Chapter Summaries

After the school survived a life-or-death crisis with no casualties, Tang Wulin thought about Liu Ying and struggled to understand his feelings toward her. He told Xie Xie that Liu Ying reminded him of his mother, then returned to the dormitory, where Xie Xie watched him fall asleep.

• Tang Wulin remembered Liu Ying's warm smile and wondered why she felt so familiar to him.
• Xie Xie teased Tang Wulin about liking Liu Ying and described why he admired her.
• Tang Wulin realized that Liu Ying's look reminded him of how his mother, Lang Yue, used to look at him.
• Xie Xie called Tang Wulin a psycho, dropped him on the ground, and left him to return to the dormitory alone.
• Tang Wulin quietly went to bed, and Xie Xie opened his eyes after confirming he had fallen asleep.

Hanabi used a Golden Ancient Tree leaf hidden in chocolate to test Tang Wulin’s dreams and lure out Tang Hao. She discovered Tang Hao had been hiding inside Tang Wulin and trapped him in a surge of scarlet power.

• Hanabi entered Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness while he slept and set a trap based on his recurring dreams.
• Yao Lan had Hanabi use a leaf from the Golden Ancient Tree to draw out Tang Hao, whom his forces had been unable to locate.
• Tang Hao awakened inside Tang Wulin and used the Golden Tree’s power to make contact with Ah Yin.
• Hanabi realized Tang Hao had been hiding inside Tang Wulin and flooded his Sea of Consciousness with scarlet power, trapping him.

Tang Hao awakened inside Tang Wulin after sensing the Golden Ancient Tree’s power, but Hanabi trapped and attacked him in Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness. Tang Wulin woke to find the two fighting and urgently called for them to stop.

• Tang Hao recalled hiding inside Tang Wulin to recover and protect him while carrying out Tang San’s plan after the Divine Realm vanished.
• The Golden Ancient Tree’s power from a single leaf awakened Tang Hao, who realized it might be a trap.
• Hanabi appeared behind Tang Hao, blocked his Clear Sky Hammer with one finger, and trapped them both inside Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Hanabi drew her imitation Sea God Trident and charged Tang Hao, causing ripples through Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Tang Wulin awoke in the white space, recognized the fighters, and pleaded with them to stop.

Hanabi and Tang Hao fought inside Tang Wulin's Sea of Consciousness, where Tang Hao tried to escape by destroying it with the Great Sumeru Hammer. Tang Wulin's cheers distracted them long enough for Hanabi to kill Tang Hao, ending his consciousness.

• Hanabi fought Tang Hao while protecting Tang Wulin's Sea of Consciousness from their attacks.
• Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer to strike at the Sea of Consciousness, hoping to escape even if Tang Wulin was destroyed.
• Hanabi intercepted Tang Hao's blow, and Tang Wulin watched helplessly as the shockwave swept through the Sea of Consciousness.
• Tang Wulin cheered for Hanabi, causing both fighters to pause and Tang Hao to turn his anger toward his grandson.
• Hanabi pierced Tang Hao's chest with the Sea God Trident, destroying the last of his consciousness.

Hanabi stopped Tang Hao from killing Tang Wulin, captured his divine soul and body, and erased Tang Wulin’s memories of the encounter. She returned to Ruan Mei with the materials and chose to stay at the Herta Space Station, where she planned to update a device.

• Tang Hao abandoned his body and charged at Tang Wulin to kill him, but Hanabi seized his divine soul and sealed it in a crystal sphere.
• Hanabi collected Tang Hao’s damaged body and soul as experimental materials for Herta and Ruan Mei.
• Hanabi tapped Tang Wulin’s forehead and made him forget the events before sending him back to sleep.
• Tang Wulin woke up screaming, accidentally punched Xie Xie, and went to class with him despite being unable to remember his dream.
• Hanabi returned to the Herta Space Station and handed Tang Hao’s soul and body to Ruan Mei.
• Hanabi decided to stay at the space station and offered to update a device, joking that she would throw it onto Douluo Continent if it failed.

Ruan Mei told Hanabi that the Propagation experiment’s unfinished insects would eventually die, and Hanabi took a jar of them before teasing Ruan Mei about her experiment with Yao Lan. As the Shrek Seven Monsters set out for the Star Luo Continent, Tang Wulin felt relieved to leave Shrek Academy and glimpsed a stern elderly man arriving in a luxurious car.

• Ruan Mei explained that her completed Propagation swarm would overrun Douluo Star, but gave Hanabi a jar of semi-finished insects that would eventually perish.
• Hanabi teased Ruan Mei about returning to Yao Lan’s original body, and Ruan Mei said her experiment showed that Aeons could not produce offspring.
• Hanabi transformed into a mature version of herself and boasted about her abilities, prompting Yao Lan to take control of Ruan Mei’s body and ask Hanabi to stay at the space station.
• Shrek Academy selected its young representatives as the temporary Shrek Seven Monsters for the exchange visit to the Star Luo Continent.
• Tang Wulin left Shrek Academy feeling relieved, then saw a stern elderly man inside a luxurious car arriving at the academy.

Chen Xinjie visited Shrek Academy to investigate Hanabi’s claim that the Abyss had taken control of it, and discovered that the Long Yeyue before him was the Abyssal Sage King in disguise. He confronted the Abyssal Sage King, and a battle was about to begin.

• Chen Xinjie arrived at Shrek Academy alone to investigate whether the Abyss had infiltrated it.
• The Abyssal Sage King, possessing Long Yeyue’s body, tried to use her memories and appearance to manipulate Chen Xinjie and make him a puppet.
• Chen Xinjie recognized that the woman was not the real Long Yeyue and ordered the Abyssal Sage King to reveal himself.
• The Abyssal Sage King revealed his identity as the ruler of the Abyss Plane, and Chen Xinjie vowed to kill him and avenge Long Yeyue and Shrek Academy.

Chen Xinjie confronted the Abyssal Sage King, who had taken control of Shrek Academy through Long Yeyue, and threatened the academy with hidden cannon shells. The Sage King rushed to stop them after discovering they were Grade 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, while Shrek's possessed inhabitants were placed on alert.

• Chen Xinjie realized the Abyssal Sage King had secretly seized Shrek Academy and chose to fight rather than flee.
• The Abyssal Sage King revealed that Shrek's teachers and Inner Courtyard students had become Abyss puppets and declared the academy the Abyss Plane's representative.
• Chen Xinjie claimed the Soul Guidance car contained thirty-three Level Nine Soul-Guided Fixed Cannon Shells and threatened to destroy Shrek Academy.
• The Abyssal Sage King left Chen Xinjie and flew down to move the car, while Long Yeyue's voice ordered everyone at Shrek Academy into first-level alert status.
• The Sage King discovered the shells were actually Grade 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells and enveloped them with Soul Power and Abyss power, refusing to let Shrek be damaged.

A Grade 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell devastated Shrek Academy, but the Abyssal Sage King redirected its blast and trapped Chen Xinjie in the Blood River God Slaying Array. When another Grade 12 shell approached, Chen Xinjie and Qian Gu Dongfeng each assumed an unknown ally had launched it, leaving the second attack’s source unrevealed.

• The Abyssal Sage King redirected the first Grade 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell’s blast into the sky, limiting the damage to Shrek Academy.
• Chen Xinjie attacked the Abyssal Sage King, but the Blood River God Slaying Array immobilized him, and the Abyssal Sage King prepared to stab him with Long Yeyue’s body.
• The Abyssal Sage King sensed a second Grade 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell and questioned Chen Xinjie, who did not know who had fired it.
• Shrek City residents noticed the explosion and beam, and some fled while others headed toward Shrek Academy.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng recalled buying a Grade 12 shell from Douluo Peace Company and believed an unknown attacker had beaten him to striking Shrek Academy.

Qian Gu Dongfeng ordered a second Grade 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell fired at Shrek Academy after an unknown blast struck it. The Abyssal Sage King intercepted the shell, but its shockwave devastated the campus, and a falling object threatened Shrek again.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng celebrated the first explosion at Shrek Academy and ordered his own Grade 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell fired at it.
• The Abyssal Sage King punched through Chen Xinjie's heart and sent him into Sea God Lake as the second shell approached.
• Long Yeyue charged toward the shell, and the Abyssal Sage King intercepted it before it could detonate inside Shrek Academy.
• The shell's shockwave destroyed nearly every building and killed countless teachers and students, leaving the Abyssal Sage King grieving and furious.
• The Abyssal Sage King looked up as an unidentified object fell from the sky and feared Shrek Academy would be destroyed completely.

Hanabi sent a falling section of Herta Space Station toward Shrek Academy after Qian Gu Dongfeng and Chen Xinjie’s attacks had already devastated it. The Abyssal Sage King fled with Gu Yue, intending to take over her body.

• Hanabi learned that Qian Gu Dongfeng and Chen Xinjie had each attacked Shrek Academy with a Grade 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell.
• Hanabi ordered the other Hanabis to dismantle a side wing of Herta Space Station and steered it toward Shrek Academy as a third strike.
• The Abyssal Sage King saw the falling wreckage and decided to abandon Long Yeyue’s body and escape Shrek Academy.
• The Abyssal Sage King seized Gu Yue and flew away from Shrek, while Gu Yue saw the ruined academy and wondered whether human conflicts could be exploited.
• The Abyssal Sage King considered Gu Yue’s powerful bloodline and injured state ideal for taking over her body.

Ah Yin, Yun Ming, Ya Li, and Chen Xinjie were taken from Douluo Continent to Herta Space Station as Shrek Academy fell. Yun Ming chose to let Shrek’s legacy end, while March 7th, Xing, and their companions prepared to travel to Star Luo Continent.

• Ah Yin awakened inside the Golden Ancient Tree but was immobilized and carried away by the falling Herta Space Station wing.
• Hanabi rescued Chen Xinjie, Yun Ming, and Ya Li from Sea God Lake as Shrek Academy was destroyed.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li that Shrek should not be revived, and Ya Li promised to stay with him.
• Hanabi welcomed the rescued group aboard Herta Space Station and ignored the unconscious Chen Xinjie.
• March 7th, Xing, and their companions prepared to board a ship to Star Luo Continent, with Xing focused on the Trash Cans aboard.

Herta led the Shrek Seven Monsters aboard the Sunstone for their exchange trip to Star Luo Continent, where they reunited with Topaz and Wu Zhangkong. The group settled in to talk, unaware that Shrek Academy's destruction was still being kept secret, until a gray-haired girl appeared searching through the lounge's trash.

• Herta showed the Shrek Seven Monsters her orange Soul Rings and urged them to board the Sunstone.
• Topaz greeted Herta and the students, then took charge of guiding the delegation onto the ship.
• Topaz introduced the students to her assistant, Wu Zhangkong, and Tang Wulin, Liu Ying, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan embraced their former teacher.
• The group chatted in the lounge while Topaz reflected that the company was withholding news of Shrek Academy's destruction.
• Xu Xiaoyan noticed a gray-haired girl rummaging through the lounge's Trash Can, and the girl turned to the group with a shy gesture.

Shrek Academy’s students met Xing, an exchange student from Douluo Peace Academy, who proposed to a trash can in the lounge. March 7th introduced herself as another exchange student and dragged Xing away, leaving the group stunned.

• Xing introduced herself as the Galaxy Bat Hero, and Topaz explained that she was a strong student from Douluo Peace Academy.
• Xing dropped her garbage bags and professed her love to a trash can, shocking the Shrek students, Topaz, Wu Zhangkong, and Yao Lan.
• March 7th arrived, scolded Xing for digging through garbage, and knocked her unconscious with an arrow.
• March 7th persuaded Xing to release the trash can and dragged her away after introducing herself to the Shrek students as an exchange student.

Tang Wulin and his companions learned that Xing was a Soul King, and reflected on the strength of the people at Douluo Peace Academy. Meanwhile, Liu Ying grew jealous of March 7th’s closeness with Xing and decided to claim Xing for herself.

• Topaz revealed that Xing was a top-tier genius and a Soul King, surprising Tang Wulin and the others.
• Tang Wulin resolved to become stronger, and Wu Zhangkong approved of his students’ determination.
• Yao Lan reflected on how Xing’s managed behavior had left a strong impression and how his avatars could share information through their connection.
• Liu Ying hid her connection to Xing after Xing proposed to a Trash Can, then felt jealous when March 7th grew close to her.
• Liu Ying decided that Xing was hers and challenged March 7th to see who the real female lead was.

Yao Lan’s female clones grew competitive over who would become his true partner, while March 7th worried about Xing’s chances. Himeko and Kafka also challenged each other, leaving several rivalries brewing among the clones.

• Yao Lan sensed Liu Ying and March 7th’s thoughts and realized his clones were competing to be the Trailblazer’s true match.
• Liu Ying slipped out of her room at night, and March 7th secretly followed to find out what she was planning.
• March 7th scrubbed Xing in the bath after Xing rummaged through Trash Cans, and Xing claimed she deserved to be empress while March 7th objected.
• March 7th asked Himeko for help, but Himeko said the clones would ultimately belong to Yao Lan and had little reason to worry.
• Kafka urged Himeko to let the younger clones handle their own affairs, and Himeko challenged Kafka to compete with her.

March 7th threatened to torment Xing while Silver Wolf, Himeko, and Kafka ignored her pleas, until Sam burst into the bathroom and found everyone piled together in the bath. The chaos spread to the boys next door, where Dan Heng was confronted by an unknown assailant.

• March 7th cornered Xing, while Silver Wolf focused on her game and Kafka and Himeko competed at sumo wrestling in the bath.
• An explosion interrupted them, and Xing accidentally fell into the bath with March 7th, Kafka, and Himeko.
• Sam burst through the bathroom door to rescue Xing, then froze when she saw the group in the bath.
• Xing invited Sam to join them, but Kafka, Himeko, and March 7th scolded Xing, while Silver Wolf was also caught up in the ensuing farce.
• Lao Yang and Dan Heng heard the commotion next door, and an unknown assailant grabbed Dan Heng and challenged him.

Topaz explained the exchange competition and announced that the Sunstone would be the winning team’s prize. Xing challenged Tang Wulin to a wager involving the silver-haired girl beside him, escalating the rivalry between Douluo Peace Academy and Shrek Academy.

• Topaz told the gathered students and teachers that the exchange would last half a year and include a contest between the continents’ top young talents.
• Topaz introduced Bing Bing and Shui Shui, then explained that Douluo Peace Company would livestream the competitions across Douluo Continent.
• Topaz announced that the Sunstone would go to the winning team, stunning Tang Wulin and the other Shrek students.
• Xing declared that she would become the Sunstone’s captain and the Pirate King, prompting Tang Wulin to challenge Douluo Peace Academy for first place.
• Xing proposed a wager to Tang Wulin: whoever won would get the silver-haired girl beside him.

Xing revealed that she and Liu Ying were childhood friends and insisted on taking her away, prompting Shrek to reject her demand. After Xing challenged Shrek to settle the matter in their upcoming match, Himeko punished her for interrupting the meeting.

• Xing proposed betting on Liu Ying and said she would take her away, enraging the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Liu Ying explained that she and Xing had been childhood friends, and Xing showed them a photo of the two together.
• Liu Ying refused to go with Xing for now, saying she did not want to leave before completing Yao Lan's mission.
• Xing declared she would take Liu Ying regardless and challenged Shrek to their upcoming match.
• Xing returned after abruptly leaving the meeting, and Himeko ordered her to copy the school rules ten times or drink her coffee; Xing chose the rules.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie learned that Miss Robin, the famous singer, would attend the banquet aboard the Sunstone and hurried there to hear her perform. They arrived as Robin began singing her song, “Welcome to my World.”

• Tang Wulin reflected on Shrek Academy’s growing troubles and worried that the trip to the Star Luo Continent would be difficult.
• Xie Xie dressed for the banquet and told Tang Wulin that a heavyweight guest would attend.
• Xie Xie showed Tang Wulin a poster of Robin, whose singing had become famous across the continent for bringing hope to listeners.
• Tang Wulin quickly changed into a suit, and he and Xie Xie headed to the banquet to hear Robin sing.
• Robin began performing “Welcome to my World” onstage.