Recaps

Su Chen tracked the wounded Ha Luosa to the Endless Mountains and confronted him in his hidden cave. He sealed the space around Ha Luosa and struck with a gigantic palm, leaving Ha Luosa trapped beneath the attack.

• Su Chen learned from Leng Yaozhu that the Coalition Army had destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters, while Ha Luosa had escaped gravely wounded.
• Su Chen used his authority as Plane Lord to locate Ha Luosa in the Endless Mountains.
• Ha Luosa hid in a glacier cave, nursed his wounds, and vowed to take revenge on Shrek and Yun Ming.
• Su Chen appeared behind Ha Luosa and sealed the cave's surrounding space, preventing his escape.
• Su Chen raised his hand and sent a gigantic palm crashing down toward Ha Luosa.

Su Chen completely destroyed the Nether Emperor, ending the Holy Spirit Cult’s remaining leadership, then returned to the Spirit Pagoda and faced Leng Yaozhu’s jealousy over Bai Xiuxiu and Lan Fuzi. Leng Yaozhu learned that Su Chen had become involved with two Soul Beasts and focused on that instead of Lan Fuzi’s identity as the Demon Empress’s daughter.

• Su Chen crushed the Nether Emperor, reached into the Netherworld, and annihilated his remnant soul.
• The Netherworld trembled in anger, while the Holy Spirit Cult was left without any surviving leaders except the reformed Leng Yulai.
• Su Chen returned to the Spirit Pagoda and waited for Leng Yaozhu to finish her meeting about pursuing the remaining Evil Soul Masters.
• Leng Yaozhu confronted Su Chen about Bai Xiuxiu and Lan Fuzi, accusing him of enjoying himself while she fought the Ghost Emperor and Nether Emperor.
• Su Chen explained that he had dealt with the Demon Empress and that his involvement with Bai Xiuxiu and Lan Fuzi had been unexpected.
• Leng Yaozhu grabbed Su Chen’s ear after learning the two were Soul Beasts, while Su Chen wondered why she was not more surprised that Lan Fuzi was the Demon Empress’s daughter.

Su Chen reassured Leng Yaozhu that he had already dealt with the escaped Nether Emperor, then shared an intimate encounter with her in her office. That evening, he visited Lan Fuzi and Bai Xiuxiu at the home he had arranged for them and found them enjoying a meal together.

• Leng Yaozhu told Su Chen that Lan Fuzi and Bai Xiuxiu's futures depended on Gu Yue's approval, and Su Chen promised to explain things to her.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Su Chen to find the escaped Nether Emperor, and Su Chen revealed that he had already taken care of him as a precaution.
• Su Chen flirted with Leng Yaozhu, and the two became intimate in her office.
• After leaving Leng Yaozhu's office at night, Su Chen appeared at the courtyard he had arranged for Lan Fuzi and Bai Xiuxiu.
• Lan Fuzi greeted Su Chen nervously, while Bai Xiuxiu offered him a skewer of food she had cooked.

Su Chen agreed to arrange for Bai Xiuxiu and Lan Fuzi to apprentice at the Mecha Master Association and learn human Soul Tool Technology. After joking over their nicknames, he left for the academy to attend the approaching final exams.

• Su Chen asked Bai Xiuxiu and Lan Fuzi how they were adjusting to human life, and they thanked him for his arrangements.
• Bai Xiuxiu asked Su Chen to help her study human Soul Tool Technology so she could make Battle Armor, and he agreed to arrange apprenticeships for both her and Lan Fuzi.
• Su Chen explained that he had tested how they treated humans while they worked on the guard team and said they had earned his trust.
• Bai Xiuxiu and Lan Fuzi teased each other over the nicknames Xiao Bai and Little Blue, then chased each other around the courtyard.
• Su Chen ate with them and returned to the academy because final exams were approaching.

The students prepared for a team-based survival assessment in the Star Dou Battle Network, and Su Chen agreed to team up with Yuanen Yehui while Gu Yue chose Xu Xiaoyan. After Yuanen left, Su Chen pulled Gu Yue onto the bed, leaving Xu Xiaoyan to wait on the sofa.

• The academy announced an assessment where teams of two or three would fight to be the last standing on a virtual battlefield.
• Su Chen recalled the misconduct in the original story and suspected Shrek would face ruin after he left.
• Gu Yue chose Xu Xiaoyan as her teammate, while Su Chen teamed up with Yuanen Yehui.
• Yuanen Yehui left after Su Chen tried to persuade her to stay and chat.
• Su Chen pulled Gu Yue onto the bed to make her honor their bet, while Xu Xiaoyan waited on the sofa.

Su Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue woke up together before joining Yuanen Yehui for breakfast and class. Shen Yi explained how survival time, bonus points, and deductions would determine the final exam scores, then gave the students time to form and register teams.

• Su Chen woke beside Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue, and the three got up, washed, and dressed for the day.
• Su Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, and Yuanen Yehui left the dormitory and ate breakfast together.
• Shen Yi explained that survival time made up forty percent of the exam score, while bonus points accounted for the other sixty percent.
• Shen Yi listed ways students could earn bonus points, including defeating opponents, killing Soul Beasts, acquiring Soul Tools, and rescuing teammates.
• Shen Yi gave the students time to discuss teams and register, while Yuanen Yehui declined invitations from classmates.

Su Chen, Yuanen Yehui, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan began Shrek’s final exam in a simulated thousand-person battle royale. Su Chen and Yuanen landed in the ruined city, where they planned to search for Soul Tools using their knowledge of Shrek City’s terrain.

• Gu Yue urged Su Chen to help her win, but he pointed out that he was teamed with Yuanen Yehui, who said she was happy to let Gu Yue compete for first place.
• Class One’s candidates entered the Star Dou Battle Network and were matched together in Battlefield No. 10038, a vast ruined map modeled on Shrek City and its surrounding terrain.
• The candidates parachuted onto the battlefield, where they had to find Soul Tools and stay inside the shrinking safe zone to avoid elimination.
• Su Chen and Yuanen Yehui landed west of the main city and recognized the ruins of the Mecha Master Association headquarters.
• Yuanen Yehui suggested that she and Su Chen split up to search for Soul Tools, whose unusual compulsory effects could turn the battle in their favor.

Su Chen explored the ruins after splitting from Yuanen Yehui and encountered a three-person Soul Elder squad. He killed all three despite their attacks and a defensive Soul Tool, then picked up the dropped Primordial Umbrella.

• Su Chen searched the ruins for Soul Tools while Yuanen Yehui headed toward the Mecha Master Association.
• A squad of two young men and a purple-haired woman spotted Su Chen and attacked him.
• Su Chen's skin repelled the woman's claws, and he killed her with a single palm strike.
• The two young men fled, but Su Chen teleported after them and killed them in turn.
• One young man activated the Primordial Umbrella, but Su Chen shattered its barrier and killed him.
• The Primordial Umbrella dropped from the man's body, and Su Chen picked it up.

Su Chen explored the Star Dou Battle Network battlefield, effortlessly defeating Soul Beasts and other contestants before finding Tang Wulin and Xie Xie battling a five-thousand-year giant wolf. After they defeated it, Su Chen disguised himself with a White Mask and prepared to test Tang Wulin’s reaction to the wounded beast.

• Su Chen picked up a level-four Primordial Umbrella and continued searching the battlefield as the survivor count fell.
• Su Chen instantly killed Soul Beasts and unfamiliar teams while avoiding fights with his classmates, who fled from him.
• Su Chen spotted Tang Wulin and Xie Xie struggling against a five-thousand-year giant wolf, and recalled Tang Wulin’s future objections to killing Soul Beasts.
• Su Chen formed his Battle Armor into a White Mask as Tang Wulin and Xie Xie finally defeated the giant wolf, which lay wounded but still glaring at them.

Su Chen interrupted Tang Wulin and Xie Xie after they defeated a giant wolf, let the injured soul beast escape, and killed both boys with simulated soul tools when they attacked him. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie awoke in their Star Dou Cabins furious at the masked man, whom they regarded as a hypocrite.

• Tang Wulin raised his hammer to kill the defeated giant wolf, but Su Chen knocked the weapon away and argued that he should spare it.
• Su Chen kicked the injured wolf aside, and it fled while Xie Xie and Tang Wulin condemned him and attacked.
• Su Chen summoned a yellow ox that struck Xie Xie, killing him in the virtual world.
• Su Chen summoned a train that ran over the exhausted Tang Wulin and eliminated him.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie woke in their Star Dou Cabins and cursed Su Chen for forcing his views on them.

Shrek’s proctors debated Su Chen’s conduct before scoring his strong performance, while Su Chen reunited with Yuanen Yehui and headed toward the battlefield’s center. Elsewhere, Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan faced a mob led by three Soul Ancestors whom Gu Yue had previously spared, and Gu Yue prepared to retaliate.

• Shen Yi and the other proctors decided Su Chen’s prank did not violate the assessment rules and began assigning scores.
• Su Chen found Yuanen Yehui, who said she had eliminated a three-person Soul Elder team, and they set off toward the central area.
• Gu Yue used wind, fire, and ice to hold off more than a dozen soul masters while Xu Xiaoyan waited behind her, ready to control an opponent.
• Three female Soul Ancestors urged the group to attack Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, claiming they needed to work together against the Shrek students.
• Gu Yue recognized the three women as opponents she had spared earlier and grew furious that they had returned with reinforcements to ambush her.

Gu Yue overwhelmed the Soul Masters attacking her, using the Elemental Storm to injure them while keeping them alive. Xu Xiaoyan helped turn a Soul Tool attack against its user’s teammate, and Gu Yue praised her as the fight continued.

• Gu Yue trapped a female Soul Master with rock spikes and struck her with a fireball, leaving her badly burned.
• The opposing Soul Masters attacked Gu Yue and sent two fighters to flank Xu Xiaoyan, but Gu Yue’s storm blocked their attacks and wounded them.
• Gu Yue continued tormenting the attackers, who refused to surrender despite their injuries.
• A Soul Master fired a Level 4 Soul Tool at Gu Yue, but Xu Xiaoyan used Starlight Feedback to make him shoot and kill his own teammate.
• Gu Yue praised Xu Xiaoyan for her help and tried to give her a chance to improve her assessment score.

Gu Yue protected Xu Xiaoyan from a class-six Soul Tool’s Firefall Calamity by revealing her One-Word Battle Armor, astonishing the Shrek examiners. After surviving unhurt, Gu Yue decided to gather the fallen Soul Tools and head for Central City to end the battle.

• A wounded Soul Master activated a class-six Soul Tool, raining flaming meteors across the battlefield and eliminating the nearby combatants.
• Gu Yue shielded Xu Xiaoyan beneath a thick earth dome as the meteors struck.
• The Shrek examiners realized Gu Yue was still in the exam, and she emerged wearing a complete suit of spirit-refined One-Word Battle Armor.
• Gu Yue explained that her armor had blocked the attack and checked that Xu Xiaoyan was unharmed.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan collected the dropped Soul Tool items and set off for Central City as the battlefield’s survivors dwindled.

Su Chen and Yuanen Yehui found Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan surrounded by more than a dozen teams, with Gu Yue nearing exhaustion. Gu Yue unleashed a class-six item to destroy the gathered attackers, leaving the battle’s survivors scattered or withdrawn.

• Su Chen and Yuanen Yehui sensed Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan fighting a large group and rushed toward them.
• Gu Yue, exhausted but still in her pristine Battle Armor, refused to surrender as the teams around her tried to persuade her to withdraw.
• Gu Yue crushed a dark-red crystal orb and summoned a sky full of blazing meteors from a class-six item.
• The meteors engulfed the battlefield, killing many attackers while others fled or withdrew.

Su Chen rescued Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, then overwhelmed the remaining competitors and ended the assessment. Gu Yue took first place, Su Chen came second, and the group left the Star Dou Cabins as the holidays began.

• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan realized Su Chen had rescued them from the explosion, and Gu Yue rested against him despite denying her injuries.
• The teachers discussed Su Chen's spatial ability as he defeated nearly a hundred competitors and eliminated the teams hiding around the outskirts.
• Su Chen withdrew after promising Gu Yue first place, and Yuanen Yehui withdrew as well, leaving Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan on the field.
• The final scores ranked Gu Yue first, Su Chen second, Xu Xiaoyan third, and Yuanen Yehui fourth.
• Su Chen and the three girls woke in their Star Dou Cabins, changed clothes, and left after the assessment ended.

After Gu Yue revealed her One-Word Battle Armor during the assessment, her classmates crowded around her for advice, while Su Chen and the others waited. At dinner, Gu Yue invited Yuanen Yehui to stay with her at the Spirit Pagoda over the holiday, giving Yuanen an alternative to returning to her clan or remaining alone at the academy.

• Gu Yue's classmates congratulated her on having a complete set of One-Word Battle Armor and asked her for design advice.
• Gu Yue escaped the crowd and teased Su Chen before pinching him in the corridor.
• Su Chen, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yuanen Yehui went to a hotel for dinner, where Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan fed Su Chen.
• Su Chen asked Yuanen Yehui about her holiday plans, and she said she would probably stay at the academy because she was too ashamed to return to her clan.
• Gu Yue invited Yuanen Yehui to stay with her at the Spirit Pagoda and offered to arrange access to places that could help her cultivation.

Yuanen Yehui and Xu Xiaoyan discussed their plans for the vacation, while Su Chen sensed Xiong Jun approaching Shrek City to capture him on Di Tian’s orders. Xiong Jun reached the outskirts of the city, intending to test Gu Yue’s feelings for Su Chen.

• Su Chen persuaded Yuanen Yehui to accept Gu Yue’s help with her cultivation, and Xu Xiaoyan said she wanted to visit her family.
• Su Chen agreed to go home with Xu Xiaoyan, then asked her and Yuanen Yehui to take the exhausted Gu Yue back while he handled a matter.
• After the others left, Su Chen used his Plane Lord authority to spot Xiong Jun approaching Shrek City.
• Di Tian had sent Xiong Jun to capture Su Chen after seeing Gu Yue and Su Chen together in a livestream, planning to gauge Gu Yue’s reaction.

Xiong Jun confronted Su Chen outside Shrek City, intending to capture him, but Su Chen overwhelmed him in two clashes of strength. Enraged and wounded, Xiong Jun transformed into a gigantic Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Xiong Jun approached Shrek City and was startled when Su Chen appeared behind him.
• Su Chen confirmed that Xiong Jun had come looking for him, and Xiong Jun attacked with an attempt to pin him beneath his palm.
• Su Chen repelled Xiong Jun with a single punch, sending him crashing into the ground.
• Xiong Jun charged again at full strength, but Su Chen knocked him into a dead tree and a crater, splitting the skin over his knuckles.
• Xiong Jun lost control of his anger and transformed into a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear over ten meters long.

Su Chen crushed Xiong Jun beneath a gigantic palm and took him away, while the shockwaves drew Shrek’s experts to the scene. He later demanded that Xiong Jun call his boss to pay a ransom, and Yun Ming suspected the attacker was the same powerful man who had defeated him before.

• Su Chen let Xiong Jun attack, then summoned a massive golden palm that smashed him into the ground and left him gravely injured.
• Su Chen grabbed Xiong Jun and vanished, while the underground shockwaves shook Shrek City and alarmed its residents.
• Yun Ming and Shrek’s experts investigated the enormous palm print, and Yun Ming suspected its maker was the man who had defeated him on the Endless Sea.
• Su Chen beat Xiong Jun for his foul mouth, rejected his claim that nobody had sent him, and ordered him to use a Soul Tool to call his boss and arrange a ransom.

Di Tian descended to investigate after Xiong Jun told him that Su Chen had captured him, while Su Chen revealed a weapon capable of piercing Xiong Jun’s defenses. Di Tian arrived at the hillside and confronted Su Chen, still unaware of how dangerous his opponent was.

• Xiong Jun called Di Tian and admitted that Su Chen had captured him, but Di Tian refused to believe his information had been wrong.
• Di Tian smashed a table in anger, then decided to go see who had taken Xiong Jun.
• Su Chen cut Xiong Jun’s neck with the shrunken Heaven-Sage Abyss-Rending Halberd, and Xiong Jun realized it was a Super Divine Artifact.
• Di Tian searched the area, found no trace of Gu Yue, and sensed Su Chen without recognizing any danger from him.
• Di Tian arrived on the hillside and asked Su Chen whether he had captured Xiong Jun.

Su Chen used the Douluo Plane’s power to suppress Di Tian, then warned him and Xiong Jun not to bully Gu Yue, whom he believed was his girlfriend. Di Tian mistook Su Chen’s ignorance of Gu Yue’s identity for proof that she had cleverly won humanity’s strongest expert over to the Soul Beast side.

• Su Chen snapped his fingers and called on the plane’s power to bind Di Tian and slam him to the ground.
• Di Tian realized Su Chen wielded the power of the plane, while Xiong Jun recognized why he had been defeated so easily.
• Su Chen confronted Di Tian for trying to capture him, and Di Tian realized Xiong Jun had not explained their motives.
• Su Chen said Gu Yue was his girlfriend and threatened to kill anyone who bullied her.
• Di Tian concluded that Gu Yue had manipulated Su Chen into supporting the Soul Beasts and believed their revival was near.

Su Chen sent Di Tian and Xiong Jun away after warning them not to disturb Gu Yue or tell her about their meeting. After Shrek's final exams, he visited Ye Xinglan, who had stayed at the academy for the holidays, and they reunited in the hills behind the school.

• Su Chen spared Di Tian and Xiong Jun for Gu Yue's sake and told them to keep their meeting secret and avoid interrupting her research.
• Su Chen watched Di Tian and Xiong Jun leave without reporting the encounter to Gu Yue, then concluded they would stop pressuring her.
• After Shrek's final exams, Su Chen chose to visit Ye Xinglan before going home.
• Ye Xinglan cultivated on the Miniature Star Gazing Platform and wondered whether Su Chen had gone home for the holidays.
• Su Chen arrived in the hills, sat beside Ye Xinglan, and she leaned against him as they discussed her plans to remain at the academy.

Su Chen took Ye Xinglan to an island for a seaside vacation, hoping she would rest from her intense training. After waking in a bamboo house and enjoying the view, Ye Xinglan was surprised when Su Chen gave her a revealing swimsuit to try on.

• Su Chen invited Ye Xinglan on a mystery outing and took her to an island for a vacation.
• Ye Xinglan woke in a bamboo house, realized they were beside the sea, and felt relaxed seeing the Endless Sea again.
• Su Chen told Ye Xinglan she deserved to rest, and she admitted she had been training harder to catch up to him.
• Su Chen handed Ye Xinglan a pale blue two-piece swimsuit, and she blushed at how little fabric it had.

Su Chen dressed Ye Xinglan in a bikini and took photos of her at the beach, while she shyly cooperated and later tried to destroy the pictures. He saved them, then prepared grilled food and seafood soup as Ye Xinglan swam and returned from a shower in a one-piece swimsuit.

• Su Chen helped Ye Xinglan put on a pale blue bikini and took several photos of her inside the bamboo house and on the beach.
• Ye Xinglan inspected the printed photos and tried to tear up the ones she thought were unsuitable, but Su Chen took them back and kept them.
• Su Chen kissed Ye Xinglan and told her to swim while he prepared grilled meat, vegetables, and seafood soup.
• Ye Xinglan swam in the shallows, then showered in the nearby changing room and came back wearing a pale blue one-piece swimsuit.

Su Chen and Ye Xinglan shared a beach outing, where Ye Xinglan ate, practiced swordsmanship, and overcame her nerves about diving into deeper water. They explored the seabed together, collecting seafood as Ye Xinglan grew more confident swimming beside Su Chen.

• Su Chen teased Ye Xinglan while they ate grilled food on the beach, and she pushed him away after he stole a bite.
• Ye Xinglan practiced swordsmanship on the beach while Su Chen recorded her, then rested with water in the shade.
• Su Chen suggested a deep-sea dive, and Ye Xinglan agreed despite feeling nervous about the water.
• Su Chen guided Ye Xinglan through coral reefs, where she gradually relaxed and became fascinated by the fish and scenery.
• Su Chen and Ye Xinglan collected a lobster, crabs, sea cucumbers, abalone, and a grouper among the rocks as Ye Xinglan grew more nimble in the water.