Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao learned that his Second Martial Soul would be the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, while the Beast Martial Soul Ranking’s Gourmet Tablecloth sparked widespread interest because it could produce food from Soul Power. The chapter left Shrek Academy facing schemes from the Star Luo Empire and a demand from the Soul Beasts to seize the artifact.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reassured Huo Yuhao that his Second Martial Soul was the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, a powerful ruler of the Ice Scorpion clan.
• Huo Yuhao anticipated using his Second Martial Soul to advance his revenge against the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• The Beast Martial Soul Ranking awarded the Gourmet Tablecloth, and people across the continent recognized its potential to transform food supplies and provoke conflict.
• Xu Jiawei planned to offer a Ten Thousand Year Holy Attribute Soul Bone and other concessions to borrow the tablecloth from Shrek Academy.
• Xiong Jun urged Di Tian to attack Shrek Academy and take the Gourmet Tablecloth for the Soul Beasts.

After vanishing for two years, Shao Zhuang returned to Shrek Academy as a Titled Douluo and revealed that he had been summoned away to complete a god’s trial. His return and confirmation of the Divine Trial restored hope amid the Sun Moon Empire’s invasion, and he vowed to end the war.

• Xuan Zi welcomed Shao Zhuang back to Sea God Pavilion and described the turmoil caused by his disappearance.
• Shao Zhuang promised to end the war and revealed his nine soul rings, including two red rings and an orange-gold ring.
• Shao Zhuang explained that he had been summoned away after using divine power during the Rising Sun City battle, which accelerated his Divine Trial.
• Xuan Zi learned that Shao Zhuang had obtained a god’s inheritance years earlier and had needed to fill the remaining soul ring slots of his Second Martial Soul to complete the trial.
• The Heavenly Curtain’s scene confirmed the Divine Trial to the continent and stirred widespread excitement and hope.

Shao Zhuang returned to Shrek Academy and learned that Ma Xiaotao remained trapped in sleep, battling the Evil Fire. He used his power to erase it and awaken her, leaving her reunited with the lover she had missed.

• Shao Zhuang agreed to keep his return secret until Shrek Academy's wager with the Holy Spirit Cult, then learned Ma Xiaotao was still suffering from the Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao watched the future scenes and realized the Holy Spirit Cult had captured and turned her into the Fire Phoenix Saintess, while Yan Shaozhe urged Elder Mu to target the cult and Evil Soul Masters.
• Shao Zhuang told Xuan Zi he could solve Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire problem, and Xuan Zi brought him to her room in Sea God Pavilion.
• Shao Zhuang used Extreme Ice, Extreme Divine, and Extreme Light to remove Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao woke and saw Shao Zhuang, the lover she had missed for years.

After two years away, Shao Zhuang returned to Shrek Academy as a Titled Douluo and revealed that he had been summoned to complete a Divine Trial. He vowed to end the war against the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Shrek and the continent stunned by the news of his inheritance.

• Xuan Zi welcomed Shao Zhuang back to the Sea God Pavilion after his two-year disappearance and described the turmoil his absence had caused.
• Shao Zhuang promised Xuan Zi that he would end the war and revealed his nine soul rings, including an orange-gold ring.
• Shao Zhuang explained that he had been taken away after using a god's power during the Rising Sun City battle, which accelerated his Divine Trial.
• Shao Zhuang's confirmation of a Divine Trial astonished people across the continent and raised Shrek Academy's morale.

Shao Zhuang returned to Shrek Academy and revealed that he could cure Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire. He erased it, and Ma Xiaotao awoke to find him beside her.

• Shrek Academy’s Elders celebrated Shao Zhuang’s future rise to godhood, and Shao Zhuang asked Xuan Zi to keep his return secret until the wagered duel.
• Shao Zhuang learned that Ma Xiaotao remained asleep most of the time, struggling against the Evil Fire that had led to her capture by the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Yan Shaozhe urged Elder Mu to put a purge of the Holy Spirit Cult and Evil Soul Masters on the agenda.
• Shao Zhuang told Xuan Zi he could cure Ma Xiaotao, then went to her room in Sea God Pavilion and saw her lying on the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade Bed.
• Shao Zhuang used Extreme Ice, Extreme Divine, and Extreme Light to erase Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and she awoke to see him.

Ma Xiaotao received Falling Heart Flame, a Heavenly Flame that could suppress her Evil Fire and accelerate her cultivation. She took it to Sea God Pavilion with Yan Shaozhe guarding her as she prepared to refine it, while Di Tian considered traveling to another world to become a god.

• The Heavenly Curtain revealed Falling Heart Flame's powers, stirring envy across the world and delighting Yan Shaozhe because it could suppress Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao welcomed the reward, hoping its cultivation boost would help her grow stronger and take control of her fate.
• Falling Heart Flame appeared before Ma Xiaotao, who sensed its power and spirituality and understood that refining it would take a prolonged struggle.
• Yan Shaozhe offered to guard Ma Xiaotao, and she left with him for Sea God Pavilion to refine Falling Heart Flame safely.
• Di Tian reflected on the Heavenly Curtain's otherworldly rewards and considered traveling to another world to become a god.

The Heavenly Curtain replaced the Strongest Beast Martial Soul Ranking with the Strongest Artifact Martial Soul Ranking, stirring anticipation among the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect. As everyone awaited the reveal, Xu Tianran raged that the change had interrupted the ranking before his family’s Purple Blazing Sky Dragon Martial Soul could appear.

• The Heavenly Curtain announced that the Strongest Artifact Martial Soul Ranking would replace the Strongest Beast Martial Soul Ranking.
• Ning Tian hoped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul would rank and bring her sect an opportunity to evolve it.
• At Haotian Fort, Tai Tan predicted the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul would rank highly, while Niu Tian cautioned that other powerful martial souls might surpass it.
• Tai Tan and Niu Tian agreed that Dong'er would be a suitable representative of the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, even if the ranking exposed her identity.
• Xu Tianran smashed a vase and cursed the Heavenly Curtain for changing rankings before the Purple Blazing Sky Dragon Martial Soul could appear.

The Heavenly Curtain ranked the Clear Sky Hammer tenth among artifact martial souls and identified Wang Dong as its current era’s leading wielder. Wang Dong learned that her agile cultivation path, enhanced by spatial power, had gained recognition, though her identity being revealed worried her.

• The Heavenly Curtain announced the Clear Sky Hammer’s tenth-place ranking, shocking people across the continent and members of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tai Tan questioned the ranking, while Niu Tian concluded that the Douluo Continent had a deeper foundation than they had believed.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao watched with interest, and Du Weilun wondered whether Shrek Academy’s artifact martial souls could rank higher.
• The Heavenly Curtain described Wang Dong as a level-twenty-one Soul Grandmaster whose agile Clear Sky Hammer path incorporated spatial power.
• Wang Dong was startled to see herself revealed, then became pleased that her martial soul had ranked and that the Heavenly Curtain had outlined her cultivation direction.

The Heavenly Curtain ranked the Clear Sky Hammer tenth among the strongest weapon martial souls, shocking the continent and the Clear Sky Sect. It named Wang Dong as its most representative wielder and described her unusual cultivation path, leaving her delighted but worried that her identity might be exposed.

• The Heavenly Curtain announced the Clear Sky Hammer as the tenth-ranked weapon martial soul, prompting widespread disbelief and discussion.
• Tai Tan questioned the ranking, while Niu Tian concluded that Douluo Continent held deeper powers than they had imagined.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao watched the ranking at Shrek Academy, and Xiao Xiao hoped her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron might appear.
• The Heavenly Curtain identified Wang Dong as the Clear Sky Hammer’s current representative and described her agile cultivation path, including her use of spatial power.
• Wang Dong was shocked to see herself featured, worried her identity could be exposed, then became delighted at making the ranking and gaining a fortuitous opportunity.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Wang Dong was a girl who wielded the rare Light Goddess Butterfly and would use the Clear Sky Hammer against a Holy Spirit Cult elder. Shrek Academy began arranging a girls’ dormitory for her, while Wang Dong focused on comprehending the future scene.

• The Heavenly Curtain showed Wang Dong’s future appearance, revealing her as a beautiful girl and shocking Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and other freshmen who had feelings for her.
• Wu Feng was delighted that Wang Dong was a girl, while Ning Tian gave up on approaching her as a potential partner.
• Du Weilun learned that Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly had exposed her gender to Shrek’s upper ranks and ordered Teacher Tian to move her to a private room in the girls’ dormitory.
• Wang Dong noticed people looking at her but set aside her failed disguise to study the future Clear Sky Hammer scene.
• A Holy Spirit Cult elder recognized the scene as Wang Dong’s future attack on him, in which her hammer shattered the surrounding space before swinging toward his face.

The Heavenly Curtain ranked the Clear Sky Hammer tenth and awarded Wang Dong the Non-Invasion Contract: Volume One, a mysterious treasure that protected its bearer’s consciousness from external forces. Wang Dong was transported into a blank space to receive it, while Zhou Yi guarded her body at Shrek Academy.

• The Heavenly Curtain praised the Clear Sky Hammer’s destructive power and described the risks and potential of wielding it.
• The Heavenly Ranking granted Wang Dong the first volume of the Non-Invasion Contract, which returned attacks on the recipient’s consciousness to their source a hundredfold.
• Xu Tianran feared that future Opportunity Rewards might fail to match his needs and prayed that the Heavenly Ranking would help him regain his ability to stand and his male functions.
• The reward flew to Shrek Academy and entered Wang Dong’s mind, cutting off her perception of the outside world.
• Zhou Yi moved to guard Wang Dong and kept nearby students from disturbing her as she received the reward.
• Wang Dong found herself in a blank, pale space, where the mysterious scroll appeared before her.

Wang Dong received the Scroll of Non-Invasion, which erased a hidden restriction on her spiritual origin and revealed that someone had secretly placed it there. In the God Realm, Tang San suffered backlash while trying to preserve his connection to Xiao Qi and realized that an overwhelming force had erased his safeguard as well as cut the God Realm off from the Douluo Plane.

• The Scroll of Non-Invasion enveloped Wang Dong in golden light and removed a shackle from her spiritual origin.
• Wang Dong realized that an unknown person had secretly restricted her spiritual origin and felt reassured that the scroll could protect her from future harm.
• Tang San suffered backlash after attempting to resist the force that destroyed the safeguard he had placed on Xiao Qi.
• Tang San concealed the truth from Xiao Wu and angrily confirmed that the God Realm could no longer see or control the Douluo Plane.
• Tang San concluded that a force vastly stronger than the God Realm had erased his safeguard and disrupted his plans for the Douluo Plane.

Wang Dong completed the Non-Invasion Contract, which restored her sealed memories and revealed that she was Tang Wutong, daughter of Tang San. She rejected the identity imposed on her and resolved to investigate whether Tang San had placed a shackle on her spirit, leaving her prepared to confront him if her suspicions proved true.

• An unknown attacker’s power threatened Wang Dong as she signed the Non-Invasion Contract, and the contract’s name changed from Tang Wutong to Wang Dong before the signing was completed.
• The God of Fairness appeared as the contract took effect, and the Scroll of Non-Invasion returned to Wang Dong’s forehead.
• Wang Dong’s sealed memories resurfaced, revealing her identity as Tang Wutong, the daughter of Tang San, and that her guardians at the Clear Sky Sect were divine officials.
• Wang Dong suspected that Tang San had placed a shackle on her spirit and learned that the contract could analyze the power and trace its source.
• Wang Dong decided to investigate the shackle and remain true to the identity she had built, preparing to face Tang San if her suspicions were confirmed.

Wang Dong returned from the Non-Invasion Contract and agreed to discuss a training plan with Yan Shaozhe, while the Heavenly Curtain revealed the ninth-ranked Artifact Martial Soul, the Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron. Xiao Xiao suspected it might be connected to her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron Martial Soul and wondered if hers could evolve.

• Wang Dong returned to the real world after completing the Non-Invasion Contract, and Yan Shaozhe asked how it went.
• Yan Shaozhe invited Wang Dong to his office to discuss her future training plan, and she agreed.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed the Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron as the ninth-ranked Artifact Martial Soul.
• Wang Yan speculated that the cauldron might be a mutation of the Soul Suppressing Cauldron Martial Soul and recalled Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.
• Xiao Xiao wondered whether the Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron was connected to her Martial Soul and whether hers could evolve.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Xiao Xiao’s Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron could evolve into the top-tier Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron, making her another promising Shrek Academy freshman. As Shrek celebrated its growing number of future talents, Dai Huabin and rival factions resented its apparent dominance.

• The Heavenly Curtain identified Xiao Xiao as the future wielder of the Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron, an evolved form of her current Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xiao rejoiced at being named, and Zhou Yi took her to the office to escape the crowd of students.
• Zhou Yi wondered whether Freshman Class One was blessed after several of her students were recognized for their futures.
• Yan Shaozhe offered Wang Dong further benefits and training support while Shrek Academy students discussed their cohort’s fame.
• Dai Huabin angrily punched a tree and vowed to prove himself by appearing on the Heavenly Curtain.
• Du Busi criticized the list’s Shrek-heavy results and feared the academy would outmatch other factions.

Xu Tianran watched Shrek Academy gain recognition from the Heavenly Curtain while Xiao Xiao and Zhou Yi discussed how to cultivate the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron. Ning Tian worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda might not rank and privately wished her sect could achieve a Martial Soul evolution.

• Xu Tianran resented Shrek Academy’s growing strength but memorized the Heavenly Curtain’s information about the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.
• Zhou Yi asked Xiao Xiao how she planned to cultivate her Martial Soul, and Xiao Xiao said she expected the Heavenly Curtain to reveal the answer.
• Ning Tian worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda might not make the rankings after seeing the Clear Sky Hammer and Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron placed above it.
• Ning Tian wished someone in her sect could evolve their Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure or even Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then dismissed the hope as impossible.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Xiao Xiao’s evolved Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron and its power to suppress momentum, drawing awe and alarm from rulers across the continent. Xu Jiawei resolved to try recruiting Xiao Xiao despite her ties to Shrek Academy.

• The Heavenly Curtain showed the Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron’s appearance, astonishing Xiao Xiao and leaving Ning Tian worried about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s chances of ranking.
• The Heavenly Curtain explained that the cauldron could suppress all momentum and, at greater mastery, turn a nation’s fortune against its enemies.
• Xu Tianran recognized Xiao Xiao as a major threat to the Sun Moon Empire and wanted to recruit her.
• Xu Jiawei saw how Xiao Xiao could protect and aid the Star Luo Empire, reflected on Shrek Academy’s power, and resolved to try recruiting her.

Xiao Xiao used her Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron to ambush and crush a group of Evil Soul Masters while leading the Shrek Inspection Team. After they celebrated clearing the stronghold, she wondered when Brother Zhuang would return to turn the tide of the war.

• Xiao Xiao secretly killed an Evil Soul Master with her tiny Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron, alerting the others to her presence.
• The Evil Soul Masters gathered around their Spirit System member and prepared for Xiao Xiao's attack.
• Xiao Xiao expanded the Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron and pinned the Evil Soul Masters down with its pressure.
• Xiao Xiao crushed the Evil Soul Masters, and the Shrek Inspection Team praised her before she urged them to clear another stronghold.
• Xiao Xiao looked toward the war-torn land and wondered when Brother Zhuang would return.

Xiao Xiao’s Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron demonstrated its power against Evil Soul Masters, and the Heavenly Soul and Star Luo rulers reacted to what the scenes revealed about the war. The chapter ended with Xu Tianran watching Xiao Xiao use the cauldron to suppress the Sun Moon Empire’s army on a battlefield.

• Xiao Xiao used the Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron to defeat Evil Soul Masters, and viewers concluded that her miniature instant-kill technique had been developed to target them.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor recognized that the scenes showed the Sun Moon Empire occupying much of his territory and angrily watched the revelation.
• Xu Jiawei judged Xiao Xiao to be strategically valuable and wished to recruit her into the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Tianran watched a battlefield scene in which Xiao Xiao unleashed the cauldron’s Ultimate Suppression and locked down the Sun Moon Empire’s army.

Xiao Xiao worried that the admirer she had mentioned might be Shao Zhuang, who was also revealed as Ma Xiaotao’s lover, while Zhou Yi and Yan Shaozhe considered the implications. The Heavenly Curtain awarded Xiao Xiao the Eternal Zhen Lotus, a void-born immortal treasure that could improve her aptitude and help her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron evolve.

• Xiao Xiao wondered whether Shao Zhuang was the person she admired and worried about how that would affect Ma Xiaotao.
• Zhou Yi recognized the possible connection between Xiao Xiao’s “Brother Zhuang” and Shao Zhuang but chose not to advise her.
• Yan Shaozhe linked “Brother Zhuang” to Shao Zhuang, then decided not to interfere in Ma Xiaotao’s future relationship choices.
• The Heavenly Curtain completed its review of Xiao Xiao’s Eternal Zhen Soul Cauldron and announced her Opportunity Reward.
• The Heavenly Curtain granted Xiao Xiao the Eternal Zhen Lotus, which could cleanse her aptitude, raise her Soul Power Level, evolve her cauldron, and lay a foundation for becoming a God.