Chapter Summaries

Cain and Tang Ya fought the Holy Spirit Gate’s remaining Soul Douluo, with Tang Ya revealing her Blue Silver True Body and overwhelming him. The Tang Sect gained a strong advantage as the teams prepared for the coming clash.

• Cain used a tracking Divine Heavy Cannon to keep the bandage-wielding Holy Spirit Gate youth at a distance until she ran out of Soul Power and conceded.
• He Qiang explained that the youth’s martial soul was a shroud, then Tang Ya entered the match as the Tang Sect’s trump card.
• Tang Ya revealed her eight Soul Rings and activated Blue Silver True Body, spreading her Blue Silver Domain across the stage.
• Tang Ya’s vines drained the Holy Spirit Gate youth’s Soul Power while her domain suppressed him, leaving only bandages when it dispersed.
• Liu Xiaoxiao sensed Tang Ya’s Soul Power had risen, while Zhongli Wu held back his anger under Lin Bo’s watch.
• Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Sect returned to their hotel to rest before the coming clash.

The Shrek Team overwhelmed the Holy Spirit Sect Team in the second semifinal with powerful boosts, summoned beasts, and Chen Fang’s combined soul skills. With Xiuji and Yan Feng dead and the remaining opponents buried or trapped, the battle turned decisively in Shrek’s favor.

• Long Xiaoyao began the semifinal, and both teams released their Martial Souls and revealed powerful abilities and Soul Tools.
• Zheng Bei boosted the Shrek Team while the Spirit Power Suppression Domain weakened the Holy Spirit Sect Team, and Xiuji and Yan Feng fused into the Undead Judgment Knight.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty summoned an eighty-thousand-year Ice Dragon, while Da Bao and Liu Xiaoxiao charged at the enemy.
• Chen Fang used Heaven and Earth Shatter to collapse the stage beneath most of the Holy Spirit Sect Team, then trapped the Undead Judgment Knight with his combined skills.
• Chen Fang’s Elephant King Charge blasted the Undead Judgment Knight apart, killing Xiuji and Yan Feng.

Lin Bo's intervention and the Holy Spirit Sect's concession ended the violent semifinal between Shrek and the Holy Spirit Sect before either side could land a decisive final blow. The Tang Sect and Shrek Academy advanced to the tournament final, while the larger conflict beneath Mingdu remained unresolved.

• Yuan Tian unleashed his Origin of Destruction, and Lin Bo briefly took control of Zi Xingheng and Zhongli Mingyue's Dragon Phoenix Death God Transformation.
• Chen Fang fought Diertini as the teams battled the Underworld creatures, while Zheng Bei and the Lan sisters used Soul Tool Cannons to destroy the invaders.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Da Bao formed the Evil God White Tiger and struck down the Dragon Phoenix Death God, leaving Zi Xingheng and Zhongli Mingyue alive behind the Gates of the Underworld's barrier.
• Lin Bo prepared to halt the match to prevent civilian casualties, but Zhongli Wu announced the Holy Spirit Sect's concession, and Long Xiaoyao separated the fighters.
• The match ended, and the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy advanced to the final scheduled for the day after tomorrow as unrest continued beneath Mingdu.

Lin Bo prepared a trap in Mingdu while the Tang Sect secretly organized its own operation. As the underground Soul Tool competition began and Tang Sect members assembled around the city, Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen acquired equipment and headed to support the plan, while a black-robed figure flew toward Shrek Academy.

• Lin Bo ordered Rank 9 Soul Engineers and Fixed Soul Cannon Shells positioned around Mingdu, forged a letter for Huo Yuhao, and waited for his targets to choose their route.
• He Qiang gathered the Ten Sages, the Shrek Seven Devils, and other powerful allies in the Tang Sect conference room, where Liu Xiaoxiao raised a domain to shield their discussion.
• Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, He Qiang, Chen Long, Fan Yihuang, Wang Haochen, Zhang Shi Wen, and Chen Fang began forming a magic array on a Mingdu rooftop.
• The underground Soul Tool competition began in Mingdu's western outskirts, where Ju Zi recognized Huo Yuhao disguised as Tang Wu and was approached by a veiled woman.
• Tang Sect disciples, including Tang Ya, Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiuer, gathered near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as 89th-level peak Soul Douluo.
• Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen completed a trade for a bracelet and two rings, then left to support the operation, while a black-robed figure flew toward Shrek Academy.

Mu En and He Qiang confronted Nether Saint above Shrek Academy, where they revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had deceived him about restoring his strength and returning him to his plane. Nether Saint attacked, but Di Tian intervened and drove him away, leaving Mu En wary of his next move.

• Mu En appeared above the Golden Tree and faced Nether Saint as he arrived to threaten Shrek Academy.
• Nether Saint revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had promised to turn the continent into a Death Divine Kingdom and help him regain his peak and return to his plane.
• He Qiang identified himself as the Strategist and explained that Nether Saint could not easily open a passage home or regain his former power through slaughter.
• Nether Saint attacked Mu En with the Nether Demon Blade, but Mu En stopped his strikes with the Fire Dragon Sword.
• Di Tian blocked Nether Saint's attack and ordered him to leave, and Nether Saint withdrew.
• Di Tian departed after acknowledging a second favor for He Qiang, whose avatar returned to the Golden Tree to recuperate as Mu En watched Nether Saint's departure solemnly.

He Qiang and the others unleashed the Seven Forbidden, Seven Absolute Curses, devastating the Sun and Moon Empire’s imperial palace in Mingdu. As the group escaped, a demigod-level Divine Kirin appeared above the palace, and Kong Deming rose with the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps to face it.

• Liu Xiaoxiao and the seven casters formed the Seven Forbidden, Seven Absolute Curses and combined their seven elemental attacks.
• The spell shattered the imperial palace’s defensive barrier, destroyed much of the palace fortress, and exhausted its High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tools.
• He Qiang ordered the group to continue their operations, and Liu Xiaoxiao opened spatial passages so they could flee under cover of Invisibility Arrays.
• Lin Bo survived with Kong Deming and Ye Xishui protecting him, while the palace’s upper levels and many Soul Tool Cannon positions were destroyed.
• Seven empowered Soul Douluos formed the demigod-level Four-colored Auspicious Clouds Kirin King, which appeared above the imperial palace as the Divine Kirin.
• Kong Deming rose into the air with three hundred members of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps.

Liu Xiaoxiao used a life curse and Divine Descent to unleash a devastating surprise attack on the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters. Meanwhile, the Sun and Moon Empire’s forces launched three powerful attacks against the Divine Kirin above Mingdu’s imperial palace.

• Liu Xiaoxiao sacrificed life force to summon the Angel of Light and cast Angel’s Tear toward the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters.
• The Golden Lion Douluo and Wang Xian'er fired three Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells into the headquarters, killing most of the Evil Soul Masters and one Title Douluo.
• Liu Xiaoxiao joined the Begonia Divine Cult’s force and confronted the surviving Black Tiger Douluo, Soul Devour Douluo, and Scorpion Tiger Douluo, Zhang Peng.
• Above Mingdu’s imperial palace, the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps, Kong Deming, and Lin Bo attacked the Divine Kirin with three powerful weapons at once.

Liu Xiaoxiao and the Begonia Divine Cult fought the Evil Soul Masters in Demon Forest, where healing Soul Masters devastated the enemy ranks. After defeating and draining Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng, Liu Xiaoxiao joined Wang Xian'er and Golden Lion Douluo against the remaining Evil Super Douluo.

• Liu Xiaoxiao diverted Soul Devour Douluo's signal flare into a Space Rift as the three Evil Douluo fled in different directions and the defenders pursued them.
• Thirty-five Healing System Soul Saints and Soul Douluo unleashed healing abilities, killing nearly half of the Evil Soul Masters while Liu Xiaoxiao absorbed power and life force from the fallen.
• Liu Xiaoxiao used his domains, soul abilities, and weapons to overwhelm Zhang Peng, who escaped his first defeat with Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell and attempted a surprise attack.
• Liu Xiaoxiao caught Zhang Peng with Time Lock, drained him completely, and advanced to Level 87.
• Liu Xiaoxiao joined Wang Xian'er and Golden Lion Douluo, who had pinned down Soul Devour Douluo and Black Tiger Douluo with support from the Begonia Divine Cult.

Liu Xiaoxiao killed Black Tiger Douluo and Soul Devour Douluo, secured the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, and evacuated allies while the major forces gathered above Mingdu for a battle. As the fighting began, Huo Yuhao led the Tang Sect toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to take advantage of the chaos.

• Liu Xiaoxiao used Demon Devour to reach rank 89, stored the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, and ordered Begonia Divine Cult members to wait near Mingdu's western outskirts.
• Liu Xiaoxiao set up a guarded Teleportation Array and used it to evacuate Tang Bo and several dozen others from Mingdu.
• Ye Xishui merged with her Blood Soul Demonic Puppet and used a sea of blood to stop the Divine Kirin horn from striking Lin Bo, while the imperial study was destroyed.
• The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School sect master, Sea God Douluo, and other allies joined the forces confronting Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and the Holy Spirit Cult above Mingdu.
• Huo Yuhao's spiritual body met the Tang Sect near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and led them to exploit the battle by searching for an opportunity during the chaos.

The Tang Sect ambushed a guarded courtyard while a masked strike force attacked the imperial palace, where Chen Fang held off the defenders and Zhang Lexuan’s group confronted Lin Bo. Lin Bo revealed his power, but Li Hong appeared to protect Zhang Lexuan, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao’s group waited for Li Chong to receive confirmation of a successful transaction, then Wang Qiuer killed him and took his keys.
• The Tang Sect fought off eight Soul Engineers, while Tang Ya absorbed their power and rose to Level 86.
• A masked coalition attacked the imperial palace, aided by the Tianyin Ensemble, while Chen Fang’s defense withstood attacks from ten Soul Engineer Corps.
• Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Ma Xiaotao attacked Lin Bo with their blood-red abilities, but Lin Bo’s ninth Spirit Ability annihilated their assault.
• Starlight ground away Lin Bo’s attack on Zhang Lexuan, and Li Hong appeared before her and recognized Lin Bo.

The Body Sect attacked the imperial palace and Ming De Hall while Li Hong and Lin Bo clashed in the sky. The chapter ended with the Body Sect withdrawing after Little Fatty stole Ming De Hall’s sixteen Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells and other supplies.

• Li Hong confronted Lin Bo over their conflicting loyalties, then the two unleashed their domains and abilities in a fierce aerial battle.
• Zhang Shiwen chanted an ice spell as a Blizzard swept the palace, while Zheng Bei, Da Bao, Wang Haochen, and Qi Xiaomin infiltrated under cover of an Invisibility Array.
• Wang Haochen assigned Zheng Bei to abduct the old emperor and sent the others to steal Rank 7 and higher Soul Tools from the palace treasury.
• At Ming De Hall, Fan Yihuang fought the Soul Sealing Douluo while the Body Sect attacked the facility’s defenses.
• Little Fatty stole supplies and sixteen Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, while leaving a concealed shell and a remotely triggered explosive in a secret laboratory.
• After Little Fatty reported success, Fan Yihuang secretly alerted Du Busi, and the Body Sect forces retreated through their underground passage.

Da Bao, Wang Haochen, and Qi Xiaomin abducted the old emperor from his guarded bedchamber while the battle raged outside the imperial palace. Zhang Shiwen unleashed Divine Descent: Snowfall, devastating the Sun and Moon Empire’s forces and leaving a frozen swath through Mingdu.

• Qi Xiaomin used his Spirit System abilities to control the twelve Soul Engineers guarding the old emperor, and Wang Haochen swapped places with the emperor while Da Bao carried him away.
• Wang Haochen blinded the pursuing Soul Engineers with Leaf Flash as the group escaped in another direction.
• After receiving Zhang Shiwen’s message, Li Hong signaled the allied forces to retreat with a Star Bullet flash.
• Zhang Shiwen cast Divine Descent: Snowfall, summoning a massive waterfall of deadly ice and snow over the battlefield.
• Lin Bo weakened and delayed the Snowfall with his domain, but it still killed more than seventy percent of the Soul Engineers caught beneath it and erased the imperial palace.
• The surviving forces fled as the Snowfall left a ten-kilometer-long frozen passage through Mingdu.

Liu Xiaoxiao’s group completed the evacuation and looted the Sun and Moon Empire’s imperial warehouse, but a sabotaged teleportation array killed the old emperor. Lin Bo learned of the death and continued with his plan to claim the throne and pursue greater power.

• Liu Xiaoxiao reported that the Sun and Moon Empire’s Worship Hall had been emptied of its valuable research and nearly killed him with traps and space-sealing Soul Tools.
• Zheng Bei arrived with Rank 7 and higher Soul Tools stolen from the imperial palace warehouse, including several Rank 9 devices.
• Da Bao, Wang Haochen, and Qi Xiaomin brought the wounded old emperor to the residence, but their teleportation array collapsed after someone tampered with it, and the old emperor died.
• Wang Haochen stored the old emperor’s body in his Storage Soul Tool bracelet so the group could use it as leverage against Lin Bo.
• Lin Bo received word that the old emperor had died and ordered his allies to proceed with their plan while he prepared to pursue the throne and eventually become a god.

He Qiang’s forces launched coordinated attacks to draw the Sun and Moon Empire’s troops away, destroying the imperial palace and Ming De Hall while striking the Holy Spirit Cult. After discovering the enemy’s Rank 9 cannons were empty, He Qiang ordered everyone to move east.

• He Qiang outlined a diversion plan to lure the enemy away from the western outskirts while his forces attacked the imperial palace and other targets.
• A Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell destroyed the imperial palace ruins, and a silver strike made Kong Deming vanish as the linked defense faltered.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Ming De Hall were destroyed in a simultaneous explosion.
• He Qiang, Chen Long, and Liu Xiaoxiao used Angel’s Tear against the Holy Spirit Cult, killing Xue Tianxie and wounding Feng Ling and nearby Evil Soul Masters.
• Feng Ling launched a purple signal flare, and matching flares appeared over northern and southern Mingdu as Lin Bo suspected an eastern breakout.
• Li Hong and Chen Fang reported that the enemy’s Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannons had no shells, so He Qiang ordered everyone east through spatial passages.

He Qiang’s group staged a destructive attack in eastern Mingdu while Liu Xiaoxiao used illusions to disguise a false escape in the south, drawing the enemy away from the western suburbs. There, Feng Ling confronted Huo Yuhao, but allies rescued him and He Caitou before surrounding the Holy Spirit Cult elders; a gold-and-silver beam then targeted Huo Yuhao in the forest.

• He Qiang directed Fan Yihuang and Zhang Shiwen to summon the Flame God Dragon and Ice Snow Goddess Dragon while five allies fired Level 9 Long-Range Piercing Cannons at enemy Soul Engineers.
• He Qiang fused the two dragons into a Divine Descent Technique, then sent Liu Xiaoxiao south while the others stayed hidden to maintain the diversion.
• Liu Xiaoxiao used his Space-Time Illusion Domain to make the pursuing forces believe that fleeing figures in the south were Shrek Academy and Tang Sect members.
• Feng Ling confronted Huo Yuhao and He Caitou after Huo Yuhao won the match, freezing the remaining spectators with her evil aura.
• Black beams removed Huo Yuhao and He Caitou from the arena, and more than forty Title Douluo and Begonia Divine Cult members surrounded Feng Ling and the other Holy Spirit Cult elders.
• The elders’ red signal flare vanished, and a gold-and-silver beam descended toward Huo Yuhao in the forest.

He Qiang’s group survived Ye Yulin’s attack on Huo Yuhao and drove the underground factions from the western outskirts, while Lin Bo prepared another trap. Li Hong stopped a Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell beneath the group, and they escaped into Western Mountain.

• Liu Xiaoxiao rescued Huo Yuhao from Ye Yulin’s Sun and Moon Divine Needles, then reunited with He Qiang and the others as their assault on the underground factions ended.
• Long Xiaoyao used Death God’s Light to halt Da Ming and Er Ming and carried away the Title Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters, while the remaining factions suffered heavy losses.
• He Qiang sent the Douluo and Begonia Divine Cult members toward Western Mountain and continued there with Liu Xiaoxiao, Li Hong, and the others.
• Lin Bo told Jing Hongchen that his greatest gift was ready, as the Crown Prince’s recovered legs and Limit Douluo strength impressed the gathered officials.
• The Heavenly Machine Eye warned He Qiang of danger, and Li Hong used Eternal Starry Sky Domain to remove a Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell from beneath the group.
• After Li Hong explained the near-disaster, the group continued to Western Mountain, with Liu Xiaoxiao investigating underground and the Devouring Array ready.

Lin Bo prepared to eliminate Huo Yuhao and the Fei Family’s little Qilin while Huo Yuhao’s group entered Qiankun Asking Love Valley. The eighteen participants were separated onto a platform and learned that the valley’s trials had begun.

• Lin Bo concluded that fate was difficult to defy and planned to become a demigod before trying to change it.
• Jing Hongchen told Lin Bo that more than forty Title Douluo had gathered at West Mountain, and Lin Bo ordered Zhongli Wu and Nether Saint to help eliminate Huo Yuhao and the girl with the Sacred Angel Spirit.
• Gold and silver light swept Huo Yuhao’s group into a mist-shrouded lake, where Huo Yuhao warned them to answer truthfully, especially about love.
• The light separated the group into bubbles and brought eighteen participants, including Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiuer, to a circular platform.
• Wang Haochen and Da Bao received a prompt explaining that passing Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s trial would count as passing the Third through Sixth Trials, and a voice announced the start of the assessment.

A sincerity trial questioned the contestants about love, testing Wu Feng and Zheng Bei’s willingness to sacrifice for each other and Qi Xiaomin’s devotion to Mu Xue. Zhang Lexuan then revealed how she fell in love with Beibei, leaving He Qiang overwhelmed as his memories and feelings for this world merged with his own.

• Wu Feng named Ning Tian as the person she loved, and Zheng Bei chose to die for her when the trial demanded a sacrifice.
• Wu Feng tried to take her own life for Zheng Bei, and the trial judged both women sincere and passed them.
• Qi Xiaomin declared his love for Mu Xue and promised to seek a way to remain with her, passing the sincerity trial.
• Zhang Lexuan named Beibei as the man she had loved and recounted how her childhood promise to marry him became genuine love.
• He Qiang listened as Zhang Lexuan revealed her feelings, then cried as his memories blended with his consciousness and he accepted his attachment to this world.

Zhang Lexuan, He Qiang, Tang Ya, Da Bao, and Zhu Lu faced questions about love and sacrifice in Qiankun Asking Love Valley. Da Bao resisted the trial’s punishment, and Zhu Lu was left sobbing after calling Dai Huabin a bastard.

• Zhang Lexuan said she would give everything and die for He Qiang, passed the sincerity test, and was exempted from the second round.
• He Qiang said he loved Tang Ya and would die, while Tang Ya confirmed her love for him and passed the sincerity test.
• Da Bao revealed his history with Zhu Zhuyun and admitted he loved Zhu Lu too, then dodged a golden whip and told the trial to stop.
• Zhu Lu admitted she loved Dai Huabin, called him a bastard, and burst into tears.

In Qiankun Asking Love Valley, the group faced questions about love and sacrifice, with Zhu Lu, Wang Qiuer, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Liu Xiaoxiao, Xiao Xiao, and He Caitou passing the first test of sincerity. Zhang Shiwen recognized Fei Ling and revealed that she knew the valley’s secrets, while He Caitou’s confession left Xiao Xiao deeply moved.

• Zhu Lu declared that she still loved the man who had abandoned her, and she passed the first test of sincerity.
• Wang Qiuer said she still loved Huo Yuhao and would give her life for him; Huo Yuhao affirmed his love for Wang Dong'er, and both passed the test.
• Wang Dong'er said she trusted Huo Yuhao and explained that she had once considered bringing him and Wang Qiuer together before passing the test.
• Liu Xiaoxiao chose to die for Zhang Shiwen and stabbed himself, but the wound healed after he passed; Zhang Shiwen recognized Fei Ling and spoke with the hidden figures behind the questioning.
• Xiao Xiao chose to die rather than let He Caitou die, while He Caitou chose to live until he avenged his family and vowed to devote himself to her; both passed, and Xiao Xiao was exempted from the second test.