Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao, acting as Shadow, slaughtered a bandit group and sent rescued girls to the Garden before leaving his mother to travel alone to Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with him delighted by the gold coins and recommendation letter Shabo had given him.

• Huo Yuhao used his threads to bind and kill the bandits, then celebrated the gold coins in their carriage.
• Si reported that her subordinates had cleared the surrounding bandits and found three young girls, whom Huo Yuhao ordered taken to the Garden for training.
• Huo Yuhao's remark about a ten-thousand-year situation prompted Si to begin the Sun Moon Plan.
• The next day, Shabo arrived at Yun'er's Tailor Shop to escort Huo Yun'er back to the mansion, while Huo Yuhao was told to travel alone to Shrek Academy.
• Shabo gave Huo Yuhao a Soul Guidance Ring containing a hundred Gold Soul Coins and a recommendation letter, along with an address in Shrek City.

Huo Yuhao took the Tang Sect’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, copied its techniques, and used his spiritual power to create improved versions for the Shadow Garden. He entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who recognized him and called him boss.

• Huo Yuhao opened the nanmu box, took the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, and copied its techniques after confirming it was safe.
• Huo Yuhao rewrote the techniques into new cultivation methods and sent Shadow Garden members away with his records.
• Huo Yuhao traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and used his spiritual power to locate and summon the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged, recognized Huo Yuhao, and rushed toward him calling him boss, while Huo Yuhao loosened his threads and jumped back.

Huo Yuhao accepted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his Wisdom Soul Ring, successfully absorbing its power and gaining Spiritual Detection. When Tang Ya found him afterward, a careless comment from Bei Bei angered her and left their relationship strained again.

• Huo Yuhao nearly killed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then ordered him to become his Wisdom Soul Ring.
• After learning Huo Yuhao had no Soul Rings, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm agreed and began merging with him, bringing a mysterious gray sphere into his mind.
• Huo Yuhao completed the absorption, gained a white Soul Ring and Spiritual Detection, and sensed Tang Ya and Bei Bei approaching.
• Tang Ya found Huo Yuhao beneath a tree and held him while checking that he was safe.
• Tang Ya rebuked Bei Bei for suggesting they move Huo Yuhao into the open and told him to leave, leaving him dejected as she tended to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei encountered a thousand-year Mandala Snake, but after Tang Ya began absorbing its Soul Ring, a giant Man Faced Demon Spider appeared. Bei Bei urged Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao to run from the ten-thousand-year threat.

• Huo Yuhao woke under Tang Ya's care and told her he had already obtained a ten-year Soul Ring.
• A thousand-year Mandala Snake attacked Tang Ya, but Huo Yuhao struck it with his sword and pulled her out of danger.
• Bei Bei subdued the Mandala Snake with his lightning, and Tang Ya killed it to obtain its Soul Ring.
• As Tang Ya prepared to absorb the Soul Ring, the group spotted a huge spiderweb and decided to leave.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider burst through the dust, and Bei Bei recognized it as at least ten thousand years old and called for Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao to run.

Huo Yuhao concealed his strength as Shadow while Tang Ya and Bei Bei fought a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider. After Shadow rescued Tang Ya, he revealed that he had once saved her and asked whether she yearned for power; she agreed to abandon her identity as Tang Sect's sect master to stay by his side.

• Tang Ya protected Huo Yuhao from the Man Faced Demon Spider while Bei Bei attacked it, but the spider trapped Bei Bei in a cocoon.
• Tang Ya fled with Huo Yuhao, then turned to hold off the pursuing Man Faced Demon Spider with her Blue Silver Grass.
• The spider broke free from Tang Ya's restraints and cornered her after she had exhausted her Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao appeared as Shadow and pinned the Man Faced Demon Spider down with black threads.
• Tang Ya recognized Huo Yuhao as the dark figure who had saved her during the destruction of the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang Ya whether she yearned for power, and she agreed to abandon her identity as Tang Sect's sect master.

Huo Yuhao defeated a Man Faced Demon Spider and had Tang Ya kill it to obtain its Fifty Thousand Year Soul Ring. After purging the ring’s hostile soul and giving Tang Ya an External Soul Bone, he regretted losing something valuable from the corpse.

• Huo Yuhao overwhelmed the Man Faced Demon Spider with his speed and swordsmanship, leaving it alive but gravely wounded.
• Huo Yuhao offered Tang Ya power if she killed the spider, and she stabbed it with a knife.
• A Fifty Thousand Year Soul Ring formed, and Huo Yuhao burned away the spider’s resentful soul before sending the ring into Tang Ya to absorb.
• Huo Yuhao discovered an External Soul Bone in the corpse and sent it into Tang Ya’s body as she absorbed the ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm praised Huo Yuhao for not coveting the valuable bone, but Huo Yuhao realized he regretted giving it away and sealed off his Sea of Consciousness.

Huo Yuhao empowered Tang Ya, welcomed her into the Shadow Garden as the Shadow named Joy, and helped her awaken the Eight Spider Lances. Afterward, the group left the Star Dou Great Forest, while Huo Yuhao secretly targeted Bei Bei’s remaining Gold Soul Coins.

• Huo Yuhao poured Soul Power into Tang Ya until her cultivation rose to rank forty and her Blue Silver Grass turned dark red.
• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Ya black robes, a sword, and a ring bearing the name Joy, formally making her one of the Seven Shadows.
• Tang Ya discovered that she had gained the Eight Spider Lances and embraced and kissed Huo Yuhao in excitement.
• Bei Bei found Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao injured and asked about the Man Faced Demon Spider; Tang Ya said it was dead and led the way out of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao supported Bei Bei as they followed Tang Ya and secretly reached threads into Bei Bei’s storage pouch to find his remaining Gold Soul Coins.

Huo Yuhao reached Shrek City with Bei Bei and Tang Ya, then erased the divine sense Tang San had planted on a statue of Tang San at Shrek Academy. Tang San lost contact with the Douluo Plane and vowed revenge, while Huo Yuhao headed to register at the academy.

• Bei Bei asked Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect, but Huo Yuhao refused to decide before consulting his family and continued toward Shrek City with Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya stayed close to Huo Yuhao while ignoring Bei Bei, and Bei Bei led them through Shrek City, where Huo Yuhao spotted the Mitsugoshi Merchant Association's modern high-rise.
• A red-haired woman watched Huo Yuhao from the high-rise and recognized him as Shadow, accidentally melting her office window with her hand.
• At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao sensed Tang San's divine sense on the statue of the Sea God and erased it with his spiritual power, leaving nearby students dazed and Bei Bei unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao sent Tang Ya to school and went alone to register, while Tang San discovered that his connection to the Douluo Plane had been severed and threatened whoever caused it.

Huo Yuhao gained admission to Shrek Academy with a special recommendation, bypassing the entrance test. After making a father and son lose their tuition money, he paid his own fees and headed to the dormitory.

• Huo Yuhao presented his tiger-head recommendation letter, and the admissions teacher exempted him from the entrance test as a specially invited student.
• A chubby boy and his father accused the academy of favoritism, but the admissions teacher revealed his six soul rings and silenced their objections.
• The chubby boy and his father discovered their tuition money was missing, while Huo Yuhao quietly joined the payment line.
• Huo Yuhao paid ten Gold Soul Coins, squeezing them tightly enough that the payment senior asked him to loosen his grip.
• The senior gave Huo Yuhao his identification badge and uniform, and Huo Yuhao headed toward the dormitory as the father and son searched for their money.

Huo Yuhao settled into Shrek Academy, then went to Nether Dragon General Store to buy supplies and unexpectedly picked up a little girl after she collided with him. The chapter ended with him holding her and calling out to find her owner.

• Huo Yuhao gave Mu En an apple, learned where Room 201 was, and left another apple beside the old master.
• Huo Yuhao unlocked Room 201 and expected Wang Dong'er to arrive around dusk before leaving to handle personal business.
• Huo Yuhao met two White Tiger Guards, showed them his Ten-Year Soul Ring, and sent them away without joining their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao found Nether Dragon General Store and began browsing for everyday supplies.
• A little girl collided with Huo Yuhao, and he picked her up before calling out to ask whose child she was.

Huo Yuhao met a little girl while shopping in Shrek City, bought her a burger, and tried to help her get home. After she left, he headed back to meet his new roommate, while Ming Long signed over his shop to two Mitsugoshi representatives.

• Huo Yuhao carried the little girl around the shop, bought supplies without paying, and left after pushing past Ming Long.
• Two women in black robes offered Ming Long fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for his shop, and he signed the transfer agreement.
• Huo Yuhao found the little girl again, asked her name and address, and persuaded her to have a burger before going home.
• The little girl refused to reveal her name, then called back that she believed they would meet again before disappearing.
• Huo Yuhao wrote in his notebook, finished his burger, and set off to meet his new roommate.

Huo Yuhao met his new roommate, Wang Dong, and fought her after she tried to impose rules on him. Wang Dong won the apparent contest, but Mu En revealed that Huo Yuhao had held back; Wang Dong returned to their room, where she quietly made amends.

• Huo Yuhao left Mu En a burger, settled into the dormitory, and went to sleep before Wang Dong arrived.
• Wang Dong tried to wake Huo Yuhao and laid out rules for sharing the room, but he refused to deal with them until later.
• Wang Dong challenged Huo Yuhao to a fight, and he used a twig to expose openings in her attacks while making it appear that she had beaten him.
• Mu En told Wang Dong that Huo Yuhao could have killed her several times if he had been holding a sword, and Wang Dong thanked him for the lesson.
• Wang Dong returned to the room, ate one of Huo Yuhao's burgers, and cleaned up while Huo Yuhao pretended to sleep with a sly smile.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Xiao Xiao in class, irritating her with the nickname Little Potato while Wang Dong watched uneasily. Their homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi, ordered the class to run one hundred laps around Shrek Square, and her display of power sent everyone running.

• Wang Dong left the dorm after Huo Yuhao agreed to take turns cleaning, then found him already in class, secretly training his grip strength.
• Xiao Xiao greeted Huo Yuhao, who pretended not to remember her name and called her Little Potato, prompting her to hit him while Wang Dong watched with discomfort.
• Zhou Yi introduced herself as the homeroom teacher and ordered everyone who had not fought during registration to run one hundred laps or be expelled.
• When students protested, Zhou Yi revealed six Soul Rings and overwhelmed the class with her pressure.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and the rest of the students hurried out to run, while Zhou Yi watched them with an almost imperceptible smile.

Huo Yuhao completed Zhou Yi’s hundred-lap training exercise while hiding how easily he could run, and Zhou Yi expelled nine students for cheating. After class, Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong argued over taking Huo Yuhao for burgers and dorm cleaning, until a mocking woman addressed him as the Third Young Master and derided the sword on his back.

• Huo Yuhao ran with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong, revealed that his Martial Soul was his eyes, and let them believe his Ten-Year Soul Ring left him needing their protection.
• Huo Yuhao faked exhaustion after crossing Zhou Yi’s finish line, while Xiao Xiao stayed by him and grew increasingly flustered around him.
• Zhou Yi used recorded footage to expose nine students who had taken shortcuts and expelled them from the academy.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Xiao Xiao that the expelled students might still study in the Soul Tool Department, and she blushed at his closeness.
• After class, Xiao Xiao asked Huo Yuhao to go for burgers while Wang Dong insisted he return to clean their dorm, before a woman mocked him about his sword.

Huo Yuhao's classmates learned that Dai Huabin was his half-brother and the two clashed over the Duke's family feud. Dai Huabin took Huo Yuhao to the Soul Fighting Zone, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao set out to seek Teacher Zhou and follow them.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu confronted Huo Yuhao, mocking his Ten-Year Soul Ring and insisting the dispute was a matter for the Duke's family.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stood up for Huo Yuhao, and he revealed that he was the White Tiger Duke's third son.
• Dai Huabin called Huo Yuhao a bastard and ordered Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to leave, but they refused to let Huo Yuhao go with him.
• Dai Huabin released his Martial Soul, lifted Huo Yuhao by the collar, and carried him toward the Soul Fighting Zone as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao summoned their Martial Souls.
• After Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu left with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong told Xiao Xiao they would find Teacher Zhou and then go to the Soul Fighting Zone.

Huo Yuhao let Dai Huabin beat him in a Soul Fighting Zone match while pretending to be terrified, then vanished after the fight. As the academy searched for the badly injured student, Huo Yuhao opened his eyes with a sinister smile.

• News spread through Shrek Outer Court that Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao would fight, and Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Zhou Yi, Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Jiang Nannan headed toward the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Dai Huabin beat Huo Yuhao in the preparation room and forced him to agree to the soul fight, while Huo Yuhao secretly relished his convincing cowardly act.
• During the match, Huo Yuhao cowered and refused to fight back, so Dai Huabin attacked him until a Soul Fighting Zone teacher knocked Dai Huabin unconscious and declared him the winner.
• Tang Ya tried to rush onto the platform but was seized and dragged into the darkness by an unknown figure, while Zhou Yi left and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were blocked by the departing crowd.
• A hooded figure wearing a purple gemstone ring watched Huo Yuhao beneath the moonlight and then vanished; Huo Yuhao soon opened his eyes with a sinister smile and disappeared before the students could take him to the infirmary.

After staging his injuries, Huo Yuhao learned from Zhang Lexuan that the Golden Ancient Tree had corrupted Shrek Academy’s leadership and that her group had prepared to help him resist it. Wang Dong later found Huo Yuhao back in the dormitory and, mistaking his refusal to fight back for the result of lifelong abuse, vowed to protect him.

• Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory with deliberately maintained injuries and found Zhang Lexuan waiting for him.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao that the Golden Ancient Tree had twisted the academy leadership and sought to control Shrek Academy and the continent.
• Zhang Lexuan said her group had arranged everything and had contacted Joy, whom they would teach about the Garden.
• Wang Dong came to check on Huo Yuhao, signaled Xiao Xiao that he was safe, and found him calmly cleaning his sword.
• Wang Dong questioned why Huo Yuhao had not fought back, then vowed not to let him get hurt again.

Huo Yuhao recovered at Shrek Academy while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao tried to protect and comfort him, and he learned Wang Dong's secret identity. The chapter ended with Wang Dong anxiously wondering what Huo Yuhao planned to do on the restless night he had mentioned.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stayed close to Huo Yuhao, and Zhou Yi named Wang Dong monitor before ordering the class to run laps in iron armor.
• After class, Xiao Xiao confessed her feelings indirectly and gave Huo Yuhao a bag of Gold Soul Coins, which he eagerly accepted.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the dorm and accidentally saw Wang Dong bathing; after they argued and briefly fell into an intimate embrace, he left her to recover.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong he had known she was a girl from their first meeting and promised to keep her identity secret.
• Huo Yuhao said he would return late because tonight would be restless, leaving Wang Dong to worry that he might make a move on her.

Huo Yuhao organized the Garden’s fighters for an operation against Sea God Island, then launched the assault at night. His arrival at Sea God Lake triggered a violent impact and Shrek Academy’s alarm, leaving the attack underway.

• Huo Yuhao met Jiang Nannan in the Garden’s hidden headquarters and assigned Sorrow, Nu, Jiang Nannan, and Joy to lead 154 fighters toward Sea God Island.
• Jiang Nannan eagerly collected the antique furnishings and other valuables from the headquarters, while Huo Yuhao mourned the loss of his collection.
• At dusk, Huo Yuhao announced that the game had begun and shot from the bell tower toward Sea God Island as four hooded figures and black shadows moved through Shrek City.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao waited and wished for Huo Yuhao’s safety, while Dai Huabin told Zhu Lu he would not feel at ease until Huo Yuhao was dead.
• A dark purple meteor struck Sea God Lake, pinning Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu beneath a crushing pressure and prompting Shrek Academy to sound the enemy-attack alarm.

Huo Yuhao arrived at Sea God Island, killed Dai Huabin, and covered the island in darkness as Shadow Garden confronted the Shrek students. After destroying a Deity Slave Seal tied to the Golden Ancient Tree, he prepared his followers for battle while Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Mei'er headed to investigate.

• Huo Yuhao restrained Dai Huabin, then kicked him across Sea God Lake until he sank beneath the water, while Zhu Lu pleaded for mercy.
• Huo Yuhao flew to Sea God Island and enveloped it in dark purple Soul Power, prompting Yan Shaozhe to order the students into shelters and set out with Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er.
• Huo Yuhao found Shadow Garden members facing the inner courtyard students, and Dai Yueheng learned that Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochеn, and Xi Xi were away on a mission.
• Huo Yuhao examined the Golden Ancient Tree, destroyed a Deity Slave Seal, and connected with Shadow Garden through Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Huo Yuhao raised his sword, and Shadow Garden members formed black longswords and robes before declaring their motto in unison.