Recaps

Yue Ling began his second Shrek Inner Court assessment, which Wang Yan revealed was a two-hour written exam testing his knowledge of combat. The chapter ended as Yue Ling received the test paper and learned he needed at least seventy-five out of 150 points to pass.

• Yue Ling woke early, prepared for the day, and went to class with Gongyang Mo.
• Yue Ling kept the details of his assessments private when Chen Zifeng and his classmates asked why he could skip class.
• Wang Yan arrived and took Yue Ling to an empty classroom for his second Shrek Inner Court assessment.
• Wang Yan explained that the assessment was a written exam and gave Yue Ling two hours to score at least seventy-five points out of 150.

Yue Ling worked through the basic and intermediate questions in the Shrek Inner Court’s second assessment, applying martial soul theory and recalling examples from Tang San’s experience. He reached the true-or-false section with most answers completed, while the exam’s harder questions still lay ahead.

• Yue Ling began the exam by answering fill-in-the-blank questions on awakening age, spirit ring colors, martial soul categories, and the Grandmaster’s famous saying.
• Yue Ling answered multiple-choice questions about innate soul power, cultivation bottlenecks, the relative strengths of beast and tool martial souls, and martial soul mimicry theory.
• Wang Yan observed Yue Ling’s work and noted that he had answered almost all the questions correctly so far.
• Yue Ling completed the early sections in about fifteen minutes and marked statements about innate full soul power and spirit ring limits as false.
• Yue Ling marked the statement that there are no useless martial souls as true, despite privately disagreeing with the Grandmaster’s theory.

Yue Ling struggled with the Soul Tool theory questions on the second assessment but answered the questions about Martial Soul mutations and fusion skills, along with the remaining topics. Wang Yan collected his paper when time ran out, leaving Yue Ling to face the answer-checking stage.

• Yue Ling finished the true-or-false section early and found that he could not answer the first two questions about Soul Tools.
• Yue Ling wrote about positive and negative Martial Soul mutations, using Ma Hongjun and Grandmaster as examples, and Wang Yan approved of his answer.
• Yue Ling explained the conditions, advantages, and risks of Martial Soul Fusion Skills, giving examples including the Golden Sacred Dragon and Resurrection Divine Light.
• Yue Ling rushed through the remaining long questions, then scribbled incomplete answers to the Soul Tool questions as the deadline approached.
• Wang Yan stopped Yue Ling when time ran out and collected his paper.

Yue Ling completed the theory assessment and earned 101 points, passing the second assessment with an excellent score. After Wang Yan left to submit the paper, Yue Ling headed back to the dormitory to cultivate as he approached the Soul Emperor rank, looking forward to the mysterious third assessment.

• Wang Yan reviewed Yue Ling's paper and found his martial soul theory strong but his soul tool knowledge weak.
• Wang Yan explained the limits of methods for exceeding spirit ring age restrictions, and Yue Ling concluded that they could not eliminate the body's and mind's limits.
• Wang Yan gave Yue Ling 101 points on the theory assessment and congratulated him on passing the second assessment.
• Wang Yan left to submit Yue Ling's paper to Xuan Zi and Dean Yan.
• Yue Ling realized he had no class to attend, then headed to the dormitory to cultivate his soul power.

After Yue Ling passed his written exam, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe arranged a dangerous third assessment to test the Evil Soul Master influence inside him. Later, Yue Ling discovered that the Golden Crown in his Spirit Sea could communicate and hinted at a connection to the Hundred Flowers Record.

• Wang Yan gave Yue Ling’s exam papers to Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, who noted his strong results and weak soul tool fundamentals.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan to summon Yue Ling to the Soul Fighting District at six the next morning for his final assessment.
• Xuan Zi explained that the third assessment would test the Evil Soul Master influence inside Yue Ling, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to intervene if anything went wrong.
• Yue Ling entered his Spirit Sea and tried to speak with the Golden Crown, which flashed and conveyed a fragmented message about the Hundred Flowers Record, approval, and energy.
• The Golden Crown blasted Yue Ling out of his Spirit Sea after he peppered it with questions, and he began puzzling over its message.

Yue Ling theorized that the crown in his spirit sea could be used by gaining recognition from plants recorded in the Hundred Flowers Record, but his blue silver grass did not respond. Meanwhile, Wu Ming tried to pursue Yue Ling, and Zhang Lexuan confronted her and forbade her from seeing him.

• Yue Ling connected the crown’s appearance to his fifth spirit ring and guessed that gaining recognition from recorded plants would let him use the crown’s power.
• Yue Ling tried to communicate with the blue silver grass beside his window, but it showed no response, so he gave up and resumed cultivating.
• The blue silver grass and the other windowsill plants subtly stirred as if responding to Yue Ling’s care.
• Wu Ming planned to visit Yue Ling and invite him to share desserts, hoping to spend time together beyond their sparring.
• Zhang Lexuan told Wu Ming that Yue Ling had no particular feelings for her and forbade her from seeing him.
• Wu Ming refused to give up on Yue Ling, and Zhang Lexuan released her Soul Sage aura and challenged her to settle the matter with strength.

Wu Ming found Zhang Lexuan at Sea God Lake and learned that she planned to stop Wu Ming from visiting Yue Ling. Their argument over their feelings for him escalated into a confrontation, which remained unresolved when an unexpected visitor arrived.

• Wu Ming spotted Zhang Lexuan beside a ferry and asked to travel with her to the Shrek Outer Court to see Yue Ling.
• Zhang Lexuan refused to let Wu Ming visit Yue Ling, claiming he was undergoing the Shrek Inner Court assessment.
• Wu Ming insisted that she and Yue Ling truly loved each other, while Zhang Lexuan denied that he returned her feelings and barred her from seeing him.
• Zhang Lexuan released her seven Spirit Rings, and Wu Ming answered with her six rings and Golden Crow Martial Soul as they prepared to fight.
• An unexpected visitor arrived while Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming faced off beside Sea God Lake.

Zhang Lexuan fought Wu Ming at the shore of Sea God Lake to stop her from reaching Yue Ling, while Xuan Zi sealed off the area so their spar would not disturb the Shrek Inner Court. Zhang Lexuan quickly gained the upper hand, and Wu Ming struggled to resist as she resolved not to give up.

• Xuan Zi sealed the lakeshore with his soul power after Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming assured him they were only sparring.
• Zhang Lexuan refused to let Wu Ming go to Yue Ling and invited her to attack first.
• Wu Ming unleashed her Golden Crow True Fire skills, but Zhang Lexuan countered with Full Moon and repeated Moonlight Rays.
• Zhang Lexuan pierced Wu Ming's flames and drove her to the ground under a barrage of Moonlight Rays.
• Wu Ming realized she was badly outmatched but thought of Yue Ling and resolved not to admit defeat.

Wu Ming used her strongest Soul Skill against Zhang Lexuan, but Zhang Lexuan restrained the attack with her moonlight abilities. Just as Zhang Lexuan prepared to unleash her Seventh Soul Skill, Xuan Zi intervened and erased Wu Ming’s flames, leaving both women confused.

• Wu Ming summoned her Golden Crow True Flame and unleashed her Sixth Soul Skill, Golden Crow Shining Sun, after asking Zhang Lexuan not to hold back.
• Exhausted and out of Soul Power, Wu Ming told Zhang Lexuan that she would admit defeat if her eldest senior sister survived the final strike unscathed.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Sixth Soul Skill, Moon’s Binding, to halt the fireball, then summoned Moonlight Body Protection as she prepared to counterattack.
• Xuan Zi stopped Zhang Lexuan from using her Seventh Soul Skill and erased Wu Ming’s Golden Crow True Flame with a light palm strike.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Xuan Zi why he had intervened as Wu Ming’s hopes faded.

Xuan Zi stopped Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming from escalating their fight on Sea God Island and scolded them for their reckless conduct. Zhang Lexuan apologized and admitted she liked Yue Ling, while Wu Ming declared she would keep pursuing him and leave the choice to him.

• Xuan Zi rebuked Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming for using powerful soul skills during their fight on Sea God Island and worried the incident could affect Yue Ling’s assessment.
• Zhang Lexuan reflected on her jealousy, regained her composure, and apologized to Xuan Zi and Wu Ming for acting rashly.
• Zhang Lexuan admitted to Wu Ming that she liked Yue Ling, revealing why she had reacted so strongly.
• Wu Ming realized Zhang Lexuan was her rival for Yue Ling’s affection but resolved not to give up and said Yue Ling should choose between them.
• Xuan Zi rebuked Wu Ming for tying her future as a Spirit Master to love, and Wu Ming left for her residence exhausted.

Zhang Lexuan pondered Xuan Zi’s cryptic advice after he helped secure her freedom. Yue Ling arrived for his final Shrek Inner Court assessment, where Xuan Zi explained the dangers and responsibilities of joining; Yue Ling reaffirmed his oath and revealed his determination to avenge his family and village.

• Xuan Zi told Zhang Lexuan he had helped her as much as he could, then left her reflecting by Sea God Lake.
• Yue Ling left Gongyang Mo asleep and headed to the Soul Fighting District for his final Inner Court assessment.
• Xuan Zi explained that many Inner Court students had died defending the Douluo Continent, and that joining meant accepting a heavy responsibility.
• Xuan Zi asked Yue Ling to recall his oath and the conditions for becoming his final disciple.
• Yue Ling recited his promises to protect Shrek and join the Shrek Inspection Team to hunt Evil Soul Masters.
• Yue Ling recalled his desire to avenge Hundred Flowers Village, his parents, and himself, and silently included Tang San in his vendetta.

Xuan Zi explained the Shrek Inspection Team’s oversight duties and the dangers of its assignments, then asked Yue Ling to accept an inspection mission. Yue Ling committed himself to hunting Evil Soul Masters and avenging the dead, and received his Inspector’s Ring as he prepared to begin.

• Xuan Zi explained that Shrek Inner Court disciples served as Inspectors who dealt with evil spirit masters and dangerous cases beyond the nations’ control.
• Xuan Zi told Yue Ling that each Inspector had to complete thirty assignments and warned that the work could cost him his life.
• Yue Ling said he had waited seven years and vowed to eliminate Evil Soul Masters and avenge his family and other victims.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Xuan Zi an Inspector’s Ring, and Xuan Zi placed it in Yue Ling’s hand.
• Xuan Zi explained that Yue Ling could bind the ring with his blood and find Inspector equipment, including clothes, a mask, a cloak, and rescue flares inside.

Yue Ling received an Inspection Corps mission to rescue villagers in Windbell Village and eliminate the Evil Soul Masters responsible for their disappearances. As he and Yan Shaozhe set out with Xuan Zi, a hidden enemy learned of their departure and ordered them secretly followed.

• Xuan Zi explained the Signal Flare and Yan Shaozhe briefed Yue Ling on the mission to rescue villagers in Windbell Village and defeat the suspected Evil Soul Masters.
• Yue Ling agreed to the mission, and Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi took him toward the Spirit Mountain Range.
• A black-robed figure reported to a hidden presence that the Holy Son had left Shrek Academy with two elders.
• The presence decided to bring its plan forward and ordered the black-robed figure to report back and quietly arrange surveillance of the group.

Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe brought Yue Ling to the woods near Lingdou City, where his individual assessment began. As Yue Ling headed toward Windbell Village in his Inspector’s gear, a mother and child hiding there were discovered by a creature with scarlet eyes.

• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe flew Yue Ling past Lingdou City and left him in the woods south of Windbell Village to begin his individual assessment.
• Yue Ling bound the Inspector’s Ring, equipped the armor and dark green uniform inside it, and entered the woods.
• In Windbell Village, a mother reassured her son as they hid in a cellar and waited for his missing father.
• A creature with scarlet eyes found the mother and child, and their screams were followed by silence.

Yue Ling searched the devastated Windbell Village for survivors and found a terrified boy whose mother had been taken. To draw out the Evil Soul Masters, he revealed his Martial Soul and called for the villagers to gather, and an old man came out to meet him.

• Yue Ling inspected Windbell Village and judged that the Evil Soul Masters had attacked within the past two days and were likely hiding outside the village.
• Yue Ling searched the first several houses and found no one, then discovered a little boy hiding in a cellar.
• The boy told Yue Ling that his mother had been taken and his father had not returned, so Yue Ling told him to stay hidden and keep quiet.
• Yue Ling summoned his singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and loudly called for any surviving villagers to come out.
• An old man emerged, and Yue Ling invited him to gather the other survivors so he could take them to Lingdou City.

Yue Ling killed two of the nine Evil Soul Masters threatening Windbell Village and protected an old man from their attacks. He began questioning the old man about the village’s situation while the other attackers remained a threat.

• The old man warned Yue Ling that nine Evil Soul Masters were nearby, and one attacked him to silence him.
• Yue Ling used his Third Soul Skill to kill the ambusher and shielded the old man with chrysanthemum blades.
• Yue Ling provoked another Evil Soul Master into revealing himself, then pinned him to the ground with his blades.
• The old man knelt to thank Yue Ling, who helped him up and asked him to explain the situation in the village.

Yue Ling learned from the Windbell Village Chief that Evil Soul Masters had abducted most of the villagers and taken them toward the Spirit Mountain Range. He began gathering the survivors and resolved to protect them before tracking down the Evil Soul Masters' hideout.

• The Windbell Village Chief told Yue Ling that the Evil Soul Masters had abducted villagers in groups and that people sent to seek help had never returned.
• Yue Ling reassured the Windbell Village Chief, learned the abductors likely went to the Spirit Mountain Range, and asked him to gather the survivors.
• Yue Ling told the Windbell Village Chief to bring a boy from the fourth house to the east and to move everyone somewhere safe.
• The Windbell Village Chief and other villagers searched the houses while Yue Ling kept watch over the captured Evil Soul Master.
• Yue Ling considered prioritizing the survivors' safety and resolved to make the Evil Soul Masters pay for their crimes.

Yue Ling led Windbell Village’s surviving elders and children toward Lingdou City, planning to use their evacuation to draw the Evil Soul Masters out. In their mountain hideout, the Evil Soul Masters’ boss waited impatiently for the missing men and prepared to send others to investigate if they did not return.

• Yue Ling decided to evacuate the villagers after failing to get information from the Evil Soul Master he had captured and killed.
• A little boy protested that he wanted to wait for his parents, and an elderly villager slapped him and insisted the group had to leave.
• Yue Ling told the villagers their parents were likely dead, blamed the Evil Soul Masters, and warned that the villains might investigate if no one was delivered within two hours.
• Yue Ling and the village chief led the survivors toward Lingdou City, with Yue Ling hoping the Evil Soul Masters would come looking for him.
• The Evil Soul Masters’ boss complained that Ninth and Seventh had not brought food, while Third, Eighth, and Sixth discussed sending scouts if the pair did not return.

Yue Ling led the exhausted villagers toward Lingdou City and hid them in a cave, concealing their tracks so he could face the pursuing Evil Soul Masters alone. Old Six returned to report the deaths of Old Nine and Old Seven, while Old Eight stayed behind to search for survivors.

• Old Six identified Old Nine and Old Seven as dead, then left to report to the boss while Old Eight searched the village and its surroundings.
• Yue Ling hurried the villagers onward, expecting the Evil Soul Masters to pursue them after losing their source of blood.
• Yue Ling found a cave and ordered the villagers to hide inside, stay quiet, and wait until the danger passed.
• Yue Ling covered the cave entrance, erased the villagers’ tracks, and waited for the Evil Soul Masters to arrive.

Oldest learned that the villagers and their penned prey had disappeared, then led his Evil Soul Masters after the villagers toward Lingdou City. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe watched Yue Ling approach a confrontation with the group, and Xuan Zi chose to let the young inspection officer face them.

• Oldest arrived at the village, found Old Seven and Old Nine dead, and ordered his subordinates to search for clues.
• Old Five found the villagers' footprints leading toward Lingdou City, and Oldest set out with his subordinates to catch them.
• Xuan Zi asked about changes around Shrek City and explained that he and Yan Shaozhe had left with Yue Ling to draw out the shadowy organization behind the Evil Soul Masters.
• Yan Shaozhe detected six Evil Soul Masters approaching Yue Ling, including a Soul King, and urged Xuan Zi to move closer.
• Xuan Zi refused to intervene, saying Yue Ling could handle the enemies and deserved the chance to fight Evil Soul Masters.

Yue Ling confronted the leader of a group of Evil Soul Masters, whose fear of the Shrek Inspection Team conflicted with his confidence in his numbers. After Old Eight’s attack failed against Yue Ling’s first soul skill, the six Evil Soul Masters surrounded him, giving him a chance to test another skill.

• Yue Ling revealed his five spirit rings, including two Ten Thousand Year rings, and the Evil Soul Master leader recognized him as a member of the Shrek Inspection Team.
• The leader’s five subordinates arrived, and he tried to bargain with Yue Ling while secretly watching for hidden allies.
• Old Eight ignored the leader’s caution and charged Yue Ling with his third soul skill, Bloodthirst.
• Yue Ling activated Heavenly Chrysanthemum Body Protection and blocked Old Eight’s strike without a scratch, sending him tumbling back.
• The six Evil Soul Masters charged Yue Ling, who prepared to test another soul skill.

Yue Ling fought off six Evil Soul Masters, killing Fourth with a single punch and holding the others at bay with his martial soul and soul skills. As he battled their leader, the hidden Second prepared to intervene.

• Yue Ling used Indestructible Diamond and Monarch Descends Upon the World to counter Fourth’s charge, killing him with a punch.
• The Evil Soul Masters’ leader attacked Yue Ling with his Blood Spikes while the remaining four closed in around him.
• Yue Ling sent chrysanthemum blades to fend off the attackers at his sides and rear, then used Falling Blossom Storm to clash with the leader’s spikes.
• The leader called for Second to help, and Second answered as Yue Ling kept his guard up while controlling the blades.

Yue Ling fought six Evil Soul Masters and was caught in the second-in-command’s mental oscillation attack while their leader fed on a dead companion to restore his strength. Elsewhere, a mysterious lord ordered his follower to replace the people watching Shrek and warned him about the consequences of being discovered.

• Yue Ling held off the Evil Soul Masters with his Chrysanthemum Blades while confronting their leader.
• The second-in-command used his bell’s Fourth Soul Skill, Oscillation, and trapped Yue Ling in a zone of mental attacks that hindered Soul Skills.
• The Evil Soul Masters’ leader withdrew from the clash, drank his dead companion’s blood, and restored some of his Soul Power.
• The leader chose to attack Yue Ling, hoping to kill him and use his blood to break through to the Soul Emperor realm.
• A black-robed follower reported that the target had left Shrek Academy, and his lord told him to replace the current observers and send new people to watch Shrek.

Yue Ling discovered that the Evil Soul Masters’ spiritual attack could not affect him, then used its range against them and charged into their ranks. He decapitated the Soul Skill’s caster with his Fourth Soul Skill, while the other attackers remained stunned by the shock.

• Yue Ling realized the Spirit Immunity Guardian Skull had protected him from the spiritual attack, while the Evil Soul Masters mistook him for immobilized.
• The Evil Soul Master leader ordered his group to attack Yue Ling from a distance, believing the shock effect intensified within five meters of him.
• Yue Ling understood the attack’s range and rushed at the Evil Soul Masters, spreading the shock effect to everyone nearby except its caster.
• Yue Ling used Fourth Soul Skill, Thousand Chrysanthemums Gather Edge, to slash the caster’s neck and decapitate him.

Yue Ling killed a second Evil Soul Master and turned toward the three who remained, while the villagers hiding beneath the cave feared what would happen if he lost. The boy’s cries for his parents threatened to reveal their hiding place to the enemies outside.

• Yue Ling struck at a Soul Elder, missed as the Evil Soul Master dodged, then killed him with a blade through the chest as he tried to flee.
• Yue Ling resolved not to spare any Evil Soul Masters and counted three enemies still alive.
• In the cave, the village chief reassured the frightened villagers that Yue Ling would win.
• The boy cried for his parents, and the villagers tried to silence him to keep the Evil Soul Masters from discovering their hiding place.
• The boy bit an old man who was covering his mouth and shouted that he was going to find his parents.