Chapter Summaries

After Wang Dong moved out, Huo Yuhao advanced rapidly in cultivation but sensed that the Eight-Nine Arcane Art carried hidden dangers. On the first day of class, teacher Zhou Yi silenced the students, while Huo Yuhao detected a familiar presence in his Sea of Consciousness just as a blackboard eraser flew at him.

• Wang Dong moved into a single room, and Huo Yuhao turned Room 108 into a private space.
• Huo Yuhao rose from level ten to level fourteen, then stopped to stabilize his Soul Power as subtle changes took root within him.
• Wang Dong reflected on her pride and decided to apologize to Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong drew attention when she entered class, while Huo Yuhao quietly took his seat and noticed Xiao Xiao nearby.
• Zhou Yi entered the noisy classroom, silenced it with a desk slam, and introduced her strict rules.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a familiar presence in his Sea of Consciousness, then opened his eyes to see a blackboard eraser flying toward his face.

Zhou Yi reprimanded her class and ordered the students to run an assessment after learning that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had fought. When Huo Yuhao admitted to the fight, Zhou Yi challenged him to a duel on Shrek Square, and the students gathered to watch.

• Zhou Yi scolded the class, made Wang Dong stand, and ordered everyone to run one hundred laps in an hour as their first assessment.
• Zhou Yi demanded to know who had fought Wang Dong, and the class identified Huo Yuhao while he was absorbed in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao caught the eraser Zhou Yi threw at him, admitted he had fought, and said he would accept the punishment.
• Zhou Yi ordered the class to Shrek Square and challenged Huo Yuhao to fight her, offering to pass him if he won and expel him if he lost.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the challenge as the students gathered around the square, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao watched him with interest.

Huo Yuhao fought Zhou Yi in Shrek Square, using his combat experience and unusual fire attack to force her back. Zhou Yi refused to accept defeat and challenged him again after suppressing her cultivation to his level, wagering her teaching position.

• Zhou Yi challenged Huo Yuhao, but he attacked before she could finish offering him the first three moves.
• Huo Yuhao dodged Zhou Yi’s attacks and struck her abdomen, shocking the watching students.
• As his Soul Power waned, Huo Yuhao conjured a fireball and blasted Zhou Yi, leaving her disheveled.
• Huo Yuhao declared that Zhou Yi had lost, but she attacked again and refused to end the fight.
• Zhou Yi agreed that Class One would pass the assessment if she lost, suppressed her cultivation to Huo Yuhao’s level, and wagered her position as a teacher.

Huo Yuhao defeated Zhou Yi in a public fight by using wind and ice magic after enduring her attacks. Yan Shaozhe noticed Huo Yuhao's unusual powers, while Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory exhausted and in pain.

• Zhou Yi attacked Huo Yuhao, and he endured her blows before landing a punch that sent her flying.
• Zhou Yi used a dragon-claw Soul Skill to knock Huo Yuhao down, but he rose and began chanting an incantation.
• Huo Yuhao trapped Zhou Yi in a whirlwind with Gentle Chant of the Wind and froze her with Sigh of Ice, winning the fight.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, freed Zhou Yi from the ice, and suspected Huo Yuhao could control both spiritual and ice-type power.
• Huo Yuhao staggered back to the dormitory, collapsed onto his bed, and suffered from exhaustion and pain in his Sea of Consciousness.

Huo Yuhao spoke with Nezha in his Sea of Consciousness, then returned later to confront a rampaging golden dragon. With Nezha’s Red Armillary Sash and his own powers, he subdued the dragon and left the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stunned.

• Nezha praised Huo Yuhao’s desperate Soul Skill and urged him to grow strong enough to break free of the forces binding him.
• Nezha invited Huo Yuhao to return and share grilled fish and wine, and Huo Yuhao agreed before leaving the palace.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his Sea of Consciousness and found a golden dragon tearing through it, while the frightened Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hid behind him.
• Huo Yuhao rode the dragon and attacked it with Soul Shock, Three Forms of Emotion, the Red Armillary Sash, and a giant sword.
• Huo Yuhao finished the dragon with Palm Annihilation, reducing it to a golden core, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm begged him for protection.

Huo Yuhao sealed the Golden Dragon King Core in his Sea of Consciousness and gained enough power to reach Soul Power Level seventeen. After Xiao Xiao asked to be his friend, Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory and stayed awake through the night, uneasy about a premonition that something was about to happen.

• Huo Yuhao sealed the Golden Dragon King Core in his Sea of Consciousness, and his Soul Power rose to level seventeen.
• Nezha reflected that Huo Yuhao would have to defy fate and decide his own destiny.
• Huo Yuhao became the monitor of Freshman Class One while the freshman assessment remained three months away.
• Xiao Xiao approached Huo Yuhao after class, praised him for defeating Zhou Yi, and asked to be his friend.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that something was about to happen, returned to his dormitory, and stayed awake through the night without finding anything unusual.

Huo Yuhao was pulled from his Time Sea of Consciousness into the Star Dou Great Forest and realized he had traveled into the past. After questioning a waiter in Suotuo City, he determined that he had arrived ten thousand years ago, during Tang San’s era, and wondered if he could take revenge on him.

• Huo Yuhao entered his Time Sea of Consciousness, where a white curtain formed before the enormous clock and swept him away.
• Huo Yuhao awoke in the Star Dou Great Forest and headed toward Shrek Academy, confused about how he had arrived there.
• Huo Yuhao reached a city, recognized that its old-fashioned appearance meant he was no longer in his own era, and disguised himself in a black robe.
• Huo Yuhao paid a waiter at a restaurant to learn that he was in Suotuo City in the Balak Kingdom, part of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Huo Yuhao used the information and his knowledge of history to realize he had traveled ten thousand years into the past, to Tang San’s time, and considered seeking revenge.

Huo Yuhao reached Shrek Academy and entered its final assessment, where he deliberately redirected Zhao Wuji’s attacks toward Tang San while avoiding the fight himself. Furious at Huo Yuhao’s behavior, Zhao Wuji ordered the five candidates to fight him one by one, making their admission depend on knocking him down.

• Huo Yuhao found Shrek Academy, passed its initial assessments, and revealed level-twenty-eight Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao saw Tang San and Xiao Wu, suppressed his urge to kill Tang San, and decided to beat him instead.
• During Zhao Wuji’s final trial, Huo Yuhao stayed out of the fight and secretly redirected Zhao Wuji’s attacks toward Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Zhao Wuji and acted as if he would leave, enraging the teacher and the watching candidates.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Tang San and the other four candidates to take turns fighting Huo Yuhao, promising they would all pass if anyone knocked him down.

Huo Yuhao challenged Tang San and the others at Shrek Academy, then defeated Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong before battling Dai Mubai. He met Dai Mubai’s third Soul Skill with a fireball, and the chapter ended as the explosion obscured the fight’s outcome.

• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as “Wo Niba,” provoking Tang San and Xiao Wu with a joke about Tang San’s father before taunting the group into fighting him.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but Huo Yuhao threw Zhu Zhuqing aside, knocked Ning Rongrong unconscious, and defeated Zhu Zhuqing when she attacked again.
• Dai Mubai faced Huo Yuhao and attacked with his White Tiger Martial Soul, but Huo Yuhao dodged his strikes and shattered his White Tiger Protection Barrier with a flurry of punches.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, while Huo Yuhao revealed a glow from his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and threw a fireball at him.
• Huo Yuhao’s fireball collided with Dai Mubai’s tiger claws in a thunderous explosion, leaving the battle’s result unclear.

Huo Yuhao, calling himself Huo Lai, fought Tang San and Xiao Wu in the arena, overpowering them and turning Tang San’s Hidden Weapons against him. As Zhao Wuji rushed in to stop the brutal beating, Huo Yuhao raised Tang San’s hammer for a final blow.

• Huo Yuhao struck Tang San and threw Xiao Wu aside when they challenged him in the arena.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu attacked together, but Huo Yuhao defeated their techniques and knocked them both down.
• Tang San fired Hidden Weapons at Huo Yuhao, who blocked them with fire and earth magic and mocked Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s theories.
• Huo Yuhao’s red ribbon redirected Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needles into Tang San, and Huo Yuhao disarmed him of his black-iron hammer.
• Huo Yuhao battered Tang San until Zhao Wuji charged into the arena, then lifted the hammer over Tang San’s head.

Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy after confronting Flender and defeating the examinees, then evaded a Titled Douluo and hid in a cave. As his Time Sea of Consciousness destabilized, he vanished from that spacetime.

• Flender stopped Huo Yuhao from delivering a fatal blow to Tang San, and Xiao Wu helped Tang San leave while Dai Mubai vowed revenge.
• Flender rejected Huo Yuhao from Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao accused him of protecting Yu Xiaogang’s disciple before choosing to leave.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that a mysterious youth had defeated the Shrek examinees, including his daughter Ning Rongrong.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a Titled Douluo tracking him, used the forest to lose the pursuer, and concealed himself inside a cave.
• Huo Yuhao entered his Sea of Consciousness, where spacetime twisted and his figure vanished from the cave.

Huo Yuhao confirmed that his journey ten thousand years into the past had been real and that he had reached Soul Power Level 28, then reopened his grilled-fish stall to replenish his savings. As Jiang Nannan asked him for a discount, an angry stranger swooped down and reached for the grill.

• Huo Yuhao verified his journey through the Time Sea of Consciousness by checking his spent Gold Soul Coins and his breakthrough to Soul Power Level 28.
• Huo Yuhao bought black carp and set up a grilled-fish stall outside Shrek Academy to earn back the money he had spent.
• Huo Yuhao's grilled fish drew a crowd of students, and a long line formed at his stall.
• Jiang Nannan arrived with her friends and asked Huo Yuhao to lower the price from five copper coins to three.
• An angry figure swooped down onto the stall and reached for the grill after Huo Yuhao refused to lower the price.

Huo Yuhao clashed with Xu Sanshi over his grilled-fish stall and accepted a challenge to fight him in the Soul Fighting Arena. The match began with Xu Sanshi summoning his Black Tortoise shield, and Huo Yuhao taunted him as a turtle before they fought.

• Xu Sanshi tried to take Huo Yuhao's grilled fish and threatened him, while Jiang Nannan told Xu Sanshi to stop pursuing her.
• Tang Ya recognized Huo Yuhao, ate his grilled fish, and criticized Xu Sanshi for acting aggressively; Huo Yuhao unleashed a terrifying presence that made Xu Sanshi falter.
• Xu Sanshi challenged Huo Yuhao to a fight, and Huo Yuhao agreed to wager eight thousand Gold Soul Coins against cooking for Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan for half a year.
• Rumors about the duel spread through the academy, drawing a large crowd to watch Huo Yuhao face the fifth-year Xu Sanshi.
• The referee started the match, Xu Sanshi summoned his Black Tortoise shield, and Huo Yuhao mocked him as a turtle.

Huo Yuhao fought Xu Sanshi in the Soul Fighting Arena, breaking through Xu Sanshi’s defenses and defeating him with his new Golden Dragon Explosive Fist. The spectators recognized Huo Yuhao as a terrifying talent, while Tang Ya resolved to recruit him into the Tang Sect.

• Xu Sanshi opened with Xuanming Shock, but Huo Yuhao dodged his attacks and battered the Xuanming Shield until it cracked.
• Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Underworld Shield Formation, and Huo Yuhao destroyed its twelve shields with Flame Fist.
• Xu Sanshi activated Xuanming Power and unleashed a stronger Xuanming Shock, but Huo Yuhao countered with Golden Dragon Explosive Fist.
• Huo Yuhao’s golden dragon phantom overwhelmed Xu Sanshi’s Black Tortoise phantom, sending Xu Sanshi crashing into the arena’s edge and ending the battle.
• Bei Bei praised Huo Yuhao’s talent, and Tang Ya insisted that she would recruit him into the Tang Sect.

After defeating Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao returned to his grilled fish stall, where he gently spared Jiang Nannan embarrassment and drew the attention of the crowd. Xu Sanshi honored their bet but declared that, despite acknowledging Huo Yuhao’s strength, he refused to accept him as a rival for Jiang Nannan.

• Huo Yuhao met Jiang Nannan after the arena fight, reassured her that the trouble had helped his stall, and asked her to come with him.
• A crowd followed Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan to the stall as Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, and several teachers watched.
• Huo Yuhao gave Jiang Nannan grilled fish and quietly explained that he had meant to treat her so she would not be embarrassed about lacking money.
• The onlookers teased Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan about their apparent closeness while Huo Yuhao served customers.
• Xu Sanshi returned the eight thousand Gold Soul Coins he had wagered, acknowledged Huo Yuhao’s strength, and insisted that he would not accept him as a rival for Jiang Nannan.

Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish led Jiang Nannan to kiss his cheek as thanks, devastating Xu Sanshi and inspiring Xiao Xiao to ask for fish of her own. Later, Huo Yuhao spoke with Nezha about sparing Xu Sanshi and thanked him for lending the Red Armillary Sash fragment that helped disguise his Martial Soul.

• Tang Ya invited Xu Sanshi to join the Tang Sect, and he accepted in hopes of becoming stronger and winning Jiang Nannan back.
• Jiang Nannan thanked Huo Yuhao for his grilled fish by kissing his cheek, leaving him stunned and Xu Sanshi heartbroken.
• Bei Bei tried to comfort Xu Sanshi, who broke down crying, while Tang Ya teased him.
• Xiao Xiao asked Huo Yuhao for grilled fish like Jiang Nannan’s, and he joked that hers would not come with a special token of thanks.
• Huo Yuhao told Nezha he had spared Xu Sanshi because he was not an unforgivable villain, then thanked Nezha for lending a Red Armillary Sash fragment.
• Nezha accepted Huo Yuhao’s thanks and demanded a hundred years of grilled fish in return.

Ma Xiaotao discovered that Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice could suppress her Evil Fire, while Huo Yuhao resolved to help her avoid the fate he remembered from his previous life. Yan Shaozhe then visited Huo Yuhao’s classroom, apologized for overlooking him, and offered him extraordinary rewards and personal guidance.

• Ma Xiaotao visited Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish stall and learned through their touch that his Ultimate Ice quieted her Evil Fire.
• Huo Yuhao remembered Ma Xiaotao becoming the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Maiden in his previous life and decided to help her overcome her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe reviewed Huo Yuhao’s abilities and went to find him, suspecting that he possessed power close to Ultimate Ice.
• Yan Shaozhe entered Huo Yuhao’s classroom, apologized for the academy’s neglect, and offered to make him an inner-court disciple under his personal guidance.
• Yan Shaozhe promised Huo Yuhao a path to Titled Douluo before forty, along with Soul Rings and Soul Bones, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao accepted Yan Shaozhe’s request to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire, then used two Soul Ascension Pills to raise his cultivation to level thirty-two. A mysterious voice confronted him in his dormitory and claimed to be him.

• Yan Shaozhe rewarded Huo Yuhao with two Soul Ascension Pills and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, then learned that Huo Yuhao had Twin Martial Souls and an Ultimate Ice attribute.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yuhao to help an inner-courtyard senior, Ma Xiaotao, suppress her Evil Fire, and Huo Yuhao readily agreed.
• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice had suppressed her Evil Fire, and Yan Shaozhe arranged for them to meet the next day.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the two Soul Ascension Pills and reached cultivation level thirty-two.
• A mysterious voice dredged up Huo Yuhao’s painful memories, then appeared as a distorted shadow and told him, “I am you.”

Huo Yuhao confronted a dark version of himself in his sea of consciousness, where it tried to exploit his painful memories and take over his body. He defeated the heart demon with the Power of Emotion and Golden Dragon King power, emerging with his resolve intact.

• A shadow resembling Huo Yuhao tormented him with memories of his teacher, Qiu'er, and other companions who had sacrificed themselves.
• Huo Yuhao was pulled into his sea of consciousness, where dark Huo Yuhao accused Tang San of controlling his fate and demanded his body.
• Huo Yuhao refused to surrender and declared that he would follow his own path, even if it cost him his life.
• Huo Yuhao used the Power of Emotion and Golden Dragon King power to break free of the dark figure's chains and shatter the prison of his consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Emotion Storm Tide and Emotion Storm Beam, annihilating dark Huo Yuhao as his sea of consciousness began to reform.

Huo Yuhao used his Ultimate Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, exhausting himself in the process. Ma Xiaotao woke to find them both naked in her dormitory, while Huo Yuhao remained asleep in the Time Sea of Consciousness as his next journey into the past drew near.

• Huo Yuhao awoke after his breakthrough and agreed to help Ma Xiaotao with her Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Ma Xiaotao chose her dormitory for the treatment, and Yan Shaozhe reluctantly allowed them to proceed there.
• Huo Yuhao joined palms with Ma Xiaotao and used his ice magic and emotional power to suppress the Evil Fire as it erupted.
• Ma Xiaotao released more Evil Fire, and she involuntarily clung to Huo Yuhao as the flames burned away their clothes.
• Huo Yuhao exhausted his Soul Power and collapsed after completely suppressing the Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao woke beside the sleeping Huo Yuhao, while he entered the Time Sea of Consciousness and sensed his next journey into the past approaching.