Chapter Summaries

Ling Luochen left the team after Xuan Zi expelled Mo Yan and Dugu Luo, while Xuan Zi made Ma Xiaotao the new captain after revealing her Phoenix Evil Fire had evolved into Extreme Fire. At the Outer Court, Yan Shao Zhe failed to persuade Black and Bai Yu to join the competition and turned his attention to three young women.

• Ling Luochen demanded that Xuan Zi expel her too, and she left the team after he ordered her out.
• Dugu Luo and Mo Yan watched Ling Luochen leave, while Mo Yan considered how to train Ma Xiaotao in morality and respect for her teacher.
• Xuan Zi announced that Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Evil Fire had evolved into Extreme Fire and made her the team captain; the remaining members accepted.
• Yan Shao Zhe asked Black and Bai Yu to register for the competition, but they refused unless the academy offered them a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Yan Shao Zhe abandoned his attempt to recruit Black and Bai Yu and turned toward the three young women with them.

Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yutong each refused Yan Shao Zhe’s attempts to recruit them for Shrek Academy’s reserve team. After Bei Bei attacked Tang San during a sparring match, Bai Yu used her power over negative emotions to push Bei Bei closer to becoming an Evil Spirit Master.

• Wang Dong'er refused to join the reserve team and warned Yan Shao Zhe that her Big Dad and Second Dad would back her up.
• Bai Yu said Xiao Xiao would join her family, and Xiao Xiao confirmed she would follow Bai Yu and Black rather than sign up.
• Huo Yutong refused Yan Shao Zhe’s offer of cultivation resources, explaining that Mo Yan had already helped her train her Spiritual Power.
• Yan Shao Zhe abandoned his recruitment efforts and turned to watch Bei Bei attack Tang San during a sparring match.
• Bei Bei accused Tang San of being unworthy to participate, while Bai Yu and Black discussed pushing Bei Bei toward becoming an Evil Spirit Master.
• Bai Yu sent black threads formed from Bei Bei’s jealousy and rage to overwhelm the Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline suppressing his negative emotions.

Tang San rejected Tang Ya’s attempts to claim him for the Tang Sect, while Dai Huabin declared that Tang San belonged to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion. Yan Shao Zhe confirmed Tang San had joined voluntarily and drove Tang Ya away.

• Bei Bei demanded that Yan Shao Zhe expel Tang San, and Yan Shao Zhe restrained him with his Super Douluo pressure.
• Tang Ya approached Tang San, but Tang San told her to stay away and Dai Huabin blocked her, claiming Tang San as his own.
• Tang San condemned Tang Ya for relying on him to revive the Tang Sect while doing nothing herself.
• Yan Shao Zhe asked Tang San whether he had joined the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion voluntarily, and Tang San said yes.
• Yan Shao Zhe ordered Tang Ya to leave and blasted her dozens of meters away when she challenged him.

Bai Yu’s interference caused Bei Bei’s Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline to erupt with Evil Spirit Power during the Outer Court selections. Yan Shao Zhe took Bei Bei to the Inner Court, while Ning Tian moved to publicize the scandal and Xuan Zi refused to believe what had happened until he saw it himself.

• Bai Yu told Black that she had contaminated Bei Bei’s bloodline, making him vulnerable to becoming an Evil Spirit Master.
• Yan Shao Zhe expelled Tang Ya, warned Tang San and Dai Huabin, and then saw Bei Bei erupt with Evil Spirit Power.
• Bai Yu renewed Bei Bei’s evil aura, and Yan Shao Zhe’s Bright Phoenix failed to suppress it; Bei Bei transformed as the students watched.
• Ning Tian suspected Bai Yu’s group was responsible and told Wu Feng to raise public attention around the incident.
• Yan Shao Zhe restrained Bei Bei and took him to the Inner Court, asking Du Wilun to keep the incident quiet.
• Xuan Zi dismissed Yan Shao Zhe’s report as impossible until Yan Shao Zhe hurriedly took him to see Bei Bei.

Xuan Zi discovered that Bei Bei’s Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline had vanished as he fell into becoming an Evil Spirit Master, and he and Yan Shao Zhe investigated who had been involved. Mo Yan explained to Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo that Bai Yu had replaced Bei Bei’s bloodline, while revealing how Bai Yu’s ability could be countered.

• Xuan Zi examined Bei Bei and found that his Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline had disappeared, shocking Yan Shao Zhe.
• Xuan Zi learned that Tang San, Dai Huabin, Tang Ya, and Xu Sanshi had encountered Bei Bei, then ordered Yan Shao Zhe to handle the incident in the Outer Court.
• Zhang Lexuan visited Mo Yan in the library and told her that Bei Bei had fallen into becoming an Evil Spirit Master.
• Mo Yan revealed that Bai Yu had replaced Bei Bei’s bloodline and negative emotions, completely removing the Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline.
• Mo Yan explained that Bai Yu’s ability could fail when Black released light elements, leaving Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo silent about their chances against the pair.

After Bei Bei’s transformation caused chaos at Shrek Academy, Xu Sanshi attacked Tang Ya and Xuan Zi publicly declared Bei Bei stable to contain the rumors. As Bai Yu, Black, and the others left, Ning Tian approached them to discuss the incident, prompting Bai Yu to threaten her and Wu Feng with killing intent.

• Xu Sanshi kicked Tang Ya twice and blamed her for Bei Bei becoming an Evil Spirit Master, while Jiang Nannan stepped in to protect Tang Ya.
• Xu Sanshi moved to attack Jiang Nannan and vowed to take revenge for Bei Bei, until Yan Shao Zhe and Xuan Zi arrived.
• Xuan Zi ordered Xu Sanshi to bring Tang Ya, Dai Huabin, and Tang San with him, then assured the students that Bei Bei had only suffered a minor cultivation mishap.
• Yan Shao Zhe repeated Xuan Zi’s explanation, and the students dispersed to prepare for the reserve team selection.
• Bai Yu, Black, Wang Dong'er, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao left the crowd, then encountered Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Ning Tian asked Bai Yu and Black to discuss what had happened, but Bai Yu rejected her and unleashed killing intent that frightened Ning Tian and Wu Feng.

Bai Yu crushed Ning Tian and Wu Feng with her Soul Power after Ning Tian tried to negotiate with her as an equal, then left with Black. At the Sea God Pavilion, the elders demanded a solution after learning Bei Bei had become an Evil Spirit Master, but Yan Shao Zhe only recounted what happened.

• Bai Yu rebuked Ning Tian for thinking she could stand on equal footing with her and suppressed Ning Tian and Wu Feng until Black intervened.
• Bai Yu withdrew her Soul Power and left with Black and their companions, while Lei Ze helped Ning Tian recover.
• Ning Tian realized Bai Yu had been angry because Mo Yan had taken the benefits from the recent events, and admitted she and Wu Feng had misjudged their standing.
• Lei Ze worried that Tang San might gain an opportunity from the Golden Tree and considered whether he should take Tang San down with him.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Song demanded an explanation from Xuan Zi and Yan Shao Zhe after learning Bei Bei had become an Evil Spirit Master.
• Yan Shao Zhe recounted the events in detail, prompting the elders to insist they wanted a solution instead of the whole story.

The Sea God Pavilion elders argued over how to handle Bei Bei’s transformation into an Evil Spirit Master while Tang San remained imprisoned inside the Golden Tree. Mo Yan allowed the Blue Silver Emperor’s life energy to help him awaken, intending to use his progress as reassurance for the Pavilion and as another step in her plan.

• Yan Shao Zhe asked the elders for a solution to Bei Bei’s condition, but Song Yunzhi scolded him and Xuan Zi for their failure to act.
• Tang San found himself trapped behind a spatial barrier and absorbed the life energy that suddenly entered his room.
• The Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin released her life energy to help Tang San awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, while Sea God Tang San approved from the God Realm.
• Mo Yan told Zhang Lexuan that Tang San’s progress would reassure the Sea God Pavilion and leave him a pawn in her plans.
• The Sea God Pavilion members stopped arguing when they sensed a powerful burst of vitality coming from a room in the Golden Tree.

Tang San awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, prompting Xuan Zi to claim him as a disciple and add him to Shrek’s reserve team. The next day, rumors accused Shrek of harboring Evil Spirit Masters, and Xuan Zi began searching for a way to protect the academy’s reputation.

• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor, and Xuan Zi decided to take him as a disciple and add him to the reserve team alongside Dai Huabin.
• Xuan Zi postponed Bei Bei’s matter to stay with Tang San, while Elder Song left the Sea God Pavilion meeting in frustration.
• Black and Bai Yu realized that Mo Yan had been using events to make Tang San a source of reassurance for the elders, while Ah Yin fell asleep after helping him evolve.
• Du Wilun learned that rumors accused Shrek Academy of harboring Evil Spirit Masters and notified Yan Shao Zhe, who ordered him to suppress them.
• Yan Shao Zhe brought the letters about the rumors to Xuan Zi, who blamed Mo Yan and asked whether Yan Shao Zhe’s ancestor had awakened.

After Mu En’s death, Long Xiaoyao agreed to help Shrek Academy suppress rumors about Bei Bei’s lost Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline and pass his legacy to him. News of the arrangement reached the major powers, while Jin Tianming prepared to train the Sun Moon Royal Academy teams for the tournament under its new rules.

• Long Xiaoyao learned from Yan Shao Zhe and Xuan Zi that Mu En had died, then discovered Bei Bei had lost his Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline and agreed to help suppress the rumors while passing on his legacy.
• Yan Shao Zhe and Xuan Zi left to manage the rumors, while Long Xiaoyao privately apologized to Mu En for passing his legacy to Bei Bei.
• Du Busi received a letter explaining Bei Bei’s transformation and Long Xiaoyao’s plan, then laughed at the thought that Mu En’s bloodline would inherit from his old friend.
• The rulers of the major empires read the news and reconsidered Shrek Academy’s strength, while worrying about its renewed protection under Long Xiaoyao.
• Jin Tianming joined the Sun Moon Royal Academy teams after selection and challenged them to attack him together as preparation for the tournament’s new rules.

Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Lei Ze withdrew from Shrek Academy after confronting Yan Shao Zhe about the academy’s treatment of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi took Tang San as his disciple, and Long Xiaoyao decided Tang Ya had to leave so Bei Bei could recover.

• Ning Tian told Yan Shao Zhe that she, Wu Feng, and Lei Ze were withdrawing from the academy, and the Sword Douluo defended them when Yan Shao Zhe tried to pressure them.
• After the three completed their withdrawal, Yan Shao Zhe went to the Inner Court and told Xuan Zi what had happened.
• Xuan Zi accepted the newly awakened Tang San as his disciple and instructed Yan Shao Zhe to check whether Bei Bei could join the reserve team.
• Long Xiaoyao told Yan Shao Zhe that Bei Bei would be all right as long as he did not see Tang Ya, then ordered him to expel her.

Yan Shao Zhe expelled Tang Ya from Shrek Academy and left her outside the city, where Bai Yu offered her a chance to revive the Tang Sect in exchange for taking revenge on the Clear Sky Sect. After Tang Ya accepted, Bai Yu corrupted her with Dark Element, while Shrek Academy selected its Outer Court reserve team and prepared to begin training.

• Long Xiaoyao told Yan Shao Zhe to claim Tang Ya had gone into seclusion and began training Bei Bei.
• Yan Shao Zhe took Tang Ya beyond Shrek City, gave her a pouch of money, and told her to leave Shrek Academy.
• Tang Ya argued with Yan Shao Zhe about the Tang Sect, and he slapped her before leaving.
• Bai Yu offered Tang Ya power to revive the Tang Sect and take revenge on Shrek Academy if she first took revenge on the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Ya accepted.
• Bai Yu implanted Dark Element in Tang Ya, binding her to darkness and evil, while Black watched.
• Xuan Zi selected Tang San, Dai Huabin, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, a fifth-year student, and Bei Bei for the Outer Court reserve team, which would begin training the next day.

Xuan Zi gathered Shrek’s tournament teams and prepared to lead them to the Star Luo Empire, while Long Xiaoyao secretly guarded them. Elsewhere, Jin Tianming and Ye Xishui discussed their devotion to a hidden lord, and Wen Yu transformed the tournament arena into a vast forest.

• Xuan Zi praised Ma Xiaotao for becoming a Soul Sage with Extreme Fire, while Ma Xiaotao mourned the removal of Mo Yan, Dugu Luo, and Ling Luochen from the team.
• Long Xiaoyao chose to secretly escort Shrek’s team to the Star Luo Empire, unaware that black aura was spreading around Bei Bei.
• Jin Tianming confirmed his devotion to his lord as Ye Xishui questioned his loyalty and resolved to meet the being he served.
• Wen Yu filled the tournament arena with plants and expanded it into a vast forest, astonishing Xu Jiujiu and Wang Xian'er.
• Wen Yu told Xu Jiujiu she could surpass her by becoming Empress, prompting Xu Jiujiu to complain to Wang Xian'er.

Xuan Zi and the Shrek Team accepted Dai Hao’s mission to eliminate an arrogant Evil Spirit Master, but the team’s confident assault on his cave ended in a devastating explosion. Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi rushed toward the blast as another group compared it to powerful Soul Tool Bombs.

• Dai Hao gave Xuan Zi a report about a troublesome Evil Spirit Master who called himself the “Ten Thousand Year Strongest Soul King,” and Xuan Zi agreed to send the students after him.
• Wang Yan briefed the Shrek Team, whose official members dismissed his warnings and trusted in Ma Xiaotao’s strength.
• Xuan Zi stayed behind to catch chickens while Long Xiaoyao followed the team in secret and sensed Bei Bei’s Evil Spirit Power becoming unstable.
• Wang Yan led fourteen students into a dark cave, where the Evil Spirit Master detonated the corpses inside and engulfed the Shrek Team in explosions.
• Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi rushed toward the blast, while a distant group remarked that its force nearly matched Rank 8-9 Soul Tool Bombs.

A trap set by the Sun Moon team devastated the Shrek students, leaving only a few survivors whom Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi found among the ruins. When the attacker returned with another explosive corpse, Long Xiaoyao shielded the survivors while Xuan Zi pursued him.

• Jin Tianming and Xiao Hongchen arrived as the explosion destroyed the cave where the Shrek Team had entered.
• Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi searched the rubble, found the gravely wounded Ma Xiaotao, and discovered evidence that other Shrek students had died.
• Long Xiaoyao rescued the injured reserve team members, including Tang San, Dai Huabin, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Yan, then found He Caitou still barely alive.
• Xuan Zi told Long Xiaoyao that only Ma Xiaotao had survived from the Shrek Team, and Long Xiaoyao berated him for leaving the students to catch a chicken.
• The evil-aura attacker escaped by swapping places with a corpse, which Xuan Zi threw toward the survivors before it began to swell.
• Long Xiaoyao blocked the second explosion, while Xuan Zi rushed after the fleeing attacker.

Ye Xishui confronted Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi after a Soul King nearly wiped out Shrek Academy’s team, humiliating both leaders and especially condemning Long Xiaoyao for his cowardice. After she left, Long Xiaoyao regained some resolve and chose to return to the injured children instead of chasing Xuan Zi.

• Long Xiaoyao protected the reserve team members and followed Xuan Zi as he chased the fleeing Evil Spirit Master Soul King.
• Jin Tianming and the Sun Moon team watched from a distance, while Jin Tianming refused Jing Hongchen’s suggestion to help Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xishui appeared through a spatial wormhole and blocked Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi from reaching the Soul King.
• Ye Xishui mocked the two leaders for failing to protect the children and repeatedly asked Long Xiaoyao whether Mu En knew how useless they were.
• Ye Xishui sent Xuan Zi flying, then berated Long Xiaoyao for his cowardice and his past attachment to her.
• After Ye Xishui left, Xuan Zi resumed chasing the Soul King, while Long Xiaoyao turned back to help the injured children.

Long Xiaoyao brought the injured Shrek reserve team to Dai Hao’s camp while Xuan Zi failed to capture the Soul King Evil Spirit Master, who exploded himself to escape. Afterward, Bai Yu confronted Jin Tianming over his interference, and he left her with a pointed observation about her helpless anger.

• Yan Shao Zhe handled the backlash at Shrek Academy while Mo Yan learned that her protective mechanism on Ma Xiaotao had been triggered and reflected on Bai Yu’s attack.
• Long Xiaoyao carried the injured reserve team to the White Tiger Duke’s camp, where Dai Hao welcomed him and arranged treatment while asking what had happened and where Dai Yueheng was.
• Xuan Zi searched unsuccessfully for the Soul King Evil Spirit Master until the man appeared and exploded himself when Xuan Zi pulled him close.
• Bai Yu confronted Jin Tianming beside the crater, accusing him of interfering with her toy, and Jin Tianming left after comparing her helpless anger to Xuan Zi’s.

Long Xiaoyao told Dai Hao that Dai Yueheng had been killed and Dai Huabin had survived, while Xuan Zi blamed himself for failing to protect the students. As the tournament approached, Xuan Zi decided to take the remaining students to compete despite their condition, and Long Xiaoyao challenged his judgment.

• Long Xiaoyao told Dai Hao that Dai Yueheng had been blasted apart and Dai Huabin had survived, causing Dai Hao to faint.
• Xuan Zi arrived and learned Dai Yueheng was dead, then asked Long Xiaoyao what to do; Long Xiaoyao criticized him for neglecting his duty as Sea God Pavilion Vice Master.
• Xu Jiawei learned that the Sun Moon team had arrived in the Star Luo capital but Shrek had not, and he asked his guards to notify him when Shrek appeared.
• Jin Tianming watched the capital and wondered whether Mo Yan would compete so he could settle matters with her.
• Yan Shao Zhe prepared to attend the tournament as the new Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Xuan Zi decided to take the remaining students to compete, and Long Xiaoyao challenged him for risking them while they were still injured.

Long Xiaoyao initially resisted Xuan Zi’s plan to send Shrek’s badly injured students to the Soul Master Tournament, but Xuan Zi invoked his promises to Mu En and Yan Shao Zhe until he relented. In Star Luo, the Shrek Team had still not arrived, and Xiao Hongchen’s prediction that they would not come provoked a hostile silence in a dessert shop.

• Long Xiaoyao argued that Shrek’s injured students needed time to recover before traveling, while Xuan Zi insisted the academy’s glory required them to compete.
• Xuan Zi reminded Long Xiaoyao of his promises to Mu En and Yan Shao Zhe, and Long Xiaoyao reluctantly agreed to leave the decision to Xuan Zi.
• Long Xiaoyao told Xuan Zi to explain the situation to Yan Shao Zhe when he reached the Star Luo Empire, then disappeared into the darkness.
• Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao discussed Jin Tianming and heard other teams wonder why Shrek Academy had not arrived.
• Xiao Hongchen told the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Academy members that Shrek’s team probably would not come, and the dessert shop fell silent as its customers stared at him.

Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao defended their claim that a Soul King-level Evil Spirit Master had wiped out Shrek Academy’s official team, provoking a confrontation with the Heavenly Soul Team. After revealing their strength and defeating one attacker, Xiao Hongchen continued taunting the team and demanding that they fight.

• Xiao Hongchen told the guests that a Soul King-level Evil Spirit Master had wiped out Shrek Academy’s official team, and Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao backed up his account.
• Huo Yuhao offered to show a recording, but the Heavenly Soul Team accused the Sun Moon members of plotting an attack and summoned their martial souls.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen revealed six black spirit rings each, while Huo Yuhao displayed his Soul King-level spirit rings, shocking the Heavenly Soul Team.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged the Heavenly Soul Team, and its leader backed down before one hot-tempered member charged at him.
• Xiao Hongchen kicked the attacker to the ground and continued insulting the Heavenly Soul Team as Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao watched.