Recaps

Gu Qingnian reached Shrek Academy, grew stronger through the system, and became entangled in its students’ lives before traveling north with Tian Meng. The arc left the Ice Empress facing the danger of her next tribulation and the possibility of fusing with Gu Qingnian.

• Gu Qingnian awakened in the Star Dou Great Forest with the Six Eyes, met Huo Yuhao, and gained Tian Meng as his Wisdom Soul Ring while a mysterious remnant soul entered his Sea of Consciousness.
• Gu Qingnian joined Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao on the road to Shrek Academy, where he passed admission with his unusual martial soul and powerful first Soul Ring.
• Gu Qingnian became class monitor after helping his classmates endure Zhou Yi’s punishing run, then fought Xu Sanshi and defeated him in the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Gu Qingnian reached level twenty-three after taking a Mystic Water Pill, survived a masked woman’s attack by Sea God Lake, and shared Soul Ascension Pills with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Gu Qingnian left Shrek Academy with A Wu and traveled to the Far North, where Tian Meng confronted the Ice Empress and trapped her with a hidden membrane.
• Tian Meng explained that the Ice Empress had to consent to fusion and revealed that he had become Gu Qingnian’s Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Gu Qingnian warned the Ice Empress that her next great tribulation would come within a hundred years and that Tian Meng would not survive his own.

Gu Qingnian fused with the Ice Empress, returned to Shrek Academy, and showcased his strength in the freshman assessment while discovering a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. The stretch ended with Gu Qingnian facing Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er after making a dangerous wager with Mu Jin.

• Gu Qingnian persuaded the Ice Empress to become his soul bone and martial soul, endured the fusion, and marked her and Tian Meng as his servants.
• Gu Qingnian returned to Shrek with the Ice Empress martial soul and a four-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, then absorbed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring into his second martial soul.
• Gu Qingnian showed Ma Xiaotao that his azure eyes could suppress her evil fire, then returned to Zhou Yi and concealed the details of his strength and his time in the Far North.
• Gu Qingnian won his freshman assessment matches alone without releasing his martial soul, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong advanced with their team.
• Gu Qingnian helped Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong combine their auras, and the three discovered that their soul power and martial souls could fuse under his lead.
• Gu Qingnian, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong created Pandora’s Path, a fusion skill that devastated the forest and trapped minds, but left all three unconscious.
• Gu Qingnian demonstrated the trio’s fusion and cultivation to Zhou Yi and Wang Yan, then comforted Zhou Yi when painful memories resurfaced.
• Gu Qingnian threatened to expose Mu Jin’s schemes and agreed to wager that the loser would submit to the winner, then faced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er in the arena.

Gu Qingnian dominated the Freshman Assessment, drew the attention of Shrek’s leaders, and made a wager with Du Busi that could eventually place the Body Sect in his hands. After winning the tournament, he became the focus of a dispute between the Martial Soul and Soul Tool Departments as the Sea God Pavilion considered his future.

• Gu Qingnian defeated the teams led by Ning Tian and Xie Huanyue, then advanced through the tournament while drawing the interest of Fan Yu and the academy’s leaders.
• Gu Qingnian defeated Dai Huabin’s team and injured Du Weilun when he intervened, then faced Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao in the final and won after resisting their combined attacks.
• Gu Qingnian claimed a God-Given Soul Ring, causing a vast eye to appear above the academy as powerful figures across the continent investigated the phenomenon.
• Du Busi arrived at Shrek Academy and demanded that Gu Qingnian become his disciple, but Gu Qingnian proposed a wager involving three attacks within a year and the Body Sect’s allegiance.
• Mu En appeared as Dragon God Douluo and secured Du Busi’s promise not to touch Gu Qingnian while he remained at Shrek Academy.
• Gu Qingnian’s team was named Freshman Assessment champion, but he was left off the Core Disciple list as the academy’s leaders began competing to recruit him.
• Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er argued over whether Gu Qingnian belonged in the Martial Soul or Soul Tool Department, while a bandaged Second Young Master plotted to kill him.
• At an emergency Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo presented Gu Qingnian’s rare cultivation and soul-tool talents, leaving the elders to weigh how the academy should support him.

Gu Qingnian deepened his power, brought Jiang Nannan into his service, and seized the Iron Blood Sect’s land by force. Back at Shrek Academy, he reunited with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong as the Upgrade Assessment and his wager with Dai Huabin began.

• Xuan Zi and the department heads disputed Gu Qingnian’s future, and Mu En ruled that he could continue in both departments while the academy avoided investigating his secrets.
• Gu Qingnian discovered an otherworldly presence in his Sea of Consciousness, then spent the school year studying soul tools as he and Huo Yuhao advanced under Fan Yu.
• During the holiday, Gu Qingnian found Jiang Nannan grieving at her mother’s grave, comforted her, and offered her a highly paid maid position.
• Gu Qingnian absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and entered Deep Meditation, leaving Jiang Nannan waiting for him before he returned and took her north.
• Using the Tang Sect site deed, Gu Qingnian attacked the Iron Blood Sect, revealed four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and destroyed its elders before leaving with Jiang Nannan.
• Gu Qingnian returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, while Dai Huabin challenged their trio to an Upgrade Assessment wager.
• Gu Qingnian wagered a rare Spiritual Soul Bone against Dai Huabin, who offered himself as collateral and agreed to kowtow and call the trio Grandpa if he lost.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo maneuvered over Gu Qingnian and Huo Yuhao as the teachers explained the Beast Fighting Zone assessment, then Gu Qingnian chose Huo Yuhao to compete first.