Recaps

Ye Xingchen gathered allies, founded the Tang Sect, and gained the Strength Clan’s loyalty while keeping Tang San and Yu Xiaogang captive and forcing them to forge weapons. After training in the forest and absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, he returned to Shrek as the Advanced Soul Master Competition approached.

• Grandmaster asked Shrek for help finding Dugu Yan and Tang San, but left after seeing Flender and Liu Erlong together.
• Ye Xingchen controlled Tang San with poison, gave Ning Rongrong the aromatic silk beauty, and helped Dugu Yan cultivate in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Xingchen met Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing at the auction, sold hidden-weapon plans to Ning Fengzhi, and drove off the Prince and Grandmaster with Chen Xin’s support.
• Ye Xingchen declared the Tang Sect and defeated Taino, then survived Tai Tan’s three punches and won the Strength Clan’s loyalty.
• Ye Xingchen refused Grandmaster’s request to free Tang San or sell the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, then led Shrek’s students into the forest to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Yu Xiaogang entered Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden and was captured with Tang San, who persuaded him to forge weapons rather than resist.
• Ye Xingchen and the Shrek teachers hunted a ten-thousand-year Cave Spider, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang briefly escaped before Ye Xingchen and Dugu Yan caught them.
• Ye Xingchen absorbed the Cave Spider’s Soul Ring, reached Level 49, and gained Sword Annihilation of the Eight Desolations before returning to camp.
• Flender announced Shrek’s return ahead of the competition, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang reached the academy for treatment, and Ye Xingchen challenged Flender’s advertising uniforms.

Ye Xingchen led Shrek Academy through the qualifiers, defeating rival teams and drawing attention from the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall. As the team prepared to travel to Spirit City, Bibi Dong revealed a mysterious connection to Ye Xingchen, while Tang San faced the loss of imperial protection and Xiao Wu feared confronting Spirit Hall.

• Tang San absorbed a Soul Ring and immortal-grade herbs to reach Level 45, while Ye Xingchen led Shrek Academy into the tournament and defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team alone.
• Ye Xingchen defeated the Elephant Armored Sect, and Ning Fengzhi introduced him to Xue Qinghe while warning him that Spirit Hall might recruit or target him.
• Ye Xingchen rejected Huo Wu’s initial proposal, defeated Shui Bing’er in a private duel, and later secretly spent the night with her after helping her recover from her Ice Phoenix backlash.
• Ye Xingchen defeated Blazing Fire Academy and Blue Sunshine Academy, killed Shi Nian after exposing his illusion, and collected the Soul Bone that appeared.
• Xue Qinghe gave Ye Xingchen a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, which helped him break through to the Soul King realm, and Ye Xingchen later revealed his rank fifty-nine strength against Skywater Academy before Shui Bing’er conceded.
• The Prince withdrew his protection from Tang San because of his father’s identity, while Spirit Hall’s Salas conveyed Bibi Dong’s request for Ye Xingchen to visit Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong told Ye Xingchen through a spatial mirror that she remembered him from her youth and credited his guidance with helping her survive and become Pope, while refusing to meet Yu Xiaogang.
• Ye Xingchen agreed to visit Spirit City when he had the chance, promised Xiao Wu he would stand by her whatever her nature, and Yu Xiaogang prepared to face whatever awaited Tang San there.

Ye Xingchen protected Xiao Wu, defeated challengers at the Advanced Soul Master Competition, and grew closer to Bibi Dong while Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect considered an alliance. The arc ended with Tang San revealing the Clear Sky Hammer and facing Ye Xingchen in the tournament.

• Ye Xingchen defeated Feng Tianxiao to secure Shrek Academy’s place, then intervened when Tang San confronted Xiao Wu about being a soul beast.
• On the journey to Spirit City, Spirit Hall’s forces ambushed the convoy, but Ye Xingchen defeated a Soul Douluo and Tang Hao drove off Chrysanthemum Douluo and Old Ghost.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Ye Xingchen and told him about their mysterious childhood connection, while he agreed to seek the truth and keep their relationship secret.
• Ye Xingchen defeated Dai Weisi and crippled him, then stopped Tang San from exposing Xiao Wu and condemned him for putting her in danger.
• Ye Xingchen beat Feng Tianxiao again and defeated Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Spirit Hall team, while Ning Fengzhi asked him to consider Bibi Dong’s proposed alliance.
• Ye Xingchen absorbed a fifty-thousand-year soul ring under Bibi Dong’s protection and reached level sixty-nine.
• Ye Xingchen faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy and shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Prison, prompting Tang San to summon the Clear Sky Hammer and challenge him.

After winning the Spirit Master Competition, Ye Xingchen pursued strength in the City of Slaughter while Tang San trained there to seek revenge. Ye Xingchen took Tang San’s Blue Silver Domain and left the city for Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua introduced him to her students.

• Ye Xingchen defeated Tang San and won the competition, but Tang San exposed Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast before Tang Hao rescued him from Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Wu left with Ye Xingchen for the Star Dou Great Forest, promising to reunite with her Shrek Academy friends in five years, while Hu Liena entered the City of Slaughter to grow stronger.
• Ye Xingchen arrived in the City of Slaughter, began winning Arena battles, and hunted for the powerful being who had brought him there.
• Ye Xingchen entered the Land of Chaos and absorbed Soul Power as he killed its fighters, while Hu Liena followed him and Tang San led exiles against them.
• Ye Xingchen saved Hu Liena from Tang San and the exiles, then entered Hell Road with her and defended her from its monsters and illusions.
• Ye Xingchen trapped Tang San on Hell Road and refined his Blue Silver Domain, then left Tang San unconscious and escaped the City of Slaughter.
• Tang San accepted the King of Slaughter’s offer to help him obtain Divine Slaughter’s Domain in exchange for a future favor, while Ye Xingchen went with Tang Yuehua to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Yuehua brought Ye Xingchen to meet her students, where Xue Ke blushed when she saw him.