Recaps

The Divine Realm Court punished Tang San for interfering in the lower realm, attacking the Starry Dragon Emperor’s reincarnation, and secretly altering his parents’ status. After returning home, Tang San faced Xiao Wu’s questions about hiding the Butterfly God’s resentment inside their daughter, Xiao Qi.

• The God of Destruction and the other God Kings found Tang San guilty and stripped him of the Divine Realm’s core key and his Sea God Godhood, which they awarded to the Starry Dragon Emperor as a subordinate godhood.
• The court ordered Tang San to give the Starry Dragon Emperor fifteen drops of life essence blood and his two blank godhoods, while reclaiming his parents’ godhoods and forbidding them from leaving the Divine Realm.
• The God of Destruction assigned three first-level gods to monitor Tang San and prevent him from interfering in the lower realm again.
• Tang San returned home furious but concealed his anger when Xiao Wu asked whether he had deliberately left the Butterfly God’s resentment inside Xiao Qi.
• Tang San denied it, but lightning struck him as he swore he was telling the truth, and Xiao Wu warned him not to hide such things from her again.

Xu Xingyu traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest toward Shrek Academy, where he planned to study and build connections to help the Soul Beast Clan. After saying goodbye to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, he left with Xu Yanxue, while Qiu'er decided to go find him herself.

• Xu Xingyu reached the edge of the forest near Shrek Academy and prepared to part ways with Qiu'er.
• Xu Xingyu explained that he had promised his grandfather to attend Shrek Academy and hoped to build connections for the Soul Beast Clan.
• Qiu'er reluctantly agreed to let Xu Xingyu leave after he promised to visit during his holidays.
• Xu Yanxue asked whether they had finished saying goodbye, and Xu Xingyu set off with her for Shrek Academy.
• Qiu'er watched them leave and decided she would go find Xu Xingyu herself.

Huo Yuhao entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring, determined to grow stronger and avenge his mother. While grilling fish beside a stream, he attracted the attention of a black-haired girl and a dark-blue-haired boy.

• Huo Yuhao recalled his mother's mistreatment and death, the black pearl that strengthened him, and his rise to rank ten as a Soul Scholar.
• Huo Yuhao searched the forest for a Soul Beast suited to his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul but found none.
• Huo Yuhao caught fish by a stream and began grilling them with the help of his keen Spirit Eyes.
• A black-haired girl and a dark-blue-haired boy approached Huo Yuhao after smelling his grilled fish.

Huo Yuhao met Tang Ya and Bei Bei before fighting a pack of Wind Baboons and being nearly killed by a Three-Eyed Demonic Ape. The black bead awakened a ferocious tiger power in him, letting him kill the ape and absorb its Mental Attribute Soul Ring, while an unknown voice spoke to him afterward.

• Huo Yuhao shared grilled fish with Tang Ya and Bei Bei, then declined their invitation to hunt Soul Beasts together.
• Huo Yuhao fought and killed four or five Wind Baboons using his Spirit Eyes, enhanced body, and White Tiger Dagger.
• A Three-Eyed Demonic Ape attacked Huo Yuhao, overwhelmed him with a mental strike, and broke several of his ribs.
• As the ape moved to kill him, Huo Yuhao's black bead stirred, markings spread across his body, and he roared like a tiger.
• Huo Yuhao caught the ape's fist, drained its Soul Power, and stabbed its third eye with the White Tiger Dagger, killing it.
• Huo Yuhao recovered and absorbed the ape's hundred-year Mental Attribute Soul Ring, then heard a voice say it had finally found a human with the Mental Attribute.

Huo Yuhao accepted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his Wisdom Soul Ring and joined the Tang Sect after Tang Ya and Bei Bei found him. After absorbing the Three-Eyed Demonic Ape’s Soul Bone and learning the Tang Sect’s techniques, he traveled with them to find Tang Ya a Soul Beast.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and became his disguised hundred-year Yellow Soul Ring, discovering Huo Yuhao’s strength and the Soul Core inside him.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei found Huo Yuhao unconscious beside the dead Three-Eyed Demonic Ape, and Huo Yuhao agreed to join the Tang Sect after waking.
• Bei Bei returned the Three-Eyed Demonic Ape’s Soul Bone to Huo Yuhao, who absorbed it.
• Bei Bei taught Huo Yuhao the Tang Sect’s six great techniques and was surprised by his physical strength and level-fifteen Soul Power.
• Two days later, Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei found a Hui Snake that could serve as Tang Ya’s Soul Beast.

Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao fought a Hui Snake until Huo Yuhao's shared Spiritual Detection helped Bei Bei corner it. Two Spirit Contract Pagoda members arrived and claimed the snake as their pet, forcing Bei Bei to back down after the purple-haired youth revealed his unusual Soul Rings.

• Tang Ya wanted the Hui Snake's Soul Ring, and Bei Bei attacked it with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul while she protected Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Ya restrained the Hui Snake with Entanglement, but it broke free, damaged its horn, and released poisonous fog after attacking Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Detection Sharing, letting Tang Ya and Bei Bei track the Hui Snake and giving Bei Bei the advantage.
• Huo Yuhao warned Bei Bei of an incoming ice spike, and Bei Bei dodged just before it struck.
• A white-haired girl and a purple-haired youth appeared, and the Hui Snake rushed to its young master after the youth called it his pet.
• The purple-haired youth revealed three near-ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and declared he would fight Shrek if necessary, so Bei Bei gave up the Hui Snake.

Bei Bei and the others clashed with Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue over the Hui Snake, but Xu Xingyu offered a compromise that let Tang Ya become its Soul Spirit host. After Tang Ya gained the Hui Snake’s abilities, the group set off with Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue toward Shrek Academy.

• Bei Bei decided not to fight Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue for the Hui Snake after his dragon bloodline was suppressed by Xu Xingyu’s presence.
• Xu Xingyu recognized Jiang Nannan’s premium Spirit Contract Pagoda card and offered to turn the injured Hui Snake into a Soul Spirit for the person who needed its Soul Ring.
• Xu Xingyu performed the Soul Spirit ritual, making Tang Ya the Hui Snake’s host and granting her the Saluo Dragon Snake Web Soul Skill and new poison abilities.
• Xu Xingyu warned Tang Ya to care for the Hui Snake, then agreed to travel with her, Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Xu Yanxue to Shrek Academy.

Xu Xingyu arrived at Shrek Academy and sent Xu Yanxue to apply to the Soul Tool Department while he took the entrance examination alone. His test matched him against senior student Xu Sanshi, who recognized him and wondered which of them was supposed to endure the other.

• Xu Xingyu reflected on Shrek Academy’s political influence and its treatment of commoner Soul Masters and suspected Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Xingyu parted from Xu Yanxue, Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and the others after they reached Shrek Academy; Huo Yuhao relied on the Tang Sect’s special admission privilege.
• Xu Xingyu gave Xu Yanxue his family’s single recommendation letter so she could apply to the Soul Tool Department while concealing her identity as the Snow Empress.
• Xu Xingyu began the entrance examination, which required him to last as long as an incense stick burned against a senior student.
• Xu Sanshi, the young sect master of the Mysterious Underworld Sect, recognized Xu Xingyu and wondered whether he could last the test against him.

Xu Xingyu faced Xu Sanshi in a Shrek Academy entrance test, where their unusual Soul Rings revealed the power of their Soul Spirits. The chapter left Xu Sanshi charging with a powerful attack as Xu Xingyu prepared to defend himself.

• Xu Sanshi reflected on how Xu Xingyu had forced the Mysterious Underworld Sect to apologize to Jiang Nannan, then granted the sect valuable Soul Spirit benefits that won his respect.
• Xu Xingyu reassured the reluctant Xu Sanshi that he would give him some face and urged him to go all out.
• Xu Sanshi revealed his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and three Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year Mysterious Serpent Soul Spirit.
• Xu Xingyu revealed his Zi Wei Star Martial Soul and three purple-black Soul Rings supplied by Xing Xuan, a Void Hun Star Spirit.
• Xu Sanshi charged with Black Tortoise Quake and Black Tortoise Power, and Xu Xingyu invoked Ziwei Star God Barrier.

Xu Xingyu defeated Xu Sanshi in the freshman assessment and learned he had been assigned to Freshman Class Nine. At the notice board, he reunited with Jiang Nannan, who had realized she loved him, but someone interrupted them before she could confess.

• Xu Xingyu trapped Xu Sanshi in the Ziwei Star God Barrier, whose reflected attacks injured Xu Sanshi, and the assessment teacher declared Xu Xingyu the winner.
• The assessment teacher gave Xu Xingyu his uniform and room key, then left to report his talent to Shrek Academy's higher-ups.
• Xu Xingyu freed Xu Sanshi, and Xu Sanshi led him to the notice board, where Xu Xingyu learned he belonged to Freshman Class Nine under Mu Jin.
• Jiang Nannan embraced Xu Xingyu and greeted him after their two years apart, having realized she had fallen in love with him.
• An unnamed speaker interrupted Jiang Nannan as she was about to tell Xu Xingyu how much she had missed him.

Jiang Nannan reunited with Xu Xingyu at Shrek Academy, drawing hostile attention because of her beauty and bewitching fragrance. Xu Yanxue and Jiang Nannan competed over Xu Xingyu, leaving him caught in another tense love rivalry.

• Jiang Nannan let go of Xu Xingyu after Xu Yanxue and Dugu Yanran pointed out that the crowd was watching them.
• Xu Xingyu realized Jiang Nannan's Supreme Yin Jade Body released a bewitching fragrance that helped explain the crowd's hostility toward him.
• Dugu Yanran drove the onlookers away with her Soul Rings and emerald-green mist.
• Xu Sanshi rushed to Dugu Yanran and called her his wife, but she kicked him away and told him not to call her that at the academy.
• Xu Yanxue questioned Xu Xingyu about his closeness with Jiang Nannan, who linked arms with him and teased her.
• Xu Yanxue hooked her arm through Xu Xingyu's other arm, and she and Jiang Nannan demanded that he choose between them.

Jiang Nannan explained how Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran met, fell in love, and became engaged, and why Xu Sanshi planned to perform the Second Martial Soul awakening ceremony on their wedding night. Xu Xingyu reflected on his own tangled romantic life as he headed to the dormitory, hoping Shrek Academy would be peaceful.

• Jiang Nannan told Xu Xingyu that Dugu Yanran was Xu Sanshi's fiancée and described how their families' connection brought them together.
• Dugu Yanran helped Xu Sanshi work through his guilt over Jiang Nannan, and the two grew close while she supported his efforts to make amends.
• After learning Jiang Nannan did not return his feelings, Xu Sanshi realized Dugu Yanran cared for him and confessed to her, but she initially rejected him.
• Xu Sanshi courted Dugu Yanran for a year, after which she accepted his feelings and their families arranged their engagement.
• Xu Sanshi chose to save the Second Martial Soul awakening ceremony for his wedding night because he wanted it to express genuine love rather than serve bloodline purification.
• Xu Xingyu compared Xu Sanshi's devotion with his own relationships and walked toward the dormitory with Jiang Nannan and Dugu Yanran, hoping for a peaceful life at Shrek Academy.

Xu Xingyu entered Shrek Academy’s dormitory and recognized its master, Mu En, whose title provoked the Dragon God Bloodline he struggled to suppress. He then discovered that his new roommate was Wang Dong'er, his fiancée, who saw their shared room as a chance to win his affection.

• Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue registered with Mu En and went to their assigned dormitories.
• Xu Xingyu recognized Mu En as Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion master and suppressed his bloodline’s urge to force the man to kneel.
• Xu Xingyu entered room 108 and found a pink-and-blue-haired roommate laying down strict rules for sharing the room.
• Xu Xingyu recognized the roommate as Wang Dong'er, Tang San’s daughter, and greeted her.
• Wang Dong'er was delighted to share a room with Xu Xingyu and resolved to use the advantage to become his principal wife.

Xu Xingyu reunited with Wang Dong'er, who discovered the scent of another woman on him and confronted him about Jiang Nannan. Wang Dong'er decided to help Jiang Nannan pursue him, then challenged Xu Xingyu to spar.

• Wang Dong'er compared her beauty with Gu Yuena's, and Xu Xingyu told her Gu Yuena still had the edge.
• Wang Dong'er embraced Xu Xingyu, then smelled an unfamiliar woman's scent on him and demanded to know where it came from.
• Xu Xingyu explained what had happened with Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong'er realized Jiang Nannan had feelings for him.
• Wang Dong'er decided to approach Jiang Nannan and help her win Xu Xingyu over, hoping to gain an ally against Xu Yanxue.
• Wang Dong'er challenged Xu Xingyu to spar after noting they had not seen each other for months.

Xu Xingyu sparred with Wang Dong'er and saw how much her cultivation and combat skills had improved. When she unleashed Vast Sea Radiance, Xu Xingyu sensed divine power in the light, and Mu En identified it as the Sea God's Light.

• Xu Xingyu agreed to Wang Dong'er's request for a spar so she could vent her lingering grievances.
• Wang Dong'er revealed her rank-twenty-seven cultivation and upgraded Soul Rings, while Xu Xingyu summoned his Ziwei Star Martial Soul and three purplish-black Soul Rings.
• Wang Dong'er attacked with Wing Guillotine and her Self-Created Soul Skill, Butterfly Dances Across the Firmament, using bubbles to interfere with Xu Xingyu's Spiritual Detection.
• Xu Xingyu dodged by exploiting moments when Wang Dong'er's movements weakened the bubbles' interference, and he judged her new technique vulnerable to interruption.
• Wang Dong'er used her second Soul Skill, Vast Sea Radiance, and Mu En recognized the divine light as the Sea God's Light.

Mu En witnessed Wang Dong'er use the Sea God's Light and sensed an even greater godlike presence from Xu Xingyu. After Xu Xingyu stopped Yuanen Tiandong from beating Huo Yuhao, Yuanen Tiandong backed down and left.

• Wang Dong'er attacked Xu Xingyu with Vast Sea Radiance, but he broke through it and caught her as she fell.
• Mu En sensed the Sea God's Light in Wang Dong'er's attack and a superior godlike presence in Xu Xingyu.
• Yuanen Tiandong beat Huo Yuhao and demanded that he submit after Huo Yuhao refused to become his underling.
• Xu Xingyu intervened, struck Yuanen Tiandong back, and warned him against bullying the weak.
• Yuanen Tiandong remembered his earlier defeat by Xu Xingyu and left without retaliating.

After Huo Yuhao left without thanking Xu Xingyu, Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er returned to their dormitory and discovered they were in different classes. Wang Dong'er grew jealous of Xu Yanxue, and the night ended with Xu Xingyu tickling her as punishment.

• After Xu Xingyu drove Yuanen Tiandong away, Huo Yuhao hurried to the disciplinary office after Tian Meng warned him against Xu Xingyu.
• Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er went to dinner, then learned they were assigned to different classes: Wang Dong'er to Class Nine and Xu Xingyu to Class One.
• Wang Dong'er became jealous that Xu Yanxue would share class time with Xu Xingyu and pushed their beds together to make a private space.
• When Wang Dong'er teased Xu Xingyu, he pounced on her and declared he would punish her for being disobedient.
• Xu Xingyu created a soundproof Soul Power barrier and tickled Wang Dong'er until she begged him to stop.

Mu En convened an emergency Sea God Pavilion Meeting to discuss new students Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er. After the elders questioned why the pair warranted such a meeting, Mu En revealed that they bore the presence of gods and might be undergoing divine trials.

• Mu En gathered the Sea God Pavilion elders and distributed information about Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er.
• Xuan Zi questioned why the two students required an emergency meeting and noted Xu Xingyu's ties to the Spirit Contract Pagoda and Wang Dong'er's connection to the Clear Sky Sect.
• The elders considered their distrust of the Spirit Contract Pagoda after Gu Yuena had defeated factions that tried to seize its Soul Spirit technology.
• Mu En told the elders that Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er bore the presence of gods and were likely candidates undergoing divine trials.

Mu En told Shrek Academy’s elders that Wang Dong’er and Xu Xingyu had revealed divine presences, and he suspected Gu Yuena had already become a god. He ordered the two students to receive special training, hoping Shrek could guide them and improve relations with the Spirit Contract Pagoda.

• Mu En explained that Wang Dong’er had released the Sea God’s Light through her bloodline and was likely a descendant of Tang San.
• Mu En said Xu Xingyu’s dragon-attribute Martial Soul carried a divine presence stronger than the Sea God’s Light.
• Mu En shared his suspicion that Gu Yuena had reached god-level power, though he could not tell whether she was human or a Soul Beast.
• Mu En proposed that the Soul Spirit Method might be recognized by the Divine Realm and argued that Shrek should guide the Spirit Contract Pagoda and the two students.
• Mu En ordered Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong’er to receive special training and said Shrek would consider admitting them to the inner court early after one year.

Xu Xingyu warned Wang Dong'er that Zhou Yi used harsh methods and expelled students to improve her class’s results, while Wang Dong'er prepared to endure her until the freshman assessment. Wang Dong'er met Zhou Yi in Class One and suspected the coming months would be difficult.

• Xu Xingyu woke Wang Dong'er, urged her to get ready for class, and explained why Zhou Yi might expel late students.
• Wang Dong'er questioned Zhou Yi's teaching methods, and Xu Xingyu advised her to avoid giving Zhou Yi grounds to punish her until the freshman assessment.
• Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er ate breakfast with Xu Yanxue and another companion before going to their separate classrooms.
• Wang Dong'er settled into Class One, noticed the boys' hostility toward her and recognized Huo Yuhao as the student Xu Xingyu had saved.
• Zhou Yi entered Class One as the bell rang, and Wang Dong'er judged her to be stern and unreasonable.

Zhou Yi punished Class One with a hundred-lap run, then tried to expel Yuanen Tiandong for hiding that he had fought. After Yuanen Tiandong lost to Wang Dong'er, Zhou Yi dismissed him from the class, leaving him to appeal to Shrek Academy’s academic affairs office.

• Zhou Yi ordered the class to run a hundred laps, then questioned Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er about their fights and added twenty laps to Wang Dong'er's punishment for losing to a student from another class.
• Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao finished their runs, while Zhou Yi expelled ten students for allegedly slacking and singled out Yuanen Tiandong for failing to admit he had fought.
• Yuanen Tiandong endured Zhou Yi's Soul Emperor pressure, so she offered him a chance to stay in Class One if he defeated Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er defeated Yuanen Tiandong without holding back, and Zhou Yi dismissed him from Class One.
• Yuanen Tiandong went to the academic affairs office to find out whether he could remain at Shrek Academy.

Xu Xingyu was named as a candidate for Class Nine’s class monitor, then accepted a challenge from Wu Feng and Ning Tian after Wu Feng insulted him. Their match began in the Soul Fighting Arena, where Xu Xingyu’s three purple-black Soul Rings startled the two girls.

• Xu Xingyu brought Xu Yanxue to Class Nine, where she declared that he was the only one she liked and drew the boys’ hostility.
• Mu Jin explained Shrek Academy’s strict examinations and proposed Xu Xingyu as class monitor, but Xu Xingyu initially refused the position.
• Wu Feng mocked Xu Xingyu and argued that Ning Tian should be class monitor, prompting Xu Xingyu to accept the position and challenge them to prove themselves.
• Mu Jin took Xu Xingyu, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian to the Soul Fighting Arena, where Wu Feng and Ning Tian faced Xu Xingyu together.
• The fighters released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and Ning Tian began supporting Wu Feng as the match started.

Xu Xingyu defeated Wu Feng and Ning Tian in the class monitor competition, then became monitor of Freshman Class Nine while Xu Yanxue won the vice monitor contest. An unseen old man observed Xu Xingyu’s power and suspected he possessed a second, Ultimate Fire Martial Soul, before disappearing.

• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng with three Soul Skills, but Xu Xingyu took control of Wu Feng’s fire attack and sent a pursuing Fire Fist after her and Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian conceded just before the Fire Fist struck, and Xu Xingyu sent it into the sky to burst like fireworks.
• Xu Xingyu reflected on Douluo Continent’s reliance on Soul Skills and resolved to reform its cultivation methods; Mu Jin declared him the winner, and the class chose him as monitor without opposition.
• Xu Yanxue won the vice monitor position by defeating the other competitors, while Xu Xingyu sensed someone in the stands but found them empty.
• An old man revealed he had watched the match, praised Xu Xingyu’s spiritual power, suspected his flames were Ultimate Fire, and decided Xu Yanxue was worth watching too before vanishing.

After their first day of classes, Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue asked Mu Jin to help them enroll in Soul Tool Department courses, presenting proof of their exceptional skill. Mu Jin agreed to take them to the department, unaware of the people he would encounter there.

• Mu Jin taught Freshman Class Nine about history and led their physical training, announcing that they would wear school-issued iron vests during future sessions.
• Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue visited Mu Jin after class and asked to take Soul Tool Department electives before their third year.
• Mu Jin cautioned them to focus on cultivation, but the siblings showed him their Level 3 and Level 2 Soul Engineer badges.
• Xu Xingyu said he would prioritize the Martial Soul Department, while Xu Yanxue said she hoped to pursue the Soul Tool Department.
• Mu Jin agreed to take the siblings to the Soul Tool Department's teaching building, thinking he might see the man he had once lost.

Xu Xingyu accompanied Mu Jin and other students to Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department, where Mu Jin encountered her old rival Zhou Yi. Their confrontation revealed the painful history behind their rivalry, leaving Mu Jin determined to keep proving Zhou Yi wrong through her teaching.

• Xu Yanxue inspected Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department and judged its technology less advanced than the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s.
• Mu Jin and Zhou Yi argued after Zhou Yi brought Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department, and Mu Jin mocked his low Soul Power.
• Mu Jin recalled that she and Zhou Yi had once been close friends before they became rivals for Fan Yu’s affection, which Zhou Yi won.
• Mu Jin blamed Zhou Yi’s recklessness during an inner-court assessment for causing their supervising senior’s death and ending their friendship.
• Mu Jin remembered Zhou Yi expelling her younger brother Mu Rong, costing him his chance to become a Soul Tool Department core disciple.
• Mu Jin resolved to surpass Zhou Yi as a teacher and became the only instructor in their cohort whose teaching results rivaled hers.