Chapter Summaries

Chu Ye launched the Shrek Academy Collapse Plan, and his horse-masked clone healed Huo Yuhao and urged him to enroll at Shrek Academy. After the clone vanished, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and discovered a powerful force within him.

• Chu Ye announced that the Shrek Academy Collapse Plan had officially begun.
• At the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Wu Horse healed Huo Yuhao’s injuries and gave him an envelope, asking him to enroll at Shrek Academy.
• Wu Horse vanished before Huo Yuhao could question him further.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared and entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness to become his first Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a powerful, rule-touching force within Huo Yuhao, and an imposing gray point of light appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

After Wu Horse saved Huo Yuhao, Huo Yuhao met Tang Ya and Bei Bei and learned that the masked healer belonged to the feared Zodiac Temple, not Shrek Academy. Tang Ya and Bei Bei wondered whether Wu Horse had come to target Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao read Wu Horse’s recommendation letter to Shrek Academy and learned from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he had gained a million-year First Soul Ring, four Soul Skills, and a Second Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao met Tang Ya and Bei Bei, then asked whether Shrek Academy had a teacher who wore a black robe and a horse-head mask.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei identified the masked man as Wu Horse, a powerful healing-type member of the Zodiac Temple, and warned Huo Yuhao that the organization was dangerous and unpredictable.
• Huo Yuhao defended Wu Horse as a good person because he had saved him, while Electrolux told him to judge people by their heart and will.
• Tang Ya wondered whether Wu Horse had come to target Shrek Academy, leaving Bei Bei stunned.

Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek City and found You Rooster attacking the academy with a massive sphere of gathered earth and rock. Xuan Zi confronted him but was knocked away by the newly arrived Mao Rabbit, leaving Shrek’s defenders stunned.

• Bei Bei rushed Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya back to Shrek after learning of a powerful enemy, but they found the city under alarm and its gates sealed.
• You Rooster taunted Shrek Academy and used Planetary Devastation to gather mountains, rocks, earth, and trees into a colossal sphere above the city.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er confronted You Rooster, and Xuan Zi joined them after emerging from a tavern in a fury.
• You Rooster mocked Xuan Zi and stood still as the level 98 Douluo attacked, but Mao Rabbit appeared and kicked Xuan Zi away at tremendous speed.
• Yan Shaozhe identified the newcomer as Mao Rabbit of the Zodiac Temple, who said he had not wanted to intervene.

Mao Rabbit and You Rooster threatened Shrek Academy with a growing Planetary Devastation, prompting Mu En to reveal himself and stop its fall. As the battle loomed, another powerful Shrek elder rose from Sea God Lake, leaving the academy with a second formidable defender.

• Mao Rabbit blocked Yan Shaozhe and the other Shrek defenders while You Rooster formed a massive Planetary Devastation overhead.
• Wang Dong fled toward Sea God Lake, while Mu En stayed behind and then launched into the sky as the attack began to fall.
• Mu En transformed into the Radiant Sacred Dragon and pushed the Planetary Devastation Heart back upward, revealing himself as Shrek's level 99 Dragon God Douluo.
• At the lake shore, Chu Ye stayed behind, while Huo Yuhao heard Electrolux warn that Mu En was gravely injured and might die soon if he fought.
• A dragon roared from Sea God Lake, and a red-robed level 98 Torch Dragon Douluo emerged to join Shrek's defense.

Torch Dragon Douluo destroyed You Rooster’s Planetary Devastation and turned the battle in Shrek Academy’s favor, while Bei Bei worried that the Zodiac Temple still had another move. As Zhulong and the others confronted You Rooster and Mao Rabbit, Wu Horse and Snake appeared beside Sea God Lake.

• Wang Dong watched Chu Ye calmly dismiss Torch Dragon Douluo’s power as Shrek Academy’s foundation, then asked Chu Ye how to become as confident as he was.
• Bei Bei identified Torch Dragon Douluo as a rank 98 Titled Douluo, and Zhulong ordered Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi to hold off Mao Rabbit while he faced You Rooster.
• You Rooster unleashed Planetary Devastation, but Zhulong shattered the meteor with a black-and-white fist and redirected most of its fragments away from Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya worried that Wu Horse had yet to appear, so Bei Bei rushed back to Shrek City with them to warn his great-great-grandfather.
• Zhulong charged at You Rooster and Mao Rabbit as two masked figures, one wearing a snake mask and one wearing a horse mask, stepped out of a ripple in space beside Sea God Lake.

Wu Horse and Si Snake confronted Wang Dong and Chu Ye, and Wu Horse expelled the Sea God’s imprint from Wang Dong’s Sea of Consciousness. The act triggered reactions at the Clear Sky Sect and in the Divine Realm, where Tang San suffered a severe backlash.

• Chu Ye attacked Si Snake with his sixth soul skill, but Si Snake revealed nine Soul Rings and knocked him unconscious.
• Wu Horse suppressed Wang Dong, then told her that her father had tampered with her and removed the Sea God’s imprint from her Sea of Consciousness.
• Wu Horse and Si Snake vanished, leaving Wang Dong to check on the unconscious Chu Ye.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sensed that the protective jade pendant connected to Xiao Qi had shattered and set out to rescue her.
• Tang San felt his divine consciousness linked to his daughter get severed, spat out divine blood, and collapsed.

Tang San learned that his divine sense on Xiao Qi had been erased and decided to investigate the lower realm. At Shrek Academy, Zi Rat brought the Sea God statue to life, prompting You Rooster and Mao Rabbit to retreat before Da Ming and Er Ming arrived.

• Tang San discovered that the divine sense he had left on Xiao Qi had been wiped out, and he told Xiao Wu that he would investigate the lower realm because Xiao Qi might be in danger.
• Mu En let Huo Yuhao enter Shrek Academy’s outer academy after Bei Bei explained his encounter with Wu Horse and Huo Yuhao showed the recommendation letter.
• Zi Rat used the Rat Talisman to animate the statue of Sea God Tang San, awakening a powerful divine presence that shook Shrek Academy.
• You Rooster and Mao Rabbit fled when the animated Sea God attacked, and Mu En led the Shrek experts back into the academy.
• Da Ming and Er Ming arrived at Shrek Academy seeking the person who had hurt Xiao Qi, then were stunned to see Sea God Tang San standing in the air.

The Sea God statue at Shrek Academy manifested and was worshipped as Tang San, while the God of Destruction mistook it for Tang San’s unauthorized interference and beat him in the Divine Realm. Tang San sent a projection to Douluo Star to investigate, but Da Ming and Er Ming mistook him for an impostor and attacked.

• Chu Ye and the Shrek crowd celebrated the Sea God’s manifestation, while Da Ming wondered why Tang San had not contacted them.
• The God of Destruction stormed into Tang San’s temple and accused him of interfering with the lower realm after seeing the Sea God statue appear at Shrek Academy.
• The God of Destruction and the Seven Deadly Sins Gods beat Tang San, who denied creating the manifestation and was left confused and injured.
• Tang San forced out a projection to Douluo Star to discover who was impersonating him.
• Tang San’s disheveled projection found Da Ming and Er Ming and called the Sea God manifestation fake, but the statue denounced him as a traitor.
• Er Ming attacked Tang San’s projection, mistook its weakness for proof that it was an impostor, and urged Da Ming to capture him.

Tang San’s projection was beaten and his living statue turned to stone, while the Zodiac Temple’s deception left Shrek and the continent wary. Chu Ye gained over a million Fate Points and planned to pose as Shrek’s model student after the clones celebrated their successful scheme.

• Xuan Zi and the others mistook Tang San’s projection for an impostor and shattered it, while the living Sea God statue ascended before turning to stone.
• News of the Sea God’s manifestation alarmed factions across the continent, including Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen, while Zhu Hai and Mu Xuan considered their own prospects.
• Shrek celebrated its victory and the Zodiac Temple’s power, though Mu En and Zhulong suspected that the events were not what they seemed.
• Chu Ye received 1,000,000 Fate Points for bringing Tang San’s statue to life and arranging for Tang San to be beaten by the God of Destruction and Shrek’s people.
• Chu Ye’s clones praised their roles in the scheme, and Chu Ye told them to lie low while he prepared to act as an honest, reliable Shrek senior.

After Shrek Academy’s defenses failed to detect the Zodiac Temple’s attack, Mu En held an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting to assess the academy’s failures and his own declining health. Zhulong proposed Chu Ye for the inner court, prompting Xuan Zi to object.

• Mu En convened an emergency meeting with Zhulong, Xuan Zi, and the academy’s other leaders after the Zodiac Temple’s attack exposed Shrek Academy’s weak defenses.
• Zhulong criticized Xuan Zi for failing to protect the academy, and Mu En told Xuan Zi to take more responsibility while praising Zhulong’s performance.
• Mu En revealed that he had little time left and urged Yan Shaozhe and the others to prepare for the academy’s future.
• Zhulong called for students who had shown courage to be rewarded and nominated Chu Ye for admission to the inner court.
• Xuan Zi objected, claiming Chu Ye was undisciplined and afraid to face Evil Soul Masters, and accused Zhulong of provoking him.

Zhulong and Mu En defended Chu Ye’s courage and supported rewarding him, while Mu En also approved Huo Yuhao’s enrollment despite Xuan Zi’s suspicions. At Shrek Square, Chu Ye placed a statue of himself on the empty pedestal where Sea God Tang San’s statue had stood, leaving the students stunned.

• Zhulong argued that Chu Ye deserved greater resources, and Mu En agreed to reward him after revealing that Chu Ye had faced two Titled Douluo to protect Wang Dong.
• Mu En told the elders that Wu Horse had treated Huo Yuhao and given him a recommendation letter, then approved Huo Yuhao’s enrollment despite Xuan Zi calling him a Zodiac Temple spy.
• Zhulong reflected that his actions had improved Mu En’s view of him and looked toward the outer court, leaving the rest to Chu Ye.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei escorted Huo Yuhao through Shrek Square, where they saw Chu Ye approach the empty pedestal of Sea God Tang San’s statue.
• Chu Ye used his Space Soul Tool to place a statue of himself on the pedestal, shocking the students as he calmly watched their reaction.

Chu Ye erected a statue of himself in Shrek Academy’s square and defended the act by boasting of his talent, prompting Yan Shaozhe to cancel his inner-court admission and take him to the Sea God Pavilion. Before leaving, Chu Ye urged the students to stand against bullying and abuse of authority, inspiring Huo Yuhao and leaving Bei Bei discouraged when Tang Ya admired Chu Ye instead.

• Yan Shaozhe arrived to announce Chu Ye’s inner-court admission, but found him beside a statue of himself in the academy square.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Chu Ye had fought the Zodiac Temple’s Titled Douluo Si Snake and Wu Horse to protect Wang Dong, then condemned him for desecrating the statue of Sea God Tang San.
• Chu Ye argued that his achievements surpassed Tang San’s at the same age and claimed he had placed his statue there in anticipation of becoming a god.
• Yan Shaozhe canceled Chu Ye’s admission and carried him toward the Sea God Pavilion, while Chu Ye urged the students to resist bullies and overbearing authorities in his name.
• Huo Yuhao admired Chu Ye’s words, while Bei Bei asked Tang Ya whether she would accept him if he acted like Chu Ye, and Tang Ya replied that Chu Ye was different.

After the Zodiac Temple’s attack left Shrek’s dormitories in ruins, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong discussed the attackers’ motives while settling into tents. In Sea God Pavilion, Chu Ye defended his bold actions by criticizing Shrek’s decline and declared that he would become a god.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya showed Huo Yuhao his temporary tent, where he met Wang Dong and heard her account of Chu Ye fighting the Zodiac Temple’s Titled Douluo.
• Wang Dong accused Wu Horse of having sinister motives despite admitting that he had treated her injuries and left her feeling more relaxed.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that nobody had died in the Zodiac Temple’s attack, prompting Huo Yuhao to suspect the invaders had another purpose.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Chu Ye and his statue to Sea God Pavilion, then recounted Chu Ye’s actions in Shrek Square to Mu En and the elders.
• Xuan Zi demanded Chu Ye’s expulsion for insulting the Sea God and Shrek, but Chu Ye challenged the elders to confront Shrek’s decline and outdated ways.
• Chu Ye argued that Shrek needed to learn from the Sun Moon Empire or rely on him becoming a god.

Mu En revoked Chu Ye’s Inner Court admission and made him a specially appointed teaching assistant with authority to train any Outer Court student. Meanwhile, Zhou Yi ordered Freshman Class One to run a punishing hundred laps, and Wang Dong challenged her.

• Mu En revoked Chu Ye’s Inner Court admission as punishment for breaking the rules, then appointed him a teaching assistant in the Outer Court.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo suggested assigning Chu Ye to the Soul Tool Department, but Mu En gave him authority to train students across the Outer Court.
• Chu Ye accepted Mu En’s token after negotiating twice the standard Inner Court disciple compensation and taking a spiritual fruit from the table.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived at Freshman Class One, where Zhou Yi introduced herself as their homeroom teacher and ordered every student who had not fought since school began to run a hundred laps in two hours.
• Wang Dong objected to Zhou Yi’s order, and Zhou Yi used her Soul Power to pressure her and added ten laps.

Huo Yuhao challenged Zhou Yi for punishing Wang Dong, prompting Chu Ye to enter the classroom and confront her. Chu Ye revealed that Mu En had appointed him a teaching assistant, and every student chose to study with him instead of Zhou Yi.

• Huo Yuhao defended Wang Dong and challenged Zhou Yi's punishment, earning ten extra laps.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Zhou Yi would dare punish Chu Ye, and Zhou Yi claimed she would make him run a hundred laps too.
• Chu Ye arrived, confronted Zhou Yi, and revealed that Mu En had appointed him a specially hired teaching assistant for freshmen in both departments.
• Chu Ye asked the students to choose their teacher, and Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and all the other freshmen chose him.

Chu Ye took over after Zhou Yi left and challenged the students to show courage by attacking him together. He easily defeated their hundred-person siege, left flames on their heads, and sent them to run twenty laps as Huo Yuhao learned how far above them Chu Ye was.

• Zhou Yi threatened to report Chu Ye to the academy, then left after he mocked her for backing down.
• Chu Ye criticized the students for failing to resist Zhou Yi, and Wang Dong asked how he had handled Zhou Yi in the past.
• Chu Ye said he had led a hundred students in beating Zhou Yi, then ordered the class to run twenty laps.
• Wang Dong urged the students to attack Chu Ye, and Huo Yuhao shared his Spiritual Detection as the class launched a siege.
• Chu Ye dodged every attack, struck each student with a flame that would last until they finished their laps, and Huo Yuhao learned from Electrolux that Chu Ye had been holding back.

Chu Ye turned Zhou Yi’s punishing run into a ritual that rallied the freshmen, then hinted to Huo Yuhao that the Zodiac Temple might be able to revive the dead. After changing the students’ paths, Chu Ye went to a safe house in Shrek City to create a clone using Fate Points.

• Chu Ye told the students that running was a Shrek tradition meant to build conviction, and taught them a slogan as they ran around Sea God Lake.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived with Zhou Yi and saw the freshmen running and shouting Chu Ye’s slogan; Zhou Yi left angrily after Chu Ye taunted her, and Yan Shaozhe told him to teach the class well.
• Chu Ye dismissed the class after the students introduced themselves, and Huo Yuhao asked him about the Zodiac Temple.
• Chu Ye suggested that the temple’s greatest power might be bringing the dead back to life, prompting Huo Yuhao to hope he could revive his mother; Electrolux said he could only try if she became undead.
• Chu Ye reflected that he had changed the fate of nine students and disrupted the paths of Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and others, then went to a safe house to create a clone with Fate Points.

Chu Ye created Wei Goat, a powerful clone and future master of the Spirit Pagoda, then sent him with Si Snake and Wu Horse to negotiate with Di Tian. Wei Goat offered to heal the Silver Dragon King in exchange for the Star Dou Great Forest supporting the Soul Spirit Plan, but Di Tian doubted that humans would honor an equal partnership.

• Chu Ye spent Fate Points to create Wei Goat, a level 98 Titled Douluo with upgraded Sheep Talisman abilities, and assigned him to a mission with Si Snake and Wu Horse.
• Wei Goat, Si Snake, and Wu Horse used their abilities to enter the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest without encountering resistance.
• Wei Goat introduced himself to Bi Ji and Di Tian as the future master of the Spirit Pagoda and warned that human Soul Tool technology would eventually threaten Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian prepared to kill the visitors after Wei Goat revealed he knew about the Silver Dragon King, but Wu Horse claimed he could heal her.
• Wei Goat proposed that the Star Dou Great Forest provide suitable Soul Beasts for the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit Plan in exchange for treatment, and Di Tian questioned whether humans would truly keep the contracts equal.

The Zodiac Temple demonstrated its Soul Spirit technique by having Tang Ya contract with a dying Golden Radiant Bamboo, convincing the Silver Dragon King that the plan could benefit Soul Beasts. Wu Horse began treating her Asura God Sword injuries but stopped after partial healing, and she agreed to let the guests continue the Soul Spirit Plan before further treatment.

• The Silver Dragon King agreed to consider the Soul Spirit Plan but required proof of the contract, so Si Snake abducted Tang Ya from the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest while Bei Bei rushed to seek help.
• At the Lake of Life, Di Tian and Bi Ji identified a dying ten-thousand-year Golden Radiant Bamboo for Tang Ya, and Wei Goat explained the Soul Spirit contract to her.
• After hearing that the Zodiac Temple might bring the dead back to life, Tang Ya agreed to the contract, and the Golden Radiant Bamboo became her Soul Spirit.
• The Ferocious Beasts watched in amazement as the contract succeeded, and the Silver Dragon King accepted the Spirit Pagoda's sincerity.
• Wu Horse used his healing power to drive out some of the Asura God Sword's force from the Silver Dragon King before stopping from exhaustion, and she told Di Tian to help the guests continue the Soul Spirit Plan.

Wei Goat secured Gu Yuena’s approval for the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit Plan and enlisted Di Tian and Bi Ji to help establish the organization. After Di Tian marked a stone stele and Wei Goat revealed the completed tower, Tang Ya was told she could leave, though the Spirit Pagoda did not provide meals.

• Gu Yuena approved the Soul Spirit Plan and allowed Bi Ji to screen Soul Beasts willing to become Soul Spirits.
• Wei Goat chose a site between the Star Dou Great Forest and Shrek, and Di Tian agreed to mark a stele to announce the partnership.
• Di Tian uprooted a massive boulder and carved it with Dragon God Claw at the chosen site.
• Wei Goat revealed a three-hundred-meter Spirit Pagoda, astonishing Di Tian with its sudden appearance.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji left after Bi Ji promised to send willing Soul Beasts and requested to witness their transformations.
• Tang Ya asked whether she could leave, and Wei Goat said she could return to the Spirit Pagoda with questions but that it provided no meals.