Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao took Xie Huanyue and Cui Yajie to the Star Dou Great Forest to find food and tried to evade Wang Dong's group. They witnessed Cao Jinxuan forcibly steal Zhu Lu's first kiss, while Huo Yuhao showed Cui Yajie a memory of his childhood abuse.

• Huo Yuhao, Cui Yajie, and Xie Huanyue left the barbecue stalls for the Star Dou Great Forest, and Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Cao Jinxuan followed them to gather intelligence.
• Huo Yuhao used his Simulation Soul Skill to hide from Wang Dong's group, but Zhu Lu emerged from the forest after escaping a pack of Gale Wolves.
• Cao Jinxuan approached Zhu Lu, forcibly kissed her, and claimed he had stolen her first kiss to undermine her bond with Dai Huabin.
• Cui Yajie moved to confront Cao Jinxuan, but Huo Yuhao stopped her and used Tsukuyomi to show her how Dai Huabin and others had abused him and his mother.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed the memory was real, and Cao Jinxuan left with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao while Zhu Lu remained on the ground.

Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, and Cui Yajie unexpectedly discovered that their auras were compatible enough to form a Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Meanwhile, a powerful silver figure in Star Dou recognized the appearance of a Son of Fortune and ordered Di Tian to gather the great ferocious beasts.

• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Cao Jinxuan returned after pursuing Xie Huanyue, while Huo Yuhao led Xie Huanyue and Cui Yajie away from Zhu Lu and shared a barbecue with them.
• Xie Huanyue asked whether their team could confront the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Huo Yuhao and Cui Yajie warned him that they could not face it head-on.
• Xie Huanyue suggested testing whether their martial souls could fuse, and Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, and Cui Yajie joined hands and circulated their Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, and Cui Yajie discovered that their auras were remarkably compatible, and Bibi Dong and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to continue.
• The three activated their martial souls, and Huo Yuhao's Death God Martial Soul joined the fusion as their combined Soul Power crossed a critical threshold.
• A silver figure emerged by the lake in Star Dou, identified the Son of Fortune nearby, and ordered Di Tian to send Star Dou's great ferocious beasts to gather the Soul Beast race.

Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, and Cui Yajie entered the assessment exhausted after successfully testing a Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill. They defeated Huang Chutian and the Lan twins almost instantly, reaffirming their team’s strength.

• Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, and Cui Yajie arrived at the assessment area exhausted after depleting their Soul Power and strength while testing their fusion skill.
• Huo Yuhao’s team faced Huang Chutian and the twin control-type soul masters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• Huo Yuhao used his Soul Cutting Blade to slice through the twins’ Hair Net, while Cui Yajie’s Fox Tail Needle forced them apart.
• Xie Huanyue struck Huang Chutian with his Bone Balloon punch and sent him flying out of the arena.
• Huo Yuhao and Cui Yajie caught Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, ending the match in an instant and silencing the spectators.

Huo Yuhao’s Death Fire Sea Team advanced undefeated into the top eight, and Huo Yuhao chose to let Cui Yajie reveal her full strength in their next match. Their quarterfinal opponent was another team from Class Nine, led by Cheng Chang'an.

• Mujin questioned Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, and Cui Yajie about their weakened auras and urged them not to lose their remaining matches.
• The Death Fire Sea Team won its remaining elimination matches and joined three other teams with perfect records in the top sixty-four.
• Mujin treated the students to dinner, where Xie Huanyue ate more than thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins’ worth of food, and Huo Yuhao secretly paid the bill.
• Cui Yajie joined Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and the other girls at the villa, where the girls fought over him before he settled them all into one blanket.
• The Death Fire Sea Team advanced to the top eight, and the draw paired them against the Earth-Shaking Team from Class Nine.
• Huo Yuhao told Cui Yajie to use her full strength against Cheng Chang'an, Gu Xiaoli, and Pei Xiaoqi.

Huo Yuhao’s team faced Cheng Chang'an’s team in the freshman assessment quarterfinals, as old grievances fueled Huo Yuhao’s anger. The match began with Cui Yajie revealing a shocking Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Cheng Chang'an’s team mocked Huo Yuhao’s team after learning they would face each other, while Gou Luanshi watched from behind them.
• Huo Yuhao recalled past accusations and cruelty, then arrived at the arena the next day in a bloodthirsty mood.
• Elder Xuan came to watch the quarterfinals after Wang Yan pointed out Wang Dong’s team.
• Cheng Chang'an, Gu Xiaoli, and Pei Xiaoqi displayed powerful Soul Ring configurations before the match began.
• Cui Yajie took the front position and revealed two black Soul Rings followed by a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao's team faced Cheng Chang'an's coordinated team, whose members were stunned by the revelation that Cui Yajie possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, and Cui Yajie overwhelmed their opponents, leaving the match decided as Elder Xuan caught the badly injured Gu Xiaoli.

• The audience and instructors were shocked when Cui Yajie's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring appeared, and Elder Xuan recognized its pressure as genuine.
• Cheng Chang'an used Golden Body and Wolf King's Taunt while Gu Xiaoli enhanced her teammates' evasion, but Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing let his team keep attacking effectively.
• Pei Xiaoqi poisoned Xie Huanyue, but Huo Yuhao's Amaterasu burned away the poison; Pei then revealed his healing ability by restoring Cheng Chang'an.
• Gu Xiaoli disrupted Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sharing, and Xie Huanyue accidentally struck Huo Yuhao, but Cui Yajie's charm skill and Huo Yuhao's attacks incapacitated Pei Xiaoqi.
• Huo Yuhao and Xie Huanyue pressured Cheng Chang'an while Cui Yajie fought Gu Xiaoli, and Cheng's Golden Rebound sent Xie flying before Xie later shattered Cheng's defenses with Bone Balloon.
• Cui Yajie grabbed and slammed Gu Xiaoli, and Elder Xuan caught her and complained about the students' reckless attacks.

Huo Yuhao used Cui Yajie's talent and his own hidden power to secure their position while avoiding Shrek's attempts to bind them to the academy. After confronting a Holy Spirit Cult envoy, he convinced him that his departure was part of a divine trial, leaving the cult reassured and planning for Zhongli Yu to protect him.

• Xuan Zi questioned Cui Yajie about her third soul ring, and she repeated Huo Yuhao's story about a 190,000-year-old Nine-tailed Fox giving her its ring.
• Shrek suspended the Freshman Assessment semifinals for a day and privately offered Cui Yajie admission to the Inner Court, but she chose to stay with Huo Yuhao and refused the benefits.
• A cloaked Holy Spirit Cult envoy called Huo Yuhao the Holy Son, and Huo Yuhao led him and Cui Yajie outside Shrek City to talk.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his Spirit Eyes, unusual soul rings, and Rakshasa power to Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng, then claimed his absence was required by a godhood trial.
• Zhang Peng accepted Huo Yuhao's explanation, and Huo Yuhao asked him to have Zhongli Yu protect him in secret after she emerged from seclusion.

Huo Yuhao revealed his Holy Spirit Cult identity to Cui Yajie, who accepted his feelings, before the freshman assessment semifinals began. After drawing Ning Tian’s team as their opponents, Huo Yuhao forfeited the match and sent his team to compete for third place.

• Huo Yuhao explained his background as the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult to Cui Yajie and promised to protect her and their friends.
• Cui Yajie kissed Huo Yuhao and pledged to stand by him, and he accepted her feelings.
• The academy barred Cui Yajie from using her third soul skill and Xie Huanyue from using his fourth soul skill in the assessment.
• Yan Shaozhe appeared to oversee the semifinals, threatened Huo Yuhao over Ma Xiaotao, and announced that the Death Fire Sea Team would face Ning Tian’s team.
• Huo Yuhao noticed a strange smile from Cao Jinxuan and then forfeited the semifinal, choosing to compete for third place instead.

Huo Yuhao’s team forfeited the semifinal, sending Ning Tian’s team straight to the finals, while Dai Huabin’s team faced Wang Dong’s team. Dai Huabin unleashed his mutated ten-thousand-year fourth soul skill and badly wounded Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong, leaving the match unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao said Cui Yajie and Xie Hanyu could not compete, and Yan Shaozhe declared Ning Tian’s team the automatic finalists.
• Dai Huabin confronted Cao Jinxuan before the match, then revealed his four soul rings, including a black ten-thousand-year ring.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao pressured Dai Huabin while Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons kept Zhu Lu from helping him.
• Dai Huabin overwhelmed Wang Dong’s attacks, but Xiao Xiao switched martial souls and slowed him with her emerald-green xiao flute.
• Wang Dong struck Dai Huabin with her Clear Sky Hammer, and Cao Jinxuan and Wang Dong mocked him as Binbin.
• Dai Huabin activated Dark Meteor Shower, shattering Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons and knocking her down while the explosions injured Wang Dong.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The narrator, a young man, has been struggling with severe sleep deprivation and a weakened immune system.
• He decides to take a leave from his responsibilities to rest and recover from his high fever.

Character Developments

• The narrator: He is physically and mentally exhausted, showing signs of burnout. He realizes the importance of self-care and prioritizes his health.

Significant Themes

• Self-care and prioritizing one's health.
• The consequences of neglecting one's physical and mental well-being.

Character Interactions

• The narrator interacts with unnamed individuals who are likely his colleagues or superiors, as he mentions taking a leave from his responsibilities. However, the interactions are not detailed in the given text.

Shrek Academy’s freshman final began amid intense attention from students, teachers, and academy leaders, with Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo wagering on the result. Ning Tian’s team revealed powerful transformations and rare abilities as the match opened, leaving their opponents and the spectators stunned.

• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun discussed the finalists, while Qian Duoduo arrived and bet that Ning Tian’s team would win.
• Wang Dong’s team entered the final with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong injured and Cao Jinxuan still short on soul power.
• Cao Jinxuan arrogantly challenged Ning Tian’s team before the referee started the match.
• Ning Tian summoned her evolved Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, revealed four soul rings, and took flight with her Purple Cloud Wings.
• Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun’er displayed their evolved martial souls and three-ring configurations, shocking Yan Shaozhe.

Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er defeated Cao Jinxuan's team to win the freshman championship, using Ning Tian's Dispel skill to counter his Time Stop Domain. Wu Feng celebrated with Huo Yuhao, while Wang Dong was comforted after surrendering and Tang Buddha turned his attention toward Oscar.

• Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er overwhelmed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao with Ning Tian's support, forcing Cao Jinxuan to activate his Time Stop Domain.
• Ning Tian dispelled the time stop for herself and her teammates, then amplified Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er so they could attack Cao Jinxuan from both sides.
• Wu Feng shattered Cao Jinxuan's Substitute martial soul, and Nanmen Yun'er knocked Xiao Xiao out of the arena.
• Wang Dong surrendered, and Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Nanmen Yun'er celebrated their championship before Wu Feng embraced Huo Yuhao in tears.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi comforted Wang Dong, while Tang Buddha suppressed Xu Sanshi's wandering thoughts and decided to target Oscar.

After the championship went to Ning Tian Team, Huo Yuhao Team faced Dai Huabin Team in the battle for third place. Xie Huanyue overwhelmed Dai Huabin with his fourth soul skill while Huo Yuhao controlled Zhu Lu, and the match remained underway as Xie Huanyue struck again.

• Du Weilun announced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er Team as the championship winners, and Mujin celebrated with them.
• The academy arranged a match for third place between Huo Yuhao Team and Dai Huabin Team, allowing Huo Yuhao Team to go all out.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Dai Huabin began by activating White Tiger Body Shield and White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Huo Yuhao used repulsive and pulling forces to knock Zhu Lu around while Xie Huanyue activated Overlord Body and sent Dai Huabin flying with his attacks.
• Xie Huanyue broke through Dai Huabin's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave with Rhino Grenade Kick and drove him into the arena floor.
• Dai Huabin used Dark Meteor Shower, but Xie Huanyue twisted his elongated arm past the attacks and struck him again with Giant Serpent Fist.

Huo Yuhao’s team overwhelmed Dai Huabin’s team, with Xie Hanyue wearing Dai down before Cui Yajie nearly killed him with her bone-spike attack. Huo Yuhao stopped Cui Yajie before she could finish Dai, leaving the match ongoing as Ye Linlin healed him and the academy’s leaders watched.

• Xie Hanyue battered Dai Huabin with his rubber body and amplified strikes until Dai landed beside Ye Linlin for healing.
• After Xie Hanyue withdrew, Huo Yuhao sent Cui Yajie to fight Dai while keeping Zhu Lu under his control.
• Cui Yajie blocked Dai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave with her Immortal Fox Outer Armor and taunted him as she attacked.
• Dai used Dark Meteor Shower, but Cui Yajie overwhelmed it with Annihilating Bone Rain and riddled his body with wounds.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Cui Yajie to stop before the referee intervened, while Ye Linlin healed Dai and Yan Shaozhe chose not to end the match.

Huo Yuhao unleashed a devastating golden sword attack against Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, forcing Dean Yan Shaozhe to intervene. The match ended with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu still in the arena, Huo Yuhao exhausted, and Yan Shaozhe badly battered.

• Dai Huabin recovered from his injuries while Ye Linlin exhausted her Soul Power and was eliminated.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused their Martial Souls to summon the enormous Hell White Tiger.
• Huo Yuhao faced the Hell White Tiger alone and released overwhelming Spiritual Power to channel a mighty golden attack through the Soul Cutting Blade.
• The Hell White Tiger charged, and Huo Yuhao struck with his Sword of Victory, but Yan Shaozhe intervened to block the attack.
• The golden light faded, leaving Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu battered but uneleminated, Huo Yuhao kneeling from exhaustion, and Yan Shaozhe badly burned and smoking.

Huo Yuhao’s team placed third in the freshman assessment after he defeated Dai Huabin’s Hell White Tiger with his own powerful slash, while the Academy recognized his potential. At the awards ceremony the next morning, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er rushed to embrace him, leaving the freshmen and teachers stunned.

• Huo Yuhao’s Life Energy-infused slash overwhelmed Dai Huabin’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Dai was left dejected after losing to him.
• Huo Yuhao celebrated the end of the assessment by grilling fish with his teammates, Ning Tian’s group, and Ma Xiaotao; Xie Huanyue tried to join him in the tent and was kicked away.
• Xiao Xiao joined the Tang Sect, and Xu Sanshi decided to join as well while reconsidering his devotion to Jiang Nannan.
• Du Weilun announced the freshman assessment rankings, naming the Death Fire Sea Team third, the Wang Dong Team second, and the Ning Tian Team champion.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er rushed to Huo Yuhao on the awards platform, shocking the gathered freshmen and teachers.

After the freshman assessment, Shrek announced its rewards, core disciples, class assignments, and teachers, while Ning Tian’s team collected two Soul Bones. In Class One, Wang Yan nominated Huo Yuhao as a Control System class monitor candidate, but Huo Yuhao immediately refused.

• Du Weilun announced the freshman assessment rewards, granted Ning Tian’s team a confidential bonus, and read out the Outer Court core disciple list, which included Gou Luanshi.
• Ning Tian told Huo Yuhao that Gou Luanshi’s family connections had protected him from punishment, and Huo Yuhao joked with her before the freshmen received their class assignments and teachers.
• Du Weilun gave Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er the Ethereal Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone, and Mujin later gave them the Soul Bone of Secret Arts.
• Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, and Cui Yajie joined Class One, where Wang Yan began nominating candidates for class monitor and vice class monitor.
• When Wang Yan listed Huo Yuhao first among the Control System candidates, Huo Yuhao stood up and asked to withdraw his nomination.

Huo Yuhao rejected Zhou Yi’s class-monitor appointment and transferred back to Mujin’s class with several friends, then encountered the heartbroken Mujin drinking alone. After listening to her troubles and taking her home, he was caught off guard when she asked whether he liked her.

• Huo Yuhao refused Zhou Yi’s offer to make him class monitor, and Xie Huanyue, Cui Yajie, and Wu Feng followed him out of class.
• Du Weilun transferred Huo Yuhao and his companions back to Mujin’s class, while Nanmen Yun'er also chose to transfer there.
• Huo Yuhao considered preparing for trips to the Extreme North and the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest as he pondered how to strengthen his second martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao found Mujin drinking alone in a bar and learned that she was upset about her unrequited love and the Soul Tool Department’s treatment of her.
• Huo Yuhao carried the drunken Mujin home and helped care for her, and she asked whether he liked her.

Huo Yuhao gave in to Mujin’s advances after she got drunk, then tried to conceal their relationship from Cui Yajie and the other girls. Eight months later, as the holiday and advancement examinations approached, Huo Yuhao prepared to travel alone to the Extreme North while keeping Ice Empress’s secret.

• Huo Yuhao tried to put drunken Mujin to bed, but she woke and pulled him into an intimate encounter.
• Huo Yuhao went to class the next morning, where Cui Yajie detected Mujin’s scent and questioned him; he deflected her suspicions.
• Mujin welcomed Huo Yuhao and his friends to class, and she shared a knowing look with him that made the girls suspect something had changed.
• Over eight months, Huo Yuhao and his group grew stronger, Cui Yajie gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Mujin advanced to Soul Emperor.
• As the holiday began, Huo Yuhao told Mujin he would prepare for a long trip and confirmed he planned to travel alone to protect Ice Empress’s secret.

On the day Shrek Academy’s first-year students departed for the holiday, Huo Yuhao left for the Extreme North after saying goodbye to Ma Xiaotao and reuniting with Zhongli Yu. He asked her to contact Zhongli Wu about making Tang Ya a new Holy Maiden, then Zhongli Yu pulled him down to resume their romance.

• Mujin explained the advancement assessment, and Huo Yuhao spent the final day at Shrek City with Xie Huanyue, Cui Yajie, and Ning Tian.
• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao said goodbye beside Sea God Lake, and he left Shrek Academy heading north.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that reaching the Extreme North would take at least five or six days.
• Zhongli Yu reunited with Huo Yuhao and revealed that she had broken through to the Titled Douluo realm.
• Huo Yuhao asked Zhongli Yu to contact Zhongli Wu about turning Tang Ya into a Holy Maiden of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhongli Yu pushed Huo Yuhao to the ground and initiated their reunion in the wild.