Recaps

Chen Xuan dealt with the consequences of a failed interrogation while the Evil Emperor ordered the soul beasts to withdraw deeper into Evil Demon Forest. At the allied command camp, Jing Hongchen raised concerns about an untested Soul Tool Linkage Array, and Heavenly Sun Douluo volunteered to test it.

• Lu Yun told Chen Xuan that two Soul Douluos had triggered a hidden restriction and exploded when pressed to reveal Evil Demon Forest's main headquarters, injuring two interrogators.
• Chen Xuan ordered the revealed outer strongholds archived, the sweep for fugitives continued, and the remaining ten Soul Douluos and their subordinates secretly disposed of.
• The Evil Emperor refused to confront the humans surrounding the forest, ordered the soul beasts to retreat inward, and warned them not to leave without permission.
• Jing Hongchen explained to Kong Deming and Heavenly Sun Douluo that the second Soul Tool Linkage Array had never been tested in battle and might be able to withstand a Super Douluo.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo volunteered to serve as the test for the new array.

Heavenly Sun Douluo tested the Sun Moon Empire’s formation and saw it withstand and reflect his full-power sixth soul skill. Kong Deming ordered the Evil Demon Forest sealed and resolved to use the campaign against the Evil Soul Masters to unite the continent’s forces before eventually replacing the old order.

• Jing Hongchen arranged a test in which 300 Soul Engineers formed a light curtain for Heavenly Sun Douluo to attack.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo’s first two strikes failed to break the formation, and his full-power sixth soul skill was reflected back after five breaths.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo praised the formation and vowed to urge the Dou Ling Empire’s forces to abandon their prejudice against Soul Tools.
• Kong Deming ordered the formation bases reinforced, the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest sealed, and Taotie Douluo told to close the forest with the formation.
• Kong Deming viewed the test as a display of the Sun Moon Empire’s power and planned to unite the continent’s combat forces before pursuing its eventual supremacy.

Mu En left the Northern Border to reinforce the allied army at the Sun Moon Empire while Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu plotted to ambush the army with the Blood Sea Wraith Annihilation Array. Ye Xishui attacked the camp, where Kong Deming raised a spatial barrier to hold back her blood mist.

• Elder Song reported that the purge had caught scattered Evil Soul Masters but missed the core leaders, and Mu En departed with Yunzhi to support the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En left Du Busi in command of the Northern Border, with Purple Lightning Douluo and Xuanwu assisting him.
• Zhongli Wu proposed using the Blood Sea Wraith Annihilation Array to ambush Xuanzi, while Ye Xishui planned to restrain him and capture Chen Xuan if possible.
• Long Xiaoyao overheard Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu's plan but stayed silent because he could not bring himself to oppose Ye Xishui.
• Ye Xishui led a blood-mist attack on the allied camp, overwhelming the detection array and damaging its defensive barrier.
• Kong Deming ordered the Soul Engineers to retreat and activated his Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier to isolate the blood-sea mist.

Chen Xuan and Little Black Dog joined Kong Deming’s desperate fight against Ye Xishui, while the Twelve Apostles’ hidden formation threatened to strike Chen Xuan down. Mu En arrived in time to destroy their Blood Sea Wraith Spear, then confronted Ye Xishui and declared that her two-hundred-year reign of calamity would end.

• Ye Xishui’s Blood Soul Demon Puppet overwhelmed Kong Deming’s spatial restraints and weakened the Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier despite the Soul Engineers’ support.
• Chen Xuan transformed into his Taotie true form and arrived with Little Black Dog, holding back Ye Xishui’s Demon Puppet in a fierce clash.
• The Twelve Apostles activated a hidden formation and sent the Blood Sea Wraith Spear crashing toward Chen Xuan.
• Mu En used Dragon Emperor—Evil-Sundering Rift to split the spear and destroy the formation, badly injuring the Twelve Apostles.
• Mu En landed beside Chen Xuan and faced Ye Xishui, declaring that her two-hundred-year calamity would end.

Mu En’s holy attack nearly destroyed Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces, but Long Xiaoyao intervened with his Dark Holy Dragon and met Mu En’s power in an even clash. The battle left both supreme fighters wounded, though Mu En’s Dragon King bloodline subtly suppressed Long Xiaoyao.

• Zhongli Wu used the Bone Dragon King and his Grim Reaper skills to withstand Mu En’s holy attack, while the Twelve Apostles suffered severe injuries.
• Realizing the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces faced defeat, Zhongli Wu signaled the Apostles to retreat under cover of the blood mist.
• Mu En spotted the retreat and unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Dragon King—Manifestation, to seal off the escape routes.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared and used Darkness—Annihilation to collide with Mu En’s attack, protecting Zhongli Wu and the Apostles.
• Mu En and Long Xiaoyao’s attacks shattered simultaneously, and both men retreated half a step with blood at their lips.
• Mu En’s Light Dragon King bloodline exerted subtle pressure over Long Xiaoyao’s dragon lineage.

Chen Xuan used his ninth soul skill, Taotie Descent, to turn Little Black Dog into a Primordial Taotie and overwhelm the battlefield. Zhongli Wu, Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao escaped into the Evil Demon Forest, leaving Chen Xuan and the exhausted Little Black Dog amid a vast, devastated crater.

• Chen Xuan fused his nine soul rings into the Million-Year Jade-Green Soul Ring and unleashed Taotie Descent through Little Black Dog.
• The Primordial Taotie's aura terrified the Evil Emperor, which concealed itself beneath the Evil Demon Forest.
• Taotie's black hole devoured the remaining twelve apostles and threatened Zhongli Wu, Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao.
• Zhongli Wu detonated the Ancient Bone Dragon, Ye Xishui sacrificed ten blood soul trump cards, and Long Xiaoyao struck the black hole's weak point to open an escape route.
• Long Xiaoyao dragged Ye Xishui and the injured Zhongli Wu into the Evil Demon Forest as Taotie's black hole closed.
• Little Black Dog returned to its small form and complained of exhaustion while Chen Xuan surveyed the barren crater left by the attack.

After Mu En and Chen Xuan’s forces annihilated the Holy Spirit Cult’s battlefield defenses, Long Xiaoyao escaped with Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu but collapsed from his injuries. As the survivors faced the cult’s near-destruction, they wondered whether the mysterious First Elder would intervene.

• Mu En ordered Kong Deming to count casualties, reinforce the formations, seal the Evil Demon Forest perimeter, and prepare for a final assault.
• Long Xiaoyao brought Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu to the underground palace, then collapsed unconscious from his compounded injuries.
• Ye Xishui treated Long Xiaoyao and confirmed that his life was no longer in immediate danger, while Zhongli Wu lamented the cult’s losses.
• Ye Xishui told Zhongli Wu that she had informed the First Elder of their defeat and received only a brief acknowledgment.
• Zhongli Wu asked whether the First Elder would help them, but Ye Xishui gave no answer.

The Deep Sea Demon Empress revealed that she had survived the destruction of her clan and had spent ten thousand years planning revenge against Tang San by bringing down the human world he protected. In Bluestone City, Mu En and the allied leaders tightened their siege of the Holy Spirit Cult, while Mu En resolved to end the conflict.

• The Deep Sea Demon Empress learned of the Holy Spirit Cult's defeat and recalled how Tang San killed her husband, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and how the sea clans destroyed her people.
• The Deep Sea Demon Empress revealed that she had hidden as the Holy Spirit Cult's nominal First Elder to use the cult as a tool against the world protected by Tang San.
• Kong Deming reported the cult's losses to Mu En, Chen Xuan, Elder Song, and Lu Yun, and described reinforcements being gathered for the siege.
• Mu En ordered the allied forces to strengthen the blockade around the Evil Demon Forest and search the Northern Border for hidden Holy Spirit Cult operatives.
• Mu En and Chen Xuan discussed Long Xiaoyao's injuries and his devotion to Ye Xishui, before Mu En said he had stayed to bring the conflict to an end.

The Heaven Dou Empire launched its martial soul awakening pilot program in the Northern Border, where officials and faction leaders watched children have their talents tested. The chapter ended when a little girl awakened an Evil Fire Phoenix with innate full soul power.

• Du Busi, Lei Li, Xuanwu Douluo, Yan Shaozhe, and Song Huaiyuan discussed promising prospects from the Sun Moon and Dou Ling Empires and their factions’ claims to them.
• Du Busi declared the Heaven Dou Empire’s Northern Border would produce superior talent as more than four hundred children gathered for the pilot program.
• Yan Shaozhe instructed the twelve awakeners to begin testing the children one by one.
• The awakeners identified an Iron-armed Bear with seventh-level soul power and a Wind Eagle with eighth-level soul power as promising prospects.
• A little girl triggered a blazing flare from the testing stone, and the awakener announced her innate full soul power and Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul.

Three six-year-old children awakened Innate Full Soul Power with the Evil Fire Phoenix, Mechanical Core, and Blood Body Martial Souls, drawing the attention of Shrek, Illustrious Virtue Hall, and the Body Sect. As the afternoon’s testing ended, powerful factions began competing for the gifted children, while the unprecedented number of prodigies left leaders fearing a continent-wide storm.

• Yan Shaozhe vowed that Shrek would seek the Evil Fire Phoenix girl, while Song Huaiyuan decided to bring the Mechanical Core girl into Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• A boy awakened an origin-level Blood Body Martial Soul, and Du Busi reacted with excitement as the Body Sect elders recognized its importance.
• The gathered leaders recognized all three children as potential Limit Douluos and worried that their emergence could reshape the continent.
• More children displayed strong Martial Souls, and Purple Lightning Douluo personally sought the boy with the Thunder Force Martial Soul.
• After more than four hundred children completed testing, the Awakener announced that the awakenings were over.

The major powers claimed the awakened children with the greatest talents, and Yan Shaozhe brought Ma Xiaotao to Shrek while Song Yu went to Illustrious Virtue Hall. Ma Xiaotao learned that she might meet Song Yu again at the top and vowed not to fall behind her.

• Yan Shaozhe claimed Ma Xiaotao for Shrek, Song Huaiyuan claimed Song Yu for Illustrious Virtue Hall, and Du Busi claimed the boy with the Body Martial Soul for the Body Sect.
• The sect leaders divided the remaining talented children among their factions, while the less gifted children were sent back to their parents.
• Yan Shaozhe gently invited Ma Xiaotao to Shrek, and she agreed after asking whether there would be food.
• Song Huaiyuan invited Song Yu to study soul-tool patterns at Illustrious Virtue Hall, and she brightened at the prospect.
• Yan Shaozhe led Ma Xiaotao away from the camp and told her she could meet Song Yu again at the top, and Ma Xiaotao vowed not to fall behind.

Yan Shaozhe returned to Shrek City with six-year-old Ma Xiaotao, an Evil Fire Phoenix with innate full soul power, and introduced her to Cai Mei'er as his new student. Cai Mei'er told him the Martial Soul Department was overwhelmed by administrative work and the approaching Sun Moon Empire exchange, leaving Yan Shaozhe grinning as he prepared to add another task to her load.

• Yan Shaozhe carried Ma Xiaotao from the Northern Border to Shrek City in half a day.
• Cai Mei'er struggled to manage the Martial Soul Department's paperwork while Director Du handled much of its administration.
• Cai Mei'er received Jing Hongchen's letter saying thirty exchange students and four accompanying teachers would arrive early the following month.
• Yan Shaozhe returned with Ma Xiaotao, reporting that his recruitment trip had found several promising candidates.
• Cai Mei'er explained her staffing problems and the exchange program's demands to Yan Shaozhe, who replied that she now had one more job.

Cai Mei'er enrolled Ma Xiaotao at Shrek and introduced her to Zhang Lexuan as a fellow disciple. Elsewhere, Jing Hongchen ordered Huan Hongchen to retrieve Song Yu from the Heaven Dou Empire and take her to Shrek.

• Yan Shaozhe admitted that he had not submitted Ma Xiaotao's Tribunal application, then fled after Cai Mei'er threw a brush at him.
• Cai Mei'er registered Ma Xiaotao at Shrek and reassured her that Yan Shaozhe would return.
• Cai Mei'er introduced Ma Xiaotao to Zhang Lexuan, who welcomed her and offered to show her around the Inner Court.
• Jing Hongchen told Huan Hongchen to bring Song Yu, a gifted child with a Mechanical Core Martial Soul, from the Heaven Dou Empire to Shrek.

Jing Hongchen persuaded Huan Hongchen to move with Yun and their unborn child to Shrek, where Huan could strengthen his Martial Soul cultivation and Song Yu could build a foundation before studying soul tools. As Mingdu’s political situation grew unstable, Jing chose to remain behind to protect Illustrious Virtue Hall, and he named his future grandchild Xiao Hongchen or Meng Hongchen.

• Jing Hongchen explained that Huan Hongchen would go to Shrek as part of a permanent exchange between Shrek and Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Huan Hongchen worried that Song Yu might never return, but Jing Hongchen argued that Shrek’s Martial Soul cultivation would best develop her gifts while her ties to Illustrious Virtue Hall remained secure.
• Jing Hongchen told Huan Hongchen that Yun should accompany him to Shrek, where the Tree of Life and Elder Zhuang could support her pregnancy.
• Jing Hongchen warned that Mingdu would descend into chaos after Shrek and the Firmament Tribunal dealt with the evil Soul Masters, and said he would stay to protect Illustrious Virtue Hall while Huan cultivated at Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen urged Huan Hongchen to bring soul-tool resources and blueprints to Shrek so their people could learn from each other.
• Jing Hongchen said he would name his grandchild Xiao Hongchen if it was a boy and Meng Hongchen if it was a girl.

Jing Hongchen planned for Huan Hongchen and Yun’s child to build a strong Martial Soul foundation at Shrek, and arranged for their family to travel there. Meanwhile, Xian Lin'er secured authorization to lead Shrek’s exchange group to Illustrious Virtue Hall, with both groups set to meet on the way.

• Jing Hongchen advised Huan Hongchen and Yun to raise their child at Shrek so the child could develop a strong Martial Soul foundation, and arranged for them to meet Song Huaiyuan’s group on Star Luo’s northern frontier.
• Huan Hongchen and Yun discussed Shrek’s Tree of Life and their hopes for their child’s future.
• Huan Hongchen and Yun joined a convoy carrying thirty exchange students from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and traveled toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Song Huaiyuan and Song Yu met Huan Hongchen’s group in a frontier town, and the two groups continued toward Shrek together.
• Xian Lin'er told Cai Mei'er she would lead Shrek’s group to the Sun Moon Empire and received Sea God Pavilion authorization to coordinate with Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Cai Mei'er told Xian Lin'er that Huan Hongchen’s group had already departed and that she would leave the day after tomorrow.

With Shrek short-staffed while its forces fought Evil Soul Masters, Cai Mei'er realized the Outer Court students could help with routine academy duties. The chapter left her preparing to put senior students to work.

• Xian Lin'er planned to lead twenty students to the Sun Moon Empire and received a healing medicine box from Cai Mei'er for the journey.
• Cai Mei'er told Xian Lin'er that Ma Xiaotao was training with Lexuan and doing well.
• Cai Mei'er reviewed the rejected request for more staff and worried that Shrek's overworked academic administration might collapse.
• Cai Mei'er realized the Outer Court's fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-year students could take on patrols, discipline checks, academic assistance, and campus order.

Cai Mei'er devised a plan to recruit Outer Court students into a new Inquisitorial Team by offering cultivation resources, academy-file credit, and possible guidance from a Titled Douluo. Meanwhile, the Sun Moon Empire’s convoy continued toward Shrek City, where its exchange students discussed what to expect and doubted they would be allowed near the Tree of Life.

• Cai Mei'er planned to establish an Outer Court Inquisitorial Team to assist with academic affairs and campus patrols.
• Cai Mei'er proposed monthly cultivation resources, service records, priority consideration, and possible Titled Douluo guidance as rewards for team members.
• Cai Mei'er headed to the Sea God Pavilion and promised to handle the rosters Director Du still had to review.
• Huan Hongchen studied a map of Shrek City as the Sun Moon Empire convoy traveled west to meet Xian Lin'er's party.
• Zhou Ming and the other exchange students discussed Shrek City, agreed they should keep a low profile, and wondered whether outsiders could cultivate near the Tree of Life.

Zhou Ming traveled with a convoy toward Shrek Academy while Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo prepared to escort exchange students to the Sun Moon Empire. Elder Feng arrived to join the journey, leaving Xian Lin'er tense as he ordered them to meet at dawn.

• Zhou Ming watched the fields pass as the convoy crossed the Star Luo Empire's Northern Border toward Shrek Academy.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo reviewed the exchange students' escort arrangements and wondered when the promised veteran would arrive.
• Elder Feng entered the council chamber, and Xian Lin'er stood at attention when she recognized her former teacher.
• Elder Feng explained that Yan Shaozhe had recalled him from the Heaven Dou Empire front to protect the exchange party.
• Elder Feng warned Xian Lin'er not to underestimate the dangers of traveling abroad and told them to meet at the north gate at dawn.

Elder Feng and Xian Lin'er warned Shrek’s thirty exchange students to behave and respect the rules during their trip to Illustrious Virtue Hall in the Sun Moon Empire. The students prepared to depart at first light the next morning.

• Elder Feng asked Xian Lin'er whether the exchange students were rowdy, then ordered her to gather them for a briefing.
• Xian Lin'er told Qian Duoduo that Elder Feng would be a formidable disciplinarian and warned the students to respect their chance to study soul tools.
• Xian Lin'er addressed the thirty students, demanding that they behave and protect Shrek’s reputation or face expulsion.
• Elder Feng arrived and announced that the group would leave at first light for Illustrious Virtue Hall in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Elder Feng laid down four rules: obey orders, avoid restricted areas, report disputes instead of fighting, and study diligently without disgracing Shrek.

Shrek and Illustrious Virtue Hall’s exchange parties met on the road before continuing toward their destinations. More than ten days later, Huan Hongchen and the Illustrious Virtue Hall students arrived safely at Shrek City, where Cai Mei'er welcomed them.

• Xian Lin'er led Shrek’s thirty students and their escorts west toward Illustrious Virtue Hall, stopping at an inn after five days of travel.
• Huan Hongchen’s Illustrious Virtue Hall convoy arrived at the same inn, and he exchanged courteous greetings with Xian Lin'er and Elder Feng.
• Elder Feng and Huan Hongchen discussed the benefits of cooperation between the two institutions before the parties continued in opposite directions the next morning.
• After more than ten days, Huan Hongchen’s convoy reached Shrek City’s east gate, where Cai Mei'er welcomed the exchange students and led them inside.

Huan Hongchen, Yun, and the Sun Moon Empire exchange students arrived at Shrek and received a warm welcome and restorative spiritual energy from the Tree of Life. Elsewhere, Chen Xuan learned that Tai Tan had found another youth with innate full soul power and made them his disciple.

• Cai Mei'er welcomed the exchange students to Sea God Lake and led them to the island, where the Tree of Life's energy refreshed them.
• Huan Hongchen and Yun felt the ancient tree's energy cleanse his accumulated ailments and ease her pregnancy discomfort.
• Cai Mei'er arranged guest quarters for the students and a quiet private courtyard for Huan Hongchen and Yun.
• Huan Hongchen and Yun settled into the courtyard, appreciating Shrek's gentle spiritual energy.
• Chen Xuan read Tai Tan's message that a youth in the Dou Ling Empire had awakened innate full soul power with a long staff martial soul embodying wind and thunder, and had become Tai Tan's direct disciple.

Chen Xuan and Mu En recognized that an alarming surge of gifted children might signal a looming threat to the Douluo Continent. They agreed to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult before facing any outside danger and ordered an assault on the Evil Demon Forest in three days.

• Chen Xuan learned that Mu En had taken in a child with innate full soul power and the Ferocious Beast Shrek martial soul, with traces of temporal power.
• Chen Xuan told Mu En that six children with innate full soul power had appeared across the continent within half a month, each with an extraordinary martial soul.
• Mu En said the Douluo Continent's origin was frightened and pushing out gifted children in response to pressure from beyond.
• Chen Xuan feared that an outside catastrophe might arrive early and argued that they must first destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu En agreed, summoned Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and Heavenly Sun Douluo to the Tribunal's frontline camp, and ordered an attack on the Evil Demon Forest in three days.

Xian Lin'er and Elder Feng brought Shrek disciples to the Illustrious Virtue Hall to study Soul Tools, but they joined Jing Hongchen in heading to the front after Mu En called the continent’s experts to attack the Holy Spirit Cult. The group reached the allied army’s command camp as the assault approached.

• Jing Hongchen welcomed Xian Lin'er, Elder Feng, and thirty disciples to the Illustrious Virtue Hall, where they witnessed its vast underground workshops and skilled Soul Engineers.
• Jing Hongchen arranged study plans for the Shrek visitors, then received Mu En’s order to return to the front for an all-out assault on the Holy Spirit Cult in three days.
• Xian Lin'er and Elder Feng insisted on joining the battle despite Jing Hongchen’s warning about the battlefield’s power, and he agreed on the condition that they follow Mu En’s orders.
• After settling the students and instructors into their studies, Xian Lin'er departed with Elder Feng and Jing Hongchen for the frontline camp.
• The group arrived at the allied army’s command tent outside the Evil Demon Forest, where Kong Deming and Heavenly Sun Douluo were waiting.

Mu En organized the allied forces for an all-out assault on the Holy Spirit Cult, coordinating their encirclement of the Evil Demon Forest while keeping the eastern route clear of the Evil Emperor. As the armies completed their preparations for an attack on the third day, Ye Xishui and the badly injured Zhongli Wu watched the mobilization from the underground palace.

• Mu En warned the gathered leaders that an extraterrestrial crisis threatened the continent and said the Holy Spirit Cult had to be eliminated before it arrived.
• Kong Deming reported the Illustrious Virtue Hall's weapons and supplies, and Mu En reserved the ten Ninth-level Fixed Soul Cannon Shells for the Evil Emperor.
• Chen Xuan proposed attacking the Evil Demon Forest from the west, south, and north while avoiding the Evil Emperor's eastern territory, and Mu En assigned the commanders and fronts.
• The allied armies deployed Soul Engineers, cannon shells, and array bases to surround the forest, with the eastern side monitored by the Illustrious Virtue Hall's detection array.
• Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu watched the advancing forces through a Soul Tool Water Mirror, and Ye Xishui realized they were preparing an all-out assault.

Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to retreat into the Underground Palace after its allies abandoned it, while Tang San prepared to exploit Xiao Wu’s approaching childbirth for his plans. Space-time turbulence then struck the Divine Realm decades earlier than Tang San had expected, forcing him and the God of Destruction to defend the realm.

• Ye Xishui showed Zhongli Wu that the Evil Emperor had withdrawn, and told him the First Elder had not replied.
• Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to abandon its outposts and retreat into the core of the Underground Palace, then went to persuade someone who had been caught up in the conflict.
• Tang San watched the Douluo Continent and planned to use Xiao Wu’s child to seize the continent’s fortune and strengthen his rule over the Divine Realm.
• Xiao Wu approached Tang San, but an explosion in the depths of chaos sent space-time turbulence crashing into the Divine Realm ahead of schedule.
• Tang San rushed to the Divine Realm Center to stabilize the realm, and the God of Destruction ordered the gods to form a defensive formation.