Recaps

Zhao Xuan left Tang San with Dugu Bo to continue studying poison while he returned to Blue Tyrant Academy. There, Liu Erlong offered the academy to Flender, and Zhao Xuan learned about her past with Master as Flender considered the offer.

• Tang San reassured Zhao Xuan that Dugu Bo would keep his promise, and Zhao Xuan left him at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after warning Dugu Bo not to harm him.
• Dugu Bo learned that Zhao Xuan was younger than Tang San and left in a gloomy mood, resentful that Zhao Xuan had taken the well's most precious treasures.
• Zhao Xuan returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and told Master and Flender that Tang San was staying with Dugu Bo.
• Liu Erlong offered to hand Blue Tyrant Academy over to Flender and Shrek, while Flender hesitated over whether to accept.
• Zhao Xuan privately asked Flender about Master and Liu Erlong, then advised him to accept the offer because Liu Erlong was focused on Master.

Zhao Xuan reunited with the Shrek students at Blue Tyrant Academy and explained that Tang San had stayed with Dugu Bo to study medicinal herbs and poison arts. The academy changed its name to Shrek Academy, provoking student protests led by Tailong as an unseen speaker confronted him.

• Zhao Xuan found the Shrek students in their new dormitories and reassured Xiao Wu that Tang San was safe with Dugu Bo.
• Zhao Xuan settled into a room in the boys’ building and admired the view over Blue Tyrant Academy and Heaven Dou City.
• The next day, Zhao Xuan discovered that Flender had quickly replaced the academy’s sign with one reading Shrek Academy.
• Tailong led a protest at the academy gates, accusing the newcomers of taking over the school and questioning the renaming.
• A voice from beyond the crowd asked Tailong what he intended to do.

Liu Erlong defended the Shrek students’ special dormitories by announcing that talented students could earn places on the back mountain, and Tailong challenged them to prove their strength. Dai Mubai accepted, and his introduction stunned the crowd with his age and Soul Power level.

• Tailong confronted Liu Erlong over the Shrek students’ enrollment and dormitories, and she declared that outstanding students could earn the vacant mountain dormitories.
• Tailong challenged the Shrek students, wagering their dormitory places, and Liu Erlong approved the match.
• Tailong chose Dai Mubai as his opponent, and the students gathered to watch them fight in the arena.
• Tailong introduced himself as a twenty-year-old, level-thirty-seven Battle Soul Elder with a Great Strength Ape martial soul.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself as a fifteen-year-old, level-thirty-eight Battle Soul Elder with a White Tiger martial soul, leaving the arena silent.

Dai Mubai defeated Tailong in a duel at Blue Tyrant Academy, revealing the gulf between Shrek’s students and their peers. Zhao Xuan then showed four Soul Rings, leaving Tailong to retreat and the academy students wondering if their school should become Shrek.

• Dai Mubai revealed that he was fifteen and had reached rank thirty-eight, shocking the Blue Tyrant Academy students.
• Tailong and Dai Mubai activated their Martial Soul Possessions and clashed, with Tailong relying on the Great Strength Ape’s strength and defense.
• Dai Mubai broke through Tailong’s defenses with his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, badly injuring Tailong’s hand and knocking him across the arena.
• Tailong insisted he could still fight until Liu Erlong ordered him to seek treatment, and Zhao Xuan offered to fight him after he recovered.
• Zhao Xuan revealed four Soul Rings, prompting Tailong to pretend he had severe injuries and leave on a stretcher.

Three months after Blue Tyrant Academy became Shrek Academy, Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun reached level thirty and traveled with Zhao Xuan to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings. After entering the forest, Zhao Xuan shared his Spiritual Power’s vision with them, revealing a new ability he called Visual Sharing.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s committee members regretted that the talented students had left for Shrek Academy.
• Flender assigned Zhao Xuan to escort Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun to obtain Soul Rings and warned them to follow his instructions.
• Zhao Xuan carried the three at high speed to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where they rested before entering the forest the next morning.
• Zhao Xuan used strands of divine sense to connect with the three and let them perceive everything within the range of his Spiritual Power.
• Zhao Xuan explained that his new ability, Visual Sharing, let them see what his Spiritual Power sensed.

Zhao Xuan used his spiritual link to give the group enhanced vision as they searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Zhu Zhuqing’s third Soul Ring. They found a twelve-hundred-year Ghost Leopard, and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Zhao Xuan shared his enhanced vision with Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun, then led them deeper into the forest to seek suitable Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts.
• Zhao Xuan spotted a fresh leopard-type footprint and followed the trail with the group.
• The group found a twelve-hundred-year Ghost Leopard, and Zhao Xuan identified it as a suitable match for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Xuan swiftly captured the Ghost Leopard and crippled it, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to kill it.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned her Spirit and began absorbing the purple Soul Ring from the Ghost Leopard.

Zhao Xuan reassured Hermione that he would protect her, while Zhu Zhuqing gained a powerful Third Soul Skill and Ma Hongjun became a Soul Elder. The group still needed to find a defensive Soul Ring for Hermione, but winter hibernation made suitable Spirit Beasts difficult to locate.

• Ma Hongjun gathered firewood, and Hermione chose to follow Grandmaster's advice and seek a defensive Soul Ring.
• Hermione asked Zhao Xuan to protect her as she grew stronger, and he agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Ghost Leopard's Soul Ring, gained Nether Slash, and accidentally buried Ma Hongjun under falling branches while demonstrating it.
• The group hunted a Thousand-Year Blazing Fire Hawk for Ma Hongjun, who broke through to Soul Elder and gained Phoenix Sky Soar.
• Zhao Xuan noted that Hermione was the only one still needing a Soul Ring, but suitable sturdy Spirit Beasts were hibernating for winter.

Zhao Xuan found a Flame Lord in a volcanic crater and defeated it so Hermione could absorb its Thousand-Year Soul Ring. As Hermione began absorbing it, Ma Hongjun noticed a brilliant seven-colored glow among the scattered stones.

• Zhao Xuan led Hermione to investigate a plume of mist and discovered a lava-filled volcanic crater.
• Zhao Xuan recognized a Flame Lord in the lava and decided its Soul Ring might suit Hermione.
• Zhao Xuan dragged the Flame Lord from the lava and subdued it with Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.
• Hermione poured water into the Flame Lord's eyes, extinguishing its flames and scattering its rocky body.
• Zhao Xuan determined the Flame Lord's Thousand-Year Soul Ring suited Hermione, and she began absorbing it.
• Ma Hongjun spotted a brilliant seven-colored glow among the Flame Lord's scattered stones.

Zhao Xuan found a seven-colored soul bone after the Spirit Beast's defeat and promised Ma Hongjun he could have it if it was fire-attributed. Hermione completed her soul-ring absorption, opened her Sea of Consciousness, reached level thirty, and revealed her new defensive Third Soul Skill, Gate of Blazing Heaven.

• Zhao Xuan discovered a soul bone among the rocks, and Zhu Zhuqing estimated it was worth at least five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhao Xuan told Ma Hongjun he would give him the soul bone if it suited him, explaining that his special constitution prevented him from fusing with soul bones himself.
• Hermione's body shook during her soul-ring absorption as her Spiritual Power surged and she condensed her Sea of Consciousness.
• Hermione's purple soul ring solidified, and she broke through to level thirty before Zhao Xuan helped her recover.
• Hermione demonstrated Gate of Blazing Heaven, which created nine barriers that could block attacks and splash magma when struck.

Zhao Xuan returned to Shrek Academy with Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun after they obtained suitable Soul Rings and a soul bone in the Star Dou Great Forest. He reported their gains to the Master, who took the soul bone to study and warned that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire might make giving him the bone dangerous.

• Zhao Xuan led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest and returned with them to Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhao Xuan told the Master that Zhu Zhuqing gained Nether Slash from a Ghost Leopard, Ma Hongjun gained Phoenix Sky Soar from a Blazing Hawk, and Hermione gained a defensive skill from a Flame Lord.
• Zhao Xuan showed the Master the multicolored soul bone dropped by the Flame Lord and proposed giving it to Ma Hongjun if it was fire-attributed.
• The Master warned that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire could worsen if he fused with the soul bone and asked to study it before Zhao Xuan decided what to do.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with Dugu Bo, who agreed to serve as an advisor after Tang San cured Dugu Yan’s poison. Zhao Xuan welcomed Tang San back, then noticed a familiar figure in the crowd.

• Zhao Xuan and Li Qing sensed Dugu Bo at the academy gates and rushed to meet him as Tang San returned.
• Tang San confirmed that his work was finished, and Zhao Xuan learned Dugu Bo had agreed to become an academy advisor in exchange for three requests.
• Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo and admitted she had not been mistreated during her half-year at Shrek.
• Tang San agreed to cure Dugu Yan’s poison, and Flender arranged a quiet room for them.
• Zhao Xuan asked Ma Hongjun to tell Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and the others that Tang San had returned, then spotted a familiar figure in the crowd.

The Flower Queen delivered Zhao Xuan a warning from Granny Flower about rising turmoil across Douluo Continent, and Zhao Xuan’s discovery about the message shocked him. Tang San returned to Shrek and reunited with Xiao Wu, promising he would never leave her unless he died.

• The Flower Queen gave Zhao Xuan an emerald leaf bearing Granny Flower’s warning to act cautiously as turmoil rose across Douluo Continent, then left for Flower Valley.
• Zhao Xuan discovered that silver words on the leaf were formed from Spiritual Power and inscribed a reply with his divine sense, reacting with shock.
• Zhao Xuan returned to the dormitory, confirmed to Xiao Wu that Tang San had come back, and sensed Tang San hesitating outside the door.
• Xiao Wu rushed out to greet Tang San, and he later told the group about his past half year spent making medicine with Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Wu clung to Tang San and told him she had feared never seeing him again, and Tang San promised he would never leave her unless he died.

Tang San gave the Shrek students Immortal Herbs, including a spirit-enhancing fruit for Hermione, while the teachers announced that Zhao Xuan would be barred from the tournament and graduate early. Flender then surprised Zhao Xuan with an employment contract.

• Tang San distributed Immortal Herbs to the students and gave Hermione an Evergreen Jade Spirit Fruit to strengthen her Spiritual Power.
• Tang San urged the team to cultivate toward the Soul Ancestor realm before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• The Grandmaster announced that Zhao Xuan would not compete because his Title Douluo-level strength was excessive for the tournament.
• The Grandmaster said Zhao Xuan had outgrown what Shrek Academy could teach him and would graduate early.
• Flender pulled out an Employment Contract and asked Zhao Xuan to sign it.

Zhao Xuan signed a contract to become Shrek Academy’s specially appointed senior instructor for one thousand Gold Soul Coins a month. Tang San distributed precious herbs to the teachers and gave Li Qing a Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, leaving him delighted at the chance to deepen his sword path.

• Flender offered Zhao Xuan a contract with a monthly salary of one thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Zhao Xuan signed it.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar worried that reaching Soul Ancestor rank would cost them their Spirit Hall subsidies, but Tang San refused to take back their Immortal Herbs.
• Tang San gave Xiao Gang, Flender, Zhao Wuji, Liu Erlong, and the other teachers rare medicinal herbs.
• Tang San presented Li Qing with a Nine-Leaf Sword Grass that could help him comprehend the sword path and strengthen his soul skills.

After the Immortal Herbs greatly strengthened the Shrek students, Zhao Xuan grew tired of idleness and accepted a practical combat teaching post at Shrek Academy. Teacher Lian Hua questioned his ability and challenged him to force her to use her Fifth Spirit Skill.

• The students finished absorbing their Immortal Herbs, raising their Soul Power, while Xiao Wu held onto the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and asked Tang San whether its story was true.
• Zhao Xuan reached Level 49 Soul Power, and the other students also made major advances, bringing Tang San's goal of making them Soul Ancestors closer.
• Bored with cultivating and studying, Zhao Xuan asked Flender for teaching duties and was assigned to substitute for Beginner Class Three's practical combat course.
• Flender introduced Zhao Xuan to Teacher Lian Hua at the arena, where the class was mostly girls watching two students spar.
• Lian Hua doubted Zhao Xuan's experience until Flender revealed his arena record and strength, then challenged him to force out her Fifth Spirit Skill; Zhao Xuan agreed to spar.

Zhao Xuan sparred with Lian Hua, a level fifty-two Earth Dragon Soul King, at Blue Tyrant Academy. After revealing his strength and outmaneuvering her opening attack, he faced her Earth Dragon skills and domain, and the fight continued with Lian Hua taking to the air on newly revealed wings.

• Flender activated the arena’s protective barrier and announced the spar between Zhao Xuan and Lian Hua.
• Lian Hua revealed her Earth Dragon Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, while Zhao Xuan showed his phone Martial Soul and four Soul Rings.
• Lian Hua charged Zhao Xuan, but he vanished and struck her with a lightning-fast whip kick.
• Lian Hua used Earthquake and Sand Breath, and Zhao Xuan activated Eternal Time: Unrivaled Domain to block the attack with Divine Lightning Gas.
• Lian Hua endured the domain’s lightning and struck at Zhao Xuan, but his Telecommunication Fraud skill left an Illusionary Body in her path.
• Lian Hua sprouted wings to evade Zhao Xuan’s attack and stirred up clouds of yellow sand above the arena.

Zhao Xuan easily withstood Lian Hua’s Fourth Spirit Skill and shattered her Fifth Spirit Skill, Earth Dragon Turns Over, with a single punch. Lian Hua accepted his strength and questioned how he could truly be only a Soul Ancestor.

• Lian Hua attacked Zhao Xuan with her Fourth Spirit Skill, Spear of Sand, but his Lightning Net burned away every sand spear.
• Lian Hua acknowledged Zhao Xuan’s strength and asked to use her Fifth Spirit Skill, which Zhao Xuan agreed to face.
• Lian Hua unleashed Earth Dragon Turns Over, sending a massive sand tornado across the arena as Flender strengthened the protective barrier.
• Zhao Xuan struck the sand tornado with his Purple Gold lightning-wrapped fist and dispersed it without a loud impact.
• Flender withdrew the barrier, and Lian Hua asked Zhao Xuan whether he was truly only a Soul Ancestor; Zhao Xuan confirmed it.

Zhao Xuan rushed to the academy entrance after learning that Tai Tan had arrived, where he found Tang San injured by the old man’s pressure. Zhao Xuan struck Tai Tan and protected Tang San, but Tai Tan focused on the hammer in Tang San’s hand until someone in the crowd offered to explain.

• Zhao Xuan reviewed Junior Class Three’s student records and reflected on the class’s martial spirit talent.
• Oscar told Zhao Xuan that Tailong’s grandfather had come to the academy.
• Zhao Xuan arrived as Tang San coughed up blood under Tai Tan’s pressure, then knocked Tai Tan flying with a punch.
• Zhao Xuan and Xiao Wu helped Tang San, who explained that he had only suffered internal injuries and revealed his Second Spirit.
• Tai Tan ignored Zhao Xuan’s challenge and stared excitedly at Tang San’s hammer until a voice from the crowd offered to explain what had happened.

Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy, where Ning Fengzhi healed Tang San and Tai Tan recognized him as the son of Tang Hao. As Ning Fengzhi discussed Hidden Weapons with Tang San, Zhao Xuan learned more about Tang Hao’s past and met Ning Fengzhi before he departed.

• Ning Rongrong arrived with Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi healed Tang San with his Seven Colors Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tai Tan recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son and knelt to pay respects to the Young Master.
• Zhao Xuan told Li Qing that Tang San had understated how badly Tang Hao had fallen into disrepair.
• Dugu Bo arrived, and Li Qing explained that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Ning Fengzhi and Zhao Xuan exchanged compliments before Ning Fengzhi invited Zhao Xuan to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and left.

Grandmaster explained his research into the Flame Lord's soul bone, and Zhao Xuan chose to give it to Ma Hongjun rather than Hermione. Flender thanked Zhao Xuan as Ma Hongjun prepared to absorb the bone, though Ma Hongjun was still too excited to understand its significance.

• Grandmaster told Zhao Xuan that Tang Hao had visited Nuoding Academy and Shrek, then described his research on the fire and spiritual markings in the Flame Lord's soul bone.
• Zhao Xuan decided to give the soul bone to Ma Hongjun, reasoning that Ma Hongjun needed it to strengthen his foundation after cleansing his evil fire.
• Grandmaster and Zhao Xuan arranged for Ma Hongjun and Flender to come so Ma Hongjun could absorb the soul bone.
• Flender solemnly thanked Zhao Xuan for helping Ma Hongjun, whom he regarded as a son.
• Flender found Ma Hongjun laughing excitedly in the quiet room and hit him, leaving Ma Hongjun confused about why he had been struck.

Li Qing helped Ma Hongjun fuse with the Flame Lord's skull, and Ma Hongjun gained a spiritual attack skill called Flame Lord's Roar. After Zhao Xuan tested it, he confirmed it could overwhelm most soul masters below Soul Ancestor rank who lacked spiritual defenses.

• Li Qing arrived to guard Zhao Xuan and examined the Flame Lord soul bone before helping Ma Hongjun absorb it.
• Ma Hongjun spent hours connecting with the soul bone, which eventually merged into his head.
• Ma Hongjun awakened and announced that his new soul skill, Flame Lord's Roar, burned opponents' Spiritual Power.
• Ma Hongjun used Flame Lord's Roar on Zhao Xuan, but its flames could only slowly consume a tiny amount of Zhao Xuan's divine sense.
• Zhao Xuan judged that the skill could overpower most soul masters below Soul Ancestor rank without spiritual resistance or a suitable countermeasure.

Zhao Xuan reached level fifty and gained the Fifth Spirit Skill, Dominator, which forced a target to repeat a recent action. He tested it against Ma Hongjun at the academy arena, leaving Ma Hongjun frightened and exhausted.

• Zhao Xuan broke through to level fifty and used his Computer Spirit to simulate a fifth soul ring, nearly draining his Sea of Consciousness before the White Lotus protected it.
• Zhao Xuan obtained the Fifth Spirit Skill, Dominator, which could make someone repeat an action from within the previous five seconds, with its range extending as his Soul Power increased.
• Ma Hongjun arrived to call Zhao Xuan to dinner, and Zhao Xuan took him to the empty arena to test the new skill.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed his Phoenix skills, but Zhao Xuan dispelled his Phoenix Fire Line with a lightning whip.
• Zhao Xuan used Dominator to make Ma Hongjun repeat the attack, and Ma Hongjun exhausted his Soul Power and asked what Zhao Xuan had done to him.

Zhao Xuan tested his Fifth Spirit Skill on Ma Hongjun, then accepted an invitation from Ning Fengzhi to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The chapter left Zhao Xuan and Mo Yun preparing to travel the next day.

• Zhao Xuan used his Fifth Spirit Skill on Ma Hongjun, who said it left him unable to control his own body before exhausting his Soul Power with more spirit skills.
• Zhao Xuan observed that Xiao Wu had fallen behind the others in cultivation and continued tending to the Lovesick Heartbreak Red instead of consuming it.
• Mo Yun introduced himself as an outer sect steward of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and invited Zhao Xuan to visit on Ning Fengzhi's orders.
• Zhao Xuan accepted the invitation, and Mo Yun proposed that they leave the next day.

Zhao Xuan traveled with Mo Yun to Seven Treasures City and learned about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the weakened state of the other Upper Three Sects. He suspected Ning Fengzhi wanted to recruit him, but he remained reluctant to join a sect because of his promise to Tang San.

• Zhao Xuan asked Lian Hua to cover his lessons, then traveled to Seven Treasures City with Mo Yun in a lavish carriage.
• Mo Yun explained the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's history, its Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and its ties to Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo, but kept their levels secret.
• Mo Yun described the Upper Three Sects and said the Clear Sky Sect had declined and withdrawn from the world after the Clear Sky Douluo broke with it.
• Zhao Xuan connected the sects' troubles to Granny Flower's warning that turbulent winds were rising across the continent.
• Zhao Xuan suspected Ning Fengzhi had invited him to recruit him, but he hesitated to join a sect because he remembered his promise to Tang San.

Zhao Xuan arrived at Seven Treasure Glazed Tile City and met Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin at the sect. After Gu Rong challenged him to a spar, Zhao Xuan agreed.

• Zhao Xuan recalled promising Tang San that he would join the Tang Sect, then recognized himself as a member of it.
• Mo Yun brought Zhao Xuan to Seven Treasures City and explained the scale of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and its holdings.
• Mo Yun led Zhao Xuan into the sect, where Zhao Xuan waited for Ning Fengzhi and considered how to refuse joining.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Sword Douluo Chen Xin to Zhao Xuan, and they shared the sect’s Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree Tea.
• Gu Rong challenged Zhao Xuan to a spar, and Zhao Xuan accepted.