Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Lin Nuo has Leng Yulai seal the Death Messenger’s memories so they cannot be extracted. He then orders the messenger to oversee Shrek Academy, promising that the Mysterious Heaven Skill will help him grow stronger. The messenger accepts enthusiastically and receives a Sea God Token before Lin Nuo and Leng Yulai disappear.
• Lin Nuo explains that he wants Shrek to adopt the Holy Spirit Cult’s methods—not simply to start a direct conflict. With the messenger’s memories inaccessible but the complete Mysterious Heaven Skill in his possession, Shrek will have to choose between protecting its reputation and pursuing the skill. Lin Nuo expects its pursuit to compromise the academy.
• At Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion, Mu En receives a letter from the Star Luo Empire reporting that Du Busi has become a Limit Douluo and is acting like a bandit. Mu En fears Du Busi may discover Huo Yuhao and try to seize him.
• The elders agree that Yuhao is in danger. Mu En orders an additional teacher to accompany the academy’s delegation to the Soul Master Tournament and watch over him closely.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Nuo reveals himself as a patient, manipulative planner, using the Death Messenger and Shrek’s ambitions to set up a deeper conflict.
• Leng Yulai initially questions Lin Nuo’s plan but quickly understands how the sealed memories make Shrek’s choice more difficult.
• The Death Messenger shifts from terrified supplicant to thrilled, devoted servant, convinced that Tang San has recognized him.
• Mu En shows intense concern for Huo Yuhao, whom Shrek sees as its future successor.
• Xuan Zi reacts to the news with angry insults toward Du Busi, but Mu En rebukes him for treating the threat too casually.
• Elder Song identifies Mu En’s concern, while Xian Lin’er indignantly condemns the Body Sect.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and institutional compromise: Lin Nuo uses Shrek’s pursuit of power and prestige to steer it toward the Holy Spirit Cult’s influence.
• Reputation versus ambition: Shrek may be forced to choose between its public principles and access to the complete Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Power and responsibility: Mu En’s order reflects the danger surrounding Huo Yuhao and the academy’s obligation to protect its future.

Key plot points and events

• Ya Li is admitted to Shrek Academy with help from Lin Xiu’s connections, without needing to become a Work-Study Student. Her beauty quickly attracts many male students, including Yun Ming, who tries to approach her.
• Lin Nuo proposes that he and Lin Xiu beat up Yun Ming for bothering Ya Li. Lin Xiu briefly urges Lin Nuo to disguise himself, then tries to put him in the “Jiahao” costume himself. Lin Nuo reverses the plan by dressing Lin Xiu instead, though Lin Xiu ultimately decides not to wear it.
• At dinner, Yun Ming asks Zhuo Shi how to pursue Ya Li. Zhuo Shi challenges him over Cai Yue’er’s affection, but Yun Ming insists he sees her only as a little sister and impatiently redirects the conversation to Ya Li.
• Disgusted by Yun Ming’s attitude, Zhuo Shi ends their friendship and leaves. Outside, he meets Lin Xiu and Lin Nuo. Lin Xiu explains that Lin Nuo is Ya Li’s boyfriend and that they intend to confront Yun Ming.
• Zhuo Shi asks to join them. Lin Xiu offers him the Jiahao disguise and says he will handle the consequences, persuading Zhuo Shi to take part.

Character developments

• Lin Xiu is protective of Ya Li and eager to teach Yun Ming a lesson. He also shows a playful, somewhat obsessive interest in the Jiahao disguise.
• Lin Nuo is direct and protective, readily agreeing to confront Yun Ming. He sees through Lin Xiu’s attempts to get others into the costume.
• Zhuo Shi loses his respect for Yun Ming after recognizing what he sees as hypocrisy, then aligns himself with Lin Xiu and Lin Nuo.
• Yun Ming remains convinced he has done nothing wrong, revealing his self-justifying attitude and lack of sensitivity toward Cai Yue’er’s feelings.

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts loyalty and responsibility with self-justification: Lin Xiu takes responsibility for the planned confrontation, while Yun Ming dismisses the emotional consequences of his behavior.
• It also explores unreciprocated affection and boundaries, particularly through Yun Ming’s response to Cai Yue’er.
• The “Jiahao” costume provides comic relief and highlights the group’s playful scheming amid the conflict.

Character interactions

• Lin Nuo and Lin Xiu share a protective, teasing partnership, especially over the disguise.
• Zhuo Shi confronts Yun Ming about Cai Yue’er, then breaks with him when Yun Ming brushes him off.
• Zhuo Shi’s immediate willingness to help Lin Xiu and Lin Nuo contrasts with the friendship he has just ended.
• The title’s joke comes from Zhuo Shi learning that Ya Li’s boyfriend is Lin Nuo—her younger admirer—and concluding, in surprise, that Ya Li likes younger guys.

Plot points and events

• Lin Nuo, Lin Xiu, and Zhuo Shi follow Yun Ming into a deserted dead-end alley, making sure he knows he is being followed.
• Lin Nuo accuses Yun Ming of pursuing Ya Li and declares that she is his. Yun Ming dismisses the claim, insisting Lin Nuo is too young and unworthy of her.
• Lin Nuo suddenly attacks, and he, Lin Xiu, and Zhuo Shi beat Yun Ming until he loses consciousness.
• Afterward, Lin Xiu tells Zhuo Shi the incident will have nothing to do with him. Zhuo Shi and Lin Nuo part on friendly terms, and Zhuo Shi keeps the borrowed outfit he has grown fond of.
• Lin Xiu transmits half of the Mysterious Heaven Skill to the unconscious Yun Ming. Lin Nuo realizes that Lin Xiu intends to use the technique to stir up trouble across the continent.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Nuo acts possessively toward Ya Li and embraces the role of a ruthless “tyrant,” though his claim about her relationship with him is not clarified.
• Lin Xiu participates in the beating, then secretly gives Yun Ming half the technique—suggesting a calculated plan beyond the immediate revenge.
• Zhuo Shi cooperates with the brothers but accepts Lin Xiu’s assurance that he will be kept out of the aftermath. His warm handshake with Lin Nuo hints at mutual respect.
• Yun Ming is shocked by the accusation and overwhelmed before he can fight back. His confidence in his own honorable conduct contrasts with his helplessness during the attack.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: The trio’s violence is framed as “Tyrant’s Will,” a deliberately exaggerated display of dominance.
• Revenge and rivalry: Yun Ming’s past humiliation by Lin Xiu—and his ambition to surpass him—adds a longer history to the confrontation.
• Manipulation and consequences: Lin Xiu’s gift of a powerful technique may create future conflict involving Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the wider continent.
• Dark comedy: The chapter’s grand language about tyranny sits alongside comic reactions, particularly over Zhuo Shi’s attachment to his disguise.

Plot points and events

• Yun Ming is missing the next morning, prompting Shrek Academy to launch a citywide search. The Sea God Pavilion Master, Elder Bei, finds him badly beaten in an alley and takes him back for treatment.
• The elders suspect the attack was personal rather than the work of the Holy Spirit Cult. Their suspicions fall on Vice Dean Wang, whose disciple Lin Xiu has a feud with Yun Ming.
• Wang angrily denies that Lin Xiu was involved, theatrically defending his disciple. The elders agree to wait until Yun Ming wakes before deciding what happened.
• While recovering, Yun Ming discovers the Mysterious Heaven Skill in his Sea of Consciousness. Convinced that Tang San has chosen him, he feels grateful to those who beat him.
• The reader learns that Lin Xiu deliberately gave Yun Ming a harmless version of the skill. He has also prepared a restricted, Devouring version for the Holy Spirit Cult, intending the two methods to create a struggle over access.
• When questioned, Yun Ming identifies Wang’s disciple as the attacker—but Wang mishears him and storms off to punish Mu Ye instead. Yun Ming decides not to correct him yet.
• Yun Ming then tells Elder Bei that he has obtained Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill, leaving the Pavilion Master stunned.

Character developments

• Yun Ming shifts from victim to delighted believer after discovering the skill, interpreting his misfortune as a divine blessing. He also shows caution by withholding the correction when Wang targets the wrong person.
• Lin Xiu is revealed as a calculated schemer: he manipulates Yun Ming’s beliefs and plans to use the competing versions of the technique to create chaos.
• Wang Linzhi demonstrates fierce, unreasonable loyalty to Lin Xiu, even as his mistaken understanding sends him after Mu Ye.
• Elder Bei is deeply protective of Yun Ming, but is caught off guard by the claim that Yun Ming has gained Tang San’s technique.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and mistaken identity: Lin Xiu’s plan and Wang’s mishearing make the truth easy to distort.
• Ambition and belief: Yun Ming’s hopes of joining the Tang Sect lead him to see the skill as proof of special destiny.
• Power as a source of conflict: Lin Xiu intends the divided cultivation method to provoke a continent-wide struggle.

Character interactions

• Cai Yue’er alerts the academy to Yun Ming’s disappearance, and Elder Bei personally rescues him.
• The elders debate who attacked Yun Ming, while Wang aggressively shields Lin Xiu from suspicion.
• Yun Ming politely accuses Wang’s disciple, but Wang mistakenly blames Mu Ye and rushes off.
• Yun Ming’s announcement about the Mysterious Heaven Skill abruptly redirects the Pavilion Master’s attention.

Plot points and events

• Upon learning Yun Ming had acquired the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Bei Dexun seals himself and Yun Ming behind a Soul Power barrier so they can discuss the copy in Yun Ming’s Sea of Consciousness privately.
• Meanwhile, Elder Wang storms into Mu Ye’s classroom, grabs his eldest disciple, and carries him away. The Sea God Pavilion Elders and Dean Lin arrive shortly afterward and follow.
• In a grove, Elder Wang explains that Mu Ye must take responsibility for Lin Xiu beating up Yun Ming. Mu Ye agrees, and Elder Wang punches him hard enough to draw blood.
• Elder Wang then stages an apparent furious beating, while Mu Ye plays along and Lin Xiu pretends to intervene. When the Elders arrive, they believe Elder Wang is punishing Mu Ye for neglecting his cultivation and leading the attack.
• Dean Lin recognizes the scheme but keeps quiet. He offers to speak for Elder Wang at the Sea God Pavilion, and Elder Wang agrees to bring both disciples there.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xiu is initially bewildered that his teacher and senior brother are shielding him. Watching Mu Ye accept the punishment deepens his admiration for the Body Sect and his trust in his senior brother.
• Mu Ye willingly takes the blame, even enduring a real punch because Elder Wang promises him a week free from training to study Mecha. He commits to the performance by provoking his teacher and claiming responsibility.
• Elder Wang uses his explosive temper as cover for a protective ruse, exploiting the others’ belief that he is genuinely enraged.
• Dean Lin sees through the act but protects his old friend by agreeing to advocate for him. The other Elders try to restrain Elder Wang and prevent what they think may become a fatal punishment.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: Mu Ye accepts blame and pain to protect Lin Xiu.
• Found family and belonging: Lin Xiu’s response shows how strongly he feels accepted by the Body Sect.
• Deception and performance: Elder Wang’s staged fury fools the Elders, while Dean Lin quietly understands the truth.
• Humor through misunderstanding: The Elders interpret a coordinated cover-up as a genuine disciplinary beating.
  Although Yun Ming’s skill is the chapter’s opening concern, the rest focuses on Elder Wang and Mu Ye’s elaborate effort to shield Lin Xiu from blame.

Plot points and events

• In the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Bei realizes that Yun Ming’s Mysterious Heaven Skill is a more complete version than the Tang Sect’s, likely preserving techniques lost from its legacy.
• Hoping to keep Yun Ming from being claimed by the Tang Sect, Elder Bei names him the “Son of Destiny” and asks him to become his disciple. Yun Ming accepts with a formal kowtow.
• Outside, Mu Ye jokes that being blamed and beaten by Elder Wang has earned him a week of freedom to research mechas. He reassures Lin Xiu that he is accustomed to harsher training.
• Elder Wang asks Elder Bei to give Mu Ye another chance, unaware that Lin Xiu—not Mu Ye—struck Yun Ming. Elder Bei lets Yun Ming decide whether to pursue the matter.
• Yun Ming clarifies what happened, but Elder Wang immediately refuses to punish Lin Xiu, insisting that “my A Xiu is still just a child.” Elder Lin invokes the school’s rules and urges everyone to let the matter go.
• Yun Ming agrees not to seek retribution, calling the incident a blessing in disguise and saying he should thank Lin Xiu. The dispute ends amicably.
• Yun Ming later meets Lin Xiu beneath the Golden Tree. He taunts him and vows to defeat him someday; Lin Xiu calmly accepts the challenge and predicts Yun Ming may end up beneath his feet.

Character developments

• Yun Ming gains Elder Bei as his master and shows restraint and composure by choosing not to escalate the dispute. His confidence and rivalry with Lin Xiu remain strong.
• Elder Bei is delighted by Yun Ming’s talent and sees him as a potential future godlike figure; he is also eager to secure Yun Ming’s allegiance for the academy.
• Elder Wang reveals strong favoritism toward Lin Xiu, quickly defending him despite having just punished Mu Ye.
• Mu Ye takes the beating in stride, displaying his toughness and enthusiasm for mecha research.
• Lin Xiu remains calm and self-assured, neither intimidated by Yun Ming nor eager to prolong the conflict.

Themes and interactions

• Mentorship and legacy: Yun Ming’s recovered cultivation technique connects him to the academy’s founders and makes him a coveted disciple.
• Favoritism and comic hypocrisy: Elder Wang’s sudden defense of Lin Xiu contrasts sharply with his earlier willingness to beat Mu Ye.
• Restraint and rivalry: Yun Ming’s decision to forgive does not end his antagonism toward Lin Xiu; their exchange establishes a future contest between them.
• Loyalty and camaraderie: Mu Ye and Lin Xiu share an easy, supportive rapport, while the elders settle the conflict by treating the academy as a family.

Shrek Academy sent Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang to lead its teams toward the Ming Dou Mountains, where Death God Douluo awaited them after advancing through his gruesome cultivation. Near the mountains, Lin Rui and the Sun Moon Team bickered and joked until a distant explosion put the elders on guard.

• Beibei remained troubled by his lingering physical imbalance, while Xu Sanshi encouraged him to blame it on his martial soul’s bloodline.
• Xuan Zi announced that the Shrek Inspection Corps would hunt the evil soul master in the Ming Dou Mountains before traveling to the Soul Master Tournament, and Yan Shaozhe assigned Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang to supervise the group.
• Mu En defended the choice of Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang as supervising teachers after Yan Shaozhe questioned the pairing.
• Death God Douluo emerged from seclusion after advancing from Soul King to Soul Emperor by absorbing power from soul beast corpses, and the Death Messenger looked forward to Shrek’s arrival.
• On the Sun Moon Team’s journey, Meng Hongchen fell for Lin Nuo, while Lin Rui and Xiao Hongchen fought over food and joked about becoming in-laws.
• A distant explosion interrupted the meal, and Elder Big Stomach and Elder Ma summoned their martial souls and soul rings to protect the children.

The Shrek Team entered the Ming Dou Mountains to confront the Death Messenger, but their confidence turned to horror when he absorbed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and claimed Tang San had chosen him. Elder Zhuang shielded the reserve members from the Death Messenger’s attack, while most of the regular members died; Xuan Zi arrived and angrily demanded to know what Elder Zhuang had protected.

• The Shrek Team set out for the Evil Soul Master’s lair after Dai Hao reported his location, while Xuan Zi abandoned the mission to hunt and eat a Sao Kun.
• Ma Xiaotao charged into the cave, where the Death Messenger absorbed her Evil Fire and Beibei recognized that he practiced the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• The Death Messenger claimed Tang San had bestowed the Mysterious Heaven Skill upon him, then detonated the corpses piled inside the cave.
• Elder Zhuang emerged from the dust unharmed with the reserve members, while Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochеn were gravely injured and the other regular members were dead.
• The Death Messenger fled, and Xuan Zi arrived at the cave and angrily asked Elder Zhuang what he had protected.

After the Death Messenger escaped Shrek’s attack, he was captured by the Sun Moon Team and revealed that his cave explosion had devastated Shrek’s regular team. Lin Nuo decided to bring him to Shrek, while the Sun Moon Team joined to see what had happened.

• Elder Zhuang confronted Xuan Zi for abandoning the Shrek students, and Wang Yan tried to stop their argument as the survivors pleaded for help.
• The Death Messenger fled into the Sun Moon Team’s resting place, where Elder Big Stomach seized him before he could attack.
• Lin Nuo stopped Elder Big Stomach from killing the Death Messenger and demanded an account of the attack on Shrek.
• The Death Messenger confessed that his corpse-poison explosion killed four regular team members and badly injured the others, while a Super Douluo protected the reserve team.
• Lin Nuo deduced that Xuan Zi had likely left the students to hunt wild game and ordered Elder Big Stomach to bring the captive to Shrek.
• Lin Rui, Meng Hongchen, and the rest of the Sun Moon Team agreed to accompany Lin Nuo.

While Shrek’s elders argued over the team’s devastating losses, Lin Nuo led the Sun Moon Team into the aftermath and used Shrek’s need for the Death Messenger to demand an apology and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. The confrontation ended with Xuan Zi terrified and immobilized, while Elder Zhuang turned to rescue the three injured team members.

• Elder Zhuang and Xuan Zi kept arguing while Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao suffered from severe injuries and corpse poison, and Ling Luochе remained unconscious.
• Lin Nuo arrived with the Sun Moon Team and refused to hand over the Death Messenger after Xuan Zi insulted them and demanded they leave.
• Lin Nuo demanded an apology before negotiations, but Xuan Zi refused and tried to seize the Death Messenger until Elder Zhuang stopped him.
• When Xuan Zi tried again, Leng Yulai’s spiritual power frightened and immobilized him, and he wet himself in front of both teams.
• Lin Nuo proposed a meeting and demanded an apology from Xuan Zi and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Elder Zhuang rushed to treat the three surviving official members.

The Sun Moon Team discussed Shrek Academy’s likely trade for the Death Messenger, while Lin Nuo kept his reasons secret. In the Ming Dou Mountains, Elder Zhuang treated the injured Shrek students and confronted Xuan Zi over his attempt to send them back into the tournament, as Wang Yan was unexpectedly blamed too.

• Elder Ma praised the Sun Moon Empire’s chances of winning, then reprimanded Ma Rulong for addressing him as his grandfather in front of the team.
• Lin Nuo predicted Shrek Academy would trade a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for the Death Messenger but refused to explain why.
• Meng Hongchen defended Lin Nuo from Xiao Hongchen’s questions and dismissed her brother’s threat to tell their grandfather about them.
• Elder Zhuang stabilized Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochеn, then angrily rebuked Xuan Zi for wanting the injured students to compete.
• Xuan Zi blamed Elder Zhuang and Wang Yan for Shrek’s losses, and Elder Zhuang insisted they return together to explain their actions to Mu En.

Lin Fan observed the Soul Master Tournament preparations as the Star Luo Empire and Shrek Academy dealt with setbacks, while Shrek learned that its expedition had been devastated after Xuan Zi abandoned the team. Mu En decided to exchange Shrek’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to protect the academy’s credibility and meet Lin Nuo.

• Xu Jiawei learned that the Sun Moon Empire intended to trade a Ninth-level Soul Tool for the stolen God-Sealing Platform, then planned to use Shrek’s powerful tournament team for his own aims.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe welcomed Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang back, only to discover Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochе badly injured and learn that the other four main team members were dead.
• Elder Zhuang recounted how Xuan Zi had left the group, and Mu En struck Xuan Zi unconscious when he tried to resign rather than face the consequences.
• Mu En accepted Shrek’s defeat and ordered the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones brought out so he could make an exchange himself.
• Mu En resolved to meet Lin Nuo, whose name stirred a strange sense of familiarity in him.

The Sun Moon Team faced hostility from other academies, and Xiao Hongchen discovered that Meng Hongchen had gone with the much younger Lin Nuo. At the Star Luo Hotel, Lin Fan began altering the bound Death Messenger’s fate, while Xu Jiawei was left bewildered when Shrek arrived without the people he expected.

• Lin Rui and Xiao Hongchen challenged the hostile academy students for condemning soul tools while using them themselves.
• Xiao Hongchen learned that Meng Hongchen had gone to the Star Luo Hotel with Lin Nuo and panicked over their age difference.
• Lin Rui revealed that Lin Nuo was eleven or twelve and had a body martial soul, stunning the Sun Moon Team members.
• Lin Nuo brought Meng Hongchen to Lin Fan, who prepared to reinforce the Death Messenger’s memories and stabilize his thread of fate.
• Meng Hongchen recognized ultimate ice on the bound Death Messenger, and Lin Nuo joked that he was a god.
• Xu Jiawei summoned Shrek to discuss the Fan Rui matter, then was dumbfounded when Dai Hao’s son, Xuan Zi, and Elder Zhuang were absent.

Xu Jiawei learned that Shrek Academy’s official team had been nearly wiped out, but Mu En refused to postpone the tournament and urged the reserve team to compete. Later, Mu En found Lin Nuo and tried to grab him, only for an unknown girl to stop him.

• Wang Yan told Xu Jiawei that an Evil Soul Emperor had devastated Shrek’s official team and that Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang had returned to seek a remedy.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to postpone the Soul Master Tournament until Mu En arrived and insisted Shrek’s reserve team should compete without delay.
• Mu En reassured Huo Yuhao and Beibei, then left with the Shrek delegation as Xu Jiawei worried about the tournament’s consequences.
• At the Star Luo Hotel, Mu En recognized Lin Nuo and reached for him, but a small girl intercepted his hand.

Du Busi stopped Mu En from attacking Lin Nuo, and the two Limit Douluos clashed before Lin Nuo completed a trade with Mu En for the Death Messenger. Back at Shrek’s hotel, Beibei examined the captive and reacted with horror after sensing the Mysterious Heaven Skill in his body.

• Du Busi confronted Mu En for targeting Lin Nuo and struck him, exposing the difference between their Limit Douluo strength.
• Lin Nuo ended the fight and traded the unconscious Death Messenger to Mu En for a hundred-thousand-year left leg bone.
• Mu En left with the Death Messenger, while Du Busi and Lin Nuo discussed the possibility that Shrek’s Mysterious Heaven Skill was an Evil Soul Master method.
• Mu En brought the Death Messenger to Wang Yan, Beibei, and Huo Yuhao at the hotel and asked Beibei to check for the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Beibei examined the Death Messenger’s meridians and exclaimed in horror at what he sensed.

Beibei and Huo Yuhao discovered that the unconscious Death Messenger possessed a purer version of the Tang Sect’s Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Mu En’s attempt to search his soul failed before Mu En collapsed. Lin Nuo revealed that the discovery and Mu En’s decline were part of a plan to corrupt Shrek Academy, with Beibei as its intended opening.

• Beibei and Huo Yuhao examined the Death Messenger and discovered his Mysterious Heaven Skill was more complete than their own.
• Mu En tried to search the Death Messenger’s soul, found it apparently sealed by a godlike power, and collapsed after the strain worsened his injuries.
• Wang Yan sent Beibei and Huo Yuhao to care for Mu En while he sought help from the Star Luo Royal Family.
• Beibei wondered whether the complete Mysterious Heaven Skill could help revive the Tang Sect and give it to Tang Ya.
• Du Busi withdrew the soul power he had left in Mu En and went back to sleep on the Star Luo Hotel roof.
• Lin Nuo told Leng Yulai that Mu En’s collapse and Beibei’s emotional turmoil would help the Death Messenger corrupt Shrek Academy.

As the Soul Master Tournament began, Lin Fan manipulated the draw so Shrek faced the Star Luo Team instead of a weaker opponent. The teams prepared to meet, leaving Lin Nuo wondering how Huo Yuhao would win against them.

• Xu Jiawei noticed the Body Sect spectators and worried that the tournament concealed greater trouble.
• Wang Yan encouraged Shrek’s nervous Reserve Team while the Sun Moon Team mocked their chances.
• Lin Fan used his fate abilities to restrict Xu Jiawei’s draw to either the Sun Moon Team or the Star Luo Team.
• Xu Jiawei announced that Shrek would face the Star Luo Team, and Wang Yan mistakenly thought the emperor was helping them.
• Lin Nuo explained Lin Fan’s interference to Du Busi and wondered how Huo Yuhao would handle the match.

Huo Yuhao used Simulation to make Shrek's Reserve Team appear overwhelmingly powerful, but Lin Fan intervened and the Star Luo Team attacked instead of throwing the match. Beibei failed to awaken his Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline and fainted, leaving the Shrek team in crisis.

• Xu Jiujiu and the Star Luo Team learned they were supposed to lose to Shrek, while Huo Yuhao revealed six simulated hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• Lin Fan sent destiny threads toward the Star Luo Team, and Dugu Shangshan attacked Huo Yuhao despite the apparent setup.
• Beibei blocked Dugu Shangshan's attack, but the Star Luo Team activated their martial souls and pressed Shrek's reserves.
• Xu Sanshi used Ring Fusion to reveal his Black Tortoise Divine Beast Bloodline, while Beibei tried and failed to activate the Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline.
• Beibei told Xu Sanshi that his bloodline had disappeared, fainted, and Lin Fan withdrew his destiny threads after controlling the Star Luo Team's fate.

After Star Luo Team defeated Shrek’s Reserve Team, Huo Yuhao borrowed Tai Tan’s power and unleashed Ultimate Ice, freezing all seven opponents. Huo Yuhao then collapsed unconscious, leaving the tournament crowd stunned and Shrek’s fate unresolved.

• Xu Jiujiu realized Star Luo Team had beaten Shrek’s Reserve Team despite orders to throw the preliminary match, while Wang Yan despaired over Shrek’s honor.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to punish Star Luo Team and asked Tai Tan to lend him strength, despite the risk of losing control and killing his opponents.
• Huo Yuhao released Ultimate Ice, and the sudden cold made Xu Jiawei recognize the power as he and the spectators watched in shock.
• Huo Yuhao froze all seven members of Star Luo Team into ice sculptures, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed the possibility of facing Tai Tan in the future.
• Lin Fan explained that Huo Yuhao had twin martial souls and had drained his body to unleash the attack, and Lin Rui predicted he would collapse.
• Huo Yuhao passed out after his life energy fell to absolute freezing point.

Huo Yuhao’s ultimate ice defeated the Star Luo Team but left him unconscious, while Xu Jiawei worried about Shrek’s prospects in the tournament. At the Fanrui Chamber of Commerce, Lin Fan caught Cheng Gang trying to steal the God-Sealing Platform and had the Evil Emperor kill him; Xu Jiawei received Cheng Gang’s head in an auction invitation box.

• Huo Yuhao froze all seven members of the Star Luo Team with ultimate ice and passed out, and Wang Yan celebrated Shrek’s victory.
• Xu Jiawei ordered rescuers to save Huo Yuhao, his younger sister, and the frozen Star Luo team members, then worried that Shrek could not defeat the Sun Moon Team.
• Lin Fan sensed a hidden pursuer at the Fanrui Chamber of Commerce and let Cheng Gang follow him into his office.
• Cheng Gang grabbed Lin Fan and demanded the God-Sealing Platform and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, but the Evil Emperor severed Cheng Gang’s arm and restrained him.
• Lin Fan ordered the Evil Emperor to kill Cheng Gang and take his body away without spilling blood in the office.
• Xu Jiawei opened a box delivered with the Fanrui Chamber of Commerce’s auction invitation and found Cheng Gang’s head inside.