Recaps

Lu Ran faced Qianling Academy alone and summoned the Rock Crystal Dragon, which crushed the opposing team in eleven seconds. The match ended with Lu Ran victorious and Qianling’s members defeated.

• The judge announced a team battle between Shrek Academy and Qianling Academy, and Lu Ran entered the arena alone to cheers from the crowd.
• Qianling Team revealed its Spirit Rhino Shield defenders, captain Shen Ce’s spear, and An Lengye and Fei Yuyan’s detached Martial Souls.
• Lu Ran snapped his fingers and summoned the Rock Crystal Dragon, which crushed the Ice Bear and Black-Spotted Fierce Tiger, knocking An Lengye and Fei Yuyan down.
• The Rock Crystal Dragon struck Shen Ce out of the fight as he charged with his spear.
• The Rock Crystal Dragon broke through the four Spirit Rhino Shield Soul Masters’ defense and defeated all of Qianling Team in eleven seconds.

Lu Ran’s Soul Beast defeated the Qianling Academy team, drawing a roar from the arena. In the Divine Realm, Tang San ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to kill Lu Ran, but the brothers worried that obeying or refusing would leave them doomed.

• A single Soul Beast defeated the Qianling Academy team, and the crowd erupted in cheers for Lu Ran.
• Tang San learned from Da Ming that Lu Ran was a Shrek Academy member competing in the Continental Soul Master Tournament, then ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to kill him.
• God of Destruction confronted Tang San over interfering with the lower realm, and Tang San claimed he was looking for an inheritor.
• Da Ming and Er Ming discussed the order at their mountain stronghold, fearing Tang San would punish them whether they obeyed or refused.
• Da Ming invited Er Ming to drink and calmly asked what they were doing when Er Ming worried about whether they would carry out the order.

Da Ming and Er Ming agreed to delay their attempt to kill Lu Ran while gathering information, as Zhou Yi brutally punished Dai Huabin for spying on Huo Yuhao. Meanwhile, Lu Ran led Shrek Team through the tournament round-robin undefeated and continued winning in the knockout stage.

• Da Ming told Er Ming to stall for two or three years while secretly gathering information about Lu Ran, and he recalled wishing he had stopped Xiao Wu from leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhou Yi pinned and beat Dai Huabin for sending people to watch Huo Yuhao, then threatened to report him to the Education Committee and have him expelled from Shrek.
• Lu Ran defeated Zhengtian Academy in under a minute, helping Shrek Team finish the round-robin phase with one person winning every match.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Lu Ran to the Starlight Auction House, where he bid on several items, including an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone.
• After three days of rest, Lu Ran led Shrek Team to a crushing win over Dou Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the match for a place in the top eight.

Lu Ran led Shrek Academy to a swift victory over Xu Jiujiu and the Star Luo Royal Team in the semifinals. As Shrek advanced to the final, Xiao Hongchen accepted that he could not defeat Lu Ran yet but resolved to surpass him.

• Lu Ran drew the same semifinal bracket as Xu Jiujiu, setting Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy while Sun Moon Academy faced Dio Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu sent out her full team against Lu Ran, who fought alone as the semifinal began.
• Lu Ran defeated the Star Luo team in seconds, shattering Xu Jiujiu's Star Guardian and knocking most of her teammates from the stage.
• Xu Jiujiu accepted Lu Ran's hand, and Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Xiao Hongchen told Meng Hongchen that preparing to face Lu Ran was pointless, though he privately vowed to surpass him.

The Shrek Team and Sun Moon Royal Academy Team faced off in the tournament final, where Lu Ran overwhelmed the Sun Moon Team with a Wild Ice Storm. The storm tore through the arena as the Sun Moon players watched their hopes of victory disappear.

• The Sun Moon Team defeated the Dio Team and advanced to the final against Shrek after a day of rest was scheduled.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei warned Dai Hao to deal with Dai Huabin after the match so Dai Huabin would not damage Lu Ran's relationship with the Star Luo Empire.
• Before the final began, Ma Rulong asked Lu Ran to use his full strength, and Lu Ran agreed while telling Jiang Nannan and the others to protect themselves.
• The Sun Moon Team formed a defensive formation and fired more than a hundred Soul Cannon shells at Lu Ran, but the shells exploded inside his rising whirlwind.
• Lu Ran's Wild Ice Storm intensified with help from his Soul Rings, threatening the arena shield and carving a vast hollow in the ground as Ma Rulong and his teammates lost hope.

Lu Ran led Shrek to victory over the Sun Moon Team with a devastating icy storm, and the tournament concluded with Shrek receiving the championship prizes. As the group began its journey home, Dai Yueheng burned a letter from Zhou Yi expelling him and vowed revenge.

• Ma Rulong conceded for the Sun Moon Team, and Lu Ran ended the storm after Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu warned him to stop.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Xiao Hongchen promised to surpass Lu Ran by inventing the strongest Soul Tool.
• Xuan Zi reunited with the Shrek team, reported that Yao Heng, Zi Feng, and the others were recovering, and said he had resigned as Deputy Commander of the Inspectorate.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei addressed the crowd, and Lu Ran received three championship Soul Bones before the tournament ended and the group set off for home.
• Dai Yueheng burned Zhou Yi's expulsion letter and vowed that she would pay for it.

Zhou Yi went to a lakeside to vent her anger at Shrek Academy, Lu Ran, and Du Weilun, then came under attack from an unseen enemy. She unleashed her Fire Dragon abilities and turned to confront the assailant, but the ambush continued.

• Zhou Yi left Shrek Academy and flew to a lake near the Star Dou Great Forest, where she brooded over her conflicts with Du Weilun, Lu Ran, and Fan Yu.
• Zhou Yi kicked down a tree as she vowed that everyone who opposed her would eventually apologize.
• An unseen attacker set off explosions beneath Zhou Yi, and she transformed into a Fire Dragon to defend herself.
• Zhou Yi endured a barrage of arrows and fired Dragon Flame Blast into the forest, setting it ablaze.
• The attacker struck Zhou Yi from behind with repeated shell explosions, cracking her scales and drawing blood.
• Zhou Yi used Descent of the Fire Dragon to incinerate the forest ahead, then focused on the enemy firing at her from behind.

Zhou Yi was ambushed in a burning forest, overwhelmed by arrows and Soul Cannon attacks, and left near death. Four disguised attackers approached to finish the job and planned to flee toward Shrek, but one of the ordinary-looking men was revealed to be a woman.

• Zhou Yi searched the burning forest for her unseen attacker and was struck in the abdomen by a hidden arrow.
• Soul Cannon shells blasted Zhou Yi into a crater, and poisoned arrows pinned her limbs and wounded her further.
• Four gray-clad attackers approached Zhou Yi after freezing the flames, led by a bald, green-eyed man covered in Soul Tools.
• The bald man shot Zhou Yi in the chest with a corded crossbow bolt and urged the group to hurry because they were close to Shrek.
• One of the two ordinary-looking middle-aged men spoke in a woman's voice, revealing that she was a woman.

Lu Ran and Shrek’s victorious team returned to the academy, where the elders celebrated his achievement and Shrek’s renewed glory. After the rewards and punishments were announced, Mu En’s frailty became unmistakable, and he asked Lu Ran whether he was disappointed.

• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, and Cai Mei'er welcomed Lu Ran and the students back to Shrek Academy as champions.
• Mu En and the Golden Ancient Tree’s power baptized the returning students with golden light as they entered Sea God Island.
• The elders praised Lu Ran’s victory over the Sun Moon Academy’s Soul Tools and took it as proof that Shrek should keep focusing on Martial Souls.
• Mu En gave demerits to the Inner Academy students, promoted Wang Yan, and awarded the Reserve Team seven Soul Bones.
• Lu Ran wheeled Mu En to an upper room in the Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En’s weakened state showed and he asked whether Lu Ran was disappointed.

Mu En revealed his plans to reform Shrek and was stunned when Electrolux offered to repair his failing body in just three hours. Meanwhile, Shrek’s students celebrated Lu Ran’s tournament exploits, Tang Ya quietly envied his success, and Fan Yu worried that Zhou Yi had been missing for two days.

• Mu En told Lu Ran that Shrek’s Inspectors and Elders had failed the academy, and promised to develop the Soul Guidance Department and replace Elders resistant to change.
• Electrolux appeared and explained that he was a damaged soul from another world, then examined Mu En and said he could repair his body by restoring its life force and separating the malevolent energy.
• Mu En asked how long the treatment would take, and Electrolux said it would take at least three hours.
• Shrek’s students eagerly read reports of Lu Ran’s tournament exploits, while Tang Ya listened to Bei Bei describe them with loneliness and envy.
• Fan Yu grew uneasy as he realized Zhou Yi had not returned for two days.

Mu En returned to his prime after Lu Ran helped heal him, restoring Shrek Academy’s confidence and prompting him to revise its regulations. The next evening, Lu Ran found Tang Ya brooding over her desire to avenge her parents and rebuild the Tang Sect.

• A golden dragon appeared above Sea God Island, and the Shrek leaders feared Mu En had died as they rushed to Sea God Pavilion.
• The dragon’s light revealed Mu En restored to his prime, and he told the crowd he was back.
• Mu En said Lu Ran had helped heal his injuries, then gathered the leaders at Sea God Pavilion and revised academy regulations without objection.
• The following evening, Tang Ya lamented her weakness and resolved to avenge her parents and revitalize the Tang Sect.
• Lu Ran arrived in the East Gate Forest and told Tang Ya he had been looking for her, leaving her bewildered.

Lu Ran showed Tang Ya his research into Blue Silver Grass and argued that her unusually high innate Soul Power suggested her Martial Soul had a hidden mutation. Tang Ya feared he would uncover her life-devouring ability, and the chapter ended with her facing his newly cultivated, life-rich vines, unsure whether he had guessed her secret.

• Lu Ran presented Tang Ya with a stack of books on Blue Silver Grass research, many written by the Tang Sect.
• Lu Ran pointed out that Tang Ya had the continent’s second-highest recorded innate Soul Power for Blue Silver Grass despite her ancestors’ low Soul Power, and asked where her Martial Soul had mutated.
• Tang Ya secretly feared Lu Ran would discover that her Blue Silver Grass could devour life and expose her as an Evil Soul Master.
• Lu Ran offered to help uncover Tang Ya’s hidden talent, but Tang Ya tried to leave rather than risk revealing her ability.
• Lu Ran surrounded them with thick vines combining Green Wood Vine and Blue Silver Grass, explaining that they grew quickly and held abundant life force.
• Tang Ya braced herself to flee as Lu Ran asked whether she found the vines appealing.

Lu Ran revealed his Darkness Power to Tang Ya, then convinced her he wanted to help rather than expose or kill her. He left her with Blue Silver Azure Vines to absorb and a promise of a secret about Blue Silver Grass, while Tang Ya remained uncertain but intrigued.

• Tang Ya mistook Lu Ran's Darkness Power for proof that he was an Evil Soul Master sent to kill her and collapsed in despair.
• Lu Ran explained that possessing Darkness Power did not make him an Evil Soul Master and said he had come to help her.
• Lu Ran deduced that Tang Ya had hidden her rapid cultivation and was secretly devouring plant life force to strengthen herself.
• Lu Ran offered Tang Ya a large supply of Blue Silver Azure Vines and urged her not to devour the life force of flesh and blood.
• Lu Ran hinted that Blue Silver Grass could become extremely powerful, asked Tang Ya to keep their abilities secret, and left her among the vines.
• Tang Ya recovered her breath and wondered whether Lu Ran's claim about Blue Silver Grass was true.

Fan Yu searched the burned forest for Zhou Yi and concluded that she had been killed, while Dai Huabin endured punishment at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and secretly plotted against Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei. Dai Huabin believed Zhou Yi’s body had been destroyed and planned to seize the Duke’s Mansion and eventually the Star Luo Empire.

• Fan Yu found the scorched forest, battle traces, and craters, then followed faint drag marks while searching for Zhou Yi.
• Fan Yu found no sign of Zhou Yi and concluded that she had been killed, then roared for the culprit to reveal themselves.
• Dai Huabin knelt in the Ancestral Hall for hours as punishment and faced a plan to apologize to Lu Ran at Shrek Academy.
• Dai Huabin secretly vowed revenge on Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei and revealed that he had arranged Zhou Yi’s ambush with Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Huabin’s allies planned to flee to the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Continent after killing Zhou Yi.

Dai Huabin feared that returning to Shrek would expose his role in Zhou Yi’s death, so he fled the Duke's Mansion after taking pills that altered his condition. Dai Hao discovered the escape and ordered a search, while Dai Huabin’s strange hunger for blood hinted at a dangerous change.

• Dai Huabin decided that fleeing was safer than risking an investigation and having his Soul Power crippled.
• Dai Huabin swallowed three pills, used Martial Soul Possession, and noticed his white fur had turned blood-tinged.
• Dai Huabin killed the two guards outside the Ancestral Hall, felt an overwhelming hunger for blood, and stored their bodies in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Dai Huabin forged an order to enter the Treasury and stole treasures worth tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins before escaping.
• Dai Hao returned, learned that Dai Huabin had fled, and ordered guards to search for him, vowing to cripple him when he was caught.

Fan Yu investigated Zhou Yi’s disappearance and brought Huo Yuhao to the scene, where Tian Meng sensed that four Evil Soul Masters had taken her west. Huo Yuhao and the Shrek teachers followed the trail, which showed that the group had begun flying upward.

• Fan Yu suspected Dai Huabin or an Evil Soul Master had attacked Zhou Yi, but learned Dai Huabin had been taken to the Duke’s Mansion and decided to question him there.
• Huo Yuhao tearfully asked Fan Yu whether Zhou Yi was missing, then persuaded Tian Meng to track her lingering aura.
• Huo Yuhao told Fan Yu that his Spirit Eye could sense Zhou Yi’s aura, and Fan Yu flew him to the scene.
• Tian Meng sensed four Evil Soul Masters had taken Zhou Yi west, and Huo Yuhao relayed the information to Fan Yu and seven searching teachers.
• After flying about twenty li west, Huo Yuhao reported that the four Evil Soul Masters and Zhou Yi had started flying upward, and Fan Yu sped up in excitement.

Yan Shaozhe and Lu Ran investigated Zhou Yi’s disappearance and suspected Dai Huabin after Dai Hao sent an extravagant apology and disowned him. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao found that Zhou Yi’s aura had vanished where a Soul Beast passed, leaving Fan Yu convinced she had been eaten.

• Yan Shaozhe brought Lu Ran a letter from the White Tiger Duke, who apologized, disowned Dai Huabin, and sent a thirty-thousand-year Terror Tyrant Dragon Right Arm Soul Bone and a White Bone Pill.
• Yan Shaozhe told Lu Ran that an incident at the Duke’s Mansion had enraged Dai Hao and that the sealed-off news likely involved Dai Huabin.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Shrek Academy was investigating Zhou Yi’s disappearance and planned safety measures for teachers and students traveling outside the Academy.
• Huo Yuhao guided Fan Yu and the others to the cliff where Zhou Yi had separated from the four Evil Soul Masters and said they had gone west.
• Tian Meng told Huo Yuhao that Zhou Yi’s aura had disappeared after mixing with the traces of a passing Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao told Fan Yu that Zhou Yi’s aura had vanished there, and Fan Yu concluded that a Soul Beast had eaten her.

Huo Yuhao tracked down the Soul Beast that had swallowed Zhou Yi, and Fan Yu recovered her remains before setting off to hunt the Evil Soul Masters. Meanwhile, Dai Huabin fled toward the Mingdou Mountain Range, vowing revenge on those he blamed for his downfall.

• Huo Yuhao sensed a distant snake-type Soul Beast and led Fan Yu and the Shrek teachers to its hiding place beneath a giant banyan tree.
• Fan Yu killed the dark-green serpent and tore open its belly, where he found Zhou Yi's bones and mask.
• Fan Yu placed Zhou Yi's remains in a wooden box, then took Huo Yuhao with him in his Flight Soul Tool to pursue the four Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Huabin continued fleeing toward the Mingdou Mountain Range, alternating between flying and traveling on foot as he recovered his Soul Power.
• Dai Huabin blamed Dai Hao, Xu Jiawei, and Lu Ran for his troubles and swore to destroy the Duke's Mansion and kill Xu Jiawei and Lu Ran.

Dai Huabin fled toward the Mingdou Mountain Range but encountered Huo Yuhao, whose hatred nearly overwhelmed him before he forced himself to focus on avenging Teacher Zhou. While Fan Yu and Huo Yuhao hunted the Evil Soul Masters, Shrek Academy held a subdued memorial for Zhou Yi that students secretly turned into a celebration; after returning, Fan Yu pursued the person behind the attack, and Huo Yuhao threw himself into testing Soul Tools.

• Dai Huabin spotted Huo Yuhao as Fan Yu flew past, and Huo Yuhao suppressed his urge to attack Dai Huabin and focused on avenging Teacher Zhou.
• Shrek Academy held a low-key candlelight vigil for Zhou Yi, while students gathered in nearby woods to celebrate her death.
• Fan Yu and Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy four days after leaving, with Fan Yu angry that someone had hired the Evil Soul Masters.
• Fan Yu decided to investigate the Duke's Mansion alone without telling Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao went to the Soul Tool Testing Ground and vented his fury.

After Zhou Yi’s funeral and Dai Hao’s apology, Lu Ran reached level fifty and headed into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Heavenly Dragon Horse for his fifth Soul Beast. He let his four contracted beasts stretch their legs, then watched the Jade Azure Bird carry the Golden Hawksbill into the sky.

• Shrek Academy held Zhou Yi’s funeral, and Huo Yuhao vowed to kill every Evil Soul Master.
• Dai Hao apologized to Lu Ran and Yan Shaozhe and revealed that Dai Huabin had fled.
• Lu Ran broke through to level fifty with help from the Life Gold.
• Lu Ran traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a Heavenly Dragon Horse as his fifth Soul Beast.
• Lu Ran summoned his four Soul Beasts, which wandered through the forest while the Golden Hawksbill stayed beside him.
• The Jade Azure Bird returned and carried the excited Golden Hawksbill over the forest canopy.

Lu Ran explored the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered the curious Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had sneaked away from its guardians. After discovering Lu Ran with his contracted Soul Beasts, the Auspicious Beast asked about their bond, and Lu Ran began to explain it in confidence.

• Lu Ran entered the forest’s middle layer and continued collecting rare Soul Beasts in his Small World.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sneaked away from its home, intending to visit the outer region, but stopped after hearing a noise.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion hid in a tree and watched Lu Ran share Spirit Fruits with the Rock Crystal Dragon, Golden Hawksbill, Dark Demon Tiger, and Jade Azure Bird.
• Lu Ran noticed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and it leapt down to confront him and ask why the Soul Beasts were gathered around him.
• Lu Ran said the Soul Beasts were contracted to him, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion promised to keep the explanation secret.

Lu Ran explained that he sought contracts with Soul Beasts rather than Soul Rings gained by killing them, and befriended the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. The Scarlet King arrived to protect her and ordered Lu Ran to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Lu Ran told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that he wanted to make contracts with Soul Beasts and said he would not choose her as the Auspicious Beast.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion realized Lu Ran knew her identity, accepted a Spirit Fruit to keep for later, and learned the names of Lu Ran and his four companions.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion declared that she and Lu Ran were friends and promised to protect him in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Scarlet King rushed in after losing track of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but she told him Lu Ran was her friend.
• The Scarlet King eased his pressure toward Lu Ran, then ordered him to leave the forest and dismissed the Spirit Fruit as a bribe.

Lu Ran befriended the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and gave it Sweet Honey before it returned to the core area with Scarlet King. He then traveled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest and found a Heavenly Dragon Horse to pursue as his fifth Soul Beast.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Lu Ran where it lived and accepted his honey and Spirit Fruits before leaving with Scarlet King.
• Scarlet King tried to discard the honey, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion insisted that Lu Ran was its only friend and defended their friendship.
• Lu Ran's Soul Beasts reacted to Scarlet King's strength by vowing to train harder, and Lu Ran encouraged them to surpass him.
• Lu Ran continued south through the Mixed Zone, where the Soul Beasts grew stronger as he traveled deeper into the forest.
• Lu Ran used his Darkness Power to locate a Heavenly Dragon Horse over thirty thousand years old resting in a forest clearing.

Lu Ran fought a forty-five-thousand-year-old Heavenly Dragon Horse and endured its strongest attack without injury. The exhausted beast refused to surrender, while Lu Ran offered to make it stronger if it would fight alongside him.

• Lu Ran approached the Heavenly Dragon Horse and told it he needed its strength but would not kill it; the beast attacked, believing he wanted its Soul Ring.
• Lu Ran matched the Heavenly Dragon Horse's strength, resisted its dragon breath with the Gilded Barrier, and fought it at close range.
• Lu Ran used Demon Tiger Soul-Suppressing Roar to stun the Heavenly Dragon Horse, then struck it with Ice Jade Slash.
• The Heavenly Dragon Horse trapped Lu Ran with chains of light and unleashed a massive Soul Skill that destroyed the surrounding forest, but Lu Ran emerged unharmed.
• The weakened Heavenly Dragon Horse prepared to attack again, and Lu Ran offered to make it stronger if it fought alongside him.

Lu Ran defeated the Heavenly Dragon Horse and absorbed it into his Small World, raising his Soul Power to level fifty-four and creating a Light attribute and true sun. The chapter ended with all five of his Soul Beasts strengthened, while the healed Heavenly Dragon Horse slept as his newest contract.

• Lu Ran trapped the Heavenly Dragon Horse with Earth Vein Rock Spikes, then overwhelmed it with an Ice Blade Storm.
• Lu Ran approached the defeated Heavenly Dragon Horse and gently touched its forehead instead of killing it.
• The Heavenly Dragon Horse accepted Lu Ran’s warmth, turned into Light power, and flowed into the Small World.
• Lu Ran’s Soul Power rose to level fifty-four, and the Small World gained its fifth attribute, Light, and a true sun.
• The Rock Crystal Dragon, Jade Azure Bird, Golden Hawksbill, and Dark Demon Tiger evolved into Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, while the contracted Heavenly Dragon Horse healed and reached fifty thousand years.