Recaps

Qian Chen secured Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er's support for Zhang Lexuan and Bing Ling to take key academy positions, then confronted Xuan Zi at an emergency Sea God Pavilion Meeting over the disastrous tournament expedition. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi facing pressure to explain the students' deaths and injuries after Qian Chen revealed that he had cured the survivors' corpse poison.

• Yan Shaozhe agreed to give Ma Xiaotao the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower in exchange for helping Qian Chen promote Lexuan and Bing Ling.
• Qian Chen told Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er about the team's losses and gave them Level 7 Imperial Armor and an Attack Ray in return for their support at the Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Qian Chen decided not to seek support from Elder Zhuang, Elder Song, and Elder Lin because Zhang Lexuan and Bing Ling already had good standing with them.
• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy and summoned an emergency Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Qian Chen announced that four students had died, two were crippled, three were seriously injured, and one had been abducted, then explained that he had cured the survivors' corpse poison.
• Xuan Zi struggled to explain the expedition's events as the elders condemned him, while Zhang Lexuan clarified that they had only heard a preliminary account.

After Xuan Zi recounted the students’ deaths during the expedition, the Sea God Pavilion accepted his resignation from academy management and reassigned his responsibilities. Qian Chen was approved to lead Shrek Academy’s Soul Master Tournament team, with instructions to visit the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion in Star Luo City.

• Xuan Zi recounted the expedition and tried to excuse his failure to prevent the Corpse Explosion by saying Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn might have helped.
• Xuan Zi offered to resign from his duties and focus on cultivation, and the Sea God Pavilion members supported his decision despite his shock.
• Xuan Zi accepted his resignation and left the Sea God Pavilion, while the others unanimously appointed Zhang Lexuan to manage the Inner Court and Inspection Corps and Bing Ling and Qian Chen to serve as Martial Soul Department deans.
• Qian Chen nominated himself to lead Shrek Academy’s team at the Soul Master Tournament, and the Sea God Pavilion approved him.
• Yan Shaozhe instructed Qian Chen to visit the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion when he reached Star Luo City.

Qian Chen helped Shrek Academy shift blame for the failed mission onto Teacher Liang, then left for Star Luo City to lead the Shrek Team in the Soul Master Tournament. He arranged the team around Huo Yuhao, hoping to disrupt Tang San’s plans and draw the Body Sect’s attention.

• Yan Shaozhe blamed faulty intelligence for the failed mission and proposed expelling Teacher Liang as a scapegoat for Xuan Zi.
• Qian Chen asked Zhang Lexuan to recruit Teacher Liang for Watch Valley and introduce him to Pan Long after Qian Chen left.
• Qian Chen said farewell to Zhang Lexuan and rode his Seven Kill Sword to Star Luo City.
• Qian Chen arrived at the Shrek Team’s hotel and announced that he would lead the team in the tournament.
• Qian Chen told Wang Yan to build the team’s tactics around Huo Yuhao and have him explain his abilities in private.

Qian Chen gave Ma Xiaotao a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to purify her Evil Fire and then went to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. There, the enraged Duchess Zhu Jing ordered his arrest, and Dai Hao agreed to have him seized.

• Qian Chen gave Ma Xiaotao the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and asked Ling Luochеn to guard her while she absorbed it.
• Ma Xiaotao decided to serve Watch Valley out of gratitude to Qian Chen as well as for her feelings for Bing Ling.
• Qian Chen headed to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to fulfill Yan Shaozhe's assignment.
• Dai Hao returned home after failing to find Dai Huabin, while Zhu Jing mourned Dai Yueheng's injury and demanded that Dai Hao rescue their missing son.
• When Zhu Jing ordered the guards to seize Qian Chen, Dai Hao stopped them, then agreed to have Qian Chen arrested and brought in a prisoner-of-war cage.

Qian Chen went to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion intending to drive a wedge between it and Shrek Academy, but Dai Hao ordered the guards to seize him. After Qian Chen slaughtered dozens of guards and defeated Dai Hao and Zhu Jing's Hell White Tiger, the remaining guards lost their will to fight.

• Qian Chen waited at the mansion gates, planning to tell Zhu Jing how Shrek Academy had protected Xuan Zi.
• Dai Hao ordered more than a hundred guards to seize Qian Chen, who killed over thirty after they attacked him.
• Dai Hao and Zhu Jing arrived, learned of the deaths, and led the regrouped guards to confront Qian Chen.
• Dai Hao and Zhu Jing fused into the Hell White Tiger and urged the guards to attack Qian Chen for a reward.
• Qian Chen revealed his nine Soul Rings, used Fear Roar to daze the Hell White Tiger, and carved a massive wound through it with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Dai Hao and Zhu Jing screamed as the damage to their fusion skill fed back to them, while the guards again neared a rout.

Qian Chen defeated the White Tiger Guards and the Hell White Tiger after Dai Hao’s men attacked him, then left the mansion when Dai Yueheng explained that Qian Chen had saved the family. He returned to Watch Valley and proposed building a planned city, assigning Ning Tian to lead the project after studying Mingdu.

• Qian Chen used his sixth Soul Skill to kill the White Tiger Guards and defeat the Hell White Tiger, but stopped his sword rain before it killed Dai Hao and Zhu Jing.
• Qian Chen identified himself as Shrek Academy’s Martial Soul Department dean and questioned Dai Hao about ordering an attack; Dai Hao blamed Shrek for merely suspending Xuan Zi.
• Dai Yueheng arrived and told Dai Hao that Qian Chen had cured the family’s poison, after which Qian Chen left the mansion.
• Dai Hao told Dai Yueheng that the Dai family’s descendants should no longer attend Shrek Academy and should remember their blood feud with it.
• Qian Chen visited Watch Valley, reviewed its growth and finances with Pan Long and Ning Tian, and proposed building a properly planned city near the awakening hall.
• Qian Chen appointed Ning Tian to plan the new city and asked her to visit Mingdu first, leaving her puzzled about the request.

Qian Chen encouraged Pan Long to attend Xu Jiujiu’s invitation while warning him to be cautious about her loyalty to the Star Luo Empire. At the tournament opening ceremony, Xu Jiujiu welcomed Pan Long in the VIP stands after refusing Xu Jiawei’s offer to recruit him into imperial service.

• Qian Chen told Ning Tian that Mingdu was the continent’s truly advanced city and agreed she could visit it with Feng Luan after the tournament.
• Pan Long told Qian Chen that Xu Jiujiu had invited him to the tournament, and Qian Chen encouraged him to see her while remaining alert to her motives.
• Qian Chen returned to Star Luo City, handed the tournament preparations to Wang Yan, and the Soul Master Tournament’s opening ceremony began five days later.
• Xu Jiawei praised Xu Jiujiu’s organization and proposed recruiting Pan Long into imperial service, but Xu Jiujiu declined to let him interfere.
• Xu Jiujiu found Pan Long in the VIP stands and stopped him from giving her a formal princess’s salute.

As the Soul Master Tournament began, the weakened Shrek Academy drew the Changning Academy Team, whose members celebrated their chance to eliminate them. Qian Chen ordered Yuhao and Luochеn to lead a forceful victory, and the chapter ended as the teams prepared to fight.

• Pan Long took Xu Jiujiu's hand as they watched the opening ceremony, and the Shrek Academy Team drew a match on the first day.
• Meng Hongchen, Ma Cheng, Xiao Hongchen, and other Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy members discussed Shrek Academy's losses, while Feng Luan warned them not to underestimate their opponents.
• The Changning Academy Team drew Shrek Academy, and its captain celebrated the chance to eliminate the weakened team.
• Qian Chen assigned Yuhao and Luochеn to fight and ordered the team to win decisively despite Wang Yan's concerns.
• The Changning Team entered the arena boasting of its opportunity and revealed a lineup of two Soul Kings and five Soul Ancestors.

Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochen used an illusion and Ultimate Ice to defeat the Changning Team without killing them, leaving the opponents frozen and humiliated. The Shrek Team won the elimination match and prepared to leave the arena.

• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to imitate Qian Chen's Titled Douluo Soul Ring configuration and summon a terrifying Seven Kill Sword attack.
• Ling Luochen froze the Changning Team as the simulated attack fell, preserving the arena and trapping all seven opponents in ice.
• The spectators discovered that the Changning Team had survived as terrified ice sculptures, while Feng Luan explained the illusion to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team.
• The referee declared the Shrek Team the winner and the Changning Team eliminated.
• Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochen left the stage with the rest of the Shrek Team.

After learning that Zhengtian Team’s Yu Mengdi had an Angel Martial Soul, Qian Chen tracked her down, intending to warn her about the danger and bring her to Watch Valley. He found her at her hotel and asked to speak with her, leaving her response unknown.

• The Changning Team’s leader apologized, and Ling Luochеn released the seven frozen team members.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao discussed whether Huo Yuhao’s simulated sword concealed a Body Martial Soul and resolved to watch him.
• Qian Chen advised the Shrek Team to avoid injuries, gave them distress-signal Soul Tools, and asked Wang Yan to record information about rival teams.
• Wang Yan told Qian Chen that Yu Mengdi of Zhengtian Team possessed an Angel Martial Soul, prompting Qian Chen to ask the Golden-Feathered Scarlet Eagle to find her.
• The Golden-Feathered Scarlet Eagle located Yu Mengdi, and Qian Chen followed her to her hotel and knocked on her door.
• Qian Chen introduced himself to Yu Mengdi and asked her to let him in so they could talk.

Qian Chen warned Yu Mengdi that her Angel Martial Soul put her in danger, but let her remain in the tournament and prepared to expose Zhengtian Academy’s betrayal. After the elimination rounds ended, an imperial carriage arrived at the Star Luo Empire Hotel as the tournament prepared to enter the group stage.

• Qian Chen visited Yu Mengdi, warned her about Evil Soul Masters, and gave her a distress Soul Tool, but she refused to leave the tournament.
• The Golden-Feathered Scarlet Eagle told Qian Chen that Zhengtian Academy’s leaders knew Yu Mengdi faced assassination attempts and planned to abandon her for the team’s ranking.
• Qian Chen planted surveillance Soul Tools in Zhengtian Academy’s rooms so he could show Yu Mengdi the academy’s true intentions.
• Qian Chen asked Pan Long to station intimidating Watch Valley members around the Vister Hotel, then left Shrek Team management to Wang Yan after the elimination rounds ended.
• An imperial carriage arrived at the Star Luo Empire Hotel, prompting the hotel staff to rush outside and welcome its occupant.

Xu Jiujiu visited Qian Chen to invite him to the Starlight Auction House’s grand auction and thank him for encouraging Pan Long to accept her love. Qian Chen arranged for the Shrek Academy Team to attend the auction, leaving with the team as it prepared to seek treasures that could improve their strength.

• Xu Jiujiu’s maid brought Qian Chen to meet the princess, who gave him a VIP invitation to the auction in two days.
• Xu Jiujiu thanked Qian Chen for advising Pan Long to accept her feelings, then expressed hope that he or Pan Long would serve the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Chen declined the suggestion of an official post for himself or Pan Long, and Xu Jiujiu accepted his reasoning.
• Qian Chen gave Wang Yan the invitation and ordered him to tell the team they would attend the auction and could seek academy reimbursement for suitable purchases.
• On the auction day, Qian Chen told the Shrek Academy Team to prioritize treasures such as Soul Bones and Soul Tools, then led them toward the Starlight Auction House.

Qian Chen led the Shrek Team into the Starlight Auction House's VIP area, where the auction began under Princess Xu Jiujiu. He bought the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for Xu Sanshi, while Dai Yueheng watched from the hall and vowed revenge on Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy.

• Qian Chen brought the Shrek Team to the Starlight Auction House, where their invitation secured them VIP access while Yu Mengdi and the Zhengtian Academy Team were turned away.
• Yu Mengdi left the auction house feeling bitter about her academy's lack of status and recalling the Angel Clan's former power.
• Princess Xu Jiujiu opened the auction, and Qian Chen's group ignored the ordinary treasures until cultivation resources and Soul Tools appeared.
• Qian Chen bid one million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and won it for Xu Sanshi.
• Dai Yueheng, watching from the auction hall, regretted losing the blade and swore not to forgive Xuan Zi or Shrek Academy.

At the Starlight Auction, Qian Chen bought Huo Yuhao a top-grade Silver Ying Beast left arm bone and authorized bids on research materials for Shrek Academy. When the Ice Empress recognized another of her kind in a Soul Bone, Qian Chen began bidding on it despite its price soaring past ten million Gold Soul Coins.

• Wang Qiu'er identified the ten-thousand-year silver left arm bone as a top-grade Soul Bone from a Silver Ying Beast, and Huo Yuhao consulted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm before asking Qian Chen to buy it.
• Qian Chen won the Silver Ying Beast left arm bone for four million Gold Soul Coins and told the group the academy would pay for suitable auction items.
• Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling waited in another private room for the extraordinary treasure they had been told would appear.
• Wang Yan recommended buying twelve attribute-specific Class 6 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells for the Soul Tool Department, and Qian Chen approved; Wang Yan won them for two million Gold Soul Coins.
• The Ice Empress recognized a Soul Bone on the auction stage as belonging to one of her kind and asked Qian Chen to buy it for Huo Yuhao to absorb.
• Qian Chen began bidding on the Ice Empress's clansman's left arm bone, and its price rose above ten million Gold Soul Coins.

Qian Chen protected the Starlight Auction House from the hidden danger of the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, then bought the Goldstone Blade. The auction’s guarded final lot appeared, drawing Zhongli Wu’s eager attention.

• Qian Chen contacted Xu Jiujiu through his Spiritual Web and warned her that Soul Masters without Ultimate Ice would die if they absorbed the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone.
• Qian Chen bid fifteen million Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Bone, and Xu Jiujiu sold it to him after no one raised the bid.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the Goldstone Blade, and Qian Chen bought it for 3.2 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the auction’s final lot, which four Titled Douluo guarded as Zhongli Wu watched it with greed.

Xu Jiujiu revealed that the auction’s final lot was a transforming hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo, sealed inside a Level 9 God Sealing Altar. Zhongli Wu and Xiao Hongchen competed fiercely for it until Qian Chen entered the bidding at 210 million Gold Soul Coins.

• Xu Jiujiu revealed the God Sealing Altar and announced that it contained a powerless hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo undergoing transformation.
• Wang Qiu'er condemned the humans’ treatment of the soul beast, while Qian Chen comforted her and decided he would obtain the embryo.
• Zhongli Wu and Xiao Hongchen drove the bidding up to 200 million Gold Soul Coins, and Xiao Hongchen withdrew after exhausting his funds.
• Qian Chen entered the auction with a bid of 210 million Gold Soul Coins, drawing the venue’s attention to Shrek Academy’s private room.

Qian Chen competed with Zhongli Wu for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo at the Starlight Auction, then arranged to track it after the Evil Soul Masters won it. He returned to the hotel with the Shrek team and waited for the Golden-Feathered Scarlet Eagle to report back.

• Qian Chen outbid Zhongli Wu repeatedly, but stopped at three hundred million Gold Soul Coins after suspecting his rival was among the Evil Soul Masters who destroyed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhongli Wu won the Soul Beast embryo for three hundred million Gold Soul Coins, exhausting the funds he had brought.
• Qian Chen instructed the Golden-Feathered Scarlet Eagle to follow the God Sealing Altar while keeping a safe distance from the Evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Chen completed the auction purchases and let Huo Yuhao choose between two Left Arm Soul Bones; Huo Yuhao chose the Silver Ying Beast Soul Bone.
• Qian Chen distributed the other purchases, returned with the Shrek team to the Star Luo Empire Hotel, and told Wang Yan to oversee the students while he was away.
• Qian Chen went to his room and waited for the Golden-Feathered Scarlet Eagle to bring him definite information.

Zhongli Wu’s group acquired the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo but could not store it without a tool capable of holding living things. After Qian Chen learned that Evil Soul Masters had bought it, he prepared to steal it and escape with Electrolux’s help.

• Zhongli Wu discovered that the God Sealing Altar was ejected from every Storage Soul Tool the group tried, and Feng Ling concluded that the embryo required a tool that could store living things.
• Zhongli Wu sent Netherworld Douluo to fetch a Class 9 Storage Soul Tool while his followers guarded the embryo at a hotel in Star Luo City.
• The Golden-Feathered Scarlet Eagle reported the group’s movements to Qian Chen, who decided to seize the embryo because Evil Soul Masters owned it.
• Qian Chen arranged for Electrolux to open and close the Gate of the Undead so he could escape after stealing the embryo.
• Qian Chen changed into his ice-form appearance in an alley and booked a room opposite the Evil Soul Masters’ hotel to wait for nightfall.

Qian Chen attacked Zhongli Wu’s group, seized the God Sealing Altar containing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, and escaped through Electrolux’s Gate of the Undead. Feng Ling followed him into the Undead Demiplane, where Electrolux promised to find Qian Chen help as she began fighting the undead.

• Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling’s group came under attack from Qian Chen, who used Ultimate Ice and his icy Clear Sky Hammer to kill several of their subordinates.
• Qian Chen broke through Feng Ling’s defenses, killed the Soul Douluo holding the God Sealing Altar, and seized the altar.
• Electrolux opened the Gate of the Undead, and Qian Chen escaped through it with Feng Ling following him inside.
• Zhongli Wu arrived after the gate closed and found that Feng Ling and the God Sealing Altar had vanished; he blamed the Clear Sky Sect.
• In the Undead Demiplane, Feng Ling attacked Qian Chen, who asked Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the Ice Empress to prepare to help him.
• Electrolux told Qian Chen to focus on surviving while he found help, and a skeleton foot soldier and a zombie attacked Feng Ling.

Qian Chen let the undead overwhelm Feng Ling, then read her memories and discovered her past with Yan Shaozhe. He decided to keep Feng Ling alive as a possible weakness to use against Yan Shaozhe and asked Electrolux to teach him how to create a separate space to imprison her.

• Feng Ling destroyed the first two waves of undead with her Soul Skills, but the next wave overwhelmed her and left her gravely wounded and unable to move.
• Qian Chen nearly killed Feng Ling, then used the Eye of the Mind to search her thoughts and learned that Yan Shaozhe had been her first love, not an ally of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Qian Chen found that Feng Ling had joined the Holy Spirit Cult after her Evil Phoenix Martial Soul drove her to attack Yan Shaozhe, who defeated her but let her go.
• When Feng Ling ignored his questions about the Holy Spirit Cult, Qian Chen decided to keep her alive because she could be Yan Shaozhe's weakness.
• Qian Chen asked Electrolux to teach him how to establish a space where he could imprison Feng Ling, and Electrolux agreed while warning that Qian Chen's first space would be small.

Qian Chen learned to create a dark space for imprisoning enemies, captured Feng Ling inside it, and returned to the Douluo Continent with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. Back at the Star Luo Empire Hotel, he interrupted Wang Yan’s briefing to take charge of the team’s match arrangements against Zhengtian Academy.

• Electrolux passed Qian Chen knowledge of spatial planes, and Qian Chen spent three days learning to create a dark space he named Desperate Situation Space.
• Qian Chen tested Desperate Situation Space on a skeleton, then supplied Feng Ling with food and water before imprisoning her in the darkness.
• Qian Chen stored the God Sealing Altar and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo in Zhang Lexuan’s Storage Soul Tool, then asked Electrolux to open the Gate of the Undead.
• Qian Chen returned to the Douluo Continent, evaded any pursuers by flying away from Star Luo City, and made his way back to the Shrek Team.
• Qian Chen arrived during Wang Yan’s briefing about Zhengtian Academy and declared that he would make the arrangements for the match.

Qian Chen arranged Shrek’s match against the Zhengtian Academy Team and secretly ordered the team to injure its members so they would withdraw, hoping to protect Yu Mengdi from Evil Soul Masters. When the draw produced an individual match, Wang Qiu’er volunteered and knocked Yang Yifan off the stage with one strike.

• Qian Chen announced Shrek’s lineups and told the team to seriously injure the Zhengtian Academy Team so Yu Mengdi would stop competing and be safer from Evil Soul Masters.
• Wang Qiu’er pointed out that Ma Xiaotao’s presence might make Zhengtian Academy surrender, so Qian Chen agreed that Wang Qiu’er would fight instead if the match was individual.
• Qian Chen greeted Feng Luan at the tournament venue before Shrek Academy and Zhengtian Academy drew an individual match.
• Wang Qiu’er entered the arena, summoned her Golden Dragon Spear without activating her Martial Soul, and faced Yang Yifan.
• Wang Qiu’er knocked Yang Yifan’s dagger away and sent him flying off the stage with a sweeping strike.

Wang Qiu'er defeated four Zhengtian Academy Team members in succession during the individual elimination matches, overpowering their tactics and attacks. With her opponents badly injured and the crowd calling for her to sweep the team, Zhengtian's leader conceded the match.

• After Wang Qiu'er defeated Yang Yifan, Zhengtian's leader sent Xue Lang to exploit his speed, but Wang Qiu'er baited him into range and broke his shoulder with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Wang Qiu'er adapted to Shangguan Can's Soul Suppressing Bell skills and pierced his thigh with her spear, forcing him to concede and seek treatment.
• Zhengtian's leader sent Tang Xiaolei, who blasted Wang Qiu'er with an explosive arrow, but she caught him and broke his ribs with Dragon's Strength.
• The spectators cheered for Wang Qiu'er to sweep all seven, while Zhengtian's leader judged victory unlikely and conceded.

After Zhengtian Academy forfeited the rest of the tournament and left Star Luo City, Zhongli Wu ordered four Evil Soul Masters to intercept them and seize Yu Mengdi. When they demanded the Angel Martial Soul wielder, Zhengtian Academy’s team leader and students abandoned her and prepared to leave.

• Zhengtian Academy surrendered its match, and its team leader decided the injured team would forfeit the remaining matches and return to the academy.
• An Evil Soul Master reported Zhengtian Academy’s departure to Zhongli Wu, who ordered Netherworld Douluo to send subordinates to kill the Angel Martial Soul wielder.
• Four Evil Soul Masters intercepted Zhengtian Academy’s convoy outside Star Luo City and overpowered Ye Wuqing.
• The Evil Soul Masters demanded that Zhengtian Academy hand over Yu Mengdi, and her teammates urged her to go with them.
• Zhengtian Academy’s team leader told Yu Mengdi to settle the matter alone and signaled the others to leave, despite her tearful plea not to abandon her.

Yu Mengdi was attacked by four Evil Soul Master Soul Saints while trying to escape, and she used Qian Chen’s distress Soul Tool to call for help. Qian Chen arrived with Feng Luan, killed all four attackers, and found Yu Mengdi still terrified and unable to recognize that she was safe.

• Yu Mengdi tried to flee toward Star Luo City, but the four Evil Soul Master Soul Saints wounded her and brought her down.
• Yu Mengdi activated the distress Soul Tool Qian Chen had given her as the Evil Soul Masters surrounded her and attacked her.
• Qian Chen heard the signal and flew toward its source, while Feng Luan also hurried to help.
• Qian Chen reached Yu Mengdi and killed all four Evil Soul Masters with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Qian Chen tried to reassure Yu Mengdi, and she finally recognized him and clung to him, pleading for help.