Recaps

Xiao Zi used his hidden powers and the identity Li Lezi to build a place for himself at Shrek Academy while pursuing resources and influence. After entering Shrek’s student circles and intervening in Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin’s wager, he gained Ma Xiaotao’s trust by suppressing her Evil Fire.

• Qian Renxue restored Xiao Zi’s body and awakened his twin martial souls, while he recovered memories of his past and Luo Feng’s plan to send him to the Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Zi traveled north, discovered that people and soul beasts rarely noticed him, and used his Devour skill and hidden powers to gather resources.
• Xiao Zi manipulated Dai Huabin’s confrontation with Dugu Shangshan, planted an Enslavement Soul Seal in Dai Huabin, and secured a place in the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion convoy to Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Zi registered at Shrek under the fake name Li Lezi, befriended Dai Huabin, and caught Mu En’s attention despite his concealment.
• Xiao Zi traveled to Swallowed Star, passed the Martial Artist Assessment, received resources from Luo Feng, and returned to Shrek as classes began.
• Xiao Zi befriended Huo Yuhao and intervened in the wager with Dai Huabin, offering a twenty-thousand-year Soul Bone and later giving Soul Bones to Wang Dong and Ling Luochеn.
• Xiao Zi’s Golden Horned Beast devoured the Golden Lion-Tiger during the advancement assessment, helping create a tie that prevented Huo Yuhao from forcing Dai Huabin to apologize publicly.
• Xiao Zi lured Ma Xiaotao to the lake, claimed he could solve her Evil Fire problem, and used the Golden Horned Beast to devour and suppress it.

Xiao Zi left Shrek to train across worlds, gained a powerful clone, and secured the Snow Empress’s sacrifice and soul ring. Meanwhile, Shrek’s team suffered deadly losses on the way to the tournament, and Xu Jiujiu focused on Li Lezi’s name.

• Xiao Zi entered Swallowed Star, trained with the Fire Hammer Squad, and later absorbed an Ice Silkworm soul ring that raised him to level thirty-four and gave him the Clone skill.
• Xiao Zi chose a Demon Slayer Race clone, empowered it with Luo Feng’s Wood Bud Crystal, and then searched the Far North for the Snow Empress.
• Xiao Zi killed the Level 9 Soul Engineer who was trying to capture the Snow Empress and negotiated for her sacrifice by promising to protect the Far North and help her retain a chance at resurrection.
• The Snow Empress sacrificed herself and became an orange-golden soul ring for Xiao Zi, who inherited her skills and became the Far North’s supreme ruler.
• Xiao Zi healed and reached Level 35 while Xuan Zi’s delegation met Dai Hao, who dismissed Huo Yuhao’s complaints and called Li Lezi a servant who should accept defeat.
• The Death Messenger ambushed Shrek’s Inspection Corps, killing Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, and Gongyang Mo and gravely poisoning Xixi before Xuan Zi drove him off.
• Zhou Yi took Shrek’s depleted survivors to the Star Luo Imperial City, where Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao were chosen to lead the substitute lineup.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei summoned Xu Jiujiu to discuss the tournament and the Sun Moon Empire, and Xu Jiujiu focused on Li Lezi’s name.