Chapter Summaries

Mu Ye processed the Deep Sea Demon Whale and invited Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena to eat a nourishing soup, while Bai Yuan prepared for Dragon Valley and Gu Yuena began a secret operation to seize Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King power. The chapter ended with Mu Ye telling the two to take off their clothes before eating.

• Mu Ye used his precision preservation device and Little Red's auxiliary arms to process the Deep Sea Demon Whale, while Bai Yuan helped carry the materials.
• Bai Yuan noticed Gu Yuena's unusual silence as they returned to the ship, but she gave no explanation when he asked what she was thinking.
• Bai Yuan returned to his room to prepare for entering Dragon Valley and review the powers he had used in battle.
• Gu Yuena called an encrypted channel and ordered her operation to begin at any cost, then reaffirmed her plan to devour Tang Wulin and seize the Golden Dragon King's power.
• Mu Ye prepared a huge pot of nourishing soup and summoned Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena to his room.
• When Bai Yuan questioned how they would eat such a large pot of soup, Mu Ye told him and Gu Yuena to take off their clothes.

Mu Ye had Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena soak separately in a precious medicinal brew, then subjected them to an intense training plan during the voyage to the Star Luo Continent. As the ship neared Star Luo waters, Sea Soul Beasts prepared to attack it.

• Mu Ye clarified that Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena would soak in separate pots, and the two gained strength from the medicinal brew.
• Mu Ye began drafting a new cultivation plan for Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena, then reflected on his hopes for the Body Sect and his disciple A Ruheng.
• During the voyage, Mu Ye gave Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena an exhausting training schedule that improved their combat abilities and secondary professions.
• Sea Soul Beasts watching the ship decided to attack before it reached Star Luo waters and gained support.

As the Star Luo approached its destination, Gu Yuena, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui each found reasons to stay close to Bai Yuan. Bai Yuan sensed an approaching threat at sea, and the ship came under attack by a school of Demon Soul Great White Sharks and a much larger creature beneath the water.

• Gu Yuena told Bai Yuan she planned to leave the team briefly upon reaching Star Luo, and he reminded her to bring back local specialties.
• Ye Xinglan approached Bai Yuan to discuss her sword practice, while Gu Yuena teased him about attracting girls and Yuanen Yehui also came near.
• Bai Yuan sensed hostile auras rising from the sea and watched as the waters around the Star Luo darkened.
• A water column struck the ship's Soul Guide Shield, and an alarm warned the delegation of a Sea Soul Beast attack.
• More than a hundred great white sharks surrounded the ship, and Gu Yuena identified them as Demon Soul Great White Sharks and called them traitors.
• Shrek's students prepared for battle as a huge shadow appeared beneath the water, several times larger than the sharks.

Two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts led a sea encirclement of the Star Luo, and Red Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi revealed his Three-Word Battle Armor and struck back. As the fight escalated, the Title Douluo detected a third Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Bai Yuan recognized that the disturbance came from Soul Beasts stronger than Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and urged the crew to call the teachers.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark King and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Ice-Armor Dragon surfaced with other Sea Soul Beasts and threatened the Star Luo.
• Red Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi and four other Title Douluo formed a barrier, while the two Soul Beast leaders discussed attacking because the terrifying aura they had sensed before was absent.
• Zhuo Shi activated his Three-Word Battle Armor, causing the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to reconsider their plan as their escape route narrowed.
• Zhuo Shi used Red Dragon Quakes the Sea to blast away the approaching Sea Soul Beasts and tear open their encirclement.
• The other Title Douluo sensed a third Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast nearby.

Bai Yuan rallied the Shrek disciples against a coordinated ambush by four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and led them in turning back the attacking Sea Soul Beasts. The two Sea Soul Beast commanders recognized Bai Yuan as the humans’ leader and decided to target him.

• The Dark Demon Octopus Emperor and Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor ambushed the ship while Zhuo Shi was lured away and blocked from returning.
• Bai Yuan ordered the younger students to retreat and led the upperclassmen into a defensive formation as Sea Soul Beasts battered the ship’s shield.
• Bai Yuan summoned the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while Gu Yuena, Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, Tang Wulin, and Xu Lizhi supported the defense.
• Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Golden Light Array restrained approaching Sea Soul Beasts, allowing the Soul Masters to attack and inflict devastating losses.
• The Sea Soul Beast commanders identified Bai Yuan as the humans’ leader and decided to kill him first.

Bai Yuan fought through the Sea Soul Beasts with his Core Flame Domain, but the Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor launched a hidden attack and then challenged him directly. Bai Yuan wounded the beast before Mu Ye intervened, leaving the battle in his hands.

• Bai Yuan's Core Flame Domain drained the life force of the Sea Soul Beasts as Tang Wulin, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Gu Yuena moved to help him.
• The Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor attacked Bai Yuan with its hidden eighth head, but a golden-red beam deflected the strike and grazed his shoulder.
• Bai Yuan activated his battle armor and domains, then struck the Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor with a combination attack of Destruction and space.
• The Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor prepared its Ice Soul Heaven and Earth breath, but Mu Ye shattered it with a dark golden beam and came to Bai Yuan's aid.

Mu Ye rescued Bai Yuan and used his Four-Word Battle Armor to overpower the Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor, turning the tide of the sea battle. As other Sea Soul Beasts retreated and fed on the serpent’s remains, Gu Yuena vowed to slaughter them all.

• Mu Ye appeared in Four-Word Battle Armor and seized the Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor, swinging it through the waves.
• Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Gu Yuena checked on Bai Yuan, who said he was recovering.
• Mu Ye battered the Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor until it was too weak to fight, while Bai Yuan watched and wondered about the strength of top battle armor masters.
• Mu Ye crushed the serpent’s final head and warned the Dark Demon Octopus Emperor and other retreating Soul Beasts to flee.
• Smaller Sea Soul Beasts tore into the Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor’s remains, and Gu Yuena vowed to slaughter every last one of them.

Mu Ye used his Four-Word Battle Armor and god-grade Mecha to drive off the Sea Soul Beasts attacking the ship, while Bai Yuan’s returning pressure helped stop their assault. After the danger passed, Mu Ye arranged to share the spoils with Zhuo Shi so he could use them to support Bai Yuan’s cultivation.

• Mu Ye transformed Little Red into a blood-red saber and confronted the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, the Sea Ice-Armor Dragon, and the Octopus King.
• The three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts decided Mu Ye was too powerful to fight and tried to retreat while an undercurrent swept smaller beasts toward the ship.
• Bai Yuan’s pressure stopped the Sea Soul Beasts, and the Dark Demon Octopus Emperor covered their escape with black smoke as they fled into the deep sea.
• Zhuo Shi thanked Mu Ye for helping avert disaster, and the two agreed to split the Soul Beast corpses and Soul Rings fifty-fifty.
• Mu Ye planned to use the collected resources for Bai Yuan’s cultivation and wondered what kind of soup to prepare from the remaining Eight-Headed Sea Snake Emperor materials.

Mu Ye gave Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena the Sea Snake Emperor, and Bai Yuan arranged to have it made into a soul spirit despite political complications at the Star Luo branch. After reaching Star Luo Continent by ship and boarding a train to Star Luo City, Bai Yuan sensed an unfamiliar presence and anticipated an attack.

• Mu Ye gave Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena the hundred-thousand-year Sea Snake Emperor, and Gu Yuena revealed she wanted it for her own purposes.
• Bai Yuan questioned the Sea Snake Emperor about its mysterious master, but it claimed to know nothing before shouting its devotion to the Sea God.
• Bai Yuan proposed sending the Sea Snake Emperor to the Star Luo branch to become a soul spirit, and Mu Ye warned that Qiangu ally Zhang Geyang controlled the branch.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena traveled by steamship to Star Luo Continent and boarded a soul guidance train to Star Luo City.
• Bai Yuan sensed an unfamiliar aura outside the train and warned that trouble was coming, while Gu Yuena asked what he meant.

Bai Yuan sensed an attack on the delegation’s train and warned Mu Ye, prompting Zhuo Shi to raise the alert. When Evil Soul Masters attacked, the train’s defenses held and Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena prepared to fight, leaving the story as the attackers’ target became clear.

• Bai Yuan sensed a hostile aura outside and told Mu Ye, who alerted Zhuo Shi.
• Zhuo Shi ordered maximum alert, and Bai Yuan warned Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to stay together while he went to help.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena saw a mecha brigade bearing green skulls approach the train.
• The Evil Soul Masters attacked, but the train’s activated barrier blocked their explosives and the passengers remained orderly.
• Bai Yuan and Zhuo Shi saw the Star Luo mechas engage the attackers, and Bai Yuan concluded the enemy was targeting them.

Evil Soul Master mechas ambushed the Douluo Envoy Mission’s special train, and Shrek’s teachers and students fought back to protect the passengers. As the battle continued, Bai Yuan prepared to end it while a distant crimson light gathered.

• Evil Soul Master mechas attacked the train with soul-guided rays, damaging its shield and setting a rear carriage ablaze.
• The Star Luo guards and teachers organized the defense, while Yue Zhengyu and Wu Changkong charged out to fight the mechas.
• Tang Wulin, Xu Lizhi, and Xie Xie coordinated against a black-grade mecha, while Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan fought other attackers.
• Gu Yuena bombarded incoming shells and called for Bai Yuan to help because she was exhausted.
• Bai Yuan checked with Mu Ye and Zhuo Shi about remaining powerful enemies, then agreed to take care of the mechas and keep the journey moving.

Bai Yuan defeated an evil Soul Master’s Mecha during an attack on the Shrek delegation, while Star Luo reinforcements drove off the remaining attackers. The group reached Monster Academy in Star Luo City for exchange activities, where Xie Xie remarked that its gates resembled a miniature Shrek.

• Bai Yuan evaded the Mecha pilot’s hammer strikes while the evil Soul Master captain quietly tried to escape.
• Bai Yuan charged the Mecha, struck its hammer with the Dawn Greatsword, then tore through its armor with the Darkgolden Bear Claw and destroyed it.
• Star Luo Mechas arrived to shield the injured and pursue the retreating attackers, whose damaged Mechas self-destructed to cover their escape.
• The Star Luo Delegation apologized and arranged transport for Bai Yuan, Mu Ye, and the Shrek group to Star Luo City.
• The group arrived at Monster Academy for exchange activities, and Xie Xie said its gate looked like a miniature Shrek.

Shrek Academy arrived at Monster Academy to compete in the Star Luo Empire's Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament for Young Adults, where the rivalry between the academies quickly surfaced. Two days later, the Shrek students reached Star Luo City and prepared for the competition.

• Xie Xie joked about Monster Academy's resemblance to Shrek, then praised Shrek after its teachers glared at him.
• Wu Changkong explained the tournament events and prizes, including a soul bone over fifty thousand years old for the individual champion.
• Teacher Wang welcomed the Shrek delegation, but the reception turned tense until the imperial envoy intervened and led everyone inside.
• Zhuo Shi told the Genius Ranking students to enter the individual competition and promised Shrek an equivalent reward for any of its champions.
• Bai Yuan considered whether the soul bone had been prepared for Monster Academy's Dragon King Long Yue, while recalling Long Yue's Mountain Dragon King martial soul and strength.
• Two days later, the group arrived in Star Luo City, where Tang Wulin encouraged Xie Xie to give the competition their best.

Shrek’s group arrived in Star Luo City, where Zhuo Shi urged them to enter the exchange competition and dangled the honor of becoming the next Shrek Seven Devils. Bai Yuan refused to take part beyond the individual event and rejected Zhuo Shi’s appeals to gratitude, leaving Zhuo Shi to ask Elder Long whether they should deal with him.

• Zhuo Shi welcomed the group to the Star Luo Hotel and encouraged them to enter as many competition events as possible, mentioning that they might become the next Shrek Seven Devils.
• The students discussed their plans: Tang Wulin entered the individual and doubles events with Xie Xie, while Bai Yuan chose only the individual event.
• After the others dispersed, Zhuo Shi urged Bai Yuan to enter every event and asked whether the Shrek Seven Devils title tempted him, but Bai Yuan dismissed the offer.
• Bai Yuan reminded Zhuo Shi that he was a Spirit Pagoda exchange student, not a Shrek student, and owed the academy no gratitude.
• After Bai Yuan left, Zhuo Shi called Elder Long and asked whether they should deal with him.

Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena attended the Star Luo Emperor’s banquet, where Princess Dai Yuner met the exchange delegation. Dai Yuner spotted Bai Yuan and recognized him as the Shrek delegation’s top-ranked genius, leaving her excited to see him in person.

• Long Yeyue told Zhuo Shi to watch Bai Yuan closely and investigate why the Spirit Pagoda wanted him, while keeping Shrek’s interests in mind.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena reluctantly went to the Star Luo Emperor’s banquet, and Bai Yuan said he planned to leave early to cultivate.
• Princess Dai Yuner arrived and greeted the delegation, asking about Bai Yuan and Gu Yue when they were absent.
• Dai Yuner noticed Bai Yuan standing quietly across the banquet hall and recognized him from battle footage as Shrek’s number-one genius.

At the Star Luo banquet, Dai Yuner approached Bai Yuan, but Gu Yuena stepped between them and cut their conversation short. Dai Tianling reminded Dai Yuner that she would be engaged after the tournament and left her to choose among the outstanding young men, including Long Yue or Bai Yuan.

• Dai Yuner noticed Bai Yuan's talent and appearance, then went over to introduce herself and suggest they talk privately.
• Gu Yuena positioned herself between Dai Yuner and Bai Yuan, claiming she was watching him for Teacher and protecting him from the Empire's trap.
• Emperor Dai Tianling arrived, welcomed the guests, and spoke with Red Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi.
• Dai Tianling asked Dai Yuner what she thought of Bai Yuan, then reminded her that Star Luo imperial tradition required her engagement after the tournament.
• Dai Yuner protested that she had no one she liked, but asked her father who suited her best.
• Dai Tianling named Long Yue, then looked toward Bai Yuan and told Dai Yuner to choose whoever she could find.

Dai Yuner tried to draw Bai Yuan into her struggle against her father's plans for her marriage, but Gu Yue intervened and claimed him as her dance partner. Dai Yuner left after using the encounter to advance her own scheme, while Bai Yuan recognized her calculations and suspected Long Yue was nearby.

• Dai Yuner realized Dai Tianling had positioned Bai Yuan as a possible imperial son-in-law alongside Long Yue, while the emperor and empress doubted Bai Yuan would remain in Star Luo Empire.
• At the banquet, Dai Yuner approached Bai Yuan and asked him to dance, passing over Yue Zhengyu.
• Gu Yue interrupted and declared that Bai Yuan already had a dance partner, then told Dai Yuner, "He's mine."
• Dai Yuner said she wanted to pursue the Soul Master Tournament's individual champion, then left after using Bai Yuan to complicate her father's marriage plans.
• Bai Yuan recognized that Dai Yuner had treated him as a tool and suspected Long Yue was nearby.

Monster Academy’s Long Yue challenged Spirit Pagoda’s Bai Yuan to a test of strength at the banquet, but Bai Yuan’s Core Flame overwhelmed the Mountain Dragon King’s power. Long Yue withdrew and promised to face Bai Yuan in the Soul Master Tournament finals, leaving Bai Yuan as a potential option in Dai Yuner’s plan.

• Long Yue arrived with Monster Academy’s Heavenly Kings and confronted Bai Yuan, while Gu Yue recognized the Mountain Dragon King bloodline.
• Long Yue introduced himself and clasped Bai Yuan’s hand, unleashing the Mountain Dragon King’s power to overpower him.
• Bai Yuan used his Core Flame and aura of Destruction to absorb and compress Long Yue’s strength until Long Yue felt pain in his hand.
• Long Yue released Bai Yuan’s hand, acknowledged his strength, and challenged him to meet in the tournament finals.
• Long Yue left the banquet hall as the guests discussed Bai Yuan’s victory, and Bai Yuan considered that Long Yue might be another option.

After the banquet, Gu Yuena met with her soul beast subordinates and planned to target the Mountain Dragon King, the Golden Dragon King, and the Holy Light Dragon while prioritizing the Dragon Valley divine artifact. The All-Continent Advanced Youth Soul Master Elite Tournament then opened at Star Luo Stadium.

• Bai Yuan dismissed the Star Luo contestants’ interest in challenging him and left Gu Yuena at her room.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian and the other soul beasts to hide their strength, monitor Star Luo’s powerhouses, and seek bloodline powers after Dragon Valley while obtaining its divine artifact.
• Zi Ji and the others discussed Gu Yuena’s hidden plans, while Di Tian vowed to drive back the human powerhouses.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena arrived at Star Luo Stadium as its 300,000 seats filled with spectators.
• Dai Tianling welcomed the visiting academies and declared the All-Continent Advanced Youth Soul Master Elite Tournament officially begun.

Bai Yuan drew the first lot in the tournament’s individual competition and was matched against Sima Xian, captain of Star Luo Royal Academy. As the crowd jeered and Sima Xian prepared to prove himself, the bout was about to begin.

• Bai Yuan drew number one, prompting the Shrek members to suspect the organizers had arranged for him to open the tournament for publicity.
• Dai Tianling watched Bai Yuan enter the arena as the Star Luo crowd booed him and cheered for their empire.
• The host announced that Bai Yuan’s first opponent was Sima Xian, while Long Yue judged Sima Xian strong but unlikely to defeat Bai Yuan.
• Sima Xian hoped a victory over Bai Yuan would bring him recognition and help him catch up to Long Yue.
• Bai Yuan urged the referee to start, and Sima Xian challenged his arrogance before leaping into action.