Arc 40The Tournament’s Turning Tide
Oscar broke with Shrek and defeated Tang San after awakening his Behemoth bloodline, while Ye Lingling shared her power and life with him. The tournament continued with the New Botanical Team’s victories, Zhu Zhuyun joining them, and Bibi Dong displaying her overwhelming strength as Shrek prepared for its next match.
- Little Nine’s allies ambushed Shrek’s airship, but Qian Renxue and the Firmament Knights arrived to help the survivors escape the attack.
- After Ye Lingling was cursed, Oscar helped cleanse her damaged Nine-Hearted Begonia and discovered that Tang San had given Ning Qingfeng the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid Oscar believed was meant for him.
- Oscar confronted Ning Fengzhi and Tang San, rejected Ning Rongrong, and went to Spirit Hall with Ye Lingling, where Bibi Dong punished them for trading away Oscar’s Secret Method.
- Oscar and Ye Lingling trained under extreme gravity, awakened their Qi and Blood Power, and received a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Spirit Bone and an ancient Behemoth bone fragment.
- Shrek’s team defeated Seiya’s Spirit Hall team, while Bibi Dong recognized Xiao Wu’s disguised identity and later met with Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.
- Oscar formed a new team with Qian Renxue’s guards and Ye Lingling, then unleashed a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear fusion against Shrek and defeated Tang San’s Holy Tiger War God by manifesting a Behemoth form.
- Ye Lingling shared her lifespan and power with the near-death Oscar, transforming her Nine-Hearted Begonia, and Oscar promised to marry her and took her to Spirit Hall.
- Huo Wu and other girls joined Little Nine’s Botanical Academy Team, which defeated the Star Luo Royal Team as Little Nine crippled Dai Weisi’s Martial Spirit and Zhu Zhuyun chose to leave her family.
- Zhu Zhuyun joined the New Botanical Team, Bibi Dong subdued the empires’ spectators with her Haki Domain, and the tournament’s next matchups were drawn.