Recaps

Kong Xuan bet Mu En that he could defeat every Shrek Inner Court student, with the exchange students’ admission to the Inner Court as the stakes. At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe warned that allowing Kong Xuan access to Shrek’s legacy would be dangerous, while the elders debated whether he could win.

• Kong Xuan challenged every Inner Court student and asked Mu En to let the exchange students study there if he won, promising they would drop the request if he lost.
• Mu En told Kong Xuan to wait for word, and Kong Xuan discussed Shrek’s past and present problems with Yun Ming on his way back to the dormitory.
• Mu En watched Kong Xuan return to the dormitory and wondered whether his decision was right.
• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion Elders about the bet, prompting surprise and concern about Sun Moon students entering the Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe protested that Kong Xuan might learn Shrek’s secrets, but Mu En asked whether he believed the Inner Court students would lose.
• Lin Huiqun argued that Kong Xuan could not defeat Zhang Lexuan, and Yan Shaozhe asked what would happen if Kong Xuan won.

At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe urged Shrek Academy to have Kong Xuan killed before he could become a threat, but Mu En rejected the plan and removed Yan Shaozhe as dean. After the elders left, Mu En suspected Kong Xuan was a god’s successor and hoped to preserve goodwill with him.

• Mu En ruled that Sun Moon exchange students could enter Shrek’s inner court if Kong Xuan won, while denying them access to the academy’s true core.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Shrek should arrange Kong Xuan’s death, either directly or by revealing information about him to the three kingdoms.
• Xuan Zi warned that Kong Deming would investigate Kong Xuan’s death and that Shrek could be drawn into a major battle.
• Mu En removed Yan Shaozhe as Martial Soul Department dean, put Mei'er in charge, and assigned Yan Shaozhe to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After the meeting, Mu En suspected Kong Xuan had become a god’s successor and hoped to establish goodwill with him to protect Shrek Academy’s future.

After the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe planned to leave for Sun Moon to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult and find Feng Ling. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy prepared for Kong Xuan’s challenge against the Inner Court, drawing the entire academy and the Sea God Pavilion elders to watch.

• Cai Mei'er told Yan Shaozhe that Mu En had been right to criticize his extreme methods, and Yan Shaozhe decided to go to Sun Moon the next day, hoping to find Feng Ling.
• Yan Shaozhe put Cai Mei'er in charge of the Martial Soul Department and warned her that Kong Xuan was more formidable than the others realized.
• Xu Wei told Kong Xuan that Shrek had announced his match against the Inner Court and that all other Soul Fighting Arenas would close for the event.
• Shrek students widely doubted Kong Xuan could win, though some who had seen him fight recognized that he might defeat a Soul Douluo.
• The next morning, Shrek's central Soul Fighting Arena filled with spectators, including the Sea God Pavilion elders, as they gathered to watch Kong Xuan face the Inner Court.

Kong Xuan faced Shrek Inner Court’s challenge as Elder Song refereed the matches, and the first opponent to step forward was the Soul Emperor Qiu Xu. The match began with Qiu Xu revealing his Soul Breaking Spear, while Kong Xuan remained still.

• Zhang Lexuan wondered whether she should fight Kong Xuan despite learning they were cousins, while Cai Mei'er warned the Inner Court students not to underestimate him.
• Elder Song arrived, revealed her Azure Shadow Divine Eagle Martial Soul and nine Soul Rings, and took charge as referee.
• Kong Xuan entered the arena, and Qiu Xu volunteered as his first opponent after Chu Qingtian declined to fight.
• Elder Song explained the challenge rules and started the match between Kong Xuan and Qiu Xu.
• Qiu Xu possessed his Soul Breaking Spear and announced that he was a Level sixty-nine Power Attack System Battle Soul Emperor.

Kong Xuan revealed his hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring before facing Qiu Xu, shocking Shrek Academy’s spectators and elders. He defeated Qiu Xu through superior spear technique without using a Soul Skill, leaving the arena convinced he could challenge the Inner Court students.

• Qiu Xu asked Kong Xuan to reveal his Martial Soul and Soul Power, and Kong Xuan announced that he was a level sixty-five assault-type Battle Soul Emperor with the Atlas Spear.
• Kong Xuan revealed his Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year sixth ring, stunning Qiu Xu, the spectators, and the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Kong Xuan taunted Qiu Xu, who charged with three enhanced Soul Skills and attacked with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Kong Xuan deflected Qiu Xu’s thrust and dismantled his barrage with precise spear technique while using no Soul Skills.
• Kong Xuan broke through Qiu Xu’s defenses and held the Atlas Spear at his throat, and Elder Song declared Kong Xuan the winner.

Kong Xuan defeated Qiu Xu in spear technique, then faced Golden Crow Saintess Wu Ming after the Inner Court students hesitated to challenge him. He grounded Wu Ming with a domain-like force that suppressed flight, leaving Elder Song stunned by the power of his ability.

• Kong Xuan defeated Qiu Xu in spear technique, and Qiu Xu admitted his loss before leaving the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Elder Song called for another Inner Court challenger, but the students hesitated until Wu Ming volunteered.
• Wu Ming introduced herself and took to the air, challenging Kong Xuan to fight her in the sky.
• Kong Xuan struck the arena floor with his Atlas Spear, spreading a force field that stripped Wu Ming of her ability to fly.
• Wu Ming plunged toward the arena, while Elder Song broke free of the field and recognized its power as a domain.

Kong Xuan used his Atlas Spear’s Flight Restriction Domain to ground Wu Ming and countered her fourth Soul Skill with Void Stab. Wu Ming transformed into her Golden Crow Avatar and charged at him, but Kong Xuan unexpectedly withdrew his Martial Soul as she reached him.

• Kong Xuan’s Flight Restriction Domain stripped Wu Ming of flight, but she controlled her fall and landed safely on the arena platform.
• Wu Ming fired her fourth Soul Skill, Golden Crow True Fire Ring, at Kong Xuan, who burst it apart with his first Soul Skill, Void Stab.
• Wu Ming unleashed her Seventh Soul Skill, Golden Crow Avatar, but the Flight Restriction Domain forced her to charge along the ground.
• As Wu Ming’s Golden Crow Avatar reached him, Kong Xuan voluntarily dispersed the Atlas Spear, leaving the spectators stunned.

Kong Xuan defeated Wu Ming with the Ice God Claw, a Soul Bone Skill from the Ice Dragon King's left palm bone, and continued challenging Shrek's Inner Court students without resting. After winning, he declared that his defeated opponents would never be his rivals, then called for the next challenger.

• Kong Xuan transformed his left hand and forearm into an ice-blue dragon claw, shocking the spectators, though Elder Song recognized it as an external soul bone rather than a second Martial Soul.
• Kong Xuan struck Wu Ming's Golden Crow Avatar with the Ice God Claw, freezing and shattering it and leaving Wu Ming badly injured.
• Elder Song announced Kong Xuan as the winner of the second match, and Wu Ming accepted her defeat while vowing to win against him one day.
• Kong Xuan told Wu Ming he would give her time to catch up until she could no longer glimpse him, provoking an uproar among the spectators.
• Kong Xuan's Sun Moon companions wondered why he was acting so boastfully, and Xiao Hongchen said he could not influence his brother-in-law.
• Kong Xuan called for the next challenger without taking a rest.

After two decisive victories left the Inner Court disciples reluctant to challenge him, Kong Xuan faced Han Ruoruo, the Inner Court’s foremost controller and an eighty-two-level Soul Douluo. Han Ruoruo stopped his spatial spear attacks, and the match continued as she began her counterattack.

• Kong Xuan’s victories over Qiu Xu and Wu Ming left the Inner Court Soul Saints too apprehensive to volunteer for the next match.
• Cai Mei’er called on Han Ruoruo, who entered the arena and introduced herself as an eighty-two-level Control System Soul Douluo with the Shaking Gold Rope Martial Soul.
• Kong Xuan opened the match with Void Stab, sending spatial spear thrusts at Han Ruoruo from a hundred meters away.
• Han Ruoruo’s Shaking Gold Rope formed a defensive net that deflected every Void Stab, forcing Kong Xuan to stop probing her defenses.
• Kong Xuan strengthened himself with Atlas Battle Intent and threw the Atlas Spear using Clear Sky Divine Spear Formation, but Han Ruoruo knocked it aside and began attacking.

Kong Xuan overcame Han Ruoruo’s Shaking Gold Rope Formation and Shaking Gold Avatar with his spatial abilities. He used his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill to trap and subdue her, and Elder Song declared him the winner.

• Han Ruoruo used her Sixth Soul Skill, Gold Rope Formation, to fill the arena with Shaking Gold Ropes and attack Kong Xuan from every direction.
• Kong Xuan evaded the ropes with his footwork and Atlas Spear, then crossed the arena to approach Han Ruoruo.
• Han Ruoruo activated her Seventh Soul Skill, Shaking Gold Avatar, and sent gold-and-silver rings racing toward Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan retreated and used Spatial Confinement: Draw the Ground as a Prison to trap Han Ruoruo and shrink the invisible cage around her.
• Han Ruoruo’s Shaking Gold Avatar vanished as the confinement ended, and Elder Song announced Kong Xuan as the winner of the third match.

After Kong Xuan defeated Han Ruoruo, Zhang Lexuan entered the final match and promised the Inner Court would concede if he beat her. Kong Xuan launched the first attack, but Zhang Lexuan’s moonlight defense and precise counterattack intercepted his spatial spear strikes.

• Elder Song declared Kong Xuan the winner over Han Ruoruo, leaving the Inner Court shocked by his third consecutive victory.
• Han Ruoruo acknowledged Kong Xuan’s mastery of spatial power, accepted defeat, and left the arena.
• Zhang Lexuan rose as the Inner Court’s last challenger and told Kong Xuan that the Inner Court would concede if he defeated her.
• Kong Xuan and Zhang Lexuan agreed to fight without restraint, and Kong Xuan activated Atlas Battle Intent before attacking with Void Stab.
• Zhang Lexuan used Moonlight Body Protection and summoned moon blades that intercepted Kong Xuan’s emerging spear strikes.

Kong Xuan faced Zhang Lexuan’s moon-based control skills, which trapped him and disrupted his spatial abilities, but Starry Firmament Phantom saved him from her attack. Zhang Lexuan then activated her Martial Soul Avatar, prompting Kong Xuan to prepare to use his full strength.

• Kong Xuan left a Starry Firmament Phantom behind as he moved toward Zhang Lexuan, unknowingly revealing a lifesaving Soul Bone Skill.
• Zhang Lexuan used Moonlight Lock-On and Black Moon’s Binding to lock onto Kong Xuan and force him out of the void.
• Zhang Lexuan’s moonlight slash struck Kong Xuan, but he vanished into starlight as the attack hit his phantom instead.
• Zhang Lexuan activated her Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, merging into the moon and flooding the arena with silver light.
• Kong Xuan realized Zhang Lexuan’s Soul Skills had grown more powerful and prepared to fight at full strength.

Zhang Lexuan used her eighth Soul Ring’s Blood Moon Eclipse and Moonlight Domain against Kong Xuan in their Soul Fighting Arena match. Kong Xuan survived the Blood Moon Death Ray with spatial confinement, but Zhang Lexuan followed by dropping her enormous Silver Moon over him, leaving him trapped within her domain.

• Zhang Lexuan transformed the Silver Moon into a blood moon and unleashed Blood Moon Eclipse, stirring the blood of everyone in the arena.
• Zhang Lexuan fired the Blood Moon Death Ray at Kong Xuan, who used Draw the Ground as a Prison to form a spatial barrier around himself.
• Kong Xuan’s barrier withstood the death ray, though the clash drained his Soul Power and left his blood surging.
• Zhang Lexuan ended the blood moon and sent the Silver Moon crashing down toward Kong Xuan, expanding it to nearly four hundred meters across.
• Elder Song recognized that the apparent moon was partly condensed moonlight and that Kong Xuan was caught in Zhang Lexuan’s Moonlight Domain.

Kong Xuan struggled to break through Zhang Lexuan’s oppressive Moonlight Domain and awakened the true meaning of his Invincible Spear Intent. With his spiritual power advancing into the Spirit Domain Realm, he unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill against her Martial Soul Avatar.

• Kong Xuan compressed his crumbling spatial barrier into a protective suit and spotted a weak point in Zhang Lexuan’s Silver Moon Martial Soul Avatar.
• He used his hundred-thousand-year Soul Skill, Phase Shuttling, to reach the underside of the avatar.
• Zhang Lexuan intensified her Moonlight Domain, weighing Kong Xuan down and rapidly dissolving his spatial protection.
• Under the pressure, Kong Xuan realized that Invincible Spear Intent meant having the conviction to overcome any obstacle, not being truly unbeatable.
• Kong Xuan’s spiritual power broke through into the Spirit Domain Realm, and he swung his Atlas Spear to unleash Fifth Soul Skill, Godslaying · Space Rend.

Kong Xuan defeated Zhang Lexuan in the final match of his challenge, earning the Sun Moon exchange students permission to study in Shrek’s Inner Court. Mu En reflected on Shrek’s decline and the burden of his lifelong duty, ending with a quiet admission to his former teacher that he had done his best.

• Kong Xuan used Godslaying · Space Rend to shatter Zhang Lexuan’s Silver Moon Avatar, and Elder Song caught her as she fell.
• Elder Song declared Kong Xuan the winner, completing his challenge against the Inner Court and its strongest student.
• Cai Mei'er confirmed that the Sun Moon exchange students could enter the Inner Court and said she would inform Ren Jun of the arrangements.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders recognized that Shrek’s former dominance was fading as the Sun Moon Empire produced powerful new talent.
• Mu En sensed the match from his reclining chair, reflected on Shrek’s decline and his teacher’s charge, and murmured that he had done his best.

Kong Xuan settled into the Shrek Inner Court and spoke with Zhang Lexuan near the Sea God Pavilion about her recovery and her choice to remain at Shrek. He then sent Yun Ming’s spiritual power toward the Golden Ancient Tree to investigate Tang San’s contingency, fulfilling his promise to his teacher.

• Ren Jun showed Kong Xuan and the other Sun Moon exchange students around the Inner Court and explained its facilities and informal study system.
• The exchange students moved into private dormitories and adapted to Inner Court life, while its students continued avoiding them.
• Kong Xuan met Zhang Lexuan beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, congratulated her on becoming a Sea God Pavilion reserve member, and asked whether she would return to Sun Moon.
• Zhang Lexuan said Shrek was her home and that she hoped Shrek and Sun Moon would not become enemies.
• After Zhang Lexuan left, Kong Xuan stopped outside the Sea God Pavilion and released Yun Ming’s spiritual power toward the Golden Ancient Tree to examine Tang San’s contingency.

Yun Ming secretly examined the Golden Ancient Tree and found no sign that an outside will had taken control of it, leaving Kong Xuan unsure whether Tang San's plan had begun. Yun Ming nevertheless chose to trust Kong Xuan and sever his ties with Shrek, and Kong Xuan silently reaffirmed his promise to help his teacher live again.

• Yun Ming sent his spiritual power into the Golden Ancient Tree and found no trace of an outside will occupying it.
• Kong Xuan was shocked that the tree showed no signs of Tang San's plan and worried he could no longer prove his claim.
• Yun Ming told Kong Xuan he believed him, citing Tang San's attempted murder of Kong Xuan at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yun Ming rejected Shrek's conduct and declared that he would no longer intervene in its affairs.
• Kong Xuan accepted Yun Ming's trust and renewed his resolve to help his teacher rebuild his body after becoming a god.

Kong Xuan led the Sun Moon exchange students to the Star Dou Great Forest to begin their Soul Spirit collaboration, accompanied by Kong Deming. At the Lake of Life, Kong Deming revealed his new Two-Word Battle Armor, Silver Moon, and faced Di Tian as a Level 99 Limit Douluo.

• Ma Sheng returned to Shrek Academy, and Cai Mei'er approved the exchange students' trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Kong Xuan, Kong Ling, Xu Wei, Ji Juechen, Ma Sheng, and Ren Jun set out for the forest with Gu Yuena.
• Kong Deming arrived through a spatial gateway, trusted Kong Xuan's plan, and transported the group inside his Life-Bound Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming used spatial passages to reach the Lake of Life, where the Ferocious Beasts' pressure confronted him.
• Kong Deming donned his Two-Word Battle Armor, Silver Moon, and its power raised him from Level 96 to Level 99.
• Di Tian appeared before Kong Deming and remarked that humans had produced another supreme expert.

Kong Xuan brought Kong Deming and three Soul Masters to the Star Dou Great Forest to fulfill their promise and demonstrate successful Soul Spirit technology. Di Tian arranged for three suitable Soul Beasts to be brought to the Lake of Life, then asked who would undergo fusion first.

• Di Tian recognized Kong Deming and, after Gu Yuena reassured him, withdrew his pressure and stopped treating the group as a threat.
• Kong Xuan told Di Tian that Soul Spirit research had succeeded and that Kong Ling and two other Soul Masters needed Soul Rings.
• Di Tian summoned the Myriad Demon King and asked him to find a fire-attribute, a lightning-attribute, and an attribute-free attack-type Soul Beast.
• The Myriad Demon King brought a Heaven-Burning Skylark, a Thunder-Patterned Giant Bear, and a Mysterious Iron Saber-Toothed Tiger to the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian confirmed that the Soul Beasts met the requirements and asked who would undergo Soul Spirit fusion first.

Kong Xuan guided Kong Ling through the first Soul Spirit fusion, which appeared to fail before the Heaven-Burning Skylark reformed as her Soul Spirit and granted her a choice of Soul Skills. After explaining the method’s benefits and limitations, Kong Xuan prepared to help Xu Wei and Ji Juechen before discussing Soul Spirit technology with Di Tian.

• Kong Xuan chose Kong Ling to attempt fusion with the willing Heaven-Burning Skylark and began the Soul Spirit ritual.
• The Heaven-Burning Skylark’s body died and its spiritual form vanished, making everyone believe the fusion had failed.
• Golden symbols surged into Kong Ling, and the Heaven-Burning Skylark reappeared as her Soul Spirit alongside a black Soul Ring.
• Kong Ling said she had chosen the Heaven Burning Soul Skill and explained that Soul Spirits offered a choice of skills and could aid their masters in battle.
• Kong Xuan described Soul Spirit options and limits, estimated a success rate above ninety percent if the Soul Beast did not resist, and told Di Tian they would discuss the method after Xu Wei and Ji Juechen fused.

Kong Xuan secured the Star Dou Great Forest’s support for the Spirit Pagoda and planned to promote Soul Spirits in two or three years. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe entered the Sun Moon Empire and tracked the Holy Spirit Cult to the Xishui Alliance, where Nangong Wan detected someone spying on him.

• Xu Wei and Ji Juechen completed their Soul Spirit fusions, gaining powerful Soul Skills.
• Kong Xuan explained the fusion ritual’s requirements, offered to teach the Ferocious Beasts, and invited them to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Di Tian agreed that Star Dou would join the Spirit Pagoda, and Kong Xuan said preparations and promotion would take time.
• Yan Shaozhe crossed into the Sun Moon Empire, investigated border cities, and learned that the Xishui Alliance was controlled by Evil Soul Masters.
• Nangong Wan reviewed the Xishui Alliance’s affairs and addressed an unseen watcher behind his office curtains.

Yan Shaozhe confronted Nangong Wan about the Holy Spirit Cult and forced the Xishui Alliance leader to reveal the cult’s strength. He left with alarming intelligence about its ranks and two supposed Limit Douluos, then asked for the vice cult leader’s name.

• Yan Shaozhe entered Nangong Wan’s office and declared that he had come to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Nangong Wan denied belonging to the cult, but Yan Shaozhe’s level 95 strength and light attribute overwhelmed him, and he begged for mercy.
• Nangong Wan admitted that he led the Xishui Alliance and served as the Holy Spirit Cult’s second elder.
• Nangong Wan said the cult had more than twenty Titled Douluo-level fighters, including a level 98 cult leader and a level 97 vice cult leader.
• Nangong Wan claimed the cult’s two supreme elders were level 99 Limit Douluos, alarming Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Nangong Wan for the vice cult leader’s name.

Yan Shaozhe learned that Feng Ling was the Holy Spirit Cult’s deputy leader and the cult leader’s wife, then forced Nangong Wan to summon her to the Xishui Alliance headquarters. When Feng Ling arrived, she recognized Yan Shaozhe and ordered Nangong Wan out, leaving their reunion unresolved.

• Yan Shaozhe questioned Nangong Wan about Feng Ling and learned that she wielded the Evil Phoenix Martial Soul and was married to the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered Nangong Wan to summon Feng Ling and threatened him against sending any warning.
• Nangong Wan sent a Soul Tool message claiming an emergency required Feng Ling’s presence, and she arrived the following day.
• Feng Ling sensed something was wrong and confronted Nangong Wan before Yan Shaozhe appeared in the office.
• Feng Ling recognized Yan Shaozhe and told Nangong Wan to get out, while he left relieved that he had survived.

Yan Shaozhe reunited with Feng Ling in Mingdu and learned how deeply the Holy Spirit Cult had grown before asking her to pass along a message. Nine months later, as the exchange program neared its end, Wang Dong confessed her feelings to Huo Yuhao.

• Yan Shaozhe met Feng Ling, urged her to leave the Holy Spirit Cult, and warned that the cult's power threatened him in Mingdu.
• Feng Ling told Yan Shaozhe that the Holy Spirit Cult had agreed to cooperate with Xu Tianran and advised him to return to Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe decided to return to Shrek the next day and asked Feng Ling to pass along a message.
• Nine months passed, and the Shrek and Sun Moon exchange program approached its end.
• Wang Dong followed Huo Yuhao beside Sea God Lake and confessed that she liked him.

Huo Yuhao rejected Wang Dong’s confession and told her to ask her father what he had done. He then told Kong Xuan he would challenge Dai Huabin as the younger brother Dai Huabin had once bullied, and Kong Xuan encouraged him to proceed under the protection of the Sun Moon Empire’s Worship Hall.

• Wang Dong confessed her feelings to Huo Yuhao and insisted he take responsibility because he had seen her body, but Huo Yuhao rejected her and told her to ask her father what he had done.
• Huo Yuhao left Wang Dong behind, and Kong Xuan appeared and praised his firm rejection.
• Huo Yuhao told Kong Xuan he wanted to challenge Dai Huabin before the semester ended.
• Huo Yuhao said he would face Dai Huabin as the younger brother he had bullied at the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, and explained that Dai Huabin bore responsibility for his mother’s suffering and death.
• Kong Xuan supported Huo Yuhao’s decision and assured him that his identity as the Worship Hall master’s personal disciple would protect him, and Huo Yuhao resolved to carry out his revenge.