Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Titan Snow Demon King’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, reaching level 95 and gaining strength comparable to a Limit Douluo. Disguised as Xuan Zi, Huo Yuhao ordered a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, where Zhang Lexuan revealed her breakthrough and stunned Yan Shaozhe.

• Zhang Lexuan smoothly absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and the Titan Snow Demon King’s Head Soul Bone, breaking through to level 95.
• Tang Ya, Ma Xiaotao, and Jiang Nannan congratulated Zhang Lexuan as she celebrated her new strength.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to disguise himself as Xuan Zi and ordered Zhang Lexuan to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Zhang Lexuan gathered the Sea God Pavilion members and raised Shrek’s response to the Dai Huabin matter and its future development.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed using Shrek’s resources to strengthen himself, but Ma Xiaotao rebuked his haste.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed her nine Soul Rings, including a final ring marked with two golden stripes, leaving Yan Shaozhe astonished.

Zhang Lexuan revealed her immense cultivation, while Huo Yuhao’s clone posed as the recovered Xuan Zi and directed Shrek Academy’s preparations. Huo Yuhao received invitations to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, then met Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er by Sea God Lake.

• Zhang Lexuan displayed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and level ninety-five Soul Power, astonishing Yan Shaozhe and the others.
• Huo Yuhao’s clone appeared as Xuan Zi, claimed to have recovered and reached level ninety-nine, and ordered the academy to select a reserve team for the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament.
• Zhang Lexuan reported Dai Huabin’s and Bei Bei’s movements to Huo Yuhao, who told her to deal with them later.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Huo Yuhao three invitations from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and he accepted before fleeing the room.
• Huo Yuhao’s clone remained on Sea God Island while the invitations reached his original body, who then met Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er by Sea God Lake.
• Wang Dong’er handed Huo Yuhao a paper bag full of burgers.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao received invitations to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, while Wang Dong'er tried to pull Huo Yuhao away and was knocked unconscious by Xiao Xiao. At Shrek Academy, Zhou Yi brought the remaining core disciples to the Soul Fighting Zone for a selection tournament, where Huo Yuhao confronted Bei Bei with a frightening gaze.

• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er read invitations from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and Xiao Xiao stopped Wang Dong'er from taking Huo Yuhao away by using Devour Heaven and Earth.
• Huo Yuhao carried the unconscious Wang Dong'er as he walked with Xiao Xiao, and he agreed to attend the Treasure Gathering Pavilion event with Xiao Xiao without Wang Dong'er.
• After several days, Zhou Yi told her class that the core disciples would take part in a selection tournament at the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Huo Yuhao and the other core disciples joined Ning Tian and Zhou Yi at the crowded Soul Fighting Zone.
• Bei Bei met Huo Yuhao's gaze, experienced a terrifying vision of darkness and purple eyes, and quickly looked away.

Zhang Lexuan announced a battle royale selection tournament in a shifting maze, where only the last seven core disciples would win. After the maze separated the students and Bei Bei attacked an opponent, the maze began shrinking and Huo Yuhao reluctantly headed toward its center as Zhang Lexuan guided the contestants.

• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan discussed Tang Ya's new status as a core disciple and the attention her Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring would attract.
• Zhou Yi reported to "Xuan Zi" that the students had gathered, and Zhang Lexuan announced that the tournament would eliminate everyone except the last seven remaining contestants.
• Zhang Lexuan started the tournament, and rising walls split the core disciples apart inside a maze.
• Bei Bei struck a male student with lightning, and a teacher removed the injured student from the arena.
• Huo Yuhao found himself alone and sat down, but Zhang Lexuan announced that the maze was shrinking and ordered everyone toward its center.
• Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Detection and began walking toward the center while Zhang Lexuan controlled the maze routes to guide the contestants.

As the maze battle royale forced the core disciples to team up and fight, Huo Yuhao watched from a maze that seemed to guide him toward the central area. He suspected Zhang Lexuan was controlling it and remained content to avoid becoming one of the winners.

• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan teamed up, escaped their pursuers, and hurried toward the central area to meet Lord Shadow.
• Xiao Xiao and Wu Feng searched for a route through the shifting maze, then headed back to find Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong'er fought Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and Xie Huanyue, but He Caitou intervened and knocked two of them out with his Soul Cannon before she defeated Cao Jinxuan.
• Teachers removed Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and Xie Huanyue from the battle royale, and He Caitou continued onward.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to observe the maze and concluded that Zhang Lexuan was arranging paths to lead him toward the central area.

Huo Yuhao reached the Soul Fighting Zone’s central area and fought off Bei Bei’s attacks while secretly planning to get himself eliminated. After Huo Yuhao wounded him, Bei Bei’s anger triggered a savage surge of power.

• Huo Yuhao outmaneuvered the closing maze walls and entered the central area, prompting Zhang Lexuan to stop controlling the maze.
• Bei Bei ambushed Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao dodged his attacks and used Hongchen to stop just short of his eyes, cutting off his forehead hair.
• Bei Bei backed away, and Huo Yuhao unexpectedly vanished behind him and wounded him with Hongchen.
• Huo Yuhao decided to provoke Bei Bei and then fake being defeated so he could leave the competition.
• Bei Bei sealed his wound with lightning, grew enraged, and released a savage presence as his lightning turned faintly dark red.

Huo Yuhao tried to make Bei Bei’s attack look like it had defeated him, but Tang Ya intervened and knocked Bei Bei unconscious before he could reach him. Xiao Xiao and Wu Feng then reunited with Huo Yuhao after defeating Xu Sanshi, just as an explosion shook the maze and another opening began to form.

• Huo Yuhao prepared to fake being defeated by Bei Bei, but Tang Ya caught Bei Bei with a vine and slammed him into a wall.
• A safety teacher examined Bei Bei, pulled him from the wall, and announced that he had been eliminated.
• Xiao Xiao and Wu Feng arrived, and Xiao Xiao told Huo Yuhao that they had defeated Xu Sanshi together.
• Huo Yuhao tended to Xiao Xiao and gave Wu Feng a handkerchief to clean herself.
• An explosion rocked a nearby maze wall, and the group took fighting stances as the wall began to open.

The elimination round spiraled into a crisis when He Caitou fired powerful soul missiles at the central area, but Tang Ya shielded the others with Blue Silver Grass. The round ended with seven winners, including Ning Tian, who reached the center without encountering anyone.

• Wang Dong'er collapsed after spotting Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao caught her with the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
• He Caitou's soul missiles exploded in the central area, prompting Zhou Yi to blame Fan Yu and teachers to rush toward the blast.
• A teacher knocked He Caitou unconscious as he prepared to fire again.
• Tang Ya's icy Blue Silver Grass prison protected the others from the flames, and the group emerged unharmed except for the unconscious Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi announced Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, Wang Dong'er, Ning Tian, and He Caitou as the winners.
• Ning Tian emerged from the maze, bewildered that she had won without meeting anyone.

Huo Yuhao pretended to remain unconscious in the infirmary after the elimination round, while Zhou Yi learned the truth about his act. She exposed him with a kiss, leaving him startled and eager to leave as she teased him.

• Huo Yuhao secretly opened his eyes while being carried to the infirmary, then closed them again when the medical teacher noticed.
• Zhou Yi examined Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, concluding that Huo Yuhao would wake in a few hours and that Wang Dong'er needed two days of rest.
• The medical teacher privately told Zhou Yi what Huo Yuhao had been doing, and Zhou Yi sent Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian away while promising to get justice for them.
• Zhou Yi sat beside Huo Yuhao, kissed his cheek, and told him to stop pretending to sleep.
• Huo Yuhao opened his eyes and tried to leave, but Zhou Yi teased him and looked at him with unexpected intimacy.

Huo Yuhao reinforced the seal in Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness before leaving the hospital, while an unseen watcher tracked him. At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Zhang Lexuan punished Fan Yu and He Caitou and gave Huo Yuhao the vacant place among the Shrek Seven Devils.

• Huo Yuhao entered Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness and strengthened the chains restraining the Sea God's seal against the encroaching divine power.
• Huo Yuhao left the medical ward, and a cold-eyed figure watched him depart from a nearby room.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er pleaded for Fan Yu and He Caitou at the Sea God Pavilion meeting, while Fan Yu accepted responsibility and Zhou Yi argued for firm punishment.
• Zhang Lexuan suspended Fan Yu from teaching for five years and required him to focus on Soul Tool research and development at the academy.
• Zhang Lexuan made He Caitou a reserve among the reserves and gave Huo Yuhao the vacant place among the seven.
• Fan Yu thanked Zhang Lexuan and "Xuan Zi," while Zhou Yi left the meeting believing Huo Yuhao should thank her for his new place.

Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao competed for Huo Yuhao's attention before Xiao Xiao invited him to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's appraisal fair. Huo Yuhao agreed, and the three left Shrek for the fair, unaware that someone had begun following them.

• Wang Dong'er returned to class and argued with Wu Feng over the seat beside Huo Yuhao.
• After class, Xiao Xiao gave Huo Yuhao a burger, and Wang Dong'er took it from him while questioning his closeness to Wu Feng.
• Xiao Xiao invited Huo Yuhao to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's appraisal fair, and he agreed to go with her.
• Wang Dong'er announced that she would join them, and the three traveled by Soul Guidance Train to Shrek's northern city gate.
• An unknown figure began following Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao after they left the academy.

Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er arrived in Shrek City to attend the Treasure Appraisal Fair at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion. After being welcomed inside, they received unfamiliar watch-shaped Soul Tools that projected displays, leaving Huo Yuhao surprised by the invention.

• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er each took Huo Yuhao's hand as they walked through bustling Shrek City.
• The three reached the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where staff noticed them and discreetly sent a signal to the top floor.
• A guide checked their invitation and escorted them into the luxurious pavilion, where the greeters startled Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er.
• A woman fitted each of them with a watch-shaped Soul Tool, which projected an illusory display screen before them.

Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er toured the Treasure Gathering Pavilion while Huo Yuhao disappeared and went to its secret seventh-floor base. The chapter left Huo Yuhao and Xi Xi entering the Shadow Garden facility in their concealed robes.

• The girl in white showed Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Huo Yuhao the Pavilion's virtual display and explained the goods and privileges available on its floors.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er browsed the Pavilion, learned about its shops and treasures, and noticed Huo Yuhao was missing.
• The girl in white reassured them that the Pavilion was safe, and Xiao Xiao sent Huo Yuhao a message before continuing to shop with Wang Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao rode the elevator with Xi Xi, who said Lady Nu had sent her to escort him to Shadow Garden's exclusive base on the seventh floor.
• Huo Yuhao and Xi Xi stepped onto the seventh floor, where slime formed outer robes bearing Shadow Garden's emblem.

Huo Yuhao met Ma Xiaotao at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where she showed him its revenue and prepared to reveal its hidden collection. Meanwhile, Bei Bei entered the pavilion, Shu Lingyu and Shu Lingxue stopped watching him, and Ling Luochen received a small gift from a waitress before heading to the elevator.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at Ma Xiaotao's room, where she welcomed him and showed him the pavilion's recent sales and revenue.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced Xi Xi as Huo Yuhao's contact and led him and Xi Xi through a concealed doorway toward the pavilion's true collection.
• Bei Bei entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and took the elevator while Shu Lingyu held Shu Lingxue back from following him.
• Ling Luochen told Shu Lingyu and Shu Lingxue to end their watch and leave the pavilion.
• A waitress recognized Ling Luochen and offered her an inexpensive ice crystal, which Ling Luochen accepted with thanks.

Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao toured the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's Soul Bone exhibition, where Wang Dong'er chose a rare arm bone suited to her abilities. Xu Sanshi learned that the wealthy beauty was actually Wang Dong, a girl, and was left stunned.

• The girl in the white dress explained that the Pavilion displayed simulated Soul Bones and guaranteed at least triple compensation if anything went wrong before delivery.
• Wang Dong'er found a Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone priced at 9,500,000 Gold Soul Coins and examined its details.
• Xu Sanshi joined Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, joked with Xiao Xiao about his shoulder, and asked about Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong'er arranged to receive the arm bone, which she could obtain for free with her invitation.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that Wang Dong'er was Wang Dong, and Xu Sanshi was shocked to learn she was a girl.

Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er searched for Huo Yuhao after Bei Bei sent them toward the station, where Dai Huabin had disguised himself as Huo Yuhao and waited for them. Wang Dong'er sensed that the figure was not Yuhao, and a message from the real Huo Yuhao left them realizing they were facing an impostor.

• Xiao Xiao chose a ninety-thousand-year-old Crystal Mammoth right leg Soul Bone and planned to absorb it after her third Soul Ring.
• Bei Bei told Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er that Huo Yuhao had gone toward the station, and the two hurried there.
• After Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er left, Bei Bei secretly followed them with a scarlet gaze.
• Dai Huabin emerged from a sewer, changed into a Shrek uniform, and dyed his hair to resemble Huo Yuhao before waiting at the station.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er approached the disguised Dai Huabin, but Wang Dong'er stopped them after noticing he did not smell like Huo Yuhao.
• Both girls received Huo Yuhao's message saying he was at the entrance of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, revealing that the person at the station was an impostor.

Dai Huabin and the disguised Bei Bei ambushed Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Xu Sanshi, then escaped through a sewer with the two girls. Xi Xi and Ling Luochen arrived too late to stop them, while Chen Zifeng and Dai Yueheng began investigating Xu Sanshi's surprisingly healing wound.

• Dai Huabin revealed himself and confronted Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, but Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi arrived to help them.
• Bei Bei attacked the group with blood-red lightning, piercing Xu Sanshi's chest, choking Xiao Xiao, and knocking Wang Dong'er unconscious.
• Dai Huabin kicked Wang Dong'er and prepared to kill her, but Bei Bei urged him to flee as the inner courtyard approached.
• Bei Bei knocked Xiao Xiao unconscious, and he and Dai Huabin escaped through a sewer carrying her and Wang Dong'er.
• Xi Xi and Ling Luochen arrived and treated Xu Sanshi, then Chen Zifeng and Dai Yueheng reached the scene and noticed his wound was already healing.

Dai Yueheng and Shrek Academy’s allies pursued Dai Huabin and Bei Bei after they abducted Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er, while Zhang Lexuan consulted Lord Shadow about where the captives might have gone. The search focused on the Hand of Death Bandit Group near the Star Luo Empire’s western border, and Huo Yuhao remained confident that the girls were safe because Xiao Xiao carried Qian Renxue’s necklace.

• Dai Yueheng sent Chen Zifeng to get Xu Sanshi treated and pursued Dai Huabin, suspecting the abductors had accomplices.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered Chen Zifeng to report to Zhang Lexuan and said he would investigate who helped Dai Huabin.
• Zhang Lexuan told Chen Zifeng that Bei Bei and Dai Huabin had abducted Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er, then ordered Ma Xiaotao to lead the Shrek Seven Devils and Zhou Yi to supervise the reserve team.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao that the kidnappers likely escaped through an abandoned underground passage and showed him the areas Shadow Garden had searched.
• Huo Yuhao marked a location in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and Zhang Lexuan deduced that the captors might be seeking refuge or a transit point with the Hand of Death Bandit Group.
• Huo Yuhao trusted that Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er would be safe because Xiao Xiao carried Qian Renxue’s necklace.

Ma Xiaotao and Zhou Yi assembled Shrek’s rescue team after learning Huo Yuhao had already set off to rescue Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er. Yan Shaozhe joined the group, and they raced toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range at full speed, linked together and protected by Ma Xiaotao’s flames.

• Zhou Yi counted the reserve members and realized Huo Yuhao was missing, while Ma Xiaotao prepared the team for the urgent mission.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan told Zhou Yi that Huo Yuhao had already left, prompting her to order the group to pursue him.
• Ma Xiaotao distributed the Shrek Inspection Corps gear, and Xi Xi and Ling Luochen linked Ning Tian and Wu Feng to their Flying Soul Tools.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived and warned the team to prioritize their lives before leading them out of Shrek Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Soul Rings and used her flames to accelerate the group as Yan Shaozhe linked them together with Soul Power chains.

Shrek Academy’s team arrived at the Star Luo Empire’s western border, where Huo Yuhao reunited with Du Leisi, a White Tiger Duke’s personal guard who knew him from childhood. Du Leisi led the group toward the military camp to meet Dai Yueheng and investigate the Hand of Death Bandit Group.

• Chen Zifeng told Yan Shaozhe that Dai Huabin and Bei Bei had entered the Ming Dou Mountain Range with two junior sisters, and the team descended near the Star Luo garrison.
• Zhou Yi scolded Huo Yuhao for leaving on his own, then accepted his apology and told him to report his plans to her in the future.
• A squad of White Tiger Duke guards approached and challenged the Shrek group before their leader recognized Huo Yuhao as the Third Young Master.
• Du Leisi greeted Huo Yuhao warmly and recalled how the young master had earned respect in the White Tiger Duke’s army.
• Huo Yuhao asked Du Leisi to take them to the military camp for information about the Hand of Death Bandit Group, and Du Leisi said Dai Yueheng had just arrived.