Recaps

Huo Yuhao acquired the Rakshasa Helmet after Tian Meng died, while Xu Xingyu entered Shrek’s Inner Court assessment and joined the mission to Spirit Star Village. The fighting began as the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to claim the Bloodthirsty Sacred Stele, whose power Xu Xingyu recognized as familiar.

• The Ice Empress rejected Tian Meng’s offer to become his partner, revealed she was the Ice God High Priest, and forced him and Huo Yuhao to flee the Far North after her divine mark drew Soul Beasts toward them.
• Huo Yuhao found Hu Liena’s diary and learned how she and Ye Dongliu had sought revenge for Qian Renxue before the Tang Sect and Shrek drove them away.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed two Soul Bones, fought the Ice Fang White Tiger, and awakened the Rakshasa Helmet after it consumed Tian Meng’s origin power, and he then killed the tiger and received a golden scroll from a three-eyed White Tiger.
• Xu Xingyu applied to enter Shrek’s Inner Court and join the Inspection Corps, defeated Dai Yueheng in his individual assessment, and was assigned to a team hunt for Evil Soul Masters with Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao supervising.
• Huo Yuhao impressed Shrek during his advancement exam by defeating a Flame Lion King, then competed with Xu Yanxue for the Ultimate Soldier position as He Caitou weighed his own loyalties and plans for revenge.
• The White Tiger Duke asked Shrek’s Inspection Corps to respond to the Evil Soul Masters occupying Spirit Star Village, while Xu Xingyu studied the report and suspected the leader possessed a mutated Vicious Treasure Beast Martial Soul.
• Feng Ling and the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to retrieve the Bloodthirsty Sacred Stele beneath the village, while Zhang Lexuan warned Xuan Zi that the Evil Soul Masters were too dangerous for an examination.
• Shrek and the Star Luo Empire attacked Spirit Star Village as Xu Xingyu’s group rescued survivors, and a blood-red pillar rose from the village center, strengthening the Evil Soul Masters and stirring recognition in Xu Xingyu.

Xu Xingyu turned the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele against the Evil Soul Masters, then absorbed the Golden Ancient Tree’s Seed of Life and joined Shrek’s tournament team while building ties with the Spirit Contract Pagoda. The stretch ended with He Caitou preparing to join the pagoda and the Holy Spirit Cult regrouping to recover its relic and expand its ranks.

• Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan fought to protect Shrek’s students as Feng Ling’s blood-red light empowered the Evil Soul Masters, while Ma Xiaotao and Xu Xingyu infiltrated the pillar and used the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele to turn the tide.
• The stele restored and strengthened Shrek’s fighters, who defeated the Evil Soul Masters and captured Feng Ling, while Xu Xingyu recovered memories of his life as the Starry Dragon Emperor.
• Xu Xingyu cultivated beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, accepted its Seed of Life, and learned that the tree’s consciousness wanted his help to gain freedom, while Mu En offered to take him as a disciple.
• The Sea God Pavilion learned that Ye Xishui led the Holy Spirit Cult as a Limit Douluo, and Yan Shaozhe gave Ma Xiaotao the Vermilion Bird Divine Feather to help control her Evil Fire.
• The Golden Ancient Tree’s will appeared as a young woman who called Xu Xingyu Daddy, and Xu Xingyu accepted Mu En’s offer to join the Shrek Seven Monsters while declining formal membership in Shrek and the Sea God Pavilion.
• Xu Xingyu agreed with Gu Yuena to keep the stele until the Soul Beast Clan was organized, named the tree’s daughter Buer, and brought her to meet Gu Yuena and the other women.
• Xu Xingyu tested Huo Yuyao’s progress, defeated the Shrek Seven Monsters in practice, and joined the main tournament team as captain before leading them to victory over the reserve team in a mixed match.
• He Caitou asked to join the Spirit Contract Pagoda and revealed his identity as the former Sun Moon emperor’s son, while Zhongli Wu ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to lie low and search for its lost relic.

Shrek's mission against the Hand of Death left its tournament team badly injured after a clash with the Holy Spirit Cult, forcing the reserves and Xu Xingyu to carry its early matches. Xu Xingyu then secured a captured Soul Beast from the Star Luo Empire and arranged a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit auction with Gu Yuena.

• Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Hao over Huo Yun'er's death and demanded that he kill Dai Huabin, but Dai Hao promised an investigation and conditional punishment instead.
• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan shielded Shrek's team from the Emissary of the Death God's Corpse Explosion, but Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo suffered injuries that ended their tournament participation.
• Xu Xingyu fought Yan Feng while Xuan Zi battled Dai Meng, and Xuan Zi rescued Xu Xingyu from an explosion before the Holy Spirit Cult pair escaped.
• Shrek's reserves struggled with teamwork in their opening tournament victory, and Wang Yan assigned training and a larger competitive role to Xu Xingyu.
• Xu Xingyu identified an emerald stone linked to the Emerald Dragon King's spatial authority, recovered from his injuries, and defeated three Yunluo Academy opponents before their team conceded.
• Xu Jiujiu gave Xu Xingyu a sealed Demon Soul Great White Shark embryo, and Xu Xingyu negotiated compensation for the Star Luo Empire and requested custody of its captors.
• Xu Xingyu showed He Caitou evidence that Xu Tianheng was alive and urged him to unite his father's former troops to seize the Sun Moon Empire's imperial power.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena delivered compensation to Xu Jiawei and arranged a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit auction, after which Gu Yuena planned to share Xu Xingyu's room despite his existing arrangement with Jiang Nannan.

Xu Xingyu freed Bai Xiuxiu, while Shrek overcame Zhengtian and Dou Ling to reach the tournament semifinals and attended an auction where Xiao Hongchen won a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit. Huo Yuhao, alienated from Shrek, accepted the Body Sect’s invitation, leaving Xuan Zi to urge Wang Yan to apologize and keep him at the academy.

• Xu Xingyu broke the God Sealing Platform’s seal, restored the Soul Beast Embryo with the Blade of Life's Watch, and met Bai Xiuxiu.
• Shrek’s reserve team defeated Zhengtian Academy after Xiao Xiao and He Caitou turned the match around, and Bei Bei, Wang Dong'er, and Xu Yanxue won the deciding match.
• Wang Dong'er learned that Tang San was her father and heard Xu Xingyu explain how Tang San had treated her as a pawn, then chose to remain Wang Dong'er and support Xu Xingyu.
• At the Starlight Auction, Gu Yuena secured the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone for the Spirit Contract Pagoda, while Xiao Hongchen outbid Shrek for the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor Soul Spirit.
• Shrek defeated Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, while Meng Hongchen pursued Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao followed Wang Yan’s tactics.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao invited Huo Yuhao to join the Body Sect, and Huo Yuhao agreed while promising to finish the tournament first.
• Huo Yuhao suspected the Body Sect’s token and booklet could track him and weighed its guidance against the Tang Sect’s teachings.
• Shrek advanced to the final four, and Xuan Zi told Wang Yan to apologize to Huo Yuhao and keep him at Shrek Academy.