Recaps

Yu Tianjun and Yu Xiaoying survived Yan Shaozhe’s pursuit through Death Canyon, where two powerful soul beasts forced Yan to retreat and Long Xiaoyao rescued the injured pair. After hearing Yu Tianjun accuse Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi of colluding with evil soul masters, Long Xiaoyao was left wondering whether the Holy Spirit Cult had infiltrated Shrek.

• Yu Tianjun and Yu Xiaoying fled into Death Canyon’s Core Zone while Yan Shaozhe pursued them, and the Cold Ash Black Flood Dragon Emperor poisoned Yan’s wing before letting the chase continue.
• Yan Shaozhe used Phoenix Nirvana and his ninth soul skill to seemingly kill Yu Tianjun and Yu Xiaoying, but the pair escaped with Yu Tianjun’s Darkness Escape Technique.
• The Dark Prison Lion Emperor claimed Bi Yangde’s soul bones, forcing Yan Shaozhe to flee without them.
• Long Xiaoyao found the injured Yu Tianjun and Yu Xiaoying, treated them, and revealed that he had once sworn to protect their ancestors’ descendants.
• Yu Tianjun told Long Xiaoyao that Yan Shaozhe had pursued them over an external soul bone and that he had accused Yan and Xuan Zi of serving an evil soul master organization.
• Long Xiaoyao reacted with shock and wondered whether the Holy Spirit Cult had infiltrated Shrek and doomed ordinary soul masters.

After Yan Shaozhe’s attack, Yu Tianjun secured Long Xiaoyao’s help, negotiated an alliance with the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird, and returned safely to the Heavenly Dragon Sect. He and Ling Luochen decided to leave for the Sun Moon Continent and build their strength beyond Shrek’s reach.

• Long Xiaoyao agreed to protect Yu Tianjun’s family, while the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird explained Death Canyon’s history and recruited Yu Tianjun to help suppress its death energy.
• Yu Tianjun demonstrated his ability to generate ultimate elemental attributes and proposed that the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird join him, promising a future for both of them; the bird accepted their deal.
• The Dark Prison Lion Emperor returned Yu Tianjun’s two soul bones, and Long Xiaoyao took Yu Tianjun and Yu Xiaoying to Dragon City.
• Yu Tianjun reunited with Ling Luochen and told her about Yan Shaozhe’s attack, then asked her to choose between cutting ties with him or leaving the Original Continent.
• Ling Luochen rejected the first option, destroyed her Shrek inspector’s equipment, and agreed to go with Yu Tianjun to the Sun Moon Continent.

Long Xiaoyao escorted Yu Tianjun and Ling Luochеn to Mingdu, where they encountered Ye Guyi fighting Evil Soul Masters. After Long Xiaoyao explained that Yu Tianjun’s devouring ability purified its victims, he resolved to clean up the Holy Spirit Cult’s influence and protect the continent’s ordinary people himself.

• Long Xiaoyao recounted his rivalry with Mu En and explained that his Heavenly Dragon Sect teacher had taught him Dragon Transformation.
• Yu Tianjun and Ling Luochеn arrived in Mingdu with Long Xiaoyao and began looking for a house in the southern outskirts.
• Yu Tianjun sensed Evil Soul Masters near a young woman, and Long Xiaoyao swiftly killed the four attackers surrounding Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi questioned Yu Tianjun about devouring Bi Yangde, and Long Xiaoyao explained that his Ultimate Darkness purified the Evil Soul Master’s essence rather than corrupting him.
• Yu Tianjun, Ling Luochеn, and Ye Guyi purchased a house together while Long Xiaoyao hunted Evil Soul Masters across Mingdu.
• Long Xiaoyao suspected Mu En had overlooked Yan Shaozhe’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult and vowed to protect ordinary Soul Masters, beginning with restrictions on the Xishui Alliance and the cult.

After Yan Shaozhe’s disastrous expedition, Mu En removed him as Martial Soul Department Dean and punished him, while appointing Zhuang Yusheng acting Dean. Yan Shaozhe knelt outside the pavilion as Mu En prepared to address the diplomatic fallout; meanwhile, Yu Tianjun arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy seeking Red Dust.

• Yan Shaozhe recounted how his group killed the Ultimate Dark Qilin, lost Bi Yangde, and suffered grave injuries, prompting the Sea God's Pavilion elders to debate his responsibility.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to step down, barred him from inheriting the Sea God's Pavilion, and appointed Zhuang Yusheng acting Dean.
• The elders rejected Mu En’s proposal to vigorously develop soul tools, and Mu En made Yan Shaozhe kneel outside the pavilion for seven days and seven nights.
• Mu En discussed the risk of angering the Heaven Dou and Star Luo royal families, considered replacements for the tournament team, and said he would visit the Heavenly Dragon Sect.
• Yu Tianjun arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with the Red Dust Protection and asked to meet the Dean.

Yu Tianjun joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy under the name Jun Tianyu, offering to help it defeat Shrek in exchange for protection and rare cultivation resources. Jing Hongchen agreed to his demands and learned that two more talented allies, including former Shrek member Ling Luochеn, might join them.

• Yu Tianjun revealed his Ultimate Dark Qilin and Five-Element Qilin abilities, and Jing Hongchen arranged his special admission to the academy as Jun Tianyu.
• Yu Tianjun negotiated for personal safety, rare elemental treasures, and protection, and Jing Hongchen agreed to seek a Level 9 Soul Engineer and provide concealment tools and cultivation resources for Ye Guyi.
• Yu Tianjun introduced Ye Guyi, a successor of Spirit Hall, and his godsister Ling Luochеn, a former member of the Shrek Seven Devils who wanted a spot on next year's tournament team.
• Yu Tianjun explained that he sought revenge only against Shrek and would not support a wider war, while Jing Hongchen welcomed the chance to recruit more members of his sect.
• Jing Hongchen left to find a Level 9 Soul Engineer, and Lin Jiayi swore to keep Jun Tianyu's identity and plans confidential before taking him to meet the new students.

Kong Deming planned how the Sun Moon Empire would protect and recruit Yu Tianjun, Ye Guyi, and Ling Luochеn, while Long Xiaoyao settled into life with the Heavenly Dragon Sect. The chapter ended when Mu En appeared before Long Xiaoyao, and the two old friends greeted each other.

• Kong Deming assigned protection and imperial gifts for Yu Tianjun, Ye Guyi, and Ling Luochеn, and decided to personally guide Yu Tianjun's introduction to soul tools.
• Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin agreed to share responsibility at the academy, then plotted to let Liao Mengkai test his skills against Yu Tianjun.
• Long Xiaoyao enjoyed the Heavenly Dragon Sect's hotpot and promised to guide the Heavenly Dragon Seven Sons over the next few days.
• After the others left for the night, Long Xiaoyao sensed Mu En approaching the snow-covered corner.
• Mu En said he had come looking for the Heavenly Dragon Sect, and Long Xiaoyao greeted him as an old friend.

Long Xiaoyao confronted Mu En over Shrek’s handling of the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s dead and accepted Mu En’s request to watch over Bei Bei. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi met Ju Zi and Ke Ke, then Yu Tianjun challenged them to a fight as he adjusted to the academy.

• Long Xiaoyao accused Mu En of using his power to suppress the Heavenly Dragon Sect and conceal Yan Shaozhe’s killing of its young master and second-in-command.
• Mu En explained that he had come to prevent retaliation and protect Shrek’s reputation, while Long Xiaoyao told him the sect’s experts still did not know about the deaths.
• Mu En entrusted Bei Bei and a Dragon Core to Long Xiaoyao, then left two Soul Bones as compensation for the Heavenly Dragon Sect.
• At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Ju Zi and Ke Ke discussed Xuan Ziwen’s harsh remarks as Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi overheard them.
• Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi introduced themselves as new students, and Yu Tianjun invited Ju Zi and Ke Ke to fight, citing his privilege to challenge academy students.

Yu Tianjun demonstrated his overwhelming elemental power in soul fights at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, then watched Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen draw. Jing Hongchen arranged political vetting and protection for Yu Tianjun while plotting to recruit talent from Shrek.

• Yu Tianjun defeated Ke Ke with elemental meteors and protected her from the blast, then bound Ju Zi with Blue Silver Grass to win their matches.
• Meng Hongchen reunited with Yu Tianjun, and Xiao Hongchen recognized that Yu Tianjun's divine beast bloodline surpassed his own.
• Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen fought to a draw after both were incapacitated, and Meng cured Ye Guyi's poison.
• Liao Mengkai offered to become Yu Tianjun's master and claimed he would recruit Ye Guyi, but Ye Yulin interrupted and asserted authority over him.
• Jing Hongchen told Liao Mengkai to join the judging panel for the newcomers' political vetting and protect Yu Tianjun, then explained his plans to recruit Shrek talents and form an academy team.

Ling Luochеn, Ye Guyi, and Yu Tianjun passed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s political vetting and received individualized study arrangements. Yu Tianjun endorsed combining soul masters with soul tools, gained three study buddies, and three months later had advanced his cultivation and turned eleven.

• Ling Luochеn and Ye Guyi impressed the assessment panel with exceptional physical measurements, while Yu Tianjun’s strength overloaded the testing apparatus.
• Ling Luochеn vowed to settle an old score, and Ye Guyi declared her resolve to fight evil soul masters; both earned high marks in political vetting.
• Yu Tianjun described his desire to grow safely, pursue revenge, and help others when capable, earning the judges’ confidence and a place among the academy’s highest-tier students.
• The academy granted Ling Luochеn and Ye Guyi tailored study options, while Jing Hongchen gave Yu Tianjun access to unrestricted areas and discussed training him in soul tools.
• Yu Tianjun argued that soul masters and soul tools could strengthen each other and said he wanted to research both civilian and combat tools.
• Jing Hongchen assigned Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ji Juechen as Yu Tianjun’s study buddies; three months later, Yu Tianjun had advanced his cultivation and turned eleven.

The reborn Huo Yuhao sealed his younger self after they clashed over Huo Yun’er's death, then fled toward the Star Dou Great Forest. At the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Tang San and Ning Rongrong prepared to enter Shrek Academy while hiding their identities and power.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed a mysterious new star on the Douluo Continent, and Tang San planned to use the newcomer to advance his control of the Divine Realm.
• Huo Yuhao buried Huo Yun'er, revealed that he had returned from the future, and left the White Tiger Duke's Mansion for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao argued with his younger self over Huo Yun'er's death and the White Tiger Duke family, then sealed him in a cage within the Sea of Consciousness.
• Ning Fengchen warned Chen San to stop prioritizing Hidden Weapons over cultivation, and Chen San concealed his anger.
• After Wu Feng left, Ning Tian revealed that she was Ning Rongrong, while Chen San revealed himself as Tang San; they planned to attend Shrek Academy discreetly and avoid drawing attention to their former selves.

Yu Tianjun prepared to leave the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for the Star Dou Great Forest, while Jing Hongchen gave him Sun Moon Formless and received a Death Spider Emperor soul bone for Meng Hongchen. In Heaven Dou City, Vina learned that Yan Shaozhe had killed Yu Tianjun and his uncle, leaving her consumed by grief and hatred.

• Yu Tianjun asked Jing Hongchen for leave to return home and hunt for Ji Juechen's sixth soul ring, and Jing Hongchen gave him Sun Moon Formless in exchange for a Death Spider Emperor soul bone intended for Meng Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Xiao Hongchen arrested for three months after Yu Tianjun mentioned that Xiao had spent little time with him, but Yu Tianjun offered to plead for him if he helped fund the trip to Star Dou.
• Xiao Hongchen apologized for neglecting his assignment, promised to pay for the journey, and accepted Yu Tianjun's challenge to fight when the term began.
• At a banquet in Heaven Dou City, Vina told Mu Xue that she feared Yu Tianjun was dead and described her father's ominous behavior.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor told Vina that Yan Shaozhe and three Shrek inner court disciples had killed Yu Tianjun and his uncle in Death Canyon, and that Heaven Dou lacked the strength to retaliate.
• Vina refused to attend future imperial banquets and turned away from her father, overcome by grief and hatred.

Yu Tianjun and his companions entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a soul beast, where they encountered the reborn Huo Yuhao and witnessed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm become his soul ring. Electrolux instead chose Yu Tianjun as his host, awakening ultimate light within the Primordial Spirit Black Lotus and leaving Yu Tianjun ready to act more boldly.

• Yu Tianjun, Xiao Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Liao Mengkai entered the forest to find a metal-attribute soul beast for Ji Juechen, and Ji asked to hunt a dark gold terrorclaw bear.
• The group spotted Huo Yuhao, and Yu Tianjun recognized him as a reborn version of Huo Yuhao after seeing him defeat a wind baboon and absorb its soul ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from underground, accepted Huo Yuhao as his host, and sacrificed himself to grant Huo Yuhao ten golden soul rings.
• Electrolux crossed into the world and chose Yu Tianjun, whose Gold of Life stabilized Electrolux and helped his Dark Origin give rise to ultimate light within the Primordial Spirit Black Lotus.
• Huo Yuhao realized Electrolux had gone to Yu Tianjun instead, while Yu Tianjun felt his consciousness transformed and decided he could pursue his plans more aggressively.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Tang Ya and Bei Bei, joined the Tang Sect, and agreed to attend Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Yu Tianjun and the Mingdu Four-Person Group used a simulated metal treasure to draw soul beasts toward Shrek’s team, leaving Zhang Lexuan to pursue Wu Ming alone as the dark gold terrorclaw bear hunt loomed.

• Huo Yuhao reunited with Tang Ya and Bei Bei, showed them his Wind Baboon soul ring, and agreed to join the Tang Sect to enter Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei taught Huo Yuhao the Tang Sect’s rules and the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record while Huo Yuhao resolved to focus on cultivating until Xuan Ziwen arrived.
• Yu Tianjun and Ji Juechen discussed Shrek’s prestige before the Mingdu Four-Person Group spotted Wu Ming pursuing soul beasts and prepared a simulated metal treasure to attract a dark gold terrorclaw bear.
• The Mingdu Four-Person Group followed Shrek’s Inner Court team as the treasure’s aura drew a horde of metal-attribute soul beasts toward them.
• Zhang Lexuan fought off the soul beasts, then sent Han Ruoruo and the other students away while she went alone to find Wu Ming.
• After arriving at the cleared battlefield, Liao Mengkai suggested capturing Zhang Lexuan and making her Master Kong’s honorary granddaughter.

Yu Tianjun and Liao Mengkai rescued Zhang Lexuan after she was badly wounded fighting a pair of dark gold terrorclaw bears, then fled the Star Dou Great Forest with her and Wu Ming. Yu Tianjun suspected his Dark Qilin had a special connection to Zhang Lexuan and decided to take her away, leaving Shrek Academy to discover that its chief disciple was missing.

• Liao Mengkai explained that Zhang Lexuan’s moon martial soul marked her as an imperial descendant, while Yu Tianjun warned that abducting her could provoke Shrek Academy.
• The group found Zhang Lexuan fighting two dark gold terrorclaw bears after the female bear knocked Wu Ming unconscious.
• Zhang Lexuan used Blood Moon Eclipse and Moonlight, but the male bear shattered her martial soul and left her unconscious.
• Liao Mengkai and Yu Tianjun defeated the male bear, while Yu Tianjun collected the female bear’s soul ring and a soul bone.
• Yu Tianjun carried Zhang Lexuan away, Xiao Hongchen brought along the injured Wu Ming, and Liao Mengkai led the group toward Star Luo Empire airspace.
• Yu Tianjun sensed that his Dark Qilin martial soul was drawn to Zhang Lexuan and resolved to keep her with him instead of leaving her to Mu En.

Yu Tianjun's group escaped to the Dou Ling Empire, where Xiao Hongchen traded the Void Emblem for a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear soul bone and Ji Juechen absorbed the male bear's soul ring. At Shrek Academy, reincarnated Tang San and Ning Rongrong were attacked by Ma Xiaotao's rampaging evil fire, and Tang San collapsed after using divine power to stop her.

• Yu Tianjun revealed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear left arm soul bone, and Xiao Hongchen exchanged his Void Emblem for it before absorbing the bone.
• Ji Juechen killed the male bear and began absorbing its soul ring, while Yu Tianjun broke through to rank forty-six by refining pesticide.
• Liao Mengkai knocked Wu Ming unconscious again and celebrated capturing her and Zhang Lexuan for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ning Rongrong complained about Shrek Academy's poor facilities, and Tang San told her he would not rebuild the Tang Sect.
• Ma Xiaotao's unstable evil fire drove her to attack Tang San and Ning Rongrong beside Sea God Lake, forcing Tang San to unleash divine power to disperse the flames.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, ordered Teacher Li to treat Tang San and Ning Rongrong, and told him to compensate them and silence them or expel them.

Yu Tianjun returned to the Heavenly Dragon Sect with Zhang Lexuan, while Shrek Academy mistakenly believed they had both died in the Star Dou Great Forest. Mu En mourned Lexuan, punished Xuan Zi, and ordered stronger protection for students on soul-hunting missions.

• Yu Yuanjue emerged from seclusion as a Level 97 Super Douluo and learned that Yu Tianjun had gone to Mingdu, while Yu Xiaoying had lost an arm and a leg.
• Yu Tianjun arrived at the Heavenly Dragon Sect with Zhang Lexuan and recounted how the group had rescued her; his and Lexuan's soul powers fused, suggesting they could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Cai Mei'er found a devastated battlefield in the Star Dou Great Forest and, mistaking the remains and traces for proof that Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming had died, summoned Mu En.
• Mu En searched the Great Ferocious Land, where Xiong Jun claimed his descendants had killed Lexuan, then returned to Shrek and collapsed after reaching Sea God's Pavilion.
• At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Mu En slapped Xuan Zi for blaming Lexuan and ordered Titled Douluos to protect Inner Court soul-hunting teams, while restoring Yan Shaozhe as Martial Soul Department Dean.

Yu Tianjun returned to Mingdu with Yu Yuanjue, while Mu En told Bei Bei that Zhang Lexuan had died and pressed him to inherit Shrek Academy’s legacy. In Mingdu, Kong Deming prepared the Sun Moon Empire for the coming tournament, and Yu Tianjun promised his grandfather he would eventually make the Heavenly Dragon Sect powerful enough to stand against Shrek and other powers.

• Long Xiaoyao learned Yu Tianjun had left and celebrated his freedom by ordering roast meat from the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s cooks.
• Mu En told Bei Bei that Zhang Lexuan had died protecting a younger student, then asked him to cultivate on Sea God Island and carry on Shrek Academy’s future; Bei Bei agreed to go the next day.
• Kong Deming praised Liao Mengkai for bringing Zhang Lexuan and other talents to the Sun Moon Empire, gave him two Level 9 Soul Tools, and ordered him to establish the Deming Class for the next tournament.
• Yu Tianjun and Yu Yuanjue arrived at the villa in Mingdu and discussed the Holy Angel, Bibi Dong, and Princess Vina; Yu Yuanjue voiced his support for the family forging ties with the Angel Clan.
• Yu Tianjun told Yu Yuanjue he would settle matters with Shrek and raise the Heavenly Dragon Sect to unprecedented heights, then asked whether his grandfather wanted a suitable Level 9 Soul Tool.

At a farewell dinner in Shrek City, Huo Yuhao learned that Zhang Lexuan had supposedly died in the Star Dou Great Forest, while he suspected the Sun Moon Empire was responsible. In Mingdu, Yu Tianjun reunited with Ye Guyi, brought her news of Zhang Lexuan’s condition, and discovered her family’s old research on Martial Soul Fusion Skills as she proposed testing their compatibility.

• Bei Bei told Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Huo Yuhao that Zhang Lexuan had died in the Star Dou Great Forest and that he would enter the inner court early.
• Huo Yuhao suspected Xiao Hongchen and the Sun Moon Empire had caused Zhang Lexuan’s supposed death, but he kept his suspicions to himself.
• Xu Sanshi worried that the academy had failed to protect Zhang Lexuan and warned Bei Bei about the danger of entering the inner court.
• Yu Tianjun returned to the estate with food and told Ye Guyi that Zhang Lexuan was alive in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s treatment room, though her martial soul was in trouble.
• Ye Guyi showed Yu Tianjun an old Angel Clan book on Martial Soul Fusion Skills and proposed that they test whether their martial souls could combine.
• Yu Tianjun agreed to visit the Underground Soul Fighting Arena with Ye Guyi but privately concealed that he and Zhang Lexuan had already shown a Martial Soul Fusion response.

Han Ruoruo learned that Ling Luochеn planned to leave Shrek for Mingdu to oppose Yan Shaozhe’s students, and decided to accompany her. Meanwhile, Yu Tianjun agreed to treat Zhang Lexuan’s damaged martial soul, while he and Ye Guyi reflected on their newly discovered Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ling Luochеn told Han Ruoruo that Yan Shaozhe and three Inner Court Graduates had harmed the young man she regarded as her little brother, prompting her to withdraw from Shrek and go west to fight his students.
• Han Ruoruo agreed to pass along Ling Luochеn’s withdrawal application and accompany her to Mingdu, though she kept her knowledge of Yu Tianjun and Zhang Lexuan secret.
• Jing Hongchen called Yu Tianjun to report that Wu Ming had resisted her confinement and that Zhang Lexuan needed specialist treatment for her damaged martial soul.
• Yu Tianjun agreed to treat Zhang Lexuan under confidential conditions, then noticed that his hair and Ye Guyi’s had become tangled during their previous night’s sparring.
• Ye Guyi explained that she and Yu Tianjun had discovered how to trigger their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but that Yu Tianjun controlled the fusion because his Dark Qilin was superior in martial soul quality.

Yu Tianjun used Ultimate Metal to begin healing Zhang Lexuan’s shattered Silver Moon Martial Soul, absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s lingering soul power and deciding to continue despite the risk of exposing his abilities. Zhang Lexuan woke in the Sun Moon Empire, where Yu Tianjun greeted her as a princess.

• Yu Tianjun used the Five-Element Qilin’s Ultimate Metal to suppress the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s soul power in Zhang Lexuan’s Silver Moon and began repairing one of its four fragments.
• Yu Tianjun explained that Ultimate Metal let him absorb the bear’s soul power, and he decided to keep treating Zhang Lexuan while preparing safeguards against her revealing his abilities.
• Liao Mengkai left to report Yu Tianjun’s newly revealed talent to Master Kong, while Ye Guyi went to cultivate and sensed something suspicious about the student Nana.
• Zhang Lexuan regained consciousness in the Sun Moon Empire’s medical room, recognized that she was far from Shrek, and heard Yu Tianjun welcome her as a princess.

Yu Tianjun revealed his identity and plans for revenge against Shrek to Zhang Lexuan, who fainted from the shock. Back in Mingdu, Meng Hongchen prepared poison for Xiao Hongchen after he returned from a trip with Yu Tianjun, then interrogated him about the women they had brought back.

• Zhang Lexuan woke in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's medical room and challenged Yu Tianjun, who questioned Shrek's failure to protect her and tried to turn her against the academy.
• Yu Tianjun revealed that he was Dark Qilin Yu Tianjun, declared his hostility toward Shrek, and invited Zhang Lexuan to watch him compete against them at next year's tournament.
• Zhang Lexuan fainted after realizing the danger Yu Tianjun posed to Shrek, and Yu Tianjun resumed her treatment while refining the dark gold terrorclaw bear's soul power.
• Jing Hongchen gave Meng Hongchen the Death Spider Emperor Eight Spider Lances that Yu Tianjun had saved for her, easing her poison backlash and improving her prospects.
• Meng Hongchen readied poison for Xiao Hongchen after learning he had gone out with Yu Tianjun without her, then demanded an explanation when he returned with photos.
• Xiao Hongchen said he had accompanied Yu Tianjun to keep an eye on him and revealed that Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming had been brought back from the Original Three Kingdoms; Meng Hongchen warned him to watch them closely.

Yu Tianjun tested his Five-Element cultivation across the Sun Moon academy’s elemental training grounds, drawing the attention of Kong Deming, who offered advice and a soul tool. At Shrek, Yan Shaozhe rejected Tang San and Ning Rongrong’s demand for an apology and told them to grow strong enough to challenge his disciple.

• Yu Tianjun agreed to cultivate with Xiao Hongchen and revealed that he was close to completing a self-created Five-Element ability.
• Yu Tianjun absorbed the Metal World’s elemental energy faster than Xiao Hongchen, then visited all five elemental training grounds and began fusing five streams of energy into rounded spheres.
• Liao Mengkai, Yu Yuanjue, and Kong Deming watched Yu Tianjun’s attempt; Kong Deming gave him Five-Colored Stone Gloves and suggested using Wang Yiheng’s Blazing Heavenly Net as a reference.
• Kong Deming gave Xiao Hongchen a high-level soul tool and left, while Yu Yuanjue felt reassured that Yu Tianjun had powerful protection.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San demanded an apology from Yan Shaozhe, but he said they were not equal to Inner Court disciples and challenged them to become strong enough to face his disciple.
• Tang San rejected the Soul Ascension Pills and left with Ning Rongrong, vowing to remember Yan Shaozhe’s treatment of them.

Yu Tianjun treated Zhang Lexuan and urged her to persuade Wu Ming to accept the Sun Moon Empire's care, while Ling Luochеn showed Han Ruoruo around Mingdu. The chapter ended with Xishui Alliance workers identifying Han Ruoruo and reporting her to their superiors.

• Zhang Lexuan woke during Yu Tianjun's treatment and learned their martial souls had over ninety percent compatibility and might allow a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhang Lexuan asked to see Wu Ming, and Yu Tianjun said she would have to persuade Wu Ming to accept treatment and relinquish her hostility toward the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yu Tianjun argued that Zhang Lexuan could live and cultivate safely in the Sun Moon Empire, but warned that Wu Ming might starve to death if she continued refusing food and care.
• Ling Luochеn brought Han Ruoruo into Mingdu, where Han saw civilian Soul Tools in everyday use and reconsidered Shrek's claims about the Sun Moon Empire's technology.
• Ling Luochеn took Han Ruoruo sightseeing around Mingdu, and the two visited a shooting club, an exhibition, an auction, and Daming Lake.
• Two Xishui Alliance workers recognized Han Ruoruo as a Shrek Inner Court control specialist and reported her presence to their superiors.

Yu Tianjun perfected the Great Five-Element Divine Light, awakened Electrolux, and began learning Necromancy to fight Evil Soul Masters. After rising to rank forty-seven through Deep Meditation, he joined Ye Guyi and Nana to raid the Holy Spirit Cult’s Mingdu branch, targeting the elusive Lord Zhongli.

• Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi identified Nana as a mole connected to the Holy Spirit Cult’s branch and agreed to strike after Yu Tianjun completed his new ability.
• Yu Tianjun perfected the Great Five-Element Divine Light, then spoke with the awakened Electrolux about hatred, vengeance, and the beauty still worth protecting.
• Yu Tianjun asked Electrolux to teach him Purifying Flame and Necromancy, and Electrolux accepted him as a disciple.
• After five days of Deep Meditation, Yu Tianjun reached rank forty-seven and discovered that Electrolux occupied a newly opened second sea of consciousness.
• Ye Guyi told Yu Tianjun that Nana had been captured, and Nana revealed that she had turned against the Holy Spirit Cult after Miss Angel saved her.
• Yu Tianjun, Ye Guyi, and Nana set out to attack the Mingdu branch, planning for Yu Tianjun to hide in Ye Guyi’s shadow and ambush Lord Zhongli if he was present.

Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi raided a Holy Spirit Cult branch altar, freed its victims, and went to the eastern outskirts of Mingdu, where they rescued Ling Luochеn and Han Ruoruo from the Zhongli brothers. The brothers mistook Yu Tianjun for the cult’s Holy Son, then recognized Ye Guyi’s angel and Yu Tianjun’s qilin and feared Spirit Hall had returned.

• Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi entered a Holy Spirit Cult branch altar, defeated its evil soul masters, and purified the vengeful souls trapped in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Great Holy Spirit revealed that the branch altar’s elder was ambushing prey in Mingdu’s eastern outskirts, and Yu Tianjun left Nana to handle the surviving holy servants before heading there with Ye Guyi.
• The Zhongli Three Brothers overwhelmed Ling Luochеn and Han Ruoruo while Zheng Zhan watched for a chance to intervene.
• Yu Tianjun ambushed Zhongli Tian and struck him down, then trapped Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren in his Qilin Domain.
• Ye Guyi killed the wounded Zhongli Tian, and the surviving brothers recognized the angel and dark qilin and cried out that Spirit Hall had returned.