Recaps

Xiang Jun stopped Ma Xiaotao’s attack and used the incident to secure access to the Golden Ancient Tree, while the academy found a way to suppress her evil fire. Ma Xiaotao woke with the evil fire gone, relieved that no one had been hurt, but still remembered the blue-haired young man with the trident.

• Xiang Jun hurled the Seagod's Trident at unconscious Ma Xiaotao, but Yan Shaozhe intercepted it with a phoenix-patterned barrier and was knocked back.
• Yan Shaozhe apologized to Xiang Jun and offered him a precious jade bottle as compensation for the attack.
• Xiang Jun requested time to cultivate beside the Golden Ancient Tree, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to let him use it three days every week after hearing a voice in his mind.
• Ma Xiaotao woke late that night and learned from Master's wife that the academy had found a way to deal with her evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao realized her evil fire had vanished, asked whether she had hurt anyone, and remembered the blue-haired young man with the trident.

At Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall, Xu Sanshi tried to take fish she had saved for Xiang Jun, prompting Tang Ya to confront him. Xiang Jun arrived and accepted Xu Sanshi’s challenge to fight in the Soul Arena, proposing a wager.

• Huo Yuhao told Xu Sanshi that the grilled fish were sold out and refused to hand over the fish she had saved for someone else.
• Xu Sanshi crushed the hot charcoal and threatened to eat the fish, while Tang Ya stepped in to defend Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Ya taunted Xu Sanshi in front of the onlookers and spotted Xiang Jun approaching.
• Xiang Jun asked Huo Yuhao what had happened, and Tang Ya accused Xu Sanshi of trying to snatch her fish.
• Xu Sanshi dismissed Xiang Jun as a freshman and challenged him to fight in the Soul Arena, and Xiang Jun agreed while suggesting they make a wager.

Xiang Jun challenged Xu Sanshi to a Soul Arena match and wagered Sea Hibiscus nectar against three Mysterious Water Pills. Xiang Jun defeated Xu Sanshi with one blow, leaving the crowd stunned as Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao arrived too late to see the fight.

• Xiang Jun bet Sea Hibiscus nectar against three of Xu Sanshi's Mysterious Water Pills, and Xu Sanshi accepted confidently.
• Tang Ya explained the Mysterious Water Pill's value to Huo Yuhao, who realized Xiang Jun had given him a pill earlier.
• Xu Sanshi activated his Martial Soul and defensive skills, while Xiang Jun summoned a golden Seagod's Trident without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Xiang Jun shattered Xu Sanshi's defenses and struck him into the ruined arena, winning the match in one blow.
• Tang Ya dragged Huo Yuhao toward the stands after placing a bet, but Xiang Jun had already left.

Tang Wutong visited Xiang Jun in his dormitory after two and a half months of growing closer to him, while his cultivation and Huo Yuhao’s continued to advance. She found a book Xiang Jun was hiding, but he snatched it away before she could read it.

• Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao learned that the match between Xiang Jun and Xu Sanshi had already ended, then rushed off to collect their winnings.
• Over two and a half months, Xiang Jun reached rank 43, while Huo Yuhao reached rank 15 through hard study, cultivation, and Xiang Jun’s help.
• Tang Wutong persuaded an old man in a wheelchair to let her enter the boys’ dormitory and used a key to open Xiang Jun’s room.
• Tang Wutong sat beside Xiang Jun, laid her stockinged legs across his lap, and relaxed on his bed.
• Tang Wutong found a book titled Young A Bin beneath Xiang Jun’s pillow, but he quickly took it and hid it in his Soul Tool.

Tang Wutong and Xiang Jun tussled in his room, and Huo Yuhao walked in on them and mistook their closeness for a romance. Huo Yuhao fled to Shrek Square, where he brooded over his feelings and his lack of strength.

• Tang Wutong attacked Xiang Jun to find out what he was hiding, but he overpowered her and playfully spanked her until she promised to stop.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the freshmen's Dormitory with grilled fish and found Tang Wutong sprawled across Xiang Jun's back, with a bite mark on Xiang Jun's neck.
• Huo Yuhao apologized for interrupting them and ran out, while Tang Wutong suggested that he was jealous of Xiang Jun.
• Huo Yuhao sat alone in Shrek Square, unaware that his soul power had risen to rank sixteen, and lamented that he lacked the talent to avenge his mother and stop hiding things.

Xiang Jun noticed Huo Yuhao’s odd behavior and followed him to the bathroom, where he discovered that Huo Yuhao was a girl. After teasing Huo Yuhao back in their dormitory, Xiang Jun prompted her to confess her real identity.

• Xiang Jun carried Huo Yuhao back to the dormitory, while Tang Wutong watched jealously from the bushes.
• Late at night, Xiang Jun followed Huo Yuhao to the bathroom and realized she was a girl.
• Xiang Jun teased Huo Yuhao about nourishing her meridians and removing her undershirt, making her realize he had uncovered her secret.
• Huo Yuhao confessed that her real name was Huo Yuxi.

Huo Yuxi explained why she had posed as a boy and begged Xiang Jun to keep her secret so she could remain at Shrek Academy. The next morning, transfer student Gu Yuena joined Class One, Freshmen, where her level and first encounter with Tang Wutong set the stage for a tense rivalry.

• Huo Yuxi told Xiang Jun that her mother had disguised her as a boy to protect her in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, then begged him not to reveal her identity to the academy.
• Tang Wutong noticed that Xiang Jun and Huo Yuxi both looked tired and grew suspicious of them.
• Han Ruoruo introduced Gu Yuena as a transfer student in Class One, Freshmen.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself as a level 39 Strong Attack Soul Elder with the Silver Dragon Martial Soul, surprising the class.
• Gu Yuena and Tang Wutong exchanged hostile looks, then shook hands as dragon phantoms and a powerful roar shook the class.

Xiang Jun trained near the Golden Ancient Tree, where Elder Jin appeared and recognized his potential as a Sea God successor. Elder Jin began explaining the nature of Deity after warning that Xiang Jun’s authority over the Sea God Godhood was insufficient to replace its current holder.

• Han Ruoruo escorted Xiang Jun to the Sea God Pavilion and left him to meditate near the Golden Ancient Tree.
• As Xiang Jun cultivated, Elder Jin appeared and secretly enhanced his meditation.
• After three days, Xiang Jun woke and recognized the old man as Elder Jin, who confirmed that Poseidon intended to raise him as a successor.
• Elder Jin explained that Xiang Jun’s authority over the Sea God Godhood could not fully replace its current holder.
• Elder Jin asked Xiang Jun what he knew about Deity, then began explaining that they fell into two broad categories.

Elder Jin explained how Gods of Faith differed from Gods of Authority and gave Xiang Jun a fragment of the fallen Thunder God’s Godhood to absorb. As Xiang Jun began absorbing it, a violent storm engulfed Shrek City.

• Elder Jin told Xiang Jun that he needed to gather faith across the continent to fully become the Sea God and urged him to reach level fifty.
• Elder Jin revealed a fragment of the fallen Thunder God’s Godhood and asked Xiang Jun to absorb it under his protection.
• Xiang Jun used Sea God’s Light on the fragment, triggering a struggle over the Thunder God inheritance that he heard Poseidon interrupt before he lost consciousness.
• Black storm clouds covered Shrek City, and the thunderous aura frightened even the Super Douluo elders.

After surviving the Thunder God’s power, Xiang Jun discovered that the Thunder God Fragment had awakened Ultimate Thunder through the Seagod’s Trident and began considering a trip to the Far North. He reunited with Han Ruoruo, who told him that Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena had been clashing in class, then teased him about his relationship with Tang Wutong over dinner.

• Mu En reassured Shrek’s elders that the Golden Ancient Tree would protect the academy from the ominous Tribulation Lightning.
• Xiang Jun awoke and learned from Poseidon and Elder Jin that he had survived because he was compatible with the Thunder God’s Divine Seat.
• Xiang Jun found that the Thunder God Fragment had given his Sea God Martial Soul Ultimate Thunder, with the Seagod’s Trident serving as its vessel.
• Xiang Jun considered visiting the Far North to see whether the Ice God’s bloodline could help him further refine the Sea God’s powers.
• Han Ruoruo told Xiang Jun that Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena had repeatedly fought in Class One, Freshmen, and walked with him to the Inner Court Cafeteria.
• Han Ruoruo teased Xiang Jun about being close to Tang Wutong and ruffled his hair while they ate.

Xiang Jun returned to the Outer Court dormitory and found Tang Wutong arguing with Huo Yuxi after refusing to share a room with Gu Yuena. Tang Wutong stayed in Xiang Jun’s room, where she secretly watched him cultivate and became entranced by his scent.

• Han Ruoruo teased Xiang Jun about his relationship with Tang Wutong, and Wu Ming joined them and joked about Han Ruoruo liking younger men.
• Xiang Jun returned to the dormitory and found Tang Wutong and Huo Yuxi staring at each other.
• Tang Wutong complained that she had been assigned to share a room with Gu Yuena and revealed that she had slept in Xiang Jun’s bed while he was away.
• Xiang Jun rejected Tang Wutong’s suggestion that they squeeze into one bed and offered to share with Huo Yuxi instead.
• Tang Wutong offered to treat Xiang Jun and Huo Yuxi to hot springs, but Xiang Jun asked for cash, prompting her to throw a stocking at him.
• That night, Tang Wutong inhaled Xiang Jun’s scent from his pillow and watched him cultivate through the curtain.

Xiang Jun took Huo Yuxi shopping in Shrek City, where Zhu Lu warned him that the city was unsafe and asked him to persuade Tang Wutong to spare Dai Huabin. Xiang Jun told Zhu Lu that Tang Wutong would have to make the decision herself.

• Xiang Jun caught Tang Wutong acting strangely in bed, then left her sleeping the next morning and took Huo Yuxi out alone.
• Xiang Jun bought Huo Yuxi more than a dozen outfits at a clothing shop on Splendid Street despite her protests about the prices.
• Zhu Lu entered the shop and recognized Xiang Jun, who explained that he was buying clothes for a friend.
• Zhu Lu warned Xiang Jun to keep Tang Wutong from spending too much time outside the academy because Shrek City was unsafe.
• Zhu Lu pleaded with Xiang Jun to ask Tang Wutong to spare Dai Huabin, offering to do anything he asked, but Xiang Jun said the choice belonged to Tang Wutong.

Xiang Jun took Huo Yuxi and Tang Wutong to an afternoon auction, hoping to buy a Water-Lightning dual-attribute soul bone. The chapter ended with Tang Wutong offering him a far better soul bone if he joined the Clear Sky Sect.

• Xiang Jun regretted that Zhu Lu could not stop Dai Huabin from pursuing his plan to assassinate Tang Wutong, whose identity threatened both the Dai and Zhu families.
• Xiang Jun approved Huo Yuxi's maid outfit, then returned with her to the Dormitory and woke Tang Wutong to borrow money for the auction.
• Tang Wutong lent Xiang Jun her gold card, and the group went to an auction house rumored to be backed by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Wutong showed a token marked "Hao" to secure the group a private room, and Xiang Jun warned her that someone might be targeting her.
• Xiang Jun said he wanted to bid on a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone with Water-Lightning attributes, and Tang Wutong offered him a top-quality soul bone over fifty thousand years old if he joined the Clear Sky Sect.

Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, and Huo Yuxi were ambushed on their way back to Shrek Academy by a Soul Sage hired to kill Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong. Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong overwhelmed the attacker, and the chapter ended with Tang Wutong explaining that her elders had given her a powerful trump card.

• At the auction, Xiang Jun recognized the black-robed bidder for a Purple-Patterned Electric Eel torso bone as they left.
• Outside Shrek City, the black-robed man attacked Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, and Huo Yuxi, then revealed that someone had paid him to kill Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong.
• Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong fought back, combining their abilities to injure and restrain the Soul Sage.
• When the attacker launched a tracking lightning attack at Tang Wutong, Xiang Jun switched places with her and protected himself with Whale Fall Guard.
• Tang Wutong fused her three Spirit Rings into a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and summoned the Great Sumeru Hammer to strike the attacker.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe watched the battle from above, and Tang Wutong later told Xiang Jun that her elders had given her a trump card for emergencies.

After Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong defeated the Soul Sage Lei Su, they suspected Zhou Yi had arranged the assassination. Xiang Jun later found a valuable Soul Bone among Lei Su’s possessions and accepted it from Tang Wutong, then turned to examine the whale rubber.

• Tang Wutong suspected Dai Huabin had hired the assassin, but Xiang Jun doubted he could afford it, and they both realized Zhou Yi might be responsible.
• Han Ruoruo and the Inner Court students arrived, and Wu Ming identified the defeated assassin as Lei Su, a level 72 Soul Sage wanted by the Shrek Inspection Corps.
• Xiang Jun’s group returned to the Dormitory with Lei Su’s Storage Soul Tool and found coins, cultivation materials, whale rubber, and a Jade Box.
• Xiang Jun discovered a Purple-Patterned Electric Eel Torso Bone in the Jade Box, and Tang Wutong gave it to him along with forgiving the two million Gold Soul Coins she had lent him.
• Xiang Jun accepted the Soul Bone, stored it in his Soul Tool, and turned his attention to the whale rubber.

Xiang Jun gave Huo Yuxi thousand-year whale rubber to help her prepare for Shrek’s Freshman Assessment, then shared his bed with Tang Wutong. The next morning, Huo Yuxi found Tang Wutong asleep against Xiang Jun and left to buy them breakfast, while Tang Wutong woke feeling refreshed.

• Xiang Jun gave Huo Yuxi the whale rubber, and she swallowed it before meditating to absorb its effects.
• Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong decided to share the bed, and he pinned her down after she teased him about his condition.
• Huo Yuxi woke after absorbing the whale rubber and found Tang Wutong asleep against Xiang Jun.
• Huo Yuxi reassured herself that nothing had happened, left to buy breakfast, and Tang Wutong woke feeling relaxed.

Tang Wutong, Huo Yuxi, and Xiang Jun encountered Gu Yuena on their way to class before Han Ruoruo announced the Freshman Assessment rules. Xiang Jun was assigned to compete alone, and Xiao Xiao asked Tang Wutong to take her onto a team.

• Tang Wutong woke beside Xiang Jun, and Huo Yuxi returned with breakfast before the three went to class.
• Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong met Gu Yuena, whose teasing angered Tang Wutong until Xiang Jun calmed her down.
• Han Ruoruo announced that the Freshman Assessment would begin in half a month and that students would compete in teams of three, with failure leading to expulsion.
• Han Ruoruo said Xiang Jun would compete alone because of his unusual Soul Ancestor cultivation.
• Xiao Xiao asked Tang Wutong to include her in a team.

Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena formed teams for the upcoming Freshman Assessment, then Gu Yuena challenged Tang Wutong to a wager. The chapter ended with Tang Wutong realizing Gu Yuena was pursuing Xiang Jun.

• Tang Wutong invited Huo Yuxi onto her team, while Gu Yuena recruited Zhu Lu.
• Han Ruoruo returned after the class had formed teams and dismissed everyone to prepare for the Freshman Assessment.
• Gu Yuena asked Tang Wutong to speak privately, and Xiang Jun questioned Poseidon about the Sea God's Light on Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena proposed that the loser of the assessment wager leave Shrek Academy or, if Tang Wutong lost, swap seats with her and move out of Dormitory 404.
• Tang Wutong realized Gu Yuena wanted to get closer to Xiang Jun.

Xiang Jun learned Poseidon had arranged for him to marry Gu Yuena in exchange for removing the Asura Divine Power from her wound, and he questioned whether he could trust her. After Tang Wutong accepted Gu Yuena’s wager, Xiang Jun and the others went to a restaurant in Shrek City, where Xiao Xiao asked what Gu Yuena wanted with him.

• Tang Wutong warned Gu Yuena to stay away from Xiang Jun, and Gu Yuena taunted her by claiming she would spend more time with him.
• Xiang Jun confronted Poseidon in the Sea God Hall and learned that Poseidon had arranged his marriage to Gu Yuena in exchange for healing her wound.
• Poseidon explained that Gu Yuena had sworn on her Divine Soul not to betray Xiang Jun, with the Soul Beast Clan’s survival as the stakes.
• Tang Wutong accepted Gu Yuena’s wager and left the teaching building with Xiang Jun to find food.
• Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuxi went to Food God House and ordered a meal in a private room.
• Xiao Xiao asked Xiang Jun what Gu Yuena had wanted with him.

Tang Wutong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuxi introduced their martial souls and abilities, and Huo Yuxi revealed that her first soul skill enhanced her allies’ visual perception. Xiang Jun recognized its potential, and the group headed back to the academy to practice together for the Freshman Assessment.

• Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao introduced their martial souls and soul power levels as the team discussed the Freshman Assessment.
• Huo Yuxi nervously introduced her Spirit Eyes martial soul and revealed her first soul skill, Visual Perception Enhancement.
• Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, and Xiao Xiao experienced the skill’s effects, and Xiang Jun praised its combat potential.
• After the group finished their meal, Tang Wutong hurried everyone back to the academy to work on their coordination.

Xiang Jun sparred with Tang Wutong, Huo Yuxi, and Xiao Xiao, overwhelming them with his Virtue gauntlets and rapid elbow strikes. Half a month later, the Freshman Assessment began, while Yan Shaozhe remained unable to uncover anything about Xiang Jun.

• Tang Wutong invited Xiang Jun to spar with her team and warned him not to use Seagod's Trident or the Golden Thirteen Halberds.
• Xiang Jun summoned enormous Virtue gauntlets and battered Tang Wutong, Huo Yuxi, and Xiao Xiao until they surrendered.
• Tang Wutong asked Xiang Jun to carry her back to the Dormitory, but Xiao Xiao tried to intervene and Tang Wutong glared her down.
• After half a month of training with Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, Huo Yuxi, and Xiao Xiao faced the Freshman Assessment, which began with a three-day round-robin.
• Yan Shaozhe told Cai Mei'er that his investigation into Xiang Jun had uncovered nothing.

Yan Shaozhe found no faction ties or family for Xiang Jun and quietly planned to recruit him for Shrek. Xiang Jun crushed Huang Chutian’s team in the freshman assessment, drawing the Lan Sisters’ attention and catching Gu Yuena’s notice before the chapter ended with someone calling after him.

• Yan Shaozhe investigated Xiang Jun’s past, confirmed he had no parents or faction, and began planning to bring him to Shrek.
• Tang Wutong complained about the dormitories as Xiang Jun’s team was called to Arena 14.
• Xiang Jun faced Huang Chutian and the Lan Sisters, who stared at his blue hair and introduced themselves before the match.
• Xiang Jun revealed his Level 44 Sea God Martial Soul and defeated Huang Chutian with Ten Thousand Thunder Prison Attraction.
• The Lan Sisters surrendered, Xiang Jun was declared the winner, and Gu Yuena sensed an aura of a deity other than the Sea God.
• Someone called for Xiang Jun to wait.

Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong teased each other after the Lan Sisters asked to touch his hair, while Huo Yuxi and Xiao Xiao were introduced to the Soul Guidance Research Laboratory. The chapter left Huo Yuxi and Xiao Xiao stunned by the laboratory’s advanced technology.

• Lan Susu asked Xiang Jun how he cared for his hair and whether she and Lan Luoluo could touch it.
• Tang Wutong interrupted the Lan Sisters, warned Xiang Jun to avoid bad women, and gave him a cup of juice.
• Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong shared the juice and traded teasing remarks as they walked beside Sea God Lake.
• Huo Yuxi and Xiao Xiao looked around Shrek’s Soul Guidance Research Laboratory and were amazed by its technology.

Xian Lin'er offered Huo Yuxi a Core Disciple position in the Soul Guidance Department, and Huo Yuxi accepted Xiang Jun's advice to join. Three days later, the Freshman Assessment's round-robin stage ended with four teams undefeated, and Xiao Xiao celebrated making the elimination rounds.

• Xian Lin'er offered Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuxi Core Disciple positions, but Xiao Xiao declined and Huo Yuxi asked to think it over.
• Huo Yuxi told Xiao Xiao she wanted to ask Xiang Jun before deciding whether to join the Soul Guidance Department.
• Huo Yuxi returned to the dormitory and found Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong together, then told Xiang Jun about Xian Lin'er's offer.
• Xiang Jun encouraged Huo Yuxi to accept, and Tang Wutong objected when he praised Soul Tools over Hidden Weapons.
• Three days later, Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong's team, Gu Yuena's team, Xie Huanyue's team, and Ning Tian's team finished the round-robin stage with ten wins each.
• At a restaurant in Shrek City, Xiao Xiao celebrated reaching the elimination rounds with Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, and Huo Yuxi.

Xiang Jun swiftly defeated his quarterfinal opponents before watching Gu Yuena defeat Tang Wutong in the Freshman Assessment. Gu Yuena won the match, but Xiang Jun carried the exhausted Tang Wutong away in his arms, leaving Gu Yuena unsettled about their closeness.

• Tang Wutong bragged that she would soon challenge Gu Yuena, while Xiang Jun doubted she could win against the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Xiang Jun defeated Xie Huanyue and his teammates with a lightning-wreathed water dragon before they could release their martial souls.
• Gu Yuena eliminated Tang Wutong's teammates, leaving Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena to fight alone.
• Tang Wutong used the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Gu Yuena countered with Silver Dragon's Roar and exhausted her soul power.
• Tang Wutong admitted defeat, and the referee announced Gu Yuena's team as the winner.
• Xiang Jun carried the exhausted Tang Wutong off the arena, and Gu Yuena wondered whether they had grown intimate.