Recaps

Gula grew stronger through the Golden Tree, drew Shrek Academy’s scrutiny with his avatars, and established himself as a powerful mech pilot and blacksmith. The arc ended with Gu Yue taking him to the Lake of Life, where he began evolving Celebi with Life Gold.

• Gula won his assessment, then used Parasitic Seeds to empower an avatar that challenged Yuanen Yehui and earned him full marks.
• Beneath the Golden Tree, Elder Tree gave Gula the Seed of Nature and helped his Golden Ancient Tree Soul Spirit advance to the Hundred Thousand Year level.
• After a month of meditation, Gula strengthened his body, spiritual power, and domains, then returned to the Outer Court with four black-and-red soul rings.
• During a virtual forest assessment, Gula overwhelmed the students with his plant domain and avatars, prompting Cai Yue'er to bring him before the Sea God Pavilion Elders.
• Gula explained that his avatars came from other timelines and demonstrated his Abyss Avatar, leading Yun Ming to order Shrek to observe him.
• Gula named his avatars, arranged for Qing Liuli to study soul spirit manufacturing, and began mech training before earning a recommendation for an advanced qualification assessment.
• Gula negotiated with Wu Siduo's group for rare metals and demonstrated simultaneous Spirit Forging, producing metal with a 93.6% Fusion Rate.
• Gu Yue offered Life Gold in exchange for Gula's help with her God Alloy Battle Armor, and they went to the Lake of Life so he could evolve Celebi.

Gula strengthened his ties with Shrek Academy, helped Tang Wulin’s group secure new soul spirits, and obtained Espeon as his own. After Na'er learned the truth about Gu Yue and her connection to her, Gula helped Na'er gain control of that connection, leaving him worried about Gu Yue’s reaction.

• Gula absorbed the Life Gold, evolved Celebi, and agreed with Gu Yue to deepen their cooperation after she offered him Goldwater Harmony.
• Na'er reunited with Tang Wulin at Shrek Academy, then confronted Gula, who warned her to cherish her time before cruel news arrived.
• Gula challenged Cai Yue'er over her punishment of Yuanen Yehui and used an illusion to turn the watching students against her until Yun Ming intervened.
• Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu arranged for Gula’s incarnation Bai Yuan to join Shrek Academy as a Core Disciple.
• Gula joined Tang Wulin’s team in the Soul Spirit Pagoda, where Xu Xiaoyan bonded with the Ice Bear King and Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan secured soul spirits of their own.
• Gula challenged a mutated Stone Giant but declined its soul ring, then drew Espeon to him with an artificial sun and formed a contract with it.
• Na'er told Gula that Gu Yue had revealed the truth and asked whether he saw himself as human or a soul beast.
• Gula used a Great Ball to help Na'er control her connection with Gu Yue, and Na'er celebrated her freedom while Gula worried Gu Yue would discover his involvement.

Gula defeated Evil Soul Masters, led his team through their final assessment, and forged a Radiant Star Soul Core while helping Xu Xiaoyan and Bai Yuan grow stronger. After Shrek’s public defeat sparked a crisis, Gula bargained for powerful Soul Spirits and sent Bai Yuan to confront Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy in a challenge that left the crowd stunned.

• Gula used Time Lock to ambush three Evil Soul Title Douluo, killed them and drained the Blood Pool’s life force before Gu Yue confronted him about Na’er’s independence.
• Gula sold cultivated Soul Power Fruits for a fortune, then killed two Holy Spirit Cult remnants aboard the Soul Tool Train and continued his Final Exam with Tang Wulin.
• Gula brought Mu Yi to Mu Ye, who began teaching him the Body Sect’s Innate Secret Technique, while Gula defeated Chen Yu and gathered a team for the new group assessment.
• Gula led his team to challenge the Tang Sect branch, where they disabled its training mechs, then brought them to Starry Sky Academy to seek access to its Star Observation Platform.
• Bai Yuan defeated seven Starry Sky Academy students, then helped direct the Starlight Tide toward Gula and Xu Xiaoyan as Gula formed a Radiant Star Soul Core and evolved Espeon and the Great Earth Demonic Bear.
• Gula’s group returned to Shrek after Tang Wulin’s team lost to Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, and Yun Ming appointed them to restore Shrek’s reputation through a public match.
• Gula negotiated four Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits in exchange for four one-against-six matches, then traveled with the team to Radiant City as the city mocked Shrek.
• Gula sent Bai Yuan to challenge all six Sun Moon team members, and Bai Yuan trapped them with his Devouring Domain before revealing a three-headed, six-armed form and five black Soul Rings.

Bai Yuan and Mu Yi secured Shrek Academy’s victory over Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, while Gula and his allies faced an ambush and Gula helped Leng Yulai learn the truth about her past. Back at Shrek, Gula grew stronger in the Spirit Ascension Platform as the first-years prepared to compete for places in the Star Luo Empire exchange delegation.

• Bai Yuan defeated Sun Moon Academy’s fighters, and Mu Yi won the next match by draining their Soul Power, prompting the academy to forfeit the remaining bouts.
• Mo Hongchen recruited Yin Wansheng and helped him transform his Martial Soul into the embryonic Yin-Yang Ghost King with a new Fifth Soul Skill.
• Qiangu Dongfeng arranged an assassination attempt against Gula, Bai Yuan, and Mu Yi, but Gula and Liu Niandao defeated the attackers during the ambush on their flying device.
• Gula confronted Leng Yulai at Soul Burial Valley, then she secretly met Yun Ming and learned that her hatred of him and Leng Yaozhu had grown from a misunderstanding.
• Gula and Qing Liuli entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where Gula’s domain raised his Soul Spirits’ strength and Qing Liuli gathered data on soul energy.
• Gula returned to Shrek for the new semester, impressed the class with his mecha control, and helped Liu Niandao pass the Tang Sect’s tests.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Wu Siduo, and Xu Lizhi survived the class selection tournament, while Yun Ming gave Gula and Bai Yuan guaranteed places on the exchange roster.
• Tang Wulin led the first-years into their match against Yuanen Yehui’s second-years, with both teams attacking as the fight began.