Recaps

Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing and grew furious when he heard Tang San’s thoughts insulting Shrek Academy and his fiancée. He hid his anger as he led Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong into the academy, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong began to doubt Shrek.

• Li Yusong recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, and Dai Mubai intervened so she could enter and take the assessment.
• Dai Mubai recalled how Yu Xiaogang had refused to take him as a disciple, while still giving him hope of defeating his older brother.
• Tai Tan stayed outside as Dai Mubai led Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong into Shrek Academy.
• Tang San inwardly called Shrek a scam and insulted Zhao Wuji, Flender, and the academy’s claims about a Spirit Hall elder.
• Dai Mubai restrained his anger at Tang San’s thoughts and casual greeting, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong grew more suspicious of Shrek.

Dai Mubai defended Shrek Academy’s harsh graduation record and described its powerful leadership, while Tang San’s inner thoughts made Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing doubt the academy and his claims about their future. The chapter left the two girls questioning whether Tang San’s memories were reliable.

• Tang San privately criticized Shrek’s high student death rate and accused Flender of running a scam academy.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing recognized that Shrek’s graduation and death rates seemed alarmingly high, and Ning Rongrong resolved to leave after learning what she could from Tang San.
• Dai Mubai defended Shrek’s admissions policy, saying students chose to stay and only monsters could graduate.
• Tang San asked about the final assessment teacher, and Dai Mubai explained that Zhao Wuji and Flender were Soul Douluos.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing noticed that Dai Mubai’s account of Shrek’s leaders conflicted with Tang San’s memories and began doubting whether his thoughts were trustworthy.

Zhao Wuji began the assessment for Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, while the three planned how to endure his attacks. Ning Rongrong asked to be tested separately from Tang San, and his violent inner thoughts were heard by everyone, leaving Zhao Wuji wondering where the voice came from.

• Tang San doubted that Shrek Academy could have helped Flender and Zhao Wuji become Soul Douluos, while Dai Mubai defended the academy and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhao Wuji assessed Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San, learning their martial souls and deciding that the two girls had powerful family connections.
• Zhao Wuji announced that he would use only physical techniques during the assessment because his Soul Douluo strength made using soul skills too dangerous.
• Zhu Zhuqing proposed that she and Ning Rongrong stall Zhao Wuji, with Ning Rongrong supporting her while Tang San offered healing.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Wuji to assess Tang San separately, and Tang San's threatening inner thoughts about her were heard by those present.
• Zhao Wuji noticed Tang San had not spoken aloud and wondered where the voice had come from.

Tang San privately considered using hidden weapons to pass the Shrek Academy test, while Zhao Wuji overheard his thoughts and grew alarmed by the possibility that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had ties to the Clear Sky Sect. Zhao Wuji arranged a fight that would let Tang San reveal whether he possessed the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San inwardly threatened Ning Rongrong and worried that his healing-focused abilities left him at a disadvantage against Dai Mubai.
• Tang San decided he could use hidden weapons against Dai Mubai, provided he caused only minor injuries and still passed the test.
• Zhao Wuji heard Tang San criticize Yu Xiaogang's teachings and wondered whether both men were reincarnators who had taken techniques from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhao Wuji feared the Clear Sky Sect might punish Shrek Academy if its members had learned the sect's secret arts.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San and two others to fight him using their martial souls and permitted special martial arts, hoping Tang San would reveal the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San faced Zhao Wuji’s test without using hidden weapons and revealed the Clear Sky Hammer, convincing Zhao Wuji that he was a Clear Sky Sect successor. After Tang San passed, Li Yusong warned Zhao Wuji that a Soul Douluo claiming to be Tang San’s subordinate was waiting outside Shrek Academy.

• Tang San worried that he could not overcome Zhao Wuji without hidden weapons and decided to use the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong supported her with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and unleashed eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Zhao Wuji watched and confirmed his suspicions.
• Zhao Wuji praised Tang San’s effort, avoided using the Tang Sect Secret Arts, and prepared to flee with his old brothers after Tang San passed the test.
• Li Yusong told Zhao Wuji that a Soul Douluo who seemed to be Tang San’s subordinate was outside Shrek Academy, leaving Zhao Wuji alarmed about their escape.

Zhao Wuji learned that a powerful Soul Douluo was waiting outside Shrek Academy and recognized the description as Tai Tan, a man he had once offended. Suspecting a possible connection between Tang San and Tang Hao, he went to meet Tai Tan while sending the students to their dormitories.

• Li Yusong reported that a muscular elderly Soul Douluo with exceptional strength was outside, and Zhao Wuji suspected he was Tai Tan.
• Zhao Wuji recalled that Tai Tan had pursued him after he injured a member of the Strength Clan, forcing him to hide with Flender and establish Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji considered Tai Tan’s ties to Tang Hao and wondered whether Tang San, who possessed the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, was Tang Hao’s son.
• Zhao Wuji told Li Yusong not to act rashly, said he would investigate, and left to meet the Soul Douluo.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San and the others that they had passed and could stay at Shrek Academy, then directed them to their dormitories.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and secretly planned to undermine Tang San, while Tang San recognized him and recalled his past-life resentment. Zhao Wuji found Tai Tan outside the academy, then questioned Yu Xiaogang about his history with Tang San; Yu admitted meeting him at Nuoding Academy but claimed he had dismissed him as a disciple because of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Tang San recognized Yu Xiaogang's voice and wondered why he had come to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai grew angry at Tang San's insulting thoughts about Yu Xiaogang and recalled how Yu's methods had helped him contend with Dai Weisi.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Tang San and the others, privately resolved to stop Tang San's plans, and considered the advantages of his alliance with Bibi Dong.
• Li Yusong told Yu Xiaogang that Zhao Wuji had gone to meet a Soul Douluo who had arrived with Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang inferred that the visitor was Tai Tan.
• Zhao Wuji spotted Tai Tan and feared his strength, then asked Yu Xiaogang whether he had known Tang San at Nuoding Academy; Yu Xiaogang confirmed it and said he had rejected Tang San as a disciple because of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Zhao Wuji confronted Yu Xiaogang over the possibility that he had stolen Tang San’s cultivation manuals, arguing that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and rapid progress proved it was no ordinary Martial Soul. Yu Xiaogang denied the accusation, and Zhao Wuji demanded that he explain his research in front of Tang San.

• Zhao Wuji suspected Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was unusual and worried Yu Xiaogang had taken manuals from him.
• Zhao Wuji brought Yu Xiaogang into the Academy and raised a Soul Power Barrier before questioning him about his contact with Tang San.
• Zhao Wuji accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Clear Sky Sect manuals and challenged his claims of researching the techniques himself.
• Yu Xiaogang protested that he had conducted his own research and defended his Martial Soul theories.
• Zhao Wuji rejected Yu Xiaogang’s explanations and demanded that he describe his research process in front of Tang San.

Yu Xiaogang denied stealing the secret manuals and swore that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would vanish if his claims were false. Zhao Wuji rejected him and decided to warn Flender and the others so they could escape Shrek Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang feared that Tang San would expose any lie he invented about the secret manuals and that the Clear Sky Sect would retaliate.
• Zhao Wuji accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Tang San’s manuals and risking Shrek Academy’s safety.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted he had researched the manuals himself and swore in the name of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that his claims were true.
• Zhao Wuji was shocked by Yu Xiaogang’s oath and condemned him for cursing his own clan.
• Zhao Wuji told Yu Xiaogang that he had to leave Shrek Academy and decided to warn Flender and the others to flee.

Zhao Wuji accused Yu Xiaogang of endangering Shrek by stealing the Clear Sky Sect’s secret manuals, and Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang after hearing their argument. Flender ordered Yu Xiaogang to leave and warned him never to return, while planning to evacuate Shrek’s members.

• Zhao Wuji accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing the Clear Sky Sect’s secret manuals and putting Shrek in danger, then ordered everyone to leave.
• Flender revealed that he had overheard the argument and sent Zhao Wuji to gather the others while he spoke with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang denied stealing or plagiarizing anything, but Flender pressed him to explain how he had developed the manuals and techniques.
• Flender concluded that Yu Xiaogang was lying and blamed him for bringing the Clear Sky Sect’s wrath upon Shrek.
• Flender gave Yu Xiaogang Gold Soul Coins, told him to flee and never return, and promised to keep the matter concealed.

Flender urged Yu Xiaogang to leave after his actions endangered Shrek Academy, but Yu Xiaogang vowed revenge. Flender then arranged to move the academy to Blue Tyrant Academy at nightfall, leaving Tang San behind to avoid provoking Tai Tan and the Clear Sky Sect.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang to return to his clan or seek refuge at Blue Tyrant Academy, but Yu Xiaogang rejected his help and resolved to take revenge.
• Flender asked Zhao Wuji to keep Yu Xiaogang's actions secret, and Zhao Wuji agreed to protect Flender's brother.
• Flender told Shrek Academy's founders that Tai Tan and the Clear Sky Sect threatened them, and proposed relocating to Liu Erlong's Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Shao Xin and Li Yusong suggested bringing the new students, including Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Flender revealed that Tang San had twin martial souls, including a Clear Sky Hammer, and ordered everyone to leave at nightfall without him.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun discussed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, while Dai Mubai sought to learn whether Tang San was a reincarnator. Oscar joined them, and Dai Mubai warned him away from Zhu Zhuqing, his fiancée.

• Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun that Tang San had arrived at the academy and that Yu Xiaogang had refused to take him as a student because of his blue silver grass martial soul.
• Ma Hongjun agreed with Yu Xiaogang's judgment and said Tang San's martial soul was too weak to be worth teaching.
• Dai Mubai wondered whether Tang San was truly reincarnated and considered the possibility that his past-life knowledge could be valuable.
• Oscar joined Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, saying he had heard two pretty junior students had arrived and that he wanted to pursue one.
• Dai Mubai told Oscar he could pursue Ning Rongrong but had to stay away from Zhu Zhuqing, his fiancée.

Dai Mubai weighed Oscar’s value as an ally, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing secretly listened to Tang San’s thoughts and learned disturbing details about their companions and their previous lives. They questioned Tang San’s judgment and how he could have become a god.

• Dai Mubai decided he should preserve his friendship with Oscar, whose talents and possible connection to Ning Rongrong could benefit the Star Luo Empire.
• Oscar admitted that he doubted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would accept someone from his humble background as Ning Rongrong’s partner.
• Flender arrived and told the group to gather their things so they could leave, prompting the others to ask what was wrong.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing revealed that they could both hear Tang San’s thoughts, then listened together and learned that Ma Hongjun would marry Tang San’s younger female cousin, Bai Chenxiang.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing condemned Tang San for considering Ma Hongjun a suitable match and for excusing Dai Mubai’s past affairs and betrayal of Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong questioned how Tang San could become a god and discussed rumors that Spirit Hall’s papal lineage descended from a god.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discussed how much various factions knew about the Qian Family’s divine inheritance and recalled Tang San’s account of their future. They ended by criticizing Yu Xiaogang and Flender over Yu Xiaogang’s relationship with his close cousin Liu Erlong.

• The account distinguished Spirit Hall insiders who knew about the Angel God inheritance from ordinary members and outside factions who knew only rumors or partial details about the Qian Family.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discussed Tang San’s claim that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and that the group would eventually win the Soul Master Tournament as the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Liu Erlong was Yu Xiaogang’s paternal cousin and called their relationship absurd because of the risks of having children with a close relative.
• Ning Rongrong criticized Flender for approving and encouraging Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong’s relationship, and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s appeal and abilities.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing overheard Tang San’s thoughts and learned about his plans, his twin martial souls, and the immortal herbs, then decided to seek power without relying on him or Shrek Academy. Flender arrived and announced that he was taking them to Nanba Academy, leaving them unsure whether his explanation was genuine.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing criticized Shrek Academy and decided to leave after learning more about Tang San’s plans.
• Ning Rongrong realized Tang San had twin martial souls, while she and Zhu Zhuqing questioned his belief that Bibi Dong loved Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Rongrong explained the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limits, and Zhu Zhuqing suggested investigating the immortal herbs to help them grow stronger without Tang San or Shrek.
• Tang San sensed their presence, so Zhu Zhuqing used her martial soul to hurry Ning Rongrong back to the girls’ dormitory area.
• Flender told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing he planned to take them to Nanba Academy because Tang San might bring Tai Tan, who could threaten Zhao Wuji; the two women exchanged a doubtful glance.

Flender concealed the truth about Yu Xiaogang’s theft of the Clear Sky Sect’s secret manuals and led the others away from Shrek Academy. The next morning, Tang San found the academy deserted and asked Tai Tan what had happened, while Kai said Xiao Wu planned to attend an intermediate Soul Master Academy.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing doubted Flender’s explanation for leaving Shrek and pressed him to reveal the truth.
• Flender feared the consequences of revealing that Yu Xiaogang had stolen Clear Sky Sect manuals, so he asked the others to swear they would keep his secret.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to go with Flender for now, and the group left Shrek by another route to avoid Tai Tan.
• Tang San waited for his classmates, then searched the dormitories and teachers’ quarters and found everyone gone.
• Tang San asked Tai Tan whether he had seen the others leave, leaving Tai Tan bewildered by the academy’s disappearance.
• Kai told someone that Xiao Wu planned to attend an intermediate Soul Master Academy whose dean was a level 68 Soul Emperor.

Kai and his companions chose Exotic Beast Academy as their destination and set out, hoping to enter the Soul Master Tournament. At an inn along the way, they encountered members of Shrek Academy and then saw Skywater Academy representatives arrive.

• Kai explained the standards for advanced Soul Master academies and proposed that the group join Exotic Beast Academy, founded by Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang.
• Gu Luoyi asked whether Kai would cultivate his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, and Kai said he planned to focus on his Heavenly Spear Martial Soul first.
• Kai and the others prepared to leave Nuoding Academy, said goodbye to Su Yuntao and the dean, and began traveling toward Exotic Beast Academy.
• The four stopped at an inn to rest and concealed their faces beneath cloaks to avoid attracting attention.
• Flender and other members of Shrek Academy entered the inn, where Zhao Wuji asked about Flender's sworn sister at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Two blue-haired girls and a mature blue-haired woman arrived, and Flender recognized their emblem as belonging to Skywater Academy.

Ma Hongjun harassed Shui Bing'er at an inn despite Oscar's warnings about provoking Skywater Academy. When he tried to lift her skirt and made a lewd demand, Shui Bing'er and her mother, Skywater Academy's dean, confronted him.

• Oscar warned Ma Hongjun that Skywater Academy and its allied academies had powerful Soul Douluo leaders, but Ma Hongjun dismissed the danger.
• The Leng Family sisters told Kai about Ma Hongjun's intentions, and Kai said they would help Skywater Academy if Shrek started trouble.
• Skywater Academy's dean overheard Oscar and Ma Hongjun, warned Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and the groups pretended nothing was wrong while they ate.
• As the Skywater women prepared to leave, Ma Hongjun tried to lift Shui Bing'er's skirt, prompting her to release her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun made a lewd demand, Shui Bing'er struck him with a stool, and her mother revealed her own Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

Ma Hongjun harassed Shui Jingyan’s daughters, and Flender tried to settle the matter by arranging an engagement between Ma Hongjun and one of them. Leng Yulai revealed her overwhelming strength and struck Ma Hongjun, leaving Flender pleading for mercy.

• Ma Hongjun claimed his status and future strength entitled him to Shui Jingyan’s daughters, enraging Shui Jingyan.
• Flender introduced himself and proposed a private settlement through an engagement between Ma Hongjun and one of Shui Jingyan’s daughters.
• Ning Rongrong decided Shrek Academy was despicable and planned to leave with Zhu Zhuqing after dealing with them.
• Leng Yulai revealed her Nine-Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and six black and three red Soul Rings, stunning everyone present.
• Leng Yulai sent Ma Hongjun flying with one blow, and Flender begged her to spare his student.

The Leng Family sisters condemned Flender for trying to settle Ma Hongjun’s harassment privately and offered to help Skywater Academy punish them. As Zhao Wuji urged Dai Mubai and the others not to interfere, Ning Rongrong privately planned her departure and considered giving them gifts first.

• The Leng Family sisters rebuked Flender for his response to Ma Hongjun’s harassment and said they would help Skywater Academy deal with him.
• The Skywater Academy women thanked Leng Yulai and her sister for intervening.
• Zhao Wuji warned Dai Mubai that he and the others could not challenge the two Titled Douluo, and said he would stay with Flender while the younger men escaped.
• Dai Mubai resolved to avenge Flender and Ma Hongjun if they died, while Ning Rongrong decided to leave when the others were no longer useful and Zhu Zhuqing relied on her.

Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai punished Flender and Ma Hongjun for mistreating women, forcing Shrek Academy’s staff and students to leave the inn. After Kai and his companions thanked Skywater Academy’s headmistress, they revealed their Martial Souls and explained they were heading to Exotic Beast Academy.

• Leng Yaozhu suppressed Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Phoenix, while Leng Yulai set his trousers ablaze and sent Flender crashing through the inn wall, severing his feet.
• Leng Yulai slapped Zhao Wuji aside and ordered Shrek Academy to leave; Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing claimed they had been coerced into staying at the academy.
• Leng Yulai threatened to cripple Shrek if its members ever coerced women again, and Li Yusong led the remaining Shrek students away with Ma Hongjun.
• Kai and his companions paid the innkeeper for the damage, and Shui Jingyan thanked the two Titled Douluos and asked why they had come.
• Leng Yaozhu said they were traveling to Exotic Beast Academy to train Kai, then Kai and Gu Luoyi revealed their Martial Souls, astonishing Shui Jingyan.

Shui Jingyan offered the Leng Family sisters access to Skywater Academy’s cultivation resources for their Ice Dragon King disciple, while hoping to secure the martial soul’s inheritance and their protection. Leng Yulai recognized Shui Jingyan’s deeper aims, and Ning Rongrong realized that the Ice Dragon King could make Skywater Academy a formidable power.

• Shui Jingyan guessed that the Leng Family sisters had an Ice Dragon King disciple and explained that they were seeking suitable instruction for the martial soul.
• Leng Yulai and the others understood that Shui Jingyan was trying to win them over, while the sisters knew how to teach the Heavenly Spear but lacked expertise in the Ice Dragon King.
• Shui Jingyan offered Skywater Academy’s ice-attribute training methods, environments, and resources, hoping the Ice Dragon King martial soul would be passed down there.
• Shui Jingyan revealed that she hoped her daughters, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, could bear the Ice Dragon King martial soul and that the Leng Family sisters would protect Skywater Academy.
• Ning Rongrong assessed the Ice Dragon King’s strength and the Leng Family sisters’ powerful soul rings, recognizing that their alliance could shift the balance among major forces.

Zhu Zhuqing asked the two mysterious Titled Douluos for help changing her fate, while Ning Rongrong sought to befriend them. After they agreed to let the Shui sisters join their new faction, Flender’s companions argued over the consequences of Ma Hongjun offending the powerful women.

• Ning Rongrong questioned Zhu Zhuqing about the two Titled Douluos and their extraordinary Soul Rings, and Zhu Zhuqing explained her reasons for wanting to change her fate.
• Ning Rongrong suggested building a good relationship with the Titled Douluos rather than trying to recruit them outright, and Shui Jingyan asked to join their faction.
• The Titled Douluos agreed to establish a faction with Shui Jingyan and said the matter involving Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and their disciple could wait until the girls were adults.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether the Titled Douluos were still accepting disciples, while Ning Rongrong introduced herself and said she wanted to be friends.
• Ma Hongjun found Flender badly injured and reduced in strength, and Zhao Wuji blamed Ma Hongjun for provoking the Titled Douluos and demanded that he take responsibility for Flender.
• Dai Mubai angrily told Ma Hongjun that his remarks had nearly gotten them all killed.

After Ma Hongjun angered two overwhelmingly powerful Titled Douluo, Dai Mubai, Li Yusong, and Flender warned him that his actions had endangered everyone and decided to flee to Blue Tyrant Academy for protection. Flender and Dai Mubai then saw that Ma Hongjun’s injury was likely beyond healing, leaving him distraught while Zhao Wuji mocked him.

• Dai Mubai explained that the two Titled Douluo’s strength and Soul Rings made them far too dangerous to provoke.
• Li Yusong blamed Ma Hongjun for putting everyone in danger, while Flender accepted responsibility for failing to teach him properly.
• Flender told the group to leave for Blue Tyrant Academy, where he hoped Liu Erlong and her connections could protect them.
• Ma Hongjun showed the group his severely burned injury and begged them to find a cure.
• Dai Mubai said healing the injury would likely require a Titled Douluo-level Nine Star Begonia wielder, and Zhao Wuji mocked Ma Hongjun over his condition.

Ma Hongjun’s evil fire returned despite his injury, and a Healing Type Soul Master explained that it came from his Martial Soul and would persist. The proposed remedy horrified Ma Hongjun, while Flender and the others decided he should accept it rather than risk being burned to death.

• Flender and the others took him in a wheelchair toward Blue Tyrant Academy after accepting that his legs could not be saved.
• Ma Hongjun’s evil fire flared up again, and Dai Mubai accused him of faking past flare-ups to get money for women.
• Shao Xin eased Ma Hongjun’s pain with sugar beans, and the group hired a Soul Emperor-level Healing Type Soul Master in Heaven Dou City.
• The healer explained that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire came from his Martial Soul and suggested that having sex with a man could resolve it.
• Ma Hongjun refused the proposed remedy, but Flender urged him to accept it rather than endure the evil fire’s torment.