Recaps

Tang San trained under Grandmaster, took Ma Hongjun in as a companion, and opened shops while advancing his cultivation. The arc leaves Tang San learning that a powerful Calamity Flower Demon and an Evil Soul Master have poisoned the Hundred Flowers Mountains, with Spirit Hall reinforcements on the way.

• Tang San entered Nuoding Academy, became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, and developed the Blue Silver Creation Dao after studying the Dharma Sutra.
• Tang Hao entrusted Tang San to Grandmaster and left, while Grandmaster revealed Tang San’s family history and the truth about Xiao Wu.
• Tang San absorbed a Glazed Jade Vine soul ring, gained Energy Storage, and recovered Gold of Life before Spirit Hall became involved.
• Tang San met Ma Hongjun in Grass Nest Village, helped him understand his dangerous evil fire, and brought him along for training.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun survived attacks by soul beasts, absorbed the Dewdrop Spirit Clam and Blazing Feather Sparrow’s soul rings, and gained new abilities.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun fought in Geyin City’s arena, then Tang San negotiated with Li Daya to open a medicine shop and blacksmith shop.
• After a year of training in the Hundred Flowers Mountains, Tang San reached level twenty-nine and Ma Hongjun reached level twenty-eight.
• Tang San found Grandmaster injured and learned that a near-hundred-thousand-year Calamity Flower Demon and an Evil Soul Master controlled poisoned Wolf Bandits, while Spirit Hall reinforcements were expected that night.

Tang San helped the Golden Squad defeat Virus, then joined Ma Hongjun at Shrek Academy, where he trained new students and built a bond with Lin Like and the others. The group entered the Star Dou Great Forest together and killed two Soul Beasts, leaving their Soul Rings ready to be claimed.

• Qian Renxue approved Grandmaster’s plan to attack Virus’s stronghold, and Tang San joined the operation after demonstrating his Purification Dewdrop.
• Tang San and the Golden Squad defeated Virus, who sacrificed himself to awaken Annie as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and Annie chose to die with him.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun trained for a year before Grandmaster took them to Suotuo City, where they met Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Flender.
• Tang San diagnosed a hex weakening Dai Mubai, then treated him, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun with a medicinal bath while Shrek Academy prepared to recruit students.
• Tang San tested Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Lin Like for admission, then discovered Lin Like’s unusual soul-tool fragments and returned them to her.
• Tang San and Lin Like built the Shatter the Mortal World repeating crossbow, and the Shrek group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to find Soul Rings.
• The Shrek students became sworn siblings, and Zhu Zhuqing used the Netherworld Qi-Reading Art to lead them to a Stormwind Berserker Tiger and a Heaven-Burning Hippogriff.
• Dai Mubai killed the Stormwind Berserker Tiger, and Ma Hongjun killed the Heaven-Burning Hippogriff, leaving a purple Soul Ring above each beast.

The Shrek students trained, took on commissions, and faced the Imperial Fighting Team and dangerous enemies across several missions. The arc leaves Tang San, Qin Ming, and Lin Like fighting the Fly King as Lin Like tries to free Qian Renxue from a Soul Tool.

• Tang San and Lin Like survived the Black-Tortoise Scorpions’ cavern, purified the Gem Crystal Insect, and returned to Shrek Academy with new Soul Rings and permission to leave.
• Grandmaster, Xu Sheng, and Sword Douluo arranged funding and tournament assignments for Shrek, while Tang San impressed the Titled Douluos with his self-created soul skills.
• Grandmaster began the students’ intensive training, and the Shrek Seven Monsters took on commissions while developing their abilities and teamwork.
• Tang San organized Dai Mubai’s followers into Blue Dream, and the Shrek team defeated Yu Tianheng’s Imperial Fighting Team in their commissioned match.
• Tang San’s team investigated the vanished residents of Slay Town, traced the poison to the sewers, and found Xiao Wu captive after the Fly King had taken Qian Renxue.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing summoned the Hell White Tiger to kill Tiger King, while Ma Hongjun destroyed the Desireless Bird and the Wolf Bandits team explored the ancient ruin.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Osler fought Corrosive Maggot Demons and rescued four partially transformed Spirit Hall Soul Masters with Purification Dewdrop.
• Tang San, Qin Ming, and Lin Like found Qian Renxue sealed beside the Abyssal Maw’s cocoon, and Lin Like began reversing the Soul Tool as the Fly King attacked.

Tang San defeated the Abyssal Fly King, cured Dugu Bo, and returned to Shrek with immortal herbs that strengthened his companions. As the group prepared for the tournament and faced new inheritance trials, a demiplane encounter in Sunset Forest left Dai Mubai and Tang San fighting powerful soul beasts alone.

• Tang San and Qian Renxue defeated the Abyssal Fly King, and Tang San absorbed its Soul Ring after confronting its remaining spirit.
• Tang San returned with his companions to Shrek, where he helped Grandmaster face his feelings for Liu Erlong and then went with Dugu Bo to the Herb Garden.
• Tang San cured Dugu Bo by refining the five poisons into an Azure Heaven Five Immortal Pill, and Dugu Bo offered him the Herb Garden and its treasures.
• Tang San returned to Shrek and distributed immortal herbs and pills, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing accepted the Evil-Eyed Saint King’s inheritance trial to claim the Star Luo Empire’s throne.
• The Shrek group trained and advanced, and Ning Rongrong’s martial soul transformed into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda before she returned to her sect as its next leader.
• In Sunset Forest, Tang San and his companions gathered soul rings, but a swarm of Million Fragrant Maidens and a Gap Demon led them into a demiplane encounter with A-Zi.
• A-Zi assigned Dai Mubai a Raging Thunder Vajra and Tang San a Man Faced Demon Spider to fight alone, while Grandmaster stopped Flender from interfering.