Recaps

Lin Xiao took Di Tian and Xiao Linger to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, where Di Tian found the surviving Dragon Souls of his uncles, the Ice Fire Dragon King. After Di Tian explained the Soul Beast Race’s situation, Lin Xiao asked whether the Dragon Kings had suffered a calamity, and they recognized him as the one who had fought a divine sense there.

• Lin Xiao told Di Tian that the Ice Fire Dragon King’s Dragon Souls were at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and Gu Yuena asked Di Tian to investigate and bring them back if possible.
• Di Tian, Lin Xiao, and Xiao Linger reached the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and found it stripped of Immortal Herbs, with its energy weakened.
• Di Tian led Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger beneath the well, where two Dragon Souls emerged from the Ice and Fire Dragon King’s skeletons and greeted Di Tian as their nephew.
• Di Tian told the Dragon Kings about the Soul Beast Race and Lin Xiao’s plans, and the Dragon Kings praised Lin Xiao and recognized the Auspicious Beast’s power of destiny.
• Lin Xiao asked whether the Dragon Kings had suffered a calamity, and they identified him as the boy who had fought a divine sense at the well.

Lin Xiao learned that Tang San destroyed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ refuge after they drove away his divine sense. The dying Dragon Kings sacrificed their souls and Dragon Bones to create the Ice Fire Profound Dragon Flame, which Lin Xiao began absorbing as Di Tian and Xiao Linger watched.

• The Ice Dragon King explained that Tang San’s divine sense destroyed their refuge after two Limit Douluo investigated it.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings said they could not survive and asked Di Tian to tell the Silver Dragon King that she had done well.
• The Dragon Kings sacrificed their souls and Dragon Bones to condense the Ice Fire Profound Dragon Flame for Lin Xiao.
• Di Tian and Xiao Linger watched the Dragon Kings disappear, then Di Tian urged Lin Xiao to absorb their gift.
• Old Medicine reassured Lin Xiao that the flames would not reject him, and Lin Xiao absorbed them while his Dou Disciple rank steadily rose.

Lin Xiao finished refining the Ice Fire Profound Dragon Flame and grew to Dou Spirit Five Stars, then moved the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well into the Undead Demiplane. He and Xiao Linger parted ways, with Lin Xiao planning to visit the Holy Spirit Cult, the Demonic Forest, and the Sun Moon Empire while Xiao Linger headed for Dragon Valley.

• After two and a half months, Lin Xiao finished refining the flame, reached Dou Spirit Five Stars, and learned from Old Medicine that his fortune had grown and been concealed.
• Xiao Linger said she was nearing Level 70, and she and Lin Xiao discussed how their Ultimate Attributes would slow their cultivation.
• Lin Xiao, Old Medicine, and Electrolux used magic to move the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well into the Undead Demiplane.
• Lin Xiao told Xiao Linger he planned to visit the Holy Spirit Cult, obtain his Sixth Soul Ring in the Demonic Forest, and visit his senior brother and senior sister in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Xiao advised Xiao Linger to go to Dragon Valley and work with Silver Dragon King to search for the Dragon God Heart, and they agreed to meet again in the Sun Moon Empire.
• After two weeks, Lin Xiao returned to the Body Sect, where Du Busi was startled by the strength Lin Xiao radiated despite still being at Level 60.

Lin Xiao prepared to visit the Holy Spirit Cult and left the Body Sect with the Snow Empress, while Xiao Linger headed for the Sun Moon Empire with Bi Ji and Li Ya. After Lin Xiao entered the Sun Moon Empire, he deliberately drew the cult’s attention and was confronted by three figures in an alley.

• Lin Xiao told Du Busi he planned to seek his Sixth Soul Ring in the Demonic Forest and visit the Holy Spirit Cult, and he taught Du Busi how to open the Undead Demiplane as a safeguard.
• Lin Xiao discussed his plans with the women at his residence, and the Snow Empress agreed to accompany him.
• Three days later, Xiao Linger left the Body Sect with Bi Ji and Li Ya, while Lin Xiao set out toward the Demonic Forest with the Snow Empress.
• Lin Xiao traveled through the Sun Moon Empire while allowing his dark aura to attract the Holy Spirit Cult’s attention, and Old Medicine directed him toward an alley.
• Three figures appeared before Lin Xiao in the alley, and one praised his dark aura and talent for falling into darkness.

Lin Xiao let three Holy Spirit Cult members abduct him and take him to the cult so he could investigate from within. He reached its Great Hall, where he saw Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao serving as Saintesses, while Ma Xiaotao sensed something vaguely familiar about him.

• Lin Xiao disguised his strength and appearance, then let the three Evil Soul Masters capture him while he discussed the Holy Spirit Cult with Old Medicine.
• The trio carried Lin Xiao through the Demonic Forest and brought him to the Holy Spirit Cult, intending to have the Sect Master corrupt him.
• Lin Xiao saw Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao guarding the Great Hall as the cult’s Saintesses.
• Old Medicine sensed that Ma Xiaotao had become a high-ranking Soul Saint and Tang Ya a Soul King, though both had unstable foundations.
• Ma Xiaotao glanced back at Lin Xiao and found him vaguely familiar, but she did not recognize him.

Lin Xiao entered the Holy Spirit Cult disguised as an unconscious stranger, where Zhongli Wu discovered his exceptionally pure darkness and decided to corrupt him into the cult’s Saint Son. Zhongli Wu summoned the Myriad Souls Elder to help, while Lin Xiao secretly played along.

• Ma Xiaotao sensed something familiar about Lin Xiao but failed to recognize him, and Old Medicine reassured Lin Xiao that his disguise remained safe.
• The Evil Soul Master Trio brought Lin Xiao before Zhongli Wu, who recognized the darkness within him as the sign of a potential Saint Son.
• On Old Medicine’s advice, Lin Xiao released his darkness when Zhongli Wu tried to draw it out, revealing an aura that was pure but lacked evil.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Zhongli Ren and Zhongli Di to summon the Myriad Souls Elder so they could corrupt Lin Xiao and make him embrace the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhongli Wu praised Zhongli Tian for bringing back Lin Xiao and promised him a Soul Bone, then declared that Lin Xiao would become the Saint Son.

Lin Xiao remained disguised as unconscious while Zhongli Wu prepared to make him the Holy Spirit Cult’s Saint Son, and Electrolux grew furious at the Myriad Soul Douluo’s tortured souls. Zhongli Wu sent Lin Xiao’s guards away to watch him until the ceremony in three days, then went to await a mysterious woman.

• Zhongli Wu praised Lin Xiao’s potential as a future Saint Son while Lin Xiao secretly planned to plunder the cult.
• The Myriad Soul Douluo arrived with his Myriad Souls Banner and revealed that he had collected the souls of an entire village.
• Electrolux and Old Medicine condemned the cult’s cruelty, and Lin Xiao promised to kill the Myriad Soul Douluo and destroy the faction.
• The Myriad Soul Douluo offered to refine Lin Xiao into a loyal Saint Son, but Zhongli Wu said he would personally make Lin Xiao the Saint Son in three days.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Zhongli Tian and the others to guard Lin Xiao until the ceremony, then went to the depths of the Great Hall and waited for a woman.

Zhongli Wu used the Holy Spirit Cult's resources to turn Lin Xiao into a loyal killing machine, while Ye Xishui reluctantly allowed him to proceed. Lin Xiao secretly used the Blood Lake and its souls as part of a plan to cultivate, and the chapter ended as the souls attacked Tang San's Divine Sense in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Zhongli Wu asked Ye Xishui for resources to nurture a Saint Son and proposed using the Myriad Souls to make the boy loyal, but Ye Xishui struck him down and warned him not to overstep.
• Ye Xishui let Zhongli Wu take what he needed, while Long Xiaoyao considered taking the boy as his disciple but did not act without her asking.
• After three days, Zhongli Wu's men brought the unconscious Lin Xiao to a secret chamber and threw him into a Blood Lake for Myriad Soul Douluo to influence his soul.
• Lin Xiao secretly prepared with Old Medicine and Electrolux to use the Blood Lake's energy and an Immortal Herb for cultivation.
• Myriad Soul Douluo sent souls from his banner into Lin Xiao's Sea of Consciousness, where Old Medicine and Electrolux directed them to tear at Tang San's Divine Sense.

Lin Xiao pretended to be under the Holy Spirit Cult’s control while secretly refining an ancient Immortal Herb and absorbing the Blood Lake’s energy. After three months, the lake dried up and Zhongli Wu believed Lin Xiao was nearing Extreme Darkness, unaware that Lin Xiao had already reached it.

• Electrolux restrained the souls from the Myriad Souls Banner, altered their memories, and sent them back to Myriad Soul Douluo, wounding him with the backlash.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Ma Xiaotao and Lin Xiao to absorb the Blood Lake’s energy, believing Lin Xiao was his obedient puppet.
• Lin Xiao pretended to obey while Electrolux converted the lake’s energy, Old Medicine concealed his progress, and Lin Xiao secretly refined an Immortal Herb.
• Lin Xiao drew most of the Blood Lake’s energy away from Ma Xiaotao as his Martial Soul and strength grew, though his Soul Power stayed at Rank 60.
• After three months, the Blood Lake dried up, and Lin Xiao approached Zhongli Wu, who praised his darkness without realizing Lin Xiao had already reached Extreme Darkness.

Zhongli Wu assigned Ma Xiaotao to return to Shrek with Douluo Abhorrence and turn Xuan Zi into an Evil Soul Master, while he planned to take Lin Xiao to obtain a Soul Ring. Three days later, Zhongli Wu escorted Ma Xiaotao away and led Lin Xiao into the Demonic Forest.

• Zhongli Wu asked Lin Xiao to infiltrate the Body Sect, but reconsidered because Lin Xiao’s evil aura was too strong and the sect already had a Saint Son.
• Ma Xiaotao suggested that Lin Xiao make Xuan Zi an Evil Soul Master, but Zhongli Wu assigned the task to her instead and ordered her to leave with Douluo Abhorrence in three days.
• Zhongli Wu promised Ma Xiaotao a Soul Bone if she succeeded, then said he would personally take Lin Xiao to obtain a Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao asked Old Medicine whether he could control Zhongli Wu, and Old Medicine assured him that he and Snow Empress would intervene during the Soul Ring hunt.
• Three days later, Zhongli Wu saw Ma Xiaotao and Douluo Abhorrence off, then took Lin Xiao deep into the Demonic Forest.

Lin Xiao and Zhongli Wu entered the Demonic Forest to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Lin Xiao and his allies prepared to take control of Zhongli Wu. Snow Empress defeated Zhongli Wu, but the Evil Emperor arrived, leaving Lin Xiao and Snow Empress waiting to face it.

• Zhongli Wu led Lin Xiao through the Demonic Forest toward a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Lin Xiao planned to alter Zhongli Wu’s memories.
• Lin Xiao, Old Medicine, and Electrolux prepared to conceal the coming fight, and Lin Xiao arranged for Snow Empress to ambush Zhongli Wu.
• Zhongli Wu attacked the Dark-Attribute Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Snow Empress emerged from Lin Xiao’s Black Gate and struck Zhongli Wu unconscious.
• The Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast thanked Snow Empress for saving it, and Old Medicine warned Lin Xiao that the Evil Emperor was approaching.
• The Evil Emperor arrived, and Lin Xiao and Snow Empress prepared to face it.

Lin Xiao and the Snow Empress fought the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord after he coveted the ring containing Old Medicine. They defeated and captured him, then escaped into the Undead Demiplane, where the Evil Emperor continued to insist he could have beaten the Snow Empress.

• The Evil Emperor sensed something valuable inside Lin Xiao's Storage Ring and demanded that the Snow Empress hand him over.
• Lin Xiao and the Snow Empress attacked the Evil Emperor after he refused to give up his claim on Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao unleashed Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus while the Snow Empress struck with Emperor Cold Heaven: Snow Dance Shining Sun, badly injuring the Evil Emperor.
• The Snow Empress beat the Evil Emperor and kicked him to Lin Xiao, who learned from Old Medicine that Holy Spirit Cult experts were approaching.
• Lin Xiao opened a passage to the Undead Demiplane and pulled in the Evil Emperor and Zhongli Wu, while the Snow Empress followed.
• The Snow Empress told Lin Xiao she could now go toe-to-toe with the Evil Emperor, but he claimed Lin Xiao's surprise attack had cost him the fight.

After Snow Empress defeated the Evil Emperor, Lin Xiao offered him the choice of becoming one of his Soul Spirits or dying. The Evil Emperor considered the offer but questioned why Lin Xiao needed him, given that Lin Xiao's Martial Soul was Extreme Ice.

• Snow Empress battered the Evil Emperor into his true form, and Ice Empress emerged from Lin Xiao's ring to mock him.
• Lin Xiao told the Evil Emperor he could become his Sixth Soul Ring now or his Ninth Soul Ring later, explaining that a Soul Spirit would not truly die.
• Lin Xiao revealed his knowledge of the Evil Emperor's attempt to seize the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and warned that Di Tian and the being behind him were involved.
• The Evil Emperor asked what he would gain, and Lin Xiao offered the chance to become a God while noting that the Evil Emperor might not survive his next tribulation.
• Lin Xiao gave the Evil Emperor time to consult Di Tian and Silver Dragon King Gu Yue Na, but warned that fleeing would leave him no choice and end in the annihilation of his soul.
• The Evil Emperor asked why Lin Xiao wanted him as a Soul Spirit if Lin Xiao's Martial Soul was Extreme Ice.

Lin Xiao revealed his Body Martial Soul and recruited the Evil Emperor to help him acquire a Soul Ring and impersonate Zhongli Wu. After the Evil Emperor left to confirm the plan with Di Tian, Lin Xiao prepared to obtain a Soul Ring and Palm Bone from a two-hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.

• Lin Xiao showed the Evil Emperor his Body Martial Soul, and the Evil Emperor agreed to ask Di Tian about offering himself as Lin Xiao’s Ninth Soul Ring, provided he could fight the Snow Empress again.
• Lin Xiao asked the Evil Emperor to find a two-hundred-thousand-year-old Dark Attribute Soul Beast and suggested that he impersonate Zhongli Wu to plunder the Holy Spirit Cult’s resources.
• Lin Xiao, the Snow Empress, and the Evil Emperor left the Undead Demiplane and went to the Evil Emperor’s palace, where the Evil Eye Tyrant insulted the Snow Empress and she beat him severely.
• The Evil Emperor brought Lin Xiao a two-hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, then left for the Star Dou Great Forest to confirm the plan with Di Tian.
• The Ghost Evil Purple Gold Tiger agreed to offer itself to Lin Xiao and condense a Palm Bone for him.

After completing the Ghost Evil Purple Gold Tiger’s sacrifice, Lin Xiao discussed the Demon Empress and his plans with Snow Empress and the Evil Emperor. The Evil Emperor agreed to impersonate Zhongli Wu and cause trouble for Shrek, while Lin Xiao prepared to use Xuan Zi’s visit to the Holy Spirit Cult to help.

• Lin Xiao completed the Ghost Evil Purple Gold Tiger’s sacrifice, reached level 70 in Soul Power, and sealed his cultivation at nine stars of Dou Ling.
• Lin Xiao told Snow Empress he planned to use the Demon Empress’s Soul Power to condense his first Dark Soul Core when he obtained his Seventh Soul Ring.
• The Evil Emperor returned, and Lin Xiao explained that the Demon Empress was the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s wife and had fought him in the deep sea.
• Lin Xiao described the Demon Empress’s future potential, and the Evil Emperor asked what fate awaited him.
• Lin Xiao learned that the Auspicious Beast and Di Tian were absent from the Star Dou Great Forest, then asked the Evil Emperor to impersonate Zhongli Wu.
• The Evil Emperor proposed visiting Shrek as Zhongli Wu, and Lin Xiao agreed to exploit Xuan Zi’s upcoming visit to the Holy Spirit Cult to trouble Shrek.

Lin Xiao and the Evil Emperor used Zhongli Wu’s memories to let the Evil Emperor impersonate him and return to the Holy Spirit Cult. Meanwhile, Ma Xiaotao abducted Bei Bei and demanded that he bring Xuan Zi alone if he wanted to see Tang Ya.

• The Evil Emperor took useful treasures from his vault, then absorbed Zhongli Wu’s memories after the Snow Empress shattered the ice holding him.
• The Evil Emperor disguised himself as Zhongli Wu, and Old Medicine reassured him that Ye Xishui would not pose a problem as long as Zhongli Wu stayed alive.
• The Evil Emperor returned to the Holy Spirit Cult with Lin Xiao, while Ye Xishui briefly sensed something and Long Xiaoyao remained silent.
• Ma Xiaotao and Abhorrence Douluo spotted Bei Bei near Shrek Academy, and Abhorrence Douluo lured him away with a message about Tang Ya.
• Ma Xiaotao knocked Bei Bei unconscious and took him to the Star Dou Great Forest, where she ordered him to bring Xuan Zi alone if he wanted to see Tang Ya.

Ma Xiaotao manipulated Bei Bei into bringing Xuan Zi to a trap in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Abhorrence Douluo drove Xuan Zi into corruption. Xuan Zi killed Bei Bei and devoured his life force, Soul Power, and soul.

• Ma Xiaotao convinced Bei Bei that Tang Ya's life depended on his cooperation, and he left to seek Xuan Zi's help.
• Bei Bei persuaded the broken Xuan Zi to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest by invoking Progenitor Xuan.
• Ma Xiaotao and Abhorrence Douluo ambushed them, taunted Xuan Zi, and stirred the darkness within him.
• Xuan Zi's Godly Taotie Bull aura turned pitch-black, and he attacked Bei Bei as his corruption overwhelmed him.
• Xuan Zi tore off Bei Bei's arm, snapped his neck, and devoured his life force, Soul Power, and soul.

Xuan Zi became an Evil Soul Master, devoured Bei Bei and Soul Beasts, then attacked Shrek City and turned on Cai Meier. After Cai Meier called for help, Yan Shaozhe and the others rushed out to face him.

• Xuan Zi devoured Bei Bei, then hunted Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest until he reached Shrek City.
• Xuan Zi attacked the people of Shrek City, while Yan Shaozhe sent Cai Meier to deal with the intruder.
• Cai Meier recognized Xuan Zi, learned that he had eaten Bei Bei, and attacked him with her Evil Breaking Dragon Soul Spear.
• Xuan Zi caught Cai Meier's spear and reached for her heart, but she blasted him away with her Soul Power.
• Xuan Zi swallowed a student in front of Cai Meier, who shouted for help as Yan Shaozhe and the others rushed out of Shrek Academy.

Xuan Zi attacked Shrek and devoured students, but Shrek's leaders drove him off before learning he had escaped to a border town. The chapter left Xuan Zi devouring towns as Shrek searched for him and feared the consequences of his becoming an Evil Soul Master.

• Xuan Zi devoured Shrek students while Cai Meier called for reinforcements.
• Yan Shaozhe, Cai Meier, Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, and the other Titled Douluo attacked the injured Xuan Zi, who spat out the students' skeletons and fled.
• Cai Meier told Yan Shaozhe that Bei Bei had taken Xuan Zi out earlier, and Yan Shaozhe collapsed after she assumed Bei Bei was among the remains.
• The next day, Yan Shaozhe ordered Shrek's leaders to find Xuan Zi before he joined the Holy Spirit Cult or gave the Sun Moon Empire an excuse to target Shrek.
• Xuan Zi devoured ten towns near the Star Luo Empire and Shrek border before someone discovered him.

After Xuan Zi became an Evil Soul Master and began devouring people, the empires and Shrek’s rivals reacted to the threat. Lin Xiao met with Du Busi and the Evil Emperor, offered to help capture Xuan Zi, and planned to leave for the Sun Moon Empire with the Snow Empress.

• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming planned to involve the Body Sect in capturing Xuan Zi, while the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires sought Shrek’s help and the Heaven Dou Emperor considered strengthening ties with the Body Sect.
• Du Busi entered the Undead Demiplane to ask Lin Xiao what to do, where the Snow Empress told him Lin Xiao had captured Zhongli Wu and reached an agreement with the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord.
• Lin Xiao returned with the Evil Emperor and told Du Busi that he would help capture Xuan Zi if Xuan Zi came to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Du Busi left with the Evil Emperor to spar at the Body Sect after learning the Evil Emperor would eventually become Lin Xiao’s Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao told the Snow Empress he intended to kill Xuan Zi and would take her with him to the Sun Moon Empire.

Lin Xiao and Du Busi arranged to use the Sun Moon Empire against Shrek while preparing to capture Xuan Zi. After Xuan Zi fled into the Demonic Forest, the Evil Emperor recruited him into the Holy Spirit Cult, where Xuan Zi immediately provoked Tang Ya by taunting her about Bei Bei.

• Du Busi told Lin Xiao that Kong Deming had asked him to help hunt Xuan Zi, and Du Busi agreed.
• Lin Xiao offered to capture Xuan Zi if he came to the Holy Spirit Cult, then left the Undead Demiplane with the Snow Empress.
• Lin Xiao and the Evil Emperor hid in the Demonic Forest as Xuan Zi arrived, pursued by several Titled Douluo who soon fled from the forest.
• The Evil Emperor, disguised as Zhongli Wu, welcomed Xuan Zi to the Holy Spirit Cult and slapped him when he looked greedily at him.
• At the Holy Spirit Cult, Xuan Zi recognized Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya, then taunted Tang Ya about Bei Bei and urged her to let him devour her.

Ye Xishui stopped Xuan Zi from attacking Tang Ya and welcomed him into the Holy Spirit Cult, where he learned that the Saintesses and Saint Son outranked him. After Xuan Zi left to find food, Lin Xiao and the Evil Emperor discussed Ye Xishui’s strength and the risk of her joining forces with Long Xiaoyao.

• Tang Ya slapped Xuan Zi twice after he provoked her about Bei Bei, and Ye Xishui appeared to stop him from attacking her.
• Ye Xishui warned Xuan Zi not to devour Holy Spirit Cult followers and promised he could become a Supreme Elder if he reached the Limit Douluo level.
• Ye Xishui introduced Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao as Saintesses and the black-robed man as the Saint Son, then Xuan Zi left to find something to eat.
• Lin Xiao and the Evil Emperor left the Holy Spirit Cult, and Lin Xiao remarked that Ye Xishui seemed to value Xuan Zi.
• The Evil Emperor told Lin Xiao that he could face Ye Xishui alone but might not defeat her if Long Xiaoyao joined her.

Lin Xiao and the Evil Emperor searched for Xuan Zi after deciding he had grown too dangerous to leave unchecked. They found him in the Dou Ling Empire, where Du Busi brutally attacked him while Lin Xiao, the Evil Emperor, and the Snow Empress guarded against his escape.

• Lin Xiao said he planned to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult when the time was right, and the Evil Emperor offered the Demonic Forest's Soul Beasts to help.
• Lin Xiao and the Evil Emperor returned to their original appearances and set out to find Xuan Zi, who had left the Demonic Forest.
• Lin Xiao, the Evil Emperor, and the Snow Empress searched the empires with Du Busi until Old Medicine detected Xuan Zi in the Dou Ling Empire.
• Xuan Zi fled when Lin Xiao's group found him, but Du Busi and the others quickly surrounded him.
• Du Busi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Golden Martial Soul Awakening, shattered Xuan Zi's Martial Soul, and struck him with two Ninth Soul Skills.

Lin Xiao and Du Busi arranged for the Sun Moon Empire to use the deranged Xu Zi to provoke Shrek and test its strength. As the Sun Moon Empire’s procession headed toward Shrek, Lin Xiao prepared another move with the Snow Empress.

• Du Busi defeated Xu Zi, and Lin Xiao drove him completely mad by revealing Yan Shaozhe’s descent from the Red Clothed Woman.
• Lin Xiao persuaded Du Busi to take Xu Zi to the Sun Moon Empire so it could use him to provoke Shrek while concealing their involvement.
• Lin Xiao spread news that the Sun Moon Empire planned to execute Xu Zi at Shrek Academy, while Du Busi helped the empire’s leaders prepare a large procession.
• Lin Xiao and the Evil Emperor disguised themselves to learn that Ye Xishui would not rescue Xu Zi, whom she considered useless.
• Lin Xiao gave the Snow Empress a secret task and told her to practice opening the door before the time came.

At Shrek Academy, Mu En appeared and ordered its leaders to stand by Xuan Zi and pay compensation to the Sun Moon Empire if necessary. As the meeting ended, a voice rang across Shrek, demanding that they come out.

• Yan Shaozhe and the Elders debated whether Shrek should abandon Xuan Zi after learning he had become an Evil Soul Master.
• Mu En appeared through the Golden Ancient Tree and rejected the idea of casting Xuan Zi out of Shrek.
• Xian Lin'er argued that Shrek should stand by Xuan Zi, and several Elders agreed.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that Shrek should endure the Sun Moon Empire's demands and pay compensation if they did not go too far.
• Mu En returned to the Golden Ancient Tree, and Yan Shaozhe reluctantly accepted his advice.
• A voice rang across Shrek, repeatedly demanding that they come out.