Chapter Summaries

He Caitou reflected on his growing distance from Huo Yuhao and weighed Huo Yuhao against Xu Yanxue as candidates for the Ultimate Soldier Plan. He recalled his identity as the surviving prince of the Sun Moon Empire and remained committed to helping Fan Yu while preparing to avenge his family.

• He Caitou recalled how Huo Yuhao had become gloomy, complained about others, and grown distant from him despite He Caitou answering his questions about Soul Tools.
• He Caitou compared Xu Yanxue's kindness and Soul Tool skills with Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection, Simulation, and combat abilities, and considered which candidate would make the better Ultimate Soldier partner.
• He Caitou remembered that his true name was Xu He and that his uncle had overthrown his father and killed their family, leaving him alive to seek revenge.
• He Caitou considered joining the Spirit Contract Pagoda if he could not work with Huo Yuhao, since the Pagoda's conflict with the Sun Moon Empire could aid his plans for revenge.
• He Caitou decided to stay with the Ultimate Soldier Plan for now to repay Fan Yu, who had saved him and brought him to Shrek Academy.

Xu Xingyu and the students learned that Evil Soul Masters had seized Spirit Star Village after massacring its people, and that Shrek’s examination would send them to help rescue the survivors. The students were reassured that Zhang Lexuan would lead the main force, while Xu Xingyu remained focused on the report.

• The village chief discovered that three young men in black were Evil Soul Masters who killed villagers bringing them stone objects, then escaped after they knocked him off a cliff.
• The village chief survived using his Wind Fire Shoes Martial Soul and warned a Star Luo military camp, but a larger group of Evil Soul Masters drove off the army and took over Spirit Star Village.
• The White Tiger Duke asked Shrek’s Inspection Corps to handle the crisis and offered Star Luo Empire support.
• Xu Xingyu read the report as Xuan Zi explained that Zhang Lexuan would lead the main force and the students’ primary task was to rescue villagers.
• Xuan Zi told the students that non-support members had to kill at least one Evil Soul Master or subordinate to pass, easing their fears while Xu Xingyu continued studying the report.

Xu Xingyu studied the Evil Soul Masters’ report and deduced that their leader likely possessed a Vicious Treasure Beast Martial Soul, while questioning why they had stayed in Spirit Star Village. After Ma Xiaotao teased him about being nervous, he shared his deductions with her, impressing her with his insight.

• Xu Xingyu compared the leader’s reported abilities to a Many-Treasured Beast and concluded that his Martial Soul was likely the mutated Vicious Treasure Beast.
• Xu Xingyu considered the leader’s strength and wondered why the Evil Soul Masters had remained in Spirit Star Village after recovering.
• Ma Xiaotao interrupted Xu Xingyu’s thoughts and teased him about being nervous before his first hunt for Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Xingyu insisted that he was not nervous and explained the inconsistencies he had noticed in the report.
• Ma Xiaotao was surprised by Xu Xingyu’s deductions and understood why her teacher had paid three Soul Bones to recruit him.

Feng Ling, the Holy Spirit Cult’s Vice Cult Leader, inspected the Bloodthirsty Sacred Stele and confirmed that the cult had found its long-lost relic. The cult prepared to take it away, but first had to repel the Shrek Inspection Corps and the Star Luo Empire’s approaching army.

• Three Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters led Feng Ling to their weapon stores and then revealed the Bloodthirsty Sacred Stele hidden beneath a house.
• Feng Ling praised the Evil Soul Masters for finding the relic and promised that the Cult Leader would reward them.
• The chapter recounted how Zhongli Wu captured Feng Ling, erased her consciousness, and made her a devoted Vice Cult Leader and his wife.
• The Evil Soul Masters explained that they had discovered the stele beneath the village chiefs’ monument but could not move it or place it in a storage ring.
• The cult prepared to retrieve the relic after repelling the Shrek Inspection Corps and the Star Luo Empire’s army.

Xu Xingyu and the Shrek forces began an assault on the Evil Soul Masters gathered in Spirit Star Village despite Zhang Lexuan’s warning about their numbers and strength. During rescue work, a blood-red pillar erupted from the village center and empowered the Evil Soul Masters, while Xu Xingyu sensed something familiar in it.

• Zhang Lexuan warned Xuan Zi that the gathered Evil Soul Masters posed too great a danger for an examination, but Xuan Zi decided to proceed and promised to protect the students.
• Shrek and the Star Luo Empire divided their forces around the village and launched their attack, while Xu Xingyu and his companions carried out rescue work at the rear.
• Xu Xingyu saw the massacre’s aftermath as Jiang Nannan became overwhelmed by the corpses; Ma Xiaotao comforted her while Xu Xingyu watched for threats.
• Xu Xingyu’s group rescued survivors and killed several Soul Ancestor-level Evil Soul Masters and their corpse puppets.
• A blood-red pillar rose from the village center, spreading baleful power that strengthened the Evil Soul Masters, and Xu Xingyu sensed something familiar in its light.

The Evil Soul Masters’ blood-red light strengthened them, turning the battle against the Shrek Inspection Corps and the Star Luo Empire’s army. As Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi were held back by powerful opponents, Xuan Zi prepared to use his full strength against Feng Ling.

• The blood-red light boosted the Evil Soul Masters, forcing the Shrek Inspection Corps and the Star Luo Empire’s army onto the defensive.
• Two Soul Saint-level Evil Soul Masters confronted Zhang Lexuan, preventing her from ordering a retreat.
• Xuan Zi sent Inner Court students to evacuate the Outer Court students, then moved to help Zhang Lexuan.
• Feng Ling blocked Xuan Zi and used her Darkness Devouring Domain, revealing herself as a Level 95 Super Douluo with the Evil Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Xuan Zi released his Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul Avatar, intending to defeat Feng Ling quickly and lead the remaining students away.

Ma Xiaotao led the refugees and Outer Court students to safety, then insisted on returning to help the Shrek fighters at Spirit Star Village. Xu Xingyu agreed to accompany her because he sensed something important near the source of the blood-red light, and he offered a plan to turn the battle around.

• Ma Xiaotao escorted the refugees and Outer Court students away from Spirit Star Village while the other Shrek fighters remained under attack.
• After reaching safety, Ma Xiaotao sent Siqi to notify the academy and prepared to return to the battlefield.
• Xu Xingyu tried to persuade Ma Xiaotao to wait for reinforcements, but she explained that she could not abandon her Shrek family.
• Xu Xingyu agreed to go with Ma Xiaotao after sensing a mysterious call from the place where the blood-red light had appeared.
• Ma Xiaotao admitted she had no plan, and Xu Xingyu offered one that might turn the battle around.

Xu Xingyu explained a plan for Ma Xiaotao and him to infiltrate the site of the blood-red pillar and disable the Evil Soul Masters’ enhancement device. They concealed themselves and headed toward the pillar, with Ma Xiaotao restraining her anger as they passed the fighting Inner Court students.

• Ma Xiaotao listened as Xu Xingyu laid out a plan to investigate the blood-red pillar and destroy or disable the device enhancing the Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Xingyu explained that he could use wind and ice to create a light-reflecting shield that concealed them from sight and detection.
• After Ma Xiaotao carefully heard the plan, she agreed, and they set out toward the pillar with Xu Xingyu hiding them both.
• They passed Inner Court students fighting Evil Soul Masters, and Ma Xiaotao held back her anger to stay on course.
• Xu Xingyu reflected that Ma Xiaotao’s improved self-control was partly due to the Yin Fire balancing the yang Qi in her body.

Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao used a Soul Bomb to distract the Evil Soul Masters guarding the crimson stele, then attacked them with purple-gold chains. The chains pierced every guard, including their Soul Saint leader Ominous Star, leaving them linked together.

• Xu Xingyu stopped Ma Xiaotao from charging at the guards and explained that they would use a Soul Bomb to draw attention before attacking from behind.
• Xu Xingyu planted the bomb, and he and Ma Xiaotao moved to a safe distance before detonating it.
• Ominous Star ordered the Evil Soul Masters to remain at their posts, warning that the explosion could be a lure and that the sacred object had to be protected.
• A purple-gold chain burst from the ground and pierced an Evil Soul Master as he began to speak.
• Ominous Star called out an enemy attack and ordered the guards to spread out, but more chains pursued them and pierced every Evil Soul Master, including him.

Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao destroyed the Evil Soul Masters and discovered that the blood-colored stele was the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele, a powerful artifact that Xu Xingyu had created in his previous life. Xu Xingyu gained control of it and learned of its abilities, leaving him stunned by his past self’s power.

• Xu Xingyu trapped Ominous Star and the other Evil Soul Masters with Zi Wei Star Thunder Chains, while Ma Xiaotao struck them with a massive Phoenix meteor that killed them all.
• Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao failed to destroy or activate the blood-colored stele by force, so Xu Xingyu tried reaching it with his spiritual power.
• The stele absorbed Xu Xingyu’s spiritual power and formed a rune that gave him control over its power.
• Xu Xingyu learned that the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele could absorb bloodline essence Qi, provide boosts and healing, and purify beast bloodlines.
• Xu Xingyu discovered that he had created the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele in his previous life as the Starry Dragon Emperor.

As the bloody light vanished, Xuan Zi pursued Feng Ling while Zhang Lexuan led the Shrek survivors to safety. The light returned with a different effect, evolving Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul into a true Taotie, and he captured Feng Ling to interrogate her about the Holy Spirit Cult.

• The bloody pillar disappeared, weakening Feng Ling and the other Evil Soul Masters, so Feng Ling fled from Xuan Zi while Zhang Lexuan killed the two remaining Evil Soul Masters and led the Shrek survivors away.
• The bloody light rose again, healing and strengthening the Shrek fighters and the Star Luo Empire’s army instead of aiding the Evil Soul Masters.
• The light strengthened Xuan Zi’s Taotie bloodline, transforming his Martial Soul into a true Taotie and granting him the power to devour Feng Ling’s attack.
• Feng Ling burned her Soul Core and used Evil Phoenix Soul-Devouring Sun to escape, but Xuan Zi swallowed the attack and restrained her with gravitational force.
• Xuan Zi bound Feng Ling with Soul-Suppressing Handcuffs, stopped her from killing herself, and took her back to Shrek’s camp to question her about the Holy Spirit Cult.

After Xu Xingyu helped Shrek defeat the Evil Soul Masters with the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele, he received generous rewards from the academy. The chapter also revealed the Golden Ancient Tree’s history of lost intelligence and its forced service to Shrek and the Tang family.

• Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan joined forces with Shrek’s augmented members to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters, leaving only Feng Ling alive.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that Xu Xingyu had used the stele to heal and strengthen the academy’s fighters before fusing with it, and Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan thanked him without demanding the stele.
• Xu Xingyu awoke with memories of his past life as the Starry Dragon Emperor, including methods for using the stele, but no memories of the Dragon God War.
• Xuan Zi arranged for Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao to rejoin their group, and the survivors returned to Shrek Academy after briefing the Star Luo Empire.
• Shrek admitted the Outer Court students who took part in the operation to the Inner Court and rewarded Xu Xingyu with a month at the Golden Ancient Tree’s roots and unrestricted library access.
• The chapter revealed that Tang San had erased the Golden Ancient Tree’s intelligence and forced it to serve Shrek, and that it later remained subject to the Tang family’s control.

Zhang Lexuan escorted Xu Xingyu into the Sea God Pavilion, where she secretly sized him up as a possible match for Ma Xiaotao and worried about his approach to love. She led him to the Golden Ancient Tree’s roots, where someone was waiting to speak with him alone.

• Zhang Lexuan escorted Xu Xingyu into the Sea God Pavilion after his rewards were announced.
• Zhang Lexuan explained the Pavilion’s origins, then questioned Xu Xingyu about his interests and the girls he liked.
• Zhang Lexuan privately judged Xu Xingyu as mature and dependable but disapproved of his romantic entanglements, while considering him for Ma Xiaotao.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Xu Xingyu to a golden wooden door leading down to the Golden Ancient Tree’s roots and said someone inside wanted to meet him alone.
• Zhang Lexuan left Xu Xingyu at the entrance after saying goodbye.

Mu En revealed himself to Xu Xingyu and offered to take him as a disciple, explaining that he could best guide Xu Xingyu during his time at Shrek Academy. Xu Xingyu accepted a Sea God token but postponed his answer until he could consult his teacher, then began cultivating under Mu En’s help.

• Xu Xingyu descended beneath the Golden Ancient Tree and met Mu En, Shrek Academy’s hidden Limit Douluo and Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Mu En explained his old injuries and why Shrek had kept his survival secret.
• Mu En invited Xu Xingyu to become his disciple, saying he could guide him despite Xu Xingyu’s ties to the Spirit Contract Pagoda and the Silver Dragon Douluo.
• Xu Xingyu asked for time to consult his teacher, and Mu En gave him a Sea God token so he could return with his decision.
• Mu En gathered light elements to aid Xu Xingyu, who sat down and began cultivating with the Origin Star Celestial Art.

While Xu Xingyu cultivated beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, he encountered its consciousness and learned it wanted his help escaping a God King's influence. The Golden Ancient Tree offered him its Life-bound Seed as proof of loyalty, and Xu Xingyu began refining it.

• Xu Xingyu absorbed the Golden Ancient Tree's energy at an extraordinary rate, while Mu En worried that he might drain Shrek Academy's greatest safeguard.
• Xu Xingyu entered a golden space and communicated with the Golden Ancient Tree's consciousness, which explained its fear of a God King and its hopes of gaining freedom with Xu Xingyu's help.
• Xu Xingyu questioned whether the Golden Ancient Tree would remain loyal, so it gave him its precious Life-bound Seed, placing its lifeline in his hands.
• Xu Xingyu accepted the seed and began absorbing and refining it, startling Mu En when his cultivation suddenly stopped.

Xu Xingyu absorbed the Seed of Life’s power and entered Deep Meditation, while Mu En benefited from the life force he released. At the Sea God Pavilion, the elders learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had powerful backers and discovered its leader was Ye Xishui.

• Xu Xingyu absorbed the Seed of Life’s vast life force, gained new insight into creation, and entered Deep Meditation.
• Mu En guarded Xu Xingyu and absorbed the life force released from his body, easing his old injuries.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders used a scan of Feng Ling’s Sea of Consciousness to learn that Evil Soul Masters had founded the Holy Spirit Cult, but the process triggered a restriction that killed her.
• The elders suspected the Sun Moon Empire was sheltering the cult and sent an elder to ask Gu Yuena about it.
• Gu Yuena revealed that the Spirit Contract Pagoda knew the Holy Spirit Cult was working with the Sun Moon Empire and shared its findings.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders learned the cult had dozens of Titled Douluo, several Super Douluo, and a Limit Douluo named Ye Xishui.

Shrek Academy’s elders learned that Ye Xishui led the Holy Spirit Cult, and Yan Shaozhe worried that Mu En’s feelings and injuries would leave the academy unable to face her. After reflecting on his own past, Yan Shaozhe gave Ma Xiaotao the Vermilion Bird Divine Feather as her reward.

• The elders voted to have Xuan Zi tell Mu En that Ye Xishui had become the Holy Spirit Cult’s Limit Douluo, then ended their meeting uneasy about the future.
• Yan Shaozhe feared Shrek Academy could not defeat Ye Xishui and wondered whether Mu En and Long Xiaoyao could bring themselves to kill her.
• Yan Shaozhe blamed himself for failing to stop Feng Ling from becoming an Evil Soul Master, but Ma Xiaotao interrupted his thoughts when she came to his office.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Ma Xiaotao the Vermilion Bird Divine Feather, the treasure she had long wanted to help resolve her Evil Fire.

Xu Xingyu met the Golden Ancient Tree’s newly formed consciousness, who appeared as a young woman and called him Daddy, then learned he could command the tree’s power. After waking from a month of Deep Meditation, he prepared to leave, but Mu En asked him to join the Shrek Seven Monsters.

• Xu Xingyu panicked when a beautiful young woman appeared in the golden space and called him Daddy.
• Xu Xingyu recognized the young woman as the Golden Ancient Tree’s will, and she explained that the Star Soul Pearl had helped her form a consciousness while he refined the Seed of Life.
• Xu Xingyu learned that the Golden Ancient Tree had become his dependent and that he could draw on her power, while she despised Tang San and his family.
• Xu Xingyu left the golden space and woke beside Mu En, discovering that his month of cultivation had ended.
• Xu Xingyu prepared to leave and contact the women, but Mu En asked whether he would become one of the Shrek Seven Monsters.

Xu Xingyu accepted Mu En’s offer to become one of the Shrek Seven Monsters after his victory over Dai Yueheng proved his strength. He learned that Jiang Nannan had also earned a place, and he began considering how to prevent a future disaster that could threaten the people he cared about.

• Mu En offered Xu Xingyu a place among the Shrek Seven Monsters, citing his victory over Dai Yueheng and the students he had saved, and Xu Xingyu accepted.
• Mu En told Xu Xingyu that Jiang Nannan had defeated Xi Xi and the other challengers to claim a place among the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Xu Xingyu felt proud of Jiang Nannan’s progress and learned that her intensive training at the Spirit Contract Pagoda had made her stronger than most of the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Dai Yueheng fought the other members to keep his place, and Yao Haoxuan was eliminated when Dai Yueheng met the challenge’s requirement.
• Xu Xingyu realized that taking Yao Haoxuan’s place could affect the future disaster involving Evil Soul Masters, and resolved to protect the people important to him.

Xu Xingyu considered using the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele to revive the Myriad Beasts Contest and strengthen the Soul Beast Clan, but worried that awakening Behemoth and Titan bloodlines could threaten Gu Yuena’s rule. He planned to discuss the stele with Gu Yuena the next day and wondered how to tell her that the Golden Ancient Tree now regarded him as its father.

• Xu Xingyu accepted Shrek’s reserved place in the Soul Master Tournament as compensation for taking the Golden Ancient Tree, but declined membership in Shrek or the Sea God Pavilion.
• Xu Xingyu recalled creating the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele and establishing the Myriad Beasts Contest to strengthen other beast races while keeping them aligned with the dragons.
• Xu Xingyu decided the stele could be used to hold a smaller contest in the Spirit Contract Pagoda and improve the Soul Beast Clan’s strength.
• Xu Xingyu worried that the stele might awaken the Behemoth bloodline in Xiong Jun and make him a threat to Gu Yuena’s rule.
• Xu Xingyu planned to consult Gu Yuena about the stele and considered telling her that the Golden Ancient Tree had become his dependent.