Recaps

After Shrek’s disastrous expedition, Leng Qiuyu and Zhang Lexuan aligned with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, while Huo Yuhao helped expose and undermine Shrek. The competition advanced into its round-robin stage, where Xuan Zi’s attempt to force former Shrek members back triggered a confrontation with Star Luo and Jing Hongchen.

• Xuan Zi blamed Ning Tian and Leng Qiuyu for surviving the cave disaster, but Leng Qiuyu refused to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire and rejected Shrek.
• Ning Tian, Leng Qiuyu, and Xu Jiujiu discussed exposing Shrek, while Huo Yuhao’s group promised to protect Leng Qiuyu’s family so she could testify against the academy.
• Jing Hongchen and the Star Luo Royal Family spread news of Shrek’s failures, and Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen joined the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy as its contestants faced Shrek at the competition.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen defeated a seven-member opposing team, while Wang Yan dismissed their victory as the result of pills and urged Shrek’s reserve team to keep fighting.
• Mu En stopped Xuan Zi from resigning, ordered Shrek to adopt Soul Tools, and proposed an exchange program with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• At the Starlight Auction, Huo Yuhao drove up Shrek’s costs through competitive bidding, helped Meng Hongchen obtain an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and gave the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife to Kong Deming.
• After sixty-seven teams advanced to the round-robin stage, Xuan Zi demanded Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen return to Shrek, then threatened Star Luo citizens and Titled Douluo when they refused.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and their companions stood with Zhang Lexuan, while Jing Hongchen challenged Xuan Zi over the danger his actions posed to ordinary people.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy defeated Shrek in a final that turned into a massacre, exposing Shrek’s mistreatment and concealed crimes to the crowd. Huo Yuhao rejected Dai Hao’s attempt to make amends, while Mu En and Kong Deming ended their fight with Shrek’s reputation in ruins.

• Jing Hongchen and Xuan Zi fought over Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen, while the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy advanced to face Shrek in the final.
• Huo Yuhao’s team used illusions to make Shrek’s contestants attack one another, while Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire transformed her into an Evil Soul Master.
• Ma Xiaotao killed Dai Yueheng, He Caitou, and more than a hundred spectators before Star Luo Empire fighters subdued her.
• Leng Qiuyu, Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan exposed Shrek’s mistreatment and concealed crimes, and Mu En arrived as the crowd demanded justice.
• Kong Deming stopped Mu En from taking Huo Yuhao and the others away, while Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Hao to kill Dai Huabin and the Duchess.
• Huo Yuhao vowed to destroy the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion himself, and the Star Luo royal family saw an opportunity to weaken the Dai Family.
• Mu En and Kong Deming ended their fight, then Mu En returned to Star Luo City and demanded that Xuan Zi explain Bei Bei’s shattered kidney.

Shrek Academy suffered a devastating Holy Spirit Cult invasion, while Wang Dong'er rejected the Clear Sky Sect and chose her own path. Mu En recovered and began rebuilding Shrek as Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena sought Immortal Herbs and strengthened his abilities.

• Xu Jiawei declared the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy the tournament champion, while Mu En accepted the Dai Family’s allegiance and Shrek’s former allies began leaving.
• Wang Dong'er confronted Niu Tian and Titan, rejected being treated as a replacement, and severed her ties with them and the Clear Sky Sect.
• The Holy Spirit Cult attacked Shrek City, and Zhongli Wu forced Mu En to surrender Ma Xiaotao to stop the slaughter.
• Tang Ya threatened to destroy Shrek as she left with the Holy Spirit Cult, while Mu En urged Shrek’s people to restore the academy’s glory.
• Niu Tian and Titan arrived at Shrek, and the Golden Ancient Tree healed Mu En and restored him to his peak condition.
• Mu En stripped Shrek’s leaders of authority as the Holy Spirit Cult took the Dou Ling Empire and Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena searched the Icefire Yin Yang Well for Immortal Herbs.
• Gu Yuena crushed the Immortal Herbs’ resistance, and Huo Yuhao consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, greatly improving his Spirit Eye Martial Soul and Spiritual Power.
• Gu Yuena tried to pluck Lovesick Heartbreak Red but was rejected, then sought an herb for Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice as he hid that he knew of her attempt.

Huo Yuhao strengthened the Sun Moon Empire while the Holy Spirit Cult seized the Dou Ling Empire and drew other nations into conflict. By the end, Star Luo, Heaven Soul, and the Holy Spirit Cult were fighting, and Mu En faced a public request for Shrek Academy’s aid.

• Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao collected Immortal Herbs from the Icefire Yin Yang Well, then returned to the academy, where Bai Xiuxiu, Lan Fozi, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng had transferred into his class.
• Huo Yuhao gave Xu Tianran the Gold of Life to restore his body, then researched Battle Armor with Gu Yuena and defeated the Body Sect’s challenge before Du Busi departed with a cultivation method for him.
• The Holy Spirit Cult took over the Dou Ling Empire and slaughtered its royal family and nobles, while Mu En rescued Xu Sanshi’s mother and the Clear Sky Sect refused to join Shrek against the cult.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his strength to Xu Tianran and proposed sending Sun Moon troops through neighboring empires to rescue Dou Ling civilians, leaving the troops positioned near their borders.
• Ye Xishui sent Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya with Evil Soul Masters toward the Sun Moon Empire, but Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts intercepted them after the group began killing Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao altered Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya’s perceptions and ordered them to stir conflict, while Di Tian spared them and warned the Holy Spirit Cult against slaughtering Soul Beasts.
• Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya led attacks against Star Luo and Heaven Dou forces, drawing both empires into fighting with the Holy Spirit Cult while Huo Yuhao’s Sun Moon forces watched.
• Star Luo and Heaven Soul publicly asked Shrek Academy for help against the Holy Spirit Cult, and Mu En asked the Sea God Pavilion members how they should respond.