannon accurately at a moving target.
• Fan Yu invited Huo Yuhao to become his disciple in the Soul Tool Department, but Huo Yuhao declined and reaffirmed his choice of the Martial Soul Department.
• Huo Yuhao tossed a small object to Fan Yu, who reacted with astonishment when he saw it.

Huo Yuhao impressed Fan Yu with his Level 1 Soul Engineer badge and exceptional talent, but refused the Soul Tool Department’s offer and reaffirmed his choice of the Martial Soul Department. He later explained to Tian Meng that he wanted to pursue godhood and keep his promise to take Tian Meng with him.

• Fan Yu tested Huo Yuhao’s soul-tool knowledge and learned that he had become a Level 1 Soul Engineer in about five months, beginning his training before age ten.
• Fan Yu offered Huo Yuhao resources and core-disciple status, but Huo Yuhao refused and said he would join the Martial Soul Department.
• Huo Yuhao predicted that soul tools would transform everyday life and warfare, then declined to explain his choice and left after agreeing to reconsider after the new student assessment.
• Fan Yu took Zhou Yi to see the dean, telling He Caitou not to mention what had happened.
• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng that he had turned down the offer because students could choose only one department and he wanted to pursue godhood while keeping his promise to take Tian Meng with him.

Zhou Yi made Freshman Class One run laps in Iron Garments, while Huo Yuhao endured easily and teased Wang Dong about her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul. After the exhausted students collapsed, Huo Yuhao was the only one left standing.

• Zhou Yi ordered Freshman Class One to run laps in Iron Garments until the bell rang, forbidding Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao ran steadily and told Wang Dong that his years of exercise had built his stamina.
• Wang Dong revealed that her Martial Soul was the Light Goddess Butterfly, and Huo Yuhao teased her about its name and appearance.
• Tian Meng excitedly drew an ice silkworm with butterfly wings and described a legend that Ice Silkworms could evolve into butterflies; Huo Yuhao argued the legend was false.
• As the students collapsed from exhaustion, Huo Yuhao moonwalked backward and offered to teach Wang Dong the movement.
• Wang Dong ran out of strength and fell, leaving Huo Yuhao as the only student still standing.

Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to gather Freshman Class One’s attention and introduced himself as class monitor, prompting Tai Long to challenge him. Zhou Yi refereed their Soul Fighting match, which Huo Yuhao won almost instantly.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to direct the class’s attention toward him.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as class monitor and joked that his classmates could call him Brother Hao or Big Brother One.
• Tai Long challenged Huo Yuhao for the class monitor position, and Zhou Yi approved the match.
• Tai Long revealed his two-ring dragon-type martial soul, but Huo Yuhao quickly knocked him down and claimed victory.

Huo Yuhao defeated Tai Long with mental Soul Ring abilities, then used his own physical training and the responsibilities of being class monitor to persuade his classmates to keep running. The students rejoined the laps, while Zhou Yi recognized Huo Yuhao’s leadership potential and he resolved to promote better values in the class.

• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference and Soul Shock to daze Tai Long, then kicked him down and won their match.
• Tai Long protested that he had not lost, but Zhou Yi explained that the opening would have been fatal in a real fight.
• Huo Yuhao told the class he was only level eleven and credited his strength and speed to years of physical training despite having low innate Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao urged his classmates to persevere with Zhou Yi’s training so they could protect themselves and improve their chances in the freshman assessment.
• A student agreed with Huo Yuhao and resumed running, prompting the rest of the class to rejoin the laps.
• Zhou Yi saw Huo Yuhao’s potential as a leader, while Huo Yuhao decided to use his class monitor role to instill better ideas in his classmates.

Huo Yuhao inspired his classmates to persevere through physical training, earning their admiration and insisting they call him Brother Hao. After class, he headed to open his barbecue stall with Wang Dong while Dai Huabin stayed behind to wait for Lulu.

• Zhou Yi reflected on Huo Yuhao's influence as the students kept training until the bell rang.
• A Soul Saint used the Tree of Life Martial Soul to restore the exhausted students, and Zhou Yi praised Huo Yuhao for teaching them perseverance.
• The students admired Huo Yuhao, who told them to call him Brother Hao instead of class monitor.
• Back at the dormitory, Wang Dong angrily confronted Dai Huabin for repeatedly knocking, and Huo Yuhao made them address each other as Brother Dong and Brother Bin.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong left to open the barbecue stall, while Dai Huabin stayed behind to wait for Lulu.

Huo Yuhao ran his grilled-fish stall after classes, with Tian Meng helping serve customers and Wang Dong enjoying the food. As business continued, a beautiful student called Sister Nan arrived at the stall, and Huo Yuhao watched her approach.

• Huo Yuhao returned to the academy gates with Tian Meng and began grilling fish while Wang Dong waited beside him.
• Students gathered to buy the grilled fish, and Tian Meng collected payments as Huo Yuhao cooked batch after batch.
• Tian Meng demanded payment from Wang Dong for the four fish she had eaten, but Huo Yuhao stopped her from pressing the matter.
• Huo Yuhao limited Tian Meng to two more fish and paused grilling as the waiting students made way for several female students.
• Sister Nan approached Huo Yuhao's stall after her companion pointed it out, while Wang Dong admired her beauty and Huo Yuhao remained calm.

Huo Yuhao’s refusal to surrender his grilled fish provoked Xu Sanshi, who nearly struck him before Jiang Nan Nan intervened and left. Huo Yuhao taunted Xu Sanshi afterward, and Xu Sanshi charged at him again.

• A stunning senior tried to bargain for Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, but Huo Yuhao explained why he charged five Copper Soul Coins and told her to wait for the next batch.
• Xu Sanshi threw a Gold Soul Coin at Huo Yuhao’s grill, grabbed him by the collar, and demanded the fish.
• Tian Meng began gathering power for a Spiritual Shock, but Huo Yuhao interrupted him by putting a grilled fish in his mouth.
• Huo Yuhao dared Xu Sanshi to hit him, but Jiang Nan Nan called Xu Sanshi’s name and he stopped before punching Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Sanshi smashed the grill and tried to follow Jiang Nan Nan after she rejected him, while Huo Yuhao mocked him as his grandson.
• Xu Sanshi charged at Huo Yuhao again after Huo Yuhao continued taunting him.

Xu Sanshi attacked Huo Yuhao after a dispute over grilled fish, but Dai Huabin intervened before the punch landed. After Huo Yuhao explained that he had deliberately provoked Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei challenged Xu Sanshi to a fight at the Soul Fighting Zone.

• Xu Sanshi lunged at Huo Yuhao, but Dai Huabin's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave interrupted him and Xu Sanshi blocked it with his Tortoise Shell Shield.
• Xu Sanshi overpowered Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao revealed that he had deliberately refused to dodge so Xu Sanshi might be expelled for attacking a junior.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei arrived, and Huo Yuhao explained that Xu Sanshi had demanded the grilled fish he had saved for his cousin, Jiang Nannan.
• Huo Yuhao insulted Xu Sanshi over Jiang Nannan, while Tang Ya and Bei Bei tried to calm them down.
• Xu Sanshi repeatedly said he wanted to hit someone, so Bei Bei challenged him to fight and led him toward the Soul Fighting Zone.

After Xu Sanshi damaged Huo Yuhao’s grill, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu offered Tang Ya’s failing Tang Sect a safe residence, but Tang Ya refused and resolved to restore it herself. Wang Dong asked to join the sect, and Huo Yuhao ended the night by planning to buy turtles for a new dish.

• Huo Yuhao stopped selling grilled fish after Xu Sanshi broke his grill, then cooked a few more fish for Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya explained Xu Sanshi’s Xuanming Turtle martial soul and learned that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu descended from the White Tiger and Netherworld Douluo lineages.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu offered Tang Ya a secure residence, but Tang Ya said she would return to the Tang Sect’s original grounds and restore its glory herself.
• Wang Dong asked to join the Tang Sect to learn its hidden weapons, and Tang Ya told her to think carefully before deciding.
• Huo Yuhao said he was going into town to buy a new grill and stock for a new dish, then revealed he planned to buy dozens of turtles.

Xu Sanshi reflected on his feelings for Jiang Nannan and decided to apologize to Huo Yuhao, then challenged Bei Bei to a Soul Fighting match. Bei Bei defeated him with a new move taught by Huo Yuhao.

• Xu Sanshi admitted to Bei Bei that he was angry with himself because love could not be forced, then stopped himself before revealing his past with Jiang Nannan.
• Xu Sanshi decided to apologize to Huo Yuhao the next day, then suggested that he and Bei Bei spar.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi released their Martial Souls in the Soul Fighting Arena and began their match.
• Bei Bei used Lightning Poison Dragon Drill to overpower Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Shield and knock him down.
• Bei Bei won the match and told Xu Sanshi that Huo Yuhao had taught him Lightning Poison Dragon Drill.

Inside Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, the Gray Figure explained that the icy realm was a plane sustained by Huo Yuhao’s spiritual power and offered to teach him how to attain godhood in exchange for help recovering his memories and strength. After the Gray Figure left, Huo Yuhao joked with Tian Meng about his willingness to face danger.

• Huo Yuhao questioned Tian Meng about troublemaking and warned him not to reveal himself unless Huo Yuhao was in mortal danger.
• The Gray Figure appeared and explained that Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness was also an ice seal plane that depended on his spiritual power.
• The Gray Figure said his divine consciousness was recovering in the plane and offered to explain how to attain godhood if Huo Yuhao helped restore his memories and power.
• The Gray Figure questioned why Huo Yuhao calmly chose extreme actions despite understanding the risks, and Huo Yuhao called himself a thinking madman.
• After the Gray Figure departed, Huo Yuhao declared that he was the crumbling wall rather than a gentleman who avoided danger.

Huo Yuhao was ambushed by a masked woman with a Fire Phoenix martial soul while eating breakfast beside Sea God Lake, and Tian Meng possessed him to fight back. Huo Yuhao knocked the woman into the lake before collapsing, and academy staff arrived to cover up the incident.

• Huo Yuhao grilled breakfast beside Sea God Lake, where Tian Meng came out of his Sea of Consciousness against his wishes.
• A red-clad woman raced across the lake and attacked Huo Yuhao with overwhelming heat.
• Tian Meng possessed Huo Yuhao, froze the area, and used an icy attack to knock the six-ring Soul Emperor into the lake.
• Huo Yuhao collapsed unconscious after Tian Meng released control, and the surrounding ice melted away.
• Academy staff rescued the woman, confirmed Huo Yuhao was only unconscious, and ordered compensation while threatening expulsion if he spoke about the incident.

After an Inner Court student nearly killed Huo Yuhao, a Shrek Academy official tried to silence him with a threat and a Soul Ascension Pill. Huo Yuhao rejected the bribe and resolved to grow powerful enough to expose and bring down the academy, leaving his determination hardened by rage.

• Tian Meng explained that using his origin power had left him too weak to possess Huo Yuhao again for a long time.
• A middle-aged man in white threatened to expel Huo Yuhao if he revealed the Inner Court student's attack and offered him a Soul Ascension Pill as compensation.
• Huo Yuhao accused Shrek Academy of covering up the attempted murder, refused to forget what happened, and threw the pill into Sea God Lake.
• Huo Yuhao returned to class in a furious mood and reflected that the academy might have concealed the attack even if he had died.
• Huo Yuhao decided he needed to grow stronger so he could reveal the truth and topple the academy's authority.

Huo Yuhao sold grilled turtles at his stall and accepted Xu Sanshi’s apology for wrecking it the previous day. After Xu Sanshi asked about Bei Bei’s new fighting technique, Huo Yuhao fooled him into believing a made-up martial art would strengthen his defense, leaving Xu Sanshi eager to train.

• Huo Yuhao opened his stall, introduced grilled turtle as a new dish, and found that the students enjoyed it.
• Xu Sanshi apologized to Huo Yuhao, bought grilled fish, and asked him about the Lightning Poison Dragon Drill Bei Bei had used to defeat him.
• Huo Yuhao claimed the technique came from his Dragon Tiger Sect and told Xu Sanshi that a made-up art called the Golden Bell Shield suited his Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao instructed Xu Sanshi to toughen his body by crashing into trees and rocks without using Soul Power, and Xu Sanshi rushed off to begin training.
• Tian Meng asked whether Huo Yuhao had invented the art, and Huo Yuhao admitted it and said he could blame Xu Sanshi’s failure on a lack of talent.