Chapter Summaries

Minghui defeated Dai Yueheng in a training match, then asked Xuan Zi to keep his reasons for targeting him quiet. As Minghui strengthened his place in the team, Dai Yueheng warned Dai Huabin to treat Huo Yuhao politely; later, Minghui and Ma Xiaotao began fusing their Martial Souls to address her Evil Fire, and she fainted after more than two hours.

• Minghui used Monarch Overlord and his wind-and-ice techniques to defeat Dai Yueheng, who tried to withstand his attack head-on and was frozen before Xuan Zi stopped the match.
• Minghui told Xuan Zi that he wanted to protect Huo Yuhao and asked him not to involve the White Tiger Duke's Mansion or reveal the matter.
• Minghui practiced his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhang Lexuan, then earned the team's respect with new training plans, while Dai Yueheng grew more deferential toward him.
• Dai Yueheng warned Dai Huabin to treat Huo Yuhao politely because Minghui was his Senior Brother, but Dai Huabin rejected the warning and resented his elder brother.
• Minghui and Ma Xiaotao began truly fusing their Martial Souls to remove her Evil Fire; their cultivation created a powerful mist vortex, and Ma Xiaotao fainted after more than two hours.

Minghui and Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul fusion removed her Evil Fire and temporarily raised her flames to Ultimate Fire, while their household’s noisy cultivation drew teasing and reprimands. Later, Huo Yuhao told Minghui that he had a second, unawakened Ice Attribute Martial Soul, and Minghui arranged for him to return to the Sect and seek a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul beast in the Far North.

• Minghui found that his Soul Power had reached level 47 and his physical strength and Azure Luan Beast Soul had improved after cultivating with Ma Xiaotao.
• The Ice Empress explained that Ma Xiaotao’s Ultimate Fire was temporary and would need Minghui’s Wind Attribute Soul Power and future Fire Attribute Soul Rings to stabilize.
• Minghui told Ma Xiaotao about the limits of her new flames, and she shared her improvements with Zhang Lexuan, Ling Luochen, and the others at breakfast.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe warned Minghui to exercise restraint after the damaged basement and the household’s noisy cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao reached level 20 and, after discussing his second Martial Soul with Tian Meng, told Minghui that it was an unawakened Ice Attribute Martial Soul.
• Minghui arranged an escort for Huo Yuhao to return to the Sect, where the Sect Leader would take him to meet a king of the Far North and seek a Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Attribute soul beast.

Minghui sent Huo Yuhao to the Far North with a letter for Du Busi, hoping he would find a powerful ice-attribute Soul Beast to form a contract. At the Body Sect, Huo Yuhao revealed to Du Busi that Tian Meng had sacrificed himself to become Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring and had helped form his Second Martial Soul.

• Minghui advised Huo Yuhao to build confidence before seeking a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s Sacrifice, then wrote him a letter asking Du Busi to take him to the Far North and find the Snow Empress.
• Huo Yuhao kept Tian Meng’s identity and Million-Year cultivation secret from Minghui, while Tian Meng resolved to reach Bingbing before Minghui could.
• Minghui arranged for Huo Yuhao to travel with Qing Luan Sect disciples, instructed the shop owner to bring Xiao Yu’s parents to the Sect, and returned to the academy.
• At the Body Sect plaza, Huo Yuhao saw statues of two gods, bowed to them, and met Sect Leader Du Busi, who welcomed him and promised he need not fear the Duke’s Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi that Tian Meng had sacrificed himself to become the first Soul Ring of his Spirit Eye Martial Soul and had given rise to the ice attribute of his Second Martial Soul.

Huo Yuhao became Du Busi’s personal disciple and learned about Minghui’s Soul Spirit System, while Du Busi advised him on cultivation and protecting his mother’s remains. In the Far North, Tian Meng discovered that Ice Empress had become Minghui’s soul spirit, leaving his unrequited love for her painfully clear.

• Du Busi promised to write Little Hui a letter explaining Huo Yuhao’s unbelievable story, then accepted Huo Yuhao as his personal disciple.
• While flying to the Far North, Du Busi explained Minghui’s Soul Spirit System and warned Huo Yuhao to focus on cultivation before pursuing revenge or helping his Senior Brother.
• Du Busi advised Huo Yuhao to relocate his mother’s remains from the Duke’s Mansion, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• At the Far North’s core, Du Busi introduced Huo Yuhao to Snow Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King, and Tian Meng appeared asking where Ice Empress was.
• Snow Empress revealed that Ice Empress had willingly become Minghui’s soul spirit, and A Tai explained that Ice Empress had despised Tian Meng and hunted him.
• Tian Meng insisted that Ice Empress would someday be moved by his love, while Huo Yuhao realized Tian Meng’s feelings were entirely one-sided.

Huo Yuhao gained Xiaotian, the Profound Ice Demon Wolf Emperor, as his Soul Spirit and returned to the Body Sect with Du Busi for training. At Shrek Academy, Minghui hosted a gathering and proposed a way for Tang Ya to use her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to improve her cultivation, which they planned to test the next day.

• Snow Empress brought the rejuvenated Profound Ice Demon Wolf Emperor to Huo Yuhao, and it agreed to become his Soul Spirit because he was Minghui's junior disciple.
• Huo Yuhao completed the contract with Xiaotian, gaining an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, a Soul Ring, and a Complete Wolf Tail Trunk Bone; he then contracted a young ice silkworm and reached Rank 26.
• Du Busi took Huo Yuhao back to the Body Sect for special training while Minghui invited Xiao Yu and Yi Wanzhou to dinner and saw Xiao Yu off before returning to the Inner Court.
• Minghui hosted a dinner with Beibei, Tang Ya, Zhang Lexuan, Ling Luochen, and Ma Xiaotao, where Beibei asked Minghui to help him overcome a Combat Techniques bottleneck.
• Minghui explained that Tang Ya could try sharing Life Force with ordinary Blue Silver Grass through her Martial Soul, and offered to use Spiritual Detection Sharing to help her test the idea the next day.

Minghui and Zhang Lexuan grew closer while life at Shrek Academy resumed, and Huo Yuhao returned with news of his training and new abilities. The chapter ended with Minghui learning that Huo Yuhao’s Profound Ice Demon Wolf Emperor was named Xiaotian and jokingly dubbing him the Howling Celestial Dog.

• Minghui and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together, and Minghui kissed her the next morning before they joined Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen for breakfast.
• Minghui helped Beibei and Tang Ya train, then practiced with Elder Mu and demonstrated Dragon Raises Head.
• Ling Luochen asked Minghui about fusing their Martial Souls, but he suggested waiting until they had grown stronger.
• An unknown figure removed Huo Yun'er’s tomb and coffin, prompting the Duchess to increase security around the Duke’s Mansion; Du Busi later sent Elder Xue and Mu Yun to escort Huo Yuhao and secretly protect him and Minghui.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy and told Minghui about his training, his new Martial Soul, and his other gains; Minghui learned the Profound Ice Demon Wolf Emperor was named Xiaotian and called him the Howling Celestial Dog.

Minghui watched Huo Yuhao win his bet against Dai Huabin by terrifying the arena’s Soul Beasts, while he arranged for elders to monitor Dai Huabin and bought a valuable piece of Whale Rubber. After refining it and improving his physical strength, Minghui returned to find Dai Huabin challenging Huo Yuhao to another bet.

• Zhang Lexuan told Minghui the academy would select six new reserve Shrek Seven Devils, and Minghui learned that Huo Yuhao had gained a Second Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao earned his Level Two Soul Engineer badge, then accepted Dai Huabin’s bet that they would compete for points in the Promotion Assessment.
• Huo Yuhao simulated a powerful Soul Beast’s aura, frightened the arena’s Soul Beasts, and earned full marks; Dai Huabin knelt and kowtowed after losing.
• Minghui secretly asked two elders to watch Dai Huabin, then bought a piece of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber at the Treasure Appraisal Meeting.
• Minghui refined the Whale Rubber through Ice-Fire Body Tempering, improving his physical strength, and two days later Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao to another bet.

Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin wagered on the assessment scores, and Wang Dong and Dai Huabin each fought a thousand-year Soul Beast. Huo Yuhao then used his Soul Spirit’s support and close-combat training to overpower a Flame Lion King, leaving the final result unreported.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Dai Huabin’s wager that the higher-scoring student would win, with the loser owing three kowtows.
• Wang Dong defeated a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear, but Yan Shaozhe deducted points because she had nearly exhausted her Soul Power; she scored 120.
• Dai Huabin brutally killed a thousand-year Soul Beast and scored 145.
• Huo Yuhao chose to fight a thousand-year Flame Lion King and relied on Spiritual Impact, Mental Interference, and close-combat tactics to suppress it.
• Yan Shaozhe stopped the fight before Huo Yuhao could continue tormenting the Flame Lion King.

Huo Yuhao earned full marks in his Promotion Assessment, then survived an ambush with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao after two Body Sect elders intervened. The elders moved to punish Dai Huabin, while Shrek Academy learned of Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice martial soul and his status as Du Busi’s Personal Disciple.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yuhao full marks for his assessment, and Dai Huabin left without fulfilling his bet after promising to return.
• Mù Jǐn invited Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to the Treasure Appraisal Fair, where Wang Dong bought the Ten-Thousand Year Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone on credit with Yuhao’s help.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that six attackers were waiting ahead, and two Titled Douluo quickly subdued them when they sprang from a grove.
• Elder Mu told Huo Yuhao that Minghui had alerted the elders to the danger, then took the attackers away with Blood Frenzy to seek justice against Dai Huabin.
• Yan Shaozhe promised the elders an explanation, and Blood Frenzy demanded Dai Huabin’s expulsion while Elder Mu warned that Dai Hao’s response could determine what happened next.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed to Shrek Academy’s leaders that Huo Yuhao had an Ultimate Ice martial soul and was Du Busi’s Personal Disciple, and Xuan Zi asked how they should deal with Dai Yueheng.

Shrek Academy expelled Dai Huabin for arranging an ambush on Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, and announced the case to pressure the Duke's Mansion and Star Luo Empire. Dai Yueheng apologized to Minghui but agreed that his younger brother deserved severe punishment, while Huo Yuhao and his friends prepared for an upcoming Core Disciple selection tournament.

• The Academy's Elders decided to expel Dai Huabin, expose his crime, and escort him and the six captured attackers to the Star Luo Empire for judgment, while keeping Dai Yueheng under observation.
• Yan Shaozhe informed Dai Huabin of his expulsion, and Cai Mei'er questioned Zhu Lu, who denied knowing about the ambush.
• Xuan Zi assured Dai Yueheng that the Academy would not implicate him, then warned him not to let Dai Huabin's crime damage his own future.
• The Academy posted a public notice detailing Dai Huabin's attack and placing the Duke's Mansion under special scrutiny; Dai Yueheng left to inform his family.
• Dai Yueheng apologized to Minghui, who said Dai Huabin must pay for his actions, and Dai Yueheng agreed that crippling him could be necessary to protect the family.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao discussed Dai Huabin's punishment before preparing for the Core Disciple selection tournament; Wang Dong left to arrange repayment for the Soul Bone.

Minghui learned that Huo Yuhao’s team had qualified for the tournament and established the Spirit Transmission Hall, while Dai Huabin’s crimes brought a crisis upon the Star Luo court and the White Tiger Duke’s family. After Dai Hao punished Dai Huabin, he discovered that Huo Yuhao might be his missing son, whose mother had died because of the Duchess and Dai Huabin.

• Gongyang Mo and Ma Xiaotao warned Dai Yueheng that Dai Huabin’s crimes could endanger their family, and Minghui resolved to keep cultivating Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou advanced from the selection tournament, and Zhang Lexuan joined Minghui’s planned Spirit Transmission Hall alongside Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen.
• Shrek Academy exposed Dai Huabin’s crimes to Emperor Xu Jiawei, who ordered Dai Huabin imprisoned and summoned Dai Hao to the capital.
• Dai Hao accepted responsibility for his son and asked to punish him, but his attempt to spare Dai Huabin was thwarted by two Titled Douluo, who abolished Dai Huabin’s martial soul and castrated him.
• Dai Hao struck the Duchess after bringing Dai Huabin home, then admitted his attempt to protect his son and requested leave to reform the Duke’s Mansion.
• Dai Hao learned that Huo Yun’er had named her missing son Yuhao and that the boy might be Huo Yuhao, whose mother had died after the Duchess and Dai Huabin abused her.

Dai Hao realized Huo Yuhao might be his estranged son, but Titan’s attack and the resulting family fallout deepened the Dai Family’s troubles. At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao reunited with Minghui as the tournament team began introductions, and Minghui’s Rank 49 cultivation shocked Wang Dong.

• Dai Hao concluded that Huo Yuhao might be his son and that the Azure Family had moved Huo Yun’er’s grave, then attacked the Duchess during an argument.
• Titan struck Dai Hao and the Duchess into a crater, identified himself as Wang Dong’s second father, and warned them not to cause trouble again.
• Afterward, Dai Hao stripped the Duchess of her household authority and annulled Dai Huabin’s engagement to Zhu Lu; the Duchess and Dai Huabin each fainted after coughing up blood.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu to build ties with Minghui, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong if they visited Star Luo City for the tournament.
• At Shrek Academy’s team gathering, Huo Yuhao was excited to join Minghui, and the Reserve Team members introduced themselves.
• Minghui announced his Rank 49 cultivation, leaving Wang Dong shocked by how far ahead he was.

Xuan Zi arranged a friendly match between teams led by Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, with Minghui joining Ma Xiaotao’s side. As both teams prepared, Dai Yueheng apologized to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong for Dai Huabin’s actions, and the chapter ended with the teams finalizing their tactics before the spar.

• Xuan Zi set the teams’ selection rules and announced that the losing side would have to shout, “i am a pig.”
• Ma Xiaotao chose Minghui, Xu Sanshi, Gongyang Mo, Beibei, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou, while Dai Yueheng chose Ling Luochen, Huo Yuhao, Yao Haoxuan, Wang Dong, Xixi, and Chen Zifeng.
• Dai Yueheng apologized to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong for failing to keep Dai Huabin in check, and Huo Yuhao said he would judge matters rather than people.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong shared details of their soul skills, and Dai Yueheng explained Minghui’s abilities and warned that no one on the team could currently beat him one-on-one.
• Dai Yueheng’s team planned to use Yao Haoxuan’s support and Ling Luochen’s ice mist to buy time for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to form their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Minghui began planning tactics with his teammates around Xu Sanshi’s Fourth Soul Skill as the ten-minute preparation period ended.

Xuan Zi’s team defeated the opposing group by exploiting Xu Sanshi’s displacement skill and interrupting Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After Xuan Zi warned them about the risks of battle, he ordered a second match with switched personnel and repeated the wager.

• Both teams opened with defensive skills and attacks as Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference to weaken Minghui’s Spiritual Weakness.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong unleashed Golden Road, clearing the mist and giving Xu Sanshi the chance to switch places with Yao Haoxuan.
• Xu Sanshi knocked back nearby fighters, interrupting Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and causing them to cough up blood.
• Xu Sanshi switched places with Minghui, whose Mind Storm froze the nearby opponents and let Ma Xiaotao rout them before Xuan Zi stopped the fight.
• Xuan Zi warned Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to expect enemies to exploit their fusion skill, then told the losing team to say “I Am a Pig” and gave both sides one shichen to recover.
• Xuan Zi changed the lineups for a rematch, and Ma Xiaotao angrily accused him of being untrustworthy when he kept the same wager.

Minghui and Ling Luochen used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Extreme Cold Phantom, to overwhelm Ma Xiaotao’s team in a rematch. Ma Xiaotao admitted defeat, and Minghui hurried to thaw the frozen opponents.

• Minghui discussed the team’s strategy and said he and Luo Chen would use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Dai Yueheng covered them.
• Minghui’s Spiritual Weakness weakened Xu Sanshi, Beibei, and He Caitou as both teams exchanged attacks.
• Minghui and Ling Luochen formed Extreme Cold Phantom, whose Cold Mist extinguished incoming attacks and froze the battlefield.
• Minghui’s Wind Barrier Sword Vortex froze Gongyang Mo, Xixi, Chen Zifeng, Xu Sanshi, Beibei, and He Caitou.
• Ma Xiaotao admitted defeat, and Minghui ended the fusion skill and helped thaw the frozen opponents.

After training ended, Minghui explained his view of Dai Yueheng and advised Huo Yuhao to keep him alive to restrain the Duke's Mansion. Huo Yuhao affirmed that the Sect was his home, and the group prepared to leave for the tournament in Star Luo City the next morning.

• Minghui and Luo Chen's Martial Soul Fusion Skill defeated their opponents, and the team finished their punishment before Xuan Zi announced the trip to Star Luo City.
• Minghui kept Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong behind, then explained that Dai Yueheng was scheming but could be kept in check and was not a serious threat.
• Minghui revealed that he had defeated Dai Yueheng with the Monarch Overlord Combat Technique and had passed its derivative techniques to Beibei.
• Minghui advised Huo Yuhao to leave Dai Yueheng alive to restrain the Duke's Mansion, while Huo Yuhao said the Sect was his home and that he had no ties to the Duke's Mansion.
• Minghui learned that Zhang Lexuan would lead the tournament team, then packed with the girls and cultivated as usual.

Minghui and the Shrek students joined the Inspection Group and set out to hunt bandits led by an Evil Soul Master in the Mingdou Mountain Range. During a rest on the journey, Dai Yueheng explained the history of Evil Soul Masters, while Minghui privately criticized Tang San and the Tang Sect for failing to take responsibility for suppressing them.

• Xuan Zi explained the Inner Court and the Inspection Group, but Minghui challenged Dai Yueheng's claims about the group's good deeds and reminded everyone to act on their principles.
• Minghui agreed to join the Inspection Group, and the other students followed; Zhang Lexuan distributed Inspector equipment as Ma Xiaotao explained their mission.
• The group set off for the Mingdou Mountain Range to eliminate bandits led by an Evil Soul Master known as Death God's Emissary.
• After Huo Yuhao and the others tired during the flight, Xuan Zi ordered a rest, and Dai Yueheng explained the history of Evil Soul Masters to Huo Yuhao.
• Minghui reflected on Tang San and the Tang Sect's failure to suppress Evil Soul Masters, then the group ate Huo Yuhao's grilled fish and resumed their journey.

The group reached the Star Luo Empire’s military camp, where Dai Yueheng learned that his father had been summoned back to Star Luo City. Minghui challenged Dai Yueheng’s claims about his father’s fidelity, revealing rumors that Huo Yuhao’s mother and others had suffered because of the Duke’s household, and left Dai Yueheng facing a family scandal to investigate.

• Xuan Zi sped up the group by pulling them along with a rope, and they reached the military-controlled zone at dawn.
• Old Du welcomed Dai Yueheng and told him that Dai Hao had returned to Star Luo City and would attend the Soul Master Tournament.
• Dai Yueheng introduced the Mingdou Mountain Range situation at the camp and asked Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong where they were from.
• Wang Dong questioned Dai Yueheng about his father’s wives, and Dai Yueheng insisted Dai Hao had only one wife and two sons.
• Minghui contradicted Dai Yueheng with rumors about Dai Hao’s secondary consort and a maidservant, saying the maidservant was dead and her child had disappeared.

Minghui led the team to the bandits’ cave, where they found evidence of horrific atrocities and fought their way inside. As Minghui attacked in his Azure Dragon form, Xiaotian revealed that he was a deity’s reincarnation, and the cave’s leader threatened the group from deeper within.

• Ma Xiaotao condemned Dai Hao for abandoning his maidservant and child, leaving Dai Yueheng shaken by the revelation about his father.
• Zhang Lexuan led the team to the forest, where Minghui used Spiritual Detection Resonance to find traces of Warm Orchid Trees and locate the bandits’ cave.
• Minghui warned the team to proceed cautiously, then led them to defeat the six bandits guarding the entrance.
• Inside the cave, the team discovered skins and infant corpses, and Minghui charged ahead in Azure Dragon form, freezing and crushing the bandits in his path.
• Xiaotian told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Minghui was a deity’s reincarnation, while Tian Meng regretted not having chosen him earlier.
• A voice deeper in the cave called itself Death God’s Emissary and threatened to kill the intruders.

Minghui foiled Death God's Emissary’s corpse explosion trap, and the Shrek team escaped the cave before continuing to Star Luo City. At the Star Emperor Hotel, Zhang Lexuan began briefing the students on the tournament ahead of the drawing ceremony.

• Death God's Emissary tried to collapse the cave with Corpse Explosion, but Minghui had already frozen the corpses and incapacitated him with Soul Shock.
• Minghui explained how he had anticipated the trap, and Elder Xuan thanked him for preventing casualties.
• Minghui teased Elder Xuan about his bad luck, then urged the team to clear the cave and burn it; Elder Xuan killed Death God's Emissary, and Ma Xiaotao set the cave on fire.
• Dai Yueheng worried that Minghui might become an enemy of the Duke's Mansion and resolved to speak with his father before they reached Star Luo City.
• At the Star Emperor Hotel, Elder Xuan asked team leader Zhang Lexuan to explain the tournament as the students gathered for a briefing.