Chapter Summaries

Shrek’s fighters were overwhelmed across most battlefields as Gu Yuena’s side divided and pressured them. Yun Ming gained the upper hand against Qian Gu Huang Yu, who sensed a familiar aura in him and struck with Black Flash.

• Gu Yuena’s surprise attack worsened Shrek’s position as Leng Yao Zhu drove Zang Xin back and Leng Yulai fought Zhuo Shi, Feng Wuyu, and Cai Yuer.
• Qian Ren Xue and Qian Gu Dong Feng helped suppress Cao Dezhi and Guan Yue while the depleted Qian Gu Qing Feng stayed back to cover them.
• Qian Ren Xue erased Cao Dezhi’s Severing Lovesickness with Corona Gale, teleported before him, and infused her sword with flames.
• Yun Ming adapted to Qian Gu Huang Yu’s Liquid Battle Armor and began to gain an advantage, while Qian Gu Huang Yu sensed a familiar aura in him.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu wrapped her fist in black lightning and struck Yun Ming with Black Flash.

Qian Gu Huang Yu exploited the death energy inside Yun Ming to land a devastating punch, but Yun Ming stood again and unleashed his strongest spear attack for Shrek's glory. As the arena watched, both fighters prepared their decisive moves, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu sensed Ha Luosa's death energy lingering in Yun Ming and used it to strengthen her black lightning punch.
• Yun Ming's World-Shaking Strike grazed Qian Gu Huang Yu's shoulder, but her Black Flash struck his abdomen and loosened the death energy sealed inside him.
• Despite his injuries and the risk of his old wound flaring up, Yun Ming stood again and declared that he fought for Shrek's glory.
• Yun Ming fused all seven of his Soul Rings into the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear and launched Sky-Piercing: Sun-Shooter at Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu opened her eyes and answered with Five Finger Fist Heart Sword, sending a black lightning bolt toward Yun Ming.

Qian Gu Huang Yu used her newly mastered Five Finger Fist Heart Sword against Yun Ming’s Sky-Piercing Divine Spear, with both fighters escalating their power in a fierce arena duel. Just as Yun Ming appeared to have secured victory by burning his Three-word Battle Armor, Qian Gu Huang Yu unleashed the fourth and then the fifth sword.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu’s Black Flash clashed with Yun Ming’s Sky-Piercing Divine Spear, while Gu Yuena stopped Leng Yao Zhu from intervening and supported Qian Gu Huang Yu through her domain.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu fired her second and third Black Flash swords, forcing Yun Ming to increase his power and drive him to burn his Three-word Battle Armor.
• Yun Ming poured the armor’s power into the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear and pushed back Qian Gu Huang Yu’s Black Flash, declaring that he was now stronger.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu launched her fourth Black Flash sword, reversing Yun Ming’s advantage once more.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu raised her little finger and revealed the fifth Black Flash Demonic Sword.

Qian Gu Huang Yu defeated Yun Ming in their one-on-one battle, sealing Spirit Pagoda’s victory over Shrek in the Seven-on-Seven final. Shrek conceded, and the chapter ended with the Spirit Pagoda team celebrating while Qian Gu Huang Yu reunited with Gu Yuena.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu destroyed Yun Ming’s Sky-Piercing Spear, knocked him unconscious, and eliminated Shrek’s strongest contestant.
• Beddon caught Yun Ming as the arena reacted in disbelief, while Guan Yue, Cao Dezhi, and Zang Xin struggled to accept the loss.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu taunted Cao Dezhi, and Cai Yuer protested before Beddon silenced her.
• Cao Dezhi conceded on Shrek’s behalf, and Beddon announced Spirit Pagoda as the winner of the final.
• Leng Yulai celebrated with Leng Yao Zhu, Qian Gu Dong Feng and Qian Gu Qing Feng reconciled, and Ya Li embraced Qian Ren Xue.
• Gu Yuena comforted Qian Gu Huang Yu, who reflected that events had improved compared with another timeline.

After Qian Gu Huang Yu defeated Yun Ming, the Spirit Pagoda celebrated winning all three major events of the Youth Advanced Soul Master Competition, while its rivals reconsidered how to respond. In Shrek’s viewing room, Ning Qing Lan confronted Chen Yi about their relationship, leaving the two alone together.

• Beddon treated Yun Ming, who admitted that Qian Gu Huang Yu had defeated him despite his strongest techniques.
• Yu Hao Sheng lamented the Spirit Pagoda’s growing power, and Chen Yi Ming considered using his connection with Qian Gu Huang Yu to change sides.
• Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun celebrated the Spirit Pagoda’s victories in the one-on-one, two-on-two, and team competitions.
• Jun Sheng Bai urged Chen Yi to reconcile with Ning Qing Lan, but Chen Yi refused to approach her.
• Ning Qing Lan entered Shrek’s viewing room, asked Chen Yi to define their relationship, and sent Jun Sheng Bai away so they could speak privately.

After the Spirit Pagoda swept all three championships, Ning Qing Lan told Chen Yi that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had to avoid making powerful enemies and planned to visit her younger sister at the Spirit Pagoda. The victory celebrations were interrupted when explosions struck Mingdu from all four directions, revealing a coordinated attack on the capital.

• Ning Qing Lan ordered Chen Yi to accompany her to the Spirit Pagoda in a few days to meet her younger sister.
• Ning Qing Lan warned Chen Yi that she did not want the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect destroyed because of its ties to the Tang Sect.
• Li Zishu began his speech congratulating the Spirit Pagoda after it won all three major tournaments.
• An explosion at Mingdu's south entrance interrupted Li Zishu's speech, and Yu Hao Sheng identified it as an enemy attack.
• Explosions struck the east, west, and north entrances as well, and Jun Sheng Bai appeared before Yu Hao Sheng to demand an explanation.
• Another wave of explosions hit Mingdu while Yu Hao Sheng reacted to the attack.

After the Holy Spirit Cult bombed Mingdu with dozens of Level Nine Soul Cannonballs, the capital descended into chaos and the Federation’s leaders scrambled to respond. At the Grand Stadium, Qian Gu Huang Yu healed Yun Ming with Resurrection Lightning as the survivors waited to see whether they could escape safely.

• The Holy Spirit Cult detonated more than fifty Level Nine Soul Cannonballs across Mingdu, leaving Yu Hao Sheng, Jun Sheng Bai, and Li Zishu shocked by the devastation.
• Bei Gong Li took command and ordered Yu Hao Sheng to contact the War God Hall and Central Legion while Shrek and the Tang Sect prepared to help.
• Spectators fleeing the Grand Stadium trampled one another as guards and wealthy attendees shoved people aside, sparking fights.
• After Beddon left the competition field, Qian Gu Huang Yu told Gu Yuena to wait and recover, then approached the injured Yun Ming with white lightning.
• Yun Ming told Guan Yue not to stop her, and Qian Gu Huang Yu used Resurrection Lightning to heal his wounds and purge Ha Luosa’s Death Attribute Soul Power.
• Zang Xin apologized for blaming Qian Gu Huang Yu, while Qian Ren Xue and Ya Li left the group.

After an explosion disrupted the gathering, Qian Gu Die Ting and Chen Yi arrived to protect their people. Ning Qing Lan introduced herself to Qian Gu Huang Yu as her second aunt, flirted with her, and left after Chen Yi warned her to behave; the War God Hall youths then watched Ning Yuqi deny knowing her sect master.

• Qian Gu Die Ting rushed to Qian Gu Huang Yu after the explosion and found her treating Yun Ming.
• Chen Yi arrived with Ning Qing Lan, and Zang Xin recognized his teacher.
• Ning Qing Lan introduced herself to Qian Gu Huang Yu as Ning Qing Yu’s biological sister and asked to be called sister instead of Second Aunt.
• Ning Qing Lan flirted with Qian Gu Huang Yu, slipped something into her hand, and whispered to her before returning to Chen Yi.
• Chen Yi reproached Ning Qing Lan for coming during a dangerous situation, but Ning Qing Lan clung to her and promised a reward when they returned.
• Chen Hanyu teased Ning Yuqi about Ning Qing Lan, and Ning Yuqi denied knowing her sect master.

After Ning Qing Lan gave Qian Gu Huang Yu a Storage Ring filled with treasures and Soul Bones, Qian Gu Huang Yu discovered that it also held a token that secretly made her the Nine treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s sect master. As Chen Yi Ming tried to calm the stadium during the invasion, an explosion shattered the crowd’s brief quiet and a man leading an armed group charged inside.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu found six Soul Bones and other valuables in the Storage Ring Ning Qing Lan had given her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu discovered a blue Nine treasures token but did not realize that accepting it made her the sect master.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu found suggestive books in the ring, and Ning Qing Lan silently urged her to work hard that night, embarrassing her in front of Gu Yuena.
• Chen Yi Ming used an amplified announcement and his Spiritual Power to calm the panicked crowd in the stadium.
• A man shouted, “Overthrow the false regime! Establish the Holy Kingdom!” as an explosion tore apart one corner of the stadium, and he led a group into the venue.

Holy Spirit Cult attackers stormed the grand stadium, where Chen Yi and Qian Gu Die Ting confronted Plague Douluo Xige. Corpse Emperor Li Renwang arrived and unleashed a gray light that transformed nearly every spectator into a corpse.

• A suited man led several dozen Holy Spirit Cult members into the stadium and urged them to attack the Council Members and spectators.
• Chen Yi and Qian Gu Die Ting stayed to confront Xige while other faction leaders scattered across Mingdu to search for the attackers.
• Chen Yi unleashed Myriad Swords Return to Origin against Xige, but a gray beam blocked her attack and protected the cultists.
• Corpse Emperor Li Renwang appeared with his dragon-headed staff and revealed eighteen Hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings across his twin Martial Souls.
• Li Renwang declared that the Day of Divine Descent had arrived and spread gray light that transformed nearly every spectator outside the protected factions into a corpse.

Corpse Emperor Li Renwang unleashed his Corpse Puppet Motuo De and turned most of the Grand Stadium audience into zombies while rallying his cultists against the Federation. As Li Renwang sent his followers to attack Mingdu, Qian Gu Die Ting recognized Spirit Pagoda Titled Douluo Li Zhanjun among them.

• Chen Yi attacked Li Renwang, but his Corpse Puppet Motuo De blocked her sword and struck her back.
• Li Renwang's gray domain engulfed the Grand Stadium, turning the unprotected spectators into zombies.
• Li Renwang denounced the Federation and urged his cultists to seize what they believed was owed to them, while Xige recorded and broadcast his speech across Mingdu.
• Lan Xiao celebrated Li Renwang's cause, and Li Renwang ordered his followers to spread through Mingdu as he faced the Limit Douluos.
• Qian Gu Die Ting recognized Li Zhanjun among Li Renwang's cultists and questioned why the Spirit Pagoda Titled Douluo had joined them.

Bei Gong Li and Jun Sheng Bai confronted Corpse Emperor Li Renwang after he escaped Bei Gong Li’s attack, but Li Renwang revealed his second Martial Soul, the Nether Prison Bone Dragon Emperor, and fled on its back. A Light Phoenix and a massive wave appeared to block his escape.

• Li Renwang used Doomsday Life and Death Tide to exchange places with a zombie and escape Bei Gong Li’s attack.
• Jun Sheng Bai arrived after discovering zombies at the Tang Sect branch in Mingdu, and he and Bei Gong Li cornered Li Renwang.
• Li Renwang summoned the Nether Prison Bone Dragon Emperor, his second Martial Soul, which tore apart Jun Sheng Bai’s Prisoner of Heaven, Bounder of Earth Lock.
• Li Renwang mounted the bone dragon and flew away, but a Light Phoenix charged at him from above as colossal waves surged into the sky.

Heavenly Favor Douluo Beddon confronted Corpse Emperor Li Renwang, who argued that the Federation’s unequal treatment had driven his followers to join him willingly. As the battle engulfed Mingdu, Li Renwang’s empowered cultists took revenge on the factions that had once denied them help.

• Beddon stood wounded after fighting Li Renwang and warned that the military and major factions would defeat his forces.
• Li Renwang claimed his followers joined willingly because he had given them resources, respect, and support that the Federation had denied them.
• Yu Hao Sheng acknowledged problems in Federation governance but condemned Li Renwang for using them to justify his crimes.
• Zombies and Li Renwang’s cultists overwhelmed Mingdu as the major factions fought cautiously to avoid harming civilians.
• Lan Xiao killed a Spirit Pagoda deacon who had refused to help treat his son, then thanked Plague Douluo Xige and the Great Shepherd for enabling his revenge.

Ghost Emperor attacked and incapacitated Divine Wood Douluo Lin Zeyu, but Leng Yang Jun intervened and fought him. Leng Yang Jun froze the battlefield, then used the distraction to rescue Lin Zeyu and Elder Ma, leaving Ghost Emperor furious and empty-handed.

• Ghost Emperor killed Elder Ma and pierced Lin Zeyu with the remaining Nine Bone Soul Chasing Nails, knocking him unconscious.
• Leng Yang Jun appeared and challenged Ghost Emperor, who accused the righteous factions of exploiting Douluo Star just as he did.
• Leng Yang Jun battled Ghost Emperor with his Ice Snow Phoenix Feather and secretly froze the surrounding battlefield.
• Leng Yang Jun detonated the ice around Ghost Emperor, then rescued Lin Zeyu and Elder Ma while Ghost Emperor was distracted.
• Ghost Emperor broke free and found that Leng Yang Jun, Lin Zeyu, and Elder Ma had escaped.

Federation Soul Masters fought Corpse Emperor Li Renwang’s forces across Mingdu, while old grievances surfaced among the combatants. Beddon gained the upper hand against Li Renwang, but a massive blood-red pillar of light erupted before he could finish him.

• Beddon and Jun Sheng Bai engaged Li Renwang as Chen Yi Ming hunted Ghost Emperor, while other Federation leaders and contestants fought zombies and Evil Soul Masters across Mingdu.
• Qian Gu Die Ting killed Li Zhanjun after the former Spirit Pagoda member accused him of benefiting from his family’s influence.
• Yu Hao Sheng confronted Xiao De, who blamed him for giving a hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirit quota to Chen Xin Jie instead of a Central Legion officer.
• Qian Ren Xue and Qian Gu Huang Yu explained to Gu Yuena and Ya Li how privilege had sheltered them from the Federation’s oppression and hardship.
• Beddon used World Painting to daze Li Renwang, but the Nether Prison Bone Dragon Emperor’s roar restored Li Renwang’s awareness and helped him evade the spear.
• As Li Renwang fell into a disadvantage against Beddon, he said the time was right, and a hundred-meter-wide blood-red pillar of light shot into the sky.

Corpse Emperor Li Renwang activated the Blood River God Slaying Great Array, trapping everyone inside Mingdu after his zombies exploded and disrupted their escape. The Federation’s attacks failed to break the barrier, and Chen Yi Ming revealed that Li Renwang had escaped amid the chaos.

• Beddon and Jun Sheng Bai cornered Li Renwang, but he warned that the time had come and unleashed a pillar of bloody light.
• Li Renwang detonated hundreds of thousands of zombies, preventing Bei Gong Li and the others from evacuating Mingdu as a blood-red dome sealed the city.
• Yu Hao Sheng, Chen Yi, and others failed to escape through space, while ten Level Nine Soul Cannonballs failed to break the barrier.
• Yu Hao Sheng sought permission to use the Federation’s armory, and Qian Gu Die Ting explained why the armory was kept in Mingdu.
• Chen Yi Ming arrived and said Li Renwang had escaped, then identified the barrier as the Blood River God Slaying Great Array.
• Qian Gu Die Ting recognized the array and reacted angrily that it had been created in Mingdu.

Qian Gu Die Ting and the other leaders planned to defend Mingdu against Dragon Lord and the Holy Spirit Cult, using the Federation Armory as their base. They organized forces to protect civilians and search for survivors while preparing to recruit independent Soul Masters.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu reasoned that Dragon Lord was trapped in the Blood River God Slaying Great Array and would eventually emerge to kill, so Qian Gu Die Ting decided to wait for him.
• Leng Yang Jun reunited with Beddon, Jun Sheng Bai, and the rescued Elder Ma and Divine Wood Douluo Lin Zeyu, while Jun Sheng Bai revealed that Corpse Emperor Li Renwang had escaped.
• Qian Gu Die Ting, Beddon, Bei Gong Li, and the others agreed to gather their strength rather than attack Dragon Lord recklessly, and Bei Gong Li proposed using the Federation Armory as their base.
• Bei Gong Li urged the leaders to transfer their resources and unite against the Holy Spirit Cult, and Jun Sheng Bai promised to bring out a new Tang Sect Soul Tool.
• Leng Yang Jun called for the survivors in Mingdu to be gathered, and Beddon proposed dividing forces between defending the armory and conducting search-and-rescue operations.
• Qian Gu Die Ting and Bei Gong Li proposed calling independent Soul Masters to help defend Mingdu, with the Ministry of Military Affairs opening Three Purity Education Team positions for capable recruits.

The Federation organized Mingdu’s survivors and freelance soul masters at Green Osmanthus Court Base while the Dragon Lord prepared the Holy Spirit Cult to attack their stronghold. The Dragon Lord revealed that the Blood River God Slaying Great Array had helped him approach a breakthrough, and the chapter ended as Lan Xiao prepared to fight.

• Bei Gong Li and the Federation Parliament told Mingdu residents to seek shelter at Green Osmanthus Court Base or await rescue, and called on freelance soul masters to defend the Federation.
• Ghost Emperor, Corpse Emperor Li Renwang, Plague Douluo Xige, and the Holy Spirit Cult’s other leaders gathered before the Dragon Lord, who said the array had weakened the Lord of the Plane’s restrictions and helped him find a path beyond Peak Quasi-God.
• Li Renwang explained that Bei Gong Li and the others had gathered Mingdu’s remaining residents in the armory and built a defensive line.
• The Dragon Lord dismissed the Demon Empress, acknowledged that powerful beast clans still existed, and ordered Li Renwang to gather the remaining people for an attack on the stronghold.
• Lan Xiao felt excited when Li Renwang told him the Dragon Lord would personally lead the attack, despite the losses his side had suffered.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and the defenders prepared for the Holy Spirit Cult’s assault, but the Dragon Lord turned their own artillery fire against them. The bombardment struck inside the base’s protective barrier, leaving the defenders facing their own weapons.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena discussed their unease as the base alarm announced the Holy Spirit Cult’s arrival.
• Yu Hao Sheng and the gathered faction leaders watched the zombie army and the Holy Spirit Cult’s followers approach Mingdu.
• The Dragon Lord emerged from a shattered rift in the sky with Ghost Emperor and Corpse Emperor beside him.
• Yu Hao Sheng ordered the defenders to fire their Soul Tools at the Dragon Lord, but a spatial storm swallowed the barrage.
• The Dragon Lord opened a spatial rift inside the base’s protective barrier and sent the artillery fire crashing into the defenders.

Yu Hao Sheng attacked the Dragon Lord with his Myriad Beast Stampede, but the Dragon Lord instantly shattered his Martial Soul Avatar and severely damaged his Sea of Consciousness. With the Federation base in ruins and its defenders demoralized, Li Renwang ordered his forces to attack and urged the residents to surrender.

• Yu Hao Sheng unleashed his Myriad Beast Stampede against the Dragon Lord and sent part of the soul beast horde after the zombies and Li Renwang's followers.
• The Dragon Lord shattered Yu Hao Sheng's Martial Soul Avatar, and the summoned beasts vanished as Yu Hao Sheng fell from the sky.
• Chen Yi Ming caught Yu Hao Sheng, while Bei Gong Li and the others discovered that his Sea of Consciousness had been severely damaged.
• Yue Zhengen restrained Yu Guan Zhi from charging into a fight the group could not win, as the Federation side's morale collapsed.
• Li Renwang ordered the zombie army and his followers to attack the ruined base, then offered its residents forgiveness if they surrendered.