Recaps

Xue Qinghe visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to discuss academy plans for twelve-year-old Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong, both of whom had reached the Soul Elder realm. Jun Yi agreed to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Ning Fengzhi arranged for Ning Rongrong to attend an unnamed academy that Jun Yi recognized as Shrek Academy.

• Xue Qinghe explained that Emperor Xue Ye wanted Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and represent it in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that he had already arranged a different academy for Ning Rongrong.
• Jun Yi chose Skywater Academy, but Xue Qinghe explained that it accepted only female Soul Masters.
• Ning Rongrong pinched Jun Yi when he lamented that he could not attend Skywater Academy, then Jun Yi agreed to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi described a demanding academy for Ning Rongrong, and she eagerly agreed to attend without learning its name.
• Jun Yi realized Ning Rongrong was being sent to Shrek Academy and questioned the choice, while Ning Rongrong vowed to surpass him.

Jun Yi agreed to escort Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, while Ning Fengzhi explained that he hoped Jun Yi would help her adjust to its harsh conditions. Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she soon cheered up as he promised to take her shopping in Suotuo City.

• Ning Fengzhi told Jun Yi that he wanted Ning Rongrong to attend Shrek Academy and explained that its poor conditions might make her want to go home.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Bone Douluo to protect Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong in secret, intervening only if their lives were threatened.
• Jun Yi said goodbye to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, then promised to take good care of Ning Rongrong on the journey.
• Ning Rongrong cried as she left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo watched the carriage depart.
• Jun Yi comforted Ning Rongrong by promising to take her shopping in Suotuo City, and she laughed and called him her little page.

Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong encountered Zhu Zhuqing while traveling to Shrek Academy, and Jun Yi drove off the men pursuing her. Zhu Zhuqing woke in their carriage and introduced herself, leaving the three traveling together.

• Jun Yi comforted Ning Rongrong about leaving home and promised to take her shopping on their journey to Shrek Academy.
• After four days of travel, Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong heard fighting in a forest, where an injured girl asked them to save her.
• When five men with Hell Spirit Cat Martial Souls threatened them, Jun Yi used ROOM to kill their Soul King leader and frighten the others into fleeing.
• Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong brought the injured girl into their carriage, and Jun Yi recognized her as Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke, thanked Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong, confirmed she belonged to the Hell Family, and promised to repay them.

Jun Yi explained ROOM’s abilities to Ning Rongrong and clarified that he had not killed the Soul King. After arriving in Suotuo City, the group healed Zhu Zhuqing and searched for lodging, ending at the Rose Hotel.

• Jun Yi explained that inside ROOM he could sense, cut, rearrange, and control objects and living creatures without causing pain or death, then demonstrated by cutting and reattaching his arm.
• The carriage reached Suotuo City, where Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing visited the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce.
• President Ning Yu arranged for a female Auxiliary System Soul Master to heal Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries.
• Ning Rongrong declined the chamber of commerce’s offer of rooms, and the group found every inn they tried fully booked.
• Ning Rongrong spotted the Rose Hotel and hurried there with Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing to ask about rooms.

Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing checked into the Rose Hotel after learning it had only one room left, and Ning Rongrong insisted they share its spacious suite. While waiting for the women to finish bathing, Jun Yi considered his future ties to Tang San, Spirit Hall, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then resolved to focus on cultivation and returning to Blue Star.

• Ning Rongrong admired the Rose Hotel, but the attendant told Jun Yi that only one room remained despite his offer to pay for three.
• Ning Rongrong paid for the last room and pulled Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing upstairs, where they found the couples' suite called Red Ocean.
• Jun Yi agreed to sleep in the living room while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing took the bedroom.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing went to bathe, and Jun Yi went downstairs to arrange dinner before returning to wait.
• Jun Yi thought about meeting Tang San and about whether he might join Spirit Hall or remain loyal to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then decided to concentrate on cultivation and returning to Blue Star.

Jun Yi took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing toward Shrek Academy to register, but stopped at a shabby shop to buy a crystal containing Plate Crystal. He offered Flender a defensive Soul Tool in exchange, and the chapter ended as he demonstrated its barrier.

• Jun Yi let Zhu Zhuqing cultivate on the sofa, explored Suotuo City, and returned with breakfast for her and Ning Rongrong.
• Jun Yi, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong ate breakfast, checked out of the Rose Hotel, and set out to register at Shrek Academy.
• Jun Yi noticed a shop bearing a Martial Soul Token emblem and entered with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Jun Yi recognized a large crystal as containing Plate Crystal and offered Flender a defensive Soul Tool in exchange for it.
• Jun Yi activated the badge, producing a spherical protective barrier with a three-meter radius.

Jun Yi traded Flender a level-one defensive Soul Tool for a rare plate crystal and then brought Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy. After learning admissions would not begin until the next day, they headed back to the Rose Hotel, where Jun Yi expected to encounter Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai.

• Flender offered Jun Yi the crystal in exchange for his Soul Tool and twenty Gold Soul Coins, but Jun Yi traded the Soul Tool for the crystal alone.
• Jun Yi explained that the crystal contained valuable plate crystal, a rare forging material worth at least ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Jun Yi led Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy, where an old man told them admissions would begin the next day and called the other academies trash.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to return the next day, and the three set off for Suotuo City and the Rose Hotel.
• Jun Yi anticipated that they might encounter Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and the twins at the hotel.

Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Rose Hotel and watched Tang San fight Dai Mubai. Zhu Zhuqing left after seeing Dai Mubai with the twins, and Ning Rongrong sent Jun Yi to find her while she went to check for rooms.

• Jun Yi led Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Rose Hotel, where Tang San and Dai Mubai were fighting.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass and poison to bind Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai broke free with his Third Soul Skill and explained its strength.
• Dai Mubai left the hotel with the twins, telling Tang San and Xiao Wu to use his name if they had trouble at Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing disappeared from the crowd, and Jun Yi told Ning Rongrong she needed time alone.
• Ning Rongrong urged Jun Yi to find Zhu Zhuqing and went inside the hotel to ask about rooms.

After witnessing Dai Mubai’s debauchery, Zhu Zhuqing despaired over her future until Jun Yi urged her to rely on her own strength and cultivate. She resolved to grow stronger and returned with Jun Yi to the Rose Hotel, while Bone Douluo watched over them and sensed an unexplained Soul Beast presence nearby.

• Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel with other women and concluded that he had abandoned their chance at survival.
• Jun Yi found Zhu Zhuqing and recognized Dai Mubai as her fiancé and the pursuers as agents of her older sister.
• Jun Yi encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to trust in herself, cultivate diligently, and take control of her destiny.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Jun Yi and resolved to become strong enough that no one could hurt her again.
• Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing headed back to the Rose Hotel to find Ning Rongrong.
• Bone Douluo overheard their conversation, approved of Jun Yi’s help, and wondered about a Soul Beast presence he had sensed near Ning Rongrong.

Jun Yi brought Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy for admissions, where they learned the academy only accepted young Soul Masters with at least rank twenty-one Soul Power. After Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the first test, Jun Yi presented himself as the girls’ study attendant and said he would leave once they enrolled.

• Jun Yi, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong found an inn with two available rooms after the Rose Hotel ran out of vacancies.
• On the way to Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong urged Jun Yi to teach Dai Mubai a lesson, and Jun Yi boasted that he could handle even a dragon.
• An old admissions teacher revealed that Shrek Academy accepted only applicants under fourteen with Soul Power at rank twenty-one or higher, then displayed his six Soul Rings.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the first test with their two Hundred-Year Soul Rings, and Dai Mubai led them inside.
• Jun Yi paid for Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to register and told the old man that he was only their study attendant, who would leave after they enrolled.

Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing passed Shrek Academy’s first test, and Jun Yi stunned the examiner by revealing three purple Soul Rings. The three were sent straight to the fourth test and entered the academy.

• Ning Rongrong used her family’s explanation of Jun Yi’s enrollment to persuade him to take Shrek’s entrance test.
• The examiner checked Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing’s bone ages, then watched Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong reveal their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Jun Yi summoned three purple Soul Rings, shocking the examiner, while Ning Rongrong explained that his Soul Ring ages increased with his strength.
• The examiner learned Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power Level was twenty-seven and allowed all three to skip the second and third tests.
• Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing entered Shrek Academy and headed toward the fourth test.

Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reached Shrek Academy’s fourth trial and learned they had to withstand Zhao Wuji’s attacks together. Dai Mubai arrived with Tang San and Xiao Wu and revealed that Zhao Wuji was a rank-seventy-six Soul Saint, leaving the five applicants wary of the test.

• Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing declined a sausage seller’s offer and continued east to the fourth trial site.
• Jun Yi told Zhao Wuji that the three had been exempted from the second and third trials, and Zhao Wuji explained that they had to cooperate to withstand his attacks for one stick of incense.
• Ning Rongrong expected Jun Yi to handle the test, while Zhu Zhuqing warned them not to underestimate Zhao Wuji.
• Dai Mubai arrived with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then warned the applicants that Zhao Wuji was a rank-seventy-six Soul Saint known as the Immovable Wisdom King.

Tang San proposed a formation for the five applicants to withstand Zhao Wuji, but Jun Yi refused to follow his orders and used ROOM to protect and reposition the team. The group began its test, and Xiao Wu and Tang San launched a coordinated attack on Zhao Wuji.

• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Jun Yi introduced themselves and their Martial Souls and ranks.
• Tang San assigned the group roles, but Jun Yi rejected his plan and said they should each handle their own control.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Jun Yi activated ROOM across much of the grounds.
• Zhao Wuji struck the ground, but Jun Yi used ROOM to teleport Ning Rongrong away from the attack.
• Xiao Wu attacked Zhao Wuji while Tang San bound him with Blue Silver Grass and lifted him off the ground.

Jun Yi used his Soul Skill to save Zhu Zhuqing during the fight with Zhao Wuji, while Xiao Wu was injured by Zhao Wuji’s counterattack. When Tang San proposed fighting Zhao Wuji alone, Jun Yi refused and stepped forward to face him himself.

• Zhao Wuji broke free of the vines and intensified the fight as Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu attacked him together.
• Zhao Wuji’s first Soul Skill threatened Zhu Zhuqing, but Jun Yi used ROOM to swap her beside Ning Rongrong; the attack instead struck Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu used her beguiling Soul Skill against Zhao Wuji, but the backlash knocked her unconscious, and Tang San carried her to Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San asked Zhao Wuji to restart the trial so he could fight alone until the incense burned out, hoping to secure entry for all five of them.
• Jun Yi refused Tang San’s plan, drew his Soul Tool saber, and prepared to continue the fight against Zhao Wuji himself.

Jun Yi battled Zhao Wuji during the assessment, showing that his unusual techniques let him challenge an opponent far stronger than himself. When the incense burned out, Zhao Wuji praised Jun Yi’s strength and ingenuity, and Jun Yi ended the encounter with his usual cocky humor.

• Zhao Wuji asked Jun Yi whether he had made Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing disappear, and Jun Yi called it a trick before launching a storm of blade light.
• Zhao Wuji blocked Jun Yi’s blades with Immovable Bright King Body, then used Gravity Squeeze and struck him; Jun Yi matched his attack without injury.
• Zhao Wuji raised his strength to a Soul King’s level, and Jun Yi met his palm strike with a punch that sent him sliding back more than ten meters.
• Jun Yi used Counter Shock to numb Zhao Wuji’s body and attack his internal organs, then slashed at him before Zhao Wuji blocked the blade with crossed hands.
• After the clash sent Jun Yi flying, he swapped places with a pebble beside the incense, sheathed his saber, and declared the assessment over.
• Zhao Wuji praised Jun Yi’s strength and Soul Skill, while Jun Yi joked that young people should be full of fire.

Tang San challenged Zhao Wuji to a solo assessment, but Zhao Wuji mistook him for a fighter as powerful as Jun Yi and knocked him unconscious with a Soul King-level strike. While Tang San was taken for treatment, Jun Yi asked the system why Tang San seemed weaker, and the system said Jun Yi’s arrival had changed parts of the plotline.

• Tang San insisted on fighting Zhao Wuji alone and asked him to light another incense stick for the assessment.
• Zhao Wuji repelled Tang San’s hidden weapons, tracked him with his fourth Soul Skill, and struck him unconscious.
• Zhao Wuji sent Dai Mubai to fetch Oscar, while Jun Yi told Zhao Wuji he had hit Tang San too hard.
• Ning Rongrong called Jun Yi over, then left with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu as Oscar arrived to treat Tang San.
• Outside the girls’ dormitory, Jun Yi asked the system why Tang San seemed so weak, and the system blamed changes to the plotline caused by Jun Yi’s appearance.

Jun Yi learned that his changes could alter minor plot details but not the timing of major events, then walked around Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong. That night, Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji over his treatment of Tang San, beat him, and left after speaking to him privately.

• The system explained to Jun Yi that Tang San had not weakened and that major events would still occur on their original timeline, though later details could change.
• Ning Rongrong invited Jun Yi for a walk after Xiao Wu went to sleep, and they wandered around Shrek Academy.
• Bone Douluo spotted Xiao Wu and planned to act, but he concealed himself when he sensed a powerful presence near the academy.
• Tang Hao summoned Zhao Wuji to a grove, revealed his nine Soul Rings, and challenged him over bullying Tang San.
• Flender arrived, recognized Tang Hao, and stepped aside as Tang Hao defeated Zhao Wuji in ten breaths without using his Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao spoke privately to Zhao Wuji, then vanished; Flender helped the battered Zhao Wuji back to Shrek Academy.

Jun Yi confronted Tang San after Tang San blamed him for not saving Xiao Wu during Zhao's attack. Later, Ning Rongrong disliked Shrek Academy's food and asked Jun Yi if they could leave, but he questioned whether another academy could help her become stronger.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing invited Jun Yi to exercise, but he declined and stayed at the dormitory.
• Jun Yi found Tang San retrieving his hidden weapons, and Tang San accused him of failing to relocate Xiao Wu during Zhao's attack.
• Jun Yi rejected Tang San's claim that saving Xiao Wu had been his responsibility, and Tang San left after criticizing his lack of team spirit.
• Jun Yi waited for Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then joined them for breakfast at the dining hall.
• Ning Rongrong complained about Shrek Academy's food and asked Jun Yi whether they could transfer elsewhere.
• Jun Yi reminded Ning Rongrong that she had promised Uncle Ning to grow stronger at Shrek and asked whether an academy without a Soul Douluo could do that.

Jun Yi tried to convince Ning Rongrong to endure Shrek Academy’s harsh conditions, then watched Flender assign her and Oscar a twenty-lap run as their first lesson. Ning Rongrong refused Flender’s order and asked Jun Yi to leave with her, leaving Flender’s response unresolved.

• Jun Yi urged Ning Rongrong to consider her father’s expectations and eat despite her dissatisfaction with the academy’s food.
• Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing joined the others at the field, where Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar teased him about her rejection.
• Flender arrived, and Ning Rongrong recognized him as the swindler uncle before Oscar explained that he was Shrek Academy’s dean.
• Flender explained that the academy taught students to use their Martial Souls and survive battles, then ordered Ning Rongrong and Oscar to run twenty laps before lunch.
• Ning Rongrong ignored Flender’s order, tugged Jun Yi’s sleeve, and asked to go back with him; Flender asked whether she had heard him.

Ning Rongrong clashed with Flender and Dai Mubai after Flender threatened to expel her, while Jun Yi defended her and resisted Flender’s pressure with his Conqueror’s Haki. Ning Rongrong challenged Dai Mubai to Soul Fighting, wagering that Flender would apologize and let her and Jun Yi leave if she won, and the group headed to the training grounds.

• Ning Rongrong welcomed Flender’s threat of expulsion, and Flender formally expelled her and said he would write to her father.
• Jun Yi challenged Flender’s remarks about auxiliary Soul Masters, while Ning Rongrong traded insults with Flender and Dai Mubai.
• Flender released his Soul Saint pressure against Jun Yi, but Jun Yi’s Conqueror’s Haki dispelled it, and Tang San felt pressure when he met Jun Yi’s gaze.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Dai Mubai to Soul Fighting and demanded an apology from Flender, permission for her and Jun Yi to leave, and secrecy from her father if she won.
• Flender accepted the challenge, Dai Mubai welcomed the chance to retaliate, and Zhu Zhuqing quietly asked Ning Rongrong whether she could win as they went to the training grounds.

Ning Rongrong challenged Dai Mubai and used her sword, a protective Soul Tool, and a handgun to overcome his attacks despite his higher soul power. As her shield withstood his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, Dai Mubai grew uneasy, while Tang San recognized similarities between her weapon and the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.

• Ning Rongrong reassured Zhu Zhuqing, then faced Dai Mubai in the training grounds and opened with powerful sword strikes that broke his defense and forced him back.
• Dai Mubai lunged at Ning Rongrong, but her Soul Tool's shield bounced away his tiger claw, and she wounded him with a handgun.
• Ning Rongrong fired again, piercing Dai Mubai's combined defenses and drawing blood as the watching students stared in shock.
• Tang San noticed the handgun resembled the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and considered adapting its technology for his hidden weapons.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, but Ning Rongrong's shield endured the attack as she advanced, making him uneasy.

Ning Rongrong defeated Dai Mubai and forced Flender to apologize before leaving Shrek Academy with Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing. On the way to Suotuo City, she showed Zhu Zhuqing her Soul Tools, leaving her amazed.

• Ning Rongrong wounded Dai Mubai and was about to strike again until Flender knocked her sword aside and declared Dai Mubai the loser.
• Ning Rongrong demanded an apology from Flender, criticized his views on Auxiliary System Soul Masters, and then left Shrek Academy with Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender left the grounds while Oscar and Ma Hongjun helped Dai Mubai away, and Tang San became fascinated by Ning Rongrong's weapons and flying equipment.
• Ning Rongrong showed Zhu Zhuqing a Defensive-Type Soul Tool that created a protective barrier.
• Ning Rongrong displayed her collection of Attack-Type, Flying, and other Soul Tools, astonishing Zhu Zhuqing.

Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong agreed that Shrek Academy’s poor facilities made it a waste of time, and Zhu Zhuqing decided to leave with them. Jun Yi chose Skywater Academy as their next destination, and they planned to pack and depart.

• Ning Rongrong admitted she had provoked the Shrek dean because she wanted to leave, and Jun Yi agreed that the academy’s facilities were inadequate.
• Ning Rongrong explained Soul Tools to Zhu Zhuqing, and Jun Yi gave her several for protection.
• After sharing a meal, Jun Yi asked Zhu Zhuqing to leave Shrek Academy with them, and she agreed despite her conflict over Dai Mubai.
• Jun Yi ruled out Heaven Dou Royal Academy and chose Skywater Academy as their next school.

Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing explored Suotuo City and watched a sparring match at its Great Soul Arena. They agreed to leave for Spirit City the next day and enroll in Spirit Hall Academy.

• Ning Rongrong rejected Jun Yi's suggestion to attend Skywater Academy because it admitted only girls.
• Jun Yi proposed Spirit Hall Academy, and Ning Rongrong agreed to go despite expecting her father to object.
• Ning Rongrong suggested they explore Suotuo City before leaving, and the three visited its Great Soul Arena.
• The three watched two level-fifty-one Soul Kings fight a fierce sparring match.

Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy after a day of shopping, where Zhu Zhuqing confirmed she would leave with them. When Dai Mubai threatened her over their engagement, Jun Yi revealed Ning Rongrong’s status as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect master’s only daughter, leaving Dai Mubai shaken.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing left the Soul Fighting Arena to browse Suotuo City’s shopping street, and Jun Yi accompanied them.
• After shopping and dinner, Jun Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy as Flender gathered the students for training.
• Ning Rongrong told Flender that she and Jun Yi would leave Shrek Academy the next day, and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed she would leave too.
• Dai Mubai warned Zhu Zhuqing that breaking their engagement would bring the Star Luo Imperial Family and Zhu Family after her, and questioned whether Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong could protect her.
• Jun Yi revealed that Ning Rongrong was Ning Fengzhi’s beloved only daughter and could represent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then challenged the Star Luo Imperial Family to risk offending the sect for Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai was left pale and sweating, while Tang San and the other Shrek students were shocked by Ning Rongrong’s identity.