Chapter Summaries

After Tang Wulin defeated Qiangu Zhangting and injured Qian Gu Dong Feng, the Spirit Pagoda tried to contain the public fallout while Tang Wulin advanced in the tournament. During cultivation with Gu Yuena, Long Yuan encountered the spirits of the Dragon Valley and learned they hoped he would restore the dragon clan.

• Tang Wulin defeated Qiangu Zhangting, destroyed the Soul-Seizing Tablet, and injured Qian Gu Dong Feng, advancing as Tang Lin of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng publicly claimed he had intervened to save Qiangu Zhangting and praised Tang Wulin's Golden Trident while trying to protect the Spirit Pagoda's reputation.
• Amorous Douluo Zang Xin and Holy Spirit Douluo Yali escorted Tang Wulin away from the stadium in case of an ambush.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yuena returned home and began cultivating, after which Long Yuan entered a vision filled with dragons paying their respects.
• The Light Dragon King told Long Yuan that the Dragon Souls and Dragon Bones had sacrificed their energy to him and hoped he would lead the dragon clan back to the God Realm.
• The Light Dragon King said reclaiming the Dragon God's True Spirit from Gu Yuena might allow the entire dragon clan to be revived.

Long Yuan welcomed the true dragon spirits into the Dragon God Realm and vowed to lead them in avenging the dragon race. He then developed new Blood Soul Fusion Techniques and created the nine-form Progenitor Dragon Forbidden Technique.

• Long Yuan opened the Dragon God Realm and invited the true dragon spirits to live there, promising to lead them back to the God Realm and avenge the dragon race.
• The Light Dragon King explained that Dragon God's Tears needed seven days to replenish after use, and the spirits returned to Long Yuan's flesh and blood for nourishment.
• Long Yuan resumed meditating beside Gu Yuena and examined his Progenitor Dragon Bloodline, three cores, and plans to strengthen his cultivation.
• Long Yuan entered the Dragon God Realm and created a set of Progenitor Dragon Blood Soul Fusion Techniques.
• Long Yuan created the nine-form Progenitor Dragon Forbidden Technique in two hours, adding Forbidden Eternity, Progenitor Dragon Kill as its final form.

Long Yuan challenged Di Tian to test the first form of his nine-form Progenitor Dragon Forbidden Technique, Forbidden Ten Thousand Laws, Progenitor Dragon Destruction. Its power froze the surrounding Soul Beasts and restrained Di Tian, leaving him unable to lower his raised Dragon God Claw.

• Long Yuan challenged Di Tian to spar without using the Progenitor Dragon Bloodline, and the other ferocious beasts moved away from the battlefield.
• Di Tian accepted cautiously, while the beasts were shocked to see him lower his stance before Long Yuan.
• Long Yuan explained the origins of his Progenitor Dragon Bloodline and revealed the first form of his Forbidden Technique.
• Long Yuan summoned his Progenitor Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed Forbidden Ten Thousand Laws, Progenitor Dragon Destruction.
• The chaos-colored dragon heads and fourteen-colored halos froze their surroundings, and Di Tian struggled against the technique's restraint as a fourteen-edged Black Hole appeared in Long Yuan's palm.

Long Yuan demonstrated two of his Progenitor Dragon Forbidden Techniques, frightening Di Tian and the other Fierce Beasts into fleeing before he practiced the remaining forms alone. After spending the night with Gu Yuena, he reflected that he could become a god but continued compressing his Soul Power to prepare for a future clash with Tang San and the other God Kings.

• Long Yuan defeated Di Tian's Dragon God Claw with Progenitor Dragon Destruction, leaving Di Tian injured and unable to continue testing the techniques.
• Long Yuan began demonstrating Progenitor Dragon Slash, causing Di Tian and the Fierce Beasts to flee from the area.
• Long Yuan practiced and evolved all nine Forbidden Techniques, concluding that he could threaten ordinary gods but had not fully unleashed the techniques' power.
• Gu Yuena joined Long Yuan in the bath, and they spent several hours together before he carried her to bed.
• Long Yuan watched dawn break over Mingdu and decided to keep compressing his Soul Power so he could build a stable foundation before facing Tang San and the other God Kings.

After Tang Wulin, disguised as Tang Lin, became the overwhelming favorite to marry Gu Yuena, Qian Gu Dong Feng deduced his identity and prepared to kill him at the tournament’s finale. The final day began with Mingdu Stadium packed, while Tang Wulin’s arrival and Gu Yuena’s choice remained uncertain.

• Tang Lin’s victory over Qiangu Zhangting and his strike against Qian Gu Dong Feng made him famous, and the public overwhelmingly expected Gu Yuena to choose him.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng was furious that the Soul-Seizing Tablet had been damaged, then suspected Tang Lin was Tang Wulin after connecting his name and Clear Sky Sect martial soul to the Tang Sect Master.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng decided to kill Tang Wulin at the final tournament and seize his Golden Trident, having secretly mobilized forces to trap him.
• The final day arrived, and crowds filled Mingdu Stadium and gathered outside to watch Gu Yuena choose her husband.
• Spectators debated whether Gu Yuena would fight and whether Tang Lin or the contender Long Yuan would prevail as ticket holders entered the renewed stadium.

The final stage of the Martial Arts Tournament to Recruit a Spouse began as the ten victors gathered before Gu Yuena, who would hear their presentations and choose her husband. The contenders took their places onstage, while Long Yuan remained confident he could defeat Tang Lin if challenged.

• Ai Fei announced the final-stage rules: each contender could present himself, and Gu Yuena could question or challenge them before making her choice.
• Gu Yuena told Qian Gu Dong Feng she was confident, while Qiangu Zhangting brooded over his failure and blamed Tang Lin for ruining his plans.
• The audience welcomed the ten finalists with loud cheers, especially for Tang Lin, intensifying Qiangu Zhangting's resentment.
• Lan Fozi asked Long Yuan whether he could beat Tang Lin, and Long Yuan answered that he could.
• The ten finalists walked onto the competition stage and stood in a line, with Long Yuan drawing attention for his appearance.

At Gu Yuena’s marriage tournament, Lan Fozi declared his affection and offered her a priceless eight-colored bead, which she refused. Yuan Hui revealed that his real name was Yuanen Yehui and withdrew, leaving the tournament’s presentations to continue.

• Gu Yuena made a dramatic entrance at the Marriage Proposal Stage as the audience cheered for her.
• Lan Fozi confessed that he liked Gu Yuena and offered her an eight-colored bead left by his father; she acknowledged his sincerity but refused the gift.
• Long Yuan sensed that the bead contained immense power of laws, and Qian Gu Dong Feng recognized its potential to help him reach the Quasi-God threshold.
• Gu Yuena had no questions for Lan Fozi, and Ai Fei drew Yuan Hui from Group Eight to present himself.
• Yuan Hui announced that his real name was Yuanen Yehui, identified himself as being from Shrek Academy, and withdrew from the tournament.

Several Shrek Academy fighters revealed their identities and withdrew from the Martial Arts Tournament to Recruit a Spouse, turning the live event into a public announcement that Shrek Academy had returned. Qian Gu Dong Feng realized the contestants were the current Shrek Seven Monsters, including Tang Wulin, while the tournament continued under intense scrutiny.

• Yuanen Yehui revealed that he was from Shrek Academy and withdrew from the tournament.
• Yue Zhengyu and Xu Lizhi each announced their Shrek Academy identities and withdrew, prompting the audience to recognize the coordinated stunt.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng grew furious and restrained Qiangu Zhangting from reacting publicly, while Gu Yuena told Ai Fei to continue the tournament.
• Ye Xinglan, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie revealed their identities and withdrew one after another.
• Spirit Pagoda staff identified the six withdrawing contestants as the current Shrek Seven Monsters, and Qian Gu Dong Feng realized that Tang Lin was Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin revealed himself as the Tang Sect Master and Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion Master during the spouse-selection tournament, exposing Shrek and the Tang Sect’s planned counterattack against the Spirit Pagoda. He declared his feelings to Gu Yuena and defended the Tang Sect as he asked her for a chance.

• A Ruheng withdrew from the tournament, and Tang Lin stepped forward as the ninth contestant.
• Tang Lin revealed that his real name was Tang Wulin and that he was the Tang Sect Master, causing the audience and Federation to erupt in shock.
• The Deputy Speaker demanded that Qian Gu Dong Feng stop the broadcast, but Qian Gu Dong Feng decided continuing it would be less damaging to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng realized that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had arranged the contestants and drawing of lots as a counterattack against the Spirit Pagoda.
• Tang Wulin told Gu Yuena he loved her, said he was now worthy of her, and asked her to give him a chance.
• Tang Wulin declared that the Tang Sect was not a traitorous organization and credited it and Shrek Academy with preserving the Soul Master world’s inheritance.

Tang Wulin revealed his roles as Tang Sect Master and Sea God Pavilion Master before proposing to Gu Yuena, but the ceremony continued when she called for the final participant. Long Yuan declared his devotion to Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin challenged him to a spar before she could answer.

• Tang Wulin defended the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, then proposed to Gu Yuena with a diamond ring.
• Gu Yuena told host Ai Fei to continue the participant selection instead of accepting Tang Wulin's proposal.
• Ai Fei announced Long Yuan as the final selected participant, drawing the audience's attention and unsettling Tang Wulin.
• Long Yuan introduced himself as Leng Yaozhu's personal disciple and Gu Yuena's junior disciple, then promised to stay by her side and protect her.
• Tang Wulin interrupted Gu Yuena and challenged Long Yuan to spar before she made her decision.

Tang Wulin challenged Long Yuan after Gu Yuena promised him a chance to challenge her if he won. Long Yuan crushed Tang Wulin’s Clear Sky Hammer with one hand, leaving the duel’s outcome unresolved.

• Gu Yuena told Tang Wulin that defeating Long Yuan would earn him a chance to challenge her for marriage.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng restrained Qiangu Zhangting and urged him to trust Gu Yuena as Federation officials left the rostrum.
• Tang Wulin and Long Yuan remained alone on the arena, and Tang Wulin resolved to kill Long Yuan out of jealousy and resentment over his stolen Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• Long Yuan released his Progenitor Dragon Martial Soul Avatar but did not summon his Soul Rings, inviting Tang Wulin to attack.
• Tang Wulin struck with the Clear Sky Nine Wonders, but Long Yuan caught the giant hammer with a dragon-claw phantom and crushed it into fragments.

Long Yuan overwhelmed Tang Wulin, easily resisting his Clear Sky Nine Wonders and then countering the Sea God Trident’s Formless Wind and Waves with Progenitor Dragon Destruction. Tang Wulin was knocked off the platform, leaving Long Yuan dominant in the match.

• Long Yuan crushed Tang Wulin’s Clear Sky Hammer and blasted him into the Soul Guidance Barrier, leaving him badly injured.
• Tang Wulin unleashed the Clear Sky Nine Wonders, but Long Yuan blocked and dispelled every attack with his control of time and space.
• Tang Wulin donned his Three-Word Battle Armor, summoned the Sea God Trident, and used Formless Wind and Waves against Long Yuan.
• Long Yuan used Forbidden Ten Thousand Laws, Progenitor Dragon Destruction to freeze and break through the Sea God Trident’s control technique.
• Long Yuan punched the Sea God Trident into Tang Wulin, sending him through the shattered barrier and off the competition platform.

Long Yuan defeated Tang Wulin despite his use of the Sea God Trident, then condemned the Tang Sect and its accusations against him. He nearly killed Tang Wulin with his newly comprehended Dragon Subduing Hand, but an unknown person intervened and Tang Wulin escaped.

• Long Yuan sent Tang Wulin crashing off the platform and declared that he had lost, while Tang Wulin struggled to rise and refused to concede.
• Long Yuan accused the Tang Sect of hypocrisy and treachery, demonstrating his Stealth Shadow Shatter as he criticized Tang Wulin's claims about his movement technique.
• Tang Wulin attacked with White Cloud Thousand Loads, but Long Yuan walked through the assault, seized him by the throat, and hurled him off the platform again.
• Long Yuan warned Tang Wulin not to attack again, but Tang Wulin used A Thousand Fingers Pointing, and Long Yuan diverted the spear attacks into the void.
• Enraged, Long Yuan unleashed his Dragon Subduing Hand, but an unknown person struck the giant claw and gave Tang Wulin time to escape with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Tang Wulin was gravely injured during the tournament as Spirit Pagoda and Shrek powerhouses gathered in Mingdu, where their standoff escalated into a show of allegiance to Shrek. Just as Long Yeyue began to address the crowd, an unknown force imprisoned her.

• Erming caught the bloodied Tang Wulin, while the Shrek Six Monsters rushed to support him and Spirit Pagoda powerhouses surrounded the platform.
• Gu Yuena declared that Long Yuan had won and that she would become his wife, then vanished in a flash of silver light.
• Qian Gu Dieting confronted the arriving Long Yeyue, Cao Dezhi, Zang Xin, and Yali as War God Hall forces filled the sky.
• Yali checked Tang Wulin's condition, and Long Yeyue's call brought hundreds of Shrek Battle Armor Masters and other supporters into the air, shouting their allegiance.
• Long Yeyue began to proclaim Shrek's enduring legacy, but an unknown force immobilized her and silenced her.

Long Yuan restrained Shrek Academy’s forces at the competition, but Yun Ming appeared and revealed that Long Yuan’s strength rivaled his own. Chen Xinjie then ordered War God Hall to let Shrek and the Tang Sect leave, leaving Qian Gu Dieting facing growing opposition.

• Long Yuan immobilized Long Yeyue, Shrek Academy’s group, and the three Douluo on the competition platform as Shrek’s legacy drew cheers from the crowd.
• Yun Ming appeared above the platform, and Long Yuan released everyone after Yun Ming arrived.
• Yun Ming said Long Yuan’s strength was no longer beneath his own, but Long Yuan interrupted him to keep his true power concealed.
• Long Yeyue learned that Long Yuan had restrained her and angrily confronted him.
• Chen Xinjie arrived and ordered War God Hall to stand down, while Qian Gu Dieting protested that the Federation might impeach him.
• Chen Xinjie cited War God Hall’s ties to Shrek Academy, and Qian Gu Dieting paused and looked toward Long Yuan.

Long Yuan restrained the Tang Sect members and nearly crushed Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Yue Zhengyu before Yun Ming intervened. Long Yuan withdrew, proposed building Dragon God Academy at Shrek Academy’s former site, and left the people of Mingdu stunned by his strength.

• Long Yuan stopped the Tang Sect members from leaving and bound them, declaring that they would be punished for selling arms to traitors.
• Long Yuan used the Dragon Subduing Hand to seize Tang Wulin, while Xie Xie and Yue Zhengyu continued supporting him.
• Yun Ming blocked Long Yuan’s attack with the Sky Support Spear and pleaded for the War God Hall and Federation to handle the matter.
• Long Yuan’s Dragon Subduing Hand overwhelmed Yun Ming’s spear, but Long Yuan withdrew his aura and proposed building Dragon God Academy at Shrek Academy’s former site.
• Long Yuan vanished after striking Tang Wulin, and Yun Ming took Tang Wulin and the others away as news of the confrontation spread through the Douluo Federation.

After Long Yuan defeated Tang Wulin and chose Gu Yuena, rumors spread that Tang Wulin was the son of Sea God Tang San. Qian Gu Dong Feng launched a repaired Godslayer Soul Cannon Shell at Shrek Academy, but a mysterious Golden Hair Golden Eyes man redirected it toward the academy.

• Long Yuan suppressed Tang Wulin at the tournament, chose Gu Yuena, and became widely known as a powerful Spirit Pagoda expert.
• Ghost Emperor and Halosa discussed whether Tang Wulin was Sea God Tang San’s son and decided to act cautiously because of the Sea God Trident and the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng learned that someone had secretly repaired the failed Godslayer Soul Cannon Shell and ordered it prepared to bomb Shrek Academy again.
• The Spirit Pagoda staff launched the cannon shell toward Shrek Academy, then destroyed their secret base to conceal the evidence.
• A Golden Hair Golden Eyes man twisted the void and redirected the shell toward the center of Shrek Academy.

Long Yuan secretly repaired and launched a God-Slaying Fixed Soul Cannon Shell that destroyed the rebuilt Shrek Academy, while Qian Gu Dong Feng arranged the attack to erase evidence. Yun Ming recognized the weapon as the previously failed shell, and the survivors blamed Spirit Pagoda as they faced rebuilding once more.

• Long Yuan repaired the damaged God-Slaying Fixed Soul Cannon Shell while freezing time and space, then used a Space-Time Barrier to contain its blast.
• The shell struck Shrek Academy, reducing the reconstruction site and Sea God Lake to ruins, while the Spirit Pagoda Secret Base also exploded to conceal evidence.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng celebrated the destruction from Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, and Long Yuan secretly confirmed that Shrek Academy had been obliterated before leaving.
• Yun Ming, Yali, Long Yeyue, Zang Xin, Cao Dezhi, and the others arrived to find a vast Abyss where Shrek Academy had stood; Tang Wulin and Xie Xie mourned the devastation.
• Cao Dezhi identified the weapon as a Twelfth-Grade Fixed-Array Soul Guidance Shell, and Long Yeyue left to confront Vast Sea Douluo Chen Xinjie.
• Yun Ming explained that the attacker had repaired the shell that failed to detonate in the earlier bombardment, while Tang Wulin blamed Spirit Pagoda and vowed to settle the score.

A second bombing destroyed the rebuilt Shrek Academy, leaving Yun Ming furious and searching for the cause. He inspected the Federation’s Eternal Heaven Kingdom shell and found it still guarded in the War God Hall, while the culprit remained unknown.

• A devastating explosion dried Sea God Lake and reduced the rebuilt Shrek Academy to ruins.
• Yun Ming ordered an investigation into the failed Godslayer shell and went to the War God Hall to inspect Eternal Heaven Kingdom.
• Yun Ming demanded that Vast Sea Douluo Chen Xinjie prove the Federation had not used the shell against Shrek Academy.
• Chen Xinjie led Yun Ming into the guarded warehouse, where they confirmed Eternal Heaven Kingdom was still there.
• After Yun Ming left, Chen Xinjie ordered the guards to stay vigilant and suspected the bombing involved the old Godslayer of World Destruction shell.

After Shrek Academy was bombed for a second time, Tang Wulin learned that the Spirit Pagoda and Holy Spirit Cult were suspected of restoring the Godslayer of World Destruction and carrying out the attack. As Shrek’s reconstruction gained political support, Zang Xin revealed that the Southern Legion and Sacred Angel Family were among its first backers.

• Qian Gu Dong Feng spoke with the Ghost Emperor, denied the Spirit Pagoda’s involvement in the bombing, and celebrated Shrek Academy’s destruction.
• Tang Wulin learned of the bombing, spat blood, and collapsed beside Sea God Lake; he woke the next day to a visit from Zang Xin.
• Zang Xin told Tang Wulin that the Doves and many Neutral Faction councilors supported Shrek’s reconstruction, while some Hawks had also joined them.
• Zang Xin explained that the Godslayer of World Destruction was the likely weapon and that Yun Ming had confirmed Eternal Heaven Kingdom remained guarded at the War God Hall.
• Tang Wulin blamed the Spirit Pagoda for the bombing and grew agitated, so Zang Xin urged him to focus on becoming stronger.
• Zang Xin told Tang Wulin that the Southern Legion, led by Le Zhengyu’s grandfather, was the first to support Shrek’s reconstruction.