Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao learned the Level-Up Ranking exam rules and decided to enter the Level 2 certification exam rather than compete on the Level 1 list. After reviewing the current rankings and obtaining past opponent lists, he began preparing for the exam scheduled for Friday.

• Huo Yuhao asked Feng Tingting about the Level-Up Ranking, and she explained its lists, rewards, and prestige.
• Huo Yuhao decided to skip the Level 1 exam and compete in the Level 2 certification exam, whose score combined Soul Tool evaluations and battle results.
• Huo Yuhao and Feng Tingting examined the Level 2 ranking, where Xiao Hongchen ranked first, Ma Rulong second, and Meng Hongchen third.
• Feng Tingting introduced Ma Rulong, who said Xiao Hongchen had repeatedly challenged him and lost, and revealed that he would graduate before Xiao could take his top spot.
• Huo Yuhao asked Feng Tingting for previous exam opponent lists, and she brought him the materials showing the next exam would take place on Friday.

Huo Yuhao prepared for the Level 2 Soul Engineer ranking examination, then began it by making a Card-Type Level 2 Milk Bottle. He finished the difficult Soul Tool in two hours, while Feng Yu watched and wondered what he would choose next.

• Huo Yuhao studied past matchup lists, continued reading, and practiced spear techniques before the examination.
• Feng Tingting, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen greeted Huo Yuhao at the examination hall, and Meng encouraged him to aim for the top five for the rewards.
• Huo Yuhao entered the examination, received a challenging matchup list, and gathered materials for his planned Soul Tools.
• Feng Yu watched Huo Yuhao work and recognized that he was making a Card-Type Level 2 Milk Bottle.
• Huo Yuhao completed the Milk Bottle with exceptionally efficient movements in two hours, leaving Feng Yu curious about his remaining choices.

Huo Yuhao completed his Soul Tools and began the combat portion of the exam, using his Level 2 Soul Guidance Ray Gun and Spiritual Detection to defeat the first three rounds with perfect scores. As he prepared to face tougher opponents, Xiao Hongchen predicted that the later rounds would test him more seriously.

• Huo Yuhao finished his three Soul Tools and Feng Yu took them for grading.
• Huo Yuhao entered Arena 13 and passed the first round by quickly shooting the examiner, whose protective Soul Tool prevented injury.
• Huo Yuhao used rapid-fire shots and Spiritual Detection to eliminate three Wind Baboons in the second round.
• Huo Yuhao shattered a Level 1 shield and defeated a squad of three Soul Engineers in the third round without moving from his starting position.
• Meng Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao's reactions and accuracy, while Xiao Hongchen realized Spiritual Detection could complement his own strengths.
• Xiao Hongchen admired Huo Yuhao's Soul Guidance Ray Gun but warned that the coming rounds would be harder.

Huo Yuhao used a blinding spear to defeat the next examination opponents and earned high scores, despite damaging the arena's lights. As round eight began against flying Shriek Demon Bats that could resist Spiritual Detection, he activated Spiritual Sharing to forcibly access their vision.

• Huo Yuhao replenished his Soul Power during the intermission and judged his level 2 Soul Guidance Ray Gun too slow and weak.
• In round six, Huo Yuhao shot out the arena lights, blinded three Hundred-Year Wind Baboons with his spear, and incapacitated them, earning 95 points.
• In round seven, Huo Yuhao used his blinding spear and Spiritual Detection to defeat a squad of Level 2 Soul Engineers, earning another 95 points.
• Director Lin Jiayi allowed the combatants to use sunglasses from the next round and instructed the analysts not to deduct points for damage to the examination facilities.
• In round eight, three Hundred-Year Shriek Demon Bats filled the arena with mist that interfered with Spiritual Detection, so Huo Yuhao put away his spear and activated Spiritual Sharing to forcibly access their vision.

Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing, and clever tactics to defeat the examination’s final opponents and set a new academy record. He finished exhausted but victorious, while Xiao Hongchen insisted that Spiritual Detection was the reason Huo Yuhao had surpassed him.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and Telepathist abilities to guide Soul Guidance Rays through the fog and defeat the Shriek Demon Bats with little effort.
• Huo Yuhao used invisibility, spear techniques, and Level 1 Soul Guidance Rays to defeat the Level 2 Soul Engineer squadron and earn full marks in round nine.
• Huo Yuhao disrupted the Silvermoon Wolves with a Milk Bottle, then used Spiritual Detection, mind reading, and Spiritual Sharing to defeat the pack and pass round ten with full marks.
• Feng Yu announced that Huo Yuhao had scored 1,435 points, taken first place, and set a new record.
• Xiao Hongchen protested that Spiritual Detection had given Huo Yuhao an unfair advantage, while Meng Hongchen wondered what else her junior brother could do.

After breaking the academy’s examination record, Huo Yuhao considered his weaknesses and received praise and a reward from Jing Hongchen. Xiao Hongchen then recruited him to help challenge Ma Rulong, while Meng Hongchen hinted that she also wanted a favor.

• Huo Yuhao reviewed his examination rewards and concluded that his low cultivation, limited offense, and poor defenses were his main weaknesses.
• His growing fame disrupted his studies as female students crowded around him, while male students’ envy helped expand his Sea of Consciousness.
• At Quiet Heart Studio, Jing Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao’s record-breaking performance and gave him a savings card containing one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Hongchen recommended that Huo Yuhao exchange points for a Spirit-Nurturing Pill, then asked him to help fight Ma Rulong in a few days.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to help Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen raised her hand to ask him for a favor of her own.

Jing Hongchen assigned Huo Yuhao to Feng Yu’s project team and secretly confirmed Huo Yuhao’s origins through an intelligence report. Feng Yu showed Huo Yuhao a powerful but impractical sniper rifle design, leaving Huo Yuhao intrigued by its destructive potential and costly limitations.

• Jing Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao’s theoretical knowledge and arranged for him to learn on Feng Yu’s project team.
• Jing Hongchen read a confidential report identifying Huo Yuhao as the White Tiger Duke’s son and ordered Feng Yu to sign a confidentiality agreement before destroying the report.
• Feng Yu explained that his costly Laminar Flow Output Soul Tool project had failed to achieve its intended Level 8 result, and Huo Yuhao accepted a Level 3 sample.
• Huo Yuhao asked about powerful ranged soul tools, and Feng Yu showed him the Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle’s specifications.
• Feng Yu explained that the sniper rifle consumed enormous amounts of soul power and usually melted its core array after one shot.

Huo Yuhao broke through to rank twenty-five Soul Power and spent the weekend studying after his plans with Feng Yu were postponed. Meng Hongchen came to fetch him from the library, while Wang Shaojie misread their closeness as proof that Huo Yuhao was an expert at courting women; the chapter ended with Meng Hongchen asking Huo Yuhao to use his Spiritual Detection to help her with something.

• Huo Yuhao took a Spirit-Nurturing Pill and reached rank twenty-five Soul Power after meditating overnight.
• Feng Yu told Huo Yuhao that work on Jing Hongchen's project had delayed their plans, so Huo Yuhao studied the Class 3 Laminar Flow Output Soul Tool instead.
• Wang Shaojie watched Huo Yuhao study and cultivate, then saw Meng Hongchen greet Huo Yuhao familiarly and lead him away from the library.
• Wang Shaojie concluded that Huo Yuhao had been secretly pursuing Meng Hongchen and decided to continue pursuing Hu Mei while following the pair.
• Huo Yuhao explained Wang Shaojie's history to Meng Hongchen as they walked to the dormitory area.
• Meng Hongchen invited Huo Yuhao into her dormitory to help her with something that required his Spiritual Detection.

Huo Yuhao helped Meng Hongchen test whether Spirit-Nourishing Cast Iron could be used to make a figurine, then gave her a partial explanation of his second Soul Skill. He joined Feng Yu’s laboratory team and learned that Feng Bujue had gone to hunt a Sea Soul Beast, while his own Spiritual Detection might be needed to support a research problem.

• Meng Hongchen used Huo Yuhao’s shared Spiritual Detection to engrave a figurine made from Spirit-Nourishing Cast Iron, then refused to show him the finished piece.
• Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen ran into Wang Shaojie, who watched them leave for dinner with admiration.
• Meng Hongchen asked about Huo Yuhao’s second Soul Skill, and he described Divine Soul Unity while concealing the Ice Empress Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao reported to Feng Yu’s laboratory, met the other team members including Keke, and received materials on Level 2 to Level 4 Piercing Cannons.
• Feng Yu told Huo Yuhao that Feng Bujue had gone to the Western Coast to hunt a Sea Soul Beast and that Huo Yuhao might need to support the team’s research problem with Spiritual Detection.

Tang Yin finally obtained the Eight Spider Lances after an exhaustive hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest, then avoided an evil soul master and hurried back toward the academy. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao successfully embedded a heat-dissipation core array into a high-pressure array, astonishing Feng Yu, and learned that archived soul sniper rifle research could be found in the library.

• Tang Yin found a ten-year external soul bone shaped like the Eight Spider Lances after searching through a Man Faced Demon Spider nest and absorbed it safely in the cave.
• Tang Yin encountered a black-robed evil soul master celebrating a powerful soul skill but chose to avoid him and return to the academy.
• Huo Yuhao embedded a heat-dissipation core array into a high-pressure core array, reducing its heat while recognizing that the design still needed improvement.
• Feng Yu examined Huo Yuhao's work and realized he had independently developed the difficult Temperature-Difference Embedding Engraving Method.
• Huo Yuhao asked Feng Yu about soul sniper rifle research, and Feng Yu directed him to archived documents in the library's management system.

Huo Yuhao helped Jing Hongchen resolve a Core Array problem in the Giant Humanoid Soul Tool Prototype, then received a lead on a Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle project. At Shrek Academy, Tang Yin returned just as Zhou Yi faced pressure to expel him for his prolonged absence.

• Feng Yu brought Huo Yuhao to the Illustrious Virtue Hall, where Jing Hongchen asked him to use Spiritual Detection to assist with a Core Array problem.
• Jing Hongchen showed Huo Yuhao the Giant Humanoid Soul Tool Prototype and explained that it could reach Level 9.5 strength after its initial construction.
• A week later, Jing Hongchen directed Huo Yuhao to his own graduation project on the Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle, while Xiao Hongchen told him that Ma Rulong had agreed to fight them both the following Monday.
• At Shrek Academy, Du Weilun demanded that Tang Yin be expelled because he had been absent for two months, while Tang Ya pleaded with Bei Bei to help find him.
• Tang Yin returned to the academy as Tang Ya and Bei Bei spoke outside Zhou Yi's office.

Tang Yin explained that he had used Tang Sect Secret Skills to kill over ten thousand Man Faced Demon Spiders and obtain an External Soul Bone. Yan Shaozhe made him his final disciple and planned to use the Eight Spider Lances to absorb Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, while Shrek Academy’s staff and students reacted to Tang Yin’s rise.

• Zhou Yi praised Tang Yin’s achievement, while Wang Sheng Jia privately suspected his methods were those of an Evil Soul Master; Du Weilun insisted on reporting the matter truthfully to Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe considered barring Ma Xiaotao from the tournament because her Evil Fire threatened others, but Du Weilun arrived with news that Tang Yin had obtained an External Soul Bone after killing over ten thousand Man Faced Demon Spiders.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the Eight Spider Lances could absorb and convert energy, and decided to make Tang Yin his final disciple and use the bone to absorb Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• News of Tang Yin’s appointment spread through the academy, prompting student gossip and deepening Wang Sheng Jia’s suspicions that Shrek’s leadership sheltered a Holy Church spy.
• Beside Sea God Lake, Xuan Zi praised Ma Xiaotao’s improved prospects and Tang Yin’s potential, declaring that Shrek Academy brimmed with talent.

Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao challenged Ma Rulong in a two-on-one match, using coordinated Soul Tool attacks to push him to use his Invincible Shield before Ma Rulong won. Impressed by Huo Yuhao’s support, Ma Rulong offered to recommend him for the academy’s tournament Reserve Team.

• Xiao Hongchen arranged a public two-on-one match with Ma Rulong, who cautiously prepared a Level 6 Thunder God's Wrath to target Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao concealed himself from the Thunder God's Wrath and shared Spiritual Detection with Xiao Hongchen, who launched a barrage of Soul Guidance Rays.
• Xiao Hongchen combined the rays into a powerful Red Clustered Soul Guidance Ray that broke Ma Rulong’s first two Level 6 Impenetrable Shields.
• Huo Yuhao fired a Spirit-Nourishing Cast Iron Bullet through a crack in Ma Rulong’s third shield, but Ma Rulong’s Invincible Shield deflected it and secured his victory.
• Xiao Hongchen tried to publicize the match as a triumph, while Ma Rulong rejected his claims and offered to recommend Huo Yuhao for the tournament Reserve Team.

Huo Yuhao studied Jing Hongchen's failed sniper rifle research and confirmed his wish to join the Reserve Team to face Shrek's students. Jing Hongchen supported him with Red Dust Protection, while Meng Hongchen grew more curious about his hidden past.

• Huo Yuhao examined Jing Hongchen's Level 5 Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifles and began studying how to prevent their core arrays from melting down.
• Huo Yuhao told Jing Hongchen that he wanted to join the Reserve Team, demonstrate his potential, and fight Shrek's students.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Elder Ma to delay Red Dust Protection's delivery and gave the Level 9 defensive soul tool to Huo Yuhao.
• Jing Hongchen explained Red Dust Protection's defenses and warned the students to prioritize survival over tournament results.
• Xiao Hongchen proposed replacing his planned life-saving fifth soul skill with an offensive skill, and Jing Hongchen agreed to study the change.
• Meng Hongchen secretly photographed Huo Yuhao inscribing a core array and wondered what secrets his past concealed.

Huo Yuhao completed a Level 2 Ultimate Cooling Array whose performance rivaled a Level 4 array, then recruited Meng Hongchen to help with his research after catching her secretly checking his borrowing records. As the group gathered for a meal, Xiao Hongchen saw Huo Yuhao’s second Soul Skill and eagerly reacted to its potential.

• Huo Yuhao finished the Level 2 Ultimate Cooling Array, and testing showed it performed like a Level 4 cooling core array.
• Meng Hongchen secretly checked Huo Yuhao’s borrowing history and concluded that he had an ice-attribute Second Martial Soul, but Huo Yuhao revealed that he knew she had accessed his records and asked her to help with his research.
• Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu chose He Caitou for the Ultimate Individual Soldier Plan and discussed why Tang Yin was not a suitable candidate.
• Jing Hongchen gave Huo Yuhao the day off, and Huo Yuhao went with Meng Hongchen to meet Xiao Hongchen and Feng Tingting for a meal.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen told Huo Yuhao they planned to hunt for fifth Soul Rings in the Evil Demon Forest, and Huo Yuhao asked them to help with his research afterward.
• Huo Yuhao showed Xiao Hongchen his second Soul Skill, and Xiao Hongchen became excited by its potential.

Huo Yuhao accompanied Meng Hongchen to an academy auction, where she showed him a nearly worthless 10-Year Wind Baboon Torso Bone. Huo Yuhao decided to buy it after realizing it might help him trick the outsider buying Level 1 Soul Tools, and he suspected Tang Yin might be involved.

• Huo Yuhao went to the auction with Meng Hongchen while Xiao Hongchen left with Feng Tingting.
• Huo Yuhao used his Telepathist ability to read bidders’ thoughts and learned that someone outside the academy was buying Level 1 Soul Tools in bulk.
• The auctioneer presented a 10-Year Wind Baboon Torso Bone, whose active Soul Skill could increase total Soul Power by one to three percent, and set its starting bid at 350,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao considered how future mental-suggestion abilities could make the bone useful for tricking someone, and thought of Tang Yin.
• Huo Yuhao told Meng Hongchen he was buying the torso bone.

Huo Yuhao won rare auction items and a flawed Core Array that might help him study a Soul Tool design, then encountered Wang Dong and Tang Yin while grilling fish. Tang Yin looked down on Huo Yuhao, unaware of his reasons for being at the academy.

• Huo Yuhao secured a 10-Year Wind Baboon Torso Bone for 400,000 Gold Soul Coins, while Meng Hongchen bought ice rapiers and a teleportation ring.
• Huo Yuhao bought thirty-thousand-year whale rubber and a flawed Level 4 “Absorption” Core Array after connecting it to Senior Brother Feng’s shelved project.
• Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Feng Tingting strolled around the academy, where Huo Yuhao grilled fish for them.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Wang Dong arguing with Tang Yin and quietly handed Soul Tools to Meng Hongchen to conceal them.
• Tang Yin recognized Huo Yuhao and privately judged him a failure for selling grilled fish instead of pursuing Soul Master training.

Huo Yuhao introduced Tang Yin and Wang Dong to Meng Hongchen and the other Sun Moon Empire students, while Wang Dong discovered that Meng Hongchen’s Soul Tools did not make her sick. Tang Yin concluded that Meng Hongchen was the Child of Destiny and planned his next move, as Wang Dong’s thoughts of transferring to the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy triggered a mysterious pain.

• Huo Yuhao introduced Tang Yin, Wang Dong, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Feng Tingting to one another while Wang Dong offered to buy their Soul Tools.
• Meng Hongchen sold Wang Dong Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Soul Tools, and Wang Dong found that none of them made her uncomfortable.
• Tang Yin identified Meng Hongchen as the Child of Destiny and began planning how to bring her together with Xiao Qi.
• The Ice Empress wanted to kill Tang Yin, but Electrolux warned that his Divine Sense could escape and cause trouble.
• Wang Dong considered transferring to the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy, but the thought caused her severe pain.
• Wang Shaojie saw Wang Dong with Meng Hongchen and assumed she was a wealthy rival pursuing Meng Hongchen.

Huo Yuhao revealed his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul to Meng Hongchen and helped her experience its Ultimate Ice power before arranging a lesson for Tang Yin. After a month of study and engineering work, he and the Hongchen siblings completed a Class 4 Ultimate Cooling Array and prepared to pursue funding for further research.

• Huo Yuhao told Meng Hongchen about Tang Yin and revealed that his Second Martial Soul was the Ice Jade Scorpion, letting her experience its Ultimate Ice power.
• Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen arranged to teach Tang Yin a lesson, and Tang Yin was fined one million Gold Soul Coins for trafficking in counterfeit and substandard goods.
• Huo Yuhao’s reputation spread through Feng Tingting’s article, while he continued studying and cultivating and advanced to Soul Power level 27.
• Huo Yuhao and the Hongchen siblings completed a Class 4 Ultimate Cooling Array and solved the problem of integrating it with Core Arrays of the same class.
• Jing Hongchen urged Huo Yuhao to apply for research funding, and Xiao Hongchen proposed that they challenge Ma Rulong in a three-on-three match next term.

Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen tested their new Level 4 sniper rifle before joining Xiao Hongchen for a public three-on-three duel against Ma Rulong's team. As the match began, Huo Yuhao vanished and Xiao Hongchen used Huo Yuhao's simulation effects to make his power look divine while secretly building up his fifth soul skill.

• Feng Yu resented Jing Hongchen's generous support for Huo Yuhao's project but helped write the proposal anyway.
• Meng Hongchen praised the Level 4 Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle, and Huo Yuhao explained its cooling limits.
• Meng Hongchen invited Huo Yuhao to watch the duel Xiao Hongchen had arranged at Soul Fighting Platform No. 231.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Ma Rulong before the crowded audience and asked Huo Yuhao to add dramatic lighting effects.
• When the referee started the match, Huo Yuhao turned invisible with his repaired rifle while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen revealed their five soul rings each.
• Xiao Hongchen appeared to ascend to godhood through Huo Yuhao's simulation, secretly stacked Heart of Gold by clapping, and prompted Ma Rulong to order his team to focus fire on him.