Recaps

Shrek endured Bella Academy’s provocations at the tournament rather than risk a fight, then learned they would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team in the opening match. Confident they could defeat Li Pu’s side quickly, Shrek prepared to take the stage.

• Bella Academy students taunted and shoved Dai Mubai, but Zhu Zhuyun and the others restrained him to avoid disqualification and protect their plans for the Star Luo Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi watched Shrek’s restraint with disappointment as Frost Archer Douluo displayed three Soul Bones at the tournament’s opening ceremony.
• Frost Archer Douluo drew Shrek Academy as Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team’s opponent for the day’s sole match, prompting the crowd to mock Shrek.
• Shrek planned to defeat the Second Team within a minute and stop them from advancing, while Ma Hongjun argued that Li Pu’s Blue Silver Grass tricks would not help him in the match.

Shrek Academy faced Heaven Dou Second Team in the tournament, where Tang San and his former companions confronted Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang. The match began with the teams releasing their Martial Souls, and Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang stunned everyone by revealing black Soul Rings and Soul King strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused Tang San and the others’ appeals to rejoin them, saying she had chosen a different life.
• Du Sifang accused Tang San’s group of trying to steal his External Soul Bone and kill him, and the two teams traded insults and threats.
• The host started the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls.
• The spectators saw that Zhu Zhuqing had two black Soul Rings and Du Sifang had two black Soul Rings, while both had five Soul Rings in total.
• Tang San’s team accused Du Sifang of using the Eight Spider Lances’ devouring ability to advance so quickly.

Du Sifang denied Tang San’s accusation that he had devoured people to reach Soul King, while Zhu Zhuqing condemned Tang San and Dai Mubai for their behavior. When the tournament match began, Zhu Zhuqing knocked Tang San unconscious within seconds, and Yu Tianheng took command as Xiao Wu attacked her with Charm.

• Du Sifang explained that he had advanced through an Immortal Herb and hard cultivation, not by using his Eight Spider Lances to devour people.
• Tang San accused Du Sifang of devouring people, and Zhu Zhuqing called out Tang San’s hypocrisy while Dai Mubai threatened her.
• Emperor Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Platinum Bishop Salas discussed the teams and watched the match begin.
• Zhu Zhuqing swiftly struck Tang San on the back of the head and knocked him unconscious.
• Yu Tianheng took command and ordered Xiao Wu to use Charm on Zhu Zhuqing, who said the attack would not work on her.

Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang quickly overwhelmed the opposing team, with Du Sifang revealing his Vajra Indestructible Virgin Body. Yu Tianheng refused to surrender and fought on, while Zhu Zhuqing pursued the last opponents in the air.

• Zhu Zhuqing knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, while Du Sifang used Kun Mountain Lean and Vajra Indestructible Virgin Body to send Dai Mubai flying.
• Du Sifang explained that his boss had taught him the Self-Created Soul Skill, prompting envy among the watching Spirit Masters.
• Yu Tianheng transformed his arms with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and challenged Du Sifang rather than surrendering.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhu Zhuyun and then took Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage before kicking him out of the ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing ate the sausage, gained the ability to fly, and pursued Ma Hongjun in midair.

The Imperial Dou Second Team defeated Shrek Academy in a record-breaking twenty-seven-second match, with Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang swiftly incapacitating the opposing leaders. The victory left rival teams wary of their ruthless fighting style and Shrek’s members stunned by their defeat.

• Zhu Zhuqing stole Oscar’s Mushroom Sausage, flew after Ma Hongjun, and knocked him unconscious out of bounds.
• Du Sifang’s Kun Mountain Lean shattered Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Armor and sent him off the platform, securing the Imperial Dou Second Team’s victory.
• The host announced the twenty-seven-second win as the fastest match in the tournament’s history, and rival teams watched the victors with apprehension.
• Salas, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s speed and precision and Du Sifang’s formidable defense.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng recovered from the defeat, while the arena continued to discuss the Imperial Dou Second Team’s overwhelming performance.

Shrek suffered a humiliating twenty-seven-second defeat in the Spirit Master Tournament, and Tang San blamed his teammates afterward. Ning Rongrong challenged his leadership and left the group, while Yu Xiaogang spiraled into despair.

• Shrek lost to the Imperial Dou Second Team in twenty-seven seconds, with Tang San knocked unconscious before he could act.
• Back in the lounge, Tang San called his teammates useless, and Ning Rongrong confronted him over his failed plans and their ineffective Soul Skills.
• Ning Rongrong left Shrek, deciding she would no longer risk her future by staying with Tang San and the others.
• Flender remained silent as the defeated team struggled to respond, while Yu Xiaogang muttered about everyone following the Way of Seeking Death.

After Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang crushed Shrek in twenty-seven seconds, Li Pu praised their achievements and sent Du Sifang to compete alone for the Body Sect. As the Shrek team left the arena, Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang thanked Li Pu, who praised their hard work and their victory over Shrek.
• Qian Renxue and Liangliang celebrated the humiliation of Shrek while Li Pu soothed Pachi, his newly formed Martial Soul.
• Li Pu told Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang they could skip the rest of the Preliminary Tournament, but invited Du Sifang to compete alone and make the Body Sect known.
• Li Pu urged them not to hold back if they faced Shrek again, and Pachi growled at the mention of Tang San.
• The jeered Shrek team left the Great Soul Arena and encountered Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang at the back gate.
• Dai Mubai rushed toward Zhu Zhuqing and demanded to know what she was trying to do.

Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai and Tang San for exploiting and abandoning their friends in both lives, then left with Du Sifang after Tang San tried to attack her. Tang San suppressed his killing intent to avoid disqualification and vowed revenge.

• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s apology, saying she wanted to live for herself after years of sacrifice and neglect.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Tang San of treating his friends as tools, abandoning them after ascending, and harming allies to strengthen himself.
• Tang San lost his temper and prepared to attack Zhu Zhuqing, but Du Sifang stepped between them and activated his Vajra Indestructible Soul Skill.
• Yu Tianheng stopped Tang San and reminded him that fighting at the Great Soul Arena entrance could disqualify him and ruin his plans.
• Zhu Zhuqing left with Du Sifang, and Tang San vowed to repay her for humiliating him.

News of the Imperial Dou Second Team defeating Shrek Academy in twenty-seven seconds spread across the continent, alarming the Star Luo Empire and drawing the sects’ attention to Du Sifang’s Body Martial Soul. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong treated the result as the start of Li Pu’s plan to break Tang San’s confidence.

• Reports of Shrek Academy’s defeat reached cities across the Heaven Dou Empire, where Spirit Masters debated the two Soul Kings and Du Sifang’s defense.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered an investigation into Zhu Zhuqing’s growth and Du Sifang, while Zhu Zhuqing’s father trembled over the report.
• Sects headed for Heaven Dou City to see Du Sifang, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan reacted in silence to Yu Tianheng’s defeat.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Shrek Academy’s loss as inevitable, and Chrysanthemum Douluo praised Li Pu for crushing Tang San and the others’ pride.
• Bibi Dong anticipated that Li Pu would continue dismantling Tang San’s confidence as the tournament went on.

Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi ended the sect’s support for Shrek and welcomed her home. At Shrek, Tang San’s humiliation and the team’s collapse drove him toward a new, chilling plan involving Xiao Wu.

• Ning Rongrong apologized to Ning Fengzhi, who blamed himself for trusting Tang San and ended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s investments in Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong accepted her father’s decision to leave Shrek, and Ning Fengzhi said Uncle Sword had recalled the sect’s guards from the academy.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun demanded a plan after the defeat and Ning Rongrong’s departure, while Oscar, Zhu Zhuyun, and Yu Tianheng privately despaired or questioned their loyalties.
• Tang San dismissed the defeat as a fluke and vowed to make Zhu Zhuqing and Du Sifang pay, while Yu Tianheng doubted that Tang San could lead them to godhood.
• Yu Xiaogang wandered into the lounge babbling about his failed theories, and Tang San regarded him with disgust and considered dealing with him.
• Tang San embraced Xiao Wu as she comforted him, but privately planned to revive her after becoming a god and let Soul Power stir at his fingertips.

Shrek Academy faced Nebula Academy in the fourth round of the Preliminary Tournament, but Nebula’s seven-member fusion skill overwhelmed them. The match ended with Shrek defeated and badly injured, leaving Tang San as the only one still conscious.

• Before the match, Tang San planned Shrek’s strategy despite Yu Tianheng’s doubts and the team’s dwindling trust in him.
• Nebula captain Xing Yuan challenged Shrek, and both teams released their Martial Souls at the start of the match.
• Nebula Academy combined its seven star-attribute Martial Souls into the Seven-in-One Soul Power Fusion Skill, Starfall Heavens.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and the Shrek members’ attacks failed to stop the phantom star from crashing down on them.
• The attack left Shrek’s members unconscious and grievously wounded, while Tang San survived after shielding Xiao Wu.
• The host declared Nebula Academy the winner after a match lasting less than a minute and a half.

After Shrek Academy’s team returned badly injured from their defeat by Nebula Academy, Tang San revealed his strength was not as diminished as he had pretended and proposed sacrificing Xiao Wu to gain her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. He persuaded Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to support the plan by promising to revive Xiao Wu and lead them to godhood.

• Xiao Wu tended Tang San’s injuries, but after she left to fetch hot water, his tender expression gave way to a cold, calculating one.
• Tang San dismissed the idea of pursuing victory through normal matches and said he needed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone to take control and reach godhood.
• Tang San identified Xiao Wu as their source and planned to feign near-death so she would sacrifice herself to save him.
• Tang San promised to bring Xiao Wu back to life and used Dai Mubai’s desire for his throne, Oscar’s hope of reuniting with Ning Rongrong, and their shared ambition for godhood to win their support.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and finally Dai Mubai agreed to join Tang San’s plan.

Tang San feigned a fatal decline to manipulate Xiao Wu into sacrificing herself, then absorbed her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone to heal and grow stronger. Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun heard the sacrifice from outside the room and fell silent.

• Tang San reassured Xiao Wu while secretly worsening his injuries by shattering his own meridians with the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Xiao Wu watched Tang San deteriorate and, believing he was near death, decided to sacrifice herself to save him.
• Xiao Wu offered her life, soul, Soul Ring, and Soul Bone to Tang San, and the sacrifice repaired his injuries and restored his Soul Power.
• Tang San absorbed Xiao Wu's power and gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then smiled as he realized his gamble had succeeded.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun listened outside the room and remained silent after hearing Xiao Wu's sacrifice.

Li Pu learned that Tang San had pushed himself to the brink of death so Xiao Wu would willingly sacrifice herself, granting him a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and raising him to Soul King. Li Pu recognized Tang San as a dangerous opponent but resolved to meet his challenge, believing the sacrifice had only begun Tang San’s downfall.

• Snake Lance Douluo told Li Pu that Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself for Tang San at Shrek Academy.
• Snake Lance Douluo reported that Tang San emerged from seclusion at level fifty-three with a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong reacted with shock at Tang San’s willingness to risk his life and scheme against Xiao Wu.
• Li Pu considered Tang San’s new strength and resolve, then declared that Xiao Wu’s sacrifice would not let him turn the situation around.
• Li Pu told Snake Lance Douluo that he would play along with Tang San and predicted Tang San’s descent into the abyss.

After Xiao Wu’s Sacrifice, Tang San concealed her fate and took charge of Shrek Academy’s matches from the sidelines. Shrek began winning under his direction, but the team remained a target of public ridicule.

• Tang San made Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun agree to claim Xiao Wu had been sent away to recover, while he hid her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Tang San refused to compete and persuaded the others to follow his instructions so they could keep pursuing godhood and revenge against Li Pu.
• Shrek Academy returned to the tournament without Tang San or Xiao Wu and faced loud boos from the crowd.
• Tang San directed the match against Thunder Academy through communicators, helping the weakened Shrek team scrape out a win.
• Shrek continued its winning streak, but audiences still regarded the team as the tournament’s biggest joke.

Shrek Academy kept winning through the Preliminary Tournament but became a laughingstock for its tactics and Yu Xiaogang’s erratic behavior, while Tang San remained confident that his hidden strength would secure his rise. Li Pu ordered the other academies to let Shrek qualify so he could crush Tang San’s hopes later, and the qualifying tournament was about to begin.

• Shrek Academy narrowly defeated several opponents with traps and borrowed techniques, drawing boos for its dirty tactics.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted and behaved erratically at Shrek’s matches, worsening the team’s humiliation.
• Yu Tianheng questioned whether following Tang San could truly help him become a god, while Tang San privately dismissed Yu Xiaogang as useless.
• Li Pu recognized Tang San’s plan to reveal his hidden Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring at the finals and ordered Snake Lance Douluo to tell the other academies not to take Shrek’s qualifying spot.
• Tang San saw Shrek safely placed among the qualifiers and prepared for the qualifying tournament, unaware that Li Pu intended to let him win before defeating him.

After Shrek Academy qualified for the tournament finals amid public ridicule, Tang San decided to forfeit and leave Heaven Dou City to pursue the resources and inheritances he needed to become a god. Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuyun refused to follow him, while Tang San led the others toward a meeting with Tang Xiao outside the city.

• Shrek Academy advanced to the finals in tenth place, but Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar endured boos and questioned whether the team should continue competing.
• Tang San declared that the team would quit the tournament and said they needed to leave Heaven Dou City to escape their enemies' schemes and pursue the path to godhood.
• Tang San told the group they would first seek refuge with the Clear Sky Sect, then visit Slaughter City, Star Dou Forest, and Sea God Island.
• Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuyun declined to join Tang San, and Zhu Zhuyun ended her relationship with Dai Mubai.
• Tang San ordered the remaining group to leave that night, and Tang Xiao waited for them in Black Pine Forest thirty miles outside Heaven Dou City.

Tang San abandoned the Spirit Master Tournament and fled Heaven Dou City with Tang Xiao and the Shrek group, seeking refuge and resources at the Clear Sky Sect. Li Pu praised his decision and resolved to challenge him there rather than pursue and kill him on the road.

• Tang San told Tang Xiao that Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself for him and asked to leave the tournament for the Clear Sky Sect’s help.
• Tang Xiao agreed to take Tang San and the others back to the sect, promising access to its resources as they departed through the night.
• Snake Lance Douluo reported to Qian Renxue and Li Pu that Tang San, Tang Xiao, and the Shrek group had left Heaven Dou City for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Li Pu explained that leaving Heaven Dou City freed Tang San from his plans and gave him a chance to regain strength, so he would let Tang San return and face him as an opponent.

Tang San persuaded Tang Xiao to present him to the Clear Sky Sect as his biological son so he could gain the sect’s protection and help restore its standing. After Tang Xiao brought him and his companions to the sect, the elders recognized Tang Hao’s bloodline in Tang San and confronted them.

• Tang San convinced Tang Xiao that posing as his illegitimate son was necessary to enter the sect and promised to reveal his true identity after restoring its glory.
• Tang Xiao agreed to claim Tang San as his biological son, and Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun accepted the plan as their best chance to find shelter and train.
• Tang Xiao led the group east for three days to the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden stronghold on the Fifth Peak.
• The group entered the sect and saw its imposing halls and sparse, dispirited disciples.
• In the Sect Master Hall, the First and Second Elders challenged Tang Xiao for bringing outsiders inside.
• The Second Elder sensed Tang Hao’s bloodline in Tang San, accused him of being Tang Hao’s bastard, and released his killing intent.

Tang Xiao claimed Tang San as his biological son before the Clear Sky Sect's elders, while Tang San denounced Tang Hao to overcome their suspicions. At the Inheritance Altar, Tang San's blood awakened the Clear Sky Hammer carving, and Tang Xiao declared him the sect's legitimate heir.

• The Second Elder accused Tang San of being Tang Hao's son, but Tang Xiao announced that Tang San was his own lost biological child.
• When the Second Elder demanded proof, Tang San described his mother as a deceased mountain woman and condemned Tang Hao as a sinner against the sect.
• Tang San agreed to prove his lineage by awakening the Clear Sky Hammer at the Inheritance Altar.
• Tang San's blood made the carving shine with golden light and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, confirming his direct Clear Sky Sect bloodline.
• The First Elder apologized to Tang Xiao, and the Second Elder's hostility toward Tang San faded.
• Tang Xiao recognized Tang San as his legitimate son and the Clear Sky Sect's future heir.

Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass exposed him to the Clear Sky Sect elders as a suspected descendant of Tang Hao, reigniting their fury and putting him and Tang Xiao in danger. Tang San revealed his Dragon-Pattern Blue Silver Grass and the Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline, leaving the elders stunned and unsure what to believe.

• The Sixth Elder noticed Tang San’s Plant-type Second Martial Soul, and the elders identified it as Blue Silver Grass linked to Ah Yin and Tang Hao.
• The Second and Third Elders accused Tang Xiao of deceiving the sect and demanded that Tang San be seized and killed under sect rules.
• Tang Xiao panicked as the elders’ combined pressure crushed Dai Mubai and the others to the ground.
• Tang San calmly denied that his Second Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor and released pale-gold, dragon-patterned Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San revealed his Soul Rings and Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline, and the elders sensed its overwhelming Dragon Might instead of a Blue Silver Emperor aura.

Tang San convinced the Clear Sky Sect elders that his Dragon-Pattern Blue Silver Grass came from a beneficial mutation tied to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, dispelling their suspicions. Tang Xiao declared him the sect’s future young patriarch, and the elders pledged their obedience.

• Tang San claimed his mother was an illegitimate daughter of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan whose Martial Soul had mutated into Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Xiao supported Tang San’s story, saying he and Tang San’s mother had fallen in love and that her Martial Soul mutation resembled Yu Xiaogang’s.
• Tang San explained that his Martial Soul retained dragon bloodline and fused with a remnant of the Golden Sacred Dragon, then invited the elders to inspect it.
• The elders detected no Plant-type Soul Beast aura, apologized to Tang San, and praised his twin Martial Souls and hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tang Xiao named Tang San the Clear Sky Sect’s future young patriarch, and the seven elders bowed to him.

Tang San convinced the Clear Sky Sect elders that he had hunted the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit himself, concealing Xiao Wu’s sacrifice behind a fabricated tale. The elders fully approved him as Less Sect Master, opened the sect’s resources to him and his companions, and left Tang San privately pleased that his scheme had succeeded.

• The First and Second Elders questioned Tang San about the origin of his hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and warned him not to repeat Tang Hao’s mistakes.
• Tang San claimed he had killed a transformed Soft Bone Rabbit in Sunset Forest, presenting Xiao Wu’s willing sacrifice as an attempted ambush and his own heroic victory.
• The elders accepted Tang San’s account, apologized for doubting him, and praised his loyalty to humanity and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao reaffirmed Tang San’s access to the sect’s vault and authority over its elders and disciples.
• Tang San asked the sect to support Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, and the First Elder granted them access to cultivation resources.

Flender discovered that Tang San and the other Shrek students had vanished before the finals, leaving the academy empty, and he and Yu Xiaogang feared they had been abducted. They went to the palace to ask Xue Qinghe for help, where Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, received them.

• Flender found Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun's rooms empty and realized the students had left Shrek Academy.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San and the others had disappeared, and Yu Xiaogang insisted Spirit Hall had abducted them.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed after spitting blood, then awoke and urged Flender to seek help from the emperor.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang reached the palace and met Xue Qinghe, who was Qian Renxue in disguise.

Qian Renxue pretended to investigate the Shrek students’ disappearance while Flender and Yu Xiaogang waited in vain for news. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi explained that Tang San had returned to the Clear Sky Sect to escape Li Pu’s schemes, though he believed Tang San had only entered a larger trap.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang begged Qian Renxue to find the missing Shrek students, and she ordered a superficial search of Heaven Dou City.
• After Flender and Yu Xiaogang left, Qian Renxue and Li Pu mocked their belief that the students had been kidnapped.
• The City Defense Army posted a few notices and barely searched, while Yu Xiaogang’s madness worsened and Flender’s hair turned white as Shrek Academy collapsed.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that Tang San had withdrawn from the tournament and returned to the Clear Sky Sect for protection and time to absorb his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi said Tang San had merely moved from Li Pu’s smaller chessboard to a larger one and advised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stay out of their conflict.