Recaps

After leaving Dugu Bo, Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy, where the deans fought over recruiting him and classmates crowded him with letters and attention. Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao both brought him lunch, leaving him caught between their rivalry as the students watched.

• Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Dugu Bo after purging the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison, then vanished into Sunset Forest under a disguise.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo argued outside Huo Yuhao's classroom over whether he belonged in the Martial Soul Department or the Soul Tool Department.
• Huo Yuhao received a pile of love letters and challenge letters, noticed one from Ning Tian, and thought angrily about Tang San and Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• Jiang Nannan brought Huo Yuhao a homemade lunch and watched him eat, while the gathered students speculated about their relationship.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived with another lunchbox, challenged Jiang Nannan's presence, and Huo Yuhao accepted both meals to defuse their tense exchange.

After accepting Xiao Xiao’s lunch and reflecting on the feelings of Jiang Nannan, Ma Xiaotao, and Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao began the trial in the Lotus Sea of Divine Soul and found himself reborn as Nezha. Nezha survived Li Jing’s attempt to kill him, became Taiyi Zhenren’s disciple, received two treasures, and later befriended a divine deer.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Xiao Xiao’s lunch and privately admitted that he could not yet return her feelings.
• Huo Yuhao entered the trial with Nezha’s warning and awakened in a delivery room as Nezha was born after three years and six months in the womb.
• Li Jing drew his sword against the newborn, but a seven-colored lotus opened around Nezha and revealed him unharmed.
• Taiyi Zhenren arrived at Chentang Pass, recognized Nezha’s affinity with him, and took him as his disciple.
• Taiyi Zhenren gave Nezha the Red Armillary Sash and Universe Ring before departing for Qianyuan Mountain.
• Nezha practiced the spells Taiyi Zhenren had taught him and befriended a snow-white divine deer.

Huo Yuhao, as Nezha, resisted a murderous impulse in the East Sea and searched for another way to protect Chentang Pass from the Dragon King. He met the Dragon King's daughter and agreed to become her friend, hoping she could help change the situation.

• Ao Guang rejected the villagers' offerings and ordered the Sea Patrol Yaksha to demand young boys and girls as sacrifices.
• Huo Yuhao considered killing the Dragon King and others to prevent harm to Chentang Pass, but recognized the violent thoughts as a dangerous trial and stopped himself.
• A dragon girl came ashore, introduced herself as the East Sea Dragon King's daughter, and asked Nezha why he was by the sea.
• Nezha told the dragon girl that his father was cold to him, and she shared that she felt lonely in the Dragon Palace.
• The dragon girl asked Nezha to be her friend, and he accepted, calling her his second friend after his divine deer.

Nezha (Huo Yuhao) befriended Dragon Girl and received a conch that would summon her, then learned the Dragon King had demanded children as tribute. He rescued the children by killing the Sea-Patrolling Yaksha, and Ao Guang ordered his guards to bring Nezha to the Dragon Palace.

• Dragon Girl took Nezha through the Dragon Palace, then gave him a conch so he could summon her whenever he wanted.
• The Sea-Patrolling Yaksha demanded that Chentang Pass sacrifice children to the Dragon King, and Li Jing ordered the city to count children of suitable age for the offering.
• Nezha heard grieving parents describe their children being chosen and promised to save them.
• Nezha reached Nine Bends Bay and smashed the Sea-Patrolling Yaksha with the Universe Ring, scattering the shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
• Ao Guang learned that Nezha had killed the yaksha and ordered his guards to seize him.

Nezha defeated Ao Bing after the Dragon Prince attacked him for killing the yaksha and tore out Ao Bing’s reverse scale as a warning. The Dragon Girl confronted Ao Guang over his plan to eat children, while Ao Bing discovered her friendship with Nezha and planned to inflame the Dragon King against him.

• Nezha sent the rescued children back to Chentang Pass and faced Ao Bing, who attacked him with ice blades, waves, and Shrimp Soldiers.
• Nezha knocked Ao Bing’s hammers away, bound him in dragon form, and tore out his reverse scale before ordering him to return the children and warn Ao Guang.
• The Dragon Girl challenged Ao Guang for eating children and pointed out that Nezha had spared Ao Bing, but Ao Guang forbade her from leaving the Dragon Palace and ordered Crab General to investigate Nezha.
• Ao Bing learned that Nezha had visited the Dragon Palace with the Dragon Girl and decided to provoke Ao Guang into unleashing the dragon race against him.

Ao Guang accused Nezha of stealing the Dragon Pearl and attacked him at the Li residence, but Nezha denied the charge and drove the dragons away. After Ao Guang flew to report him to the Jade Emperor, Nezha went to Taiyi Zhenren for help and learned his master's plan.

• Ao Bing told Ao Guang that Nezha had stolen the Dragon Pearl, and the two dragons went to Chentang Pass to confront Li Jing.
• Li Jing questioned Nezha about the East Sea, and Nezha admitted fighting the Dragon Palace forces but denied knowing about the Dragon Pearl.
• Ao Guang and Ao Bing attacked Nezha, who fought back and insisted he had acted to protect the people.
• Ao Guang declared that he would report Nezha to the Jade Emperor and flew away with Ao Bing.
• Nezha went to the Golden Light Cave to keep the Li residence from suffering for his actions, and Taiyi Zhenren explained a plan to him.

Nezha fought Ao Guang and Ao Bing at the South Heaven Gate, killed Ao Bing, and was cast out by Li Jing before Dragon Girl learned what happened. Ao Guang summoned the other Dragon Kings and prepared the Four Seas to march on Chentang Pass.

• Ao Guang and Ao Bing accused Nezha before the Heavenly Court, but Nezha exposed their false story and fought them at the South Heaven Gate.
• Ao Bing admitted that he had hidden the Dragon Pearl, and Nezha killed him after pulling out his dragon sinew; Ao Guang fled with his son's body.
• Nezha returned to the Li residence, where Li Jing disowned him and ordered him to leave.
• Dragon Girl returned after freeing the imprisoned children, learned Nezha had killed Ao Bing, and grieved in his arms as he explained why he had fought.
• Ao Guang summoned the South Sea, West Sea, and North Sea Dragon Kings and ordered the Four Seas to gather at Chentang Pass in three days for revenge.

Nezha confronted the Four Seas Dragon Kings as they flooded Chentang Pass and threatened its people unless he died. He slit his own throat to end the disaster, but the dragon girl arrived too late with the Dragon Pearl and learned that Ao Bing had taken it.

• Li Jing denounced Nezha and attacked him, but Nezha struck him down as the Dragon Kings demanded the Dragon Pearl and flooded Chentang Pass.
• Ao Guang threatened to destroy the city unless Nezha killed himself, and Nezha agreed after seeing children trapped in the flood.
• Nezha picked up Li Jing's sword and slit his own throat, then fell as the rain stopped and the divine deer mourned him.
• The dragon girl arrived with the Dragon Pearl and revealed that Ao Bing had hidden it, but Ao Guang refused to undo what had happened.
• Nezha dissolved into starlight as the dragon girl pleaded for him, and Ao Guang told Li Jing to send boys and girls to the Dragon Palace.

After the people of Chentang Pass built a temple for Nezha, Li Jing destroyed it to prevent his resurrection, driving Nezha’s spirit to swear revenge. Taiyi Zhenren revived Nezha with a lotus body, and Nezha set out to confront the Dragon King, beginning his assault on the Dragon Palace.

• The people of Chentang Pass built a temple for Nezha, and his spirit wondered whether the incense offerings would bring him back to life.
• Li Jing attacked the temple and smashed Nezha’s statue, prompting Nezha’s spirit to vow revenge before shooting into the sky as golden light.
• The people of Chentang Pass mourned the temple’s destruction and cursed Li Jing, while the Dragon Kings celebrated their victory over Nezha.
• Taiyi Zhenren used a golden lotus and immortal dew to revive Nezha, who thanked his master and took up his magical weapons.
• Nezha flew toward the East Sea, destroyed the Dragon King’s temple in Chentang Pass, and shattered the plaque of the Crystal Palace with his Fire-Tipped Spear.

Huo Yuhao, living as Nezha, attacked the Dragon Palace and punished the Four Seas Dragon Kings for their crimes before returning to Chentang Pass and killing Li Jing. As the illusion ended, Nezha accepted a conch from the Dragon King's daughter and disappeared into the sky.

• Huo Yuhao stormed the Dragon Palace, killed its guards, and defeated Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings.
• The Dragon King's daughter persuaded Nezha to spare the Dragon Kings' lives, and Nezha crippled their cultivation.
• Taiyi Zhenren and Empress Nuwa arrived; Nuwa ordered the Dragon Kings to serve mortals and bring rain, under threat of death if they rebelled.
• Nezha returned to Chentang Pass and killed Li Jing, declaring that he was now free of the prejudice that had bound him.
• The Dragon King's daughter met Nezha by the sea as the illusion dissolved, and he took her conch before vanishing on the Wind Fire Wheels.

After Huo Yuhao passed Nezha’s illusion trial, he learned the truth of Nezha’s suffering and gained a deeper understanding of love, hatred, and death. Nezha taught him the Samadhi True Fire cultivation method and gave him the Demon Slaying Sword, and the two forged a bond before spending three days drinking and feasting in the Lotus Sea of Divine Soul.

• Huo Yuhao emerged from the illusion and told Nezha that he had understood his true nature through the trial.
• Nezha showed Huo Yuhao how he had cut away his flesh and bones, revealing the pain and resentment that shaped him.
• Huo Yuhao offered to help Nezha, and Nezha gave him the Samadhi True Fire method and the Demon Slaying Sword.
• Huo Yuhao called Nezha his master, and Nezha accepted their bond while saying they could stand shoulder to shoulder as fellow madmen.
• Nezha and Huo Yuhao drank wine and ate fish together for three days and nights in the Lotus Sea of Divine Soul.

After drinking through the night, Huo Yuhao woke with his Soul Power at rank thirty-five and accepted Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s challenge for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins. He defeated them without using his Martial Soul, then invited anyone else to challenge him as the arena filled with opponents.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at class hungover, and Electrolux told Tian Meng that his Soul Power had risen to rank thirty-five after he drank himself unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s challenge after Wu Feng offered him ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• At the Soul Fighting arena, Huo Yuhao dodged Wu Feng’s attacks, threw her to the floor, and stopped his punch just short of Ning Tian before declaring her defeated.
• Huo Yuhao offered to fight anyone willing to pay five hundred Gold Soul Coins, and dozens of challengers rushed onto the platform.
• Huo Yuhao knocked down successive challengers using only his fists and feet, while Yan Shaozhe asked whether they should stop the fight.
• Xuan Zi chose to let the battle continue so he could see Huo Yuhao’s potential as more opponents joined the fight.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin in the arena with overwhelming power, stunning Shrek’s observers, then traveled to the Far North during the holiday to seek a companion. He continued north while thinking about how he would reunite with the Snow Empress.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu challenged Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao knocked Zhu Lu out of the arena before the fight began.
• Huo Yuhao evaded Dai Huabin’s attacks and defeated him despite his White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed a golden dragon phantom and struck Dai Huabin with Explosive Fist, leaving him unconscious with an arm severed.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe reacted with shock to Huo Yuhao’s power and discussed his unusual Martial Soul and potential.
• During the holiday, Huo Yuhao traveled to the Far North, where Tian Meng offered to guide him and he thought about meeting the Snow Empress again.

Huo Yuhao reunited with the Snow Empress in the Far North, where she remembered their love from a previous life and confessed her feelings. They embraced and kissed, while the Ice Empress watched with conflicted emotions and Electrolux urged Tian Meng to let them enjoy the moment.

• Huo Yuhao entered the Far North's core region, where the Snow Empress and Ice Empress approached him.
• The Snow Empress recognized Huo Yuhao and recalled their bond and parting promise from ten thousand years earlier.
• The Snow Empress spoke of wanting to stand beside Huo Yuhao, and he resolved not to leave her affection unanswered.
• Huo Yuhao embraced and kissed the Snow Empress, who returned his affection as the Ice Empress watched with wistful unease.
• The Snow Empress asked Huo Yuhao to call her Xue'er, and Electrolux silenced Tian Meng when he brought up their reason for visiting the Far North.

Huo Yuhao reunited with the Snow Empress in the Far North, arranged for the Ice Empress to protect him, and spent seven days with Xue'er before preparing to leave. He departed with a new Ice Silkworm Soul Spirit named Xiao Bing, while the Snow Empress stayed behind, hoping they would meet again.

• Huo Yuhao assured the Ice Empress he would not force her to become his Soul Spirit, and the Snow Empress persuaded her to protect him instead.
• Huo Yuhao concealed the Ice Empress's identity with a spell and linked both her and the Snow Empress to his divine power so he could sense if they were in danger.
• Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress spent seven days together in the Far North, while the Ice Empress watched them and Tian Meng retreated from her advances.
• Huo Yuhao named the female Ice Silkworm Xiao Bing, who pursued Tian Meng despite his declaration that he loved the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Snow Empress an Ice Jade Water Muscle Bone and left the Far North, while she watched him go and wished for his safe return.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy with the Ice Empress as his temporary guardian, prompting Dean Yan Shaozhe to arrange for her to stay in Huo Yuhao’s dormitory. He gave Immortal Herbs to Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao, easing their worries and leaving each of them moved by his generosity.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy with the Ice Empress, and Yan Shaozhe arranged for her to stay in Huo Yuhao’s dormitory after she agreed to act as his guardian.
• Ning Tian urged Wu Feng to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, fearing his strength could eventually surpass the sect’s ability to oppose him.
• Ma Xiaotao mistook the Ice Empress for Huo Yuhao’s girlfriend, but Huo Yuhao reassured her and gave her a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to purify her Evil Fire.
• Huo Yuhao gave Jiang Nannan an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, explaining that he was giving gifts to his friends, and she accepted it with gratitude.
• Huo Yuhao gave Xiao Xiao an Immortal Herb in exchange for the meal she had prepared, leaving her overwhelmed and flustered.

Huo Yuhao refused the academy’s core disciple selection, rejecting the fame and tournament role that the senior leaders hoped he would accept. Xuan Zi then named seven other candidates for the next Shrek Seven Devils and sent them to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.

• Yan Shaozhe told Xuan Zi that Ma Xiaotao’s Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had gained Ultimate Fire, and Xuan Zi insisted Huo Yuhao must join the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Wang Yan announced that second-year students could enter the core disciple selection and told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong they could pass directly.
• Huo Yuhao refused to participate, saying he pursued strength to protect those he cared about rather than empty fame, and left the classroom.
• Yan Shaozhe told Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao had rejected the selection, and Xuan Zi urged him to persuade Huo Yuhao again.
• Xuan Zi named Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, and Ning Tian as candidates for the next Shrek Seven Devils.
• Xuan Zi ordered the seven candidates to set out as Shrek’s reserve team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.

Xuan Zi ordered Yan Shaozhe to meet Huo Yuhao’s demands, while Huo Yuhao confronted Tang Ya about her hatred and desire for revenge. He urged her to choose a future with the people who loved her, leaving her to face the cost her revenge could bring.

• Xuan Zi praised Huo Yuhao’s battlefield talent and told Yan Shaozhe to grant his requests if Shrek could provide them.
• The Shrek Seven Devils gathered at the tea house, where He Caitou asked Tang Ya to let him join the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao entered and confronted Tang Ya about her buried hatred and her temptation to seek revenge alone.
• Huo Yuhao warned Bei Bei that Tang Ya might lose herself to revenge, then asked whether they loved each other.
• Bei Bei admitted he loved Tang Ya, and Tang Ya quietly said she loved him too.
• Huo Yuhao urged Tang Ya to consider the grief and loss her death would cause Bei Bei if she pursued revenge.

Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya the Immortal Herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew but refused to join the Tang Sect, leaving to sever his ties with them. Later, he agreed to compete for Shrek Academy as an ordinary student after Yan Shaozhe offered him generous rewards, though he refused the title of one of the Shrek Seven Devils.

• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and urged her not to let hatred blind her.
• Tang Ya asked Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect, but he refused and left, considering his old debts repaid.
• Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Wang Dong reacted to Huo Yuhao's departure and his fondness for sweets.
• Yan Shaozhe pleaded with Huo Yuhao to compete in the Continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament as one of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to compete for Shrek Academy as an ordinary student, refusing the title and agreeing to meet the current Shrek Seven Devils.

The reserve team and the current Shrek Seven Devils met to introduce themselves before the tournament, but Huo Yuhao’s arrival turned the gathering into a confrontation with Dai Yueheng over Dai Huabin. Huo Yuhao openly rejected the Duke’s Mansion’s authority, leaving the others stunned by the hatred and killing intent he revealed.

• Xuan Zi gathered the reserve team and the current Shrek Seven Devils, announced the tournament was ten days away, and said an important companion would join them.
• Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and the inner-court disciples introduced themselves and their Soul Master levels.
• Huo Yuhao arrived, and Dai Yueheng demanded to know who he was; Huo Yuhao teased him before declaring himself Dai Yueheng’s grandpa.
• Dai Yueheng accused Huo Yuhao of crippling Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao admitted it, arguing that Dai Huabin had brought the beating on himself.
• Huo Yuhao dismissed the Duke’s Mansion and rebuked Ma Xiaotao when she tried to calm him, then apologized as his anger subsided and the gathered disciples reacted to his killing intent.

Huo Yuhao challenged the Shrek Seven Devils and Dai Yueheng, wagering that he would admit fault if defeated and demand an apology and one million Gold Soul Coins if he won. He began fighting three at a time and instantly knocked out Yao Haoxuan and Gongyang Mo, then turned to Ling Luochеn as his next opponent.

• Yao Haoxuan confronted Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao mocked him and told Xuan Zi that Dai Yueheng had come seeking trouble over his crippled younger brother.
• Huo Yuhao challenged the Shrek Seven Devils and reserve team to fight him together, then set terms with Dai Yueheng: defeat meant he would kowtow and admit fault, while victory meant Dai Yueheng would do so and pay one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Yueheng accepted Huo Yuhao's terms, and Huo Yuhao announced that his opponents would fight three at a time.
• Yao Haoxuan and Gongyang Mo challenged Huo Yuhao alongside Ling Luochеn, while the reserve team members, including Ma Xiaotao, forfeited.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock and an enhanced Reign Over the World punch to knock out Yao Haoxuan and Gongyang Mo almost instantly.
• Xuan Zi and the spectators reacted in shock, and Huo Yuhao called Ling Luochеn his next opponent.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Ling Luochеn with Ultimate Ice, then faced Dai Yueheng after the others withdrew. Dai Yueheng rejected Huo Yuhao’s refusal to join the Duke’s Mansion with an attack, and the chapter ended as he unleashed White Tiger Destruction Kill.

• Huo Yuhao froze Ling Luochеn’s ice attack, then gently calmed her Martial Soul until she conceded and stepped off the platform.
• Chen Zifeng and Xi Xi withdrew, leaving Huo Yuhao and Dai Yueheng to settle their conflict.
• Dai Yueheng offered Huo Yuhao a position in the Duke’s Mansion, but Huo Yuhao insulted the offer and refused.
• Dai Yueheng attacked Huo Yuhao, who dodged and countered with precise strikes before blocking his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave with an ice shield.
• Dai Yueheng activated his White Tiger abilities and launched White Tiger Destruction Kill at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Yueheng with the Golden Dragon Flame Fist, forcing Xuan Zi to intervene, and was named Dai Yueheng’s replacement. Before the Shrek group departed for the tournament, Huo Yuhao refused Xuan Zi’s call for the reserve team to accept the Inner Court’s responsibilities and turned back toward the academy.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed the Golden Dragon Flame Fist, and Xuan Zi blocked the attack before Dai Yueheng lost consciousness.
• Xuan Zi praised Huo Yuhao’s dual Ultimate Attributes and told him to replace the badly injured Dai Yueheng.
• Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao waited outside Huo Yuhao’s dormitory with breakfast before he joined the group.
• Xuan Zi asked the reserve team to accept the Inner Court’s responsibilities and keep the matter secret, and everyone agreed.
• Huo Yuhao turned back toward the academy, saying he was unwilling to shoulder the responsibility.

Xuan Zi explained the Shrek Inspection Corps’ dangerous mission and invited Huo Yuhao to join the inner court, but accepted his refusal and urged him to follow his own heart. Meanwhile, Dai Huabin remained determined to target Huo Yuhao despite Dai Yueheng’s warning.

• Xuan Zi revealed that inner court disciples served as Shrek Inspectors, protecting people from evil Soul Masters despite the danger, and the gathered youths agreed to join.
• Huo Yuhao refused the inner court and Inspection Corps, saying he would act according to his own heart rather than accept a duty that might cost him his life.
• Xuan Zi praised Huo Yuhao’s honesty and told him he would not force him to join.
• Dai Yueheng warned Dai Huabin that Huo Yuhao had defeated three Soul Kings and a Soul Emperor and threatened the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion if Dai Huabin acted rashly.
• Dai Huabin dismissed Dai Yueheng’s warning and vowed to continue pursuing his goal against Huo Yuhao.

Xuan Zi’s students began their first mission as probationary inspectors, traveling to the Ming Dou Mountain Range to eradicate a bandit group led by the Evil Soul Master known as the Death Messenger. After Huo Yuhao secretly attacked Dai Hao at the military camp, Wang Yan led the group to the bandits’ lair, where they discovered a hundred corpses, including infants.

• Wang Yan distributed Inspector’s Rings, and Ma Xiaotao explained that the students’ mission was to wipe out nearly three hundred bandits in the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Huo Yuhao told Electrolux that he wanted to kill the bandits himself and leave purifying their souls to his teacher.
• The group traveled through the forest, rested by a stream, and stopped for a barbecue after Xuan Zi insisted on tasting Huo Yuhao’s cooking.
• When Xuan Zi led the students into the Western Army Group camp, Huo Yuhao stayed behind and secretly struck Dai Hao with a Golden Dragon Flame Fist, injuring his right arm.
• Wang Yan found signs of the bandits and led the group to their lair, where they discovered more than a hundred corpses, including infants.