Recaps

Zhu Ziyang subdued the Demon Emperor, claimed the Scythe of the Dead, and gathered divine inheritances and allies while returning to Shrek Academy. As Shrek prepared for the tournament and its political struggles, the Sea God’s Fate Blind Date Convention began.

• Zhu Ziyang lured the Devil Emperor into the Heavenly Stem God-Locking Array, found the Scythe of the Dead in her palace, and made her his Soul Spirit Quan’er.
• Zhu Ziyang defeated the demon whale pod’s leaders but spared the Demon Empress and Demon Whale Girl after the World Will offered him the Rakshasa God King Divine Spark and Angel God Divinity.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to Shrek Academy, became Heavenly Origin Pavilion Master, and helped Qian Lingyi awaken her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and receive the Angel God inheritance.
• Qian Lingyi reunited with her grandmother, while Zhu Ziyang agreed to let Tang Ya and Beibei represent the Tang Sect in the tournament under conditions for future sect leaders.
• Ma Xiaotao returned with Fifth Huan'er and revealed that she had accepted the Fire God’s inheritance, then chose to stay with Zhu Ziyang and travel with his group.
• Zhu Ziyang rescued Huo Yuhao from Long Xiaoyao, who warned him to be wary of Xu Tianran, and Shrek Academy brought the exchange group home.
• Shrek’s leaders admitted Huo Yuhao and Fan Yu to the Heavenly Origin Pavilion, revealed He Caitou’s identity and Zhang Lexuan’s role in the Empress’s Advent plan, and prepared for the tournament.
• The Sea God’s Fate Blind Date Convention began as Dai Yueheng and Zhang Weiwei explained that the male participants would compete for lily pads, with anyone who fell into the water disqualified.

Zhu Ziyang led Shrek Academy’s preparations for the tournament while strengthening his allies and arranging an assassination plan against Xu Tianran. In Mingdu, he asserted his authority over the visiting imperial representatives just as the Tang Sect arrived with a major proposal.

• Zhu Ziyang took part in the Sea God Fairy Selection, chose Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, Qian Lingyi, and Fifth Huan'er, and helped Huo Yuhao pursue Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er.
• Shrek Academy decided to lead the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires’ operation against Xu Tianran, and Zhu Ziyang assembled and trained the tournament team.
• Jiang Nannan formed a Soul Spirit Contract with the Silver Moon Spirit Fish King and advanced to Soul Douluo, while Yang Zhenzhen obtained a Sky Thunder Eagle Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Zhu Ziyang purified three Evil Soul Master brothers, rescued two Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear cubs, and gave their father’s right arm Soul Bone to Jiang Nannan.
• Ma Xiaotao answered the God of Fire’s trials, became a Titled Douluo, and joined Zhu Ziyang in leading Shrek’s tournament team to Mingdu.
• Zhu Ziyang met Zhang Lexuan in Mingdu and explained the plan to kill Xu Tianran and the Sun Vein’s direct descendants so she could claim the throne.
• Ma Xiaotao displayed her strength to Xu Jiujiu and Vina’s protectors, while Zhu Ziyang rejected their negotiations and demanded they return through proper channels.
• The Tang Sect team arrived in Mingdu, and Tang Ya announced that they had a major deal to discuss.

Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect advanced through the tournament as Zhu Ziyang pursued an assassination plan against Xu Tianran. The arc ended with Qian Lingyi facing the Wu sisters in the semifinal after surviving their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Huo Yuhao presented the Tang Sect’s Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon, and Zhu Ziyang agreed to connect the sect with potential customers.
• Zhu Ziyang, Xuan Zi, Xu Luo, and Du Busi discussed the planned assassination of Xu Tianran as the tournament approached.
• Shrek Academy entered the tournament and advanced through its early matches, while Jiang Nannan defeated the Heavenly Armor Sect’s contestants with single punches.
• Zhu Ziyang and Zhang Lexuan rescued Xu Tianci from the imperial palace, then planned to frame Xu Tianran’s assassination as a coup by the Second Prince.
• Fifth Huan’er defeated seven Heavenly Dragon Sect contestants alone, while He Caitou exposed himself as Xu Tianhe and publicly confronted Xu Tianran.
• Qian Lingyi led Shrek Academy against the Holy Spirit Sect and killed several Evil Soul Masters with her angelic powers.
• Wu Yun and Wu Yu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Qian Lingyi, but Qian Lingyi remained standing and pointed her golden holy sword at them.

Zhu Ziyang fought the Sea God’s designs while building an alliance with the soul beasts and establishing the Soul Spirit System. The arc ended with Huo Yuhao receiving a Soul Spirit and Shrek Academy and the Star Dou Great Forest founding the Eternal Spirit Pagoda.

• Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao helped bring down Xu Tianran’s regime in Mingdu, then fought Niu Tian, whom Ma Xiaotao weakened with the God of Fire Sword before Zhu Ziyang killed him in the Life-Ending Execution Platform.
• Zhu Ziyang learned that the Sea God had taken Xiao Xiao’s soul and told Huo Yuhao that becoming a god was his only hope of saving her.
• Zhu Ziyang negotiated with Di Tian and the soul beasts, promising to advance the Soul Spirit System in exchange for their cooperation and protection for Shrek Academy members who did not provoke them.
• Zhu Ziyang cultivated to Rank 99, completed the God of Death’s Ninth Trial, and met Xiaobai, who revealed that a year had passed while he was away.
• Zhu Ziyang reunited with Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan, named Zhang Lexuan’s twins Zhu Yuhuang and Zhu Yuyue, and then returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to begin establishing the Soul Spirit System.
• Zhu Ziyang brought thirteen Inner Court disciples to meet Di Tian and Bi Ji, and the disciples began choosing Soul Beasts as partners for Soul Spirit Contracts.
• Zhu Ziyang helped the disciples form Soul Spirit Contracts, then arranged for Huo Yuhao to receive a Hundred-Thousand-Year Three-Eyed Demonic Fox as his Soul Spirit.
• Shrek Academy and the Star Dou Great Forest formed an organization to manage the Soul Spirit System, which Zhu Ziyang named the Eternal Spirit Pagoda in Electrolux’s honor.