Recaps

After breaking his engagement to Ning Rongrong and revealing his rapid cultivation, Chen Lang left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and bought Shrek Academy. He rebuilt the school, helped Sword Douluo break through, and faced a dangerous choice for Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul.

• Chen Lang used the Hex System to rise rapidly to level 30, repudiated Ning Rongrong after she publicly broke their engagement, and reached Rank 40 by absorbing two more Soul Rings.
• Chen Lang left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with ten million Gold Soul Coins and met Dai Mubai on the way to Suotuo City, where he killed Tianya and forced E'kao and Bu Le to surrender their money.
• Chen Lang bought Shrek Academy from Flender for three million Gold Soul Coins and persuaded Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai to accept his leadership and training.
• Chen Lang confronted Zhao Wuji over the academy’s future, then kept him on as vice dean and set aside funds for renovations, better meals, and doubled teacher salaries.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after she refused Shrek Academy, while Chen Lang put Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the students to work rebuilding the school.
• Chen Lang helped Sword Douluo overcome his doubts, stabilize his Sword Qi, and break through to Rank 97 as his Seven Kill Sword evolved.
• After two months of cultivation, Chen Lang returned at level 44 and learned that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire had stopped flaring, then heard him choose the risky Rebirth from Flames method to strengthen his Martial Soul.

Chen Lang cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, returned to Shrek Academy, and grew powerful enough to defeat the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and overcome its attempt to possess him. After reaching level 63 and gaining black wings, he faced the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Chen Lang cured Dugu Bo’s poison by moving the toxins into a soul bone and won permission to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he obtained rare herbs and tempered his body against ice and fire.
• After a year and a half, Chen Lang left the well at level 58, learned Sword Douluo planned to enter seclusion, and returned to Shrek Academy to reunite with Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar.
• Chen Lang revealed his five black Soul Rings and level 58 Soul King strength, sparred with Zhao Wuji, and later took Ma Hongjun and Oscar to seek Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Lang defeated Huo Wushuang with one sword strike, then ventured into the forest with Poison Douluo to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Chen Lang entered the tiger’s black hole in Poison Douluo’s place, killed the beast in the Life and Death Arena, and returned with its Soul Ring and External Soul Bone.
• After absorbing the tiger’s Soul Ring and black wings, Chen Lang resisted its remnant soul, formed his Sword Heart, and reached level 63.
• As Chen Lang set out to hunt Man Faced Demon Spiders, the Titan Giant Ape found him and attacked, but Chen Lang dodged its blows and continued trying to escape.

Chen Lang subdued the Titan Giant Ape, recruited new students through costly challenges, and led Shrek Academy to Blazing Academy, where Dai Mubai won a wager. In the fire vein, Ma Hongjun burned away his Evil Fire and awakened a golden Phoenix before attempting to fuse with the vein’s power.

• Chen Lang reached Titled Douluo-level strength with the Life Bead, wounded the Titan Giant Ape, and accepted the Sky Azure Bull Python’s herbs and Soul Bones in exchange for sparing it.
• Ling Yue and Ling Kun challenged Chen Lang, lost, and joined Shrek Academy after he promised to train them beyond ordinary Soul Ring limits.
• Chen Lang trained Ling Yue and Ling Kun, then defeated Ci Bufan and She Tian and pressured them over a wager and a demand to join Shrek Academy.
• Chen Lang took his students to Blazing City, where Dai Mubai defeated Blazing Academy’s challengers and won Chen Lang’s wager with Huo Wuqing.
• Huo Wushuang guided Chen Lang and the students into the fire vein, where Chen Lang took Ma Hongjun deeper to confront his Evil Fire.
• Chen Lang lent Ma Hongjun Soul Power as his Evil Fire Phoenix overwhelmed him, and Ma Hongjun resisted until a golden Phoenix emerged.
• Ma Hongjun decided to fuse with the fire vein’s power, received Chen Lang’s Cock's Comb Phoenix Sunflower, and challenged a fire dragon before the flames swallowed him.

Chen Lang strengthened Shrek Academy, defeated challengers, and reunited with Sword Douluo before Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived. After Tang Hao took Tang San away, Chen Lang set out to hunt a Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, while Xiao Wu returned to the forest and urged Da Ming and Er Ming to help him.

• Ma Hongjun fused Ember Fire with his Phoenix flames, evolved his Martial Soul, and reached level 36, while Chen Lang cultivated to level 63 and prepared to return to Shrek Academy.
• Chen Lang exchanged Ci Bufan and She Tian’s blackmail material for Gold Soul Coins, then wagered against them as Ling Kun and Ma Hongjun defeated Ci Bufan and the elders agreed to enroll at Shrek Academy.
• Over the following months, Chen Lang gained authority over the five major single-attribute academies, Chen Xin reached rank 98, and Jin Da challenged Chen Lang after reaching level 50.
• Chen Lang overwhelmed Jin Da and faced Golden Crocodile Douluo, while Chen Xin intervened and fought him until Golden Crocodile Douluo paid Chen Lang fifty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy, where Ma Hongjun defeated Tang San in a fight and Chen Lang stopped Tang San’s concealed crossbow bolt before identifying Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao intervened and took Tang San away, while Chen Lang spared Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing enrolled at Shrek Academy after seeing Chen Lang and Dai Mubai’s power.
• Chen Lang took Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, and Oscar reached level 40 after receiving an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang about the Shrek fight and Chen Lang’s power, while Xiao Wu returned to the forest and urged Da Ming and Er Ming to help the human fighting the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear.