Recaps

Ye Mu cured Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, advanced as a Soul Tool maker, and defended Xiao Xiao from Zhou Yi’s coercion. With Xiao Xiao strengthened by an Immortal Herb and a new Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao’s team entered the Freshman Assessment finals against Dai Huabin and struck first.

• Ye Mu purified Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and remade her Martial Soul as a Fire Phoenix with Ultimate Fire, and Ma Xiaotao kissed him in gratitude.
• Over three months, Ye Mu mastered First-level Soul Tool crafting and became a Second-level Soul Engineer.
• Ye Mu watched Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao win their assessment matches, then warned Xiao Xiao when Zhou Yi pressured her to risk adding a Soul Ring to her Second Martial Soul.
• Ye Mu defeated Zhou Yi and protected Xiao Xiao, after which Yan Shaozhe removed Zhou Yi from her teaching position and expelled her from Shrek.
• Fan Yu left Shrek after Zhou Yi’s expulsion, while Ye Mu received a Hundred Thousand Year Pegasus Holy Radiance Left Arm Bone.
• Xiao Xiao told Ye Mu she wanted to help Huo Yuhao defeat Dai Huabin, and Ye Mu gave her an Immortal Herb that helped her reach level thirty and improve control of both Martial Souls.
• With Zhang Lexuan’s help, Xiao Xiao obtained a Soul Ring from a Spirit Pattern Deer, reached level 32, and became a Soul Elder.
• At the Freshman Assessment finals, Xiao Xiao used her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to strike Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu with a shockwave, leaving them numb and sending them crashing to the ground.

Ye Mu traveled to the Extreme North with Bibi Dong and her companions, helping them establish a new Spirit Hall with Snow Empress and Ice Empress. Back at Shrek, he became a Level 3 Soul Engineer and received the academy’s support as it planned to nurture his talents and secure his loyalty.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, while Ye Mu revealed that he had given Xiao Xiao an Immortal Herb.
• Fan Yu and Zhou Yi defected to Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy and told Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming about Ye Mu’s abilities, prompting Shrek’s leaders to watch over him.
• Ye Mu left for the Extreme North with Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, and Ling Luochen, then used his Portal to bring Bibi Dong and the others from Ten Thousand Years Ago.
• Ye Mu’s group met Snow Empress and Ice Empress, who agreed to support rebuilding Spirit Hall in the Extreme North after Ye Mu explained Spirit Soul Contracts and their plans.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress helped Ye Mu’s group build the Ice Martial Soul Hall, and Bibi Dong stayed there with her companions while Ye Mu returned to Shrek.
• Ye Mu gave Xiao Xiao Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation notes and completed a flawless Third-level Soul Tool Cannon, announcing that he had become a Level 3 Soul Engineer.
• Mu En and Shrek’s leaders approved giving Ye Mu priority access to the academy’s resources, and Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er began teaching him about Fourth-level Soul Tools.

Shrek Academy backed Ye Mu as its future successor, and he used its support to strengthen his companions before joining the tournament team. After overwhelming all fourteen team members in a supervised match, Ye Mu prepared to leave for Star Luo City, where Huo Yuhao faced painful memories.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Zhang Lexuan the Holy Light Beast Torso Bone for Ye Mu and revealed that the Sea God Pavilion had chosen him as Shrek’s future successor.
• Zhang Lexuan delivered the Spirit Bone and asked Ye Mu to spare Shrek, and he agreed to support the academy while she and Ma Xiaotao worked to change it.
• Ye Mu absorbed the Spirit Bone, rose from Rank 63 to Rank 66, and gained Holy Light abilities as Zhang Lexuan agreed to report his decision to compete in the tournament.
• At the Treasure Appreciation Fair, Ye Mu bought every displayed Spirit Bone over ten thousand years old, along with rare Soul Tool materials and blueprints, with Shrek covering the tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Mu gave ten-thousand-year Soul Bones to Xiao Xiao, Wu Ming, and Han Ruoruo, helping Xiao Xiao advance to level thirty-five and strengthening Shrek’s Inner Court disciples.
• Xuan Zi selected seven reserve team members and announced that Ye Mu would have an official tournament spot, then named fourteen students as Shrek’s team and reserves.
• Ye Mu challenged all fourteen students and defeated them in a supervised match after displaying his six white gold Soul Rings, Pegasus abilities, Spirit Bone skills, and Six Gates.
• Xuan Zi announced the team would leave for Star Luo City, where Huo Yuhao recalled his painful past, while Ye Mu left with Wu Ming, Han Ruoruo, and the others to find food and explore.

Ye Mu and Shrek’s team hunted Evil Soul Masters, then entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, where Ye Mu’s strength and Shrek’s growing skill carried them into the semifinals. The arc ended with Shrek drawn against Star Luo National Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy matched against Di'ao Academy.

• Xuan Zi made the fourteen students reserve members of the Shrek Inspectorate and assigned them to destroy the Death God Messengers, whose Evil Soul Master leader hid in the mountains.
• Huo Yuhao found the bandits’ cave, where the team discovered horrific evidence of their cruelty and fought through a chain of corpse explosions that Ye Mu survived by shielding the students.
• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo took Tang Ya and the other girls to the Extreme North, where Lan Xiyue agreed to teach Tang Ya and welcomed the group to Spirit Hall.
• Ye Mu defeated all seven members of Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy with one soul skill, then met Meng Hongchen and warned her that Xu Tianran might threaten her family.
• Shrek advanced through the tournament as Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan defeated Yunluo Academy, while Ye Mu won the cursed Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife and cleansed it into the Blade of Life.
• Ye Mu defeated Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy’s team through physical combat alone, and Shrek went on to reach the tournament’s top four.
• The final draw matched Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy against Di'ao Academy, with Huang Jinxu appointed to referee the semifinals and finals.