Recaps

Zhao Xuan fought Gu Rong in a remote mountain clearing, where the Bone Douluo tested his strength and escalated to his Martial Soul Avatar. The battle left Zhao Xuan confronting Gu Rong’s apparent spatial ability.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had created the wasteland during their sparring matches.
• Zhao Xuan and Gu Rong introduced themselves and released their Martial Souls, and Gu Rong was surprised that Zhao Xuan was only a Soul King.
• Gu Rong attacked with bone spikes, but Zhao Xuan leaped clear and shattered them with a lightning-charged punch.
• Gu Rong transformed into his Bone Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and filled the clearing with bone spikes, which Zhao Xuan’s lightning serpents destroyed.
• Gu Rong sent his dragon tail through a black hole to strike Zhao Xuan’s Illusionary Body, and Zhao Xuan realized Gu Rong could use spatial abilities.

Zhao Xuan tested his strength against Gu Rong and discovered that the Bone Douluo’s Space Power could counter his First Soul Skill. Gu Rong trapped Zhao Xuan in a spatial restraint and began his Ninth Spirit Skill, leaving the duel poised to escalate.

• Zhao Xuan struck Gu Rong’s Bone Dragon with Thunderclap Fist, cracking its skull, while Gu Rong’s defense astonished him.
• Gu Rong fired scorching beams from his eyes, and Zhao Xuan dodged them before attacking with a Purple Gold Lightning Long Arrow.
• Zhao Xuan used Immovable to restrain the Bone Dragon, but Gu Rong absorbed the arrow into a black hole and escaped through a spatial crack.
• Gu Rong explained that his mastery of Space Power let him break free of Zhao Xuan’s First Soul Skill and then trapped Zhao Xuan with spatial restraint.
• Zhao Xuan gathered power to break free, prompting Gu Rong to emerge and activate Ninth Spirit Skill—Bone Transformation Divine Dragon.

Zhao Xuan and Bone Douluo unleashed their strongest powers in a fierce contest that devastated the wasteland. They withdrew together before either was defeated outright, but the backlash left Zhao Xuan injured and convinced he had fallen short by one move.

• Sword Douluo estimated that Zhao Xuan possessed the strength of a mid-rank Titled Douluo, leaving Ning Fengzhi astonished by his power.
• Bone Douluo transformed into a gigantic Bone Transformation Divine Dragon while Zhao Xuan summoned a Purple Gold blood-aura figure surrounded by Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.
• The two forces clashed, tearing through the landscape as neither Bone Douluo nor Zhao Xuan gained the upper hand.
• Bone Douluo proposed that they withdraw together, and Zhao Xuan counted down before both pulled back their power at the same time.
• The resulting explosion scattered Bone Douluo's dragon and sent him flying, while Zhao Xuan fell to one knee, coughed up blood, and lamented that he had been one move short.

After dueling Bone Douluo, Zhao Xuan recovered with Ning Fengzhi’s help and rejected Ning Fengzhi’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He promised to help protect the sect if it fell into danger, leaving Ning Fengzhi somewhat reassured.

• Sword Douluo brought the exhausted Bone Douluo back, and Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to restore Zhao Xuan and Bone Douluo.
• Zhao Xuan teased Bone Douluo by saying he would surpass him after a few more years, and the group returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi said he sensed turmoil across the continent and invited Zhao Xuan to join his sect.
• Zhao Xuan declined because he had promised Tang San he would join his sect, leaving Ning Fengzhi to assume he meant the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhao Xuan promised he would not stand by if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect faced danger, reassuring Ning Fengzhi.

After his battle with Bone Douluo, Zhao Xuan studied the mysterious Demon God True Body state and healed hidden injuries before his cultivation surged to Rank 54. As Shrek prepared to seek soul rings for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, Zhao Xuan stayed behind to continue his research.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong saw Zhao Xuan off, and Zhao Xuan teased Bone Douluo about being unable to keep up with him.
• Zhao Xuan reflected on the blood-energy figure he had summoned against Bone Douluo and named the state Demon God True Body.
• Back at Shrek Academy, Zhao Xuan found and healed hidden injuries before resuming cultivation, startling Tang San and the other students with his growing strength.
• Zhao Xuan's Soul Power rose three ranks in two months, reaching Rank 54.
• With a month remaining before the tournament, Shrek prepared to obtain soul rings for six little monsters, while Zhao Xuan stayed behind to study Demon God True Body.

Zhao Xuan returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a powerful opponent and test his Demon God True Body. He discovered a Phoenix Tail Sparrow and a Black Water Crocodile fighting by a lake, and waited for them to weaken each other before acting.

• Zhao Xuan considered how to master his Demon God True Body and decided to seek a powerful Spirit Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhao Xuan entered the forest's core region and cautiously searched for traces of Spirit Beasts.
• Zhao Xuan heard a bird cry and found a Phoenix Tail Sparrow battling a Black Water Crocodile beside a lake.
• Zhao Xuan watched the two Spirit Beasts trade fire and water attacks, hoping their exhaustion and resentment would improve his chance of obtaining a soul bone.

Zhao Xuan watched two exhausted Spirit Beasts fight, then followed a chase between Mu Yuan and Gui Mei into the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter ended with both men revealing themselves as Titled Douluo and preparing to fight.

• Zhao Xuan prepared to attack the weakened Spirit Beasts but hid when he sensed an injured elder fleeing past them, pursued by a black-clad figure.
• The Spirit Beasts attacked the black-clad figure, who evaded them and struck them with two streams of sinister black energy before continuing after the elder.
• Zhao Xuan followed the two men for more than ten kilometers as the fleeing elder led his pursuer deeper into the forest.
• The black-clad figure, Gui Mei, caught up with Mu Yuan, and the two argued over Mu Yuan's refusal to submit to Gui Mei's cause.
• Mu Yuan and Gui Mei each revealed nine soul rings, showing Zhao Xuan that both were Titled Douluo, and Mu Yuan challenged Gui Mei to fight.

Mu Yuan fought Gui Mei in the valley, revealing the Life Domain granted by his ninth spirit skill, but realized he could not defeat him. After Mu Yuan fled and warned Zhao Xuan to run, Zhao Xuan decided to pursue them and save Mu Yuan, hoping to recruit him.

• Mu Yuan unleashed his Azure Sky Wood, causing every plant in the valley to grow and attack Gui Mei, but Gui Mei's spirit form made the attacks ineffective.
• Gui Mei used his eighth spirit skill, Chimei Wangliang, to send resentful souls after Mu Yuan, who countered with his Life Domain and healed while consuming the spirits.
• Gui Mei recognized the domain but remained confident Mu Yuan could not survive his ninth spirit skill.
• Mu Yuan silently warned Zhao Xuan to run, then fled in the opposite direction as Gui Mei pursued him.
• Zhao Xuan concluded Spirit Hall was plotting something and decided to save Mu Yuan and recruit him into his camp.
• Zhao Xuan put on black robes and his mask, then chased after Mu Yuan and Gui Mei.

Zhao Xuan rescued Mu Yuan from Gui Mei’s Ninth Spirit Skill in the Star Dou Great Forest, forcing Gui Mei to flee. Mu Yuan revealed that he was the Ascetic Hall’s Hall Master and began describing Spirit Hall’s ambitious new Empress, while Zhao Xuan considered recruiting him.

• Gui Mei used Infinite—Ghost Shadow Devouring to overwhelm Mu Yuan with ghost shadows that drained his strength and life.
• Zhao Xuan appeared and swept the forest with Purple Gold lightning, destroying the ghost shadows and breaking Gui Mei’s Ninth Spirit Skill.
• Gui Mei recognized Zhao Xuan’s lightning, threatened him, and fled rather than fight.
• Mu Yuan thanked Zhao Xuan, identified himself as the Ascetic Hall’s Hall Master, and left the forest with him to avoid approaching pursuers.
• Zhao Xuan asked about Spirit Hall, and Mu Yuan explained that its newly appointed Empress was ambitious and ruthless before his unease stopped him from continuing.

Zhao Xuan recruited Mu Yuan, a former Ascetic Hall master, while agreeing to Mu Yuan’s conditions and directing him toward Flower Valley. Mu Yuan left to search for surviving members of his hall, and Zhao Xuan continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhao Xuan invited Mu Yuan to join him and told him that Mu Shiyi and Mu Shi'er had survived.
• Mu Yuan agreed to serve Zhao Xuan but asked for time to find other Ascetic Hall survivors and promised to bring willing members to him.
• Zhao Xuan asked whether Mu Yuan would help him oppose the Spirit Hall, and Mu Yuan said he would not become its enemy unless it committed grave wrongdoing.
• Zhao Xuan gave Mu Yuan Flower Valley’s general location and said someone would receive him there, while keeping the exact location secret.
• Mu Yuan promised to seek Zhao Xuan within three months, then left to search for Ascetic Hall survivors.
• Zhao Xuan watched Mu Yuan depart, considered consulting Granny Flower and the Wisdom Tree, and headed deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhao Xuan considered Spirit Hall’s hidden strength as he searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Xiao Wu. He found the Sky Azure Bull Python at a lakeside and challenged it to fight.

• Zhao Xuan worried that Spirit Hall’s vast influence and unknown number of Titled Douluo could threaten the continent.
• Zhao Xuan sensed movement deep in the Star Dou Great Forest and concealed himself with the Computer Spirit’s simulated force field.
• Zhao Xuan discovered fresh Titan Giant Ape footprints beside a small lake and realized the beast often visited the area.
• A cyan domain exposed Zhao Xuan, and the Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the lake and ordered him to leave.
• Zhao Xuan recognized the Sky Azure Bull Python, unleashed his power, and challenged it to fight.

Zhao Xuan fought the Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest, trading powerful attacks while struggling against its Slowness Domain. Both were wounded but still capable of fighting, and the chapter ended as they charged at each other again.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python attacked Zhao Xuan with a water blade, but he blasted it apart with a punch and struck its Soul Power barrier with lightning arrows.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the lake, and Zhao Xuan used his First Soul Skill to evade its attack and send an Illusionary Body's Thunder Long Spear into its scales.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python recovered from Zhao Xuan's mind attack and unleashed an azure-gold torrent, which Zhao Xuan evaded with his Fifth Spirit Skill, Dominator.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python struck Zhao Xuan with its tail, sending him into an ancient tree and making him cough blood, but his lightning power helped him recover.
• Zhao Xuan and the Sky Azure Bull Python acknowledged each other's strength, then moved to attack one another again.

Zhao Xuan fought the Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest, but its innate Dawn's Light pierced his defenses and left him severely injured. He fled as the Titan Giant Ape arrived, while the Sky Azure Bull Python stopped it from giving chase after recognizing the aura on Zhao Xuan.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python's Slowness Domain weakened Zhao Xuan, but his Demon God True Body used the World Cleansing White Lotus's power to erase the slowing effects.
• Zhao Xuan transformed into the Demon God True Body and tried to stop the Sky Azure Bull Python with his Soul Skills, but its innate Dawn's Light remained active.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python pierced Zhao Xuan's thundercloud shield and Demon God True Body, then smashed him into the ground despite his attempt to defend himself.
• Zhao Xuan fled while badly injured as the Titan Giant Ape approached.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python told the Titan Giant Ape not to chase Zhao Xuan, and the Titan Giant Ape recognized him as the youth from last time.

After recovering from his clash with the Sky Azure Bull Python, Zhao Xuan visited Flower Valley and learned that its letter had been a divine oracle from the Goddess of Wisdom. As signs of approaching chaos mounted, the Sacred Tree offered Flower Valley’s support to Zhao Xuan, and he accepted.

• Zhao Xuan recovered by a lake after the Sky Azure Bull Python nearly crushed his ribs, and he resolved to return to the forest to pursue domains.
• Zhao Xuan traveled to Flower Valley, where Granny Flower led him to the Wisdom Tree after he asked whether the valley had a god.
• The Wisdom Tree told Zhao Xuan that Flower Valley had no deity and that its letter had been an oracle sent by the Goddess of Wisdom, though the valley could not contact the gods.
• Zhao Xuan explained his situation, and the Sacred Tree offered the support of Flower Valley’s more than thirteen hundred Soul Masters.
• The Sacred Tree warned Zhao Xuan that turmoil was rising and asked him to accept Flower Valley’s help; Zhao Xuan eventually agreed.

Zhao Xuan returned to Shrek Academy and learned that Li Qing had discovered Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Li Qing promised to protect her secret, while he also revealed that studying the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass had advanced his cultivation.

• Zhao Xuan told Mu Shiyi and Mu Shi'er that Mu Yuan was alive and had become a Titled Douluo, then left Flower Valley for Shrek Academy.
• The Shrek Seven Devils returned from their Soul Ring hunt, and Xiao Wu had become a Soul Ancestor after obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Li Qing told Zhao Xuan that he suspected Xiao Wu was not human, and Zhao Xuan admitted he had known about her identity.
• Li Qing explained that Xiao Wu's Lovesick Heartbreak Red slipped from her chest and that he confirmed her identity after witnessing her condense a Soul Ring herself.
• Zhao Xuan and Li Qing agreed to keep Xiao Wu's identity secret, and Li Qing said his study of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass had improved his cultivation.

Shrek’s teachers celebrated the Nine Monsters’ breakthroughs and prepared them for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. Zhao Xuan’s question about life after graduation made the group worry about parting, but Dai Mubai cheered them up, and they set those thoughts aside.

• Shrek’s teachers and students held a private gathering to celebrate the Soul Ancestors’ breakthroughs and rally for the tournament.
• The master explained that Hermione’s group-control Fourth Soul Skill could help turn the tide of a match, especially when combined with Tang San’s control skill.
• The master and the teachers analyzed the tournament tactics, rules, and procedures for Shrek’s competitors and substitutes.
• As the group walked back to the dormitories, Zhao Xuan asked Hermione what she planned to do after graduation, prompting everyone to consider that winning could mean parting ways.
• Dai Mubai told everyone not to dwell on graduation before the tournament, and the group laughed and moved on.

Shrek Academy arrived at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, drawing attention as the young team entered the crowded Great Soul Arena. Zhao Xuan recognized Blue Sunshine Academy and Shi Nian’s wife among the competitors, leaving Shrek alert to a possible threat against Tang San and the others.

• The Shrek students set out for the Great Soul Arena in their redesigned green uniforms, which Zhao Xuan had persuaded Flender to approve.
• Zhao Wuji cleared a path through the crowds, and Shrek Academy entered the arena to curious murmurs from other teams.
• Zhao Xuan noticed Blue Sunshine Academy hiding in a corner and sensed their resentment toward him.
• Flender identified the Soul Sage beside Blue Sunshine’s team as Shi Nian’s wife and warned Zhao Xuan that her spiritual abilities could threaten Tang San and the others.
• Zhao Xuan agreed to be cautious and said Shrek would deal with her if she provoked them.

At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament’s opening ceremony, Zhao Xuan noticed Spirit Hall acting aggressively and watched Shrek prepare for its first match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team. Before the match began, a powerful, hypnotic Spiritual Power lured him away from the arena, and he suspected Shi Nian’s wife was behind it.

• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas gave speeches at the opening ceremony, while Zhao Xuan and Flender noted Salas’s audacious conduct on Spirit Hall’s behalf.
• The academy teams entered the arena, and the host announced Shrek Academy’s preliminary match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team.
• Shrek’s team rallied before the match, sending out four substitutes and three main players to conceal their strength.
• A woman used powerful Spiritual Power to lure Zhao Xuan away from the arena, but he resisted its control with his Computer Spirit and pretended to follow it.
• Zhao Xuan suspected Shi Nian’s wife, the Old Woman leading Blue Sunshine Academy, and calmly followed her guidance so he could uncover the truth.

Zhao Xuan followed Shi Nian's widow to an abandoned lot in the commoners' district, where she revealed herself and attacked him with her spiritual martial soul. He broke free of her control and fought back, leaving her wondering whether she had lured Jade Lord Douluo instead of a Shrek student.

• Zhao Xuan followed the hooded Shi Nian's widow from the Great Soul Arena through the streets to a deserted lot in the commoners' district.
• Shi Nian's widow summoned her Fierce Soul and attacked Zhao Xuan with a mental blade, but he destroyed it with Purple Heaven Divine Lightning and revealed he was not under her control.
• Shi Nian's widow revealed herself and raised eight soul rings, showing that she had become a Soul Douluo despite Zhao Xuan's information that she was a Soul Sage.
• Shi Nian's widow used Hooked Scythe and Hell Stab against Zhao Xuan, who dodged her attacks and then plunged toward the ground in a bolt of lightning.
• Zhao Xuan shattered the rock spikes with his descent, and Shi Nian's widow began to suspect that she had lured Jade Lord Douluo instead of a Shrek student.

Zhao Xuan fought Old Woman, a Soul Douluo seeking revenge for Shi Nian, and nearly killed her before she escaped into the Netherworld Ghost Domain. After sensing several Titled Douluo noticing his search, Zhao Xuan was left wondering what was strange about Old Woman.

• Old Woman attacked Zhao Xuan as part of her plan to kill former Shrek Academy members and avenge Shi Nian.
• Zhao Xuan used his lightning skills and soul abilities to overcome Old Woman's Fierce Soul martial soul and stop her from activating her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Zhao Xuan punched through Old Woman's abdomen, but black deathly gas emerged from her wound and clung to him.
• Pure white radiance from Zhao Xuan dispelled the black gas, and Old Woman activated her Eighth Soul Ring to escape through the Netherworld Ghost Domain.
• Zhao Xuan dispersed the ghosts with Purple Heaven Divine Lightning and searched the area, but found no trace of Old Woman and alerted several Titled Douluo.

Zhao Xuan escaped the aftermath of his fight with Old Woman and sought Ning Fengzhi’s help identifying her. Ning Fengzhi recognized her as You Huan, a low-level Soul Sage, but her strength and martial soul in the battle contradicted everything he and Sword Douluo knew.

• Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Douluo toward the commoners' district after sensing Zhao Xuan’s immense Spiritual Power, while Zhao Xuan slipped away before the Titled Douluos arrived.
• Back at Shrek Academy, Zhao Xuan puzzled over how Old Woman vanished inside her Netherworld Ghost Domain and wondered whether her skill resembled a teleportation formation.
• Zhao Xuan went to the Great Soul Arena and asked Ning Fengzhi to speak privately, bringing Tang San along.
• Zhao Xuan described his battle with Old Woman, and Ning Fengzhi identified her as You Huan, a low-level Soul Sage whose martial soul had previously been different.
• Sword Douluo confirmed that You Huan’s former aura was unmistakable, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Zhao Xuan unable to explain her sudden increase in strength or altered martial soul.

Zhao Xuan and Tang San learned more about Spirit Hall and the danger posed by Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo. Xue Qinghe arrived and shared information about Tang Hao’s past, leaving Tang San to thank him while Zhao Xuan remained wary of the Crown Prince.

• Zhao Xuan told Ning Fengzhi that he had fought Gui Mei, and Ning Fengzhi warned him that Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• An attendant announced Xue Qinghe’s arrival, and Ning Fengzhi explained that he had asked the Crown Prince to investigate the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe entered, met Zhao Xuan and Tang San, and recounted what he had learned about Tang Hao’s past and Spirit Hall.
• Tang San grew angry as he listened, but Zhao Xuan calmed him, and Tang San thanked Xue Qinghe for the information.
• Xue Qinghe invited Zhao Xuan and Tang San to call him Brother Xue, while Zhao Xuan sensed something odd about him.

Zhao Xuan told Xue Qinghe that You Huan was a Soul Douluo, then reported the encounter to Shrek’s leaders. Two days after Shrek’s first match, the team learned that its next opponent was Elephant Armored Academy.

• Zhao Xuan told Xue Qinghe that You Huan was a Soul Douluo, but Xue Qinghe had no information about her.
• Xue Qinghe gave Tang San a gold token and ordered an investigation into You Guang of Blue Sunshine Academy and Zhao Xuan of Shrek.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s request for Tang San’s Hidden Weapons, and Tang San explained that he needed time to make them.
• Zhao Xuan told Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong about You Huan, and they realized how dangerous the encounter could have been.
• Two days after Shrek’s first match, Liu Erlong announced that Elephant Armored Academy would be Shrek’s next opponent.

Tang San and Zhao Xuan helped Shrek choose a lineup to face Elephant Armored Academy, whose Diamond Mammoth martial souls made them formidable in the cramped arena. Shrek revealed a stronger roster than before as the match began, leaving Hu Yanzhen uneasy about the outcome.

• Zhao Xuan recommended Tang San, Hermione, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan for the match, and Tang San approved the lineup.
• Zhao Xuan wished Hermione luck before Shrek and Elephant Armored Academy took the stage.
• Grandmaster explained that the Diamond Mammoth martial soul affected its users' bodies, while Zhao Xuan awkwardly described half-orcs as a kind of Spirit Beast.
• Shrek revealed five Soul Ancestors and two Soul Elders, and observers realized the team still had more strength in reserve.
• Ning Fengzhi confirmed to Xue Ye that his daughter at Shrek was a Soul Ancestor, while Hu Yanzhen recognized that Elephant Armored Academy's presumed victory was no longer certain.

Shrek Academy used Hermione’s defensive soul skill and flying Mushroom Sausages to counter Elephant Armored Academy’s charge and rock attack. Tang San trapped Hu Yanli and ordered the team to focus on him, leaving the two academies poised for their next move.

• Tang San called on Hermione to block Elephant Armored Academy’s charge with her Gate of Burning Heaven.
• Hu Yanli ordered his team to retreat before the cracked barriers exploded into burning lava, though some droplets still injured them.
• Oscar supplied flying Mushroom Sausages, and Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to lift the Shrek team above the arena floor.
• Hu Yanli ordered his students to throw stones at the airborne team, but Hermione dispelled their suppressive aura and Tang San stopped most of the rocks with Spider Web Restraint.
• Tang San trapped Hu Yanli in Blue Silver Grass and told Shrek Academy to focus their attacks on him.