Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao mourned his mother, Huo Yun'er, and recalled how he had confronted his father, Dai Hao, to improve their lives before she died. As rain fell, Dai Hao arrived at the grave, and Huo Yuhao greeted him with bitter sarcasm.

• Huo Yuhao stood at Huo Yun'er's grave and reflected on his life as the White Tiger Duke's illegitimate son and his weak innate soul power.
• Huo Yuhao remembered how Huo Yun'er endured mistreatment from the duchess while reassuring him that Dai Hao was fighting for their country.
• When Huo Yun'er fell ill, seven-year-old Huo Yuhao traveled to Dai Hao's army camp and demanded that he take responsibility.
• Dai Hao returned to the Duke's Mansion, recognized Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao, and secured them better treatment, but Huo Yun'er later died after falling ill again.
• As rain began, Huo Yuhao froze water in his hand, revealing his second martial soul, Ice, and chewed the ice to calm himself.
• Dai Hao approached the grave, and Huo Yuhao mockingly asked the White Tiger Duke what had brought him there.

Huo Yuhao visited his mother Huo Yun'er’s grave, where the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, came to pay his respects and tried to speak with his son. Huo Yuhao refused to call himself Dai and remained unsure how to feel about his father as Dai Hao asked about his plans for the future.

• Dai Hao arrived at Huo Yun'er’s grave during a ceasefire and explained that he had returned for the seventh day after her death.
• Huo Yuhao reproached Dai Hao for neglecting Huo Yun'er and said she could not be buried in the ancestral grounds because the duchess might visit her by accident.
• Huo Yuhao placed the White Tiger Dagger, which Huo Yun'er had treasured, in the gravestone, then accepted it back after Dai Hao reminded him it was a Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao insisted that his surname was Huo, not Dai, and told Dai Hao that Huo Yun'er was the one he had wronged.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on Dai Hao’s efforts to make amends and decided to leave their relationship as it was for now.
• Dai Hao asked Huo Yuhao what he planned to do in the future.

Huo Yuhao told the White Tiger Duke he planned to leave the mansion, but the duke urged him to pursue greater power and offered him several paths. The duke proposed joining the army and then attending Star Luo Royal Academy, leaving Huo Yuhao startled by the mention of the princess.

• Huo Yuhao said he planned to leave the Duke's Mansion and run his barbecue shop, then asked whether a commoner could marry several wives.
• The White Tiger Duke encouraged Huo Yuhao to strive for greater heights, and Huo Yuhao recalled his awakening as a rare body martial soul and his hidden ice martial soul consuming most of his soul power.
• Huo Yuhao remembered defeating Dai Huabin as a child, revealing his unusual abilities to the White Tiger Duke.
• The White Tiger Duke offered Huo Yuhao a place in the army and promised to arrange his soul rings, but Huo Yuhao rejected the option.
• The White Tiger Duke offered Huo Yuhao a place at Star Luo Royal Academy through the princess, and Huo Yuhao wondered if he meant Jiujiu.

Huo Yuhao considered his options for furthering his Soul Master training and accepted the White Tiger Duke’s special admission place at Shrek Academy. He left the Duke’s Mansion after refusing help with his Soul Ring, parting from Dai Hao in the rain with a softened farewell.

• Huo Yuhao recalled how Xu Jiujiu had once given him a map to the White Tiger Duke’s position, and how she later helped ease the Duchess’s hostility toward him.
• The White Tiger Duke offered Huo Yuhao three paths and presented him with special admission papers and letters of introduction for Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the documents but refused the White Tiger Duke’s offer to arrange a Soul Ring hunt, saying he would handle it himself.
• Huo Yuhao spoke playfully to Huo Yun’er’s gravestone before preparing to leave the Duke’s Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao and the White Tiger Duke exchanged farewells as Huo Yuhao walked away into the rain, leaving Dai Hao behind at the gravestone.

A few months after leaving the Duke's Mansion, Huo Yuhao prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest while grilling fish and reflecting on his barbecue business and unusual abilities. Two young travelers arrived, and the girl asked to buy his fish, leaving Huo Yuhao embarrassed after he recited his shop's sales pitch.

• Huo Yuhao grilled fish beside a stream and explained how his ice control and Demon Eyes helped him manage the heat precisely.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that his Star Luo No. 1 Barbecue Shop was co-owned with Princess Xu Jiujiu and earned him plenty of money.
• Huo Yuhao admired the White Tiger Dagger left by his mother, then ate grilled fish while joking about Emperor Xu Jiawei.
• A girl and a boy approached after smelling the fish, and Huo Yuhao sensed that the boy was an expert.
• The girl asked whether Huo Yuhao was selling fish, and he accidentally recited his shop's membership and discount pitch before offering a price of five copper coins per fish.

Huo Yuhao sold grilled fish to Tang Ya and Bei Bei, then headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a Soul Ring. Afterward, Bei Bei noticed signs that Huo Yuhao was more than an ordinary low-level Soul Master.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei bought Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, praised its taste, and ordered several more servings.
• Huo Yuhao told them he was traveling to Shrek City to open a barbecue branch, then learned they were Shrek Academy students seeking a Soul Ring for Tang Ya.
• After Tang Ya and Bei Bei left for the forest, Huo Yuhao worried about finding a Soul Beast with a mental attribute, extinguished his fire, and followed them.
• Tang Ya said she wanted to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect, while Bei Bei pointed out his unusual physical fitness and Storage Soul Tool.
• Bei Bei noticed the White Tiger design on Huo Yuhao’s clothes and concluded that Huo Yuhao was not ordinary.

Huo Yuhao traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable hundred-year soul beast, but after killing a Wind Baboon, he encountered the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and fled. The silkworm recognized Huo Yuhao’s mental and ice attributes as an ideal match and pursued him underground, just as a golden-clawed creature arrived.

• Huo Yuhao dodged the Wind Baboon’s attacks, pinned it down, and killed it with ice spikes.
• Huo Yuhao rejected the Wind Baboon’s soul ring and harvested one of its arms for meat.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from underground and announced that it wanted to become Huo Yuhao’s soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao fled, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized his mental and ice attributes and decided not to let him escape.
• A golden-scaled, furred claw wreathed in flames stepped onto the ground where the Wind Baboon had died.

Huo Yuhao confronted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who claimed he wanted to become Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring, but Huo Yuhao stopped him from forcing spiritual power into his mind. With a powerful presence approaching, the silkworm began explaining his past and why he had come to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Huo Yuhao ran from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then stopped when the silkworm promised to become his Wisdom Soul Ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm took human form, but Huo Yuhao remained wary and demanded to know his real objective.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pressed a finger to Huo Yuhao’s forehead and poured spiritual power and Soul Power into him.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the silkworm’s power, then seized his wrist and blocked their spiritual connection, refusing to be controlled.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned that a powerful spiritual presence was approaching and begged Huo Yuhao to let him become his Soul Ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that he had grown to more than nine hundred thousand years old by absorbing supreme cold marrow before eventually reaching the Star Dou Great Forest.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to force Huo Yuhao to accept him as a soul ring, but a mysterious power interrupted their fusion and a powerful beast named Suanni trapped them in flames. Suanni revealed she had followed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm out of the forest’s core and prepared to devour him and Huo Yuhao.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained how ferocious beasts had imprisoned him for ten thousand years and said he needed Huo Yuhao’s twin martial souls to survive his coming heavenly tribulation.
• Huo Yuhao refused to trust Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who forcibly restrained him and began transferring his power into Huo Yuhao.
• A mass of gray energy descended from the sky and merged into Huo Yuhao, interrupting the fusion and freeing him from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s mental restraint.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a powerful presence approaching, and Huo Yuhao saw a golden, three-eyed beast that he called Suanni.
• Suanni surrounded Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with a wall of fire and revealed that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s concealed aura had helped her escape the forest’s core.

Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng were cornered by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion until a mysterious gray remnant soul appeared. Huo Yuhao convinced the frightened Tian Meng to defy the soul beasts’ taboo and attack, leaving them ready to strike at the lion’s forehead eye.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pinned Tian Meng’s true body and toyed with Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng as they dodged her golden flames.
• A gray-robed remnant soul appeared, causing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to pause and regard him warily.
• Tian Meng urged Huo Yuhao to escape and explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Emperor Auspicious Beast, whom soul beasts were forbidden to harm.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Tian Meng’s habit of fleeing and persuaded him to fight back despite the risk of provoking the Star Dou Great Forest’s ferocious beasts.
• Tian Meng gathered his mental power and focused it toward the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s forehead eye as Huo Yuhao promised to take him to godhood.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm struck the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with his million-year Spiritual Shock, then suffered a backlash from attacking the Emperor Auspicious Beast and merged his power into Huo Yuhao. The Star Dou Great Forest's powerful soul beasts began searching for the injured Auspicious Beast and the one who had twisted the fortune of their clan.

• A mysterious gray figure vanished into Huo Yuhao's head after warning the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that she was no match for him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used Spiritual Shock to wound the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who fled deep into the forest in agony.
• Huo Yuhao praised the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but the silkworm began suffering a backlash from attacking the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm transferred his immense mental power to Huo Yuhao, and both of his forms dissolved into light as Huo Yuhao lost consciousness.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion collapsed after running hundreds of miles, while a powerful roar in the forest's core ordered the soul beasts to find and bring her back unharmed.

After Huo Yuhao fused with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the silkworm explored Huo Yuhao's memories and discovered that his soul had come from another world. Huo Yuhao then awakened and saw the silkworm's memories, which showed the harsh Far North and the silkworm's early life.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm examined Huo Yuhao's memories and learned about his childhood and his name.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm touched a second memory orb despite the Gray Figure's warning and saw Huo Yuhao's life in another world.
• The memories caused the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pain, and his memory fragments drifted toward the newly awakened Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao received a fragment showing a young ice silkworm hiding from two battling Snow Monsters in the Far North.
• The Snow Monsters' fight shattered the ice, and the young silkworm fell into a chasm that later closed beneath the blizzard.

Huo Yuhao witnessed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s memories, from his secluded growth in an ice cavern to ten thousand years of torment at the hands of powerful soul beasts. After Huo Yuhao promised to help him seek revenge and bring him to godhood, Tian Meng revealed they were inside Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and warned him that two humans were approaching.

• Huo Yuhao watched the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm grow for hundreds of thousands of years in an ice cavern before leaving when its food ran out.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fled across the Far North and ocean to the Star Dou Great Forest, pursued by greedy soul beasts.
• Huo Yuhao saw soul beasts repeatedly wound the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and feed on his power for ten thousand years.
• Huo Yuhao promised to help Tian Meng take revenge and bring him to godhood, and Tian Meng accepted his new name.
• Tian Meng explained that Huo Yuhao was in his Sea of Consciousness, pointed out the Gray Mysterious Man’s remnant soul, and warned him that two humans were approaching.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Tang Ya and Bei Bei while leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, where he revealed his first soul ring and demonstrated his fighting ability. Tang Ya tried to recruit him into the Tang Sect, and Huo Yuhao reacted with interest when she named it.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei found Huo Yuhao unconscious beneath a tree, and he woke up unharmed and joined them on their walk out of the forest.
• Huo Yuhao showed them his white ten-year soul ring and explained that it came from a Wind Baboon, while keeping Tian Meng's true nature secret.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya and Bei Bei that his martial soul was Demon Eyes and that the soul ring suited him despite Bei Bei's concerns.
• Wind Baboons attacked the group, and Huo Yuhao effortlessly kicked one away while Tang Ya and Bei Bei dealt with the others.
• Huo Yuhao claimed he belonged to the Dragon Tiger Sect, then heard Tang Ya say she belonged to the Tang Sect and responded with an enigmatic smile.

Huo Yuhao explained his fabricated Dragon Tiger Sect identity and rejected Tang Ya’s invitation to join the Tang Sect, then challenged her to face how its refusal to adapt had led to its decline. The argument ended with Tang Ya determined to rebuild the sect, while Huo Yuhao noticed a sweet scent in the air.

• Bei Bei asked Huo Yuhao about the Dragon Tiger Sect, and Huo Yuhao invented a story about its former master and its near-destruction in battle.
• Huo Yuhao claimed ties to the White Tiger Duke’s forces and said he was an orphan granted admission to Shrek Academy.
• Tang Ya invited Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect, but he declined and criticized its arrogance and outdated Hidden Weapons.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Soul Tools had advanced because their makers kept innovating, while the Tang Sect had clung to old methods and deserved to lose its standing.
• Bei Bei acknowledged the Tang Sect needed to learn from Soul Tools, but Tang Ya vowed to restore the sect’s glory.
• Huo Yuhao wished Tang Ya success, then sensed a sweet scent in the air.

Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to reveal a Mandala Snake ambushing the group in the Star Dou Great Forest. Bei Bei attacked the snake with all three soul skills, but the fight remained unresolved when the snake cried out in pain.

• Huo Yuhao detected poisonous red mist and used Spiritual Detection to locate the hidden Mandala Snake.
• The Mandala Snake attacked, and Bei Bei transformed his right arm and drove it back while Tang Ya recognized it as a possible source for her third Soul Ring.
• Bei Bei judged the snake to be at least two thousand years old, gave Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya protective pills, and warned them to stay behind him.
• Huo Yuhao shared his detection ability with Bei Bei and Tang Ya, revealing the snake's hiding place.
• Bei Bei charged the snake and struck its head with his Thunder Dragon Claw, but an unexpected change followed its cry of pain.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya struggled against a powerful Mandala Snake until Huo Yuhao improvised a technique to help Bei Bei pierce its armored head. Bei Bei killed the snake with the Lightning Poison Dragon Drill, leaving Huo Yuhao astonished that his made-up technique had worked.

• The Mandala Snake struck Bei Bei with its tail, and Tang Ya pulled him to safety with her vines.
• Huo Yuhao considered having Tian Meng defeat the snake, while Bei Bei and Tang Ya insisted on fighting together.
• Bei Bei explained that the snake's mouth and eyes were its only weaknesses, and Huo Yuhao taught him the Lightning Poison Dragon Drill.
• Bei Bei combined the drill with Thunderclap Fury and Thunder Dragon Claw, piercing the Mandala Snake's head and mortally wounding it.
• Huo Yuhao realized the snake was already defeated and wondered how his invented technique had actually worked.

Huo Yuhao impressed Bei Bei with his combat-enhancing support skill, while Tang Ya began absorbing the Mandala Snake’s thousand-year soul ring. Huo Yuhao then suspected that Tang San had also been a transmigrator and promised Tian Meng he would help her become a god.

• Tang Ya killed the Mandala Snake and insisted on absorbing its thousand-year soul ring despite Bei Bei warning that it exceeded her limit.
• Huo Yuhao shared grilled fish with Bei Bei and criticized the Tang Sect’s reverence for Blue Silver Grass, while Bei Bei defended Tang Ya’s potential.
• Huo Yuhao explained the range and effects of Spiritual Detection Sharing, leaving Bei Bei astonished by its power and growth potential.
• Tian Meng described how Huo Yuhao’s unusual Ice Martial Soul was absorbing and merging with her sealed power.
• Huo Yuhao connected Tang San’s rise to godhood with his own past life and declared that Tang San must have been a transmigrator.

Huo Yuhao explained to Bei Bei why he intended to follow the power attack path while still cooperating with a team, then helped reassure Tang Ya that Bei Bei would remain with the Tang Sect. After Tang Ya completed her Soul Ring absorption, the group set off for Shrek Academy, which Huo Yuhao looked forward to challenging.

• Huo Yuhao told Bei Bei that a team's true core was power and that he would keep an offensive role rather than entrust his safety to others.
• Bei Bei thanked Huo Yuhao for teaching him the Lightning Poison Dragon Drill, and Huo Yuhao claimed the Dragon Tiger Sect's late master had accepted the sect's disappearance.
• Tang Ya worried that Bei Bei would leave to revive the Dragon Tiger Sect, but Bei Bei promised to stay by her side and restore the Tang Sect.
• At dawn, Huo Yuhao tried grilling a Wind Baboon forearm and joked with Tian Meng about wisdom and turtles.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya decided to take Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao looked forward to seeing what made it so mysterious.

Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy, registered as a special-admission freshman, and learned that Zhou Yi would be his strict homeroom teacher. The chapter left him speaking with an elderly woman who hinted at the challenges ahead.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya brought Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy, where a senior told them a possible beast tide had followed the Star Dou Great Forest’s recent disturbance.
• Huo Yuhao explored the academy, discussed the Emperor Auspicious Beast with Tian Meng, and scorned the statue of Dai Mubai.
• Huo Yuhao paid his tuition and registered as an eleven-year-old, rank-eleven special-admission student.
• Huo Yuhao learned he had been assigned to Freshman Class One, whose homeroom teacher was Zhou Yi.
• An elderly woman approached Huo Yuhao and warned him that Zhou Yi was frighteningly strict.