Chapter Summaries

Dai Lingfeng abandoned Shrek and took Dai Yueheng with him, leaving Shrek's team devastated and facing the tournament alone. Tang San condemned the betrayal but, after deciding not to give Dai Lingfeng the Sea God inheritance, considered the vacant Rakshasa Godhood for him instead.

• Dai Lingfeng left Shrek with Xu Jiujiu, and Dai Yueheng followed after apologizing to Wang Yan.
• Wang Yan collapsed after ordering the academy to be notified, while Huo Yuhao urged Shrek's team not to give up.
• Dai Lingfeng explained to Tang San that he had betrayed Shrek to pressure Huo Yuhao and curb Shrek's power.
• Dai Mubai supported Dai Lingfeng's decision, arguing that Shrek had grown too powerful to govern.
• Tang San suspected Dai Mubai was trying to undermine Dai Lingfeng, rejected him for the Sea God Godhood, and considered the vacant Rakshasa Godhood as an alternative.

Dai Lingfeng’s decision to withdraw from Shrek and undermine it alarmed Xu Jiujiu, Dai Hao, and Xu Jiawei, while Tang San considered helping him inherit the vacant Rakshasa Godhood. Dai Lingfeng faced his father and Xu Jiawei and claimed he could oppose the Sun Moon Empire himself.

• Tang San considered making Dai Lingfeng a successor to the Rakshasa Godhood to strengthen his own camp.
• Xu Jiujiu supported Dai Lingfeng’s actions against Shrek and promised to explain them to Xu Jiawei, while Dai Yueheng worried about the consequences.
• Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei learned that Dai Lingfeng had withdrawn from Shrek and mocked the academy, and they waited for him to explain himself.
• Dai Hao confronted Dai Lingfeng about endangering the three kingdoms by striking at Shrek.
• Dai Lingfeng told Dai Hao that he could stand against the Sun Moon Empire himself.

Dai Lingfeng convinced Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei that Shrek was no longer needed, then took command of the Star Luo Team and replaced two members. At Shrek, Mu En learned of Dai Lingfeng’s betrayal, collapsed under the news, and called a final Sea God Pavilion Meeting.

• Dai Lingfeng promised Dai Hao he would prove himself in the Soul Master Tournament and argued that Shrek was no longer necessary.
• Xu Jiawei appointed Dai Lingfeng captain of the Star Luo Team, and Dai Lingfeng went with Xu Jiujiu and Dai Yueheng to meet its members.
• Dai Lingfeng reorganized the team, replacing Wang Yichen and Wang Shiying with himself and Dai Yueheng.
• Mu En heard that Dai Lingfeng had betrayed Shrek and spat out blood as Yan Shaozhe helped him up.
• Mu En, devastated by the betrayal and the loss of his Dragon Core, called another Sea God Pavilion Meeting to give his final instructions.

After Dai Lingfeng defected to Star Luo Academy, Mu En blamed Xuan Zi for Shrek Academy’s crisis and ordered reinforcements sent to Star Luo City. Mu En named Xuan Zi his successor as Sea God Pavilion Master and, near death, left him to seek Dai Lingfeng’s return; Ma Xiaotao learned of the betrayal and vowed to confront him.

• Xuan Zi knelt before Mu En and admitted that his negligence as team leader had contributed to the team’s losses and Dai Lingfeng’s defection.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to send Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochе, and five inner-court students to Star Luo City to fill the team’s vacancies.
• Mu En rejected the elders’ suggestion to hold the Star Luo Empire and White Tiger Duke’s Mansion accountable, then let Xuan Zi try to persuade Dai Lingfeng and Tang Hao to reconcile with Shrek.
• Mu En declared that he was near death and appointed Xuan Zi to succeed him as Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Ma Xiaotao raged at Dai Lingfeng’s betrayal and announced that she was returning to make him pay.

Ma Xiaotao prepared to return to the tournament and face Dai Lingfeng, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy reassessed its strategy after Dai Lingfeng joined the Star Luo team. The Sun Moon team recognized him as their chief threat, though Elder Ma hoped Shrek’s split with Dai Lingfeng might create an opening.

• Yan Shaozhe warned Ma Xiaotao not to act rashly against Dai Lingfeng, and she promised to stay calm.
• Ma Xiaotao met Ling Luochе and the others, then traveled back to Star Luo City with Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe.
• Elder Ma told the Sun Moon team that Dai Lingfeng and Dai Yueheng had joined the Star Luo team, making Star Luo their primary target.
• Xiao Hongchen acknowledged Dai Lingfeng’s threat, while Meng Hongchen mocked his claim that Dai Lingfeng was his only opponent.
• Elder Ma urged the team to exploit the rift between Shrek Academy and Dai Lingfeng, but Xiao Hongchen argued that they would unite against the Sun Moon team.