Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao reunited with Zhang Lexuan and her Shrek group while traveling alone, shared his grilled fish with them, and spent the night at their camp. He woke from a mysterious vision of golden light and a voice saying only he could save the continent, leaving him unsure whether it had been a dream.

• Huo Yuhao sensed Zhang Lexuan and her group approaching and happily greeted her when they recognized each other.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Huo Yuhao to travel with the group and help him obtain his Second Soul Ring, but he declined so he could hunt for himself.
• Huo Yuhao's grilled fish captivated the Shrek students, and he later grilled another for Zhang Lexuan while she kept watch.
• Huo Yuhao dreamed of boundless golden light, could not reach Sister Tian Meng or Ice Empress, and heard a voice say that only he could help the continent.
• Huo Yuhao woke in his tent, troubled by the vision, and told the awakened Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that nothing was wrong.

Huo Yuhao returned to help Zhang Lexuan’s group when a hundred-thousand-year Blood Moon Wolf King ambushed them and killed Wu Yi. After the wolf king overwhelmed the students, Zhang Lexuan lured it toward Huo Yuhao, who prepared to confront it with an emerald ice scorpion.

• Huo Yuhao sensed danger after leaving and rushed back to find the Blood Moon Wolf King attacking Zhang Lexuan’s group.
• The Blood Moon Wolf King killed Wu Yi, then wounded several students as Zhang Lexuan organized a defense and struck its face with Full Moon.
• The wolf king unleashed its blood moon domain and battered the group until only five students remained standing.
• Huo Yuhao contacted Zhang Lexuan through his detection Soul Skill and told her to lure the wolf king toward him.
• Zhang Lexuan drew the wolf king away while the injured students went to search for Xuan Zi.
• As the Blood Moon Wolf King neared Zhang Lexuan, an emerald ice scorpion appeared between them.

Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan fought off the Blood Moon Wolf King as the God of Destruction used Huo Yuhao’s body to strike it down. Zhang Lexuan killed the wounded beast and then collapsed with Huo Yuhao in her arms, while Xuan Zi rushed toward them.

• Huo Yuhao used his Simulation Soul Skill to create an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion replica that distracted the Blood Moon Wolf King while Zhang Lexuan retreated.
• Zhang Lexuan found Huo Yuhao and carried him as they fled, while the God of Destruction prepared an attack using power released by Tian Meng.
• The God of Destruction took control of Huo Yuhao and blasted the Blood Moon Wolf King with Destruction God Thunder, leaving it gravely wounded.
• Zhang Lexuan severed the wolf king’s head, then collapsed against a tree while holding the exhausted Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi followed the trail toward Zhang Lexuan after learning that she had lured the wolf king away.

After the Blood Moon Wolf King was killed, Zhang Lexuan recovered and absorbed its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, while concealing Huo Yuhao’s role in the beast’s defeat. The surviving students mourned their losses, and one declared he wanted to leave Shrek.

• Xuan Zi reached the ravaged forest and found the Blood Moon Wolf King dead, with Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao alive but unconscious.
• Zhang Lexuan woke with her head in Huo Yuhao’s lap and told Xuan Zi that a sudden bolt of lightning had crippled the wolf, hiding Huo Yuhao’s involvement.
• Huo Yuhao reminded everyone that Zhang Lexuan could claim the Blood Moon Wolf King’s Soul Ring, and Xuan Zi advised her to absorb its Soul Bone first.
• After absorbing the Soul Ring, Zhang Lexuan reached the Soul Douluo rank and gave Huo Yuhao her VIP card for Shrek’s Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• A student reported that five core disciples had died, three were disabled, and two were severely injured; Xuan Zi blamed himself and offered to resign.
• One surviving student said he had lost his will to fight and wanted to leave Shrek.

After the disaster, Zhang Lexuan kept Huo Yuhao's secrets and reflected on her own purpose as he continued toward Shrek. That night, Ice Empress joined Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng in their intimate spiritual cultivation.

• Xuan Zi agreed to let the disillusioned juniors submit a report and promised the academy would compensate their losses.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan that his own goal kept him from losing hope, and she considered whether she had a purpose beyond protecting Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao asked Zhang Lexuan to conceal the abilities he had revealed, and she promised to keep his secret.
• Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Zhang Lexuan and the others, then continued toward Shrek and camped near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ice Empress saw Tian Meng cultivating with Huo Yuhao, felt envious, and embraced Huo Yuhao to join their cultivation.

Huo Yuhao met Shrek students Tang Ya and Bei Bei while selling grilled fish, and they invited him to join their sect. The chapter ended with Tang Ya revealing that the sect was the Tang Sect.

• The Ice Empress woke beside Huo Yuhao and felt embarrassed about having slept in his embrace, while Tian Meng teased her.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei approached Huo Yuhao after smelling his grilled fish, and he shared some with them.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei introduced themselves, and Huo Yuhao told them he was traveling to Shrek for the Freshman Assessment.
• After learning Huo Yuhao had no family, Tang Ya blurted out that she wanted him to join their sect, then apologized.
• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao that the sect she wanted him to join was the Tang Sect.

Huo Yuhao declined Tang Ya’s invitation to join the struggling Tang Sect, then helped Tang Ya and Bei Bei defeat a Mandala Snake and revealed his powerful spirit eyes. The three set off for Shrek Academy, where Huo Yuhao planned to take the entrance assessment.

• Tang Ya explained that the Tang Sect had dwindled to just her and Bei Bei after losing its estate, members, and influence.
• Huo Yuhao refused to join the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya accepted his decision while offering to help him at Shrek.
• A thousand-year Mandala Snake attacked, but Huo Yuhao’s ultimate ice protected him from its poison and his spirit eyes revealed the battlefield to the others.
• Bei Bei knocked the snake unconscious with Thunderous Might, and Tang Ya finished it off and absorbed its soul ring.
• Bei Bei questioned Huo Yuhao about his two thousand-year soul rings, and Huo Yuhao described his spirit eyes while brushing off concern about his first soul ring.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei encouraged Huo Yuhao to enter Shrek’s assessment, and the three headed for the academy.

Huo Yuhao arrived in Shrek City, reunited with Jiang Nannan, and enrolled at Shrek Academy after revealing his two thousand-year soul rings. As evening fell, Jiang Nannan invited him to stay at her home with her mother for the night.

• Tang Ya spotted Jiang Nannan in the crowd and brought Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei over to greet her.
• Jiang Nannan greeted Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya teased her about his coming to Shrek for her before leaving with Bei Bei.
• Huo Yuhao displayed two thousand-year soul rings during registration, astonishing the attendant and onlookers.
• The attendant told Huo Yuhao about a new experimental class that included soul-tool studies, and Huo Yuhao asked to hear more.
• Huo Yuhao received his enrollment certificate, uniform, and dormitory key, then accepted Jiang Nannan's invitation to stay at her home.

Huo Yuhao explored Shrek Academy and set out to visit Sister Lexuan, while Ling Luochen sensed his extreme cold and secretly followed him. When he entered Lexuan’s secluded courtyard, Ling Luochen mistook their connection for a secret romance and feared being discovered.

• Huo Yuhao passed the statues of Shrek’s founders and the first Shrek Seven Devils, then decided to visit Sister Lexuan after finding the cafeteria disappointing.
• Wang Dong entered Dorm Room 103, complained about its filth, and began cleaning her side of the room.
• Ling Luochen lamented her lack of romantic prospects until she noticed Huo Yuhao and sensed a resonance with his extreme cold.
• Huo Yuhao and the others noticed Ling Luochen following him, while Tian Meng and the Ice Empress discussed his use of ultimate ice to escape the heat.
• Ling Luochen recognized the bamboo courtyard as Senior Sister’s residence, imagined that she and Huo Yuhao were lovers, and heard a woman greet him as Little Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao visited Zhang Lexuan, revealed his ultimate ice second martial soul to her, and met Ling Luochеn, who had followed him because she sensed its ice aura. Zhang Lexuan asked Ling Luochеn to look after him, and Ling took him to stay at her residence while Wang Dong waited in their dormitory.

• Huo Yuhao visited Zhang Lexuan, and she told him she was still refining the violent Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao realized Ling Luochеn was eavesdropping, and Huo Yuhao explained that she had followed him because of his ice aura.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his ultimate ice second martial soul to Zhang Lexuan, who invited Ling Luochеn inside and told her to keep the secret.
• Ling Luochеn admitted she had followed Huo Yuhao because she sensed pure ice essence, promised to keep his twin martial souls secret, and offered to help his cultivation.
• Ling Luochеn took Huo Yuhao to stay at her residence, while Wang Dong waited in their dormitory and began cleaning Huo Yuhao's side himself.

Ling Luochеn took Huo Yuhao to her room and discovered that cultivating alongside his Ultimate Ice greatly strengthened her cultivation, though she overexerted herself and collapsed into his arms. She invited him to sleep in her room with a cushion dividing the bed, and they settled down for the night.

• Ling Luochеn worried about bringing Huo Yuhao back with her and chose a small path to her room.
• Huo Yuhao began cultivating while Ling Luochеn tried to tidy her cluttered room, and she noticed his powerful ice-type Soul Power.
• Ling Luochеn asked to cultivate with Huo Yuhao, and they joined their palms to circulate their ice-type Soul Power together.
• Ling Luochеn pushed herself too far, collapsed into Huo Yuhao's arms, and he soothed her with his Soul Power.
• Ling Luochеn asked Huo Yuhao to sleep in her room, and they went to bed with a stuffed cushion between them.

Ling Luochen woke embarrassed after accidentally pushing Huo Yuhao out of bed, then warned him to avoid Ma Xiaotao. Huo Yuhao moved into the freshmen dormitory, where he met his new roommate Wang Dong and learned her rules for sharing the room.

• Ling Luochen discovered she had squeezed Huo Yuhao out of bed and was caught rubbing her cheek against his pillow.
• Ling Luochen served Huo Yuhao breakfast and warned him that Ma Xiaotao was dangerous and should be avoided.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the freshmen dormitory, where Mu En checked his badge and admired his talent.
• Huo Yuhao entered room 108 and surprised Wang Dong while she was changing.
• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao he could not bring people over, go naked, snore, or disturb her, and assigned him the cleaning.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong clashed over dorm rules, but their hand-to-hand fight ended in an embarrassing misunderstanding that forced Wang Dong to concede. Huo Yuhao left to stay at Ling Luochеn’s courtyard, while Wang Dong woke to find him gone and wondered where he had gone.

• Wang Dong challenged Huo Yuhao to fight without Martial Souls, and he dodged her attacks before pinning her against the wall.
• Senior students entered, mistook their position for an intimate encounter, and left after telling them to keep it down.
• Wang Dong admitted defeat, introduced herself by name, and agreed with Huo Yuhao to take turns cleaning while asking him to keep the incident secret.
• Huo Yuhao went to Ling Luochеn’s courtyard and asked to stay in the guest room for a few days.
• Wang Dong woke after dark, found Huo Yuhao missing, and paced by the door before returning to her bedside.

Xian Lin'er launched a Soul Tool Department experimental class and recognized Huo Yuhao’s unusual talent after he explained his views on soul tools and demonstrated Spiritual Detection Sharing. Impressed by the skill’s potential, she offered to make him her disciple and promised him the department’s resources.

• Xian Lin'er created an experimental class with a separate Soul Tool Department test and chose to teach it herself.
• Huo Yuhao joined the experimental class, then found only a few students in the classroom.
• Xian Lin'er introduced herself as the class’s homeroom teacher and promised to teach soul tool theory, forging, and circuit research.
• Huo Yuhao explained how soul tools affected offense and defense while noting their limits at higher levels.
• Xian Lin'er learned that Huo Yuhao had a Spirit Eyes martial soul and two thousand-year soul rings, then experienced his Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Xian Lin'er offered Huo Yuhao an apprenticeship and promised to devote most of the Soul Tool Department’s resources to him.

Huo Yuhao impressed Xian Lin'er with his soul-tool engraving and received a Core Disciple badge, while Wang Dong was punished with extra laps by Zhou Yi. Huo Yuhao secretly eased Wang Dong’s exhaustion, and Tang San sensed the Goddess of Life’s aura during a meeting.

• Huo Yuhao successfully engraved a metal piece under Xian Lin'er’s guidance, and she gave him a Soul Tool Department Core Disciple badge.
• Zhou Yi ordered her class to run a hundred laps for failing to admit they had fought, and Wang Dong confessed to fighting her roommate.
• Zhou Yi made Wang Dong run a hundred and fifty laps because her fight with Huo Yuhao had ended in a draw.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Wang Dong still running and used Azure Ruins Eye to ease her fatigue and heat.
• Tang San sensed the Goddess of Life’s aura during a meeting and turned toward the Goddess of Life.

Wang Dong finished Zhou Yi’s punishment and learned that Huo Yuhao had transferred into the Soul Tool Experimental Class. After class, she worried about surviving the coming physical conditioning and hurried back to the dorm with Huo Yuhao, while Xiao Xiao watched them and mistook their closeness for romance.

• Tang San sensed a trace of the Goddess of Life’s divine power but decided not to investigate with his divine sense, believing the God of Destruction was setting a trap.
• Wang Dong completed her laps, and Zhou Yi expelled Tai Long and Tang Dao for cutting corners before sending the class to change for lessons.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao why he was not in class, and he told her he had transferred to the Soul Tool Experimental Class and had 24 soul power.
• In class, Zhou Yi criticized Wang Dong’s answer about soul master roles and announced three months of physical conditioning, leaving Wang Dong determined to find a way to survive.
• Huo Yuhao admitted he had waited for Wang Dong, and she blushed before grabbing his wrist and rushing with him toward their dorm.
• Xiao Xiao watched Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao leave together and concluded that they were flirting, lamenting her apparent romantic disappointment.

Huo Yuhao invited Wang Dong to eat grilled fish at Jiang Nannan’s home, where Jiang Nannan felt jealous seeing them together before learning Wang Dong was a boy. Back at the dormitory, Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao what his relationship with Jiang Nannan was, and he began explaining their closeness.

• Wang Dong joined Huo Yuhao to grill fish and enthusiastically ate several portions with Jiang Nannan’s mother.
• Tang Ya teased Jiang Nannan about missing Huo Yuhao, and Jiang Nannan denied seeing him as more than a little brother.
• Jiang Nannan returned home, saw Huo Yuhao with Wang Dong, and felt jealous before discovering Wang Dong was a boy.
• Wang Dong introduced herself to Jiang Nannan as Huo Yuhao’s roommate, and Jiang Nannan welcomed her into the courtyard.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao about his relationship with Jiang Nannan, and he said she treated him like her own little brother.

After Huo Yuhao revealed the pain behind his family history, Wang Dong comforted him, then shared a playful moment and experienced his Spiritual Detection. Exhausted by Zhou Yi’s training, Wang Dong decided to switch classes, while Xiao Xiao overheard and considered doing the same.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that his mother had died and that he rejected his father, and Wang Dong apologized for asking.
• Wang Dong tried to pin Huo Yuhao, but he turned the tables and tickled her until she begged him to stop.
• Huo Yuhao explained his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and shared his Spiritual Detection with Wang Dong, who marveled at its usefulness for competition.
• After Zhou Yi added a hundred laps to Wang Dong’s training, Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao to recommend a class and decided to transfer to his.
• Xiao Xiao secretly overheard Wang Dong and wondered whether she should switch classes too.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao asked to transfer to the Experimental Class, and Zhou Yi approved their applications. Later, Jiang Nannan took Huo Yuhao shopping, where Xu Sanshi challenged him to a fight, leaving Huo Yuhao set to face Xu Sanshi tomorrow afternoon.

• Wang Dong told Zhou Yi she wanted to transfer to the Experimental Class to study Soul Tools, and Zhou Yi approved.
• Xiao Xiao also requested a transfer to the Experimental Class, and Zhou Yi approved her application.
• Jiang Nannan met Huo Yuhao after his lessons and invited him to stroll through Shrek City with her.
• Xu Sanshi confronted Huo Yuhao over his closeness with Jiang Nannan, while Bei Bei stepped in to stop him.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Xu Sanshi's challenge to fight at the Soul Fighting Zone the following afternoon.

Huo Yuhao prepared to duel Xu Sanshi over Jiang Nannan, drawing a crowd and the attention of powerful Shrek figures. As the two entered the arena, Bei Bei confidently predicted that Huo Yuhao would win.

• Wang Dong worried that Huo Yuhao would lose to the higher-ranked Xu Sanshi, but Huo Yuhao said he could use mental attacks and encouraged her to cultivate with him.
• Students crowded the Soul Fighting Zone to watch and place bets on the match, while Ling Luochеn and Dean Xian Lin'er arrived, each concerned about Huo Yuhao.
• Bei Bei offered Huo Yuhao Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, but Huo Yuhao refused and accepted Xu Sanshi's challenge to test whether he could protect Jiang Nannan.
• Wang Dong urged Huo Yuhao not to push himself too far and offered to join him if the fight went badly.
• Xu Sanshi promised Bei Bei he would hold back, but Bei Bei said Huo Yuhao would win.