Recaps

Leng Yulai accused Leng Yaozhu of hypocrisy and suspected her visit concealed another agenda, while Zhong Shenxiu rushed out to confront intruders near the estate. Leng Yulai resented Leng Yaozhu's Martial Soul resonance with Zhong Shenxiu but decided to turn it to her advantage, as Zhong Shenxiu attacked the fleeing shadows with Holy Light Judgment.

• Leng Yulai returned to the table and accused Leng Yaozhu of being hypocritical and using her visit as cover for another agenda.
• Zhong Shenxiu sensed intruders outside the estate and flew toward the eastern wall, awakening Leng Yaozhu's resonance with his Radiant King Dragon.
• Leng Yulai felt jealous of the resonance between Leng Yaozhu and Zhong Shenxiu, then decided she would use the situation to become the older sister for once.
• Zhong Shenxiu spotted a group of shadows in a thicket, hurled his Sky Light Dragon Spear at them, and recognized their Shadow Clone technique.
• Zhong Shenxiu unleashed Holy Light Judgment, scattering countless needles of light toward the fleeing shadows.

Zhong Shenxiu fought Ye Chen, a Title Douluo sent by the Spirit Pagoda to monitor and test him. After discovering that Zhong Shenxiu far exceeded the Spirit Pagoda’s intelligence estimates, Ye Chen stopped trying to retreat and unleashed his full power.

• Zhong Shenxiu’s light needles destroyed Ye Chen’s shadow clones and exposed his disguise.
• Ye Chen tried to cut through Zhong Shenxiu’s golden beams, but Zhong Shenxiu swiftly attacked and left a bloody line across Ye Chen’s throat.
• Ye Chen revealed his nine soul rings and used Silent Shadow Death Strike, but Zhong Shenxiu met the attack head-on and forced him back.
• Ye Chen realized Zhong Shenxiu was far stronger than the reported five-ring Soul King and launched a barrage of shadowy afterimages from every direction.

Zhong Shenxiu held off Ye Chen’s attacks and steadily gained the advantage, forcing the nine-ring Title Douluo to use his strongest soul skill. As Ye Chen closed in with a lethal strike, Leng Yulai stopped Leng Yaozhu from intervening and said she was underestimating her master.

• Zhong Shenxiu used his spear and blade to defend against Ye Chen’s attacks and gradually increased the strength of his counterattacks.
• Ye Chen feared Doulong Technology’s experts might arrive and unleashed his ninth soul skill, Ten Thousand Shadows Return to Void.
• Zhong Shenxiu charged into Ye Chen’s darkness with the Burning Heaven Holy Flame and burned through the shadows.
• Ye Chen formed a short blade from Shadow Power and attacked Zhong Shenxiu with a killing strike aimed at his heart.
• Leng Yaozhu moved to help Zhong Shenxiu, but Leng Yulai blocked her and said she was underestimating her master.

Zhong Shenxiu unleashed his Myriad Calamity Burning Heaven Prison domain and trapped Ye Chen inside, suppressing his Shadow Power while golden light calamities struck him. Ye Chen burned his life force for a final attack, and Zhong Shenxiu met him with the Sky Light Dragon Spear.

• Zhong Shenxiu activated Dragon Fighting Form and cast Myriad Calamity Burning Heaven Prison, enclosing Ye Chen in a golden domain.
• Golden light calamities descended on Ye Chen as the domain slowed him, weakened his Shadow Power, and blocked his escape.
• Zhong Shenxiu declared that Ye Chen would die for invading his territory and trying to kill him.
• Ye Chen burned his life force and surged forward with a Shadow Short Blade to attack Zhong Shenxiu.
• Zhong Shenxiu swept the Sky Light Dragon Spear across Ye Chen's attack, and their golden and black powers collided.

Zhong Shenxiu defeated and killed Ye Chen in a fierce battle inside the golden domain. After the domain faded, Leng Yaozhu watched in shock while Leng Yulai looked on with pride.

• Zhong Shenxiu used his weapons and Clear Dragon Heart to read Ye Chen's attacks and exploit openings as Ye Chen's life-burning strength waned.
• Zhong Shenxiu cut Ye Chen across the waist with the Light-Imperial Ninja Blade, but Ye Chen charged again with his remaining strength.
• Zhong Shenxiu used his Fifth Soul Skill, Dragon Dawn Evil-Breaking Stab, to pierce Ye Chen's heart and destroy him with the Evil-Breaking Light Core.
• The golden domain faded, and Zhong Shenxiu ended his Dragon Fighting Form after sheathing the Light-Imperial Ninja Blade.
• Leng Yaozhu watched Zhong Shenxiu slay the nine-ring Title Douluo in disbelief, while Leng Yulai felt proud of him.

Leng Yaozhu accepted that she could not return to the Spirit Pagoda after Zhong Shenxiu told her its line had been cut and Ye Chen was dead. At Spirit Pagoda headquarters, Qiangu Dongfeng reassured Qiangu Zhangting about Gu Yue joining Doulong Technology Co., Ltd., just before a panicked figure arrived.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Leng Yaozhu that Qiangu Dongfeng would soon learn Ye Chen was dead and that she would be unable to return to the Spirit Pagoda for some time.
• Leng Yaozhu nodded, realizing she had no choice but to remain bound to Zhong Shenxiu.
• Qiangu Zhangting asked Qiangu Dongfeng why Gu Yue had joined Doulong Technology Co., Ltd.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told Qiangu Zhangting to stay calm and dismissed the company as an insignificant upstart he could easily destroy.
• A panicked figure hurried into Qiangu Dongfeng's courtyard.

Qiangu Dongfeng received a wooden box from Doulong Technology Co., Ltd., expecting a conciliatory gift, but found the severed head of the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda Branch Master inside. After the head exploded, a soul tool array disk delivered a taunting message, leaving Qiangu Dongfeng enraged.

• A panicked subordinate presented Qiangu Dongfeng with a return gift from Doulong Technology Co., Ltd., while Qiangu Zhangting watched.
• Qiangu Dongfeng opened the box and found the head of the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda Branch Master, whom he had personally appointed.
• The head exploded, splattering Qiangu Zhangting and knocking the subordinate down while Qiangu Dongfeng protected himself with a barrier.
• A hidden soul tool array disk played a message mocking Qiangu Dongfeng and asking whether he liked the return gift.
• Qiangu Dongfeng burned with rage at the message.

Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting faced a provocation from Doulong Technology Co., Ltd., including a severed head and insults delivered through an array plate. Qiangu Dongfeng restrained his anger and decided not to act rashly, believing Shrek Academy would become involved.

• Qiangu Dongfeng erupted in fury after the array plate went dark, while Qiangu Zhangting and a subordinate trembled under his oppressive presence.
• Qiangu Dongfeng calmed himself and condemned Doulong Technology Co., Ltd. as he examined the shattered box and array plate.
• Qiangu Zhangting asked what they should do, and Qiangu Dongfeng reassured him that the severed head and insults were meant to provoke them into rash action.
• Qiangu Dongfeng decided they should remain steadfast and wait, saying that Shrek Academy would wade into the conflict for them.

In the Star Dragon Tower, Blazing Black Hand rejected Psychedelic Black Hand’s concerns about insulting Qiangu Dongfeng and insisted that reviving the Dragon Fighting Plane mattered more than the Master’s other plans. Psychedelic Black Hand reflected on Blazing Black Hand’s history as a dark-tide invader who had witnessed the Fighting Dragon Clan’s ancient glory.

• Psychedelic Black Hand questioned Blazing Black Hand about provoking Qiangu Dongfeng and risking an alliance between Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Blazing Black Hand dismissed the warning and declared that any plan serving the Dragon Fighting Plane’s revival was worthwhile.
• Blazing Black Hand threatened the Twelve Star Dragons and said he would deal with them after the Master’s plan was complete.
• Psychedelic Black Hand watched Qiangu Dongfeng’s projection and considered how the collision between the two worlds was only beginning.
• Psychedelic Black Hand recalled that Blazing Black Hand had fought in the ancient dark invasion and had witnessed the Six Great Ultimate Dragon Fighting Kings defeat the dark forces.

Doulong Technology sealed the Spirit Pagoda branches in Eastsea City and Skysea City while Leng Yaozhu remained with Leng Yulai in Eastsea City. Leng Yulai rejected her sister’s plea to come home and began explaining that her reasons for joining the Holy Spirit Cult went beyond her martial soul’s dark attributes.

• Psychedelic Black Hand activated the Star Dragon Tower while recognizing that Blazing Black Hand would have to obey Zhong Shenxiu’s will.
• Doulong Technology’s Security Team sealed the Spirit Pagoda branches in Eastsea City and Skysea City, cutting off communications and restricting their staff.
• Leng Yaozhu stayed in Eastsea City with Leng Yulai after Zhong Shenxiu left, hoping to reconnect with her younger sister.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Leng Yulai to come home, but Leng Yulai mocked her and refused to accept her as a sister.
• Leng Yulai asked whether Leng Yaozhu knew why she had joined the Holy Spirit Cult and said her family’s cold treatment had affected her more than her martial soul’s dark attributes.

Leng Yulai reflected on the rejection and betrayal that drove her to join the Holy Spirit Cult, while Leng Yaozhu begged her to return to the Leng Family. Leng Yulai pretended to consider forgiving her and beckoned her closer to reveal what she wanted her to do.

• Leng Yulai recalled how her family’s fear of her Dark Phoenix martial soul made her feel judged and trapped.
• She remembered believing that strength could free her from her family’s expectations, and resenting Leng Yaozhu and Yun Ming for what she saw as betrayals.
• Leng Yulai explained to herself that she had joined the Holy Spirit Cult because it let her use her power without restraint or judgment.
• Leng Yaozhu pleaded with Leng Yulai to return, promising to drive out the elders and support whatever she wanted.
• Leng Yulai told Leng Yaozhu to come closer so she could explain what she needed to do, and Leng Yaozhu eagerly leaned in.

Zhong Shenxiu fought Ye Chen and overcame his shadow attacks, while Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai confronted their painful past and clashed over their sisterly bond. After sensing a new threat beyond the residence, Zhong Shenxiu rushed outside and attacked a group of fleeing Shadow Clones with Holy Light Judgment.

• Zhong Shenxiu held off Ye Chen’s attacks, growing stronger with each strike through the inheritance of Vast Sea Power.
• Ye Chen unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Shadows Return to Void, but Zhong Shenxiu burned through the shadows with the Burning Heaven Holy Flame.
• Leng Yulai stopped Leng Yaozhu from intervening and told her that her master could handle Ye Chen, while the sisters’ unresolved grievances resurfaced.
• Leng Yaozhu sensed a martial soul resonance with Zhong Shenxiu’s Radiant King Dragon, and Leng Yulai reacted with jealousy before deciding to turn the situation to her advantage.
• Zhong Shenxiu sensed figures hiding beyond the eastern wall, flew outside, and hurled the Sky Light Dragon Spear at the thicket.
• More than a dozen Shadow Clones fled in different directions, and Zhong Shenxiu unleashed Holy Light Judgment to strike them with countless light needles.

The Black Hand Clan ambushed Shrek Academy’s students during their Final Exam, overwhelming them before Feng Wuyu intervened. Thunderclap Black Hand appeared to block Feng Wuyu and challenge him, leaving the battle between the two powerful fighters about to begin.

• The Black Hand Clan launched a surprise attack on Shrek Academy’s students, killing one student and swiftly subduing others.
• A Soul Emperor student activated his Battle Armor and rallied several students into a defensive formation.
• Feng Wuyu arrived and charged toward the battle, intending to burn the attackers with his flames.
• Thunderclap Black Hand struck at Feng Wuyu with black-violet lightning, forcing him to retreat.
• Thunderclap Black Hand confronted Feng Wuyu, who demanded to know whether he feared Shrek Academy’s retaliation.

Feng Wuyu fought Thunderclap Black Hand as Doulong Technology Co., Ltd. attacked Shrek Academy, relying on his Blazing Dragon Armor to protect the students behind him. Elsewhere, Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng faced a massive young man whose identity remained unrevealed.

• Thunderclap Black Hand revealed that his allies were fighting other Shrek Academy experts and forced Feng Wuyu to focus on their duel.
• Thunderclap Black Hand summoned a thunderstorm and attacked Feng Wuyu with a lightning spear.
• Feng Wuyu donned his Three-word Battle Armor, Blazing Dragon Armor, and met the spear with two fire dragons.
• Feng Wuyu and Thunderclap Black Hand exchanged attacks across the storm, neither gaining a clear advantage.
• Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng faced a massive young man surrounded by brilliant white light in another battlefield.

Quake Black Hand overwhelmed Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng with devastating spatial shockwaves, while Thunderclap Black Hand battled Feng Wuyu with increasingly powerful lightning attacks. Feng Wuyu transformed into his Blazing Fire Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed Blazing Dragon Scorches the Heavens against Ten Thousand Thunder Prison.

• Quake Black Hand shattered space with his fists, forcing Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng to defend against repeated shockwaves.
• Lan Muzi used the setting sun to suppress Quake Black Hand, but Quake Black Hand broke through it and injured Tang Yinmeng.
• Thunderclap Black Hand unleashed Thunder Shadow Whirlwind, and Feng Wuyu blocked its lightning blades with Blazing Dragon Wall.
• Feng Wuyu detonated Blazing Dragon Wall with Dragon Flame Burst, stopping Thunderclap Black Hand's whirlwind and driving him back.
• Thunderclap Black Hand called down Ten Thousand Thunder Prison, and Feng Wuyu transformed into his Blazing Fire Dragon Martial Soul Avatar.
• Feng Wuyu merged with his Blazing Dragon Armor and struck upward with Blazing Dragon Scorches the Heavens.

Feng Wuyu fought Thunderclap Black Hand but was overwhelmed and severely injured. Thunderclap Black Hand knocked him unconscious and took him captive, then headed toward another battlefield where the fighting continued.

• Thunderclap Black Hand blasted Feng Wuyu out of his Martial Soul Avatar state with the Purple Lightning Magic Orb, leaving him badly injured in a crater.
• Feng Wuyu unleashed Blazing Dragon Roar, but Thunderclap Black Hand’s Purple Lightning Thunderclap forced the attack back and destroyed both of Feng Wuyu’s arms.
• Thunderclap Black Hand told Feng Wuyu he planned to take him alive, then struck his neck and knocked him unconscious.
• Thunderclap Black Hand slung Feng Wuyu over his shoulder and flew toward the other battlefield, wondering why Kuang Zhen had not finished his opponent.

Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng worked together to battle Quake Black Hand, combining blade attacks with soul-targeting music. The chapter ended with Lan Muzi’s Sunny Grand Path colliding with Quake Black Hand’s full-power Booming Quake Light Wheel, unleashing a vast shockwave.

• Lan Muzi attacked Quake Black Hand with the Yang Wood Blade while Tang Yinmeng used her Yin Ocarina to slow and assault his mind.
• Quake Black Hand shattered Tang Yinmeng’s illusions and resisted Lan Muzi’s strikes, forcing both fighters to keep defending and attacking.
• Tang Yinmeng bound Quake Black Hand with Ghost Soul Lock, giving Lan Muzi an opening to unleash Sunny Grand Path.
• Quake Black Hand answered with the full power of Booming Quake Light Wheel, and its pillar of light collided with Lan Muzi’s golden blade strike.
• The two attacks locked together before a terrifying shockwave spread across the battlefield.

Quake Black Hand overwhelmed Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng, but an elderly Shrek warrior arrived and fought him to buy time. The old man escaped with the two wounded fighters while Quake Black Hand was delayed by the battle.

• Quake Black Hand unleashed his full Quake Domain and struck at the badly injured Tang Yinmeng.
• Lan Muzi shielded Tang Yinmeng with his Triple Yang Pass and Yang Wood Armor, but Quake Black Hand’s attack shattered half his body.
• An elderly man arrived, examined Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng, and challenged Quake Black Hand to protect Shrek’s disciples.
• The old man attacked with Radiant Holy Lion Roar, and Quake Black Hand countered by fusing Booming Quake Light Wheel with Earthquake Shock.
• The old man used the smoke from their collision to flee with Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng before Quake Black Hand could catch them.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie led the group through sparring matches at a Mistwave City academy, then confronted Yang Nianxia and Wu Siduo over their arrogance and approach. Yang Nianxia chose to leave on his own, but Wu Siduo stayed with the group as they continued toward Eastsea City.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie arranged for six Shrek students to spar with teachers at a Mistwave City academy, where they won five of six matches.
• Yang Nianxia criticized Xie Xie for treating the academy staff respectfully, and Tang Wulin and Xie Xie warned him against forcing people to accept challenges.
• Wu Siduo argued that the group was moving too slowly and claimed Shrek students would not be arrested for their conduct.
• Tang Wulin told Yang Nianxia and Wu Siduo to follow his route and challenge plan or travel alone.
• Yang Nianxia decided to leave and invited Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui to join him, but Yuanen Yehui rejected him and Wu Siduo chose to stay.

After Yang Nianxia stormed off, the Black Hand Clan ambushed the group and demanded that the Shrek students come with them. Tang Wulin and the others fought back, but the attackers’ smoke-like bodies and coordinated assault left them surrounded and struggling.

• Yang Nianxia stormed away after Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui sided with Tang Wulin.
• A Black Hand Clan leader slammed Yang Nianxia into the pavement and surrounded Tang Wulin and the others with masked fighters.
• Wu Siduo sensed the attackers’ killing intent, and Tang Wulin ordered the group to run while using Blue Silver Piercing Array.
• The Black Hand leader evaded the grass, struck Tang Wulin with an earth-powered palm, and forced him back after their clash.
• The black-clad fighters attacked Xie Xie and Wu Siduo, whose blade and claw attacks passed through their smoke-like bodies.

Tang Wulin and his friends struggled against the black-clad figures until he invoked Zhong Shenxiu’s name and stopped the attacks on himself and Xie Xie. Tang Wulin then claimed Ye Xinglan was Zhong Shenxiu’s old acquaintance, and the Black Hands withdrew from her as well, leaving Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui still fighting.

• Wu Siduo, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui fought the black-clad figures, while Ye Xinglan discovered that her starlight attacks weakened their smoke forms.
• Tang Wulin struggled to withstand Earth Phenomenon Black Hand’s powerful attacks and called himself Zhong Shenxiu’s good friend.
• Earth Phenomenon Black Hand stopped attacking Tang Wulin, questioned him, and ordered that he come along; the black-clad figures also stopped fighting Xie Xie.
• Tang Wulin told Earth Phenomenon Black Hand that Ye Xinglan and Zhong Shenxiu were old acquaintances, so the attackers withdrew from her.
• Ye Xinglan looked on in confusion as Tang Wulin waved to her, while Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui remained under attack.

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, Wu Siduo, Yuanen Yehui, and Yang Nianxia were captured by the Black Hands, while Feng Wuyu reflected on Shrek Academy’s failures as he and its students were transported by train. The captives faced an uncertain fate, and Feng Wuyu doubted Shrek Academy could rescue them from Doulong Technology Co., Ltd.

• Tang Wulin tried to distract the Earth Phenomenon Black Hand, but the Black Hand punched him and ordered his men to watch the group.
• The Earth Phenomenon Black Hand defeated Yuanen Yehui and Wu Siduo, and his men knocked them unconscious.
• The Black Hands subdued the group, sealed Tang Wulin’s Soul Power with shackles, and carried the captives away.
• Aboard a Soul Guidance Train, Feng Wuyu listened to the frightened Shrek Academy students and recognized that their education had taught them strength but not how to face hardship.
• The students pleaded with Feng Wuyu to save them, but he could offer no assurance and believed Shrek Academy had met a powerful enemy in Doulong Technology Co., Ltd.

Feng Wuyu discovered that dark energy was amplifying the Shrek students’ negative emotions, leaving him afraid and helpless. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin and his companions ate aboard the train before Jinglei questioned their claimed ties to Zhong Shenxiu and threatened them if they were lying.

• Feng Wuyu noticed black smoke and dark energy influencing the students, intensifying their fear, greed, arrogance, selfishness, and cowardice.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie feasted in the carriage, insisting that Zhong Shenxiu was their friend and that they were being treated as guests.
• Wu Siduo, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui eventually joined the meal despite their uncertainty about being prisoners.
• Jinglei introduced himself as a retainer of the Zhong Family and asked whether the five were old acquaintances of his master.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie affirmed their friendship with Zhong Shenxiu, and Jinglei warned that he would kill them if he discovered they were lying.

Tang Wulin and his friends waited anxiously aboard a carriage after Thunderclap Black Hand threatened them. In Eastsea City, Leng Yaozhu tried to serve Zhong Shenxiu in a maid outfit for her sister’s sake, then reflected on how her overprotectiveness had helped drive Leng Yulai toward the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Thunderclap Black Hand warned Tang Wulin and the others to stay put, saying Yang Nianxia had been punished for his foul mouth.
• Xie Xie feared they might die, but Tang Wulin and Ye Xinglan insisted that Zhong Shenxiu would not abandon them.
• Zhong Shenxiu came home and found Leng Yaozhu wearing a maid outfit and calling him master while Leng Yulai watched through a camera.
• At dinner, Zhong Shenxiu told Leng Yaozhu that he would protect Leng Yulai and keep her by his side.
• Leng Yaozhu realized that her habit of treating Leng Yulai as someone who needed protection had helped push her younger sister toward the Holy Spirit Cult.

Leng Yaozhu hid beneath Zhong Shenxiu’s dining table when Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan arrived, desperate to keep them from seeing her dressed as his maid. Gu Yue recognized her master’s presence and discovered her hiding place, but kept the secret as the meal continued.

• Leng Yaozhu accepted Zhong Shenxiu’s offer to let Leng Yulai live with him, hoping her younger sister could return to the right path.
• Gu Yue arrived with Xu Xiaoyan after Zhong Shenxiu declined their dinner invitation, and Leng Yaozhu panicked at the prospect of being seen.
• With her Soul Power sealed, Leng Yaozhu hid beneath the table between Zhong Shenxiu’s legs as Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan came inside.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Gu Yue that Leng Yulai had cooked the meal and gone out, while Gu Yue suspected someone was hiding nearby.
• Gu Yue felt Leng Yaozhu beneath the table with her foot but said nothing, while Xu Xiaoyan praised Leng Yulai’s cooking, unaware of the secret.