Recaps

Huo Yuhao set up a Soul Beast-operated metallurgical facility and received a sacrifice from a dying Nine-Colored Deer to obtain a Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Zhang Lexuan discovered the truth about his childhood and his mother's grave, then returned to Sea God Island furious at Dai Yueheng.

• Huo Yuhao failed repeatedly to condense a Soul Ring, so he went with Gu Yuena to the Lake of Life to find a dying spiritual-type Soul Beast.
• Gu Qiu'er complained about teaching the Soul Beasts, while Gu Yuena showed Huo Yuhao the forest's reserves and its newly built metallurgical tower.
• Huo Yuhao installed components that let the tower identify, smelt, and sort metals from ore, using Soul Power to operate it.
• Di Tian brought a defective Nine-Colored Deer, which agreed to sacrifice itself, and handed Gu Yuena the records he had taken from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Zhang Lexuan found Huo Yuhao's records and his mother's grave, understood the hardship he had endured, and bowed to the grave.
• Zhang Lexuan returned to Sea God Island and angrily told Dai Yueheng to get lost.

The quarterfinals saw Tang Yin and Xu Yang win their matches, while Gu Qiu'er single-handedly overwhelmed her opponents and stunned the spectators. After Dai Huabin's team advanced, Huo Yuhao agreed to investigate Tang Yin and fight him if their teams met.

• Tang Yin defeated Wang Dong's team after blocking Wang Dong's elemental attack, and Wang Dong's team surrendered.
• Xu Yang's team easily defeated Ning Tian's team despite her swordsmanship and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support.
• Gu Qiu'er fought alone, revealed her purple, purple, and black Soul Ring configuration, and defeated all three opponents without using a Soul Skill.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu used Hell White Tiger to break the opposing team's Heavenly Net, and Dai Huabin provoked Huo Yuhao after the match.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao to beat Tang Yin if they faced his team, and Huo Yuhao agreed while deciding to investigate Tang Yin.

Huo Yuhao’s team defeated Dai Huabin’s team in the semifinals and Xu Yang’s team in the final, winning the freshman competition. The assessment ended with Tang Yin’s team taking third place after conceding its semifinal match.

• Huo Yuhao’s team faced Dai Huabin’s team, and Gu Yuena eliminated Cui Yajie as the match began.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu used their Hell White Tiger fusion skill, but Huo Yuhao’s illusion-based Soul Skill let him wound them and secure the victory.
• Tang Yin conceded to Xu Yang, saying he wanted both teams to preserve their strength for third place.
• Huo Yuhao’s team easily defeated Xu Yang’s team in the final, with Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu’er quickly knocking out the other opponents.
• Huo Yuhao knocked Xu Yang off the stage, and his team won the championship while Tang Yin’s team took third place.

Mu En awarded Huo Yuhao his self-created Soul Skill, Ruling the World, after testing him and finding him free of evil influence. He then introduced Ma Xiaotao and asked Huo Yuhao to help cure the evil fire in her Martial Soul, leaving Huo Yuhao set to investigate the problem before trying next week.

• Mu En tested Huo Yuhao with Ruling the World, then taught him the Soul Skill after Huo Yuhao showed he could understand its intent.
• Huo Yuhao performed Ruling the World, and Mu En recognized its intent as great love and responsibility toward all under heaven.
• Mu En introduced Ma Xiaotao and explained that the evil fire in her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had worsened as she grew stronger.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to look for a solution and scheduled a test for the following week.
• Mu En ordered Ma Xiaotao to serve as Zhang Lexuan's assistant while she was forbidden to cultivate.

Shrek Academy announced its core disciples and placed Huo Yuhao in Class One, where he reunited with his companions and met his new teachers. As Tang Yin and Xu Yang reacted to Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao focused on designing a new Soul Tool with Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er.

• Du Weilun announced the approved core disciples, while Qian Duoduo was pleased that several top students had not joined the Martial Soul Department.
• Huo Yuhao was assigned to Class One, and he, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao chose seats together as Tang Yin and Xu Yang watched them.
• Zhang Lexuan introduced herself and Ma Xiaotao as the class's teachers, then both women released their Soul Rings and silenced the students.
• Tang Yin suspected Ma Xiaotao had come for Huo Yuhao, while Xu Yang eagerly considered using her Evil Fire as an opportunity to approach her.
• Huo Yuhao worked on a design combining Imperial Technology and Soul Tools as Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er praised his blueprints.

Xu Yang left Shrek on a false family emergency and bought the cursed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife in Star Luo City, hoping to use it to strengthen himself and awaken Electrolux. Electrolux recognized the knife’s gold of life and its potential benefits, while Tian Meng realized Xu Yang might be exploiting him and began considering a new host.

• Xu Yang insisted that Tian Meng give him a Martial Soul soon, then decided to take a month off from Shrek and lied to Zhang Lexuan that his mother was gravely ill.
• Tian Meng told Electrolux about Xu Yang’s recent behavior and worried that Xu Yang might target the Ice Empress, so Electrolux suggested finding another Soul Beast to satisfy him.
• Xu Yang traveled to Star Luo City and bought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife from the Starlight Auction for 80,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Yang tried to awaken Electrolux with the knife, but nothing happened, and he rested at an inn.
• Electrolux explained to Tian Meng that the knife contained gold of life that could greatly strengthen Xu Yang’s body and spiritual world, and Tian Meng realized Xu Yang might be taking advantage of him.

Xu Yang searched the Far North for an Ice Jade Scorpion but instead absorbed a mutated Ice Phoenix egg, gaining ultimate ice and a corrupted Martial Soul. After he returned to Shrek Academy, Tian Meng and Electrolux secretly cleansed the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and began weakening Xu Yang’s Martial Souls while preparing to switch hosts.

• Xu Yang refused Tian Meng’s suggestions and spent over a dozen days searching the Far North for a lone Ice Jade Scorpion, exhausting his supplies without finding one.
• Xu Yang broke through an ice wall, discovered a mutated, dead Ice Phoenix egg, and absorbed its essence despite Tian Meng’s warning about its resentment.
• Xu Yang gained an Ice Phoenix Martial Soul with ultimate ice, returned to Shrek Academy before his leave ended, and fell asleep in his dormitory.
• Tian Meng woke Electrolux and gave him the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, which Electrolux cleansed of its black aura.
• Tian Meng asked Electrolux to cripple Xu Yang’s Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, and Electrolux widened its flaw and redirected its resentment toward Xu Yang’s Sun Martial Soul.
• Tian Meng sensed Huo Yuhao approaching the dormitory with two girls and left with Electrolux.

Huo Yuhao tested Electrolux’s Purification Spell and accepted him and Tian Meng after hearing their explanation. Tian Meng realized Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er had drained him before, then demanded that Electrolux find him someone else.

• Gu Yuena caught Tian Meng as he flew toward Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao brought everyone to Dorm Room 408 to hear their explanation.
• Electrolux introduced himself and Tian Meng, then demonstrated his Purification Spell at Huo Yuhao’s request.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the spell’s peaceful intent and accepted Electrolux’s explanation and offer of Tian Meng’s spiritual origin.
• Tian Meng recognized Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er as the ones who had drained him for ten thousand years.
• Tian Meng begged Electrolux to choose another person, but Gu Yuena smiled and told him he was already there.

Tian Meng merged his Spiritual Origin into Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao showed Tian Meng and Electrolux his vast mental world and explained his opposition to the gods as a ruling class. Electrolux joined Huo Yuhao’s cause, and Huo Yuhao returned to the others with the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife as the group prepared to rest.

• Tian Meng’s eight origins merged into Huo Yuhao’s mental world without creating a Soul Ring because Huo Yuhao had not reached rank 30.
• Huo Yuhao led Tian Meng and Electrolux through his mental world to his private palace on Terra.
• Electrolux concluded that Huo Yuhao had been reincarnated from another plane, and Huo Yuhao explained that he wanted to end the gods’ rule over mortals.
• Electrolux asked to become Huo Yuhao’s comrade, and Tian Meng agreed that bringing down the Divine Realm could help Soul Beasts and Bingbing.
• Electrolux gave Huo Yuhao the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, which he had renamed the Blade of Life, and Huo Yuhao returned to the two girls and suggested they rest there for the night.

Huo Yuhao continued cultivating and investigating Xu Yang, but chose not to act against him after Electrolux warned that a deity was watching him. Xu Yang discovered that Electrolux, Tian Meng, and his spiritual origin were gone, then received a new system activation as he despaired over Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao returned to Dormitory 108, ignored Wang Dong's sarcastic remarks, and cultivated his developing method while Wang Dong silently made up her mind.
• Xu Yang learned that Ma Xiaotao and Zhang had been absent, then discovered his spiritual world was empty and the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife box contained nothing.
• Tian Meng told Huo Yuhao that Xu Yang seemed to know secret events and might foresee the future, while Electrolux warned that a deity was watching Xu Yang.
• Huo Yuhao decided not to extract Xu Yang's memories, questioned the suspiciously spotless historical accounts of Tang San, and planned to resolve Ma Xiaotao's problem and kill Dai Huabin soon.
• Xu Yang blamed Huo Yuhao for losing his companions and power, then heard that his God of Wisdom System had activated and offered him a Newbie Gift Pack.

Xu Yang received a system mission to ruin Huo Yuhao’s life and learned his damaged Martial Souls could be fused into a Cold Sun Phoenix. Tang Yin received the same mission, while Huo Yuhao ambushed Dai Huabin with a specially designed sniper rifle and virus.

• Xu Yang used his system’s Newbie Gift Pack and learned his Ice Phoenix Martial Soul would shatter and damage his Sun Martial Soul unless he fused them into a Cold Sun Phoenix.
• Xu Yang accepted the mission to ruin Huo Yuhao’s life and resolved to build strength without provoking him recklessly.
• Tang Yin received the same mission, along with the God of Wisdom’s Godhood Inheritance and an Erroneous Dagger that could take Tang San’s godhoods.
• Two Clear Sky Sect men discussed watching Xu Yang and Tang Yin and decided to report that their disguised young sect master seemed to have feelings for a male student.
• Huo Yuhao shot Dai Huabin from a concealed position with a Soul Tool Sniper Rifle, infecting him with a virus before he and the two girls escaped and erased their traces.

The Tang Sect Study Group discussed hidden weapons and Huo Yuhao’s lessons, while Tang Yin was stunned by a redesigned crossbow and grew suspicious of Huo Yuhao. The gathering ended with Wang Dong asking the group for help because she liked someone, and Xiao Xiao guessed that person was Huo Yuhao.

• Tang Ya urged Tang Yin to attend Huo Yuhao’s lessons, but Tang Yin insisted that hidden weapons surpassed Soul Tools.
• Tang Ya showed Tang Yin Bei Bei’s improved New Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and Tang Yin realized its power had doubled after only structural changes.
• Tang Yin suspected Huo Yuhao was behind the improvement and felt fear of the mysterious person Huo Yuhao had become.
• Wang Dong defended Huo Yuhao, and Tang Yin grew upset when he heard her speak of him affectionately.
• After Tang Yin left, Wang Dong asked the group for help and admitted she liked someone, prompting Xiao Xiao to guess Huo Yuhao.

Wang Dong revealed that she was a girl named Wang Dong'er and admitted that she loved Huo Yuhao, then introduced herself to Class One. As she settled into her new identity, Xu Yang plotted to hide his origins and strengthen his Martial Souls.

• Wang Dong removed her disguise and told Xiao Xiao and the others that she was a girl, prompting Xiao Xiao to chase and scold her for hiding the truth.
• Wang Dong revealed her real name was Wang Dong'er and said she wanted to confess her feelings to Huo Yuhao; Bei Bei offered to explain the situation to the academy.
• Wang Yan introduced Wang Dong'er to Class One, where she apologized for pretending to be a boy and openly showed affection for Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Yin reacted angrily to his daughter's feelings for Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao's girlfriends stayed calm.
• Xu Yang resolved to replace a missing Soul Ring and reveal his Cold Sun Phoenix Martial Soul while concealing his connection to the Sun Moon Imperium.

Huo Yuhao uncovered that Yan Shaozhe had concealed Ma Xiaotao’s past killings and helped her realize her Evil Fire could turn her into an Evil Soul Master. Two months later, Yan Shaozhe returned to the academy and began investigating Huo Yuhao and the freshmen.

• Huo Yuhao questioned Ma Xiaotao and used a device to confirm she did not know she had killed people while out of control.
• Ma Xiaotao read records of her victims and confronted Yan Shaozhe, then told him she would no longer call him Teacher.
• Mu En explained Evil Soul Masters to Huo Yuhao, who vowed to wipe them out and agreed to help Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Du Weilun about Huo Yuhao, the other core disciples, and Dai Huabin’s worsening illness.
• Yan Shaozhe decided to personally inspect the year’s freshmen.

After rejecting Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao faced her challenge in the Soul Fighting Arena and learned that her soul was slowly dissipating because she had been created as a tool. Electrolux believed he could help her, and Huo Yuhao went to comfort her while Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er agreed to come along.

• Huo Yuhao rejected Wang Dong'er's confession, saying he would pursue his ideals before considering a family, and Wang Dong'er avoided him afterward.
• At the Soul Fighting Arena, Wang Dong'er defeated Tang Yin and challenged Huo Yuhao, accusing him of lying before exhausting herself attacking him.
• Electrolux sensed that Wang Dong'er's soul was dissipating and explained that she had been created as a tool, though he believed her condition could be fixed.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to comfort Wang Dong'er, and Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er offered to accompany him.

Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Gu Qiu'er reassured Wang Dong'er that Yuhao might accept her, and he promised to give her an answer in a few days. After Xu Yang revealed his second Martial Soul, Yan Shaozhe summoned him and offered to take him as a disciple, while Tang Yin suspected Xu Yang had taken Huo Yuhao's destiny and vowed to kill them both.

• Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er told Wang Dong'er that Huo Yuhao had rejected her to keep her out of his dangerous path, and Yuhao promised to answer her in a few days.
• Huo Yuhao hugged Wang Dong'er, Gu Qiu'er, and Gu Yuena while Tang Yin watched and decided to erase his rebellious daughter's memories later.
• Xu Yang revealed a second Martial Soul, an ice-attribute Phoenix, and defeated his opponent; Tang Yin suspected he had obtained the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and taken Huo Yuhao's destiny.
• Du Weilun brought Xu Yang to Yan Shaozhe, who offered to take him as a disciple after hearing his prepared account of gaining a second Martial Soul in the Far North.
• Xu Yang accepted Yan Shaozhe as his master, while Yan Shaozhe privately planned to pair him with Ma Xiaotao.

Huo Yuhao and his companions found a safe place in Electrolux's Undead Demiplane to remove the divine sense harming Wang Dong'er. They also began planning an industrial munitions factory there, and the chapter ended as they prepared to treat Wang Dong'er.

• Electrolux explained that the divine sense sustaining Wang Dong'er's soul had likely gone dormant and revealed that his Undead Demiplane could prevent it from sending messages.
• Huo Yuhao saw that the plane's tireless undead could staff an industrialized munitions factory, and Electrolux gave him authority to organize the plane.
• Huo Yuhao outlined plans to use Shrek Academy as a research base and starting point for opposing worship of the gods, while avoiding the Sun Moon Imperium because of suspected Evil Soul Master activity.
• Several days later, Huo Yuhao anesthetized Wang Dong'er and brought everyone into the Undead Demiplane to begin resolving her problem.

Huo Yuhao and his companions removed the Divine Sense influencing Wang Dong'er and uncovered a scheme involving her soul and the child of destiny. After Wang Dong'er learned that Tang San was likely behind it, Huo Yuhao reflected on his revenge against Dai Hao and decided it was time to build his own armed force.

• Electrolux and Gu Yuena removed the strand of Divine Sense from Wang Dong'er, revealing that her soul had been split and that the fragment was meant to parasitize the daughter of destiny.
• Huo Yuhao deduced that Tang San was the god behind the scheme, and Electrolux destroyed the Divine Sense while the remaining soul fragment strengthened Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao about her childhood and, after seeing her Clear Sky Hammer, accepted that she was Tang San's daughter and learned what he was likely seeking.
• Wang Dong'er apologized to Gu Qiu'er before crying herself to sleep, while Huo Yuhao invited Gu Qiu'er and Gu Yuena to watch the stars with him.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to kill Dai Hao eventually but leave him alive while he remained essential to resisting the Sun Moon Imperium, and decided to build his own armed force.

Huo Yuhao planned to undermine Tang San by turning the Tang Sect against him, and enlisted Wang Dong'er to secretly gather information while helping Tang Ya rebuild the sect. Wang Dong'er agreed, reassured that her soul was being restored, and left happily holding Huo Yuhao's arm.

• Wang Dong'er arrived at class with her arm linked through Huo Yuhao's, and classmates teased her about spending the night in his dorm.
• Huo Yuhao considered his lack of experience leading armies and logistics, and thought about training Na'er and Qiu'er and trading with Ning Tian for resources.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan questioned Wang Dong'er about her relationship with Huo Yuhao and her health; Wang Dong'er assured them that her physical problem had been resolved.
• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao she wanted to leave the Tang Sect, but he urged her to help Tang Ya revive it and discover Tang San's role in the sect's decline.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong'er to act as a spy for the Tang Sect; she agreed, received a Secret Art and gold of life to strengthen her soul, and asked to hold his arm.

Huo Yuhao advanced his industrial plans, traded Life-Type Soul Tools for resources through Ning Tian, and offered to fund the Tang Sect. As the group prepared for a break, Tang Ya gave him the sect’s supreme techniques in thanks.

• Huo Yuhao expanded his production lines, planned to develop nuclear energy and advanced weapons, and began making Life-Type Soul Tools to trade for resources.
• The White Tiger Duke’s Mansion became a place of death after Dai Huabin and the duchess succumbed to the virus, while people also died at the Nether Duke’s Mansion.
• Wang Dong’er told Huo Yuhao she did not want to return to the Clear Sky Sect, and he encouraged her to stay and write them a letter.
• Huo Yuhao offered Ning Tian Life-Type Soul Tools in exchange for resources, then gave her a mechanical revolver and a hundred bullets.
• Huo Yuhao offered to fund the Tang Sect because Wang Dong’er wanted it to prosper, and Tang Ya thanked him by giving him the sect’s supreme techniques.

Tang Yin accepted Xuan Zi as his master, but Xuan Zi blocked Clear Sky Sect envoys from taking him back to the sect. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao brought Wang Dong'er to the Lake of Life, where Elder Yi had developed something that might help Gu Yuena and the soul beasts.

• Tang Yin revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to Xuan Zi, who offered to become his master, and Tang Yin accepted.
• Xuan Zi and Tang Yin agreed to search for demonic spider-type soul beasts so Tang Yin could obtain Eight Spider Lances.
• Two Clear Sky Sect men asked Tang Yin to return and acknowledge his ancestors, but Xuan Zi refused to let them take his disciple.
• Tang Yin pretended to be moved by the envoys' words while deciding that it was not yet the right time to visit the Clear Sky Sect.
• Gu Yuena teleported Wang Dong'er to the Lake of Life, where Huo Yuhao explained that Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er were soul beasts.
• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena that Elder Yi had developed something that could be useful to her and the soul beasts.

Electrolux introduced Soul Spirits and helped Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er form their first ones with Tian Meng and a Light Butterfly. Later, the three girls celebrated Huo Yuhao's birthday, and he finally regained the ability to love specific people.

• Electrolux explained Soul Spirits and used Tian Meng's sacrifice to create one for Huo Yuhao, while saying further research could improve the method.
• Huo Yuhao performed the Soul Spirit ritual for Wang Dong'er with a Light Butterfly, and the others watched and learned from the process.
• The Soul Beasts grew more confident in Huo Yuhao as they saw how his knowledge and inventions strengthened them, and Di Tian became eager to bind him to their side.
• Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and the third girl told Huo Yuhao it was his birthday and gave him gifts.
• Huo Yuhao embraced the three girls, then shared burnt fish with them, finally regaining the ability to love specific people.

Huo Yuhao discussed ways to strengthen Soul Beasts and offered to research bloodline enhancement, then tested the four Soul Skills granted by Tian Meng. He left eager to study the skills and still needed to investigate the differences between Soul Beast and human genetics.

• Huo Yuhao asked Gu Yuena how Soul Beasts could grow stronger, and she explained bloodline enhancement and the limits of their Dragon God Bloodline.
• Gu Yuena admitted that Soul Beasts had neglected studying their bloodlines, while Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao compared their reliance on innate powers and Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao offered to research bloodline enhancement, and Electrolux volunteered to help; Huo Yuhao then collected blood samples from his three girlfriends.
• Tian Meng urged Huo Yuhao to test his Soul Skills, and Spiritual Detection revealed detailed, constantly updating information within a ten-thousand-meter radius.
• Huo Yuhao tested Spiritual Sharing, Simulation, and Mental Interference, praised all four skills, and decided to analyze their Spell Pathways.

Huo Yuhao analyzed Ma Xiaotao’s bloodline and gave her a treatment to suppress the Evil Fire that had afflicted her family for generations. The chapter ended with Mu En connecting Huo Yuhao’s findings to his own Martial Soul evolution.

• Xiong Jun said his Sky-Rending Claw had injured an old man who escaped with a child.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy with his girlfriends as the new semester approached.
• Zhang Lexuan realized her feelings for Huo Yuhao and told Mu En, who revealed he had encouraged her closeness to him.
• Huo Yuhao showed Ma Xiaotao a bloodline analysis chart and explained that her Evil Fire stemmed from an inherited gene sequence.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ma Xiaotao medicine and a formula to suppress the Evil Fire, offering hope to others who shared her bloodline.
• Mu En asked whether the same gene sequence had caused his Martial Soul to evolve into the Radiant Sacred Dragon, and Huo Yuhao confirmed it.

During the semester exams, Tang Yin and Xu Yang displayed their combat abilities while each dealt with new suspicions and setbacks. Xu Yang decided to implicate Huo Yuhao in Dai Huabin’s death by informing Dai Yueheng, while also planning how to protect himself from Tang Yin.

• Huo Yuhao led the girls through their exams, while Wang Dong'er’s third Soul Ring and Tang Yin’s victory over a thousand-year Soul Beast drew attention.
• Tang Yin recalled how Xiong Jun overwhelmed Xuan Zi in the Star Dou Great Forest, badly injuring him and forcing him to flee with Tang Yin; Xuan Zi later secluded himself to recover.
• Tang Yin suspected Xu Yang was another otherworldly arrival and resolved to stay cautious, while Xu Yang showed off his two Martial Souls and obtained the Duplication Soul Skill from a seven-thousand-year Silver-English Beast.
• Xu Yang worried that he had lost access to the opportunities Huo Yuhao once enjoyed, suspected Huo Yuhao had controlled Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and feared Tang Yin was watching him.
• Xu Yang decided to join the Shrek Seven Devils’ reserve team and tell Dai Yueheng that Huo Yuhao might have killed Dai Huabin, hoping to provoke the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and earn a system reward.