Recaps

After failing to find a suitable Yang Water soul beast on one continent, Di Tian took Huo Yuhao to another, where they found a powerful Yang Water dragon at a Yin-Yang Lake. Huo Yuhao absorbed its soul ring and gained a new skill, then cultivated at the lake while Long Teng arrived and began evolving his martial soul.

• Di Tian and Huo Yuhao traveled to a new continent after finding no suitable soul beast, and shared a relaxed evening together on Sacred God Mountain.
• Di Tian discovered a vast Yin-Yang Lake and found a seventy-three-thousand-year Yang Water dragon whose power also contained Yin Water.
• Huo Yuhao killed the dragon and absorbed its soul ring, while Electrolux preserved the dragon's remnant soul in Huo Yuhao's Niwan Palace.
• Huo Yuhao gained the fourth soul skill Dawn-Born Wandering Dragon, which converted some incoming damage into healing or rebounded it, and reached a powerful dragon-man state he called the Small Martial Soul Avatar.
• Huo Yuhao began cultivating at the lake, and ten days later Long Teng arrived, entered the water, and began evolving his earth dragon martial soul toward a mountain dragon.

Huo Yuhao investigated the ruined Sea God Island and suspected Tang San had taken Chen Fuhai’s soul, while Shrek Academy prepared Ma Xiaotao for the tournament and considered seeking Sea God Island’s aid. The Demon Empress agreed to infiltrate Shrek as its High Priest, but secretly kept her power in a whale pearl and planned to use it against the Sea God if he descended.

• Huo Yuhao and Di Tian surveyed the ruined Sea God Island, and Huo Yuhao suspected Tang San had taken Chen Fuhai’s soul and that Mu En might have been changed.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, told Gu Mingxi and the beasts about his discoveries, and demonstrated his strength by trading punches with Gu Mingxi.
• Ah Yin told Chen Fuhai that Tang Hao had transferred light power from the Sea God Martial Soul, leaving Chen Fuhai with a defective martial soul that could still suppress most soul masters.
• Yan Shaozhe urged Shrek to let Ma Xiaotao become a soul saint and proposed seeking the Sea God High Priest’s aid; Xuan Zi said the plan required Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion’s approval.
• Tang Hao answered Ye Xishui’s call for help while fighting the Douluo Planet’s will, and the will struck him as he assisted her.
• Ye Xishui arranged for the Demon Empress to impersonate the Sea God High Priest and return with Shrek’s delegation, while the Demon Empress secretly kept the whale pearl and vowed to use it against the Sea God if he descended.

Xu Jiawei struggled to contain a scandal linking Shrek Academy’s Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui to Evil Soul Masters, while weighing Star Luo’s precarious position among the empires. He ordered Dai Hao to warn Shrek that its aid would be cut off unless it explained the scandal at the tournament, which was due to begin the next day.

• A rumor about Mu En, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui spread through Star Luo City, and Wang Xian'er confirmed to Xu Jiawei that its insinuations were true but deliberately left out crucial context.
• Xu Jiawei considered how the scandal and other political rumors could threaten Star Luo, Shrek, and the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, while noting the powerful leaders attending the tournament and Dou Ling's weak representation.
• Xu Jiawei complained that Dou Ling was keeping Sky Sun at home and forcing Star Luo to help protect its team during the tournament.
• Xu Jiawei summoned Dai Hao and sent him to tell Shrek that Star Luo would cut off its supplies unless the academy clearly addressed Ye Xishui's connection to Evil Soul Masters at the tournament.

Xue Heng and Du Busi laid out Heaven Dou’s plan to weaken Xu Jiawei’s trust in Dai Hao through public rumors and engineered discord between the White Tiger Guards and the Northern Army Group. The chapter ended with the plotters preparing to use a staged military death to force Xu Jiawei to question Dai Hao’s command.

• Xue Heng explained that Heaven Dou intended to exploit rumors about Xuanji Douluo and He Caitou’s identity to make Star Luo citizens doubt Dai Hao.
• Du Busi described how the rumors tied Xuanji Douluo to Dai Hao and could make Xu Jiawei suspect Dai Hao of colluding with Sun Moon.
• Xue Heng warned Xue Yu to unsettle Xu Jiawei without pushing Star Luo into premature chaos, while Xue Yu reported preparations involving the Fuyao Camp and White Tiger Guards.
• Du Busi and Xue Yu outlined how an infiltrating Body Sect disciple would provoke a conflict with Du Lei’s White Tiger Guards and stage the death of a military squad leader.
• Du Busi offered his Life and Death Tribulation Poison to make the disciple’s feigned death convincing, and Xue Yu predicted the resulting investigation would deepen suspicion of Dai Hao.

Dai Hao questioned Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin about Long Xiaoyao and urged his sons to cooperate during the tournament, while their rivalry over the White Tiger Duke title remained unresolved. Outside the Star Emperor Hotel, Dai Hao encountered Huo Yuhao and the Di'ao Academy group, where Nan Qiuqiu provoked him over rumors about Long Xiaoyao.

• Dai Hao summoned Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin and asked whether Long Xiaoyao's identity was questionable.
• Dai Yueheng described Long Xiaoyao's training and Shrek Team's strength, while Dai Huabin boasted that he and Zhu Lu would restore the Dai Family's glory with the Hell White Tiger.
• Dai Hao told the brothers to cooperate and prioritize their safety, then left without addressing Dai Huabin's implied challenge to Dai Yueheng's inheritance.
• Dai Hao encountered Huo Yuhao and the Di'ao Academy group outside the Star Emperor Hotel, and Huo Yuhao greeted him calmly while concealing his hatred.
• Nan Qiuqiu called Dai Hao the adopted son of a traitor Douluo and said Star Luo City's residents had spread the rumors, prompting Dai Hao to clench his fists as Nan Shuishui and Yu Longmo stepped forward.

Huo Yuhao publicly challenged Dai Hao’s authority and defended the Heaven Dou teams, turning the dispute outside the Star Emperor Hotel into a humiliating exchange for the White Tiger Duke. After the teams returned to the hotel, Huo Yuhao reaffirmed his plan to kill the Dai Family Brothers during the tournament.

• Dai Hao threatened to expel the Di'ao team for disturbing public order, but Huo Yuhao questioned why the many teams discussing the matter would not face the same punishment.
• The Heaven Dou teams silently backed Di'ao Academy, while the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders watched and Kong Deming assessed Di'ao’s members and their chances against his academy.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Hao’s authority over relations between Heaven Dou and Star Luo, then rebuked Dai Huabin for interrupting their conversation without a noble title.
• Dai Yueheng apologized for his younger brother, and Huo Yuhao sarcastically mocked the Dai family’s harmony and influence over the Western Army Group.
• The teams dispersed after Dai Hao addressed the onlookers, and Nan Qiuqiu complained to Nan Shuishui after being dragged back into the hotel.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed his concealed Imprinting Soul Skill and vowed to ensure the Dai Family Brothers died during the tournament.

Huo Yuhao explained how the team planned to exploit the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy’s political vulnerabilities, while considering an attack on Shrek’s Golden Tree. As the tournament began, Di'ao Second Team gathered with a major funding promise from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and set out to prove itself.

• Huo Yuhao explained why Xu Tianran would not expose He Caitou as Xu He or brand him an Evil Soul Master, and how the news about Long Xiaoyao could weaken Shrek’s ties with the Star Luo Empire.
• Long Aotian said Ma Xiaotao’s return to the Shrek Team would make her Evil Fire a liability, while Huo Yuhao reviewed plans involving Dai Hao and the Star Luo Empire with Tian Meng.
• Tian Meng proposed using Fixed Soul Cannon Shells against Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao considered whether they could obtain shells from the Sun Moon Empire after the tournament.
• At sunrise, Huo Yuhao found the Di'ao Second Team waiting outside his room, and Ning Tian revealed that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would pledge ten percent of last year's total revenue to the Heavenly Body Ring if they won.
• Huo Yuhao put away the funding contract and led the team out to compete in the tournament.

The tournament opened in Star Luo City under heavy security as Xu Jiawei oversaw a manual draw for the elimination round. Huo Yuhao’s Di'ao Second Team drew Tianling Academy, while Shrek’s opening opponent turned out to be Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.

• Dai Hao’s Public Security Team sealed the streets around Star Luo Plaza and deployed thousands of soldiers to prevent a repeat of the previous tournament’s stampede.
• The competing academies marched to the arena, where the Snow Empress and Di Tian’s presence drew attention to Di'ao Academy and Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Jiawei announced the elimination-round draw, and Shrek Academy received the opening-match position as the previous champions.
• The captains drew their numbers by hand, and Di'ao Second Team drew Tianling Academy while Huo Yuhao’s team number was eight.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that Shrek Academy’s opening opponent was Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament opened with Shrek Academy facing Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy, but rumors about Shrek Academy, Long Xiaoyao, and Evil Soul Masters overshadowed the match. Huo Yuhao’s allies helped inflame the accusations, and the arena descended into a riot as the chapter ended.

• Xu Jiawei welcomed the spectators and officially opened the tournament, then the announcer drew Shrek Academy against Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy in the first elimination match.
• An anonymous voice questioned Long Xiaoyao’s relationship with Ye Xishui, and the crowd began debating whether Shrek Academy had ties to Evil Soul Masters.
• Long Xiaoyao remained silent, while Kong Deming and Xu Jiawei recognized the political consequences of the rumors and watched the crowd grow more hostile.
• Huo Yuhao exchanged a signal with Jin Peng, and Lang Ya publicly pressed Long Xiaoyao for an explanation before disappearing with Hong Yue.
• Spectators began fighting over rumors about Long Xiaoyao, Mu En, Ye Xishui, and Xuanji Douluo, while Huo Yuhao and his allies blamed Dai Hao for failing to control the stands.
• The Public Security Team’s attempt to suppress the unrest enraged spectators and pickpockets, and the brawl spread into a full-scale riot.

A riot at the Soul Master Tournament was violently suppressed, and Xu Jiawei ordered the opening match to continue with Dai Hao as referee. Shrek and Mingdu’s clash escalated into a devastating battle that left the arena destroyed and the Mingdu team unconscious.

• Long Xiaoyao tried to quell the spectator riot with his pressure, but the Snow Empress, Di Tian, and Jin Peng confronted him and left Xu Jiawei to handle the situation.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Dai Hao to execute the detained ringleaders, then appointed him referee for the opening match between Shrek Academy and Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed her Soul Saint strength as Shrek launched a fierce attack, and the Mingdu team answered with six Six-Barrel Small Soul Cannons.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Phoenix True Body, and Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen broke the defensive barrier to intervene as the attacks collided.
• The Star Luo Empire's Guardian Douluos contained the blast, but the arena was devastated and every Mingdu contestant lost consciousness.

The opening match ended with the Mingdu team disqualified, but its cannon attack terrified spectators and demonstrated the power of military Soul Tools. As Di'ao Academy's Second Team prepared to restore confidence in traditional Soul Masters, Gu Mingxi entered alone to face Tianling Academy and vowed not to use her martial soul.

• The Mingdu team’s prohibited cannon barrage injured Yao Haoxuan, and the judges disqualified the team after Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming prevented any deaths.
• Huo Yuhao, Di Tian, and the Snow Empress recognized how military Soul Tools could threaten Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, while Xu Jiawei ordered the Royal Soul Engineer Corps to replace the Public Security Team.
• Huo Yuhao and Xingyan changed Di'ao’s plan, deciding that Huo Yuhao and the others should demonstrate the strength of ultimate martial souls rather than reveal the Mind-Soul Forging Research Institute.
• The announcer called the eighth match between Di'ao Academy's Second Team and Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and spectators cheered for Di'ao’s renowned members.
• Gu Mingxi entered the arena alone and declared that Tianling would have to make her use her martial soul to defeat her; Dai Hao confirmed the wager and started the match.

Gu Mingxi defeated Tianling Academy’s team with a single Nine Resonance Fist before the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won its match. After the Di'ao Second Team returned to the Star Emperor Hotel, Huo Yuhao set a plan in motion to create a chance to kill Dai Huabin.

• Gu Mingxi knocked out two Tianling Academy Soul Masters with her punch and forced the others to concede, winning without using her martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao praised Gu Mingxi’s Nine Resonance Fist and told her to develop its tenth resonance herself.
• Xiao Hongchen chose to fight alone against the Star Luo Empire team, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won.
• Huo Yuhao led the Di'ao Second Team back to the Star Emperor Hotel and told its members to begin carrying out his instructions.
• The Di'ao Second Team set out to create an opportunity for Huo Yuhao to kill Dai Huabin outside the tournament.

Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng deceived Xu Jiawei’s spies by disguising themselves as Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng, then made Zhu Lu believe the two had secretly met with the Nether Duke. Zhu Lu panicked and went to find Dai Huabin, while Huo Yuhao returned to the Star Emperor Hotel before the real Dai Hao arrived.

• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng used false trails and changing disguises to draw Xu Jiawei’s spies away from their route to the Nether Duke’s Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng entered the mansion disguised as Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng, then made a maid see them near Zhu Lu’s quarters.
• The maid told Zhu Lu that Dai Hao had taken Dai Yueheng to meet the Nether Duke, and Zhu Lu feared the White Tiger Family might change her marriage arrangement.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng slipped out of the mansion and returned to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion before the real Dai Hao left.
• Dai Hao returned to the Star Emperor Hotel with Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin and found Zhu Lu waiting at the entrance, looking distracted.

Huo Yuhao and his companions discussed Bei Bei’s bloodline and the unresolved danger surrounding Ma Xiaotao while Xu Jiawei grew suspicious of Dai Hao and weighed the rise of a talented Northern Army recruit. Dai Huabin, fearing Dai Yueheng would overtake him as heir, planned to use Tang Yi to pass a deceptive alliance offer to Huo Yuhao and gather intelligence on the Di'ao Second Team.

• Huo Yuhao, Yu Tianlong, Nan Qiuqiu, and Su Tong discussed Bei Bei’s mixed dragon bloodline and Ma Xiaotao’s danger as they watched the tournament.
• Xu Jiawei reviewed reports about Dai Hao and ordered a promising Northern Army recruit promoted while continuing to observe him.
• Xu Jiawei suspected Dai Hao might be maneuvering to protect his family or challenge the throne after hearing he had met Dai Yueheng and the Nether Duke.
• Dai Huabin grew alarmed that Dai Hao might favor Dai Yueheng and searched for a way to prove his own value.
• Dai Huabin decided to have Tang Yi approach Xingyan with a false message about Clear Sky Castle seeking an alliance with Heaven Dou, hoping to obtain information on the Di'ao Second Team.

Huo Yuhao prepared the Heaven Dou teams for their round-robin match against Shrek, while Di Tian revealed that the Demon Empress had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult and planned to join Shrek as Sea God's High Priestess. The chapter left Huo Yuhao confronting the threat posed by the Demon Empress and the still-living Limit Douluo Ye Xishui.

• Huo Yuhao learned from Tang Yi's intelligence that Wang Dong had refused Dai Huabin's plan to use Clear Sky Castle for espionage.
• Huo Yuhao led a meeting with the Di'ao and Tianzheng Academy teams, outlining tactics to exploit Shrek's likely lineup and preserve Tianzheng Academy's strength.
• Gu Mingxi brought Huo Yuhao to meet Di Tian, who reported that the Demon Empress had arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest to discuss cooperation.
• Di Tian told Huo Yuhao that Ye Xishui was alive at Limit Douluo cultivation and that the Demon Empress had joined the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Di Tian revealed that the Demon Empress would join Shrek Academy as Sea God's High Priestess after refining Chen Fuhai's martial soul.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Demon Empress planned to infiltrate Shrek Academy while entrusting her daughter, Lan Fozi, to the Star Dou Great Forest, and he weighed how to use her plan. Di Tian then revealed that Xiong Jun had killed Chen Zifeng and grievously wounded Xian Lin'er.

• Di Tian explained that the Demon Empress had brought Lan Fozi to the Lake of Life and planned to join Shrek Academy to destroy the Golden Tree, while hoping to secure a future for her daughter.
• The Snow Empress and Di Tian prepared to meet the Demon Empress under the guise of supporting her plan, while Bi Ji described Lan Fozi as innocent and unaware of the schemes around her.
• Di Tian gave Huo Yuhao the Holy Spirit Cult's organizational structure, which Huo Yuhao memorized before destroying the paper.
• Huo Yuhao decided the Demon Empress was too complicated to cooperate with directly, but considered using her willingness to die to damage Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Di Tian told Huo Yuhao that Xiong Jun had killed Chen Zifeng during his Soul Hunting and had torn off one of Xian Lin'er's arms and legs, leaving her fate uncertain.

Di Tian and Bi Ji gave Huo Yuhao a Dark Gold Dreadclaw right palm bone taken from a slain bear, and Huo Yuhao absorbed it after promising to avenge its owner and Xiong Jun. He planned to use the new claw to kill Dai Huabin at a major auction while leaving clues that would turn the Dai, Zhu, and Xu families against each other.

• Di Tian and Bi Ji explained that Xiong Jun had killed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear after Xian Lin'er and Chen Zifeng hunted its mate, then gave Huo Yuhao the male bear's right palm bone.
• Gu Mingxi told Huo Yuhao that Xiong Jun wanted him to use the bone against Shrek and bring back at least one head as an offering.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the bone, reconciled with the bear's resentful remnant in his Niwan Palace, and gained the Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Huo Yuhao decided to wait for a large members-only auction to kill Dai Huabin and use the Netherworld Ghost Claw to conceal the true source of the wounds.
• Huo Yuhao planned to leave ambiguous evidence implicating the Zhu Family so the Dai, Zhu, and Xu families would turn against one another.

Huo Yuhao prepared the Di'ao Second Team for its first round-robin match against the Dou Ling Imperial Advanced Soul Master Academy, and the teams drew the two-two-three format. The chapter ended as the first contestants from both sides stepped onto the stage.

• Huo Yuhao secretly entered the Zhu Family estate and Imprinted the Netherworld Ghost Claw soul skill before returning to the Star Emperor Hotel at dawn.
• The Shrek Team and Zhengtian Academy won their opening matches, while Xu Jiawei watched Huo Yuhao and reflected on his conflicting duties to the empire and the Star Crown Sect.
• Huo Yuhao and Lone Bamboo Sword drew the blue ball, setting the Di'ao Second Team versus Dou Ling match in the two-two-three format.
• Huo Yuhao told his teammates that Xingyan would fight in the second bout and predicted the Dou Ling Team would use its first bout to assess their lineup.
• Lone Bamboo Sword selected Qian Yuan and Xiao Feng for the opening bout, while Long Aotian and Ning Tian rose to represent the Di'ao Second Team.

Long Aotian used Unity of Heaven and Man to overwhelm the Dou Ling Team and secure the first match for Di'ao Academy's second team. As the teams prepared for the next match, Xingyan and Nan Qiuqiu took the stage, surprising and angering their opponents.

• Long Aotian activated Unity of Heaven and Man as Ning Tian enhanced him, leaving Xiao Feng unable to locate or attack him.
• Qian Yuan charged Long Aotian with his Soul Skills, but Long Aotian struck him and Xiao Feng down with Heaven-Crushing Force.
• Long Aotian defeated the Dou Ling Team's pair, and Huang Jinxu stopped his final blow before declaring Di'ao Academy's second team the winner.
• Shrek Academy's members discussed how they might counter Unity of Heaven and Man, while the Dou Ling Team prepared to continue despite its defeat.
• Xingyan and Nan Qiuqiu stepped onto the platform for the next match, prompting Lone Bamboo Sword and Chi Hengyu to feel they had been underestimated.

Nan Qiuqiu and Xingyan defeated Dou Ling Academy’s Lone Bamboo Sword and Chi Hengyu through their coordinated annihilation and explosive attacks. Their victory secured Di'ao Academy’s second team a place in the next round, and Xingyan argued for more chances to fight.

• Nan Qiuqiu and Xingyan opened the two-on-two match by draining Chi Hengyu’s soul power and dismantling his Jingang Shield with their coordinated attacks.
• After Chi Hengyu activated his Invincible Shield, Lone Bamboo Sword summoned the Illusory Purple Bamboo Formation and launched a combined assault on Nan Qiuqiu and Xingyan.
• Nan Qiuqiu used Annihilation: Ring of the Ruins to restrain Lone Bamboo Sword and weaken his Purple Radiant Bamboo.
• Xingyan seized Lone Bamboo Sword and drove them both into the stage with Dragon Meteor, unleashing a massive explosion before Huang Jinxu rescued Lone Bamboo Sword.
• Huang Jinxu declared Di'ao Academy’s second team the winner, and Xingyan asked Yu Tianlong to let him fight in future matches.

Huo Yuhao and the Di'ao Second Team attended a soul-tool auction at the Starlight Auction House, where the finale Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife drew Huo Yuhao's attention. Electrolux recognized its material as Gold of Life, and Huo Yuhao placed a bold bid, drawing Shrek Academy's suspicion.

• Ning Tian used her connections to secure the group a luxurious private box and introduced the auction's inventory.
• The attendant identified the finale lot as the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, ranked ninety-ninth among the Ranking Carving Knives, and Huo Yuhao recognized its significance.
• Huo Yuhao won an early bid for a Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray, while members of the Di'ao Second Team occasionally bid on other items.
• Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power was repelled by the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and Electrolux recognized that it was made of Gold of Life.
• Huo Yuhao immediately commissioned a bid of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, prompting Shrek Academy to regard the bidder as a fool.

Huo Yuhao had Yu Mengdi purify the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and learned that its evil power could help her Angel Martial Soul evolve into a Holy Angel. Meanwhile, the Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo prepared to carry out the Blood Sacrifice Plan during the Soul Master Tournament in Star Luo City.

• Huo Yuhao brought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife to Yu Mengdi, whose angel power drew out and struck the malevolent soul inside it.
• Yu Mengdi said purifying the knife would strengthen her and might let her evolve her Angel Martial Soul into a Holy Angel, though she could not guarantee the attempt would be safe.
• Yu Mengdi said two more Evil Soul Titled Douluos would ensure her evolution, but she refused Huo Yuhao's suggestion to go overseas and planned to focus on purifying the knife.
• The Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo awoke among the bones of sacrificed Holy Spirit Cult disciples and discussed the Blood Sacrifice Plan as their last chance.
• The Abomination Douluo expected to become a Super Douluo in ten days, and the two Evil Soul Douluos planned to exploit the tournament gathering in Star Luo City to complete their blood sacrifice and target Huo Yuhao.

Zhengtian Academy lost its team battle against Shrek Academy but exposed Shrek’s coordination problems through careful tactics and Soul Tool use. Afterward, Dai Huabin’s resentment toward Dai Yueheng erupted in a public confrontation with Dai Hao, who requested leave to speak with his younger son.

• Ye Wuqing and Dai Yueheng drew the team-battle match, and Zhengtian Academy used a prepared counter to Xu Sanshi’s Xuanming Displacement.
• Ye Wuqing activated Huo Yuhao’s Invincible Shield, while Zhengtian Academy’s coordinated attacks injured Ling Luochеn and Gongyang Mo and disrupted Shrek’s formation.
• Shrek Team defeated Zhengtian Academy after Tang Xiaolei was eliminated, but spectators criticized Shrek’s performance and praised Zhengtian Academy’s effort.
• Dai Hao reprimanded Dai Huabin for hesitating during the battle, and Dai Huabin accused his father of favoring Dai Yueheng before Dai Hao slapped him.
• Zhu Lu took Dai Huabin away, and Dai Hao asked Xu Jiawei for a day’s leave to talk with his younger son; Xu Jiawei agreed.

Di'ao Second Team secured first place in its group while the Shrek Team grew anxious over Chen Zifeng's disappearance. After learning that Qian Duoduo had withdrawn from Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao concluded that he might seek revenge at Sea God Island.

• Yu Tianlong defeated all seven members of a Star Luo Empire team, and Di'ao Second Team later forfeited its remaining group matches.
• The Shrek Team fought more fiercely as Chen Zifeng failed to return from his soul-ring hunt, unaware that he and Xian Lin'er had died in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Yi informed Huo Yuhao that Qian Duoduo had withdrawn from the academy and left Star Luo City.
• Huo Yuhao risked revealing his Simulation skill to deliver Tang Yi a letter promising to create chaos at the Top-Level Auction so Tang Yi could escape Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao told the Heaven Dou Empire delegation about Qian Duoduo and the deaths of Chen Zifeng and Xian Lin'er.
• After the delegation discussed where Qian Duoduo might go, Huo Yuhao pointed to Sea God Island.

Huo Yuhao and his allies discussed Qian Duoduo’s likely journey to Sea God Island and Shrek Academy’s worsening position, then began planning to investigate whether Mu En’s soul was inside the Radiant Sacred Dragon. They decided to prepare a body for Electrolux so he could examine the Sealing God Platform and, if necessary, restrain Mu En before he could attack Heaven Dou City or the Golden Tree.

• Jin Peng left to return to Heaven Dou City after the group concluded Qian Duoduo was probably heading to Sea God Island, and Di Tian and Snow Empress agreed to protect the children on the team.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian and Snow Empress that Qian Duoduo’s withdrawal would let the Heaven Dou Empire notice Sea God Island, while Shrek Academy concealed his departure and the deaths of Chen Zifeng and Xian Lin'er.
• Snow Empress and Tian Meng proposed using Soul Cannon Shells to destroy the Golden Tree, and Huo Yuhao argued that someone from Shrek would need to bring them inside.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that Chen Fuhai might have taken over Mu En’s body and considered whether Mu En’s soul had moved into the Radiant Sacred Dragon; Snow Empress agreed the dragon might be willing to destroy the Golden Tree.
• Electrolux agreed that a body made from Gold of Life would let him sense the Sealing God Platform, and Huo Yuhao planned to use him to investigate and potentially restrain the Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Snow Empress offered Huo Yuhao dragon Soul Bones from the Far North to make Electrolux a better body, and Huo Yuhao accepted her offer.