Recaps

Lin Chen co-hosted the Sea God Matchmaking Conference, rejected Wu Ming, and accepted Zhang Lexuan’s feelings. He later left Shrek to hunt alone, defeated a hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and emerged at Rank 82 while Zhang Lexuan’s group searched for him.

• Lin Chen passed Cai Mei’er’s duel assessment but refused her recruitment offer, then helped Lin Xiaolei pass her promotion assessment.
• Lin Chen co-hosted the Sea God Matchmaking Conference, where Zhou Mingxing and Lin Xiaolei chose each other, Huo Yuhao chose Wang Donger, and Han Ruoruo accepted Wang Yan.
• Lin Chen defeated Wu Ming in the bride-snatching challenge, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Donger later won their challenge against five opponents.
• Beibei urged Lin Chen to pursue Zhang Lexuan, and Lin Chen confessed his love, and Zhang Lexuan accepted him after realizing her feelings for Beibei had faded.
• Lin Chen met Mu En, promised to try to save him if he reached godhood, and declined to join Zhang Lexuan’s soul-beast expedition so he could stabilize his cultivation.
• After reaching level 79, Lin Chen received leave from Yan Shaozhe and entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone to seek a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Lin Chen fought and killed a hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, reached level 80, absorbed its right-arm soul bone, and then absorbed its soul ring with Qian Renxue’s help.
• Lin Chen completed the absorption at mid-stage Rank 82 and left under concealment as Zhang Lexuan’s group found the bear’s remains and Huo Yuhao told them to wait.

Lin Chen returned to Shrek, helped prepare the academy team for the tournament, and continued supporting Zhang Lexuan and the students. As the teams arrived in Mingdu, Zhang Lexuan kept Lin Chen out of the competition to protect him from the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Lin Chen defeated the Space Soul Beast with Zhang Lexuan’s help, and Xiao Xiao absorbed its Soul Ring before the expedition returned to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Chen reunited with Tang Xiaoyan, grew closer to Zhang Lexuan, and joined Shrek’s tournament preparations alongside Wang Qiu’er.
• Wang Donger defeated Zhou Sichen, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo, while Lin Chen overpowered Beibei and Xu Sanshi in a match against the Tang Sect.
• Wang Qiu’er defeated He Caitou and knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious, then later overpowered Dai Huabin and became vice-captain under Lin Chen’s direction.
• Wang Qiu’er returned to Shrek with an unconscious Huo Yuhao, and Lin Chen revealed that he knew she was a soul beast and urged her to value her life.
• After a month of recovery and training, Zhang Lexuan led Shrek’s team to the expanded tournament in Mingdu, where the champions could win a ninth-grade Soul Tool.
• At the Mingyue Grand Hotel, Zhang Lexuan told Lin Chen to sit out the elimination rounds because the Holy Spirit Cult might target him, and she took him to visit the Tang Sect team.

Lin Chen protected Beibei from the Holy Spirit Cult and joined Shrek Academy in Mingdu as the tournament exposed the Cult’s ties to the Sun Moon Empire. Shrek and Tang Sect advanced through the early rounds, while Lin Chen investigated a hidden branch and prepared to face the Sun Moon team.

• Lin Chen and Beibei escaped Holy Spirit Cult pursuers in disguise, then Lin Chen captured Tang Ya and forced Feng Ling and Zhang Peng into a hostage exchange near Shrek City.
• Lin Chen reached Mingdu for the tournament and warned the Tang Sect that the Sun Moon Empire was connected to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The Holy Spirit Sect killed a Tiandu Academy fighter, and Lin Chen recognized Wang Xiaolei among its members before investigating Ye Guyi’s secret organization.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Heavenly Armor Sect, with Wang Qiu'er leading the team to overcome its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Ma Xiaotao reunited with Zhang Lexuan and Beibei after curing her evil fire, and Lin Chen confirmed his relationship with Zhang Lexuan.
• Tang Sect advanced despite forfeiting its match against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Shrek won its group matches against the Heavenly Armor Sect and Proud Sword Sect.
• Qian Renxue detected a Holy Spirit Cult branch beneath a Mingdu building, where Ye Guyi had killed the Evil Soul Masters, and warned Lin Chen a Title Douluo might arrive.
• Lin Chen took command of Shrek as the team headed to face Mingyu Sect, while Ji Juechen was shocked to see him withstand a Sword Intent.

Lin Chen led Shrek Academy through the tournament, defeating the Sun Moon Team and Holy Spirit Sect as the competition narrowed to the finals. When he recognized Xu Tianran’s western escape route as a trap, he led Shrek south, where Masked Kid emerged and swallowed him before Lin Chen fought his way free.

• Shrek Academy defeated Wu Qing Sect and then overwhelmed the Sun Moon Team, with Lin Chen taking down multiple opponents and leading Shrek to victory.
• Shrek won the round-robin stage, drew Hehuan Sect in the quarterfinals, and advanced to the semifinals after Wang Qiu'er defeated Jin Mei.
• Lin Chen and Wang Qiu'er defeated the Holy Spirit Sect in the semifinals, while Lin Chen killed Jili and nearly killed Wang Xiaolei before Zhongli Wu intervened.
• Lin Chen warned Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe that the Sun Moon Empire had left the western route open as a trap, then proposed escaping south through the Bright Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan found Huo Yuhao collecting weapons in an underground imperial warehouse, but Zhang Lexuan persuaded him not to take them.
• Lin Chen brought Ye Guyi to Shrek’s group and led them toward the southern gate, where tens of thousands of soldiers and three Title Douluo were waiting.
• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan fought the Title Douluo as the Shrek members fled, but Masked Kid appeared, devoured one opponent, and swallowed Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen burned his way out of Masked Kid’s Demon Maggot form with the Flame of Brightness and struck him with a Dark Gold Dreadclaw.