Recaps

Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy after three months away, and Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo complained to him about Lin Fan. Xuan Zi promised to seek justice but first headed with them to watch the Freshman Grand Competition and look for promising students.

• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo welcomed Xuan Zi at Shrek City's gates when he returned.
• Xuan Zi mourned the deaths of eight Inner Court geniuses and asked about promising new students.
• Yan Shaozhe accused Lin Fan of taking a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and asked Xuan Zi to persuade Elder Mu to stop protecting him.
• Qian Duoduo complained that Lin Fan refused to give the academy his Level Nine Soul Tool Blueprint.
• Xuan Zi promised to deal with Lin Fan, then led Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo toward the Outer Court to watch the Freshman Grand Competition.

At Shrek Academy’s Freshman Grand Competition, Lin Fan and Leng Yaozhu predicted that Huo Yuhao’s team would defeat Dai Huabin’s stronger-looking team. After both teams unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skills, the referee announced Dai Huabin’s team as the winner, leaving the audience stunned.

• Wang Yan asked Lin Fan which team would win the final, and Lin Fan predicted Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao would prevail.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed with Lin Fan, while Long Yeyue and the Sea God Pavilion Elders expected Huo Yuhao’s victory to showcase Shrek Academy’s training.
• Huo Yuhao’s team and Dai Huabin’s team traded attacks before both sides used their Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Du Weilun intervened between the two attacks and was left with injuries on his back, prompting Dai Huabin to believe his team had won.
• Dai Tianling and other observers attributed Du Weilun’s injuries to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Du Weilun announced Dai Huabin’s team as the winner, and the audience erupted in confusion.

People watching the past from ten thousand years later reacted with disbelief when Du Weilun ruled against Huo Yuhao's team, expecting Xuan Zi to correct him. Instead, Xuan Zi also rejected Huo Yuhao and ordered the victory and Core Disciple position given to Dai Huabin's group, contradicting the historical records.

• Long Yeyue and the Shrek Academy Elders questioned Du Weilun's ruling, while Qiangu Dieting and the Spirit Pagoda mocked Shrek Academy for rejecting Huo Yuhao.
• Long Yeyue and the others expected Xuan Zi to recognize Huo Yuhao's talent and reverse the decision.
• Xuan Zi judged Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill stronger than the Hell White Tiger and said Huo Yuhao's team should have won.
• Xuan Zi dismissed Huo Yuhao's potential because of his Soul Ring, Martial Soul, age, and Soul Power, then awarded victory to Dai Huabin's team and revoked Huo Yuhao's Core Disciple slot.
• The observers were stunned because historical records said Xuan Zi had recognized Huo Yuhao's exceptional nature and made him a Core Disciple of both departments.

Lin Fan challenged Du Weilun’s ruling that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill had beaten Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s, and proposed that Mu En judge the skills after both teams recovered. Xuan Zi intervened by stripping Huo Yuhao’s team of all rewards and insulting Lin Fan, but someone slapped him.

• Lin Fan appeared on the competition stage and berated Du Weilun for judging the Martial Soul Fusion Skill contest unfairly.
• Dai Huabin defended Du Weilun’s ruling, arguing that his and Zhu Lu’s three-ring and two-ring fusion skill was stronger than Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s.
• Lin Fan proposed that both teams demonstrate their fusion skills after recovering and have Mu En judge them.
• Xuan Zi confronted Lin Fan, threatened to cancel every reward for Huo Yuhao’s team, and dismissed objections from Huo Yuhao’s teacher.
• Xuan Zi insulted Lin Fan and the person who had raised him, and someone slapped Xuan Zi across the face.

Lin Fan slapped Xuan Zi after confronting him over the Freshman Grand Competition, nearly provoking a fight between the two. Mu En intervened, confirmed Du Weilun had helped manipulate the competition, and ordered him to accept punishment, while Xuan Zi insisted Lin Fan should be expelled.

• Lin Fan slapped Xuan Zi and insulted him, prompting Xuan Zi to unleash his Level 98 Soul Power and prepare to retaliate.
• Wang Dong moved Huo Yuhao away from the platform as the teachers and students feared the confrontation would turn into a fight.
• Mu En arrived and ordered Xuan Zi to withdraw his Soul Power, then asked Lin Fan what had happened.
• Du Weilun admitted that Lin Fan's account of the competition manipulation was true, leaving Dai Huabin stunned that he had lost to Huo Yuhao.
• Mu En condemned the manipulation and ordered Du Weilun to accept punishment, but Xuan Zi argued that Lin Fan had attacked first and should be expelled.

The Freshman Grand Competition ended amid accusations and disputes, with Mu En declaring Huo Yuhao’s team the champions. Lin Fan decided to leave Shrek Academy after Mu En confirmed Zhou Yi’s belongings had been found, and Ling Luochеn announced that she would leave as well.

• Zhou Yi and Yan Shaozhe urged Mu En to punish Lin Fan and criticized his influence on Shrek Academy.
• Leng Yaozhu and Ling Luochеn challenged the accusations, while Mu En declared Huo Yuhao’s team the winners and dismissed Dai Huabin’s demand for a rematch.
• Mu En told Lin Fan that Zhou Yi’s belongings had been found, prompting Lin Fan to accept that he would leave Shrek Academy.
• Lin Fan handed Mu En soul tool blueprints as a contribution to Zhou Yi before departing.
• Ling Luochеn announced that she was quitting Shrek Academy, and Yan Shaozhe objected.

Ling Luochen rejected Shrek Academy’s title and demanded to leave after exposing Xuan Zi’s mission error, while Mu En admitted the academy was at fault. Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao then withdrew as well, and Xuan Zi expelled them, leaving Mu En uneasy about what Shrek had lost.

• Ling Luochen refused the title of Shrek Seven Monsters and accused Xuan Zi’s intelligence error of nearly getting her killed.
• Mu En ordered an investigation into the mission records, and Xuan Zi panicked as Ling Luochen recounted what had happened.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to pressure Ling Luochen with Shrek’s honor, but Lin Fan declared that he would take her away if she wanted to leave.
• Mu En admitted Shrek Academy was in the wrong and told Yan Shaozhe to let Ling Luochen go.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao announced that they were withdrawing from Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi approved their withdrawal and told them to leave, while Mu En felt that Shrek had lost something important.

The revelation that Xuan Zi expelled Huo Yuhao from Shrek Academy sparked reactions among the Spirit Pagoda, Soul Beasts, and Shrek’s elders. The chapter ended with news that the statue of Ling Bing Douluo in Ling Bing Square had turned translucent.

• Qiangu Dieting mocked Xuan Zi and argued that Huo Yuhao could develop Soul Spirit Technology without Shrek Academy, while Di Tian and the Soul Beasts worried about what Huo Yuhao’s departure would mean for them.
• Shrek Academy’s elders blamed Lin Fan for Huo Yuhao’s expulsion and feared that losing Huo Yuhao would damage the academy’s future and reputation.
• An Elder suggested Lin Fan might be absent from history because he had derailed events, but another Elder argued that history would condemn him rather than erase him.
• A middle-aged man rushed into the Sea God Pavilion and reported to Long Yeyue that the Ling Bing Douluo statue in Ling Bing Square had turned translucent.

The Sea God Pavilion elders watched Ling Bing Douluo's statue fade and hoped to win Huo Yuhao back through the Tang Sect, but they had no way to contact the past. On the Light Screen, Lin Fan severed Xuan Zi's arm after Xuan Zi attacked him, then left through a Space Gate.

• Long Yeyue and the Sea God Pavilion elders saw Ling Bing Douluo's statue become semi-transparent and feared the changes would threaten Shrek Academy.
• Bei Shou'en suggested using Bei Bei, Mu En, and the Tang Sect to reconcile with Huo Yuhao, while the elders ordered an examination of the fading statue.
• Lin Fan opened a Space Gate, and Ling Luochеn, Huo Yuhao, and the others stepped through.
• Xuan Zi attacked Lin Fan from behind, but Lin Fan cut off Xuan Zi's arm with a spatial slash.
• Lin Fan spared Xuan Zi for Mu En's sake, warned him that he would carve him into a human swine if he attacked again, and left through the Space Gate.

After Lin Fan severed Xuan Zi’s arm, Mu En refused to seek revenge and warned Shrek Academy’s staff against provoking Lin Fan again. Mu En sent the Soul Tool Blueprints Lin Fan had left to Qian Duoduo for study, while Shrek Academy struggled with the fallout.

• Xuan Zi complained to Mu En that Lin Fan had slapped him and cut off his arm, but Mu En blamed Xuan Zi for provoking Lin Fan.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi not to cause Lin Fan more trouble and sent him with Yan Shaozhe to Elder Zhuang.
• Mu En warned Du Weilun to oversee the competition rewards fairly or lose his position as director.
• Qian Duoduo asked whether Shrek Academy would avenge Xuan Zi, but Mu En told him to protect the academy and avoid provoking Lin Fan.
• Mu En gave Qian Duoduo Lin Fan’s Soul Tool Blueprints to have the Soul Tool Department study them, then returned to his recliner.

Lin Fan offered Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao a place in Hidden Azure Pavilion after they left Shrek Academy. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stayed with the Tang Sect, while Xiao Xiao joined Hidden Azure Pavilion and received its token.

• Lin Fan invited the three former Shrek students to join Hidden Azure Pavilion, which Xiao Xiao recognized as a renowned Soul Tool organization he had founded.
• Huo Yuhao declined because he had joined the Tang Sect, while Wang Dong said she would consider Lin Fan's offer.
• Wang Dong chose to join the Tang Sect alongside Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao chose Hidden Azure Pavilion.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong departed, and Ling Luochеn and Leng Yaozhu welcomed Xiao Xiao to Hidden Azure Pavilion.
• Lin Fan gave Xiao Xiao a Pavilion token and said he would teach her Soul Master and Soul Tool knowledge.

Lin Fan moved Ling Luochen, Leng Yaozhu, and Xiao Xiao to the Hidden Azure Pavilion, where he revealed a cure for Zhang Peng’s Martial Soul problem. That night, Leng Yaozhu watched Lin Fan study her soul spirit, and he teased her for staring at him.

• Lin Fan took Ling Luochen, Leng Yaozhu, and Xiao Xiao by Soul Guidance Vehicle to the Hidden Azure Pavilion and let them choose rooms.
• Zhang Peng reported that Lin Fan’s arrangements were complete, and Lin Fan gave him a Medicinal Pill refined by Ling Luochen under his guidance to resolve his Martial Soul problem.
• Zhang Peng swallowed the pill, felt his shackles fall away, and thanked Lin Fan and Ling Luochen.
• Leng Yaozhu visited Lin Fan at night with her soul spirit, and Lin Fan said he expected to figure out how to recreate it after more experiments the next day.
• Lin Fan noticed Leng Yaozhu staring at his profile and teased her about his handsome face, leaving her blushing.

Lin Fan began testing his Soul Spirit Art by helping a Hidden Azure Pavilion member obtain a fifth Soul Ring, while promising Leng Yaozhu that he would find a way to return her to her era. The experiment succeeded, creating a miniature Soul Spirit and granting the man a black fifth Soul Ring.

• Leng Yaozhu left Lin Fan's room after he promised to help her return to her era, and Lin Fan prepared study materials for Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Fan gave Xiao Xiao the materials, then summoned Leng Yaozhu and Ling Luochеn to begin experimenting with Soul Spirits.
• Lin Fan brought the women to a Hidden Azure Pavilion member who had reached level fifty and led them into the Mingdu Great Forest to find a suitable Soul Beast.
• The man chose a Ten-Thousand-Year Mutant Swamp Crocodile, and Lin Fan restrained it with his spatial ability.
• Lin Fan used the Soul Spirit Art to transfer the crocodile's energy into the man, creating a miniature Soul Spirit and giving him a black fifth Soul Ring.

Lin Fan successfully created a Soul Spirit, and the Leng Family discovered another one in its Storage Room. He then took Leng Yaozhu and Ling Luochеn toward the Far Northern Land to find materials for Ling Luochеn’s Battle Armor, where they searched for ore as an emerald-green scorpion approached.

• Lin Fan’s first attempt at creating a Soul Spirit succeeded, astonishing the Spirit Pagoda staff and earning their admiration.
• The Head of the Leng Family and Leng Yulai found a Soul Spirit in the Leng Family’s Storage Room.
• Leng Yaozhu and Ling Luochеn embraced Lin Fan in celebration before he proposed traveling to the Far Northern Land for Battle Armor materials and other matters.
• Lin Fan bought cold-weather outfits for Leng Yaozhu and Ling Luochеn, and the three drove toward the Far Northern Land.
• Lin Fan used a Detector to search for metal ore, while an emerald-green scorpion silently approached the group.

Lin Fan captured the Ice Empress in the Far Northern Land and offered her a way to avoid death by becoming a Soul Spirit. The Ice Empress learned that the transformation would preserve her consciousness and soul, but she had not yet accepted his offer.

• Lin Fan trapped the Ice Empress in a spatial cage after she confronted him and his companions.
• The Ice Empress realized Lin Fan intended to take her Soul Bone and thought of the Snow Empress as she faced death.
• Lin Fan told the Ice Empress that she had little chance of surviving her next Heavenly Tribulation and offered her a third path.
• Lin Fan explained that the Ice Empress could become a Soul Spirit and follow his companion toward godhood.
• Leng Yaozhu showed the Ice Empress her fiery red bird Soul Spirit, and Lin Fan explained that Soul Spirits retained their consciousness and souls but lost their bodies.

Lin Fan freed the Ice Empress and offered her a Soul Spirit contract, while promising Ling Luochen that he would help her become a god. After finding ore for Ling Luochen’s One-Word Battle Armor, Lin Fan led the group toward another destination and wondered whether Leng Yaozhu had brought something with her from another world.

• Di Tian regretted helping humans and hoped the Ice Empress would refuse Lin Fan’s proposal.
• Lin Fan assured the Ice Empress that Ling Luochen could become a god, released her, and gave her a Hidden Azure Pavilion Token to use if she accepted.
• Lin Fan promised Ling Luochen he would make her a god, prompting Leng Yaozhu to recall his earlier promise to take her home.
• Lin Fan found the ore needed for Ling Luochen’s One-Word Battle Armor and removed it with his Martial Soul ability.
• Lin Fan refused to return and said they had one more place to visit, while the Sea God Pavilion elders speculated about his plans.
• Lin Fan considered the dangers of approaching the Clear Sky Sect and wondered why he had sensed someone watching him when he was with Leng Yaozhu.

Lin Fan, Ling Luochеn, and Leng Yaozhu searched the Far Northern Land for the Snow Empress while Lin Fan used his knowledge of events from ten thousand years ago to guide them. As they prepared to turn back after nightfall, Lin Fan sensed an intense energy fluctuation nearby.

• Leng Yaozhu asked Lin Fan how he knew so much, and he said the intelligence appeared in his mind when he closed his eyes.
• Lin Fan explained that asking the Ice Empress about the Snow Empress could make her wary and jeopardize their plans.
• As the snowstorm worsened, Lin Fan used his spatial ability to divert the wind and snow, while Ling Luochеn and Leng Yaozhu took turns shielding the group.
• Ling Luochеn spotted a pack of Frostmoon Ice Wolves, and Lin Fan drove them away with his aura.
• After nightfall, Lin Fan agreed to turn back, then sensed an intense energy fluctuation.

Lin Fan, Ling Luochеn, and Leng Yaozhu encountered the Snow Empress as she transformed into a human. Rather than kill her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, Lin Fan invited her to leave the Far Northern Land with him, and she agreed after arranging to visit the Ice Empress.

• Lin Fan used a spatial barrier to conceal himself, Ling Luochеn, Leng Yaozhu, and the transforming Snow Empress from outsiders.
• The Snow Empress completed her transformation into a young girl and asked Lin Fan why he had not attacked her.
• Lin Fan said he had no interest in her Soul Ring or Soul Bone and invited her to join him in the human world.
• The Snow Empress agreed to go with Lin Fan but asked to handle some matters first.
• Lin Fan opened Space Gates for her to meet the Ice Empress and later travel to his place.

Lin Fan brought the Snow Empress to the Hidden Azure Pavilion, where she learned that the Ice Empress had little hope of surviving her next Heavenly Tribulation. The Snow Empress remained wary as Lin Fan revealed his knowledge of her rebirth and asked her to help complete his illustrated handbook.

• Lin Fan, Ling Luochen, and Leng Yaozhu returned instantly to the Hidden Azure Pavilion, and Lin Fan assured Leng Yaozhu that the Snow Empress would come.
• Xiao Xiao told Lin Fan she had finished studying his materials, and he promised to teach her how to use Soul Tools.
• The Snow Empress arrived through the Space Gate, and Lin Fan arranged for her to study with Xiao Xiao and live upstairs.
• Lin Fan asked whether the Ice Empress could survive her next Heavenly Tribulation, and the Snow Empress admitted she likely could not.
• Lin Fan revealed that he knew the Snow Empress had rebuilt herself as a human using a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, then asked her to help complete his illustrated handbook.

Lin Fan recruited Snow Empress to help document and collect medicinal herbs from the Far Northern Land, while confirming that Ice Empress would become Ling Luochеn’s Soul Spirit as promised. He discussed ways to help Ling Luochеn reach Ultimate Ice and suggested a future device might let everyone obtain a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, but the conversation ended with news that the Snow Empress Soul Spirit statue beside Ling Bing Douluo had vanished.

• Lin Fan offered Snow Empress rewards for helping identify and collect medicinal herbs from the Far Northern Land, and she agreed to help.
• Lin Fan told Snow Empress that Ice Empress would remain Ling Luochеn’s Soul Spirit, since he had already promised it to her.
• Lin Fan instructed Snow Empress to stay at the Hidden Azure Pavilion and asked Xiao Xiao to teach her the basics of documenting the herbs.
• Lin Fan told Ling Luochеn that pills and Immortal Herbs might help her attain Ultimate Ice, and said he hoped to develop a device that could provide full sets of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Leng Yaozhu and the others discussed Qiangu Dieting’s rare full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and compared it with Huo Yuhao’s configuration.
• Someone reported that the Snow Empress Soul Spirit statue beside Ling Bing Douluo had completely disappeared.

Long Yeyue and the Sea God Pavilion elders discovered that Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit had vanished and worried that Lin Fan's changes to the past would threaten Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Lin Fan completed Ling Luochеn's One-Word Battle Armor, then suggested opening an academy so Hidden Azure Pavilion could enter the Soul Master Tournament.

• Long Yeyue and the Sea God Pavilion elders found that Snow Empress had disappeared from Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirits and feared that more changes would follow.
• Long Yeyue proposed making the Leng Family control Leng Yaozhu or compensate them, but Bei Shou'en stopped her.
• Xiao Xiao told Lin Fan that she had finished another course, while Ling Luochеn continued studying alchemy.
• Lin Fan gave Ling Luochеn the One-Word Battle Armor he had made for her.
• Ling Luochеn tested the armor's power in the Bright Battle Forest and found that it greatly strengthened her attacks while reducing Soul Power consumption.
• Lin Fan told Ling Luochеn that Hidden Azure Pavilion could enter the Soul Master Tournament by opening an academy.

Lin Fan planned to establish an academy under Hidden Azure Pavilion and recruit students gradually, then prepare Ling Luochеn, Xiao Xiao, and others for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. They aimed to win the championship and defeat Shrek Academy, though Leng Yaozhu wondered who Shrek could send after several of its leading students had left.

• Ling Luochеn questioned whether opening an academy would be too troublesome, and Lin Fan explained that its graduates would join Hidden Azure Pavilion.
• Lin Fan returned to Hidden Azure Pavilion with Ling Luochеn, where Leng Yaozhu worried about the resources needed to run an academy; Lin Fan said they would recruit students gradually.
• Lin Fan chose Ling Luochеn, Xiao Xiao, and others to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, and Xiao Xiao eagerly accepted.
• Lin Fan declared that the team would aim to win the championship and defeat Shrek Academy, while Leng Yaozhu wondered who Shrek could send after Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao had left.

Mu En refused to let Xuan Zi pursue Lin Fan and turned Shrek Academy toward studying the Soul Tool Blueprints Lin Fan had left behind and preparing for the tournament. Meanwhile, Lin Fan founded Azure Abyss Academy with Leng Yaozhu, Ling Luochen, and Xiao Xiao, leaving Shrek Academy to face the new academy’s rise.

• Xuan Zi urged Mu En to eliminate Lin Fan, but Mu En rebuked him and ordered him to leave Shrek Academy if he sought revenge.
• Qian Duoduo told Mu En that Lin Fan’s blueprints included Grade Eight and Grade Nine Soul Tools, though Shrek Academy lacked the skill and materials to build them.
• Mu En ordered the academy to study the blueprints and prepare replacement members for the tournament, then appointed Xuan Zi to lead the team.
• Lin Fan learned the tournament’s academy eligibility requirements from Xu Jiujiu and presented his academy design to Leng Yaozhu, Ling Luochen, and Xiao Xiao.
• Leng Yaozhu proposed the name Azure Abyss Academy, and Lin Fan officially established it.

Lin Fan obtained the Snow Lotus from Snow Empress and demonstrated his Soul Tool Robots while beginning construction on an academy. In the ten-thousand-years-later Ming Dou Mountain Range, people discovered stones appearing out of nowhere and suspected the past was affecting the present.

• Snow Empress gave Lin Fan the Snow Lotus and asked him to help Ice Empress take human form, and he agreed to find the plants they needed.
• Lin Fan asked Snow Empress to help care for Ling Luochеn and support her cultivation in the Far Northern Land.
• Lin Fan invited Leng Yaozhu to watch him build an academy and showed her Soul Tool Robots processing ores and constructing its foundation.
• Lin Fan said the academy would be ready in two or three days and planned to start with children from Hidden Azure Pavilion.
• People searching the Ming Dou Mountain Range ten thousand years later saw stones appear from nowhere and wondered whether the past was affecting the present.

Lin Fan established Azure Abyss Academy, helped Leng Yaozhu begin developing a speed-type Self-Created Soul Skill, and broke through to Level 95. Shrek Academy’s elders feared that his newfound power might eventually make him a god, while Lin Fan and Leng Yaozhu looked ahead to ascending together.

• Lin Fan assigned Hidden Azure Pavilion members to teach at Azure Abyss Academy and enrolled Xiao Xiao and Snow Empress as its first students.
• Lin Fan helped Leng Yaozhu begin designing a speed-type Self-Created Soul Skill based on her Sky Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Lin Fan cultivated and broke through to Level 95, becoming a Super Douluo with stronger control over his Time Martial Soul and Spatial Martial Soul.
• Long Yeyue and the Sea God Pavilion elders watched Lin Fan’s breakthrough on the Light Screen and worried that Leng Yaozhu’s arrival had changed history and might lead him to godhood.
• Leng Yaozhu emerged from the Mind Space with a clear direction for her Soul Skill, and Lin Fan told her they could become gods together.