Chapter Summaries

Ye Liuyun’s battlefield control briefly kept Shrek in the fight, but Dai Mubai’s reckless charge let the Huangdou Team break their formation and defeat every teammate. Left alone on the arena, Ye Liuyun faced the victorious Huangdou Team and trapped Osler with his Blue Silver Grass.

• Ye Liuyun used his Blue Silver Grass to protect Shrek’s members and counter the Huangdou Team’s coordinated attacks, bringing the match to a standstill.
• Dai Mubai charged Yu Tianheng, but the Shi Brothers struck him from behind with their spinning turtle shells and knocked him unconscious off the stage.
• At Yu Tianheng’s command, the Huangdou Team overwhelmed the remaining Shrek members and drove them all off the stage as Ning Rongrong accused Dai Mubai of deliberately ruining their formation.
• Ye Liuyun remained on the arena, challenged the Huangdou Team, and bound Osler when he attacked with his Leopard Shadow Clone technique.
• Ye Liuyun walked past the trapped Osler toward the Huangdou Team and said, “Excuse me.”

Ye Liuyun fought alone against the remaining members of the Huangdou Team after his Shrek teammates were eliminated. He defeated the team’s fighters and forced Yu Tianheng and Ye Lingling to surrender, securing Shrek’s victory.

• Yu Feng attacked Ye Liuyun from the air, but Ye Liuyun trapped him with Blue Silver Grass.
• The Shi Mo brothers launched a pincer attack, but Ye Liuyun punched through both of their turtle shells and bound them.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan attacked together with lightning and poison, while Ye Lingling stayed back in fear.
• Ye Liuyun endured their attacks with World of Trees as the three battled until Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan ran out of Soul Power.
• Yu Tianheng surrendered, and Ye Lingling quickly followed, leaving Ye Liuyun as the victor and securing Shrek’s win.

After Ye Liuyun defeated the Huangdou Team, Yu Tianheng urged his teammates to turn their humiliation into resolve and train harder. Qin Ming reunited with Flender and Zhao Wuji, praised Shrek’s students, and confirmed that both teams were preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Ye Liuyun’s Blue Silver Grass released the defeated Huangdou Team, and Shi Mo revealed that it had drained their Soul Power to sustain Ye Liuyun.
• Yu Tianheng recognized that the team had lost through arrogance and carelessness, then rallied his teammates to learn from the defeat and fight with full effort in every battle.
• The Huangdou Team members regained their determination to train, while Qin Ming watched with satisfaction as they began to act like a real team.
• Qin Ming visited Flender and Zhao Wuji, knelt to pay his respects, and reminisced with his former teachers.
• Qin Ming praised the Shrek Seven Devils as promising students, and he and Flender agreed that the teams were preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament two years later.

Flender considered Qin Ming’s proposal to bring Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while warning that Ye Liuyun might refuse to go. After Yu Xiaogang demanded that Zhu Zhuqing practice a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai, she quit Shrek Academy and walked away.

• Qin Ming explained that Shrek lacked tournament eligibility and proposed that its students join Heaven Dou Royal Academy to compete under its name.
• Flender agreed to discuss Qin Ming’s proposal with Xiaogang but doubted Ye Liuyun would join the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Ye Liuyun’s tactics after Shrek’s victory, while Ning Rongrong defended him and Zhu Zhuqing said the team did not need a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Zhu Zhuqing to practice the fusion skill with Dai Mubai and threatened to expel her if she refused.
• Zhu Zhuqing removed her Shrek badge, declared that she was leaving the academy, and walked toward the exit.

Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek to live according to her own wishes, despite the others’ attempts to stop her. After she disappeared into the night, Dai Mubai blamed Yu Xiaogang for driving her away and nearly fought Tang San, leaving Shrek on the brink of further discord.

• Dai Mubai blocked Zhu Zhuqing’s way and called her a deserter, but she condemned his own past flight and declared she would decide how to live her life.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to stay, while she asked Ye Liuyun if he would stop her.
• Ye Liuyun offered to share a meal with Zhu Zhuqing, and she accepted before leaving Shrek alone into the night.
• Dai Mubai confronted Yu Xiaogang, blamed him for forcing Zhu Zhuqing away, and insulted his Soul Power and ability as a teacher.
• Tang San attacked Dai Mubai for insulting Yu Xiaogang, and the two prepared to fight until Oscar and Ma Hongjun intervened.

Flender stopped the students from fighting and learned that Zhu Zhuqing had left after Yu Xiaogang forced her to attempt a Martial Soul Fusion. Qin Ming offered Shrek a way into the tournament through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yu Xiaogang accepted without consulting anyone, prompting Dai Mubai to threaten him.

• Flender broke up the confrontation and learned from Ning Rongrong that Zhu Zhuqing had left the academy after Yu Xiaogang pressured her to cooperate with Dai Mubai.
• Flender blamed Yu Xiaogang for driving Zhu Zhuqing away, but Yu Xiaogang defended his training methods and insisted he had acted for Shrek's future.
• Flender ended the gathering and walked away with Zhao Wuji following him, while Qin Ming explained that Shrek lacked tournament qualifications and invited its students and teachers to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Qin Ming's offer on behalf of everyone without asking the others, and Ye Liuyun privately judged that he was effectively giving away Flender's academy.
• Dai Mubai challenged Yu Xiaogang's right to decide Shrek's future and threatened to beat him, leaving Yu Xiaogang frightened and looking to Qin Ming for help.

Qin Ming defended Dean Flender’s authority and persuaded Shrek’s students to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy to compete while preserving Shrek’s future. Ye Liuyun agreed to go, where an opportunity he had arranged for his escape awaited him.

• Qin Ming rebuked Yu Xiaogang for overstepping his role and persuaded Dai Mubai to release him.
• Qin Ming explained that Shrek could use Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament slot and training facilities without abandoning its independence.
• Dai Mubai accepted Qin Ming’s plan and scorned Yu Xiaogang, who swallowed his humiliation and imagined Tang San would prove his theories.
• Qin Ming praised Ye Liuyun and invited him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, prompting eager reactions from Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu.
• Ye Liuyun agreed to go, surprising Qin Ming and relieving the others.

After Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek, Ye Liuyun wondered whether his advice had cost her a chance at a divine future. Flender decided to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for his students’ sake, and Ye Liuyun accepted Zhu Zhuqing’s choice to live freely before deciding to beat up Yu Xiaogang.

• Qin Ming sent the exhausted students back to Shrek Academy and told them to leave the decision about Heaven Dou Royal Academy to Flender.
• Ye Liuyun practiced alone and felt melancholy when Zhu Zhuqing’s usual spot was empty, questioning whether his advice had made her give up her future.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji returned drunk, and Flender lamented that he had to abandon his academy and move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender resolved to choose his students’ opportunities over his pride, and Ye Liuyun told him he was a good dean.
• Ye Liuyun accepted Zhu Zhuqing’s decision to leave and concluded that a life lived freely could be better than an imagined future built on suffering.
• Ye Liuyun decided to beat up Yu Xiaogang before leaving, and Flender told him to go to sleep.

Shrek Academy left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reached its gates after a grueling journey. Fourth Prince Xue Beng tried to drive the group away, and Ye Liuyun recognized that Xue Beng was deliberately sabotaging the Crown Prince faction while questioning his judgment.

• Flender announced Shrek Academy's relocation to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Xiaogang tried to reassure him about the benefits.
• After half a month on the road, the group reached Heaven Dou City, where Ning Rongrong offered to show them around and visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Flender led the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the guards first insulted them but changed their attitude after hearing Qin Ming's name.
• Xue Beng arrived and ordered the guards to keep the group out, provoking Dai Mubai into attacking his followers.
• Ye Liuyun stayed out of the fight and concluded that Xue Beng was trying to prevent Shrek's talents from benefiting Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

After Shrek Academy arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ye Liuyun prepared Xiao Wu to hide from the powerful visitors he expected, while Tang San impressed the academy’s education committee with his endurance. The chapter ended with Tang San standing firm against Zhilin’s level-forty Soul Power pressure.

• Dai Mubai defeated Xue Beng and his lackeys after they confronted the Shrek group at the academy gates.
• Ye Liuyun concealed Xiao Wu beneath a robe and hat, told her to stay behind Zhao Wuji and remain silent, and asked Ning Rongrong to help shield her.
• Qin Ming brought Flender and the Shrek students to meet education committee members Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin.
• When Flender called on Ye Liuyun to demonstrate his abilities, Ye Liuyun declined and suggested Tang San instead.
• Tang San endured Zhilin’s rising Soul Power pressure without retreating, holding on until it reached level forty.

The Shrek group’s admission to Heaven Dou Academy was interrupted by Prince Xue Xing, who brought Dugu Bo to drive them out. Ye Liuyun drew Dugu Bo away and offered to cure him and Dugu Yan in exchange for the medicinal garden, leaving Dugu Bo alarmed and asking what he had done to his granddaughter.

• Meng Shenji and Zhilin praised Tang San’s talent, but Tang San refused Zhilin’s offer because Yu Xiaogang was already his teacher.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng interrupted the Education Committee and opposed admitting the Shrek group, then summoned Dugu Bo to intimidate them.
• Dugu Bo unleashed his Title Douluo pressure, but stopped when he sensed something unusual about Ye Liuyun.
• Ye Liuyun invited Dugu Bo outside, and Dugu Bo agreed despite the room’s astonishment.
• At a secluded cliff, Ye Liuyun offered to cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in exchange for the medicinal garden in Sunset Forest, then described their poisoning symptoms.
• Dugu Bo suppressed his hostility and demanded to know what Ye Liuyun had done to Dugu Yan.

Ye Liuyun offered to cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in exchange for Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden, proving his healing ability by restoring Dugu Bo’s vitality. Dugu Bo accepted, and the two planned to leave quietly, though Ye Liuyun warned that Clear Sky Douluo might stand in their way.

• Ye Liuyun offered to solve the poison problems afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in exchange for the medicinal garden in Sunset Forest.
• Ye Liuyun used his vitality-based healing on Dugu Bo, soothing the damage caused by the poison in his body.
• Dugu Bo accepted the deal and urged Ye Liuyun to leave immediately, but Ye Liuyun said he needed to say goodbye and slip away discreetly.
• Ye Liuyun warned Dugu Bo that Clear Sky Douluo might block their escape and proposed exploiting his lingering injuries if they were discovered.
• Dugu Bo agreed to risk fighting Clear Sky Douluo, even offering to self-destruct for Dugu Yan’s sake.

After Prince Xue Xing forced Shrek to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender led the group down the mountain. Ye Liuyun reassured Xiao Wu that Dugu Bo would no longer threaten them, while Dugu Bo watched from afar.

• Dugu Bo returned to the Education Committee office and declared he would not interfere in the academy's affairs.
• Prince Xue Xing cited Dai Mubai's attack on Xue Beng to pressure the committee, and Flender decided Shrek would leave.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Prince Xue Xing to accept Shrek by promising a tournament championship, but Xue Xing ordered them out.
• Flender stopped Yu Xiaogang from arguing further and led the humiliated Shrek group down the mountain.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Liuyun whether Dugu Bo had harmed him, and Ye Liuyun assured her the matter was settled.

After Heaven Dou Royal Academy rejected Shrek, Flender offered the group a place at Blue Tyrant Academy, whose dean was his old friend Liu Erlong. Yu Xiaogang reluctantly agreed to face her, and the group set off for the academy as Ye Liuyun watched his long-laid plan unfold.

• Yu Xiaogang complained about Prince Xue Xing and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee, while Flender apologized to the children for failing to secure a home or tournament qualification.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong reassured Flender, but Yu Xiaogang warned that returning to Suotuo City would cost them the tournament.
• Flender revealed that his old friend, Liu Erlong, led Blue Tyrant Academy and could help Shrek join the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang recoiled at Liu Erlong’s name, then overcame his urge to flee and agreed to go for the children’s future and Shrek’s glory.
• Flender led the group toward Blue Tyrant Academy, while Ye Liuyun watched from the back and saw events proceeding according to his plan.

Flender reunited with Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy and brought the Shrek group inside. Liu Erlong gave the academy to Flender and renamed it Shrek Academy, while Ye Liuyun waited for nightfall.

• Liu Erlong rushed out to confront her visitor, then recognized Flender and greeted him emotionally.
• Liu Erlong spotted Yu Xiaogang, and the two reunited after twenty years apart.
• Liu Erlong learned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had expelled Flender and offered him Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong renamed the academy Shrek Academy and made Flender its headmaster, with herself as vice headmaster.
• Flender suppressed his feelings for Liu Erlong, while Ye Liuyun watched and planned to wait for nightfall.

Ye Liuyun met Dugu Bo after Dugu Bo used his aura to draw out the injured Tang Hao, confirming that Tang Hao was still guarding Shrek. Ye Liuyun revealed how he had exploited Tang Hao’s protection and secured Dugu Bo’s help to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then set out to claim its transformative herbs.

• An explosion and a surge of poisonous aura distracted Blue Tyrant Academy, allowing Ye Liuyun to slip out and meet Dugu Bo beyond Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Dugu Bo told Ye Liuyun that Tang Hao had appeared after sensing his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor aura, warned him to stay away from Shrek, and let him leave without a fight.
• Ye Liuyun reflected that he had deliberately exposed himself to Tang Hao as a child, gaining six years of protection while Tang Hao believed he was raising future Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones for Tang San.
• Ye Liuyun explained that his second gamble had brought him Dugu Bo and a path to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which he needed to rapidly grow stronger.
• Ye Liuyun asked Dugu Bo to take him to his herb garden so they could find something to transform them both.

Dugu Bo brought Ye Liuyun to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ye Liuyun absorbed its life force and rose to level forty. Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan, who recognized Ye Liuyun as the Blue Silver Grass user who had crushed her team.

• Dugu Bo warned Ye Liuyun about the deadly herb garden and left to bring Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Liuyun harmonized with the garden and absorbed energy from the Immortal Herbs and spring, raising his Soul Power to level forty overnight.
• Dugu Bo returned with a reluctant Dugu Yan and brought her to Ye Liuyun.
• Dugu Yan recognized Ye Liuyun from the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City and demanded to know why Dugu Bo had brought him there.

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Ye Liuyun for help with their Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, and Ye Liuyun offered to suppress it while preparing Dugu Yan for Martial Soul Evolution. Dugu Bo agreed to have Dugu Yan cultivate with Ye Liuyun, though both men understood that they were relying on mutual leverage and remained wary of each other.

• Dugu Bo explained that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison was worsening as Dugu Yan's Soul Power grew, then identified Ye Liuyun as someone able to suppress it.
• Dugu Yan challenged Ye Liuyun, but he revealed that he had reached level forty, surpassing her level thirty-nine, and she backed down to discuss treatment.
• Ye Liuyun said he could restore their current injuries but could not stop the poison from being produced unless their Martial Soul evolved.
• Dugu Bo proposed marrying Dugu Yan to Ye Liuyun in exchange for treatment, but Ye Liuyun instead explained that evolution would have to wait until Dugu Yan's body was stronger.
• Ye Liuyun insisted that Dugu Yan cultivate with him while he regulated her condition, and Dugu Bo agreed despite suspecting Ye Liuyun was guarding against him.

Ye Liuyun revealed that Whale Rubber could help him strengthen his body and absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo agreed to obtain some for him. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Yu Xiaogang criticized Ye Liuyun for missing morning training, while Xiao Wu quietly worried about his absence.

• Ye Liuyun told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that he planned to temper his body and absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan mistook Ye Liuyun's request for Whale Rubber as a request for an aphrodisiac until he explained its use in strengthening the body and exceeding Soul Ring limits.
• Dugu Bo agreed to use his connections in Heaven Dou City to gather high-quality Whale Rubber for Ye Liuyun.
• At morning training, Yu Xiaogang condemned Ye Liuyun for being absent, while Tang San suggested that his cultivation might have reached a critical point.
• Xiao Wu remembered that Ye Liuyun had said he would leave for a while and realized she missed him.

When Ye Liuyun disappeared from Shrek Academy, Flender suspected Dugu Bo had abducted him, but Xiao Wu revealed he had left to find her a birthday present. The academy resumed training, while Xiao Wu secretly worried about Ye Liuyun’s return and being the only Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast left at Shrek.

• Yu Xiaogang sent Ma Hongjun to fetch Ye Liuyun, but Ma Hongjun found his room empty and reported that he had vanished.
• Flender suspected Dugu Bo had taken Ye Liuyun and called for a rescue, while Yu Xiaogang argued that confronting a Title Douluo would endanger the academy.
• Ning Rongrong offered to summon Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone, but Xiao Wu stopped her and said Ye Liuyun had gone to find her a birthday present.
• When Yu Xiaogang scolded Xiao Wu for withholding the information, she pretended to cry and explained that her birthday marked the anniversary of her mother's death.
• Tang San defended Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang softened his criticism, and Flender dismissed the gathering as a false alarm.
• After everyone returned to training, Xiao Wu stopped pretending to cry and secretly hoped Ye Liuyun would come back.