Recaps

Han Ruoruo guided Ling Bai around Sea God Island, explaining the Inner Academy and giving him his uniform and badge. After they reached the cafeteria for breakfast, Ling Bai learned that Inner Academy meals were free.

• Han Ruoruo told Ling Bai that Dean Yan had stopped the senior students from intervening in his fight with Ma Xiaotao because it was a test.
• Han Ruoruo gave Ling Bai his Inner Academy badge and red uniforms, and he changed into one before joining her for breakfast.
• Han Ruoruo explained the Inner Academy's graduation requirements, annual assessments, upcoming freshman assessment, and library to Ling Bai on their way across Sea God Island.
• Ling Bai ordered buns and porridge at the cafeteria, and Han Ruoruo ordered the same from Uncle Mo.
• Ling Bai asked why Uncle Mo had not charged him, and Uncle Mo told him the Inner Academy cafeteria was free.

Han Ruoruo showed Ling Bai around the inner academy, where he learned about its facilities and soul battle system. After registering for his first match, Ling Bai discovered that his opponent was Ling Luochen.

• Han Ruoruo explained that inner academy students had their expenses waived because of their responsibilities, and she took Ling Bai on a tour of Sea God Island.
• Elder Xuan noticed Ling Bai after seeing him leave the cafeteria, where Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo had shared breakfast.
• Han Ruoruo explained the Soul Arena’s badge system, and Ling Bai met Wu Ming and Chu Qingtian while Hua Yao and Gu Fan fought.
• Ling Bai decided to enter a soul battle, and a staff member matched him against the yellow-badge student Ling Luochen.

Ling Bai faced Ling Luochen in the Soul Arena and used his Six-Winged Angel’s domain to overcome her powerful Elemental Ice. As Ling Bai pressed his advantage, Ling Luochen refused to surrender and prepared one last attack.

• Hua Yao defeated Gu Fan, then accepted his invitation to the Mimetic Cultivation Zone.
• Ling Bai entered the Soul Arena to face Ling Luochen, while Ma Xiaotao, Wu Ming, Han Ruoruo, and Chu Qingtian watched.
• Ling Luochen unleashed her fifth soul skill, Ice Sky Fury, covering the arena in freezing wind and snow.
• Ling Bai revealed his Six-Winged Angel and split Ling Luochen’s attack and the dark clouds with Evil-warding Slash.
• Ling Bai explained that his Angel Domain purified Ling Luochen’s ice, while Ling Luochen tightened her grip on her staff and launched another attack.

Ling Bai defeated Ling Luochen in the Soul Arena, then accepted a challenge from Du Gu Lin, whose deadly Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison gave her a way to surpass her limits. The match began with Du Gu Lin transforming and activating a self-created skill, leaving Ling Bai facing her empowered form.

• Ling Bai shattered Ling Luochen’s Ice Staff, defeated her, and earned doubled Soul Arena points.
• Du Gu Lin challenged Ling Bai, and he accepted; Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe regretted that her poison had prevented her from becoming one of the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Du Gu Lin proposed a bet with suggestive stakes, while Chu Qingtian warned Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo that Du Gu Lin was exceptionally powerful and dangerous.
• Ling Bai taunted Du Gu Lin about the serpent poison in her body, and she attacked him with venom that corroded the arena floor.
• Du Gu Lin stabbed herself in the chest and activated her self-created Soul Skill, Poison to the Bone Marrow, which greatly increased all her attributes.

Du Gu Lin unleashed Jade Phosphorous Absolute Poison against Ling Bai, revealing that she had united five deadly poisons despite the lethal cost to her body. The poison rain overwhelmed the Soul Arena, but Xuan Zi judged it only half a step into ultimate poison as Ling Bai’s Angel Domain began suppressing it.

• Du Gu Lin explained that Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison had poisoned her since before birth and that she was not expected to live past twenty-five, then attacked Ling Bai with her first soul skill.
• Ling Bai cut apart Du Gu Lin’s Jade Serpent with his Angel Holy Sword, but she revealed the Jade Phosphorous Scorpion, Centipede, Toad, and Gecko and merged them with her serpent to form Jade Phosphorous Absolute Poison.
• Du Gu Lin used her fourth soul skill to unleash poisonous rain, which dimmed Ling Bai’s Angel Domain and flooded the Soul Arena with a toxic pool.
• The referee raised a soul tool barrier to contain the poison as students began trying to leave, and Chu Qingtian explained that no Outer Academy student had fought Du Gu Lin since her breakthrough to four rings.
• Xuan Zi observed that Ling Bai’s Angel Domain was suppressing the poison rain and concluded that Du Gu Lin’s poison was only half a step into ultimate poison, though her attributes ranked second only to Ling Bai’s.

Ling Bai defeated Du Gu Lin in the Soul Arena by using his Angel Domain and Sacred Dragon True Form against her Jade Phosphorous Absolute Poison. After fulfilling her oath, he covered her with his school uniform and gave her time to dress before dispersing the Angel Domain.

• Du Gu Lin unleashed Venomous Stream from her Heavenly Poison Nether Pool, and Ling Bai defended against the poison with the Radiant Spirit Array.
• Ling Bai opened his Angel Domain and used Radiant Spirit Array · Storm to destroy Du Gu Lin's venomous snakes.
• Du Gu Lin used Supple Water Serpent Body to merge with the poison pool, evade Ling Bai's attack, and reappear unharmed by physical strikes.
• Ling Bai summoned the Sacred Dragon True Form, which crashed into the Heavenly Poison Nether Pool and destroyed it with blazing heat and sacred power.
• Du Gu Lin conceded defeat, and Ling Bai draped his red school uniform over her before telling her he would disperse the Angel Domain in two minutes.

Ling Bai defeated Du Gu Lin, explored the Inner Academy, and discovered that the Golden Tree’s light could help suppress the Death Prison Spider Emperor’s evil god power. Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe offered to make him Xuan Zi’s final disciple, but Ling Bai refused because he already had a teacher.

• Ling Bai defeated Du Gu Lin, while Chu Qingtian bragged to Wu Ming about lasting longer against Ling Bai and provoked her into challenging him.
• Han Ruoruo explained that Ling Bai could threaten the positions of the next Shrek Seven Monsters and took him to the Mimetic Cultivation Zone, where Electrolux identified a Golden Tree branch as a potential aid.
• Ling Bai cultivated with Han Ruoruo, then encountered Xuan Zi, who tested his strength with a chicken bone and found his physical abilities comparable to a Soul Emperor’s.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that he and Xuan Zi had planned to make Ling Bai Xuan Zi’s final disciple and successor.
• Ling Bai thanked Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe but refused the offer, saying he already had a teacher.

Ling Bai rejected Xuan Zi’s offer to make him his final disciple, explaining that he would not abandon the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect after all it had invested in him. Yan Shaozhe accepted his refusal and promised to help him, leaving Ling Bai asking for a room inside the Golden Tree.

• Yan Shaozhe offered Ling Bai a Titled Douluo breakthrough, Academy resources, soul bones, and support while promising not to interfere with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ling Bai said Zhou LaoTou was his teacher and described the sect’s years of support, including rare ingredients and Ming Huang Pills.
• Ling Bai explained that he would stand by the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect if it fought the Body Sect, so Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe fell silent about recruiting him.
• Yan Shaozhe offered to resolve any future difficulty Ling Bai faced, and Ling Bai asked to change rooms.
• Ling Bai requested a room inside the Golden Tree, leaving Yan Shaozhe shocked.

Ling Bai asked to live within the Golden Tree so he could use its power to suppress the Death Prison Spider Emperor, and Yan Shaozhe sought Dragon God Douluo Mu En’s approval. Mu En agreed, recognizing Ling Bai as Jian Mu Douluo Zhou JiRen’s direct disciple and honoring the favor Zhou JiRen had once done for Shrek Academy.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi told Ling Bai that only Mu En could approve a room in the Golden Tree, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to ask him.
• Ling Bai apologized to Xuan Zi for refusing to become his disciple, and Xuan Zi left disappointed.
• Yan Shaozhe visited Mu En in the Sea God Pavilion and explained Ling Bai’s talent, background, and request.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Ling Bai could secure Shrek Academy’s future, but Mu En reminded him that the academy remained neutral and Ling Bai belonged to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Mu En approved Ling Bai’s request, citing Zhou JiRen’s past help against the Body Sect and the academy’s debt to him.

Elder Mu explained that Zhou JiRen’s declining lifespan left the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect vulnerable to the Body Sect, and he arranged for Ling Bai to live beside Bei Bei in the Golden Tree. The next morning, Ling Bai explored the Inner Academy library but was denied access to its second floor before a woman handed him a book.

• Yan Shaozhe learned that Zhou JiRen had fought Du Busi alone and that his failing health threatened the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Elder Mu asked Yan Shaozhe to place Ling Bai’s room beside Bei Bei’s in the Golden Tree so they could grow close as friends and rivals.
• After leaving Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe resolved to use his own methods to keep Ling Bai at Shrek as a future heir.
• Ling Bai ate breakfast at the cafeteria, then went to the Inner Academy library seeking useful ancient texts.
• The library’s access system rejected Ling Bai’s badge at the second-floor entrance, and a woman placed a large black book in his hands for her senior sister.

Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo visited the Inner Academy Library, where they discussed the value of reading and studied in companionable silence. After Ling Bai opened a book about evil soul masters, he asked Han Ruoruo what she would choose if she awakened an Evil Spirit.

• Ling Bai found that his clearance did not let him enter the library’s restricted second floor, so Han Ruoruo used her red-level clearance to bring him inside.
• Han Ruoruo explained that she had recorded the library’s voice prompt and shared her belief that soul masters should keep learning.
• Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo debated whether Inner Academy students should continue studying books, then settled down to read together.
• Ling Bai struggled to continue reading Chronicles of the Mainland Evil Soul Masters and asked Han Ruoruo what she would choose if she awakened an Evil Spirit.

Han Ruoruo told Ling Bai she would resist an Evil Spirit rather than let it corrupt her, then took him to explore Shrek City. The chapter ended when they noticed an Azure Crystal Soul Power tester outside a noodle shop and read its message about kindness, honesty, and cultivation.

• Han Ruoruo told Ling Bai that she would fight an Evil Spirit for her whole life and remain clean as long as she did not betray her soul.
• Han Ruoruo took Ling Bai out to eat, and they passed Qian Fufu trying to court Ling Luochen with roses and Soul Tools before Ling Luochen froze the flowers and rejected him.
• Han Ruoruo led Ling Bai into Shrek City, where they explored the busy streets and sampled snacks while she paid for everything.
• Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo stopped at the Little Elephant Noodle Shop and examined an Azure Crystal Soul Power tester and its message about kindness, honesty, and cultivation.

Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo ate at Xie Huanyue’s family noodle shop and reflected on the auntie’s belief that character mattered more than Soul Power. After leaving, they followed the smell of grilled fish to a stall where they found Jiang Nannan.

• Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo entered the Little Elephant Noodle Shop and ordered noodles and braised meat.
• The auntie explained that she valued kind and honest soul masters more than those with great Soul Power, and she treated the two Shrek students to extra food.
• Xie Huanyue came back for lunch, and Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo recognized him as the noodle shop owner's son.
• Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo left the shop and followed the aroma of grilled fish to Little Huo Grilled Fish.
• Ling Bai took Han Ruoruo to the stall, where they stopped behind Jiang Nannan.

Huo Yuhao opened a grilled fish stall with Tang Ya’s help and drew a crowd of eager customers. When Xu Sanshi tried to take the last fish for Jiang Nannan, Ling Bai caught him and left him fearing the worst.

• Tang Ya helped Huo Yuhao set up Little Huo Grilled Fish, set his prices, and asked him to save two fish for her.
• Huo Yuhao opened the stall, and the fish’s aroma and taste quickly drew a long line of customers.
• Jiang Nannan asked about the price, then apologized and turned to leave when Huo Yuhao refused to bargain.
• Xu Sanshi threw a Gold Soul Coin at the grill and grabbed the last two fish, saying he was buying them for Jiang Nannan.
• Ling Bai lifted Xu Sanshi by the collar and stopped his Soul Power, leaving Xu Sanshi terrified when he recognized him.

Ling Bai stopped Xu Sanshi from taking Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish and extorted two Mystic Water Pills from him before Bei Bei and Tang Ya confronted Xu Sanshi over bullying their junior. Ling Bai, Han Ruoruo, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao then went to watch Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei fight in the Soul Arena.

• Xu Sanshi tried to excuse taking the grilled fish, but Ling Bai threatened him and demanded an explanation.
• Xu Sanshi admitted fault and gave Ling Bai two Mystic Water Pills to settle the dispute and make up for upsetting Han Ruoruo.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya arrived and demanded compensation from Xu Sanshi for bullying Huo Yuhao, then Bei Bei challenged him to a fight in the Soul Arena.
• Xu Sanshi asked Jiang Nannan to cheer for him, but she rejected him, and Bei Bei dragged him away to fight.
• Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao thanked Ling Bai for helping them, and Ling Bai invited them to watch the fight.

Ling Bai reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng on the way to the Outer Court Soul Arena, while Huo Yuhao learned that a Mystic Water Pill could improve his weak talent. Bei Bei arranged a wager with Xu Sanshi to obtain a pill for Huo Yuhao, but as their duel began, Ling Bai caught Huo Yuhao secretly using Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Bei Bei and confronted him.

• Han Ruoruo refused Ling Bai's Mystic Water Pill, and Tang Ya explained to Huo Yuhao how the pill could cleanse his tendons and marrow and improve his cultivation talent.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng joined Ling Bai, and Han Ruoruo left after noticing Ning Tian's possessive concern for him.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi agreed to wager a Mystic Water Pill on their duel, with Xu Sanshi asking Bei Bei to help arrange a meeting with Jiang Nannan if Xu Sanshi won.
• Ling Bai, Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Tang Ya watched Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi enter the arena and release their martial souls.
• Ling Bai sensed Huo Yuhao secretly using Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Bei Bei, disrupted the skill, and accused Huo Yuhao of cheating.

Ling Bai confronted Huo Yuhao for secretly interfering in Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi’s fair spar, then left with Ning Tian and Wu Feng. He helped Ning Tian plan her recruitment of talented Shrek students for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and warned her to stay away from Wang Dong.

• Huo Yuhao admitted that he had used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Bei Bei win and claimed he was also helping Ling Bai avenge the stolen grilled fish.
• Ling Bai told Huo Yuhao that the grudge with Xu Sanshi was settled and condemned him for breaking the rules, then left the Soul Arena with Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Ling Bai told Ning Tian to treat Huo Yuhao as a stranger, and Ning Tian agreed that she no longer needed to show him consideration for the Tang Sect.
• Ning Tian reported that she had recruited Nanmen Yun'er and planned to approach Xie Huanyue, while Ling Bai named several other talented students as recruitment targets.
• Ling Bai warned Ning Tian that Wang Dong was a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect and gave her Mystic Water Pills to use in recruiting students, including Xie Huanyue.

Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao were summoned to the Inner Courtyard Soul Arena, where Xuan Zi announced a tournament to decide Shrek Academy’s true Seven Monsters. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi explaining the challenge format and rules.

• Ning Tian asked whether the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could recruit Inner Courtyard disciples, and Ling Bai promised to pursue any promising candidates.
• Ling Bai returned to his cabin and meditated, refusing to let concern about Huo Yuhao affect his choices.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ling Bai that Xuan Zi had summoned them to the Soul Arena, where they met the Inner Courtyard freshmen and the seven provisional Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Xuan Zi announced that the Seven Monsters Challenge Tournament would begin in six months and determine who represented Shrek Academy in the next Soul Master Competition.
• Xuan Zi ruled out team battles and explained that the tournament would use one-versus-one challenges and support-only two-versus-two matches, with challengers matched by Soul Master type.

Xuan Zi explained the Seven Monsters Challenge Tournament and had the official members introduce themselves to the challengers. After setting the tournament for six months later, Dai Yueheng proposed an impromptu team battle.

• Ma Xiaotao dismissed the importance of Soul Engineers, while Ling Bai reflected that Shrek Academy needed to experience the power of Soul Tools.
• Xuan Zi announced that challengers could choose their opponents and that the tournament would take place in six months.
• Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xi Xi, Ling Luochen, Yao Haoxuan, Gongyang Mo, and Qian Fufu introduced their abilities and roles as official Seven Monsters.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ling Bai that Qian Fufu was the adopted son of Qian Duoduo and Xian Liner and was infatuated with Ling Luochen.
• After Xuan Zi left the Soul Arena, Dai Yueheng proposed that the official members and challengers hold a friendly team battle.

The Seven Monsters challenge became a team battle, with the challengers and official members splitting into individual and paired fights across the Soul Arena. Ling Bai was left facing Soul Engineer Qian Fufu, and the chapter ended as Qian Fufu began creating distance for their match.

• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng charged at each other to settle the captaincy, while Chu Qingtian and Xi Xi began their speed duel and the support pairs Zhou Sen and Pan Tao, and Yao Haoxuan and Gongyang Mo, clashed.
• Ling Bai and Tai Xing attacked Chen Zifeng together, prompting Chen Zifeng to call for help and Ling Luochen to intervene with her ice powers.
• Ling Bai shattered Ling Luochen’s ice attack, but Qian Fufu fired two Soul Tools beams to stop him before Ling Bai split his sword aura to intercept them.
• Ling Luochen angrily rebuked Qian Fufu for interfering, then fought Du Gu Lin, while the other combatants continued their matchups.
• Ling Bai chose to fight Qian Fufu, who retreated to establish the distance needed to use his Soul Tools.

Ling Bai fought Qian Fufu, countering his Soul Tools with the Radiant Spirit Array and Angel Holy Sword. Qian Fufu then used his Wild Bull Martial Soul to launch a close-range aerial attack, and Ling Bai welcomed the challenge.

• Qian Fufu fired a Level 5 Oscillation Cannon and a Level 5 Directional High-Explosive Shell at Ling Bai, but Ling Bai ignored the shockwaves and cut the shell apart without detonating it.
• Ling Bai charged within ten meters of Qian Fufu, who covered himself in metal barrels and unleashed a volley of soul rays.
• Ling Bai used Radiant Spirit Array · Storm to sweep away Qian Fufu’s soul rays and pressed him with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Qian Fufu merged his metal barrels into a battle blade and clashed with Ling Bai’s sword, then revealed his Wild Bull Martial Soul and activated Brute Force and Power of Resistance.
• Qian Fufu knocked Ling Bai into the air and charged at him with his battle blade and Soul Guidance Thruster, while Ling Bai welcomed the aerial fight.

Ling Bai defeated Qian Fufu and impressed the challengers and Shrek Seven Monsters, then learned that he could move into Sea God Pavilion. Yan Shaozhe sent Ling Bai there and revealed to Ma Xiaotao a plan to stabilize her Phoenix Evil Fire permanently.

• Ling Bai broke Qian Fufu's warblade and knocked him into the Soul Arena wall, ending their battle.
• The challengers defeated several official Monsters, leading everyone to expect Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao to join the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Dai Yueheng vowed to reclaim the captain's position in six months, while Chen Zifeng and the other Monsters hurried off to train.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ling Bai that the Pavilion Master had approved his move into Sea God Pavilion, and Ling Bai flew to the Golden Tree.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Ma Xiaotao about her Phoenix Evil Fire and described a plan to make it stable forever, leaving her stunned.

Ling Bai entered Sea God Pavilion, where the Golden Tree strengthened him and helped suppress the Death Prison Spider Emperor’s evil power. Electrolux anchored his soul in one of Ling Bai’s soul ring slots, granting him Necromancy, and revealed that Ling Bai must awaken the Six-Winged Angel’s Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire to overcome the evil force before reaching Soul Sage.

• Ling Bai entered Sea God Pavilion, and Mu En used the Golden Tree’s power to raise Ling Bai’s Soul Power from Rank 41 to Rank 42.
• Ling Bai met Electrolux in his Sea of Consciousness and learned that Electrolux had paid a heavy price to seal the Death Prison Spider Emperor.
• Electrolux asked Ling Bai to give up a soul ring slot as an anchor, and Ling Bai offered more slots so Electrolux could stabilize his soul.
• Electrolux revealed that his soul ring would grant Ling Bai the Necromancy he had created, while his soul and the Golden Tree would temporarily suppress the Death Prison Spider Emperor’s evil power.
• Electrolux warned Ling Bai to eliminate the evil divine power before reaching Soul Sage and said the Six-Winged Angel needed to attain Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire alongside Ultimate Sacredness.

Ling Bai learned that he could give his Six-Winged Angel three ultimate attributes by adding seeds of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light, though obtaining enough Ultimate Light could endanger the Golden Tree. Ma Xiaotao visited him after Yan Shaozhe told her to seduce him, but her awkward attempt collapsed into an honest conversation.

• Electrolux explained that Ling Bai needed heavenly treasures with Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light to plant the two attributes in his martial soul, and Ling Bai considered the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Golden Tree as sources.
• Ling Bai decided not to risk harming the Golden Tree and planned to seek a source of Ultimate Light later, possibly through the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived at Ling Bai's room dressed seductively, and Ling Bai grew suspicious of her sudden change in behavior.
• Ma Xiaotao recalled Yan Shaozhe urging her to seduce Ling Bai so she could rely on him to suppress her Phoenix Evil Fire in the future.
• Ma Xiaotao awkwardly tried to seduce Ling Bai, but he criticized her performance until she admitted Yan Shaozhe had told her to do it and chose to speak honestly instead.

Ma Xiaotao explained that Yan Shaozhe wanted her to date Ling Bai so his Six-Winged Angel could suppress her Phoenix Evil Fire, but she doubted their match and worried about the fire returning. After the two hid from Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei, Ma Xiaotao asked Ling Bai whether he could cure her evil fire permanently.

• Ling Bai admitted that he had helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her Phoenix Evil Fire, and Ma Xiaotao revealed Yan Shaozhe's suggestion that they date and use Ling Bai's martial soul to treat it.
• Ma Xiaotao gave up on trying to make Ling Bai her boyfriend and prepared to leave, but she spotted Zhang Lexuan approaching with Bei Bei and hurried back inside.
• Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao secretly watched Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei together through the door, then agreed to keep what they saw private.
• Ma Xiaotao stayed in Ling Bai's room until Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei parted, then explained that she feared the evil fire would return after Ling Bai left Shrek Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Ling Bai whether he had a way to completely resolve her evil fire.