Recaps

Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Meng Hongchen, and Ju Zi each declared their feelings for Cao Yu, joining the girls already gathered around him. Wang Dong'er revealed that she liked him, and Cao Yu recognized her despite her disguise; the chapter ended as Wu Feng approached him.

• Jiang Nannan said she liked Cao Yu, followed by Xiao Xiao, who revealed that she had pursued him first.
• Meng Hongchen introduced herself as a former Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy student who had followed Cao Yu to Shrek, and Ju Zi said she had come to be his lifelong chef.
• The girls teased Cao Yu about a surprise, then Wang Dong'er declared her feelings and asked him to guess her identity.
• Cao Yu recognized Wang Dong'er and called her Wang Dong'er, prompting the girls to pinch him for having known her secret all along.
• Wu Feng stepped forward to confess her feelings to Cao Yu.

Wu Feng, Luo Yan, and several other former classmates confessed their feelings for Cao Yu, bringing the number of girls who chose him to twelve. In the final round, Chu Qingtian chose Wu Ming, and no one challenged their pairing, so they became the ceremony’s first successful couple.

• Wu Feng confessed that she had fallen for Cao Yu after he left to study in the Sun Moon Empire, then stood beside him.
• Luo Yan confessed to Cao Yu, recalled their years as desk partners, and kissed him before joining him.
• Three more girls confessed to Cao Yu, bringing his total to twelve and leaving more male students eliminated.
• Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan explained the final round and the bride-snatching rules as twenty-three male students and thirty-four female students remained.
• Chu Qingtian took Wu Ming's hand and loudly confessed that he liked her.
• No male student challenged Chu Qingtian, and Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan declared that he and Wu Ming had successfully paired up.

At Sea God Lake’s matchmaking ceremony, Cao Yu chose Tang Ya, Ning Tian, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Meng Hongchen, Ju Zi, Wang Dong'er, and Luo Yan, then completed the pairing ceremony without being challenged. After spending the evening with the girls, Cao Yu left with Wang Dong'er, who still had to share his room because the academy had not arranged her a girls’ dormitory.

• Chu Qingtian and Wu Ming paired up and flew away, and several other couples also succeeded.
• Cao Yu chose eight girls, while Wu Feng, Lin Xi, Xiao Rongxue, and Chen Xia accepted his choice despite their disappointment.
• No male students challenged Cao Yu, and Zhang Lexuan announced that Cao Yu and the eight girls had successfully paired up.
• Another student asked Zhang Lexuan if he could choose both girls beside him, but they told him he could choose only one.
• Cao Yu spent time with the girls, said goodbye to Meng Hongchen and Ju Zi, and walked Wang Dong'er back with him because she still had no girls’ dorm room.

Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er returned to their dorm room, where they cultivated together and grew closer through the night. The next morning, they woke up together, and Wang Dong'er quietly replaced her mattress before sharing breakfast with Cao Yu.

• Wang Dong'er apologized for hiding her gender, and Cao Yu told her he had known and wanted her to remain his roommate.
• Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er cultivated together for several hours, then lay in Cao Yu's bed and kissed.
• Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er woke up together, and Wang Dong'er blushed as they teased each other about the night before.
• After Cao Yu left to buy breakfast, Wang Dong'er moved the quilt to his bed and replaced her mattress.
• Cao Yu returned with breakfast, and he and Wang Dong'er fed each other while sitting close together.

Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er encountered Wang Qiu'er, whose appearance was almost identical to Wang Dong'er's, and both demanded an explanation about their connection to him. After the two girls spoke privately, Wang Qiu'er asked Cao Yu to join her on a Soul Ring hunt, and Wang Dong'er decided to go along.

• Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er strolled through Shrek Square, where Mu En teased Cao Yu about the girls who liked him and joked with Wang Dong'er about her disguise.
• At Sea God Lake, Wang Qiu'er greeted Cao Yu, and she and Wang Dong'er were shocked to see how alike they looked.
• Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er each demanded an explanation, then walked away to speak privately while ordering Cao Yu to stay behind.
• Cao Yu bought a grandmaster lip-reading skill card, but the girls turned their backs after catching him watching, making the purchase useless.
• Wang Qiu'er told Cao Yu to join her on a Soul Ring hunt in a few days because she had passed the inner court assessment, and Wang Dong'er said she would come too.
• Wang Dong'er admitted she was angry because Wang Qiu'er looked so much like her and worried Cao Yu might mistake one for the other.

Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er registered for the academy's Soul Beast hunting expedition, then visited the Inner Court training grounds, where they met friends sparring and agreed to practice for the upcoming tournament. The chapter ended as Wang Yan welcomed the Shrek Seven Devils' request to spar.

• Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er registered with Cai Mei'er for the Soul Beast hunting expedition, with Zhang Lexuan set to lead it.
• Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er visited the Inner Court and found Wu Ming sparring with Chu Qingtian.
• Cao Yu teased Chu Qingtian as he dodged Wu Ming's Golden Crow True Fire, while Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo watched.
• Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao teased Wang Dong'er about her relationship with Cao Yu, and Wang Dong'er shyly answered Xiao Xiao.
• Bei Bei proposed that the Shrek Seven Devils practice together for the coming tournament, and Cao Yu led the group to ask Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo to spar.

Cao Yu took Wu Ming’s place against Chu Qingtian and sparred with her at the inner courtyard training grounds. After surviving her Golden Crow True Fire attacks, he used Shadow Stream Avatar to appear behind her, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Wu Ming challenged Cao Yu to spar, and Chu Qingtian left the platform after Cao Yu agreed to take his place.
• Wang Yan refereed as Wu Ming and Cao Yu began their match, with Wu Ming attacking using her Golden Crow True Fire.
• Wu Ming detonated her Golden Crow True Fire at close range, but Cao Yu protected himself with Shadow Barrier.
• Cao Yu summoned his Blades of Shadow and blocked Wu Ming’s Golden Crow True Fire Blast while secretly using his ice Martial Soul to withstand the heat.
• Cao Yu vanished into the fire and reappeared behind Wu Ming using his Seventh Soul Skill, Shadow Stream Avatar, surprising the spectators.

Cao Yu defeated Wu Ming in a sparring match, then joined a team battle against Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and Chu Qingtian. The battle began with Cao Yu, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er intercepting Han Ruoruo, whose Shaking Gold Rope quickly proved difficult to counter.

• Cao Yu used his speed and Soul Skills to overcome Wu Ming, who accepted her defeat and praised his ability.
• Wu Ming accidentally hurt Cao Yu by clapping his shoulder, and he joked that her grip was strong.
• After resting, Han Ruoruo proposed a team match, and both sides agreed to fight while avoiding injury.
• The teams chose their opponents and took positions, with Cao Yu, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er assigned to face Han Ruoruo.
• Wang Yan started the match, and Han Ruoruo charged with her Shaking Gold Rope before Cao Yu and his teammates intercepted her.
• Han Ruoruo's versatile rope overwhelmed the trio in their exchanges, and Cao Yu took several lashes.

The Shrek Seven Devils defeated Han Ruoruo and her team through coordinated attacks, with Jiang Nannan disabling Wu Ming and the others overwhelming Han Ruoruo. After the match, the group celebrated and teased Bei Bei and Teacher Wang Yan about their romances.

• Jiang Nannan used Soft Bone Lock to seal Wu Ming’s Soul Skills, allowing Tang Ya to eliminate her with help from Ning Tian.
• The team supported Cao Yu, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er against Han Ruoruo, whose Shaking Gold Rope had been pressuring them.
• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan combined their abilities to weaken Han Ruoruo, and Cao Yu landed the decisive sneak attack.
• Wang Yan announced Han Ruoruo and Chu Qingtian’s eliminations, declaring the Shrek Seven Devils the winners.
• The group celebrated, Xu Sanshi and Ling Yue urged Bei Bei to pursue Zhang Lexuan, and Cao Yu led everyone in teasing Wang Yan to kiss Han Ruoruo.

Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo shared their first kiss after their friends urged them on. Three days later, Cao Yu joined Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi on a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, where the group captured a Soul Beast for an Inner Court student.

• Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo kissed while Tang Ya, Ning Tian, Cao Yu, and the others cheered them on.
• Three days later, Cao Yu and Wang Dong'er met Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi outside the academy before setting off for the Star Dou Great Forest with the students.
• After reaching the forest's mixed zone, Zhang Lexuan organized the group as they searched for Soul Beasts, while Cao Yu held Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er's hands.
• Cao Yu spotted a roughly twenty-thousand-year-old Greenwood Lizard, and Ziyue stepped forward to claim it for her breakthrough.
• Zhang Lexuan and the others attacked the Greenwood Lizard; Cao Yu used Shadow Bind to disorient it, and Zhang Lexuan subdued it with Lunar Eclipse.

Ziyue absorbed a twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Zhang Lexuan led the group through the mixed zone as they searched for more Soul Beasts. The next morning, their attack on two Giant Horned Rhinoceroses drew a herd, and the chapter ended with Zhang Lexuan wounding one beast’s eye.

• Ziyue killed the Greenwood Lizard Zhang Lexuan had restrained and absorbed its twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped the group to camp for the night, and Wang Qiu'er thanked Cao Yu for accompanying her.
• The group resumed its search at dawn and encountered two Giant Horned Rhinoceroses, whose Hornbill companions alerted them to danger.
• Eight Giant Horned Rhinoceroses charged the group, and Zhang Lexuan warned everyone to target the beasts' eyes.
• Zhang Lexuan's moonlight attack struck one rhinoceros in the eye, leaving it bleeding and staggering.

Cao Yu, Wang Qiu'er, and the Shrek students defeated a herd of Giant Horned Rhinoceroses and absorbed their Soul Rings, allowing Wang Qiu'er to reach Soul Emperor. As they prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, three sinister old men blocked their way and questioned Xuan Zi's presence.

• Cao Yu and the others blinded the charging Giant Horned Rhinoceroses and fought off their attacks by targeting their eyes.
• Wang Qiu'er knocked down one rhinoceros with a punch and escaped the herd's encirclement.
• The group blinded all eight rhinoceroses, and three students, including Wang Qiu'er, absorbed their Soul Rings while the others guarded them.
• Wang Qiu'er gained her sixth Soul Ring and broke through to Soul Emperor, and the remaining Inner Court students later completed their absorption.
• Xuan Zi led the group toward the forest's exit, where three black-cloaked old men stopped them and one questioned why Xuan Zi was with them.

Xuan Zi led the students safely back to Shrek Academy after they encountered three old men in the Star Dou Great Forest. That night, Cao Yu met Ju Zi at Shrek Square and accompanied her to shop for clothes, where she asked him to judge the styles she tried.

• Xuan Zi saw through the three old men’s cultivation, and they let his group pass before abandoning their plan to hunt Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears.
• Xuan Zi brought the students back to Shrek Academy before sunset, and Cao Yu returned Wang Qiu'er to the girls’ dormitory.
• Wang Dong'er hugged Cao Yu in the boys’ dormitory, and he suggested they wash together.
• Ju Zi called Cao Yu and asked him to meet her at Shrek Square, and he promised to come that night.
• Cao Yu met Ju Zi, accompanied her through the market, and bought the things she liked.
• Ju Zi took Cao Yu to a clothing shop and asked him to help judge the styles she tried on.

Cao Yu and Ju Zi shopped together, then spent a sleepless night before he joined the Shrek Seven Devils to hear that the Soul Fighting Tournament might allow sects to compete. He and Bei Bei planned to practice together, while Wang Dong'er complained that Cao Yu had gone missing the previous night.

• Ju Zi chose clothes for herself and Cao Yu, then paid for his outfit after he had bought hers.
• Ju Zi teased Cao Yu back at her dorm room, and they spent another sleepless night together.
• Cao Yu and the Shrek Seven Devils met Mu En and Xuan Zi, who warned that the Sun Moon Empire had proposed letting sects enter the upcoming tournament.
• Xuan Zi and Mu En cautioned the group about the Body Sect, while Cao Yu remained confident in their chances.
• Cao Yu and Bei Bei agreed to practice their coordination, as Wang Dong'er told Jiang Nannan that Cao Yu had been gone the previous night.

Cao Yu sparred with Inner Court students while Tang Ya, Ning Tian, and Jiang Nannan suspected he had spent the night with someone else. The match ended with Ning Tian eliminated and Jiang Nannan catching Cao Yu in a hold, while spectators accused him of letting her take advantage of him.

• Tang Ya and Wang Dong'er wondered where Cao Yu had spent the night, and the others said he had not visited them.
• Cao Yu rested after several sparring rounds and traded jokes with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux, who praised his progress but criticized his use of undead creatures for labor.
• Cao Yu began a sparring match against Tang Ya, Ning Tian, and Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya trapped him with Blue Silver Grass skills.
• Cao Yu broke free from Tang Ya's vines and dodged Jiang Nannan, impressing the spectators with his speed.
• Ning Tian was eliminated, but Jiang Nannan caught Cao Yu in her Soft Bone Lock, and the spectators suspected he had let her grab him on purpose.

Cao Yu sparred with Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Tang Ya before dreaming of Tang San, who confronted him over his relationships and threatened to block him from inheriting a god’s power. Cao Yu rejected the threat and asked the system for a way to deal with the gods, but the only affordable-looking option had not yet been revealed.

• Cao Yu deliberately lost a sparring round to Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Tang Ya, then agreed to fight seriously in another round.
• After falling asleep beside Wang Dong'er, Cao Yu dreamed of Tang San and recognized him by the Sea God Trident.
• Tang San accused Cao Yu of having several women’s presences intertwined with his and warned that Cao Yu would have to get past him to become a god.
• Tang San threatened to withhold a god’s inheritance unless Cao Yu loved only Wang Dong'er, then vanished from the dream.
• Cao Yu woke Wang Dong'er briefly, reassured her, and decided he would not give her or the others up or become Tang San’s pawn.
• Cao Yu asked Big Bro System for a way to handle the gods, but the listed Gold-Binding Rope cost ten trillion Gold Soul Coins, so the system moved on to a twelfth item.

Cao Yu tested the Boastful Conch, whose absurd words sometimes became reality, and accidentally stripped Snow Empress of her clothes before she caught and scolded him. He later handed the conch to Immoral Dog, whose wish made a tree grow flowers with a revolting smell.

• Cao Yu bought the Boastful Conch and spent days testing its unpredictable success rate.
• Cao Yu wished that Snow Empress would look prettier without her clothes, and the conch made her clothes disappear.
• Snow Empress put on fresh clothes, caught Cao Yu repeating his wish, and twisted his ears as he insisted it was an accident.
• Cao Yu retreated to the demiplane, where Immoral Dog arrived with two female wolves and four puppies, including Wangcai.
• Cao Yu explained the conch to Immoral Dog, who wished for feces to bloom on trees and caused a huge foul-smelling tree to grow.

Cao Yu used Immoral Dog and the Boastful Conch to seal the path from the Divine Realm to the mortal world, disrupting Tang San’s plans. He then explored the demiplane with Electrolux, subdued a Skeleton King, and entered a cave filled with undead creatures.

• Immoral Dog made the Boastful Conch’s wish come true, sealing the route to the mortal world and stopping divine sense from entering it.
• Brown matter fell on Ma Hongjun and other gods, while Tang San discovered the barrier and worried about his daughter and Cao Yu.
• Cao Yu and Electrolux traveled through the demiplane, where Cao Yu subdued a Skeleton King after weakening the black flames in its eye sockets.
• Electrolux led Cao Yu to a mountain cave, where Cao Yu found a crowd of ordinary undead, including Cave Demon Spiders.

Cao Yu built and equipped a vast undead army in his demiplane, then joined the Shrek team as they set out for the Continental Soul Fighting Tournament in the Sun Moon Empire. The team traveled toward the tournament amid growing tensions and speculation that the Sun Moon Empire might be preparing for war.

• Cao Yu subdued roughly three hundred thousand undead creatures over several months and equipped many skeletons, zombies, and skeleton knights with weapons from the Star Luo Empire.
• Cao Yu organized training for his undead army, using bone dragons for aerial attacks, abominations as defenses, and self-destruct bombs on about a hundred thousand undead.
• Cao Yu, the Shrek Seven Devils, and the reserve members gathered at the academy gates before Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Wang Yan led them toward the Sun Moon Empire.
• Cao Yu asked Xuan Zi how many teams would compete, and Xuan Zi explained that nearly two hundred teams had registered and that the champion would receive a Level 9 Soul Tool.
• Cao Yu and Xuan Zi discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s possible plans for war as the team traveled toward the tournament.

Xu Tianran reviewed his military support in Mingdu and reflected on Ju Zi leaving with the Shrek exchange students. Meanwhile, Shrek’s team arrived for the tournament, Cao Yu reunited with Xu Jiujiu, and the teams learned the rules before heading to the venue.

• Xu Tianran learned that at least two-fifths of the empire’s military was under his control and thought about Ju Zi’s departure.
• Shrek’s group checked in at the Mingyue Hotel, where Wang Yan warned them about the strong competition.
• Xu Jiujiu visited Cao Yu, and they reunited privately while agreeing to wait until after the tournament to spend more time together.
• The organizers announced a format with no height limit, drawing protests because it favored Soul Engineers, and Shrek received a first-round bye.
• Cao Yu and his companions watched the first preliminary round at the metal-heavy venue, where the hundred soul tool screens caught their attention.

Cao Yu watched Xu Tianran arrive as Prince Regent at the tournament, where the Sun Moon Empire’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult became clear. The preliminary elimination match began, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy lost its second bout to Wind Wolf Sect’s Ren Ya.

• Over five hundred members of the Royal Soul Engineer Corps escorted Xu Tianran to the arena, where the officials hailed him as Prince Regent.
• Long Xiaoyao silenced the crowd, and Cao Yu told Xuan Zi that the Holy Spirit Cult served as the Sun Moon Empire’s State Preceptor Sect.
• The tournament began with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy facing Wind Wolf Sect, and its first contestant defeated a Wind Wolf Sect Soul Emperor using Soul Tools.
• Ren Ya used his speed and fifth Soul Skill to break through Fei Long’s defenses and defeat him, giving Wind Wolf Sect the second match.

The Sun Moon Team recovered from an early disadvantage when Xiao Hongchen defeated Ren Ya and led them to victory over the Wind Wolf Sect. Two days later, the Shrek Representative Team began its first match against the Earth Dragon Sect, with Cao Yu taking the stage first.

• Ren Ya defeated Lu Shui in the third match, putting the Sun Moon Team behind the Wind Wolf Sect by two matches to one.
• Xiao Hongchen trapped Ren Ya’s arms in golden liquid metal and knocked him unconscious with Class 7 Soul Cannon shells, then won the remaining matches for the Sun Moon Team.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized Vina, the Heaven Dou Empire’s princess, competing with the Snow Demon Sect and warned Cao Yu not to pursue her.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi discussed the Body Sect’s senior members secretly entering Mingdu and their possible suspicions about the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Two days later, the Shrek Representative Team began its first match against the Earth Dragon Sect, and Cao Yu took the stage as its first contestant.

Cao Yu defeated Chu Zhongtian, then faced Nan Qiuqiu in the next match. After her annihilation attacks failed to catch him, Nan Qiuqiu was startled when Cao Yu appeared behind her.

• Cao Yu shattered Chu Zhongtian’s earth wall and survived his Earth Dragon Burst Technique without a scratch.
• Cao Yu defeated Chu Zhongtian, who surrendered, and the referee awarded Shrek’s team the match.
• Nan Qiuqiu introduced herself as captain of the Earth Dragon Sect’s team and began her match against Cao Yu.
• Nan Qiuqiu fired Light of Annihilation twice, but Cao Yu dodged both beams with his speed and Shadow Evasion.
• Nan Qiuqiu unleashed Annihilation Chain Explosion across the arena, then heard Cao Yu speak from behind her.

Cao Yu defeated Nan Qiuqiu, and the Earth Dragon Sect forfeited the rest of its matches. After witnessing the Holy Spirit Cult’s brutality, Cao Yu proposed organizing bounty hunters to hunt Evil Soul Masters, leaving plans for the campaign to be discussed with the academy and the Star Luo Empire.

• Cao Yu overwhelmed Nan Qiuqiu, who conceded the remaining individual matches and the team match for the Earth Dragon Sect.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Cao Yu and Nan Qiuqiu exchanged farewells before she returned to her mother and team.
• Cao Yu and the Shrek team watched the Holy Spirit Sect defeat Tiandu Academy through brutal attacks that devoured several competitors’ souls.
• Xuan Zi restrained himself from attacking the Holy Spirit Cult because of the tournament rules and Long Xiaoyao’s presence.
• Cao Yu proposed training bounty hunters, offering rewards for killing or locating Evil Soul Masters, and equipping the hunters with weapons developed by Shrek Academy.

Cao Yu defeated the Holy Spirit Sect contestant in Shrek Academy’s first round-robin match, killing him after overpowering his spiritual attack and extracting the sect’s hidden location from his memories. Shrek was declared the winner, while Cao Yu learned where the Holy Spirit Cult was hiding.

• Cao Yu drew the Holy Spirit Sect as Shrek Academy’s opponent and vowed to defeat them.
• Cao Yu took the field for Shrek and faced a Holy Spirit Sect contestant who attacked with purple mist and a giant insect.
• Cao Yu crushed the contestant’s spiritual attack and dissolved the insect with his Gold Melting Spell.
• Cao Yu used Soul Control Fire and Time Reversal to control the contestant and learn where the Holy Spirit Cult was hiding.
• Cao Yu cast the Withering Spell, which drained the contestant’s Soul Power and vitality until he vanished.
• The referee announced Shrek’s victory, and the spectators cheered.