Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiaoxiao’s near-destruction awakened the Star Brilliance Clan bloodline hidden in her body, revealing her location to the family after nearly ten years. Two elders raced toward Holy Spirit Village to find and save her while Tang San sensed that danger was approaching.

• The chapter revealed that Xiao Xiaoxiao had transmigrated into the dying body of the Star Brilliance Clan head’s daughter after her mother sent her away during Xiao Li’s rebellion.
• The Star Brilliance Clan had searched for Xiao Xiaoxiao for years, but her faint Life Tablet signal gave them no clear location.
• Xiao Xiaoxiao’s soul sacrifice near the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s territory awakened her dormant bloodline imprint and caused her Life Tablet to shine brightly.
• An elder in the ancestral hall recognized that Xiao Xiaoxiao was alive but in critical danger and identified her location near Holy Spirit Village.
• The Star Brilliance Clan dispatched two Star Guard Elders carrying a Sensing Star Disk to find and save Xiao Xiaoxiao.
• Tang San remained beside Xiao Xiaoxiao aboard the vessel and felt uneasy as the elders approached Holy Spirit Village.

Tang San watched over the recovering Xiao Xiaoxiao as the Star Brilliance Family discovered that her life plaque had strengthened and sent Star Guards to search the coast. As the ship neared land, pursuers followed from behind, and Tang San resolved to protect Xiao Xiaoxiao as danger gathered around their journey home.

• At sunrise, Tang San felt an ominous tremor and gripped Xiao Xiaoxiao's hand while Ning Rongrong brought him fish porridge and noted that Xiao Xiaoxiao's condition had improved.
• An elder in the Star Brilliance Family shrine sensed that the Young Mistress's life plaque had strengthened and pointed toward the ocean.
• The Star Brilliance Family sent elite Star Guards with Sensing Star Disks to investigate coastal regions while avoiding the attention of rival forces.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that the ship would reach the coast in two or three days, and Zhu Zhuqing spotted several ships following them.
• Tang San rejected Ma Hongjun's offer to attack the pursuers and ordered the ship to increase speed toward shore.
• Tang San looked at Xiao Xiaoxiao and vowed to face whatever awaited them together as the Star Guards converged on the coastline.

Tang San and his companions fought off the Black Shark Gang as the pirates attacked their ship. When Mad Shark Quinn nearly broke the barrier, Tang San used Sea God's Light, aided by Xiao Xiaoxiao, to defeat him and rout the fleet, but the display risked exposing Xiaoxiao's secret.

• Tang San checked on Xiao Xiaoxiao and ordered Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to guard her as the Black Shark Gang closed in.
• Mad Shark Quinn commanded his ships to attack, sending crossbow bolts toward the vessel and pirates underwater to bore through its hull.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Emperor vines to trap the underwater pirates, while Quinn's Mad Shark Avatar struck and weakened the protective barrier.
• Tang San unleashed Sea God's Light—Judgment, shattering Quinn's avatar and dispelling the Soul Power and Soul Skills aboard the other pirate ships.
• Tang San ordered the vessel to accelerate away, aware that Xiao Xiaoxiao's hidden power might no longer remain concealed.

After the battle with the Black Shark Gang, Tang San received a surge of divine power from the Sea God's Trident mark, while Xiao Xiaoxiao's Star Origin began repairing itself. As the ship neared the continent, the Star Brilliance Family detected Xiao Xiaoxiao's approach and moved to find her.

• Tang San rested after using Sea God's Light against Quinn, and the Sea God's Trident mark replenished his Soul Power and Spiritual Power with divine power.
• Xiao Xiaoxiao's starlight mark resonated with the Sea God's Aura and began repairing her damaged Soul Origin.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu noticed Xiao Xiaoxiao stir, and Tang San confirmed that her Soul Origin was slowly recovering.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to let Xiao Xiaoxiao rest, then saw the continent's coastline ahead.
• A Star Guard Elder detected Xiao Xiaoxiao's stabilized soul fluctuations and directed the Star Brilliance Family to locate her near the shore.

Tang San and his companions returned to Vast Sea City, where Star Brilliance Clan elders intercepted them and claimed the unconscious Xiao Xaxiao as their lost heir. Elder Star Track said the clan’s Star Baptism could restore her, leaving Tang San torn over whether to let them take her.

• Tang San sensed they were being watched as the group landed in Vast Sea City and led everyone toward a Shrek Academy contact point outside the city.
• Elder Star Track and two Soul Sage guards blocked the road and identified Xiao Xaxiao as the sole direct-line heir of the Star Brilliance Clan.
• Elder Star Track resonated with Xiao Xaxiao’s forehead mark, proving their shared origins, and explained that her damaged divine soul required the clan’s Star Baptism.
• Tang San weighed the elders’ offer to take Xiao Xaxiao home against his distrust of strangers and his fear of losing her again.

Tang San agreed to let the Star Brilliance Family take the unconscious Xiao Xiaoxiao for treatment, after securing promises that she could contact Shrek and that he could visit her once she recovered. The family departed with Xiao Xiaoxiao, while Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils set out to grow stronger and bring her back.

• Elder Star Track explained that Xiao Xiaoxiao's shattered Soul Origin could only be treated through the Star Brilliance Clan's Star Baptism and swore to protect her.
• With his companions' support, Tang San agreed to let the Star Brilliance Family take Xiao Xiaoxiao, but demanded a way to contact her, that she be told Shrek was waiting for her, and permission to visit her after her condition stabilized.
• Elder Star Track gave Tang San a Star Guiding Talisman and departed with Xiao Xiaoxiao and the two Star Guards.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing comforted Tang San and promised to help him bring Xiao Xiaoxiao back.
• Tang San led the Shrek Seven Devils toward the academy, determined to begin a new journey and become strong enough to reunite with Xiao Xiaoxiao.

After Xiao Xiaoxiao left with an elder of the Star Brilliance Family, Tang San drew strength from his companions and resolved to become powerful enough to bring her back. The seven remaining Shrek companions set out for Shrek Academy, where new trials and trouble awaited.

• The Star Brilliance Family elder departed with Xiao Xiaoxiao, leaving Tang San and the others grieving.
• Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing comforted Tang San and urged him to stay strong.
• Tang San resolved to complete the Sea God's Eighth Trial, grow stronger, and openly bring Xiaoxiao back from the Star Brilliance Family.
• The group rented carriages outside Vast Sea City and began traveling through the night toward Shrek Academy.
• Tang San sensed the Star Guiding Talisman and reflected on Xiaoxiao's family, the dangers of the Eighth Trial, and his determination to face both.

Tang San and the others returned to Shrek Academy after two years of trials on Sea God Island, but Xiao Xiaoxiao was absent because her divine soul had been badly injured and her clan had taken her for treatment. As the Shrek Six resumed training, Tang San prepared for Sea God’s Eighth Trial and vowed to reunite with Xiaoxiao.

• The Shrek Six arrived at Shrek Academy, where Teacher Li, Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and the students welcomed them home.
• Flender noticed Xiao Xiaoxiao was missing, and Tang San explained that she had suffered severe damage to her divine soul while saving them and had been taken by the Star Brilliance Clan for treatment.
• The elders comforted Tang San and promised that the academy would remain Xiaoxiao’s home when she returned.
• The Shrek Six settled back into academy life and resumed intense training, while Tang San planned how to complete Sea God’s Eighth Trial.
• Tang San donated resources to Flender for the academy and used the Tang Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to gather information about the Clear Sky Sect and other powers.
• At night, Tang San looked toward the stars, felt the Star Guiding Talisman resonate with Sea God’s Light, and vowed to reach Xiaoxiao.

Tang San and the others intensified their training at Shrek Academy while he studied how to survive Sea God's Eighth Trial and locate the Clear Sky Sect's Soul Bones. Yu Xiaogang warned that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's resentment might offer a way through the trial, while reports of rising tensions across the continent left Tang San preparing for a coming storm.

• The six returned companions resumed harsh training, improving their Soul Power, combat skills, and support abilities.
• Tang San studied the Demon Whale Sea Domain and the Eye of Returning Ruins, worrying that he had only five years to reach rank ninety and complete Sea God's Eighth Trial.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that Tang San investigate the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's ancient resentment and use the Sea God inheritance to communicate with it or endure its wrath.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San an Agility Hall report describing Spirit Hall's growing influence, border friction, and the continued silence of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San resolved to strengthen himself and prepare for the dangers ahead, keeping the library chamber lit through the night.

Xiao Xiaoxiao underwent the Star Baptism in the Starfall Secret Realm, where the Power of Stars stabilized her Soul Origin and stirred memories sealed since childhood. Her memories remained fragmented as she continued to sleep, awaiting a natural awakening.

• Elder Star Track and the other elders began the Star Baptism, bathing Xiao Xiaoxiao in the Power of Stars.
• Xiao Xiaoxiao's Phantom Moon Fox Martial Soul reacted to the starlight and opened her sealed memories, revealing fragments of her childhood, her rescue, her companions, Tang San, and her sacrifice against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• As the memories surged painfully through Xiao Xiaoxiao's consciousness, Elder Star Track and the elders guided the Power of Stars to calm and organize them.
• The baptism stabilized Xiao Xiaoxiao's Soul Origin, eased the cracks in her crystal forehead mark, and left her memories arranged but not yet restored.
• Elder Star Track protected the sleeping Xiao Xiaoxiao with a Starlight Barrier and said she would return to her memories when she awakened naturally.

Shrek Academy learned that Spirit Hall was probing forces across the continent and preparing a large operation, prompting Tang San to raise the academy’s defenses and intensify intelligence gathering. As Shrek mobilized for the coming conflict, Tang San meditated with the Star Guiding Talisman and resolved to grow stronger before Xiao Xiaoxiao woke.

• Flender, Tang San, and the others reviewed reports of Spirit Hall’s troop movements, covert investigations, and contact with uncertain Soul Master families.
• Tang San concluded that Spirit Hall was assessing the continent’s forces before launching a major strike, and Master urged the students to strengthen themselves.
• Tang San proposed the highest alert for Shrek Academy, reducing its external holdings, recalling outstanding students, and expanding intelligence gathering; Flender approved.
• Alone at the Mimicry Training Ground, Tang San used the Star Guiding Talisman and vowed to become strong enough to bring Xiao Xiaoxiao home.
• Tang San entered deep meditation as Shrek quietly strengthened its defenses and factions across the continent prepared for the approaching conflict.

Tang San detected and confronted a stealthy intruder who had infiltrated Shrek Academy to find Xiaoxiao, claiming she had disrupted the Predetermined Star Track. Tang San captured him and demanded to know who sent him and what they wanted, leaving the intruder bound and facing the threat of death.

• Tang San sensed an unusual presence near Shrek Academy's western wall and pursued the intruder into the mountain forest.
• The black-clad man recognized Tang San as the Sea God's Successor and demanded that he reveal Xiaoxiao's location, threatening the academy.
• Tang San attacked the man with his Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer, while the intruder used Shadow Escape and concealed weapons to fight back.
• When the man tried to flee, Tang San trapped him with Blue Silver Domain and Sea God's Light.
• Tang San bound the intruder with Blue Silver Emperor vines and demanded to know who had sent him and why he was seeking Xiaoxiao.

Tang San interrogated and killed a Starfall Organization operative who had been sent to find or capture Xiaoxiao, then warned Shrek Academy that the organization was backed by a Titled Douluo. The academy entered a state of war while Tang San focused on growing stronger, and Xiaoxiao remained asleep in the Starfall Secret Realm, unaware of the danger.

• Tang San forced the black-clad operative to reveal that the Starfall Organization sought Xiaoxiao for her Power of Stars and fox Martial Soul, and that its leader, Shadow Star, was a Titled Douluo.
• The operative revealed that the organization had tracked Tang San through informants and had a major base in the Twilight Mountain Range of the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang San killed the operative, erased the evidence, and told Zhao Wuji and Liu Erlong what he had learned.
• Tang San, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong returned to Shrek Academy and informed Flender, Master Yu Xiaogang, and Dai Mubai about the threat.
• Master ordered Shrek Academy into a state of war, assigning Flender, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji to strengthen defenses and search for informants.
• Tang San accepted that he needed to grow stronger, while Xiaoxiao continued sleeping in the Starfall Secret Realm.

After Starfall assassins attacked Shrek Academy, the academy tightened security as Tang San consolidated his Soul Power before attempting to reach Soul Sage. News that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Blazing Sun Sect intensified the crisis, and Shrek's leaders prepared to send Tang San to investigate the Starfall Organization in the Twilight Mountain Range once he emerged from seclusion.

• Shrek Academy activated its defenses, restricted students from leaving, and had Zhao Wuji's teachers search the grounds for Starfall Organization members.
• Tang San tempered his level-sixty-nine Soul Power in the rear mountains and considered what kind of seventh soul ring his Martial Souls would need.
• Master Yu Xiaogang told Flender, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and the others that Spirit Hall had massacred the Blazing Sun Sect after it refused recruitment.
• Master ordered the students to pursue breakthroughs and discussed Spirit Hall's possible ties to the Starfall Organization.
• Zhao Wuji and Liu Erlong volunteered to investigate the Twilight Mountain Range, but Master said Tang San would be asked to decide after leaving seclusion.

As Xiao Xiaoxiao remained asleep in the Starfall Secret Realm, she briefly awakened to ask Elder Star Track to protect Tang San, prompting the Star Brilliance Clan to send aid to the continent. Tang San received the gifts from Xing Hen and, suspecting Xiao Xiaoxiao had sent them, set out with renewed resolve.

• Xiao Xiaoxiao briefly awakened and begged Elder Star Track to help Tang San, then fell back into a deep sleep.
• Elder Star Track ordered Xing Hen to aid Tang San and guard against Starfall, while Xing Shu was tasked with protecting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou's imperial capital.
• Xing Hen secretly met Tang San at Shrek Academy and gave him two Storage Soul Tools filled with valuable resources from an old friend.
• Xing Hen said the clan would deal with Starfall and vanished before Tang San could learn who had sent the gifts.
• Tang San suspected Xiao Xiaoxiao had arranged the aid and left the valley determined to grow stronger and reunite with her.

Tang San visited the Ice and Fire Two-Legged Spring, where he reunited with Tang Hao and saw that Ah Yin was close to taking human form. After discussing his trials and the dangers facing the continent, he left with a Clear Sky Sect token and a lead on Master Craftsman Lou Gao in Gengxin City.

• Tang San secretly reached the Ice and Fire Two-Legged Spring and found Ah Yin's life-energy phantom nearly formed.
• Tang Hao emerged from a nearby cave, and father and son embraced as they celebrated Ah Yin's progress.
• Tang San told Tang Hao about Spirit Hall, Starfall, the Blazing Sun Sect's tragedy, and the demands of the Sea God's Eighth Trial.
• Tang Hao promised to help Tang San find the Clear Sky Sect's Four Great Soul Bones and warned him not to confront the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King by brute strength.
• Tang Hao gave Tang San a Clear Sky Sect token and directed him to Lou Gao, the Blacksmith Association president in Gengxin City, who might recreate the Tang Sect's strongest Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San said farewell to Tang Hao and left the valley, setting his course for Gengxin City.

Tang San traveled to Gengxin City to meet Divine Craftsman Lou Gao and persuade him to recreate two powerful Tang Sect hidden weapons. Lou Gao agreed to forge them, but an unseen observer noticed Tang San’s arrival and meeting.

• Tang San traveled overland to Gengxin City, observing signs of growing tension across the continent.
• Tang San showed Lou Gao the token from Tang Hao, and Lou Gao recognized it and learned Tang San was his son.
• Tang San presented blueprints for the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus and the Pouring Rain Pear Blossom Needle and asked Lou Gao to forge them.
• Lou Gao agreed to forge the weapons if Tang San supplied the materials and stayed to assist with the Tang Sect’s secret techniques.
• An observer in a teahouse watched Tang San enter the Blacksmith Association with Lou Gao and then left.

Tang Yuehua reunited with Tang Hao, then visited Tang San in Gengxin City to offer the Clear Sky Sect’s support and urge him to return when he was ready. Tang San accepted resources and a token for contacting the sect’s covert forces, but stayed focused on his trials and current responsibilities.

• Tang Yuehua found Tang Hao at the Ice and Fire Two-Legged Spring and learned that he wanted her to support Tang San in the Clear Sky Sect’s name.
• Tang Yuehua went to the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City and introduced herself to Tang San as his aunt.
• Tang Yuehua gave Tang San resources from the sect’s secret treasury, including Dragon Ganoderma Leaves, Star Steel Marrow, and Rare Metal.
• Tang Yuehua urged Tang San to return to the Clear Sky Sect when the time was right, and Tang San agreed to visit after completing his trials and other duties.
• Tang Yuehua gave Tang San a token to mobilize some of the sect’s covert forces and left for the sect.

The six Shrek students continued intense individual training, refining their combat skills and pushing the limits of their abilities under Yu Xiaogang’s guidance. They prepared for the turmoil ahead and awaited their reunion with their absent core figure.

• Dai Mubai trained under the Gravity Meteorite Array, refining his control of strength as he advanced toward rank sixty-eight.
• Zhu Zhuqing used darkness and the Slaughter God's Domain - Prototype to hone her speed, concealment, and lethal precision.
• Ma Hongjun compressed and shaped his flames, while Ning Rongrong practiced precisely supporting nine targets at once.
• Xiao Wu combined Soft Skill with Tang Sect Techniques as she fought Soul Power Puppets, and Oscar developed an Adamantine Barrier Sausage.
• The six gathered under the night sky, listened to Yu Xiaogang’s critiques, and returned to training to prepare for the coming storm.

Tang San and Lou Gao worked to forge the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus in Gengxin City as Spirit Hall spies gathered outside. Across the continent, Xiao Xiaoxiao remained unconscious, Spirit Hall attacked the Elephant Armored Sect, and Tang Chen remained imprisoned by his Inner Demon as the looming war drew closer.

• Tang San and Lou Gao nurtured the lotus’s metal petals with Sea God's Power while Si Long reported suspected Spirit Hall spies near the Blacksmith Association headquarters.
• Tang San ordered the next batch of petal cores prepared with a ten percent shorter nurturing time, despite Lou Gao’s concerns about stability.
• Elder Xing Hen continued overseeing Xiao Xiaoxiao’s recovery in the Starfall Secret Realm, but her consciousness showed no response.
• Flender told Shrek’s leaders that a Spirit Hall squad had killed Hu Yan Zhen and devastated the Elephant Armored Sect, while their allies prepared for war.
• Tang Hao remained at the Ice and Fire Two-Legged Spring to protect Ah Yin during her transformation, and Bo Saixi sensed Tang Chen’s suffering in the City of Slaughter.