Chapter Summaries

Lang Ya and Yu Tao of the Body Sect tried to recruit Huo Yuhao because his martial soul was his eyes, but Xuan Zi intervened and sent them away. Huo Yuhao later met the two men secretly and asked them to explain what joining their sect would offer him, leaving his decision until after the tournament.

• Lang Ya and Yu Tao identified Huo Yuhao's eye-based martial soul and invited him to join the Body Sect, but he postponed deciding until after the tournament.
• Yu Tao tried to stop Huo Yuhao from leaving, but Xuan Zi appeared, injured Yu Tao's arm, and ordered the two Body Sect members away.
• Xuan Zi warned Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect could cause trouble and said he would return to the academy.
• Huo Yuhao met Lang Ya and Yu Tao at Brother Hao's Barbecue, where he asked them to explain the benefits of joining the Body Sect.

Huo Yuhao heard the Body Sect’s offer to develop his body martial soul but challenged whether it could help him become a Limit Douluo. Xuan Zi drove the Body Sect members away and accused Huo Yuhao of considering betrayal, while Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiujiu that Shrek might not suit him but he was not leaving yet.

• Lang Ya urged Huo Yuhao to join the Body Sect, promising a second awakening for his eye martial soul and other benefits.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether the Body Sect could make him a Limit Douluo, and Yu Tao and Lang Ya tried to seize him.
• Xuan Zi struck Yu Tao and Lang Ya out of the restaurant and drove them from Star Luo City.
• Xuan Zi returned to confront Huo Yuhao, accusing him of betraying Shrek and forbidding him from leaving.
• Xu Jiujiu asked whether Huo Yuhao planned to join the Body Sect or leave Shrek, and he said Shrek might not suit him but he would stay for now.

Huo Yuhao declined Xu Jiujiu’s offer of Star Luo Empire resources but promised to control the finals and prevent deaths. As Shrek Academy prepared to face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Xuan Zi appeared at the arena and the seven-on-seven team battle was about to begin.

• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiujiu that Shrek’s reserves exceeded the Star Luo Empire’s and said he would consider transferring if Shrek expelled him.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Huo Yuhao to keep the finals under control, and he promised that no one would die in the matches.
• Huo Yuhao felt an intensifying sense of unease on his way back to the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Wang Yan gave Shrek’s team its final tactical instructions, while Huo Yuhao watched Xiao Hongchen on the opposing team.
• Xuan Zi appeared behind Shrek’s team, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced that the seven-on-seven battle would begin in one minute.

Shrek Academy opened the Team Battle against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with an aggressive plan, while Huo Yuhao hinted that Shrek had a third Soul Emperor. The fight began with Shrek advancing under heavy ranged fire, and Huo Yuhao suddenly appeared behind the Hongchen siblings with six white Soul Rings.

• Huo Yuhao persuaded Wang Yan to commit Shrek’s strongest fighters to the Team Battle and planned to rely on Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng in the later rounds.
• Huo Yuhao assigned Shrek’s fighters their opening roles, then told Wang Dong that their side had three Soul Emperors.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo started the final, and the Sun Moon team formed a defensive line behind Lin Xi and unleashed ranged attacks.
• He Caitou and Ling Luochеn intercepted the incoming fire as Dai Yueheng attacked, while Ma Xiaotao flew above the Sun Moon team and struck its barriers.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen noticed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were missing, then Huo Yuhao appeared behind them with six white Soul Rings.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their ultimate Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the King of Midwinter, to defeat the Sun Moon Team. After Shrek Academy won the first match, Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao not to use the third power of Wang Dong’s light aura for now.

• The disguised Wang Dong appeared inside the Sun Moon Team’s barrier and attacked its members, while their shields and defenses blocked her strikes.
• Meng Hongchen released her Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad and used its cold poison, but the King of Midwinter seized her and drained her soul power with ultimate ice.
• Xiao Hongchen pulled Meng Hongchen away, and the King of Midwinter bombarded the team’s Invincible Shields with icy orbs that froze their soul tools once the shields expired.
• Shrek’s other members arrived, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Shrek Academy the winner of the first match.
• The King of Midwinter separated into Huo Yuhao and the exhausted Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao explained that their fusion had combined four martial souls.
• Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao not to use Wang Dong’s third power with the aura of light, and Huo Yuhao nodded.

Shrek Academy defeated the Sun Moon Team in the team battle, then began the individual elimination match with Ma Xiaotao facing Lin Xi. Huo Yuhao revealed that his and Wang Dong’s attack was a Four-Martial-Soul Fusion Skill, but he suddenly reacted to something on the stage.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their fusion skill to overwhelm the Sun Moon Team, earning Shrek Academy the team-battle victory.
• Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao first in the individual elimination match and Dai Yueheng last, while Elder Ma ordered Lin Xi to stall for time as the Sun Moon Team’s soul tools thawed.
• Ma Xiaotao spread her Fire Phoenix Wings and charged Lin Xi as the elimination match began.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan that he and Wang Dong had combined four martial souls in their fusion skill.
• Huo Yuhao abruptly sprang to his feet and stared at the stage with a grim expression.

Ma Xiaotao killed Lin Xi during the individual match after her attacks overwhelmed his Invincible Shields. Huo Yuhao condemned the killing and left the Shrek lounge, saying he was withdrawing from the tournament.

• Lin Xi used successive Invincible Shields to defend against Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix attacks, but her Phoenix Meteor Shower began to break through them.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Evil Fire Phoenix attack, and Lin Xi was vaporized when his shield failed.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Shrek Academy the winner of the first match and called Ma Rulong to fight next.
• Ma Rulong took up a close-combat soul tool and vowed to avenge Lin Xi while his ranged soul tool remained thawed.
• Huo Yuhao argued with Wang Yan, Dai Yueheng, Xu Sanshi, and Xuan Zi over Lin Xi’s death, then walked out and announced that he was quitting the tournament.

Huo Yuhao condemned Shrek Academy for tolerating Ma Xiaotao’s violence and withdrew from the tournament, then declared he was leaving the academy. As Ma Xiaotao transformed into a dark phoenix during her battle with Ma Rulong, Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a card for Fan Yu and vanished.

• Huo Yuhao confronted Shrek’s members over treating killing as acceptable and revealed that Ma Xiaotao had attacked him before the academy concealed the incident.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Xuan Zi’s defense of Shrek’s rules and announced that he was leaving the academy as well as withdrawing from the tournament.
• Xuan Zi pressured Huo Yuhao to stay through the tournament, while Wang Dong took him aside and tried to persuade him not to leave.
• Ma Rulong awakened the Sword of Judgment and used its black and white sides on Ma Xiaotao, triggering her transformation into a dark phoenix.
• Huo Yuhao handed Wang Dong a card for Fan Yu to cover the cost of his metals, refused her plea to stay, and vanished.

After Ma Xiaotao killed an opponent in the finals, Huo Yuhao left the tournament and visited his mother’s grave, where he told Tian Meng and the Ice Empress he no longer felt attached to Shrek Academy or the Star Luo Empire. He explained that he looked down on the world’s powerful people because society had made almost no progress in ten thousand years, before Electrolux challenged his cynical view.

• Huo Yuhao left the finals after Ma Xiaotao killed an opponent and went to his mother Huo Yun'er's grave outside the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Tian Meng and the Ice Empress joined Huo Yuhao, and he said he might leave Shrek Academy and had no sense of belonging to the Star Luo Empire.
• Huo Yuhao told the Ice Empress that he looked down on everyone, especially the strong, because they had done nothing to advance society.
• Huo Yuhao argued that the continent had remained stagnant for ten thousand years, with endless wars and little progress beyond soul guidance technology.
• Electrolux called Huo Yuhao cynical and reminded him that different worlds had different rules and that his former world had not been peaceful either.

Huo Yuhao mourned his mother and questioned the violence of the world before agreeing to return to work for Xu Jiujiu. Shrek won the tournament, but Huo Yuhao’s absence and a possible conflict over someone Shrek might try to take left the story unsettled.

• Huo Yuhao vented to Electrolux, Tian Meng, and the Ice Empress about the continent’s violence, then promised Tian Meng he would keep going and returned to his mother’s grave.
• Electrolux said Huo Yun'er’s soul seemed to have been taken and might be connected to the third power within Wang Dong.
• Ma Rulong used the Sword of Judgment, the fighting escalated, and Dai Yueheng secured Shrek Academy’s tournament victory after several fighters were injured or killed.
• Wang Yan celebrated Shrek’s win and realized Huo Yuhao was missing, while Wang Dong stayed silent.
• Xu Jiujiu proposed a five-percent discount on the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo as compensation to the Sun Moon Team, and Xu Jiawei warned against Shrek coming to Star Luo City to take someone away.

After leaving Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao discussed his suspicions about the Sun Moon Empire with Xu Jiujiu and Nebula Douluo Manyi, then was summoned with them to an urgent meeting. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi confronted Star Luo’s Guardian Douluos and demanded that they find Huo Yuhao within four hours, while a voice in the Imperial City asked for opinions about him.

• Wang Dong asked Wang Yan whether Huo Yuhao would return, then left Star Luo City with the Shrek group.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jiujiu about transferring to Star Luo Royal Academy, and she proposed that he train with its Soul King class.
• Huo Yuhao warned Xu Jiujiu and Manyi that the Sun Moon Empire might be secretly raising evil soul masters and sending them into other empires.
• A flashing communication soul tool prompted Manyi to take Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu to an urgent meeting.
• Xuan Zi told Star Luo’s Guardian Douluos that Huo Yuhao had gone missing and gave them four hours to find him, threatening to turn Star Luo City upside down.
• An unidentified commanding voice in the Imperial City asked what the others thought of Xuan Zi.

At the Royal Offering Hall, Elder Tian argued that Shrek Academy had gained too much influence and proposed limiting its student recommendations. Before Xu Jiawei could go speak with Taotie Douluo, a powerful voice rang across Star Luo City, startling Huo Yuhao and the officials.

• Elder Tian dismissed the idea of handing Huo Yuhao over to Taotie Douluo and questioned Shrek Academy's influence over Star Luo's officials and military.
• Elder Tian proposed reducing the recommendations that major cities and intermediate Soul Master Academies sent to Shrek Academy.
• Elder Tian sent Xu Jiawei to sound out Taotie Douluo's attitude toward the proposal.
• A powerful voice called out to Xuan Zi across Star Luo Plaza, and the Royal Offering Hall retainers rushed out to investigate.
• Huo Yuhao was startled by the voice, and Tian Meng warned that its owner was nearly as powerful as the old man they had seen by the dormitory entrance.

Xuan Zi and Du Busi confronted each other over Huo Yuhao, each claiming him as a missing disciple, while Elder Tian tried to protect Star Luo City's authority. After Du Busi threatened the city with a force of Body Sect experts, Huo Yuhao appeared and agreed to go with him.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busi faced off above Star Luo Imperial City as Xu Jiujiu told Huo Yuhao that both had come to recruit him.
• Elder Tian intervened and learned that both Xuan Zi and Du Busi claimed Huo Yuhao as their missing disciple.
• Du Busi argued that Huo Yuhao belonged with the Body Sect because of his body martial soul and said Mu En had told him Huo Yuhao should choose his own path.
• Du Busi threatened to tear down the Imperial Palace and summoned more than twenty Body Sect experts, prompting Elder Tian to order Manyi to hand Huo Yuhao over.
• Huo Yuhao appeared above the Imperial City and said he would go with Du Busi.

Du Busi took Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect after Huo Yuhao agreed to leave with him, and Shrek Academy struggled with the loss. As they crossed into the Heaven Dou Empire, Du Busi tested Huo Yuhao’s arrogance by nearly driving him into the ground.

• Huo Yuhao agreed to go with Du Busi after demanding that the Body Sect stop damaging Star Luo City, and the sect departed with him.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao told Zhou Yi that Huo Yuhao had withdrawn, while Fan Yu lamented the setback and He Caitou became the sole candidate for the Ultimate Soldier Project.
• Ning Tian decided to join the Soul Tool Department, and Wu Feng accompanied her to meet Fan Yu.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En told Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao had his own path and that the academy would handle Ma Xiaotao’s situation without relying on him.
• Wang Dong mourned Huo Yuhao’s departure from their dormitory, while Huo Yuhao traveled with Du Busi into the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Du Busi dismissed Huo Yuhao’s soul tool and nearly slammed him into the ground, warning him that he needed strength to support his arrogance.

Du Busi tested Huo Yuhao’s spiritual skill and ultimate ice while laying out his plans to train him and provide soul rings. The Body Sect party arrived at Heaven Dou City, where Du Busi still expected Huo Yuhao to impress him during his second awakening.

• Du Busi asked Huo Yuhao to share Spiritual Detection, then forcibly severed it and warned him not to reveal his soul skills casually.
• Huo Yuhao refused to use Ice Emperor's Protection at first, citing Du Busi’s own creed, but demonstrated it after Du Busi ordered him to.
• Du Busi overwhelmed Ice Emperor's Protection and promised to obtain soul rings for Huo Yuhao’s second martial soul, including Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Du Busi noticed Huo Yuhao had fused with a soul bone and said he would personally teach him if his second awakening impressed him.
• The Body Sect party arrived at Heaven Dou City.

Du Busi took Huo Yuhao through Heaven Dou City and challenged his resentment toward the Body Sect. He carried Huo Yuhao into the mountains and plunged with him into a vast lake.

• Du Busi drove off the Soul Engineers guarding Heaven Dou City's airspace and took Huo Yuhao into the city.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the Iron Blood Sect, and Du Busi explained that its members bullied people but the Body Sect did not interfere in other sects' affairs.
• Du Busi told Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect was the Heaven Dou Empire's guardian sect and explained why its members sometimes entered the world.
• Du Busi pressured Huo Yuhao until he called him an old bastard, then grabbed him and flew toward the mountains.
• Du Busi and Huo Yuhao plunged into a vast lake hidden among the mountains.

Du Busi plunged Huo Yuhao into a deep lake to test him, but Huo Yuhao unleashed his Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone’s powers and nearly destroyed the lake. After Du Busi rescued him, Huo Yuhao woke in an unfamiliar room as Du Busi confronted him about trying to kill him.

• Du Busi dragged Huo Yuhao hundreds of meters underwater, where Huo Yuhao used the Ice Empress’s power to shield himself from the pressure.
• Du Busi shattered Huo Yuhao’s ice armor, prompting Huo Yuhao’s external soul bone to emerge and unleash the Eternal Frozen Domain and Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• Huo Yuhao prepared an Ice Explosion, so Du Busi seized him and carried him out of the lake before the frozen water erupted for twenty seconds.
• Huo Yuhao regained consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness, learned that Du Busi had saved him, and apologized to the Ice Empress and Tian Meng for risking his life.
• Huo Yuhao woke in an unfamiliar room, where Du Busi asked whether he had been trying to kill him.

After surviving Du Busi’s deadly initiation trial, Huo Yuhao learned the Body Sect’s rules and its system for awakening body martial souls. Du Busi promised to train him and take him to the Far North for a soul ring, while revealing that Huo Yuhao would face more near-death trials to complete his second awakening.

• Huo Yuhao challenged Du Busi about nearly drowning him, and Du Busi explained that the deep-water ordeal was the Body Sect’s initiation trial.
• Du Busi recognized Huo Yuhao’s Ice Explosion skill and soul bones, then praised his performance and promised to teach him personally.
• Huo Yuhao surveyed the Body Sect’s remote mountain base and asked what duties and rules membership involved.
• Du Busi described the sect’s lenient rules, offered help obtaining soul rings and soul bones, and said he would take Huo Yuhao to the Far North.
• Du Busi explained the four tiers of a body martial soul’s second awakening and revealed that repeated near-death trials were needed, leaving Huo Yuhao alarmed at the prospect.

Du Busi introduced Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect and brought him to meet its younger disciples in Heaven Dou City. Huo Yuhao learned about their varied body martial souls before an announcement that the princess had arrived.

• Du Busi told Huo Yuhao that his second awakening would wait until he had four rings, then introduced him to the Body Sect’s elders and members.
• Du Busi brought Huo Yuhao to a training ground in the Tianhun Imperial Palace and announced that he had joined the sect.
• Long Aotian welcomed Huo Yuhao and introduced himself as the strongest member of the younger generation, with a skin martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao met Gu Tong, whose martial soul was his eyes, and learned that Long Aotian and other disciples had martial souls such as hands, lower legs, and wings.
• A voice announced that Her Highness the Princess had arrived.

Huo Yuhao met Princess Vina and other Body Sect disciples, who welcomed him but rejected his interest in soul tools. After leaving the Imperial Palace to explore Heaven Dou City, he encountered Tang Ya.

• Vina introduced herself as a Body Sect disciple and invited Huo Yuhao to join her when she went to obtain her fourth soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao asked about high-level soul engineers and explained that developing soul tools helped his cultivation, but Long Aotian and Vina defended the sect's opposition to relying on them.
• Long Aotian told Huo Yuhao he could explore Heaven Dou City, and Mu Xue gave him a token and a signal flare before accompanying him out of the Imperial Palace.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on the Body Sect's prejudice against soul tools and admitted to Tian Meng and the Ice Empress that he had wanted to escape but felt too embarrassed to do so.
• Huo Yuhao brushed past a familiar figure in Heaven Dou City and turned to see Tang Ya.