Chapter Summaries

The God of Destruction warned the Life Goddess that Tang San might be pursuing a path opposed to the Divine Realm and had caused Xiao Qi’s disappearance. At Shrek Academy, Tang San’s Divine Sense Clone was destroyed as the Golden Ancient Tree rose and a golden-marked Blue Silver Grass appeared beneath it, while Ah Yin’s connection to the place was severed.

• The God of Destruction told the Life Goddess he suspected the Former Sea God had taken the First Generation Angel God’s authority and said Tang San had sent Xiao Qi away and interfered with the Divine Realm passage.
• Tang San’s Divine Sense Clone in the Valley of Questions and Love contacted the clone at Shrek Academy and sensed similar responses from his other clones.
• An unseen attacker annihilated Tang San’s Divine Sense Clone inside the Golden Ancient Tree at Shrek Academy, making the tree shake violently.
• The Golden Ancient Tree rose from the ground as an invisible force drew out a blue halo, revealing golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass connected to its roots.
• Tang Hao reassured Ah Yin that the Golden Tree was being suppressed and purified to help them take control of Douluo Star.
• Ah Yin realized her connection to the Golden Tree’s location had been completely severed, shocking Tang Hao.

The Golden Ancient Tree shrank into a sapling, which a concealed Titled Douluo stole, while Mu En sensed the Sea God's presence in the events. Huo Yuhao and the others confronted Tang San's poisoned Divine Sense Clone, and Huo Yuhao began punishing him for what he had done to Huo Yuhao's mother.

• Mu En emerged from the Golden Ancient Tree and questioned Qian Duoduo and the others about what had happened while he slept.
• The Golden Ancient Tree shrank into a sapling, and a concealed Titled Douluo seized it and fled.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Qiu'er, and Gu Yuena entered the Valley of Questions and Love, causing its fog and sky image to vanish.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Tang San, revealed that poison from Shrek Academy's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had targeted his Divine Sense, and introduced the others.
• Huo Yuhao kicked Tang San's Divine Sense Clone and struck him with a frozen fish as he began listing Tang San's Paths to Death.

Huo Yuhao beat Tang San’s Divine Sense Clone and confronted him over the betrayals and losses from his previous life. He threatened to destroy the clone, leaving Tang San to weigh the danger to his true body.

• Huo Yuhao struck Tang San with the Frozen Fish and listed the first three Paths to Death, accusing him of manipulating Huo Yuhao’s life, ruining Wang Dong’er’s life, and plotting against Qiu’er.
• Huo Yuhao accused Tang San of destroying Electrolux’s last hope of revival, while Qiu’er watched and urged Huo Yuhao on.
• Tang San demanded to know how Huo Yuhao knew his plans and wondered whether Huo Yuhao had caused the Divine Realm’s severed contact with Douluo Star.
• Huo Yuhao warned Tang San that the Divine Sense Clone’s death could severely injure his true body and leave him vulnerable to the God of Destruction.
• Tang San forced a smile and told Huo Yuhao that he understood what Huo Yuhao needed.

Wang Dong'er rejected Tang San's claim that she was his daughter and used Huo Yuhao's Signal Axe to destroy his Divine Sense Clone. Huo Yuhao anticipated Tang San's retaliation and prepared to confront the danger posed by the gods and their allies.

• Tang San offered Huo Yuhao godhood and Wang Dong'er in marriage in exchange for being released, then insisted that Wang Dong'er was his daughter, Tang Wutong.
• Wang Dong'er asked about her real parents, and Huo Yuhao comforted her as she grieved over learning she came from another world.
• Wang Dong'er asked to destroy Tang San herself, and Huo Yuhao gave her the Signal Axe, a Fixed Soul Tool powered by a milk bottle containing his power.
• Wang Dong'er declared that her name was Wang Dong'er and that she was Huo Yuhao's wife, then raised the Signal Axe and destroyed Tang San's Divine Sense Clone.
• Tang San threatened Huo Yuhao, who considered how the Divine Realm's time difference would delay any reinforcements and planned to face Tang San himself later.

In the Valley of Questions and Love, Huo Yuhao took control of the questioning and targeted Xuan Zi to expose Shrek Academy before the gathered powers. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi being threatened with death if he failed to answer the next question.

• The God of Destruction warned Tang San and Xiao Wu that the Divine Realm must not interfere lightly with the lower realms, while Xiao Wu insulted him over his inability to have children.
• Huo Yuhao decided to use the Valley of Questions and Love against Xuan Zi, hoping to make Shrek Academy disgrace itself before the assembled powers.
• Huo Yuhao took control of the Valley’s spinning beam, which selected Xuan Zi as its next subject.
• Xuan Zi tried to sabotage the Valley, was punished with golden lashes, and identified himself only as Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi of Shrek Academy.
• The Valley declared Xuan Zi’s answer incomplete and warned that he would die if he failed to answer the next question.

Huo Yuhao interrogated Xuan Zi about Shrek Academy’s tournament conduct, his failures as a team leader, and the Shrek Monitoring Group’s secret operations. Xuan Zi admitted several accusations under pressure, while his denials and evasions drew punishment and public scrutiny.

• Huo Yuhao questioned Xuan Zi about whether Shrek Academy considered itself above the empires, and Xuan Zi denied it before being punished for lying about the tournaments.
• Witnesses recounted Shrek Academy’s conduct in Bright Capital and Star Luo City, undermining Xuan Zi’s claims about the tournaments.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Xuan Zi over student deaths and the abduction in the Mingdou Mountain Range, and Xuan Zi admitted he had missed a chance to rescue Huo Yuhao from the Evil Soul Masters.
• Xuan Zi admitted that he had separated from students during a Soul Hunting expedition, nearly leaving them to be wiped out by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao exposed Xuan Zi as the leader of the Shrek Monitoring Group and questioned its interference in the four great empires’ affairs, its lack of evidence, and its members’ personal gains.
• Xuan Zi lost his temper and denied that the Shrek Monitoring Group’s mission income exceeded the combined treasuries of the Heaven Dou Empire, Dou Ling Empire, and Star Luo Empire.

Huo Yuhao questioned Xuan Zi about Shrek Academy’s conduct, while Zhongli Wu planned to spread claims that Xuan Zi was the Holy Spirit Cult’s Grand Elder. As accusations piled up and Xuan Zi stayed silent, an azure beam of divine light appeared above the Circular Platform.

• Xu Jiujiu realized Shrek Academy’s influence extended into the empires and questioned the source of its intelligence.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Xuan Zi about his connection to the Holy Spirit Sect and the repeated deaths of students under his leadership, and Xuan Zi could not answer.
• Zhongli Wu ordered a subordinate to publicize Xuan Zi’s positions and falsely declare him the Holy Spirit Cult’s Grand Elder, tying Shrek Academy to the cult.
• Huo Yuhao questioned Xuan Zi about Shrek Academy’s treatment of the Tang Sect, Outer Court students, and the empires, leaving others to draw their own conclusions.
• An azure divine light descended and a figure appeared above the Circular Platform.

Huo Yuhao used Simulation to stage a confrontation in which Sea God Tang San admitted to supporting the Holy Spirit Cult and was exposed as the ancestor of Evil Soul Masters. The staged events were broadcast beyond the Valley of Questions and Love, leaving Shrek Academy facing widespread suspicion.

• “Tang San” freed the Shrek Academy group and claimed that revealing the truth would not matter, while Huo Yuhao questioned his ties to the Tang Sect and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• “Tang San” threatened to kill everyone, and Huo Yuhao revealed that events in the Valley of Questions and Love had already become known outside it.
• Huo Yuhao appeared as the Ice God and fought “Tang San,” while Xuan Zi gathered the Shrek Academy group and attempted to escape.
• The simulated “Tang San” revealed spider-like legs in place of Sea God’s Eight Wings before Huo Yuhao arranged for the Ice God to defeat him.
• Huo Yuhao dismissed the illusions, returning Xuan Zi and the others to Sun Moon Lake, where they saw that the confrontation had been broadcast to the surrounding crowd.

Yan Shaozhe escaped the Holy Spirit Cult seriously injured as the Valley of Questions and Love emptied and the Sun Moon Empire withdrew. In Bright Capital, Xu Tianran visited the imprisoned He Caitou and confronted him about his past.

• Xuanz Zi resolved to protect Shrek Academy's reputation, unaware that Yan Shaozhe had survived after Feng Ling and Zhongli Wu attacked him outside the valley.
• The Sun Moon Empire withdrew its forces, while Xu Tianran worried about the Holy Spirit Cult, the Fifth Prince's growing influence, and the possibility of becoming a god.
• Huo Yuhao brought Wang Dong'er, Gu Yuena, and Qiu'er out of the Valley of Questions and Love as Zhongli Wu ordered his people to withdraw.
• Xu Tianran entered the Bright Capital dungeon and told He Caitou that he had recognized him from the fire years earlier.

Xu Tianran interrogated He Caitou about the weapons warehouse, while Huo Yuhao and Du Busi fired a Level 9 Fixed-Load Soul Cannon Shell at the Valley of Questions and Love. The blast shook Bright Capital, and Feng Ling suspected Huo Yuhao had launched it.

• Xu Tianran had He Caitou slapped and questioned him about how he learned the warehouse's location.
• He Caitou claimed someone had provided him the information, prompting Xu Tianran to suspect the Holy Spirit Cult and Zhongli Wu.
• Huo Yuhao and Du Busi prepared the Level 9 Fixed-Load Soul Cannon Shell, Storm of Destruction, to destroy the Valley of Questions and Love.
• Du Busi fired the shell while Huo Yuhao guided him with Spiritual Detection, and they fled as it struck the valley.
• The explosion shook Bright Capital, and Xu Tianran recognized it as the detonation of a strategic weapon.
• Feng Ling recalled Huo Yuhao's earlier fight and suspected he had fired the shell.

Tang Hao and Ah Yin went to Shrek Academy to investigate the theft of the Golden Ancient Tree and protect Tang San’s plans. After the gate guards challenged them, Tang Hao attacked, killed one student, injured Zhou Yi, and flew into the academy with Ah Yin.

• Tang Hao and Ah Yin arrived at Shrek City's eastern gate, where two Shrek students demanded their identification.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings and ordered the students to tell the dean that their forefather had arrived.
• One student insulted Tang Hao, who struck both students and damaged Shrek Academy's main gate.
• Zhou Yi rushed to confront Tang Hao, but he slapped her back to the ground and then flew into the academy with Ah Yin.
• Zhou Yi woke and saw that the student who had insulted Tang Hao was dead.

Tang Hao and Ah Yin arrived at Shrek Academy, where the academy’s leaders mistook Tang Hao’s claim to be their ancestor for an insult and fought him. Tang Hao revealed that he was Tang San’s father and had come to help, but Xian Lin'er still rejected his claim.

• Tang Hao killed one student and severely injured another, while Zhou Yi’s altered state drove her to pursue him.
• Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Mei'er confronted Tang Hao and prepared to fight after he called himself their ancestor.
• Zhou Yi attacked Tang Hao, who struck her into Sea God Lake and left the water red.
• Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, and Qian Duoduo unleashed their attacks, but Tang Hao blocked them with his strength.
• Tang Hao destroyed the statues of Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong before saying he was Tang San’s father and had come to help Shrek Academy.
• Xian Lin'er refused to believe Tang Hao’s claim and mocked him.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had helped trigger rebellions across the Three Great Empires, while Tang Hao and Ah Yin forced Shrek Academy’s leaders to accept Tang Hao as their ancestor. The chapter left Xu Jiujiu and Vina sheltering with the Ming Sect as Tang Hao prepared to place another Blue Silver Emperor avatar at Shrek Academy.

• Dai Luoli reported that Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei had disappeared, the Heaven Dou imperial family had been nearly wiped out, and the Holy Spirit Cult had backed rebellions in both empires.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina learned that the White Tiger and Netherworld Duke’s Estates had joined the revolt, while Huo Yuhao suspected Tang San might be behind the unrest.
• Xu Jiujiu and Manyi stayed with the Ming Sect, Vina remained with them, and Du Busi took Long Aotian and the other Body Sect members back to secure their headquarters.
• Tang Hao suppressed Xian Lin'er and the other Shrek Academy Titled Douluo, and they reluctantly accepted his claim that he was their ancestor.
• Tang Hao arrived at the Golden Ancient Tree’s former location so Ah Yin could place another Blue Silver Emperor avatar at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao organized the Ming Sect and entered seclusion as political upheaval spread across the empires. At Shrek Academy, Tang Hao and Ah Yin joined its leaders, and the returning students exposed Yan Shaozhe’s conduct in the Valley of Questions and Love before Tang Hao declared that the Sea God there was fake.

• Huo Yuhao appointed Ye Guyi Right Bright Envoy and Nan Qiuqiu a Seven Star Protector, then began studying his Soul Saint state in seclusion.
• Duchess White Tiger forced Dai Hao to take the Star Luo throne, and Xu Jiujiu was stopped from rushing to his aid.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin reached a basic agreement with Shrek Academy’s leaders, while Mu En recognized Tang Hao through the Sea God’s power.
• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy with the surviving students, after Xie Huanyue died on the journey and He Caitou remained missing.
• Cao Jinxuan recounted Yan Shaozhe’s actions in the Valley of Questions and Love, prompting Cai Mei’er and Xian Lin’er to turn on the newly returned Yan Shaozhe.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin told Shrek Academy that the Sea God in the Valley of Questions and Love must have been fake.

Tang Hao and Ah Yin were welcomed as Shrek Academy ancestors while Huo Yuhao advanced his Soul Tool research and planned to restore Electrolux and his companions. Xu Tianran lost his chance to seize power after the Old Emperor awoke and favored the Fifth Prince.

• Tang Hao and Ah Yin became revered ancestors of Shrek Academy, while Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe welcomed Zhou Yi's death and planned to mislead Fan Yu about it.
• Huo Yuhao assigned Ju Zi, Ye Guyi, and Meng Hongchen work on the Knight Battle Armor System and giant Soul Tool battle armor.
• Huo Yuhao studied a realm equivalent to Soul Saint and began planning to escape the Soul Ring and Soul Spirit System and restore Electrolux, Tian Meng, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress.
• Xu Tianran blamed Xu Tianjiong, Huo Yuhao, and Jing Hongchen after the Old Emperor awoke, received Imperial Guardian protection, and favored the Fifth Prince.

Huo Yuhao advanced Bright Summit’s defenses with powerful linked Soul Tool towers while Ye Guyi considered staying in the Ming Sect after seeing his ambitious designs. He also planned to negotiate with the Earth Dragon Sect for the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, which could support his future Soul Tool Mecha, Dangerous Wanderer.

• Huo Yuhao, now a Soul Saint, helped Ju Zi carve a core array while Meng Hongchen asked him to teach her too.
• Ye Guyi reflected on her approaching probationary period and grew reluctant to leave the Ming Sect after seeing Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tool innovations.
• Huo Yuhao had Ye Guyi and the others help build Eighth-level Fixed Soul Tool Prism Towers that could link together to unleash Level 9 Soul Tool power.
• Ye Guyi saw designs for other military Soul Tools, including the Soul Tool Mecha Dangerous Wanderer, and considered staying to witness Huo Yuhao’s work.
• Huo Yuhao planned to speak with the Earth Dragon Sect about obtaining the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal for his mecha research.

Ye Guyi decided to remain in Ming Sect as its Right Bright Envoy, and Huo Yuhao gave her the Immortal Grade Heavenly Feather Aurora Dance. Huo Yuhao and Nan Qiuqiu then arrived in Dragon City to seek the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal hidden in Earth Dragon Sect territory.

• Ye Guyi chose to stay in Ming Sect after deciding that Huo Yuhao's goals aligned with her own.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ye Guyi the light-attribute Immortal Grade Heavenly Feather Aurora Dance.
• Huo Yuhao and Nan Qiuqiu traveled to Dragon City while the others remained behind to strengthen themselves.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his unconventional path toward forming Soul Cores and his need to understand the foundations of Martial Souls and Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao and Nan Qiuqiu entered Dragon City, where Heavenly Dragon Gate controlled the gates and the city's administration.
• Nan Qiuqiu led Huo Yuhao to Earth Dragon Sect's entrance, where its disciples watched them approach.

Nan Shuishui welcomed Huo Yuhao and offered him access to a hidden vein of Ice Attribute Rare Metal beneath the Earth Dragon Sect. After exchanging herbs and Earth Dragon Golden Gourds, Huo Yuhao entered the cave while Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu kept watch.

• Nan Qiuqiu brought Huo Yuhao into the Earth Dragon Sect, where Nan Shuishui had already arranged to receive him.
• Nan Shuishui observed Nan Qiuqiu's progress and thanked Huo Yuhao for helping her grow.
• Nan Shuishui revealed a sealed cave beneath a well that held an Ice Attribute Rare Metal vein and offered it to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao offered herbs and two Earth Dragon Golden Gourds in exchange, and Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu each accepted one.
• Nan Shuishui explained how to open the cave and warned Huo Yuhao about its freezing environment before he descended inside.

Huo Yuhao entered the cold spring beneath the Earth Dragon Sect and discovered an accompanying cave filled with Ice Extreme Divine Crystals, which he collected before continuing deeper to search for the Myriad Year Profound Ice Cave. Aboveground, Nan Shuishui teased Nan Qiuqiu about her feelings for him as they waited.

• Huo Yuhao dove into the cold spring without precautions and descended past the well's original depth.
• Huo Yuhao found a mechanism that opened a hidden portal and entered a naturally formed cave of Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.
• Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Tian Meng identified the crystals as rare ores from an accompanying cave linked to a Myriad Year Profound Ice Cave.
• Huo Yuhao collected every Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and, after the cave flooded, continued deeper instead of returning to the surface.
• Nan Qiuqiu anxiously asked Nan Shuishui to check on Huo Yuhao, and Nan Shuishui teased her about liking him.

Huo Yuhao gathered the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and Myriad Year Profound Ice Marrow from beneath the well, then told Nan Shuishui about the treasures and the cave’s decline. Nan Shuishui declined his offer to share them and entrusted Nan Qiuqiu to him.

• Huo Yuhao collected all the Myriad Year Profound Ice Marrow, and the Myriad Year Profound Ice Cave began to decline.
• Huo Yuhao emerged from the well with Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and explained to Nan Shuishui how it and the marrow could be mined and used.
• Nan Shuishui said the Earth Dragon Sect had no need for the treasures and let Huo Yuhao decide how to use them.
• Nan Shuishui described the turbulent state of Douluo Continent, took Huo Yuhao’s hand, and entrusted Nan Qiuqiu to him.
• Nan Qiuqiu was stunned when Nan Shuishui again offered her to Huo Yuhao.