Recaps

Xiao Wu beat Ma Hongjun after he tried to molest her, and Li Han, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing reached Shrek Academy. They learned the academy demanded extraordinary talent from applicants, leaving them to face its strict entrance requirements.

• Xiao Wu used her Charm and Eight-Stage Throw to defeat Ma Hongjun, who had tried to molest her, while Li Han and Zhu Zhuqing watched.
• Oscar gave Ma Hongjun a Super Recovery Sausage, and Ma Hongjun said he planned to return to Shrek Academy to look for Xiao Wu.
• Li Han, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy and remarked on its shabby appearance.
• Li Yusong displayed his six soul rings and announced that applicants had to reach Soul Grandmaster before age thirteen with two hundred-year soul rings, prompting more than half the queue to leave.
• Xiao Wu expressed shock that the rundown academy demanded such high qualifications.

Li Han brought Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy, where their strength earned them an offer of admission and Zhao Wuji insisted they face his test. A system check-in granted Li Han the Azure Nether Needle Talisman Treasure, and the chapter ended with him challenging Zhao Wuji's unfair test.

• Li Yusong described Shrek Academy's staff and elite education, and Li Han urged Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to reveal their soul rings instead of completing the initial tests.
• Li Han, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing displayed Soul Elder strength, prompting Li Yusong to offer them admission without further testing.
• Zhao Wuji arrived and insisted the three students endure fifteen minutes of his attacks, revealing his level-seventy-six Powerful Vajra Bear Martial Soul.
• Li Han received the Azure Nether Needle Talisman Treasure through a system check-in with Li Huayuan.
• Li Han criticized Zhao Wuji for bullying children with an impossible test, and Zhao Wuji angrily challenged him to fight.

Li Han overwhelmed Zhao Wuji with his speed and strength during the Shrek Academy test, then shattered Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Wisdom King Body with Divine Lightning Chidori. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji’s defensive soul skill breaking apart.

• Li Han used Smoke-Drifting Steps to punch Zhao Wuji and send him flying.
• Zhao Wuji summoned the Powerful Vajra Bear and clashed fists with Li Han, but Li Han held his ground.
• Li Han launched a rapid barrage of punches, forcing Zhao Wuji to activate Immovable Wisdom King Body.
• Li Han used Divine Lightning Chidori to crack and shatter Zhao Wuji’s golden defense.

Li Han continued fighting Zhao Wuji after Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, using his Golden Thunder Bamboo’s first Soul Skill to overwhelm him with its immense size and weight. Zhao Wuji trapped Li Han with gravity and Position Tracking, but Li Han counterattacked with Extreme Thunder Prison and closed it around him.

• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar after Li Han’s lightning strike threatened to pierce his abdomen, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing worried as Li Han landed safely.
• Zhao Wuji admitted that using his seventh Soul Skill broke the rules, but Li Han attacked again and enlarged his Golden Thunder Bamboo with As-You-Will.
• Zhao Wuji caught the massive staff with his Martial Soul Avatar, then used his second Soul Skill to knock it aside and escape before it struck the ground.
• Li Han swept at Zhao Wuji with the enlarged staff, but Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement to weigh him down and Position Tracking to close in and punch him.
• Li Han bounced off a tree and charged back, then used Extreme Thunder Prison to trap Zhao Wuji and closed the prison around him with a shout.

Li Han defeated Zhao Wuji with his powerful third soul skill, then received the Blue Light Shield while Flender tried to recruit him to Shrek Academy. Flender threatened to attack if Li Han refused, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Li Han shattered Zhao Wuji's Martial Soul Avatar with Extreme Thunder Prison, leaving Zhao unconscious, and reassured Li Yusong that he would recover.
• Oscar fed Zhao Wuji a Super Recovery Sausage, while Ma Hongjun challenged Xiao Wu until Li Yusong stopped him.
• Li Han said he and his companions would leave, but Flender arrived and offered to forgive the conflict if they joined Shrek Academy.
• Li Han received the Blue Light Shield, a powerful water-attributed defensive ancient treasure.
• Flender threatened to bully Li Han with his strength if Li Han refused to join Shrek Academy.

Li Han defeated Flender after demonstrating the Golden Thunder Bamboo’s speed and power, then left with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. As Flender accepted that he could not keep Li Han at Shrek Academy, a hidden observer vowed to eliminate him as Tang San’s future obstacle.

• Li Han countered Flender’s flight with the extending Golden Thunder Bamboo and bamboo-leaf footwork, striking him twice and leaving Oscar and Ma Hongjun stunned.
• Li Han criticized Flender for trying to force talented students into Shrek Academy, and Flender defended his reasons for founding it.
• Li Han used “Shoot him down, God Spear!” to pierce Flender’s owl wing with the Golden Thunder Bamboo, making him fall into a crater.
• Li Han dismissed his Martial Soul and left with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while Flender let them go and sent Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Song to clean up.
• A hidden observer watched Li Han leave and resolved to kill him before he could become Tang San’s greatest obstacle.

Li Han told Xiao Wu he was a Soul Emperor and invited her to join him and Zhu Zhuqing on their way to Heaven Dou City. That night, Tang Hao arrived with killing intent, and Li Han prepared to face him.

• Xiao Wu questioned Li Han about his strength, and he revealed that he was a Soul Emperor whose soul skills concealed his cultivation.
• Li Han said he ran a general store in Heaven Dou City and offered to arrange Xiao Wu’s admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy alongside Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu worried Li Han might know she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and he reassured her that she was still his friend.
• Li Han sensed Tang Hao approaching with killing intent, set up an array, and told Silver Moon to protect Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing if a fight began.
• Tang Hao arrived at the campsite, and Li Han stepped in front of the two women to ask why he had come.
• Li Han received the Heaven-Supporting Demon Art after checking in with Man Huzi.

Tang Hao revealed that he had come to capture Xiao Wu for Tang San and kill Li Han before his talent could threaten his son. As Tang Hao prepared to attack, Xiao Wu stood between him and Li Han and threatened to kill herself if Tang Hao harmed Li Han.

• Tang Hao demanded that Xiao Wu come with him, revealing that he had recognized her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain forced Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to their knees, but Li Han countered it with his own Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang Hao realized Li Han had passed Slaughter City's trial and decided to kill or cripple him as well as capture Xiao Wu.
• Li Han identified Tang Hao and accused him of intending to make Xiao Wu Tang San's future Soul Ring; Tang Hao confirmed his identity and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Wu broke free of the domain's suppression, stood in front of Li Han, and threatened to kill herself unless Tang Hao spared him.

Xiao Wu threatened Tang Hao with her life to protect Li Han, but Li Han took the dagger and faced Tang Hao himself. He revealed his evolved Martial Soul and six black Soul Rings, and the chapter ended as Tang Hao unleashed his nine Soul Rings, including a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Xiao Wu pressed a dagger to her throat and demanded that Tang Hao spare Li Han.
• Li Han took the dagger from Xiao Wu and told her he would fight Tang Hao himself.
• Li Han summoned forty Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and confirmed that his Martial Soul had evolved from Golden Thunder Bamboo.
• Li Han revealed six black Soul Rings, shocking Tang Hao and Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao demanded Li Han's secret technique, then summoned all nine of his Soul Rings, including a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Tang Hao attacked Li Han after Xiao Wu doubted his account of Ah Yin’s sacrifice, and Li Han sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing away before facing him. Tang Hao’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer forced Li Han to defend and evade, and the chapter ended as Li Han concentrated his sword threads to break through Tang Hao’s hammer technique.

• Xiao Wu accused Tang Hao of killing Ah Yin, and Tang Hao flew into a rage and attacked her with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Han rescued Xiao Wu from Tang Hao’s strike and ordered Silver Moon and the Man Faced Demon Spider to take her and Zhu Zhuqing away.
• Tang Hao tried to pursue them, but Li Han blocked his way and taunted him for hiding from Spirit Hall in a remote village.
• Tang Hao struck Li Han, breaking his Body-Protecting Sword Shield and Mystic Armor Talisman before Li Han escaped with his Wind-Thunder Wings.
• Tang Hao unleashed his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Li Han wrapped him in layers of sword threads before concentrating their power to break through.

Li Han’s powerful sword skills forced Tang Hao to activate Clear Sky Avatar, but Tang Hao countered his sixth soul skill and prepared another crushing attack. Silver Moon left to support Li Han while Zhu Zhuqing comforted Xiao Wu, and the chapter ended with Tang Hao swinging his giant hammer at Li Han.

• Li Han shattered Tang Hao’s Soul Power barrier with Sword Qi into Threads, then used World Severance, but Tang Hao blocked it with Clear Sky Avatar and the backlash slightly injured Li Han.
• Silver Moon sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing away on the Man Faced Demon Spider and returned to help Li Han, while Xiao Wu worried that she had brought Li Han trouble.
• Tang Hao praised Li Han’s strength and vast Soul Power reserves, then said he had to kill him; Li Han declared he would defeat Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky Avatar again and brought his hundred-meter Clear Sky Hammer down toward Li Han.

Li Han used the Blue Light Shield to withstand Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Avatar, prompting Tang Hao to mistake it for a divine artifact and decide Li Han must die. Li Han and Silver Moon activated the perfected Inverted Five Elements Formation, trapping Tang Hao in shifting illusions that began to prey on his senses and grief over Ah Yin.

• Li Han blocked Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Avatar with the Blue Light Shield, though the shield was dimmed by the impact.
• Tang Hao concluded that Li Han had obtained a divine artifact and god’s inheritance, then resolved to kill him before he could become a god.
• Li Han enlisted Silver Moon to activate the Inverted Five Elements Formation and suppress Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang Hao was caught in the formation’s illusions, which shifted from a bamboo forest to flames, magma, and a black-water abyss.
• Tang Hao heard Ah Yin accuse him of failing to save her and saw her disappointed face in the black water.

Li Han attacked Tang Hao with the Azure Nether Needle Talisman Treasure while Tang Hao was trapped in the Inverted Five Elements Formation, but Tang Hao broke through the illusion with Ring Explosion and countered with the Great Sumeru Hammer. Their clash left the formation unstable and Li Han injured, with the battle still unresolved.

• Tang Hao saw illusions of Ah Yin and his own decline, then repeatedly attacked the Inverted Five Elements Formation with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Han decided to kill Tang Hao rather than flee and prepared the Azure Nether Needle Talisman Treasure while Silver Moon watched.
• Li Han opened a narrow gap in the formation and sent a rain of azure needles at Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao regained his senses, exploded his first three soul rings, and used his head soul bone to resist the formation as he tried to break free.
• Tang Hao broke through the illusion and exploded his fourth soul ring before unleashing the Great Sumeru Hammer against the Azure Nether Needles.
• The hammer and needles collided in a massive shockwave, leaving Li Han bleeding as the battle continued.

Li Han and Tang Hao continued their battle, each unleashing a final devastating attack. Silver Moon rescued the badly injured Li Han, while Tang Hao collapsed, believing he had killed him.

• Li Han restored his Soul Power with Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Liquid and prepared Silver Moon to attack Tang Hao when the chance arose.
• Tang Hao detonated his fifth soul ring, and Li Han countered by combining forty Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords into the Giant Sword Technique.
• Silver Moon tried to trap Tang Hao with the Green Immortal Pouch, but Tang Hao broke free by detonating his sixth soul ring, injuring Silver Moon.
• Li Han and Tang Hao's attacks collided; the Giant Sword shattered, and the Great Sumeru Hammer's remaining force sent Li Han flying with severe injuries.
• Silver Moon caught Li Han and carried him away, while Tang Hao collapsed and believed Li Han was dead.

After Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer nearly killed Li Han, Silver Moon used life force to heal him while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing watched over him. Li Han woke and took healing pills, while Silver Moon, exhausted from saving him, returned to the Spirit Beast Bag to rest.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing waited in the rain beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider for Li Han and Silver Moon to return.
• Silver Moon brought back the gravely injured Li Han and warned Xiao Wu not to touch him.
• Silver Moon used the Blue Silver Domain and Life Force Transfer, then spent her own life force to heal Li Han’s wounds.
• Li Han woke, asked Xiao Wu to give him two healing pills, and thanked Silver Moon for saving him.
• Silver Moon returned to the Spirit Beast Bag to rest, and Li Han began coughing again as he considered his injuries.

After Tang Hao’s attack left him gravely injured, Li Han dispersed his Soul Rings to restore his meridians and began rebuilding his cultivation. He and his companions headed for the Star Dou Great Forest, where they prepared to use Singular Velvet Sky Pills before hunting new Soul Rings.

• Li Han shattered his six Soul Rings and used their power to heal his meridians, reducing his Soul Power to level six.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to guard Li Han, then accepted his decision to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for new Soul Rings.
• Several days later, Li Han gave Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing Singular Velvet Sky Pills, and both began refining them.
• Li Han swallowed his own pill, which he expected to raise him ten levels and prepare him to hunt his first Soul Ring.

After Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing advanced to Soul Ancestor, Li Han encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to pursue a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring. Xiao Wu led them to a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger, where she and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to fight while Li Han stood by to intervene.

• Xiao Wu condensed her fourth soul ring and reached level forty-two, while Zhu Zhuqing promised to keep her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast secret.
• Li Han persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to attempt a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and chose a Ghost Tiger as her target.
• Xiao Wu led Li Han and Zhu Zhuqing through the Star Dou Great Forest directly to a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger.
• Li Han sealed off the area and released his Man Faced Demon Spider, then let Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing face the Ghost Tiger to test their strength.
• The Ghost Tiger sensed the danger and stared in terror at the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu coordinated their attacks to defeat the ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger. Li Han praised their teamwork, calling them natural partners.

• Zhu Zhuqing wounded the Ghost Tiger with her claws, and Xiao Wu launched it into the air with her Waist Bow.
• The Ghost Tiger retaliated with its tail and dark light bullets, but Xiao Wu protected Zhu Zhuqing with her Invincible Golden Body.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her twin swords to cut through the remaining light bullets and struck the Ghost Tiger, but hit only its Shadow Clone.
• Xiao Wu blocked the Ghost Tiger's claw with her Invincible Golden Body and called out an opening for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the real Ghost Tiger with Hell Sword Slash, cutting it in half and killing it.
• Li Han applauded Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu's coordination and praised them as natural partners.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger soul ring with help from Li Han’s Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead and gained the soul skill Netherworld Multiple Shadow Clone. After Li Han explained its potential uses, he prepared to take his own turn.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing cooperated to kill the ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger, and Li Han gave Zhu Zhuqing a pill to recover her Soul Power.
• Li Han lent Zhu Zhuqing his Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead to protect her from the soul shockwaves as she absorbed the Ghost Tiger’s soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the painful absorption and successfully became a Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her new skill, Netherworld Multiple Shadow Clone, created tangible clones that shared memories and divided her Soul Power.
• Li Han explained how Zhu Zhuqing could use the clones for combat, intelligence gathering, and training, then said it was his turn.

Li Han restored Silver Moon in the Blue Silver Forest by arranging a Spirit Gathering Formation, then set out with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to obtain a high-cultivation Lone Bamboo for his first soul ring. He raised a trapped ten-thousand-year Lone Bamboo to eighty thousand years and prepared to begin greenhouse cultivation.

• Li Han entered the Blue Silver Forest alone and used a Spirit Gathering Formation to help the Blue Silver King and the other Blue Silver Grass replenish Silver Moon's life force.
• Silver Moon awakened after about half an hour, and Li Han thanked the Blue Silver King before leaving with her.
• Li Han introduced Silver Moon as the weapon spirit of his Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then explained that they would seek a high-cultivation Lone Bamboo.
• With Xiao Wu leading the way, Li Han found a Lone Bamboo in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Li Han trapped a ten-thousand-year Lone Bamboo in the Inverted Five Elements Formation, and Silver Moon used Life Force Transfer to raise it to eighty thousand years.

Li Han absorbed an eighty-thousand-year Greenhouse Lone Bamboo soul ring and used its excess Soul Power to evolve his Lone Bamboo Sword Bone into a hundred-thousand-year soul bone. He reached Soul Power Level nineteen and realized that future same-kind soul rings might also enhance his other soul bones.

• Li Han pierced the eighty-thousand-year Greenhouse Lone Bamboo with a Blood Spirit Drill and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Silver Moon explained how Li Han's Life Force Transfer skill let plant-type Soul Beasts grow rapidly, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing watched in shock.
• Li Han channeled excess Soul Power into his same-origin Lone Bamboo Sword Bone, which evolved from sixty thousand years to a hundred thousand years.
• Li Han fused the evolved torso soul bone back into his body, strengthening its Ten Thousand Swords Art skill, then used the remaining Soul Power to cultivate the Heaven-Supporting Demon Art.
• Li Han absorbed the eighty-thousand-year soul ring as his first ring and rose to Soul Power Level nineteen, concluding that future soul rings might strengthen his other soul bones as well.

Li Han reached level nineteen after cultivating, and Xiao Wu prepared to visit Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest. Before she left, Li Han gave her Sound Transmission Talismans so she could contact him from afar.

• Silver Moon congratulated Li Han on reaching level nineteen, and Li Han planned to find an eighty-five-thousand-year Chameleon Vine before seeking his second soul ring.
• Li Han noticed Xiao Wu missed home and told her she could visit Da Ming and Er Ming while he continued cultivating.
• Xiao Wu asked Li Han to forge her a weapon, and he agreed to consider making one after his cultivation recovered.
• Li Han gave Xiao Wu seven Sound Transmission Talismans and explained how they could carry her voice across long distances.
• Xiao Wu headed toward the core region, excited to see Da Ming and Er Ming again.

After absorbing an eighty-five-thousand-year Chameleon Vine, Li Han broke through to rank thirty and evolved his second Soul Skill, Thousand Transformations, so it could perfectly imitate martial souls and their abilities. He and Zhu Zhuqing set off for Purple Thunder Canyon to seek a ninety-thousand-year Purple Thunder Roc, but Li Han sensed a group of familiar people chasing a soul beast ahead.

• Li Han absorbed the Chameleon Vine’s Soul Ring, reached rank thirty, and lamented that it had not yielded a Soul Bone.
• Li Han demonstrated his evolved Thousand Transformations by imitating the Clear Sky Hammer and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat and Soul Skill.
• Li Han and Zhu Zhuqing headed toward Purple Thunder Canyon to find the ninety-thousand-year Purple Thunder Roc Xiao Wu had directed them to.
• Li Han gave Zhu Zhuqing a Godly Travel Talisman, and they used the talismans to speed up their journey.
• Li Han sensed several familiar people ahead who were chasing a soul beast.

Li Han disguised himself as Li Feiyu and intervened when Zhao Wuji’s group disputed a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran. Meng Yiran recognized him and embraced him, leaving Li Han asking her to let go while she feared he would disappear again.

• Li Han sent Zhu Zhuqing ahead, disguised himself as Li Feiyu, and headed toward the confrontation.
• Zhao Wuji argued that his group had the right to keep the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, while Chao Tianxiang defended Meng Yiran’s claim.
• Zhao Wuji introduced Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, and the groups argued over who should fight Meng Yiran for the soul ring.
• Li Han appeared with the Gold-Devouring Thunder Spear and offered to fight in Meng Yiran’s place.
• Meng Yiran recognized Li Han, hugged him from behind, and accused him of leaving without returning; Li Han asked her to let go, but she refused.

Li Han reunited with Meng Yiran and agreed to a two-on-two Soul Fight against Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. After Meng Yiran held her own against Ma Hongjun, Li Han defeated both opponents, leaving his team victorious.

• Meng Yiran recognized Li Han, clung to him, and insisted that he not leave again.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed a two-on-two Soul Fight, and Zhao Wuji accepted on behalf of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Meng Yiran chose Plan Nine and split Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line with her Snake Blade.
• Meng Yiran defended herself against Ma Hongjun but could not block Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Li Han shattered Dai Mubai’s attack with his Gold-Devouring Thunder Spear, then sent Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai flying with his spear technique.