Chapter Summaries

Lu Xueling named the nearly completed battleship Hyperion and shared a private moment with Sirin. Meanwhile, Tang Ya and Gu Yuena broke into Shrek Academy to seize Ah Yin, then left a provocative message as Shrek’s defenders approached.

• Lu Xueling declared the battleship Hyperion the Valkyrie forces’ flagship and assigned the Herrschers to take weekly command-room shifts.
• After the other Herrschers left, Sirin embraced Lu Xueling and spoke with him about traveling through other worlds together.
• Tang Ya and Gu Yuena sensed Ah Yin parasitizing the Golden Ancient Tree beneath Shrek Academy and entered the underground chamber.
• Tang Ya destroyed Ah Yin’s defenses, and Gu Yuena suppressed her with the Silver Dragon King’s aura before sealing her true body in an iron box.
• As three Titled Douluo approached, Gu Yuena carved “Sea God, your mom exploded!” into the floor.

After intruders damaged the Golden Ancient Tree and insulted Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi discovered that Ma Xiaotao had returned with a strange gap in her memory and a letter from Lu Xueling. The invitation challenged Shrek to enter the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament in Mingdu, and Xuan Zi declared that the academy would accept.

• Xuan Zi raged over the attack on the Golden Ancient Tree and asked Zhang Lexuan where Ma Xiaotao was.
• Ma Xiaotao returned with no memory of hearing Xuan Zi shout and struggled to recall meeting anyone outside, suffering pain as she tried.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that she had collected a letter at the gates, and Xuan Zi took it and read Lu Xueling's invitation to the tournament.
• Lu Xueling announced that sects could compete, promised Saint Freya Academy would use no Soul Tools, and offered valuable Soul Tools to participating teams.
• Xuan Zi angrily accepted the challenge and vowed that Shrek Academy would compete.

Lu Xueling completed Black Abyss White Flower and unlocked the Kaiser of Death’s full authority, including the power to resurrect the dead. After demonstrating that power by restoring Lin Xi to life, he presented him to the gathered students and Valkyries, leaving Qian Renxue wondering if her grandfather could also be revived.

• Lu Xueling forged Black Abyss White Flower over three days and gained the Kaiser of Death’s full authority.
• Lu Xueling resurrected a teenage boy, then told Oscar and the Titan Giant Ape that he had sent Ning Rongrong to the Star Dou Core Zone.
• Lu Xueling gathered the tournament participants and other allies at Saint Freya Academy for Black Abyss White Flower’s first live test.
• Lu Xueling revealed that the resurrected boy was Lin Xi, whose friends celebrated his return and whose gratitude moved him to kneel before the bishop.
• Qian Renxue asked Lu Xueling how he had revived Lin Xi and wondered whether he could bring her grandfather back to life.

Lu Xueling told Qian Renxue he could not restore Qian Daoliu, then assigned Kong Deming to contribute his Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to research the Divine Key Thousand Realms of One Ride. Testing Black Abyss White Flower revealed that Gu Youyue’s powerful second rated output overwhelmed her incomplete armor, so Lu Xueling stopped the test and summoned the Valkyries for equipment upgrades.

• Lu Xueling explained that Qian Daoliu’s soul had been completely annihilated and he could not bring him back to life.
• Lu Xueling asked Kong Deming to contribute his Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to the Thousand Realms of One Ride project, and Kong Deming agreed.
• Ji Juechen pulled out Black Abyss White Flower and endured its weight for half an hour, but could not unleash its first rated output.
• Gu Youyue used Black Abyss White Flower’s first and second rated outputs, but the weapon began to malfunction when her incomplete armor could not withstand the power.
• Lu Xueling halted the test, gave researchers a new Herrscher Core material codenamed Rock, and ordered all A-rank and above Valkyries to gather for equipment upgrades the next day.

One year later, Lu Xueling prepared Mingdu to host the tournament and invited the Soul Beast Clan to compete. When Shrek Academy arrived, Xuan Zi and the others were stunned by the Sun Moon Empire’s advanced technology and transformed city.

• Lu Xueling offered Rank 9, Rank 8, and Rank 7 Soul Tools as prizes for the tournament’s top three teams.
• Gu Yuena told Lu Xueling that preparations were complete and that the Soul Beast Clan would compete under the twenty-thousand-year cultivation limit.
• Xuan Zi led Shrek Academy’s team to Mingdu, where Titan Mechs escorted them through the city.
• The Shrek group marveled at the Titan Mechs and the city’s broad, paved roads.
• Xuan Zi and the others saw a fast horseless vehicle, aircraft, patrolling mechs, and soul beasts in the streets, leaving Xuan Zi questioning whether they were still in the Sun Moon Empire.

Shrek Academy’s team arrived in Mingdu to register for the tournament, where Wang Dong and Bei Bei spotted Tang Ya, missing for nearly five years. When Bei Bei rushed to embrace her, Tang Ya struck him down and asked, “Who is Tang Ya?”

• Xian Zi left the Shrek group waiting in Mingyue Hotel, while Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei discussed the risks of Elder Xuan leading them and the possibility that the Body Sect would compete.
• Wang Dong insisted she wanted to be the first Shrek competitor, and Bei Bei agreed to take the second spot as the team vowed to restore Shrek’s glory.
• The Shrek team waited half an hour, then went to register and have their pictures taken.
• Wang Dong noticed Tang Ya standing in the shadows, and Bei Bei recognized her after nearly five years apart.
• Bei Bei rushed to Tang Ya and grabbed her shoulders, but Tang Ya overwhelmed him with her aura and blasted him into Xu Sanshi’s arms.
• Tang Ya watched Bei Bei indifferently and asked, “Who is Tang Ya?”

Tang Ya attacked Bei Bei and denied being his sect master, while Shrek Academy confronted her and Qian Renxue. Di Tian arrived, drove Shrek away, and let the Herrschers leave with Tang Ya and Qian Renxue.

• Tang Ya struck Bei Bei with Honkai Energy, and Xian Lin'er and Wang Dong struggled to protect him.
• The Herrscher of Erosion and the Herrscher of Thousand People joined Tang Ya, while Bei Bei and Shrek accused them of abducting the sect master.
• The Kaiser of Death denied being Tang Ya, and Qian Renxue taunted Shrek over failing to protect its students.
• Di Tian arrived with Zi Ji and Bi Ji, blasted Shrek aside, and tossed Xuan-Head back to them.
• Di Tian let the Herrscher of Erosion, Qian Renxue, and Tang Ya depart, while Xuan-Head admitted that he had picked a fight with Di Tian and lost.

Wang Dong and the Shrek team learned that the Sun Moon Empire’s tournament rules favored aerial combat, then accepted flying Soul Tools prepared by Shrek Academy. The draw gave Saint Freya Academy a bye, while the Soul Beast Clan entered the tournament with Gu Youyue as its captain.

• Wang Dong, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan objected to rules with no height limit, and Wang Dong proposed that the teams boycott the tournament.
• Xian Lin'er revealed that Elder Xuan had anticipated the Sun Moon Empire’s tactics and arranged Class 5 Flying Soul Tools made by Fan Yu; Wang Dong chose Xian Lin'er’s backup instead because she distrusted Fan Yu’s past experiments.
• Bei Bei supported trying to pressure the Sun Moon Empire, but the Empire upheld its rules and justified them as preparation for future battles over air superiority.
• Xu Sanshi drew lots for the Tang Sect, and Saint Freya Academy received a first-round bye and twelve points.
• The teams from the Douluo Three Kingdoms discovered that the Soul Beast Clan had entered the competition, led by Imperial Auspicious Beast Gu Youyue.

The Sun Moon Empire began the tournament’s individual preliminaries, and Shrek Academy drew the Soul Beast Clan. He Caitou and Gu Youyue opened their match, with Gu Youyue charging him in Crimson armor as he deployed his mobile artillery platform.

• Twenty Titan Mechs escorted the tournament teams out of Mingdu, while Gu Youyue led ten soul beasts through the air behind them.
• At the competition grounds, Lu Xueling took the podium and Bella announced the individual preliminaries’ matchups.
• Bella announced Shrek Academy would face the Soul Beast Clan, shocking the teams and worrying Shrek’s members about fighting beasts one-on-one.
• Shrek chose He Caitou as its first contestant, while Gu Youyue stepped forward for the Soul Beast Clan.
• After the referee started the match, Gu Youyue equipped the Crimson battlesuit and charged as He Caitou assembled his mobile artillery platform and opened fire.
• Gu Youyue deflected ten cannon shots with her greatsword, then unleashed a lightning-charged slash.

Gu Youyue overwhelmed He Caitou’s Soul Tools in the arena, and his super energy-gathering cannon exploded before it could hit her. The replay exposed the failure to the crowd, leaving Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department publicly humiliated.

• Gu Youyue shattered He Caitou’s beams and charged him, forcing him to use a cigar to boost his Soul Power and summon an energy-gathering cannon.
• He Caitou blocked Gu Youyue’s greatsword with an Absolute Barrier while Qian Duoduo praised Fan Yu’s improved defensive Soul Tool and modified cannon.
• Gu Youyue waited as dark-blue Honkai Energy seeped into the barrier and cannon, causing He Caitou’s charge to finish abruptly.
• He Caitou fired the incandescent cannon, which exploded and knocked him unconscious as the barrier and weapon broke apart.
• Shi Bao replayed the fight, revealing the cannon’s failure and prompting the venue to laugh at Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department.

Gu Youyue led the Soul Beast Clan to crush Shrek Academy in their competition, forcing Shrek to concede. Qian Renxue then noticed the Clear Sky Sect team and treated its arrival as an old acquaintance coming to confront them, while warning Huo Yuhao that visitors might seek him out.

• Gu Youyue won four consecutive victories against Shrek’s contestants without drawing her Golden Dragon Spear, and Xian Lin'er and Dai Huabin debated the gap in strength and Gu Youyue’s identity.
• Wang Dong agreed to concede so Shrek could preserve its strength for the elimination rounds, and the Valkyrie referee declared Gu Youyue’s team the winner.
• Gu Youyue dismissed her armor, taunted Shrek, and accepted the crowd’s cheers before returning to the resting area.
• Qian Renxue noticed Ye Guyi’s Divine Angel martial soul on the Ping Fan Alliance roster, then focused on the Clear Sky Sect team led by Tang Ling.
• Qian Renxue warned Gu Yuena to tell Huo Yuhao that people might come looking for him, and said they should strike first against the Clear Sky Sect.

Wang Dong and Tang Ling led a group to enter Mingdu’s underground competition, hoping to use Tang Ling’s Soul Tool expertise to win benefits for Shrek Academy. At the venue, they learned the competition was for Honkai Energy technology rather than Soul Tools, and Benares arrived as the guards confronted them.

• Wang Dong persuaded Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er to consider entering the underground competition, then trusted Tang Ling to make Soul Tools and agreed to act that night with Dai Bai and Zhu You.
• Tang Ling revealed that Big Father had sent him and addressed Wang Dong as Young Master, surprising the Shrek members who did not know their connection.
• That night, Wang Dong, Tang Ling, Dai Bai, and Zhu You used a concealment technique to reach Qingse Hotel, the Ping Fan Alliance venue for the underground competition.
• A C-rank Valkyrie told Tang Ling that entrants had to know how to manufacture Titan Mechs or Honkai Energy potions, and the guards mocked the group as primitive people who understood no Honkai Energy.
• Benares appeared at the hotel entrance, and the guards immediately knelt to greet her.

Bella allowed Tang Ling, Dai Bai, Zhu You, and Wang Dong to enter the Honkai Beast Battle, while Lu Xueling prepared a trap for the target and proposed to Sirin. The chapter left Sirin accepting Lu Xueling’s proposal as Bella and the others prepared for the coming battle.

• Bella let Tang Ling, Dai Bai, Zhu You, and Wang Dong enter Qingse Hotel to compete in the Honkai Beast Battle.
• Bella ordered Di Tian, Bear Lord, and the Myriad Monster King to enter the arena, then flew to Saint Sirin City.
• Lu Xueling told Bella to ensure victory, asked her to send the Black Abyss White Flower to Gu Youyue, and explained his plans to Sirin.
• Lu Xueling gave Sirin a ring and proposed to her, and Sirin accepted.

Wang Dong returned to Shrek Academy badly wounded after encountering Honkai Beasts, but insisted she could compete in the round robin match against Saint Freya Academy. The chapter ended with both teams facing off and Shrek's members shocked to see the supposedly dead Lin Xi alive.

• Shrek Academy drew Saint Freya Academy for the third-round match, and Xu Sanshi and the others worried about facing Huo Yuhao's team.
• Wang Dong returned with a bloodied claw wound on her back and said she had encountered one of Bella's subordinates.
• Xuan Zi warned Wang Dong to stay alert against Saint Freya Academy, while she insisted her injuries had been stabilized enough for the tournament.
• Shrek Academy and Saint Freya Academy entered the round-robin stage's opening match, with Shrek facing the Soul Beast Clan and Body Sect in their group.
• Shrek's team recognized Lin Xi, whom they believed had died, and Lin Xi declared he had come back to life.
• Huo Yuhao taunted Bei Bei by sarcastically suggesting that he and Gu Youyue had felt guilty about Ma Xiaotao's fate.

Saint Freya Academy and Shrek Academy began their team battle, with Xiao Xiao breaking the Lan sisters’ martial soul fusion skill and Lin Xi’s Titan Mech overwhelming Bei Bei. The chapter left Bei Bei trapped in Titan’s grasp and being roasted by its flames.

• Wang Dong ordered Shrek Academy to take off as the match began, while Huo Yuhao directed Saint Freya Academy’s formation and Xiao Hongchen stayed on the ground to provide artillery support.
• Xiao Xiao was teleported into the middle of Shrek’s team and shattered the Lan sisters’ Heavenly Net fusion skill with Split—Heaven.
• Lin Xi smashed Xu Sanshi’s shield with Titan, prompting Bei Bei to retaliate with hidden weapons that failed to damage the mech.
• Bei Bei charged Lin Xi, but Lin Xi caught him in Titan’s mechanical hand after Meng Hongchen knocked Wang Dong away.
• Lin Xi activated Titan’s flamethrower and roasted Bei Bei as he screamed.

Lin Xi eliminated Bei Bei, and Meng Hongchen and Shi Bao overwhelmed Shrek’s team with Herrscher powers, winning the match for Saint Freya Academy. After the blasts, Wang Dong was still alive but had transformed into a woman, while Huo Yuhao questioned why only two of Shrek’s fighters were missing.

• Lin Xi knocked Bei Bei out of the arena, eliminating Shrek’s vice-captain.
• Shi Bao sabotaged Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Flying Soul Tools, and Xiao Hongchen fired tracking missiles at them and the Lan sisters.
• Meng Hongchen stopped Wang Dong’s Great Sumeru Hammer, created her own Clear Sky Hammer, and struck Wang Dong down.
• Shi Bao froze Shrek’s fighters, while Meng Hongchen copied the Lan sisters’ Heavenly Net and fired her cannons at the team.
• The referee declared Saint Freya Academy the winner after the blasts left four people bloodied, and Meng Hongchen said an unknown force had weakened her beams.
• The crowd noticed Wang Dong had turned into a woman, while Huo Yuhao wondered why only two people were missing.

Tang Wutong’s identity was revealed during the tournament, and Shrek fell into the revival bracket after losing to the Body Sect. Huo Yuhao then encountered his revived mother, who condemned his allegiance to the Sun Moon Empire, and he rejected the ancestors she introduced as Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Wang Dong transformed into Tang Wutong, whose memories overwhelmed her, and Tang Ling carried her away from the arena.
• The Body Sect defeated Shrek, sending the academy into the revival bracket, while injured Bei Bei urged the team not to lose again.
• Huo Yuhao watched the Ping Fan Alliance sweep Star Luo Royal Academy and wondered why Ye Guyi’s Divine Angel Martial Soul had subdued the Star Crown Martial Soul.
• Huo Yun'er appeared with Tang Wutong, Tang Ling, and others, leaving Huo Yuhao stunned that his mother had been revived.
• Huo Yun'er accused Huo Yuhao of defecting and urged him to accept Shrek’s guidance as the Child of Destiny, while Huo Yuhao recalled Shrek’s earlier treatment of him.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing as ancestors, and a moth froze Dai Mubai before he could attack.

Huo Yuhao rejected the demands of Dai Mubai and Sky Azure Bull Python, insisting that he would save his mother and remain loyal to the Sun Moon Empire. After Saint Freya Academy won its match, he confronted the gods again, injured Tang Wutong, revealed Oscar, and joined Tang Ya and Gu Yuena in facing them.

• Huo Yuhao declared that he would keep his mother's surname and remain Tang San's eternal enemy, while Heaven Sealing Ice Moth restrained himself because Huo Yun'er was present.
• Lu Xueling brought Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, Gu Yuena, and Heaven Sealing Ice Moth to Oscar's prison, where Gu Yuena used her power on him before they took him away.
• Saint Freya Academy defeated Body Sect in the round-of-sixteen match, and Huo Yuhao received a message summoning him to meet Dai Mubai, Sky Azure Bull Python, and Zhu Zhuqing outside Mingdu.
• Sky Azure Bull Python demanded that Huo Yuhao leave the Sun Moon Empire, share intelligence, and destroy Mingdu's arms factories in exchange for his mother's safety.
• Huo Yuhao refused, wounded Tang Wutong with his power, and revealed that he had brought Oscar; Tang Ya and Gu Yuena arrived as the confrontation escalated.

Huo Yuhao and the Herrschers confronted the revived gods and discovered that freeing Huo Yun'er could endanger Douluo Star's life core, so they considered using a Honkai Energy Fission Bomb. Meanwhile, the Goddess of Life was dragged into the Spring of Life by vines awakened by the mysterious stone slab.

• Gu Yuena and the Herrscher of Consciousness subdued Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang Wutong, and the Sky Azure Bull Python, while Huo Yuhao froze Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao that chains binding Huo Yun'er's soul were connected to Shrek Academy's Golden Ancient Tree, making it dangerous to sever them directly.
• Sirin arrived with a Honkai Energy Fission Bomb that was nearly complete, and the Herrschers turned their attention to the frozen gods and beast to obtain the remaining materials.
• The Goddess of Life struggled to decipher the stone slab Tang San had brought back, then placed it beside the Spring of Life and saw strange branches and leaves grow.
• The branches turned on the Goddess of Life, devoured her divine power, and dragged her beneath the spring as the word “Abundance” appeared on the slab.

Shrek Academy faced Ping Fan Alliance in the revival round while Lu Xueling and the Herrschers watched. A flashback revealed that Huo Yuhao rejected Tang Wutong’s offer to join the God Realm and tried to kill her, until Tang San appeared to intervene.

• Shrek Academy prepared to fight Ping Fan Alliance for the final revival spot as crowds gathered to watch.
• Qian Renxue expressed confidence that Ye Guyi would defeat Shrek Academy, while Lu Xueling watched the arena and held a blood-red button.
• Three days earlier, Sirin departed through a spatial gate with the Sky Azure Bull Python, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Tang Wutong with the Herrschers.
• Tang Wutong offered Huo Yuhao the Sea God Pavilion Master position, access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, the Asura God position, and marriage if he sided with the God Realm.
• Huo Yuhao condemned Shrek Academy and Tang San for how they had treated him, then seized Tang Wutong and formed Ice Lances to kill her.
• Tang San emerged from the shattered Golden Trident in a burst of divine light and shouted at Huo Yuhao.