Recaps

Huo Yuhao learned that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City had been destroyed, and Ning Tian collapsed after hearing the news. Qian Chen investigated reports of Evil Soul Masters around Heaven Dou City, and Teacher Liang returned with fresh intelligence announcing another grave discovery.

• Huo Yuhao accompanied Ning Tian to Shrek Academy's gate, where a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect disciple said the sect and Nine Treasures City had been massacred.
• Ning Tian collapsed after struggling to rise, and Huo Yuhao carried her to Zhang Lexuan's office to seek help.
• Qian Chen returned from the library, heard Huo Yuhao's account, and went to the Shrek Academy Inspection Corps to verify the report.
• Teacher Liang found reports of a sharp rise in Evil Soul Master attacks near Heaven Dou City but no information yet about the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Chen urged Teacher Liang to fetch the latest intelligence, and Teacher Liang returned from the relay station shouting that something terrible had happened.

After learning that Evil Soul Masters had annihilated the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City, Ning Tian struggled with grief and the loss of her future. Huo Yuhao promised to stay with her and help her rebuild and seek revenge, but an unseen attacker struck just as she began to reveal the sect still had something left.

• Qian Chen learned from Teacher Liang that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City had been wiped out, then told Ning Tian the news.
• Ning Tian broke down, and Zhang Lexuan knocked her unconscious to make her rest; Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan then discussed the threat posed by the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan attended an urgent Sea God Pavilion meeting, where Shrek Academy concluded it could not confront the Holy Spirit Cult and could only condemn the massacre and handle its aftermath.
• Huo Yuhao took Ning Tian to the shore of Sea God Lake, where she said she had no future and urged him to leave her for Wang Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao promised not to abandon Ning Tian and vowed to avenge the sect; as Ning Tian began to say the sect still had something left, a powerful gust sent Huo Yuhao flying.

Xuan Zi assassinated Ning Tian at Shrek Academy, leaving Huo Yuhao devastated. Qian Chen preserved her body and soul, then brought her soul into his Sea of Consciousness, where she begged him for help.

• Xuan Zi knocked Huo Yuhao aside, stabbed Ning Tian through the heart, and killed her with a blow to the head before fleeing.
• Huo Yuhao activated the distress signal Soul Tool, and Qian Chen rushed to the scene, found Ning Tian's soul, and placed it in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chen ordered Huo Yuhao to use his Ultimate Ice to freeze Ning Tian's body, then took Huo Yuhao away as the academy crowd gathered.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Chen that Ning Tian had been like family to him and that he loved the ease and support she brought to his life.
• At Qian Chen's residence, he visited Ning Tian's soul in his Sea of Consciousness, and she embraced him and begged him to help her.

Qian Chen revealed to Ning Tian that Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect had orchestrated the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s destruction to seize Huo Yuhao, then rescued Ning Tian’s soul and brought her to Huo Yuhao. He began explaining to Huo Yuhao that the Evil Soul Masters were only the attackers, leaving the mastermind’s identity to be revealed.

• Qian Chen comforted Ning Tian and told her he was both a Seven Kill Sword successor and an Angel Clan successor tasked with protecting Huo Yuhao, the Son of Destiny.
• Qian Chen accused Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect of arranging the sect’s destruction, and Ning Tian swore revenge before warning him that Xuan Zi had killed her.
• Qian Chen returned to Huo Yuhao, brought him into his Sea of Consciousness, and introduced him to Huo Yun'er.
• Qian Chen brought Ning Tian’s soul to Huo Yuhao, who embraced her and thanked his teacher for saving her.
• Qian Chen told Huo Yuhao that the Evil Soul Masters were merely the perpetrators and asked him to recall his protection by Douluo’s fortune.

Qian Chen told Huo Yuhao that Tang San had orchestrated his mother's death and Ning Tian's family's destruction, and explained how Ning Tian could be revived. Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian pledged themselves to marriage, while Qian Chen advised Huo Yuhao to keep up appearances with Wang Dong'er; the chapter ended as Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qiu'er encountered them.

• Qian Chen told Huo Yuhao that Tang San had caused his mother's death and targeted Ning Tian to control him, and Huo Yuhao vowed revenge.
• Qian Chen said he could revive Ning Tian but could not safely revive Huo Yun'er, and warned that Ning Tian could not stay at Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao defended Wang Dong'er as an innocent victim of Tang San's control, but Huo Yun'er urged him to reject her; Qian Chen advised him to act as though Wang Dong'er still had influence over him.
• Huo Yun'er proposed that Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian become engaged, and Ning Tian agreed, saying the pledge gave her something to live for.
• Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian solemnly pledged themselves to marriage, and Qian Chen brought Ning Tian and Huo Yun'er into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qiu'er returned and encountered Qian Chen and Huo Yuhao leaving the room.

Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that Xuan Zi had attacked Ning Tian and revealed that Ning Tian’s soul had survived, then offered to resurrect her. Zhang Lexuan agreed to help Ning Tian join Watch Valley, while her suspicions about Mu En and the destruction of her family remained unresolved.

• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qiu'er comforted Huo Yuhao and encouraged him to grow stronger and avenge Ning Tian.
• Qian Chen revealed Ning Tian’s soul to Zhang Lexuan and explained that Ning Tian had identified Xuan Zi as her attacker, leading Zhang Lexuan to suspect that Shrek’s higher-ups had ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhang Lexuan connected Mu En to the Holy Spirit Cult and feared he had orchestrated her family’s destruction, while Qian Chen promised to uncover the truth and urged her to keep Xuan Zi’s crime secret.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan he could resurrect Ning Tian by returning her soul to her body and using Divine Light of Life, and said he would take her to Watch Valley that night.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Ning Tian to join Watch Valley, and Ning Tian accepted after Qian Chen promised they would seek revenge on Tang San.

Qian Chen rescued Wu Feng after she attempted suicide, then carried her toward Watch Valley while Ning Tian worried over her from his Sea of Consciousness. He reached the valley with Wu Feng unconscious and was escorted inside by a Wind Chime Bird Soul King.

• Ning Tian asked Qian Chen to bring Wu Feng to Watch Valley with her, and he agreed before setting out to fetch them.
• When Wu Feng did not answer his calls, Qian Chen used the Eye of the Mind to find her bleeding from a slit wrist and carried her away after sealing the wound.
• Qian Chen used his Divine Light of Life to heal Wu Feng, who woke believing she was in hell before learning she was alive.
• After a night of flying, Qian Chen reached Watch Valley, where a Wind Chime Bird Soul King came to escort him inside.
• Qian Chen noticed the Soul King looking strangely at Wu Feng in his arms and warned him not to make assumptions or spread rumors.

Qian Chen resurrected Ning Tian with his Divine Light of Life and warned her to conceal the truth about her return and Huo Yuhao’s destiny. He then asked whether she would join Watch Valley, leaving her conflicted over the fallen Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qian Chen brought Wu Feng to Watch Mountain Manor and arranged for a secluded chamber.
• Qian Chen removed Ning Tian from the Ultimate Ice coffin, purified her body, and called her soul back from his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chen used Divine Light of Life to repair Ning Tian’s injuries and restore her to life.
• Qian Chen told Ning Tian to claim she had only been badly injured, and she repeated that explanation to Wu Feng.
• Qian Chen asked Ning Tian to officially join Watch Valley, and he sensed her hesitation and grief over the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng joined Watch Valley, and Qian Chen promised Ning Tian she could eventually rebuild the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect under its protection. Ning Tian began refining Aromatic Silk Beauty while Qian Chen learned about Watch Valley’s growth and watched Pan Long demonstrate his improved technique.

• Ning Tian agreed to join Watch Valley and give up rebuilding the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect for now, and Qian Chen promised she could restore it as a protected affiliate once Watch Valley grew strong enough.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng knelt before Qian Chen, who welcomed Wu Feng as a member and told Ning Tian to keep calling him Uncle Jian.
• Qian Chen gave Ning Tian Aromatic Silk Beauty, which Wang Qiu'er's family had provided as payment for protecting her, and Ning Tian began refining it in the secret chamber.
• Qian Chen asked Wu Feng to guard Ning Tian, then went to Watch Hall with Pan Long and heard that Watch Valley had opened permanent branch halls and gained over two hundred Soul Masters.
• Pan Long demonstrated the improved Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with his Coiling Dragon Staff, combining its accumulating power with his own mobile, flexible staff technique.

Ning Tian showed Qian Chen that Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and raised her Soul Power to rank forty. She offered Watch Valley the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s secret ten-thousand-year reserve, and Qian Chen appointed her its financial steward.

• Pan Long demonstrated how he had adapted Chaotic Cloak to his Coiling Dragon Staff, and Qian Chen advised him to prioritize raising his Soul Power.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng arrived at Watch Hall, where Ning Tian showed Qian Chen her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and reported reaching rank forty.
• Qian Chen told Pan Long to care for Ning Tian and Wu Feng as family before preparing to return to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Tian offered Watch Valley the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s secret reserve, accumulated at one million Gold Soul Coins per year for ten thousand years to seek Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Qian Chen accepted the ten billion Gold Soul Coins and appointed Ning Tian Watch Valley’s financial steward, instructing Pan Long to help her retrieve the funds.

Qian Chen returned to Shrek Academy after helping Ning Tian join Watch Valley and entrust its finances to her, while the academy calmed after the assassination attempt. He watched Huo Yuhao and his companions head to class, then saw an opportunity to begin his plan when Shrek Academy gathered core disciples to select a reserve team for the Shrek Seven Devils.

• Qian Chen appointed Ning Tian to manage Watch Valley's finances and businesses, and Pan Long promised to support her investments.
• Qian Chen returned to Shrek Academy, where Zhang Lexuan told him patrols had eased students' fears; he said Ning Tian had joined Watch Valley and donated ten billion Gold Soul Coins.
• More than a month later, Qian Chen worried about Tang San's scrutiny and decided to make sending Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect his main plan.
• Huo Yuhao went to class with Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qiu'er, while Dai Huabin resented him from a distance.
• Xuan Zi gathered Shrek's young core disciples and announced that the last seven standing in the arena would become reserve members of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Qian Chen activated his Spiritual Web soul-bone skill and drew Qian Guyi into it as he prepared to start his plan for Huo Yuhao.

Qian Guyi formed a team for the Shrek Seven Devils reserve selection after Qian Chen used his Spiritual Web to instruct her and Huo Yuhao’s group to work together. When a rival team of more than twenty students challenged them, Qian Guyi revealed five Soul Rings and astonished the academy staff as a fourteen-year-old Soul King.

• Qian Chen linked Qian Guyi, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan with his Spiritual Web and told them to form a team led by Qian Guyi.
• Qian Guyi gathered Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan, then agreed to let Xu Sanshi and He Caitou join as well.
• Dai Huabin urged the other students to unite against Qian Guyi's team, and Yang Youxing led the resulting group of more than twenty students.
• Qian Guyi rejected Yang Youxing's offer to disband and ordered her team to release their Martial Souls.
• Qian Guyi revealed five Soul Rings, including two black rings, prompting academy staff to exclaim that she was a fourteen-year-old Soul King.

Qian Guyi led her team through a dominant opening against Yang Youxing’s side, eliminating the Lan sisters and knocking out Yang Youxing with her Angel Holy Sword. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu summoned the Hell White Tiger after Huo Yuhao refused to join Wang Dong’er’s fusion skill, leaving Wang Qiu’er retreating before its overwhelming power.

• Xuan Zi regretted that the students had formed two large teams, while Yan Shaozhe reassured him that Shrek would nurture its chosen Seven Devils into tournament winners.
• Huo Yuhao used Ultimate Ice and Spiritual Sharing as Qian Guyi organized her team and led its charge against Yang Youxing’s group.
• Qian Guyi’s Angel’s Roar disrupted the opposing team, allowing her to throw Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu out of the arena while Wang Qiu’er knocked Zhu Lu down.
• Yang Youxing sent four summoned Soul Beasts after Qian Guyi, but her Angel Holy Sword knocked him unconscious and injured nearby opponents.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu began their Hell White Tiger fusion, but Huo Yuhao declined Wang Dong’er’s offered hand, leaving her hurt and the fusion uninterrupted.
• The Hell White Tiger emerged, and Wang Qiu’er retreated to her team after recognizing that its power surpassed her own.

Qian Guyi's team defeated Dai Huabin's larger group by combining their attacks and Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Displacement, prompting the remaining opponents to concede. With the match requiring seven people to remain, Qian Guyi then left the arena herself and was declared eliminated.

• Dai Huabin rallied his teammates around the Hell White Tiger, while Qian Guyi ordered her team to attack it.
• Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement to redirect the opposing team's attacks onto Xie Huanyue, then was beaten until Jiang Nannan rescued him.
• Xuan Zi intervened before Qian Guyi's team could strike the Hell White Tiger, dispelled the fusion skill, and removed Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from the arena.
• Qian Guyi confronted the seven remaining opponents, who surrendered, and Wang Dong'er offered to concede so the team would meet the seven-person limit.
• After He Caitou also offered to leave, Qian Guyi told everyone to stay and flew out of the arena, where the referee declared her eliminated.

Qian Guyi agreed to join Shrek Academy’s tournament team as a substitute after negotiating compensation for the risks of exposure. Xuan Zi announced the final Seven Devils roster and began preparations for their training.

• Xuan Zi named the seven students who remained in the selection match as the Shrek Seven Devils and added Qian Guyi, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu as substitutes.
• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan opposed having Qian Guyi fight in the tournament because her Holy Angel Martial Soul could expose her to Evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Guyi agreed to join the team if the academy let her take eligible Inspection Corps missions against Evil Soul Masters and gave her a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone with a light, holy, or fire attribute.
• Xuan Zi announced Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, Wang Qiu'er, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao as the Seven Devils, with Qian Guyi, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu as substitutes.
• Xuan Zi congratulated the seven students and told them they would begin training with him and the current Shrek Seven Devils the next day.

After the Shrek Seven Devils reserve selection, Qian Chen began designing a Linked Surveillance Soul Tool to gather evidence against Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe. He finished an early Core Array prototype and told Zhang Lexuan his plan as they walked back to Sea God Island.

• Xuan Zi took the ten students to the memorial for Inner Court students killed or wounded in the Inspection Corps and began educating them about Shrek's glory.
• Qian Chen went to the Soul Tool fabrication laboratory, where he planned a Soul Tool that could record and store images and sound to help expose Xuan Zi.
• Qian Chen used the circulation of his Infinite Memory Soul Bone Skill as a guide while engraving a new Soul Tool Core Array.
• He Caitou returned to the laboratory to make replacement Soul Tools and told Qian Chen that Xuan Zi had left the students in Ma Xiaotao's care after two matches.
• Zhang Lexuan found Qian Chen working, waited for him to finish, and left with him for dinner and a walk back to Sea God Island.
• Qian Chen explained to Zhang Lexuan that his Surveillance Soul Tool was intended to record evidence of Xuan Zi's assassination attempt on Ning Tian and help bring Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe down.

Qian Chen built and secretly installed surveillance Soul Tools while preparing to keep the Shrek team safe from Xuan Zi before the Soul Master Tournament. He persuaded Xuan Zi to let him take several key members to the Star Dou Great Forest, but Xuan Zi objected when Qian Chen included Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn.

• Wang Dong'er returned to the residence in tears, but Tang San's divine sense stopped her from explaining what was wrong to Zhang Lexuan and Qian Chen.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that Wang Dong'er had secrets and might not be in control of her own body, and Zhang Lexuan asked him to help if he could.
• Qian Chen developed a Level 4 Linked Surveillance Soul Tool that could record and replay images and sounds, then secretly placed dozens around the academy.
• As the Soul Master Tournament approached, Qian Chen worried about Xuan Zi taking the team to the tournament and decided to accompany several members to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Chen persuaded Xuan Zi to hand over the promised hundred-thousand-year light-attribute Soul Bone for Qian Guyi and said he would take her to Star Luo City later.
• Qian Chen announced that Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochеn, his disciples, and Wang Qiu'er would also travel with him, but Xuan Zi objected to losing Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn from the team.

Qian Chen took Qian Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen through the Star Dou Great Forest so Guyi could gain her sixth Soul Ring, while Xuan Zi led the remaining Shrek Team toward an Evil Soul Master mission before Star Luo City. The chapter ended with the Shrek group suffering through several days of travel on cumbersome Flying Soul Tools.

• Qian Chen persuaded Xuan Zi to let Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen travel with him, and the two chose to leave with Qian Chen.
• Qian Guyi fused with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, broke through to rank sixty, and prepared to hunt for her next Soul Ring.
• Qian Chen led seven companions into the Star Dou Great Forest, giving Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Qian Guyi Flying Soul Tools and ordering them not to kill Soul Beasts except the one needed for Guyi's Soul Ring.
• Xuan Zi made Dai Yueheng the Shrek Team's temporary captain, and Dai Huabin struggled with jealousy over his brother's promotion.
• Xuan Zi rejected Wang Yan's suggestion to skip the Death Messenger mission and ordered the ten remaining Shrek Team members to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters.
• Wang Yan supplied the group with Flying Soul Tools, and the Shrek Academy members endured several days of slow, exhausting flight toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range.

Shrek Academy rested at Dai Hao’s Western Army Group base before setting out to destroy the Death Messenger’s group in the Ming Dou Mountain Range. Xuan Zi sent Dai Yueheng and the Shrek Team into the lair without him, while Dai Huabin insisted on fighting beside his brother.

• Dai Yueheng suggested that the exhausted Shrek Academy group spend the night at Dai Hao’s base, and Xuan Zi agreed.
• Dai Hao welcomed the group, explained that the people in cages were prisoners captured from the Sun Moon Empire, and hosted a banquet.
• Xu Sanshi spoke with Jiang Nannan about her circumstances, while Dai Yueheng received congratulations for becoming captain and Dai Huabin silently vowed to surpass him.
• After a night’s rest, Dai Hao saw Shrek Academy off, and Wang Yan located the Death Messenger’s lair on the map.
• Xuan Zi ordered Dai Yueheng to lead the team into the lair and dismissed Wang Yan’s concerns, choosing to remain behind and eat.
• Dai Huabin moved up beside Dai Yueheng in the team’s formation, and Dai Yueheng told him to stay behind him.

The Shrek Team was devastated by a trap in the Death Messenger’s lair, and the Death Messenger abducted Dai Huabin while Xuan Zi struggled to save the survivors. Xuan Zi brought the wounded back to Dai Hao’s camp and reported Dai Yueheng’s injury and Dai Huabin’s disappearance.

• The Death Messenger revived fallen corpses and detonated dozens of them, leaving the Shrek Team dead, crippled, or severely injured.
• Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement to move Jiang Nannan to safety, then remained surrounded by the corpses.
• The Death Messenger seized Dai Huabin and fled deeper into the cavern as Xuan Zi arrived; poisoned mist forced Xuan Zi to abandon pursuit and evacuate the team.
• Xuan Zi took the surviving students to the Western Army Group’s camp for help, where he told Dai Hao that Dai Yueheng had lost an arm and Dai Huabin had been abducted.

After the ambush, Dai Hao and Xuan Zi rushed the poisoned Shrek students to Star Luo City for treatment. Wang Xian'er found that the corpse poison was beyond her ability to cure, leaving Xuan Zi worried about the students’ survival and Shrek’s ability to compete in the Soul Master Tournament.

• Dai Hao arrived at the cave with cavalry and healing Soul Masters, but found no trace of Dai Huabin and lost two Soul Saints inside.
• Dai Hao ordered the wounded Shrek students transported to Star Luo City, and Xuan Zi agreed to escort them.
• After three days of travel, the wounded reached the Star Luo Empire Grand Hotel, where Wang Xian'er examined them.
• Wang Xian'er said the poison had spread into the severely poisoned students’ organs and marrow, leaving them unable to cultivate and at risk of dying within days.
• Xuan Zi asked Wang Xian'er to prioritize Jiang Nannan’s treatment so she could compete, while worrying that Shrek lacked enough tournament participants.

Qian Chen and seven Shrek Academy students arrived in Star Luo City and learned that Death Messenger’s attack had killed most of the students Xuan Zi led and left the survivors gravely poisoned. After hearing Jiang Nannan’s account, Qian Chen was asked to save the injured students.

• Xuan Zi left his students in Wang Xian'er’s care and returned to Shrek Academy, saying Qian Chen was bringing another group.
• Qian Chen arrived in Star Luo City with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochеn, Qian Guyi, Wang Qiu'er, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao, who had advanced after training in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• A man told Qian Chen that Shrek Academy had suffered heavy casualties, and Qian Chen took his group to the Star Luo Empire Hotel to investigate.
• Jiang Nannan told Qian Chen that Death Messenger’s corpse explosions and poison mist had killed everyone Xuan Zi led except her, Xu Sanshi, Zhu Lu, Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, and Wang Yan, while Dai Huabin had been abducted.
• Qian Chen grew furious at Xuan Zi’s role in the disaster, Ma Xiaotao challenged Jiang Nannan’s account, and Jiang Nannan begged Qian Chen to save the injured students.

Qian Chen searched his memories for a corpse poison antidote formula and had the Star Luo Empire refine it, while concealing his own divine skills from Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er. After everyone else left, he secretly used Absolute Purification to cure the poisoned students and Divine Light of Life to restore Jiang Nannan, leaving her fully healed.

• Qian Chen gave Wang Xian'er a corpse poison antidote formula and persuaded her to have the Star Luo Empire refine it.
• Qian Chen sent the seven students to their rooms, then asked Jiang Nannan to recount what had happened on the journey to Star Luo City.
• Jiang Nannan told Qian Chen that Xuan Zi had disappeared after bringing them to the Star Luo Empire Hotel.
• Wang Xian'er returned with a jade bottle of antidote pills, and Qian Chen asked her to leave the meeting room.
• Qian Chen sealed the room, hid the pills, knocked several poisoned students unconscious, and used Absolute Purification to remove the poison from them and Jiang Nannan.
• Qian Chen used Divine Light of Life to restore Jiang Nannan to peak health.

Qian Chen healed the poisoned students and learned that Xuan Zi had abandoned them and returned to Shrek Academy. After arranging for Wang Yan to lead the remaining students, Qian Chen flew back to confront Xuan Zi and strip him of his authority.

• Qian Chen used Absolute Purification to remove the corpse poison from the injured students, and Wang Xian'er healed their remaining wounds.
• Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Zhu Lu, and Wang Yan woke recovered, while Dai Yueheng and Gongyang Mo discovered that their missing limbs had not been restored.
• Wang Xian'er revealed that Xuan Zi had returned to Shrek Academy instead of rescuing Dai Huabin, angering the students.
• Qian Chen ordered Wang Yan to take charge of the students and approved Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu's requests to return home.
• Qian Chen flew to Shrek Academy, intending to strip Xuan Zi of his power and standing.

After learning that Xuan Zi’s leadership had left the Shrek team devastated, Qian Chen planned to reduce Xuan Zi’s power without driving him from Shrek Academy. He asked Yan Shaozhe to support Zhang Lexuan and Bing Ling for promotion, offering Ma Xiaotao a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower in exchange.

• Qian Chen returned to Shrek Academy and told Zhang Lexuan that Xi Xi, Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, Gongyang Mo, and Dai Yueheng had been devastated under Xuan Zi’s leadership, though the survivors had been treated.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that he intended to bring down Xuan Zi’s standing and power, and explained why killing or expelling him could leave Shrek Academy vulnerable to an empire.
• Qian Chen went to Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei’er’s residence and reported Xuan Zi’s losses and his abandonment of the team.
• Qian Chen proposed that Zhang Lexuan replace Xuan Zi, that he become dean of the Martial Soul Department, and that Bing Ling take his former position; he cited Zhang Lexuan’s strength and Bing Ling’s cultivation and evolved Martial Soul.
• Qian Chen offered Yan Shaozhe a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for Ma Xiaotao if he supported the promotions.