Recaps

Niu Tian entered Star Dou Great Forest in his Azure Divine Dragon form, terrifying a Red Moon Wolf pack and a group of travelers before heading toward the Great Ferocious Land. Di Tian went to meet him, while Xiong Jun took offense at the Myriad Demon King's account of the ancient Beast Kings and charged after them.

• A thirty-thousand-year-old Red Moon Wolf King and its pack fled when Niu Tian's approaching presence shook the forest, leaving the travelers to glimpse his enormous dragon form in the clouds.
• A theory scholar among the travelers identified the passing dragon as a being on par with the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, though he could not say whether it was the Beast God.
• Niu Tian revealed his Azure Divine Dragon form as he entered Star Dou Great Forest, having sensed Di Tian's discreet gaze during his earlier encounter with Mu En.
• The Myriad Demon King told Di Tian that one of the two Beast Kings from ten thousand years ago had arrived, and Di Tian transformed into his Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King form to meet Niu Tian.
• Xiong Jun dismissed the ancient Beast Kings as unworthy Beast Traitors, then charged out of the Great Ferocious Land toward Di Tian and Niu Tian.

Niu Tian defeated Xiong Jun and declared that he would aid the Soul Beast Clan once if it faced annihilation, provided it did not oppose the Sea God's will. Di Tian reported the encounter to the silver dragon in the Lake of Life, who ordered him to investigate why the Sea God's two divine officials had recently gone to Shrek Academy.

• Niu Tian rejected Di Tian's accusation of betrayal and argued that soul beasts had always preyed on one another.
• Xiong Jun attacked Niu Tian with his Sky-Rending Claw, but Niu Tian's shield dispersed the blow and his Sky Azure Sluggish Divine Claw knocked Xiong Jun unconscious.
• Di Tian stopped Niu Tian from killing Xiong Jun, and Niu Tian departed after promising to aid the Soul Beast Clan once if it faced annihilation without defying the Sea God's will.
• Di Tian returned to the Lake of Life and reported what had happened to the silver dragon.
• The silver dragon ordered Di Tian to investigate why the Sea God's two divine officials had acted over the past two days and gone to Shrek Academy.

Gu Yuena plotted to use the suspected Divine Son to control the lords and pursue her goal of becoming the Dragon God. Meanwhile, Tang Tian killed Cai Mei'er in battle, and Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy to announce his succession as Sea God Pavilion Master and introduce Tai Tan as an Elder.

• Gu Yuena concluded that the child connected to the Divine Officials was likely a God King's child and decided to make the Divine Son submit to her.
• Tang Tian used Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer against Cai Mei'er, who accepted the blow after believing Yan Shaozhe was dead.
• An unseen elderly voice told Tang Tian to clean up the scene, and he agreed.
• Xuan Zi returned to the Sea God Pavilion and announced that he had become its Pavilion Master.
• Xuan Zi introduced Tai Tan as a new Elder and instructed the others to treat him like the Pavilion Master.

Xuan Zi assigned Tai Tan to lead the Martial Soul Department while Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er went on a secret mission to the Sun Moon Empire. The next morning, Huo Yutong and her companions joked around before a frantic Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect representative found Ning Tian and Wu Feng.

• Xuan Zi told Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er that Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er had been sent on a secret mission, then appointed Tai Tan temporary dean of the Martial Soul Department.
• Xiao Xiao teased Huo Yutong about her changing body after the girls absorbed their Mystic Water Pills, and Huo Yutong chased her around Tang Qi.
• Tian Meng scolded Huo Yutong for considering binding Tang Qi and privately resolved to hurry up her plan to take him to the Far North.
• Jiang Nannan watched Tang Qi play with Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao, then held back from joining them.
• A sleep-deprived representative of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect found Ning Tian and Wu Feng after searching Shrek City for them.

Ning Tian asked Tang Qi to pose as her boyfriend so she could face her strict father and the arriving sect elders, while Wu Feng struggled with her feelings for Tang Qi. The chapter ended with Wu Feng dropping to her knees and begging Tang Qi to accept Ning Tian’s request.

• The steward told Ning Tian that her father and Red Dragon Douluo were on their way to the academy.
• Ning Tian asked Tang Qi to help explain what had happened the previous night, and he agreed to accompany her and Wu Feng.
• Ning Tian asked Tang Qi to pretend to be her boyfriend, explaining that she needed a powerful partner to satisfy her father and that he was her only suitable choice among the students.
• Wu Feng reluctantly backed up Ning Tian’s explanation despite her distress.
• Wu Feng fell to her knees, clung to Tang Qi’s leg, and tearfully begged him to accept Ning Tian’s request.

Tang Qi agreed to sell Tang Sect Hidden Weapons to Ning Tian after Wu Feng’s unexpected matchmaking scheme, while Mu Jin’s renewed faith in Shrek grew after Yan Shaozhe was reassigned. The chapter left Tang Qi away from class with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, as Mu Jin urged his students to prepare for the Freshman Assessment Tournament.

• Wu Feng tried to pair Tang Qi with Ning Tian, and Tang Qi whisked both girls away from the growing crowd.
• Ning Tian asked Tang Qi to sell the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, and he agreed while briefly holding her hand.
• Mu Jin learned that Yan Shaozhe had been reassigned and that a Sea God Pavilion Elder would become the Martial Soul Department’s new dean, restoring his confidence in Shrek.
• Mu Jin found that Tang Qi, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng were absent from class, then told his students to form teams and prepare for the Freshman Assessment Tournament.

Jiang Nannan realized she was possessive of Tang Qi and decided to recruit Tang Ya as a pawn in her attempt to become his first. She lured Tang Ya into her dorm and locked the door, leaving Tang Ya uneasy about what Jiang Nannan intended.

• Tang Ya celebrated the Tang Sect’s success as she walked to the girls’ dormitory, while Jiang Nannan followed quietly.
• Jiang Nannan reflected on how Tang Qi had saved her and her mother, and recognized her tangled devotion and desire to keep him to herself.
• After Tang Ya interrupted her fantasy, Jiang Nannan weighed her romantic rivals and decided to use Tang Ya as a pawn.
• Jiang Nannan grabbed Tang Ya by the ponytail and persuaded her to help move something to Jiang Nannan’s dorm.
• Jiang Nannan locked the dorm door and whispered that Tang Ya could move in with her.

Jiang Nannan thwarted Tang Ya’s ambush and then asked what she thought of Tang Qi. After recognizing how much Tang Qi had done for her and the Tang Sect, Tang Ya received a booklet from Jiang Nannan and began reading it.

• Tang Ya tried to escape Jiang Nannan, then attacked her with Blue Silver Entanglement when Jiang Nannan cornered her.
• Tang Ya feigned distress and used Nether Lotus Poison Net, hoping its neurotoxin would catch Jiang Nannan off guard.
• Jiang Nannan used her golden light to evade the net and confronted Tang Ya, who asked to make peace.
• Jiang Nannan asked Tang Ya what she thought of Tang Qi, and Tang Ya reflected on his help and her determination to restore the Tang Sect.
• Jiang Nannan handed Tang Ya a well-worn booklet, and Tang Ya blushed as she read it.

As the freshman assessment approached, Dai Huabin pushed himself and Zhu Lu through relentless training to defeat Tang Qi, then accused her of admiring only the strong. Dai Yueheng intervened, and Zhu Lu’s anger at Dai Huabin’s treatment surfaced, leaving Dai Yueheng plotting to take advantage of the rift between them.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu repeatedly trained their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill against an Inner Court Senior, who eventually defeated them again.
• When Zhu Lu asked for a break, Dai Huabin accused her of changing her mind about him because Tang Qi had beaten him.
• Dai Yueheng arrived, rebuked Dai Huabin, and helped the exhausted Zhu Lu to her feet.
• Dai Huabin shoved Dai Yueheng, and Zhu Lu supported Dai Yueheng and told Dai Huabin he had gone too far.
• Dai Huabin stormed off, and Zhu Lu hesitated before following him to explain.
• Dai Yueheng watched them leave and privately resolved to pursue Zhu Lu if his younger brother failed to cherish her.

Tang Qi’s team faced Huang Chutian’s seeded team in the freshman assessment, where Tang Qi’s extraordinary Soul Rings drew attention and his teammates countered their opponents’ attacks. The match remained underway as Huo Yutong repeatedly disrupted Huang Chutian’s aim and Xiao Xiao struck him with her cauldron.

• Tang Qi, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao entered the assessment platform to face Huang Chutian and the Lan Sisters.
• Tang Qi displayed two purple Soul Rings and one black Soul Ring, stunning the watching freshmen and drawing the Lan Sisters’ admiration.
• Huang Chutian charged at Tang Qi, who dodged and let Xiao Xiao knock Huang Chutian off balance with her cauldron.
• Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heaven’s Net, to trap Tang Qi while Huang Chutian targeted Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yutong used Mental Interference to divert Huang Chutian into Xiao Xiao’s cauldron twice, leaving the match unresolved.

Tang Qi overwhelmed the Freshman Assessment arena with Blue Silver Wood, defeated Huang Chutian, and invited him and the Lan sisters to join the Tang Sect. He left the arena with Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao while the freshmen and referee remained stunned.

• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong kept Huang Chutian at bay until Tang Qi's Blue Silver Wood transformed the Assessment Platform into a forest.
• Tang Qi revealed himself atop a towering column of Blue Silver Wood and trapped Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu after interrupting their attack.
• Tang Qi halted a massive falling tree just above Huang Chutian, then offered the Lan sisters Tang Sect membership cards, which they accepted while reserving their decision.
• Tang Qi pulled Huang Chutian to his feet after he surrendered and gave him a Tang Sect membership card; Huang Chutian said he would think about joining.
• Tang Qi left the Assessment Platform and rejoined Huo Yutong and the others as the onlookers remained stunned.

Tang Qi gave the girls Tang Sect business cards bought with sponsorship from Ning Changfeng, while the freshmen prepared for the next assessment rounds. Wang Yan learned about Tang Qi’s strength and exchanged assessment areas, as Tai Tan chose Du Weilun as Shrek Academy’s vice dean.

• Tang Qi explained that the Tang Sect cards cost five hundred Gold Soul Coins each and that Ning Changfeng had given him a twenty-million-coin sponsorship for the sect’s Hidden Weapons.
• Tang Qi and the girls left to eat grilled fish after discussing the cards and the assessment schedule.
• Wang Yan arrived, heard from the referee about Tang Qi damaging the Assessment Platform, and traded assessment areas with the referee after being warned about Tang Qi’s strength.
• Xuan Zi presented Tai Tan with Zhang Lexuan and Du Weilun as vice-dean candidates, and Tai Tan chose Du Weilun.
• Tai Tan regretted taking on work at Shrek Academy and hoped the appointment would let him step away from his duties.

Tang Qi and his teammates defeated Xie Huanyue’s team in their final elimination match, and Tang Qi finally revealed his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer. The chapter ended with Xie Huanyue surrendering and handing Tang Qi a golden card.

• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong tried to protect Tang Qi, but he sent them to fight the Luo brothers while he faced Xie Huanyue.
• Tang Qi stopped Xie Huanyue’s attacks with his bare hands and redirected his Soul Skills without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao used their abilities to keep the Luo brothers occupied and eventually knock them off the platform.
• Tang Qi summoned Blue Silver Rashomon behind Xie Huanyue, revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and battered Xie between the hammer and the gate.
• After Tang Qi’s blows broke his Martial Soul, Xie Huanyue surrendered and gave Tang Qi a golden card.

Tang Qi recruited strong freshmen while Ning Tian's team struggled against Dai Huabin's team in the Freshman Assessment. Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er fought back, but Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the match on the brink.

• Xie Huanyue accepted Tang Qi's invitation card, and Tang Qi handed cards to several other promising freshmen.
• Tang Qi, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao arrived as Ning Tian's team fought Dai Huabin's team, prompting Mu Jin and Zhou Yi to wager a Soul Bone on the outcome.
• Dai Huabin suppressed Wu Feng despite Ning Tian's support, while Zhu Lu kept Nanmen Yun'er occupied.
• Wu Feng used Dragon's Wrath and Dragon's Fire to charge Dai Huabin, and Nanmen Yun'er struck Zhu Lu with Jade Slash.
• Dai Huabin pulled Zhu Lu close and activated their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er supported the exhausted Wu Feng.

Tang Qi rescued Ning Tian, Nanmen Yun'er, and the half-conscious Wu Feng from Dai Huabin’s attack after Ning Tian’s team conceded and the referee failed to stop the match. Xuan Zi intervened against the referee, Dai Huabin’s team was declared the winner, and Tang Qi began healing Wu Feng.

• Ning Tian conceded, but the referee failed to stop Dai Huabin’s Hell White Tiger from attacking her team.
• Tang Qi raised a Blue Silver Wood fortress to block the attack, then carried Wu Feng and helped Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er down from the platform.
• Mu Jin confronted the referee over his failure to act, but the referee blamed Ning Tian and insisted Dai Huabin’s team had won.
• Tai Tan criticized Shrek Academy while Xuan Zi left to confront the referee.
• Xuan Zi seized the referee and ordered Du Weilun to announce the result, and Du Weilun declared Dai Huabin’s team the winner.
• Tang Qi used his life force to heal Wu Feng, who began to stir in his arms.

After Dai Huabin won, he provoked Tang Qi, while Huo Yutong calmly discussed killing him and the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. Tang Qi left with a group of girls, drawing Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to his sides as Xu Sanshi fumed over Jiang Nannan's closeness to him.

• Wu Feng woke up in Tang Qi's arms, blushed, and privately decided she could give Tang Qi a share of her affection while keeping most of it for her Young Master.
• After Du Weilun declared Dai Huabin the winner, Dai Huabin taunted Tang Qi, and Xiao Xiao mocked him from the stands.
• Huo Yutong told Tian Meng that Dai Huabin deserved death and considered slaughtering the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, but Tian Meng warned her that doing so could make others brand her an Evil Soul Master.
• Tang Qi invited Xiao Xiao, Huo Yutong, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er to go out, and Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan each linked arms with him.
• Xu Sanshi angrily complained about Tang Qi's luck with women, and Bei Bei reminded him of his own arranged marriage.

Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei became locked in an intense embrace while Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and their friends gathered for dinner. Zhu Lu met Dai Yueheng privately, but Xiao Xiao caught her and threatened to tell Dai Huabin.

• Bei Bei stopped Xu Sanshi from rushing after Jiang Nannan, and the two men ended up clinging to each other in an angry embrace.
• Dai Huabin cursed Zhu Lu and walked away, leaving her hurt and disappointed.
• Tang Ya declared the dinner gathering the Tang Sect harem, while Jiang Nannan scolded her and Xiao Xiao accidentally spilled food on Huo Yutong.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong spotted Zhu Lu dining with Dai Yueheng, who presented her with a gift.
• Zhu Lu told Dai Yueheng she still cared about Dai Huabin and rose to leave, but Xiao Xiao confronted her and threatened to tell him about the dinner.

Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong witnessed Zhu Lu meeting Dai Yueheng and fled, but Dai Yueheng pursued them to keep the affair secret. Tang Qi intervened, defeated Dai Yueheng with his murderous aura, and left with the girls after refusing Zhu Lu’s offer to throw the final.

• Zhu Lu panicked when Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong saw her with Dai Yueheng, while Dai Yueheng reassured her and decided to stop them from revealing what they had seen.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to flee, but Dai Yueheng caught up and attacked them with his tiger claw.
• Tang Qi appeared and blocked Dai Yueheng’s strike, then heard Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong explain what had happened.
• Zhu Lu begged Tang Qi to keep quiet and offered to hold back during the final, but Tang Qi refused her offer.
• Dai Yueheng used White Tiger Vajra Transformation to threaten them, and Tang Qi summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and overwhelmed him with murderous intent.
• Tang Qi said he was uninterested in their affair, took Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong away, and declared that anyone he defeated would no longer be his opponent.

Tang Qi’s team faced Dai Huabin’s team in the finals, and Tang Qi trapped the Hell White Tiger with his Blue Silver abilities. Dai Huabin’s support Soul Master then sacrificed his Soul Power to drive the fusion beast into a frenzy, leaving Tang Qi to face the empowered beast alone.

• Dai Huabin charged Tang Qi without immediately using the Hell White Tiger, but Tang Qi absorbed his attacks and slapped him twice.
• Huo Yutong used Spiritual Sharing to help Xiao Xiao keep Zhu Lu on the defensive with the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu activated the Hell White Tiger, and Tang Qi bound it with Blue Silver Wood and trapped it behind enlarged Rashomon gates.
• Zhou Yi’s support Soul Master used Berserk to boost the Hell White Tiger’s attack, speed, and strength by two hundred percent, then collapsed after spending all his Soul Power.
• Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao jumped off the Assessment Platform so Tang Qi could face the frenzied Hell White Tiger without them holding him back.

Tang Qi defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger with his third soul skill, while Dai Huabin blamed Zhu Lu for the loss and struck her. Zhu Lu left him, and Dai Huabin was approached by Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei as a strange sense of familiarity surfaced between them.

• Tang Qi used Blue Silver—Wooden Burial Eternal Bind to drain and seal the Hell White Tiger, leaving Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu defeated.
• Dai Huabin blamed Zhu Lu for not being a Soul Elder, slapped her, and tried to attack her before Tang Qi’s hammer sent them both flying.
• Dai Yueheng caught Zhu Lu, while Du Weilun helped Dai Huabin up.
• Zhu Lu refused Dai Huabin’s pleas and walked away, leaving him sobbing on the ground.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei approached Dai Huabin, and the three felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity as they looked at one another.

After Tang Qi’s team won the championship, they received Soul Bones and manuals for powerful techniques, while Tang Qi shared the Soul Bones with Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao. Xuan Zi offered to take Tang Qi and Huo Yutong to hunt for Soul Rings, leaving Tang Qi suspicious of his intentions.

• Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Dai Huabin formed an alliance against Tang Qi and discovered a strong sensation of Martial Soul Resonance as they declared themselves brothers.
• Du Weilun awarded Tang Qi’s championship team a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Tai Tan and Xuan Zi entered Du Weilun’s office, and Xuan Zi presented two more Soul Bones and three manuals of powerful techniques to Tang Qi.
• Tang Qi gave Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao one Soul Bone each and warned them not to absorb them.
• Xuan Zi offered to take Tang Qi and Huo Yutong to hunt for Soul Rings, and Tang Qi grew wary of the offer.

Tang Qi and Huo Yutong received leave to hunt for Soul Rings without Shrek’s help, while Mu En let Xuan Zi depart and planned to secure Shrek’s future by binding it more closely to the Sea God. Tang Qi set out with Tang Ya, leaving Jiang Nannan behind to warn her to keep an eye on him.

• Tang Qi and Huo Yutong asked Mu Jin for leave to hunt for Soul Rings, and Tang Qi declined the academy’s offer of assistance because his sect had made arrangements.
• Mu En angrily drove Xuan Zi out of the Sea God Pavilion after Xuan Zi asked why Tang Qi had refused his offer to accompany the hunt.
• Zhuang Yusen questioned Mu En about letting Xuan Zi leave, and Mu En said Xuan Zi was unfit for great responsibility and should remain useful as hired muscle.
• After coughing severely, Mu En resolved to bind Shrek more tightly to the Sea God and considered asking Zhang Lexuan to meet a condition, with Ma Xiaotao as another possibility.
• At Shrek’s entrance, Jiang Nannan stayed behind as Tang Qi departed with Huo Yutong and Tang Ya, warning Tang Ya to watch over him and not cross any lines.

Tang Qi assembled the Clear Sky Sect and led a march toward Heaven Dou to reclaim the Tang Sect’s lost grounds, giving Tang Ya hope that her grievance would finally be addressed. Meanwhile, Ma Xiaotao fled the academy in an Evil Fire frenzy, and Song Yunzhi caught her in Shrek City.

• Ma Xiaotao raced out of the academy with her Evil Fire blazing, and Song Yunzhi chased and subdued her in Shrek City.
• Tian Meng urged Huo Yutong to take her to the Far North so she could pursue her plan to become a god.
• Tang Qi brought Tang Ya and Huo Yutong to Shrek City’s outskirts, summoned the Clear Sky Sect disciples, and ordered them to march north on Heaven Dou.
• Tang Ya questioned whether the procession would draw too much attention, and Tang Qi explained that he wanted to reclaim the Tang Sect’s grounds for research and hidden-weapon production.
• Tang Ya embraced Tang Qi and dismissed his reasons as excuses, while Huo Yutong realized he had remembered her wish for a Soul Tool experimentation area.

Tang Qi brought the Tang Sect to Heaven Dou City and led them to the Iron Blood Sect so Tang Ya could avenge her parents. After Tang Long smashed through the sect’s gate and knocked its guard unconscious, the confrontation began.

• Tang Ya returned to Heaven Dou City and recalled the loss of her parents as Huo Yutong comforted her.
• Tang Long showed the Tang Sect token at the city gate, and the guards let the large group enter.
• Tang Qi admitted that he had come looking for trouble and told Tang Hu to surround the Iron Blood Sect.
• Tang Ya saw the Iron Blood Sect signboard where the Tang Sect name had once been and vowed revenge.
• Tang Qi ordered Tang Long to toll the sect’s funeral bell, and Tang Long struck the guard through the gate with his Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Qi, Tang Ya, and Huo Yutong slaughtered their way through the Iron Blood Sect, where Huo Yutong revealed her necromancy and raised Skeleton Soldiers. As Tang Long went to investigate another fight, an Evil Soul Master tried to approach the sect, but Xuan Zi confronted him.

• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Dai Huabin secretly followed Tang Ya to Heaven Dou City, and Bei Bei argued with Xu Sanshi over his feelings for her.
• Tang Long and Tang Ya attacked the Iron Blood Sect disciples, while Tang Ya reveled in killing them with her Blue Silver Grass.
• Huo Yutong used her second martial soul to raise three Skeleton Soldiers, and Tang Qi equipped them with Godly Zhuge Crossbows.
• Tang Qi stopped Tang Ya when she lost herself in the slaughter, then sent Tang Long to check on a nearby fight involving Tang Hu.
• An Evil Soul Master watched Huo Yutong raise the dead and prepared to enter the Iron Blood Sect, but Xuan Zi confronted him and demanded to know his purpose.