Chapter Summaries

Leng Yao Zhu and Leng Yulai used Leng Yulai’s Dark Sky Curtain to prolong their fight against Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin, but they eventually ran out of Soul Power and conceded. Both teams reflected on the difficult match, with Shrek’s members recognizing that they had underestimated the Spirit Pagoda pair.

• Cao Dezhi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and prepared a powerful strike against Leng Yao Zhu.
• Leng Yulai used Demon Phoenix Dances Across the Heavenly Pivot to create shifting Dark Sky Curtains that concealed her and Leng Yao Zhu from Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin.
• Cao Dezhi’s strike tore through a Dark Sky Curtain, and Zang Xin intercepted the Dark Phoenix that appeared.
• Leng Yao Zhu and Leng Yulai repeatedly ambushed their opponents, but they exhausted their Soul Power after about ten minutes and conceded to Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena comforted Leng Yao Zhu and Leng Yulai, while Leng Yao Zhu said she had probed some of the opponents’ trump cards.
• Zang Xin admitted that he had lost the initiative, and Cao Dezhi said they had underestimated the Spirit Pagoda pair.

The Shadow Council debated how to respond after Ghost Emperor killed Northern Legion commander Guo Zhenjiang and Corpse Emperor Li Renwang turned his body into a zombie. The leaders postponed joint action until the Federation Grand Competition ended, while Light Douluo Liang Sheng encountered a shocking figure on patrol outside Mingdu.

• After the morning matches ended, six Limit Douluos gathered as the Shadow Council to discuss the growing threat from Evil Soul Masters.
• Yu Guan Zhi reported that Ghost Emperor had killed Guo Zhenjiang, and Bei Gong Li added that Corpse Emperor Li Renwang had used Guo Zhenjiang's corpse to attack the Northern Legion.
• The council failed to agree on who would confront the Evil Soul Masters, as Le Jing Chen and Old Yang were unavailable and the other leaders feared losing Limit Douluos.
• Qian Gu Die Ting proposed waiting until the Federation Grand Competition ended, and Bei Gong Li suggested withdrawing the Northern Legion and reinforcing it with troops from other legions.
• Light Douluo Liang Sheng sensed ominous Soul Power during his patrol outside Mingdu and was shocked when a figure emerged from the darkness.

The Shadow Council debated how to strengthen Mingdu's security during the Federation Grand Competition, then rushed to help Liang Sheng after he was attacked. Liang Sheng briefly regained consciousness and warned Yu Hao Sheng about a dragon before collapsing again.

• Chen Yi Ming proposed inspecting people entering Mingdu, and Yu Hao Sheng offered Central Legion personnel to support the police.
• Jun Sheng Bai rejected Yu Hao Sheng's proposal, and Qian Gu Die Ting suggested that each faction send personnel to the Public Security Department.
• An alarm interrupted the debate when Yu Hao Sheng learned that Liang Sheng had been attacked, so Bei Gong Li led the group to investigate.
• Yu Hao Sheng found Liang Sheng lying almost lifeless despite having no visible injuries and abundant Soul Power, then transferred Soul Power to rouse him.
• Liang Sheng warned Yu Hao Sheng about a dragon, and Bei Gong Li connected the warning to the Dragon Lord before Liang Sheng saw the others, began bleeding, and fainted.

After Light Douluo Liang Sheng was killed by Dragon Lord, the leaders in Mingdu reinforced the city and tightened protection around the children while deciding to continue the competition. Qian Gu Huang Yu secretly contacted Ha Luosa as Dragon Lord approached him with an offer to join the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Yu Hao Sheng examined Liang Sheng's body and discovered that Dragon Lord had shattered his Sea of Consciousness, then vowed to avenge his friend.
• The leaders agreed to reinforce Mingdu and ensure that at least three Limit Douluo protected the children, but Chen Yi Ming opposed ending the competition early.
• At Mingyue Hotel, Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun told Qian Gu Huang Yu and the others to stay inside and remain under protection.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked Electrolux to shield their room from others' perception and prepared to call Ha Luosa.
• Dragon Lord invited Ha Luosa to join the Holy Spirit Cult, but Ha Luosa's Soul Guidance Communicator rang and he excused himself to answer it.

Ha Luosa evaded the Dragon Lord’s attempt to recruit him into the Holy Spirit Cult, then followed Qian Gu Huang Yu’s orders to organize Evil Soul Masters in Mingdu. With the competition postponed after Light Douluo Liang Sheng’s death, Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena discussed the city’s growing danger and their inability to bring Di Tian there.

• The Dragon Lord invited Ha Luosa to join the Holy Spirit Cult, but Ha Luosa used a phone call as an excuse to vanish and flee.
• The Dragon Lord detected Ha Luosa despite his Invisibility Helmet, struck at him, and warned that Mingdu was his territory before letting him escape.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu called Ha Luosa, confirmed that he had not joined the Holy Spirit Cult, and ordered him to continue recruiting votes from Evil Soul Masters.
• Ha Luosa organized his subordinates in the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance group chat.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu told Gu Yuena that Ha Luosa had not joined the Holy Spirit Cult, and they discussed Mingdu’s danger and why Di Tian could not be sent there.
• Gu Yuena noted that Liang Sheng’s death had postponed the competition, and she turned her attention to Qian Gu Huang Yu.

After the competition resumed, Qian Gu Huang Yu's team continued to dominate, but the semifinals brought the Spirit Pagoda a difficult draw against the War God Hall in the Seven-on-Seven matches. Qian Ren Xue decided to concede her One-on-One match to Gu Yuena, while Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena prepared for their two-on-two semifinal.

• The Federation Grand Competition resumed after a two-day suspension, and Qian Gu Huang Yu's team continued winning across the events.
• Qian Ren Xue learned she had drawn Gu Yuena in the One-on-One semifinal and chose to concede.
• Qian Gu Die Ting told Gu Yuena and Qian Gu Huang Yu that they would face Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli in the two-on-two semifinal.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu said she and Gu Yuena were saving Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin as worthy opponents for the final.
• Qian Gu Die Ting revealed that the Spirit Pagoda would face the War God Hall in the Seven-on-Seven semifinal.

At a banquet, Qian Gu Huang Yu mocked Shrek and the Tang Sect by joking about the difference between wolves and dogs, turning the hall against them. When the One-on-One semifinals resumed, the leading contenders staged flashy but evidently uncommitted matches, leaving Qian Gu Huang Yu wondering whether the Grand Competition should simply become a performance contest.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu noticed the banquet's Soul Beast dishes and teased Shrek, the Tang Sect, and their allies with a series of wolf-and-dog jokes, making the hall erupt in laughter.
• Cao Dezhi protested Qian Gu Huang Yu's insults, but she baited him by invoking his reputation, and Shrek's table was left humiliated.
• Yu Hao Sheng announced the One-on-One semifinal between Yu Guan Zhi and Cao Dezhi, who used powerful techniques but avoided serious injuries before Cao Dezhi conceded.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and her companions concluded that Yu Guan Zhi and Cao Dezhi had concealed their abilities, and Gu Yuena and Qian Ren Xue copied their approach in a graceful, flashy match that ended with Qian Ren Xue conceding.
• The audience cheered enthusiastically for Gu Yuena and Qian Ren Xue, while Chen Hanyu complained that they had stolen her spotlight and Qian Gu Huang Yu suggested turning the competition into a performance contest.

The two-on-two semifinals exposed Shrek and the War God Hall as having secretly coordinated to conserve strength against the Spirit Pagoda. Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena faced Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli, and Qian Gu Huang Yu left Chen Hanyu speechless by stealing her usual boast.

• Cao Dezhi, Zang Xin, Yu Guan Zhi, and Yue Zhengen fought another staged match, which ended when Yu Guan Zhi conceded.
• Gu Yuena recognized that the Tang Sect and the War God Hall had arranged their concessions in advance, while Qian Gu Huang Yu dismissed their schemes.
• Chen Yi announced the semifinal between Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena and Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli.
• Qian Ren Xue and Qian Gu Dong Feng urged Qian Gu Huang Yu to beat Chen Hanyu, citing their family’s grudge against the Golden Trident.
• Chen Hanyu challenged Qian Gu Huang Yu, but he recited her familiar boasts before she could, leaving her glaring at him furiously.

Chen Hanyu and Qian Gu Huang Yu traded insults before Chen Yi started their match, and both teams revealed their Battle Armor. The battle was about to begin in earnest as Qian Gu Huang Yu finished summoning her armor.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu told Chen Hanyu she had embarked on the Path to Death, angering her further.
• Chen Yi abruptly announced the match, cutting Chen Hanyu off just as she was ready to respond.
• Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli entered Martial Soul Possession and donned their Rank 2 Battle Armor, Sea Clear and Light Han.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena responded by putting on their own Rank 2 Battle Armor.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu summoned her golden Battle Armor, whose starry wings could absorb Star Power.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena faced Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli in a high-profile two-on-two match, where their battle domains clashed and the fighting quickly escalated. Qian Gu Huang Yu caught Chen Hanyu off guard with a strike that damaged her armor, leaving the match poised for further conflict.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena donned their Rank 2 Battle Armor, Flash Moon and Dragon Feather, as the stadium filled with excited spectators.
• Chen Hanyu activated the Golden Trident's Azure Sea Sacred Abyss, and Qian Gu Huang Yu countered with King Ghidorah's Dragon Universe Star Hunting, creating a stalemate between their domains.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu used the Sea Emperor's Trident to crack the arena floor and hurl enormous boulders at Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli.
• Chen Hanyu's Sky-Covering Wave, enhanced by Sea God's Blessing, failed to stop every boulder, and Shui Qingli smashed the remaining rocks with her tail.
• As Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli rose into the air, Gu Yuena's silver light enveloped Shui Qingli, prompting Chen Hanyu to rush toward her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu struck Chen Hanyu's armor with a golden slash, then taunted her for nearly cutting it open.

Gu Yuena confronted Shui Qingli about the mysterious origin of her Flowing Light Ink Snake soul spirit while Qian Gu Huang Yu fought Chen Hanyu. Qian Gu Huang Yu overwhelmed Chen Hanyu with the gravity of God Suppressing Dragon Valley, and Chen Hanyu released ten crystalline objects from her back.

• Gu Yuena recognized a trace of something in Shui Qingli and questioned how she obtained a Flowing Light Ink Snake soul spirit, which the Spirit Pagoda had never recorded.
• Chen Hanyu tried to break away from Qian Gu Huang Yu and rush to Shui Qingli, but Qian Gu Huang Yu pursued her with Proton Shriek.
• Chen Hanyu attempted to use Vortex Mirror Rotation to reflect Qian Gu Huang Yu's attack, but God Suppressing Dragon Valley's gravity disrupted her soul skill.
• As Proton Shriek reached her, Chen Hanyu released ten crystalline objects from her back.

Chen Hanyu revealed her Nether Crab Bone External Soul Bone and a second domain, turning the battle against Qian Gu Huang Yu into a three-domain clash. With her Extreme Cold Light gaining the advantage, the match remained unresolved.

• Mountain Dragon Tai Kun explained God Suppressing Dragon Valley’s power as Qian Gu Huang Yu pressed Chen Hanyu with her two domains.
• Chen Hanyu revealed her Nether Crab Bone External Soul Bone and fired Extreme Cold Light at Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Observers recognized Chen Hanyu’s rare External Soul Bone and learned that she had already condensed a Soul Core.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu’s Proton Shriek overpowered Chen Hanyu’s Extreme Cold Light at first.
• Chen Hanyu planted her crab legs in the ground and unleashed a second domain, restoring her attack’s strength and bringing the domains into a three-way standoff.

Chen Hanyu and Qian Gu Huang Yu fought until Chen Hanyu used an explosion to escape and join Shui Qingli. The two performed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, revealing the Sea Empress, while Gu Yuena warned that their bloodlines were unusual.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu used her dragon tails to add two Proton Shrieks and overpower Chen Hanyu's Extreme Cold Light.
• Chen Hanyu detonated the ice and seawater across the arena, using the blast to escape toward Gu Yuena and Shui Qingli.
• Gu Yuena let Shui Qingli leave and told Qian Gu Huang Yu not to interrupt Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli's fusion.
• Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli embraced and merged, flooding the arena with seawater as their Martial Soul Fusion Skill took form.
• A silver-haired woman with a golden trident and a blue fish tail emerged from the waves as the Sea Empress.

Chen Hanyu’s Sea Empress gained the upper hand against Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena with her Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Qian Gu Huang Yu turned the fight around with a surprise attack. The Sea Empress was sent flying, and Qian Gu Huang Yu shielded her from the stadium as the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• The Sea Empress unleashed water dragons and pursued Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena with her sealing attacks, while Gu Yuena froze the dragons and Qian Gu Huang Yu shattered them.
• The Sea Empress struck Qian Gu Huang Yu with her Golden Trident and swallowed her in a massive shark-shaped wave, but Qian Gu Huang Yu blew the wave apart.
• The Sea Empress used Unfixed Wind Waves and the Flowing Light Ink Snake’s light points to predict Gu Yuena’s movements and prepare a decisive strike.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu attacked the Sea Empress from behind with Soul Punishing Eyes, then used a repulsive-force domain to launch her into the sky.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu wrapped her dragon wings around the exposed Sea Empress, hiding her from the audience while getting her face washed with face wash herself.

Gu Yuena sealed the Sea Empress’s control over Water Elements, crippling her before she unleashed Sea God's Twilight. Qian Gu Huang Yu forced the Sea Empress through a spatial gate, and she and Gu Yuena followed, leaving Chen Yi unable to investigate.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu told the exposed Sea Empress to straighten herself up, then closed her eyes while the Sea Empress fixed her breastplate.
• Gu Yuena trapped the Sea Empress with a blue halo that sealed her ability to control Water Elements, shocking the spectators who recognized how much of her strength depended on water.
• The Sea Empress panicked, flew at Gu Yuena, and launched Sea God's Twilight with the Golden Trident.
• A spatial gate appeared behind the Sea Empress, and Qian Gu Huang Yu blasted her into it with a repulsive force field.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena entered the spatial gate after the Sea Empress, and it closed before Chen Yi could follow.

Qian Gu Huang Yu showed Gu Yuena her complete Undead World and explained how she used repulsion to defeat the Sea Empress. After the Sea Empress collapsed, Qian Gu Huang Yu bound Chen Hanyu with the Chains of Heaven and prepared to question Shui Qingli, leaving Gu Yuena impressed by the artifact and more confident about taking revenge on the God Realm.

• Gu Yuena entered Qian Gu Huang Yu's Undead World and discovered that its barren landscape held pure Light Elements despite its undead inhabitants.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that she had sent the plane's living inhabitants away and had used repulsion, refined from gravity, to defeat the Sea Empress.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena found Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli after the Sea Empress broke apart from exhaustion and battle damage.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu bound Chen Hanyu with the Chains of Heaven and said she would leave her for some education while questioning Shui Qingli.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed that the Chains of Heaven could suppress the divine power of gods with divine positions, astonishing Gu Yuena and strengthening her confidence in taking revenge on the God Realm.

Gu Yuena revealed to Shui Qingli that she knew the women’s spirit-beast heritage and asked for their help, offering to let them leave alive. Meanwhile, Qian Gu Huang Yu humiliated Chen Hanyu until she agreed, and the chapter ended with Shui Qingli catching her after Gu Yuena ordered her release.

• Shui Qingli woke in Gu Yuena’s independent plane and learned that she and Chen Hanyu were prisoners.
• Gu Yuena identified Shui Qingli’s and Chen Hanyu’s spirit-beast ancestry, then asked for their help and promised they could leave alive.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu forced Chen Hanyu into humiliating poses and showed her photographs until Chen Hanyu agreed.
• Gu Yuena arrived with Shui Qingli and told Qian Gu Huang Yu to release Chen Hanyu.
• Shui Qingli caught Chen Hanyu as she fell and carried her in her arms.

Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli reconciled after Chen Hanyu broke down over her defeat, then agreed to help Gu Yuena and Qian Gu Huang Yu take control of human institutions. Qian Gu Huang Yu gave Chen Hanyu the Sea Emperor's Trident, and the group began a contract binding them to keep the day's events secret.

• Chen Hanyu clung to Shui Qingli in despair until Qian Gu Huang Yu threatened to show her the photos, prompting Chen Hanyu to get down and beg Shui Qingli not to hate her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena left Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli alone, and Shui Qingli reassured Chen Hanyu that she would always stay by her side.
• Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli joined Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena, and Gu Yuena asked them to help take control of the Sea God Legion and the War God Hall.
• Shui Qingli explained that her injured father was a hundred thousand year Flowing Light Ink Snake, and Qian Gu Huang Yu promised to help treat him after the competition.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu gave Chen Hanyu the Sea Emperor's Trident, which transformed into a pink heart-shaped tattoo on Chen Hanyu's lower abdomen.
• Gu Yuena ordered Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli to keep the day's events secret, and Qian Gu Huang Yu began a contract ritual as golden light enveloped the three of them.

After Qian Gu Huang Yu, Gu Yuena, Chen Hanyu, and Shui Qingli returned from the mysterious plane, they explained their disappearance to the worried Limit Douluos. Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed that the Sea Emperor's Trident had changed into a powerful weapon called the Lightning Scepter.

• Qian Gu Die Ting, Chen Yi Ming, and other Limit Douluos searched for the missing group but could not sense them anywhere on Douluo Star.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and the others returned, and Qian Gu Die Ting and Chen Yi Ming checked that their daughters and companions were unharmed.
• At Mingyue Hotel, Qian Gu Huang Yu told Bei Gong Li that the Sea Emperor's Trident had opened a lightning-filled illusion-like plane and that she could not reopen it.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu summoned the transformed Lightning Scepter, whose destructive aura astonished Bei Gong Li, Qian Gu Die Ting, Leng Yang Jun, and Gu Yuena.

Qian Gu Huang Yu concealed that her Sea Emperor's Trident had become the Lightning Scepter, while Chen Hanyu fused her two tridents into a powerful temporary weapon. The chapter ended with Qian Gu Huang Yu explaining her contract with Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli to Gu Yuena, including her hidden control over them.

• Bei Gong Li deduced that Qian Gu Huang Yu's Sea Emperor's Trident had absorbed the lightning illusion realm and transformed into the Lightning Scepter, and Qian Gu Die Ting told her to present it as a new form.
• Chen Hanyu revealed the Sea Emperor's Trident and her Sea God's Trident, then fused them into a stronger trident that consumed too much Soul Power for regular use.
• Chen Hanyu explained to Shui Qingli that Qian Gu Huang Yu's contract forbade them from revealing what happened in that world, and Shui Qingli speculated that Qian Gu Huang Yu was Gu Yuena's favored consort.
• Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli embraced and spent the night together.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu told Gu Yuena that her contract with Chen Hanyu and Shui Qingli was simple but left her able to kill them with a thought.