Recaps

Ye Xingchen persuaded Flender to let Shrek Academy change its uniforms, and Dai Mubai took charge of designing them. Meanwhile, Tang San reached Level 45 with the Prince’s support as the Advanced Soul Master Tournament began, where Shrek encountered an apparent rival.

• Ye Xingchen told the Shrek students they could change their uniforms but had to keep the advertising slogan, and Dai Mubai agreed to design new ones.
• The Prince supplied Tang San with immortal-grade herbs and urged him to perform well in the Advanced Soul Master Competition.
• Tang San absorbed a Soul Ring to reach Level 41, then consumed the herbs and rose to Level 45 as he vowed to surpass Ye Xingchen.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that his cultivation breakthrough and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team were inadequate, while Tang San reassured him and suggested scouting Shrek’s tactics.
• When the tournament opened in Heaven Dou City, Ye Xingchen and the Shrek students arrived in colorful armor and joked about Oscar’s boastful posing.
• An unidentified rival recognized Shrek Academy in the crowd and said it was an unfortunate meeting between enemies.

Canghui Academy’s Shi Nian provoked Flender and Liu Erlong before warning Shrek’s students to stay clear of him. At the competition’s opening ceremony, Shrek Academy faced the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team, and Ye Xingchen declared he would fight alone.

• Dai Mubai mocked the Canghui Academy students, who responded with insults and vowed to avenge their earlier loss.
• Shi Nian taunted Flender and Liu Erlong, then left with his team; Flender warned the students that Shi Nian was a vengeful Soul Douluo with an illusion-realm martial soul.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor opened the Advanced Soul Master Competition as Ning Fengzhi, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang watched.
• Shrek Academy entered the arena to face the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team, while Tang San regretted that he could not compete alongside Xiao Wu and the others.
• Ye Xingchen told Shrek’s team to stay back while he took on the opposing team alone, and Xiao Wu encouraged him.

Ye Xingchen single-handedly defeated Heaven Dou Royal Second Academy in the opening preliminary match, displaying his twin martial souls and overwhelming sword power. His victory drew attention from the Heaven Dou Emperor and Spirit Hall, who both considered learning more about him and possibly recruiting him.

• Heaven Dou Royal Second Academy advanced confidently, while Dai Mubai asked Ye Xingchen whether he would take the front again.
• Ye Xingchen told Shrek Academy’s team to stand back, revealed his twin martial souls, and opened with Five-tenths Sword Annihilates Eight Wastelands.
• Ye Xingchen’s sword qi shattered the opposing team’s martial souls and forced its members to surrender, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Doudou froze in shock as spectators praised Ye Xingchen, while Yu Xiaogang predicted he would keep leading Shrek Academy’s battles and Tang San resented the attention he received.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor asked Ning Fengzhi about Ye Xingchen and learned that the Prince had previously stopped Shrek Academy from joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor wondered whether Ye Xingchen could be recruited, and Platinum Bishop Salas said Spirit Hall was also interested in him.

Ye Xingchen’s victory prompted Salas and the Heaven Dou Emperor to compete for his allegiance, until Ning Fengzhi revealed that Ye Xingchen was already the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s son-in-law. Back at Shrek Academy, Flender arranged embarrassing advertisements for the team, while Qin Ming and Zhao Wuji warned that Ye Xingchen had revealed too much of his strength; he remained confident that Shrek would win the qualifiers.

• Salas and the Heaven Dou Emperor sparred over recruiting Ye Xingchen, but Ning Fengzhi revealed that Ye Xingchen was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Young Sect Master and had married Ning Fengzhi’s daughter.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor welcomed the news, while Salas left displeased.
• Flender collected advertising fees from advertisers and tried to make Ye Xingchen and the other Shrek students display their unusual advertisements.
• Qin Ming and Zhao Wuji warned Ye Xingchen that revealing his strength could let future opponents prepare countermeasures.
• Ye Xingchen said Shrek’s strong lineup and reserve competitors would secure victory in the qualifiers, even if he did not fight.

Salas recruited the Sect Master of the Elephant Armored Sect to target Shrek Academy, while the Heaven Dou Emperor planned to attract powerful Soul Masters and prepare Xue Qinghe to oppose Spirit Hall. As the tournament drew crowds eager to see Ye Xingchen, Huo Wu approached him and asked him to be her boyfriend.

• Salas urged the Sect Master of the Elephant Armored Sect to defeat Shrek Academy, and the Sect Master agreed while privately sneering at Salas's scheme.
• The Prince urged the Emperor to value Tang San and recruit his father, and the Emperor explained that he planned to use titles, lands, and Soul Bones to counter Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe emerged after the Prince left, and the Emperor told him to prepare to unite the continent and defend the empire from Spirit Hall.
• Yiran arrived at the tournament with Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma, who encouraged her to go see Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen received word that Yiran had arrived, but Huo Wu intercepted him and asked him to be her boyfriend.

Ye Xingchen rejected Huo Wu’s advances, then reunited with Yiran at the Arena and secretly spent time with her before Oscar interrupted them. The two prepared to watch Ye Xingchen’s upcoming match against the Elephant Armored Sect, whom he was confident he could defeat.

• Huo Wu confessed that she liked Ye Xingchen and proposed they become a couple, but he rejected her and told her to defeat him first.
• Yiran waited for Ye Xingchen at the Arena, and he surprised her from behind before drawing her into his arms.
• Ye Xingchen and Yiran flirted privately until Oscar approached, so Ye Xingchen hid Yiran behind a door and pretended to be contemplating cultivation.
• After Oscar left, Yiran urged Ye Xingchen to hurry to his match against the Elephant Armored Sect, and he said he had a plan to overcome their defense.
• Yiran realized she had not pulled her skirt back up and hurried to fix it before they went to the match.

Ye Xingchen fought the Elephant Armored Sect alone, overwhelming its members with his defense and physical strength. As the team leader unleashed a Soul Bone to shake him off, the battle remained unresolved.

• Doudou announced the team battle, and Ye Xingchen stepped forward alone while Shrek Academy’s other contestants watched.
• Ye Xingchen released his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul and charged into the Elephant Armored Sect’s defensive formation, blasting its members backward.
• Ye Xingchen struck again and pinned the Elephant Armored Sect beneath him, while the crowd watched in amazement.
• Tang San envied Ye Xingchen, and Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to forfeit if he faced him and focus on placing in the top three.
• The Elephant Armored Sect’s team leader unleashed a Soul Bone, drew on his teammates’ strength, and shook Ye Xingchen off their backs.

Ye Xingchen defeated the Elephant Armored Sect in the tournament with a barrage of sword strikes, forcing them to surrender. After the victory, Ning Fengzhi suggested that Xue Qinghe meet Ye Xingchen, and the Heaven Dou Emperor agreed.

• Ye Xingchen warned the Elephant Armored Sect to surrender, while Shrek Academy's students cheered him on.
• The Elephant Armored Sect members charged Ye Xingchen using their Soul Rings and Soul Bone, but he countered with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and injured them.
• The Elephant Armored Sect's leader admitted defeat and led his group out of the arena.
• Doudou announced Ye Xingchen's victory, and the crowd praised his strength as Platinum Bishop Salas berated the Elephant Armored Sect's Sect Master.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested that Xue Qinghe meet Ye Xingchen, and the Heaven Dou Emperor approved.

Ning Fengzhi introduced Ye Xingchen to Xue Qinghe, who warned that Spirit Hall might target Shrek Academy and revealed his growing feelings for Ye Xingchen. Ye Xingchen vowed to pursue victory in the Soul Master tournament, and both the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire pledged their support.

• Ning Rongrong welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe to the lounge, where they waited for Ye Xingchen to return.
• Ye Xingchen arrived with Dai Mubai, then Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong to leave so he could speak with Ye Xingchen and introduce Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Ye Xingchen that Spirit Hall might try to recruit or eliminate him and that Platinum Bishop Salas could target him.
• Xue Qinghe cautioned Ye Xingchen that Spirit Hall's Golden Generation would compete in the tournament, while his admiration for Ye Xingchen grew.
• Ye Xingchen declared that Shrek Academy would aim to win the tournament, and Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe pledged their factions' support.

Shui Bing'er challenged Ye Xingchen to a private duel to judge his strength before the tournament. Ye Xingchen defeated her with his martial souls, leaving her gravely wounded and collapsing into his arms.

• Shui Bing'er told the Skywater Academy sisters that she intended to duel Ye Xingchen to learn his strength before facing Shrek Academy.
• After leaving Ning Rongrong asleep, Ye Xingchen met Shui Bing'er at their agreed spot outside Heaven Dou Royal City.
• Shui Bing'er attacked with ice spikes and her frost powers, but Ye Xingchen shattered her attacks and countered with his Four Immortal Slaying Swords.
• Shui Bing'er summoned her Ice Phoenix, and Ye Xingchen manifested the Black Tortoise and White Tiger, which shattered it and gravely wounded her.
• Ye Xingchen approached Shui Bing'er as she collapsed, and she threw herself toward him while dazed.

Ye Xingchen tried to help Shui Bing'er control the Ice Phoenix backlash, and the two spent the night together. By morning, both had returned to their academies, where Shui Bing'er kept the duel secret and Ye Xingchen rejoined Shrek Academy ahead of its match against Blazing Fire Academy.

• Shui Bing'er told Ye Xingchen that the Ice Phoenix backlash had left her body out of control, and Ye Xingchen used his Soul Power and Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul to help her.
• Shui Bing'er and Ye Xingchen spent the night together inside the Heaven and Earth Cauldron Martial Soul.
• Huo Wu visited Shrek Academy to find Ye Xingchen and declared that she would become his girlfriend if she defeated him, while Ning Rongrong claimed to be his wife.
• Shui Bing'er returned to Skywater Academy limping and asked her teammates to keep her duel with Ye Xingchen secret.
• Ye Xingchen returned to Shrek Academy in the morning and told everyone he had cultivated late the previous night.

Ye Xingchen faced Blazing Fire Academy alone as Huo Wu declared her intention to make him her boyfriend. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang assessed Ye Xingchen’s rapidly growing strength, and the chapter ended as Blazing Fire Academy prepared to fight him.

• Dai Mubai teased Ye Xingchen about Huo Wu pursuing him, and Rongrong joked that she needed to hold on to her husband.
• Tang San led the Heaven Dou Royal Team to victory, impressing the Heaven Dou Emperor while Salas warned against young talents who failed to bide their time.
• Ning Fengzhi reflected on Tang San’s rivalry with Ye Xingchen and the split between Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Xingchen and Blazing Fire Academy entered the arena, and Huo Wu told her older brother to defeat Ye Xingchen without hurting him.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Ye Xingchen was a level forty-nine War Soul who could fight a Soul Saint.
• Ye Xingchen summoned four Immortal Slaying Swords and urged Blazing Fire Academy to admit defeat, but Huo Wu’s older brother released his soul ring and unleashed flames.

Ye Xingchen effortlessly defeated Blazing Fire Academy with the Sword Qi from his Four Immortal Slaying Swords, driving back Huo Wu and her teammates while protecting her from harm. Shrek celebrated the easy victory in the lounge, while Salas watched Ye Xingchen with murderous intent.

• Ye Xingchen blocked Blazing Fire Academy's attacks with overwhelming Sword Qi, impressing the Heaven Dou Emperor and Ning Fengzhi while drawing Salas's suspicion.
• Huo Wu and her teammates tried to approach Ye Xingchen, but his Sword Qi forced them back.
• Ye Xingchen sent Huo Wu's Older Brother flying and repelled Huo Wu without seriously hurting her, leaving her angry despite realizing he had protected her.
• Feng Tianxiao watched Ye Xingchen's strength, rejected his underlings' teasing about Huo Wu, and left after the battle ended.
• Ye Xingchen returned to the Shrek lounge, where Ning Rongrong and the others joked about winning without using their strength.

Ye Xingchen exposed and killed Shi Nian when Shi Nian tried to trap him in an illusion, then took the Soul Bone that appeared. At Blazing Fire Academy, Huo Wu set out to find Ye Xingchen but dismissed Feng Tianxiao when he claimed to have defended her.

• Qin Ming and Zhao Wuji commented on Ye Xingchen’s strong performance in the team melee.
• Feng Tianxiao warned Ye Xingchen to stay away from Huo Wu, then left relieved that he had dared to confront him.
• Ye Xingchen recognized Shi Nian’s illusion, used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul to expose him, and killed him with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.
• Ye Xingchen collected the Soul Bone that appeared after Shi Nian’s death and vanished.
• Huo Wu decided to go find Ye Xingchen, but Feng Tianxiao intercepted her and claimed he had stood up for her; she told him to move aside.

Ye Xingchen encountered Huo Wu outside Heaven Dou City, where her challenge turned into a kiss and he used his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul to survey the area. Meanwhile, Platinum Bishop Salas received Pope Bibi Dong’s verbal decree to befriend Ye Xingchen and eliminate Tang San, and he told the Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire that Tang San had to die.

• Huo Wu blocked Ye Xingchen and insisted he duel her again, then followed him to a clearing.
• Huo Wu embraced and kissed Ye Xingchen, and he activated his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul to sense everything within ten miles.
• An envoy told Platinum Bishop Salas that Bibi Dong wanted Ye Xingchen brought to Spirit City and Tang San eliminated.
• Platinum Bishop Salas agreed to secure Ye Xingchen’s friendship and deal with Tang San.
• The Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire arrived, and Platinum Bishop Salas told him that Spirit Hall wanted Tang San killed because he was Clear Sky Douluo’s son.

The Prince learned that Spirit Hall planned to ambush Tang San on the road to Spirit City. Ye Xingchen and Huo Wu began a secret relationship, and Shrek Academy prepared to face Blue Sunshine Academy as Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Ye Xingchen’s strength was rapidly increasing.

• Platinum Bishop Salas told the Prince that Spirit Hall would arrange an attack on Tang San after he left for Spirit City, and the Prince reluctantly accepted that he could not protect him in Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Wu confessed her feelings to Ye Xingchen, and the two agreed to keep their relationship secret before returning for Shrek Academy’s match the next day.
• Blue Sunshine Academy arrived at the Arena and wondered where Shi Nian had gone after he said he would speak with Ye Xingchen.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai taunted the Canghui students, who angrily vowed to defeat Shrek Academy in their match.
• Doudou introduced the matchup, and Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Ye Xingchen was nearing level forty-nine and might soon become powerful enough to challenge a Soul Saint.

Ye Xingchen crushed Blue Sunshine Academy’s illusions and seven-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, securing another victory for Shrek Academy. As Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discussed Ye Xingchen’s strength and Shi Nian’s death, Xue Qinghe arrived at Shrek Academy.

• Ye Xingchen faced Blue Sunshine Academy alone and shattered their Bewitchment Art with his Soul Power.
• Blue Sunshine Academy used a Seven-Person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Ye Xingchen’s Heavenly Emperor Cauldron repelled and destroyed it.
• Doudou declared Shrek Academy the victor after Ye Xingchen defeated the team in a single move.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Shi Nian had disappeared and was likely killed by Ye Xingchen, leaving Yu Xiaogang horrified by Ye Xingchen’s power.
• Xue Qinghe arrived at Shrek Academy with several female servants following him.

Xue Qinghe delivered Ye Xingchen a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring on behalf of the Heaven Dou Empire and hinted at wanting a closer friendship, while Ye Xingchen politely kept his distance. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Prince cut ties with Tang San, saying Tang San had offended someone beyond his protection.

• Xue Qinghe arrived at Shrek Academy and asked everyone except Ye Xingchen to leave the meeting room.
• Xue Qinghe gave Ye Xingchen a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring from a thirty-thousand-year-old white tiger, explaining that the Heaven Dou Empire wanted to befriend him.
• Ye Xingchen accepted the gift but said he would not take things for nothing, and Xue Qinghe said the empire expected only to be remembered well.
• Xue Qinghe told Ye Xingchen he had felt they had met before and said Ye Xingchen interested him, while Ye Xingchen treated him as a potential friend and then suspected he was gay.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Prince told Tang San that they had no relationship from then on because he could not protect him from the consequences of his father's actions.
• Yu Xiaogang protested the Prince's decision, and the Prince replied that Tang San had offended someone he should never have offended.

Ye Xingchen absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, broke through to the Four Extremes and Soul King realm, and reassured Ning Rongrong that he would take her to the myriad worlds. The next day, Skywater Academy entered the Arena, where Dugu Bo praised Ye Xingchen to Dugu Yan and briefly explained his recent absence.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he would compete in the finals without Xue Qinghe's support, and Yu Xiaogang promised to protect him.
• Ye Xingchen absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and broke through to the Four Extremes and Soul King realm.
• Ye Xingchen used his 100,000 Spiritual Qi Scroll and considered the self-created soul skill option.
• Ning Rongrong visited Ye Xingchen, learned of his breakthrough, and heard his promise to take her to the myriad worlds.
• Skywater Academy entered the Arena, and Dugu Bo praised Ye Xingchen to Dugu Yan before mentioning he had fought an acquaintance.

Ye Xingchen faced Shui Bing'er and Skywater Academy after revealing that he had reached rank fifty-nine Soul King. The Heaven Dou Empire and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect opposed Spirit Hall’s attempt to summon him, while Shui Bing'er conceded the match.

• Dugu Bo reassured Dugu Yan and praised her accomplishments, while Doudou introduced Ye Xingchen’s solo fight against Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er challenged Ye Xingchen despite their past, and the two exchanged private remarks before she summoned her Ice Phoenix.
• Ye Xingchen revealed his rank fifty-nine Soul King strength, astonishing the spectators, Salas, the Heaven Dou Emperor, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Salas announced that the Pope wanted Ye Xingchen to visit Spirit City, and the Heaven Dou Emperor and Ning Fengzhi warned that they would oppose Spirit Hall’s plans.
• Shui Bing'er recognized that Skywater Academy could not defeat Ye Xingchen and conceded the match with her teammates’ agreement.

After Ye Xingchen led Shrek Academy to victory over Skywater Academy, Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo confronted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, who begged them to leave the past behind. Ye Xingchen reunited with Dugu Yan and invited her to travel with him to Spirit City after the competition.

• Skywater Academy conceded, giving Shrek Academy another victory as Ye Xingchen returned to a warm welcome.
• Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo encountered Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, who asked them to stop making things difficult after they had reconciled with Ye Xingchen.
• Dugu Bo praised Ye Xingchen's talent, and Ye Xingchen hinted that he might be able to defeat a Titled Douluo after another breakthrough.
• Dugu Bo left Ye Xingchen and Dugu Yan alone, and Dugu Yan embraced Ye Xingchen and told him she had missed him.
• Ye Xingchen invited Dugu Yan to join him in Spirit City after the competition, and she said Dugu Bo would go too and protect them.

Dugu Bo joined Shrek Academy and agreed to accompany the group to Spirit City, while Platinum Bishop Salas arrived with a message from Bibi Dong for Ye Xingchen. After speaking with Dugu Yan in the rear garden, Ye Xingchen learned that Bibi Dong wanted him to visit Spirit Hall for a private exchange.

• Dugu Bo told Liu Erlong and Flender that he wanted to join Shrek Academy so he could look after Dugu Yan, and he agreed to go with them to Spirit City.
• Platinum Bishop Salas arrived at Shrek Academy and said Bibi Dong had ordered him to deliver a message to Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen left the rear garden with Dugu Yan after Ning Rongrong's token alerted him that someone had come looking for him.
• Salas asked everyone else to leave the conference room, then told Ye Xingchen that Bibi Dong wanted him to visit Spirit Hall and meet with her.
• Ye Xingchen wondered whether Bibi Dong wanted to meet him in a secret chamber.

Ye Xingchen refused to meet Bibi Dong in person, so she spoke with him through a spatial mirror and revealed that she had seen him sleeping in a crystal coffin many years earlier. After asking him to visit Spirit City, she dismissed Yu Xiaogang when he came to see her.

• Ye Xingchen refused Platinum Bishop Salas’s request to go speak with Bibi Dong, so Salas gave him a spatial mirror prepared by the Pope.
• Bibi Dong appeared through the mirror and told Ye Xingchen that she remembered seeing him asleep in a crystal coffin when she was young.
• Bibi Dong said Ye Xingchen’s guidance had helped her survive the previous Pope’s attack and become Pope of Spirit Hall.
• Ye Xingchen questioned Bibi Dong’s account because Ning Fengzhi had said he found him in the Demon Forest only about twenty years earlier.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Xingchen to come to Spirit City so she could repay him, then her image faded from the mirror.
• A guard reported that Yu Xiaogang wanted to see her, and Bibi Dong ordered him turned away and threatened him with death if he returned.

Yu Xiaogang was driven away from Spirit Hall, while Platinum Bishop Salas told Ye Xingchen that Bibi Dong wanted to meet him and Ye agreed to visit Spirit City later. The Heaven Dou Emperor and Xue Qinghe worried that Spirit Hall might recruit Ye, but Ning Fengzhi reassured Xue Qinghe that Ye would not become their enemy.

• Yu Xiaogang boasted to Spirit Hall’s guards that he knew Bibi Dong, but they beat him and he fled.
• Platinum Bishop Salas told Flender, Liu Erlong, Ning Rongrong, and the others that Bibi Dong had ordered him to approach Ye Xingchen and that Spirit Hall meant him no harm.
• Ye Xingchen came out unharmed, told Salas he would visit Spirit City when he had the chance, and Salas departed.
• Xue Qinghe heard that Salas had met Ye Xingchen, and the Heaven Dou Emperor warned him that Ye must remain their friend rather than become their enemy.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that Ye Xingchen was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s son-in-law and would not become their enemy.

At the Arena, Feng Tianxiao challenged Ye Xingchen over Huo Wu, who dismissed Feng and openly defended Ye. Xiao Wu worried about going to Spirit Hall, but Ye promised to stand by her; meanwhile, Yu Tianheng and Yu Xiaogang feared Tang San’s identity could put them in danger on the journey to Spirit City.

• Feng Tianxiao confronted Ye Xingchen and challenged him to prove himself to Huo Wu, but Huo Wu scolded Feng and told him to leave Ye alone.
• Dai Mubai and the others discussed Feng Tianxiao as an example of a simp, while Ning Rongrong teased them about lacking Ye Xingchen’s looks and strength.
• Xiao Wu hid her fear of meeting Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall, and Ye Xingchen promised to stand by her regardless of whether she was human or a beast.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Tianheng worried that Spirit Hall might target Tang San during their trip to Spirit City, and Yu Xiaogang said they would have to face whatever came.