Recaps

Mu En handed Shrek Academy’s responsibilities to Jiang Yi and began withdrawing from public life as the academy prepared for its annual Inner Academy event. Han Ruoruo returned and caught Wu Ming eavesdropping on Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Yi, while Zhang Lexuan urged Jiang Yi to attend the Sea God’s Fate Gathering the next day.

• Mu En asked Jiang Yi to give Yan Shaozhe an easy post after his death, then stayed alone in the Golden Tree as Jiang Yi left.
• Yan Shaozhe resigned and departed with Cai Mei'er, while returning Inner Academy disciples gathered for the annual event.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Dai Huabin returned to Shrek and argued about Dai Huabin’s refusal to accept an arranged marriage or attend the Sea God’s Fate Gathering.
• Han Ruoruo returned with Jiang Nannan; Han Ruoruo headed to the Inner Academy while Jiang Nannan went to visit her mother.
• Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming eavesdropped outside Zhang Lexuan’s dormitory, but Jiang Yi sensed them and they fled.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Jiang Yi whether he would attend the gathering, and he took her upstairs after she said she and Xiaotao planned to go.

Jiang Yi attended the Sea God's Fate Gathering, where the students were surprised by his popularity and the appearance of Zhang Lexuan and other familiar faces. As the first segment began, Dai Huabin stepped forward to make an announcement, leaving Zhu Lu stunned when he did not approach her.

• Jiang Yi arrived at the gathering and spoke with Bei Bei, while Xu Sanshi watched Dai Huabin and Bei Bei with suspicious interest.
• Xian Lin'er began the Mutual Affinity segment, and Xu Bufan tried to charge a veiled girl but was blasted into the lake by Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan repelled a crowd of male students, while Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo discussed how her presence might leave them without partners.
• Bei Bei encouraged Dai Huabin to approach the girls, and Zhu Lu hoped he would finally acknowledge their engagement.
• Dai Huabin stopped before reaching Zhu Lu, raised his hands, and announced that he had something to tell everyone.

At the Sea God's Fate Gathering, Dai Huabin made a public confession that ended with him breaking off his engagement to Zhu Lu and declaring his love for Bei Bei. Xu Sanshi confronted him and fled with Bei Bei, while Zhu Lu tore up the engagement contract and left.

• Dai Huabin interrupted the gathering and began a public confession, leading Zhu Lu to believe he was speaking to her.
• Dai Huabin dodged Zhu Lu, gave her a letter ending their engagement, and said he had not been confessing to her.
• Dai Huabin declared that he loved Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi attacked him with his Black Tortoise Shield.
• Xu Sanshi grabbed Bei Bei and fled toward shore as Dai Huabin chased them.
• Zhu Lu tore up the engagement contract and left, while Jiang Yi watched the spectacle and Mu En lamented the chaos.

At Sea God's Fate, Jiang Yi identified the women by their scents and publicly confirmed his relationships with them. After the event, Jiang Nannan told him her mother accepted their relationship, while Zhu Lu left Shrek Academy to break off her engagement with Dai Huabin.

• Mu En gave up trying to change Bei Bei's mind and left, and Xian Lin'er called Jiang Yi to take his turn at Sea God's Fate.
• Jiang Yi crossed the lake and identified Zhang Lexuan, Ling Luochen, Xiao Xiao, Yutong, Xiaotao, Mengmeng, and other women by their scents, drawing kisses and attention from the crowd.
• Gu Yuena told Zi Ji to stay at Shrek with Bi Ji and keep her identity secret, then wondered what she smelled like.
• After the event, Jiang Nannan told Jiang Yi that her mother had accepted their relationship, and Jiang Yi embraced her and took her back to the dormitory.
• Bi Ji explained that Zi Ji might have to guard Jiang Yi's door and warm his bed, and Zi Ji eagerly rushed inside to seek the Silver Dragon King's bloodline power.
• Zhu Lu left Shrek Academy to return home and break off her engagement with Dai Huabin before he could abandon her.

Mu En gave his final instructions to Shrek’s leaders, passed away in a burst of golden light, and left Jiang Yi in charge of Shrek. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran moved to seize the Sun Moon Empire’s throne and outlined his plans for conquering Douluo Continent.

• Mu En urged Jiang Yi to take care of Shrek and his relationships, advised Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to let go, and instructed Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Bei Bei, and Xiao Ya.
• Mu En transformed into the Radiant Sacred Dragon and vanished into the heavens, scattering golden light that Xuan Zi told the disciples to meditate within.
• Jiang Yi watched Mu En’s final light fade, then declared that Shrek belonged to him.
• In Bright City, Xu Tianran confronted his ailing father, Xu Haotian, while Jing Hongchen and Ju Zi stood behind him.
• Xu Tianran explained his plan to take Heaven Soul first and gradually conquer the three nations, and Xu Haotian approved before closing his eyes.
• Xu Tianran looked to Jing Hongchen to act, leaving Jing Hongchen worried that killing the emperor could later cost him his life.

Xu Tianran seized the Sun Moon Empire’s throne as other nations reacted to the shifting balance of power. At Shrek, Jiang Yi planned a citywide Soul Power network while conducting a private “lesson” with Xian Lin'er.

• Jing Hongchen killed Xu Haotian under Xu Tianran’s orders, and the court historian recorded the emperor’s death as an illness and his succession as legitimate.
• Xu Tianran summoned his brothers to the palace and celebrated becoming emperor, while the Star Luo Empire and Heaven Soul Empire strengthened their defenses.
• Jiang Yi dismissed Shrek’s uncooperative allies as potential Holy Spirit Cult spies and asked Zhang Lexuan about Shrek City’s reconstruction.
• Jiang Yi sent Zhang Lexuan to fetch Ma Xiaotao, then met Xian Lin'er in private before taking her to the Golden Tree.
• Jiang Yi explained that the Golden Tree would anchor a Soul Power network connecting Shrek City and supplying its Soul Tools.

Jiang Yi and Tian Meng activated a vast Spirit-Gathering Array that drew spiritual energy into the Golden Tree and boosted Shrek City's supply. The Golden Tree rewarded Jiang Yi by strengthening his Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Bone, while Xian Lin'er left to begin testing new Soul Tools.

• Tian Meng deployed a Soul Tool Hub above the Golden Tree, and Jiang Yi calmed the tree so it could power the array.
• The array lit up circuits beneath Shrek City, drawing in spiritual energy and increasing the energy available to its residents.
• Ma Xiaotao wondered what Jiang Yi had done at the Golden Tree, then learned that the Pavilion Master wanted to see her.
• The Golden Tree thanked Jiang Yi and raised his Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Bone from one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand years.
• Jiang Yi assigned Tian Meng to oversee the Golden Tree, then returned to his office with Xian Lin'er.
• Xian Lin'er hurried back to the Soul Tool Department to test its new devices, while Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao waited for Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi sent Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan to cultivate in the Golden Tree’s Spirit-Gathering Formation, then returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye with three women who needed soul rings. He persuaded the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to consider becoming his contracted beasts, and both agreed to try.

• Jiang Yi told Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan that the Golden Tree’s Spirit-Gathering Formation could help them break through, then sent them into seclusion.
• Jiang Yi relaxed with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress while the Demon Empress and the Bi Ji sisters guarded the door.
• Jiang Yi returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye with Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen, who had all broken through and needed soul rings.
• Jiang Yi explained that his Poké Ball could help immortal herbs avoid Heavenly Tribulations by becoming contracted beasts.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass agreed to try becoming contracted beasts.

Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan chose immortal herbs as partners, while Jiang Yi invited the remaining herbs to accompany him to Shrek. He brought the Demon Empress to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to treat her old injuries and had Bi Ji begin refining medicine, leaving the Demon Empress jealous of Bi Ji.

• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen formed contracts with the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then began condensing soul rings.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted Youyou as her partner and formed a contract with the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Jiang Yi invited the remaining intelligent immortal herbs to return to Shrek with him, and they agreed to follow the Son of Nature.
• Jiang Yi collected the immortal herbs and their soil in Bi Ji's Master Ball space, leaving the unintelligent herbs to grow at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Jiang Yi brought the Demon Empress to the spring and offered to treat her chronic injuries with its extreme ice and fire.
• Jiang Yi summoned Bi Ji to refine medicine from two Infernal Delicate Apricots and two Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grasses, and the Demon Empress grew jealous as he admired her.

Bi Ji completed an Ice-Fire Pill for Demon Empress, who used it to heal herself in the spring. Jiang Yi went to investigate when Demon Empress cried for help, only to find she had lured him into a private water sphere and demanded that they cultivate together.

• Bi Ji refined two Ice-Fire Pills, and Jiang Yi gave one to Demon Empress.
• Demon Empress swallowed the spring’s ice and fire energy, while Jiang Yi praised Bi Ji and kissed her by the lake.
• A violent disturbance in the spring interrupted them, and Demon Empress called Jiang Yi for help.
• Jiang Yi entered the hidden water sphere and found Demon Empress unharmed and waiting for him.
• Demon Empress removed her veil, pinned Jiang Yi to the water bed, and told him to help her cultivate.

The God Realm returned after its temporal and spatial storm, and Tang San volunteered to inspect the lower realms. On Douluo Continent, Ning Rongrong sensed its return, while Prison Gu warned Jiang Yi to hide his secrets as God King Tang’s attention might soon reach him.

• The God of Destruction agreed to reconnect the subordinate planes, while Tang San offered to inspect them with the law enforcement squad.
• Ning Rongrong watched an opera in Nine Treasures City as Ning Tian finished taking over the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect with her ancestor’s help.
• Ning Rongrong sensed that the God Realm had returned, warned Ning Tian to keep her lover away from Wutong, and vanished.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, Jiang Yi reached level eighty-eight after the Demon Empress’s recovery helped him, and their underwater battle ended with both badly wounded.
• Prison Gu warned Jiang Yi that the God Realm had returned and told him not to expose himself; Jiang Yi reassured the Demon Empress and decided they should leave.

Jiang Yi returned to Shrek Academy with the newly successful soul-ring contractors and reunited with Tang Wutong at her grilled-fish stall. After she asked whether he would pursue her if she became a god, Jiang Yi promised he would, kissed her, and broke through the boundary of his Spirit Sea.

• Jiang Yi and the Demon Empress emerged from the lake, and Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen later completed their soul-ring condensation.
• Jiang Yi brought the three young women back to Shrek Academy and found Tang Wutong running the grilled-fish stall.
• Jiang Yi picked up Tang Wutong and took her to grill fish on the Tang San statue in Shrek Square.
• Tang Wutong asked whether Jiang Yi would pursue her if she became a god, and he promised that he would.
• Jiang Yi kissed Tang Wutong, then broke through the boundary of tangible form in his Spirit Sea.

Jiang Yi and Tang Ya finalized Tang Sect’s Soul Master Tournament lineup, adding Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er, while Shrek prepared its own team. After Tang Ya mentioned unusual Soul Beast sightings near the Far North, a tearful student arrived to beg Jiang Yi to save Dragon City and Earth Dragon Gate.

• Tang Ya presented Tang Sect’s tournament roster, and Jiang Yi replaced the final two names with Gu Yuena and Gu Qiu'er.
• Jiang Yi told Tang Ya that Ning Tian and Wu Feng could lead Shrek’s team.
• Tang Ya warned Jiang Yi that Xixi was investigating increased Soul Beast sightings near the Far North.
• Jiang Yi considered Dragon Valley before Zhang Lexuan brought a tearful girl into his office.
• The girl knelt before Jiang Yi and pleaded for him to save Dragon City and Earth Dragon Gate.

After Nan Qiuqiu reported that Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters had taken over Dragon City, Jiang Yi rushed there ahead of Shrek’s main force and entered the city unseen with her. He found Nan Shuishui alive inside the Earth Dragon Gate, where she was being held under the protection of an old acquaintance who hoped to marry her.

• Nan Qiuqiu told Jiang Yi that Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters had appeared in Dragon City, and he promised Shrek would oppose them and set out with her.
• Jiang Yi and Nan Qiuqiu entered the quiet city, where his spiritual power concealed them from the patrolling Evil Soul Masters.
• Jiang Yi saw that the Evil Soul Masters were escorting ordinary people out of the city but went first to the Earth Dragon Gate.
• Jiang Yi used his spiritual power to inspect the Earth Dragon Gate and discovered that Nan Shuishui was inside, protected because an old acquaintance was infatuated with her.
• Nan Shuishui’s old acquaintance proposed marriage and agreed to wait until Nan Qiuqiu returned, while Nan Shuishui hoped Shrek would send someone to rescue her.

Nan Shuishui waited for rescue while the Third Elder prepared to marry her, and Jiang Yi arrived with Nan Qiuqiu to free her. The Third Elder sensed the escape and charged toward the rear courtyard as two Titled Douluo moved out from Heaven Dragon Gate.

• Nan Shuishui deceived the Third Elder into giving her three days before their wedding while she waited for help from Shrek.
• Jiang Yi entered the room after ice-bound guards collapsed, and Nan Qiuqiu reunited with her mother.
• Nan Shuishui warned Jiang Yi and Nan Qiuqiu that two Titled Douluo Evil Soul Masters guarded Dragon City, but Jiang Yi cut through her shackles.
• The Third Elder sensed Nan Shuishui's shackles breaking, flew into a rage, and rushed toward the rear courtyard.
• An even more powerful aura rose from Heaven Dragon Gate, and two Titled Douluo moved out.

Jiang Yi rescued the Earth Dragon Gate by killing two Titled Douluo and driving the Evil Soul Masters into retreat. After Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu freed the hostages and pursued the fleeing enemies, Jiang Yi called on the unseen figures watching from the heavens to help stop them.

• Nan Shuishui prepared to sacrifice herself to confront the Third Elder, but Jiang Yi killed him with a spatial sword strike.
• The black-robed Zhang Peng fled Dragon City, but Jiang Yi trapped him with snow and slew him using his sword technique, Worlds Apart.
• The Evil Soul Masters panicked after two elders fell and scattered through the city.
• Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu rescued the Earth Dragon Gate's elders, disciples, and surviving Sky Dragon Gate hostages, then pursued the fleeing enemies.
• Jiang Yi looked toward the heavens and urged the watchers to help prevent the Evil Soul Masters from escaping.

Jiang Yi and the Body Sect helped clear Dragon City of Evil Soul Masters, then learned that the cult had taken grain and lamp oil toward the Extreme North Forest. As Princess Vina questioned the city’s survivors, Jiang Yi stopped Yu Tianlong from being seized and pressed him to reveal what he knew.

• Du Busi arrived in Dragon City with Long Aotian and Vina, and Jiang Yi asked him why the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters had appeared there.
• Jiang Yi continued striking down Evil Soul Masters as he entered the city, while Vina comforted Long Aotian about his chances against him.
• The Body Sect helped Shrek and the others eliminate every Evil Soul Master in the city.
• Nan Shuishui told the gathering that the cult had taken the city lord hostage and sent grain and lamp oil toward the Extreme North Forest.
• Vina worried the supplies could support a hidden army, and Jiang Yi suggested Soul Tools might let people survive in the cold.
• Du Busi reached for Yu Tianlong, but Jiang Yi pulled him away and demanded that he explain what he knew.

Vina, Jiang Yi, Du Busi, and their allies raided a Sun Moon Empire camp in the Far North and burned the stolen supplies. They later discovered that Zhongli Wu was sacrificing soldiers to a mysterious black mist in hopes of becoming a god, while a blue-haired figure watched from the void.

• Yu Tianlong led the group to the camp, where Du Busi and the Body Sect disciples launched an attack.
• Jiang Yi, Vina, Nan Shuishui, and the others joined the assault and routed the camp's remaining Evil Soul Masters and Sun Moon soldiers.
• Vina confirmed the camp held the stolen supplies and burned the grain to prevent its recovery.
• A black-robed man reported the camp's destruction and the deaths of Zhang Peng and the Third Elder to Zhongli Wu.
• Zhongli Wu revealed he had sacrificed ten thousand soldiers and others to a trapped black mist, which promised him an inheritance if he helped it escape.
• A blue-haired figure watched Zhongli Wu and the black mist from the void, calling Zhongli Wu a fool who had mistaken himself for the mastermind.

Tang San concealed his plans for the Abyss Plane as he prepared to visit the Douluo Continent with Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing, while Xixi secretly escaped an Evil Soul Master ritual site. After returning to Dragon City, Jiang Yi warned the weakened Sky Dragon Gate and accepted Nan Qiuqiu's invitation to stay at the Earth Dragon Gate.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that the trouble on the Heavenly Pearl Continent had been settled and agreed to travel with her and Zhu Qing to the Douluo Continent.
• Xixi escaped the Evil Soul Masters' ritual site after witnessing Zhongli Wu's horrific gathering of over ten thousand victims, determined to report their plot to Boss.
• Jiang Yi and the Body Sect's party returned to Dragon City, where Princess Vina thanked Shrek for its help before departing with Long Aotian.
• Jiang Yi warned Yu Tianlong and the Sky Dragon Gate not to cause trouble again, and Yu Tianlong led his people in a respectful salute.
• At Nan Shuishui's urging, Nan Qiuqiu invited Jiang Yi to stay at the Earth Dragon Gate, and he accepted.

Nan Shuishui proposed moving the Earth Dragon Gate to Shrek City and sought Jiang Yi’s protection, while Nan Qiuqiu tried to visit him but was sent away by her mother. Jiang Yi stayed in Dragon City for several more days, and Nan Qiuqiu happily fed him Snow Plums as the relocation plans took shape.

• Nan Qiuqiu intercepted Senior Sister Lin and carried hot water toward Jiang Yi, but Nan Shuishui caught her and dragged her away.
• Nan Shuishui entered Jiang Yi’s bath and asked him to look after the Earth Dragon Gate when it moved to Shrek City.
• Jiang Yi agreed to stay in Dragon City for several more days amid the Earth Dragon Gate’s relocation plans.
• Nan Qiuqiu fed Jiang Yi Snow Plums and celebrated the Earth Dragon Gate’s planned move to Shrek City.

Jiang Yi accepted Nan Shuishui’s offer to help Earth Dragon Gate relocate to Shrek City, while growing closer to her and Nan Qiuqiu. The chapter ended with Nana catching Xixi spying in the ancestral hall as Xixi prepared to report that the Holy Spirit Cult might be worshipping an otherworldly evil god in the Far North.

• Nan Shuishui gave Jiang Yi a list of sold properties and rare metals, then told him they could return the next day.
• Nan Qiuqiu promised to help her mother manage the sect, and Jiang Yi joined them as they embraced.
• Jiang Yi and Nan Shuishui went to the ancestral hall, where their private encounter left Nan Shuishui reflecting on her father and her daughter.
• Nana caught Xixi spying in the ancestral hall, and Xixi claimed she had come to report that the Holy Spirit Cult might worship an evil god from beyond the realm in the Far North.

Xixi told Jiang Yi that the Holy Spirit Cult was sacrificing captives at a Far North base to summon an evil god, and he decided to keep the discovery quiet while preparing for the coming war. Meanwhile, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Shrek City to visit their daughter Xiao Qi, with Tang San confident they could enter Shrek Academy unnoticed.

• Xixi told Jiang Yi she had found a Holy Spirit Cult base in the Far North where Evil Soul Masters sacrificed living beings to an evil god, and she estimated their leader was as powerful as Xuan Zi.
• Jiang Yi told Xixi not to spread the news and said he had a way to deal with the threat, then warned her not to write about his private affairs and punished her when she joked about it.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Shrek City and reminisced about how Shrek Academy had changed since their youth.
• Ning Rongrong said she had told Xiao Qi they were coming, but Tang San decided they would visit the academy directly and surprise her.
• Xiao Wu reminded Tang San they had agreed to act like ordinary people, but Tang San confidently insisted they would be welcomed through the gates.

Jiang Yi returned to Shrek Academy after helping Nan Shuishui and Earth Dragon Gate settle in, then received a warning from Gu Yuena and was led away by Tang Wutong. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong explored Shrek’s public Soul Beast and Soul Tool park, ending at the academy’s main campus.

• Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu arrived in Shrek City with Earth Dragon Gate and moved into property provided by Jiang Yi.
• Nan Shuishui thanked Jiang Yi and kissed him before he returned to Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yuena briefly warned Jiang Yi to watch out for Tang San, and Tang Wutong surprised him and led him into the academy.
• Xiao Wu fed Soft Bone Rabbits in Shrek’s public park while Tang San commented on the harmless Soul Beasts.
• Ning Rongrong explained the park’s civilian Soul Tools to Zhu Zhuqing as they toured the area.
• The group passed through the park and reached the main campus, where seven statues stood in Shrek Square.

Xiao Wu, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong encountered Tang Wutong and Jiang Yi near the statues at Shrek Academy. Tang San recognized Jiang Yi’s unusual fate and potential, but grew jealous of his daughter’s affection for him.

• Xiao Wu and the others read sensational Thunder magazine headlines beside statues of themselves, while Tang San reacted darkly.
• Xiao Wu spotted Tang Wutong kissing Jiang Yi, and Tang San became jealous as the couple approached.
• Tang Wutong introduced Jiang Yi to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing as her former classmate and friend.
• Tang San examined Jiang Yi’s fate, noticed his connection to the Tang Sect’s fortune, and decided he could help him become a First-Level God.
• Tang San grew displeased at Tang Wutong’s affection for Jiang Yi and resolved to warn him.

Jiang Yi tried to win Xiao Wu’s favor, but Tang San grew jealous and took him away to test his strength. As Xiao Wu and the others watched, Jiang Yi and Tang San began a hammer duel.

• Jiang Yi told Tang San that he was the third-ranked member of his generation’s Shrek Seven Devils, prompting Xiao Wu to laugh and Tang Wutong to blush.
• Tang San, angered by Xiao Wu’s fondness for Jiang Yi, transported them both to a blue domain; Xiao Wu reassured Tang Wutong while Ning Rongrong took her and the others to watch.
• Gu Yuena watched from afar and hoped Jiang Yi would earn the Sea God’s approval, which she believed would advance her plan to return to the God Realm.
• Tang San accused Jiang Yi of pretending to be innocent and challenged him, summoning his Clear Sky Hammer and restricting his power to the Titled Douluo level.
• Jiang Yi answered with eight scarlet soul rings and an ice hammer, then met Tang San’s attack with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.