Recaps

After three months of study, Huo Yuhao reached Soul Power rank fifteen and learned that the freshman assessment would eliminate half the teams. Zhou Yi assigned Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to one team, then demanded an explanation after all three chose the Power Attack System.

• Huo Yuhao's Soul Power rose to rank fifteen as Tian Meng urged him to reach rank twenty and travel to the Far North.
• Zhou Yi announced the freshman assessment: teams of three would fight at least ten matches, and the bottom half would be eliminated.
• Zhou Yi nominated Song Qinghan for direct admission to the Soul Tool Department and assigned Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to the same team.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhou Yi he would choose three Power Attack System members for a team, and Xiao Xiao changed her specialization to match.
• Zhou Yi discovered all three teammates had chosen the Power Attack System, angrily confronted Huo Yuhao, and asked him to explain his reasoning.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao chose the control system after Zhou Yi questioned their cultivation directions and ordered their team to aim for the freshman assessment championship. After class, Huo Yuhao brought Xiao Xiao to his barbecue stall, where she met his regular customers, including Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.

• Huo Yuhao argued with Zhou Yi that a team of power attackers could defeat different lineups, but she ordered him and Xiao Xiao to choose cultivation systems suited to their martial souls.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that she had twin martial souls, the mutated Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and the Nine-Phoenix Auspicious Ritual Flute, while Huo Yuhao changed his choice to the control system.
• Zhou Yi set the team a goal of winning the freshman assessment, then softened her demand to reaching the top four after Huo Yuhao resisted competing for first place.
• Wang Dong invited Huo Yuhao to open for business, and he took Xiao Xiao to his popular barbecue stall outside the academy gates.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu arrived at the stall, and Huo Yuhao rapped Dai Huabin on the head and told him to address Xiao Xiao as Brother Xiao.

As business at his barbecue stall grew, Huo Yuhao tried to train Tian Meng to help, while Xu Sanshi demonstrated that the made-up Golden Bell Shield technique had strengthened his body. The fire-attributed woman in red arrived at the stall, and Huo Yuhao recognized her as someone he had encountered before.

• Huo Yuhao recruited Tian Meng to learn grilling, but Tian Meng burned his first fish and turned the practice into a game.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei visited the stall and discussed Wang Dong's upcoming freshman assessment and his Tang Sect training.
• Xu Sanshi shattered a stone brick against his forehead to show off the Golden Bell Shield he had learned from Huo Yuhao, astonishing the crowd.
• The woman in red approached Xu Sanshi, and Huo Yuhao recognized her as the fire-attribute Soul Master from their earlier encounter.
• The woman in red asked Huo Yuhao for grilled fish, and he told her to wait in line.

Ma Xiaotao visited Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall, hoping to learn whether his martial soul had once suppressed her evil fire. Huo Yuhao remained hostile because the incident reminded him of Shrek Academy’s handling of his near-death, then prepared for the Freshman Assessment with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.

• Ma Xiaotao frightened away the customers, bought grilled fish from Huo Yuhao, and asked to see his martial soul before leaving with Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi’s willingness to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire had changed after he found that practicing Huo Yuhao’s Golden Bell Shield during the painful sessions strengthened him.
• The customers returned, and Huo Yuhao dismissed Ma Xiaotao’s fame while privately blaming Shrek Academy for how it had handled the incident that nearly killed him.
• Xiao Xiao asked about tactics for the Freshman Assessment, and Huo Yuhao told his team to follow his instructions while Wang Dong boasted that she could defeat every opponent.
• Dai Huabin mocked Wang Dong’s level, but he became nervous when Huo Yuhao challenged him and quickly agreed that soul power level did not matter.

Huo Yuhao’s team won its first Freshman Assessment match after he pretended to be a food-type soul master and Wang Dong defeated the opposing team with his Spiritual Detection Sharing. The chapter ended with Wang Yan wondering why the team was named after Huo Yuhao, whose soul power was lower than Wang Dong’s and Xiao Xiao’s.

• Wang Yan introduced the first match between Huo Yuhao’s team and Freshman Class Three, and Huo Yuhao sat down, saying Wang Dong could win alone.
• After Zhao Haochen summoned chicken drumsticks to support his teammates, Huo Yuhao produced ordinary grilled fish and claimed he was a food-type soul master.
• Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng charged Wang Dong, who used Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing to anticipate their movements and knock them both down with Winged Guillotine.
• The remaining opponent surrendered, giving Huo Yuhao’s team the victory.
• Wang Dong questioned Huo Yuhao about the ordinary grilled fish, while Wang Yan recorded the win and wondered why the team was named after Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao’s team won its first five assessment matches while he concealed his true martial soul and helped Wang Dong with Spiritual Detection. Afterward, he confronted Ma Xiaotao at Sea God Lake, rejected her apology, and refused to identify the ice-attribute Soul Master who had stopped her.

• Huo Yuhao posed as a food-type Soul Master, and Wang Dong won the team’s first five matches with his support while Xiao Xiao stayed out of the fights.
• Wang Yan congratulated the team and warned them that their next opponents would be stronger, while Huo Yuhao urged Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to hide their abilities and demonstrated Spiritual Sharing.
• Ma Xiaotao met Huo Yuhao outside the assessment area and led him to the lakeside where they had first met.
• Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao that he resented her, rejected her apology, and said he had thrown away the academy’s Soul Ascension Pill compensation.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao about the ice-attribute Soul Master who had stopped her, then grabbed his collar and threatened him when he tried to leave.

Huo Yuhao confronted Ma Xiaotao over the danger her evil fire posed to others, calling her and Shrek Academy no different from Evil Soul Masters. After Wang Dong overheard their argument, Ma Xiaotao left determined to find the ice-attribute Soul Master, while she later rejected Huo Yuhao's accusation and resolved to control her evil fire herself.

• Ma Xiaotao demanded that Huo Yuhao reveal the ice-attribute Soul Master who could suppress her evil fire, but Huo Yuhao challenged her to stop cultivating if it endangered others.
• Huo Yuhao rebuked Ma Xiaotao for nearly burning him alive three months earlier and accused her, Shrek Academy, and her teacher of acting like Evil Soul Masters.
• Ma Xiaotao found Wang Dong hiding nearby, then let Huo Yuhao go and left to seek the ice-attribute Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao explained his view of Evil Soul Masters to Wang Dong, who said she would not cultivate a powerful martial soul if it risked harming innocent people.
• Back in her room, Ma Xiaotao questioned the cost of her cultivation but resolved that her evil fire would not control her.

Huo Yuhao's team faced Huang Chutian and the Blue Sisters in the sixth round of the Freshman Assessment, and Huo Yuhao identified the twins' hair martial souls as a serious threat. Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong attacked the sisters, forcing them to prepare a hidden technique as Huo Yuhao finally made his move.

• Wang Yan announced Huo Yuhao's team's match against Huang Chutian's team while Huo Yuhao and his teammates ate grilled fish.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that Huang Chutian and the Blue Sisters were all Soul Grandmasters and grew cautious of the sisters' body martial souls.
• Wang Dong charged Huang Chutian, then dodged the Blue Sisters' Hair Net with Huo Yuhao's assistance.
• Huo Yuhao directed Xiao Xiao to target the sisters, and Xiao Xiao split her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron into three attacks.
• The Blue Sisters stopped two cauldrons with their Hair Net, but Wang Dong cut through the net and rushed at them.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo began to embrace, preparing their trump card, as Huo Yuhao moved.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao completed the placement matches with ten consecutive victories, after Huo Yuhao secretly interrupted the Blue Sisters’ attempted Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As ranked matches approached, Wang Yan questioned Huo Yuhao about the Martial Soul and Soul Skill he had used throughout the examination.

• Wang Dong knocked the Blue Sisters out of the arena after Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference Domain and Soul Shock to interrupt their nearly completed Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Wang Yan concluded that Huo Yuhao had disrupted the fusion, and Huo Yuhao's team won after Huang Chutian left the arena.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng discussed Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and Huo Yuhao resolved not to fuse with another man again.
• Huo Yuhao guided Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao through the remaining placement matches, and the trio finished with ten victories in ten matches.
• Wang Yan congratulated the team and questioned Huo Yuhao about his Martial Soul and Soul Skill, while Huo Yuhao jokingly claimed his Martial Soul was grilled fish.

Huo Yuhao revealed that his Body Martial Soul was the Demon Eyes and explained how he had interrupted the sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Wang Dong proposed that he and Huo Yuhao try fusing their martial souls, and their close contact unexpectedly triggered a strange energy reaction that began drawing Wang Dong’s Soul Power into Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan that his Martial Soul was the Demon Eyes, a Body Martial Soul, and Wang Yan left excitedly.
• Huo Yuhao admitted to Wang Dong that he had used mental power to interrupt the sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill during their match.
• Wang Dong suggested that he and Huo Yuhao might be compatible enough to perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Huo Yuhao refused to try with a man.
• When Huo Yuhao grabbed Wang Dong’s arm, he sensed three distinct auras within her and his own body began glowing.
• Huo Yuhao pinned Wang Dong as their energies reacted, and Wang Dong’s Soul Power began flowing into him.

Huo Yuhao discovered that he and Wang Dong had perfect compatibility, letting him absorb her soul power and rapidly reach level seventeen before Dai Huabin interrupted them. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi heard about Huo Yuhao’s unusual strength and decided to watch his next match.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed Wang Dong’s soul power and learned from Tian Meng that their three martial souls could fuse in pairs.
• Huo Yuhao’s soul power surged to level seventeen as Wang Dong grew exhausted and begged him to stop.
• Dai Huabin knocked on the dormitory door, interrupting Huo Yuhao and giving Wang Dong a chance to recover.
• Wang Dong cursed Huo Yuhao after he left, then collapsed onto his bed and fell asleep.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi about Huo Yuhao’s performance, and Xuan Zi decided to attend his next match.

After apologizing for draining Wang Dong's soul power during their cultivation, Huo Yuhao agreed to continue cultivating together while promising to stop when she asked. The pair arrived late to class, heard their assessment results, and planned to test their martial-soul compatibility later that afternoon.

• Wang Dong woke in Dormitory 108 to find Huo Yuhao grilling fish and confronted him about what he had done during their cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao apologized for being overbearing, and Wang Dong proposed they keep cultivating together if he stopped when she asked.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived late to Zhou Yi's class, where Huo Yuhao cheekily admitted their fault and Zhou Yi sent them back to their seats.
• Zhou Yi announced that Freshman Class One had the best assessment results and that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's team had won all ten round-robin matches.
• After class, Wang Dong chased away teasing classmates and asked Huo Yuhao to meet somewhere deserted that afternoon.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong experimented with circulating their fused Soul Power and discovered they could unleash a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The attack left Wang Dong drained and carved a hundred-meter trench through the grove, while Huo Yuhao confirmed what they had created.

• Wang Dong hugged Huo Yuhao from behind, and their Soul Power began flowing into him again.
• Following Tian Meng's advice, Huo Yuhao directed their fused Soul Power back through Wang Dong, accelerating both their cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao drew on the light aura and his Spiritual Power aura, causing a huge Blue Vertical Eye with Blue-Gold Wings to appear above them.
• Huo Yuhao released a ray of mingled blue, white, and gold light that pierced the trees and carved a long trench into the ground.
• Huo Yuhao helped the exhausted Wang Dong recover some Soul Power and told her that they had created their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong tested their powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, argued over its name, and settled on Afterglow. The next day, Huo Yuhao’s team won its elimination match, and Zhou Yi invited the three students to lunch.

• Wang Dong touched the lingering golden power of the fusion skill and was knocked down by its force.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong argued over a name for their skill before Huo Yuhao named it Afterglow.
• Huo Yuhao wondered whether his two martial souls could fuse with each other, and Tian Meng agreed that they could try.
• Huo Yuhao’s team defeated its opponent in the elimination round, advancing from the top sixty-four toward the top thirty-two.
• Zhou Yi met Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao outside the assessment area and invited them to lunch.

Zhou Yi urged Huo Yuhao to lead Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao toward the knockout tournament championship, explaining that placing in the top four could earn them core disciple status and a path to Shrek’s Inner Court. Huo Yuhao rejected the idea of becoming a noble but promised to win first place, partly to help his teammates and gain resources for their pursuit of godhood.

• Zhou Yi treated Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to an expensive meal of Scale-Armored Demon Crocodile meat, which Huo Yuhao judged mediocre.
• Zhou Yi asked Huo Yuhao to give the knockout tournament his all, but he said he might concede against an opponent he could not defeat.
• Wang Dong and Zhou Yi questioned Huo Yuhao’s lack of interest in winning, and he challenged Wang Dong to explain why the championship mattered to her.
• Zhou Yi explained that the top four would become core disciples and that winning could bring further rewards, including a likely path to the Inner Court.
• Huo Yuhao refused to become a noble but promised Zhou Yi he would lead Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to first place.
• Huo Yuhao told Tian Meng he was competing to help his teammates and gain resources that could improve their chances of attaining godhood.

Huo Yuhao’s team faced Freshman Class Nine’s powerful trio, led by support Soul Elder Ning Tian, in the afternoon round of thirty-two. As Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao engaged their opponents, Huo Yuhao prepared to test a Martial Soul Fusion Skill he had created by combining his own powers.

• Freshman Class Nine introduced Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and rank-thirty-one support Soul Elder Ning Tian, while Huo Yuhao mocked them and ordered Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to charge past Ning Tian.
• The match began, and Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er advanced under the speed boost from Ning Tian’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Wang Dong trusted Huo Yuhao’s encouragement and charged straight at Wu Feng, while Xiao Xiao confronted Nanmen Yun'er.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had fused his Spirit Eyes and ice powers into a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and prepared to test it on Wu Feng.

Huo Yuhao's team defeated Ning Tian's seeded team so quickly that Zhou Yi, Mu Jin, and Fan Yu missed the match while wagering on its outcome. After the victory, Ning Tian and Mu Jin discovered Wu Feng was unharmed but had been left motionless, and Ning Tian began explaining what happened.

• Wu Feng activated Dragon's Fire and charged at Wang Dong, but her flames suddenly went out.
• Zhou Yi and Mu Jin wagered a soul bone against a Close-Combat Soul Tool, with Fan Yu agreeing to make the tool if Zhou Yi lost.
• The proctor announced Huo Yuhao's team had won: Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er were out of bounds, and Ning Tian conceded.
• Mu Jin gave Zhou Yi a Secret Art Soul Bone, then went to check on his students.
• A healing-system soul master found no injury on Wu Feng, who soon regained consciousness, and Ning Tian began recounting the match to Mu Jin.

Huo Yuhao used his Soul Freeze ability to immobilize Wu Feng, allowing Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to eliminate Ning Tian’s team. Afterward, Ning Tian suspected Huo Yuhao was responsible, while Huo Yuhao recovered soul power from Wang Dong and revealed the nature of his new skill.

• Huo Yuhao froze Wu Feng’s soul as she prepared to attack Wang Dong, leaving her unable to react or move.
• Ning Tian’s Dispel failed to free Wu Feng, and Wang Dong knocked her out of the arena.
• Xiao Xiao trapped Nanmen Yun’er with her cauldrons, and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao eliminated her, leaving Ning Tian alone.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Ning Tian and hinted that he had done something, while she noticed the pale blue light around his eyes.
• Huo Yuhao leaned on Wang Dong and absorbed her soul power to recover, then later revealed that Soul Freeze could preserve a target’s soul without causing harm.
• Ning Tian comforted the confused Wu Feng and decided to watch Huo Yuhao’s next match, while Wu Feng secretly vowed revenge.

Huo Yuhao’s team faced Xie Huanyue and the Luo brothers in the round of sixteen, using their coordination to expose and strike the brothers. The match remained unfinished as Xie Huanyue came crashing down toward Huo Yuhao.

• Wang Dong wondered whether Huo Yuhao shared a quality she sensed in his aura as the team waited for its match.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the eccentric elder Xuan Zi watching him, while Wang Yan praised the three students to Xuan Zi and Vice Dean Qian Duoduo.
• Huo Yuhao’s team drew Xie Huanyue and the Luo brothers, and Huo Yuhao directed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to target the brothers first.
• Xiao Xiao used Cauldron’s Tremor to stun the Luo brothers, allowing Wang Dong’s Butterfly God’s Light to strike before a teacher rescued them.
• Xie Huanyue leaped high and descended toward Huo Yuhao, who told him he had chosen the wrong opponent.

Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Xie Huanyue after Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock and physical strength to throw him from the arena. Though Du Weilun praised the three students as potential core disciples, Xuan Zi objected to including Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao dodged Xie Huanyue’s attack, then struck his knee and used Soul Shock to disrupt him.
• Xie Huanyue transformed into a purple rubber ball and hit Huo Yuhao, injuring his right side.
• Huo Yuhao recovered, seized Xie Huanyue by the neck, and threw him out of the arena, securing his team’s victory.
• Huo Yuhao learned from Tian Meng that Soul Shock weakened against opponents with much greater soul power and resolved not to rely on it too heavily.
• Du Weilun told Zhou Yi that Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao qualified as potential core disciples, but Xuan Zi objected to Huo Yuhao’s inclusion.

Xuan Zi rejected Huo Yuhao’s bid for core disciple status, judging his strength to come from horizontal body training rather than his martial soul. Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu arranged for him to join the Soul Tool Department, where Fan Yu vowed to nurture him into Shrek Academy’s first Level 9 Soul Engineer.

• Zhou Yi challenged Xuan Zi after he ruled that Huo Yuhao could not become a core disciple, and Wang Yan revealed Huo Yuhao had a body martial soul.
• Xuan Zi argued that Huo Yuhao’s physical strength came from years of horizontal body training, which could help him defeat low-level soul masters but offered little value at higher levels.
• Qian Duoduo learned that Huo Yuhao had excellent theory grades and creative insights, then secured Xuan Zi’s permission for him to join the Soul Tool Department.
• Wang Yan insisted Huo Yuhao belonged in the Martial Soul Department, drawing displeased looks from Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu.
• Fan Yu confirmed Huo Yuhao was a soul engineering genius and promised to devote everything to making him Shrek Academy’s first Level 9 Soul Engineer.

Huo Yuhao and his teammates advanced through the quarterfinals, where he warned Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao about Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Against their ordinary opponents, Huo Yuhao fought alone and defeated all three with Soul Shock and kicks, leaving the tournament audience stunned.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu spoke with Huo Yuhao, and the two rivals agreed to aim for a showdown in the finals.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu could use the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Wang Dong revealed that she and Huo Yuhao also had a fusion skill.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to sit out their quarterfinal match and charged the opposing team alone.
• Huo Yuhao knocked out the two Agility Attack System students with Soul Shock, then brought down the Power Attack System student and threw all three from the arena.
• Huo Yuhao left the arena pleased with his performance as Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the watching teachers and students reacted in disbelief.

Huo Yuhao's team defeated Freshman Class Ten and advanced to the Freshman Assessment finals, where they would face Dai Huabin's team. As the final match was about to begin, the Martial Soul and Soul Tool Department leaders argued over whether Huo Yuhao should join their departments.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated Zhou Sichen's team in under two minutes through coordinated attacks guided by Huo Yuhao.
• Du Weilun praised Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, while Zhou Yi privately believed Huo Yuhao deserved recognition and wanted him to join the Soul Tool Department.
• Huo Yuhao's team prepared to face Dai Huabin's team in the finals, with Xiao Xiao nervous and Wang Dong confident.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo discussed Huo Yuhao's potential, and Qian Duoduo said he wanted to recruit him into the Soul Tool Department.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo argued over whether Yan could review Huo Yuhao's department choice before they turned their attention to the match.

The finals began with Huo Yuhao directing his team to divide and overwhelm Dai Huabin’s side. His plan quickly eliminated Cui Yajie, leaving Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to face Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.

• The referee explained the finals’ rules, and both teams named their members before taking their positions.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to coordinate Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, ordering Xiao Xiao to delay Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu while Wang Dong targeted Cui Yajie.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu broke past Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons, but Xiao Xiao revealed her second martial soul and slowed them with her Jade-Green Long Flute.
• Huo Yuhao struck Cui Yajie with Soul Shock, and Wang Dong attacked her, but the referee rescued her before the Winged Guillotine landed.
• Huo Yuhao turned toward Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu and reminded Dai Huabin that losing a position was a cardinal military sin.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao coordinated to trap Zhu Lu and force Dai Huabin to protect her during their arena match. The instructors praised Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, granted them core disciple status, and agreed to assign Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department, though the match was not yet decided.

• Dai Huabin used White Tiger Vajra Transformation and attacked Huo Yuhao, who dodged and warned him to watch the sky.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao trapped Zhu Lu with their attacks and cauldrons while Huo Yuhao's Soul Shock helped bring her down.
• Dai Huabin rushed to protect Zhu Lu from Wang Dong's Butterfly God's Light, blocking it with White Tiger Protection Barrier.
• Yan Shaozhe approved core disciple status for Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao and accepted Qian Duoduo's proposal to place Huo Yuhao in the Soul Tool Department.
• Yan Shaozhe cautioned that the match's outcome was still uncertain as Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu embraced in the arena.