Chapter Summaries

Zhou Huan stopped Xiao Hongchen from self-destructing, defeated him, and led Shrek Academy to a sweep of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and a place in the Semifinals. He and Zhang Lexuan later decided not to watch the Holy Spirit Sect’s match, while Zhou Huan prepared to deal with the cult if they faced it.

• Zhou Huan froze Xiao Hongchen before he could complete his self-destruction, then knocked him out with a palm strike.
• Zheng Zhan announced Shrek Academy’s victory over the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and their advance to the Semifinals.
• Xu Tianran left the VIP section with Ju Zi, while Jing Hongchen worried about his grandson and Xu Tianran’s displeasure.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan spent the time before lunch together at Mingyue Hotel and discussed Ye Guyi’s cultivation inside the Floating Pagoda.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan chose not to attend the Holy Spirit Sect’s match, and Zhou Huan said he would handle the cult if they met in the Semifinals.

Shrek Academy faced the Holy Spirit Sect in the first semifinal, where Zhou Huan easily defeated the skeletal Evil Soul Master Wang Xiaolei. The match ended with Zhong Liwu glaring at Zhou Huan from the VIP section.

• Xu Tianran and Zhong Liwu discussed the Holy Spirit Sect’s chances in the semifinals as the draw paired Shrek Academy with the Holy Spirit Sect.
• Zhou Huan entered the arena for Shrek, where he faced the Holy Spirit Sect’s Wang Xiaolei, a six-ring Soul Emperor.
• Wang Xiaolei unleashed vengeful spirits and skeletal claws, but Zhou Huan froze and destroyed them with his Cold Ice Qi.
• Wang Xiaolei revealed his skeletal body and attacked with a bone whip, which Zhou Huan caught and used to smash him into the stage.
• Zhou Huan’s Cold Ice Qi shattered Wang Xiaolei into icy fragments, and Zhong Liwu silently watched in anger.

Zhou Huan instantly killed two Holy Spirit Sect Soul Emperors in the individual elimination tournament, prompting Zhong Liwu to send his Disciple Yan Feng against him. Yan Feng revealed himself as a seven-ring Soul Sage, and the chapter left their match just beginning.

• Zhou Huan killed Wang Xiaolei, and referee Zheng Zhan declared Shrek the winner of the first match.
• Jili transformed into a Brain Eater Beast and attacked Zhou Huan, who severed his tongue and killed him with an icy palm strike.
• Zheng Zhan declared Shrek the winner of the second match as spectators cheered the Evil Soul Master's death.
• Zhong Liwu ordered the red-clothed young woman to send Yan Feng into the next match despite her concern for his safety.
• Yan Feng stepped onto the stage, revealed seven Soul Rings, and began the third match against Zhou Huan.

Zhou Huan defeated and killed Yan Feng, a Soul Sage of the Holy Spirit Cult, by unleashing his Cold Ice Field and Giant Frost Dragon. Afterward, Zhong Liwu and Feng Ling decided to send Dai Huabin to face him next.

• Yan Feng transformed into a Bone Dragon and attacked Zhou Huan with corrosive Evil Ice mist, but Zhou Huan's Giant Frost Dragon froze it and fought the Bone Dragon in the air.
• Yan Feng burned his Origin Soul Power to fire two beams at Zhou Huan, who released his Cold Ice Field and stopped the attacks in midair.
• Zhou Huan's Giant Frost Dragon pierced the collapsing Bone Dragon, killing Yan Feng; Zhou Huan told him he was a level fifty-five Soul King.
• Zhong Liwu angrily accused Shrek of using Extreme Ice and a Domain Skill, while Xu Tianran urged him not to worry about Zhou Huan.
• Feng Ling advised Zhong Liwu to send Dai Huabin out as the Holy Son, and Zhong Liwu agreed.

Dai Huabin entered the Individual Elimination Tournament to face Zhou Huan, while Huo Gua struggled with the prospect of Zhou Huan killing the man who had killed his mother and blood brother. Dai Huabin revealed a startling Soul Ring configuration, and the match was poised to begin in earnest.

• After Zhou Huan defeated the Holy Spirit Sect’s third contestant, Dai Huabin took the stage as its fourth fighter.
• Huo Gua admitted to Wang Dong'er that he had hoped to settle things with Dai Huabin himself, while Wang Qingya said she would leave Mingdu with her parents that afternoon.
• Dai Huabin told Zhou Huan that he had to be strong, then released his Soul Sage aura and revealed two purple and five black Soul Rings.

Zhou Huan fought Dai Huabin, whose mutated Netherworld Evil Tiger powers proved unable to overcome Zhou Huan’s ice and purifying domain. Dai Huabin secretly staged his own defeat before the watching Holy Spirit Cult leaders, leaving Zhou Huan baffled as Dai passed out with a severe injury.

• Dai Huabin attacked Zhou Huan with his Netherworld Evil Tiger Claw and Evil Tiger Fierce Light Wave, but Zhou Huan blocked both without injury.
• Dai Huabin and the woman sharing his consciousness agreed that he should appear to fight seriously and take an injury rather than reveal that Zhou Huan was not their enemy.
• Dai Huabin unleashed Netherworld Hell, but Zhou Huan’s Snow Dance Radiant Sun purified the black mist and countered the domain.
• Dai Huabin activated his Netherworld Evil Tiger Avatar and charged Zhou Huan, who dodged the attack and kicked the tiger into the stage.
• Dai Huabin secretly weakened his own domain, allowing Zhou Huan’s domain to overwhelm him; he returned to human form, spat blood, and passed out.

After Zhou Huan defeated Dai Huabin, the Holy Spirit Sect withdrew and Shrek advanced to the finals, though the teams planned to leave Mingdu after attempting to assassinate Xu Tianran that night. As Xuanzi organized the withdrawal, Zhang Lexuan backed Zhou Huan’s warning that the western route might be a trap and proposed splitting into two groups, leaving everyone to choose whom to follow.

• Zhong Liwu decided not to send the Holy Spirit Sect’s remaining contestants against Shrek, then left the arena with Feng Ling.
• Zhou Huan refrained from attacking the unconscious Dai Huabin, and the Holy Spirit Sect’s remaining contestants carried Dai Huabin away and abandoned the match.
• Zheng Zhan declared the Holy Spirit Sect’s withdrawal a surrender, giving Shrek the semifinal victory and a place in the finals.
• After the Tang Sect defeated Star Luo National Academy, Shrek and the Tang Sect gathered at Mingyue Hotel to plan their withdrawal after the planned assassination of Xu Tianran.
• Zhou Huan warned that the western route might be a Sun Moon Empire trap, and Zhang Lexuan proposed splitting the group between teams led by Xuanzi and by herself and Zhou Huan.

Zhou Huan chose to leave Mingdu with the Shrek Team and secretly raided the Sun Moon Empire's underground armory while the palace forces and their enemies prepared for battle. He left with sixteen Level Nine Soul Tool Shells and headed to meet his group in the eastern suburbs.

• Xuanzi agreed to split everyone into two groups, and Zhou Huan took Xiao Xiao while Wang Qiuer chose to leave with Huo Gua and the Tang Sect.
• Xuanzi, Du Busi, and their allies confronted the Holy Spirit Cult faction above the Sun Moon Imperial Palace as Xu Tianran and Ju Zi watched.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao led the rest of Zhou Huan's group to a hidden meeting place in Mingdu's eastern suburbs.
• Zhou Huan reached the underground armory, knocked out its guards, and took sixteen Level Nine Soul Tool Shells along with numerous lower-level shells.
• Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiuer, and Huo Gua arrived to loot the adjacent rare-metal warehouse, while Zhou Huan left their metals untouched and slipped away.
• Zhou Huan headed to the eastern suburbs to rejoin Zhang Lexuan and the others.

After escaping Mingdu, Zhou Huan brought the Shrek group safely back to Shrek Academy and settled in with Zhang Lexuan. The chapter ended with Huo Gua holding a sleeping Wang Dong'er in Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley as Wang Qiuer tearfully walked away.

• Zhou Huan returned to the rendezvous point, and he and Zhang Lexuan used the Floating Pagoda to evacuate the Shrek group from Mingdu.
• Zhou Huan carried the group past the Sun Moon Army's eastern defensive line, and they flew on to Shrek Academy over the next several days.
• Zhou Huan returned to Zhang Lexuan's home, rested with her, and kissed her when she came over.
• Zhang Lexuan asked whether Xuan Zi and the others would be safe, and Zhou Huan replied that it depended on what counted as something big.
• In Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley, Huo Gua held the sleeping Wang Dong'er while Wang Qiuer left in tears.

After returning to Shrek, Huo Gua visited Zhou Huan to apologize for Wang Qiuer’s disappearance and question his suspicions about Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley. Zhou Huan detected that Electrolux was still inside Huo Gua’s Sea of Consciousness, and Huo Gua left demanding to learn everything about the place he hated.

• Zhou Huan continued cultivating with Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow as Xuanzi’s group returned to Shrek, while Wang Qiuer and Wang Dong’er remained absent.
• Huo Gua visited Zhou Huan and apologized for Wang Qiuer, but Zhou Huan refused to reveal where she had gone.
• Huo Gua questioned why Zhou Huan had suspected trouble west of Mingdu and accused him of already knowing Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley existed.
• Zhou Huan’s probing gaze nearly exposed Huo Gua’s secrets, but Electrolux shielded Huo Gua’s Sea of Consciousness, revealing to Zhou Huan that Electrolux was still alive.
• Huo Gua said he hated Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley and asked Zhou Huan to tell him everything about it.

Zhou Huan urged Huo Gua to grow strong enough to control his own fate instead of seeking answers about Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley before he could face its mysterious power. Huo Gua left resolved to learn true Necromancy from Electrolux.

• Zhou Huan refused to reveal the truth about Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley, telling Huo Gua he was too weak and should master every power he could.
• Electrolux agreed with Zhou Huan’s advice and silently resolved to help Huo Gua learn true Necromancy.
• Huo Gua declared that he would one day make the mysterious existence from Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley suffer, then asked Zhou Huan how their strength compared.
• After Huo Gua left, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress argued about the danger of Zhou Huan discovering their secrets, and Huo Gua calmed them.
• Huo Gua told Electrolux that he wanted to learn true Necromancy, and Electrolux agreed.

After breaking through to level 95 and becoming a Super Douluo, Zhou Huan shared his remaining Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow with friends and visited Zhang Lexuan. He learned that Xuanzi and Huo Gua had left on a rescue mission, then settled in to cook with his girlfriend.

• Zhou Huan reached level 95 after absorbing seven stalks of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, bringing his total consumption over six months to thirteen stalks and a fragment of an Angel Godhead.
• Zhou Huan gave two stalks of Profound Ice Marrow to his girlfriend, one each to Wen Xiaoshuai, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qingya, and two to Wang Yan, leaving himself three.
• Zhou Huan stayed in seclusion while Xuanzi led a rescue mission to the Sun Moon Empire, with Huo Gua serving as the hidden force tasked with rescuing captured Soul Masters in Risheng City.
• Zhou Huan visited Zhang Lexuan after emerging from seclusion, asked about events at Shrek, and learned that she had stayed behind to guard the academy.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan went to prepare a meal, and Zhou Huan headed to Sea God Lake to catch a fish.

After the Three-Eyed Golden Lion died by sacrificing herself, Di Tian failed to retrieve her and blamed humans for cutting off the Soul Beasts’ future. He ordered a beast tide against Shrek City in three days, while Zi Ji stayed behind to guard the Lake of Life.

• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan saw the sky above the Star Dou Great Forest turn dark red as Di Tian tried and failed to seize something from the void.
• Di Tian told Bi Ji that the Auspicious Beast had died through sacrifice and that humans had deceived her.
• Di Tian summoned Myriad Monster King, Bear Lord, Scarlet King, and Zi Ji, then ordered them to prepare a beast tide targeting Shrek City in three days.
• Di Tian told Zi Ji to stay behind and guard the Lake of Life while he led the attack, and Bi Ji reassured her that they could retreat safely.

Zhou Huan told Zhang Lexuan that the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune had been severed because Wang Qiuer, the Imperial Auspicious Beast, had died, making a Beast Tide imminent. He and Zhang Lexuan began preparing Shrek and the Tang Sect for the attack, and Zhou Huan left Beibei and Tang Ya stunned with the warning.

• Zhang Lexuan sensed the Crimson Sky Change and the black dragon’s presence, and Zhou Huan identified the dragon as Di Tian.
• Zhou Huan explained that Wang Qiuer had been the Imperial Auspicious Beast and that her death would drive Di Tian to launch a Beast Tide.
• Zhang Lexuan left to alert Shrek’s elders and Shrek City’s defense officers, while Zhou Huan went to warn the Tang Sect.
• Beibei and Tang Ya welcomed Zhou Huan at the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya invited him to join as a Vice Sect Master.
• Zhou Huan told Beibei and Tang Ya that the Beast Tide was coming, making Beibei spit out his tea in shock.

Zhou Huan warned Shrek and the Tang Sect that a Beast Tide was approaching, and Shrek City prepared for battle. The Soul Beast army attacked the city, where Tang Sect artillery halted its advance, while Di Tian ordered the next stage of the assault to begin.

• Zhou Huan told Beibei and Tang Ya that a Beast Tide was coming and urged the Tang Sect to prepare to defend Shrek City.
• Zhang Lexuan briefed Xuanzi on the Beast Tide, and Xuanzi worried that Huo Yuhao might be connected to Wang Qiuer’s death.
• Di Tian’s Soul Beast army charged Shrek City, and the Time Douluo rallied the defenders before ordering the city’s Soul Cannons to fire.
• Xuan Ziwen deployed sixty-one All-terrain Self-propelled Artillery Platforms, whose sweeping beams stopped the Soul Beast army’s advance.
• Bi Ji lamented the Soul Beasts’ losses, and Di Tian ordered the assault to proceed after learning that Myriad Monster King and Bear Lord were in position.

Di Tian launched a beast tide against Shrek City over the death of the Auspicious Beast, and Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan joined the aerial battle to confront him. Zhou Huan urged Di Tian to talk, but the fight remained unresolved.

• Di Tian attacked Shrek City from multiple directions, claiming humans had killed the Auspicious Beast and declaring he would destroy the city.
• Xuanzi challenged Di Tian, but Di Tian quickly overpowered him and ordered the Soul Beast army to attack.
• Mu En appeared and merged with Xuanzi to form a golden Taotie, which temporarily stalemated Di Tian's dragon form.
• Zhou Huan decided to act rather than wait for Huo Gua and took Zhang Lexuan into their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan arrived on the aerial battlefield, and Zhou Huan told Di Tian that violence could not solve their problems.

Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan intervened in the battle against Di Tian, and Zhou Huan used a huge array of Soul Tool Shells to force him to negotiate. After linking Wang Qiuer’s death to the Soul Beasts’ lack of a path to godhood, Zhou Huan revealed a Snow Fairy who knew Di Tian.

• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan joined the fight with Mu En, Xuan Zi, and Di Tian, startling everyone with their Limit Douluo-level power.
• Zhou Huan surrounded the battlefield with sixteen Level Nine Soul Tool Shells and hundreds of weaker shells, stopping both the human defenders and Soul Beast army from moving.
• Zhou Huan warned Di Tian that he could destroy the Soul Beast army and might still have enough shells to bomb the Lake of Life, where Gu Yuena was recovering.
• Zhou Huan said Wang Qiuer’s death was not what he wanted and offered an explanation: Soul Beasts had no god because the Dragon God had fallen.
• A white-haired Snow Fairy emerged from Zhou Huan and asked Di Tian if he still recognized her.

Di Tian agreed to withdraw the beast tide if Zhou Huan came to the Lake of Life, and Zhou Huan accepted, asking for three days before he went. After the Soul Beasts retreated, Zhang Lexuan told Zhou Huan she would accompany him.

• The Snow Empress vouched for Zhou Huan, but Di Tian said he needed to judge the human for himself.
• Di Tian offered to withdraw if Zhou Huan came to the Lake of Life, and Zhou Huan agreed to go in three days.
• Mu En and Xuanzi objected, but Zhou Huan reassured them that Di Tian would not harm him and promised to bring a surprise.
• Di Tian ordered the Soul Beasts to retreat, ending the beast tide, and the City Defense Army celebrated.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Qingya discussed Zhou Huan's strength, while Mu En and Xuanzi returned to the academy without questioning him.
• Zhang Lexuan told Zhou Huan that she would go with him to the Lake of Life.

After helping save Shrek City, Zhou Huan was thanked by Mu En and invited to become Sea God Pavilion Master, but he refused so Zhang Lexuan could keep her position. He joined the Pavilion instead, reassured Mu En about his coming trip to Lake of Life, and hurried to make up with Zhang Lexuan.

• Zhou Huan realized Zhang Lexuan had been upset because he had decided to visit Lake of Life without discussing the danger with her, and he flew to Sea God Island to explain.
• Mu En thanked Zhou Huan for saving Shrek City and offered him a Soul Bone, while Zhou Huan credited his cultivation to Snow Empress's help through Xuan Zi.
• Mu En ordered the Pavilion elders to keep Zhou Huan's strength secret and offered him the position of Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Zhou Huan refused to take Zhang Lexuan's position, agreed to join the Sea God Pavilion, and told Mu En he was confident about going to Lake of Life.
• After the meeting ended, Zhou Huan rushed to Zhang Lexuan's home to make up with her.

Zhou Huan coaxed Zhang Lexuan after she grew angry over his dangerous plans, then told her he was waiting for Huo Yuhao before visiting the Lake of Life. Huo Gua returned to Shrek Academy and offered to face Di Tian, learning that Wang Qiuer might possibly be resurrected.

• Zhou Huan tried to cheer up Zhang Lexuan, who ignored him because he had gone to the Lake of Life without telling her.
• Zhou Huan kissed Zhang Lexuan, apologized for keeping his plans from her, and promised to discuss dangerous matters with her in the future.
• Zhang Lexuan asked why Zhou Huan was waiting three days to visit the Lake of Life, and he said he was waiting for Huo Yuhao to return.
• Huo Gua hurried to find Zhou Huan and insisted on going with him to meet the Beast God and accept responsibility for Wang Qiuer's death.
• Zhou Huan said he would take Wang Qiuer with him and warned that Huo Gua's presence could enrage Di Tian, then suggested Wang Qiuer might be resurrected.
• Huo Gua told Zhou Huan he was willing to do anything if Wang Qiuer could be resurrected.