Recaps

Tang San learned that Niu Tian had gone to confront Kong Xuan and, frightened by his previous defeat, ordered Niu Tian to withdraw. Niu Tian retreated, leaving Du Busi astonished, while Kong Deming renewed his proposal to cooperate with him.

• Tang San received Niu Tian’s message that Tai Tan had fallen and that Niu Tian was preparing to avenge him by confronting Kong Xuan.
• Remembering how Kong Xuan had destroyed his Divine Descent, Tang San warned Niu Tian that Kong Xuan could rival a God King and ordered him to retreat.
• Niu Tian suppressed his anger, threatened that the matter was not over, and flew away from Kong Xuan.
• Du Busi watched Niu Tian leave in disbelief and began to view Kong Deming and Kong Xuan with awe.
• Kong Deming thanked Du Busi for his assistance and asked what he thought of the cooperation he had proposed.

Du Busi agreed to cooperate with Kong Deming’s Worship Hall after securing conditions to protect the Body Sect and keep it out of war. After the Body Sect members returned home, Kong Deming told Kong Xuan that the fleet for a long voyage was ready, though finding the new continent without detailed nautical charts would be difficult.

• Du Busi agreed to cooperate with the Worship Hall on Soul Tool research under four conditions, including secrecy, protection for his disciples, and freedom to return home if war broke out.
• Kong Deming accepted all of Du Busi’s conditions, and Kong Xuan explained that the Worship Hall and Sun Moon Empire’s military operated separately.
• Kong Deming returned the more than twenty Body Sect experts to the plaza, and Du Busi led them back to their sect to settle matters before resuming discussions.
• Kong Deming and Kong Xuan discussed the value of the Body Sect’s forging talent and the danger posed by Limit Douluos, including the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Kong Deming told Kong Xuan that the long-voyage fleet was ready, but the lack of detailed nautical charts would make finding the continent difficult.

Kong Xuan urged Kong Deming to search overseas for a new continent, while Kong Deming distributed Soul Bones and Kong Xuan grew stronger. Nine months later, the Sun Moon and Shrek academies met in Maple Leaf City for their first student exchange, where Kong Xuan recognized He Caitou as the Sun Moon Empire's fugitive prince.

• Kong Xuan told Kong Deming to search for a distant continent, and Kong Deming resolved to find it if it held a god's inheritance.
• Xian Lin'er delivered four promised Soul Bones, and Kong Deming gave one to Ren Jun and one to Kong Xuan; Ren Jun chose a sixty-thousand-year Gale Cheetah left arm bone, while Kong Xuan chose a hundred-and-thirty-thousand-year Starlight Pegasus right leg bone.
• Kong Xuan fused two Soul Bones in a few days, raising his Soul Power to rank fifty-seven at thirteen years old.
• Nine months later, Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon exchange delegation gathered in Maple Leaf City to meet Shrek Academy's delegation for the two-year student exchange.
• Kong Xuan recognized Shrek student He Caitou as the Sun Moon Empire's fugitive prince and noticed that his right leg was a prosthetic Soul Tool.
• The Sun Moon and Shrek delegations faced each other in the square as tension rose between them.

Yan Shaozhe and Jing Hongchen exchanged barbed remarks before leading their students from the two academies to Shrek. After Yan Shaozhe introduced Shrek’s legendary founders and Seven Monsters, Kong Xuan asked him about rumors concerning the academy.

• Jing Hongchen needled Yan Shaozhe about Xuan Zi and warned that Elder Kong might intervene if Sun Moon students were harmed.
• Jing Hongchen flew away with Shrek’s students and teachers, while Yan Shaozhe used his Bright Phoenix wings to lead the Sun Moon group toward Shrek City.
• The Sun Moon students followed using their Flying Soul Tools, and Yan Shaozhe tested their speed during the journey.
• At Shrek City’s eastern gate, Yan Shaozhe showed the visitors statues of the Golden Iron Triangle and the original Shrek Seven Monsters, claiming all seven had ascended to godhood.
• Kong Xuan acknowledged Shrek’s legends, then asked Yan Shaozhe to clarify rumors about Shrek.

During the exchange visit, Kong Xuan unsettled Yan Shaozhe by revealing that Sun Moon knew Mu En was a living Limit Douluo and Shrek founder descendant, then raised the scandalous claim that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong were paternal first cousins. Yan Shaozhe denied the story and led the visitors onward in silence.

• Kong Xuan asked Yan Shaozhe whether Bei Bei was Mu En's great-great-grandson, and Yan Shaozhe confirmed Mu En was a Limit Douluo.
• Yan Shaozhe explained Mu En's descent from Shrek founders Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong and praised Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul research.
• Kong Xuan claimed an ancient book said Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong were paternal first cousins who had chosen to be together but intended to have no children.
• Yan Shaozhe angrily threatened Kong Xuan, then dismissed the claim as an unreliable fabrication by Shrek's enemies.
• Yan Shaozhe ended the discussion and continued leading the Sun Moon visitors through the academy without further introductions.

Kong Xuan and Xu Wei received a shabby dormitory room at Shrek Academy and began settling in, while Mu En recognized Kong Xuan’s exceptional spiritual power. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe assigned all ten Sun Moon exchange students to Teacher Zhou Yi’s class, leaving Du Weilun surprised and questioning the decision.

• Yan Shaozhe left Du Weilun to arrange accommodations for the Sun Moon exchange delegation.
• Kong Xuan and Xu Wei chose room 302 and passed Mu En, whom Kong Xuan’s teachers recognized as a Limit Douluo.
• Mu En sensed Kong Xuan’s powerful spiritual strength and wondered at the Sun Moon Empire’s ability to nurture such a genius.
• Kong Xuan and Xu Wei found their dormitory dilapidated, discovered that the floor shared an old-fashioned communal bathroom, and began cleaning their room.
• Yan Shaozhe assigned all ten exchange students to Teacher Zhou Yi’s class, and Du Weilun asked whether he had really made that decision.

Yan Shaozhe arranged for Zhou Yi to teach the Sun Moon exchange students, intending to provoke a clash and use it to remove her from Shrek Academy. As Du Weilun escorted the students to class, Ma Sheng threatened Shrek with four Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells if any students were harmed.

• Du Weilun questioned Yan Shaozhe's decision to assign Zhou Yi to the Sun Moon exchange students, and Yan revealed that he wanted them to clash so he could get rid of her.
• Xu Wei, Meng Hongchen, and the other exchange students complained about Shrek's austere cafeteria conditions, while Ma Sheng urged them to endure it.
• Du Weilun told Ren Jun and Ma Sheng that the students would study without their teachers accompanying them, and Ren Jun said he would trust Mu En's protection.
• Ma Sheng warned Du Weilun that he would detonate four Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells inside Shrek City if any exchange student was harmed.
• Du Weilun assured Ma Sheng of the students' safety and took them to report to their classes.

Kong Xuan and the Sun Moon Empire exchange students were assigned to Zhou Yi’s fourth-year class, where they noticed the placement might hide a trick. Zhou Yi tried to intimidate them with her Soul Emperor presence, then asked whether they had been in any fights since arriving at Shrek.

• Du Weilun told Kong Xuan that the exchange students would join Zhou Yi’s fourth-year class, and Kong Xuan warned the others to be careful.
• Kong Xuan questioned why Soul Kings were being placed with fourth-years, but Du Weilun explained that they needed time to adjust to Shrek’s teaching methods.
• Du Weilun brought the ten exchange students to Zhou Yi’s classroom, where Dai Huabin watched them with resentment and unease.
• Zhou Yi told the exchange students to obey her rules and released her Soul Emperor presence, but they remained unfazed.
• Zhou Yi withdrew her presence and asked the exchange students whether they had been in any fights since arriving at Shrek.

On the Sun Moon exchange students’ first day at Shrek Academy, Zhou Yi provoked them into fighting and challenged Xiao Hongchen’s pride. When she ordered Dai Huabin to spar with him, Dai revealed that Xiao had become a Soul King a year earlier, leaving the class stunned as Xiao displayed his five Soul Rings.

• Zhou Yi asked the Sun Moon exchange students whether they had fought and mocked them for lacking the courage to cause trouble.
• Xiao Hongchen stood up and objected to Zhou Yi’s insults, but she insisted that those who dared not stir up trouble were mediocrities.
• Zhou Yi ordered Dai Huabin to spar with Xiao Hongchen, expecting Dai to demonstrate Shrek Academy’s strength.
• Xiao Hongchen accepted the match, while Dai Huabin warned the class that Xiao had been a Soul King for a year.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed that he had become a Soul King at fourteen and showed his five Soul Rings to the shocked class.

Xiao Hongchen challenged Dai Huabin, exposing the class’s reluctance to fight him, and Kong Xuan intervened by condemning the assignment and declaring Zhou Yi unqualified to teach him. He challenged Zhou Yi to prove his claim through strength, and they headed to the Soul Fighting Arena as the students hurried after them.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Dai Huabin, who admitted he could not beat Xiao Hongchen at their current cultivation levels and refused to accept the fight.
• Kong Xuan spoke up, saying Shrek’s inner court students had already lost to Sun Moon at the tournament and that Zhou Yi was not qualified to teach the exchange students.
• Zhou Yi rebuked Kong Xuan for disrespecting teachers, but he replied that respect had to be earned and that strength decided matters among Soul Masters.
• Kong Xuan challenged Zhou Yi to fight, saying he would not bully the students but would take action against a teacher.
• Zhou Yi accepted the challenge and led Kong Xuan to the Soul Fighting Arena, while the students rushed after them to watch.

Zhou Yi challenged Kong Xuan to a fight in Shrek Academy’s Soul Fighting Zone, while students and academy officials gathered to watch. Kong Xuan urged Elder Ma and his teacher to let the match proceed, leaving the decision to Yan Shaozhe.

• Dai Huabin, Ning Tian, and Wang Dong recognized Kong Xuan’s strength but chose not to warn Zhou Yi before she challenged him.
• Zhou Yi led Kong Xuan and a growing crowd to the Soul Fighting Zone and demanded a fight against him.
• Kong Xuan delayed the match until important spectators arrived, and Ma Sheng, Yan Shaozhe, and Du Weilun came to the stands.
• Ma Sheng objected to Zhou Yi’s treatment of Kong Xuan, while Zhou Yi insisted she had the right to test her student.
• Kong Xuan asked Elder Ma and his teacher to let him fight Zhou Yi, and they looked to Yan Shaozhe for the decision.

Kong Xuan faced Zhou Yi in a duel and revealed a shocking five-ring configuration before overwhelming her with a Soul Bone skill and a spatial spear attack. After shattering her Martial Soul, severing her arm, and knocking her into the arena wall, he asked whether she still thought she was qualified to teach him.

• Kong Xuan activated Martial Soul Possession and revealed two thousand-year Soul Rings and three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, stunning the spectators and Zhou Yi.
• Zhou Yi summoned her six Soul Rings and Telepathic Dagger, then insisted her Soul Emperor cultivation gave her the advantage over Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan used the Starlight Pegasus Soul Bone skill Pegasus Meteor Burst to shower Zhou Yi with starlight projectiles and restrict her movement.
• After Zhou Yi dodged the projectiles, Kong Xuan teleported beside her and unleashed his fifth Soul Skill, Godslaying · Space Rend.
• Kong Xuan shattered Zhou Yi's Martial Soul, severed her right forearm, and sent her crashing into the arena wall, then asked if she still considered herself qualified to teach him.

Kong Xuan defeated Zhou Yi with one spear strike, forcing her to admit she was unqualified to teach him. Yan Shaozhe assigned Wang Yan to take over the Sun Moon students and ordered him to assess their cultivation levels the next day.

• Kong Xuan defeated Zhou Yi in a single strike, leaving her gravely wounded and shocking the Soul Fighting Arena spectators.
• Yan Shaozhe ended the match and directed Du Weilun to take Zhou Yi for treatment.
• Kong Xuan demanded an answer from Zhou Yi, and she admitted she was unqualified to be his teacher.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged for Wang Yan to become the Sun Moon students' new homeroom teacher, and Ren Jun accepted.
• Yan Shaozhe instructed Du Weilun to tell Wang Yan to test the exchange students the next day so he could learn their exact cultivation levels.

Kong Ling and Meng Hongchen discussed their worries about Kong Xuan’s growing strength and resolved to cultivate harder. The next morning, Wang Yan replaced Zhou Yi as Class One’s homeroom teacher and introduced a Titled Douluo who would test the Sun Moon exchange students.

• Kong Ling teased Meng Hongchen for missing Kong Xuan, and Meng Hongchen admitted she feared she would fall behind him.
• Kong Ling and Meng Hongchen reflected on Kong Xuan’s exceptional talent and possible future as a god, then Meng Hongchen decided to cultivate harder to stay by his side.
• The fourth-year Class One students gathered, still unsettled by Kong Xuan’s severe injury to Zhou Yi the previous day.
• Wang Yan entered the classroom and announced he would temporarily replace Zhou Yi as homeroom teacher and teach the class’s main courses.
• Wang Yan introduced an inner-court senior to test the ten Sun Moon exchange students, and Kong Xuan recognized the elderly man as a Titled Douluo.

Wang Yan arranged tests to assess the Sun Moon exchange students, whose cultivation and unusual Soul Ring configurations stunned Shrek’s students. Kong Xuan’s physical strength reached level eighty-three despite his being only fourteen, and the chapter ended with Wang Yan wondering how Dean Yan would react to the results.

• Kong Xuan agreed to the assessment, and Xu Wei went first, revealing level-forty-five Soul Power and level-fifty-three physical strength at age fourteen.
• Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Shui Ling took their turns, displaying the Sun Moon students’ formidable cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao, Xu Tianyi, Gu Yuena, and Kong Ling shocked the class with exceptionally powerful Soul Ring configurations, including two fourteen-year-old Soul Kings.
• Elder Li tested Kong Xuan and found that his physical strength was level eighty-three, then measured his Soul Power at level fifty-nine.
• Wang Yan thanked Elder Li after the tests and wondered how Dean Yan would react to the results.

Kong Xuan and the Sun Moon exchange students settled into ordinary academy life as Wang Yan taught the class fairly. That night, Kong Xuan and Xu Wei found Huo Yuhao fighting Wang Dong, who trapped him with her Fourth Soul Skill and shouted for him to die.

• Wang Yan treated Shrek's students and the Sun Moon exchange students equally, while Kong Xuan's reputation kept other students from provoking them.
• Kong Xuan sensed a fight below his dorm and told Xu Wei that Huo Yuhao was fighting someone.
• Kong Xuan and Xu Wei reached the plaza and saw Huo Yuhao battling their classmate Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes, a Soul Tool longsword, and thrusters to evade Wang Dong's attacks while holding back and avoiding his stronger abilities.
• Wang Dong used her Butterfly God Slash as a setup, caught Huo Yuhao in her Hexagram Array, and shouted, "Bastard, go die!"

Kong Xuan rescued Huo Yuhao from Wang Dong’s Clear Sky Hammer strike and learned that their fight began after Huo Yuhao accidentally saw Wang Dong bathing and discovered she was a girl. Huo Yuhao admitted he had held back out of embarrassment and guilt as the group returned to the dormitory.

• Wang Dong recovered from Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock and attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Kong Xuan entered the Hexagram Array and knocked aside Wang Dong’s hammer, sending her crashing to the plaza.
• Wang Dong threatened Huo Yuhao and left, while Huo Yuhao called the fight a misunderstanding and Kong Xuan declined to question him in front of Xu Wei.
• Kong Xuan privately asked Huo Yuhao whether he had discovered Wang Dong’s secret, then identified that Wang Dong was a girl.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had entered Wang Dong’s room by mistake and seen her bathing, and admitted that guilt made him hold back during their fight.

After Huo Yuhao realized that someone had manipulated his encounter with Wang Dong, he asked Kong Xuan who was responsible. Kong Xuan revealed that the culprit was a god.

• Kong Xuan suspected Sea God Tang San had arranged for Huo Yuhao to discover that Wang Dong was a girl.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress agreed that someone had secretly interfered with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's perceptions.
• Huo Yuhao decided to ask Kong Xuan about the suspicious incident after morning class.
• Kong Xuan confirmed that someone had acted against Huo Yuhao and revealed that the culprit was a god, not a human.

Kong Xuan told Huo Yuhao that a god had been watching him because he was this era’s child of destiny and wanted to control his choices. He revealed that Wang Dong was the god’s daughter and identified the god as Tang San, leaving Huo Yuhao and the spirit beasts shocked.

• Kong Xuan explained that a god had been observing Huo Yuhao and that extraordinary opportunities had marked him as the child of destiny.
• Kong Xuan said the god wanted Huo Yuhao to follow his plans, including joining Shrek Academy, but Huo Yuhao had instead enrolled at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Kong Xuan revealed that Wang Dong was a god’s offspring and had been intended to become Huo Yuhao’s roommate at Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao rejected the idea of becoming a god’s puppet and said he wanted to live his own life.
• Kong Xuan revealed that the god held the dual godhoods of Asura God and Sea God, and Huo Yuhao, the Ice Empress, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified him as Tang San.

Kong Xuan revealed that Sea God Tang San had manipulated Huo Yuhao and kept his mother’s soul to control him. Huo Yuhao learned Huo Yun’er was still alive and resolved to grow strong enough to rescue her.

• Kong Xuan identified Sea God Tang San as the God King behind the schemes targeting Huo Yuhao and explained that Tang San’s influence over the lower realm was limited.
• Kong Xuan told Huo Yuhao that his mother, Huo Yun’er, was still alive, and Huo Yuhao reacted with overwhelming joy.
• Kong Xuan explained that Tang San had taken Huo Yun’er’s soul after her death and intended to use the possibility of reviving her to control Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao declared Tang San his enemy, and Kong Xuan encouraged him to grow stronger so he could rescue his mother and protect those he cared about.

Five months after arriving at Shrek Academy, Xu Tianyi reached rank fifty and Kong Xuan said he would break through to rank sixty so they could hunt for Soul Rings together. Yan Shaozhe considered sabotaging Kong Xuan’s trip but backed down, and Ren Jun and Ma Sheng rejected Xuan Zi as a team leader before agreeing to Cai Mei'er’s appointment.

• Xu Tianyi arrived late to the gathering and announced that he had reached rank fifty.
• Kong Xuan said he would break through to rank sixty and join Xu Tianyi on a Soul Hunting trip.
• Yan Shaozhe considered arranging an accident to harm Kong Xuan in the Star Dou Great Forest but abandoned the idea out of fear of Kong Deming and the consequences.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed that Xuan Zi lead the trip, but Ren Jun and Ma Sheng firmly refused to let him lead their students.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed Cai Mei'er and an inner-courtyard Soul Douluo as leaders, and Ma Sheng accepted the arrangement.

Kong Xuan, Xu Tianyi, and Gu Yuena joined Cai Mei'er, Ma Sheng, Zhang Lexuan, and Chu Qingtian on a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest for Xu Tianyi's fifth Soul Ring. After Zhang Lexuan took command of the group, Xu Tianyi revealed that he sought a twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, shocking Chu Qingtian.

• Kong Xuan greeted Zhang Lexuan at Shrek Academy's east gate, and she confirmed they had met twice before.
• Cai Mei'er and Ma Sheng led the seven-person party toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At the forest's outer reaches, Cai Mei'er proposed that the students handle the Soul Hunt unless they faced danger, and Ma Sheng agreed.
• Zhang Lexuan took command and asked everyone to introduce themselves and their Soul Ring needs.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself as a Soul King who needed no Soul Ring, while Xu Tianyi said he needed a twenty-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring.
• Chu Qingtian reacted in disbelief and warned Xu Tianyi that absorbing a twenty-thousand-year ring as his fifth could kill him.

Kong Xuan stunned the Shrek members by revealing his extraordinary Soul Ring requirements, then led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhang Lexuan in command. When an eight-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf attacked, Kong Xuan killed it instantly with precise spear thrusts, revealing his mastery of spatial power.

• Xu Tianyi said he could absorb a twenty-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring, and Kong Xuan revealed that he needed an eighty-to-ninety-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring.
• Zhang Lexuan arranged the group’s formation, and the Soul Hunting party entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Ma Sheng and Cai Mei'er protecting them from the shadows.
• After traveling for over two hours, Zhang Lexuan warned the group that an eight-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf was approaching in a bloodthirsty state.
• As the wolf pounced, Kong Xuan thrust his Atlas Spear several times and killed it before it could reach the group.
• Zhang Lexuan recognized that Kong Xuan had used spatial power with terrifying precision, while Chu Qingtian remained stunned by the wolf’s sudden death.

Kong Xuan easily killed a Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf and later revealed a high-tech Soul Guidance Shelter for the group to use overnight in the Star Dou Great Forest. The group settled inside the shelter, leaving their Soul Beast search to continue after daybreak.

• Kong Xuan killed an eight-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf with a single strike, astonishing Chu Qingtian and impressing Cai Mei'er.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group through the forest, but they found no suitable Soul Rings for Chu Qingtian or Xu Tianyi before nightfall.
• Zhang Lexuan decided the group would camp until daybreak because darkness made the Star Dou Great Forest more dangerous.
• Kong Xuan and Gu Yuena cleared a space, and Kong Xuan set up his Mobile Multifunctional Soul Guidance Shelter.
• Zhang Lexuan, Chu Qingtian, Xu Tianyi, Gu Yuena, and Kong Xuan entered the shelter and shut out the dangers of the forest night.

Kong Xuan’s group entered the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhang Lexuan killed a Lightning Teng Snake that was a perfect Soul Ring match for Chu Qingtian. As Chu Qingtian began absorbing its Soul Ring, Kong Xuan warned that the snake had been chased there, and a golden, sunlike light appeared in the forest.

• Chu Qingtian asked Kong Xuan to sell him a multifunctional Soul Tool shelter, but Kong Xuan said it was his first finished product and he had no spare.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group into the forest’s mixed zone, where Gu Yuena and Xu Tianyi helped handle two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts while Kong Xuan held back.
• Zhang Lexuan spotted and restrained a fast-moving Lightning Teng Snake, identifying the roughly twenty-thousand-year-old Soul Beast as a suitable match for Chu Qingtian’s sixth Soul Ring.
• Zhang Lexuan used Moonfall to cut the Lightning Teng Snake in half, and Chu Qingtian struck its head to kill it before starting to absorb its black Soul Ring.
• Kong Xuan warned Zhang Lexuan that the Lightning Teng Snake had been wounded and chased into their path, and she saw a streak of golden light approaching like a little sun.