Recaps

Long Zhanye learned that the Yin Yang Chaos Bird might provide the Soul Ring he wanted, but Kong Deming warned that only a Level 10 Soul Tool could challenge it and revealed that he knew Long Zhanye's Body Sect origins. After Long Zhanye promised not to use Sun Moon Empire technology against the empire, Kong Deming sent him to take charge of the leaderless Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment as acting commander while he sought the emperor's approval.

• Kong Deming warned Long Zhanye that the Yin Yang Chaos Bird rivaled the Evil Emperor in power, and Long Zhanye explained that his Martial Soul had the Chaos Attribute.
• Kong Deming said a Level 10 Soul Tool might be needed to face the bird and confessed that he regretted neglecting his cultivation for soul engineering, urging Long Zhanye to excel in both fields.
• Kong Deming revealed that he knew Long Zhanye came from the Heaven Dou Empire and the Body Sect, and Long Zhanye promised not to use Sun Moon Empire technology against the empire.
• Kong Deming said Wang Yiheng had been killed by Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect, leaving the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment leaderless, and asked Long Zhanye to take command.
• Long Zhanye accepted the role, and Kong Deming told him to report to the regiment as acting commander while he sought Emperor Xu Tianran's approval for the appointment.
• Kong Deming reminded Long Zhanye that the five commanders of the Hand of Protecting the Nation were Level 9 Soul Engineers, while Long Zhanye was still a rank-ninety Title Douluo and an eight-level soul engineer.

Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi reached the heavily fortified Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment, where Long Zhanye announced he was taking command. After his Spirit Soul shattered the Blazing Sky Net, Xia Xuanchen was left stunned as Long Zhanye stood ready to claim the regiment.

• Long Zhanye used the gaps in the Soul Guidance Detectors’ scans to bring Ye Guyi toward the regiment camp.
• More than thirty soldiers challenged them, and Long Zhanye overwhelmed the patrol with his Mental Power before continuing inside.
• Xia Xuanchen, the acting regiment commander, confronted Long Zhanye and mocked his claim to command the regiment.
• Long Zhanye summoned his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Spirit Soul, which used Golden Stamens Overflowing with Rosy Clouds to knock all three hundred and sixty-five Sky Net Beads off course and collapse the Blazing Sky Net.
• Xia Xuanchen stood frozen in shock as Long Zhanye displayed his Spirit Soul and asserted his authority.

Long Zhanye entered the Soul Master Regiment’s camp and cowed acting commander Xia Xuanchen with his powers, though he did not confirm his identity. Meanwhile, Titan’s search for Tang Wutong failed, so he led the Clear Sky Sect toward the Sun Moon Empire to investigate.

• Long Zhanye shoved Xia Xuanchen aside, then used his Divine Slaughter's Domain and overwhelming pressure to stop him from attacking.
• Long Zhanye’s Chaos Qi disabled the camp’s Soul Guidance Detectors, and the soldiers let him and Ye Guyi pass without resistance.
• Long Zhanye spent the next few days inspecting the camp while Xia Xuanchen brooded, unable to force him out.
• Titan and the Clear Sky Sect searched Sunset Forest, Shrek City, and other territories but found no trace of Tang Wutong.
• An elder suggested investigating the Sun Moon Empire and other forces hostile to Shrek, and Titan led the elders and disciples toward the Sun Moon Empire.

In the God Realm, Xiao Wu worried that she could no longer sense Xiao Qi, while Third Brother reassured her that Da Ming and Er Ming would keep Xiao Qi safe. At the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment, an unknown force with eight Title Douluo approached the Sun Moon Empire’s border, and Xia Xuanchen let Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi go out to face them.

• Xiao Wu told Third Brother that she could no longer sense Xiao Qi, and he assured her that Da Ming and Er Ming would protect her.
• The Soul Guidance Detector sounded an alarm as a force of more than a hundred Spirit Masters, including eight Title Douluo, raced toward the Sun Moon Empire.
• Long Zhanye ordered the regiment to form ranks and intercept the force, but Xia Xuanchen told the soldiers to hold position because he distrusted Long Zhanye’s identity.
• When the approaching force crossed the border and came within a hundred meters, Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi flew out to meet it.
• Xia Xuanchen discreetly signaled his veterans to let them go, hoping the black-robed force would eliminate the two and leave him unchallenged for command.

Long Zhanye confronted a powerful group of black-clad strangers at the Sun Moon Empire’s border, but their leader destroyed the Soul Guidance Detectors rather than attacking the regiment. After Xia Xuanchen ordered a retreat, Long Zhanye challenged the leader and survived his devastating punch, leaving both fighters ready to continue.

• Long Zhanye blocked the black-clad group and summoned Tang San, Golden Hair, and the Ice Bear King Beast Spirit after their leader refused to identify himself.
• Tang San’s azure flame divided the two sides, and the group’s leader struck the high-altitude Soul Guidance Detectors with a massive punch.
• Xia Xuanchen ordered distress signals sent and the regiment to retreat thirty li, while Long Zhanye realized the commander was too afraid to lead the troops.
• Long Zhanye insulted the group’s leader, provoking him to attack with another powerful punch.
• Long Zhanye used Hercules Avatar to meet the punch, was driven back three hundred meters, and then faced the surprised leader with renewed battle intent.

Long Zhanye and his allies fought an elite force led by a powerful burly man, while Xia Xuanchen’s cautious orders left the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment struggling to respond. After the burly man sent more than a hundred soul engineers flying with one punch, Long Zhanye stopped Xia Xuanchen from retreating and warned him that retreat meant death.

• Long Zhanye sent Tang San, Golden Hair, and the Zombie Ice Bear King to confront the advancing black-clad Spirit Masters, while Ye Guyi fought a group of Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints.
• The black-clad attackers destroyed the regiment’s high-altitude detectors, and Xia Xuanchen ordered his soldiers to hold position behind the Blazing Sky Net.
• The burly leader used his Gravity Control Domain to immobilize more than a hundred soul engineers, then knocked them all backward with a single punch.
• Seeing the devastation, Xia Xuanchen decided to retreat, but Long Zhanye raced ahead and planted the Golden Dragon Spear in front of him.
• Long Zhanye warned Xia Xuanchen, “Advance and live—retreat and die.”

Long Zhanye recognized that Tai Tan had come for Tang Wutong and drew him away from the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment. Tai Tan and the Clear Sky Sect forces pursued Long Zhanye, while Tang San, Golden Hair, and Ye Guyi held off the remaining attackers and Xia Xuanchen believed the regiment was safe.

• Tai Tan recognized the Golden Dragon Spear and attacked Long Zhanye, who discovered that Tai Tan's strength rivaled a ferocious soul beast's.
• Tai Tan revealed that he was the Clear Sky Sect's Second Sect Master and demanded that Long Zhanye return Xiao Qi, whom Long Zhanye identified as Tang Wutong.
• Tai Tan summoned his Titan Giant Ape martial soul and tried to seize Long Zhanye, but Long Zhanye evaded the enormous hand.
• Long Zhanye decided not to rely on the regiment's timid acting commander or its soul weapons and chose to lure Tai Tan away from the soldiers.
• Long Zhanye told Tang San and Golden Hair to hold off the enemy and flew toward Sun Moon Empire territory, with Tai Tan, two Title Douluo, and more than ninety Soul Saints pursuing him.
• Tang San, Golden Hair, and Ye Guyi fought off the remaining Title Douluo and Soul Saints, while Xia Xuanchen relaxed as the main force of enemies followed Long Zhanye.

Long Zhanye used Chaos Qi to ambush Titan’s pursuing Clear Sky Sect disciples, but Titan broke through the fog and caught up with him. Titan’s Titan God Fist shattered Long Zhanye’s Blood Net Soul Tool, cracked Red Dust Protection, and sent him crashing to the ground, where he survived badly wounded.

• Long Zhanye enveloped the pursuers in Chaos Qi and silently killed twenty-one Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints with his Demon-Breaking Sword.
• Titan blasted a passage through the Chaos Qi with Titan Roar, forcing Long Zhanye to flee as he saw his disciples’ corpses.
• Titan used his sixth Soul Skill to appear in front of Long Zhanye and launched his fifth Soul Skill, Titan God Fist.
• Long Zhanye activated Flawless Golden Body and both Level 9 Soul Tools to defend himself, but Titan’s punch shattered Blood Net and cracked Red Dust Protection.
• Long Zhanye fell into a crater and got back up bloodied and wounded, with his defenses damaged but his life saved.

Long Zhanye was trapped by Titan’s Gravity Control Domain and surrounded by Clear Sky Sect fighters, but he used the domain’s increased gravity to empower his sword attack and slaughter the Soul Saints. Titan transformed into a giant ape and prepared to attack, while Long Zhanye remained pinned down and activated his third Soul Ring.

• Titan used his Gravity Control Domain to pin Long Zhanye down as two Title Douluo elders and sixty-nine Soul Saints surrounded him.
• Long Zhanye revealed that five of his eight Soul Rings were Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, then unleashed the Sovereign Myriad Sword Divine Art.
• The gravity accelerated and strengthened Long Zhanye’s falling giant swords, killing all sixty-nine Soul Saints and injuring one Title Douluo elder.
• Titan transformed into a hundred-meter-tall giant ape, unleashing a shockwave that scattered the corpses and forced the two elders back.
• Long Zhanye recognized that he could not match Titan in close combat, remained trapped by the gravity, and activated his third Soul Ring.

Long Zhanye’s attacks failed against Tai Tan, whose Divine Consciousness Fragment nullified the Soul-Absorbing Tablet’s Petrification Power. With Medusa unable to help, Long Zhanye fled for days and considered seeking refuge in Ming Capital, but realized the Sun Moon Empire would claim Tai Tan’s Soul Rings and Spirit Bones if he died there.

• Long Zhanye raised more than thirty Colorless Walls to escape Tai Tan’s attack, but Tai Tan smashed through them and neutralized the Soul-Absorbing Tablet’s bloody light with a reddish-brown radiance.
• Medusa explained that Tai Tan possessed a Divine Consciousness Fragment and was likely the Titan Giant Ape who had ascended with Sea God Tang San, while admitting she had no power left to help Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye fled as Tai Tan and two Title Douluo elders pursued him, believing his Eighth Soul Skill had left him nearly exhausted.
• After flying for days and pushing his Supersonic Bionic Wings to their limit, Long Zhanye decided to head for Ming Capital, where the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers could protect him.
• Long Zhanye reconsidered his plan after realizing that if Tai Tan died in Ming Capital, the Sun Moon Empire would claim his Soul Rings and Spirit Bones.

Long Zhanye fled toward the Evil Demon Forest, hoping its powerful soul beasts would give him a chance to survive Titan. After tricking his pursuers with puppets, he reached the forest and continued deeper despite his exhaustion and dwindling Soul Power.

• Long Zhanye turned toward the Evil Demon Forest, but his Supersonic Bionic Wings exploded and forced him to continue flying with Soul Power alone.
• Long Zhanye used his domains to slow Titan and the two Title Douluo elders, then sent a puppet ahead that Titan mistook for him and crushed.
• Long Zhanye used his left-arm Spirit Bone to create three thousand identical puppets, delaying Titan and the two elders while they attacked the decoys.
• Long Zhanye reached the Evil Demon Forest and walked deeper inside as nearby Spirit Beasts closed in on his aura.
• Long Zhanye replenished his nearly depleted Soul Power with Level 7 Sealed Milk Bottles and pressed on despite his exhaustion.

Long Zhanye lured Titan and the two elders into the Evil Demon Forest’s Core Area, where he used an Evil Eye Tyrant Puppet to stall Titan while waiting for a final attack. He activated his Head Spirit Bone’s Mental Immunity as a blinding mental strike engulfed them, and he opened his eyes to find himself alive.

• Titan and the two elders killed Long Zhanye’s three thousand Puppets and pursued him into the Evil Demon Forest.
• Long Zhanye hurried toward the Core Area, hoping to reach the former territory of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant before Titan caught him.
• With Titan less than a hundred meters away, Long Zhanye summoned an Evil Eye Tyrant Puppet and collapsed, waiting for Titan to enter its attack range.
• Titan smashed the Puppet and swung a fist at Long Zhanye, but a voice from the depths of the forest announced that a murdered son’s hatred must be repaid.
• A powerful mental attack engulfed Long Zhanye, Titan, and the two elders, while Long Zhanye used Mental Immunity from his Three-Eyed Golden Lion Head Spirit Bone.
• Long Zhanye opened his eyes and realized he had survived the attack.

Long Zhanye used the Evil Emperor to kill Titan and the two Clear Sky Sect elders, while disguising himself with a Puppet that imitated Long Xiaoyao’s aura. As Titan died, he warned Long Zhanye that his feud with Clear Sky Sect and Tang San had only begun, and Long Zhanye turned toward the depths of the Evil Demon Forest.

• The Evil Emperor’s spiritual attack killed the two Clear Sky Sect elders and split Titan’s body, while Long Zhanye survived through Mental Immunity.
• Long Zhanye recalled how he had lured Titan into the Evil Demon Forest and provoked the Evil Emperor into attacking him.
• Long Zhanye summoned a Puppet imitating Long Xiaoyao, whose aura caused the Evil Emperor to spare him.
• The Evil Emperor struck Titan again with the Light of Time and Space, leaving him near death.
• Titan warned Long Zhanye that Clear Sky Sect and Tang San would seek revenge, but Long Zhanye accepted the consequences and stood facing the forest’s depths.

Long Zhanye captured Tai Tan and discovered that he was the Titan Giant Ape who had served Tang San, then tortured and refined him into a Spirit Soul. After absorbing Tai Tan’s Soul Rings and Right Arm Spirit Bone, Long Zhanye reached Level 93 and left the Evil Demon Forest with three severed heads.

• Long Zhanye petrified Tai Tan, pierced his head with the Golden Dragon Spear, and searched his memories for secrets.
• Long Zhanye learned that Tai Tan was the Titan Giant Ape, a divine beast sent with Niu Tian to protect Tang Wutong in the mortal world.
• Long Zhanye used Holy Spirit Cult poison and the Blade of Life's Watch to erase Tai Tan’s memories while keeping him alive for seven days and nights.
• Long Zhanye completed a Spirit Soul contract, turning Tai Tan into his second Spirit Soul and receiving two orange-gold Soul Rings and Tai Tan’s Right Arm Spirit Bone.
• Long Zhanye absorbed the Soul Rings and Spirit Bone, reached Level 93, and gained the Titan Divine Ape as his Spirit Soul.
• Long Zhanye collected the heads of Tai Tan and two Titled Douluo in his Storage Belt, then left the Evil Demon Forest.

Ye Guyi unleashed her Holy Domain against eleven Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints, weakening them as she fought to break through their coordinated assault. After Infernal Delicate Apricot helped her kill one attacker, three more closed in, and the chapter ended as it fired a blazing white fireball at them.

• Ye Guyi opened her Holy Domain, strengthening her Holy Attribute and draining the Soul Power of the eleven Soul Saints.
• A feather of Ultimate Fire burned through one Soul Saint’s palm, prompting the attackers to abandon their rotating formation and strike together.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot blocked a Clear Sky Hammer with Angel Blazing Divine Fire, giving Ye Guyi time to stab its wielder through the chest with her Holy Sword.
• Three Soul Saints rushed to strike Ye Guyi from behind, but Infernal Delicate Apricot fired a blazing white fireball at them from close range.

Ye Guyi fought the Clear Sky Sect disciples, killing several before the Zombie Ice Bear King shielded her from a combined attack. Elsewhere, Golden Hair and Tang San battled the sect elders, and Golden Hair’s Domination of the World collided with an elder’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Ye Guyi used her Infernal Delicate Apricot’s Ultimate Fire to kill three Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints and drive back seven pursuers.
• Ye Guyi activated Angel Avatar and split a charging Soul Saint in two with her Holy Sword.
• Six Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints activated their Martial Soul Avatars and struck Ye Guyi together, but the Zombie Ice Bear King blocked their Clear Sky Hammers and counterattacked.
• Golden Hair and Tang San fought the Clear Sky Sect elders, while Golden Hair used Domination Domain to suppress the two elders facing it.
• Golden Hair launched Domination of the World against an elder’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and their clash bent and cracked the elder’s hammer.

Tang San and Golden Hair fought the Clear Sky Sect elders as the five elders joined their strength through a formation. Tang San revealed its awakened Suanni bloodline and opened its Azure Flame Destruction Domain, leaving the battle poised for a devastating attack.

• Golden Hair’s strength clashed evenly with an elder’s Clear Sky Hammer, bending the hammer and alarming him.
• Tang San held off three Title Douluo with its Destruction Flame and awakened Suanni power.
• One elder whistled, and all five elders gathered to combine their Soul Power and hammer attacks in a formation.
• Golden Hair prepared to interrupt the elders, but Tang San stopped it and said they should destroy all five together.
• Tang San revealed it could speak, described its years learning from its Master, and unleashed its Azure Flame Destruction Domain.

Tang San used his Destruction Fire Lotus to attack the five elders, then revealed the transformed black fire poker and sent one elder flying with a single tap. The elder’s Clear Sky Hammer shattered, leaving his martial foundation badly damaged.

• Tang San formed twelve Destruction Fire Lotuses and sent them toward the five elders.
• One elder left the formation and destroyed all twelve lotuses with his Clear Sky Hammer, suffering severe burns and exhaustion.
• Tang San spat out the black fire poker, whose peeling shell revealed a black-and-white, jade-like staff.
• The elder used his eighth Soul Skill, Tyrant Strike, but the staff neutralized the Clear Sky Hammer’s force.
• The staff turned and tapped the hammer, shattering it and blasting the elder hundreds of meters away.

Tang San used the black-and-white staff to block the elders’ combined Clear Sky Hammer attack and discovered that its black end neutralized force while its white end reflected it. After the staff broke their second attack and wounded them, the five elders tried to flee.

• An elder faced Tang San’s incoming staff until the other four elders completed their combined technique.
• The four elders unleashed Four-Ray Return—Hammer Shakes Heaven and Earth, but the black end of Tang San’s staff neutralized the giant hammer.
• Tang San realized the black end balanced and dissolved force, while the white end returned an opponent’s attack.
• Tang San aimed the white end at the elders’ second combined strike, shattering the giant hammer and sending its force back into them.
• The five elders, battered and bleeding, decided to retreat and turned to flee.

Tang San and his allies wiped out the Clear Sky Sect attackers after Tang San killed five Title Douluo with cyan flames. Ye Guyi and the Zombie Ice Bear King finished off the remaining Soul Saints, leaving the entire party dead.

• Tang San unleashed a cyan flame attack that split into five and burned all five fleeing Title Douluo to death.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s remaining Soul Saints and the watching Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment were stunned by Tang San’s strength and Suanni bloodline.
• The Zombie Ice Bear King froze three fleeing Soul Saints, who fell and shattered on the ground.
• Ye Guyi trapped the last fleeing Soul Saints in her Death-Announcing Angel formation and turned them to ash.
• The entire Clear Sky Sect party was killed.

Long Zhanye returned after defeating the Clear Sky Sect’s pursuers, presenting Titan’s head and those of two Title Douluo elders. An imperial edict appointed him commander of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment, leaving Xia Xuanchen stunned as the regiment swore allegiance to Long Zhanye.

• Long Zhanye returned to Tang San, Golden Hair, and Ye Guyi, battered but alive, and revealed the heads of Titan and two Title Douluo elders.
• Ye Guyi wept with relief, while Long Zhanye fixed Xia Xuanchen with a chilling stare and demanded to know his crime.
• Shadow Douluo Xue Chen arrived and announced the emperor’s decree appointing Kong Deming’s disciple Long Zhanye commander of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment.
• Long Zhanye accepted the imperial edict and thanked the emperor.
• The members of the regiment knelt and saluted Long Zhanye, while Xia Xuanchen stood in disbelief.

Long Zhanye took command of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment and prepared to face the Clear Sky Sect’s coming revenge by sharing the power sealed in his grafted right arm with Ye Guyi. After a month of cultivation, Ye Guyi reached Title Douluo and her Martial Soul evolved into a Twelve-Winged Angel, while Long Zhanye neared rank ninety-four.

• Shadow, the fifth-ranked elder of the Sun Moon Empire’s Offering Hall, delivered the imperial edict, and Long Zhanye took command of the regiment after reprimanding Xia Xuanchen.
• Long Zhanye anticipated the Clear Sky Sect’s retaliation for the second sect master’s death and brought Ye Guyi into his tent to cultivate before Niu Tian arrived.
• Long Zhanye explained that his teacher had grafted his right arm and sealed Soul Power from his Soul Douluo days inside it, then began sharing that power with Ye Guyi.
• Over a month, Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi cultivated together as the sealed Soul Power flowed into both of them.
• Ye Guyi reached rank ninety, and her Eight-Winged Angel evolved into a Twelve-Winged Angel, while Long Zhanye advanced from rank ninety-three to near rank ninety-four.

Long Zhanye spent nearly a year in seclusion attempting to form his third Soul Core, ultimately using a Bone Dragon’s True Dragon Pill to create a Bloodline Soul Core. He emerged at rank ninety-four with two new Bloodline Skills, but knew he still needed more power before Niu Tian arrived.

• Long Zhanye tried for five months to form a Bloodline Soul Core using the Golden Dragon bloodline Wang Qiu'er had left in his body, but every attempt failed.
• Long Zhanye swallowed the True Dragon Pill he had obtained from Zhongli Wu and used his Mental Power to guide its energy into his liver.
• After three months of painful fusion, the Dragon Pill formed a silver-white core in Long Zhanye’s liver, with the Bone Dragon bloodline becoming the foundation of his third Soul Core.
• Long Zhanye stabilized the Bloodline Soul Core over the following month and awakened two new Bloodline Skills, though his Soul Power only reached rank ninety-four.
• After nearly a year in seclusion, Long Zhanye resolved to grow stronger before Niu Tian arrived.

Shrek prepared Huo Yuhao to grow stronger as war and the Body Sect threatened its future, while Niu Tian set out to investigate Er Ming’s disappearance. After learning that Zhongli Wu had escaped Slaughter City and summoned him, Long Zhanye went alone to the Ming Capital, leaving Ye Guyi in command.

• The elders of Sea God Pavilion discussed Shrek’s growing threats and sent Huo Yuhao beneath the Golden Tree to cultivate with Mu En’s guidance.
• Unable to find Er Ming or the missing Clear Sky Sect disciples, Niu Tian disguised himself and searched the three empires for clues.
• Niu Tian’s investigation pointed to the Sun Moon Empire, so he headed there to find Xiao Qi, his brother, and the person who attacked Clear Sky Sect.
• A soldier summoned Long Zhanye to the Ming Capital at Zhongli Wu’s request, and Long Zhanye realized Zhongli Wu had escaped Slaughter City.
• Long Zhanye left Ye Guyi as vice commander, ordered Xia Xuanchen to support her, and traveled alone to meet Zhongli Wu.

Long Zhanye met Zhongli Wu in Ming Capital, where Zhongli Wu asked him to return to Slaughter City and help kill the King of Slaughter to take his sword. Long Zhanye agreed, hoping to use the chance to strike at Shrek, though he feared Zhongli Wu might betray him.

• Long Zhanye traveled cautiously to Ming Capital, relying on his status as commander of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment to deter Zhongli Wu from attacking him openly.
• Zhongli Wu was shocked by Long Zhanye's rise to Title Douluo and revealed that he had escaped Slaughter City with Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Zhongli Wu sealed the hotel and asked Long Zhanye to help kill the King of Slaughter and seize the sword in his possession.
• Zhongli Wu offered to fulfill one of Long Zhanye's conditions and help him destroy Shrek, proposing cooperation between the Holy Spirit Cult and the Body Sect.
• Zhongli Wu said they had to go at once and alone because Slaughter City's rules weakened those without Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Long Zhanye feared Zhongli Wu would betray him after taking the sword, but agreed because he saw the mission as a chance to harm Shrek.