Recaps

The Shrek team set out for Star Luo City, and Dai Yueheng tried to persuade Huo Yuhao to meet the White Tiger Duke and reconnect with the family that had wronged him. Huo Yuhao agreed only to think about it, while the group continued toward a first destination that was not Star Luo City.

• Xuan Zi persuaded the reserve team members to join the Shrek Inspection Corps, and the group departed for Star Luo City with regular team members carrying reserves.
• Xu Xingyu reflected on his ties to the Star Luo Empire and his uncomfortable engagement to a princess while traveling with He Caitou.
• Xu Xingyu and He Caitou discussed He Caitou's future work in the Spirit Contract Pagoda, keeping their conversation hidden from Shrek.
• Dai Yueheng told Huo Yuhao that he was his younger half-brother and explained that the White Tiger Duke wanted to meet him.
• Huo Yuhao blamed the Dai Family for his mother's suffering, then said he would think about meeting the White Tiger Duke.

Xuan Zi brought the Shrek group to the western border of the Star Luo Empire, where they arrived at the White Tiger Duke’s military camp. Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Hao was his father and the man who had failed his mother, leaving him consumed by resentment as the group entered the camp.

• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan cooked dinner for the group after Huo Yuhao lost his appetite.
• Xuan Zi rushed the group to the Star Luo Empire’s western border, leaving most of them sick from the high-speed flight.
• Dai Yueheng arranged for Star Luo soldiers to escort the Shrek group to the camp and explained the White Tiger Guards’ role and loyalty.
• Dai Hao practiced punches outside his tent, then welcomed Wang Yan and the Shrek students after Dai Yueheng greeted him as his father.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Hao as his father and directed his resentment toward him, while Dai Hao showed a trace of guilt before leading everyone into the camp.

Huo Yuhao met his father, Dai Hao, and confronted him over his mother’s suffering and the duchess’s role in his childhood. Dai Hao offered to make amends, but his readiness to divorce the duchess deepened Huo Yuhao’s hatred and drove him further into the Rakshasa Helmet’s influence.

• Dai Yueheng brought Huo Yuhao to the White Tiger Duke’s tent and left them alone together.
• Dai Hao apologized for failing as a father and husband, and promised to make up for the past.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Hao to divorce the duchess, and Dai Hao immediately agreed.
• Dai Hao’s answer fueled Huo Yuhao’s anger, and his desire for revenge strengthened his fusion with the Rakshasa Helmet.
• Dai Hao asked what else Huo Yuhao wanted him to do, as Huo Yuhao formed a dark idea.

Huo Yuhao demanded that Dai Hao use the White Tiger Dagger to kill Dai Huabin, but Dai Hao refused and promised to investigate and punish his son. The team then confronted the Emissary of the Death God, whose corpse explosions engulfed the main team before a mysterious light appeared.

• Huo Yuhao accused Dai Huabin of kicking Huo Yun'er to death and asked Dai Hao to kill him with the White Tiger Dagger.
• Dai Hao said he would investigate and, if the accusation was true, cripple Dai Huabin's Soul Power; Huo Yuhao returned to his camp.
• The team left after learning that the Emissary of the Death God controlled corpse puppets and led the Hand of Death.
• Wang Yan led the team into a cave, where they defeated the Emissary's subordinates and corpse puppets.
• The Emissary fled deeper into the cave and set off Corpse Explosion, filling the cavern with blasts and corrosive poison.
• Xuan Zi prepared to intervene as a light appeared at the center of the explosions.

Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan’s group-defense Soul Tool helped Shrek’s main team survive the Evil Soul Master’s Corpse Explosion, but several members were badly injured. Xuan Zi killed the Emissary of the Death God, only for a blond Holy Spirit Cult member to appear and save him, leaving Xuan Zi to attack the newcomer.

• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan’s Level 7 group-defense Soul Tool shielded the main team from the Corpse Explosion, though Chen Zifeng lost his right leg and Gongyang Mo was gravely injured and knocked unconscious.
• Xuan Zi trapped the Emissary of the Death God in rocks and killed him with a powerful punch.
• Xu Xingyu warned everyone not to lower their guard after noticing something strange about Xuan Zi’s expression.
• A blond youth emerged from a black rift with the unconscious Emissary of the Death God and a pale boy, identifying himself with the Holy Spirit Cult and mocking Shrek’s injured team.
• Xuan Zi attacked the blond youth with his eighth Soul Skill, Meteor Direct Strike, and the youth extended eight spider legs from his back.

Xuan Zi fought Dai Meng, the Demon Spider Douluo, whose Man Faced Demon Spider Martial Soul let him attack with venomous webs. As Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan led the others from the cave, another youth emerged from a black rift to confront them.

• Dai Meng revealed his Man Faced Demon Spider Martial Soul and introduced himself as Demon Spider Douluo before throwing the Emissary of the Death God into a black rift.
• Dai Meng fired repeated small webs at Xuan Zi, who recognized that their reduced size let him conserve his web reserves while keeping their poison potent.
• Xuan Zi formed a black hole-like mass of Soul Power to draw in the webs, then advanced on Dai Meng as the two prepared to fight at close range.
• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan led the injured main team members and reserve team members out of the cave.
• A black rift opened in front of the retreating group, and the youth who had accompanied Dai Meng stepped out, saying he would find some fun of his own.

Xu Xingyu faced Yan Feng, whose Bone Dragon Martial Soul had evolved after absorbing the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon’s bloodline. After Jiang Nannan led the others away, Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng began a fierce battle, each unleashing a dragon breath that canceled the other out.

• Yan Feng attacked Xu Xingyu with his Bone Dragon Martial Soul, which carried the power of Destruction and resisted the Dragon God’s bloodline pressure.
• Xu Xingyu recognized the danger and told Jiang Nannan to take the others away while he held Yan Feng off.
• After the group retreated, Yan Feng revealed his desire to devour Xu Xingyu and recalled how he had refined a prince’s Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul and bloodline.
• Yan Feng unleashed his sixth Soul Skill, Destruction Dragon Breath, and Xu Xingyu countered with a dragon breath combining the Dragon God’s power of creation and Chaos Fire.
• The purple and red flames collided and canceled each other out, leaving Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng still facing one another.

Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng prepared their strongest attacks after neither could gain the upper hand in their fight. They launched Chaos Burst and Spatial Annihilation at each other, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng continued their evenly matched battle while Xuan Zi fought Demon Spider Douluo nearby.
• Xu Xingyu struck Yan Feng away and began charging Chaos Burst, combining creation and destruction with the help of his Seed of Chaos.
• Yan Feng judged that interrupting Xu Xingyu was too dangerous and chose to counterattack rather than flee or endure the blow.
• Yan Feng used the Divine Stone of Space to gather spatial power and combine it with destruction, forming his attack, Spatial Annihilation.
• Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng hurled their charged attacks at each other, and the chapter ended before their collision was resolved.

Xu Xingyu’s unstable Chaos Explosion overwhelmed Yan Feng’s Spatial Annihilation and detonated inside the cave, forcing Xuan Zi to abandon his fight with Demon Spider Douluo to save Xu Xingyu. Xu Xingyu and Xuan Zi emerged alive, while Demon Spider Douluo escaped with Yan Feng, and Xuan Zi reflected on Xu Xingyu’s extraordinary potential.

• Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng’s attacks weakened the surrounding space, and their clash began to fracture it.
• Yan Feng believed he had won as Xu Xingyu’s fused attack destabilized, but the repelling powers of destruction and creation erupted into a massive explosion.
• Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and Xu Yanxue worried about Xu Xingyu outside the cave, while Huo Yuhao privately thought his death would be convenient.
• Xuan Zi rescued the badly injured Xu Xingyu from the blast, giving Demon Spider Douluo the chance to carry Yan Feng away.
• Xu Xingyu and Xuan Zi emerged from the cave, and Xuan Zi considered Xu Xingyu’s talent and possible future as a leader on the Douluo Continent.

Demon Spider Douluo escaped the cave with Yan Feng and reported the disaster to the Holy Spirit Cult, while Shrek reached Star Luo City with much of its team injured. The chapter left Shrek's reserve team facing the pressure of its first tournament match without most of the regular lineup.

• Demon Spider Douluo escaped through a spatial tunnel with the unconscious Yan Feng after suffering severe injuries in the cave.
• Demon Spider Douluo resolved to kill the Shrek students and hurried back to report what happened to the Holy Spirit Cult leader.
• Xuan Zi examined the injured Shrek students and found that Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo were too badly hurt to compete, so he escorted them back.
• Xuan Zi learned that Xu Xingyu had rapidly recovered and might be ready for Shrek's first match, while other injured team members would need more time.
• Shrek arrived in Star Luo City, leaving the reserve team and Jiang Nannan to handle the first match if Xu Xingyu had not recovered in time.

Shrek’s reserve team faced Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in their first elimination match, carrying the pressure of Shrek’s ten-thousand-year tournament record. Their lack of unity turned the battle into a disjointed series of duels, though Jiang Nannan defeated the opposing Soul King and Shrek’s victory remained within reach.

• The chapter explained that Spirit Hall had created the tournament to ease tensions between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, but Shrek later became its dominant champion.
• Shrek’s reserve team panicked after drawing a first-round match, since only Jiang Nannan accompanied them as a main team member and a loss would end their tournament run.
• The reserve team selected everyone except Xiao Xiao for the seven-on-seven battle against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• The Shrek members fought separately instead of coordinating, forcing some of them to use trump cards or stall for time.
• Jiang Nannan kicked Tianling’s Soul King opponent out of the arena, while spectators questioned the rest of Shrek’s performance.

After Shrek Academy won its first match, Wang Yan and Xu Xingyu discussed how to manage the reserve team in the coming rounds. At a Sun Moon Royal Academy meeting, the students learned that Shrek’s main team had been injured, and one youth predicted the tournament would be an easy victory for them.

• Spectators questioned Shrek Academy’s performance, and Wang Yan and Xu Xingyu agreed the reserve team needed better teamwork and guidance.
• Wang Yan proposed that Xu Xingyu enter team battles, fight fourth in individual matches, and join Jiang Nannan in the two-two-three format.
• The Shrek group headed to the organizers’ hotel after settling their tactics for the next matches.
• Ma Rulong analyzed Shrek’s disjointed performance and suggested the reserve team might be competing to gain experience.
• An elder revealed that Shrek’s main team had been badly injured on a mission, and a white-haired youth declared that Sun Moon Royal Academy would easily win.

Xiao Hongchen dismissed the Shrek team’s strength while Elder Ma worried about his arrogance dividing the Sun Moon Imperial team. After Shrek’s victory, Wang Yan arranged intensive teamwork training, and Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan faced sharing a bed in their hotel room.

• Xiao Hongchen claimed the tournament would be easy, while Elder Ma warned him that Shrek’s main team members could still recover and compete.
• The victorious Shrek Team returned to its hotel, where Wang Yan criticized the team’s performance and scheduled supervised cultivation and teamwork training.
• Wang Yan assigned Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan a double room with one bed, leaving the newly official couple awkwardly sharing a room.
• Xu Xingyu offered to sleep on the floor, but Jiang Nannan insisted that they share the bed and went to prepare for the evening.

Xu Xingyu examined the emerald stone he had obtained during the explosion and realized it contained the Emerald Dragon King's spatial authority. Unable to determine where it came from, he decided to ask Gu Yuena and investigate the Dragon Graveyard if needed.

• Xu Xingyu watched Jiang Nannan hurry off to bathe, then sat down with an emerald stone that had flown to him during the explosion.
• Xu Xingyu recognized the stone's connection to the Emerald Dragon King and reasoned that it contained a portion of the Dragon King's divine authority over space.
• Xu Xingyu considered whether the stone had come from the Dragon Graveyard or from power shed during the Dragon God War, but could not settle on an explanation.
• Xu Xingyu decided to contact Gu Yuena for help and to seek answers at the Dragon Graveyard if necessary.

Xu Xingyu recalled the complicated history between the Emerald Dragon King and the Starry Dragon Emperor, whose rivalry worsened when the Starry Dragon Emperor refused to pursue the Dragon God's position. The Emerald Dragon King never learned that the Starry Dragon Emperor wanted to delay succession to prevent his father from ending his life.

• Xu Xingyu remembered that the Emerald Dragon King and Light Dragon King had been the leading candidates to succeed the Dragon God.
• The Starry Dragon Emperor's talent, strength, and service to the dragon race won the support of the other Nine Great Dragon Kings, while the Emerald Dragon King alone withheld his approval.
• The Emerald Dragon King grew angry when he learned the Starry Dragon Emperor did not want the Dragon God's position, and began constantly finding fault with him.
• The Starry Dragon Emperor avoided succession because he wanted to surpass his father and feared the Dragon God would take his own life after passing on his divinity.
• The Starry Dragon Emperor kept his concerns secret because he believed the other Dragon Kings would not believe the Dragon God could seek death over his absent wife.

Jiang Nannan wrestled with her desire to become strong enough to protect those she loved and her unease about using intimacy with Xu Xingyu to accelerate her cultivation. After she finished washing, she found Xu Xingyu meditating to heal his injuries and stood watch over him instead.

• Jiang Nannan reflected on how the Mysterious Underworld Sect’s scheme and Xu Xingyu’s rescue had changed her priorities, making her crave the strength and backing to protect her family.
• Jiang Nannan considered how dual cultivation could awaken her Supreme Yin Qi and boost her cultivation, but she wanted intimacy with Xu Xingyu to be an act of love rather than a means to power.
• Jiang Nannan worried that Xu Xingyu’s closeness with Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and the others had made her rush into sharing a room with him to secure a special place in his heart.
• Jiang Nannan finished washing and wondered whether Xu Xingyu was expecting intimacy, then opened the bathroom door to find him meditating to heal his injuries.
• Jiang Nannan changed clothes and stood guard over Xu Xingyu.

After recovering from his battle with Yan Feng, Xu Xingyu reflected on his recklessness and found Jiang Nannan had stayed by his side. At the morning gathering, he noticed that He Caitou’s cigar flame was Sun Fire and suspected He Caitou had a second, Sun Martial Soul.

• Xu Xingyu recovered fully and resolved to be more cautious while planning to defeat Yan Feng in their next encounter.
• Xu Xingyu carried sleeping Jiang Nannan to bed, and she later woke, confirmed he had recovered, and went with him to breakfast.
• Wang Yan held a gathering to assess the reserve team, where He Caitou demonstrated his Cigar Martial Soul.
• Xu Xingyu recognized the flame He Caitou used to light his cigar as Sun Fire and concluded that He Caitou likely possessed a Sun Martial Soul as well.

Xu Xingyu easily defeated three Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy contestants before they conceded, leaving him dissatisfied with the tournament and considering an early departure from Shrek Academy. After the match, he went shopping with Jiang Nannan, but an unexpected message interrupted their outing.

• Wang Yan and Xu Xingyu chose Xu Xingyu to lead Shrek Academy in its individual match against Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Xingyu knocked out three opponents, including their captain, without using his Martial Soul, and Yunluo Academy conceded.
• Xu Xingyu reflected that the tournament offered him little challenge and considered leaving Shrek Academy for the Spirit Contract Pagoda after completing his arrangements.
• Wang Yan took the reserve team to the Starlight Auction House to buy Soul Tools, while Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan went shopping at a nearby market.
• Xu Xingyu bought gifts for the girls as he and Jiang Nannan enjoyed their time together, until a message arrived from a contact that made his face fall.

Xu Xingyu met Princess Xu Jiujiu, his politically arranged fiancée, who introduced him to the Star Luo Empire’s urgent reason for contacting him. After she gave him a sealed storage ring, he examined its contents and was left dumbfounded.

• Xu Xingyu met Xu Jiujiu in a private room and reflected on their engagement and their friendship, which held no romantic feelings.
• Xu Xingyu introduced Jiang Nannan as his classmate, secretary, and one of his lovers, and Xu Jiujiu warmly welcomed her as family.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that the Star Luo Empire had received something that they had to show Xu Xingyu.
• Xu Jiujiu handed Xu Xingyu a sealed storage ring, and he used his spiritual power to inspect its contents.
• Xu Xingyu was left completely dumbfounded by what he found inside the ring.

Xu Xingyu discovered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo sealed inside the God Sealing Platform and learned that the Star Luo Empire had seized it after a Soul Engineer tried to auction it. He agreed to handle the matter privately, offering compensation in exchange for the captors, then learned the Soul Beast was a Demon Soul Great White Shark.

• Xu Xingyu sensed the sealed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and demanded that Xu Jiujiu explain where the God Sealing Platform came from.
• Xu Jiujiu said a Soul Engineer and his companions had brought the Level 9 Soul Tool to the Starlight Auction House, where the Star Luo Empire seized and imprisoned them.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Xu Xingyu to keep the matter private, and he thanked the empire for avoiding conflict with the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Xu Xingyu asked the Star Luo Empire to hand over the Soul Engineer and his companions, offering recent Soul Tools and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit as compensation.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that the Soul Beast had been captured near the ice sea bordering the Far North and was a Demon Soul Great White Shark, shocking Xu Xingyu.

Xu Xingyu settled the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s agreement with Xu Jiujiu and returned to the hotel, where he secretly told He Caitou that Xu Tianheng was alive and leading resistance in the Sun Moon Empire. He urged He Caitou to join his father’s former troops and seize the empire’s imperial power.

• Xu Jiujiu gave Xu Xingyu the Soul Beast embryo, the God Sealing Platform key, and information about the Level 9 Soul Engineer who sealed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xu Xingyu told Gu Yuena about the Star Luo Empire’s terms, and she agreed to deliver the items in person.
• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan met the reserve team after the auction and learned that Wang Dong'er had received the Level 4 Milk Bottle.
• Xu Xingyu privately showed He Caitou a report identifying Xu Tianheng as alive and leading resistance in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Xingyu urged He Caitou to join forces with his father’s former troops and seize the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial power.

He Caitou weighed Xu Xingyu’s offer to help him avenge his family and reclaim his identity, but left without deciding whether to pursue power. Xu Xingyu returned to find Jiang Nannan dressed as a maid, after Zi JI had encouraged her to win his attention amid worries about his other admirers.

• Xu Xingyu offered He Caitou support if he chose to reveal his identity and join forces with his father’s surviving subordinates, but He Caitou left to consider the choice.
• Xu Xingyu returned to his room, where Jiang Nannan greeted him in a maid outfit and asked whether he needed anything.
• Jiang Nannan released her Martial Soul, adding rabbit ears to her outfit and catching Xu Xingyu’s attention.
• Jiang Nannan had sought advice from Zi JI after learning that Xu Jiujiu was another of Xu Xingyu’s admirers.
• Zi JI had encouraged Jiang Nannan to pursue Xu Xingyu, claiming that doing so would help the dragon race’s future.

Shrek Academy defeated Qianling Academy in another one-sided team battle, while Wang Yan worried about the reserve team's lack of coordination. Xu Xingyu reunited with Gu Yuena, who used a spatial portal to take him to Star Luo Palace, leaving Xuan Zi shaken by her power.

• Huo Yuhao amplified Ling Luochen's ice to Ultimate Ice, and she froze Qianling Academy's team with Ice Prison, securing Shrek Academy's victory.
• Wang Yan worried that the reserve team could not coordinate if Shrek drew a two-two-three match and considered replacing its members.
• Xu Xingyu left the hotel to meet Gu Yuena, who had arrived in Star Luo City, and she embraced him before opening a silver portal.
• Xuan Zi watched Gu Yuena and Xu Xingyu disappear through the portal and feared Gu Yuena's immense power.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena emerged inside Star Luo Palace, the Star Luo Empire's imperial palace.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena delivered the agreed supplies to Emperor Xu Jiawei, including Soul Tools and a hundred-thousand-year Starlight Unicorn soul spirit. Xu Xingyu then offered to do further business, revealing a ferocious beast soul spirit and leaving the palace’s occupants stunned.

• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena entered the Star Luo Imperial Palace using Xu Jiujiu’s token and greeted Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu.
• Xu Xingyu handed Xu Jiawei a storage ring containing Soul Tool armaments, a Level 9 Soul Bomb, and a hundred-thousand-year Starlight Unicorn soul spirit.
• Chu Rong identified the soul spirit’s likely Divine Unicorn bloodline, while Xu Jiawei wondered why the Spirit Contract Pagoda had offered such valuable goods.
• Xu Xingyu asked Xu Jiawei to do business and handed him another storage ring.
• Xu Jiawei’s spiritual power triggered a powerful pressure from the ring, and Xu Xingyu revealed that it contained a ferocious beast soul spirit.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena arranged to auction a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit at the Starlight Auction House, using a low starting price and a one-time-sale announcement to draw bidders. After Xu Jiujiu reflected on her feelings for Xu Xingyu, he faced a lodging problem because Gu Yuena wanted to stay with him while he was sharing a room with Jiang Nannan.

• Xu Xingyu told Xu Jiawei that the Spirit Contract Pagoda planned to sell a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit through the Starlight Auction House, and Gu Yuena asked the auction house to handle publicity.
• Xu Xingyu set the starting price at one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, while Gu Yuena instructed Xu Jiawei to announce that this would be the last Soul Spirit sold at an auction house.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed Xu Xingyu’s talents and their engagement, and Xu Jiujiu admitted she had begun to accept the match despite doubting his interest in her.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena left the palace after settling the auction arrangements.
• Gu Yuena planned to share Xu Xingyu’s hotel room, but Xu Xingyu realized he was already rooming with Jiang Nannan.