Recaps

Xu Tianming watched the tournament’s top teams arrive and revealed that Wei Na and two Shrek reserves shared the rare trait of Twin Martial Souls. Wei Na was shaken by his knowledge and pressed him to explain who he was.

• Xu Jiujiu recognized Xu Tianming and the Title Douluo who had injured Zhu Min, and Xu Jiawei ordered her to investigate them after the matches.
• The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team entered to muted cheers and boos, and Xu Tianming noted how powerful its members seemed.
• Xu Tianming reassured Wei Na that her strength and talent could rival those of the Sun Moon and Shrek teams.
• Shrek Academy entered without its injured main-roster members, and Xu Tianming recognized Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and two reserve members.
• Xu Tianming told Wei Na that she and the two Shrek reserves possessed Twin Martial Souls, shocking her into demanding to know who he was.

Xu Tianming pressured Princess Wei Na while the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament opened with Shrek facing Tianling. Huo Yuhao stunned the plaza by displaying six red Soul Rings, but Xu Tianming disrupted his Simulation skill and exposed the illusion.

• Xu Tianming refused to reveal his identity to Wei Na, who remained uncertain whether he was a friend or enemy.
• The tournament opened with Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy facing Shrek, and the crowd’s cheers filled Star Luo Plaza.
• Ma Xiaotao encouraged Shrek’s young team, while Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao to use his second soul skill if possible.
• Huo Yuhao released what appeared to be six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking the audience and freezing the Tianling team.
• Xu Tianming used spiritual power to disrupt Huo Yuhao’s Simulation, revealing one white Soul Ring and two purple ones.

Huo Yuhao’s Simulation Soul Skill failed during the Shrek Team’s match, exposing his real Soul Rings and prompting Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy to attack. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Xu Tianming secretly interfered with it, leaving both weakened.

• Huo Yuhao’s illusion vanished, revealing one white and two purple Soul Rings and provoking the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy Team to charge.
• Wang Yan and Ma Xiaotao realized the failed Simulation Soul Skill had exposed Shrek’s capabilities to its future opponents.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na suspected Xu Tianming had caused the illusion to fail, but he denied doing anything.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fused into a golden vertical eye, and Electrolux recognized that Wang Dong carried part of the divine consciousness tied to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Xu Tianming asked Electrolux to disrupt the fusion skill, and the resulting interference left Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong pale and weakened.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed during Shrek Academy's match against the Tianling Team, leaving Shrek struggling before Beibei and the others secured a narrow victory. Wang Yan worried about the Round-Robin Tournament, and Xuan Zi arrived to arrange Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen's recovery while promising to find a solution.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong failed to activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill after Wang Dong sensed an aura from the Undead Half-Plane, and the Tianling Team charged at Shrek.
• Xu Tianming revealed to Electrolux that releasing the Undead Half-Plane's aura had affected Wang Dong, while Xu Jiujiu suspected Xu Tianming was involved.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and the others defeated the Tianling Team, but the crowd responded with scattered applause and noisy discussion.
• Wang Yan worried that Shrek would not cope with the Round-Robin Tournament, and Xuan Zi criticized the team's performance.
• Xuan Zi told Ma Xiaotao that the Medicine Immortal Douluo would help her and Ling Luochen recover, promised to find a solution for the next tournament stage, and left without encouraging Huo Yuhao and the others.

After the Shrek Team struggled against Tianling Team, Wang Yan sent the exhausted students back to the hotel and stayed to study their opponents. In the VIP section, Xu Tianming criticized Shrek Academy and Zhou Yi’s teaching methods, and Zhou Yi attacked him with a pillar of fire.

• Wang Yan sent Beibei and the other Shrek Team members back to the hotel to recover while he stayed to watch the other matches.
• Wei Na and Xu Jiujiu questioned why Shrek’s team was so weak, and Xu Tianming explained that the academy had few eligible replacements and wasted many geniuses.
• Zhou Yi confronted Xu Tianming after hearing him disparage Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianming accused Zhou Yi of expelling most of her students and ruining their futures, and the students beside her stayed silent.
• Zhou Yi defended her advancement rate, then summoned six Soul Rings and engulfed Xu Tianming in a blazing pillar of fire.

Xu Tianming confronted Zhou Yi after she attacked him in the VIP seating, then overpowered and punished her despite her ties to Shrek Academy. Zhou Yi was left aged and stripped of her Soul Power as Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and the others took her away.

• Zhou Yi attacked Xu Tianming with her fourth soul skill, but he emerged unharmed while Leng Yulai remained still.
• Xu Jiujiu said the Star Luo Imperial Family would not interfere, and Xu Tianming identified Zhou Yi as Shrek Academy’s expulsion maniac.
• Xu Tianming lifted Zhou Yi with an invisible force, broke her bones, and aged her using curse magic and the Gold of Life.
• At Xu Jiujiu’s request, Xu Tianming spared Zhou Yi’s life but forced her Soul Power out of her dantian.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu carried Zhou Yi away with the rest of Shrek’s group, and Xu Jiujiu asked Xu Tianming whether he feared Shrek Academy’s retaliation.

Xu Tianming stayed to watch the tournament after discussing Zhou Yi’s punishment with Xu Jiujiu, while the Sun Moon Empire Team’s victory alarmed Shrek Academy. Xuan Zi secretly asked Xu Jiawei to rig the tournament draw for Shrek, leaving the Star Luo Emperor distrustful of the academy.

• Xu Tianming persuaded Xu Jiujiu to let him stay through the day’s matches, and the Sun Moon Empire Team defeated all seven opponents with only Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen competing.
• Wang Yan returned to the hotel and learned from Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin that Xu Tianming had crippled Zhou Yi’s Soul Power after she attacked him in the VIP section.
• Beibei demanded that Elder Xuan seek justice for Zhou Yi, while Wang Yan recognized that Zhou Yi had started the confrontation.
• Xuan Zi met Xu Jiawei in the Imperial Palace and asked him to keep their conversation secret after requesting an easy group for the Shrek Team in the Round-Robin Tournament.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to keep the discussion confidential but privately condemned Shrek Academy for asking him to help them cheat.

Xuan Zi arranged for the Star Luo Imperial Family to manipulate the tournament draw, then learned that Zhou Yi had been brutally injured by Xu Tianming. As Xuan Zi ordered her treated and rebuked the Shrek Team, Huo Yuhao’s faith in the academy weakened, while Xu Tianming waited for Shrek to come apologize.

• After leaving the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Xuan Zi arranged for the Star Luo Imperial Family to keep Shrek Team apart from other strong teams in the round-robin draw.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi that Zhou Yi had been injured, and Xuan Zi examined her and found that most of her bones were shattered, her Soul Power crippled, and her life force draining.
• At Xuan Zi’s demand, Dai Huabin described how Xu Tianming had injured Zhou Yi in the VIP stands, and Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to bring Medicine Immortal Douluo to treat her and arrange for her return to the academy.
• Xuan Zi warned the Shrek Team to prepare for their matches, leaving Huo Yuhao feeling blamed for mistakes caused by the academy’s failures and doubting Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianming sat beside Wei Na at the matches and told Xu Jiujiu that he expected Shrek Academy to come apologize to him.

Xuan Zi confronted Xu Tianming over the injury to a Shrek Academy teacher, but Leng Yulai stepped in when Xuan Zi tried to attack him. Their clash shook the tournament grounds, and four Title Douluos intervened to contain the damage.

• Xuan Zi entered the VIP stands and pressured Xu Tianming, asking whether he had injured Shrek Academy’s teacher.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Xuan Zi to settle the dispute privately, while Xu Tianming mocked Xuan Zi and his Martial Soul flaw.
• Xuan Zi summoned his Soul Rings, but Leng Yulai stood before Xu Tianming and revealed six black and three red Soul Rings.
• Leng Yulai’s aura forced Xuan Zi to falter, and Xu Tianming further insulted him by questioning his authority within Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi tried to grab Xu Tianming, and Leng Yulai blocked him with her palm, sending a shockwave through the plaza.
• Four Title Douluos suppressed the spreading shockwave and demanded that Xuan Zi and Leng Yulai stop endangering the tournament.

Leng Yulai defeated Xuan Zi after he attacked Xu Tianming, and Xu Tianming defended their actions to the Star Luo Empire’s Title Douluo before leaving the tournament stands. Xu Jiujiu reported the clashes to Emperor Xu Jiawei, who blamed Shrek Academy for the insults to the imperial authority.

• Leng Yulai donned her Three-Word Battle Armor and struck Xuan Zi, sending the rank-ninety-eight Taotie Douluo flying.
• Xu Tianming stopped Leng Yulai from pursuing Xuan Zi and told Sui Xing Douluo that he had acted in self-defense after Shrek Academy members attacked him.
• Xu Tianming revived Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na, then left the VIP stands while the Star Luo Empire’s Title Douluo let him go.
• Sui Xing Douluo asked Xu Jiujiu to accompany him to see Emperor Xu Jiawei and sent Giant Hammer Douluo to find Medicine Immortal.
• Xu Jiujiu explained the incidents to Xu Jiawei, who angrily condemned Shrek Academy for attacking first and disregarding the Star Luo Imperial Family’s authority.

After Xuan Zi was defeated by a mysterious Title Douluo, Star Luo’s officials and Shrek Academy struggled to contain the fallout. Xuan Zi returned to Shrek to report that the attacker was an Evil Spirit Master, while the tournament continued.

• Xu Jiawei agreed with Dai Hao to let the tournament proceed and have Sui Xing Douluo ask Wang Xian'er to examine Xuan Zi.
• A cloaked man decided that personally protecting Dong'er was necessary as the continent grew more unsettled.
• Wang Xian'er treated Xuan Zi and found that Ultimate Darkness energy was eroding his Soul Power, though she only said the attack resembled Evil Spirit Master methods.
• Xuan Zi told the Shrek team to continue the tournament and said he would return to report the suspected Super Douluo Evil Spirit Master to Elder Mu.

The Round-Robin Tournament groups were announced, and the obvious imbalance favored Shrek Academy while stacking the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team against several strong opponents. Yuanen Yehui urged the angry Sun Moon team to accept the situation and rely on their strength, leaving them to prepare for the tournament rather than protest.

• The chief referee announced that the 67 advancing academies had been drawn into eight groups, with the top two from each group qualifying for the Round of Sixteen.
• Wang Yan worried that Shrek Academy might face strong rivals, while Huo Yuhao insisted that Shrek Team could win regardless of its group.
• The chief referee placed Shrek Academy in a group of eight with comparatively weak teams and put the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team in a group of nine with several strong opponents.
• Xu Tianming and Wei Na recognized the draw as obvious manipulation, while Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong angrily called for the Sun Moon team to protest.
• Yuanen Yehui warned the Sun Moon team that protesting in Star Luo City could get them expelled, then challenged them to rely on their strength.

The Star Luo Imperial Family rigged the tournament groups to favor Shrek Team, and Shrek opened the round-robin against the weak Sinnoh Soul Master Team. Xu Tianming secretly disrupted Xu Sanshi during his match, allowing Zhao Yang to blast him out of the arena and leaving the plaza stunned.

• Wang Yan and Beibei urged Shrek Team to accept their favorable group and carry on the academy’s glory.
• Xu Jiawei defended the rigged groupings, hoping Shrek would expose the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team’s tactics for Star Luo’s benefit.
• The referee drew an individual battle for Shrek Team’s opening match against Sinnoh Soul Master Team.
• Xu Sanshi faced Sinnoh captain Zhao Yang, who attacked him with a Level 4 Handheld Rapid-Fire Soul Cannon.
• Xu Tianming used spiritual power to daze Xu Sanshi, making his defenses vanish and letting Zhao Yang’s beam blast him out of the arena.

During Shrek Academy’s first round-robin match against Sinnoh Academy, Xu Sanshi was mysteriously struck by a Level 4 Soul Guidance Cannon, but Beibei went on to secure victory. Yan Shaozhe concealed his own interference and persuaded Mo Xuan to help protect Shrek’s tournament run, leaving their secret scheme in place.

• Xu Sanshi lost his connection to his Martial Soul, took Zhao Yang’s cannon blast, and was carried away with seven or eight broken ribs.
• Wang Yan rejected the possibility that Sinnoh Academy had cheated, then sent Beibei into the match.
• Beibei defeated four Sinnoh Team members in succession while Xu Tianming refrained from covertly interfering.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mo Xuan there was no need to assist Shrek before the round-robin tournament and justified their scheme as reclaiming Shrek’s glory.
• Mo Xuan agreed to keep their actions secret, and Yan Shaozhe entrusted Shrek Academy’s ten thousand years of glory to him.

Xu Tianming attended the Starlight Auction House with Leng Yulai, where he planned to pursue the Gold of Life disguised as the Ranking Engraving Knife. There, Huo Yuhao and Beibei sensed that Xu Tianming seemed familiar, and Huo Yuhao’s attempt to investigate him ended in a spiritual clash that left him and nearby Shrek Academy members reeling.

• Xu Jiujiu invited Xu Tianming to the Star Luo Huangshui auction and offered to invite him to a later auction as well.
• Xu Tianming accepted the invitation, eager to obtain the Gold of Life disguised as the Ranking Engraving Knife.
• Xu Tianming and Leng Yulai arrived at the Starlight Auction House and headed toward Auction Hall No. 12.
• Beibei and Huo Yuhao both sensed that the masked Xu Tianming seemed familiar as they approached the same hall.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to identify Xu Tianming, and Xu Tianming sensed and struck back at its probing spiritual power.
• The spiritual clash left Huo Yuhao bleeding and disoriented, while Wang Yan caught him and the other nearby Shrek Academy members staggered.

Xu Tianming confronted Shrek Academy after Huo Yuhao’s spiritual probing caused a clash at the Starlight Auction. Beibei recognized Xu Tianming from their encounter in the Star Dou Forest, and Xu Tianming revealed that he was captain of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy Team.

• Huo Yuhao’s spiritual power collided with Xu Tianming’s, leaving many auction attendees dizzy, and Xu Tianming blamed Huo Yuhao for probing a bidder’s confidential identity.
• Xu Jiujiu arrived with the Nebula Douluo, and Wang Yan defended Huo Yuhao while Xu Tianming warned him to learn the auction’s rules.
• Beibei recognized Xu Tianming by his distinctive eyes and recalled that Xu Tianming had injured his right arm in the Star Dou Forest.
• Beibei accused Xu Tianming of infiltrating the Three Douluo Kingdoms and asked Xu Jiujiu to help apprehend him.
• Xu Tianming removed his mask and introduced himself as captain of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy Team.

Mu En rebuked Xuan Zi for wanting to attack a powerful darkness-attribute fighter and warned that Xuan Zi might ruin Shrek Academy if he led it without judgment. At Sea God Lake, Tang Ya despaired over her stalled cultivation and resolved to pursue a dangerous path to avenge her parents and revive the Tang Sect.

• Mu En used the Golden Tree's light to draw darkness energy from Xuan Zi and noted that the attribute differed from Long Xiaoyao's.
• Xuan Zi urged Mu En to join forces with the Star Luo Imperial Family's offerings to eliminate the suspected Evil Spirit Master and restore Shrek Academy's standing.
• Mu En called Xuan Zi an idiot, condemned the attack by Zhou Yi, and accused Xuan Zi of seeking personal revenge under the pretext of protecting Shrek Academy.
• Mu En warned that Shrek Academy would eventually pass to Xuan Zi but feared he would destroy its legacy, then sent him away.
• Tang Ya wept beside Sea God Lake over her slow cultivation, her family's losses, and the Tang Sect's weakness, then resolved to keep following a dangerous path.

Xu Jiujiu learned that Xu Tianming and his powerful guardian came from the Sun Moon Empire, while Shrek Academy discovered its elder Xuan had been defeated. The Star Luo Imperial Family refused to risk opposing the guardian, and Xu Tianming won the Soul-Devouring Fierce Blade at the auction.

• Xu Tianming confirmed to Xu Jiujiu that he represented the Sun Moon Empire, and Wang Yan verified that he was registered for its tournament team.
• Xu Jiujiu told Wang Yan that Xu Tianming had injured Zhou Yi and that his guardian had defeated Xuan Zi, revealing a Super Douluo comparable to rank ninety-eight.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that the Star Luo Imperial Family could not safely support Shrek Academy against such a powerful opponent, and Wang Yan accepted her decision.
• Xu Jiujiu arranged for the Medicine Immortal Douluo to treat Shrek Team before its next match, and Wang Yan led the injured team away.
• Xu Tianming won the Soul-Devouring Fierce Blade after Shrek Academy left and the other auction participants remained affected by the spiritual clash.

After the Sun Moon Empire team’s captain, Xu Tianming, demonstrated frightening strength at the auction, Shrek’s team and the Star Luo Empire worried about the empire’s growing power. Xu Jiujiu reported the appearance of the Soul Hall, and Xu Jiawei agreed to make contact with it.

• Ma Xiaotao took the unconscious Huo Yuhao from Wang Yan, and Beibei recounted the team’s encounter with Xu Tianming at the auction.
• Ma Xiaotao dismissed the possibility that Xu Tianming could overpower Beibei physically, while Beibei recalled being injured by him years earlier despite using his soul skills.
• Ma Xiaotao vowed that she and Ling Luochen would show the Sun Moon team Shrek Academy’s strength, while Ling Luochen privately wondered whether Xu Tianming shared a name with someone she knew.
• Wang Yan left to report that a Rank 98 Super Douluo had appeared in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiawei feared the Sun Moon Empire’s military strength, and Xu Jiujiu told him that the Soul Hall had appeared near the border and included a girl with the Holy Angel Martial Soul.
• Xu Jiawei agreed with Xu Jiujiu’s suggestion to make contact with the Soul Hall.

Xu Tianming had Electrolux purify the cursed Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife, revealing that it was a high-quality piece of Gold of Life, and fused it with his Eye of Life. The resulting surge strengthened his body, spiritual power, and Soul Spirits, while briefly attracting the Life Goddess’s attention; Xu Tianming then prepared to meet his teammates.

• Electrolux recognized the engraving knife as Gold of Life and purified the curse and malicious thoughts coating it.
• Xu Tianming’s Eye of Life absorbed the purified engraving knife, flooding him and his Soul Spirits with powerful life energy.
• The Life Goddess sensed an aura that might meet the requirements of her divine trial, but it vanished before she could locate it.
• Xu Tianming realized his body and spiritual power had grown stronger, while Snow Empress and Electrolux became more solid.
• Xu Tianming declared that he would bring his Soul Spirits to the God Realm and then set out to meet his teammates.

Xu Tianming reunited with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team after returning to Star Luo City, where he revealed that he had secretly interfered with Shrek Academy’s team. He asked to compete in the next match against the Ming Capital Soul Master Team.

• The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team discussed the news that Shrek Academy had been taught a lesson at the Starlight Auction House and wondered whether Xu Tianming had returned.
• Xu Tianming suddenly appeared, reunited with Xiao Hongchen and greeted Ma Yun, Meng Hongchen, and Yuanen Yehui.
• Xu Tianming apologized to Meng Hongchen and Yuanen Yehui for missing his promise to help them obtain their fifth Soul Rings, then promised to help Meng Hongchen with her sixth.
• Xu Tianming confirmed that he had injured people from Shrek Academy and said he had been secretly observing the teams in Star Luo City.
• Xu Tianming revealed that he had secretly exposed a Shrek team member’s strength and disrupted the team’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then asked to compete against the Ming Capital Soul Master Team in the next match.

Xu Tianming faced the Ming Capital Soul Master Team alone and revealed nine blood-red Soul Rings, stunning the tournament spectators. He unleashed a terrifying purplish-black power across Star Luo Plaza, leaving even the observing Title Douluo afraid to intervene.

• Xu Tianming told Ma Yun that he would take on the Ming Capital Soul Master Team alone to hide his teammates’ strength and intimidate their rivals.
• Wei Na, Xu Jiawei, Xu Jiujiu, and the Shrek Team watched Xu Tianming, while Beibei warned Huo Yuhao that the Sun Moon Empire could not be trusted.
• At the start of the team battle, Xu Tianming’s teammates left the stage, and he declared that he was enough to face the Ming Capital team alone.
• Xu Tianming rose into the air and displayed nine blood-red Soul Rings, shocking the crowd and spectators across the tournament.
• Xu Tianming released purplish-black energy that engulfed Star Luo Plaza, shook the earth, and made even the Title Douluo hesitate in fear.

Xu Tianming unleashed the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon's destructive power, erasing the arena and securing the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team's victory. After he explained that his Soul Rings were simulated and reflected on the Spirit Bone's effect on his disposition, Shrek Academy's leaders feared his strength and Yan Shaozhe began to see him as a future enemy.

• Xu Tianming's purplish-black destructive energy destroyed the arena, and the referee declared the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team the winner.
• Xu Tianming returned to his team and told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that he could simulate Soul Rings with his spiritual power, but he kept the source of his destructive attack secret.
• Xu Tianming reflected that the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon's Spirit Bone could affect his disposition despite his having refined its negative emotions.
• Beibei, Wang Yan, and the Shrek team debated Xu Tianming's power, while Wang Yan gave up hope of winning the championship.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized Xu Tianming from the Star Dou Forest and, fearing what he might become, regarded him as a future enemy of Shrek Academy.

After Xu Tianming's devastating display in the tournament, Star Luo's leaders and other observers assessed his strength and considered how to respond. Xu Tianming sensed the hostile attention but remained confident that he could handle the threat.

• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Xu Tianming's Soul Rings were likely fake but that his power could still rival a Title Douluo.
• Dai Hao urged Xu Jiawei to ally with Shrek Academy and the other empires to kill Xu Tianming, and Xu Jiawei said he would consider it.
• Wei Na sent Lang Ya to inform her sect's master about Xu Tianming and ask him to come to Star Luo City.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python sensed powerful Dragon Clan bloodline in Xu Tianming and decided not to report him to Tang San.
• Ma Yun warned Xu Tianming that powerful factions might try to trap him, but Xu Tianming said he had ways to deal with them.

After the arena was destroyed, the tournament was postponed, giving the Three Douluo Kingdoms and Shrek Academy time to threaten Xu Tianming. Xu arranged for his teacher to come to Star Luo City, then accepted an invitation to the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction.

• A Title Douluo announced that the tournament would be postponed until the arena was repaired, and Xiao Hongchen joked that Xu Tianming had made history.
• Ma Yun warned Xu Tianming that the delay could let the Three Douluo Kingdoms and Shrek Academy gather powerful reinforcements, so Xu asked him to contact home and summon his teacher.
• The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team returned to the Star Emperor Hotel while other teams watched Xu Tianming with curiosity, fear, and killing intent.
• Qingya invited the team to a prestigious Starlight Auction House auction featuring high-quality Spirit Bones and Soul Tools.
• Xu Tianming agreed to attend the auction with the team while they waited for the tournament to resume.