Chapter Summaries

Huo Yutong absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as her first Soul Ring and gained four Soul Skills, while Electrolux appeared in her Sea of Consciousness and fell asleep. Huo Tian and Huo Yutong returned from the Star Dou Great Forest, where Bai Qi, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya joined them on their way out.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chose Huo Yutong for its sacrifice, merged into her Sea of Consciousness, and formed a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring with golden markings.
• Electrolux descended into Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness, startling the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm before both of them fell asleep there.
• Huo Yutong awakened with four Soul Skills, demonstrated Holy Light Detection and Holy Light Sharing, and reached level 18, while Huo Tian's Soul Power rose to level 79.
• Di Tian arrived after Huo Tian and Huo Yutong had left and lamented that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had sacrificed itself to a human.
• Huo Tian and Huo Yutong met Bai Qi, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya, then walked together toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest as Bai Qi carried his Soul Cannon.

On the way back to Shrek City, Huo Tian encouraged Bai Qi's interest in Soul Tools and proposed combining Tang Sect Hidden Weapons with Soul Tool technology. The group continued toward the city as Huo Tian considered Shrek Academy a future foundation for the Azure Cloud Sect and remained concerned about Bai Qi's wounded heart and mysterious identity.

• Huo Tian told Bai Qi he could try joining the Soul Tool Department, but warned him not to neglect cultivation.
• Huo Tian decided Shrek City could become the Azure Cloud Sect's foundation and reflected that he would eventually inherit leadership of Shrek Academy and the city.
• Huo Yutong asked how powerful Soul Tools had become, and Huo Tian said the strongest could rival a Limit Douluo.
• Huo Tian showed Bei Bei and Tang Ya the design for the Torrential Pear Blossom Needle and suggested upgrading Tang Sect Hidden Weapons into Soul Tools.
• Bei Bei questioned whether the difficult weapons could be made with Soul Tool technology, and Huo Tian replied that future progress could make it possible.
• Huo Tian noticed Bai Qi's emotional wounds and mysterious demonic energy, and resolved to give him armor and a mask suited to his Martial Soul.

Huo Tian brought Huo Yutong and Bai Qi to register at Shrek Academy, then filled in for Wang Yan at the registration desk. When Wang Dong registered, Huo Tian recognized that she was a girl disguised as a boy, and the system urged him to take her as a disciple and recruit her into the Azure Cloud Sect.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya said goodbye to Huo Tian and returned to Shrek Academy for their year-advancement assessment.
• Huo Tian took Huo Yutong and Bai Qi to the new student registration desk, where Wang Yan registered them before asking Huo Tian to take over.
• Huo Yutong called waiting students inside while Huo Tian processed registrations at the desk.
• Wang Dong arrived and submitted her registration form, listing the Light Goddess Butterfly as her Martial Soul.
• Huo Tian questioned Wang Dong about her supposedly female Martial Soul, exposing her disguise and leaving her embarrassed.
• The system prompted Huo Tian to take Wang Dong as his disciple and have her join the Azure Cloud Sect.

Huo Tian handled new student registration at Shrek Academy, where Wang Dong’s identity as a girl was revealed and Xiao Xiao arrived just before registration ended. After learning that Xiao Xiao had twin martial souls, Huo Tian considered her unusual talent and the system urged him to take her as a disciple.

• Huo Tian sent Wang Dong to collect her uniform and move into the new girls’ dormitory after discovering she was a girl.
• Huo Yutong and Bai Qi waited with Huo Tian while he prepared for the end of registration as their new homeroom teacher.
• Xiao Xiao arrived just before registration closed, and Huo Yutong helped her rest and gave her water.
• The system offered Huo Tian rewards for taking Xiao Xiao as his disciple, but he chose not to do so immediately.
• Huo Tian learned from Xiao Xiao’s registration form that she had twin martial souls and advised her to reveal them to gain academy resources.

Huo Tian took Huo Yutong and Bai Qi to the Soul Tool Department, where he collected Fan Yu's completed Gravity Simulation Device and asked him to build equipment for Bai Qi. The chapter ended with Fan Yu agreeing to make Bai Qi a Class Eight soul-powered arm and custom training armor.

• Huo Tian gave Xiao Xiao her dorm key and warned her that her roommate, Wang Dong'er, might be difficult to get along with.
• Huo Tian took Huo Yutong and Bai Qi to Shrek's display area, where they saw that all three were assigned to Class One of the first year, with Huo Tian as their homeroom teacher.
• Huo Tian brought his disciples into the Soul Tool Department and asked Fan Yu to show him the Gravity Simulation Device.
• Fan Yu showed Huo Tian the completed device, which included a red warning indicator to monitor students' ability to bear gravity.
• Huo Tian collected the Gravity Simulation Device and asked Fan Yu to make Bai Qi a Class Eight soul-powered arm and heavier custom Soul Tool Armor, and Fan Yu agreed.

Bai Qi joined Fan Yu’s Soul Tool Department as a disciple, while Huo Tian returned to Sea God Island with Huo Yutong. When Ma Xiaotao greeted Huo Tian warmly, Huo Yutong grew jealous and withdrawn, leaving Ma Xiaotao wondering who she was.

• Fan Yu examined Bai Qi’s Starry Night Demon Scythe, sensed its Ultimate Darkness attribute, and agreed to take Bai Qi as his disciple with Huo Tian’s encouragement.
• Fan Yu sent He Caitou to show Bai Qi around the Soul Tool Department, and Huo Tian collected cigars before leaving with Huo Yutong.
• Huo Tian returned to his courtyard, where Mu En welcomed him and praised his cultivation, which had nearly reached Soul Douluo.
• Ma Xiaotao rushed over to greet Huo Tian and clung to his arm, making Huo Yutong jealous and cold toward him.
• Huo Tian carried Huo Yutong inside and told Ma Xiaotao to focus on the upcoming All-Continent Soul Master Tournament, while Ma Xiaotao asked who Huo Yutong was.

Huo Tian comforted Huo Yutong and gave her a 200,000-year Ice Wolf King Right Leg Bone, then took her to see the Golden Ancient Tree and the Sea God Pavilion. Huo Yutong resonated with the tree’s light element as Huo Tian entered the pavilion and found Xuan Zi asleep inside.

• Huo Tian reassured the tearful Huo Yutong that he would never leave her, and they made a pinky promise.
• Huo Tian gave Huo Yutong a 200,000-year Ice Wolf King Right Leg Bone to store in her Soul Tool Ring.
• Huo Tian bought a 500,000-year Vermilion Bird Bone and a 500,000-year Vermilion Bird Right Leg Bone from the system shop.
• Huo Tian took Huo Yutong to the Golden Ancient Tree, where her Holy Light Spirit Eyes resonated with its light element and she absorbed the energy.
• Huo Tian led Huo Yutong into the Sea God Pavilion and found Xuan Zi asleep on a conference table with a chicken drumstick and wine flask.

Huo Tian returned to the Sea God Pavilion with Huo Yutong, introduced her to Xuan Zi and Mu En, and entrusted her to Mu En before entering secluded cultivation. Mu En accepted Huo Yutong and viewed Huo Tian as his successor, while Shrek Academy remained under pressure from the three great empires.

• Huo Tian woke Xuan Zi, who left to patrol Shrek City after greeting him and meeting Huo Yutong.
• Huo Tian explained Shrek Academy to Huo Yutong as they walked through the Sea God Pavilion, and she learned that Ma Xiaotao was his younger sister.
• Huo Tian told Mu En he planned to enter secluded cultivation and asked him to look after Huo Yutong.
• Mu En welcomed Huo Yutong and told her to cultivate with him because her Martial Soul possessed Ultimate Light.
• After Huo Tian left, Mu En reflected that Huo Tian could succeed him as Sea God Pavilion Master and help Shrek face pressure from the three great empires.

Huo Tian entered seclusion in the Golden Ancient Tree to fuse six Soul Bones and advance toward Quasi-Soul Douluo. As his Vermilion Bird power awakened, a cry spread through the world and stirred the Silver Dragon King in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to have Wang Yan teach Class One theory for seven days and leave the students’ physical training to Huo Tian after his return.
• Huo Tian reached his cultivation room inside the Golden Ancient Tree and prepared to fuse the six Soul Bones above an ice bed.
• The five-hundred-thousand-year Vermilion Bird Torso Bone fused with Huo Tian’s torso bones over twelve hours, leaving a Vermilion Bird tattoo across his upper body.
• Huo Tian began fusing the remaining five Soul Bones as a shrill cry rang out from within the Golden Ancient Tree.
• The cry reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian sensed an oppressive bloodline might and the Silver Dragon King opened one eye.

Huo Tian completed his Soul Bone fusion and gained Vermilion Bird Bone Armor, though his Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Darkness became harder to control. Huo Yutong advanced to Quasi-Soul Grandmaster and reunited with him as he emerged from seclusion.

• The Vermilion Bird's cry disrupted Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao's sparring, and they stopped and left the grove.
• Huo Tian's six Soul Bones resonated during his fusion, forming Vermilion Bird Bone Armor across his body.
• Huo Tian realized the armor greatly increased his strength but worsened the conflict between the energies inside him.
• With the Golden Ancient Tree's help, Huo Yutong advanced to Quasi-Soul Grandmaster while waiting for Huo Tian to finish his seclusion.
• Huo Yutong ran to Huo Tian and embraced him, then asked about his shorter hair and greater height.

Huo Tian showed Mu En the Soul Bone Armor formed from his six Soul Bones, which let him match a rank-95 Super Douluo, and explained his theories about how it formed. Mu En summoned the Sea God Pavilion Elders for an urgent assembly, leaving them gathered as he prepared to make an important announcement.

• Huo Yutong reached Quasi-Soul Grandmaster level while cultivating with the Golden Ancient Tree's origin energy.
• Huo Tian displayed his Vermilion Bird Bone Armor to Mu En and said it let him rival a rank-95 Super Douluo.
• Huo Tian shared three theories about the armor's formation, and Mu En considered having Shrek Academy test them.
• Mu En summoned a Sea God Pavilion assembly, and Huo Tian wheeled him to the pavilion with Huo Yutong following.
• Mu En struck the sleeping Xuan Zi awake and reprimanded him for drinking before the Elders arrived.
• Mu En opened the assembly by saying he had an important announcement to make.

Mu En proposed Huo Tian as vice dean of the Martial Soul Department and deputy commander of the Inspection Corps, then revealed a distant island with powerful fire-attribute Soul Beasts that might provide Huo Tian’s eighth Soul Ring. The meeting ended with Huo Tian’s appointment approved unanimously, while Yan Shaozhe asked about the unfamiliar Soul Beast.

• Mu En proposed Huo Tian for the vice dean and deputy commander posts, and Yan Shaozhe questioned whether Huo Tian met the Inspection Corps’ rank-95 strength requirement.
• Huo Tian demonstrated the Vermilion Bird Bone Armor and released an aura equivalent to a rank-95 Super Douluo, then explained how the armor was made from tempered Soul Bones.
• Xuan Zi eagerly examined Huo Tian’s armor, but Huo Tian explained that elders with complete Soul Bone sets could not readily make their own bone armor.
• Mu En appointed Huo Tian vice dean and deputy commander, and the elders approved the decision unanimously.
• Mu En showed Yan Shaozhe a map marking an island near the Star Luo Empire where he had found a hundred-and-eighty-thousand-year-old Nirvana Divine Bird and a three-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-year-old fire-attribute avian Soul Beast.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned Mu En about the unfamiliar Soul Beast as they considered the island as a source for Huo Tian’s eighth Soul Ring.

Huo Tian, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe set out from Shrek for Flame Island, taking Huo Yutong along to obtain a Soul Ring. As they traveled, Huo Tian and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed Huo Yutong’s next Soul Ring and second Martial Soul, but Huo Tian favored a different ice-based choice.

• Mu En said he could find no record of the 350,000-year-old Soul Beast, while Xuan Zi urged the group to depart for Flame Island.
• Yan Shaozhe noticed Huo Yutong’s cultivation and her connection to the Golden Ancient Tree, then suggested bringing her along to obtain a Soul Ring; Huo Tian rejected Yan Shaozhe’s interest in taking her as a disciple.
• Huo Tian transformed into a Vermilion Bird and flew with Huo Yutong, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe out of Shrek, astonishing the others with his Soul Beast-like form.
• Di Tian sensed Huo Tian’s pressure as the group crossed the Star Dou Great Forest and wondered whether Soul Beasts could coexist peacefully with humans.
• After the group crossed the Star Dou Empire and passed the Offering Hall, Huo Tian consulted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about Huo Yutong’s second Soul Ring and second Martial Soul.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recommended a sky silkworm Soul Ring and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion as Huo Yutong’s second Martial Soul, while Huo Tian preferred the Ice Dragon King, with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress as its Soul Spirits.

Huo Tian and Huo Yutong searched for Flame Island with Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, but found a mysterious mist-shrouded sea that disrupted their mental probes and separated them. They continued into the mist alone together, where a tentacle attacked Huo Tian.

• Huo Tian told the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm he would let her reunite with the Ice Empress when Huo Yutong reached four or five rings.
• Huo Tian, Huo Yutong, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe searched the sea for Flame Island but found no island.
• Huo Tian discovered a vast bank of mist, and the three Super Douluos found that it absorbed their mental power and caused backlash.
• Huo Tian, Huo Yutong, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe entered the mist together, but the strange waters separated them.
• Huo Tian and Huo Yutong flew deeper into the mist, where a black tentacle attacked Huo Tian and retreated after he struck it with an evil-fire kick.

Huo Tian and Huo Yutong crossed the Fog Sea Area, where Huo Tian fought and killed a 370,000-year-old Black Poison Octopus. They continued toward the island appearing through the thickening fog, leaving the octopus’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring floating over the sea.

• Huo Tian discovered an invisible barrier at the top of the Fog Sea Area, and he and Huo Yutong found that it absorbed Soul Power and reflected attacks.
• Huo Tian protected Huo Yutong from a mental attack and used his Vermilion Bird Domain to burn Sea Soul Beasts beneath the surface, provoking the Black Poison Octopus.
• Huo Tian severed the octopus’s tentacles and revealed its enormous body, then faced its poisonous attacks while carrying Huo Yutong.
• Huo Tian used his Vermilion Bird True Body to destroy the Black Poison Octopus with a blazing sun, leaving its skeleton and two poisonous Soul Bones behind.
• Huo Tian stored the Soul Bones and flew onward with Huo Yutong as Flame Island came into view through the fog.

Huo Tian and Huo Yutong explored Flame Island, searching for the Nirvana Divine Bird while the island’s heat and strange magnetic field hindered them. They reached the foot of a smaller fiery mountain range where fire-attribute lesser dragons lived.

• Huo Tian landed on Flame Island with Huo Yutong and found that his system had lost contact after they entered the Fog Sea Area.
• Huo Yutong used Holy Light Detection and Holy Light Sharing, revealing a detection range of 350 meters, and Huo Tian promised to choose the Ice Dragon King as her Second Martial Soul.
• Huo Tian and Huo Yutong crossed a fiery forest and a vast red grassland, while Huo Tian tried to contact Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi.
• Huo Tian carried Huo Yutong across the grassland toward the fiery mountain ranges, following Mu En’s directions to find the Nirvana Divine Bird.
• Huo Tian traveled west from the central mountain range and reached a smaller one, where he recognized the fire-attribute lesser dragons living nearby.

Huo Tian and Huo Yutong entered the Flame Mountain Range in search of the Nirvana Divine Bird, but encountered a powerful Bridal Gown Female Ghost in its tunnels. Huo Tian spared the ghost and bound her to become Huo Yutong’s future Soul Spirit, then asked why she was there.

• Huo Tian and Huo Yutong climbed the Flame Mountain Range and descended through its magma-filled crater into a cave.
• Huo Tian sensed the purest fire-element aura and led Huo Yutong down the third passage.
• The Bridal Gown Female Ghost attacked them with a mental assault, but Huo Tian’s evil fire overwhelmed her.
• Sister Tian Meng identified the ghost as a powerful Soul Beast suitable for Huo Yutong’s fifth or Sixth Soul Ring.
• Huo Tian spared the Bridal Gown Female Ghost, marked her with fire, and made her agree to become Huo Yutong’s Soul Spirit when she reached Soul King.
• The Bridal Gown Female Ghost said she did not belong to their world and came from Blue Star.

Huo Tian discovered Liu Ruyan came from Blue Star and placed her in Huo Yutong’s Sea of Consciousness before leading Huo Yutong deeper into the Flame Mountain Range. He found a Nirvana Divine Bird guarding two eggs and tried to persuade it to become his Soul Spirit.

• Huo Tian learned that Liu Ruyan had crossed a spacetime rift from Blue Star to the Douluo Continent, then sent her into Huo Yutong’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yutong gained Liu Ruyan’s mental power and tried to hypnotize Huo Tian, but her attempt failed.
• Huo Tian and Huo Yutong broke through a wall of flame and entered a cavern where Huo Tian tracked the Nirvana Divine Bird.
• Huo Tian attacked the Nirvana Divine Bird in its tree hollow, then discovered it was guarding two red eggs.
• Huo Tian stopped attacking and offered to protect the eggs and help the Nirvana Divine Bird become a god if it became his Soul Spirit.

Huo Tian absorbed the Nirvana Divine Bird, gaining a new Soul Ring and evolving his Vermilion Bird powers, then took responsibility for its two eggs with Huo Yutong. They left the Flame Mountain Range to search for Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi, but stopped by a stream to rest and prepare food.

• Huo Tian joined his Vermilion Bird bloodline with the Nirvana Divine Bird's essence, causing the bird to evolve before it dissipated into a new 100,000 Year Soul Ring.
• Huo Tian's eight Soul Rings gained golden markings, his Vermilion Bird Bone Armor turned golden, and he grew taller after absorbing the Nirvana Divine Bird.
• Huo Tian gave Huo Yutong the two Nirvana Divine Bird eggs to raise and stored them in a Storage Soul Tool Ring.
• Huo Tian and Huo Yutong left the Flame Mountain Range to look for Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi, with Huo Tian testing his ability to fly along the way.
• Huo Tian and Huo Yutong rested by a stream after traveling, while Huo Tian hunted a Fire Pig and Huo Yutong caught fish.

Huo Tian and Huo Yutong camped on Flame Island, where Xuan Zi found them after surviving attacks by Sea Soul Beasts and Fire Hornets. Huo Tian revealed that he had reached level 87, and the three planned to search for Yan Shaozhe the next day.

• Huo Tian and Huo Yutong grilled meat on the Blazing Plain while waiting for morning to search for Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe.
• Huo Tian told Huo Yutong he would take her to the Far North for her second Soul Ring before returning to Shrek, and suggested she test her strength in the Freshman Assessment Competition.
• Xuan Zi landed at their camp after escaping a swarm of Sea Soul Beasts and two hundred-thousand-year Fire Hornets, then ate the meat skewers and described his ordeal.
• Xuan Zi sensed that Huo Tian had reached level 87 after absorbing his eighth Soul Ring and Soul Bone, while Huo Yutong worried that she was still a Soul Grandmaster.
• Huo Yutong fell asleep in Huo Tian's arms, and Huo Tian and Xuan Zi agreed to look for Yan Shaozhe the next day.