Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and He Caitou infiltrated Soul Guidance Laboratory One to steal Mingde Hall blueprints, but Lin Jiayi caught them and sent them to the Imperial Inspection Squad. Lin Qing and Ye Guyi then visited the squad, where Xu Tianzhen discussed inventing charges against Shrek before nearly exposing Mingde Hall's master.

• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou used Ye Guyi's disguise to enter Soul Guidance Laboratory One while Bei Bei and the others distracted nearby soul engineers.
• Huo Yuhao interfered with the anti-spiritual detection soul tools as He Caitou copied blueprints, but the linked array detected them and sounded the alarm.
• Lin Jiayi captured Huo Yuhao and He Caitou with stolen blueprints and ordered them handed over to the Imperial Inspection Squad.
• The following evening, Ye Guyi and Lin Qing went to the Imperial Inspection Squad and met its captain, Xu Tianzhen.
• Xu Tianzhen and Lin Qing discussed framing Shrek for various crimes, then interrupted Xu Tianzhen when she began mentioning Mingde Hall's master's corruption.

Lin Qing inspected Huo Yuhao and He Caitou after Xu Tianzhen tortured them, then left with Ye Guyi as the Sun Moon Empire prepared to extort Shrek Academy. At Shrek, Yan Shaozhe volunteered to negotiate in Mingdu while secretly intending to check on Ma Xiaotao, whom he had handed over to the Evil Soul Masters.

• Lin Qing defended Jing Hongchen’s record to Xu Tianzhen, who apologized and led him and Ye Guyi to the prison cells.
• Lin Qing examined Huo Yuhao and He Caitou, who had been tortured for stealing Mingde Hall secrets, and helped prepare an indictment for Shrek’s negotiations.
• Lin Qing and Ye Guyi discussed the next Soul Master Tournament team before leaving the Imperial Inspection Squad headquarters.
• Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion elders that the Blueprint Heist Plan had failed, and the elders argued over how to rescue Huo Yuhao and He Caitou and answer Jing Hongchen’s demands.
• Yan Shaozhe volunteered to negotiate alone in Mingdu because he secretly planned to inspect Ma Xiaotao, whom he had given to the Evil Soul Masters to restore her limbs.