Recaps

Jiang Nannan overwhelmed Yunluo Academy in the Individual Elimination Match, defeating three opponents and earning the arena’s cheers as the Valkyrie. The match ended with Yunluo Academy conceding, while Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy recognized her as a formidable opponent.

• Jiang Nannan defeated Ma Yingjun with Silver Moon Sky Flash after he finished arming himself with Soul Tools, and he conceded.
• Jiang Nannan outmaneuvered Shang Yue and used Silver Moon Sky Flash to defeat her as well.
• Yunluo Academy captain Situ Yu challenged Jiang Nannan and said his team would concede the remaining matches if she beat him.
• Jiang Nannan passed through Situ Yu’s cannon barrage with her Fourth Soul Skill and defeated him with Demonic Python Evil God Bomb.
• Situ Yu conceded for Yunluo Academy, and the arena cheered for Jiang Nannan as the Valkyrie.
• Ma Rulong warned Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy that Jiang Nannan was a formidable opponent.

After Jiang Nannan won her match, Shrek Academy stayed to scout its upcoming opponents and watched Zhengtian Academy defeat Thousand Spirit Academy. Shrek left the arena afterward, while Xiao Hongchen's curiosity about Huo Yuhao continued to grow.

• Meng Hongchen dismissed Soul Engineers from other academies, while Xiao Hongchen analyzed Jiang Nannan's displacement skill as a counter to Artillery Tactics and clashed with a Main Team member.
• Jiang Nannan reunited with Shrek Academy, where Wang Yan warned that she had revealed several abilities; she said her most important trump card remained hidden.
• Shrek decided to stay and watch the matches, and Wang Yan explained that Zhengtian Academy had three Soul Kings and was one of their upcoming opponents.
• Yu Mengdi of Zhengtian Academy defeated Thousand Spirit Academy captain Shen Ce, then lost to four Rhinoceros Shield Soul Ancestors after exhausting her Soul Power.
• Tang Xiaolei defeated two Thousand Spirit Academy contestants with his Purple Splendor Bow before leaving the stage, and Ye Wuqing won the final bout to secure Zhengtian Academy's victory.
• Shrek left after the match, drawing Sun Moon Academy's attention as Xiao Hongchen continued watching Huo Yuhao; Emperor Xu Jiawei and the Empress also departed.

Wang Yan learned that Beibei and Xu Sanshi had awakened powerful divine-beast bloodlines that could evolve their Martial Souls and give them a path to becoming Limit Douluo. The discussion ended with Wang Dong revealing she came from the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Ya declaring that she forgave the sect.

• Beibei said he and Xu Sanshi could defeat Thousand Spirit Academy, but would need help against Zhengtian Academy.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi explained that Yan Shaozhe had chosen them as the next generation of the Shrek Seven Devils because of their bloodline powers.
• Xu Sanshi revealed that his Black Tortoise bloodline could evolve his Martial Soul, while Beibei said his Light Holy Dragon bloodline had a similar effect.
• Wang Yan discussed the group’s chances of becoming Limit Douluo and said that reaching that realm usually required a Super Martial Soul.
• Wang Dong revealed that she came from the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Ya said she forgave the sect on behalf of the Tang Sect.

Wang Yan urged the Shrek team to adapt to the growing use of soul tools and took them to an auction to buy equipment. The team returned to the hotel with new soul tools, while the auction’s cursed Soul Devouring Carving Knife went unsold.

• Wang Yan told the team that most tournament academies used soul tools and argued that combining them with soul mastery was an irreversible trend.
• Zhu Ziyang and Tang Ya explained why they accepted soul tools, and Wang Yan required the seven Preliminary Team members to attend an auction.
• Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong refused to go, so Wang Yan led the remaining nine people to Star Luo City’s largest auction house.
• Wang Yan bought more than a dozen soul tools, including a shared Fourth-Grade Milk Bottle that caught Zhu Ziyang’s interest.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection suffered a backlash from the final item, which He Caitou identified as the cursed Soul Devouring Carving Knife; Wang Yan declined to bid, and the knife went unsold.

Shrek Academy’s Preliminary Team faced Thousand Spirit Academy in a team battle, while rival academies watched Huo Yuhao to judge his supposed five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. Shrek won by using Xu Sanshi’s place-swapping ability to eliminate Thousand Spirit’s captain, leaving the audience and rival schools stunned and angry.

• Wang Yan sent Beibei and the other six Preliminary Team members to face Thousand Spirit Academy, while Ma Xiaotao complained that the Main Team had been kept out.
• Sun Moon Academy and other powerful academies watched Huo Yuhao, intending to verify his five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and act against him if they proved real.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Huo Yuhao revealed only two white soul rings, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao also displayed lower cultivation than the spectators expected.
• As Shen Ce prepared to attack, Xu Sanshi switched places with him, bringing Thousand Spirit Academy’s captain into Shrek’s formation.
• Shrek’s fighters struck Shen Ce before he could defend himself, then overwhelmed Thousand Spirit Academy’s remaining members and secured another victory.
• The spectators erupted in uproar and curses, while Emperor Xu Jiawei awkwardly admitted that the outcome had been unexpected.

After Shrek Academy’s victory, its team prepared for a tougher match while Sun Moon Academy reconsidered its confidence in facing them. In Zhu Ziyang’s Spiritual Sea, the Silver Dragon Wolf awakened as the Heavenly Frost Holy Silver Dragon and agreed to become his third Soul Spirit, though she complained that she should have been first.

• Ma Rulong warned Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen not to underestimate Shrek Academy, pointing to Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, and Zhu Ziyang as possible threats.
• Shrek Academy’s Preliminary Team celebrated its victory over Thousand Spirit Academy, and Wang Yan told them to rest before their match against Zhengtian Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux watched as the Silver Dragon Wolf’s Soul Crystal cracked and released a silver-scaled young dragon.
• The Silver Dragon Wolf devoured the crystal fragments, evolved into the Heavenly Frost Holy Silver Dragon, and caused Zhu Ziyang’s first Soul Ring to begin transforming.
• The newly awakened dragon recognized Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux, then agreed to become Zhu Ziyang’s third Soul Spirit while lamenting that she had been his first Soul Beast ally.

Zhu Ziyang completed a Soul Spirit contract with the Heavenly Frost Holy Silver Dragon, who transformed directly into a miniature Soul Spirit and revealed her name, Di'er Shuang. Her transformation strengthened Zhu Ziyang’s Soul Skills and raised his Soul Power to rank 64, and the chapter ended with him heading out for breakfast while she returned to his Spiritual Sea.

• Zhu Ziyang completed the Soul Spirit contract with the Heavenly Frost Holy Silver Dragon, who transformed into a Soul Spirit within a few hours.
• The Heavenly Frost Holy Silver Dragon tested her new body and told Zhu Ziyang she could crush Soul Beasts with less than fifty thousand years of cultivation.
• Zhu Ziyang discovered that his Heavenly Frost Dragon King Claw and Heavenly Frost Dragon Cold Domain had grown stronger, and his Soul Power had reached rank 64.
• The Silver Dragon told Zhu Ziyang her name was Di'er Shuang and explained that dragon wolves took the surname Di'er because they descended from Yazi.
• Di'er Shuang lamented that she could not evolve into Yazi or avoid heavenly tribulations like the Three-Eyed Golden Lion might as a Suanni, then returned to Zhu Ziyang’s Spiritual Sea as he went to breakfast.

Zhu Ziyang broke through but agreed to stay out of the tournament for now, while Shrek Academy clashed with the Sun Moon Academy team on the way to Star Luo Plaza. Shrek drew Zhengtian Academy in an individual battle, and Ma Xiaotao eagerly prepared to fight.

• Zhu Ziyang told Tang Ya and the others that he had made a breakthrough, and Wang Yan asked him to avoid fighting until Elder Lin arrived.
• Ma Xiaotao drove back two Sun Moon Academy students who blocked Shrek’s way, while Ma Rulong judged her a formidable opponent and Xiao Hongchen resented her.
• Xu Jiawei and the crowds gathered at Star Luo Plaza for the third round, where Shrek Academy drew Zhengtian Academy in an individual battle.
• Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao to compete, and she promised to finish quickly as Wang Dong joked about staying up late cultivating with Huo Yuhao.

Ma Xiaotao entered Shrek Academy’s match against Zhengtian Academy and used her Soul Emperor strength and Ultimate Fire to defeat their lineup. After sweeping six opponents, she forced captain Ye Wuqing to concede, leaving Shrek with a one-versus-seven victory.

• Ma Xiaotao faced Yu Mengdi, whose Angel Martial Soul attacks failed against Ma Xiaotao’s phoenix flames.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Yu Mengdi with her Phoenix Sky Blue Flame, leaving her unconscious.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Zhengtian Academy’s next four contestants, using a second move only against the fifth Soul Ancestor.
• Tang Xiaolei pierced Ma Xiaotao’s fire wall with one of his five arrows, then left the stage after exhausting his Soul Rings.
• Ma Xiaotao ignited Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaf blades and revealed the threat of her Ultimate Fire.
• Ye Wuqing conceded, making Ma Xiaotao the first contestant in the tournament to sweep seven opponents alone.

After Shrek Academy defeated its opponents, Zhu Ziyang took Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Nannan to Star Luo Grand Soul Duelling Arena and entered an illegal-style death match. He stepped onto the stage for a Soul Emperor-level Unlimited Soul Duelling, intending to complete the Death God's Second Trial by killing five opponents.

• Sun Moon Academy concluded that Ma Xiaotao had a peak Soul Emperor cultivation and an Ultimate Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, while admitting it knew little about Shrek's other fighters.
• Ma Xiaotao celebrated her victory, and the Shrek team returned to the hotel to rest.
• Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Nannan asked Zhu Ziyang to choose where they should go, but he brought them to Star Luo Grand Soul Duelling Arena instead.
• Zhu Ziyang registered for a Soul Emperor-level Unlimited Soul Duelling, where ten fighters would battle until only one remained and killing was allowed.
• After Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Nannan warned him to be careful, Zhu Ziyang walked onto the stage to face nine masked and unmasked opponents.

Zhu Ziyang easily completed Death God's Second Trial by slaughtering six Soul Emperors in the arena, then received the Third Trial’s requirement to raise all his soul rings to ten thousand years within five years. He left the inheritance land convinced the trial was unusually easy for him, though its timing disrupted his own plans.

• At the Grand Soul Duelling Arena, Zhu Ziyang revealed his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, killed six Soul Emperors, and escaped with Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao while three opponents surrendered.
• The arena steward ordered staff to silence spectators and send the surrendering fighters to death matches, then planned to seek the Star Soul Prince’s instructions.
• As Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Ma Xiaotao walked through Star Luo City, Jiang Nannan worried that the children whose Martial Souls they had awakened might become desperate fighters, and Zhu Ziyang reassured her.
• In the Divine Position Inheritance Land, Xiaobai awarded Zhu Ziyang ten percent Death God Affinity and revealed the Third Trial: raise every soul ring to ten thousand years within five years.
• Zhu Ziyang told Electrolux and Di'er Shuang about the trial, and Electrolux said raising soul ring ages was simple for them while Di'er Shuang teased Zhu Ziyang for complaining despite receiving an easy task.

After Shrek Academy reached the tournament’s Third Stage undefeated, its elders arrived and revealed that Dai Yueheng had been arrested for killing Xu Yi, then brought back to the academy but barred from competing. As Shrek prepared to face Heaven Spirit Royal Academy in the round of sixteen, Zhu Ziyang was told to stop hiding his strength.

• Beibei and the Preliminary Team won Shrek Academy’s remaining matches, securing a perfect record and three days of rest before the Third Stage.
• Gongyang Mo, Elder Song, Elder Lin, Cai Meier, and Xian Liner met Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Ma Xiaotao; Wang Yan explained that Dai Yueheng had killed Xu Yi during an argument.
• Xian Liner said Shrek had brought Dai Yueheng back to the academy, but he could not compete; Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen would rejoin the team instead.
• Elder Lin told Zhu Ziyang to stop hiding his strength in the coming matches, and Zhu Ziyang agreed.
• Wang Yan announced that Shrek’s round-of-sixteen opponent was Heaven Spirit Royal Academy, whose Main Team included five Soul Kings, two Soul Ancestors, and skilled Soul Tool users.
• Zhu Ziyang reassured the team that he would make his move against Heaven Spirit Royal Academy.

Wang Yan explained the Third Stage rules, and Zhu Ziyang volunteered to fight alone in the team battle against Soul Spirit Academy. After Elder Lin accepted an invitation to the Starlight Grand Auction House, the Shrek group attended its top-tier auction and entered VIP Room No. 7.

• Wang Yan explained that the Third Stage’s first three rounds used team battles followed by individual battles to determine qualification.
• Wang Yan proposed lineups against Soul Spirit Academy, but Zhu Ziyang insisted he could handle the team battle alone, and Ma Xiaotao backed him.
• Qing Ya delivered invitations to the group, and Zhu Ziyang and Elder Lin concluded that the invitation came at Xu Jiawei’s instruction.
• Elder Lin decided the group would attend the auction, and everyone cheered before preparing to leave.
• Qing Ya welcomed the Shrek group and led them through Auction Hall No. 1 to VIP Room No. 7.

Shrek Academy attended a top-tier auction, where Zhu Ziyang bought a rare Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and the group decided to pursue a ranked engraving knife for the academy. Wang Yan’s bid for the Mystic Blue Silver Engraving Knife was outmatched, so he turned to Zhu Ziyang for help.

• Jiu Jiu opened the auction, and Qing Ya told Shrek Academy that the auctioneer was an Imperial Princess and the auction house’s only Gold Medal Auctioneer.
• Wang Yan won twelve sixth-level linked Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells for the academy’s Soul Tool Department.
• Zhu Ziyang won the 50,000-year Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone for twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou urged Wang Yan to buy the Mystic Blue Silver Engraving Knife so Fan Yu could improve his chances of becoming a Level 9 Soul Engineer.
• Wang Yan bid one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, but another bidder raised the price to one hundred and fifty million, so Wang Yan asked Zhu Ziyang for help.

Zhu Ziyang won the Mystic Blue Silver Engraving Knife at auction, and Elder Lin brought the purchases back to Shrek Academy as the academy prepared to support its Soul Tool Department. The next morning, Shrek entered the tournament’s Third Stage and faced the Soul Spirit Royal Battle Team, a previous top-four team with five Soul Kings.

• Zhu Ziyang outbid Xiao Hongchen and bought the Mystic Blue Silver Engraving Knife for two hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiawei decided not to meet Shrek Academy’s students, dismissing Huo Yuhao as a candidate to win over and criticizing the Body Sect.
• Wang Yan gave Elder Lin the auction items, and Elder Lin said Mu En had decided to fully support the academy’s Soul Tool Department.
• Wang Yan explained the Sea God Pavilion to Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, while Zhu Ziyang soothed the Ice Empress and then cultivated with the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone put away.
• Shrek Academy arrived at Star Luo Plaza for the Third Stage and prepared to face the Soul Spirit Royal Battle Team, which had five Soul Kings.

Zhu Ziyang entered Shrek Academy’s match against Soul Spirit Team as its sole competitor, revealing a sixth, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring that stunned the crowd and exposed his immense strength. The battle had just begun, while rival academies, the Star Luo Emperor, and hidden observers reacted to the threat he represented.

• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen debated Shrek Academy’s likely lineup, with Xiao Hongchen predicting it would forfeit the team match and rely on Ma Xiaotao in the individual contest.
• Wang Yan tried to caution Zhu Ziyang as he walked to the waiting area alone, prompting other teams and spectators to assume Shrek Academy was abandoning the team battle.
• Gu Zhujian accused Shrek Academy of arrogance, but Zhu Ziyang calmly promised to be gentle before facing Soul Spirit Team’s seven competitors.
• At the start of the match, Zhu Ziyang summoned the World-Pacifying Death Scythe and revealed six soul rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Hongchen erupted in disbelief, Xu Jiawei ordered an investigation into Zhu Ziyang, and observers from Star Luo Academy and a hidden sect recognized the significance of his power.

Zhu Ziyang overwhelmed the Soul Spirit Team with Emperor Moon, securing Shrek Academy’s place in the top eight. The next day, Elder Lin and Elder Song brought him the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, a gift from the Star Luo Imperial Family meant to show goodwill toward Shrek and its possessor of Ultimate Light.

• Zhu Ziyang used Emperor Moon to seriously injure five members of the Soul Spirit Team, and Heng Yu and Qian Yuan conceded the team battle.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, while Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen noticed the Soul Spirit Team had used fragments of Invincible Shields.
• The Soul Spirit Team forfeited the next day’s individual matches, allowing Shrek Academy to advance and rest before the quarterfinals.
• Elder Lin and Elder Song told Zhu Ziyang that the Star Luo Imperial Family had presented Shrek Academy with a carving knife.
• Zhu Ziyang recognized the gift as the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, and Elder Lin and Elder Song explained that the imperial family was showing goodwill because he possessed Ultimate Light.

Zhu Ziyang purified the Soul Devouring Carving Knife and discovered it was made from the Gold of Life, a treasure containing immense life energy. He sacrificed the knife to strengthen the Undead Demigod Plane’s Law of Life, then began sensing the changes as the plane transformed.

• Elder Lin and Elder Song gave Zhu Ziyang the Soul Devouring Carving Knife and explained how its pouch and wooden box could suppress it.
• Zhu Ziyang grasped the vicious blade and used Ultimate Light to purify its baleful energy, revealing that it was made of the Gold of Life.
• Electrolux recognized the Gold of Life and explained that it could complete part of the Undead Demigod Plane’s missing Law of Life.
• Zhu Ziyang placed the Gold of Life on the plane’s core and offered his blood essence, causing the treasure to melt into the core.
• Zhu Ziyang sensed the plane changing and sat down to comprehend its transformation.

After the Undead Demigod Plane completed its transformation, Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux renamed it the Holy Law Demigod Plane. The plane’s feedback strengthened Zhu Ziyang and gave him a limited-use god-level attack, leaving him with a powerful but risky trump card.

• Zhu Ziyang woke from deep meditation and reassured Jiang Nannan, Ma Xiaotao, Elder Lin, and Elder Song before returning to the Undead Demigod Plane.
• Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux discovered that the plane had gained the Laws of Life, Light, and Ice, while its Undead Beings entered cocoons to transform into living creatures.
• Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux named the transformed plane the Holy Law Demigod Plane and expected the Lich King and the other four powerful undead to emerge in seven days.
• Zhu Ziyang’s soul power rose to rank sixty-five, his Spiritual Sea expanded, his physique improved, and his Light Element affinity awakened the Vast Righteous Qi talent.
• Zhu Ziyang learned that he could use the Holy Law Demigod Plane to launch a Law Attack, but he could do so only three times before provoking the Douluo World Will.

Shrek Academy prepared for the semifinals, where Wang Yan identified Sun Moon Academy as its strongest potential opponent. After the meeting, Xiao Hongchen challenged Zhu Ziyang, while Meng Hongchen openly admired him and clashed with Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Nannan before leaving in embarrassment.

• Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy and advanced to the top four alongside Sun Moon Academy, Star Luo Academy, and Imperial Olympic Academy.
• Wang Yan reviewed the teams' strengths and said Shrek Academy would draw its semifinal opponent the next day, singling out Sun Moon Academy as the main threat.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted Zhu Ziyang in the hotel corridor and vowed to defeat him, but Zhu Ziyang dismissed the challenge and asked about his connection to Jing Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen praised Zhu Ziyang's looks, prompting Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao to block her; Meng and Ma traded insults until Ma's boastful display left Meng retreating with Xiao Hongchen.
• After Ma Xiaotao left, Jiang Nannan asked Zhu Ziyang whether she could surpass her, and he tried to reassure her.

Shrek Academy entered the semifinals to a roaring crowd that gave its leading members titles, while the other teams bristled at their popularity. The draw paired Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy, with Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy set to face Imperial Olympic Academy.

• Zhu Ziyang led Shrek Academy into Star Luo Plaza as spectators cheered titles for him, Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, Beibei, and Xu Sanshi.
• Elder Ma dismissed the crowd, while Princess Xu Jiujiu and Jiang Peng reacted with envy and frustration at Shrek's acclaim.
• Xu Jiawei appeared in person, announced that Imperial Protector Douluos would referee the remaining matches, and introduced Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinshu as the draw's presiding official.
• Wang Yan and Zhu Ziyang discussed Huang Jinshu and recognized that Xu Jiujiu's Star Crown Martial Soul made her a possible threat for Star Luo Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao, Xu Jiujiu, Ma Rulong, and Jiang Peng drew numbered balls, revealing that Shrek Academy would face Star Luo Royal Academy and the other semifinal would pit Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy against Imperial Olympic Academy.

Wang Yan selected Shrek Academy’s team battle lineup and warned Zhu Ziyang that Star Luo Team would likely target him. When the match began, Xu Jiujiu boosted her teammates and Star Luo Team attacked Shrek’s fighters, while Zhu Ziyang charged toward Xu Jiujiu and the opposing back line.

• Wang Yan named Zhu Ziyang, Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong for Shrek’s team battle lineup.
• Xu Jiujiu passed Shrek’s rest area with a provocative look, and Zhu Ziyang decided to leave her an unforgettable impression.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Luo watched Zhu Ziyang enter the arena, while referee Huang Jinshu suppressed his envy of Zhu Ziyang’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Both teams formed their battle formations, and Huo Yuhao connected Shrek’s members with Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed her Star Crown Martial Soul and used Star Radiance Art to strengthen Star Luo Team as its members attacked Shrek’s fighters.
• Zhu Ziyang saw that Star Luo Team had left him unchallenged, then rushed toward its rear line and Xu Jiujiu, who appeared confident and secretly delighted.

Xu Jiujiu trapped Zhu Ziyang and empowered Star Luo Team’s assault, but Ma Xiaotao’s counterattack disrupted their formation. Zhu Ziyang broke free of the Absolute Defense Soul Tool, leaving Xu Jiujiu anxious as the match turned against her team.

• Xu Jiujiu trapped Zhu Ziyang inside a level-seven Absolute Defense Soul Tool while Star Luo Team attacked Shrek’s other fighters under her Star’s Protection.
• He Caitou explained the soul tools to Wang Yan, and Zhu Ziyang identified the Absolute Defense Soul Tool’s bead core as its weakness.
• Xu Jiujiu immobilized Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong with Starlight Dazzle, and Star Luo Team sent them off the arena.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed several soul skills, severely injuring Wang Yichen and disrupting Star Luo Team’s attack.
• Zhu Ziyang shattered the Absolute Defense Soul Tool’s core and escaped, leaving Xu Jiujiu anxious about the match.

Zhu Ziyang led Shrek Academy to defeat Star Luo Royal Academy in the semifinal team battle, and Star Luo forfeited the individual match, sending Shrek into the final. Afterward, Xu Jiujiu confronted Zhu Ziyang in the passage, prompting jealous reactions from Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Nannan.

• Zhu Ziyang broke through Star Luo's defenses, defeated Sheng Yi, and knocked Xu Jiujiu out of the arena, while Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao defeated their opponents.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinshu announced Shrek Academy's team-battle victory, and Star Luo Royal Academy forfeited the afternoon individual match.
• Huang Jinshu declared Shrek Academy the semifinal winner and announced that it had advanced to the final.
• Xu Jiujiu confronted Zhu Ziyang in the team passage, and he teased her before she stormed away.
• Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao pinched Zhu Ziyang's waist after he laughed at Xu Jiujiu's departure.

Langya and Yutao tried to recruit Huo Yuhao for the Body Sect, but he refused and stayed loyal to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect. The brothers left Star Luo City, planning to wait for Shrek Academy to fall before trying again.

• Langya and Yutao blocked Shrek's group in the Star Emperor Hotel lobby and demanded that Huo Yuhao return with them to the Body Sect.
• Zhu Ziyang stopped Yutao from reaching for Tang Ya, and Langya restrained his brother before explaining that they wanted to recruit Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao firmly refused to leave Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, so Langya ended the conversation and departed with Yutao.
• Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya praised Huo Yuhao, while Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, and Beibei playfully scuffled in the hotel lobby.
• Outside Star Luo City, Langya told Yutao that a powerful guardian had been hidden nearby and that the sect master had ordered them not to interfere.
• Langya and Yutao decided to return to Heaven Dou City and wait for Shrek Academy to disappear, believing Huo Yuhao would then join the Body Sect.