Chapter Summaries

Nan Fusheng emerged from a long seclusion and learned that Shrek Academy had been rebuilt while the Tang Sect went underground. Xu Xiaoyan agreed to let Bai Xiuxiu join the family, but after Nan Fusheng awkwardly denied their relationship, Bai Xiuxiu dragged him into the bedroom to make up for three missed weeks.

• Nan Fusheng woke from more than twenty days of seclusion and found Kiana, Nahida, Xu Xiaoyan, Bai Xiuxiu, and Qingque gathered in the living room.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Nan Fusheng that Tang Wulin had taken the Tang Sect underground and rebuilt Shrek Academy after the group escaped safely.
• Xu Xiaoyan privately told Nan Fusheng that she had agreed to let Bai Xiuxiu join the family.
• Xu Xiaoyan pushed Nan Fusheng and Bai Xiuxiu toward the bedroom, but Nan Fusheng told Bai Xiuxiu not to take her approval seriously.
• Angry at Nan Fusheng's denial, Bai Xiuxiu dragged him into the bedroom and demanded he make up for the three weeks he had missed during seclusion.

Qiangu Dongfeng appointed Qiangu Zhangting and Cai Xukun as new Spirit Messengers, then proposed a martial arts matchmaking convention for Gu Yuena to improve the Spirit Pagoda’s public image. Gu Yuena was left facing the proposal as Qiangu Dongfeng explained its political purpose.

• Qiangu Dongfeng proposed Qiangu Zhangting as a Spirit Messenger, and the council approved his appointment after Xu Shengqun supported it.
• Qiangu Qingfeng nominated Cai Xukun, whose Level 98 cultivation at age twenty-seven impressed the council; White Dragon Douluo stepped down, and Cai Xukun was appointed in his place.
• Qiangu Zhangting felt overshadowed by Cai Xukun’s talent as the new appointments were settled.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told Gu Yuena he wanted to hold a martial arts matchmaking convention for her, arguing it would distract the public from the Spirit Pagoda’s controversies and promote young Spirit Masters.

Gu Yuena agreed to Qiangu Dongfeng’s Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention after setting a condition, seeing a chance to promote the Myriad Beast Platform and further her own plan. Fors then proposed capturing the Star Dou Great Forest, claiming the War God Temple could provide the power needed to attack its Ferocious Beasts.

• Leng Yaozhu rejected Qiangu Dongfeng’s matchmaking proposal, but Gu Yuena agreed after he promised her access to the Spirit Pagoda’s library and a chance to promote the Myriad Beast Platform.
• Gu Yuena required the convention’s winner to defeat her before becoming eligible to be her boyfriend, and Qiangu Zhangting grew confident while worrying about a powerful potential rival.
• Fors proposed a plan to capture the Star Dou Great Forest and make it the Spirit Pagoda’s backyard.
• Qiangu Dongfeng explained that killing Beast God Di Tian would require five Quasi-Gods and additional forces, which the Spirit Pagoda lacked.
• Fors revealed that she could invite two Quasi-Gods and two Demigods from the War God Temple.

Fors proposed recruiting powerful figures from the War God Temple and the Eastern Fleet Legion for a future campaign against the Star Dou Great Forest, while Qiangu Dongfeng postponed a decision until after the Spirit Emissary Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention. The Spirit Pagoda launched an elaborate publicity campaign that turned the convention into the Federation’s focus and pushed its recent bad press aside.

• Fors told Qiangu Dongfeng she could invite Yu Guanzhi, a mysterious Quasi-God, Ao Rui, and Captain Aqua, and outlined the War God Temple’s demands for participating in the Star Dou Great Forest campaign.
• Qiangu Dongfeng weighed the potential alliance and its rewards, then deferred further discussion until after the convention.
• Gu Yue grew angry at Fors, but Na’er warned her not to harm Sister Fors.
• The Spirit Pagoda announced the Spirit Emissary Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention for Gu Yuena and opened registration to eligible young Spirit Masters across the continent.
• The Spirit Pagoda chose Ming Capital as the venue, offered one hundred Black-level Soul Spirits and other prizes, and expanded the age limit for higher-ranked competitors.
• Public attention shifted toward the convention as the Spirit Pagoda’s campaign diluted criticism of the organization.

Nan Fusheng agreed to take Xu Xiaoyan to Ming Capital for Spirit Pagoda’s Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention, then watched a promotional video featuring Gu Yuena and resisted Kiana’s attempts to join them. Kiana eventually persuaded him with a Strawberry Cheese Hot Dog Bread, and he agreed to take her along too.

• Xu Xiaoyan invited Nan Fusheng to Ming Capital to watch Spirit Pagoda’s Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention, and he agreed.
• Nan Fusheng learned that the Federation Fleet would return in twenty days and watched Spirit Pagoda’s promotional video about Gu Yuena.
• Kiana asked Nan Fusheng to take her to Ming Capital so she could try a limited-edition restaurant meal, but he refused.
• Kiana made and ate the Strawberry Cheese Hot Dog Bread she had promised Nan Fusheng, then let him eat the strawberry bread.
• Nan Fusheng agreed to bring Kiana to Ming Capital and considered taking Qingque, Nahida, and the others as well.

Nan Fusheng and his group arrived in Ming Capital for the Spirit Pagoda Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention and settled into Fors’s residence at the Spirit Pagoda Branch. Na Nali tested whether Fors could still control her, and Fors invited her into the room with Nan Fusheng.

• Nan Fusheng and his companions arrived in Ming Capital, where the Spirit Pagoda’s publicity had stirred up excitement for the upcoming convention.
• Fors welcomed the group at the branch, and Bai Xiuxiu felt threatened when Fors’s gaze seemed to see through her disguise.
• Na Nali decided to test whether Fors’s methods of control still worked on her.
• After Xu Xiaoyan sent Nan Fusheng to Fors’s room, Na Nali demanded to join them and asked to go first.
• Fors agreed to Na Nali’s requests, then grabbed her and pulled her into the room.

Na Nali saw Fors’s behavior as a chance to test whether Fors’s control over her had weakened, and provoked her by taking Nan Fusheng’s hand. In the Abyssal Plane, Black Empress nurtured the altered Ice God Heart within her, worried about its growing hunger and the energy needed to complete its transformation.

• Na Nali woke beside Nan Fusheng and Fors, recalled Fors’s unusual compliance, and decided her control might have weakened.
• Na Nali pried Nan Fusheng’s hand from Fors’s grasp and hid under the blanket, anticipating Fors’s reaction.
• Black Empress examined the Ice God Heart that Nan Fusheng had transformed into an incomplete Life Embryo and implanted in her.
• Black Empress fed the embryo with Abyssal Core power as it combined Ice God Power with Abyssal Law and developed a stronger appetite.
• Black Empress considered reclaiming energy from her Black Emperor Clan members, but feared a large-scale drain would alert the Abyssal Sage King.

Lu Fa defeated Jiang Zhanheng in a sparring match at the War God Temple, proving his Bloodline Power and physical strength could overwhelm a Super Douluo without battle armor or his Martial Soul. After promising to forge Jiang Zhanheng Four-word Battle Armor when he reached Super Douluo, Lu Fa left the arena as the Spirit Pagoda's Tower Master, Qiangu Dongfeng, requested an audience.

• Jiang Zhanheng and Lu Fa began their duel while Yu Guanzhi, Fu Xuan, Guan Yue, and the War Gods watched.
• Jiang Zhanheng attacked with his Thunder Flame Spear and Thunder Flame Spirit Array, but Lu Fa stopped the spear with his forehead and revealed his immense Bloodline Power.
• Lu Fa charged through Jiang Zhanheng's Thunder Flame Bloom, suppressed him with a Ferocious Beast roar, and ended the fight with a platinum claw poised above his head.
• Jiang Zhanheng accepted defeat, and Lu Fa promised to forge him Four-word Battle Armor once he reached Super Douluo.
• Yu Guanzhi and Guan Yue received a message that Qiangu Dongfeng requested an audience.

Qiangu Dongfeng visited the War God Temple with Qiangu Zhangting to invite its leaders to the Spirit Pagoda’s Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention and secure a War God as referee, offering Soul Spirits and promising a new breakthrough program. Meanwhile, Na Nali believed Fors could no longer control her, and Xu Xiaoyan asked Fors what she would do if Nan Fusheng cheated on her.

• Qiangu Dongfeng arrived at the War God Temple, recognized Ao Rui as a Limit Douluo, and learned that Fu Xuan was Yu Guanzhi’s granddaughter.
• Qiangu Zhangting presented an invitation to the Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention, and Qiangu Dongfeng offered Soul Spirits and asked the War God Temple to provide a referee.
• Yu Guanzhi agreed to support the convention and named a referee, whose identity pleased Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Na Nali concluded that Fors’s methods had failed, considered taking revenge, then decided to wait because Fors had powerful allies nearby.
• Xu Xiaoyan visited Fors and asked what she would do if Nan Fusheng cheated on her.

Xu Xiaoyan tried to learn how Fors would react to Fusheng cheating, but Fors’s sharp questions left her worried that her own secret would be exposed. Meanwhile, Nan Fusheng arranged to recruit Wu Sidu and Zheng Yiran as his guards, then reunited privately with Gu Yuena, who was angry that he had been in Ming Capital without telling her.

• Xu Xiaoyan asked Fors how she would respond if Fusheng cheated, and Fors guessed that Qingque or Na Nali might be involved before threatening to castrate him if he cheated with anyone else.
• Xu Xiaoyan changed the subject to Fors’s time at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and shopping in Ming Capital, temporarily avoiding further suspicion.
• Nan Fusheng requested that Wu Sidu and Zheng Yiran become his guards, and the Central Guard Bureau said it would ask whether they agreed.
• Nan Fusheng encountered Gu Yuena in the Spirit Pagoda elevator, and she secretly altered the surveillance footage before bringing him to her room.
• Gu Yuena confronted Nan Fusheng for arriving the previous day without telling her, and she blamed him for Fors’s Star Dou Great Forest Captivity Plan.

Gu Yue and Na'er role-played a captive interrogation with Nan Fusheng, then discussed his plan to enter the Spirit Pagoda Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention. Gu Yue revealed she had contingencies for the event, and its rules were announced as registration and screening preparations began.

• Gu Yue and Na'er restrained Nan Fusheng and tried to make him surrender information, but he refused throughout their playful role-play.
• The next morning, Na'er showed Nan Fusheng another role-play script and asked whether he would enter the Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention; he said he would because Gu Yue and Na'er were his.
• Gu Yue warned Nan Fusheng that entering could affect his reputation and said she had arrangements to control the convention, but he insisted he would compete rather than hand them to someone else.
• The Spirit Pagoda announced the convention's registration deadline, screening process, elimination rounds, group finals, and rewards for contestants.
• The rules made the final ten eligible to challenge Gu Yuena, who would choose a partner from among them, with an additional prize for anyone who defeated her but was not selected.

Nan Fusheng and Wu Siduo shared an intimate encounter while Ming Capital prepared for the Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention. Tang Wulin arrived in disguise determined to learn the truth about Gu Yuena, while Lan Fuzi decided to enter the convention and fled after being mistaken for a pervert.

• Nan Fusheng learned that the Federation Fleet had returned and anticipated a clash among the major forces in Ming Capital.
• Wu Siduo visited Nan Fusheng, fulfilled her promise to make him seafood noodles, and later left Zheng Yiran puzzled by her absence and a red hair near Nan Fusheng's mouth.
• The Spirit Pagoda promoted the convention across Ming Capital as Tang Wulin arrived with Xie Xie and resolved to participate because he believed Gu Yuena was connected to Gu Yue and Na'er.
• Lan Fuzi became fascinated by Gu Yuena's image and decided to enter the convention.
• Lan Fuzi disguised herself as a man in a public restroom, was accused of entering the women's restroom, and ran from the angry crowd.

Ming Capital hosted the opening of the Spirit Pagoda’s Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention, drawing nearly four thousand powerful Spirit Masters with lavish prizes and the promise of Gu Yuena’s hand. After Nan Fusheng and Yu Longyue entered the preliminary screening, Gu Yuena appeared before the crowd and invited the contestants to meet her in the final.

• Ming Capital filled with spectators and contestants as the Federal Government deployed soldiers, flight squadrons, and Mecha Masters to secure the convention.
• The Spirit Pagoda opened the first day of preliminary screening, with more than five hundred contestants waiting to take tests in Ming Capital Grand Stadium.
• Nan Fusheng entered the testing area as Governor of Skysea City, then saw Yu Longyue of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family arrive and suspected other Shrek members would compete too.
• Nan Fusheng considered absorbing his Eighth Spirit Ring because he expected the convention’s competition to be formidable.
• Gu Yuena appeared above the stadium, welcomed the contestants, and said she would wait for them in the final.

Nan Fusheng took the Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention’s trials and qualified for the Elimination Tournament before entering the newly developed Myriad Beast Platform. He encountered an attacking Jade Bird there and recognized it as an ancient, dangerous Soul Beast.

• Nan Fusheng learned from Ao Wuchang that the trials scored cultivation, age, and other abilities, and that receiving zero points in any trial meant automatic elimination.
• Nan Fusheng earned sixty-one points across the first seven trials, qualifying for the Elimination Tournament.
• Nan Fusheng entered the Myriad Beast Platform, a small plane developed with Gu Yuena as lead researcher, and landed safely in a lush forest.
• A Jade Bird attacked Nan Fusheng, who evaded its charge and identified the extinct species and its formidable traits.

Nan Fusheng used the Gate pathway to defeat a Jade Bird and discovered that the Myriad Beast Platform secretly implanted Spirit Masters with a Dragon Clan Spiritual Seed for control. He later calmed a Golden-haired Lion Mastiff with a simulated bloodline aura and learned that it was female.

• Nan Fusheng struck the Jade Bird’s conceptual forehead gate, knocking it unconscious, then confirmed it was a real Soul Beast.
• Nan Fusheng discovered a Spiritual Seed entering his Sea of Consciousness and deduced that Gu Yuena had altered the Myriad Beast Platform to implant seeds in Spirit Masters who absorbed its energy.
• Nan Fusheng spared the Jade Bird and continued exploring the platform in search of rare Soul Beasts.
• Nan Fusheng encountered a roughly fifty-thousand-year Golden-haired Lion Mastiff that activated its Domination Domain, then used fur from one he had raised to disguise his aura and calm it.
• Nan Fusheng stroked the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff until it relaxed, then used his Spiritual Power to discover that it was female.

Nan Fusheng watched a Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff nearly kill a Spirit Emperor before the Myriad Beast Platform teleported him to safety. When the beast attacked Nan Fusheng, his Golden-haired Lion Mastiff killed it, devoured its remains, and followed him onward.

• A Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff overwhelmed a Spirit Emperor, but the Myriad Beast Platform's protection mechanism teleported the injured man away.
• The Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff detected Nan Fusheng and charged at him, but his Golden-haired Lion Mastiff stepped in and subdued it with its bloodline pressure.
• The Golden-haired Lion Mastiff opened its Domination Domain, dispersed the beast's fireballs with Lion Mastiff Roar, and struck it down.
• The Golden-haired Lion Mastiff killed the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff, then returned to its smaller form as its energy waned.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff devoured the beast to replenish its strength, and Nan Fusheng beckoned it to follow him.

Tang Wulin encountered a lightning-wielding Big White Goose in the Myriad Beast Platform and fought it after mistaking its scorekeeper wristband for proof it was a contestant. Elsewhere, Nan Fusheng found a cluster of Nightmare Man-Eating Flowers and decided to take one.

• Tang Wulin avoided killing Soul Beasts and used a dragon roar to drive away Dark Night Fire Monkeys.
• A panicked herd of Diamond Wild Boars charged past Tang Wulin while fleeing a Big White Goose that attacked them with lightning.
• The Big White Goose struck Tang Wulin with a lightning pillar, knocking her into a crater, where she noticed its wristband resembled her scorekeeper.
• Tang Wulin recognized the goose as possibly the Divine Goose forged by Lu Fa, but it attacked her, and they began fighting around the crater.
• Nan Fusheng discovered Nightmare Man-Eating Flowers in the forest and decided to take one for the Dragon Valley Minor World.

Nan Fusheng found Lan Fuzi poisoned and unconscious after she fought Nightmare Man-Eating Flowers, then used his rough Beating Therapy to force the toxin from her body. Lan Fuzi woke furious at his treatment but, still weak, reluctantly thanked him and asked him to guard her while she recovered.

• Nan Fusheng collected a Nightmare Man-Eating Flower and followed a Spirit Domain-level Spiritual Power fluctuation to Lan Fuzi, who had collapsed after destroying nearby Soul Beasts with her whale pearl.
• Nan Fusheng recognized that Nightmare Toxin had put Lan Fuzi into a prolonged slumber and decided to detoxify her using Beating Therapy.
• Nan Fusheng repeatedly dunked Lan Fuzi in a lake and struck her to expel the poison, then she woke and slapped him when she realized her clothes were soaked.
• Lan Fuzi recovered her memories and understood that Nan Fusheng had detoxified her, but she warned him to keep her identity secret and demanded that he leave.
• Lan Fuzi stumbled when Nan Fusheng started to go, then apologized and thanked him before he agreed to stand guard while she meditated.

Nan Fusheng left the Myriad Beast Platform after completing the assessments, while Tang Wulin followed the Life Seed deeper into the realm. The Spirit Pagoda publicized the platform’s Soul Spirit-enhancement powers, and the Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention advanced to its Elimination Tournament as Nan Fusheng sensed Dark Blood Demon entering Ming Capital.

• Lan Fuzi recovered, thanked Nan Fusheng for saving her, and warned that she would not go easy on him if they met in the Elimination Tournament.
• Tang Wulin survived a fierce battle with the Big White Goose, then followed the Life Seed’s guidance deeper into the Myriad Beast Platform.
• Nan Fusheng was teleported out after his time in the platform ended, completed the remaining assessments with a score of eighty-three, and received notice of a Spirit Pagoda gathering in six days.
• Nan Fusheng sensed Dark Blood Demon approaching Ming Capital and wondered why he had come.
• The Spirit Pagoda announced that the Myriad Beast Platform could evolve Soul Spirits, promoted its limited-opening policy, and used its popularity to strengthen its influence over the Tang Sect and parliament.
• More than sixteen hundred contestants advanced to the Elimination Tournament, where four rounds would select around one hundred participants for the Round-Robin Tournament.

Gu Yuena reviewed Nan Fusheng’s tournament profile, which showed impressive abilities and a strangely friendly encounter with a Golden Lion Mastiff, then went to a Spirit Pagoda banquet. She joined Qiangu Zhangting on the way to Qiangu Dongfeng and the Federation’s power brokers, intending to use the Myriad Beast Platform to advance her plans.

• Gu Yuena accessed Nan Fusheng’s contestant profile and found that he scored highly in speed, Martial Soul, Spiritual Power, mecha operation, and the Myriad Beast Platform trials.
• Gu Yuena read that Nan Fusheng had spared Soul Beasts and that a Golden Lion Mastiff had befriended and protected him; examiner Yakushi Kabuto speculated that he had canine bloodline.
• Gu Yuena judged Nan Fusheng’s strength no threat to her plans, then left with Di Tian to attend the Spirit Pagoda gathering.
• Gu Yuena entered the banquet hall, where attendees watched her arrive, and Qiangu Zhangting greeted her and offered to lead her to the discussions.
• Gu Yuena followed Qiangu Zhangting toward Qiangu Dongfeng and the War God Temple and Federation Parliament representatives, considering how the Myriad Beast Platform could help her plans.