Recaps

Lu Yu and his companions confronted the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and he agreed to Youyou’s test to earn seven herbs. He saw through her trick and seized her, ending the chapter with Youyou asking him to let go.

• The Golden Hawksbill Turtle blocked the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass’s attack with its Invincible Shield, while Lu Yu realized they had been holding back.
• Youyou warned Lu Yu not to anger the immortal herbs, then introduced herself, A Jiao, and Octagonal.
• Youyou refused to give Lu Yu nonsentient immortal herbs for free and offered seven herbs if he survived eating a test herb.
• Lu Yu pretended to accept the test, then froze Youyou’s stem, severed her from her roots, and ripped out her Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal Pill.
• Youyou saw Lu Yu holding her and her pill and shakily asked him to let go.

Lu Yu threatened Youyou until she revealed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well belonged to Sea God Tang San, while A Jiao and Bajiao refused to help her. A Jiao attacked Lu Yu’s group, but the Ancient Song Fragrant Phoenix Bird repeatedly dispersed her fire constructs and stopped her from fighting.

• Lu Yu froze Youyou and threatened to destroy the Myriad tribulation entangling radish, forcing her to reveal that Tang San controlled the medicinal garden and that she had been following his orders.
• Youyou offered Lu Yu the immortal herbs, but A Jiao cut off her attempt and said she would not let him take the herbs freely.
• A Jiao and Bajiao rejected Youyou’s pleas, with Bajiao admitting she had given up on becoming a god.
• A Jiao summoned a fire woman to attack Lu Yu’s group, but the Ancient Song Fragrant Phoenix Bird dispersed it with a sound wave.
• A Jiao summoned a stronger fire woman, but the Ancient Song Fragrant Phoenix Bird’s repeated sound waves kept destroying it and prevented A Jiao from forming another.

Lu Yu and Huo Yutong subdued the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Octagonal betrayed A Jiao and offered to become Huo Yutong’s Wisdom Soul Ring. With the herbs under control, Lu Yu took Youyou’s Poison Scripture and forced her to sign a Contract of Sale, then began preparing to loot the valley.

• A Jiao called on Octagonal and the other Immortal Herbs to fight, but the Ancient Song Fragrant Phoenix Bird’s Golden Emperor Heaven-Shaking Sound suppressed their attacks.
• A Jiao and Octagonal agreed to fight together until Huo Yutong appeared and Octagonal froze A Jiao with an Ice-Freeze Ray.
• Octagonal declared her loyalty to Huo Yutong and asked to become her Wisdom Soul Ring, prompting the other Immortal Herbs to surrender.
• Youyou offered Lu Yu her Poison Scripture, which he recognized as a treasure Tang San had hidden, and Lu Yu took it.
• Lu Yu made Youyou sign a Contract of Sale and ordered her to bring him the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

Huo Yutong used the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to awaken her Spirit Eyes, and Lu Yu also enhanced his Spirit Eyes with the same power. Lu Yu then evaluated Octagonal's Soul Skills before agreeing to consider her sacrifice if she cooperated with an experiment.

• Youyou gave Lu Yu the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Lu Yu told Huo Yutong how to use it.
• Huo Yutong absorbed the dewdrops, raising her Spiritual Power to an ordinary Titled Douluo's level and enabling her Spirit Eyes' Silver Awakening.
• Lu Yu explained that Huo Yutong's Silver Awakening and Eye of Destiny could multiply her Soul Skill power, then used his own enhanced Spirit Eyes.
• Octagonal asked Lu Yu to let her sacrifice herself, but he questioned her Soul Skills and judged most of them inadequate.
• Octagonal begged to be accepted, and Lu Yu offered to consider her sacrifice if she cooperated with an experiment.

Lu Yu experimented on the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass by engraving a soul skill into a miniature soul ring, and the trial succeeded. After discovering the power of the Ice Seal Technique, she eagerly asked Lu Yu to give her more skills, joining the Rabbit Sect.

• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass reluctantly agreed to Lu Yu's experiment after he warned that failure could turn her into an undead.
• Lu Yu used a Jade-Green Knife to carve a miniature soul ring from part of her soul and origin essence, then engraved the Ice Seal Technique onto it.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass successfully cast the Ice Seal Technique on the Infernal Delicate Apricot, trapping her in layers of ultimate ice.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass celebrated her new skill and asked Lu Yu to engrave more powerful soul skills onto her.

Lu Yu and Elder Yi completed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass’s sacrifice for Huo Yutong, granting her a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and right leg bone. They sealed the excess energy instead of creating another ring, and Huo Yutong confirmed that all three artificially added skills had taken effect.

• After three days of painful adjustments, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass formed an Octagonal Profound Ice Crystal, which Lu Yu accepted before beginning the sacrifice.
• Huo Yutong absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring and right leg bone, rising from level 35 to level 40.
• Elder Yi warned that the soul spirit’s excess energy could generate another hundred-thousand-year ring, but Lu Yu chose to seal it inside Huo Yutong’s soul bone.
• Huo Yutong checked her new abilities and confirmed that all three artificially added soul skills had attached.

Huo Yutong demonstrated four powerful skills from the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Lu Yu explained how he and Elder Yi had designed its array-based soul skills. After the experiments succeeded, Lu Yu prepared to continue selecting immortal herbs.

• Huo Yutong demonstrated Ice Seal Technique and Ice God Sealing Array, which could freeze targets and suppress their soul power.
• Lu Yu explained that he had studied tournament records and worked with Elder Yi to design the array skills using the Ice God's divine power as a reference.
• Huo Yutong revealed that Ice God Possession let her cast four arrays instantly or form a larger array, and she described her Ultimate Ice Amplification skill.
• Tian Meng mocked the Ice Empress's skills, but she escaped his Spiritual Prison with Ice Jade Laser Cannon and Ice Explosion and froze him.
• Lu Yu ignored their quarrel and began choosing the next immortal herbs.

Lu Yu secured the cooperation of several sentient immortal herbs and returned with two soul beasts to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. He warned Sect Master Ning that their next decision would be irreversible, and Ning concluded that Lu Yu intended to claim imperial rule.

• Lu Yu agreed to take the sentient immortal herbs and their hosts to the Divine Realm, while Youyou and A Jiao also asked him to find them potential godhood candidates.
• The sentient immortal herbs signed soul contracts with Lu Yu, who collected the non-sentient immortal herbs and left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the two soul beasts.
• Lu Yu returned to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's branch, where Ning Tian told him Sect Master Ning had come back after receiving his message.
• Lu Yu warned Sect Master Ning that the matter they were about to discuss required choosing a side with no turning back.
• Sect Master Ning inferred that Lu Yu planned to challenge the empires and knelt before him, declaring that he could claim imperial rule.

Lu Yu offered the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect an aromatic silk beauty in exchange for breaking with the Shrek Seven Devils and supporting him against Sea God Tang San. Sect Master Ning and Ning Tian signed Soul Contracts, and Lu Yu turned to Ning Tian to ask her current level.

• Sect Master Ning and Ning Tian misunderstood Lu Yu’s remark and thought he wanted to declare himself emperor.
• Lu Yu revealed that he had found an aromatic silk beauty, which could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Lu Yu demanded that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect sever ties with the Shrek Seven Devils and that the Soul Master who took the herb obey him.
• Sect Master Ning agreed to oppose Tang San, explaining that the sect had long since lost its attachment to the Shrek Seven Devils and trusted Lu Yu’s potential.
• Sect Master Ning and Ning Tian signed Lu Yu’s Soul Contracts, and Lu Yu asked Ning Tian what level she had reached.

Lu Yu prepared Ning Tian to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul beast by strengthening her spiritual power, while Huo Yutong gave Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan immortal herbs to help them grow. Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan both absorbed their herbs and broke through at the same time.

• Sect Master Ning promised to gather a set of high-grade ten-thousand-year soul bones for Ning Tian after Lu Yu explained she would need to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul beast as her fourth soul ring.
• Lu Yu used the Blade of Life's Watch and gold of life to repeatedly tear and heal Ning Tian's Sea of Consciousness, increasing her spiritual power despite her screams of pain.
• Huo Yutong gave Xiao Xiao a cockscomb phoenix sunflower, which could awaken the phoenix within her Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute, and gave Jiang Nannan a narcissus jade muscle bone to strengthen her body and soul power.
• Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan followed Huo Yutong's instructions and absorbed their immortal herbs; about an hour later, both broke through at the same time.

After absorbing immortal herbs, Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan made major breakthroughs, and Xiao Xiao’s Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute partially awakened. Huo Yutong told Xiao Xiao about powerful soul spirits that could provide soul rings, then went looking for Lu Yu and discovered Ning Tian emerging from a hidden chamber.

• Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan woke after absorbing immortal herbs, with Xiao Xiao reaching rank 40 and Jiang Nannan reaching rank 50.
• Xiao Xiao shattered Huo Yutong’s ice prison with the phoenix cry of her partially awakened Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute.
• Jiang Nannan said her martial soul had not evolved, but she had gained strength and flexibility along with her breakthrough to Soul King.
• Huo Yutong told Xiao Xiao that soul spirits could provide soul rings and described immortal herb soul beasts that could suit Xiao Xiao’s second martial soul.
• Xiao Xiao urged Huo Yutong to find Lu Yu, but Huo Yutong could not locate him and cultivated for about two hours.
• A hidden door opened beside Huo Yutong, and Ning Tian emerged from the secluded chamber with a rosy complexion.

Huo Yutong returned to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect as a Soul Ancestor and Level 8 Soul Engineer, while Xu Tianzhen struggled to replicate their Soul Tools and teased her about Lu Yu. When Ning Tian summoned Xu Tianzhen for an important discussion, Xu realized the sect knew her hidden surname and suspected Lu Yu was about to reveal their cards.

• Huo Yutong asked Ning Tian what had happened, and Ning Tian said she had cultivated with the gold of life and asked Huo to fetch Xu Tianzhen.
• Xu Tianzhen complained that she could not replicate Lu Yu and Huo Yutong's Level 7 Soul Tools, then teased Huo about her relationship with Lu Yu.
• Huo Yutong resolved to wait until after the tournament in Star Luo City, about two months away, before taking revenge on the duchess.
• Xu Tianzhen noticed Ning Tian's stronger spiritual power and suspected she had secretly gained an advantage through Lu Yu.
• Ning Tian summoned Xu Tianzhen to discuss an important matter with Lu Yu and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Xu realized Ning Tian knew her hidden surname.

Lu Yu revealed that he had controlled Xu Tianzhen with a Soul Tool and proposed helping her reclaim the Sun Moon Empire’s throne so he could spread a method for everyone to awaken soul power. Xu Tianzhen accepted his plan but used its importance to tease and pressure him.

• Xu Tianzhen took Ning Tian into the secret chamber and left Huo Yutong outside to guard the door.
• Lu Yu confessed to Xu Tianzhen that he had controlled her with the Hypnosis App, then released its influence.
• Xu Tianzhen broke down in tears, while Ning Tian feared the Soul Tool; Lu Yu offered Xu Tianzhen an eight-petal immortal orchid as compensation.
• Lu Yu proposed assassinating the Sun Moon Empire’s emperor and restoring Xu Tianzhen to the throne so he could promote soul-power cultivation for everyone.
• Xu Tianzhen and Ning Tian were shocked by Lu Yu’s plan, and Xu Tianzhen hinted that she would demand more than a ferocious beast in return for her help.

Lu Yu helped Xu Tianzhen cultivate, then decided which Soul Spirit Xiao Xiao should absorb and asked Ning Tian to find Soul Skills for him to reproduce. In the Divine Realm, Tang San realized he had lost contact with Xiao Qi’s split soul in the Star Dou Great Forest and feared it was in danger.

• Xu Tianzhen challenged Lu Yu to strengthen her Sea of Consciousness, but she passed out from the pain and Ning Tian cultivated with him afterward.
• Huo Yutong saw Lu Yu and Ning Tian emerge and privately counted ten advantages she had over Xu Tianzhen.
• Lu Yu decided Xiao Xiao should absorb the Earth Dragon Golden Melon first, while the Golden Hawksbill Turtle and Ancient Song Fragrant Phoenix Bird remained in his service.
• Lu Yu asked Ning Tian to find Soul Beasts or Soul Masters with several common Soul Skills that he could reproduce as artificial skills.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San she felt something was wrong, and Tang San realized he could no longer sense Xiao Qi’s split soul in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lu Yu and the others rapidly increased their soul power with immortal herbs, soul bones, and pills, while Tang Ya lagged behind and complained about her martial soul. Tang Ya then found a book attributed to Tang San that contained the Tang Sect’s lost poison and medicinal methods, and she realized she was alone with Lu Yu.

• Xu Tianzhen, Ning Tian, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan woke after absorbing immortal herbs or soul bones and celebrated their increased soul power.
• Lu Yu swallowed a Nine Treasures Pill and raised his soul power from level 43 to level 44.
• Tang Ya compared her slow cultivation with the others, argued with her Dark Blue Silver Grass, and admitted she was lazy.
• An ancient book appeared beside Tang Ya, and she discovered that Tang San had written it to preserve the Tang Sect’s lost poison and medicinal methods.
• Tang Ya noticed the room had emptied except for her and Lu Yu, then nervously asked what he was going to do.

Tang Ya struggled to choose between Lu Yu and the Tang Sect, but Huo Yutong’s message helped her decide to leave the sect behind and pursue happiness. She then sneaked into Lu Yu’s room, where their playful confrontation ended with Tang Ya daring him to punish her.

• Lu Yu told Tang Ya that he and Tang San were enemies and that she would have to disband the Tang Sect or leave, while promising she could stay until she reached four rings.
• Huo Yutong left Tang Ya a message saying her parents would want her to find happiness, and Tang Ya decided to end the Tang Sect’s legacy herself.
• Tang Ya sneaked to Lu Yu’s room using Blue Silver Grass, but he spotted and bound her with his own grass.
• Lu Yu warned Tang Ya that an immortal herb or more evil cultivation could push her toward becoming an Evil Soul Master, and Tang Ya admitted she planned to become one and drain him dry.
• Tang Ya provocatively challenged Lu Yu to use his Blade of Life to punish her.

Huo Yutong welcomed Tang Ya’s decision to stay, mistakenly believing she was far ahead of her in pursuing Lu Yu. Tang Ya showed off her transformed Blue Silver Grass, and Lu Yu prepared to help her evolve it into a Blue Silver King.

• Huo Yutong found Tang Ya the next morning and learned that her note had persuaded Tang Ya to stay.
• Huo Yutong told Tang Ya she was already miles ahead in her progress with Lu Yu, and the two promised to compete fairly.
• Huo Yutong and Tang Ya visited the Pseudo-Dark Blue Silver King, which the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had recently helped evolve into a Blue Silver King.
• Huo Yutong discovered that Tang Ya had reached Soul Ancestor after Lu Yu expanded her Sea of Consciousness and gave her an immortal herb.
• Tang Ya demonstrated her reinforced Blue Silver Entanglement by trapping Jiang Nannan, while Xiao Xiao explained how she had used Cauldron’s Abundance to sneak past Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Field.
• Lu Yu explained how the Ink Bamboo Immortal Herb had transformed Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass and said he would help evolve it into a Blue Silver King.

Lu Yu used the Pseudo-Dark Blue Silver King to help Tang Ya awaken her Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, evolve her Martial Soul, and gain a Dark Blue Silver Soul Ring. After demonstrating his newly formed Ink Jade Blue Silver Overlord Spear, he interrupted the group's combat ranking and told them to prepare for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lu Yu used Ghost Possession to control the Pseudo-Dark Blue Silver King, which gathered the valley's Blue Silver Grass into a sacrifice for Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya received a Dark Blue Silver Soul Ring, became more beautiful, and evolved her Martial Soul as Lu Yu explained the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline's abilities.
• Lu Yu formed the Ink Jade Blue Silver Overlord Spear and demonstrated its piercing power and Blue Silver Parasite Thorn on a rock.
• The group ranked their combat abilities, placing Tang Ya among the strongest and leaving Xu Tianzhen surprised at how low she ranked.
• Lu Yu stopped the discussion and told everyone to get ready to set off for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lu Yu guided the immortal herbs through a Soul Spirit ritual, and Xiao Xiao absorbed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, awakening her cauldron’s dragon souls and gaining a burrowing domain. After Lu Yu explained ways to counter the domain, Xiao Xiao revealed that her Soul Bone’s second skill could resist Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Field.

• Lu Yu brought the group into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley and promised the immortal herbs that their chosen Soul Masters had the talent to pursue godhood.
• The immortal herbs hesitated to go first, but the Earth Dragon Golden Melon volunteered to become Xiao Xiao’s Soul Spirit.
• Lu Yu performed the Soul Spirit ritual, and Xiao Xiao gained four Soul Power levels as the Earth Dragon Golden Melon attached itself to her right leg.
• Xiao Xiao demonstrated her awakened cauldrons and Earth Element Control, which let her replenish Soul Power and burrow underground while her domain slowed nearby opponents.
• Lu Yu described ways to counter Xiao Xiao’s domain, and Tang Ya realized her own abilities made her well suited to fight Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao objected to their confidence and said her Soul Bone’s second skill could withstand Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Field.

Xiao Xiao explained how her soul bone and soul ring skills combined to overwhelm Tang Ya, then Lu Yu helped Xu Tianzhen absorb Infernal Delicate Apricot and gain powerful fire abilities. The chapter ended with Xu Tianzhen demonstrating that her Sun Martial Soul had a spatial skill.

• Xiao Xiao revealed that Earth Dragon Turns Over, Cauldron's Domain, and Ring Fusion let her control and stun Tang Ya across a wide area, so Tang Ya surrendered.
• Xiao Xiao's strength stunned the others, and Xu Tianzhen asked Lu Yu to prepare her new soul skills.
• Lu Yu collected Infernal Delicate Apricot's molten gel and performed the soul spirit ritual, raising Xu Tianzhen to Soul King and giving her a right leg soul bone.
• Xu Tianzhen described Infernal Delicate Apricot's fire-enhancing skills and received two red hundred-thousand-year soul rings from A Jiao.
• Xu Tianzhen demonstrated her Sun Martial Soul's skills by teleporting between spots illuminated by its beams, surprising Huo Yutong with its spatial ability.

Xu Tianzhen showed off her Sun Martial Soul’s powerful new skills, while Lu Yu and the others discussed how Ning Tian might receive the sacrifices of the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Youyou. The two immortal herbs proposed fusing into a single two-hundred-thousand-year soul spirit if Lu Yu could preserve both of their consciousnesses.

• Xu Tianzhen described how her Sun Martial Soul’s Radiant Light domain, Flame Explosion Technique, and Solar Divine Light could overwhelm enemies, and Lu Yu said he could help her hunt a Sun Insect King in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tianzhen teased Xiao Xiao, while Tang Ya lamented her drop in the combat ranking and Jiang Nannan comforted her.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty asked whether Ning Tian could accept sacrifices from both her and Youyou, and Lu Yu proposed giving Ning Tian a head soul bone and asking Elder Yi and Tian Meng to find a way to ease the spiritual burden.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty explained that she and Youyou could fuse into a two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast immortal herb, and asked Lu Yu to preserve both their consciousnesses after fusion.

Lu Yu helped Ning Tian absorb the fused Aromatic Silk Beauty and Youyou, earning her a two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast soul ring and two soul bones. After securing the immortal herb garden, he turned to Huo Yutong and Xu Tianzhen with a secret lesson in mind.

• Lu Yu confirmed with Elder Yi that Aromatic Silk Beauty and Youyou could fuse, then guided their fusion into one soul spirit for Ning Tian.
• The fused Aromatic Silk Beauty entered Ning Tian, granting her a red soul ring with two golden markings and two two-hundred-thousand-year soul bones; Ning Tian reached level 41 and learned she could receive four such soul rings in total.
• Ning Tian revealed the soul bone skills, including Aromatic Silk Domain, which countered battlefield skills and suppressed many domains.
• Lu Yu and his companions finished taking the immortal herbs, replanted seeds, and made the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers sign a Soul Contract to guard them.
• Lu Yu considered the hidden Dragon King corpses and then called Huo Yutong and Xu Tianzhen over to teach them a Flame Mantra.

Lu Yu had Huo Yutong and Xu Tianzhen absorb Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire energy into their Soul Bones, then took them to Dragon City. There, Wu Feng told him that the Clear Sky Sect had emerged from seclusion and was purchasing Soul Tools across the continent.

• Huo Yutong filled her three Ultimate Ice Soul Bones with energy from the Ice Spring, while Xu Tianzhen reluctantly endured the pain of filling her right leg with energy from the Fire Spring.
• Lu Yu estimated that the stored energy could help Xu Tianzhen gain two levels and Huo Yutong reach Soul King, then made small carriages to transport them when the Golden Hawksbill Turtle refused to carry them.
• Lu Yu took the group from Sunset Forest to Dragon City ahead of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Soul Fighting Tournament and entered the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's branch.
• Lu Yu asked Wu Feng why the sect was busy forging Soul Tools, and she explained that the Clear Sky Sect had emerged from seclusion and was buying Soul Tools at several times their normal price.
• Wu Feng said people suspected the Clear Sky Sect was preparing to hunt Ferocious Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lu Yu suspected the Clear Sky Sect was preparing to enter the Star Dou Great Forest to retrieve Tang San’s daughter’s Split Soul, so he decided to warn Di Tian while letting the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect keep its Soul Tool orders. He assembled an unconventional tournament team and confidently declared that he would clear the competition.

• Lu Yu inferred that the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Tool orders were tied to a coming hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he suspected Tang San had secretly divided his daughter’s soul; he resolved to notify Di Tian.
• Ning Tian asked whether the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect should abandon its orders, but Lu Yu chose to keep them and earn money and publicity.
• Wu Feng explained that she had beaten the academy’s objecting starters into withdrawing, leaving Lu Yu free to choose the tournament lineup.
• Lu Yu selected himself, Huo Yutong, Xiao Xiao, Xu Tianzhen, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Ning Tian as starters, and told Wu Feng to choose the substitutes.
• The academy principal warned Lu Yu that his ten-person roster lacked enough Soul Kings and that Shrek had a Soul Emperor, but Lu Yu confidently promised to clear the competition.

Yan Shaozhe recovered from his injuries with his Bright Phoenix Martial Soul newly advanced to rank 96, persuading Mu En that his character had changed. When Mu En tried to keep him from leading Shrek’s tournament team, Yan Shaozhe insisted on taking charge and secretly planned to use a likely victory to reclaim his authority.

• Yan Shaozhe’s sacrifice during the failed Soul Hunt and his sincere apologies to victims’ families convinced Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders that he had changed, so they eased his punishment but assigned Cai Mei'er to lead the tournament team.
• Yan Shaozhe confronted Mu En about losing the chance to lead the team, and Mu En claimed he had made the change to protect him.
• Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe that Lu Yu had refused to return to Shrek and that Heaven Dou Dragon City Academy posed a serious threat at the tournament.
• Yan Shaozhe offered to leave the Sea God Pavilion and serve as a Path Protector, while privately suspecting Mu En wanted to strip him of power.
• Yan Shaozhe resolved to lead the team, which included Ma Xiaotao, win the tournament, and use the achievement to regain the Sea God Pavilion Master position.