Recaps

Chen Xuan was struck by lightning while criticizing Xuanzi and woke up in Xuanzi’s body in the Douluo Continent. After discovering that Zhang Lexuan and Mu En’s family were still safe and Beibei had not yet been born, he realized he had arrived before the tragedy that changed Xuanzi.

• Chen Xuan criticized Xuanzi and the story while watching the anime on his phone.
• Lightning struck Chen Xuan, and he woke in the body of an old man with a chicken leg in his mouth.
• Memories revealed that Chen Xuan had become Xuanzi, the level ninety-eight elder of the Sea God Pavilion.
• Xuanzi realized he had arrived before Zhang Lexuan and the twelve inner courtyard disciples suffered their catastrophe.
• Xuanzi discovered that Mu En’s grandson and the young couple of the Radiant Holy Dragon lineage were alive, and Beibei had not yet been born.

Chen Xuan, transmigrated into Rank 98 Taotie Douluo Xuanzi, reviewed his memories and planned how to prevent tragedies at Shrek Academy. He left to get chicken legs, determined to protect Beibei’s family, shelter Zhang Lexuan, promote Soul Tools, and reform the Inquisitorial Legion.

• Chen Xuan examined his elderly body and recovered memories of Sea God Pavilion, Mu En, Beibei’s family, and Zhang Lexuan.
• Chen Xuan resolved to prepare for Beibei’s mother’s childbirth and keep Beibei’s father from accepting a deadly mission.
• Chen Xuan planned to visit Shrek’s Soul Tool research department and speak with Mu En about reforming the Inquisitorial Legion.
• Chen Xuan decided to shelter Zhang Lexuan before her family faced disaster and considered meeting Jing Hongchen later.
• Chen Xuan flew to Sea God Pavilion’s dining hall and ordered ten chicken legs.

Chen Xuan inspected the Inquisitorial Legion’s mission records and found that students had been sent on dangerous assignments without adequate supervision or equipment. He imposed stricter mission rules and warned the Legion’s leaders to protect Inner Court students.

• Chen Xuan accepted five extra drumsticks from a dining hall attendant and traveled to the Inquisitorial Legion’s garrison.
• Chen Xuan read mission files describing students injured on assignments that exceeded their abilities and angrily summoned the Legion’s responsible officials.
• Chen Xuan confronted the Titled Douluo in charge and ordered that Class B missions require a Soul Sage leader, while Class A and Special Class missions needed Sea God Pavilion approval.
• Chen Xuan ordered the Legion to require all issued Soul Tools before missions and reimburse equipment costs in full, threatening anyone who took kickbacks.
• Chen Xuan warned the officials that Shrek could replace Titled Douluo, but every Inner Court student who died was one fewer.

Chen Xuan uncovered reckless assignments and suspected embezzlement in the Inquisitorial Legion, then persuaded Mu En to authorize a full investigation. The chapter ended with Chen Xuan proposing that the Soul Tool Department be involved and that its funding be renegotiated.

• Chen Xuan intimidated three Titled Douluo, ordered them to investigate the Legion's accounts and student compensation, and left the archive room.
• After reviewing the Legion's records, Chen Xuan concluded that students had been sent into deadly missions and decided he could not delay a full cleanup.
• Chen Xuan told Mu En about the Legion's abuses and suspected that someone had stolen subsidies meant for injured students.
• Mu En authorized Chen Xuan to lead an investigation with two Elders into the Legion's mission, casualty, and compensation records.
• Chen Xuan proposed requiring full Soul Tool equipment for Legion missions and calling Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe to discuss the plan and departmental funding.

Chen Xuan confronted Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe over the Inquisitorial Legion investigation and the unequal funding between Shrek's departments, then imposed new Soul Tool training and graduation requirements. Yan Shaozhe objected to the demands, while Xian Lin'er welcomed the changes.

• Chen Xuan told Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe that he would lead an audit of the Inquisitorial Legion's accounts.
• Chen Xuan challenged Yan Shaozhe's defense of the funding split that favored the Martial Soul Department and argued that Shrek needed to prepare for the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool warfare.
• Chen Xuan ordered Xian Lin'er to submit the Soul Tool Department's five-year needs list within three days and directed that Soul Tool courses be taught to first-, second-, and third-year students.
• Chen Xuan ordered all registered inner academy students recalled for Soul Tool training and required each to master three suitable Soul Tools.
• Chen Xuan added Soul Tool proficiency and construction requirements to graduation, prompting Yan Shaozhe to protest that the rules were too forceful.

Chen Xuan secured academy funding for the Soul Tool Department and ordered it to expand training and equipment production. He visited Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo, who explained their staffing shortage, and told them to recruit Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire if necessary.

• Chen Xuan told Yan Shaozhe that the academy would cover the Soul Tool Department's costs and demanded that the Martial Soul Department stop acting superior.
• Chen Xuan ordered Xian Lin'er to recruit teachers and ensure Outer Court third-years could use basic defensive Soul Tools within three years.
• After Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er left, Chen Xuan told Mu En that Yan would support the Soul Tool Department once he saw its value.
• Chen Xuan visited the Soul Tool Department and heard Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo discuss the Inquisitorial Legion's need for Soul Tools and their lack of staff.
• Chen Xuan told Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to hire Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire if the department could not find enough people.

Chen Xuan planned to expand the Soul Tool Department by recruiting Sun Moon Empire experts, advancing Fan Yu, and making Soul Tool education and training mandatory. Yan Shaozhe returned to the Martial Soul Department troubled by the changes, while Cai Mei'er acknowledged that the reforms had some merit.

• Chen Xuan told Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to prepare a recruitment list so he could invite Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire, potentially through the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Chen Xuan learned that the Martial Soul Department had blocked Fan Yu's promotion to teach in the Inner Court and promised to arrange a position for him after the equipment matter was settled.
• Chen Xuan told Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to present their proposal at the Sea God Pavilion in three days and urged the Soul Tool Department to prove it could stand equal to the Martial Soul Department.
• Yan Shaozhe left the Sea God Pavilion and went to the Martial Soul Department, brooding over Chen Xuan's plans for mandatory Soul Tool courses, Inner Court training, tougher graduation assessments, and shifted funding.
• Cai Mei'er asked Yan Shaozhe what had happened, then agreed that the Soul Tool reforms were not necessarily bad given the department's struggles and the lack of proper defensive Soul Tools for students on missions.

Yan Shaozhe reflected on the Sea God Pavilion’s new rules and ordered the Martial Soul Department to cooperate with the Soul Tool Department while guarding its own resources. The chapter ended with Cai Mei'er asking whether he intended to stand against Elder Xuan.

• Cai Mei'er reminded Yan Shaozhe to respect Elder Xuan and warned that rivalry between the departments would hurt students.
• Director Du reported that Martial Soul Department instructors were criticizing the new regulations and accusing Elder Xuan of favoring the Soul Tool Department.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered the department to cooperate fully and warned against obstruction or internal strife.
• Cai Mei'er instructed Director Du to oversee the transition of Outer Court courses and the scheduling of Soul Tool classes.
• Director Du argued that students should learn to use Soul Tools while the Martial Soul Department’s foundations and resources remained protected.
• After Director Du left, Cai Mei'er asked Yan Shaozhe whether he planned to oppose Elder Xuan.

Yan Shaozhe declared that he would fiercely defend the Martial Soul Department from anyone who tried to undermine it. The next morning, Chen Xuan visited Lin Huiqun at Treasure Gathering Pavilion, bringing a chicken leg as he prepared to discuss Shrek’s resources.

• Yan Shaozhe told Cai Mei'er he would cooperate with Sea God Pavilion but would retaliate against anyone who encroached on the Martial Soul Department.
• Chen Xuan reviewed the Inquisitorial Legion's compensation records and found at least a dozen accounting discrepancies.
• Chen Xuan headed to Treasure Gathering Pavilion to meet Lin Huiqun, the elder who controlled Shrek's resources and commerce.
• Lin Huiqun recognized Chen Xuan by the smell of his chicken legs, and he offered her one as she remarked that he had brought nothing worth looking at.

Chen Xuan asked Elder Lin to find capable Soul Engineers in the Sun Moon Empire's Underground City and investigate the Inquisitorial Legion's accounts. He then visited Beibei's pregnant parents and ordered Mu Yunshan to stay home and care for Su Qian.

• Chen Xuan asked Elder Lin for a list of capable Underground City Soul Engineers and a review of the Inquisitorial Legion's pension, equipment, and food-subsidy accounts, giving her three days to respond.
• Chen Xuan told Elder Lin to reserve good Soul Tools from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion for the Inquisitorial Legion.
• Chen Xuan visited Mu Yunshan and Su Qian in the Inner Court and checked on Su Qian's early pregnancy.
• Chen Xuan urged Mu Yunshan to take over household duties and told him to stop going to the Inquisitorial Legion so he could care for Su Qian.

Chen Xuan visited Su Qian and Mu Yunshan, explaining that the Inquisitorial Legion would take no field assignments for a year or two. He then went to explore Shrek City's lively streets, where he wandered among the shops and vendors before slowing down.

• Chen Xuan told Mu Yunshan that the Inquisitorial Legion had been recalled and would not take field assignments for a year or two, and Mu Yunshan reluctantly agreed to stay.
• Chen Xuan gave Mu Yunshan and Su Qian chicken legs and promised to visit when their child was born.
• Chen Xuan returned to Sea God Pavilion, decided the family was safe, and set out to explore Shrek City.
• Chen Xuan bought venison skewers and filled his gourd with Honey Peach Nectar as he wandered through the busy streets.
• Chen Xuan watched street performers and Soul Masters offering martial soul awakening predictions, then suddenly slowed his pace.

Chen Xuan listened to recalled Inquisitorial Legion members complain about having to learn Soul Tools, then spent two days studying an old account book before convening a Sea God Pavilion meeting. The meeting began with more than thirty Titled-level powerhouses assembled, and Elder Zhuang arrived to insult Chen Xuan.

• Chen Xuan overheard Dao Ming and other Inquisitorial Legion members discuss their forced return and complain about learning Soul Tools.
• Chen Xuan wandered through the city, reflected on the people he wanted to protect, and returned to Shrek Academy.
• Chen Xuan spent two days studying an old account book, then gathered his documents and went to the meeting he had called.
• Elder Song met Chen Xuan at the meeting hall and asked whether he had organized the meeting.
• Chen Xuan entered a crowded Sea God Pavilion meeting hall, where Mu En, Elder Song, and Elder Lin were already present.
• Elder Zhuang arrived, greeted Mu En, and called Chen Xuan an old bastard.

Chen Xuan exposed corruption in the Inquisitorial Legion and suspended its field missions for two years while it was investigated and equipped with Soul Tools. He then presented a costly five-year Soul Tool expansion plan, which the Sea God Pavilion elders considered as Elder Lin prepared to recruit skilled engineers.

• Chen Xuan told Elder Zhuang to wait until after the meeting to hear about a good opportunity.
• Chen Xuan reported widespread fraud and supply corruption in the Inquisitorial Legion, ordered a full audit, and suspended its field missions for two years.
• Chen Xuan said the Inquisitorial Legion would be equipped with Soul Tools during the suspension and that graduating students would continue to graduate after receiving training and equipment.
• Xian Lin'er presented a detailed five-year Soul Tool Department plan, and Yan Shaozhe grew alarmed at how much it would cost the Martial Soul Department.
• Chen Xuan proposed Soul Tool courses for Outer Court students, mandatory training and equipment for the Inquisitorial Legion, and Soul Tool graduation assessments.
• Chen Xuan said Elder Lin would recruit top Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire, and Elder Lin confirmed the list would be ready in a month.

After the Sea God Pavilion backed Chen Xuan’s investigation and the Soul Tool Department’s proposal, several targets tried to flee Shrek City that night. Chen Xuan, Elder Song, and Yan Shaozhe stopped them and seized evidence, leaving the investigation’s suspects in custody.

• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo explained the Soul Tool Department’s proposal, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to cooperate while insisting that martial soul education not be neglected.
• Mu En ordered Xuanzi to handle the Inquisitorial Legion, tasked Lin'er and Shaozhe with submitting implementation details within three days, and authorized Lin Huiqun to act on concrete evidence without leniency.
• After learning that several groups were moving that night, Chen Xuan organized a citywide effort to stop them from escaping.
• Chen Xuan caught Han Tai and his companions in the northern district, subdued them with his Soul Power, and ordered their cargo and evidence secured.
• Elder Song struck down a fleeing Titled Douluo in the east, while Yan Shaozhe prevented people on West Street from burning evidence and subdued those who resisted.

Chen Xuan and Yan Shaozhe led a sweeping overnight arrest of academy officials and accomplices, then began interrogating them to uncover who was behind the corruption. As Shrek City reeled from the arrests, Chen Xuan vowed that no one could stop him from killing his targets.

• Yan Shaozhe defended the academy’s rules and handed his prisoners over for investigation, while Chen Xuan reported capturing three ringleaders and seven followers in the northern district.
• Elder Lin ordered the suspects interrogated immediately, and Sea God Pavilion arrested more than twenty people, including several Titled Douluo.
• Chen Xuan questioned Han Tai and learned that an intermediary called Gray Harrier had arranged major transactions and compensation payments.
• Chen Xuan interrogated an elderly attendant surnamed Zhou while rumors about the arrests spread through Shrek City.
• Mu En told Chen Xuan that people had tried to plead their cases, but Chen Xuan dismissed their fear and declared that no one, not even the gods, could save anyone he wanted dead.

Chen Xuan traced Gray Harrier’s message network to a Sun Moon Empire-run warehouse and ordered a nighttime raid with two Titled Douluo elders. After five suspected Evil Soul Masters were captured, a powerful figure burst out of the warehouse, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Mu En warned Chen Xuan about hidden enemies but agreed to suppress turmoil in Sea God Pavilion while Chen Xuan investigated.
• Elder Lin’s covert operatives linked Gray Harrier’s messages to Mu Tong’s tea warehouse outside the city.
• Chen Xuan ordered two Titled Douluo elders to lead an encirclement and watched the operation from a bell tower.
• The elders and covert operatives subdued five people carrying evil auras, including two Soul Douluo.
• A surge of Soul Power shattered the warehouse doors, and a black shadow burst out.

Chen Xuan pursued the real Gray Harrier and discovered that he was Duanmu Yao, a missing Titled Douluo who had become an Evil Soul Master connected to the Holy Spirit Cult. Their battle began atop the city wall, where Duanmu Yao transformed into his Harrier God True Body and survived Chen Xuan’s first punch.

• A Titled Douluo wielding gray-black blades attacked the Outer Court elders by the riverbank while Chen Xuan watched from the bell tower.
• Chen Xuan spotted the real Gray Harrier fleeing toward the northern city wall and chased him, exchanging three palm strikes with him.
• Chen Xuan recognized the Gray Harrier as Duanmu Yao, the long-missing Nether Harrier from the Heaven Dou Empire, and sensed the Holy Spirit Cult’s dark energy in him.
• Chen Xuan and Duanmu Yao revealed their Soul Rings, and Chen Xuan attacked with the Godly Taotie Bull’s power.
• Duanmu Yao activated his seventh Soul Ring and transformed into his Harrier God True Body, using the force of Chen Xuan’s punch to retreat and deflect most of the blow.

Chen Xuan defeated Duanmu Yao, but four more enemies arrived and joined the fight. He crippled Dark Thunder Douluo before the other three attackers and Duanmu Yao surrounded him, leaving him battling four opponents at once.

• Chen Xuan overwhelmed Duanmu Yao with earth-based soul skills and broke one of his wings with a punch.
• Four enemies approached Shrek: a level ninety-seven consecrated elder, a level ninety-five consecrated elder, Dark Thunder Douluo, and Nether Douluo.
• Chen Xuan attacked Dark Thunder Douluo and shattered his chest bones with a single punch.
• The two consecrated elders, Nether Douluo, and Duanmu Yao attacked Chen Xuan together.
• Chen Xuan protected himself with the Heaven-Mending Light Barrier and fought all four attackers in a chaotic melee.

Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, Elder Song, Cai Mei'er, and Chen Xuan defeated several Evil Douluo attackers, but Zhongli Wu arrived and clashed with Chen Xuan. Zhang Peng then intervened and asked Chen Xuan to stop fighting, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo killed the Level 95 elder, while Nether Douluo was burned to ash by Yan Shaozhe's Light Phoenix flames.
• Elder Song and Cai Mei'er subdued the Level 97 elder, and Chen Xuan began devouring Duanmu Yao's Soul Power and life force.
• Zhongli Wu arrived in his Grim Reaper Demon Puppet True Body and struck Chen Xuan with his Grim Reaper Scythe.
• Chen Xuan and Zhongli Wu exchanged a powerful blow, then faced each other at full strength without either gaining the upper hand.
• Zhang Peng appeared beside Zhongli Wu and asked Chen Xuan to stop, saying that continuing the fight would benefit no one.

Feng Ling arrived with Zhongli Wu and asked Yan Shaozhe to leave with her, but he rejected her and stayed with Cai Mei'er. After Mu En ordered the fighting to end, Zhongli Wu withdrew with the surviving Holy Spirit Cult members, leaving Shrek to reckon with the night's losses.

• Feng Ling joined Zhongli Wu and told Yan Shaozhe she had come to stop him from killing everyone, then asked him to go with her.
• Yan Shaozhe rejected Feng Ling, and Cai Mei'er stood by him as Feng Ling returned to Zhongli Wu's side.
• Zhongli Wu proposed ending the battle, and Mu En ordered Chen Xuan to let the Holy Spirit Cult members leave.
• Chen Xuan allowed Zhongli Wu, Duanmu Yao, the unconscious Level 97 worshipper, Feng Ling, and Zhang Peng to retreat.
• Cai Mei'er took Yan Shaozhe's cold hand while Chen Xuan remarked that love debts were difficult to repay.

After Shrek repelled the Evil Soul Masters’ attack, Chen Xuan resolved to root out their hidden agents and prepare for their next move. At dawn, he reviewed the first reports and went to brief Mu En about the battle and its aftermath.

• Yan Shaozhe warned that the Evil Soul Masters were an organized threat likely backed by an Ultimate Douluo, while Chen Xuan decided Shrek needed a thorough secret investigation.
• Chen Xuan returned to the Sea God Pavilion and reflected that the prisoners he had captured were part of a larger plan to surprise the enemy.
• The first report revealed that Gray Harrier had escaped, Ghost Blade remained, and two captured Shrek staff members had held important posts.
• Chen Xuan planned to keep the Inquisitorial Legion suspended, support the Soul Tool Department, and make a trip concerning Zhang Lexuan.
• Xian Lin'er told Chen Xuan that Mu En wanted to see him, and Chen Xuan went to Mu En’s room to recount the previous night’s events.

After the crisis at Shrek Academy, Mu En gave Chen Xuan the authority to leave the academy and entrusted the cleanup to Song Yunzhi. Chen Xuan traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire to find the young Zhang Lexuan, arriving at her family’s residence but leaving to consider how to approach her.

• Mu En handed Chen Xuan the Sea God Pavilion Internal Affairs Token and ordered him to pass the academy investigation and other duties to Song Yunzhi before setting out.
• Chen Xuan gave Song Yunzhi the token and left Shrek City, heading west toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• In Azure Mist, Chen Xuan overheard locals say that nine-year-old Zhang Lexuan had Innate Full Soul Power and was already a Second-Ring Soul Grandmaster.
• Chen Xuan went to Zhang Residence, heard young people practicing inside, and left to plan how to meet Zhang Lexuan.

After leaving the Zhang Residence, Chen Xuan went looking for an inn in Azure Mist City, but a border patrol brought him face-to-face with a former Shrek Inner Court disciple. Lu Yun persuaded him to visit the pleasure boats on the Azure Mist River, where they arrived together as the night’s outing began.

• Chen Xuan headed toward Cloud Arrival Lodge to find a place to stay, while a patrol's Soul Power detected him.
• Lu Yun landed behind Chen Xuan, recognized him as Elder Xuan, and introduced himself as a former Shrek Inner Court disciple.
• Chen Xuan remembered Lu Yun and learned that he had become a Titled Douluo and now guarded the southern border.
• Chen Xuan asked Lu Yun not to publicize his visit, but Lu Yun urged him to enjoy the city's food, drink, and music.
• Lu Yun persuaded Chen Xuan to come along, and they reached the pleasure boats lining the Azure Mist River.

Chen Xuan enjoyed an evening of food, wine, and music on a pleasure boat with Lu Yun, then offered to guide Lu Yun’s cultivation. He left the Zhang Family under watch and decided to relax while Mu En watched over the academy.

• Lu Yun brought Chen Xuan aboard an elegant pleasure boat and warned the Boat Master to serve him well.
• Chen Xuan enjoyed the food, aged wine, and singer’s performance as Lu Yun hosted him.
• Chen Xuan offered to guide Lu Yun’s cultivation over the next few evenings, and Lu Yun eagerly accepted.
• Chen Xuan considered the Zhang Family’s situation and decided they only needed to be watched without rushing.
• Chen Xuan asked Lu Yun to refill his cup and keep the music and dancing going, trusting Mu En to oversee the academy.

Chen Xuan enjoyed a night of leisure with Lu Yun, then disguised himself as a beggar and waited near Zhang Residence for a chance to approach Zhang Lexuan. He spotted the nine-year-old girl crossing a bridge, and she turned toward him as she reached its center.

• Chen Xuan spent the night drinking and enjoying music aboard a pleasure boat, then Lu Yun escorted him to a courtyard residence.
• At dawn, Chen Xuan set aside his leisure and disguised himself as a destitute old beggar.
• Chen Xuan went to a quiet river near Zhang Residence and waited, reasoning that Zhang Lexuan might pass by on her way to buy snacks.
• Zhang Lexuan appeared with several boys and said she was going to buy osmanthus candy for her mother.
• As Zhang Lexuan crossed the stone bridge, she paused and walked toward Chen Xuan beneath the tree.