Chapter Summaries

Xu Zihuang defeated Xiao Hongchen after revealing a Gold-grade Second Awakening of his Body Martial Soul, leaving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy unable to continue the tournament in earnest. Shrek Academy went on to win the championship, while Xu Zihuang collapsed from the awakening’s enormous toll.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Xu Zihuang, and the two began their match with a fierce close-quarters fight using their legs.
• Xiao Hongchen deployed 128 Level 5 Soul Guidance Cannons, but Xu Zihuang used Invincible Golden Body to withstand the barrage.
• Xu Zihuang triggered a Gold-grade Second Awakening of his Body Martial Soul, annihilating Xiao Hongchen’s attacks and leaving him unconscious with a strange strand of Spiritual Power.
• Xu Zihuang assured Meng Hongchen that Xiao Hongchen was not in danger and asked her to detoxify Senior Brother Xu and the others, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Chen Zifeng won four consecutive matches, and Dai Yueheng took the final match as Shrek Academy secured the tournament championship.

Shrek Academy won the tournament, but Yu Tianhuang's Gold-grade Second Awakening drew the attention of the Star Luo Empire and the Body Sect. After the team returned to the hotel, Lang Ya gave Xuan Zi a life-origin pill made from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sky Blue Vine, which Xuan Zi fed to the unconscious Yu Zihuang before planning to leave for the academy the next morning.

• Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the champions, while Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao discussed Yu Tianhuang's Gold-grade Second Awakening and the Body Sect's interest in him.
• Xuan Zi had Meng Hongchen cure Xu Sanshi, Beibei, and Jiang Nannan, and Shrek Academy's group carried the unconscious Xu Zihuang back to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.
• Xu Jiawei canceled the public awards ceremony, and Lang Ya and Yu Tao met the Shrek group at the hotel to offer a precious pill to Xu Zihuang.
• Xuan Zi identified the pill as condensed life essence from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sky Blue Vine and fed it to Xu Zihuang.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan that the Body Sect's leader would make a move and said Shrek Academy should return home the next morning.

After Yu Tianhuang’s Gold-grade Second Awakening left him unconscious, the Shrek Academy group learned that the Body Sect intended to take him, while the Star Luo Emperor sent Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er to treat him. Yu Tianhuang absorbed the life-essence pill and recovered, then awoke to find his Sea of Consciousness had expanded, though his Spiritual Power had not yet reached the tangible-yet-immaterial realm.

• Elder Xuan explained to Wang Yan that Yu Tianhuang’s awakening had drained his life force, but the Body Sect’s precious pill could restore it and improve his Cultivation.
• Old Master Ma took the injured Xiao Hongchen back to the Sun Moon Empire, while Xu Jiawei visited Shrek Academy with Wang Xian'er to treat Yu Tianhuang.
• Dai Yueheng told the group that Wang Xian'er was the era’s strongest Healing System Soul Master and its only Healing System Super Douluo.
• Wang Xian'er guided the pill’s effects into Yu Tianhuang’s body and said he would awaken within three hours; Xu Jiawei then invited Wang Yan to collect Shrek Academy’s championship rewards.
• Ning Tian stayed beside the unconscious Yu Tianhuang, who later awoke within his Sea of Consciousness and found it had expanded by at least one-fifth.

After recovering from his unconsciousness, Xu Zihuang learned that a precious pill had restored his vitality and improved his cultivation, then shared an intimate exchange with Ning Tian. At Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen questioned Meng Hongchen about Xu Zihuang’s match against Xiao Hongchen.

• Xu Zihuang sensed the abilities of his Gold-grade Second Awakening and considered contacting the Body Sect to learn more from Du Busi.
• Ning Tian told Xu Zihuang that Lang Ya had given him a pill made from the life essence of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Plant-type Soul Beast and that Wang Xian’er had treated him.
• Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian teased each other about him joining the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then embraced and affirmed their feelings.
• Jing Hongchen condemned Xiao Hongchen for losing his fighting spirit, and Meng Hongchen defended her brother while admitting Xu Zihuang’s talent was extraordinary.
• Jing Hongchen asked Meng Hongchen to recount every detail of Xu Zihuang’s match against Xiao Hongchen.

After Shrek Academy returned from the tournament, Elder Xuan summoned Xu Zihuang to Sea God's Pavilion, where Elder Mu confronted him about his inability to trust others. Elder Mu sent him to meditate in a secluded room and left the choice of whether to reveal what he sought up to him.

• Wang Yan selected three tournament Soul Bones for Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi hurried the team back to the academy.
• Xuan Zi took Xu Zihuang aside, while Beibei reassured Wang Dong and told her she could speak to him whenever she was ready.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er brought Xu Zihuang to Sea God's Pavilion to meet Yan Shaozhe's teacher, Elder Mu.
• Elder Mu revealed that he had noticed Xu Zihuang's distrust of others and asked what he was seeking.
• Elder Mu transported Xu Zihuang to a large hall and instructed him to meditate in a room at the end of the right-hand passage, saying he could choose whether to answer afterward.

Xu Zihuang entered the Golden Tree’s underground world to cultivate in its deepest room, while Mu En, Yan Shaozhe, and Xian Lin'er discussed his disguise and whether he could be trusted. Mu En decided Xu Zihuang was worth Shrek Academy’s full support and left him to find his own answer through Deep Meditation.

• Xu Zihuang reasoned that Mu En likely had not discovered his identity or the Destruction Attribute of his Second Martial Soul, then entered the room at the end of the passage.
• Mu En explained that the room was among 108 cultivation chambers beneath Sea God's Pavilion and that Xu Zihuang had been granted Deep Meditation there for his tournament contributions and talent.
• Xu Zihuang sat down to cultivate, and the Golden Tree's light and life aura filled him with clarity as his Soul Power began circulating on its own.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En whether they should question Xu Zihuang about his disguise, but Mu En said they should not pressure him.
• Xian Lin'er argued that Xu Zihuang had little reason to scheme for Shrek Academy's benefits and suggested his pride and distrust came from seeing himself as far above those around him.
• Mu En said Xu Zihuang needed guidance, declared him worth cultivating at any cost, and sent Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er away.

Tang Ya struggled with doubts about her cultivation before Beibei returned and reunited with her, while Ning Tian confronted Wu Feng about her feelings for Yu Tianhuang. In the Sea God's Pavilion, Xu Zihuang clarified that his path centered on ruling over all things and satisfying his own desire.

• Tang Ya worried that her slow cultivation would keep her from graduating or entering the Inner Court, and thought about her concern for Huo Yuhao.
• Beibei surprised Tang Ya after returning to the academy, embraced her, and recounted the tournament and their recent journey.
• Tang Ya and Beibei discussed Yu Tianhuang and Ning Tian, then postponed visiting Huo Yuhao until the next day.
• Ning Tian told Wu Feng to leave the academy because she had chosen Yu Tianhuang, but relented when Wu Feng promised not to provoke him.
• Xu Zihuang contemplated his abilities beneath Sea God's Pavilion and decided that his true path was to make all living beings submit and possess everything.

After completing Deep Meditation, Xu Zihuang returned to Shrek Academy, where Mu En warned that the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool development could soon lead to war. He reunited with his classmates and Ning Tian before Wang Yan gathered the tournament team to distribute three Soul Bones.

• Xu Zihuang reached Soul Power Level 44 during Deep Meditation, and Mu En advised him to show more sincerity while respecting his choices about the academy and the Body Sect.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that Xu Zihuang might be the Child of Destiny and revealed that the Sun Moon Empire had developed a powerful Soul Tool that could threaten even a Limit Douluo.
• Xu Zihuang returned to Second Year Class One, where his classmates welcomed him and Wang Yan dismissed class early.
• Xu Zihuang took Ning Tian’s hand in front of her classmates, openly confirming their relationship before they went to Wang Yan’s office.
• Wang Yan gathered Xu Zihuang, Ning Tian, Wang Dong, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Beibei, and He Caitou, then presented three Soul Bones as the tournament championship rewards.

Wang Yan presented three Soul Bones selected from the Imperial Treasury and assigned them to Ning Tian, He Caitou, and Jiang Nannan. As the others left, Wang Yan asked Wang Dong to stay behind, while Xu Zihuang suspected Ning Tian already knew Wang Dong was a girl.

• Wang Yan explained that the Torso Bone came from a Diamond Ape, the Left Leg Bone from a Ghost Shadow Leopard, and the Right Arm Bone of Light's Nurturing from a Golden Sun Flower.
• Wang Yan awarded the Right Arm Bone of Light's Nurturing to Ning Tian, who accepted it after Xu Zihuang encouraged her.
• Wang Yan gave the Diamond Ape Torso Bone to He Caitou and the Ghost Shadow Leopard Left Leg Bone to Jiang Nannan.
• Wang Yan told everyone to return and fuse with their Soul Bones, then asked Wang Dong to remain behind.
• Ning Tian asked Xu Zihuang to stand guard while she fused with her Soul Bone that night, and Xu Zihuang concluded she likely knew Wang Dong was a girl.

Tang Ya invited Xu Zihuang, Ning Tian, and Beibei to visit Shrek City, but their outing was interrupted when Du Busi led the Body Sect to Shrek Academy and demanded a sect member be handed over. The chapter ended with Du Busi and Elder Xuan confronting each other as their powerful forces gathered for a possible battle.

• Jiang Nannan hurried back to her dormitory to fuse with the Ten Thousand Year Ghost Shadow Leopard Left Leg Bone, while Xu Sanshi followed her.
• Tang Ya invited Xu Zihuang, Ning Tian, and Beibei to stroll around Shrek City and have dinner together.
• Xu Zihuang sensed danger as a powerful voice demanded that Xuanzi come out, and he pulled Ning Tian close while Beibei shielded Tang Ya.
• Du Busi arrived with eleven other Title Douluo and more than twenty Soul Douluo, while Shrek Academy's powerful fighters rose to meet them.
• Du Busi demanded that Elder Xuan hand over a member of the Body Sect, and Elder Xuan refused to back down.

Du Busi confronted Shrek Academy and demanded that it hand over Xu Zihuang, while Elder Xuan refused and prepared to fight. Mu En brought Xu Zihuang and the others to Sea God's Pavilion, where Xu chose to remain at Shrek Academy, leaving the conflict with the Body Sect unresolved.

• Du Busi's Spiritual Power pressure caused Tang Ya to lose consciousness, and Shrek Academy's teachers moved students toward Sea God Lake.
• Du Busi and Elder Xuan transformed and confronted each other as their forces prepared for battle over Xu Zihuang.
• Mu En transported Xu Zihuang, Ning Tian, Beibei, and Tang Ya to Sea God's Pavilion, where Beibei carried Tang Ya inside to recover.
• Mu En explained that the Body Sect wanted Xu Zihuang for his Gold-grade Second Awakening and asked him to choose between joining them and staying at Shrek Academy.
• Xu Zihuang told Mu En that he had no plans to join a sect and wanted to remain at the academy.

Elder Xuan and Du Busi clashed above Shrek Academy while the Body Sect demanded that Yu Tianhuang join them. Elder Mu revealed himself as the Dragon God Douluo and forced Du Busi to retreat, then summoned Yu Tianhuang and Ning Tian into Sea God's Pavilion and sent Ning Tian to fuse with the Right Arm Bone of Light's Nurturing.

• Xu Zihuang watched Elder Xuan and Du Busi clash and sensed the mysteries of spatial power through his Golden Eye Martial Soul.
• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to attack Shrek Academy and seize Yu Tianhuang, prompting the academy's experts to prepare for battle.
• Elder Mu released Sea God's Light, closed the spatial rifts, and revealed himself to Du Busi as the Dragon God Douluo.
• Du Busi agreed to withdraw but warned that the Body Sect would pursue Yu Tianhuang if he left Shrek Academy.
• Elder Mu summoned Yu Tianhuang and Ning Tian, then sent Ning Tian to fuse with the Right Arm Bone of Light's Nurturing.

Mu En explained the academy’s Extreme Soldier Plan to Xu Zihuang, who agreed to join it and remain at Shrek Academy. After Ning Tian completed her Soul Bone fusion, the group left Sea God’s Pavilion, where Zhang Lexuan experienced an epiphany about her feelings for Beibei.

• Mu En revealed that he wanted Xu Zihuang to join the Extreme Soldier Plan and laid out a schedule combining Soul Tool training, cultivation, and Martial Soul theory; Xu Zihuang accepted.
• Xu Zihuang watched over Ning Tian as she fused with the Right Arm Bone of Light's Nurturing, then told her about his new training plan.
• Ning Tian vowed to enter the Inner Court, and she and Xu Zihuang met Tang Ya and Beibei before leaving Sea God's Pavilion together.
• Tang Ya celebrated her improved cultivation and said she wanted to enter the Inner Court and live on Sea God Island; Xu Zihuang tucked an iris into Ning Tian's hair, and Beibei found Tang Ya a flower of her own.
• Zhang Lexuan watched Beibei and realized that her feelings for him had become familial affection, while Mu En told her that the years had been hard on her.

Xu Zihuang used his soul skill to help the group cross Sea God Lake, while Huo Yuhao reflected on his weakness and vowed to take revenge on the White Tiger lineage. The chapter left Huo Yuhao heading out to earn money for his tuition.

• Xu Zihuang created dark red crystal mirrors with Mirror Shatter and carried Ning Tian across Sea God Lake as Beibei and Tang Ya followed on the mirrors.
• Tang Ya teased Ning Tian and Xu Zihuang, and Ning Tian suggested Beibei carry Tang Ya too.
• Huo Yuhao recalled witnessing Du Busi and Xuan Zi's battle and felt more keenly how weak he was.
• Huo Yuhao vowed to gain strength, destroy the White Tiger lineage's inheritance, and make his enemy repent at his mother's grave.
• Huo Yuhao bought a steamed bun at the Soul Tool Department cafeteria and hurried toward Shrek Academy's East City Gate to earn tuition money.

Huo Yuhao caught and sold grilled fish outside Shrek Academy, finding brief relief from the pressure he felt there. When he saw Xu Zihuang with Beibei, Tang Ya, and Ning Tian, his envy surfaced, leaving Beibei worried that he might go down the wrong path.

• Huo Yuhao caught twenty fish in a stream, prepared them, and set up his stall outside Shrek Academy.
• A regular customer bought grilled mandarin fish and praised Huo Yuhao's cooking.
• Tang Ya and Beibei arrived with Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao's jealousy of Xu Zihuang showed in his cold expression.
• Beibei comforted Huo Yuhao, then led Tang Ya, Xu Zihuang, and Ning Tian toward Shrek City's South City Gate.
• Beibei worried that Huo Yuhao's character and pressure might lead him astray, while Xu Zihuang dismissed Huo Yuhao's jealousy as incompetence.
• Tang Ya reflected that without her chance to enter Sea God's Pavilion, she might not have met Shrek Academy's graduation requirement.

Huo Yuhao brooded over his growing inferiority to his peers before returning to cultivation, while Xu Zihuang, Beibei, Tang Ya, and Ning Tian spent a day together in Shrek City. Xu Zihuang settled into Sea God's Pavilion and advanced to rank forty-five, while Ma Xiaotao decided to travel to the Far North to suppress her evil fire, with Mu En supporting her choice.

• Huo Yuhao sold all his grilled fish, steeled himself to remain at Shrek Academy, and hurried back to the Soul Tool Department dormitories to cultivate.
• Xu Zihuang, Beibei, Tang Ya, and Ning Tian entered Shrek City, ate Bamboo Rice, and spent the day exploring its southern district.
• Xu Zihuang began living in Sea God's Pavilion and broke through to rank forty-five after cultivating there overnight.
• Mu En observed that Xu Zihuang's Silver Scale External Soul Bone gathered Heaven and Earth Elemental Power and said Xu Zihuang's future was difficult to foresee.
• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that she wanted to go to the Far North to suppress her evil fire, and Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to let her go.

Xu Zihuang and He Caitou began preparations for the Extreme Soldier Plan and learned that their initial test would be surviving for half a month in the Star Dou Great Forest's Mixed Zone. They left Shrek Academy after gathering supplies, unaware that Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo planned to follow and assess them.

• Xu Zihuang crossed Sea God Lake and encountered Ling Luochen, who reflected on his skill and her regret at missing the tournament.
• Fan Yu explained the Extreme Soldier Plan to Xu Zihuang and He Caitou, outlining their different training focuses.
• Xian Lin'er set their Extreme Test: survive half a month in the Star Dou Great Forest's Mixed Zone, with all abilities and Soul Tools except fixed-type Soul Tools allowed.
• Qian Duoduo reassured Fan Yu that he and Xian Lin'er would follow the two and keep them safe while assessing their performance.
• Xu Zihuang and He Caitou gathered food, water, and Soul Tools, then left Shrek Academy together.

Xu Zihuang and He Caitou met Ning Tian and Sakura Ke'er at Shrek Academy, where Xu Zihuang openly confirmed his relationship with Ning Tian. After discovering the effects of Sakura Ke'er's three cherry Soul Skills, Xu Zihuang and He Caitou left for the Star Dou Great Forest to begin the Extreme Soldier Plan.

• Ning Tian introduced Xu Zihuang and He Caitou to Sakura Ke'er, who teased Xu Zihuang about his relationship with Ning Tian.
• Xu Zihuang took Ning Tian's hand and confirmed they were together, while Sakura Ke'er offered the three cherries created by her Soul Skills.
• Sakura Ke'er gave the Black Cherry and Purple Cherry to He Caitou and the Pink Cherry to Xu Zihuang before the two men left Shrek Academy.
• He Caitou found that the Black Cherry restored physical strength and guessed that the Purple Cherry eased negative physical effects.
• Xu Zihuang determined that the Pink Cherry could improve physical aptitude for Soul Masters with poor constitutions, though it had strict limits.
• Xu Zihuang took out a Level Four Flying Soul Tool, and he and He Caitou prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest's Mixed Zone for half a month.

Xu Zihuang and He Caitou entered the Star Dou Great Forest to begin their survival training, planning to spend their first night in the Outer Court. They encountered a pack of Iron Arm Apes, which they swiftly killed with Xu Zihuang’s spiritual attack and He Caitou’s Six-barreled Small Soul Guidance Cannons.

• Xu Zihuang and He Caitou flew to the northwest edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and rested before entering.
• After replenishing their strength, Xu Zihuang and He Caitou entered the forest and used He Caitou’s Spiritual Energizing Thick Cigar to sharpen their focus.
• Xu Zihuang and He Caitou agreed to spend the night in the Outer Court rather than rush into the Mixed Zone.
• A pack of more than twenty Iron Arm Apes surrounded Xu Zihuang and He Caitou less than five kilometers into the forest.
• Xu Zihuang crushed the leading Hundred-year Iron Arm Ape’s Intimidation aura and killed it with a spiritual attack.
• He Caitou used his Six-barreled Small Soul Guidance Cannons to blast the other Iron Arm Apes into fragments.

Xu Zihuang and He Caitou traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xu Zihuang considered his future plans and they entered the Mixed Zone. When five Unicorn Demon Rhinoceroses charged them, Xu Zihuang killed them with Crystal Spears.

• Xu Zihuang and He Caitou fought off Soul Beasts as they traveled through the Outer Court of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xu Zihuang kept watch while He Caitou meditated, and he considered how to build his strength and influence before the Sun Moon Empire's future war.
• After resting through the night, Xu Zihuang and He Caitou entered the Mixed Zone, where territorial Soul Beast groups made conflict difficult to avoid.
• He Caitou identified five charging Unicorn Demon Rhinoceroses and warned Xu Zihuang about their Locking Light.
• Xu Zihuang summoned Crystal Spears and struck the five Unicorn Demon Rhinoceroses in the eyes, bringing them down.