Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy replaced Zhou Yi with Wang Yan and introduced new rules, easing the concerns of Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Tang Yin, and Xu Yang. Xu Yang reconsidered his plans after learning more about Huo Yuhao and gaining a system, while a hidden blue bird watched him and hoped he would cause further changes.

• Wang Yan introduced himself as Freshman Class One's new teacher after Zhou Yi was removed, and the class welcomed him.
• Xiao Xiao thanked Wang Dong for speaking up about Zhou Yi, while Wang Dong worried that Xiao Xiao had misunderstood her feelings and resolved to confess she was a girl.
• Tang Yin worried that Xiao Xiao might become romantically involved with Wang Dong and reflected on Huo Yuhao's closeness to Gu Yuena.
• Xu Yang recalled his plans to exploit Huo Yuhao's opportunities and pursue Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and Ma Xiaotao, but his setbacks and uncertainty about Huo Yuhao had dampened his confidence.
• Xu Yang's system appeared and named a being called the God of Wisdom as his benefactor, restoring his belief that he was the protagonist.
• A little blue bird secretly observed Xu Yang and anticipated that his actions would create changes, then prepared to go dormant.

Huo Yuhao taught the Soul Tool Department about elemental conversion, and Gu Yuena demonstrated turning light into lightning. Tang Yin, meanwhile, secretly planned to exploit the continent’s protection and feared Gu Yuena would recognize him.

• He Caitou welcomed Huo Yuhao to a larger classroom, and Huo Yuhao offered to teach him forging.
• Qian Duoduo worried about Fan Yu after Mu En’s decision concerning Zhou Yi, while Mu En regretted Zhang Lexuan’s old promise and considered finding her a match.
• Huo Yuhao explained elemental conversion, and Gu Yuena demonstrated changing light element into lightning and back.
• Bei Bei and Wang Dong tried the conversion technique after class but stopped when their attempts exhausted them; Bei Bei encouraged Tang Ya and agreed to bring Tang Yin to a future lesson.
• Tang Yin learned that the God of Wisdom had reinforced the continent’s protection for twenty years, and he resolved to pursue resources while avoiding Gu Yuena.

Mu En asked Huo Yuhao about Shrek Academy and the future of Soul Tools, then requested help extending his life so he could protect the academy. Huo Yuhao agreed to treat him, and the chapter ended with Mu En arranging a month of preparation while considering Huo Yuhao’s place in the academy’s future.

• Mu En told Huo Yuhao that Shrek Academy was plagued by corruption and that Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe would suppress the Soul Tool Department after his death.
• Huo Yuhao predicted that Soul Tools would transform everyday life and warfare, strengthen Soul Masters, and eventually make recovering Soul Rings necessary.
• Mu En asked Huo Yuhao to help him live another twenty years, and Huo Yuhao examined him and found a necrotic spinal injury and a savage Dragon Core sustaining his body.
• Huo Yuhao proposed cloning a healthy spine and reconstructing Mu En’s nerves, while Gu Yuena offered to suppress the Dragon Core’s aura in exchange for it.
• Mu En agreed to the treatment, which would take about a month, and suggested Zhang Lexuan escort Huo Yuhao to the inner court library; Huo Yuhao crossed Sea God Lake on foot instead.

As the freshman assessment began, Huo Yuhao’s team received a direct pass to the quarterfinals, and Dai Huabin confronted them with a taunt. Huo Yuhao’s reaction and Mu En’s subsequent instructions pointed toward a hidden connection between Dai Huabin, the duchess, and Huo Yuhao’s past.

• Zhang Lexuan explained the freshman assessment and announced that Huo Yuhao’s team would advance directly to the quarterfinals.
• The chapter recounted how Ning Tian had sought Huo Yuhao’s training while Wu Feng disapproved, and how Huo Yuhao’s skill had impressed the class and Soul Tool Department members.
• Dai Huabin insulted Huo Yuhao and the Gu sisters, named himself as the one who would defeat them, and left; Huo Yuhao restrained his fury and planned to deal with him and the Hell Spirit Cat family.
• That night, Wang Dong visited Huo Yuhao’s dorm room and asked about the Soul Tool he was making, while Gu Qiu’er and Gu Yuena discussed investigating without acting on their own.
• After Zhang Lexuan reported the incident, Mu En asked her to investigate records at the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion from eleven or twelve years earlier and five or six years earlier.

Huo Yuhao operated on Mu En, replacing a necrotic spinal segment and beginning to reconstruct his damaged nerves. Mu En regained the ability to walk and ordered Ma Xiaotao released from confinement while keeping Yan Shaozhe locked up.

• Huo Yuhao showed Zhang Lexuan, Elder Zhuang, and Mu En a spine segment created through Directed Guided Cultivation, and promised to teach Zhang Lexuan how to recreate other body parts.
• Zhang Lexuan found hope in the possibility of helping disabled people, but Mu En stopped her from attempting a breakthrough before she had recovered.
• Huo Yuhao replaced Mu En's necrotic spinal segment while Gu Yuena, Mu En, and Elder Zhuang stabilized his body, then began reconstructing his nervous system.
• After the procedure, Mu En stood and walked without pain, gave Gu Yuena the Dragon Core as payment, and ordered Elder Zhuang to keep it secret.
• Mu En walked outside with Zhang Lexuan and Elder Zhuang, then told Cai Mei'er to release Ma Xiaotao from confinement but forbid her from cultivating and to keep Yan Shaozhe locked up.

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.