Recaps

Shen Yi guided Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan through the academy’s assessments, where Su Chen’s dragon might shattered the mural bearing Di Tian’s pressure. After the group easily cleared the remaining tests, they reached the final review by three elders.

• Shen Yi showed the newcomers Spirit Ice Square and the statue of Spirit Ice Douluo, stirring admiration in Xu Xiaoyan and anger in Gu Yue.
• Shen Yi led the group into a hall where a mural of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King overwhelmed Xu Xiaoyan with pressure.
• Su Chen released his dragon might and shattered the mural, leaving Elder Li astonished by his Void Chrono Dragon martial soul.
• Elder Li declared that the mural had been the first assessment and sent Shen Yi to lead the group to the second stage.
• Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan easily passed the endurance, survival, teamwork, and agility assessments before reaching the final review by three elders.

Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan passed Shrek’s assessment, but Cai Yue’er took offense when Gu Yue and Su Chen revealed that Leng Yaozhu was already their teacher. She used their late enrollment as grounds to assign them work-study status, and Su Chen openly challenged her.

• Cai Yue’er offered to take Gu Yue as her disciple, but Gu Yue refused and said Leng Yaozhu was her teacher.
• Cai Yue’er grew angry upon learning Gu Yue belonged to her old rival Leng Yaozhu, while Zhuo Shi tried to ease the tension.
• Zhuo Shi offered to take Su Chen as his disciple, but Su Chen also said Leng Yaozhu was his teacher.
• Old Li declared that the three students had passed and told Shen Yi to handle their enrollment.
• Cai Yue’er ordered Shen Yi to make the three work-study students because they had missed the admission period, and Su Chen angrily confronted her.

Su Chen challenged Cai Yue'er for trying to force him and his companions into Shrek's work-study program, then called his teacher Leng Yaozhu when Cai used her authority against him. Leng Yaozhu rushed toward Shrek Academy, leaving Cai Yue'er and the other teachers alarmed as Zhuo Shi blamed Cai for provoking her.

• Cai Yue'er insisted that Su Chen and his companions become work-study students, and Su Chen argued that the system wasted students' cultivation time.
• Cai Yue'er refused to change her decision and told Su Chen to enroll as a work-study student or leave.
• Su Chen accused Cai Yue'er of treating them unfairly and called Leng Yaozhu, claiming she was bullying him.
• Leng Yaozhu ended the call and flew toward Shrek Academy in a blaze that spread pressure across Shrek City.
• Zhuo Shi recognized Leng Yaozhu's approaching aura, warned Su Chen to calm her down, and berated Cai Yue'er for provoking her.

Leng Yaozhu confronted Shrek over Cai Yue'er bullying her disciple and fought Yun Ming in the sky. Su Chen secretly teleported Cai Yue'er into the battle, where Leng Yaozhu struck her and the two began fighting.

• Leng Yaozhu arrived at Shrek Academy in her Battle Armor and demanded that Cai Yue'er answer for bullying her disciple.
• Zhuo Shi explained the incident to Yun Ming, who blamed Cai Yue'er but tried to calm Leng Yaozhu and settle the matter.
• Leng Yaozhu refused Yun Ming's offer of an explanation, destroyed the roof above Cai Yue'er, and challenged her to fight.
• Yun Ming stepped in to defend Shrek's dignity and battled Leng Yaozhu in the sky, where her ultimate fire overwhelmed him without his Battle Armor.
• Su Chen stopped time and teleported Cai Yue'er into the aerial battle, where Leng Yaozhu struck her with a flaming hand and then charged at her.
• Cai Yue'er cursed and fought back against Leng Yaozhu as Yun Ming tried to intervene.

Leng Yaozhu overwhelmed Yun Ming and punished Cai Yue'er before agreeing to stop the fight after Yun Ming promised Shrek would protect her disciple. Yun Ming remained helpless against Leng Yaozhu, whose strength and Battle Armor gave her the advantage.

• Leng Yaozhu hurled Cai Yue'er into the ground and left her Battle Armor, robe, hair, and face badly burned.
• Ya Li healed Cai Yue'er, who asked why Yun Ming could not defeat Leng Yaozhu; Ya Li withheld the secret that Yun Ming's Four-Word Battle Armor had been destroyed.
• Yun Ming asked Leng Yaozhu to stop and promised that no one at Shrek would bully her disciple again.
• Leng Yaozhu said she would teach her own disciple and did not need Shrek, while Yun Ming agreed to look after them and urged her to leave.
• Yun Ming recognized that he could not defeat Leng Yaozhu without his missing Battle Armor or other power, and reflected on how much more domineering she had become.

Leng Yaozhu left after confronting Shrek, and Yun Ming ordered the admissions officials to answer for the unfair treatment of Su Chen and the other students. Ya Li apologized to Su Chen's group, then agreed to take a photograph with Xu Xiaoyan, whom Su Chen had prompted to ask.

• Leng Yaozhu departed, and the fire in the sky dissipated as Yun Ming descended from the battle.
• Yun Ming told Zhuo Shi, Elder Li, and Cai Yue'er to keep the incident secret, then asked Ya Li to arrange things for the three students.
• Yun Ming summoned Zhuo Shi and the other officials to answer for the unfair entrance assessment, while Zhuo Shi blamed Cai Yue'er for causing the trouble.
• Ya Li apologized to Su Chen's group and gave them her contact number, promising to help them if they encountered problems at the academy.
• Xu Xiaoyan praised Ya Li and asked to take a picture with her, and Su Chen eagerly brought out a camera to take it.

Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Na'er met Ya Li, completed their Shrek Academy enrollment, and joined the first-year class. Shen Yi then told Yuanen Yehui that she would become a full student after the academy reconsidered its working-student system, leaving Yuanen grateful for the newcomers’ influence.

• Gu Yue felt jealous when Su Chen secretly asked for Ya Li’s photo, but Ya Li’s gentle manner eased her distrust of Shrek Academy.
• Su Chen took a photo with Ya Li, received the Yin-Yang Harmony Art as a collection reward, and learned that Ya Li had a favorable first impression of him.
• Ya Li explained the academy’s rules, arranged Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Na’er’s enrollment and accommodation, and assigned them to the first-year class.
• Shen Yi told Yuanen Yehui that the academy had decided to make her a full student and grant her contribution points.
• Yuanen learned the decision followed the newcomers’ conflict with Cai Yue'er and felt grateful to Su Chen for helping bring attention to the working-student system.

Yuanen became a formal student under Shrek Academy’s new work-study regularization system, while Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan settled into their dormitories. Gu Yue stopped Na’er from visiting Su Chen for another year, then Su Chen tried to persuade Gu Yue to practice a cultivation art that required the two of them to cooperate.

• Shen Yi gave Yuanen her dormitory key and subsidy after telling her she had become a formal student.
• Su Chen chose a double dormitory room with Gu Yue, while Xu Xiaoyan took the room next door.
• Gu Yue messaged Na’er that she could not see Su Chen for a year, and Na’er angrily accused her of wanting him all to herself.
• Su Chen caught Gu Yue smiling over her messages and pulled her into his embrace.
• Su Chen gave Gu Yue the Yin-Yang Harmony Art, and Gu Yue realized it involved bedroom techniques and protested that he was tricking her again.
• Xu Xiaoyan watched Su Chen and Gu Yue argue, then quietly closed the door.

Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan left the dormitory to get dinner and met Yuanen, who thanked Su Chen for helping her become a regular student. Yuanen offered to treat them to a meal, giving Su Chen a chance to get acquainted with her.

• Xu Xiaoyan waited in the next room, curious about the sounds from Su Chen and Gu Yue's room, while they practiced a technique that increased their cultivation speed.
• Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan left the dormitory to get food, and Xu Xiaoyan teased Gu Yue about her time with Su Chen.
• Yuanen approached Su Chen, introduced herself as a class monitor and classmate, and thanked him for helping her become a regular student.
• Yuanen explained how Su Chen's actions had helped her, then invited him, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan to dinner as thanks.
• Su Chen accepted Yuanen's invitation, and the group prepared to eat together.

Su Chen told Yuanen Yehui the hidden truth about her family and her parents, leaving her devastated but questioning why he had revealed it. Yuanen Yehui wept over the information and asked what Su Chen wanted from her.

• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan left Su Chen and Yuanen to take a walk, and Yuanen asked about their strength and background.
• Su Chen revealed that Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan were both his girlfriends, and Yuanen criticized him for dating two girls.
• Su Chen told Yuanen he knew her identity and the truth behind her father's injury and her mother's death.
• Su Chen gave Yuanen a file he claimed contained Spirit Pagoda investigation records, and she read it in disbelief.
• Su Chen explained that her family had concealed the truth to protect her, while relatives resented her because of her mother's actions.
• Yuanen Yehui broke down in tears over the account and asked Su Chen why he had told her everything.

Su Chen persuaded Yuanen Yehui that her Second Martial Soul could open a gate to the Demon Plane and promised the Spirit Pagoda would help her avenge her parents. Yuanen agreed to cultivate and cooperate, while Su Chen secretly planned to use her to open a passage so he could devour the plane himself.

• Su Chen told Yuanen Yehui that her Martial Soul would open the Demon Plane’s gate when she reached Title Douluo and claimed the Spirit Pagoda planned to attack it.
• Yuanen Yehui agreed to cooperate if she could join the attack and personally avenge her parents.
• Su Chen privately admitted that the Spirit Pagoda knew nothing of his supposed plan and that he intended to devour the Demon Plane.
• Su Chen said Yuanen Yehui was too weak to fight Wujie and the demons, then agreed she could take part if she followed his arrangements.
• Su Chen offered Yuanen Yehui free cultivation resources, and she accepted, apologized for doubting him, and sat down to talk.

Su Chen accepted Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul without judgment, and she showed him her transformed appearance. After returning to their nearby dorm rooms, Yuanen reflected on her growing trust in Su Chen and treasured the photograph he had taken.

• Su Chen reassured Yuanen Yehui that her Fallen Angel Martial Soul did not make her evil, and she revealed her second form to him.
• Su Chen photographed Yuanen Yehui and received Demon Origin Blood as a reward for recording her; he decided to consider offering it to her later.
• Su Chen and Yuanen Yehui discovered that their rooms were across the hall from each other, and he invited her to join him, Gu Yue, and Xiaoyan for meals.
• Yuanen returned to her room, reflected on Su Chen’s kindness and their mutually beneficial partnership, and tucked the photograph beneath her pillow.

On the night before their first day of classes at Shrek Academy, Su Chen cultivated with Xu Xiaoyan, while Gu Yue and Yuanen Yehui had an awkward morning encounter. The group reached class, where their classmates welcomed them with admiration for their strength.

• Su Chen and Xu Xiaoyan cultivated together using the Yin-Yang Harmony Art, drawing in stellar energy and affecting nearby students’ cultivation.
• Yuanen Yehui rang Su Chen’s doorbell early and found Gu Yue answering in a disheveled nightgown.
• Su Chen and Xu Xiaoyan emerged, leaving Yuanen Yehui and the others awkwardly exchanging glances before Yuanen went downstairs to wait.
• After washing up and eating breakfast together, Su Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue headed to class.
• Their classmates greeted the trio warmly and admired them for crushing Class One’s students during the assessment.

Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan introduced themselves to Class One at Shrek, where their powerful soul rings stunned their classmates. After class, Gu Yue left in Su Chen’s Mecha to study with Leng Yaozhu, and Su Chen contacted Ye Xinglan.

• Su Chen introduced himself as a four-ring Soul Elder with four ten-thousand-year soul rings, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan also revealed their formidable strength.
• Shen Yi offered Su Chen the class monitor position, but he declined, and Gu Yue also chose not to challenge for it.
• During practical combat class, Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan performed well, while Shen Yi gave the students extensive combat advice.
• Yuanen Yehui joined Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan after class, then left to work; Gu Yue borrowed Su Chen’s Mecha to visit Leng Yaozhu.
• Su Chen tossed Gu Yue’s Mecha away, prompting Gu Yue to turn back and fire at him before he swallowed the shell with a spatial rift.
• Gu Yue flew off toward the Spirit Pagoda, and Su Chen contacted Ye Xinglan.

At Shrek Academy, Ye Xinglan left Xu Lizhi to travel to the Spirit Pagoda alone so she could meet Su Chen for a date. Their reunion at the Training Ground began with Ye Xinglan challenging Su Chen to a spar, which was where the chapter left them.

• Su Chen reserved a Training Ground and waited for Ye Xinglan, expecting to spar with her before their date.
• Xu Lizhi asked Ye Xinglan to accompany him to the Spirit Pagoda, but she said she had other plans and left him to go alone.
• Ye Xinglan arrived at the Training Ground dressed for exercise, and Su Chen greeted her.
• Ye Xinglan drew her sword and challenged Su Chen, insisting he fight without his martial soul or soul skills.
• Su Chen agreed and said she owed him more than a hug if he won, then took out a longsword as Ye Xinglan prepared to spar.

Ye Xinglan visited Su Chen and challenged him to a spar, hoping to improve her swordsmanship. After he defeated her, Su Chen helped her into the lounge bathroom, where she reluctantly agreed to bathe with him.

• Ye Xinglan arrived dressed boldly and attacked Su Chen with her Stargod Sword.
• Ye Xinglan unleashed Sword Starfall, but Su Chen caught her sword between two fingers.
• Su Chen and Ye Xinglan sparred for an hour, until he sent her flying and exhausted her.
• Su Chen offered to practice swordsmanship with Ye Xinglan regularly now that he was a Shrek student, and kissed her cheek.
• Su Chen led the exhausted Ye Xinglan to the lounge bathroom and coaxed her into sharing the bathtub.
• Ye Xinglan slapped away Su Chen's wandering hand and said she would wash herself.

Su Chen reunited with Ye Xinglan at the Training Ground, and the two shared an intimate bath before he dressed her in special stockings. He then took her to a hotel for a dinner of rare, energy-rich ingredients, where he had prepared a surprise for her.

• Su Chen embraced Ye Xinglan and told her he had missed her, and she admitted that he had come to matter more to her than even her sword.
• Su Chen kissed Ye Xinglan and helped her relax in the bath, and she later emerged flushed and embarrassed.
• Su Chen put his Nebula Silkworm Stockings on Ye Xinglan, who protested that he was the one who liked them.
• Su Chen took Ye Xinglan from Shrek to a hotel and showed her a carefully prepared meal of rare ingredients rich in Soul Power.

Su Chen gave Ye Xinglan a Myriad Exquisite Fruit, which raised her cultivation and improved her comprehension. After absorbing it, Ye Xinglan agreed to stay with him for the night.

• Su Chen showed Ye Xinglan a Myriad Exquisite Fruit and explained its cultivation and comprehension benefits.
• Ye Xinglan hesitated to accept the rare treasure, but Su Chen told her he had already eaten one and fed it to her.
• Ye Xinglan refined the fruit and raised her cultivation from Level 33 to Level 38 while her senses and sword comprehension improved.
• Su Chen explained that the fruit had permanently enhanced Ye Xinglan’s comprehension and would help her pursue Sword Soul.
• Su Chen invited Ye Xinglan to stay the night, and she agreed.

A week after classes began, Su Chen visited Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue at the Spirit Pagoda, where his affectionate teasing made Gu Yue flee. After Gu Yue left, Su Chen massaged Leng Yaozhu’s legs, and Leng Yaozhu scolded him for bullying his junior sister.

• Su Chen found most of Shrek Academy’s classes unhelpful and noted that Xu Xiaoyan was studying Mecha design under a teacher, sometimes discussing ideas with him.
• Su Chen used his Spatial Mark to reach Leng Yaozhu’s office at the Spirit Pagoda, where she and Gu Yue were talking over tea.
• Su Chen lifted Gu Yue onto his lap and kissed her cheek, leaving her embarrassed and flustered in front of Leng Yaozhu.
• Gu Yue escaped after sensing Su Chen’s hand misbehaving, and Leng Yaozhu reproached him for teasing her thin-skinned student.
• Su Chen moved beside Leng Yaozhu and began massaging her legs.

Su Chen learned that Leng Yaozhu had brought the Star Dou Battle Network close to launch and strengthened the Spirit Pagoda’s political and military influence. The chapter ended with Su Chen considering how control of the Federation could help the Spirit Pagoda accelerate space exploration.

• After Gu Yue left, Su Chen and Leng Yaozhu discussed business instead of getting intimate.
• Leng Yaozhu told Su Chen that the Star Dou Battle Network was nearly ready and would be released across the continent the following month.
• Su Chen praised Leng Yaozhu and predicted that the battle network would become popular across the continent.
• While Leng Yaozhu received a massage, she told Su Chen that the Spirit Pagoda had won over many councilors and planned to seek the speaker and deputy speaker positions.
• Leng Yaozhu also said the Spirit Pagoda had good relations with the Western Legion, which could help Su Chen enter the military.
• Su Chen reflected on the Federation Council’s weaknesses and envisioned using the Spirit Pagoda’s influence to control it and advance space exploration.

After finishing Leng Yaozhu’s massage, Su Chen went to check on Gu Yue, who was secretly preparing to build the Myriad Beast Platform. He tried to distract her and teased her about doing something bad, leaving Gu Yue furious and convinced he was only guessing.

• Su Chen covered Leng Yaozhu with a blanket and left after she fell asleep.
• Su Chen sensed Gu Yue working late in the laboratory and thought about delaying her Myriad Beast Platform research.
• Su Chen went to the sixth basement laboratory and invited Gu Yue out for a midnight snack, but she refused and returned to work.
• Su Chen asked what Gu Yue was making and accused her of secretly doing something bad.
• Gu Yue briefly panicked, then kicked Su Chen more than ten meters away in a rage.

Su Chen cared for an exhausted Gu Yue after her research, and she hinted at guilt over something she might do. One month later, the Spirit Pagoda launched the Star Dou Battle Network, drawing widespread attention and prompting Shrek to take the new competition platform seriously.

• Su Chen waited while Gu Yue worked, then encouraged her to rest when she finished her research at midnight.
• Su Chen carried the exhausted Gu Yue back to the dormitory and helped her into bed.
• Gu Yue asked what Su Chen would do if she caused trouble, and he promised to cover for her before she fell asleep.
• One month later, the Spirit Pagoda launched the Star Dou Battle Network, offering age-based matchmaking and ranked battles through a limited supply of Star Dou Cabins.
• Shrek received ten Star Dou Cabins for its Outer Court and Inner Court, and its leaders recognized the network's potential for future tournaments.

Shen Yi explained the Star Dou Battle Network and arranged for Shrek Class One students to try its ranked matches. Duanhun Xiao lost quickly to a Soul King, while Yuanen Yehui faced Tang Wulin from Eastsea Academy, leaving their match poised to begin.

• Shen Yi explained the Star Dou Battle Network’s ranked system and announced that Class One had two cabins for students to share.
• Yuanen Yehui and Duanhun Xiao entered separate cabins and chose the nicknames [Shrek Tan] and [Shrek Xiao].
• Duanhun Xiao was matched with a Soul King and was defeated in three seconds.
• Yuanen Yehui was matched with the two-ring Tang Wulin, whose Blue Silver Grass martial soul drew dismissive comments from the students.
• Su Chen and Gu Yue recognized Tang Wulin, and Su Chen noted that he had donated two cabins to Eastsea Academy.

Tang Wulin fought Yuanen Yehui in the Star Dou Battle Network, where his hidden strength surprised her but could not overcome her power. After Yuanen defeated him, Tang Wulin woke at Eastsea Academy while Wu Zhangkong told him to put his clothes on.

• Eastsea Academy students watched Tang Wulin face Yuanen Yehui and feared the two-ringed Tang Wulin was outmatched by the three-ringed Shrek student.
• Yuanen Yehui shattered Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass with her strength, but Tang Wulin revealed his golden soul ring and dragon-scaled arm to meet her punches.
• Tang Wulin and Yuanen exchanged repeated blows, and Yuanen was surprised that he could withstand her attacks despite being a realm below her.
• Yuanen Yehui transformed into a four-meter Diamond Titan and crushed Tang Wulin’s arm before striking him and winning the match.
• Tang Wulin woke at Eastsea Academy, and Wu Zhangkong checked on him before telling him to put his clothes on.

At Shrek Academy, Su Chen entered the Star Dou Battle Network and discovered that its simulation lagged when reproducing his space- and time-based abilities. He matched with Wu Siduo, who charged after seeing his four ten-thousand-year soul rings.

• Yuanen Yehui returned from her match, and Shen Yi praised the students’ victory before sending Su Chen and Gu Yue to compete.
• Su Chen entered the Star Dou Battle Network and found that his Teleportation and Time Stop skills activated with noticeable lag.
• Su Chen created the nickname “Shrek · Soul Suppression” and was matched with Wu Siduo.
• Wu Siduo recognized Su Chen as a Shrek student and was shocked by his four ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Wu Siduo released her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul and lunged at Su Chen.