Chapter Summaries

Long Xiaoyao took Beibei as his disciple and promised to help him win Tang Ya back, but he sensed a Limit Douluo’s aura and hurried toward the Inner Court. There, Zhang Peng revealed he had borrowed an evil power to break through, and his Annihilation Power darkened the skies over Shrek Academy.

• Long Xiaoyao found Beibei after Tang Ya rejected his attempts to persuade her, and Beibei admitted he still loved her.
• Long Xiaoyao introduced himself as Beibei’s Great-Grandfather Long, and Beibei knelt and begged him to become his disciple.
• Long Xiaoyao accepted Beibei and promised to teach him to grow stronger and win Tang Ya back.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed a Limit Douluo’s aura above the Inner Court and left Beibei to investigate.
• Mu En discovered an eerie evil aura on his palm as Zhang Peng thanked him for helping Zhang Peng borrow a lord’s power and break through to Limit Douluo.
• Zhang Peng declared he would offer his lord the finest prey, and his Annihilation Power darkened the sky over Shrek Academy.

Zhang Peng revealed that a god had granted him Rank 99 power and ordered him to kill Mu En, while his strange Dark Element began devouring Mu En’s strength. Mu En and Long Xiaoyao joined forces against Zhang Peng after learning that his group planned to slay the Sea God, as Moyan watched their battle from the academy.

• Mu En unleashed his ancestral blessing and transformed into his youthful prime before confronting Zhang Peng.
• Zhang Peng’s Scorpion Tail Needles left a strange Dark Element on Mu En’s claw, and the element resisted his Light Power while devouring it.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived and struck Zhang Peng, then joined Mu En after learning Zhang Peng had truly reached Rank 99.
• Zhang Peng said a god had empowered him to kill Mu En and revealed that the group planned to slay the Sea God.
• Mu En and Long Xiaoyao activated their Bright Holy Dragon and Dark Holy Dragon True Bodies as students watched and Moyan observed from a window.

Jing Hongchen warned Kong Deming that imperial family members were conspiring with the Holy Spirit Cult, and the two agreed to help Jin Tianming use the conflict to purge his rivals. After receiving a letter tied to Shrek Academy’s actions, Jin Tianming sent a gift to the Body Sect, suspecting someone was rushing to prove their loyalty.

• Jing Hongchen told Kong Deming that imperial family members were contacting the Holy Spirit Cult and plotting to strike back.
• Kong Deming realized Jin Tianming intended to exploit the conspiracy to eliminate the imperial family’s rival factions, and agreed to help.
• Jin Tianming received and read a letter permeated with Annihilation Power, but wondered why its sender was helping Black and Bai Yu rather than Moyan.
• Jin Tianming sent Ju Zi to deliver an item and his greetings to the Body Sect’s leader.
• Jin Tianming privately wondered why someone was so eager to demonstrate loyalty to the Body Sect.

Jin Tianming planned to use Du Busi against Shrek Academy while monitoring the Sun Moon imperial clan. Meanwhile, Kong Deming invited Ye Xishui to help research a level ten Soul Tool, and she agreed.

• Jin Tianming accepted Jia De's suggestion to have Du Busi pressure Shrek Academy and ordered Moxie to keep watching the Sun Moon imperial clan.
• Moxie reported the imperial clan's collusion with the Holy Spirit Cult, and Jin Tianming chose to wait for their next move.
• Ye Xishui visited Kong Deming at the Worship Hall, where they discussed their troubled history and his past support for her in secret.
• Kong Deming proposed researching a level ten Soul Tool to complement the Soul Spirit Method and said he would give the Sun Moon Empire to Jin Tianming as compensation for Ye Xishui and Yang Yue.
• Ye Xishui agreed to join the research and warned Kong Deming that she might have killed him if he had intervened in the empire's affairs.

Princess Vena visited the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to strengthen ties with Ning Tian and Leze, while the sect’s influence over the Heaven Dou Empire remained dominant. After Ning Tian pressed Vena to reveal her real purpose, Vena faced the question of what she wanted from them.

• Vena visited Sect Master Ning, who directed her to the training room where Leze and the others were.
• Wu Feng tried to drag Leze into training, but Ning Tian argued that competing against the era’s strongest geniuses was pointless.
• After Ning Tian asked whether she could defeat those geniuses, Wu Feng gave up and joined Leze in the corner, despairing over the unfair era.
• Vena entered the training room and told Ning Tian that her father had sent her to strengthen relations with the sect.
• Ning Tian revealed that she knew Du Busi had become a Limit Douluo because Leze had told her, then asked Vena what she truly wanted from her or Leze.

Vena delivered Lei Ze a letter from Du Busi containing information about a deal involving Jin Tianming, trouble at Shrek Academy, and Evil Soul Masters. After Lei Ze destroyed it and dismissed his exclusion as expected, Ning Tian suspected war would follow the Soul Master Competition, while Lei Ze privately wondered how he should die when war began.

• Ning Tian recognized the Sun Moon Empire emblem on Vena's envelope and passed the letter to Lei Ze.
• Lei Ze, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng read the letter, which revealed a deal between Jin Tianming and Du Busi involving trouble at Shrek Academy and Evil Soul Masters.
• Lei Ze tore up the letter and asked Wu Feng to burn it, saying he was useless and had expected to be excluded.
• Ning Tian warned Vena that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not overlook another incident, then sent her away.
• Ning Tian told Wu Feng she feared war would come after the Soul Master Competition and wondered whether Lei Ze cared about the sect or had prepared to die.
• Alone in the training room, Lei Ze said he had been isolated as expected and wondered how he should die when war began.

Vena returned to the Body Sect after Ning Tian rejected Du Busi’s letter, but Du Busi revealed that the exchange had been a test and ordered the sect to depart for Shrek Academy. At Shrek, Mu En discovered that Zhang Peng’s attack had left his body quietly decaying, and he resolved to ask Moyan about her family’s divine inheritance.

• Vena told Du Busi that Ning Tian’s side had burned his letter, and Du Busi laughed before ordering the Body Sect to leave for Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi explained that he had been testing Ning Tian and told Vena he would explain his plans after the sect returned.
• Mu En returned to the Sea God Pavilion exhausted, dismissed the elders, and spoke privately with Long Xiaoyao.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed that Mu En’s organs were disordered and rotting, while Mu En attributed his condition to a trap prepared by Zhang Peng’s backers.
• Mu En asked Long Xiaoyao about the Holy Spirit Cult’s interest in divine matters, then decided to consult Moyan about her family’s divine inheritance.

Jia De sent Zhang Peng to the Sun Moon Empire after using him to plant Annihilation Power in Mu En, intending to erode Tang San’s blessing for a future attack on Sea God Island. Meanwhile, Jin Tianming watched the royal family conspire with Zhong Liwu and learned that Ye Xishui had agreed to help Kong Deming research a Level Ten Soul Tool, but he remained puzzled by Jia De’s motives.

• Jia De told Zhang Peng that Mu En must live and ordered him to assist Zhong Liwu in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jia De reflected that he had planted Annihilation Power in Mu En to analyze and erode Tang San’s blessing, while helping Jin Tianming advance his plans for the empire.
• Jin Tianming watched Sun Moon Royal Family members promise Zhong Liwu the pope’s position in exchange for helping them seize the throne.
• Jin Tianming questioned Ye Xishui about Kong Deming, and she explained that she had agreed to research a Level Ten Soul Tool with him.
• Ye Xishui revealed that Kong Deming had fused his martial soul with a Soul Tool, and Jin Tianming recognized the significance of his achievement.
• Jin Tianming remained focused on why Jia De had sent Zhang Peng to cause trouble at Shrek Academy.

Mu En brought Moyan to the Sea God Pavilion to discuss the succession and show her its forbidden depths, while Moyan teased him over Long Xiaoyao taking Beibei as his disciple. The chapter left Mu En and Moyan outside a room connected to Ancestor Tang San, with Moyan sensing a strange power eroding Mu En.

• Mu En asked Moyan to join him at the Sea God Pavilion, while Long Xiaoyao went to teach his new disciple Beibei.
• Moyan learned of Long Xiaoyao's bet with Mu En and teased Mu En about letting Beibei, a Light Attribute soul master, study under a Dark Holy Dragon.
• Moyan and Mu En wondered whether Long Xiaoyao had chosen Beibei for his devotion and meant to teach him how to be even more devoted.
• Mu En brought Moyan to the Golden Tree roots, explaining that the place was forbidden to all but Sea God Pavilion Masters and that she should learn it ahead of her succession.
• Moyan sensed a familiar but unfamiliar power within Mu En that seemed to be eroding him, and Mu En asked her to show reverence before they entered a room.

Sea God Tang San became impatient with his lower-realm avatar and turned his attention to Moyan, whom he planned to control after sensing her powerful aura. When Tang San appeared before Moyan and Mu En, Moyan resisted his Sea God affinity as he rebuked Mu En for summoning him.

• Tang San waited for Niu Tian and Tai Tan to bring back his avatar, frustrated that his plans involving Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon Empire had gone awry.
• Tang San sensed Mu En calling for him and recognized Moyan as a talented member of the family that had disrupted his plans.
• Moyan warned herself to guard against Tang San's influence, while the Plane Seed hid after sensing his arrival.
• Tang San decided to try to control Moyan and sent his divine sense into the Sea God Pavilion.
• Moyan protected herself from Tang San's Sea God affinity, and Tang San reprimanded Mu En for calling on him without permission.
• Moyan burst out laughing at Tang San's explanation that the gods could not casually interfere in the lower realm.

Moyan mocked Sea God Tang San by describing his hypocritical academy namesake, then played a recording revealing that the namesake was Tang San's own avatar. Sea God Tang San was left furious and humiliated as the complete footage played.

• Moyan laughed at Sea God Tang San's speech, and Mu En worried that she had offended him.
• Moyan described a hypocritical junior named Tang San who liked men, prompting Mu En to assume she meant someone unrelated to their ancestor.
• Moyan revealed that the academy Tang San shared Sea God Tang San's name, and Tang San became angry at her insult.
• Sea God Tang San denied he could judge the allegations without evidence, so Moyan played a recording Soul Tool with sound.
• Sea God Tang San and Mu En were stunned by the footage, while Tang San realized it showed his own avatar and erupted with rage.

Sea God Tang San tried to recruit Moyan to oppose the Sun Moon Empire, but she demanded payment instead of accepting his lofty appeals. When he offered her a godhood, she rejected that too, leaving both him and Mu En stunned.

• Moyan showed Tang San a video that rattled him, while Mu En urged her to stop teasing their ancestor.
• Tang San praised Moyan’s Extreme Fire martial soul and asked her to help stop the Sun Moon Empire’s ambitions.
• Moyan said the empire included her beloved friend and brother, then clarified that she would act only if Tang San offered more money.
• Tang San promised Moyan a godhood if she stopped the empire’s ambitions and reached Limit Douluo.
• Moyan rejected the offer, stunning Tang San and Mu En.

Moyan rejected Sea God Tang San’s offer of godhood and demanded something tangible, leaving Mu En stunned as she prepared to state her condition. Outside Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe restored Xuan Zi’s confidence after his defeat by Zhang Peng, but a familiar, overwhelming aura swept across Shrek Academy and drew them toward a new confrontation.

• Moyan refused Sea God Tang San’s offer of godhood and asked for a tangible condition.
• Yan Shaozhe consoled Xuan Zi over his defeat by Zhang Peng and convinced him that he could win next time.
• A terrifying Soul Power aura spread across Shrek Academy, and the elders recognized it as belonging to an old enemy.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe rushed toward the aura, intending to confront its source.

Dugu Yan confronted Du Busi, using a poison tailored to counter the pills that had helped him reach Limit Douluo. She hinted at the power behind her family and revealed its name, leaving Du Busi convinced he understood the truth.

• Dugu Yan watched the sky change over Shrek City and anticipated trouble for Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi entered Dugu Yan’s room and asked to spar with her Dragonkin subordinate, but Dugu Yan sent the Dragonkin away.
• Dugu Yan used a specially researched poison to weaken Du Busi, then dispersed it and explained how she had developed a counter to the breakthrough pills.
• Du Busi asked whether Dugu Yan’s family had a god, and she implied that Lord Jin Tianming and Shengyang Yue were merely children granted authority before that lord.
• Dugu Yan told Du Busi that her family was named Immortal, and he understood her warning.

Du Busi and the Body Sect elders learned that a god backed Dugu Yan’s family, then concealed their meeting and reconsidered whether to help Vena. Tian Mucheng spoke with Dugu Yan through a projection, warned her he might enter slumber, and left as Xuanzi confronted Du Busi at Shrek Academy.

• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect elders to hide their meeting and revealed that someone capable of granting Ultimate Power—a god—backed Dugu Yan’s family.
• The elders asked whether they should still help Vena, but Du Busi said he did not know and told them to act as though they had come to rob Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Yan respectfully spoke with Tian Mucheng, who approved revealing his existence gradually and asked her to manage trouble caused by Moyan during his coming slumber.
• Tian Mucheng ended the projection rather than stay to watch Shrek Academy’s impending conflict, planning to rely on his clones to expand his territory.
• Xuanzi sensed Du Busi nearby, roared for him to appear, and activated his Martial Soul Avatar after Du Busi mocked his temper.

Moyan refused Sea God Tang San’s offer to become a god, but he promised her a divine trial if she reached Limit Douluo while treating Mu En. Meanwhile, Jia De traced his annihilation power toward Tang San’s divine sense, and Du Busi’s overwhelming strength led Elder Song to suspect he had entered a higher realm.

• Moyan refused Tang San’s offer to become a god, so he promised to grant her a divine trial if she reached Limit Douluo.
• Tang San began treating Mu En while Moyan watched with a hidden smile.
• At the Sun Moon Empire’s border, Jia De realized Moyan’s actions had helped his annihilation power make contact with Tang San’s divine sense.
• Du Busi easily overpowered Xuan Zi during their fight above Shrek City, leaving Xuan Zi to wonder whether Du Busi had broken through to a higher realm.
• Elder Song inferred that Du Busi had entered that realm, shocking Shrek Academy’s senior elders.

The Body Sect revealed that Du Busi had become a Limit Douluo, and he easily knocked Xuanzi unconscious before demanding to see Mu En. Mu En confronted Du Busi over the Body Sect’s past invasion of Shrek Academy.

• Golden Body Douluo announced that Du Busi had reached the Limit Douluo realm, and Elder Song rebuked Yan Shaozhe for losing his temper.
• Du Busi confirmed his breakthrough to Xuanzi and said he had intended to fight him for fun before seeking out Mu En.
• Xuanzi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and charged Du Busi, who sent him flying with a single slap.
• Yan Shaozhe and Elder Song managed to slow Xuanzi’s fall, while Xian Lin'er and the other elders checked on him.
• Mu En appeared with Moyan, and Moyan observed that Xuanzi had been treated like a farmable resource.
• Mu En questioned Du Busi about the Body Sect’s past invasion of Shrek Academy.

Du Busi confronted Mu En over the Body Sect being blamed for the past beast tide and demanded compensation from Shrek Academy. Mu En agreed to return a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone and send students with Body Martial Souls to the Body Sect, but Du Busi’s final demand left them facing a test of strength.

• Du Busi accused Shrek Academy of concealing its role in the beast tide, and Yan Shaozhe protested that the Body Sect had caused it by killing Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Du Busi slapped Yan Shaozhe away and threatened to go further unless Mu En gave him an explanation.
• Mu En acknowledged privately that Shrek Academy had helped ignite the beast tide, though he did not want to reveal that publicly.
• Du Busi demanded the return of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, and Mu En agreed.
• Du Busi also demanded that Shrek Academy send its students with Body Martial Souls to the Body Sect, and Mu En agreed.
• Du Busi demanded that Mu En take one attack from him, and Mu En stopped the Sea God Pavilion elders from objecting.

Xiao Wu told Tang San that he smelled rotten, prompting him to cleanse himself before he answered a call from Niu Tian and Tai Tan. After learning that Xiao Dong had injured his avatar, Tang San ordered the brothers to bring the wounded avatar to him for treatment.

• Xiao Wu entered Sea God Hall, noticed Tang San smelled rotten, and left to visit Sister Life while Tang San cleansed himself.
• Tang San received a call from Niu Tian and Tai Tan, who waited in Clear Sky Sect's secret chamber.
• Niu Tian explained that Xiao Dong had injured Tang San's avatar with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer of the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San asked how the avatar was and ordered Niu Tian and Tai Tan to bring him over so he could treat him personally.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan exchanged uneasy looks but obeyed Tang San's order.

Niu Tian warned Tai Tan about Sea God Tang San’s changing attitude, while Du Busi revealed that divine backing had helped him break through to Limit Douluo. At Shrek Academy, Mu En agreed to take Du Busi’s attack and asked how he had advanced, leaving the promised strike still to come.

• Niu Tian stopped Tai Tan from criticizing Sea God Tang San and explained that Tang San’s human nature and status as a God King accounted for his treatment of them.
• Mu En agreed to take one of Du Busi’s attacks, but first asked how Du Busi had reached Limit Douluo.
• Du Busi mocked Xuanzi’s strength and claimed that even a subordinate of Moyan might defeat him.
• Moyan hinted that Du Busi should test his claims on the sleeping Xuanzi, and Du Busi said he would not risk provoking a family favored by a deity.
• Mu En inferred that divine backing had enabled Du Busi’s breakthrough, and Du Busi reminded him to fulfill his promise.