Chapter Summaries

Jia De, an Evil Soul Master, massacred the occupants of a border-city inn while searching for the Death's Emissary. After learning nothing from the innkeeper, Jia De killed him and vanished, leaving soldiers to discover the slaughter.

• Jia De entered a crowded inn and exploded a man who refused to let him sit, then revealed that he was an Evil Soul Master seeking information.
• Jia De erased a Soul Emperor who attacked him and killed a guest who tried to escape.
• Jia De caused the other guests to swell and explode, leaving only the innkeeper alive.
• Jia De questioned the innkeeper about the Death's Emissary, learned he knew nothing, and killed him before taking his storage ring.
• Jia De noticed someone had alerted the authorities and disappeared from the inn.
• A captain and his soldiers arrived, saw the massacre, and hurried to notify the city lord.

Jia De confronted City Lord Bai Li, learned where Death's Emissary had gone, and heard Bai Li defend the strong preying on the weak. After Jia De left, Bai Li's chest exploded and killed him, while Jia De walked away still disliking the world.

• Jia De surprised Bai Li in his study and confronted him with evidence that he had stirred up trouble under Duke White Tiger's orders.
• Bai Li offered Jia De the city's commoners and gave him Death's Emissary's whereabouts.
• Jia De asked Bai Li what he considered life to be, and Bai Li said the strong had the right to trample on others' fates.
• Jia De thanked Bai Li and left the manor, and Bai Li's chest suddenly exploded, killing him.
• Jia De put on a gentleman's top hat and walked away, thinking that the world was still impossible for him to like.

At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong reluctantly met Tang San and slapped him before being ordered to return to the Clear Sky Sect with him. After saying goodbye to Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao, Black and Bai Yu left to find Death's Emissary for their kidnapping plan.

• Wang Dong told Black and Bai Yu that her fathers had ordered her to bring Tang San back to the Clear Sky Sect, while Huo Yutong said she would stay to seek a soul ring with Senior Moyan.
• Black sensed Tang San approaching, and Wang Dong reluctantly went to meet him as her friends watched.
• Wang Dong slapped Tang San, rejected his attempts to explain, and warned him to keep his distance as she led him away from Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao said goodbye and left, while Black and Bai Yu discussed waiting for the Body Sect's plan before pursuing their goal.
• Black and Bai Yu left Shrek Academy to find Death's Emissary for their kidnapping plan.

Moyan prepared a Dragon Soul pill as a way to win over Ma Xiaotao while anticipating the arrival of an extreme individual. In a border village, Jia De subdued Death's Emissary, subjected him to the abyss, and made him his slave.

• Moyan asked Dugu Luo whether she should give Ma Xiaotao the fiery red pill and explained that it could make its consumer obedient.
• Death's Emissary slaughtered villagers in a Star Luo Empire border village and became enraged when he heard a flute nearby.
• Jia De emerged from the woods, immobilized Death's Emissary with his flute, and introduced himself.
• Jia De revealed his overwhelming power and engulfed Death's Emissary in an abyss, making him experience the deaths of his victims.
• Death's Emissary crawled back from the abyss and greeted Jia De as his lord, confirming that Jia De's experiment had worked.

Moyan summoned Ma Xiaotao and offered to help her overcome the Evil Fire Phoenix’s drawbacks and evolve into Extreme Fire as an investment in her potential. The meeting ended with Ma Xiaotao misunderstanding the word “benefits” and blurting out that two girls could not have children.

• Dugu Luo invited Ma Xiaotao to meet Moyan, while Mu En stopped Yan Shaozhe from intervening and assured him Ma Xiaotao would be safe.
• Dugu Luo led the nervous Ma Xiaotao to Moyan, who teased her by offering her a seat on her lap.
• Moyan asked Ma Xiaotao whether she wanted to overcome the drawbacks of the Evil Fire Phoenix and evolve into Extreme Fire.
• Moyan explained that she saw helping Ma Xiaotao as an investment in her potential and future benefits.
• Ma Xiaotao misunderstood Moyan’s explanation and said that they could not have children because they were both girls.

Moyan asked Ma Xiaotao to support her in the future, and Ma Xiaotao pledged to side with her if Yan Shaozhe became a threat to Shrek Academy. Mu En approved of Ma Xiaotao’s answer while Yan Shaozhe fainted in disbelief.

• Mu En reprimanded Yan Shaozhe after overhearing Ma Xiaotao misunderstand Moyan’s request for help.
• Moyan clarified that she wanted Ma Xiaotao to stand by her if she encountered trouble in the future.
• Moyan asked whether Ma Xiaotao would side with her if she became enemies with Yan Shaozhe.
• Ma Xiaotao said she would tie Yan Shaozhe up and hand him over to Moyan if he opposed Shrek’s future Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that she would put Shrek’s safety first and even cripple Yan Shaozhe if he threatened the academy, causing Yan Shaozhe to faint.
• Mu En praised Ma Xiaotao’s loyalty to Shrek, while Moyan compared her to Wang Dong.

Moyan gave Ma Xiaotao a pill to help her overcome the Evil Fire Phoenix curse, while Black and Bai Yu investigated a suspicious death in a sealed Star Luo Empire city. Duke White Tiger Dai Hao set out to use the two Shrek Academy students to shift blame, and the chapter ended as he approached them.

• Moyan gave Ma Xiaotao a red pill, and Ma Xiaotao began refining it under Moyan's protection.
• Black and Bai Yu entered a border city of the Star Luo Empire, where unseen forces eliminated the people who had been watching them.
• Duke White Tiger Dai Hao learned that two likely Shrek Academy students had entered the locked-down city and decided to use them to handle the Death's Emissary affair.
• Black and Bai Yu learned about the strange incident at an inn and Bai Yu suspected their new colleague Jin Tianming had caused it.
• Black noticed a Hakimi approaching them, while Bai Yu remained focused on whether their new colleague was responsible.

Bai Yu and Black met Duke White Tiger Dai Hao at an inn, where he tried to recruit them to deal with Evil Soul Masters. Bai Yu urged him to visit his sons at Shrek Academy, while Black rejected his attempt to place the duty on two freshmen.

• The innkeeper's wife warned Bai Yu and Black that the city was under lockdown and Duke White Tiger was approaching, but Black told her they were Shrek Academy students.
• Dai Hao approached the siblings, and Bai Yu called his sons Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng “sickly cats” before urging him to visit the academy and check on Dai Huabin's mental health and growth.
• Dai Hao said he would return to Shrek Academy to see his sons, especially Dai Huabin.
• Dai Hao asked Bai Yu and Black to help deal with Evil Soul Masters, and Black reminded him that they were freshmen.
• Black rejected Dai Hao's appeal to Shrek Academy's responsibilities and said that dealing with Evil Soul Masters was Dai Hao's duty.

Dai Hao fled after Black and Bai Yu overwhelmed him, then imagined befriending them to strengthen his claim to the Star Luo Empire throne. The siblings found Death's Emissary in a mountain cave, and Black easily subdued him before the mysterious owner of the power appeared.

• Dai Hao rushed back to Bai Li's study, recalled Black's terrifying strength, and decided the siblings might be Wen Yu's relatives whom he should befriend.
• Black and Bai Yu reached a mountain that reeked of corpses and entered a cave where Death's Emissary sensed their arrival.
• Death's Emissary attacked Black with his evil Soul Power, but Black grabbed him by the throat and purified the power.
• Black questioned Death's Emissary about the power inside him, but he refused to identify its source.
• Black sensed the power's owner approaching, hurled Death's Emissary deeper into the cave, and faced the newcomer, who spoke through the emissary in a changed voice.

Black and Bai Yu confronted Jia De, who had taken control of Death's Emissary, and negotiated over Death's Emissary's ownership. Black proposed a wager with his own and Bai Yu's fate at stake, and Jia De challenged him to guess which personality trait he had inherited from the original.

• Bai Yu rejected Jia De's offer to embrace her, while Black confirmed that he wanted Death's Emissary to work for him.
• Jia De engulfed Black and Bai Yu in darkness, separating them before sending Bai Yu back and asking Black to give her to him in exchange for Death's Emissary.
• Black refused to hand over Bai Yu and proposed a wager; he staked her authority and his own life if he lost.
• Jia De revealed his true appearance and proposed that Black guess which personality trait he had inherited from the original.
• Black began considering Jia De's indistinct personality as the wager started.

Tian Mucheng learned that Jia De’s loyalty to him had shaped Jia De’s birth, while Black and Bai Yu uncovered Jia De’s hidden Loyalty authority. Jia De left after warning them to deal with Moyan first if an avatar civil war began.

• Tian Mucheng discussed Jia De’s apparent loyalty with Long Yaoqing, who had brought Gu Yuena to him.
• Black deduced that Jia De had used a trace of Loyalty authority as an anchor to keep from self-annihilating, and Jia De confirmed his reasoning was mostly correct.
• Bai Yu rejoined Black and explained that their mutually sustaining souls could not truly be separated.
• Black refused Jia De’s offer to reveal the Shengyang Yue Plan, saying he would wait for his lord to tell him.
• Jia De warned Black to deal with Moyan first in a future avatar civil war, gave Black and Bai Yu the Death's Emissary, and disappeared.

Black and Bai Yu ordered Death's Emissary to prepare to kill or severely wound Xuanzi, promising him a future breakthrough to Titled Douluo if he succeeded. After leaving, the siblings decided to keep Jia De's information from the other clones and focus on obtaining the Dragon Pill for their master.

• Bai Yu teased Death's Emissary by telling him to kill Xuanzi, but Black stopped her from pushing him too far.
• Black ordered Death's Emissary to refine more corpse puppets using bandits' corpses.
• Black tasked Death's Emissary with preparing to kill or severely wound the Taotie Douluo in the future and promised to help him become a Titled Douluo if he succeeded.
• Death's Emissary accepted the task and grew confident as he began planning how to defeat the Taotie Douluo.
• Black refused to share Jia De's information with the other clones and told Bai Yu that obtaining the Dragon Pill was their priority for their master.

Jia De tracked the Holy Spirit Cult to its hiding place near the Sun Moon Empire border and encountered Feng Ling outside the cave. After she attacked him and revealed her Evil Phoenix True Body, Jia De considered keeping her as a pet.

• Jia De withdrew the Annihilation Authority he had lent Death's Emissary after confirming he could split and reclaim it.
• At the cave, Wu Yun questioned Zhong Liwu's decision to keep waiting, while Feng Ling rejected Zhong Liwu's intimacy and left to get some air.
• Feng Ling recalled her past with Yan Shaozhe and the Bright Phoenix, then killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to use its blood for cultivation.
• Jia De appeared before Feng Ling and effortlessly neutralized her attack, then suddenly closed in on her.
• Feng Ling activated her Evil Phoenix True Body as Jia De considered keeping her as a pet.

Jia De overwhelmed Feng Ling in his dragon Martial Soul Avatar and began transforming her power with the Annihilation Authority. As Zhong Liwu grew worried about her absence, he sent Zhang Peng to search for her.

• Jia De revealed his eight soul rings and transformed into a giant dragon as Feng Ling attacked him in her Evil Phoenix form.
• Jia De pinned Feng Ling beneath his claw and told her that he controlled the space and that no one outside could detect them.
• Jia De used the Annihilation Authority to steal Feng Ling’s Soul Power and replace it with another kind of power.
• An elder suggested Feng Ling might have fled, and Zhong Liwu slapped him before ordering Zhang Peng to search for her.
• Zhang Peng respectfully agreed and disappeared from the cave.

Jia De transformed Feng Ling with his Annihilation Authority, raising her to Rank 99 and making her his devoted servant. After Zhang Peng arrived and witnessed her new power, he surrendered to Jia De in hopes of receiving the same gift.

• Jia De finished reshaping Feng Ling with his Annihilation Authority, and she broke through to Rank 99 as a Limit Douluo.
• Feng Ling called Jia De her Master and claimed she could now kill Zhong Liwu more than ten times over.
• Jia De asked Feng Ling how a phoenix and then a good dog barked, and she answered both times with “woof woof woof.”
• Zhang Peng arrived, saw Feng Ling obeying Jia De, and was quickly restrained when she attacked him on Jia De's order.
• After learning Feng Ling had reached Rank 99 through Jia De's gift, Zhang Peng offered to serve him and imitated a wolf's howl.

Jia De empowered Zhang Peng, raising him from Rank 96 to Rank 98, then ordered him to go to Shrek Academy and seek a breakthrough to Limit Douluo. Zhang Peng accepted despite the danger, while Jia De set out with Feng Ling to meet the Holy Spirit Cult’s other members.

• Jia De tested Zhang Peng’s willingness to challenge Mu En, and Zhang Peng agreed only if Jia De granted him greater power.
• Jia De gave Zhang Peng his blessing, and Zhang Peng broke through from Rank 96 to Rank 98 but failed to fully embrace annihilation.
• Jia De ordered Zhang Peng to go to Shrek Academy, where he would find an opportunity to break through to Limit Douluo.
• Zhang Peng accepted the mission and left for Shrek Academy, determined to confront the people he resented.
• Feng Ling questioned whether Jia De was sending Zhang Peng to his death, and Jia De told her to lead him to the Holy Spirit Cult’s other “pets.”

Feng Ling returned to the Holy Spirit Cult with Jia De and revealed that Jia De had raised her to Limit Douluo and empowered Zhang Peng to attack Shrek Academy. Zhong Liwu then knelt before Jia De and asked to become his foster son.

• Zhong Liwu tried to leave the cave to search for Feng Ling and Zhang Peng, but Nangong Wan and the other elders persuaded him to stay.
• Feng Ling returned with Jia De and demonstrated her Limit Douluo pressure, shocking the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders.
• Feng Ling said Jia De had bestowed her power and offered the others the chance to gain strength by pledging loyalty.
• With Jia De’s permission, Feng Ling revealed that Zhang Peng had gone alone to attack Shrek Academy after receiving Jia De’s blessing.
• Zhong Liwu knelt before Jia De, recounted his painful childhood, and asked to acknowledge him as his foster father.

Jia De won Zhong Liwu and the Holy Spirit Cult over by offering them a chance to challenge the gods at Sea God Island. He bestowed the Annihilation Authority on his new followers, whose power surged as Zhong Liwu became a Limit Douluo.

• Zhong Liwu sought Jia De's power, and Jia De told him that serving him meant joining an attack on Sea God Island.
• Jia De urged the Holy Spirit Cult to stop living like hunted rats and instead become madmen who dared challenge the gods.
• Wu Yun pledged to follow Jia De and carry out the God-Hunting Plan, and Nangong Wan and the other elders and worshippers followed.
• Jia De bestowed the Annihilation Authority on the Holy Spirit Cult, causing Zhong Liwu to become a Limit Douluo, Wu Yun to rise to level ninety-seven, and the others to reach level ninety-five.
• A remnant divine power stirred at an abandoned former site of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Mu En woke Xuan Zi and sent him to capture Zhang Peng, an Evil Soul Master who had appeared in Shrek City. Xuan Zi fought Zhang Peng but was quickly blasted into Sea God Lake, leaving the Inner Court students stunned.

• Mu En checked on Ma Xiaotao, then sensed an intruder and pulled Xuan Zi out of Sea God Lake to send him after the Evil Soul Master.
• Long Xiaoyao offered to accompany Mu En to Shrek City, and Mu En agreed.
• Zhang Peng confronted the Shrek City Lord and accused Shrek Academy of hypocrisy over its soul bone secret technique.
• Xuan Zi arrived and attacked Zhang Peng, who had reached Rank 98 and possessed nine ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Zhang Peng overwhelmed Xuan Zi and blasted him into Sea God Lake in front of the Inner Court students.

Jia De sent the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders to deliver a message to Jin Tianming as they prepared to attack the Sun Moon Empire. At Shrek Academy, Zhang Peng fought Mu En and, facing defeat, proved his resolve to Jia De, who decided to help him further.

• Jia De told Zhong Liwu that Zhang Peng might never return, then gave the elders an envelope for Jin Tianming and sent them to prepare their assault on the Sun Moon Empire.
• Zhang Peng appeared over Shrek Academy, where the students panicked after he slapped Elder Xuan into Sea God Lake.
• Mu En emerged to calm the students and confronted Zhang Peng, revealing himself and preparing to stop the Rank 98 Evil Soul Master.
• Zhang Peng used his Scorpion Tiger Avatar and Annihilation Power to clash with Mu En’s Bright Holy Dragon, but Mu En began overpowering him.
• Zhang Peng refused to yield and vowed to sacrifice himself for Jia De, who sensed his resolve from the Sun Moon Empire’s border and decided to give him another hand.