Recaps

Jing Hongchen transported Shrek's students to Shrek City while Yan Shaozhe welcomed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students. At Sea God Island, Yan Shaozhe explained that the visitors could study in Shrek's Inner Court, but would still need to pass its assessment to receive the Inner Court uniform.

• Jing Hongchen used his Flying Soul Tool to carry Shrek's students swiftly through the air toward Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe escorted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students into Shrek City, where they compared it unfavorably with Mingdu.
• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen she intended to pursue Ji Lin and revealed that Jing Hongchen had promised a lavish dowry if she brought Ji Lin back to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe led the exchange students to Sea God Island and introduced Zhang Lexuan as the person in charge of their studies and daily lives.
• Elder Ma objected that the students had been promised Inner Court treatment, and Yan Shaozhe clarified that they could study there even if they failed the assessment, but would not receive red uniforms.

Yan Shaozhe arranged an Inner Court assessment to give the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students a show of force, though they would be allowed to study at Shrek either way. The students met their examiners, including Ji Lin, and Meng Hongchen’s arrival sparked a clash with Wang Qiuer before Yan Shaozhe explained the assessment.

• Xiao Hongchen confidently accepted the Inner Court assessment, while Yan Shaozhe planned to curb the exchange students’ arrogance without making them fail.
• Yan Shaozhe and Zhang Lexuan led the students to the Inner Court Douluo Arena, where Xiao Hongchen recognized Ji Lin and renewed his resolve to defeat him.
• Meng Hongchen excitedly rushed toward Ji Lin, and Wang Qiuer intercepted her with a punch that Meng blocked with her palm.
• Yan Shaozhe told the exchange students they only needed to withstand a few exchanges against their examiners, and that unsuccessful candidates could train as provisional Inner Court disciples before trying again in half a year.
• Elder Ma accepted the arrangement, while the exchange students prepared to learn Shrek’s methods and record them for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Yan Shaozhe arranged the Inner Court assessment to undermine the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students, though they believed it was a fair test. Meng Hongchen and Wang Qiuer began the first match, with both determined to defeat the other.

• Yan Shaozhe secretly planned to use unequal treatment and the assessment to damage the exchange students’ confidence.
• Meng Hongchen challenged Wang Qiuer, while Xiao Hongchen challenged Ji Lin, and the other students chose opponents.
• Yan Shaozhe refereed as Meng Hongchen and Wang Qiuer entered the Soul Fighting Area for the opening match.
• Wang Qiuer summoned her Golden Dragon Spear and revealed her five soul rings, while Meng Hongchen released her martial soul and equipped her rank-six Soul Tool Armor.

Wang Qiuer fought Meng Hongchen in the arena and overwhelmed her despite being hit by her frigid poison. After Wang Qiuer revealed that a treasure Ji Lin had given her weakened the poison, Meng Hongchen erupted in anger, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Meng Hongchen attacked Wang Qiuer with her twin swords and frigid poison, but Wang Qiuer resisted the poison and destroyed Meng Hongchen’s Soul Tool Shield with Golden Dragon Head.
• Meng Hongchen launched her fifth Soul Skill, Ice Fire Poison Dragon Drill, and Wang Qiuer countered with Golden Dragon Roar; their attacks clashed in a massive explosion.
• The exchange left Meng Hongchen’s armor damaged while Wang Qiuer remained standing, though her face had paled as the poison began to affect her slightly.
• Meng Hongchen questioned why her poison had failed, and Wang Qiuer taunted her by crediting a treasure Ji Lin had given her.
• Meng Hongchen erupted with Soul Power after Wang Qiuer’s taunt, while Ji Lin privately marveled at her ability to provoke people.

Wang Qiuer defeated Meng Hongchen after Meng unleashed her Corrosive Ice, then clarified that Ji Lin had not prepared his treasure to counter her. Shrek’s students won nine matches in a row, and Xiao Hongchen stepped up to face Ji Lin, declaring that he had awaited their rematch for two years.

• Meng Hongchen unleashed her sixth Soul Skill, Corrosive Ice, against Wang Qiuer, but Wang Qiuer’s Golden Earth Dragon Guard withstood the first assault.
• Meng Hongchen broke through the dragon’s defenses with a second attack, exhausted her Soul Power, and fell; Wang Qiuer caught her and explained that Ji Lin had not known what his treasure did.
• Meng Hongchen realized she had misunderstood Ji Lin, hid her flushed face, and fled to her academy’s group as Yan Shaozhe declared Wang Qiuer the winner.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Chu Qingtian, Ling Luochen, and the other Shrek students secured nine consecutive victories over the exchange students.
• Xiao Hongchen volunteered to defend the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s dignity and faced Ji Lin, telling him he had looked forward to their battle for two years.

Ji Lin fought Xiao Hongchen in the Soul Fighting Arena and revealed his hundred-thousand-year fifth soul ring. The Blazing Flame King Sword overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen, leaving him blackened and defeated beneath its hovering tip.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Ji Lin and unleashed 256 six-grade Soul Cannons at him.
• Ji Lin planted Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment in the ground and raised the Heavenly Fire Domain, melting Xiao Hongchen’s cannon barrels and destroying the barrage.
• Ji Lin summoned the hundred-meter Blazing Flame King Sword from the fiery sky.
• Xiao Hongchen fired his seven-grade Energy Gathering Soul Cannon at the descending sword, but his attack barely affected it.
• The Blazing Flame King Sword’s impact and heat shattered Xiao Hongchen’s defenses and left him smoking on the ground.

Ji Lin defeated Xiao Hongchen in the arena but spared him, and Xiao rallied the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students to stay at Shrek and keep improving. Yan Shaozhe’s attempt to crush their morale backfired, while Xu Sanshi worried the treatment of the exchange students might cause trouble for Huo Yuhao.

• Ji Lin ended the fight after scorching Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen helped her brother off the arena before he confronted Ji Lin.
• Xiao Hongchen admitted the exchange students had lost and urged them to face failure, stay at Shrek, and use their remaining time to grow stronger.
• Meng Hongchen and the other exchange students stacked their hands with Xiao Hongchen, and none chose to leave.
• Yan Shaozhe realized Xiao Hongchen had reignited the exchange students’ fighting spirit, while Ji Lin judged that Yan Shaozhe’s tactics had backfired.
• Xu Sanshi asked Bei Bei whether they had become the villains and worried their actions might cause trouble for Huo Yuhao at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

After the Inner Court assessment, Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan spent the evening together in Shrek City. Ji Lin persuaded her to stay overnight at the Rose Hotel, where the chapter ended with them being greeted by four receptionists.

• Yan Shaozhe announced that the exchange students had passed the Inner Court assessment and gave them Shrek Inner Court uniforms.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan walked hand in hand by Sea God Lake, where Zhang Lexuan teased Ji Lin about Meng Hongchen asking where he lived.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan explored Shrek City, ate food, and bought small gifts as they enjoyed their time alone together.
• When Zhang Lexuan suggested returning to the academy, Ji Lin proposed staying at a hotel, and she agreed after realizing Ma Xiaotao had already become intimate with him.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Rose Hotel and were welcomed by four young receptionists.

Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan stayed in the Rose Hotel’s Blue Rose Suite, where Ji Lin tried to turn their luxurious evening into a romantic one. Zhang Lexuan rejected his request to join her bath, and Ji Lin held back as she came out of the bathroom.

• Ji Lin booked the Rose Hotel’s highest-class couples’ suite and ordered an elaborate meal for himself and Zhang Lexuan.
• A hotel attendant escorted Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan to the Blue Rose Suite and servants brought them food and wine.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan ate, drank, and relaxed together on the balcony lounge chair beneath the stars.
• Ji Lin suggested that they bathe together, but Zhang Lexuan threatened to castrate him if he entered the bathroom.
• Zhang Lexuan finished bathing and emerged in a bathrobe, and Ji Lin restrained himself from acting too eagerly.

Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together, with Ji Lin teasing her about how sensitive and easily overwhelmed she was. The next morning, Zhang Lexuan complained about how rough he had been, and Ji Lin teased her again.

• Ji Lin pulled Zhang Lexuan into his arms and began teasing her sensitive earlobe.
• Zhang Lexuan quickly became overwhelmed, so Ji Lin stopped targeting her weak spot and kissed her instead.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan grew more passionate and spent the night together.
• The next morning, Zhang Lexuan noticed the marks on her body and complained that Ji Lin had been too rough.
• Ji Lin pulled Zhang Lexuan into his arms and joked that she had surrendered before he had even gotten serious.

Ji Lin returned to Shrek after spending the night with Zhang Lexuan, then tried to explain his absence to an angry Wang Qiuer. Wang Qiuer accepted his excuse but noticed two people secretly following them, and Ji Lin called them out.

• Ji Lin carried an exhausted Zhang Lexuan to wash, and they continued their intimacy before finally leaving the Rose Hotel near ten in the morning.
• Zhang Lexuan returned to the Inner Court to arrange guidance for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students, while Ji Lin went to find Wang Qiuer.
• Ji Lin found Wang Qiuer beating Chu Qingtian at the Soul Fighting Area, and she demanded to know what he had done the previous night.
• Ji Lin led Wang Qiuer away and explained that he and Zhang Lexuan had missed curfew after shopping in Shrek City; Wang Qiuer admitted she had not checked the message he sent.
• Wang Qiuer spotted two people tailing them, and Ji Lin used Spirit Detection to find them hiding in the woods and ordered them to come out.

One month after Wang Qiuer and Ji Lin spent time together, Meng Hongchen continued bringing Ji Lin homemade breakfast while sharing a cottage with Wang Qiuer. Over breakfast, she described how the exchange students faced exclusion at Shrek Inner Court, then returned home and left her brother Xiao Hongchen to fend for himself.

• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao emerged from hiding, admitted they had been watching Wang Qiuer and Ji Lin, and left them alone after confirming Ji Lin had not bullied her.
• A month later, Meng Hongchen brought breakfast to Ji Lin's cottage, where Wang Qiuer joined them and complained that Wang Qiuer lived with Ji Lin and ate the food she made for him.
• Meng Hongchen told Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer that the exchange students had faced provocation and exclusion, though they received equal instruction and resources.
• After breakfast, Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer went to class while Meng Hongchen took the dishes home.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Meng Hongchen why she had not made breakfast for him, and she told him to eat at the cafeteria.

After Wang Qiuer and the others left on an inspection mission, Meng Hongchen grew closer to Ji Lin, prompting Inner Court disciples to wonder if she had stolen Wang Qiuer’s place. Ji Lin and Meng went to the Inspection Pavilion to take a mission, where Han Ruoruo gave them a Soul Emperor-level team assignment that required one more teammate.

• Meng Hongchen pursued Ji Lin by challenging his admirers, including Ma Xiaotao, Wang Qiuer, and Ling Luochen, while Zhang Lexuan watched without reacting.
• After Wang Qiuer, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao left Shrek Academy for an inspection mission, Meng Hongchen spent time alone with Ji Lin and happily held his arm.
• Ji Lin suggested that he and Meng Hongchen visit the Inspection Pavilion and accept inspection missions.
• Han Ruoruo told Ji Lin and Meng Hongchen that she had taken over as master of the Inspection Pavilion.
• Han Ruoruo gave them a Soul Emperor-level team mission that required three Soul Emperors, so Ji Lin and Meng Hongchen needed to find one more teammate.

Ji Lin formed a three-person team with Meng Hongchen and Ling Luochen to investigate an Evil Soul Master in Dragon City. After preparing for the dangerous journey, they set out from Shrek City toward the northern Heaven Dou Empire.

• Ji Lin learned that academy rules required at least three Soul Emperors or equivalents for the Evil Soul Master mission, so he recruited Ling Luochen as the third teammate.
• Ling Luochen and Meng Hongchen clashed over joining the same team, but Ji Lin made them agree to cooperate or he would choose someone else.
• Han Ruoruo warned the team to stay cautious, and the three left the Inspection Pavilion to pack for the mission.
• Xiao Hongchen urged Meng Hongchen not to be too easy with Ji Lin and warned her about ambushes, while she packed outfits and stockings she hoped he would like.
• Ji Lin, Meng Hongchen, and Ling Luochen gathered outside Shrek City's gates and prepared to fly to Dragon City near the Far North.

Ji Lin, Ling Luochen, and Meng Hongchen traveled toward Dragon City to hunt an Evil Soul Master, while the Earth Dragon Sect’s Nan Shui Shui and Nan Qiu Qiu were ambushed in a mountain hollow by a Titled Douluo and his followers. The chapter ended with the sect members surrounded and facing what appeared to be a hopeless fight.

• Ji Lin explained that a wanted Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Master had fled into the Heaven Dou Empire and was hiding in Dragon City.
• Nan Shui Shui, Nan Qiu Qiu, Xiao Ye, and other Earth Dragon Sect disciples camped outside Sunset Forest after hunting for soul rings and planned to leave for Dragon City the next morning.
• Nan Shui Shui recognized an old man leading more than twenty black-robed, masked figures as they surrounded the camp.
• The old man said he had hoped to see Nan Shui Shui in Dragon City but would attack her there, then revealed nine soul rings and declared that no one would escape.
• Nan Qiu Qiu realized that the Earth Dragon Sect group was badly outnumbered and likely doomed.

Nan Shui Shui faced the Holy Spirit Cult’s Third Elder to protect Nan Qiu Qiu and the Earth Dragon Sect disciples, then surrendered after securing their escape. The Third Elder took her to the cult’s branch altar, while other Evil Soul Masters pursued Nan Qiu Qiu and the others alive.

• More than twenty Evil Soul Masters surrounded Nan Shui Shui, Nan Qiu Qiu, and the Earth Dragon Sect disciples, and the Third Elder revealed his personal grudge against Nan Shui Shui.
• Nan Qiu Qiu and the disciples prepared to fight, but Nan Shui Shui transformed into her Rouge Dragon Avatar and threatened to self-destruct unless they were allowed to leave.
• The Third Elder agreed to let Nan Qiu Qiu and the disciples go, and Nan Shui Shui ordered Xiao Ye, Xu Shenshu, and the others to take her daughter to Dragon City.
• After the group fled, Nan Shui Shui dispelled her Martial Soul Avatar and swallowed Soul Extinguishing Powder, surrendering to the Third Elder.
• The Third Elder carried Nan Shui Shui toward the Holy Spirit Cult’s branch altar, then ordered his followers to capture Nan Qiu Qiu and the others alive.

Nan Qiu Qiu and the Earth Dragon Sect disciples fled toward Dragon City while Evil Soul Masters pursued them, sacrificing themselves one by one to buy time. A masked female Evil Soul Master intercepted Nan Qiu Qiu and Xu Shenshu in a valley, and Nan Qiu Qiu chose to fight beside him rather than keep fleeing.

• Xiao Ye and Feng Shen turned back to delay the pursuers while Xu Shenshu dragged Nan Qiu Qiu onward, and the sounds of battle soon fell silent.
• Nan Qiu Qiu and the survivors crossed a plain as the Evil Soul Masters caught up, and three more Earth Dragon Sect disciples stayed behind to hold them off.
• A masked female Evil Soul Master used a Flying Soul Tool to bypass the defenders and block Nan Qiu Qiu and Xu Shenshu in the valley.
• Xu Shenshu released his Sabertooth Earth Dragon martial soul and charged the woman while urging Nan Qiu Qiu to escape.
• Nan Qiu Qiu refused to flee, released her martial soul, and prepared to fight alongside Xu Shenshu.

Nan Qiu Qiu fought Saint Servant Number Six to protect Xu Shenshu, but Number Six defeated him and took him away. Number Six let Nan Qiu Qiu escape to seek help, while reporting to Two Saints Spirit that the other captive had escaped.

• Nan Qiu Qiu attacked Saint Servant Number Six with her Annihilation Light, but Number Six turned illusory and struck down Xu Shenshu with her blade.
• Xu Shenshu grabbed Number Six's legs to hold her back and urged Nan Qiu Qiu to run, but Number Six knocked him unconscious.
• Nan Qiu Qiu charged Number Six and used her Annihilation Bodyguard and Annihilation Hand to destroy two of her three illusory figures.
• Number Six took Xu Shenshu and told Nan Qiu Qiu that her companions were alive and that she should find someone to rescue them.
• Nan Qiu Qiu escaped toward Dragon City, while Number Six flew away with Xu Shenshu and met the other Evil Soul Masters.
• Number Six told Two Saints Spirit that Xu Shenshu had held her back and that Nan Qiu Qiu had escaped with little fighting strength left.

Nan Qiu Qiu reached the outskirts of Dragon City after fleeing all night, only to be cornered by an Evil Soul King. Ji Lin, Meng Hongchen, and Ling Luochen arrived and Ji Lin’s fireball forced the pursuer to flee.

• Two Saints Spirit sent an Evil Soul King after Nan Qiu Qiu, who had escaped after the fight and was running out of Soul Power.
• Nan Qiu Qiu reached the outskirts of Dragon City but was caught by the Evil Soul King and collapsed, begging for help.
• Ji Lin, Meng Hongchen, and Ling Luochen descended from the sky and confronted the Evil Soul Master.
• Ji Lin threw Blazing Crimson Lotus at the Evil Soul Master, whose instincts warned him to dodge the devastating blast.
• The Evil Soul Master recognized that he was outmatched and prepared to retreat.

Ji Lin and his companions rescued Nan Qiu Qiu, but Ye Guyi killed the fleeing Evil Soul Master before Ji Lin could capture him for questioning. Ye Guyi revealed that the Evil Soul Master in Dragon City was already her target and refused Ji Lin’s offer to cooperate.

• Ji Lin tried to stop Ye Guyi from killing the fleeing Evil Soul Master, but she destroyed him with her Holy Sword.
• Ji Lin identified Ye Guyi’s martial soul as a Sacred Angel and helped the exhausted Nan Qiu Qiu, who sobbed in his arms before falling asleep.
• Ye Guyi explained that she had followed Nan Qiu Qiu because an Evil Soul Master was chasing her.
• Ji Lin invited Ye Guyi to join them in locating the Evil Soul Master in Dragon City, but she said she would handle her target alone.

Ji Lin persuaded Ye Guyi to join his group in hunting the Evil Soul Masters hiding in Dragon City, then led her, Meng Hongchen, and Ling Luochen into the city with the unconscious Nan Qiu Qiu. There, a group of young men recognized Nan Qiu Qiu, and their imposing leader approached them.

• Ji Lin deduced that the Evil Soul Master Ye Guyi had pursued was connected to the attack on an Earth Dragon Sect disciple and warned that a powerful Evil Soul Master might be hiding in Dragon City.
• Ji Lin convinced Ye Guyi to join the group, claiming they had Shrek teachers’ protection and could find the Evil Soul Masters’ hideout; Ye Guyi agreed to help capture them.
• Ji Lin carried the sleeping Nan Qiu Qiu into Dragon City with Ye Guyi, Meng Hongchen, and Ling Luochen.
• Eight young men recognized Nan Qiu Qiu, and their blue-haired leader stepped toward Ji Lin and the others.

Ji Lin fought Yu Tianlong, the young sect master of the Heaven Dragon Sect, after refusing to hand over the unconscious Nan Qiu Qiu. Their clash ended when Nan Qiu Qiu woke, leaving Yu Tianlong unable to continue the battle.

• Yu Tianlong confronted Ji Lin and demanded that he hand over Nan Qiu Qiu, but Ji Lin passed her to Ling Luochen and refused until she woke.
• Yu Tianlong challenged Ji Lin and transformed with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, but Ji Lin endured his lightning and overpowered his lightning sphere with Great Brahma.
• Yu Tianlong introduced himself as the Heaven Dragon Sect's Young Sect Master and asked Ji Lin about his technique; Ji Lin gave his name and called the move Great Brahma.
• Nan Qiu Qiu opened her eyes in Ling Luochen's arms, and Yu Tianlong realized the fight could not continue.

Nan Qiu Qiu reunited with Yu Tianlong’s group and revealed that Evil Soul Masters had captured her mother and companions. Ji Lin deduced that a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master was stationed near Dragon City, then told Ye Guyi that his teacher could protect them; she questioned how Ji Lin had become the sect master of a sect she had never heard of.

• Nan Qiu Qiu woke from exhaustion, realized she had cried and fallen asleep in Ji Lin’s arms, and blushed with embarrassment.
• Nan Qiu Qiu told Yu Tianlong that Evil Soul Masters had captured her mother, Xiao Ye, and the others, so he and the Heaven Dragon Sect disciples hurried off to seek help.
• Nan Qiu Qiu thanked Ji Lin and promised to return, while Yu Tianlong apologized for their earlier misunderstanding and left with his group.
• Ji Lin inferred that a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master was stationed near Dragon City and explained that the Evil Soul Emperor had likely tried to lure Ye Guyi into a trap.
• Ye Guyi admitted that the Evil Soul Masters might know her identity, and Ji Lin assured her that his Titled Douluo teacher could protect them.
• Ji Lin revealed that he was the sect master of Freedom Gate, prompting Ye Guyi to ask whether the sect had run out of people.

Ji Lin invited Ye Guyi to join Freedom Gate for protection, but she asked for time to decide. The group checked into Dragon City's Rose Hotel, where Ji Lin settled into a lavishly decorated room alone.

• Ji Lin offered Ye Guyi protection and a chance to grow safely if she joined Freedom Gate, but she said she needed time to think.
• Ji Lin and the others decided to rest at a hotel after traveling to Dragon City without a break.
• Meng Hongchen suggested the group stay at the Rose Hotel, and they entered despite Ye Guyi recognizing it as a hotel for couples.
• Ji Lin booked four separate rooms and distributed the room cards among himself, Ye Guyi, Meng Hongchen, and Ling Luochen.
• Ji Lin entered his Blue Dream room and found its lavish icy-blue furnishings and romantic decorations.

Nan Qiu Qiu told Heaven Dragon Douluo Yu Longyue how Evil Soul Masters had taken her mother and left the Earth Dragon Sect disciples’ fates uncertain. Yu Longyue found no clues, but promised to enlist the Heaven Dragon Sect and the imperial family in the search, while Nan Qiu Qiu resolved to grow stronger and save her mother.

• Yu Tianlong brought Nan Qiu Qiu to Heaven Dragon Sect, where she pleaded with Yu Longyue to save her mother.
• Nan Qiu Qiu recounted the ambush by Evil Soul Masters and how the Earth Dragon Sect disciples stayed behind so she could escape.
• Yu Longyue explained that the Evil Soul Master leading the group had once competed with Nan Qiu Qiu’s father for her mother, and he believed the captives were likely still alive.
• Yu Longyue took Nan Qiu Qiu to investigate the mountain hollow, but they found no trace of the Evil Soul Masters.
• Yu Longyue sent Nan Qiu Qiu back to the Earth Dragon Sect and promised to organize searches with his sect and the imperial family; Nan Qiu Qiu vowed to become strong and find her mother.