Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai urged Dai Lingfeng to pursue Ning Tian and embrace his reputation as a playboy, while Tang San privately dismissed the advice as no threat to his own plans. Dai Lingfeng joined Ning Tian and others for a meal, leaving Huo Yuhao feeling distant from his powerful older brother before Zhou Yi brought him to the Soul Tool Department.

• Dai Mubai encouraged Dai Lingfeng to win Ning Tian's support, and Tang San cursed him for promoting the twins and another potential romance.
• Ning Tian invited Dai Lingfeng to eat with her, and he agreed while waiting for his companions.
• Wu Feng felt helpless as Ning Tian showed interest in Dai Lingfeng, while Nanmen Yun'er and Cui Yajie also admired him.
• Dai Lingfeng introduced Ning Tian to Dai Huabin and the others, and the group went to Shrek City for a meal.
• Huo Yuhao watched Dai Lingfeng leave and felt that they belonged to different worlds, so Wang Dong accompanied him to see Zhou Yi.
• Zhou Yi brought Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department, where Fan Yu asked him to assist He Caitou with a test.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his support skills and became Fan Yu’s disciple, then joined the reshuffled freshman class. When Wu Feng and Dai Huabin challenged his eligibility to run for class monitor, Dai Lingfeng wondered how Huo Yuhao would respond without Electrolux.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help He Caitou hit every target, impressing Fan Yu, who invited Huo Yuhao to become his disciple.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Fan Yu as his master, and He Caitou welcomed him as a fellow disciple.
• Dai Lingfeng woke in the Rose Hotel after a drunken night with Cui Yajie and the Lan sisters, then went to the first lesson after the class reshuffle.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong grumbled about Cui Yajie’s relationship with Dai Lingfeng, while Xiao Xiao defended the idea that his status could justify several wives.
• Wang Yan proposed a vote for class monitor and included Huo Yuhao among the candidates, prompting Wu Feng and Dai Huabin to object.
• Wang Yan defended Huo Yuhao’s qualifications, while Dai Lingfeng anticipated how he would handle the coming challenge without Electrolux.

Huo Yuhao challenged Wu Feng to a fight after she publicly questioned his qualifications to run for class monitor. He entered the match determined to prove himself to Dai Lingfeng, who bet ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on Wu Feng, but Wu Feng quickly overwhelmed him and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm refused to intervene.

• Wu Feng insulted Huo Yuhao's candidacy, and Huo Yuhao challenged her to settle their disagreement with a fight.
• Wang Yan led the freshmen to the martial arts hall, where Zhou Sichen took bets on the match.
• Dai Huabin and Dai Lingfeng bet on Wu Feng, with Dai Lingfeng wagering ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao bet on Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao entered the match determined to win and asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for help, but it refused.
• Wu Feng attacked Huo Yuhao with her Soul Skills, struck him in the abdomen, and left him badly injured.
• Huo Yuhao threatened to die alongside the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unless it helped him, but it still refused.

Huo Yuhao lost to Wu Feng and was humiliated, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm calmed him by promising him the Ice Empress as a Second Martial Soul. Huo Yuhao woke up with renewed confidence, while Dai Huabin and Wu Feng arrived to taunt him.

• Wu Feng defeated Huo Yuhao, ground her foot into his face, and was declared the winner before Wang Yan carried him to the infirmary.
• Dai Lingfeng collected his betting winnings and decided to bring He Caitou onto the stage, while Dai Huabin went after the unconscious Huo Yuhao to humiliate him.
• In Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed his plan to persuade the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself and become Huo Yuhao's Second Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the promise of gaining the Ice Empress, apologized to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and woke up after receiving treatment.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao welcomed Huo Yuhao's recovery, but Dai Huabin and Wu Feng barged into the infirmary and mocked him.

After losing to Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao endured her and Dai Huabin’s mockery but vowed to challenge Wu Feng again in a year. He found comfort in He Caitou’s concern, while Dai Lingfeng later ordered Dai Huabin to kill his own mother.

• Wu Feng and Dai Huabin taunted Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao challenged Wu Feng to fight again in a year.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao worried about Huo Yuhao, but he reassured them that Haodong Power would help him repay the humiliation.
• He Caitou brought Huo Yuhao recovery supplements and comforted him, prompting Huo Yuhao to break down in his arms.
• Dai Huabin told Dai Lingfeng about Huo Yuhao’s bet with Wu Feng and volunteered to deal with Huo Yuhao himself.
• Eight months later, Dai Lingfeng ordered Dai Huabin to kill his own mother.

Dai Lingfeng ordered Dai Huabin to kill his mother and infiltrate the Holy Spirit Cult as a Chang Ghost. Dai Huabin obeyed, murdered the duchess, and escaped to the cult, while Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng pursued him.

• Dai Huabin pleaded with Dai Lingfeng to spare the duchess or turn her into a Chang Ghost, but Dai Lingfeng ordered him to kill her.
• Huo Yuhao encountered Dai Huabin on his way to the Far North, but Dai Huabin passed him by in despair.
• Dai Huabin killed the duchess at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, then fled with treasures after beheading her.
• Dai Hao learned of the duchess's murder and led men, including Dai Yueheng, to hunt Dai Huabin down.
• Dai Huabin reached the Evil Demon Forest, demonstrated his Chang Ghost abilities, and joined the Holy Spirit Cult to serve as Dai Lingfeng's hidden infiltrator.

Dai Huabin convinced Zhongli Wu that his Ghost Tiger Martial Soul and Gate of the Undead made him a valuable recruit, and Zhongli Wu named him the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son and personal disciple. Back at the academy, Dai Lingfeng comforted Zhu Lu while Huo Yuhao and the Ice Empress suspected Dai Lingfeng had orchestrated Dai Huabin’s downfall.

• Zhongli Wu questioned Dai Huabin about his mother’s death, and Dai Huabin claimed an uncontrollable Gate of the Undead had caused it.
• Dai Huabin demonstrated his Ghost Tiger abilities, including invisibility, disguise, bewitchment, and soul attacks, and Zhongli Wu made him his personal disciple and the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son.
• Dai Lingfeng held the grieving Zhu Lu and assured her that he would protect the Dai and Zhu families.
• Huo Yuhao questioned how smoothly Dai Huabin’s downfall had occurred, and the Ice Empress accused Dai Lingfeng of causing it.

The Ice Empress convinced Huo Yuhao that Dai Lingfeng had protected him and his mother while secretly arranging revenge on Dai Huabin for killing her. Huo Yuhao resolved to train hard for the life-and-death showdown with Dai Lingfeng, which the Ice Empress said could not be avoided.

• The Ice Empress concluded that Dai Lingfeng had manipulated Dai Huabin and the Duchess’s conflict and had distanced himself from Huo Yuhao to protect him and his mother.
• Huo Yuhao questioned whether Dai Lingfeng could be forgiven for his mother’s death, but the Ice Empress insisted Dai Huabin had killed her and Dai Lingfeng had later avenged her.
• Huo Yuhao realized he had hated and accused the wrong person, and blamed himself for misunderstanding Dai Lingfeng.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked whether the ten-year showdown could be canceled, but the Ice Empress kicked him away and said the fight was unavoidable.
• The Ice Empress urged Huo Yuhao to keep training for the showdown, and Huo Yuhao vowed to prove himself to Dai Lingfeng and everyone else.

Huo Yuhao realized he had wronged Dai Lingfeng, but the Ice Empress told him to keep pretending they hated each other and follow his brother’s plan. At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, the elders assigned Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department and Dai Lingfeng to the Martial Soul Department, while Mu En later offered Dai Lingfeng Huo Yuhao’s Ice Empress Soul Bone.

• Huo Yuhao asked the Ice Empress whether he should apologize to Dai Lingfeng, and she told him to maintain their public feud and avoid disrupting his brother’s plan.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders debated whether Huo Yuhao should study in the Martial Soul Department or the Soul Tool Department, as Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo argued over him.
• Mu En ended the dispute by deciding Huo Yuhao would remain in the Soul Tool Department and Dai Lingfeng would stay in the Martial Soul Department.
• Mu En visited Dai Lingfeng and offered to remove the Ice Empress’s Soul Bone from Huo Yuhao so Dai Lingfeng could absorb it.

Mu En offered Huo Yuhao’s Ice Empress Soul Bone to Dai Lingfeng, but Dai Lingfeng refused and requested special privileges at Shrek Academy instead. He moved into the Golden Ancient Tree to cultivate, while Huo Yuhao arrived for the advancement assessment and found his brother absent.

• Mu En chose Dai Lingfeng over Huo Yuhao and offered to extract Huo Yuhao’s Ice Empress Soul Bone for him, but Dai Lingfeng refused, confident that his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill made the bone unnecessary.
• Tang San admired Dai Lingfeng’s confidence and resolved to find him a stronger divine position to make up for asking him to serve as Huo Yuhao’s whetstone.
• Dai Lingfeng asked Mu En to make him a member of Shrek’s Soul Master Tournament main team, let him cultivate in the Golden Ancient Tree, and grant him the highest clearance to Shrek’s archives.
• Mu En agreed to Dai Lingfeng’s three requests, and Dai Lingfeng moved into the Golden Ancient Tree to cultivate and study.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the beast arena for the advancement assessment and asked where Dai Lingfeng was; Wang Dong said he was probably exempted, and Huo Yuhao silently resented her for speaking ill of his brother.

Huo Yuhao became class president after Dai Lingfeng entered the inner court, but he rejected Wang Dong’s claim that his brother had received special treatment. After reaching Soul Power Level 29 and joining the Shrek Team’s reserve lineup, he arrived at training and found Dai Lingfeng among the main team members.

• Wang Yan announced Dai Lingfeng’s promotion to the inner court and recommended Huo Yuhao as the new class president.
• Wang Dong suggested Dai Lingfeng had entered the inner court through the back door, and Huo Yuhao angrily defended his brother.
• Huo Yuhao urged Wang Dong to focus on cultivation instead of slandering Dai Lingfeng, while privately deciding to keep working with her for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao reached Soul Power Level 29 after training with Wang Dong and became one of the Shrek Team’s seven reserve members.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Xuan Zi’s training ground and saw Dai Lingfeng and Dai Yueheng among the main team members.

Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Lingfeng had become a regular member of Shrek’s team and reached level 57, widening the gap between them. Xuan Zi formed two teams for an internal match, and Dai Lingfeng joined Dai Yueheng’s side against Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao.

• Huo Yuhao, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and the Ice Empress reacted to Dai Lingfeng’s regular-team status and level 57 cultivation, while Dai Lingfeng noted Huo Yuhao had reached level 29.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Dai Lingfeng introduced themselves as powerful regular team members, and Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were stunned by Dai Lingfeng’s level.
• Xuan Zi adjusted the team selection rules because Dai Lingfeng was so strong, and Ma Xiaotao chose Gongyang Mo and Huo Yuhao.
• Dai Yueheng chose Dai Lingfeng and Xu Sanshi, then selected Chen Zifeng; Dai Lingfeng assigned Ling Luochеn to Ma Xiaotao’s side and completed his lineup.
• Dai Lingfeng told Huo Yuhao he hoped he would surprise him and revealed his fifth Soul Skill, Nine-Lived Spirit Cat, which let him revive after death and self-destruct.

Huo Yuhao’s team faced Dai Lingfeng’s team, but Dai Lingfeng’s Hell Mark left Ma Xiaotao vulnerable to his attacks. When Ma Xiaotao blocked Dai Lingfeng’s strike aimed at Huo Yuhao, referee Xuan Zi pulled them from the fight and declared the outcome decided.

• Huo Yuhao shared his Spiritual Detection while Gongyang Mo enhanced the team, and Ma Xiaotao charged Dai Lingfeng’s side.
• Dai Yueheng intercepted Ma Xiaotao as Dai Lingfeng turned into a shadow and approached Huo Yuhao’s team.
• Huo Yuhao called Ma Xiaotao back to regroup, but Dai Lingfeng marked her with Hell Mark, which removed her defense against him.
• Dai Yueheng and the others attacked, so Huo Yuhao planned to have Ling Luochеn hold them off with his Ultimate Ice enhancement.
• Dai Lingfeng struck at Huo Yuhao with Hell Stab, and Ma Xiaotao blocked the attack; Xuan Zi pulled them out and declared the match decided.

After Dai Lingfeng revealed that his Hell Mark stripped Ma Xiaotao of all defense against him, Xuan Zi reprimanded her for fighting recklessly. Dai Yueheng then urged Dai Lingfeng to reconcile with Huo Yuhao and persuade him to return to the White Tiger Lineage, leaving Dai Lingfeng to consider the clan’s proposal.

• Dai Lingfeng explained that his Hell Mark made Ma Xiaotao defenseless against his attacks, and Ma Xiaotao realized how close she had come to being killed.
• Xuan Zi scolded Ma Xiaotao for ignoring an unknown Soul Skill and told her she might have won if she had waited for the mark to wear off.
• After the practice battle ended, Dai Lingfeng returned to his Golden Ancient Tree to absorb its energy, and Dai Yueheng caught up with him.
• Dai Yueheng said the White Tiger Duke wanted Huo Yuhao to return to his ancestral clan and believed the brothers should reconcile.
• Dai Yueheng proposed blaming Dai Huabin for the brothers’ rift, saying his disgraceful actions could be used to help Dai Lingfeng and Huo Yuhao mend their relationship.

Dai Lingfeng refused to reconcile with Huo Yuhao, so Dai Yueheng tried to persuade Huo Yuhao to return to the White Tiger Lineage instead. Huo Yuhao rejected the offer and reaffirmed that he was an enemy of the clan, leaving Dai Yueheng furious and his companions celebrating his newfound confidence.

• Dai Lingfeng told Dai Yueheng that his ten-year pact with Huo Yuhao stood and that anyone who helped Huo Yuhao was his enemy.
• Dai Yueheng left Dai Lingfeng and approached Huo Yuhao outside Shrek to discuss the clan in private.
• Dai Yueheng offered Huo Yuhao his father's invitation to return and promised that the clan would make amends for its past treatment of him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress advised Huo Yuhao not to return, and he told Dai Yueheng that his surname was Huo, not Dai.
• Dai Yueheng decided to report Huo Yuhao's refusal to Dai Hao, while Huo Yuhao returned to his companions, who praised his rejection of the White Tiger Lineage.

Dai Lingfeng and Huo Yuhao joined Shrek’s inspection mission to the Ming Dou Mountain Range, where Dai Lingfeng expected the Death Messenger to attack. As the group prepared to hunt Evil Soul Masters, Dai Lingfeng armed Dai Yueheng with an Invincible Shield while Xuan Zi and Tang Hao settled in to feast.

• Huo Yuhao reminded his companions that he still had to win the ten-year agreement, and Bei Bei, He Caitou, and Wang Dong encouraged him.
• Xuan Zi recruited the main and reserve teams into the Inspection Corps and assigned them to eliminate the Hand of Death in the Ming Dou Mountain Range within three to five days.
• Dai Lingfeng agreed to join and recalled that the Death Messenger would attack, trusting that Xuan Zi and Tang Hao would protect the group.
• Xuan Zi led the students to the Ming Dou Mountain Range, where they gathered ingredients and Huo Yuhao began cooking for everyone.
• Dai Yueheng gave Dai Lingfeng a boxed meal, and Dai Lingfeng handed him a level-six Invincible Shield.
• Tang Hao emerged from hiding to eat and drink with Xuan Zi, while Dai Lingfeng silently equipped several more Invincible Shields.

Dai Lingfeng joined the assault on the Death Messenger’s hideout, where exploding corpses killed three main team members and wounded others. He survived by hiding, then killed the Death Messenger as Tang Hao destroyed the bodies to prevent another explosion.

• Dai Lingfeng and the others attacked the Death Messenger’s hideout, and Dai Lingfeng secretly prepared for trouble while fighting the Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the corpses swelling, and the Ice Empress protected him and Wang Dong when the bodies exploded.
• Xuan Zi and Tang Hao rushed to the cave, where they found Xi Xi, Chen Zifeng, and Gongyang Mo dead, Ling Luochе lightly injured, and Ma Xiaotao wounded.
• Tang Hao destroyed the three dead team members’ bodies to stop the Death Messenger from detonating them again.
• Dai Lingfeng leaped from the shadows and killed the Death Messenger with Hell Stab.

Dai Lingfeng turned the Death Messenger and several other enemies into ghost minions, then led the surviving Shrek team toward the tournament in Star Luo City. As the team prepared to rely on him and Dai Yueheng to defend Shrek’s championship, Dai Lingfeng left to speak with his fiancée, Xu Jiujiu.

• Dai Lingfeng made the Death Messenger, Xi Xi, Chen Zifeng, and Gongyang Mo ordinary ghost minions under Electrolux’s command.
• Xuan Zi discovered the Death Messenger was dead, and Dai Lingfeng told him to answer to the academy for the team’s losses.
• Xuan Zi took Ling Luochеn and Ma Xiaotao back for treatment while Wang Yan led the remaining team members toward Star Luo City.
• At the hotel, Wang Yan urged Dai Lingfeng and Huo Yuhao to set aside their grudge and work together for Shrek’s tournament victory, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Dai Lingfeng excused himself to meet his fiancée, Princess Xu Jiujiu.

Dai Lingfeng reunited with Xu Jiujiu, then announced that he was leaving Shrek Academy and joining Star Luo Royal Academy. His betrayal left Shrek’s representatives panicked as Wang Dong angrily challenged him.

• Dai Lingfeng met Xu Jiujiu, who confronted him about his behavior at Shrek Academy and worried about his plan.
• Dai Lingfeng returned to Shrek’s meeting hall with Xu Jiujiu and criticized the academy’s ability to oppose the Sun Moon Empire.
• Dai Lingfeng announced he was quitting Shrek Academy and its team to join Star Luo Royal Academy and defend the tournament championship.
• Wang Yan and Dai Yueheng questioned Dai Lingfeng’s decision as Huo Yuhao and the others realized how badly it could damage Shrek.
• Wang Dong shouted at Dai Lingfeng for abandoning Shrek at its most critical moment despite all the privileges the academy had given him.

Dai Lingfeng openly betrayed Shrek and tried to recruit Dai Yueheng for the Star Luo Royal Team, insisting that Shrek’s glory was over. After clashing with Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, he secured Dai Yueheng’s agreement to leave with him.

• Wang Dong condemned Dai Lingfeng for abandoning Shrek when its team was gravely injured, but he declared that the Star Luo Empire would win the championship.
• Dai Lingfeng called on Dai Yueheng to join the Star Luo Royal Team, and Wang Yan protested that Shrek would be left with only substitutes.
• Huo Yuhao angrily accused Dai Lingfeng of betraying Shrek, but Dai Lingfeng reminded him that Shrek had once denied him core disciple status.
• Dai Lingfeng claimed Dai Yueheng belonged to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and said he was taking him, and Dai Yueheng agreed to go with him.