Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuena overwhelmed the simulated Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong, while Qian Gu Huang Yu secretly prepared a way to interrupt their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended as Gu Yuena launched a Four-colored light sphere and Tang Wutong countered by summoning the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Huo Yuhao switched to the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, but Gu Yuena's aura suppressed him and Tang Wutong.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu let Gu Yuena fight while secretly activating a soul skill, and Gu Yuena battered Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong embraced and began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Qian Gu Huang Yu used Starfall Heavenly Execution to interrupt it.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that she had modified Starfall Heavenly Execution to use Soul Power and forcibly interrupt soul skills.
• Gu Yuena formed a Four-colored light sphere and launched it at Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong, and Tang Wutong summoned the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Wutong and Huo Yuhao were eliminated from their examination by Qian Gu Huang Yu, while Qian Ren Xue defeated and killed the Tang San in her arena. The chapter ended with Long Yeyue wondering whether Qian Ren Xue’s ideological education had worked, given her apparent grudge against Tang San.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu used her Gravity Ray to redirect Tang Wutong into Gu Yuena’s four-colored sphere, causing Tang Wutong to vanish.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu repeatedly whipped Huo Yuhao with the Thunderclap Nether Vine until he dispersed.
• Qian Ren Xue evaded Tang San’s Blue Silver Entanglement and destroyed his Spider Web Restraint with the Sky Burning Sacred Divine Sword.
• Qian Ren Xue disrupted Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage with Holy Dragon Roar, then dodged his Clear Sky Hammer strike and pierced him with her sword.
• Qian Ren Xue pinned Tang San to the ground and burned him to ashes with Angel Sacred Fire before being teleported out.
• Long Yeyue asked Beddon whether Le Qian Xue’s ideological education had succeeded, since Qian Ren Xue seemed to hold a deep grudge against Tang San.

The Inner Court candidates emerged from an assessment against historical Shrek prodigies, and Beddon explained the Tang Sect technology behind it. He revealed that admission depended on whether an elder chose to guide a candidate, while Qian Gu Huang Yu remained focused on Electrolux’s mission.

• Beddon and the elders discussed Le Qian Xue’s defeat of Tang San and prepared to choose disciples.
• Qian Ren Xue, Qian Gu Huang Yu, and Gu Yuena compared their opponents and argued over who had emerged first.
• Guan Yue learned that He Caitou had defeated him quickly and reconsidered his own assumptions.
• Beddon explained that the candidates had faced historical Shrek prodigies in the Assessment Space and promoted the Tang Sect’s achievements.
• Beddon announced that the Inner Court examination had no scores and admission depended on whether an elder chose to guide a candidate.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked Elder Ilex how his observations were going, keeping her focus on the mission involving Tang Hao and Ah Yin.

Qian Gu Huang Yu learned from Electrolux that Tang Hao and Ah Yin had been forcibly made Lord of the Plane and Life Core by Tang San, though their fusion with Douluo Star remained incomplete. Electrolux warned that Qian Gu Huang Yu would be safe only while the old Lord of the Plane resisted, leaving her to race against time before it was devoured.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked Electrolux about the Lords of the Plane, and he explained how a plane chose or appointed one and why she was not yet suited to rule the Undead World.
• Electrolux concluded that Tang Hao lacked the laws needed to become Douluo Star’s Lord of the Plane and that Tang San had likely forced him into the role.
• Electrolux said Tang Hao was half-asleep while fusing with the plane and might have left contingencies, though the old Lord of the Plane concealed Qian Gu Huang Yu’s identity.
• Electrolux explained that Ah Yin had been made the Life Core and Lord of the Plane, and that her strong compatibility had made her slumber more complete.
• Electrolux warned Qian Gu Huang Yu that she was safe only while the old Lord of the Plane resisted, and she considered whether Tang Hao had been unable or unwilling to act against the Abyssal Sage King.

Qian Gu Huang Yu felt secure after speaking with Electrolux and decided to pursue her own plans rather than preserve the original story. During Shrek’s Inner Court master-disciple selection, she rejected Long Yeyue’s offer, leaving the elders and examinees stunned.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu told Gu Yuena that the show was about to begin as the examinees entered the assessment hall.
• Beddon announced the mutual selection of masters and disciples, and Elder Ma chose Chu Fei as his student.
• The other elders selected examinees, leaving six candidates unchosen before Long Yeyue called Gu Yue Yinhuang and Gu Yuena.
• Long Yeyue asked Gu Yue Yinhuang to become her disciple, but Qian Gu Huang Yu refused.
• Elder Ma rebuked Gu Yue Yinhuang and explained Long Yeyue’s authority, but Qian Gu Huang Yu repeated that she would not accept her.

After rejecting Long Yeyue’s offer to become her disciples, Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena challenged Shrek’s fairness, provoking Long Yeyue’s fury. Their teacher, Di Tian, arrived and confronted the Sea God Pavilion elders, leaving them stunned by his succession of red soul rings.

• Long Yeyue offered to take Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena as her personal disciples, but both refused.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu accused Shrek of unfairness over Tai Po'e’s treatment of her and criticized his loyalty to the Tang family.
• Gu Yuena and Qian Gu Huang Yu challenged Long Yeyue’s threats, and Long Yeyue shattered a table in anger.
• Di Tian announced that the two girls were his disciples and broke through space to appear before the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• The elders entered Martial Soul Possession as Di Tian shielded the girls and walked toward them, revealing a succession of red soul rings.

Di Tian demonstrated his overwhelming strength to Shrek Academy’s elders after Long Yeyue attacked him, forcing Beddon to defuse the confrontation with flattery and promises. The chapter ended with Beddon apologizing to Gu Yuena’s disciples and ordering Tai Po'e to compensate them by forging their battle armor.

• Di Tian revealed six red and three orange Soul Rings, shocking Beddon, Long Yeyue, and the other elders.
• Long Yeyue attacked Di Tian with Heavenly Dragon Judgment, but he dispersed it with the Dragon God Claw and severely injured her.
• Beddon withdrew his martial soul and persuaded the elders to stand down, then praised Di Tian as Gu Yuena and welcomed his disciples.
• Beddon apologized for Tai Po'e’s abuse of power and promised to remove him as a Sea God Pavilion elder and make him forge the disciples’ battle armor.

Beddon and Qian Gu Huang Yu reached a face-saving settlement over Tai Po'e’s misconduct, while Di Tian demonstrated his overwhelming strength before leaving Shrek Island in ruins. Beddon warned Shrek’s senior members against provoking the Spirit Pagoda, and he suspected Gu Yue Chun Qiu might rival Di Tian.

• Beddon blamed Tai Po'e for the examination scandal and offered two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, which Qian Gu Huang Yu accepted as compensation.
• Beddon offered Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena tuition-free Inner Court admission and monthly Contribution Points, but Di Tian refused and declared Shrek unworthy of teaching them.
• Di Tian transformed into a gigantic black dragon, destroyed the room, and carried Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena away while denouncing Shrek before Shrek City.
• Di Tian attacked Beddon with Myriad Dragon Flame, forcing Beddon to borrow the Golden Tree’s power to shield Sea God Island.
• Beddon threatened the examinees into silence and rebuked Long Yeyue and the other senior members for wanting to fight the Spirit Pagoda.
• Beddon concluded that Gu Yue Chun Qiu might be no weaker than the Beast God, Di Tian.

After Di Tian destroyed Shrek’s Sea God Island, Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena returned safely to the Spirit Pagoda, where the leaders expected both sides to avoid open war. The chapter ended with Leng Yulai and Leng Yao Zhu teasingly exposed for worrying about Qian Gu Huang Yu.

• Gu Yuena praised Beddon’s adaptability, and Qian Gu Huang Yu concluded that Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda would avoid escalating their conflict while Shrek paid the two outstanding Hundred Thousand Year soul bones.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena discussed how Beddon had acted to protect Shrek from the danger posed by a quasi-god, rather than out of concern for ordinary examinees.
• Di Tian carried Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena to the Spirit Pagoda, where Qian Gu Die Ting and the others welcomed them back safely.
• Qian Gu Die Ting reflected that the Spirit Pagoda’s rising strength made delaying a war with Shrek advantageous, while Di Tian and Ha Luosa had secretly protected Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena.
• Leng Yulai embraced Qian Gu Huang Yu in relief, and Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena teased Leng Yulai and Leng Yao Zhu about how worried they had been.

After Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena reported what happened at Shrek, Spirit Pagoda's leaders discussed how to respond and why they could not publicly challenge Shrek's fairness. They decided to attack Shrek's reputation as the continent's top academy instead, while Bei Gong Li reflected on Spirit Pagoda's own failings.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena recounted their experiences at Shrek, and Di Tian said he could defeat the Sea God Pavilion elders without the Golden Tree's power.
• Leng Yang Jun asked whether Gu Yuena had recorded the events, and she handed him the miniature camera Soul Tool Bei Gong Li had provided.
• Qian Gu Die Ting proposed editing the new footage with earlier recordings to mock Shrek's students, entrance examination, and favoritism toward the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Gu Yuena suggested questioning Shrek's fairness, but Qian Gu Die Ting explained that the major powers could not expose matters that threatened Shrek's foundations.
• Bei Gong Li stayed silent as the others discussed Shrek's unspoken limits, recognizing that Spirit Pagoda also had secrets, including the unaffordable prices of its soul spirits.

Spirit Pagoda’s edited video turned Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena’s conflict with Shrek into a public scandal, while Shrek and Tang Sect vowed to settle the humiliation in three years. Beddon placed his hopes in Yun Ming to restore Shrek’s reputation.

• Gu Yuena reflected on the hidden dealings and monopolies of the major Soul Master factions after hearing Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun explain them.
• Spirit Pagoda released a video portraying Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena as mistreated applicants and Gu Yue Chun Qiu as their rescuer, prompting widespread criticism of Shrek.
• Qian Gu Die Ting placed Gu Yue Chun Qiu atop the Continental Storm List and removed Long Yeyue, while the Young Genius List briefly ranked Qian Gu Huang Yu first before restoring Cao Dezhi to the top.
• Cao Dezhi blamed Zang Xin for bringing Spirit Pagoda’s allies to him, and the two vowed to make them pay in three years.
• Beddon learned that Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena were not Tang Sect members, while Elder Ma and Tai Po'e took the blame for the misunderstanding.
• Beddon asked Yun Ming whether he could defeat the sisters in three years, and Yun Ming confidently agreed.

Qian Gu Huang Yu posted a scathing video criticizing Shrek Academy’s defeat by the Spirit Pagoda, then faced Gu Yuena’s teasing punishment after interrupting her reading. The group joked about Huang Yu’s new reputation before Gu Yuena asked whether any Spirit Pagoda leaders’ descendants attended Shrek, leaving Huang Yu thinking Zhang Geyang would suffer the academy’s anger.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu uploaded a harsh commentary video attacking Shrek Academy’s leadership, education, and defeat by the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu hugged Gu Yuena, and Gu Yuena closed her book and kept Huang Yu awake after Huang Yu tried to make peace.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng worried about Huang Yu’s dark circles the next morning, while Leng Yulai teased her and Gu Yuena looked refreshed.
• Leng Yao Zhu mediated between Huang Yu and Leng Yulai, and Qian Gu Qing Feng and Qian Gu Dong Feng teased Huang Yu about withdrawing from first place on the Young Genius List.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Spirit Pagoda leaders had descendants studying at Shrek, and Leng Yao Zhu named Zhang Geyang.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu recalled Zhang Geyang’s future misfortune and decided to let him bear some of Shrek’s anger toward the Spirit Pagoda.

After Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena left Shrek Academy, Qian Ren Xue faced Beddon’s questions about the incident. She pretended they had bullied her, and Beddon sought to win her over to Shrek before taking her to meet her future classmates.

• Shrek and Spirit Pagoda agreed to blame the Sea God Island incident on personal actions, and Tai Po'e was dismissed from his probationary elder position.
• Five days after the rampage, Beddon summoned Qian Ren Xue to his office and asked what she thought about what had happened.
• Qian Ren Xue burst into tears and claimed Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena had bullied and threatened her at Spirit Pagoda and forced her to act with them.
• Beddon believed Qian Ren Xue resented Spirit Pagoda’s next generation and saw a chance to recruit her for Shrek.
• Beddon comforted Qian Ren Xue, promised she would be safe and have good prospects at Shrek, and offered to introduce her to her future classmates.

Qian Ren Xue joined Shrek Academy’s team for the tournament three years away, while Beddon hoped training with the group would make her loyal to Shrek. After Tang Wanle died from Ha Luosa’s death power, Ha Luosa murdered Tai Po’e as well, leaving Shrek’s enemies dead and the assassin with Tai Po’e’s Storage Ring.

• Beddon introduced Qian Ren Xue, posing as Le Qian Xue, to the seven students chosen to represent Shrek Academy in three years.
• Qian Ren Xue told the team that Spirit Pagoda had mistreated her, and Beddon encouraged the students to welcome her into their training.
• At War God Hall, Yu Hao Sheng told Yu Guan Zhi that a difficult but talented fighter would join the team and that War God Hall had to defeat Shrek and Spirit Pagoda.
• Divine Wood Douluo Lin Zeyu told Tai Po’e that Tang Wanle had died after an Evil Soul Master’s death power overcame his treatment.
• Ha Luosa appeared before Tai Po’e, stabbed him with the Underworld King Sword, and took his Storage Ring.

Three years later, Qian Gu Qing Feng became the continent’s youngest Saint Craftsman and demonstrated Spirit Forging before Spirit Pagoda headquarters. He began Soul Forging Thundercloud Gold, which developed a will of its own and tried to escape as he continued.

• Qian Gu Qing Feng completed his first Soul Forging the previous month, becoming a Level 7 forger at age twenty.
• Qian Gu Qing Feng finished Spirit Forging Thundercloud Gold in fifteen minutes, impressing Leng Yao Zhu, Leng Yulai, Qian Ren Xue, Qian Gu Dong Feng, Qian Gu Huang Yu, and Gu Yuena.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng explained that metal undergoing Soul Forging could develop intelligence and attempt to escape before its new soul stabilized.
• The Thundercloud Gold jumped from the forging table, but Qian Gu Qing Feng used his Spiritual Power to call it back.
• Qian Gu Qing Feng raised his hammer and resumed forging the Thundercloud Gold.

Qian Gu Huang Yu used Soul Forged Thundercloud Gold to create Battle Armor for a Soul Spirit, successfully equipping the Yellow Electric Rat with its first armor. She proposed testing the armor’s amplification on herself, but Qian Gu Qing Feng and Leng Yao Zhu urged her to wait and assess the risks.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu merged the Soul Forged Thundercloud Gold with the Yellow Electric Rat, using Electrolux’s Spirit Recovery Incantation to keep the frail Soul Spirit alive.
• Gu Yuena advised Qian Gu Huang Yu to begin fusing the metal with the Yellow Electric Rat’s tail, and Qian Gu Huang Yu shaped it into armor with Soul Tool Core Formation Arrays.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu completed the first Battle Armor made for a Soul Spirit, and Gu Yuena said its effects should be comparable to Three-word Battle Armor.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu proposed testing how the Soul Spirit Battle Armor amplified its master, but Qian Gu Qing Feng and Leng Yao Zhu warned her against rushing into a risky experiment.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena successfully developed Soul Spirit Battle Armor after years of research, and Qian Gu Huang Yu immediately wondered how much funding she could get from her father. Her companions teased her about claiming to be poor despite her generous allowance and the many expenses she never had to pay.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that she and Gu Yue had invented the incantation allowing Soul Spirits to wear battle armor together, and Leng Yao Zhu urged her to be careful.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu recalled how her research with Gu Yuena and Electrolux shifted from developing Ten-thousand-year Soul Spirits to creating Soul Spirit Battle Armor.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena completed Soul Spirit Battle Armor using Soul Forging metal as their first attempt’s raw material.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked how much research funding she could obtain from her father, prompting Qian Ren Xue to point out her monthly allowance.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu claimed she was afraid to spend her money, while Gu Yuena, Leng Yulai, Qian Gu Qing Feng, and Qian Gu Dong Feng teased her.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena presented the first soul spirit wearing battle armor to Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun, explaining how they created it. Qian Gu Die Ting recognized Soul Armor as a historic invention and predicted Qian Gu Huang Yu would be remembered alongside Huo Yuhao.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and the others brought a Yellow Electric Rat wearing battle armor to Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun.
• Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun examined the Yellow Electric Rat and expressed astonishment at the achievement.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that she and Gu Yuena developed four incantations for fusing, shaping, inscribing, and restoring soul spirit battle armor.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked Electrolux to name the invention, and he suggested calling it Soul Armor.
• Qian Gu Die Ting praised Soul Armor as an epoch-making invention and said Qian Gu Huang Yu's name would be remembered alongside Huo Yuhao's.

Qian Gu Die Ting named Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena as heirs to the Spirit Pagoda Tower Master position after their work on Soul Armor. The chapter left them joking over future appointments, while Gu Yuena grew jealous of Qian Gu Huang Yu’s promise to make Qian Ren Xue her deputy.

• Qian Gu Die Ting secured Leng Yang Jun's approval and declared Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena heirs to the Tower Master position.
• Gu Yuena felt delighted at becoming an heir after only seven years in the human world, and Qian Gu Qing Feng congratulated her and Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu corrected Qian Ren Xue's form of address and appointed her deputy, prompting Gu Yuena to confront her over an earlier promise.
• Leng Yulai joked with Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena, who each threatened to send her to oversee a Spirit Pagoda in another empire.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu teased Leng Yulai by claiming that only she was truly her friend.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena were named Spirit Transmission Tower’s next-generation Tower Master heirs, while Qian Gu Dong Feng and Leng Yao Zhu accepted that their own ambitions had ended and felt relieved. Qian Gu Die Ting explained that Soul Armor could raise powerful soul masters’ upper limits and that its potential would shake the soul master world.

• Qian Gu Dong Feng and Leng Yao Zhu accepted that Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena were destined to hold Spirit Transmission Tower’s top positions, and they congratulated them.
• Qian Gu Die Ting explained that Artificial Ten-thousand-year Soul Spirits mainly helped ordinary soul masters, since major factions’ successors already had access to high-quality Soul Spirits.
• Qian Gu Die Ting said Soul Armor could strengthen a soul master’s upper limit and give a Limit Douluo demigod a decisive advantage over an equally matched opponent.
• Qian Gu Die Ting explained that Soul Armor’s cumulative enhancements across a soul master’s many Soul Spirits could let a quasigod approach godhood, and that its invention would shake the soul master world.