Recaps

Du Busi revealed that he had reached Level 99 and savagely defeated Xuan Zi at Shrek. He confronted Mu En afterward but refused to explain why he had come, leaving Mu En wary of the newly powerful Body Sect.

• Du Busi revealed his Level 99 strength and challenged Xuan Zi, frightening Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo.
• Du Busi struck Xuan Zi down and beat him until his Martial Soul Avatar shattered and every bone in his body broke.
• Mu En rose to stop Du Busi and recognized that his breakthrough made the Body Sect a serious threat to Shrek.
• Du Busi mocked Mu En's failing health and rejected Yan Shaozhe's warning, while Mu En asked why he had come.
• Du Busi claimed he had come to beat up Xuan Zi and offered to explain only after beating him again, while Mu En held back to avoid bringing Shrek under attack.

Du Busi tested Mu En’s declining strength, insulted Shrek, and noticed Huo Yuhao’s Body Martial Soul before leaving for the Sun Moon Empire. At the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En revealed that he had only a few years left and urged Shrek’s Elders, especially Xuan Zi, to cultivate and prepare to protect the academy.

• Mu En endured Du Busi’s provocations, and Du Busi concluded that Mu En had little time left to live.
• Du Busi refused Mu En’s invitation to visit Shrek, disparaged the academy, and spotted Huo Yuhao’s Body Martial Soul.
• Du Busi told Mu En to notify him when he died so he could hold a three-day feast, then flew toward the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En summoned Xuan Zi and the Elders to the Sea God Pavilion and asked Xuan Zi whether he understood his mistake.
• Mu En revealed that he had only a few years left and ordered Xuan Zi to reach Level 99 while the others focused on cultivation.

Mu En ordered Shrek’s Elders to focus on cultivation and sent Zhuang Yusen to find Zhang Lexuan. After discovering how advanced the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tools were, Du Busi committed the Body Sect to developing them and considered sending Weina to study them.

• Mu En told Zhuang Yusen to bring Zhang Lexuan back and assigned Yan Shaozhe to oversee the selection competition.
• Du Busi secretly investigated Soul Tools in the Sun Moon Empire and concluded that the Body Sect had to adapt to the changing times.
• Du Busi put Lang Ya in charge of Soul Tool development, with Jin Peng assisting, and ordered them to train disciples before the Soul Master Competition.
• Lin Xiao suggested that Weina study Soul Tools, and Long Aotian supported the idea because her Brain Martial Soul suited the work.
• Du Busi agreed to discuss taking Weina to the Sun Moon Empire after the Soul Master Competition, while Lin Xiao asked how soon the competition would begin.

As the Soul Master Competition approached, Lin Xiao planned to travel for experience while Tang San directed Da Ming and Er Ming to search the competition for talented disciples who might be connected to the missing treasures. The chapter ended with Da Ming and Er Ming preparing to investigate at the arena as Tang Wutong competed.

• Du Busi estimated that the Soul Master Competition would begin in three or four months and offered Lin Xiao a place on the Heaven Dou Empire's team.
• Lin Xiao declined to compete but agreed to travel for experience, with the Demonic Forest among his possible destinations.
• Tang San worried over the missing treasures and divine sense while God King Destruction watched him closely.
• Tang San told Da Ming and Er Ming to look for exceptionally talented young masters at the Soul Master Competition, suspecting a sect had used the treasures to cultivate its disciples.
• After ending his connection with Tang San, Da Ming reminded Er Ming to investigate while watching Tang Wutong compete, and they began preparing for the competition.

Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger traveled to Heaven Dou City to discuss Soul Tools with Weina, then went to the Star Dou Great Forest so Xiao Linger could obtain a Soul Ring. There, Lin Xiao warned Di Tian and the others that sharing the Soul Spirit Method could ultimately endanger the Soul Beast Race.

• Lin Xiao rejected Du Busi's suggestion that he enter the Soul Master Competition and agreed to travel until he reached Level 40.
• Du Busi asked Lin Xiao to speak with Weina about Soul Tools, and he sent Long Aotian out to gain experience with an Elder.
• Lin Xiao left the Body Sect with Xiao Linger and traveled to Heaven Dou City, where Weina agreed to study in the Sun Moon Empire after the competition.
• Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where they met Di Tian and Bi Ji, and Lin Xiao said Xiao Linger needed a Soul Ring.
• When Di Tian asked Lin Xiao to share the Soul Spirit Method, Lin Xiao explained that its profits could eventually destroy the Soul Beast Race.

Lin Xiao warned Di Tian that the Soul Spirit Method could eventually drive Soul Beasts to extinction, so Di Tian decided not to spread it and asked how their cultivation system might change. Xiao Linger completed Xiao Er’s hundred-thousand-year sacrifice, gained a powerful Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone, then offered the bone to Lin Xiao.

• Lin Xiao explained to Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the others how greed and the Soul Spirit Method could threaten the Soul Beast Race, and Di Tian decided the method should not be spread.
• Lin Xiao said the cultivation system would have to change to prevent Soul Beasts from remaining human Soul Rings, and Di Tian took renewed hope from the Silver Dragon King and the Dragon God's possible return.
• Di Tian had Bi Ji bring Xiao Er, a hundred-thousand-year dragon Soul Beast, and instructed him to sacrifice himself to Xiao Linger.
• Xiao Er's sacrifice shattered Xiao Linger's Soul Power shackles, raised her Soul Power to level 66, and left her the Hundred-Thousand-Year Black Dragon King's Wings External Soul Bone.
• Xiao Er emerged from Xiao Linger's Sixth Soul Ring alive, thanked her, and accepted Lin Xiao as someone to respect after she corrected him.
• Xiao Linger gave the External Soul Bone to Lin Xiao, though Xiao Er protested that it belonged to her.

Xiao Linger gave Lin Xiao a hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone, which he refined to reach Soul Power level 40 and Dou Qi 6th Stage. The group planned to return to the Far North to check on Snow Empress, while Di Tian agreed to consider developing Soul Tools for the Soul Beast Race.

• Xiao Linger gave Lin Xiao her External Soul Bone, and he began refining it while she rested nearby.
• Ice Empress told Di Tian she did not know whether Snow Empress had emerged from seclusion, and they agreed to check on her in the Far North.
• Ice Empress urged Di Tian to develop Soul Tools for the Soul Beast Race, and Bi Ji supported her suggestion.
• Di Tian agreed to consider the idea, then Xiao Linger told him to discuss it with someone in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Xiao finished refining the Soul Bone, reached Soul Power level 40 and Dou Qi 6th Stage, and thanked Xiao Linger.

Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger returned to Star Luo City, where Lin Xiao sold his house ahead of the Soul Master Competition. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi led the Shrek Inspection Team on a mission to hunt Evil Soul Masters, and the group reached a border military camp.

• Lin Xiao offered to provide Di Tian and Bi Ji with Soul Tool materials and invited Bi Ji to study at the Body Sect, while Di Tian said they would discuss it after returning.
• Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger flew away from Di Tian and Bi Ji, then traveled for a month to Star Luo City.
• Lin Xiao sold his empty house and took Xiao Linger to a hotel as the Soul Master Competition approached.
• Xuan Zi recruited Huo Yuhao and other Shrek students for the Shrek Inspection Team, and Ma Xiaotao explained their mission to hunt Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Yueheng helped the team borrow a Flying Soul Tool at a military camp near the Heaven Dou and Star Luo border, while Huo Yuhao resented Dai Yueheng's privileged life and hypocrisy.

Huo Yuhao joined Shrek’s team as they entered the Ming Dou Mountain Range to hunt Evil Soul Masters, while privately dwelling on his mother and his vow to take revenge. The team’s first assault ended in a devastating corpse explosion, and Xuan Zi rushed in to seize Death’s Emissary after realizing how badly the students had been hurt.

• Huo Yuhao hid his anger over Dai Yueheng’s family from the others and silently vowed to take revenge himself.
• Wang Yan sent Huo Yuhao to use Spiritual Detection, and Huo Yuhao located an Evil Soul Master hiding in a cave.
• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek’s team into the cave, where her flames and the others’ attacks struck the Evil Soul Masters as Wang Yan directed the Reserve Team forward.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the bandits’ strange reaction and shouted a warning, but a Soul King’s chain of exploding corpses blasted the team, killing Yao Haoxuan and badly injuring several Inner Court students.
• Xuan Zi realized the students were in danger, abandoned his chicken and wine, and rushed into the cave to grab Death’s Emissary.

Xuan Zi pursued the Death's Emissary to rescue Huo Yuhao, but his attack and the ensuing clash left Huo Yuhao gravely injured and missing his right leg. Xuan Zi killed the Death's Emissary and returned to Wang Yan with the unconscious Huo Yuhao, consumed by guilt.

• The Death's Emissary escaped Xuan Zi by using a corpse's explosion as a distraction, then seized Huo Yuhao and fled.
• Tian Meng reassured Huo Yuhao that Xuan Zi was closing in as the Death's Emissary carried him away.
• Xuan Zi blocked the Death's Emissary and attacked, but the enemy used Huo Yuhao as a shield.
• Tian Meng took control of Huo Yuhao, unleashed his power, and was struck when Xuan Zi's attack collided with it.
• Xuan Zi threw Huo Yuhao out of danger, but Huo Yuhao hit a rock that severed his right leg; Xuan Zi then killed the Death's Emissary.
• Xuan Zi carried the unconscious Huo Yuhao back to Wang Yan and admitted that his leg had been severed.

After Huo Yuhao lost both legs during the battle, Wang Yan confronted Xuan Zi over his failure to protect him and recover the limbs. Xuan Zi took the injured students back to Shrek Academy, leaving Wang Yan to lead the battered team onward to Star Luo City and face the competition with too few fighters.

• Wang Yan demanded to know why Xuan Zi had not noticed Huo Yuhao's injuries or brought back his legs, and Xuan Zi blamed the loss on a rushed return.
• Xuan Zi recounted that he had thrown Huo Yuhao aside by accident after the enemy threw him, then agreed to search for his legs and take him for treatment.
• Wang Yan examined Huo Yuhao and confirmed that he had lost both legs, while Xuan Zi returned empty-handed and found only a pool of flesh where they had fallen.
• Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to protect Shrek's honor in the Soul Master Competition, then flew back to Shrek Academy with the injured students.
• Wang Yan sent Bei Bei and the Reserve Team to take Ma Xiaotao and the others back to Star Luo City, while he worried about their chances in the competition.
• Xuan Zi brooded over the accident on his flight home and prepared to admit his mistake to Mu En.

After Shrek’s students returned from the attack, Mu En let Xuan Zi avoid punishment despite his role in their losses and learned that Huo Yuhao had suffered devastating injuries. Meanwhile, Wang Yan brought the surviving Shrek students to Star Luo City, where Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger watched them and discussed keeping their distance.

• Xuan Zi knelt before Mu En and recounted how a Soul King had attacked the students, while the Elders defended him.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi to reflect in isolation, ordered Yan Shaozhe to supervise him, and said Shrek’s team should accept defeat in the Soul Master Competition rather than fight to the death.
• Zhuang Yusen told Mu En that Huo Yuhao’s life was out of danger but that he might need a prosthetic and might never be able to have children.
• Mu En ordered a prosthetic for Huo Yuhao and decided to speak with him about his other injury when he woke up.
• Wang Yan brought the surviving Shrek students to their competition hotel in Star Luo City, where Lin Xiao recognized them and noticed Huo Yuhao was missing.
• Xiao Linger asked whether they should kill Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, but Lin Xiao said they should keep their distance because they could not defeat them and Tang San was watching.

Xiao Linger recognized Wang Dong as a threat and wanted to kill him, but Lin Xiao warned her that Shrek and its Gods made a direct attack too dangerous. When two powerful Soul Beasts arrived, Lin Xiao identified them as Wang Dong’s allies and urged Xiao Linger to stay hidden and wait.

• Xiao Linger sensed danger from Wang Dong and asked Lin Xiao why she could not kill him, so he warned her about Shrek’s divine protectors.
• Old Medicine sensed two powerful auras and told Lin Xiao to keep Xiao Linger within five meters of him.
• Two powerful figures entered the hotel, and Xiao Linger recognized them as the Soul Beasts who had once guarded the gate.
• Lin Xiao explained that the newcomers were Wang Dong’s allies, whose powers were suppressed but who remained dangerous.
• Xiao Linger accepted that she had to wait and stay cautious rather than risk exposing herself or harming the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Xiao explained Huo Yuhao’s luck and hidden opportunities to Xiao Linger, while Da Ming and Er Ming searched the hotel for a promising genius. Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger then met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, whose interest in Xiao Linger made Lin Xiao wary.

• Lin Xiao told Xiao Linger that Huo Yuhao was the human Child of Destiny, had inherited the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as a Soul Ring, and had godly ancestors.
• Lin Xiao decided he might expose Huo Yuhao’s identity, while Xiao Linger grew angry at Da Ming and Er Ming for serving schemes against her.
• Da Ming and Er Ming discussed finding the genius Tang San wanted them to identify and agreed to report several candidates.
• Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger ran into Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who introduced themselves and asked which academy they belonged to.
• Lin Xiao said he could be considered from the Heaven Dou Empire and held Xiao Linger’s hand, startling Xiao Hongchen.

Lin Xiao secretly gave Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen detailed information about Shrek's injuries and abilities, while information about Shrek spread through the city. Wang Yan confronted the Shrek group about the leak and asked Dai Yueheng how his investigation was going.

• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Linger introduced themselves and began talking while Xiao Hongchen asked Lin Xiao about his family.
• Lin Xiao invited Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to a restaurant and told them about Shrek's injured Inner Court disciples, Reserve Team members, and Huo Yuhao's abilities.
• Xiao Hongchen believed Lin Xiao's information and asked why Lin Xiao was not entering the Soul Master Competition.
• Information about Shrek's condition and Soul Skills spread outside while the group ate.
• Wang Yan angrily demanded to know how Shrek's situation had been exposed, then asked Dai Yueheng about his investigation.

Lin Xiao’s scheme spread damaging information about Shrek across Star Luo City, while Huo Yuhao woke at Shrek to discover he had lost both legs. Mu En offered him hope by saying the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone could restore them, though he admitted he did not know whether it existed.

• Dai Yueheng told Wang Yan and the others that the black-robed people who distributed the papers had vanished, leaving Shrek unable to trace them.
• Lin Xiao’s Little Skeletons, disguised as black-robed messengers, dissipated after five minutes, while Lin Xiao’s association with Xiao Hongchen served as preparation for his future trip to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Princess Jiujiu learned from the Star Luo Emperor that Shrek’s secret information was true and worried that Shrek would blame them for its spread.
• Huo Yuhao woke at Shrek and discovered that both his legs had been replaced with metal, then broke down in despair over his loss.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao that the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone could regrow limbs, and Huo Yuhao questioned what the Blue Silver Emperor was.

Mu En told Huo Yuhao that a Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone might restore his severed limbs, though he knew little and falsely claimed the Blue Silver Emperor was in the Sun Moon Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen learned that rumors about Shrek’s team had spread throughout Star Luo City and became confident that the Sun Moon Empire would win the competition.

• Mu En recalled Yu Xiao Gang’s vague record of Tang San using a Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone to regrow Tang Hao’s limbs, then shared what he knew with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao took hope from Mu En’s account and asked where the Blue Silver Emperor was; Mu En pointed him toward the Sun Moon Empire despite not knowing its location.
• Huo Yuhao asked about the competition, and Mu En told him to focus on recovering while Wang Yan handled Shrek’s team.
• Xiao Hongchen returned to the hotel and learned from Ma Rulong that rumors about Shrek’s team being nearly wiped out were spreading across Star Luo City.
• Xiao Hongchen connected the rumors to Lin Xiao, trusted the information, and declared that the Sun Moon Empire would win first place.

Lin Xiao watched Shrek face the Heavenly Spirit High-Level Soul Master Academy, whose students used Soul Tools borrowed from Xiao Hongchen to exploit Shrek’s depleted lineup. Shrek lost in the first elimination match, ending its tournament run and shattering its record of invincibility.

• Lin Xiao learned that Shrek would face the Heavenly Spirit High-Level Soul Master Academy while Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Huo Yuhao were unavailable and Ling Luochеn remained injured.
• Wang Yan agreed to let Ling Luochеn compete, and Shrek fielded her alongside four members of the Reserve Team.
• The Heavenly Spirit Academy used Soul Tools borrowed from Xiao Hongchen, including a disposable Level 5 Soul Tool, to withstand Shrek’s attacks and counterattack.
• Ling Luochеn’s ice attack failed to break the Soul Tool barrier, and her injuries forced her off the stage.
• Shrek’s remaining fighters were eliminated by the Heavenly Spirit Academy, which won the match and knocked Shrek out in the first round.

Shrek lost to Heavenly Spirit Academy in the tournament’s first round, and Xiao Hongchen mocked them for finishing first from the bottom. Wang Yan took responsibility for the defeat and tried to steady the team at the hotel.

• The host declared Heavenly Spirit Academy the winner after Shrek’s team could not get back up.
• Xiao Hongchen applauded and taunted Shrek, prompting Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to threaten retaliation before Wang Yan restrained them.
• The Sun Moon Empire team left the arena, and the crowd erupted in applause as Shrek’s teammates carried their injured members away.
• Ma Xiaotao nearly lost control outside the arena, so Dai Yueheng knocked her unconscious and carried her back to the hotel with Wang Yan.
• He Caitou blamed the opposing team’s Soul Tools for the loss, and Wang Yan admitted he had failed to investigate and apologized to the Shrek team.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Dai Yueheng, and the others told Wang Yan not to blame himself, while he privately lamented that he had failed Shrek’s glory.

After Shrek’s humiliating defeat, Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire erupted when Xiao Hongchen taunted the team. Lin Xiao watched from nearby and learned from Old Medicine that he could absorb her flame, though he would need to seek a trade rather than kill her for it.

• Lin Xiao left the competition with Xiao Linger, promising to bring her back in five years.
• Wang Yan ordered Shrek to pack and leave after their crushing defeat, but Xiao Hongchen confronted and mocked them outside.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Xiao Hongchen, and Elder Ma stopped her and sent her flying.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire erupted, prompting someone to accuse Shrek of raising Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Xiao asked Old Medicine whether he could absorb Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Old Medicine advised him to seek a trade rather than kill her.

Lin Xiao realized he could absorb powerful Flame Martial Souls and watched Ma Xiaotao lose control of her Evil Fire during a standoff between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire. As Elder Ma struggled to contain her, Da Ming and Er Ming emerged and stopped Dai Yueheng from going for help.

• Old Medicine explained that Lin Xiao could absorb Flame Martial Souls, though only exceptionally powerful flames were worth the effort.
• Lin Xiao watched Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire argue over whether Ma Xiaotao was an Evil Soul Master as she fought Elder Ma.
• Xiao Hongchen secretly signaled someone to leave, while Da Ming and Er Ming watched from another room and prepared to intervene.
• Elder Ma struggled against Ma Xiaotao's intensifying Evil Fire and shouted for Xiao Hongchen to retreat.
• Wang Yan sent Dai Yueheng to find a Titled Douluo, but Da Ming and Er Ming stepped out and told him there was no need to go.

Da Ming and Er Ming intervened when Elder Ma lost control of Ma Xiaotao, forcing the Sun Moon Empire group to retreat. They stabilized Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire but could not cure it, then left after visiting Wang Dong, while the Shrek students stayed until an upcoming auction.

• Er Ming struck Elder Ma and knocked Ma Xiaotao unconscious, revealing himself as a Limit Douluo and prompting Xiao Hongchen to withdraw with his group.
• Er Ming suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, but Da Ming said they could not cure it and Wang Yan explained that the needed Cock-Crested Phoenix Sunflower was unavailable.
• Da Ming and Er Ming said they had come to watch Wang Dong’s match, declined Wang Yan’s invitation to visit Shrek, and left after telling Wang Dong to return home during her break.
• Xu Sanshi asked why Wang Dong had attended Shrek despite having two Limit Douluos as fathers, and Wang Dong said home was boring and they could not teach her.
• Wang Yan decided that the group would remain for the auction in two days because Ma Xiaotao’s condition was unstable.

Lin Xiao traded information with Xiao Hongchen in exchange for arranging Soul Tool Technology lessons for Weina after the Soul Master Competition. He revealed the identities and plans of Shrek’s hidden figures, leaving Xiao Hongchen suspicious of Shrek and Huo Yuhao.

• Lin Xiao met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, then asked Xiao Hongchen to arrange for Weina to study under a Level 8 Soul Engineer in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Xiao told Xiao Hongchen that the two Limit Douluo were from the Clear Sky Sect and would not attack him.
• Lin Xiao revealed that Shrek’s Soul Tool user Xu He was the Former Crown Prince of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Xiao told Xiao Hongchen that Shrek’s Extreme Single Soldier Plan involved Xu He and Huo Yuhao, who would study Soul Tools through an exchange program.
• Xiao Hongchen decided to believe Lin Xiao’s information and promised to speak with his great-grandfather about teaching Weina.

Lin Xiao arranged to attend the Star Luo Empire’s top-tier auction with Weina, hoping to find the Ice Emperor Clansman’s Soul Bone and Snow Emperor Embryo. He reunited with Body Sect elder Yu Tao at the auction, where Yu Tao passed along Du Busi’s offer to fund any purchases Lin Xiao wanted to make.

• Xiao Hongchen believed Lin Xiao’s information about Xu He and the Exchange Student Plan, then left with Meng Hongchen to investigate and report it to Jing Hongchen.
• Lin Xiao took Xiao Linger to meet Weina and learned that Yu Tao was the only Body Sect elder attending the tournament.
• Xiao Hongchen verified that Lin Xiao’s information was probably true, wrote down what he knew, and sent it to Jing Hongchen.
• After learning Shrek’s team had stayed for the top-tier auction, Lin Xiao entered the auction with Weina and Xiao Linger using Weina’s invitation.
• Yu Tao visited their auction room, greeted Lin Xiao as the Body Sect Saint Son, and relayed Du Busi’s offer to pay for anything Lin Xiao wanted.

Lin Xiao watched the auction as Shrek won an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, then learned the final lot was the Snow Emperor Embryo. He stopped Elder Yu Tao from bidding and hinted that he knew who was sealed inside, leaving the embryo's fate uncertain.

• Lin Xiao told Yu Tao that the Body Sect could spend up to fifty million, then watched Princess Jiujiu host the auction with Weina and Xiao Linger.
• Princess Jiujiu presented an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and Lin Xiao told Old Medicine that he knew its Extreme Ice requirement and expected it to return to them.
• Wang Yan bid on the Soul Bone for Ling Luochеn, and Shrek won it.
• Princess Jiujiu revealed the Snow Emperor Embryo, which could yield a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Yu Tao urged Lin Xiao to buy the embryo, but Lin Xiao stopped him and hinted to Xiao Linger that he knew who was inside.