Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao led Shrek Academy’s students into a cave to attack Evil Soul Masters, but an ambush devastated the team. As Xuan Zi pursued the fleeing Death Messenger, the Sea God Pavilion Elders realized the mission’s losses had far exceeded historical records and threatened Shrek Academy’s tournament prospects.

• Ma Xiaotao divided the Shrek students into teams and led them into the mountains, where they found a cave surrounded by civilian corpses.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Xi Xi, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo attacked and quickly killed the Evil Soul Masters guarding the cave entrance.
• Long Yeyue praised Shrek Academy’s strength as the students’ attack played on the Light Screen, but the Death Messenger triggered an ambush with exploding corpses.
• The explosions killed the main team members, gravely injured Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, and severed both of Dai Huabin’s legs.
• The Sea God Pavilion Elders panicked over the losses and noticed Xuan Zi had failed to protect the students while eating a chicken leg.
• Xuan Zi attacked the fleeing Death Messenger, who seized Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng and detonated the cave to escape.

The Light Screen showed Xuan Zi failing to stop a Soul King Evil Soul Master from escaping with Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, bringing Shrek Academy’s disastrous loss into public view. Instead of pursuing the abductor, Xuan Zi blamed Wang Yan, while Shrek’s Elders tried to excuse Xuan Zi’s failure.

• The Ghost Emperor and Holy Spirit Cult mocked Shrek Academy after the Death Messenger escaped Xuan Zi with Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng as hostages.
• Qiangu Dieting and the Spirit Pagoda ridiculed Shrek Academy for its humiliating failure.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, an Elder questioned Xuan Zi’s conduct, and Long Yeyue blamed Lin Fan for influencing events.
• Shrek’s Elders hoped Xuan Zi would pursue the abductor and recover Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, but he instead confronted Wang Yan.
• Xuan Zi accused Wang Yan of failing to protect the students, and Wang Yan admitted fault as viewers across the continent watched.

After seeing Xuan Zi’s disastrous leadership, Leng Yaozhu decided to rebuild the Hidden Azure Pavilion, believing it was her remaining connection to Lin Fan. She searched the revised history books for Lin Fan, but found no record of him.

• Leng Yaozhu wondered whether the Hidden Azure Pavilion had been destroyed during the ten thousand years separating their eras.
• Leng Yaozhu told her father she would rebuild the Hidden Azure Pavilion and asked Leng Yulai to take her place at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yulai suggested that changes to history might have added records of Lin Fan to the history books.
• Leng Yaozhu searched the revised history books, but found no information about Lin Fan.

Leng Yaozhu learned that history held no record of Lin Fan, while the Leng Family Head agreed to help her rebuild the Hidden Azure Pavilion and hide her from outside powers. At Shrek Academy, Long Yeyue gathered support to lead a group to the Leng Family and find Leng Yaozhu, invoking the threat posed by the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai searched a history book but found no mention of Lin Fan, though the Hidden Azure Pavilion's ruins remained.
• The Leng Family Head agreed to Leng Yaozhu's plan to rebuild the Hidden Azure Pavilion and ordered her to stay inside the estate while the Light Screen remained in the sky.
• Leng Yaozhu worried that outside powers might invade the estate, and the Head promised to help her escape if the Leng Family came under attack.
• The Head of the Leng Family worried most about the Holy Spirit Cult, whose members might attack the family to seize Leng Yaozhu.
• Long Yeyue announced that she would lead a group from Shrek Academy to the Leng Family to find Leng Yaozhu.
• Several Sea God Pavilion Elders supported Long Yeyue after she warned that the Holy Spirit Cult threatened Shrek Academy and the Douluo Continent.

The Holy Spirit Cult planned to capture Leng Yaozhu while distracting other factions with attacks across the continent. After learning that Long Yeyue was heading to the Leng Family, Qiangu Dieting led the Spirit Pagoda officials to stop Shrek Academy.

• The Ghost Emperor ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to search for Leng Yaozhu and capture her before rival factions could reach her.
• The Ghost Emperor assigned attacks on other cities to keep the factions occupied and urged his followers to emulate the Death Messenger.
• Qiangu Dieting questioned the Leng Family representative, who said the family had received no news of Leng Yaozhu.
• An intelligence officer reported that Long Yeyue was leading Shrek Academy people to the Leng Family to track down Leng Yaozhu.
• Qiangu Dieting rallied the Spirit Pagoda officials and set out to confront Long Yeyue and Shrek Academy.

The Head of the Leng Family hid Leng Yaozhu in the family’s storage room, which he believed might connect to ten thousand years in the past. Long Yeyue and the Ghost Emperor confronted him over her, and Qiangu Dieting and Chen Xinjie arrived as the standoff intensified.

• The Head of the Leng Family hid Leng Yaozhu in the storage room after learning that powerful factions were coming for her.
• Long Yeyue demanded that the Leng Family let Shrek Academy search the residence, but the Head of the Leng Family denied that Leng Yaozhu was there and refused her entry.
• The Ghost Emperor arrived with Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters and threatened to destroy the Leng Family unless they handed over Leng Yaozhu.
• The Head of the Leng Family offered to join forces with Long Yeyue against the Holy Spirit Cult, but Long Yeyue insisted that she would cooperate only if Leng Yaozhu was handed over.
• Qiangu Dieting and Chen Xinjie arrived with their people as the rival factions faced off above the Leng Family Residence.

The Ghost Emperor proposed that the Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek Academy join forces against Qiangu Dieting, and Long Yeyue accepted, demanding that Shrek members find Leng Yaozhu. Long Yeyue exposed Leng Yaozhu’s hiding place, while Lin Fan emerged from seclusion on the Light Screen and Long Yeyue doubted he could reach them across ten thousand years.

• The Ghost Emperor threatened to destroy the Leng Family estate and put Leng Yaozhu’s life at risk, prompting Qiangu Dieting and the Head of the Leng Family to propose joining forces against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Yeyue demanded that the Head of the Leng Family hand Leng Yaozhu over after the battle, and the two argued over her priorities.
• The Ghost Emperor offered to help Long Yeyue kill Qiangu Dieting, and Long Yeyue agreed to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Yeyue ordered Shrek’s members to find Leng Yaozhu and attacked the estate, exposing the underground Storage Room where Leng Yaozhu was hiding.
• Lin Fan emerged from seclusion on the Light Screen, and Long Yeyue sneered that he could not cross ten thousand years to reach them.

Lin Fan arrived at the Leng Family estate, rescued Leng Yaozhu, and killed the Ghost Emperor and the Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters. He then moved to kill Long Yeyue, while Chen Xinjie asked him to spare her and Long Yeyue fled.

• Lin Fan appeared beside Leng Yaozhu, severed Long Yeyue's arm with a Spatial Blade, and restored the ruined house using his time powers.
• Lin Fan wounded the Ghost Emperor and killed him and the Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters who had followed him.
• Lin Fan warned the gathered experts not to harm Leng Yaozhu and declared that Long Yeyue deserved to die.
• Long Yeyue pleaded with Chen Xinjie and revealed that she had once been pregnant with his child.
• Chen Xinjie asked Lin Fan to spare Long Yeyue, but Lin Fan refused.
• Long Yeyue activated her dark holy dragon martial soul and Three-Word Battle Armor and fled, calling for help.

Lin Fan defeated Chen Xinjie and pursued Long Yeyue after she fled. Long Yeyue self-destructed in the sky, turning into fireworks.

• The Sea God Pavilion Elders and Chen Xinjie protected Long Yeyue, while Qiangu Dieting offered to help Lin Fan fight them.
• Lin Fan told the Spirit Pagoda to stand aside and began fighting Chen Xinjie alone.
• Chen Xinjie summoned his Sea God Helmet and ocean power, but Lin Fan’s Spatial Blade overwhelmed him and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Long Yeyue fled, but Lin Fan appeared in her path and stopped her.
• Long Yeyue attempted to self-destruct, and Lin Fan sent her high into the sky, where she exploded into fireworks.

Lin Fan defeated Long Yeyue and Chen Xinjie while rescuing Leng Yaozhu, but the laws of the realm began rejecting him. Leng Yaozhu chose to leave with him, and they departed through a spatial fissure after Lin Fan gave her family a jade token containing one of his attacks.

• The Sea God Pavilion Elders saw Long Yeyue die and Chen Xinjie fall, while Qiangu Dieting realized Shrek Academy and the War God Temple had been gravely weakened.
• The Head of the Leng Family thanked Lin Fan for rescuing the Leng Family, and Lin Fan explained that he had used Leng Yaozhu's Hidden Azure Pavilion Token to teleport to her.
• Lin Fan tried to touch the Light Screen, then said the laws of the realm were rejecting him and asked Leng Yaozhu whether she would leave with him.
• Leng Yulai urged Leng Yaozhu to go with Lin Fan, and the Head of the Leng Family reluctantly agreed; Leng Yaozhu chose to leave.
• Lin Fan gave the Head of the Leng Family Black Jade containing one full-power attack, then took Leng Yaozhu through a spatial fissure.

Lin Fan brought Leng Yaozhu, Ling Luochеn, Xiao Xiao, and the Azure Abyss Academy students to Star Luo City for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. After explaining the tournament format and warning that Shrek Academy might be unable to compete, he led the group to the Star Emperor Hotel, where they encountered Xu Jiujiu.

• Leng Yaozhu thanked Lin Fan for helping her return safely, and he brought Ling Luochеn, Xiao Xiao, and the Azure Abyss Academy students through a Space Gate to Star Luo City.
• Lin Fan encouraged the Azure Abyss Academy students to prepare for the tournament, and Ling Luochеn named Star Luo Royal Academy, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, and Shrek Academy as opponents to watch.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed that Xuan Zi had taken Shrek Academy's main and reserve teams to the Ming Dou Mountain Range, where they had suffered a disaster while hunting evil soul masters.
• Lin Fan explained that the tournament would begin with a seven-on-seven knockout round, with more than a hundred and thirty teams competing and no second chances after a loss.
• Lin Fan led everyone to the Star Emperor Hotel and spotted Xu Jiujiu in the lobby.

Lin Fan met Xu Jiujiu at the Star Emperor Hotel, accepted a rare herb, and prepared his academy for the tournament. After Xu Jiujiu arranged their rooms, Lin Fan encountered the Shrek Academy group.

• Xu Jiujiu welcomed Lin Fan and invited him to the next evening's auction, which he agreed to attend.
• Lin Fan donated two level-eight soul tools to the auction and accepted a blazing sun scarlet flame lotus from Xu Jiujiu.
• Lin Fan planned to use the herb to help Leng Yaozhu pursue a breakthrough and decided to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after the tournament.
• Xu Jiujiu arranged private rooms for Azure Abyss Academy and explained that Shrek Academy had the hotel’s exclusive champion accommodations.
• Lin Fan sent the students to rest, then went downstairs with Leng Yaozhu and Ling Luochеn and came face-to-face with Wang Yan and the Shrek Academy group.