Recaps

Ye Chen helped Shrek Academy defeat Dou Ling Academy and advance to the semifinals, while his secret abilities and the dragon egg drew attention. Shrek then faced Star Luo National Academy, where Ye Chen revealed Ultimate Darkness Soul Power against Huang Heyun.

• Ye Chen told Xuan Zi that his evolved Small World had teleported an eighth-ranked Soul Engineer to the Fusang Divine Tree, and he planned to keep the captive alive for his Soul Tool knowledge.
• Ye Chen explained Ling Luochen’s Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and avoided questions about the Fire Element Holy Dragon Egg, while Wang Dong confronted him about disappearing without warning.
• Shrek Academy defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy in the team battle after Huo Yuhao’s illusions and Xu Sanshi’s swap let Ma Xiaotao attack the enemy’s support fighters, and Ye Chen shielded Han Yue from Gu Zhujian’s Sixth Soul Skill.
• Ye Chen cooked for the team, then scraped the Fire Element Holy Dragon Egg’s stone shell with the Spirit's Watch Blade, causing its Ultimate Fire Soul Power to surge before he sealed its crack.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Chi Hengyu, Qian Yuan, and Gu Zhujian in the individual elimination match, securing Shrek Academy’s place in the semifinals.
• Xu Jiawei oversaw the semifinal draw, which paired Shrek Academy with Star Luo National Academy, and Wang Yan named Wang Dong to replace Bei Bei and Ye Chen to command the team.
• Ye Chen’s first soul skill weakened Star Luo National Academy’s contestants, but Princess Jiu Jiu’s golden mist countered its effect.
• When Ma Xiaotao could not break Huang Heyun’s barrier, Ye Chen destroyed it with a touch and revealed his Ultimate Darkness Soul Power.

Ye Chen led Shrek Academy past Star Luo National Academy with the Light Rule Faith fusion skill, then faced Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in the championship final. As Ye Chen’s Nine Nether Domain weakened the opposing team, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen joined forces, and Ye Chen prepared a devastating counterattack.

• Yi Chen redirected Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Fireline into Ye Chen, but Ye Chen and Xu Sanshi later eliminated Chen Xiaojie with Ice Emperor’s Wrath and Mysterious Nether Swap.
• Princess Jiu Jiu activated Star Guardian, but Ye Chen and Wang Dong unleashed Light Rule Faith, sealed Star Luo National Academy’s Soul Power, and forced the team to forfeit the individual elimination match.
• After Shrek advanced to the final, Wang Yan reported Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s powerful Soul Tools, while Ye Chen predicted that the weather favored his plans.
• At the final, Wang Yan handed command to Ye Chen, who enhanced Shrek’s attributes and revealed a Blood Red Soul Ring.
• Ye Chen activated the Nine Nether Domain, weakening Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and preventing its Soul Tools from locking onto him.
• Ye Chen assigned Jiang Nannan to help Xu Sanshi against Lin Xi, then confronted Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen as they used their connection to coordinate within the domain.
• Xiao Hongchen fired more than a hundred Soul Tool cannons, but Ye Chen used his black wings to redirect the shells and shield himself, while Ma Xiaotao attacked Ma Rulong with Phoenix Cloud Piercer.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, forming a towering reddish-gold toad, as Ye Chen shaped his black feathers into a spear that shattered the platform’s protective barrier.

Ye Chen followed a summons to a volcanic island, where he and Xu Jiujiu uncovered the deadly force that had killed its visitors. Deep in a bamboo maze, Ye Chen found Bitter Bamboo, which fused with him and strengthened his Fusang Divine Tree martial soul.

• Ye Chen went south to Sass City, where a strange summons led him to join the Cheng brothers and Princess Jiujiu on a voyage to a newly appeared island.
• Ye Chen and his companions found abandoned ships and armor scattered across lava-scarred land, with no bodies to explain the disappearances.
• After the group camped for the night, mysterious Extreme Flame consumed the Cheng brothers, and Ye Chen protected Xu Jiujiu with his Ultimate Fire Soul Power.
• Ye Chen and Jiujiu continued across the island and discovered a green bamboo forest surrounded by barren igneous rock.
• Ye Chen identified a maze in the forest as a ghost wall and led Jiujiu through it to a grove centered on an enormous emerald bamboo.
• When Ye Chen touched Bitter Bamboo, he experienced visions of his memories and infancy before the plant released jade-green energy and fused with him.
• Bitter Bamboo’s fusion enlarged Ye Chen’s Fusang Divine Tree martial soul and gave it another Three-legged Golden Crow.