Chapter Summaries

The Shadow Garden attacked Shrek Academy’s inner court and defeated its members with coordinated sword strikes and Nu’s Ultimate Fire. Huo Yuhao then faced the Sea God Pavilion Elders, whose Deity Slave Seals left them acting like puppets, and declared his intent to kill them.

• The Shadow Garden charged the inner court students, and an ice wall blocked Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Meteor Shower before the attackers closed in.
• A Garden Soul King bypassed the students’ defenses and wounded two support-type students, while Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing helped the Garden evade the inner court’s Soul Skills and exploit openings in the dust.
• An ice-attribute Soul King trapped the inner court students in Ice Prison, but Nu melted the cages and engulfed them in a pillar of fire, leaving them unconscious.
• The Shadow Garden dragged the defeated students away, and Huo Yuhao observed that the Sea God Pavilion Elders bore Deity Slave Seals as they gathered before him.
• Huo Yuhao stepped forward, raised his sword toward the elders, introduced himself as Shadow, and invited them to their deaths.

Huo Yuhao and the four women confronted the corrupted Sea God Pavilion Elders, and Huo Yuhao killed Elder Lin with a single sword strike. As Xuan Zi fought to defend the Elders, the Deity Slave Seal formed on his forehead, and Huo Yuhao prepared to strike them down.

• Elder Lin led the Sea God Pavilion Elders in an attack, but Huo Yuhao cut her in half with one sword strike.
• Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Ma Xiaotao, and Zhang Lexuan revealed their identities and prepared to fight the Elders while Huo Yuhao pressed onward.
• Xuan Zi arrived and blocked Huo Yuhao's sword light, but Huo Yuhao's attacks cracked his barrier and forced him to use his Taotie Avatar.
• Huo Yuhao trapped Xuan Zi and the Elders in dark-purple threads that cut their limbs and transformed Xuan Zi's earthen sphere into a black cube.
• The Deity Slave Seal finished forming on Xuan Zi's forehead, and Huo Yuhao raised his sword as Jiang Nannan recorded him and Tang Ya watched in awe.

Huo Yuhao confronted Mu En at Shrek and uncovered how the Golden Ancient Tree’s puppets could restore the dead Elders. As the revived Elders began to form, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan set them ablaze, while Mu En declared Zhang Lexuan his choice for the next Sea God Pavilion Master.

• Huo Yuhao’s Sword Qi shattered Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul Avatar and killed the Sea God Pavilion Elders, but Mu En appeared with the unconscious Xuan Zi and revived him under the Deity Slave Seal’s control.
• Mu En explained that he served Tang San willingly, claiming Tang San had granted him immense power and immortality.
• Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree to turn its bark into puppets resembling the dead Elders, and Huo Yuhao studied the formations restoring their bodies and souls.
• Huo Yuhao sent Zhang Lexuan and the other three women to attack the puppets, while Mu En revealed that he intended Zhang Lexuan to become the next Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Xuan Zi intercepted Ma Xiaotao, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan, but they coordinated their attacks, freed Jiang Nannan to reach the puppets, and set one alight with Ultimate Fire.
• The fire spread from puppet to puppet as Huo Yuhao shielded the Shadow Garden members from the puppets’ piercing screams.

Huo Yuhao rejected Mu En’s offer to lead Shrek Academy and fought him as Mu En unleashed his Golden Sacred Dragon power. Huo Yuhao neutralized Mu En’s lightning domain and closed in, but Mu En surrounded him and his three shadows with rings of light that summoned Golden Sacred Dragons.

• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to kill everyone except Zhang Lexuan, then tried to persuade Huo Yuhao to join him under Tang San’s leadership.
• Huo Yuhao dismissed Mu En’s supposed resurrection method and refused to submit, while Zhang Lexuan went to help Nu and the others.
• Mu En transformed with Golden Sacred Dragon power and launched a lightning domain at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao caught and bottled Mu En’s liquid lightning, absorbed the rest of the domain, and cut a path through it.
• Huo Yuhao advanced with three shadow doubles and surrounded Mu En, who summoned four rings of light that unleashed Golden Sacred Dragons.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Mu En with a web of threads, then forced him to reveal his Golden Sacred Dragon form. Huo Yuhao punched through the dragon’s chest and destroyed the Golden Ancient Tree’s crown, leaving Mu En gravely wounded in midair.

• Mu En mistook Huo Yuhao for an Evil Soul Master and attacked him with Dragon Emperor Domain-Shaking Realm, but Huo Yuhao charged through the technique and sent shadow doubles at him.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed countless silver threads that trapped Mu En in the air, while Mu En’s lightning attacks devastated Sea God Island and the Golden Ancient Tree’s dormitories.
• Mu En spotted Xuan Zi struggling against Zhang Lexuan, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and the fourth fighter, then tried to find a chance to counterattack.
• Huo Yuhao appeared behind Mu En, but Mu En used King’s Landing to escape and then activated his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Huo Yuhao punched the Golden Sacred Dragon through the chest, sent him flying, and blasted away the Golden Ancient Tree’s crown.

Huo Yuhao defeated Mu En, took the Dragon Core, and entered the Golden Ancient Tree to investigate its Divine Mark. As the Shadow Garden members prepared to complete their mission, golden liquid seeped into Mu En’s corpse.

• Huo Yuhao sliced apart Mu En’s Golden Sacred Dragon form, and Mu En used the Dragon Core to try to save himself.
• Huo Yuhao cleared the Garden members’ minds, ordered them into the Golden Ancient Tree, and had Number 683 imprison the unconscious inner court students in ice.
• Huo Yuhao retrieved the Dragon Core from Mu En and sensed the Golden Ancient Tree, while Zhang Lexuan and the others subdued Xuan Zi.
• Inside the tree, Huo Yuhao examined the Divine Mark’s divinity and white threads, while Electrolux warned him that destroying the mark required divinity.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya filmed and discussed Huo Yuhao as Zhang Lexuan sent them into the tree to help finish the mission.
• Golden liquid dripped from the Golden Ancient Tree onto Mu En’s corpse and seeped into his skin.

Mu En revived with power beyond the Limit Douluo and attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao awakened and severed his dragon limbs. Huo Yuhao unleashed his atomic power, engulfing Sea God Island and Shrek Academy in a pillar of purple light as Shadow began spreading across the Douluo World.

• Mu En regenerated into his prime, gained Demigod-level Soul Power, and transformed into a dragon as he broke free of his bindings.
• Mu En pierced Huo Yuhao and attacked Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan, while Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan rushed out of the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Huo Yuhao revealed he was unharmed, severed Mu En's dragon wing and arm, and prepared to unleash his power as Zhang Lexuan ordered everyone to evacuate.
• Huo Yuhao declared, "I... Am... atomic!" and unleashed a purple pillar of light that engulfed Mu En, the Golden Ancient Tree, and Sea God Island.
• The purple light destroyed much of Shrek Academy and Shrek City, while beast kings in the Star Dou Great Forest felt its power and Shadow began enveloping the Douluo World.

The Golden Ancient Tree was destroyed in a massive blast that erased Sea God Island and killed Mu En and the other elders. Huo Yuhao claimed the tree’s seed, while Shrek Academy was left reeling from its worst disaster in ten thousand years.

• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Mei'er waited outside the barrier as members of Shadow Garden threw the inner courtyard students out to them, and Yan Shaozhe caught the students.
• A purple pillar of light engulfed Sea God Island, and Yan Shaozhe saw Mu En vanish as the blast destroyed the Golden Ancient Tree and the Sea God Lake.
• Huo Yuhao recovered six matching light-attribute Soul Bones and the Golden Ancient Tree seed, then imprinted his spiritual mark on the seed and disappeared.
• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, and the Shrek students saw the devastation and mourned Mu En and the dead Sea God Pavilion elders.

After a disaster struck Sea God Island, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao feared Huo Yuhao was missing, then found him unharmed at the dormitory. They hugged and bickered with him beneath the moon, ending the night together.

• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao searched the survivors for Huo Yuhao, and Zhou Yi suggested another teacher might have taken him to a different shelter.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao hurried to the boys' dormitory and found Huo Yuhao carrying bags of ingredients beneath the moon.
• Xiao Xiao scolded Huo Yuhao for making her worry, then cried in his arms as he comforted her.
• Huo Yuhao invited Wang Dong'er to join them, and she pretended to refuse before clinging to him when he tried to let her go.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao continued teasing one another as they walked together beneath the moon.

Yan Shaozhe interpreted Xuan Zi’s dying words as a nomination of Zhang Lexuan to become Sea God Pavilion Master and left the two women to watch him. Huo Yuhao revealed that he had spared Xuan Zi to obtain an identity he could present publicly and make Shrek Academy belong to their Garden.

• Zhang Lexuan told Yan Shaozhe that Xuan Zi’s poison had been cleared but his severe injuries might kill him overnight.
• Xuan Zi struggled to tell Zhang Lexuan that she should become Sea God Pavilion Master, then lost consciousness again.
• Yan Shaozhe named Zhang Lexuan the current Sea God Pavilion Master if Xuan Zi died and left her and Ma Xiaotao to watch him.
• Ma Xiaotao questioned Huo Yuhao about sparing Xuan Zi, and Huo Yuhao said he needed an identity he could show to everyone.
• Huo Yuhao covered Xuan Zi with runes, then left as Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao followed his instructions.

As rain fell over the ruined Shrek Academy, Wang Dong'er struggled to get Huo Yuhao up for a meeting and grew embarrassed by their closeness. After she and Xiao Xiao bickered over Huo Yuhao, he suddenly rushed off to find a bathroom.

• Wang Dong'er watched the rain fall over the remains of Sea God Lake, then woke Huo Yuhao for the academy meeting.
• Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong'er onto the bed, then leisurely got dressed and headed downstairs with her under an umbrella.
• Xiao Xiao found Wang Dong'er distracted and argued with her after Wang Dong'er teased her about letting Huo Yuhao call her Little Potato.
• Huo Yuhao gently soothed Xiao Xiao, then clutched his stomach and hurried away to use the bathroom.

After Shadow Garden destroyed Sea God Island, Yan Shaozhe told Shrek’s students who was responsible and urged them to grow stronger and defend their home. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao prepared a disguise as the wounded Xuan Zi and set out with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao for their next task.

• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao listened to students speculate about Sea God Island’s disappearance before Yan Shaozhe called the academy to order.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that Shadow Garden, led by Shadow, had destroyed Sea God Island and rallied the students to defend Shrek and root out their enemies.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er watched as Yan Shaozhe shouldered responsibility for Shrek after its upper ranks fell, while Cai Mei'er watched him tearfully.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya finished disguising Huo Yuhao as Xuan Zi, and Zhang Lexuan approved the aged appearance and voice.
• Zhang Lexuan helped the disguised Huo Yuhao leave with Ma Xiaotao to carry out their next task.

Huo Yuhao impersonated the recovering Xuan Zi at Shrek Academy’s assembly, gave a brief speech, and left the academy’s affairs to Zhang Lexuan before slipping away. He returned to Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao, while Wang Dong’er watched their closeness and wondered if she should return to being a girl.

• Bei Bei searched for Tang Ya and learned from Xu Sanshi that she had left with Jiang Nannan, then resolved to ask Zhang Lexuan about his great-great-grandfather’s death.
• Yan Shaozhe greeted the disguised Huo Yuhao as Xuan Zi, and Zhang Lexuan covered for his awkward voice and movements.
• Huo Yuhao gave the students a short address, put Zhang Lexuan in charge of Shrek’s affairs, and told Yan Shaozhe he was going into seclusion.
• Huo Yuhao removed his latex mask and vanished, then returned to Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao during Zhang Lexuan’s speech.
• Wang Dong’er watched Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao together and considered returning to being a girl so she could stand beside him.

After Shrek Academy’s humiliation, Zhang Lexuan rallied the students and announced changes to the academy and its freshman assessment. Zhou Yi assigned cultivation directions and teams, then kept Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao behind after seeing Huo Yuhao’s unusual answer.

• Zhang Lexuan ordered Shrek Academy’s uniforms changed to black, announced new assessment and training policies, and urged the students to protect the academy.
• Zhou Yi gathered Freshman Class One and assigned Song Qinghan to the Soul Tool Department through a special admission.
• Zhou Yi placed Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao together in Group One and demanded that every team pass the freshman assessment.
• Huo Yuhao casually wrote “Power Attack Control System” as his cultivation direction, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao submitted their own forms.
• Zhou Yi confronted the three after reading Huo Yuhao’s answer, and Huo Yuhao calmly took out his short sword.

Zhou Yi questioned Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao about their declared systems and abilities, then ordered them to take first place in the freshman assessment. After the students left, Zhou Yi reflected on the devastating losses Shrek had suffered in the explosion and hoped the new generation would grow strong enough to protect itself.

• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his sword and claimed it proved his Power Attack System classification, but the weapon flew from his hand and Zhou Yi changed his registration back to Control System.
• Zhou Yi told Wang Dong'er to change her registration from Control System back to Power Attack System, and Wang Dong'er quickly complied.
• Xiao Xiao explained her Soul Suppressing Cauldron and revealed that she had Twin Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao described his Mental Interference Soul Skill, and Zhou Yi assigned the three students to win first place in the freshman assessment.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao promised to complete the task and pulled Huo Yuhao away after he said he could not do it.
• Zhou Yi watched the rain and mourned the teachers killed in the explosion, including Wang Yan, Zheng Moxiao, and Lu Li.

Huo Yuhao grilled fish beside the vanished Sea God Lake while Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao helped, and the gathering grew as Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao arrived. Wang Dong'er became jealous after Huo Yuhao introduced Xiao Xiao as his girlfriend and then saw more women arrive, leaving Huo Yuhao to coax her again.

• Huo Yuhao set up a barbecue beside Sea God Lake and prepared the fish he had saved.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao competed to help Huo Yuhao, then Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan arrived for grilled fish.
• Tang Ya teased Wang Dong'er by embracing Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao introduced Xiao Xiao as his girlfriend.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan welcomed Xiao Xiao, while Wang Dong'er grew jealous and sulked until Huo Yuhao coaxed her back.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao arrived, and Wang Dong'er became angry again as Huo Yuhao continued grilling fish.

Huo Yuhao shared a lively rainy-day meal with Wang Dong'er, Tang Ya, Xiao Xiao, and the others before Bei Bei arrived seeking answers about his great-great-grandfather's death. When Bei Bei grabbed Zhang Lexuan and demanded that she tell him what she knew, Huo Yuhao intervened and shielded her.

• Huo Yuhao coaxed Wang Dong'er into joining the gathering, and everyone ate grilled fish and chatted under the umbrella.
• Tang Ya teased Xiao Xiao about sharing Huo Yuhao, while Jiang Nannan recorded the group with her Soul Tool.
• Bei Bei arrived and asked Zhang Lexuan to speak with him privately.
• Zhang Lexuan told Bei Bei she did not know what had happened and that Xuan Zi had entered seclusion.
• Bei Bei grabbed Zhang Lexuan's wrist and invoked his status as her fiancé, but Huo Yuhao seized his wrist and stepped between them.

Huo Yuhao stopped Bei Bei from confronting Zhang Lexuan, defeated him, and left with her as Bei Bei’s hatred grew. Later, Huo Yuhao discussed countering the gods with Zhang Lexuan before preparing with Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao for the freshman assessment.

• Huo Yuhao told Bei Bei to stop and Zhang Lexuan explained that she was no longer his fiancée.
• Bei Bei attacked Huo Yuhao with lightning, but Huo Yuhao used his sword to dispel the attack and knocked Bei Bei away.
• Bei Bei watched Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan leave together, then vowed revenge as dark lightning appeared around him.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Huo Yuhao to have Bei Bei controlled, and Huo Yuhao ordered Shadow Garden to act and eliminate him if necessary.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the gathering and grilled fish for Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao about his abilities and explained that hiding a trump card meant fooling himself as well as his enemies.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his self-created Thirteen Deadly Swords to Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, revealing the swordsmanship he had withheld in earlier fights. He explained why he had not drawn his sword in the Soul Fighting Arena, then blurred the girls’ memories of the demonstration.

• Huo Yuhao advised Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao to reveal some abilities while keeping other strengths hidden.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao described their Martial Soul abilities and asked Huo Yuhao to show his sword skills.
• Huo Yuhao performed the Thirteen Deadly Swords across Sea God Lake, using water, ice, and sword shadows in his display.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao watched in astonishment, and Wang Dong'er recalled that Huo Yuhao had not used these techniques against her before.
• Huo Yuhao told the girls he had been unable to draw his sword in the Soul Fighting Arena because it was meant to protect the people most important to him.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Power to blur Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao’s memories of his sword dance.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao made it to the freshman assessment just before the deadline and won their opening match against Ouyang Junyi's team. Their victory showcased how Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection supported Wang Dong'er's attacks, and the chapter ended with Zhou Yi watching approvingly.

• Wang Dong'er carried the sleeping Huo Yuhao to the assessment area, and they crashed into the field just before the deadline.
• The teacher assigned Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao to face Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen in the first match.
• Zhao Haochen gave Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng chicken drumsticks that boosted their speed as they charged at Wang Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to guide Wang Dong'er, who evaded the attackers and knocked Ouyang Junyi down.
• Wang Dong'er intercepted Chen Junfeng and sent him crashing into Zhao Haochen, knocking both opponents out of bounds.
• The teacher declared Huo Yuhao's team the winner as Zhou Yi watched from the stands.