Recaps

Chen Xuan disguised himself as a beggar to test Zhang Lexuan, but her wholehearted kindness moved him to choose her as his personal disciple. He asked Lu Yun to investigate the Zhang Family’s enemies before he accepted her, and vowed to deal with anyone targeting the family unjustly.

• Zhang Lexuan gave Chen Xuan her entire purse of Copper Soul Coins after finding him hungry and sleeping outside.
• Chen Xuan returned to his residence, kept Zhang Lexuan’s purse, and decided she was worthy of becoming his personal disciple.
• Chen Xuan asked Lu Yun to investigate the Zhang Family’s circumstances and identify anyone plotting against them.
• Chen Xuan told Lu Yun he would deal personally with anyone who targeted the Zhang Family unjustly, and Lu Yun promised to report back within two days.
• Chen Xuan accepted Lu Yun’s lotus leaf porridge, and they ate together while discussing Azure Mist City.

Lu Yun sought Chen Xuan’s guidance on cultivation and learned that Elder Xuan intended to take Zhang Lexuan as his disciple. He ordered Han Zhong and Wei Shan to investigate the Zhang Family and whoever was secretly watching them, then revealed Chen Xuan’s immense status to his astonished subordinates.

• Lu Yun spent the day asking Chen Xuan about his cultivation bottlenecks, received advice to focus on realm and experience, and promised to handle a matter for him.
• After leaving Chen Xuan’s residence, Lu Yun returned to his private study and secretly summoned Han Zhong and Wei Shan.
• Lu Yun ordered Han Zhong to investigate the Zhang Family for serious crimes and told both subordinates to uncover who was secretly targeting the family.
• Lu Yun explained that Zhang Lexuan’s talent had caught the eye of a senior who wished to take her as a disciple, and identified that figure as Elder Xuan, Taotie Douluo and deputy commander of the Sea God Pavilion’s Inquisitorial Legion.
• Han Zhong and Wei Shan admitted they had feigned shock without knowing who Elder Xuan was, so Lu Yun flicked both of them on the forehead and scolded them.
• Lu Yun told them Chen Xuan was a level ninety-eight Super Douluo, leaving Han Zhong and Wei Shan stunned by his standing.

Lu Yun ordered Han Zhong and Wei Shan to investigate threats against the Zhang Family without disturbing Chen Xuan, while Chen Xuan enjoyed his beggar disguise by day and the pleasure boats by night. The Zhao Family was wiped out for targeting the Zhang Family, and Chen Xuan remained unaware as he planned to visit Zhang Lexuan again.

• Lu Yun ordered Han Zhong and Wei Shan to root out anyone threatening the Zhang Family and keep the violence from Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan spent two days visiting Zhang Lexuan disguised as a beggar and relaxing on pleasure boats at night.
• Han Zhong and Wei Shan reported that the Zhang Family was clean and that the Zhao Family had been pursuing its ancestral property.
• Lu Yun, Han Zhong, and Wei Shan attacked the Zhao Family estate, killed its three Soul Douluo, and emptied the residence before dawn.
• Chen Xuan continued enjoying himself on the pleasure boat and planned to see Zhang Lexuan the next day, unaware that Lu Yun had already dealt with the Zhao Family.

After Chen Xuan left Shrek Academy, Elder Song led a sweeping investigation that exposed and executed dozens of traitors. She directed their confiscated wealth toward the Soul Tool Department and offered generous positions to six Soul Engineers recruited from the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Shrek committed to closing the technological gap.

• Elder Song ordered a full investigation of Shrek Academy, and Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er helped uncover hidden accomplices and traitors.
• Shrek captured five Titled Douluo and more than twenty Soul Douluo, then executed them and their subordinates after obtaining confessions.
• Elder Song allocated the traitors’ confiscated assets to compensate harmed Inner Court disciples and fund Soul Tool Department students.
• Elder Lin reported that Shrek had recruited two Eighth-level Soul Engineers and four Seventh-level Soul Engineers from the Underground City of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Elder Song granted the recruits generous salaries, research supplies, and a path to Sea God Pavilion membership if they reached the ninth level and served for twenty years.
• Xian Lin'er accepted the terms and promised that the Soul Tool Department would fulfill Elder Song’s plan.

After Shrek's Inquisitorial Legion withdrew, Evil Soul Masters ravaged the Three Empires, forcing their envoys to ask Shrek to restore its patrols. Yan Shaozhe refused, citing Elder Xuan's order that the legion take no outside assignments for two years, leaving the empires to wait for Elder Xuan's return.

• Shrek's Inquisitorial Legion withdrew from the Three Empires, and Evil Soul Masters soon began attacking villages, cities, and lone soul masters.
• The Three Empires' armies and Worship Halls struggled to suppress the attacks, so envoys from Heavenly Soul, Douling, and Star Luo went together to Shrek City.
• The envoys asked Yan Shaozhe to restore the legion's patrols, but he rejected their request and reminded them of their past accusations against Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe told the envoys that Elder Xuan had ordered the legion to take no external assignments for two years and that only Elder Xuan could reconsider the order.
• The envoys left in humiliation, while Cai Mei'er and Yan Shaozhe discussed waiting for Elder Xuan to return.

Chen Xuan reviewed Lu Yun’s investigation of the Zhang and Zhao families and learned that Lu Yun had already dismantled the Zhao Family. He then took Lu Yun into the courtyard to train him, ending with Chen Xuan slamming him into the ground.

• Chen Xuan returned to his residence and decided to visit the Zhang Family the next day, then Lu Yun arrived with records on the Zhang and Zhao families.
• Chen Xuan read that the Zhang Family had committed no serious offenses and that the Zhao Family had targeted its ancestral property for years.
• Lu Yun told Chen Xuan that he had captured the Zhao Family’s main figures, killed its three Soul Douluo, and handed the remaining criminals to the City Patrol Bureau.
• Chen Xuan scolded Lu Yun for acting without his permission, then challenged him to a training bout in the courtyard.
• Lu Yun attacked with his Wind Spirit Crane martial soul, but Chen Xuan deflected his strikes and slammed him into the ground.

Chen Xuan decided to formally visit the Zhang Family and discuss taking Zhang Lexuan as his disciple, including offering her family land in Shrek City. He left the arrangements for tomorrow, with Lu Yun promising to protect the Zhang Family if they stayed in Azure Mist City.

• Chen Xuan criticized Lu Yun’s Wind Spirit Crane technique and told him to learn Wind Concealment before ending their training.
• Chen Xuan visited the Zhang Residence and learned that Zhang Lexuan’s ninth birthday was in two days and that she had recently reached Two-Ring.
• Chen Xuan heard Zhang Lexuan training and judged that her foundation had improved, though the Zhang Family lacked the resources to support her talent.
• Lu Yun brought Chen Xuan lotus leaf congee, and Chen Xuan told him he would formally visit the Zhang Family the next day to discuss taking Zhang Lexuan as his disciple.
• Chen Xuan offered to set aside land for the Zhang Family in Shrek City if they agreed to move, and asked Lu Yun to look after them if they stayed in Azure Mist City.
• Lu Yun promised that no one would be allowed to harm the Zhang Family.

Chen Xuan assessed Lu Yun’s Wind Spirit Crane training, then prepared to visit the Zhang Family and discuss taking Zhang Lexuan as his disciple. He planned to offer her family land in Shrek City or ask Lu Yun to protect them if they stayed in Azure Mist City.

• Chen Xuan told Lu Yun to master Wind Concealment and end his noisy attacks, then promised to teach him more after handling the Zhang Family’s affairs.
• Chen Xuan visited the street near the Zhang Residence, learned that Zhang Lexuan’s ninth birthday was in two days, and heard her training had improved.
• Chen Xuan decided to visit the Zhang Family the next day and reveal himself before asking to take Zhang Lexuan as his disciple.
• Lu Yun brought Chen Xuan lotus leaf porridge, and Chen Xuan told him to accompany him to the Zhang Residence.
• Chen Xuan said he would offer the Zhang Family land in Shrek City if they agreed to move, while Lu Yun promised to protect them if they stayed in Azure Mist City.

Chen Xuan visited the Zhang Residence to ask Zhang Yuanshan for permission to take Zhang Lexuan as his personal disciple and bring her to Shrek Academy. After learning that Chen Xuan had once pretended to be a beggar to observe her, Zhang Lexuan asked whether she would still be able to come home.

• Lu Yun brought Chen Xuan to the Zhang Residence, where Zhang Yuanshan welcomed them after learning Chen Xuan was Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi of Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion.
• Chen Xuan told Zhang Yuanshan that Zhang Lexuan was gifted and kind, and asked to make her his personal disciple.
• Chen Xuan explained that Zhang Lexuan would study at Shrek Academy, join the Inner Court, and might someday succeed him as deputy commander of the Inquisitorial Legion or contend for the Sea God Pavilion Master position.
• Zhang Lexuan entered the hall and recognized Chen Xuan as the old man she had helped, then learned he had pretended to be poor to observe her character.
• Chen Xuan apologized for deceiving Zhang Lexuan and asked whether she was willing to become his disciple; she asked if she would still be able to come home.

Chen Xuan accepted Zhang Lexuan as his personal disciple and arranged for her family to move to Shrek City, while planning a formal ceremony and encouraging Lu Yun to seek Song Yunzhi’s guidance. News of the appointment reached Shrek, where chaotic Soul Tool testing was already filling the academy with explosions.

• Chen Xuan accepted Zhang Lexuan as his sole personal disciple and scheduled her discipleship ceremony for a month later.
• Chen Xuan arranged a birthday celebration for Zhang Lexuan, invited Lu Yun to the ceremony, and asked him to notify Yan Shaozhe and send invitations to major powers.
• Chen Xuan promised that the Zhang Family could move to Shrek City and reassured Zhang Lexuan that he would protect her.
• Chen Xuan and Lu Yun left the Zhang Family after lunch, and Chen Xuan predicted that Zhang Lexuan would one day carry Shrek.
• Lu Yun’s message about Chen Xuan taking a disciple reached Shrek, where Inner Court disciples’ Soul Tool experiments caused repeated explosions under the watch of the newly arrived Soul Engineers.

Yan Shaozhe prepared invitations for Xuan Zi’s ceremony accepting Zhang Lexuan as his personal disciple, while Zhang Lexuan celebrated her birthday in Azure Mist City. News of the ceremony stirred the Three Empires, whose courts began preparing lavish gifts and envoys for Shrek.

• Soul Engineers struggled to teach Shrek’s disciples Soul Tool circuits as explosions continued across the academy.
• Cai Mei'er gave Yan Shaozhe Xuan Zi’s message that he would accept Zhang Lexuan as his disciple and hold the ceremony in a month.
• Yan Shaozhe decided to prepare invitations for the Three Empires, major sects, and Sun Moon Empire, and wrote them himself.
• Chen Xuan attended Zhang Lexuan’s birthday celebration at the Zhang Residence, where she gave him a piece of osmanthus candy.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor ordered generous gifts, the Dou Ling Emperor increased his gift list and sent the Crown Prince, and an Elder Prince of Star Luo volunteered to attend the ceremony.

The continent's factions prepared to attend Chen Xuan's disciple-taking ceremony for Zhang Lexuan in Shrek City, while Chen Xuan arranged for Zhang Lexuan and her family to relocate. The journey began with Zhang Yuanshan following behind under Lu Yun's care.

• The Sun Moon Empire, Body Sect, Clear Sky Sect, Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and other factions decided to send senior representatives and generous gifts to the ceremony.
• Storytellers spread a tale that Elder Xuan had disguised himself as a beggar and chosen Zhang Lexuan after she gave him her money.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Chen Xuan whether she could eat osmanthus cakes in Shrek City and bring her dog, A-Huang, and Chen Xuan agreed to both.
• Chen Xuan stayed in Azure Mist City for two days while Lu Yun arranged the Zhang Family's relocation, and Zhang Yuanshan chose to leave the old residence in the care of a side branch.
• Chen Xuan departed with Zhang Lexuan and her parents, while Lu Yun arranged a slower journey for Zhang Yuanshan and promised to deliver him safely to Shrek City.

Chen Xuan returned to Shrek with Zhang Lexuan and heard Yan Shaozhe report on the academy’s affairs, including a proposal to exchange students with the Sun Moon Empire. He defended the need to learn from its soul tool technology, then learned that Shrek faced serious staffing shortages.

• Chen Xuan arrived at Shrek with Zhang Lexuan and found that Inner Court disciples’ soul tool training had caused repeated explosions at the testing grounds.
• Cai Mei'er took Zhang Lexuan to explore Shrek while Yan Shaozhe brought Chen Xuan to his study to discuss academy business.
• Yan Shaozhe reported that envoys from the remaining Three Empires had asked Shrek to resume continental patrols, but he had turned them away.
• Yan Shaozhe said invitations to the apprenticeship ceremony had been sent to major powers, including Jing Hongchen and the Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Chen Xuan proposed using the summit to arrange exchanges between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire’s academy, arguing that Shrek needed to learn its advanced soul tool technology.
• Yan Shaozhe reported severe vacancies in the Inquisitorial Legion and academy teaching staff, and Chen Xuan asked how they had arisen.

Chen Xuan addressed Shrek’s staffing crisis after a purge exposed widespread corruption, then proposed a gradual removal of abusive instructors and a major expansion of Shrek City. The chapter ended with him outlining a new city layout that placed the academy at its center and outsiders at the edge.

• Yan Shaozhe told Chen Xuan that the purge had left Shrek short of instructors, and Chen Xuan assigned Inner Court disciples, Inquisitorial Legion Titled Douluo, and recalled graduates to help fill the vacancies.
• Chen Xuan ordered a thorough investigation of Outer Court instructors who abused students and built their reputations by expelling weaker pupils.
• Yan Shaozhe warned that removing entrenched instructors all at once could disrupt teaching, so Chen Xuan agreed to dismiss offenders gradually after the staffing system stabilized.
• Chen Xuan told Yan Shaozhe that he planned to propose expanding Shrek City to Mu En.
• Chen Xuan showed Yan Shaozhe a proposed city plan with the Inner Court at the core, the Outer Court around it, a faculty residential ring, and an outer zone for merchants and transient residents.

Chen Xuan persuaded Yan Shaozhe to back reforms to Shrek Academy and a major expansion of Shrek City, then presented three proposals at the Sea God Pavilion meeting. The chapter ended as he began outlining a gradual investigation and removal of abusive Outer Court instructors.

• Chen Xuan argued that Shrek City should be reorganized to prioritize academy instructors and students, with outside merchants moved toward the outskirts.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to support Chen Xuan at the meeting and prepared to draft rules for reforming and dismissing Outer Court instructors while keeping the expansion plan secret.
• Chen Xuan attended the Sea God Pavilion meeting, where Mu En invited him to speak.
• Chen Xuan proposed removing immoral Outer Court instructors, filling teaching vacancies, and expanding Shrek City.
• Chen Xuan called for evidence-based investigations and the gradual dismissal of abusive instructors, while promising proper arrangements for those who served students well.

Chen Xuan presented reforms to Shrek’s teaching staff and city, then secured Mu En’s approval to oversee the city expansion. The academy postponed negotiations over the Inquisitorial Legion’s missions until the recruitment ceremony ended, when Shrek would seek shared contributions from the continent’s powers.

• Chen Xuan proposed dismissing unfit instructors, assigning Inner Court disciples and Inquisitorial Legion elders to teach, and doubling resources for disciples who took substitute teaching duties.
• Chen Xuan proposed expanding Shrek City, prioritizing housing and prime districts for Shrek’s contributors while relocating outside merchants gradually with compensation and new storefronts.
• Elder Lin pressed Chen Xuan about the expansion’s costs and merchant relocation, and he said recruitment-ceremony gifts would fund the first phase.
• Elder Zhuang urged Chen Xuan to protect diligent veteran instructors, and Chen Xuan agreed that they could remain or retire while core posts gradually returned to Shrek’s direct line.
• Chen Xuan deferred external missions for the Inquisitorial Legion until the ceremony ended and called for nations and other powers to contribute resources and manpower toward continental security.
• Mu En approved the reforms and assigned Chen Xuan to lead the city expansion, with Shaozhe, Lin'er, Huiqun, and Yunzhi given supporting responsibilities.

Chen Xuan reorganized Shrek Academy, began expanding Shrek City, and prepared for Zhang Lexuan’s Apprenticeship Ceremony as major powers gathered. With the Three Empires and several sects arriving, Chen Xuan planned to discuss the Inquisitorial Legion after Jing Hongchen and Du Busi arrived.

• Chen Xuan visited Zhang Lexuan, promised to teach her martial soul cultivation after the Apprenticeship Ceremony, and left her with Cai Mei'er.
• Chen Xuan, Yan Shaozhe, and Xian Lin'er reorganized the Outer Court and Inquisitorial Legion, replacing unpopular instructors and assigning Inner Court disciples and Soul Engineers to teaching posts.
• Chen Xuan, Elder Lin, and Yan Shaozhe began planning Shrek City's expansion, starting with a teachers' district beyond the old walls.
• Delegations from the Dou Ling Empire, Heavenly Soul Empire, and Star Luo Empire arrived, each preparing to raise concerns about the Inquisitorial Legion.
• Du Busi brought the Body Sect's elite forces to Shrek City, while the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Sky Dragon Gate also sent senior representatives.
• After Lu Yun reported that the Zhang Family was settled and the Three Empires were waiting to speak, Chen Xuan said he would meet them after Jing Hongchen and Du Busi arrived.

The Sun Moon Empire delegation arrived in Shrek City with four Ninth-level Soul Engineers and two Ninth-level Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, alarming the other empires and Shrek. Chen Xuan judged the display to be a threat meant to deter war and ordered Shrek to stay vigilant as the delegation settled in.

• Jing Hongchen and Xu Taiwang led the heavily armed Sun Moon Empire delegation into Shrek City, while news spread that Jing carried two Ninth-level Fixed Soul Cannon Shells.
• The princes and advisers of the three empires feared the Sun Moon Empire’s weapons and suspected Xu Taiwang had additional shells in reserve.
• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er discussed the threat, but Chen Xuan said Jing Hongchen would not fire the shells and ordered the Sea God Pavilion’s Titled Douluo to guard Elder Mu.
• Chen Xuan told Yan Shaozhe to arrange Jing Hongchen’s residence close to Shrek so he could keep the Soul Engineer under watch.
• Chen Xuan reflected that Xu Tianhe had paired Jing Hongchen’s intimidation with Xu Taiwang’s conciliatory presence, then left as Shrek City braced for conflict.

On the eve of Zhang Lexuan’s Apprenticeship Ceremony, Shrek prepared its defenses while the major powers assessed the danger posed by Jing Hongchen’s two Ninth-level Fixed Soul Cannon Shells. The rulers and sect leaders chose to attend the ceremony but avoid rash moves, leaving the city braced for a confrontation between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire.

• Cai Mei'er finished preparing Zhang Lexuan for the ceremony, then joined Chen Xuan and the Sea God Pavilion elders as they reviewed Shrek’s defenses and warned against outsiders breaking its rules.
• The Crown Prince of Heavenly Soul and the Prince Who Pacifies the South discussed Jing Hongchen’s cannon shells and decided to attend the ceremony; the Elder Prince of the Star Luo Empire arrived to confer with them.
• The First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect reassured the First Elder of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that Shrek could handle the shells and advised their sects to stay out of the coming dispute.
• Du Busi sat alone in his temporary residence, turning an iron cup in his hand with a cold smile.

Shrek held a public apprenticeship ceremony for Zhang Lexuan, whom Chen Xuan accepted as his personal disciple. The factions departed without incident, though Jing Hongchen and Du Busi continued to watch Shrek closely.

• Du Busi agreed that the Body Sect would observe the ceremony without taking sides, while Jing Hongchen ordered the Sun Moon Empire delegation to behave and gather information.
• Elder Xuan reassured Lu Yun that the ceremony would reveal Shrek's strength as the factions maneuvered through the night.
• Delegations from the Three Empires, the Sun Moon Empire, and various sects gathered at Sea God Pavilion for the ceremony.
• Zhang Lexuan walked the red carpet, kowtowed to Chen Xuan, and became his personal disciple before the assembled guests.
• The factions congratulated Zhang Lexuan and dispersed peacefully; the Ninth-level Fixed Soul Cannon Shell was not fired, and the four Ninth-level Soul Engineers did not act.

Chen Xuan and Shrek’s elders agreed to establish the Firmament Tribunal, with Shrek holding its first five-year term and Sea God Pavilion retaining veto power. As the factions gathered outside Shrek City speculated about Shrek’s intentions, the chapter left the continent’s leaders waiting to learn what the Tribunal would mean for them.

• Chen Xuan and the elders named the reformed organization the Firmament Tribunal and agreed to include Shrek, Illustrious Virtue Hall, the Body Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect as its four core factions.
• Chen Xuan argued that the sects would negotiate with their home empires and that Shrek should take the Tribunal’s first five-year term to establish its rules and structure.
• The elders set the Tribunal’s twenty-one-member Arbitration Council, required seventy percent approval for major decisions, and granted Sea God Pavilion veto power.
• Mu En approved Chen Xuan’s proposal, and Chen Xuan asked him to announce it at the meeting the next day.
• The Southern Pacifying King and the Crown Prince of Heavenly Soul privately suspected Shrek planned a major expansion of its authority, while the Elder Prince of the Star Luo Empire warned his confidant that Shrek might reshape the continent’s power structure.

Mu En announced at a Sea God Pavilion council attended by the continent’s factions that Shrek’s Inquisitorial Legion had been abolished. The declaration stunned the representatives, especially those from the empires that had suffered under the Legion.

• Xu Taiwang and Jing Hongchen decided to remain in Shrek City and wait to learn Shrek’s plans.
• The First Elders of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect agreed to wait before deciding how their sects would respond.
• The Sea God Pavilion invited factions to a council, limiting most small and medium-sized sects to one representative.
• Jing Hongchen, Xu Taiwang, and Du Busi entered the Sea God Pavilion council hall with the other faction leaders.
• Mu En announced that Shrek’s Inquisitorial Legion was officially abolished, shocking the Southern Pacifying King of Douling and the Crown Prince of Heavenly Soul.

Chen Xuan and Mu En announced that Shrek would disband its Inquisitorial Legion and proposed replacing it with the continent-wide Firmament Tribunal. The plan included universal Martial Soul Awakening, and Clear Sky Sect’s First Elder saw joining as a chance to restore the sect’s prestige.

• Chen Xuan silenced the Three Empires’ envoys and rebuked them for criticizing Shrek while relying on its Inquisitorial Legion.
• Mu En announced the Firmament Tribunal, with Shrek, Illustrious Virtue Hall, Body Sect, and Clear Sky Sect as its core sects.
• Chen Xuan explained the Tribunal’s council, approval rules, Shrek veto, and rotating headquarters to the assembled powers.
• Jing Hongchen asked what Illustrious Virtue Hall would gain, and Chen Xuan argued that the Tribunal would provide lasting security against Evil Soul Masters.
• Chen Xuan proposed universal Martial Soul Awakening for children across the continent, giving participating forces priority in selecting talented disciples.
• Jing Hongchen acknowledged the plan’s long-term value, and Clear Sky Sect’s First Elder recognized that joining could restore the sect’s prestige.

The factions gathered at Shrek were told to prepare for a decisive Firmament Tribunal summit in seven days, with seats and influence at stake. After the assembly, they rushed to summon their leaders, while Du Busi resigned as Body Sect master so he could enter the Tribunal.

• Du Busi agreed that the Body Sect would join the effort to awaken martial souls across the continent.
• Mu En and Chen Xuan announced that the main summit would take place in seven days and that absent factions would forfeit their chance to participate.
• Jing Hongchen and Xu Taiwang decided that Elder Kong must come to Shrek to protect Illustrious Virtue Hall and Sun Moon's core seat.
• The Clear Sky Sect, Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Three Empires, and smaller factions sent urgent messages summoning their leaders to Shrek.
• Du Busi announced that he would resign as Body Sect master, appoint Jinpeng as his successor, and enter the Firmament Tribunal with the First and Second Elders.

Jing Hongchen reported Shrek’s plan to establish the Firmament Tribunal to Kong Deming, who decided to travel to Shrek City with Ye Yulin. A message from the Clear Sky Sect’s First Elder reached Niu Tian and Tai Tan, who faced the question of whether a sect master would represent the sect.

• Jing Hongchen told Kong Deming that Shrek had founded the Firmament Tribunal and described its structure and responsibility for children’s martial soul awakenings.
• Kong Deming judged that the Tribunal could reshape the continent’s power and decided to attend with Ye Yulin, reaching Shrek City within five days.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s First Elder sent a sealed message asking the Sect Master to decide whether the sect would join the Tribunal as a Core Sect.
• Niu Tian read the message, and Tai Tan explained that a sect master had to represent the Clear Sky Sect for it to hold its seat.