Recaps

Madara absorbed the Great Ape King's soul ring and gained its left arm bone, which let him manifest Susanoo's arm and fight the Titan Giant Ape. The Mangekyo backlash interrupted him, allowing the Titan Giant Ape to blast him away.

• Madara killed the Great Ape King and began absorbing its soul ring while Xiao Wu tried to stop Er Ming from attacking him.
• The Great Ape King’s left arm bone let Madara summon Susanoo’s spectral arm and withstand Er Ming’s attack.
• Madara charged Er Ming and fought him head-on, driving the Titan Giant Ape back as Xiao Wu watched helplessly.
• The Mangekyo’s backlash made Madara’s movements falter, and Er Ming grew larger and struck him through the forest.

After Madara forcibly absorbed a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Ring from the Great Ape King, he collapsed from the strain but recovered enough to face Meng Yiran and her grandparents. Meng Yiran left after challenging him to meet at the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition, while the others confirmed Madara had obtained a black Fourth Spirit Ring.

• Madara collapsed after the aftereffects of forcibly absorbing the Great Ape King's Spirit Ring erupted, then stubbornly stood back up.
• Meng Yiran emerged from the forest and accused Tang San and Madara of stealing her Man-Faced Spider again; Madara retorted that she had let it escape.
• Tang San asked whether the Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma were nearby, and the two elders appeared; Madara said he had encountered a Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhao Wuji arrived and advised the Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma to leave, while Meng Yiran challenged Madara to meet her at the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition before departing.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai joined the group, and Madara revealed his pitch-black Fourth Spirit Ring, astonishing Ma Hongjun.

Madara used Yasakani no Magatama to distract the Titan Giant Ape and escape with Xiao Wu, but the beast pursued them. They found Tang San safe after he had absorbed a Spirit Ring, and Madara’s Mangekyo reverted when he saw his brother.

• Madara unleashed Yasakani no Magatama against the Titan Giant Ape, then grabbed Xiao Wu and fled while the beast blocked the attack.
• The Titan Giant Ape broke free of the attack and chased after Madara and Xiao Wu.
• Madara escaped far enough to put down Xiao Wu, who vomited from being carried at high speed.
• Madara heard nearby fighting and rushed toward it with Xiao Wu, fearing Tang San was in trouble.
• Madara found Tang San finishing his Spirit Ring absorption, and his Mangekyo reverted as he reunited with his brother.

The Shrek group returned safely to the academy, where Tang San reunited with his teacher, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang questioned Madara about his fight with the Titan Giant Ape, and Madara ended their conversation by asking about the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition.

• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group away from the forest, while Xiao Wu silently promised Er Ming she would visit again.
• The group returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as a new teacher and Tang San joyfully reunited with him.
• Yu Xiaogang privately asked Madara how he fought the Titan Giant Ape to a draw, and Madara challenged him to explain how he knew about the fight.
• Madara told Yu Xiaogang about his ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, Spirit Bone, and eye-based trump card, but stayed silent when Yu Xiaogang asked whether using it had a cost.
• Madara asked Yu Xiaogang about Clear Sky Douluo, then brought up the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition.

Tang San developed an External Soul Bone that burst through his back, alarming Madara and the Shrek group. Yu Xiaogang explained its value and warned Tang San to keep it secret, while Madara promised to protect him as they returned to the dormitories.

• Madara told Tang San about the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition, and Tang San gave him a Flying Sky Divine Claw before distributing more to the others.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that the Shrek group would begin special training the next day.
• Tang San grew pale and rushed to a grove, where eight bone protrusions burst through his back as Madara arrived to help him.
• Tang San explained what happened to Yu Xiaogang and the others, and Yu Xiaogang identified the bones as a powerful External Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San not to reveal the External Soul Bone unless necessary, and Madara vowed to kill anyone who harmed his brother.
• Madara and Tang San walked back toward the dormitories while an unkempt cloaked figure watched them from the woods.

Yu Xiaogang began strict training by having Madara fight the Shrek Seven Devils one at a time so they could experience real battles. Dai Mubai challenged Madara first, and the chapter ended as they collided head-on.

• Yu Xiaogang warned the Shrek group that his training would be strict and assigned Madara to fight them one by one.
• Dai Mubai volunteered to go first, revealing that he had reached level 36 and vowing to challenge Madara despite the odds.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Protective Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation, then charged Madara in close combat.
• Madara accepted Dai Mubai's challenge and rushed straight at him without dodging.
• Dai Mubai and Madara crashed into each other, and the dust settled.

Madara asked Yu Xiaogang to devise training that would help him calm his mind so he could cultivate Sage Mode. Yu Xiaogang suggested using a dangerous environment to force concentration, and Madara began meditating on a swaying board atop a cliff spire.

• Madara defeated Dai Mubai, then fought the rest of Shrek's trainees until everyone except Ning Rongrong had been beaten.
• Madara asked Yu Xiaogang for special training to help him achieve a calm, focused state for cultivating Sage Mode.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Madara to use the external environment to force himself to concentrate.
• Madara sat cross-legged on a swaying wooden board atop a narrow cliff spire to begin training his mind.

Madara tested the Shrek group's training by fighting them all at once, using his newly developed Sage Mode and overwhelming power. The battle ended with Ma Hongjun interrupting Madara's attack, only to freeze under Madara's blood-red stare.

• Madara activated Sage Mode and sensed that his merged Soul Power and Chakra had greatly enhanced his strength and perception.
• Yu Xiaogang called on Madara to test the Shrek group's training, and Madara challenged them all to attack together.
• Madara opened the fight with Great Fire Annihilation, while Tang San protected the group inside a Blue Silver Grass cage.
• Tang San coordinated the group's counterattack as Dai Mubai charged Madara and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu harried him.
• Madara's blood aura briefly froze Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, but he withdrew when Ma Hongjun's fire attack threatened him.
• Tang San praised Ma Hongjun, who then froze when Madara fixed him with his blood-red eyes and used Binding Illusion.

Madara turned the tide against the Shrek group after surviving their coordinated attack and unleashing his killing intent. He knocked out Ning Rongrong and Oscar, then charged at Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing as Dai Mubai stepped in to hold him off.

• Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to buff the Shrek group after Ma Hongjun was taken out.
• Oscar grabbed Madara's War Fan arm and pulled it down, but Madara blocked Dai Mubai's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave with his scythe and was only knocked backward.
• Madara warned the group not to lower their guard, then unleashed his killing intent and frightened Ning Rongrong unconscious.
• Oscar attacked Madara in rage, but Madara dodged his blows and knocked him out with a punch.
• Madara charged at Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai blocked his path while telling them to run.

Madara dominated a team spar against Tang San and the Shrek students, exposing their poor coordination and composure before defeating Tang San in a one-on-one clash. Yu Xiaogang reprimanded the team afterward and grudgingly praised Madara, leaving the students to reflect on their mistakes.

• Tang San rescued Dai Mubai and tried to restrain Madara while Ma Hongjun attacked, but Madara dodged the fireline and escaped the entanglement.
• Madara hurled Xiao Wu away, eliminated Zhu Zhuqing, and defeated Dai Mubai after his anger made him reckless.
• Madara and Tang San fought alone, and Madara emerged victorious after both held back their strongest skills.
• Yu Xiaogang scolded Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar for losing their composure and fighting poorly as a team.
• Yu Xiaogang told Madara he was very good after Madara asked what he thought of him.

Yu Xiaogang took the group to the Soul Fighting Arena for practical training, where Madara paired with Oscar and used genjutsu to push him into fighting. Oscar defeated one twin despite taking a beating, while Madara dealt with the other, leaving Oscar astonished at his first victory.

• Yu Xiaogang brought the group to the Soul Fighting Arena and asked who would pair with Oscar.
• Madara volunteered to fight alongside Oscar, and the two entered the arena against the twins Shi Yu and Shi Gang.
• Oscar asked to stay on the field, and Madara agreed before stepping away and urging him to prove himself.
• Madara used genjutsu to stir Oscar's fighting spirit, and Oscar charged at the twins despite being struck by a hammer.
• Oscar beat the older twin with a kick to the groin, while Madara handled the younger twin after he provoked him.

Madara confronted Yu Tianhuan, who had challenged him after watching the match, and defeated him despite his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul Possession. The Emperor Fighting Team withdrew, leaving Shrek to prepare for their rivalry, while Madara’s encounter with Yu Xiaogang hinted at a connection between him and Yu Tianhuan’s family.

• Oscar excitedly praised himself to Madara, who ignored him and left the platform.
• Yu Tianhuan blocked Madara’s path and attacked him, but Madara effortlessly caught his fist.
• Yu Tianhuan activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul Possession, yet Madara overpowered him and hurled him into a crater.
• The Emperor Fighting Team arrived to confront Madara, but Shrek’s group backed him up, and Yu Tianhuan withdrew after promising revenge.
• Dai Mubai warned Tang San that the Emperor Fighting Team was formidable, while Tang San expressed confidence that Shrek would win.
• Madara asked Yu Xiaogang whether he was related to Yu Tianhuan, but Yu Xiaogang refused to meet the team and hurried away.

Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Berserk Team by exploiting the weakness after their berserk transformation. Madara then beat the Berserk Team himself and took them in as his subordinates.

• Yu Xiaogang told Madara that Oscar was ready to fulfill his promise and learn the Eight Inner Gates.
• The Berserk Team's support Soul Master left the arena but empowered his teammates, who began forcing Shrek Seven Devils into retreat.
• Madara silenced the noisy spectators, while Tang San used a Flying Mushroom Sausage to outlast the Berserk Team until their berserk state ended and they grew weak.
• Madara waited outside the arena and challenged the defeated Berserk Team, knocking Kuang Xi into a wall.
• Madara defeated the Berserk Team, and Kuang Xi accepted him as their new boss in front of Tang San and the others.

Madara rallied Shrek Academy to face the Emperor Fighting Team and recruited the defeated Berserk Team to gather information for him. He then began teaching Oscar the Eight Inner Gates, leaving Oscar enduring a painful first attempt to open the Gate of Opening.

• Tang San identified the Emperor Fighting Team as Shrek Academy's next opponents, and Madara challenged the team to prove they were not afraid.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and the others vowed to fight the Emperor Fighting Team and win.
• Madara recruited Kuang Xi and the Berserk Team, rewarded them with Gold Soul Coins, and ordered them to investigate the teams in the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition.
• Oscar asked to learn Madara's secret technique, and Madara agreed to teach him the Eight Inner Gates.
• Madara guided Soul Power through Oscar's body as Oscar struggled through the pain and tried to open the Gate of Opening.

Madara agreed to a two-on-two fight with Yu Tianhuan before the Shrek Seven Devils' decisive battle against the Emperor Fighting Team. He took Oscar as his partner, leaving Yu Tianhuan and Dugu Yan to face them as the crowd watched.

• The Shrek team prepared for its match while the Grandmaster and Flender encouraged them to fight with confidence.
• Spectators mocked Shrek as the team arrived at the arena, and Madara teased Ma Hongjun for his earlier boasting.
• Yu Tianhuan and Dugu Yan traded insults with Shrek before Yu Tianhuan challenged Madara to a two-on-two fight.
• Madara accepted and chose Oscar as his partner, despite Oscar's confusion and Tang San's warning to be careful.
• On the platform, Dugu Yan realized Madara had brought only a support-type soul master, while she had joined Yu Tianhuan as the Emperor Fighting Team's second-strongest member.

Yu Tianhuan fought Madara in the Soul Fighting Arena, using his Dragon's Wrath and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's secret Dragon Transformation technique. Madara revealed his four Spirit Rings, including a ten-thousand-year black ring, and waited as Yu Tianhuan completed his transformation.

• Yu Tianhuan activated Dragon's Wrath and charged Madara while Dugu Yan spread poison across the arena.
• Madara told Oscar to use his Detox Sausage and Flying Mushroom Sausage, then tossed Yu Tianhuan aside with his own momentum.
• Yu Tianhuan unleashed Thunder Dragon Claw, and Madara blocked it with his scythe and War Fan while revealing his four Spirit Rings.
• Madara acknowledged Yu Tianhuan's strength and challenged him to use more of his power.
• Yu Tianhuan began the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Dragon Transformation and emerged with dragon features, including a wing, bones, and scales.

Yu Tianhuan transformed and unleashed his dragon powers against Madara, but Madara shed his weights and overwhelmed him with his strength. After Madara defeated Dugu Yan and injured Yu Tianhuan, he demanded that Yu Tianhuan get up and keep fighting.

• Yu Tianhuan transformed into a half-dragon and attacked Madara with a relentless barrage of claws, while Tang San insisted that his brother would not lose.
• Yu Tianhuan used his Thunderous Might spirit skill to fill the arena with lightning and trap Madara, who dropped his heavy weights and struck back with a powerful punch.
• Madara overpowered Yu Tianhuan, kicking him across the arena and telling him to keep fighting.
• Dugu Yan sprayed poison at Madara to avenge Yu Tianhuan, but Madara shrugged off the poison, grabbed her tail, and flung her away.
• Madara countered an attack from behind, seized Yu Tianhuan's transformed arm, and slammed him into the ground, leaving him badly injured.
• Madara ordered Yu Tianhuan to get up and fight, and Yu Tianhuan questioned whether he would admit defeat.

Yu Tianhuan broke through to Rank 44 and insisted on fighting Madara alone, determined to uphold the honor of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After Madara restored his strength, Yu Tianhuan launched an all-out attack, and Madara answered with a lightning technique as their attacks collided.

• Yu Tianhuan broke through to Rank 44, while Madara praised his resolve.
• Yu Tianhuan refused Dugu Yan's offer to join forces and declared he would defeat Madara on his own.
• Madara ordered Oscar to give Yu Tianhuan two Soul Power-restoring sausages so they could fight at full strength.
• Yu Tianhuan re-entered Dragon Transformation and attacked Madara, but Madara blocked his strikes without yielding.
• Yu Tianhuan unleashed his First Spirit Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw, and Madara copied his lightning with Lightning Release: Chidori.
• Yu Tianhuan and Madara charged at each other, and their collision filled the arena with blinding light.

Madara defeated Yu Tianhuan but spared him, then watched Tang San lead the Shrek Team to victory over the Emperor Fighting Team. After the match, Ye Lingling asked Madara to join the Nine Heart Begonia Sect, but he refused, freeing her from the prospect of a political marriage.

• Yu Tianhuan admitted defeat, and Madara spared him because he wanted to see how he would grow.
• Madara encouraged Xiao Wu and Tang San before the Emperor Fighting Team and the Shrek Team began their match.
• Tang San helped lead the Shrek Team to victory, while Yu Xiaogang went to check on Yu Tianhuan.
• Madara met Ye Lingling, who offered to marry him if he joined the Nine Heart Begonia Sect.
• Madara rejected Ye Lingling's offer, and she left relieved that she would not have to marry him.

Madara joined the Shrek Team and Emperor Fighting Team after the match and learned that Qin Ming coached the Emperor Fighting Team. He helped Yu Xiaogang arrange a fight against the Fierce God Team, where Tang San’s Zhuge Crossbows killed every opponent, leaving Yu Xiaogang to face Madara’s accusation that he had put his students in danger.

• Flender introduced Qin Ming as a Shrek graduate and the Emperor Fighting Team’s leader, while Ma Hongjun revealed Yu Tianhuan was Grandmaster’s nephew.
• Yu Tianhuan congratulated Madara and promised to do better in a rematch, and Madara challenged his confidence before leaving.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Madara to find the Shrek Seven Devils a vicious team to fight, and Madara learned that he meant the infamous Fierce God Team.
• Tang San showed the team his Zhuge Crossbow, and Madara caught its bolts inches from his forehead to demonstrate his own strength.
• The Shrek Seven Devils fired their crossbows at the Fierce God Team, killing all of its members, and Madara confronted Yu Xiaogang for sending his students into danger.

After the Shrek students struggled with the aftermath of killing the Fierce God Team, Madara reminded them they had fought to survive. Flender decided to merge Shrek Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but the group’s visit began with an insult and a clash with arrogant students.

• Madara reminded Tang San and the others that the Fierce God Team would have killed them if they had not acted first, and Tang San regained his resolve.
• Flender told the students that Shrek Academy might merge with another academy because it lacked the facilities they needed, and Yu Xiaogang said they would visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender led the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where a student mocked them as hicks and Ma Hongjun tried to confront him.
• Dai Mubai kicked the mocking student and revealed his three-ring strength, frightening the other students into fleeing.
• Madara criticized Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Yu Xiaogang warned him not to act rashly in the capital.

Flender and the Shrek students arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for an exchange, where the academy’s elders tested Tang San’s strength. Madara intervened when Zhi Lin’s pressure became too much, and the elders recognized him as the undefeated Blood Pupil Asura.

• Sun Buyu welcomed Flender’s group and led them through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while the beaten Xue Beng swore revenge and cowered when Madara glanced his way.
• Tang San identified the plant-type mimic cultivation grounds, and Flender saw how much better the academy’s facilities were than Shrek’s.
• Qin Ming brought the group to meet Education Committee members Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin.
• Zhi Lin tested Tang San by pressing him with his aura, but Madara confronted Zhi Lin with his own killing intent when Tang San struggled.
• Meng Shenji asked Madara’s name, recognized him as the undefeated Blood Pupil Asura, and praised Shrek for having two geniuses.

Tang San revealed his External Soul Bone as Shrek Academy considered merging with Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Prince Xue Xing arrived with Xue Beng and opposed the merger. Madara challenged them to bring whoever they wanted, and Xue Beng went to gather students for a fight.

• At Yu Xiaogang's signal, Tang San displayed his External Soul Bone, and Meng Shenji offered to merge Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Prince Xue Xing entered the council hall with Xue Beng and the green-robed elder Dugu Bo, then disparaged Shrek Academy and confronted Flender over Xue Beng's earlier defeat.
• Madara insulted Xue Beng and invited him to bring as many opponents as he wanted, so Prince Xue Xing ordered Xue Beng to gather students.
• Meng Shenji lamented the nobles' interference while Flender and the students worried about facing hundreds of opponents and possibly Dugu Bo.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the green-robed elder as Dugu Bo, and Madara dismissed the group's concerns, insisting they did not understand his strength.

Madara faced the assembled students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, revealing overwhelming power and a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring. The frightened students charged at his command, beginning the battle.

• Prince Xue Xing led the Shrek group, the three chief teachers, and Dugu Bo to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s training grounds, where the academy had gathered nearly all its students.
• Tang San urged Madara not to force himself, but Madara reassured him and stepped onto the field to face Xue Beng and the assembled students.
• Madara activated Sage Mode, dropped his weights, and unleashed his aura, leaving the opposing students too intimidated to approach.
• Madara revealed his four soul rings, including a black ten-thousand-year fourth ring, shocking Dugu Bo, the chief teachers, and the crowd.
• Xue Beng panicked and ordered the students to attack, and the Soul Masters surged toward Madara.

Madara fought off the combined students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, turning their attacks against them and breaking through their encirclement. As the terrified students hesitated, an enraged voice declared that Madara would die there that day.

• Madara scattered flaming kunai and shuriken into the charging students, then used his fan to reflect their ranged attacks back at them.
• Madara continued cutting through the academy students as Dugu Bo watched with interest and Tang San argued with Prince Xue Xing about Madara's chances.
• Madara unleashed five fire dragons to stagger the students and used the opening to break through their encirclement.
• Madara struck down more attackers and trapped a group charging from behind in illusions, leaving the remaining students afraid to approach.
• Madara challenged the students to shatter their pride, then turned toward an enraged voice that vowed he would die that day.