Recaps

Xu Tianming forced Zhang Lexuan to suppress Dai Yueheng, seal his soul power, and lead him away in shackles and a dog collar. Afterward, Ma Xiaotao stayed behind and began planning a covert rescue to prevent Dai Yueheng’s capture from causing trouble for Shrek Academy.

• Dai Yueheng laughed at Xu Tianming’s threat, but Zhang Lexuan’s soul power pinned him in place.
• Xu Tianming ordered Zhang Lexuan to suppress Dai Yueheng more forcefully, and she drove his Martial Soul back into his body and forced him to his knees.
• Zhang Lexuan sealed Dai Yueheng’s soul power and put him in shackles at Xu Tianming’s command.
• Xu Tianming ordered Zhang Lexuan to lead Dai Yueheng back to the Princely Manor with a collar and chain.
• Ma Xiaotao remained behind after the crowd dispersed and began considering how to rescue Dai Yueheng in secret.

Xu Tianran visited Xu Tianming to request Dai Yueheng for use in negotiations with Shrek Academy, but Xu Tianming persuaded him to wait while he kept the prisoner for a few days. That night, Xu Tianming let Dai Yueheng speak again, then pulled Zhang Lexuan into his embrace, startling her.

• Xu Tianming had Zhang Lexuan chain Dai Yueheng outside his bedroom and seal his senses while he considered how to deal with Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Tianran visited Prince Yan's Palace and asked Xu Tianming to hand Dai Yueheng over so he could extract concessions from Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianming convinced Xu Tianran to let Dai Yueheng remain detained for a few days, and Xu Tianran warned him not to kill the prisoner.
• After dinner, Xu Tianming had Zhang Lexuan remove Dai Yueheng's gag and earplugs, and Dai Yueheng cursed and threatened him.
• Xu Tianming pulled Zhang Lexuan into his embrace, startling her.

Xu Tianming taunted Dai Yueheng while holding Zhang Lexuan, then demanded Dai Yueheng identify himself. Dai Yueheng stayed silent and misread Zhang Lexuan’s ignorance of his name as proof that she was secretly protecting him.

• Dai Yueheng heard Xu Tianming and Zhang Lexuan’s suggestive exchange and angrily demanded that Xu Tianming leave her alone.
• Xu Tianming teased the helpless Dai Yueheng and questioned him about his identity.
• Dai Yueheng refused to answer, believing Shrek Academy’s experts would eventually rescue him.
• Xu Tianming asked Zhang Lexuan for Dai Yueheng’s name, but she admitted that she did not know it.
• Dai Yueheng took Zhang Lexuan’s ignorance as evidence that she was hiding his identity, and Xu Tianming decided to teach him a lesson about being a simp.

Xu Tianming questioned Zhang Lexuan about Dai Yueheng and used her to provoke him, while Zhang Lexuan denied knowing the junior student. The chapter left Dai Yueheng furious as Zhang Lexuan cried out for mercy under Xu Tianming’s pressure.

• Xu Tianming asked Zhang Lexuan whether she knew Dai Yueheng, and she insisted she did not.
• Xu Tianming told Zhang Lexuan to get acquainted with Dai Yueheng, who felt conflicted about meeting her this way.
• Dai Yueheng defended Shrek Academy’s honor, but Xu Tianming mocked his claims and slapped Zhang Lexuan again.
• Dai Yueheng demanded that Xu Tianming hit him instead of Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Tianming threatened to punish her further.
• Xu Tianming whispered to Zhang Lexuan, who chose to pretend to cry for mercy rather than be struck in front of the others.

Xu Tianming forced Dai Yueheng to reveal his identity and used his remarks to pressure him, while Zhang Lexuan helped maintain the interrogation. Outside Prince Yan's Palace, Ma Xiaotao devised a plan to enter disguised as a maid and rescue Dai Yueheng.

• Xu Tianming had Zhang Lexuan pretend to be hurt until Dai Yueheng surrendered and revealed that he was the White Tiger Duke's legitimate eldest son from the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Tianming accused Dai Yueheng's actions of reflecting the intentions of the Star Luo Empire or Shrek Academy, but Dai Yueheng insisted he had acted alone and spoken impulsively.
• Xu Tianming had Zhang Lexuan gag Dai Yueheng and cover his ears, then invited her to cultivate with him.
• Ma Xiaotao watched Prince Yan's Palace and concluded that she could not rescue Dai Yueheng by force without alerting anyone.
• Ma Xiaotao decided to knock out some departing maids and enter the palace as a replacement maid.

Ma Xiaotao captured six maids while preparing to infiltrate Prince Yan's Palace, but struggled with what to do with them and chose to keep them hidden with food. After Zhang Lexuan helped Xu Tianming cultivate, he learned that six palace maids had disappeared and ordered a secret investigation.

• Ma Xiaotao knocked out the palace maids, moved them to a hideout, and questioned one of them for information.
• Ma Xiaotao decided to keep the maids restrained and leave them enough food rather than release or kill them.
• Xu Tianming restored Zhang Lexuan's spent soul power with Moon-Matrix Power, and she reflected on how serving him had become a habit.
• Butler Zhao reported that six maids had vanished after going out to buy supplies the previous night.
• Xu Tianming ordered Butler Zhao to have the authorities search for the maids discreetly and to post a notice recruiting replacements.

Xu Tianming learned that Ma Xiaotao was in Mingdu and prepared to draw her out while protecting the Sun Moon Empire’s standing. After discussing his plan with Xu Tianran, he left with a promise to grow strong enough to help the empire.

• Xu Tianming learned from Dai Yueheng that Ma Xiaotao, a powerful teammate with the Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, had come to Mingdu on the mission.
• Xu Tianming suspected Ma Xiaotao was behind the maidservant disappearances and hoped she would use his recruitment drive to infiltrate Prince Yan’s Palace.
• Xu Tianming asked Xu Tianran to tighten Mingdu’s defenses and limit high-level soul masters’ movements, while warning that openly using Dai Yueheng as a hostage could provoke Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianran agreed to Xu Tianming’s approach and assigned the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps to take over the city’s defenses.
• Xu Tianran explained that the Sun Moon Empire had not produced a Super Douluo for centuries, and Xu Tianming vowed to become a pillar of the empire.

Ma Xiaotao and Holy Ghost Cult operative Nana joined the public maid recruitment at Prince Yan's Palace, where Xu Tianming set strict conditions to narrow the applicants. As Xu Tianming prepared to interview the twelve remaining girls, Meng Hongchen arrived intending to help choose them and keep potential rivals away from him.

• Ma Xiaotao planned to use her knowledge of palace-maid duties to secure a place in Prince Yan's Palace.
• The Holy Ghost Cult sent Nana to infiltrate the palace and investigate Xu Tianming, holding her parents' souls hostage to ensure her obedience.
• Steward Zhao announced Xu Tianming's age, height, and soul-power requirements, reducing the crowd of applicants to twelve, including Ma Xiaotao and Nana.
• Meng Hongchen arrived at the palace to help Xu Tianming vet the applicants and hurried inside before Steward Zhao could announce her.

Ma Xiaotao infiltrated the Prince's Palace in disguise, but Xu Tianming recognized her and let the hiring test continue to learn what she intended to do. He ordered her to massage his shoulders, leaving her to endure the humiliating task to protect her cover.

• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as a fifteen-year-old with level twenty soul power and gave the rehearsed answers she had learned from the maids.
• Xu Tianming identified her as Shrek Inner Court student Ma Xiaotao after Mavuika sensed her powerful fire aura and Columbina detected her human-skin mask.
• Meng Hongchen warned Xu Tianming that Ma Xiaotao seemed suspicious, but he reassured her and let the interview proceed.
• Xu Tianming told Ma Xiaotao to demonstrate her practical skills by massaging his shoulders.
• Ma Xiaotao suppressed her anger, accepted the order, and began massaging Xu Tianming.

Xu Tianming discovered that Nana, a student controlled by the Holy Ghost Cult, had tried to enter his palace as a maid and decided to keep her as a potential double agent. As Nana fled, Ma Xiaotao mistook the situation for Xu Tianming abusing an innocent girl, and Butler Zhao moved to stop her.

• Columbina sensed an evil soul master in the palace, and Xu Tianming realized the Holy Ghost Cult had planted a spy in his household.
• Meng Hongchen recognized Nana as a Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy elite student and questioned why she had applied to be a maid.
• Nana panicked when she feared her identity had been exposed and fled the palace, while Xu Tianming decided to keep her and try to turn her into a double agent.
• Ma Xiaotao saw Nana running away and wrongly assumed Xu Tianming had mistreated her, then restrained herself from confronting him.
• Butler Zhao appeared in front of Nana and declared that leaving without Xu Tianming's permission was disrespectful and punishable.

Ma Xiaotao intervened to stop Steward Zhao from taking Nana, then tried to seize Xu Tianming as a hostage. Xu Tianming evaded her and chose to fight her himself, while the estate sealed off the area to hide his abilities.

• Ma Xiaotao struggled with whether to help Nana, then shouted for Steward Zhao to stop.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Steward Zhao with a teapot and charged at Xu Tianming, hoping to take him hostage before the estate's experts could react.
• Xu Tianming dodged Ma Xiaotao and sent Meng Hongchen to Uncle Zhao for protection.
• Uncle Zhao activated the estate's defensive formation while Ye Guyi stepped aside to watch.
• Xu Tianming announced that he would test his strength against Ma Xiaotao, who angrily accepted the challenge.

Xu Tianming used his Judgment Sword and heavenly fire to interrupt Ma Xiaotao’s attack and injure her, overcoming her confidence in her superior soul power. After Ma Xiaotao blocked a second blast, she mistakenly believed she had stopped his strongest technique and could not lose.

• Xu Tianming readied his Judgment Sword as Ma Xiaotao prepared to attack, though the weapon made her uneasy.
• Ma Xiaotao enhanced herself with her Phoenix soul skills and charged up Phoenix Sky-Roaring Strike.
• Xu Tianming activated Night Soul Domain, boosted his soul power, and used heavenly fire to strike Ma Xiaotao from above, interrupting her attack and knocking her from the air.
• Ma Xiaotao accused Xu Tianming of a sneak attack, and he mocked her before pressing his advantage with another heavenly fire strike.
• Ma Xiaotao blocked the second strike with a soul-power barrier, while Xu Tianming stopped using the costly technique and Ma Xiaotao assumed she was invincible.

Xu Tianming easily shattered Ma Xiaotao’s strongest attack, driving her to unleash the evil fire in her martial soul and reach Soul Emperor-level power. As the frenzied Ma Xiaotao charged, Xu Tianming completed his Sinking Sun Slash and swung his greatsword at her.

• Ma Xiaotao rose into the air and launched her fifth soul skill, a flaming phoenix, at Xu Tianming.
• Xu Tianming split the phoenix apart with a single swing, leaving Ma Xiaotao stunned by the defeat of her full-powered attack.
• Ma Xiaotao abandoned her suppression of the evil fire, lost most of her reason, and surged to level sixty.
• As hidden experts prepared to intervene, Xu Tianming finished charging his attack and swung his greatsword at Ma Xiaotao, declaring, “Hear the Sun’s Roar!”

Xu Tianming nearly killed Ma Xiaotao before Mu En appeared and stopped his attack. Mu En tried to recruit Xu Tianming to Shrek Academy, but Xu Tianming refused and told him to leave the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xu Tianming unleashed a powerful Sinking Sun Slash that nearly struck down Ma Xiaotao, whose fear briefly cleared her mind.
• Mu En appeared, erased Xu Tianming's flames, and put the exhausted Ma Xiaotao to sleep while suppressing her evil fire.
• Xu Tianming challenged Mu En's presence in the Sun Moon Empire, and Mu En praised his strength and composure.
• Mu En invited Xu Tianming to study at Shrek Academy, but Xu Tianming refused and urged him to leave.
• Mu En warned Xu Tianming that he could kill him for his disrespect.

Mu En tried to take Xu Tianming to Shrek Academy, but Xu Tianming defied him and warned that his death would bring down most of the academy. Kong Deming arrived just in time to stop Mu En from taking the Fourth Prince, after Columbina alerted him.

• Mu En threatened Xu Tianming, but Xu Tianming remained defiant and warned that at least ninety percent of Shrek Academy would be buried with him if he died.
• Mu En released Xu Tianming from his soul power pressure and decided to take him to Shrek Academy to teach him and build a connection with the future powerhouse.
• Mu En appeared beside Xu Tianming and prepared to take him away while Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi, and Steward Zhao were unable to intervene.
• Kong Deming arrived and demanded that Mu En release the Fourth Prince, warning that the Sun Moon Empire would fight Shrek Academy to the death.
• Columbina had alerted Kong Deming through his Silver Moon Martial Soul, prompting him to leave seclusion and rush to Prince Yan's Palace.

After learning that Shrek Academy had seized Xu Tianming, Xu Tianran mobilized the Sun Moon Empire’s forces and threatened war to prevent his brother’s removal. At Prince Yan's Palace, he arrived with reinforcements and confronted Mu En, leaving the standoff poised to escalate.

• Kong Deming told Xu Tianran that Shrek Academy had taken control of Xu Tianming and threatened his position if he failed to intervene.
• Xu Tianran ordered the empire to enter Level One combat readiness, aimed Class 9 fixed soul tool shells at Shrek City, sealed Mingdu, and summoned the Worship Hall worshippers.
• At Prince Yan's Palace, Mu En insisted he only wanted to take Xu Tianming to study at Shrek Academy, while Kong Deming accused him of acting like a bandit.
• Xu Tianran arrived above the palace with more than a dozen Titled Douluo-level powerhouses and reassured Xu Tianming that he would not let anyone take him.
• Xu Tianran warned Mu En that the Sun Moon Empire would fight Shrek Academy to the death if Xu Tianming were harmed.

Xu Tianming negotiated with Mu En, who admitted he was determined to take him back to Shrek Academy and promised to consider his demands. Xu Tianming agreed to discuss going but insisted Mu En first explain what kind of organization Shrek Academy was, then called someone out of his bedroom.

• Mu En released his soul power suppression on Xu Tianming and apologized, while Xu Tianming offered to end the dispute if Mu En left.
• Mu En admitted he intended to bring Xu Tianming to Shrek Academy and invited him to make reasonable requests.
• Xu Tianming said he might go to Shrek Academy but demanded an explanation about the academy first.
• Xu Tianming looked toward his bedroom and called someone out to meet Shrek Academy's elders.

Zhang Lexuan explained why Xu Tianming had kept her in the Prince's Residence, prompting Mu En to thank Xu Tianming and give him a Sea God Token. Xu Tianming then raised Dai Yueheng's conduct, showing Mu En a recording of his threats and attempted assassination.

• Zhang Lexuan left her room after Xu Tianming called for her in front of Mu En and the Sun-Moon Imperial Family.
• Zhang Lexuan recounted how Xu Tianming had saved her and her companions from evil soul masters and kept her in the Prince's Residence after a misunderstanding.
• Mu En thanked Xu Tianming and gave him a Sea God Token that granted one unconditional request of Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianming asked Zhang Lexuan to bring Dai Yueheng over, then showed Mu En a recording of Dai Yueheng threatening the prince and attempting to assassinate him.
• Mu En apologized for Shrek Academy's failure to educate Dai Yueheng properly and said he believed the student had acted on impulse.

Xu Tianming kept Dai Yueheng detained while Mu En negotiated with him, then demanded an explanation for Ma Xiaotao’s actions at the prince’s estate. After Xu Tianming used Mavuika’s power to wake Ma Xiaotao briefly, she explained that she had come to rescue Dai Yueheng, but Xu Tianming pressed her about how she entered and the missing maids.

• Mu En offered compensation, but Xu Tianming said Dai Yueheng would remain detained until the Star Luo Empire gave the Sun Moon Empire a satisfactory explanation.
• Xu Tianming raised a final matter concerning the unconscious Ma Xiaotao and asked Mu En to let him wake her so she could explain herself.
• Xu Tianming used Mavuika’s power to awaken Ma Xiaotao, and Mu En observed the strange power flowing through her.
• At Mu En’s command, Ma Xiaotao explained that she had infiltrated the prince’s estate to rescue Dai Yueheng.
• Xu Tianming accused Ma Xiaotao of glossing over important details and demanded to know how she entered and where she had taken the missing maids.

Mu En confronted Ma Xiaotao over kidnapping maids from Xu Tianming’s estate, then learned she had also intervened to protect Nana, an evil soul master. Xu Tianming demanded Shrek Academy explain a string of incidents that made it appear connected to evil soul masters.

• Mu En pressed Ma Xiaotao to tell the truth, and she admitted she had locked Xu Tianming’s maids in a cave; Xu Tianran sent a consecrator to check on them.
• Xu Tianming asked why Ma Xiaotao had attacked him, and she claimed she had been protecting an innocent girl from his servants.
• Xu Tianming brought Nana before the group and ordered her to reveal her martial soul; Mu En’s pressure forced Nana’s Ghost martial soul and evil soul power to emerge.
• Ma Xiaotao realized she had fought to protect an evil soul master and collapsed after spitting blood.
• Xu Tianming cited the students’ repeated incidents and demanded that Mu En provide an explanation for Shrek Academy.

Mu En offered Xu Tianming a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone to persuade him to join Shrek Academy, and Xu Tianming negotiated additional protections and access to the academy’s resources. Xu Tianming agreed to go after settling his affairs, while Ma Xiaotao was left stunned by Mu En’s concessions.

• Mu En apologized to Xu Tianming and offered him a hundred-thousand-year soul bone of his choice and help hunting a hundred-thousand-year soul beast if he enrolled at Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianming said the offer was not enough and asked whether he would retain his freedom and be allowed to leave the academy grounds.
• Mu En promised Xu Tianming could go wherever he pleased outside class hours, but required him to complete six years in the outer court before withdrawing or advancing early.
• Xu Tianming secured Mu En’s promise to protect him in Shrek City, uphold justice if academy seniors mistreated him, and grant him unconditional access to cultivation resources.
• Xu Tianming agreed to go to Shrek Academy after settling his affairs and stated that Mu En’s failure to fulfill any condition would release him from his promise.
• Mu En accepted the terms, and Ma Xiaotao felt bewildered by how different the agreement was from the Shrek Academy she knew.

After Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire worsened, Mu En asked Xu Tianming to suppress it, and Xu Tianming agreed to stabilize her for seven days. Xu Tianming planned to demand meaningful compensation for helping her in the future, while Kong Deming and Xu Tianran prepared for his arrival at Shrek Academy.

• Ma Xiaotao collapsed as her evil fire worsened, and Mu En realized he could no longer keep it under control.
• Mu En asked Xu Tianming to use his power to help Ma Xiaotao, and Xu Tianming agreed while warning that his help would only be temporary.
• Xu Tianming used Mavuika’s power to stabilize Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire for seven days, and Ma Xiaotao apologized and promised to repay him.
• Xu Tianming arranged temporary rooms for Ma Xiaotao and Mu En, then told Kong Deming and Xu Tianran that their timely arrival had protected him from a major loss.
• Kong Deming urged Xu Tianming to stand up for himself at Shrek Academy and assured him that the Sun Moon Empire would support him.

Xu Tianming’s family learned that Nana had been forced by the Holy Ghost Cult to infiltrate the prince’s residence, and Xu Tianran ordered her execution. Meng Hongchen intervened, giving Nana a chance to explain that the cult held her parents’ souls; she then asked Xu Tianming to help Nana.

• Xu Tianming reassured Kong Deming and Xu Tianran that he would attend Shrek Academy while remaining loyal to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tianran questioned Nana about entering the prince’s residence, learned she had been sent by the Holy Ghost Cult, and ordered guards to drag her away for execution.
• Meng Hongchen stopped the guards and pleaded for Nana, while Jing Hongchen warned her about challenging the crown prince’s order.
• Xu Tianran paused the execution and gave Nana three minutes to explain herself.
• Nana revealed that evil soul masters controlled her parents’ souls, and Meng Hongchen asked Xu Tianming to help her.

Xu Tianming rescued Nana’s parents’ souls from a Holy Ghost Cult hideout, freed Nana from the cult’s control, and took her into his service. Before leaving for Shrek Academy with Mu En, he agreed to bring Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi along, then considered taking more people.

• After learning from Nana that a Soul Emperor and dozens of evil soul masters were holding her parents’ souls, Xu Tianming surrounded their hideout with experts and defeated them.
• Columbina used moonlight to purify the imprisoned souls and Nana’s martial soul, freeing her parents and removing the evil power that marked Nana as an evil soul master.
• Nana renewed her offer to serve Xu Tianming, who settled her parents and brought her to the prince’s residence as his personal maid.
• The night before his departure with Mu En for Shrek Academy, Meng Hongchen asked to accompany Xu Tianming, and he agreed.
• Ye Guyi also asked to go to Shrek Academy, and Xu Tianming approved before considering bringing a few more people.

Yan Shaozhe stopped Xu Tianming and Meng Hongchen outside Shrek City, looking for an excuse to vent his frustration after waiting all day for Mu En. He used his status and the city guards to confront Xu Tianming, while Xu Tianming recognized their attempt to provoke him.

• Yan Shaozhe waited at Shrek City's East Gate for Mu En and the young genius he was bringing back.
• Xu Tianming rode toward the city with Meng Hongchen on his soul tool motorcycle, and Yan Shaozhe slowed it with his soul power.
• Yan Shaozhe accused Xu Tianming of reckless driving, but Xu Tianming challenged his motives and refused to be intimidated.
• Yan Shaozhe prompted the city guard captain to intervene, and the captain rebuked Xu Tianming for offending a senior elder of Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianming suppressed a smile, realizing that Yan Shaozhe and the guards had taken his bait.