Recaps

Xu Cheng won the auction for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Soul Bone while Xuan Zi revealed Shrek’s desperate situation. As the Star Luo Empire auctioned five Flower of Life petals to help Shrek’s injured fighters, Xu Cheng placed the only bid, offering twenty million per petal.

• Xu Cheng won the final lot, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Soul Bone, for twelve million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xuan Zi told Shrek’s team that the Star Luo Emperor’s support was ending and hinted that the auction’s final lot could rescue them.
• Wang Yan feared Xu Cheng’s claim about the Holy Spirit Cult and resolved to warn Yan Shaozhe, while hiding his concern from Xuan Zi.
• Xu Jiujiu presented five Flower of Life petals, and Xiao Hongchen worried that they would help Shrek recover and advance in the tournament.
• Xu Cheng bid twenty million for the petals, and Xu Jiujiu asked whether anyone else would bid.

Xuan Zi secured the auction item for Shrek at the last moment, paying 120 million Gold Soul Coins after Xu Cheng drove up the price. The next day, the round of sixteen began, and Xiao Hongchen hoped to face Shrek as the teams prepared for the tournament.

• Xuan Zi placed Shrek’s final bid at 120 million Gold Soul Coins, and Xu Jiujiu announced Shrek had won the auction item.
• Xu Cheng explained that he stopped bidding because Xuan Zi might seize the item by force, while he planned to damage Shrek’s reputation in the tournament.
• Xu Cheng told the Ice Empress and Tian Meng that human greed could drive soul beasts to extinction, and argued that technology should benefit all living things.
• The round of sixteen began in the Star Luo Empire’s plaza, with Shrek scheduled to make its first appearance.
• Xiao Hongchen eagerly hoped the Sun Moon team would face Shrek, while Ma Rulong warned that Shrek’s recovered players and reserve members would make them formidable opponents.

Shrek Academy faced the Sun Moon Royal Advanced Academy in the round of sixteen, with both sides revealing their strongest lineups. As Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng launched a combined assault on Xu Cheng, he considered which martial soul to use.

• Elder Ma drew Shrek as the Sun Moon Empire's opponent, and Wang Yan warned Shrek that Xu Cheng had twin martial souls before outlining a plan to target him.
• The crowd erupted at the matchup, and Ma Rulong selected a seven-person lineup that included Xu Cheng, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ji Juechen.
• Xiao Hongchen mocked Xiao Xiao, but Wang Dong's teasing and Xu Cheng's presence briefly eased the tension.
• Huang Jinxu began the match, and Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement to swap places with Xu Cheng.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng immediately unleashed their meteor attacks on Xu Cheng, who watched the assault as if time had stopped and weighed which martial soul to use.

Xu Cheng repelled Shrek’s coordinated attack with an overwhelming force, then the two teams clashed across the arena. Shrek’s defenses buckled under the Sun Moon Team’s cannon barrage as Bei Bei charged at Xiao Hongchen.

• Xu Cheng used Repulsion to fling back Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Bei Bei, disrupting Shrek’s assault.
• Xu Jiujiu and Grandma Manyi watched Xu Cheng’s power and discussed Star Luo Empire’s slim chances against him.
• Ji Juechen attacked Ma Xiaotao, who began overwhelming him with her evil fire phoenix.
• Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Lin Xi assembled 128 Class 5 Soul Cannons and fired at Shrek’s defenders.
• Ling Luochе sheltered Xiao Xiao and He Caitou with an Ice Cage, while Bei Bei used Xu Sanshi to shield himself from the barrage.
• Bei Bei unleashed his lightning abilities and charged toward Xiao Hongchen.

The Shrek and Sun Moon teams exchanged powerful attacks as the Sun Moon fighters used poison and ranged weapons to hold Shrek back. Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire erupted, leaving the spectators and Shrek’s elders alarmed as Xuan Zi chose to wait before intervening.

• Meng Hongchen filled the arena with poisonous mist, and Bei Bei lost consciousness after breathing it in.
• Dai Yueheng revealed his White Tiger Demon God Transformation and charged at Xiao Hongchen, but Ma Rulong fired a ray weapon to halt his advance.
• Ma Rulong and Lin Xi’s ranged barrage kept Shrek’s fighters from breaking through the Sun Moon team’s defensive line while Ji Juechen held Ma Xiaotao back.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao realized the teams were waiting for Ma Xiaotao and Ji Juechen’s fight to decide what happened next.
• Ma Xiaotao’s eyes turned purple and her evil fire erupted across the arena, while Xuan Zi suppressed his urge to intervene.

Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire overwhelmed the arena, leaving Shrek’s team and the Sun Moon Team in danger as Xuan Zi hesitated to stop the match. Xu Cheng stepped in to shield Ji Juechen with Ultimate Ice, and Xuan Zi recognized the Martial Soul Shrek had long sought.

• Wang Yan urged Xuan Zi to concede before Ma Xiaotao’s uncontrolled Evil Fire caused serious harm, but Xuan Zi ordered him to stay quiet and wait.
• Dai Yueheng led Shrek’s remaining fighters to the edge of the platform as they feared Ma Xiaotao would attack them.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao judged that Ma Xiaotao’s rampage would end the Sun Moon Team’s hopes, while Xu Cheng reassured his teammates that he could handle her.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire attacked the fallen Ji Juechen, and his Invincible Shield held for three seconds before Xu Cheng approached.
• Xu Cheng replaced the shattered shield with crystalline ice that blocked Ma Xiaotao’s flames and protected Ji Juechen.
• Xuan Zi recognized Xu Cheng’s power as Ultimate Ice and decided Shrek had to claim him.

Xu Cheng defeated Ma Xiaotao’s rampaging Evil Fire Phoenix with the Ice Empress’s ultimate ice, leaving her frozen and forcing Shrek to concede. He thawed her afterward so she could still fight in the individual matches.

• Ma Xiaotao attacked Xu Cheng with her evil fire, and Xu Cheng summoned the Ice Empress, revealing his ultimate ice martial soul.
• Xu Cheng used Ice Emperor’s Wrath to overpower Ma Xiaotao and freeze her into an ice sculpture.
• Jiang Peng and his teammates discussed Xu Cheng’s strength and the many abilities he had yet to reveal.
• Wang Yan conceded the match, and Dai Yueheng asked Xu Cheng to free Ma Xiaotao.
• Xu Cheng melted the ice around Ma Xiaotao and said he wanted her available for the individual matches.

After the Sun Moon Team’s victory over Shrek, Xu Cheng reassured his companions that he had a plan for the Star Luo Empire’s likely retaliation. When Cheng Gang tried to seize Xu Cheng for his supposed hundred-thousand-year soul beast form, Xu Cheng used a spatial trick to expose him before the Star Luo Emperor and the crowd.

• News of Shrek’s defeat spread through the Star Luo Empire, while gamblers who had bet on Shrek were found dead in the moat.
• Nana celebrated the team’s winnings, and Xu Cheng warned Xiao Hongchen that the Star Luo Empire might detain them after the tournament.
• Xu Cheng teased Xiao Hongchen about marrying into the Star Luo royal family, then sent the others out to watch the day’s matches.
• Cheng Gang entered Xu Cheng’s room and demanded his soul ring and soul bone, believing Xu Cheng was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form.
• Xu Cheng struck Cheng Gang and shifted him outside the room, where the Star Luo Emperor, Xu Jiawei, and a crowd of onlookers saw him with his soul power unleashed.

Xu Cheng confronted Emperor Xu Jiawei and Guardian Douluo Cheng Gang after Cheng Gang had tried to kill him and seize his Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Xu Jiawei withdrew with Cheng Gang without granting Xu Cheng’s demand for an apology, leaving the Star Luo Empire’s response unresolved.

• Xu Cheng challenged Xu Jiawei over Cheng Gang’s attempt to rob and kill him at the Star Luo Imperial Hotel.
• Xu Jiawei offered compensation, but Xu Cheng demanded that Cheng Gang kneel and kowtow twice.
• Cheng Gang erupted in anger, while Xu Cheng accused Xu Jiawei of trying to force him into forgiving Star Luo.
• Xu Jiawei accepted Xu Cheng’s words without comment and left with Cheng Gang, who fell silent when the Emperor gave him a look.
• Wang Yan and the Shrek team regretted that Xu Jiawei had not acted, while Ma Xiaotao remembered Xu Cheng suppressing her Evil Fire and sparing her.

At a God Realm Committee meeting, Destruction won approval to expand the Divine Realm despite Tang San’s objections and exposed Tang San’s interference in the mortal world. Furious that his plans were blocked, Tang San decided to send a weak avatar to the Divine Realm and begin his schemes again.

• Xuan Zi approved of Ma Xiaotao’s determination to defeat Xu Cheng and planned to rescue him if the Star Luo Empire cornered him after the tournament.
• Destruction proposed expanding the Divine Realm, while Tang San opposed changing its rules and denied that his interference in the lower realm was improper.
• Destruction, Goodness, Evil, and Life voted in favor of expansion, and Evil warned Tang San that any further violations would be exposed to the Divine Realm.
• Destruction delayed the expansion until he had chosen a successor and addressed the risks, including the sealed Golden Dragon King.
• Outside the Sea God Palace, Tang San lamented that Destruction had ruined his plans and considered how to keep influencing Douluo Star without using divine power.
• Tang San decided to create a weak avatar from his innate power and start his plan to clear Douluo again.

Xu Cheng reflected on his long-term plans before Nana confessed her feelings and spent the night with him. The next day, as the team prepared for its match against Shrek, Meng Hongchen searched for Nana while Xu Cheng found her in his arms.

• Ma Rulong predicted that the Sun Moon Team would reach the Final Four, with Shrek likely to be eliminated.
• Xu Cheng considered his plans against Tang San and wondered when the God of Judgment’s trials would begin.
• Nana confessed her love to Xu Cheng, and the two became lovers.
• Xu Cheng woke beside Nana the next day and learned from Meng Hongchen that the team’s match against Shrek was that afternoon.
• Meng Hongchen asked Xu Cheng whether he had seen Nana, and Xu Cheng and Nana met each other’s eyes.

Xu Cheng and Nana concealed their morning together before joining the Sun Moon Team ahead of its decisive match against Shrek. As the teams traded insults, Xu Cheng threatened Ma Xiaotao but secretly knew the Holy Spirit Cult wanted her kept alive as its future Saintess.

• Xu Cheng told Meng Hongchen that Nana had gone for a morning run, then pulled Nana back into bed when she tried to leave.
• At the Shrek rest area, Xuan Zi, Ma Xiaotao, Wang Dong, and the others reflected on the upcoming match and their private concerns.
• Xiao Hongchen accused Shrek of abducting Xu Cheng and Nana, and Ma Xiaotao and the Sun Moon Team exchanged insults with Shrek.
• Xu Jiujiu glared at Xu Cheng over his earlier disrespect toward Star Luo, while Nana reminded him that his actions had provoked Xiao Hongchen.
• Xu Cheng warned Ma Xiaotao that he might kill her in the arena, though he knew the Holy Spirit Cult had named her its Saintess and wanted her alive.

Ma Xiaotao swept aside Sun Moon’s fighters and brought the final to a showdown with Xu Cheng. Xu Cheng nearly blasted her off the stage with a supposedly ordinary Level 6 Soul Cannon, revealing that Soul Tools—not martial souls—were his true specialty.

• Xiao Hongchen narrowly defeated Ling Luochеn but was then knocked off the stage by Dai Yueheng, who later fell to Meng Hongchen’s ice poison after several Sun Moon fighters took their turns.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Meng Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Li Yan in succession, bringing Shrek to match point.
• Xu Cheng entered the arena to face Ma Xiaotao as the crowd fell silent.
• Xu Cheng fired a Level 6 Ranged Soul Cannon that pierced Ma Xiaotao’s phoenix defenses and drove her to the arena’s edge.
• Jiang Peng and others doubted the cannon was only Level 6, while Xu Jiujiu realized Xu Cheng had crushed opponents with the martial-soul system despite Soul Tools being his true specialty.

Xu Cheng defeated Ma Xiaotao and shocked the tournament’s spectators, while Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Emperor discussed ways to claim him. Princess Xu Jiujiu then privately proposed a marriage alliance, leaving Xu Cheng asking her to explain.

• Xu Cheng defeated Ma Xiaotao using only soul tools, and Ling Luochеn carried the fallen Shrek competitor away.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao discussed Xu Cheng’s potential, and Xu Jiawei considered detaining him after the tournament.
• At Shrek Academy, Mu En reviewed Xu Cheng’s victory and Yan Shaozhe revealed Xuan Zi’s plan to abduct him amid the tournament’s confusion.
• Xu Jiujiu visited the Sun Moon Empire team and asked Xu Cheng to speak with her privately.
• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Cheng she wanted to form a marriage alliance with him, then began explaining that they both belonged to imperial families.

Xu Jiujiu tried to save Xu Cheng from the Star Luo Empire’s planned house arrest by offering marriage, but he rejected her and faced her in the tournament final. As the match began, Xu Jiawei prepared to capture Xu Cheng while Du Busi arrived with the Body Sect to claim him as their Holy Son.

• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Cheng that she wanted to marry him and warned him that Xu Jiawei planned to place him under house arrest after the tournament.
• Xu Cheng refused Xu Jiujiu’s marriage offer, and she left him with a conflicted final look.
• Xu Cheng and Xu Jiujiu met in the finals, briefly spoke, and then took their places as captains; Xu Jiujiu resolved to fight for her team and empire.
• Xu Jiawei learned from Dai Hao that the Star Luo Empire had gathered its experts in the capital and ordered the net drawn in.
• Du Busi gathered twenty Body Sect experts and ordered them to bring Xu Cheng home as the Body Sect’s Holy Son.

Xu Cheng and the Star Luo Team fought within a seemingly decisive illusion, while Xu Jiawei and the officials watched from the city wall. Xu Cheng revealed that he had deceived them too, and the chapter ended as Titled Douluos rushed toward the arena.

• Xu Jiujiu revealed her Star Crown martial soul and used its power to disrupt Xu Cheng’s Spiritual Sharing as both teams clashed.
• The Star Luo Team trapped Xu Cheng with an Absolute Defense Shield and enclosed him with their Star’s Guardian Barrier, separating him from his teammates.
• Xu Jiujiu admitted she had feelings for Xu Cheng but ordered her team to attack him for the sake of the Star Luo Team and Empire.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao mistook the arena fight for an illusion in which the Star Luo Team was attacking itself, and Xu Jiawei ordered the plan to proceed.
• Xu Cheng’s attack nearly struck Xu Jiawei, exposing that Xu Cheng had ensnared the onlookers in an illusion and prompting Titled Douluos to surge toward the arena.

Xu Cheng confronted Xu Jiawei and the Star Luo Empire’s seven Titled Douluos after a failed attempt to seize him. He revealed his trump card: a massive steel structure carrying dozens of Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons, leaving the Star Luo capital and empire under threat.

• Xu Jiawei questioned Xu Cheng about trying to kill him, and Xu Cheng accused him of provoking the conflict and said the Star Luo Empire could not intimidate him.
• Xu Jiujiu urged Xu Cheng to surrender and offered to seek permission to marry him, but he rejected the idea of being imprisoned.
• Xu Cheng asked Xu Jiawei whether he wanted to see the source of his confidence, then snapped his fingers.
• A huge steel structure appeared above the Star Luo Imperial Capital, carrying dozens of Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons.
• Xu Cheng declared that the weapon revealed the truth of his Sun Moon Empire, while Xu Jiawei realized it could destroy the capital and the surrounding towns.

Xu Cheng forced Xu Jiawei to let him leave the Star Luo Empire Imperial Capital by threatening it with hidden Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons. Xuan Zi then tried to recruit him into Shrek Academy, leaving Shrek’s students convinced that their Supreme Elder was a Holy Spirit Cult infiltrator.

• Xu Cheng demonstrated that a missile had reached the imperial capital undetected and warned Xu Jiawei that the next cannons might be live, so Xu Jiawei ordered his forces to let him leave.
• Xuan Zi appeared and offered Xu Cheng a place at Shrek Academy, even promising him the future position of Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Wang Yan and the Shrek students suspected that Xuan Zi was secretly serving the Holy Spirit Cult, and Wang Yan vowed to report him to the Inner Court.
• Ma Xiaotao pledged to help Wang Yan, while the other students tearfully wished him well.
• Xu Jiawei warned Xuan Zi that they were in the Star Luo Empire capital, but Xuan Zi dismissed the danger and said Xu Cheng would not dare destroy it.

Xu Cheng demonstrated that his missiles could threaten even Shrek City, then faced the arrival of the Body Sect, which wanted him to join. He recommended Huo Yuhao instead and revealed a gigantic Mecha called Heavenly Court, Arzeus.

• Xuan Zi received Mu En's message that missiles had appeared over Shrek City, confirming Xu Cheng could threaten even Shrek.
• Du Busi led twenty Body Sect experts to the tournament and invited Xu Cheng to join, promising to make him the next Holy Son.
• Xu Cheng declined Du Busi's invitation and recommended Huo Yuhao, whose Body Martial Soul was in his eyes.
• Du Busi agreed to take Huo Yuhao, and Xu Cheng hinted that he had another trump card beyond the missiles.
• Xu Cheng called out "Heavenly Court, Arzeus!" and summoned a nearly hundred-meter-tall Mecha.

Xu Cheng revealed the Arzeus Mecha and agreed to face one move from Du Busi before leaving. With Tian Meng lending him power, Xu Cheng unleashed a Cross Slash at Du Busi’s Martial Soul Avatar, leaving the arena watching in suspense.

• Du Busi learned that Xu Cheng’s towering Mecha was a Soul Tool and regretted that Xu Cheng could not join the Body Sect.
• Xu Cheng entered the Mecha, drew its blades, and He Caitou explained that its technology surpassed conventional Soul Tools.
• Xu Cheng asked Du Busi whether he could leave with missiles and the Mecha, and Du Busi agreed on the condition that Xu Cheng take one move from him.
• Du Busi transformed into his Martial Soul Avatar and revealed three hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Xu Cheng called on Tian Meng for power and swung the Mecha’s blades in a Cross Slash, cleaving the clouds as the crowd watched.

Xu Cheng injured Du Busi in their aerial clash, prompting the Body Sect to withdraw with Huo Yuhao. Before leaving, Xu Cheng revealed Huo Yuhao's parentage to Dai Hao and warned that he might one day return with the Sun Moon Empire's army to take revenge.

• Xu Cheng's strike injured Du Busi, and the spectators realized the fifteen-year-old had challenged and defeated a major powerhouse.
• Du Busi acknowledged Xu Cheng's strength, then took Huo Yuhao away as the Body Sect withdrew.
• Xu Cheng told Dai Hao that Huo Yuhao was his son, born to Huo Yun'er, and suggested he might one day lead an invasion against the White Tiger Duke's estate.
• Xu Cheng called the Sun Moon Team onto his mecha and departed, leaving Xu Jiawei to watch the confrontation end.

Wang Yan accused Xuan Zi of being a Holy Spirit Cult spy, but Mu En redirected his suspicions toward Xu Cheng and reassured the Pavilion Elders. After Wang Yan left, Mu En and the Elders discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s powerful soul tools and the need to develop Shrek’s own technology.

• Yan Shaozhe blamed Wang Yan for the team’s round-of-sixteen defeat, and Wang Yan accused Xuan Zi of being a Holy Spirit Cult spy.
• Wang Yan recounted the evidence behind his suspicion, including what Xu Cheng had told him about Xuan Zi’s past.
• Mu En suggested Xu Cheng had planted the suspicion to sow discord and assured Wang Yan that Xuan Zi was no spy.
• Mu En praised Wang Yan’s honesty and granted him one month of free access to the Sea God Pavilion’s library.
• After Wang Yan and Yan Shaozhe left, Mu En and the Pavilion Elders discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s soul tools, mechas, and missiles.

After Shrek’s defeat by the Sun Moon Team, Mu En argued that Shrek should strengthen its Soul Tool Department and send students to learn from the Sun Moon Empire. Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu received new funding and research priorities, leaving the department newly supported but facing the daunting task of narrowing the technological gap.

• Mu En reassured Shrek’s elders that an exchange with the Sun Moon Empire was meant to broaden students’ understanding of soul tools, not let them surpass centuries of development at once.
• Mu En called for Shrek to develop its Soul Tool Department alongside the Martial Soul Department, and Elder Lin pledged the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s full support.
• Fan Yu reflected on the Soul Tool Department’s poor facilities, underfunding, and lack of committed teachers while Qian Duoduo summoned him.
• Qian Duoduo told Fan Yu that the department would receive fifty million Gold Soul Coins in annual funding and could seek separate research grants.
• Qian Duoduo said Mu En wanted the department to pursue missile interception, stealth penetration, and information detection research, then raised the Sun Moon Empire exchange student list.

He Caitou balked at being sent to the Sun Moon Empire as an exchange student, while Xu Cheng reflected on his growing influence and plans to build the empire’s military strength. The chapter left him consolidating support among the Soul Engineer Corps and Mingde Hall as he prepared for the future.

• Fan Yu told He Caitou that he would join the exchange program, but He Caitou feared Xu Cheng would recognize him in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Cheng lamented that his attempt on the Star Luo Emperor had cost the team its Soul Bone rewards, while Nana and Meng Hongchen pointed out the gains from their tournament victory.
• Xu Cheng explained that his provocation of the White Tiger Duke was meant to attract talented recruits to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Cheng directed Ju Zi to invest the team’s Star Luo betting winnings in Mingde Hall’s Soul Tool research and considered how to develop the empire’s military forces.
• Xu Cheng assessed the loyalty of the Fire Phoenix and Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps, as well as Mingde Hall, as the foundations of his growing power.

Tang San secretly reincarnated on Douluo Star as an eleven-year-old orphan, intending to rebuild his power while avoiding Evil and Goodness. He began his plan by seeking work at a blacksmith’s shop in Heaven Dou City, where his talent impressed the struggling smith.

• Tang San sent a sliver of his divine soul to Douluo Star, entering a dead child’s body with Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls.
• Tang San arrived at a blacksmith’s shop and asked Tie Niu for a job rather than food.
• Tie Niu doubted the scrawny boy could handle blacksmithing but let him try a small hammer while he went to fetch food.
• Tang San swung the hammer skillfully, startling Tie Niu, who agreed to take him on as an apprentice.
• Tie Niu explained that Soul Tools had driven blacksmiths to the brink, leaving his shop dependent on basic iron goods.