Chapter Summaries

Tang Qi battled the out-of-control Ma Xiaotao on Shrek's central avenue, using his Blue Silver Emperor skills to restrain her and block her attack. Mu Jin and the students arrived as the clash escalated, and the chapter ended with Mu Jin recognizing Tang Qi as a high-level Soul Emperor.

• Ning Tian grew uneasy and ran after Mu Jin, while Wu Feng and the other students followed.
• Tang Qi attacked Ma Xiaotao with his Blue Silver Domain and First Soul Skill, Blue Silver: Myriad Manifestations!.
• Tang Qi tossed Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to Mu Jin, revealing that Huo Yutong had fainted inside it.
• Ma Xiaotao burned through Tang Qi's Blue Silver Wood and launched Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike at him.
• Tang Qi summoned three Rashomon gates with his Second Soul Skill; the first shattered, but the second stopped Ma Xiaotao's attack.
• Mu Jin set down the cauldron and identified Tang Qi as a high-level Soul Emperor.

Tang Qi protected Class Nine from Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and used his skills to suppress her Soul Power. He ignored Yan Shaozhe’s order to stop and struck Ma Xiaotao down, leaving her badly injured as Yan Shaozhe rushed to her side.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower on Class Nine, and Tang Qi fused his Soul Rings to raise three Rashomon gates that shielded the students.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Tang Qi with black-red flames, but he revealed that his Blue Silver Emperor was immune to fire and countered her with a Clear Sky Hammer and a kick.
• Tang Qi used Blue Silver: Woodbinding Eternal Burial to suppress the Evil Fire and leave Ma Xiaotao unable to sense her Soul Power.
• Tang Qi ignored Yan Shaozhe’s shout to stop and struck Ma Xiaotao with Clear Sky Nine Absolutes: Piercing Form.
• Yan Shaozhe rushed to Ma Xiaotao, who lay bloodied and barely breathing amid the shattered bricks.

Tang Qi knocked Ma Xiaotao unconscious to protect his classmates, then defended himself against Yan Shaozhe’s attack until Xuan Zi intervened. After Yan Shaozhe took Ma Xiaotao away and threatened the students to keep silent, Tang Qi left the academy to handle the matter himself.

• Yan Shaozhe arrived to find Tang Qi had struck Ma Xiaotao with the Clear Sky Hammer and attacked him with his Holy Light Feathers.
• Tang Qi used Clear Sky Body Protection to deflect Yan Shaozhe’s attack while Mu Jin, Ning Tian, and Huo Yutong pleaded for his safety.
• Xuan Zi stopped Yan Shaozhe and ordered him to take the unconscious Ma Xiaotao back to the Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe threatened Class Nine with expulsion if anyone revealed what had happened, then left with Xuan Zi and Ma Xiaotao.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng offered to seek help for Tang Qi, but he thanked them and said he could handle the matter himself.
• Tang Qi asked Mu Jin for the afternoon off and left the academy.

Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to address the conflict with Tang Qi, but Yan Shaozhe used rewards and intimidation to suppress reports of what happened. After boasting in a tavern that he would discipline Tang Qi, Yan Shaozhe was summoned by a powerful voice and flew out to confront its source.

• Xuan Zi told Mu En that Tang Qi might become his disciple and reported Tang Qi's prejudice against Shrek, while Mu En decided Yan Shaozhe should apologize and compensate the Outer Court students.
• Mu En imagined forming a new Shrek Seven Devils with Tang Qi at its center and ordered Yan Shaozhe to handle the Outer Court incident.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Soul Ascension Pills and Mystic Water Pills to selected Class Nine students and pressured them to keep quiet about the incident.
• Yan Shaozhe planned to make Tang Qi understand Shrek's glory and complained in a tavern that even Tang San would have to respect his seniors.
• A powerful voice called Yan Shaozhe out, and he flew into the night to confront the unseen speaker.

Tai Tan attacked Yan Shaozhe for bullying Tang Qi, then fought Xuan Zi when he came to Shrek City's defense. Niu Tian appeared above the confrontation as Tai Tan warned that the Clear Sky Sect would sink Shrek City if necessary.

• Tai Tan revealed his overwhelming Soul Ring configuration and confronted Yan Shaozhe over his treatment of Tang Qi.
• Yan Shaozhe begged for mercy and invoked the Sea God, but Tai Tan beat him nearly to death with his fists.
• Xuan Zi rushed from Shrek Academy to stop Tai Tan, and the two used their Martial Soul Avatars to fight.
• Mu En, Song Yunzhi, and Zhuang Yusen arrived; Song Yunzhi and Zhuang Yusen found Yan Shaozhe with severe injuries.
• Niu Tian appeared unnoticed above Mu En, and Tai Tan warned Xuan Zi that the Clear Sky Sect would sink Shrek City if necessary.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan confronted Shrek’s leaders over Shrek’s relationship with the Sea God, while Tang Xue led the girls away from the coming clash. The chapter left Tai Tan pressing the Shrek group with his overwhelming soul power and the girls arriving at the Clear Sky Sect’s shop.

• Niu Tian identified himself and asked whether the Sea God belonged to Shrek or Shrek belonged to the Sea God.
• Xuan Zi declared that the Sea God was Shrek’s, and Mu En struck him away with a dragon roar before he could finish.
• Tai Tan condemned Shrek for betraying the Sea God and advanced on the group with crushing pressure.
• Tang Xue led Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, Huo Yutong, and the others through Shrek City to keep them away from the confrontation.
• Tian Meng sensed two powerful auras clashing outside Shrek City, including one belonging to Tang Qi’s side.
• Xiao Xiao told Huo Yutong that she had visited the Clear Sky Sect’s shop with Tang Qi and pointed out that Tang Xue was a Titled Douluo.

Tang Xue led Jiang Nannan, Huo Yutong, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng into a hidden Clear Sky Sect fortress, where Tang Qi coordinated the sect’s response to Shrek. Tang Tian reported that the sect’s leaders had engaged Shrek’s forces, while Tang Qi planned to force Shrek into submission and expand his influence.

• Tang Xue revealed the underground fortress and brought the girls to Tang Qi, who waited in a private room.
• Tang Long announced that Tang Tian had arrived, and the Grand Elder entered to greet Tang Qi.
• Tang Tian reported that the Second Sect Master and Taotie Douluo were fighting outside the city, while the Great Sect Master watched Mu En; Tang Qi said Uncle Da Ming was monitoring Mu En.
• Tang Tian said he had deployed half the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples around Shrek Academy to wait for an opening.
• Tang Qi considered removing Shrek’s hardliners and bringing the academy under his control, while Ning Tian realized how powerful the Clear Sky Sect’s leaders were.
• Tang Tian condemned Shrek for bullying Tang Qi and disparaged its rise, insisting that the Sea God’s support had made its members’ success possible.

Mu En tried to calm Tai Tan and defend Shrek as he confronted Niu Tian over the beating of Tang Qi. When Cai Mei'er and Tang Tian began fighting above Shrek City, Tai Tan suspected Tang Qi had been left unguarded and prepared to make good on his threat to sink Shrek.

• Song Yunzhi urged Mu En to stop Tai Tan from beating Xuan Zi, but the clash between the Super Douluo kept her back.
• Mu En argued that Shrek had paid for its attack on Tang Qi, while Niu Tian warned him that Shrek was lucky Tang Qi had survived.
• Mu En reflected on Shrek’s growth over ten thousand years into a power that used the Sea God’s name and faith to expand its influence.
• Mu En insisted that Shrek and the Sea God shared their fortunes and offered to place Shrek under the Clear Sky Sect or Tang Sect.
• Cai Mei'er and Tang Tian fought above Shrek City, and Tai Tan suspected Tang Qi had been left unguarded before turning to sink Shrek.

Niu Tian confronted Mu En over Shrek’s treatment of Tang Qi, then revealed that Tang Qi was the Sea God’s Son. Mu En agreed to fight Niu Tian, and their powerful attacks collided in an explosion that lit the night sky.

• Niu Tian summoned his Azure Divine Dragon Avatar, and Mu En answered with his Radiant Sacred Dragon Avatar while Song Yunzhi kept Shrek’s other leaders away.
• Mu En asked Tang Qi’s true identity, and Niu Tian told him that Tang Qi was the Sea God’s Son.
• Tai Tan knocked Xuan Zi back into a pit when Xuan Zi protested that Niu Tian had revealed the truth too late.
• Niu Tian demanded a fight before discussing Shrek’s responsibility, and Mu En accepted.
• Zhuang Yusen strengthened Mu En with his Tree of Life Avatar, but Mu En’s Sovereign’s Descent barely affected Niu Tian.
• Niu Tian unleashed Sky Azure Annihilation Divine Thunder as Mu En countered with Dragon Emperor’s Evil-Breaking Rend, and their attacks collided in a blinding explosion.

Mu En named Xuan Zi his successor and ordered Shrek to dissolve the Sea God Pavilion and return to being an academy, while Niu Tian headed for the Star Dou Great Forest. On the way back to Shrek, Mu En learned that Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul had mysteriously changed, and Xuan Zi went after Yan Shaozhe's wife.

• Mu En survived the battle and commanded Xuan Zi to succeed him as Sea God Pavilion Master, then publicly dissolve the pavilion after his death.
• Mu En asked the Clear Sky Sect to send someone to lead Shrek, and Niu Tian agreed before departing for the Star Dou Great Forest to see Er Ming.
• Niu Tian sent Tai Tan to Shrek to protect Tang Qi and keep watch over the academy.
• Zhuang Yusen told Mu En that Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul had been altered by a mysterious power beyond his ability to undo, and Mu En decided to let events take their course.
• Tai Tan found Xuan Zi searching the ruined battlefield for Yan Shaozhe, and Xuan Zi rushed toward a distant fight after deciding to send Yan Shaozhe's wife to join him.

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.