Recaps

Flender’s pitch for the Shrek Monster Brand Plan was mocked, leaving him devastated until Ma Hongjun and the others promised they would help fulfill his dream. The group revealed that they had received the gods’ favor and named the godhoods they expected to inherit.

• Flender urged Li Pu and the others to invest in Shrek Academy, but they mocked his plan after he left the room.
• Flender overheard them comparing Shrek unfavorably with the Hall of Heroes and returned to Shrek in tears.
• Ma Hongjun comforted Flender and promised that the group would help fulfill his dream by becoming gods.
• Ma Hongjun revealed that the group had received the gods’ favor and could begin their God Trials after reaching Titled Douluo.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuyun, Yu Tianheng, and Oscar named the godhoods they had received or expected to inherit.

After the students claimed that gods had chosen them, Yu Dash and Flender became delirious with joy, imagining their disciples as gods. They regained their senses but still misunderstood how far away godhood was.

• Ma Hongjun said that the Fire God and Phoenix God had both chosen him, while Xiao Wu lamented that no god had chosen her.
• Yu Dash and Flender believed the students’ claims and imagined themselves as revered teachers of gods, then became delirious and started acting wildly.
• Xiao Wu slapped Yu Dash, who spat phlegm onto Tang San’s face, and Ma Hongjun slapped Flender; both men came back to their senses.
• Yu Dash asked Yu Tianheng where his Thunder God Set was, and Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai offered to slap him again.
• Yu Tianheng explained that the students were still Soul Elders and expected to reach Titled Douluo and begin their God Trials around age twenty-five.

Yu Dash and Flender encouraged Tang San and the Shrek team to pursue their claim that they could become Titled Douluo by twenty-five. Meanwhile, Li Pu reunited with Bibi Dong and gave her four special Soul Bone spines taken from Tang San.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun told Yu Dash that the Proclamation candidates could receive help from the Sea God Trial and become Titled Douluo before twenty-five.
• Yu Dash urged Tang San and the Shrek team not to give up, and they promised him and the teachers they would succeed.
• Li Pu considered how many Man Faced Demon Spiders Tang San and his friends would need to absorb before the Eight Spider Lances dropped.
• Bibi Dong visited Li Pu and explained that Spirit Hall kept her busy as its Pope.
• Li Pu invited Bibi Dong to stay and gave her four special Soul Bone spines he had taken from Tang San.

Li Pu explained the unusual External Soul Bone he gave Bibi Dong, then discussed their knowledge of the future and how it could help them change events. Bibi Dong accepted Li Pu’s challenge to handle the Spirit Master Tournament, a major opportunity to alter the story.

• Li Pu described unusual External Soul Bones, and Bibi Dong accepted the one he had given her.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Li Pu and her daughter had been getting along, and Li Pu said they mostly kept to themselves.
• Bibi Dong asked why Li Pu had kept his future knowledge from Shrek, and Li Pu said others had investigated the future themselves and were targeting Tang San.
• Li Pu urged Bibi Dong to treat the future as a guide and change the mistakes in its script.
• Li Pu left the Spirit Master Tournament to Bibi Dong, who vowed to do better than the future account had predicted.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue met with Li Pu in Heaven Dou City, then argued privately over Bibi Dong’s relationship with him. Bibi Dong insisted that she could choose Li Pu again and eventually form a new body, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Qian Renxue arrived while Bibi Dong and Li Pu were together, then invited them to a lavish hotel meal.
• Qian Renxue warned Li Pu to leave the room before confronting Bibi Dong about their relationship.
• Qian Renxue argued that Li Pu had been forced into the relationship and that Bibi Dong’s feelings came from an accident and a scheme in Hell.
• Bibi Dong slammed her palm through the table and accused Qian Renxue of trying to take Li Pu for herself.
• Bibi Dong said she could form a new body and challenged Qian Renxue’s objections about her past.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue argued over whether Li Pu would choose either of them, then began rebuilding their mother-daughter relationship with his help. As they walked afterward, Qian Renxue described how the Spirit Master Tournament could force Tang San’s team to kneel before the Pope.

• Bibi Dong insisted that Li Pu would eventually choose her, while Qian Renxue said he would choose no woman and listed the outstanding girls he had met.
• Li Pu returned to the private room, and Qian Renxue called Bibi Dong “Mom” before they began their meal together.
• After eating, Li Pu, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue walked along the street and discussed the tournament and Tang San.
• Qian Renxue said the simplest way to target Tang San’s team at the Spirit Master Tournament was to make them kneel.
• The Shrek Seven Devils stood instead of kneeling before the Pope, each for their own reasons, while Xiao Wu hid her hatred.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue planned to force Tang San’s group to kneel during the future Spirit Master Tournament, while they and Li Pu secretly followed the group into Sunset Forest. Ma Hongjun failed to obtain the Eight Spider Lances after absorbing a Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring, leaving Tang San to hope one of his other friends would get it.

• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue resolved to make kneeling part of the Spirit Master Tournament and save their plans for the finals.
• Li Pu, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue secretly followed the Shrek group, who were searching for a Man Faced Demon Spider to obtain the Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San urged Ma Hongjun to get the External Soul Bone for him, and Ma Hongjun tortured and killed a two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider before absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Ma Hongjun obtained no Soul Bone, and Tang San decided to wait for another friend to try.
• Yu Tianheng searched for a Dragon Faced Demon Spider to avoid wasting a Soul Ring slot, while Li Pu, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue discussed how difficult Soul Bones were to obtain.

Li Pu, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong left after discussing how a Spirit Master might obtain an External Soul Bone, then encountered Tang San’s group helping a Body Sect disciple hunt a Man Faced Demon Spider. The disciple began absorbing its Soul Ring while Tang San secretly hoped it would grant him the Eight Spider Lances, and Li Pu’s group watched nearby.

• Li Pu and Qian Renxue debated whether possessing all six major Soul Bones could improve the chance of obtaining an External Soul Bone, until Bibi Dong called them off topic.
• Li Pu, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong headed back, leaving Shrek’s group to wait for another chance to hunt a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Tang San trapped a two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider and returned it to Du Dadan, who introduced himself as a member of the Body Sect.
• Tang San offered to guard Du Sifang while he absorbed the spider’s Soul Ring, and Du Dadan accepted.
• Du Sifang began absorbing the Soul Ring as Tang San’s companions hoped the Eight Spider Lances would appear, while Li Pu and the others noticed the scene nearby.

Du Sifang struggled to absorb a Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring while Tang San and the Shrek companions watched for the Eight Spider Lances. He survived the ordeal, and eight purple appendages emerged from his back, leaving Tang San convinced his coveted External Soul Bone had appeared.

• Du Sifang began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring as Du Dadan worried that its power would overwhelm him.
• Tang San and the Shrek members urged Du Dadan not to interrupt, while Tang San ordered others to restrain him if necessary.
• Du Sifang endured intense pain as the Soul Ring’s energy battered his body, and Li Pu suggested the ordeal might trigger his Body Martial Soul’s Second Awakening.
• Du Sifang’s clothes tore as four bulges appeared on either side of his spine, then burst open to reveal eight rapidly growing purple objects.
• Tang San shouted that the Eight Spider Lances had appeared.

Tang San and the others demanded Du Sifang’s Eight Spider Lances, using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s power to pressure the Body Sect into surrendering it. As Du Sifang prepared to give it up, an unseen voice challenged him to resist.

• Tang San recognized the Eight Spider Lances on Du Sifang’s back and asked Du Dadan to hand over the External Soul Bone in exchange for compensation.
• Ning Rongrong explained the bone’s value, while Du Dadan realized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was threatening his family.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Yu Tianheng insisted that the strong could take what they wanted and demanded the Soul Bone.
• Du Sifang agreed to surrender the bone, and Du Dadan urged him to remember the humiliation and grow strong enough to take revenge.
• An unseen voice asked whether Du Sifang was really going to give up, prompting the group to search for its owner.

The Masked Squad confronted Tang San and the Shrek members over the External Soul Bone, mocking their threats and refusal to accept reality. After they continued demanding a fight and a bet, the Masked Squad released immense pressure and forced them to summon their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.

• The Masked Squad revealed themselves and faced the Shrek members, who recognized them as the thieves from the Star Dou Forest.
• Masked Li Pu and Masked Qian Renxue said they intended to take the External Soul Bone, while Tang San insisted on competing for it through a bet.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai threatened to retaliate in the future, but Ning Rongrong urged the group to leave and avoid provoking the Masked Squad.
• Tang San and the others refused to back down, so Masked Li Pu agreed to give them the confrontation they demanded.
• The Masked Squad unleashed immense pressure that forced Tang San, Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, Zhu Zhuyun, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong to summon their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.

Masked Li Pu and Masked Qian Renxue subdued the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect guards and forced Tang San and his companions to choose between surrendering the Eight Spider Lances and facing punishment. Tang San refused to yield, so Li Pu bound him with Blue Silver Emperor vines and began extracting his bloodline.

• Bibi Dong overwhelmed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect guards, and Masked Li Pu eased the pressure after they asked him to spare Ning Rongrong.
• Masked Qian Renxue mocked Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and the others, while Masked Li Pu suggested taking Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Ning Rongrong offered the Eight Spider Lances to save Tang San and his companions, but Tang San refused to give up the External Soul Bone.
• Ning Rongrong urged Tang San to yield for Xiao Wu's sake, and the others begged for mercy as Li Pu increased the pressure.
• Tang San continued to resist, so Masked Li Pu bound him with Blue Silver Emperor vines and cut his wrist to draw out his bloodline.

Masked Li Pu and his allies drained Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, stripped him of his possessions, and drove the Shrek Eight Monsters away. They then turned their attention to Du Dadan and Du Sifang, who were forced to surrender the External Soul Bone.

• Masked Li Pu drained Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, leaving his Blue Silver Grass a true Trash Martial Soul and ruining his appearance.
• Masked Li Pu took Tang San's Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and stripped him, while Ning Rongrong and the Shrek Eight Monsters could not stop him.
• Masked Li Pu, Masked Bibi Dong, and Masked Qian Renxue let the Shrek Eight Monsters leave, then teased them until they finally went on their way.
• Masked Li Pu called Du Dadan and Du Sifang over and told them to bow their heads rather than show resentment.
• Du Dadan offered to hand over the External Soul Bone, and Masked Li Pu said they would take it out and give it to him.

Masked Li Pu and his companions rescued Du Dadan and Du Sifang, then offered the Body Sect a path to prove the Body Martial Soul was not weak. Li Pu explained that it could undergo a Second Awakening, leaving the Body Sect eager to follow him while he considered whether Luo Sanpao could awaken in the same way.

• Masked Li Pu said he had no interest in the External Soul Bone, and Du Dadan thanked him and offered the Body Sect's support.
• Li Pu invited Du Dadan and Du Sifang to join his organization and promised to give their sect what it needed.
• Li Pu revealed that a Body Martial Soul could undergo a Second Awakening and cited Ghost Douluo as someone with a Body Martial Soul.
• Du Dadan explained that the Body Sect would recognize as its master whoever could free the Body Martial Soul from its reputation for weakness.
• Du Sifang knelt and pleaded with Li Pu to show the Body Sect a way forward, promising its loyalty across generations.
• Li Pu wondered whether Yu Xiaogang's Externalized Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, could also undergo a life-and-death awakening, and told Bibi Dong to wait.

Li Pu explained that a Body Martial Soul’s Second Awakening required pushing the body to the brink of death, and warned Du Sifang about the devouring power of his Eight Spider Lances. He proposed telling Yu Xiaogang about the method to see whether he had the courage to try it, then offered Du Dadan and Du Sifang help from awakened Body Martial Soul Spirit Masters at the nearby Hall of Heroes.

• Li Pu told Du Dadan and Du Sifang that Second Awakening was extremely dangerous, with fewer than one in ten surviving, and described it as being Born from Death.
• Li Pu explained that Du Sifang had nearly awakened while absorbing his Soul Ring and warned him not to misuse the devouring ability of his Eight Spider Lances.
• Li Pu suggested that some Externalized Martial Souls with their own awareness might awaken through similar limits, and Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue agreed to tell Yu Xiaogang and test his courage.
• Li Pu offered Du Dadan and Du Sifang advice from two Body Martial Soul Spirit Masters at the nearby Hall of Heroes, and the father and son realized who Li Pu and his companions were.

Du Dadan and Du Sifang joined the Hall of Heroes’ effort to help the Body Sect, where Li Pu appointed Liangliang as their instructor. After witnessing her Bronze Grade Second Awakening, Du Sifang swore to surpass her, leaving Li Pu wondering if he had met another Tang San.

• Du Dadan trusted Li Pu and followed him to the Hall of Heroes with Du Sifang, where they saw its small but highly capable group of Spirit Masters.
• Li Pu introduced Liangliang, whose Body Martial Soul had awakened in a Beast form, and explained that the Hall of Heroes had helped her achieve a Second Awakening after she survived Born from Death.
• Li Pu made Liangliang the Body Sect’s instructor and said its members could join the Hall of Heroes if they achieved Born from Death and awakened their Martial Souls a second time.
• Liangliang demonstrated her Bronze Grade Second Awakening and urged Du Dadan and Du Sifang to aim for a grade beyond Bronze.
• Du Sifang vowed to surpass Liangliang and kowtowed three times as her disciple, prompting Li Pu to compare him to Tang San.

After Du Sifang and Du Dadan thanked Li Pu for revealing the Body Martial Soul’s Secondary Awakening, Liangliang went with them to the Body Sect. Li Pu, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong then plotted to tempt Yu Xiaogang with the awakening method, while Li Pu wondered whether shapeshifting Soul Beasts could merge their Martial Souls with their bodies.

• Li Pu tested Du Sifang’s background, then accepted that his reverence came from his respect for teachers and the value of the Secondary Awakening method.
• Du Sifang and Du Dadan kowtowed to Li Pu, and Liangliang left with them to help strengthen the Body Sect.
• Qian Renxue wondered whether the Angel Martial Soul could merge with her body, while Bibi Dong dismissed the idea as wishful thinking.
• Li Pu and Qian Renxue planned to lure Yu Xiaogang into buying an ancient book containing the Secondary Awakening method, while Bibi Dong refused to meet him.
• Li Pu proposed testing whether a shapeshifting Soul Beast could merge its Martial Soul with its body, and the group considered finding a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

After Tang San returned from Sunset Forest stripped of his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and possessions, Yu Dash blamed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and was beaten by Ning Rongrong. Yu Dash learned that his allies knew his theories were stolen, leaving him screaming in humiliation.

• Tang San returned from Sunset Forest devastated after losing his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, Soul Tool, poisons, and Hidden Weapons.
• Yu Dash wept over Tang San, blamed Ning Rongrong's sect, and berated her for failing to protect him.
• Ning Rongrong punched Yu Dash and condemned him for freeloading and insulting her sect.
• Yu Dash crawled to Tang Hao for help, but Tang Hao kicked him aside and told him to get lost.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Yu Dash had stolen his theories from Spirit Hall, and Yu Dash realized the others had known all along.

Yu Dash fled in anguish after being called useless, then met the masked Li Pu, who offered him an ancient book said to help him open his Ren Du Meridians. Just as Yu Dash considered buying it, someone offered two Gold Soul Coins for the book.

• Yu Dash ran from Liu Erlong and the others, and Ning Rongrong convinced Liu Erlong that he needed time to calm down over Tang San.
• Yu Tianheng remembered that he had already told his uncle the secret to becoming a god and decided to talk to him about his obsession with Tang San.
• Yu Dash blamed Luo Sanpao for his weak cultivation and wandered among street vendors while trying to preserve his air of superiority.
• Li Pu praised Yu Dash as a rare genius and offered him an ancient book for two Copper Soul Coins, claiming it might help him open his Ren Du Meridians.
• An unidentified person interrupted Yu Dash and Li Pu by offering two Gold Soul Coins for the ancient book.

Qian Renxue disguised herself and baited Yu Dash into bidding against her for an ancient book, while Li Pu raised the stakes with a claim that it described Martial Soul Second Awakening. Yu Dash surrendered his Storage Soul Tool to win the book, leaving him convinced he had secured a way to change his fate.

• Qian Renxue disguised as a young nobleman offered two Gold Soul Coins for the ancient book, prompting Yu Dash to bid five.
• Li Pu claimed the book described a method for Martial Soul Second Awakening, and Yu Dash grew determined to buy it.
• Qian Renxue and Yu Dash raised their bids until Yu Dash offered a hundred and forty Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Renxue announced she could pay up to five hundred Gold Soul Coins, and Yu Dash revealed his Storage Soul Tool as payment.
• Qian Renxue conceded the book to Yu Dash, who celebrated his apparent victory.

Yu Dash learned that the ancient book’s path to a Martial Soul Second Awakening could cost his life or his sanity, and he refused to take the risk. Li Pu, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong then discussed Bibi Dong’s revenge and the possibility of combining Rakshasa and Asura powers.

• After someone dumped night soil on him, Yu Dash fled to his academy and discovered the foul smell came from the ancient book.
• Yu Dash read that awakening his Trash Martial Soul required seeking enlightenment through death, with death or madness as possible outcomes, and he rejected the method.
• Li Pu, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong watched Yu Dash refuse to risk himself, and Qian Renxue mocked Bibi Dong for once falling for him.
• Bibi Dong vowed revenge on the Asura God and Rakshasa God, and Li Pu suggested she might transform Rakshasa Divine Power into Asura Divine Power by controlling her emotions.
• Li Pu proposed that Bibi Dong consume Tang Chen and combine his Asura Divine Power with her Rakshasa Divine Power, and Bibi Dong agreed they could try fusing the powers into an Asura Angel.

Yu Dash discovered that absorbing his clansmen’s vital blood could restore his weakened Martial Soul, avoiding the dangerous Second Awakening method. He decided Liu Erlong and Flender could provide the blood he needed to create a Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, while planning to disguise the result as an awakening.

• Yu Dash found an ancient method that used clansmen’s vital blood to restore a mutated, weakened Martial Soul.
• Yu Dash realized his sect had been destroyed and its surviving members would not give him their vital blood.
• Yu Dash ruled out using Yu Tianheng’s blood because he hoped to benefit from his nephew’s future status.
• Yu Dash decided Liu Erlong would willingly provide her vital blood, which he could claim had enabled a Martial Soul Second Awakening.
• Yu Dash realized that combining Liu Erlong’s and Flender’s vital blood might let him obtain a Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, and laughed and cried over the idea.

Yu Dash dreamed of becoming a powerful Dragon God Douluo, while Li Pu predicted that Tang San and Dai Mubai would consider absorbing other people’s bloodlines to strengthen themselves. The chapter ended as Tang San formed a plan to use the Mysterious Heaven Skill to absorb bloodlines without becoming an Evil Soul Master.

• Yu Dash fell asleep dreaming that he had awakened the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and become the continent’s greatest genius.
• Li Pu told Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong that Yu Dash might try to evolve his Martial Soul by absorbing a partner’s blood essence, but Tang San would act first.
• Li Pu predicted that Tang San would seek powerful bloodlines to strengthen his Blue Silver Grass, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue questioned how he could combine it with dragon blood.
• Tang San lamented losing his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, and the Three Heroes of Shrek complained about their increasingly difficult lives.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that Tang San could absorb Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuyun wondered whether Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul had changed through bloodline absorption.
• Dai Mubai considered absorbing bloodlines himself, while Tang San devised a plan to use the Mysterious Heaven Skill to absorb them without becoming an Evil Soul Master.

Tang San decided to use bloodline essence to restore his Blue Silver Grass and persuaded the Shrek group that the method was acceptable. The chapter left Ning Rongrong pale after she was forced to donate a bowl of blood, which Tang San began refining.

• Tang San argued that absorbing another being’s essence was natural and said it could help restore his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Tang Rat offered to take Tang San to kill the Blue Silver King, but Tang San rejected the idea and proposed absorbing Chrysanthemum Douluo’s bloodline instead.
• Dai Mubai and the others identified Ning Rongrong as a better source because she still carried the medicinal power of the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal Herb.
• Tang San asked Ning Rongrong to help him, while Tang Rat and the others pressured her to agree.
• Ning Rongrong reluctantly donated a bowl of blood, nearly fainted, and watched Tang San begin refining it.

Tang San decided that Ning Rongrong’s blood could not restore his crippled Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and chose to seek Golden Sacred Dragon essence blood from Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender instead. Tang Rat objected, but Tang San insisted on pursuing the plan to strengthen himself.

• Tang San said Ning Rongrong’s blood had barely helped him and stopped Tang Hao from taking her essence blood.
• Tang Rat offered his own essence blood, while Yu Tianheng suggested combining Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer into hybrid Martial Souls.
• Tang San rejected the suggestions and proposed taking essence blood from Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender to obtain Golden Sacred Dragon Bloodline.
• Tang Rat objected because he felt the plan would make him green again, but Tang San said he had already made up his mind.