Recaps

Sun Moon Team defeated Heavenly Soul Royal Imperial Olympic Academy and advanced to the final against Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Zhu Ziyang welcomed the newly born Snow Empress as a soul spirit, learned about her strength, and promised to help Di'er Shuang avenge herself on the Ice Demon Snow Soul King.

• Sun Moon Team crushed Heavenly Soul Royal Imperial Olympic Academy in the second semifinal and secured a place in the final against Shrek Academy.
• The Snow Empress emerged from her soul spirit egg in Zhu Ziyang's Spiritual Sea, appearing as a small child and reacting indignantly to his questions about her clothes.
• The Snow Empress said she retained eighty percent of her peak strength, though she might need to draw on Zhu Ziyang's soul power to use it.
• Zhu Ziyang brought the Snow Empress and Di'er Shuang out of his Spiritual Sea, and both soul spirits perched on his shoulders.
• The Snow Empress asked how Di'er Shuang had hidden her identity as an Auspicious Beast, and Di'er Shuang explained that an Ice Demon Snow Soul King had betrayed and ambushed her during her tribulation.
• Zhu Ziyang promised to help Di'er Shuang kill the Ice Demon Snow Soul King once he reached seven rings.

The Ice Empress emerged, and the Snow Empress chose to call Zhu Ziyang Daddy and received the name Zhu Lingxue, nicknamed Xue'er. The Soul Master Tournament finals began drawing a vast crowd in Star Luo City, and the chapter ended as the Star Luo Emperor announced the match and its rewards.

• The Ice Empress emerged from her shell, and Zhu Ziyang told the three Soul Spirits they could call him Master or by name but had to obey his orders.
• The Snow Empress asked to call Zhu Ziyang Daddy because he had given her a new life, and he accepted her as his daughter.
• The Ice Empress explained to Di'er Shuang that the Snow Empress had spent three hundred thousand years alone and longed for family.
• Zhu Ziyang named the Snow Empress Zhu Lingxue, with the nickname Xue'er.
• Crowds filled Star Luo City for the tournament finals as Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Academy assembled at Star Luo Plaza.
• Xu Jiawei addressed the crowd, announced the finals' prizes, and named Heavenly Fiend Douluo as referee.

Shrek Academy revealed that Zhu Ziyang would face Sun Moon Team alone in the finals’ team battle, while four Super Douluos watched from its resting area. The match began with the crowd and Sun Moon Team stunned by what they saw.

• Huang Jinshu, Xu Jiawei, and other powerful figures recognized Tianhe Douluo Lin Huiqun, Divine Eagle Douluo Song Lan, Martial God Douluo Xian Liner, and Evil Breaker Douluo Cai Meier in Shrek Academy’s resting area.
• Elder Lin confirmed that Shrek Academy’s plan would proceed, and Zhu Ziyang agreed to fight alone despite Ma Xiaotao asking to join him.
• Huang Jinshu announced the finals’ three-round, best-two-out-of-three format and called for the team battle participants to enter the arena.
• Zhu Ziyang walked onto the arena alone and confirmed to Huang Jinshu that no other Shrek Academy members would participate in the team fight.
• Huang Jinshu ordered both sides to prepare, and the team battle began with Zhu Ziyang facing Sun Moon Team’s seven members.

Zhu Ziyang overwhelmed the Sun Moon Team in the final’s team battle, revealing five red soul rings and his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul. After the Sun Moon Team surrendered the remaining matches, Shrek Academy was declared the tournament champion.

• The Sun Moon Team formed up and released their Martial Souls and Soul Tools as Zhu Ziyang calmly approached the arena’s center.
• Zhu Ziyang revealed the Heavenly Frost Holy White Dragon and five red soul rings, then froze the Sun Moon Team with Heavenly Frost Wolf Chela and struck them with Heavenly Frost Emperor's Wrath.
• Huang Jinshu confirmed the fallen contestants were alive, while Xu Jiawei and the others recognized Zhu Ziyang’s Ultimate Ice and discussed strengthening ties with Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang praised Ma Rulong, who collapsed, and Meng Hongchen conceded the team battle after Elder Ma called for surrender.
• Elder Ma forfeited the remaining matches, and Huang Jinshu declared Shrek Academy the ultimate champion.

After Zhu Ziyang led Shrek Academy to victory with his five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, the Emperor celebrated the team and raised its championship reward to five Soul Bones. Shrek Academy began choosing from ten treasures, with Xu Jiujiu introducing them to Zhu Ziyang.

• The spectators cheered for Shrek Academy and Zhu Ziyang after Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinshu announced their victory, while Huo Yuhao resolved to grow stronger and Xiao Xiao regretted adding Soul Rings to her Second Martial Soul.
• Xu Jiawei congratulated Shrek Academy, invited its members to a palace banquet, and led them into the Star Luo imperial palace.
• At the banquet, nobles toasted the Shrek students, while Wang Yan drank on behalf of those too young to drink.
• Xu Jiawei increased the championship reward from three Soul Bones to five and asked Wang Yan and Zhu Ziyang to choose five from ten Soul Bones.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the first two Soul Bones to Zhu Ziyang: a Thirty-Thousand-Year Mad Thunder Demonic Crocodile Left Arm Bone and a Thirty-Thousand-Year Blazing Flame Ghost Shark Left Leg Bone.

Xu Jiujiu presented ten soul bones to Zhu Ziyang, who selected three for himself and let Wang Yan choose two for the Preliminary Team. Meanwhile, Xu Luo agreed to act on a matter discussed with Elder Lin, and the chapter ended with Shrek Academy debating who would receive the two remaining soul bones.

• Xu Jiujiu introduced the soul bones and their abilities to Zhu Ziyang, including several prepared for him, Ma Xiaotao, and Jiang Nannan.
• At a banquet in the Star Luo Imperial Family's Worship Hall, Xu Luo agreed to a matter with Elder Lin and discussed a proposal involving Zhu Ziyang and Mu En's approval.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Zhu Ziyang to choose his rewards, and he selected the Explosive Burning Left Arm Bone, Spirit Moon Demonic Soul Torso Bone, and Ice Tyrannosaurus Right Leg Bone.
• Wang Yan chose the Sacred Phantom Ape Skull Bone and Evil Orca Left Leg Bone for the remaining rewards, explaining why he preferred them to the Earth Armored Tyrannical Bear Torso Bone.
• Shrek Academy returned to the Star Emperor Hotel and convened a meeting to decide who among the seven Preliminary Team members would receive the two soul bones.

Shrek Academy assigned two Soul Bones to Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya while secretly preparing to lure hostile forces into attacking Zhu Ziyang. After five transformed former Undead Monarchs swore loyalty to him, Zhu Ziyang left Star Luo City with four Super Douluo as a major battle began to brew across the continent.

• Beibei and Wang Yan proposed Soul Bone recipients, and Xu Sanshi revealed he already had a Soul Bone, leaving the Evil Orca Left Leg Bone for Tang Ya while Huo Yuhao received the Sacred Phantom Ape Skull Bone.
• Elder Lin ordered the group to remain in Star Luo City, and Elder Song and Cai Meier stood guard as Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao began absorbing their Soul Bones.
• Cai Meier confirmed that the Star Luo Imperial Family's consecrated elders had agreed to cooperate, and Zhu Ziyang learned that Shrek planned to use his departure as bait for forces hostile to the academy.
• Electrolux presented five reborn former Undead Monarchs, who swore loyalty to Zhu Ziyang as powerful Super Douluo-level fighters.
• Before dawn, Zhu Ziyang departed Star Luo City with Elder Lin's group of four, reassuring Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao as tensions stirred across the continent.

Zhu Ziyang and the Shrek Academy elders were ambushed on the plain, where Long Xiaoyao appeared and demanded Zhu Ziyang, only for Mu En to arrive and confront his old friend. The two Limit Douluo began reminiscing while the hidden forces waited for Long Xiaoyao to act.

• Elder Lin shielded Zhu Ziyang and the others from a barrage of Soul Guided Cannon Shells, then ordered them to prepare for further attacks.
• A hidden voice called for Dragon Emperor Long Xiaoyao, who appeared and revealed that an old favor had brought him to seize Zhu Ziyang.
• Elder Lin refused to hand Zhu Ziyang over, explaining that he was Mu En's final disciple.
• Mu En appeared with four other elders and dispelled the pressure Long Xiaoyao had placed on the group.
• Mu En introduced Zhu Ziyang to Long Xiaoyao, and the two old friends discussed Zhu Ziyang's Ultimate Light and the possibility of Long Xiaoyao finding a disciple with Ultimate Darkness.
• Long Xiaoyao and Mu En continued reminiscing as the hidden forces waited impatiently for him to make his move.

Zhu Ziyang proposed settling Long Xiaoyao’s demand with a wager and prepared to strike him with his World-Pacifying Death Scythe. After fusing his Soul Rings and drawing on the Holy Law Demigod Plane, Zhu Ziyang unleashed a divine blade of light that shocked both Limit Douluo.

• Zhu Ziyang asked Long Xiaoyao to wager that he would leave if Zhu Ziyang could force him to retreat, and Long Xiaoyao changed the terms to give him three chances.
• Mu En encouraged Zhu Ziyang to accept, and Zhu Ziyang agreed to face Long Xiaoyao while the others worried about his safety.
• Zhu Ziyang summoned the World-Pacifying Death Scythe and used his One Origin Return Style to fuse all six Soul Rings into one enormous red ring.
• Zhu Ziyang drew power from the Holy Law Demigod Plane and swung the scythe, sending a divine blade of light toward Long Xiaoyao.
• Mu En and Long Xiaoyao sensed an elusive power in the blade and reacted with disbelief.

Zhu Ziyang wounded Long Xiaoyao with a Law Attack, forcing the Limit Douluo to concede their wager. Back at Shrek Academy, Zhu Ziyang reunited with Xing Cai and discovered that the academy had brought his family to Shrek City for their protection.

• Long Xiaoyao used his Martial Soul Avatar to withstand Zhu Ziyang's Law Attack, but the strike injured him and he admitted defeat.
• Mu En took Zhu Ziyang back to Shrek Academy and told him to rest, trustingly postponing any questions about his Law Attack.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to his dormitory and reunited with Xing Cai, who told him Qian Duoduo had given her a storage collar.
• Qian Duoduo congratulated Zhu Ziyang on his competition results and led him to a courtyard in Shrek City.
• Zhu Ziyang found his parents and younger brother there and learned Mu En had arranged to move them to Shrek City for protection.

At the Sea God Pavilion, Shrek Academy rewarded the returning students and arranged guidance from the elders, while Mu En personally took Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to the Golden Ancient Tree’s Underground World. He explained to Zhu Ziyang that the three gifted juniors could become key allies in Zhu Ziyang’s future plans.

• Xian Liner announced academy rewards, including a cultivation opportunity in the Underground World for Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.
• Mu En assigned the Preliminary Team members to elder mentors and kept Zhu Ziyang and the three juniors behind.
• Zhu Ziyang revealed Mu En as the Sea God Pavilion Master to the startled Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.
• Mu En brought the three juniors to the Underground World and directed each of them into a separate tree hollow to meditate.
• Mu En told Zhu Ziyang that Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao could become his future allies, and said he might take them as disciples.

Mu En told Zhu Ziyang how he and Long Xiaoyao had loved Ye Xishui, who became a Limit Douluo and the Holy Spirit Cult’s supreme leader. He revealed that Long had promised to restrain the cult for ten years after Mu En’s death, as Mu En expected to live only another three to five years.

• Mu En recalled that he and Long Xiaoyao had been rivals who fell in love with the same woman, but Mu En married and raised a family while Long searched for her.
• Mu En said Long eventually found Ye Xishui and stayed by her side, and revealed that she was a Limit Douluo with Radiant Phoenix and Blood Soul Demonic Puppet martial souls.
• Mu En explained that Ye Xishui led the Holy Spirit Cult alongside Long Xiaoyao, and warned Zhu Ziyang not to show mercy to the organization while sparing the two of them because Long had promised to take Ye into seclusion.
• Mu En assured Zhu Ziyang that Long would halt the Holy Spirit Cult’s actions against Shrek Academy until ten years after Mu En’s death.
• Mu En said he expected to live another three to five years, and Zhu Ziyang took his hand in grief as Mu En comforted him.

Long Xiaoyao told Ye Xishui that Zhu Ziyang, Mu En’s fifteen-year-old disciple with an Ultimate Light and Death Attribute Martial Soul, had injured him. At Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen reviewed the tournament intelligence and worried that Shrek Academy’s rising talents could threaten the Sun Moon Empire.

• In a gloomy forest, Long Xiaoyao explained to Ye Xishui that Zhu Ziyang had injured him while he was causing trouble for Shrek Academy.
• Long Xiaoyao told Ye Xishui that Zhu Ziyang was a rank-sixty-five Soul Emperor with an Ultimate Light and Death Attribute Martial Soul and a hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring; she declined his invitation to visit Shrek Academy.
• At Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen dismissed the tournament team’s scapegoat teacher without punishment and praised the intelligence gathered about Shrek Academy’s students.
• Jing Hongchen said Shrek Academy had postponed its student exchange program, then watched toward the academy and lamented that its talent made him feel powerless.

After half a year of training and changes at Shrek Academy, Zhu Ziyang prepared to reveal Soul Spirits to Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion. In the God Realm, Tang San discovered Zhu Ziyang was disrupting his plans for Huo Yuhao and decided to use Shrek Academy to target him.

• Zhu Ziyang met Xu Jiujiu at the Inner Court cafeteria, learned she had come to Shrek Academy for a five-year exchange, and took Jiang Nannan to see her mother.
• Over the next six months, Zhu Ziyang reached rank sixty-six, taught Huo Yuhao and two other disciples King's Descent, and saw the academy approve its Ultimate Soul Tool Individual Soldier Program and welcome new Inner Court members.
• Zhu Ziyang decided to introduce Soul Spirits to Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion before completing his Divine Position Assessments and traveling the continent.
• Tang San noticed Huo Yuhao's fate had diverged from his expectations and ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to investigate Zhu Ziyang.
• After reading the report, Tang San concluded Zhu Ziyang was a threat and planned to have Shrek Academy eliminate him, while an unknown being in the void reacted with disgust to being thought about.

Zhu Ziyang introduced the Soul Spirit system to Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion Elders, then demonstrated its combat potential through a spar between the Snow Empress and Xuan Zi. The demonstration convinced the Elders that Soul Spirits could fight independently, and they returned to the Sea God Pavilion to discuss the system further.

• Zhu Ziyang showed Mu En the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Di'er Shuang as his Soul Spirits and explained how Soul Spirits retained some of their former strength while growing with their Soul Masters.
• Mu En agreed to keep the Soul Spirit system secret within the academy, inform the Elders, and test it with trusted students before Zhu Ziyang later promoted it.
• Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting, where Zhu Ziyang demonstrated the Snow Empress's combat ability against the recently recovered Xuan Zi.
• The Snow Empress overwhelmed Xuan Zi with Emperor's Palm: Great Cold Without Snow and Emperor's Sword, proving the viability of Soul Spirits to the Elders.
• Zhu Ziyang called the Snow Empress back after her attacks nearly drained his Soul Power, and Mu En helped him recover as the group returned to the Sea God Pavilion.

Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion Elders approved launching Shrek Academy’s Soul Spirit system, with Ma Xiaotao chosen to test it by contracting with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower. Zhu Ziyang asked to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and travel beyond the academy, but Mu En remained wary, prompting Zhu Ziyang to reveal that he could contend with a Super Douluo.

• Mu En settled that Shrek Academy would establish and promote Soul Spirits, with Zhu Ziyang leading the effort after taking over his position.
• Cai Meier revealed that Ma Xiaotao had reached Rank 70, and Mu En chose her as the first student to form a Soul Spirit Contract.
• Zhu Ziyang proposed that Ma Xiaotao contract with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Ma Xiaotao eagerly agreed.
• Mu En assigned Xian Liner and Cai Meier to retrieve the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, while Zhu Ziyang argued that he and Ma Xiaotao should go instead.
• Mu En warned Zhu Ziyang not to travel until he was strong enough to face a Titled Douluo or Super Douluo, and Zhu Ziyang claimed he already had means to deal with a Super Douluo.

Zhu Ziyang persuaded Mu En to let him travel to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for his third Death God trial, revealing that he had gained a god’s favor and had Cormac, a powerful Holy Hall Knight, to help protect him. He reached the well with Ma Xiaotao, Xian Liner, and Cai Meier, where the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower confronted them.

• Zhu Ziyang summoned Cormac and told Mu En that he was undertaking the Death God’s divine trials.
• Mu En agreed to let Zhu Ziyang travel with Ma Xiaotao and his two senior sisters, provided he returned to the academy afterward.
• The next morning, Zhu Ziyang, Ma Xiaotao, Xian Liner, and Cai Meier left Shrek Academy for Sunset Forest.
• Zhu Ziyang led the group into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they planned to hunt Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Ring, contract a Soul Spirit, and negotiate with the immortal herbs.
• The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower recognized Zhu Ziyang from his previous visit and objected to his return, while Xian Liner prepared to subdue her.

Zhu Ziyang and the others sought Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower as Ma Xiaotao’s seventh Soul Ring, while the plant tried to redirect them to other immortal herbs. Moon Laurel Immortal Tea revealed that the Tang Sect had special permission to take immortal herbs, and the group refocused on Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, which had failed to appease Infernal Delicate Apricot.

• Xian Liner threatened Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower until it agreed to hear what Zhu Ziyang wanted.
• Ma Xiaotao told Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower she wanted it as her Soul Ring, and it panicked and recommended other plants, including Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot woke from the Yang Spring and angrily confronted Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for betraying her; Zhu Ziyang explained that her strength made her too difficult for Ma Xiaotao to control.
• Moon Laurel Immortal Tea questioned why Zhu Ziyang’s group wanted Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and Zhu Ziyang learned that only people from the Tang Sect could take the recognized immortal herbs.
• Xian Liner, Cai Meier, Ma Xiaotao, and Zhu Ziyang turned back to Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, which had wilted after Infernal Delicate Apricot rejected its explanation.

Zhu Ziyang used a Soul Spirit Contract to help Ma Xiaotao absorb Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone without killing her. Ma Xiaotao emerged stronger with a new Soul Spirit, and the immortal herbs clamored to undergo the same process.

• Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower agreed to Zhu Ziyang’s offer after Infernal Delicate Apricot encouraged her.
• Zhu Ziyang guided Ma Xiaotao and Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower through the Soul Spirit Contract, and they merged inside a red cocoon.
• Two hours later, Ma Xiaotao emerged with seven Soul Rings, a torso bone, and Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower as a flower-fairy Soul Spirit.
• Ma Xiaotao said she felt better than ever, while Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower thanked Zhu Ziyang and kissed his cheek.
• The immortal herbs were astonished that Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower had survived, and Moon Laurel Immortal Tea asked Zhu Ziyang to use the method on her too.

Zhu Ziyang offered the immortal herbs a chance to become Soul Spirits and gain freedom, and Moon Laurel Immortal Tea persuaded Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to consider it. After his companions left, Zhu Ziyang prepared to begin the Death God's Third Trial in Sunset Forest.

• Zhu Ziyang explained that immortal herbs could become Soul Spirits, keep their memories, and potentially ascend to godhood alongside their soul masters.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot questioned whether Soul Spirits would truly be free and what would happen if their soul masters died.
• Moon Laurel Immortal Tea argued that becoming Soul Spirits offered a chance at godhood, and suggested Ma Xiaotao as a suitable partner for Infernal Delicate Apricot and a soul master with Ultimate Ice for Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot decided to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Soul Spirits, while expressing resentment toward Beautiful Silk Tulip.
• Zhu Ziyang sent Xian Liner, Cai Meier, and Ma Xiaotao back to the academy and stayed in Sunset Forest to begin the Death God's Third Trial.

While Zhu Ziyang continued raising the age of his Soul Rings, the Sea God used a strand of Divine Sense to attack Mu En and accused Zhu Ziyang of being an Evil God's heir. A mysterious ripple freed Mu En, but he returned to his body mortally weakened and worried about Zhu Ziyang's future.

• Zhu Ziyang continued working through the Jade Scale Flower fields to raise the age of his Soul Rings.
• Mu En supervised Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao as they practiced King's Descent, while Shrek Academy's exchange with Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy was underway.
• The Sea God appeared to Mu En in a blue space and claimed Zhu Ziyang was an Evil God's heir who threatened Shrek Academy.
• Mu En rejected the accusation and refused to kill Zhu Ziyang, so the Sea God immobilized him and tried to force a message into his mind.
• A strange ripple broke the Sea God's chains and opened a crack, allowing Mu En's soul to escape as the blue space came under attack.
• Mu En returned to his body with black blood at his mouth and lamented that he would not live much longer, fearing for Zhu Ziyang's future.

After spending six months in Sunset Forest absorbing the Jade Scale Flowers, Zhu Ziyang greatly strengthened his Soul Rings and advanced his Death God inheritance. He learned that his next trial required him to kill five sinful Death Attribute Soul Emperors within five years, and began considering how to find them.

• In the God Realm, Sea God Tang San regretted failing to kill Zhu Ziyang and worried about the tangled fate of the Douluo Continent.
• Zhu Ziyang finished absorbing the Jade Scale Flowers, raising his first five Soul Rings to seventy thousand years, transforming their Soul Skills, and reaching Soul Power rank 68.
• Zhu Ziyang claimed the rewards for the Death God's Third Trial, reached forty percent Divine Position Affinity, and read the requirements for the Four Trials of the God of Death.
• Zhu Ziyang learned he had to kill at least five sinful Death Attribute Soul Emperors within five years, with the Other Shore Flower Mark sensing their sin.
• Electrolux suggested seeking people who had killed their own kin, while Zhu Ziyang and his companions discussed how difficult it would be to find Death Attribute Soul Emperors.

After returning from seclusion, Zhu Ziyang learned that Mu En was close to death and discussed Shrek Academy’s position in the Sun Moon Empire’s bid to unify the continent. He proposed using the Moon Emperor Imperial Seal and Han Lexuan’s heritage to support the Moon Vein remnants, pending her consent.

• Zhu Ziyang met Xian Liner outside Sunset Forest and learned that Mu En’s condition had worsened, while the academy had planned an exchange program with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang hurried back to Shrek Academy and found Mu En near death; Mu En concealed the cause of his illness but promised to tell Zhu Ziyang before he died.
• Zhu Ziyang asked Mu En which empire was most likely to unify the continent, and they agreed the Sun Moon Empire had the best chance.
• Zhu Ziyang showed Mu En the Moon Emperor Imperial Seal, and Mu En explained that the Moon Vein remnants had once sought Shrek Academy’s help against the Sun Vein emperor.
• Zhu Ziyang proposed sending Han Lexuan, a possible Moon Vein descendant, to lead the remnants, and Mu En said they first needed her consent.

Zhu Ziyang and Mu En planned to rally the Sun Moon Empire’s Moon Vein Remnants and factions against the ruling Sun Vein, with Zhang Lexuan as their intended empress. After Mu En revealed that Lexuan was an imperial princess, she left the Sea God Pavilion uncertain whether to accept their plan.

• Zhu Ziyang proposed contacting the Moon Vein Remnants, building alliances within the Sun Moon Empire, and eventually overthrowing the Sun Vein Imperial Family to put Zhang Lexuan on the throne.
• Mu En agreed the plan would be difficult and told Zhu Ziyang to ask Lexuan whether she would take part.
• Zhu Ziyang reunited with Jiang Nannan at the Inner Court Training Ground, where she told him she had reached level fifty-nine.
• Mu En asked Zhang Lexuan about her family and revealed that she was an Imperial Princess of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En explained his and Zhu Ziyang’s plan and told Lexuan she could refuse, while Zhu Ziyang urged her to take her time.
• Zhang Lexuan left to consider whether she would accept the burden of becoming the Sun Moon Empire’s empress.

Zhu Ziyang began the Four Trials of the God of Death by hunting the Duke of Hell on Yibo Mountain, where he met Qian Lingyi again. After purifying the Duke, he agreed to travel with Qian Lingyi, who planned to visit Shrek Academy with him.

• Zhang Lexuan approved the Empress's Advent plan, and Shrek Academy classified it as a highest-level secret undertaking.
• Zhu Ziyang left the Academy to pursue the Four Trials of the God of Death and traveled to Yibo Mountain to investigate the Duke of Hell.
• Zhu Ziyang found Qian Lingyi fighting the Duke of Hell and used his World-Pacifying Holy Curse Art to purify the Evil Soul Master.
• Qian Lingyi stopped Zhu Ziyang and introduced herself as Ye Guyi, but he revealed that he knew her real name.
• Qian Lingyi recognized Zhu Ziyang from their earlier meeting and asked to travel with him; he agreed to take her to Shrek Academy.