Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao woke beside Snow Empress and Ice Empress after their night together, and the three prepared to get up and go out. Ice Empress teased and blamed Ling Xiao for keeping her up practicing Broken-Step A, then asked him to carry her to the bathtub.

• Ling Xiao woke first and gently helped the sore Snow Empress out of bed after she declined to use Soul Power to ease her pain.
• Snow Empress went to bathe, and Ling Xiao woke Ice Empress, who accidentally called him Brother before remembering their night together.
• Ice Empress accused Ling Xiao of tricking her into practicing Broken-Step A and keeping her up late, while Ling Xiao apologized and called her cute.
• Snow Empress returned and asked which of them would use the bathroom first, and Ling Xiao told Ice Empress to go.
• Ice Empress nearly fell while getting out of bed, and after Ling Xiao caught her, she blamed him for her sore legs and demanded that he carry her to the bathtub.

Ling Xiao and the Ice and Snow Emperors heard rumors accusing Shrek’s Xuan Zi of being the Holy Spirit Cult’s Supreme Elder, a scheme Ling Xiao had set in motion. As Shrek’s team prepared for the tournament, Wang Yan realized their battle arrangements had been exposed.

• Ling Xiao took the Ice Empress to bathe, then left the hotel with her and the Snow Empress after the Snow Empress tidied their room.
• Ling Xiao and the two Emperors heard passersby discussing rumors that Xuan Zi was the Holy Spirit Cult’s Supreme Elder and had nearly destroyed Shrek’s team.
• Ling Xiao bought three scalped tickets so they could enter the crowded tournament arena without drawing attention.
• Spectators packed the arena to see whether Shrek’s team had truly been crippled, while the host and Cheng Gang entered the competition field.
• Xuan Zi and Lin Huiqun confronted the rumors in Shrek’s lounge, and Wang Yan lamented that their newly prepared battle arrangements had been exposed.

Shrek’s reserve team faced Tianling Academy in the first elimination match, while Ling Xiao watched to see how Shrek would respond to the rumors about its weakened official team. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill gave Shrek an early advantage, but both collapsed afterward, leaving the rest of the match unresolved.

• Ma Xiaotao and the other injured official team members offered to fight despite their injuries, but Wang Yan stopped them and urged the reserve team to take their place.
• Ling Xiao arrived at the spectator stands with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress and watched the factions as Shrek and Tianling entered the arena.
• Shrek’s reserve team revealed its weak lineup, prompting spectators to believe the rumors about Shrek and to jeer at the academy.
• Huo Yuhao revealed six simulated hundred-thousand-year soul rings, causing Tianling’s team to bunch together before its teacher warned them the rings were fake.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Golden Road, knocking two Tianling members off the stage and injuring the other five before both Shrek students passed out.
• Tianling’s remaining members realized they had been deceived and unleashed their cultivation against Shrek’s remaining fighters.

Shrek defeated Tianling Academy, but Xiao Xiao and Xu Sanshi revealed important secrets, exposing Shrek’s trump cards. After referee Cheng Gang tried to inspect the unconscious Huo Yuhao, Xuan Zi intervened, and Ling Xiao observed the powerful factions gathering as rumors about the Immortal Herbs began to spread.

• Shrek won the five-versus-five match against Tianling Academy, while Xiao Xiao revealed her Twin Martial Souls and Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement.
• Referee Cheng Gang demanded to inspect the unconscious Huo Yuhao, prompting Wang Yan and the spectators to argue over the request.
• Xuan Zi arrived and suppressed Cheng Gang, who apologized to Shrek under his pressure.
• Ling Xiao noticed Lin Huiqun representing Shrek and Jing Hongchen representing the Sun-Moon Empire among the assembled faction leaders.
• Ling Xiao considered how news about the Immortal Herbs and the factions’ foundations would spread across the continent, then left the match with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

Ling Xiao, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress left the tournament stands to explore Star Luo City while Myriad Demon King prepared to spread information about powerful factions. Ling Xiao found the Snow Empress and Ice Empress speaking with Princess Xu Jiujiu and Princess Xu Yun, and the chapter ended as the two Emperors learned the women were princesses.

• Ling Xiao led the excited Ice Empress away from the stands, and the Snow Empress joined them on the streets of Star Luo City.
• Ling Xiao instructed Myriad Demon King to spread information about Shrek Academy, the Sun-Moon Empire, and the Holy Spirit Cult while taking care not to reveal the Extreme North's involvement.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress wandered through the city as Ling Xiao and Myriad Demon King communicated by voice transmission.
• Ling Xiao searched the crowded streets and found the Snow Empress and Ice Empress with two strangers at a stall.
• The strangers' guards tried to stop Ling Xiao, but his killing intent frightened them into dropping their weapons.
• Ling Xiao asked how the Snow Empress and Ice Empress had met the two women, and they were surprised to learn the women were Princess Xu Jiujiu and Princess Xu Yun.

Ling Xiao explained how he recognized Xu Jiujiu and Xu Yun, then paid for the Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s sugar paintings. Xu Jiujiu invited Ling Xiao to the Starshine Auction with a VIP card, and he decided to pursue the Life Gold item despite worrying that Shrek Academy could outbid him.

• Ling Xiao explained that he recognized Xu Jiujiu from the team entrance and guessed that Xu Yun was her sister because they looked alike.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress recounted how Xu Jiujiu offered to pay for their sugar paintings after they realized they had left Ling Xiao behind.
• Ling Xiao paid the stall owner, then asked him to add a lightning spirit and a little scorpion to the sugar paintings.
• Xu Jiujiu and Xu Yun respectfully introduced themselves, and Ling Xiao declined to reveal his identity or whereabouts.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Ling Xiao to the Starshine Auction and gave him a VIP card; Ling Xiao remembered the Life Gold carving knife and considered whether he could outbid Shrek Academy.

Xu Jiujiu invited Ling Xiao and the Ice and Snow Emperors to the Starshine Auction House, hoping to recruit them, and Ling Xiao agreed to attend. As night fell, the Myriad Demon King prepared to expose everyone’s backgrounds while Ling Xiao arrived at the auction and spotted Shrek across the hall.

• The Ice Empress asked about the VIP card and whether they had enough money to bid, so Xu Jiujiu offered to light the Heavenly Lantern for anything Ling Xiao wanted.
• The Snow Empress preserved a sugar figurine in ice, and Ling Xiao explained the Heavenly Lantern and why Xu Jiujiu’s offer would amount to transferring Star Luo Imperial Family property between its own hands.
• Ling Xiao agreed to attend the auction, and Xu Jiujiu and Xu Yun returned to Star Luo Palace to report to Xu Jiawei and arrange for a Titled Douluo to test Ling Xiao’s group.
• Ling Xiao planned to warn the auction house that its description of the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone was flawed, hoping to trade the favor for a carving knife.
• Tang God-King’s suggestions made Wang Dong resist Soul Tools as the Shrek group arrived at the auction house, where Ling Xiao later noticed them seated across from him.

Ling Xiao became interested in the cursed Soul Devouring Carving Knife at the auction, while Electrolux identified its core as rare Life Gold and urged Huo Yuhao to obtain it. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao telling Wang Yan that he desperately needed the knife.

• Xu Jiujiu and Cheng Gang watched Ling Xiao and his companions before the auction began, and Xu Jiujiu tried to win Ling Xiao’s favor.
• Ling Xiao and the Ice and Snow Emperors ignored the ordinary auction items as Shrek Academy bid on useful Soul Tools.
• Qing Ya presented the Soul Devouring Carving Knife and explained that its remnant soul and curse had caused all thirty-seven previous owners to die.
• Ling Xiao reassured the Ice and Snow Emperors that he could destroy the remnant soul, impressing Xu Jiujiu.
• Electrolux recognized Life Gold within the knife and urged Huo Yuhao to acquire it, so Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan he needed it.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Wang Yan to let him pursue the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, which he knew was Life Gold, but Xu Jiujiu won it at auction for three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. After the auction, Xu Jiujiu said the knife was for Ling Xiao and charged the price to her account.

• Huo Yuhao promised Wang Yan he would keep the Soul Devouring Carving Knife from endangering him, and Wang Yan agreed to let him bid within a two-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin limit.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the bidding at one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Wang Yan competed with her on Huo Yuhao's behalf.
• Xu Jiujiu raised her bid to three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, so Wang Yan stopped bidding and Electrolux told Huo Yuhao to wait and return later.
• Xu Jiujiu won the Soul Devouring Carving Knife and instructed Cheng Gang to find out who had competed against her.
• At the payment room, Xu Jiujiu told the attendants that Ling Xiao wanted the knife and had its cost charged to her account.

Ling Xiao returned the Soul Devouring Carving Knife to Xu Jiujiu, accepted an invitation to the next auction, and learned that Shrek Academy was behind the threat against her. After evading Huo Yuhao, he cleansed the knife’s curse with lightning, revealing its powerful life force.

• Xu Jiujiu invited Ling Xiao to the Starshine Auction House’s next auction, and he agreed to stay in the area for a while.
• Cheng Gang told Xu Jiujiu that people from Shrek Academy had targeted her, prompting her to suspect the rumors about Shrek’s troubles were true.
• Huo Yuhao secretly followed Ling Xiao’s group to steal the Life Gold, but Ling Xiao noticed him and led the group away without confronting him.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux abandoned their pursuit after realizing Ling Xiao’s group was far stronger than expected.
• Ling Xiao used lightning to cleanse the Soul Devouring Carving Knife’s curse, and the Ice and Snow Emperors saw its pure green light and powerful life force emerge.

Ling Xiao kept the Life Gold and learned that the next auction was designed to make the Sun-Moon Empire Team spend its money and pawn Soul Tools. The next morning, the Myriad Demon King's published secrets caused a panic at Shrek's hotel, where Xuan Zi and the others discovered that the academy's hidden information had been exposed.

• Ling Xiao showed the Snow Empress and Ice Empress the Life Gold, explained its origins, and decided to keep it.
• Ling Xiao told the two women that the next auction targeted the Sun-Moon Empire Team and would likely seek to acquire its Soul Tools.
• Ling Xiao, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress went to bed together, while the Myriad Demon King continued working through the night.
• The Myriad Demon King's disclosures spread across the city, reaching Shrek's hotel, the Sun-Moon Empire Team's hotel, and the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
• Xuan Zi, Lin Huiqun, Wang Yan, Huo Yuhao, and the others read the published secrets and saw detailed information about Shrek's leadership and its connection to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Information exposing Shrek's Golden Ancient Tree spread across the continent, alarming Xuan Zi, Lin Huiqun, and the Body Sect. As factions learned of the tree's immense powers and Shrek's hidden strength, the report also revealed the Holy Spirit Cult's upper ranks and named Elder Xuan Niu.

• Xuan Zi raged over reports that repeated the false claim that he was a Supreme Elder, while Lin Huiqun began to suspect a traitor inside Shrek.
• Lin Huiqun and Xuan Zi read that Shrek's Golden Ancient Tree was the genuine core of the Douluo Plane and learned about its powers to boost cultivation and extend lives.
• Lin Huiqun rushed back to Shrek to ask Elder Mu how to respond, while factions across Star Luo City prepared to report the information.
• The Body Sect convened a meeting, and Du Busi learned that Mu En had survived, become a Limit Douluo, and benefited from the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Du Busi and the Body Sect grew eager to possess the tree, then discovered that the information also exposed the Holy Spirit Cult's upper ranks and listed Elder Xuan Niu.

Du Busi and the Sun-Moon Team learned the exposed secrets of the major powers and considered what the revelations meant. Shrek narrowly defeated Yunluo Senior Soul Engineer Academy while the Sun-Moon Team won easily, and Jing Hongchen wondered whether the tournament would continue.

• Du Busi read the Holy Spirit Cult's roster, questioned the claim that Xuan Zi belonged to it, and left for Star Luo City with two Titled Douluo.
• The Sun-Moon Team examined the information about its empire, and Jing Hongchen said they should focus on the tournament while awaiting the imperial family's response.
• Ling Xiao returned to the arena with the Ice and Snow Emperors as Shrek prepared to face Yunluo Senior Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Displacement was countered when a Yunluo contestant jumped out of the arena with him, and Shrek won the match with difficulty.
• The Sun-Moon Team won every match easily, and Jing Hongchen wondered whether the tournament would reach its end.

Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu learned that Shrek had Mu En and the Golden Ancient Tree, while a report also claimed Xuan Zi was the Holy Spirit Cult’s Supreme Elder. Zhongli Wu brought Feng Ling to Ye Xishui to discuss the revelations, finding Long Xiaoyao with her.

• Xu Tianran learned Mu En was alive and became concerned about Shrek’s Golden Ancient Tree and the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength.
• Xu Tianran summoned influential figures and sent Kong Deming and Ye Yulin to Star Luo City to investigate the report.
• Feng Ling read the report to Zhongli Wu, who questioned whether Xuan Zi was really the Holy Spirit Cult’s Supreme Elder.
• Zhongli Wu seized the report when Feng Ling read about the Golden Ancient Tree and became excited by its benefits.
• Zhongli Wu took Feng Ling to Ye Xishui’s chambers and greeted Long Xiaoyao when he found him there.

Ye Xishui and the others discussed intelligence about Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult, and Ye Xishui proposed treating Xuan Zi as a Supreme Elder despite not knowing who had identified him as one. The chapter ended as Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao were astonished to find that the intelligence included details about their supposedly secret identities.

• Zhongli Wu told Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao that Mu En had reached the Limit and that Xuan Zi was listed as a Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ye Xishui denied planting Xuan Zi as an undercover agent, then urged the cult to accept him as a Supreme Elder and have its members address him accordingly.
• Ye Xishui showed greed when the Golden Ancient Tree was mentioned, while Long Xiaoyao worried that a conflict with Shrek would force him to oppose Mu En again.
• Ye Xishui reflected that she had engineered the night Long Xiaoyao betrayed Mu En to turn the two dragons against each other and draw Long Xiaoyao into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ye Xishui kept Yan Shaozhe's true descent from Long Xiaoyao, unaware that Yan Shaozhe was already dead and his ashes scattered.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao were startled when the Holy Spirit Cult intelligence began with detailed information about them, including Long Xiaoyao's concealed identity.

Ye Xishui considered the exposure of the continent’s factions and concluded that the Far North might have revealed their secrets to protect the Immortal Herbs and divert attention toward Shrek. She sent Zhongli Wu to investigate the leak in Star Luo City and asked Long Xiaoyao to question Mu En about Xuan Zi’s conflict with the Far North.

• After hearing the exposed secrets, Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao suspected a traitor, and Zhongli Wu insisted there was none within the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ye Xishui connected the disclosures to the Far North’s retaliation and suspected it had pushed Shrek into the spotlight to protect the Immortal Herbs.
• Ye Xishui ordered Zhongli Wu to go to Star Luo City, identify who spread the information, and investigate who was circulating rumors about the Immortal Herbs.
• Ye Xishui asked Long Xiaoyao to visit Mu En and find out what conflict Xuan Zi had with the Far North.

Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu set out for Star Luo City while Ye Xishui reconsidered an alliance with the Evil Monarch and headed toward Shrek. At Shrek Academy, Lin Huiqun revealed at the sixth Sea God's Pavilion meeting that outsiders had learned the Golden Ancient Tree’s function, leaving Mu En and the elders to examine the intelligence.

• Long Xiaoyao agreed to carry out Ye Xishui’s request and went to find Zhongli Wu, who explained Long Xiaoyao’s identity to calm the Holy Spirit Cult and appointed Xuan Zi a Supreme Elder.
• Zhongli Wu handed the Holy Spirit Cult’s affairs to Feng Ling, then left with Long Xiaoyao and four elders for Star Luo City.
• Ye Xishui considered telling the Evil Monarch about the Golden Ancient Tree but turned back, then arranged matters at the Holy Spirit Cult and flew toward Shrek.
• Lin Huiqun convened the sixth Sea God's Pavilion meeting, where she told Mu En and the elders that outsiders had learned the Golden Ancient Tree’s function.
• Song Yunzhi questioned how the information had leaked, and Mu En and the others read Lin Huiqun’s papers, including the report that Xuan Zi had become a Supreme Elder.

Shrek’s Sea God’s Pavilion elders debated the leak of the Golden Ancient Tree’s secrets, and Mu En argued that the Extreme North had exposed Shrek to the continent as part of a counterattack. The meeting ended with Shrek facing the threat of a continent-wide siege while already weakened by the loss of four elders.

• Song Yunzhi questioned whether Xuan Zi was truly the Supreme Elder and blamed his failures, including the Far North mission and the recent drinking incident.
• Zhuang Yusen and Lin Huiqun urged caution, but Song Yunzhi argued that the leaked information about Shrek was accurate and could not be dismissed.
• Mu En redirected the discussion toward the purpose behind the leak and suggested that the Extreme North was retaliating after their previous meeting exposed its strength.
• Mu En recalled that Ling Xiao had known his name and other closely guarded facts, leading Song Yunzhi to temporarily believe Xuan Zi was not responsible.
• The elders concluded that the Golden Ancient Tree leak had made Shrek an obvious target, especially since four elders were dead and Xuanyuan had not yet matured.

Tang San reconsidered his plan to unite the factions against the Far North and drew Long Xiaoyao back to Shrek City. Long Xiaoyao met Mu En after more than a century apart and asked whether Xuan Zi had a grudge against the Far North.

• Tang San realized that the Far North’s retaliation and the factions’ wariness had disrupted his plan, so he considered using the Holy Spirit Cult and sought to draw Ling Xiao away from Star Luo City.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived in Shrek City and remembered his friendship with Mu En, his love for Ye Xishui, and how he betrayed Mu En before leaving more than a century ago.
• Long Xiaoyao released his aura, and Mu En recognized him during the Sea God's Pavilion meeting and left to meet him.
• Long Xiaoyao and Mu En silently drank tea at a roadside stall before Mu En asked why he had come.
• Long Xiaoyao asked whether Xuan Zi had any grudge against the Far North, and Mu En froze with his teacup in hand.

Mu En refused to reveal the truth about Xuan Zi to Long Xiaoyao, who warned him that Ye Xishui had targeted Shrek's Golden Ancient Tree. As Shrek's elders struggled to find a countermeasure, Tang San appeared through the Golden Ancient Tree as the Sea God, and they asked him for guidance.

• Long Xiaoyao questioned Mu En about Xuan Zi and the Extreme North, but Mu En refused to answer.
• Long Xiaoyao warned Mu En through spiritual sense that Ye Xishui would pursue the Golden Ancient Tree, and Mu En acknowledged the warning before leaving.
• Mu En returned to Sea God's Pavilion, where the four elders still had no solution for protecting the Golden Ancient Tree.
• The Golden Ancient Tree shone and revealed Tang San's figure, which the elders recognized as the Sea God.
• Lin Huiqun and Song Yunzhi bowed to Tang San and asked him to guide Shrek through its crisis.